AIADMK general secretary and chief minister J. Jayalalithaa used the land-grab pitch against the DMK to seek votes for her party in the Tiruchy West Assembly constituency by-election, here on Sunday. Using the example of former DMK minister K.N. Nehru, caught in land-grab cases, she then went on to charge his leader and party president M. Karunanidhi with being his role model.
Addressing an election rally near the central bus stand here on Sunday, Ms Jayalalithaa accused Mr Nehru of having done no good for the people of Tiruchy but only grabbing thousands of acres in the name of his benamis when he was minister.
Stating that the former minister had only followed in the footsteps of Mr Karunanidhi, she quoted from the Sarkaria commission report, alleging that the DMK headquarters in Chennai was constructed on land belonging to a zamin after grabbing the land in 1972.
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2 militants killed in j&k encounter
Srinagar, Oct. 9: Two militants were killed on Sunday in a fierce gun battle with security forces in the forest area of Kangan in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Officials said body of one militant has been recovered from the site of the encounter and search is on for the other. Acting on a tip-off, Army assisted by the police launched a search operation in Chattergul forests in Kangan area, 50 km from here, on Srinagar-Leh road, the officials said. They said contact was established with a group of militants, who opened firing on the security forces. The forces returned the firing, triggering off a gun battle. Two militants were killed in the encounter and a residential house was gutted. — PTI
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5 teenagers crushed to death by train
Chhapra (Bihar), Oct. 9: Five teenaged boys were on Sunday mowed down by a train near the Goldenganj station under Sonepur-Chapra section of the East-Central Railway (ECR), a GRP officer said.
The boys, hailing from Mubarakpur village in Bihar’s Saran district, were crushed to death by the Howrah-Kathgodam Bagh Express when they were trying to cross over to the other side of the railway track at about 1.30 pm, Government Railway Police (GRP) inspector M.P. Singh said.
Two of the victims were identified as Jeetu Kumar, 14, and Vikas Kumar, 14, Singh said, adding that efforts were on to ascertain the identity of remaining three. — PTI