Month: July 2014

Calcutta High Court today ordered a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) probe in Tapas Pal case asking for registration of an FIR against him within 72 hours. Earlier, Tapas Pal a Member of Parliament (MP) from Bengal”s Krishnanagar, who has been advised to take complete bed rest after he complained of a sudden increase in blood pressure, had kick started a controversy when he was caught on tape exhorting party workers to kill Communist Party of India (Maoist) (CPI-M) activists even as he himself asserted he will gun down his rivals and let loose his “boys” to rape their women.

A Delhi University student is critical after being attacked by two men whose advances she had spurned, police said Monday, adding one of the attackers has been arrested.

The 22-year-old who lives in Kondli area of east Delhi received multiple cut marks after the two men attacked her Sunday with paper cutters.

One attacker, Wasim Akram, 25, was arrested from his residence in Kalyanpuri area of east Delhi Sunday while his friend and neighbour Wasim Khan is on the run.

“A case of attempt to murder has been registered against the duo,” said a police official.

Uttar Pradesh government today recommended a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in the Mohanlalganj rape and murder case.

Amidst spiralling violence in Libya, Andhra Pradesh government today sought the Centre’s intervention to evacuate the people from the state who are working in the North African country.

“I request that suitable instructions may be issued to the Indian Embassy to interfere and provide all necessary aid in terms of food, clothing and shelter to Andhra Pradesh migrants and also to arrange to bring them back,” AP’s Special Representative, K Rama Mohana Rao, said in a letter to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.

Actress Shazahn Padamsee sang for the first time on stage where her mother and popular singer Sharon Prabhakar also belted out few hit numbers. The “Houseful 2” actress called the experience “magical”.

The daughter of theatre personality and ad filmmaker Alyque Padamsee had made her acting debut in 2009 with “Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year”.

But now she is following her mother’s footsteps.

“What happened last night (Sunday) was truly magical! Never thought singing for the first time on stage would feel so surreal,” she tweeted Monday.

Members of Jammu and Kashmir Sikh council staged a protest here on Monday over the Saharanpur violence. The protest was held near Nanak Nagar Gurudwara and the demonstrators raised slogans against the Uttar Pradesh government. Harmohinder Singh, president of Jammu and Kashmir Sikh Council said, “We condemn Saharanpur’s incident, this tiff between the two communities is a result of a conspiracy and the culprit behind it should be revealed.

India’s ace shooter Gagan Narang won the men’s 50-metre rifle prone silver in the finals of the Commonwealth Games here Monday.

Australian veteran Warren Potent, 52, clinched the gold and England’s Kenneth Parr took the bronze at the Barry Buddon Shooting Centre.

–IANS

Delhi talent Navdeep Chhabra is excited to make his acting debut in director Devang Dholakia’s untitled film.

“I am very excited about my first film. It is a very relevant story, which will challenge me to explore many shades of my personality. It is an entertainer and a hard hitting reality,” Navdeep said in a statement.

“It’s too early to talk about the storyline beyond this but in times to come there will be lots to reveal,” he added.

The film’s producers and star cast are also yet to be revealed.

Muslims in Asia marked a grim Eid al-Fitr today, overshadowed by several air tragedies, including the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, and conflicts in Gaza and Pakistan.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai in his message for Eid, the most important festival for Muslims marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, said the Islamic world was suffering.

“Hundreds of people are being killed every day in Islamic countries,” he said, highlighting the plight of those in war-torn Gaza.

Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari today once again rubbished reports of bugging devices found inside his house. “As already stated I reiterate that no devices were found at my residence anywhere,” Gadkari. Earlier he had tweeted, “Reports in a section of the media about listening devices having been found at my New Delhi residence are highly speculative.” Reportedly, listening devices were recovered on Sunday from Gadkari”s residence over which former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh raised concern and had called for an investigation.

England continued to dominate proceedings in their third cricket Test against India as a 142-run partnership between Gary Ballance (156) and Ian Bell (68 batting) took the hosts to 358 for three at lunch on day two at The Rose Bowl here Monday.

England, who started the day on 247 for two, scored 111 runs in 29 overs, losing just one wicket.

Joe Root (2 batting) was the other unbeaten batsman.

With rainfall in catchment areas not being adequate this year, the water level in reservoirs of the Bhakra Dam and the Pong Dam continues to be lower than in the same period last year, officials of the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) said Monday.

The Congress Monday said it suspected that there might have been snooping of union minister Nitin Gadkari and demanded an investigation into the issue.

Without targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi by name, Congress spokesperson Shakti Singh Goyal said: “The one who snooped on people in Gujarat is now in Delhi and hence incidents of snooping are now also taking place in Delhi.”

Goyal was referring to widespread media reports Sunday that said a listening device was found in Gadkari’s house.

