Thu, Jun 26 03:00 PM
Egged on by his gay partner to go for a sex change so that they could marry, a man undergoing the process found to his dismay that his partner showed no interest in him any more nor could he return to his original self now.
Feeling betrayed, Dipu Ghosh lodged a complaint to the police who are now looking for Ajit Mondal, Dipu's estranged partner, officer-in-charge of New Jalpaiguri Police outpost, Pankaj Thapa said in Siliguri on Thursday.
Dipu, a resident of Rangapani near Siliguri, alleged in the complaint that Ajit had convinced him to go for a gender change and get married. He has been in the process for the past three months but his counterpart was now avoiding him.
It was not not clinically possible for Dipu now to get back his original male form, albeit effeminate.
Ajit was absconding and his parents claimed to have no no knowledge of their son's homosexuality, Thapa said. They
say, it is a plot against their innocent 23-year-old son.
Dipu came in contact with Ajit two years ago and they developed a homosexual relation. Later, with the help of local eunuch community, Dipu went to Mumbai and started working as a bar-girl. He now earns a modest amount.
"Money is not not a problem for me. I am ready to give Ajit everything, a beautiful life.... (I'll) fulfill all his dreams. But he has no right to insult my love," he told a local television channel.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Man beheads wife for supporting sons
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Raipur: Infuriated by his wife’s stand to support their sons in a property dispute, a 70-year-old farmer beheaded her with a sickle on Sunday night, carried the severed head to the police station 5 km away and presented it to horrified cops.
The incident happened in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district. Durg SP Deepanshu Kabra said, “Jethu Sahu, a resident of Telibundra village under Ranitarai police station walked up to the police station and surrendered.’’
The couple’s two sons — Gopal and Soman had separated from their parents. While both the sons had received their respective shares of farmland, a portion of the house along with a huge courtyard was still in Jethu Sahu’s possession. He was annoyed with his sons for utilising the courtyard to dump their farm produce. Jhetu had repeatedly objected to this and frequently quarrelled with his sons over the matter. His wife Savitri Sahu always sided with her sons which irritated Jethu, Karba said.
On the night of the murder, another quarrel ensued. As usual, Savitri sided with her sons, saying, “We have lived our lives and anyway, the sons will inherit the property after we are no more’’
CPM activists lodge complaint against MRO
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Tirupati:CPM activists lodged a complaint against Nagalapuram MRO N Raju for allegedly abusing their regional party secretary Ramesh on his caste name.
According to sources, a group of 100 activists belonging to the CPM, Girijana Sangham and Farmers’ Association staged a dharna in front of the MRO’s office on Monday demanding immediate solution to public issues. When the activists did not relent, an irate Raju shouted at Ramesh and asked his staff to get him out of his office. Later, the party activists lodged a complaint in the local police station.
300 bags of rice seized at Kadapa
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Hyderabad: Large-scale diversion of rice being supplied under the Rs 2-akg scheme continued unabated with the authorities on Monday seizing 300 bags which were being smuggled from chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy’s home district of Kadapa to the neighbouring states. Coupled with this, the authorities were also flooded with complaints from beneficiaries about the poor quality of the rice from various places, including Mogaltur in West Godavbari district, the native village of megastar Chiranjeevi. Realizing the negative political fallout of such incidents, the chief minister on Monday held a review meeting with the minister and officials of the civil supplies department wherein it was decided that border check posts would be strengthened and inter-district diversion of the rice would be more strictly monitored. Among the other steps, it was decided that from July 1, the rice would be supplied to the white card holders from the first of every month instead of the fifth. According to officials, so far, 23 cases under the IPC and other acts were booked against the traders in the last two months. It was also decided that the scheme to supply palm oil and red gram at subsidised prices through ration shops would be launched on July 14 by Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar. A meeting with the gas agencies and traders will also be held to review the supply of LPG gas and kerosene in the state. The civil supplies department has also decided to investigate complaints that though the government has asked the agencies not to charge more than Rs 304.40 a cylinder, the delivery boys of all agencies in the twin cities were demanding Rs 310 per cylinder.
Hyderabad: Large-scale diversion of rice being supplied under the Rs 2-akg scheme continued unabated with the authorities on Monday seizing 300 bags which were being smuggled from chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy’s home district of Kadapa to the neighbouring states. Coupled with this, the authorities were also flooded with complaints from beneficiaries about the poor quality of the rice from various places, including Mogaltur in West Godavbari district, the native village of megastar Chiranjeevi. Realizing the negative political fallout of such incidents, the chief minister on Monday held a review meeting with the minister and officials of the civil supplies department wherein it was decided that border check posts would be strengthened and inter-district diversion of the rice would be more strictly monitored. Among the other steps, it was decided that from July 1, the rice would be supplied to the white card holders from the first of every month instead of the fifth. According to officials, so far, 23 cases under the IPC and other acts were booked against the traders in the last two months. It was also decided that the scheme to supply palm oil and red gram at subsidised prices through ration shops would be launched on July 14 by Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar. A meeting with the gas agencies and traders will also be held to review the supply of LPG gas and kerosene in the state. The civil supplies department has also decided to investigate complaints that though the government has asked the agencies not to charge more than Rs 304.40 a cylinder, the delivery boys of all agencies in the twin cities were demanding Rs 310 per cylinder.
