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2013, ജനുവരി 4, വെള്ളിയാഴ്ച
Italian marines surrender passport in trial court
Italian marines surrender passport in trial court
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Murder of Harihara Varma: Accused in police net
Varma (55) was murdered on Dec 24 at his residence at Puthurkonam in Vattiyoorkavu
Murder of Harihara Varma: Accused in police net
Varma (55) was murdered on Dec 24 at his residence at Puthurkonam in Vattiyoorkavu
Police ID suspect killed during NY subway shooting
New York: Two police officers shot and wounded during a gun battle on a New York City subway train have been released from the hospital, as authorities identified the man who opened fire and was later killed.
The subway shooting was the second of two Thursday involving New York City police officers, prompting Mayor Michael Bloomberg to criticise the top US gun lobbying group.
In the subway shooting, police said Peter Jourdan, 37, passed between subway cars while the train was moving, which is illegal, shortly before 7:30 pm local time Thursday.
As the train pulled into a Brooklyn station, plainclothes officers Michael Levay and Lukasz Kozicki asked Jourdan for his identification, and instead he pulled out a handgun and opened fire, police said.
Kozicki was struck three times and Levay had a graze wound to his back but was able to return fire, killing Jourdan, police said. A passenger also suffered a graze wound in the chaos, while others ran for cover on the platform when the gunfire erupted, police said.
There were no other injuries.
Jourdan, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, had been arrested at least seven other times, including once in Los Angeles for bringing a gun to court.
Both Levay, 27, and Kozicki, 32, were released from the hospital yesterday.
The subway violence occurred about an hour after another shooting involving a police officer. Off-duty Police Officer Juan Pichardo was shot in the thigh at his family's Bronx car dealership during a robbery at about 6:30 pm.
"In recent weeks, we've heard some people say that the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. But sometimes the good guys get shot and sometimes, they are killed," Bloomberg told reporters Thursday.
Bloomberg is very outspoken on gun violence and has been critical of the National Rifle Association's suggestion last month that the solution to school shootings like the recent one in Newtown, Connecticut, should be addressed by putting an armed police officer in every school in the country.
The Newtown shooting killed 20 children, ages 6 and 7, along with six adults at the school.
In New York City last year, 11 officers were struck by gunfire on duty and one off-duty, though none were fatal.
The violence this week came after news of record low violent crime in the city. There were 418 murders in 2012, the lowest since reliable record keeping began in 1963. The previous low was 471, in 2009.
The subway shooting was the second of two Thursday involving New York City police officers, prompting Mayor Michael Bloomberg to criticise the top US gun lobbying group.
In the subway shooting, police said Peter Jourdan, 37, passed between subway cars while the train was moving, which is illegal, shortly before 7:30 pm local time Thursday.
As the train pulled into a Brooklyn station, plainclothes officers Michael Levay and Lukasz Kozicki asked Jourdan for his identification, and instead he pulled out a handgun and opened fire, police said.
Kozicki was struck three times and Levay had a graze wound to his back but was able to return fire, killing Jourdan, police said. A passenger also suffered a graze wound in the chaos, while others ran for cover on the platform when the gunfire erupted, police said.
There were no other injuries.
Jourdan, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, had been arrested at least seven other times, including once in Los Angeles for bringing a gun to court.
Both Levay, 27, and Kozicki, 32, were released from the hospital yesterday.
The subway violence occurred about an hour after another shooting involving a police officer. Off-duty Police Officer Juan Pichardo was shot in the thigh at his family's Bronx car dealership during a robbery at about 6:30 pm.
"In recent weeks, we've heard some people say that the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. But sometimes the good guys get shot and sometimes, they are killed," Bloomberg told reporters Thursday.
Bloomberg is very outspoken on gun violence and has been critical of the National Rifle Association's suggestion last month that the solution to school shootings like the recent one in Newtown, Connecticut, should be addressed by putting an armed police officer in every school in the country.
The Newtown shooting killed 20 children, ages 6 and 7, along with six adults at the school.
In New York City last year, 11 officers were struck by gunfire on duty and one off-duty, though none were fatal.
The violence this week came after news of record low violent crime in the city. There were 418 murders in 2012, the lowest since reliable record keeping began in 1963. The previous low was 471, in 2009.
Police ID suspect killed during NY subway shooting
New York: Two police officers shot and wounded
during a gun battle on a New York City subway train have been released from the
hospital, as authorities identified the man who opened fire and was later
killed.
