From: blrv1@verifone.com (M.G.Balakrishna Rao)
Subject: Bengali poet to receive India's highest literary honor
Organization: VeriFone, Bangalore
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 92 23:56:22 GMT


From     : M.G.Balakrishna Rao
Source   : Deccan Herald, November 3 - 7, 1992
Country  : India

Major Headlines:

* Farooq Abdullah Coming For Nov 7 TalkS
* US Poll coverage live on STAR TV
* HMT Tractors to be marketed in US
* Jadeja belts double ton - Indian on the brink of huge victory
* Top Kashmir Ultras Invited For TalkS
* Jnanpith For Bengali poet
* India may lease jet trainers for Indian Air Force
* International Video conference link at Tata Consulting Services
* Tamilnadu launches hunt for two Lankan Ultras

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NOV 3
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BATTLELINES DRAWN IN STATE CONG(I)
RIVAL CAMPS HUDDLE TO THRASH OUT STRATEGIES
B'LORE - The rival camps in the State Cong(I) were today busy
hammering out their political strategies on the eve of the arrival
of the 3 member high command team to asses the political situation
in the State.

10 MAHARASTRA MINISTERS QUIT, NAIK-PAWAR BATTLE ON
BOMBAY - 10 ministers of the 44-member of the Maharastra Cabinet
tendered their resignations today - 9 on the request of the CM
Sudhakarrao Naik, and one on his own accord, Mantralaya sources said
here tonight.
Earlier the CM confirmed at a press conference that he had asked 11 of
his ministers to resign to "trim the Cabinet as an austerity measure".

BJP, VHP, RSS CHALK OUT PLANS FOR KAR SEVA
NEW DELHI - Top leaders of the VHP, BJP and RSS today meet to chalk out
plans to resume "uninterrupted" kar seva at the disputed Ayodhya site
from Dec 6.

FAROOQ COMING FOR NOV 7 TALKS
NEW DELHI - The centre has invited former Jammu and Kashmir CM Farooq
Abdullah, all former members of parliament and the State legislature
for a meeting here on November 7 to acclerate the democratic process
in the troubled Kashmir valley.

US POLL COVERAGE LIVE ON STAR TV

GOVT RESTRICTS JAIN PANEL'S JURISDICTION
NEW DELHI - In a crucial decision, the Union Govt has restricted the
jurisdiction of the one man Milap Chand Jain Commission, looking into
the conspiracy angle of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and barred
it from scrutinising the investigations, so far undertaken by the CBI.

ASI DRAWS FLAK OVER PURI TEMPLE
BHUBANESHWAR - The Orissa Govt has threatened to take over the Sri
Jagannath temple complex at Puri from the Archaeological Survey of
India (ASI) if it "failed to project its performance in the right
direction".

JMM LEADER VOWS TO FIGHT FOR STATE

4 HP MLAS TO BE TRIED UNDER ANTI-DEFECTION LAW

BJP CALLS FOR BUNDH TODAY

PUNJAB MILITANT SHOT DEAD IN BOMBAY

INDIAN SOLDIER KILLED IN FIRING

CHURHAT LOTTERY SCANDAL - SC TELLS MP TO REINSTATE JUDGE
NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the judgment of the MP
high court quashing two notifications of the State Govt appointing one
retired judge after another to head a one-man commission to investigate
into the affairs of Churhat Children Welfare Society and the lottery
conducted by it.

COMPUTER MAKERS FOR RETAINING IMPORT DUTY DIFFERENTIAL
NEW DELHI - Concerned at the rapid pace of liberalisation and easy
access to imports, domestic  computer manufacturers have mooted a
comprehensive "transition mechanism" which encompasses a 3-year
adjustment period for medium and small computer units which show
export potential.

BHEL DEVELOPS 1000 MW POWER GENERATION SETS

HMT TRACTORS TO BE MARKETED IN US
WASHINGTON - HMT has concluded an arrangement with the American Jawa Ltd.,
New York, for marketing tractors in the US.

KIRLOSKAR ELECTRIC-GE TIES UP
Kirloskar Electric Co. Ltd., B'lore and General Electric Co., of the USA
are finalising plans to co-operate in supplying total electrics for the
steel industry.

