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9 people killed in Lakhimpur Kheri road accident

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At least nine people were killed and eight others injured on Saturday morning (April 28) after a passenger vehicle carrying them rammed into a stationary goods truck in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh.
The accident took place on highway at Lakhimpur Kheri district about 129 km north of Lucknow, the capital city of Uttar Pradesh.

The passenger van was carrying 17 people. Nine people died on the spot. The injured persons were rushed to a nearby hospital in Shahjahanpur.

Police have registered a case and ordered investigations to ascertain reasons behind the accident.

Hindusthan Samachar/Shri Ram Shaw

SC stays trial in Kathua case till May 7

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The Supreme Court today stayed till May 7 the trial in the Kathua gangrape and murder case, after being seized with petitions seeking shifting of the trial to Chandigarh and handing over the investigation to the CBI.

A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices D Y Chandrachud and Indu Malhotra said it will deal with the prayer of the victim’s father for shifting the trial to Chandigarh and the plea of the accused seeking handing over the probe to CBI.

The bench posted the matter for further hearing on May 7. The child from a minority nomadic community had disappeared from near her home in a village near Kathua in Jammu region on January 10. Her body was found in the same area a week later.

During the hearing, the apex court witnessed heated exchanges between senior advocate Indira Jaising, who appeared for the victim’s family, and advocate Harvinder Chaudhary, who was representing the accused. Jaising said the case be transferred to Chandigarh due to proximity to Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir and the incidents of obstruction of police personnel by lawyers of the local court.

She said that attempts were made to intimidate the presiding judge of the court and the crime branch officials were heckled by the lawyers, as is evident in the affidavit of Jammu and Kashmir government. Chaudhary said his clients do not have faith in police investigation and the probe should go to CBI. She alleged that the police was hand-in-glove with vested interests to falsely implicate the accused while the real culprits were someone else.

Advocate General Jahangir Iqbal Ganai, along with standing counsel Shoeb Alam, appearing for Jammu and Kashmir, opposed the prayer for a CBI probe and said the SIT of the crime branch was investigating the case. Ganai said the trial could be shifted from Kathua and Jammu to some other district in the state as there were 221 witnesses and most of the statements recorded so far were in Urdu.

Alam said that Jammu and Kashmir has its own penal law and if the trial is shifted to Chandigarh, then it may create several problems. Additional Solicitor General Maninder Singh, appearing for the Centre, said the government was ready to provide any assistance if required but the call has to be taken by the Jammu and Kashmir government.

The apex court had yesterday given a stern warning and said it would transfer the Kathua gangrape and murder case from the local court in the “slightest possibility” of lack of fair trial, saying the “real concern” was to hold proper prosecution.

The eight-year-old’s father had moved the apex court earlier, apprehending threat to the family, a friend and their lawyer Deepika Singh Rajawat. A separate plea was also filed by two accused seeking that the trial in the case be held in Jammu and the probe handed over to the CBI.

The state police’s Crime Branch, which probed the case, filed the main charge sheet against seven persons and a separate charge sheet against a juvenile in a court in Kathua district last week. The charge sheet revealed chilling details about how the girl was allegedly kidnapped, drugged and raped inside a place of worship before being killed.

(PTI)

Durishetty Anudeep tops the UPSC examination

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Anu Kumari is the topper among the female candidates securing an overall second rank

The Union Public Service Commission has declared final results of Civil Services Examination 2017. A total of 990 candidates including 750 men and 240 women have been recommended by the Commission for appointment to various Services.

Durishetty Anudeep who belongs to OBC category has topped the examination. Anudeep has qualified the examination with Anthropology as his optional subject.

Anu Kumari is the topper among the female candidates securing an overall second rank. She has graduated with BSc (Hons) in Physics from Delhi University and has done MBA from IMT, Nagpur. The recommended candidates also include 29 Divyang persons. Saumya Sharma with hearing impairment, has secured an overall Ninth Rank. The top 25 candidates comprise of 17 men and 08 women.

The Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2017 was conducted on 18th June last year. Over Nine lakh 57 thousand candidates applied for this examination, out of which over 4 lakh 56 thousand candidates actually appeared. 13,366 candidates qualified for the Main Examination and of them, 2568 candidates qualified for the Personality Test.

