Amit Shah now enters an unfamiliar and interesting phase of his political career. His success or failure will henceforth be assessed based on his performance as a key minister, points out Shekhar Gupta.
Six policemen, including a Deputy Superintendent of Police, were on Friday convicted by a Patiala court for kidnapping and murdering human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra in 1995.
The US had virtually compelled the P V Narasimha Rao government in 1995 not to conduct nuclear tests after it got to know about preparations for it, a former US official indicated on Monday.
"For each failure of the US in the region, the region has paid, India has paid and we will continue to pay."
"We recently conducted a hearing and now a meeting of the panel is needed to arrive at the final decision," said former national sprint champion Adille Sumariwala.
"It is up to the PM to do whatever is right in the national interest," Singh said.
The AFI will form an inquiry tribunal to look into the doping allegations against discus thrower Neelam Jaswant Singh
Singh says: 'In Agra, the critical point was Musharraf's breakfast meeting with Indian editors.'
The President's address to Parliament on January 31 will contain the government's report card on the state of the economy, and will be no less important than the interim Budget announcements, says A K Bhattacharya.
'If Vajpayee's BJP saw a chance to redefine India's nuclear theology, Modi's BJP has scarcely paid any attention to it.'
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, state Bharatiya Janata Party chief Vasundhara Raje and Pradesh Congress Committee president Chandrabhan were among 861 candidates who filed their nomination papers for the Assembly elections on Monday.
Chouhan was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Balram Jakhar.
Office of Profit: BJP against diluting spirit of statute
"Advani, Fernandes and Yeshwant Sinha are trying to target me to make scorpene deal an election issue."
The manner in which various issues are being handled is extremely worrisome and a matter of grave concern, Leader of the Opposition and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh said in the Rajya Sabha, Jaswant Singh said.
Referring to reports linking him to a Senator Graham in connection with the letter, which has been referred to by Singh in his book A Call To Honour, the soft-spoken former envoy said, "I knew of no Senator Graham."
'Who sent Masood Azhar back to Pakistan? Who bowed down to terror and released him? Not the Congress, but it was the BJP government'
For two decades after his release in exchange for passengers of a hijacked Indian Airlines plane in 1999, Azhar has since been the darling of Pakistan's external snooping agency Inter-Services Intelligence.
In an unbridled attack on the Congress party, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday warned of the 'danger' of an\ninstitution that considered family above the nation.
"India's defence and strategic affairs have to be decided on the basis of continuity and national consensus with due deliberations. These are issues best kept above partisan politics," the PM said.
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh will present the Union Budget for 2003-04 in Parliament at 1100 hours on Friday, it was officially announced on Thursday.
Notwithstanding the controversy over the proposed unified licencing regime, Telecom Regulatory Authority is all set to make a presentation on Saturday before the Group of Ministers on telecom on its recommendations on the issue.
The discus thrower is likely to be found guilty after testing positive for pemoline at the World Athletics Championships at Helsinki.
Vajpayee held consultations with Deputy Prime Minister Advani, BJP president Venkaiah Naidu and Finance Minister Jaswant Singh in this regard on Monday night.
However, district authorities denied receiving any such complaint and said a case in this regard was being being heard in court.
The panel to probe the doping charges against the discus thrower will present a report to the AFI by the end of October.
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