The subway shooting was the second of two Thursday involving New York City police officers, prompting Mayor Michael Bloomberg to criticise the top US gun lobbying group.
In the subway shooting, police said Peter Jourdan, 37, passed between subway cars while the train was moving, which is illegal, shortly before 7:30 pm local time Thursday.
As the train pulled into a Brooklyn station, plainclothes officers Michael Levay and Lukasz Kozicki asked Jourdan for his identification, and instead he pulled out a handgun and opened fire, police said.
Kozicki was struck three times and Levay had a graze wound to his back but was able to return fire, killing Jourdan, police said. A passenger also suffered a graze wound in the chaos, while others ran for cover on the platform when the gunfire erupted, police said.
There were no other injuries.
Jourdan, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, had been arrested at least seven other times, including once in Los Angeles for bringing a gun to court.
Both Levay, 27, and Kozicki, 32, were released from the hospital yesterday.
The subway violence occurred about an hour after another shooting involving a police officer. Off-duty Police Officer Juan Pichardo was shot in the thigh at his family's Bronx car dealership during a robbery at about 6:30 pm.
"In recent weeks, we've heard some people say that the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. But sometimes the good guys get shot and sometimes, they are killed," Bloomberg told reporters Thursday.
Bloomberg is very outspoken on gun violence and has been critical of the National Rifle Association's suggestion last month that the solution to school shootings like the recent one in Newtown, Connecticut, should be addressed by putting an armed police officer in every school in the country.
The Newtown shooting killed 20 children, ages 6 and 7, along with six adults at the school.
In New York City last year, 11 officers were struck by gunfire on duty and one off-duty, though none were fatal.
The violence this week came after news of record low violent crime in the city. There were 418 murders in 2012, the lowest since reliable record keeping began in 1963. The previous low was 471, in 2009.
The subway shooting was the second of two Thursday involving New York City police officers, prompting Mayor Michael Bloomberg to criticise the top US gun lobbying group.
In the subway shooting, police said Peter Jourdan, 37, passed between subway cars while the train was moving, which is illegal, shortly before 7:30 pm local time Thursday.
As the train pulled into a Brooklyn station, plainclothes officers Michael Levay and Lukasz Kozicki asked Jourdan for his identification, and instead he pulled out a handgun and opened fire, police said.
Kozicki was struck three times and Levay had a graze wound to his back but was able to return fire, killing Jourdan, police said. A passenger also suffered a graze wound in the chaos, while others ran for cover on the platform when the gunfire erupted, police said.
There were no other injuries.
Jourdan, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, had been arrested at least seven other times, including once in Los Angeles for bringing a gun to court.
Both Levay, 27, and Kozicki, 32, were released from the hospital yesterday.
The subway violence occurred about an hour after another shooting involving a police officer. Off-duty Police Officer Juan Pichardo was shot in the thigh at his family's Bronx car dealership during a robbery at about 6:30 pm.
"In recent weeks, we've heard some people say that the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. But sometimes the good guys get shot and sometimes, they are killed," Bloomberg told reporters Thursday.
Bloomberg is very outspoken on gun violence and has been critical of the National Rifle Association's suggestion last month that the solution to school shootings like the recent one in Newtown, Connecticut, should be addressed by putting an armed police officer in every school in the country.
The Newtown shooting killed 20 children, ages 6 and 7, along with six adults at the school.
In New York City last year, 11 officers were struck by gunfire on duty and one off-duty, though none were fatal.
The violence this week came after news of record low violent crime in the city. There were 418 murders in 2012, the lowest since reliable record keeping began in 1963. The previous low was 471, in 2009.
Snowmobile accident kills six in Italian Alps
The eight - all from eastern Europe, or Russia - were riding on the vehicle across an unlit slope on Mount Cermis in the Trento region, rescuers said.
The snowmobile veered off the piste at an altitude of about 2,000 metres (6,550 feet) and overturned, ejecting its passengers, with some of them hitting rocks. The cause of the accident yesterday was not immediately known.
The dead were identified as four men and two women. The two injured were evacuated by helicopter.
Mount Cermis was the scene of two deadly cable car accidents in 1976 and 1998. In the latter a US military plane cut a cable supporting a gondola of an aerial tramway
Snowmobile accident kills six in Italian Alps
The eight - all from eastern Europe, or Russia - were riding on the vehicle across an unlit slope on Mount Cermis in the Trento region, rescuers said.