Hindusthan Samachar/Shri Ram Shaw

BJP to organise Mahila Jagruthi interaction across Karnataka today

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PM Modi to address series of rallies beginning May 1
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is organising Mahila Jagruthi interaction across the state on Saturday (April 28) in which Union ministers Nirmala Sitaraman, Smriti Irani, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyothi and spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi and others will take part.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a series of rallies in Karnataka beginning May 1 for assembly elections. He is scheduled to address public rallies in Chamrajnagar, Udupi and Belagavi districts on the 1st of May.

On the other hand, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will be on statewide tour from today. He will hit the campaign trail from Belagavi and travel south in the next ten days. Meanwhile, Congress has charged that BJP is spreading false information among voters.

Hindusthan Samachar/Shri Ram Shaw

CSK to clash with Mumbai Indians at Pune today : IPL

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In IPL Cricket, Chennai Super Kings will clash with Mumbai Indians at Pune on Saturday (April 28) at 8 in the evening.

On Friday night, Delhi Daredevils defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 55 runs at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi.

After this win, Delhi has climbed to the seventh spot in the 8-team points table while Kolkata remained static at fourth position. Chennai is leading the table followed by Hyderabad at second and Punjab at third. Defending Champions Mumbai are at the bottom now.

Put into bat, Delhi Daredevils posted a massive 219 for 4 in stipulated 20 overs. Skipper Shreyas Iyer was unbeaten on 93 off 40 balls and Prithvi Shaw made a valuable 62. Kolkata were restricted to 164 for 9.

Hindusthan Samachar/Shri Ram Shaw

Man attacks school kids with knife, kills nine in China

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In China, a man wielding a knife has killed nine middle school children and injured at least 10 in Shaanxi province.
According to media reports, the 28-year-old suspect, who was a graduate of the same middle school, has been detained.
His actions were reportedly motivated by a grudge after he confessed of being bullied during his time there.

Hindusthan Samachar/Shri Ram Shaw

In Karnataka, cash worth over 40 crore rupees seized so far

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In Karnataka, the Election Model of Conduct is enforced all over the state and Flying Squad teams have seized cash worth over 40 crore rupees and booked 553 cases so far.

The state-owned Mysore Paints and Varnish company has supplied one lakh 32 thousand vials of indelible ink for the forthcoming assembly election. Each vial contains 10 ml of indelible ink and can be used to mark the fingers of 800 voters.

BJP national President Amit Shah is campaigning in Bagalkote and Vijayapura. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will begin his state wide campaign from Belagavi and JD(S) state President H D Kumaraswamy will campaign in Chintamani today. Union Defence minister Nirmala Sitaraman will inaugurate Mahila Jagruthi interaction programme in Bengaluru today.

On Friday (April 27), A BJP delegation led by Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi met the Election Commission in New Delhi and demanded free and fair elections in Karnataka. They submitted a list of officials to the Election Commission, including the Commissioner of Bengaluru, “who are interfering in fair conduct of polls”.

Hindusthan Samachar/Shri Ram Shaw

Estimated 60 percent of Yarmouk destroyed amid violence: Group

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Smoke rises from Yarmouk Palestinian camp in Damascus, Syria [File: Ali Hashisho/Reuters]

by Al Jazeera

An estimated 60 percent of Syria’s Yarmouk refugee camp for Palestinians has been destroyed as government forces and their allies escalate a military offensive against armed groups in the Damascus-area camp, according to a watchdog group.

Citing an eyewitness, the UK-based Action Group for Palestinians of Syria said on Friday that the destruction has largely been caused by barrel bombs, missiles and shelling.

The group said that “families were buried under the rubble of their homes” in Yarmouk, where an estimated 3,000 people still reside.

On Wednesday, Palestinian refugee Salah al-Abayat was killed by Syrian government air strikes on the camp, bringing the total number of people killed to 31 since April 19, when the latest bout of fighting started.

On April 19, the Syrian government and allied Palestinian armed groups launched a renewed military offensive against armed groups – including the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) – in the besieged refugee camp.

On Thursday, Palestinian political party Hamas issued an appeal to all sides involved in the fighting to reach a truce.

That same day, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), warned of “catastrophic consequences” of the intensified violence in Yarmouk and the surrounding areas, including al-Hajar al-Aswad and Yalda.

“Yarmouk and its inhabitants have endured indescribable pain and suffering over years of conflict,” Pierre Krahenbuhl, UNRWA’s commissioner-general, said in a statement.

