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Over 30 killed in Surat building blast
AHMEDABAD, AUG. 3. Over 30 persons were killed and several injured, some of them seriously, in an explosion in an old three-storeyed building in Gujarat's Surat city today. Official sources here admitted that the toll could go up as more ...

No change in stand on Ayodhya: PM
NEW DELHI, AUG. 3. The Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, categorically said here today that there was no change in the Government's Ayodhya policy — the matter should be settled either through negotiations or left to the courts. He ...

Apang Ministry sworn in
GUWAHATI, AUG. 3. A 37-member United Democratic Front Ministry, headed by Gegong Apang, was sworn in by the Arunachal Pradesh Governor, V.C. Pandey, at Itanagar today. The newly-formed UDF has 42 MLAs. Besides Mr. Apang, there are 33 Cabinet ...

50 killed in Pak. blast
ISLAMABAD, AUG. 3.More than 50 people were killed and 150 others injured when explosives used in road-building caught fire and triggered a series of blasts destroying almost an entire village in northern Pakistan today. Police said an electric ...

Tyson files for bankruptcy
NEW YORK, AUG. 3. The former heavyweight champion, Mike Tyson, has filed for protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, claiming his finances are in disarray. He has squandered about $300 million in ring earnings through lavish spending and bad ...

10 trapped in Delhi building collapse
NEW DELHI, AUG. 3.At least 10 persons were feared trapped when a multi-storeyed building collapsed in Gandhinagar, East Delhi area today, police sources said. While no casualties have been reported so far, 10 people were feared trapped under ...

Ready to surrender: Shahbuddin
NEW DELHI, AUG. 3. The controversial RJD MP from Siwan, Bihar, Mohammed Shahbuddin, against whom an arrest warrant has been issued in a kidnapping case, today told Aaj Tak from Gorakhpur that he was ready to surrender but alleged that action was ...

Bar on arrest of Roshans
MUMBAI, AUG. 3. The Bombay High Court has restrained police from arresting film-maker Rakesh Roshan and his actor son, Hrithik, in cases of alleged cheating and deferred until tomorrow the four petitions filed by them urging quashing of ...

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