Month: January 2013

A suspected mentally challenged man allegedly murdered a three-year-old girl in Billur village in Karnataka’s Chikmagalur district and, in turn, was lynched by angry locals today, police said.

Initially, police said, the culprit Naron Prakash gained entry into an house and picked up a girl and started to flee. But a boy threw stones at him, forcing him to drop her.

Later, he picked up a three-year-old girl who was playing outside her house. He threatened those who tried to chase him with an iron rod and in the melee, two motorcyclists were injured, police said.

After a successful 2012 with hits like “Rowdy Rathore”, “Son of Sardaar” and “Dabangg 2”, the new year also looks quite promising for actress Sonakshi Sinha.

“In 2013 I have ‘Lootera’, ‘Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai 2’… I am going to start shooting for ‘Bullet Raja’, ‘Rambo Rajkumar’ with Prabhudheva and Shahid (Kapoor) and ‘Thuppakki’ remake. So yeah, hands are pretty full,” the 25-year-old said here Monday while celebrating the success of “Dabangg 2” at Smile NGO.

A 23-year-old student of Osmania University was found dead under mysterious circumstances at the house of her classmate in Chatrinaka area of Old City here, police said on Tuesday.

The young woman was suspected to have been strangled to death last night. Her body has been sent for postmortem, they said.

The body was found lying at the house of Shiv Kumar, who is a Ph D student at the Osmania University, police said.

The exact age at which people should stop calling themselves young is 40 years, eight months and two weeks, according to a government poll in the UK.

While men believe being young stops at 38 and a half, women are in no hurry to age as the cut-off for them is delayed until 42 years, nine months and three months, the poll found.

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Sudhindra Bhadoria on Tuesday lashed out at the Samajwadi Party (SP) Government in Uttar Pradesh over the increase in crime rate, saying the latter have been very desensitised to the issues of women, the Dalits and poor of all class, communities and religion.

Pitching in for harsher punishment for rape, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today said her government would request the Centre to make necessary changes in the law to provide death penalty and chemical castration to those involved in such crimes.

Expressing grief over the death of the 23-year-old Delhi gangrape victim, Jayalalithaa announced a 13-point action plan to ensure women’s safety and prevent incidents of sexual harassment.

A youth has been arrested for allegedly raping and killing a 16-year-old girl in Ramnagar area here, police said today.

Parvesh (21) allegedly kidnapped the minor girl on Saturday morning when she was returning home with her younger sister, Superintendent of Police Syed Waseem said.

The accused was arrested following a complaint by the girl’s family, Waseem said.

Parvesh yesterday confessed to the crime, the SP said, adding, the girl’s body was recovered with her throat slit from the toilet of a primary school.
Postmortem report has confirmed rape, he said.

–PTI

Launching a massive land rights campaign, CPI-M in Kerala today asked the UDF government to take immediate steps to take over surplus land and distribute it to the landless.

Thousands of party cadres and activists of feeder outfits gathered in all the 14 districts across the state as part of the first phase of stir in identifying land to be taken over by the government.

Virat Kohli is the only Indian cricketer to find a place in the final XI of Fairfax Media team of 2012.

Just four nations have been represented in the final XI of the team of 2012.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, just one player from India, cricket’s commercial and political heartland, has been selected, because of that country’s slide into complacency when it comes to Test cricket.

South Africa’s adaptable Faf du Plessis made the list for his end year surge against Australia in the recently concluded Test series.

A man has been arrested from the outskirts of Jammu for allegedly raping his 13-year-old cousin, police said today.

Mukesh Kumar alias Monu was arrested from Jammu General Bus stand as he landed in the city from Ludhiana in Punjab last night, police said.

The victim’s father had lodged a complaint on December 17 that his minor daughter had been raped by her cousin on December 12, they said.

The victim’s medical examination was conducted and her statement was recorded before the judicial magistrate.

A 23-year-old student of Osmania University was found dead under mysterious circumstances at the house of her classmate in Chatrinaka area of Old City here, police said today.

The young woman was suspected to have been strangled to death last night. Her body has been sent for postmortem, they said.

The body was found lying at the house of Shiv Kumar, who is a Ph.D student at the Osmania University, police said.

Chatrinaka Police said Shiv Kumar was absconding since the incident.

The number of couples in which the woman has a higher level of university studies than her male partner is growing steadily and in many countries this trend surpasses the opposite situation, which historically has been the predominant, a new study has revealed.

To reach the conclusion, the Centre for Demographic Studies of the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (CED-UAB) conducted a research in 56 countries to study the effects an increase in education levels amongst women are having on heterosexual relationship patterns.

Government’s step motherly treatment towards Nizamia General Hospital worries not only the patients but also tourists visiting the place. Though chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy had announced to release required funds for renovation of the historical hospital last year after repeated representations, but the ray of hope extinguished as nothing happened despite release of funds.

However Superintendent Nizamia Tibbi hospital Dr. Rafi Ahmed says that the contract for the facelift has been given to a company named Kshetra and the work has begun last month.

United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay asked the Indian Government to strengthen the country”s legal regime to get rid of the “terrible scourge” of rape.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights described rape as a “national problem” in India, affecting women of all classes and castes and requires national solutions.

Pillay expressed deep sadness over the death of Delhi rape victim and said she joined Indians in “all walks of life in condemning” the attack on the 23-year-old student, expressing confidence that India could emerge reformed in the wake of this terrible crime.

Private airline Kingfisher Airlines has lost its permit to fly after a deadline to renew its suspended licence expired.

Aviation regulator – the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said on Tuesday that it has asked Kingfisher to furnish further details about the state of its finances.

“Kingfisher”s flying permit has lapsed. They failed to provide additional details on the funding of operations,” a foreign news agency quoted DGCA chief Arun Mishra, as saying.

An advocate, Mohammed Azeemuddin, on Monday filed a memo in a Nampally court seeking permission to appear on behalf of MIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi in a criminal case.

A petition was earlier filed by Kashimshetty Karunasagar, another advocate, against the alleged inflammatory speech of Owaisi which came up for hearing at the court of VII Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate.

Azeemuddin approached the court saying that he would like to contest the case on behalf of Owaisi.

A group of Andhra Pradesh ministers from the Telangana region Tuesday called on President Pranab Mukherjee and sought his intervention for immediately carving out a separate state.

Six ministers, including state Home Minister Sabita Indra Reddy and Major Industries Minister Geeta Reddy, met Mukherjee at Rashtrapathi Nilayam, the president’s official retreat Bolarum in Secunderabad here.

Pitching in for harsher punishment for rape, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa today said her government would request the Centre to make necessary changes in the law to provide death penalty and chemical castration to those involved in such crimes.

Expressing grief over the death of the 23-year-old Delhi gangrape victim, Jayalalithaa announced a 13-point action plan to ensure women’s safety and prevent incidents of sexual harassment.

–_PTI

Alcoholic woman ends life
(Siasat News): An alcoholic woman commits suicide in Chatrinaka police station limits in old city. 55-year-old Tabi Bai was an alcoholic and did not give up the bad habit despite counseling by her relatives.

However, she set herself ablaze yesterday. The reason behind this extreme step is yet to be ascertained. She died in the hospital during the treatment.

Police has registered a case and further investigations are on.