Monday, March 17, 1958

Sheikh Offered Premiership
Jammu, Mar 16
The Kashmir Premier, Bakshi Ghulam Mohammed, today offered Premiership of the State and Presidentship of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference to Sheikh Abdullah “provided the ex-Premier gives up his present role and thinks and acts as he did from 1939 to 1951 so far as fundamental principles of National Conference are concerned.”

‘Office Has No Attraction’
Bangalore, Mar 16
Mr S Nijalingappa, Chief Minister, today described the no-confidence move against his Ministry as not being “objective”, and “not being attracted” by office, he was ready to quit “if they do not want me.”
Brisk canvassing by the anti-Ministerial wing for the no-confidence move had been noticed in the last few days.

Thursday, March 17, 1983

Phones For Deaf
New Delhi, Mar 16 (PTI)
Deaf people may soon be able to use the telephone. Scientists at Essex University in Eastern England hope to produce an inexpensive system for transmitting simple moving pictures over conventional telephone lines, according to a BIS release.

A team of researchers from the University’s Department of Electrical Engineering Science are working on a system that will allow the deaf to communicate with each other over the telephone by using sign language or finger spelling.
Such a system may also have further potential in providing low-cost visual tele-conference facilities.