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Ban on onion export liftedNEW DELHI: The Government has allowed export of onion upto one lakh tonnes in view of its bumper crop this year,...
December 7, 1999 12:00 AM IST
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Ban on onion export lifted
NEW DELHI: The Government has allowed export of onion upto one lakh tonnes in view of its bumper crop this year, Rajya Sabha was informed today. 8220;We will review the situation and allow further exports of onion if there is any need,8221; Minister of State for Commerce Omar Farooq Abdullah told the Rajya Sabha.
Telecom policy
NEW DELHI: THE Delhi High Court said today the National Telecom Policy NTP 1999 must be fully implemented as the new Cabinet has already approved it. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice S N Variava and Justice S K Mahajan also took note of the President8217;s address to the nation which had reference to empowering the regulator for pushing ahead with telecom reforms.
Biswal sworn in
BHUBANESWAR: Hemananda Biswal was sworn in Orissa8217;s 16th Chief Minister here today. Two other members of the outgoing ministry, Basanta Kumar Biswal and Jagannath Patnaik, also took oath along with him as cabinet ministers.Governor M M Rajendran administered the oath of office and secrecy to Biswal and the two other ministers at a simple function on the Raj Bhavan lawns.
Tourists killed
AURANGABAD: UNIDENTIFIED criminals shot dead two tourists at Sinduria village in Aurangabad district. Police said here today that the anti-social elements attacked the tourists when they were taking meal at a roadside motel yesterday. The deceased were members of a tourist party, which was on its way to Maharashtra from West Bengal.
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