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Articles 3721 through 3820 of 9764:
- Forces Of Integration (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 17, 2006)
Needless controversies should be avoided
DEFENCE Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s assertion that the armed forces would always remain “secular and apolitical” is, hopefully, the last word on the controversy about an alleged religious headcount in the forces.
- Centre For Corporate Excellence To Be Set Up (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Ministry of Company Affairs has finalised long-pending proposal for establishing the institute in Bangalore
- Poll Funding: Consensus Elusive (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Feb 16, 2006)
All-party meet on state funding
The parties wanted strict enforcement on limit of expenditure: Tandon
There was agreement that money and muscle power should be eliminated
- World Of Difference (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 16, 2006)
India has changed. Its foreign policy has changed. But catch politicians saying that
- Incidentally, The Budget Will Also Be Passed This Session (Indian Express, Santwana Bhattacharya, Feb 16, 2006)
Finance Minister P Chidambaram should be a relieved man. Nobody seems to be overly taxed about what permutations he is about to unleash in his Budget.
- Parties Split On Poll Funding (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
An all-party meeting convened by the Election Commission on the proposed partial funding of elections by the Government on Wednesday failed to arrive at a consensus....
- No Consensus On State Funding Of Polls (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
An all-party meeting convened by the Election Commission on State funding of polls today failed to arrive at a consensus with the major parties differing on the very concept.
- Citizenship Enhanced (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 16, 2006)
A modern state needs to register not just marriages, but most social and economic transactions
- Few Takers For Poll Fund Plan (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Parties sang different tunes at a meeting convened by the Election Commission today to discuss the Centre’s proposal on state funding of polls.
- Party Cocks Ears For Pm (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s “reluctance” to go on the front foot on the military minority count controversy has caused disquiet in the Congress.
- Bjp Is Willing (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 16, 2006)
Iran issue brooks no politics
The initial indications were that the BJP would not go along with the UPA government’s stand on Iran. But quite the opposite has happened and it has all but endorsed the official line.
- 'Which Party Is Not Communal Today?' (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Feb 16, 2006)
Karnataka's new chief minister H D Kumaraswamy's first stint in politics was as the Janata Dal MP from Kanaka-pura in 1996. In 2004, he was elected to the Karnataka assembly from Ramanagaram.
- Character Of Army Won’T Change: Govt (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 16, 2006)
Amid a raging controversy on the reported headcount of Muslims in the Armed Forces, the Central government on Wednesday said.....
- Do Not Take Left For Granted, Says Bardhan (Hindu, R. Ramabhadran Pillai, Feb 15, 2006)
Hints at united forum with non-BJP parties to discuss various issues
Left parties submitted 19 notes to UPA Government
No talks on forming third front at present
- Storm Clouds Over Budget Session (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Feb 15, 2006)
Twenty months after the United Progressive Alliance came to power at the Centre, not much remains of the euphoria that attended that famous victory.
- Singh Counsels Cm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and his deputy, Mr B S Yediyurappa called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his South Block office here early on Tuesday afternoon and the meeting lasted for just about 15 minutes.
- Anti-Iran Vote In India’S Interests: Bjp (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Toeing the RSS line, the main Opposition BJP on Tuesday virtually endorsed the Government’s vote against Iran at the IAEA meeting saying it was not in India’s interest to have another nuclear neighbour in its vicinity.
- Stop Muslim Count In Military: Nda To Kalam (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
The opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Tuesday stepped up pressure against a government-sponsored survey of Muslims in the military, petitioning President A.P.J. Kalam to have it immediately halted.
- Nuclear Iran Not In India's Interest: Bjp (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Feb 15, 2006)
Vote at IAEA ``mismanaged''
India must maintain minimum deterrent
Must not accept curbs on production of fissile material
- Nda Seeks Kalam's Help To Halt Survey On Muslims (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Says the move is fraught with "dangerous consequences"; wants Navin Chawla to go "It is an issue that needs to be handled with a non-discriminatory attitude"
- Military, Not Iran, Drives Bjp (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Senior leaders of the NDA today complained to President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam about what they described as the government’s decision to assess the level of Muslim representation in the armed forces.
- Manmohan Gets Bjp Vote On Iran (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
At a time when it is having to fend off surrender charges from its allies — significantly the Left — Manmohan Singh government’s decision to vote against Iran for nuclear proliferation has been endorsed by the BJP.
