From: blrv1@verifone.com (M.G.Balakrishna Rao)
Subject: Discord Plagues Congress-AIADMK Alliance
Organization: VeriFone, Bangalore
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 93 21:40:50 GMT



Source     : The Deccan Herald, Dec 30, 1992 - Jan 2, 1993
Countries  : India and Pakistan

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DEC 30
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PVN RULES OUT MID-TERM POLL

HC RESERVES ORDER ON DARSHAN AT AYODHYA

RAITA SANGHA ACTIVISTS RANSACK US SEED FIRM
B'LORE- 100s of Karnataka Rajya Raita Sangha activists today ransacked
the office of the  American multinational Cargill Seeds India Pvt Ltd
on St. Marks Road here, protesting against the patents Act or any form
of intellectual property protection on plants and genes.

PAK ASKS INDIA TO REDUCE DIPLOMATIC STAFF AT KARACHI
NEW DELHI - The on-going diplomatic row between India and Pakistan
worsened today with the Pakistan asking India to reduce the strength of
the Indian Consulate at Karachi from the present 64 to just 20.

NO TAKERS FOR GOVT'S PROPOSALS
NEW DELHI - The Union Govt's action plan to defuse the Ayodhya crisis
has landed it once again in a Catch-22 situation. The votaries of
Hindutva as well as the minorities and well meaning secularists are
equally hurt by its proposals.

DISCORD PLAGUES CONG-AIADMK TIE-UP
MADRAS - With Prime Minister P.V.Narasimha Rao remarking possibly tongue
in cheek that the alliance between the Cong(I), and the AIADMK is "quite
strong" and CM J. Jayalalita evidencely elated that Mr. Rao did not raise
attack on the AIADMK during his meeting with her in Kanyakumari yesterday
the whistle has been blown on yet another round of shadow boxing. But the
war of words between Ms. Jayalalita, And PCC chief Vazhapadi K. Ramamurthi
continues.

KALYAN, PATWA FLAY MOVE TO ACQUIRE SITE, REBUILD MOSQUE

SHANTA KUMAR'S WRIT QUESTIONS DISMISSAL

ALL-INDIA TRANSPORT BUNDH DEFERRED

MANMOHAN SINGH TO HOLD PRE-BUDGET MEETINGS

7 AIR FORCE PILOTS TO FLY IA PLANES
NEW DELHI- Seven ace pilots from the Indian Air Force VIP squadron will
soon undertake commercial flying duties with the Indian Airlines to maintain
its contigency flight schedule.

INDIAN FIRMS ALLOWED TO BID IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES
NEW DELHI- In a major boost to the corporate sector the government today
announced guidelines, permitting Indian companies to bid in any foreign
curency in competitive international contracts to supply goods and services.

MODI OLIVETTI BECOMES OLIVETTI SUBSIDIARY
NEW DELHI- Modi Olivetti has become a full fledged subsidiary of the Olivetti
group of comapnies, Italy, following upgradation of the joint venture
agreement between the two companies recently, Mr. L. Sella, Vice President
of the company said here today.

SPEED POST CORPN UNDER STUDY
NEW DELHI - The Govt is examining a proposal by an expert committee set
up a separate speed post corpn.

GOOCH LOOKS FORWARD TO CENTUARY OF TESTS
NEW DELHI - England cricketers flew in here early this morning hoping
for two months of successful, entertaining tour of the country.

MANOJ FINED FOR DISSENT
Manoj Prabhakar, was today fined Rs. 1000, 10% of his match fees by ICC
match referee Mike Smith for showing dissent after being given out by
umpire Wilf Diederichs in the test against S. Africa here today.

DEC 31
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NAIB IMAM TO OFFER NAMAZ AT DISPUTED SITE
REVIEW OF AYODHYA PACKAGE RULED OUT
NEW DELHI - Sources in Cong(i) ruled out a review in the centres Ayodhya
Package which was discussed by the cabinet committee on political
affair for about an hour this afternoon.
Some ruling Party members are reported to have sought modification of the
Ayodhya Package.
Meanwhile the Naib Imam of Jamma Masjid, Syed Ahmed Bukhari left today
for Ayodhya to offer Namaz on the disputed site tomorrow afternoon.

