Monday, December 20, 2010

Man arrested on charges of rape, murder

Man arrested on charges of rape, murder

Man arrested on charges of rape, murder

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A 29-year-old man was arrested on Monday on charges of raping and murdering a college girl at Reddiyarpuram near Tuticorin on Saturday, police said.

Cold, unsafe and helpless in Delhi

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Every night as you and I sleep comfortably in our warm beds here's a reality check. There are as many as 50,000 children out there on the dangerous streets of our national capital. Very often dealing with the cold is the least of their concerns.

Dalit sisters’ murder: Caste killing or revenge?

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The streets of Moradabad in Western UP are on the boil, after two Dalit sisters, Geeta and Monu were allegedly burnt alive on Sunday.

Sexual assault victim traced

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The boy, a victim of sexual assault by school cab driver, has alleged that he was kidnapped by one of the accused from his home in Prasad Nagar in Delhi along with 3-4 accomplices.

Bhopal college bans jeans for teachers, students resent

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A decision to bar women teachers from wearing jeans in a college has sparked a fresh debate among students as most believe it is just a pilot project to impose a similar dress code on them across the state.

Retired teacher found murdered in Delhi home

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A retired government school teacher was found murdered in his south Delhi flat with police suspecting the involvement of some youth who had taken on rent his duplex apartment earlier. D K Joshi (68) was found dead with a head injury and stab wounds on his neck in his Vasant Kunj C-9 block flat at around 8:50 am by one of his relatives who had come to check on him.

Mob stabs goon to death

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An angry mob beat up a local goon and killed him with a sharp weapon after he and two of his accomplices attacked a teacher for money in Balrampur village at Ghatampur area, police said today.

Five-year-old killed in hit-and-run accident

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In a tragic hit-and-run accident in Ahmedabad, a five-year-old girl was killed and her grandfather, with whom she was riding pillion, was injured after a mini-truck hit their two-wheeler.

Husband stabs Bangalore BPO employee with glass shard

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A 26-year-old BPO employee narrowly escaped from getting killed by her husband by using her presence of mind. The victim who works as an operation executive with a city-based BPO, had married her colleague R Ravindra despite opposition from her parents in April. Husband stabs Bangalore BPO employee with glass shard

MLA's boat service owes maritime board Rs 28 crore

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PNP Catamaran Services, owned by Alibaug-based legislator Jayant Patil of the Peasants and Workers Party (PWP), has not paid dues worth Rs28.09 crore to the state maritime board, information obtained under the Right to Information (RTI) Act has revealed. The firm offers air-conditioned services between Mumbai, Mandwa and Alibaug. Information procured by former Alibaug MLA Madhukar Thakur states, PNP owes Rs25.24 crore to the state maritime board in loading and unloading charges. The firm did not pay any dues to the board between October 1999 and August 2005. It owes Rs2.84 crore in service tax, which it has not paid from August 20, 2005, to September 30, 2010. A copy of the documents is with DNA.

IIT-B develops fastest data centre

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The data centre services, say experts, will form the backbone of information systems and information technology (IT) and a group from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay's Gigabit Networking Laboratory have developed an indigenous technology for the first time, which is being adopted by the industry. According to experts, a data centre is a facility used to house very dense computer systems and associated interconnection components.

Cops release sketches in BEST money robbery case

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The Shivaji Park police have launched a manhunt to nab four unidentified people who robbed employees of a money-carrier company while they were carrying cash collected from BEST depots at Worli and Dadar on Thursday. "Someone from the company could be involved as the accused were aware that the cash would be carried by the victims on bike and knew the route they would use," a senior police official said.

Pune surgeons give teenager a second life

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Arvind (16), a resident of Chinchwad, collapsed on the couch while watching television. On being taken to the hospital, he was diagnosed as suffering from a rare congenital heart disease.

Pune teacher rapes minor

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A 35-year-old zilla parishad teacher, Prabhakar Thakuji Burse, allegedly raped a 12-year-old girl in the chamber of the school's headmaster on December 9 at Kaman village in Rajgurunagar taluka, about 40 km from Pune.

Mumbai: Police to make use of 3D technology to solve cases

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Police investigation into firing cases is set to get a shot in the arm with the introduction of a new technology. The directorate of forensic science laboratory in Kalina has recently introduced a 3D technique for its ballistic investigation, which will help do away with the earlier practice of investigation through 'special microscopes' and other manual methods.

Mother, son injured in celebratory firing

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A five-year-old boy and his mother were injured in celebratory firing during an engagement ceremony at Gobindpuri. Rajnai (28) and her son, residents of Meerut town, were hit by stray bullets when one of their relative fired in the air with his country made pistol to mark the engagement function, they said.

