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German court convicts migrant of murdering ex-girlfriend
A migrant was convicted Monday of murdering his 15-year-old German ex-girlfriend and sentenced to 8.5 years in prison, the German news agency dpa reported. The stabbing of the 15-year-old girl at a drugstore in the southwestern town of Kandel in December 2017 shocked Germany and fuelled a debate about violence by migrants. The verdict comes at a time when Germany is struggling to come to terms with the influx of more than 1 million migrants since 2015. Emotions have run high after another fatal stabbing last month, allegedly by two migrants, in the eastern city of Chemnitz. It has triggered sometimes violent protests by far-right groups. Because of privacy rules, the victim in the Kandel stabbing has been identified only as Mia and the migrant as Abdul D, who was also convicted of assault at the district court in Landau. Authorities did not confirm the perpetrator's nationality and his age, but German media have reported that he is most likely Afghan and he was tried as a minor. Abdul
CPI(M) rally to protest the arrest of party workers
CPI(M) activists Monday staged a rally in North 24 Parganas district to protest the arrest of party workers for their alleged involvement in the killing of TMC workers in Amdanga area. The CPI(M) had called for "gherao of Amdanga Police station" to protest the arrests of "innocent" CPI(M) activists. The police tried to stop the CPI(M) activists from marching towards the Amdanga police station. Following which a heated argument broke out between the police and the CPI(M) leaders. The CPI(M) leaders and workers staged a protest rally and squatted on the Santoshpur area of National Highway 34. The Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel were deployed in the area. "We demand release of CPI(M) workers who have been arrested in false cases. The TMC is not only running a corrupt but also a authoritarian government in the state," CPI(M) politburo member Mohammed Salim said while addressing the rally. Later the police persuaded the CPI(M) leaders to lift the the road blockade. Three
Travel agent, parents end life after loss in business
Three of a family allegedly committed suicide in their house on Monday by slitting their wrists and necks apparently owing to loss in business, police said. The body of Vairamuthu, running a travel agency here, was found hanging while those of his parents Balasubramaniam (55) and Lakshmi (50) were found lying in a pool of blood, the police said. The suicide came to light this afternoon when Vairamuthu's aunt in Tirupur received by courier a letter sent by him saying he and his parents had decided to end their lives following loss in the business, they said. The relative, after reading the letter, informed the police, who went to the scene and found the family members dead.
Gender, women's health discussed at National Crafts Museum festival
Discussions at one of India's first women's health festivals touched on issues about gender and health, and created space for a public discourse on women's well-being at the National Crafts Museum here.
73,000 Biharis living in Assam submitted documents for NRC: Sushil Modi
About 73,000 people from Bihar, currently living in Assam, have sent their documents for verification to get included in the NRC being prepared in the northeastern state, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said here Monday. The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is being prepared under the supervision of the Supreme Court with a view to enlisting Indian citizens living in the north eastern state. "About 73,000 people from Bihar have sent documents like certificates of birth and caste, Aadhar cards, voter identity cards, certificates of educational qualifications, land records and driving licenses etc. to the Bihar government for verification through the government of Assam," Modi said in a release. "So far, 52,110 documents have been sent to concerned districts, departments, or concerned bodies for verfication. Of these, 5418 have been duly verified and 3264 have been sent back to Assam," he added. Modi said the Bihar School Examination Board has verified 4218 such documents, ..
