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SC to hear wife's plea against husband forcing her to perform unnatural sex
Pakistani terrorist shot dead in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district
A Pakistani militant belonging to terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) was killed by the security forces in an encounter today in the Handwara area of Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
A foreign militant, belonging to the LeT, was killed in the encounter at Batpora in Handwara in north Kashmir, a police official said. The body of the Pakistani militant was recovered from the encounter site along with a weapon and other incriminating material, he said.
More details about the identity of the slain militant are being ascertained, the official said.
Security forces had launched a cordon and search operation in the area following inputs about the presence of militants. The operation turned into a gun-battle after the militants fired upon a search party, which retaliated. The firing has stopped, but the search operation was still going, the official said.
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Haryana Chief Minister Khattar sanctions Rs 9 crore under Road Safety Fund
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has sanctioned Rs 9 crore under the Road Safety Fund for procurement of state-of-the-art equipment and vehicles to prevent fatalities in road accidents, check drunken driving and overspeeding, and upgrading the e-challan system.
As many as 61 alco-sensors, 402 e-challan machines, 12 each of interceptor vehicles, small and big cranes would be procured with the funds.This will help in strengthening the police machinery as well as check and bring the habitual traffic violators to books, Director General of Police B S Sandhu said here today.
In addition to these, reflective jackets and angles, face masks, bar lights, large and effective barricades and traffic helmets would be purchased and traffic awareness seminars and workshops organised in the districts, he said."At present, 248 alco-sensors are available with the police to deal with drunken drivers. Now, 61 more would be procured," Sandhu added.
The DGP said 402 e-challan machines would acc..
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Mumbai Crime: Mystery woman's murder investigation goes south
Ever since a woman's corpse washed ashore at Cuffe Parade in 2016, the police's investigation has only gone south. Now, the cops are headed in the same direction, suspecting that the woman may be from South India. Going by a photo they had found on the body, the police are now matching DNA samples with missing complaints for women in south and east India who disappeared between October and November 2016.
mid-day had reported on the case after the body was discovered on November 2, 2016, around 2 km behind INHS Ashvini in Colaba. At the time, the police had only three clues to work with — a bed sheet stamped with 'GL', in which the body had been wrapped; a torn picture of a woman on the forehead of the victim; and a beaded bracelet on her person.
Failed attemptsAt first, the police suspected the white bed sheet was from a hotel or lodge, but couldn't find any that used such sheets. The cops also questioned bedding traders but got no answers. The police also reconstructed the fac..
17-year-old student beaten to death in school compound in Delhi
A 17-year-old student of a government school in New Delhi died after he was allegedly beaten up by a group of students in the school compound, police said on Thursday. The incident occurred on Wednesday following a scuffle at Jyoti Nagar's S.K.V school.
When the policemen reached the spot, they found Gaurav, a student of Class 10, lying badly injured, said a police officer. "His brother Gobinda brought him to GTB Hospital. The doctors declared him brought dead.
"Gaurav was staying with his parents in Babarpur. He had gone to meet his class teacher," the officer added.
"A murder case has been registered. Some students are being questioned. The cause of death will be ascertained after an autopsy," he said.
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Rs 5 lakh given to prisons dept as 'secret service fund', says Devendra Fadnavis
The Maharashtra government has provided Rs 5 lakh as 'secret service fund' to the prisons department to improve intelligence gathering in jails, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has informed the state Legislative Council here. Of the total funds, Rs 85,000 have been used so far, he added.
In a written reply, Fadnavis told the Upper House yesterday that the government allocated Rs 5 lakh in the 2018-19 budget. He was replying to a query by Shiv Sena MLC Neelam Gorhe, who sought to know the total amount of funds and how they have been used.
In his reply, Fadnavis said funds have been made available for purposes like gathering information on whether any prohibited substances were being secretly brought into the jail and used. The funds are also meant for gathering information about the possible escape attempts by prisoners, conspiracies to stoke violence or attack on other prisoners, he said.
