Wednesday, November 10, 1999
Wings clipped, Kalyan plays the hurt hawk, swears by Ram mandir
In choosing Ram Prakash Gupta to replace Kalyan Singh, the BJP has tried to straddle the great caste divide in its UP unit. A Bania by caste, the veteran Jan Sanghi and former RSS pracharak fits the Sangh prescription for a low-profile loyalist to put the warring Brahmin-Thakur and OBC lobbies in their place.
Gujarat BJP ranks run amuck, spill blood
BJP counts among its members Minister Purshottam Solanki, a former TADA detainee who was also named by the Srikrishna Commission in connection with the 1992 Mumbai riots, and MLA Kantibhai Amrutia and Gangaram Tapu, both accused of murder.
Blood spills freely staining BJP in Gujarat fire
Indian Airlines flight IC 440 on the Chennai-Delhi sector made an emergency landing at Nagpur on Tuesday after the Airbus A-320 aircraft caught fire in its cargo hold area.
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