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- Rahman Case, Buddha’S Truth (Indian Express, SUBRATA NAGCHOUDHURY, Nov 05, 2007)
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee never appeared so fidgety, not even after the Singur fiasco and the Nandigram killings, when he faced the media recently — twice in quick succession.
- To China, With Love (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Nov 05, 2007)
As someone who is convinced that Indian Communists serve as a Chinese fifth column in our beloved Bharat Mata, I look for every chance to expose their treasonous behaviour. Generally, it’s hard to catch our comrades red-handed.
- A Bandh For Journalists In Patna (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 03, 2007)
While Thursday’s assault on Patna scribes by the Janata Dal (United) MLA Anant Singh, his supporters and bodyguards deserves to be unequivocally condemned, the call by the RJD for a Bihar bandh on the next day could have put the media on the . . . .
- Book On Tourism Released (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
Indo-American Institutions undertook a research in collaboration with the Federation of Hotels and Restaurant Association of India (FHRAI) to produce a book titled Vision of Indian Tourism.
- Unrest, Human Rights, Police, Army And Naxalites (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
There is a class aspect to human rights and victims everywhere are mostly subalterns, be it the Army, the police or Naxalites.
- The Ground Beneath Their Feet (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Nov 03, 2007)
When the government announced a council headed by the prime minister to look at land reforms, was it just an attempt to pacify the sheer numbers who walked from Gwalior to Delhi? Or does the government actually think that there . . . . .
- Seasonal Comrade (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
For the innumerable members of the Prakash Karat fan club this has been the week of surprise.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 03, 2007)
The fact that there were barely 16 working days in October ~ with a state employees’ strike coinciding with the 12+12 mode of disruption ~ may have turned out to be a mite too embarrassing for the West Bengal government.
- Historic Naxalite Case Re-Opened (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 03, 2007)
The most defining incident for the Naxalites was re-opened today when senior most Maoist leader from West Bengal Tusharkant Bhattacharya was produced in Luxxadipet Court in Adilabad district for his involvement in two murder cases thirty one years ago.
- Banks And Their Recovery Agents (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 02, 2007)
Recent reports of borrowers of banks and financial institutions being harassed — a few of them being driven to commit suicides — by loan recovery agents have brought into sharp focus the dark underside of the finance business that could do with . . . .
- Charity Begins At Party Office (Pioneer, Balbir K Punj, Nov 02, 2007)
In Communist-ruled West Bengal, people have risen in revolt against the continuing scandal of fair price shops and food riots have broken out.
- Pm Dons Left Avatar (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Nov 02, 2007)
Prime Minister's abiding image is that of a leader with no strength or fixed ideology - jettisoning economic reforms one day and embracing land reforms another
- Gather Round That Totem Pole (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
The last two times I had made an educated guess about elections — first,when I expected the Mamata Banerjee-led coalition to gloriously dislodge West Bengal’s Left Front government in 2001; second, when I thought that the NDA would return to . . . .
- Word For Word (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
The people of India should be grateful to Prakash Karat, the general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), for telling them, through an interview to The Telegraph, that the prime minister’s “integrity is unquestioned”.
- Indo-Us Ties Anti-China, So We Will Oppose: Karat (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 02, 2007)
The CPM vowed to oppose a strategic alliance between India and the United States saying such a move is aimed at countering China.
- ‘Us Using Threats To Push Deal’ (Asian Age, Ramesh Ramachandran, Nov 02, 2007)
CPI general secretary A.B. Bardhan on Thursday said that Washington was resorting to "allurements, threats and sometimes even blackmail" to pressurise New Delhi to go ahead with the nuclear deal.
- Cpm Doublespeak (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 31, 2007)
Soon after the CPI(M) came to power in West Bengal three decades ago, one of the first decisions it took was to rename Harrington Street in the heart of Kolkata as Ho Chi Minh Sarani.
- Maoists May Now Target Urban Areas: Ib (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
The Maoist upsurge may not be confined to backward districts. Latest intelligence inputs with the Centre indicate that the Maoists are gearing to strengthen their bases in urban areas, especially in the National Capital Region . . . .
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 31, 2007)
Far more important than the RSP’s cavil over the possible benefits from a chemical hub in Nayachar is the Centre’s spanner in the works.
