Rabri wins trust vote
NDA boycotts voting
PATNA, March 16 — The Chief Minister, Ms Rabri Devi, today sailed through comfortably in the crucial trust vote in the Bihar Assembly amidst an Opposition walkout, securing the support of 166 MLAs, five more than the half-way mark in the House.

Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi offers a “rasgulla” to her husband, RJD chief Laloo Prasad, after winning the confidence vote in the Bihar Assembly on Thursday. — PTI

Pande must go: CM
PATNA, March 16 — The Bihar Chief Minister, Ms Rabri Devi today, demanded the resignation of the Governor, Mr Vinod Chandra Pande, saying he had no moral right to continue after her government won the confidence vote in the assembly.

Hectic schedule for Clinton
NEW DELHI, March 16 — Will US President Bill Clinton keep up his routine of going for a jog during his stay in the capital? Questions like these have become the talk of the town as a Clinton fever rages in the city four days before his arrival.

Talwandi meets Badal
Crisis may be resolved by Hola Mohalla
CHANDIGARH, March 16 — The present stand-off between the Akal Takht Jathedar, Giani Puran Singh, and the political leadership is likely to be resolved before Hola Mohalla. At least this is what the Shiromani Akali Dal’s disciplinary committee chairman, Mr Jagdev Singh Talwandi , is hopeful of.

Blast ahead of Clinton visit
NEW DELHI, March 16 — Eight persons were injured, two of them seriously, in a ‘‘low intensity’’ bomb explosion in the crowded wholesale market of Sadar Bazar in North Delhi this morning, three days ahead of US President Bill Clinton’s arrival here.