Maoists kill man suspecting him to be police informer
Gaya: Maoists have shot dead a man after kidnapping him from Nawada village in Bihar’s Gaya district, police said on Sunday. City Superintendent of Police Anil Kumar said that the Maoists kidnapped the man, identified as Yogendra Yadav, from his village on Saturday night and shot him dead near the village on the same day. The Maoists left a pamphlet claiming that Yadav was a police informer, the SP said. Yadav’s body has been sent to Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College and Hospital here for post-mortem examination. (PTI)
Parrikar undergoes ‘routine check-up’ at Goa hospital
Panaji: Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar underwent a “routine check-up” at a state-run hospital near here on Sunday, an official in the chief minister’s office said. Parrikar (62), has been recuperating at his private residence near Panaji since October 14 upon his return from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, where he underwent treatment for a pancreatic ailment. He was taken to the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) on Sunday morning for a “routine check-up”, Parrikar’s personal secretary Rupesh Kamat said in a statement here. A source said the chief minister was at the hospital for over an hour during which he underwent some tests. The source, however, did not give any details of the check-ups done, saying they were “confidential”. “It was more like a routine check-up,” he added. (PTI)
Staff of daily threatened over news about ganja seizure
Thiruvananthapuram: A group of unidentified youngsters allegedly barged into the office of a Malayalam newspaper here and threatened the staff over publication of news related to seizure of ganja from a hostel, police said on Sunday. They entered the office of “Kerala Kamudi” at Pettah and threatened a few employees present there late Saturday night. Police said the newspaper had recently published news about seizure of ganja from a students’ hostel near the government medical college hospital here and arrest of some students. We have filed a complaint with the Pettah police station. We have also provided the CCTV visuals. The miscreants escaped on two-wheelers before the police could reach our office, an employee of the daily said. The employee also said the group threatened them for publishing the news about the ganja seizure. (PTI)
If you spit on Pune streets, be prepared to clean up the mess
Pune: In a bid to keep Pune streets clean, the city civic body has started punishing people spitting on roads by making them clean the spit, besides levying a fine on offenders, an official said on Sunday. The decision was taken after authorities found that only monetary fine was not adequate to check the menace of spitting, Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) solid waste management department chief Dnyaneshwar Molak said. The initiative was launched last week in five wards of Bibwewadi, Aundh, Yerawada, Kasba and Ghole Road, he said. “In the last eight days, PMC sanitation inspectors caught around 156 people while they were spitting on streets. All of them were made to clean their spit immediately and a fine of Rs 150 was imposed on each of them,” he said. The objective behind the punishment is to send across a message to people that when offenders are made to clean their own spit, they feel ashamed, and that next time, they will think twice before spitting on streets, he said. Molak noted that in the 2018 cleanliness survey, Pune was at the 10thposition whereas the Indore city of Madhya Pradesh was on the top. “This time, we are aiming for the number one position. The latest drive is one of the initiatives taken by the civic body ahead of the Swachh Survekshan (survey) 2019,” he said. (PTI)
Adoption drive helps abandoned dogs find homes
New Delhi: In an effort to find homes for abandoned dogs, the sixth edition of ‘Cause 4 the Paws’ adoption drive was held here on Saturday. Organised by Select Citywalk, in association with Delhi-based NGO ‘People for Animals’, the two-day event saw “close to 25 dogs” from Sanjay Gandhi Animal Care Centre. The adoption drive witnessed an “exclusive mix” of popular breeds such as German Shepherds, Labradors, Mastiff, Himalayan Mastiffs, Tibetan Mastiffs, and native dogs among others. Eminent rights animal activist and Cabinet Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi inaugurated the evening last evening. “I am happy to be a part of this drive to find homes for abandoned adult dogs. Over the last five years, this initiative has already helped rehabilitation and redemption of seventy dogs,” the minister said. Ambika Shukla, trustee of People for Animals, also thanked people for their support towards the cause and said the drive gives abandoned dogs “a second chance at life and love”. ” This year too we are counting on the generosity and compassion of people to each adopt a four legged bundle of joy,” Shukla said. (PTI)