- Write Or Just Type? (Telegraph, Stephen Hugh-Jones, Oct 31, 2007)
How many people can read your handwriting? Assuming, that is, that these days you write by hand at all. Fewer, maybe, than you’d think.
- Dasmunsi Hits Out At Cpm On Nandigram (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 31, 2007)
After his recent attack on the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government on the issue of food riots in West Bengal, to be followed up by the AICC to hit back at the nuclear deal-blocking comrades, Union minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi on Tuesday . . . .
- Us Courts Indian Politicians For Nuke Deal (Daily Times, Iftikhar Gilani, Oct 30, 2007)
The US is trying to convince various Indian politicians to salvage the Indo-US nuclear deal after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh failed to generate political consensus for it.
- Delhi Stalls Protest By Thousands Of Landless (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Thousands of landless workers, indigenous people and "untouchables" from the bottom of Indian society were yesterday prevented from taking their demands to the country's parliament - the final leg of a month-long protest march.
- Child Sweatshop Shame Threatens Gap's Ethical Image (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
An Observer investigation into children making clothes has shocked the retail giant and may cause it to withdraw apparel ordered . . . .
- Spirit Of Mahatma Gandhi Helps March Of The Poor To Victory (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Tens of thousands of poor farmers and tribespeople forced promises of land reform from the Indian Government yesterday after walking 320 kilometres to Delhi to protest against the marginalisation of the downtrodden in the country’s economic boom.
- India's Landless Prevented From Marching On Parliament (Guardian (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Thousands of landless workers, indigenous people and "untouchables" from the bottom of Indian society were today prevented from taking their demands to the country's parliament - the final leg of their month-long protest march.
- No Police Action For Now: Cm (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 30, 2007)
Holding the Maoists responsible for the recent trouble in Nandigram, chief minister Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today said the state government had requisitioned Central forces to establish a rule of law in the trouble-torn area (The Union . . . .
- Ground To A Halt (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 29, 2007)
Five decades after Bimal Roy in Do Bigha Zamin portrayed the plight of a farmer, who was forced to sell his land, there hasn’t been much progress in identifying illegal land holdings and ensuring its distribution among the landless rural poor.
- Maoists Strike Again, In Jharkhand (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 29, 2007)
The conditions at a cultural programme organised in Chilkhadia village in Jharkhand on Friday night seemed ideal for the Maoists to strike.
- 'Police Should Act As Protectors Of The Victims Of Trafficking' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
South Asia is a high-volume source, transit and destination region for trafficked persons, according to Gary Lewis, India Representative of the United Nations Office of Drug and Crime (UNODC).
- Signed Up (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
This is the third time in 20 months that the Supreme Court has found it necessary to insist that all marriages be registered. State governments had dillydallied over the instruction since February 2006, very few of them even bothering . . . . .
- Another Massacre (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 29, 2007)
Maoist attacks on civilian and Government targets in Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal have now become a routine affair.
- It's Advantage Congress (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Oct 29, 2007)
Coalition governance has been around for 20 years and while the last two Governments have mastered the art of survival, the issue of effective governance has been a serious casualty.
- Be Practical On Burma (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Oct 29, 2007)
In stormy street protests in 1988 all across Burma that brought down the one-party Socialist regime of Gen Ne Win, over 3,000 people perished when the Army opened fire on peaceful demonstrators.
- Mamata Says Convoy Fired At; 4 Killed In Nandigram (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Nandigram again erupted in violence and the land war there claimed four more lives on Sunday, while a bullet was allegedly fired at the convoy of Trinamul Congress president Mamata Banerjee during her visit to the violence-hit block in . . . .
- U.S. ‘Encouraging India’ To Go Ahead With Nuclear Deal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
India will have to “work through its internal, political decisions” regarding the civilian nuclear deal. The U.S. government has been “encouraging it to go forward [with the deal] as quickly as possible,” U.S. Secretary of the Treasury . . . . . .
- Cpm Men Fired At Me, Says Mamata (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday claimed that CPI(M) activists shot at her car near Sherkhan Chowk in Nandigram, West Bengal, as she was travelling in a convoy of vehicles.
- Mamata Convoy Fired At In Nandigram (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's convoy allegedly came under fire in West Bengal's trouble-torn Nandigram area on Sunday while five people died in explosions and renewed clashes between activists of the ruling Communist Party of . . . .
