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JANUARY 4
Congress in a dilemma
Having roped in Sonia Gandhi as the party's star campaigner for next month's general election, the Congress leadership is now divided over a sensitive issue. Should the party's main poll plank be stability or the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi?
Ayodhya, Article 370, UCC to figure in BJP manifesto
The party is unlikely to dilute its Hindutva plank for the general election. It fears antagonising its cadres and committed voters who have brought it to the porch of power, riding the crest of an anti-Muslim Hindutva wave.
BJP ready to form coalition govt
Party president L K Advani says the modalities for such an arrangement, however, could be decided only in the post-election scenario.
Vajpayee promises free education till graduation for girls
The former prime minister also reiterated the BJP's commitment
to the Constitution amendment Bill on reservation of 33 per cent of
Lok Sabha and state assembly seats for women
Poll schedule: Election Commission to consider requests from parties
The Election Commission is likely to consider requests of various political parties to reduce the gap between the polling dates in the interest of a free and fair election to the
Lok Sabha and five state assemblies.
JANUARY 4
Congress in a dilemma
Having roped in Sonia Gandhi as the party's star campaigner for next month's general election, the Congress leadership is now divided over a sensitive issue. Should the party's main poll plank be stability or the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi?
Ayodhya, Article 370, UCC to figure in BJP manifesto
The party is unlikely to dilute its Hindutva plank for the general election. It fears antagonising its cadres and committed voters who have brought it to the porch of power, riding the crest of an anti-Muslim Hindutva wave.
BJP ready to form coalition govt
Party president L K Advani says the modalities for such an arrangement, however, could be decided only in the post-election scenario.
Vajpayee promises free education till graduation for girls
The former prime minister also reiterated the BJP's commitment
to the Constitution amendment Bill on reservation of 33 per cent of
Lok Sabha and state assembly seats for women
Poll schedule: Election Commission to consider requests from parties
The Election Commission is likely to consider requests of various political parties to reduce the gap between the polling dates in the interest of a free and fair election to the
Lok Sabha and five state assemblies.
High court cancels CAT order on Subramaniam's extension
The cabinet secretary gets his job back. Till February 4, at least.
Saffron in the shadows
Biju Mathew on the VHP's efforts in America to present
Hindus as the most oppressed community in history.
Assam: ULFA leader held by Bangladesh police
Jammu & Kashmir: No one will be allowed to tamper with Article 370: Abdullah
Meghalaya: Earthquake in Shillong
Manipur: 13 soldiers ambushed
Orissa: Congress dithers over Rao's nomination
•Times they are a-changing...
In keeping with the times, Lord Krishna
feasted on chowmein, sandwiches and gol gappe during the new year celebrations in Mathura.
JANUARY 3
'Kesri's Congress will be wiped
out, Sonia or no Sonia'
'I let Soniaji know that I am totally
disillusioned with Kesri and his leadership of the Congress.
But what did she do? She did not disclose her mind. Kesri expelled
me and there was no word from 10 Janpath.' Mamata Banerjee breathes fire in an exclusive interview.
Chacha plays an ace to kill rivals's designs on Sonia
For every trick, there is a countertrick. And Sitaram Kesri,
the grand old man of rug-pulling, knows 'em all by-heart.
Will Madam contest?
Uttar Pradesh Congress president N D Tiwari is hopeful. Sonia
is 'actively considering' the proposal to contest from Amethi, says he.
BJP objects to long poll schedule
The party says the entire electoral process should be shortened.
Senior BJP leader Professor Vijay Kumar Malhotra said such a schedule
was ''unprecedented'' and would cause several problems.
With appropriate noise and fanfare, AIADMK convention gets underway
Hotels, tea shops, juice centres, all of them played songs from old MGR movies -- indicating again that the AIADMK, after a flirtation with the omnipotence of Jayalalitha, is back to relying on its founder-icon, the late matinee idol turned chief minister, to pull in the votes. A Ganesh Nadar reports from Tirunelveli.
Should CPI-M 'lend' Jyoti Basu as the next PM?
Well, that -- and a few other crucial issues -- are what the party's Kerala
unit is deliberating in Palakkad now.
EC will be very strict about poll expenses: Dr Gill
Chief Election Commissioner Dr M S Gill says the Commission
had sent a revised proforma to all 43 recognised political parties for
maintaining election accounts.
Handsome raise in poll expense ceiling
From Rs 450,000 to Rs 1.5 million for large constituencies, and Rs 150,000 to Rs 600,000 for assemblies.
Poll kills Clinton's ardour for Delhi trip
The US president will wait for a "more stable political
situation" before travelling to India.
CAT stalls Subramaniam's extension
The office of
the Cabinet secretary is now vacant and the government should make
a fresh appointment, the Central Administrative Tribunal ruled on Friday.
In India's celestial footsteps...
India's self-reliance in
space and missile technology has encouraged other
countries to
seek its help to launch satellites.
UK Muslims object to film on Prophet
Dubbing the Channel 4 film as un-Islamic and distorted, the Muslim community in Britain has called for the immediate suspension of all further screenings, until the inaccuracies have been rectified and "false visualisations" deleted.
