From: BALKI_R1@blrv1.verifone.com (M.G.Balakrishna Rao)
Newsgroups: misc.news.southasia
Subject: India - Manmohan Singh to visit Japan
Date: 7 Apr 92 21:05:58 GMT
Organization: VeriFone


From	: M.G.Balakrishna Rao
Date	: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 21:37 -1000
Source	: Deccan Herald, (Bangalore), April 3 - 6, 1992
Country	: India, Pakistan

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APRIL 3
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SWISS TO IGNORE NOTE - PM DENIES HINDUJA INFLUENCE ON GOVT

BUNDH IN AYODHYA ON APRIL 7
AYODHYA- Religious leaders here have called a day-long bundh 
on April 7 to protest the visit of an all-party parliamentary 
delegation that day.

NAGARAHOLE FIRE HIT 83,000 HECTARES
BANGALORE - Satellite pictures showed that the recent Nagarahole 
forest fire had affected 83,000 hectares- 60,000 hactares in 
adjoining Begur and Kakanakote forests, Minister of State for 
Forests Eti Shambunath informed the State Assembly today.

STF CLOSING IN ON VEERAPPAN
BANGALORE- Home Minister Dharam Singh on Wednesday stated that 
the Special Task Force constructed to nab the notorious poacher 
and smuggler Veerappan was closing in on him and he would be 
caught soon.

KIDS BEING SOLD IN ORISSA, SAYS MPs
NEW DELHI - Children, many of them just 6 months old, are being 
sold by their impoverised parents in the poverty-sticken tribal 
areas of Orissa for a paltry Rs. 20 a child. There is flourishing 
racket in buying Bangladeshi children and sending them to the Arab 
countries via India for being used inhuman camel races. This was 
informed in the Loksabha today by some MPs.

PAWAR LEADS HIGH-LEVEL TEAM TO US
NEW DELHI - The Defence Minister, Mr. Sharad Pawar heading a high 
level defence delegation, left here today for a week-long visit 
to the US.

YET ANOTHER IAF PLANE CRASH IN ASSAM CLAIMS 8

GEMS, JEWELLERY EXPORTS FETCH OVER RS. 7,000 CR LAST YEAR

HOTEL RESERVATIONS WITH FEWER  HASSLES
BANGALORE- Hotlink, an independent online and instant computerised 
hotel system, has been launched in Bangalore. With this facility, 
persons who who want to book a hotel room anywhere in India have to 
contact the local unit of Hotlink to make reservations in any of 
the proposed 300-member hotels which range from five-star to medium 
range hotels.

KIOCL PLANS PIG IRON PROJECT IN MANGALORE
B'LORE - The Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd., the country's single
largest 100% export-oriented company, is planning to set up a pig 
iron project of half a million tonnes capacity at M'lore.

APRIL 4
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RELEASE OF 205 TMC WATER ORDERED - CAUVERY TRIBUNAL REJECTS STATE'S
PLEA FOR REVIEW
NEW DELHI - The Cauvery Water diapute Tribunal, while leaving its 
interim order untouched, has made it clear that any of the disputing 
States can approach it for assistance in the event of undue hardship 
or change of circumstances.

ULFA EXPELS THREE TOP LEADERS
GAWAHATI - The ULFA has expelled 3 of its top leaders for participating
in the ongoing talks with the Govt, accusing them of betraying the 
cause.

BOFORS  NOTE: HINDUJAS DENY ROLE
BOMBAY - The Hindujas today denied any involvement in the handing 
over of a note by former external affairs minister Madhavsinh Solanki,
to Swiss Foreign Minister Rene Felber at Davos in Switzerland earlier 
this year and supported a "correct and lawful investigation" into the 
Bofors deal.

STATE TO LAUNCH 'PROJECT ELEPHANT'
B'LORE - Encouraged by success of the "Project Tiger", Karnataka 
which is endowed with rich productive flora and fauna has decided 
to launch a "Project Elephant" to save the Asian elephant.

TEHRI PROJECT CLEARED SAYS MINISTER

GOVT DENIES FULL RUPEE CONVERTIBILITY MOVE

ULTRAS ABDUCT 4 POLICEMEN IN J & K

SONIA MAY SPURN INVITATION - TIRUPATI SESSION LIKELY TO USHER
IN NEW CONG(I)
NEW DELHI - Mrs. Sonia Gandhi will in all probability spurn the 
invitation she has received from the cong(I) authorities to attend 
the 79th session of the party at Tirupati in mid-April.  Even though 
several Rajiv Gandhi loyalties have been persuading her to be at 
Tirupati during the plenary session, Mrs Gandhi is not likely to yield.

JKLF CHIEF RELEASED
ISLAMABAD - JKLF Chairman Amanullah Khan, arrested by the Pakistan
authorities following his call to cross the Line of Actual Control 
into India on March 30, was today released from custody after a 
10-day detention.

FAX MACHINES MARKET WARMING UP IN INDIA

CANARA BANK TO OPEN OVERSEAS BRANCH IN EUROPE

UBI TO LAUNCH MUTUAL FUND

TISCO SIGNS PACT WITH RUSSIAN STEEL FIRM
CALCUTTA - 2 Steel cities, Jamshedpur in India and Cherepovets in 
Russia, are hereforth tied to each other by a "mutually advantageous 
long-term co-operation".

TVS ELECTRONICS LAUNCHES NEW MODEMS
B'LORE - TVS Electronics has launched a new series of high capacity 
catridge tape drives from Wangtek Corporation, USA. The company is 
also introducing a new enhanced modem, the 2400 EC which will offer 
a throughput of a 9,600 bps(bauds per second).

