Omar Abdullah to remain MoS external affairs
However, the National Conference president will go to Jammu and Kashmir, sources said.
Advani requested to visit BJP office every week
'There will be live contact between party and government and the expectations of the party will be conveyed to the government,' party president Venkaiah Naidu said.
Arduous task ahead for Yashwant Sinha
From the economic terms he is very familiar with. The 65-year-old has to now ride with caution on the bumpy diplomatic track where nuances, reading between the lines and even body language mean a lot.
Verma makes his entry at the Centre
Sahib Singh was forced to step down as Delhi's chief minister shortly before the state assembly election in 1998.
I will take guidance from Thakur: Shatrughan
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Shatrughan Sinha, who took over from Dr C P Thakur, also described him as one of the finest doctors of Bihar.
Pall of gloom at dropped ministers' residences
'I was not expecting anything like this. But I have no regrets,' Minister of State for Dhananjay Kumar, who was asked to resign by L K Advani, said.
Keshubhai won't join Union Cabinet
While health reasons are being cited, sources in the BJP said that the former Gujarat chief minister is not keen to leave the state in view of the coming assembly elections.
SLIDE SHOW
The PM's new men
Images from the swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
BJP'S NEW CHIEF
Venkaiah Naidu takes over
His predecessor Jana Krishnamurthi is to be accommodated in the Union Cabinet.
Vajpayee rewards Venkaiah on his 53rd birthday
Venkaiah Naidu is the youngest person and the first from the post-independence era to don the mantle of the Bharatiya Janata Party's leadership.
Party mantra will be expansion: Naidu
The party's aim, he said, would be to get an absolute majority (in Parliament) on its own.
Naidu's appointment infuses optimism in BJP
L K Advani, Jana Krishnamurthy, senior leader Kushabhau Thakre and almost all the cabinet ministers of the BJP, including M M Joshi, Pramod Mahajan, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Shourie and Arun Jaitley, were present to express solidarity with the new party chief.
OTHER REPORTS
Air-India expands US services to India
Air-India is also expected to acquire new aircraft and increase the number of flights in long hauls and introduce flights to the Gulf region, London and to the United States.
India to closely watch Pak: Sibal
He said September-October was 'a very critical period' when elections would be held in J&K and in Pakistan.
COLUMN
Consensus and sobriety
'Indian folklore is full of stories of buffoons and impostors catapulting to positions of power and using that power to ensure successive calamities. Folklore is, however, usually not taken seriously,' says Ashok Mitra.
NEIGHBOURHOOD
Pak police unearth terrorist camps
However, officials did not identify the terrorist groups running the camps, in the northwest Baluchistan province.
US, Pak forces to hold joint exercises
Pakistani officials claimed that they would be held on a `much larger-scale' than the recent India-US exercises in Agra in May this year.
MARKET REPORT
Sensex gains 44 points as old economy shines
Recording its fifth straight gain, the market rose to end at 3,288.71 points.
BUSINESS
Oil firms not to hike retail prices for now
The state-run IOC, BPCL, and HPCL have decided not to revise the retail prices of petrol and diesel despite the increase in international crude prices.
CRICKET
Don't quit yet: Ganguly to Srinath
Srinath announced his retirement from Test cricket in June after returning from a series in the West Indies.
FOOTBALL WORLD CUP
German dailies nail Kahn for defeat
Kahn came in for scathing criticism for his fatal mistake which resulted in the first goal. "One mistake is a mistake too many," read the headline in Munich's Sueddeutsche Zeitung.
MOVIES
Mixed bag
Readers' take on KTKKHK and KDNK.
A time to thrill
Kushan Nandy's directorial debut is a mystery.
A star-studded July
Big budgets, multi-starrers at the marquee.
Sandler topples Tom Cruise
Mr Deeds overtakes Minority Report.
NET GUIDE
Freezing mountaineer saved by telemarketer
A hiker stranded in the Andes with his cell phone prepaid minutes over, was rescued when the phone company solicitor called asking if he would like to buy more time.
Click Happy
How photographers are using the Net.
Why some teams just can't win
Why are Brazil and Germany always playing in the World Cup finals while most other teams simply take turns serving as their victims?
Seven movies to watch out for
What AB, Hrithik, Salman have in common
Paedophilia and the Muslim Board