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June 14, 2002 00:00 IST
After rapping him in writing for doling out insufficient relief to the Muslim victims of the communal violence in Gujarat, Prime Minister At...
Fri, Jun 14, 2002
June 13, 2002 00:00 IST
The four-member team led by BJP president Jana Krishnamurthy, which went to Gujarat a couple of weeks ago is back with bad news for the part...
Thu, Jun 13, 2002
June 11, 2002 00:00 IST
With Pakistan being monitored for delivery on the terrorism front and Hurriyat hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani out of the political scene in...
Tue, Jun 11, 2002
June 09, 2002 00:00 IST
In his strongest signal of disapproval to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi since his you-should-follow-rajdharma remark in Ahmedabad on ...
Sun, Jun 09, 2002
June 07, 2002 00:00 IST
With two crucial US missions due in New Delhi, starting with Richard Armitage tomorrow, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee called a brainst...
Fri, Jun 07, 2002
June 05, 2002 00:00 IST
If the recent by-poll results are any indication, the Brahmin-Dalit-Muslim combination which served the Congress so well in Uttar Pradesh no...
Wed, Jun 05, 2002
June 02, 2002 00:00 IST
As India and Pakistan come under increasing international pressure to avoid risking a nuclear war, Opposition circles suggested today that a...
Sun, Jun 02, 2002
May 30, 2002 00:00 IST
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi may have survived the Opposition onslaught, media denouncement and international criticism for his gove...
Thu, May 30, 2002
May 29, 2002 00:00 IST
The Congress has set the cat among the pigeons with party president Sonia Gandhi today formally asking President K R Narayanan to consider a...
Wed, May 29, 2002
May 25, 2002 00:00 IST
Today's AICC session in the Capital laid the ground rules for Sonia-baiters and would-be allies with sneaking hopes for a faceless, nameless...
Sat, May 25, 2002
May 25, 2002 00:00 IST
With several crucial state Assembly polls looming on the horizon, the Congress today aggressively positioned itself as an anti-BJP party, la...
Sat, May 25, 2002
May 22, 2002 00:00 IST
It doesn’t take much to get Farooq Abdullah’s tear ducts working. But those who know Major Ved Prakash, secretary of the Congress ...
Wed, May 22, 2002
May 21, 2002 00:00 IST
The escalating Indo-Pak crisis has cast its shadow on this Saturday’s AICC session with the Congress forced to recast plans for the day...
Tue, May 21, 2002
May 17, 2002 00:00 IST
The Government is likely to propose that both Houses of Parliament adopt a joint resolution tomorrow condemning the May 14 Jammu massacre an...
Fri, May 17, 2002
May 16, 2002 00:00 IST
Political watchers eager to read signals in every gesture are going crazy interpreting the message in the brief exchange between Andhra Chie...
Thu, May 16, 2002
May 12, 2002 00:00 IST
There was never any doubt that Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pramod Mahajan’s personal chemistry would determine the choice of G.M.C. ...
Sun, May 12, 2002
May 08, 2002 00:00 IST
With President K.R. Narayanan and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee finalising their summer plans, ministerial aspirants in the NDA have g...
Wed, May 08, 2002
May 04, 2002 00:00 IST
The Vajpayee Government may have bitten off more than it can chew by agreeing to support the Congress-sponsored motion in the Rajya Sabha wh...
Sat, May 04, 2002
May 02, 2002 00:00 IST
Sonia Gandhi’s moving jaws caused much irritation in the treasury benches trying to defend the indefensible during the Gujarat debate i...
Thu, May 02, 2002
May 01, 2002 00:00 IST
The beleaguered Vajpayee government again stooped to rally its crumbling coalition behind it on an anti-Sonia platform, vitiating the Gujara...
Wed, May 01, 2002
April 24, 2002 00:00 IST
For the past ten days, the unhappiest person in Parliament has been Deputy Speaker P M Sayeed. He was left holding the Gujarat baby while th...
Wed, Apr 24, 2002
April 23, 2002 00:00 IST
After drawing the battlelines in Guwahati, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today took another step towards gearing up her party for the next...
Tue, Apr 23, 2002
April 19, 2002 00:00 IST
With Parliament paralysed for the past four days, it has been left to Deputy Speaker P M Sayeed to find a compromise. He has called an all p...
Fri, Apr 19, 2002
April 18, 2002 00:00 IST
Former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar’s 75th birthday felicitations this evening turned into a political meet as the ‘‘Young ...
Thu, Apr 18, 2002
April 17, 2002 00:00 IST
The Goa jinx seems to be taking its toll. Three years ago, when the BJP National Executive last met in this sunny beach resort, it was at lo...
Wed, Apr 17, 2002


