1 killed, two injured in blast outside Bihar district court
Sasaram (Bihar): A 22-year-old man was on Wednesday killed and two others were injured when a bomb exploded outside a court in Bihar’s Rohtas district, police said. The bomb kept on the bike of Sachin Kumar, parked outside the court premises, exploded after he started the engine, Assistant Superintendent of Police Sushant Saroj said. Kumar is suspected to have accidentally pressed the detonator that he was carrying along with the explosive, he said, adding the detonator had been recovered from the spot. The seriously injured man was taken to the Sadar hospital where he died during treatment, the ASP said. Two other persons, Shivratan Bind and Shri Paswan, suffered splinter injuries, Saroj said. Senior police officials have gone to the spot. (PTI)
Five Pakistani fishing boats seized in Kutch
Kutch (Guj): BSF has seized five Pakistani fishing boats, abandoned in Indian territory near the Indo-Pak border, in Kutch district. However, no fisherman was nabbed. Two boats were found by the patrolling party of Border Security Force on Tuesday morning at Harami Nala area here, while three were found abandoned in the same area, which is near Lakhpat, early on Wednesday, a BSF release said. The BSF has started a search operation in the narrow Nala creek after they found two boats. During the search operation, the BSF found three more boats early this morning, the release said. According to BSF, no fisherman has been arrested, as all the occupants of these mechanised fishing boats having Pakistan origin fled into their territory before the patrolling party spotted the boats. About four kg of fish, 50 fishing hooks, an ice box and a plastic can were recovered from the two boats seized yesterday. A detailed search of the three other seized boats is yet to be carried out, the release added. (PTI)
10 lakh bankers to strike
on July 29
Chennai: Around 10 lakh bankers across the country are expected to go on a strike on July 29 to oppose the government policies related to the banking industry, a top leader of All India Bank Employees’s Association (AIBEA) has said. At the call of United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) consisting of nine unions with an employee membership of around 10 lakh workers and officials, the bankers would go on a strike opposing the anti-people banking reform policies of the central government, C.H. Venkatachalam, General Secretary, AIBEA, said on Tuesday. The employees of public sector banks, old private banks, regional rural banks, foreign banks and co-operative banks will participate in the strike, he said in a statement. He said the notice for the strike was served to the Indian Banks’ Association on Tuesday by the UFBU. (IANS)
Man held for uploading girlfriend’s intimate video
Lucknow: A 21-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday in Ballia in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly posting a video of his girlfriend in a compromising position with him on social networking website Facebook, police said.A police official said main accused Naushad and his associate Virendra Bharti have been sent to jail on charges of rape, blackmail and conspiracy. According to police, the accused was in a relationship with a 17-year-old girl. He forcibly had sex with her in a hotel room in March and filmed it. He later started blackmailing her for sex, saying that he would post the video on social networking sites. Though the girl remained silent and bore the brunt, she finally revealed the ordeal to her family when the accused asked her to come to a particular place on Tuesday to have sex with one of his friends. While she did not turn up, police arrested the two men from there. After identification of the accused by the girl, they were booked and sent to jail on Wednesday. Police said they have also asked Facebook to remove the video. (IANS)