“We are deeply concerned about the fate of thousands of civilians, including Palestine refugees, after more than a week of dramatically increased violence.”

‘Under fire’
The UN group said that there are no hospitals currently operational in the camp, which has been blockaded by government forces on the one hand, and armed opposition groups on the other for several years.

“The intense bombing and shelling has reportedly damaged thousands of homes,” UNRWA said in its statement, calling for “immediate granting of safe passage for civilians wishing to leave the camp and surrounding areas”.

UNRWA added: “There is no more running water and very little electricity.”

An estimated 200,000 people – Palestinian refugees, Syrians and others – lived in Yarmouk before Syria’s war started in March 2011.

Since 2013, government forces and armed groups loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have imposed a harsh siege on Yarmouk, restricting the flow of food, medicine and other humanitarian goods into the camp.

As the siege wore on, residents of Yarmouk were reduced to eating grass and stray animals to survive, according to reports at the time.

In March 2015, the situation in Yarmouk worsened when ISIL invaded the camp and took control of most of its territory.

On April 22, Action Group for Palestinians of Syria, the Palestinian Return Centre, the France-based Democratic Republic Studies Centre and the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression published a joint report detailing the grim situation in Yarmouk.

According to that report – Yarmouk Set on Fire (PDF) – the camp had been bombed twice every 90 seconds since the start of the latest military offensive on April 19.

Last Sunday alone, Yarmouk was bombarded with 140 Syrian and Russian air strikes, 78 barrel bombs and 98 surface-to-surface missiles, the report said.

Killed, missing or detained
Upwards of 430,000 Palestinian refugees still live in Syria, many trapped in besieged or hard-to-reach areas, according to UNRWA.

Action Group for Palestinians of Syria says at least 3,729 Palestinian refugees have been killed during Syria’s civil war, while 309 are considered missing and another 1,674 are currently detained.

SANA, the Syrian government’s state media outlet, said on Friday that government forces were advancing in several areas in southern Damascus, including al-Hajar al-Aswad, the neighbourhood situated adjacent to Yarmouk.

Many Palestinian refugees from Yarmouk have been displaced to al-Hajar al-Aswad.

Friday’s report came just one day after SANA reported that government forces had killed “dozens of terrorists” in the area.

Throughout seven years of war in Syria, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and millions have fled Syria or are displaced within the country’s borders.

Keep Both Congress & BJP At Bay, Mayawati Tells Voters

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Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President Mayawati yesterday gave a clarion call to voters to keep both the Congress and BJP at bay and vote for the JD(S)-BSP combine to create an inclusive society.

Mayawati was in Mysuru yesterday to launch the campaign of the JD(S)-BSP combine ahead of the polls and she addressed a rally at Maharaja’s College Grounds. “I urge you to reject the Congress and the BJP which have neglected the poor, the Dalits and the backward classes.
The Congress, which had a stronghold over the Governments in the country for several decades, did not allow the downtrodden to prosper, for its political gains,” she charged.

“In view of promoting the welfare of the Dalits and backward classes, the BSP has formed a coalition with the JD(S) in Karnataka. When the BSP was in power in Uttar Pradesh, it strived for the development of all communities. If the JD(S)-BSP combine is voted to power, Kumaraswamy will give a pro-people administration,” she said.

She exuded confidence that the JD(S) and BSP combine is a winnable combination and Kumaraswamy will be the next Chief Minister of Karnataka. “The BJP and team were against the implementation of the Mandal Commission Report. The Congress praised Dalits but it didn’t implement the Commission Report. The Congress also failed to recognise the services of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar by giving him Bharat Ratna. It was the V.P. Singh Government that fulfilled both the wishes of BSP,” she stated.

Democratic right to vote in Karnataka polls but can’t travel to India: Vijay Mallya

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Liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who is facing charges for financial irregularities involving an amount of around Rs 9,000 crores, as well as money laundering cases in India, on Friday said it was his democratic right to vote in the Karnataka Assembly polls but he “cannot travel” to India.

Mallya had represented Karnataka twice in the Rajya Sabha.
“It is my democratic right to vote in Karnataka but conditions of my bail are such that I cannot leave the UK,” Mallya told reporters outside the Westminister Magistrate’s Court where the hearing in his ongoing extradition trial is being held.

However, when asked about his opinion on the state polls, he said, “I haven’t been following the politics there so cannot comment on the political developments.”

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