October 28, 1999

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NEWS Jumbo Maharashtra government brings Cong-NCP rift to the fore Chief Minister Vilas Deshmukh had inducted more than the agreed number of ministers without taking the NCP into confidence, spokesman Praful Patel said, and warned that the government would have to face a lot of flak for its large size. NEWS Tight security for polls in Bihar Combing operations have been intensified and special measures are being taken to detect landmines in the extremist-affected areas. NEWS Election '99 trots to the finish line Shoot-at-sight orders are in place as the country's longest poll exercise approaches the end with the voting in five Lok Sabha constituencies of Bihar and Assam on Thursday. NEWS P M Sayeed becomes LS dy speaker again The motion proposing his name was moved by Prime Minister A B Vajpayee and seconded by Leader of the Opposition Sonia Gandhi. NEWS TMC joins hands with Congress in Pondicherry on diesel price hike In a significant development, the Tamil Maanila Congress, a partner in the ruling DMK-led coalition, participated in an opposition Congress-sponsored meeting to chalk out an agitation plan on the matter. Click here for an overall view of the results

Election Specials  - Real Audio Interviews  - Election Chats  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    being a fundie • Saisuresh Sivaswamy on    the millennium man • Recent columns  Check it out • Yesterday's issue

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