11.   Four people have tested positive for plague in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh and five in the adjoining state of Madhya Pradesh, he said.

12.   Bodo militants have been waging a protracted armed struggle for a tribal homeland carved out of Assam and adjoining states.

13.   Bodo militants have been waging an armed struggle for a tribal homeland carved out of Assam and adjoining states.

14.   There is a possibility of some boats still reporting back in other ports in adjoining states.

15.   The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea requires adjoining states to pursue practical areas of co-operation pending the resolution of their maritime border dispute.

16.   The violence has spilled over to the adjoining state of Maharashtra where four people were killed in sectarian clashes on Saturday night.

17.   Tribal guerrillas in the adjoining states of Manipur, Meghalaya and Nagaland have also announced a boycott of official functions on Thursday and warned of strikes.

18.   Tribal militants have waged a decades-old campaign for a homeland carved out of Nagaland and adjoining states.

19.   Lagos last suffered fuel shortages in March, following damage to a major oil pipeline that serves Lagos and adjoining states in the south-west of the country.

20.   No-one claimed responsibility immediately for the blast, which rocked the centre of Chandigarh, joint capital of the adjoining northern states of Haryana and Punjab.