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This is an archive article published on August 20, 1997

Quicktakes 8212; Motion against Mahanta

Motion against MahantaGUWAHATI: THE Assam Assembly today admitted a censure motion against Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta for his al...

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Motion against Mahanta

GUWAHATI: THE Assam Assembly today admitted a censure motion against Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta for his alleged failure to tackle escalating violence in lower Assam areas even as the Congress demanded imposition of President8217;s rule in the State.

Indo-Pak dispute

NEW DELHI: India today rejected any third party intervention in the Indo-Pak bilateral disputes even as the US ambassador in Islamabad denied having proposed a trilateral meeting in Washington between President Clinton and the prime ministers of India and Pakistan to discuss various issues.

62 killed in Lanka

MUMBAI: Nearly 55 Tamil militants and seven soldiers were killed today in a fresh fighting in northern Sri Lanka as rebels fiercely resisted Army advance in the strategic Jaffna highway.

 

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