Bangalore, July 1: While hearing a case wherein a citizen has challenged acquisition of his land – 29 years ago – for a project that was not fully executed, the High Court asked the commissioner of Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) to be present in the court.
The HC has asked the commissioner to be in the court for next hearing, on July 4, or submit an affidavit regarding the status of Kamakshi Layout to let the court pass an order regarding a petition.
Bangalore, July 1: The performers and abettors of child marriages may get at least three months of imprisonment along with hefty fine if the Centre acts on the recommendations made by a committee to check the menace of child labour.
The core committee headed by retired SC Judge Shivaraj Patil in its report submitted to the state government on Thursday, has asked the latter to impress upon the Centre to get the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006 amended to ensure at least three months imprisonment for those who support or perform child marriages.
Bangalore, July 1: A 33-year-old woman, who was alone at home was found murdered at her residence in Hanumanthanagar on Thursday afternoon.
The victim has been identified as Aruna, wife of one, Somesh. The couple who owned a provison store in the city, hailed from Mulbagal taluk in Kolar district and have two children Niharika and Trishakthi.
Bangalore, July 1: Five labourers were killed when a portion of a crane came crashing down at the DLF Westend Heights New Town project site at Akshaynagar, Begur, off Bannerghatta Road around 5.30 pm on Thursday.
The deceased have been identified as Baljit Singh, Avtar Singh, Vikram Singh, Srikanth and Amarnath, all in the age group of 25-30 years. They were from Punjab, Maharashtra and Bihar.
Praveen Bhosle (28), has been admitted to Fortis Hospital with multiple injuries.
Bangalore, July 1: Stethoscope hanging around the neck and a white coat used to be inseparable part of their persona until these doctors switched to a different profession.
On Doctors’ Day, these famous former practitioners speak to Express about the transition from medical science to their current profession:
Bangalore, July 1: Two pairs of front wheels of Bangalore– Chennai Express derailed on Thursday morning at 7.55 am at SBC railway station. There was, however, no report of any injury or casualty in the incident, according to the Southern Railway authorities. “The train was scheduled to leave the station at 8 am.
The engine started while coming back to fix the bogie, when suddenly it was derailed.
The inicident scared some of the passengers, who left the station immediately,” Velu, a porter at the station, said.
The train was late by 1 hour 15 minutes.
–Agencies
Bangalore, july 1: The first batch of commandos trained under the Centre for Counter Terrorism (CCT) of the Internal Security Division (ISD) is now ready and it was dedicated to the state by the Home Minister R Ashok on Thursday.
The Response Counter Terrorism Team presented a demonstration at CCT, various urban counter-terrorism skills such as slithering, rappelling, room and vehicle intervention, weapon handling and life-saving medical trauma care at Kudlu. Home Minister R Ashok, senior police officers and media persons witnessed the demonstration of the commandos.
Bagalore, July 1: For Mohammad Salman (14) and his younger brother Mohammed Farqon it was supposed to be just another day. Instead, they saw a horrifying event unfold at their home in Kausar Nagar near Dharmaraya Swamy Temple Street on Thursday morning. As they were getting ready for school, they saw their father stabbing their mother and then jumping to his own death.
Their father Afsar Pasha (45) and mother Gul Nawaz Khanum (42) had been married for 14 years but were living separately since the last eight years.
Bangalore, July 1: There were mixed reactions when the residents and members of environmental organisations in and around Malleswaram met Deputy Mayor S Harish over the Sankey Tank Road widening issue. In the meeting, decongestion of traffic remained a concern for a few while others favoured the preservation of the green cover in the city. Consequently, there was no consensus.
Hyderabad, July 1: Andhra Pradesh Transmission Corporation Limited (APTransco) bagged three major national wards for its outstanding performance in various fields. The corporation obtained the national vigilance excellence award – 2011, ICWAI-2011 national award for cost management and the excellent public service sector award.
The corporation also achieved record savings of around Rs 180 crore by introducing cost control measures, optimal inventory control systems and accounting and timely completion of transmission schemes.
Hyderabad, July 1: Is there a hidden agenda behind the latest initiative of Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) chief K Chandrasekhar Rao to take along Congress leaders in the ongoing fight for a separate Telangana state? Yes, say informed sources.
The game plan, apparently being played in perfect coordination by the Congress and the TRS, is to corner both the Telugu Desam and the YSR Congress of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Observers point out that Congress ministers would not have dared hold a meeting with Rao and other TRS leaders on Wednesday night without Delhi’s tacit approval.
Hyderabad, July 1: At the end of a hectic day in Delhi during which he had separate meetings with the top brass of the party, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy had more than one reason to smile.
Sources said he appears to have succeeded in convincing the high command that the one-man, one-post principle should be applied to PCC chief B Satyanarayana who continues to be a member of the Cabinet.
New Delhi, july 1: Tainted athlete Mandeep Kaur hit back at the Athletics Federation of India on Friday for lack of help for the athletes from the federation and also questioned the authorities for not providing personal doctors.
