Hindustan Times ST (Mumbai)

Woman dies...

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Rashid confronted the man, who responded by slapping him. Rashid then hit him back with a jug that he was holding. “The two got into a brawl, and the woman tried to stop them,” the officer said. According to her partner, the waiter pushed the woman away. “She fell and her hit her head on the floor,” added the officer.

The woman was taken to the Rajawadi hospital, but was declared dead. The police said that they were waited for a complete post-mortem report before adding further charges against the waiter. “Initially, the waiter said the woman lost consciousn­ess after she slipped and fell. There are no external injuries. The report wil confirm if Shaikh died of a brain hemorrhage and internal bleeding,” said the officer.

“We have registered a case under section 302 (punishment for murder) after the post mortem report on Monday afternoon. We have arrested the waiter and are investigat­ing the case further,” said N Reddy, Deputy Commission­er of Police (DCP), Zone 10. issuing passports such as doing away with the mandatory requiremen­t of submitting the birth certificat­e.

In December 2016, the government introduced rules that allowed applicants to submit any government document that bears their dates of birth such as schoolleav­ing certificat­es, driving licences, PAN cards, Aadhar cards, voter cards, even polices issued by the state-owned insurer.

The government also said that attestatio­n by magistrate­s or notaries would no longer be necessary and self declaratio­n on plain paper will do.

Single parents, divorced or separated people and adopted children were among those who benefited from the changes made in 2016. de-risked. Hence, for such assets institutio­nal investment from pension, insurance and sovereign wealth funds are likely to be forthcomin­g,” he added.

India also has low “political risk”, he said, emphasisin­g one of the parameters of concern to global investors. India, Modi added, has received $222 billion of foreign direct investment over the past four years.

The AIIB has committed an investment of $200 million in the government’s National Investment and Infrastruc­ture Fund (NIIF) which aims to channel investment­s from both domestic and internatio­nal sources into infrastruc­ture.

“In the fourth quarter of 2017, we grew at 7.7%. In 2018, we are projected to grow at 7.4%,” Modi said

“A New India is rising. It is an India that stands on the pillars of economic opportunit­y for all, knowledge economy, holistic developmen­t and futuristic resilient and digital infrastruc­ture.”

Later, the Prime Minister met with India’s top business leaders, including Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani, the Aditya Birla Group’s Kumar Mangalam Birla, and the Mahindra Group’s Anand Mahindra. The meeting was closed to the media, but officials and businessme­n present there said the government sought feedback on his government’s performanc­e and inputs on the state of the economy.

“As important as the issues discussed was the fact that @Pmoindia spent more time at the session than budgeted & also 45 minutes of unhurried conversati­on over tea with all participan­ts. A powerful & timely signal of confidence in the Business Community,” Anand Mahindra tweeted after the meeting.

The officials said the leaders gave positive feedback to the Prime Minister on the Goods and Services Tax (rolled out almost a year ago, on July 1, 2017). They added that the PM reassured the CEOS that inflation was under control. near her ear.

The police, however, said they were finding it difficult to piece together the sequence of events, as the couple’s neighbours refused to come forward as witnesses, saying they knew little about the family. An initial investigat­ion showed the children had gone to a relative’s house after school, and had not come back home.

With no witnesses coming forward, the police had to call social workers from outside before they could register the panchnama. A friend who was at the civic hospital where Rekha’s post-mortem was being done said the couple seemed happy. “I have no idea what transpired that led to this murder.” One of the residents said he saw Gowda take his daughter to school in the morning, but refused to speak any further.gowda reportedly owns at least three bars in Panvel, Kopar Khairane and Airoli, and a few lodges in Vashi and outside Navi Mumbai.

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