This is the front page of The Indian Express published on January 2, 1985.
Jan 2, 2025 07:26 IST First published on: Jan 2, 2025 at 07:26 IST
Karnataka is likely to go to the polls along with nine northern states and Andhra Pradesh in March but the Centre has not yet decided whether to bring the state under President’s Rule or to let Ramakrishna Hegde continue as caretaker chief minister. Hegde tendered his resignation “on moral grounds” following the Janata Party’s poor performance in the Lok Sabha elections in the state.
Update On Cabinet
The expansion of the Union Cabinet to allocate some of the key economic portfolios of Industry and Commerce is likely to take place only after the Assembly elections. Some of the chief ministers are expected to be brought to the Centre. It is also explained that the splitting of Energy into three, adding coal to the Steel and Mines ministry, power to Irrigation and petroleum as a separate department, had been done to achieve better coordination.
Manipur Violence
Counting of votes in six assembly constituencies of the Senapati district has been suspended following police firing in which one person was killed and another injured, outside the counting station. Chief Minister Rishang Keishing has requested that the counting be taken up at Imphal where the security arrangements are better. Ballots were torn to pieces at two places following complaints from the counting agents of different candidates.
Cold New Year
It was a cold New Year’s Day for Delhiites, with the maximum temperature going down to 13 degrees Celsius, the lowest recorded in the capital during the past four years and weathermen warn that the cold wave will continue for a while.
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