HOPE ON THE HORIZON FOR OUR LAKE???
EYESORE NO MORE?: If the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (Huda) officials are to be believed, the Hussainsagar which at present is a dumping ground for industrial and domestic waste, will in two month’s time sport a clean look. Huda is acquiring two ‘dredge utility crafts’ (DUCs), one from Switzerland and the other from Kochi to clean up the tonnes of garbage from the lake. The DUCs will arrive next month and the work will start in August. The units don’t come cheap though_the Swiss model costing as much as Rs 1.25 crore and the Kochi one with a Rs 75 lakh price tag. One has to wait and see if these models can pump life back into the dying lake which was once the city’s pride and even a drinking water source. Apart from the clean-up operation, isn’t it imperative that officials first check the source of pollution in the lake and take severe action against the guilty parties?Councillor arrested, pistol seized
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Hyderabad: A councillor of Bhongir municipality was apprehended with a country-made pistol and three live rounds at Santosh Nagar by the sleuths of Commissioner’s Task Force on Monday. Operating on credible information, police apprehended Syed Asghar Hussian, 36, of Kazim Mohilla, Bhongir at Akbar Owaisi Colony, Riyasathnagar in Santosh Nagar. According to an official release, Syed Asghar Hussain brought the weapon to intimidate his opponents in Hyderabad. North Zone Task Force team had kept a watch on his movements and apprehended him on Monday. He was involved in Aijaz murder case in 2000 and also involved in an attempt to murder case in Bhongir town. He was an associate of ex-naxalite, Nayeemuddin and got elected as councillor in Bhongir municipality in 2005 with the active support of Nayeemuddin. According to the release, the accused recently had some problem with Nayeemuddin and walked out of the gang. After coming out of gang, Asghar Hussain started acting independently from Hyderabad.
Hyderabad: A councillor of Bhongir municipality was apprehended with a country-made pistol and three live rounds at Santosh Nagar by the sleuths of Commissioner’s Task Force on Monday. Operating on credible information, police apprehended Syed Asghar Hussian, 36, of Kazim Mohilla, Bhongir at Akbar Owaisi Colony, Riyasathnagar in Santosh Nagar. According to an official release, Syed Asghar Hussain brought the weapon to intimidate his opponents in Hyderabad. North Zone Task Force team had kept a watch on his movements and apprehended him on Monday. He was involved in Aijaz murder case in 2000 and also involved in an attempt to murder case in Bhongir town. He was an associate of ex-naxalite, Nayeemuddin and got elected as councillor in Bhongir municipality in 2005 with the active support of Nayeemuddin. According to the release, the accused recently had some problem with Nayeemuddin and walked out of the gang. After coming out of gang, Asghar Hussain started acting independently from Hyderabad.
Farmers brave bullets
3 Ryots, Student, 10 Cops Injured In Nizamabad Firing, Stone-Pelting
A farmers’ agitation in Nizamabad turned violent with three of them and a student sustaining injuries in police firing and lathicharge in Armoor town on Monday. Ten policemen were injured in stone-pelting by farmers and seven vehicles burnt by the protesters. The farmers have been on an agitation for the last few days demanding that seed dealer Mahipal Reddy, a relative of Banswada Congress MLA Baji Reddy Govardhan Reddy, pay up money for the red jowar seeds he bought from them. There are 21 seed dealers in Nizamabad who buy jowar seeds from the farmers each year and sell in North India during April-May. This year, while most of the seed dealers offered Rs 12 a kg for the seeds, Mahipal offered them Rs 15. Lured by the extra money, the farmers sold their seeds to Mahipal who, however, could not sell the seeds and pay up the farmers. The ryots have been demanding for the last few days that Mahipal pay up their money while the state has been maintaining that it had no role to play in the matter. Agitated farmers ransacked the residence of Mahipal at Mamidipalli crossroads and set it on fire. The police tried to control the situation by resorting to lathicharge but were hopelessly outnumbered, resulting in farmers chasing them into nearby houses for shelter. The protesters then ransacked the houses of Anand Reddy, another seed dealer, and set on fire the vehicles belonging to the local DSP and tehsildars of Armoor and Bheemgal. The police resorted to firing in the air in which one farmer, Shankar, received bullet injuries. Three others, including two farmers Rajanna and Gangaram and a student Swamy, were injured in the lathicharge. According to Nizamabad SP Rajesh Kumar, government property worth Rs 17 lakh was damaged by the protesters. The agitation soon took political overtones. While TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao, BJP leader N Indrasena Reddy and TDP former minister M Venkateshwara Rao sympathised with the farmers at the site, Congress leaders from the district including Speaker K R Suresh Reddy, PCC president D Srinivas, energy minister Md Shabbir Ali and several MLAs met chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy in Hyderabad and urged his intervention. Finally, on Monday evening, the state issued a GO directing the seeds corporation to take over the responsibility of payment of Rs 12 per kg of the seeds to the farmers and also obtain any remaining stocks from them. Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy took serious note of the incident. During a meeting with officials in the state capital, he sought details of the incident and expressed his displeasure over the events leading to the police firing. He announced that the government-owned Andhra Pradesh Seeds Development Corporation would buy the rest of red jowar seeds from the farmers at the rate of Rs.12 per kg. He directed officials to ensure that farmers do not suffer any losses. Farmers in different parts of the state have been holding protests to demand adequate supply of fertilizers and seeds for the new crop season.
