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- Sonia To Meet New Cpc Leadership (Asian Age, Anil K. Joseph, Oct 22, 2007)
Congress president Sonia Gandhi is set to be the first foreign political party leader to meet the new leadership of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC), which will be revealed to the world on Monday, signalling the importance . . . .
- Left: Wait For Bush Successor (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The Left parties have asked the Manmohan Singh government to put the nuclear deal on hold till the new administration takes over in the United States.
- 'N-Deal Will Send Signal To Outlaws On How To Reward A Nation' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The nuclear deal with India will send a strong signal to "outlaws such as Iran" on how a country could be "rewarded" if it behaves, the US has said as it questioned New Delhi's assertion on "civilisational ties" with Tehran.
- N-Panel Report In Nov: Cpm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The UPA-Left Committee is expected to come out with its findings on the Indo-US nuclear deal after Diwali in November, CPI-M Politburo member Mr Sitaram Yechury said in Bangalore today.
- Will Upa Take Final Stand On 123? (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
A meeting of the UPA-Left committee on the Indo-US nuclear deal tomorrow assumes importance in the wake of the Left's demand of a categorical government statement that the deal is off.
- Advani Wants Msp For Paddy Raised (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha L.K. Advani on Saturday urged the government to raise the minimum support price of paddy to Rs. 1,000 a quintal for the current kharif marketing season.
- Deal Will Send Signal To Outlaws: Burns (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The nuclear deal with India will send a strong signal to “outlaws such as Iran” on how a country could be “rewarded” if it behaves, the U.S. has said as it questioned New Delhi’s assertion on “civilisational ties” with Tehran.
- Sethu Project Keeps Political Pot Boiling (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project (SSCP) continues to keep the political pot in Tamil Nadu boiling with the DMK asserting that the first ship in the new channel would sail by November, 2008, and its rival AIADMK claiming that it would . . . . .
- Advani Seeks Revision Of Paddy Msp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
In an attempt to corner the support of farmers lobby for the BJP, leader of opposition L.K. Advani today asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to upwardly revise minimum support price (MSP) for paddy to bring it at par with wheat.
- Govt Wary Of Telling Left Nuclear Deal Is Off (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Though the Indo-US nuclear deal is on the backburner for all practical purposes, the government may not categorically acknowledge this when it talks to the Left in the joint mechanism meeting on Monday.
- Now, Sena Finds Fault With N-Deal, Upa’S Us Tilt (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Backtracking from his earlier stance in support of the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thackeray on Sunday voiced his opposition to the deal and came down heavily on the UPA Government for its pro- America stance.
- Will Know On Deal Today, Panel Findings Only After Diwali: Cpm (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
As Left parties asked the Government to make a clear statement that the Indo-US nuclear deal is off or on hold, the CPM today said the UPA-Left joint committee, which is meeting again tomorrow, is expected to come out with its findings only after Diwali.
- N-Deal: Upa-Left Meeting On Monday (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
A crucial meeting of the UPA-Left committee on the Indo-US nuclear deal will be held on Monday with the outside allies of the government demanding a clear statement that the deal is off.
- Crucial Upa-Left Meeting On N-Deal On Monday (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
A crucial meeting of the UPA-Left committee on the Indo-US nuclear deal will be held on Monday with the outside allies of the government demanding a clear statement that the deal is off.
- Then Watchdog, Now Poodle (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
This is perhaps the last Sunday to advise the government on the Indo-US Nuclear Deal. Tomorrow, the UPA-Left Committee will meet again.
- On Dashmi, Baalu Says Sethu Project To Be Ready By '08 (Pioneer, K Venkataramanan, Oct 22, 2007)
Union Shipping Minister TR Baalu on Sunday claimed that the Sethusamudram shipping canal project would be completed by November 2008 and thrown open for commercial use soon after, dismissing criticism that the project was as good as shelved.
- N-Deal Panel Report After Diwali, Says Yechury (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The UPA-Left committee on India-US nuclear deal will meet on Monday in the wake of climbdown by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on operationalising the deal and the Left asking the Government to come out with a written statement to put . . . . .
- Sethusamudram Project To Be Completed By Nov 2008: Govt (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Unfazed by the stiff opposition from various quarters to demolition of Ram Sethu as part of the Sethusamudram Project, Union Shipping and Surface Transport Minister TR Baalu on Sunday said that the multi-crore project would be completed by November 2008.