The chief minister added that the money would also be used for information on those convicts, ..
Army Jawan killed after being run over by a train
An Army personnel was killed after being run over by a train here this morning, police said. Pramod Yadukalan (34), a resident of Kerala, was posted at 26 Maratha in New Delhi. He was on an official visit here.
The accident occurred when he was boarding a train to Delhi, the police said. The body was handed over to the officials of the Maratha regiment here after post-mortem, the police said, adding a case was lodged in this connection.
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14 killed and 17 injured as bus falls into a gorge in Uttarakhand
Fourteen people were killed and 17 injured when the state-run bus they were travelling in fell into a deep gorge around 15 km from Chamba town in Tehri district this morning, a senior official said.
The accident occurred near Kirgani on Rishikesh-Chamba-Gangotri highway around 8 am when the Uttarakhand Roadways bus plunged into a 250-metre deep gorge, Tehri District Magistrate Sonika said.
Fourteen people were killed and 17 injured, she said. Six of the injured were flown in a chopper for treatment at AIIMS, Rishikesh, while the rest were being treated at Tehri district hospital and Masiha hospital in Chamba, she said.
Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat expressed grief at the loss of lives in the accident and announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh for the family of those killed and Rs 50,000 for those injured. Police and SDRF teams were conducting rescue operations, the district magistrate said.
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Jawan of Assam rifles injured in IED blast in Imphal
A jawan of the Assam Rifles was injured in an IED blast in Manipur's Chandel district today, police said. The incident occurred around 6 am under Molcham police station area, about three kilometer inside Manipur territory of the Indo-Myanmar border.
According to Superintendent of Police Angam Kamei, one rifleman of the 29 Assam Rifles suffered splinter injuries when a powerful improvised explosive device (IED), suspected to have been planted by militants, exploded while a foot patrol party was moving in the thick forest area.
The jawans retaliated with firing, but the militants managed to escape.The injured jawan, Appu Barma, was air-lifted from the spot in a military chopper, the police said, adding a combing operation was launched in the area to nab the militants.
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MGM Resorts sues victims of Las Vegas massacre
MGM Resorts, owner of the Las Vegas hotel that was the scene of the worst mass shooting in modern US history, has sued victims of the massacre, triggering howls of protest.
The suit does not seek money, but rather aims to force around 1,000 people suing MGM over the October shooting rampage that left 58 dead at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, to drop their suits on grounds that MGM Resorts is not liable. The group filed suit on Friday in Nevada and in federal court in Los Angeles. In the October 1 shooting, a man named Stephen Paddock rained bullets over a music festival from the 32nd floor of the hotel with powerful rifles.
Paddock, 64, killed himself in the room as police moved in. Some 2,500 people, some of them survivors of the attack and others relatives of people killed at the Route 91 Harvest Festival, are suing MGM or have threatened to, MGM says in its filing. The group wants these suits accusing it of negligence dropped.
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SC: When men can enter Sabarimala, even women can
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said women have the constitutional right to enter Sabarimala temple in Kerala and pray like men without being discriminated against.
A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, which is hearing a petition challenging the decision of the Devaswom board banning entry of women of age group 10-50 years, said even if there was no law, the women cannot be discriminated against with regard to offering prayer in a temple. "When a man can enter, a woman can also go. What applies to a man, applies to a woman also," the bench also comprising justices R F Nariman, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra observed. "The right to enter a temple is not dependent on a legislation. It is the constitutional right," the bench said.
The top court was informed by the Kerala government that it also supported the entry of women of all age groups in the temple. The bench then referred to the contrary affidavits of the Kerala government, which ..
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6 held for 'sexually assaulting' Russian tourist in Tamil Nadu
Six people have been detained for allegedly sexually assaulting a 21-year-old Russian woman who is here on a tour, police said today.
