The Indian Express

Monday, August 25 1997

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Determined PM sets deadline for corruption cases
Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral has directed that the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) request for official concurrence to start probe against public servants and to sanction prosecution be cleared within 60 days.

Judicial populism takes toll of legal discipline
It seems that good causes brought up as Public Interest Litigation (PIL) are taking a toll of legal discipline in the apex court. This seems to be the message from the judgments on the issues of prisoners voting rights, children of women sex workers, sexual harassment of women at the work place and environmental issues.

The worst is over in the Valley: Gujral
Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral feels that the situation has decisively turned the corner in Jammu and Kashmir and this is the first time that a Prime Minister has made such an assertion about the troubled State in the recent years.

Punjab to set up minorities commission

Cabinet clears Mitsubishi PTA project at Haldia

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