Month: July 2013

Medical student dies in college, post-mortem confirms murder

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A first year MBBS student at a private college in Moradabad died under mysterious circumstances in the campus, with her post-mortem revealing she was strangulated to death, police said on Sunday.

Neeraj Bhadana, a MBBS first year student hailing from Faridabad in Haryana, was found lying on the floor on Saturday.

The girl was admitted to the hospital situated in the college where she died, they said.

The college management had termed it an accidental death, saying that the girl fell from the fifth floor as she was sitting on the railing.

Rain halts relief operations in calamity-hit Uttarakhand

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Fresh spell of rains on Sunday halted helicopter operations to ferry rations to remote Uttarakhand districts reeling under shortage of foodgrains even as wet weather put brakes on the task of cremation of bodies in Kedarnath.

The Badrinath highway was also closed for three hours due to incessant rains leaving 500 vehicles, including many carrying relief, stranded. However, the highway was later opened for traffic.

“Chopper operations to drop relief material have been stopped due to rains. Cremation of bodies in Kedarnath also could not be taken up due to rains,” IG Ram Meena said.

Man commits suicide in police custody

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A man, who was summoned to a police station in Dhanbad district for questioning in connection with a case or robbery, on Sunday allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself inside its premises, a senior police official said.

Badal Chandra Dey, a resident of Durgapur of West Bengal, committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling in the toilet of the police station in Nirsa block, Superintendent of Police Anup T Mathew told reporters in Dhanbad.

16 policemen injured in bus mishap

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Altogether 16 policemen on their way to join panchayat poll duty were injured when the bus carrying them hit a tree and overturned near Diana River in Mal area of Jalpaiguri district on Sunday, police said.

Around 35 policemen were coming from Jaigan on Bhutan border to Mal for reporting to be on election duty when the accident occurred.

While 11 injured were admitted to Mal hospital, five were shifted to the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital and their condition was stated to serious, police said.

—PTI

BJP trying to communalise politics: Digvijay Singh

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Accusing the BJP of attempting to communalise politics in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections, Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Sunday asked non-BJP ruled states, including Bihar led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, to be careful.

“I saw Ravishankar Prasad saying that probably Pune Bakery blasts culprits were also doing recee (of the Bodhgaya temple site). This is the kind of politics of hate and communalism in which the BJP specialises in.

Six Naxals killed in encounter by Maharashtra Police

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Six alleged Naxals were killed on Sunday in an encounter with the police.

The encounter took place near the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border.

police have so far recovered bodies of six Maoists clad in uniforms, police said. They have also recovered one 303 carbine, three 12 bore rifles and some cartridges from the spot.

The C-60 battalion of Gadchiroli district police was fired upon by a group of ultras and the police retaliated, police said, quoting preliminary reports reaching the district headquarters.

The operation was conducted by the Commando unit of the Maharashtra Police.

Farhan a duplicate copy of me: Milkha Singh

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Bollywood actor Farhan Akhtar has been given the seal of approval for his performance as India’s legendary sprinter Milkha Singh in “Bhaag Milkha Bhaag” by the man himself.

“Farhan has played the part so well, he is almost a duplicate copy of Milkha Singh from every angle. He made me cry,” said the 77-year-old runner.

West Indies win toss, elect to bowl against Sri Lanka

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West Indies stand-in-skipper Kieron Pollard won the toss and put Sri Lanka in to bat in a crucial game of the Tri-nation ODI series here today.

Lendl Simmons has been named in place of West Indies’ injured captain Dwayne Bravo.

Sunil Narine has also been ruled out due to injury, while Denesh Ramdin has been dropped. Devon Smith and Jason Holder have come in as their replacement.

Sri Lanka have made two changes, bringing in Jeevan Mendis and Shaminda Eranga in place of Kusal Perera and Rangana Herath.

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Airport officials were forcing me to take off my clothes: Azad

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Having encountered a nightmarish experience at the Heathrow Airport in London yesterday, former India cricketer Kirti Azad is yet come to terms with the ordeal that he along with his wife and son had to encounter before taking a flight back home.

Azad today claimed that airport authorities “harrassed” him alleging that there was an item in his luggage which was explosive in nature.

NIA team arrives in Bodh Gaya to probe serial blasts

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An NIA team today arrived in Bodh Gaya to probe the terror attack at the world famous Mahabodhi temple and adjoining areas, a police officer said.

The five-member NIA team comprising a DIG and two SPs reached here by a special plane from New Delhi and drove
straight to the Mahabodhi temple to start investigations, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Gaya Range, Nayyar Hasnain Khan, said.

None of the NIA officials spoke to the waiting media and briskly walked towards the famous Buddhist shrine.

AP soon to come out with policy on gaming, animation: Ponnala

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Andhra Pradesh would soon come out with ‘GAME’ (Gaming, Animation, Media and Entertainment) policy, state Information Technology minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah said here today.

The policy draft is almost ready and an incubator facility is coming up at Madhapur here which can be utilised by small and medium enterprises in the gaming, animation industry, he said.

Lakshmaiah was speaking at the inauguration of ‘Creative Mentors Animation & Gaming College’ here.

Tony Blair: Egypt’s army had no choice

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Mideast envoy Tony Blair has defended the Egyptian army’s ouster of President Mohammed Morsi, saying the alternative would have been chaos.

Calling himself a “strong supporter of democracy,” Blair said that democracy is not a substitute for decision making or a guarantee of effective government.

Acknowledging that millions of protesters on the streets are “not the same” as an election, he called the protests an “awesome manifestation of power” and show of “free democratic spirit.”

