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2 get bail in drugs haul case

Mumbai, Mar 6 (UNI) A special court here today granted bail to a company executive Umesh Bangur and a clearing agent Vijay Anand Thorave who are embroiled in a Rs 200 crore drugs seizure case.

Additional sessions judge P C Bawaskar granted bail to the two upon furnishing Rs two lakh each. The court directed the duo to surrender their passports before the police.

The police seized 200 kg of cocaine from a cargo vessel from near the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) port last year. The contraband was stocked in eight gunnysacks which were concealed among a consignment of wooden logs meant for a company, OPM International Private Limited. The seized cocaine was valued at Rs 200 crore in the international market.

Thirteen persons were arrested in this connection including Omprakash Nogaja, managing director of OPM International Private Limited. Bangur and Thorave were allegedly involved in the conspiracy.

The defence counsel, while arguing for bail, contended that there was no substantial evidence against his clients and, therefore, they should be enlarged on bail.

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Two get 5 years RI in robbery case

Vadodara, Mar 6 (UNI) A Vadodara fast-track court today sentenced two robbers from Patna to five years rigorous imprisonment (RI) for looting a jewellery shop at Anand in March 2005. Presiding fast-track judge V J Mehta, who pronounced the verdict, sentenced Ashish Yadav and Pankaj Kumar to five years imprisonment and also fined them Rs 2,000. According to the prosecution, on March 10, 2005, Rajesh Pandey and the two convicts - Ashish and Pankaj (all from Patna) - looted gold.....

national means cum-merit scholarship scheme introduced

New Delhi, Feb 28 (UNI) The Government today announced to introduce a new National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme to arrest the drop out ratio and encourage students to continue their education beyond class-VIII. Presenting the Union Budget for 2007-08 in the Lok Sabha, Finance Minister, P Chidambaram said under the new scheme, each student would be given Rs.6,000 per year for study in classes IX, X, XI and XII. Besides, one lakh scholarships would be awarded every year. In order to.....

One more arrested for attack on BJP activist

Pune, Mar 6 (UNI) Police today arrested one more person in connection with the brutal attack on a local BJP leader, Shashikant Shitole. Shitole, an aspiring candidate for the upcoming zilla parishad elections, was attacked by assailants yesterday who had chopped off his hands. Police had arrested two persons -- Vijay Jagtap and Dhananjay Dore yesterday itself in connection with the attack. A third person, Amit Anil Pasaranikar (22), was arrested today. Meanwhile, Vijay Jagtap and Dhananjay Dore were produced before.....
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