The snowmobile veered off the piste at an altitude of about 2,000 metres (6,550 feet) and overturned, ejecting its passengers, with some of them hitting rocks. The cause of the accident yesterday was not immediately known.
The dead were identified as four men and two women. The two injured were evacuated by helicopter.
Mount Cermis was the scene of two deadly cable car accidents in 1976 and 1998. In the latter a US military plane cut a cable supporting a gondola of an aerial tramway
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Teachers attack media persons in Thiruvananthapuram
| THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Five media persons were seriously injured after the teachers at the Cotton Hill School, where District School Festival is being held, attacked them on Thursday. The injured media persons are Jithesh Damodar (Senior Photographer, Keralakaumudi), Anil Kumar (Asianet), T.C. Shijumon (Photographer, Deepika), Suhaib (Photographer, Thejas) and Sajith Gopal (Photographer, Pathram). They have been admitted to General Hospital here. According to the statements given by the media persons, the police took into custody three teachers—Rajesh Kumar, Sanal and Suresh—who are members of teachers’ association GSTU. These teachers were also admitted to General Hospital after they told the police that they too were injured. The incident happened at 12 in the noon, when the media persons tried to take a photo of a worm found in a student’s dish served by the teachers. This infuriated the teachers who unleashed attack on media persons. The leaders of Kerala Union of Working Journalist (KUWJ) and members of Thiruvananthapuram Press Club arrived at the school and demanded to arrest the wrongdoers. Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan directed the police officials to take stringent action. Minister V.S. Sivakumar, Education Minister P.K. Abdu Rabb, V. Sivankutty MLA and Mayor K. Chandrika visited the spot and held talks. Education Minister assured to take action against the offenders. He also assured to buy a new camera for Jithesh Damodar. It was broken in the attack. The minister said the government would meet the hospital expenses. | |||||||||
Teachers attack media persons in Thiruvananthapuram
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Five media persons were
seriously injured after the teachers at the Cotton Hill School, where
District School Festival is being held, attacked them on Thursday.
The injured media persons are Jithesh Damodar (Senior Photographer, Keralakaumudi), Anil Kumar (Asianet), T.C. Shijumon (Photographer, Deepika), Suhaib (Photographer, Thejas) and Sajith Gopal (Photographer, Pathram). They have been admitted to General Hospital here. According to the statements given by the media persons, the police took into custody three teachers—Rajesh Kumar, Sanal and Suresh—who are members of teachers’ association GSTU. These teachers were also admitted to General Hospital after they told the police that they too were injured. The incident happened at 12 in the noon, when the media persons tried to take a photo of a worm found in a student’s dish served by the teachers. This infuriated the teachers who unleashed attack on media persons. The leaders of Kerala Union of Working Journalist (KUWJ) and members of Thiruvananthapuram Press Club arrived at the school and demanded to arrest the wrongdoers. Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan directed the police officials to take stringent action. Minister V.S. Sivakumar, Education Minister P.K. Abdu Rabb, V. Sivankutty MLA and Mayor K. Chandrika visited the spot and held talks. Education Minister assured to take action against the offenders. He also assured to buy a new camera for Jithesh Damodar. It was broken in the attack. The minister said the government would meet the hospital expenses. |
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Three killed in accident
THRISSUR: Three members of a family were killed when the car in which they were travelling rammed into a tree at Egandiyoor in Thrissur. The dead have been identified as Venu (60) of Ernakulam his wife Radhika (55) and their son Shinu (27). The accident happened at 7 am Friday morning.
The Ford Icon car driven by Shinu has been completely damaged in the accident. The incident happened when the family was proceeding to Guruvayur. Venu died on the spot and the other two in the hospital.
The Ford Icon car driven by Shinu has been completely damaged in the accident. The incident happened when the family was proceeding to Guruvayur. Venu died on the spot and the other two in the hospital.
Three killed in accident
THRISSUR: Three members of a family were killed
when the car in which they were travelling rammed into a tree at Egandiyoor in
Thrissur. The dead have been identified as Venu (60) of Ernakulam his wife
Radhika (55) and their son Shinu (27). The accident happened at 7 am Friday
morning.
