Kejriwal asks party workers not to take law into hands
Jind: Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday asked his supporters not to take law into their own hands while dealing with anti-social elements. He made this comment while addressing party workers here in an apparent reference to last evening’s incident at Charkhi Dardi in Bhiwani district where supporters thrashed a person for hitting the party convener on his neck during campaigning. The former Delhi Chief Minister said the thrashing of the youth was wrong. “I am hurt by the reaction of AAP supporters,” he said. Kejriwal arrived here late last night after completing the first day of his three-day road show through various districts of Haryana in support of AAP nominees for the April 10 Lok Sabha elections. He criticised Congress and BJP saying both the parties were “spreading corruption and ignoring the interests of common people”. “Corruption was rampant in the country and AAP was trying to take steps to eradicate corruption,” he said and sought support for AAP nominees. Later, he continued with his road show through Jind and Narwana in the district. After this, he will travel through Kaithal, Yamunanagar and Ambala districts. He is scheduled to spend the night at Ambala and depart for Chandigarh tomorrow for his road show there. After Chandigarh he is scheduled to travel through Panchkula and Panipat before culminating his three day road show at Sonipat. (PTI)
India should remain vigilant against polio: President
New Delhi: India should remain vigilant against polio and take all precautions to ensure that there is no recurrence of the dreadful disease in the country, President Pranab Mukherjee said Saturday. The president applauded the efforts of various agencies, including the government, in ridding the country of polio. He said this was a landmark achievement. “We will need to keep up our watchfulness and preparedness and take all the precautions necessary to ensure there is no recurrence of this dreadful disease in our country,” Mukherjee said. He was addressing the Polio Free Conclave 2014, organised by the Rotary International here. He also presented mementos of appreciation and recognition to union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and his predecessor A. Ramadoss. “India must assist other countries such as Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan in their fight against this disease”, he said. Addressing the gathering, Azad said eradication of polio was a momentous and historic achievement. He thanked all the stake holders and partners in this “challenging yet deeply satisfying” journey. “A 2.3 million strong team of polio workers, volunteers and 150,000 supervisors worked day and night for the success of the polio immunization rounds,” he said. (IANS)
Pen cap, coin found in oesophagus of month-old baby
Alappuzha (Ker): In a shock to his parents and doctors, a collection of articles, including an eraser bar and a pen cap, were found in the oesophagus of a 25-day-old boy in Alappuzha district. A one rupee coin was also recovered from the trachea of the baby after a two-hour surgery by a team of doctors at the government medical college here on Friday. The baby was born earlier this month to a local couple. He is now in the intesive care with pneumonia but stated to be recovering. According to hospital sources, the child was admitted to the hospital recently with complaints of high fever and reluctance in taking milk. He was also suffering from breathing difficulties. Though the doctors could not find anything suspicious in the preliminary examination, the presence of the coin and other articles came to the notice after x-ray and scanning were carried out, hospital sources said. A team of doctors, led by Dr M K Ajayakumar, head of paediatric surgery department, removed the articles through video endoscopy, the source said. However, the doctors as well as the parents were clueless on how the articles got inside his body. (PTI)
Poets from across the world to take part in Jashn-e-Bahaar
New Delhi: The 16th Mushaira Jashn-e-Bahaar, the country’s biggest non-political, non-official Urdu poetry symposium will be held here on April 4th. “The Mushaira, now in its 16th year, will see some scintillating poetry from a score of participants from across the globe and India. “Urdu poetry from Turkey and Tajikistan will be showcased here for the first time this year,” said Aparna S Reddy, convener of Jashn-e-Bahaar. Justice T S Thakur of the Supreme Court will be the Chief Guest of the event. Member of Planning Commission, Dr Syeda Hameed, will preside over the Mushaira while Tripurari Sharan, Director General of Doordarshan, will be the guest of Honour. A poet from Osaka, Japan will add a new dimension to modern Urdu poetry and top poets from Pakistan will join their Indian counterparts to present their talent. “Japan’s Prof So Yamane teaches Urdu in Osaka, while Turkey’s Prof Halil Toker is a known champion of the language. “Tajikistan’s youthful poetess Malakhowa Zebunisso is extending the frontiers of the language in new lands. While top poet Fehmida Riaz, Rahana Roohi, Ajmal Siraj and Ahmed Salman will represent Pakistan, eminent poets Wasim Barelvi, Javed Akhtar, Pt Gulzar Dehlvi and Manzar Bhopali will lead the Indian side,” she said. (PTI)
40-year-old man held for molesting 13-yr-old daughter
Kannur: Pariyaram police on saturday arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly molesting his 13- year- old daughter, studying in eight standard, at their house, for the last two years. The arrest was made in connection with the complaint lodged by the girl’s mother. Police registered a case against the accused under Sections seven and eight of POSCA-2012 act and produced him before the Thalassery Sessions Court which him to judicial custody for 14 days. According to police, they arrested a tapping worker of Mudikanam near Pariyram. He was a native of Pala in Kottyam district and residing at Mudikanam along with wife and two other boys of the family. He allegedly sexually assaulted his daughter since December, 2012 during the days at their house, when other members of the family were outside. On the last day, the girl revealed the trauma to her mother, who in turn filed a complaint with the Women police station, Kannur. Women police Circle Inspector directed the Pariyaram police to take action. (UNI)