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- Karnataka Juggernaut In Capital (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2007)
Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur on Tuesday submitted his “final” report on the JD(S)-BJP’s claim to form government to the Centre.
- Constrained Hegemon (Tribune, K. Subrahmanyam, Nov 07, 2007)
The US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice dissuaded General Musharraf from imposing an Emergency a few weeks ago.
- 2 Die In Nandigram Landmine Blast (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2007)
Two persons were killed and 10 others, including one from the security force, injured in a fresh bout of violence in the Nandigram area of West Bengal on Tuesday.
- Manmohan To Visit Russia On Sunday (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will pay a two-day visit to Russia from November 11. The visit is in continuation of the tradition of holding annual summit meetings between the heads of government, which started seven years ago.
- Dalai Diplomacy (Indian Express, C. Raja Mohan, Nov 07, 2007)
If China thought it had effectively marginalised the Dalai Lama in recent years, it is being forced to think again. In the last few months, the Dalai Lama has once again shot back to international prominence.
- Parties Dither As Lawyers Protest Alone (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2007)
Pakistan’s Opposition grappled for a united response today to President Pervez Musharraf’s imposition of emergency rule, leaving lawyers to protest alone for a second day and bear the brunt of a police crackdown.
- No Support For N-Deal In Present Form: Advani (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2007)
American officials pushed for agreement before US Prez poll campaign kicks off
- Uncertainty Shrouds Pakistan Election Date (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2007)
Despite US pressure and soothing words from the government, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is likely to hold off on elections until he has cemented his grip on power, analysts say.
- Land Is The Issue, Say Farmers At Public Hearing On Sezs (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Nov 07, 2007)
“Land is the issue,” was the unanimous conclusion of a public hearing here on Monday on “Special Economic Zones and Land Rights” by Navdanya.
- Press Under Pressure (Frontline, Iboyaima Laithangbam, Nov 07, 2007)
Media organisations in Manipur face frequent interference from insurgent groups but they do not compromise on ethics.
- Central Forces Yet To Arrive In Nandigram (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2007)
Even as two persons were killed in fresh violence in the Nandigram area on Tuesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee reviewed the situation at a meeting with senior State and police officials here.
- Warmongering Against Iran (Frontline, JOHN CHERIAN, Nov 07, 2007)
The U.S. imposes draconian sanctions on Iran while preparing the ground for a military attack on the Islamic republic.
- The Sting In Its Social And Ethical Context (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Nov 07, 2007)
The Tehelka sting on Gujarat 2002 is a credible effort. Yet it is difficult not to question its timing and the exploitative manner of its presentation.
- Reverse Swing (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2007)
There is no stopping the war machine in Sri Lanka. After taking Thoppigala, the last jungle stronghold of the Liberation Tigers of the Tamil Eelam in the east only months ago, the government has dealt another crippling blow to the . . . . .
- Flip-Flop Tieup Can't Give Stability, Thakur To Centre (Pioneer, KUMAR UTTAM, Nov 07, 2007)
Karnataka Governor Rameshwar Thakur on Tuesday submitted his "final report" to Home Minister Shivraj Patil on the political situation in the State that has been under President's rule since October 9.
- “Adopt Multi-Pronged Strategy Against Terrorism” (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 07, 2007)
The Sri Lanka military announced on Tuesday that three civilians of Thambarawava village in the south of the country were hacked to death by unknown assailants on Monday night and their bodies were found by the villagers the next morning.
- Thakur Submits Final Report (Hindu, P. Sunderarajan , Nov 07, 2007)
BJP-JD (S) combine presents 125 legislators before President
I have consulted legal luminaries: Governor
Delay is ‘mala fide’, says JD(S)-BJP memorandum
- Left Off The Constitution (Telegraph, RUDRANGSHU MUKHERJEE, Nov 07, 2007)
The excitement surrounding the ongoing CBI inquiry ntothe death of Rizwanur Rahman has diverted attention from certain very obvious aspects of the episode.
- Maoists Kill Abducted Scribe In Nepal (Pioneer, BINAJ GURUBACHARYA, Nov 07, 2007)
A journalist abducted by Nepal's former rebels last month was shot dead by three of the group's members, and a report detailing the group's investigation into the incident has been turned over to police, a local rebel leader said on Tuesday.
- Reservation For Minorities (Frontline, S. Viswanathan, Nov 07, 2007)
Tamil Nadu enacts a law granting separate reservation for Muslims and Christians in the Backward Classes quota.
