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Politics Business Expressions General Sports Leisure States Friday, March 13, 1998   Kesri buys time, puts off CPP meet Doing a quick rethink on the possibility of government formation, the Congress yesterday put off its crucial Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) meeting to the evening of March 16 after the AIADMK's intransigence towards the BJP.   Virbhadra quits before trust vote; Delhi rule likely Himachal Pradesh Govvernor V S Rama Devi last night said she had submitted report to President K R Narayanan on the political developments in the state. She said it now depended on the president to act as neither the Congress nor the Bharatiya Janata Party enjoyed majority support. VP gives Vajpayee two years Former prime minister V P Singh yesterday said AIADMK's conditions for supporting a BJP-led coalition at the centre even before government formation had raised serious doubts about its longevity. He stated that this was just the semi-final and yet another election for stable political alignments would bring the final outcome and a stable government. Re-examine definition of industry, says SC The Supreme Court has called for a ``judicial re-examination'' of an earlier Constitution bench judgment which had held that every organisation having employers and employees was an industry.   Lyngdoh's litmus test on March 20 The Meghalaya ministry headed by Brington Buhai Lyngdoh will seek vote of confidence on March 20. Announcing this at his first press conference today, Lyngdoh said the first session of the new Assembly would be convened on the same day and Governor M M Jacob would also address the House. US-UN truce on Iraq war The United States and the United Nations arrived at a delicate truce over the Iraq imbroglio on Wednesday with Washington assuring Secretary General Kofi Annan that it would consult with the Security Council before taking any military action against Baghdad.   LEISURE   New generation designer wear stun the French at Chloe's show   Mumbai's resilience: Cure or Curses? SPORTS   Agassi demolishes Bruguera   BCCI leaves players stranded EXPRESSIONS   The greening of Tamil Nadu   Give me a Naidu BUSINESS   Indal rejects Sterlite offer   Rs 10,000 crore tax collection shortfall GENERAL   Joshi hints at law to check exam time strikes   Cook heads for Middle East with diplomatic recipe for peace POLITICS   Kalyan resolves resignations' crisis in UP   DMK was against Kalyan govt dismissal in UP: Karunanidhi