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Dog meat - 430 animals saved
Beijing: More than 400 dogs, including golden retrievers, on their way to be served as meat in restaurants in northeast China were saved after animal rights activists staged a 15-hour blockade. The 430 golden retrievers and huskies, many of them stolen from families, were rescued by more than 200 activists who staged a 15-hour blockade at a toll station in Tongzhou. The people swamped the checkpoint demanding the release of the animals that were being transported from Henan province to restaurants in Changchun in Jilin province, China Daily reported. The dogs had been trapped in a truck for two days with no food or water, said Wang Qi of the China Small Animal Protection Association.
After 80 years Einstein gets visa
London: Albert Einstein’s immigration papers have turned up 80 years after he dramatically fled to Britain from Nazi Germany, a media report said, reports PTI.
UK border chiefs at Heathrow airport were left stunned by the discovery of the landing card which marks the legendary German-born scientist’s arrival at Dover in Britain on May 26, 1933, the ‘Daily Mail’ reported. Einstein was Jewish and escaped to England with a bounty on his head as an enemy of Adolf Hitler’s regime. According to the smudged document, the “Father of Modern Physics” arrived at Dover from Ostende in Belgium. He describes his occupation as a professor and being of Swiss nationality. On the reverse, he states to immigration officers he is bound for Oxford. And now the major historical find will go on display later this month in Liverpool’s Merseyside Maritime Museum after it was snapped up by curators. Assistant curator Lucy Gardner said: “We didn’t know this landing card ever existed until we visited UK Border Agency offices at Heathrow. We were keen on acquiring any document relating to immigration but were stunned to find paperwork relating to such a prominent figure as Einstein.
Have a cat and save jail
London: A judge in Britain spared a thief from going to jail so that he could go home and feed his cat. District judge David cooper was about to jail 55-year-old Steven Thorne for repeatedly shoplifting alcohol when he changed his mind after being informed about the pet cat. Thorne’s lawyer Julie Brice told the Colchester magistrates’ court that there was no one to feed the cat, which was trapped indoors as Thorne did not have a cat flap at his home. “She’s been at home alone since he was arrested. She will be climbing the walls with hunger,” The Sun quoted Brice as saying. The judge asked: “Is this a good reason not to send him to prison, because he has a cat? I’ve never heard of that”. But he then let Thorne off with a 75 pound fine.
186 held for drunk driving in single night
Mumbai: In a special drive against drunken driving on the intervening night, city traffic police caught 186 drunk persons behind the wheels, and 13 of them were sentenced to simple imprisonment by the court, police said. Metropolitan Magistrate awarded eight day’s imprisonment to three of them. Others got lesser jail terms. 92 of those caught were in the age group 21 to30 years, police added. Since June 2007, when the city police started the anti-drunken driving campaign, a total of 37,873 persons have been sentenced to simple imprisonment and 32,805 licenses were suspended.
Labourer tortured & Godman flees
Nagpur: A self appointed godman beat up a poor man to rid him of evil spirit. While the godman ran away after his torture of the poor person became public, the latter has landed up in a government hospital which is known for shortage of medicines and lack of facilities. The patient Radheshyam Bisen who is in a critical condition and has no money for treatment. His brother Sanjay has just Rs 600 with him. “I don’t know whether to spend the money on the long list of medicines or to take him back home,” he said. A resident of Bhiwapur, Radheshyam’s kidneys have become dysfunctional after he was severely tortured by a godman to exorcize him of “evil spirits”. He was hung upside down, thrashed black and blue, and also kept hungry for at least a week by the godman.
Narrating the plight that has resulted in his brother struggling for life, Sanjay said that Radheshyam, a labourer at Adani Power plant, fell and injured both his legs while on duty a month ago. Initially, Radheshyam was taken to a rural hospital. Though he was getting better, some of the godman’s followers told the Bisen family that he has been affected by some evil spirits.
Radheshyam was then taken to Lalchand Biranwar, popularly known as Chourasibaba at Lamta Charregaon in Madhya Pradesh. The godman beat Radheshyam causing damage to both his kidneys. When he didn’t get good treatment at the rural hospital Sanjay brought Radheshyam to the GMCH. “The rural doctors had told me that the treatment at GMCH is best and cheap as well. But it was not the case”, said Sanjay, who being a labourer cannot afford the expenses. “Rs 1500 was used up in two days to buy medicine as the doctors said that they are not available here. Now, the doctor has handed me the list of medicines that will cost Rs 1000. I am helpless, I don’t know what to do now,” he said.
Banks lost 2,017 cr in frauds during 09-10
New Delhi: Over Rs 2,000 crore was lost by the country’s banking sector in frauds during 2009-10 with more than 200 of these incidents involving deception of above one crore each, CBI Director A P Singh has said. The CBI chief has warned the banks of latest trends emerging in banking frauds in areas like electronic payments, technology-related payments like RTGS, credit cards, ATM, cell banking, internet banking among others. “Banking Sector has lost as much as Rs 1,883 crore and Rs 2,017 crore during 2008-09 and 2009-2010, respectively. These include over 200 frauds of above Rs one crore during each year,” he said during the ‘Third Conference of Central Vigilance Officers of 31 Public Sector Banks and Financial Institutions’ at the CBI headquarters’ at the CBI headquarters here.
