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May 13, 2001
TOP REPORTS
2 Hinduja brothers allowed to leave the country
The third brother, P P Hinduja, however, has been denied permission to go abroad.
Govt to consult unions on divestment: PM
While Prime Minister Vajpayee made it clear that there was no going back on divestment, trade union representatives did not express any enthusiastic for the Centre's policies at a meeting between the two.
Bush's assurance on Pak seen as endorsement of India's stand: PTI
The US President had said that his administration would ask Pakistan to create conditions for "productive dialogue" with New Delhi.
THE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
Assam Cong chief is drawing up his team already
Holding of political dialogue with militant outfits and checking infiltration would be the two top items on the agenda of his government, Gogoi said in an interview on Friday.
AGP questions exit poll results
AGP leaders were saying that the DRS exit poll lacked credibility.
Trinamul, Left claim victory in WB
Trinamul's policy-making body chairman Pankaj Banerjee predicted that his party would get 160-165 seats.
Repoll in Assam, WB peaceful
Repolling was held amidst tight security and only stray incidents of violence were reported from West Bengal.
OTHER REPORTS
Use of N-arms only for training purposes: Dr Kalam
Reacting to reports on the use of nuclear weapons in Operation Poorna Vijay, the principal scientific advisor to the Union government said he had nothing to add to what the Army spokesman has said on the use of nuclear weapons in the ongoing exercises.
50 kg RDX seized, 14 killed in J&K: PTI
Troops smashed two militant hideouts at Borinar and Murdaigali in Kupwara district and recovered 50 kgs of lethal
RDX, four rockets, a 106-mm rocket, 34 grenades of various
types, a 60-mm bomb, ten remote control devices, eight
chargers and eight detonators, a defence spokesman said.
Ajit Singh to meet Vajpayee
The proposed meeting has rekindled speculation that the Rashitriya Lok Dal may join the National Democratic Alliance government.
PTI REPORTS
R K Narayan continues to be critical
Doctors said his condition is fluctuating and nothing could be said for the next 48 hours.
Pakistan opposes NMD
'It will undermine international efforts aimed at arms control and disarmament,' the country's military ruler, General Parvez Musharraf said.
AP CID still clueless about adoption racket
The police have no idea about the whereabouts of the elusive main accused Savithri Devi and Anita Sen.
6 injured in building collapse in quake-hit Bhuj
The victims were passing by when a five-storeyed building, abandoned after the January 26 quake, came crashing down.
INTERVIEW
'The poll results will make the NDA sit up and think'
'Mr Vajpayee first said the results would be a referendum on the government's performance. He now says they should not be any reflection on his government. This is insulting the voter's intelligence,' says Congress leader Ambika Soni.
DIARY
'No! Samana, no!'
Samana takes Aunty Mangala's help to document her life as a one-year-old.
COLUMNS
Whither the Indian police?
'The police station and the police constable are too diseased to call for the skills of an eminent specialist. Be honest and tell me whether you will ever venture into a police station on your own to seek any service! I will not!' says former CBI director R K Raghavan.
The Burkina-Faso syndrome
'Like the Indo-Soviet convergence of interest lasted nearly five decades, the new Indo-US common interest is based on an equally sound footing,' says Colonel (retd) Anil Athale.
May 12, 2001
TOP REPORTS
George Bush to visit India: PTI
Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage delivered a letter from the US president to Prime Minister Vajpayee when he called on the latter.
Services headquarters to be integrated: CCS
The Group of Ministers looking into reforms in the national security system has also recommended the setting up of a defence procurement board to promote professionalism and cost-effectiveness in defence purchases.
THE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
EC orders repoll in 302 polling stations in three states: PTI
Fresh polling would be held in 206 polling stations in Assam (in two phases), 90 in West Bengal and six in Tamil Nadu.
Most results expected by 1500 IST on Sunday
Counting in the 823 assembly constituencies that went to the polls in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam, Kerala and Pondicherry will begin on Sunday morning.
2 killed, 25 injured in post-poll violence in Bengal: PTI
Central forces will remain in Calcutta till May 17 as a precautionary measure during and after counting.
INTERVIEW
'The poll results will make the NDA sit up and think'
'Mr Vajpayee first said the results would be a referendum on the government's performance. He now says they should not be any reflection on his government. This is insulting the voter's intelligence,' says Congress leader Ambika Soni.
