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- Wagah: Pak Galleries Empty (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
While the visitors' galleries on the Indian side were jam-packed with hundreds of slogan-raising visitors cheering the BSF jawans sprightly marching during the retreat ceremony, the response at the galleries on the Pakistani side was comparatively lukewar
- Bjp-Jd(s) Mlas To Meet Prez Today (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
Restless over the delay in revocation of President's rule in Karnataka, BJP-JD(S) MLAs arrived in the Capital on Monday night by a chartered flight to prove their numbers to President Pratibha Patil. The contingent is scheduled to meet the . . . .
- Now, Ljp Wants To Use Railways For Its Rally (Tribune, Ambarish Dutta, Nov 06, 2007)
The Railways seemingly continues to thrive on "Lalunomics", as it is the LJP now, on the pattern of the RJD, that is targeting this biggest public sector unit(PSU) to ferry its supporters from Bihar and Jharkhand during its proposed rally. . .
- Narrow Politics Can Distort National Vision: Pm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said that "narrow political considerations, based on regional or sectional loyalties and ideologies" should not be allowed to "distort the national vision".
- New Arrivals (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
Dr. Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi — Portrait of a Multi-Faceted Legend of Dravidians: His Life and Times: K.S.R. Publications, No. 5, 3rd Avenue, Indira Nagar, Chennai-600020. Rs. 350. Management Guru Professor Laloo’s Rail: Sunil Jogi . . .
- Britain Threatens To Cut Aid (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
After a cautious response to the events in Pakistan, the British government was on Monday preparing to take a tougher stand to put pressure on President Parvez Musharraf to restore democratic rule as quickly as possible.
- Rights Forum Condemns Emergency (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), in a statement on Monday, condemned the proclamation of Emergency in Pakistan by President Pervez Musharraf.
- “Dissolve Assembly, Hold Elections In Karnataka” (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
A galaxy of senior Congress leaders on Monday demanded that the Union Government and Governor Rameshwar Thakur dissolve the lower House in the State and hold elections to save the people from the “communal” Bharatiya Janata Party leaders in the . . . .
- Bjp To Pressure Upa On Statehood For Telangana Region (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
Bharatiya Janata Party senior leader and former national president M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday opined that the Andhra Pradesh should be separated into two and Telangana state formed at the earliest to avoid confrontation in future.
- Rudy Giuliani Is George Bush With Brains (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 06, 2007)
New York’s former Mayor is living up to his reputation as someone who will do and say anything for power.
- Bjp-Jds To Parade Its Mlas Before The President Tomorrow (OutLook, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
Stepping up their attempts for government formation, the BJP and JD-S would parade 129 MLAs before the President Pratibha Patil in Delhi tomorrow in a show of strength.
- Ramifications Of Emergency (Dawn, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 06, 2007)
THE proclamation of emergency rule by President Gen Pervez Musharraf, who seems to have lost the plot, is in effect a throwback to authoritarianism, which will unquestionably have wide-ranging consequences for Pakistan — hemmed in by. . .
- Colombo Vows To Target Ltte Leaders (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Nov 06, 2007)
Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake has asserted that the air force will continue to track down the hiding places of LTTE leaders and launch attacks even as the military claimed the death of nine cadres of the LTTE and one soldier . . . .
- Cinema As A Participant In Politics (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
The bulk of studies conducted on Indian cinema focuses on India after 1947, and examines the relationship between the film medium and India as a nation-state.
- Ballot, Not Bullet (Dawn, Murtaza Razvi, Nov 06, 2007)
GEN Musharraf cannot be doubted when he sees a frightening spectre of disorder.
- Talking Of Darlingji (Hindu, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 06, 2007)
Kishwar Desai has come up with ‘Darlingji’, a biography of Nargis and Sunil Dutt
- We Need Young Politicians (Times of India, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 06, 2007)
The Indian economic renaissance has been shaped by the youthful character of its workforce.
- Thakur In Delhi (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
BJP-JD(S) MLAs to meet Pratibha today
- ‘Narrow Political Considerations Can Distort National Vision’ (Hindu, VINAY KUMAR, Nov 06, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said narrow political considerations, based on regional or sectional loyalties and ideologies, could distort the national vision and sense of collective purpose.
- Pak Lawyers’ Protest Spreads (Tribune, Afzal Khan, Nov 06, 2007)
Pakistan’s military ruler General Musharraf today went all out to crush resistance from judges, lawyers, political parties and civil rights activists, who took to the streets across Pakistan to protest against the imposition of emergency.
