The Indian Express -- General

Friday, July 4 1997

Right to Information Bill has few takers in Goan media

The Goan media has serious doubts about whether the proposed Right to Information Bill will make the task of securing information from the government easier. Several panelists voiced their apprehensions about the usefulness of the the bill, which is likely to be introduced in the current Assembly session.

City dons move to Bangalore

Tuesday's gangster shoot-out in Bangalore may have signalled the entry of international and Mumbai underworld figures into the garden city. Worried police officers say that Bangalore is now likely to be the bone of contention between Dubai-based don Dawood Ibrahim and Mumbai don Chota Rajan.

A lonely planet looks for sibling

Too bad Little Green Men don't live on Mars. If they did, they would see right now a giant spacecraft hurtle towards them at 16,000 miles an hour, lose momentum in their atmosphere, slowdown by opening parachutes and retrorockets, dangle about 40 feet above their surface, and cushioned against sharp rocks by four big airbags, bounce several times like a beach ball before coming to a halt.

Village of Yadavs puts up a brave front

Development centre in TN

HC dismisses petition against land acquisition

MP's panel visits veterinary varsity

Mob offered to kill Fidel Castro for free

FKCCI delegation to visit China, Taiwan

15 TN NCC cadets to go abroad

Body still buried under the debris

Pak police launch crackdown on crime and violence

Thanjavur temple fire, 3 held

Uphaar cinema indicted in fire tragedy

Statescape -- 11 gang members arrested, weapons seized