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			Monday, April 26, 1999
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8 LTTE rebels killed
COLOMBO, April 25 (PTI) — Eight LTTE rebels, including three women extremists, were killed by the Sri Lankan troops in the north, the Army said here today. A defence press note said three rebels were killed and four others were wounded near Oddusuddan in northern Vanni yesterday while three LTTE women cadre were killed in an ambush by troops near northern Paranthan. One more rebel was killed in the same area in another incident, the note said.

Clash in B’desh
DHAKA, April 25 (AP) — The riot police fired teargas shells today to stop hundreds of demonstrators from marching into the Prime Minister’s Office protesting against utility problems, witnesses said. At least 20 persons, including two policemen, were injured in the clashes during which the protesters from the student wing of the country’s main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party set off crude home-made bombs, according to witnesses.

Heat wave kills 2
BARODA, April 25 (PTI) — The heat wave sweeping parts of central Gujarat has claimed two more lives taking the toll to four since Friday. The two deaths were reported from Vaghodiyanagar and Kiya villages in the district, hospital sources said, adding that both were labourers but were yet to be identified. However, an unconfirmed report said the body of a sadhu, who succumbed to the severe heat, was also recovered from Jalaramnagar in the city.

Criminal flees
BARODA, April 25 (PTI) — A red alert has been sounded in Gujarat as notorious criminal Raj Rohida escaped from police custody after allegedly drugging the police party bringing him to the city from Mumbai yesterday, the police said today. Rohida was involved in a number of cases of murder and extortion in Maharashtra and Gujarat, including Mumbai, Ulhasnagar, Thane, Baroda and Ankleshwar, the police said.

Supporter killed
CALCUTTA, April 25 (PTI) —One RSP supporter has been killed and three injured in a clash with Trinamool Congress activists at Patuakhali in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, the police said. The clash yesterday was a result of a long-standing feud between the two parties. Eight Trinamool Congress workers have been arrested, including the five whose names figured in the FIR, today in connection with the clash.

Secretariat march
AGARTALA, April 25 (PTI) — The opposition Congress, the Tripura Upajati Juba Samity (TUJS) and the Tripura National Volunteers (TNV) have decided to stage a secretariat march here on May 4 in support of their six-point charter of demands, including imposition of President’s rule in the state. This was decided by the leaders of three political parties at a meeting here yesterday, Mr Rabindra Debbarma, MLA and general secretary of the TUJS, told newspersons here today.

Snag in IA flight
KOCHI, April 25 (PTI) — An Indian Airlines (IA) flight on the Chennai-Kochi-Chennai sector developed some 'technical snag' soon after it landed at the airport here this afternoon and hydraulics fuel from the aircraft spilled on the runway. All passengers and crew were safe, IA sources told PTI.

Blast on platform
CALCUTTA, April 25 (PTI) — Two passengers were injured when a bomb exploded on a Bokaro railway station platform today, a South-Eastern Railways spokesman said. The bomb, he told PTI here, exploded with a bang shortly after 339-Up Burdwan-Hatia passenger train arrived at the station at about 2 p.m. The two passengers, who alighted from the train, received splinter injuries. They were rushed to Bokaro Steel Plant Hospital.