Month: January 2011

Rodents nibble on corpses at government hospital

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Hyderabad, January 28: Exposing the sorry state of affairs in government hospitals, rodents partially ate three dead bodies in the Mahaboobnagar government hospital morgue, leading to protests by the relatives of the deceased.

According to reports reaching here, the bodies were kept in the mortuary after post-mortem yesterday and when the kin of the deceased went to collect the bodies today, they found the bodies partially eaten. The bodies of two children who drowned in a pond at Bhootpur were among the three corpses.

All government bodies come under Lok Ayukta

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Hyderabad, January 28: “Except the chief minister, every government institution including ministers come under the purview of Lok Ayukta,” said justice S Ananda Reddy, Lok Ayukta of AP. He hoisted the national flag on the occasion of Republic Day here today.

Four arrested, CMS suspended in Firozabad rape case

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Lucknow, January 28:Two police officials and the two accused were today arrested while the Chief Medical Superintendent (CMS) of the district hospital was suspended in connection with the self-immolation attempt by a backward caste girl in Firozabad after being raped, official sources here said.

Ganga Sharan, SHO Nagla Khangar police station, and sub inspector Siyaram were arrested after an FIR was lodged against them for not performing their duties effectively and destroying evidence, the sources said.

The two were earlier placed under suspension.

Andhra seeks help for students stuck in US

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Hyderabad, January 28:With many students from Andhra Pradesh facing the possibility of being deported from the United States following the closure of Tri-Valley University, the state government Friday urged the Indian government to take up the issue with the US authorities.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy has requested the ministry of external affairs to pursue the matter with the US government for giving all possible assistance to the students affected by the closure of the SanFrancisco-based university.

After Mumbai Indians, Modi questions IPL auction changes

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New Delhi, January 28:After Mumbai Indians, suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi questioned the last-minute changes made to the January 8-9 players’ auction in Bangalore.

“The changing of players auction order as pointed by some franchisees is an issue which I highlighted when I saw the rules changed last minute. The order changing – should not have been allowed – as it gives advantage to teams that knew of it before,” Modi wrote on social networking site Twitter.

It is wrong to assume Hindus cannot be terrorists

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New Delhi, January 28: In remarks that could stir a fresh political controversy, senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Friday accused BJP state governments of sheltering people affiliated to RSS, allegedly involved in bomb blasts, terming it as “Sanghi terrorism”.

Brown sugar worth Rs 1 crore seized; 4 held

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Bangalore, January 28:Four drug peddlers were arrested and brown sugar worth Rs one crore in the international market recovered from their possession, police said today.

The four were arrested yesterday and 875 grams of brown sugar worth Rs one crore, some cash and four mobile phones were recovered from them, a police release said.

–PTI

Five dead, 13 injured in Ahmedabad building collapse

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Ahmedabad, January 28:Five people, including a woman, were killed and 13 others injured when a five-storey newly-constructed building collapsed here Friday morning, leading to the partial collapse of two adjoining buildings as well, officials said.

While six people have been admitted for treatment of fractures, seven others are being treated in the outpatient department.

Alonso and Massa unveil new Ferrari for 2011 season

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Maranello (Italy), January 28:Former Formula One World Champion Fernando Alonso and team-mate Felipe Massa Friday unveiled the Ferrari for the 2011 season.

The car for the Spaniard Alonso and Brazil’s Massa is named F150 as Ferrari chose to pay tribute to the 150th anniversary of Italian unification this year, with the nation’s flag placed on the rear wing of the new model.

“We developed the F150 with one single aim, we only have to reach it,” said team boss Stefano Domenicali in reference to the title ambitions.

Ishrat Jehan encounter was fake: SIT member

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New Delhi, January : Member of the special investigation team investigating the Ishrat Jehan encounter case on Friday said that the encounter was fake.

Ahmedabad Joint Commissioner of Police Satish Verma has claimed that as many as 14 police officers, including seven IPS officers are suspects.

He has said this in an affidavit filed in the Gujarat high court.

——–Agencies

13 Govt. school students fell sick after eating mid-day meals

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Hyderabad, January 28: Thirteen students of a government school fell sick after having mid-day meal at the school at Brahmanapalli village in the mandal on Thursday. The students were rushed to government hospital in Godavarikhani by 108 ambulance. All of them are said to be out of danger.

Maharashtra’s image sullied like ‘Dabangg’s Munni’: Thackeray

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Mumbai, January 28: The Maharashtra government has acquired a reputation as bad as ‘Munni’ from the recent Bollywood mega-hit “Dabang”, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray said Friday.

In a hard-hitting editorial in party mouthpiece ‘Saamna’, Thackeray listed the failures and scams afflicting the state government, and added that with Tuesday’s burning of Nashik additional district collector Yeshwant Sonawane by the petrol mafia, the state government’s reputation has gone for a toss and sullied like that of ‘Munni’.

‘US embassy official Blackwater agent’

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Islamabad, January 28: Pakistani media say the US embassy official charged with the murder of two Pakistani citizens is an agent for the notorious security firm, Blackwater.

The US official identified by police as Raymond Davis shot dead two men riding on a motorcycle in Lahore on Thursday in what he claimed was self-defense during an attempt robbery.

A third Pakistani was run over and killed in the incident after being hit by a US consulate vehicle rushing to the scene to the American’s aid.

Man kept wife in cellar for 16 years, lived with another woman

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London, January 28: A man in Brazil locked up his wife in a cellar for 16 long years as he lived upstairs with another woman, it was reported here.

