Image-conscious BJP brings Swaraj back as spokesperson
Former Union Minister Sushma Swaraj yesterday emerged from near-oblivion to take charge as party spokesperson. The party is fine-tuning its image-building exercise with an eye on the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.

PM calls all-party meeting today
An all-party meeting will be held today at 11.00 am to discuss the situation arising out of infiltration of a large number of Pakistan supported intruders in the Kargil region and the subsequent air bombardment.

TDP will emerge winner in the coming polls, asserts Naidu
With less than four months to go for what looks set to be simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, Nara Chandrababu Naidu is bristling with confidence.

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