Threat Within -Maoist menace.
Maoists blow up track on Gaya-Dhanbad section,
rail traffic disrupted
Law Kumar Mishra, TNN, Sep 13, 2010.
Maoists disrupted railway traffic on the Gaya-Dhanbad section of CE Railways early Monday morning by damaging the track between Chaudhury bandh and Karmabandh stations.
Maoists put explosives on the track following which the track was destroyed. However, there was no casualty. Several trains, including Kalka-Howrah Mail, Howrah-Indore Shipra Express, Puri-Neelanchal express trains have been stopped at different stations on the Grand Chord line.
The Maoists had given a call for Jharkhand bandh since Wednesday midnight protesting against the killing of their leaders recently Movement of trains on the section have been suspended Since last night the railway authorities had directed the auto pilots to restrict the maximum speed of trains to 65 kms on Jharkhand tracks
Over two dozen mail and express trains, including Rajdhanis have been stopped at different stations between Dhanbad and Mughalsarai stations following destruction of the railway track by Maoists in the wee hours of Monday between Karmabandh and Chaudhury bandh stations in Giridih district the Maoists have given two days bandh call demanding probe into the "killing" of their; leader, Azad by Andhra Pradesh police last month.
The chief public relations officer of Dhanbad division of EC Railways Dilip Kumar, said here ,the Delhi-Howrah-Rajdhani express has been stopped at Sasaram and Delhi-Sealdah Rajdhani express at Bhabhua Road. The Patna-Hatia express at Koderma station, the Patna-Dhanbad Ganga Damodar Express also at Koderma.
The Mumbai Ranchi Lokmanya tilak express, Ganga-Sutlaj express Howarh Indore Shipra express the Puri Delhi Neelanchal express and the Howrah-Kalka Mail too have been stopped at different destinations the Dhanbad-Gaya intercity express has been cancelled. Due to the destruction of 3 feets of railway track by the Maoists with explosives a goods train had derailed disrupting the movement of trains on Grandh Chord line between Dhanbad and Mughalsarai stations.
Senior officials of the Dhanbad division of railways including DRM have reached the spot The station master of Karmabandh station had informed the control room at Dhanbad to stop all trains following explosions on the tracks.
( The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Maoists-blow-up-track-on-Gaya-Dhanbad-section-rail-traffic-disrupted/articleshow/6544300.cms#ixzz0zNLeWLkB)
Maoists put explosives on the track following which the track was destroyed. However, there was no casualty. Several trains, including Kalka-Howrah Mail, Howrah-Indore Shipra Express, Puri-Neelanchal express trains have been stopped at different stations on the Grand Chord line.
The Maoists had given a call for Jharkhand bandh since Wednesday midnight protesting against the killing of their leaders recently Movement of trains on the section have been suspended Since last night the railway authorities had directed the auto pilots to restrict the maximum speed of trains to 65 kms on Jharkhand tracks
Over two dozen mail and express trains, including Rajdhanis have been stopped at different stations between Dhanbad and Mughalsarai stations following destruction of the railway track by Maoists in the wee hours of Monday between Karmabandh and Chaudhury bandh stations in Giridih district the Maoists have given two days bandh call demanding probe into the "killing" of their; leader, Azad by Andhra Pradesh police last month.
The chief public relations officer of Dhanbad division of EC Railways Dilip Kumar, said here ,the Delhi-Howrah-Rajdhani express has been stopped at Sasaram and Delhi-Sealdah Rajdhani express at Bhabhua Road. The Patna-Hatia express at Koderma station, the Patna-Dhanbad Ganga Damodar Express also at Koderma.
The Mumbai Ranchi Lokmanya tilak express, Ganga-Sutlaj express Howarh Indore Shipra express the Puri Delhi Neelanchal express and the Howrah-Kalka Mail too have been stopped at different destinations the Dhanbad-Gaya intercity express has been cancelled. Due to the destruction of 3 feets of railway track by the Maoists with explosives a goods train had derailed disrupting the movement of trains on Grandh Chord line between Dhanbad and Mughalsarai stations.
