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guwahati molestation
47 students caned for complaining against mid-day meal delay
2G: Chacko rules out calling Atal as witness
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Furore after Andhra Pradesh minister says work-shy babus should be shot dead
Akhilesh avoids comment on khap’s decree
Extradition pact with Bosnia-Herzegovina to be fast-tracked
India, South Korea likely to boost strategic ties
Bibipur women stuck to their brief
Women participants at khap mahapanchayat near Jind. Photo: Manoj Dhaka
initiative against female foeticide
Goa to ban smoking on its beaches next season
Pinki files theft complaint against live-in partner
‘Jealous’ woman exposes husband’s marksheet fraud
Andhra plans to ban hookah parlours
Estranged Reddy brother may go back to family fold
5 fishermen hurt in Sri Lankan navy attack
India’s military expansion on hold as economy slows down
GSAT-10 to be launched in two months, says ISRO chief
Many officers continue to be ensnared by women
Woman journalist shot at in Arunachal CBI may slap fresh case against Abhishek Verma
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guwahati molestation
Guwahati, July 15 According to the Assam DGP, those arrested were Diganta Basumatary and Navajyoti Deka. One of the key accused Amarjyoti Kalita is, however, still at large. Sub-Inspector Subhan Chandra Barua has been suspended for dereliction of duty. He allegedly did not respond to the phone calls made from the bar where the victim of molestation and her friends had gone on Monday night. The city police is under fire from various quarters for failing to reach the crime scene in time, though it had happened at a prime location along the arterial GS Road and just about 2 km away from the state capital complex at Dispur. Journalist of a city-based TV channel Gaurav Jyoti Neog, who filmed the crime as it was unfolding on the night of July 9, has quit his job to “facilitate fair investigation into the case”. He has been accused by a leader of the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity (KMSS) and RTI activist Akhil Gogoi of instigating criminals. The channel’s managing editor Zarir Hussain said the management had told Gaurav that he would be taken back if the police investigation did not find his involvement in the crime. The journalist also resigned from the primary membership of the Electronic Media Forum of Assam (EMFA). A large number of people today took out a protest rally in Guwahati city under the leadership of Akhil Gogoi, demanding arrest of all culprits involved in the crime. They also staged a demonstration in front of the office of the local TV channel that beamed the first visuals of the crime. Akhil Gogoi alleged Gaurav was involved in the incident and presented a video footage of the crime to prove his point. The EMFA, after perusing the video footage given by Akhil Gogoi, said it was not sufficient enough to substantiate the charges levelled against the journalist concerned.
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47 students caned for complaining against mid-day meal delay
Vadodara, July 15 The incident came to light on Saturday after Jayantibhai Somabhai, guardian of one of the student, lodged a police complaint against the teacher, Bela Patel. Patel has been shunted out. Following the complaint with police, the District Development Officer, Rakesh Shankar, has asked the District Education Officer to submit the report on the incident. Students of class V had reportedly approached chairman of school management committee Raju Parmar over inadequate supply of mid-day meal. On Friday, Patel allegedly summoned the children to a classroom and caned them, they said. — PTI
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2G: Chacko rules out calling Atal as witness
New Delhi, July 15 "I have ruled out calling Vajpayee and former Defence Minister George Fernandes as witnesses due to their ill-health," Chacko said. He lamented that the names of Vajpayee and Fernandes cropped up in the list of suggested witnesses prepared by the JPC secretariat. "There were suggestions. I lament that their names were there...there is no question of calling them," he said. While Vajpayee's name was suggested as he had held the telecom portfolio after Jagmohan resigned during the NDA rule, Fernandes had headed a GoM on telecom in the NDA regime. During one of the meetings, BJP's Yashwant Sinha had reacted angrily to the inclusion of Vajpayee's name in the list. Sources said there was general feeling in the committee that ministers, both former and present, were not required to be called before it as sufficient material was available with it to prepare report as per the terms and reference of the Joint Parliamentary Committee. Chacko said he has started meeting members individually to finalise the list of witnesses by seeking to delete names which are "not relevant." "The committee feels that there should be no more extension. I am meeting all the 30 members individually to finalise the list of witnesses. Names not essential should be deleted as some names earlier suggested by members could not be relevant today," he said. He said next week CBDT will depose, followed by CBI and then officials of DoT and Finance Ministry. "By the time we end with these, I hope to finalise the list," he said. In reply to a poser, Chacko said "seven or eight" members have given their suggested list of witnesses in writing to the committee while the rest have made oral suggestions. — PTI
