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Friday, April 24, 1998

	Yeltsin, Communists head for showdown Russian Leftists headed for a showdown with the Kremlin tonight with the Communist Party declaring to vote against President Boris Yeltsin's nominee Sergei Kiriyenko as Prime Minister in a decisive vote in the state Duma tomorrow.		Special court to try blasts cases in TN soon: CM Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Thursday said that a special court would be set up in consultation with the High Court to try the February 14 serial blasts-related cases. Tabling a White Paper in the Assembly on the blasts, Karunanidhi said the State government did not receive any information from the Centre or its agencies about the presence of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) activists in Tamil Nadu or about their involvement in the blasts.
	Govt in a bind over Naga ceasefire By next Friday insurgents in Nagaland could well be re-loading their rifles. It is on this day (April 30) the security forces' ceasefire with them comes to an end and there is still no move in sight for its renewal. The Union Home Ministry is dithering on whether to continue the ceasefire for another three months.		Arms for villagers to fight J&K ultras The Government will impart arms training and provide weapons to the people, who have migrated from various villages in Jij Patwar of Reasi tehsil in the wake of the recent massacre of 26 people by militants at village Prankote.

Bill Gates donates 1.7 m to UN Fund
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has offered a $1.7 million grant to the UN Population Fund for programmes in developing states, the UN agency announced on Wednesday. The bulk of the funds, or $1.5 million, will go to a programme established in 1994 to promote the exchange of technology and experience among developing nations. The countries involved in the scheme currently include Bangladesh, China, Colombia, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Thailand, and Zimbabwe.

Ex- Greek President Caramanlis dies at 91
Former Greek President Constantin Caramanlis died early on Thursday in an Athens hospital at the age of 91, his private secretary Petros Moliviatis said. Caramanlis, who led Greece from the end of the military `colonels' regime in 1974, serving as president from 1980 to 1985 and from 1990 to 1995, had been admitted to hospital with a respiratory infection on April 7.

Recession hits Nashik units
Police dilemma
Corporator `pokes fun' at blind liftman
Row over `Mar Thoma Cross' may take unholy turn
Russi to form workers'union
Warring Afghan leaders to meet in Pakistan
Bill seeking to reconstruct old buildings passed
Mumbai Notes
`Pawle defied surrender orders'
Govt revvs up plans for Navi Mumbai airport
Spastic kids demonstrate against terrorism
Caught on camera
Mumbai-Goa highway soon
Mumbai Notes
Deora to set up fund for tenants
Ex-guard saw the body at night
Thaw in China, Taiwan ties after a three-year freeze
Quicktakes
World Vignettes
Netanyahu to revisit Nazi death camp
Dalai Lama says he could be the last
Nightmare scenario
Chandigarh to have another grain market soon
HC Bar poll today
Rs 1.92 lakh excise evasion
SE held in corruption case released on bail
Rape charge against four cops withdrawn
Lt Gen Sartaj Singh (retd) dead
News in brief
Draw of lots for Mauli Jagran sites today
Chandigarh Crime Beat
Man found dead
Cyclist killed
PF defaulters warned
Decision on English hailed
Punjab staff sit in dharna
Witness identifies accused in Beant case
Workshop on lung cancer begins tomorrow
Prosecution gets last chance in Katia case
Regional Beat
CBI probe likely into loans
Sena men burn Tota's effigy
1 lakh grant for Press Club
Hooda warns Vajpayee over City transfer
Kharar MC in dire straits
Rs 1,800 cr aid for Haryana
Haryana cattle-owners worry over FMD
Pak offer on gurdwara Act a farce, says Tohra
Mandis ill-equipped, says FCI study
Teachers protest census duties
Breakthrough in daylight robbery
New turn to wheat smuggling racket
SAD rights wing denies SPO was kidnapped
7 booked in land grab case
Bansi's remarks against Dera flayed
Gang of dacoits busted; five held
It's goodbye to parchis and hello to text books
Probe into land dispute ordered
40-day circus show opens today
Sec 17 traders seek withdrawal of notices
Credit card fraud detected
Setting up of IMCs in region mooted
Financial difficulties hinder aid to poor patients
Pune Beat
Ramanath Jha transferred
`Vegetable bandh' from today
Dharia vows to protect city lungs from concrete cancer
Cops launch operation to arrest dacoities
Time stands still at the Registration and Stamp dept
Pune Notes
Varsity okays Symbiosis plan to seek deemed varsity status
Jha justifies lifting of vehicles
PCMC official in ACB net
Kiran finds tatkaal ration cards a joke
High Court renews appeal to teachers on strike
Two alleged ISI agents arrested
NDMC chairman passes away
Property dispute may have led to suicides
Green Belt buckles under DVB's flyash
Delhi Crime Beat
Delhi Jal Board proposes hike in water tariff
Lawyers' strike
Delhi University Law Faculty students to boycott exams
Fire in Mayapuri shoe unit
Govt transfers five Noida PCS officers
Delhi Beat
Five held for Sadar Bazar robbery
Nursery of talent nurtures international dreams
WB keen on greening East Coast Road
31,000 arrack sachets seized
Bronze idol recovered