- Bjp Backs Govt On Iran (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
Succumbing to the RSS pressure, the Opposition BJP today virtually endorsed the government’s vote against Iran at the IAEA meeting, saying it was not in India’s interest to have another nuclear neighbour in its vicinity.
- The On-Again, Off-Again Nuclear Deal (Business Line, Rasheeda Bhagat , Feb 15, 2006)
As the Budget session of Parliament gets underway and Assembly elections approach in West Bengal and Kerala, the political atmosphere is hotting up.
- Budget Session — Government On Sticky Wicket (Business Line, R. C. Rajamani, Feb 15, 2006)
With a slew of worrisome developments since the end of the winter session, Parliament faces an uneasy Budget session beginning February 16. Moreover, some old issues are still alive such as the Volcker report that had led to the resignation . . .
- Twist Of Irony (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Feb 15, 2006)
If the left is increasingly willing to wound the government of Mr Manmohan Singh and yet afraid to strike at it, the reasons may be very different from what they appear to be.
- Army ‘Census’: Nda Knocks On Kalam Door (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 15, 2006)
The NDA today called on the President, Dr APJ Kalam, and expressed strong disapproval of proposed head count of Mus-lims in forces.
- That Idea Again (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 14, 2006)
Third front is not politically viable. That’s a good thing given its policy approach
- Cm: Karnataka Cabinet Expansion On Feb 17 (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today said that the state Cabinet would be expanded on February 17, and the alliance between JD (S) and BJP run for long.
- Dialogue With Ulfa (Daily Excelsior, M V Naina, Feb 14, 2006)
Political expediency in time for the assembly polls in Assam in May 2006 appears to have guided the second round of talks between the Central Government and the 11-member Peoples Consultative Group (PCG), hand-picked by the outlawed . . .
- Third Front — A Non-Starter (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 14, 2006)
Past experiments have failed
If the idea of forming a third front is being bandied about only as a strategic move to browbeat the government, there is nothing out of place, but if the regional and Left parties holding the trial balloon in their . . .
- Politics In A State Of Flux (Tribune, S. Nihal Singh, Feb 14, 2006)
The prevailing political turbulence in the country can be ascribed to many factors: the string of state assembly elections starting with West Bengal, Mr Deve Gowda’s dubious role in his son’s collective defection to the Bharatiya Janata Party . . .
- Army Against Recruitment By Religion, Says Gen Singh (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
The Army chief, Gen J J Singh, on Monday vehemently opposed the government’s move to gather information on the number of Muslims in the armed forces, saying that every citizen had an equal chance to serve in uniform.
- Team Hdk On Friday (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
The suspense is over. The 10-day-old two-member JD(S)-BJP ministry in Karnataka will be expanded on Friday morning, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy announced here on Monday.
- It's An Indian Army (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 14, 2006)
The person heading the Prime Minister's High Level committee on the social, economic and educational status of the Muslim community, Rajinder Sachar, has eminently secular credentials.
- Left Conveys Concern Over Centre's Decisions (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
To insist on debate in Parliament on the Iran nuclear issue
Calls for a full discussion on the implications on vote on Iran
"Stand on Iran has nothing to do with the minorities"
- Left To Pm And Sonia: Our Patience Is Running Out (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 14, 2006)
The nearly two-year-old Left-UPA relationship descended to a new low on Monday with the leftists, for the first time, telling Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi that they are "deeply concerned" about government taking policy decisions . . .
- Rethink In Bjp On Iran Vote? (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Feb 14, 2006)
RSS stand may influence view
Statement likely today Emphasis can shift to U.S. pressure Brajesh Mishra special invitee
- High Expectations (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 13, 2006)
The new Chief Minister, Mr H D Kumaraswamy, who easily won the motion of confidence by 138 votes to 66 in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, has promised a pro-active government for Karnataka and sought three months’ time to prove...
- Ipo Scam: Time To Examine Systemic Issues (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Feb 13, 2006)
A few weeks ago, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) levied tiny fines on banks involved in what is known as the IPO Scam, patted itself on the back, and sought to bury the issue.
- Bjp To Raise Iran, Quattrocchi Issues In Budget Session (Press Trust of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2006)
The BJP-led Opposition will raise a host of issues, including India's vote on Iran and the defreezing of Bofors accused Ottavio Quattrocchi's London bank accounts, in the Budget session of Parliament commencing Thursday.