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Furore after Andhra Pradesh minister says work-shy babus should be shot dead
Hyderabad, July 15 Venkatesh, who holds Minor Irrigation portfolio, gave vent to his anger against “corrupt and non-performing” civil servants, saying they deserve to be “shot dead in public.” While participating in an official function at his home town Kurnool, the minister lashed out at the bureaucrats, describing them as arrogant and insensitive. “Such officers should be shot dead on the roads,” he remarked, evoking widespread outrage among the bureaucrats and the political class. “The government has to face the people’s wrath because of the IAS officers’ inaction. It has become a habit for some officials to obstruct the developmental activities initiated by the government and these people are going scot-free,” Venkatesh said. He theorised that the arrogance of IAS officers stemmed from the job security that they enjoy. “These officials think that nobody can touch them,” the minister fumed. The AP IAS Officers Association strongly condemned his observations saying that such statements would only lower the dignity of his office and also the morale of the officers. The members of the association are planning to meet Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy to lodge a complaint against the minister. A section of the IAS officers are also rooting for legal action against the minister. “The performance or non-performance of any officer has to be dealt with in strict accordance with the rules and procedures and the loose talk of mob justice will only lower his image and also that of the government,” the association said in a statement. It said that the minister’s statement had the potential to incite people and create law and order problems. The minister’s remarks came in the backdrop of growing friction between the bureaucracy and the political leadership over the ongoing investigation into a string of CBI cases. While two senior IAS officers are already in jail, cases have been registered against eight others in connection with the alleged irregularities committed by YS Rajasekhar Reddy government between 2004 and 2009.
Babus mull action * TG Venkatesh, who holds Minor Irrigation portfolio, while participating in an official function at his home town Kurnool, lashed out at the bureaucrats and said non-performing babus should be shot dead *
The AP IAS Officers Association slammed the minister and said such statements would lower the dignity of his office and also the morale of the officers. The members of the association are planning to meet Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy to lodge a complaint against the minister
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Akhilesh avoids comment on khap’s decree
Kanpur, July 15 "The decision, whether taken by the government or any social organisation, must be in the interest of the people," he told reporters when asked to comment on khap panchayat's diktat. A khap panchayat in Baghpat on Friday banned love marriages and barred women below 40 years from going out for shopping. — PTI
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Extradition pact with Bosnia-Herzegovina to be fast-tracked
New Delhi, July 15 Kaur, who became the first Indian minister to travel to Bosnia-Herzegovina, said the two countries have also agreed to sign at the earliest an agreement on the transfer of sentenced prisoners between the two countries. The accord has already been finalised. Kaur, who held meetings with top leaders of Bosnia-Herzegovina, said the two countries shared many common values such as democracy and pluralism. “We discussed how to take our relations--both political and economic-to a higher level.” Officials said the proposed extradition treaty would help the two countries to tackle terrorism, drug trafficking and other offences. India and Bosnia-Herzegovina had signed a mutual legal assistance treaty in 2009. On India’s economic ties with Bosnia Herzegovina, she said a six-member trade and economic delegation was also accompanying her on her trip. The idea was to increase bilateral trade in the years to come. Kaur, who also visited Macedonia, said her visit to the European nation was an indication of India’s keenness to continue and deepen the political and economic interaction between the two countries. She also thanked the leadership of Macedonia for the country’s support for India’s candidature for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.
