From: blrv1@verifone.com (M.G.Balakrishna Rao)
Subject: India -  Plot to kill Beant Singh and K.P.S Gill Unearthed
Organization: VeriFone, Bangalore
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 21:11:09 GMT


From   : M.G.Balakrishna Rao
Date   : Deccan Herald, Nov 17-20, 1992
Country: India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan

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NOV 17
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LANKAN NAVAL CHIEF KILLED BY SUICIDE BOMBER
COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's Navy Commander, Clancy Fernando, was assassinated
today when a suspected LTTE militant, riding a motorcycle carrying a
bomb, rammed into Fernando's car this morning. The incident occured
around 8.40 a.m. when the naval chief was on his way to his office.

PRIVILEGED AMONG BCs EXCLUDED - SC UPHOLDS 27% JOB QUOTA, ECONOMIC
NORM STRUCK DOWN
NEW DELHI - In a historic judgement upholding job reservation for
backward classes in govt, the Supreme Court today held partially valid
the V.P. Singh's Govt decision on 27% job quota for backward classes
and struck down the Narasimha Rao Govt's order incorporating economic
criteria.

NATIONAL FRONT POLICY VINDICATED, SAYS V P SINGH

BANGARAPPA NOT TO SPONSOR CANDIDATE FOR CM'S POST

KARNATAKA CONGRESS LEGISLATURE PARTY MEET TODAY

1 KILLED AS RAINS LASH MANGALORE

IA TALKS FAIL
NEW DELHI - The Indian Airlines management was gearing up to invoke
its "contingency plan" as talks with agitating pilots owing allegiance
to the Indian Commercial Pilots' Association (ICPA), failed tonight.
The Pilots late tonight were to decide on their action plan - whether
to go on a full-fledged strike or not. But sources close to the IPCA
said a strike was "imminent".

VAYALAR SUSPENDS 4 ANTONY LOYALISTS
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM -  The war between the Karunakaran and Antony
factions in the State unit of the Cong(I) hotted up today with Kerala
PCC(I) chief Vayalar Ravi ordering the suspension of 4 youth Cong(I)
leaders who are Antony loyalists from the primary membership of the party.

ASSAM ULFA ULTRAS RESUME ACTIVITIES

POLICEMEN'S STIR IN TRIPURA FIZZLES OUT

TN GOVT FILES DEFAMATION CASE AGAINST SWAMY
MADRAS - The Tamil NAdu Govt today filed a criminal defamation case
against Janata Party leader, Dr. Subramanian Swamy, for his allegation
implicating State CM Ms. Jayalalitha, in the acid attack on former IAS
officer, Ms. V. Chandralekha.

PLOT TO KILL BEANT GILL UNEARTHED
CHANDIGARH - The Security forces in Punjab on Sunday unearthed a Pakistan-
backed pilot to assassinate Punjab CM Beant singh and the Police Chief,
K.P.S. Gill, with the killing of top militant and Khalistan Liberation
Force(KLF) deputy chief Nishan Singh Makhu in Ferozepur dist.

TN LANDSLIDE: RESCUE BID ON
MADURAI - A massive operation is underway to clear the debris in the
Megamalai area of the Western Ghats near Chinnamanur, 90 km from here
where plantation workers of 2 cardamom estates were feared buried alive
in a landslide on saturday last.

US SENATE TEAM IN DELHI

HISTORICITY OF AYODHYA - BJP NOT A PARTY TO ANY JUDICIAL DECISION: JOSHI

GUIDELINES FOR NATIONAL RENEWAL FUND FINALISED

FIRST PRIVATE AIRLINE FOR EASTERN INDIA
CALCUTTA - Eastern India's tfirst I ever private airline 'Citylink Airways',
is all set to touch down at Dum Dum airport on Nov 18, catering to
feeder service in the domestic sector and promoting tourism in the
country, according to the airline's Resident Director, Mr. G.S. Pujji.

CELLULAR PHONES: TENDERS PLANNED IN 20 CITIES
NEW DELHI - The Communications Ministry is planning to float tenders for
providing mobile cellular telephones in over 20 non metropolitan cities
even as its selection of 8 companies for this in Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta
and Madras has run into a controversy.
Many of the 30 odd companies whose bids in the 4 metropolitan cities were
rejected by the Ministry have threatened to go to court. But the Ministry
maintains that the selection process was proper.

