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TN
probe into rape
CHENNAI, Oct
14 (PTI) — The Tamil Nadu Government today ordered
an inquiry by the Crime Branch CID into the alleged rape
of a woman in custody by policemen last Monday, even as
AIADMK leader J. Jayalalitha said the crime was another
proof of "reckless governance" by the DMK in
the state. Six police personnel who brought the
three-month pregnant woman to the police station on
October 12 night in connection with a charge of theft
against her husband have been suspended.Governor's appointment
BHOPAL, Oct
14 (PTI) — The controversy over Madhya Pradesh
Governor Bhai Mahavir deepened with a former MP
questioning his appointment saying as a resident of the
state he was constitutionally barred from holding the
office here. Addressing newspersons here today, Mr Shashi
Bhushan Vajpayee said he had written a letter to
President K.R. Narayanan in this regard as according to
the Constitution, a person who was a resident of a state
or was registered as a voter there, could not be its
Governor.
Police station
attacked
NAWADA,
(Bihar), Oct 14 — A chowkidar was killed when
suspected extremists attacked Akbarpur police station in
extremist-hit Nawada district of Central Bihar last
night, the police said today.
73 die in boat
mishap
LAGOS, Oct 14
(AFP) — Seventythree persons, died when a ferry boat
overturned, in a river in Nigeria's northern Kaduna
state, the government-owned Daily Times reported today.
The paper did not say when the accident happened.
Pak emergency
ISLAMABAD,
Oct 14 (PTI) — The Pakistan Supreme Court has
criticised the imposition of indefinite emergency in the
country saying martial laws and denial of fundamental
rights to the people had been a major cause for carving
out of Bangladesh from erstwhile East Pakistan. In a
detailed judgement on the petitions filed against the
imposition of emergency in Pakistan after its May nuclear
tests, a seven-member Bench, headed by Chief Justice
Ajmal Mian, yesterday regretted that "unlike the
Indian Constitution, there is no check on the perpetual
imposition of emergency in Pakistan".
Patent treaties
UNITED
NATIONS, Oct 14 (AP) — In a major decision, India
has agreed to abide by the Paris Convention for the
Protection of Industrial Property and the Patent
Cooperation Treaty, according to the U.N. Patent Agency,
the world intellectual property organisation. Both
treaties will be binding on India as of December 7.
5 PWG men shot
HYDERABAD,
Oct 14 (UNI) — Five PWG Naxalities, including
district committee member Raji Reddy were shot dead in an
encounter with the police in the forests near Banswada in
Nizamabad district of Andhra Pradesh today.
INLD leader
resigns
SONEPAT, Oct
14 (PTI) — Mr Jaipal Singh Machhriwala, former
president of the District Bar Association, today resigned
from the primary membership of the Indian National Lok
Dal (INLD) in protest against the "dictatorial"
attitude of party supremo Om Prakash Chautala. In a
signed press statement, Mr Machhriwala alleged that Mr
Chautala had lost the confidence of party workers and he
remained surrounded by "opportunists". He also
said Mr Chautala was extending the party's unconditional
support to the BJP-led coalition government at the Centre
for selfish reasons, despite the fact that the BJP was
"Anti-farmer and anti-worker".
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