Joao Batista Groppo has been arrested on suspicion of keeping his wife locked in the squalid cellar for 16 years, the Daily Mail reported Friday.

Sixtyfour-year-old Sebastiana Aparecida Groppo was found by the police in the cellar of the house in the city of Sorocaba in Sao Paulo state Wednesday.

The woman was living in pitiable conditions as the fhe floor of the cellar was littered with faeces and dead cockroaches.

Advani’s Rath Yatra root of terrorism in India: Digvijay

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New Delhi, January 28: A day after he held Hindu Mahasabha founder Veer Savarkar responsible for the two-nation theory, Congress leader Digvijay Singh blamed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K.Advani’s ‘Rath Yatra’ for the genesis of terrorism in parts of India.

“L.K Advani’s Rath Yatra has given birth to terrorism in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat and the whole of the region,” Singh said, addressing a ‘National Meet on Tracing Sangh Terror Trail and Stories of Innocent Muslim Boys’ organised by civil society group Anhad.

Priyanka denies rumours of unaccounted assets

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Mumbai, January 28: Priyanka Chopra’s spokesperson has denied rumours regarding the actress that have emerged since the Income Tax raid at her residence Monday.

Soon after the Income Tax raid, there were rumours that she has unaccounted assets worth Rs.6 crore. The following day, there was news that the IT officials had found actor Shahid Kapoor at Priyanka’s house when they knocked her door at 7.30 a.m. Monday. But her spokesperson has rubbished the news.

Bobby’s wife is throwing him a birthday party at Goa

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Mumbai, January 28: Bobby Deol left for Goa yesterday on a holiday with his wife Tania and sons Dharam and Aryaman.

Before he took off, the actor revealed his janamdin ka plans. “I am going with my family on a vacation after more than a year (the last one happened last summer).

We’re staying at a boutique hotel in south Goa. Tania is organising a bash for me on the 27th. Apart from our kids and my wife, only some close friends will join us.

I just want to relax and bask in the success of Yamla Pagla Deewana. It’s the only birthday gift I have got till now.”

SDPI to launch concerted publicity campaign from Feb. 20

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New Delhi, January 28 (Pervez Bari): The Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI), will launch a concerted publicity campaign from next month on February 20 raising the demand for release of innocent Muslim youths who have been slammed behind bars on false charges.

BCCI asks ICC to reconsider decision on Eden

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New Delhi, January 28: The Indian cricket board on Friday asked the International Cricket Council (ICC) to reconsider its decision of taking away the India-England World Cup match from the Eden Gardens stadium in Kolkata.

“We have written a letter to the ICC to reconsider its decision. Now it is up to the ICC to decide, but we are confident that the stadium can host the crucial India-England match,” Ratnakar Shetty, tournament director and chief administrative officer of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), said.

Disappointed that match shifted out of Eden: English players

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London, January 28: Fans in Kolkata are not the only ones left heartbroken by the ICC’s decision to shift the World Cup match between India and England out of Eden Gardens, the English cricketers are also disappointed that they would not be playing at the historic venue.

The ICC on Thursday decided to shift the match out of Eden Gardens after the stadium failed to meet the completion deadline for renovation work.

The iconic 100,000-capacity venue will not host the February 27 match due to concerns about “cricket operations, media, broadcast and sponsorship facilities”.

I would love to work with Big B: Shot Gun

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Mumbai, January 28: Their enmity made headlines in the past but Shatrughan Sinha and Amitabh Bachchan seem to have buried their differences and Shotgun says he would love to share screen space with Big B again if a good script comes their way.

Popularly known as Shotgun for his fiery dialogue delivery, the actor-politician says their so called “differences” are a thing of past.

“Minor problems happen between colleagues now and then but there is nothing personal between us. I respect him and I think Amitabh is very fond of me too,” Sinha told.

Clean Chit to BJP, Sangh Parivar

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Banglore, January 28: The Justice Somasekhara Commission of Inquiry into a series of attacks on churches in parts of Karnataka in 2008 has given a “clean chit” to the ruling BJP and Sangh Parivar outfits.

“There is no basis to the apprehension of Christian petitioners that politicians, BJP, mainstream Sangh Parivar and state government directly or indirectly are involved in the attacks”, the one-man commission said in its final report submitted to the Government today.

Sonawane Killing Has Ruined State Image: Thackeray

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Mumbai, January 28: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray today criticized Maharashtra Government over killing of Additional Collector Yashawant Sonawane, saying the gruesome murder has ruined the state’s image.

“If a collector level officer is not safe in the state then the Chief Minister and Home Minister should explain who is safe here. Corrupt and unethical practices have brought shame on the state,” Thackeray said in an editorial in party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’.

Fishermen deaths: Krishna directs foreign secy to visit Colombo

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New Delhi, January 28: Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao will travel to Colombo on Saturday to discuss with the Sri Lankan government the killing of Indian fishermen in the past one month allegedly by its navy.

“External affairs minister S M Krishna has asked the foreign secretary to go to Sri Lanka tomorrow to discuss the killing of Indian fishermen with the government there,” sources said here on Friday.

Arabs more threatened than Jews after watching violent clips

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London, January 28: A study revealed that the level of threat the Arabs feel after watching a violent clip was significantly higher than for the Jewish participants.

The study was conducted by Moshe Zeidner with counterpart Hasida Ben-Zur and Shlomit Reshef of the University of Haifa, Israel.

They set out to examine whether exposure to TV reportage of terror events or political violence could pose some form of “indirect threat” to the viewer, according to a Haifa statement.