A police constable was today suspended after allegedly being found under influence of alcohol while on duty in Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan.
Jagdish Chandra, posted with Sadar police station, was consuming liquor in a vehicle today when some locals called up
the Superintendent of Police.
Following SP’s direction Chandra was taken for medical test and later suspended after the report came positive,
sources said.
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A 25-year-old man was today found murdered at his flat in Mishra Nagar locality here, police said.
We went to Anees Thakur’s flat after his female companion informed us that he was not attending her phone
calls, they said.
Police found Anees lying in a pool of blood with multiple stab injuries after they broke open the door of his
flat.
According to police, the woman told them that the deceased attended a party last night and she had spoken to him
late night.
A case of murder has been registered and further investigations are on, police added. P
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The Jammu and Kashmir government was taking concerted measures for persevering heritage sites and projecting unexplored areas of the state at national and international levels, a state minister today said.
State government was taking concerted measures for the preservation and conservation of heritage sites,” J-K
minister for Health and Family welfare, Sham Lal Sharma said.
J-K was known for its scenic splendour and rich cultural heritage across the world and there were lot of unexplored
areas which need to be projected at national and international levels, he said.
A bomb threat note found pasted on a wall of a State Bank of India (SBI) branch sent authorities into a tizzy here today but it turned out to be a hoax.
The hand written note, found near the staircase of the building at Gumanpura area of the city, claimed that a bomb
had been planted in the bank.
A thorough search was carried out in the building and adjoining areas. However, no bomb or explosive was recovered
from the building or from the nearby areas.
The agent branch office of Life Insurance Cooperation also runs in the same building on the second floor. The note
Actress Sonakshi Sinha, who will be doing an item song for the first time in Akshay Kumar starrer ‘Oh My God’, says that the song is different from other such songs.
The song ‘Go Govinda’ from ‘Oh My God’, will have Sonakshi and Prabhu Deva, who has choreographed the song,
shaking the leg.
“The term item song is used very loosely today. Any solo number is termed as an item song. This (‘Go Govinda’) is
a good song with Prabhu and is very different from other item numbers,” Sonakshi told reporters here at a promotional event of her another upcoming film ‘Joker’.
Extradited underworld don Abu Salem today moved a Delhi court seeking stay on his trial in an extortion case after dismissal of India’s appeal against the cancellation of his extradition by Portugal?s Constitutional court.
In his application to Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidya Prakash, Salem demanded that his trial be stayed as its “continuation after termination of the authorisation granted for his extradition is against the law, justice and without jurisdiction.
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Andhra Pradesh Governor E S L Narasimhan, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and Leader of Opposition N Chandrababu Naidu tonight congratulated shuttler Saina Nehwal on winning the bronze medal in badminton at the London Olympics.
“You have made India in general and Andhra Pradesh in particular proud by winning the bronze in badminton at the Olympics,” they said in separate congratulatory messages.
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Deputy Chief Minister C. Damodar Rajanarasimha here on Saturday opined that the government has responsibility to ensure facilities in the government colleges.
Speaking at a seminar on the “Role of Government Degree Colleges in Promoting Inclusive Growth”, the Deputy Chief Minister observed teachers have responsibility to improve skills of the students. The disparities between private and government educational institutions would lead to societal inequalities, he added. There was a dire need to stop this phenomenon and every one had responsibility in this regard.
TDP senior leader and Rajya Sabha member T. Devender Goud has alleged that the KG Basin gas was shifted to other States due to the criminal negligence of the Congress MPs of the State.
All India Muslim Minority Organization has demanded that the State government release a white paper on 25,000 properties of Wakf Board in the interests of the minority community.
Former minister Dr P Shankar Rao on Saturday predicted major changes in the State Congress and the government soon after the completion of Vice President’s election.
Taking to the media persons in the Assembly premises, Dr Shankar Rao said that several developments have been taking place in New Delhi and they were a clear sign of High Command contemplating to strengthen the party and the government at the center and States. The developments at the center would also have an impact in the State where the Party and the Government would witness big changes very soon, he said.
YSR Congress party honorary president Y S Vijayamma on Saturday accused the State Government of planning to dilute the fee reimbursement scheme introduced by the former chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy for the welfare of poor and middle class people.
Tension prevailed at the APSP 8th Battalion main gate at Kondapur when wives of constables staged a protest march condemning the harassment of their husbands by the commandant.
Raising slogans against Battalion Commandant Ramesh Naidu’s high handedness and alleged harassment, hundreds of wives of constables staged a dharna at the main gate and accused him of not sanctioning leave to the constables. They alleged that the commandant was seeking Rs 500 for sanction of leave for their husbands.
Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday announced that he would intensify his agitation for Telangana statehood from August 20.