- All In It Together (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 22, 2007)
The suspense over the future of the India-United States nuclear agreement continues.
- False Eloquence Does Pm In (Pioneer, Swapan Dasgupta, Oct 22, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has offered himself for direct election only once: In 1999, when he was the Congress candidate for South Delhi.
- 'Sethu Project To Be Ready By '08' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
Unfazed by the stiff opposition from various quarters to demolition of Ram Sethu as part of the Sethusamudram Project, Union Shipping and Surface Transport Minister TR Baalu on Sunday said that the multi-crore project would be completed by November 2008.
- Status Unclear (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The joint committee of the UPA and the Left is expected to meet today on the civilian nuclear energy agreement. CPI leader A.B. Bardhan has said that he expects the government to make it clear whether it has dropped the deal . . . . .
- N-Deal: Hopeful Pm Attacks Bjp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
On board his special flight, Mr Singh reacted with uncharacterstic bluntness to a question about BJP's contention that he had lost the "moral right" to govern and he should quit following the "failure" of the deal.
- Mulford Tries To Rescue N-Pact (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
US Ambassador David C Mulford met Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon on Thursday for the second time in four days for consultations on the status of the troubled Indo-US civil nuclear deal.
- Pranab Was Not Frisked: Cong (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
Chairperson of the Congress media department M Veerappa Moily, who was also in Moscow earlier this month, on Thursday dismissed the 'frisking" reports in the media. According to reports, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee underwent a . . . .
- Is It Pause, Halt Or End? (Hindu, M.R. Srinivasan, Oct 19, 2007)
A look at the possible scenarios in the event that the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal is put on the back burner.
- Come Clean On Nuclear Deal: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday charged the United Progressive Alliance government with creating “confusion and chaos” on the India-United States nuclear deal by suggesting one day that the deal was put on hold and another day that it was . . . .
- War Of Words On Food Security (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
A war of words has broken out between Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and the Bharatiya Janata Party on issues related to food security, wheat import and the minimum support price for paddy.
- Pawar: Premature To Speculate On Polls (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
Union Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar on Thursday said it was premature to speculate on elections now.
- Mulford Meets Menon (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
United States Ambassador David C. Mulford met Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon on Thursday in what was his third formal interface with the External Affairs Ministry in four days.
- Left Parties Will Not Allow India To Be Junior Partner Of U.S., Says Karat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
CPI (M) general secretary Prakash Karat said here on Thursday that the Left parties were firmly against the India-U.S. nuclear deal and would not allow India to be a junior partner of the United States.
- Nuclear Debate Was Multi-Dimensional: How Free Is Our Media? (Deccan Herald, Nilotpal Basu, Oct 19, 2007)
The success of the nuclear deal to come through was being projected as the be all and end all of our development.
- Professor Pm (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 19, 2007)
It’s usually retired politicians who hit the lecture circuit. But Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been giving - on request from his Nigerian hosts when he went visiting - lessons on how to manage an economy to top Nigerian officials.
- New Clarity (Indian Express, Rajeev Shukla, Oct 19, 2007)
When the dust finally settles on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s decision to avoid a confrontation with the Left over the Indo-US nuclear deal, few will doubt the sensibility and political wisdom concealed within the decision.
- Pm Reminds Partners: You Too Okayed N-Deal (Indian Express, Seema Chisti, Oct 19, 2007)
Conceding that the Indo-US nuclear deal was “something that didn’t work out the way you wanted it to” and that it did have an “effect” on his government, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today reminded his UPA partners that “they were part and . . . .
- Other End Of The Deal (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 19, 2007)
So imagine you wanted to make a business deal so badly that you handed the other guy a blank cheque, and then after you’d given up so much, the other guy said ‘no thanks."
- N-Deal Apart, Left Has Some Other Peeves (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
While showing no signs of budging from its opposition to the nuclear deal, the Left is expanding its areas of discord with the government. On Thursday, it demanded that the logistics support agreement with the US should not be signed and also . . . .
- Bjp Sees ‘Manipulation’ Behind Sensex Crash, Wants Jpc Probe (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
The BJP on Wednesday held the UPA Government responsible for the bloodbath at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) inquiry to find out beneficiaries of the crash triggered by market regulator . . .
- N-Deal Not In Cold Storage Nor Is Pm Quitting: Cong (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Oct 18, 2007)
Even after an explanation by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to US President George Bush about difficulties being faced by him in going ahead with the nuclear agreement the Congress continues to put up a brave face by saying the deal has . . . . . .
