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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Swamy Backs Coalition (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 26, 2006)
Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday welcomed the possibility of a Janata Dal (Secular)-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition government headed by H.D. Kumaraswamy as a "healthy development for democracy in the country."
- Vhp Issues Ultimatum On Temple (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 22, 2006)
Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Saturday gave a one-year ultimatum to the Centre to hand over the entire disputed area of 67 acres in Ayodhya for the construction of Ram Temple, failing which it threatened to launch a nation-wide “direct action” programme
- One Party, Two Visions (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jan 21, 2006)
The Advani era, pundits proclaimed, had ended with the advent of Rajnath Singh as the Bharatiya Janata Party's new helmsman. But Lal Krishna Advani, 78, is in no mood to walk into the sunset.
- With An Enemy Like This (Indian Express, Manini Chatterjee, Jan 21, 2006)
Formally handing over charge in Mumbai this New Year’s eve, outgoing BJP president Lal Krishna Advani had said he was confident that Rajnath Singh “will preside over the party’s growth to newer heights” and the “bad patch” faced by the BJP in 2005 would..
- Pakistani Consulate Denied Place In Mumbai (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Jan 20, 2006)
Just a day after the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan reiterated their resolve to simultaneously reopen their consulates in Karachi and Mumbai, Pakistan’s efforts to secure premises in the densely-populated commercial hub of Nariman Point . . .
- Tribal Culture Threatened By Rss-Sponsored Kumbh (Tribune, Satish Misra, Jan 16, 2006)
Gujarat continues to be the laboratory of Hindutva for the Sangh Parivar as the RSS begins its latest experiment in the tribal district of Dang where a three-day long “Shabri Kumbh” will begin on February 11.
- Hindu Ideals (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 14, 2006)
Much of the Hinduness of BJP is derived from the concept of Hindutva of Veer Savarkar.
- Demolition Drives: Dramas Of The State? (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Jan 13, 2006)
To each his own An American, a Russian, a Chinese and an Israeli are standing at a street corner when they are approached by a pollster. “Excuse me, what is your opinion of the meat shortage?” asks the pollster. The American says, “What’s a shortage?
- Vhp Lodges Protest With Malaysian Govt (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jan 11, 2006)
President of the International branch of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad Ashok Singhal has lodged a protest with the Malaysian Government over the body of a disabled Hindu Malaysian army officer being buried against the wishes of his widow.
- Nris Protest Award To ‘Modi Ally’ (Telegraph, G.S. RADHAKRISHNA, Jan 10, 2006)
The Gujarat riots cast a shadow on the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas here when a doctor said to be close to Narendra Modi was honoured today.
- ‘I’Ve No Ego In Meeting People. If I Can Meet Leaders Of Other Parties, Why Not My Own?’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
I’ve no ego in meeting people. If I can meet leaders of other parties, why not my own?’
- ‘Cpm Not Against Indian Medicine’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 08, 2006)
Senior CPI-M leader, Mrs Brinda Karat today said attempts were being made to deflect attention from the core issue of violation of labour laws in Baba Ramdev’s ayurveda pharmacy.
- Bjp Deserts Nepal King? (Statesman, SUDESHNA SARKAR, Jan 07, 2006)
Is one reading too much into it or is the BJP finally throwing its weight behind Nepal’s Opposition?
- Ramdev's Supporters Arrested (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
They gathered outside the CPI(M) office in Delhi and raised slogans against Brinda Karat
20 supporters of Swamy Ramdev arrested; one person injured
Protest is handiwork of RSS, VHP hoodlums, says CPI (M)
- Laloo Throws Weight Behind Yoga Guru (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 06, 2006)
Laloo’s comments came a day after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav backed the spiritual leader. Demonstrations by the guru’s followers against the communists were also reported from several places around the country.
- ‘The Future Of The Bjp Is Bleak’ (Deccan Herald, K S Narayanan, Jan 05, 2006)
The United Nations has adopted the methodology devised by well-known political scientist Prof Ashutosh Varshney of Michigan University to study conflicts in south-east Asia and Nigeria. In his work, Ethnic Conflict and Civic Life:
- Advani's Long Tenure Ends (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jan 01, 2006)
Other presidents came and went, never to return, but Mr. Advani always did
Problems with RSS began after he flouted one-man one-post principle
Disappointed over his inability to communicate the context of Jinnah remarks
- Say No To Innuendo (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Dec 29, 2005)
It’s fashionable to titter at the Sangh parivar’s utterings about sexual dos and dont’s, but we hear you loud and clear, ye patriarchs of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.
- Rajnath: Bjp President In Waiting? (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Dec 26, 2005)
Rajnath Singh is certainly different from other second generation leaders of the BJP.