THE US MISSILE DEFENCE PLAN
Armitage woos the Indian establishment
But his visit has raised more questions than answers. Will India get the technology for the new world order being planned? What do we stand to gain from it? And, will America ditch China or India in the long run?
PM welcomes Bush's initiative: PTI
Vajpayee welcomed the US president's initiative for a steep reduction in the nuclear arsenal, but maintained that India needs a credible minimum nuclear deterrent.
India, US discuss global security regime: PTI
'We are endeavouring to work out together a totally new security regime for the entire globe,' External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh told reporters after an hour-long meeting with visiting Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage.
OTHER REPORTS
Bofors trial may take years: SC
The court asked the CBI to tell it by Saturday the conditions that need to be imposed on the Hinduja brothers if they are to be allowed to go abroad.
HC notice to Rao in JMM case
The Delhi high court issued a notice to the former prime minister on a petition filed by the CBI seeking the release of non-exhibited documents filed in the JMM bribery case.
Laloo may surrender on May 15
The RJD president will surrender before the CBI special court in Ranchi if the Patna high court does not grant him any relief on May 14.
MPs bring Rs 300 million to Gujarat for quake relief
Led by Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson Najma Heptulla, the team visited Dhrang and Lodai villages near the epicentre of the devastating January 26 earthquake.
PTI REPORTS
5 killed in bomb attack in Assam
The bomb was set off by suspected ULFA extremists. Among those killed were two BSF personnel and a sub-inspector of police.
BJP Nizamabad chief shot dead
The assailants were waiting for R Surender outside his house and opened fire when he emerged. Police said Naxalites could be responsible for the killing.
Operation Poorna Vijay ends
Participating in the war games, 40,000 troops, 500 tanks and infantry combat vehicles and 120 warplanes crisscrossed hundreds of miles in the Thar desert to test survival techniques in nuclear, biological and chemical battle scenarios.
Chinese premier visits Pakistan
Zhu Rongji is on a five-nation tour that will also take him to Nepal, the Maldives, Sri Lanka and Thailand to enhance China's political and trade relations with them.
DIARY
'No! Samana, no!'
Samana takes Aunty Mangala's help to document her life as a one-year-old.
COLUMNS
Whither the Indian police?
'The police station and the police constable are too diseased to call for the skills of an eminent specialist. Be honest and tell me whether you will ever venture into a police station on your own to seek any service! I will not!' says former CBI director R K Raghavan.
The Burkina-Faso syndrome
'Like the Indo-Soviet convergence of interest lasted nearly five decades, the new Indo-US common interest is based on an equally sound footing,' says Colonel (retd) Anil Athale.
May 11, 2001
THE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
Cong set to sweep Kerala, says exit poll: PTI
The exit poll conducted for television networks in five states also predicted that the party would be close to a majority in a hung assembly in Assam.
9 killed as 60% vote in Assam
Two security personnel were among those killed. Several others were injured in scattered incidents of violence, arson, intimidation and rigging in the trouble-torn state.
Gill pleased with 'peaceful' poll
While Kerala recorded the highest turnout of 73 per cent, West Bengal came second with 71 per cent. Assam and Pondicherry registered 65 per cent voting while Tamil Nadu came last with just 58 per cent of the electorate casting its vote.
Karunanidhi, Jaya hopeful of victory
There is no question of a hung assembly in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister M Karunanidhi said.
Police open fire at two places in West Bengal; CPI-M supporter killed
Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharjee said the supporter was killed when bombs were hurled at him at Kumarpara in Khardah constituency by 'Trinamul Congress activists'.
Cong demands repoll in Midnapore
The Congress urged Chief Election Commissioner M S Gill to 'rectify the situation' following alleged large-scale rigging by CPI-M-led Leftist forces.
About 70 per cent polling in Kerala
Eight persons, seven UDF workers and an LDF activist, were injured in poll-related clashes in different districts.
Brisk voting in Pondicherry
There are 193 candidates in fray and the polls will decide the fate of such stalwarts as former chief ministers R V Janakiraman (DMK), V Vaithialingam and S Ramasamy (Congress) and D Ramachandran (AIADMK).
