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Police commandos of Manipur killed four militants in separate encounters in two districts on Friday.

Two of the militants were killed in Imphal West district. According to police, they were members of Kangleipak Communist Party-Military Council (KCP-MC).

Two 9mm pistols were recovered from the spot.

Two other militants were gunned down by police commandos in Imphal East district.

Police suspects their hand in the October 21 Imphal bomb blast, which killed 17 people and 30 others injured.

Taking a tough stand against agitating government doctors, Orissa government on Friday imposed Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) against them.

The govt. has also accepted resignation of seven of their leaders. The govt. has prohibited strikes in health services with effect from today for a period of six months invoking the provisions of ESMA, 1988.

ESMA will be applicable for all the doctors working in different hospitals across the state.

Indian equities closed the week positively on the back of heavy buying action witnessed in blue-chip stocks including Reliance Infra, Hindalco and Reliance Communication.

Power, oil & gas, metal and PSU stocks witnessed stock specific action. BSE Midcap and Smallcap index gained 1.11% and 0.51% respectively.

The 30-share index, BSE Sensex, on Friday (Nov 8), opened negatively for the third straight session at 9,631.59 after losing 102.59 points on rising global recessionary pressures.