Regd. No. MH/MR/South-160/2012-14 RNI Regn. No. 43675/1985 MUMBAI TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2014 64 PAGES `3 Website: www.afternoondc.in
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SPP Ujjwal Nikam will today seek capital punishment for three offenders convicted in both the Shakti Mills rape cases
By Philip Varghese
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he Sessions Court, which is hearing the arguments regarding the quantum of sentence to the convicts in the Shakti photojournalist rape case, on Monday adjourned the hearing till Tuesday, after the court accepted the additional charge of section 376 (e) of IPC, tagging the convicts as repeated offenders. This carries a maximum sentence of death to the convicts for involvement in the two cases of gang rape. This comes as Special Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam on Friday had filed an application Continued on pg 12 «
Two of the rapists sitting in a police van outside the Sessions Court, yesterday.
MUMBHAI Vikas Sabnis
No principals! Varsity says that there are no eligible candidates for top post, so 393 out of 707 colleges are running without principals By Yatin Ingle
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I needn’t bother! This railway project got stuck because of the Code of Conduct declared by the Election Commission!
hree hundred ninety three colleges under the Mumbai University, located across Thane, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg, have been preparing to hold the final exams under supervision of viceprincipals or senior teachers, because the principals' chairs at all these institutions across Maharashtra are lying vacant. According to Maharashtra Universities Act, 1996, only a person having teaching experience of 10 years as a professor and holding a Ph.D is eligible to be a college principal. The college management appoints potential candidates for the post of principal, who are further sent Continued on pg 12 «
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