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			Friday, March 5, 1999
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X, XII CBSE results on e-mail
NEW DELHI, March 4 — Schools having e-mail facility can access results of the Classes X and XII examinations conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education. According to sources, the results of the examinations will be announced in May end. This year, nearly 2,63,800 students and 4,49,850 students are appearing in the Classes XII and X examinations, respectively. While the Class XII examinations started on Thursday, the Class X examinations will begin on Friday. An order issued by the Police Commissioner here prohibited carrying of arms and other dangerous objects within 200 metres of any centre, processions and slogan-shouting, placards and banners near examination centres and photo-copiers in front of centres. Other precautionary measures include ban on the use of mobile phones and calculators in the centres and deployment of police force in front of examination centres.

PSU officers threaten stir
NEW DELHI, March 4 (PTI) — The National Confederation of Officers Association (NCOA) of Central public sector undertakings (PSUs) has called for a week-long agitation culminating in a one-day strike demanding immediate implementation of the Justice Mohan Committee recommendation on wage revision. The nationwide agitation will include protest rallies in state capitals, representations to governors and lunch boycotts, confederation President K. Ashok Rao said today

9 LTTE men shot
COLOMBO, March 4 (UNI) — Sri Lankan troops killed nine LTTE rebels and recovered a large quantity of arms and ammunition in sporadic clashes in which an unspecified number of rebels were also injured, Defence Ministry sources said. The dead include three female cadres of the LTTE. Troops on patrol confronted a group of rebels in the Wanni area and killed three of them. In the Jaffna area, the troops killed four rebels.

Staff on mass leave
GANDHINAGAR, March 4 (PTI) — Class two, three and four employees of the Gujarat government today went on mass casual leave to press their demands, including higher wages. The mass casual leave was part of an agitation to press their long-pending demands, according to Mr Nandu Patel, General Secretary of the Sachivalaya Employees Association.

Pak leader killed
MULTAN, March 4 (AFP) — Gunmen have murdered a ruling party legislator at his home in the central Pakistani province of Punjab, the police said today. Two young men posing as guests entered the home of Ghulam Mohammad Sawaq in the town of Leiah, 160 km east of here, last night, and opened fire soon after he came to see them. Sawaq, a member of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League (PML) and a deputy in the Punjab Provincial Assembly, died in hospital.

Karnataka meeting
BANGALORE, March 4 (PTI) — Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda today expressed his inability to attend the meeting of MPs from Karnataka, convened by Chief Minister J.H. Patel in New Delhi tomorrow. In a letter to Patel, Gowda, who represents the Hassan Lok Sabha constituency in the state, regretted his inability to attend the meeting due to his preoccupation.

Bihar encounter
AURANGABAD (Bihar), March 4 (PTI) — At least two activists of the Maoist Communist Centre (MCC) were killed in an encounter with the police at a village in extremist-hit Aurangabad district here today. The District Police Superintendent, Mr Ram Yash Singh, said that over 15 MCC men had assembled at Ghejana village in the Goh police station area of the district to plan a "criminal act" this morning when a police party challenged them.

Budget session
JAIPUR, March 4 (PTI) — The Budget session of the Rajasthan legislative assembly will begin here on March 22, an official spokesman said today. Governor Anshuman Singh issued a notification yesterday summoning the second session of the House from March 22.

Cracker explosion
PALAKKAD, March 4 (UNI) — At least six persons were killed and 10 others sustained severe burns in a cracker explosion at Aloor, near Thirithala, 50 km from here, today. The explosion occurred when a huge quantity of crackers were being unloaded the Chamundeswari temple for tomorrow’s fireworks display in connection with a festival.

Naxalites torch bus
HYDERABAD, March 4 (PTI) — Naxalites of the outlawed People’s War Group (PWG) torched Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) bus in Nizamabad district last night in protest against the killing of an ultra. The police said the ultras of Reddypet Dalam of PWG, stopped the bus bound for Kamareddy depot and set it afire after asking everyone to alight.