Month: November 2014

National karate player molested

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A national level Karate player was allegedly beaten up by a group of men last evening in North Delhi’s Burari area when she thrashed one of them for purportedly molesting her.

The incident took place in Sant Nagar area of Burari when the 24-year-old woman was returning from her Karate academy.

“The accused, a local shopkeeper who was later identified as Rajesh Gupta (28) passed objectionable comments on the girl and when she took objection, caught her hand. Being trained in Karate, the girl overpowered Gupta and thrashed him,” said a police official.

14 killed in car bomb attacks in Baghdad

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At least 14 Iraqis were killed and 51 wounded in two car bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad Saturday evening, an Iraqi interior ministry source said.

The first attack occurred late in the afternoon when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden truck into a crowded police checkpoint at the southern entrance of Baghdad in Doura district, killing 11 policemen and civilians, and wounding 42 others, Xinhua reported.

New chief of Armed Forces Medical Services takes charge

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Lt. Gen. B.K. Chopra, senior colonel commandant of the Army Medical Corps, Saturday assumed charge as director general of the Armed Forces Medical Services.

Lt. Gen. Chopra, a graduate of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College in Kanpur, did his post-graduation in surgery and orthopaedics.

He was commissioned in the Army Medical Corps in 1977 and has held various regimental, clinical and staff appointments in the last 37 years in the armed forces.

He has also been appointed honorary surgeon to the president.

Man arrested for killing daughter’s rapist

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A man in his 50s has been arrested on charges of killing his 45-year-old tenant when he came to know that his teenaged daughter was raped by the man a month ago, police said Saturday.

The incident was reported Friday night from Khajoori Khas area of east Delhi.

The father, whose name was withheld by police to hide the identity of his daughter, was arrested a few hours after he killed Omprakash, a resident of Madhya Pradesh.

Woman accuses DIG son of assault

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Mother of a DIG level police officer today lodged a complaint with the police that her son has assaulted her.

Additional Commissioner of Police, Bidhan Nagar Commissionerate, Debashis Dhar said DIG (Border) Anirban Roy’s mother Rebeka Roy lodged the complaint with Bidhan Nagar North police station in North 24 Parganas district.

The woman went to a hospital following the assault and lodged the complaint after returning from there.

Dhar said a case has been initiated in connection with the complaint and investigation was on.

Fire damages major portion of Shimla heritage building

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A major portion of a heritage building in this town, once the summer capital of the British India, was damaged in a devastating that fire broke out Saturday night, officials said. There was no loss of life.

The half-timbered Tudor style — all-wooden frames and shingled eaves — building currently houses the office of Project Deepak of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), an inter-services organisation under the defence ministry.

The fire occurred in the top two floors of the three-storeyed building, a fire department official told IANS.

MLA on CBI remand till Nov 13, BJD MP disapproves suspension

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A special court here today rejected the bail plea of arrested ponzi scam accused MLA Pravat Tripathy and allowed CBI to take him on remand till November 13.

Tripathy, who was yesterday arrested by CBI on charge of criminal conspiracy and accepting of huge sums of money from chitfund company Artha Tatwa Group, was produced before the special CBI court which remanded him to the custody of the central investigating agency till November 13.

The MLA’s lawyer Omprakash Ray opposed CBI’s petition.

Zambian leader’s remains arrive amid sombre mood

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Wailing, singing and a sombre atmosphere characterised Lusaka, the Zambian capital, as the remains of lZambian President Michael Sata arrived from London, where he died Tuesday night.

People lined up a road from the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport to Mulungushi International Conference Centre where the body was transported, Xinhua reported. It will lie in state to allow people to pay their last respects until burial Nov 11.

HC directs police to file FIR in missing cases immediately

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Observing that non-registration of FIR in man-missing cases often led to delayed identification of bodies, Madras High Court today directed jurisdictional police stations to register FIR immediately whenever such complaints are made.

A division bench comprising Justice S Rajeswaran and Justice P N Prakash passed the order while disposing of a habeas corpus petition filed by the father of a 20-year old youth, who drowned in sea and his body was disposed of as unidentified in 2013, seeking to produce him in the court.

Christopher Nolan does not work on weekends

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A new article in the New York Times magazine has revealed that Christopher Nolan “does not work on weekends.’’ The article explored various fascinating facts about the filmmaker, 44, suggesting how he could have come to make a bunch of commercially successfully and critically acclaimed movies over the past two decades, the Verge reported. The article revealed many other intriguing aspects about Nolan’s work ethic and personality, like his claims of not having an email address, that he was always on time and that he wore the same exact thing every day. (ANI)

Haryana CM announces remission to prisoners

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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on the occasion of Haryana Day today announced to grant special remission to prisoners.

The Chief Minister said that convicts, who have been sentenced for a period of 10 years or above would be granted remission of 90 days.

The convicts, sentenced for five years or more, but less than 10 years would be granted remission of 60 days and convicts who had been sentenced for two years or more but less than five years would be granted remission of 45 days, he said.

Jennifer Garner loves Ben Affleck’s ‘growly’ Batman voice

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Jennifer Garner recently admitted that she “loves’’ Ben Affleck’s “growly” Batman voice for his the new superhero flick ‘Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice’. Garner has said that the two have not been privy to the Batman voice at home, but she had been on set enough to hear bits of it, the Mirror reported. The ‘Dallas Buyer’s Club’ actress has said that the voice was “growly and decisive’’ and sexy.

