President’s husband found guilty of usurping farmer’s land

Amravati: Indian Presidnet Pratibha Patil's husband has been found guilty of usurping land of a farmer in Amravati, Maharashtra and will have to return the land to its rightful owner.

A revenue court here has ordered that the names of relatives of President Pratibha Patil, including her husband Devisingh Shekhawat, to be deleted from the ownership of a disputed piece of agricultural land in a village near here.

The order by Sub Divisional Officer (SDO) Ashok Amankar, in quasi-judicial authority, came on a petition by one Kishore Bansod, who had claimed that the Shekhawat clan had allegedly got their names included in the land title. Read More................President’s husband found guilty of usurping farmer’s land

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Indian President asks women to learn judo, karate

Indian President Pratibha Patil has urged Indian women to learn martial arts like judo and karate for self-defence and self-confidence to face the challenges of discrimination. Read more.......................President asks women to learn judo, karate

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At President's function, 4 youths drink poison

As per one TV report, at a function attended by Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in Karnataka state's Gulbarga district on Sunday, 4 youths drank poison from bottles to protest against lack of jobs.

All the 4 young men were rushed to a hospital, where they were said to be out of danger. Youth were aged between 20 to 25. They wanted to submit a memorandum to the president but were stopped by security personnel. Frustrated, they consumed poison from bottles they were carrying, to the shock of those around them. The president was there to inaugurate the state government's Swarna Gramodaya scheme aimed at rural development.

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