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67 injured in TN bull-taming event

THENI: Sixty-seven persons,including spectators,were injured in jallikattu bull taming event organised at Ayyanpatty village here. Five participants and a spectator,who suffered serious injuries,had been hospitalised here and Madurai.

Vayalar Ravi to be discharged soon

ABUJA: Minister of Overseas Affairs Vayalar Ravi,who was injured in a car crash in Liberia,will be discharged soon,diplomatic sources at the Indian embassy at Abidjan,the capital of Cote dIvoire said on Monday.

Nooriya seeks bail in car accident case

MUMBAI: Nooriya Haveliwala,arrested for mowing down two persons including a traffic policeman and injuring four constables in Mumbai,on Monday approached the sessions court seeking bail.

Helipad to be set up in BaNdowan

KOLKATA: The West Bengal Government,the CRPF and other security agencies,engaged in anti-Maoist operations in several Bengal districts bordering Jharkhand,Orissa and Bihar,are working on a plan to set up a helipad in the region to facilitate aerial surveillance and operations. A day before Union Home Minister P Chidambarams visit to Kolkata to chair a meeting with the Chief Ministers of four Maoist-affected states,the CRPF on Monday began its groundwork at Purulia to go for an offensive. It is learnt that the CRPF has taken the initiative to set up the helipad at Bandowan,bordering Jharkhand,which is a stronghold of the Maoists.

6 killed as MLAs escort car hits auto

HYDERABAD: Six persons were killed on the spot and four injured when the auto-rickshaw in which they were travelling collided with an escort vehicle of a senior Congress MLA in Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh on Monday,the police said. The escort jeep of state government chief whip Bhatti Vikramarka,while trying to overtake another vehicle dashed against the autorickshaw coming from opposite direction near Dandumalkapuram of Chotuppal mandal in Nalgonda at about 11 am,they said. The convoy with the Congress leader was on its way towards Hyderabad from Khammam while the auto-rickshaw was going to Narketpally from Hyderabad. Six persons including the auto-driver and a couple were among those who were killed,the police said adding that the condition of two of the four occupants who suffered injuries in the accident was critical. Four members in the escort jeep also sustained minor injuries.

Cant resolve Sami,wife dispute

MUMBAI: Former Supreme Court Judge B N Srikrishna,appointed by the Bombay High Court to resolve the matrimonial dispute between playback singer Adnan Sami and his wife Sabah Galadari,has expressed inability to sort out issues between the warring couple. The High Court was informed about this by the lawyers of Sabah and Adnan respectively. PTI