Death sentence to rapists within 24 hrs if BJP comes to power: BSY

Mudigere, DH News Service Dec 30 2017, 20:02 IST 

 

State BJP President B S Yeddyurappa speaks at BJP's parivarthana yathra in Mudigere on Saturday.

State BJP President B S Yeddyurappa said that the BJP will implement death sentence to rapists within 24 hours of coming to power in Karnataka.

Speaking at BJP's parivarthana yathra in Mudigere on Saturday, he said that the Congress has no moral right to speak on Dr B R Ambedkar. The Congress had conspired against Ambedkar during the election, he said. The Congress did not even allow his memorial in Rajghat. It was with the help of the BJP during V P Singh's tenure that Ambedkar was conferred Bharath Ratna award, he said.

Yeddyurappa said there has been an increase in atrocities on women after the Congress government came to power in Karnataka. A total of 3,102 sexual assault cases, 2534 murders, 430 kidnap and atrocities on 19,000 female students have taken place in the state which points a finger at the failure of the state government, he added. "The BJP is committed to the safety of women and will frame rules to provide death sentence to rapists after coming to power," he said.

Union Minister D V Sadananda Gowda said that Bhairapura-Shishila road has been included in Sagarmala project.

MP Shobha Karandlaje said the Congress which ruled the country for seven decades did not take any measures to distribute LPG to the poor. The NDA government led by Narendra Modi implemented Ujwala scheme to distribute LPG to the poor, she added.

Former MLA M P Kumaraswamy said that the local MLA has failed to raise the issue of encroachment, tiger and elephant menace. No action has been initiated to contain the tiger and elephant menace.

MLAs C T Ravi, D N Jeevraj, MLC M K Pranesh and others were present.

Andhra Pradesh: Tirumala Tirupati trust to seek govt advice on non-Hindu staff 

INDIAN EXPRESS 

 A government order issued in 2007 mandated that only Hindus can be recruited by the TTD as it is a purely Hindu organisation. The order exempted TTD’s educational institutions.

  By: Express News Service | Hyderabad | Updated: December 31, 2017 6:02 am






The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), which manages the Lord Venkateshwara temple at Tirumala in Andhra Pradesh, has decided to seek the government’s advice on what to do with 42 non-Hindus working in the TTD. A government order issued in 2007 mandated that only Hindus can be recruited by the TTD as it is a purely Hindu organisation. The order exempted TTD’s educational institutions.

Prior to the order, 35 Christians were recruited by the TTD. After the 2007 order, seven Christians were recruited in the TTD’s educational institutions.

The TTD decided to seek the government’s advice after priests complained against the Deputy Executive Officer in the TTD’s Welfare Department, M S Snehalatha, after she was found to be using her official car to visit church every Sunday.

The matter came to light when Snehalatha reportedly changed her driver, who complained he was being made to work on Sundays.

TTD priests took up the issue, stating that non-Hindus should not be allowed to work in the TTD. A TTD official said, “…there are 42 non-Hindus working in TTD…. To avoid unnecessary controversies based on religion, we are writing to the government seeking its opinion on what to do with the non-Hindu employees.”

Rajnikanth is too innocent to survive in politics, TN minister says

TNN | Dec 28, 2017, 21:03 IST



Rajinikanth

By Padmini Sivarajah

MADURAI: Tamil Nadu milk and dairy products developments minister K T Rajendra Balaji has said superstar Rajinikanth is too innocent to survive in politics. A person who doesn't not know how to play the political game would not fit in it, according to the minister.

Speaking to reporters after inaugurating a veterinary hospital in Sivakasi on Thursday, the minister said Rajinikanth would have succeeded if he had entered politics around 20 years ago. "It is too late for him now as his fans are members of various political parties. Let's hope someone is able to guide and advise him on this,'' he said.

The minister's remark comes two days after Rajinikanth told his fans that he would announce his political stand on December 31.

Top CommentThe minister accepted two things one Rajini IS clean and two they are surviving because they are Crooks   Srinivas Govindswamy

The minister said the government was able to achieve much because it had a good relationship with the central government. A coalition with the BJP in the next elections could not be rule out, he said.

"The defeat in RK Nagar bypoll was an accident. We will use it as the stepping stones to another victory,'' he said.

