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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- Manmohans Image - Less Bright Than Before (Deccan Herald, Amulya Ganguli, Jul 25, 2007)
Manmohan Singh became Prime Minister with a fund of goodwill based on his reputation for integrity.
- Vp Poll: Papers Of Ansari, Najma, Masood Valid (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2007)
Nomination papers filed by only three candidates for the August 10 Vice Presidential poll -- Mohd Hamid Ansari of UPA-Left, Najma Heptulla of NDA and Rasheed Masood of the Third Front -- were on Tuesday found valid on scrutiny.
- High Drama Across Courtrooms (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2007)
As the judge read out the death sentence, Abdul Akhtar Khan sprang to his feet.
- Shaken Bjp Suspends 5 Anti-Modi Mlas (Tribune, Satish Misra, Jul 24, 2007)
A crisis-ridden Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today sought to arrest growing dissidence in the party by suspending five known anti-Narendra Modi MLAs in Gujarat.
- Bjp-Shiv Sena Alliance (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2007)
The shadow-boxing between the Shiv Sena and the BJP, the original saffron siblings, is continuing unabated.
- In Disarray (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Jul 24, 2007)
As usual, the media are to blame. It seems now that Najma Heptullah is proud to be the Bharatiya Janata Party’s candidate for vice-president, and she never did refuse to take part in a “token” contest. It was only the distortion of a television channel.
- Ansari, Najma File Nominations (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 24, 2007)
United Progressive Alliance-Left candidate Mohammad Hamid Ansari and National Democratic Alliance nominee Najma Heptulla on Monday filed their nomination papers for the August 10 Vice-Presidential election.
- Nda Pits Najma Against Ansari, Masood (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2007)
The Opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Sunday decided to field former Rajya Sabha deputy chairperson Najma Heptullah as its vice-presidential candidate.
- Nda Nominee Is Najma Heptulla (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jul 23, 2007)
The National Democratic Alliance on Sunday announced that the former Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, Najma Heptulla, will be its Vice-Presidential candidate.
- Madam President (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 23, 2007)
PRATIBHA PATIL’S victory was a foregone conclusion the moment the United Progressive Alliance-Left combine announced her name as its Presidential candidate.
- Nda Fields Najma Heptullah For Vp Poll (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2007)
With allies Shiv Sena and Trinamool Congress still staying away, the BJP-led NDA on Sunday announced Rajya Sabha's former deputy chairperson Najma Heptullah as its Vice-Presidential candidate making the contest a triangular fight all involving . . . .
- Nda Fields Najma Heptullah For V-P Poll (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 23, 2007)
Setting the stage for a triangular contest in the vice-presidential elections scheduled for August 10, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) today named former Rajya Sabha deputy chairperson Najma Heptullah as its candidate for the august office.
- Tomorrow’S Agenda (Asian Age, M.J. Akbar, Jul 23, 2007)
You can argue with success but can you win the argument? An argument is a conversation about detail, and the more minor the nuance the finer the argument. Success is a heavy blanket that tends to shroud details.
- Martyrs’ Widows To Meet Next President (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 21, 2007)
Chairman of All India Anti-Terrorist Front (AIATF) M.S. Bitta today said that families of martyrs who repulsed the attack on Parliament would meet the next president to seek rejection of Mohammad Afzal's mercy petition and carrying out Supreme . . . .
- Third Front! What? (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jul 21, 2007)
The voting in Thursday’s presidential election offers little reason for any of the leading political alliances to celebrate.
- Young, Male And Deadly (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Jul 21, 2007)
The explanation made sense. The protesters mostly came from the western, and older, parts of the city, which are Kannada-speaking, and which have escaped the boom that Bangalore has been experiencing for some years now.
- Nda Plans To Field Its Candidate For V-P Post (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2007)
Persisting that the results of Thursday's presidential election could be "surprising", the NDA leaders have decided to field their candidate for the election to the post of the Vice-President.
- Prez Poll Caught In Crossfire (Asian Age, Sonal Kellogg, Jul 20, 2007)
Voting in one of the most bitterly contested presidential elections in Indian history, which is set to throw up the country’s first woman President, ended on Thursday with third front constituents AIADMK and MDMK both voting despite their . . . .
- High Drama Marks Prez Poll (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2007)
Voting in one of the murkiest and most-bitterly fought Presidential elections took place today with the controversial UPA-Left candidate Mrs Pratibha Patil set to emerge as the country’s 13th and first-ever woman President, with the finale . . . .
- Ashot In Arm For Nda (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Jul 20, 2007)
Making a mockery of the newly-formed UNPA's decision to abstain from the presidential poll, its two key constituents from Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK and the MDMK, registered near total participation in the election even as some MPs and MLAs of the . . . .
