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A person cannot be declared unfit for selection as a subinspector in Delhi Police or the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) just because he has tattoo marks on his body, the Central Administrative Tribunal has said, reported Hindustan Times. Rules on tattoo marks on the body in the recruitment process of the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) have been a grey area due to a lack of clarity on the terms and conditions contained in the recruitment notice. There is no bar in recruiting candidates in the CAPFs, Delhi police and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) with permanent tattoo as per the SSC recruitment rules. However, a 2012 home ministry notification allowed candidates with a “small engraving/tattoo of name or religious symbol on the inner face of the arms or hands” for enrolment, but said, “Candidates having permanent tattoo on any other part of the body be debarred for recruitment in CAPFs…” This ambiguity on recruitment rules was the subject mat...

MALAYSIA'S hopes at the Junior World Cup in New Delhi would depend on their ability to score goals from penalty corners. With most teams playing it tight at the back, open play chances would be few in between, hence the team were somewhat perturbed that the three penalty corners in their friendly against Germany went to waste in their 2-0 loss on Tuesday. Malaysia have a good penalty corner department with the likes of Shahril Saabah , Zulhairi Hashim and Kavin Karthik able to convert from the set-pieces. Shahril was the ace at the Sultan Johor Cup as he hammered five goals via penalty corners and in the process was the topscorer of the tournament with seven goals. “We need to be more precise in the penalty corners and the match against Germany was not reflective of our ability in this department,” said team manager Mirnawan Nawawi. Grab a copy of The Malay Mail for all this and more as Mailsport's SS Dhaliwal reports from New Delhi. HD says: All the b...

India, which has more than 1.3 billion people, recorded 24,000 cases of rape last year, a figure that has increased by 25 percent in the past six years.  Read the full article here . India was rocked with protests and rallies after a young girl was gang raped, beaten and thrown out of a moving bus two weeks ago. And after several major operations and even being transferred to a hospital in Singapore, the victim passed away this morning. According to IBN Live, 'The six men accused of raping and assaulting the 23-year-old paramedical student, who died after battling for her life for over 12 days in a Singapore hospital, will now be charged with murder.' Prime Minister Manmohan Singh - whose government has come under fire in handling the situation and ensuring safety of women folk in the nation - offered his condolences . So what has India learnt from this episode? That the presumed democracy and freedom of expression it believes to have was somewhat thwarted a...