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JUNE 21
Curfew follows Jammu massacre
Curfew has been imposed in Bhaderwah and Prem Nagar areas
of Doda district even as Jammu city observed a hartal in protest against the massacre of 25 Hindus by militants at Chapnari
on Friday.
Parliament free to enact Somnath-like legislation on Ayodhya, says Kalyan
Criticising the Opposition for saying that carving of
stones in Ayodhya was creating a feeling of insecurity among the
minority community, the UP chief minister said the "insecurity is only in the minds of vote traders".
Ex-home secretary blames Union ministers for contributing to Babri masjid demolition
Continuing his deposition before the Liberhan Commission,
inquiring into the sequence of events which led to the demolition of
the disputed structure, Madhav Godbole squarely accused the
leadership of both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party of
indulging in brinkmanship in the entire episode.
BJP joins issue with Bengal over Central team's visit
Disagreeing with the West Bengal government's objections
to a Central team visiting the state to study law and order,
BJP vice-president K L Sharma said the Union government
was empowered under Article 355 to interfere if there was some external aggression or internal disturbances in the country.
Bhim Singh tells government to disclose issues it will discuss with Pakistan
''The BJP government must disclose its hidden agenda vis-a-vis
Jammu and Kashmir and tell the nation what issue they would like to
discuss with Pakistan,'' the Panthers Party chief said.
Political compulsions drove us to Congress, but it is not to be trusted, says Amar Singh
According to the Samajwadi Party general secretary, the only intention behind his party's alliance with the Congress, despite their reservations, was to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena in Maharashtra.
Keralites highest among Gujarat cyclone victims
Nearly 500 Keralites, settled in a colony on the Satsaida island off the Kandla coast, are feared to have perished in the June 9 cyclone. Indicators are they lie buried under a wayward ship's wreckage.
53 die in Jammu bus accident
With the recovery of more bodies, the death toll in the bus accident at Nandni in Jammu and Kashmir, about 25 km from Jammu, has risen
to 53.
THE REDIFF INTERVIEW
'The Vajpayee government will survive withdrawal of support by the AIADMK, I am sure of that'
Jana Krishnamurthy, BJP vice-president and the architect of his party's alliance with the AIADMK, believes that Jayalalitha will not pull the rug from under Vajpayee. And even if she does, the government will not fall.
THE REDIFF SPECIAL
Chung Tash: The Last Frontier
'When you came to the actual border it was most confusing because our maps were crisscrossed with different versions of the border. Patrolling the border was thus a tightrope walk. Incidentally, the Chinese army pulls back during the hostile winter. The Indian Army does not enjoy such luxury -- they stay on and rough it out 12 months in the year,' Colonel John Taylor (retd) on life on the Sino-Indian frontier.
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How To Tide Over Sanctions
'In Pakistan, Nawaz Sharief has cut the government expenditure by 20 per cent and appealed to all non-resident Pakistanis to send one thousand dollars every month to their families and relatives. We do not need to go to that extent. By opening our economy and shutting the swadeshi rhetoric, we can easily tide over sanctions,' says Rajiv Shukla.
Rule, Vajpayee, rule!
Increasingly, a feeling is growing in the Sangh Parivar that Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee is not quite in control, that his administration lacks both substance and direction. "At this rate," top RSS functionaries sigh, "it will be hard to prevent the return of the Congress which has the disadvantage of being led by Sonia Gandhi..." Capital Buzz. Gossip from the Delhi Durbar.
The results fallout
'Everyone,' says V Gangadhar, 'is talking about percentages, application forms, admission processes and the importance of knowing the right people at right places. The newspapers are full of details of young geniuses who had secured incredible marks
in their board examinations, 99 per cent, 98.876 per cent and
so on. The high-percentage, high-profile boys and girls talked about becoming nuclear scientists, instrumentation engineers, computers wizards and shaking the world.'