A farmers’ agitation in Nizamabad turned violent with three of them and a student sustaining injuries in police firing and lathicharge in Armoor town on Monday. Ten policemen were injured in stone-pelting by farmers and seven vehicles burnt by the protesters. The farmers have been on an agitation for the last few days demanding that seed dealer Mahipal Reddy, a relative of Banswada Congress MLA Baji Reddy Govardhan Reddy, pay up money for the red jowar seeds he bought from them. There are 21 seed dealers in Nizamabad who buy jowar seeds from the farmers each year and sell in North India during April-May. This year, while most of the seed dealers offered Rs 12 a kg for the seeds, Mahipal offered them Rs 15. Lured by the extra money, the farmers sold their seeds to Mahipal who, however, could not sell the seeds and pay up the farmers. The ryots have been demanding for the last few days that Mahipal pay up their money while the state has been maintaining that it had no role to play in the matter. Agitated farmers ransacked the residence of Mahipal at Mamidipalli crossroads and set it on fire. The police tried to control the situation by resorting to lathicharge but were hopelessly outnumbered, resulting in farmers chasing them into nearby houses for shelter. The protesters then ransacked the houses of Anand Reddy, another seed dealer, and set on fire the vehicles belonging to the local DSP and tehsildars of Armoor and Bheemgal. The police resorted to firing in the air in which one farmer, Shankar, received bullet injuries. Three others, including two farmers Rajanna and Gangaram and a student Swamy, were injured in the lathicharge. According to Nizamabad SP Rajesh Kumar, government property worth Rs 17 lakh was damaged by the protesters. The agitation soon took political overtones. While TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao, BJP leader N Indrasena Reddy and TDP former minister M Venkateshwara Rao sympathised with the farmers at the site, Congress leaders from the district including Speaker K R Suresh Reddy, PCC president D Srinivas, energy minister Md Shabbir Ali and several MLAs met chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy in Hyderabad and urged his intervention. Finally, on Monday evening, the state issued a GO directing the seeds corporation to take over the responsibility of payment of Rs 12 per kg of the seeds to the farmers and also obtain any remaining stocks from them. Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy took serious note of the incident. During a meeting with officials in the state capital, he sought details of the incident and expressed his displeasure over the events leading to the police firing. He announced that the government-owned Andhra Pradesh Seeds Development Corporation would buy the rest of red jowar seeds from the farmers at the rate of Rs.12 per kg. He directed officials to ensure that farmers do not suffer any losses. Farmers in different parts of the state have been holding protests to demand adequate supply of fertilizers and seeds for the new crop season.
Minor girl molested in school bus
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Hyderabad: In a shocking incident, a six-yearold girl student of Loyola Convent High School, Saroornagar, was allegedly molested by a former security guard of the school, while she was returning home in the school bus on Saturday. Based on a complaint lodged by the girl’s grandfather, police registered a case against the 55-yearold former security guard, Ramulu, and bus driver Tirumalesh on Monday. The victim is a Class II student of Loyola Convent High School at Venkateswara Colony in Saroornagar and her father is an employee of APTransco in Nizamabad. According to police, unlike everyday the school bus returned half-an-hour late at 1.30 pm on Saturday. “When the girl came home, family members noticed that she was weak and thought that it was because she did not have breakfast. But later they noticed that her clothes were torn and there were nail marks on her legs,” DCP, LB Nagar, M Kantha Rao said. On Sunday, family members along with representatives of ABVP approached the school principal to complain about the issue. In a fit of rage, some ABVP activists thrashed the school bus driver, Tirumalesh. In the meanwhile, police reached the spot and controlled the situation. Police said while the bus was on the way to the girl’s house at Brindavan Nagar, a former security guard, Ramulu, boarded the bus mid-way. By the time, the school bus reached Brindavan Nagar, only three persons—the girl, the driver, and the former security guard—were present in the bus. “The girl’s grandfather Narayana Rao in his complaint mentioned that Ramulu misbehaved with the girl and Tirumalesh was the only other person present in the bus,” Kantha Rao said. Based on the complaint, police registered a case under Section 354 (Assault or use of criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against Ramulu and Tirumalesh.