Senior officials of the Dhanbad division of railways including DRM have reached the spot The station master of Karmabandh station had informed the control room at Dhanbad to stop all trains following explosions on the tracks.
( The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Maoists-blow-up-track-on-Gaya-Dhanbad-section-rail-traffic-disrupted/articleshow/6544300.cms#ixzz0zNLeWLkB)
Maoists blow up CPI-M party office
JHARGRAM: Suspected Maoists on Sunday blew up a CPI-M party office at Lodhasuli near Jhargram in West Midnapore district of West Bengal.
According to police, the Maoist guerrillas blasted powerful landmine early on Sunday at the CPI-M local committee party office in Lodhasuli.
The three-room building was totally damaged but nobody was injured as the party office had remained closed for the past eight months, additional superintendent of police Mukesh Kumar said.
Another community hall near the party office where CRPF and police stayed till February remained unaffected.
According to police, the Maoist guerrillas blasted powerful landmine early on Sunday at the CPI-M local committee party office in Lodhasuli.
The three-room building was totally damaged but nobody was injured as the party office had remained closed for the past eight months, additional superintendent of police Mukesh Kumar said.
Another community hall near the party office where CRPF and police stayed till February remained unaffected.
DELHI FLOODS:
Yamuna recedes, still above danger mark
Express News Service
Posted: Mon Sep 13 2010, 04:49 hrsNew Delhi:
A man wades through a water-logged underpass of the new ITO bypass. PRAVEEN KHANNA
Water enters several low-lying areas of city; downpour adds to trouble with traffic snarls, water-logging
The water level in the Yamuna started receding on Sunday even as several low-lying areas along the river flowing through the Capital remained inundated with floodwater.
The water level had touched 206.78 metres at around 7 pm on Saturday evening, 1.95 metres above the danger mark of 204.83 metres. This, however, fell to 205.95 metres on Sunday evening, said a senior official of the Flood Control department of the Delhi government.
“The water is showing a receding trend as the level has come down to 205.95 metres. The discharge of water upstream is also not more than 60,000 cusecs, making it a comfortable situation for Delhi to handle,” said V P S Tomar, Chief Engineer, Irrigation and Flood Control.
Over 10 lakh cusecs of water has been released into the Yamuna from Hathnikund Barrage in Haryana in the last four days, resulting in rise in the water level. The rising river has flooded several parts of the Capital, including Garhi Mandu, Usmanpur Pushta, Jagatpur village and Shastri Nagar. Areas near the ISBT were also flooded, prompting hundreds of people to seek shelter in government relief camps and in other safer areas. Floodwater has also entered areas like Yamuna Vihar, Usmanpur, Madanpur, Sonia Vihar, Nigambodh, Jaitpur, Tibet Market and Yamuna Bazar. Many people living in the floodplains of the river had pitched tents near the ITO bridge.
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Flood Control Minister Raj Kumar Chouhan had visited several flood-affected areas on Saturday to take stock of the relief and rescue operations. Dikshit has ordered the agencies concerned to ensure proper food, medicine and drinking water supply to people living in the relief camps.
Meanwhile, traffic was thrown out of gear, with the city receiving 26.8 mm of rain till 5.30 pm. The traffic police reported two incidents of road cave-in, with the traffic moving at a snail’s pace at Mehrauli-Badarpur Border near Tikri and Road No 56 between Surya Nagar and Apsara Border. Water-logging slowed traffic near Hanuman Setu, under the Minto Bridge, Dr Zakir Hussain Marg, Kashmere Gate, Punjabi Bagh and Dhaula Kuan. Traffic snarls were also reported from Raja Garden, Punjabi Bagh and Burari.
Two persons were injured when a building collapsed in Badarpur Khadar following the rain. Another building collapse has been reported from Motia Khan.
Surrogacy on rise in Madhya Pradesh: expert
INDORE: Madhya Pradesh is witnessing a rise in surrogacy as childless couples from India and abroad are thronging the state in search of women who are ready to rent their wombs for a price.
The trend has consequently led to the increase in the number of women who are willing to become surrogate mothers to fulfil their financial needs.
