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November 06, 2003 00:00 IST
The Defence Ministry took the unprecedented step last weekend of going to the press twice, on consecutive days, with details of Vajpayee...
Thu, Nov 06, 2003
October 30, 2003 00:00 IST
Trouble seems to be brewing in Jammu and Kashmir. According to reports, the governor, Lt General S.K. Sinha, and Chief Minister Mufti Mohamm...
Thu, Oct 30, 2003
October 23, 2003 00:00 IST
Something’s cooking in defence minister and NDA convenor George Fernandes’ pot. But apart from dropping hints calculated to whet a...
Thu, Oct 23, 2003
October 16, 2003 00:00 IST
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee gave himself a day out in Indonesia last week, wrapping up an afternoon of bilateral meetings before the...
Thu, Oct 16, 2003
October 09, 2003 00:00 IST
Getting the numbers to form a government in Uttar Pradesh was a piece of cake for Mulayam Singh Yadav compared to portfolio allotment. His c...
Thu, Oct 09, 2003
October 02, 2003 00:00 IST
While the Indian mission’s media managers in New York couldn’t arrange much coverage for Atal Behari Vajpayee in American newspape...
Thu, Oct 02, 2003
September 25, 2003 00:00 IST
There's an unholy tussle on between the Advani camp and Joshi loyalists on the mechanics of resolving the latest crisis in the BJP. Advani s...
Thu, Sep 25, 2003
September 18, 2003 00:00 IST
All the celebrities on the Mulayam Singh bandwagon will soon have a finger in the Uttar Pradesh pie. The new chief minister is believed to h...
Thu, Sep 18, 2003
September 13, 2003 00:00 IST
With the Government wanting to move cautiously on Israeli PM Ariel Sharon’s first visit to India, the Sangh Parivar was forced to keep ...
Sat, Sep 13, 2003
September 04, 2003 00:00 IST
The Mulayam Singh-Rajnath Singh nexus is no longer a secret. It’s being flaunted on the streets of Lucknow. Their faces peer down from ...
Thu, Sep 04, 2003
August 28, 2003 00:00 IST
For those who wondered what the source of inspiration was for the dominant communal harmony theme of President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s Ind...
Thu, Aug 28, 2003
August 21, 2003 00:00 IST
Rivalries in Bihar are almost as intense as the clash of the Tamil titans. The Laloo Prasad Yadav-Ram Vilas Paswan tussle shadowed the recen...
Thu, Aug 21, 2003
August 07, 2003 00:00 IST
It was strange to see two funerals turning into semi-political rallies recently. One was the cremation of former RSS chief Rajju Bhaiya and ...
Thu, Aug 07, 2003
July 31, 2003 00:00 IST
Nobody is more surprised than the saffron crowd by the RSS decision to permit three of its members to travel to Islamabad next month for the...
Thu, Jul 31, 2003
July 24, 2003 00:00 IST
Here's a nugget from the first ever meeting between Indian and Pakistani hardliners this week. Visiting Jamiat-Ulema-e-Islam leader Maulana ...
Thu, Jul 24, 2003
July 17, 2003 00:00 IST
Shimla is replete with sentimental memories for Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Apparently, the Himachal Capital was one of the family’...
Thu, Jul 17, 2003
July 10, 2003 00:00 IST
With Pakistan continuing to drag its feet over granting MFN status to India, the establishment here was in no mood to indulge the trade dele...
Thu, Jul 10, 2003
July 03, 2003 00:00 IST
Speculation is mounting about a Cabinet reshuffle shortly and once again, the Finance Ministry is in the news. Human Resource Development Mi...
Thu, Jul 03, 2003
June 26, 2003 00:00 IST
So, who spilt the beans to the VHP about the secret Ayodhya compromise formula? According to BJP circles, it was none other than the Ramjana...
Thu, Jun 26, 2003
June 19, 2003 00:00 IST
It must come as a blow to the BJP that the RSS top brass has decided to stay away from the Chintan Baithak that’s on in Mumbai this wee...
Thu, Jun 19, 2003
June 12, 2003 00:00 IST
Believe it or not, there are political messages to be found in television soaps. At least so the current crop of rulers believe. Why else wo...
Thu, Jun 12, 2003
June 05, 2003 00:00 IST
At one point it seemed that Railway Minister Nitish Kumar had won the battle for supremacy in the Samata Party. But Defence Minister George ...
Thu, Jun 05, 2003
May 29, 2003 00:00 IST
The Mamata drama turned quite sordid this time before the Trinamool Congress leader finally opted to stay out of the Cabinet once again. The...
Thu, May 29, 2003
May 22, 2003 00:00 IST
Look out, Mr Prime Minister, there’s a TV camera in your soup. With six television crews on his trail in Manali this time, Vajpayee got...
Thu, May 22, 2003
May 15, 2003 00:00 IST
It's kiss and make up time in the Congress these days. After P. Chidambaram, who met Congress president Sonia Gandhi last week with televisi...
Thu, May 15, 2003




