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...widening defense scandal threatened to topple Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and his ruling coalition government. By week's end, six Indian ministers, including Defense Minster George Fernandes, had left the government; an important coalition partner had withdrawn its support and all business in parliament had come to a halt. The scandal broke after a media company, Tehelka.com, screened videotape evidence of a widespread network of bribery, corruption and influence peddling among top politicians. In an attempt to quell the crisis, Vajpayee announced in a television address that he had set up a judicial enquiry and appealed to his political...
...Tehelka's sting turned New Delhi's corridors of power into a battlefield. Among the casualties are the national president of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's Bharatiya Janata Party (resigned); the national president of the Samta Party, part of Vajpayee's ruling coalition (resigned); Defense Minister George Fernandes (resigned), and several top army officers (suspended...
...Once the magnitude of the catastrophe sunk in, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee declared a state of emergency. "We will rebuild the broken homes," he pledged. "We will resettle the shattered neighborhoods. And we will pray for those that died." As severe aftershocks rumbled throughout the weekend, five battalions of the Indian army were airlifted to Gujarat along with teams of doctors and surgeons. At last week's end, Bhuj still remained cut off, with no electricity or telephones. Ahmedabad residents were camped in parks and on the sidewalks outside their damaged homes. In Pachchao, a village in the salt...
...Those are the basic issues that are not yet being discussed. Instead, like wary boxers in the early rounds, India and Pakistan are circling and testing each other. At the top are two very different men: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, who at 76 is one of the country's most experienced and respected politicians, and Pakistan's military ruler General Pervez Musharraf, 58, who wants to restore his nation's international credibility and, even more important, its severely challenged internal stability. They each know this is likely to be their last term in office and both want...
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee declared a state of emergency and ordered thousands of troops to help during the aftermath. "We will rebuild the broken homes," he said. "We will resettle the shattered neighborhoods. And we will pray for those that died." --By John Cloud. Reported by Rukmini Maria Callimachi/Ahmadabad and Meenakshi Ganguly/Bombay