The Indian Express -- General

Sunday, November 30 1997

CJ tells Leghari to file plea against SC judge Siddiqui

The constitutional crisis in Pakistan deepened yesterday with Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah asking President Farooq Leghari to file a reference petition against the Justice Saiduzzaman Siddiqui before the Supreme Judicial Council. The beleaguered CJ said that Justice Siddiqui exceeded his jurisdiction in passing an administrative order to take control of the apex court. He said Justice Siddiqui and the two other judges called a full court meeting without any legal authorisation from him.

Iraq lets oil-food plan slip

Baghdad's reported decision to end the "Oil for Food" programme is causing deep concern at the United Nations especially in view of surveys showing that hundreds of thousands Iraqi children are suffering from malnutrition. The UN wants to allow Iraq to sell a larger quantity of oil to enable it to buy more food and medicines which are in short supply following seven years of crippling economic sanctions.

Shravan retracts statement in Gulshan case

Shravan Rathod, of the Nadeem-Shravan duo, has retracted his earlier statements made to the Mumbai Police in the Gulshan Kumar murder case. Fear of reprisals from Dubai-based gangsters appears to be behind the withdrawal and changes in his earlier statement that led to the building up of a case against Nadeem, who is facing an extradition suit in Britain for his alleged involvement in the murder.

Political chaos hits Naval expansion

Statescape -- Bandh observed to protest against student's death

Dept of Space to buy satellite from ARABSAT

IAF ground staff refuse pay

Daily dose of travel risk for school children continues

Globetrotting -- Treaty to ban landmines

Iraq lets oil-food plan slip

"UNSCOM dared not visit presidential sites"

US might boycott Kyoto talks

72 in fray from Hong Kong for Chinese legislature elections

Daley to lead US trade delegation to India

Christian Democrats leave Czech Govt