The writer is Contributing Editor, The Indian Express
November 20, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Nov 19: There is a strong move by the BJP to try and form a government when the Gujral ministry is brought down by the Congress....
Thu, Nov 20, 1997November 19, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Nov 18: A significant change in the political scenario during the last 24 hours was the shifting of focus -- from ``whether poll...
Wed, Nov 19, 1997November 18, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Nov 17: The situation seems to be heading towards a mid-term poll even as both the United Front and the Congress are engaged in ...
Tue, Nov 18, 1997November 17, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, November 16: The fate of the long awaited Broadcasting Bill has now got linked to shenanigans inside the Congress party, and it ...
Mon, Nov 17, 1997November 17, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Nov 16: One thing is becoming increasingly clear. If the Government goes, whether it is in the next few days or three months hen...
Mon, Nov 17, 1997November 09, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, NOV 8: The appointment of Chakravarti Rangarajan as Governor of Andhra Pradesh is the culmination of a four-month long search fo...
Sun, Nov 09, 1997November 07, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, November 6: With Gujarat holding the key to the future of the Congress at the Centre, all eyes are now fixed on the confidence m...
Fri, Nov 07, 1997November 07, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Nov 6: The Women's Reservation Bill, which had been put on the backburner, created fireworks at yesterday's meeting of the Unite...
Fri, Nov 07, 1997November 03, 1997 00:00 IST
November 1: The furore kicked up over the Uttar Pradesh imbroglio might have settled down now, but political parties and leaders have come ...
Mon, Nov 03, 1997October 24, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Oct 23: If accountability has any meaning, Romesh Bhandari should have resigned by now. The President's decision to return the U...
Fri, Oct 24, 1997October 23, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, October 22: Yesterday Sitaram Kesri was calling the shots. The United Front government was forced to take a decision which the P...
Thu, Oct 23, 1997October 20, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Oct 19: Differences within the Government are dogging the Prasar Bharati Act expected to ensure the long awaited autonomy for Al...
Mon, Oct 20, 1997October 20, 1997 00:00 IST
October 19: Had Indira Gandhi called Britain a third rate power, she would have been hailed as a strong leader. When Inder Kumar Gujral mad...
Mon, Oct 20, 1997October 06, 1997 00:00 IST
Oct 5: What struck me most last week in the United States of America after a gap of eight years was the marked change towards India in the ...
Mon, Oct 06, 1997August 25, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Aug 24: Inder Kumar Gujral feels that the situation has decisively turned the corner in Jammu and Kashmir and this is the first ...
Mon, Aug 25, 1997August 25, 1997 00:00 IST
August 24: We Indians lack attention to detail, and this is what makes our programmes come a cropper, or our products less than world class...
Mon, Aug 25, 1997August 18, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, AUG 17: In aiming to relive, in Parliment on August 15, 1997, the `Tryst with Destiny' session, our modern leaders put together ...
Mon, Aug 18, 1997August 16, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, Aug 15: It has been a case of name-dropping with a difference. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's determination to establis...
Sat, Aug 16, 1997August 11, 1997 00:00 IST
The tables may be turning in favour of the Congress today, but the party is ill-prepared for elections. The Congress can hope to gain in sp...
Mon, Aug 11, 1997July 28, 1997 00:00 IST
When the nation ails due to the malignant `scam raj' it is difficult to garner enthusiasm to celebrate 50 years of India's independence. Bu...
Mon, Jul 28, 1997July 26, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, July 25: Laloo Yadav's resignation is a reprieve for Prime Minister (PM) Inder Kumar Gujral. It eases the pressure on him now th...
Sat, Jul 26, 1997July 20, 1997 00:00 IST
In his farewell speech in Parliament, Haradanahalli Dodde Gowda Deve Gowda had said he would rise from the ashes. The former prime minister...
Sun, Jul 20, 1997July 20, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, July 19: Three months after he demitted the office of Prime Minister, H D Deve Gowda is proving to be the focal point of the ant...
Sun, Jul 20, 1997July 19, 1997 00:00 IST
NEW DELHI, July 18: When H D Deve Gowda was the Prime Minister and contentious issues cropped up between the Left and him, the rajguru of h...
Sat, Jul 19, 1997July 14, 1997 00:00 IST
The political opinion is now veering around to the view that elections are on the cards before the calendar year is out. The two major part...
Mon, Jul 14, 1997