With the chargesheet in the Delhi gang-rape likely to be filed Thursday, protesters at Jantar Mantar here observed a black day, accusing the police of dragging their feet.
Braving the chill, many people, most of them college students, started joining others in their vigil at the 18th century observatory that has become the protest site since the horrific Dec 16 incident.
“The police should speed up investigations,” said Puneet Bakshi, one the protesters.
Income-Tax officials have seized documents believed to be US Treasury bonds worth Rs 28,000 crore during a raid on the premises of a businessman in neighbouring Tirupur district.
The raids were carried out on the residence of Ramalingam at Upputhurai Palayam village on December 31 night, official sources said today.
The I-T action followed Ramalingam’s reported application to the Petroleum and Chemicals Ministries, seeking sanction to set up a Rs 1,000 crore crude oil refinery in Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu.
An 11-year-old boy was killed after being hit by a speeding bus on the Bahraich-Nanpara road here leading to strong protests by local residents who set the vehicle on fire.
The speeding bus on its way to Nanpara from Bahraich hit Razzak near Gulalpurva village killing him on the spot, police said.
Infuriated over the accident, the locals chased the fleeing bus and set it on fire after asking passengers to get down, police said, adding, they also held up traffic for sometime.
A case has been registered by police.
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LG has launched a 55-inch OLED TV, which is more efficient than LCD (liquid crystal display) and plasma-based alternatives.
LG”s model will be sold in South Korea first with other markets, including Europe, to follow thereafter.
Both LG and Samsung announced 55in OLEDs last year, but LG is the first to make its available, the BBC reports.
The 1080p (1920 x 1080 pixels) OLED television will sell for 10,300 dollars or 6,300 pounds.
Top Pakistani militant leader Mullah Nazir and five others have been killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan, BBC reported Thursday citing security officials.
Nazir and the others were killed when two missiles struck in the tribal district of South Waziristan, the officials added.
Nazir, who was wounded in a suicide bomb attack last November, had been accused of sending fighters to support the Afghan Taliban and fight foreign and pro-government troops.
According to reports, Mullah Nazir’s deputy, Ratta Khan, was also killed in the attack.
Two persons were killed today when an LPG cylinder exploded at a house here and triggered a wall collapse.
The victims, living adjacent to the house where the cylinder blast was reported at Washermanpet this morning, were killed after a portion of the wall collapsed under the impact of the blast, police said.
At least five persons were injured and had been admitted to a hospital, they said.
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Five devotees were injured when their car collided with another vehicle near Hanuman Junction in Krishna district Thursday morning.
About 10 devotees from Garividi in Vizianagaram district were going to Vijayawada to relinquish their 40-day of Bhavani Deeksha when the accident occurred.
One of the injured was critical and was shifted to Guntur Government General Hospital, Hanuman junction police inspector V Vijaya Rao said.
Four others injured were admitted to Eluru government hospital.
A case has been registered, police added.
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Three Rwandan students were arrested today for allegedly misbehaving with a girl in Ramamandi area here.
“The three Rwandan students of a private university were arrested after locals caught them misbehaving with a girl in market area,” Assistant Commissioner of Police Dalvir Singh said.
The locals caught Pacific, Egnis Delku and Tisanuma and called the police, the ACP said, adding a case under section 354 of IPC has been registered against them.
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A 22-year-old youth was arrested after a woman filed a complaint against him on the newly set up helpline here for eve-teasing.
The incident occurred in the Bairagarh township last evening after which a woman called the helpline centre and complained against the youth.
Following this, the Bairagarh police was informed about the complaint and the man, identified as Ajit, was arrested.
A case has been registered under section 503 (criminal intimidation) of IPC.
Further investigation was on, police added.
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Bollywood megastarAmitabhBachchan and actress VidyaBalan have been named PETA’s hottest celebrity vegetarians of 2012.
The other names in the running were Miss India Neha Dhupia, actor Shahid Kapoor, Sonu Sood, southern star Dhanush, Kareena Kapoor and veteran actress Hema Malini.
Bachchan, 70, has been named the hottest vegetarian celebrity three times in the past and even won the crown in PETA Asia’s equivalent contest last year.
Actress Chitrangada Singh has revealed she would love to live the life of megastar Amitabh Bachchan for one day.
She made the revelation during the shooting of UTV Stars’ “Live My Life 2”.
“She confessed on the show that she is a huge fan of Amitabh Bachchan and pleaded the production team to let her live his life for an entire day, on the show,” said a source.
Meanwhile, she was happy to make 20-year-old Sumit, one of her fans, feel special by letting him be in her shoes for 24 hours as part of the show.
Asking the Centre to make amendments in law to name the proposed new anti-rape law after his daughter, father of the Delhi gangrape victim today said it will be an honour to the girl and respect public sentiments.
“I want the revised anti-rape law to be in the name of my daughter. It will be an honour for her. If there is some problem in doing due to constitutional provisions, Centre could amend them. It will also be a respect of public sentiments”, father of the 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim told PTI.
