Sex racket busted, seven foreign women arrested

A five-star hotel in Kerala has been trying to get a water connection for the past eight years but without success, a hotel executive claimed on Tuesday.A surprised government, meanwhile, said the matter will be looked into. Seven persons, including the an MNS Corporator from Dombivali have been arrested by Thane police on the charges of dacoity, police said today.A local court has remanded them to four days of police custody. Touts and hearse operators seem to be sounding the death knell for Mumbai's famed 'spirit'.After several stories emerged of a private agent duping the kin of the dead in last week's blasts by issuing certificates for the transfer of the bodies outside city limits for a charge which were actually supposed to be issued by the BMC for free comes a shocking report of hearse operators running a similar racket as well. Copy Anti-ragging cells spread the word as date for commencement of first-year junior college cla*ses' draws near With the excitement of the commencement of a new academic session comes the nagging fear of ragging, which haunts the students and college administrations alike.While the preparations are on in full swing in colleges to give a warm welcome to the first-year students, anti-ragging cells of students' unions and NGOs are working overtime to sensitise seniors about the law and repercussions of ragging, apparently to make newcomers feel at home in the campus. A woman from Saudi Arabia and her fiance were rescued by encounter specialist with the Mumbai police Daya Nayak while they were being a*saulted by the staff of an Andheri gym frequented by Mr Nayak.The gym's staff allegedly also tried to molest the woman. An employee of the Western Court transit hostel situated at Janpath in New Delhi area was sacked after he was allegedly caught filming the woman being intimate with her husband in one of the rooms on July 10.The victim was the guest of a union minister.She has also complained to the police in this respect on July 12.
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