Lucknow, June 02: By clearing three more subjects in the Class X Uttar Pradesh Board examinations this year, a 55-year-old primary school teacher from Allahabad has successfully managed to pass 58 subjects till date. Fighting the fear of examinations in his own novel way, Ram Lakhan Yadav has appeared
9 times in High School and 14 times in Intermediate examinations of the UP Board. In all, he has cleared 58 subjects.
New Delhi, June 02: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday skipped a meeting of the cabinet committee on political affairs that decided on imposing President’s rule in Jharkhand, but denied any friction in the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
“There are no differences between the Trinamool Congress and the Congress. We are absolutely comfortable,” the Trinamool Congress chief told reporters here, downplaying her absence from the cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
New Delhi, June 02: The South Eastern Railway has distributed compensation of Rs 58.5 lakh among the victims of the Jnaneswari Express accident. The railways has decided to give Rs 5 lakh compensation to the kin of the dead, Rs 1 lakh to those with serious injuries and Rs 50,000 to people with minor injuries.
“We have decided to give Rs 25,000 in cash to the victims. The remaining amount will be given through cheques,” said Dinesh Kumar, Additional Divisional Railway Manager of Kharagpur Division.
New Delhi, June 02: India and Pakistan resolved the issue relating to the initial filling of Baglihar dam in Jammu and Kashmir with the neighbouring country deciding not to raise the matter further.
The decision was arrived at the talks of Permanent Indus Commissioners of the two countries who are meeting here.
A World Bank appointed expert has already given a decision in favour of India.
Ahmedabad, June 02: The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence awarded to three convicts in the 2002 Akshardham terror attack in which 32 people were killed, and said it was a criminal conspiracy of mass killing of Hindus by Pak-based outfits to avenge the post-Godhra riots.
A division bench of Justices R M Doshit and K M Thakar, while pronouncing the verdict, rejected the appeal of six convicts, three of them awarded death sentence, against the judgement by the special POTA court here.
New Delhi, June 02: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh promised the nation on Tuesday that his government would not flinch from frontally battling Maoist violence, communalism and terrorism.
He was releasing the United Progressive Alliance’s annual report card, marking the end of its first year in its second tenure.
New Delhi, June 02: Indian Olympic Association secretary general Randhir Singh lashed out at the BCCI for not sending teams to this year’s Asian Games in China and said IOA will write to the Cricket Board tomorrow asking it to reconsider the decision.
“I’m very, very disappointed. It really hurts because we were really keen to have cricket in this multi-discipline events,” Randhir said.
“On behalf of IOA, we will write a letter to the BCCI tomorrow and ask them to reconsider their decision,” he said.
Jerusalem, June 02: Facing mounting international outrage over its raid on an aid flotilla aiming to break its siege on Gaza, Israel has said it will expel all activists seized from the ships and dropped threats to prosecute some of them.
A spokesman for Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, said on Tuesday that all activists 682 people from 35 countries “would be deported immediately” in an operation officials said they hoped to complete in 48 hours.
Kabul, June 02: Afghan commandos and NATO troops recaptured a remote district near the Pakistan border overrun by the Taliban last week, NATO and the government said Tuesday.
The militants seized the district of Bargi Matal in rugged Nuristan province on Saturday, driving out Afghan security forces after days of fierce fighting.
On Monday, NATO jets bombed the troubled region in what NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said was an operation in support of its Afghan counterparts.
On Tuesday, the defence ministry said the district had been recaptured.
New Delhi, June 02: Contradicting Y S Jaganmohan Reddy’s statement that he had got clearance for his controversial yatra in the Telangana region from Veerappa Moily, the latter denied denied giving any such permission to the Andhra Pradesh leader.
Reddy, MP from Kadapa and son of late Chief Minister Y S Rajashekhara Reddy, claimed that he had got the clearance for his tour when he met Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily, who is AICC in-charge of Andhra Pradesh, here this morning.
Hebron, June 02: Israeli Arab on Breaking the Silence tour to Hebron says was asked to remove ‘Muslim indicators’ for own personal safety. ‘This event is a reminder of Hebron’s prevailing policy of institutionalized ethnic separation backed by Israel’s police, state’s authorities,’ say Association for Civil Right in Israel.
A police officer instructed an Israeli Arab student to remove her head cover. The student, a resident of Jerusalem, was on Shuhada Street in Hebron with a guided tour organized by Breaking the Silence organization.
New Delhi, June 02: Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin is now in the Capital to get her Indian visa extended since the validity of the travel document expires in August.
Taslima, who has been in and out of the country after she was dramatically bundled out of West Bengal in November 2007 in the wake of protests by radical Muslim groups, came from London in the wee hours of Sunday and was immediately whisked away to a safe location.
The 47-year-old doctor-turned writer is also trying for a permanent residency in the country. Her visa is valid till August 16.
Muzaffarnagar, June 02: In a throw back after six years to the Gudiya case, a community panchayat has asked a Muslim woman, who had remarried, to go back to her first husband, who returned after remaining missing for five years.
