India - New Cabinet Sworn in in Karnataka

[M.G.Balakrishna Rao]

From : M.G.Balakrishna Rao
Source : The Deccan Herald, Nov 21-24, 1992

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NOV 21
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14 - MEMBER MOILY TEAM SWORN IN IN KARNATAKA
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE NEW MINISTERS
MESSRS BHEEMANNA KHANDRE, GOPINATH R. SANDRA, M.Y. GHORPADE,
M. RAJASHEKARA MURTHY, N. HUTCHMASTI GOWDA,, K.H. RANGANATH,
M. MALLIKARJUNA KHARGE, M.BLASSIUS D'SOUZA, N. DHARAM SINGH,
CHOWDA REDDY, AND S.M. YAHYA AND MS. MANORAMA MADHWARAJ.

MINISTERS AND PORTFOLIOS
B'LORE - The following is the list of ministers and portfolios.
CM - Mr. M VEERAPPA MOILY - Dept of cabinet affairs, Personnel and
Administrative reforms, Horticulture(including the horticulture wing
in the agriculture dept), Commerce and Industries, Edcn(excluding higher
Edcn), Finance, Health & Family Welfare, Home, Planning Irrigation,
Ecology and Environment, Science & Technology, Information, Tourism and
Youth Services, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Forests, Institutional
Finance and Statistics, & Energy. In addition, Mr. Moily will also be
incharge of BDA.
Mr. Beemanna Khandre - Transport (including the transport in the food dept).
Mr. Blasious D'Souza - Labour (including the social welfare wing in the
Social welfare dept).
Mr. Chowda Reddy - Urban Development
Mr. Dharam Singh - Social Welfare (including the social welfare in
the labour Dept.)
Mr. M.Y. Ghorpade - Rural Development and Panchayat Raj.
Mr. Gopinath R.Sandra - Housing
Mr. Haranahalli Ramaswamy - Law and Parliamentary affairs
Mr. Hutchmasti Gowda - Agriculture (including the agriculture section of
the horticulture)
Mr. Mallikarjuna M. Kharge - Co-operation
Mrs. Manorama Madhwaraj - Food and Civil Supplies.
Mr. M. Rajashekara Murthy - Revenue (excluding wakfs).
Mr. K. H. Ranganath - Public Works.
Mr. S. M. Yahya - Higher Edcn and wakfs.

MOILY LAYS CONDUCT CODE FOR MINISTERS
MOILY REVERSES DECISIONS ON CBI PROBE, TG HALLI CASE
DEPUTY CM'S POST MAY BE CREATED
SM KRISHNA DENIES PLAN TO RESIGN

BHP, VHP MAY BOYCOTT NIC MEET ON AYODHYA DISPUTE

PM NOT TO OPT FOR MID-TERM POLL

KA STATE RAIN HAVOC TOLL RISES TO 81

AMNESTY TEAM BARRED FROM VISITING J&K

KERALA: ANTONY GROUP TO PRESS FOR LEADERSHIP CHANGE

56 DIED FROM FAMINE IN BIHAR
JAMSHEDPUR - About 56 people have died of famine over the last 6 months
in South Bihar's Palamu division and about one lakh inhabitants have
migrated to other places in search of livelihood, according to Palamu
DCC(I) President Ganga Prasad.

TRIPURA POLLS IN FEB

SUSPENDED RBI OFFICERS LIKELY TO BE REINSTATED
BOMBAY - The RBI Officers who were suspended about 6 months back on
account of some irregularities in the SGL register of RBI's Public
Debt Office, are likely to be taken back into service by the end of
December, according to highly placed sources in the RBI.

SC ISSUES NOTICES ON WRIT AGAINST BODH GAYA TEMPLE ACT
NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court today issued notices on a petition
challenging certains provisions of the Bodh Gaya temple Act, 1949,
on the grounds that it denied the Buddhists community the right to
establish and maintain their religious institutions.

SELF-IMMOLATION BID AS ANTI-QUOTA STIR SPREADS IN UP
LUCKNOW - The anti-reservation agitation spread to more areas in UP
from where reports of a self immolation bid and damaging of buses reached
here today.

DOORDARSHAN SUSPENDS 2 EMPLOYEES
NEW DELHI - Doordarshan authorities today finally swung into action and
suspended 2 striking employees for alleged obstruction of work and
misbehaviour.

80% RISE IN DIRECT TAX RECEIPTS: MANMOHAN

THOUSANDS FLEE BANGLA CYCLONE

HAND AYODHYA SHRINE TO HINDUS: KALYAN SINGH

NATION'S FIRST TEST-TUBE TWINS
MADRAS - The country's first testtube twins were born at the apollo
hospital here.The twins a boy and a girl, were born on nov 17th to a
25 year old mother after several other methods to conceive failed, the
hospital announced. Frozen/thawed spermatozoa as against fresh semen was
used for the assisted reproduction it said. Normally in assisted
reproduction technologies, only fresh semen is used.

