20-05-2025
May 20, 1985, Forty Years Ago: 56 Tamils Killed
Unidentified attackers killed 40 Tamil civilians and burnt Tamil houses in towns near the site of a recent massacre in the latest round of ethnic violence in Sri Lanka, the police said. Attackers also killed 16 Tamils in the eastern port of Trincomalee, despite an unofficial curfew imposed in some parts of town.
Quota Debate
Madhu Dandavate, Janata Party leader, said that the opposition parties were committed to the constitutional guarantees to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and backward communities. Dandavate suggested that a round-table conference of all parties concerned be called to sort out the reservation tangle which had led to widespread violence and disturbance in Gujarat in the last few weeks.
FICCI Meet
The private sector not only wants to play a bigger role in national development but also needs facilities and better government support to make it a success. This sentiment was reflected in three resolutions on the second day of the annual general meeting of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. R P Goenka, who is expected to be chosen vice-president of FICCI, moved the first resolution — about the distribution system in the service of consumers.
Sundarayya Dead
P Sundarayya, the founder-general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and a top leader of the Telangana movement, died at a private hospital in Madras, following kidney failure. He was 73 and is survived by his wife Leila Sundarayya, a member of the Andhra Pradesh state committee of the CPI(M).
