AGRA: Seven persons were killed and 25 injured when a bus rammed into a goods train at a level crossing between Barhan and Chamrola railway stations near here on yesterday morning. The bus, packed with passengers, was on its way to Jalesar town from Agra when the accident occurred around 1000 hours. Most of the dead were on a pilgrimage to a Muslim saint shrine in Jalesar where a fair is held every Saturday.

SC, ST panel

AMRITSAR: A Central committee on scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and backward classes consisting of eight cabinet ministers is being planned by the central cabinet, the Union welfare minister, Balwant Singh Ramoowalia said yesterday. A financial corporation for the benefit of the Dalits and other backward classes to mark the 50th year of the country's independence was also planned to be set up during the year, he said.

ED grills Jain

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today interrogated media baron Ashok Jain at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in connection with alleged violation of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA), ED sources said. A team of senior ED officials questioned Jain for about three hours in the private ward of the hospital. Scribe stabbed RAJKOT: A scribe of a local eveninger, Desh Pardesh ni Aaj Kaal, Dilip Rathod, was stabbed to death by some unidentified assailants at Vadia village of Amreli district today. Rathod was believed to icurred the wrath of some people when he reported the presence of a police officer at the marriage of a criminals' son.

Hingis is champ

WIMBLEDON: Jana Novotna again couldn't hold a lead in the Wimbledon final and Martina Hingis rallied to win in three sets today to become the youngest champion this century. Meanwhile, Ramesh Krishnan and Jeremy Bates stormed into the final of the over-35 event defeating Gary Donnell (US) and Danie Visser (South Africa) in three sets.