2 Biharis burnt to death, toll touches 50
Guwahati, November 23
The toll in anti-Bihari violence shot to 50 in Assam today as ULFA militants set ablaze huts belonging to Biharis burning two of them to death in Upper Assam’s Tinsukia district while Union Minister of State for Home Swami Chinmayananda warned that ‘a third force’ was trying to destabilise the situation.
In video Schoolchildren protest against ethnic killing in Assam. (28k, 56k)

Nation page: Laloo to meet PM on Assam violence

Pak PM proposes ceasefire along LoC
from Id
Lahore-Amritsar bus service mooted
Islamabad, November 23
Seeking to improve relations with India, Pakistan Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali tonight announced a ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) from Id which is likely to fall on November 26, and expected India to respond positively.

India’s reaction today

Union minister Maran dead
Chennai, November 23
Union Minister and senior DMK leader Murasoli Maran died at a private hospital here this evening after prolonged illness. He was 69. He is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.

All transactions to be legal: Jaswant
Fake stamp paper cases
New Delhi, November 23
The Centre today allayed fears about an emerging financial crisis in the wake of unearthing of Rs 30,000 crore fake stamp paper scam and said all transactions using such papers would be valid.

Brahmos test-fired from warship Bhubaneswar, November 23 India successfully test fired the supersonic anti-ship Brahmos cruise missile from a naval warship for the first time today, defence officials said. The test was conducted from INS Kalinga in the Bay of Bengal off the Orissa coast, the officials said. “The test flight fulfilled all mission objectives”, a defence official said.