Addressing the felicitation programme of Telangana Employees’ Joint Action Committee chairman Swamy Goud and others, who retired from their service recently, at Ravindra Bharathi, Chandrasekhar Rao called upon all the employees and activists to get ready for intensifying agitation. He said that he took this decision as the Centre failed to announce favorable decision on Telangana State and testing the patience of Telangana people.
Noting that blasts reflect poorly on the state administration, Union Minister and NCP chief Sharad
Pawar today asked party leader and Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil to focus on improving the performance of the police and intelligence departments.
Addressing a press conference, Pawar said when incidents such as blasts happen, not only innocent people lose lives, but the attitude of the society to a particular community changes.
“Maximum number of bomb blasts in the last few years have taken place in Maharashtra, especially in Mumbai and Pune.
The main culprit behind the Mangalore homestay attack has been arrested and booked under the Goonda act, Deputy Chief Minister R Ashoka said today.
Subhash Padeel has been booked under the stringent Act, Ashoka, who holds the Home and Transport portfolio, told
reporters on the sidelines of a function.
So far 23 persons, including Padeel (who is the city coordinator of Hindu Jagarana Vedike), have been arrested in
connection with the July 28 incident, he said.
Thirteen students, including five girls, celebrating the birthday of one of them at a homestay on the outskirts of
The police has put in place strategies to counter any effort by the anti-talk faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) to engage in subversive activities in the run-up to Independence Day.
Senior Superintendent of Police of Kamrup Metro Aditya Prakash Tiwari today said various measures including
surveillance, pickets and so on have been taken up to ensure that the militant groups are not able to disrupt peace in Guwahati.
We cannot rule out the possibility that militant groups may try to create some disturbance. We have prepared
Working in Government hospitals across Karnataka was today cripped following en masse resignation by more than 4,000 doctors to press for their demands including wage revision.
About 4,500 doctors in various parts of the state today submitted their resignations to their respective District
Health Officers demanding that district hospitals which have been taken over by the Medical Education department be handed back to the districts”, Srinivas, Secretary, Karnataka State Medical Officers’ Association told PTI.
A spurned youth allegedly threw a kerosene lamp at an 18-year-old girl who died after suffering burn injuries, police said today.
The youth barged into the girl’s house here late in the night and allegedly threw a kerosene lamp at her setting her
alight, police said.
The girl, a resident of Naseemnagar locality, died on way to a hospital, they said.
The youth was angry after the girl reportedly told him to stay away from her.
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The soil of Myanmar is red with the blood of Muslims. The army which is sent to contain violence is also soaking its hands with the blood of oppressed young men, children and women. The world nations are also showing apathy towards the bloodshed. Thousands of Muslim have fallen victims to the ethnic violence.
Tanzeem Insaaf has said that sacking 4 fasting Muslims from the job in France tantamount to sheer interference in religious freedom and religious discrimination. It said that France’s Muslim hostility is apparent with this move. Similarly China is also discouraging some Muslims in the far western region of Xinjiang from fasting during Ramadan. Such stringency and severity cannot put a curb on the rising popularity of Islam nor can hamper Islamic teachings which fulfils the requirement of human nature.
Generally exhibitory Iftar parties are organized by some political and other organizations to curry favor with politicians, police and other officials. A huge sum of money is spent and heavy concessions are gained against it, which is nothing but a political maneuver.
The Afghan parliament has passed a vote of no confidence on two of its most senior ministers and demanded that they be replaced after they failed to prevent cross-border shelling from Pakistan, BBC reported Saturday.
Interior Minister Besmillah Mohammadi and Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak were also criticised for security lapses that resulted in the assassination of senior officials.
The ministers have also been questioned by MPs over allegations of corruption.
Observers said the vote is a blow to President Hamid Karzai’s administration.
On Kishore Kumar’s 83rd birth anniversary Saturday, Bollywood celebrities like Anupam Kher and Madhur Bhandarkar recalled the legendary singer’s evergreen charm, which continues to live in the hearts of his fans.
A few celebrities took to Twitter to share their thoughts on the singer, who sang numbers like “Saamne ye kaun aaya”, “Mere saamnewali khidki” and “Ek ladki bheegi bhaagi si”. Here’s what they had to say:
Anupam Kher: Kishore Kumar gave us every colour and every emotion of life through his songs. He decided our daily moods. Happy Birthday Kishore Da.
Saina Nehwal might have got lucky to win an Olympic bronze Saturday but she deserved the medal for her sheer commitment to the game, said her emotional father Harvir Singh Nehwal.
“It is a God given gift for all the hard work she has put in. It was lucky the way she won but it was definitely deserving considering that she made badminton her life. She became stone-hearted to achieve her goal. She gave up studies,” said the agricultural scientist during a media interaction at his residence.