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Days after publishing a controversial article on the health of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee that created an uproar, the Time magazine has apologised to the government for the manner in which certain portions were constructed and phrased, official sources said on Thursday.
The managing editor of the magazine, James Kelly, has written ''very recently'' to External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh expressing regret, the sources said in response to questions.
The report ''Asleep at the Wheel'' by Time's India-based correspondent Alex Perry had triggered angry outbursts in government and political circles.
The prime minister's office had said the report was in bad taste with several factual errors and certain observations which were ''nothing but fiction.''
The sources said the communication to Singh was made suo motu and not in response to any letter by the minister.
The magazine had earlier carried a stiff rejoinder by a PMO spokesman who said the report contained ''purely fictitious notions about prime minister's lifestyle'' which were ''absurd and mischievous.''
A report from New York said a delegation of Indian American doctors who have had access to Vajpayee's health records confronted Kelly at the Time House in Manhattan with medical records, contending that the report contained totally baseless and incorrect portions.
There was no word on whether the magazine will publish an apology and retract the article.
PTI
EARLIER REPORTS: Time may consider retracting article on PM Perry asked to inform government before going abroad Time concerned about Perry's safety Time reporter summoned for holding 2 passports Journalists unhappy with Time article on PM BJP activists burn copies of Time Samata condemns Time article on PM PMO sends rejoinder to Time article on Vajpayee Foreign hand behind Time article: Jana After raising a storm, Perry keeps mum
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