Assam: Bodos kill 9 people
Jammu and Kashmir: 5 militants killed in the valley
Delhi: Congress announces candidates for three seats
Delhi: Sleuths identify culprits behind bomb blasts
Karnataka: Hegde hints at alliance with BJP
Maharashtra: Chhota Gandharva dead
JANUARY 1
Galaxy of foreign dignitaries to visit India
Undeterred by the political vacuum created by the fall of the Gujral government, several presidents and prime ministers are coming to India, looking for investment opportunities. Among them are Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski, Greek President Konstandinos Stephanopoulos, Russian President Boris Yeltsin and French President Jacques Chirac. US President Bill Clinton is also expected in February.
ICMR opens Pandora's box, permits genetic screening
Experts fear abuse of regulations by employers, insurance companies, etc.
The Price of Power
'Mrs Gandhi noticed Inder going over the list. For a fleeting
moment they looked into each other's eyes -- a moment that was to
remain frozen in Inder's memory for years to come. Such callous contempt for friends
was something he could not understand.' Painter Satish Gujral on his brother, the prime minister.
In this remote Indian village, Pak PM rules the roost
The villagers weep if tears trickle down Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharief's cheeks. They break into a guffaw when they see a flicker of smile on his lips. And they flock to the local gurdwara, invoking God's blessings when he is in dire straits -- as they did recently when Sharief was locked in a legal tussle with his country's judiciary, which threatened to dislodge his government.
Nirad to write autobiography in Bengali
The 'Unknown Indian', who turned 100
on November 24, is writing another book. And a mega one, at that, in Bengali.
Jammu and Kashmir: JKANC may boycott poll
Maharashtra: Congress, BJP bag two seats in local bodies poll
December 31
CWC targets Kesri
Less than 24 hours after Sonia Gandhi decided to campaign for the Congress, the party witnessed a flurry of activity that bodes ill for its president Sitaram Kesri. Senior Congress Working Committee members met on Tuesday, ostensibly to seal Kesri's fate.
Sonia's move sparks panic in UF, BJP
Both the UF and the BJP have put up a brave front, claming that it will not affect their electoral prospects. But their quiet initiatives expose their fears.
'Congress is better off without Mamata'
An exclusive interview with West Bengal Congress chief Somen Mitra.
BJP gets pally with Mani to woo Kerala Christians
Knowing well the Kerala Congress-M chief's craze for power, the BJP is ready to offer him a cabinet berth if he cooperates.
Cyberselling the Mahatma
A campaign has been launched to turn the Father
of the Nation into the 'Person of the Century'.
Stalin blasted Indian Communists
Stalin's interpreter and diplomat Nikolai Adyrkhayev said the Russian leader was a bitter critic of the Indian communists and their activities in the early '50s.
The mystery of the Ambani diamonds
Tina Ambani left her diamond choker -- officially estimated at Rs 5 million -- on the bed and went off to have her bath. It disappeared and was found wedged between two tables by the cops the next day. Mystery enough. Another poser: why isn't her husband letting her pick up the thing from the cops?
Andhra Pradesh:11 cotton farmers commit suicide
Assam: CBI seeks governor's okay to prosecute CM
Delhi: 2 killed, 22 hurt in bus blast
Goa: Alemao and Khalap, they go at each other with gusto!
•Pigeons to sing Laloo's praises all over Hindi-land
Last time it was parrots which campaigned for Laloo Prasad Yadav. This year, it is pigeons that would drop pamphlets and other election material all over Bihar.
December 30
Sonia takes the plunge
Former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's widow will campaign for the Congress in the ensuing Lok Sabha election. She took the decision, sources said, to 'save the party which was on the brink of collapse'.
Sonia's entry a shot in the arm for Congress
But spells trouble for party chief Sitaram Kesri.
Defectors treated Congress like a rail platform: Kesri
The Congress president blasted the defectors even as another former Union minister -- Ajit Kumar Panja -- left the party to join Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress.
'Gujral is a decent man being exploited by power-crazy UF men'
'The people want me back as I am the undisputed leader of the poor and the downtrodden in Bihar.' An exclusive interview with former Bihar chief minister Laloo Prasad Yadav.
No compromise on common civil code: Advani
'If the BJP is voted to power, not only Muslim law, even
Hindu, Christian and other laws would be changed suitably within
the constitutional framework,' said the BJP president.
Vaghela's ultimatum to Congress
Amidst talk that the Rashtriya Janata Party will join the United Front, party supremo and former Gujarat chief minister Shankersinh Vaghela has threatened to go it alone if the Congress does not finalise its strategy by Wednesday.
Six-day cut in campaign period
Now, instead of 20 days after the last date for withdrawing nominations, political parties will have only 14.
Glimpses of Indian history
An exhibition on a train brings people close to their heritage. And manages to annoy some others.
Andhra Pradesh: Mohan Babu to back BJP
Maharashtra: BJP, Sena finalise seat-sharing
Uttar Pradesh: Council polls
put off due to sops
Kerala: And now, mediclaim for
elephants!
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