S P O T L I G H T

Residences blown up
Daltonganj, December 12
Underground People’s War Group (PWG) rebels exploded dynamites to blow up the office-cum-residence of a forest ranger and the official residence of a forester at Kundri village in Jharkhand’s naxalite-hit Palamu district late last night, the police said today. Police Superintendent Anil Palta said the ultras numbering about 30 triggered the explosion at the residences of the two officials but the officials and their families were not present at the time of the blast. PTI

N. D. Tiwari
New Delhi, December 12
The condition of Uttaranchal Chief Minister N.D. Tiwari, who was admitted to the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) yesterday following a heart attack, was stable today. "Mr Tiwari’s condition is being continuously monitored. He is stable at present,’’ Dr K.K. Talwar, Head of the Department of Cardiology at AIIMS, who is treating the Chief Minister said. UNI