archive for February, 2004

IE (2004.02.16): Tehri protest turns fiery, man critical


NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 15: A day after 30-year-old Gambhir Singh Kathait reportedly made a self-immolation bid in Tehri in north Uttaranchal, people accompanying him to Delhi are calling the incident an ‘‘accident’’. Having suffered 45 per cent burns, he was said to be in a critical condition in Safdarjung Hospital. Gambhir, his uncle Vir Singh [...]