- Hard Road Ahead For Rss (The Week, Sachidananda Murthy, Dec 22, 2005)
Tactical voting’ is often used to denote the mood swings of the Muslim electorate in the country. But there are new converts to this hit and score practice.
- Last Word (The Week, Sachidananda Murthy, Dec 22, 2005)
Post-Independence culture can be divided into the pre-Ramayana and post-Ramayana days, with the first mega television serial on the popular Indian epic as the dividing moment. Ramanand Sagar became the electronic Valmiki, as his serial in the mid-80s tran
- A Modi-Cum Of Strategy (Indian Express, VIRENDER KUMAR, Dec 21, 2005)
When Narendra Modi announced that he was going to campaign in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation elections recently, Mukul Wasnik, AICC general secretary in charge of Gujarat, declared that they had won half the battle.
- Bjp Raises The Stakes In Uttar Pradesh (Hindu, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Dec 20, 2005)
Is the party's Nyay Yatra against criminalisation of politics in the State a clever manoeuvre to advance its Hindutva agenda without alienating its NDA partners?
- Uma Prescribes Dna Tests For Bjp Leaders (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 12, 2005)
Giving a new twist to her attack on senior BJP leaders, expelled party leader Uma Bharti on Sunday suggested that they undergo “DNA tests” to reveal the quantum of party ideology and principles present in them.
- Liberhan Panel Sets Deadline For Centre (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2005)
"Last chance to express its view on masjid demolition" "... Who is the author of the [demolition] movement — BJP, RSS, VHP or the Shiv Sena? Let the Centre come out clear on its perception of those responsible for the incident"
- The Great Indian Political Circus (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Dec 07, 2005)
If the Congress party is going through troubled times amid the fallout of the Volcker report, the BJP has had its share of problems with the volatile Uma Bharti. A trying time for the country's two main parties.
- Khushboo: A Larger Question (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Dec 07, 2005)
After Ms. Jayalalithaa, no actress of Tamil cinema has provoked so much political discussion as Khushboo has done. And, strangely, it is the lesser of the two stars, who raises a larger political question, though it has not figured so far in the furore
- In Ayodhya, Babri Demolition Anniversary Passes Off Peacefully (Indian Express, ARSHAD AFZAL KHAN, Dec 07, 2005)
The thirteenth anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya passed of peacefully. There was complete normalcy in the temple town despite the heavy media presence, deployment of security personnel and searching of vehicles.
- Sanyasin Or Out? (The Week, Deepak Tiwari, Dec 06, 2005)
Emerging from the BJP office in Bhopal on November 27 to start her Ram-Roti march, Uma Bharti was at her symbolic best when she stood on top of an Ambassador car with her foot on its red beacon (symbol of power) to address the people.
- Uma’S Life, No Longer A Party (Indian Express, Neerja Chowdhury, Dec 06, 2005)
In her reply to the showcause notice served to her, Uma Bharati stated that the “BJP experiment” had failed. She must have known what was in store for her when she set those words down. Decode, also, her statements, “I am the real BJP”,
- Rss Chief Writes About ‘Population Imbalance’ (Indian Express, Milind Ghatwai, Dec 05, 2005)
After asking Hindus to procreate to avoid getting reduced to a minority in the face of growing numbers of Muslims and Christians, RSS chief K Sudarshan has struck a note of warning against population imbalance in a letter that will soon reach . . .
- Uma Threatens War As Axe Dangles (Telegraph, RASHEED KIDWAI, Dec 05, 2005)
Raisen (Madhya Pradesh), Dec. 4: Uma Bharti was today back at her blistering best, threatening to unleash a virtual Mahabharata in the Sangh parivar if she is thrown out of the BJP.
- Uma Says Bjp Leadership 'Incapable' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 05, 2005)
Virtually setting the stage for partying ways with BJP and hinting at a new political address, suspended leader Uma Bharti on Sunday alleged the party chief leadership of being incapable of carrying out basic responsibilities and said it was time . . .
- Bjp: The Siege Within (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Dec 01, 2005)
Judging by the absence of support to Uma Bharati by other Sangh parivar members, it's clear that she is in the minority, says Anuradha Dutt
- Divide And Lose (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Nov 30, 2005)
While sections within two of India’s most ideologically driven and, as a result, sectarian parties — the BJP and the CPM — have recently woken up to the perils of their divisive politics, a third, the RJD of Mr Lalu Yadav, has been taught the . . .
- Highway To Hell (Telegraph, Ruchir Joshi, Nov 27, 2005)
Using his column in a Delhi broadsheet, Sitaram Yechury, CPI(M) Rajya Sabha member from Bengal, recently made some cogent points about the ominous spreading of American cultural hegemony across the world.