The woman was found unconscious in a service apartment on Monday and was taken to a hospital by one of the six men who are being questioned. On examination, the doctors found injuries on her body, including bite marks, and alerted police, they said.
Police suspect that the foreign national lost consciousness under the influence of some drug, the nature of which was not known immediately.
The woman, who is here for about a week, has regained consciousness and investigation is underway, the police added.
Tiruvannamalai is a popular temple town in the state about 190 km from Chennai.
The incident comes against the backdrop of the alleged rape of an 11-year-old hearing-impaired girl by 17 people over the past seven months in her apartment complex in Chennai.
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Mumbai Crime: Two held for rape and murder of seven-year-old boy
Dombivli's Manpada police have arrested two men for allegedly luring a seven-year-old boy and then killing him. Police said one of them gave him a sleeping tablet, raped him, and the other accused helped throw him in a water tank. A case had been lodged with the Manpada police station and after the boy's viscera reports confirmed he was drugged, forced to drink alcohol and then sodomised, the police started searching for the accused.
The incident happened on May 24 when the boy was playing in the afternoon near an under construction building. When he did not return home and his parents looked for him till late night, they lodged a police complaint. A kidnapping case was lodged.
The accused have been identified as Ehesan Alam, 22, the main accused, and Nadeem Aalam, 21, who helped him kill the boy. Gajanan Kadbule, SPI from Manpada police station said, "We arrested two accused who work as plumbers. On May 24 one of the accused visited the victim's building for some work and saw the bo..
Bill against human trafficking introduced in Lok Sabha
A Bill seeking to prevent trafficking, especially of women and children, provide rehabilitation to the victims and prosecute offenders was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
The Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018, was introduced by Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi.
Besides taking up prevention, rescue and rehabilitation, it covers aggravated forms of trafficking such as forced labour, begging and marriage.
The Bill provides for confidentiality of victims, witnesses and complainants and time-bound trials and repatriation of the victims.
It proposes to create institutional mechanisms at district, state and central levels. It calls for punishment ranging from 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine not less than Rs one lakh.
Officials said that human trafficking is the third largest organised crime in the world.
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Tamil TV actress commits suicide, husband arrested on suspicion
A Tamil TV actress today allegedly committed suicide at her house here, apparently because of differences with her husband who is beingquestioned in this connection, police said.
The matter came to light this morning when the maid arrived at the 32-year-old actress's house and nobody answered the door, they said.
The servant then looked through a window and found Priyanka's body hanging, the police said.
The maid informed the neighbours about this, and they called the police.
Priyanka had acted in several Tamil television serials, including 'Vamsam' in which she acted alongside Ramya Krishnan of Baahubali- fame.
Investigations have begun and Priyanka's husband of three years is being questioned, police said. He was not at home when the alleged suicide took place, they said.
Priyanka's parents residing in Madurai have been informed, they said, adding that the body has been sent for autopsy.
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Mumbai Crime: Four booked for blackmailing teen with nude photos
The Samta Nagar police have booked four teenagers for blackmailing a 16-year-old boy by threatening to make his nude pictures viral. The pictures were taken by the accused in April after the boy was called for lunch to Borivli by a friend to Borivli.
After lunch, the two went to Kandivli. Both of them reached a secluded spot there and found six to seven more boys waiting for them. According to the statement given by the teen, "They began hitting me and asked me to remove my clothes. When I did, they started clicking pictures; some of them made a video too. The very next day, I received a call from my friend saying they've demanded Rs 600 to delete the video."
The teen gave the money, but the boys returned in May, saying they wanted Rs 10,000 now to delete the video. The boy sold his gold chain to give the money. But the demands continued. On July 14, one of the accused asked the teen to follow him to a secluded place, where he was again beaten up by three boys, who demanded Rs 5,000...
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Two children killed, 5 others injured as tractor trolley overturns
Two school-going girls were killed while five other students were injured as a speeding tractor-trolley, in which they were travelling, overturned in a village in Chitrakoot district today, officials said.
