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All four suspects have been arrested.
Defence sources said that Havildar Sasmal was among the five soldiers whose convoy was ambushed in Jonglei region of South Sudan on April 9.
Five Indian Army personnel, including a Lt Colonel were killed and four injured during a UN peacekeeping mission when their 32-member convoy was attacked. Havildar Sasmal from 9 mechanised Infantry hailed from Patospur village in Howrah district. He is survived by his mother, wife, a nine-year-old daughter and a five-year-old son.
A bench of justices G S Singhvi and S J Mukhopadhyay is also expected to pass order on a plea of a non-government organisation for fixing a time frame for dealing with the mercy petitions.
The verdict might have a bearing on a number of petitions filed by other condemned prisoners including death row convict in the Rajiv Gandhi murder case seeking for commutation of their death sentence to life imprisonment on the ground of delay.
Shyam Thorbole, the assistant municipal commissioner, was arrested on January 23 this year by the Thane's Anti-Corruption Bureau unit for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from a complainant at Diva, where the TMC had demolished around seven illegal chawls, they said.
He allegedly accepted the bribe for discontinuation of the demolition drive. Following his arrest in the bribery case, he was suspended. Thorbole was later out on bail and was under the police scanner.
Government sources said as per the assurance given by India to Italy, the marines will not be given death sentence and hence the stringent Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act, 2002 slapped against the duo will be dropped. Under this Act, offence of murder is punishable only with death sentence.
BJP today alleged that the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in which Jagdish Tytler is facing charges were "sponsored" by the Congress at the behest of the Gandhi family and sought to know why the ruling party has been silent on the issue for the last 28 years.
The main Opposition also said there are no similarities between the 1984 "massacre" and the 2002 post-Godhra riots and claimed that prompt action was taken by the government in the latter case.
"We welcome the court decision to reopen the case against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 anti-Sikh massacre. He is a permanent invitee to the Congress Working Committee and even contested the 2004 elections. The riots were actually a Congress-sponsored massacre of the Sikhs," BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman told reporters.
NDTV: In late August 1976, when India was under an Emergency that gave his mother Indira Gandhi absolute powers, Congress leader Sanjay Gandhi was shot at thrice by an "unknown assailant," according to a cable sent by US diplomats to Washington.
It was the third attempt to assassinate Mrs Gandhi's younger son, they reported. Mr Gandhi, then 30, was visiting Uttar Pradesh when the "well-planned assassination attempt" was made, the cable noted, and said he was "not critically injured." It credited the information to a clandestine source and said a high-powered rifle was used in the attack.
Expressing shock over the 'premeditated assault' on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Mitra and other senior State Ministers in New Delhi, Governor M K Narayanan said on Wednesday that the incident was 'serious enough to warrant a public apology' by the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Communist Party of India state chief Biman Bose responded that the governor probably did not even know what politburo is. To this, Narayanan retorted, "I have been studying communism for the last 60 years."
Speaking in an exclusive interview with CNN-IBN editor-in-chief Rajdeep Sardesai, the Congress leader said he wouldn't contest elections until his name was cleared by the court. Read
"I encouraged increased German participation in India''s rapid economic growth and our plans to modernize and upgrade our manufacturing and infrastructure sectors. Our Infrastructure plans entail investment of a trillion dollars in the next five years. I also sought continuing openness and support to growing Indian presence in Germany, including in the services sector," said Dr Singh.
Doctors at the premier Belle Vue clinic, where Banerjee is undergoing treatment, said she had pain in her shoulder and waist and was under close surveillance with an advice not to do any official work for the time being.
The Chief Minister was admitted with complaints of palpitation, breathing trouble and acute joint pain in shoulder and waist shortly after her return from Delhi yesterday.
"She is stable but under continuous monitoring by doctors. She was administered oxygen last night as per requirement. Her pulse rate is low and palpitation is there," Dr Subroto Moitra, head of the 10-member medical team attending to her, said.
