A 25-year-old man was allegedly strangulated to death by his friend following a drunken brawl in Indirapuram area in Ghaziabad, police said on Saturday.
Sumit hailing from Jaunpur district was killed last night by his friend Tahir following a tiff over some trivial issues, Indirapuram police station SHO Virendra Singh Yadav said.
Tahir has been arrested, the SHO said, adding that the body of Sumit has been sent for a post-mortem.
—PTI
Recent heavy rains and hailstorm have damaged the opium harvest in Malwa region known for its legal cultivation.
About 30,000 opium farmers from Neemuch, Mandsaur and Ratlam districts said rains lashed the region just when the opium harvest was at its peak.
The district Congress president Nandkishor Patel met the Narcotics Deputy Commissioner and discussed with him the damage of opium crop and demanded compensation to farmers after conducting a survey in this regard.
A 46-year-old paediatrician has been arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a MD student in Kerala by sending her messages and obscene pictures on mobile phone.
Senthilkumar, Associate Professor and Child specialist at the Salem Government Medical College Hospital, was arrested under provisions of the Tamil Nadu Women Harassment Act and section 66 A of the Information Technology Act last night, Salem City Police Commissioner A.Amalraj said.
The girl had ignored the doctor’s overtures when she was studying in the Medical College here, he said.
Two software professionals from West Bengal were killed and two others injured when the car in which they were travelling hit a tree on the roadside near KPHB area here today, police said.
The victims were returning after attending a party in Bachupally area, and police suspect that they were in an inebriated condition.
The deceased were identified as Sudeep and U Mukherjee.
The other two passengers were rushed to a nearby hospital, a police officer attached to KPHB police station said.
The CPI State Secretary Dr K Narayana on Saturday expressed happiness over consent of the President of India Pranab Mukharjee to the A P Reorganization Bill, which meant to carve out Telangana State. Dr K Narayana, in a press release here, said that celebrating the formation of Telangana State was not enough, and the intellectuals and experts of different fields should strive for comprehensive development of the Region. He thanked the political parties, people’s organizations and Telangana protagonists, who participated in the Telangana movement. (NSS)
Former Minister JC Diwakar Reddy who is planning to join TDP in a few days, today continued his tirade against the Congress Party. He found fault with the Congress for failing to decide on the location for new capital of the successor state.
Former MP Lagadapati Rajgopal today said he would extend moral support if Kiran Kumar Reddy floated a new political party.
First time after bifurcation of the state Lagadpati was talking to pressmen.
He said there was a need to encourage youth in politics. Lagadapati reiterated that he is retiring from politics. Earlier he had said that if the state was bifurcated, he will retire from politics after parliament gave its consent for Telangana bill.
In a dig at the media, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today said someone he met recently had been under the impression that he (Bhagwat) would be a “frightening” person.
“Those who are unaware of what the RSS is have a different perception of us,” Bhagwat said, after releasing a book on former RSS chief, the late Rajendra Sinh alias Rajju Bhaiyya, at a function in suburban Vile Parle this evening.
Telangana JAC chairman Prof Kodandaram has made it clear on Saturday that the T-JAC is not a political party and it cannot become so. He added that the T-JAC will continue to exist and it will play a key role in the reconstruction of Telangana state.
Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi today won their first ATP title after re-union as they beat Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic in the doubles final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships here.
The second seeded ‘Indo-Pak Express’ duo beat their top seeded opponents Nestor of Canada and Zimonjic (Serbia) 6-4 6-3 in the summit clash that lasted one hour and eight minutes.
Today’s win was a sort of a revenge for Bopanna and Qureshi who lost to the same opponents in the final of the Sydney International in January.
Former Minister P Shankar Rao today slammed the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s comments that the Congress failed to do justice to Seemandhra through bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.
Final positions of teams after the ICC Under-19 World Cup, that South Africa won here Saturday:
1. South Africa
2. Pakistan
3. England
4. Australia
5. India
6. West Indies
7. Afghanistan
8. Sri Lanka
9. Bangladesh
10. New Zealand
11. Zimbabwe
12. United Arab Emirates
13. Scotland
14. Namibia
15. Canada
16. Papua New Guinea
PCC Chief, Botcha Satyanarayana today suggested that the TRS should keep its promise of merging it into the Congress. He said the merger of Telangana Rashtra Samithi into Congress fold is the issue under the high command purview. It is for the TRS to decide whether to remain a political party or to merge with the Congress, he said.
State Program Manager, Save the Children, Dr P Anjaiah has stated here that the Government should make efforts to provide equal, inclusive and quality education to all the children up to 18 years of age.
