PILIBHIT: BJP Lok Sabha candidate Varun Gandhi has been charged with attempt to murder, rioting and other offences in an FIR filed in connection
with violence that erupted in Pilibhit even as police on Sunday maintained a close vigil to maintain law and order
in this district.
29-year-old Varun, along with Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Kalraj Mishra, local MLA Sukhlal and former party MLA BK Gupta, have been named in another FIR registered for violation of prohibitory orders under section 144 CrPC on Saturday when the BJP candidate courted arrest in a case related to his alleged anti-Muslim speeches, Kotwali police sources said.
Varun, who is in judicial custody, has been booked under sections 147, 148 and 149 (rioting and related charges), 307 (attempt to murder), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty), 336 (doing any act that endangers human life or the personal safety of others) and certain sections of IPC and public safety and certain state acts for the violence around the district jail here, they said.
The FIR relating to rioting and other charges has been filed by Pilibhit district jailor Mukesh Arora against Varun and his supporters after BJP activists fought a pitched battle with the police and laid a siege of the jail premises.
Meanwhile, Pilibhit district magistrate Ashok Chauhan discounted the allegation of BJP MP and Varun's mother Maneka Gandhi that a Muslim officer had injured several of supporters and said he was not deployed there.
Chauhan said, "I strictly don't agree with the comments of Maneka Gandhi. The person she is naming was not at all deployed at that place.
"We checked the records and we were careful about his deployment. He was at another place and the allegation is totally false," he said.
On the situation in Pilibhit, he said, "it is under control. People may be spreading rumours but as of now the situation in the city and rural areas is totally under control".
In Lucknow, additional director general of police Brij Lal, said, "A close vigil is being maintained in Pilibhit with deployment of adequate number of personnel from Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) and police".
Asked about the cases registered against Gandhi, who courted on Saturday, he just said, "A case under section 188 of IPC has been registered against all those who violated the prohibitory orders under section 144 CrPC".
During the violence yesterday, BJP workers, who were demanding Varun's release, had indulged in heavy brick batting and laid a siege of the district jail.
Source From: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Varun-Gandhi-charged-with-attempt-to-murder/articleshow/4330224.cms
Free cash withdrawals from all ATMs from April 1
Come April 1 and you need not have to sweat it out looking for an ATM of your own bank as you can use ATMs of your choice without shelling out any extra money.
Thanks to an RBI directive, much to the relief of common man, banks have been prevented from charging any fee for cash withdrawals using ATM and debit cards issued by other banks from April 1 onwards.
However, banks can still charge extra for services like cash withdrawal with the use of credit cards and at ATMs located outside India.
Last year on March 10, the RBI had come out with guidelines limiting the fee charged by banks for using their ATMs by clients of other lenders to Rs 20. It had also allowed the use of ATM for purposes like balance enquiry free of any charge.
This was to ensure greater transparency and to facilitate usage of any ATM installed within the country by customers without shelling out more, the central bank had said.
At present, banks charge Rs 20 per transaction when a customer uses the cash machine of any bank other than the one in which he/she has an account with.
At the end of December 2007, there were 32,342 ATMs in the country and various banks have entered into bilateral and multi-lateral arrangements with other banks to have inter-bank ATM networks.
Source From: http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20090089078&ch=3292009124700PM
India 252/2 at stumps, trail by 62 runs
NAPIER: With solid batting performances by Gambhir (102*), Dravid (62) and Tendulkar (58*), India fought back with a score of 252/2 in their 2nd innings on Day 4 of the 2nd Test against the Kiwis at Napier. The tourists trail by 62 runs. Gambhir and Tendulkar will open the fifth and last day for their side.
In the morning, with their overnight 2nd innings total of 47/1, Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid resumed batting. They looked anxious to save the Test match and to some extent they were successful in their efforts of not losing wickets early. Both the players stuck to the crease and played almost all shots in the books to partner each other well.
Gambhir looked rock solid right from the beginning and with Dravid at the other end, it could only get better. Gambhir soon completed his fifty runs on 127 balls and India was seen crossing the 100-run mark in the 43rd over. With this performance, Gambhir also became the third fastest Indian player to reach 2000 runs after Sehwag and Dravid. The pair gave a slow but cautious start to the day's play, it worked and India went into lunch break with 119/1.
The left and right hand combination came up with 100-run partnership in the 55th over. Dravid kept the momentum and stitched a well-deserving 55th Test half-century of his career. He along with Gambhir got firmly settled in the middle to keep the scoreboard ticking.
The partnership seemed hard to be broken but just few minutes before the tea break, Kiwi skipper Daniel Vettori came to the rescue for his side and got the breakthrough in the form of Dravid's wicket, who faced 220 balls since morning to score invaluable 62 runs. It was a commendable performance and much-needed stand for India. Sachin Tendulkar came in to replace 'The Wall', who didn't seem to be happy with the umpire's decision. The game was halted for tea break with India on 180/2, trailing by 134 runs then.
