This is the front page of The Indian Express published on June 21, 1984, Forty Years Ago.
Security operations confiscated weapons across Punjab. General R K Gaur told the press that the seized load of arms included six self-loading rifles, pistols, bore revolvers, shot pistols along with some recovered bullets. There was also a box of precious stones recovered from the Golden Temple complex. General Gaur added that 92 security personnel had been killed in the operations while 4,220 had been arrested.
PM On Army Action
PM Indira Gandhi says it would’ve been “catastrophic” if the government hadn’t chosen to flush out terrorists from places of worship in Amritsar and other parts of Punjab, without which there’d be severe repercussions on the nation’s security and unity. She urged citizens to stay away from the “false propaganda” created by miscreants in the nation and focus on strengthening the nation.
$4000 Mn In Aid
Aid-India Consortium offered 4,000 million dollars worth of aid to India, for the next fiscal year, as concluded in Paris on June 20. This is a 300 million dollar increment from the previous year, a marginal increase given the five per cent inflation rate in the country. There was also a 9.4 per cent rise in the aid commitment to SDR from the previous year.
IT Action On NTR
The income tax department has initiated action against Andhra Pradesh’s Chief Minister N T Rama Rao for not disclosing income worth Rs 7.45 lakh during the 1981 assessment. The income tax department of Hyderabad has asked Delhi authorities for advice, regarding penal action against NTR. The undisclosed income was discovered during a surprise raid on the sets of a film being produced by NTR.
