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Advani, Thakre meet
Vajpayee Third front after results: CPM |
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Exit polls: Crystal ball
predictions? India 'not' to participate in CTBT
meet
DVB restructuring demanded Model code of conduct goes Pune boy tops in Olympiad
IAF to pay tributes to
‘missing men’ SC favours Euro norms for
two-wheelers UN bodies’ tribute to
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Advani, Thakre meet Vajpayee NEW DELHI, Oct 4 (UNI) — Home Minister L.K. Advani and BJP President Kushabhau Thakre today called on Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and reviewed the latest political situation in the country. The meeting, which took place at the Prime Minister’s residence, lasted about half an hour. After the meeting, Mr Thakre said it was not a scheduled meeting. "All of us were away from Delhi for some time in view of the elections. We decided to meet today as all of us were in Delhi." Besides the party’s future programme, the meeting also briefly discussed dates to convene a meeting of the party’s national executive and central office-bearers. Mr Thakre described as day-dreaming the Congress’ claim that it would emerge as the single largest party. The NDA would get an absolute majority and it would form the government led by Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee. In an interview to private TV channel Aaj Tak, Mr Thakre exuded confidence that the National Democratic Alliance Government would complete a full five-year term as "there will be no leader like Ms Jayalalitha who has her own personal agenda." The situation this time would be different from the earlier one as all coalition partners were committed to the NDA. This time, he said the alliance partners did not have their personal agenda as Ms Jayalalitha had in the previous coalition government. Mr Thakre said Ms Jayalalitha had been facing several corruption charges and she wanted to get rid of these cases. The Vajpayee Government was very clear on the issue that the law would take its own course with regard to the cases. When pointed out that
the Telugu Desam Party and the Trinamool Congress had
announced that they were not part of the NDA, the BJP
President said although they were not in the NDA
"they are our supporting partners." |
Third front after results: CPM NEW DELHI, Oct 4 (UNI) — CPM General Secretary Harkishen Singh Surjeet has said the third front will be in place "immediately’’ after the Lok Sabha elections but there is no guarantee that the Congress will lead a coalition government to prevent the BJP from coming back to power. Asked if there is going to be a Congress-led coalition at the Centre, Mr Surjeet said, "I am not prepared to say that today but nothing can be excluded. It all depends on the numbers, it’s a numbers game,’’ he made the statement in an interview to Jain TV. Replying to a question whether the Left would strive for a Congress-led coalition, he said : "No, I am not saying that. It’s a question of numbers. If the other parties combine and they have some numbers, that is an issue which needs to be discussed.’’ Mr Surjeet did not rule out the possibility of a non-Congress party leading the coalition. "Any possibility is there. The main question is how to stop the BJP from coming back to power. For that, what should be done, has to be discussed,’’ he said. Broadly hinting that parties like the Mulayam Singh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party will play a crucial role in the post-results scenario, the veteran Left leader said: "Many people who deserted us, may come back. For instance, Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav believed in equidistance, we did not, so he left us. So after the poll, what he will do is a question. He cannot afford to go with the BJP. So all these questions have to be discussed.’’ Mr Surjeet said the Congress claimed that it alone would form the government was "nothing but propaganda. They will realise this as soon as the results are out,’’ he said. He said the Left would continue to fight the Congress on the economic policy front. "There can be no yielding on that. They (the Congress) will have to accommodate us if they have to form a government,’’ Mr Surjeet said. On whether the CPM would join the government or support it from outside and also on the question of Mr Jyoti Basu becoming the Prime Minister, Mr Surjeet said these issues would be decided at the party’s politburo meeting on October 8 and 9. TNS adds: The CPM on Monday refuted the allegations levelled by the Rashtriya Swyamsevak Sangh (RSS) that the Left Front government in Tripura was helping the NLFT. In a statement, the polit buro of the CPM said the RSS allegations were "baseless". "While it is understandable that the RSS is concerned about the abduction of four of its cadres by the NLFT in August in the state, it is totally mischievous and slanderous to blame the Left Front government for such activities being conducted by the militants", the statement said. For the past few months, the Left Front government in Tripura had been demanding that the Army and paramilitary forces which were withdrawn from the state by the Central Government be immediately returned back in order to check the activities of the extremist groups, the statement pointed out. The RSS, if it was
