Two killed, 10 injured in road accident

Raigarh (C'garh), Jan 5 (PTI) Two persons were killed and ten injured when the vehicle they were travelling in overturned at Lakha highway near here today. The incident took place this afternoon when a van carrying about 15 devotees from Laripani village on way to a temple at Chandrapur overturned after a tyre burst, City's Superintendent of Police Neha Pandey said. One Dhanmati Rathod (35) and Ambik Sarthi (38) died in the incident while ten others sustained injuries and were admitted to hospital, the SP said, adding the vehicle was seized and further investigations were on. PTI SNG ABC PMS PTP

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Four held in Thane for killing cop in Bihar

Thane, Jan 5 (PTI) Four persons, who allegedly shot dead a police constable in Bihar around a fortnight back, were arrested in Thane in the wee hours today, police said. The four accused have been identified as Amitkumar Jha, Navnitkumar Singh, Deva Panjiar and Roshankumar Panjiar, police said adding that all of them were aged between 30 and 35 years. "On December 21 last year, these four accused had snatched a service pistol of police constable Gangesh Kumar and shot him dead while he was on patrol duty. The deceased was attached to Rosada police station in Samastipur town in Bihar," Additional Superintendent of Police (Thane rural) Sangramnsinh Nishandar told reporters here today. Even though Bihar police later recovered the pistol, the accused were at large, Nishandar said adding that the the four accused wanted the service pistol to carry out criminal activities. Following the incident, Bihar police had formed a special task force to nab them and were in constant touch with various police stations across the country, Nishandar said. During the course of investigation DSP of Samastipur in Bihar got a tip-off that the accused were in Shirdi town in Maharashtra and that some of the accused had even asked their family members to deposit some cash into a bank account. Police came to know that the bank account number given was from Bhiwandi town. Thane police traced the whereabouts of the account-holder, who was later taken into custody. During the interrogation, he revealed that the four accused were in Kalyan to board a train to Patna. A trap was laid at Kalyan railway station last night and around 2 am, a police team led by Local Crime Branch Inspector Fatesingh Patil, finally spotted the quartet and nabbed them, Nishandar said. (More) PTI CORR NP HKS PTP

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Haryana to bear treatment expenses of rape victim

Rewari, Jan 5 (PTI) The Haryana Government announced today that it will bear the entire expenses spent on the treatment of the girl, who was allegedly raped by her relative here in November last year. Rewari Deputy Commissioner C G Rajini Kaanthan told reporters here that the state government will bear all the treatment expenses of the girl, belonging to the city. He said that he had received instructions from Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in this regard. The 18-year-old girl was raped by her Delhi-based relative identified as Deepak (23) on November 3, 2012. However, soon after the sexual assault when the girl tried to flee, the accused fired a bullet from his pistol which hit the victim in her chest and got stuck there. Subsequently the doctors, who provided treatment to the girl, opined that the removal of the bullet could endanger her life. The bullet had been lying stuck in her chest till date. Kaanthan further said they are now consulting specialists who are expected to remove bullet from her chest without endangering her life. Meanwhile, the city police, which had already arrested the accused, produced him in a local court yesterday which remanded him in 14-day judicial custody. PTI COR CHS DBR

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18-year-old girl gang-raped in Chhattisgarh; three held

Raipur, Jan 5 (PTI) An 18-year-old girl was allegedly raped by three teenagers in Bemtara district of Chhattisgarh, police said today. All the three accused, who allegedly committed the crime on Thursday night, were arrested today, said a top police officer. "The accused Fusku Ram (19), Golu (18) and Kunal (19) attacked and robbed the victim's male friend near a pond on the outskirts of Chakravai village on Thursday night when the duo were returning from a fair, and then took turns to rape her", IG (Durg Range) Ashok Juneja told PTI/Bhasha today. The trio were picked up after the victim approached the police yesterday, he said. Meanwhile, a 16-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted on Thursday night by her 19-year-old neighbour Kamlesh Sahare in Bhilai town. "The accused entered the girl's house in Indira Nagar area after finding her alone and raped her", said Juneja. Kamlesh has been absconding after committing the crime and a search is on to trace him, the IG said. PTI SNG NSK HKS PTP

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US court to hear rights violation case against Badal on Jan 29

From Yoshita Singh New York, Jan 5 (PTI) A US judge in Wisconsin will hold an evidentiary hearing on January 29 in a human rights violation case filed by a Sikh rights group against Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. Judge Rudolph Randa would hear the case after a motion was filed last month to solve the basic jurisdictional issues and seek the court's protection against the alleged intimidation and abuse to the families of the plaintiffs in India by the "agents of Badal," rights group Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), one of the plaintiffs in the case, said. The other plaintiff in the case SAD (Amritsar) headed by Simranjit Singh Mann allege that several individuals were tortured during the Badal regime. The lawsuit has been filed against Badal in the US federal court under Alien Torts Claims Act and Torture Victims Protection Act on the charges of custodial torture and shielding police officers responsible for torture, extra judicial killings and continuous human rights violations against the Sikh community in Punjab. A law firm representing Badal had sought dismissal of the human rights violation case citing that his client was not served the court papers when he had visited a high school in Oak Creek following the shooting massacre in a gurudwara in August. During the evidentiary hearing, SFJ seeks to challenge Badal's claim that he was not present at the Oak Creek High School where a ceremony was being held in the memory of the Sikh victims of Wisconsin gurudwara shooting. Badal has claimed he was at a different location in Milwaukee. Pannun said to refute Badal's claim, evidence and witnesses would be presented in court to prove that Badal was personally served the court papers by a professional process server from 'State Processing Service Inc'. PTI YAS WAJ

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Buddhadeb calls on CPIM workers not to bow to attacks

