CHENNAI: US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary are likely to visit India in November, the US assistant secretary for south asian affairs Karl F Inderfurth told reporters. Besides the capital, the President contemplated visiting other cities, including Chennai, he said after presenting the third instalment of US law books to the Madras bar association library here.

Fire at Central

MUMBAI: A major fire broke out in a railway godown at Mumbai Central at 11.28 p m on Tuesday. Three tankers and five fire engines were rushed to the spot at Anant Rao Nair Marg. No casualties were reported.

Rly panel chiefs

NEW DELHI: Acting on complaints of favouritism and corruption in recruitment in the Railways, Railway Minister Nitish Kumar today gave the marching orders to chairmen of 17 of the 19 railway recruitment boards in the country.

Lanka fighting

COLOMBO: Renewed fighting between Tamil Tigers and the Lankan army for control of a strategichighway in northern Sri Lanka on Monday left 41 dead and at least 300 injured.