- Pak Emergency: Mixed Reaction In Valley (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
Mainstream and separatist political parties in Jammu and Kashmir have reacted to the imposition of emergency in Pakistan, while people keenly watch developments for its impact on Indo-Pakistan relations and resolution of the Kashmir issue.
- Back To Square One (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Nov 06, 2007)
As if the first U-turn that President Pervez Musharraf did on October 12, 1999 by staging a coup was not bad enough, he has done it again, eight years later, taking the nation back to square one.
- ‘Uneven Development Can Give Rise To Terrorism’ (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee today warned that concentration of authority and power only in the hands of the federal unit would be anathema to the whole system.
- Decisive Battle Ahead, Says Nawaz Sharif (Hindu, Atul Aneja , Nov 06, 2007)
The former Pakistan Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, told The Hindu that civil society and other political forces in his country were gearing up for a “decisive battle” against the attack on civil liberties and political rights by President Pervez Musharraf.
- The Escalating Violence (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 06, 2007)
The death of S.P. Thamilchelvan, the ‘Political Wing’ chief of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), in the November 2 Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) raid on Kilinochchi is a political and moral blow to the terrorist outfit.
- Pm Lashes Out At Regional Parties (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday struck a somewhat discordant note at a conference on federalism when he lashed out at the regional political parties saying "narrow political considerations based on regional or sectional loyalties could distort nat
- Karnataka Drama Moves To Delhi (Pioneer, KUMAR UTTAM, Nov 06, 2007)
The political crisis in Karnataka reached its last leg on Monday with Governor Rameshwar Thakur landing in Delhi with his "final" report on the political situation in the State and the BJP-JD(S) MLAs reaching Delhi on Tuesday for a parade before . . .
- A 'Secularist' Who Loves The Good Life (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 06, 2007)
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a coup eight years ago and was the repeated target of assassinations for allying his Islamic nation with the United States in its war on terror, promised to bring true democracy to Pakistan.
- Quit Army: Rice To Mush (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Monday Pakistani President Pervez Musarraf should cut his affiliation with the Army and restore civilian rule.
- 'War On Terror' Will Ensure Us Aid For Pak (Pioneer, S Rajagopalan, Nov 06, 2007)
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has hinted at a "review" of the massive American aid to Pakistan in the wake President Pervez Musharraf's clamping of Emergency, but senior officials, including Rice herself, concede that Washington faces major const
- Pakistan's Stock Market Slides 5% (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
Pakistan's main stock market has fallen nearly 5% as investors reacted to the emergency rule imposed by President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday.
- Regionalism Can Hurt National Agenda: Pm (Hindustan Times, Aloke Tikku, Nov 06, 2007)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday regional loyalties or ideologies sometimes could distort the national agenda and the sense of collective purpose.
- Karuna Under More Fire For His Elegy To Slain Ltte Leader (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's writing elegy to slain LTTE leader Tamilselvan has kicked up a major controversy with the Congress disapproving it without criticising the DMK chief and the BJP questioning how a Chief Minister could beat . . . .
- Will Pakistan Turn Out Like Iran? (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf seemed to be one of the Bush administration's most valuable foreign friends after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when he denounced al Qaeda and the Taliban and joined the U.S.-declared war on terrorism.
- Punjab And The National Economy (Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki, Nov 06, 2007)
IF politics proceeds on its promised course, there is likely to be a considerable rearrangement in the distribution of power among different political groups.
- Delay In Ending Central Rule Irks Bjp (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
Irked over the delay in revocation of President’s rule in Karnataka, the BJP today asked whether the Centre would have delayed the move if the JD (S) was forming the government with the Congress.
- Edits (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Nov 06, 2007)
There was something obscene about Pakistan Army soldiers entering the hallowed precincts of the country’s Supreme Court where they had no business to be, going to the Chief Justice and saying to him his services were no longer required.
- Troops Cut, Without A Word (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
At least three brigades of the army have been silently moved out of Jammu and Kashmir amid a tussle between the state’s coalition partners on troop cuts.
- N-Panel Meet May Be Delayed (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
The sixth meeting of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)-Left committee on the contentious India-US civil nuclear deal is likely to be delayed as both sides are adamant on their stance and it will be impossible for the panel to come out. . .
- Cong Disapproves Karunanidhi Mourning Ltte Leader (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
Congress on Monday disapproved of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi's mourning the death of LTTE leader Thamilselvan, reminding him that it was a banned outfit in India which was behind the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.
