The Hindu : Tuesday, May 07, 2002

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Obligations under Art. 355 will be fulfilled: Advani
NEW DELHI, MAY 6. The Central Government today committed itself in the Rajya Sabha to do its "best'' to fulfil the obligation cast upon it by Article 355 to protect "the lives and properties of the citizens'' in Gujarat. This commitment was made ...

Suu Kyi freed
SINGAPORE, MAY 6.The military junta of Myanmar today "unconditionally'' released one of the world's best-known political prisoners, Aung San Suu Kyi, general secretary, National League for Democracy (NLD), after 19 months of house arrest. ...

Violence unabated in Ahmedabad
AHMEDABAD, MAY 6.At least six persons were killed — two of them stoned to death — and several injured in Ahmedabad as violence that erupted on Sunday after four days of respite continued unabated for the second day today. Elsewhere ...

'No decline in cross-border infiltration'
NEW DELHI, MAY 6. India today said that there was no decline in cross-border infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir and stressed that it would continue to exercise vigil in the border State. Without formally commenting on the interview of ...

Two killed in mosque
KATHMANDU, MAY 6.Two persons, said to have worked in an ammunition factory in India, were shot dead by security forces inside a mosque in Nepal after authorities received a tip-off that explosives were hidden inside, officials said today. ...

Laloo's bail extended
NEW DELHI, MAY 6.The Supreme Court today extended, till the second week of January next year, the bail granted to the former Bihar Chief Ministers, Laloo Prasad Yadav and Jagannath Mishra, in three cases related to the multi-crore rupee fodder ...

Hindujas' plea
NEW DELHI, MAY 6.In a new twist to the Rs. 64-crore Bofors pay-off case, the Hinduja brothers today moved the Delhi High Court for quashing of the CBI chargesheet against them contending it was illegal and unconstitutional because it did not have ...

Police custody for Ansari
NEW DELHI, MAY 6. A Delhi court today remanded Aftab Ansari, the main accused in the Kolkata shootout case outside the American Center, to 14 days police custody. The Delhi police had brought Ansari here on a transit remand over the weekend ...