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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Why Did Mulayam Lose Up? Behind The Mayajaal (Deccan Herald, Kancha Ilaiah, Jun 21, 2007)
Mulayam and his party never took up the reservation agenda in Central institutions seriously.
- Lalu Prasad To Narrate Story Of Success To It Heads (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2007)
After lecturing management students from India and the USA, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad is now all set to share the lessons learnt from the railway turnaround story with the top honchos of leading information technology companies.
- Kalam Ready To Contest If There Is Certainty, Sonia Firm On Pratibha (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 21, 2007)
President APJ Abdul Kalam introduced a fresh element into the race for succession to him by agreeing to contest for a second term if there is 'certainty' about his success, forcing NDA to reassess the prospects of Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat.
- Pratibha Kicks Off Campaign, Meets Vp Singh, Somnath (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 18, 2007)
Pratibha Patil, UPA-Left presidential candidate, has started her presidential campaign in right earnest.
- Nda To Discuss Gameplan For Shekhawat (Tribune, Satish Misra, Jun 18, 2007)
Preparations for the battle for the country's top post on July 19 continued today with the NDA and UPA leaders holding hectic consultations to ensure the victory of their respective candidates.
- Manmohan Takes Oath As Rs Member (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today took oath as Rajya Sabha member from Assam.
- An Alternative To Reservations (Business Standard, Arvind Subramanian, Jun 16, 2007)
Graduated education vouchers could be an answer to the rising discord over reservations.
- How Pratibha Patil Was Chosen As Prez Candidate (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2007)
After the name of Pratibha Patil was announced as the candidate of the United Progressive Alliance for the post of the President, everyone seemed to be claiming credit for 'swinging a deal for the women of India'.
- Pratibha Is Surprise Patil (Asian Age, Venkatesh Kesari , Jun 15, 2007)
Rajasthan governor Pratibha Patil on Thursday emerged as the unanimous choice of the UPA, the Left parties and BSP for the presidency, surprising many not only in the ruling coalition and its supporting parties but in the Opposition as well.
- Allies Force Sonia's Hand (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2007)
After hard bargaining and acrimony, the UPA finally settled on the name of Rajasthan Governor Pratibha Patil as its presidential candidate.
- Supple Surprise From Cornered Sonia (Telegraph, RASHEED KIDWAI, Jun 15, 2007)
The inflexible “inner voice” with its unilateral decisions was perhaps losing its sheen. Today, Sonia Gandhi found a new way to surprise — with suppleness.
- Patil But Pratibha (Telegraph, RASHEED KIDWAI, Jun 15, 2007)
A Patil handpicked by Sonia Gandhi is set to become the next President but the occupant of the highest ceremonial office in the country will not answer to the first name Shivraj.
- How Pratibha Patil’S Name Emerged? (Tribune, R. Suryamurthy, Jun 15, 2007)
The “cricket” match for selecting the UPA presidential nominee had all the drama, with political parties experiencing highs and lows.
- Comrades Did Not Want One Patil For President, Settle For Another (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2007)
The stage has been set for India’s first woman President. If this is history in the making, its circumstances weren’t exactly the stuff history is made of.
- Pratibha Patil Is Upa-Left Nominee (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2007)
The Left-UPA coordination committee selected Pratibha Patil, the Governor of Rajasthan, as their candidate for the Presidential election.
- Pratibha Patil Is Upa-Left Presidential Candidate (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 15, 2007)
For 48 hours, it was eyeball to eyeball between the Congress and the Left parties, and Sonia Gandhi blinked first. Faced with the Left opposition to Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil's candidature, the Congress proposed Rajasthan Governor Pratibha . . .
- Nation Set For First Woman President (Deccan Herald, K Subrahmanya, Jun 15, 2007)
Barring an upset election, the possibility of which appears rather remote, the Republic’s 12th President will be a woman, a veteran politician from Maharashtra.
- Party Decides My Role: Pranab (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2007)
Left leaders begin consultations with other parties
Lalu Prasad, Sharad Pawar with the UPA on Presidential candidate
Left not excited about the prospect of Shivraj Patil being the candidate
- Bihar Opp Parties Rally Against Nitish (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2007)
Two key Opposition parties, the RJD and the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), are planning two rallies against the ruling NDA government in Bihar, complaining Nitish Kumar has achieved nothing in 19 months.
- Sonia Shows Left Its Place (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Jun 14, 2007)
The Left-Congress relations on Wednesday entered another phase of bitterness with Sonia Gandhi not making any overtures to the Left parties on the issue of finalising the name of UPA's presidential candidate.
- 2-3 Names Discussed For Upa Prez Nominee: Karunanidhi (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 14, 2007)
With the Left parties' reservations over Home Minister Shivraj Patil's candidature in the presidential election remaining a sticking point, DMK supremo M Karunanidhi on Wednesday night inducted a new element saying two-three names were under . . .
