The writer is Contributing Editor, The Indian Express

February 20, 2000 00:00 IST
On the surface, time stands still in Bihar. Small towns like Motihari,Bettiah, Sitamarhi look as they did 20 years ago. Even Patna remains...
Sun, Feb 20, 2000
February 14, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 13: The withdrawal of Black Cat commandoes for eight political leaders and downgrading of security for other VIPs is b...
Mon, Feb 14, 2000
February 12, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 11: Getting a whiff of a larger plan to challenge her after the Assembly elections in the resignation of Meira Kumar, ...
Sat, Feb 12, 2000
January 26, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Jan 25: The Government has devised an ingenious way to ensure the participation of MPs at the special function to celebrate the...
Wed, Jan 26, 2000
January 24, 2000 00:00 IST
January 23: The heart of the diplomatic failure of the Vajpayee government in the hijacking crisis lay in its inability to mobilise world ...
Mon, Jan 24, 2000
January 23, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 22: The Dalai Lama has written to Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee urging him to accord protection to Orgyen Trinley...
Sun, Jan 23, 2000
January 16, 2000 00:00 IST
Active social life is over for most at his age. But at 89, formerPresident of India, R. Venkataraman, is in the news once again as heis li...
Sun, Jan 16, 2000
January 10, 2000 00:00 IST
It is just amazing that the government can even think of keeping the report of the Subrahmanyam Committee, which was set up to probe intel...
Mon, Jan 10, 2000
January 07, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 6: In a surprise move, the trustees of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts have indicated to the Government thei...
Fri, Jan 07, 2000
January 07, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JAN 6: In a surprise move, the trustees of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts have indicated to the Government their wi...
Fri, Jan 07, 2000
January 05, 2000 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 4: At the peak of the hijacking crisis, controversial godman Chandraswamy received a phone call. The Government wanted ...
Wed, Jan 05, 2000
December 27, 1999 00:00 IST
DECEMBER 26: Only in a thousand years does a leader get the opportunity to ta-ke the country from one millennium into the next. Atal Behar...
Mon, Dec 27, 1999
December 18, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 17: The Prime Minister's Office is looking into corruption charges against Union Minister and Shiv Sena leader Manohar...
Sat, Dec 18, 1999
December 18, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Dec 17: The Prime Minister's Office is looking into corruption charges against Union Minister and Shiv Sena leader Manohar Josh...
Sat, Dec 18, 1999
December 14, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 13:Sharp exchanges took place in the Congress Working Committee (CWC) last weekend on the impact of economic reforms o...
Tue, Dec 14, 1999
December 13, 1999 00:00 IST
The Congress party would have ma-de a telling point had it threatened to boycott Atal Behari Vajpayee's swe-aring-in ceremony on the groun...
Mon, Dec 13, 1999
December 08, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Dec 7: Authority challenged by Kalyan Singh, Atal Behari Vajpayee has initiated talks with BSP leaders Kanshi Ram and Mayawati ...
Wed, Dec 08, 1999
December 08, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Dec 7: His authority challenged by Kalyan Singh, Atal Behari Vajpayee has initiated talks with BSP leaders Kanshi Ram and Mayaw...
Wed, Dec 08, 1999
November 29, 1999 00:00 IST
Dinner nourishes Third ForceIt is sowing season in Indian politics, and the seeds of a new political hybrid were sown at Mulayam Singh's ...
Mon, Nov 29, 1999
November 18, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, NOV 17: Former President R Venkatraman has resigned from the controversial Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGCNA), whi...
Thu, Nov 18, 1999
November 14, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, NOV 13: Keeping Kalyan Singh's supporters out of the new government in Lucknow is a clear signal that the party high command i...
Sun, Nov 14, 1999
November 05, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, NOV 4: Even as bodies float in the water-logged districts of coastal Orissa and thousands have been rendered hungry and homele...
Fri, Nov 05, 1999
November 01, 1999 00:00 IST
For all its shortcomings, there is something exciting about our diversity and democracy.It is BJP hardliner Lal Krishan Advani who has as...
Mon, Nov 01, 1999
October 30, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, OCT 29: There appears to be a China angle to the controversy over the Pope's prayer meet which Vice President Krishan Kant has...
Sat, Oct 30, 1999
October 28, 1999 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, OCT 27: The DMK-led government in Pondicherry has begun to totter thanks to the new-found friendship between Jayalalitha and G...
Thu, Oct 28, 1999


