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Politics Business Expressions General Sports Leisure States   27 February 1998 ASSAM CBI probe sought to trace missing scribe ULFA rejects Assam Govt's talks offer, renews threat BIHAR Bihar police prove a mismatch for high-tech ultras Lakshmi shatters National record Samata recalls Madhepura nominee DELHI Duty-bound officers go voteless East Delhi in the grip of crime wave Higher foreign equity in Essar, Samsung okayed DRI unearths Rs 40 crore scandal Bhandari may survive till new govt comes in at Centre BJP exults, Pal may move SC A-I pilots' salaries reach sky high Fees first Sensitive Eastern Command headless as Govt dithers over posting Sukhdev's hand in E Bengal win Plot to kill Sonia bared Winners of grand prizes rue their "luck" GOA Olalekan strike grounds A-I Churchill is on a song in Goa's carnival KARNATAKA Jockeys strike looms large MADHYAPRADESH Madhya Pradesh force a draw MAHARASHTRA CM allays fears on forced savings Shotgun goes Rabdi hunting Pune's two-hour wait for Sonia's ten-minute speech Poll 1998 sees 98 Independents contesting in State ICL makes open offer for Raasi Alcan plans counter offer for Indal stake Gupta panel approves norms for derivatives trading Sebi meeting on market reforms Sensex gains 87 points Rush to file I-T returns Silver prices nosedive VRS eats away Glaxo profit Auxilium pip Utpal India file Mumbai thump Aussies by 10 wickets Esplanade court to hold Loknyayalay Nylon money bags for BEST conductors To reduce stress, walk a pet Senior citizens protest Rent Control Act HC rejects bail plea of four officials in orchard scam HC panel to probe into remand homes Poll security beefed up It may not be a saffron sweep in Mumbai Govt asked to file affidavit on Srikrishna Thackeray winds up campaign with appeal for Dalit support Mumbai Beat Stop it! Navalkar at it again Vajpayee's plea to Muslims as campaign ends NORTHEASTERNSTATES Naga bodies unite against new House Cong, UDP stake claim in Meghalaya ORISSA Aska will vote posthumously for Biju TAMILNADU Bomb may have been meant for Karunanidhi HC pulls up TN bureaucrat for ignoring NHRC order on relief ED probing Mashreq role in forex case UNIONTERRITORIES All for money UTTARPRADESH Contempt plea against Bhandari, Pal Kalyan wins test of nerves and numbers A tale of two CMs unfolds in UP House WESTBENGAL Postal ballots missing in WB Praxair to take over AOL unit WB campaigning ends with a whimper