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October 25, 1999
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NEWS
Cracks in Bihar's RJD grow wider
Four Cabinet ministers in Bihar held secret talks following a demand for their ouster by Chief Minister Rabri Devi's brother Sadhu Yadav, MLA, and the expulsion of another legislator from the Rashtriya Janata Dal and a counter-demand by senior MLA Maheswar Prasad for the state's first couple's resignations.

NEWS
Violence exposes fissures in Karnataka BJP
Senior politician B B Shivappa termed the election of the legislature party leader "a drama" and demanded the removal of state unit chief B S Yediyurappa and M Venkaiah Naidu, general secretary in-charge of Karnataka.

NEWS
More 'introspection' on the cards
A committee set up to study the Congress's worst-ever electoral debacle will submit its report to party president Sonia Gandhi by November 30 after touring the states for getting a first-hand picture.

NEWS
Maharashtra government wins trust vote
The opposition Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance walked out before the one-line motion seeking the confidence of the House was moved by Satish Chaturvedi of the Congress, Syed Ahmed of the Nationalist Congress Party and Mohan Patil of the Peasants and Workers Party.

NEWS
Jaya-Moopanar meeting sparks speculation
Asked whether they are now friends, Jayalalitha said, "We were never enemies." There was a communication gap which has been rectified, she added.

THE COLUMN
Vengeance is Vajpayee's
'Even RSS leaders have counselled a let-bygones-be-bygones approach. But Vajpayee is in an unforgiving mood...' Capital Buzz. Gossip from the Delhi Durbar.

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 Election Specials
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 Real Audio Interviews
Uttar Pradesh BJP
   president Rajnath Singh
CII president Rahul Bajaj
Defence Minister
   George Fernandes
HRD Minister M M Joshi
BJP general secretary
   K N Govindacharya
UP BJP leader Kalraj Mishra
BJP spokesman Arun Jaitley
BJP chief Kushabhau Thakre
Cong general secretary
   Ambika Soni
Himachal Pradesh CM
   P K Dhumal
Samata Party general
   secretary Jaya Jaitley

Former Lok Sabha secretary
   general Subhash Kashyap

Former PM Inder Gujral
SP leader Amar Singh
Home Minister L K Advani
BJP winner V K Malhotra
BJP V-P K R Malkani
Congress leader Arjun Singh
BJP gen secy Narendra Modi
BJP winner M L Khurana
Congress general secretary
   Oscar Fernandes

BJP general secretary
   Venkaiah Naidu


 Election Chats
People who talked
   politics were punished'
'Organisational problems
   have cost us badly in UP'
'Riots are always
   started by Muslims'
'Delicate handling will
   needed in UP'

 The Interviews
S M Krishna on
   the Congress triumph
K N Govindacharya on
   reservations
Recent interviews

 The Columnists
Varsha Bhosle on
   Pawar-sharing
Krishna Prasad on
   political demotions
Recent columns

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