- Conspiring To Silence Unconventional Voices (Hindu, N. Ravi, Nov 26, 2005)
Intolerant, violent groups could pose as much of a threat to free speech as state action, and the silence of democratic opinion and the unwillingness of the state to provide protection to dissenters only serve to silence unconventional voices.
- Bihar Joins The National Mainstream (Hindu, Harish Khare , Nov 23, 2005)
Lalu Prasad refused to understand that Bihar could not remain a stranger to the larger process of growth and development that characterises much of the rest of India.
- Rss Chief, Advani Keep Off Baithak At Delhi Banquet (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Nov 19, 2005)
There was food, and, food for thought, the two pronged bhojan-and-baithak strategy of the Sangh Parivar. Top RSS and BJP leaders took resort to both today to sort out the ticklish issue of finding a successor to BJP president L.K. Advani.
- The Ayodhya Dispute (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 15, 2005)
Ayodhya in northern India has been a source of tension between Hindus and the country's Muslim minority for nearly two decades.
- Peeved, But Some Reprieve (Indian Express, Coomi Kapoor, Nov 13, 2005)
Natwar Singh has upset party colleagues accusing them of conspiring to get his job. To some UPA allies he remarked caustically about ‘‘that four-and-a-half-feet man’’....
- Repeat Of A Fiasco (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 12, 2005)
The Y.S. Rajashekhara Reddy Government could have done without a second setback on the sensitive issue of providing reservation to Muslims in government jobs and educational institutions.
- A New Trend Reversing The Age Old Trend In India – Vishwa Hindu Parishad . . . (India Daily, Hiren Sikhdar, Nov 10, 2005)
A new trend reversing the age old trend in India – Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) converts Christians to Hinduism
- The Constitution Should Be Looked At Again’ (Deccan Herald, Deepak K Upreti, Nov 07, 2005)
Giriraj Kishore, the octogenarian senior vice-president of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, has been lambasting the top BJP leaders like A B Vajpayee and L K Advani for their alleged ‘deviation’ from Hindutva.
- Fundamental Challenge In Bangladesh (Tribune, Hiranmay Karlekar, Nov 05, 2005)
THE Jamaat, the Islami Oikya Jote and other fundamentalist Islamist organisations in Bangladesh are using their participation in the government led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to push their Islamist agenda and capture power.
- An Indian Church-Mario Rodrigues (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 04, 2005)
A conclave of priests and bishops at the Papal Seminary in Pune last week called for the renewed “Indianisation” of the Catholic Church and the adoption of Hindu rituals, including aarti during Mass, studying Sanskrit and the Vedas, experiencing . . .
- Bjp: Cheer And Despondency (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Oct 28, 2005)
The string of 'successes' tasted by the Bharatiya Janata Party in some recent municipal elections in different parts of the country has brought much cheer to the party.
- Pak Seals Its Mission Mumbai: 7,000 Sq Ft In Nariman Point (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2005)
Faced with a deadline to reopen its consulate in Mumbai by the year-end, Pakistan has found its answer in a plush commercial property belonging to VHP leader Ashok Singhal’s brother Vivek Singhal.
- Pakistan’S Shadow Isi And Islamic Jihadists Targeting India’S Hindu Nationalist Leaders For Assassination (India Daily, Preetam Sohani, Oct 06, 2005)
It is the next sinister move by Al-Queda sponsored Pakistan’s shadow ISI that operate over the head of Pakistani President Musharraf’s Government.
- Documenting The Saffron Journey (Hindu, Harish Khare , Oct 04, 2005)
Analysis of the BJP as the major architect of Hindutva politics and ideology since its founding in 1980
- Arms Embargo On Nepal Should Continue: Indian Team (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 01, 2005)
India should continue arms embargo on Nepal to pressure King Gyanendra to restore multiparty democracy in the Himalayan Kingdom, according to visiting Indian political leaders.
- Choosing A President For The Bjp (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Sep 29, 2005)
RSS-BJP discussions on a new party president and "relations" between the two organisations could start next week ahead of Chitrakoot.
- Seize The Crisis (Indian Express, SUDHEENDRA KULKARNI , Sep 21, 2005)
Crisis, as every strong-willed leader knows, is a terrible thing to waste.
- Advani To Resign In December, Attacks Rss For Interference (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2005)
Climaxing the battle with RSS on the Jinnah issue and under attack from dissidents, L K Advani today announced plans to step down as BJP president by year end but not before launching an attack on the Sangh fountainhead for "remote-controlling" the . . .
- End Notes (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 19, 2005)
It was a chronicle of a resignation foretold. BJP president L.K. Advani,
- Advani Keeps Promise With Rss, To Step Down In December (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 19, 2005)
Plunging the crisis-ridden BJP into greater turmoil and bringing into the open his rift with the RSS, BJP president Lal Krishna Advani . . .
