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Fresh mandate certain for Vajpayee-led Government, says Advani
NEW DELHI, JAN. 10. In a public display of support for the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, today declared that Atal Bihari Vajpayee would be the Bharatiya Janata Party's leader in the next general elections. He also ...

NDA will win in style, says Fernandes
MYSORE, JAN. 10. The Defence Minister, George Fernandes, today expressed confidence that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would "win in style" in the coming general elections and form the government. Speaking to presspersons after ...

BJP plans "people's campaign"
HYDERABAD, JAN. 10. The nitty gritty of a "people's campaign" for the coming Lok Sabha elections will be finalised at the Bharatiya Janata Party's national executive committee meeting starting here tomorrow. The party is also planning to ...

Muslims welcome Dalai Lama's offer
NEW DELHI, JAN. 10.Welcoming the initiative of the Tibetan spiritual leader, Dalai Lama, for holding talks to settle the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid issue, Muslim organisations today called for a "just, balanced and equitable formula" for ...

Kashmir situation better, but not `near-normal'
SRINAGAR, JAN. 10. Official figures show that terrorist violence in Jammu and Kashmir declined in 2003, but also suggest that the State is far from the near-normality claimed by some State Government officials. Data from the Union Ministry of ...

Nissim Ezekiel passes away
MUMBAI, JAN. 10.The doyen of Indo-Anglian poets Nissim Ezekiel died here yesterday. He was 79. Mr. Ezekiel, a former professor of English, had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Besides being India's foremost poet writing in English, he ...

Other Stories

Sonia's foreign origin not a relevant issue: CPI (M)

India's claim for Security Council seat logical: Sweden

PM briefs President on Islamabad visit

Statutory authority sought for Pamba river

Lyngdoh need not have been so explicit: Seshan

Silent homage to a whistle-blower

India to build 700 MWe reactors

Row over film festival

Rare white crocodiles found in Orissa

`BJP wants to retain power by any means'

De-recognition of 91 zoos to be reviewed

Breakthrough in allergy treatment

Sabarimala pilgrim who jumped into `aazhi' dies

Policeman killed, 3 gangsters shot dead

Shinde against simultaneous elections

Swamy, Bommai to form front

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