BJP, Cong, PDP, Kukka
Parray against ’53 position
Rather
demolishes Opposition criticism on autonomy
Farooq wants national debate, reserves
brute majority
From Ahmed Ali Fayaz
 SRINAGAR, June
21: Even as
all Opposition parties, except BSP and CPI(M), are
heading for a stiff resistance to the National
Conference-sponsored move on greater autonomy, Chief
Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah today demanded a national
debate on the subject and said that he would not invoke
his brute majority to pass the resolution in the state
legislature. Members of BJP, Congress, Mufti Mohammad
Sayeed’s PDP as also the Awami League chairman and
counter-insurgent king Kukka Parray today spoke volumes
against the demand for restoration of pre-53 position but
the senior NC leader and member of State Autonomy
Committee (SAC), Abdur Rahim Rather, demolished their
averments point-by-point..........more
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SUVA, June 21: A deal to end Fiji’s coup
crisis is set to be signed tomorrow, clearing the way for
the release of elected Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry
and other hostages who have been held in Parliament for
33 days, sources told AFP today. There was no official
confirmation that the crisis was near resolution. But the
sources said coup leader George Speight and armed forces
chief Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama.....
BERLIN,
June 21: India has offered to
promote its R&D capabilities in 
PUNE, June 21: Defence
Minister George Fernandes today
dismissed the report about the
reported nuclear superiority of
Pakistan as nothing but
‘rubbish’. Fernandes
was reacting to a report quoting
some United States officials that
the nuclear capability and reach
of Pakistan were superior to that
of India. ‘That report has
been rubbished by the United
States.........
