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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Despondent after failing in her Standard IX exam, a 14-year-old girl committed suicide by setting herself ablaze at her house in Rajarajeshwari Nagar on Monday evening.The girl allegedly took the extreme step as she was unable to bear the snide remarks made against her by her peers over her failure.The girl, identified as P Madhushree, was a student of Good Health School, Rajarajeshwari Nagar. She had failed in two subjects and was dis…

Jaipur

April 21, 2010 Worldsnap Staff

Discom hit by rising demand

The continuous rising temperature and heat wave conditions have increased power consumption in Ajmer discom. Around 13% consumption has increased in the month of April, which is almost 40 lakh unit more in comparison to last year. As such, Ajmer discom has started taking measures to meet electricity demand.The rising mercury that is roughly touching 40 to 45 degree Celsius on average has compelled consumers to use fan, cooler, refrigerator and air-conditioner abundantly. Furthermore, hi…

Jaipur

April 20, 2010 Worldsnap Staff

‘People’s health is priority’

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot said on Monday that the state government was committed to act stringently against the adulterators. ?Nobody is allowed to play with the health of people,? he said while launching mobile laboratory scheme in the city. Addressing the gathering at Indira Gandhi Panchayati Raj Sansthan, Gehlot said that if required the state government will amend existing laws as well. ?No section of the society likes adulteration of food products as everybody is affected b…

Pune

April 20, 2010 Worldsnap Staff

Ishrat case: SC stays probe against magistrate

The Supreme Court on Monday set aside a Gujarat high court order directing an inquiry against judicial magistrate SP Tamang who had held that teenager Ishrat Jahan and three other alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives were killed in a fake encounter by the state police.A bench of justices B Sudershan Reddy and SS Nijjar asked the chief justice of the Gujarat high court to constitute a division bench on the petitions filed by the deceased’s kin, seeking a CBI inquiry. It also asked th…

Pune

April 20, 2010 Worldsnap Staff

PMC: Petrol pump land can’t be used for any other purpose

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Monday issued a press release stating that it would not allow petrol pump owners in the city to use existing petrol pump land for purposes like building commercial complexes.City engineer Prashant Waghmare, in the press release, said that as the ratio of petrol pumps and vehicle numbers is uneven, petrol pumps are needed in the city limits.Recently, it was found that many pump owners were closing petrol pumps and erecting commercial complexes to ca…