December 29,2000 00:00:00 AM
KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 28: The 10-month-old G.P. Koirala government in Nepal faces a serious threat to its survival in the wake of incidents ...
Fri, Dec 29, 2000December 28,2000 00:00:00 AM
KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 27: A rattled Nepal Government appealed to protestors not to do anything to hurt relations with India as violence cont...
Thu, Dec 28, 2000December 27,1999 00:00:00 AM
LONDON, DECEMBER 26: Fact one: Nepal yesterday announced a five-member committee to inquire into the hijacking. The man who heads this tea...
Mon, Dec 27, 1999May 12,1999 00:00:00 AM
The Bharatiya Janata Party Government led by Atal Behari Vajpayee was shaky during its 13-month existence. The partners in the government...
Wed, May 12, 1999April 13,1999 00:00:00 AM
LONDON, APRIL 12: For the first time, King Birendra of Nepal, perhaps the most popular personality in his country, has been publicly crit...
Tue, Apr 13, 1999June 15,1998 00:00:00 AM
On more than one occasion, Atal Behari Vajpayee has gone on record to say that elected MPs begin their parliamentary career with a lie. That...
Mon, Jun 15, 1998June 15,1998 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, JUNE 14: The Telecommunication Ministry seems to be on a recovery spree. And the Opposition Congress Party heads its list of defa...
Mon, Jun 15, 1998June 11,1998 00:00:00 AM
When it seemed that the Congress was aggressively taking on the Government on Ayodhya, came the party's turnaround in Parliament: it dropped...
Thu, Jun 11, 1998June 06,1998 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, June 5: Former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao had formally applied for a Congress nomination to the Rajya Sabha from Orissa but...
Sat, Jun 06, 1998May 23,1998 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, May 22: To foil yesterday's Bahujan Samaj Party rally in Lucknow, the BJP state government asked Uttar Pradesh Home Secretary N R...
Sat, May 23, 1998May 20,1998 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, May 19: The formal appointment of N D Tiwari as Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee chief has been put off for fear of a split in th...
Wed, May 20, 1998May 18,1998 00:00:00 AM
From temple to technology, the Sangh Parivar has taken a significant leap. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has congratulated Prime Minister Atal B...
Mon, May 18, 1998May 10,1998 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, May 9: Despite the pinpricks they offer, J Jayalalitha and Mamata Banerjee will continue to play Amma and Didi in the BJP-led 18-...
Sun, May 10, 1998May 04,1998 00:00:00 AM
Sedapatti Muthiah, Buta Singh and now Sukh Ram. In an 18-party coalition, any resignation has the potential to bring trouble to the governme...
Mon, May 04, 1998April 29,1998 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, April 28: The Samata Party, with its 12 MPs in the Lok Sabha, seems headed for a crisis of sorts as about half of them are holdin...
Wed, Apr 29, 1998April 15,1998 00:00:00 AM
The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) national executive meeting in Palampur (June, 1989) had an electrifying impact on the party's poll prospe...
Wed, Apr 15, 1998April 13,1998 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, April 12: Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhairon Singh Shekhawat owned moral responsibility for the BJP's poor show in the State during...
Mon, Apr 13, 1998April 12,1998 00:00:00 AM
HARDWAR, April 11: Union Minister of State for Culture Uma Bharati said here yesterday that "systematic" efforts were on to remove...
Sun, Apr 12, 1998April 09,1998 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, April 8: Two more BJP MPs from Bihar today dissociated themselves from the campaign spearheaded by State party vice president Yas...
Thu, Apr 09, 1998April 08,1998 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, April 7: DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today made two deft political moves. One, he downplayed the Jain ...
Wed, Apr 08, 1998April 07,1998 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, April 6: The line dividing loyalty and sycophancy in the post-'70s Congress has been thin. The slogan, `Indira is India', was per...
Tue, Apr 07, 1998April 06,1998 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, April 5: At least five Bharatiya Janata Party MPs from Bihar have dissociated themselves from the campaign launched by party diss...
Mon, Apr 06, 1998April 06,1998 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, April 5: About 30 Special Protection Group personnel attached to 10, Janpath have been replaced with a new team. The decision to ...
Mon, Apr 06, 1998April 03,1998 00:00:00 AM
FARIDABAD, April 2: In a tactical climb-down, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) said today that while it is committed to the construction of t...
Fri, Apr 03, 1998March 31,1998 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, March 30: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) wants the disputed site in Ayodhya to be immediately restored to the Ramjanmabhoomi Tru...
Tue, Mar 31, 1998