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India, South Korea likely to boost strategic ties
New Delhi, July 15 The Indian side was led by Sanjay Singh, Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs and the Korean side by Ahn Ho-young, First Vice Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
and Trade. China obviously was the big elephant in the room as India and South Korea discussed the situation in the Asia-Pacific region, against the backdrop of Beijing's tough posturing on the South China Sea. India is said to be finalising a
500 m contract with South Korean arms manufacturer Kangnam for eight minesweeper boats to India and transfer related technology. The firm has been making mine counter-measures vehicles since the 1980s and provided the Korean Navy with a dozen of them. They are used to detect and destroy underwater mines. Two of the eight vessels will be built by Kangnam and India's Goa shipyard will build the rest with the Korean firm's technology. South Korean Defence and Foreign Affairs Ministers are likely to visit India later this year to further discuss defence cooperation and other issues. South Korea has been looking to enhance its defence export industry and is hoping it would be a good match with the Indian military’s desire to
modernise and import defence equipment. India has also decided to open a new Defence Attache’s Office at its embassy in Seoul before the end of the year. Both sides agree that the joint naval exercises between the Navies of the two countries recently held off the coast of South Korea had
proved useful. Senior officials, meanwhile, dismissed suggestions that India was trying to follow China's 'string of pearls' strategy by courting Beijing's neighbours like South Korea and Japan.''Our growing ties with South Korea or Japan certainly can't have an impact on our relations with China...our relations with one country are not predicated on ties with other countries," they said. New Delhi apprehension is that under its 'string of pearls' strategy, China uses better relations with countries like Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Bangladesh to strategically block India’s options for manoeuvring in the Indian Ocean and in the broader Asian region. Beijing counters the agrument by illustrating how India’s improving relations and development of strategic partnerships with ASEAN countries, Japan and South Korea can appear to be encirclement, blocking China’s ambitions in its own region. India and South Korea also decided to encourage enhanced engagement in civil nuclear energy cooperation as well as space activities, including the launch of Korean satellites by India. The two countries had signed a civil nuclear agreement in July last year during President Pratibha Patil's visit to Seoul. Analysts say that as India looks to expand its nuclear energy market and South Korea seeks to export its technology, the pact could benefit both nations in the long-run. South Korea has a lot of technology in energy infrastructure which they can help India with. Seoul also recognises India as a key future market.
china on mind * India and South Korea discussed the situation in the Asia-Pacific region, against the backdrop of Beijing's tough posturing on the South China Sea *
India is said to be finalising a $ 500 m contract with South Korean arms manufacturer Kangnam for eight minesweeper boats to India and transfer related technology *
The firm has been making mine counter-measures vehicles since the 1980s and provided the Korean Navy with a dozen of them. They are used to detect and destroy underwater mines
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jind Khap Mahapanchayat: news analysis Vandana Shukla/TNS
Bibipur, July 15 Till noon, there were barely half a dozen women in the pandal. We were informed they would come only after finishing chores. Around 1 pm, a group of women arrived singing, with veil intact on their face. No one cared for their arrival. In the meantime, as the khap leaders trickled in, their arrival was acknowledged from the stage with a note of welcome. Few women shared space with the khap leaders on stage. They were there to present a cultural programme. Even the cultural programme was initiated by an out-of-tune ragini party. The lead singer held the mic and gyrated as if he was aspiring to be a rockstar. Supriya Dhanda, a college lecturer, narrated in her poem a heart-wrenching account of a dog who had eaten a thrown-away foetus of a girl. Santosh Dahiya, President, Sarv Jatiya Mahila Mahapanchayat, and associate professor, Kurukshetra University, raised the issue of women’s share in property, and was told to sit down. Strangely, the refrain the man managing the stage continued to harp on was, “Media that had given us a bad name should see the kind of work khaps are doing.” Sunil Jaglan, the sarpanch of Bibipur, whose pictures adorned the venue to the ire of some, said, “Khaps are more powerful than any government body, and we will prove it with this endeavour.” Before one could get to the complexity of their endeavour ie to bring the skewed sex ratio to normal levels by controlling female foeticide, a unanimous decision was taken declaring that the Mahapanchayat condemns female foeticide and would like Section 302 of IPC to be applied against anyone who indulges in female foeticide. The khap members were asked to raise their hands if they supported the move, sitting in groups with their hukkahs. They did and so did the veil-covered women, unwittingly. Were they members of the khap? “No, we are not even members of panchayat,” we were told. Once again, for cameras, the members were asked to raise their hands and once again, men raised their hands and the women too followed. Pictures of their unanimity were clicked. About 45 women had rehearsed for over a month on the issues they would raise, but no opportunity was accorded to them to voice them. They had come in a group rejoicing, but they began to leave quietly. Kulpati said, “What could we do if we were not asked?” Veermati offered her logic after the show was over: “Dowry has to be abolished to stop female foeticide. Where from poor people like us could get a car to offer in dowry? When girls don’t bring a car in dowry, they are beaten up; no one wants a girl.” Would she have said the same if asked? “Yes, I would have,” she said. But a khap leader, Thakur Attar Lal Tanwar, explained, “Men are not responsible for female foeticide, women get it done, aurat hi aurat ki dushman hoti hai.” Another khap leader who distributed a DVD on the goriness of aborting a foetus, said, “This phenomenon is common among the urban well-to-do. Why are the rural people targeted for these reforms?” None could offer a definite answer on how they planned to implement what they announced from stage. “In Bansi Lal’s time, the same drama was enacted against nashabandi, but who followed? Have they ever punished a molester? It is managed to meet the political aspirations of the sarpanch,” said Bhal Singh of Ramayana village. Some others agreed. Uma Iyer, senior media consultant, Ministry of Panchayati Raj, who had come from Delhi, said, “Such hype was created around the event that she thought was going to be a woman’s show, but what I found was just a handful of women who were behind veils and were mute. The ministry has nothing to do with khaps but we incentivise and motivate gram sabhas that take up initiative in curbing the skewed sex ratio. And in some regions, the gram sabhas can take up an issue only when khaps approve it. On June 26, our Additional Secretary had come to Bibipur and was told by Sunil Jaglan that he was very enthusiastic about dealing with the issue with women’s participation. I understand nothing can be done overnight but I think a serious issue is being used for personal aspirations.”
