Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!uunet!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!remus.rutgers.edu!gaddam From: gaddam@remus.rutgers.edu (Surekha Reddy Gaddam) Newsgroups: misc.news.southasia Subject: India: (SOME OLD SOME NEW) NEWS Message-ID: Date: 7 May 91 23:33:50 GMT Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 29 Approved: gaddam@remus.rutgers SOURCE: NEWS INDIA, MAY 3, 1991 1. FRESH VIOLENCE REPORTED IN GUJARAT STATEWIDE DEATH TOLL GOES UP TO 12 Baroda, Gujarat (PTI): Two persons were stabbed to death in Baroda city of Gujarat state on April 29, bringing the toll in the weeklong trouble to 12. While one person was stabbed to death in Abnkleshwar during the curfew- relaxation period, another incident occured in the curfew-free Dandia Bazar and Vagaruwad areas, police said. 2. EC CHIEF ASKS STATES TO PROVIDE MORE SECURITY New Delhi: India's election chief threatened on April 29 to cancel next month's general elections in states that failed to provide adequate security to voters, candidates and poll officials. T.N.Seshan told a news conference he would "not hesitate to blow the long whistle" if states did not fulfil prescribed security requiremnets. 3. RECORD NUMBER OF ASPIRANTS TO CONTEST FORHTCOMING ELECTIONS New Delhi: A record number of aspirants are likely to be in the field when the nominations for the forthcoming elections to 10th Lok Sabha and Assemblies of seven states and Pondicherry close on April 26, the Press Trust of India reported. 4. CONGRESS PARTY TO BOYCOTT PUNJAB POLLS New Delhi (Reuters): Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's Congress partydecided on April 25 to boycott polls in the Indian state of Punjab in June, aborting its own attempts to forge an electoral alliance with three other parties against militant Sikh candidates. Peace, .....Pallab