New Delhi, January 03: A drink with her husband’s employer on the New Year eve proved costly for a 60-year-old woman in north Delhi when he allegedly murdered her after raping her, police said.
The shocking incident took place in Majnu ka Tila on December 31 evening and Achey Lal (45), who was earlier acquitted in a rape case, was arrested for allegedly raping and murdering the woman, who worked as a maid.
New Delhi, January 03: The Supreme Court has admitted that it had violated fundamental rights of citizens during the 1975 Emergency. The observation was made by the court which in an unprecedented move commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence, earlier upheld by it, of a man who murdered four members of a family.
A bench of Justices Aftab Alam and Asok Kumar Ganguly in a judgement took a view that the majority decision of a five-member Constitution bench upholding the suspension of fundamental rights during Emergency in the ADM Jabalpur V Shivakant Shukla case (1976) was erroneous.
New Delhi, January 03: India, which has joined the UN Security Council after a of gap of 19 years, is most likely to be given a key responsibility by this powerful 15-membered body in fight against terrorism; thus acknowledging New Delhi’s prominent role in the global war against terror.
Diplomatic sources privy to the discussions at the United Nations headquarters in New York told PTI talks are in advance stage to request India to head one of its two key counter-terrorism committees.
Hyderabad, January 03: In a setback to the Centre’s consultation process, the TRS and the BJP have decided not to attend the January 6 meeting in New Delhi to discuss the Justice Srikrishna Committee report on Telangana.
Announcing its decision, the TRS Sunday said, “It was a deliberate attempt to seek divergent opinions on the issue.”
Echoing similar feelings, the BJP also said it will not participate in the meeting called by Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday.
Sydney, January 03: Thirty-six people were injured when the ceiling of an Australian cinema partially collapsed on Monday after heavy rain, but nobody is believed to be trapped, police said.
Police confirmed that emergency services were at the scene in the regional centre of Bathurst, 175 kilometres (110 miles) west of Sydney, after storm damage caused a false ceiling to collapse.
“Police and other emergency services… located 36 people suffering minor injuries,” New South Wales police said in a statement.
“All persons have been removed from the building.”
Ghaziabad, January 03: A designated CBI court here will take up Monday the closure report filed by the agency in the sensational murder of Aarushi Talwar in which it has named her father as a suspect, but has expressed inability to prosecute him because of insufficient evidence.
The court, before which the agency filed the closure report on December 29, after two-and-a-half-years of investigation, is expected to decide on whether or not the case should be re-investigated.
Mumbai, January 03: “No One Killed Jessica” is the first release of the year. It’s inspired by the high-profile murder of model Jessica Lall, a crime that rocked the nation 11 years ago. Filmmaker Rajkumar Gupta brings the tragic story on celluloid in his second directorial venture that is releasing Friday.Produced by UTV Spotboy, the film features Vidya Balan as Jesscia’s sister Sabrina while Rani Mukerji plays a journalist named Meera Gaiety who feels passionately about the case.
Mumbai, January 03: Kicking off the new trading year on a positive note, a benchmark index of Indian equities Monday rose in morning trade.The 30-share sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 20,621.61 points, was ruling at 20,652.91 points, up 143.82 points or 0.7 percent from its previous close at 20,509.09 points.
At the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the 50-share S&P CNX Nifty was trading at 6,176.8 points, up 0.69 percent.
Chennai, January 03: DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the Raj Bhavan here Monday morning and said the “alliance is intact”.The meeting at the Raj Bhavan lasted 25 minutes. Karunanidhi had not met the prime minister as expected Sunday, when Manmohan Singh arrived here.
“The alliance is intact,” Karunanidhi told reporters after the meeting, adding that he could not meet Manmohan Singh Sunday due to a prior engagement.
Hyderabad, January 03: The all party meeting to be convened by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Jan 6 to elicit views on Telangana issue could very likely turn out to be a damp squib with only two parties – the ruling Congress and the Praja Rajyam party (PRP) deciding to attend it.
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and the BJP – have decided to boycott the meeting, the second being convened by Chidambaram on the T-issue.
Lucknow, January 03: In the wake of sharp criticism by all the major Opposition parties demanding action against a ruling BSP MLA accused of raping a minor and also putting her behind bars on charges of theft, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Sunday suspended Pushottam Narain Dwivedi.
Mayawati had on Saturday ordered a CB-CID inquiry against Dwivedi. If found guilty, Dwivedi will be expelled from the party and sent to jail.
Kolkata, January 03: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Sunday expressed concern over the current rate of inflation but said the figure was expected to come down to 6.5 percent by the end of the next financial year.”The inflation is an issue of concern. We expect that the steps we have taken will bear results. It is expected that by March next year the rate of inflation may come down to 6.5 percent,” Mukherjee told media persons here.
