Rajnath refuses to comment on Advani's role in Kandahar hijackAugust 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Rajnath Singh on Friday refused to speak on Advani's role in the Kandahar hijack. "I refused to say anything on the Advani issue," said Singh.
Now, Yashwant Sinha backs Mishra on Advani's role in Kandahar HijackAugust 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former External Affairs and Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha on Thursday said that he completely backed former National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra statement that senior BJP leader L.K.Advani was aware of all key decisions related to the hijacking of the Indian Airlines plane IC-814 to Kandahar in Afghanistan. Confirming that Advani was present at the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on December 31, 1999, Sinha said: "The truth should be spoken.
Former NSA Brajesh Mishra says Pokhran II was successfulAugust 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra on Wednesday rejected senior DRDO scientist K Santhanam's assertion that the 1998 Pokhran II nuclear tests were not fully successful. Mishra told a private television channel that the five nuclear tests conducted in May 1998 were successful and dismissed Santhanam's statement with regard to them.
Kalam rejects Santhanam's Pokhran II failure claims, my stand reaffirmed says JaswantAugust 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former President Dr. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam on Thursday rejected senior DRDO scientist Dr.
Former Assam governor Loknath Mishra deadMay 27th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Former governor of Assam and parliamentarian Loknath Mishra died here Wednesday of complications due to old age, his family said. He was 86. Mishra was a member of the Rajya Sabha for three consecutive terms from 1960 to 1978.
Mahabal Mishra springs surprise victory in West DelhiMay 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress candidate Mahabal Mishra Saturday dashed the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) hope of winning at least one Lok Sabha seat in the national capital by defeating Jagdish Mukhi with a margin of around 100,000 votes. Mishra got 479,856 votes, while BJP's Mukhi got 350,823.
Post-elections, will India-US ties become a casualty?April 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With political equations in a flux and the Left parties seeking to play the role of kingmaker in the formation of the next government, the fate of the India-US nuclear deal and the trajectory of bilateral ties are being called into question. The anxieties about the shape of India-US relations primarily spring from the uncompromising opposition of Left parties to any strategic relationship with Washington.
Jagannath Mishra quits JD-UMarch 30th, 2009 PATNA - Former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra Monday quit the ruling Janata Dal (United) (JD-U) citing 'neglect' of the Brahmin community in distribution of tickets for the Lok Sabha polls. Mishra, who was unhappy and frustrated over being sidelined in the party, said that the JD-U had not fielded a single Brahmin despite the fact that the community constitutes about nine percent of total votes in the state.
Jagannath Mishra likely to join RJDMarch 24th, 2009 PATNA - Former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra is likely to join the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). Mishra and RJD leader Lalu Prasad held an hour-long meeting here Monday, a day after Mishra's son Nitish Mishra resigned from Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's council of ministers.
India should caution Obama against 'good Taliban' approach: MishraMarch 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's meeting with US President Barack Obama early next month, former national security adviser Brajesh Mishra Saturday said the Indian government should try to convince Washington about the fallacy of making a distinction between 'good Taliban' and 'bad Taliban'. 'There is nothing like good Taliban or bad Taliban.
India needs to make Obama understand that all Taliban are bad: ex-NSA MiishraMarch 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Government should try to convince the Brack Obama administration that all Taliban are equally bad and dangerous, former National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra suggested here today. "There is nothing like good Taliban or bad Taliban.
Scolded, Class 10 student shoots at teacherMarch 1st, 2009 LUCKNOW - A Class 10 student here, scolded for not wearing his school uniform, shot at his teacher Saturday, the police said. 'Shivam Trivedi, a Class 10 student of the Red Rose School in Vishnulok colony in Sarojini Nagar locality Saturday afternoon fired at his class teacher Akhilesh Mishra outside the school,' police inspector Abhiskek Sirohi told IANS.
Ties with China can become difficult: Brajesh MishraJanuary 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra Thursday said India's stronger relationship with the US after the nuclear deal will make its ties with China 'difficult' and drew attention to speculation about China's suspected designs on Arunachal Pradesh. 'There is speculation about China trying to capture what they call southern Tibet (Arunachal Pradesh).
US must deny Pakistan army all aid: Brajesh MishraJanuary 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The US should deny the Pakistani army all aid till it cooperates fully with the international community in controlling the Taliban in Afghanistan as well as in Pakistan, India's former national security adviser Brajesh Mishra said here Thursday. 'The Pakistan Army can't survive without aid and the economic support of the US,' Mishra said here at a discussion on 'Future directions of US' relations with India and the region'.
Veteran journalist R.K. Mishra deadJanuary 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Veteran journalist and chairman of Observer Research Foundation (ORF) R.K. Mishra, who played a key role in Track-II diplomacy between India and Pakistan, has died in Bangalore after a prolonged illness.
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