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Bodo
militants gun down 6
GUWAHATI, Nov
8 (UNI) — Bodo militants gunned down at least six
persons and injured 30 others near the India-Bhutan
border last night. The police said today suspected
National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militants
with automatic weapons indiscriminately fired upon
hundreds of people gathered to attend a festival at Jalah
in Barapeta district about 9 p.m. yesterday on the eve of
the President’s visit to the state. The ultras
numbering 12 fired for about five minutes as hundreds of
people scrambled for life.14 Tigers killed
COLOMBO, Nov
8 (PTI) — At least 14 militants of the LTTE were
killed in the continued violence in the northern and
eastern areas of Sri Lanka, the Defence Ministry said
here today. Four LTTE militants were killed and six
wounded when troops confronted a group in the northern
Wanni region yesterday, a ministry press note said. Three
other rebels were killed when the Lankan troops fired
near Mankulam in the Wanni region, which was captured by
the army recently.
Parcel bomb
BILASPUR
(MP), Nov 8 (PTI) — A woman telephone operator was
killed and two persons were injured when a parcel bomb
exploded in a public call office at a busy bus stand here
last evening, the police said today. Pratima Tiwari (25),
working in the PCO for more than a year, was torn to
pieces under the impact of the blast that occurred when
she tried to open a parcel delivered at the office by a
government postman.
Case against MLA
GHAZIABAD, Nov 8 (PTI) — A criminal case was
registered against Uttar Pradesh MLA from Modinagar,
Narendra Sisodia, for allegedly assaulting a peon of the
Additional District Magistrate (ADM) at the district
collectorate here, the police said today. According to
the complaint filed at the Kavi Nagar police station,
Sisodia slapped the peon of ADM Anand Vardhan when asked
to wait for Mr Vardhan’s permission and barged into
his chamber yesterday, the police said.
Jerusalem poll
JERUSALEM,
Nov 8 (Reuters) — An Arab will seek a seat on
Jerusalem’s Israeli-run council for the first time
since 1967 this week in defiance of a long-standing PLO
call to boycott elections. Mr Musa Ilayan, a 47-year-old
accountant and insurance agent, has formed his own
independent Arab Bloc and is openly campaigning for votes
in Arab East Jerusalem ahead of Tuesday’s election
despite death threats he says he has received from
extremists.
Ship capsizes
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 8 (DPA) — A coastal ship on a
voyage from Maputo, Mozambique, to Durban, South Africa,
was missing and appeared to have sunk with one crewman
washed up on a beach. Sixteen crew members were missing
after the disappearance of the ship since Friday evening
off the coast of Kwazulu Natal province. A South African
air force spokesman said helicopters had gone out to look
for the ship, which was reported to have capsized but had
found nothing.
Dalit front in TN
CHENNAI, Nov
8 (UNI) — The Puthiya Tamizhagam, led by Dalit
leader K Krishnasamy has proposed to form a fourth front
in Tamil Nadu as an alternative to the two strong fronts
led by the ruling DMK and the AIADMK. Talking to
newspersons here, he said the fourth front led by his
party would solicit the support of suppressed and
oppressed minorities in the state. However, it was in the
primitive stage, he added. The modalities for formation
of the front were being worked out with like-minded
parties, he said.
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