Chandigarh Headlines

Disqualified Goa CM to move court
The Goa government headed by Wilfred De Souza was plunged into an unprecedented crisis with the Speaker, Tomazinho Cardozo, disqualifying him and nine other members of the breakaway Congress group from membership of the State Assembly even as the beleaguered Chief Minister said he would move the High Court for a stay. The Speaker held that quot;the respondents have failed to prove a split in the Congress in so ceased to be members of the House from July 27, 1998quot;.

Hiten Dalal convicted
The special court hearing the cases in the 1992 securities scam has convicted stock broker Hiten Dalal and one ex-officer of the Canbank Financial services, S. Mohan, for offences, including criminal breach of trust. The two were charged with conspiracy of siphoning off Rs 33 crore from Canara Bank Financial Services Canfina.

India, Pak must bury hatchet
President K R Narayanan has strongly justified the nuclear tests conducted by his government and said there was an quot;inescapable needquot; for India and Pakistan, after they had acquired nuclear capability, to settle their differences peacefully and through negotiations, says a report from New Delhi.

Over 69 die in landslides
At least 69 people were feared killed in landslides and flash floods triggered by incessant rains since Tuesday in the Garhwal region of northern Uttar Pradesh, officials said today. Unofficial reports put the death toll at more than 100.