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Latest India news ANSWER to a question from a Rajya Sabha member, Defense Minister Subhash Bhamre said Tuesday that 26 NDA cadets have been declared unfit and withdrawn from training due to injuries during the past three years and the year in course. Bhamre gave the information in a written response to Parimal Nathwani, a member of Rajya Sabha. According to the answer, the number of cadets declared " medically unfit " are as follows: Term of Spring 2014 (5), Term of Fall 2014 (1), Term of Spring 2015 (7), Term of Fall 2015 ) 2016 (1), Fall Term 2016 (6), Spring Term 2017 (2), Fall Term 2017 (NIL). The response also said: "NDA cadets who are medically shipped do not receive ex-military status (ESM), since the cadets have not yet been commissioned as officers and are therefore not counted as" military personnel " "For the welfare of cadets of the NDA". "The following programs are being implemented: Ex gratia benefits in cases of dis...

latest India news Reacting to low grades awarded to him, a student from the Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) relaxed and physically attacked his teacher Friday night sending a wave of shock across the college faculty. Assistant professor, Ashwani Kumar of SRCC's global business operations at Delhi University, was attacked by his student management discipline, which allowed him to kick the professor's car and beat him repeatedly to be awarded low grades in his internal investigation. The teacher has left the city and gone to Haryana after the incident . "The student - who struggled with Ashwani and hit him - keeps record of irregularities among academics."  The incident took place in the parking lot and in the presence of the primary RP Rustagi, "says Professor Alok Kumar, who calls it a violent crime. ERRORS OF PROFESSORS NOT NEW FOR SRCC "How will we obtain discipline at college premises whose teachers are attacked for nothing but do thei...

Latest Delhi news Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief minister of New Delhi   will distribute the subsidy money to the owners of registered e-rickshaws on July 15, said a superior government. The subsidy, which runs into  Rs.  15,000 and  Rs.  30,000, is projected to encourage and promote the eco-friendly three-wheelers used by commuters for short distances. On Saturday, the CM will distribute the subsidy cheques to the e-rickshaws holders that are registered at Indira Gandhi stadium, said the official. In total, around 6,000 applicants will get the monetary aid at the happening, according to the government official, who did not wish to be named. The transport section had notified making Aadhaar card information compulsory  last month for those seeking subsidy on e-rickshaws registered in the city to prevent duplicity in grant of the monetary support In its current financial year budget, the Delhi government has earmarked  Rs.  1...

latest world news A girl in Satkhira district of Bangladesh has been revealed suffering symptoms like the 'tree-man disease'. Mukta , 12, is suffering from a illness in which the skin deteriorates to give way to debilitate growths of the same kind to the bark of a tree. Mukta's father Ibrahim Hossain, a grocery shop holder, told India Today, "There was a minute boil in Mukta's right hand three years ago which little by little spread to the entire arm and resulted in the bump of the arm making it look like a tangled tree. From the hand it is now moving towards her body slowly. In the last nine years I have got her treated at different places. Seeing no progress, I have come to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. I ask for blessings from all for my daughter's recovery." Dr Samantalal Sen, chief of Burn and Plastic Unit, told India Today, "At this stage it is not easy to say what kind of illness it is. Initially we were thinking it a skin...

Latest Delhi news A woman who ages 54 years was strangled by her servant  whom she had appointed 2 weeks ago and four unknown people accompanied him and looted the cash and jewelry worth Rs. 10 lakh from Delhi, police said. Police said the crime occurred around noon on Tuesday on the second floor of the '21 National Park' housing society in the Amar Colony area. Police said investigation into the robbery-cum-murder exposed that deceased Sarita Jain had taken on Roshan as a servant two weeks ago. Roshan allegedly facilitated a welcoming entry of four people who held her hostage and her other servant Rajan. "They tied up Rajan and Sarita. They later strangulated her and decamped with cash and jewellery. The woman's son was away from the house at that time. The police confirmation of the accused servant was not got done by the family," Deputy Commissioner of Police Romil Baaniya said. He said a manhunt has been launched to take Roshan into custo...

Latest world news A military transport aircraft gone down in southern US state of Mississippi's Delta region on Monday, killing at least 16 inhabitants on board, officials said. "A KC-130 military refueling tanker gone down about 85 miles (135 kilometers) north of state capital Jackson", Leflore County Sheriff Ricky Banks told the Reuters. Banks said that a helicopter were looking for others in the dark around the crash site in a soybean field on Monday, more than five hours after the KC-130 refueling tanker spiraled to the ground into a soybean field. The crash was reported about 4 p.m. local time and remains from the aircraft was scattered in a radius of about 5 miles (8 kilometers). An powerful fire fed by jet fuel hampered firefighters, Banks said, causing them to turn to unmanned devices in an attempt to control the flames. "We were driven away by quite a few high-intensity explosions," he said. CRASH PICTURES SHOW leftovers OF PLA...

'Munna Bhai’ Style Cheating Lands Law Student In Jail Naveen said that he was encouraged by the characters in Bollywood movie "Munna Bhai M.B.B.S" and intended to crack the entrance exam with such strategy, the police officer said. NEW DELHI:  Drawing encouragement from the Bollywood blockbuster Munna Bhai M.B.B.S, a Delhi University student attempted to cheat in the law entrance exam in Delhi, but was trapped, the police said on Monday. Police said the student, recognized as Naveen, was under arrest from Atma Ram Sanatan Dharm (ARSD) College soon after he was caught cheating by the superintendent around 4 pm on Sunday. The 21-year-old, a native of Sonepat in Haryana, used WhatsApp on his mobile handset to try to cheat in the entrance exam to the Faculty of Law's LLB course . According to a senior police officer, invigilator Jagvir Singh suspected Naveen's tricks. When he asked Naveen what he was hiding, the student tried to run away from th...

Alcoholic mother killed by drunk son BENGALURU: A fight between an alcoholic lady and her child ended with the latter killing her at their home near  Byappanahalli , east Bengaluru late Sunday night. Police detained  Prabhakar Nagaraj , 25, and seized the wooden log he used to kill  Saraswatamma Nagaraj , a resident of Bandehalli. Upset at his wife's drinking habit,  Saraswatamma 's husband Nagaraj, a daily-wage worker, had been living individually, police said. Disturbed by her husband's drinking, Prabhakar 's wife had returned to her parents, they added. According to neighbours, the child and mother duo would consume alcohol every day and clash with each other. It was no different on Sunday night. "We never had an idea that the fight would end in murder. Not knowing that he had killed his mother, Prabhakar slept in the hall. His mother, who sustained serious head injures, died on the bed," neighbours said. Her death came to light when N...

preschool owner commits suicide A preschool owner aged 34yrs decided to commit suicide and dicided to hand himself in the school in northeast Delhi's Harsh Vihar, after informing his family unit through a WhatsApp message of his choice to end his life, New Delhi . Police said Vikas Kumar, who was going through monetary crisis that provoked him to hang himself and end his life in his school on the ground floor of his residence yesterday morning. Mr Kumar had taken a loan of  Rs.  five lakh. He had lent the total to his cousin, who was not returning the cash. Mr Kumar was under stress to pay back the credit but was incapable to do so, police said. Police said they were investigating  whether Mr Kumar had typed the WhatsApp message himself. The phone has been sent for further examination. A suicide note was also recovered from the spot stating that he had communicated his family about his choice. His body was discovered by the help of their family membe...