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Reactions pour in after PM Modi calls for 'SMART' policing at conference of DGPs and IGPs

New Delhi, Nov 30 (ANI): Reactions poured in on Sunday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi advocated the concept of 'SMART' policing, and discussed the need of an efficient intelligence network that does not need any arms and ammunition to run the government at a conference of DGPs and IGPs. Congress leader Rashid Alvi said that the country needs police reforms as well as judicial reforms. Former DGP Prakash Singh said that PM Modi gave new definition to 'SMART' which if followed will reform the police. Nov 30, 2014
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Veena Malik Sentenced To 26 Years In Prison!

Veena Malik and Asad Bashir re-enacted the marriage on popular Pakistani chat show on Geo TV. The religious song playing in the background did not go down well with religious extremists. It now appears as if a court in Pakistan has sentenced Veena, her hubby, the show’s host Shaista Wahidi and channel owner Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman to 26 years in jail in addition to a fine of 1.3 million Pakistani rupees. Watch the video to get the complete story. Nov 27, 2014
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Veena Malik sentenced to 26 years in jail for blasphemy

New Delhi, Nov 26 (ANI): Pakistani actress Veena Malik has been sentenced to 26 years in jail for blasphemy. She, along with the owner of Pakistan's biggest media group, Geo TV, and her actor husband Asad Bashir Khan, has been sentenced to 26 years in prison by an anti-terrorism court for allegedly airing a blasphemous programme. Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, owner of Geo and Jang group, was accused of allowing the airing of a blasphemous programme by Geo television in May that played a religious song as a backdrop to Malik and Khan's mock marriage. Judge Shahbaz Khan also sentenced both Malik and Bashir along with TV host Shaista Wahidi for 26 years each. The ATC also imposed a 1.3 million Pakistani rupees fine on the convicts and ordered that their properties should be sold to raise the fine, if they failed to pay it. The judge said in his judgment that all four accused committed profanity. The court in its 40-page verdict also asked the police to arrest the convicts, an official said. He said that the convict can appeal in the regional high court in Gilgit-Baltistan. Meanwhile, reports claim that the four people named are all out of Pakistan at the moment. It is not known when the arrests would be carried out. Both Wahidi and the Geo group have tendered apology after the allegations Nov 26, 2014
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