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 14, 2007)
Desperate men do act desperately. Yet that is neither explanation nor justification.
- Action On Rails (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 13, 2007)
The anti-smoking lobby had tried to bring about a revolutionary change in films but failed because of popular resistance. A blanket ban on smoking would have killed any production resembling a detective thriller, a genre that millions love.
- Bsp Needs Ideology (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Jun 12, 2007)
If Mayawati is serious about moving ahead, she must espouse the cause of nationalism as enunciated by Ambedkar
- Maya On Sonia’S Side, Shivraj Patil Moves Closer To Rashtrapati Bhavan (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 12, 2007)
After securing the in-principle support of the NCP and the BSP over the name of Home Minister Shivraj Patil as UPA’s candidate for the Presidential elections, the Congress is now working to get a stamp of approval from the Left and the DMK with . . . .
- Cut Obc Share For Minorities' Quota: Lalu (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Jun 12, 2007)
While other OBC leaders are shying away from talking about Justice Rangnath Misra Commission recommendations, Lalu Prasad, the pivot of the OBC politics, has unequivocally supported the commission's suggestions and demanded its early implementation.
- Mumbai Train Blasts Victims Feel Let Down (Hindu, Meena Menon, Jun 12, 2007)
A month away from the first anniversary of the serial train blasts on Mumbai's suburban locals, its victims are still suffering acutely from body injuries, and running from pillar to post to get their due compensation.
- Rjd Resents Govt's Sez Approvals (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, Jun 11, 2007)
The recent decision of UPA Government giving formal approval to 23 proposals and in-principle approval to six other Special Economic Zones have been stiffly opposed by the Rashtriya Janata Dal members of Manmohan Singh's Cabinet.
- Congress, Bjp In Dire Straits (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Jun 11, 2007)
Coalition structures with diverse power bases and political objectives make the selection of the President and Vice-President extremely difficult to forecast.
- Rjd To Back Upa-Left Candidate (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2007)
Lalu Prasad says Bihar is groaning under poor law and order conditions
- Rjd For Unity Among Dalits, Minorities (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2007)
Aiming to emerge as a national party in the years to come, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) today decided to launch a war against communal forces and called for unity among Dalits, backwards, minorities and progressive upper castes for achieving . . .
- Upa Candidate For Prez Post By 15 June: Paswan (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2007)
The UPA will announce its presidential candidate by 15 June for which its chairperson and Congress president Mrs Sonia Gandhi has been authorised, LJP President and Union minister Mr Ram Vilas Paswan said here today.
- Rjd To Back Upa Candidate (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2007)
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) today said it would support UPA's choice of presidential candidate.
- Prez Poll: Pranab Briefs Pm On Progress (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 11, 2007)
Acting as his party's chief interlocutor in talks for a consensus on a Congress candidate for next month's presidential election, External Affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday had a telephonic discussion with PM Manmohan Singh, briefing him . ..
- Patil Emerges Frontrunner (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 09, 2007)
``Pranab Mukherjee cannot be spared''
RJD, DMK, BSP may go with Congress choice
NCP has reservations
- In Stirring Colours (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jun 09, 2007)
In the context of the first, the name that comes to mind is Siraj Saxena. His three vertical canvases experiment with beguiling configurations in applying the paint — in this case oil and acrylic — to insinuate topographic and tonal variations.
- Another Third Front In Making (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2007)
The forthcoming presidential polls will provide a pointer to whether a third front is at all possible.
- Palamau’S Sardar Secures Daltonganj (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 06, 2007)
The UPA euphoria over the RJD victory in the Palamau Lok Sabha by-elections two months back evaporated today with Independent candidate Inder Singh Namdhari retaining the Daltonganj Assembly seat.
- Prez Choice After Sonia's Hague Visit (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2007)
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, who has been authorised by the CWC to decide the names of President and Vice-President, is in no hurry to finalise name of the former even as the queue of Congress aspirants continues to get longer.
- Turnaround Saga In The Background, Railways Surges Ahead On Cool Ac Performance (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 05, 2007)
What was once a huge loss-making business for the Indian Railways is now rapidly emerging as its biggest money-spinner.
- The Difficult Business Of Rail Freight Containers (Singapore Times, Anand Kumar, Jun 05, 2007)
THE Indian government opened up a key sector of freight movement — the railway freight containers business — to private players about two years ago. But movement has been rather slow, in fact as slow as container movement on the tracks of Indian Railways.
- Disrupting Democracy (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jun 05, 2007)
The Delhi bandh called by the Gujjar Mahasabha in solidarity with the community’s agitation in Rajasthan has once again brought out the inherently disruptive nature of such actions.