Maharashtra: Jubilant Kalmadi vows to clip Pawar's wings
Jammu and Kashmir: Telugu film shot in Kashmir
Punjab: Advani offers prayers at Golden Temple
TODAY'S WEATHER
Wet weather over Kerala, Andaman islands
Heavy rains are also likely to occur at isolated
places in sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, South Konkan, Goa and coastal Karnataka during the next 48 hours.
JUNE 20
25 Hindus gunned down in J & K
Police sources said a group of five heavily armed militants killed 25 men at Champanari in Doda district. Five female members of the marriage group, including the bride, were spared.
Jaya charges BJP with winning her allies and influencing the DMK
The AIADMK had been an alliance partner of the Congress, even when the late Rajiv Gandhi had nearly 400 MPs in the Lok Sabha. "Even he treated us with respect. How, then, the BJP with less than half of that number treats us like this?" Jayalalitha quizzed on Friday, saying that the Vajpayee leadership was not taking its coalition partners into confidence before taking major decisions.
Bihar team briefs Advani on law and order
Home ministry sources said the team would prepare a detailed
report and submit it to Home Secretary B P Singh early next week.
Bengal rebuffs Central team
West Bengal Home Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya has criticised the Union government for sending a three-member team to oversee the law and order situation in the state. He told the visiting team to go instead to Uttar Pradesh, "which is being run by criminals".
UF, Congress flay despatch of Central teams
A team of officials who were not qualified to become personal secretaries of chief ministers and governors are questioning authorities
about law and order, said UF spokesperson Jaipal Reddy. This is ''unconstitutional''. Protocol-wise, the cabinet secretary is junior to
a member of Parliament and the government must realise this, he
added.
Gill concerned over reports of money power in RS elections
It was not possible for the Election Commission to detect use of
money power in the Rajya Sabha elections, he said, and added, "The
recognised national and regional parties must ensure self-restraint
and draw a lakshman rekha and observe it strictly."
Banatwala asks Centre to ban temple construction
The IUML chief said the government could not remain idle,
stating that the Supreme Court order to maintain status quo at the
disputed site had not been violated, as the Sangh Parivar and
the Vishwa Hindu Parishad were capable of building the temple within a day or two by fabricating all the readymade materials.
Deve Gowda riled by Karunanidhi's letter to international funding agency against Cauvery project
In a letter to Vajpayee, the former prime minister has said it was
unfortunate that the Tamil Nadu government has violated the basic principles of the federal system of governance. Linking the project with the implementation of the interim order of the Cauvery water dispute
tribunal had absolutely no relevance, he said.
THE NUCLEAR CRISIS
Relations with India will improve on resolving Kashmir, says Ayub Khan
The Pakistani foreign minister told his parliament that Islamabad was determined to develop tension-free and good neighbourly relations with India, but that depended on resolving "the core issue" of Kashmir.
ASEAN heeds India's objections, keeps Pak out of meeting
The chairman of ASEAN said Minister of State for External Affairs Vasundhara Raje had conveyed New Delhi's rejection of Pakistan's participation in the conference next month.
After Jaswant Singh, US will talk to Pak leadership
Asked to comment on his meeting with the deputy chairman of
Planning Commission, US Deputy Secretary of State Strobe
Tallott said, ''I unquestionably came away from the
discussion with even better understanding of the government of
India's position'' on the nuclear issue.
Spectre of Islamic bomb returns to haunt Western analysts
However, the prevailing view remains that Pakistan developed its nuclear capability at great expense after decades of toil and is unlikely
to give it away lightly.
THE REDIFF SPECIAL
Life beyond Pokhran
'The overt nuclear status of India does not actually prevent it from playing a role in the process of nuclear disarmament... When a poor person asks other people to give money away, it is called begging. Rajiv Gandhi was begging in 1986, A B Vajpayee could be a philanthropist in the new millennium,' argues Shalab Kumar.