- Nda Rules Out Consensus (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2007)
A consensus is now not possible on the Vice-Presidential post, according to BJP Vice-President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
- Great Maratha Who? (Indian Express, KUMAR KETKAR , Jul 20, 2007)
There is a false impression gaining adherents in most parts of India that Pratibha Patil, soon to be ensconced as the president of India, is a Marathi icon in the making, and that celebrations are about to rumble through Maharashtra.
- Jaya U-Turns, But Pratibha Safe (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2007)
The curtains came down on India's murkiest presidential poll on Thursday as parties broke agreements with allies, and in some cases individual legislators went against their parties while voting for the country's next President.
- First Death Sentences In '93 Mumbai Blasts Case (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Jul 19, 2007)
In the first set of death sentences pronounced in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, the TADA court handed out capital punishment to three key aides of the absconding accused Tiger Memon for planting explosives at four different locations and . . ..
- Cong Confident, Bjp Combative (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2007)
On the eve of presidential election, an upbeat Congress got a shot in the arm as National Conference pledged its support to UPA nominee Pratibha Patil while her rival Bhairon Singh Shekhawat's supporters renewed their call for a conscience vote to . . . .
- Gujarat Bjp Keeps Mlas ‘Safe’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2007)
AS 30 BJP rebel MLAs raised the ante on Wednesday by boycotting a BJP party meeting ahead of the Presidential election and paid a courtesy visit to Leader of Opposition Arjun Modhwadia, a rattled BJP today herded its flock of MLAs to farmhouses, . . . .
- Advani: Congress Had Come For Consensus On Shekhawat (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2007)
BJP leader L K Advani today claimed the Congress had first come with a proposal to field Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat as a consensus candidate in the presidential election to deny a second term to incumbent A P J Abdul Kalam.
- Advani Sees Long-Haul Battle (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2007)
Whatever the outcome of the presidential election, Leader of Opposition LK Advani sees the BJP readying itself for a long-haul fight on the issue of UPA nominee Pratibha Patil's background and the manner in which she was chosen for the country's . .. .
- Senas Decision Was A Jolt: Advani (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2007)
Senior BJP leader L K Advani on Wednesday admitted that ally Shiv Sena’s decision to support UPA-Left presidential candidate Pratibha Patil and the Third Front’s move to abstain in today’s election were a “jolt” to his party.
- Double Blow To Bjp On Poll-Eve (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2007)
Rebel BJP MLA Dhiru Gajera’s appeal to other dissidents to vote for Pratibha Patil in the presidential poll has unsettled the party, in Ahmedabad and Delhi.
- On Poll Eve, Congress Smells Victory (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2007)
Confident of Pratibha Patil's victory, Congress president Sonia Gandhi turned poll instructor on Wednesday, meeting party MPs in batches over the day and teaching them how to mark the ballot paper.
- Time To Define Secularism (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jul 19, 2007)
Nepotism, corruption and patriotism (or lack of it) are issues that have been emphasised in the debates and campaigns surrounding the two aspirants – Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and former Rajasthan governor Pratibha Patil . . . .
- Bjp’S Dilemma: To Contest Or Not (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jul 19, 2007)
With defeat almost certain in the Presidential poll, a significant section of the Bharatiya Janata Party leadership has expressed its view that the party should keep out of the election for Vice-President.
- Nda Continues To Target Pratibha (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2007)
Even as the NDA-backed presidential nominee, Mr Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, virtually stood poised on the verge of defeat in tomorrow’s poll, the BJP today sharpened its attack on the Congress while continuing to train its guns on the UPA-Left candidate, . .
- 2 Bjp Allies To Abstain, Patil To Gain (Asian Age, Sonal Kellogg, Jul 19, 2007)
The battlelines were drawn on the eve of the presidential elections as the BJP was dealt a double blow on Wednesday with both the Trinamul Congress and Karnataka coalition partner JD(S) deciding to abstain.
- Prez Polls: Pratibha All Set To Win (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2007)
Pratibha Patil is all set to succeed A P J Abdul Kalam as the President of India, with the arithmetic in the Presidential electoral college weighed in favour of the UPA candidate as against the NDA-backed Independent candidate Bhairon Singh Shekhawat.
- Shiv Sena's Decision Was A Jolt: Advani (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2007)
Senior BJP leader L K Advani on Wednesday admitted that ally Shiv Sena's decision to support UPA-Left presidential candidate Pratibha Patil and the Third Front's move to abstain in Thursday's election were a "jolt" to his party.
- Fading Saffron (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Jul 18, 2007)
A defeat invariably undermines the position of the party chief. Nor is it unusual for inner-party groups opposed to him to take advantage of his discomfiture to run him down.
- Sushma Urges Unpa To Reconsider Decision (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2007)
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Tuesday welcomed the Election Commission’s ruling on BJP leader L.K. Advani’s petition in relation to the United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA) decision to abstain from voting in the July 19 . .. .