He said Banerjee had undergone several investigations and MRI and CT scan reports were expected tomorrow.
She had problems on her left knee and was suffering from pain, for which she was given medicines and sedatives. Doctor said she had some problems in her waist which would be cured by physiotherapy.
The government is still finalising the list of foreign dignitaries who will receive invitations to the ceremonial funeral next Wednesday of the "Iron Lady", who successfully led Britain into a war to expel Argentine forces that invaded the South Atlantic archipelago in 1982.
Prime Minister David Cameron's Downing Street office said that some current world leaders would be invited -- but Kirchner, who has led a fiery campaign to push Buenos Aires' sovereignty claims over the Falklands, was not among them.
Ronald Reagan's widow Nancy is understood to be too frail to travel.Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev will also not be attending due to health problems, his spokesman has said. Read the full report here.
Objecting to the remarks, Karat said how did the governor know the attacks were premeditated and the remarks did not befit a governor.
Also read Tomy's interview to rediff.com before he set sail.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and his associates have, according to a website, decided that the BJP must not project anyone as the prime ministerial candidate. The decision was reached after consultations with BJP president Rajnath Singh and BJP Parliamentary Party chairman LK Advani.
The decision is the outcome of an all India survey of 543 Lok Sabha
constituencies.
His colleague told Rediff.com that Modi undergoes navrat fast for over 30 years now. For the next five days, he won't eat at all except small morsels of saunth (a variation of ginger)and jaggery. After five days of this fast, he will fast taking fruit once a day. In the evening, he will eat one fruit.
Modi is a believer of goddess Bahucharaji, whose temple is near Patan. He often visits the temple early in the morning with barely any security.
During the fast Modi keeps himself busy and goes to office too. However, after the fifth day he feels weak, despite his strong resolve.
In Delhi, both Left and TMC supporters will hold separate rallies in different parts of the city to protest against the death of SFI student leader Sudipta Gupta and manhandling of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by SFI protesters in New Delhi on Tuesday, respectively.
TMC workers vandalised classrooms and the historic science lab, the Baker Laboratory inside the college campus.
The Chief Minister has announced financial assistance to families of Hawaldar Heeralal from Bulandshahr and Nayab Sbedar Shiv Kumar Pal hailing from Pratapgarh district. "We will try to help them. Government will fully support their families. Government will pay rupees 20 lakh to both the families," Yadav said after paying homage to Shiv Kumar Pal, one of the five soldiers who were killed on Tuesday when their 32-member convoy was ambushed by armed men in Gurmuck in the volatile state of Jonglei in South Sudan.
"Presidency University is not like any other educational institution. What happened yesterday was shocking. I will write (to Governor) that the attackers carried TMC flags and how they ransacked and vandalised various departments of the university," Malabika Sarkar said. She also said that since Mamata Banerjee had said that she wanted to make Presidency into a world-class university, the attack was in fact, against Mamata.
"It is my responsibility. I will seek his advice. I had also apprised the Governor's office of the violence yesterday," she said. Sarkar claimed that police stood by when students were beaten up and girl students abused.
"When we asked them to act, they said they had no order. Then why were they there? Have they come as tourists? I talked to senior police officers and they assured of full protection".
She said she would join the students in their protest against the incident. "The students are demanding that such violent incidents in the university campus should not be repeated and peace and academic atmosphere should prevail. I find these are justified and for that I will join them," she said.
She said she had also told higher education minister Bratya Basu about the violence. Noted litterateur Mahasweta Devi also criticised the incident, saying "it is very unfortunate and this only impairs the state's image."
The six Rajya Sabha MPs from Tamil Nadu are Trichy Siva, Kanimozhi, TNCC Chief Ganadesikan, CPI Leader D Raja, ADMK Elavarasan and Dr Maitreyan.
Though their term ends on July 24, the process for filling in vacancies announcement is with Election Commission. This schedule is expected to the announced on May 29. The last date of filing nominations is on June 5.