THE REDIFF INTERVIEW
'If the Left is opposing President's rule in Bihar, it is because they are keeping in mind long-term ties with the RJD'
Railway Minister Nitish Kumar, RJD chief Laloo Yadav's friend-turned-foe who has been most vocal in demanding the dismissal of the Bihar government, defends his turnaround.
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Building temples in the air
Does Ayodhya become an issue simply because the Opposition has nothing else to complain about, asks T V R Shenoy?
Maharashtra: Fugitive's father gets police custody in cheating case
TODAY'S WEATHER
Rain in some parts of country, heat wave in others
Heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, sub-
Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, south Konkan, Goa, coastal Karnataka and Kerala. Heat wave conditions are prevalent in some parts of west Rajasthan.
JUNE 19
Seven years, Rs 500 million later, army yet to receive defence material
This is the story of the convoluted and often fickle decision-making that goes on in the defence ministry. In this case, it revolved around choosing a fire control system for the T-55 tank, and how the country has not so far recovered the Rs 500 million advance payment it made before changing its mind on the technology involved in the deal.
Ram Pradhan beaten, Mahajan wins RS election
Jaswant Singh, Najma Heptulla, Pritish Nandy among others elected.
Sonia Gandhi rethinks 'topple Vajpayee' operation
With senior Congress leaders advocating extreme caution, the party president has reportedly decided against going ahead with moves to try and topple the BJP-led government at the Centre.
Jaya puts off Friday's Delhi visit
The ostensible reason was the prime minister's absence from the capital on that day, but insiders believe it is because of the decision to give a longer rope to the Central government over the question of dismissing the Tamil Nadu government.
Cabinet reshuffle sparks anti-Abdullah sentiment
When he reshuffled his Cabinet, the aim of the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister was to stifle dissent. In the event, the exercise has merely intensified resentment among the senior leaders of the National Conference.
Jai Vigyan is all fine, but how about raising our retirement age, ask scientists
Currently, scientific and medical specialists enjoy the benefit of
extension up to the age of 62 years but this has led to charges of
discrimination and favouritism and has not helped in the improvement
of scientific temper in the country. Scientists want this age-limit to be raised to 65 years.
Apathy costs Kerala prestige project
Politics is bad for health -- public health, that is. The citizens of Kerala are finding that out the hard way, as political apathy costs them one prestigious medical research facility, and puts another proposed project at risk.
Record price paid for Indian painting
A Abdur Rahman Chughtai canvas fetched a record price at the latest Sotheby's auction, as new collectors showed encouraging interest in Indian art.
THE NUCLEAR CRISIS
Bilateral talks an exercise in futility, says Gohar Ayub
The Pakistan foreign minister said a one on one meeting between the prime ministers of India and Pakistan, which could take place during the forthcoming SAARC summit in Colombo, could prove useful. However, he said Pakistan saw no sense in bilateral talks, arguing instead for third-party mediation.
India's no to Pak presence in ASEAN forum
Minister of State for External Affairs Vasundhara Raje conveyed India's objection to Pakistan being part of a high-level meeting of ASEAN nations.
Expat Paks intensify lobbying in Washington
While a sense of drift characterises India's diplomatic drive in Washington, the expat Pakistani community is throwing its weight behind its government's official initiatives, with a high-profile lobbying blitz.
Pallone bill to roll back anti-India sanctions
Democratic congressman Frank Pallone hopes to introduce a quid pro quo bill that will, in return for non-proliferation steps by the Vajpayee government, roll back in a staged manner the sanctions imposed by the United States on India in the aftermath of the nuclear tests.
India goes shopping for Russian arms
Sumbarines, sophisticated anti-missile systems, warplanes and an aircraft carrier form part of an extensive shopping list India is on the verge of filling, with the aid of Moscow. Meanwhile, a leading foreign policy expert indicates that Kremlin will not under any circumstances sacrifice its interests in India.