ARMY SWOOP ON BENAZIR'S HOUSE
KARACHI - The Pakistan Army and police took up positions today around
the Karachi home of Opposition Leader Benazir Bhutto after she vowed
to take her long march to topple the Govt to the North-west Frontier
Province.

NLC CHIEF SEEKS VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT
MADRAS - Mr. Gupta, Chairman cum MD of the public sector Neyveli Lignite
Corporation has sought voluntary retirement setting off speculation that
a creamy chunk of multi product giant is seeking positions at greener
pastures.
Mr. Gupta's Voluntary retirement comes, in the wake of the Union Govt
signing a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the setting up of the
Rs. 750 crore 210mw power plant at Neyveli using Neyveli Lignite with
an NRI, Sharad Tak.

PCS DATA BAGS 6 CR ORDER FROM SBI
PCS Data General India Ltd has bagged the prestigious and one of the
biggest order setimated around Rs. 6 crore from the State Bank of India
for the supply of highly rated PCs Aviion 4600 supermini computers.

AMRE CENTURY RESCUES INDIA
BLOEMFOENTEIN - The Indian Openers on the tour, all 3 of them, lay
exposed once again, giving to the knotty problem the stature of a crisis.

SCORE BOARD
INDIA (I INNINGS)
RAVI SHASTRY 2
AJAY JADEJA 7
W V RAMAN 7
S MANJREKAR 53
AMRE 101
VIJAY YADAV 36
CHETAN SHARMA 10
ANIL KUMBLE 4
VENKATAPATHY RAJU (NO) - 2
EXTRAS - 20
TOTAL FOR 8 WKTS - 242

BOWLING
SNELL 23-4-53-3
MATHEWS 17-0-60-0
VANZYL 17-5-29-1
KUIPER 15-3-41-1
MCHELM 18-2-46-2
DAVIDS 3-1-5-1

RANJI TROPHY: KERALA RESTRICT KARNATAKA

NOV 22
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BJP, VHP CONFIRM NIC BOYCOTT
CENTRE WILLLING TO ABIDE BY SC DIRECTIVE, SAYS CHAVAN
NEW DELHI- Three Central Ministers today held a meeting to chalk out
the Ayodhya issue following the BJP-VHP combine's decision to boycott
the National Integration Council (NIC) meeting scheduled for Monday.

G-15 SHOULD ACT AS CATALYST FOR CO-OPERATION, SAYS PM
DAKAR- India today offered to contribute a sizeable $25,000 for the
South Investment Trade Technology Data Centre (SITTDEC) project and set
up vocational training and computer operation centres in Africa and
other developing countries.

POLICE FIRE IN AIR AT CUTTACK
CENTRE ASSURES CONSENSUS ON QUOTA, STIR TURNS VIOLENT

25 KILLED IN ASSAM BOMB BLASTS
GUWAHATI- At least 25 people were killed and more than 60 injured as
twin bomb blasts suspected to have been triggered by Bodo militants
rocked the Assam capital this evening.

1 KILLED, 20 HURT IN BANGLA CYCLONE
DHAKA- At least one person was killed and 20 injured as a powerful
cyclone, after losing much of its fury and changing its main course,
struck parts of south-eastern Bangladesh today.

RELIEF WORKS IN RAIN-HIT AREAS
CM MOILY FOR DELHI TODAY TO SEEK FINANCIAL AID

INFLATION TO BE BROUGHT DOWN TO 8 PC: MANMOHAN

MOILY'S 2 BOOKS RELEASED
BANGALORE- "Suligaali" and "Kavana Sankalana", two books written by
Chief Minister M.Veerappa Moily were released by noted litterateur
Pu. Thi. Narasimhachar at a function here today.

INDIAN AIRLINES SUSPENDS 2 MORE PILOTS

CURFEW IN SRINAGAR AFTER JKLF LEADER'S DEATH
SRINAGAR- The summer capital of Kashmir, was placed under indefinite
curfew today after crowds of people took to the streets yelling anti-India
and pro-Independence slogans as they mourned the death of top Kashmiri
insurgent leader, Sheikh Abdul Hamid, in the city yesterday.

BJP SUSPENDS 11 COUNCILLORS IN THANE
BOMBAY- BJP has suspended 11 of its councillors in Thane district in
Maharashtra which was recently terroised by the sitting MLAs of the
region.

