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June 23, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Pakistan's N-Bomb
The US Government had assured the Indian leaders during the visit of the Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi that Pakistan was nowhere near making a nuclear bomb. The assurance was given on repeated apprehensions expressed by India on Pakistan's continuing efforts to acquire nuclear capability.
Death in Custody
Dalip Singh, editor of local Punjabi weekly Sacho Sach, died in judicial custody. The 70-year-old editor was arrested on June 6 after he published two 'inflammatory' letters allegedly written by Sirmanjit Singh, former SP of Fandkot district, now under detention under NSA, to President Zail Singh after Operation Blue Star.
Centre-Akali Talks
The Akali Dal high command held a second round of meeting in Chandigarh amid reports that a central government 'feeler for resumption of talks has been received by the party leadership.' The party chief, Harchand Singh Longowal, arrived in Chandigarh for 'urgent consultations' with senior party colleagues.
Nepal Blasts Probe
Political leaders and newspapers called for a national consensus to end the crisis in the Himalayan kingdom following the death of at least seven people in the first major terrorist bombings in Nepal's history. The police, meanwhile, launched an investigation into an underground revolutionary organisation that claimed responsibility.