Tendulkar looked unperturbed by the fact that Gambhir and Dravid played a slow but sensible game. He was in his natural form, played some nice shots to support the Delhi dasher at the other end. Tendulkar, who missed a fifty in 1st innings by 1 run, made no mistake to raise his 55th Test half-century of his career in the 2nd innings to reduce New Zealand's hopes of cleaning up the Indian batting order on Day 4.
While, Gambhir showed some great resilience by facing 265 balls to raise his 5th Test century of his career. The Indians, who threw away their wickets in 1st innings, looked conscious today and batted superbly to hang in there. Gambhir and Sachin left the scoreboard at 252 at the loss of 2 wickets.
On Day 3, with the first innings wrapped up on 305, India scored 47 runs in their 2nd innings at the loss of one wicket - Sehwag (22). After getting all out on 305, follow on was imposed on India and they were asked to bat again.
Rabri, children richer than Lalu; have assets worth Rs 1.2cr
CHAPRA (Bihar): Railway minister and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad has no immovable assets but his wife and former chief minister Rabri Devi and their
nine children are worth over Rs 1.2 crore in terms of landed property.
Rabri Devi also surpasses her husband in terms of bank balance with her deposits in banks, financial institutions and non-banking financial companies
at a little over Rs 24 lakh against Lalu's 12.11 lakh, according to the affidavit filed by Lalu along with his nomination paper for Saran Lok Sabha seat.
The children of Bihar's most powerful political couple possess 39.58 lakh in bank deposits
.
The affidavit says Rabri Devi has agricultural land worth over Rs 34.5 lakh and her children Rs 57.7 lakh, while she owns non-agricultural land worth Rs 28.5 lakh.
Rabri Devi, who along with Lalu was an accused in a disproportionate assets case -- an off-shoot of the multi-crore rupees fodder scam -- but was acquitted, possesses 60 cows and 36 calves worth Rs 10 lakh.
Lalu has a 1990 model Maruti 800 worth a Rs 15,000 and a military disposal jeep purchased in 1977, when he became a Lok Sabha member for the first time, valued at Rs 10,000.
The RJD boss has jewellery and precious stones worth about Rs 95,000 and his wife approximately Rs 5.5 lakh.
The duo's National Saving Certificates with the combined face value of Rs two lakh have not been renewed as those have been seized by the CBI, investigating the fodder scam cases.
Likewise, Neelam Singh, wife of BJP spokesman and former union minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy of BJP, who is crossing swords with Lalu in Saran, is richer than her husband.
While Neelam is worth Rs 49.71 lakh in terms of bank deposits and assets, including jewellery and vehicles, Rudy has property and cash valued at Rs 40.58 lakh.
Source From:http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Rabri-children-richer-than-Lalu-by-Rs-12cr/articleshow/4330154.cms
Crowe blasts Sehwag's captaincy in second Test
05:20 IST, Sunday, March 29, 2009 (Napier): Criticising stand-in skipper Virender Sehwag for his poor leadership, former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe said India's performance in the on-going second Test in Napier is a far cry from their attempt at becoming the world's number one team.
Crowe claimed regular captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni - he is out with a back injury - was being sorely missed and pin pointed Sehwag's leadership as one of the prime reasons for India's desperate situation against the Kiwis in the second Test, which the visitors are trailing by 267 runs after following on.
"The Indian team effort was pretty sloppy. There was a resigned feel about what the Indian side were obviously thinking in terms of looking to draw this match and to retain that 1-0 advantage," said Crowe.
"But these are troubled signs for India. They have almost taken their eyes off the ball. The Virender Sehwag shot was very irresponsible. Gautam Gambhir was lucky to survive a run-out, and the stroke that he played to get out. All this does not become of an experienced side that wants to be No. 1 in the world. Their fielding again was just slack. Nothing much changed and MS Dhoni was badly missed," Crowe wrote in his column for a cricket website.
He blasted Sehwag for his tactics and termed the Delhi dasher's decisions as "unfocused thinking".
"Sending out a nightwatchman was always unnecessary and shows further muddled and unfocused thinking," Crowe said. "I have never seen captaincy so bad as I saw with Virender Sehwag," he added.
The 46-year-old right-hander said Dhoni altogether has a different approach towards the game and pointed out that even senior players like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid stood as silent spectators on Friday when the New Zealand batsmen were on a run rout.
"Clearly the loss of Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been a massive turnaround for them because their attitude has disappeared completely. For a side that wants to be the No. 1 team in the world, I was quite surprised at their whole approach, particularly after lunch on the opening day," he said.
"Obviously Dhoni has got the Midas touch, he has got that ability to motivate the team. But what surprises me is the fact even with Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar on the park they are not able to rally the troops," Crowe said.
He also criticised India's decision to arrive late in Napier for the second Test and said it left the visitors with very little time to settle down with the conditions.
"India should look back at the decision to arrive late in Napier. It's hard to tell if that is what is showing up on the field as well. But this late arrival has gone against the norm," said Crowe.
"I don t know if its arrogance or not, it's probably ill-planned. No one can predict that Dhoni was going to be injured, but they just seemed to as a group just gone off the boil which has allowed New Zealand to lift their confidence and belief that maybe they can pull off an upset and take the remaining wickets necessary to win the Test," he said.
No comments:
Post a Comment