The Indian Express

Sunday, December 21 1997

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Tiger turns tail, gives in to EC without a roar
Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray yesterday quietly surrendered to the Election Commission's directives on holding organisational elections within the party before December 24. At a meeting convened at Sena Bhavan, Thackeray was unanimously elected in absentia``Shiv Sena Pramukh'' for life.

Kanshi-Laloo talks flounder over UP
Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Laloo Prasad Yadav's efforts to forge a secular front ran into trouble with Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Kanshi Ram reiterating his party's "preparedness" to contest all 85 seats in Uttar Pradesh in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls.

CBI probing Rs 20-cr case against Chhabria
The Central Bureau of Investigation is probing another case against Manohar Chhabria and the former directors of Nihon Electronics Limited (NEL), and its sister concerns, for allegedly defrauding Bank of Maharashtra to the tune of Rs 20.84 crore.

New privacy code puts shackles on freedom of scribes in Britain

UN to appoint woman as dy chief