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			Thursday, July 1, 1999
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23 kids perish in S. Korea fire
HWASUNG (South Korea), June 30 (Reuters) — Twentythree South Korean kindergarten children died in a fire early today at a dormitory near the West Coast city of Hwasung, the authorities said. "We have found the bodies of 23 kindergarten children, the search is almost completed". A Hwasung spokesman told Reuters. Hundreds of kindergarten and elementary schoolchildren were staying in the three-storey dormitory at the sea land recreation area in Hwasung, about 100 km south-west of Seoul, when the blaze broke out at about 10.20 p.m. (IST) on Tuesday on the second floor of the dormitory and quickly spread to the third floor, a police spokesman said.
CPM, RSS men clash
KANNUR (Kerala), June 30 (PTI) — Two RSS workers were injured, one of them seriously, when a bomb was hurled at them and a CPM activist was subsequently stabbed in different incidents last night in what is seen to be inter-party rivalry, triggering tension in the area, the police today said. The BJP had blamed the CPM for the attack. But, CPM district Secretary, E.P. Jayarajan, told PTI that his party had nothing to do with the attack.

Manipur bandh
IMPHAL, June 30 (UNI) — The 48-hour Manipur bandh ended at 5 a.m. today with no report of any untoward incident. The call for the bandh was given by the North East Students Coordination Committee for Manipuri Identity to press fulfilment of their demand for deleting the word Manipuri as suffix to Bishnupriya language which has since been recognised by state governments of Assam and Tripura as a medium of instruction at primary level in specified areas.
New trains
CHENNAI, June 30 (UNI) — The Bangalore-Jaipur BI-weekly, Ernakulam-Pune weekly and Chennai-Triupati "Shatabdi" are among the seven new train services that will be introduced by the Southern Railway in near future, Mr N. Krithivasan, Southern Railway General Manager announced today.
Transfers banned
JAIPUR, June 30 (PTI) — The Rajasthan Government today announced to ban seasonal transfer of employees and officers effective from July 1, according to an official release. This order will be effective in all departments, boards, and public undertakings barring education, energy, and Public Health and Engineering Department (PHED) where the transfers were not done so far, it said.
Walkout by Cong
CALCUTTA, June 30 (PTI) — The Opposition Congress today staged a noisy walkout in West Bengal Assembly following Speaker H.A. Halim's refusal to admit further discussion on transfer of higher secondary course from colleges to schools from this session. The Congress members demanded more clarification from Higher Education Minister Satyasadhan Chakraborty after his statement during mention hour as the decision would affect a large number of students.