India has cautioned the Sri Lankan government against attempting a military solution to the ethnic problem, the External Affairs Minister, B R Bhagat, told the Lok Sabha. Replying to a five-hour debate on the foreign policy, Bhagat said the futility of any attempt to seek a military solution or to set a deadline had been impressed upon Sri Lanka. India also referred to the need to control security forces in view of violations of the ceasefire.

PM on SAARC

The Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi, dismissed as unfounded apprehensions that India would dominate SAARC as the largest country. “Everyone in SAARC is equal,” he told newsmen on board the special Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft shortly before landing in Delhi before the Dhaka summit.

Cyanide storage

Over 20 tonnes of highly d

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