Word: rao
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...purported to be. Moses had no qualms about asking God to visit upon his enemies the worst of suffering and disease, even death. His God was ruthless and vengeful. Just because Moses invoked God going into battle doesn't make him a respectable religious figure. D. SREENIVASA RAO North Andover, Mass...
...story of how India revived the nuclear nightmare begins in December 1995. The government of Prime Minister Narasimha Rao is secretly readying an underground nuclear test when U.S. spy satellites orbiting over the Thar Desert in Rajasthan near the Pakistani border snap pictures of thick electric cables being installed in a hole at the Pokhran test site. The Clinton Administration leaks word of the preparations to the press, then dispatches a diplomatic team to confront the Indian government with the satellite photos. Rao is forced to abort the test...
...DELHI: Police arrested former Indian Prime Minister P.V. Narashima Rao Wednesday night for forging documents in an effort to which would prove the son of a political rival held an illegal overseas bank account. The officers appeared at Rao's home in central New Delhi to charge him , but left without the canny politico in custody; his lawyer was on hand to pay $715 in bail immediately. Rao is at the center of a large corruption scandal involving the 1989 document fraud along with two other charges, but is arguing that his poor health, and inadequate courtroom security...
...their votes have been counted, it is clear enough what most Indians were against: the Congress Party, the political juggernaut of Mohandas Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru that has ruled India for all but four years since 1947, when the country gained independence from Britain. Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao is out, and the party, burdened with an image of corruption and lassitude, lost almost half its seats in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of parliament. Less clear is what Indians voted for. It is possible, in fact, that they have produced a government that will last no longer than...
...party has a majority in the lower house, and a coalition government must form. The President, Shankar Dayal Sharma is planning to wait a week to ask a party to form a government but his choice is by no means clear. Congress, led by Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, and the National Front are united for now by their desire to keep the BJP from power, claiming that the BJP's pro-Hindu message will alienate the country's Muslims, who make up 12 percent of the nation. Front leaders are hedging, unwilling to depend on Congress to keep their...