Thursday, November 26, 1998
PM talks snap polls, BJP gears up for fire-fighting
The BJP is gearing up for some serious fire-fighting on two fronts : within the party and with its allies. As this evening's exit polls revealed the voting trends of the assembly election in four states, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee made a startling admission : The possibility of a mid-term poll after the results were announced could not be ruled out, he said.
Raid on RIL: CBI found nothing, says PM
Endorsing Home Minister L K Advani's stand, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said here today that nothing incriminatory had been found in the documents that the CBI seized from the house of a Reliance executive and that the Official Secrets Act needs to be scrapped to make administration more transparent.
NPA target out of reach: S&P
International credit rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has said that the 5 per cent non-performing assets (NPA) target set by the Narasimhan Committee may be unachievable if improved risk-management principles are not implemented in the domestic banking system.
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