Accidents & Disasters – Newsletter for February 16, 2011

Delhi Police to increase vigil in outer Delhi areas: Gupta

NEW DELHI – Delhi police commissioner B.K. Gupta Wednesday said vigilance would be increased in outer Delhi areas as they are more crime prone.

“Delhi Police will soon get 75 new Police Control Room (PCR) vans,” Gupta told reporters on the sidelines of the 64th Raising Day parade of Delhi Police.
“We will …. Source article  : Delhi Police to increase vigil in outer Delhi areas: Gupta.

Foreign journalists attacked in China

BEIJING – Chinese security forces assaulted foreign journalists attempting to visit a dissident under house arrest, the Foreign Correspondents Club of China said Wednesday.

“Correspondents should be careful if they attempt to enter the village of activist Chen Guangcheng in Shandong province,” the club warned after incidents involving journalists of US broadcaster CNN, the New … Read : Foreign journalists attacked in China.

Pakistani girl films grisly murder of her lover

ISLAMABAD – A jilted Pakistani girl, who orchestrated the murder of her 20-year-old lover, had filmed the gruesome act on her mobile phone as two of her associates hacked his body into pieces after stabbing him to death, police said.

Fresh evidence shows that Kamran’s murder was more gruesome than previously thought.
Seventeen-year-old Maira Maryam …. Read the original article  : Pakistani girl films grisly murder of her lover.

Video shows Chinese man skinning dog on roadside

SHANGHAI – A video has been posted on Chinese websites that shows a man using a knife to skin a golden retriever dog on a busy street in Shanghai, which has ignited calls for appropriate laws to protect animals.

The five-minute video was uploaded on the ipai.kankanews.com website Tuesday by a woman who said she … Read more : Video shows Chinese man skinning dog on roadside.

Why is Karunanidhi denying Tata’s letter now: Jayalalithaa

CHENNAI – AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa Wednesday asked why Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi was belatedly denying receiving a handwritten letter from industrialist Rata Tata.

In a statement issued here, she said: “Karunanidhis hasty denial of the letter from Ratan Tata, reportedly hand-delivered to him by Niira Radia, raises a new set of …. Source article  : Why is Karunanidhi denying Tata’s letter now: Jayalalithaa.

Chhattisgarh junior official’s illegal assets – Rs.50 mn!

RAIPUR – A junior official posted in Chhattisgarhs Korba town has illegal assets worth a whopping Rs.50 million, officials of the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) said Wednesday.

EOW carried out raids Tuesday at five locations related to Awadhkishore Gautam, sub-divisional officer with the water resources department, and seized several documents.
“After analyzing the papers we … Original source on Gaea Times at : Chhattisgarh junior official’s illegal assets – Rs.50 mn!.

`Increase in violence against women in Pakistan’

ISLAMABAD – The incidents of violence against women are increasing in Pakistan, said Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Asma Jahangir.

Jahangir said violence against women was taking place everyday due to apathy of the police and the government towards the victims, Daily Times reported Wednesday.
She was speaking at a press conference along …. Source  : `Increase in violence against women in Pakistan’.

Three held with 100 cartridges and firearms

LUCKNOW – Three arms smugglers, two of them from Uttarakhand, were arrested with illegal firearms and over 100 live cartridges in Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh, police said Wednesday.

The three men were held late Tuesday from Sungadhi town following a joint operation by the Special Task Force (STF) and the district police.
“Preliminary investigations …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Three held with 100 cartridges and firearms.

Journalist sexually assaulted at Tahrir celebration

WASHINGTON – A journalist working for CBS News “suffered a brutal and sexual assault” when she was covering the celebration at Cairo’s Tahrir Square Feb 11, the day when Egypt’s president Hosni Mubarak stepped down.

The correspondent was covering the jubilation in Tahrir Square for a story when she and her team was surrounded “by …. Original article  : Journalist sexually assaulted at Tahrir celebration.

