27 killed in mishap

CHENNAI: Authorities on Thursday identified 14 of the bodies of the 27 people killed a day earlier in a building collapse near Tirupur city in Tamil Nadu and handed them over to their kin. Police sources said many of the bodies taken to the district hospital in Coimbatore and to the government hospital at Tirupur have still not been identified. Some of the bodies are severely mutilated as the wall was made of huge stone blocks and people were crushed under it. Most of the dead were textile unit workers. — HNS

Maoists kill 2 villagers

PATNA: Two people were killed and as many injured when Maoist rebels attacked a Bihar village, police officials said on Thursday. Armed Maoists raided Maniyarpur village in East Champaran district, about 250 km from this state capital, near the Nepal border late last night, police sources said. According to police officials, frightened villagers said over 100 armed Maoists attacked the village, killing two people and injuring two others. — HNS

Acid attack on woman

BHUBANESHWOR: A woman sustained critical burn injuries after a youth threw a mug full of acid on her in a crowded marketplace in the Orissa capital, police said on Thursday. Jajnaseni Nayak, a 35-year-old maidservant and a mother of two was was taken to a local hospital, where doctors said she had burn injuries on her face, hands and chest. — HNS