Here is what is making news on a Tuesday morning.
Bihar topper scam: I told Papa to get me passed but they went ahead and made me topper, says Ruby Rai
"Maine to Papa se kaha tha pass karwa dijiye, unhone ne to top hi karwa diya.” This is what the Bihar board Class XII topper, whose result has since been cancelled after a retest, reportedly told her interrogators. Loosely translated, her assertion was, "I had only told Papa to get me passed but they went ahead and made me topper."
The Vaishali girl, a widely publicised TV interview of whom showed her struggling to answer basic questions and mispronouncing political science as "prodigal science", has been arrested. Facing an expert committee of the Bihar State Education Board that asked her to write a few lines on Tulsidas the poet, she had written one line: “Tulsidas, pranam”.
(Reported by The Indian Express)
Monsoon yet to grace city but dengue cases up to 28
Dengue is known to spike post-rains, but many cases have already been reported even though monsoon is yet to arrive in Delhi. The latest report from the municipal corporations shows eight cases of the mosquito-borne disease being reported in the city over the past week taking the total number of people affected to 28 this season.
Last year, the capital recor ded a staggering 15,867 dengue cases, the worst in 20 years.Municipal reports showed that the disease also claimed over 50 lives. During 1996, a severe outbreak of dengue had occurred in Delhi wherein 10,252 cases and 423 deaths were reported.
(Reported by The Times of India)
Man molests airhostess in selfie bid; chased, he locks himself in loo & smokes
A 29-year-old man from Gujarat has been arrested for molesting a Jet Airways crew member while attempting to take a selfie with her on board a DamamMumbai flight. “I was walking in the aisle when the pas senger (Abubakar) caught my hand and said `Chalo na yaar , ekselfie lete hai (Come, let's click a selfie)'. Despite my objections, he repeatedly misbehaved with me during the journey ,“ the air hostess said in her complaint.
“He crossed all limits when grabbed me by my shoulder and forcefully took a selfie,“ she add ed. When he caught hold of the woman, other crew members rushed to her aid. A worried Muhammad Abubakar then locked himself in the plane's toilet and lit a cigarette. A probe is underway to determine how he cleared security check with a lighter.
(Reported by The Times of India)
Teacher climbs a mountain everyday to keep school going
Some walk, others cycle. Suresh B Chalageri scales a hill to get to school. For seven years and nine months, the dedicated teacher has trekked to reach his destination, sometimes carrying books and foodgrains, traversing a distance of 8 km. In fact, he is the sole reason the Byrapura Lower Primary School is still running.
Located atop the hill in Byrapura village of Gajendragada taluk in Karnataka's Gadag, the school was in a shambles when Chalageri, 50, was first posted there.While the famous Kalakaleshwar temple is situated at the foothills, the hilltop is home to scores of families from the Lambani tribe, who are largely shepherds. Most lambani children go to the government school.
(Reported by The Times of India)
People drag a turtle out of sea, hit it, stand on it for clicking selfies
An endangered turtle is receiving treatment after being beaten and stood on by people taking selfies on a beach in Lebanon.
The male loggerhead sea turtle was dragged out of the surf at Havana beach, just south of Beirut, according to the charity group Animals Lebanon. People then posed for photographs standing on the animal before hitting it with sticks.
The charity said it was now assisting the ministry of agriculture and civil defence to make sure the turtle “does not die from this unnecessary , avoidable, and illegal cruelty“.
(Reported By Hindustan Times)
'Emerging' issues a thorn in ties: China
China has said a mix of historical differences such as the border dispute with India and some “emerging new issues” po sea major challenge to the development of bilateral ties. Chinese assistant minister for foreign affairs Li Hui lai said Beij in g’ s position on New Delhi’ s application to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) applies to all countries that are not signatories to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and does not target any one nation.
(Reported By Hindustan Times)
SP is a party of goondas, says Amit Shah
BJP national president Amit Shah on Monday launched a scathing attack on the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) calling it a party of ‘goondas and mafia’ and giving ample indications that the BJP was out to make the law and order its main poll plank in 2017 elections in UP.
He termed the recent merger and de-merger of Mukhtar Ansari’s Quami Ekta Dal as a drama. He asked CM Akhilesh Yadav to clarify if he will also expel Atiq Ahmad, another mafia-turned-politician, from the party.
(Reported By Hindustan Times)
Gujarat NGO ad seeks upper caste sweepers, sparks protests
An NGO working for Dalit and tribal rights has triggered angry protests after it asked upper-caste people to apply for jobs of sweeper and cleaners, considered a preserve of lower castes in India’s deeply entrenched caste system.
The Ahmedabad-based NGO, Human Development and Research Centre (HDRC) run by St Xavier’s Non-Formal Education Society, put up the job “advertisement” at its office in April to highlight caste-based discrimination in society and promote social inequality.
Majuli to be India’s first river island dist
A river island in Assam has been rewarded for electing the head of the state’s first BJP-led government. The Sarbananda Sonowal ministry, in its first cabinet meeting since taking charge on May 24, decided on Monday to grant district status to Majuli, a 400 sq km island in river Brahmaputra. Sonowal had won the assembly election this year from Majuli, a constituency reserved for scheduled tribes. The erosion-troubled Majuli, now a sub-division of Jorhat district, will become India’s first river island district and Assam’s 34th.
Khidki opens for viewers
Producer JD Majethia and director Umesh Shukla of OMG: Oh My God! fame have collaborated for a unique mini-series called Khidki. This show , which will air on Sony SAB, is about audiences telling their funny stories and reliving them with the world on television. The channel called for entries in March this year and received over 8,000 entries. Each story will be woven into three to eight episodes.
Khidki will have a set of actors including Sarita Joshi, Rajeev Mehta, Lubna Salim, Aishwarya Sakhuja, to name a few , along with narration by JD Majethia, who is also the series' host.
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