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MAR 8
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PRESIDENT'S RULE 'A POSSIBILITY'
PVN AUTHORISED TO NAME GUJARAT CM
GANDHINAGAR - The beleaguered Cong(I) legislature party today passed a one
line resolution empowering party president PVN to choose a successor to the
late CM, Chimanbhai Patel.

INDIA OFFERS UNCONDITIONAL DIALOGUE WITH UN ON HUMAN RIGHTS
US REFRAINS FROM REFERRING TO J&K AT UN RIGHTS PANEL
GENEVA - The US today avoided any reference to the human rights situation
in Kashmir at the ongoing session of the United Nstions Human Rights
Commission here, signalling a noticeable shift in Washington's position
on the issue since US President Bill Clinton's speech at the UN General
Assembly.

POSTERS DENIGRATING JUDGES
POLICE DENY TN MINISTER'S ROLE
MADRAS - In yet another twist to the contempt case arising from the
publication of posters derogatory of judges, police today claimed that
Tamil Nadu Handlooms Minister E. Madhusudhanan and Mr. M. Natarajan,
husband of CM J. Jayalalitha's personal friend Shashikala, were not
involved and that the posters were not printed in Roma Printers, as
initially believed, but in another press in the city.

LARGE STATES UNEIDELY,SAYS CONG(I)
NEW DELHI - The Cong(I) today said that large states like UP, Bihar and MP
have become administratively most "unwieldly" making it difficult to carry
out developmental programmes.

CONSOLIDATION OF BILATERAL RELATIONS
PM TO VISIT UK FROM MARCH 13

RISE IN LPG PARALLEL MARKETING
NEW DELHI - Private Companies entering the parallel market for domestic
gas and kerosene have already imported 5400 tonnes of liquified petroleum
gas (LPG) and 56000 tonnes of kerosene in the past 4 months to feed the
long list of waiting consumers.

BPL PLANS TO MERGE SOME OF ITS COMPANIES

MRL UNDERTAKES 4 EXPANSION PROJECTS
MADRAS - The State-owned Madras Refinaries Ltd (MRL), one of the largest
integrated refinaries in India, accounting for 12% of the total production
of petroleum products, has undertaken 4 major expansion projects at a total
cost of Rs. 5.40 crore. This will lead to a quantum jump in turnover and
profits.

WIPRO GE MEDICAL LAUNCHES CT RANGE
One of the immediate outcomes of the 94-95 budget is the announcement by
Wipro GE Medical Systems that it will be launching 3 more new models of CT -
Sytec 2000i, 3000i and 4000i to be manufactured in India with technology
licensed from GE Medical Systems, the world leader in diagnostic imaging.

CRICKET: INDIANS ARRIVE IN NEW ZEALAND

MAR 9
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'KNEE-JERK REACTIONTO US VIEWS UNNECESSARY'
PM TELLS PAK TO KEEP OFF KASHMIR
NEW DELHI - Prime Minister P.V.Narasimha Rao today asked Pakistan to keep
off Kashmir and said India was determined to root out Islamabad-inspired
terrorism from the state.

ARIANESPACE TO LAUNCH INSATs
B'LORE - The Dept of Space and Arianespace have signed an agreement to
launch 2 multipurpose communication satellites, INSAT-2C and INSAT-2D built
by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Arianespace will launch
the satellites in the 2nd half of 1995 and 1996 respectively.

BURNING DEBRIS OF SAHARA AIRLINE PLANE FALLS ON RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT
7 KILLED IN FREAK DELHI PLANE CRASH
NEW DELHI - At least 7 persons were killed and 7 injured in a freak
accident. A Sahara India aircraft aircraft caught fire during take off
and its burning debris fell on an Aeroflot plane. The accident caused
extensive damage on the ground besides wrecking both the aircraft. Normal
operations were resumed at the airport at 5.30 p.m. after nearly 3 hours.

VOTE ON RESOLUTION TODAY
PAK DROPS DEMAND FOR SENDING FACT-FINDING MISSION TO J&K

ISO 9001 CERTIFICATION
The Electroporcelains division of BHEL, B'lore has been awarded the ISO
9001 certificate by Bureau Veritas Quality International.

KURNOOL BY-ELECTIONS
AP CM ASKED TO CANCEL ALL OFFICIAL ENGAGEMENTS
HYDERABAD - AP CM, K. Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy's sudden cancellation of all
his official engagements in the Kurnool LokSabha Constituency (scheduled for
by-election on May 26) following a directive from CEC, T.N. Seshan has become
a talking-point there.

GUJARAT CLP LEADERSHIP ISSUE
PM TO SORT OUT ISSUE BEFORE UK TOUR

PM INVITES OPPN FOR TALKS ON ID CARDS ISSUE

CLINTON'S LETTER ON RIGHTS ABUSE IN PUNJAB
INDO-US TIES TAKE A NOSEDIVE
WASHINGTON - Yet another letter from White House has stocked the issue of
human rights violations in Punjab and the worsening Indo-US relations.

RBI, COMMERCIAL BANKS TO GIVE UNLIMITED CREDIT FOR EXPORTERS' NEEDS
NEW DELHI - The RBI and the commercial banks have decided to make available
credit without any limit to support requirements of the exports sector where
accounts were regular.

PREMIUM ON MARINE AND TRANSIT INSURANCE
GOVT TO ALLOW FREE PRICING FROM APRIL 1
NEW DELHI - The Govt will allow free pricing of the premium on marine and
transit insurance from April.

