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7crore worth heroin seized from Ugandans
Seven kilograms of heroin worth
more than Rs 7 crore in the
international market was seized by
the Air Customs Preventive Unit of
Indira Gandhi International (IGI)
Airport last night.
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Rs 133 cr Urea scam: CBI to send fresh letters rogatory
In its renewed
attempt to trace the slush
money that has been
defrauded from the
State-owned NFL, in the
infamous Rs 133 crore
urea scam, the Central
Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) will shortly send a
fresh set of letters
rogatory to seven
countries, including
United Arab Emirates
(UAE), Morocco, United
States of America and
England.
No talks with Manekshaw: Sinha
Assam Governor Lt-Gen (retd) S. K. Sinha today denied that
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw spoke to him in connection
with the Tata Tea-ULFA nexus.
7crore worth heroin seized from Ugandans
Seven kilograms of heroin worth
more than Rs 7 crore in the
international market was seized by
the Air Customs Preventive Unit of
Indira Gandhi International (IGI)
Airport last night.
20 more cases of dengue confirmed
The dengue virus is spreading its
tentacles all over the Capital with
the total number of patients
rising to 133. Twenty confirmed
cases were reported from various
city hospitals today.
Anti-RJD movement gains momentum in Bihar
The sea of human heads at the Patel Ground here
yesterday put its seal of approval on the Janata Dal readers' call
to throw out the Rashtriya Janata Dal Government and bring the
JD back to power in Bihar to realise the goal of social
justice.
Ultras kidnap CPM activist
Militants kidnapped a CPI-M
worker in Tripura, the second
abduction of a ruling party leader in
the State within four days, even as
they demanded a ransom of Rs 7 lakh
for release of another Marxist
leader.
Scindia galvanises Congressmen in Maharashtra
It was time for
plain talking and taking
stock. Mr Madhavrao
Scindia, on his maiden
visit to the State, did just
that advising all
Congressmen to reach
out to party workers at
grassroots level. "With
the exception of very
senior and aged leaders,
all Congress leaders
should visit the workers.
I have asked for monthly
reports of DCC leaders
and their tours. As for
those who are unable to
work, let the message go
to them that they will
have to vacate their
chairs", said Mr Scindia.
UK envoy rebuts Cong remarks on J-K
British High Commissioner Sir David Gore Booth was
today supremely dismissive of the Congress party's criticism of
the Labour Party's Kashmir policy.
India, Russia agree to extend military cooperation
Indian Defence Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav met in the
Kremlin with President Boris Yeltsin today and agreed to extend
Indo-Russian military cooperation into the next century.
Thapa sworn in Nepal PM; Five Ministers also take oath
Mr Surya Bahadur Thapa was sworn in today as Prime
Minister by King Birendra at Royal Palace which brought
an end to the today high drama in Nepal.
Lower rating may hit core sector projects
The downgrading of perception
regarding India's sovereign rating by Standard
and Poor (S&P;) is likely to adversely affect
the bottomline of Indian corporates
particularly in the infrastructure sector as the
cost of external commercial borrowings
(ECBs) is going to increase by a minimum of
25 to 50 basis points.
Over 50 p.c. increase in trade deficit
With the gloom on the export front
persisting and import trends continuing to
indicate signs of pick up, the country's trade
deficit for the first five months of the current
financial year registered a 51.91 per cent increase
over the previous year. The trade deficit for
April-August 1997 was $ 2,189.39 millions
compared to $ 1,441.21 million during the
corresponding period of 1996, according to the
data released by the Commerce Ministry here on
Tuesday.
JCT, Mohun Bagan in semi-finals
The campaign in the Group A quarter-final league of the
Durand Cup football tournament virtually came to an end
with Mohun Bagan and JCT (Phagwara) making the
semi-finals at the Ambedkar Stadium here today.
Soft option again
Life without army
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