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The Commonwealth conference ended in Delhi after adopting a communique that provides for a face-saving way-out on Grenada, condemns the unilateral declaration of independence by Turkish Cypriots and calls for early steps for Namibian Independence.

The arrest of Dhirendra Brahmachari is on the cards. The police are waiting for Brahmachari to come and if he does not do so in the next couple of days, a police party would be dispatched to arrest him.

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.

G Parthasarathy, Prime Minister’s special envoy, said positive ideas for a political settlement of the Tamils issue had emerged in the course of his discussions with Sri Lankan leaders.

Prime Minister Indira Gandhi warned people against the danger of war looming large on India’s borders. She said “dangerous reports” from across the border aroused the suspicion that some plan was being contemplated against the country.

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said that the price situation was causing concern as the seasonal decline was comparatively weak and the price variations in the month of October were “erratic” with the rate of inflation just crossing double-digit figures.

Thirteen more sick mills of Bombay have come into the hands of the National Textile Corporation which is still struggling to make viable 100-odd mills for many years.

Prime Minister Indira Gandhi made an impassioned plea for complete disarmament and urged the creation of an “international order, where power is tempered with compassion, knowledge and capability are at the service of all humanity.

Addressing the plenary session of the meeting, Mrs Gandhi warned that the “very fabric of international peace is under serious stress” and summoned non-aligned leaders to renew their efforts in resolving global problems.

Prime Minister Shafik Wazzan and his cabinet resigned as a ceasefire co-sponsored by the United States and Saudi Arabia halted Lebanon’s three-week-old civil war.