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			Saturday, November 13, 1999
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CMs' meeting on Nov 16
UJJAIN, Nov 12 (UNI) — Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha has convened a meeting of Chief Ministers on November 16 to discuss the deteriorating fiscal health of states. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh told newspersons here that the meeting was likely to discuss ways and means to deal with the problem to evolve a consensus among political parties. Besides, the meeting would also discuss the value added tax (VAT) system, he added.

2 wagons derailed
AMBALA, Nov 12 (FOC) — Two wagons of an empty goods train derailed near Dhulkot, 3 km from here early today. The derailment disrupted the traffic on the Ambala-Chandigarh rail section for about six hours. The Shatabdi Express was also delayed. The cause of the derailment has not been established so far. The railway authorities have ordered an inquiry into the incident.

Pak aircraft
NEW DELHI, Nov 12 (PTI) — A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aircraft overflying India today made an emergency landing at Indira Gandhi International Airport here following a technical snag, airport sources said. All passengers including the crew were unhurt. The crew of PIA-807, which was on its way to Karachi after taking off from Kathmandu, made a request for emergency landing in the afternoon, Air Traffic Control (ATC) sources said.

Foggia death toll
FOGGIA, Nov 12 (DPA) — Rescue teams in the southern Italian city of Foggia had retrieved 24 bodies this morning from the ruins of a five-storey building which collapsed on Thursday. Italian state television reported today that 45 persons were still missing and that rescue teams had worked through the night in the hope of finding survivors.

Tripura bandh
AGARTALA, Nov 12 (PTI) — Normal life was disrupted in Tripura today by a dawn-to-dusk bandh called by major opposition parties demanding the dismissal of the Left Front government in the state for the alleged failure to curb militancy. Shops and business establishments remained closed and vehicles were off the roads. Schools, colleges, financial institutions and banks also remained closed. Normal attendance was, however, reported from state government offices.

Family murdered
JAMSHEDPUR, Nov 12 (PTI) — Four members of a tribal Christian family have been hacked to death by some miscreants at Peteripa village of Bihar's west Singhbhum district, the police said today. Some people stormed the house of one Santan Kerai at midnight on Wednesday, pulled him, his wife and their two-year-old child besides a female relative out of the house and killed them with sharp weapons, they said.

10 die in bus mishap
KAHALGAON (Bihar), Nov 12 (UNI) — At least 10 persons were killed and 35 injured, most of them seriously, when a bus carrying them fell into a ditch near Surni village on the border of Godda and Bhagalpur districts today. The police said the accident occurred when a small bridge collapsed as the bus was passing over it. The victims were mostly labourers, returning to their native villages on the occasion of the Chatt festival.

Adulteration drive
NEW DELHI, Nov 12 (UNI) — The government will launch a drive against adulteration in kerosene and other petroleum products, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Ram Naik said today. Participating in a TV discussion, he said a meeting of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Food and Civil Supplies of the states and union territories would be called to discuss various steps in this regard.