- Memories Of Horror (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 29, 2007)
The collector of Ahmedabad has ordered the blackout of TV channels beaming the sting operation of the post-Godhra pogrom.
- India Must Move Ahead On Nuclear Deal: Us (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
Visiting US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson urged India on Sunday to quickly implement a landmark civilian nuclear energy deal with the United States.
- Paulson Urges India To Resolve Differences Over N-Deal (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
US treasury secretary Henry Paulson on Sunday urged India to proceed with the civilian nuclear deal as soon as possible, but acknowledged that domestic political controversy over the deal must be resolved first.
- Infy, Wipro Hunt For Land In West Bengal (Deccan Herald, KALYAN RAY, Oct 29, 2007)
Two of India's biggest IT companies, Infosys and Wipro, are looking for vast expanse of land in West Bengal to expand their operations.
- Nine Killed In Fresh Nandigram Violence (Tribune, Subhrangshu Gupta, Oct 29, 2007)
Three gunshots were fired at Mamata Banerjee’s vehicle while she was proceeding to Nandigram village around 3 pm today.
- In Kolkata, Us Secy Meets Buddha, Says Move Fast On Deal (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 29, 2007)
US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson today urged India to proceed with the civilian nuclear deal and to take a leadership role in stalled global trade talks by opening more of its economy.
- Safeguards For Ias: Upa Fixes 2-Year Job Tenure (Indian Express, Ritu Sarin, Oct 27, 2007)
In its attempt to end arbitrary political transfers of bureaucrats, the UPA Government has succeeded in persuading several states to agree to a minimum two-year tenure for all IAS cadre postings
- India Plans Road All Along Nepal, Bhutan Border (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
After embarking on better road links to the Chinese border, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has turned its attention to Nepal with an ambitious plan for a road running right along the border to strengthen border surveillance.
- Judicial Probe Withdrawn (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
The West Bengal government announced on Friday withdrawal of the judicial inquiry that it had ordered into the death of computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rahman.
- Special (Statesman, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 27, 2007)
The season of film festivals is upon us once again.
- Nayachar Benefits All Cock-And-Bull: Rsp (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 27, 2007)
Left Front partner RSP has found holes in the state government's arguments in favour of setting up a chemical hub for rapid industrialisation in the state.
- Bonds Of Marriage (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 27, 2007)
The Supreme Court's directive to all States and Union Territories to enact suitable legislation that will make the registration of all marriages, irrespective of the religion of the couples, compulsory, is a welcome move in the right direction.
- Is Bjp Alienating Another Ally? (Hindu, Sarabjit Pandher, Oct 26, 2007)
If murmurs of protest from the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal leadership in Punjab are any indicator, the BJP appears to be following a plan through which it is all set to alienate yet another partner from its much depleted National Democratic . . . .
- Register All Marriages: Supreme Court (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Oct 26, 2007)
Order covers all religions across the length and breadth of the country
- Register All Marriages: Sc (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed all the states and union territories to make provisions in three months for compulsory registration of marriages, irrespective of his or her religious affiliations.
- Mamata Ridicules Nandigram Compensation Package (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday ridiculed the State government’s move to provide a compensation package to the families of those killed in the police firing at Nandigram in West Bengal’s Purbo Medinipur district on March 14.
- People Continue To Flee Homes In Nandigram Amid Renewed Violence (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
Over 250 have left in the last three days following threats
Houses looted and extortion is rampant
Government considering paying compensation
- Sc: Register All Marriages (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The Supreme Court today gave three months’ final deadline to the states and Union Territories to frame laws to make the registration of marriages compulsory, as a majority of them have failed to comply with its earlier order of February 2006. . .
- 'Make Law To Log All Marriages In 90 Days' (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 26, 2007)
The Supreme Court on Thursday set a fresh three-month deadline for states and union territories to frame necessary rules to make registration of marriage compulsory, irrespective of religion, after most of them failed to adhere to an earlier order.
- Register Marriages In All Religions: Sc (Pioneer, Abraham Thomas, Oct 26, 2007)
It is now official. Marriages under all religions will be registered.
- Semantic Quibbling (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
A month after South Bengal virtually revolted against the engineered shortage of supplies in rationing outlets, the Politburo's statement is a masterpiece of obfuscation. In trying to come to the aid of a beleaguered government . . . . .
