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India silent
NEW DELHI,
April 6 — India today maintained strict silence on
developments in neighbouring Pakistan where former
premier Nawaz Sharif was sentenced to life. When asked,
about a comment on Mr Sharif’s life imprisonment, a
spokesman of the Ministry of External Affairs said
“we have nothing to say”.
US pleased over verdict
WASHINGTON,
April 6 — The White House today said it was pleased
ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was spared
the death penalty and called for a fair appeals process
for his conviction.
Nod
for LPG use as auto fuel
NEW DELHI,
April 6 — In a move to control pollution, the
government has decided to permit use of liquefied
petroleum gas (LPG) as an autofuel and allow alterations
in vehicles to run them on LPG.
Bodies
of 5 youths exhumed
JAMMU,
April 6 — The bodies of five youths who were slain
in the encounter with the security forces at Pathri Bal
in Anantnag district were exhumed today. Three of the
bodies were shown to the relatives who are said to have
told the police that the clothes they had retrieved from
the site of the encounter confirmed that those killed
were not militants but five youths who had been missing
since the last 10 days.
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