- Chaos In Congress Ahead Of Polls (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
Even as the Congress makes tall claims that its only aim is to unseat Narendra Modi in Gujarat in the coming elections, the ground reality is starkly different. There is a scramble for tickets and nobody is bothered in looking at the bigger picture.
- Undoing Idea Of Secular India (Pioneer, A Surya Prakash, Nov 06, 2007)
Muslim clerics and the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board have now a new cause to pursue - opposition to the mandatory registration of marriages as directed by the Supreme Court.
- Special Article (Statesman, DEBAKI NANDAN MANDAL, Nov 06, 2007)
The reaction of 10 High Courts to the Judges (Inquiry) Bill envisaging the National Judicial Council (NJC) is quite interesting.
- Now, Mla Parade For The President (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
JD-S legislators took a special chartered flight of a private airlines to New Delhi today, purportedly to meet President Prathiba Patil at Rashtrapati Bhavan. They are expected to be joined by the BJP MLAs there.
- Fresh Move By Usa To Woo Bjp On N-Deal (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
A day after the BJP’s refusal to accept the nuclear deal signed by India and the United States of America in its present format, the USA through its Ambassador here has begun a fresh exercise aimed at redressing the grievances of the principal . . . .
- Jd-U Action Against Mla Likely (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
Under pressure from the public and the Opposition, the ruling Janata Dal-United, in a face-saving move, now plans action against the don-turned-party MLA Mr Anant Kumar Singh in Bihar.
- Blogs Battle Censorship (Telegraph, Mandira Nayar, Nov 06, 2007)
This is one battle that President Pervez Musharraf was not prepared for.
- China, Us In Hotline Talks (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
China and the US agreed on measures today to boost defence cooperation, including setting up a hotline, but clear differences remained over Beijing’s military buildup.
- Bjp, Jd-S Mlas To Parade In Front Of President (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
Karnataka governor Rameshwar Thakur left for New Delhi on Monday evening carrying his final report on the political situation in the state and the BJP-Janata Dal (S) combine’s claim to power.
- Hold Elections And Tackle Terrorism Straightway (Daily Times, Editorial, Daily Times, Nov 06, 2007)
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Sunday that the government was committed to making sure that general elections were held and the democratic process flourished in Pakistan.
- K'taka Mlas In Delhi For Parade Before Pratibha (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
Continuing with its efforts to put pressure on the Centre, the BJP-JD(S) combine in Karnataka flew down its contingent of 129 MLAs to the capital on Monday night. They are likely to be paraded before President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday in what . . .
- Oil’S Not Well (Indian Express, Vikram S Mehta, Nov 06, 2007)
I have often regretted my cautious approach towards the Indian stock market.
- Mourning Tamilselvan: Crying Foul Over A Dirge (Deccan Herald, S Murari, Nov 06, 2007)
A dirge penned by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi as a tribute to LTTE’s political wing leader S P Tamilselvan, who was killed in a Sri Lankan air raid at a militant hideout has raised many questions.
- Moving Beyond Kyoto (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Nov 06, 2007)
Our home - earth - is in danger. What is at risk of being destroyed is not the planet itself, but the conditions that have made it hospitable for human beings.
- Why Blame Politicians (Deccan Herald, N N SACHITANAND, Nov 06, 2007)
If politicians are seen hovering like flies around the honey pot of cricket, to the extent that even their legislative duties get second preference, the blame should, to a large extent, be laid at the door of the media.
- Role Reversal (Deccan Herald, Maureen Dowd, Nov 06, 2007)
Maybe the qualities that many find off-putting in Hillary - her opportunism, her triangulation, her ethical corner-cutting, her shifting convictions from pro-war to anti-war, her secrecy, her ruthlessness - are the same ones that make people. . .
- Suharto: Ousted, Yet Powerful (Deccan Herald, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 06, 2007)
Doctors say Suharto's mind had been weakened by a series of strokes. But commentators note that he becomes well when there is a family wedding party to attend.
- Cong Distances Itself From Karunanidhi’S Elegy On Ltte Leader (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
Embarrassed by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi’s poem mourning the death of LTTE leader Thamilselvan, the Congress on Monday sought to distance itself from the DMK chief’s action saying that the Congress does not “subscribe” to his views.
- Emergency In Pakistan: Musharraf Strikes Again (Deccan Herald, M B NAQVI, Nov 06, 2007)
Pakistan Army Chief, General Pervez Musharraf, has proclaimed a State of Emergency that is only a tad short of Martial Law. This is his second coup in eight years.
