An engineering student, allegedly committed suicide for the cause of a separate Telangana state at Pavanpuri Colony here today, the police said. The body of N Dinesh Chandra, a third-year B Tech student in a private college, was found hanging in his room they said, adding that a death note was also found in the room.
Karnataka High Court today ordered issue of notices to state and Central governments on PIL relating to section 66 A of the Information Technology Act. A division bench headed by acting Chief Justice K Sreedhar Rao also ordered issue of notices to social networking sites Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter in response to the petition filed by Rohan Bhammar and Varun Nair, two law graduates.
Hearing a petition alleging sexual abuse of a minor, the Bombay High Court today directed Maharashtra Government to file an affidavit stating what steps it had taken to implement the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenders Act. The direction was given by justices A M Khanwilkar and K K Tated on a petition filed by NGO ‘Sakhee’ alleging that an education baron and his eight associates had sexually assaulted a 16-year-old servant at his farmhouse in Pune.
French Consulate official Pascal Mazurier, accused of raping his minor daughter, today filed a complaint against his wife before the Karnataka State Child Rights Protection Commission, charging her with child abuse of his three minor children. In his complaint, Mazurier alleged that his three children were being “psychologically abused and exploited as pawns by his wife Suja Jones for her evil agenda”. Pascal claimed he had credible information that his children are not in safe environment and are kept in the company of strangers and servants.
Extending his support to Kamal Haasan, popular multi-lingual actor Ramesh Arvind hoped the controversy surrounding release of “Vishwaroopam” would be sorted out amicably. “I am really pained by statement made by Kamal that he might seek a secular place in the country or overseas to live as Tamil Nadu does not want him. I can understand the pain that Kamal is going through to speak like this. He is really being pushed to the wall. I really hope the issue is resolved amicably”, Arvind who had acted with him in a couple of films told PTI.
A local court today sentenced a man for life imprisonment for killing his wife and a 7-year-old son in a residential apartment here in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand in April 2011. The court of District Judge I, Deepak Kumar, who convicted Arvind Raman on January 23, pronounced the quantum of punishment today. Based on the statement of the victims relative, a case had been lodged against 38-year-old Raman for strangulating his wife Sweta and son Swarn on April 4, 2011 in his residential apartment.
A constable, attached to Chalisgaon police station in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district, was arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 65 lakh from a private company official for a favour, a senior ACB officer said here today. Police Naik Bipin Jagannath Tiwari was caught by ACB sleuths while allegedly accepting the bribe amount from the complainant last night near Old Naka area on Chalisgaon- Malegaon Road in Chalisgaon, ACB SP (Nashik) Shashikant Mahavarkar said.
Veteran film actress Sharmila Tagore was today given Lifetime Achievement award at the International Film Festival here. She thanked the jury members of the fifth edition of JIFF which started here today. Tagore appreciated Rajasthan for its bonding with film industry. “Forts, palaces and sand dunes of Rajasthan are always been a grandeurs of the Indian cinema,” Tagore said. Tagore was speaking at the opening ceremony of the Festival, inaugurated by actress Hema Malini. Over 200 films will be screened during the 5day event. PTI
A 44-year-old Briton beheaded his elderly mother because he believed she was a witch, and then wandered on the streets of London naked like a “zombie”, a court has heard.
Daniel Coriat, said to be a paranoid schizophrenic, will spend the rest of his life in a secure mental ward, the Daily Mail reported.
After the killing, police found him hiding in a wheelie bin in a train station.
After the killing, police found the accused hiding in a wheelie bin in a train station.
India has cleared the second visit of a Pakistani judicial commission to cross-examine four officials in connection with the probe into the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Wednesday. India has given a green signal for the visit of the commission, which would travel to Mumbai without any delay, Malik told a news conference in Islamabad on Wednesday evening.
Congress MPs from Telangana tonight decided not to resign after indications from the AICC that the party is not against formation of a separate state. Nizamabad MP Madhu Goud Yaskhi, one of the MPs in the forefront of the agitation, said he did not see any need for resignation after the announcement. “I don’t think there is any need for resignation now. The statement by Chacko is clear,” he told reporters here. Goud was reacting to Party spokesperson P C Chacko’s statement that Congress is not against the formation of Telangana state.
The Pune blast case accused alleged here today that Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) officials forcibly took their signatures on blank papers after physically harassing them in custody. Munib Iqbal Memon, Farooq Bagwan and Kashif Biyabani, arrested in connection with the Pune blasts, moved an application before the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court today, making the allegation. ATS will now file a reply to the allegations.
The war of words over TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao’s critical comments on the Congress and the Nehru-Gandhi family showed no sign of abatement today. Taking exception to Rao’s remarks made at a protest here two days ago, Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister A Ramanarayana Reddy said action needs to be taken against him as per law. Describing Rao’s comments as indecent, the minister said he would demand the Chief Minister to take action. Charging that the Congress has betrayed Telangana, Rao had said Pandit Nehru, Indira Gandhi and now Sonia Gandhi let the people of Telangana down.
