India's political parties
A study of democracy is incomplete without a study of one of its most fundamental components—political parties. In India, works on the country’s political parties so far have explored, among other things,
Political Parties
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Don't sacrifice govt for nuke deal: Bardhan (Cartoon)
CPI general secretary A B Bardhan on Sunday said that the UPA government shouldn't be sacrificed for the sake of the India-US civilian nuclear deal and the Manmohan Singh dispensation should focus on controlling inflation instead of trying to rush the deal. Bardhan, who was in Bhubaneswar to address a convention opposing the establishment of Posco project, didn't state as to whether the Left parties would withdraw support from the Congressled Central government if the latter signed the deal with the US.
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India to lobby for NSG exemption from July
UPA Buys Time, Pranab Wants Left To Defer Pullout Indrani Bagchi | TNN July and September are emerging as key months in the nuclear-deal calendar that has been worked out between foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee and key officials. India is likely to start lobbying in earnest with the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) for an exemption from July. The prime minister wants to kick off the effort at the G8 summit itself. That will be a formal opening of negotiations on the NSG.
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Cong, Left tap Karunanidhi to end N-standoff
Caught between the tough lines they have pursued on the nuclear deal, both Congress and Left have now turned to allies to mediate to save the coalition from a seemingly irreconciliable situation.
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Unreason has a half life (Editorial)
Yoginder K. Alagh
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Uranium issue on table with Australia: Pranab
Canberra : India on Sunday said it would raise the issue of uranium sale with Australia as External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee arrived here on Sunday to carry forward the momentum in bilateral ties and ink two key treaties on extradition and mutual legal assistance in criminal matters. "We are going to discuss all issues of our expanding cooperation. We are going to review the international situation on uranium. Keeping that in view, whatever will be relevant will be discussed tomorrow,' Mukherjee, who is on his maiden two-day visit to Australia, said here.
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Bardhan: Govt shouldn't be sacrificed for n-deal
BHUBANESWAR : Asking the UPA to focus on fighting inflation instead of the Indo-US nuclear deal, the CPI on Sunday said the Central Government should not be sacrificed in the name of such an agreement as nobody wanted early polls. "The priority at this moment is to fight the rising inflation and not the nuclear deal,' CPI general secretary A B Bardhan told reporters on the sidelines of a convention here against POSCO's proposed steel project in Orissa. He said nobody favoured early elections except the "divisive forces'.
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Uneasy over soaring prices, Cong waits to take n-deal call
D K SINGH Though the soaring rate of inflation is causing distinct uneasiness in the Congress over the extent to which it can go in pressing ahead with the Indo-US civil nuclear cooperation agreement, the party is clearly not ready to blink as yet.
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Left ups ante as N-impasse continues
While the government expectedly turned down the
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SOARING WORRIES
RAO KAALAM AGAIN? The last time the inflation rate was this high
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11.05% Price Rise At Its Highest Since 1995 When He Was Finance Minister
Rajeev Deshpande & Nitin Sethi New Delhi: Inflation on Friday burst through the double-digit barrier to hit 11.05% as the June 5 fuel price hike hit home. With increased transport costs threatening a chain effect, the Manmohan Singh government's political woes deepened as it battled