Hyderabad: In a shocking incident, a six-yearold girl student of Loyola Convent High School, Saroornagar, was allegedly molested by a former security guard of the school, while she was returning home in the school bus on Saturday. Based on a complaint lodged by the girl’s grandfather, police registered a case against the 55-yearold former security guard, Ramulu, and bus driver Tirumalesh on Monday. The victim is a Class II student of Loyola Convent High School at Venkateswara Colony in Saroornagar and her father is an employee of APTransco in Nizamabad. According to police, unlike everyday the school bus returned half-an-hour late at 1.30 pm on Saturday. “When the girl came home, family members noticed that she was weak and thought that it was because she did not have breakfast. But later they noticed that her clothes were torn and there were nail marks on her legs,” DCP, LB Nagar, M Kantha Rao said. On Sunday, family members along with representatives of ABVP approached the school principal to complain about the issue. In a fit of rage, some ABVP activists thrashed the school bus driver, Tirumalesh. In the meanwhile, police reached the spot and controlled the situation. Police said while the bus was on the way to the girl’s house at Brindavan Nagar, a former security guard, Ramulu, boarded the bus mid-way. By the time, the school bus reached Brindavan Nagar, only three persons—the girl, the driver, and the former security guard—were present in the bus. “The girl’s grandfather Narayana Rao in his complaint mentioned that Ramulu misbehaved with the girl and Tirumalesh was the only other person present in the bus,” Kantha Rao said. Based on the complaint, police registered a case under Section 354 (Assault or use of criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against Ramulu and Tirumalesh.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Shamshabad becoming hot spot for drug peddlers
This is what the newly constructed world class airport in Hyderabad which we say is one of the best in Asia has to offer
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Hyderabad: Are Hyderabad and Bangalore airports new transit hot spots for international drug peddlers? Yes, claim Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officials. The issue was discussed at a recent joint meeting called by Intelligence Bureau (IB) officials in Chennai. “The vulnerability of the new airport at Shamshabad was specifically discussed during the meeting,” a top NCB official said. The issue came up for discussion at the meeting as recently Rs 2.2 crore worth heroin was seized by DRI officials from the baggage of a Thai woman at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad on May 10. After questioning her, DRI officials confirmed that Shamshabad airport was chosen because of lax security. The NCB authorities revealed that drug peddlers had always used Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai airports for supply of drugs till 2006. However, with security beefup at Delhi and Mumbai airports in 2007, peddlers were now looking at Shamshabad and Bangalore airports from where connectivity to South East Asia is good and security systems are not yet in place. “At Delhi and Mumbai airports, specially trained sniffer dogs have been deployed to sniff out narcotics. It is working as a major deterrent. It is high-time to deploy specially trained sniffer dogs at Shamshabad, Bangalore and Chennai airports,” another NCB official said. Sources said 90 per cent of the heroin smuggled out of India to South East and Middle East nations was through the air route. In 2008, two Filipinos, a Thai and a Nigerian were arrested in separate instances at the Chennai airport for trying to smuggle out heroin. “In all cases in Chennai and the one at Shamshabad, due to prior information DRI or Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the customs department were able to catch drug peddlers. The present available screening mechanisms at the airports cannot detect heroin packed in the luggage. The job can be effectively done by sniffer dogs,” an NCB official said. Responding to this argument, a customs official at the Shamshabad airport said that even though sniffer dogs were not being used the screening mechanism was available for explosive substances and narcotics. “It can be traced in the multi-directional x-ray scanning based on position in which they are normally placed in the bag,” he added. As detection is one problem, another problem officials point out is ineffective monitoring of Nigerian citizens at a particular place. “There is no coordination between Foreigners Regional Registration Officer (FRRO), Special Branch officials with agencies like NCB,” the NCB official said. According to him, Nigerians were involved in 90 percent of narcotics business in India. Most of the contraband supplied via India is produced in Afghanistan.
Hyderabad: Are Hyderabad and Bangalore airports new transit hot spots for international drug peddlers? Yes, claim Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officials. The issue was discussed at a recent joint meeting called by Intelligence Bureau (IB) officials in Chennai. “The vulnerability of the new airport at Shamshabad was specifically discussed during the meeting,” a top NCB official said. The issue came up for discussion at the meeting as recently Rs 2.2 crore worth heroin was seized by DRI officials from the baggage of a Thai woman at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad on May 10. After questioning her, DRI officials confirmed that Shamshabad airport was chosen because of lax security. The NCB authorities revealed that drug peddlers had always used Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai airports for supply of drugs till 2006. However, with security beefup at Delhi and Mumbai airports in 2007, peddlers were now looking at Shamshabad and Bangalore airports from where connectivity to South East Asia is good and security systems are not yet in place. “At Delhi and Mumbai airports, specially trained sniffer dogs have been deployed to sniff out narcotics. It is working as a major deterrent. It is high-time to deploy specially trained sniffer dogs at Shamshabad, Bangalore and Chennai airports,” another NCB official said. Sources said 90 per cent of the heroin smuggled out of India to South East and Middle East nations was through the air route. In 2008, two Filipinos, a Thai and a Nigerian were arrested in separate instances at the Chennai airport for trying to smuggle out heroin. “In all cases in Chennai and the one at Shamshabad, due to prior information DRI or Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the customs department were able to catch drug peddlers. The present available screening mechanisms at the airports cannot detect heroin packed in the luggage. The job can be effectively done by sniffer dogs,” an NCB official said. Responding to this argument, a customs official at the Shamshabad airport said that even though sniffer dogs were not being used the screening mechanism was available for explosive substances and narcotics. “It can be traced in the multi-directional x-ray scanning based on position in which they are normally placed in the bag,” he added. As detection is one problem, another problem officials point out is ineffective monitoring of Nigerian citizens at a particular place. “There is no coordination between Foreigners Regional Registration Officer (FRRO), Special Branch officials with agencies like NCB,” the NCB official said. According to him, Nigerians were involved in 90 percent of narcotics business in India. Most of the contraband supplied via India is produced in Afghanistan.
