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- Mayavati Growls, Samajwadi Behaves (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2007)
The Samajwadi Party has softened its stand on the UPA government with senior leaders saying the party was not thinking of a no-confidence motion in Parliament on the nuclear deal.
- Bjp, Seek Don’T Hyde (Indian Express, Swapan Dasgupta, Aug 28, 2007)
On Sunday L.K. Advani took a decisive first step in restoring the electability of the BJP and, for that matter, the NDA. His interview to The Indian Express on the country’s relationship with the US and the Indo-US nuclear agreement has rescued . . . .
- Coalition In The Future (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Aug 28, 2007)
It’s all over bar the shouting. The general election is on the horizon, sooner than the Congress and other parties wanted, but the Indo-US nuclear deal has triggered a set of circumstances in which the Left’s essential support base for the coalition . . .
- Mayawati Ups Ante: Release Aid Or... (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2007)
With the Left parties threatening to end their support to the UPA Government over the India-US civil nuclear deal, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has also joined the bandwagon, asking for her pound of flesh.
- Mayawati Warns Centre (Asian Age, Amita Verma, Aug 28, 2007)
UP chief minister Mayawati has begun to lose patience and this could well be the beginning of the end for the honeymoon between the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Congress.
- Strategic Partners (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Aug 28, 2007)
Leader of Opposition LK Advani's statement on Sunday that the BJP was in favour of a strategic partnership between India and the US and that it would have no objection to the India-US nuclear deal if the Government was willing to ensure the . . . .
- Mr Advani's Next Move (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Aug 28, 2007)
After clarifying his party's position on the nuclear deal, the BJP's legislative face needs to work on isolating the Left. Anti-Communism must replace old-style anti-Congressism for the BJP to do well in the next general election
- Terror’S New Face Babu Bhai Sits In Up Jail, Joins Dots From Dhaka To Hyderabad Via Delhi (Indian Express, Shishir Gupta, Aug 28, 2007)
Forty eight hours after the twin blasts in Hyderabad, investigators are looking at questioning a 40-year-old born in a village in West Bengal, who is now sitting in a Lucknow jail.
- Reliance Suspends Retail Plans In Bengal (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 28, 2007)
Rattled by the opposition of the Trinamul Congress and Left parties, Reliance Retail Ltd has decided to suspend its plans temporarily to open six outlets in West Bengal. In Uttar Pradesh last week, Reliance had ordered its stores to shut down for security
- Ready, Set, Cut The Action! (Deccan Herald, Rashmi Vasudeva, Aug 27, 2007)
This book would have done better as a non-fictional account of sugar mill politics than the 'passionate' tale it sets out to be.
- Call The Left's Bluff (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Aug 27, 2007)
The Congress should be grateful to the Left. If it has any survival instinct, Congress would thank the Left for all the confrontations and arm-twisting of the last three years.
- Maya Threatens To Severe Ties With Upa (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 27, 2007)
A day after the Centre allotted another bungalow in Delhi to the Bahujan Samaj Party for founder Kanshi Ram's memorial, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati on Sunday issued an open threat to the UPA government of launching a campaign to unseat it.
- Maya’S Many Mistakes (Asian Age, Editorial, The Asian Age, Aug 25, 2007)
To repeat a cliché, history repeats itself; but rarely does it repeat itself so soon. While it took Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav three years to demolish the goodwill that had catapulted him to power, Ms Mayawati has managed to do so in barely three months.
- Traders Welcome U.P. Ban On Big Retail Chains (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2007)
Though groups of small retailers, traders and consumer organisations have welcomed the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to ban chains of big retail stores, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has come out in support of the corporate. . .
- The Fallout Of Moisture Stress (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 25, 2007)
Including pulses and edible oil in the PDS and strengthening essential food supplies brook no delay.
- Instant Edict (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 25, 2007)
AS any harried homemaker would tell you, retail vegetable vendors are not the most public-friendly lot.
- Farm It Out, But Keep The Safety Net In Place (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 25, 2007)
Just three weeks after unveiling the new agriculture policy in the state, which among other things allowed private investment and contract farming in the agrarian sector, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has ordered a rollback.
- Celebrate India's Amazing Diversity (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 23, 2007)
Once again, on our Independence Day, there was a wave of unity around the nation, plastic tricolours being sold at traffic lights, special programmes on TV, a new album by AR Rahman...
- Mega Indian Welcome For Japa (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2007)
The Indian government formally approved the US$100 billion Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), the country's largest infrastructure project, ahead of the three-day visit of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe this week.