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The suspended policemen were attached to Nehru Nagar Police Station in Kurla, central Mumbai.
"We have zero tolerance towards corruption. We want to send out a strong message," said Mumbai Police Commissioner Satyapal Singh.
"We wanted to show that we will not accept such acts. I think this sort of an incident took place for the first time," he added. According to television reports, the victim, Mohammed Khan, said he was carrying out building works at a friend's home in Nehru Nagar area when he was visited by policemen asking for bribes.
She later told reporters, "Since the past six months, I've been listening that my husband Sidhu is keeping away from the system, he's not working for the system.
Being in the system, one must have the liberty to choose your people and if you can't do so, the system suffocates you." Sidhu's wife, however, added that she wasn't commenting "on any political party".
According to sources, Sidhu, an MP from Amritsar, is unhappy at being sidelined in the party. The BJP recently reshuffled its parliamentary board ahead of the General Elections in 2014. Kaur hinted that the former cricketer was also being forced to support corruption. Zee News
Indian Express: Students allegedly belonging to Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad (TMCCP) entered the Presidency College breaking the lock of the main gate and ransacked the historic Baker Laboratory even as the policemen watched like mute spectators.
The lab, which was recently renovated, was inaugurated by former President APJ Abdul Kalam on March 11 this year.
The Trinamool student wing had organised a protest march against the heckling of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Finance Minister Amit Mitra by SFI supporters in Delhi on Tuesday.
Witnesses said that around 11 am, 150 students belonging to the TMCCP broke the lock of the main gate and entered the campus with iron rods.
They headed straight to Baker laboratory where students of Physics Department where attending their class. They also beat up three students and three teachers. The condition of two students, who received injuries on their heads, was stated to be critical.
It is also being alleged that some TMC men chased girl students across the university campus and threatened them with rape and assault, said witnesses.
Vice-Chancellor of the university, Malabika Sarkar, questioned the role of the police into the entire incident: "It was an unprovoked attack on the students, and despite police being posted inside the campus, how can outsiders enter the campus? As Governor is the Chancellor of the university, we have informed him," she said.
An FIR has been lodged by the police in connection with the incident.Both SFI and Independent Consolidation, the two students' union of the university, have called a strike on Thursday to protest the assault on the students and teachers by the TMCCP members.
"There are no human beings in the DMZ," says CNN's Kyung Lah as she waits for a military escort into the area. Read
For many years, the same problem existed for visitors who came to see the rhinoceroses at the Kaziranga National Park in the northeastern state of Assam. At the low point a century ago, there were only a dozen rhinos in the entire park. Read
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'The author of an upcoming book on the marines' year-long saga is hoping to change that narrative.
In "The Two Marines: What they haven't told you' (I Due Mar: Tutto quello che non vi hanno detto), Italian journalist Matteo Miavaldi tries to share India's side of the story with Italian readers. Read
"Chief Minister is stable and she is now resting in our clinic under the observation of a 10-member medical team led by Dr Subrata Moitra," Belle Vue Clinic CEO K Tandon said.
"But she is under close monitoring." Tandon said some tests including MRI, CT scan and blood examinations had been done and some more tests were likely to take place today.
Banerjee was admitted to the clinic shortly after she returned from Delhi yesterday in the afternoon. She was driven straight to the clinic from the airport. The decision to admit her was taken after the chief minister complained of pain on both shoulder joints, neck, back mainly over left lumbosacral region and left knee joints.
Banerjee was examined on Tuesday by doctors at AIIMS in Delhi who advised her to get admitted for observation. SFI members had blocked the chief minister's passage in the Planning Commission in Delhi on Tuesday and manhandled state Finance Minister Amit Mitra while they were going to attend a meeting.
The chief minister subsequently fell ill and was administered oxygen while Mitra was put under observation at AIIMS.
Sanjay Gandhi is a 'small fry', not going to be PM. Read