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initiative against female foeticide Tribune News Service
The khap panchayat and women of Bibipur had strongly condemned the menace of female foeticide at a mahapanchayat held in the village yesterday. Hooda expressed the hope that other khap panchayats would also come forward to launch a mass movement against such social evils. The Chief Minister said the initiative taken by Bibipur village and the khap panchayat would usher in social change not only in Haryana, but the entire country. More villages and khap panchayats should come forward to condemn female foeticide. He said although the state government had enforced the PNDT Act in letter and spirit and a number of incentive-based schemes had been launched to check female foeticide and motivate people to change their mindset in favour of the girl child, the issue needed wholehearted support of the people. The initiative taken by the khap and women of Bibipur would prove to be a step forward in the direction of social change.
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Goa to ban smoking on its beaches next season
Panaji, July 14 "We are planning a law which will include beaches in the list of public places where smoking will be banned. The tourism department has decided to ban hookahs in beach shacks from next season. We have put a clause in the terms of shack allotment," said deputy director of tourism department Pamela Mascarenhas. — IANS
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Pinki files theft complaint against live-in partner
Kolkata, July 15 “I was out of my house for almost a month and when I returned, many of my belongings were missing, so I have lodged a police complaint. I have sought police protection,” said Pramanik, who got bail after spending 26 days in judicial custody in North 24-Parganas district. “We have received a complaint of theft from Pramanik and we are looking into the matter,” said a police officer. Pinki, who has denied all charges against her, was critical of the media, saying she was targeted despite being innocent. — IANS
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‘Jealous’ woman exposes husband’s marksheet fraud
Bangalore, July 15 Nandan R, 33, a resident of Bangalore, who is working as Deputy General Manager with computer giant IBM at a salary of Rs 24 lakh a year, thanks to his wife’s marksheets, is now cooling his heels at the Chandra Layout police station here after being arrested yesterday. Nandan, who dropped out from a diploma course, used his wife’s marks card to secure the top-level post with IBM and even obtained a PG degree in management using marksheets from his wife’s educational documents as proof of qualification. The fraud was discovered following a complaint by his wife. After passing out from a Bangalore school, Nandan joined a polytechnic for a diploma course in electronics and computers but did not complete it. He got married seven years ago when he was working in a call centre where Latha was in the HR department. They have a four-year-old daughter. The fake marksheets were created using photocopies of Latha’s original marksheets of pre-university and B Com courses. Nandan photocopied the marksheets by putting his name over that of his wife and had the photocopies attested by a notary. The attested marksheets were given to Hewlett-Packard in 2005 and Nandan was made a manager. He joined another firm as director of marketing in 2008, and moved to IBM in August 2011. Latha allegedly did not have problem with any of that and she even resigned from her job to raise their daughter. Of late, she had started suspecting her husband of having affair with another woman. He would come home late and then a woman would keep calling him. He would then go to another room and have lengthy conversations with the caller. Latha told the police that she found out about her husband’s fraud when she decided to move out of the house. While picking up her things, she ran into Nandan’s marksheets and was astonished to find that the serial numbers of his marksheets were same as those of hers. It is not known whether the IBM has taken any action.