Assam minister arrested
The Assam Education Minister, Mr Ripun Bora, was arrested in Delhi on Tuesday for allegedly offering a bribe of Rs 10 lakh to an officer of the Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI), which is investigating a murder case against him. The CBI officer, who is probing the murder of student leader, Daniel Toppo, filed a complaint on Monday evening that Borah had allegedly offered him a bribe to hush up the case.
Toppo, district president of All Assam Tea Tribe Students Union, was Borah’s rival candidate in the Gohpur constituency during the 1996 Assembly elections in Assam. Toppo was vocal against Bora, who lost the elections in 1996 but was elected from Gohpur in 2001. Toppo was murdered on September 27, 2000. The CBI took over the murder probe in 2001 after the Assam Police failed to solve the murder.
Toppo, district president of All Assam Tea Tribe Students Union, was Borah’s rival candidate in the Gohpur constituency during the 1996 Assembly elections in Assam. Toppo was vocal against Bora, who lost the elections in 1996 but was elected from Gohpur in 2001. Toppo was murdered on September 27, 2000. The CBI took over the murder probe in 2001 after the Assam Police failed to solve the murder.
1090 Rice Bags seized in raids
Here is the further developments regarding my yesterday's post Subsidiary Rice being smuggled out the police have finally seized more than 1000 such rice bags which were meant for the poor in separate incidents.
Nellore, June 3: Police seized 1,090 bags of Rs 2-kg-rice in two separate incidents at Sullurpeta and Tada mandals on Tuesday. In the first incident, 340 bags of rice along with the lorry carrying them was seized at a fuel outlet near the RTC depot at Sullurpeta in the morning.
The waybill and other papers produced by the lorry driver proved to be fake after a police team verified the veracity of the documents with officials at the integrated checkpost at Tada. The lorry was on its way to Tamil Nadu. In the second incident, police confiscated 750 bags of rice dumped in paddy fields at Vatambedu in Tada mandal in the evening, following a tip off.
The Rs 2-a-kg rice of both Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh was found among the rice bags seized in the incidents. The Nellore district superintendent of police, Mr B. Malla Reddy, said that they had seized 2,250 bags of rice during the past 15 days.
Stressing that Tada and Sullurpeta had become hubs for recycling ration rice, the SP said police would conti-nue the raids to put an end to illegal activity in the region. The Sullurpeta and Tada police, led by circle inspector, Sk Kaleshavali, carried out the raids. Tada and Sullurpeta sub-inspectors, Mr P. Madhava Rao and Mr K. Satyanarayana, the ID party constables, Mr P. Srikumar Reddy and Mohammed Wajeed, were among the teams that took part in the raids, among others.
Nellore, June 3: Police seized 1,090 bags of Rs 2-kg-rice in two separate incidents at Sullurpeta and Tada mandals on Tuesday. In the first incident, 340 bags of rice along with the lorry carrying them was seized at a fuel outlet near the RTC depot at Sullurpeta in the morning.
The waybill and other papers produced by the lorry driver proved to be fake after a police team verified the veracity of the documents with officials at the integrated checkpost at Tada. The lorry was on its way to Tamil Nadu. In the second incident, police confiscated 750 bags of rice dumped in paddy fields at Vatambedu in Tada mandal in the evening, following a tip off.
The Rs 2-a-kg rice of both Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh was found among the rice bags seized in the incidents. The Nellore district superintendent of police, Mr B. Malla Reddy, said that they had seized 2,250 bags of rice during the past 15 days.
Stressing that Tada and Sullurpeta had become hubs for recycling ration rice, the SP said police would conti-nue the raids to put an end to illegal activity in the region. The Sullurpeta and Tada police, led by circle inspector, Sk Kaleshavali, carried out the raids. Tada and Sullurpeta sub-inspectors, Mr P. Madhava Rao and Mr K. Satyanarayana, the ID party constables, Mr P. Srikumar Reddy and Mohammed Wajeed, were among the teams that took part in the raids, among others.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Accused in Pandya murder case allege ‘inhuman treatment’
And I thought there was only one Guantanamo Bay
Hyderabad: After being detained in the jail for more than five years in connection with the murder of former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya, 12 people, mostly youth from Hyderabad and Nalgonda district are tired of the inhuman treatment meted out to them with the imposition of the Section 268 of CrPC. Under this section, a prisoner will not be allowed outside the jail under any circumstances, be it a case of ill health or death of a family member. A total of 57 persons were booked in the cases relating to Haren Pandya murder case and attempt to murder case on Jagdish Tiwari, out of which 17 are from the state and five are out on bail. Three from the state were convicted in the alleged murder of and others on attempt to murder of Jagdish Tiwari. Mohammad Rauf, one of the convicted got bail last week from the Supreme Court. Moving further, BM Gupta, the counsel for MIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi, who is fighting the case in Gujarat is in the process of filing a special review petition in the Supreme Court for expeditious hearing of appeals in Gujarat and removal of the Section 268. Maulana Naseeruddin of Saidabad happens to be one of the 17 arrested on the grounds of larger conspiracy. While bail applications were filed several times, they were rejected. Now the counsel has filed a special review petition in the Supreme Court for speedy judgement or grant of bail. “Under Section 268, even if a person is dying due to ill health, he cannot be taken to a hospital. It is done only if they get an order from the government. Also, if any of the family member of the convicted dies, he cannot see the dead for the last time. I suffered a lot due to this political conspiracy,” said M A Rauf at a press conference held at the MIM headquarters in Darussalam in the city on Monday. “The Gujarat judiciary has not been neutral in this case. It is a preplanned act of the police which fabricated the evidence and with the help of POTA, they arrested innocent people while the main accused is moving freely,” the counsel said and questioned as to why Section 268 was not imposed on DGP Vanzara. The counsel was here in the city to discuss the status of the case with the family members of the victims.
