Opinion May 29, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Opposition Council

Twenty-four leaders of 14 different political parties, including four chief ministers, formed a body described as “opposition council” and squarely blamed the ruling party at the Centre for the present state of affairs in the country. The unity and integrity of the nation was under threat “as never before during past 35 years” mainly due to the failure of the ruling party to find a solution to the urgent problems of the people, the leaders declared unanimously.

Girls Top CBSE

The girls have put the boys to shame this year by bagging the first position in three of the four groups of examinations conduct­ed by the Central Board of Se­condary Education (CBSE) for the Delhi Senior School Certi­ficate (Class XII). In fact, the topper this year is Lata Narayanan of DTEA Senior Secondary School, Mandir Marg, who has broken all previous records by securing an aggregate of 96.5 per cent.

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Mob Near Gurdwara

The police fired tear-gas shells and resorted to lathi charge to disperse a mob which turned violent near a gurdwara in Sector 26 in Chandigarh. Tension prevailed in the area with a large posse of police, including jawans of the Central Reserve Police Force concentrated there. Till late in the evening, senior officials of the Chandigarh Administration were making efforts to defuse the situation.

Israel-Syria Issue

In the mountains to the west of this narrow, fertile valley, the Israelis are now busy building new roads, establishing new observation posts and fortifications, digging new tank emplacements and generally preparing for a war against Syrian and PLO forces stationed along it, stretching northwards. On the Syrian side, there is not much movement of troops and weapons at the moment.