Wednesday, June 6, 2001, Chandigarh, India
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Oppn leader quits probe panel
5 more killed in curfew-bound Kathmandu

Kathmandu, June 5

In a major setback to Nepal’s new monarch, King Gyanendra, a member of the judicial commission set up by him to probe the palace massacre pulled out, expressing reservations. At the same time, curfew was reimposed in the city amid reports of sporadic outbursts of fresh violence today and five persons defying curfew in Kathmandu were killed when the police opened fire.

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Dipendra’s Olympic date with Devyani
Sydney, June 5
An Australian newspaper has revealed that deceased Nepalese Crown Prince Dipendra had secretly brought his girlfriend Devyani Rana to the Olympic Games here last year, in defiance of his mother’s wishes.

A Nepalese man burns a candle at a temporary altar built for King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya on a street in Kathmandu on Tuesday. A Nepalese man burns a candle at a temporary altar built for King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya on a street in Kathmandu on Tuesday. Nepali authorities slapped another curfew on the capital on Tuesday to prevent further violence by protesters, demanding the truth behind the slaughter of almost the entire Royal family. 
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17 militants killed in J&K
Srinagar, June 5
Three security personnel and 15 militants, mostly foreigners, were among 20 persons killed in Jammu and Kashmir in the past 24 hours.

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New Delhi, June 5
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms Jayalalitha, today called on Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and sought a ban on certain communal, extremist and secessionist organisations operating in the state such as Al Umma, Jihad Committee, Al-Badr, TNLA and TNRT.
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Owners flay ‘pick-and-choose policy’
Ludhiana, June 5
Four marriage palaces situated near the Baddowal ammunition depot were razed to the ground in a joint operation by a team of the district administration and the local police in the early hours here today amidst allegations of selective demolition action levelled against the authorities.

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UK allows Canada to prosecute Reyat
Vancouver, June 5
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British Home Secretary Jack Straw has given permission to Canada to prosecute Inderjit Singh Reyat, a suspect in the 1985 bombing of Air India Flight 182, which killed 329 passengers, a Canadian official said.

Tension in Lucknow
Lucknow, June 5
At least 30 persons were injured, some of them seriously, in heavy brickbatting by agitated mobs, who also set afire many vehicles, at several places in the old city after a youth was killed by some policemen near Teela-Wali-Masjid in the Chowk Kotwali area in wee hours today.


Ultras kidnapped for money alone
Dakoha (Gurdaspur), June 5
Kidnapping for extortion had become a business in the late eighties. While 80 per cent persons were kidnapped for extortion, 20 per cent victims were kith kin and of senior IAS and IPS officers or politicians who were kidnapped to get fellow-militants released from jail. 

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