Month: August 2014

A 55-year-old man, suspected to be a thief, was beaten to death in Sarol village, police said today.

“A person, who was suspected to be a thief, was beaten to death by villagers in Sarol village in Anand,” Sub-Inspector J B Gadhvi of Bhadran Police Station said.

The police has filed an FIR and booked 15 villagers in this connection.

The deceased, identified as Babu Talpada, was caught last night with his 22-year-old son Lalu from a house owned by one Lakshman Jadhav in Sarol village, Gadhvi said.

RJD President Lalu Prasad Yadav is “doing fine” post his cardiac surgery and is currently undergoing physiotherapy sessions at a city hospital, where former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met him today.

According to a senior official of the Asian Heart Institute, where Yadav was admitted on Monday, the 66-year-old political leader “is doing fine” post surgery and currently undergoing physiotherapy sessions.

The Delhi High Court Friday said it will Sep 9 pass an order on whether to lift a ban on plying of e-rickshaws in the capital till the law is amended to bring them under the ambit of the Motor Vehicles Act.

A division bench of Justice B.D Ahmed and Justice Siddharth Mridul also observed that it seems central government is not keen on lifting of the ban on e-rickshaws.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday said he was “disappointed” that Pakistan sought to make a “spectacle” of efforts at talks and added that any “meaningful” bilateral dialogue requires an environment that is free from “terrorism” and “violence”.

“India desires peaceful, friendly and cooperative ties with Pakistan. I had a very good meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in May 2014, when he attended the swearing-in ceremony of my government,” Modi said at an interaction with Japanese media ahead of his visit to the country.

Ahead of his visit to Japan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi , in an interaction session with the Japanese media, said that a bilateral dialogue with Pakistan was only possible if there was a terror free and violence free environment.

Prime Minister Modi said, “India desires peaceful, friendly and cooperative ties with Pakistan. I had a very good meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in May 2014, when he attended the swearing-in ceremony of my Government. We together decided that the Foreign Secretaries should meet and explore how to take relations forward.

The CBI has filed a closure report in the coal block allocation scam case against industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla, former coal secretary P.C. Parekh and others in a court here, sources said Friday.

Besides Birla and Parekh, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had named other unknown people as an accused in a first information report lodged in October 2013.

The agency Thursday filed its closure report in the court of Special Judge Bharat Parashar, who will hear the matter Sep 1.

A class IX student lost vision in one eye after being beaten by a teacher in a government-aided inter-college here.

Though the incident occurred Aug 21, the police registered the case Friday after the parents pursued the case for over a week.

Rajni, mother of student Krishna, 15 of Shumbhu Dayal Inter-College, said her son was completing his mathematics home work in the class Aug 21.

Over 18.4 million bank accounts have been opened under the Jan Dhan scheme and banks will organise camps from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on all Saturdays to reach out to unbanked households, the government said Friday.

“It has been decided that henceforth, the banks will be holding such camps on weekly basis, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on all Saturdays so that the target of covering unbanked households is achieved well in time,” a finance ministry statement said.

The Delhi High Court today reserved its judgment on the E-rickshaw issue, with the next hearing scheduled to take place on Tuesday.

“I represent the E-Rickshaw Welfare Association. All the parties have submitted their statements before the court. This is a question of livelihood. Thirteen centers will be opened for issuing licenses to e-rickshaws and they are not allowed to carry more than four passengers. For now, the court has reserved its judgment; the next hearing will be on Tuesday,” said Delhi High Court ( HC) lawyer RK Kapoor.

A day after the Maran brothers – Kalanithi Maran and Dayanidhi Maran – promoted Kal Cables Pvt Ltd got a breather from the Madras High Court, fresh trouble has started for them as well as for their direct-to-home (DTH) business.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday filed a charge sheet in a Delhi court against the Maran brothers and Sun Direct TV, the company which offers DTH service to around nine million subscribers.

India has sought Kuwait’s assistance over the arrest of some Indian nationals following a brawl in that Gulf nation.

“I understand that there was a brawl with nationals of some other countries and that led to a situation where some of the Indian nationals were arrested,” Syed Akbaruddin, spokesman of the external affairs ministry, told media here Friday.

“We have immediately taken action. Our mission in Kuwait has written to the Kuwaiti foreign ministry and sought their assistance in the matter,” he said.

A rider from Bangalore, Syed Irfan, succumbed to injuries late Thursday night after a head-on crash with the safety amco barrier during a practice session ahead of the JK Tyre-FMSCI National Drag Racing Championship at the Kari Motor Speedway here.

The incident occurred when Irfan, who had taken part in similar events in the past, reportedly did not slow down the Yamaha 135 racing bike he was riding at the end of the straight and ploughed into the safety barrier.

Breaking his silence on cancellation of talks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India was “disappointed” as Pakistan wanted to make a “spectacle” by meeting separatist leaders but said efforts will continue to build peaceful, friendly and cooperative ties with Pakistan.

