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April 16,2002 00:00:00 AM
The Gujarat issue is likely to disrupt Parliament till the end of the week with the Opposition deciding unanimously today to keep up the pre...
Tue, Apr 16, 2002
April 15,2002 00:00:00 AM
No news from Hyderabad tonight may have been good news for the Government but with the TDP expected to continue its cat and mouse game on th...
Mon, Apr 15, 2002
April 14,2002 00:00:00 AM
The BJP’s strident return to Hindutva in Goa echoed in a strong message from the Congress in Guwahati that it was ready to counter it t...
Sun, Apr 14, 2002
April 13,2002 00:00:00 AM
The Congress took the battle to the BJP camp today, party president Sonia Gandhi throwing down the gauntlet with an open challenge to its tw...
Sat, Apr 13, 2002
April 12,2002 00:00:00 AM
The Congress will draw the battlelines for the next parliamentary elections in Guwahati tomorrow by showcasing its 14 state governments unde...
Fri, Apr 12, 2002
April 11,2002 00:00:00 AM
Like the rest of his party members, Congress general secretary Kamal Nath is riding high on the euphoria of the party’s thumping victor...
Thu, Apr 11, 2002
April 10,2002 00:00:00 AM
Atal Bihari Vajpayee may be Prime Minister but in Gujarat, it’s Narendra Modi’s will that runs. The Chief Minister scrapped the li...
Wed, Apr 10, 2002
April 10,2002 00:00:00 AM
The Congress will begin a high-voltage oust-Modi campaign in Gujarat from tomorrow which will see the 14 Congress chief ministers descending...
Wed, Apr 10, 2002
April 09,2002 00:00:00 AM
Five weeks after communal violence shattered its political strategy in Gujarat—with reports that areas it controlled were the ones most...
Tue, Apr 09, 2002
April 04,2002 00:00:00 AM
Everybody who’s anybody in the Congress is flabbergasted and rattled by Ghulam Nabi Azad’s banishment from the AICC to head the Ja...
Thu, Apr 04, 2002
March 28,2002 00:00:00 AM
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today shot down Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s hopes for a snap poll in the State and direc...
Thu, Mar 28, 2002
January 22,2001 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 21: After a series of flip-flops in recent months over ambassadorial assignments, senior officials of the Ministry of E...
Mon, Jan 22, 2001
January 16,2001 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 15: The proposed Hurriyat trip to Pakistan suffered a setback today with the Government categorically rejecting ``tripa...
Tue, Jan 16, 2001
January 12,2001 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 11: Uncertainty clouds the proposed visit to Islamabad by a Hurriyat team after after the inclusion of hardline Jamaat-...
Fri, Jan 12, 2001
December 30,2000 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, DEC 29: The prospects for an early resumption of the Indo-Pak dialogue have suffered a temporary setback following what New Del...
Sat, Dec 30, 2000
December 16,2000 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 14: By the time the Ayodhya debate ended, the Ram temple was back on the political agenda. In fact, the two-day discus...
Sat, Dec 16, 2000
December 15,2000 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, DECember 14: By the time the Ayodhya debate ended this evening, the Ram temple was back on the political agenda. In fact, the t...
Fri, Dec 15, 2000
December 13,2000 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 12: Two weeks into Islam's holy month of fasting, it's the latest secular fad in Delhi. Pop politics are being played ...
Wed, Dec 13, 2000
December 08,2000 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 4: The Kargil report was on this week's Parliament agenda but given the controversy over the PM's Ayodhya statement, c...
Fri, Dec 08, 2000
November 25,2000 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 24: Congressmen in a hurry may find there's no room for them at the top if the party goes ahead with the mandated 50 p...
Sat, Nov 25, 2000
November 21,2000 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, NOV 20: With yesterday's announcement of a unilateral ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir during Ramzan, the Government has in effec...
Tue, Nov 21, 2000
November 15,2000 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 14: The Government has decided to allow Hurriyat leader Abdul Ghani Lone to travel to Islamabad for his son's marriage...
Wed, Nov 15, 2000
November 03,2000 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 2: Principal Secretary Brajesh Mishra is likely to retain the dual charge of National Security Advisor despite defence...
Fri, Nov 03, 2000
November 02,2000 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER 1: The new Cabinet Secretary, T R Prasad, took charge today amid rumblings in official and political circles over yest...
Thu, Nov 02, 2000
October 28,2000 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, OCT 27: Congress tamashas come in mega sizes. And the fun has just begun. On the lawns of the AICC headquarters today, the elec...
Sat, Oct 28, 2000