- Friendly Advice (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 07, 2007)
SUPPORT for Gen Musharraf in western capitals, especially Washington, and which many Pakistanis begrudged him, is fast withering.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 07, 2007)
When the securities scam ran riot during his stewardship of the finance ministry, Dr Manmohan Singh diagnosed the malaise as “systemic failure”.
- Special Article (Statesman, Rajinder Puri, Nov 07, 2007)
Is Pakistan’s sickness terminal? To determine this one needs to diagnose. And what does a diagnosis reveal? Consider, first, the Pakistan army.
- Karnataka: Mlas Paraded In Delhi (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2007)
The weeks-long political drama in Karnataka today inched closer to its resolution after the Governor Mr Rameshwar Thakur today submitted to the Centre his “final” report over the situation arising out of the BJP-JD-S’ bid to stake claim over . . . .
- ‘N-Deals Will Boost Energy Security’ (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2007)
Battling a stiff Left resistance, an apparently confident Congress-led UPA government declared today that the civil nuclear cooperation with the United States of America and other countries, as and when it succeeded, would strengthen the . . . .
- Big Crackdown In Tribal Border Belt (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2007)
Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday gave a go-ahead for a massive military action in the restive tribal areas to crush pro-Taliban and Al Qaeda militants once for all.
- Despair In The Air (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 07, 2007)
IT was the proverbial calm before the storm. For nearly four months before the October 22 pre-dawn ground and aerial attack on the Anuradhapura airbase in the North Central Province by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the silence from . . . .
- Kerala's Check On Corruption (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2007)
TRUCKERS on National Highway 47, long used to greasing the palms of officials for easy passage through the checkpost at Walayar, are now offered an interesting alternative by the Government of Kerala.
- Action Replay (Frontline, DIONNE BUNSHA, Nov 07, 2007)
THE emperor has no clothes. He has been stripped bare. And it is not a pretty sight. In fact, it is ghastly. So horrific that everyone is looking away.
- Resting On Laurels (Frontline, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 07, 2007)
At the end of two years in office, President Mahinda Rajapaksa remains far from meeting his promise of solving the ethnic conflict.
- Governor's Choice (Frontline, V. VENKATESAN, Nov 07, 2007)
WITH the Indian electorate repeatedly delivering fractured mandates in a number of States, and in Parliament, the phenomenon of hung legislatures, with the resultant dilemma of who should be invited to form the government, has long demanded . . .
- The Chinese Dream (Frontline, P. S. SURYANARAYANA, Nov 07, 2007)
The 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China re-elects Hu Jintao as general secretary and amends the party constitution.
- The Real Bobby Jindal (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2007)
Jindal is the first Indian American to win a gubernatorial election in the U.S., but there are concerns about his silence on racism.
- Friend In Need (Frontline, Vladimir Radyuhin , Nov 07, 2007)
PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin, when he travelled to Teheran last month, became the first Russian leader after Josef Stalin to visit Iran.
- Fanning The Flames In Nandigram (Frontline, SUHRID SANKAR CHATTOPADHYAY, Nov 07, 2007)
What started off as a violent agitation against a rumour of land acquisition in Nandigram block in West Bengal’s East Midnapore (Purba Medinipur) district 10 months ago has, in fact, taken the form of a struggle for turf control between the . . . .
- Musharraf’S Second Coup (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Nov 07, 2007)
The unanimous view is that Gen Musharraf took the drastic step of imposing Emergency in Pakistan because he was sure that the Supreme Court would give an adverse judgment on his election as President.
- 'Musharraf Has Broken His Word' (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2007)
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has said she is committed to leading an all-party movement against President General Pervez Musharraf, to lift the emergency rule he clamped on Saturday, but will hold off on street demonstrations for now.
- Sacked Pak Cj: Rise Up Against Musharraf (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Nov 07, 2007)
Teleph-one lines and cellphones went dead in Islamabad on Tuesday within minutes of sacked Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry telling a meeting of lawyers over the telephone that Gen. Pervez Musharraf had declared . . . . . .
- Through A Prism (Business Line, Ranabir Ray Choudhury , Nov 07, 2007)
The Prime Minister, Dr Manomohan Singh, has once again retreated into his academic shell, giving vent to thoughts which are a professor’s delight but which, really, have no value whatever to practising politicians.
- Are Indian Oil Companies ‘Bidding On The Riskiest Properties’ Overseas? (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 07, 2007)
Oil price hit $84 a barrel a few days ago, amidst fears that the Kurdish rebel problem would lead to the snapping of Iraq’s supplies.
