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IRA Bill tabled amid walkout
NEW DELHI, Oct 28 — The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Bill, 1999, to set up a regulatory body for the sector and open it up to private and foreign investors, was introduced in the Lok Sabha today even as non-Congress Opposition parties staged a walkout in protest against the measure.

Cong’s veiled threat on Bill
NEW DELHI, Oct 28 — The Congress today held out a veiled threat to create hurdles in the passage of important Bills.

Insurance staff stir today
NEW DELHI, Oct 28 — Over two lakh employees of the LIC and the GIC will strike work tomorrow in protest against the introduction of the IRA Bill in the Lok Sabha today.		 President K. R. Narayanan pins the Shaurya Chakra on Havildar Gurmit Singh of 2 Sikh Regiment at Rashtrapati Bhavan for exceptional courage he displayed in an encounter with militants in Jhalas village of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir. — PTI photo.

President K. R. Narayanan pins the Shaurya Chakra on Havildar Gurmit Singh of 2 Sikh Regiment at Rashtrapati Bhavan for exceptional courage he displayed in an encounter with militants in Jhalas village of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir. — PTI photo.
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Clinton waives sanctions on India
WASHINGTON, Oct 28 — President Bill Clinton yesterday waived economic sanctions imposed on India after its May 1998 nuclear tests but kept all but two penalties against Pakistan because a military government had taken power there.		 US panel
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Peaceful polling in Bihar
NEW DELHI, Oct 28 — Polling for four Lok Sabha seats in Bihar and one constituency in Assam passed off peacefully today with an estimated voters turnout of 55 per cent.

Ultras attack Civil Sectt
3 employees killed
SRINAGAR, Oct 28 — The militants struck in a big way firing a series of grenades at the Civil Secretariat here this afternoon, killing three employees and injuring eight.

Badal rules out patch-up
AMRITSAR, Oct 28 — Mr Parkash Singh Badal, Chief Minister, today set at rest all speculation on the probability of unity between the SAD and the Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal led by Mr Gurcharan Singh Tohra with the announcement that "we cannot shake hands with the leadership of a party which was responsible for defeating Akali-BJP candidates."

Army to restore Harike's glory
CHANDIGARH, Oct 28 — The world famous Harike wetland (at the confluence of the Sutlej and the Beas) bordering Amritsar and Ferozepore districts, which has shrunk due to the weed menace, is set to get the attention of the Army.


Ministerial reshuffle likely
LUDHIANA, October 28 — Several ministers belonging to the SAD and the BJP seem set to lose their portfolios in the ministerial reshuffle which is likely to accompany the Punjab Cabinet expansion slated for early next month.

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