Monday, November 1, 2010

Woman burnt by husband, in-laws allegedly for dowry

Woman burnt by husband, in-laws allegedly for dowry

Woman burnt by husband, in-laws allegedly for dowry

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Another dowry death case has come to light, this time in Mumbai, after a 23-year-old woman was allegedly burnt alive by her husband and in-laws as she could not bring Rs 1 lakh as dowry, the police said.

13-year-old school boy kidnapped

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Close on the heels of the kidnap and murder of two children by a cab driver in Coimbatore, a 13-year-old student was abducted at knife point in Chennai, allegedly by unidentified persons. Keerthivasan, son of Ramesh, a businessman, was returning from DAV School in Mogappair locality when he was kidnapped by a gang, police said.

Now corporates to run cluster bus service

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After deciding to phase out blueline fleet, the Delhi Government has opened the transport sector to corporate entities under the ambitious 'cluster' scheme whereby private operators will run a fleet of over 900 swanky buses on zone basis.

Incomplete road work may trigger mud flows into homes

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A year after work began, this bridge remains incomplete. Steel rods jutting out, cement blocks piled up on the roadside and machines idling tell a story of utter neglect. A perennial cloud of dust envelops this part of the New BEL Road in front of the apartment complex in Sanjay Nagar.

Man funds wife's studies, gets divorce in return

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Lakshmikanth K toiled hard and spent his meagre income in fulfilling his wife's dream of becoming an engineer. After realising her dream, she sent a divorce notice to her husband, the man claimed.

Bookies mint money as Chavan's fate hangs in balance

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The Congress high command may take time to decide the state government's fate following the Adarsh society scandal, but bookies don't seem to be in a mood to wait. Bets are being placed, though the best bets are changing by the hour. Some bookies in Surat reportedly began speculating on who will become the next chief minister, in case Ashok Chavan resigns, from 8pm on Saturday. "We were looking forward to the bets opening at 8am, but there was no feedback from the political fraternity till late evening," a bookie said. The list of potential chief ministerial candidates had Sushilkumar Shinde and Prithviraj Chavan in the lead as the markets opened, but within 24 hours, Ashok Chavan, who did not even feature in the initial list on Saturday night, topped the list on Sunday, with his rate dropping from Rs 2.25 to Rs 1.15.

Elephant attacks local market in Orissa, 20 injured

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A team of experts helped tranquilize an elephant after he attacked houses and people in Orissa's Koenjhar district.

Auto enthusiasts await Barack Mobile C1

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Automobile enthusiasts in the city are awaiting the Barack Mobile C1, the "ultimate vehicle on the planet" that is likely to accompany US president Barack Obama, on his two-day visit to Mumbai. "It is a rare chance to see the vehicle for real," said Ankit Kumar, a vintage automobile enthusiast. Touted as the biggest visit to any country, the Cadillac One limousine, also called the C-1 or simply 'The Beast', will be transported in the Air Force One, accompanied by six armoured vehicles.

Student pays for cucumber with his life

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A student of a college in Malad paid with his life for arguing over the rates of cucumbers with two vegetable vendors on Saturday. The police said the incident happened when Surendra Son-kamble, 20, had gone to a nearby market with his friend Salim Sayed, 20, to buy vegetables.

Shia Muslims get their first cemeteries

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After a two-decade-long fight for a cemetery of their own, the city's Shia Muslim community have been given seven burial grounds across the city. On Sunday, mayor Shraddha Jadhav handed over two cemetery plots — one in Mulund (East) and the other in Kapaswadi, Juhu — to community groups at a function in Imamwada.

Infotech firm sends spam to get stocks sold during Diwali

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The latest modus operandi used by a company listed with the National Stock Exchange (NSE), to get its stocks purchased by a large number of people and also get an increase in its prices, was through the cyber space. Several thousand users of internet across the country have been receiving emails where the senders have mentioned that the stock prices of a leading infotech training and education company may rise by 500% in a week.

A month later, railway track death turns into murder

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Kalyan railway police investigating a case informed that a case of accident was found to be a murder. Accordingly they have booked Shankar Pingla (25), Yashawant Bhagat (29), and Antya Paradhi (20), under sections 302 (murder), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on Thursday and remanded them to police custody until November 1, said senior police inspector Jagtap of Kalyan railway police station.

The post graduate peons of the city

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If you have studied up to the fourth standard, you can be a peon in a government office. But a visit to Mantralaya may force you to think twice about this criterion. For, more than 50% of the peons employed in the publicity department are at least graduates. Of the 22 peons appointed a few months ago, 12 are either degree holders or with masters degrees in various subjects.

CBI probing Railway staff’s role in Tatkal scam

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The anti-corruption unit officials of CBI are investigating whether railway reservation booking staff were involved in the Tatkal ticket racket. Twelve touts were arrested during a search on Saturday at six unauthorised travel agencies across the city, and 405 Tatkal journey tickets valued over Rs 8 lakh were seized from them. A CBI officer said, "During preliminary inquiry, we learnt that all the arrested touts had procured the tickets in connivance with the reservation booking staff. If the staff members are found guilty, we will take action against them."

Boyfriend killed model Rinky Chowdhury?

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Two important pieces of medical revelations changed the case of model and actor Rinky Chowdhury from suicide to murder, leading to the arrest of her boyfriend Sahil Malik on Saturday. The post-mortem reports revealed ligature marks on her neck and an internal injury in the skull.

Notorious criminal shot dead in encounter

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A notorious criminal, identified as Mangesh Narkar, was shot dead by officers of the crime branch in an encounter on Sunday at Chembur. Narkar had fled from the Nashik jail in October and he was the first person to be booked under the MCOCA (Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act) while being in jail.

The Mumbai students who'll have an Obama diwali

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Students from Holy Name School in south Mumbai's Colaba, which has been chosen to celebrate Diwali with US President Barack Obama are gearing up to welcome the American President during his tour to the country.

Mumbai model died of serious head injuries, says police

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A new detail has surfaced in the alleged murder of model Rinki Chaudhary as the police have launched a massive manhunt for Shivam, a friend and suspected accomplice of Sahil Malik, Chaudhary's alleged murderer. "We believe that Shivam went missing soon after Chaudhary's death came to light. We are trying to trace him," said Senior Inspector Surendra Paitankar from Goregaon police station.

She cheated on me, I killed her: Bangalore techie's lover

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The police have made headway in the case of the woman techie in Bangalore who was murdered brutally earlier this month with the arrest and confession of her classmate and relative, Naveen. Valarmazi was found dead at her house in BTM Layout Second Stage on the evening of October 11. Her throat had been slit with a shard of glass.

Woman dies after head injuries at Nokia factory

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A 22-year-old woman, working at Finnish handset major Nokia's manufacturing facility at Sriperumbudur, died following an accident at the unit, company sources said today. The deceased, identified as Ambica, was working at the manual loader-phase three during the second shift on Sunday when the accident happened, sources said.
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