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- Middle Income Upper Castes And Obcs On A Par Economically, Says Survey (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 12, 2007)
The middle income groups among the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and ‘others’ (loosely referred to as upper castes) are almost on a par economically.
- Grim Picture (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Oct 12, 2007)
Even governments have no option sometimes but to give away the truth or part of it.
- Latest Official Survey Puts Obcs At 40% (Pioneer, Rajeev Ranjan Roy, Oct 12, 2007)
As it defends OBC reservations in higher education in the Supreme Court, the UPA Government has received another setback with the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS) for 2005-06 putting the population of other backward classes . . . .
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 12, 2007)
By its insistence that HD Kumaraswamy of the Janata Dal (Secular) abdicate chief ministership of Karnataka in favour of his deputy, BS Yediyurappa of the BJP, on 3 October itself in accordance with the agreement the two parties had entered . . . . .
- 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 . . . .
- Failing The Foreign Policy Test (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Oct 12, 2007)
IF the real test of the short-term success of a nation’s foreign policy lies in its neighbourhood, rather than in distant lands or remote or rarefied international fora, then India’s policy has been something of a failure in recent years . . . .
- Hostage To Bandh (Tribune, V. Eshwar Anand, Oct 11, 2007)
The Supreme Court has rightly taken the Karunanidhi government to task for organising a bandh in Tamil Nadu on October 1 despite its strong warning against holding it.
- India 'Close To Burma Port Deal' (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
India is close to signing an agreement with the Burmese military junta to develop the port of Sittwe, officials in Delhi have said.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 11, 2007)
Governance has gone haywire, and the loss of face is irretrievable. A food crisis, such as the one that has gripped a vast swathe of south Bengal, would have shaken any responsible government to its foundations.
- April Is The Earliest Ls Poll Can Be Held (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 11, 2007)
India’s next parliamentary election cannot be held before April 2008 because the Election Commission will not be ready until then to conduct the gigantic exercise, according to experts.
- Importance Of Politics (Pioneer, Hiranmay Karlekar, Oct 11, 2007)
The Indian economy," a voice boomed in the departure lounge of Goa airport, "can now move ahead on its own. It will continue to grow irrespective of what politicians do.
- Ulfa Militant Killed (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
A senior leader of ULFA's 28th Battalion has perished and a senior woman cadre of the outfit arrested by a joint team of the Army and the Assam Police in Charaideo subdivision of Sivasagar district in Upper Assam.
- Chinese Incursion Into Bhutan Worries India (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
The latest diplomatic bugbear from Beijing to New Delhi is China’s incursions into Bhutan, a country whose foreign policy is by and large run by India.
- India, China To Resolve Bunker Issue Diplomatically (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 10, 2007)
India and China have agreed to resolve their stand-off over the presence of two Indian Army bunkers along the Line of Actual Control in the Thagla ridge area of Arunachal Pradesh through diplomatic means, official Indian sources said. Playing down . . .
- 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.
- India-China Army Exercises Delayed (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
The first ever joint India-China army exercise, scheduled for November, has been delayed because the giant Asian rivals cannot decide on a date or venue, an Indian official said Tuesday.
- India's Guarded Optimism (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Oct 10, 2007)
The Indian government initially made itself conspicuous in the international community by maintaining a discreet silence as monks took to the streets in Myanmar.
- Indian Fm Repeats Old Speech: Myanmar Turmoil (Dawn, Simon Denyer, Oct 10, 2007)
By failing to freshen up his speech, critics said Pranab Mukherjee appeared to ignore widespread pro-democracy protests in Myanmar and a deadly military crackdown.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Oct 10, 2007)
Given their notorious lack of success, there would be little of a non-technical nature in the US/NATO operations in Iraq and Afghanistan worthy of emulation by Indian security forces.
- Ex-Students Draw Up Plan For New Iit (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
They have been associated with growth stories and the Silicon Valley. Now for the first time, prominent alumni of the seven Indian Institutes of Technology are drawing up a blueprint to set up a new IIT.
- Myanmar-India Border Trade Resumes At Moreh (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 10, 2007)
Trading between India and Myanmar resumed in the border town of Moreh in Manipur after the international border was reopened Tuesday after a nine-hour closure.