The Ford Icon car driven by Shinu has been completely damaged in the accident. The incident happened when the family was proceeding to Guruvayur. Venu died on the spot and the other two in the hospital.
The Ford Icon car driven by Shinu has been completely damaged in the accident. The incident happened when the family was proceeding to Guruvayur. Venu died on the spot and the other two in the hospital.
2013, ജനുവരി 3, വ്യാഴാഴ്ച
Malala's father gets diplomatic job in Britain
London: The father of 15-year-old Pakistani teenaged rights activist Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban but survived, has been given a diplomatic job in Britain, a daily said Thursday.
Ziauddin Yousafzai has been appointed Pakistan's education attache at the consulate in Birmingham, sources told the Daily Mail.
The job is believed to be for up to three years and virtually guarantees Malala will remain in the country for that duration for medical treatment.
Malala was targeted by the Taliban for her campaign for girl's education in Pakistan.
In October last year, she was shot in the head in an assassination attempt. She was later flown to Britain for specialist treatment at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
While recovering in hospital, she was visited by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari.
Her father thanked well-wishers for their support.
"She wants me to tell everyone how grateful she is and is amazed that men, women and children from across the world are interested in her well-being," Ziauddin was quoted as saying.
Malala's case drew worldwide attention. She made the shortlist for Time magazine's "Person of the Year" for 2012.
IANS
Malala's father gets diplomatic job in Britain
London: The father of 15-year-old Pakistani teenaged rights activist Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the Taliban but survived, has been given a diplomatic job in Britain, a daily said Thursday.
Ziauddin Yousafzai has been appointed Pakistan's education
attache at the consulate in Birmingham, sources told the Daily Mail.
The job is believed to be for up to three years and virtually
guarantees Malala will remain in the country for that duration for medical
treatment.
Malala was targeted by the Taliban for her campaign for girl's
education in Pakistan.
In October last year, she was shot in the head in an
assassination attempt. She was later flown to Britain for specialist treatment
at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
While recovering in hospital, she was visited by Pakistan
President Asif Ali Zardari.
Her father thanked well-wishers for their support.
"She wants me to tell everyone how grateful she is and is
amazed that men, women and children from across the world are interested in her
well-being," Ziauddin was quoted as saying.
Malala's case drew worldwide attention. She made the shortlist
for Time magazine's "Person of the Year" for 2012.
IANS
US drone kills Pakistani militant Mullah Nazir
Islamabad: Top Pakistani militant leader Mullah Nazir and five others have been killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan, BBC reported Thursday citing security officials.
Nazir and the others were killed when two missiles struck in the tribal district of South Waziristan, the officials added.
Nazir, who was wounded in a suicide bomb attack last November, had been accused of sending fighters to support the Afghan Taliban and fight foreign and pro-government troops.
According to reports, Mullah Nazir's deputy, Ratta Khan, was also killed in the attack.
It was not clear if early Thursday's drone strike had targeted a house or a car in Angoor Adda, near the capital of Wana, close to the Afghan border, BBC said.
Analysts say Mullah Nazir had formed an alliance with the government and opposed the Pakistani Taliban, with whom he was at odds since he advocated attacks on US forces in Afghanistan rather than Pakistani soldiers.
Earlier reports, which had not named Nazir, had put the casuslties between four and five.
IANS
US drone kills Pakistani militant Mullah Nazir
Islamabad: Top Pakistani militant leader Mullah Nazir and five others have been killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan, BBC reported Thursday citing security officials.
Nazir
and the others were killed when two missiles struck in the tribal district of
South Waziristan, the officials added.
Nazir,
who was wounded in a suicide bomb attack last November, had been accused of
sending fighters to support the Afghan Taliban and fight foreign and
pro-government troops.
According
to reports, Mullah Nazir's deputy, Ratta Khan, was also killed in the attack.
It
was not clear if early Thursday's drone strike had targeted a house or a car in
Angoor Adda, near the capital of Wana, close to the Afghan border, BBC said.
Analysts
say Mullah Nazir had formed an alliance with the government and opposed the
Pakistani Taliban, with whom he was at odds since he advocated attacks on US forces
in Afghanistan rather than Pakistani soldiers.
Earlier
reports, which had not named Nazir, had put the casuslties between four and
five.
IANS
Gang-rape: Delhi police files 1000-page charge sheet
New Delhi: Delhi police has filed the charge sheet in Delhi court against five accused in the brutal December 16 gangrape-cum-murder of a 23- year-old paramedical student on a moving bus in Delhi.
