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APRIL 25
BJP confident of 'arm-twisting Jaya'
Several factors -- a possible split in her party, a realignment of allies in Tamil Nadu, her rival M Karunanidhi's aides getting into the Central government to pursue cases against her with renewed vigour -- will force the AIADMK supremo to change her ways, said BJP sources.
Mamata calls off ties with BJP, to fight panchayat polls alone
On the heels of Tamil Nadu, where it is being held hostage to a woman's whims, the Bharatiya Janata Party has encountered turbulence in West Bengal as well, with its tempestuous ally Mamata Banerjee dumping it and deciding to fight the forthcoming panchayat elections alone.
Kumaramangalam tells all sides to cool it
Power Minister P Rangarajan Kumaramangalam on Friday said the ongoing wrangling between some members of the ruling
coalition does not augur well for the country's image as well as
economy. "The whole 'shut up and going to the people again business' led to the Sensex plummeting,'' the power minister said.
BJP pushes take-it-easy policy
The Bharatiya Janata Party appealed to its allies to exercise restraint on airing contentious issues publicly, as it was eroding the image and credibility of the coalition government.
Lok Shakti bristles at AIADMK's barbs, but leaves the issue to PM
The Lok Shakti of Union Commerce Minister Ramakrishna Hegde took strong exception to the AIADMK's diatribe against their leader but chose to leave the issue to be decided by Prime Minister A B Vajpayee.
'Things are going to explode again' as Rushdie plans paperback Satanic
Despite the mass outrage provoked by the The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie seems bent on relighting the flames of anger. As he plans a paperback edition of the book, Britain's Muslim Parliament leader, Dr Ghayasuddin Siddiqui delivered a scary message. "Rushdie seems keen on achieving martyrdom -- he might be lucky this time around."
Congress isn't interested in Buta Singh
The prodigal may want to return but the party can do without his tainted reputation.
White paper covers up DMK's support to Muslim extremists, says Jaya
In a strongly-worded statement, AIADMK general secretary Jayalalitha has charged that the white paper on the Coimbatore blasts was nothing but a belated attempt to whitewash the
DMK regime's complicity with fundamentalist groups and
Karunanidhi's election campaign speeches which provoked these groups towards violence against the BJP.
Karnataka govt not to return Mysore palace
The Karnataka government is contemplating to bring in a legislation soon to retain control of the Mysore palace and its properties following the dismissal of its special leave petition by the Supreme Court recently.
24 killed, 36 injured as goods train rams into stationary express in Beed
Twentyfour persons were killed, and 36 others injured, when a
goods train rammed into the stationary Manmad-Kacheguda Express at Parli Vaijnath station in Beed district, about 400 km from Bombay.
Veerappan associate Tuppaki Chithan surrenders
The fortyfive-year-old, one of Veerappan's inner brigade, was brought in by
Jeeva Thangavel, Tamil
magazine Nakkeeran's reporter in Erode. The outlaw revealed that Veerappan's surrender was being stalled by Sethukuzhi Govindan, another of his close
lieutenants.
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'Law and order situation has changed for the better since Coimbatore blasts'
'The BJP will be part of the next government in Tamil Nadu. We have left our election victory behind us, and are working hard to strengthen the party and improve its electoral presence further. I am also planning a three-year programme for the purpose.' The BJP's Tamil Nadu general secretary, L Ganesan, outlines his party's plans for the southern state.
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Ghauri: Dos & Don'ts for India
A nuclear test by India would be perceived by Pakistan
as a way of demonstrating its
regional superiority. This would trigger off a
confrontation between the two. So, India should try to sustain and
enhance stable deterrence with Pakistan, says Dr Rashmi Bhure.
TODAY'S COLUMNS
The Solidarity of Democracy
We need to recognise the worst aspect of our global image hinges on
our relations with our immediate neighbours, notably Pakistan. Pakistan's own strength is drawn in large measure from American support. To break that, we must take the issue out of the Pakistani realm and into the global realm. Vajpayee should appeal to the US to recognise India's natural association with American interests, comparable political systems, and shared ideas about
freedom and tolerance, says Ashwin Mahesh.
