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Rajnath Under Cover
In an attempt to pull the plug on what was seen as a major rift within the government, the Prime Minister`s Office and BJP President Amit Shah today staunchly defended Home Minister Rajnath Singh, dismissing reports of his son`s alleged misconduct as baseless. -
One tough act !
Government has given full backing to border forces to go on the offensive in the event of unprovoked firing from Pakistan along the Indo-Pak border. The result is that border forces have pulled out all stops and gone for targeted and precision firing which has led to far more casualties on Pakistan side in just 10 days of firing this year than was witnessed in 30 days of skirmishes last year in August. -
Margdarshak
In a decision that marks the end of an era in India`s ruling party, L K Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayee were on Tuesday dropped from the BJP`s Parliamentary Board, its highest decision making body. The other significant omission is former Union minister Murli Manohar Joshi. Party has made a Marg Darshak Mandali for it`s senior leaders. -
The Unity
Former rivals Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar, forced to form a secular `grand` alliance along with Congress to take on a resurgent BJP, registered their first major victory by bagging six seats in the Assembly bypolls in Bihar on Monday.