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Monday, May 18, 1998

	Pakistan will test nuclear device: Gohar Although a spokesman for Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif denied a report that Pakaistan had conducted a nuclear test, Pakistan Foreign Minister Gohar Ayub Khan said in Islamabad that his country will go ahead with a nuclear test. He, however, said that the timing of the explosion was yet to be decided. Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif added that Pakistan needed just a 26 hours notice period to carry out the test.		G-8 asks India to sign CTBT The world's eight industrial powers (G-8) have asked India to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) but refrained from slapping collective sanctions against New Delhi for the recent nuclear tests. The G-8 leaders asked India and Pakistan not to deploy nuclear weapons and said Islamabad should exercise maximum restraint in the face of the tests conducted by New Delhi.
	You've missed the N-club bus by 30 yrs, US tells India "Sorry. No Admission," is the US response to India's bid to crash into the nuclear club with its tests and can-make-bomb declaration this week. Washington says only those countries which conducted nuclear tests before 1968 could have official nuclear status. This statement came in the wake of reports that India had formally declared itself a nuclear power.		Jaffna mayor shot dead Sarojini Yoges-Waran, the newly elected mayor of Sri Lanka's northern Jaffna town, was gunned down at her home by a suspected Tamil Tiger militant yesterday. Another party member of the Jaffna Municipal Council, Paramasivam, was also injured in the incident and had been admitted to a hospital.

Exodus on as Jakarta readies for rally
The foreign exodus out of Indonesia kept up on Sunday -- following riots which left 500 dead -- as the Army prepared for trouble ahead of a planned protest rally this week. The military assured the public that things were under control, and workers started a cleanup of the week of unrest, but foreign governments were not taking chances.

Farooq Abdullah for war with Pakistan to end Kashmir row
Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah has opined that India should go in for a war with Pakistan to settle the terrorist problem in Kashmir.He has also decided to advice the Central Government to exercise the extreme option of war to stop the evil designs of Pakistan in Kashmir.

MCI to cancel 40 seats of IGMCH
Goa Diary
Power Minister allays fears
Nuclear projects immune from US curbs
Developmental fund backlog in Vidarbha mounts
"Careful of camps with an `eye' on records"
Syria helped IRA kill Mountbatten, says paper
Coimbatore blast
Courts too lenient with criminals
Israel alone will set pullback terms
Fernandes urged to free Myanmarese rebels
Christians stage protest against Pak in Lucknow
Man dupes investors of Rs 25 crore
Hide 'n' seek
Pvt funds salvage BMC's basic education plan
Tamil Nadu projects in limbo over nuclear sanctions
India will not use N-arms first
BMC to open 13 admission help centres
Passengers in Rajdhani Exp drugged, robbed
Mumbai Notes
Jail inmates exhibit their creativity on canvas
Navalkar retires from morality crusade, hurt
Pune prof pitches for confident leadership
H-bomb was tested, confirm scientists
Pak media shifts from euphoria to paranoia
Quicktakes
Surat Beat
Eco-watch on Alang
Nuclear tests a political move
15 injured in Sagrampura clashes; six arrested
Jaspal revokes LPG dealer's licence, demands strictness
3 youth, two of them brothers, drown in Sukhna
Cyber cafe at Sec 17 CITCO building soon
PG courses at PU Muktsar centre from current session
Middle exam topper gets 97%
No water, power
Golden Forests directors may be prosecuted
SGCUTA leaders, Kapadia to be called to capital
Sikkim to focus on education
News in brief
Students resent delay in issuance of certificates
Plea for basic amenities
Reliance plans to play quality card
New models of cars hog the limelight at carnival
PFA activists for proper cages for circus animals
500 students given books, uniforms
BJP criticises demand made by local leaders
Vadodara Beat
Homoeopathic Institute told to repay fee, damages
Nayar gets award for journalism
Spate of thefts in Sec 26 grain market
Youth rob NRI
Four highwaymen arrested in Anand
Army recruitment rally a big draw
VMC expansion proposal may shortchange citizens
Regional Beat--Punjab
Leaving an indelible mark in an unglorious way
Nurses withdraw May 20 strike call
Plan to reduce traffic congestion
Opting for the path less travelled by
Rise in pre-natal sex tests deplored
Terrorist victim remembered
Vadodara Crime Watch
Packing material ready
Swami Agnivesh lauds nuclear tests
Experts voice their concern over pollution
TISCO MD Jamshed Irani felicitated in city
Behaviour of tourist leaves police puzzled
Police team to search for suspect in Bihar
Spurt in thefts
Fire in factory complex
Malwa Gramin Bank records 2.83-cr profit
Notorious UP gangster arrested
Centre to execute two hydel projects
Vadodara Crime Watch
IGIA passengers being taken for a ride by unauthorised taxis
Govt flayed for civic problems
Technical studies for prostitutes' children
Water crisis brings hundreds to the streets
Water shortage is for real
Nuclear tests are suicidal
PUTA executive body meets Barnala
Voices of the disabled reverberate at social devpt fair
Judge stabbed
No let-up in anti-pollution drive in city, says Collector
Pune Beat
Bathinda girl tops Middle Exam
Takht pardons Amarjeet Kaur
Workshop ONECCE on Friday
FCI staff to hold protest meet
A centre focusing on women
Power generation up by 14.5 pc
Asha Bhonsle strikes a chord of discord
Recruit locals for industries
Primary teachers sore
SAD woos dissidents to support party nominee
Celebrations mark Shaurya Divas
Another finance unit closes shop
Retirement age raised to appease bureaucrats
Election observers tour Adampur
Election activities hot up in Bharmaur belt
Use resources for city's betterment
Don't stop, go for the nukes, translate tests into weapons
Create an inter-service strategic command
Brigadier crushed by tanker
V-C unsure of DoT-TRAI relationship
Mortaging peace for products
Man found murdered
Moot a no-first-use agreement
CPE makes a case for political reform
Strike may delay SSC,HSC results
Collection of poems released
Sack Abdullah
RCP extended to 7 more districts
Pune Notes
Quality Forum inaugurated