THE US MISSILE DEFENCE PLAN
Armitage coming to sell Bush's vision
India's conditional endorsement of the plan has made the United States deputy secretary of state's job a lot easier.
Why India embraced NMD
China led India to embrace the National Missile Defence within six hours of United States President George Bush's announcement that Washington intends to press ahead with the programme, says Bharat Karnad, a senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Research.
THE SITUATION IN J&K
Grenade attack on Shah's envoy to Pant
The grenade missed the target, exploding in mid-air just outside the JKDFP headquarters at Kursoo-Rajbagh at around 1445 IST. No casualties were reported.
6 villagers gunned down in J&K
Police said three others were wounded seriously after the militants abducted 11 villagers in Doda district on Thursday morning.
OTHER REPORTS
R K Narayan conscious, but still critical
Doctors said the writer is still in the intensive care unit and under constant observation.
Goa plans Lok Pal bill by Dec
The bill will bring the chief minister under its purview.
CBI court reserves order on Laloo's petition
CBI Special Judge Asit Baran Sarkar reserved his order till May 15 after hearing the CBI defend the filing of the chargesheet.
Pak troops begin exercises
The troops began the exercises against the backdrop of Indian military exercises in the Thar desert.
Major reshuffle of top bureaucrats likely
Around 65 posts will see new faces soon. These range from the level of joint secretary to Cabinet secretary and additional director-general to director-general.
Fardeen Khan granted bail
'From the evidence presented by the prosecution, the accused's involvement in the conspiracy is not discernable,' the judge said.
Former Maharashtra CM Sudhakar Naik dead: PTI
Naik, who was 67, died in a Bombay hospital following a heart attack.
INTERVIEW
I don't care if astrology is a science or not. Fact is, it works'
'I'm not saying astrology is a complete science. I have not tested it. Frankly, I care a damn.' Astrologer Bejan Daruwalla in full flow.
COLUMNS
Does India remember its war heroes?
'Indians won the second highest number of Victoria Crosses in the world. But an ungrateful nation just gave each winner an extra Rs 90 per month and called it jangi inam, says Admiral (retd) J G Nadkarni.
The American proposal
'India is irrelevant in this "big league" and our support or opposition is of no consequence to the US. But of all the countries, it is India that needs a theatre missile defence system to protect its borders!' says Colonel (retd) Anil Athale.
May 10, 2001
TOP REPORTS
Two blasts near Army HQ in Delhi
The first blast occurred at 1507 IST at the Army Headquarters canteen parking lot. The second was in a dustbin 50 metres from South Block, the prime minister's office.
8 killed in blast outside Budgam BSF camp
Militants blew up an ice-cream cart packed with explosives outside the camp. Most of those killed were shopkeepers in the area.
Cabinet opens defence sector for private sector, eases FDI limits
The Union Cabinet approved of 100% FDI in airports, courier companies, drugs and pharmaceutical companies, tourism industry and township development while raising the limit in the telecom sector to 74% and in banking to 49%.
R K Narayan critical: PTI
The English novelist was admitted to a private hospital in Madras on April 27, following cardiovascular problems.
Anti-Sikh riots a pogrom: Khushwant
The celebrated writer and journalist, deposing before the Nanavati Commission, said the police remained mute spectators.
ASSEMBLY POLLS
Security tightened for polls: PTI
An estimated 130 million voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in 823 assembly constituencies where over 5,000 candidates, including the chief ministers of Assam, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, are in the fray.
Security blanket thrown around Assam
Army choppers will carry out aerial surveillance while speedboat-borne special commando units will patrol the Brahmaputra to prevent any intimidation or violence on polling day.
AGP, BJP in tussle over friendly contests
BJP vice-president Pyarelal Khandewal urged the AGP to withdraw its candidates from all seven seats where the two allies are engaged in 'friendly contests'.
OTHER REPORTS
Third Front may project Naidu as PM
The Nationalist Congress Party is expected to join the Third Front, and moves are on to rope in the AIADMK, while an alternative government is proposed to be supported by the Congress from outside.
Case registered against BSF in Bangladesh: PTI
The case was registered in the northwestern Bangladesh district of Kurigram, accusing the Border Security Force chief, Inspector General V K Gaur and 300 unnamed BSF personnel of committing 'grave offences', including murder, under various sections of the country's penal code.
