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She allegedly pulled out a sharp weapon and slit their throats and chopped off their ears.

BJP's Jammu & Kashmir incharge Ram Madhav has demanded that Mehbooba Mufti take tough action against separatist forces, a day after the chief minister advocated a "Vajpayee-like" approach to problems in the Valley.

According to officials, the corporation had released an employment notification for the post of sweepers on contractual basis, of which 1,500 are for general category and rests are meant for reserved categories.

He asked the Intelligence Agencies, police and SFs officers to step up vigil and security in the district to check any attempt of infiltration, movement of anti-national elements and forestall any plan of terrorists.

The woman had already poured petrol on herself to threaten her husband. 28-year-old Prema was travelling with her husband and two children in the cab on Sunday afternoon.

Jail Superintendent Masoodur Rehman, however, argued that the injuries were of minor nature and that such incidents "kept happening" in prisons.

"Even more gruesome is that healthcare providers" in Kashmir have not been allowed to treat innocent victims, Sharif alleged.

The 500 cities to be ranked in this round of the survey account for about 70 per cent of the urban population in the country.

The boy's body bore injury marks due to sever caning and a medical examination was done, he said.

The incident took place near Manipur State Museum at Imphal Polo Ground.

A newly married woman was shot dead by her husband for not getting a car in Ghaziabad.

The only broadcaster allowed inside the venue was state-owned Pakistan Television, the reports said.

Taking note that Roy has deposited Rs 300.68 crore, a bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur extended his parole and gave him the opportunity to raise the remaining amount to secure bail in the case.

"She asks, where will I study? I said we will decide later," said a hapless father of the victim.

Meanwhile, in accordance with a Supreme Court directive on transgenders, the state government has decided to recruit them as jail warders.

Four days after highway robbers raped a woman and her 14-year-old daughter in Bulandshahr, members of the family have threatened to commit suicide if they are not given justice within three months.