From: desai@blsouth.bss.com (Hiren Desai)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.indian
Subject: INDIA NEWS
Date: 15 Dec 92 18:28:38 GMT
Organization: BellSouth Telecommunications - Science and Technology


Source : BBC World Service News 
Date   : Saturday Dec 12, 1992 ( 10:00 am & 3:00 pm)
Country: India


The situation in India appears to be calm after 5 days of 
violence. As of now over 1,000 people are reported to have died in 
various incidents all over the country. Compared with the last 
few days, the situation right now appears to be peaceful in general.

Most of the deaths reported now are either those of people
who succumbed to injuries in hospitals or because of dead
bodies being recovered. In Bihar eight bodies were   
recovered from a well recently.

Reports from Calcutta quote authorities there saying that
over 70 members of the recently outlawed RSS (Rashtriya
Sawamsevak Sangh) have been arrested. 

BBC reporter Sam Miller reported that outside of West 
Bengal state, hardly any action seem to have been taken
against the outlawed communal organisations.

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Source   : Times of India
Date     : Sunday, Dec 13, 1992
Country  : India

* Ayodhya is internal issue says Imam Bukhari 

Declaring that some "goondahs" were responsible for the demolition of the 
Bari Masjid, the Imam of Delhi's Jama Moasjid said he was on principle 
against internationalising any domestic issue. 

In an interview against the backdrop of the walls of the Jama Masjid 
here today, Imam Abdullah Bukhari said, "not only the Muslims, but 
anyone with an ounce of humanity in this country, including crores of Hindus,
Sikhs and Christians, have expressed their grief at the demolition of 
the mosque. 


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  * Economic reforms unaffected by Ayodhya crisis
					Wall Street Journal - Dec 11, 1992

      Mr Manmohan Singh, the key architect of the India's economic reforms
  pledged that the wave of religious violence would not stop the program
  from proceeding. "The reforms will continue. There should be no doubt about
  that. We have a program and it is on course", he said. Yesterday, Mr Singh
  and other officials said they were moving ahead with a planned restructuring
  of the petroleum industry, which had been dominated by state companies. They
  indicated that tax reforms are in the works and are likely to be revealed
  in the next budget in Febraury. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, a leading civil
  servant in the ministry of finance, said that the government expects the 
  foreign investment to continue despite the violence during the last week,
  citing a meetings of a ministerial committee to approve proposals of
  more than $100m. He said that the committee on Wednesday approved a Thai
  investment of $120m. Dismissing concerns he said, "you have to see not
  what the people say, but what the government does."
     Despite initial fears that Mr Rao will be under pressure to resign,
  officials have been at pains to demonstrate that the Mr Rao's government
  remains firmly in control. Business initially feared that the upheaval
  could bring down the government.Now, some business leaders said they 
  believe the Rao government appears to have gained control. Some businessmen
  appeared prepared to accept the view of Mr Manmohan Singh, "country has 
  the resilience to take these events in its stride, and the riots are 
  an aberration". "I think the reforms are on track", said Tarun Das,
  director general of the Confederation of Indian Industry. 

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