Property dealer held for raping ‘wife’ in Gurgaon

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A property dealer was arrested here on a rape complaint filed by a woman with whom he had been living after their “marriage” at a temple, police said Sunday.

Sanjay Kumar, 33, a native of Haryana’s Bhiwani district, was arrested from his house in Islampur on Sohna Road Saturday night after the 28-year-old woman lodged a rape complaint against him, a police official said.

BJP trying to communalise politics: Digvijay

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Accusing the BJP of attempting to communalise politics in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections,Congress leader Digvijay Singh today asked non-BJP ruled states, including Bihar led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, to
be careful.

I saw Ravishankar Prasad saying that probably Pune Bakery blasts culprits were also doing recee (of the Bodhgaya
temple site). This is the kind of politics of hate and communalism in which the BJP specialises in.

For god’s sake, please let the investigation be completed and please do not communalise each act of

BJP, RJD slam Nitish over terrorist strike in Bodh Gaya

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Sunday said the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar had ignored intelligence reports of possible terrorist strikes in the state.

The allegations came after a series of bomb blasts at the Mahabodhi Temple early Sunday morning in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, left two monks injured and spread panic.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, however, insisted that his administration had not ignored intelligence inputs warning of terrorist attacks.

Mayawati takes veiled dig at Modi

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n a veiled reference to reports that Gujarat CM Narendra Modi had rescued 15,000 Gujaratis from Uttarakhand, Mayawati on Sunday said BSP condemns a political party whose leader seeks to become a PM candidate but talks about saving people only from his own state.

“We strongly condemn the political party, whose leader stakes claim for the post of the PM, but talks about saving people only from Gujarat,” she said.

The BSP supremo said from this, the personality of such a leader could be gauged.

‘Fallout of Myanmar strife on Buddhist temples was warned’

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Were intelligence alerts ignored, warning of possible attacks on Buddhist shrines in India by “fringe elements” sympathetic to the cause of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, scores of who have been killed in sectarian violence? Terror attacks on the Mahabodhi temple at Bodh Gaya Sunday left two monks injured.

An official source told IANS that intelligence alerts had been received as recent “as a month ago” warning that fringe elements would try to target Buddhist shrines in India in retaliation to attacks on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine province.

2 perish in US jet crash, three Indians among 305 survivors

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Three Indian nationals were among the 305 survivors of the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 from South Korea that crashed while landing at San Francisco airport, killing two Chinese girls and leaving 49 seriously injured.

But the rest of the 291 passengers and 16 crew members escaped either unscathed or with lesser injuries as the plane crashlanded at 11:27 a.m. Saturday after an 11-hour flight from Seoul, officials said.

The Flight 214 was making a seemingly routine approach to San Francisco International Airport on a calm, clear Saturday morning, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Hyderabad on alert after Bodhgaya blasts

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Following serial blasts in Bodhgaya Temple in Bihar, the Central Government has sounded alert in all the major cities across the country.

The Union Ministry has put eight cities on alert including Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Bangalore and Pune. The Hyderabad City and Cyberabad Police have increased security around religious places, tourist spots, shopping complexes, cinema halls and other commercial areas.

Telangana Congress leaders discuss roadmap

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With the Congress leadership intensifying its efforts to find an early solution to the Telangana tangle, party leaders from the region Sunday met here to chalk out their future course of action.

The meeting discussed the roadmap which Deputy Chief Minister Damodar Rajanarasimha would be submitting to the central leadership.

The meeting held at the deputy chief minister’s residence was attended by state ministers, members of parliement and the state legislature from the region.

Hrithik has successful brain surgery, to be discharged soon

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Hrithik Roshan, one of the reigning stars of the Hindi film industry, underwent a brain surgery for removal of a clot at the Hinduja Hospital here Sunday. The surgery was successful and he should be out of the hospital in the next 48 hours, said his father and filmmaker Rakesh Roshan.

The 39-year-old was wheeled out of the operation theatre around 3 p.m. His parents and wife Sussanne were present throughout the 50-minute neuro-surgery to correct the chronic subdural hematoma condition.

Sushil Modi condemns blasts in Bodh Gaya, critical of Centre, Nitish

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Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Sunday condemned the terror attack in the internationally renowned temple town of Bodh Gaya, and lashed out at the Centre and Nitish Kumar Government for what he called their ” failure” to provide adequate security to the Buddhist shrine.

“We condemn the terror attack on Mahabodhi temple and adjoining areas in no uncertain terms and thank God that there were no casualties in the serial blasts,” he said.

Modi, who visited the blast sites, said that no measures were taken to prevent the attack despite intelligence warnings.

Six Maoists killed in encounter in Gadchiroli

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Six Maoists were killed in an encounter with the police forces near Etapalli tehsil in Maharashtra”s Gadchiroli District today.

The police, which has recovered the dead bodies of the ultras, recovered one 303 carbine, three 12 bore rifles and some cartridges from the spot.

According to reports, the incident took place after a group of ultras fired at the C-60 battalion of Gadchiroli district police, who in turn retaliated. (ANI)

Ex-Oz PM Julia Gillard opens up on sexism

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Julia Gillard, who was dumped from her Australian Prime Minister’s post by her ruling Labor party last month, has opened up for the first time on the sexism that plagued her leadership.

Gillard told author Anne Summers that conservative leader Tony Abbott had tipped her over the edge, portraying himself as some convert, or someone with a real understanding about what it’s like to face the world as a woman and to feel the weight of that.