BJPs membership drive a hit in UP, Delhi
BJPs new strategy to expand its support base across the country seems to have become a hit in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. The party leaders said while the membership drive, which began on November 1, has succeeded in breaking community barriers, .
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 07.09.10
That her supporters did not react adversely to such a grave allegation by Mr Tata whom the mass media has always projected as a model Indian industrialist is also significant... THE INDIAN EXPRESS. COLUMN. AFTER NIYAMGIRI. BIBEK DEBROY. What does it mean to say that tribal voices will be heard in Delhi only now? Regular elections to panchayat bodies will be ensured and the amended act in.. Mehbooba Muftis PDP is a supporter of the movement.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 15.09.10
Curfew, including for the first time at night, has been defied consistently and symbols of state attacked by organised mobs led by separatists ��� the Hurriyat and Muslim League ��� interspersed with foreign militants fishing in troubled waters... THE INDIAN EXPRESS. EDITORIAL. IMAGE TRAP. A recent health brochure in Haryana was like one of those visual guessing-games of odd one out. The states health department has been exhorting its schools to ensure the��.
Ceasefire violations: Pakistan firing kills 3 in JandK, triggers migrations
Residents of villages along the International Border (IB) and Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir have been moved to camps following heavy shelling of forward Indian positions and civilian areas, which has killed three people and injured 10.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 06.09.10
Notwithstanding his influence among the militants, because of the phenomenal rise of the Jamaats guerrilla arm ��� the Hizbul Mujahideen ��� Geelani was never considered the sole spokesman of Kashmiri separatism.. Armed with a fresh discourse Mufti managed to marginalise the NC, the Kashmir Valleys most formidable pro-India outfit, within two years and, when elected chief minister, presided over the elimination of almost all of the Valleys counterinsurgent��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 05.09.09
POLITICAL FEUDALISM; MISPLACED VACCINE SAFETY FEARS; THE HURRIYATS MOMENT OF DECISION -PRAVEEN SWAMI; IRAQI KURDS LONG FOR HOME -SAM DAGHER; GLOBAL WARMING IS DELAYING ICE AGE,.. INDIAN EXPRESS. EDITORIAL. DARK CHOCOLATE. Ever since black money siphoned off into foreign vaults ��� the owner protected by a numbered account and a number of secrecy laws ��� was turned into a campaign issue in India, the��.
Muftis credit to militants, Hurriyat for safe elections draws sharp reaction.
A day after Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said credit was due to the ���people from across the border���, the Hurriyat and militants for ���allowing a conducive atmosphere��� for elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the opposition united to attack the statement in Lok.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 22.10.09
RAHUL MATTHAN; THE WORLD OF YOUNG MILITANTS - DAVID ROHDE. FINANCIAL EXPRESS. AUTO PILOTS; 7, HEAVEN? LIVING ON BORROWED MEANS - MAHESH VYAS; OPPORTUNITY BEYOND BORDERS - AMITENDU PALIT; THIS.. The Maoists do not accept and certainly do not respect the rules under which Government in the State and the Government of India function, because the democratic system through which Governments are elected is an��.
Worst setback in UP, leaders sulk: Wish we had Rajnath, Kalyan Singh
Four months after its stunning victory in the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP suffered a setback in the assembly bypolls on Thursday, losing 13 of the 23 seats held by it in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat. The only solace for the BJP came from West.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 17.03.11
On December 8, 1989, Ms Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of Mufti Mohammed Sayeed, who had become Indias Minister for Home Affairs less than a week earlier, was kidnapped by members of the separatist Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front... THE INDIAN EXPRESS. OPED. CAMPAIGN FOR FINANCES. JAGDEEP S. CHHOKAR. In this season of scams, there is one more in the making. There has been a lot of talk about the increasing cost of elections, and state��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 30.06.10
So is his despicable effort to create a rift between the State Government and the Election Commission of India and thereby embarrass both the Chief Minister and his senior Ministers... The traffic is in fact two-way with Punjabi militants providing safe havens to Taliban fighters and commanders when needed. Indeed, the.. It is to the credit of the Indian judiciary that it has interpreted the law keeping the interest of the huge majority of the Indian population in mind.
Jammu and Kashmir govt formation: Mehbooba Mufti hints at BJP alliance after.
Indicating its inclination to have an alliance with BJP, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday claimed to have the support of 55 members in a hung House of 87, but said that the party was not in a hurry to form government in Jammu and Kashmir.
Latest from a BJP MP: Subsidise cowdung manure, create gobar bank
The MP said Indian farmers had learnt how to do farming from the Vedas. ���Where do you think the Indian farmers had learned that the month of Ashad (rainy season) is the time for kharif crops and Kartik (November) for rabi crops? All these were written.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 04.10.10
While Pakistan has seen several bouts of unpleasant military rule, it has also been betrayed by democratically elected inept Governments such as those of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Mr Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto... THE INDIAN EXPRESS. EDITORIAL. GAMES CHANGE. We can work on the infrastructure of our cities. We can work on their connectivity. We can frame policy with the intention of making them better, more comfortable places to live, and easier to migrate��.
