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Ex-minister gets bail
PATIALA, Dec 21 (PTI) — Former Congress Minister Brij Bhupinder Singh, who is facing trial under the Prevention of Corruption Act, has been ordered to be released on furnishing a bail bond for Rs 20,000 and sureties of like amount by Additional Sessions Judge B.C. Rajput, here today. The former minister was recently arrested in Chandigarh on the allegation that he had indulged in unscrupulous practice in connection with construction of an uplink road to the farm house of his brother-in-law.

Curfew imposed
JAIPUR, Dec 21 (UNI) — Mr Murlidhar Bohra, Rajasthan state unit chief of the Shiv Sena, who was injured yesterday in a clash between two groups over grazing of cattle in Phalodi town, succumbed to injuries today, the police said. The Jodhpur district administration imposed curfew in the town to prevent any untoward incident, tension mounted as soon as the news of the death of Mr Bohra spread. Several people were injured when two groups resorted to stone-pelting. To control the mob, the police had fired tear gas shells and later resorted to cane-charge.

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