- Sex Education Runs Into Trouble (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2007)
The Indian government's recent attempt to introduce sex education for school children has provoked a vigorous debate. In the second of two articles, the BBC's Jyotsna Singh considers the case against a more open discussion of sex in schools.
- Slap For Cbi (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Aug 23, 2007)
THE acquittal of the former Union Coal Minister, Mr Shibu Soren, and four others by the Delhi High Court in the Shashi Nath Jha murder case once again brings to the fore the glaring inadequacies in the criminal justice system.
- For Congress, Poll No Longer A Bogey (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 23, 2007)
The government and the Left are waiting for the other side to come up with a proposal to find a middle ground on the nuclear deal but the Congress has drawn the parameters within which it wants negotiations to be held, sources said.
- What’S Religion Got To Do With 123? (Indian Express, ABUSALEH SHARIFF, Aug 22, 2007)
The current controversy between the ruling UPA coalition and the Left on the one hand, and the right on the other, is entirely a political confrontation.
- India’S Nuclear Deal Controversy May Lead To Early Polls (Dawn, Simon Denyer, Aug 22, 2007)
India could be heading for elections in 2008, a year ahead of schedule, after a row over a nuclear deal with the United States exposed deep faultlines between the government and its communist allies.
- Celebrated Novelist Qurratulain Hyder Dead (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Aug 22, 2007)
Celebrated Urdu novelist Qurratulain Hyder, 80, died here on Tuesday following complications from an old breathing problem.
- Japan Woos India With Funding Pledges (British Broadcasting Corporation, Shilpa Kannan, Aug 21, 2007)
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to India, which begins on Tuesday, comes at a crucial time in economic relations between the two countries.
- Bjp Mustn't Let Govt Fall (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
The BJP has erred in opposing so vociferously the India-US civil nuclear deal. In public perception, its opposition is largely political.
- Looking For Elusive Peace (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Aug 21, 2007)
Many volumes have been written on the subject of Partition. Broadly, two opposite viewpoints have been expressed on the subject.
- Mountain Man (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Aug 21, 2007)
THE story of Dashrath Majhi is awe-inspiring.
- Strings Unattached (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2007)
THE BJP and the RSS have always stoutly denied that the latter is instrumental in the party’s decision-making process.
- Gopalaswami Favours Unique Identity Card (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 20, 2007)
Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswamy on Sunday favoured issuance of a Unique Identity Card for every citizen in the country to check the problem of duplicacy of names in the voters list.
- Looking For Elusive Peace (Pioneer, Prafull Goradia, Aug 20, 2007)
Many volumes have been written on the subject of Partition. Broadly, two opposite viewpoints have been expressed on the subject.
- Left Falls Out With Congress (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Aug 20, 2007)
Independence Day is always special, and after 60 years we must reflect on the past, live in the present and think of the future.
- Other Travails (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Aug 18, 2007)
The literature on the Partition of India is driven by those who had to flee religious persecution, whether Hindus and Sikhs in Pakistan or Muslims in India.
- A Policy For Unfreedom (Frontier Post, Jayati Ghosh, Aug 18, 2007)
THE Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh has just announced the Agriculture Infrastructure and Investment Policy, which seeks to bring about radical changes in the structure of trading of agricultural produce.
- Fresh Rain Worsens S Asia Floods (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 18, 2007)
Fresh rains in north India have flooded new areas and worsened the situation in regions already badly hit by some of the worst floods in 30 years.
- Nod For Firm To Oversee Industrial Corridor Project (Hindu, Anita Joshua, Aug 18, 2007)
Project is part of Japan-India Special Economic Partnership Initiative
Includes creation of 24 investment regions and industrial areas across six States
- The Caste System — India’S Apartheid? (Hindu, Balakrishnan Rajagopal, Aug 18, 2007)
Having taken a principled stand in foreign policy against racial discrimination and apartheid, India should not hide behind a false sense of Third World sovereignty in discussing the real problems of how to effectively end caste discrimination in . . . .
- Up Will Help Scs, Sts Crack Job Exams (Indian Express, PIYUSH SRIVASTAVA, Aug 17, 2007)
The Uttar Pradesh Government is roping in private coaching institutions to help students from the SC, ST, and minority communities to clear competitive exams for the civil services and professional courses like engineering and medicine.
- Eternal India (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2007)
AN artist presents the world around him, shaped by how he sees it: by his perceptions and beliefs.
- Indian Agriculture At Crossroads (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Aug 16, 2007)
India has by now had the benefit of half a century of planning on the farm front. One important way of assessing a country’s true independence is to critically examine how independent it is in terms of food security.
