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FE Economics Award for Rangarajan

MUMBAI: C Rangarajan, 67, former governor of the RBI and currently Andhra Pradesh Governor, has been selected for The Financial Express Award for Economics in 1998. The award will be presented to Rangarajan at the annual conference of the Indian Economic Association, which is being held in Bangalore from Dec 26-28, 1998.

Kumbhar dead

KOLHAPUR: Veteran freedom fighter and senior-most member of State Legislative Assembly and chairman of Panchganga Co-operative Sugar Factory, Padmashri Ratnappa Kumbhar died in the early hours of Wednesday at Kolhapur. He was 89. Kumbhar was admitted to hospital after he complained of breathing trouble.

One killed in fire