Snake Park to get research centre linked to Madras university

P Oppili | TNN | Updated: Dec 29, 2017, 09:38 IST




Madras University CHENNAI: An advanced research centre for herpetological studies will be inaugurated at the Guindy Snake Park on Friday by internationally renowned conservationist Kerry M Kriger of the United States. The centre will be affiliated with the zoology department of University of Madras.

Although the snake park has carried out many research projects, it did not have a dedicated centre to take up research programmes and guide researchers. One of the trustees, S Paulraj, said an advanced research centre was essential to undertake national and international research projects.

Two experienced scientists will be employed by the park to undertake research projects and write proposals for obtaining grants and funding, besides guiding research students for their degrees. The centre will also take up collaborative projects with the Tamil Nadu Veterinary University, Vandalur Zoo, Chennai Crocodile Bank and other national and international institutions, said Paulraj.

The park is equipped with a lab for field studies. Scientists at the lab had developed a snake repellent to protect Army personnel from snakes found in the desert on the India-Pakistan border in Rajasthan. The research was funded by a grant from the Defence Research and Development Organisation.

Apart from basic research facilities, the park also has a collection of rare books and museum specimens of herpetological fauna. The park, which was founded in 1972 by wildlife conservationist Romulus Whitaker, exhibits a wide variety of reptiles and has successfully bred several species.

Vandalur zoo begins preparations to receive Pongal crowd

P Oppili | TNN | Dec 29, 2017, 16:02 IST

 

 

 

 

A lioness in Vandalur zoo (PTI photo)

 

CHENNAI: Officials in Arignar Anna Zoological Park (Vandalur zoo) here have begun preparations to receive visitors during the Pongal holidays. The zoo attracts lakhs of visitors during the Pongal holidays, in mid-January.

On Wednesday, the zoo authorities held a meeting with officials of other department. An official communication from the zoo said Kancheepuram district superintendent of police, DRO, district fire and rescue service officer and officials of electricity board, transport department, water and drainage board and health and family welfare department attended the meeting.

They discussed facilities in the zoo, safety aspects, transport facilities, emergency help and other aspects.

Body of medical student found on railway track in Tamil Nadu

K Sambath Kumar | TNN | Dec 29, 2017, 21:10 IST

TRICHY: The body of a 21-year-old medical student was found on a railway track near Kulithalai in Karur district of Tamil Nadu on Friday.

The victim has been identified as A Amrithraj, a second year MBBS student in KAP Viswanathan Medical College in Trichy. He was a native of Karupathur in Karur district.

Amrthraj left home on Thursday morning to write an exam in his college. As he had not returned home even till midnight, his family member started searching for him.

His body was found in pieces on a railway track near Kallapalli temple in the early hours Friday. The Kulithalai police recovered the body and sent it for postmortem.

The police suspect that he might have committed suicide by jumping in front of a train. "He was found dead on a railway track after his examination. This points to a possible suicide. He might have committed suicide after performing poorly in the exam," said an investigation officer.

The police were inquiring with his family members and friends to ascertain the reason for his death.

Lawyer pic on vakalats: HC suspends rules

TNN | Dec 30, 2017, 10:41 IST

 CHENNAI: More than a month after making it mandatory for lawyers to affix their photograph and other details on vakalats filed in the court, so as to keep bogus lawyers out of court proceedings, the Madras high court has agreed to 'temporarily suspend' the order till January 22, 2018. The rule was to come into force from January 2 next year.

It was in November second week that justice S Vaidyanathan passed the order and said advocate filing cases must affix a valid photo identity card, along with details of enrolment number, residential and office address and contact number, on vakalats. Now, after much persuasion by almost all advocates associations, the court agreed to temporarily suspend the order till January 22, 2018.

Noting that the order has been suspended since various bar associations have sought more time to submit their suggestions to weed out fake lawyers from the profession, justice Vaidyanathan made it clear that such suggestions must be made by January 22, without delay.

In his earlier order, the judge had also held that all anticipatory bail applications must be filed in the form of affidavits, with signature of the advocate on all the pages. Justice Vaidyanathan brought in the suspended rules after he unearthed a fraud played upon by a group of litigants, who filed multiple bail applications at the same time.

Aggrieved by the order, Bar associations requested the court to either recall the order or modify it removing the new rules. On November 21, noting that the associations are making such submission only to please its members and genuine legal practitioners would not object such directions, the judge refused to modify the directions.

But now, since many other associations, including Madras Bar Association, made a similar request to the court, the judge decided to suspend the rules till January 22.