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';, Gauhati/Aug-::16'('U: Assam Government hasi isjsued orders dismissing Rabiridra:jNat!h 9huyan, Assistant :{n^pectoir-
. General of Police, from j service under Provision 311(2} (B) cjf the Indian    Constitution*    saysf   ' W official         press         tjeltase. Two more junior police! ofTicers also dismissed froni service
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| launched since the proclamation J of national emergency on July 26* ! to weed out | corrupt and Jin efficient j ,, Officials. j Meanwhile, fa, report from I Stiiiagar said 16 officials, who |were removed from their post& i three mfpnths igo, w6wld I (publicly tnefa.
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according to offtctgtl s^iirc^sl : ij ;VXhe total number of persons �'Ami- smuggling squads ...pfftcted | arrested in the 4rive during the more than 2.000 '-.raids;: n^afcheij (month was ft 32, 1 ,         .�.',�
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Constitutional Amenldment
�New'; t>elhi,' Aug.12^lUNlf)::-!T1i^;v;;>4 }wisdict�on  election  disputes Supreme    Court    Aujgvlst   -11    1 cdricerhing  the {Prime  Minister adjourned until  Auguit 0 tht    I and Lok Sabha Sbeaker as well as ' �*'�      "     ":~   - ~ '         'the   President [and   the   Vice-President. He 'also pleaded that
Mr.  Raj .Naraiij's cross  appeal
Minister  Indira Gandhi  against
the judgment of Allahabad High
Court in her election csjse j
A fiye-judge constitution bench of   [ a)sp  be  similarly,  disposed  of.
the Court, presided over by Chief    ' **~ Du"~u^ ~~i�AA ijf- CA"*"
Justice AN Ray; granted ajpjea of
t Mr. Bhushari opjposed Mr, Sen*s plea, saying that it was doubtful
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JMarain, for adj<?umm�?nt i of the   ; pov^er    to    0iss    the    39th hearing  ; for
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Amendment 01 the, Constitution. | He   cpntendeq   that    in   the
Former Law Minister;, iA Ki Sen^,       { Keshavanand Bharati case, the counsel for Mrs. Gandhi,Ibrged     ' "             ^     n.    .     ,   , ,
tlhe Court that the jcaie be 4isposed of in the Hg$t jof the recent Constitution Amendment
which took out Of ;the  Court*:
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Poona.Aug ^(UNl):-Atomic ''Energy Commission * (AEC). Chairman H.N. � Settinaj told Indian newsmen August 11) not to pay any heed to foreign j press reports about m second riMclear explosion ,;�'�: ' by '�';���'"''.jV.; Indiav,
He isaid the Western Press oftea tended to "twist" the (Indian policy with regard i t<> the developments in the nuclear field.
�   , Dr.,   'Sethtoa 'majdc);'; .this; observation   when   iewsmer sought his comments on foreign press   reports   that   India   was preparing for the seconid l^udear blast. I40ur policy in this jregard is crystal clear and peods�;-.;np. further  <slaboratio0i'' ihei  said,
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] Referring to disposal pf rajdio ] active waste frim nuclear power ^projects, Dr. Sethna.said India j would not facelany hazard from, S or any problem {of, the disposal of
1   such waste for the next five
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will export 16 mesel locomotives !; to Tanzania faluetf at As 65, j million ($$-67 million
approximately)! marking India's h entry into the export market of i diesel         \ locomotives
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Direct Dialin To India
Montreal,] feell Canada- is
planning  to   bstablish   direct
dialing   facilities    to    India.
the service wjll be available to
;the *        following         cities:
Ahmedabad,Agra9
AmritSar, Ambala,___
Bangalore.Bombay, Baroda,Calcutta, Combatore, Chandigarh, Gandhinagar, Hubli, JullundeivKanpur, Lucknow,'Madras, Madurai�NewDdhi, Nasik,Nagpur,Poona, Panjim,Rftjkot,Surat, Secundrabad, Simla, Snnagarj Trichy,
Established \in 1967
Million Illegal Abortions A Year
Bangalore, Aug. 16; (UNI): As many as four million criminal abortions are being ! performed every year In India out of a total average of 6.5 million^ according to Dr. M. Arundhathi; Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the Bangalore Medical College.
She told a medical seminar that of the four million induced abortions* only half a million were
done as per the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act,, which was introduced in 1972. '
Despite the legislation which was introduced to reduce the high rate of maternal mortality caused by septic and criminal abortions, maternal mortality rate in India was still 20 to 25 per cent, she said.
India Shocked B Sheikh's Death
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Chandigarh ,Xug 13(UNI);-The Punjab* Government has decided to compulsorijy retire six Qass I and one Clask II officers of the Community ^Development and ?&nchayat Raj Department.
The actidnj has been taken to weed out corrupt, dishonest and inefficient officers from ,the service to, strengthen the administration* says an 'official press "A J                            '-
New Delhi, Auiust J8 The Government of India |is careftilly studying reports of recent events in Bangladesh and watching developments. -In an official statement it is said that reports of AU- '^'^-^s^fthe political leaders families have come as & great shock. "We kre deeply
frieved by the tragic death of heikh Mujibur Rahman who led the national struggle;for liberat-
ion with setadfa$tness and courage.! We held him in high esteem in India as one of the outstanding personalities of our time."
The statement concluded �. "The people of India ate committed to a vision of ^cooperation and friendship .among the countries of the sub-continent. We shall continue to strive for the achievement of this ideal."
New 'C.M. In Arunachal
New Belhi,Aug 14(UNI):-Mt. Prem Khandu Tnungon has been appointed Chief Minister of the Union Territory of; Arunachal Pradesh by President! fakhruddin AH Ahmed with effect from August 15* a communique issued from Rashtrapati Bhavan said
August   14
On the adyice of ,Mr. Thungon, the President has also appointed four others as ministers of the Arunachal Pradesh Government* They are Mr. Tomorida,Mr. Sobeng Jayengr Mr. TadarTang and Mr. Wangtha Lowango
The noted cuild prodigy Mi�f Gayathri and her sister gave a Veena recital *\ by the Indo-Canada Association, Madras for die visiting Shastri Institute Group. Pic. shows the leader of the Group Prof. Eduard M. Lavalle discussing the nuances of Veena with Gayathiri amd ber eight year old sister.              !