DITHERING HAS PUT GOVT IN ASPOT
NEW DELHI - The Union Govts failure to take a clear cut decision on whether
or not to allow darshan at the Ram Lalla Temple built overnight on the debris
of the Babri Masjid at Ayodhya has landed it in the unenviable position.
No one is prepared to believe that the UP Govt could take a decision on
so crucial matter without reference to the centre.

JUDICIAL REMANDS OF BJP LEADERS EXTENDED

VAJPAYEE INTENDED TO RESIGN FROM BJP NATIONAL EXECUTIVE
NEW DELHI - Senior BJP leader A.B. Vajpayee today said he had
differences with the party leadership on the Ayodhya issue and
disclosed that he had intended to resign from the BJP National
Executive after the demolition of the disputed structure.

YAMUNA DISPUTE RESOLVED
CHANDIGARH - The long pending dispute between the 4 northern States of UP,
Haryana, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh and the Union Territory of Delhi
over the the sharing of the Yamuna waters has been resolved.

TRAIN SERVICES TO PAK CUT DOWN TO TWICE A WEEK
ATTRI -  The frequency of the Samjotha Express train between Lahore
and Attari, the only rail link between India and Pakistan has been
resticted to two days a week from the existing daily service.

IA PILOTS FAVOUR TALKS, REJECT PACKAGE

SAIL TO INVEST RS. 800 CRORE IN R&D

WORKERS ACCEPTS VRS
CIBA-GEIGY TO CLOSE DOWN BHANDUP PLANT
BOMBAY - Hindustan Ciba-Geigy, a multi divisional company would close down
its loss making pharma plant at Bhandup here tomorrow after 916 workmen
decided to make their exit under a voluntary retirement scheme.
The scheme which might stand as a model for the much debated exit
policy provides for monthly pension to all employees the pension amt.
comapring favourably to the current basic and DA drawn by them, Mr. S.S.
Patil GM (Human Resources) told PTI.

JAN 1 1993
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BAN ORDER HITS NEW YEAR REVERLRY
B'LORE - Police chased a truant car and arrested 2 persons, one of them
a driver, for tresspassing M.G. Road, banned for traffic around midnight.
The traditional New Year revelry on M.G. Road, Brigade Road, St. Marks
Road and Church street struck a dull note following restrictions and
traffic curbs by the City Police Commissioner.

REMARKS AGAINST PM
CLP AUTHORITIES CM TO SEEK VEERENDRA'S EXPLANATION
B'LORE - The Congress Legislature Party today authorised CM M. Veerapppa
Moily and KPCC(I) President V. Krishna Rao to seek an explanation from
former CM Veerendra Patil for his criticism of Prime Minister P.V.
Narasimha Rao's handling of the Ayodhya issue in the Assembly on Tuesday.

VIOLENCE CLAIMS 6 LIVES IN AP TOWN
HYDERABAD - The toll in the stabbing incidents in Bhainsa town in
Adilabad Dist of AP has risen to 6 with one person succumbing to
injuries in the hospital this morning.

MOB LATHI-CHARGED IN FAIZABAD; NAIB IMAM 'SENT BACK'
FAIZABAD - Indefinite curfew was clamped on Faizabad town today after a
mob, defying prohibitory orders, broke a police cardon to march towards
Ayodhya, 7 km away, to offer symbolic namaaz but was lathicharged and
stopped from proceeding towards the disputed site.

REDUCTION IN CONSULATE STRENGTH
INDIA REJECTS PAK DIRECTIVE
NEW DLEHI - Pakistan is likely to ask for the further cut in the staff
strength of the Indian consulate at Karachi by 10 unless the govt of
India agrees to an additional 10 Pakistani personnel at their consulate
in Bombay increasing the total to 20, diplomatic sources said here today.

PUNJAB GOVT ADOPTS SOFT LINE ON BJP

MANEKA GANDHI ON SJP NATIONAL EXECUTIVE
NEW DLEHI - Former Ministers Yashwant Sinha, Satya Prakash Malaviya,
Mrs. Maneka Gandhi, Dr. Sanjay Singh and Manmohan Dhawan are among
the 33 people who have been nominated on the national executive of
the SJP headed by former PM Chandra Shekar.

IA'S EXECUTIVE PILOTS MAY RESUME DUTIES, RULES HC

CHAVAN RULES OUT TIME FRAME FOR NEW MOSQUE

AYODHYA HAS BROUGHT HINDUTVA INTO FOCUS: JOSHI
MATA TILA - BJP President Murli Manohar Joshi has said the Prime Minister
P.V.Narasimha Rao "can go to the end of the earth in his bit to hijack Lord
Ram from the BJP" but it would not make any difference to the "Hindutva
movement".

