SPetrol prices to come down: Pranab

Kolkata: Petrol prices are expected to come down with the rate of crude declining in the international market, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Saturday.The oil companies had May 24 hiked petrol prices by Rs.7.54 a litre, the steepest hike in many months. Later, the rate was cut by Rs.2.02 a litre. 
Mukherjee, on his arrival here Friday night, said the central government would discuss the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Bill with the Trinamool Congress and its president Mamata Banerjee.
'They have written to us wanting further discussion. So, let us discuss,' he said.
Two days back, Trinamool general secretary and Railway Minister Mukul Roy had written to the prime minister and Mukherjee seeking more discussions on the bill. This prompted the cabinet to defer the legislation. 

SPetrol prices to come down: Pranab

Kolkata: Petrol prices are expected to come down with the rate of crude declining in the international market, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said Saturday.The oil companies had May 24 hiked petrol prices by Rs.7.54 a litre, the steepest hike in many months. Later, the rate was cut by Rs.2.02 a litre. 
Mukherjee, on his arrival here Friday night, said the central government would discuss the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Bill with the Trinamool Congress and its president Mamata Banerjee.
'They have written to us wanting further discussion. So, let us discuss,' he said.
Two days back, Trinamool general secretary and Railway Minister Mukul Roy had written to the prime minister and Mukherjee seeking more discussions on the bill. This prompted the cabinet to defer the legislation. 

Kannur leader directed to kill TP, says Rajeesh

KOZHIKODE/KANNUR: It has been hinted that one of the masterminds nabbed in connection with the murder of RMP leader T P Chandrasekharan told police that the crime was committed as per the instruction of a noted CPM leader of Kannur and a former MLA.
The mastermind nabbed and identified as T K Rajeesh told the special investigating team that Kodi Suni asked him to join the team entrusted to commit the murder.
Panur area committee member P K Kunhanandan, who has gone underground now, directed Kodi Suni to include him in the gang. Rajeesh has confessed to the team that they had planned to kill TP six months before. He is being questioned by a team led by Thalassery DySP  A P Shoukatali.
Rajeesh said that he just obeyed the directions of some leaders to kill TP who tried to stain the image of the party in Vadakara. He also told police that since last January he was keenly watching the movements of TP. The leaders had assured to save him from any difficulty. The plot was hatched in some main bars and some secret centres in Mahi, Palloor and Chokli

Kannur leader directed to kill TP, says Rajeesh

KOZHIKODE/KANNUR: It has been hinted that one of the masterminds nabbed in connection with the murder of RMP leader T P Chandrasekharan told police that the crime was committed as per the instruction of a noted CPM leader of Kannur and a former MLA.
The mastermind nabbed and identified as T K Rajeesh told the special investigating team that Kodi Suni asked him to join the team entrusted to commit the murder.
Panur area committee member P K Kunhanandan, who has gone underground now, directed Kodi Suni to include him in the gang. Rajeesh has confessed to the team that they had planned to kill TP six months before. He is being questioned by a team led by Thalassery DySP  A P Shoukatali.
Rajeesh said that he just obeyed the directions of some leaders to kill TP who tried to stain the image of the party in Vadakara. He also told police that since last January he was keenly watching the movements of TP. The leaders had assured to save him from any difficulty. The plot was hatched in some main bars and some secret centres in Mahi, Palloor and Chokli

 Lorry knocks down two

PERINTHALMANNA: Two motorists were killed after a lorry fatally knocked them down at Ramapuram on the national highway Friday morning. The two have been identified as Naziz Ummer (23) son of Aboobakker Siddique and Ithisham (21) son of Ummer of Koottilangadi.

 Lorry knocks down two

PERINTHALMANNA: Two motorists were killed after a lorry fatally knocked them down at Ramapuram on the national highway Friday morning. The two have been identified as Naziz Ummer (23) son of Aboobakker Siddique and Ithisham (21) son of Ummer of Koottilangadi.

Woman raped in moving car in Kolkata

KOLKATA: Within four months of the sensational Park Street rape case where a woman was raped in a moving car, another housewife has been raped in a moving car in Kolkata on Thursday night.

Unlike earlier Park Street case, this time police took prompt action and within hours of the incident cops managed to round up the accused driver and seized the sedan car used in the crime.

Sources said that Ruchita (name changed) Sarkar, the 26-year-old housewife, hails from Barrackpore in the northern fringes of the city. Her husband is admitted at SSKM hospital and on Thursday night she left the hospital around 11pm. She was supposed to catch Naihati Local train from Sealdah at 11.40pm.

She could not get any cab in front of the hospital and walked down towards nearby Exide crossing looking for a cab. At that time ,a sedan car, bearing commercial registration, stopped in front of her and agreed to drop her at Sealdah. Such shuttle car system is regular in the city.

The woman boarded the car and the driver drove down towards Park Circus, where the accused-driver stopped and picked up another youth Habib Rahman. "The driver asked Habib to drive and the car started going towards EM Bypass," said an investigator.

The woman was not accustomed with the city roads and she could not make out that the car was going on a wrong way. According to the woman, the car stopped near a deserted stretch where the driver overpowered the woman and raped her. Another youth, who was later picked up by the driver, reportedly tried to resist the accused.

