EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 15.06.11
In normal circumstances, Mr Manmohan Singh despatching one of the special cars that form the Prime Ministers fleet of bulletproof and blastproof vehicles to ferry Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa from.. HINDUSTAN TIMES. OUR TAKE. MAKE IT WORTH BANKING ON. The government is rethinking its banking outreach programme. A committee headed by a Reserve Bank of India deputy governor has recommended that administered��.
Himalayan Altitudes: Maoist Menace Kills SIX BENGALI.
In a statement fa xed to HT on Friday, Koteswar Rao, alias Kishenji, resurfacing after a hiatus of three months, declared that the decision was taken after... Maoist leader Kishenji missing: reports - Hindustan Times.. This follows violent incidents in 2004 in the same region when 50 policemen and about 300 villagers were killed in the Dantewada district and over 50,000 villagers were staying in relief camps out of fear from Maoists. In February 2005 the CPI (Maoist)��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 24.03.11
Mr Wang Jian, a river specialist from Beijing who visited sections of the major rivers in December last year, told the Global Times that smaller projects, which do not need Central Government approval, have burgeoned. They are as.. But if reports that indicate that security forces are on the rampage against villagers in Dantewada are to be believed, they would wholly negate the integrated process that must constitute the battle against Maoist violence. Razing the��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 19.06.10
The two jobs ��� that of the Prime Minister and a police constable ��� are not comparable by any stretch of the imagination, nor are the responsibilities vested in either similar in nature. What Mr... Has either Rajiv Gandhi and Mrs Gandhi-I been targeted the way has Modi been?.. Daily Times reported on June 14: To control ongoing targeted killings and sectarian violence, Sindh Home Department has prepared a list of 175 activists of banned religious organisations.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 23.0710
HINDUSTAN TIMES. ROUGH AND REDDY. RAJDEEP SARDESAI. When Karnatakas infamous Reddy brothers make their Diwali gift list this year, they might consider sending a large present to Congress president Sonia Gandhi... He pointed out that in many of the States worst-hit by Maoist violence, there are police stations where there are no more than eight men; and even these eight or less men do not hold any weapons for fear of the weapons being looted.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 17.12.10
The Gujarat Governments new land acquisition policy goes on to show that Chief Minister Narendra Modi, while balancing industry requirements, has been mindful of the grievances of landowners and their right to property... If the Karmapa cut a lonely figure, the crowd around him confirmed the far-reaching impact of his person and position at a time when Mr Wens visit and Indias refusal to boycott the ceremony to honour Mr Liu Xiaobo underline the delicate��.
PM Modi visits Dantewada amid reports of Maoists holding 200 villagers hostage
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Chhattisgarh on Saturday to inaugurate two mega developmental projects in Dantewada, even as reports said Maoists have held villagers hostage in the region. NDTV reported that Maoists were holding 200 villages .
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 07.08.10
On the contrary, he should feel outraged over Aishas plight ��� brought to light by Time ��� and abandon plans to appease the brutal organisation; indeed, he must call for a stepped up offensive against the Taliban... Pawars trusted lieutenant Lalit Modi pompously announced that he would build the best cricket website in the world, and for this he appointed Accenture as consultants at a reported cost of a few crore rupees... And we suffered for over 200 years.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 25.06.10
This is set to rise further as it is reported that the Excise and Prohibition Department is about to sanction one liquor vend for every three villages... Afghanistan was discussed during the Indo-US bilateral talks in November when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited Washington as Mr Obamas first state guest... The Narendra Modi government is known to be high- handed when it comes to dissent, particularly when the people in question happen to be Muslims.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 16. 07.09
HINDUSTAN TIMES. FASTEN THE SEATBELTS. INDIAN EXPRESS. STRANGERS TO HASTE; ON A GM PLATTER; HOME GOALS; SUBJECTS TO CITIZENS-PRATAP BHANU MEHTA; A JUDGMENT FOR INDIA-KARAN SINGH; HOW.. Little purpose is served in pointing out that having correctly estimated the evil power of the Maoists, the Prime Minister, till now, has done next to nothing to force the Home Ministry into crafting, adopting and pursuing a pro-active��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 07.07.11
HINDUSTAN TIMES. EVERYBODY, HANDS UP! More interesting than the cluster of villages that is Bhatta-Parsaul is the town of Kasganj. Both in gods own Uttar Pradesh, the former has visitors dropping by for a meal of dal, chapatis.. It would perhaps be wiser for the PM to hold live TV press briefings so that we can hear for ourselves what he has to say, or to give exclusive interviews (and we mean exclusive) to different publications and news channels to avoid��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 09.05.11
Radical Islamists in Kerala have been holding training camps and seeking to impose shariah through violent means, exemplified by a professors right hand being chopped of after he was accused of blasphemy... HINDUSTAN TIMES. AN AIRLINE HIJACKED. PC SEN. Air India (AI) is in an ICU and there are strident voices demanding its demise. Governments and most people have short memories. AI in the 1950s and 1960s was one of the finest airlines in the��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 03.07.10
Mr Dahal may want to become Prime Minister again, but there is understandable reluctance on part of the other parties to let him hold the office which he had so cynically misused to push the Maoists agenda of grabbing state power through undemocratic means.. The past week saw Home Minister P Chidambaram making an epochal visit to Pakistan and claiming to have extracted a pledge from Islambad that India will not be disappointed this time. This is nothing��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 18.07.10
How much greaterwould Indias greatest Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, have seemed today if he had announced, just after he won his third consecutive general election in early 1962, that the time had come to write a few more books... Our visits got rarer. Till a couple of years they got restricted to meeting the dentist, Dr Mehta. When he moved to a different location, I had to find a new dentist. I heard good reports of Dr Dhiraj Vohra, who along with his father had a��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 05.05.10
There is no reason to believe that Prime Minister Gilanis reported assurance that all efforts will be made to bring the trial of those involved in the Mumbai attack to a speedy conclusion holds more promise than before.. HINDUSTAN TIMES. WITH AN INCH OF SALT. Hyperbole seems to be the hallmark of Americans. Having waged a relentless war against the slightest hint of anything adipose, those of comfortable proportions are now being viewed as security��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 23.04.11
Deputy Prime Minister Yehia El-Gamal has said that while the people are entitled to freedom of speech and expression, Mr Mikhael would not be removed from his post simply on account of his faith. This is.. HINDUSTAN TIMES. FORGETTING HISTORY CAN BE DANGEROUS. PRATIK KANJILAL. Remember when that old flame poked you on Facebook and, with one hand strumming the keyboard and the other curled around a refreshing beverage, you shot back��.
EDITORIAL SAMARTH: EDITORIAL 10.01.11
Despite the Prime Ministers deep concern over the virtual collapse of law and order in view of extortion demands, display of arms, encroachments on public property and the militant rhetoric of Maoist leaders at rallies and meetings, the.. Every new subscriber brings less than R250 of business a month and this number is falling precipitously as networks spread from cities to villages amidst a bruising price war that was made possible by selling spectrum cheap.