serious about the fate of the kidnapped persons, should
immediately ask the Vajpayee government and the Home
Minister to deploy the forces withdrawn from the state,
the CPM said. |
Exit polls: Crystal ball
predictions? NEW DELHI, Oct 4 — With the ballot boxes sealed and kept under tight security, exit polls have become the instrument to peep into the unforeseen and unravel the fate of politicians. The verdict of the exit polls, conducted by several agencies, have become the debating point, at least till the actual results start pouring in 48 hours from now. The exit poll projections published in national newspapers show that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is likely to emerge as the single biggest group though individually no party is likely to get absolute majority. While the exit poll conducted by the Development and Research Services (DRS)-Doordarshan have projected 287 seats for the NDA, the Congress and its allies will get 174 seats and others will secure 77 seats. The Star-Insight exit polls shows that the NDA will get 295-305 seats, the Congress and allies will get 145-155 seats and others 85-95 seats. However, Lokmat exit poll states that the NDA will get 242 seats, the Congress and its allies 227 and others will get 67 seats. Although, the exit polls have come in for sharp criticism especially from those political parties which are shown to be losing, the pollsters are strongly defending the projections, saying it is based on the methodology and past experience. West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu, reacting to DRS-DD exit poll predictions, told a news agency, "I don’t believe in exit-poll results and give no importance to such predictions. Such poll predictions are suited to the US environment and this will take five to seven years to get used to Indian subcontinent." A Centre for Media Studies pollster says the exit polls are by and large accurate, but, one must take into consideration the margin of error which allows a swing of a few seats. According to Mr G.V.L.Narasimha Rao of the DRS, the exit polls have a margin of error of around 15 seats. A pollster at the DRS explains that an exit poll is an opinion poll which is conducted on the voting day at the exit gate of the polling booth with the purpose of asking the voter, whom they voted for. It is a technique used to predict the election outcome before the actual outcome. According to a report on indiadecides.com, the latest model to predict election results is based on certain economic indicators — multivariate ordinary least squares regression. Short term macroeconomic performance has been used to predict election winners for quite sometime now. Ray Fair, an economist at Yale University, has been estimating the impact of economic variables on election results for over 20 years. His model has worked remarkably well in predicting election winners based only on economic information. Using this forecasting model, Dr Surjit Bhalla, Director Oxus Research and Investments, has predicted that the Congress and its allies will secure 116 seats, while the BJP and its allies will get 330. Exit polls have been in vogue in the developed world for several years but it is a recent introduction in India. Doordarshan was the first agency to make exit polls a national phenomenon when it telecast the likely verdict of the 1996 polls, a minute after it concluded. Ms Nalini Singh, who anchored the first exit poll telecast on the electronic media, said that the exit polls in the country became popular after its telecast by Doordarshan in 1996. She pointed out that exit polls were introduced at the national level after it was put into practice at the state level in the print media. The exit polls after each phase of the polling, however, have been published for the first time in the country in the current elections following the Supreme Court’s revoking of a ban imposed by the Election Commission on such polls. The EC’s guidelines prohibited the publication or broadcast of opinion and exit polls 48 hours before the first date of polling, until the last date of the polling process. The guidelines were issued as the EC believed the publication of such polls came in the way of conducting free and fair elections. Its main concern was that such polls could influence the voters, benefit major political parties in the fray and therefore throw up a biased poll verdict. A five-Judge Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court observed that "these guidelines were without any legal force and were not binding on anybody. Your (EC’s) guidelines will remain a guideline. It is not binding (on anybody)." "The overall consensus among the political parties to ban the exit and opinion polls does not empower the EC to make guidelines binding people at large," the Bench observed. How accurate these polls
