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08 April 1998

	Interpol to help nail Clarke Sri Lanka has sought Interpol's assistance to investigate allegations of paedophilia against science-fiction writer Arthur C Clarke. It is reported that the police Department had contacted Interpol in order to obtain the tape-recording of an interview to a British tabloid in which Clarke reportedly admitted that he had had sex with minor boys.		Washington regrets Pak's nuclear missile test Regretting Pakistan's test firing of surface-to-surface Ghauri missile, the United States has urged India and Pakistan "to exercise restraint" and avoid taking any steps in the nuclear and missile field that might adversely affect regional stability.
	Yeltsin defends choice of Kiriyenko as premier Russian President Boris Yeltsin strongly defended his nominee for prime minister Sergei Kiriyenko at a round table meeting with the parliamentary, regional and trade union leaders in the Kremlin and urged them to support him.		Policemen charged with murder of youth The Maharashtra State Criminal Investigation Department (Crime) recently has filed a case against four policemen, three of whom were earlier attached to the Railway Police Station, accusing them of having robbed and murdered a resident of Andhra Pradesh who was returning to his native place from his workplace in the Gulf.

Prasar Bharati alleges Govt "manhandling"
Vehemently criticising the BJP-led coalition government's posture on the Prasar Bharati Corporation (PBC), a senior PBC Board member said that the ruling parties at the Centre, especially the BJP, were trying to "use" it to get "political mileage". Another member alleged that "instead of making the PBC more accountable and transparent, the main idea before the government is how to dominate and who will dominate the corporation,".

India won't tolerate Pak meddling with security
India unleashed a stinging retort to Pakistan's official claims that it had test-fired the "Ghauri" middle-range missile, saying it would take "resolute steps to meet any threat to its national security."

Goa registers more tourists
Girl's kin beat 65-yr-old to death over illicit affair
Dangs adivasis allege harassment by officials
Expressway, sheer waste of taxpayers' money
Constable shoots truck driver "by mistake"
Dandi marchers relive history with bitterness
Indian's new spectral theory a "real landmark"
Ex-AIIMS chief gets bail in forgery case
Police to see better days with new scheme
Woman succumbs to burn injuries
Police told to probe "sex phone services"
N-E, J&K eating into defence budget
18 yrs in transit camp
Permanent status eludes workers despite HC order
HC orders Coast Guard official to be released
Phoenix workers continue agitation
Mumbai Notes
Bhayander fisherwomen cast an anti-hooch protest
Dalai Lama, leaders vow to boost Buddhism
World Vignettes
Britain, France ratify CTBT
US claim turns turtle as shrimp fishers net victory
Rs 40 lakh looted in robberies at Kalanagar and Jogeshwari
Rock lovers say "boo" to Navalkar's diktat
New lease of life for Khooni Talav
Addicts find escape in water
Quicktakes
Sutar's guard shoots at CID sleuth
Experts rebut Pak claims on missile
Sorabjee assures speedy probe into Bofors
Andhra, Karnataka and now Maharashtra