AHMEDABAD: The train services between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, disrupted following derailment of a goods train near Kanij railway station at Nadiad in Kheda district of Gujarat early today, have been restored. According to railway sources, eight wagons of a goods train proceeding towards Ahmedabad derailed, disrupting rail traffic for about ten hours before being restored.

Bihar officers on mass causal leave

PATNA: Nearly 50,000 Gazetted Officers of Bihar today went on a mass Causal Leave in support of the demands of the agitating non-gazetted employees for payment of 20 per cent interim relief and revision of pay scale. Claiming that the two-day mass casual leave was ``completely successful,'' the General Secretary of the Bihar Gazetted Officers Federation, S N Prasad, said they had been forced to go on mass Casual Leave because of ``obdurate'' attitude of the Govt.

Himachal Cong expels two MLAs

SHIMLA: Two Himachal Pradesh Congress MLAs Vijay Kumar Joshi and O P Rattan were today expelled from the party's primary membership for their ``persistent and consistent anti-party activities''. State Congress president Sant Ram ordered the expulsion of the two following the unanimous recommendation by the HPCC Disciplinary Committee which met here yesterday under the chairmanship of Nehar Singh, an HPCC statement here said.

Dacoits kill two in UP villages

ETAWAH: Two persons, including a woman, were killed and several others injured in separate incidents of attack and loot in three villages of the district last night, police said today. At least 12 members of the Katchcha Baniyan gang, allegedly attacked Munni Adda, Rahatpur and Alampur villages of western district and shot dead a couple and severely assaulted several others with iron rods and sticks, police said.

Meghalaya bandh slashed to 12 hours

SHILLONG: The proposed 36-hour Khasi hills district bandh, called by the Khasi Students Union (KSU) on November six, has been deferred by a day and reduced to 12 hours, the union general secretary, Glenbert Khongwir said here today. The KSU will stage demonstration in front of government offices and educational institutions on November six and observe a 12-hour bandh from 0500 hours the next day in support of their demand to shift the Meghalaya Board of Higher Secondary Education office from Tura to Shillong.

SPO gunned down in Kashmir

SRINAGAR: Militants gunned down a Special Police Officer (SPO) and attacked a camp run by surrendered ultras in Kashmir valley where security forces nabbed a subversive and recovered arms and ammunition since last evening. Militants abducted SPO Bashir Ahmad Malik from a house in Anantnag district last night and shot him dead, an official spokesman said. Heavily-armed ultras fired indiscriminately at a camp run by surrendered militants in Anantnag district's Gura-Bijebehara area.

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