Dabholkar murder: HC notice to CBI
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday issued notice to CBI on a PIl urging probe by an independent agency into murder of anti-superstition activist Narendra Dabholkar to find out whether Hindu right-wing activists were involved in the crime. A division bench headed by Justice P V Hardas also allowed petitioner Ketan Tirodkar to amend his petition to include CBI as a respondent instead of National Investigation Agency (NIA). Dabholkar, who spearheaded the anti-superstition movement in Maharashtra, was shot dead in Pune on August 20 last year. The police are still clueless about identity of the culprits.
Mamata: sooner UPA govt goes the better
Jalpaiguri: Expressing dissatisfaction at the Centre not acceding to her demands for restructuring of the State's debt, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the sooner the UPA Government goes the better. “Despite repeatedly telling this Government, it has deprived and exploited the State. The Prime Minister had himself committed before the election (2011 Assembly polls) that if we were voted to power, the Centre would help the State and restructure the debt. Nearly three years have elapsed since then,” Banerjee told a Press conference here. “This Government is on the way out. The sooner it goes the better,” she said.
Mild earthquake hits Ajmer, Pali border
Jaipur: A low intensity earthquake struck Ajmer district and Pali border in Rajasthan on Monday night. The quake, measuring 2.8 on Richter Scale, was recorded at 22:48 hours, met department said. There was no report of any damage to property or injuries to any person.
Stone-pelting: youths granted amnesty in J&K
Jammu&Kashmir: The Jammu & Kashmir Government on Tuesday said 1811 youths were granted amnesty in stone-pelting cases registered in 2010-11 in the State. Amnesty had been granted to 1811 youths involved in 230 cases of stone-pelting during 2010 and 2011, it said in the legislative Assembly. Of these cases, 228 had been withdrawn and proceedings in the remaining two were underway, the government said in a written reply. It said there was no proposal under its consideration to grant amnesty to any militant or terrorist involved in henious crime.
Varun Gandhi takes dig at AAP
Sultanpur (UP): Apparently taking a dig at Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP, BJP leader Varun Gandhi on Tuesday said he would rather use the Hindi expression ‘samanya aadmi' for the common man instead of ‘aam aadmi'. “I will not use the term aam aadmi as it will mean losing out on 50,000 votes..I will instead talk about samanya aadmi,” the BJP MP from Pilibhit said at a rally here. Gandhi, who is likely to contest from Sultanpur constituency in the upcoming general elections, questioned the lack of development in the district.