- Only One Way Out For General Musharraf (Daily Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2007)
Whatever the provocations that led to this state of affairs, we categorically reject General Pervez Musharraf’s November 3 decision to impose a Provisional Constitutional Order and Proclamation of Emergency in the country. . . . . .
- Fight Against Junta: The Uprising Is Not Over (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 07, 2007)
The military may control the streets and monasteries, but they will never be able to control the hearts or determination of the people.
- Young Voters May Get Scoop (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 07, 2007)
The use of social networking sites, including Facebook and MySpace, have also been embraced by younger voters in campaigning.
- K'taka Bjp, Jd(s) Legislators Meet Prez (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2007)
Karnataka legislators from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) met President Pratibha Patil here on Tuesday evening to press their combine's claim to form a new ministry.
- Ex-Spy Chief Tipped To Be Next Pak President (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2007)
Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani, who was promoted as deputy chief of army staff on October 7 and is former head of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), is the favourite to become the next president if Musharraf is forced from power following political . . . .
- Sixty Years Of Kashmir's Accession: The Less Known Realities (Deccan Herald, Balraj Puri, Nov 07, 2007)
Jammu and Kashmir is not a problem of Hindu-Muslim relations as many people believe.
- A War Against 'Terror' (Deccan Herald, Deepali Gaur Singh, Nov 07, 2007)
Even as the mighty Soviets of the 80’s were withdrawing from Afghanistan following their resistance from an army of disparate guerrillas who had humbled them by their sheer resilience (and definitely not without statistical help from their . . .
- Domestic Spats More Intractable Than Ties With Neighbours: Singh (Dawn, Jawed Naqvi, Nov 07, 2007)
Domestic spats between quarrelling Indian states are often more intractable than maintaining good relations with neighbouring countries, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday.
- Other Voices - American Press (Dawn, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2007)
BY imposing martial law, Gen Pervez Musharraf has pushed nuclear-armed Pakistan further along a perilous course and underscored the failure of President Bush’s policy towards a key ally in the war on terrorism.
- Development: Expansion Of Freedoms (Dawn, Editorial, Dawn, Nov 07, 2007)
THE conventional wisdom on development is premised on growth theories. According to traditional dogmas, the basic function of economic theory is to create such conditions that help the business elite to accumulate profits at the highest possible rates.
- Coalition Circus (Frontline, PARVATHI MENON, Nov 07, 2007)
COALITION politics in Karnataka, currently in a serious crisis of credibility, may yet get a fresh lease of life, with Governor Rameshwar Thakur expected to invite an alliance of the Janata Dal (Secular) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) back to . . .
- Deve Gowda's 12 'Commandments' (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2007)
AFTER the assurance of “unconditional” support from former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and Merajuddin Patel, State president of the JD(S), the BJP was in for a rude shock on November 1 when H.D. Deve Gowda, national president of the . . . .
- "My Time Has Now Come": (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2007)
HAVING won back the support of the Janata Dal (Secular), which had pipped him at the post a few weeks ago, B.S. Yeddyurappa is now a happy man. But he has apparently decided to maintain a low profile, in view of the manner in which Governor . . . .
- "Why All This Drama?" (Frontline, S. Rajendran, Nov 07, 2007)
THE Karnataka unit of the Congress is in a fix over the decision of the Janata Dal (Secular) to opt again for an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to form the government in the State.
- All About Participatory Notes (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2007)
PARTICIPATORY Notes (PNs) are instruments held by entities that are otherwise not allowed to invest in Indian markets by the market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
- The Bellary Billionaires (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 07, 2007)
“Horse-Trading” has been an allegation that rival political parties have levelled against each other in the current crisis. Although direct evidence of monetary pay-offs to legislators is virtually impossible to marshal, such pay-offs . . . . . . .
- Polls In Air, Upa Fast-Tracks Houses For Poor: Won’T Build, Will Give 5% Interest Subsidy (Indian Express, Amitav Ranjan, Nov 07, 2007)
With the spectre of an early election not ruled out yet, the UPA government is rushing through with a truncated housing scheme for the urban poor so that it gets rolling from January next year.
- Perks And Privileges (Dawn, Hafizur Rahman, Nov 07, 2007)
Whether we are bureaucrats or politicians (or, for that matter, journalists) we Pakistanis are so accustomed to perks and privileges that we gobble them up like mother’s milk.
