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Articles 8621 through 8720 of 9764:
- Read The Lips Of This Sangh Mouthpiece: Welcome, Mulayam (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Sep 05, 2003)
The BJP may still be grappling on whether or not to support Mulayam Singh Yadav when he faces a vote of confidence next week but the RSS has no such dilemma. Its stand is clear: Mulayam is our new friend; Long Live Mulayam.
- Bjp’s Favourite West Asian (Indian Express, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Sep 05, 2003)
Ariel Sharon began his career in 1946-47 with one of the Zionist terrorist gangs who flung themselves against the British mandate. He was then involved in the war of 1948, when lakhs of innocent Palestinians, whose only fault was that they were not ...
- Maya Out, Mulayam-Rajnath In (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Sep 04, 2003)
The Mulayam Singh-Rajnath Singh nexus is no longer a secret. It’s being flaunted on the streets of Lucknow. Their faces peer down from banners and hoardings everywhere. They appeared overnight, as soon as it became clear that Mulayam would be the new ...
- ‘women To Remain Political Extras In Male Monopolies’ (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Sep 04, 2003)
The flag-waving, activist-member of the CPM’s women’s wing, the All-India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA), Brinda Karat, could smash the bourgeois contempt for the ‘‘mahila mandal’’ types in a jiffy. With stout conviction, Karat lashes out at the
- Ambedkar’s Orphans (Indian Express, Sagarika Ghose, Sep 03, 2003)
In UP, the dalit queen is gone, and the OBC chieftain rules. Yadav masses and the cocktail circuit are both dancing attendance on Mulayam Singh Yadav.
- Off With Maya Men, Say Digvijay’s Men (Indian Express, Hartosh Singh Bal, Sep 03, 2003)
Mayawati’s parting of ways with the NDA may make the Congress look at her differently. But that’s in the future. As for the present, the Digvijay Singh government has been under pressure from Congress MLAs to shunt out Dalit officials believed to be BSP
- A Few Worst-Cas Scenarios (Indian Express, Anuradha Raman, Sep 02, 2003)
First there were four metros. Then, there were three. September 1, the date set by the government for the tiny box to roll into nearly 6.4 million cable homes, has passed by and no one is sure where the boxes are, or where they have rolled into. Never has
- This Is How Congress Plays Opp: Says Stop All Trains For An Hour (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Sep 02, 2003)
Warning its cadres of the likelihood of early general elections, the Congress high command has instructed its state units to bring to a halt rail traffic across the country for an hour on September 22. This is intended to be the first Congress salvo again
- 'Centre Is Indifferent Towards Us. They Come Here Only When There's A Blast' (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Sep 01, 2003)
Days after the twin blasts ripped through Mumbai city, Maharashtra CM Sushilkumar Shinde spoke to Shekhar Gupta, Editor-in-Chief, The Indian Express, at the Gateway of India, one of the sites where the tragedy had struck. Excerpts from the interview ...
- Newsreel: 31.08.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 31, 2003)
Uttar Pradesh has a new CM. Newer then Mayawati. Another political farce plays itself out in India’s most populous state installing Samajwadi Mulayam Singh Yadav as the new Chief Minister.
- No Pangs (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 31, 2003)
Believe it or not, ‘‘nationalism’’ has lured new Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Gegong Apang to the BJP. Apang, who was admitted to the BJP amid much fanfare at the party headquarters, told mediapersons today that he and his fellow MLAs had joined the
- Poll Plot Fizzles (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Aug 31, 2003)
Mayawati’s moves have put paid to L K Advani and Venkaiah Naidu’s plan to call an early General Election. The BJP think tank first calculated that the party would benefit from a General Election this year itself cashing in on the good monsoon and the ...
- Ulta Pulta Tributes To Ulta Pradesh (Indian Express, Pamela Philipose, Aug 31, 2003)
People tend to look down on Ulta Pradesh (UP). Look at its human development indices, they sneer, its mosquito-infested swamps, its run-down schools. I find this finger-pointing in extremely bad taste. Okay, UP’s schools may have no roofs, but that’s ...