ENGG EXPORTS STAGNATE

SAIL PLANS NO NEW STEEL PLANTS IN KARNATAKA
NEW DLEHI - The Central Govt or the public sector giant Steel Authority
of India Ltd(SAIL) have no plans to set up new steel plants in Karnataka
or help in a big way the Visveshwaraya Iron and Steel Plant (VISL), now
being run by the SAIL.

CRICKET: INJURIES LEAVE INDIANS IN SELECTION DILEMMA FOR THE THIRD TEST

INDIAN TEAM TO BE SELECTED ON JAN 11

KAPIL, SACHIN SUE NEWSPAPER
CAPE TOWN - Indian Allrounder Kapil Dev and Sachin Tendulkar have sued
the Leader, a predominantly Indian Newspaper published from Durban, for
400,000 Rands.

JAN 2
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DARSHAN FROM TODAY FOLLOWING COURT ORDER
FAIZABAD - The Faizabad Dist administration today decided to allow
darshan "from a reasonable distance" at the disputed Ayodhya site
from tomorrow following the Allahabad High Court's directive to do so.

SANTS ASK PM TO QUIT
NEW DELHI - Akil Bharatiya Sant Samiti, a front organisation of the
banned VHP, today demanded the resignation of Prime Minister P.V.
Narasimha Rao, for his "failure to govern the country" and said the
Govt should seek fresh mandate by holding mid-term elections.

2 DIRECTORS OF BANK OF MADURA RESIGN
MADRAS - Mr. Uday S. Khotak and Mr. Anand G. Mahindra two of the 9
directors overwhelmingly re-elected a few days ago to the board of
directors of the bank of Madura, have resigned from the board.

MAULANA ASKS MUSLIMS TO SACRIFICE CLAIM
NEW DELHI - The noted Islamic Scholar, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, feels
that the Ayodhya issue has been blown out of proportion and says it
would be in the interest of muslims if they ready themselves for a
sacrifice in the spirit of love and brotherhood.

BJP FOR CBI PROBE INTO AYODHYA FILM
BOMBAY - The all India General Secretary of the BJP, Mr. Pramod Mahajan
has requested the President to order a CBI probe into the shooting of
the controversial video film on the demolition of the disputed structure
at Ayodhya, reportedly produced by Defence Minister Sharad Pawar.

SINGHAL SAYS BAN OF RSS, VHP IS INSULT TO HINDUS

OVERDRAFT: RBI PUTS SQUEEZE ON KERALA
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Kerala today lurched into the new year in
depressed finances with the Reserve Bank of India yesterday directing
the State Govt to observe a ban on all treasury transactions.

CENTRE BEEFS UP SECURITY FOR SUBRAMANIAM SWAMY

RAJIV ASSASSINATION
LAST SCENES BLURRED IN VIDEO: VERMA PANEL
NEW DELHI - The scenes of the last few moments before Rajiv Gandhi and
17 other were killed in a bomb blast at Sriperumbudur, were blurred in
the video cassettes submitted to the Verma commission by
investigating agencies.

MERCHANT BANKING BROUGHT UNDER SEBI'S FRAMEWORK
NEW DELHI - The Govt has brought merchant banking, an Important
intermediary activity in the capital market, under the regulatory
framework of the securities  and exchange board of India(Sebi), to
ensure greater transperency in the operations of merchant bankers,
and make them accountable.

UNIT TRUST PLANS NEW SCHEME
TRIVANDRUM - UTI will soon launchn a new equity-oriented growth scheme like
its master share, master plus and the master gain schemes.

CANARA BANK NRI BRANCH OPENED

GREAVES COTTON TO UPGRADE DIESEL-ENGINE TECH
Greaves Cotton & Co. Ltd is undertaking a comprehensive programme for
upgrading its diesel engine manufacturing and product technology.

GEM EYEADORNS' TO MAKE ORGANIC OPTHALMIC LENSES
Gem Eyeadorns Ltd (GEM) is entering the high profile business of
manufacturing organic opthalmic lenses for the first time in India.

CRICKET: THIRD TEST FROM TODAY, NEWLANDS PITCH LIKELY TO HELP QUICKIES

INDIANS SUFFERED FROM UMPIRING MISTAKES: BACHER

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