50 YEARS AGO
Wednesday, June 5, 1957



Centre To Go On With 2nd Plan
New Delhi, June 4.
Prime Minister Nehru said here today that the Government of India was determined to get through with the Second Five-Year Plan, despite economic, financial and other difficulties.
Addressing the closing session of the National Development Council, which concluded its two-day deliberations here today, Pandit Nehru said “We have met at at a time when we are facing a very difficult situation,fiancially and economically and many other ways.”

US Not For Taking Up Kashmir Issue
London, June 4.
Well-informed diplomatic sources consider that Pakistan’s efforts to inject Kashmir into the current Baghdad Pact discussions in Karachi may prove something of a boomerang.
US sources emphasise that if such disruptive doctrine is admitted it would be difficult to keep the Baghdad Pact out of involvements of regionaland local questions on which it may founder.

25 YEARS AGO
Saturday, June 5, 1982



CM To Revise GO On Gokak Report
By A Staff Reporter
Bangalore, June 4.
Chief Minister Gundu Rao agreed here today to revise the present Government Order on the Gokak Committee report in an effort towards meeting the demand of the Kannada agitators for the implementation of the report in toto.

This major change in the Government stand is a sequel to the marathon 10-hour discussion Mr Rao had with the members of the Action Committee spearheading the agitation and men of letters, artistes and educationists today.

But the government will work out the details of revising the Government Order to ensure primacy to Kannada as demanded by the people after eliciting the views of the State Legislature. The Government will place the suggestions emerged at todays discussions before the House.