According to an official statement, police claimed the newspaper report stating that the commissioner had been fined was carried ``without ascertaining facts.'' It claimed that the amount is to be paid by the government towards ``expenses'' which the release does not specify. The money is not to be paid by the commissioner, it adds.

Supplementary exams in June n THE Maharashtra government is planning to hold supplementary examinations for students who fail their tenth and twelfth standard, within a month of declaration of results in June, to save one academic year of the unsuccessful candidates, according to Minister of State for School Education Anil Deshmukh.