Monday, May 29, 2000, Chandigarh, India


Gunshots near Mara’s house
State TV goes off the air
Speight plans rule by decree
SUVA, May 28 — A mob of indigenous Fijians today headed along the main road from the centre of the Fijian capital towards Parliament and gunshots were fired near the home of President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, witnesses said. State television went off air amid reports that the building had been stormed. There was no independent confirmation.

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Coup leader and self-appointed Interim Prime Minister, George Speight (R) is surrounded by Taukei (Land) Movement supporters during a Methodist church service at Parliament House in Suva on Sunday. — AFP photo




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Sunil Gavaskar
Gavaskar peeved at cricket’s trial by fire

NEW DELHI, May 28 — Batting legend Sunil Gavaskar today said, “There may be an odd rotten apple but others are clean”, and called for a time-bound and thorough probe into match-fixing allegations, particularly in the case of current Indian cricket players.

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COLOMBO, May 28 — Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tigers traded artillery and mortar bomb fire in the northern peninsula of Jaffna despite a unilateral truce offered by the rebels, the government said today.

 


Refugees arrive

Centre shuffles 24 secys
NEW DELHI, May 28 — A day after the Cabinet expansion and reshuffle the Union Government today carried out a major reshuffle of Union Secretaries.

2 killed, 9 hurt in Srinagar blast
SRINAGAR, May 28 — At least two persons were killed and nine others injured, two of them critically, when a blast rocked a taxi stand near the Tourist Reception Centre here this afternoon while elsewhere in the state 12 militants, including four foreigners and a Pakistani intruder, were among 14 persons killed during the past 24 hours.

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Fleecing motorists Himachal way
SHIMLA, May 28 —Tax collection barriers on the national highways are mushrooming in Himachal Pradesh in utter violation of the directives of the Centre and have become a source of grabbing crores of rupees every year with the connivance of the state government.
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