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 25, 2007)
A month after South Bengal virtually revolted against the engineered shortage of supplies in rationing outlets, the Politburo's statement is a masterpiece of obfuscation.
- Supreme Court To The Rescue Of Mentally Ill Prisoners (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 25, 2007)
Those in hospital beyond maximum period of sentence should be freed
377 prisoners languishing in mental hospitals: reports
- Murder Of Infants (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 25, 2007)
THE number of infants who die before they complete one year in Punjab is disturbingly high at 44 per 1,000 births.
- Grain Of Truth (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Oct 25, 2007)
Ration shops are burning all over West Bengal. They are being attacked, looted and put on fire by groups of angry, disgruntled citizens, who seem to have decided that they have had enough.
- Coalition Dharma (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 25, 2007)
PRIME Minister Manmohan Singh would have found quite a few sympathisers when he spoke about the difficulties a fractured mandate throws up.
- Far Cry (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 25, 2007)
Women are not well in West Bengal. And given the prevalent attitude in the state towards their condition, there is very little chance of their getting better anytime soon.
- Spirit Of Unity (Frontline, Bhaskar Ghose, Oct 25, 2007)
The systems of governance prevail and are seen as enduring, to be looked up to for redress in times of chaos in the country.
- Cpm Seeking Nuclear Family? (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
The widening of rift on the nuclear controversy after a brief thaw is attributed to the stand of External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee in Mondays meeting where he maintained that deal was still on and the Congress had not given up...
- Politics On The Move (Indian Express, D K Singh, Oct 24, 2007)
Think of a block Congress president riding a spanking new Toyota Innova on the narrow, pot-holed lanes of a Gujarat village. Senior Congress leaders are already chuckling at the thought of Life-After-Innova for all the block and district Congress . . . .
- To Fracture Further, Left Works On Another Deal-With Unpa (Indian Express, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 24, 2007)
The fate of the Indo-US nuclear deal may be “open-ended” as it is and no one will admit, in public, that early elections is an option but political parties are stepping up their gears for a final showdown.
- Shamefully High (Tribune, Sarbjit Dhaliwal, Oct 24, 2007)
Prosperous Punjab is poor as far as saving lives of infants is concerned. In spite of lowest percentage of poverty-stricken population in the state compared to other developed states, Punjab’s infant mortality rate continues to be shocking.
- Tamil Nadu, Monsanto Ink Deal To Develop Gm Papaya Seed (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University on Tuesday signed an agreement with global seed major Monsanto for developing a GM papaya seed, resistant to Ring Spot Virus (RSV).
- Jharkhand Naxals Make Rs 320 Cr A Year (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
Naxalites in Jharkhand earn Rs 320 crore levy annually, almost 10 per cent of the state's total revenue in a year. The latest edition of the Indian Defence Yearbook, quoting Union Home Ministry sources, provides a detailed account of the movement . . . .
- Disturbing Statements (Tribune, J. Sri Raman, Oct 24, 2007)
This is about two statements that India heard on the same day. They must have disturbed many Indians who value the country’s democracy, despite its various flaws.
- Cloud Of Mystery (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Oct 24, 2007)
Yet another monsoon is over and, with that, yet another test for the prediction skill of the statistical long-range forecast (LRF) model of the India Meteorological Department (IMD); this time it was a new model with a new methodology (Frontline, June 1).
- Us Treasury Secretary To Visit India (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 24, 2007)
The US Treasury Secretary Henry M Paulson Jr will be visiting India this week where he would meet senior government officials including Finance Minister P Chidambaram and business leaders.
- The Yasukuni 'Hero' (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Oct 24, 2007)
In a Japan of resurgent nationalism, Radha Binod Pal’s dissenting judgment in the Tokyo war trials wins easy admirers.
- The Right Track (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 24, 2007)
Expenditure on the rail freight corridor, especially with Japanese co-operation, would be well worth it as the project would bolster economic growth.
- Quality Of Growth (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Oct 24, 2007)
Two reports appearing in Tuesday’s newspapers show clearly that the quality of development in India is perhaps as satisfactory as the quantitative performance.
- No-Win Situation (Frontline, Venkitesh Ramakrishnan, Oct 24, 2007)
PRIME MINISTER Manmohan Singh’s public presentations on the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal have, as a rule, been characterised by an element of drama. In his spirited promotion of the deal he went to the extent of throwing down a challenge of midterm . . . .
