21.   Pinto recently dined at the home of C.J. Thakkar, special secretary to the chief minister.

22.   Pressure from the chief minister of Maharashtra state persuaded him to retract the resignation later in the day.

23.   Rabri Devi will again be chief minister.

24.   S.M. Krishna, chief minister of the state of Karnataka, said that the police do not want to do anything that might further endanger Rajkumar.

25.   Such thinking infuriates Peter Caruana, the chief minister and head of the local government, who led the recent demonstration.

26.   The allegations were made by Sharad Pawar, the former chief minister who awarded the contract.

27.   The chief ministers babble of bytes and hobnob with men worth billions.

28.   The state party leader, Manohar Parrijkar, was sworn in as the new chief minister.

29.   Veerappan gave Rajkumar an audiocassette and instructed her to take it to the chief minister of Karnataka.

30.   Opposition parties stalled Parliament on Monday, demanding the ouster of the chief minister of Gujarat state for failing to stop Hindu-Muslim violence.