National News: General

Illegal Bangladeshi migrants in Rajasthan will be identified in 30 days and could be deported as they came under the scanner of the state government after the serial blasts while a hotelier claimed he saw one of the suspects in Udaipur two days before the attack.

Sangrur (Punjab), May 16 (IANS) Many Hindu families in a Punjab town withdrew their children from a Sikh institution after the school authorities forced students to attend school wearing turbans.

Bhubaneswar, May 16 (IANS) The police have killed at least two Maoist rebels in a gun-battle in Orissa's Malkangiri district, a police official here said Friday.

Jammu, May 16 ( IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages published Mahatama Gandhi's autobiography in Gojri language, an official said here Friday.

Raipur, May 16 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Friday announced that it would open 100 boarding schools in 2008-09 for tribal children to improve the state's literacy levels.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The official death toll from the cyclone that swept through Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta in early May has reached 77,738, Myanmar state television said on Friday.

Mumbai, May 16 (PTI) An Air India aircraft's nose gear collapsed when it was proceeding to pick up passengers at the international airport here for a flight to Dubai.

New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Two weeks after photographs of China's nuclear submarines set alarm bells ringing for the Indian authorities, a commercial satellite has revealed a launching site for over 50 nuclear ballistic missiles, capable of striking all north Indian cities.

Hyderabad, May 16 (IANS) The Hyderabad police have made elaborate security arrangements ahead of the first anniversary of the bomb blast at the historic Mecca Masjid.

Pathanamthitta (Ker), May 16 (PTI) One person was killed and 13 injured as a 60 MW generator of the Sabarigri Hydro Electric Project at Moozhiyar near here exploded this evening, police said.

Kolkata, May 16 (PTI) A fire at a shopping mall selling garments left 11 persons dead and 18 injured at Sodepur in neighbouring North 24-Parganas district, close to the metropolis, today.

A trip in the monorail and zipping over the crowded streets in Kuala Lumpur on elevated tracks has convinced visiting Railway Minister Lalu Prasad that India, especially, the capital of his home state Bihar, needs such an advanced transportation facility.

Life returned to normal in this tourist city on Friday, three days after near-simultaneous blasts ripped through busy market areas killing at least 64 people, as devotees were seen visiting temples, people attending to their daily chores and tourists looking for mementos and handicraft.

The CBI informed the Delhi High Court on Friday that no evidence of payment of kick-backs in the Scorpene submarine deal was found after conducting the preliminary investigation.

New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) It has not been easy for Harkishan Singh, 70, to come to the capital from Punjab in the scorching summer heat to fight his 10-year-old cheque bounce case, but he has been attending every hearing diligently. The lawyers' strike Friday at the Tis Hazari courts turned his periodic visit futile.