India could end up with larger nuclear arsenal than Britain, says Jane's
According to one estimate, if India's commercial reactor fuel
was taken into account, the country would possess enough fissile
material to build at least 390 nuclear weapons and as many as 470
weapons, Jane's Intelligence Review has said. "This makes the potential Indian nuclear arsenal bigger than that of Britain and in the same league as the French and the Chinese.''
Fernandes calls US nuclear policy 'hypocritical'
The defence minister's poser to the American president: "Why is it that you feel yourself so close to China, that you can trust China with nuclear weapons, just as you can trust yourselves with nuclear weapons, and you can trust the Russians and the French and the British, but you cannot trust India?''
Bombs blow a hole in Pakistan's morale
Pakistani newspapers are filled with demands that the rulers
should set an example in austere living, recover the more than four
billion dollars in defaulted loans, taxes and utility bills from the
influential people and hold accountable those who bled Pakistan white
for 50 years.
Albright defends US-China closeness
Points out how the Chinese, who held the P-5 chairmanship, made way for her so that the US could make a statement condemnatory of nuclear tests by India and Pakistan.
THE REDIFF INTERVIEW
'Murders occur in every state. Can you say there is breakdown of the law and order machinery in these states?
Rashtriya Janata Dal strongman Raghuvansh Prasad Singh defends his party's government in Bihar which, following the recent killing of two legislators, may be on its last legs.
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Stare-way to heaven
'Others will argue that one toils to make a qualitative difference to life in general, and that the nation benefits from more productive hands. I beg to differ. What this country needs is more people like me who sit at home and present their needy/ambitious spouses a chance/motivation for self-esteem,' says Varsha Bhosle.
The Great Noodle Bowl of Reality
The society that can afford to treat food as fun is
strutting its wealth in the face of all the millions of
fellow humans who cannot afford to play with it
or waste it, says Manjula Padmanabhan.
Assam: Karbis demand separate state
Goa: Alemao heads back to the Congress
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Dear Mr Sinha, I request tax exemption, yours, Balaji!
The presiding deity of the famed Tirupati shrine has officially requested the Federal finance minister to exempt Him from taxes. Ordinary mortals are kindly requested not to follow that example.
TODAY'S WEATHER
Southwest monsoons sweep across the nation
Heavy rain is likely to occur at isolated places in sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, coastal Karnataka and Kerala during next 48 hours.
JUNE 18
THE NUCLEAR CRISIS
Rigid sanctions will force India to retaliate: Vajpayee
In his first interview to an American newspaper after assuming office, the prime minister warned that rigid sanctions by the US could prove costly to that country. The onus is on the P-5 to move towards complete disarmament, he told The Washington Post.
Albright welcomes Indo-Pak talks
The US president's pro-China policy came under heated attack on the floor of the senate, with the likes of Frank Pallone and Connie Mack holding it responsible for India's recent nuclear tests.
Moscow wants Pak to resume dialogue with India
The Russian foreign ministry required Pakistan to resume bilateral dialogue with India forthwith, and set its face against any attempt to internationalise the Kashmir dispute.
Jaswant Singh's mission to US was a failure, says Congress
Congress spokesperson Salman Khursheed said total anarchy prevailed in the
conduct of foreign policy by the Vajpayee government. ''Nobody knew
who was running it -- the prime minister or his deputy external affairs minister Vasundhara Raje or a retired foreign service
official or non-mandated Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Jaswant
Singh."
Jingoism is my prerogative, says Gohar Ayub
Pakistan's sabre-rattling foreign minister tells the BBC that talking tough is his prerogative.
Pakistan's claim to Kashmir outdated, argues Subramanyam
India's noted defence analyst argues that following the creation of Bangladesh, Pakistan's claim to be a Muslim nation and thus deserving of Kashmir is undercut by the fact that there are more Muslims in India than in Pakistan.
Raje sets out to convince 3 ASEAN countries of India's viewpoint
An official spokesman of the external affairs ministry said the minister would visit the Philippines, Vietnam and Singapore during her
five-day trip.
