President RONALD Reagan presented Congress with a $923 billion budget for fiscal 1985, with $305 billion for defence a hefty 13 per cent boost over last year that seeks to maintain the momentum of his massive rearmament programme.
The Sri Lankan President, J R Jayewardene, assured India that all stateless persons of Indian origin on the island will be given Sri Lankan citizenship.
The government is prepared to face a discussion in Parliament on animal tallow import. V P Singh, Commerce Minister, made the offer in both Houses after he made a statement on the subject in the Rajya Sabha.
Home Minister P C Sethi agreed to issue written instructions that the Delhi police should register all minor crimes and investigate them. Sethi’s response came in the Rajya Sabha during a call-attention motion on the deterioration of the law and order situation in Delhi.