Ankita Sinha
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IIT Bombay Students Suspend Hunger Strike After Director Promises Fee Cut
Students at IIT Bombay have temporarily suspended their hunger strike after the college director reportedly assured them that a committee will be set up to discuss the fee hike and examine a possible reduction in fees.
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Decomposed Body Of Actress, 27, Found In Mumbai Home
A struggling actress was found dead in her apartment in Mumbai's Andheri suburb yesterday. Kritika Choudhury's decomposing body was discovered after neighbours complained of a stench from her home.
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'It Was Buffalo Meat. They Won't Listen,' Say Men Beaten in Maharashtra
Sheikh Bismillah, 27, still bears the bruises. Four days ago, he was seen in a cellphone video from Maharashtra, being mercilessly thrashed by a group of men. He and his uncle 65-year-old uncle Sheikh Siddique, were caught selling meat by the group, who alleged it was cow meat.
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In Maharashtra, Citizens Help 47,000 Primary Schools Go Digital
At the Zilla Parishad primary school in Maharashtra's Vadgaon Gund, about 200 kilometres from Mumbai, tablets have replaced textbooks and students now use an interactive projector instead of a blackboard. About 20 students per class, from Class 1 to 4 study here. What makes it more interesting is the fact that the digital school has been completely...
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24-Year-Old Beaten To Death In Mumbai On Suspicion Of Cell Phone Theft
A 24-year-old auto rickshaw driver was beaten to death in Mumbai, allegedly over the suspicion that he stole a mobile phone.
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Tired Of Her, Note In Blood Next To Body Said. Mumbai Cop's Son Arrested
As far as crime scenes go, the details rarely get more grisly than this. After stabbing a woman, the wife of a Mumbai police officer, several times with a kitchen knife, the killerleft a note scrawled in her blood on the floor: "Tired of her, catch me and hang me." At the end of the sentence was a smiley face.
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At Dawood Ibrahim Family Wedding, Maharashtra Minister, Lawmakers, Cops
On Monday, a wedding in Maharashtra's Nashik featured a state minister, several lawmakers and policemen. Why they are now in big trouble is because the wedding involved the family of terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, India's most wanted.
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Wife Of Mumbai Cop Who Investigated Sheena Bora Murder Found Dead
The wife of a Mumbai police inspector who investigated the Sheena Bora murder was found dead at their home in city's Santacruz area late last night.
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'You Don't Know Who I Am': On Camera, Jailed Lawmaker Threatens Cop
A jailed NCP lawmaker from Maharashtra hurled expletives at a police officer outside the Byculla jail in state capital Mumbai because the van that was to pick him up was late. Ramesh Kadam has been in jail for 19 months, arrested by the Devendra Fadnavis government in August 2015 in a 300 crore scam.
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Shiv Sena Lawmaker Outsources Visit To Drought-Hit Region In Maharashtra, Proxy Refutes Claim
Days after Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray directed his legislators to visit drought-hit areas in Maharashtra and listen to farmers' woes, one of them decided to send his proxy instead. Gautam Chabukswar, the enterprising legislator, sent Yashodhar Fanse, a former corporator, as his substitute to visit a village in Osmanabad district. Mr Fanse all...
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End Case Against Sadhvi Pragya For 2008 Malegaon Bombing, NIA Tells Court
There is no evidence to prosecute Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur for the 2008 Malegaon blasts that killed seven people, the National Investigating Agency has told a special court in Mumbai for the second time in a year.
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In Shocking Video, Burning Man Didn't Stop Traffic On Maharashtra Highway
A man lies burning on the highway as cars and people go past without stopping to help, in a horrific video that appears to have been taken by a compassionless bystander. The video, say the police, was taken yesterday on the highway in Maharashtra's Beed district, at a point some eight km from Mumbai.
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Shop Online Soon With Fool-Proof, Iris-Scan 'Aadhaar Phone'
A homegrown cellphone operating system developed by a group of IIT men could be the first to become Aadhaar authenticated. Its makers are working out a system that will allow users to carry out online transactions using iris scanning system. The fool-proof method, the company hopes, will help popularise non-cash, digital transactions, which is one ...
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6 Months Since Note Ban, Bhiwandi's Powerloom Workers Still Hesitate To Return
Thousands of powerloom workers were forced to return home after note ban as owners were unable to pay salaries due to cash crunch.
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Death To 3 For Gang-Rape, Murder Of Pune Techie Nayana Pujari
Three men found guilty of a 28-year-old software engineer's gang-rape and murder in Pune eight years ago, were sentenced to death today.