20 charged with $200 mn health care fraud in US

Miami, Feb 16 (IANS/EFE) Twenty people, including three physicians, have been charged with health care fraud worth $200 million, the office of the attorney of Florida state in the US said.

The 20 people are accused of taking part in a fraud network that cheated the government of “purported mental health services”.
In all, 38 … Original article on : 20 charged with $200 mn health care fraud in US.

Judge shot dead in Guatemala

Guatemala City, Feb 16 (IANS/EFE) A civil court judge was shot dead by unidentified assailants in northern Guatemala, officials said.

Judge Eddy Caceres Rodriguez was Tuesday shot at least four times, including twice in the head. He died at a hospital in Peten province, police said.
The 48-year-old judge was attacked near his residence in …. Read the original article  : Judge shot dead in Guatemala.

Varsity security guard shoots two dead

GREATER NOIDA – A security guard at a private university Tuesday shot dead two men, both former guards at the institution after they beat him up alleging he he had been responsible for their removal, police said.

The two security guards Sachin Tomar and Indrajeet barged in to the room of Ravinder and started to … Read more »»».

Management aspirant hangs self

NOIDA – A 25-year-old man preparing for Common Admission Test (CAT) – the gateway to pursue MBA in Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) – committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his bedroom here, police said.

Asif Raza, a resident of Lucknow, was preparing for CAT-2011 and was living in Noida.
His …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Management aspirant hangs self.

Abu Salem threatening me, says his brother

AZAMGARH – Underworld don Abu Salem has been charged with threatening his brother Abu Jais here over a property dispute.

Jais, who lives in Azamgarh – the native district of Salem – Tuesday alleged that he has received repeated threats from his brother in the last few days.
“He has threatened me several times…He wants … Read more >>>.

Newborn girl’s body found in train

NEW DELHI – The body of a newborn baby girl was recovered from a toilet aboard a train at the Nizamuddin Railway Station in south Delhi Tuesday evening, police said.

The body was recovered from a toilet on the Utkal Express when it halted at the station at 7 p.m. A passenger told us about [..] Read the original article: here.

Two factories gutted, no casualties

NEW DELHI – In two incidents Tuesday, two factories were gutted in fire, destroying property worth Rs.12 lakh in the capital, police said. No one was injured.

In the first incident, a plastic factory caught fire in Paschim Vihar area of west Delhi around 8.30 a.m. Valuables worth Rs.5 lakh were destroyed.
Around 12 … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Two factories gutted, no casualties.

Five held for selling fake gold bricks

NEW DELHI – A gang that duped people by selling fake gold bricks was busted with the arrest of five people in south Delhi, police said Tuesday.

The arrested have been identified as Islam, 32, Faruq, 24, Anjala, 22, Arshad and Ikbal, 25, all from Mewat in Haryana.
They were apprehended from south Delhi on …. Original source  : Five held for selling fake gold bricks.

Student commits suicide by jumping off Metro station

NEW DELHI – A 22-year-engineering student committed suicide by jumping off an elevated Metro station in west Delhi, police said Tuesday.

Police said the body was recovered Monday near the Kirti Nagar Metro Station after a passerby raised an alarm and police control room was informed. The body was identified with the clues from a …. Original source  : Student commits suicide by jumping off Metro station.

Pandher has some explanation to do: Apex court

NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court Tuesday confirmed the death penalty awarded to Nithari serial killer Surendra Koli and indicated that his employer and businessman Moninder Singh Pandher, in whose house the gruesome murders took place in 2006, had some explanation to do.

“For two years, murders were going on in your (Pandher’s) house. …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Pandher has some explanation to do: Apex court.

Childless woman commits suicide in capital

NEW DELHI – Unable to conceive despite five years of marriage, a 28-year-old woman killed herself by jumping from her second-floor house in north Delhi Tuesday, police said.

Reena Sharma, who lived in Kewal Park area of Adarsh Nagar, jumped to her death around 9 a.m. Tuesday. She was rushed to a nearby hospital where …. Read the original article  : Childless woman commits suicide in capital.