Criticizing the style of functioning of TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), TDP Telangana region leader Revuri Prakash Reddy said it was the habit of KCR to deceive honest people who believed him.
Speaking to media on Saturday, Reddy said it was unfortunate that KCR is claiming credit for achieving Telangana state instead of giving credit to those who sacrificed their lives. He alleged that using the sentiment as a weapon, the Congress and TRS came together to damage the TDP. KCR is misleading the people with his talking skills.
All India Muslim Minorities Organization (AIMMO) on Saturday demanded that special care should be taken for the welfare of Muslims in Telangana State, as they constituted significant percentage in the population of the new State.
Speaking to the media here, AIMMO leaders M A Siddiqui, Muqthar Hussain, Sana Ulla Khan and Syed Ayub said that education should be ensured to the Muslims free of cost in the Telangana State. In proportion to their population, quota should be provided to the Muslims in employment opportunities, they added.
Police here today filed a 1,100-page charge sheet against Narayan Sai, the son of controversial godman Asaram, in a rape case on the complaint of a city-based woman.
“Narayan Sai has been charged of rape under section 376, unnatural sex under section 377 and criminal conspiracy under section 120(b)of Indian Penal Code,” the charge sheet said.
“He has also been implicated under various sections of IPC for molestation, wrongful confinement, unlawful assembly, rioting armed with deadly weapon and criminal intimidation,” it said further.
Afghanistan notched up their first major win against a Test playing nation as they produced an all-round performance to script an upset 32-run victory over Bangladesh in their Asia Cup match, here today.
Chasing 255 for victory, Bangladesh could not recover from a top-order collapse and kept on losing wickets at regular intervals to be bundled out for 222 in 47.5 overs at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium to slump to their second consecutive loss in the five-nation regional tournament.
A two year old girl killed after being hit by a car while playing in front of her house at Jiyaguda on Friday.
The girl Priya @ Priyanka (2) D/o Kishan R/o Jiyaguda was playing in front of her house when a car hit her at afternoon hours, she received multiple injuries and She was shifted to OGH where she died while undergoing treatment later in the evening hours.
Kulsumpura police registered a case under section 304A and after autopsy deceased body handed over to her parents. Case is under investigation. Sub Inspector G Venkat Ram Reddy said. (INN)
In a shocking incident, two software engineers died after the car in which they were travelling rammed into a tree at Pragati nagar in KPHB Colony in the early hours of Saturday.
According to KPHB Police, deceased Sudeep (28) and Uttiya Mukherjee (26), both residents of Bachupally, died after the car in which they were travelling rammed into a tree. Two more persons, M Gaurav and M Ghosh, who were also in the car received severe injuries. They were immediately rushed to a nearest hospital where they are undergoing treatment.
In a vitriolic attack on Congress, BJP and TDP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has blamed the three parties for dividing the State undemocratically and said only YSR Congress has the moral right to seek votes on a positive note as it was the voice of the people.
We need to usher in value based politics and breathe ethics into the political system which has decayed badly of late and YSRCP seeks a decisive mandate to roll in the golden era of a welfare State, he said and called upon the people to reject Congress and TDP that have been playing divisive politics.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today claimed that his government has made significant efforts for ensuring women welfare and empowerment, saying only the society which respects women progresses.
Yadav, while interacting with principals, teachers and students at his residence here, said that in democracy half of the population cannot be neglected.
“People with Socialist ideology never ignored the interests of the women. The educated daughter of a family makes the family educated and after marriage (too) she spreads it,” he said.
Good governance can reduce the pendency of the litigations and provide quality justice to the people, BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi said here today.
Speaking at a function organised as a part of Bar Council of India’s Golden Jubilee celebrations, Modi said, “If we focus on a policy-driven governance, if there is good governance, pendency of cases will be reduced.”
“Numerous litigations are filed by people against the government as there is no clear policy on many issues.”
Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare today said he would campaign for 50 independent candidates in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Talking to reporters at Deulgaon-Raja near here, Hazare said he had proposed a 17-point agenda for political parties and these 50 candidates, 12 of them from Maharashtra, had accepted it.
West Bengal Chief Minister Manmata Banerjee, too, had accepted the programme, which is why he was supporting her, he added.
Former BJP president Bangaru Laxman, who died here this evening, would be remembered as one of the party’s leading Dalit face who was brought down by ‘sting journalism’ and never recovered from the blow.
Born in a Dalit family on March 17, 1939, Laxman graduated in law while taking active part in politics since his teenage years. He was associated with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh from the beginning.
He was with Jan Sangh when it was born in 1969 and later rose in ranks in its later avatar BJP.