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RJD
break
Lalu accuses Nitish of
conspiracy
Patna:
With a faction of his MLAs parting ways with the RJD, Lalu Prasad today
rushed here to bring his house in order and blamed Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar for hatching a "conspiracy" to break his party.
"Nitish hatched a conspiracy with the Speaker to break my party.
But it went wrong and the whole country has seen the conspiracy,"
Prasad told reporters at Patna airport.
RJD had seen a major upheaval yesterday with 13 out of its 22 MLAs
quitting the party. But six of them had later returned and denied
walking away from the party.
A meeting of RJD legislature party was called at the residence of former
Chief Minister Rabri Devi here, in which Prasad would be present along
with other top leaders.
There are reports of three more rebel RJD leaders, whose names figured
in the list of 13, visiting Rabri Devi's house last night and denying
they had parted ways.
While Prasad flew to Patna, Kumar left for Delhi just a few minutes
after the arrival of the RJD leader, but they did not see each other at
the airport.
The MLAs, who split away from the RJD, had pledged support to the JD(U)
government.
In a letter to Assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary bearing their
signatures, the 13 RJD MLAs had informed him they had been quitting the
party. — PTI
Nitish
trashes Lalu's charge
Says RJD MLAs welcome to join JDU
New
Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the JD(U)
would welcome rebel RJD MLAs into its fold and rejected allegations that
the Assembly Speaker had worked at his behest by hurriedly giving
recognition to the breakaway faction.
Here to attend a meeting of non-Congress and non-BJP front, Kumar told
reporters there were differences within Lalu Prasad-led RJD and the
party was "on the verge of a split".
"As far as JD(U) stand is concerned, if the people come to us, we
will welcome them," he said.
Dismissing the allegations that the Speaker worked to benefit JD(U), he
said, "This is not possible. The Speaker has been given certain
powers by the Constitution and he alone can take decisions in certain
matters. This is what happened in this issue as well. Nobody can
pressurise him," he said.
RJD had seen a major upheaval yesterday with 13 out of its 22 MLAs
quitting the party. But six of them had later returned and denied
walking away from the party. Earlier in the day, RJD chief Lalu Prasad
had accused Kumar of hatching a conspiracy to break his party.
Kumar, who broke away from NDA over the elevation of Narendra Modi, also
said he could not see the so-called wave in favour of the BJP's prime
ministerial candidate.
— PTI
Shinde’s
U-turn: Says he meant social media
Sholapur
(Maharashtra): After threatening to "crush" the
electronic media, Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde did a U-turn,
claiming he was referring to the social media, not journalists.
"I have recording of my speech. I was referring to social media and
the violence incited against students from the North-East in Hyderabad
and Karnataka. My comments were not about journalism", he said here
last night.
Shinde had stoked a controversy on Sunday evening by threatening to
"crush" the electronic media, alleging a section of it was
unnecessarily provoking the Congress by indulging in "false
propaganda" against it.
— PTI
Leopard
panicks Muzaffarnagar
Muzaffarnagar:
After a leopard wrecked havoc in neighbouring Meerut district, panic
prevailed here as the big cat killed a goat in Kutesra village.
District Forest Officer VK Girish told reporters that villagemen
yesterday night had alerted forest officials after they had found a goat
tied outside a house dead.
He said a search had been launched, but they had not been successful in
locating the animal. An alert had been sounded in the village and
adjoining areas.
At least six persons, including a police officer, were attacked and
injured by a leopard in Meerut district yesterday prompting authorities
to order closure of city, including schools and colleges.
Police and forest department had to seek help from the Army for tracing
the feline. — PTI
SDJM
suspended for seeking sexual favour
Patna:
Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) of Sherghati in Gaya district
has been put under suspension by the Patna High Court for allegedly
seeking sexual favours from a senior medical officer.
The HC adminstration deliberated on the report of Gaya district judge
and put Sherghati SDJM Ram Sajan under suspension on Saturday, HC
sources said today.
A job-aspirant had filed a case against deputy superintendent, Sherghati
sub-divisional hospital, Rajendra Prasad Singh and the case had reached
the court of the SDJM.
The SDJM had allegedly tried to strike a deal with the deputy
superintendent asking him to provide a female health worker for sexual
favours. Initially, the overtures had been friendly, but soon it had
taken a shape of blackmail.
Disturbed medical officer had reported the incident to the Patna High
Court. The high court had sought a report from the Gaya district judge.
On finding the complaint true, the court suspended the SDJM.
The Sherghati SDJM episode come weeks after three judicial officers were
removed from the service on the charges of being found with girls in a
hotel in Nepal. State government had also dismissed the three judicial
officers on recommendations of the high court. — PTI
Pak
air strikes target militant hideouts in Waziristan
Peshawar:
The Pakistan military today carried out air strikes targeting
militant hideouts in tribal region of North and South Waziristan.
Security sources said a number of terrorists hideouts had been
completely destroyed in Shawal valley of the region.
The air strikes were a part of military's new strategy to launch
intelligence-based limited operations. The continuous strikes in various
parts of the tribal region since last week led to the feeling that a
full-fledged military operation against the militants might begin soon.
Thousands of people have started fleeing the area.
The Pakistan government was forced to suspend peace dialogue with the
Taliban and go in for air strikes following the beheading of 23 Frontier
Corps personnel.
The government has maintained that it is still hopeful of solution
through talks and has asked the Taliban for a ceasefire. — PTI
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