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Articles 8821 through 8920 of 9764:
- Behind The Split (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2003)
THE REBELLION AGAINST the Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister, Mukut Mithi, was brewing for some time but the speed and decisiveness with which it materialised was wholly unexpected. The fact that as many as 31 of the State's 58 Congress MLAs broke ...
- Getting Women Into Parliament - Why The Quota System Is Crucial (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 29, 2003)
THE Women's Reservation Bill has been put on the backburner once again with the BJP coming out with the improbable suggestion that one-third of the Lok Sabha constituencies should have two MPs — one male and one female! Extrapolating that logic, each ...
- Scare In Mumbai: 3 Die In Bus Blast, State Says Peace Process Is Target (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 29, 2003)
Terror returned to Mumbai on Monday night when a powerful bomb ripped apart a public transport bus, killing three persons and leaving more than 35 injured. This was the fifth explosion in Mumbai in the last eight months. The blast occurred at 9 pm
- Not By Pleas Alone (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jul 28, 2003)
One third of India is ruled by women today. This statement may sound bizarre but the fact is that between Mayawati, Jayalalithaa, Rabri Devi and Sheila Dikshit, they rule states which send 166 members to Lok Sabha and that is just under one-third of its
- The Silence At 10, Janpath (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Jul 28, 2003)
They say the Congress picked up the gauntlet at Shimla. Sonia’s party declared its readiness for elections, anytime, anywhere. It announced its willingness to strike bargains with other political parties to defeat the BJP and allies. It asserted it will
- Distinguished Dozen (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2003)
Read the Constitution to know who the 12 nominated members in the RS should be
- Apang Back With A Bang: Clp Breaks (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Jul 28, 2003)
The Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh, headed by Mukut Mithi, landed in a major crisis today with 38 of the 59 party MLAs breaking away to form the United Democratic Legislature Party. Leading them is the only non-Congress MLA in the House and form
- Tale Of A Memorial: Now Here, Nowhere (Indian Express, Milind Ghatwai, Jul 28, 2003)
It took Gujarat eight decades to set up a memorial to the hundreds of tribals killed by the British in a massacre said to be worse than Jallianwala Bagh. But it took the opposition Congress little time to run it down since it was erected a kilometre away
- Personal Laws And Common Sense (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 28, 2003)
THE SUPREME COURT of India has yet again turned the spotlight, fleetingly, on the issue of evolving a uniform or common civil code. It has regretted that Article 44 of the Constitution "has not been given effect to" by Parliament. Everyone knows ...
- Dhoot, Bhoot, Jhoot (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Jul 27, 2003)
Ever since the death of Dayanand Sahay, an MP from Bihar, rumour has gained ground that the bungalow in which he lived on Pandit Pant Marg is haunted. The Parliamentary housing committee claims that it offered the house to 15 MPs, all of whom declined
- Central Bureau Of Inquisition? (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 27, 2003)
The CBI is seen and used as a prime instrument of control, manipulation harassment or blandishment
- Newsreel: 27.07.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2003)
WHAT it took just a few hours to ground is costing the nation its age-old patience. After protracted debates over the hows and whys of building a Ram temple on the land where the Babri Masjid was brought down on December 6, 1992, the Parliament gets
- ‘there’s No Political Vendetta... We Had Promised To Expose Badal’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 27, 2003)
On a scale of 1 to 10, how much is your crusade against the Badal family motivated by political vendetta? Jatinder Haye Our drive is motivated by nothing other than a strong desire to, as far as possible, root out corruption, nepotism and all other such
- Stop Politics Of Vendetta Now (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Jul 26, 2003)
Not many took note of the fact that the CBI has recently sought the court’s permission to close the Airbus 320 case. The agency has stated that after probing the purchase deal for 15 long years, it has found no evidence to suggest any irregularities.
- River Sutra Woes (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, Jul 26, 2003)
INDIA’S giant river linking project is still on the drawing board but criticism may already be rising to the high water mark. We heard the critics at home. This week in the GUARDIAN, a report filed from Dhaka spoke of the concerns these ambitious plans
- Bleeding Heart, Jerking Knee (Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta, Jul 26, 2003)
In the normal course, the Supreme Court would make news if it came up with a radically new interpretation of the Constitution. This is an unusual occasion when it — in this case, the chief justice himself — has made headlines for merely re-stating one of
- No Rubbing Kargil Salt In Pak Wound (Indian Express, Bhavna Vij, Jul 26, 2003)
For the second year in succession, the Government has decided not to take the lead in the Kargil Vijay Divas celebrations tomorrow. If it was the tense border stand-off last year which made the Government rethink, this year it’s the ongoing peace process
- Rajya Sabha: Bjp Can Finally Swing An Nda Majority (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jul 26, 2003)
If the BJP were to replace the eight retiring nominated members of the Rajya Sabha with its own men and women on August 26, the NDA is all set to acquire a majority in the 243-seat upper house.