All the five accused have been chargesheeted for murder, gangrape, kidnapping, unnatural offences, dacoity, destruction of evidence and criminal conspiracy under IPC.
A Saket court has begun hearing the case of the gang-rape and murder. The court has set January 5 as the next date for hearing.
The sixth person arrested in the case has claimed that he is a minor. Thus, his case will be tried in Juvenile Justice Board.
Gang-rape: Delhi police files 1000-page charge sheet
New Delhi: Delhi police has filed the charge sheet in Delhi court against five accused in the brutal December 16 gangrape-cum-murder of a 23- year-old paramedical student on a moving bus in Delhi.
All
the five accused have been chargesheeted for murder, gangrape, kidnapping,
unnatural offences, dacoity, destruction of evidence and criminal conspiracy
under IPC.
A
Saket court has begun hearing the case of the gang-rape and murder. The court
has set January 5 as the next date for hearing.
The
sixth person arrested in the case has claimed that he is a minor. Thus, his
case will be tried in Juvenile Justice Board.
Rape victim's father asks Centre to respect public sentiments
BALLIA/UTTAR PRADESH: Asking the Centre to make amendments in law to name the proposed new anti-rape law after his daughter, father of the Delhi gangrape victim today said it will be an honour to the girl and respect public sentiments.
"I want the revised anti-rape law to be in the name of my daughter. It will be an honour for her. If there is some problem in doing due to constitutional provisions, Centre could amend them. It will also be a respect of public sentiments", father of the 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim told reporters.
"We will be sad if the anti-rape law is not named after my daughter", he said.
Demanding timely justice for his daughter, the father said that he was satisfied with the Delhi Police action.
The father of the victim also demanded that the Uttar Pradesh government set up a hospital in his village stating that it was wish of his daughter to do so in this backward village.
The Home Ministry has given indications that the revised law, which is expected to be stringent and facilitate speedier justice, is unlikely to be named after the girl who died last Saturday after battling for life for nearly two weeks.
Union Minister Shashi Tharoor had favoured naming the revised anti-rape law after the victim.
Tharoor had got support from former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for his proposal.
"If the family of the victim has given its approval to the law being named after the rape victim I have no objections to it," Mayawati had said, adding "The Central government should convene an all-party meeting and take a decision in consensus with everyone".
Rape victim's father asks Centre to respect public sentiments
BALLIA/UTTAR
PRADESH: Asking the Centre to make amendments in law to name the proposed new
anti-rape law after his daughter, father of the Delhi gangrape victim today
said it will be an honour to the girl and respect public sentiments.
"I want the revised anti-rape
law to be in the name of my daughter. It will be an honour for her. If there is
some problem in doing due to constitutional provisions, Centre could amend
them. It will also be a respect of public sentiments", father of the
23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim told reporters.
"We will be sad if the
anti-rape law is not named after my daughter", he said.
Demanding timely justice for his
daughter, the father said that he was satisfied with the Delhi Police action.
The father of the victim also
demanded that the Uttar Pradesh government set up a hospital in his village
stating that it was wish of his daughter to do so in this backward village.
The Home Ministry has given
indications that the revised law, which is expected to be stringent and
facilitate speedier justice, is unlikely to be named after the girl who died
last Saturday after battling for life for nearly two weeks.
Union Minister Shashi Tharoor had
favoured naming the revised anti-rape law after the victim.
Tharoor had got support from
former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati for his proposal.
"If the family of the victim
has given its approval to the law being named after the rape victim I have no
objections to it," Mayawati had said, adding "The Central government
should convene an all-party meeting and take a decision in consensus with
everyone".
Charge sheet in Delhi gang-rape case likely today
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police is likely to file the charge sheet in the gangrape-cum-murder case of a 23-year- old girl in court here on Thursday and will seek death penalty for the accused during the trial.
A senior police official said the charge sheet is expected to be filed against five of the six accused in the December 16 brutal gangrape and assault case of the girl, who died in a Singapore hospital on December 29.
The sixth person apprehended in the case has claimed that he is a minor and his case will be tried in Juvenile Justice Board. A separate police report will be sent to the Board after a bone test confirms that he is a minor.
"The charge sheet will be in e-format as we do usually," the official said.
Sources said that the main charge sheet will comprise 50 pages and will be accompanied by hundreds of pages of annexures.
