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Man kills two minor daughters in Uttar Pradesh

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A man in Uttar Pradesh killed his two minor daughters as he was upset over his wife not giving birth to a son, police said Saturday.

Anil, a resident of Asandra region, killed four-year-old Muskaan and two-year-old Khushi Friday and dumped their bodies in a river in Barabanki district, 29 km from the state capital. He is absconding.

The bodies were discovered by villagers Saturday.

Superintendent of Police Barabanki D.K. Rai told IANS that Anil was angry with his wife Sangeeta as she had given birth to three daughters.

BJP has made Karnataka the most corrupt state: Rahul Gandhi

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On a day when a ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator was convicted and jailed in a bribery case, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Saturday charged the BJP with making Karnataka the most corrupt state in the country.

“There is no other state more corrupt than the BJP-ruled Karnataka. At a time when half the state is reeling under drought, the ruling party’s leaders are busy fighting among themselves,” Gandhi said at a Youth Congress convention here, about 400 km from Bangalore.

Petrol price cut by Rs.2.02 a litre in Delhi

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State-owned Indian Oil Corp Saturday said it will reduce petrol price by Rs.2.02 a litre, including state levies, in Delhi from midnight Saturday.

Petrol became dearer by Rs.7.54 a litre in the capital after a rate revision May 23.

—IANS

Man kills wife, sister-in-law in Haryana

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Two middle-aged women lost their lives Saturday in Haryana’s Jhajjar town after the husband of one of them hit them with an iron rod in a fit of rage, said the police.

Police later arrested Narender of Qilla Mohalla of Jhajjar town, 350 km from Chandigarh, on charges of murdering his wife Sudesh, 42, and sister-in-law Mukesh, 45.

Family members told the police that Narender attacked the two women with an iron rod in a fit of anger after his wife argued with him over his drinking habits.

Court sends Jagan to CBI custody for five days

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In another setback to MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy in disproportionate assets case, the Andhra Pradesh High Court Saturday sent him to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody for five days.

The high court also dismissed Jagan’s quash petition, seeking orders to declare his arrest illegal.

Though the CBI sought Jagan’s custody for 10 days, the court sent him to the probe agency’s custody for five days from June 3.

Justice B. Chandra Kumar, who had reserved his orders Friday after hearing arguments from both the sides, pronounced it after 3.30 p.m. Saturday.

Akhilesh orders probe against former UP power minister

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Acting on the recommendation of state Lokayukta Justice N.K. Mehrotra, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has ordered a probe against BSP supremo Mayawati’s close aide former state power minister Ramveer Upadhyay, officials here said Saturday.

The investigation, ordered late Friday, would look into the allegations of misuse of power by Upadhyay and disproportionate assets acquired by him and his family members, besides several other irregularities during his five-year tenure in the previous government, informed sources told IANS.

Legislator shot at in Delhi

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An independent Delhi legislator, Bharat Singh, was shot at in the Najafgarh area by unidentified attackers Saturday morning, police said.

According to police, Singh, a legislator from Najafgarh, was shot by unidentified gunmen at around 8.30 a.m.

He was taken to the nearby Mata Chanan Devi Hospital, where he is undergoing treatment.

Police are suspecting it to be a case of personal enmity and are investigating.

Singh is the brother of MCD councillor Kishen Pahalwan against whom several criminal cases are pending.

—IANS

UN agency expresses concern over Pakistan scribes’ killings

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The head of UN agency, which defends news media freedom, has expressed concern about the increasing number of journalists being killed in Pakistan, and called upon the authorities in South Asian nation to investigate the two most recent murders that took place in May.

Irina Bokova, the director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, in a statement issued yesterday described the situation as alarming. “The number of journalists who are paying with their lives for doing their job in Pakistan is alarming,” she said.

Jagan turned MLAs into purchaseable commodities: Nama

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Telugu Desam Parliamentary Party leader Nama Nageswara Rao has alleged that the YSR Congress party chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has turned MLAs into purchasable commodity.

Talking to the media here on Friday, he called upon the people not to allow defectors to move about amongst them. Referring to suspension of a CBI court judge for accepting bribe to grant bail to the jailed former Karnataka Minister Gali Janardana Reddy, Nama said that it was shocking that the Mafia in the State has started to corrupt all the systems, including the judiciary.

Shabbir resents Jagan family doubts on YSR death

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Former minister Shabbir Ali has taken serious exception to the doubts expressed by YSRCP Chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy’s family on the death of former chief minister Dr YSR.

Speaking to the media at Gandhi Bhavan here on Friday, Shabbir Ali alleged that the doubts expressed by the Jagan’s family after two years was only to evoke sympathy and get political benefits in the present bye-elections. Shabbir Ali strongly suspected that Jagan and Brahmananda Reddy might have played a role in the death of Dr YSR.

T’ Lawyers agitate for arrest of CBi Judge

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Telangana lawyers on Friday launched an agitation at the High Court, demanding immediate arrest of the CBI First Additional Court Judge Pattabhi Rama Rao, who was suspended by the High Court.

It was alleged that Pattabhi Rama Rao has received Rs 5 crores as bribe from the former Karnataka minister and mining baron Gali Janardana Reddy to grant him bail. Pattabhi Rama Rao granted bail to Gali on May 12. However, the former mining baron continued to be in jail in Karnataka as he was arrested there in connection with another case.

YSR tried to sell his house to clear debts in 2004 : Naidu

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TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu has said that late Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy had written a letter to him in 2004 for permission to sell his house to clear his debts and questioned how he had earned thousands of crores of rupees within a few years from that stage.