Doctors demand action against police officer for assaulting
Six doctors organisation Monday said that they would stop all work at the OPD section of private hospitals in West Bengal if no action was taken against the police officer who had allegedly assaulted a junior doctor at a city hospital. "We demand strict action against the police officer who assaulted one of our junior doctor. If the police does not act proper we will stop all operations at the OPDs of all private hospitals in the state for an hour on Wednesday," Association of Health Service doctors general secretary Dr Manas Kumar Gumta said. He said that all other operations will not be affected by their movement. "The police today asked for a fortnight's time to take action against the accused. This is a simple case and we have given them 48 hours' time to take proper legal action against the officer," he said. Gumta said that doctors at state-run hospitals would wear black batches to protest against the act. On August 29 night, a junior doctor at a private hospital
MP polls: Cong to give tickets only to social media savvy
Active presence on the social media is one of the eligibility criteria for the aspirants seeking to contest the upcoming Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh on Congress tickets, a party functionary said Monday. Madhya Pradesh is going to polls later this year along with Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. "It is essential for the candidates seeking nomination for the assembly polls to be active on the social media," state Congress' social media and IT president Abhay Tiwari told PTI. He said the party won't consider the inactive aspirants eligible for tickets. Explaining the logic behind this pre-condition, Tiwari said voters are active on the social media and can be accessed effectively through internet. "The social media activity of ticket seekers will be gauged from their presence on Facebook, twitter and WhatsApp groups," he said.
White South African workers protest against Sasol's black share scheme
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Workers from South Africa's mainly-white Solidarity union staged a go-slow protest at the petrochemicals firm Sasol on Monday over a share scheme offered exclusively to black staff, and said they would begin a full strike on Thursday.
JCILPS nabs 12 persons entering Manipur
Activists of the Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System (JCILPS) on Monday nabbed 12 persons, who had illegally entered Manipur, near the Imphal-Dimapur National Highway-2.
4 cattle smugglers held for theft, slaughter of cows
Four persons were arrested Monday in Ghaziabad's Awas Vikas colony for allegedly stealing cows and slaughtering them, police said. On the basis of a tip-off, Tronica city police arrested the smugglers from a forest near the colony and recovered from their possession lethal weapons used for slaughtering, police said. The arrested accused -- Rizwan, Firoz, Anees, and Mustkeem-- have confessed to stealing cows and calves for slaughtering after administering euthanasia injections to them, Senior Superintendent of Police Vaibhav Krishna said. They were wanted in five cases of theft of bovines and their slaughter, he said. Three extra-large size knives, five syringes and 14 injections, and a four-metre-long synthetic rope were recovered from the accused, the SSP said, adding that they have been sent to jail under sections of the anti-cow slaughter Act.
RBI employees withdraw two-day strike
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) employee unions on Monday deferred their two-day mass casual leave planned for September 4-5 after the bank management sought "some time" to consider their demands.
Three electrocuted as live overhead wire falls on them: police
Three persons, including two women, were electrocuted in a village in neighbouring Hamirpur district on Monday. Lal Mohammad (53) was working in his fields alongwith daughters-in-law Jamila (30) and Rajkumari (35) in Basela village in Rath Kotwali police station area when an overhead live wire snapped and fell on them, ASP Lal Singh Yadav said. The three died on the spot, he said. Infuriated locals staged a protest against power department officials. They were somehow pacified, the ASP said adding that a case was registered and the matter was being probed.
Haryana to provide 24 hr power supply in villages: Abhimanyu
Haryana Finance Minister Abhimanyu Monday said that the state government is framing a scheme to provide 24 hour power supply to all villages and it would soon be announced. The minister said that in future, farmers in the state would not have to face shortage of urea because the government has enacted a law under which it has been made mandatory for the state government to deposit money with the Centre in May-June for providing urea in December. "The government is framing a scheme to provide 24 hour power supply to villages...it will be launched soon," he said speaking after inaugurating and laying foundation stones of various projects in different villages of Narnaund. He said that various pensions being provided to senior citizens, disabled and widows would be revised from Rs 1,800 to Rs 2,000 from November 1 this year. Abhimanyu said that the previous state government had raised the pension to Rs 1,000 in 10 years, but publicised it too much whereas the present state ...
