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70 per cent polling in Uttarakhand
Dehradun, January 30
Polling in 70 Assembly constituencies in Uttarakhand today ended on a peaceful note with more than 70 per cent of voting recorded in the state, a jump of around 6 per cent since the 2007 Assembly polls when the polling percentage was recorded at 63.77.
Outrage
over Prez medal to SP who ‘tortured’ tribal teacher
New Delhi, January 30
Women’s groups are up in arms against the
award of President’s Police Medal to the officer who allegedly supervised the
sexual torture on Soni Sori, an adivasi teacher currently under trial in
Chhattisgarh for alleged links with Maoists.
CBI
arrests top Andhra babu in Emaar scam
Hyderabad, January 30
The CBI today arrested senior IAS officer and Andhra Pradesh Principal
Home Secretary BP Acharya in a corruption case involving a real estate
project under public-private partnership with a Dubai-based company.
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