Beijing: More than 400 dogs, including golden retrievers, on their way to be served as meat in restaurants in northeast China were saved after animal rights activists staged a 15-hour blockade. The 430 golden retrievers and huskies, many of them stolen from families, were rescued by more than 200 activists who staged a 15-hour blockade at a toll station in Tongzhou. The people swamped the checkpoint demanding the release of the animals that were being transported from Henan province to restaurants in Changchun in Jilin province, China Daily reported. The dogs had been trapped in a truck for two days with no food or water, said Wang Qi of the China Small Animal Protection Association.
After 80 years Einstein gets visa
London: Albert Einstein’s immigration papers have turned up 80 years after he dramatically fled to Britain from Nazi Germany, a media report said, reports PTI.
UK border chiefs at Heathrow airport were left stunned by the discovery of the landing card which marks the legendary German-born scientist’s arrival at Dover in Britain on May 26, 1933, the ‘Daily Mail’ reported. Einstein was Jewish and escaped to England with a bounty on his head as an enemy of Adolf Hitler’s regime. According to the smudged document, the “Father of Modern Physics” arrived at Dover from Ostende in Belgium. He describes his occupation as a professor and being of Swiss nationality. On the reverse, he states to immigration officers he is bound for Oxford. And now the major historical find will go on display later this month in Liverpool’s Merseyside Maritime Museum after it was snapped up by curators. Assistant curator Lucy Gardner said: “We didn’t know this landing card ever existed until we visited UK Border Agency offices at Heathrow. We were keen on acquiring any document relating to immigration but were stunned to find paperwork relating to such a prominent figure as Einstein.
Have a cat and save jail
London: A judge in Britain spared a thief from going to jail so that he could go home and feed his cat. District judge David cooper was about to jail 55-year-old Steven Thorne for repeatedly shoplifting alcohol when he changed his mind after being informed about the pet cat. Thorne’s lawyer Julie Brice told the Colchester magistrates’ court that there was no one to feed the cat, which was trapped indoors as Thorne did not have a cat flap at his home. “She’s been at home alone since he was arrested. She will be climbing the walls with hunger,” The Sun quoted Brice as saying. The judge asked: “Is this a good reason not to send him to prison, because he has a cat? I’ve never heard of that”. But he then let Thorne off with a 75 pound fine.
186 held for drunk driving in single night
Mumbai: In a special drive against drunken driving on the intervening night, city traffic police caught 186 drunk persons behind the wheels, and 13 of them were sentenced to simple imprisonment by the court, police said. Metropolitan Magistrate awarded eight day’s imprisonment to three of them. Others got lesser jail terms. 92 of those caught were in the age group 21 to30 years, police added. Since June 2007, when the city police started the anti-drunken driving campaign, a total of 37,873 persons have been sentenced to simple imprisonment and 32,805 licenses were suspended.
Labourer tortured & Godman flees
Nagpur: A self appointed godman beat up a poor man to rid him of evil spirit. While the godman ran away after his torture of the poor person became public, the latter has landed up in a government hospital which is known for shortage of medicines and lack of facilities. The patient Radheshyam Bisen who is in a critical condition and has no money for treatment. His brother Sanjay has just Rs 600 with him. “I don’t know whether to spend the money on the long list of medicines or to take him back home,” he said. A resident of Bhiwapur, Radheshyam’s kidneys have become dysfunctional after he was severely tortured by a godman to exorcize him of “evil spirits”. He was hung upside down, thrashed black and blue, and also kept hungry for at least a week by the godman.
Narrating the plight that has resulted in his brother struggling for life, Sanjay said that Radheshyam, a labourer at Adani Power plant, fell and injured both his legs while on duty a month ago. Initially, Radheshyam was taken to a rural hospital. Though he was getting better, some of the godman’s followers told the Bisen family that he has been affected by some evil spirits.
Radheshyam was then taken to Lalchand Biranwar, popularly known as Chourasibaba at Lamta Charregaon in Madhya Pradesh. The godman beat Radheshyam causing damage to both his kidneys. When he didn’t get good treatment at the rural hospital Sanjay brought Radheshyam to the GMCH. “The rural doctors had told me that the treatment at GMCH is best and cheap as well. But it was not the case”, said Sanjay, who being a labourer cannot afford the expenses. “Rs 1500 was used up in two days to buy medicine as the doctors said that they are not available here. Now, the doctor has handed me the list of medicines that will cost Rs 1000. I am helpless, I don’t know what to do now,” he said.
Banks lost 2,017 cr in frauds during 09-10
New Delhi: Over Rs 2,000 crore was lost by the country’s banking sector in frauds during 2009-10 with more than 200 of these incidents involving deception of above one crore each, CBI Director A P Singh has said. The CBI chief has warned the banks of latest trends emerging in banking frauds in areas like electronic payments, technology-related payments like RTGS, credit cards, ATM, cell banking, internet banking among others. “Banking Sector has lost as much as Rs 1,883 crore and Rs 2,017 crore during 2008-09 and 2009-2010, respectively. These include over 200 frauds of above Rs one crore during each year,” he said during the ‘Third Conference of Central Vigilance Officers of 31 Public Sector Banks and Financial Institutions’ at the CBI headquarters’ at the CBI headquarters here.
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