Wednesday, October 18, 2000, Chandigarh, India

Israel, Palestine agree to end violence
SHARM EL-SHEIKH (Egypt), Oct 17 — Israel and the Palestinians today agreed to “immediate concrete measures” to end violence in the West Bank and Gaza, US President Bill Clinton announced at the end of an emergency West Asia summit.

US President Bill Clinton stands with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat at the end of their emergency summit in Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday. — Reuters photo
 		US President Bill Clinton stands with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat at the end of their emergency summit in Sharm el-Sheikh on Tuesday.

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SC grills govts on Veerappan
 NEW DELHI, Oct 17 — The Supreme Court today, during resumed hearing of the Veerappan case, expressed distress at the mishandling of the entire affair by the Tamil Nadu and Karnataka governments and said the onus lay on them to explain how the forest brigand had not been apprehended for the past 10 years.

Suicide by Bhattal’s brother
 BARNALA, Oct 17 — Mr Manjit Singh Bhattal (65), former MLA and brother of Mrs Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, former Punjab Chief Minister, committed suicide at Bhattal village, 15 km from here this morning.

Five massacred in Siwan
SIWAN (Bihar), Oct 17— Five persons were massacred at Tahira village late last night, taking to 16 the toll within five days and adding fuel to simmering gangster tensions in this lawless Bihar district.
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Hizbul commander killed
SRINAGAR, Oct 17 — A Deputy Commandant of the Border Security Force and four militants were among six persons killed in Kashmir during the past 24 hours.

6 dead, 80 hurt in UK rail mishap
HATFIELD (England), Oct 17 — A high-speed passenger train travelling from London to Leeds derailed north of the British capital today, killing at least six persons and leaving 80 injured.






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Buta moves Delhi High Court
 NEW DELHI, Oct 17 — A former Union Minister, Mr Buta Singh, sentenced to three years’ rigorous imprisonment along with a former Prime Minister, Mr P.V. Narasimha Rao, in the JMM MPs bribery case, today moved the Delhi High Court challenging the trial court order.
Agitating Punjab Congress activists are dispersed with water cannons at the housing board roundabout in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Agitating Punjab Congress activists are dispersed with water cannons at the housing board roundabout in Chandigarh on Tuesday. — Tribune photo by Manoj Mahajan

Punjab Cong men cane-charged
 CHANDIGARH, Oct 17 — The Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief, Capt Amarinder Singh, eight MLAs, two MPs and 655 party activists, cane-charged following an attempt to break police barricades to stage a dharna against paddy compensation outside the Punjab Chief Minister’s residence, were today arrested by the city police. 

Killings assume political hue
KARNAL, Oct 17 — The ghastly killing of five persons in Chandrao village in this district over a fortnight back seems to have taken political overtones. Fifteen persons were also injured in the firing opened by a party that had gone there to plough over 150 acres of land belonging to the village panchayat.

 
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