Missing man’s dead body found
(Siasat News): Vanasthalipuram police has found the dead body of a man who was missing from Nizamabad.
According to police sources, the deceased N Baliah, 60, was missing from December 24. The complaint was lodged with the local police station. However, his dead body was recovered from a field in Vanasthalipuram.
Police has registered a case of suspicious death and further investigations are on.
Paramour’s harassment led to suicide
A provocative speech by Akbaruddin Owaisi, All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen (MIM) MLA and brother of Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, has gone viral and has been widely condemned for allegedly trying to incite communal passions. The controversial speech was delivered by the 42-year-old politician in Nirmal town of Adilabad on December 24.
Qatar-based television station Al-Jazeera has acquired Current TV, the channel founded by former US president Al Gore and business partner Joel Hyatt.
Gore and Hyatt, who created the channel in 2005, confirmed the sale in a statement on Wednesday.
The deal gives Al-Jazeera a bridgehead into the US market: Current TV, although struggling in the ratings, is widely distributed on US cable providers, the Guardian reports.
According to the paper, Al-Jazeera will close Current TV and replace it with a new network, Al-Jazeera America.
Researchers have designed robot ‘hedgehogs’ – about half a metre wide and covered in spikes – to explore the surface of the Martian moon Phobos.
The spherical robots called hedgehogs are spiky to better cope with rolling and hopping across the surface of Phobos with its very low gravity. Marco Pavone, an assistant professor in Stanford University in collaboration with Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed the hedgehog which is a sort of ‘hybrid’ machine – part flying spacecraft and part rover.
A speedy car crashed into an Indica car and did a somersault from the Expressway. The two cars were badly damaged in the accident however no fatalities have been reported. Some pedestrians walking beneath the flyover got injuries. The accident occurred at pillar no 194. Though the car fell from a height but luckily the passengers suffered only minor injuries.
Indian business magnate Mukesh Ambani is the 18th richest person in the world with a personal wealth of USD 24.7 billion in 2012, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the world’s 100 wealthiest individuals.
Mexican telecommunications magnate Carlos Slim remained the world’s richest person last year holding a personal fortune of more than USD 70 billion, it said.
A man was severely injured as the electric transformer exploded at Noorinagar area of Bandlaguda. The accident occurred because the electric transformer was left unchecked by the Central Power Distribution Corporation Ltd.
According to details 24 year old Mohammed Abdul Mubeen son of Mohammed Abdul Majid resident of Ghousenagar, Bandlaguda was returning home from Noorinagar, Bandlaguda when suddenly an electric transformer exploded. Mubeen sustained serious injuries.
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(By Dr Javed Jamil) The New Year celebrations were postponed in many places throughout the country as India did not feel like ceebrating in the wake of the gang rape of its “brave daughter” and her subsequent death. That the people felt enraged gives some hope that social vices would now start receiving much greater attention than they get till now. For last 20 years, I have been speaking and writing extensively on commercialization of human susceptibilities particularly alcohol, gambling and commercial sex.
Young people really are getting ruder and today’s 18 to 34-year-olds are less likely to say hello to neighbours or open the door for the elderly, according to a new study.
The age group is also more reluctant to give a cup of tea to builders or tip the postman at Christmas.
Research showed they were 23 per cent less likely, on average, to carry out common courtesies than over-55s.
Neighbours were ignored by nearly 35 per cent of the group compared with only 15 per cent of over-55s, the Daily Mail reported.
Indian business magnate Mukesh Ambani is the 18th richest person in the world with a personal wealth of USD 24.7 billion in 2012, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, a daily ranking of the world’s 100 wealthiest individuals.
Mexican telecommunications magnate Carlos Slim remained the world’s richest person last year holding a personal fortune of more than USD 70 billion, it said.
Following the death of Delhi gang rape victim, the women’s wing of Welfare Party of India, Karimnagar took out a massive rally from Circus ground. Scores of women and girls took part in the rally and shouted loud slogans. Mrs. Khalida Parveen state president Welfare Party of India (women’s wing), Andhra Pradesh led the rally.
According to Mohammed Abdullah Maiman general secretary Minhajul Quran International Hyderabad, the key-bearer of Roza-e-Mubarak of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), Fazilathul Shaik Hashim Bin Ahmed Al Bader Al Shaibi, arrived in Hyderabad on the special invitation of Minahjul Quran International Hyderabad. The Khadim-e-Roza Rasool (SAW) inaugurated the head office of Minhaj-ul-Quran at Purani Haveli here on Wednesday.
In yet another shocking incident of sexual assault of women, a minor girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped here by two persons, including a bus conductor known to her, police said today.
Police have arrested the conductor and his accomplice within hours of the incident coming to their notice yesterday.
The girl, belonging to a poor family and studying higher secondary in a government school here, has been admitted to the Rajiv Gandhi Government Women and Child Hospital for medical examination, police said.