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Country headed for 1996 situation: KaratCHENNAI, APRIL 24.The Communist Party of India (Marxist) politburo member, Prakash Karat, said today that all secular parties, including the Left parties, the Congress and the Samajwadi Party, which fought the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Lok ... `Transfer Godhra case out of Gujarat' MUMBAI, APRIL 24.Human rights activist and journalist Teesta Setalvad today demanded that the Godhra case, along with some others, be transferred outside Gujarat, so that investigations can be conducted in neutral conditions. She told a public ... Amar Singh apologises for advertisements LUCKNOW, APRIL 24. The Samajwadi Party has disowned the objectionable advertisements in a section of the Urdu newspapers in which the party leader, Mulayam Singh Yadav's role in the Babri Masjid issue was praised and comparisons were made to the ... BJP bid to destroy composite culture: Sonia FAIZABAD (U.P.), APRIL 24. The Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, wound up her campaign tour here this afternoon for the April 26 election with a call to the natives of the land of "Maryadapurushottam Ram" to vote for a party that would uphold the ... 
Vajpayee only alternative: AdvaniDIBRUGARH, APRIL 24. The Congress has no leader who can run the country and the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is the only alternative before the nation, the Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, said today. "Vajpayee is the only ... VHP demonstration against Vajpayee AHMEDABAD, APRIL 24.Unhappy over the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee's alleged minority appeasement policy, the Gujarat unit of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad today staged demonstrations denouncing his Kishanganj promises. Criticising what he ... 
Around the world, creating historyKOCHI, APRIL 24.About five nautical miles off Kochi, the Navy's swanky milky white sail ship, INS Tarangini, lay anchored this morning. The excitement of its 60-odd crew could be seen from a Chetak helicopter, which hovered around the ... Other Stories
Elections 2004 ELECTIONS 2004 This Vajpayee speech campaigns against the NDA A new entrant on Uttar Pradesh's political scene this election season is the Atal Behari Vajpayee Himayat Committee (ABVHC), a "forum of Muslim intellectuals," that has the express intent of "highlighting the positive steps taken by the Prime ... Atal Speak Nirman ... This clears the way for the construction [of the Ram Mandir ]. If the verdict goes in our favour, then the way to construction will be all the more smooth. Now, I don't want to criticise the [Allahabad] High Court. We do not have ... 
Five for Fernandes?This politically conscious constituency has today come to attain the dubious distinction of being a defectors' paradise. Ever since 1977, the winning candidates have generally been the ones who have switched parties. The Defence Minister and ... In Maharashtra, most races are too close to call Take Sharad Pawar's well-nursed constituency, Baramati where people vote as an act of devotion to him. Or Kopergaon, where most voters remain loyal to Balasaheb Vikhe-Patil despite his shifting parties. Or Manohar Joshi's Mumbai North Central ... Jethmalani's fresh posers to Vajpayee LUCKNOW, APRIL 24. Eminent lawyer Ram Jethmalani, pitted against the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, from the Lucknow parliamentary seat, today questioned the "secular credentials" of the BJP, and alleged that its efforts to seek Muslim ... ON THE ROAD WITH.../NAVEEN PATNAIK 
Stage play sets scene for Naveen's entryBefore the Orissa Chief Minister and the Biju Janata Dal president, Naveen Patnaik, arrives in any village falling under his own constituency, Hinjili, a small group of street theatre artistes stage a play highlighting the "scams and ... No tea breaks in this village For the legion of journalists, in determined pursuit after candidates in the scorching heat of this election season, the mandatory first stop in any village is the tea shop. Here, in the convivial company of the tea shop owner and sundry other ... Low-key campaign in Goa ends PANAJI, APRIL 24. The low-key campaign for the two Lok Sabha seats in Goa came to an end this evening with the BJP leader, Sushma Swaraj, addressing a public meeting at Margao. Ms. Swaraj claimed that she has been witnessing a pro-NDA wave all ... 
Amethi nurses a soft corner for India's `first family'Amethi wears its loyalty on its sleeve. The constituency is indebted to the Nehru-Gandhi family, and has no qualms admitting it. After all, it is this association with India's "first family" that has given Amethi its identity and "put it on the ... POLL-POURRI The amount of money provided by political parties to their official nominees towards campaign expenses has become irrelevant in the present context. Some parties do not give money but instead take money from candidates for ... CANDIDATE WATCH 
V.P. Kulkarni, CPI (M) candidate, Ramdurg Assembly constituencyThough he formally entered the election race late, V.P. Kulkarni of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has in a sense always been in the campaign — the campaign to change people's lives in Ramdurg, an Assembly constituency in the ... REFORMS ONLY WAY OUT 
Q & A: Veerappa Moily'Reforms only way out' Other Stories
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