JADEJA BELTS DOUBLE TON - INDIAN ON THE BRINK OF HUGE VICTORY
SPRINGS - It was another stand-out performance from the Indians, even
if the standards, and enthusiasm, shown by their foes, Combine Bowl XI,
playing their I International in over 2 decades, took a fair bit of sheen
off it. But the victory charge slackened not a bit and found late thrust
from the bowlers too, though it was Ajay Jadeja, the 21-year-old on his
maiden I-class game for India, who made the 3rd day at the Pam, Brink
Stadium all his own.
SCORE-BOARD
COMBINED BOWL XI(1st innings): 230
INDIAN XI (1st innings): Raman - 11, Jadeja (not out) - 254,
Manjrekar - 186, Tendulkar - 65, Azharuddin(not out) - 1, Extras - 39,
Total - 556.
Fall of wickets- 1-15, 2-430, 3-552.
COMBINED BOWL XI (2nd innings)- Micheal Cann - 2, Neil Snyman - 2, Hendrick
De Vos- 21, Wayne Truter - 11, Frans Cronje 6, Terry Marsh(not out) - 3,
Extras - 4, Total (for 6 wickets) - 51.
Fall of wickets- 1-5, 2-5, 3-23, 4-35, 5-44, 6-51.

NOV 4
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INDIVIDUALS' OPINIONS TO BE SOUGHT
AICC TEAM BEGINS THORNY EXERCISE TO STUDY SITUATION

TOP KASHMIR ULTRAS INVITED FOR TALKS
NEW DELHI- In a significant move, the Centre has invited top pro-militant
leaders, Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Abdul Gani Lone for talks on the
political situation in the Kashmir valley on Nov 7, according to informed
sources.

JNANPITH FOR BENGALI POET
CALCUTTA- Bengali poet Subhash Mukhopadhyay will receive this year's
Jnanpith award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Indian
literature.

SPORADIC VIOLENCE MARS BJP BUNDH
BOMBAY- Scores of BJP leaders were wounded in alleged police lathicharge
at several places in Bihar and Maharashtra Chief Minister Sudhakarrao
Naik's chamber in Bombay was ransacked in stray incidents that marred the
partially successful BJP-sponsored one-day "Bharat Bundh" today to protest
against price-hikes.

MEMO SUBMITTED TO PRESIDENT BY SUBRAMANIAM SWAMY
PROBE SOUGHT INTO JAYALALITHA'S RULE

INDIA MAY LEASE JET TRAINERS FOR IAF
NEW DELHI- India may prefer to take on lease a few advanced jet trainer
for its air force rather than make bulk purchases initially, an
authoritative defence weekly has reported.
Flight International says the IAF will select from either the UK or France
the required number of trainers. British Aerospace and Dassault/Dronier
are competing for deal with Hawk and Alpha Jet.

AMITABH BACHAN SELECTED FOR KALA RATTAN AWARD

PREMNATH PASSES AWAY
BOMBAY- Hindi cinema's most polished villain and swashbuckling hero of
yesterdays, Premnath, who was acclaimed for his performance a in Johny
Mera Naam, died after a cardiac arrest at his residence off Napean Sea
Road in south Bombay today. He was 65.

'COMMANDOS' USED TO PROBE BROKERS' DEALS
BOMBAY- The Income Tax Dept. has called for the services of "computer
commandos" to decode the transactions of share brokers and to unearth
tax evation.
A computerised device designed to probe the transactions of suspected tax
dodgers among the brokers, "commandos" were recently put to use to decode
Harshad Mehta's files.

BANERJEE SCALPS FIVE IN INDIAN VICTORY
SPRINGS- The Indian cricketers won their maiden first class game on
South African soil here today and promptly presented themselves with
a visit to Sun City, a spot of paradise outside Johannesburg. But
before that, they were ordered to a practice session almost as if to
say very little had, in fact, been achieved in the last three days
and 75 minutes of today against a side as weak as the Combined Bowl XI.
SCORE-BOARD
COMBINED BOWL XI(1st innings)- 230
INDIA(1st innings)- 556 for 3 declared.
COMBINED BOWL XI(2nd innings)- Micheal Cann -2, Neil Snymann - 2,
Hendrick - 21, Wayne Truter - 11, Frans Cronje- 6, Brian Randall - 2,
Terry Marsh - 3, Peter De Vaal (not out) 24, Wickus Botha - 0, Claude
Henderson -0, Henry Williams - 6, Extras - 8, Total - 85.
Fall of wickets - 1-5, 2-5, 3-23, 4-35, 5-44, 6-51, 7-51, 8-70, 9-70.

NOV 5
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LOYALISTS, DISSIDENTS PRESENT CLAIMS BEFORE AICC TEAM

NOTED KANNADA POET GOPALAKRISHNA ADIGA DEAD

MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH ON SIACHEN
NEW DELHI- A major breakthrough was achieved in the ongoing Indo-Pakistan
talks to end the conflict on the Siachen glacier today with both sides
coming to agreements on certain aspects of the conflict.

NEW BJP STANCE THREAT TO CONG(I)
NEW DELHI- The Nov 3 BJP-sponsored all-India bundh despite having flopped
made one point quite convincingly: the party, which is the recognised
opposition party in parliament, has at last decided to play its due role.
Throughout the 18 months since the last general election the BJP never
looked serious enough for the role.

