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STRIKE: 20 LAKH TRUCKS WILL BE OFF ROADS
By Santia Dudi
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wo minors who were involved in a gang rape at Shakti Mills compound a year ago were sentenced yesterday to a three year term in a rehabilitation centre. Five rapists were involved in the gang rape of a photo journalist. The two minors are reported to have been more savage than the older rapists. How did the two young men escape a death sentence? Why were they sent only to a reform centre where they can live in comfort for the next three years? They escaped death because they were minors -- below 18 years of age. The minors were heartless and
cruel when they attacked the girl. In the Delhi Nirbhaya case, the monster in the gang rape was the youngest of the all -- a minor -- just 16 years old. While others were sent to death -- four of them -- he was sent to a reform centre where he could have a comfortable stay. The Shakti Mills rape case boys got three years in a reform centre. That is the law: A judge cannot do anything but follow the law. There is a growing opinion that juvenile criminals must be treated just like those who are above 18 years of age. Only a couple of days
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Want state government to scrap escort fees By Khushboo Panjabi
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ruck drivers across Maharashtra have decided to go on an indefinite strike from today, following unsuccessful talks between the state government and the transporters' bodies over the abolition of escort fees, stated members of the All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) on Tuesday.“The escort fee was directly linked with the octroi. If the octroi has been abolished by the Continued on pg 12 «
‘INS Sindhurakshak not sea-worthy’ States the report submitted to the Western Naval Command by the Board of Inquiry which is studying the INS Sindhurakshak submarine accident
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By Vishnudas Sheshrao
Former Navy Chief Admiral D K Joshi briefing then Defence Minister A K Anthony and state CM Prithviraj Chavan
leven months after an 'arm explosion' on board INS Sindhurakshak, a Russian-made Kilo-class submarine in the Mumbai dockyard, the Board of Inquiry submitted its report to the Western Naval Command (WNC), which says that the submarine is not currently sea worthy and cannot easily be made sea-worthy in the near future. The worst fear of the Board of Inquiry headed by a Rear Admiral
rank officer is that the hull, which is the back bone of the submarine, might have sustained a hair-crack due to heavy the arm explosion on board the vessel. Even the smallest hair-crack to the hull makes the vessel unworthy as it cannot then sustain anywhere beyond 400 meters below the water. Last month, the Indian branch of the US salvage firm was successful in salvaging the structure of the submarine and brought it to the
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