Opinion 40 years ago November 26, 1985: Delay in assent to bills
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on November 26, 1985.
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on November 26, 1985. 
Both Congress-I and Opposition members in the Rajya Sabha criticised the inordinate delay in the grant of the President’s assent to the bills passed by the state legislature and reserved by the governors for the consideration of the President. They, however, failed to secure an assurance from the Home Minister that all pending bills would be cleared within a fixed time span.
No consensus at labour meet
No sign of a consensus emerged on important issues of industrial relations like sickness and minimum wages during deliberations of the Indian Labour Conference in New Delhi. It became amply clear that the representatives of both the trade unions and the employers were merely reiterating their known stance on almost all issues.
60 die aboard hijacked plane
Sixty people died aboard the Egypt air plane commandeered at Valletta Airport in the world’s bloodiest hijacking, Maltese government spokesman Paul Mifsud said. Fifty-eight bodies were found in the burned wreckage of the Boeing 737, stormed by Egyptian commandos, and two were killed aboard the jet before the rescue bid. Mifsud initially said 57 bodies were recovered from the plane, but later added that a baby, who had not been on the passenger list, was found. The dead included four of the five hijackers.
US supports bloody assault
THE UNITED States supports the bloody assault that ended a hijacking crisis in Malta, saying it grieves for the victims but believes in going after terrorists “with both barrels”. “We are saddened by the tragic loss of innocent lives resulting from this act of terrorism and extend our deepest sympathy to all those who suffered through this ordeal,” the state department said. “The US supports the difficult decision of the governments of Malta and Egypt to end the brutal terrorist hijacking,” the state department said.
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