- "The Ideology Is Only In Speeches": (Frontline, Ravi Sharma , Nov 07, 2007)
IN October, Karnataka was mired in political shenanigans and uncertainties. With the transfer of power from the Janata Dal (Secular) to its coalition partner, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), not taking off, hell broke loose as the political . . . .
- Woman At Arms (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 06, 2007)
There is always a danger when stridency becomes more important than substance.
- Farce In Karnataka (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 06, 2007)
It is a miracle that former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda and his ex-Chief Minister son Kumaraswamy don’t get indigestion despite eating their words so often.
- Freeze On Defence Talks With Us (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice today said Pakistan President Gen Pervez Musharraf should “take off his uniform”, as Washington suspended annual defence talks with Islamabad because of the political situation there after the imposition . . . .
- Man At Arms (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Nov 06, 2007)
When it comes to Pervez Musharraf and his Pakistan, one cannot decide which of the two descriptions — predictably shocking or shockingly predictable — fits better.
- Sri Lanka Kills 7 Rebels Ahead Of Leader’S Funeral (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
Seven Tamil Tigers and a soldier were killed in fresh fighting in northern Sri Lanka, the military said today, hours before the funeral of the rebels' political wing chief.
- Narrow Considerations Can Distort National Vision: Pm (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
In a veiled reference to the Left parties pressure on the Indo-US nuclear deal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said narrow political considerations could distort the national vision and sense of collective purpose.
- Continued Instability In West Asia (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 06, 2007)
The Iraq War and subsequent events in the region, including the war in Lebanon and the continuing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, have significantly altered the distribution of power and calculations of governments in the region.
- Spinning Out Of Control (Telegraph, Malvika Singh, Nov 06, 2007)
The situation in Pakistan is ominous, and reads much like a chapter from the pages of the last century.
- The Arc Of Instability (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Nov 06, 2007)
American war colleges delight in playing computer war games, sometimes to the consternation of countries that are posted as enemies.
- Pm Lays Bare Coalition Cuffs (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
Can coalitions provide the unity of purpose that nation-states need, Manmohan Singh asked today.
- Bjp-Jd(s) Mlas In Delhi For Show Of Strength (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
The BJP-JD(S) on Monday night took their battle for Karnataka to Delhi by sending their MLAs to the national capital for parading before President Pratibha Patil even as the Governor is set to brief the Centre with the "final report" on the . . . .
- The Burmese People’S Struggle Goes On (Tribune, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 06, 2007)
In August, the Burmese people began to write a new chapter in their determination to find peace and freedom.
- Dealing With Migration (Times of India, Editorial, Economic Times, Nov 06, 2007)
The migration debate in Britain only gets shriller. That's unfortunate. Because, migration is a complex issue which involves us all and rhetoric does little to help us come to terms with its implications.
- Crime Syndicates (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Nov 06, 2007)
Last week UP Chief Minister Mayawati introduced in the state Assembly the long-awaited Uttar Pradesh Control of Organised Crime Bill, 2007, with a view to eliminating organised crime root and branch. Modelled on the law enacted in Maharashtra . . . .
- Moscow Expects Continuation Of Democratic Process In Pak (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
In a belated reaction to the imposition of Emergency by President Pervez Musharraf, Moscow has expressed hope that democratic processes will continue in Pakistan after the current crisis recedes.
- Religion Through The Ages (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 06, 2007)
Collection of articles on the role of religion in Indian history
- 'Child Suicide Bomber Could Be Involved' (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
Former premier Benazir Bhutto has said that a "child suicide bomber" followed by a car bomb might have been used in an attempt to assassinate her.
- Pan-Indian Fiction (Hindu, P. Sundaresan, Nov 06, 2007)
Pinnalur Mu. Vivekanandan; Pasupathi Nilayam, 21, Lokanathan Nagar II Street, Choolaimedu, Chennai-600094. Rs. 60.
- Bjp-Dal Parade Before Prez Today (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
Almost all BJP-JD(S) MLAs arrived in New Delhi from Bangalore in an 199-seater, chartered flight past Monday midnight.
- Musharraf Says He Is In Full Control (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
"It's a joke of the highest order," Musharraf told a foreign reporter regarding reports of his house arrest. The rumour had a huge impact on Pakistan's major stock index, which plunged on Monday afternoon as a result.
- Beyond Gdp And Progress (Deccan Herald, HAZEL HENDERSON, Nov 06, 2007)
The welfare of a nation can scarcely be inferred from a measurement of national income.
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