Wednesday, April 19, 2000, Chandigarh, India


Chandrachud report to be made public
CALCUTTA, April 18 — The Indian cricket board today decided to make the Justice Chandrachud report on match-fixing and betting public and welcomed a fresh probe by the police or any other investigating agency to clean up any mess relating to the game in the country.

CBI approaches Interpol
NEW DELHI, April 18 — The Central Bureau of Investigation has reportedly forwarded a request letter of the Delhi police to Interpol to obtain voice sample of the sacked captain of South African cricket team, Hansie Cronje, and London-based NRI Sanjeev Chawla to authenticate their tapped telephone conversations.


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President of International Cricket Council (ICC) Jagmohon Dalmya (L) sits beside his Indian counterpart A.C.Muthiah, the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).President of International Cricket Council (ICC) Jagmohon Dalmya (L) sits beside his Indian counterpart A.C.Muthiah, the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), at a meeting in Calcutta 18 April 2000. The meeting was held to discuss the recent match fixing scandal. — AFP photo

France too backs India for UN seat
PARIS, April 18 — France has backed India’s candidature for a permanent UN Security Council seat, saying that it will give full meaning to “our common determination to contribute to the construction of a harmonious multi-polar world.”

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President K. R. Narayanan raises a toast with his French counterpart Jacques Chirac.
President K. R. Narayanan raises a toast with his
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  in Paris on Monday night. — PTI photo.

Curbs on WB loans may go
WASHINGTON, April 18 — The World Bank has assured India that it will consider lifting of post-Pokhran nuclear tests sanctions against development loans to it. The assurance was given by the bank President, Mr James Wolfensohn, during a meeting here yesterday with the Union Finance Minister, Mr Yashwant Sinha.

Pak jails haunt Roop Lal
New Delhi, April 18 — Roop Lal might have returned to India, but the quarter century of prison life in Pakistan continues to haunt him even today. “I don’t get a sound sleep even today. Though I know that I am with my daughter, I still think this is a dream and I don’t want it to be shattered,” said Roop Lal, who languished in different Pakistani jails since 1974.

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Curfew reimposed in West Tripura
AGARTALA, April 18 — The nine-hour-long curfew, which ended at 5 a.m. today, was reimposed in West Tripura’s Jirania police station areas, which have been witnessing ethnic violence since April 10.

Crazed convicts scare hospital
AMRITSAR, April 18 — At least 40 undertrials and convicts in the local high security jail have been found to be mentally sick or “deranged” as per a preliminary survey. The jail superintendent in a letter to Civil Surgeon, a copy of which was sent to the Medical Superintendent, Mental Hospital, has urged that a medical board be constituted to examine the inmates so that mental patients could be identified.
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