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MAR 17
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NO HASTY ON HAWK JET DEAL
INDIA WILL STUDY UK PROPOSALS ON KASHMIR ISSUE: PM
ON BOARD PM'S SPECIAL AIRCRAFT - India will study further the 3 point
british position on Kashmir which calls for Indo Pak talks, stoppage of
trans-border help to militants and resumption of political process in
Kashmir, Prime Minister P.V.Narasimha Rao said today.

RUMOURS OVER PRESIDENT'S HEALTH SPIKED
NEW DELHI - The Capital today was agog with rumours on the state of
President Shankar Dayal Sharma's health, with telephone calls flooding
newspaper offices and Parliament House from as far as Cochin, B'lore
and London.

GOVT TO DISINVEST SHARES OF 7 PSUs
NEW DELHI - The Govt has decided to go in for the first round of
disinvestment of shares of 7 public sector undertakings during 1993-94,
Minister of State for Industry Krishna Sahi informed the Lok Sabh today.
These undertakings are BEL, BEML, BHEL, Bongaigaon Refineries and
Petrochemicals Ltd., Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd., HPC, and NAL, the
minister said during question time.

JANATHA DAL NOT TO PROJECT DEVE GOWDA AS CM

C-DAC DEVELOPS PARALLEL PROCESSING SUPER COMPUTER
The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune, a society
under the Dept of Electronics, Govt of India, has developed a 258 node
parallel processing super computer delivering peak performance exceeding
one giga flops.

AIADMK TO OPPOSE RAO GOVT AT CENTRE
TN OPPN SUBMITS MEMORANDUM TO GOVERNOR ON LTTE ACTIVITIES
MADRAS - The Cong(I) and 7 other opposition parties and groups today
submitted a 166-page memorandum to TN Governor M. Channa Reddy, alleging an
alarming increase in LTTE activities in the State and a "complete breakdown
of the constitutional machinery" demanding Central intervention.

HIGHER INFLATION RATE LIKELY, SAYS FINANCE MINISTRY
NEW DLEHI - The inflation rate is likely to be higher primarily due to
increase in issue prices of wheat, rice, the levy sugar and hike in the
prices of petrol, high speed diesel and light diesel oil, according to
the annual report of the Finance Ministry for 1993-94.

EXPORT HI-TECH SPACE PRODUCTS BEGINS
India has made a modest beginning in the export of hi-tech space products
and transfer of space technology, with the Dept of Space (DoS) setting up
of Antrix Corporation Ltd to look after commercial aspects of export of
space products, consultancy services and technology transfer. Reports PTI
from Thiruvananthapuram.

TITAN MD INDUCTED INTO 'HALL OF FAME'
Advertising and Marketing (A&M) a leading professional magzine, has inducted
Mr. Desai, Vice Chairman and MD of Titan Industries Ltd into its "Hall of
Fame" for his contribution to marketing.

CRICKET/INJURED M. PRABHAKAR TO RETURN HOME
PRASAD LIKELY TO FLY OUT
NEW PLYMOUTH - India suffered a major blow to their campaign here when
M.Prabhakar was ruled out of the rest of the series owing to injury.

RAINS THWART INDIAN HOPES
SCORES - LIFE SPAN ACADEMY - I innings - 253 for 5 decl
         INDIA             - I innings - 96 for 1

RANJI TROPHY/ MAHARASTRA vs BOMBAY
BOMBAY MARCH INTO FINAL
PUNE - Bombay marched into the final of Ranji Trophy today for the 35th time
by virtue of their 171-run first innings lead over last year's runner's up
Maharastra in the semi-final ended in a draw here.
SCORES - BOMBAY - I innings - 509
         MAHARASTRA - I innings - 338
         BOMBAY - II innings -316 for 7 in 121 overs

FOOTBALL/RAJIV GANDHI INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
FINLAND RALLY TO HOLD ZAMBIA

MAR 18
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B'LORE TO GET DD METRO CHANNEL FROM APRIL 9

TENTATIVE TIME-FRAME DECIDED
POLITICAL PROCESS IN KASHMIR TO BE REVIVED: CHAVAN
NEW DELHI - Home Minister S.B. Chavan today said the Govt would soon resume
the political process in Kashmir, and asserted that India had convinced the
international community that it had a foolproof case and Pakistan's objective
was only to politicise the human rights' issue in J&K.

DEFICIT WILL NOT FUEL INFLATION: MANMOHAN
NEW DELHI - Finance Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today allayed fears of the
opposition that the huge deficit of Rs. 6000 crore in the 1994-95 budget
would fuel inflation and asserted the Govt had the "will, resources and
ability" to keep prices under control.

BJP HOPES TO WIN 140 SEATS IN ASSEMBLY POLLS

TAX FREE BUDGET FOR BIHAR
PATNA - Bihar CM Laloo Prasad Yadav presented in the Bihar Assembly today a
tax-free budget for 1994-95, leaving the uncovered deficit of Rs. 134.8
crore.

EX-MINISTER ATTACKED IN TN ASSEMBLY
MADRAS - Former Minister G. Viswanathan was assaulted by pro-AIADMK
independent member R. Tamaraikani, and the 2 Cong(I) members who rushed to
his rescue were named and thrown out by speaker Sedapatti, R. Muttaiah amid
bedlam in the Tamil Nadu Assembly today.

GATT PACT TO BE EFFECTIVE FROM JULY
NEW DELHI - The new General Agreemnet on the Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is
likely to come into force from July 1995. Quotting "preliminary indications",
the annual report of the Commerce Ministry was not expected to become
effective before the date.

SIEMENS EXCHANGE COMMISSIONED
Siemens has supplied to Dept of Telecom a set of State-of-the-art digital
telephone exchange of 20000 lines which was commissioned at Jaipur. The
exchange was inagurated recently.

IT'S A LUCKY BREAK, SAYS VENKATESH PRASAD
B'LORE - The Karnataka State Cricket Association Office bearers, in
a brief but heartwarming function, wished B.K. Venkatesh Prasad bon voyage
here today. The medium pacer is to leave for Delhi on Friday morning and
complete visa formalities there before taking a flight to New Zealand to
join the touring Indian Team there.

DEJECTED MANOJ TO RETURN HOME
HAMILTON - When Prabhakar packs up his bags and leaves in a day or 2 he
would become the 2nd indian cricketer in successive tours to return home
injured after Sidhu in 1990. But he will trudge back most grudgingly. For
he doesn't want to at all.

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