Nipamacha ministry wins trust vote
IMPHAL: THE 28-day-old Nipamacha Singh ministry in Manipur Monday won a vote of confidence amidst a protest walkout by opposition Congress saying the Speaker had not responded to their demand of disqualification of the Chief Minister. The confidence vote in favour of Singh was carried by 40 votes to nil with all the 14 Congress members staying away.
7 die in MP firing BHOPAL: Seven persons were killed and 60 others injured when police opened fire on restive farmers in Multai in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh on Monday. Fifty police constables were injured in heavy stone throwing by farmers, police said adding that an indefinite curfew was imposed in the area.
Algeria violence
ALGIERS: Violence escalated in the strife-torn Algeria as an armed gang attacked the Sidi Hammed village on Sunday and slaughtered as many as 100 people overnight, most of them in a movie theatre, hospital sources said on Monday.