V P Singh deposes in St Kitts case
Controversial 'godman' Chandra Swami and Kailash Nath Aggarwal alias Mamaji, both accused in the case, were present during the hour-long proceedings.
Laloo files special petition in CBI court
Laloo Yadav's counsel said the CBI court has no jurisdiction in the fodder scam case as the Patna high court had rejected on May 4 the CBI's plea to transfer all conspiracy cases of the scandal to Jharkhand.
Musharraf vows to raise J&K at all fora
The military ruler met Hurriyat leader Shoukat Abdul Aziz and assured him of Pakistan's commitment to provide all diplomatic, moral and political support to the people of Kashmir in their 'just struggle for self-determination'.
Storm kills 11 in Bangladesh
Thousands of thatched houses collapsed, while a large number of trees and electric poles were uprooted in the seasonal storms accompanied by heavy showers.
3 PWG arms dumps unearthed
The Andhra Pradesh police unearthed the dumps and arrested three Naxalites in three separate operations in Adilabad, Nizamabad and Mahbubnagar districts.
Bihar toppling game gains momentum
The dinner meeting on Tuesday of RJD rebel MPs at the residence of Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha showed the NDA's desperation to oust the Rabri Devi government in Bihar.
RJD MLAs back Laloo, rebels say govt's days are numbered
The RJD chief accused the CBI of being a party to the plot hatched by his political enemies.
13 killed as bus overturns near Guna
Forty persons were injured when the bus overturned near Bilonia village, 4km from Guna, on the Agra-Bombay national highway.
SPECIAL
'The UGC is trying to promote unscientific behaviour'
It began with an innocuous order promoting a university course in vedic astrology. The decision has enraged the mathematical and scientific community, prompting them to take up cudgels against the University Grants Commission.
PTI REPORTS
Bihar chemists call off strike
The indefinite strike by the Bihar Chemists and Druggists Association was called off after an assurance by the state government to consider their demand to remove the turnover tax on medicines.
Wreckage of Arunachal chopper found
The mutilated bodies of Arunachal Pradesh Education Minister Dera Natung and six others aboard the Pawan Hans chopper were recovered in West Kameng district.
17 killed as gale hits two Bihar districts
The gale, accompanied by a hailstorm, claimed lives in Bihar's Sitamarhi and Darbhanga districts.
Jawan kills 2, commits suicide
Naik T K Love Joy went berserk and shot dead Havildar Cook A K Jha and Lance Naik Puspadhar Changma with his service weapon at the 5 Assam Rifles base on Tuesday night.
Maneka issues notice to author of book on Indira
The Union minister for social justice issued the legal notice to Katherine Frank for 'scurrilous and defamatory' allegations against her and her late husband Sanjay Gandhi and sought damages amounting to 'hundreds of thousands of pounds', in London on Tuesday.
25 military attaches witness 'Poorna Vijay' war games
These included the attaches from the United States and China, but not from Pakistan.
13 Indians deported from Muscat
The passengers, including six women, who had boarded an Indian Airlines flight from Hyderabad on May 7, were sent back for allegedly possessing fake passports.
Bail petition of Anita Sen rejected
Facing a criminal case for running an adoption home in Hyderabad 'sans licence', Sen had moved a court last week seeking anticipatory bail to evade arrest.
MCC kills four; injures Samata leader in Jharkhand
The militants dragged the victims out of their houses, a few kilometres from Bundu police station in Ranchi district, at about 0100 IST. The bodies of four of them were found later in a nearby village.
China has no 'ambitions' in south Asia
A Chinese foreign ministry official strongly denied that Beijing was engaged in a delicate 'balancing act' in its relations with India and Pakistan.
COLUMNS
Frankly, clueless
'Katherine Frank's biography of Indira Gandhi stinks. Even the worst political leader does not deserve a biography like this,' says Pritish Nandy.
The new order
'It would be naïve to assert that we should first be sensitive to Chinese concerns, real or imaginary, before reacting to initiatives taken by great powers like the Americans or Russians. China would certainly not consult us before fashioning its response to such issues,' says G Parthasarathy.