- Power To The People, And How! (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Aug 31, 2003)
Last week, as the squalid political soap opera that was the collapse of the Mayawati government played itself out wearily on our television screens did you notice how much Indian politics has changed?
- Echo In The Corridors Of Power (Hindu, Mahesh Vijapurkar, Aug 31, 2003)
The Maharashtra Government is under fire.
- Socialism With A Yadav Face (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Aug 30, 2003)
The public image of Mulayam Singh Yadav swerves between Mullah Mulayam and Madhav Mulayam -- his credentials as a secular, anti-Hindutva cheerleader are under intense scrutiny as he begins his innings as Uttar Pradesh chief minister. But the self-claimed
- Socialites Cheer Lucknow Socialist (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Aug 30, 2003)
The waters of the Gomti glimmered in the soft morning sunshine, helicopters showered rose petals from the cloud-strewn skies, and India’s rich and famous flashed their glamourous smiles. As spectacles go, the swearing-in ceremony of the biggest mass ...
- In Name Of The Cow, 150 Carcasses Rot (Indian Express, Janyala Sreenivas, Aug 30, 2003)
On the face of it, this shouldn’t be a story: massive flooding leads to death of 150 cows. Carcass-disposal contractor is called in, goes about his work.
- Akshardham: 5 Held, Lashkar, Jaish ‘role’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 30, 2003)
Almost a year after terrorists stormed Akshardham and one day after the investigation was transferred to another police agency, Commissioner of Police K R Kaushik announced today that the Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) had arrested five people from the
- Muslims Need To Establish Political Clout (Indian Express, Syed Shahabuddin, Aug 29, 2003)
Forget emotionalism. Draw up a hard-headed electoral strategy. First in a two-part series
- Problem-Solving: The Up Test (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Aug 29, 2003)
The turn of events in Uttar Pradesh, bomb blasts in Mumbai, Archaeological Survey of India’s findings on Ayodhya, prime minister in Srinagar — more than one political process is in operation. The preoccupation in New Delhi is with the drama in UP. In ...
- Mulayam Faces Baptism By Babri (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Aug 29, 2003)
Rae Bareli: Will he oppose Maya decision ‘helping’ Advani & Co before SC on September 1?
- Up Is Down Is Up (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2003)
Amidst these amazing incongruities, here’s hoping for some responsive governance
- The Man Both Maya And Mulayam Love (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Aug 29, 2003)
In the thick of the Taj Corridor controversy, Punia is considered Uttar Pradesh’s shrewdest, best-networked bureaucrat
- Maya’s Swearing Ceremony Is Up’s Star Attraction (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Aug 29, 2003)
Soon after Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav was invited by the Governor to form a government in Uttar Pradesh, outgoing chief minister Mayawati lashed out against the BJP, her party’s partner till three days ago, in her last press conference at
- After The No-Trust Move (Hindu, K. K. Katyal , Aug 29, 2003)
There is a potential for closer cooperation among the Opposition parties within Parliament and for coordination outside.
- A New Regime In Uttar Pradesh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 29, 2003)
BY INVITING THE Samajwadi Party leader, Mulayam Singh Yadav, to form a Government, the Uttar Pradesh Governor, Vishnu Kant Shastri, has played it by the book. After the fall of the Mayawati Government, democratic convention required the Governor ...
- Up Village Inspired Kalam (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Aug 28, 2003)
For those who wondered what the source of inspiration was for the dominant communal harmony theme of President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s Independence Day eve address, here’s the answer. It was his unpublicised trip to a tiny village named Magher where the ...
- A Tale Of Three Cities (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Aug 28, 2003)
I spent the best part of last week exploring the temples of the Kaveri delta. Actually, there is such a wealth of architecture in this area that ‘‘scratching the surface’’ is a better description than ‘‘exploring’’; in the few days at my disposal I could
- With Delhi In Kashmir, Militants Let Guns Talk (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Aug 28, 2003)
As Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee presided over the inter state chief ministers’ conference this evening, militants struck barely a few kilometres away in a clear attempt to chill the current thaw in the Valley.
