Quick takes — Star-studded gala marks Cannes fete

Union Minister for Railways Ram Vilas Paswan with his wife and son coming out of Ajmer Sharif Darga at Ajmer on Sunday. Star studded gala...

Union Minister for Railways Ram Vilas Paswan with his wife and son coming out of Ajmer Sharif Darga at Ajmer on Sunday.

Star studded gala marks Cannes fete

CANNES: The Cannes Festival marks its 50th anniversary today with a star-studded gala at which Wim Wenders unveils his thriller The End Of Violence, the latest in this year’s competition diet of brooding films. French President Jacques Chirac, assuming a high profile during a tightly contested parliamentary election campaign, showed up in Cannes for lunch with members of the festival jury and a chance to mug for the cameras with big film stars.

Bofors case

NEW DELHI: The CBI would seek sanction to prosecute several public servants in the Rs 64-crore Bofors pay-off case next week when it presents its report to the government on the investigations conducted so far, official sources said here today. The report would form the basis of charge-sheets against these officials which would be filed once the government grants the permission to prosecute them, they said.

Naxals attack

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HYDERABAD: In the continued violence targeting ruling Telugu Desam Leaders, naxalites of the outlawed People’s War Group blasted the house of a TDP leader at Anantaram village early today. According to police here, PWG extremists belonging to Ravinder Dalam attacked the house of K Venkanna, mandal president of Telugu Rythu and blasted it with detonators.

Blast in Delhi

NEW DELHI: A minor girl died and another was injured in an explosion caused by chemicals at a house in West Delhi on Sunday, police said. The mishap occurred when chemicals stored in a house in Nangloi locality exploded around mid day, they said. Police said Gudia, 12, died in the hospital and Lovely aged five was struggling for her life in the hospital.

Heat wave

JAIPUR: Several parts of rajasthan were in the grip of severe heat wave with temperature soaring to 42 degree celsius at Bikaner.