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Politics Business Expressions General Sports Leisure States   16 February 1998 ASSAM Bloodbath continues in N-E, 16 killed No additional forces sent BIHAR Nandhari comes home to BJP Here fight is for booths, not votes DELHI Sharma's faux pas on leadership issue leaves BJP red-faced Sonia should come clean on Bofors, says VP MoF pegs deficit at 4.9% of GDP Inflation falls sharply to 5.29% MMTC to resume exports to SK Maruti owes Rs 90 cr royalty to SMC Lasers to aid heart patients Liquor worth Rs 10 lakh seized Doctors' lobby against renomination EC bans cell phones near polling stations Cong ropes in Sharmila to help Shiela on Seelampur trail Youth do poll work for money, liquor dividend Once hotbed of politics, college campuses now prefer academics UF should back Congress to check BJP, says VP JCT title hopes dented GUJARAT Modi blames Congress for "baseless" propaganda HARYANA Bihar off to good start KARNATAKA Bhaskar stunned Railways keep right on track KERALA "CSB violated RBI norms" MADHYAPRADESH MP set milestone MAHARASHTRA Sonia trumps in the numbers game Crisil stops rating of 16 NBFCs Plan to lift water table runs dry ACB crackdown on retired Public Health Dept official Hazare, Seshan support Dharmadhikari Telco sales fall 40% Providential escape for 22 bus passengers as driver loses control Sonia best bet for PM, says Gadgil Politicians' MPty promises Mumbai Beat Londonderry wins Eveready Eclipse stakes 10-yr-old dies in resort pool Cop pays, 8 years late Undersea cable to uplink Mumbai with global centres Mumbai Notes EC order on transfers may affect poll work, police fear Off the record Joglekar, Mehta slam centuries for SPG Tenants vs stability in richest constituency Jaiswal tops "Schizophrenics" recovery better among the community" ORISSA Trawlers pose threat to sea turtles and fishermen PUNJAB Terroism not an issue for Faridkot TAMILNADU More explosions in Coimbatore, toll 54 BJP high-level committee to assess blast scenario Karunanidhi visits victims, ends up in tears Bid on Advani similar to Premadasa assassination Vasu's best buoys TN UTTARPRADESH Ashish Zaidi scalps seven WESTBENGAL Advani may have been the target Ganguly in sight of IM norm