On their arrival at Delhi after being summoned by AFI, all suspended athletes expressed their shock for being tested positive by NADA.
Caracas, July 1: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez revealed on Thursday night that he is fighting cancer after having a tumor removed in Cuba, but assured his countrymen that he is doing well as he sought to cool growing questions about his health and ability to govern.
Chavez said in a televised talk that the operation took out a growth in which there were “cancerous cells.”
The 56-year-old president said the surgery was done after an initial operation nearly three weeks ago for the removal of a pelvic abscess. He called his situation “this new battle that life has placed before us.”
Juba, July 1: The U.N. said in a report on Thursday that Sudan is denying it full access to tens of thousands of civilians near an area between north and south Sudan where violence continues less than 10 days before Southern Sudan becomes the world’s newest nation.
The Nuba people — black Africans who have opposed the rule of Sudan’s Arab north — have streamed into the Nuba Mountains in search of safety from attacks by Sudan’s military in Southern Kordofan, a part of Sudan’s north. At least 73,000 have fled.
Sydney, July 1: A former Australian gynecologist has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for mutilating a patient’s genitals and indecently assaulting two other patients.
Graeme Reeves was sentenced in a Sydney court on Friday after a judge found him guilty of assaulting two patients during internal examinations.
Earlier, a jury convicted him of inflicting grievous bodily harm by removing a patient’s clitoris during surgery in 2002 to remove a lesion from her labia.
Reeves has denied the accusations.
Hyderabad, July 1: Stepping up pressure on the central leadership over the Telangana issue, Congress MPs from Andhra Pradesh, state ministers and legislators have decided to resign Monday.
Unhappy over the delay in formation of separate state, public representatives of the ruling party in Andhra Pradesh Friday decided to submit their resignations.
Senior leader K. Keshava Rao told reporters that the MPs would submit their resignations to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar while the state legislators would hand over their papers to state assembly Speaker N. Manohar.
Moscow, July 1: The Arctic ecosystem is very fragile, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said, and called for a “big clean-up” in the region to remove litter scattered around polar stations.
“We need a really big clean-up for the region, and the disposal of litter and fuel barrels, which have been accumulating around stations, military bases and settlements for decades,” Putin said.
Washington, july 1: Retiring US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday wrapped up his four-and-a-half years in the Pentagon, with an unexpected gift from President Barack Obama, Xinhua reported.
During a farewell tribute ceremony at the Pentagon, Obama praised Gates for his services for the country, and awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the highest award a president can confer to a civilian.
Washington, July 1: South Carolina’s Indian-American Governor Nikki Haley is all set to publish her memoir just shy of her 40th birthday.
Her book, “Can’t is Not an Option”, is expected to hit shelves in January 2012 and will be published by Sentinel, a conservative imprint within Penguin Group.
Born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa to Sikh immigrant parents Jan 20, 1972, Haley is America’s youngest governor.
Washington, July 1: The US considers Pakistan based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taeba (LeT), held responsible for 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, as a formidable terrorist threat to Indian, US, and other Western interests in South Asia and potentially elsewhere.
In Afghanistan, the US military and NATO are committed to preventing Al Qaeda’s return and disrupting any terrorist networks located there that have the ability to plan and launch transnational terrorist attacks, the White House said in its new counter-terrorism strategy.
Yangon, July 1: A spokesman for Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi says the pro-democracy leader will make her first trip into the countryside since her release from house arrest last November.
Hantha Myint said Friday that Suu Kyi will make a private four-day visit to the ancient city of Bagan with her youngest son, Kim Aris, who is visiting from Britain.
Suu Kyi is expected to make a separate trip to meet supporters in the weeks ahead, State media has warned that those plans could trigger riots.
Hyderabad, July 01: Reminding him that the matter was pending before the Courts, Pradesh Congress Committee president Botsa Satyanarayana on Thursday publicly snubbed Telangana Backward Class Forum president E Anjaneya Goud, accusing him of trying to politicise the implementation of 34 percent reservation for BCs in the Local Bodies.
Washington, July 1: The US Senate voted 94-0 on Thursday to confirm Gen. David Petraeus as the next director of the CIA, a post left vacant by Leon Panetta’s appointment as secretary of defense.
A veteran of more than 37 years in the US Army, Petraeus has been serving for the past year as commander of international forces in Afghanistan.
“His military service will come in handy. I think his analytical skills and ability will come in handy. He is the right man for the job,” the Senate Intelligence Committee chair, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, said before Thursday’s vote.
Washington, July 1: Citing stiff competition from nation’s like China, India and Brazil, President Barack Obama has said he is not prepared to bring US deficit down by sacrificing education, medical research or rebuilding of infrastructure.
“We live in a world where America is facing stiff competition for good jobs from rapidly growing nations, like China and India and Brazil,” he said at two Democratic party fundraisers in Philadelphia Thursday lamenting the lack of progress on some of the nation’s problems.