9 killed in Bengal election violence Large-scale violence, several incidents of snatching of ballot box and ballot papers, besides booth-jamming, marred the second phase of the three-tier panchayat elections in five districts of West Bengal that left at least nine people including a six-month-old minor, dead and 16 injured, according to reports reaching here on Wednesday.
Dust storm, rain lash Uttar Pradesh, 40 dead As many as 40 people, including women and children, were killed in incidents of fire, wall collapse and lightning in different parts of Uttar Pradesh which was lashed by a dust storm accompanied by rains on Wednesday, according to reports reaching here.
GAIL to supply natural gas to B'lore by 2010 The state-run natural gas transporter GAIL (India) will supply natural gas to Bangalore by 2010 through pipeline from Dabhol in Maharashtra and Kochi in Kerala.
Jaipur blasts part of conspiracy: Centre Union Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal said on Wednesday that the blasts in the walled city had a stamp of a deep-rooted and very well-planned conspiracy and blamed Pakistan without naming it.
Never-ending woes... A survivor of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster stands next to picture of a victim during a protest march in
New Delhi on Tuesday. Activists for victims of the gas leak said that as the owner of the former Union Carbide, Dow Chemicals should pay for a clean-up before any new business in the country. AFP
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