Immigration officials just can’t spot a fake photograph
Hyderabad: Here is strange finding for all the talk of hi-tech and perfect systems in place that immigration officials at the Shamshabad Airport are not trained ‘enough’ to identify a replaced photograph in a foreign passport.
Interestingly, with the arrest of an Afghani national Javed on Sunday morning, the ‘involvement’ of immigration officials was suspected.
Even after the arrest of Mahalingam N of Srilanka at Shamshabad airport, who was deported by Kuwait airport authority officials in May, police said that immigration officials could be involved. Both Javed and Mahalingam used passports of other people replacing the original photographs in them with their own.
In fact, Javed was planning to travel to Paris via Colombo, with a Mexican national’s passport and Mahalingam was also planning to reach Paris via Kuwait. Both the accused were successful in fooling the immigration officials at Shamshabad international airport but were caught at other airports.
Immigration officials at Shamshabad airport however claim that Javed and Mahalingam were able to con them as the currently available mechanism does not show the photograph of the passport holder when the passport is swiped.
“When the passport is swiped, all the details of the passport get displayed on the computer monitor except the photograph. Likes of Javed could not have sneaked in through immigration check if the facility is available,” an immigration official said.
But the Foreigner’s Regional Registration Officer (FRRO), Chennai, Avi Prakash, said that even if the photograph in the passport does not get displayed, a tampered photograph can be easily traced by looking for the in built security features in the passport.
“When the photograph in the Indian passport is kept under the UV light, one can clearly see the Indian Emblem. Mexican and Malaysian passports also have good security features, about which the immigration officials across the country are well trained in,” Avi Prakash said.
The immigration staff at Shamshabad airport were trained by the Chennai Bureau of Immigration (BOI) officials for 15 days before the functioning of the airport at Shamshabad.
But the immigration officials said that the 15-day training was insufficient for them to understand all the issues related to immigration.
“How can one expected to remember passport features of 190 nations in the world with a 15- day training? There is no reference material available and no refresher classes after the preliminary training. Most of them are from law and order section of the police department for whom immigration is new. We need better training and reference material to do a better job,” a senior immigration official of Shamshabad airport said.
Meanwhile, efforts are on to incorporate the latest technology into Indian passports which will enable photo display of the passport holder at the immigration check.
“At present none of the Indian airports have the photo display facility when the passport number is keyed in. Efforts are on to incorporate the RFID technology in passports to make Indian passports tamper- proof,” a top official of BOI said.
He said the facility was available at the airports of developed nations like USA and UK.
Interestingly, with the arrest of an Afghani national Javed on Sunday morning, the ‘involvement’ of immigration officials was suspected.
Even after the arrest of Mahalingam N of Srilanka at Shamshabad airport, who was deported by Kuwait airport authority officials in May, police said that immigration officials could be involved. Both Javed and Mahalingam used passports of other people replacing the original photographs in them with their own.
In fact, Javed was planning to travel to Paris via Colombo, with a Mexican national’s passport and Mahalingam was also planning to reach Paris via Kuwait. Both the accused were successful in fooling the immigration officials at Shamshabad international airport but were caught at other airports.
Immigration officials at Shamshabad airport however claim that Javed and Mahalingam were able to con them as the currently available mechanism does not show the photograph of the passport holder when the passport is swiped.
“When the passport is swiped, all the details of the passport get displayed on the computer monitor except the photograph. Likes of Javed could not have sneaked in through immigration check if the facility is available,” an immigration official said.
But the Foreigner’s Regional Registration Officer (FRRO), Chennai, Avi Prakash, said that even if the photograph in the passport does not get displayed, a tampered photograph can be easily traced by looking for the in built security features in the passport.
“When the photograph in the Indian passport is kept under the UV light, one can clearly see the Indian Emblem. Mexican and Malaysian passports also have good security features, about which the immigration officials across the country are well trained in,” Avi Prakash said.
The immigration staff at Shamshabad airport were trained by the Chennai Bureau of Immigration (BOI) officials for 15 days before the functioning of the airport at Shamshabad.
But the immigration officials said that the 15-day training was insufficient for them to understand all the issues related to immigration.
“How can one expected to remember passport features of 190 nations in the world with a 15- day training? There is no reference material available and no refresher classes after the preliminary training. Most of them are from law and order section of the police department for whom immigration is new. We need better training and reference material to do a better job,” a senior immigration official of Shamshabad airport said.
Meanwhile, efforts are on to incorporate the latest technology into Indian passports which will enable photo display of the passport holder at the immigration check.