- Its Time To Have A Laugh (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jun 02, 2007)
Our humour is restricted to ethnic jokes about Sardarjis, Marwaris, Mian Bhais, Bawajis (Parsis), Makapaons (Goan Christians), Mirasis etc.
- A New Bridge Across South Asia (Tribune, K.K. Katyal, Jun 02, 2007)
First the vision, then the concept and now the blueprint of the action plan. This, in short, is the exciting story of the last three years, when the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) chose to add a new dimension to its bridge-building . . .
- A Nominated Pm Has A Limited Shelf Life (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Jun 02, 2007)
Coalition politics brings into focus regional powers. And today, after five election losses in the states, and another three hard contests in the next six months, the Congress and the UPA have little option but to sing and dance to the demands of . . .
- A Nominated Pm Has A Limited Shelf Life (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Jun 01, 2007)
Coalition politics brings into focus regional powers. And today, after five election losses in the states, and another three hard contests in the next six months, the Congress and the UPA have little option but to sing and dance to the demands of . . .
- Lalu's Kin Among 58 Sentenced In Fodder Scam (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 01, 2007)
A special CBI court here on Thursday sentenced 58 persons, including two nephews of Railways Minister Lalu Prasad, to jail terms ranging from two-and-a-half years to six years for fraudulently withdrawing Rs. 48 crore from the Chaibasa treasury in . ..
- Art Of Clinging To Gilded Chairs (Asian Age, Inder Malhotra, Jun 01, 2007)
Maybe it was because of preoccupation with the seven-phase poll in Uttar Pradesh that this country did not take adequate notice of the involuntary and inglorious exit from the World Bank of its president, Paul Wolfowitz.
- Railways Offers New Discounts To Hike Freight Market Share (Indian Express, Raghvendra Rao, Jun 01, 2007)
In A bid to increase its market share in freight business, the Indian Railways is set to introduce a slew of concessions and discounts from June 1.
- Hyderabad: Delay In Building Of School Resented (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, May 31, 2007)
The Young Citizens Welfare Association of Goth Laloo Lashari village and other residents have demanded immediate construction of a primary school building.
- Art Of Clinging To Gilded Chairs (Asian Age, Inder Malhotra, May 31, 2007)
Maybe it was because of preoccupation with the seven-phase poll in Uttar Pradesh that this country did not take adequate notice of the involuntary and inglorious exit from the World Bank of its president, Paul Wolfowitz.
- Who Will Be President? (Tribune, G.S. Bhargava, May 30, 2007)
LOSING A.P.J. Abdul Kalam as Head of State will be like shedding one’s soul. In 1939, when the British Labour Party expelled Sir Stafford Cripps for supporting a ‘united front’ with the Communists, it was said that the party had blown its brains out.
- Art Of Clinging To Gilded Chairs (Asian Age, Inder Malhotra, May 30, 2007)
Maybe it was because of preoccupation with the seven-phase poll in Uttar Pradesh that this country did not take adequate notice of the involuntary and inglorious exit from the World Bank of its president, Paul Wolfowitz.
- Staff Unhappy Over Net Culture For Job Growth (Telegraph, Nalin Verma, May 29, 2007)
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is an engineer and his deputy, Sushil Kumar Modi, is Net savvy.
- Lavish And Elegant (Tribune, Devi Cherian, May 28, 2007)
Brilliant BJP leader Arun Jaitley and Dolly celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary by throwing a lavish yet elegant dinner for friends at a hotel in the Capital the other day.
- The Stink Of Railways (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, May 25, 2007)
The Harvard boys who have become fond of Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav’s performance are in for a shock.
- Arrest Warrant Against Raj Thackeray (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 24, 2007)
The arrest warrant was issued by a Jamshedpur court for Raj's alleged provocative statement against Biiharis two months ago.
- Dr Singh, The Weakest Of Pms (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 22, 2007)
The criticism that Dr Manmohan Singh is one of the weakest Prime Ministers is totally justified. He is not able to control his own ministers.
- Bengal Warned Delhi Of Huji Threat To Hyderabad (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, May 22, 2007)
A top West Bengal official has said the state sent a detailed report on the growing threat from Harkat-ul-Jehad-al-Islami (HUJI) to the Centre about two months back and mentioned Hyderabad among possible targets of terrorist attacks by the Bangladesh- . .
- Special Article (Statesman, Sushila Ramaswamy, May 22, 2007)
Revisionism is a common feature both in life and letters. Aristotle revised Plato; Hegel revised Kant and in turn, Marx revised Hegel. JS Mill revised Bentham. In the world of politics, Nehru was the Peter who denied his Master.
- A Question Of Identity (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, May 21, 2007)
AMULYA GNANGULI observes that in trying to don the clothes of its opponents, the Congress is in danger of losing its own identity.