Andhra Pradesh: Tirupati plans 300-acre pilgrim transit village
Andhra Pradesh: Book promises to throw light on NTR's death
Tamil Nadu: Jaya takes Tansi case to high court
TODAY'S WEATHER
Sunstroke deaths in Andhra reach 10
The highest number of deaths -- six -- occurred in Nizamabad district.
APRIL 24
Muzzle Hegde or we will pull down govt, AIADMK tells Vajpayee
Jayalalitha's men in the BJP-led government -- M Thambi Dubai, R Janarthanan and R K Kumar -- gave an ultimatum to the prime minister, saying he should advise Hegde to "either shut up or get out."
TN government presents white paper on Coimbatore blasts
The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday placed in the state assembly, a white paper on the February 14 serial blasts at
Coimbatore, in which it announced the setting up of a special court
to try the culprits and the enactment of a new anti-extremism
legislation to curb the growth of fundamentalism in the state.
Fasting unto death to free Tibet
Six determined Tibetan hunger strikers, lying inside a makeshift tent at
Jantar Mantar park in Delhi, are preparing to die after 45 days without
food in an attempt to free their Himalayan homeland from the Chinese
occupation. Many international groups have supported the Tibetans's hunger strike in Delhi. But observers say no country would dare take up the Tibetan issue
in the UN for the fear of incurring China's wrath.
Jethmalani dismisses Jaya's charges as 'ridiculous and irresponsible'
Urban Development Minister Ram Jethmalani has described as 'ridiculous and irresponsible' the allegation levelled against him by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagham general secretary J Jayalalitha that he had received $ 2,00,000 from abroad in violation of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act.
Hegde gets PM's letter seeking his comments on Jaya's charge
Union Commerce Minister Ramakrishna Hegde said he had received a letter from Prime Minister A B Vajpayee
seeking his comments on the allegation made by AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalitha against him and seeking his dismissal.
India will convey concern over China-Pak missile nexus to PLA chief
Indian defence officials will convey to China, New Delhi's concern on the Beijing-Islamabad missile nexus when the chief of People's Liberation Army arrives in the country on April 27, and reiterate that China, as a major world power, has a responsibility of ensuring peace and continued cooperation in the region.
Tension, major non-tariff barrier to Indo-Pak ties, says Booth
British High Commissioner in India, Sir David Gore Booth, said the 'tortured' relations between India and Pakistan must be surmounted to remove a major non-tariff barrier.
Fair probe against Hegde possible only if he quits, says Swamy
Janata Party president Subramanian Swamy asserted that a fair and fearless prosecution of Union Commerce Minister Ramakrishna Hegde by government officials would
be possible only if he resigned.
AP situation worse than TN's: Congress team
Former Union minister Salman Khursheed, heading a two-member All India Conress Committee team, said that the general impression among the party leaders in Andhra Pradesh was that "the present situation in the state was worse than that of Tamil Nadu".
No Central team for AP: Dattatreya
Union Minister of State for Urban Development and Bharatiya Janata Party's Andhra Pradesh unit president Bandaru Dattatreya opposed the Congress leaders's demand for deputing a Central team to the state to assess the law and order situation.
Nayanar says Khurana doesn't know what he's talking about
Kerala Chief Minister E K Nayanar ridiculed Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Madan Lal Khurana's statement that the state should have taken steps earlier to contain 'terrorist organisations,' saying the minister was not aware of ground realities.
Sun TV serves Rs 50 million defamation notice on Jayalalitha
Sun TV, the Madras-based private Tamil television channel, served a legal notice on AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalitha, for alleging that it was behind the cutting of Doordarshan
telephone lines on the eve of Tamil New Year day.
Asam Sahitya Sabha sets up panel to study ULFA's demands
Sabha president Dr Nagen Saikia said the panel should go over
ULFA's demands and point out to what extent they
could be met.
Veerappan drama drags on to Act Umpteen
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi
said forest brigand Veerappan had not
made any concrete offer of surrender in the video
cassette sent last week.
Kerala House bids adieu to home of old
Thursday's sitting was the Kerala assembly's last in the state secretariat
complex. It is shifting to a new assembly complex on
May 22, which would be inaugurated by President K R Narayanan.
In the hot seat again
Former Research and Analysis Wing chief Girish Saxena has been given a hot seat once again -- as governor to the sensitive border state of Jammu and Kashmir.
TODAY'S COLUMNS
Is nationalism the burden of Hindus alone?
