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Indian Express
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
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).
Indian Express
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
May 19, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Anti Terror Bill
The government has introduced the Terrorists and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Bill, which seeks to provide deterrent provisions, including the death sentence, to combat the menace of terrorism in the country. The bill also seeks to confer on the central government adequate powers to make rules necessary to deal with terrorists. The introduction of the bill was preceded by noisy protests from members of the Opposition who argued that they did not have time to go through its provisions. Madhu Dandavate of the Janata Party argued that the introduction of the bill should be deferred by a few days. Alternatively, he suggested, the bill could be referred to a Select Committee. Gujarat Violence One person was killed and two injured in police firing in Baroda, while in Ahmedabad, where peace seemed to be returning a day earlier, one man was stabbed to death. Meanwhile, Gujarat CM Madhavsinh Solanki has offered to hold a fresh round of talks with leaders of the three-month-long anti-reservation agitation. The CM said he and his colleagues have never refused any proposal to hold talks on the issue. A group of 11 Opposition leaders is arriving in the state on May 19 to take stock of the situation. Gas Victims Rally Police teargassed a rally by victims of the Bhopal Gas tragedy. The protestors also included noted cultural figures like painter J Swaminathan, eminent dramatist B V Karanth and Hindi writer Vijay Mohan Singh. The incident is likely to embarrass the Madhya Pradesh government because the three are among the leading figures in its cultural showpiece, Bharat Bhavan, the prestigious multi-arts centre. Goenka Awards The B D Goenka awards for excellence in journalism will be given away by Justice H R Khanna on May 19. The 1984 awards have gone to Prem Bhati, editor in chief of The Tribune, Chandigarh and Raj Kumar Keswani, a journalist from Madhya Pradesh.