Gadkari, however, termed the reports “highly speculative”.

Seventeen Assistant Executive Engineers of Zone-V and Zone-VI were charged with unauthorized absence from duty since some years, and hence disciplinary action was initiated under APCS (CC & A) Rules, 1991, against them by framing by way of issuing Articles of charges for their unauthorized absence from the duty.

A benchmark index of Indian equities markets plunged 135.52 points or 0.52 percent Monday as metal stocks dipped.

Most of the stocks were trading in red and selling pressure was seen in metal, oil and gas, banking and auto sectors.

The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 26,173.47 points, closed trade at 25,991.23 points, down 135.52 points or 0.52 percent from the previous day’s close at 26,126.75 points.

The Sensex touched a high of 26,181.83 points and a low of 25,900.25 points in the trade so far.

Former Union Minister Sarve Satyanraaya today flayed the TRS Government for targeting a section of people in Hyderabad and bulldozing their buildings in the name of illegal structures.

Talking to press persons at Gandhi Bhavan here, the former minister warned that they will take up a movement against the government if it continues to demolish the structures. The TRS has promised to protect all people and their assets irrespective of their origin, he said. But now, on coming to power, the government seems to be adopting vengeful attitude, he alleged.

Political rivals attacked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after a policeman, grievously injured during a political clash, died Monday, and demanded arrest of a ruling Trinamool Congress leader who had called for attacking police.

“Assistant Sub-Inspector Amit Chakraborty today (Monday) died at a private nursing home,” Superintendent of Police (Birbhum) Alok Rajoria said. Chakraborty received fatal injuries in his abdomen after being hit by splinters while trying to prevent a clash June 3 in Dubrajpur in Birbhum district.

Cinestaan Entertainment Private Limited has joined hands with renowned filmmaker Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra for a three-film deal. Their first offering will be “Mirziya”.

Rohit Khattar has launched Cinestaan Entertainment Private Limited in partnership with industrialist Anand Mahindra.

The Cinestaan Film Company, which is Cinestaan’s first subsidiary, will make the films in collaboration with Mehra’s ROMP Pictures.

Indian para-discus thrower Jai Deep narrowly missed out on the bronze medal finishing fourth in the men’s F44/42 final of the Commonwealth Games here Monday.

England’s paralympian Dan Greaves won the gold with a throw of 59.21 metres, Welsh Aled Davies came in second with 46.83m to take home silver while Nigerian Richard Okigbazi clinched the bronze with 39.38m.

Jai Deep’s best throw of 38.68m came on his first attempt. However, the 24-year-old Rohtak-born could not improve on that on his next five attempts.

The Telangana State Government has accorded permission to select and conclude the agreement with the lowest eligible tendered among the two bidders duly considering Class-A license instead of registration as prescribed in the NIT, for the work of “providing fire prevention and fire safety measures in entire Jalasoudha Building Complex, Errum Manzil in Hyderabad”.
The permission was given following a request made by the Engineer-in-Chief (Irrigation), I&CAD Department.(NSS)

Indian shuttlers failed to replicate the performance of the 2010 Commonwealth Games at the 2014 edition here as they lost the mixed team bronze medal playoff 2-3 to Singapore at the Emirates Arena here Monday.

India, who won silver four years ago at home, could not come out with their best show, losing all three doubles matches, including the final crucial women’s doubles, to go down to the city-state.

A Bangladeshi aircraft caught fire while landing at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) Monday afternoon, officials said.

Airport police said the wheels of Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG702 caught fire when it touched down at the airport at around 2 p.m., Xinhua reported.

Fire fighters at TIA soon brought the minor fire under control and the passengers were evacuated.

“The aircraft has now been parked at the airport’s hangar and its scheduled return to Dhaka at 3.10 p.m. has been cancelled,” a high level source at the TIA told Xinhua.

Telugu Desam Party floor leader in GHMC Singireddy Srinivas Reddy on Monday asked the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation to focus on rendering services to people than concentrating only on collection of tax or demolition of illegal structures.

Actor Emraan Hashmi would love to team up with Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, but says that the script has to be really good.

“If got the opportunity I would love to do. But so far I have not any such script where I can work with him,” Emraan said here.

“But would definitely do it, if I will get,” he added.

Emraan is currently busy promoting his forthcoming film “Raja Natwarlal”, in which he will be seen as a conman. At the weekend, he was spotted selling “fake” tickets for Salman starrer “Kick”.
(IANS)

The BJP’s Uttar Pradesh unit Monday lashed out at the SP government for alleging the former had a role in the communal clashes in the state.

Attacking the Samajwadi Party (SP) government for billing the communal clashes in Saharanpur as a “caste conflict”, state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak told reporters the Akhilesh Yadav government had gone in a denial mode.

He said the state government is shirking away from its responsibility and blaming other parties without any proof or evidence.