“At present none of the Indian airports have the photo display facility when the passport number is keyed in. Efforts are on to incorporate the RFID technology in passports to make Indian passports tamper- proof,” a top official of BOI said.
He said the facility was available at the airports of developed nations like USA and UK.
Subsidy rice being smuggled out
Lax Security At Check Posts Makes It Easy (Times News Network)
Hyderabad: The Rs 2-a-kg rice is being diverted illegally on a large scale to neighbouring states including Maharashtra and Karnataka, especially from Prakasam, Nellore, Kurnool, Anantapur, Chittoor and Nizamabad districts.
The Vigilance and Enforcement (V&E) wing, which was asked to check the distribution of subsidy rice in the state, has come up with startling revelations.
According to V&E sources, the subsidy rice is being diverted to other states through integrated check posts, especially from Tada check post on the border of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
Vigilance officials said the staff of the Tada integrated check post were issuing transit passes to lorries passing through the check post by taking just Rs 500 and without carrying any physical verification.
For instance, a rice miller of Nandyal in Kurnool district, Satyanarayana alias Satya, got transit passes from Tada without even taking his lorries to the check post. Several transit slips were issued in his name, sources said. The rice miller was transporting Rs 2-a-kg rice to Karnataka after purchasing it from ration shop dealers in the state.
Whenever a lorry or vehicle enters into the state from other states and then moves to other parts of country transporting goods, it has to take a transit pass from the check post authorities. They have to submit the same pass when they exit at other check posts, within 48 hours. The check post authorities have to carry out a physical check of the vehicle at the entry and exit points. But the check post staff, the V&E officials said, issue transit passes without any check.
The dealers are choosing Tamil Nadu-AP border check post as entry point as there are no restrictions on their movement.
The V&E investigations revealed that the Rs 2-a-kg rice is being filled in new bags at rice mills in bordering villages of the state. For instance, some rice millers in Bangarupet near Palamaneru in Chittoor district were found in possession of PDS rice bags. A rice miller in Prakasam district, who had purchased subsidy rice from fair price shop dealers, was caught with 22 tonnes of Rs 2-a-kg rice.
“Huge quantity of subsidy rice is being diverted from Chittoor, Nellore and Anantapur district. In Anantapur district alone there are 22 exit points,’’ a senior official of V&E told TOI.
The inquiries by the V&E also revealed that hundreds of ineligible persons too were getting subsidy rice. In a village Bodhawada, in J Pangulur mandal of Prakasam district, of the total 807 families, 777 families have white ration cards and are getting subsidy rice. Ironically, 90 per cent of houses in the village are RCC houses and some have even got two-three storied buildings.
In 13 villages in PC Pally mandal in Prakasam district, some fair price shop owners have shown in the record that rice was distributed to 2,000 card holders in two days. While the state government has introduced coupon system, some fair price shop dealers are not giving these coupons to beneficiaries and are simply ‘recording’ the names of cardholders, officials said.
“We have seized seven lorry loads of rice in Tirupati, Nizamabad, Nellore and Kurnool districts. Eight tractor loads were seized in Guntur, Vijayawada and Eluru district during our raids in the last one month,’’ a deputy inspector general of police of vigilance said.
Oops! New cars in India emit more CO2 than old
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: In a complete reversal of international trends, new cars in India are spewing more greenhouse gasses than older models, pushing up emissions in Delhi alone by 72% in five years (2002-07), the Centre for Science and Environment said on Monday, releasing its analysis of emissions data accessed from the Automotive Research Association of India.
Emissions from two-wheelers in the same period, in comparison, have gone up by 61%, the analysis said.
For the consumer, this might be a pointer to deteriorating fuel efficiency of new cars as well — emissions of carbon-dioxide are closely linked to the fuel efficiency of vehicles.
The ARAI had clubbed data of vehicles of different periods that CSE accessed. The cars and two-wheelers had been classified into groups ranging from 1991-96, 1996-2000, post 2000 and post 2005.
The post 2000 petrol cars, with engine size more than 1,400 cc, emit 143 gm/km of CO2. In comparison, post 2005 models of same engine size emit 173 gm/km, CSE said. Extrapolating the emission statistics for fuel efficiency, CSE said the figures implied that fuel economy had dropped in these cars from 16 km/litre to 13 km/litre.
But Anumita Roychowdhury, in charge of CSE’s Right to Clean Air Campaign, said, “This data is extrapolation... The ministry of surface transport has refused to share actual data.’’ Auto manufacturers share fuel economy data for car models at the time of certification of new vehicles with the government. “But the ministry withheld this information under the Right to Information Act, calling it of commercial importance and third-party information. This data is routinely published in other countries to help consumers select fuel-efficient vehicles and help governments set up fuel economy standards,’’ she added.
Mayawati finds her statue small
http://www.deccan.com/Nation/NationalNews.asp#Mayawati%20finds%20her%20statue%20small
Lucknow, June 2: Barely 45 days after it was unveiled with much fanfare, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Ms Mayawati, got her own statue removed from the Samajik Parivartan Pratik Sthal because it found it too "small" for her liking. The statue was removed in the cover of darkness on Sunday night in an operation that lasted barely an hour. Electricity in the Gomti Nagar area was switched off to ensure that the operation did not attract undue attention.
