The World - News from April 18, 1985

Police fired on rioters in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad for the third straight day, killing two people and raising the death toll to 11, the United News of India news agency reported. Army troops were dispatched to Ahmedabad, the capital of Gujarat state about 500 miles southwest of New Delhi. Protesters, mainly students from upper and middle castes, have taken to the streets to oppose a government plan to increase to 49% the quota for lower-caste members in government jobs and universities.