From: blrv1@verifone.com (M.G.Balakrishna Rao)
Subject: India - Cyclone toll mounts to 185 in Tamilnadu and Kerala
Organization: VeriFone, Bangalore
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 13:47:47 GMT


From    : M.G.Balakrishna Rao
Source  : Deccan Herald, November 14 - 16, 1992
Country : India


                   *** Headline News, Sports at the end  ****

NOV 14
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ASSAM GOVT DISSLOVES DISTRICT COUNCIL

UNION CARBIDE OFFICIALS ACCUSED OF CULPABLE HOMICIDE

BATTLELINES DRAWN OVER DISPUTED SHRINE
NEW DELHI - Battlelines have been drawn yet again over the Ayodhya dispute
with the BJP refusing to heed the PM's request to keep the Kar Seva in
abeyance until negotiations on the dispute are complete.

PM CALLS FOR TREBLING FOODGRAIN OUTPUT

EXISTENCE OF TEMPLE AT AYODHYA - UP GOVT AWAITING WORD ON ONE-POINT
REFERENCE TO SC

NARAYANAN CALLS FOR SOCIAL MONITORING MECHANISM
NEW DELHI - The Vice President Dr. R.K. Narayan today said there
should be a social monitoring mechanism at the Govt level to observe
and watch the actual working of economic reforms.

INFLATION LIKELY TO DECLINE , FEELS BUSINESS
NEW DELHI - Despite economic indications painting a grim state,
businessmen expect that inflation will decline and there will be an
improvement in exports during the rest of the current fiscal.

INDIAN SOFTWARE FOR EAST AFRICA
NEW DELHI - An Indian company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding
with an Uganda-based marketing and trading group for marketing software
products in East Africa.

CLP MEET LIKELY ON MONDAY - HIGH COMMAND RULES OUT ACTION
AGAINST BANGARAPPA
NEW DELHI - The Cong(I) High Command is not contemplating any action
on the "omissions and Commissions" of the S. Bangarappa Govt.

TRANSITION OF POWER WILL BE SMOOTH, ASSURES BANGARAPPA

SANCTION OF DA, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS - GOVERNOR OBJECTS TO CARETAKER
GOVT'S ACTION
B"LORE - Governer Kursheed Alam Khan has disapproved of the action of
the Caretaker Govt headed by Mr. S. Bangarappa in sanctioning development
projects and DA to employees at the Cabinet meeting hele here on Thursday.

HECTIC CONSULTATIONS ON TO FIND CM'S SUCCESSOR

NOV 15
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87 KILLED AS CYCLONIC STORM RAVAGES TN AND KERALA
MADRAS - At least 66 persons were killed in TN and 21 deaths were reported
in flash floods and landslides in Kerala in the wake of a severe cyclonic
storm which ravaged the southern districts of the 2 states on friday night.

NEHRU AWARD FOR ARUNA ASAF ALI - A VETERAN FREEDOM FIGHTER

AYODHYA: PM TO CONVENE NIC MEET

KA GOVT TAMPERING WITH IMPORTANT FILES: SAYS BJP

CALL TO CURB ECONOMIC CRIMES AT GLOBAL LEVEL

KAR SEVA WILL BE STOPPED, ASSUERES PM
NEW DELHI - The Prime Minister P.V.Narasimha Rao, has reportedly
assured a delegation of the Babri Masjid Movement Coordination
Committee (BMMCC) that the centre would take effective steps to stop
the Kar Seva planned by the VHP at Ayodhya from Dec. 6.

GOVT AMENDS RULES ON SECURITIES CONTRACTS

CHOICE OF CM MAY BE LEFT TO PVN - 4 OBSERVERS TO ATTEND CLP MEET
NEW DELHI - The Karnataka Cong(I) Legislature Party, convened to meet
in B'lore on monday, is expected to entrust the task of finding a
successor to outgoing CM S. Bangarappa to Prime Minister P.V.Narasimha
Rao, party leaders from the State indicated.

'KARNATAKA RATNA'CONFERRED ON DR. RAJKUMAR

MICROLAND NETS BUSINESS WORTH 2 CRORE
B'LORE - Microland Electronics pvt. ltd., which was recently appointed
sole distributor in India for Compaq personal computers, claims to have
already picked up business worth Rs. 2 crore.

AMRE STANDS TALL AMID INDIAN BATTING RUINS

NOV 16
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CYCLONE TOLL MOUNTS TO 185 IN TN, KERALA; LAKHS HOMELESS

CLP MEET PUT OFF TO TUESDAY - OBSERVERS ELICIT VIEWS ON CHOICE OF NEW CM
IN KARANATAKA
NEW CM MAY BE SWORN IN ON NOV 19
BANGARAPPA HOLDS TALKS WITH PM
CM'S SUPPORTERS TO MEET TODAY

NOTED FOLK SINGER BALAPPA HUKKERI PASSES AWAY

JOINT PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTE ON SCAM MAY NOT SUBMIT INTERIM REPORT

US POLL VERDICT COULD AFFECT CARBIDE CASE, WARREN ANDERSON, THE PRIME
ACCUSED MAY NOT BE EXTRADITED

KLF CHIEF AMONG 13 ULTRAS KILLED IN PUNJAB

SINGLE-POINT REFERENCE TO JUDICIAL AUTHORITY WAS NEVER DISCUSSED
BY THE GOVT: VHP

CHIDAMBARAM CALLS ON JPC CHAIRMAN

INDIA MAY GO IN FOR RICE IMPORTS

INFLATION RATE DECLINES DESPITE RISE IN WPI

CRICKET: AMRE'S TON PULLS INDIA OUT OF WOODS
SCORES: SA 254, (Wessels 118, Rhodes 41, Pringle 33,
	Kapil 22-6-43-3, P'kar 24.4-7-47-2, Srinath 18-3-69-1,
	Kumble 28-8-51-2, Shastri 11-1-38-2
India: 277 (Shastri 14, Jadeja 3, M'kar 0, T'kar 11, Azhar 36,
	Amre 103, Kapil 2, P'kar 13, More 55, Kumble 8, Srinath 1

RANJI TROPHY: KA PULLS OFF INNINGS VICTORY OVER GOA

NOV 16 - 0930pm news
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SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS THE VP SINGH GOVT'S ORDINANCE ON RESERVATION
BASED ON MANDAL COMMISSION'S REPORT, REJECTS RESERVATIONS ON PROMOTIONS,
IMPOSES 50% AS THE LIMIT OF RESERVATION EXCEPT IN "SPECIAL CASES".

CRICKET: 4TH DAY'S PLAY WASHED AWAY

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