Rahul’s ‘comb’ barb irks Maha bald men
Nashik: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s barb aimed at BJP at recent AICC meet has hurt the sentiments of bald people here who feel the remarks smacked of lampooning the natural phenomenon. A number of bald men in Amalner town of Jalgaon district in North Maharashtra on Wednesday took out a morcha against Rahul’s statement that “Opposition can even sell a comb to a bald man”. A memorandum was submitted to Sub-Divisional Officer Tukaram Hulwale by a delegation. The members said Rahul’s comment though aimed at BJP has hurt their feelings and smacks of ridicule.
pneumonia kills UP Baby in relief camp
Muzaffarnagar: A five-month-old baby girl has succumbed to pneumonia in a relief camp at Malakpur village in Shamli district here. Superintendent of Government Health Centre of Kairana, Charan Singh said a team has been sent for inquiry into the death of the child. According to camp organiser Maulana Aslem, Shabnam contracted pneumonia due to the cold conditions sweeping the region and died on Thursday.
Bihar to dismiss 70 corrupt officers
Patna: The Bihar Government has decided to dismiss 70 corrupt officers, and more will be sacked in the coming weeks, an official said on Friday. Chief Secretary AK Sinha has given the go-ahead for the dismissal of the 70, an official in the Chief Minister’s office said. Official sources said that most officers facing the sack were caught red-handed while accepting bribes.
sp mla dies of heart attack
lucknow: Ruling Samajwadi Party MlA from Unnao, Deepak Kumar, died of heart attack in a private hospital in Gurgaon. Deepak Kumar (55) was a four-time MlA and was once elected as MP. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav expressed profound grief over the MlA’s demise. “Kumar was a true socialist and was always sensitive to the problems of the poor and deprived,” the Chief Minister said.
‘BJP NEVER WANTED TO CONSTRUCT RAM TEMPlE’
lucknow: Hitting out at BJP and its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Samajwadi Party national president Mulayam Singh Yadav said that the BJP never wanted to construct Ram temple they were interested only to keep the issue alive. “If the BJP was really interested it could had done it easily when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the PM and Kalyan Singh was CM of UP,” he said.