BID TO HIDE REAL ISSUES OF SCAM: KRISHNAMURTHY
NEW DELHI- Former Planning Commission member, Mr. V.Krishnamurthy, one of
the accused in the stock market scam, says that the "real issues" exposed
by the scandal have been put "under the carpet" and persons responsible
for "misdeeds" have got away scot-free.

MAHARASHTRA DEVELOPMENTS - PAWAR VOWS TO ACT IN STATE'S INTEREST
AURANGABAD- Defence Minister Sharad Pawar today categorically stated that
he would "not allow anybody to destablise Maharashtra and he will do
everything to oppose such a move".

PAWAR'S CLOUT IN MAHARASHTRA WANING

HC DISMISSES MK'S WRIT AGAINST PANEL
MADRAS- The Madras High Court today dismissed a writ petition filed by
DMK President and former Chief Minister M.Karunanidhi, challenging the
appointment of an inquiry commission to go into corruption charges
against him.

PM FELICITATES BILL CLINTON

GOVT HINTS AT CUT IN PERSONAL, INDIRECT TAX
NEW DELHI- The government today hinted at a further reduction in the
rates of personal and indirect taxation and was confident that its
fiscal consolidation efforts would help the country move towards an
"era of price stability".

INTERNATIONAL VIDEO CONFERENCE LINK AT TCS
BOMBAY- An international video conference link, said to be the first of
its kind in the country, has been set up between Tata Consultancy Services
(TCS) here and Northern Telecom (NT) in Canada.

SA BACK OUT OF WORLD CUP BID
JOHANNESBURG- South Africa today opted out of the race to host the World
Cup Cricket Championship in 1995 leaving the field open for the triad of
India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka and England, the only two other contenders.

NOV 6
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POLITICAL SITUATION IN STATE
AICC TEAM TO GIVE REPORT TO PVN WITHIN TWO DAYS
BANGALORE- Union Home Minister S.B.Chavan, who headed the team of AICC(I)
observers to assess the image of the Bangarappa Govt, today said that the
team would submit its findings to AICC(I) President and Prime Minister
P.V.Narasimha Rao within a day or two.

PROMINENT J&K LEADERS NOT TO ATTEND TALKS
NEW DELHI- Prominent Muslim United Front leaders - Syed Ali Shah Geelani
and Abdul Gani Lone - two former chief ministers and more than 25 political
representatives will keep away from the Nov 7 talks, convened by Home
Minister S.B.Chavan on the Kashmir situation, informed sources said here
today.

CONG GROUPS TRY HARD TO IMPRESS TEAM
BANGALORE- High drama and minor skirmishes marked the third and concluding
day today of the exercise conducted by the high-power team of Congress(I)
observers to fathom the feelings of partymen towards the Bangarappa Govt
in Karnataka.

VHP FIRM ON KAR SEVA FROM DEC 6

OFFICERS' ASSN PUTS BLAME ON RBI
BOMBAY- The RBI was well aware of the irregular security transactions in
the banking industry even as far back as in 1986, the RBI officers'
Association today admitted before the Joint Parliamentary Committee
investigating into the multi-crore securities scam.

AYODHYA ISSUE MAY DOMINATE BJP MEET
BHUBANESHWAR- With the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) having announced Dec 6
as the fresh date to start the "final phase" of their kar seva at Ayodhya,
the mandir-masjid issue is likely to dominate the national executive meeting
of the Bharatiya Janata Party beginning here from tomorrow.

PANEL ADVISES PALANI IDOL'S REPLACEMENT
MADRAS- An expert committee set up by the Tamil Nadu Govt has found that
the idol of Lord Subramanya at Palani is badly damaged and has recommended
that it be replaced by a new stone idol sculpted according to norms laid
down in the Shastras. The present idol should be encased in gold armour
and placed in the rear of the sanctum sanctorum, the committee has said
in its report submitted to the Tamil Nadu Govt recently.

TN HUNT FOR TWO LANKAN ULTRAS
MADRAS- Police have launched a massive hunt to hab two Sri Lankan Tamil
militants who shot dead a local youth and injured four in Adampakkam in
Madras on Tuesday night and escaped in a motorcycle.

JANATA DAL SPLITS IN RAJASTAN

GRINDLAYS PAYS 506 CR TO NHB, PACT ON ARBITRATION
BOMBAY- ANZ Grindlays Bank, on Wednesday reached an arbitration agreement
with the National Housing Bank regarding the disputed transactions worth
Rs. 506 crore.
Pending the outcome of the arbitration process, ANZ Grindlays has paid
Rs. 506 crore to the National Housing Bank on directions from the RBI.
If the arbitration decision goes in favour of ANZ Gridlays, the funds
paid to NHB will be returned to it.

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