- Basu Still Advises Against Haste (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Jyoti Basu today mounted a last-ditch attempt to avert early polls but suggested that he was not too hopeful.
- Pranab Goofs Up, Repeats Speech (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Industry captains and journalists in the northeast were numbed into silence on Sunday when External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee read out almost verbatim a written speech on Indias "Look East" policy that he delivered four months ago.
- Security Adviser For Ibobi After Pm Rap (Telegraph, Nishit Dholabhai, Oct 09, 2007)
A bit of plainspeak by the Prime Minister on the breakdown of law and order in Manipur appears to have paved the way for radical strategy changes, including the entry of a security adviser to do the thinking for the state government.
- Border Talks With China Positive (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
Yet another round of talks spread over three days, eleventh in the series on the border dispute between India and China, concluded in Beijing on September 26.
- Army Kills Ulfa Rebel In Sivasagar (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
The banned Ulfa suffered yet another setback today, with the army gunning down a listed Ulfa leader and apprehending a woman militant.
- Sonia's Reaction Smacks Of Dictatorship: Bjp (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
The BJP on Monday lashed out at Congress president Sonia Gandhi for calling those, who oppose the India-US civil nuclear deal and the present alignment of Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project, as enemies of development and peace . . . . ..
- 15 Killed, 36 Injured In Bus Accident In Nagaland (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 09, 2007)
At least 15 people were killed and 36 others injured, some of them critical, when the bus in which they were travelling skidded off the road and fell into a rivulet in Nagaland's Mokokchung district, police said on Tuesday.
- Bjp Slams Sonia On Nuclear Deal (New Indian Express, ANITA SALUJA, Oct 09, 2007)
The BJP on Monday slammed Congress President Sonia Gandhi for her statement, calling detractors of the Indo-US nuclear deal and the Sethusamudram Project as enemies of development and peace.
- Pranab Goofs Up, Repeats Speech (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Industry captains and journalists in the northeast were numbed into silence on Sunday when External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee read out almost verbatim a written speech on Indias "Look East" policy that he delivered four months ago.
- Mid-Term Polls Imminent: Jd(u) (Hindu, Sujay Mehdudia, Oct 08, 2007)
The Janata Dal (United) on Sunday asserted that a mid-term election was imminent as the Congress had failed to adhere to the coalition dharma.
- Look Immediate East (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
For the past weeks, many of us who have travelled to Burma and respect the history and culture of that country and its wonderfully sensitive people, have been deeply concerned by the rush of tragic news of shootings and indiscriminate . . . .
- Project To Link North-East And South-East Asia (Hindu, Sushanta Talukdar, Oct 08, 2007)
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday said the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited had started working on an optical fibre project to establish telecommunication network between India’s north-east region and south-east Asia.
- Indian-Americans Keen To Invest In Assam (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
The Indian diaspora in the US has shown interest in investing in Assam with proposals ranging from producing bio-diesel to operating small aircraft for regional connectivity, says Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi.
- Parents Of Manipur’S J-K ‘Militant’ Say All A Big Waste (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
It was only when a police team from Jammu-Kashmir landed up at their residence a couple of days ago that Umra and Abdul Mia finally believed that their son had indeed been arrested.
- India For Better Ties With Myanmar: Pranab (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Notwithstanding the call of the pro-democracy group to take a tough posture against the Military Junta in Myanmar, India today reiterated its intention to have better regional cooperation with Myanmar now embroiled in internal conflicts.
- Withdraw Support From Anti-People Govt: Jd(u) To Left (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
As a mid-term poll seems imminent, Janata Dal(U) has dubbed the UPA Government at the Centre as "anti people" and urged the Left parties to withdraw their support from the Government.
- '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 . . . .
- Up For It (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura go to the polls early next year, the first-named being the only state ruled by the Congress.
- Gowda Was Ready To Have Ananth As Karnataka Cm (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 08, 2007)
With Rahul Gandhi on an overdrive to create his own team, moves are afoot to appoint another political secretary to the Congress president.
- Rubik Cubes (Tribune, Harwant Singh, Oct 08, 2007)
In olden days in a Divisional HQ of the army, which was headed by a General Officer Commanding (GOC), a Major-General, there was no Deputy GOC or other senior officer.
