The Indian Express

Wednesday, November 12 1997

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Albright coming despite Iraq crisis
US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's trip to India scheduled to begin Monday has been all but upstaged by Washington's face-off with Iraq. Although officials say there is no change in the Secretary's travel plans, the rapidly escalating crisis involving Iraq is proving to be a major distraction.

RJP legislators "flee" Gandhinagar
In an attempt to keep its 46-member flock together, the ruling Rashtriya Janata Party (RJP) in Gujarat yesterday whisked away all but two of its legislators to two places in north Gujarat as the countdown for the trial of strength by the Dilip Parikh government in the Assembly on November 13 begin.

RBI removes Bangurs from BoR board
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has removed Keshav Bangur, former deputy chairman of Bank of Rajasthan, and his father S N Bangur from the board of directors of the private sector bank. This follows cases of irregularities allegedly committed by them during their tenure as directors.

Ministers hook on to satellite phones

HC orders RBI to inspect TimesBank