May 9, 2001
TOP REPORTS
Arrest warrants issued against Laloo, Mishra in fodder scam
Designated judge, Ranchi, A B Sekhar took cognisance of a chargesheet submitted by the CBI at 0740 IST and issued non-bailable arrest warrants against 176 accused, including former Bihar chief ministers Laloo Yadav and Jagannath Mishra.
ULFA launches rocket attack on CRPF camp
The militants' attack at about 0100 IST, however, proved abortive as the rockets failed to explode.
IAF fine-tunes nuclear war techniques
The air force is seeking to fine-tune its nuclear attack interception capability and put on test its newly acquired airborne electronic counter warfare systems, including three-dimensional radar, in the war games in the Thar desert.
Pilot error caused MiG-21 crash: IAF
The crash was attributed to the 'attention failure' of the pilot, Flying Officer Ajay Sharma.
Copter with minister missing in Arunachal: PTI
The helicopter lost contact with the ground station at about 1115 IST after the pilot, Capt V K Dhir, sought a change of route because of inclement weather.
THE CHILD TRAFFICKING CASE
Three held for trying to broker minor's marriage to Arab
The Hyderabad police arrested three persons in connection with the alleged sale of a minor girl Fareeda to some brokers involved in marrying young girls to rich Arabs.
Indian children sold for adoption in Australia
A conference in Sydney was informed last month that an infant girl was sold to a couple in Melbourne for $30,000, while the child's mother got only $25.
INTERVIEW
'India is a good fit for USA on a geo-political level'
'If India and USA stop communicating with each other on any level, our relationship will start to weaken. Jim McDermott, co-chairperson of the congressional caucus on India and Indian Americans, on Indo-US ties.
THE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
Trinamul rules out return to the NDA: PTI
Sudip Bandopadhyay also hinted that dissident party leader Ajit Panja might be replaced as chairman of the party's state unit.
Assembly polls not a referendum: Vajpayee
The prime minister said the results of the May 10 polls in four states and a Union territory would not affect the stability of his government.
OTHER REPORTS
Pant meets more Kashmiri leaders
The government nominee met Kushok Bakula Rinpoche, head lama of Ladakh and former Member of Parliament, and Muzaffar Shah, son of former chief minister G M Shah.
Decision on Fardeen's bail on May 10
The prosecution's case was that drugs were found in the actor's car, which showed that he was dealing in drugs, not consuming them.
NSCN I-M threatens to call off ceasefire: PTI
The statement comes 10 days after the Centre declared a truce with the Khaplang faction of the NSCN.
Two cops held under MCOCA
Head Constable Himmatrao Bhimrao Adhav and Constable Prakash Dattaram Mistry attached to the Byculla division have been accused of abetting an MCOCA accused, Imran Nazir Shaikh, escape from the Mazgaon court.
SC to hear Hindujas' SLP on May 11
The Hinduja brothers have challenged the order of the Delhi high court, which dismissed their petition seeking permission to leave India.
'Dara sought my help to assault missionaries'
Bidyadhar Mohanta, 24, told the Khurda district and sessions judge that Dara Singh and another accused Dipu Das were upset with the mass conversions being carried out by the missionaries in Orissa.
VP to depose in St Kitts case on Wed
Controversial 'godman' Chandraswami and his aide K N Aggarwal are on trial in the case for allegedly forging documents to show that V P Singh's son Ajeya had opened a bank account in First Trust Corporation Ltd in St Kitts in 1986 and deposited $21 million.
Who will succeed M S Gill?
The names of Election Commissioner J M Lyngdoh, Cabinet Secretary T R Prasad, who retires in July, former home secretary K Padmanabhaiah, Law & Justice Secretary Subhash Chander Jain and Raghubir Singh, secretary to the Constitution review commission, are being mentioned.
Orissa journalist arrested for sexual abuse
The photojournalist, Sudershan Mahapatra, was arrested for sexually exploiting an Australian lady and her daughter and making a blue film to sell in the international market.
US voted off UN Narcotics Control Board too
Just last week the US had suffered the humiliation of being voted off the UN Human Rights Commission.
PTI REPORTS
Pak denies plotting to kill Tejpal
The Delhi police had claimed to have unearthed an ISI plot to kill Tejpal to destabilise the Vajpayee government by arresting six persons engaged by the Pakistani intelligence agency.
