Tremors rock Koyna, dam safe
A series of mild tremors has hit towns near Koyna dam since Thursday midnight causing considerable anxiety among townsmen in Karad, Patan, Koynanagar and Chiplun.
Joshi hints at law to check exam time strikes
Maharashtra Chief Minister Manohar Joshi yesterday indicated that the government would soon introduce a legislation to counter the threats of strikes and agitations during the period of examinations in the State.
Cook heads for Middle East with diplomatic recipe for peace
British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook on Wednesday gave details of his three-day trip to the Middle East aimed at breaking the deadlock in the peace process as part of an ``intense diplomacy'' drive. He is to visit Egypt and Jordan on Monday, the Palestinian territories and Israel on Tuesday and Syria and Lebanon on Wednesday.
Union protests govt move on mill land
The state government's nod to Shree Ram Mills to go ahead with the sale of its surplus land has come in for severe criticism from the labour union Girni Kamgar Sangharsh Samiti. The samiti will hold meetings outside the Vidhan Bhavan during the state legislature's forthcoming budget session to to lodge its protest against the decision.
Government asks IT dept for details of Gawli's income
The state government has asked the Income Tax department to furnish details of the income disclosed by Asha Gawli, wife of notorious gangster Arun Gawli, under the Voluntary Disclosure Of Income Scheme (VDIS).
Joshi still evasive on Srikrishna report
Chief Minister Manohar Joshi was non-committal on tabling the much-awaited report of the Srikrishna Commission, which probed into the the communal riots that rocked the metropolis in March 1993.
