Three killed in Naxal landmine blast
Raipur: Two BSF jawans and a civilian driver were killed when Naxals blew up their vehicles in Maoist-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday. The troopers were returning after security deployment for polling in Sukma region when a landmine blast took place between their two vehicles near Kerlapal camp, Additional Director General Police (Naxal Operations), R K Vij told PTI. While three persons were killed, two others were injured in the blast. Soon after getting news of the incident, additional forces were rushed to the spot and the injured were being retrieved from there, he said. According to police sources, a convoy of BSF vehicles was returning to their camp after conducting poll duty in the region, when Naxals triggered a blast on a road near Manjhipara and Badeshetti villages in Sukma. (PTI)
Would be tough to remove hurdles in T’gana formation: Reddy
Kadapa(AP): The Centre may find it difficult to overcome hurdles and constitutional obligations in way of creating a separate state of Telangana out of Andhra Pradesh, Congress party official spokesperson from AP, N Tulasi Reddy has said. It would be difficult for the central government to overlook the old conventions adopted by previous governments and to bypass constitutional procedures while forming the new state, Reddy told PTI here. “No new state was created without consent of MLAs,” he said. There were many obstacles in the formation of the state without the consent of MLAs and Assembly, he said. In the case of Telangana state formation, the concerned Bill may be kept in abeyance if the state Assembly rejects the proposal, he opined. “Hopefully we are of the view that the Centre will abide by the ‘federal’ norms of the biggest democracy in the interest of national integrity,” he said. Reddy said he had a strong feeling that the state will be kept intact and the ‘Samaikyandhrapradesh’ will exist in future also. (PTI)
Commission on Muzaffarnagar riots seeks more time of 6 months
Muzaffarnagar: With the two-month deadline to submit the report coming to an end, the one-man inquiry commission into Muzaffarnagar riots that left over 60 people dead has sought six months extension from the Uttar Pradesh government. “The Commission has sought more time to complete its inquiry and the process is already on in this regard,” Justice (ret) Vishnu Sahai said. The one-member judicial inquiry commission of Justice Vishnu Sahai was constituted by the UP government on September 9 to probe the Muzaffarnagar violence starting from Kawal incident on August 27 till September 9. The Commission was also asked to look into administrative lapses, if any, in controlling the violence. The report was supposed to be submitted to the government within two months. Its deadline ended on Monday. (PTI)
Nagar’s judicial custody extended till November 25
Jaipur: A CBI court on Tuesday extended till November 25 the judicial custody of former Rajasthan Minister Babulal Nagar, arrested on charges of raping and assaulting a 35-year-old woman. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (CBI cases) Mahendra Kumar Mehta extended Nagar’s judicial custody till November 25 on the agency’s plea that it required more time to complete the investigation, a defence counsel said. Due to ill health Nagar was not produced in the court. Nagar was arrested on October 25 when he was called to appear for interrogation at Circuit House here. He was remanded in CBI custody for three days, and then sent to 14 days judicial custody till today. Police had booked Nagar on charges of raping and beating up the woman in September, after calling her to his official bungalow on the pretext of giving her a job. The CBI on October 9 took over the probe from Rajasthan Police which had registered the case against Nagar, following which he resigned as the Minister of Dairy, Khadi and Rural Industries. (PTI)
Four quakes shake Delhi
New Delhi: Four slight intensity quakes shook the national capital in the wee hours on Tuesday, jolting many people out of bed. However, there were no reports of any casualty or damage to property in the tremors. The quakes measuring 2.5 to 3.3 on the Richter scale shook the city on four occasions within a span of three hours, between 12.41 AM and 3.40 AM and the epicentre was in South Delhi. The epicentre of all the four quakes were at a depth of 10-11 KM and situated at 28.4 degree North Latitude and 77.4 degree East Longitude, Indian Meteorological Department said. The first quake, measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale occurred at 12.41 AM, while three more tremors of 3.3, 2.5 and 2.8 magnitude on Richter scale occurred at 1.41 AM, 1.55 AM and 3.40 AM respectively, the IMD official said. “Since the depth of epicentre of the quakes was just 10 to 11 KM below the surface so people felt the tremors but there were no reports of damage,” said M Shashidhar Reddy, Vice Chairman of National Disaster Management Authority. According to the Fire Department, there was no report of any damage in the city. Many people ran out of their homes when the tremors shook buildings. “I was sleeping when I felt the house was shaking, I got up and woke my family members and ran out of the house, but as soon as we returned another tremor hit,” said Rajan Rishi, residing in Paryavaran complex area. “This is for the first time I had experienced four successive tremors in my life,” said Ram Adhir, who is in his 50’s. (PTI)