Laloo expels yet another Rajya Sabha MP
Mahendra Prasad Singh is believed to be a confidant of expelled RJD Rajya Sabha member Ranjan Prasad Yadav who is spearheading the dissidents' campaign for the ouster of Chief Minister Rabri Devi.
SPECIAL
'I am wonderful, ain't I?'
Bryan Adams in concert: Paisa vasool!
DIARY
'I will set myself ablaze'
Pappamma thought one only needed to work hard to come up in life. But she had reckoned without the greed of the anti-social elements in her neighbourhood.
COLUMN
This damned non-policy
'New Delhi's meandering non-policy on Jammu & Kashmir is transforming even the loyalists into lunatics. It is driving one crazy,' complains Arvind Lavakare.
May 8, 2001
TOP REPORTS
PM suggests work permits for illegal immigrants
In what is being seen as a neat balancing act, Vajpayee, addressing a mammoth election rally at Silchar in southern Assam's Barak valley, hinted at a possible shift in the Centre's policy on infiltration by Bangladeshis.
5 villagers gunned down in Poonch
In another incident, one soldier was killed and four others were wounded in a powerful bomb explosion at Bhaderwah in Doda district.
ISI's new strategy: Let Indians kill Indians
The arrest in Delhi of six criminals headed by Bihar-based Bhupinder Tyagi, who were acting upon the ISI's orders to eliminate tehelka.com editor Tarun Tejpal and his colleague Anirudhha Bahal, reveals this shift in strategy.
THE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS
Congress candidate in Assam escapes attempt on life: PTI
Six Congress workers, H N Singh, the officer-in-charge of Rangjuli police station, an assistant sub-inspector and a constable were injured in an explosion in the Congress campaign office in Rangjuli on Sunday night.
Cong seeks probe into ULFA's political links
The demand was raised by the party's general secretary and observer for Assam, Kamal Nath, a day after Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee charged the Congress with being 'hand-in-glove' with the banned outfit.
Campaigning ends on Tuesday: PTI
Campaigning for what is being referred to as a mini general election was by and large peaceful except in Assam where suspected ULFA militants left a bloody trail targeting party workers and candidates.
Trinamul unfazed by PM's remarks
Trinamul Congress leaders ruled out chances of a split in the party and claimed that dissident leader Ajit Kumar Panja had no support.
Kannur, Kerala's hotbed for political violence
During elections, revenge political killings, bomb blasts and attacks on police patrol teams are the order of the day in Kannur's villages.
The forgotten children of Rama
Dhanuskhodi has absolutely no infrastructure. But the politicians still come and seek votes from the gullible villagers.
In TN, manifestoes are forgotten
All three major political groups in the fray seem to be focusing on personality-based leadership rather than policy matters.
INTERVIEW
'India's reaction has been hasty, premature and over-enthusiastic'
'I cannot see national interest being served in our reaction to the American missile defence system.' Former Army chief, General (retd) Shankar Roychowdhury, in conversation with Ramesh Menon.
OTHER REPORTS
External affairs ministry Web site hacked: PTI
The Web site was hacked by pro-Pakistan elements who posted anti-India messages.
No need for fresh notification in Ayodhya case: BJP
The Congress described the refusal to issue a fresh notification as a 'naked cover-up'.
Sanjay Dutt is not prime witness in Bharat Shah case
The actor is just one of the witnesses and is corroborating the evidence with the police.
Delayed FIR not sure ground to dismiss prosecution's case: SC/PTI
The ruling came in a case where the court set aside a Himachal Pradesh high court order and upheld a sessions court order convicting a person of raping a child.
Maneka in London to file suit against author of 'Indira': PTI
Maneka Gandhi has objected strongly to certain portions in Katherine Frank's book, which do not show her late husband and mother-in-law in good light.
NHRC asks AP for report on female children: PTI
The commission took cognizance of a news item in one of the national newspapers recently, highlighting the sufferings of women of the Lambada tribe in Telangana for giving birth to female children, who were either sold or killed.
COLUMN
The decline of the Marxists
'I never thought I would see the day when the mighty CPI-M would be reduced to secret bargains with the Bharatiya Janata Party -- and in Kerala of all states!' says T V R Shenoy.
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