Chitrakoot District Magistrate Visakh G Aiyyar said the accident took place in Kol Gadhia village of the district.
"Nearly a dozen students were returning home on a tractor, when the driver lost control over the speeding vehicle while negotiating a sharp turn," the DM said.
"As a result, the tractor-trolley overturned, killing Shanti (12) and Vibha (13) on the spot. Five children have sustained serious injuries," he said.
The injured children have been admitted to a nearby hospital, where they are undergoing treatment, Aiyyar said, adding that the bodies of the two girls have been sent for post-mortem examination.
Superintendent of Police Manoj Kumar Jha said the police have seized the tractor-trolley, and efforts are on to nab the driver.
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29-year-old Constable killed after fight in bar in Sangli
A 29-year-old police constable was allegedly killed in an attack by three unidentified persons after a petty fight at a liquor bar in Maharashtra's Sangli district, a police official said on Wednesday.
Samadhan Mante, posted as constable at Miraj city police station, went to the bar at Kupwad Phata in Sangli, located about 370 km from here, and had an argument over some issue with three persons who were having drinks there late last night, he said.
The argument led to a scuffle, following which one of the accused went outside the bar and brought a sharp weapon from his vehicle, he said.
While Mante was busy arguing with the other two men, the person who brought the weapon allegedly attacked him with it, the official said.
The constable sustained injuries on his chest, head and stomach and collapsed. He was taken to the hospital where doctors declared him dead before admission, he said.
The incident was captured in a CCTV installed at the bar counter, the official said. T..
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Rahul Gandhi gives only 15 per cent quota to women in Congress Working Committee
Only seven women leaders have been given space out of the 51-member list in the new Congress Working Committee (CWC), headed by Congress President Rahul Gandhi. Members of Parliament, Ambika Soni and Kumari Selja have been nominated as members in the reconstituted CWC, while former Delhi Chief Minister Shield Dixit, Rajni Patil, Asha Kumari have been made permanent invitees.
Meanwhile, Congress MP from Silchar Constituency of Assam has been nominated as a special invitee for Chief of Mahila Congress. This comes despite the Congress had been pitching for 33% reservation for women in the legislation under the Women Reservation Bill. A total of 51 members were included in the new CWC, while first-time in charges of states were included as permanent invitees.
Senior Congress leaders Digvijaya Singh, Kamal Nath, Sushil Kumar Shinde, Mohan Prakash, CP Joshi and Shashi Tharoor have not been included in the new CWC. The CWC includes 23 members, 19 permanent invitees, and nine special invitee..
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Five arrested for being involved in robbery, snatching cases in New Delhi
Five people were arrested for allegedly being involved in several robbery and snatching cases, an official said today. Seven mobile phones, a laptop and other stolen articles were recovered from their possession, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (south) Romil Baaniya.
On July 9, at around 6 am, a head constable of the Delhi Police noticed that some men were trying to rob a pedestrian in Malviya Nagar, the DCP said. Manoj intervened and managed to apprehend one of the men while others fled away from the spot, he said.
During interrogation, the accused, identified as Karanbeer, disclosed the names of his associates following which a raid was conducted at various places. Subsequently, his associates were also arrested, Baaniya said. The four other accused persons were identified as Sourabh, Nitesh, Chirag and Ankit, he added.
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Mayank Shekhar: The inherent sauciness of Sanjay Mishra
Actor Sanjay Mishra is only two years older than Salman Khan. He looks much older, of course. What's common between him and Salman - something he's shared with the super-star as well - is the several times both have found love (in life); which is of course better than never.
Mishraji - born in Darbhanga (Bihar), raised in Varanasi (UP), educated at the National School of Drama (Delhi), who's worked professionally in Mumbai - says he's inevitably ended up attracting (or being attracted to) "English type" women. By which he refers not to the British, but to Indian, urbane, Anglicised women, basically.
