
Two Babbar Khalsa human bombs8217; surrender
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Police have unearthed a quot;highly-sinisterquot; plan to target top political leaders and carry out acts of sabotage with the surrender of two Pakistan-trained members of Babbar Khalsa outfit who had been indoctrined to serve as human bombs.
Cell to monitor educational ads
NEW DELHI: Union Education Secretary M K Kaw today announced that a malpractice cell had been set-up by the department to curb misleading and illegal advertisements by private educational institutions. Inaugurating a C-band satellite uplinking theearth station here, Kaw said that it was brought to the notice of the authorities that some educational institutions in the non-governmental sector had released misleading and illegal advertisements to fleece unsuspecting students.
10 killed, 11 hurt in TN mishap
CHENNAI: Ten persons were killed on the spot and 11 others seriously injured when the lorry in which they were travelling capsized at Kalleri village in Tamil Nadu8217;s Tiruvannamalai district on Saturday night. The dead included four women and a male child. The lorry, laden with iron rods and pipes, was proceeding to Bangalore from Villupuram when the mishap took place.
13 held for beating up Dalit women
HYDERABAD: Police have arrested 13 persons belonging to upper caste, including two women, for allegedly beating up four Dalit women following a dispute over using water from a borewell at Malasamudram village here recently. Anantapur Deputy IGP Tejdeep said on Sunday that some people belonging to upper caste had prevented aneight-year-old Dalit girl from taking water from the borewell and when elders of her family intervened, they were beaten up.