RBI NORMS MAY FOIL CSB TAKEOVER BID
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - The strict norms of the RBI on takeovers of scheduled
banks are expected to foil the efforts by the Bangkok-based business magnate,
Mr. Somchai Chawla, to grab a 40% stake in the Catholic Syrian Bank.

BROOKE BOND TO PAY OUT 24%
Brooke Bond Lipton India today declared a final dividend of 24% for 1993
taking the total dividend for the year to 44%, against  39% in the previous
year, UNI reports from B'lore.

UK FUND FIRM TO LAUNCH 'GREATER INDIA FUND'
NEW DELHI - The Oldest British fund management company is planning to launch
a closed end fund in the world's top financial centres to mop up over 100
million US dollars for investing in the Indian Stock Market.

TV, RADIO PRICES TO RISE
The Price of colour and black and white TV sets and transistor radios will
go up following the budget proposals, according to the Consumer Electronics
and TV Manufacturers Association (CETMA), reports UNI from New Delhi.

CRICKET/AZAR HAS HIS TASK CUT OUT
RAIN DENIES INDIA PRACTICE

ANAND LOSES AGAIN TO SLIP DOWN RANKING
LINARES - Vishwanathan Anand of India slot of Ukrainian Vasili Ivanchuck and
slipped further down the ranking list even as FIDE World Champion Anatoly
Karpove continued to be the sole leader at the end of the 9th round of the
13 round International Chess Tournament here.

MAR 10
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M'RASHTRA GOVT TO ISSUE ID CARDS BEFORE NOV
BOMBAY - The Maharastra Govt has decided to issue identity cards to more
than 12,36,706 voters in the State before Nov 30, 1994, at a cost of
nearly  Rs. 85 crore.

FAKE SHARES SEIZED IN DELHI
NEW DELHI - The Crime Branch cell of the Delhi Police today seized fake share
certificates of blue chip companies with a face value of Rs. 90 lakh from
2 people who raised loans by offering them as security.

VINDICATION OF PRINCIPLED STAND: INDIA
PAKISTAN WITHDRAWS RIGHTS RESOLUTION
GENEVA - Pakistan, facing what looked like certain defeat in the UN Human
Rights Commission, tonight withdrew a resolution which it had sponsored
over the human rights situation in J&K.

DEVIKA RANI PASSES AWAY
B'LORE - Screen goddess of the silent movie era and of nascent talkies
Devika Rani Roerich died in the early hours of today at a City hospital
after a brief illness,She was 86.

FOREIGN ENVOYS VISIT KASHMIRIS' CAMPS
MIGRANTS WANT TO RETURN TO VALLEY
JAMMU - Migrants today appealed to a ten member team of Ambassadors to India
to force Pakistan to stop aiding and abetting terrorism in Kashmir so that
an environment was created in which they could return to the valley and
live in peaceful co-existence with their Muslim brethern in the valley.

GOLDEN CHARIOT FOR SHRINE
The Tamil Nadu Handicrafts Development Corporation LTd., known as
"Poompuhar", is to make a Rs. 2.5 crore golden chariot for the Tirumala
Temple. Mr. O. Smanian, the corporation Chairman, said the gold content
of the chariot would be 28.5 kg, reports PTI from Madras.

GOVT TO BUILD MORE FLEXIBILITY INTO ITS LABOUR POLICY, SAYS MANMOHAN
NEW DELHI  - The Finance Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, today assured
Japanese businessmen that flexibility would be built into India's labour
policy to enable enterprises to restructure and redeploy manpower.

NSE TO START ON-LINE TRADING IN APRIL
BOMBAY - The National Stock Exchange (NSE) will start its on-line trading
in wholesale debt market instruments in mid April with the membership of
90 corporate units.

13,743 FOREIGN INVESTMENT BIDS RECEIVED SINCE 1991
NEW DELHI - India has obtained 13743 foreign investment proposals with an
overall investment intention of rs. 285000 crore ever since the announcement
of the new industrial policy (NIP) in July 1991.

CRICKET/SACHIN TO BE RESTED FOR TOUR OPENER
INDIA TAKE ON KIWI ASPIRANTS TODAY
DUNEDIN - The Indians stole a few moments of cricket at Carisbrook today
amid spells of rain and shine, but the marked feeling was of disappointment,
for a 3rd time running, In this southern extremity, the nearest Test venue
to the South pole.

RAJIV INDIA'S OLYMPIC HOPE IN THE MAKING
NEW YORK - Rajiv Balakrishnan, who was the sensation of the recent National
Games in Pune, is shaping to be India's main athletic hope at the 1996
Atlanta Olympics, his coach here feels. So impressed is his coach Ted
Wheeler with Rajiv that he recently called him "outstanding sprinter and
an outstanding hurdler."

SYMPHONY INTRODUCES WATER PURIFIER
Symphony, the leaders in branded air coolers, have now introduced a
totally different product - a water purifier known as Symphony Cristal
Clear.

CHORUS SYSTEMS & WIPRO INFOTECH TIE UP
Chorus Systems, S.A., France, and Wipro Infotech Ltd., has signed a long
term agreement at Bangalore, for cooperation in the area of microkernel
tecchnology. The agreement initially for three years, involves the setting
up of a Microkernel R&D in Bangalore.
To be called 'Symphony for Chorus', it will be staffed and managed by Wipro
Infotech Ltd. The Symphony team will be involved in sustenance, development
and porting activities involving Chorus technologies. Working as an
extension of Chorus R&D, it will additionally help international OEMs to
adopt Microkernel technology.

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