are will be known only after the actual counting is
completed. |
India 'not' to participate in CTBT meet NEW DELHI, Oct 4 (UNI) — India will not participate in the review conference to facilitate entry into force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) being held on October 6. Foreign Secretary K Raghunath said in an interview to Doordarshan that India, which had so far not signed the CTBT, had not been invited to attend the review meeting. Referring to India's stand on the CTBT, he said a political consensus would have to be evolved after the new government was installed before it became signatory to the treaty. Meanwhile, an official spokesman of the Ministry of External Affairs ministry (MEA) said there has been no change in India's position on the CTBT. He said India's position
remained consistent. "We remain ready to bring these
discussions to a successful conclusion. This requires the
creation of a positive environment as we work towards
creating the widest possible consensus
domestically." |
Clarify stand on CTBT: Cong NEW DELHI, Oct 4 (UNI) — The Congress today expressed deep concern over the confusing statements from the Centre regarding the signing of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and wanted the government to state its official stance on the issue unambiguously. Taking exception to the statement of National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra that a consensus was building in the country about our stance on signing the CTBT, Congress spokesperson Kapil Sibal asked "Where on earth is this consensus building going on?" He also said that this consensus existed only in the mind of some sections of the BJP. Mr Sibal described as significant the reported statement of Mr Mishra that the USA had asked India to prepare a favourable ground before President Bill Clinton's visit to India, which meant that India should sign the CTBT. He recalled the earlier
statements of Mr Mishra on India's willingness to
partially adhere to the CTBT and the subsequent denial as
in the case of placing China as the primary motivation
for the nuclear tests. In the midst of the elections, Mr
Mishra suggested that the presence of deterrence ensured
that the situation in Kargil did not go into an
escalatory mode whereas the opposite was the truth, Mr
Sibal said. |
Memo given to Pak High
Commission NEW DELHI, Oct 4 — All-India Anti-Terrorist Front (AIATF) activists led by its Chairman, Mr M.S. Bitta, today submitted a memorandum at the Pakistan High Commission protesting against "the green signal given initially by the Pakistan Government to JKLF militants for crossing the LoC". After giving the "go-ahead" signal to the terrorist outfits for engineering trans-border trouble, the arrest of a few JKLF activists looks like an eyewash, Mr Bitta said. "Terrorism is none’s friend. It is a selfdefeating exercise. Instead of encouraging the destructive forces, the Pakistan authorities should extend the hand of friendship so that the peoples of the two countries live in peace and total harmony," the memorandum said. Submitted at the
American Embassy, the memorandum stated that Pakistan was
both overtly and covertly encouraging Islamic
fundamentalism leading to crime on a mass scale, training
militants along the borders, spending huge amount of
money through ISI and pushing well-trained terrorists
equipped with sophisticated weapons into India. |
DVB restructuring demanded NEW DELHI, Oct 4 (PTI) — The Supreme Court today sought the response of the Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB) to recommendations of the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) for restructuring of the DVB to help improve the woeful power supply situation in the Capital. A three-Judge Bench comprising Chief Justice A S Anand, Mr Justice B N Kirpal and Mr Justice V N Khare said a "copy of the recent report (of EPCA) shall be sent to the DVB with a direction to file its response within four weeks". The EPCA said though the power purchased and generated by the DVB was sufficient to meet the peak demand, due to transmission and distribution (T and D) loss, which was 42.72 per cent in 1997-98 and 50 per cent in June 1998, power availability to the consumer was not regular. Terming the T and D losses as abnormally high, the authority said: "In case T and D losses increase beyond the permissible limit, the officers concerned should be held responsible for such losses in their areas." On the restructuring of
the DVB, the EPCA said: "An independent statutory
Delhi electricity regulatory commission should be
established and it should undertake licensing of new
capacity, prescribe performance standards and fix tariffs
after appropriate consultations." |
Model code of conduct goes NEW DELHI, Oct 4 (PTI) — The Election Commission today asked the government to proceed with its normal business without reference to it under the model code of conduct for elections as voting for the Lok Sabha and the five state assemblies was now over. The order was passed by the commission following a reference made to it by the Aviation Secretary regarding the inauguration of two aero-bridges at Bangalore airport. The order has been sent to the Cabinet Secretary. "The commission has no objection whatsoever," the order said, adding the commission "would also like to say now that voting is over, the Government of India may please proceed with its normal business without reference to the commission". The model code of