- Bjp To Hone Its Strategy For The Budget Session (Hindu, NEENA VYAS , Feb 13, 2006)
Focus will be on Iran vote, nuclear deal with the United States
Defreezing of Quattrocchi accounts likely to be raised
Signature campaign planned against Na
- Tdp To Break Bread With Upa Allies (Hindu, K.V. Prasad, Feb 13, 2006)
An attempt to move away from NDA
The Telugu Desam Party will join ranks with those extending outside support to the United Progressive Alliance — if only at the dinner meeting being hosted by Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee this week.
- We Will Forge Third Front: Cpm (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2006)
CPM General Secretary Prakash Karat on Sunday said that his party would carry on with its efforts to build a Third Front.
- Third Front On, In Touch With Upa Partners: Karat (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2006)
CPM: Says US trying to make India a ‘colonial state’ and the UPA’s ‘obliging shamefully’
- Loud Thinking (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 13, 2006)
Election politics are behind the Left’s recent protests
The Left parties, which extend crucial outside support to the UPA coalition, are positioning themselves to confront the government in Parliament when it meets for the budget . . .
- Americans And Anti-Americanism (Hindu, Harish Khare , Feb 13, 2006)
Whatever may or may not be the Americans' motives, they have revived a four-decade tradition of anti-Americanism in Indian politics.
- Resurrection Of Congress In Up (Daily Excelsior, Pramod Mishra, Feb 13, 2006)
Congressmen in Uttar Pradesh are enthused as in-fighting in the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) intensified.
- Uma Expresses Concern Over Infiltration, Terrorism (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 13, 2006)
Expelled BJP leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti has expressed concern over terrorism and infiltration of foreign nationals into the country.
- Cpi (M) Steps Up Campaign On Iran (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Complete understanding with SP, says Karat
Meeting in furtherance of Polit Bureau decision
Chandrababu Naidu supports SP's no-trust plan
Congress policies hurting interests of people: SP chief
- Iran Vote: Tdp, Sp Plan No-Trust Motion (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Giving indication of the formation of a secular, non-Congress alliance, Telegu Desam chief Chandra Babu Naidu and Samajwadi Party’s Mulayam Singh Yadav today declared to bring in a no-confidence motion against the UPA government on the issue of vote again
- Iran: Tdp, Sp Forge Front Against Upa (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Telugu Desam Party leader Chandrababu Naidu has declared his party’s intent of standing by the Samajwadi Party on the Iran issue.....
- Poll Strategy: Bjp Meet Begins Today (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State committee is meeting at Ambalappuzha in Alappuzha district on Sunday and Monday to discuss the party's strategies for the next Assembly elections.
- "Kalam Should Have Returned Governor's Letter" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Former BJP president L.K. Advani on Saturday said that the President of the country could have avoided the Bihar controversy relating to former Governor Buta Singh if he had not signed the document and returned it.
- Kalam Could Have Returned Letter: Advani (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
The former BJP president, L.K. Advani, on Saturday said President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam could have avoided the Bihar controversy relating to the former Governor, Buta Singh, by returning the document without signing it.
- State Cabinet Expansion By Feb 19 (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
The JD(S)-BJP ministry will be expanded by February 19, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said on Saturday.....
- A Gift From The Fundoos (Telegraph, GITHA HARIHARAN, Feb 12, 2006)
It’s not as if we have forgotten what the Hindu fundoos are capable of. But since the electoral defeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre, many of us have been tempted to take a break from foregrounding resistance . . .
- `Forget Things Like Hindutva' (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
As the political crisis unfolded in Karnataka in the new year, it was clear that H.D. Kumaraswamy, the newly sworn in Chief Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader, was metamorphosing from a novice politician who consulted his father on every issue . . .
- ‘Deve Gowda Told Son After Dec Local Polls That Continuing In Coalition Is Not Possible’ (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 12, 2006)
Clad in a dhoti and a shirt—‘‘We are like this only’’—Dharam Singh looks a more relaxed man now. With H D Kumarawswamy winning the confidence vote in the Assembly comfortably, any last hopes of JD(S) MLAs developing cold feet over allying . . .
- Dal (U) Backs Up Mulayam (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s recent announcement to bring a no-confidence motion on the Iran issue has spurred the Janata Dal (United) into action.