- Seven Rebels Killed In Northeast India (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 06, 2007)
Security forces have shot dead seven separatists in three clashes in India’s restive northeastern state of Manipur, authorities said Friday.
- Ulfa Trains New Cadres In Bhutan Border Area (Asian Age, Manoj Anand, Oct 05, 2007)
The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom is using the border areas of Bhutan to train its new recruits in Western Assam’s Nalbari and Baska districts.
- Bsnl Gets Spectrum, Private Telcos Cry Foul (Business Standard, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
Tensions between private telecom players and the government ratcheted up a notch after it was discovered that state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) was given additional spectrum of up to 10 MHz for GSM . . . .
- India Seeks Release Of Suu Kyi (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Oct 05, 2007)
For the first time in many years, India has joined the West in seeking release of the pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi but insisted that the tone of a resolution on Myanmar by a United Nations body should have been less minatory.
- ‘Iran Has As Much Right To Nuke Power As India’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
Like India, Iran too has the right to pursue a civilian nuclear programme, but with obligations under the Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT), and problems with Tehran should be resolved through talks, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has suggested.
- Internal Security Cause For Concern: Pm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called upon the police to reach out to citizens and address their needs and expectations.
- Intelligence Agencies Unfit To Fight Terror: Patil (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Wednesday said intelligence agencies of states were not strong and adequate enough to meet the challenges of terrorism.
- 'Cpi-M Will Take A Unanimous Decision On Nuke Deal' (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 04, 2007)
The Communist Party of India -Marxist (CPI-M) would take a unanimous decision on its stand on the Indo-US civil nuclear deal, a member of the party's politburo said on Friday.
- High Road To Prosperity (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Oct 03, 2007)
The Northeast was last week inadvertently thrust onto the crossroads of international diplomacy.
- Dogma Vs Reality (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Oct 03, 2007)
In his hours of repose, Mr Prakash Karat must be harking back to his days as a student leader when he had his last encounters with elections.
- Jd-U Executive Meet This Week (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 03, 2007)
The Janata Dal-U will hold a two-day meeting of its national executive here from 6 October to formulate electoral issues and seat adjustment policy.
- Five Dead, 52 Wounded In Indian Blasts (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Five people were killed and 52 wounded on Sunday in two separate explosions while a third blast ripped apart a natural gas pipeline in the Indian state of Assam, officials said.
- Congress Loses Nuclear Edge (Pioneer, Arun Nehru, Oct 01, 2007)
Political 'accidents' cannot be predicted. When such accidents take place, these are difficult to control. I have been writing about this for the past four weeks.
- Women Benefit More From Social Transformation (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
In Kerala, Mizoram, Delhi and Chandigarh, with high female literacy and work participation, violence against women is also high. Gendered constraints exist even among the relatively more egalitarian tribal people.
- Serial Blasts Kill Five In Assam (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Blasts at four places in Assam killed five persons this evening.
- Blasts Pierce Assam Calm (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
A few weeks of relative calm in Assam and the army’s boast about Ulfa being a spent force were shattered this evening by back-to-back blasts at three places and five casualties.
- 6 Die, 49 Injured In Assam Violence (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
Six persons were killed and 49 injured and a gas pipeline of Assam Gas Company Limited was blown off in separate incidents of violence including three blasts in eastern Assam today.
- What Upa Won’T Tell You (Indian Express, Bibek Debroy, Oct 01, 2007)
Inequality is an important issue for the UPA government. The Approach Paper to the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12) adopted in December 2006, mentions “inclusive growth” in the title itself.
- 6 Killed, 29 Hurt In Assam Blasts (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 01, 2007)
ULFA militants on Sunday stepped up violence in upper Assam by exploding three powerful bombs in three places killing six persons and injuring at least 29 others.
- Salute To The Coffee House (Telegraph, RAMACHANDRA GUHA , Sep 29, 2007)
Surfing the internet, I came across an essay by a Swedish writer on the social significance of my favourite stimulant.
- Cpi(m) Concerned At Myanmar Incidents (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau met here on Friday as a prelude to three days of “very crucial” discussions by the central committee on the India-United States nuclear deal and the political situation, among other issues.
