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Govt plans social security fund for workers
New Delhi, May 17 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today announced that his government was considering a proposal to have a national social security fund for workers in both the organised and unorganised sectors and a national floor-level minimum wage.	Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with Union Minister for Labour and Employment Mallikarjun Kharge during the 45th Session of the Indian Labour Conference in New Delhi on Friday. — PTI

Pre-poll violence unabated; 2 killed in Amritsar village clash
Amritsar, May 17
A day after the killing of a Peoples Party of Punjab (PPP) leader in Bathinda, two persons were shot dead in an exchange of fire between two groups at Chak Mishri Khan village in Lopoke near here this morning.
Major Singh, a SAD worker, who was injured in firing in an Amritsar village on Friday.

3 arrested for killing PPP supporter
Bathinda, May 17
The police today claimed to have identified eight of the accused, three of them have been arrested, involved in yesterday’s firing at a Congress-People’s Party of Punjab (PPP) rally in Adampura. The incident had left a PPP supporter dead. (Details on punjab page)

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	OPINIONS: Well-off and backward
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	SPORTS: BCCI calls emergency meeting to discuss spot-fixing
	WORLD: 49 dead in blasts targeted against Sunnis in Iraq

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Suspected militant Liyaqat gets bail
New Delhi, May 17
Suspected Hizbul militant Liyaqat Shah was today granted bail by a Delhi court which said the National Investigation Agency’s (NIA) probe "confirms" that there is no substantial linkage regarding his involvement in the conspiracy to carry out terror attacks in the national capital.

J&K page: I am glad, tweets Chief Minister
NC, PDP, CPM welcome bail to Liyaqat

Come June 1, no LPG for unverified multiple connections
New Delhi, May 17
As part of the clean-up exercise in distribution of petroleum products, cooking gas supplies to households having unverified multiple connections will stop.

Restless, Sanjay wants to be shifted from ‘anda’ cell Mumbai, May 17 Actor Sanjay Dutt, sent to the Arthur Road Central jail here, spent a restless night reading spiritual books, while his lawyer today requested the TADA court to shift him from the high-security egg-shaped cell where he felt suffocated.