Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!remus.rutgers.edu!gaddam From: gaddam@remus.rutgers.edu (Surekha Reddy Gaddam) Newsgroups: misc.news.southasia Subject: India News ( some old some new ) Message-ID: Date: 9 Apr 91 00:05:01 GMT Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 43 Approved: gaddam@remus.rutgers.edu 1. MILITANTS REPORTEDLY KIDNAP TWO SWEDISH ENGINEERS Srinagar: Unidentified gunmen kidnapped two Swedish engineers in Indian-ruled Kashmir on March 31, the first foreigners to be seized since a separatist rebellion erupted 15 months ago. Joe Jansen, 35, and Olle Loman, 37, were kidnapped while returning from a lunch in the Himalayan ski resort of Gulmarg with Jansen's wife and daughter, J.N.Saksena, police chief of Jammu and Kashmir,said. 2. `NATURAL CYCLE' TEST TUBE BABY BORN IN MADRAS Madras (PTI): A test-tube baby was born, in the "natural cycle" without usage of drugs, at the "Invitro Fertilization Test Tube Baby Center" here on March 20. Mriefing newsmen on March 31, Dr. Zubaida Begum, chief of the center, said that the "natural cycle" was a procedure in which drugs in the form of tablets or injection were not administered to patients. 3. INDIA-PAKISTAN MILITARY COMMANDERS BEGIN TALKS New Delhi: Indian and Pakistan military commanders began talks on agreements to prevent violation of each other's borders and airspace on April 1. The talks begin five days after Pakistani government charged that Indian troops had fired into Pakistan, killing four people. 4. FORMER MINISTER LASHES OUT AT PEPSI New Delhi: Former Railways Minister, George Fernandes, said that the multi-national Pepsi Co. was producing potatoes at low rates of up to Rs. 2 per kg, but was selling potato chips at the rate of Rs. 140 per kg. Displaying some packets of chips marketed by the company here on March 27, Fernandes complained of the high-price and said the local potato chips were selling for Rs. 50 per kg. 5. KRISHNAN, PAES WIN DOUBLES TIE AGAINST INDONESIA INDIA MOVES INTO SECOND ROUND OF DAVIS CUP Jaipur (PTI): India carved out an authentic doubles victory over Indonesia at the Jai Club here March 30 to move into the second round of the Asia/Oceania zone Davis Cup competitions. The new doubles combination of Ramesh Krishnan and Leander Paes blasted the Beijing Asian Games bronze medalists pair from Indonesia, Bonit Wiryawan and Daniel Heryanto 6-2 6-3 6-3 in exactly 100 minutes to give India an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the firstround tie. SOURCE: NEWS INDIA, APRIL 5, 1991 Peace, .....Pallab _____________________________________________________________________________ Edited by Surekha. _____________________________________________________________________________ --