18 die in Punjab Mail blaze
Sabotage not ruled out; probe ordered
JALGAON, Feb 19 — Eighteen persons were killed and 23 injured in a fire which engulfed six coaches of the 2137 Dn Punjab Mail early this morning at Bhusawal Division between Dushkheda and Sawada in Maharashtra.

An inside view of a Punjab Mail coach which was engulfed
in a fire killing 18 passengers near Bhusawal in Maharashtra
on Saturday. — PTI photo

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Mrs Sonia Gandhi, AICC President, waves to the crowd at an election rally in Narwana on Saturday. Also in the picture are Mr Bhajan Lal, Mr Shamsher Singh Surjewala and Congress candidate Randip Surjewala. — Tribune photo by Karam Singh

Paramilitary force personnel drape the coffins of their colleagues with the National Flag on Saturday. Twelve persons, including six paramilitary personnel were killed in a landmine explosion on Friday —AFP photo

15 cops die in Nepal bomb blast
KATHMANDU, Feb 19 — Fifteen policemen were killed and 16 injured when suspected Maoist rebels bombed a security post in a remote village in west Nepal, the police said today.

Naxalites kill seven cops
HYDERABAD, Feb 19 — In a meticulously planned ambush, People’s War Group Naxalites blasted the Darakonda armed outpost, killing seven policemen and injuring eight and decamped with a huge cache of arms and ammunition in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh late last night.

Pak Rangers, BSF exchange gunfire
JAISALMER, Feb 19 — Tension mounted along the international border in Bikaner district of Rajasthan as the Pakistani Rangers and BSF personnel traded gunfire today.