Grenade blast near Manipur CM’s house
Imphal: A powerful grenade exploded in front of Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh’s residential complex in Imphal West district on Wednesday evening but no casualty was reported, police sources said. Police said the grenade might have been exploded by militants who were trying to disturb the forthcoming I-Day celebration in the State.
Close shave for Asaram Bapu’s son
Ahmedabad: Notation Sai, son of religious Guru Asaram Bapu had a miraculous escape when the helicopter carrying him and three other sadhvis crash-landed at the Chartoda Kabristan in Gomtipur area of Ahmedabad on Wednesday. Sources said that, the helicopter was reported to have developed a technical snag and the pilot’s attempt to bring it down was not entirely successful. He, however, managed to steer it to the Chartoda graveyard.
Bodh Gaya blasts: NIA arrests Hindu priest
Patna: The National Investigation Agency probing the serial bomb blasts at Bodh Gaya’s Mahabodhi temple, has arrested a Hindu priest, Arup Brahmachari, police said on Wednesday. “The NIA team, with the help of the police, arrested Arup Brahmachari who was absconding after the blasts,” an officer of the Bodh Gaya police station said.
PMO denies release of files on Netaji kin
Kolkata: Turning down an RTI appeal, the Prime Minister’s Office has said releasing secret files about Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s widow Emilie Schenkl and daughter Anita Bose may upset relations with foreign countries. Chandrachur Ghose
who runs the website www.subhaschandrabose.org had appealed under the RTI Act to provide access to letters written by Netaji’s widow and daughter to the Government.
Migrants targetted in Sangli after rape
Sangli: Suspected Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and Shiv Sena activists on Wednesday attacked migrant workers from North India and ransacked their properties in adjoining Kolhapur district after a two-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a labourer from Jharkhand.
Two persons received minor injures when the activists, armed with sticks, went on a rampage and targeted migrant workers in laksyateerth Vasavth, the area where the rape incident took place on Tuesday.