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70 killed in bus crash
LAGOS, Nov
3 (Reuters) — At least 70 persons died in a bus
crash in central Nigeria, a local newspaper said today.
"The accident, which involved two luxury buses in a
head-on collision, left may of the bodies mutilated
beyond recognition". The Independent Champion
newspaper said in its report on the crash yesterday. The
paper quoted a survivor at the crash scene on the
Abuja-Okene north-south highway as saying the headlights
failed in the bus he was travelling in before it crashed
into the other, oncoming bus.Information kiosks
NEW DELHI, Nov 3 (PTI) — Travellers would soon be
able to get details about accommodation arrangements and
transport bookings at proposed tourist information
outlets (kiosks) at international airports, bus terminals
and important places in metropolitan cities, Tourism
Minister Uma Bharati said at a seminar on the role of
information technology (IT) in tourism here today.
Terming IT as the most useful factor for tourism, the
minister appealed to the industry to set up a IT
consultancy apex body for tourism.
Father hangs
sons
HYDERABAD, Nov 3 (UNI) — Unable to cope with
mounting debts, a man hanged his two sons to death at
Bukkarayasamudram village in Ananthapur district of
Andhra Pradesh yesterday. The police here said Veeraiah,
a money lender, killed his two sons Prem Nath (5) and
Prem Kumar (3), as he was finding it difficult to run the
family following huge losses in the business. His wife
was away at the time of the incident.
Rubin may quit
WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (AFP) — US State Department
spokesman James Rubin may resign early next year to be
closer to his expectant wife, The New York Times said
today. Although Rubin, 39, has not given Secretary of
State Madeleine Albright a precise date for his
departure, he did suggest it could come next spring,
administration officials and friends of Tubin told the
daily. His wife, is expecting a baby in May, the daily
said.
Harshad's kin
NEW DELHI, Nov 3 (UNI) — The Supreme Court today
admitted an appeal by the CBI against an order of the
special court in Mumbai discharging Ashwin Mehta, brother
of Harshad Mehta, from the multi-crore securities scam.
The appeal was admitted by a Division Bench comprising Mr
Justice B.N. Kirpal and Mr Justice Santosh Hegde.
Border clash
DHAKA, Nov 3 (AP) — Bangladesh and Indian border
troops exchanged fire after two Indian policemen were
detained for alleged illegal crossing of the border while
chasing smugglers, an official said today. No casualties
were reported during the intermittent shooting on Monday
and Tuesday along the Chanpur frontier in Sunamganj
district, 175 km northeast of Dhaka, a Bangladesh border
commander said.
Russian missile
MOSCOW, Nov 3 (DPA) — The Russian military has
punctuated the continuing dispute over plans in
Washington to develop a national missile defence system
by testing an existing interception weapon of its own,
news reports said today. In the first such test in six
years, the Russian missile intercepted another at a test
range in Kazakhstan yesterday, Itar-Tass news agency
reported.
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