'India cannot afford added burdens on its economy. And it isn't fit to tackle the infilitration problem with a "humanitarian" approach -- facts have proven that the Jihad mentality of infiltrators and native Muslims is alive and exploding all over our land,' says Varsha Bhosle.
The sun doesn't after all rise and set on Amma's whim!
When Communications Minister Buta Singh was
sacked, says T V R Shenoy, the media decided Jayalalitha, not Vajpayee, was setting the agenda. Nobody bothered to stop and think. Knowing Atal Bihari Vajpayee's long cherished, often proclaimed views on corruption, would he really have kept Buta Singh in his ministry?
Maharashtra: House in turmoil yet again over Srikrishna report
Jammu and Kashmir: Cabinet minister resigns
Maharashtra: Opposition bays for Joshi's blood
Tamil Nadu: Madras high court refuses to extend deadline for 434 polluting units
Tamil Nadu: 8 more Al Umma activists held under NSA in Madras
Uttar Pradesh: Jantantrik ministers given portfolios
APRIL 23
Don't succumb to Jaya blackmail, Hegde tells PM
Union Commerce Minister Ramakrishna Hegde says the Vajpayee government could as well seek a fresh mandate from the people instead of
succumbing to the "blackmail tactics" of AIADMK general secretary J
Jayalalitha.
Ex-Congressmen knock at Sonia's door as BJP cold-shoulders them
Sensing that they will neither be allowed to play an active role in the BJP nor be approached by Prime Minister A B Vajpayee to be part of his council of ministers, many former Congressmen want to go back to the Sonia-led Congress.
BJP to set up co-ordination panel to tackle Jaya
The BJP seems to be rattled by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagham general secretary J Jayalalitha's demands. Hours after launching a major mission to check Jayalalitha, the BJP decided to set up the overdue co-ordination committee.
No more teams to TN, says Advani
Home Minister L K Advani ruled out sending another special home ministry team to Tamil Nadu to assess
the law and order situation in the state.
PM should allow ED probe into Jethmalani's FERA violation, says Swamy
Prime Minister A B Vajpayee should forthwith give clearance to the Enforcement Directorate to chargesheet Union Urban Development Minister Ram Jethmalani in connection with an
alleged FERA violation case to the tune of 200,000 US dollars,
the Janata Party president said.
Racial murder shocks Canadian Sikhs
Nirmal Singh Gill was found bleeding in the parking lot of the
Guru Nanak temple on January 4. He died later that day in a hospital. The suspects are members of a locally based Skinhead group calling itself White Power, said the Vancouver suburb's Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Kerala CITU disappointed as CPI-M fails to lend its ears
The trade union group in the Communist
Party of India-Marxist, controlled by the Centre for
Indian Trade Unions, feels quite let down by the
party's national leadership. Reason: the leadership has clubbed its complaints against the conduct of state committee election with those against the activities of the Save CPI-M Forum.
Karunakaran to submit report on Orissa Congress by month-end
Senior Congress leader K Karunakaran,
who is heading a four-member All India Congress Committee team to elicit opinion about the possible revamp of the pradesh Congress committee in Orissa, said he would submit his report to the party president by the end of the month.
Toxic fumes claim four in West Bengal
With the death of two more persons on Tuesday, the toll
in Monday's toxic fume disaster at Dasnagar in Howrah
has risen to four. A red alert has been sounded in the area against
chemical poisoning of ground water.
Arms training, guns for villagers in Udhampur
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah said the people of Mahor area in Udhampur district, where 26 were massacred last week, would be imparted arms training and provided guns for self-protection.
Samata still wants Jharkhand state, but will not compromise Bihar's interests
Samata Party leader and Railway Minister Nitish Kumar said his party was totally committed to a Jharkhand state, to be carved
out of south Bihar which is industrially developed and rich in
minerals.
Pilgrims stranded in Jeddah as Haj flights go topsy-turvy
Several thousand Indian pilgrims were stranded
at the special Haj terminal of the international airport of Jeddah,
as the Haj flights's schedule went haywire due to various reasons.
Clinton will visit India in November
United States Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs Karl F Inderfurth said efforts would be made to include
Madras in his itinerary.
