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TOI : PUNE: The armed forces have invalided 156 personnel with full-blown HIV-AIDS during the three-year period between 2004 and 2006. Although the figures for 2007 are yet to be compiled, senior officers at the Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS), the tri-services integrated medical agency, are optimistic about a fall in numbers.

Of the 156 personnel, 141 were from the army, nine from the navy and six from the air force. In 2004, the number of personnel with full-blown AIDS who were invalided — released from duty because of ill-health — was 104 among the three services, while the corresponding figures for 2005 was 36 and in 2006 only 16.

According to a senior officer at the Southern Command here, the figures were provided by the ministry of defence in the Lok Sabha. The break-up was given by defence minister A.K. Antony in response to a query from Abu Ayes Mondal, CPI(M) MP from West Bengal.

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TOI : PUNE: A call centre employee was arrested by the Hadapsar police for allegedly cheating a company by name Reltronics Technologies of Hadapsar to the tune of Rs 15 lakh on the pretext of bringing them business.

The suspect, identified as Mayuresh Laxman Pednekar (23) of Chinchwad, was remanded to police custody till March 10 by judicial magistrate first class G.B. Gurao.

Pednekar was working as an agent in a call centre at Aundh. The police had earlier arrested a former call centre employee, Sohail Meghani, whose custody has being extended till March 10.

Police sub-inspector Bhimrao Gajare said that Pednekar and Meghani had signed an agreement with Reltronics for bringing business.

Sohail got Rs 15 lakh from Reltronics and passed on Rs 50,000 to Pednekar. After the duo failed to keep their part of the bargain, Reltronics official Rafique Nadaf registered a complaint with the police on February 12.

Investigations further revealed that Meghani had transferred another Rs 50,000 to a woman Trupti Yadav in Australia.
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TOI : PUNE: The railway authorities are installing advanced CCTV cameras at Shivajinagar, Miraj and Kolhapur railway stations. This follows the successful installation of the cameras at the Pune railway station.

A ‘passengers operated enquiry terminal’ (POET) machine and a ticket vending machine were also installed at the Pune railway station.

An official from the Pune railway division told TOI that each station will get 5 to 6 CCTV cameras that will be placed at prominent places in and around the station. The installation process is likely to be completed in the next four months.

Seventeen cameras have been installed at the Pune railway station, the official said. The cameras have been fixed on every platform and at the reservation office, the ticket counters and the entry and exit gates. With this, all important places in the railway station have been covered.

“Miraj and Kolhapur will have six cameras each, while Shivajingar will have four cameras,” the official said.

“The division is initiating various initiatives for tightening security at the stations. The security will be now be able to keep a close watch and curb incidences of theft,” he said.
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