gaddam@remus.rutgers.edu (Surekha Gaddam) (04/08/91)
In Srilanka, militants shot dead seven persons including three women in different part of the country in the last twenty four hours. According to military sources in Colombo an LTTE militant was killed when army ambushed the rebel hideouts in western Mannar dist. Meanwhile indifinite curfew has been imposed in the northern Jaffna Peninsula. Several launch vehicles and (chinese) short range ballistic missiles have been found inside Pakistan by the American intelligent sources. According to Washington post, this has raised the suspicion that China and Pakistan have concluded a missile deal despite Beijing's assurance to Washington not to sale missile system to other countries. The chief elction commissioner of India Mr.T.N.Sheshan has said that there was a clear difference of opinion among various political parties about the preparedness for elections ( both assembly and parliament) in the northern state of Punjab. Mr.Sheshan said parliamentary elections will be held between May 10 and May 26th. He was addressing a press conference in Chandigarh. He also said that ceiling on the expenditure incurred by candidates for contesting elections would not be enhanced. At present, the ceiling for a candidate contesting Lok sabha elections is Rs. 1,50,000 and for the assembly polls , Rs. 50,000. The all India freedom fighters conference called upon the people to remain vigilant against the forces trying to divide the nation in the name of religion. It said, the forces of fundamentalism are trying to whip up communal passion for their narrow politcal ends. A late news: The Gandhi samadhi at Rajghat, was defiled by the agitated Bahujan samaj activists following skirmish with Rajghar staff. The activists damaged the steps on which the wreaths are placed, broke flower-pots, EXTINGUISEHD THE JYOTI and broke its bronze cover. The Indian commerce Minister Mr.Subramanya swamy has favoured the free flow of trade between India and Bangladesh in certain areas. In an interview to a newspaper published from Dhaka, he said the two countries must encourage free trade through borders. Mr.Swamy suggested that links between the two countires must be built to both governmental and non-governmental levels and findout areas of cooperation. The official level talks between the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan concluded In New Delhi. The next round of talks are to be held in Islamabad in the late August or early september. The Naxalite activity is reported to be on rise especially in the Nizamabad Karimnager and Warangal dists of Andhra Pradesh. According to the radio they set ablaze a bus near a village in Nizamabad dist on Friday. ( source: Home services of All India radio - 17387khz ) Banned: by the union ministry of forests and environment headed by Mrs.Maneka Gandhi, the training and exhibiting of all animals in circuses with immediate effect. The decision is expected to effect about 250 small and major circus companies. Discovered: a new type of cold surgery - cryosurgery that selectively destroys tissues by freezing them for the treatment of cancer in the ENT. Doctors at Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan hospital in New Delhi presented the results of the operation and their followup for 5 years at the sixth overseas conference of the royal society of Surgeons in Edinburgh(UK). Source: All India radio with their broadcasting stations in New Delhi. Sunday the 7th of April. Narotham Reddy _______________________________________________________________________ Edited by Surekha _______________________________________________________________________ --