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Drumbeat: Ad Buzzaar
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| Sunday, July 12, 1998
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Manmohan Singhh (left) greeting PM Atal Behari Vajpayee and S R Bommai at the all-party meet on the Women's Bill |
FIPB defers Tata Airlines plan to August 8
The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has again deferred the proposal of Tata Airlines till August 8 on the request of the civil aviation ministry. At a meeting held on Saturday, the administrative ministry sought more time on the grounds that it was still examining whether the proposal conformed to the recently-announced guidelines. The FIPB has set a deadline of August 8 for completing this process. It is expected that the ministry would seek more details from the Tatas.
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Intelligence agencies could have "averted national tragedy"
Had Indian intelligence agencies decoded the LTTE's messages they intercepted, former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination could have been averted, says the final report of the Justice M.C. Jain Commission. The report concludes: "There was a failure of intelligence -- both local and central. Else, such a national tragedy could have been averted."
Showdown on cards over Women's Bill
A showdown between the government and OBC and Muslim MPs is likely on Monday when Prime Minister A B Vajpayee is slated to introduce the Women's Reservation Bill. The sabotage tactics could include staging a dharna and plunging the House in bedlam, making it difficult for the government to introduce the Bill.
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