
Sunday, November 7, 1999
`There is a lot of disinformation being spread against the VHP'
The octogenarian RSS pracharak, Kushabhau Thakre took over as BJP president from Lal Krishna Advani after the latter joined the Atal Behari Vajpayee government as Home Minister last year.

Straight face
According to the latest reports, the annual Diwali feeding frenzy has just overtaken Metropolitan India, as hampers groaning with mithai of every description are doing the rounds (especially recommended are the badam-pista rolls, delicately flavoured with a pinch of saffron - a product of royal lineage).

Inside track
After his successful campaign in Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh, from where he won the parliamentary seat, BSP's Ashok Chandel is wanted by the police in connection with five murders committed in January 1997.

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