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• Fifty-seven jail inmates given degrees, diplomas at YCMOU

  Fifty-seven jail inmates from different prisons in Maharashtra, including two women, got their degrees in BA and BCom. As many as 56,419 students were today conferred degrees and diplomas by the city-based Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra University (YCMOU).Maharashtra Governor K Shankarnarayanan in his capacity as Chancellor of universities, confer...

• Mumbai: Soon, your maid will talk to you in the Queen's English

  Just imagine. Kantabai, the maid, comes to work, and the moment you chide her for coming late, she says in the Queen's English: "I'm really sorry, but you see the traffic jams are becoming such a nuisance these days."This imaginary scene could soon play out in your house as the Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU) in Mumbai has de...