Sunday, January 31, 1999
Fertiliser subsidy up Rs 3,100 cr despite price hike
The recent urea price hike notwithstanding, the finance ministry will have to make budgetary provisions for an extra Rs 3,100 crore on account of higher subsidy on fertilisers for the year 1998-99.
Peeved Khurana quits cabinet, blames Thakre for stifling voice
The tourism and parliamentary affairs minister Madan Lal Khurana, who became a persona non-grata to the BJP establishment after he blamed the saffron offshoots for the violence against minorities, has resigned from the Union council of ministers.
Rebels force Joshi to quit; Rane to take over
Bowing to pressure from Shiv Sena rebels and its alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party, chief minister Manohar Joshi resigned from his post on Saturday evening.
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