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Andhra plans to ban hookah parlours Tribune News Service
Hyderabad, July 15 “Some of these businesses were found crossing their limits by allowing school children in uniforms inside their premises. There is a demand from the general public to impose restrictions on such places, the city police commissioner,” Anurag Sharma said. “A team of Hyderabad police would visit different cities, including Chandigarh, to study the ban on hookah parlours,” a top cop said. “I am sending a team to Chandigarh, Ahmedabad and Bangalore to study the ban on hookah parlours there. I would like to know the rules under which the ban was enforced,” he said. Disagreeing with the view that any crackdown on hookah joints would amount to moral policing, Sharma asserted his team was only carrying out its duty in a low-profile manner and was not seeking any undue publicity.
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Estranged Reddy brother may go back to family fold Shubhadeep Choudhury/TNS
Bangalore, July 15 While youngest brother Somashekhara Reddy, who is also a BJP legislator and enjoys a post that carries with it the status of a cabinet minister, has been trying hard to secure the release of his jailed middle brother Janardhana Reddy; Karunakara Reddy, eldest of the three brothers, never showed any active interest to help his troubled brother. Somashekhara has distanced himself from the BJP accusing it of dumping Janardhana, said to be the brain behind the family’s business operations, after he got into the CBI net. Somashekhara has also openly extended support to the party floated by Reddy family’s close friend and business associate B Sriramulu, who had quit the BJP for not making him a minister after he was indicted in the Lokayukta’s report on illegal mining. Karunakara, on the other hand, has kept away from Sriramulu’s party. He nurtured hope that he would be made a minister by the BJP once again. Karunakara was revenue minister in the Yeddyurappa-led cabinet but was not inducted in the Sadananda Gowda ministry as his name also figured among the guilty in the Lokayukta’s report on illegal mining. However, with a portion of the Lokayukta’s report being quashed by the high court, Karunakara saw no reason why he should not be accommodated in the cabinet again. But the BJP did not consider Karunakara, who succeeded Sonia Gandhi as the representative from Bellary in the Lok Sabha (2004-09) and played a key role in the emergence of the BJP as a strong force in Bellary district and its neighbourhood, for a minister’s post. Anand Singh has been inducted in the Shettar-led ministry to represent Bellary district in the government. Eight aspirants, who failed to make it to the cabinet on July 12 with Jagadish Shettar as the Chief Minister, met at the residence of Karunakara later and decided to take their battle to the logical end.
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5 fishermen hurt in Sri Lankan navy attack
Rameswaram (TN), July 15 They were part of the group of 2,788 fishermen, who had put out to sea in 697 boats yesterday, fisheries department officials said. The officials said Sri Lankan Naval personnel came to the area in four patrol vessels, fired in the air and surrounded them. They later boarded a boat and beat up five fishermen with sticks. They also damaged their nets and threw the nets into the sea. In another incident, fishermen who put out to sea in 10 boats off the coastal town were warned at gunpoint not to cross the International Maritime Boundary Line. — PTI
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India’s military expansion on hold as economy slows down Ajay Banerjee/TNS
New Delhi, July 15 A plan by the Ministry of Defence to increase the allocated defence budget by an additional Rs 45,617 crore has been put on hold for the time being, affecting plans to have specialised forces in the Himalayas. Economic growth over the next few months will decide if the additional funding can be provided in this fiscal or not. Another review of the situation will be undertaken in October to see if an increased budgetary allocation can be borne by the economy, senior officials have told the Tribune. India’s economy grew by 5.3 per cent of GDP for the period Jan-March 2012 while figures for April-June 2012, not yet announced, are expected to be on the same lines, if not lower. Just a year earlier, India was growing at 8.4 per cent. New Delhi’s projection of 7.6 per cent growth for the fiscal 2012-13 has been disputed by international agencies like the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which have pegged it at 6.5 per cent in its latest report released on July 12. In May, the MoD wanted an additional Rs 45,617 crore ($9. billion) over and above the Rs 1,93,407 crore (nearly $38.6 billion) allocated in the 2012-13 budget in March. Additional resources were directed at raising of Mountain Strike Corps — a first of its kind for the Indian forces — besides additional number of warplanes, warships etc. The Mountain Strike Corps is to have two special divisions with airlift ability to deploy full-armed troops at short notice. It will have specialised artillery guns — the ultra light Howitzer — that can be lifted by choppers to be deployed on mountain tops, night fighting ability and specialised vehicles etc. Strategically, this Corps is aimed at tackling the threat from China which has put in place a rapid deployment capability based on mechanised vehicles, aircrafts etc, which allows movement across the flat Tibetan plateau. The presence of Chinese soldiers in Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), which abuts on to the Kargil-Batalik-Turtuk-Siachen region in Jammu and Kashmir, had added to India’s worries. Already, the Indian armed forces have been asked to change their strategy as in view of the emerging and new threats, there is a hint that a two-front simultaneous war with Pak-China is possible.
