World IN BRIEF : INDIA : Schoolgirl a Suicide in Job-Caste Protest
From Times staff and Wire reports
A schoolgirl set herself on fire and burned to death in the northern India city of Chandigarh in another violent protest against Prime Minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh’s plan to reserve more government jobs for low-caste Hindus. The girl’s death raised to nearly 100 the toll in protests that erupted after Singh’s Aug. 7 announcement of a plan to dramatically increase the number of government jobs reserved for the lower castes.
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