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Police record statements of sexually abused deaf-mute girls

The police on Sunday recorded the statements of deaf-mute orphan girls on sexual assault, rape, molestation and thrashing they had suffered at the hands of staff of a residential therapy centre at Kanota near here for the past one year. Five persons have been arrested so far. On the basis of the statements of...

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Health services in Maoist areas a challenge and an opportunity: Ramesh

Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh, in a letter to Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, has acknowledged that Maoists do not “obstruct” government health programmes. Mr. Ramesh has defined delivery of health services to Maoist-controlled areas as an “opportunity” to reach millions of tribal people in the remotest areas of the country. However, government...

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Three stabbed to death in Agartala newspaper office

Three employees of an Agartala based-Bengali daily here were stabbed to death by masked assailants on Sunday afternoon.The editor-owner, believed to be the prime target, however, had a narrow escape. An eyewitness told the police that two youths rushed inside the three-storey office building of Dainik Ganadoot in Palace Compound around 3 p.m and...

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Amit Shah given charge of U.P.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s close confidant and BJP general secretary Amit Shah has been given the charge of Uttar Pradesh. Mr. Shah is facing several criminal charges. BJP president Rajnath Singh’s decision to put Mr. Modi’s chosen person to manage the party affairs in a State which sends 80 members to the Lok...

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Oloitiptip, Cherono are champions

Kenya’s Alex Oloitiptip and Gladys Cherono emerged champions in the TCS World 10K Bangalore on Sunday. Oloitiptip, known as Alex Korio until last year – when he finished runner-up here – won in 28:07, from countryman Nicholas Kipkemboi, who was five seconds behind, and Ethiopia’s Berhanu Legesse. Cherono claimed a close women’s race by...

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NPCIL allays scientists’ fears on Kudankulam safety

NPCIL has sought to reassure a group of scientists who had raised concerns over the safety of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), saying all equipment installed there has undergone multi-stage quality checks. Sixty scientists, most of them from state-run research institutions, had written letters to the Chief Ministers of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, voicing...

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