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Curfew was clamped on the industrial township of Nagda in Ujjain district and Ranapur in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh following communal clashes in which three persons were killed and 32 injured. Incidents of arson also took place at Nagda where trouble arose following a clash between two religious processions. Three bodies were later found in a school building.
Leaders join Congress
The AICC (I) announced the admission of Satyendra Narain Sinha and his wife Kishori Sinha, both MPs and the former union minister, Manubhai Shah, into the party. The steady flow of a large number of leaders into the Congress (I) from other parties in the past few weeks has touched off new tension among the party MPs, legislators and other functionaries in states.
Centre extends ban
The Centre has extended by six months the ban on recruitment to fill vacancies and creation of new posts in various ministries, government departments and public sector enterprises. The ban was originally imposed for nine months up to the end of September this year to economise on administrative expenditure.
Talks with MNF
The Union Home Minister, P V Narasimha Rao, has said that the Centre has sent a formal invitation to the banned Mizo National Front (MNF) chief Laldenga, to come to Delhi to resume negotiations for a permanent solution to the Mizo problem within the constitutional framework. Rao told newsmen that the central invitation was in response to requests by some friends of Laldenga. The move was “partly” taken by Laldenga himself, the Home Minister said.
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First uploaded on: 07-10-2024 at 03:30 IST
