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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- Kolkata Police Chief Shifted (Hindu, Marcus Dam, Oct 18, 2007)
Kolkata Commissioner of Police Prasun Mukherjee and four others, including two Deputy Commissioners, were transferred on Wednesday in connection with the mysterious death of computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rahman.
- India's Tea Territory (International Herald Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
The Himalayas rose almost out of nowhere. One minute the Maruti Suzuki hatchback was cruising the humid plains of West Bengal, palm trees and clouds obscuring the hills to come; the next it was navigating a decrepit road that squiggled . . . ..
- Clean It Up (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 18, 2007)
The chief minister of West Bengal, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, could not have given the people of the state a better gift at the beginning of the festive season.
- 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 . . . ..
- Be Practical On Burma (Pioneer, G Parthasarathy, Oct 18, 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.
- India Whining (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Oct 18, 2007)
Terrorism of the kind witnessed in the Ajmer bombings, followed by a theatre of the absurd, is a familiar story in the country
- Truth About Rizwanur (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Oct 18, 2007)
THE ruling Left Front in West Bengal appears to be getting few things right when it comes to administration of the state, particularly the role of the police.
- Extempore Plea To Save N-Deal (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Oct 17, 2007)
It was like a political requiem for the Indo-US nuclear deal which has dominated the relationship between Washington and New Delhi for two years and three months.
- Alert Against Foodgrains Diversion (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Oct 17, 2007)
The Union government has asked the West Bengal government to be alert against diversion of foodgrains meant for the Public Distribution System (PDS) reportedly to Bangladesh.
- Pottering About Pandals (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Oct 17, 2007)
Innocent celebration of creativity? Or culpable breach of copyright? Either way, the Durga Puja Committee of a Kolkata suburb must have felt struck by a stupefying charm.
- Pds Foodgrains Not Diverted: West Bengal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
The West Bengal government has denied an allegation reportedly made by Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar that foodgrains meant for the public distribution system in the State were being diverted to Bangladesh.
- Deal Gone Bad (Indian Express, VARGHESE K. GEORGE, Oct 17, 2007)
This issue of People’s Democracy gives the clearest insight into the developments that led to the freezing of the nuclear deal.
- After Ludhiana (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 17, 2007)
The bombing of a cinema hall in Ludhiana is more than a statistical intrusion upon Punjab's decade-long terror-free record.
- India May Use Trade To Make Bangla Act On Terror (Indian Express, VIKAS DHOOT, Oct 17, 2007)
Annoyed with Bangladesh’s failure to take action against terror groups acting out of its soil, the Government is seriously considering the use of trade-related measures to extract some deliverables from the current regime in Dhaka.
- States Want To Modify Rti Act (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 17, 2007)
Information Commissioners of different states meet in New Delhi on Wednesday to assess the implementation of the Right to Information Act since it was launched two years ago.
- Suppressed Turns Oppressor (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Oct 17, 2007)
A shocked group of young cricket fans watches Bangladesh defeat India in the 2007 World Cup in South Africa.
- Late But True (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 16, 2007)
Legend has it that it was the practice of virtuous kings to don the garb of commoners and mingle with ordinary people to gain knowledge of their lives and opinions.
- Karunanidhi Helped Defuse Crisis (Hindu, R.K. Radhakrishnan, Oct 16, 2007)
Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said here on Monday that he had talked to several leaders of the Left parties to ensure that the United Progressive Alliance Government survived the political crisis over the nuclear deal with the United States.
- Same & Different (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 16, 2007)
Enough has already happened to make both Authority and agitators think again ...
- Behind Pm’S Isolation On Nuclear Deal: Wary Allies And A Nervous Party (Indian Express, Varghese K George, Oct 16, 2007)
From challenging the Left on August 11 to philosophically declaring two months later that “one has to live with disappointments,” Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appears to have realised that his attempts to turn himself into an assertive political . . . .
- Instil Confidence In The Nations Food Producers (Deccan Herald, PANDURANG HEGDE, Oct 16, 2007)
A drastic shift in policy in favour of commercial and export-oriented crops is denying the countrys small farmers access to growing food crops, threatening food security.
