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30 July 2012

Tamil Nadu Express Train Accident in Nellore


Southern Railway Chennai to Delhi Tamil Nadu Express fire on Today early morning at Nellore.


45 death, 100+ injured in train Crash Injured List

The mishap occurred between Nellore and Vedayapalem Railway Stations on Vijayawada-Gudur Section of Vijayawada Division. The train was simply over a kilometer removed from the Nellore station when flames leaped out of the coach. A passenger pulled the chain and halted the train.

Officials have retrieved a minimum of thirty charred bodies from the S-11 coach of the Chennai-bound 12622 Tamil Nadu categorical that caught hearth at four.14 a.m., on Monday.

There was no harm to the remainder of the super fast train.


Police arrived on the spot among many minutes and commenced rescue operations. Hearth tenders were pressed into service; however the coach burned to a crisp among no time. The fireplace was place out by five.20 a.m., a political candidate unleash said.

The coach had seventy two passengers in all. Whereas twenty five of them were rushed to the Nellore District Hospital, a number of them were admitted to Bollineni Superspecialty hospital. A dozen or a lot of passengers were said to own jumped out of the moving train even before it came to a stop.

The bogie was isolated and brought to platform no. three at the Nellore railway station. Rescue personnel used oxy-acytelane cutters to clear the bogie.

Witnesses talk

The coach largely comprised passengers from Jaipur, Chennai and Vijayawada. Several passengers boarded the coach from Vijayawada station.

Y. Sampath (23), a software engineer at Syntel had boarded the train along with his sister. "I woke when hearing loud screams. All I might see was black smoke," he said whereas explaining the scene within the coach. He managed to flee through one in every of the doors that wasn't locked. However, Sampath's sister, Y. Ashwini (25), is missing. She is additionally software skilled, who is functioning in TCS.

Sambasiva Rao, a businessman, is admitted to Nellore District Hospital with eighty per cent burns. His wife Jhansi Rao has reached Nellore learning concerning the accident. Jhansi said, "My husband known as me saying the bogie is burning. I rushed here immediately." Hailing from Gudiwada, Krishna District, and the couple resides in Chennai.

Another passenger Sukhadev Singh is additionally being treated for eighty per cent burns within the same hospital.

Railways and police are within the method of identifying the victims. a number of the passengers who are undergoing treatment at the District Hospital are: Verma, Raghav Nagar; Venkata Koteshwara Rao, Vijayawada; Hussain, Tirunelveli; Raghavan, Chennai; K.K. Sunil Kumar, Delhi; Harsha, Chennai; and Sandeep Agnihotri, Jaipur.

District Collector B. Sridhar, Superintendent of Police B.V. Ramana Kumar and railway officers were at the spot, monitoring the operations. Though the rationale for the fireplace isn't officially revealed, sources blame short circuit within the coach.

The railways have announced an enhanced ex-gratia of Rs. five lakh to the kin of every passenger who died within the mishap. Traditional train traffic on the Nellore-Gudur section was restored by eight.30 a.m. and every one trains on the section were said to be running on schedule.

02 July 2012

19 June 2012

Yousuf Raza Gilani disqualified by Supreme Court


Pakistan's prime choose disqualified the country's prime minister from workplace on Tuesday, in an exceedingly move likened to a "judicial dictatorship" by some commentators outraged that the pinnacle of state ought to be deposed by something apart from parliament.

Capping months of legal trench warfare between the government led by the Pakistan People's party (PPP) and therefore the judiciary, Yousuf Raza Gilani was stripped of his workplace by a brief statement scan out in an exceedingly packed courtroom by the chief justice.

Iftikhar Chaudhry, the highest choose, said Gilani had effectively not been prime minister since April twenty six when he had been found guilty of contempt for refusing to suits a Supreme Court order to reopen dormant fraud investigations against President Asif Ali Zardari.

At the time it had been legally unclear whether or not Gilani may stay as prime minister when being found guilty and convicted – he served a token jail term within the courtroom that lasted barely thirty seconds. But on Tuesday Chaudhry clarified the position, saying that as a convict Gilani had been disqualified as a member of parliament.

"He has additionally ceased to be the prime minister of Pakistan with impact from a similar date and therefore the workplace of the prime minister shall be deemed to be vacant accordingly," he said.
He ordered Zardari to require steps to appoint a replacement prime minister.
The legal drama adds to political uncertainty at a time when the gov will unwell afford to be distracted from a dizzying array of crises, together with widespread unrest over electricity shortages and Pakistan's deeply distrustful relationship with the US. "The supreme court has edged one step nearer to a judicial dictatorship of kinds," said Cyril Almeida, a journalist. "The constitution is extremely clear regarding how the disqualification method is meant to figure and therefore the court has quite very brushed that entire aside and is creating up new rules of the sport because it goes along."