2000 CR EVASION IN COMMERCIAL TAXES UNEARTHED
B'LORE - The Intelligence Wing of the State Commercial Taxes 
Dept has identified many cases of suppression of turnover totalling 
about Rs. 2000 crore, Commercial Taxes Commissioner C. Muniswamy, 
said here on Wednesday.

TELECOM POLICY TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
NEW DELHI - The much-awaited national telecom policy of the Govt 
would be announced in Parliament during the current budget session, 
Minister of State for Communications Rajesh Pilot said here.

BSE KEEN TO TAME THE BULLS
BOMBAY - The forced closure of the Bombay Stock Exchange on Wednesday
which was widely criticised by brokers appeared to have paid of with
both financial institutions with bull operators resorting to profit-
taking in Thursday's trading.

PIVOTALS FALL ON POOR BUYING SUPPORT
BOMBAY - Imposition of strict restrictions on speculative business 
coupled with 15% margin on purchase in the cash section and absence 
of institutional buying today saw the Bombay Stock Exchange sensitive 
index climb down by nearly 150 points to reach a level of around 4241.

DM 35m GERMAN GRANT FOR TECHNICAL HELP
BONN - Germany would give a grant of DM 35million for the technical 
help to cover various multipurpose projects in India, sources at 
the conclusion of the three days of IndoGerman development assistance 
talks here have said.

RAMESH MAKES SINGAPORE LAST FOUR
SINGAPORE - Wild card entry  Ramesh Krishnan of India came from 
behind to reach the semi-finals of the Epson Singapore Super Tennis 
Championships here today with a 3-set win over Mark Woudforde of
Australia.

YORKS CHIEF IN INDIA FOR TENDULKAR
LONDON - Yorkshire's chief executive flew to Bombay today to offer 
India's teenage cricket sensation Sachin Tendulkar a contract for 
the coming season.

APRIL 5 - HOLIDAY ON ACCOUNT OF UGADI

APRIL 6
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STATE SEEKING LEGAL ADVICE ON TRIBUNAL ORDER:CM
BALGALORE - CHIEF Minister S.Bangarappa is not in favour of 
drawing any hasty conclusions on the outcome of the State Governments 
review petition field with the cauvery tribunal.

OPPN ASKS STATE GOVERNMENT TO BOYCOTT CAUVERY TRIBUNAL
BANGALORE- THE Opposition leaders today demanded almost in chorus 
that the State Government boycott the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal 
in view of the tribunals ruling on april 3 on the review petition 
fled by Karnataka against the tribunal's interim order.

PAWAR VISIT TO BOOST INDO-US TIES
WASHINGTON - Defence Minister Sharad Pawar's discussions here on 
Tuesday with Defence Secretary Richard B. Cheney are intended to 
strengthen the gradual process of expanding the Indo-US military 
co-operation and not to strike any news arms deal.
	Indian Officials here have made it clear that Mr. Pawar 
is not coming with a shopping list. The whole excercise, they 
point out, is to establish a long term relations on the basis 
of the Kickleighter proposal, the objective of which is to 
"pursue a common policy of gradually strengthening of ties 
towards expanded co-operation and partnership by the end of 
this decade."

SATELLITES SHOW VAST FIRE RAVAGE IN NAGARAHOLE
B'LORE - A whopping 717 sq km of pristine and diverse vegetation 
has been ravaged by fire, including the one set off by rioters, 
in the famed Nagarahole and Bandipur wildlife sancturies in 
Karnataka last month.

MANMOHAN LEADING TOP TEAM TO JAPAN
NEW DELHI - In a bid to attract new direct foreign investment 
from Japan, Finannce Minister Manmohan Singh is leading a 
high-level official and business delegation to Tokyo on Tuesday.
This will be Dr. Singh's first bilateral visit to any country and 
will lay the economic foundation to Prime Minister P.V.Narasimha 
Rao's planned visit to Japan in June this year.

LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM
HYDERABAD - The proposal to introduce a Light Rail Transit 
System (LRTS) -the first of its kind in the country - to 
meet the growing transport needs of the twin cities of Hyderabad 
would soon get the Centre's clearance and work on the Rs. 350 
crore project would commence later this year, Andhra Pradesh CM 
N. Janardhana Reddy.

CENTRE TO DECIDE ON SOME PENDING POWER PROJECTS SOON

NO DECISION YET ON NARASIMHAN REPORT: MINISTER

CHAPPELL SAYS INDIA LACKED TEAMWORK
MADRAS - There is absolutely no dearth of talent in Indian 
cricket but lack of team functioning caused India's failure in 
the recent World Cup, according to Greg Chappell, former Australian 
Skipper, now in Madras to give a few batting tips to the MRF Pace 
Foundation boys who trained under his fast bowling colleague, 
Dennies Lillee.

PAK HOCKEY STAR IN DRUG NET
ISLAMABAD - Mussadiq Hussain, a centre-forward in the Pakistan 
Hockey team, has tested positive for anabolic steroids and, 
thus, faces a mandatory two year ban according to the International 
Olympic Committee rules.

SACHIN SIGNS FOR YORKS
BOMBAY - Indian batting prodigy Sachin Tendulkar signed for 
Yorkshire yesterday becoming the English county's first overseas 
and non-white player.

SACHIN-ROGER COMBO CLICK
BARODA - Sachin Tendulkar (Bombay) and Roger Binny (Karnataka) 
won the double wicket cricket tournament held at Motibaug Place 
ground here today.  Fourteen top cricket players, including Sunil 
Gavaskar, Alvin Kallicharan, Dilip Vengsarkar and Kapil Dev 
participated in the tournament sponsered by GSFC and organised by 
the local Akshar Trust to raise funds for a school of deaf children. 
The winners won the prize of Rs. 20,000.


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