Charges of gangrape, murder, kidnapping, criminal assault and robbery among other sections of IPC will be pressed against the accused.
The prosecution during the trial would demand death penalty for the five accused in connection with ghastly incident which stirred the conscience of the nation.
The Singapore doctor, who carried out the postmortem of rape victim, will be included as a witness by the police in its charge sheet, the sources said.
The male friend of the victim will be the main witness in the case while the Singapore doctor, who carried out the postmortem, and the Indian mission official who received her death certificate, would be asked to testify, they said.
Police sources had said that the six accused had also allegedly tried to mow the girl down under the bus after dumping her in south-west Delhi but her male friend had saved her from being crushed in the nick of time.
The victim, a paramedical student, was gang-raped in a moving bus, brutally assaulted and then thrown out of the vehicle along with her male friend, a software engineer, who was also thrashed.
The girl and her friend were returning from the Saket mall after watching a film Life of Pi and had boarded the chartered bus at Munirka for Dwarka not knowing it was plying illegally. The minor among the accused had called for passengers telling them that it was going towards their destination.
Charge sheet in Delhi gang-rape case likely today
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police
is likely to file the charge sheet in the gangrape-cum-murder case of a
23-year- old girl in court here on Thursday and will seek death penalty for the
accused during the trial.
A senior police official said the charge sheet is expected to be filed against five of the six accused in the December 16 brutal gangrape and assault case of the girl, who died in a Singapore hospital on December 29.
The sixth person apprehended in the case has claimed that he is a minor and his case will be tried in Juvenile Justice Board. A separate police report will be sent to the Board after a bone test confirms that he is a minor.
"The charge sheet will be in e-format as we do usually," the official said.
Sources said that the main charge sheet will comprise 50 pages and will be accompanied by hundreds of pages of annexures.
Charges of gangrape, murder, kidnapping, criminal assault and robbery among other sections of IPC will be pressed against the accused.
The prosecution during the trial would demand death penalty for the five accused in connection with ghastly incident which stirred the conscience of the nation.
The Singapore doctor, who carried out the postmortem of rape victim, will be included as a witness by the police in its charge sheet, the sources said.
The male friend of the victim will be the main witness in the case while the Singapore doctor, who carried out the postmortem, and the Indian mission official who received her death certificate, would be asked to testify, they said.
Police sources had said that the six accused had also allegedly tried to mow the girl down under the bus after dumping her in south-west Delhi but her male friend had saved her from being crushed in the nick of time.
The victim, a paramedical student, was gang-raped in a moving bus, brutally assaulted and then thrown out of the vehicle along with her male friend, a software engineer, who was also thrashed.
The girl and her friend were returning from the Saket mall after watching a film Life of Pi and had boarded the chartered bus at Munirka for Dwarka not knowing it was plying illegally. The minor among the accused had called for passengers telling them that it was going towards their destination.
Italian Marines to return to Kerala tomorrow
KOCHI: After celebrating Christmas with their families, the two Italian Marines, facing murder charges in Kerala, are expected to reach the State tomorrow complying with the High Court directive.
Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, who were allowed to go home for two weeks by the court, will board a special flight for Kochi by around 9 p.m. tonight and arrive here by 8.30 tomorrow morning, according to their counsel P. Vijaybhanu.
They will be leaving for Kollam court tomorrow soon after reaching here for surrendering their passports, he said.
Personnel from Defence and External Affairs Ministries of the Italian government are accompanying the two here.
The marines were arrested on February 19 last year for shooting to death two Indian fishermen — Ajesh Binki (25) and Jelestine (45) from onboard merchant vessel ‘Enrica Lexie’ off Alapuzha coast, ‘mistaking’ them for Somali pirates.
Stringent conditions had been laid down by the court, which had asked them to return by January 10. The Kollam sessions court had asked them to be present for the trial on January 15.
The Italians had also executed Rs 6 crore bank guarantee as directed by the Kerala High Court for allowing them to leave for two weeks.
Kerala Government had opposed the marines plea in the High Court by saying it was a ruse to “smuggle them out” and would “torpedo” the ongoing trial.
Italian Marines to return to Kerala tomorrow
KOCHI: After celebrating
Christmas with their families, the two Italian Marines, facing murder charges
in Kerala, are expected to reach the State tomorrow complying with the High
Court directive.