One such date he gifted a Lucknawi kurta on their first night-out to a fancy restaurant. That 'chikan' kurta would be incomplete without some post-dinner paan they picked up on the way back. While in his fancy car, the woman didn't know what to do with the betel-juice bottling her mouth.
Simple, he explained. Adorably 'theth' (rustic) as Mishraji is, he spat out the 'peek' (red juice) fr..
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Supreme Court begins hearing on women's entry into Sabarimala temple
The Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing on whether prohibiting the entry of women in Kerala's Sabarimala temple on grounds of biological factors was discriminatory and violative of the constitution.
Article 14 guarantees the right to equality, Article 15 prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth, and Article 17 abolishes untouchability and forbids its practice.
The constitution bench comprising of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Indu Malhotra will address four questions framed by a three judge bench while referring the matter to a five judge constitution bench on October 13, 2017.
The petitioner -- the Indian Young Lawyers Association -- has challenged the 800-year-old practice of prohibiting the entry of women into the famed Lord Ayyappan Temple.
The PIL has sought direction to the Kerala government, the Travancore Devaswom Board, Chief Thanthri (pri..
Man tries to rape 13-year-old mentally unstable girl, arrested
A 21-year-old man was arrested in Odisha's Jajpur district today for allegedly trying to rape a "mentally unstable" girl, a police officer said.
Referring to the complaint filed by the girl's parents, the officer said that the 13-year-old girl was allegedly attacked yesterday afternoon while attending to the nature's call at Bada Balikuda village in Balichandrapur police station area of the district.
"Finding her alone in the bushes, the accused, who hails from the same village, apparently held her from behind, and tried to undress her. On hearing the girl scream, local people rushed to her rescue," said Rakesh Chandra Tripathy, the inspector-in-charge of Bailchandrapur police station.
The accused, who tried to flee the scene, was also nabbed by the locals, he said.
"The 21-year-old man has been booked under relevant sections of Indian Penal code and sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act," Tripathy stated, adding that medical examinations have been..
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Mumbai: Villagers turn saviours for 4 stuck inside a floating car
In an act of bravery, residents of Ghot village risked their lives and rescued a family of four after their car got stuck in a river flowing by the area. On Monday, when the family was going to a relative's place in Taloja, the driver lost control of the vehicle while taking a turn near the village and they landed in the river. The villagers spotted them at the right time, and with the help of experts, pulled them out.
Ajaykumar Landage, senior inspector, Taloja police, said, "The incident happened around 12 pm when Ashraf Shaikh, 37, his wife Hamida, 33, their daughter Suhana, 7, and niece Namira, 17, were heading to Taloja... Ashraf was driving the car and lost control..."
One of the rescuers, Narayan Patil, said, "My neighbour and I spotted the car going into the river. Then, a man opened the front door and tried to pull out his daughter. By that time, the car had got stuck to a rock. We then jumped in to rescue them.
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Delhi Air Hostess Suicide: Flight Attendant's husband sent to judicial custody
Mayank Singhvi, the husband of the air hostess, who committed suicide here, has been sent to 14-days judicial custody. Expressing angst, the brother of the deceased, Karan requested the police to arrest his sister's in-laws.
"Police arrested him (husband) after 72 hrs, but still, his parents have not been arrested yet, who are part of FIR, I request police to arrest his parents soon so the investigation can move forward," the brother said.
Singhvi was arrested yesterday, under Section 304 B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), dealing with dowry-related deaths.
As per the police, the deceased air hostess, Anissia Batra, had a fight with her husband around 4:30 pm on Friday, after which she went to the terrace and jumped off.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Romil Baniya, said a full-fledged investigation has been launched in connection with the case under Hauz Khas Police Station limits.
"In the investigation, so far it has been found on June 27 the couple had a fight. They gave a compla..
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We will not build a house, we will only work for railways: trackman to Goyal
He and his colleagues will not build a house and will only work for the railways, trackman Dharmendra Kumar from the Northern Railway's Lucknow division has said in an impassioned appeal to the minister while speaking out against the colonial tradition of working as "bonded labourers" for senior officials.