- Art Of Political Speak, Fatwa And All That (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Sep 14, 2005)
Seasoned politicians are masters at saying the right thing at the right time.
- Ayodhya: Vhp Leaders Seek Dismissal Of Pil (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 03, 2005)
The PIL sought trial as per the chargesheet filed by CBI in 1993 and to quash the one filed in 2003 dropping conspiracy charges against Advani.
- Supreme Court Hearing Today In Ayodhya Case (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2005)
Ashok Singhal, Giriraj Kishore, Sadhvi Ritambara and others deny charges Dropping the conspiracy charge was a gross and shocking abuse of the due procedure of law
- Bjp's Crisis Widens And Deepens (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Aug 23, 2005)
The more the Bharatiya Janata Party tries to stamp out the flames engulfing its house, the fiercer they seem to grow.
- A Bjp-Shaped Hole (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 22, 2005)
The BJP’s inner turmoil continues to completely pre-occupy the party.
- Rebels Rally Behind Keshubhai Patel (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Aug 17, 2005)
60 MLAs support the former Chief Minister, says Rana; six MPs also seen in dissident camp
- Bjp Turmoil: Modi Gets Jolt From Detractors (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 17, 2005)
Former Union minister Kashiram Rana has said the party cadre in Gujarat want a change in leadership and he will convey it to Advani.
- The Lesser Of Two Evils? (Times of India, SANJAY SUBRAHMANYAM, Aug 16, 2005)
There is no real difference between Congress and BJP
- Glowing Tributes To Seshadri (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 16, 2005)
Mr Vajpayee said “Mr Seshadri is no longer with us, when we need him most. At a time when the party is passing through a crucial period, we lost a veteran leader.”
- Jihadis In Mufti Raise Money In Bengal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 14, 2005)
The police have launched a hunt to track down those behind the circulation of publicity material and Rs 25 denomination coupons to fund terror strikes in India
- Bjp’S Politics Of Contradictions (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 30, 2005)
When President Bush introduced his wife to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, he said here was a person whose country had more Muslims than any other except Indonesia but none of them was the Al Qaeda type.
- Slanderous Tirades (Pioneer, RN Chawla, Jul 27, 2005)
Mr Dina Nath Mishra in his article, "An Estate unto itself" (June 26), ...
- Vhp For Tight Security At Shrines (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 20, 2005)
The VHP termed the piece of land occupied by the minority community on the north side of the temple complex as “vulnerable” and asked the Centre to acquire it.
- Bjp’S Predicament (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Jul 19, 2005)
THERE comes a time in the life of a nation when political configurations are not merely changing but their very rationale is being questioned.
- Politicisation Of Culture (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Jul 19, 2005)
The door on which a great part of this volume hangs is the rise of Hindu nationalism and what it entails in our understanding of India and Indian politics
- Problems In The Parivar (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Jul 14, 2005)
In the battle of nerves between the BJP and the rest of the Sangh Parivar — particularly the RSS — the former seems desperate to prove to itself and its admirers that it will not take lying down the insults heaped on its top brass by the leading lights of
- A Two-Way Street (Hindu, Jyotirmaya Sharma, Jul 13, 2005)
Is the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh being unreasonable in its attitude towards the Bharatiya Janata Party? For most observers of the recent skirmishes between the RSS and BJP president L.K. Advani it might seem that an overbearing and formidable Sangh. . .
- Rss Wants Advani To Step Down (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2005)
The RSS is mounting pressure on Mr Advani to step down ‘preferably’ before the party’s National Executive that starts on July 21.
- Fortress Ayodhya & The Sangh Parivar (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Jul 11, 2005)
TheSangh Parivarhas railed against `excess security' in Ayodhya but extremist elements within theParivarhave had no problems breaching it.
- Rss Sounds The `Bugle' (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Jul 10, 2005)
Question mark over Advani's continuation as BJP president
- Beyond Redemption (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA, Jul 09, 2005)
Can the Bharatiya Janata Party reconstitute itself as a sober, responsible, right-wing party, a party that respects tradition and order without necessarily advertising itself as “Hindu”?
- No Time For Partisan Calculations (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Jul 07, 2005)
The fidayeen assault on the disputed Ram temple complex in Ayodhya is a reminder that terror strikes when least expected — and it strikes to create panic.
- Grow Up, Please (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jul 07, 2005)
Terrorism aims to destabilise countries by disrupting normal life. It seeks to break bonds that bind societies and bleed economies. Tuesday's terror strike in Ayodhya did not achieve anything tangible
- A Befitting Reply To The Ayodhya Outrage (Hindu, Harish Khare , Jul 07, 2005)
A united, secular, plural, and egalitarian state order is the answer to thejihadis.
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