CRICKET: DOORDARSHAN TO TELECAST ONE-DAYERS LIVE

CRICKET TEST: 4TH DAY'S PLAY WASHED OUT

BOMB BLAST FORCES NZ TO CANCEL LANKA TOUR
COLOMBO - The New Zealand Cricket Team today decided to abandon their 5
week tour of Sri Lanka following a suicide bomb attack outside their
hotel here which killed the Island's Navy Commander, officials said.

NOV 18
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STATE CLP LEAVES CHOICE OF NEXT CM TO PVN
B'LORE - The CLP which met here this evening passed a resolution
authorising AICC(I) President and Prime Minister P.V.Narasimha Rao
to name a person of his choice as the next CM of Karnataka.

13 KILLED AS RAIN WREAKS HAVOC IN STATE
B'LORE - Reports wdespread house collapses, landslides, flooding and
dislocation of traffic have come from coastal, Malnad and north interior
parts of the state during the last 24 hours. 13 persons were killed -
5 in Chitradurga dist, 4 in Dharwad dist, 2 in Mysore dist and one each
in Bellary and Shimoga dists.

GOVT TO CONSULT ALL PARTIES ON RESERVATION VERDICT
NEW DELHI - The Govt today decided to discuss with all political parties
the implications of the Supreme Court verdict declaring as "constitutionally
invalid " reservations of 10% jobs for economically backward sections not
covered by existing reservation schemes.

ANOTHER CYCLONE BUILDING UP
MADRAS - While torrential rains continue to batter Tamil Nadu, Kerala and
parts of Karnataka, yet another cyclonic storm, the third since the onset
of the north-east monsoon, has emerged over the south-east Bay of Bengal.

IA SUSPENDS 3 PILOTS, CURTAILS FLIGHTS
NEW DELHI - While suspending 3 Delhi pilots for refusing to operate early
morning flights to Jammu and Srinagar, the Indian Airlines announced
curtailment of scheduled flights in the coming days because of the
pilots' agitation.

BJP DISSIDENTS SET FOR SHOWDOWN IN MP

ANTONY GROUP ACCUSED OF BLOCKING CONG UNITY

SUBRAMANIAM SWAMY DIRECTED TO APPEAR IN COURT ON DEC 4

AMNESTY TEAM SEEKS PERMISSION TO VISIT J & K

PAK TROOPS CONTINUE FIRING NEAR LOC (LINE OF CONTROL)

MAJOR CHANGES IN TV CONTENT BY JANUARY
HYDERABAD - Union Deputy Minister for Information and Broadcasting
Dr. Girija Vyas said here today that major changes would be introduced
from January in the programming pattern of DD by giving importance
to the content and presentation of daily serials and including more
popular films.

AMEENA GOES BACK ONEARLIER STATEMENTS
NEW DELHI - Ameena, the child bride whose marriage with an aged Saudi
national hit hte headlines last year, told a Delhi court today she was
married with her consent and without any force or influence.

MP CHIEF JUSTICE GETS NOTICE FOR DELAYING VERDICTS
INDORE - A division bench of the MP High Court here today issued a
notice to its Chief Justice following an extraordinary writ petition
questioning the "inordinate" delay by High Court judges in delivering
judgement even after final hearing of the cases.

JAKHAR MAKES NO COMMITMENT TO FLOOD-HIT KERALA

PM APPEASING MINORITIES, SAYS VHP

SUPREME COURT RAPS GOVTS' STANCE ON MANDAL ISSUE

19 LTTE MEN ESCAPE FROM DETENTION CAMP
MADRAS - 19 LTTE militants escaped from a special detention camp in the
Vellore Central Jail Complex early this morning, according to police.
5 of them were later caught in Gudiyatham and a search is on for the rest.

SC VERDICT ON JOB RESERVATIONS - VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN RENEWED
ANTI-QUOTA STIR
NEW DELHI - At least 20 youths were today arrested and 30 detained after
students damaged vehicles and blocked traffic in several areas in protest
against the Supreme Court verdict on job reservation for backward classes.

