US talks of strategic, economic reforms
Amid Congressional pressure to upgrade its ties with India to a ``strategic relationship'', the Clinton administration has formally eased some sanctions, even as a US official suggested the two countries could enter rightaway into a strategic economic relationship.

Govt readies to snatch reins of Jallianwala trust from Sonia
First, it was the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts. Now the Ministry of Culture is preparing to `undo' Congress president Sonia Gandhi's `takeover' of the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial Trust, a post held so far by successive Prime Ministers.

Rajiv case -- TN Governor rejects mercy pleas
Tamil Nadu Governor Justice Fathima Beevi has rejected the mercy petitions filed by the four condemned prisoners in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

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