Month: November 2014

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Nearly four children are abused everyday in Goa and most of such offences remain unreported, as per an NGO working against child abuse.

“On an average four children are abused in Goa daily. As per government statistics, the number of cases are on the rise,” said Ashwini Verenkar, project director of El-Shaddai Charitable trust which runs Panaji-based NGO called SCAN.

The NGO, which has been active in rescuing children in distress, has found that several cases of abuse go unreported and children are abused mostly by the people known to them.

Bangladesh Railway Minister Mujibul Haque, 67, has married 29-year-old Honufa Akhter Rikta in the country’s Comilla District.

The wedding took place in the district’s Meerkhola Vilage, reports the Prothom Olo daily.

According to the daily, Haque signed the Kabin Nama (marriage document) at around 3 pm on Friday after paying Taka 5,00,001 as denmohor.

The wedding was attended by over 700 people from the minister’s side.

Apart from four reception gates, most of the intersections on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway were decorated to greet the bridegroom minister.

E V K S Elangovan was today appointed the new TN Congress Committee President with the party accepting the resignation of B S Gnanadesikan, who was upset over his neglect by the AICC. PTI photo
E V K S Elangovan was today appointed the new TN Congress Committee President with the party accepting the resignation of B S Gnanadesikan, who was upset over his “neglect” by the AICC.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi has appointed Elangovan to the post, Congress General Secretary and in-charge of Tamil Nadu Mukul Wasnik announced.

Newly-appointed Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis plans to develop his office on the lines of the PMO to ensure faster and efficient working of his administration. PTI file photo
Newly-appointed Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis plans to develop his office on the lines of the PMO to ensure faster and efficient working of his administration.

The annual repair/maintenance of the Upper Ganga Canal has been completed and Bhagirathi and Sonia Vihar Plants of Delhi Jal Board (DJB) have resumed lifting raw water from the Upper Ganga Canal.

Both water treatment plants are expected to function at their optimum capacity, as the raw water will be available as required.

During the entire period of Annual repair/ maintenance of the Upper Ganga Canal, DJB maintained normal water supply to the areas, served by the two plants.

The Kerala government today dismissed as false allegations of corruption levelled by bar owners against the State Finance Minister K M Mani over reopening closed bars and ruled out any probe into the matter. FIle photo DH
The Kerala government today dismissed as false allegations of corruption levelled by bar owners against the State Finance Minister K M Mani over reopening closed bars and ruled out any probe into the matter.

A Royal Bengal tigress has given birth to two healthy twin cubs in a zoo in Jamshedpur, and is attracting visitors’ every day.

The big cat, Shanti, also gave birth to a cub, Dona, last year, while the twin cubs’ were born a couple of months back.

Shanti was also born in the same zoo, while the male tiger, Raghav, was brought from the zoo in Assam.

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Saturday defended Finance Minister K.M. Mani following a graft allegation made against him by a businessman who owns hotels with bars here.

“This is a baseless allegation levelled by the businessman. He (businessman) said that he came and told me about this graft. Such a thing has never taken place and I wish to ask him to reveal when, where and with whom did he come and meet me,” Chandy told reporters.