Yet again a PTC College is in the news for altogether wrong reasons. Twenty-three girl students of a college in Vijapur taluka of Mehsana district escaped from the hostel late Saturday night assisted by some parents.

This is second such incident reported in less than a week. The last one was reported on Thursday when 70 girl students fled a PTC College in Mansa of Gandhinagar district. With the girls alleging physical harassment and mental torture by the management, the incident may snowball into a major issue over the next week, more so as now they have approached the Vijapur police for protection. On Sunday evening the girls also took out a rally in this regard.

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Flight Lieutenant Manohar Purohit, an Indian Air Force officer, was killed in the 1971 war and was declared a martyr. The dead hero maybe alive though, for a list of prisoners of war (POWs) Pakistan released in 1996 has Purohit’s name.

Purohit’s wife, Suman, says her husband has been held captive in a Pakistani jail for 37 years because the Indian government has forgotten him. “He put his life at stake for the country in the war, so the Government must care for him and speak (to Pakistan) about him,” she says.

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One diamond worker was shot dead and nearly 45 people were injured, including policemen, when they went on a rampage in Bhavnagar on Sunday morning. Diamond workers have been on strike across the state, demanding a wage hike.

A worker identified as Mukesh Zapalia was killed when he was shot at by a private security guard, Gajraj Bhadolia, at the Jewel Star unit, owned by Bhavnagar Diamond Polishers Association President Mavji Chogat. Bhavnagar SP Anupamsingh Ghelot said the security guard fired at the mob after it allegedly attempted to break into the unit after ransacking several adjacent units.

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