- Review 'No Vote' Decision: Nda Tells Unpa (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2007)
Warning the constituents of the newly formed United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA) that abstaining from voting in presidential elections would work to the advantage of the UPA and expose their claim of fighting the Congress, Opposition National . .
- Najma On Nda List For V-P Candidate (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2007)
National Democratic Alliance leaders will meet here on July 19, just after the presidential poll gets over, to decide their vice-presidential candidate. Senior BJP Rajya Sabha member Najma Heptullah and Lok Sabha deputy speaker Charanjit Singh . . .
- Role Of Shiv Sena Will Be The Determining Factor: Sushma (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2007)
The role of the Shiv Sena in the Presidential poll on July 19 will be the determining factor in the party’s future alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), according to Sushma Swaraj, spokesperson for the NDA-supported independent candidate . . .
- The Runaway Presidential Campaign (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Jul 14, 2007)
There is considerable unrest within the BJP over the recklessness of its Presidential campaign.
- Interrogate Pratibha Before July 19 (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Jul 14, 2007)
UPA presidential nominee Pratibha Patil found herself in yet another embarrassing situation on Friday, as the Bombay High Court directed the CBI to file its reply by July 17 on a petition seeking her interrogation before the July 19 presidential . . .
- Clear Choice (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Jul 13, 2007)
THE 13th presidential election, on July 18, is expected to conclude with a historic verdict promoting, for the first time, a woman to the highest constitutional office in the country.
- Upa’S Figures For Committed Votes (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2007)
“Pratibha has 6,31,464 votes”
NDA tally will be 3,14,411
- Bhim Does His Bit For Shekhawat (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2007)
Jammu and National Panthers Party president Bhim Singh has written an open letter to all members of electoral college for Presidential poll seeking support for Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, who is contesting as an independent candidate . . .
- Maha Nexus (Indian Express, Rakshit Sonawane, Jul 06, 2007)
The spotlight on UPA’s presidential candidate Pratibha Patil has brought into focus a long standing phenomenon: the intricate networks that bind politicians, sugar cooperatives, banks and educational institutions in Maharashtra.
- Gender Factor (Frontline, Anupama Katakam, Jul 06, 2007)
TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD Shweta has been working in one of Mumbai's massive retail chain stores for over five years now.
- Look Before You Shanghai (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Jul 04, 2007)
Mumbai Drowns Again. Fourteen Dead, Nine Injured. City Stranded In Flood Waters. Central Railway Services Stop. Flights Cancelled. Suburbs Powerless.
- Electing Pratibha Patil The Next Rashtrapati (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 04, 2007)
Yashwant Sinha, who was Finance Minister for three years in the National Democratic Alliance government, has just published a memoir of sorts entitled Confessions Of A Swadeshi Reformer.
- Advani Goes To Ec Over Candidates’ Assets (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2007)
Leader of Opposition L K Advani on Monday led a delegation to the Election Commission and urged that the Commission, under Article 324 of the Constitution, should get presidential candidates to declare their assets and liabilities.
- A Ghashiram Kotwal For Our Time (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 03, 2007)
Recently Vijay Tendulkar’s Ghashiram Kotwal, a contemporary classic, was staged in Delhi and the response of the theatregoers was overwhelming. People are still enamoured by scheming, lecherous Nana and the transformation of Ghashiram from . . . .
- Vajpayee, Advani Plan Letter Campaign (Pioneer, Yogesh Vajpeyi, Jul 03, 2007)
Reminiscent of his telephone calls to voters ahead of the 2004 general elections, former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his party colleague L K Advani are planning to launch a letter campaign in support of NDA-backed presidential . . . .
- Prez Poll: Nda Doubts If Its Vote Bank Will Be In Tact (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 02, 2007)
Despite BJP's call for a conscience vote in favour of NDA-backed nominee Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, doubts are mounting in the party over whether it would be able to keep votes in NDA intact after Shiv Sena's decision not to support him.
- Sushma Swaraj Switches Roles (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jun 30, 2007)
Not for the Bharatiya Janata Party although she is the deputy leader of the BJP in the Rajya Sabha. Nor for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance that is backing Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat as its presidential candidate.
- Sushma Seeks Ec Action Against Congress, Pratibha (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Jun 30, 2007)
For exerting “undue influence” on voters in Presidential polls
- The Age Of Political Tycoons (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Jun 30, 2007)
Political accidents are not confined to the UPA alone, and now it is the turn of the BJP and the UNPA to have "accidents."
- The Age Of Political Tycoons (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Jun 29, 2007)
Political accidents are not confined to the UPA alone, and now it is the turn of the BJP and the UNPA to have "accidents."
