Principal faces hair-snip heat

Kanpur (PTI): A group of people ransacked a school on Thursday after its principal allegedly cut off a girl’s hair.

Saloni Khanna, the principal of Bagwan Shiksha Sadan in the Civil Lines area, was reportedly annoyed with Rinki Yadav, a Class III student, because she was wearing her hair loose and had come to school without taking a bath.

Khanna said she was merely teaching students to keep themselves clean.

The girls’ parents, along with a group of residents, stormed the school and resorted to brickbatting.

They damaged the school building and property and also misbehaved with the principal, police said, adding that an investigation is on.

Sush contests fine on car

Mumbai (PTI): Actress Sushmita Sen has chall- enged in Bombay High Court a fine the municipal corporation of greater Mumbai has imposed on her for allegedly evading octroi on her Land Cruiser.

Sen (in picture) bought the sport utility vehicle in 2005 from an NRI.

Her contention is that it is the seller’s duty to pay the tax.

The civic body, besides asking her to pay octroi on the car, has imposed a heavy fine on Sen.

She will now have to cough up around Rs 22 lakh.

Monica’s task

Hyderabad (PTI): Gangster Abu Salem’s girlfriend Monica Bedi has been asked to teach women inmates in the jail where she has been lodged.

Bedi, who is serving a five-year jail term after being convicted in a passport forgery case, would have to teach uneducated women prisoners in Chanchalguda jail.

UNI takeover

New Delhi: Delhi High Court has ordered status quo till December 18 on the deal that could give the Zee group a majority stake in UNI. It has also sought to know the status of the transfer of the news agency’s shares to Zee’s Subhash Chandra.

Annamalai test

Chennai: The entrance test for MPhil courses under Annamalai University’s directorate of distance education will be held in Calcutta on October 8. Candidates who have not filed their applications may also take the test that day.

Tamil Nadu plans a fishing harbour in Rameswaram with a facility to berth 780 mechanised boats. The Rs 104-crore unit will have a cold- storage and auction centre.