Centre to `soon' start talks with all parties on J&K -- PM
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee declared in the Lok Sabha the Centre's intention to ``soon'' initiate talks with all parties to advance the Kashmir peace process and firmly asked Pakistan to change its ``unfriendly attitude'' towards India.
Chidambaram outburst draws TMC ire
A group of senior TMC leaders today attacked former Union Minister P Chidambaram for his open criticism of the decision to ally with the AIADMK in the coming assembly elections even as party workers burnt his effigy at its headquarters in protest.
Senior Bihar Minister quits
An embattled RJD President Laloo Prasad Yadav received a major setback today when senior party leader and Bihar Finance Minister Shanker Prasad Tekriwal resigned from the Rabri Devi cabinet.