Saturday, December 5, 1998
Cabinet expansion today
With the Government under pressure to pull up its socks after the BJP's electoral rout, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has decided to go in for a limited Cabinet expansion today. He will induct Jaswant Singh, Pramod Mahajan and Jagmohan into the Cabinet.
Govt stalls trial of strength in LS
The beleaguered BJP-led government yesterday stalled a virtual trial of strength and escaped a major embarrassment in the Lok Sabha by preventing a vote sought by an alert Opposition on the issue of Essential Commodities Bill, the first after the rout of BJP in the recent Assembly elections.
Fire goes back to Censors; PIL in Supreme Court
As prominent citizens petitioned the Supreme Court of India against Chief Minister Manohar Joshi's open support of the violent attacks on theatres screening Fire, the Centre on Friday turned the film over to the Censor Board for ``re-examination.''
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