Opinion January 25, 1984, Forty Years Ago: Public Sector Issues

Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee agreed to convene a special meeting to discuss the ills of public sector units. He assured the trade unionists that the government would not hesitate to take over private sector units facing acute difficulties in the interest of maintaining employment as they had done in the case of textile mills in Bombay.

No Talks With Zia

The Movement for Restoration of Democracy (MRD), the opposition alliance in Pakistan, is opposed to a dialogue with the Zia regime and would reject any overtures in this regard. This reaffirmation came from the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), principal constituent of the MRD, amidst media reports that some leaders of the MRD had established contact with the military regime for a dialogue.

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Dhule Fraud Case

One of the biggest corruption cases in Maharashtra in recent years underlines a petition that is currently being heard in the Bombay High Court. It relates to the Dhule district where a massive fraud regarding the employment guarantee scheme (EGS) was uncovered by then Collector Arun Bhatia, and first published in The Indian Express.

Akali Dal Morcha

The Akali Dal will announce its new morcha intensification programme on the morning of January 27 instead of January 26, highly placed Akali sources said. They said the party leaders would discuss the morcha plan during the day on January 26. The high command would later meet on the night of January 26-27. It will announce the new action plan after an informal meeting on January 27 morning.