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NOIDA : Even though Noida Authority on Thursday cleared nearly 90 acres of encroached land from three major sectors in Noida , they have failed to take action against land mafia who have encroached upon at least 100 acres of green belt at a prime location near Sector 74 where thousands of housing units are being developed. Authority officials had claimed that they would soon raze the encroachments, but so far no action has been taken. The Noida Authority on Thursday had flattened nearly 90 acres of encroached government land valued at about Rs 10,000 crore from three major sectors in Noida , but it appears officials are less bothered about the green belt in the city. A TOI team had recently visited Sector 74 and found that the green belt was heavily encroached on. Even construction work was being undertaken on some of the plots. When the issue was raised before the Noida Authority OSD Manoj Rai , he had said that a team would be sent to conduct a probe and demolish illegal...

Move over Vito Corleone, the Amish mafia is out for retribution. A new Discovery channel television series “ Amish Mafia ” is set to premiere Dec. 12 and will explore the underground lives of a vigilante Mennonite group seeking eye-for-an-eye justice for crimes against their community members . The series focuses on the leader of this mafia group , Lebanon Levi, a Mennonite who was never baptized and so can remain distanced from the church, and his cohort, who are identified as Alvin, Jolin and John. The Amish mafia in the show, which is set in Lancaster, Pa., flaunt their body tattoos , drive cars, use cell phones and, most importantly, shoot guns. The technology these self-identified mafia members use are not approved by their church , which is characterized by the show as “looking the other way.” “The [ Amish ] Church denies that the Amish Mafia exists — yet, like any other person in a community who holds power, the Amish know who to go to if there’s a problem...

The porn mafia seems to have acquired a fresh and new market. It’s none other than higher secondary, high school and upper primary students of city schools .   Obscene and vulgar video clips are transferred to the mobile phones of these students through bluetooth , say special branch cops. The sources said a large number of people were involved in the sleazy business as the police found several instances of the mafia operating near educational institutions . Though most city schools have banned mobile phones on campus, students violate the order and smuggle them in. The porn clips are first transferred from an outsider to a student and they are later shared among others. Sources said internet cafes operating near schools are the supply hubs. The special branch police arrested a few men from Thrippunithura and High Court Junction on Sunday, on charge of providing porn clips to school students . “ Students usually give their mobiles to t...

Chongqing criminal does about-turn on claims that jailed attorney Li Zhuang faked evidence Former defence lawyer Li Zhuang''s arrest in 2009 still has the legal community seething. An imprisoned Chongqing mafia boss who alleged that his lawyer fabricated evidence on his behalf - resulting in the lawyer being jailed for 18 months - has changed his testimony and said police in the municipality forced him to lie to frame him. Li Zhuang, the former lawyer of convicted mafia boss Gong Gangmo, was summoned on Friday, along with his attorney, by the Supreme People 's Procuratorate for a meeting that lasted more than an hour, The Beijing News reported. The summons came after Li, who was released from jail in June last year, submitted a petition earlier this month seeking a review of his case and accusing officers of wrongdoing in their investigation. The newspaper said Li provided seven audio and video clips to support his claims. In petition documents, ...

Think you'll ever get a good paying job once that headhunter or potential employer finds your mugshot and info about your arrest on the Internet? (MONROE, WA) -- You have a picture taken of you. A picture you do not want taken…at a police station somewhere. It is your mug shot. Your arrest shot. But later, you may be exonerated of whatever crime you were charged with. Maybe the charges were dropped before there ever was a trial. Now you find your mug shot on a website . You tell the website – which is a mugshot website that does nothing but post mug shots – that you want it taken down because you have been exonerated or were never charged to begin with. The website says sure. For $400. You give us $400 dude (or more) and we take down your photo . Sound like a low level Mafia shakedown to you? Some people think it is. “That’s the dilemma facing people across the country as a backlash rises against mug-shot websites that demand that people pay up to have th...

South Africa came last in an evaluation of maths and science education across the world Education in Eastern Cape is allegedly controlled by a clique that uses blackmail and intimidation to keep its members' pockets full. A two-month investigation by The Times's sister publication, The Herald , also revealed claims by female education department officials that they are pressurised at out-of-town junkets into having sex with "top dogs" in exchange for a promotion. The clique - dubbed the Education Mafia - has infiltrated a number of the provincial department's 28 directorates, with some members holding key positions. This allegedly enables them to manipulate tender procedures and financial plans, influence policy discussions and stymie internal investigations. The group has also allegedly drawn up a ''hit list'' of education officials its members want fired for standing in their way . The deputy direc...

Jaipur: The land mafia in the city is using ' royal connection' to grab prime localities in the city, reports claim. According to reports, the Jaipur police in reeling under complaints from people , who accused the land mafia is claiming their ownership over the land, insisting that the particular piece of land was allotted to their ancestors by the royal family of Jaipur . They are even producing fake land deeds and forged signatures of erstwhile rulers to take the victim into confidence, reports said. The issue came to light after a caretaker lodged an FIR against five people at Vaishali Nagar police station. In his FIR report, the caretaker of Pungalia farm stated that some musclemen barged into the farm house on November 9 and vandalized the area. The caretaker added that the men claimed that the farm was gifted to one Baal Singh i...