- Bjp Seeks Jpc Probe (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
The BJP today demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe to find out the beneficiaries of the market crash that got triggered over SEBI’s proposal.
- Australia To Review Plans To Sell Uranium To India (Tribune, Rajeev Sharma, Oct 18, 2007)
The UPA government’s decision to put off the Indo-US nuclear deal in view of the Left parties’ unrelenting opposition to it has started having repercussions internationally.
- Don't Chain The Net (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Software is a sunshine sector of the Indian economy and perhaps the most potent symbol of the emergent new India.
- Cpi Demands Notification Of Forest Act (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Oct 18, 2007)
The Communist Party of India (CPI) has demanded that the Government notify Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act immediately.
- Upa Must Clarify On Deal: Cpi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Communist Party of India (CPI) general secretary A.B. Bardhan on Wednesday said that till the UPA government clarified the status of the India-U.S. nuclear deal it would continue to remain an issue.
- Congress Surrender (Indian Express, VARGHESE K. GEORGE, Oct 18, 2007)
The Organiser editorial takes pot shots at Congress’s “surrender” before the Left on the nuclear issue.
- Congress Banks On October 22 Meeting (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Oct 18, 2007)
The Congress on Wednesday asserted that the India-United States nuclear deal was not in the “cold storage” and attempts would continue to address the concerns of the supporting parties which could go beyond the October 22 United Progressive . . . . .
- Praful Patel Achieves The Impossible In Face Of Odds (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Taking economic reforms forward is not easy in a coalition government; so, experience in negotiating with trade unions definitely helps. As does prudence gained by running a Rs 1,000-crore business.
- N-Consensus Work In Progress: Pm (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday asserted that the process to evolve a consensus on the India-US nuclear deal among UPA partners had not been called off.
- Watch This Space (Indian Express, Ed Vulliamy, Oct 18, 2007)
The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated”. The United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA) that positioned itself as an alternative to the two dominant coalition fronts, the Congress-led UPA and the BJP-led NDA, could well . . . ..
- Sensex Records Biggest Intra-Day Drop; Claws Back (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Two days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh informed President George Bush about the concerns in India over the 123 nuclear agreement, the Congress on Wednesday said the deal has neither been put on hold nor on the backburner.
- Games People Play (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Oct 18, 2007)
Even as India welcomes the Nobel Prize Committee's acknowledgment of the pioneering work done by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, headed by one of its own -- Mr Rajendra Pachauri -- the Congress-led UPA regime is set on an . . . . ..
- Bjp Again Demands Tn Cm's Apology (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
The BJP on Wednesday appeared unimpressed by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's softening of stand on the Lord Ram controversy and continued to seek his apology for his remarks against the Hindu God.
- Bjp Wants Jpc To Look Into Reason Behind Market Crash (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Blaming the UPA for Wednesday's bloodbath in India's capital market, the BJP demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee to enquire into its causes.
- Bjp For Probe On Sensex Crash (Asian Age, Venkat Parsa, Oct 18, 2007)
The BJP on Wednesday demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to investigate the Sensex crash.
- Special Article (Statesman, Sam Rajappa, Oct 18, 2007)
It might have been the 150-year dream of the people of Tamil Nadu to take up the Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project to cut short the distance navigated by ships sailing from the west coast of the country for ports on the eastern . . . . . .
- Forget The Nuclear Deal! (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
If the Congress-led UPA coalition decided that now was not the time to risk going for general elections, it need not have been the Indo-US nuclear deal but the rising price of onions which could have had a crucial say in the matter! It was . . .. .
- Upbeat Left To Focus On Peoples Issues (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
After scoring a “moral victory” against the UPA government on the Indo-US nuclear deal, the Left Parties are now working overtime to focus on people’s issues like price rise, which could be used as poll planks.
- Nuke-Deal Not On Hold: Congress (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
The Manmohan Singh government might have been forced to put the contentious Indo-US nuclear deal into cold storage in the teeth of fierce opposition from its make-or-break Left allies, but the Congress has officially stuck to its posturing . . . . .
- A Special Moment (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Oct 17, 2007)
Sonia Gandhi did not address the United Nations general assembly on October 2 as commonly believed in India.
