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  • Maharashtra: Attacks on police officers hit morale

    Mumbai: Protectors of law - beaten and abused. The assault on API Sachin Suryavanshi and a cop in Dhule has shocked the nation. But the fact is, a circular issued by the Mumbai Police Commissioner in 2012 following similar attacks on policemen, was never followed. At that time,

    Mumbai: Protectors of law - beaten and abused. The assault on API Sachin Suryavanshi and a cop in Dhule has shocked the nation. But the fact is, a circular issued by the Mumbai Police Commissioner in 2012 following similar attacks on policemen, was never followed. At that time,

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  • UP: Two men allegedly throw acid on four girls, no arrests made yet

    Shamli: Four sisters were injured in an acid attack by two men on a motorcycle in Shamli district in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday evening.

    Shamli: Four sisters were injured in an acid attack by two men on a motorcycle in Shamli district in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday evening.

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  • Aarushi-Hemraj murder case: Krishna changed his statements several times, says retired SSP of CBI

    Ghaziabad: Krishna, the compounder of dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, had confessed to the double murder of Aarushi-Hemraj but later changed his statement, a retired CBI official said on Tuesday. Deposing before a special CBI court as a prosecution witness, retired SSP of CBI Vijay Kumar said Krishna had changed his statements several times.

    Ghaziabad: Krishna, the compounder of dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, had confessed to the double murder of Aarushi-Hemraj but later changed his statement, a retired CBI official said on Tuesday. Deposing before a special CBI court as a prosecution witness, retired SSP of CBI Vijay Kumar said Krishna had changed his statements several times.

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  • Rajasthan: Education camps help girls become financially independent

    Lunkaransar: Girls from the desert villages in Rajasthan, which infamous for female foeticide and child marriages, are benefiting, thanks to residential education camps. From would be child brides, they are now looking at financial independence.

    Lunkaransar: Girls from the desert villages in Rajasthan, which infamous for female foeticide and child marriages, are benefiting, thanks to residential education camps. From would be child brides, they are now looking at financial independence.

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  • Maharashtra policeman assault: API, MLAs maintain earlier positions

    Mumbai: The police officer in Mumbai and the two MLAs who were part of the group of MLAs who allegedly assaulted him deposed before the Ganpatrao Deshmukh committee, which is probing the incident. Sources said all of them maintained their earlier positions.

    Mumbai: The police officer in Mumbai and the two MLAs who were part of the group of MLAs who allegedly assaulted him deposed before the Ganpatrao Deshmukh committee, which is probing the incident. Sources said all of them maintained their earlier positions.

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  • No need to panic over new Saudi work policy, says Salman Khurshid

    New Delhi: Amid worries that Saudi Arabia's new 'nitaqat' policy, which seeks to reserve 10 per cent jobs for Saudis, would affect thousands of Indian workers in the kingdom, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Monday said there was "no need to panic" and the Indian government was ready to provide any assistance to affected Indian workers.

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    New Delhi: Amid worries that Saudi Arabia's new 'nitaqat' policy, which seeks to reserve 10 per cent jobs for Saudis, would affect thousands of Indian workers in the kingdom, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Monday said there was "no need to panic" and the Indian government was ready to provide any assistance to affected Indian workers.

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  • Delhi gangrape accused seeks nutritious food to prepare for IAF exam

    New Delhi: One of the four accused in the December 16 gangrape case sought a direction from a special court in New Delhi that he be provided nutritious food inside Tihar jail as he has to prepare for tests for recruitment of clerks in Indian Air Force. Vinay Sharma, the accused who along with others had allegedly gangraped the 23-year-old girl in a moving bus, moved the plea before Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna and sought "proper food and newspapers" inside jail.

    New Delhi: One of the four accused in the December 16 gangrape case sought a direction from a special court in New Delhi that he be provided nutritious food inside Tihar jail as he has to prepare for tests for recruitment of clerks in Indian Air Force. Vinay Sharma, the accused who along with others had allegedly gangraped the 23-year-old girl in a moving bus, moved the plea before Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna and sought "proper food and newspapers" inside jail.

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  • Delhi girl becomes CA, Cost Accountant and Company Secretary at 23

    New Delhi: Nurturing the ambition to make it big in the finance arena, a 23-year-old Delhi girl has qualified as chartered accountant, cost accountant, and also company secretary - becoming possibly the youngest person to complete all the three professional accounting courses. A Delhi University commerce graduate, Pallavi Sachdeva admires ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar as a role model and has already got her dream job with an offer from international finance major, Barclays Plc.

    New Delhi: Nurturing the ambition to make it big in the finance arena, a 23-year-old Delhi girl has qualified as chartered accountant, cost accountant, and also company secretary - becoming possibly the youngest person to complete all the three professional accounting courses. A Delhi University commerce graduate, Pallavi Sachdeva admires ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar as a role model and has already got her dream job with an offer from international finance major, Barclays Plc.

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  • Punjab ASI shot dead by unknown persons on Jalandhar-Ludhiana highway

    Jalandhar: An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) was shot dead by unknown persons on Sunday evening on the Jalandhar-Ludhiana highway. Police claim that the ASI was shot at when he chased a few persons in a car for not stopping when he asked them to.

    Jalandhar: An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) was shot dead by unknown persons on Sunday evening on the Jalandhar-Ludhiana highway. Police claim that the ASI was shot at when he chased a few persons in a car for not stopping when he asked them to.

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  • Cable TV digitisation deadline for 38 cities ends today

    New Delhi: The deadline set by the government for Cable TV digitisation in 38 cities across 14 states ends on Monday. Television sets without set top boxes would go blank. These cities are part of the second phase of digitisation as government claimed 67 per cent digitisation had been achieved in these places.

    The UP government had on Saturday written to the Ministry seeking extension of digitisation deadline. Officials in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry said digitisation would be implemented in these cities barring Bangalore and four towns in Gujarat where the deadline was being extended following court orders.

    New Delhi: The deadline set by the government for Cable TV digitisation in 38 cities across 14 states ends on Monday. Television sets without set top boxes would go blank. These cities are part of the second phase of digitisation as government claimed 67 per cent digitisation had been achieved in these places.

    The UP government had on Saturday written to the Ministry seeking extension of digitisation deadline. Officials in the Information and Broadcasting Ministry said digitisation would be implemented in these cities barring Bangalore and four towns in Gujarat where the deadline was being extended following court orders.

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