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2 Indians held for boat tragedy
New Delhi, June 14
The Slovak police has arrested two Indians and a Sri Lankan in connection with the drowning of 17 illegal Indian immigrants while crossing the murky waters of Morava river on Monday. The authorities have so far recovered only one body. The police had suspended its search for those missing yesterday. The immigrants were trying to travel to the west across the Morava, which divides Slovakia from the neighbouring Czech Republic. They were travelling to Germany via the Czech Republic. Official sources said here that the Indians arrested were Suresh Paul and Jasbir Singh. No travel documents were seized from them. The sources confirmed that Jasbir had been shifted to a detention centre. The authorities received reports on Monday that a group of Indian immigrants had drowned while trying to cross the river. UNI

Nagaland truce
New Delhi, June 14
In a significant step forward to buy peace in the entire Nort-East, the government and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) today decided to extend the four-year-old ceasefire by one more year and cover the Naga-inhabited areas in the region. The NSCN (I-M) also agreed “not to support any other insurgent group” in the North-East and abide by the terms and conditions of the agreed ground rules for the ceasefire, Home Secretary Kamal Pande told reporters here. PTI