Quicktakes

PLA ambush claims 8 CRPF men
IMPHAL: Eight CRPF men, including three non-commissioned officers, were killed and four others injured at Langohing area, about 25 km west of here, Tuesday morning, Manipur Deputy Chief Minister Leishangthem Chandramani Singh told the State Assembly. A spokesman of the banned People8217;s Liberation Army PLA, in a statement to local press, claimed responsibility for the ambush.

Postal stir
NEW DELHI: Postal services across the country remained disrupted for the sixth day today with both government and strikers hardening their stands over employees8217; demands including regularisation of services of over three lakh extra departmental agents. The unions staged a protest march in Delhi.

Explosives found
AHMEDABAD: About two kg of TNT explosive was recovered by a constable from a busy locality of Bhuj in the border district of Kutch, Gujarat. The TNT kept in a bag, was sighted on Sunday night. Soon after the bag was found, army explosive experts werealerted and the material was confirmed as explosive.

India elected
NEW DELHI: India has been elected as the first chairman of a new standing committee on information technology related to intellectual property rights. The body replaces World Intellectual Property Organisation8217;s earlier permanent committee on industrial property information.