Acid bottles found in Bhatkal’s Goa house
Panaji: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has recovered some bottles of acid from the house which the alleged co-founder of terror outfit Indian Mujahiddin, Yasin Bhatkal, had rented in Goa in November 2011. NIA sleuths brought Bhatkal — arrested from Nepal-India border recently — to Goa on Saturday night by a chartered flight. They flew back to Delhi after visiting Anjuna village, where he had lived, and Chimbel, a slum area near Panaji, police sources said.
Raje wants CBI probe against rape accused
Jaipur: The Rajasthan BJP president and former CM Vasundhara Raje has demanded a CBI inquiry into the rape charge against Babul lal Nagar, a Minister of State in the Congress Government. She said this reflected on the condition of women in the State, which now ranks as the number two State in crimes against women nation-wide. “It is shocking for a State known to respect women that those in power are indulging in such actions,” she said in Jaipur on Wednesday.
Court reserves order on Jagan’s bail plea
Hyderabad: A special CBI court on Wednesday reserved its order till September 23 on the bail plea of the jailed YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy in a case related to alleged quid-pro-quo investments in the companies owned by him. The CBI opposed Jagan’s bail petition contending that if the Kadapa MP is enlarged on bail, it could influence/affect the trial in the case.
hospitals, doctors join pro-Andhra stir
Rajahmundry: Over 125 private hospitals remained closed in East Godavari district on Wednesday, while private doctors joined the protests against the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. The hospitals and doctors joined the agitation on a call given by the Andhra Pradesh non-gazetted officers’ association. “Over 125 private hospitals remained shut and 350 private doctors joined the ‘samaikyandhra’ agitation as a call given by the APNGOs at their meeting recently held at Hyderabad, in protest against the bifurcation of the State,” president of Indian medical Association (Rajahmundry division) A Venkateswara Rao said in a Press release.