Minister denies Cong hand in blast
Malda: Union Minister Abu Hashem Khan Chowdhury on Sunday flayed the Trinamool Congress for holding the Congress responsible for bomb explosions near the venue of a TMC panchayat poll meeting, near here, on Saturday night. Chowdhury, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, said the TMC was now viewing Congress as its main enemy, rather than the CPI(M).
‘speedy justice in Manipal rape case’
Udupi: Assuring stringent action against those involved in the gangrape of a 22-year-old medical student in Manipal, Karnataka Minister KJ George said the case would be tried in a fast track court to ensure “quick justice” to the victim.
Six Kuki militants killed in encounter
Imphal: At least six militants of Kuki National Front (KNF) were killed in an encounter with the security personnel in Manipur’s Bishenpur district, official sources said. Acting a tip-off, personnel of 10th Assam Rifles battalion surrounded the militants in Kangchup and Singda dam area in Senapati district during which they fired upon them. The security personnel also returned the fire, triggering a brief gun battle, which ended with the killing of the ultras, they said.
Four injured in wild bear attack
Dahod: Four persons were injured, one of them critically, when a wild bear attacked them in Jhab village of central Gujarat’s Dahod district, forest officials said on Sunday. The incident took place on Saturday night when the bear strayed into the village and attacked a person, identified as Soma Nayak, they said.
Mulayam unhappy with flood relief
lucknow: Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav has expressed his dissatisfaction over the relief and rescue work being carried out in the disaster-hit Uttarakhand. “The Centre as well as the Uttarakhand Government have reacted late in providing relief to the disaster-affected people. This has caused more deaths and resentment among the people,” Yadav said. He also appealed to the people of UP to provide help to those stranded in the rain-hit State.