Month: August 2012

Gujarat riots: Verdict in Naroda Patiya case likely today‎

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A special trial court is likely to pronounce its verdict in the Naroda Patiya riots case, in which 97 people of a minority community were killed during post-Godhra riots in 2002. There are 61 accused in the case.

The incident had taken place one day after the Godhra train burning incident on February 27, 2002.

On February 28, 2002 when a bandh call was given by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), a large crowd gathered in the Naroda Patiya area and attacked the people of minority community, killing 97 persons and injuring 33 others.

Student kills himself because of fine for breaking flower pots

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A Class X student of a private school allegedly committed suicide on Monday by hanging himself after he was asked to pay a fine by school authorities for breaking some flower-pots, police said today.

Police said the 16-year-old boy and his classmates were asked to pay Rs. 5000 as punishment. The boy had stayed away from school till Sunday as he belonged to a poor farmer’s family and could not afford to pay his share of the fine.

Kanda sent to judicial custody till Sept 11

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Former Haryana minister Gopal Goyal Kanda, key accused in the Geetika Sharma suicide case, was on Tuesday sent to 14-day judicial custody by a Delhi court.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate DK Jangala remanded Kanda to judicial custody till September 11 after the Delhi police said he was not required for further custodial interrogation.

Kanda was produced before the court after expiry of three days of police custody which was extended on August 25 after seven days of custodial interrogation.

Judgment Day for Ajmal Kasab in Supreme Court today

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The Supreme Court is scheduled to deliver its verdict on Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab’s plea against his death sentence today. Kasab, the only terrorist caught alive during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in 2008, had pleaded the Supreme Court to commute his death sentence to life imprisonment on February 14.

US hires private firms for ‘dirty work’: Russian diplomat

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Allowing private security companies to work in conflict zones helps the US government “avoid responsibility” for violating the norms of international humanitarian law, a Russian diplomat has said.

“We have to state that, regardless of the controversial experience regarding the Blackwater company, the US State and Defense Department continue to actively hire contract specialists, notably to perform ‘dirty work’ in armed conflict zones,” said Konstantin Dolgov, the Russian foreign ministry’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law.

Mother throws baby from ninth floor

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A woman in central Russia’s Ryazan city threw her nine-month-old son out of a ninth floor window during a visit by child welfare officers, police said.

Two officers of a police unit for the issues related to minors visited the 23-year-old woman, following a request from her mother, who said her daughter was not taking proper care of the baby.

“The woman was in a state of agitation. In a conversation, she complained of difficult life and then, suddenly, threw the baby who she held in her hands, out of the ninth floor window,” police said in a statement.

One-armed Russian bombmaker to face trial

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A man who continued to make bombs even after he lost an arm and partial eyesight while experimenting with explosives will face trial in a Russian court, police said.

Police found about a dozen types of explosives in the apartment of 41-year-old Alexei Muromtsev, that included nitroglycerin, mercury (II) fulminate, TNT, RDX and black powder.

“The man literally lived on a powder keg,” police said. He will be tried in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk.

Belly fat linked to higher death risk

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People envied for their normal weight surprisingly face a higher death risk than the obese — if they carry a prominent belly, according to latest research.

“We knew from previous research that central obesity is bad, but what is new in this research is that the distribution of the fat is very important even in people with normal weight,” said Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, senior study author and cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

Ranbir Kapoor fined for smoking in public

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Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor has been fined Rs 200 for smoking in public by the district court.

The 29-year-old actor was accused of violating the Rajasthan Prevention of Smoking Act after a local daily published images of Ranbir smoking on May 28, while shooting for `Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani` with Deepika Padukone here.

Harish Vaishnav had lodged a complaint at a local court in Udaipur, following which Ranbir was summoned on June 26.

Italian mafia boss held in Venezuela

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Five years on the run for a Sicilian mafia boss came to an end when he was arrested on an island in Venezuela.

Salvatore Bonomolo, part of a criminal family from Palermo city, was captured on the Venezuelan island of Margherita Tuesday following an international investigation launched in April that involved Interpol and Italian and Venezuelan authorities.

Police were tipped off about his whereabouts after listening in on telephone calls with his family.

Three dead as blast derails train in Pakistan

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At least three people were killed and over 20 injured when militants blew up a rail track in Pakistan’s Jacobabad city early Wednesday, causing derailment of a passenger train, officials said.

The incident took place around 12.45 a.m., Xinhua reported.

The train heading for Karachi from Peshawar got derailed after the track was blown up near Jacobabad in Sindh province.

At least two compartments of the train were derailed, said railway officials.

–IANS–

7 killed, 80 injured in Pakistan road accident

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At least seven people were killed and around 80 injured in a head-on collision between two buses on a highway in Pakistan’s Punjab province early Wednesday, media reports said.