Deploy Prithvi to offset Ghauri, says Jasjit Singh
India should deploy in adequate numbers,
the indigenously developed Prithvi missile to counter the
threat emanating from the recent test-firing of the Ghauri
missile by Pakistan, according to defence analyst Jasjit
Singh.
Catholics revolt against Rome
A major chunk of the Catholic Church in India has raised a banner of revolt and demanded an Asian and Indian identity for the Church, indigenous and authentic rites, equal status for women including priesthood and an end to domination and centralisation. The Church leaders made it clear that ''we are willing to pay the price, whatever be the cost in this adventure of faith''.
THE REDIFF INTERVIEW
'The norms of a single-party government cannot be enforced on a coalition government'
Khushabhau Thakre, the BJP's newly-elected president, articulates his vision for the new ruling party of India.
TODAY'S COLUMN
The sun doesn't after all rise and set on Amma's whim!
When Communications Minister Buta Singh was
sacked, says T V R Shenoy, the media decided Jayalalitha, not Vajpayee, was setting the agenda. Nobody bothered to stop and think. Knowing Atal Bihari Vajpayee's long cherished, often proclaimed views on corruption, would he really have kept Buta Singh in his ministry?
Andhra Pradesh: AP assembly backs categorisation of SCs
Bihar: IT raids on 25 fodder scam accused
Maharashtra: Sena leaders elected as Bombay civic heads under new system
Maharashtra: Opposition disrupts assembly for third consecutive day over Srikrishna report
Orissa: Clashes during AICC team's visit faze Patnaik
TODAY'S WEATHER
3 die in Andhra heat wave
The continuing heat wave in Andhra Pradesh has claimed three lives so far. On Wednesday, Hyderabad registered 42.9
degree Celsius.
APRIL 22
BJP launches mission to check Jaya
Having brought about a temporary truce with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his political managers have embarked on a major mission to rein in their maverick southern partner J Jayalalitha.
Jethmalani replies to PM, refuses to divulge details
Urban Development Minister Ram Jethmalani
on Tuesday said he had sent his reply to Prime Minister A B Vajpayee
regarding certain clarifications sought by the latter following
AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalitha's demand for the resignation of some Union ministers.
Only deterrence can counter nuclear threat, says Gen Malik
Army Chief Gen V P Malik has declared that strategic deterrence was the need of the hour to counter the emerging nuclear and missile challenges before the country. Significantly, this was the first time a top defence officer has spoken of the country's response, even indirectly, since Pakistan test-fired its Ghauri intermediate range ballistic missile and also announced its readiness to go nuclear.
Vajpayee should not sacrifice my government to cling to power, says Karunanidhi
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Tuesday
cautioned Prime Minister A B Vajpayee against dismissing the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam regime in the state as it would amount to sacrificing democracy to
cling on to power at the Centre.
The man Jaya banks on in Delhi
Who exactly is R K Kumar who, with the banking and finance departments cleaved out of Yashwant Sinha's bailiwick, is expected to safeguard Jayalalitha's interests in the powerful North Block?
Quattrocchi very much involved in Bofors payoffs, CBI tells court
Opposing Quattrochi's petition seeking the quashing of the
non-bailable warrants issued against him by a CBI court in February last year, senior counsel K K Venugopal, appearing for the CBI, told the Delhi high court that the trial court had rightly issued the NBWs after going through the
relevant CBI documents.
Skeletal remains could be Ghose's, say police
The police suspect that the skeletal remains found recently on the river island of Majuli in Assam, could well be that of abducted social activist Sanjay Ghose. The bones, which medical professionals have ruled as belonging to a human, are to be sent to the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad for DNA testing.
EC recognises 13 state parties
Thirteen new parties have become eligible for recognition as state parties by the Election Commission following their performance in the Lok Sabha elections.
Opposition to Article 356 is not support to Karunanidhi, says Vaiko
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
general secretary and member of Parliament V Gopalswamy, aka Vaiko, today asserted that his party was
always opposed to the use of Article 356 of the Constitution, but
this should not be misconstrued that he was against "throwing
out" the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government in Tamil Nadu.
Satya Pal Singh Yadav in full charge of food and consumer affairs ministry
Satya Pal Singh Yadav, minister of state
for civil supplies, will have full charge of the ministry of food
and consumer affairs. Before this redesignation, he was minister of state for civil
supplies in the ministry of food and consumer affairs.