- Cpm To Take 'Unanimous Decision'on Nuclear Deal (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
"Everything has been discussed and I am sure that we will take a unanimous decision," senior leader M K Pandhe told newspersons when asked whether the issue of nuclear deal was being deliberated.
- ‘Dredging Will Open Coast To Tsunamis’ (Asian Age, R. Bhagwan Singh, Sep 29, 2007)
Whether there was a Ram Sethu or not, the Sethusamudram project had to be opposed as it threatens the marine ecology and fishermen’s livelihoods and also lays opens the southern shoreline to the risk of a tsunami, a panel of "experts" said in . . . .
- Decision By Cpm At Oct. 5 Meet, Says Yechury (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2007)
The CPI(M) will convey its decision on the India-US nuclear deal to the UPA government at the next joint UPA-Left panel meeting, which is scheduled to be held on October 5.
- In Public Interest (Frontline, Ravi Sharma , Sep 29, 2007)
PUBLIC sector utilities such as the Postal Department, the Department of Telecommunications and the Railways have been playing a key role in propelling Karnataka forward.
- Explaining India’S Silence Over Burma (Daily Times, Subir Bhaumik, Sep 29, 2007)
India has been slow to break its silence over street protests across Burma this month even though it has strong geographical, political and strategic links with its eastern neighbour
- India Job Scheme 'Disappointing' (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
India's most ambitious scheme ever to lift people out of poverty has met with largely disappointing results in its first year, studies suggest.
- Explaining India's Silence Over Burma (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
India has been slow to break its silence over street protests across Burma this month even though it has strong geographical, political and strategic links with its eastern neighbour.
- Iraq, Afghanistan Will Cost Us $190 Bn In 2008 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will cost at least $190 billion in 2008, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, making it the most expensive year in the conflicts since they were launched by US President George W Bush. Defense Secretary Robert Gates . . . .
- N-Deal: Cpm Politburo Meeting Today (Tribune, Subhrangshu Gupta, Sep 28, 2007)
The crucial meeting of the Politburo and the CPM central committee, beginning at the Alimuddin Street party office in Kolkata from today, may finally endorse the decision of pulling out their support from the UPA government on the nuclear
deal issue.
- Jd(s) To Field Candidates For Nagaland Assembly Polls (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 28, 2007)
The Janata Dal (Secular) has decided to field its own candidates for the Assembly polls in Nagaland due in February next year.
- Immense Potential (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 28, 2007)
On the occasion of World Tourism Day, stakeholders in the tourism industry across the world have drawn attention to the growing importance of tourism in the world economy and the immense potential that lies before this industry.
- India’S Interests At Stake In Myanmar (Hindu, SANDEEP DIKSHIT, Sep 27, 2007)
New Delhi expresses concern and urges regime to be more inclusive and broad based
Developments could upset security calculations in northeast
Bilateral, multilateral negotiations could take a back seat
- Isro Land Deal On ‘Fragile’ Ground (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Sep 27, 2007)
Politics apart, couldn’t the ISRO, a direct look out of the Prime Minister, have done better than buy land worth many crores for a premier space science institute from a private individual, only to find it is a piece of notified ecologically . . . .
- Discontent Within, Ulfa Heading For Split: Army (Indian Express, Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Sep 27, 2007)
The Army on Wednesday said there was “terrible turbulence” within the ULFA and that a vertical split of the outfit is possible in the near future.
- Call It The Big Bluff (Telegraph, Sumanta Sen, Sep 27, 2007)
Judging by reports, New Delhi seems determined to go ahead with its efforts to develop the Northeast. Earlier too such noises had been made, particularly after major incidents of violence.
- Border Talks End (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Sep 27, 2007)
The latest round of negotiations between India and China on the border dispute ended here on Wednesday. While no breakthrough was announced, a brief press release from the Indian embassy said the three-day talks were “useful and positive.”
- “Upa Regime Creating Row Over Ramar Sethu” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 26, 2007)
Several Opposition leaders, including former Chief Ministers, on Tuesday charged the United Progressive Alliance government with unnecessarily creating a controversy over Ramar Sethu.
- History Of Sorts (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Sep 25, 2007)
Prashant Tamang's winning the Indian Idol 3 contest, aired by Sony TV, after beating fellow finalist Amit Paul, is a victory that created a history of sorts.
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