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GSAT-10 to be launched in two months, says ISRO chief
Mysore, July 15 Officials of the Bangalore-headquartered space agency said it is a three-axis body stabilised geostationary satellite that is based on ISRO's three-ton structure to provide communication services and augment existing services. It carries 12 normal C band, six extended C band and 12 Ku band transponders. The satellite will have a minimum operational life of 15 years. — PTI key features *z It will provide communication services and augment existing services *z It carries 12 normal C band, six extended C band and 12 Ku band transponders *z The satellite will have a minimum operational life of 15 years
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Many officers continue to be ensnared by women
New Delhi, July 15 Instructions to the armed forces and also to the security and intelligence agencies disallow personnel from revealing their identity over the Internet. No information about self, the regiment, or its location can be posted over social networking sites. The Lieut Colonel, who was the second-in-command of an armoured unit based at Suratgarh in Western Rajasthan, was caught when his chats with a Bangladeshi woman over the Facebook were intercepted by the Intelligence Bureau. No evidence of physical contact has been found so far. The same woman, Sheeba, was involved in honey trapping of another Lt Col during his posting in Bangladesh. The officer was photographed with the woman at a party and then blackmailed by the ISI to part with information. The officer reported the matter to his seniors and was sent back to India. Women contacting men from Indian armed forces or security agencies is not new. In 2005, a book ‘Mitrokhin Archives’, authored by former KGB spy Vasili Mitrokhin, narrated how Jawaharlal Lal Nehru and the IB did not realise that the Indian embassy in Moscow was being penetrated by the KGB using women. Mitrokhin narrated that an Indian diplomat was recruited, probably in the early 1950s, with the help of a female code-named Neverova. The KGB managed to get the Indian embassy codebook and deciphering tables which are used in sending coded messages between the Indian government and its missions abroad. In March 2011, Naval officer Commodore Sukhjinder Singh was sacked for having sexual relations with a Russian woman while he was on a posting to look after the re-fit of sea-borne aircraft carrier, the Admiral Gorshkov. In March 2010, a woman officer, Madhuri Gupta of Indian Foreign Service (IFS-B) was arrested after she developed a relationship with a young Pakistani when she was posted to Islamabad.
Prominent cases * In March 2011, Naval officer, Commodore Sukhjinder Singh, was sacked for having sexual relations with a Russian woman while he was on a posting to look after the re-fit of Admiral Gorshkov *
In early 1990s, an Indian Naval attaché posted in Islamabad 'fell in love' with a Pakistani woman who was working in the Pakistan Military Nursing Service at Karachi. The officer was forced to resign *
About six years ago, a RAW officer was recalled from Hong Kong for his relationship with a woman, who was believed to be a Chinese spy *
An IB official was forced to retire when his relationship with a woman US consular officer, who was an agent of the CIA, surfaced
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Woman journalist shot at in Arunachal Guwahati, July 15 The police said unidentified gunmen fired upon journalist Tongam Rina, 34, of the Arunachal Times from close range when she was entering her office. Arunachal Times is the first English daily newspaper published from the hill state and is owned by former Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Gegong Apang. “Her backbone and intestines were affected by the bullet. There was profuse internal bleeding. However, she is now out of danger," Director of Health Services Kartik Nishing said. Chief Minister Nabam Tuki visited the Ramakrishna Mission Hospital where the journalist was undergoing an operation. Condemning the attack, he offered all possible help for the injured journalist and said that she would be shifted to Guwahati for better treatment if needed. Tuki will be holding a high-level security meeting tomorrow in the wake of the attack. Security has been intensified and check-posts have been set up at all vulnerable points in capital
Itanagar.
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CBI may slap fresh case against Abhishek Verma
New Delhi, July15 CBI sources said today they will be seeking views of the Defence Ministry on the genuineness of documents related to some acquisition deals which have been provided by Allen. They said the new set of documents include those related to aircraft acquisition deals, minutes of some crucial meetings besides other confidential information. — PTI
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Two more persons have been arrested in connection in the molestation of a girl, while a sub-inspector posted at the Dispur police station suspended for dereliction of duty.
According to the Assam DGP, those arrested were Diganta Basumatary and Navajyoti
Deka. 
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