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Health insurance scheme for state government-accredited journalists:Mamta

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mamtaKolkata:The  Health insurance scheme on Wednesday passed a proposal to launch a health insurance scheme for state government-accredited journalists, including those who have retired.

The journalists can avail of the scheme — christened “Mabhoi” — till the age of 65, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced after the cabinet meeting.

The scheme would be extended to all family members of the insured journalists who can take admission in state government hospitals and health centres, and hospitals accredited under the West Bengal Health Scheme.

The cabinet also approved a health insurance scheme called Swasthya Sathi for civic police volunteers, green police volunteers, civil defence volunteers, disaster management workers, ASHA social health workers, self-help groups, national volunteers, Home Guards, ICDS workers, and contractual and casual workers.

The total number of beneficiaries for Swasthya Sathi would be about 80 lakh.

This group insurance scheme, costing the government Rs.1,000 crore, would provide a coverage of Rs.1.5 lakh to Rs.5 lakh, without any cap on family size.

The full premium would be paid by the state government.

Both Mabhoi and Swasthya Sathi schemes would run from April 1.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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