Monday, June 04, 2012: Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar took oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha on Monday. He took the oath in the chamber of the Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari.
Sachin was nominated to the Upper House along with film actress Rekha and industrialist Anu Aga in April, but had to wait to take his oath until the end of IPL season 5.
The nomination of Sachin had sparked a political slugfest with the opposition parties questioning the timing of the move by the government. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena had said that the timing of the nomination suggests that it is aimed at distracting attention from scams.
KOLLAM: A woman and two kids were rescued from drowning by the lifeguards and local fishermen at the Kollam beach. Vinayachandrika and eight year old children Malavika and Afsa were rescued. All belong to Karamana in Thiruvananthapuram. The three were part of a 14-member picnic group from Thiruvananthapuram.
IDUKKI: The CPI (M) will stage a protest march to the DySP office here on June 12 demanding withdrawal of cases against party District Secretary M M Mani. Addressing a press conference here, Mani said the party would stage the protest march demanding withdrawal of cases, and filing charge sheet against Congress-leaders responsible for the murder of CPI (M) leaders and a SFI leader in the district.
He said he would appear before the investigation team, which had asked him to appear before it following his open statement accepting party's role in various murders in the district, after considering legal and political aspects on the issue. To a question on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's demand for action against Mani, he said Modi has no right to seek action against him as thousands of people were murdered in his state during his tenure.
KAYAMKULAM: Police issued look out notice against two teenage boys, for their alleged involvement in attacking against another teenager, acting as 'moral police'. According to Kayamkulam DySP, the police issued lookout notices in the airports against the two youths, identified as Yashik and Faisal, both hailing in the area, in view of the reports that they that they were trying to flee the country to Gulf countries.
The incident took place on May 18, as the two youths allegedly manhandled the youth, identified as Bijith Vincent, alleging that he made certain comments against one of the boy's girlfriend. The incident came to light, when the friend of the two accused in the case, took all the incidents of attacking severely by the two youths to show the video clipping to the girl, police said. However, the video clipping leaked out and reached the hands of visual media, which forced the police register a cast against it, the sources added. The boy was admitted at a private hospital, the sources added. The police registered a cast under various sections, including attempt of murder, the sources added.
VIZHINJAM: In a shocking incident, an eight-year-old girl was raped by her father at Muttakadu near Kovalam. Roy, 32, of Muttakadu has been remanded for raping his daughter while the child was asleep. The child was raped during her sleep on May 30. The next morning the girl expressed physical uneasiness and her mother took her to a doctor.
The doctor examined the child and advised the mother to approach the police station to lodge a complaint. The police then took the child to a doctor and confirmed that rape had taken place. Roy was arrested on Saturday and was remanded.
NEW DELHI: The KPCC will be revamped soon, said its chief Ramesh Chennithala.
It got delayed due to the polls in Neyyattinkra and no discussions were held on the Rajya Sabha candidate, he said.
Monday, June 04, 2012: Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar took oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha on Monday. He took the oath in the chamber of the Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari.