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Wednesday, May 20, 1998
  Patch-up with India, US tells Pak
President Bill Clinton is advising Pakistan to reconcile with India in exchange for American security guarantees to Islamabad if it refrains from testing. In remarks of far reaching significance, Clinton told the well-known British Television host David Frost in an interview on Monday: "I would say help us work with you (Pakistan) to find a way, first of all, to guarantee your security without nuclear weapons, and secondly, to reconcile with India."
  BJP readies its trident against militancy
Bucked by the mood following the nuclear explosions and L K Advani's subsequent hawkish posture towards Pakistan, the Bharatiya Janata Party has demanded tough measures against the neighbour, and suggested a three-pronged strategy to stamp out militancy from the Kashmir Valley. The party also expressed that the time was not yet ripe for Kashmiri migrants to return to the state.

Punjab for revision of Gadgil formula
The Punjab Government has called for revision of the Gadgil formula for disbursement of financial resources by the Centre to the states. The State Government has raised the demand in a memorandum submitted by Finance Minister Capt Kanwaljit Singh to the special task force for devolution of powers to the states.
CBI admits Panna-Mukta oil fields case file is missing
The Central Bureau of Investigation has admitted before the Delhi High Court that a case file relating to probe into the Panna-Mukta oil field deal with a joint venture company was "missing" and "most probably destroyed by the agency's then Mumbai-based SP".


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Rs 1 cr per N-bomb: Ex-DAE chief
India's atomic bomb will cost less than Rs 1 crore per piece to make and weaponisation of the armed forces would not pinch the treasury, Krishnagopala Iyengar, former chief of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), has said. Iyengar said that big figures quoted for creating a nuclear deterrent have no basis.
Money for blast damages not enough: Khetolai residents
Residents of Khetolai village, close to the five underground nuclear tests site in the Pokhran area of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan, have refused to accept the Rajasthan Government's compensation for the damage caused to their houses by the blasts. The compensation ranged from Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000 per home affected. However, the villagers find the compensation too meagre.

 


  Pressure on Pakistan to go nuclear, says Sharif
  Indians gloating over nuclear tests irritates US
  Ancient pot of gold lands woman, two others in jail
  Gosikhurd dam work resumes, contract awarded to pvt firm
  Maharashtra to conduct MBBS test one month after HSC results
  Bogus farmers reap harvest of Govt aid, MLA demands probe
  Workers' stir throws MTNL services out of gear
  Ayurvedic drugs for contraception, epilepsy on the cards
  Tihar jail undertrial dead
  Mobile zoos asked to surrender animals
  Villagers guzzle liquor from stranded truck
  Eight accused in Ajmer sex racket get life imprisonment
  Indian universities don't figure in Asiaweek charts
  Pak bullets tear apart border villagers' farming activities
  For Ajanta projects sake, Buddha must smile
  Jewellery, cash looted in separate incidents
  Air-India pilots questioned
  Order on SP application today
  Airlifting cuts no ice with evacuees
  Pariah no more
  Mumbai Beat
  Varsity reprieve on missed exam
  Shakeel gang kills Rajan man
  Suharto pledges to step down
  Spat with China gets bitter
  Castro fumes at WTO, Hegde applauds
  Quicktakes
  Pak N-test
  Albright, Arafat fail to break deadlock
  Clinton lied under oath in bank fraud trial
  Admit India to nuke club
  World Vignettes
  Prince Ranariddh endorses election boycott
  Americans blame themselves for Indian nucler tests
  Japan Govt moves chief scandal investigator out of Tokyo
  CTV screens secret film on Chinese police brutality
  Forest fires destroy vast area in Mongolia
  Globe Trotting
  Bank fraud probe nears end
  Surat Beat
  Medical teachers transferred out
  Officials revise kerosene rates
  New uniforms for nursing staff
  `Tainted' income tax official transferred
  31,000 liquor bottles seized from Mehrauli farmhouse
  Rly fare hikes do not reflect on bottomlines
  Sand merchant rivalry raises storm
  DVB's normal supply leaves city in the dark
  Students threaten stir
  Man stabs wife's lover to death
  Vadodara Beat
  Sahib Singh, Rajendra Gupta face-off over Blueline permits
  Executive engineers to direct work
  No harmony at Junoon concert
  MSU plans to publish results by June first week
  Businessman looted, shot dead
  Policy plays dog in the manger with wasteland
  Vadodara Crime Watch
  Housing scheme for slum-dwellers
  Central govt plans textile policy review
  State forest dept holds workshop held to help
  Work resumes at IPCL plant
  Freedom fighter hails PM's decision on nuclear tests
  Regional meet of co secretaries
  Implement cash and carry system
  BJP has benefited from the tests
  Vadodara Crime Watch
  Two suspended for dereliction of duty
  Experts warn N-tests will reflect on Budget
  Dalits demand instant justice
  Designers with a difference
  UT proposes subway at PGI entrance
  Stop watering lawns in the morning
  ASI `disappears' with scooter
  Pharma centre to get `national' tag
  They jabbed iron rods into our ribs to check if we were dead
  Ear-ring snatcher held in Panchkula
  Panchgawan villagers want separate inquiry
  Major changes for B.Com students on cards
  Sanskrit teacher marking History papers removed
  Injured in mishap, hurt by apathy
  Delhi Crime Beat
  News in brief
  Two killed in wall collapse
  Kaunke was `tortured to death' by police
  Orders reserved on Baghai's bail plea
  Media ignores plight of disabled
  Kuldip Singh denies any political ambitions
  Katia case to be heard on June 6
  CITCO to probe minister's complaint of sub-standard food
  Efforts to make City cleaner
  150 jhuggis demolished
  Notices sent for deputy mayor's election
  Chandigarh Crime Beat
  Two arrested for cheating
  Nurses threaten another agitation
  Hafed employees to hold rally
  Rs 600 cr for Punjab roads
  Ward 23 residents to stage dharna
  Sub-inspector remanded to judicial custody
  Watch out for heatstrokes
  Centre to review revamp of PSUs
  Alert employee helps avert train mishap
  Token strike by MTNL employees
  Govt to file reply on tinted glasses
  Regional Beat
  I want Khalra case culprits behind bars -- Kuldip
  MCD to launch month-long sanitation drive from June 2
  No polls without identity cards, says Jag Parvesh
  Auction of octroi posts deferred
  Earned leave encashment to be enhanced
  Additional dearness allowance approved for workers in city
  Licenses of commission agents suspended
  Rs 20 lakh aid to voluntary bodies
  Customs officer strike work
  Vet pharmacists fume at govt order
  Major reshuffle in health department
  Some foreign-aided projects may not see light of day
  Delhi Beat
  HPCC to lauch stir against state govt
  China not enemy number one
  Cops find security duty a burden
  Pune Beat
  Sanctions will harm nation -- UCPI leader
  Corporators set to ensure officers at civic meets
  PMC conveys ire over hilltop plan
  Girls outshine boys again in Punjab board middle exams
  Three killed as dacoits strike
  University trust to extend loans
  Pune Notes
  KCB tender controversy continues, civil works suffer
  Two panchaloha idods worth Rs 10 lakhs seized
  Gelatine sticks seized at Karumbukkadai check post
  3 fake doctors arrested in Madurai and Theni
  Bomb scare in express trains
  Centre for mentally disabled kids at ICF
  World record attemtp in driving by Bangalore man

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