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November 9
Pressure On Parikh
In a surprise development, Gujarat Congress leaders have demanded a stake in the Rashtriya Janata Party ministry. The move comes just four days before Gujarat Chief Minister Dilip Parikh proves his majority in the state assembly on November 13. Mehta, Patel differences may let Parikh off the hook Senior Congress leaders argue that Chhabildas Mehta will not be able to split the party even if he wants to. "Though 27 of the 44 party legislators belong to the erstwhile JD(G), they do not operate en bloc," said a senior Congress leader. Anti-defection law: Law minister wants ministries to be pruned, speaker's role to be redefined On the eve of the all party convention to decide the amendments to the anti-defection law, Law Minister Ramakant Khalap speaks to Rediff On The NeT about what he has proposed to the United Front government. The minister wants central and state ministries to be pruned, the speaker's role to be re-defined. CPI-M wants Laloo ministers to be sacked before Parliament's winter session Marxist general secretary Harkishen Singh Surjeet says the Rashtriya Janata Dal ministers in the United Front government are "unreliable." One Janata Dal leader said that JD president Sharad Yadav also backed Surjeet's demand. Anti-defection amendments: Much ado about nothing? Though high-pitched calls are being made across the country to amend the anti-defection law in light of the recent developments in Uttar Pradesh, it is only the 'one-third provision' that remains to be tackled. Jain panel interim report indicts Karunanidhi, V P Singh, Chandra Shekhar The Commission came down heavily on Karunanidhi for abetting the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, prime suspect in the case, it blamed Singh and Chandra Shekhar for their laxity in assessing the threat to Rajiv Gandhi, killed in a bomb blast in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, on May 21, 1991. 
Terrorists kill 21 in Tripura President remits remaining sentence of Akal Takht jathedar November 7-8 
'Only a miracle will save Kesri'
The Congress president appears to be devastated by the BJP's psychological warfare. Adding to Kesri's woes is the report that Atal Bihari Vajpayee has met former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao. No truth in BJP-inspired rumours: Congress ''The BJP could continue day-dreaming. But the Congress Parliamentary Party or the Gujarat Congress Legislature Party is not going to split,'' says party spokesman V N Gadgil even as the CPI refused to share power with the Congress at the Centre. Supreme Court acquits Kalpnath Rai The judges says the prosecution failed to produce evidence that the former Union minister had harboured a terrorist. 'My declared objective, right from the beginning, was to render myself jobless' Union Information and Broadcasting Minister S Jaipal Reddy, in an interview with Pritish Nandy. Criminals rule the roost in saffron ministry "What is wrong if the BJP has roped criminals into the UP ministry? Has not the Indian army used terrorists to fight insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir?" BJP leaders use several such comparisons to justify its decision. Healer or Hoax? Who is T A Majeed really? Does he really have a cure for AIDS? One Woman's Story AIDS is a killer, AIDS is a mystery, and mystery killers bring out the worst in people. Ayurveda versus Allopathy: The controversy rages on Can an Ayurvedic preparation cure AIDS? The grand pan-Islamic plan The US Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare report indicates that Pakistan is sponsoring Islamic movements not only in India, but also in China and the Central Asian republics. Monsoon emboldens Veerappan Knowing that the severe monsoon would play havoc with Karnataka and Tamil Nadu's drive against him, the forest brigand has raised unreasonable demands.
Jammu and Kashmir: Cement factory manager shot dead in Srinagar Delhi: Teacher 'tortures five-year-old for 20 days' November 6 
The Winds Of Change
The United Front steering committee met on Wednesday and decided to amend the anti-defection law. Congress rebels closing in on Kesri Senior leaders like Pawar, Pilot and Prasada are ganging up against the Congress chief and may force the party to join the Gujral government. Congressmen are depressed: Advani ''An additional reason (for the defections) was the pervasive feeling that the party was going down hill, and that the legislators have no future in the Congress,'' says the BJP leader. Delhi high court pulls up govt for giving Priyanka home The Supreme Court asked the Centre to frame its policy in this regard five years ago. But nothing has been done to date, said the judges. Petition against Kesri admitted The CBI court admitted a petition which sought summoning the Congress chief in the JMM MPs bribery case. Asia's first air university in AP Equipped with latest flight simulators -- two of Airbus A320 and one each of Airbus A300 and Boeing 737 -- the university, to be run by Indian Airlines, will offer academic and practical training on various aspects of aviation. E M S of Small Things is not the E M S of real So clarifies the Marxist veteran's daughter.