- Battle For The Palace (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jun 29, 2007)
The presidential election has never been so politicised. While the UPA has put up a vulnerable candidate with the next general election in mind, the NDA is a divided house. Worse, Pratibha Patil is in the thick of unsavoury controversies
- Rudderless Party (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 28, 2007)
Crisis seems to bedevil the BJP. Its national executive meeting in New Delhi bears proof that it is far from being a cohesive, forward-looking entity.
- A Cautionary Tale (Telegraph, MUKUL KESAVAN, Jun 28, 2007)
The furore in Pakistan about Salman Rushdie’s knighthood tells us a great deal about that peculiar country and something about ours.
- Bjp’S Bluster (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jun 28, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party has determinedly sought to develop the best spin machine in the political business.
- Shekhawat Must Step Down, Says Dasmunsi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2007)
Attacks Advani for calling UPA Presidential nominee “tainted”
- Pratibha Has Done Nothing Wrong: Pm (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday dismissed the BJP's allegations against UPA-Left's presidential nominee Pratibha Patil. "It is mud-slinging… she has done nothing wrong," he said at a book release function at his residence.
- Cong's Anti-Natwar Move Intimidating Electors: Nda (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2007)
The NDA on Wednesday alleged that the Congress petition seeking disqualification of Rajya Sabha member Natwar Singh amounted to intimidation of the members of the Presidential Electoral College and it would file a complaint against the same with . . .
- Tension Between Bjp And Sena Mounts To New High (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2007)
Senior Shiv Sena leaders and its ground cadres are highly annoyed at the outburst by BJP leaders against their party's decision to support UPA-Left presidential candidate Pratibha Patil.
- Missing Pramod Mahajan (Pioneer, TN Raghunatha, Jun 28, 2007)
Had the master strategist been alive today, the Shiv Sena would not have backed Pratibha Patil. Nor would the BJP and its oldest ally been squabbling in public. The BJP misses Pramod Mahajan, so does Balasaheb Thackeray
- Congress Exerting ‘Undue Pressure’ On Voters: Nda (Tribune, R. Suryamurthy, Jun 28, 2007)
As the race for Raisina Hills entered the crucial phase, the diatribe have become boisterous, with NDA threatening to move the Election Commission against the Congress for putting ‘undue pressure’ on the members of the Electoral College.
- Friends Apart (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 27, 2007)
Shiv sena's decision to support UPA candidate Pratibha Patil has not caused any surprise, as indications to this effect were aplenty.
- Cong Seeks Disqualification Of Natwar (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2007)
In a bid to embarrass NDA-backed presidential nominee Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on the issues of constitutional propriety and conflict of interest, the Congress today moved a revised petition for the disqualification of former union minister . . .
- It Is Betrayal By Shiv Sena: Munde (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday charged the Shiv Sena with “betrayal” and called it “anti-national” and “anti-Hindutva,” as cracks showed up in the National Democratic Alliance following the Sena’s decision to support the Congress-backed . . .
- They Are Our Friends, Says Shiv Sena (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2007)
Defending its position on the choice of candidate for President, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday dismissed talk of any strain in the alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- Sena, Bjp In A Scrap (Tribune, Shiv Kumar, Jun 27, 2007)
The Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party are locked in a bitter battle over the former's decision to support Congress candidate Pratibha Patil in the forthcoming presidential election.
- Bjp Mulls To Snap Ties With 'Betrayer' Sena After Prez Polls (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2007)
An angry BJP on Tuesday threatened to review its ties with the Shiv Sena, the oldest ideological ally, after the conclusion of the Presidential election.
- Bjp Threatens To Review Ties With Sena (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2007)
An angry BJP on Tuesday threatened to review its ties with the Shiv Sena, the oldest ideological ally, after the conclusion of the Presidential election.
- Sena Sees No Reason To Break Alliance With Bjp Over Prez Issue (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2007)
Under attack from its ally BJP for breaking ranks and supporting UPA-Left Presidential candidate Pratibha Patil, Shiv Sena on Tuesday sought to play down the issue saying it saw "no reason" for its alliance with the saffron party to break.
- Sena Stands By Pratibha, Alliance (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2007)
Shiv Sena today asked the BJP to understand its political compulsions and not to unnecessarily rake up a controversy over the party’s support to the UPA-Left Presidential candidate, Mrs Pratibha Patil.
- Presidential Race And The Loyalty Factor (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jun 27, 2007)
Loyalty to Nehru-Gandhi family seems to be the deciding factor for even as high a post as the President's.
- Advani Gives Advice To Rajnath (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2007)
Pressure today mounted on BJP chief Rajnath Singh over his style of functioning as party veteran L K Advani advised him to consult his seniors and come out with urgent corrective measures in the backdrop of the Uttar Pradesh debacle.
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