conduct, which restrains the Centre and state authorities
from making announcements and offering sops, had come
into force on July 11 with the announcement of the poll
schedule by the commission. |
Karnataka writes to PM on CRA meeting BANGALORE, Oct 4 (UNI) — The Karnataka Government has written to Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to decide on the need for a meeting of the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) following copious rain in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka during the past week. State Irrigation Minister K.N. Nage Gowda told UNI that Karnataka Chief Secretary B.K. Battacharya had written to the Union Cabinet Secretary that following continuous rain, water level at Mettur Dam in Tamil Nadu had touched 46 ft besides an inflow of about 30,000 cusecs daily. In Karnataka, the level had increased to 70 TMC ft in all four dams. A shortfall of 13 TMC ft had been made good by the rain, leaving only 16 TMC ft of deficit uncovered. Mr Gowda noted that the counting of ballots and government formation at the Centre and in Karnataka would take a few more weeks. In view of this, and sufficient rain in both states, the meet could be postponed. On the charge of All India Anna DMK leader Jayalalitha that Tamil Nadu had favoured Karnataka by agreeing to drop the clause relating to the takeover of the reservoirs by the authority, he considered it unfortunate that Ms Jayalalitha was trying to instigate the people of the state against their neighbours by misleading statements. Mr Gowda said that during the meeting of the CRA Karnataka and Kerala had both opposed the mention of takeover of the reservoirs by the authority as it was against the Constitution and amounted to interference in state functioning. Only after an assurance from the Chairman and the committee that the move would be dropped, Karnataka and Kerala agreed for the Cauvery agreement. Chennai: The AIADMK on Monday rejected Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi’s justification for deletion of a clause which would have empowered the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) to take over dams along the river in case of failure by any riparian state to implement the tribunal’s interim award. Reacting to Mr Karunanidhi’s statement on Sunday that he had agreed to the dropping of the clause at the insistence of Karnataka Chief Minister j h Patel and Kerala Chief Minister e k Nayanar, AIADMK General Secretary Jayalalitha charged him with being hesitant in standing up for the state’s interests. "If the clause had been included, it would have been the lifeline of Tamil Nadu," she said in a statement here. The clause, found in a draft scheme prepared by the Gujral government, provided for take over of the dams by the Centre, if any riparian state failed to implement the interim award. Ms Jayalalitha said if Mr Patel found it difficult to agree to the clause, that was only the standpoint of Karnataka, which was against releasing even a drop of water to Tamil Nadu. If Mr Patel had felt that the clause would impinge on the country’s federal structure, nothing prevented Mr Karunanidhi from arguing on behalf of Tamil Nadu that Karnataka’s failure to implement the tribunal’s award for eight years also went against federal principles, she said. On Mr Karunanidhi’s claim that leaders who attended an all-party meeting on Aug 3, 1998, were in agreement on deleting this ‘vital’ clause, Ms Jayalalitha said various leaders who took part in the meeting had themselves told her that there was no truth at all in the statement. On Communist leaders agreeing to the formation of the CRA without any clause to empower the Centre to take over the reservoirs, she said: "At that time these leaders were not aware that Prime Minister a b Vajpayee, Mr Karunanidhi and Mr Patel were conjointly engaged in a ploy to hoodwink the people of Tamil Nadu." Recalling that the
AIADMK had at that time asked Mr Karunanidhi not to take
part in the meeting called by the Prime Minister, she
said he was "now priding himself over the clause
that said even if one of the four chief ministers raised
an objection, the CRA could not take any decision. |
Pune boy tops in Olympiad MUMBAI, Oct 4 (PTI) — Varun Bhalerao of Pune has won the gold medal in the just concluded Fourth International Astronomy Olympiad at Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Ukraine from September 27 to October 2. Leader of the Indian team, Prof M.N. Vahia of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, told reporters that the second gold medal was won by Mayank Jha of Bhopal from the junior group. Sixteen-year-old Bhalerao scored 74 per cent, the highest in the senior group, while Jha (15) got 72 per cent. He said out of the total six students who participated three other students got silver medals and one got bronze medal. The junior group
