The Union Finance Minister, V P Singh, announced further concessions and exemptions in his budget proposals on excise and customs duties, covering bulk drugs, power-driven pumps, water coolers, kerosene stoves, pressure cookers, electrically operated vehicles, paper and goods manufactured without the aid of power.
The death toll in the police firing following a fierce clash between the Damdami Taksal-AISSF activists and the law-and-order authorities on the eve of the Hola Mohalla festival at Anandpur Sahib rose to 12 though the official sources said seven.
The External Affairs Minister, B R Bhagat, sought to assure the Lok Sabha that the government would never lower its guard with regard to the country’s security.
S B Chavan, Maharashtra Chief Minister-elect, met the Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, in New Delhi. Chavan is expected to return to Bombay soon. He said the list of the members of his Cabinet was finalised after his meeting with Rajiv Gandhi, which lasted about 90 minutes.
S B Chavan will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Maharashtra. The swearing-in of most of the members of the new Council of Ministers is also slated for the same day.
There has been a setback to the process of normalisation of relations between India and Pakistan with the postponement of both the Joint Commission meeting scheduled for this month, as well as the visit of the Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, to Pakistan slated for April.
The Centre is deeply concerned at the worsening situation following the communal disturbances in the Kashmir Valley and is watching the developments closely.
The Sri Lankan government has come forward with a “new paper” (set of proposals) to find a solution to the ethnic problem, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi told the Lok Sabha.
The Punjab Chief Minister, Surjit Singh Barnala, plans to summon a meeting of the peace and harmony committee as authorities issued shoot-at-sight orders in the curfew-bound industrial town of Batala.
Who is Malda stir ‘mastermind’ Mofakkerul Islam? Lawyer, contested 2021 polls for AIMIM
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Mofakkerul Islam, the alleged mastermind behind the protests in West Bengal's Malda district, was arrested at the Bagdogra airport while trying to flee. The Supreme Court criticized the protests and handed over the probe to the NIA. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee accused AIMIM and ISF of splitting votes to help BJP win.
