From: gnreddy@cbnewsf.att.com (G.Narotham Reddy)
Subject: 45 killed in train mishap in central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh
Organization: AT&T
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 92 01:51:22 GMT


Source	: Embassy of India
Date	: Sept 4, 1992
Country	: India and Pakistan

Topics:
* Nagpur-Tatanager passenger tragedy - 45 killed 
* Top Ten industrialized nations
* SIPANI D-1, new car arrived on the Indian scene
* Pakistan Declines India's invitation
* Militants surrender in Punjab
* Pakistan hopeful of getting F-16 aircrafts from U.S.A

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* 45 killed in train mishap

Bhopal, Sept 4 : (PTI): In a major rail mishap, 41 passengers were killed 
and over 100 seriously injured when the Nagpur-Tatanagar passenger
train rammed into a stationary goods train early Friday at Karorimal
Nager station, 10 kilometers from Raigarh in central Indian state of
Madhya Pradesh.
	Unofficial sources, however, put the toll, the worst ever
accident on the Bilaspur division of south eastern railway, at 45.
	Official sources said three bogies next to the engine fell into
the adjoining fields.  The toll may rise as more bodies are likely to
be extricated from the debris of bogies. The injured were admitted to
the Raigarh district hospital.

* Top Ten industrialized nations

                     Paid-up Capital 
                        Crores

West Bengal          10,747.73
Maharashtra           8,189.60
Andhra Pradesh        5,585.29
Tamil nadu            4,053.79
Madhya Pradesh        2,832.16
Gujrat                2,656.85
Karnataka             2,432.13
Bihar                 2,309.86
Orissa                1,988.08
Uttar Pradesh         1,994.76 

* Sipani D-1, new car arrived on the Indian scene

The SIPANI D-1 has arrived on the Indian scene, engineered for
automobile perfection the D-1 houses one of the best diesel power
packs ever made, a 155 cc engine made under technical knowhow
from British Leyland (UK) by Auto tractors Ltd (Sipani Group).
Seating five comfortably, the spacious interiors match its sleek
aerodynamic exterior.

* Pakistan declines India's invitation

Islamabad: Sept 4 (PTI) - Pakistan has taken the decision to send 
"A polite refusal" to India's invitation to the army Chief Gen Asif Nawaz
Janjua to visit New Delhi, a news paper reported.
	The reply to the invitations is likely to be sent by the
Foreign Office this week saying "Thanks for the invitation extended to
the Chief of Army Staff", the news reported.
	Quoting Foreign office sources, it said, the reason behind
declining the Indian offer was the "tone" of Indian Prime Minister
P.V.Narasimha Rao's August 24 letter addressed to the Pakistani Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif.
	Sources in the Prime Minister's Office said that Rao responded
to Sharif's letter in "Almost Negative Terms."
	The Indian reply was handed over to Premier Sharif by the
Indian High Commissioner S.K Lamba on August 29. 
	The report said the decision to decline the Indian offer to the
Army Chief was approved by Sharif before he left for Jakarta NAM
summit.

* Militants surrender in Punjab

Chandigarh - Sept 4: Five militants and a police constable were among six
killed in Punjab overnight, while 'Operation Night Dominance' entered
its fourth phase with its launching in the city of Ludhiana.
	Three militants surrender before the Police. Police launched
the fourth phase of 'Operation Night Dominance' in Ludhiana under the
guidance of inspector General Operations, Mr.Surjit Singh and
Ludhian SSP, S.Chatopadhyaya.
	A wanted militant Gulab Singh, alias Gulaba an area commander
of the Bhindranwale Tigers Force of Khalistan, was killed in an
encounter Thursday night. The SSP said, the slain militant was involved
in several cases of killings and bomb blasts.
	The report said several militants surrender overnight in this
operation.

* Pakistan hopeful of getting F-16 aircrafts from U.S.A

Islamabad - Sept 4: Pakistan Foreign Secretary Shahryar Khan said that
Islamabad was hopeful of getting the F-16 combat aircrafts from the
Unites States for which the payment had been made.
	"The U.S. has not disposed of the F-16 planes, originally
manufactured for Pakistan. We have made the payments for these planes",
Khan said while talking to a groups of news men at a reception on
Thursday.
	"The Muslim" quoted the Foreign Secretary as having said that
"the F-16s being sold to Taiwan were not those which were manufactured for 
Pakistan. The aircrafts which belong to Pakistan have been kept in the U.S.
Stores." 	
	U.S military and economic aid to Pakistan was suspended in Oct '90
on the suspicion that Islamabad's nuclear program was weapon oriented.
Pakistan has, however, repeatedly denied the charge.
	The Pakistani Foregin Secretary disclosed that Prime Minister Nawaz 
Sharif would pay a six day visit official visit to China from October six. 
During his visit the two countries  are likely to sign several agreements.
           

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