Hazare to sit on hunger strike from Oct 2; seeks pension for farmers
Social activist Anna Hazare will sit on a hunger strike here from October 2 over issues like appointment of Lokpal and welfare measures for the agrarian sector, including Rs 5,000 monthly pension for farmers. According to a statement here on Monday, Hazare also sought implementation of the Swaminathan Commission recommendations to alleviate the plight of farmers, who have been facing serious economic crisis for the last few years. The government has not acted on these demands despite repeated requests, it said. Hazare has also sought that each farmer in the country get Rs 5,000 pension per month, an aide of the social activist said. The 80-year-old anti-graft activist will launch the protest at his native village, on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Hazare sat on a hunger strike in Delhi in March this year raising the demands, but had called it off after assurance from the government that necessary steps would be taken in this regard. He had then warned the government about ..
Dabholkar murder suspect sent to CBI custody
A Mumbai sessions court on Monday remanded Sharad Kalaskar, suspect in rationalist Narendra Dabholkar murder case in 2013, into the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody for further investigation.The new development comes after the court had denied CBI's application seeking Kalaskar's custody on August 29. According to reports, CBI wanted to confront him along with another accused Sachin Andure. Accused Andure was nabbed by the police from Aurangabad after a tip-off from the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS). Kalaskar was also remanded into ATS custody until Monday.On Saturday, two accused, namely Rajesh Bangera and Amit Degwekar were sent to the CBI custody by a Pune sessions court. They were sent to the custody for 10 days.Dabholkar, the founder of Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (MANS), was shot dead on August 20, 2013 by bike-borne assailants, while he was returning home from a morning walk.
Mumbai Court gives Mallya 3 weeks to reply to ED application
A Mumbai Special Court has granted three weeks time to liquor baron Vijay Mallya to file his reply on the Enforcement Directorate's application, which sought to declare him a fugitive economic offender under the new law.Mallya has been directed to file his reply by September 24. After that, the court will decide the course of the hearing.On June 30, Mallya was summoned by a designated court under Fugitive Economic Offenders Act to appear before it on August 27. The notice was issued to Mallya and others in connection with the ED's June 22 application for declaring him as a fugitive economic offender and to confiscate his properties.The Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2018 - prescribes measures to deter fugitive economic offenders from evading prosecution by staying abroad - was passed in the Parliament in July.The Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on March 12. It seeks to confiscate properties of economic offenders who have left the country to avoid facing criminal prosecution.
Pacific summit opens amid concerns over refugee children
Pacific leaders opened their annual diplomatic summit in Nauru Monday, but the ceremony was overshadowed by allegations that children of asylum-seekers on the tiny Pacific island have been traumatised by systemic abuse. Nauru President Baron Waqa formally welcomed delegates to the 18-nation Pacific Islands Forum, saying the summit was a chance to demand the world take urgent action on global warming. However, when the Nauruan leader faced a rare grilling from the media, questions centred on the plight of those detained on the remote island under an agreement with Australia. A report released Monday said the mental health of asylum-seekers was buckling under the strain of indefinite detention, adding that "those who have seen this suffering say it is worse than anything they have seen, including in war zones." "People are broken," said the report, co-authored by the Refugee Council of Australia and the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. "Children as young as seven and 12 are experiencing ..
'Homeless' babies at risk of poor health: Study
Babies born to homeless women are more likely to have poor health and development outcomes, says a study.
33 Africans drown in Yemen
At least 33 African migrants drowned off the Yemeni coast of Shabwa after smugglers operating the boat forced the passengers into the sea, the country spokesman of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.
Centre urges Odisha to join Ayushman Bharat health scheme
The Centre Monday urged the Odisha government to become a part of the Ayushman Bharat, saying the flagship health insurance scheme launched last month would remain incomplete if it did not do so. Odisha is yet to join the central health scheme. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had rejected the Centre's proposal to join the Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Mission and launched its own health scheme called the 'Biju Swastha Kalyan Yojana' to cover about 3.5 crore people of nearly 70 lakh families. Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Ashiwni Kumar Choubey, who was here for the inauguration of the Fakir Mohan Medical College and Hospital said, "Unless Odisha became part of the Ayushman Bharat, the programme would remain incomplete. Therefore, I urged the Odisha government to accept it." Choubey, however, said there is nothing wrong in the state's own scheme, but Odisha should also become part of the Ayushman Bharat to make it complete as well as provide better .