- Code Conundrum (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2003)
The state shall endeavour to secure for the citizen a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India. These words from Article 44, a directive principle of the Constitution, have been the cause of a great deal of controversy in post-Partition India.
- Season For Hawks To Sheath Claws: Bjp, Rss Team On Way To Pakistan (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jul 25, 2003)
Seven leaders from the Sangh Parivar, three from the RSS and four from the BJP, are expected to join a 50-member delegation scheduled to leave for Islamabad on August 9.
- Is India's `Best' Justice Good Enough? (Hindu, Rajeev Dhavan , Jul 25, 2003)
Indian justice came to be tested in the Best Bakery riots case... Unfortunately, it has been put in doubt.
- Cbi In The Dock (Business Line, B. S. Raghavan , Jul 25, 2003)
THE Opposition was entirely within its right to demand as vociferously as it did an answer from the Government in Parliament over whether the CBI watered down its case against the Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister, Mr L. K. Advani, and other ...
- Kerala’s Minority: Secularists (Indian Express, V K MADHAVAN KUTTY, Jul 24, 2003)
Not one political party in Kerala has the right to point fingers at any party. Every one of them has succumbed to various pressures to gain power or stay in power. This process has made communalism in the state grow from strength to strength. In fact ...
- Sc Stirs The Pot Again: ‘govt Still Hasn’t Set Up Uniform Civil Code’ (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Jul 24, 2003)
The last time the Supreme Court said something like this, it had to promptly clarify that it was a mere observation, not a direction. Once again, the Supreme Court has come out in favour of a uniform civil code in the country—meaning, a law common to all
- When Hardliners Meet (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Jul 24, 2003)
Here's a nugget from the first ever meeting between Indian and Pakistani hardliners this week. Visiting Jamiat-Ulema-e-Islam leader Maulana Fazlur Rahman is believed to have bluntly asked VHP leaders Ashok Singhal and Giriraj Kishore how many mosques they
- Downside To Upside (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2003)
Last month, the International Monetary Fund praised India’s external economic management. This month the World Bank has criticised the government for weaknesses in internal economic management. Just as the government took a grateful bow last month, it ...
- Bjp Vs Sonia: The Great Indian Show (Indian Express, Swami Agnivesh, Jul 24, 2003)
The more the BJP vitiates the national discourse with non-issues, the less faith people will have in the party
- Advani Silences Party Hawks, Stands Solidly Behind Mufti (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2003)
Denying allegations of ‘‘lack of coordination’’ between the Centre and the J&K government and rebuffing charges made by BJP and Shiv Sena MPs against the role of the Mufti Sayeed government, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani today asserted in the Lok Sabha
- A National, Not Communal, Issue (Indian Express, Gopal Krishna Agarwal, Jul 23, 2003)
The Ramjanambhoomi issue is not a religious but a political issue. The moment we consider it a religious matter, it becomes a conflict between Hindus and Muslims. Hindu philosophy talks of God being universal, omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent.
- Cbi Did Charge Advani & Co With Conspiracy, Hc Upheld It (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Jul 23, 2003)
So far the CBI has remained silent on the Opposition charge that it was misused to let Advani & Co off the ‘‘conspiracy’’ charge in the Babri Masjid demolition matter. The CBI has reason to: a reminder of what it told the court would be severely embarrass
- Beyond The Iraq Decision (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 23, 2003)
India's "no troops" decision suggests that the creeping "American veto" in our internal affairs is not irreversible.
- Is Rajnath Singh Tilting At Windmills? (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jul 23, 2003)
In cutting the farm credit rate and the Rs 600-crore package for sugarcane farmers, the Government has a larger intention than merely a concern for the agriculture sector, says Sharad Joshi, looking at two packages and their implications.
