One shot dead, seven injured in clash

Monday, May 1, 2006, 23:37 [IST]

Bhatinda, Apr 29 (UNI) One person was shot dead and seven others were injured in a clash between two groups over the possession of a Gurdwara at Morkalan village in the district today.

The deceased was identified as 22-year-old Jugraj Singh of Morkalan village, who died on the spot after he was shot at.

Four seriously injured were admitted to DMC hospital in Ludhiana, while the others were admitted to the local civil hospital.

Police have arrested 16 persons under sections 302, 307 IPC in following the clash.

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Cong leader shot, conspiracy case against Abhay Chautala

Monday, May 1, 2006,23:37 [IST]

Sirsa, Apr 29 (UNI) A Youth Congress leader was shot dead by armed assailants near Dabwali town of Sirsa district today and a conspiracy case was registered against Rajya Sabha MP Abhay Chautala, son of former chief minister and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) supermo Om Parkash Chautala in this connection. Dabwali Youth Congress President Chander Singh Brar was taken away by a group of armed assailants this morning on the pretext of showing him some.....

Naxals kill 5 abducted tribals

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Jagdalpur, Bastar, Apr 29 (UNI) CPI(Maoist) naxalites have killed seven of the 50 tribals abducted in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, police said. Five more bodies have been recovered today. Police team from Erabore police station left for the spot after a bus driver tipped off that five bodies were lying on the roadside near Manikonta village on Sukma-Konta road, police sources said. About 50 tribals given shelter in a relief camp opened by the state government at.....

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'Stung' by TV stings, doctors resolve to fight female foeticide

Monday, May 1, 2006,23:37 [IST]

Ahmedabad, Apr 30 (UNI) As Gujarat grapples with an extremely skewed child sex ratio, with just 878 girls per thousand boys, a number of doctors have decided to pitch in their bit to stop sex selective abortions in the State. They plan to form a group to see to it that no doctor in the State carries out sex determination (SD) tests. ''We will first pursuade the gynaecologists and the radiologists not to indulge in these.....

Fresh summons to IPS officer by Women's Commission

Monday, May 1, 2006,23:37 [IST]

Patna, Apr 30 (UNI) The Bihar State Women's Commission today issued fresh summons against IPS officer Amitabh Kumar Das, facing charges of sexually exploiting the daughter of a retired DIG, as he failed to appear before the Commission. Commission president Manju Prakash told mediapersons today that fresh summons had been issued against the police official, directing him to appear before the Women panel on May 15 after he failed to turn up on Saturday. Earlier.....

17 Maoists arrested in Bihar

Monday, May 1, 2006,23:37 [IST]

Hajipur, Apr 30 (UNI) At least 17 CPI (Maoist) cadres were arrested in Sadar police station area in Vaishali district late last night in a special combing operation following the Maoist attack on a bank and a police station at Jandaha area recently. DIG (Tirhut range) Gupteshwar Pandey said today that the Maoists were wanted in connection with several incidents engineered by the extremists. Of the arrested ultras, 15 were from Thathan Mohalla while two.....