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- Location Of Industry (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 25, 2007)
It is rather embarrassing that Prof Amartya Sen has had to be dragged in to deliver a lecture on the locational aspect of industrialisation to `convince' those opposed to the Tata car project at Singur that what they are doing is not in the . . . . .
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- It's Advantage Congress (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Jul 23, 2007)
The presidential election is finally over. Ms Pratibha Patil has been elected as the first woman President of India.
- 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.
- 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.
- The Indian Market Has Already Emerged (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Jul 21, 2007)
Political accidents continue to take place and as the battle intensifies between the UPA, the UNPA and the NDA we can expect a great deal of confusion.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 . . . .
- Pratibha Patil Set To Win By A Huge Margin (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 19, 2007)
The ruling coalition's candidate Pratibha Patil is set to win the bitterly fought presidential election by a huge margin with more parties from the BJP orbit opting for abstention, citing equidistance as their preferred policy.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 . .. .
- Upa Managers In Countdown Mode (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2007)
United Progressive Alliance managers got into countdown mode on Tuesday to ensure that all preparations were in place for its Presidential candidate Pratibha Patil.
- Targeting The Cbi (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 18, 2007)
Biman Bose needed a holiday in America to be able to return to strongarm tactics with renewed vigour.
- 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 . .
- Voting Not Must: Ec (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 18, 2007)
The Election Commission on Tuesday said that the UNPA cannot direct its legislators to abstain from voting in the presidential election. The observation was made quoting Article 171 C of the Constitution.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 17, 2007)
Sunday’s civic reception to Mr Jyoti Basu didn’t quite turn out to be the typical Town Hall grandstanding.
- Committed To People, Says Pratibha Patil (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 14, 2007)
The Presidential election will be a significant moment in the history of India’s democracy, United Progressive Alliance presidential candidate Pratibha Patil said, while addressing West Bengal MLAs at the State Legislature here on Friday.
- The Runaway Presidential Campaign (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Jul 14, 2007)
There is considerable unrest within the BJP over the recklessness of its Presidential campaign.
- A Band Of Extraordinary Individuals (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Jul 14, 2007)
On Sunday, Chandra Shekhar passed away after a long illness. I find it difficult to express in words his contribution to Indian politics.
- Come Forward For Talks, Buddhadeb Tells Opposition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2007)
Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has appealed to the Opposition “to put behind their fears” and “come forward to sit for talks” over the setting up of industries in West Bengal.
- Buddha Says Won’T Let Violence Stall Industrialisation (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2007)
It was a debate on the Home department’s budget—with the spotlight on Singur, Nandigram and industrialisation—when Trinamool Congress leader Saugata Roy and Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee introduced Shakespeare into the proceedings.
- Cpm Leader Planned Tapasi Murder: Cbi (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2007)
CBI has identified Suhrid Dutta, CPM's Singur zonal committee secretary, as the mastermind behind the murder of Tapasi Malik. Dutta was produced at the Chandernagore court on Thursday where CBI claimed to have gathered enough evidence to . . . .
- Buddha: Breaking Walls No Solution (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 13, 2007)
Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee decried the threats to tear down the Singur factory wall and did some juggling with numbers in the assembly on Thursday to clear the confusion over the exact amount of land acquired.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 13, 2007)
Only the village idiot, or a committed Congressman, would be taken in by the defence minister’s theory that the re-opening of bids for medium artillery has been necessitated by the army’s dissatisfaction with the field trials performance of the . . . .
- Trinamool Not To Vote For Pratibha, To Skip Meeting (Pioneer, Saugar Sengupta, Jul 11, 2007)
Though Trinamool Congress refused to take direct questions on presidential elections, the party apparently made it clear its stance of backing NDA candidate Bhairon Singh Sekhawat.
- Resolving Singur (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jul 11, 2007)
The roadshow organised by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee for the victims of the violence at Singur and Nandigram has created quite a strong impression among people who are far removed from the scene.
- Into Thin Air (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jul 10, 2007)
There was always a sting in the tail of economic growth — whether in post-Industrial Revolution Europe or the Soviet Union and China.
- Left, Congress Lose Credibility (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Jul 09, 2007)
The UPA's presidential candidate, Ms Pratibha Patil, is likely to win the election, but we will have a 'tainted' President. Few, if any, in the immediate future will claim credit for selecting her after everyone else was rejected by the Left, even . . .
