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Thursday, April 16, 1998
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Govt may alter laws for peace in N-E
The Union government may consider amendments to the Constitution to bring about a long-lasting solution to the insurgency problem in Assam and the North-East, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said yesterday. Winding up his two-day tour of Assam, Vajpayee said that whether conditional or unconditional, talks with the militant groups will have to be within the parameters specified in the Constitution.
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Centre confirms ISI role in Tamil Nadu
The Centre on Wednesday confirmed that the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan had infiltrated into Tamil Nadu and that there is lot of evidence available of ISI's complicity in problems in the State as well as other parts of the country. Union Special Secretary (Home), Ashok Kumar, heading a two-member team to review the law and order situation however said that the State had brought the situation under control.
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Truth prevails as Botha deal falls through
Talks on a deal to prevent former South African president P W Botha from standing trial broke down yesterday, meaning the court case would proceed. Botha, 82, faces charges of contempt for ignoring a subpoena issued by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission which is investigating apartheid-era crimes. If convicted, he could receive up to two years in jail and an unspecified fine.
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Sanctions against Iraq may go
The Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency has said that recent inspections had found no evidence of any clandestine nuclear activity by Iraq. The IAEA in a statement released said the Iraqi authorities had provided full details of its secret nuclear weapons plan, which now will boost Iraq's campaign to shut down the United Nations investigations into four categories of its banned weapons of mass destruction.
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