None of the officials were willing to comment on the issue but one officer admitted that Ms Mayawati did not like the expression on the face of her statue. "She was not too happy with the fact that the statue seemed rather short when placed next to her mentor late Kanshi Ram," the officer said. "Very soon, a new bronze statue of the chief minister will be put up at the same place with required changes. Ms Mayawati’s new statue will definitely be taller," he added.
The chief minister had unveiled four statues on the Gandhi Setu that leads to the Ambedkar Memorial on April 14, on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti. On one side of the bridge, stand the statues of Dr Ambedkar and his wife Ramabai Ambedkar while on the opposite side are statues of late Kanshi Ram and Mayawati.
Lucknow, June 2: Barely 45 days after it was unveiled with much fanfare, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Ms Mayawati, got her own statue removed from the Samajik Parivartan Pratik Sthal because it found it too "small" for her liking. The statue was removed in the cover of darkness on Sunday night in an operation that lasted barely an hour. Electricity in the Gomti Nagar area was switched off to ensure that the operation did not attract undue attention.
None of the officials were willing to comment on the issue but one officer admitted that Ms Mayawati did not like the expression on the face of her statue. "She was not too happy with the fact that the statue seemed rather short when placed next to her mentor late Kanshi Ram," the officer said. "Very soon, a new bronze statue of the chief minister will be put up at the same place with required changes. Ms Mayawati’s new statue will definitely be taller," he added.
The chief minister had unveiled four statues on the Gandhi Setu that leads to the Ambedkar Memorial on April 14, on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti. On one side of the bridge, stand the statues of Dr Ambedkar and his wife Ramabai Ambedkar while on the opposite side are statues of late Kanshi Ram and Mayawati.
Cop, hotel owner held for rape
Jammu, June 2: A teenaged girl was allegedly raped by a policeman and a hotel owner at the construction site of police quarters in Jammu, the police said on Monday. The 18-year-old Class 11 student was brought here on Sunday evening from Nowshera area in Rajouri district by a Kashmiri youth Mohammad Ashraf of her village, the officials said.
Ashraf fled away after they checked-in at the Victoria lodge. The hotel owner, Romesh Sharma and constable Ahabir Ahmed, took the girl to under construction site in Gulshan ground and raped her, the police said. A lady cop, who heard the girl shouting raised an alarm and the girl was rescued, they said. Ahmed and Sharma were held.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
India is the 'MURDER CAPITAL' of the World
CONGRATULATIONS... We are on top of the world
New Delhi: India has earned the dubious distinction of being the country where the maximum number of murders take place in the world, three times more than its neighbour Pakistan and double the figures in the United States. There were 32,719 incidence of murder recorded in India, whereas there were 16,692 in the US and 9,631 in Pakistan, the report, compiled by National Crime Records Bureau and released by the Union Home Ministry.There were more than 50 lakh (5 Million) incidents of crime reported in 2007-08 which included murder, rape and drug offences, a government report said. There were 32,719 incidence of murder recorded in India, whereas there were 16,692 in the US and 9,631 in Pakistan, the report, compiled by National Crime Records Bureau and released by the Union Home Ministry, said. India was followed by South Africa which registered 30,960 incidence of murders. Austria had recorded just 148 murders, whereas Israel registered 177 such incidents. However, the rate (per lakh population/ per ten million population) of murder and other crimes in India was much less as compared to other countries. The murder and rape rate in India is three and four (per lakh population/ per ten million) respectively whereas South Africa recorded the occurrence rate in murders and rapes with 65.27 and 115.8 respectively. "Most of the murder takes place due to passion, sudden provocation, crime related and family disputes," Delhi Police spokesman ACP Rajan Bhagat said. Delhi has recorded an increase of 1.08 per cent in murders in 2007 as compared to 2006. The number of rape cases were maximum in the United States which recorded 93,934 such assaults followed by South Africa 54,926 and India 18,359. The data was compiled of 22 countries which included Australia, Argentina, Austria, Bulgaria, Japan, Canada, England and Wales, Germany, Malaysia New Zealand, Thailand and Sri Lanka beside others.In India, there were 44,159 incidence of sexual offences, 2,70,861 cases of serious assault and 22,814 robbery and violent theft related incidence were reported, the report said. The maximum number of robbery related cases were reported in Japan which had registered 17,25,072 such incidence. The US topped the crime list with 2,31,13,708 total crime related incidence, whereas India registered overall 50,26,337 criminal cases.
Let me introduce myself
Its 1st June, and this is my 1st post.
Hello... I'm Armaan Younis, born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Right now in Hyderabad, India. Would like to travel all around the world.
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Hello... I'm Armaan Younis, born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Right now in Hyderabad, India. Would like to travel all around the world.
Interests: Movies (got more than 200 dvds), Football (Chelsea fanatic), F1 (Team McLaren) and yes Internet, this is one place where you can always find me. On Google Talk, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, ICQ, Orkut, Facebook and lots of other places ;)
Here in my blog you will find news from India about Crime, Violence against Women and my favourite subjects, ie Corrupt Government, Bureaucracy, Violence by Police, Racism.
I am not here to hurt the sentiments or feelings of any particular person, sect or religion. If truth hurts you, then I am sorry :)
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