- Crisis Of Confidence (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 09, 2007)
It was generally expected that the CPI-M would celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Left Front by mobilising thousands of party cadres on the Maidan.
- Nandigram Violence: Jyoti Basu’S Poser (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2007)
Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu on Friday wondered whether Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was aware that nearly 2,000 supporters of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) were still unable to return home in the Nandigram area, months after the . . . .
- Insight Into Missing Dimension Of Nandigram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2007)
For a directorial debut, Prakash Kumar Ray has been valiant enough to choose Nandigram killings and violence as a subject matter.
- Pratibha Is Left’S Historic Blunder (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Jul 07, 2007)
Pratibha Patil will win the presidential election, but we will have a "tainted" President. Few, if any, in the immediate future will claim credit for selecting her name after everyone else’s name was rejected by the Left, even though many of the . . . .
- Red Rots (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Jul 06, 2007)
The arrest of a key CPI(M) leader Suhrid Dutta and his henchman Debu Malik by the CBI for their alleged involvement in the murder of Tapasi Malik in Singur in West Bengal has left both the ruling party and the Left Front government red in the face.
- Pratibha Is Left’S Historic Blunder (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Jul 06, 2007)
Pratibha Patil will win the presidential election, but we will have a "tainted" President. Few, if any, in the immediate future will claim credit for selecting her name after everyone else’s name was rejected by the Left, even though many of the . . .
- Ngos ‘Disturbed’ By Their Ways (Business Line, G. Srinivasan , Jul 06, 2007)
The incidents at Nandigram and Singur in West Bengal over land acquisition for industrial purposes have no doubt prompted the Union Government to set up a Group of Ministers (GoM) to come out with a rehabilitation policy for Project Affected Families . .
- Find Virtue, Not Vice (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jul 06, 2007)
With public and media glare focussed on the keenly contested presidential election, all parties should make sure that the dignity of the office is not compromised to score political brownie points, at least while electing the Vice-President
- Singur Salve On Mamata (Telegraph, Radhika Ramaseshan, Jul 06, 2007)
The Prime Minister today said he shared Mamata Banerjee’s “sense of agony and anguish” over the violence in Nandigram and Singur.
- Mamata Urges Pm To Scrap Land Acquisition Act (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2007)
Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday to demand abolition of the law on Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and scrapping of the 1894 Land Acquisition Act.
- Mamata To Pm: Intervene (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2007)
Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, requesting him to look into the matter of Nandigram and Singur special economic zones.
- Mayawati Goes About Undoing Mulayam ‘Damage’ To Police Force (Indian Express, SANJAY SINGH, Jul 04, 2007)
Mayawati’s return to power has begun in ernest the undoing of the “mishandling” of the Uttar Pradesh police force by her predecessor Mulayam Singh Yadav. Having promised to improve law and order, she has made revamping the police force her top priority.
- Mamata Seeks Cbi Inquiry (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 04, 2007)
A large number of protesters led by Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee held a rally at Jantar Mantar here on Tuesday in protest against “oppressive” policies adopted by the West Bengal Government in dealing with issues of land acquisition . . .
- Forgotten In Singur, Without Food (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 03, 2007)
A landless farm labourer died allegedly of starvation in Singur today, bringing under the spotlight a group forgotten in the land war.
- 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.
- Cbi Custody For Accused (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 30, 2007)
Two CPI-M activists, Mr Suhrid Dutta and Mr Debu Malik, who were arrested in connection with the Tapasi Malik murder case, were remanded in CBI custody by the additional chief judicial magistrate of the Chandernagore SDJM court in Hooghly today.
- Marxist Terror (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 30, 2007)
Among the many tragedies that have befallen West Bengal since last August is the rape and murder of 18-year-old Tapashi Mullick. In the annals of popular struggle against the State's Marxist regime, her gruesome death would have been just another . . .
- Party Economists Not In Touch With Reality: Buddha (Pioneer, Diptosh Majumdar, Jun 29, 2007)
West Bengal Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has "serious" differences with party ideologies and economists like Prabhat Patnaik, Jayati Ghosh and Utsa Patnaik. In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, Bhattacharjee said these academics were . . .