- Wb Bids Emotional Farewell To Durga (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
The five-day Durga Puja celebrations in West Bengal finally ended as the state bid a tearful adieu to the goddess and her children on Sunday.
- Cong Raps Left For Food Riots In West Bengal (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
The Congress lashed out against the Left Front, a key ally at the Centre, for the food riots in West Bengal and questioned its commitment towards the poor.
- Rahman Case Papers Handed Over To Cbi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
All documents considered relevant to the investigation into the death of computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rahman, so long in the custody of the West Bengal government’s Criminal Investigation Department, have been handed over to the . . . ..
- Keep Trying (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 23, 2007)
Unlike economists, politicians, especially in a democracy, have no choice but to deal with the people.
- Stalemate On Nuke Deal (Tribune, R. Suryamurthy, Oct 23, 2007)
The assembly election in Gujarat seems to have forced the UPA and Left parties to close ranks and project a united face, even as the deadlock continued between them on the nuclear deal issue.
- Bengal Ration Scandal’S High-Profile Face Flaunts Cpm Contacts, Leads Statewide Protests (Indian Express, SUBRATA NAGCHOUDHURY, Oct 23, 2007)
Ration shop dealers in West Bengal, under attack across the state for allegedly siphoning off food from the public distribution system, launched a statewide agitation today against a crackdown by the state government.
- India 'Ration' Shops Go On Strike (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 23, 2007)
Dealers of government-licensed "fair price shops" have begun an indefinite strike in India's West Bengal state in protest against attacks on them.
- Wait For Bush To Complete Term: Yechury (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
“International agreements and policies best left to new President”
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UPA, Left constituents to meet today
“Congress not a natural ally of Left”
- Belated Action (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 22, 2007)
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s decision to transfer Kolkata Police Commissioner Prasun Mukherjee, three other IPS officers and a sub-inspector of police linked to the Rizwanur Rahman case is welcome, but belated.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 22, 2007)
It might be another case of too little too late, yet the Iraqi government’s move to bring the “contractors” ~ private mini-armies engaged by the Americans to provide security to their personnel ~ within the purview of its legal system will have . . . .
- Be Practical On Burma (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Oct 22, 2007)
In stormy street protests in 1988 all across Burma that brought down the one-party Socialist regime of Gen Ne Win, over 3,000 people perished when the Army opened fire on peaceful demonstrators.
- Poor Infrastructure Casts Shadow Over Centre's Nrhm Scheme (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Oct 22, 2007)
The benefits of much-hyped National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) are far from percolating to the people in the States where the Centre's flagship scheme intends to make quality difference in primary and secondary health services.
- Investigation Into Rizwanur Case Going Well - Cbi (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 22, 2007)
The investigation into the mysterious death of Muslim computer graphics designer Rizwanur Rahman is progressing well, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has said.
- Item Number (Asian Age, M.J. Akbar, Oct 22, 2007)
Trust a Calcuttan to come up with the perfect political metaphor. We were chatting about the political mood of Muslims over tea and savouries on Id, and the conversation turned inevitably to the fate of Rizwan ur Rehman, the young man whose . . . . .
- 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 . . . .
- Brinda Karat To Pawar: Share Information (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 19, 2007)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat has urged Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar to share with the West Bengal government and agencies concerned the information he has about foodgrains meant for the Targeted . . . .
- Sharad Pawar’S Remark On Foodgrains Refuted (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee refuted at a meeting of leaders of the ruling Left Front here on Wednesday a reported remark by Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar in New Delhi a day ago that the low off-take . . . . . .
- Increased Military Spending Keeps South Asia On The Boil (Deccan Herald, Gobind Thukral, Oct 18, 2007)
Rising defence spending will not only aggravate South Asias internal and external disputes, but also exacerbate human security.
- Monks Confront Military Regime (Tribune, G. Parthasarathy, Oct 18, 2007)
In stormy street protests in 1988 all cross Burma that brought down the one-party socialist regime of Gen Ne Win, over three thousand people perished when the army opened fire on peaceful demonstrators.
- Pds Foodgrains Problem Due To Cut In Apl Allocations: Brinda Karat (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Wednesday said that the problem of shortages of foodgrains in the Public Distribution System (PDS) in parts of West Bengal had occurred because of the cut in the allocations for the . . . .
- 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.
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