The writer is Contributing Editor, The Indian Express

October 28, 1998 00:00 IST
New Delhi, Oct 27: In a surprise development, Sharad Pawar has had his way in the selection of the Congress candidates for the Nov 13 Cou...
Wed, Oct 28, 1998
October 25, 1998 00:00 IST
After another Clintonesque performance of semantic skills in Calcutta on issues such as the support to the Congress, CPM general secretar...
Sun, Oct 25, 1998
October 22, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Oct 21: The Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party are considering a novel mode of cooperation in Madhya Pradesh to defeat the B...
Thu, Oct 22, 1998
October 19, 1998 00:00 IST
A newspaper wrote last week on how the President went back on the signals he had given Home Minister L.K. Advani that he would be willing...
Mon, Oct 19, 1998
October 16, 1998 00:00 IST
The installation of Sushma Swaraj as Delhi's Chief Minister is a last-ditch effort by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to retrieve the gr...
Fri, Oct 16, 1998
October 01, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Sept 30: The composition of the Indian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly is a signal that the much awaited Cab...
Thu, Oct 01, 1998
September 30, 1998 00:00 IST
Before he became the CPI general secretary in 1996, A.B. Bardhan had a long stint in the All India Trade Union Congress. However, this 73...
Wed, Sep 30, 1998
September 28, 1998 00:00 IST
It is a shame that the Indian National Congress should even contemplate auctioning the mementos given to its presidents over the years to...
Mon, Sep 28, 1998
September 27, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Sept 26: The second successive ``No'' by the President to the use of Article 356 in less than a year will make the promulgatio...
Sun, Sep 27, 1998
September 24, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Sept 22: The Union Cabinet's recommendation to the President to dismiss the Rabri government and impose Central rule in Bihar ...
Thu, Sep 24, 1998
September 23, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Sept 22: The Union Cabinet's recommendation to the President to dismiss the Rabri government and impose Central rule in Bihar ...
Wed, Sep 23, 1998
September 18, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, SEPT 17: Were the Centre to send his wife's government packing, Laloo Yadav's googly -- ``Vananchal over my dead body''-- has ...
Fri, Sep 18, 1998
September 08, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Sept 7: Pachmarhi is a message to the Left that the Congress wants to do business with it and a warning to the Bharatiya Janat...
Tue, Sep 08, 1998
September 08, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Sept 7: Pachmarhi is a message to the Left that the Congress wants to do business with it and a warning to the Bharatiya Janat...
Tue, Sep 08, 1998
September 04, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, SEPT 3: Congress President Sonia Gandhi has replaced Manmohan Singh with Pranab Mukherjee to engage the Left in a dialogue to ...
Fri, Sep 04, 1998
August 20, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, August 19: Before she took over as Congress chief, Sonia Gandhi had gone to Chennai and invited Jayalalitha to come and have t...
Thu, Aug 20, 1998
August 17, 1998 00:00 IST
I for one prefer the new mode used by the President to address the nation on August 14 -- a conversation with a journalist.A monologue ca...
Mon, Aug 17, 1998
August 12, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Aug 11: The President's decision to engage in a TV `conversation' with Frontline editor N Ram in lieu of his customary address...
Wed, Aug 12, 1998
August 10, 1998 00:00 IST
Congress President Sonia Gandhi is increasingly turning aggressive in her attack against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Her speech in...
Mon, Aug 10, 1998
August 07, 1998 00:00 IST
If there is a Congress leader among the new breed who has used the four weapons of saam, daam, dand and bhed (persuasion, money, fear and...
Fri, Aug 07, 1998
August 05, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, August 4: When it came to the crunch, nobody wanted a showdown. The election of the deputy speaker of the Lok Sabha was gettin...
Wed, Aug 05, 1998
August 03, 1998 00:00 IST
Sonia Gandhi's July 28 walkathon is a benchmark in her political career. The determination she displayed to go ahead with it was reminisc...
Mon, Aug 03, 1998
July 31, 1998 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, JULY 30: The creation of Uttaranchal, Vananchal and Chhatisgarh and the grant of statehood to Delhi have become a political fo...
Fri, Jul 31, 1998
July 23, 1998 00:00 IST
Political careers of Sharad Pawar and his mentor Yashwantrao Chavan have lots in common. Both Maharashtra strongmen played a decisive rol...
Thu, Jul 23, 1998
July 20, 1998 00:00 IST
Political hypocrisy touched a new low on the women's reservation Bill. For all their lip sympathy to the cause,and promises made in most ...
Mon, Jul 20, 1998





