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4 more held in
pilot licence scam
A senior official of the DGCA
among those arrested
New Delhi, March 26
The crime branch of the Delhi
Police has arrested four persons, including a senior official of the
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and a pilot, in connection
with the “fake pilot licence scam”. The arrested official, Pradeep
Kumar, is an assistant director in the Directorate of Aircraft
Engineering.
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The four fake pilot licence scam accused after their arrest in Delhi on Saturday. — PTI |
Script written, it’s now time for Manpreet to act
Chandigarh, March 26
 As former Finance Minister Manpreet Badal
prepares for his mega rally on Sunday, many now realise with the benefit of hindsight that the script for change in Punjab had been written long time ago. Only no one believed it. Everyone was convinced the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) was a colossus that could not be downed by someone who had ridden to power on its crutches.
Resignation
‘not accepted’
Chandigarh, March 26
Former finance minister Manpreet
Singh Badal’s resignation as legislator as well as primary member of
the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) was not accepted by Vidhan Sabha Speaker
Nirmal Singh Kahlon today as it was not in the proper format.
Education
reforms
Govt
wants semester system for varsities
New Delhi, March 26
The government today said it would
push for transition to semester system in all the universities so also a
norms-based funding pattern to set the good universities apart from the
not-so-good ones and create incentives for institutional improvement.
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The popular uprising in the
Arab world has given Israelis an opportunity to remind the global
community that it is the only “stable democracy” in the region.
Israeli politicians often say that what is happening in the Arab world
can never take place in the Jewish state where no one is above the law.
On the day thousands of Arabs were rioting on the streets of Syria,
Yemen, Libya and Bahrain, an Israeli court in Tel Aviv sentenced former
President Moshe Katsav to seven years in prison after finding him guilty
of rape and sexual harassment.
MEN of genius are admired,
men of power feared and men of character trusted. The win against
defending champions Australia restores Team India’s credibility and
brings faith to the masses. With this win, that sees India topple the
world champions, the king has finally lost the crown. Australia have abdicated their throne. And with South Africa too losing to New Zealand, the message is clear, the force is with the sub-continent.