comprised students up to 15 years of age and senior group
above 15 years, he said, adding that all six team members
from India were from class IX to class X. |
IAF to pay tributes to ‘missing men’ NEW DELHI, Oct 4 (UNI) — A box of three MIG 21s with one blank slot to signify personnel who made the supreme sacrifice in the service of the nation and did not come back will lead this year’s Air Force Day flypast on October 8. More than 35 frontline fighter, transport and helicopter aircraft in spectacular formation will take part in the 67th anniversary celebrations of the Indian Air Force. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal A.Y. Tipnis, will take the salute at the ceremonial parade-cum-investiture ceremony at Palam air force station. Air Marshal Tipnis will also release a special first day cover on Vampire aircraft indicating 51 years of jet age in the IAF as well as a special cancellation stamp. Trophies for best fighters, transport, helicopter, missiles and radar squadrons as also the best contingent at the parade will be awarded. The MIG 21s will be followed at intervals of 15 seconds and trail distances of 3 km by five MIG 27s, air superiority fighters — the Mirage 2000s, five MIG 29s and five deep penetration strike aircraft — Jaguars. The flypast will begin with three MI-17 helicopters fluttering the Air Force insignia in VC formation flying past. This will be followed by "Big Boy" in arrow formation led by one IL-76, with AN 32s and Dornier DO-228 at its echelons at a height of 250 metres and a speed of 300 km per hour. The grand finale will be a scintillating display of formation aerobatics at breath-taking low level by the Suryakiran team of nine Kiran MK-II aircraft. Cautioning people from
throwing eatables and garbage as they may attract birds
and cause danger to the aircraft and their pilots, the
Air Force said the participating aircraft will take off
from four air bases: Suryakiran team and MI-17
helicopters from Hindon, the "Big Boy"
formation from Chandigarh, the Jaguars and Mirage 2000s
from Ambala and the remaining aircraft from Sirsa. |
SC favours Euro norms for two-wheelers NEW DELHI, Oct 4 (PTI) — Alarmed by the growing vehicular pollution in Delhi, the Supreme Court today asked the Centre whether two and thre-wheelers could be subjected to stringent Euro-I and Euro-II norms as had been done in the case of cars. Keeping in view the level of pollution still existing in the National Capital Region (NCR), we have suggested to the counsel for parties that it is desirable to impose application of Euro-I and Euro-II emission norms, as outlined in our earlier order, also to two and three wheelers with suitable modifications "a three-judge Bench comprising Chief Justice A.S.Anand, Mr Justice B.N. Kirpal and Mr Justice V.N. Khare said. The court in its April 29 order had said that no car without conforming to Euro-I norm would be registered in NCR after June 1 and without Euro-II norm after April 1, 2000. The Bench asked Additional Solicitor General Kirit N.Raval, appearing for both the Centre and the Delhi Government, to respond to suggestions, including a ban on registration of diesel cars in Delhi suggested by the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) headed by Bhure Lal. The Bench set aside the matter for detailed hearing on November 24 after asking all parties to file their response to the recommendations made by the EPCA. The recommendations by the EPCA to reduce pollution in its recent report included a ban on the registration of diesel cars in Delhi, applying Euro norms to two and three wheelers and shifting of all commercial vehicles in the NCR to compressed natural gas (CNG). To reduce pollution caused by vehicular emissions, the Bhure Lal panel reiterated its earlier recommendation to ban registration of diesel cars in Delhi and said: "The registration of new diesel-driven private (non-commercial) passenger vehicles should be banned as this will cause an expansion of the problem by creating new use of diesel". Dismissing arguments made before the apex court earlier that diesel cars were a small percentage of the total number of vehicles in Delhi, EPCA said: "Regardless of their number, they produce the worst component of the respirable suspended particulate matter (RSPM)." Sounding a warning, the Bhure Lal panel said, "As the growth in cars in Delhi is now faster than even two-wheelers, if even 25 per cent of the new cars are going to be diesel-based, current trend shows that by March 2010, Delhi will see a diesel car population equal to half of the entire car population today." "The RSPM levels in the city could, therefore, increase dramatically," it added. EPCA said: "To
point out that pollutants also exist in petrol and
compressed natural gas (CNG) driven vehicular exhaust is
to build up a case for comprehensive strategy that guards
against other pollutants; it cannot become a defence for
diesel." |
UN bodies’ tribute to