- Left & The Struggle Against Bjp (Deccan Herald, Ranen Sen, Aug 28, 2003)
The Left parties should not hesitate to join hands with the Congress to fight the Sangh Parivar
- Cm In Up Is Confused Mulayam (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Aug 28, 2003)
It was another sleepless Lucknow night. Mulayam Singh Yadav waving a list of 210, his flunkeys spreading the word that the Governor had called him for the swearing-in tomorrow at 3 pm, no official word from Raj Bhavan, Mayawati screaming blue murder as a
- Seeds Of Trouble (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Aug 28, 2003)
What can only be called the blackest of Black Days proves the point that it doesn't rain but pours. On Monday, besides the most horrific and dastardly bomb blasts in Mumbai that made the citizens of that metropolis relive, albeit on a smaller scale, the
- It’s Now Mulayam & His Maths (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Aug 27, 2003)
Mulayam asked to show numbers after Maya resigns, he stakes claim
- Better Security? Better Politics (Indian Express, Keki N. Daruwalla , Aug 27, 2003)
The debris may have been cleared from the Gateway of India and the Zaveri Bazar, but they will continue to litter the dreams of the people of this metropolis. The blame game is on already and politicians will reach out over the 50-odd corpses to grab vote
- Do Us A Favour (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2003)
Just appoint Madan Lal Khurana as the chief minister of Delhi and be done with it
- Mumbai, Shaken But Not Broken (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 27, 2003)
By targeting Mumbai, the country's financial capital, the terrorists hoped to strike at the heart of the nation. But the megapolis' resilience and vibrancy saw it back in action the very next day. The Maharashtra Government owes it to the Mumbaikars to
- Lucknow Up For Grabs Again (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Aug 26, 2003)
Mayawati promised a lot of ‘‘spicy’’ news and on Monday, she did not disappoint. She ended her party’s third honeymoon with the BJP and demanded dissolution of the Assembly.
- Explore An Alternative (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2003)
THE PROBLEMATIC BAHUJAN Samaj Party-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance in Uttar Pradesh has collapsed. Such a collapse was built into this unprincipled alliance. A durable coalition has to be an alliance of compatible social forces. Ms. Mayawati's ...
- Maya’s Monday (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 26, 2003)
Only one thing can be said with any degree of certainty in Uttar Pradesh today: That no single individual commands the confidence of the state legislature. Whether this renders the state a fit case for imposition of president’s rule, pending fresh ...
- Pardesi In Search Of His Roots (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 26, 2003)
Its such a long journey from the South American capital of Georgetown to the backward village of Thakurain ka Purwa in the renamed Amethi constituency, but Guyana President Bharat Jagdeo hour-long sojourn in search of his roots on Sunday was not only ...
- Hunger, Cholera Hit A Dwindling Tribe (Indian Express, Ashwani Sharma, Aug 25, 2003)
• Two years ago, hungry and starved, a group of Pahari Korbas — a hill tribe of just around 32,000 — dug up a dead buffalo, cooked it and ate. Twelve died.
- Who Won? Vajpayee And Sonia (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Aug 25, 2003)
It was not the disruptions, the personal allegations, the noise, or the rancour that was the most worrying aspect of last week’s no trust motion against the government. They cause concern but they were not the most objectionable aspect. The most objection
- Sleepless Sunday In Lucknow (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Aug 25, 2003)
The Uttar Pradesh capital was jolted out of slumber by hectic activities on Sunday, a day before the Bahujan Samaj Party workers’ convention here. Corridors of power were abuzz with rumours about a possible dissolution of the Assembly and four top BJP ...
