BACHCHANS SHOCKED AT DEATH OF INDIAN PRIEST IN NEPAL AIR ACCIDENT Kathmandu, 15 May:: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has expressed shock over the death of child artist Taruni Sachdev, who played his school friend in Paa, in Monday's plane crash in Nepal, agencies report from Mumbai. “Just reading that Taruni Sachdev the girl child artist in Paa, has perished in Nepal plane crash .. please god may this not be true,” Amitabh posted on his Twitter page. At 14, Taruni had already featured in almost 50 ads and did a cameo in Paa. She was among 13 Indians who were killed when the aircraft crashed into a hill while trying to land at Jomsom in western Nepal. Amitabh, 69, has memories of Jomsom. “Jomsom, where the plane crash in Nepal took place is where we shot Khuda Gawah, a raw airfield and most difficult to land on,” posted Big B. Abhishek Bachchan was equally saddened. "Shocked and very saddened to hear about the Nepal plane crash. Lost one of my cutest co-stars. Little Taruni Sachdev from PAA. Speechless," Abhishek tweeted. Nnnn CLASH IN BIRGUNJ Kathmandu, 15 May: Bandh enforcers clashed with the police today in Birgunj during the Madhes bandh called by Broader Madhesi Morcha, RSS reports from Parsa. The clash occurred when the police used force against the bandh enforcers after they began to vandalise the truck (Na 3 Kha 4348). According to Chairman of the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum Nepal, Pradip Yadav, few cadres of Forum Nepal were injured in the clash. Police held two cadres including Pramod Sah, he claimed. The bandh enforcers have vandalised vehicles (Na 1 Ha 947), (Na 2 Kha 4647) and others at Murli, Pratimachowk, and Gandak Chowk in Birgunj for defying the bandh, said District Police Office. The Broader Madhesi Morcha has organised the bandh demanding 'One Madhes, One Province' in the new constitution. Similarly, the factories and industries of the Birgunj corridor have been badly affected due to frequent strikes in the recent days called by different political parties and ethnic communities. Chairman of Birgunj Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ashok Temani said that around 200 factories including big or medium scale were directly affected. He said each day strike could cause loss of Rs 100 million for the entrepreneurs. nnnn