The Indian Express -- General

Monday, June 2 1997

Rs 7-cr ad blitzkrieg to fight AIDS

In a major shift in its strategy against the HIV-AIDS threat, the Union health ministry plans to launch a Rs 7-crore advertising blitzkrieg throughout the country.

Taliban claims gains in north

Taliban troops have repulsed an offensive in the northern Samangan province, inflicting heavy losses on opposition forces, according to Taliban-run Radio Shariat.

Patkar wants probe into assault

Anti-Enron activists, assembled under the umbrella of National Alliance of People's Movements, has demanded a legal inquiry into the assualt on them at Mangaon police station in Mahad taluka on May 28.

Pak excuse for defence budget hike

Dailydespatches -- Cyclone wreaks havoc in Saurashtra region

Thirty years after war, fruits of Israel's victory bitter

Iraq suggests new axis with Iran, Syria

Indonesia's ruling Golkar Party back in the saddle

Quicktakes -- Left victory shatters Chirac dream

Make CBSE working more transparent, demand parents

Murtaza murder report presented

RAPA awards given away

Clandestine in Paris: New life and better times of Sobhraj

Globetrotting -- 150 hurt in Bangla violence

Turkey's first Islamic govt on brink of collapse