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Favourable climate for early polls: Advani
MUMBAI, DEC. 30.The Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, said here today that the National Democratic Alliance was "reasonably confident of a renewed mandate" if early elections were held to the Lok Sabha. Addressing a press conference after a ...

Sonia meets Surjeet, calls up Karunanidhi
NEW DELHI, DEC. 30.The Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, today met the Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader, Harkishan Singh Surjeet, and spoke to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief, M. Karunanidhi, as part of efforts to form a secular ...

Beginning of an alliance: DMK chief
CHENNAI, DEC. 30.The Congress president, Sonia Gandhi, today telephoned the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president, M. Karunanidhi, marking "the beginning of an alliance" between the two parties. Mr. Karunanidhi said she conveyed New Year ...

MDMK Ministers put in papers
NEW DELHI, DEC. 30. M. Kannappan and Gingee N. Ramachandran, both belonging to the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), today resigned from the Union Council of Ministers. The Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, forwarded their ...

Probe against CM's son
CHANDIGARH, DEC. 30.The Punjab Government today decided to set up a Commission of Inquiry to go into the allegations of hawala transactions against the Chief Minister, Amarinder Singh's son, Raninder Singh, and transferred the Vigilance Bureau ...

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