Surveys show no radioactivity at Pokhran, says BARC
The latest report on nuclear tests was based on both ground-based and air-borne studies.
I watched my sister die in Hiroshima, says survivor
Yasuhiko Taketa was just seven km from ground zero, when the US nuked Hiroshima. In India to spread the anti-nuke message, he called on Japan to step out of the US nuclear umbrella, condemned the sanctions, and called on India to sign the CTBT and take the global lead in the disarmament drive.
OTHER REPORTS
Ram temple is on BJP's, not government's agenda, says Thakre
The BJP president said as and when his party
came to power on its own, the construction of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya
would certainly be considered.
Singhal now talks of punishing judiciary for delaying Ram temple verdict
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad working president
Said the judiciary can be ''punished'' by religious leaders.
Congress questions BJP's move to do a Shahbano on Ayodhya
Maintaining that no arbitration was involved in Ayodhya,
unlike the Shahbano case, Congress spokesperson Salman Khursheed said the former case was merely a
title suit. Such a legislation, if attempted by the BJP government, is
likely to be struck down by courts, he said.
Steer clear of Ayodhya, Naidu warns BJP
The Andhra Pradesh chief minister has said that any deviation from the BJP-led coalition's national agenda for governance would be viewed seriously.
Thakre finds Bihar's law and order 'very bad'
The BJP president said if the Bihar situation warranted Central intervention, only the Rabri Devi government should bear the blame for it.
Rabri Devi announces judicial probe into MLAs' killings
The Bihar chief minister said the chief justice of Patna high court has been asked to nominate a judge for heading the commission.
Vajpayee orders Central agencies to put Kandla port back on rails
During his aerial survey of the cyclone-ravaged parts of Gujarat, the prime minister
described last week's devastation
as an ''unprecedented natural calamity'' and said explanation should be sought from those who have failed to perform their
duties in meeting the crisis.
Political crisis continues in Karnataka
Supporters of Deputy Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who is leading the revolt against Chief Minister J H Patel, authorised him to take a decision on their behalf.
RJP, Congress to discuss no-confidence against Keshubhai govt
Former Gujarat chief minister Shankersinh Vaghela has found in the recent cyclone a stick to hit the BJP government with. In the offing, are agitations, and a projected no-confidence move against the BJP government in the state.
Congress gambles big in Orissa RS polls
The Congress, in a bid to cash in on bickerings between the Janata Dal and the Biju Janata Dal and internecine fued within the BJP-BJD alliance, stakes its all in the upcoming elections to the Rajya Sabha in Orissa.
Congress to have another 'Narora session' in September
The Congress will finetune its ideology,
in the first week of September in Madhya Pradesh.
K K Tewari alleges threat to life
The former Union minister has alleged that there was a deliberate attempt to 'eliminate' him before the final report of the Jain Commission was published.
Women crack the whip, as men wake to the sober realities
'Drunks, naxals and police keep out', is the message going out from the women of the East Godavari tribal belt. And they've got the muscles to back their diktat up, what's more.
THE REDIFF INTERVIEW
'It is in Bihar's interests to invoke Article 356'
Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar assembly and an ardent advocate of dismissing the Rabri Devi government, Sushil Kumar Modi lists his reasons why the Centre should not shy away from Article 356, at least in Bihar's case.
THE REDIFF COLUMNISTS
What Memories Are Made Of
'Policemen often grab the women's breasts, especially in front of their
husbands. More than one person said that the police watch for marriages
in the community. They arrest the young men; to release them, they demand
sex from the brides.' Dilip D'Souza on the tragedy of the Pardhi tribe.
Andhra Pradesh: Fasting Madiga leader shifted to hospital, sporadic violence
breaks out
Tamil Nadu: Karunanidhi has not received Centre's letter on poor law and order
Tamil Nadu: BJP's overtures don't cut much ice with AIADMK
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IAF flyboys perfect delivery systems; mother, child fine
For the pilots of the Indian Air Force, R&R means not a night out on the tiles but 'relief and rescue'. And if the odd baby needs to be delivered in midair, hey, it's just another day in the office.