Soon after taking over in September last year, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal had instructed officials to not use their juniors for menial jobs and said strict action will be taken against those who continue to do so.
Since the minister's order, around 10,000 Group-D railway employees, including gangmen and trackmen, have been removed from the houses of seniors and put back into safety and maintenance work, officials say.
Clearly, Kumar and his five colleagues are not among them.
In a letter dated July 13, trackman Kumar wrote to the minister that his senior - section engineer Rajkumar Verma -- had employed him and five other trackmen to build his private house, around 500 metres..
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BJYM workers throw black oil at Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's office
Activists of the BJP's youth wing defaced the office of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, police said, days after he sparked a row with remarks that the BJP, if voted to power again, will pave the way for creation of a "Hindu Pakistan". Members of BJYM raised slogans against Tharoor and poured black oil in front of his office.
"Today @YUVAMORCHABJP vandals attacked my constituency office in Thiruvananthapuram. They poured black engine oil on signs, doors, walls & gate, drove away innocent citizens waiting with their petitions, put up offensive banners & shouted slogans asking me to go to Pakistan," Tharoor tweeted.
"We have all been warned. The BJP's answer to the simple question have you given up the dream of a Hindu Rashtra? is apparently vandalism & violence. That is the face they have shown in Thiruvananthapuram today. Most Hindus will say these Sanghi goondas do not represent us," he wrote.
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Flight attendant's husband arrested on charges of dowry death
Police today arrested the husband of the female flight attendant, who allegedly committed suicide in south Delhi's Panchsheel Park on Friday, on charge of dowry death. Mayank Singhvi was interrogated for an hour today and was later arrested this evening. He would be produced before a magistrate tomorrow, police said. Mayank's wife, Anissia Batra (39), worked with a German airline. She allegedly jumped from the terrace of her house on Friday.
Mayank rushed her to a nearby hospital, where she was declared brought dead. Anissia's family has alleged that her husband used to physically abuse her. Earlier in the day Delhi Police had issued a lookout circular against Mayank amid allegations of inaction by Anissia's family, which was demanding his arrest. A family friend of Anissia's parents, who did not wish to be named, said, "We are very happy (with the arrest). It is a good sign but we still have a long way to go." "Some faith has been restored. It is all due to public and media pressure,..
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Tent collapse at PM Narendra Modi's rally injures 22
A makeshift tent collapsed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally in West Bengal's Midnapore district on Monday, injuring at least 22 people, police officers said.
State BJP president Dilip Ghosh said 24 people were injured in the incident. Many enthusiastic BJP supporters had climbed the makeshift marquee during the rally. Modi — who visited the hospital later — briefly stopped his speech and was heard asking them to get down, officials said.
Giving details of the incident, eyewitnesses added that some people clambered on top of the marquee, which was covered with tarpaulin. The structure could not withstand the weight of the people and collapsed, leading to several in the gathering getting injured, they said. According to officials, the PM saw the tent collapsing while he was in the middle of his speech. He immediately instructed SPG personnel standing near him to look after the people and attend to the injured.
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Mumbai: Clean-up marshals nabbed for trying to extort two men
Devendra Fadnavis: Wadala cave-in accused will be tried as criminals
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said because the Bombay High Court had already taken over the probe in the incident in which a parking lot and internal road of a building in Wadala had caved in because of haphazard construction work carried out by Dosti Realty on the neighbouring plot, the state government couldn't do much in fixing the responsibility of officials and developers involved.
However, Fadnavis said the BMC officials, engineers and developers, who the court-appointed experts committee had been asked to probe and hold responsible for the incident and the damage caused, would be booked and tried for a criminal offence.
The incident happened on June 25 during heavy rain when the shore piling of the building collapsed. Apparently, the digging work on the adjoining plot, where a residential tower is proposed to be built, caused the first-of-its-kind cave-in in the financial capital. In view of a fear that their buildings, too, could have developed structural weakness, the occ..
