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Technicians look over the rear section wreckage of the China Southern Airlines Boeing 737-300 airport after it crashed at Shanzhande Heangiton airport killing 35 people and injuring 35 others.

PATNA: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), on Saturday, sought sanction of the Bihar Governor to prosecute Chief Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav in the Rs 950 crore fodder scam. The CBI's formal request for sanction to prosecute Yadav was handed over to Governor A R Kidwai here by a team of agency officials, including DIG R N Kaul and SP V S Kaumudi. The officials called on Kidwai's principal secretary on Saturday evening.

UF silent

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister I K Gujral held intense parleys with senior UF leaders till late in the evening on how to tackle an unyielding Laloo Prasad Yadav.

Tax formula

MUMBAI: Asking for more, the States today rejected the Tenth Finance Commission's proposal for allocating 29 per cent out of the Central pool of taxes to them. The proposal was turned down at a meeting of the standing committee of the Inter-state Council.

Ex-MP found dead

GONDA: Former Congress MP Mahant Dep Narayan Bun (62) was found dead, with bullets sprayed in his chest, at his civil lines residence here on Friday. According to the police, Bun had probably committed suicide. He was elected to UP assembly in 1969, 1974 and 1980 from Mujhena Assembly constituency in the district. In 1984 he was also elected to the Lok Sabha.

TN clashes

CHENNAI: The DGP of Tamil Nadu, K K Rajasekharan Nair has rushed to a village near Rajapalayam where clashes erupted on Friday night. Chief Secretary K A Nambiar confirmed that one person died in the clashes and that the police had fired buck shots to disperse the mob there in which two persons were injured. Three more battalions each comprising 2000 policemen have been despatched to the southern districts on Friday, he added.

PLA activists held

IMPHAL: At least three underground activists of the People's Liberation Army were arrested by the police from Phayeng areas in Manipur's Imphal district on Friday. The police also recovered one wireless set, some cassettes and some documents from them.

Deb is Cong EO

MUMBAI: Santosh Mohan Deb has been appointed election officer for the Congress party's organisational elections in Maharashtra. Congress president, Sitaram Kesri announced this decision on Saturday, according to a Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee release here.

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