TODAY'S WEATHER
Northwest India continues to reel under heatwave conditions
Day temperatures were appreciably above normal in some parts of north Gujarat and were above normal in some parts of northwest Rajasthan.
JUNE 17
THE NUCLEAR CRISIS
Gujral doctrine puts Vajpayee in a spot with Pakistan
An informal commitment made by former prime minister Inder Kumar Gujral to his Pakistani
counterpart on the disputed Kashmir issue is said to be hampering diplomatic talks between India and Pakistan.
Bangladesh backs India on issue of third party mediation
Both countries express complete agreement on issues of security, trade, terrorist activity and water-sharing, among others.
EU threatens India, Pak with sanctions
The two-day EU summit at Cardiff in Wales said sanctions were inevitable if the two countries did not roll back tensions.
Don't isolate India, Pakistan, arms experts warn
A meeting of arms control experts warned the international community against isolating India and Pakistan, and focussed on the need to keep lines of communication open in order to help reduce the tensions in the South Asian region.
Russia will continue to sell conventional weapons, N-reactors to India
The Russian first deputy defence minister
said the two countries will also consider joint scientific research on arms for
ground forces.
US experts charge India with lying about plutonium's end-use
Energy consultant Victor Gilinsky and Nuclear Control Institute President Paul Leventhal contend that the military plutonium stocks India dipped into for its recent nuclear tests came from the research project provided
years ago by the United States and Canada.
OTHER REPORTS
Centre to send team to Bihar to study law and order
The Union Cabinet decided to depute a team of senior officials for an on-the-spot evaluation.
Hegde blasts Congress for propaganda over Ram temple
The Union commerce minister said the Congress has raked up Ayodhya as it did
not have any issue right now to fight against the BJP-led
government.
Clarify statement on Ayodhya, Congress tells PM
Party spokesman Salman Khursheed said Vajpayee's statement -- to go by the judicial verdict on the issue -- was indeed welcome. "We want to know if his statement came because of pressures from some of his supporting parties. We hope he realises his responsibility," he added.
Plea filed to dismiss Karunanidhi for bigamy
The writ against the Tamil Nadu chief minister has been filed in the Madras high court.
Is the Ganga drying up?
The Gangotri glacier, the source of the river, has been receding every year, some say due to human activity in the area. And the process has speeded up in recent years.
Army objects to portrayal of NDA in Bachchan film
Amitabh Bachchan, who is desperately seeking a hit to get back into the reckoning in the film world, has run foul of the Indian army for an incorrect portrayal of the defence forces in his latest venture, Major Saab.
THE REDIFF COLUMNISTS
The shadow prime minister
'Vajpayee has showed, in the recent campaign, that despite his appeal he was unable to power the BJP past the magic figure. On the other hand, Advani has proved that he is capable of injecting life into a virtually moribund organisation -- which, by all accounts, is a better record. In the future, thus, the RSS hopes that it will be able to ward off the Gandhi challenge with its traditional mix of Advani and Ayodhya. Vajpayee, at that time, will play the second hero,' says Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
Only Dhirubhai!
'Men like Dhirubhai held our own against the world. It was their spirit of
enterprise, their fierce ambition, their defiance against the old order that
has brought modern India where it is today. Right in the centre of the new
world of emerging markets,' says Pritish Nandy.
THE REDIFF SPECIAL
Gulf War hero fights British army's racism
Nasar Khan has sued the British army for
ten years of systematic abuse at the hands of some of his "sadistic colleagues."
Andhra Pradesh: Naidu's plea on dalit categorisation
Assam: Floods, landslides claim 47 in Assam
Maharashtra: Congress challenges Sena-BJP's might in RS elections
Meghalaya: Crisis deepens as PWD minister also quits
Rajasthan: Minister quits
TODAY'S WEATHER
Monsoon comes to Delhi!