Amanda Bynes’ remains under conservatorship

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Amanda Bynes had approached Ventura Court to wage legal war to end the conservatorship of parents, but the hearing ended even before it began, with the conservatorship still in place. A lawyer had claimed to rep the 28-year-old star, but the judge ruled saying that Bynes could not hire any lawyer due of the conservatorship, since she lacked capacity to enter into a binding contract, TMZ.com reported.

Anne Hathaway’s hubby proposed just moments after she agreed to go bald for `Les Miserables`

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Anne Hathaway has recently revealed that her husband, Adam Shulman, had proposed to her just moments after she told him she was balding her head for the role of ‘Fantine’ in ‘Les Miserables.’ The ”One Day” star, who looked absolutely stunning on her wedding day in September 2012, wore a headdress designed by Valentino, the Daily Express reported. Hathaway also mentioned that cutting up all her hair was her suggestion because as it raised the stakes for the audience, however, when the cutting began she started feeling weird and nervous. (ANI)

Amanda Bynes vents fury on Twitter

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Amanda Bynes took to twitter as she faced a meltdown after her release from psychiatric care. Trying to give her side of events, the 28-year-old ‘What A Girl Wants’ star said that she had been denied control of her personal life and finances after her mother was granted a conservatorship earlier this week, the Daily Star reported. The actress repeated the accusations on her father writing that he had sexually abused her. Lynn Bynes, the former child star’s mother had said that she was “heartbroken” for her husband after the allegations were first made.

Senior BJP leader protests pre-poll tie-up

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Amidst reports of AJSU trying to reach out to BJP for a pre-poll tie-up, five-time party MP Ramtahal Choudhary today urged his national President Amit Shah not to cobble together such an alliance with anyone for the upcoming Assembly elections.

“The party should not ally with those who had challenged BJP in Lok Sabha elections. They have lost people’s support, so they want to ally with BJP,” Choudhary said reacting to media reports that AJSU was trying to tie up with the saffron party for the Assembly polls.

Sexual assault of minor girls in schools: Siddaramaiah warns managements

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Amid public outrage over a spate of sexual assaults on minor girls, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday warned managements that permission granted to their schools would be revoked and criminal cases booked against them if they violate guidelines for safety of children.

“Sexual assaults on minor girls have made the civil society hang its head in shame. Even beasts don’t behave like this. It is inhuman and condemnable,” he said, as public anger grew over the latest sexual assault of a six-year old girl in the fourth such incident in as many months in schools here.

Chris Brown admits RiRi dated Drake to hurt him

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Chris Brown has recently revealed that according to him his ex-girlfriend Rihanna dated Drake to “get back at him.” The duo has sorted out their issues now after Brown had infamously assaulted the singer in 2009, the Mirror reported. The 25-year-old rapper has also realized that the ‘Diamonds’ singer still cared for him when he saw her break down during an interview with Oprah Winfrey and insisted that he was “moved” by it.

Women prefer vacations without their kids: Survey

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A vacation must mean a vacation in its truest sense. A majority of Indian women have admitted in a new survey that they prefer to go on a holiday without their children, primarily due to a lack of personal time with their spouse.

The survey, was spread across Karnataka, Maharashtra and Delhi NCR with a sample size of 1,000 females above 33 years of age.

As many as 63 percent of the respondents indicated that they’d prefer a holiday with their husbands alone, even if it means going out of their way to make special arrangements for leaving the kids behind.

Reunion for Dallas nurse who survived Ebola, dog

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A Dallas nurse who recovered from Ebola has been reunited with her dog named Bentley, who has been quarantined since she fell ill.

Nina Pham and the King Charles Spaniel were reunited privately today in a vacant residence where officers once lived at a decommissioned naval air base, where he was quarantined for 21 days. Veterinarians in full personal protective gear checked on him daily.

5 held for cheating Delhi bank of Rs 33 crore

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Five men have been arrested here for allegedly duping a bank of nearly Rs 33 crore by taking loan from it against spurious gold in connivance with some of its officials, police said today.

The accused have been identified as Ram Prakash (31), Vijay Manchanda (55), Dushyant Manchanda (20), Satrughan Nayak (32) and Ravinder Kumar (40).

They have been arrested by the Economic Offence Wing of the Delhi Police in connection with two FIRs.

Congress declares list of 14 candidates for Jharkhand

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The Congress party on Saturday released the list of 14 candidates for the upcoming assembly polls in Jharkhand. The Congress had earlier on Friday ended its alliance with the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led government in the state over issues pertaining to seat sharing. The 81-member Jharkhand assembly will go to polls in five phases beginning from November 25. (ANI)

Congress workers clash with police in Birbhum district

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The Congress supporters clashed with the police personnel here on Saturday after their delegation was stopped from entering Makra village in Birbhum district. The Congress delegation led by West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, party MP Abhijit Mukherjee and others had come here to take stock of the situation post the violence in Makra village. Angry protestors tried to break the barricades leading to a scuffle with the police.

Karnataka BJP leaders welcome decision to change names of cities and towns

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Top leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka on Saturday welcomed the decision to rename major cities and towns as demanded by the Kannadigas, saying this will provide a moral boost to the people of the state. Former Karnataka chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda, who is presently the Railways Minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Cabinet, said regional languages have got some force everywhere across the nation.

Firm employee held for stealing money while filing ATM

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An employee of a private company here, engaged in refilling cash in ATM machines, has been arrested for allegedly stealing money from the cash van, police said today.

Hargyan (21), who had joined the company around one and a half years ago, was assigned the job to load cash in ATM machines of various banks on the Nangloi route, they said.