He said Shiv Sena protected a political leadership for 25-30 years but they (the BJP) didn't want Sena and also the Akali Dal -- the erstwhile members of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
In an interview to NDTV, the Pak president expressed willingness to lead the peace talks with India.
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Friday indicated that a decision on purchase of Airbus by Air-India and Indian Airlines is likely to be taken during the current visit of French premier Jean-Pierre Raffarin to the country.
The government on Tuesday decided to call fresh bids for selling its stake in Shipping Corporation of India, while taking Air-India and Indian Airlines off the divestment list.
In a breakthrough for the agriculture exports during the current visit of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, China has agreed to import mangoes from India, the world's largest producer, and a protocol has been signed for the purpose.
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee announced on Wednesday that the government has decided to set up five more Indian Institutes of Technology
Scores of Indian American politicians, administration officials, media personalities and activists were among the 320 guests at the first state dinner of the Barack Obama presidency in honour of Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Mrs Gurcharan Kaur
The Indian music industry has sought help from Prime Minister Vajpayee to eradicate the fast-growing remix culture, which it calls musical terrorism.
A special IAF plane carrying Vajpayee landed at the Amausi airport in Lucknow at 1850 IST.
The event is considered to be the first major challenge for the British after they had become the dominant power in the Indian sub-continent.
The government is talking to certain countries on the issue of extending dual citizenship to non-resident Indians and People of Indian Origin, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.\n\n
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Friday in his Independence Day speech announced that mobile telephony in the border state of Jammu and Kashmir will commence from next week.
'We were in a heavily nuclearised environment. China had tested for Pakistan in the 1980s and helped their missile programme stay just one step behind us.'
Persons of Indian Origin in certain countries will be given dual citizenship and a legislation to facilitate it will be introduced in the Budget session of Parliament beginning next month.
His Pakistani counterpart Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali received him at the airport.
Sonia Gandhi has criticised the Modi government's silence on the assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader, arguing it raises doubts about India's foreign policy direction and credibility.
Like Nehru, Modi is loathe to touch the public sector. His policy towards Israel leans towards 'non-alignment'. You can find other similarities: frequent public speeches, personalised leadership, total control over foreign and strategic policies, even stylised dressing, says Shekhar Gupta.
Senior analyst B Raman assesses Brajesh Mishra's role as India's first National Security Advisor, his part in the 1998 nuclear tests, the Kargil conflict and more.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha has criticised India's recent peace dialogue with Pakistan, saying terrorism and talks can't go together.
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Wednesday announced an 'open skies' arrangement with the ten-member ASEAN to allow designated airlines from the regional grouping to run daily flights to India.\n\n\n\n
The visiting Pakistani business delegation on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to ease visa norms for the Pakistani businessmen so that trade between the two countries could flourish.
India should stop its 'chants of cross-border terrorism' and come to the negotiating table, the foreign office said.
US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said the US will like to see relations between India and Pakistan improve.
'It was India's good fortune to have a Vajpayee lead the government at this crucial moment in history.' 'By taking the N-decision he saved future generations of Indians from being 'Kosovoed' or 'Iraqed',' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
A retired Indian Army General has blamed India's "timid" response to the Pakistani military ingress in Kargil in 1999 for the series of terrorist strikes beginning with the attack on Parliament in 2001.
Closely following Air Sahara, premier private carrier Jet Airways said on Friday that it was already "operationally equipped" to commence international operations and connect Indian metros with Sri Lanka.\n\n\n\n
'In India foreign policy is generally handled by the prime minister.' 'One can clearly see the Vajpayee stamp on all this.' 'Only a person with poetic imagination can weave such a complex web,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