- Facing Reality (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Oct 16, 2007)
The proposed national policy on rehabilitation and resettlement and a related proposal to amend the existing Land Acquisition Act represent a serious effort on the UPA government’s part to address the raging controversies over land acquisition . . . .
- Its A Mad Rush For Sezs By It Majors (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2007)
Of the 15 proposals listed for the Board of Approvals meeting on October 19, 11 belong to the IT and ITeS sector, including those from TCS and DLF for their new projects in West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh...
- Anarchy Everywhere (Pioneer, JS Rajput, Oct 16, 2007)
When protesting farmers are fired at in Nandigram and Singur, it is not a democratic system of governance.
- Blood On The Tracks (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Oct 16, 2007)
West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Saturday met Rizwanur Rahman's family.
- Police Clueless; 25 Questioned (Tribune, Jupinderjit Singh, Oct 16, 2007)
Twenty hours after the Shingar blast, the police remains clueless about the accused, the kind of explosives and the mode of triggering the blast even as the top brass of the Punjab Police and intelligence agencies are camping here, trying. . .
- Same & Different (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Enough has already happened to make both Authority and agitators think again ... Violence leads quicker to death than to food.
- Morality Should Trounce Economic Justification (Business Line, C. Gopinath , Oct 15, 2007)
Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, met with the Dalai Lama last week.
- Ajmer Bombs Made In Hyderabad (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
Police today confirmed that the bomb that exploded at the Ajmer dargah and also the one that did not explode were made in Hyderabad.
- The Scotland Of The East! (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
It’s such an unassuming place that you will feel humbled being there. Meghalaya has innumerable ‘heavens on earth’ yet it doesn’t go bragging. You wonder why this State doesn’t get its deserved attention, while places no t half as stunning find admirers.
- Rizwanur Riddle (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 15, 2007)
How involved were West Bengal police officers in the death of the promising young graphics designer, Rizwanur Rahman, whose body was found on the railway tracks in Dum Dum three weeks ago? This is a question that requires a convincing . . . . .. .
- Ap Blasts: Bsf Let Isi Strikers In (Deccan Herald, Bala Chauhan, Oct 15, 2007)
In March 2007, five ISI agents sneaked into India through the Bangladesh border, allegedly with the help of the BSF.
- Early Poll Will Help Congress (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Oct 15, 2007)
Political assessments given a few weeks ago had indicated that the next general election would take place in December 2007 or February 2008. The fact that the Congress and the CPI(M) are trading charges on the India-US nuclear deal does not . . . .
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 13, 2007)
Thursday's litany of measures aimed at placating a wide cross-section of the electorate ~ from the peasant to the corporates ~ is a fairly clear indication that the Congress is gearing up for midterm elections.
- Triumph Of Maximalism (Pioneer, ASHOK MALIK, Oct 13, 2007)
After scheduling the next meeting of the UPA-Left nuclear committee for October 22 -- a full two weeks from the previous one -- and after the diffidence and conciliatory statements offered at the HT Leadership Summit, it is increasingly. . .
- Rights Panel Summons Five Officers (Hindustan Times, A N Sudarsan Rao , Oct 13, 2007)
The West Bengal Human Rights Commission on Friday summoned five police officers in connection with the mysterious death of Muslim computer graphics designer Rizwanur Rehman.
- Railway Plans To Develop Commercial Complexes (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 13, 2007)
The report of the feasibility study for commercial development of the 10 sites, spread over 265 acres of land, has been submitted to the Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA)...
- Cpi: What Is The Logic? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The Communist Party of India (CPI) said on Thursday that the Election Commission’s decision to have a two-phase Assembly poll in Gujarat has led to criticism.
- Why Different Yardsticks For Different States, Cpi(m) Asks Ec (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The Communist Party of India(Marxist) on Thursday sought a clarification from the Election Commission on the two-phase Assembly elections in Gujarat on December 11 and 16, claiming that the Commission was “applying different . . . .. .
- Marxists’ Power Magnified In India’S Coalition Math (Daily Times, Somini Sengupta , Oct 12, 2007)
Though the Communists do not have the strength to rule India, they have the power to spoil the plans of those who do
- The Human Cost (Frontline, A.G. NOORANI, Oct 12, 2007)
A new book on Partition examines the human cost of the catastrophic event.