Fourteen days in advance. Bringing four centimetres of rain and an abrupt end to heatwave.
JUNE 16
PMO in no hurry to prosecute
Apart from the Bofors probe, the government is yet to act in cases against large corporate houses like ITC and Shaw Wallace. Likewise, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has been waiting for a nod from the PMO to pursue sensitive cases like the VABAL scam where
export firms were accused of evading payment of duties worth more than
Rs 100 billion.
Jaya fails to get allies to see her point of view on withdrawing support
More than ever before, the AIADMK is now convinced that the party cannot count on the PMK and the MDMK to agree to its threat to withdraw support to the BJP-led government at the Centre. Although the leaders of the two parties accompanied the AIADMK delegation that met Prime Minister A B Vajpayee on Wednesday last, they did not join the party in its by-now ritualistic walkout in both houses of Parliament.
Parliament will not okay TN government's dismissal, says Moopanar
The TMC leader said following the Supreme Court judgment in the S R Bommai case,
dismissal of any state government has to be validated by both houses
of Parliament.
Ram temple could lead to country's disintegration, warns Deve Gowda
The former prime minister said if the VHP
failed to give up the temple construction on its own, the Centre should intervene and ensure that the temple did not come up at the
disputed site.
Advani calls Naxalism an enemy of development
Stating that Naxalism was "a crime against humanity" akin to untouchability, the Union home minister said the challenge could be
overcome by "energising the spirit of nationalism in our society".
BJP calls for President's rule in Bihar
''The law and order has completely collapsed. There is total breakdown of administration and the state is heading towards bankruptcy. The Central aid is being diverted and misused,'' BJP vice-president K L Sharma said after his visit to the state.
Sky, says Farooq, will be the limit to save India from Pak!
Nuggets, pure, rhetorical nuggets of low-sense were what fell out of the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister's mouth at a recent media conference.
From London to Vijayawada, saving street kids
Norton landed in Bombay after running away from his London home only to find himself struggling for bit roles. But he discovered a
new meaning to life when he started working with street children in
the metropolis.
THE NUCLEAR CRISIS
South Asia is dangerously close to war, Bhutto tells P-5
Pakistan's twice-elected prime minister has written a letter to American President Bill Clinton and to the permanent members of the Security Council that unless the Kashmir dispute was resolved, there was active danger of war in South Asia.
Hasina first leader to visit India since Pokhran-II
As the Bangladeshi prime minister visits New Delhi on Tuesday, India on Monday made it clear that there was no scope for external mediation in disputes with Pakistan. The Bangladeshi premier's visit, MEA officials said, was purely a bilateral visit.
India rejects G-8's 'coercive, intrusive prescriptions'
In a hard-hitting reaction to the G-8's moves against India, an external affairs ministry
spokesman said New Delhi could not consider ''any prescriptions which have the effect of undermining India's independent decision-making''.
Sanctions go against diplomacy, says Albright
The US secretary of state told CNN that sanctions leave no room for manouevre, and hence militate against effective diplomacy.
Thakre cautions government against threat from China, Pakistan
The BJP president said that the government should remain vigilant.
THE REDIFF COLUMNISTS
The Danger from China
'My forecast is that, if unchecked, there will be continued Chinese military adventurism in Asia,' says Rajeev Srinivasan, 'I predict that by 2003, the Chinese will cross the Ussuri River and attack Russian Siberia, citing flimsy historical claims; impoverished Russians will have no way of defending themselves'.
THE REDIFF SPECIAL
Lakshmi And Primary Health Care
'The Assistant District Medical Officer explained they were short of X-Ray film: only 30% of the consignment from New Delhi had reached them and nobody knew what had happened to the rest. So they had to use the film sparingly.' Dr A V Ramani resumes her series on life and death in rural India.
Andhra Pradesh: Madiga activists torch bus
TODAY'S WEATHER
15 more die in Orissa
This takes the heatwave toll in the state to 1,590.
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