- What Mayawati Thinks Today, Paswan Thinks Tomorrow (Statesman, Manoj Chaurasia, May 21, 2007)
With Miss Mayawati pulling off an image change from a bahujan to sarvjan leader during the recent UP elections it appears Bihar’s Union chemical, fertiliser and steel minister, Mr Ram Vilas Paswan, is after a political make-over himself.
- Regional Parties Will Occupy Centre Stage (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, May 19, 2007)
Mayawati wins Uttar Pradesh and creates many records in the process. Few had credited her with a majority.
- The Upa: Muddling Through (The Economic Times, CP Bhambhri, May 19, 2007)
In May 2004, the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre had raised expectations not only of the socially progressive secular forces, but also of the ‘aam aadmi’ because the new National Common Minimum Programme was perceived as a manifesto . . .
- Lalu Flip-Flop On Circular (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, May 18, 2007)
In a flip-flop after an uproar in the Lok Sabha, the railway minister, Mr Lalu Prasad, today maintained status quo on a cont roversial circular over use of a third language in name boards in trains and stations in Tamil Nadu after announcing its . . . .
- Left Backs Pranab For President (Asian Age, Venkatesh Kesari , May 18, 2007)
The Left has decided to support minister for external affairs Pranab Mukherjee if he is fielded by the Congress and UPA as their candidate for the presidential polls.
- Prez Poll: A Ready Reckoner (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, May 17, 2007)
Amid hectic political activities within the ruling UPA over the finalisation of name of the presidential nominee, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has emerged the frontrunner Congress candidate for Raisina Hill.
- Poor Man’S Rainbow Over Up (Indian Express, Yogendra Yadav, May 17, 2007)
Okay, we all know the social chemistry of the BSP’s victory. We know that the BSP is a dalit party, that this time it stitched together an alliance with brahmins and some Muslims and thus bypassed the OBCs.
- Ulfa Attacks Three More Hindi-Speaking Persons (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, May 17, 2007)
The United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) continued to target Hindi-speaking people in the state, gunning down three more on Wednesday in two separate incidents. With today’s attack, the toll has gone up to 9 within 24 hours.
- Mayawati May Prefer An Upper-Caste Nominee (Tribune, T.R. Ramachandran, May 15, 2007)
With UP Chief Minister Mayawati clearly having an upper hand in July's presidential election, there are indications that the BSP supremo might opt for an upper caste or Brahmin nominee contrary to widespread expectations that her preference will . . . .
- Cpm Once Bitten, Twice Shy; Realises Import Of Left Unity (Pioneer, Akhilesh Suman, May 15, 2007)
After Bihar and Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the CPI(M) has realised the importance of Left unity and futility of going with the regional parties in the Assembly elections for a few seats.
- Cag Finds Holes In Railway's 'Turnaround' Claim (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, May 15, 2007)
The Indian Railways' much bandied about 'turnaround' claim has not stood the scrutiny of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG). In its report for 2005-06, the CAG has said that the railways achieved a huge jump in freight earnings by permitting . . .
- Invention On Rails (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, May 15, 2007)
Lalu Yadav may take credit for turning Indian Railways around, but he is still to figure out how to make platform tickets easily accessible to those willing to pay for them. Take, for instance, the New Delhi Railway station.
- Gory Tales Of A Patch Of Green (Telegraph, UDDALAK MUKHERJEE, May 15, 2007)
Uddalak Mukherjee and Sudeep Paul unearth the details of turf wars on the Maidan which claimed the life of a young cricketer recently.
- A Temporary Setback (OutLook, B. Raman , May 15, 2007)
Mullah Dadullah's death is the second major success of the US-led forces against the Neo Taliban leaders. The Neo Taliban should be able to get over this temporary set-back. The question is: how soon?
- Uttar Pradesh, Ready For Takeoff (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, May 14, 2007)
Mayawati is most adept at managing caste equations. She now has a chance to prove that she can do more than build Ambedkar parks
- Script To Fit The Role (Indian Express, Vandita Mishra, May 14, 2007)
Mayawati is being feted in the national media she has consistently scorned and which has been wary of her.
- Sab Maya Hai (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, May 12, 2007)
It would be hard to turn up a moment of greater radical symbolism in recent times in India, or perhaps the world: a woman, leading a party of the most marginalised section of India’s highly stratified society, a party moreover that was born only . . .
- Cauvery Will Be Solved: Pm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, May 12, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday assured Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi that the UPA government would find a solution to festering problems like the Cauvery dispute.
- Karunanidhi Seeks `Gifts' From Manmohan For The People (Hindu, VANI DORAISAMY, May 12, 2007)
Lists water disputes and reservation for women, backward classes as major problems
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