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Thursday, May 7, 1998
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Naik dares CM to sack him
The Shiv Sena, ruling in Maharashtra in alliance with the BJP, appears to be heading for a crisis. Forest Minister Ganesh Naik, an influential Sena leader, when asked to resign by the Chief Minister Manohar Joshi, told the CM that he will not resign from the Cabinet and if he has the courage, he may sack him.
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George sues for peace
The Government has attempted to mollify China over its spat with Defence Minister George Fernandes, even as Fernandes attempted in his own way to smoothen ruffled feathers by saying he had always wanted to create "peace and amity" between India and its neighbours.
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US experts echo fears
Defence Minister George Fernandes' dark forebodings about potential Chinese military threat to India has plenty of takers in the strategic community in the US, although opinion is divided over his assertion that Tibet is bristling with nuclear weapons pointed at Indian targets.
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House panel chief flays govt on power ordinance
Adding another dimension to the controversy over the ordinance on power, the chairman of a parliamentary committee has accused the BJP government of "gross impropriety" and attempting to bypass Parliament. Accusing the government of bypassing all norms of parliamentary democracy, the CPI(M) has called for the withdrawal of the ordinance.
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