Thursday, February 11, 1999
Badal asserts himself, sacks Jathedar
The stage is now set for a long, bitter battle within the Sikh clergy and the Akali Dal. Loyalists of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal have taken the fight into the rival camp by suspending Akal Takht Jathedar Bhai Ranjit Singh.
Patnaik's men to persuade Sonia
Several ministers and Congress MLAs from Orissa are planning to go to New Delhi to urge party president Sonia Gandhi not to accept the resignation of chief minister JB Patnaik.
Centre woos Mamata with Bengal package
In a major move to patch ingrowing differences with the Trinamool Congress, the Vajpayee Government today accepted most of the demands contained in the `Bengal package', to be implemented for the speedy development of West Bengal.
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