The accident took place around 12.30 a.m. in Dera Ghazi Khan district, Xinhua reported citing Urdu TV channel Dunya.

The two buses hit each other on the Indus Highway near Kara area of Dera Ghazi Khan.

One bus was heading for Karachi, while the other was heading for Rawalpindi, and then for Peshawar.

The cause of the accident was not known.

Lalu asks BJP about Reddy brothers, Sushma sticks to ‘mota maal’ remark

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BJP leader Sushma Swaraj’s “mota maal” remark continued to reverberate with RJD leader Lalu Prasad Tuesday accusing the party of having made mega-bucks from the mining barons, the Reddy brothers of Karnataka, while she instead accused the Congress of benefitting.

“With regard to the mota maal (mega-bucks) remark by BJP leader Sushma Swaraj, we want to know who used to take mota maal from the Reddy brothers of Karnataka,” the Rashtriya Janata Dal leader told reporters here.

Child thieves on stealing spree

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Children have stolen jewellery and cash — with a total worth of Rs one lakh — in a broad daylight in two separate instances from Sarrafa market area in this district, police said. Two children entered into a jewellery shop and decamped with a golden necklace, worth Rs 55,000, even though several customers were present. However, they were caught in the act as a closed circuit television (CCTV) was installed at the shop. Similarly, three children snatched a customer’s bag — containing Rs 45,000 — in a nationalised bank.

Nair takes charge of NABARD in Andhra Pradesh

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Mr K Ramachandran Nair, Chief General Manager has taken over as the Head of the Andhra Pradesh Regional Office of NABARD here with effect from August 27. He replaced Mr P.Mohanaiah who has been posted to the Head Office of NABARD at Mumbai, a release from NABARD here said today. Mr Nair began his career as a direct recruit officer with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in 1980 and opted to serve NABARD from 1983 onwards. He has specialised in all aspects of rural finance. The core area where he has contributed is opening up of new avenues of rural infrastructure financing, including PPP models.

Companies with more women in top positions tend to huge profits

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Companies with more women in executive positions tend to have higher profits, according to a study made by Professor Roy Adler of Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. In a book ‘Gender Diversity in Board Rooms, published and released by the Insitute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) on the occasion of Corporation Governance week here today, the study said it tracked 215 Fortune 500 companies through an extensive 19-year study of the firms which showed a strong correlation betweern a strong record of promoting women into the executive suite and high profitability.

Man dies under suspicious circumstances in police station

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A person, who was brought to police station in a criminal case, died under suspicious circumstances here today.

Police said in a dowry harassment case, police brought T Shankar (31) to the Machavaram Police Station.

Sometime later, he fell unconscious. He was immediately shifted to the Government Hospital where he was declared dead. Knowing this, the relatives of the deceased complained that he was tortured by the police in the station. However, the police denied the charge.

Don’t play with fire, Mamata warns opponents

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday warned her detractors and opponents not to play with fire by fomenting riots in the state.

Addressing the foundation day programme of the Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad, Banerjee said she has information that “some people” opposed to her were trying to spark trouble in the state.

“I warn them. Don’t play with fire. Don’t try to start riots. I know who all are behind such conspiracies.”

Banerjee said her opponents would not succeed in their “nefarious plans”.

First flight for Haj 2012 on Oct 6

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Haj Committee of India today said that the first flight for Haj is on October 6 from embarkation point Hyd erabad. In a release, Haj Committee Member Dr Salim Raj today said that as per the flight schedule, the departure of pilgrims will be organised from October 6 to 19 and after the pilgrimage Haji will arrived back from November 16 to 30. The flight arrangement by Saudi Airways from embarkation point Hyderabad in the same as lsat year. a total 300 Hajis will depart from Jeddah and arrive Hyderabad from Madina Sharif directly, Dr Salim added. UNI

Convene Assembly session, demands YSRCLP

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The YSR Congress party has demanded Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy to immediately convene the Assembly session to discuss public issues with special focus on acute power crisis that has been crippling various sections of the society.

CM greets Malayalees on Onam

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Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Tuesday wished the Malayalees a happy and prosperous Onam.

In a message, the Chief Minister said Onam symbolises unity in diversity, fraternity and prosperity. He said the harvest festival is celebrated as the great festival by Keralites all over the world. (INN)

CM reviews arrangements for COP-11

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Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar on Tuesday directed the officials to see that all arrangements are perfectly in place well before the Conference of Parties (COP-11), the global biodiversity conference, begins.

Ponnala asks TDP to introspect its agitation mode

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Coming down heavily on the Telugu Desam Party members for staging dharna at Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy’s office at the Secretariat over the power issue, Information Technology Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah on Tuesday asked the people’s representatives to adopt democratic methods in observing protests over the public issues.