MBA students found with chits move court

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Soon after the Bombay High Court turned down the petition of an MBBS student caught with chits in an exam hall, the court is now hearing the case of four students from the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies who allegedly entered the exam hall of a Masters in Business Management Course with "revision notes" in their pockets. Sumangal Nevatia, Ketan Rathod, Abhilash Jadhav and Deepanshu Bansal were allegedly caught with chits in their pockets during the first semester examination of the master's degree course in December 2009. In their petition, they have stated that the notes were found in their pocket out of oversight as students often carry them to study while travelling. They also stated that nothing was copied from the notes.

Kashmiri folk music leaves Pune audience captivated

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Music lovers in the city were treated to Kashmiri folk melodies at the 6th Kashmir Festival, which took place at the Ganesh Kala Krida Rangmanch on Sunday.

Did mother's extra marital affair drive girl to suicide?

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While setting aside the conviction of a man for abetting a school girl's suicide, the Bombay high court ruled that just because he had illicit relations with her mother, it cannot be said that he instigated the girl to take the step. Justice VR Kingaonkar of the Aurangabad bench on December 2 set aside the conviction and sentence of Ravindra Gadge of Borban village, Ahmednagar. Additional sessions judge, Shrirampur, had convicted Gadge and the girl's mother Sulbha under section 306 (abetment to suicide) and sentenced them to one-year rigorous imprisonment. While Gadge appealed, Sulbha did not.

40 students injured in bus accident

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Within a month of the tragic death of Saurabh Mhatre, who slipped off a toy train during a school trip, students from another city school had a near death experience on their field trip to Silvassa. At least 40 school children were injured, three of them seriously, when their school bus skidded of Dudhni road in Silvassa on Thursday. The school bus carrying Std X students of Gokuldham High School, Goregaon East, from Dudhni to Khanvel, met with the accident while negotiating a curve at Selty Goratpada at 5.30 pm, police said. They were admitted to a local hospital, and many are still to return home three days later.

No respite from biting cold; flights affected

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It was another chilly day for Puneites as the city's temperature dropped to 7.3 degree Celsius on Sunday morning, bringing the mercury level three degrees below normal. It was the coldest day of this season so far.

Man praying to find a bride for himself drowns

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A 36-year- old man who had gone to Banganga Tank in Walkeshwar to perform a puja to seek blessings for finding a match for himself, lost control, slipped into the water and died on Sunday. The deceased, Mahesh Shetty, was a resident of Amar Nagar Cooperating Housing Society at Sasmira Road in Worli. According to Shetty's younger brother Narendra, the family has been visiting Banganga for the past three days to perform a puja for Mahesh's griha-shaanti, so that he gets married soon. He said that the family was visiting Banganga on Sunday for the final puja.

Cops seize pirated DVDs worth Rs 2 crore

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Over the past month and a half, nearly 100 people have been arrested in connection with video piracy. The seizures worth Rs 2 crore included 1,66,114 CDs and DVDs, 3,700 inlay cards and 35 DVD writers. The Alliance Against Copyright Theft (AACT) had launched a toll-free number (1800-103-1919) for people to complain about piracy incidents. The number received over 500 calls from people across the city, helping several agencies working to curb piracy along with the police.

Techie arrested for blackmail, morphed photos

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A 27-year-old unemployed software engineer has been arrested by a joint team of police from Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh for allegedly blackmailing a young woman living in Hyderabad.

Pune teacher allegedly raped 12-yr-old student

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A primary school teacher in Pune allegedly raped a 12-year-old student in the school premises on December 9 and reportedly fled a few days after the incident.

Mumbai man beaten up by wives for planning fourth wedding

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The Mumbai police station was the site of a major family drama, as a 17-year-old boy registered a non-cognizable (NC) complaint against his mother for assaulting his father. According to police officers, Saroja, the second wife of RTO agent Ayub Shaikh (41), was upset when she heard that Shaikh was planning his fourth marriage.

ITBP constable seeks protection from father

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A head constable of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has sought security from the Uttarakhand police on grounds that she is scared her father would kill her. The 24-year-old eloped with her neighbour and got married without informing her parents.

Two boys electrocuted in Mumbai while playing cricket

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Two youngsters were electrocuted in Andheri on Sunday, when they accidentally touched a loose electric wire while retrieving a ball from a water tank, the police said. Kadar Hussain Shaikh (19) and Mohammed Mustaffa Khan (20) climbed a water tank on a building in Bardawadi area when they got electrocuted.

Mumbai tailor shop gets Rs 9 lakh power bill

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Imtiaz Alam, a resident of Masjid Bunder, got the shock of his life when he received an electricity bill of Rs 9,14,228 for one month for his 400-sq-ft shop. Alam said that since the last three months, he has been making the rounds of the BEST office to complain about the gargantuan bill he received for his small shop.
Posted by Harshad at 9:38 PM

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