Thursday, November 12, 1998
Sonia likens '84 riots to Partition
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has given a different twist to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots issue by drawing a parallel between the Delhi tragedy and the 1947 Partition tangle and thus hurling the contentious issue into another orbit.
Pakistan is a terrorist state, declares Advani
Even as India and Pakistan continue their talks in the capital, Union Home Minister L K Advani has lashed out at what he called Pakistan's attempt to spread "anarchy and instability'' all over the country. Calling Pakistan a "terrorist state,'' he said that states would have to enact their own laws to deal with the activities of Pakistan's intelligence agency, ISI.
Ban on liquor advertisements in offing
Clearly unhappy with the self-regulatory code adopted by the foreign satellite networks and the alcohol industry, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said that a ban on liquor ads would be in place "any day soon''. This "two-line'' notification will eliminate the necessity of amending the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995, he said.
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