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Politics Business Expressions General Sports Leisure States 31 March 1998   The Empire loses its legendary car Imagine Big Mac as anything but American. It's tough. Or Rolls Royce as anything but British. It's tougher. But these are the toughest days -- so Rolls Royce is not British any longer. It's been sold to the Germans. Germany's BMW confirmed today that it would pay 340 million pounds ($ 572 million) to take over Rolls Royce Motor Cars from Vickers Plc.   Pentagon developing new devices for battlefield American defence will soon be equipped with advanced devices to perform dangerous tasks on the battlefront so as to minimise casualties to its military force, according to a top government official. The devices range from six-inch micro air vehicles to ground-travelling robots and sensor-loaded space satellites for battlefield use. A German's bond with temple city Hermann Kulke's association with Orissa easily transcends his academic interest in the state. For the eminent German historian, it is a part of his existence. "My association with the state is a part of my life," says Professor Kulke and it fairly sums up his passion. An open case to worthy causes Some of his opponents smile when he is led up the aisle by an assistant. But when he begins his arguments, it quickly becomes clear that he is not to be taken lightly. But being blind is not a handicap, insists Santosh Kumar Rungta, the only blind lawyer practising in the Delhi High Court.   VHP's focus back on Ram The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) wants the disputed site in Ayodhya to be immediately restored to the Ramjanmabhoomi Trust to facilitate construction of the temple. For this, it will ask the Kalyan Singh Government to promulgate an ordinance. A resolution to this effect will be adopted by the VHP's governing council at its next meeting on April 1 and 2 in Faridabad. BJP, Samata units in Bihar gang up to pull down Rabri Government Having won the vote of confidence in Delhi, the BJP and its ally Samata Party are getting ready to pull down the Rabri Devi Government, and they are not averse to mounting pressure on Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee for the purpose. Though conscious of the fact that the dismissal may cause a public outcry and perhaps even make a martyr of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Laloo Prasad Yadav, the BJP-Samata feels this can be avoided.     "I never regret what I do"