Unidentified persons stole Rs 10 lakh from the car of a Samajwadi Party leader in Kavinagar area here, police said. SP leader Dharmendra Yadav had gone to attend a marriage function at Om Sai Ram farmhouse in Bumhaita near National Highway yesterday. He parked his SUV car outside the farmhouse, police said. The money was missing from the car when he returned from the event and one of the car window was broken. A case has been registered in this connection. PTI
RJD President Lalu Prasad refused to attach any importance to the rally by anti-graft activist Anna Hazare here today and dubbed it as a ‘flop show’. “It is nothing but a flop show,” he told reporters on his arrival at Patna airport. When told that a large number of people had gathered at the rally, the RJD chief said, “This much people roam around in the Gandhi maidan (where the rally was held) everyday.” Launching a scathing attack on Hazare, he said men like him were saying ‘bad words’ against Parliament, politicians and even judiciary in the name of civil society.
Two suspected thieves drowned in the Hindon river after they jumped into it to escape from police in Indirapuram area of the district. According to the police, three persons robbed travellers of an auto in Abhai Khand area of Indirapuram last night. After people raised an alarm and chased them with the help of police they ran towards the Hindon river. While one of them was caught, two jumped into the river and drowned. Later, their bodies were fished out and sent for post mortem, police said. PTI
Differences of opinion tonight seemed to have cropped up among Congress MPs from Telangana with some of them saying there was no need to resign after a statement by party indicated it was not against a separate state while others insisted on quitting. Nizamabad MP Madhu Goud Yaskhi, one of the MPs at the forefront of the agitation for a separate state, told reporters that he did not see any need for the resignation after P C Chacko said the party was not against creation of Telangana. I dont think there is any need for resignation now. Chackos statement is clear, Yaskhi said.
Israel’s Ambassador to India Alon Ushpiz today called upon Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and discussed measures to strengthen ties between the state and his country. Ushpiz said Israel would participate in ‘Vibrant Gujarat Agro Tech Fair 2014’ and discussed about enhancing Research and Development (R&D) in various fields with the chief minister. Stating that trade between India and Israel has touched $ 5 billion, Ushpiz said Israel is recycling 75-80 per cent of sewage water for agricultural purposes and is also minimising the amount of water leakage.
Maharashtra police today handed over a notice to MIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, denying him permission to address a public meeting at Aurangabad in Maharashtra, police sources here said. Owaisi was scheduled to hold a party rally at Aurangabad on February 1. However, sources said, Maharashtra police cited law and order situation and prohibitory orders imposed in parts of Aurangabad to deny Owaisi the permission to address the meeting. PTI
The National Investigation Agency today arrested a man suspected to be involved in 2007 Samjhauta Express blast and 2006 Malegaon bombing. 42-year-old Dileep Jagpat was arrested from Kishanganj area of the district, sources said. The NIA team is camping in western Madhya Pradesh to probe several blast cases, they said. PTI
Congress Party vice-president and scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family Rahul Gandhi has urged the youth to come forward and contribute to the growth of the country.
Chairing a talk on ”Future of the Internet- 1.2 Billion Empowered Indians” and sharing the stage with the vice president and chief internal evangelist of Google Vinton G Cerf here yesterday, Gandhi said: “You got to stop asking your politicians how they are going to do this or that and start asking yourself, how you are going to do it. Because that is how this country is going to move forward.”
South Africa batsman Hashim Amla has an opportunity to claim the number-one ranking on the International Cricket Council (ICC) Player Rankings for Test batsmen for the first time in his career when he takes to the field against Pakistan in the first Test of the three-match series in Johannesburg from Thursday.
Amla is currently just one ratings point behind Australia’s number-one ranked Michael Clarke, and he leads third-ranked Shivnarine Chanderpaul of the West Indies by seven points.
Six persons of a family were killed and five others injured when the pick-up vehicle in which they were travelling collided head-on with a lorry in Wardhanapet mandal here, police said Wednesday.
The incident happened at Punnal cross-roads when the four-wheeler in which 11 people were travelling from Lingapur village was hit from the opposite direction by a coal-laden lorry late last night resulting in spot death of three persons while three others succumbed to injuries in a hospital, they said.
In the wake of rising incidents of violence against women, the state transport undertaking here has launched ‘Self-Defence Training’ for its women employees, particularly, conductors.
As part of the one-week residential training programme at its 6 institutes, women employees would be trained in marshal arts, yoga among others, Andhra Pradesh State Transport corporation said.
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Tracking a money laundering scandal involving nexus between non-resident Indians (NRIs) and the drugs mafia, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) Wednesday raided 15 locations in Punjab, Delhi and Chandigarh, officials said here.
No disclosures were being made by ED officials but sources said the alleged money laundering could be of over Rs.700 crore.