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Date: Tue Jun 18 21:08:13 +0530 1991
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New Delhi
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India dismisses pak claim on Siachin
New Delhi, June 18India today denied pakistani
claims that it captured the key Indian post at sia la pass in
the upper siachen glacier.
An external affairs spokesman said that the pakistani
claim was ,'' totally untrue''. He said for the past four or
five days there had been no no incident in the upper siachen
glacier area.
The spokesman said even the lower siachen glacier which
was very often a scene of daily exchange of fire between the
forces ranged on either side, calm prevailed.
Tue, 18 Jun 91 19:29:12 +0530
Amritsar
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Panthic committee comdemns killing of candidates
Amritsar: June 18 : the five member panthic
committee lead by baba gurbachan Singh manochahal today
condemned the killings of candidates and called upon the other
militant organisations to stop the ''fratriciDal warfare''.
In a statement issued here today by the committee's
press secretary, Bhai Ripudaman Singh, the committee sounded a
warning to other militant organisations that if their
activists continued to be targeted, the committee would be
forced to take a suitable action.
Meanwhile in the statement, Baba Manochahal referred to
the fall of the sikh empire established by Maharaja Ranjit
Singh and said that fratriciDal struggle among the militants
would only adversely affect the sikh struggle and make the
achievement of their ''goal'' more difficult.
Baba Manochahal criticised the killings of ''panthic
candidates'' and called them ''political murders''.
Bombay
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lady Tata memorial trust announces international awards
Bombay, June 18 : international awards totalling
84,300 pound sterling for study and research in blood
diseases, were today announced by the lady tata memorial trust
here for 1991-92.
The awards, with an aggregate value of over rs 30 lakhs
in Indian currency, were declared for seven outstanding
researchers including two Indians. The Indian scintists are dr
a hegde, who will conduct his studies at the columbia
university, usa, and dr Mrs j jain working at the dana-farber
cancer institute, usa.
The other recipients were dr j b weitzman (u k), dr f
davi (france), dr c labaye-macioce (usa) and two chinese
researchers dr k m tchou-wong and dr x jin, a release of the
trust stated. The awards were announced on the death
anniversary of lady meherbai dorabji tata who died of
leukaemia.
The trust also announced six new awards to Indian
nationals for 1991-92 for scientific investigations having a
bearing on alleviation of human suffering from disease, to be
carried out in India.
New Delhi, June 18: the railways today clarified
that 75 train passengers were killed and not 125 as reported
in the media on June 15 when militants fired indiscriminately
in compartments of two passenger trains in Punjab.
A release issued by northern railway said 48 persons,
including two railway employees, were killed and 44 others
injured when militants fired at passengers of the ferozepur-
ludhiana passenger train between baddowal and ludhiana railway
stations.
In the second incident, the militants killed 25 persons,
including a railway employee, and injured 14 others when
militants fired at the jakhal-ludhiana passenger train at
killa raipur station. Two of the injured had died in hospital
at ludhiana, the release said.
Congi allies 28 short of absolute majority.
New Delhi,June 18: the Congress (I) and its allies
had captured 228 seats in the Lok Sabha tonight with 56
results yet to come but the party continued to sufffer
stunning reverses in Uttar Pradesh where it just managed two
seats and drew a blank in bihar.
While the Congress(I) had a tally of 213 and its allies
had 15 seats they were still 28 short of an absolute majority
in the 545 member house of which polls were held for 511
seats.
The BJP improved upon its 1989 performance increasing
its tally from 86 to 103 and was leading in several
constituencies in Uttar Pradesh .
The sympathy wave following Mr.Rajiv Gandhi's
assassination hardly had any impact in up,where the BJP reaped
a good harvest for both Lok Sabha and assembly polls
exploiting to the hilt the ram janambhoomi issue.
In the 425 member assembly the party has bagged 102
seats out of the 201 declared so far.
Janata Dal, with 68 seats is the next largest party
in the new vidhan Sabha. While the Congress(I) won only 19
seats.
Date: Wed Jun 19 07:05:42 +0530 1991
New Delhi, June 19 latest party position at 0500
hours, according to official sources:
total seats : 511
seats declared : 470
Congress-I 216
BJP 109
JD 46
CPM 33
CPI 12
TDP 12
AIADMK 11
JMM 06
Shiv Sena 04
SJP 03
IUML 02
Cong-S 01
NPC 01
SSP 01
OTHERS 13
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