Amritsar airport to go 'international' without flights
Then prime minister Inder Kumar Gujral promised to give Amritsar an international airport. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is all set to inaugurate the Amritsar international airport, on April 27. But the dreams of Punjabis are far from coming true. For, the airport is about to gain the dubious distinction of being an international airport without any overseas flights.
Stop bloodshed in Kashmir!
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah
demanded that Pakistan be told in ''unequivocal terms
and strong words'' to stop bloodshed in the state, because "we, the
hunted, cannot remain mute spectators.''
The wonder of childhood shines through Ruskin Bond's latest book
Children as well as grown-ups can find echoes of their own thoughts and feelings in the recently brought-out book of author Ruskin Bond, known for his exquisite cameo-like descriptions of the beauty of Doon valley and Mussoorie.
TODAY'S COLUMNS
I'm Filthy, You're Filthy, But It's Only Culture
'Indian culture is not just the Vedas and temples to Ram. It is also those sex comedies. It is also Dada Kondke's films. It is also couples desperate for some public place to find privacy. A culture without these things would be dead, and deservedly so,' says Dilip D'Souza.
Institutionalised Mendacity over Ghauri is Frightening
'Neither the defence minister nor his numerous vocal defence ministry minions have come anywhere close to admitting in public the elementary fact that with Ghauri,
Pakistan has, indeed well and truly put one over India in the strategic
equation of the subcontinental cold war,' says K V Bapa Rao.
Convention Time
V Gangadhar on political rallies, past and present.
Delhi: Power plants asked to reduce pollution
Maharashtra: Salim Kurla
shot dead
Maharashtra: Government unable to table Srikrishna report now, says Joshi
Maharashtra: Breach of privilege motion
against playwright
Tamil Nadu: Al Umma head creates ruckus in TADA court
Tamil Nadu: Prodigies present Carnatic music in CD-ROM form
Tamil Nadu: Forward Bloc leader Perumal is dead
Uttar Pradesh: State tightens cow slaughter rules
APRIL 21
Vajpayee blinks, sacks Buta
After an intense eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation with J Jayalalitha over the issue of dropping tainted ministers from his Cabinet, Prime Minister A B Vajpayee today bought peace by sacking Communication Minister Buta Singh. But the Jayalalitha camp is still not fully satisfied at this 'selective' dismissal.
I did for Vajpayee what I did for Rao in 1993, says Buta
The dismissed communication minister on Monday termed Vajpayee's action against him
as 'treachery', and announced withdrawal of his support to the
BJP-led coalition government at the Centre.
'The government will not interfere with any investigation'
Pramod Mahajan, the prime minister's political advisor, explains Singh's dismissal.
SC rejects Buta's plea on JMM 'verdict leak' hearing
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to grant an
early hearing of a petition by Buta Singh, accused in the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha pay-offs case, seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against senior advocate P N Lekhi for disclosing in advance the verdict of the Constitution Bench of the apex court in the case.
Court finds prima facie evidence against Jaya in Tansi land case
The special judge trying corruption charges against the previous All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam regime in Tamil Nadu dismissed former chief minister Jayalalitha Jayaram's plea to discharge her from the Tansi land deal case.
Dump Jaya, Jethmalani tells PM
''The prime minister should not hesitate to tell Jayalalitha
that enough is enough,'' says the Union urban development minister. ''If she wants, she can leave the government. The government will survive even without her.''
A blackmailer does not go to the court, says Swamy
Dr Subramanian Swamy today preferred to hit back mildly at Ram Jethmalani, in response to the latter's accusation that he was a 'liar and a blackmailer'. "If I was a blackmailer I would not have gone to the courts. Instead, I would have blackmailed them secretly."
TN law and order situation 'very bad': BJP chief
BJP president-elect Kushabhau Thakre says the Union home ministry team's assessment was incorrect. He alleged that the recent bomb blasts in Tamil Nadu were caused as the state government did not make efforts to check criminal and terrorist elements because of vote bank politics.
'Beheaded bodies lay scattered'
"There are only two survivors," Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, who visited the massacre sites in Jammu on Monday morning, said. "The rest have all been butchered. I have seen tragedies before, but this was blood-curdling."