- Liberals At War In India (Dawn, Kuldip Nayar, Oct 12, 2007)
THE political scene in India is hotting up. The general election is still one-and-a-half years away.
- Rizwanur-Priyanka And Today’S India (Indian Express, NANDITA PATEL, Oct 12, 2007)
Although the law, as is its wont in India, will take its time to deliver justice in the Rizwanur Rahman-Priyanka Todi case, there is little disagreement in ongoing public debate that, prima facie, Rizwanur was discriminated against on religious . . . ..
- Cpm Poses Uneasy Questions To Ec (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The decision to hold two-phase elections in Gujarat has drawn flak from the CPM which hinted at the Election Commission's institutional bias against the Left.
- The Distant Thunder (Pioneer, Kanchan Gupta, Oct 12, 2007)
In Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder) Satyajit Ray brought alive, with great sensitivity, the misery inflicted by the Bengal famine of 1943.
- Mere Literacy Means Nothing (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Oct 12, 2007)
To be able to write does not make one 'literate'. I interact with my domestic helps a lot.
- Special Article (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
Where do good communists go when they fall ill ? To private nursing homes.
- Lone Gainer? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Oct 12, 2007)
A colleague recently met a Congress heavy weight and without asking got a low down on the current political situation. From the Congress perspective, that party is said to be the only one to gain from the current political uncertainty and possible . . . .
- Bjp Seeks Cbi Probe To Expose Left-Pds Dealers Nexus In Wb (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
The BJP on Wednesday demanded that a CBI probe should be ordered to expose nexus among Left-Front activists, PDS shop owners and the administration in West Bengal.
- Rizwanur Death: Netizens Raise Voice Of Protest (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
An online campaign is gradually gaining momentum to seek justice for Rizwanur Rehman, a Kolkata computer graphics teacher who was found dead a month after marrying a Hindu girl against her family's wishes.
- India’S Communists Renew Threats Over Nuclear Deal (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
In the new capitalist India, old-line communists are playing the spoiler, threatening to bring down the government over a nuclear energy deal with the US.
- India's Small Retailers Protest (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
Thousands of small shopkeepers and street hawkers have protested in the Indian city of Mumbai over the proposed entry of foreign retail chains.
- Indian Children Work Despite Ban (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
A year after India banned children under 14 from working as domestic servants or in food stalls, millions continue to be employed, a study says.
- Two-Phase Polls In Gujarat, Himachal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
CEC’s assurance to minority community
- Just A Visit (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 11, 2007)
The state women’s commission of West Bengal has moved. Nine members of the commission went to visit Priyanka Todi in her father’s house when concern for the bereaved girl’s well-being was being expressed with increasing frequency by the people.
- Torrent Of Sorrow In Assam (Frontline, Sushanta Talukdar, Oct 10, 2007)
Assam has been battling devastating floods since May. Three waves of floods, caused by the rivers Brahmaputra and Barak and their tributaries, have affected life in 26 of its 27 districts.
- Iaea Urges India To Begin Talks On N-Pact: Elbaradei Meets Scientists In Mumbai (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Oct 10, 2007)
International Atomic Energy Agency head Mohamed ElBaradei said in Mumbai on Tuesday that the global nuclear watchdog was ready for formal talks with New Delhi aimed at legitimising India’s civil nuclear deal with the United States but remained . . .
- Singapore Signs Pact For Using Indian Defence Facilities (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 10, 2007)
Singapore has signed a unique pact with India that will allow the tiny island nation to use Indian military facilities on payment basis for five years.
- Desire For Democracy (Hindustan Times, Hari Jaisingh, Oct 10, 2007)
The sage of the Renaissance Age, Erasmus, distinguishes between the "quiet" and "turbulent" periods of history. The turbulent periods may be short but they provide sharp contrasts to historical happenings.
- Cong Blinks Under Allies' Pressure (Hindustan Times, Santanu Banerjee, Oct 10, 2007)
UPA allies, barring the Left, like the NCP, RJD and the DMK are not keen on facing a mid-term poll due to which the Congress has come under immense pressure to buy peace with the Left on their stand-off over the India-US civil nuclear deal.