- News Reel 17.08.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2003)
• The Monsoon Session gets over, but skies hardly clear up. Days after a Congress-led No-Trust motion is defeated by voice vote convincingly, the BJP gets an egg on the face as its allies rise up in arms over a proposed Bill to ban cow slaughter across
- Express Your Voice (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 24, 2003)
P Chidambaram has rightly said that BJP do not want to discuss the real issues and that’s why they keep the Opposition busy on non-issues like Mandir and Uniform Civil Code (Back to the future, The Sunday Express, Aug 17). The Opposition must realise BJP’
- Likely: Jalan Mp, (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 24, 2003)
Former RBI governor Bimal Jalan is likely to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha, while speculation over a return of Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee to the Cabinet has been revived. Top BJP leaders met at the residence of Prime Minister A.B. Vajpaye
- Divine Communication (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Aug 24, 2003)
Considering that it is the wettest monsoon in Delhi in decades and it had been raining steadily till noon on August 15, Rashtrapati Bhavan officials were apprehensive about holding the President’s At Home on Independence Day in the gardens. But when it
- Big Brother Hits Big Time (Indian Express, Vrinda Gopinath, Aug 23, 2003)
Now that the no-confidence motion has blown over with the NDA coalition sailing through, it is a moment of calculation for the smaller partners of the alliance. Many are torn by infighting and leadership tussles. The fact that all warring factions voted
- Slaughtering A Bill (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2003)
The fate of this bill should remind the BJP it mustn’t take its allies for granted
- Motion’s Over, Now Move (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Aug 23, 2003)
Everybody who participated in, or witnessed, this week’s debate on the no-confidence motion in Parliament obviously must have his or her own take on it.
- Allies Make Bjp Climb Down The Cow (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2003)
TDP, Trinamool, JD (U), PMK, Left, RJD all oppose, Govt agrees to all-party meeting
- Colas: And All Live Happily Ever After (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2003)
The Government today declared in Parliament that soft drink samples from Coca-Cola and PepsiCo that it got tested—following a High Court directive—did not contain as much pesticide residues as was alleged in a report by the Centre for Science and ...
- Tracks To Diplomacy (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Aug 22, 2003)
I enjoy meeting my Indian friends,” says the suave young businessman as he takes the turn towards a huge, palatial mansion in Lahore’s Gulberg. “It is the idea of India we are uncomfortable with.” Inside, the decor shimmers with opulence. Rugs on the wall
- Pm Opening Hurriyat Door: Mufti (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Aug 21, 2003)
The Prime Minister’s Independence Day announcement that he will be in Srinagar later this month acquires a new significance with Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed saying that the Centre will soon initiate a serious dialogue process at the ‘‘highest ...
- The Politics Of No-Confidence (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2003)
WITH THE NUMBERS never stacking up, the no-confidence motion was doomed to failure even as it was moved. Given this, its success or failure must be measured not so much by the defeat of the motion (by a margin of 312 to 186) as by evaluating ...
- No-Confidence Motion - All Sound And Little Fury (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Aug 21, 2003)
With the result of the no-confidence motion against the Vajpayee Government a foregone conclusion, the exercise does seem to have been an utter waste of public money and valuable Parliament time. But it served to prove that the Opposition is capable of...
- The Advani Problem (Hindu, Harish Khare , Aug 21, 2003)
Mr. Advani's loyalty has never been in doubt; the problem is of an ambition unfulfilled.
- Laloo Show: Paswan Sore Loser (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Aug 21, 2003)
Rivalries in Bihar are almost as intense as the clash of the Tamil titans. The Laloo Prasad Yadav-Ram Vilas Paswan tussle shadowed the recent visit of parliamentarians to Pakistan from the time they left Delhi.
- That Tightrope Called Tibet (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 21, 2003)
The Dalai Lama is happy with Vajpayee’s word-play and so is Beijing. The story of confusion as triumph
- Sonia’s Rusty Utopia (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2003)
Her no-confidence motion against the NDA expressed a lack of confidence in her party’s reforms
- Delhi Tightrope On Israel Red Carpet (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Aug 20, 2003)
Nervous about the possible reaction to a first-ever visit by Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon from September 9-11, India has invited Palestinian foreign minister Nabil Sha’ath to New Delhi on August 29.
