Fernandes to stay, says Vajpayee
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee yesterday said he was ready for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into charges of irregularities levelled by sacked Navy chief Vishnu Bhagwat if the Opposition was forthcoming with proof.

Consult me, decide later, Thackeray tells Ministers
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray has directed all his cabinet ministers in the Sena-BJP alliance government not to take any policy decision without consulting him.

Tea party will brew no new concoction, says Swamy
Janata Party president Subramaniam Swamy yesterday said nothing would come out of the tea party to be hosted by him on Monday in honour of AIADMK supremo Jayalalitha.

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