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Saturday, May 23, 1998

	Ease up on anti-Pak tirade, Cong tells BJP The Congress has warned the BJP-led government that its moves on Pakistan could lead to the "repudiation" of the Shimla Pact between the two countries in 1972, an eventuality which the Congress said, must not be allowed at any cost.		JD to launch tala thoko stir; to lock Collectorate offices The state unit of Janata Dal has threatened to launch a novel tala thoko agitation to lock District Collectorates on May 25 in support of the demand for a better deal to the farmers affected by crop failure due to unseasonal rains.
	AIADMK executive meeting on May 25; stocktaking in order AIADMK general secretary Jayalalitha has convened a meeting of the party executive here on May 25 amidst speculation that the meeting will take stock of the situation arising out of the Centre's silence on the demand for dismissal of the DMK government.		Cong flays demand for Koshal state The Orissa PCC president Hemananda Biswal has strongly opposed the demand for a separate Koshal state comprising several districts of the western belt. The demand for the separate Koshal state was being made periodically by political leaders and organisations who alleged that the western districts had remained underdeveloped and neglected with political leadership from coastal Orissa cornering all the benefits.

How Kalyan foiled BSP's Lucknow rally
To foil yesterday's Bahujan Samaj Party rally in Lucknow, the BJP state government asked Uttar Pradesh Home Secretary N Ravi Shanker to issue an unprecedented circular asking all District Magistrates and SPs to "prevent movement" of BSP workers and to keep a "close watch" on them so that they are "prevented from mobilizing party workers."

RPI leaders pulled up for failure to reach poll pact
The senior Republican Party of India (RPI) activist, Shivshankar Bankar, criticised the party leadership for their failure to bargain with the Congress for seat adjustments in the ensuing by-elections of the State Assembly to be held on June 3 next.

Naik
48 candidates in fray for State Assembly by-polls
DMK plans tour in honour of birthday boy Karunanidhi
Bihar Cong split over RJD issue
Jaya back in business
State funding of polls on anvil
Vajpayee tells Mahajan to play it cool
Curb chest-thumping, Naidu cautions PM
Sena will crumble under its own weight
Snow-clad Leh keeps poll officials at bay
Hazarika quits ministry
No separate ministry for N-E