Later around 3.30 pm, the accused dropped the victim near Sealdah. In distressed condition, the woman managed to reach to the cops at nearby police kiosk. The officer of the kiosk informed officer-in-charge of Entally police station. Soon, cops took up the case and after speaking to the woman, police started a manhunt and traced Habib Rahman, the second youth, near Park Circus. The person cooperated with police and prime accused Mumtaz Khan, the 40-year-old driver, was picked up by the morning. The woman has been sent to NRS medical college for medical test, said Satyajit Banerjee, Deputy Commissioner (eastern suburban division

Woman raped in moving car in Kolkata

KOLKATA: Within four months of the sensational Park Street rape case where a woman was raped in a moving car, another housewife has been raped in a moving car in Kolkata on Thursday night.

Unlike earlier Park Street case, this time police took prompt action and within hours of the incident cops managed to round up the accused driver and seized the sedan car used in the crime.

Sources said that Ruchita (name changed) Sarkar, the 26-year-old housewife, hails from Barrackpore in the northern fringes of the city. Her husband is admitted at SSKM hospital and on Thursday night she left the hospital around 11pm. She was supposed to catch Naihati Local train from Sealdah at 11.40pm.

She could not get any cab in front of the hospital and walked down towards nearby Exide crossing looking for a cab. At that time ,a sedan car, bearing commercial registration, stopped in front of her and agreed to drop her at Sealdah. Such shuttle car system is regular in the city.

The woman boarded the car and the driver drove down towards Park Circus, where the accused-driver stopped and picked up another youth Habib Rahman. "The driver asked Habib to drive and the car started going towards EM Bypass," said an investigator.

The woman was not accustomed with the city roads and she could not make out that the car was going on a wrong way. According to the woman, the car stopped near a deserted stretch where the driver overpowered the woman and raped her. Another youth, who was later picked up by the driver, reportedly tried to resist the accused.

Later around 3.30 pm, the accused dropped the victim near Sealdah. In distressed condition, the woman managed to reach to the cops at nearby police kiosk. The officer of the kiosk informed officer-in-charge of Entally police station. Soon, cops took up the case and after speaking to the woman, police started a manhunt and traced Habib Rahman, the second youth, near Park Circus. The person cooperated with police and prime accused Mumtaz Khan, the 40-year-old driver, was picked up by the morning. The woman has been sent to NRS medical college for medical test, said Satyajit Banerjee, Deputy Commissioner (eastern suburban division

TP murder: Rajeesh remanded to 14 days' police custody

Vadakara: T K Rajeesh, the key accused in the murder of Revolutionary Marxist Party leader TP Chandrasekharan was on Friday remanded to 14-days police custody by a special court here on Friday. After completing the court proceedings, he was shifted to Kozhikode district jail. He was presented in the court after interrogation and medical examination.
Rajeesh, earlier told the police that he committed the crime as per the instruction of the party. He said he had not accepted money for the murder. Rajeesh told police that he just obeyed the instructions of some leaders to kill Chandrasekharan.He said to the special investigating team that they had planned to kill TP Chandrasekhran three times before too.
It was on Thursday that the police arrested prime accused T.K. Rajeesh from a village on the Maharashtra-Goa border.
The accused was brought to Vadagara near here in the evening, where the main police investigation team is based, and his statement was recorded.
According to the police, it was Rajeesh who master-minded the murder of Chandrasekharan, a 51-year-old popular local leader in Onchiyam, who was killed May 4 while returning home on his motorcycle.
By now, the total number of people taken into custody in the case has touched 23, which includes nine activists of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).

The police said it was Rajeesh who planned the murder using a gang of seven hired killers. With his arrest, the police also expect to crack a few other murder cases.A police official said Rajeesh, after Chandrasekharan's murder, left for Mumbai, where three Keralites provided him shelter. The police have arrested them.Meanwhile, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said no time frame could set to solve the case.'This is because in the past it was the party (CPI-M) which handed over the accused whenever a political crime took place. But this time, it is going to be different and the real conspirators of the crime will be rounded up,' Chandy told reporters in Kannur.

TP murder: Rajeesh remanded to 14 days' police custody

Vadakara: T K Rajeesh, the key accused in the murder of Revolutionary Marxist Party leader TP Chandrasekharan was on Friday remanded to 14-days police custody by a special court here on Friday. After completing the court proceedings, he was shifted to Kozhikode district jail. He was presented in the court after interrogation and medical examination.
Rajeesh, earlier told the police that he committed the crime as per the instruction of the party. He said he had not accepted money for the murder. Rajeesh told police that he just obeyed the instructions of some leaders to kill Chandrasekharan.He said to the special investigating team that they had planned to kill TP Chandrasekhran three times before too.
It was on Thursday that the police arrested prime accused T.K. Rajeesh from a village on the Maharashtra-Goa border.
The accused was brought to Vadagara near here in the evening, where the main police investigation team is based, and his statement was recorded.
According to the police, it was Rajeesh who master-minded the murder of Chandrasekharan, a 51-year-old popular local leader in Onchiyam, who was killed May 4 while returning home on his motorcycle.
By now, the total number of people taken into custody in the case has touched 23, which includes nine activists of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).

The police said it was Rajeesh who planned the murder using a gang of seven hired killers. With his arrest, the police also expect to crack a few other murder cases.A police official said Rajeesh, after Chandrasekharan's murder, left for Mumbai, where three Keralites provided him shelter. The police have arrested them.Meanwhile, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said no time frame could set to solve the case.'This is because in the past it was the party (CPI-M) which handed over the accused whenever a political crime took place. But this time, it is going to be different and the real conspirators of the crime will be rounded up,' Chandy told reporters in Kannur.