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Saturday, October 23, 1999, Chandigarh, India
   
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Rajiv named accused in Bofors case
Bhatnagar, 4 others chargesheeted
NEW DELHI, Oct 22 — The CBI today charge-sheeted S. K. Bhatnagar, Win Chadha, Ottavio Quottrocchi, Martin Ardbo and Swedish arms manufacturer A. B. Bofors in the multi-dollar Bofors gun deal and alleged kickbacks case.
Bofors: A chronology		 President, Mr K.R. Narayanan, presents a bouquet to Mr G.M.C. Balayogi on his election as Speaker of the new Lok Sabha on Friday.
President, Mr K.R. Narayanan, presents a bouquet to Mr G.M.C. Balayogi on his election as Speaker of the new Lok Sabha on Friday.
—Photo by Vijender Tyagi.
Govt, truckers ready for talks
No move to withdraw hike
NEW DELHI, Oct 22 — The government today said it had not felt the need to invoke Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) so far, even as the movement of goods remained paralysed as the nationwide truckers strike entered the second day today.
Diesel price hike was painful: PM No impact on arrival of paddy
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CWC goes into poll debacle
NEW DELHI, Oct 22 — Top Congress leaders tonight set out on a marathon exercise of analysing the causes of the worse electoral debacle of the party at a meeting of the Congress Working Committee.

Governors for 4 Pak areas named
ISLAMABAD, Oct 22 — Top military officers are likely to have complete control over the day-to-day affairs of administration in Pakistan.		 Pak's N-programme sans political control

Balayogi re-elected Speaker
NEW DELHI, Oct 22 — Mr Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi of the Telugu Desam was today re-elected as Speaker of the Lok Sabha unanimously.

Plan to make rape punishable by death
NEW DELHI, Oct 22 — The government is proposing to bring in a legislation in the next session of Parliament to make rape an offence punishable by death sentence.


Move to reinstall Bhai Ranjit Singh
Crucial SHSAD meeting today
AMRITSAR, Oct 22 — The crucial meeting of zila jathedars, SGPC members, working committee members, former MPs and former ministers of the Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal, scheduled to be held in Ludhiana tomorrow would suggest ways and means of launching a campaign to re-install Bhai Ranjit Singh as Jathedar of Akal Takht.

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