teachers NEW DELHI, Oct 4 — Heads of four United Nations organisation have paid tribute to the efforts of teachers on the eye of World Teachers Day. A press note issued by UNESCO here on Monday said that teachers could awaken the sense of social justice that was essential in building peace and sustainable development. In a joint message,
heads of the UNDP, ILO, UNICEF and UNESCO said no amount
of meaningful social change or educational reform could
be brought to fruition without the active participation
of teachers as partners. They said teachers were
"instrumental in giving children that unique first
glimpse of the possibilities of life and in perpetuating
the quest for knowledge through life-long learning." |
‘Flight of fancy’ for spastic kids MUMBAI, Oct 4 (UNI) — "Welcome on board AI 101 Mumbai-London flight of Air India. Your flight to London will take nine hours and five minutes covering 570 miles and you will be flying at 35,000 ft". This announcement welcomed 24 spastic children between the age group of 6 to 16 as soon as they boarded "Boeing 747". The children, who had never before seen the interior of an aircraft, had a gala time during the simulated flying experience organised by ‘Air India’ at its cabin crew training mock-up at the old airport, Santacruz, North West Mumbai here. They were welcomed aboard the mock up, a replica of a Boeing 747 cabin, by Mr Shariar Karim, Senior Manager, Inflight Service Department, Ms Anita Khanna, Senior Manager, Cabin Crew Training, Ms Ujwala Patil, Air Hostess and Mr R. Ganesh, Flight Purser. The "flight" was arranged in association with the Spastic Society of India. "I will never forget this experience", exclaimed Parmanand, an eighth standard student who despite his physical handicap displays unique grit and determination to overcome his disability. True to his name, he is eversmiling and spreads joy and happiness among the people he meets as well as his classmates. The children felt the flight "taking off" and even saw "clouds" through the windows. A magic show "duniya ki sair" (around the world) depicting the Maharajah, Air India’s mascot, in various poses at different destinations of the airline’s worldwide network, and a cricket quiz titled "game of the name" kept the children entertained while they "flew" to London. The children met Mr Yezdi Irani, Air India’s Officer-Customer service attired as the airline’s portly, diminutive Maharajah and actress Pooja Batra. They were also treated to a sumptuous inflight meal. Souvenirs were also presented to them so that they could remember the "flight" long after they returned home. As soon as the "flight" took off, Mr Shariar told the children the number of countries over which the aircraft would ‘fly’ en route London. Older children like Parmanand, Nikhil and Amit knew it was not a real flight. "We are eighth standard students. We know that this is not a real flight", they said, while helping themselves to the meal served onboard. "However, we want to see a real flight landing", they added. While playing the cricket quiz, the children were overjoyed to receive a picture of an Air India Boeing with star batsman Sachin Tendulkar’s autograph. Parmanand says he wants to set up a glass factory when he grows up. "Glass is transparent and I would like to see transparency in human beings too", he quips. The trio loves cricket and Nikhil is referred to as Nikhil Chopra in their class, Parmanand says. Nikhil is a computer buff and says he will either be a cricketer or a computer engineer when he grows up. Amit would like to be a teacher in the Spastic Society itself. A younger child Urvi, who is completely disabled, loves to sing and sang the famous Aamir Khan number "Aati Kya Khandala" from the film Ghulam, along with air hostess Ujwala Patil. When the flight ‘reached’ London, the children were told that the weather was bad at -4°C and hence the aircraft could not ‘land’. "Let’s go back to our India which is the best", Mr Shariar tells them. The plane is then diverted and ‘land’s at the Chhatrapati Shivaji terminal at Sahar Airport. Earlier, Air India had
organised a similar programme with the V Care Foundation,
a Voluntary support group which works with cancer
patients and their families. |
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to death MUMBAI: The police has arrested a man for beating a mentally deranged person to death in a freak case of mistaken identity at Santacruz in north-west Mumbai. According to the police, Anant Vasudev (75), who had lost his mental balance, stepped out of his house on September 27, without his family’s knowledge and unknowingly entered into the house of Murli Yadav. Mr Yadav mistook him to be a robber and rained blows on him. Mr Vasudev suffered a fracture and was immediately rushed to Sion Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries on Sunday. — PTI India had normal monsoon:
IMD Three girls
drowned Pact on
scientific exchange Gangster killed
in encounter Three Naxalites
surrender 10,000-foot-long
wall newspaper NLFT kidnaps 4
in Tripura AMU Chancellor
elected Rajiv Gandhi
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