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Politics Business Expressions General Sports Leisure States Saturday, March 21, 1998   Sharif ready to trek "extra mile" for enduring peace Pakistan Premier Nawaz Sharif in a statement on Friday has offered to go "an extra mile" towards improving bilateral relations with India. The statement comes in the wake of the professed stand of the new Vajpayee Government that it would exercise the "nuclear option".   ED finalises LRs in Chandraswami case The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is finalising Letters Rogatory (LRs) to be sent to the UK, France and Monte Carlo regarding Chandraswami's illegal transactions through the Bank of Credit and Commerce (BCCI). The ED claims to have established that Chandraswami transferred $5 million to international arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi through his accounts in the Monte Carlo branch of the controversial bank. Pak SC fears misuse of Sharif's defection law The Pakistan Supreme Court (SC) has expressed its strong reservation against an anti-defection law introduced by the Nawaz Sharif Government last year, saying it could be misused as it provides absolute powers to the political leaders. No more firing on civilians, says Pak The three-day deliberations between the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Pakistan Rangers ended in Jalandhar yesterday with Pakistan Rangers assuring its Indian counterpart to stop aimed firing at civilian population in Jammu frontier and stop infiltration of Bangladeshi and Bihari (Mohajirs) population from Pakistan to India. Both sides also agreed to open up communication channels.   Railways await signal from varsities In a major national project disclosed on Thursday, and to be operational a few months from now, the Indian Railway Board has decided to set aside a corpus fund of about Rs 50 lakh to initiate a joint exercise with 12 major universities of the country. The money will be used to create special seats for professors who will work for the academic and technical development of Indian Railways. TB kills, as Indian Govt fiddles with WB aid and red tapism India has the world's highest incidence of tuberculosis, with almost 2 million new cases each year, according to a World Health Organisation report published this week. The dreaded disease, which happens to be the largest killer in the world apart from cancer and heart disease, kills some 500,000 people in India each year.     PPS trains guns on convent schools   SC stays death sentence against Ram Shree   Cops turn their back on rise of child prostitution   From UK, a turtle saviour   MoD puts a spoke in the wheels of pvt defence show   Nine killed by Tripura militants   Pak, India fight propaganda battle   `Forest cover need protection'   Crop loan scheme in rough weather   TN Govt reward for 86,000 policemen   AIDS patient suffers at hands of doctors   EMS cremated with full honours   Round-the-clock health centres coming up in TN   Mutilated body found in Ranchi hospital   Repair Board's new tune   "Unsafe? But this is all we can afford"   Gawli, wife get judicial custody   Deora demands apology by CM   Mumbai Notes   Kalyan residents keep night vigil   Parents open up to sexuality of mentally handicapped   Mumbai Crime Watch   Diamonds fail to glitter for customs   Quicktakes   Doors open for him to walk in some day   Riding in Washington on Spin Cycle   Chew on it