PM asks Muthiah to quit Cabinet
In a development that comes as a rude shock to the AIADMK, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has asked Union Minister for Surface Transport Sedapatti R Muthiah to resign in the wake of charges framed against him in a Special Court in Chennai yesterday in the Rs 45.74 lakh disproportionate wealth case. It is reported that AIADMK supremo Jayalalitha has also asked Muthiah to quit.
Karunanidhi downplays spectre of dismissal
DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has made two deft political moves. One, he downplayed the Jain Commission report and the noises made by the AIADMK seeking his dismissal and second, he demanded "special package" for Tamil Nadu.
CPI alliance with TDP on verge of collapse in Andhra
The alliance between the ruling Telugu Desam and the Communist Party of India (CPI) in Andhra Pradesh is on the verge of collapse as a fallout of the former's decision to sail with the Bharatiya Janata Party at the Centre.
Vajpayee's disappoints Janata at his first Darbar
The first-ever Janata Darbar of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee turned into a disappointment for many as other engagements forced him to arrive late and leave early. However, Vajpayee instructed his aides to collect from the nearly 300 people, who had gathered at his Safdarjung residence, their petitions listing their grievances and promised to look into each one of them and do the needful.
VHP gives Vajpayee two years to resolve Ram temple issue
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal have upped the ante on the Hindutva agenda. The VHP has served a notice on the Atal Behari Vajpayee Government, giving it two years to resolve the Ayodhya temple dispute, VHP secretary general Acharya Giriraj Kishore indicated yesterday.
Chinks surface in Orissa Janata Dal
The absence of several senior Janata Dal leaders in the party's state executive meeting held in Orissa has exposed the deep rooted crisis in the organisation and has fuelled speculations regarding another split in the state JD.