- Noise, On The House (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2003)
It’s time once more to remind MPs that there’s plenty of parliamentary business at hand
- Gujarat Gaurav Yatra Via Geneva (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Jul 22, 2003)
Prepare for another gaurav yatra in Gujarat. Chief Minister Narendra Modi has agreed to accord state honour to late Shyamji Krishna Varma, a veteran freedom fighter and first president of Bombay Arya Samaj, whose ashes will be taken through key districts
- The Imagined Ayodhya (Indian Express, ASHWIN PARIJAT ANSHU, Jul 22, 2003)
Both ‘problem’ and ‘solution’ reinforce the cultural logic of a redefined Hinduism
- Babri Rains: Govt Waterproofing Doesn’t Work (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Jul 22, 2003)
Jaitley says conspiracy charge didn’t figure in Rao’s time; facts show it did. Opposition, too, wakes up rather late
- Mind Your Language (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 22, 2003)
IN THE LAST few days the country has been subjected to an unedifying spectacle of the two major parties — the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress — making below-the-belt remarks about each other's leader. The BJP cast the first ...
- Monsoon Session Of Parliament - Eschew Politics, Address People's Issues (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Jul 21, 2003)
IT HAS become a tedious practice for newspapers to describe the start of any Parliament session as being stormy. The description of the monsoon session, beginning today (July 21), will be no different. The use of the phrase has become monotonously predict
- Finger On Lips, Mulayam Charts Course For Up (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jul 21, 2003)
He is silent despite Shimla, Ayodhya and Mayawati. UP could hold the key to his low profile
- Bitter Lessons Mar Dargah’s New Chapter (Indian Express, Anuradha Nagaraj, Jul 21, 2003)
Religion has never come in the way of the throng that visits the Ajmer dargah daily. Not just the tourists but thousands of people come here to bow their heads in reverence and get their wishes fulfilled. But now those who look after the daily affairs of
- Cbi Had No Option, Ask Rajnath And Mayawati (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Jul 21, 2003)
The Opposition is barking up the wrong tree when it accuses the CBI of dropping the conspiracy charge related to the demolition of Babri Masjid against L K Advani and other Sangh Parivar leaders. In the chargesheet filed against the leaders for their
- Babri Clouds Over House Again (Indian Express, Kota Neelima, Jul 21, 2003)
The main Opposition parties today decided to corner the Government on the issue of the CBI ‘‘dropping the charge of criminal conspiracy’’ against Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani, Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi and other senior
- Bjp Will Not Even Approach Allies For Support To Any Temple Legislation (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jul 21, 2003)
A stunned silence gripped the BJP national executive here last evening when Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee began his address with a tantalising remark: ‘‘I want Advaniji’s word to be the last one (main chahta hoon Advaniji ka shabd antim shabd ho).’’
- From Palampur To Raipur (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 21, 2003)
THE SOUND BITES heard from the Bharatiya Janata Party's National Executive at Raipur confirm the suspicion of its friends and foes alike: the party remains hopelessly enthralled by its own too-clever-by-half devices and formulations. The ...
- Pm’s Age Vs Sonia’s Origin (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2003)
The Congress today countered the BJP’s attack on Sonia Gandhi’s foreign origin by questioning the competence of ‘‘ageing’’ Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. ‘‘We don’t want to make a personal attack against anyone. But we are aware of Vajpayee’s
- Switching Tracks? (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Jul 20, 2003)
During the recent meeting of the Samata national executive, some representatives from Jharkhand praised Laloo Prasad Yadav, who is supposed to be the party’s enemy number one. Party president George Fernandes remonstrated, but Nitish Kumar kept silent
- Bjp Calls For 33 Pc Dual-Member Ls Seats (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jul 20, 2003)
The BJP has come up with a fresh proposal on women’s reservation issue, saying 33 per cent of Lok Sabha seats be made double-member constituencies to give the Lower House an additional 181 women members over and above the present strength. The BJP
- Vhp & Temple: Pm Prescribes Talk Pill, Party Sugar-Coats It (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jul 20, 2003)
BJP’s resolution says we will explore bringing in a law; Vajpayee says talks best option, we won’t ignore VHP
- Booked By Maya, Bjp Mla Sits On A Dharna (Indian Express, Amit Sharma, Jul 20, 2003)
The BJP legislator, who was booked yesterday under the SC/ST Act by Mayawati government, today staged a dharna at the local police station even as police said raids were being conducted to arrest those involved in Thursday’s clash between BSP and BJP work
- Bjp Dispute: Sonia Janmabhoomi (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jul 19, 2003)
The Bharatiya Janata Party, on the inaugural day of its three-day national executive, linked Sonia Gandhi’s foreign origin to the country’s security, but promptly retracted. The party first fielded general secretary Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, who, reacted
- Vajpayee Visit - Foreign Policy Lessons From China (Business Line, G Parthasarathy, Jul 18, 2003)
The Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee's China visit has important foreign policy lessons for India. There is in India a tendency to look at China as the greatest threat, or believe that Beijing is all goodwill. But what we need to remember is that
- Call Their Bluff (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2003)
ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT evolving a consensus among political parties on the Women's Reservation Bill has ended where it began: `unanimity' on the need to provide reservation for women in Parliament and State legislatures and intractable differences ...