Massimiliano Latorre and
Salvatore Girone, who were allowed to go home for two weeks by the court, will
board a special flight for Kochi by around 9 p.m. tonight and arrive here by
8.30 tomorrow morning, according to their counsel P. Vijaybhanu.
They will be leaving for Kollam
court tomorrow soon after reaching here for surrendering their passports, he
said.
Personnel from Defence and
External Affairs Ministries of the Italian government are accompanying the two
here.
The marines were arrested on
February 19 last year for shooting to death two Indian fishermen — Ajesh Binki
(25) and Jelestine (45) from onboard merchant vessel ‘Enrica Lexie’ off
Alapuzha coast, ‘mistaking’ them for Somali pirates.
Stringent conditions had been
laid down by the court, which had asked them to return by January 10. The
Kollam sessions court had asked them to be present for the trial on January 15.
The Italians had also executed Rs
6 crore bank guarantee as directed by the Kerala High Court for allowing them
to leave for two weeks.
Kerala Government had opposed the
marines plea in the High Court by saying it was a ruse to “smuggle them out”
and would “torpedo” the ongoing trial.
Arya murder case: accused Rajesh gets death sentence
Principal Sessions Judge B Sudheendrakumar awarded death sentence to Rajesh Kumar, who was found guilty of multiple offences, including raping and murdering the girl at her residence at Vattappara near here on March 6, 2012.
The prosecution case was that Rajesh entered the victim's home on the pretext that he wanted some water and a screwdriver for repairing his autorickshaw, which got stopped on the road in front of the house.
The victim, who was preparing for the 10th standard examination at the time, was alone at home as her parents were away.
Rajesh then caught hold of the girl. After raping her, he strangled the girl and ran away from the spot after snatching a gold chain of the victim.
To their shock, the girl's parents found their child lying dead when they returned home.
Rajesh, a native of nearby Kattakkada, was arrested a week later.
The prosecution said the accused had committed rape, murder and robbery and submitted that the crime should be considered as rarest of the rare cases and maximum punishment be awarded to the accused.
Welcoming the verdict, the girl's parents said "let it be a lesson for all" and thanked the police for expeditiously completing the inquiry and filing the chargesheet.
Arya murder case: accused Rajesh gets death sentence
Principal Sessions Judge B Sudheendrakumar awarded death sentence to Rajesh Kumar, who was found guilty of multiple offences, including raping and murdering the girl at her residence at Vattappara near here on March 6, 2012.
The prosecution case was that Rajesh entered the victim's home on the pretext that he wanted some water and a screwdriver for repairing his autorickshaw, which got stopped on the road in front of the house.
The victim, who was preparing for the 10th standard examination at the time, was alone at home as her parents were away.
Rajesh then caught hold of the girl. After raping her, he strangled the girl and ran away from the spot after snatching a gold chain of the victim.
To their shock, the girl's parents found their child lying dead when they returned home.
Rajesh, a native of nearby Kattakkada, was arrested a week later.
The prosecution said the accused had committed rape, murder and robbery and submitted that the crime should be considered as rarest of the rare cases and maximum punishment be awarded to the accused.
Welcoming the verdict, the girl's parents said "let it be a lesson for all" and thanked the police for expeditiously completing the inquiry and filing the chargesheet.
P.P. James, Dwijith get American Press Club Award
KOCHI: Keralakaumudi Deputy Editor P.P. James (feature) and Keralakaumudi Illustrator C.V. Dwijith (cartoon) have been selected for the India Press Club of North America (IPCNA) Award. The award carries a purse of Rs. 25,000 and a plaque. The Madhyamashree Award which carries one lakh rupees went to D. Vijayamohan of Malayala Manorama. Outstanding Contribution to current Journalism award which carries Rs. 50000 goes to T.N. Gopakumar of Asianet News.
Other awards: Best Journalist: K. Ubaidulla (Malayala Manorama), Best Reporter: Rekha Chandra (Mathrubhumi), Photographer: Rajan Pothuval (Mathrubhumi), News Reader: Veena George (Indiavision), Investigative News: Sarath Chandran (Kairali TV), Oneline Media: Santhosh George (Malayala Manorama), and Young Journalist: Jisha Elizabeth (Madhyamam).
The jury comprised K.M. Roy, Dr. Sebastian Paul, Leela Menon and Dr. M.V. Pillai. The awards will be presented by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy at a function at Bolgatty Palace in Kochi at 6.30 pm on January 6.