- White Revolution Possible In U.P.: Sonia (Hindu, Atiq Khan, Oct 17, 2007)
Attributes success of Rae Bareli milk procurement scheme to Rahul’s efforts
- Nuclear Deal Back To Haunt Govt (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Oct 17, 2007)
The threat to the Government isn't over yet though the UPA may have decided to go slow on the India-US nuclear deal.
- Upa Has Touched Its Lowest Depth, Says Advani (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
The BJP on Tuesday fired yet another salvo at the UPA Government on the India-US nuclear deal, saying the difficulties faced by it in operationalising the agreement reflected the very nature of the "opportunistic alliance".
- Cong To Educate Workers On Putting N-Deal On Hold (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
On the backfoot after formally putting the India-US civil nuclear deal on hold, the Congress is all set to justify its decision to choose survival of the UPA Government over the deal to party workers.
- Indo-Us Nuclear Deal: It's Dead Or In Deep Freeze? (Hindustan Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 17, 2007)
The Left parties on Tuesday were awaiting a formal communication from the UPA about the government's decision on not initiating talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the India-US civil nuclear deal.
- Cpi To Focus On Price Rise, Pds (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
After voicing its stiff opposition to the India-U.S. civilian nuclear deal, the Left on Tuesday took up the issue of price rise and collapse of the Public Distribution System (PDS) that have hit the common people hard over the recent months.
- Spooked (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
Terrorists set off a bomb, ministers rush in with clues and pointers, the police looks busy, and then everything settles down.
- Don’T Kill The N-Deal (Tribune, O.P. Sabherwal, Oct 17, 2007)
THE coming conclave(s) between the UPA government and the Left on October 22 and thereafter will to a large extent decide the fate of the Indo-US civilian nuclear accord.
- Deal In Coma (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 17, 2007)
THE India-US civil nuclear deal is almost dead. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has informed US President George Bush about the difficulties it has run into.
- Cong Should Forget N-Deal: Yechuri (Tribune, Bijay Sankar Bora, Oct 17, 2007)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) today said it would be better for the Congress to forget the nuclear deal and George Bush for the survival of the UPA government.
- Sonia To Name New Rajasthan Clp Chief (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
In an unanimous decision, the Congress Legislature Party on Tuesday authorised UPA chairperson and party president Sonia Gandhi to appoint its new leader in the State Assembly after Ramnarayan Choudhary resigned on Monday.
- Singh Tells Bush India Not Yet Ready For N-Deal (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 17, 2007)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has told US President George W. Bush that there were “certain difficulties” in operationalising the civilian nuclear deal with Washington, news reports said on Tuesday.
- Bjp Fires Another Salvo At Upa Govt (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
The Bharatiya Janata Party today lashed out at the UPA government on the Indo-US nuclear deal, saying the difficulties faced by it in operationalising the agreement reflected the very nature of the opportunistic alliance.
- Fear Of Polls Made Congress Pause (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 17, 2007)
I wish the party were over. The participants would have at least gone home. But both the Congress and the Left have lingered to revive what may not be possible.
- N-Deal Will Happen, No Timeline: India (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
As the fate of the India-US nuclear deal hung in balance, the UPA government on Tuesday underlined its commitment to the deal, saying although there is no timeline, “it will happen eventually”.
- Sibal Mum On Indo-Us N-Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Range of incentives planned for scientists, says Union Minister
- Sonia’S Assurance To Social Activists (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday told a delegation of social activists that she would discuss the issue of land redistribution with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh soon after he returns from his foreign visit.
- Mulford Meets Pranab (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
U.S. Ambassador to India David Mulford on Monday met External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee here.
- Two Steps Back (Telegraph, MAHESH RANGARAJAN, Oct 16, 2007)
The coalition government’s hesitation over India’s nuclear agreement with the United States of America has put off speculation about an imminent general election.
- Sensex Breaks 19k Mark, Gains A Hefty 640 Pts (OutLook, Editorial, Outlook, Oct 16, 2007)
Bulls ran amok on Dalal Street, home to the country's stock market, carrying the benchmark Sensex past the 19,000 mark milestone in a record four sessions, as investors bet heavily on blue chip stocks and political truce.
- Mulford Meets Pranab, Seeks To Know India's Mind On N-Deal (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
With uncertainty over Indo-US nuclear deal, US Ambassador to India David C Mulford tonight met External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee here and is understood to have sought to know India's mind on the future of the agreement.
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