- Promises To Keep (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 16, 2007)
India’s continuing success as a parliamentary democracy is inspiring. Equally remarkable is its arrival as an emerging world power in a short span of time, an accomplishment that has exceeded the most optimistic expectations.
- Deadly Landslide In S Asia Floods (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 16, 2007)
Five people are confirmed dead and 55 are missing believed dead after heavy rain triggered a landslide that buried Dharla village in the Indian Himalayas.
- Targeting Migrants (Frontline, Pravir Malik, Aug 16, 2007)
Islamists in Kashmir appropriate the issue of the rape and murder of a girl to whip up a wave of xenophobia.
- Ap May Toe Maya Line On Quota (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
Hailing Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati's decision to give incentives to private industries reserving jobs for backward classes, Andhra Pradesh CM Y S Rajasekhara Reddy said on Monday that his government was planning to follow suit.
- Maya Of Quotas (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Aug 14, 2007)
The Pioneer has been steadfastly opposed to caste and community based reservations, be it in Government jobs or educational institutions, aided or unaided. It has been an article of faith with us that politically-expedient quota expansion is totally . . .
- Monsoon Flooding Spreads West Across India And Pakistan (Independent (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
Torrential monsoon rains that have killed more than 2,000 people in north-east India, Bangladesh and Nepal in recent weeks are now devastating north-west India and neighbouring Pakistan.
- Politics Is Heating Up (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Aug 14, 2007)
IT is said of the American presidential election that campaigning for his successor or his re-election begins almost the day he is sworn in.
- Death Of The Small Town (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
In 1993 I spent a year travelling around India, researching a book about small towns.
- Rethink Reservation (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
On August 8, the Supreme Court was in no mood to provide any relief to the Union Government. Instead of passing an interim order, it decided to pursue the discussion on the Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006.
- 6 Killed In Deoghar Stampede (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
Six persons, including five women died today in Deoghar and neighbouring Basukinath in Jharkhand during the morning congregation and puja offerings at Shiva temples. One person was seriously injured in the incident.
- Babus' Day Out (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 14, 2007)
At a fund-raising performance of Dear Liar, by the Bombay-based theatre group, Motley, in support of CanSupport, an NGO providing palliative care to terminally ill cancer patients in the capital, many who had bought tickets found there were no . . . .
- Andhra Cm To Do A Maya On Job Reservation (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2007)
After Uttar Pradesh, it could well be the turn of Andhra Pradesh to introduce a novel way of providing job quotas to the disadvantaged. Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy on Monday said that the state was looking at replicating . . . .
- Nutrition Security Under Increasing Threat (Business Line, C.P. CHANDRASEKHAR, Aug 14, 2007)
The National Family Health Surveys (NFHS) are extremely useful indicators of many basic conditions of life and health among our population.
- ‘Because Of Ideology, Managing Contradictions Is More Difficult For This Coalition. The Left Sticks To Its Position’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 13, 2007)
My guest today is perhaps one of the most modern ministers in the Union Cabinet, from certainly the most ancient constituency (Chandni Chowk). Kapil Sibal, welcome to Walk the Talk. Life is full of paradoxes.
- Big B Dares Up Govt To Jail Him (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Refuting allegations that he had fudged records to buy agricultural land, superstar Amitabh Bachchan has blamed his problems on change of regime in Uttar Pradesh, while daring the government to put him in jail if it felt he was guilty.
- Political Interests Targeting Me: Big B (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Amitabh Bachchan has broken his silence on the Bofors issue, the Barabanki land deal and other controversies he has been embroiled in, hinting that political interests may have been behind his present problems.
- Industry Divided Over Maya's Job Quota Plan (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Aug 13, 2007)
The industry chambers are divided over the proposal of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati to give 30 per cent job quota in private sector to SC, ST, OBCs and upper castes to avail concessions in terms of tax and other incentives.
- Land Deal Mess Linked To Change Of Regime In Up: Big B (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Breaking his silence on the controversial land he acquired in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, super star Amitabh Bachchan has said his predicament was linked to the change of Government in Lucknow and dared his political rivals to send him to jail.
- Rti Rendered Ineffective (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
The Right to Information Act, 2005, was welcomed by the people with unprecedented enthusiasm. Mr Arvind Kejariwal, Magsaysay award winner, described it as the most powerful tool for combating corruption.
- If I’M Guilty, Put Me In Jail: Amitabh (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Superstar Amitabh Bachchan has indicated that the problems he is facing over acquiring farm land in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra were due to politics and dared the government to put him in jail if it felt he was guilty of wrong-doing.