- Be Bold, Us Said, Show ‘1998 (Pokharan) Guts’ (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Jul 18, 2003)
Yours is a BJP government, you took the risk in 1998 (Pokharan II), take the initiative now as well. We know you may ask for UN cover or cite domestic concerns. We can get a UN cover but if you send troops right now, that will strengthen our friendship.
- Best Case: Towards A Better Verdict (Indian Express, N K Singh, Jul 18, 2003)
On June 27, shockwaves rocked the country as all the 21 accused in the Best Bakery case were acquitted. Days later, the worst fears were confirmed when two of the star witnesses who turned hostile — Zaheera Sheikh, daughter of the bakery-owner, and her
- The Spirit Of Sauda And Mir (Indian Express, Saeed Naqvi, Jul 18, 2003)
Tod kar butkhana masjid toh beena ki toone Sheikh; Barhaman ke dil ki bhi kuch fikr hai taameer ki? (O Sheikh, when you destroyed that idolhouse, you did two things: You broke the temple and you broke the heart of the Hindu who worshipped there. Now that
- Shimla Memories (Indian Express, Arati R. Jerath, Jul 17, 2003)
Shimla is replete with sentimental memories for Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Apparently, the Himachal Capital was one of the family’s favourite holiday spots. Sonia has not been back to stay since Rajiv Gandhi passed away so she snatched some moments
- Maharashtra Finds New Use For Pota (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2003)
Murders of three Dalit girls in Aurangabad in a month have rattled the Maharashtra Government so much that it announced today that it would invoke provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) to tackle such crimes.
- Govt.'S Decision-Making 'Revealed' (Hindu, Inder Malhotra, Jul 17, 2003)
The Vajpayee Government's decision not to send Indian troops to Iraq, except under an "explicit U.N. mandate", has not only been widely welcomed but also sheds revealing light on the decision-making processes in New Delhi. Even at the best of times
- Shred The Women’s Bill (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 17, 2003)
As a catalyst for exchanging political niceties it is brilliant. With one election after another clogging up the calendar, political parties are perpetually in campaign mode. There is hardly any issue of national import on which they can conduct a civil
- Unresolved At Shimla (Indian Express, T.V.R. Shenoy, Jul 17, 2003)
History tells us that the rulers of Delhi have always lost the battles of Panipat. (When Rajiv Gandhi, then prime minister and thus master of Delhi, described the Haryana Vidhan Sabha polls of 1987 as “the fourth battle of Panipat” he betrayed a gift for
- Consensus On Women’s Bill: Dump It (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jul 16, 2003)
At the end of a 90-minute meeting called by Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi on the contentious issue of women’s reservation in legislatures, the only ‘‘consensus’’ that political leaders appeared to arrive at today was to dump the Women’s Reservation Bill
- Round 1 To Politics: Pm Says No To Nalco Sale (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2003)
Prime Minister A B Vajpayee virtually put the brakes on the disinvestment of NALCO by announcing at a rally here today that it would not happen but kept a window open by adding that it would not happen ‘‘for now.’’ Addressing a rally to mark the
- ‘south Indians Told Us,’ Bjp Gatecrashes Cong’s Kamaraj Party (Indian Express, Nirmala Ganapathy, Jul 16, 2003)
Paying tribute to K. Kamaraj on his 101st birth centenary turned into a political tug of war with the BJP trying to outflank the Congress. Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani and BJP party president Venkaiah Naidu arrived at 8.30 am this morning to pay
- Congress: A New Resolution In Shimla (Business Line, Roop Lal Sharma, Jul 16, 2003)
Rattled by its failure to regain power in April 1999 after the fall by one vote of the Vajpayee Government, the Congress(I) is keen to tie up all loose ends well ahead of time, leaving nothing to chance.