Roshan got married with Irshad eleven years ago and had two children. Irshad then went missing for five years. In the meantime, Roshan got married to another man Gaffar.
Bangalore, June 02: The bullet allegedly fired at the Art Of Living (AOL) ashram in Kanakapura on Sunday was neither an act of terror nor an assassination attempt. It is not also likely to be a result of rivalry between ashram inmates.
This is what has emerged from investigations so far,which means both home minister P Chidambaram and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s theories have fallen flat. But Unfortunately, this also means that the investigators have not been able to pinpoint who had fired the bullet, why, and from where.
London, June 02: What do you want – a sliver of human head, a piece of smokers’ lungs or a slice of human hand? All that and much more are now available through a mail order service set up in Germany.
The service has been started by controversial German anatomist Gunther von Hagens, who is the inventor of a system known as plastination in which fluids are removed from dead humans or animals and replaced with hardened silicon. This allows body parts to be preserved indefinitely.
Riyadh, June 02: A Saudi Islamic scholar has sued to block an education ministry move to allow female teachers to teach young schoolboys in private schools, Arab News reported Tuesday.
Shariah law scholar Youssef al-Ahmad said he went to court to block the new policy after high officials ignored his letters arguing that women teaching boys is haram, or forbidden, in Islam, the newspaper said.
“When I received no reply, I went to court,” he said.
Riyadh, June 02: Saudi Arabia’s religious police are trying to bring to court three Saudi youths for challenging the kingdom’s austere lifestyle on an MTV reality show a new test of the country’s stated commitment to reform.
Divisions have emerged within the influential religious establishment, including the religious police body itself, over long-held restrictions that have been enforced in the world’s leading oil producing country and key U.S. ally.
Mumbai, June 02: The Mughals could not stop the coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at the Raigad fort on June 6, 1674. “So, who are the present day Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) officials to stop Shiv Sena from celebrating the anniversary of his coronation at the historic venue,” party chief Bal Thackeray said.
“He was surrounded by the Mughals from all sides, and yet Shivaji Maharaj conducted his coronation ceremony. No Mughal emperor could stop him. So, who are the present day ASI officials (to stop us)?” Thackeray wrote in an editorial in party mouthpiece Saamna.
New Delhi, June 02: Ever since a ‘Hindu’ link to terrorism surfaced in the form of ‘sadhvi’ Pragya Singh Thakur, many in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh have been spending sleepless nights, wondering where police investigations will lead once the agencies are able to connect all the dots that have emerged over the past two years.
New Delhi, June 01: Presenting his government’s report on completion of first year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today vowed to fight terrorism “root and branch” and enforce the writ of the State in dealing with naxalism and political extremism.
He identified price rise as one of the major problems and said necessary corrective steps would be taken to rein in inflation.
Rewari (Haryana), June 01: In a shocking incident, a man murdered his two minor nephews following a land dispute with his brother and later committed suicide by consuming poison in Mohalla Khasapura area here, police said today.
Dhruv (12) and his younger brother Nikhil (9) were hammered to death allegedly by their uncle Sandeep late last night. The accused earlier had a dispute with his elder brother Rajesh, they said.
Apparently fearing consequences of the twin murder, Sandeep later ended his life by consuming poison, they said.
Bangalore, Jun 01: Two South African nationals allegedly involved in a fake currency racket were arrested today, police said.
The accused were identified as Qamar Joseph Dawooda (35) and Verony Anthony Citalu (36) from Swaziland.
They said the duo contacted a businessman through another person on May 18 and told him they had one million Euros for investing in his business. However, the amount was with the Swaziland Embassy in Delhi and they could get it for him if he gave Rs two lakh as advance payment.
New Delhi, Jun 01: The government is understood to have decided to give extension to the Wage Boards for working journalists and non-journalists till December 31 this year.
Chairman of the Boards Justice Gurbax Rai Majithia had sought an extension till December 31 to finalise his recommendations on revision of salary and other benefits.
The term of the Wage Boards had ended on May 23.
Sources in the Labour and Employment Ministry said a notification in this regard would be issued in a couple of days.
New Delhi, Jun 01: The much-awaited UPA report card presentation ceremony turned out to be a sombre affair as the government did away with its earlier plans of a gala dinner and the usual hype surrounding such events in the wake of the recent Mangalore air crash.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Congress colleagues must have heaved a sigh of relief when Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee made a rare appearance at today’s programme.
Mumbai, Jun 01: Maharashtra Government today transferred 66 police officers, including senior IPS official Vishwas Nangre Patil, who was in limelight during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
Nangre Patil, DCP in south Mumbai, has been shifted as SP in neighbouring Thane district, Home department sources said.
During the 26/11 attacks, Nangre Patil and his team moved to the security control room on the second floor of the Taj hotel, braving terrorists.
Earlier, he busted rave parties in Pune and Mumbai, exposing rampant drug abuse among youth.