Chandipur(WB), Jan 05 (PTI) Ahead of the panchayat elections in West Bengal, former chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today told CPIM workers not to capitulate to attacks at places, including Nandigram, and claimed that the Mamata Banerjee government was a 'failure'. "TMC is attacking our workers at various places including Nandigram. Our party offices have been attacked and captured. Panchayat funds are being siphoned off. Shall we accept this? We will see the end of it," the CPIM leader told a Krishak Sabha meeting here near Nandigram. Admitting that the task ahead was tough, he said, "TMC government has failed to perform in the last 19 months and given false promises. The people are realising it gradually. We have to reach out to all sections of the people." Recalling the past, the former chief minister reiterated that the previous Left Front government wanted to build another Haldia in Nandigram, but did not go ahead when the people opposed it. He reiterated that the police did not go to Nandigram to acquire land but to stop unrest and fight Maoists there. "The people did not believe the presence of Maoists at Nandigram who came from Lalgarh and other states at that time, now they are believing it," he said. Bhattacharjee said that not 14, but eight people were killed in police firing at Nandigram. Six others were killed in violence, he claimed. Dubbing the TMC as a party of the rich, he said "party chief Mamata Banerjee did not oppose the policies of the central government when she was union minister." PTI SUN BSM PC HKS DKC

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Cong gives suggestions to Verma panel, disfavours chemical

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castration New Delhi, Jan 5 (PTI) Congress today submitted its suggestions on stringent laws for crimes against women to Justice J S Verma Committee even as it disfavoured chemical castration of rapists. Party General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi said the suggestions have been given to the panel set up in the wake of the gang-rape incident in Delhi that led to outrage across the country. While details of the suggestions given to the committee were not immediately known, the party has been favouring imprisonment up to 30 years for rapists and setting up of fast-track courts as also redefining the juvenile act by reducing the age limit. Leaders like Renuka Chaudhary had sought chemical castration of rapists but the party has made it clear that no such suggestion has been made by party chief Sonia Gandhi. Gandhi had recently held a meeting with top leaders as also experts for consultations over the issue. The suggestions were given a day after the party top brass, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Gandhi, held deliberations. The Verma committee was set up on December 23 with a mandate to review the present statute so as to provide for speedier justice and enhanced punishment in cases of aggravated sexual assault. The committee has to submit its report in 30 days. PTI SPG PAL

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Stud farm owner Hasan Ali permitted to be taken to Mumbai

Patna, Jan 5 (PTI) A district court here today permitted Mumbai police to take Pune-based stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan with them to Mumbai for production in another case. Hasan was sent to jail custody till January 17 by Chief Judicial Magistrate Ramakant Yadav yesterday in a case relating to a forged passport, registered at Kotwali police station here. The Mumbai police today filed an application before the CJM for his production before Mumbai Principal Judge Swapan Joshi in another case, which was accepted. The CJM directed to produce Hasan before him on January 17. The Patna court had issued a production warrant against him in an FIR lodged here in 2011. The matter relates to issue of a passport from Patna in December, 2010, allegedly on the basis of wrong information furnished in the application. Khan had applied for a passport in 2007. After detecting irregularities, the Patna Passport office had registered an FIR at the Kotwali police station in 2011. Khan had hit the headlines recently in connection with a tax evasion case. He allegedly siphoned off a huge sum of money abroad without paying tax. PTI COR SNS AMD AVT

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Fire at IOC depot in Gujarat; no casualties reported

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A fire erupted and spread at a fuel storage terminal of state-run Indian Oil Corp in Hazira in Gujarat on Saturday, a company executive said, an incident which may force India's largest refiner to import fuel.

No casualties were reported from the fire, whose cause was not immediately clear. The Hazira terminal has nine storage tanks - five gasoline and four diesel.

The tank where the blaze started had about 5,000 kilolitres of gasoline, almost half of its capacity, when it caught fire.

"Because of wind the fire has spread to another petrol tank. We can see smoke coming out of second petrol tank as well. It had substantial volumes," said N Srikumar, executive director at the company.

Srikumar had said earlier that Indian Oil was looking into the cause of the fire that broke out in the afternoon and that authorities were trying to cool the other tankers at the depot by sprinkling water on them.

Indian Oil, which meets about half of the country's domestic fuel demand, along with its subsidiary, Chennai Petroleum Corp (CHPC.NS), control 10 refineries accounting for about 31 percent of the national capacity of 4.3 million barrels per day (bpd).

(Reporting by Nidhi Verma; Writing by Arup Roychoudhury; Editing by Mark Heinrich)

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Peace talks with Meghalaya militant group concludes

Shillong, Jan 5 (PTI) Central interlocutor P C Haldar today concluded peace talks with the Garo Hills-based militant outfit Achik National Volunteer Council in Meghalaya, which was under a tripartite ceasefire agreement from 2004. Joint Secretary (North East), Ministry of Home Affairs, Shambhu Singh, termed the talks as successful. "The text has been frozen and it will go through a process of various approvals including the approval of the state cabinet and the union cabinet before the final document is signed by parties concerned," he said. One of the key demands of the ANVC was for creation of a Garoland Autonomous Council similar to the Bodoland Territorial Council. While the state government did not agree to this demand, the Centre and state conceded to 13 demands which included expansion of the powers of the district council, Singh said. Welcoming the peace initiative, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said people of Garo Hills region have suffered enough from militancy, which has caused immense hardship to them. "They now look forward to reverting to a period of peace, harmony, growth and development. Let us all work together to grant them this as a New Year gift," the Chief Minister said. A cabinet meeting, scheduled for Monday, was expected to take a final call on the 'historic' pact with the militant outfit, sources said. PTI JOP PC AVT

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