Wednesday, May 17, 2000, Chandigarh, India

Bill on devolution of taxes passed
 Centre authorised to levy surcharge
NEW DELHI, May 16  — Parliament has approved the Constitution (89th Amendment) Bill, 2000, to allow devolution of 29 per cent of the central gross proceeds to the states.

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Tigers launch fresh attack
Lanka rejects ceasefire
COLOMBO, May 16 — The LTTE has launched a fresh attack on security forces and fired artillery at civilian-populated areas in Jaffna after a respite of three days even as 44 Tamil Guerrillas and six soldiers were killed in the latest round of confrontations.


CONGRESS PRESIDENT SONIA GANDHI, ACCOMPANIED BY HER SENIOR PARTY COLLEAGUES, LEADING A MARCH. — PTI photoRoll back prices: Sonia
NEW DELHI, May 16 — The Congress President, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, here today led party MPs on the streets of New Delhi protesting against the hike in prices, submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister on the issue and promised to agitate till the government reverses ‘‘anti-people policies’’.

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Six Pak intruders killed
SRINAGAR, May 16  — Army has foiled a major Pakistani attempt to push armed militants into the Kashmir valley by killing six infiltrators in Kupwara district, a Defence Ministry spokesman said today.

 

 

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Gyanendra held for assault on wife
LUCKNOW, May 16  — India player and Uttar Pradesh Ranji team skipper Gyanendra Pandey was arrested here today on charges of assaulting and torturing his wife Pratima for dowry.

Punjab in no mood to free prisoners
CHANDIGARH, May 16 — The Punjab Government is in no mood to release TADA detenus facing trial in different courts. Senior police officers, in fact, expressed surprise at the statement of Union Home Minister, Lal Krishan Advani that along with Kashmiri militants, the government was considering the release of some militants from Punjab jails.

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