SoBo social worker donates Rs 40 crores to Indian Army
Prem Daryanani, a resident of Walkeshwar, insisted that we stress on the message, which is gratitude to the Indian armed forces, rather than the quantum of the gift. Daryanani has, through the family's Radha Kaliandas Daryanani Charitable Trust, a non-profit started in 1980, gifted the army six acres of land, which now houses 12 buildings, comprising the Army Law College (ALC). The college was inaugurated yesterday.
The market value of the six-odd-acre plot (40,000 square feet is equal to an acre) at Baba Seva Dham village Kanhe is Rs 40 crore, and the buildings have been completed. The 'gift' is the largest donation to the Indian Army by any entity. Kanhe is approximately 45 km from Pune.
Daryanani, though, seems eager to get to the crux of 'why' he donated this to the army rather than the enormity of the donation. He said, "I feel we have an obligation to soldiers who make the supreme sacrifice. They do so for our liberty, so that we can sleep soundly at night. They need our emotio..
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Vasai-Virar Floods: Python looks for dry ground, as Cobra hides in bike's dashbo
In two separate incidents, a Rock Python was rescued from the premises of Adi Enterprises located in Virar East and a Cobra was removed from the dashboard of a two-wheeler at a garage in Ambadi road, Vasai West, and released in the wild.
In the first incident, which happened on Friday night, the 10-foot long python was caught while it was trying to enter the company premises at Mandvi and later released in the forest by snake catcher Vinod Patil. Speaking to mid-day, Patil said, "As the main gate was shut, the snake had climbed onto the top to enter the premises. It was later released in the forest. However, another python was rescued from the forest department's residential colony in Vasai East. It was hiding near the compound wall of the colony."
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20 injured in canopy collapse during Narendra Modi's Bengal rally
Midnapore: At least 20 people were injured when a canopy collapsed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally in Midnapore while he was addressing the crowd.
"Around 20 people were injured," a BJP source told IANS.
The Prime Minister, who saw the canopy collapse only a minute after he started his speech, asked people to get off the stage and move to a safer area.
"Those who have climbed up, please get down, all of you.... Please climb down. Those standing up there, please get down. Don't run," he urged.
He was also seen instructing the Special Protection Group (SPG) officers on the stage to ensure those injured got proper treatment.
After the rally, Modi rushed to the Midnapore Medical College and Hospital to visit the injured.
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Mumbai: 79 new flooding spots identified; BMC blames Metro works
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC's) multi-crore efforts to make the city flood-free by improving the drainage system, have, well gone down the drain, thanks to ongoing infrastructure projects and rampant concretisation. Over the past few years, the number of flooding spots in the city has increased to 225, according to BMC's latest figures, from 40 spots in 2014.
According to BMC's budget speech for 2014-15, the chronic flooding spots in the city were pegged at 40. In 2015-16 and 2016-17, the same number continued. But in the budget speech of 2017-18, it was revealed that the number of spots has increased to 66, and to eliminate these sites, BMC allocated an estimated budget of Rs 74 crore.
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Cut to the 2018-19 budget speech by Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta, in which he mentioned that during the heavy rainfall on August 29, 2017, BMC officials identified a total of 146 flooding spots. Post this, the civic body had set a target of eliminating 55 of the 146..
Fourth floor balcony of Watson Hotel in South Mumbai falls; none hurt
A month after the Watson Hotel figured at the top of a list of the most dangerous buildings in the city prepared by MHADA's Mumbai Repair and Reconstruction Board, a part of the fourth floor balcony collapsed on Sunday. No one was injured, and the building was vacated soon after to avoid any untoward incident.