P.P. James, Dwijith get American Press Club Award
KOCHI: Keralakaumudi Deputy Editor P.P. James
(feature) and Keralakaumudi Illustrator C.V. Dwijith (cartoon) have been
selected for the India Press Club of North America (IPCNA) Award. The award
carries a purse of Rs. 25,000 and a plaque. The Madhyamashree Award which
carries one lakh rupees went to D. Vijayamohan of Malayala Manorama.
Outstanding Contribution to current Journalism award which carries Rs. 50000
goes to T.N. Gopakumar of Asianet News.
Other awards: Best Journalist: K. Ubaidulla (Malayala Manorama), Best Reporter: Rekha Chandra (Mathrubhumi), Photographer: Rajan Pothuval (Mathrubhumi), News Reader: Veena George (Indiavision), Investigative News: Sarath Chandran (Kairali TV), Oneline Media: Santhosh George (Malayala Manorama), and Young Journalist: Jisha Elizabeth (Madhyamam).
The jury comprised K.M. Roy, Dr. Sebastian Paul, Leela Menon and Dr. M.V. Pillai. The awards will be presented by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy at a function at Bolgatty Palace in Kochi at 6.30 pm on January 6.
2013, ജനുവരി 2, ബുധനാഴ്ച
NSE index breaches 6,000 for first time since January 2011
NSE index breaches 6,000 for first time since January 2011
MUMBAI: NSE stock index rose 0.8% on Wednesday to breach the 6,000 mark for the first time in two years after the US House of Representatives approved a deal on the fiscal cliff, sparking broad-based buying.
Banking shares led the gainers as hopes of a January rate cut gathered steam. ICICI Bank rose 0.9%, while State Bank of India rose 1.3%.
The 50-stock NSE index was up 0.8% as of 0553 GMT, after earlier rising to as high as 6,000.50 points, trading above that key psychological level for the first time since Jan. 7, 2011.
The benchmark 30-stock BSE index rose 0.79%.
Bansal to open anniversary celebrations
KOZHIKODE: Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal will inaugurate the 125th anniversary celebrations of the Kozhikode Railway Station. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will preside over the function. Minister of State for Home Mullappalli Ramachandran, Minister of State for Railways Kotla Jayasurya Prakash Reddy, Ministers Aryadan Muhammed and M K Muneer, Kozhikode Mayor Prof A K Premajam and A Pradeep Kumar, MLA, would be among those present.
Elaborate arrangements were in place for the successful conduct of the event, organisers said. They said an exhibition showcasing the history and development of Indian Railways will begin as part of the year-long celebrations. This included wooden train coaches, coaches with linking Hofman Bush technology, steam engines, diesel engines, electric engines, double ducker coaches, cranes, wagons, photographs, old railway tickets, signal lights and records
Bansal to open anniversary celebrations
KOZHIKODE: Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal will inaugurate the 125th anniversary celebrations of the Kozhikode Railway Station. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will preside over the function. Minister of State for Home Mullappalli Ramachandran, Minister of State for Railways Kotla Jayasurya Prakash Reddy, Ministers Aryadan Muhammed and M K Muneer, Kozhikode Mayor Prof A K Premajam and A Pradeep Kumar, MLA, would be among those present.
Elaborate arrangements were in place for the successful conduct of the event, organisers said. They said an exhibition showcasing the history and development of Indian Railways will begin as part of the year-long celebrations. This included wooden train coaches, coaches with linking Hofman Bush technology, steam engines, diesel engines, electric engines, double ducker coaches, cranes, wagons, photographs, old railway tickets, signal lights and records
NSE index breaches 6,000 for first time since January 2011
NSE index breaches 6,000 for first time since January 2011
MUMBAI: NSE stock index rose 0.8% on Wednesday to breach the 6,000 mark for the first time in two years after the US House of Representatives approved a deal on the fiscal cliff, sparking broad-based buying.
Banking shares led the gainers as hopes of a January rate cut gathered steam. ICICI Bank rose 0.9%, while State Bank of India rose 1.3%.
The 50-stock NSE index was up 0.8% as of 0553 GMT, after earlier rising to as high as 6,000.50 points, trading above that key psychological level for the first time since Jan. 7, 2011.
The benchmark 30-stock BSE index rose 0.79%.
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