- 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
- Natwar Disqualification Plea Meant To Intimidate Voters: Nda (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 28, 2007)
The National Democratic Alliance on Wednesday charged the Congress with exerting “undue influence” on voters in the Presidential election by seeking disqualification of the former External Affairs Minister, Natwar Singh, from the Rajya Sabha on . . .
- 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 . . .
- 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.
- 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 . . .
- Biman’S Us Trip To Counter Mamata, Naxal Campaign (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2007)
CPI(M) State Secretary Biman Bose has decided to take on the anti-Nandigram campaign on the Internet in person by visiting the US and talking to influential Bengali non-resident Indians and explaining the ‘facts’.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jun 27, 2007)
History can never be re-written and verbal apologies are poor compensation for its ravages. While it would be unfair to blame the All Party Hurriyat Conference for the forced exodus of the Pandit community from the Kashmir Valley, it would be . . .
- Sena Breaks Nda Ranks To Back Upa On ‘Marathi’ Pratibha (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2007)
Unfazed by the numbers against him, Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat today entered the Presidential poll as an independent candidate backed by the NDA but its ally Shiv Sena broke ranks, announcing it would back UPA-Left nominee Pratibha Patil, . ..
- Swayed By The Marathi Card, Sena Chants Pratibha Mantra (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2007)
Unfazed by the numbers against him, Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on Monday entered the Presidential poll as an independent candidate backed by the NDA but its ally Shiv Sena broke ranks, announcing it would back UPA-Left nominee Pratibha Patil,
- Shiv Sena Breaks Ranks, Backs Upa Candidate Patil (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2007)
Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on Monday filed his nomination papers as an independent candidate backed by the NDA for the presidential poll. But the bad news for him is that two key NDA constituents are not backing him.
- Shekhawat Files Nomination (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Jun 26, 2007)
We are fighting to win, says Vajpayee; Natwar Singh a surprise signatory
- Sena Backs Patil (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2007)
Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, in a major jolt to the NDA of which he is a constituent, on Monday announced his party’s support to UPA candidate Pratibha Patil in next month’s presidential elections.
- Shekhawat Joins Battle (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2007)
Unfazed by rival claims about numbers being heavily loaded against him, Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on Monday filed his nomination papers for the presidential election as an independent candidate.
- Shekhawat Files Papers (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2007)
Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat today filed nomination papers as an NDA-backed independent candidate to challenge UPA candidate Pratibha Patil for the July 19 presidential election in the presence of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee . . .
- 30 Years Of The Left In Bengal: A Mixed Record (Tribune, Subhrangshu Gupta, Jun 26, 2007)
In the early seventies, when the then world bank president Robert McNamara had flown down to Calcutta for exploring how best the world bank’s funds could be utilised for West Bengal’s industrialisation and other development activities, the present . . . .
- Prez Poll: Shekhawat Files Nomination, Sena Backs Pratibha (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 26, 2007)
Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on Monday filed his nomination papers for the presidential election as an independent candidate supported by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), even as one of its key constituents decided to back . ..
- Left Uncontested (Pioneer, Ajoy Bose, Jun 25, 2007)
The CPI(M)-led Left Front in West Bengal has completed 30 years in power - longest ever by an 'elected' Marxist regime.
- Shekhawat To File Nomination Monday (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 25, 2007)
Despite the numbers not being in his favour, Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat will file his nomination papers tomorrow for the Presidential poll as an independent backed by the NDA, hoping to mop up support from rival formations.
- Replicate West Bengal Model At Centre, Says Karat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2007)
Leaders of the Left parties on Thursday asserted that efforts to replicate the West Bengal model on a national scale would emerge through concerted and united efforts.
- Yet Another Alliance (Pioneer, Kalyani Shankar, Jun 22, 2007)
Though the immediate provocation for the UNPA's formation is the presidential election, it has been created by the regional parties with an eye to the 2009 general election. Will this eight-party coalition succeed in its objective?
- People's Alternatives (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Jun 22, 2007)
Policymakers must seriously consider grassroots relief and rehabilitation plans to official packages.
- Communists Mark 30 Years Of Power In Indian State (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 22, 2007)
Thousands of Indians took to the streets waving red flags and singing revolutionary songs on Thursday to mark the 30th anniversary of the world’s longest-serving democratically elected communist government.
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