TN CYCLONE HAVOC
CENTRE FLAYED JAYA FOR NEGLIGENCE: SWAMY

WHEAT IMPORTS WILL CONTAIN PRICE RISE, SAYS GOVT

GOVT IN A BIND AS FIs REFUSE TO SELL PSU SHARES
NEW DELHI- The Govt, faced with strident criticism over the "underpricing"
of disinvested PSU shares finds itself in a bind as public sector
Financial Institutions who purchased a bulk of them are ignoring
repeated nudges by the Industry Ministry to sell.

LIPTON BOARD OKAYS 51 PC STAKE FOR UNILEVER

PRABHAKAR'S SPELL PULLS INDIA OUT OF TROUBLE
BLOEMFONTEIN - India bowled themselves back into the match, but
certainly not as well or as easily as they could have against a very
ordinary batting side that is the South African Invitation XI. Manoj
Prabhakar, the eleventh hour stand-in for Sachin Tendulkar, watched
organisingly Mark Rushmere work his way to 75 after Ajay Jadeja, one
of the best fielders in the side, put him down in the slips when he
had made nothing.
SCORE BOARD
INDIA I INNINGS - 250
SA INVITATION XI
RUSHMERE - 75
DAVIDS -38
TOTAL FOR 9 WKTS - 204

NOV 23
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NEW MINISTRY IN KARNATAKA:
RANGANATH, PUBLIC WORKS; RAJASHEKARA MURTHY, REVENUE
CM KEEPS HOME, FINANCE, IRRIGATION PORTFOLIOS

MOVE TO DEPLOY BSF TO NAB VEERAPPAN DROPPED
SATHYAMANGALAM FOREST - The proposal to deploy army and para military
forces arrest the activities of notorious sand wood smuggler, Veerappan
in the 6000 sq.km -forests bordering TN and KArnataka has been dropped
by the centre after the BSF and TN police officials stated that it was
"impractical and unnecessary".

KEY BRIDGE BLOWN UP IN ASSAM, BUNDH CALLED

MUSLIM LEADERS APPEAL FOR UTMOST RESTRAINT
NEW DELHI - With the possibility of snowballing of Ayodhya dispute to a
confrontation, on the eve of the crucial NIC meeting, muslim leaders, in
a primitive move, met here today and appeal to the community to observe
the utmost restraint.

NIC MEETING TODAY - CENTRE-BJP CONFRONTATION ON AYODHYA SEEMS IMMINENT

SECURITY FORMED UP FOR JARKHAND BUNDH
RANCHI - Security measures have been beafed up in South Bihar in view of
the 48 hour "Jarkhand Bundh" begining tomorrow.

AYODHYA ROW; GOVT MAY FACE ACID TEST IN PARLIAMENT

INDIAN AIRLINES OFFERS NEW PACKAGES TO PILOTS
NEW DELHI - The Indian Airlines has offered to its pilots a comprehensive
pakage of measures which will enable them to derive subastantial benefits
by flying more hours.

ORISSA POLICEMEN HURT IN ANTI-QUOTA VIOLENCE
CUTTACK - Alltogether 60 policemen, inclung DIG(central range) B. K.
Tripati where injured when students protesting against Supreme Court
judgement on Mandal recommendation in the college square area of the city
on saturday hurled Petrol and acid bombs and pelted stones at the police.

FULL ALERT IN COLOMBO TO FACE LIKELY LTTE ATTACK

PROSPECT OF $1.2b WORLD BANK LOAN FOR POWER SECTOR BRIGHTENS

INDO-SWEEDISH BUSINESS MEET NEXT WEEK

TISCO MAKES BID TO TAKEOVER IISCO
NEW DLEHI - The TISCO will make a bid to take over the ailing Indian
Iron & Steel Comapany (IISCO) Mr. Russi Mody has said.

SHASTI, JADEJA IN CENTURY STAND
BLOEMEONTEIN - It was Ravi Shastry's best day in SA, and much came from
the Indian openers. The Bombay batsman from searching for both form and
favour, hit an encouraging 63 in a stand of 130, the highest by Indian's
openers here, with Ajay Jadeja.
SCORE BOARD
INDIA I INNINGS - 250
SA INVITAION XI - TOTAL ALL OUT 290
INDIA II INNINGS
RAVI SHASTRY - 63
JADEJA - 68
WB RAMAN -6
S. MANJREKAR(NO) -47
P. AMRE - 20
M.PRABHAKAR (NO) -4
EXTRAS - 18
TOTAL FOR 4 WKTS - 226

NOV 24
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CENTRE WARNS AGAINST RESUMPTION OF KAR SEVA
NATIONAL INTEGRATION COUNCIL AUTHORISES PM TO TAKE STEPS TO UPHOLD RULE
OF LAW

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