The Indian Express

Monday, August 11 1997

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Paswan too wants his share of sectarian politics
While it was secularism on show during the kick-off of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Independence in Mumbai on Saturday, the occasion was used by Union railway minister Ram Vilas Paswan to entrench himself firmly as a player in Maharashtra's sectarian politics.

Shah denied diplomatic route to UK
Inaugurations need ministers, or so the general rule goes. But what if the inauguration is in the United Kingdom and the minister is from Gujarat? Gujarat's minister of state for education Vithal Shah is currently doing so in Birmingham, near London, on a 10-day trip.

Sewagram -- a victim of Congress opportunism
Sewagram is today a relic and so are the handful of people who live there trying to keep Gandhian principles alive. The Ashram where the Mahatma spent the 10 most eventful years of his life now stands as a symbolic victim of the Congress' opportunism.

Independents denounce NMC Mayor's claims on performance

Centre orders ULFA man Baruah's arrest

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