Cops go on the rampage over SP's transfer
Stick-wielding policemen went on the rampage, attacking public property in Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh, in protest against Superintendent of Police C Umesh Chandra's transfer. The district police, in a statement, warned the state
government of mass suicides if his transfer was not revoked. They condemned the government's action of transferring a 'honest and efficient' officer.
Mulayam vows to teach Naidu a lesson
The former Union defence minister today directed his party workers to spread their network in block and district levels in Andhra Pradesh to teach Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu a lesson for betraying the United Front.
Pak senator is fostering terrorism in India, reveals KCF extremist
The arrest of a close confidant of Khalistan Commando Force
chief Paramjit Singh Panjwar by the Punjab police has exposed Pakistan politician Naam Singh's involvement in aiding subversive operations across the border.
Octavio Paz, Nobel laureate, India-lover, passes into the ages
Mexico's foremost literary figure has died. In 1968, he resigned as Mexico's ambassador to India when troops quashed student protests in Mexico City's Tlatelolco Square, killing hundreds of people.
'In Paz's death, India has lost a great friend'
He wrote many poems on India. His well-known collection of poems Eastern Slope (Ladera Este), was entirely based on this country. His poems on India include The Day in Udaipur, For the Painter Swaminathan, In the Lodi Garden, The Tomb of Amir Khusro and The Mausoleum of Humayun.
Moopanar tars Jaya and Karunanidhi with the same brush over Cauvery
Tamil Maanila Congress president G K Moopanar said the vexed Cauvery water dispute with Karnataka was 'a question of livelihood' for him, while it was 'a question of politics' for Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and Jayalalitha.
Police arrest five of Veerappan's gang
In a pre-dawn swoop, the combined Special Task Force of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu arrested five associates
of forest brigand Veerappan, including a woman, in the
Thalavadi-Aasanoor reserve forest range on
the inter-state border.
Juvenile homes to be scrapped, inmates to be entrusted with NGOs
The Centre plans to direct state governments to release all
inmates of juvenile homes so that they can be brought up
by dedicated non-governmental organisations.
A bridge across the Brahmaputra, connects reality with hope
For the people of the most downtrodden area of Assam, the third
bridge across the Brahmaputra, inaugurated last week by the prime minister, brings hope amid desperation. It is not
just the end of geographical isolation that the bridge symbolises, but more a window to hope. Till now the other bank meant insurmountable distance, a day's whole journey and an endless wait for the ferry. But now it is a mere half-an-hour walk down the bridge or a five-minute bus ride to cross the river.
India's war-machine has a peace-time avatar as well
After India was denied the strategically important technology for
fibre-reinforced plastics, the Defence Research and Development
Organisation came up with the material that is used in making orthopaedic supports for polio-stricken children. It is also being developed for making hollow-fibre dialysers, coronary stents, drug delivery implants (which replace oral tablets and injectibles) and micro-processor based 'invisible' hearing aids. This is just one of the many civilian spinoffs from defence research.
TODAY'S COLUMNS
Thank you, Amma!
You cannot fake orgasms every time. You can either do it or you can't. Pretences are of no help when you are running an inept, feeble government in the full glare of public opinion. That's the simple lesson our new prime minister has learnt during the past week. Much to his embarrassment... Pritish Nandy on Jayalalitha's letter to Vajpayee.
Can the PM keep his word?
'The dozen votes controlled by Ms Jayalalitha in the Lok Sabha
could turn out to be crucial in the event of a fresh confidence
or no-confidence motion in the not too distant future. Rather
than let his government collapse, the prime minister might then
be persuaded to forget his commitment and offer the lady the gift
she had been demanding,' says Ashok Mitra.
Andhra Pradesh: Naxalites torch Jamia Osmania railway station in Hyderabad
Maharashtra: Noted novelist to portray eunuch in Marathi play
Maharashtra: Independents decide to stick by alliance government
Maharashtra: Opposition disrupts council proceedings over tabling Srikrishna report
Tamil Nadu: Cops confused over 'mysterious' letter
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Boy says he is born again bureaucrat
Four-year-old Vishwanath has a tale to tell. Of his 'other life', when he roamed around as a district collector in Punjab.
TODAY'S WEATHER
Andhra reels under heat wave
The highest day temperature of 44 degree centigrade was recorded in Nandyal.
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