Chandigarh, December 03: Curfew was imposed in this town in Punjab’s Mansa district Sunday after a group of protesters clashed with police and also damaged at least six vehicles.”Curfew has been imposed in Bhikhi town to thwart any untoward incident. A group of anti-social elements had attacked police. They also damaged around six vehicles, including police vehicles,” said district police chief Hardyal Singh Mann here Sunday.
Dubai, January 03: Emirates Sunday launched its second Airbus A-380 daily service to Saudi Arabia for business and leisure travellers. The A-380 can carry a maximum of 517 passengers in a three-class configuration.
“The A-380 has received an overwhelmingly positive response from the Saudi market since it was introduced on our Jeddah route in February 2010.
Islamabad, January 03: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Sunday formally announced it was withdrawing support to Pakistan’s ruling coalition over the hike in commodity prices but Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani ruled out any threat to the government.The party’s Coordination Committee held meetings simultaneously in Karachi and London Sunday before arriving at the decision, Geo TV said.
The meetings took serious exception to the massive hike in the prices of petroleum products, among other items, by the government.
Kolkata, January 02: The Maoists are prepared for talks if the central government initiates a judicial probe into the death of rebel leader Azad alias Cherukuri Rajkumar, social activist Swami Agnivesh said here Sunday.
”The Maoists have demanded a judicial inquiry into Azad’s killing. If the central government accepts the demand and begins a probe, then they are ready for talks,” Agnivesh told newspersons.
He said top Maoist leaders Ganapathy and Koteshwar Rao alias Kishenji had communicated to him that they would hold talks if the government accepted the demand.
Mumbai, January 03: Well-known radio announcer Ameen Sayani, whose name is synonymous with the hit show “Binaca Geet Mala”, has dug into his archives to come out with a CD of songs from the earlier days when music “touched the heart”.Sayani feels that in the music of today rhythm has taken precedence and melody is left behind.
“The music of that (earlier) time touched the heart, but the music of today touches the body. That is also a good thing because when I hear the music of today, even at 78 it sometimes makes me dance,” Sayani told IANS in an interview.
New Delhi, January 03: The new year saw another incident of alleged gangrape and murder in the Capital. A 17-year-old girl who went out for a New Year party on Friday was found dead in Dwarka in Southwest Delhi on Saturday. According to police, she had been first strangled with her pair of jeans. Her face had then been
smashed with a stone to make identification difficult. Unconfirmed reports also suggested that the girl was made to have unnatural sex as well.
London, January 03: Actress Calista Flockhart says she feels more secure after marrying actor Harrison Ford because she knows they’re both committed to making their marriage work.The former “Ally McBeal” star, who tied the knot with Ford last year, says their romance has been enhanced by marriage because she knows they’re both in it for good.
London, January 03: Legendary singer Elton John was inspired to start a family after the death of his friend musician Guy Babylon, says Babylon’s wife.John and partner David Furnish welcomed son Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John on Christmas Day via a surrogate mother.
John resisted to Furnish’s pleas of starting a family, but changed his mind after Babylon died of a heart attack in September 2009.
Shimla, January 03: What would you do if you were stuck in a snow- covered place and cut off from the rest of the world for five months? Lament? But this landlocked Himachal Pradesh town makes the most of it by holding celebrations, gambling, knitting, drinking and making merry!Heavy snowfall high up the Himalayan slopes in late December has snapped road connectivity to Keylong and its nearby villages in Lahaul Valley. The road links are likely to resume only in mid-May.
Jaipur, January 03: Talks are set to continue between the agitating Gujjar community and the Rajasthan government Monday after they remained inconclusive Sunday night even as the community’s protests for five percent reservation in government jobs entered the 15th day, disrupting some train services.
The 51-member Gujjar delegation sent by the community Sunday will hold further talks with the state government’s three-member ministerial committee by Monday afternoon, officials said here.
Saptari, January 03: As Nepal kicked off its tourism year on Saturday, along with 10 other foreign visitors, a legislator from Bihar became the first Indian to hit the headlines in the Himalayan republic in 2011 – but for the wrong reason.
Sarfaraz Alam, elected from Jokihat in Araria district as a ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) candidate, created a furore after he crossed into southern Nepal’s Saptari district Saturday flanked by machine gun-toting bodyguards without giving prior information to the Nepali authorities.
Washington, December 03: US President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill seeking to provide medical care for emergency workers, who fell ill by the fumes left in the wake of September 11 attacks.
According to a statement issued by the White House on Sunday, Obama signed the bill at the Kaneohe Marine base near his vacation home in the state of Hawaii, where he is spending the Christmas holidays, AFP reported.
Karachi, January 03: Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal have so far been unable to obtain a clean chit from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and remain doubtful to feature in the World Cup squad.
The duo has failed to provide convincing answers to queries by PCB’s integrity committee, well-placed sources were quoted as saying in The News Sunday.