This is the front page of The Indian Express published on November 7, 1984.
AFTER WITNESSING FIVE days of worst-ever rioting since the Partition, the situation in Delhi is fast returning to normal. It was an incident-free day in the capital and all major shopping centres and offices were reopened. The Central Secretariat complex and Central Vista lawns were humming with the lunch-hour crowd. In the commercial-cum-residential colonies, life was normal and one could see both Sikhs and Hindus travelling in buses.
Relief work underway
PRIME MINISTER Rajiv Gandhi has said instructions had been issued that all religious and educational institutions which suffered damage during the riots should be repaired at government cost. He told a deputation of prominent Sikhs that the government was briefed of the situation and relief work was in progress. The PM said that sufficient forces had been deployed to ensure peace.
US votes
VOTER TURN-OUT was high as an election battle that lasted over a year and cost more than a billion dollars reached climax with millions of Americans casting ballots to elect Ronald Reagan or Walter Mondale as their president for the next four years. About 55 per cent of the eligible voters’ opinion polls were unanimous in predicting a victory for Reagan.
Relief for refugees
WITH MORE PEOPLE pouring into refugee camps, the civil administration has taken charge of running them from the Army. Joint secretaries from various ministries have now been put in charge of coordination of administration in all the camps. The administration had assured voluntary organisations that a decision had been taken to break up the largest camp at Shahdara, which now housed over 15,000 people.