- Bhutto Suspects Child Bomber Used For Karachi Attack (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
In A new twist to last month’s Karachi bombings, which claimed nearly 140 lives, former Pakistan 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.
- Bush Forces Mush To Promise Elections (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
US President George Bush on Monday turned the heat on his "tight" buddy Pervez Musharraf to force the Pakistani dictator to back down from his confrontation with the country's civil society and restore the modicum of democracy he had allowed.
- File Drugs Case Against Jaswant: Court To Cops (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
The political temperature went up a few degrees in Rajasthan on Monday when a Jodhpur special court directed the police to register a case against BJP leader Jaswant Singh and nine others under the harsh Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic . . . .
- India's Foreign Policy Pragmatism (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
Just as thousands of saffron-clad Buddhist monks hit the streets of Rangoon to protest against the military junta, India's oil minister was in the Burmese capital negotiating greater involvement for Indian gas companies.
- Pak Pm Says Elections To Be Held On Schedule (Asian Age, Shafqat Ali, Nov 06, 2007)
The Pakistan government, succumbing to worldwide pressure and the widespread condemnation of Saturday’s declaration of emergency, announced on Monday that general elections in the country would be held "according to schedule."
- Sri Lanka Kills 7 Rebels Ahead Of Leader's Funeral (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
Seven Tamil Tigers and a soldier were killed in fresh fighting in northern Sri Lanka, the military said on Monday, hours before the funeral of the rebels’ political wing chief.
- Stock Market: Disconnected From National Savings (Business Line, A N Sudarsan Rao , Nov 06, 2007)
The Sensex story blinds the nation; distracts it from more serious economic issues.
- Fallout Among Allies (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
With friends like these, who needs enemies? The United States could well be wondering why its relationships with three major countries that should be close allies have become so frayed. Ties with Japan, India and Turkey are all being damaged as . . .
- Tamil Rebels Vow To Strike Back (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
The Tamil Tigers have vowed revenge after the man believed to be their number two was killed in a Sri Lankan air force raid.
- Cong Criticises Karuna’S Mourning Of Slain Ltte Leader (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
The Congress on Monday sought to downplay UPA ally and DMK chief M Karunanidhi’s poem in praise the slain LTTE leader SP Tamilselvan describing its contents as his “personal views”.
- Bajaj Auto’S Akurdi Staff To Resume Work, Then Talk (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 06, 2007)
NCP chief and Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, who acted as mediator in the ongoing tussle between the management of Bajaj Auto and the workers at its Akurdi plant, appeared to have made a breakthrough on Monday.
- Darkness In Pakistan (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Nov 05, 2007)
The imposition of an Emergency and the suspension of the Constitution by President Pervez Musharraf, signalling a return to direct military rule has plunged Pakistan into one of its darkest phases ever.
- On Board And Bored? (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
There you go spying. You’ve been on board three hours, eaten the flight kitsch and can’t sleep.
- 11 Held In Plot To Kill Fiji Prime Minister (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
Fijian police arrested 11 persons over an alleged plot by dissident army members to assassinate the country’s military leader and Prime Minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, and some members of his Cabinet, a senior official said today.
- Climate Change And Fuel Shortages Begin To Bite (Hindu, John Vidal, Nov 05, 2007)
Soaring crop prices and demand for biofuels raise fears of political instability.
- After Franco, The (Non)-Forgetting (Hindu, Giles Tremlett, Nov 05, 2007)
They dug up yet another mass grave in Spain this week, this time near the village of Arandiga, 45 miles from Zaragoza.
- Hundreds Detained In Pakistan (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
President Pervez Musharraf tightened the state of emergency in Pakistan on Sunday, as police rounded up hundreds of opponents and the government warned it could delay key elections for a year.
- Japan’S New U.S. Dilemma (Hindu, P.S. Suryanarayana, Nov 05, 2007)
The politics of pacifist Japan’s anti-terror campaign on the global stage may unravel or enter a new phase.
- Return Of The Native (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Nov 05, 2007)
This article should in all fairness, carry a disclaimer. I’m no wide-eyed tourist or first-time visitor to the Blue Mountains.
- Modi Must Be Punished (Asian Age, Kuldip Nayar, Nov 05, 2007)
Some serious-minded secularists feel that the sting operation showing Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s foot soldiers boasting about conducting the Gujarat pogrom with state support should not have been publicised.
- Left With An Alternative (Asian Age, M.J. Akbar, Nov 05, 2007)
The Indian Left is much larger than its most visible face, the Communist Party of India (Marxist). It is split three ways, each currently pointing in three directions.
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