Tamil Nadu: Quiet dalit conversions on in TN Maharashtra: Shabana to lead rally against Bombay demolitions Delhi: Writ urges high court to exempt Sikh women from helmet rule 
• VIPs and plebians, all are same before Lord Venkateswara November 5 Fear Is The Key Alarmed by rumours that Congress MPs may defect -- posing a threat to the Gujral government -- the United Front is moving at breakneck speed to amend the anti-defection law even as the BJP made a startling revelation. ''Mass defections from the Congress and other parties to the BJP cannot be ruled out,'' said BJP vice-president K L Sharma. ... More Kesri knew MPs were bribed: Mahato The trial of Rao and 19 others in the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Parliament members bribery case began in a CBI court on Tuesday. ... More 'Risk discrimination' among pilots will be the death of IAF Disparity in the flying risk allowance of IAF's fighter, helicopter and transporter pilots is leading to much heartburn. ... More Air safety committee recommends independent panel for probing accidents It has also suggested reincarnating the DGCA as an autonomous eight-member Civil Aviation Authority. ... More AGP, BSP, PMK, SSP to share 'elephant' as election symbol The elephant will serve as the BSP's symbol in all states and Union territories except Assam, Pondicherry and Sikkim while the AGP, the PMK and the SSP will have its use in their respective states. ... More 'The feeling in New Delhi was that the LTTE had to be neutralised, whatever the scale of the operation' J N Dixit reveals how the Indian army finally came to wage war against the Tigers. ... More Karunanidhi turns pro-brahmin as caste war flares up in TN bureaucracy Reportedly afraid of the powerful brahmin lobby at the Centre, the DMK chief minister has been favouring the community while the non-brahmin bureaucrats are harassed, raided, arrested and imprisoned. ... More Punnapra Vayalar uprising can't be part of freedom struggle Fiftyone years after the incident, its ghost returns to haunt Kerala Communists. ... More
Law and order in Bombay has collapsed: Governor Be ready for mid-term poll, AP CM tells partymen Delhi's kids find nub of water pollution problem When the pen proved mightier than the gun: Tripura AP gets technological park for rural development TN bans other state lotteries News Briefs Artificial ears come to India. Starting with the Apollo Hospital, Madras Tibet rejects China's condition for talks CBI takes over anti-Sikh riots case against Tytler November 4 UF to amend anti-defection law The Uttar Pradesh crisis has forced the Gujral government to overhaul the anti-defection law. One of the proposals being considered is that the defectors should not be made ministers. ... More Scrap Article 356: V P Singh The former PM also said the anti-defection law should be amended. ... More Car bomb shatters the shadow of peace in Srinagar The car bomb which ripped through the city centre on Friday, October 31, has dealt a severe blow to the prospects of an early peace returning to Jammu and Kashmir. ... More Nayanar pours scorn on God of Small Things Had it not been for its 'anti-Communist venom', had it not been for its caricature of Kerala Communist leaders, Arundhati Roy's novel would not have borne the big Booker fruit... ... More US wants India, China to assist war on global warming The United States wants India and China to shoulder greater responsibility in global efforts to tackle the threat of greenhouse gas emissions. ... More Contempt notices for Nawaz, nine others A petition filed by the Supreme Court Bar Association maintains that the Sharief government's criticism of a recent judicial order amounts to contempt of court. ... More US appoints special official for Tibet Ignoring China's protest, Washington takes the decision within 24 hours after Chinese President Jiang Zemin's departure following a summit meeting with President Bill Clinton. ... More India is more stable than most Asian countries "Despite its communal troubles, India never went through any deep crisis like China, Pakistan, Afghanistan or Iran where the state and the nation were in danger," writes Professor Etienne in China-India-Pakistan: Disparities and weak links in economic performance. ... More Orissa's neglected past An ancient city, which could throw light on the early urban evolution in Orissa, is lying neglected in a cluster of villages at Radhanagar, Jajpur district. ... More
UP CM retains key portfolios Former Delhi CM gets bail in defamation case Haryana strike over police firing killings partial News Briefs Delhi HC asks cops not to torture witnesses in Tanwar case Centre gets notice in Nizam's jewellery case Joint command set up to nab Veerappan Archives
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