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Holi revelry claims three lives in Hyderabad

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March 9, 2012

Hyderabad, March 9: Holi revelry claimed three lives in the city on Thursday. Two youth drowned in different water bodies, while another young man died in a road mishap.

At around noon, after playing Holi, P Ravi, 21, along with his friends Yadagiri and Ramesh went to bathe in Suryanarayana cheruvu in Godumakunta near Keesara, police said.

"The trio entered the lake and Ravi was walking behind his friends. After a few minutes, Yadagiri and Ramesh turned around and found Ravi had disappeared. After making a futile search, they informed police,'' Keesara sub-inspector Saideshwar said.

Police said Ravi, who was into charcoal business, drowned at a location where the lakebed was slushy. He was a native of Amalapuram, but was staying in Godumakunta.

In a similar incident, Kalifa, 25, entered the Katamaisamma lake near Dundigal, but drowned. Kalifa went into the water body along with his friend Pandu after playing Holi. Kalifa, a resident of Suraram, was from Tamil Nadu.

In the third incident, a 23-year-old person died after the two-wheeler on which he was moving rammed into a pole on Nizam Shahi Road in the wee hours of Thursday.

At around 5.30 am, D Suresh and his friend Javed were returning to their residence in Borabanda after a Holi party with their friends in Aliabad on Wednesday night when the incident happened, the Begumbazar police.

"Javed, who was riding, lost control over the bike and crashed into a pole opposite Andhra Bank on Nizam Shahi Road. Javed escaped with minor injuries, but Suresh suffered severe head injuries. He succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment,'' the Begumbazar police said. Suresh was a businessman, while Javed is an auto driver.

"The duo attended a booze party to celebrate Holi in Aliabad. We suspect that both were in an inebriated condition at the time of the accident." police said. A case was registered against Javed under section 304-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

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Yavatmal, May 19: Four migrant workers were killed and 15 others were injured after a bus they were travelling in crashed into a truck in Yavatmal on Tuesday morning.

The bus was travelling from Solapur to Jharkhand. More details are currently awaited.

This comes amid nationwide COVID-19 lockdown has been extended to May 31, albeit with some relaxations.

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January 17,2020

Jan 17: Police have busted a "high- profile" sex racket operating in a three-star hotel in suburban Andheri and arrested a 29-year-old woman and rescued three female artists, including a minor, an official said on Thursday.

The Social Service (SS) branch of the city police conducted the raid at the hotel at Andheri East on Thursday, the official said.

"During the raid, three females, including a minor, were found to have been forced into prostitution. They were rescued and a woman, identified as Priya Sharma, who was operating the racket, was arrested," he said.

"Sharma was running tours and travel agency in Kandivali East. However, she was involved in immoral activities," senior inspector of SS branch, Sandesh Revale, said.

While one of the rescued is a woman actor and singer, who has worked in 'Savdhaan India' TV crime show, he said, another one has worked in a Marathi movie and serials.

The minor has worked in a web series, Revale added.

The offence was being registered against Sharma, he said.

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June 12,2020

The West Bengal government has suspended two women teachers in East Burdwan district on the charge of teaching pre-primary students from an English alphabet book consisting of a portion derogatory to the people with a dark complexion.

While presenting the alphabets with corresponding words and images, the book says U is for "Ugly". The illustration printed beside the letter is that of a boy with a dark complexion.

"The book is not part of the textbooks referred by the education department. It was introduced by the school itself. We have zero-tolerance for acts which instil prejudices into the minds of students," Education Minister Partha Chatterjee told reporters here on Thursday.

He said the two teachers of a local municipality-run school have been placed under suspension with immediate effect based on a preliminary investigation and stricter action would be taken against them later.

Though the school is now closed because of the lockdown, the matter came to light when the father of a student of the school was teaching him with the help of that book. He informed other parents and the education department was apprised of the issue, sources said.

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