- The Politics Of Pull-Out (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2003)
THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE'S decision to pull out of the ruling National Democratic Alliance has been a long time coming. The eventual rupture may have been the result of a slew of causes, but the principal reason for the withdrawal is the looming ...
- Controversy In Nagaland: Whose Govt Is Rio Running? (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Jul 16, 2003)
Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio is caught in an amusing controversy following a remark he made at a recent function here. Four days ago, when Rio was talking about Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani’s proposed visit to Nagaland, he said Advani was
- Save Hinduism From Hindus (Indian Express, KAUSHIK BASU, Jul 15, 2003)
Besides being morally wrong, events like Babri Masjid demolition, Gujarat riots harm Hinduism itself
- Iraq Roadblock (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jul 15, 2003)
Truth is, the BJP-led government lost its nerve on sending combat troops to Iraq. For a leadership which went nuclear within two months of coming to power in 1998 without consulting anybody in the Opposition, the ‘‘lack of domestic consensus’’ argument
- Malda Must Be Miles From Shimla: Cong Ties Up With The Bjp (Indian Express, Subrata Nag Choudhury, Jul 15, 2003)
Sonia Gandhi’s Shimla resolve to go for coalition politics has taken an unforeseen turn in Bengal. If it was meant as a message to the party to wrest power from the BJP by courting secular parties, it has been lost here. The Congress this afternoon
- Advani’s Musings (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 15, 2003)
Sanity in the polity: That was the deputy prime minister’s message to the sangh parivar
- No Majority In Rs, So No Legislation On Temple: Advani (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2003)
Just a day after the BJP bought peace with the VHP by agreeing to consider its demand for legislation on constructing a temple in Ayodhya, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani today said it was not feasible because the Government did not have majority in the
- Between Iraq And A Hard Place, Govt To Say No (Indian Express, Jyoti Malhotra, Jul 14, 2003)
Unnerved by the possibility of casualties in Iraq in an election year, the BJP-led NDA Government is believed to have decided not to send combat troops to maintain peace in northern Iraq. The meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) here ...
- Samata Rules Out Support For Any Law On Ram Temple (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Jul 14, 2003)
The Samata Party is likely to oppose any Sangh Parivar move to explore the legislative option for construction of a temple at Ayodhya as well as deployment of Indian troops in Iraq. The party is also gearing up to mount an attack on the Congress for ...
- After Shimla (Hindu, K.K. Katyal, Jul 14, 2003)
The Congress has sought to do away with a self-imposed handicap and deny the BJP the advantage of the exclusive use of the coalition strategy.
- Congress Plans Its Game (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Jul 14, 2003)
The immediate euphoria of Shimla is over, but it had undoubtedly enthused party leaders in the Congress, as they knuckled down to strategise for the 2004 elections. Shimla was different from the other brainstorming sessions the party has held.
- ‘congress Has Taken Full Note Of Ground Realities’ (Indian Express, JAIPAL REDDY, Jul 13, 2003)
You are the right person to lead the Congress in Andhra Pradesh. Only you can unite the various groups inside the party and form a strong alliance with the Left to take on Chandrababu Naidu. Why don’t you step into Andhra politics? N.C. Rao
- Newsreel: 13.07.03 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2003)
WITH threat rather than compromise being the Sangh’s key theme, the most-watched attempt towards a ‘‘negotiated, out-of-court settlement’’ of the Ayodhya dispute — which has haunted the political landscape for over 15 years — gets a noisy burial as the
- Sports Quota (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Jul 13, 2003)
The constitution states that the 12 Rajya Sabha seats nominated by the President are meant for ‘‘persons with special knowledge or practical experience in respect of literature, fine art and social service.’’ Since a dozen prominent journalists are in the
- Omar Breaks Free, Of Father And Nda (Indian Express, Muzamil Jaleel, Jul 13, 2003)
Rattled by the consolidation of Mufti Mohammad Syed’s People’s Democratic Party and the steady rise of doves within the separatist Hurriyat, the National Conference today snapped its ties with BJP-led National Democratic Alliance in a bid to position
- Biased Bakery (Indian Express, Manoj Mitta, Jul 13, 2003)
If Zaheera Sheikh and her mother Sehrunissa were Godhra victims, their story would have been different. Very different, for if you compare the way the Narendra Modi Government has gone about getting justice for the Godhra attack, it would seem the Best
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