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Don't revoke Afzal's death penalty: Mahajan

Mumbai, Oct 18 (UNI) Rahul Mahajan, son of late senior party leader late Pramod Mahajan and accused in drug abuse case, where he demanded that death penalty awarded to Mohammad Afzal, convicted in the 2001 Parliament attack, should not be revoked.

It was the first time that Rahul made an appearance at a political function after the incident in which Bibek Moitra, the personal assistant to late Promod Mahajan, died due to alleged overdose of cocaine and he was arrested, effectively, jeopardising his entry into politics.

Rahul, a former pilot with Jet Airways, had attended the national executive committee meeting of the BJP in New Delhi on the invitation of party president Rajnath Singh before the said incident.

Addressing the rally organised by the Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) here, Mr Mahajan said Afzal should be given the death penalty and criticised Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Gulam Nabi Azad who had called for clemency be given to Afzal.

City BJYM president Sanjay Upadhyaya and Sunil Rane also addressed the rally.

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'Sponsored' candidates elected in 3 TN panchayats

Madurai, Oct 18 (UNI) Candidates sponsored ''by the upper castes were elected President in Pappapatti and Nattamangalam, two of the four reserved panchayats remaining headless for over a decade, which went to the polls in the civic elections. These panchayats had earned notoriety either due to electoral boycotts or immediate resignation of elected candidates, ensured by the dominant castes demanding de-reservation. Since no Dalit had occupied the office of village panchayat president even.....

Officer caught in vigilance net

Patna, Oct 18 (UNI) Vigilance sleuths today caught red handed an official of personnel and administrative department here while allegedly accepting bribe. Additional Director General of Police in-charge of state Vigilance Bureau Neelmani said officer Anil Kumar Jha was arrested when he was found accepting Rs 10,000 in secretariat campus from Rajeev Ranjan Maurya, an engineer of Water Resources department. A team was constituted to nab Mr Jha after a tip off provided by the.....

Pharmacy student dies under mysterious condition

Bhubaneswar, Oct 18 (UNI) Close on the heels of an agriculture student admitted to a hospital in a critical condition after alleged ragging, a pharmacy student here, died last night under mysterious condition, police today said. Police said one Bijaya Kumar Maharathi,student of Indira Gandhi Institutes of Pharmaceutical Sciences died while being taken to a private hospital for treatment. His uncle had lodged an FIR at the Nayapali Police station alleging foul play. Bijaya.....
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