- Logic Of Rot (Telegraph, Dipankar Dasgupta, Oct 10, 2007)
“Something is rotten in the state of West Bengal.” The statement cries out for an explanation and I shall provide it indirectly by borrowing a trick from Tom, the narrator in Tennessee Williams’s play, The Glass Menagerie.
- Kerala's Shame (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Oct 10, 2007)
Sunday's mob attack on a 40-year-old hapless pregnant woman and her two children in Edappal, Kerala, is appalling.
- History In The Making (Hindu, Jayati Ghosh, Oct 09, 2007)
Ashok Mitra is one of the more remarkable personalities of independent India, who has been involved and even deeply enmeshed in some of the most significant events and socio-economic processes of the sub-continent over the past six decades.
- 3 Alleged Criminals Handed Over To Bangladesh (Hindu, HAROON HABIB, Oct 09, 2007)
Three alleged criminals wanted by the Bangladesh police were handed over to Bangladesh authorities by the Kolkata police.
- Nandigram Violence Claims Another Life (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Violence continued to rage for the second day in the Nandigram area of West Bengal’s Purbo Medinipur district.
- Left Seeks Assurance On Strategy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
In a note submitted to External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee who heads the UPA-Left mechanism to address Left apprehensions about the 123 Agreement, Left parties have raised the Hyde Act issue.
- Left Rejects Sonia’S Proposal (Tribune, Anita Katyal, Oct 09, 2007)
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi first backtracked on her public attack against the opponents of the Indo-US nuclear deal.
- Left Seeks Assurance On Strategy (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
In a note submitted to External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee who heads the UPA-Left mechanism to address Left apprehensions about the 123 Agreement, Left parties have raised the Hyde Act issue.
- “Cpi(m) Too Always Prepared For Polls” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) too is “always prepared for elections,” Biman Bose, secretary of the party’s West Bengal Committee, said here on Sunday.
- Pranab Talks To Basu, Buddha (Asian Age, Parwez Hafeez, Oct 08, 2007)
External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee’s unscheduled meeting on Sunday with three important CPI(M) leaders of West Bengal, ahead of the next UPA-Left nuclear committee meeting, sparked speculation about a possible last-ditch . . . . . .
- Woman Killed In Nandigram Violence (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Supporters of rival groups fire at each other, police reinforcement sent
Trinamool, CPI(M) activists clash
The injured were admitted to a local hospital
- Sonia Hits Out At N-Deal Critics (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
A day after she spoke of Congress's readiness to face mid-term polls, Sonia Gandhi on Sunday further pushed the party into election mode by lashing out at the critics of the India-US nuclear deal as "enemies of development" and urging people. . . . .
- N-Deal Critics Foes Of Development: Sonia (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
A day after she spoke of Congress's readiness to face mid-term polls, Sonia Gandhi on Sunday further pushed the party into election mode by lashing out at the critics of the India-US nuclear deal as "enemies of development" and urging . . . . .
- 'She Is Pushing For Poll To Make Rahul Pm' (Pioneer, Santanu Banerjee, Oct 08, 2007)
Convinced that the talks over nuke deal are heading towards a collapse with Congress president Sonia Gandhi defending the 123 Agreement with US and slamming its opponents, the Left on Sunday hit back at the Congress saying that "the party . . . .
- False Magic (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Of the various kinds of quacks, some are more dangerous than others. But the witch-doctor is the most dangerous of them all.
- People’S Anger (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
The brewing public anger against rampant corruption in the public distribution system has erupted into widespread violence in several districts of West Bengal.
- High Alert Sounded In Hyderabad (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
A high alert was sounded in the State capital on Thursday following intelligence inputs about possible terror strikes similar to the recent twin blasts.
- An Acre Of Green Grass (Telegraph, Sunanda K. Datta-Ray, Oct 06, 2007)
If you drop a coin and don’t pick it up immediately, someone else will. That’s nature’s law. Calcutta — or West Bengal for that matter — must be one of the few places on earth where, if you neglect a piece of land, it’s snatched away by someone else.
- Bsf, Bdr Exchange Fire (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
The Border Security Force and the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) exchanged fire near the Sidhai border outpost in West Bengal’s South Dinajpur district on Wednesday night.
- India 'Fair Price' Shops Attacked (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
Mob violence against dealers of government-licensed "fair-price shops" has spread to at least three districts in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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