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Monday, November 2, 1998, Chandigarh, India

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Private Net providers to
get licences by Nov 7
PM announces hi-tech network education plan
BANGALORE, Nov 1 — In a significant step, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today announced that the licences for private Internet service providers would be issued before November 7 and the government would set up an education network synergising all the planned intranets of various agencies.

HIGHLIGHTS

Prime Minister A B Vajpayee watches as a "SCARA" robot is about to cut the tape, marking the inauguration of "bangalore it.com'98" at White Field, near Bangalore, on Sunday. Karnataka Chief Minister J H Patel and Union Commerce Minister Ramakishna Hedge are also seen in the picture. —PTI.

Pak to seek ‘return’ of Siachen areas
ISLAMABAD, Nov 1 — The forthcoming Indo-Pak talks already seem set to run into rough weather with Pakistan planning to ask India to "return" some areas in Siachen which it claims Delhi is "occupying unlawfully", media reports said here today.

Raids to rein in prices
LUCKNOW, Nov 1 — The authorities today conducted raids on godowns of hoarders and black marketeers in parts of Uttar Pradesh to check the spiralling prices of essential commodities, including salt.

Salt scarcity scare in Delhi
NEW DELHI, Nov 1 — After onions, the salt scarcity scare in the Capital has hit the consumer hard.The Delhi Government says it is a just a rumour. The residents of Delhi feel otherwise.

SAD asks for five seats in Delhi poll
CHANDIGARH, Nov 1 — The Shiromani Akali Dal, headed by Mr Parkash Singh Badal, has scaled down its demand to five seats from 10 for contesting in the Delhi Assembly election as the BJP ally.

’84 riots victims march to demand justice
NEW DELHI, Nov 1 — Fourteen years after the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, the issue of punishing the guilty was once again brought into focus today in two separate moves.

A Tribune Survey —1

40 per cent crop ruined in Kaithal
KAITHAL: The havoc caused by the recent untimely rains has reduced a number of farmers in Kaithal district to penury. Not only the farmers but also the farm labour is facing unprecedented economic crises. An extensive survey undertaken by this correspondent has revealed that about 40 per cent of paddy in Kaithal district has been ruined.

Today's issue comes with the Education Tribune section

IN PASSING

After Jaya, Mamata and Samata these onions, potatoes and tomatoes have made me sleepless!

By Sandeep Joshi

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