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Friday, May 22, 1998

	Soren remanded to custody, CBI submits status report on probe The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has submitted the status report of its investigations in trying to trace Sashi Nath Jha, missing secretary of former Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Member of Parliament Shibu Soren to the Delhi High Court. The CBI, had arrested Shibu Soren on Wednesday in connection with the case and claimed that Sashi Nath Jha may have been abducted and probably killed because he had `sufficient' knowledge about the MPs bribery deal.		Bansi Lal's daughter held for slapping DM Sumitra, daughter of Haryana Chief Minister Bansi Lal, was remanded to judicial custody till June 4 by the local court for allegedly slapping city magistrate Renu Phulia and tehsildar Lal on Wednesday night.
	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.		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.

George witnesses Naval exercises on high seas
Union Defence Minister George Fernandes told officers and men of the Indian navy that the country had many challenges before it, some of which had been thrown at it by the nuclear powers and by neighbours, in the wake of India's nuclear tests. He was addressing naval personnel on the high seas after witnessing naval exercises held in the Arabia Sea on Monday and Tuesday.

WB team vows aid for Punjab project
The sanctions imposed by the United States against India in the wake the nuclear blasts at Pokharan would have no adverse effect on developmental projects in Punjab. The State Government is confident that its foreign-funded projects would carry on smoothly since these were finalised much before the blasts and that the funds from the World Bank had already been released.

Haryana to go easy on minor violations of Prohibition Act
Technical snags hold up Pak tests
40 killed in Pak election violence
Globe Trotting
Sinatra buried
Freed Saudi nurses back in UK
Khmer Rouge radio meets Pol Pot's fate
Cops firm on Sayama's identity
Nuke press coverage well handled
18-years RI for drug trafficking
Now, jaundice spreads
Mock funeral protesting cut in grain quota
Criminal detained under MPDA
Vegetable prices soar with mercury
Central funds for airport development
Gallons of Pepsi, Coke down the drain to protest sanctions
4-yr-old drowns in Thane manhole, body missing
Auto driver supervises TYBSc exams
Sena man shot at in Dombivli
India for formalising freeze on nuke tests
Quicktakes
Heavy Pak firing at line of control
India elated as NAM slams Big-5 for monopoly
Suharto's exit
Habibie takes over amidst scepticism
Congress throws out Clinton's China satellite technology deal
World hails Suharto's decision to quit
Vajpayee the poet in confrontation with PM Vajpayee
Mumbai Notes
Gas leak disrupts trains
Surat Beat
No drinking water crisis
Katargam main road closed to heavy vehicles
Excise officials accused of playing dirty with Rana
Bomb hoaxes at 3 branches of SBI
Skilled labour the need of the hour
Vadodara Beat
Trials pave way to civic jobs
Bhatt promises a `better deal'
Civic chief annuls order on water
Sena, saffron-brigade whipping up Swadeshi frenzy
SGU teachers' stand boomerangs
Surat Crime Watch
Goods worth Rs 9 lakhs seized
Teachers asked to hand over answer-scripts
Workshop held to sensitise children towards animals
Top official to handle talks in New Delhi
SUDA to get tough with erring builders
Teachers' body meets minister to discuss demands
SMC divided on hiring consultancy services
RTO seizes four buses, cars
Eye hospital to open on Sunday
Aloria to empower ward offices
Anti-dacoity squad set to flex muscles
Issue licence for juice sellers
Pune Beat
Regional meet of co secretaries from Friday
Feud, not dacoity, says the police
Advocate waves the magic wand against adversity
Heritage panel finalises structures
Doctor told to pay up for woman's death
UDBT pushes for a green signal
Not under Drugs Act
Pune Notes
Goon gets a thrashing from victims
SIJC bows down to students' pressure
Illegal tree felling, probe ordered
Bishop of Chennai diocese asked to quit