This is the front page of The Indian Express published on January 3, 1985.
Jan 3, 2025 10:07 IST First published on: Jan 3, 2025 at 10:07 IST
Assembly Dissolved
The Karnataka Assembly was dissolved on January 2 by the Governor, A N Banerji on the advice of Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde who had also tendered his resignation. The Congress (I), the main opposition party in the state assembly, was against forming an alternative government preferring imposition of President’s rule in the state.
10 Killed In Encounter
Ten alleged extremists and two policemen were killed in a 30-hour encounter in Kethih village of Aurangabad district, according to the home commissioner N K Agrawal. Three police rifles and a large number of live cartridges were recovered from the extremists. Some police uniforms were also recovered from them. Agrawal said the arms were looted from Home Guard jawans in August.
More Liberalisation
Further liberalisation of industrial and import policies to achieve modernisation and higher productivity is being considered. Members of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council have been asked to suggest measures to give a new direction to the economy particularly aimed at realising higher productivity as well as making rapid advances towards greater social justice. The measures are both for short-term and long-term.
Lacklustre IFFI
For better or for worse, movie madness or at least the cinema-going habit is definitely on the wane with the pervasive video invasion. Even the craziest of film festival fans seem to have turned on a cold front at a time when the city is awaiting a long spell of celluloid extravaganza in the shape of the International Film Festival. So far, a little over 10 tickets have been sold for foreign retrospectives at Mavalankar Auditorium.
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