29 March 2012

அரைகுறை ஆடையுடன் மாஜி நாயகி ஸ்ரீதேவி

பொதுவிழாக்களில் அரைகுறை ஆடையுடன் மாஜி நாயகி ஸ்ரீதேவி தோன்றுவதற்கு பெண்கள் அமைப்பு எதிர்ப்பு தெரிவித்துள்ளனர். 1970-80களில் கோலிவுட் முதல் பாலிவுட் வரை கலக்கியவர் நடிகை ஸ்ரீதேவி. தயாரிப்பாளர் போனி கபூரை மணந்த பின்னர் மும்பையில் செட்டிலான ஸ்ரீதேவி இப்போது மீண்டும் சினிமாவில் ஆர்வம் ‌காட்டி வருகிறார். இம்முறை தனக்காக அல்ல, தனது மகளுக்காக. ஸ்ரீதேவிக்கு ஜானவி, குஷி என இரண்டு மகள்கள் உள்ளனர். இதில் மூத்த பெண் ஜானவியை சினிமாவில் இறக்கும் முயற்சியாக இந்தி, தமிழ், தெலுங்கு உள்ளிட்ட எல்லா மொழிகளிலும் தனது மகளுக்காக கதை கேட்க ஆரம்பித்துள்ளார்.

இந்நிலையில் சமீபகாலமாக நடிகை ஸ்ரீதேவி பொது நிகழ்ச்சிகளில் ‌கவர்ச்சியாக வரத் தொடங்கியுள்ளார். சமீபத்தில் மும்பையில் நடந்த நிகழ்ச்சி ஒன்றில் கூட ஸ்ரீதேவி கவர்ச்சியாக வந்துள்ளார். இதற்கு அங்குள்ள மகளிர் அமைப்பினர் கடும் எதிர்ப்பு தெரிவித்துள்ளனர். மேலும் இதுபோன்று ஆடை அணிந்து வருவதை அவர் தவிர்க்க வேண்டும் என்று குரல் கொடுக்க தொடங்கியுள்ளனர்.

03 November 2011

Pakistan cricketers,asif butt amir jailed over fixing scam

Jail for Asif, Butt and Amir

London, November 3, 2011 (AFP) - A British decide jailed disgraced former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt, 2 of his bowlers and their agent Thursday for his or her half in an exceedingly take a look at match-fixing scandal that rocked the international game.
Butt, 27, looked aghast as he was sentenced to thirty months in jail at London's Southwark Crown Court, where he and quick bowler Mohammad Asif were found guilty on Tuesday of fixing components of a take a look at match against England in August 2010.
Asif, 28, was jailed for a year, whereas 19-year-old bowler Mohammad Aamer, who had pleaded guilty to involvement within the scam to pre-arrange no-balls for shadowy South Asian betting rings, was sentenced to 6 months.
Corrupt British agent Mazhar Majeed, 36, who had additionally pleaded guilty however had denied he had initiated the scam, was given 2 years and eight months. "These offences, notwithstanding pleas, are thus serious that solely a sentence of imprisonment can suffice," decide Jeremy Cooke told the four men, adding that they'd every serve 0.5 their sentences and then be released on licence.
He said the 3 players were motivated by greed despite the massive amounts of cash they may earn legitimately, and said he hoped the robust sentences would deter future cricketers from following their example.
They decide additionally condemned the impact their actions had on the sport of cricket "the terribly name of that used to be related to honest dealing". "It's the insidious impact of your actions on skilled cricket... that create the offences thus serious," he told the court.
Cooke said folks had regarded the 3 players as "heroes", however they "procured the bowling of 3 no-balls for cash to the detriment of your national cricket team". "Now, whenever folks reminisce on a shocking event in an exceedingly game or a shocking result or whenever, within the future, there are shocking events or results, followers of the sport who paid smart cash... are led to ponder whether there has been a fix," he said.
"What was to be honest, sporting competition might not be such in the least. In Pakistan, where cricket is that the national sport, the standard follower of the national team feels betrayed by your activities. You, Butt, Asif and Aamer have upset all of your supporters and followers of the sport."
The world of cricket has reacted with dismay to the worst fixing scandal since South Africa captain Hanse Cronje in 2000, however welcomed the convictions as the simplest way of sending a very important message that cheats wouldn't be tolerated.
The ICC has already banned Butt for ten years with 5 suspended, Asif for seven years with 2 suspended, and Aamer for 5 years straight once finding them guilty of corruption in February. They’re all appealing the bans.
The scam was uncovered by the now-defunct News of the globe, the tabloid owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and pack up in July over a scandal involving its journalists' role within the illegal hacking of voicemails.
At a hearing on Wednesday, lawyers for all the defendants had exchanged claims and counter-allegations in an exceedingly bid to scale back their clients' sentences, that might have seen them jailed for a most of seven years.
Majeed claimed that the extent of the corruption within the Pakistan team went beyond this case.
The agent's lawyer said he had paid out sixty five, 000 pounds to Asif, 10,000 pounds to Butt and a pair of, 500 pounds to Aamer, explaining that the larger quantity was paid to Asif to make sure he failed to switch to a different fixing racket.
Lawyers for Butt and Asif had dismissed the claims regarding the money.
In a statement scan to the court, Aamer claimed he had feared for his future within the national facet if he failed to get entangled, however said: "I wish to apologise to Pakistan and to everybody that cricket is very important to. I do savvy abundant harm this has done to the sport, the sport that I really like furthermore, quite anything within the world."