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MUMBAI: Police on Sunday arrested a 21-year-old girl for questioning the total shutdown in the city for Bal Thackeray's funeral on her Facebook account.
Another girl who 'liked' the comment was also arrested.
The duo were booked under Section 295 (a) of the IPC (for hurting religious sentiments ) and Section 64 (a) of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Though the girl withdrew her comment and apologized, a mob of some 2,000 Shiv Sena workers attacked and ransacked her uncle's orthopaedic clinic at Palghar, north of Mumbai.
The 21-year-old arrested for her Facebook post was among many who aired opinions on social networking sites.
"Her comment said people like Thackeray are born and die daily and one should not observe a 'bandh' (city shutdown) for that," Police Inspector Uttam Sonawane told the Mumbai Mirror.
Despite widespread concerns, there were no reports of unrest in Mumbai itself on the day of Bal Thackeray's crematon.,
In recent months, the country has shown sensitivity to criticism of its politicians, sparking criticism in turn from freedom of speech campaigners.
In September, campaigners were outraged by the arrest in Mumbai on charges of sedition of a cartoonist for his anti-corruption drawings. The charges were later dropped.
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WASHINGTON: In a shocker, the US food and drug administration (FDA) has discovered the presence of mice, ants and cockroaches in food served on airlines in the country.
Through a Freedom of Information Act request, the Show "20/20" obtained lists of recent health violation records from the FDA, the agency in charge of inspecting airlines and their caterers.
Over almost four years, the industry counted more than 1,500 health violations, the ABC News reported. "Significant" problems were found at a much higher rate than in other industries the FDA inspects, the agency said. Food facilities at LSG Sky Chefs, a major provider of airline food, were found to be infested with ants, dead and live flies, and cockroaches "all over".
Four in 10 British pilots have fallen asleep at the controls of an aircraft, a survey has suggested, fuelling concerns over safety regulations.
Recent research also revealed that a third of these pilots admitted waking up to find their co-pilot asleep as well.
In a 2012 survey for the European Cockpit Association (ECA), more than half of around 6,000 pilots from all over Europe said tiredness had hampered their ability to fly.
Of those who felt unfit, 79 per cent said that this was "sometimes" or "often" the case.
The research also suggested the issue is under-reported. Fearing the reaction of employers, 70 to 80 per cent of tired pilots said they would not file a fatigue report or declare they were unfit to fly.
To the ECA, the results were not surprising. The organisation claims that long duty and standby hours, night flights and disruptive schedules contribute to pilots spending long periods awake.
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The Sun erupted with two prominence eruptions, one after the other over a
four-hour period on Nov. 16, 2012. The action was captured in the 304 Angstrom
wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light. It seems possible that the disruption
to the Sun's magnetic field might have triggered the second event since they
were in relatively close proximity to each other. The expanding particle clouds
heading into space do not appear to be Earth-directed.
Image Credit:
NASA/SDO/Steele Hill
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'Being in a relationship' and 'Being in a hospital' is the same.
Sabhi poochte hein : 'Serious hai kya...?' 
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