Addressing election meetings in the Potti Sriramulu Nellore district on Friday, Naidu said that when YSR sought permission to sell his house, he could not give it as it was constructed on government land. He said that he wrote back stating that YSR could pay for the land and then sell his house.

Bharati not permitted to meet Jagan in Jail

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YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy’s wife Bharati had a bitter experience at the Chanchalguda jail here when she came to visit her husband on Friday.

Bharati came to the jail along with her relatives to meet Jagan in the afternoon. However, as the time given for the relatives to meet the prisoners in ‘Mulakhat’ ended, she was not allowed to meet her husband by the jail authorities.

Prosecutors ‘tarring’ Rajat Gupta: US judge

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A US federal court judge trying Rajat Gupta on insider trading charges has observed that prosecutors were “tarring” the former Indian-American managing director of McKinsey & Co. with an unrelated separate scheme.

“That’s the problem,” US District Judge Jed Rakoff said when Gupta’s lawyer, Gary Naftalis, argued in a hearing Friday outside the jury’s presence that prosecutors were attempting to retry the case of convicted hedge fund billionaire Rajaratnam to get his client.

India to launch 16 new nuclear reactors

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The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) will launch 16 reactors at an outlay of Rs.2.3 trillion ($40 billion) during the 12th Plan period (2012-17), a top official of the atomic power operator said.

“We have to launch eight 700 MW pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs) and eight light water reactors (LWRs) involving a total outlay of Rs.230,000 crore (Rs.2.3 trillion). The LWRs will be from foreign companies,” S.K. Jain, who retired Thursday as NPCIL chairman and managing director, told IANS in an interview.

No further appeal against Bhagavad Gita translation

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Russian prosecutors have decided against taking forward their case seeking a ban on a translated version of Bhagavad Gita, bringing down the curtains on the sensitive issue that had enraged Hindus globally and even threatened to strain Russia’s ties with India.

State prosecutors in the Siberian city of Tomsk will not challenge a lower court decision to refuse to declare the translation of the Hindu scripture as “extremist”, RAPSI legal news agency reported.

CBI court dismisses Jagan’s bail petition

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Close friends, fans and fellow artists will remember Maqbool Fida Husain, one of India’s greatest contemporary artists, on his first death anniversary June 9 with a commemorative programme, “Remembering Husain”, at the India International Centre (IIC) in the capital.

The artist died in exile in London. He was 96.

CBI seeks HC permission to arrest tainted judge

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The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday moved a petition in the High Court seeking permission to arrest First Additional CBI Judge T Pattabhi Ramarao, who granted bail to former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy in an illegal mining case, by allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10 crore.

The agency has noticed that Rs 10 crore has changed hands and at least four people were involved in the alleged hawala operations. The agency also booked the judge’s son and others involved in this connection.

BJP accuses KCR of cheating people on Telangana issue

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Bharatiya Janata Party state president G Kishan Reddy on Friday accused Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao of cheating the people of the region on Telangana statehood by claiming that Congress president Sonia Gandhi would announce her decision within three months.

Rekha-starrer Umrao Jaan sequel in the offing

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Rekha-starrer 1981 film Umrao Jaan may get a sequel as the producers are keen to bring the second part of the movie.

Umrao Jaan, based on the Urdu novel Umrao Jaan Ada (1905) by Mirza Hadi Ruswa, was directed by Muzaffar Ali.

The film was based on the life of famous Lucknow courtesan. Rekha’s performance as the central character in the film had won her first National Award.

Now, director Muzaffar Ali and one of the writers of the film Javed Siddiqui say they are working on two different stories, set in the same period.

Interpol Red Corner Notice Against Fasih Mehmood

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An Interpol Red Corner notice was today issued against Fasih Mehmood, an engineer hailing from Bihar, for his alleged involvement in criminal conspiracy behind Chinnaswamy blasts in Bangalore and Jamia Masjid explosion here.

Interpol issued the Red Corner notice against 28-year-old Mehmood on a request from the CBI for offences of terrorism and crimes involving the use of weapons and explosives, the official website of the international police said.

People Disappointed With BJP: Advani

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BJP leader L K Advani today admitted that people were “disappointed” with the party and appeared to be hitting out at party chief Nitin Gadkari as he said the campaign against corruption had been hurt due to induction of an ousted BSP leader facing graft charges.

He said the BJP had not risen to the occasion at a time when there was anger against the UPA government over various scams.

Protestors Block Roads, Deflate Bus Tyres in AP

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Road blockades, dharnas and deflated tyres of state-owned RTC buses marked the bandh called by NDA and Left parties to protest the steep hike in petrol prices in Andhra Pradesh today.

Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the main opposition in the state, also extended support to the bandh.

In the state capital here, BJP and Left parties participated in dharnas and took out a rally protesting the hike in petrol prices.

Former Andhra minister sent to jail

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A special court here Wednesday sent former Andhra Pradesh minister Mopidevi Venkataramna to prison in YSR Congress leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy’s corruption case.

Venkataramna was produced in the CBI court after his five-day CBI custody ended Tuesday. He was shifted to the Chanchalguda Central Jail, where Jaganmohan Reddy and two other accused are lodged.

The court accepted his plea to treat him as a special category prisoner. Venkataramna also moved a bail petition, the hearing on which was adjourned to Thursday.

Model Rozlyn goes topless for MS Dhoni

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Little known model Rozlyn Khan was not to be left behind by Poonam Pandey’s baring of self on Twitter in honour of KKR’s win. She’s done it for MS Dhoni and his Men in Yellow, The Chennai Super Kings.

This picture has emerged on the social networking sites. Before the finals, Rozlyn had announced that she would do a special ‘Bikini Shoot with Captain Dhoni’ if his team won. Earlier, she was featured in a racy photo shoot for IPL 5.