BROKERS PROTEST SEBI FIAT - TRADING ON MAJOR SES COMES TO A HALT
BOMBAY - Trading came to an abrupt halt on the country's premier stock
exchanges as brokers refrained from doing business protesting against
the registration fees levied by the Securities and Exchanges Board
of India (SEBI)

FOREIGN FINANCIAL FIRMS PLAN TIE-UPS IN INDIA

MIXED RESPONSE TO TRADE BANDH IN TN
MADRAS - The one-day bundh called by the joint action committee of all
traders associations in TN today in protest against the imposition of
profession tax by the State Govt evoked mixed response.

NZ CRICKET CHIEF TRYING TO SAVE LANKA TOUR
WELLINGTON - The head of New Zealand cricket left for Sri Lanka today
to try to save his country's cricket tour, derailed by a suicide bomb
attack close to the Colombo hotel where the national team is staying.

DAVIS CUP - INDIANS TO TRAIN AGAINST BIG SERVERS
CALCUTTA - The All India Tennis Association (AITA) has decided to bring
few big serving foreign players to prepare the Indian team for the
crucial Davis Cup World Group I round match against  Swizerland in
Calcutta from March 26 to 28.

CRICKET: TEST ENDS IN A DRAW
SCORE BOARD
SOUTH AFRICA (I INNINGS) - 254
INDIA  (I INNINGS)       - 277
SOUTH AFRICA (II INNINGS):
JIMMY COOK        - 43
ANDREW HUDSON     - 55
KEPLER WESSELS    - 32
PETER KIRSTEN(NO) - 11
JONTY RHODES(NO)  - 26
EXTRAS            -  9
TOTAL FOR 3 WICKETS  - 176
BOWLING
KAPIL DEV - 19-11-19-0
PRABHAKAR - 14-3-47-0
SRINATH   - 16-3-41-2
KUMBLE    - 16-4-36-1
SHASTRI   - 14-2-22-0
TENDULKAR -  2-1-3-0
MANJREKAR -  1-0-4-0

NOV 19
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OBSERVERS COMING AGAIN - VITAL CLP MEET THIS EVENING

RAIN ABATES, TOLL RISES TO 36
B'LORE - The widespread rain which left a trail of destruction across
the State today showed signs of abatement, even as the toll mounted
to 36. Reports of extensive havoc continued to pour in here till late
in the night.

BENAZIR HELD, ISLAMABAD 'UNDER SIEGE'
ISLAMABAD - Police today took away former premier Benazir Bhutto along
with top leaders of her Opposition People's Democratic Alliance(PDA)
to an unknown destination after massive teargas shelling to disperse
her supporters from marching to the capital demanding the Nawaz Shariff
Govt should quit.

ANTI-QUOTA STIR SPREADS IN NORTH
NEW DELHI - At least 3 policemen were injured when students protesting
the Supreme Court verdict on job reservation indulged in stoning and
damaged about 20 vehicles and blocked traffic in many parts of the capital
today, while supporters of the judgement took out a victory  march.

VHP, GOVT CLASH ON KAR SEVA IMMINENT
NEW DELHI - The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) today virtually shut the door
on a negotiated settlement to the Ayodhya dispute and prepared itself
to confront the Central Govt with the kar seva for the Ram temple scheduled
to resume on Dec 6.

RED ALERT IN STATE FOLLOWING JAILBREAK IN TN
B'LORE - The State police have sounded a state-wide red alert on
tuesday night following a jailbreak from the Vellore jail in Tamil Nadu
in which 19 LTTE militants escaped.

PUBLIC SECTOR DISINVESTMENT - TOP OFFICIALS PLEAD IGNORANCE OF
COMMITMENT TO WORLD BANK
NEW DELHI - Amidst a raging controversy on the alleged underpricing
of Govt equity in the proces sof disinvestment in the public sector
undertakings (PSUs), top officials of the Industry and Finance Ministries
plead ignorance of a very fundamental commitment the Govt has made to
the World Bank on the subject.

ACID ATTACK ON CHANDRALEKHA
CHAVAN TO SEEK JAYA'S CONSENT FOR CBI PROBE
NEW DELHI - Union Home Minister S.B. Chavan will be asking TN CM
J.Jayalalitha on the permission to the CBI for probing the acid attack
on Ms. Chandralekha, IAS Officer who has sought retirement and joined
the Janata Party subsequently.

