20 killed in mishap
TEHRAN, June 28 (AFP) — Twenty persons were killed and 27 injured yesterday when a bus drove off a bridge near the Iranian city of Damghan in the northern province of Semnan, the official IRNA news agency reported today. Fourteen women and six men and children were killed in the accident, which the police said was caused by the driver's carelessness and a steep curve in the road.

Freed on bail
PUNE, June 28 (PTI) — The four accused in the Tata Finance shoot-out case were released on bail by the Judicial Magistrate, First Class, as the police failed to file a charge-sheet within the stipulated time of 90 days. The four, allegedly belonging to the Amar Naik gang of Mumbai and identified as Ganesh Suryakant Sawant (27), Peter Rajmani George (28), Shridhar Matti (28) and Shanmukhanandan Sundarraj, were lodged in the Yerwada prison here.

Dismissed
NEW DELHI, June 28 (PTI) — A rural bank official has been dismissed from service in Orissa following a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recommendation for regular departmental action after it was "established" that the accused had abused his official position and cheated the bank of Rs 2,86,300. The accused had allegedly misappropriated the amount during his tenure with Cuttack Gramya Bank, Sankhatras and Bidanasi branch, during 1989 to 1993, by way of fraudulent withdrawal and forging the signature of account holders, a CBI release said here today.

2 youths shot
AGARTALA, June 28 (UNI) — Tribal guerrillas shot dead two youths at Chailengta under Tripura's Dhalai district last night, the police said here today. The security forces have launched a search operation to nab the militants.