He laid the ground rules for future talks, asserting that “any meaningful bilateral dialogue necessarily requires an environment that is free from terrorism and violence”.

World-class roads up to a length of 1,000 km at an investment of Rs.10,000 crore, two corridors connecting four corners of Hyderabad and four lakh LED street lights were some of the major announcements made Friday by Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.

Announcing series of measures to develop the city as the best destination for business and industry, he said the technology for the roads would be better than the one used in cities like New York and London.

Though Saina Nehwal’s campaign once again came to an end in the women’s singles quarter-finals, compatriot P.V. Sindhu kept the tricolour flying high and created history by reaching the semi-finals to assure herself of at least a bronze medal finish at the World Badminton Championships here Friday.

By achieving the feat, the 19-year-old fell in line to become the first Indian to win two medals at the sport’s most prestigious event — having won the bronze last year at Guangzhou.

The Sivaramakrishnan Committee submitted its final report to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on the new capital of residuary State of Andhra Pradesh here on Friday.

The report is likely to be uploaded on government website for public opinion. According to sources, the Committee has did not pin-point one place and suggested at least half-a-dozen options. It has also been indicated that the panel has recommended that the final decision on the location of new capital be assigned to the State Government.

Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki suffered a bad hair day at the US Open on Wednesday when her flowing blonde ponytail got trapped in the frame of her tennis racquet while facing Belarusian opponent Aliaksandra Sasnovich. The incident occurred as Wozniacki chased down a shot from Sasnovich during her 6-3, 6-4 victory on the Grandstand court. As the Dane went into her backswing, her braided hair became tangled in the racquet, Sport24 reported. Wozniacki said that it used to happen when she didn”t braid her hair, and added that that is why she started braiding it.

A man has been booked for getting a driver’s job with the Haryana Roadways on a fake driving licence, police said here Friday.

Rakesh Kumar, 30, was booked under sections of cheating, preparing and using fake documents and hatching a criminal conspiracy.

Rakesh Kumar, a resident of Rohtak district in the state, managed to get the job on a fake driving licence issued from a Road Transport Authority (RTA) in Nagaland.

He joined Haryana Roadways July 3.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Friday said accusations against Russia of invading Ukraine have been voiced repeatedly but the US and European countries have failed to substantiate such accusations with facts.

“It is not the first time when accusations addressed to us are heard. Since the beginning of the crisis, we have been accused, that we are to blame for everything… No facts have been presented to us either about invasion or other issues,” Lavrov said after a bilateral meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif here.

Beating expectations and showing another sign of revival, the Indian economy expanded by 5.7 percent during the first quarter of the current financial year to log the highest growth yet in nine quarters or over two years, official data showed Friday.

The gross domestic product (GDP), which is the aggregate market value of all the goods and services produced in the country, had expanded by just 4.6 percent in the previous quarter, that is January-March, and by 4.7 percent in the like quarter of last fiscal.

Manchester United legend Paul Scholes does not think that his former club”s new system is working, but has backed new boss Louis van Gaal to turn it around. United have suffered a nightmare start to their Premier League season losing on opening day to Swansea City, drawing at Sunderland before being humbled and humiliated by MK Dons in the Capital One Cup on Tuesday. Van Gaal”s newly implemented 3-4-1-2 formation has come in for its fair share of criticism in his side”s early-season faltering, and Scholes agrees that it isn”t the way to go, The Mirror reported.

AICC President Sonia Gandhi on Friday directed Telangana Congress leaders to work unitedly to win the by-elections for Medak Lok Sabha seat.

Argentine winger Angel Di Maria has said that he would honour Manchester United”s iconic number seven shirt, following a pep talk from former Real Madrid teammate Cristiano Ronaldo. Di Maria, United”s record 59.7 million pounds signing, has revealed that Ronaldo told him of the significance of the number seven shirt at Old Trafford. Ronaldo donned the number seven shirt for six years at United, joining such legends such as Bryan Robson, Eric Cantona and David Beckham, and Di Maria vowed to produce performances to stand alongside those stellar names, The Mirror reported.

Haryana power utilities Friday protested a unilateral move by private sector power company Adani Power to cut its 1,424 MW electricity supply to the state.

“Despite making all payments timely in lieu of power given/sold to Haryana, Adani Power has stopped giving/supplying power to Haryana with effect from Aug 27. There is an agreement between Haryana Power Utilities and Adani Power for 1,424 MW power round-the-clock for 25 years,” a state government spokesman said here Friday.

Former South African wicketkeeper Mark Boucher has branded AB de Villiers as the best batsman in the world at the moment. Boucher, who is a former teammate of De Villiers, said that any time the batsman gets a 100, it is going to be difficult to stop South Africa from winning, and added that that is why he is the best batsmen in the world, in all formats of the game.