| Martyred cops' families struggle for insurance money
Raipur, March 26 (IANS) They made the supreme sacrifice while battling Maoist guerrillas, yet the family members of many martyred policemen in Chhattisgarh have to wait endlessly to get insurance money. As many as 121 families of policemen killed by Maoists in 2007 are struggling for survival as insurance companies seem reluctant to cough up the Rs.1 million insurance money due to each. The Chhattisgarh government provides Rs.1 million insurance cover to policemen being deployed in insurgency-hit areas where guerrillas mostly use landmines to target them. Top official sources said 194 personnel of the state police force laid down their lives mostly in the state's southern Maoist stronghold during their postings last year. Despite the best efforts of the state government, the insurance amount was paid to just 73 family members of the deceased policemen.
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Eagles snap skid
Head Coach Matt Gordon and his Mendocino College Eagles returned home Tuesday where a matchup with Yuba awaited them after a two-game road trip Oakland. The Eagles had to be hoping that a little home cooking and the friendly confines of their home ballpark would reverse a [4-game losing skid]. Whether any of that mattered remains to be discovered, regardless the Eagles won the first of a two-game homestand by defeating Yuba College 10-8. The two teams were deadlocked at seven apiece when Devin Jackson hit a two-run single with two outs in the seventh inning to give the Eagles a 9-7 lead. Yuba would answer back with a run in the eighth inning but Mendo gave them a taste of their own medicine, scoring an insurance run in their half of the inning to give closer Lynn Hayes a bit of breathing room.
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