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October 28, 1999
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NEWS
Jumbo Maharashtra government brings Cong-NCP rift to the fore
Chief Minister Vilas Deshmukh had inducted more than the agreed number of ministers without taking the NCP into confidence, spokesman Praful Patel said, and warned that the government would have to face a lot of flak for its large size.

NEWS
Tight security for polls in Bihar
Combing operations have been intensified and special measures are being taken to detect landmines in the extremist-affected areas.

NEWS
Election '99 trots to the finish line
Shoot-at-sight orders are in place as the country's longest poll exercise approaches the end with the voting in five Lok Sabha constituencies of Bihar and Assam on Thursday.

NEWS
P M Sayeed becomes LS dy speaker again
The motion proposing his name was moved by Prime Minister A B Vajpayee and seconded by Leader of the Opposition Sonia Gandhi.

NEWS
TMC joins hands with Congress in Pondicherry on diesel price hike
In a significant development, the Tamil Maanila Congress, a partner in the ruling DMK-led coalition, participated in an opposition Congress-sponsored meeting to chalk out an agitation plan on the matter.

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 Election Specials
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 Real Audio Interviews
Uttar Pradesh BJP
   president Rajnath Singh
CII president Rahul Bajaj
Defence Minister
   George Fernandes
HRD Minister M M Joshi
BJP general secretary
   K N Govindacharya
UP BJP leader Kalraj Mishra
BJP spokesman Arun Jaitley
BJP chief Kushabhau Thakre
Cong general secretary
   Ambika Soni
Himachal Pradesh CM
   P K Dhumal
Samata Party general
   secretary Jaya Jaitley

Former Lok Sabha secretary
   general Subhash Kashyap

Former PM Inder Gujral
SP leader Amar Singh
Home Minister L K Advani
BJP winner V K Malhotra
BJP V-P K R Malkani
Congress leader Arjun Singh
BJP gen secy Narendra Modi
BJP winner M L Khurana
Congress general secretary
   Oscar Fernandes

BJP general secretary
   Venkaiah Naidu


 Election Chats
People who talked
   politics were punished'
'Organisational problems
   have cost us badly in UP'
'Riots are always
   started by Muslims'
'Delicate handling will
   needed in UP'

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S M Krishna on
   the Congress triumph
K N Govindacharya on
   reservations
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Saisuresh Sivaswamy on
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Recent columns

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