Baby girl stepped on by cop amid spat, dies
Sangaredddy (AP): A four-month-old girl died on Wednesday in Medak district of Andhra Pradesh after she was allegedly stepped on by a policeman amid a verbal duel with her father at home. According to police, the incident took place four days ago at Habshipur village in the house of one Yellaiah, against whom a land dispute case was filed by his brother Parshu Ramulu in Dubbak Police station in the district. As ASI Mohd Pasha reached Yellaiah’s house to question him, wife Renuka tried to drive him away saying her husband was not at home. An altercation ensued when the cop saw the accused at home and caught him. During the quarrel, the policeman accidentally stepped on Yellaiah’s baby, who was sleeping on the floor, leaving her injured, police sources said. After the incident, the ASI assured the parents of the best possible treatment. However, the baby died this morning while undergoing treatment at a local hospital. Following this, irate parents and villagers staged a dharna at the Dubbak police station with the body of the little girl demanding ex-gratia and suspension of the erring ASI. A case will be registered against Pasha soon on the complaint filed by the parents of the dead girl, police added. (PTI)
J&K authorities evacuate over 200 persons to safer places
Srinagar: Authorities have evacuated over 200 persons to safer places in Kashmir in view of apprehension of snow avalanches striking in these areas. “In view of apprehended avalanche threat, police evacuated 36 families to safer locations in different places in the hilly regions of the Valley,” a police spokesman said on Wednesday. The evacuation process was carried out Tuesday. Police shifted 20 families, comprising 130 members, from Bataknar Herdandipora to safer places in Kokernag area of Anantnag district, the spokesman said. He said four families from Zaban-Chuntimula were shifted to a safer place in Bandipora district. As many as 86 persons of 12 families were shifted from from Hari Ganwan to Kangan in central Kashmir Ganderbal district, he added. (PTI)
IIM Kolkata to do joint research with top Canada B-school
Kolkata: The premier Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta Wednesday signed a deal with Canada’s Ivey Business School to collaborate on research work. Under the partnership, the two institutions will collaborate in areas of research and development and publish cases as well as foster a culture of case writing and case pedagogy in Indian management institutes. A five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed to this effect here between the two B-schools. This MoU would help the IIM-C case research centre increase its global reach, leverage Ivey’s rich knowledge base and accumulated intellectual capital in business case study research and encourage joint research and co-authorship between faculty of the two institutes. “Ivey is the largest producer of high quality Asian business cases and we are delighted to partner with IIMC to build on this quality portfolio,” Eric Morse, associate dean (Programs) of Ivey Business School, said here. “The MoU will help IIM Calcutta faculty to list their cases in Ivey thereby enabling faculty and students from all over the world access such cases from a leading emerging market,” said professor Ashok Banerjee, dean of new initiatives and external relations at IIM. One of Canada’s leading and most prestigious business schools, Ivey has been using cases in its classrooms since 1923 and is committed to mentoring high potential faculty in case teaching and writing through a comprehensive process of case development from generating ideas to publishing case studies globally. (PTI)
CPI(M) questions Trinamool’s ticket to former Maoist
Kolkata: The CPI(M) Wednesday questioned how Trinamool Congress could give ticket to Palamu MP Kameshwar Baitha from Jharkhand, a former Maoist who had served time in jail, saying this was a pointer to the TMC’s claims of honesty. “If you accuse someone, he doesn’t become guilty. But when you serve in jail that means you have been convicted by law. Then how come a convict, who is out after serving his term, can be given ticket to fight elections?” CPI(M) state secretary Biman Bose asked. Baitha, who was earlier with JMM, had quit the party and joined the TMC a few days ago. “This shows the discrepancy in Trinamool’s claim that they are a party which symbolises honesty. It is for the people now to take a call on who is honest and who is dishonest,” Bose said. Bose also ridiculed the Trinamool Congress’s claim that the ruling party would win all the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal and party supremo Mamata Banerjee’s contention that a Federal Front would form the next government at the Centre. “From senior to small leaders of Trinamool, everybody is claiming that TMC will win 42 seats in Bengal. What can be said of such childish claims? Let them dream whatever they want to,” said Bose. Bose said that the post-poll scenario would impact the formation of any kind of post-poll alliance among political parties. (PTI)