Opinion August 4, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Gandhi on terror
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on August 04, 1985.
This is the front page of The Indian Express published on August 04, 1985. 
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi called upon the police force to evolve new methods and techniques to combat terrorism , “which obtains in most parts of the country in one form or the other”. Gandhi observed that traditional police methods would not work to face the new challenge posed by terrorism. Right now, “even at the drop of the hat, we are calling the para-military forces and the Army. We must stop this”, Gandhi pointed out.
Farooq’s offer
Former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah has declared that he would cooperate with Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi for ending the prevailing uncertainty in the state. He said he was for a new era of stability, peace and progress in Jammu and Kashmir, where people have been suffering because of the “failures” of the Shah government. He was pleased that PM Gandhi had himself started taking a “serious” view of the Kashmir situation and taken certain steps to find a solution.
Boeing 747 inspection
A sample check carried out on one of Air India’s earliest Boeing 747 at its engineering base in Bombay has revealed “no evidence of corrosion”. A highly placed AI source said that a communication had been received from the Director of Air Safety, to conduct a sample check for corrosion. The Boeing aircraft, being inspected at the engineering base, was acquired in 1971 and it had an impressive flying record.
Magsaysay for Amte
Murlidhar Devidas Amte, an Indian lawyer who has made the lives of thousands of lepers and other social outcasts productive and respectable, has been selected for the 1985 Ramon Magsaysay Award for public service, the award foundation announced. Amte, 71, is the second person to be awarded Asia’s version of the prestigious Nobel Prize this year.
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