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Madhya Pradesh minister assassinated
BHOPAL, Dec 16 — The body of the Madhya Pradesh Minister of Transport, Mr Likhiram Kanwre, was discovered by his nephew Munna Kanwre near his ancestral house in his Sonpuri village in Balaghat district around 6.30 this morning.
IG, SP transferred

India gets Bofors papers
NEW DELHI, Dec 16 — The final set of crucial documents in the Bofors case has been handed over by the Swiss authorities to India, it was officially announced here today.

  Punjab Governor, Lt-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), compliments Nk Sanjay Singh

The Punjab Governor, Lt-Gen J.F.R. Jacob (retd), compliments Nk Sanjay Singh, who was decorated with the Param Vir Chakra during operations against the Pakistani intruders in the Kargil sector. Others in the picture are Sub Raghunath Singh, who was awarded the Vir Chakra; Rifleman Kewal Kumar, who was awarded the Sena Medal; and Hav Dev Prakesh, who was decorated with the Vir Chakra. All four are from 13 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles.
— Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan
Govt bait for Cogentrix
NEW DELHI, Dec 16 — The Centre today dangled a speedy counter-guarantee clearance to revive the 1013 Mangalore power project, a condition set by its promoters — Cogentrix of the USA and the China Light and Power — to reconsider their decision to withdraw from the fast-track project.
Stalemate persists
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Scribes involved in attack?
NEW DELHI, Dec 16 —Two of the three journalists present during the attack by militants on the Army Public Relations Office in Badami Bagh cantonment in Srinagar on November 3 last are being kept under watch by the security forces suspecting their involvement in the incident.

MoD
transfers ‘inconvenient’ officer
NEW DELHI, Dec 16 — There is anger and resentment among officers of the
DGDE following the transfer of a fellow women officer,
CEO Bhavna Singh, for carrying out her work sincerely.		 Kalyan’s remarks perverse : Advani
NEW DELHI, Dec 16 — The Union Home Minister, Mr L.K. Advani, today reacted strongly to former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and expelled BJP leader Kalyan Singh’s tirade against the Prime Minister.		 Pay
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Dec 24
NEW DELHI, Dec 16 — The government has ordered payment of salaries and pensions to its employees before December 24 to reduce load on banks that would be busy tackling the Y2K problem in the last week of this year.

Now Pak sets term for talks
ISLAMABAD, Dec 16 — Pakistan today put up its own precondition for resuming talks with India, saying that New Delhi has to first create a “conducive atmosphere” by stopping what it said “state terrorism” against Kashmiris in the Kashmir valley.


Relief for martyrs’ parents too
FEROZEPORE, Dec 16 — In a significant move, the Punjab Government has decided to compensate the parents of war heroes separately, following complaints of war widows deserting their in-laws after being compensated.

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All HVP rebel MLAs who do not get the Assembly ticket will be accommodated during the panchayat poll.
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