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Goa bracing for hung assembly?
Tuesday, June 05, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Politics
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Goa was headed for another hung assembly on Tuesday with the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) alliance and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) locked in a neck and neck race for power from Saturday's elections.
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Goa
Assembly-Polls
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Girl injured in dacoit attack dies
Tuesday, June 05, 2007 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Crime
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The seven-year-old girl who suffered severe injuries in the brutal attack on a washerman's family at Ramachandrapuram in the neighbouring district a few days ago succumbed to injuries on Sunday.
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Dacoit
Brutal-Attack
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UNIFEM helps set up anti-trafficking cell
Tuesday, June 05, 2007 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Social Issues
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There are 40,000 sex workers in various brothels in Mumbai and 90 per cent of them were reported being forced into prostitution when they were minors, said a special report of the human resources development department of the Maharashtra government released in 2002.
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Prostitution
Sex-Workers
Anti-Trafficking
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SC notice to Amarinder's son
Tuesday, June 05, 2007 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Politics
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The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh's son and son-in-law as the Parkash Singh Badal government challenged a high court order granting them anticipatory bail in a case pertaining to the multicrore Ludhiana City Centre scam.
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SC
Amarinder-Singh
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'Carbon credits' to pay compensation
Tuesday, June 05, 2007 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Environment
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The Gorai dumping ground has become the first garbage dump in the country to win "carbon credits". Carbon credits are certificates awarded to companies that manage to reduce emission of greenhouse gases.They can be traded in the market and have a monetary value.
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Carbon-Credits
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Senior cop to be probed in Parkar case
Tuesday, June 05, 2007 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Crime , Local
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An inquiry against a crime branch senior inspector, who is suspected for his role in the Haseena Parkar case, will be initiated this week. Anil Mahabole has been accused of demanding money from an accused in the Parkar case, according to the complaint filed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB).
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Haseena-Parkar
Anil-Mahabole
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'93 blasts: Planters, Memons in line
Tuesday, June 05, 2007 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Crime , Cities
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The maximum punishment under Tada is death by hanging for acts of terror which result in death. Once a death sentence is awarded, the Tada court will have to refer the matter to the supreme court for confirmation and it's only if the apex court upholds the death sentence that the convict can be hanged.
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TADA
Mumbai-Serial-Blasts
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Briton to travel abroad by board
Tuesday, June 05, 2007 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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Nations
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Sam Benson, 20, is planning to skate across five European countries in 10 weeks. He will skate off on his longboard from his home in Devon at the beginning of July. After a Channel Tunnel trip to Calais, he will continue through France and Switzerland, cross the Alps into Italy, then skate via Marseille to Spain.
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Inter-Country
Skateboarding
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SC terms bandh a 'national shame'
Tuesday, June 05, 2007 www.ndtv.com
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Legal
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The Supreme Court has taken suo moto action on Monday's bandh in Delhi on the Gujjar reservation issue.
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SC
Suo-Moto
Bandh
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Rajasthan limping back to normalcy
Tuesday, June 05, 2007 www.ptinews.com
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Crime , Cities
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After week-long caste clashes, normalcy returned to Rajasthan today with traffic resuming on the Jaipur-Agra highway. Vehicular traffic was restored on National Highway 11 after members of Gurjar and Meena communities removed the road blockades early this morning, exactly a day after the Gurjars called off their agitation following an agreement with the government.
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Gujjar
Rajasthan
Bandh
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