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Regd. No. MH/MR/South-160/2012-14 RNI Regn. No. 43675/1985 MUMBAI FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2014 32 PAGES `3 Website: www.afternoondc.in
Aft er oo DESPATCH & COURIER
By Suresh Golani
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25-year-old woman was robbed and brutally attacked by an unidentified man between Mira Road and Dahisar railway stations early on Thursday morning. According to the police, 25year-old Aparna Deependra Mehta had boarded the ladies compartment of the Dadarbound local from platform number two of Bhayandar railway station at 4:50 am on Thursday. A resident of Bhayandar, Aparna was alone in the compartment. As the Any woman commuter is at risk while travelling on a train these days. train moved out of the platform at Mira Road, an un- tacked her with a hammer hind in a pool of blood with known man jumped in and and then yanked off her or- severe head injuries, was tried to snatch Aparna’s naments before getting off taken to the Centenary Hospichain. After Aparna tried to the train just as it was enter- tal in Kandivli. Her condition resist the robbery attempt, ing Dahisar station. Continued on pg 8 « the infuriated assailant atAparna, who was left be-
DAMAGE CONTROL BUDGET MUMBHAI Vikas Sabnis
Additional budget for 2014-15 presented by Cong-NCP government has many sops for common man, trader and industry By Suyash Padate
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You people are lucky! Your shelter is not likely to get demolished until the assembly elections are over.
gainst the backdrop of debacle in the Lok Sabha elections, the state government has swung into the action for damage control exercise. Keeping an eye on the forthcoming Assembly elections, the Congress-NCP government yesterday presented an additional budget for 2014-15 projecting a revenue deficit of Rs 4,103 crore against Rs 3,017 crore in 2013-14, which can be termed as a populist budget. Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who is holding charge of the Finance department, presented the budget in the Assembly. As a part of slew sops, Pawar has proposed tax exemption worth Rs
962 crore to traders, farmers and industry. He assured the house that the revenue loss on account of these waivers would be compensated by efficient tax collection. In a bid to lure the working class, the government has proposed increase in the Profession Tax salary limit to Rs.7,500 from Rs.5,000. This will benefit nearly 8,00,000 low wage earners and employees. Mentally retarded persons are exempted from Profession Tax. Further, in order to boost the commerce, the government has proposed amendment to the Maharashtra Stamp Duty Act so that reasonability can be achieved in stamp duty Continued on pg 8 «
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48 Hours Pg13-20 In spite of all its trumpeting about security arrangements in ladies compartments, and a mere 45 days after a woman was killed at Nalasopara in a Churchgate-bound local, another gets brutally attacked and robbed on a train between Mira Road and Dahisar