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Regd. No. MH/MR/South-160/2012-14 RNI Regn. No. 43675/1985 MUMBAI TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2013 32 PAGES `3 Website: www.afternoondc.in

Aft er oo DESPATCH & COURIER

PANVEL’S MISSING PILGRIMS

Gold: `26,950 Silver: `42,220 US Dollar: `59.68 Temperature: 310C/250C Humidity: 85%

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Group of 31 persons from Panvel untraceable in Uttarakhand By Amit Srivastav

Maharashtra Bhavan at New Delhi, and have asked him to help trace ven after days of intensified the group,” added Patil. Names of the missing pilgrims are rescue operations, a group of thirty-one pilgrims, including Smita S Kane, Srinivas S Kane, several children, from Rasayani in Mrudula V Malgaonkar, Venkatesh Panvel, remains untraceable in G Malgaonkar, Archana V Patil, Vijay flood and landslide ravaged Ut- G Patil, Jyoti P Waghmare, Prakash P Waghmare, Anagha A Kanitkar, tarakhand. “Some members of the group had Anant M Kanitkar, Snehal S Harlast talked to their families over the vande, Sudhir A Harvande, Nabha J phone on June 21 from Barkot in Mohalkar, Jagdish J Mohalkar, Aarti Uttarakhand. They must have been D Kambli, Deepak P Kambli, Mamta affected by landslides on the same A Tumbre, Arjun S Tumbre, Asha P day,” said MLA Vivek Patil, who has Patil, Pradip S Patil, Darshana D been approached locally for help by Jadhav, Deven D Jadhav, Jay D Jadhav, Anagha Koli, Swapnil Koli, the families. “Since, most devotees evacuated Gopika S Koli, Somraj S Koli, from Uttarakhand are first being Sangeeta Gangal, Yash Gangal, sent to Delhi and then to their Hemvati Shettigar, and Haribhau homes, we have approached Vipin Lad. Malik, Resident Commissioner of amit.srivastav@afternoondc.in

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A devotee praying on the bank of the flooded Bhagirathi River in Uttarkashi on Monday.

SET UPSETS! DEATH RULES

By Yatin Ingle

eligible for the post of lecturers with salaries as per the Sixth Pay ot satisfied with harming the Commissions. The last examinations were held careers of candidates by declaring results of the State Eligibil- on February 17, 2013 and around ity Test (SET) after a delay of four 77,022 candidates from Mahamonths, the University Grants rashtra attempted of which only Commissions (UGC) gave out sud- 2,689 have passed. Till Saturday, the SET examinaden cut-off lists to qualify, without any prior information to candi- tion had a rule whereby students dates, thanks to which thousands would qualify if they scored 40 of students from the state have marks in paper I, 40 marks in paper II and 75 marks in paper III. been rendered as unsuccessful. The University Grants Commis- For candidates belonging to varisions (UGC) conducts the SET ex- ous caste categories, the qualifying aminations every six months, and candidate clearing them become Continued on pg 8 «

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Bringing Our Own Back... Salman Khan culpable! UK Immigration Bonds... PIL against 20 IPS officers... AAP stage agitation against MBMC apathy...

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MUMBAI-GOA HIGHWAY By Zuber Ansari

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The UGC declares sudden cut-off list, failing thousands of students

MALAD-BASED FAMILIES LOSE 11 OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN QUALIS-DUMPER COLLISION

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leven people, including three children were killed, and three others seriously injured, when the vehicle they were traveling in collided with a dumper truck on the Mumbai-Goa Highway. The mishap occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning, when a Qualis carrying fourteen passengers returning from Sangameshwar, collided with a sand carrying dumper truck going from Khed to Chiplun. The victims have been identified as Anant Chavan (65), Anita Chavan (60), Rakesh Chavan (28), Haresh Chavan (26), Sujata Mane (35), Kashinath Mane (40), Ayushman Mane (6), Anushka Mane (8), Avishkar Mane(5), Prashant Manjve (25), and Rakesh Sawant. One of the survivors has been identified as Abhishek Bhavar, a friend and neighbour of the two families, who lived on Road No.3, Gudiyapada in Malad. On Saturday, the Chavan and Mane families left for their native

The mangled remains of the car that collided with a dumper at Dabhil in Ratnagiri district, on Sunday night.

place in Dapoli, Maharashtra from where they traveled to Sangameshwar to see a bride for Rakesh Chavan. It was on their way home from this trip that the accident took place.

The driver of the dumper has been held and is being interrogated. The bodies of the deceased will be brought to their residence after the post mortem has been conducted.


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