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Five of family shot dead
HISAR:FIVE members of the family of a village sarpanch were gunned down in Mattersham, about 15 km from here, on Thursday night. The assailants forced into the house of Ishwar Singh, a Haryana Vikas Party HVP worker, at midnight and shot to death his two sons, Satpal 22 and Krishan 18, wife Krisha 40, father Prahlad 70 and brother Chander8217;s wife Roshni 32. Police said it appeared to be a case of personal enmity.
Delhi fire claims 1
NEW DELHI:A four-year-old girl was charred to death and at least 200 hutments destroyed in a fire at Jehangirpuri in north-east Delhi on Thursday, fire brigade officials said. The cause of the fire, which started around 12.40 pm, is yet to be ascertained.
World Cup team
MUMBAI:The final 15-member Indian cricket team for the World Cup beginning on May 14 will be announced here on April 5. Board of Control for Cricket in India BCCI officials on Thursday said they had special permission from the organisers toannounce the team after the March 31 deadline.
Gandhi kin dead
JOHANNESBURG:A grand-daughter of Mahatma Gandhi, Sita Dhupella, died in Durban on Wednesday, aged 70. Dhupella was the eldest child of Manilal Gandhi who had settled in South Africa.
Teacher killed
ETAWAH:A government school teacher was stoned to death at Bekbar village on Thursday after he protested against illegal occupation of his land by some miscreants.