MLA'S ARREST EXPOSES RISE OF MAHARASTRA'S CRIMINAL POLITICIANS
BOMBAY - The recent arrest of an MLA under the TADA - Terrorists and
Distruction Prevention Act - in Maharastra has sharply focused on
the increasing criminalisation of politics in one of the better
administered states in the country.

PM HAS TALKS WITH US SENATORS ON N-DISARMAMENT

DOORDARSHAN RESUMES SELECTION OF SERIALS

MP GOVT BANS LOTTERIES

GOVT TO EASE IMPORT CURBS TO BOOST PRIVATE SECTOR

LM SHARMA SWORN IN CHIEF JUSTICE

JOINT PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS CHIDAMBARAM ISSUE

CYCLONIC STORM INTENSIFIES
PUNE -The cyclonic storm over southeast bay moved to west-northwesterly
direction and further intensified into a severe cyclonic storm with
the core of hurricane winds and was centred about 900 kms southeast of
Machilipatnama 8:30 hrs today.

ECONOMIC PROSPECTS BLEAK DESPITE GOOD RAINS

CANFIN HOMES REDUCES LENDING RATES FROM 17.5% TO 16.5% FOR DEPOSITS ABOVE 1
LAKHS

JUMP IN EXPORTS OF CHEMICALS, PHARMACEUTICALS

GIST-BASED PRODUCTS FROM 10 COMPANIES
NEW DELHI - 10 manufacturers have brought out products based on the
Graphics and Intelligence-based Script Technology (GIST), developed
by the centre for the Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Pune.

FIAT PLANS TO ENTER INDIAN MARKET
NEW DELHI - Taking advantage of India's Liberalisation Policy, the
Italian multinational "Fiat" is negotiating with Premier Automobiles
to enter the market in a big way with 2 of its models, Uno and Tempra.
Fiat, which has so far had technical tie-ups with Premier, is now looking
for Industrial and Financial collaboration to manufacture the 2 models
with engine capacity of 1000 cc and 1600 cc, Mr. Renato Ruggiero, a
member of Fiat S.P.A. board told reporters.

GOVT AMENDS DUTY-FREE IMPORT ENTITLEMENTS
BOMBAY - The Govt has amended the duty-free import entitlements of
various materials against exports.
Public notice 54/pn/92-97 enables exporters of textiles, readymade
garments, hosiery and knitwear to import the following inputs
(a)LDPE/HDPE?PP granules and (b) card board other than ivory board
for a total CIF value of exports.

BROADBANDING OF EOU SOFTWARE EXPORTS LIKELY
MADRAS- The Commerce Ministry will soon take up the issue of
'broadbanding' software exports by 100% export oriented units (EoUs)
to enable such exports in the form of services also, the joint secretary
in the ministry, Mr.J.S. Gill, today said.

KIWI TOUR TO CONTINUE WITH REPLACEMENTS
COLOMBO - The New Zealand cricket team will continue their Sri Lankan tour
after replacing five players, and the coach, who voted to return home.

SOUTH AFRICA - INDIAN CRICKETERS IN BLOEMFONTEIN.

NOV 20
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VEERAPPA MOILY IS NEW CHIEF MINISTER OF KARNATAKA

SM KRISHNA TO RESIGN IN PROTEST
B'LORE - Legislative Assembly Speaker S M Krishna is said to have
decided to resign his post tomorrow as a mark of protest against the
way in which the new CM had been chosen by the High Command.

AYODHYA ROW: GOVT DECIDES TO CONVENE NIC MEET ON NOV 23
NEW DELHI - The Centre tonight decided to convene a meeting of the
National Integration Council on Monday on Ayodhya issue as the UP
Govt declined to concur with its proposal on a single point reference
of the dispute to the Supreme Court.

1000S MAROONED IN BELLARY, RAICHUR DISTS
RAIN TOLL TOUCHES 70 AS IAF COPTERS BEGIN RESCUE WORK
B'LORE - The death toll due to incessant rain lashing the state since
monday has risen to 70 even as the B'lore based Madras Engineering
Group personnel, along with civilian authorities, began rescuing
villages marooned downstream of the Thungabhadra reservoir using
Indian Air Force helicopters.

