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Saturday, November 21, 1998, Chandigarh, India

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Grenade attack near Hazratal
6 devotees, 2 cops hurt on Meraj day
SRINAGAR, Nov 20 — Eight persons, including six devotees and two jawans, were injured when militants hurled a grenade near the outer wall of the Hazratbal shrine here this afternoon. The grenade, targeted at a vehicle of the BSF, exploded on the road between the outer wall of the shrine and a parked vehicle.

FM's no to Barnala
Hike in import duty on sugar
NEW DELHI, Nov 20 — Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha has shot down the Food Ministry’s proposal to hike sugar import duty, saying any such move would be inflationary and not advisable.
"I have had the matter examined...It has not been found feasible to agree to the proposal for increasing customs duty on sugar as suggested in your letter," Mr Sinha said in a reply to the Food Minister.

Power row: CMs to meet on Dec 28
GURGAON, Nov 20 — The Centre today fixed December 28 for a joint meeting of the Chief Ministers of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh and head of the Union Territory of Chandigarh to find a solution to the three-decade-old dispute over the sharing of power from the Bhakra Beas Management Board.

Indo-US talks make no headway
BONN, Nov 20 — India and the USA today failed to achieve any breakthrough in narrowing down their differences on disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation with New Delhi asserting that there was no change in its stand on the CTBT issue.

India may get $ 3.5 billion IDA loan
WASHINGTON, Nov 20 — India may get about $ 3.5 billion in a new funding of $ 20.5 billion sanctioned by 39 donor countries for the International Development Association, the concessionary lending agency of the World Bank, for a period of three years, beginning from July 1, 1999.

Cong stake claim to form govt in Goa
PANAJI, Nov 20 — In a dramatic development, the opposition Congress in Goa today staked a claim to form a government securing the support of four rebel MLAs of the Goa Rajiv Congres.

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Divergent views on ‘Vande Mataram’
NEW DELHI, Nov 20 — The issue of he recital of "Vande Mataram" and "Saraswati Vandana" in schools in UP today evoked divergent opinions with a Union Minister defending the move as not being "anti-Muslim" while Muslim leaders termed it against "tenets of Islam" and "violative of fundamental rights."

Ad hoc bonus for Haryana staff
CHANDIGARH, Nov 20 — The Haryana Government has decided to grant ad hoc bonus equivalent to 30 day's emoluments to its employees for the year 1996-97, computed on the basis of actual emoluments up to Rs 4000 per month as on March 31, 1997.

Hayer's killing condemned
AMRITSAR, Nov 20 — While the leadership of the Shiromani Akali Dal, including Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Mr Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, have condemned the killing of Mr Tara Singh Hayer, Editor of Indo-Canadian Times, the Akal Takht chief, Bhai Ranjit Singh, has maintained a studied silence.

IN PASSING

By Sandeep Joshi

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