- Sonia Plans Zonal Conventions (Asian Age, Venkatesh Kesari , Aug 13, 2007)
After the victory in the presidential and vice-presidential elections, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi is planning to address zonal conventions and hold a "chintan shivir" as well as a conference of party chief ministers in the coming months.
- Political Situation Changing Fast, Says Mulayam Singh (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh on Sunday said the political situation in the country was changing fast and the change could take place before the 2009 Lok Sabha election.
- It’S Modi Vs Patels, Rss, Vhp In Gujarat (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
New Delhi’s posh Chanakyapuri area witnessed a strange brawl between two IAS officers over a stray dog. Rashmi Priyadarshini is posted as joint secretary in the ministry of rural development and lives in a government accommodation on Vinay Marg.
- India Scaling Down Flood Relief Efforts (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 13, 2007)
Indian officials said Sunday they were scaling back flood relief efforts and ending airdrops of supplies, as land routes were re-established to villagers who had been cut off by the waters.
- Case For Smaller States (Tribune, George Mathew, Aug 13, 2007)
Small is beautiful, they say. But is small also good? The experience certainly suggests that smaller states are better governed and better managed.
- Surprise Votes Sweeten Hamid Win (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
Hamid Ansari was today picked the 13th Vice-President in a poll so short on excitement that Priya Dutt’s “commitment to the constitutional process” became the talking point.
- Anybody In The House? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 11, 2007)
Participation rates of MPs in Parliament have been a cause for concern for some time now. The frequency with which members rush to the well of the House appears to have increased in recent years.
- We Can’T Be Soft On Terror (Asian Age, Arun Nehru, Aug 11, 2007)
The Sanjay Dutt case brings to focus several issues. Besides focusing attention on our legal system, it also highlights the issue of national security and our "soft" approach to matters of national security for the sake of vote banks.
- Born To Be Free (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
Salma Ahmed’s reputation precedes her. The first woman entrepreneur of Pakistan, the founder and CEO of that country’s Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
- Ansari Elected Vice-President (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Aug 11, 2007)
Mohammad Hamid Ansari, the common candidate of the United Progressive Alliance and the Left parties, was on Friday declared elected as the country’s new Vice-President. In a triangular contest, Mr. Ansari scored a comfortable victory securing . . . .
- India Should Rope In The Neighbours (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Aug 11, 2007)
Floods are as much a natural phenomenon in India as they are in the rest of the world. But their calamitous impact on large parts of the country is clearly a problem of political will; or more precisely its absence.
- Maya Orders 30 Pc Pvt Sector Quota (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 11, 2007)
In an unprecedented move, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati in the evening today announced a reservation policy for new industries in the private sector that also includes jobs for poor upper caste people.
- Old Habits Die Hard (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Aug 10, 2007)
I often wonder why every single discussion about the Congress party and its future revolves around whether Rahul Gandhi is going to take the ‘plunge’ or not.
- Nothing To Do With Literacy (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Aug 10, 2007)
It isn't surprising that the moment there is some judicial verdict slamming jihadi terror, pseudo-secularists and Muslim communalists get into an overdrive, erecting a wall of alibis to make it appear as if one whole community is being targeted . . . . .
- Unpa To Grill Govt On N-Deal (Tribune, Prashant Sood, Aug 10, 2007)
Strongly opposing the Indo-US nuclear deal, the UNPA has decided to press for discussion in Parliament under rules which entail voting.
- 173 Dead, Rs.22 Mn Lost In Uttar Pradesh Floods (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
The flood toll in Uttar Pradesh has risen to 173 while preliminary estimates have put losses at Rs.22.23 million, officials said on Thursday as they stepped up efforts to contain outbreak of diseases like dengue and encephalitis.
- Bsp Will Vote For Upa Nominee: Mayawati (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
The Bahujan Samaj Party will support the United Progressive Alliance candidate Hamid Ansari in the Vice-President election to be held on Friday.
- Un Official Says Climate Change Could Destroy Swathes Of Indian Farmland (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
As exceptionally heavy rains continued to cut a wide swath of ruin across northern India, a top United Nations official warned on Tuesday that climate change could destroy vast swaths of farmland in this country, ultimately affecting food production . . .
- Flooded South Asia Cries Out For Food Aid As Health Fears Ri (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 10, 2007)
India battled on Wednesday to bring food and drinking water to millions of flood victims as South Asia's swollen rivers recede leaving a death toll of around 1,900 and a trail of destruction and fears of epidemics.
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