Muzaffarnagar riots inquiry commission to visit after 3 months
Muzaffarnagar: The one-man inquiry commission constituted by the Uttar Pradesh government to probe the Muzaffarnagar riots will visit again here after three months, sources said. The commission constituted by retired judge of the Allahabad High Court, Justice Vishnu Sahai, will visit and meet victims, official sources said, adding that he will come tomorrow and camp for ten days here in connection with the inquiry. More than 400 written statements had been received by the commission constituted by the state government to look into the communal violence last September, in which over 60 persons were killed and more than 40,000 displaced. The government has asked the commission to probe and report on the cause of riots, actions taken by the state government officers at that time, measures taken to prevent riots in future and who were responsible for it. The commission has not submitted its report so far to the government. It was constituted on September 9 to probe the Muzaffarnagar violence starting from Kawal incident on August 27 till September 9. PTI
Suspected IM activist held in connection with Bodh Gaya blasts
Arwal (Bihar): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) activist in connection with Bodh Gaya serial blasts from a village in Bihar’s Arwal district, police said on Sunday. Acting on a tip off, the NIA team arrested the suspected IM activist Md Irfan from Auwgila village late last night, Superintendent of Police (SP) Shafi-Ul Haque said. Immediately after his arrest, the NIA team took Irfan to Patna in a vehicle under tight security for questioning in connection with the Bodh Gaya serial blasts, the SP said. Haque said that NIA had detained two more persons — Raj Nandan and Ranjan — for interrogation from different villages of the same district and released the duo after their complicity in the Bodh Gaya blasts could not be ascertained. The Indian Mujahideen (IM) had carried out serial blasts at the Mahabodhi temple and adjoining areas in Bodh Gaya in which two persons were injured on July 7, 2013. (PTI)
Kerala village achieves cent per cent e-literacy
Thiruvananthapuram: A nearby village panchayat has been declared as the first e-literate panchayat, marking a milestone in Kerala’s bid to become the first e-literate state in the country. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy made the declaration of Pallichal panchayat becoming the first e-literate grass root level civic unit via video conferencing on Saturday. The e-literacy programme, implemented in Pallichal, would be extended to other village panchayats in the state soon, he said. Referring to the initiatives underway as part of the campaign, Chandy said Kerala would become the first total e-literate state in the country in near future. He also lauded the efforts of P N Panicker Vigyan Vikas Kendra, an institution promoted by the Department of General Education, in helping Pallichal to achieve the status. (PTI)
AIIMS starts unique health ID number system for its patients
New Delhi: AIIMS has started issuing Unique Health Identification numbers to its patients with a view to electronically track medical care facilities provided to them and also to have a systematised database in place. Till now, all patients at AIIMS were identified by the out patient department (OPD) cards issued to them. “The hospital administration is, however, not doing away with OPD cards. The UHID number will be mentioned on the OPD card,” an AIIMS doctor said. “With the help of UHID numbers, a database will be created which will make it easier to find out the history of patient’s treatment at the hospital even if they are coming after a gap of 10-20 years. “Further, a person having a UHID number wouldn’t need to bring his earlier treatment or test reports,” he said. People, who have undergone treatment at AIIMS earlier, are also being issued UHID numbers. This facility came into force recently. At least 15 lakh outpatients come to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) every year. (PTI)
Unaccounted cash, gold seized from two persons
Anantapur (AP): Unaccounted cash to the tune of Rs 89.69 lakh and 49.530 gms gold were Sunday seized from two persons here, police said. The Hindupur rural police intercepted a car proceeding towards Bengaluru this morning at Kodikonda check post, inspector J Sivanarayana told PTI. The duo travelling in the car, identified as Kamal and Roshan Zameer (both businessmen) from Kurnool district, had apparently collected the money from their various customers in Adoni and Emmiganur. However, they could not produce any evidence accounting for the money, the police official said. The money has been handed over to the income tax department, he added. (PTI)
