Quicktakes 8212; Calcutta poll violence

CALCUTTA: Three persons, including two policemen, were injured in four separate incidents of shooting and bomb throwing during by-elections to three Calcutta Municipal Corporation wards on Sunday which passed off, by and large, peacefully along with elections to three other muncipalities in the districts.

Demand

PANAJI: Scientists today proposed the creation of an apex national body to advise, direct, and monitor ethical, legal and social implications of human genome and other genetic research studies in India. The recommendation was made today at the conclusion of the four-day international conference on human genome research.