Friday, December 18, 2009

Two more migrant workers shot in Imphal

IMPHAL: Barely two days after a migrant worker had been killed in Imphal, two Hindi-speaking persons were gunned down by suspected militants here Gajinder Ram (50), a resident of Darwa village in Bihar's Motihari district, and Subhash Yadav (30) of Assam's Cachar district were fast asleep in their rented house at Chingmeirong when the miscreants shot at them. The duo died instantaneously.

Police found a few empty cases of 9mm bullets from the scene of killings. Though no rebel group has so far owned up to the attack, director general of police (DGP) Yumnam Joykumar Singh said a militant outfit is suspected to be involved. Police have sounded a red alert in the valley areas in the wake of the attacks on migrant workers.

Locals said Yadav was working in a mini-ice factory run by Prabhu Ram, who also stayed in the same house. Prabhu is the brother-in-law of Gajinder who had come to Imphal a week ago, a local said.

Wednesday's killings pose a fresh threat to a huge number of migrant workers living in the insurgency-hit Manipur. A source said about 50,000 migrant workers live in and around Imphal city alone.

"A security review meeting was convened with senior police officers ensure that such attacks do not recur," the DGP told TOI.

On Tuesday, miscreants gunned down a sweetmeat vendor in the Pangei area of Imphal. He, too, had come from Bihar and settled in the northeastern state.

Seven killed as bus falls into river

At least seven persons were killed and 30 others injured when a bus fell into Lobo river at Sonapur in Meghalaya, police said on Friday.

The mishap took place on Thursday night when the bus was coming to Agartala from Guwahati.

So far, seven bodies including that of a woman have been recovered and the injured rushed to Umkiyang hospital in Jowai district of Meghalaya and Silchar Medical College in Assam, DIG, Police Control, Nepal Das said.

Boycott of classes in Manipur; Gov, CM discuss issue

Manipur Governor Gurbachan Jagat and Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh have discussed ways to find a solution to the problem arising out of boycott of classes by three students' bodies for more than three months, officials said on Friday.

Jagat called the Chief Minister at Raj Bhavan last evening and wanted to know what steps had been taken to open educational institutions - closed since September 9 by All Manipur Students' Union (AMSU), Manipur Students' Federation (MSF) and Kangleipak Students' Association (KSA).

The details of the discussions between the two were not immediately available but the Governor was understood to have expressed 'serious concern' over closure of the educational institutions for more than three months, they said.

Supporting the demands of the major social organisation, Apunba Lup (AL), the AMSU, MSF and KSA had said they would continue to boycott classes till there was a settlement between the state government and the AL.

The main demands of the AL, which has been agitating for four months now against the killing of a youth by police commandos in an alleged encounter on July 23 last, include resignation of the Chief Minister, dismissal of commandos involved in the incident and criminal action against them, and action against senior police officials responsible for deployment of commandos.

Indian coins being turned into razors in Bangladesh

Five rupee coins are being smuggled into Bangladesh from India to be melted down for making razor blades.

Six razor blades can be made from a single Rs five coin. Each blade sells for Rs 2, police sources said. "This has been going on for quite some time now. We are looking into it," RBI Executive Director H R Khan said, when asked to comment.

According to police reports, the coins were initially smuggled into Bangladesh for being made into coins, but now the same thing is being done on this side of the border as well. Khan said the metallic content of the 5 rupee coins are now being changed.

"We are now changing the metallic content of the Rs 5 coin so that the new ones will not be lucrative for melting. The new metallic content of the cupronickel coin will reduce its the attractiveness for smugglers," the ED said.

Mukesh Ambani world's 5th best CEO

New Delhi, Dec 18: Mukesh Ambani has been ranked as the World's 5th best CEO out of 50 CEOs by Harvard Business Review.

The Review has placed Ambani, who heads Reliance Industries, among the likes of Steve Jobs of Apple, Yun Jong-Yong of Samsung Electronics, Russian energy firm Gazprom's Alexey Miller and John Chambers of Cisco Systems.


He is the only Indian to figure in the list.

Ambani also ranks second among the the top 10 emerging market CEOs, while another Indian K V Kamath of ICICI Bank ranks 8.

The Review came to the conclusion based on study conducted on over 2000 CEOs worldwide, comprising of 48 nationalities and companies based in 33 countries.

He also shares his position as the "up-through-the-ranks leaders" with the Samsung boss, Yun Jong-Yong .

"Among the up-through-the-ranks leaders on our list are Yun Jong-Yong, who joined Samsung straight out of college and worked there 30 years before becoming CEO, and Mukesh Ambani, who joined RIL in 1981, when it was still a textile company run by his father, " the review said.

Mumbai morning walk murder: Husband did it

It seemed to be a case of chain-snatching that went horribly wrong. Bina Dedhia was out for a morning walk in Mumbai in October with her husband, Jiten. Two men pulled up on a bike and tried to grab her gold chain. Bina tried to fight back, but died on the road. Her husband was rushed to hospital with injuries.

Now, it turns out that Jiten Dedhia staged the attack on his wife. Along with four others, he has been arrested for paying contract killers one lakh to murder his wife. The Mumbai police claims Jiten was having an affair with his wife's sister, Rupa, and wanted to get rid of Bina. Rupa has also been arrested.

Jiten allegedly called the killers at 5 am before he left his house with his wife. Forty five minutes later, the two bikers appeared and attacked Bina, then disappeared, leaving her with Jiten. Because Bina hadn't died, Jiten allegedly phoned the killers to return. They stabbed her repeatedly till she died. Jiten then asked them to bruise him to make it look like both Bina and he were victims.