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Drumbeat: Ad Buzzaar
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Friday, May 22, 1998
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Habibie takes over amidst scepticism
Asia's longest-serving leader, President Suharto, resigned on Thursday, pressured to do so by the weeks-long outcry against his 32-year rule by students, the Vox Populi, and parliamentarians. Ironically, the very economic forces which saw the consolidation of his power were the factors responsible for his downfall.
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PMO move over, J&K cell goes to Home Ministry
A tough-talking Union Home Minister L K Advani threatening to take on Pakistan for fuelling terrorism in Jammu & Kashmir has triggered -- though not entirely unwittingly -- swift changes in the power equation within the Central Government. A case in point is the all-important J&K cell which -- for the record -- still functions under the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). But that's only for the record.
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Phukan, Bora set to dislodge Mahanta
The campaign within the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) to dislodge Chief Minister and party president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta has gained momentum, with former home minister Bhrigu Kumar Phukan extending support to party general secretary Atul Bora on Thursday. Phukan, who was away in Delhi rushed to Guwahati and had a long closed-door discussion with Atul Bora, following which he announced his decision to join the new Mahanta-hatao campaign.
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Prasar Bharati will be independent: Swaraj
The Bharatiya Janata Party will not have any role in the functioning of the Prasar Bharati and there will be no interference in its editorial functioning, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday. Swaraj said the Prasar Bharati Bill to be introduced in the budget session of Parliament, will be free of governmental shackles. The government has no intention of appointing any hard core BJP/RSS member as the CEO of the corporation.
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