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Drumbeat: Ad Buzzaar
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Wednesday, May 20, 1998
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Pak N-test: US knows the where but not the when
Should Pakistan test a nuclear weapon in the coming days, it will take place at a remote site known as Chagai Hills in the western province of Baluchistan. The site, about 2,000 metres above sea level, is watched over by US-built F-16 fighters from a nearby airbase, sold to Pakistan before the country's nuclear ambitions finally forced Congress to stop US military sales.
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Training, moral policing and drive for austerity mark Cong Inc
Hard work was never really a good idea in the Congress for long. But a stern message is now coming through as a wake-up call to sloppy workers: the party is going corporate, complete with the tough work ethos of an MNC. Beginning Tuesday, Congress members are to be subjected to the harsh grind of students. A `National Training Institute' to be headed by CWC member Pranab Mukherjee will impart "across-the-board training" to the vast multitude of party cadres.
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Sukh Ram faces trial in telecom scam case
Former communications minister and leader of the Himachal Vikas Congress, Sukh Ram, who resigned from Himachal cabinet last month, would face trial in a telecom scam case as a special court on Tuesday ordered framing of charges against him. Special judge Ajit Bharihoke who found `prima facie' sufficient evidence to proceed with the trial against Ram and two others, fixed tomorrow for completing the formalities of framing of the charges.
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Decks cleared for prosecution of dismissed MP ministers
Four of the ten Madhya Pradesh ministers, who were dropped on Monday by the state Chief Minister, Digvijay Singh, had been indicted by the Lokayukta on corruption charges. The Chief Minister told newsmen that the Lokayukta did not need permission to prosecute these four as they were no longer ministers.
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