More than half a dozen terrorists shot dead six Punjab Police personnel and fled with three undertrials from the new district courts where they were brought in connection with the Romesh Chander murder case. The operation, apparently well-rehearsed by the terrorists, took place a little before noon, when the court complex was jam-packed with people.

The terrorists in the jeep escaped after shooting two constables who tried to chase them. Alleged extremists caught Around 20 passengers, said to be extremists, were deboarded from the Kuwait Airlines flight by CBI officials at Delhi airport.

But for the group leader, the other passenger-turned-terrorists had completed all the formalities including immigration and security checks. He had also boarded the plane. The ‘brains’ behind the group, who was reportedly sitting in a car outside the departure lounge, were spotted by one of the CBI officers.

DCM-Escorts deal Advertisement The three-year-old battle to acquire Escorts and DCM, started by controversial London-based industrialist Swaraj Paul in 1983, will soon end with the purchase of shares worth Rs 12. 75 crore in both the companies by his management.

Representatives of the parties concerned are busy examining the shares in preparation for their registration and their subsequent sale in the name of Paul’s companies. Prime Minister’s gift just a loan Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s special gift of a grant of Rs 100 crore to Bombay city, which was announced during the Congress centenary celebrations, has become just a loan.

Group leaders of political parties in the Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC), who were invited by Maharashtra Housing Minister V Subramaniam to discuss how to spend Rs 100 crore, were shocked when they learned about the loan proposal.