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Going
Beyond Square One
India
and Pakistan make subtle shifts in their positions on Kashmir, raising
hopes of a renewed dialogue and restoration of peace. Much will depend
on what happens during Ramzan.
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NEWSNOTES
CAPLOOKS
Prime Movers
 Delhi:
The demand for a permanent official residence for the prime minister of
India has cropped up periodically, ever since Teen Murti House, home to
free India's first prime minister, was converted into the Nehru Memorial
after Jawaharlal Nehru's death in 1964. The demand has now resurfaced.
Though Atal Bihari Vajpayee has no complaints about living at 7 Race Course
Road, senior ministers and officials in the PMO are said to have mooted
the idea of reclaiming Teen Murti House as the pm's permanent residence.
Surprisingly, the move has elicited support from some non-Congress opposition
parties. No prizes for guessing who, since the most ardent backers for
the idea have no love lost for the current head of the dynasty.
Action
Manifested
Bangalore:
Ministers of the S.M. Krishna-led Congress Government in Karnataka
are these days busy reading the party manifesto issued at the time of
the assembly elections. The reason: last week, a three-member Central
team was dispatched by the party high command to review the performances
of ministers. The committee's brief was to examine the extent to which
individual ministries were fulfilling the promises made in the manifesto.
Whoever said party manifestos were all about empty promises?
Patter
Matters
Bhubaneswar:
Ministers, be it at the Centre or in the states, are known to sweat at
the prospect of replying to tricky questions that crop up in Parliament
or the state legislatures. One such question stares Orissa Chief Minister
Naveen Patnaik in the face. Surprisingly, the questioner is Surya Narain
Patro, a member of Patnaik's Biju Janata Dal. His question: what progress
has the chief minister made in his Oriya lessons? The query on his mother
tongue is proving to be the mother of all queries for Patnaik, who does
not speak Oriya.
Food
Fad
 Hyderabad:
More on Cybergaru's innovative ideas of governance. Andhra Pradesh Chief
Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu's latest is the Sunday lunch he hosts for
a group of the city's elite. The aim: to gauge public opinion about the
performance of his ministry and to pick his guests' brains for ideas.
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Rajasthan
Chief Minister ASHOK GEHLOT feels it is his non-confrontationist
style that has kept him going.
Q.
You were very tentative when you started. Now you appear confident.
A.
I was always confident though a lot of people kept circulating a
lot of rumours.
Q.
Your most trying time?
A.
The
continuous drought. But I provided the best possible financial management
and cities are getting a face-lift.
Q.
The old guard is unhappy with you. Why?
A.
I am willing to learn from anyone, no matter how big or small a
leader he or she is.
Q.
There are charges that you created hurdles in Girija Vyas' election
as the Rajasthan PCC chief.
A.
It is wrong. Hurdles are created during the election of delegates.
Since I knew she was to continue as PCC chief, I never resisted
her return.
Q.
You are said to be under pressure from party workers on transfers.
A.
The pressure for transfers and postings has become a pain. Every
day I am flooded with requests. Party workers should do something
for the people rather than concentrate on transfers alone.
Q.
Your tendency to avoid confrontation is seen by some as a weakness.
A.
I am humble and firm at the same time.
-Rohit
Parihar
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Ayodhya
is an issue that is pre-determined. And it matters little in the present
fuss that the foremost casualty is the truth, writes INDIA TODAY Deputy
Editor Swapan Dasgupta in
Day Dreams.
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DESPATCHES |
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Orissa's Chilika, the largest brackish water lake in Asia, is dying. But
there is a concerted effort to restore its health. INDIA TODAY Special
Correspondent Ruben Banerjee takes a look at the diagnosis and
treatment in Despatches.
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