The Indian
Express
The Financial Express
Latest News
Express Investment Week
Market Indicators
Screen
Express Computers
Travel & Tourism
Advertisers Forum
Information Technology
Drumbeat: Ad Buzzaar
Astrosurf
Eco-India
Dr Know
Career India
Business Forum
Match Maker
Express Properties
|
Friday, April 24, 1998
| |
Shut up or get out, Jaya tells Hegde
The corridors of power have become a war zone, with missiles flying thick and fast between the AIADMK front and other allies in the BJP-led coalition. On Thursday, three AIADMK ministers demanded action against Commerce Minister Ramakrishna Hegde for attacking J Jayalalitha. Prime Minister A B Vajpayee should advise Hegde to "either shut up or get out", they said in a vituperative statement.
|
|
Govt to dump soft-on-Pak Gujral doctrine
The government is formulating a major foreign policy shift on India's neighbourhood, effectively dumping former prime minister I K Gujral's soft, public posture on Pakistan and moving towards firmer ties with the other, smaller states. The Prime Minister's Office, referring to Pakistan, said "there would be no more unilateralism" in India's foreign policy, adding, however, that "for the other SAARC nations reciprocity need not be in equal measure."
|
 |
Sukh Ram enjoys power in HP despite two chargesheets
As the storm over chargesheeted Union Ministers builds up at the Centre, Sukh Ram, with two chargesheets against him continues to be Minister for Public Works and Power in Himachal Pradesh. And with his three MLAs of the Himachal Vikas Congress, he's giving life-support to the Bharatiya Janata Party Government there.
|
Advani's intervention sought to resolve BJP-Trinamool row
With the Bharatiya Janata Party-Trinamool Congress alliance in West Bengal tottering over seat adjustments for panchayat elections, the former sought intervention of party leader L K Advani to sort out the "misunderstanding" between the two allies.
|
|
|
|