CHAVAN PLEA TO UNDERSTAND VERDICT
ANTI-RESERVATION ACTIVISTS STEP UP STIR
NEW DELHI - Anti-quota activists stepped up their agitation on the 3rd
day and went on a destruction spree, touching a rail engine and a coach,
obstructing traffic and damaging public property as their anger against
the Supreme Court verdict spread to nearly 10 states.

IA FLIGHT TO PUTTAPARTHY FROM B'LORE AND H'BAD

VP, OTHER JD LEADERS COURT ARREST

SONIA RECEIVES INDIRA AWARD FOR RAJIV GANDHI
NEW DELHI - President Shankar Dayal Sharma today presented the 1991
Indira Gandhi prize for peace, disarmament and development posthumously
to Rajiv Gandhi.

KERALA CM LIKELY TO GO, SAYS NAYANAR
TRIVANDRUM - Former Kerala CM and State Secretary of the Communist Party
of India (Marxist) E.K. Nayanar today said the wind of factional feud
that swept away the Cong(I) CMs in karnataka and AP had started blowing
in Kerala, threatening the position of CM  K.Karunakaran.

MP BANS PUBLICATIONS CARRYING LOTTERY ADS
BHOPAL - The MP Govt today slapped a ban on the distribution of all
publications carrying lottery advertisements and related matters in
their pages.
The restriction on the print media, which follows yesterday's
announcement of a ban on the sale of lottery tickets in the state,
will also apply to radio and TV broadcasts.

PM LEAVING FOR G-15 SUMMIT
NEW DELHI - Prime Minister P.V.Narasimha Rao leaves here on friday
for Dakar to participate in the 3-day Group of 15 (G-15) summit
which will thrash out concrete proposals for a meaningful South-South
cooperation extending beyond the realm of rhetorics.

2 MORE PILOTS SUSPENDED
NEW DELHI - The confrontation between the Indian Airlines Management
and agitating pilots hotted up with the suspension of 2 more pilots
from the Bombay region for refusing to proceed on A 320 training today.

CYCLONE THREAT TO ORISSA-WB COAST

BJP REJECTS SINGLE POINT REFERENCE
NEW DELHI - The BJP today formally rejected the centre's proposal to
refer the Ayodhya dispute to the Supreme Court, and declared it would
join the Vishwa Hindu Parishad to ensure the success of the proposed
Kar seva from Dec 6th.

BENAZER BANNED FROM ISLAMABAD
KARACHI - Pakistani Opposition Leader Benazir Bhutto arrived here
early today after being expelled by the Govt from the Capital
Islamabad, witnesses said.

MERRYL LYNCH REVIEW - INDIAN ECONOMY STILL NOT OUT WOODS

RBI CLEARS FOREIGN TIE-UPS WORTH $250 m

IDBI TO ISSUE 100 CR WORTH BONDS IN DEC

HMT PLANS DIAMOND - STUDDED WATCHES
KOCHI - The Public Sector HMT, presently the country's leading watch
manufacturers, is to come out with a variety of costly diamond-studded
jewellery watches costing around Rs. 25,000 and more.

RBI OFFICERS RECENT ALLEGATIONS
BOMBAY - The RBI Officers' Association (RBIOA)has taken strong
exception to newspaper reports and the continuous attack by various
trade unions of commercial banks which have been consitently blamming
the Reserve Bank for the securities scam.

RAINS LIKELY TO DISRUPT INDIA'S TIE
BLOEMFONTEIN - Cricket Manager Ajit Wadekar took a rather grim view
of the way the Indian batsmen played short-pitched bowling, but he
forgot about skipper Mohammad Azaruddin, resting him for the game
against a South African Invitation XI,starting at Springbok Park
here from tomorrow (Friday).

NOV 20 - 930pm NEWS
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PM IN DAKAR - ATTENDS G-15 MEET

VEERAPPA MOILY SWORN IN AS CM OF KARNATAKA ALONG WITH 14 MEMBER MINISTRY,
ONLY 3 MINISTERS ARE FROM THE BANGARAPPA MINISTY

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