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Police rescue bonded labourers from brick kiln in Mirzapur

Gaya, Dec 05 (ANI): Nearly 149 bonded labourers, including women and children, rescued from a brick kiln in Uttar Pradesh, were brought to their home district in Bihar. Police rescued them from a brick kiln in Mirzapur district and were brought to Gaya district by the Bihar government. They would be sent to their native villages. The government assured that action would be taken against those involved in the crime. More than 12 million children below the age of 14 are working as domestic servants or other jobs such as in stone quarries, embroidery units, mining, carpet-weaving, tea stalls, restaurants and hotels, according to the government data. Dec 5, 2014
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Police launch mobile application for emergencies in Vadodara

Vadodara, Dec 5 (ANI): Police in Vadodara on Thursday launched a mobile application for citizens to connect with them during emergencies. Through this application, which will be available on android and iphones, citizens can inform about their emergency situation to police with touch of a button. Vadodara Police Commissioner E Radhakrishnan said this application will send information to a control room and officials will be able to reach people police in a swift manner. Dec 5, 2014
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JP Nadda seeks report over blinding of 16 people in Punjab eye camp

New Delhi/Amritsar, Dec 5 (ANI): Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda on Friday sought report from Punjab government over the blinding of 16 people in an eye camp. As many as 16 patients lost their eyesight after a doctor used suspected infected equipment at a free eye surgery camp, organised by a NGO in Gurdaspur district. Nadda assured Punjab government to render any help from the central government. Reacting over the incident, state Medical Education Minister Anil Joshi said that organisers had no permission to conduct an eye camp. Meanwhile, the Punjab health department has constituted a medical team to record the statement of victims in hospital in northern Amritsar city. Dec 5, 2014
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Politicos react after at least 14 people lose eyesight after operation at eye camp in Punjab

New Delhi, Dec 5 (ANI): Politicos reacted on Friday after at least 14 people lost their vision after cataract surgery at an eye camp organized in by an NGO in Gurdaspur district of Punjab. BJP leader Shrikant Sharma said the incident is very unfortunate and the culprits should be given punishment. Congress leader Randeep Surjewala slammed Shiromani Akali Dal party for its negligence in the health sector. AAP leader Bhagwant Mann also expressed similar sentiments. Dec 5, 2014
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Politicos react after PM Modi urges opposition in Lok Sabha to accept Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti_s apolog

New Delhi, Dec 5 (ANI): Politicos react on Friday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi requested the opposition to accept the Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti_s apology on her hate speech and let the House function. Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot said that there is no doubt that congress is targeting her because she is a dalit and the leaders should accept her apology and let the house function. BSP Chief Mayawati said that Sadhvi doesnot belong to the dalit class. Congress leader Randeep Surjewala said that Sadhvi_s statement was planned with intention to make communal divide in the society. Dec 5, 2014
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Experts say militants attacking to disrupt polls in Kashmir

New Delhi/Bhopal, Dec 5 (ANI): Security and Defence experts, on Friday (December 05), said militants were carrying out frequent attacks in Jammu and Kashmir to disrupt assembly polls in the region. Five members of the security forces were killed in a suicide attack on an army artillery camp in Kashmir early on Friday as militants stepped up violence in the disputed region near the border with Pakistan, officials said. Qamar Agha said Pakistan was desperate to promote Islamic militancy in the state. Meanwhile, another expert, Major General (Retired) SR Sinho said India should learn from Israel and give a strong reply to Pakistan. Dec 5, 2014
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Wordplay a new weapon in Hong Kong democracy battle

In street tents, on stages and online, Hong Kong_s young demonstrators express themselves in an emerging dialect that is evolving so rapidly Helen Fan decided to deploy a new weapon in the democracy fight: a dictionary. Dec 5, 2014
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Opposition keeps changing stand, Sadhvi will campaign for elections: Venkaiah Naidu

New Delhi, Dec 05 (ANI): Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu said on Friday that the Opposition keeps changing stand over the issues raised by them. Naidu said that all demands of Opposition are being met but they do not know what they actually want. He also demanded the Congress party to explain why it did not take any action against its own ministers for using foul language during their tenure. Further Naidu said that Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti is a minister and she will equally take part in election campaigns in Delhi and other states. Dec 5, 2014
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