According to sources, one of the most magnificent structures from the British era, the conservation of Watson Hotel has been stuck for years due to the lack of government's pro-activeness in the matter. Designed by Rowland Mason Ordish, who is known for his detailed work on the single-span roof of St Pancras station, and named after its original owner — John Watson — the building has been an iconic structure. Opened in the late 1860s, it was in this building that the Lumiere Brothers showcased six films, which marked the birth of Indian cinema.
Abha Narian Lambah, conservation architect, said, "This has been the oldest surviving cast-iron structure in the world. In ..
H D Kumaraswamy: Swallowing the pain like Shiva who drank poison
Reflecting strains in the JD(S)-Congress coalition government in Karnataka, Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has said he was "not happy" being in the top post and was swallowing the pain like 'Vishakantha' (Lord Shiva), who drank poison. The Congress and JD(S) had bitterly fought against each other for the May 12 assembly polls, but joined hands to form the government.
"You are all happy that your elder or younger brother has become the chief minister, but I am not happy," an emotional Kumaraswamy said while addressing JD(S) workers at a function held by the party to felicitate him on Saturday. "I'm swallowing the pain like Vishakantha (Lord Shiva who drank poison to save the world)," he said. On seeing the chief minister wiping tears, the crowd shouted, "We are with you."
Kumaraswamy said that ahead of the state polls, he had asked the people to make him the CM to bring in a pro-people government that would solve the issues of the farmers, the poor and the needy, "but they did not sho..
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Nearly four years back, while we were visiting Cambodia, largely to soak in the grandeur and scale of the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Angkor Wat — a pit stop in the historic capital city of Phnom Penh — an nth hour addition to our itinerary — turned out to be quite a mind-altering experience, as far as preservation and national pride goes.
This tiny country, one of Asia's least developed, and still recovering from the scars of Pol Pot's tyrannical regime, seemed extremely focused that coming generations as well as visitors experienced their past. More importantly, they had set in order timely reminders so they learnt from it to avoid a repeat, at any cost. We had signed up for a tour of the infamous Killing Fields, a little outside off Phnom Penh. Prior to the trail, the tour involved a visit to a school, now renamed as the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, within the limits of the city that imprisoned 'anti-nationals' (read: liberal minds, educationists, artists and bas..
Seven die as two cars collide head-on on old Mumbai-Pune highway
Seven people, including a family of four, died yesterday after two cars smashed into each other on the old Mumbai-Pune highway near Lonavala; three others have sustained injuries.
The incident took place near Karla Phata between a Santro, in which the family was travelling, and a Swift, carrying six youths. The Lonavala Rural police are in the process of registering a case.
The police have identified the deceased from the Santro as Rajeev Bhirat, 52, his wife Sonali, 46, daughter Janavi, 20, and nephew Jagannath, 23, all residents of Mundhwa. The deceased from the Swift have been identified as Sanjeev Kushava, 17, a Srinagar native residing at Rahatani, Krishna Shirsat, 22, and Nikhil Sarode, 20, and the injured as Pratik Sarode, 18, Akash Madane, 17, and Rohit Curd, 16.
Senior inspector Ramdas Ingole said, "It being weekend, there was heavy traffic on the highway; also, due to the heavy rains, there was a lot of fog. The youths in the Swift were headed to Lonavala to enjoy the ..
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Youth crushed to death by a falling tree in Tamil Nadu
An 18-year-old youth was today killed when a huge tree fell on him in nearby Nilgiris district, in the wake of heavy rains lashing the hilly region for the past several days, police said.
The deceased Iman Augustine, along with his family members, was proceeding to the Church, when the roadside tree fell on him, they said. He along with a few others, who sustained minor injuries, were taken to the government hospital, they added.
However, Iman succumbed before reaching there. Meanwhile, several trees were uprooted at 17 places on Udhagamandalam-Gudalur highway, including Pykara, Naduvattam, Fingerpost owing to continuous rain, resulting in disruption of vehicular traffic.
Fire and Rescue Services personnel with the help of police and PWD department officials are on the job to clear the trees and traffic, police said
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