"Surrogacy is thriving in Madhya Pradesh. People are now economically and mentally strong and willing to sidestep traditional beliefs to have children through this method," infertility expert Dr Dinesh Jain told.
"Financial cost of surrogacy is 5-6 times lower in India than European countries. Besides, it is difficult to get a surrogate mother in those countries following stringent laws in vogue there," Jain said.
Indore, Madhya Pradesh's commercial centre, has become a hub for surrogacy as childless couples, including Non Resident Indians (NRIs), from all over the world are flocking here, health officials have said.
According to them, In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) centres in the state charge Rs 4 lakh or more from a needy couple for surrogacy.
Advocate Piyush Jain, who handles surrogacy-related cases, said a proper law should be in put in place to deal with issues arising out of this Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART).
The Health Department should keep an eye on clinics which are providing surrogacy facilities to ensure that they were following Indian Council for Medical Research guidelines, he added.
ART industry, of which surrogacy is a part, is estimated to run in several thousand crores in the country.
In India surrogacy is ungoverned by any laws, though a 2009 Law Commission report has stressed the need to regulate ART clinics.
(Read more: Surrogacy on rise in Madhya Pradesh: expert - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/-Surrogacy-on-rise-in-Madhya-Pradesh-expert-/articleshow/6540915.cms#ixzz0zNOnJ661)
Terrorism
Mumbai 26/11 handler linked to Pune bakery blast
First Published: 02:21 IST(13/9/2010)
Last Updated: 03:05 IST(13/9/2010)
Last Updated: 03:05 IST(13/9/2010)
The man who built up the terror module that carried out the blast at Pune’s German Bakery on February 13, Syed Zabiuddin Ansari alias Zabi, was part of the core team of Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) handlers who orchestrated the 26/11 terror attacks, according to police sources. Sources in the
Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), who requested anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to the media, told Hindustan Times that Ansari’s name came up when the agency was interrogating 29-year-old Himayat Baig, who was arrested in Pune on September 7 for allegedly planting the bomb at German Bakery. Seventeen people were killed and 56 injured in the blast.
Ansari, also known as Abu Jindal, spoke over satellite phone to the terrorists at Chabad House in Colaba during the 26/11 terror siege to motivate them, police sources said. Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone 26/11 attacker captured alive, had told the special court that convicted him that a person named Abu Jindal had taught the 10 attackers to speak Hindi.
HT had reported on February 8 that Ansari was a double agent and the sole Indian among the handlers of the 10 terrorists, who laid a 60-hour siege to Mumbai on November 26, 2008, attacking six spots and leaving 166 people dead.
On May 10, 2006, the ATS and Intelligence Bureau seized 43 kg of RDX, 16 AK-47 rifles and 4,000 rounds of ammunition near Aurangabad based on information Ansari is believed to have given them. It turned out to be the biggest arms hauls outside of Jammu and Kashmir in 10 years. The ATS, when it announced the arms seizure, said Ansari tricked the police and escaped in a blue Indica that the police were chasing. It, however, has never explained how Ansari got away or why he was never arrested.
One of six children of an insurance agent from Gevrai in central Maharashtra, Ansari knows how security agencies work, ATS sources said.
An electrician by profession, Ansari did the wiring for the office of the Beed district police chief when it was refurbished in 2004-2005.
ITBP imports dogs in battle against Naxals
First Published: 00:24 IST(12/9/2010)
Last Updated: 00:27 IST(12/9/2010)
Last Updated: 00:27 IST(12/9/2010)
They aren't called dogs of war for nothing. Territorial, intelligent and loyal, they are known for their ability to detect explosives, detonation cords and gunpowder. And they've been imported to India for the first time. The Malinois, also known as the Belgian Shepherd, are being trained by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) to be deployed for, among other things, anti-Naxal and counter-insurgency operations. The US army used them in Iraq and Afghanistan, Israel in the Gaza Strip. Now, the ITBP is training seven of them in Chandigarh for patrolling and early warning. "They will be taught not to bark when they sense the enemy but to signal their handler," said Deepak Pandey, PRO, ITBP. |
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