- Vajpayee Carries The Night, Sonia Too Has Her Day (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Aug 20, 2003)
Playing the PM card, NDA breezes through; Sonia holds her own, draws the battlelines sharper
- Fiscal Consolidation, The Real Payoff (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Aug 20, 2003)
The mere announcement of an avalanche of measures without ensuring how they will deliver is not good economics, though maybe savvy politics, particularly when elections are round the corner. Dividends will come only from correcting and shoring up the
- Defence Is Not Football (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2003)
National security issues should only be addressed in a non-partisan manner
- Why Did The State Turn On Gujarat's Farmers? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Aug 20, 2003)
On August 14, hundreds of thousands of farmers got on the National Highway 8 but were blocked by policemen who also used force.
- Late Showers Bring Mud In Monsoon Term (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2003)
Day one of the no-confidence debate in the Lok Sabha was full of sound and fury and although in the beginning it seemed that it would signify little, by the end of the day, it sent three key signals.
- Old Men In A Hurry (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 19, 2003)
What do you do when you’re past your prime and face political extinction? You stir the pot
- Does Bjp Really Want The Code? (Indian Express, COLIN GONSALVES, Aug 19, 2003)
Both in the Shah Bano case and in the Sarla Mudgal case, the Supreme Court found successive governments ‘‘wholly remiss’’ in acting in accordance with Article 44 of the Constitution in bringing into force a uniform civil code and requested the prime ...
- In Uk, Modi’s The One With The Stiff Upper Lip (Indian Express, Vijay Rana, Aug 19, 2003)
As Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s caravan headed towards Wembley Conference Centre yesterday, hundreds of protesters from London, Birmingham, Bradford and Bolton demanded a ‘‘Pinochet-style’’ arrest. They were shouting ‘‘Modi! Murderer.’’ When one
- Blame Game On Reservation (Deccan Herald, S Simhadri, Aug 19, 2003)
All major political parties, except those of the oppressed castes, subtly oppose empowerment of the OBCs
- For A Slice Of Vidarbha (Indian Express, Vivek Deshpande, Aug 19, 2003)
The Vidarbha Statehood issue has taken a dramatic turn with veteran Congressmen and former Union ministers N.K.P. Salve and Vasant Sathe quitting the party ‘‘for the cause’’. The stir, which has seen more lows than highs, hadn’t witnessed anything of the
- Winning Hearts With A `Japha' (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Aug 18, 2003)
`Japha' is the Punjabi word for a tight, affectionate embrace and no one does it better than Indians and Pakistanis. This was rediscovered as we, a mixed group of parliamentarians, journalists and experts from India, entered the border at Wagah earlier
- Confidence Motion: Numbers Not An Issue, Support Is (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 18, 2003)
On the eve of the Congress-sponsored no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha, NDA partner DMK, ending the suspense over its role, declared its support to the Vajpayee government. The AIADMK — the DMK was miffed over NDA overtures to Jayalalithaa — did not
- Vote: Dmk’s Trust Test (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 17, 2003)
As NDA leaders got together today to give final touches to their strategy to turn the tables on the Congress during the no-confidence debate in the Lok Sabha, the DMK squirmed over reports of the BJP’s efforts to enlist the support of its arch-rival ...
- Back To The Future (Indian Express, P. Chidambaram, Aug 17, 2003)
Just before Saint Valmiki wrote his Ramayana, or contemporaneously, there were other works written by Buddhist scholars on a legendary hero called Rama. Likewise, there were stories of Rama written by Jain scholars belonging to the two schools of the Jain
- Durable Bhai Sahib (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Aug 17, 2003)
Mayawati’s hard core supporters may stick with her through thick and thin, but the high profile recruits to the BSP found it difficult to adjust for long in a party where customarily everyone squats on the floor while Mayawati presides from a chair.
- Thank You, Mr Modi (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2003)
On Independence Day weekend we treasure this reminder of our fragile freedoms
- Vajpayee Goes Out In The Rain With His Pak Olive Branch (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Aug 16, 2003)
Sending his most categorical signal ever that he was committed to the peace process with Pakistan, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today invited Islamabad to walk ‘‘together with India on the road to peace,’’ a road he said would be littered with land
- Six In A Row (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2003)
AN ADDRESS FROM the ramparts of the historic Red Fort is an occasion for a Prime Minister to salute the nation as well as to showcase his administration's political and economic achievements. Atal Bihari Vajpayee became the first Prime Minister ...
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