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			Friday, March 12, 1999
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President undergoes surgery
NEW DELHI, March 11 (UNI) — President K.R. Narayanan underwent a cataract surgery at Sankara Nethralaya in Chennai this morning. The operation was performed by Dr Prema Padmanabham under the supervision of Dr. S.S. Badrinath, a Rashtrapati Bhavan note said.

Laloo appears in court
PATNA, March 11 (PTI) — RJD President Laloo Prasad Yadav today appeared in the court of designated CBI judge S.K. Lal in a conspiracy angle case of the fodder scam. Former Chief Minister and Bihar Jan Congress chief Patron Jagannath Mishra, however, could not appear in the court as he was away in Delhi for treatment.

Deputy Speaker
BANGALORE, March 11 (PTI) — Janata Dal nominee Chandrashekar Reddy Deshmukh Madana was today unanimously elected Deputy Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Mr Madana's election was facilitated when two motions, proposing the names of Janata Dal Legislature Party secretary Jyothi Reddy and C.S. Putte Gowda to the post were not pressed.

Bhandari to stay put
NEW DELHI, March 11 (PTI) — The Bihar Governor, Mr Sunder Singh Bhandari, today dismissed reports that he is planning to quit following the Centre's decision to revoke the President's rule in Bihar. He added that Mr Advani was apprised about the development as well as the situation in the state. He said his only worry was that the situation should not deteriorate.

Bank staff strike
AGRA, March 11 (PTI) — The All-India Rural Bank Employees Association has withdrawn its proposed two-day strike on March 31 and April 1. This was stated here today by Mr D.N. Trivedi, General Secretary of the association. He said the decision to call off the strike had been taken after talks held with the Union Finance Minister by the united forum of R R B (regional rural banks) union in Delhi yesterday.