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Mani wants Assembly to meet on custodial deaths

Kochi, Aug 14 (UNI) Condemning to the recent custodial deaths in the state, Kerala Congress (Mani) president K M Mani today alleged the police administration in the state was ''in shambles'' and urged the immediate convening of the Assembly to discuss the issue.

Speaking to reporters here, Mr Mani said there were 14 custodial deaths after the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government came to power and this indicated serious shortcomings in the functioning of the Home ministry.

The police, instead of protecting the rights of the common people had become a nightmare for them, he added.

Mr Mani alleged that Education Minister M A Baby was working against the interests of society in the self-financing professional college issue.

On the state government's recommendation to Governor R L Bhatia to increase the number of members from three to four in the Human Rights Commission, Mr Mani said it was a violation of the committment given by the government to the Supreme Court and the Centre to maintain the number of members at three.

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Lebanese pessimistic on lasting peace with Israel

BEIRUT, Aug 14 (Reuters) A UN-brokered truce has succeeded in silencing the guns between Israel and Hizbollah, but peace along the Lebanese-Israeli border is unlikely to endure, many Lebanese say. Both sides accepted last week's unanimously adopted UN Resolution 1701 -- but only after attaching caveats that appear to make a permanent peace less likely. Israel has said it will not fully withdraw from southern Lebanon until international peacekeeping forces arrive alongside Lebanese troops. Hizbollah.....

Family, community, state source of violence against women:UNIFEM

Kabul, Aug 14 (UNI) A new study on women, conducted by UNIFEM said the family, the community and the state are the primary sources of violence against women in Afghanistan. Even though traditionally the family constitutes the only source of security in conservative Afghanistan, the study, relased here today, found that 82 per cent of the violence faced by women was from within the family. The shocking figures reveal the extent of the problem in.....

ISI agent arrested

Jaipur, Aug 14 (UNI) The intelligence department of Rajasthan police has today arrested an Indian citizen, who was allegedly working for Pakistan's ISI. According to IG CID (security) Medh Chand Meena, the arrested agent, identified as Inayatullah, son of Khoju Khan belonged to Sakadia village (Pokhran) in Jaisalmer district, and was allegedly supplying the ISI information about army activities in the area. Mr Meena said the police was keeping an on the suspicious.....
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