- Cpm Plans Stir During Budget Session (Tribune, Subhrangshu Gupta, Feb 11, 2006)
CPM general secretary Prakash Karat today reiterated that they (Left parties) would launch agitations from February 16, the day of the opening of the Budget session of the Lok Sabha, both inside and outside Parliament against the UPA’s . . .
- Containing Iran’S Nuclear Ambitions (Tribune, V. KRISHNA ANANTH , Feb 11, 2006)
After pretending to be in a mood to assert itself, the Manmohan Singh government voted with the US and others in the IAEA against Iran.
- Karat Will Push, Not Shove, On Iran (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
CPM threatens to put govt in dock if it votes with US, demands House debate
- On Record (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Feb 11, 2006)
I do not wish to minimise the difficulties (involved in India’s ties with Islamabad), but I believe the destiny and history of our two countries oblige us to stay engaged.
- The Quintessential Politician (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Assuming that Buta Singh’s career as a politician has come to an end, it is permissible to look back on his rise as a prototype of Indian politicians of our times.
- Samajwadi Party: Light Years From Lohia (Hindu, VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM, Feb 11, 2006)
The Samajwadi Party has grown and prospered notwithstanding internal discomfiture over its new orientation. Today while the SP hogs the limelight for the wrong reasons, the BSP is determinedly expanding its base.
- Centre To Amend Foreigners Act (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
Tribunals for determination of illegal migrants
Act to be amended for fair hearing
Decision taken at CCPA meeting
- Congress Planning Tacit Tie-Ups, Says Cpi (M) (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 11, 2006)
The party is out to expose such covert understanding, says Karat
Party ready to counter any anti-Left combination, overt or covert
Emphasis would be laid on increasing independent strength in Tamil Nadu Assembly
- Spineless Nation (Hindustan Times, Khushwant Singh, Feb 11, 2006)
No book has depressed me more than B.N. Tandon’s PMO Diary II: The Emergency (Konark).
- Bjp Keeps Sanjay Joshi’S Chair Warm (Indian Express, Pradeep Kaushal, Feb 11, 2006)
Former BJP general secretary (organisation) Sanjay Joshi may be out in the cold after the sleaze CD episode, but the party is keeping the chair warm for him.
- Beware: Division Can Be A Chain Reaction (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 11, 2006)
Communal tensions in Ladakh and Jammu must be quickly addressed, says Muzamil Jaleel
- High Expectations (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 11, 2006)
The new dispensation has promised to be proactive
The new Chief Minister, Mr H D Kumaraswamy, has easily won the motion of confidence by 138 votes to 66 in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
- Slow Breeder Reactor (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 10, 2006)
The BJP should have much to say on the nuclear deal. They why this strange silence?
- Threshold Stumble (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Feb 10, 2006)
Newly appointed minister of state for commerce, Jairam Ramesh, got a rebuff last week. Without waiting for a room to be formally allotted to him, he parked himself in one occupied by erstwhile MoS EVKS Elangovan, who retained the status but . . .
- ... With Love From Shiv Sena (Hindustan Times, Sanjeev Shivadekar, Feb 10, 2006)
Love is in the air, and it’s certainly not only among lovebirds.
In a complete turnaround from its traditional anti-Valentine’s Day stand, Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna has actually started giving lovers tips about what to buy their Valentines this year
- What Lies Between The Congress And The Centre? (Indian Express, ANANDA MAJUMDAR, Feb 10, 2006)
Prakash Karat’s article in the latest issue of People’s Democracy on the AICC Plenary session in Hyderabad highlights not merely the disconnect between the Left on the one side and the Congress and the UPA on the other, but between the Congress and . . .
- Jaswant And Jinnah (Hindu, B. MURALIDHAR REDDY, Feb 10, 2006)
The former External Affairs Minister's decision not to visit Qaid-e-Azam's mausoleum may not have gone down well with his hosts in Pakistan.
- Lifting The Lid (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Feb 10, 2006)
If we have been amazed by anyone’s ability to sleep soundly at night after the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat, it has been Narendra Modi’s.
- Challenges Before New Regime (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
Winning is not everything. Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy easily won, by 138 votes to 66, the confidence motion in the Karnataka Assembly.
- Moily Rules Out Karunakaran's Return (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 10, 2006)
The Congress Working Committee member Veerappa Moily has ruled out any question of seeking the Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran) leader K. Karunakaran's return to the party as he is negotiating with the Left Democratic Front (LDF) . . .
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