Tuesday, August 11, 1998
India, US may open talks on fissile treaty
Two weeks before the Prime Minister's special envoy Jaswant Singh meets US deputy secretary of state Strobe Talbott in Washington, India and the US are likely to agree tomorrow on opening negotiations on a Fissile Material Cut-off treaty (FMCT). New Delhi's position actually parallels those adopted by all five nuclear powers as well as the nuclear threshold state of Israel.
Will she, won't she? Cong awaits Jaya signal
A sense of anticipation is growing in the Congress that AIADMK chief J Jayalalitha might be serious this time on her threat to withdraw support to the Vajpayee government should the Centre not heed her demand to notify the initial Cauvery draft.
Advani under Cong fire over Srikrishna
The Congress yesterday condemned the reported statement of Union Home Minister L K Advani making light of the party's demand for dismissal of the Shiv Sena-BJP government in Maharashtra in the wake of the report of the Srikrishna Commission which probed the 1992-93 Mumbai riots.
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