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April 02, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, April 1: Options are running out for the Vajpayee Government even as it staved off an immediate showdown with Jayalalitha. Alt...
Fri, Apr 02, 1999
March 31, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, March 30: Jayalalitha'S tirade against Defence Minister George Fernandes has come like a bolt from the blue for the Vajpayee G...
Wed, Mar 31, 1999
March 25, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, March 24: The Vajpayee Government has hurriedly convened a meeting of its coordination committee during Jayalalitha's sojourn ...
Thu, Mar 25, 1999
February 27, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, FEB 26: All set to win the numbers game in the Lok Sabha, the Vajpayee Government is veering around to the idea of revoking Pr...
Sat, Feb 27, 1999
February 27, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, FEB 26: After winning the numbers game in the Lok Sabha, the Vajpayee Government is veering around to the idea of revoking Pre...
Sat, Feb 27, 1999
February 24, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, FEB 23: A divided Government today fumbled with its limited options on Bihar following Telugu Desam chief Chandrababu Naidu's ...
Wed, Feb 24, 1999
February 19, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Feb 18: The Advani-Bhandari clash rocking the Vajpayee Government was inevitable once Bihar came under President's rule. Bhand...
Fri, Feb 19, 1999
February 14, 1999 00:00 IST
Snapping all linesThe telecom industry seems to have declared war on Communciations Minister Jagmohan. Having failed to persuade the doug...
Sun, Feb 14, 1999
February 13, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, FEB 12: President K R Narayanan's approval for the dismissal of the Rabri Devi Government this time was no surprise. The writi...
Sat, Feb 13, 1999
February 07, 1999 00:00 IST
Maneka's warWelfare Minister Maneka Gandhi's flights of fancy have reached epic proportions in the corridors of power. But even her worst...
Sun, Feb 07, 1999
February 06, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Feb 5: The VHP-sponsored Dharam Sansad, which began in Ahmedabad today, is expected to signal the Hindutva response to the ste...
Sat, Feb 06, 1999
February 06, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Feb 5: The VHP-sponsored Dharam Sansad, which began in Ahmedabad today, is expected to signal the Hindutva response to the ste...
Sat, Feb 06, 1999
February 03, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Feb 2: The war within the Sangh Parivar is likely to intensify with Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee using today's coordina...
Wed, Feb 03, 1999
January 31, 1999 00:00 IST
Designer socialistDefence Minister George Fernandes stood out like a sore thumb in Rashtrapati Bhavan's elegant Mughal Garden at the Pres...
Sun, Jan 31, 1999
January 28, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JAN 27: Despite his rather disastrous performance in his previous avtaar as spokesman for the Prime Minister's Office, Pramod ...
Thu, Jan 28, 1999
January 24, 1999 00:00 IST
Bending before TigerThe ``taming'' of Sena tiger Bal Thackeray does not seem to have earned the Vajpayee Government any bouquets. On the ...
Sun, Jan 24, 1999
January 23, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JAN 22: For one day, on January 25, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and the swadeshi lobby in the Sangh parivar will call ...
Sat, Jan 23, 1999
January 17, 1999 00:00 IST
Mamata mysteryMamata Banerjee's mystifying demand for the Railways portfolio seems to be rooted more in the petty politics of the Trinamo...
Sun, Jan 17, 1999
January 16, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JAN 15: With the iftaar season in full swing, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's guests this evening were preparing for the...
Sat, Jan 16, 1999
January 10, 1999 00:00 IST
The BJP grapevine is buzzing with speculation over the heads that will roll in the cabinet if L.K. Advani's proposal for a Kamaraj-Plan t...
Sun, Jan 10, 1999
January 01, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, DEC 31: The Central team, which returned from Gujarat this afternoon, is believed to have confirmed the involvement of the Hin...
Fri, Jan 01, 1999
December 08, 1998 00:00 IST
After the BJP's poll debacle, the party has been pointing accusing fingers at Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and his PMO, headed by ...
Tue, Dec 08, 1998
December 06, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Dec 5: With today's mid-session Cabinet expansion, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has drawn the battle lines in his ongoi...
Sun, Dec 06, 1998
December 05, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, DEC 4: With the Government under pressure to pull up its socks after the BJP's electoral rout, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajp...
Sat, Dec 05, 1998
December 02, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Dec 1: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today took another battering from the swadeshi lobby in his party which is using th...
Wed, Dec 02, 1998