Why cant JandK have Hindu CM, asks minister
Raking up a controversy which has potential of dividing Jammu and Kashmir on religious and regional lines ahead of the Assembly elections, a senior Congress minister in Omar Abdullahs coalition government Wednesday asked why there cannot be a Hindu.
Sadhvi hate speech: Cong says Jyotis objectionable language had created.
MPs waved copies of The Indian Express which reported Jyotis remarks ��� at a BJP public meeting in Delhi on Monday, the minister asked voters to choose between Ramzadon (those born of Ram) and haramzadon (illegitimately born). Even members of .
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 06.11.09
FINANCIAL EXPRESS. LEND A HAND, NOW; HIT THE ROAD; DOES RBI GET IT? THERE IS NO CREDIT - P VAIDYANATHAN IYER; MUST CLIMATE RESEARCH BE OUTSOURCED? - YOGINDER K ALAGH; FAST MOVING FMCG... The Communist Party of India(Marxist), it appears, is fighting to recover lost ground following the shock of a series of defeats ��� panchayat elections in 2008, Lok Sabha election in 2009, by-elections and civic elections in between.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 04.08.10
Such blockades have become useful tools for unscrupulous gangs masquerading as insurgent groups to extort money from truckers in lieu of a safe passage on the troubled highways, create a scarcity of essential commodities so.. INDIAN EXPRESS. EDITORIAL. WRONG FOCUS. That Indias private sector is overwhelmingly dominated by upper castes is beyond dispute. Study after study has made this clear: in most surveys of urban professionals in information��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 08.09.10
THE INDIAN EXPRESS. EDITORIAL. GRAINS OF CHANGE. Television and print media have been awash with pictures of stacks of sacks of rotting foodgrain. And played in an almost infinite loop, these pictures become obviously powerful. They can become a call to... The Independent Election Commission (IEC), which oversees the polls, has said that about 4 per cent of the polling centres will not open because security cannot be guaranteed. Other observers say at��.
Pal of gloom descends over family of JandK man abducted in Iraq
Rajesh, 34, is the second among three sons of Swaran Dass and he had left India to work with a private construction company, Sopranjli, in Iraq on September 25, 2012, leaving at home his wife Reena and his son Vibam, who was only eight months old at.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 27.04.11
We are so used to turning our eyes away when we see somebody defecating in the open that we fail to reflect on this widespread practice, prevalent much more in India than in other countries. It is not only visually disturbing but has hazardous.. those who support the ballot and those oppose it. Unmindful of the earlier rebuff from the people of JandK, the militants and Hurriyat hardliner Ali Shah Geelani have once again called upon the people to boycott the elections.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 24.09.10
The Mangalore crash in May, claiming 158 lives, brought into sharp focus the safety and infrastructure problems dogging the Indian aviation sector... Delhi-based daily, Hindustan Express, in its editorial on September 20 says: Geelani saying that no one put their finger on the real problem, of Kashmirs azadi, indicates he harbours a distorted view, that India and leaders of Indian political parties can be cowed down due to.. Cricket matches too were a huge draw.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 07.08.10
A solid fourth of Indian households are financially vulnerable and have no idea where their meals would come from if the slender incomes they draw are snuffed out by the vagaries of Manmohanomics. By mid-week, the report was... Mehbooba Mufti once said when her party was in government, that the militants ought to give up the gun because 16 mujahedeen had now been elected by the people ( PDP had 16 seats in the legislative assembly). The PDP is also��.
Pakistan fires at Indian posts, violates ceasefire
A Defence Ministry spokesman here confirmed ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops, saying that they were using small arms and automatic weapons. The Indian army was also retaliating with small arms fire, he said, adding that the exchange of fire.
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JandK floods: Worst flood in 60 years claims 150 lives in JandK; PM Modi calls it.
The Army and the Indian Air Force (IAF) have intensified relief operations. According to the Udhampur-based Defence Ministry spokesman, Colonel S D Goswami, the IAF had pressed into service 29 planes and helicopters including one C-17 Globemaster, .
JandK deal done: PDP, BJP step over divide - India Daily.
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron and a serious contender for the post of JandK CM, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, has said that theres only one way for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to solve the Kashmir issue and end hostility . Abrogation of Article 370 is necessary for states complete integration into the Indian Union: Ram Madav( Indian Express, August 20, 2014), The coming election is great oppurtunity for the people of JandK to bring in complete��.
PM Narendra Modi expands Cabinet, shrinks some ministers
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan was shifted to low-profile Science and Technology, Earth Sciences but this move is being viewed as a move to make him the face of BJPs Delhi Assembly campaign when elections are held early next year.. the fact that.