Techie gang-raped by two drivers in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: Two car drivers were arrested on Tuesday for abducting and raping a 23-year-old software engineer employed with an IT major. Shockingly, the Inborbit mall abduction incident reported on Monday was not just a case of kidnapping but murky details emerged on Tuesday with the police disclosing that the two drivers abducted the software professional from Madhapur at 8.20pm on Friday in a Volvo car, drove her for nearly four hours on several stretches, including the Outer Ring Road (ORR), and raped her at an isolated area near Open Mind Birla School, Tellapur. They later dropped her near her hostel at around 2.30am. The software professional moved to the city just two months ago.

During the six-hour ordeal, the car drove through two tollgates of ORR and high security IT hub zone, while her friends approached Madhapur police. However, the victim could not be rescued and the accused were nabbed four days after the assault.

Cyberabad police commissioner CV Anand told the media: "The duo–V Satish, 30, and N Venkateswarlu, 28, both car drivers from Yellammabanda near Kukatpally–picked up the victim near Inorbit mall at Madhapur at 8.20pm and after gang raping her, dropped the victim back at her hostel after six hours. We suspect their involvement in more such offences and they have to be interrogated further."

Satish, works as driver of Manoj Agarwal, a corporate executive and resident of Malaysian Township. Venkateswarlu and Satish are friends.

On October 18, Manoj Agarwal went out of station leaving his Volvo D6-S 60 Model car (AP 09TVA 2762) with his driver Satish. After his employer left, Satish invited Venkateswarulu to his house and the duo began their 'joy ride' towards Madhapur IT Zone.

At Mind Space junction near Inorbit mall, Satish saw the software engineer waiting on the road for transport and he asked her where she wanted to go. The victim told Satish that she wanted to go to Gowli Doddi or Wipro junction. Satish then asked her to pay Rs 50 and a deal was struck for Rs 40. During this time, Venkateswarulu, who was posing like a passenger, sat in the rear seat.

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Rumours of me behind Shahid-Kareena split are rubbish: Amrita

Actress Amrita Rao was reminded of the song Bambai Se Gayi Puna...Dilli Se Gayi Patna...Phir Bhi Na Mila Sajna, literally when she travelled over half of India to perform at a concert in Patna, recently.

"We boarded the flight at 8 in the morning and after sitting in the plane for nearly an hour, we were told to disembark and board another flight. So finally we reached Delhi. Whan pe bhi there was some problem, so we had to take a flight to Patna via Udaipur. Finally we reached Patna at 8 in the night only to be told that the concert I was supposed to perform in had been cancelled due to cyclone Phailin. So imagine, we crossed nearly half of India only to have dinner in Patna. It was funny but also very tiring," said Amrita.

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Ind vs Aus: Rain halts Indian run chase against Australia

NEW DELHI: Chasing 296-run target, India were 27/0 in 4.1 overs against Australia when rain interrupted the match again in the fourth ODI at Ranchi on Wednesday.

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Play has to start by 9:15pm for a 20-over innings to happen, which is required to comprise a full match and the target for India would be 150 in that case.

Rohit Sharma (9*) and Shikhar Dhawan (14*) were on crease for India at the time of the rain interruption.

Sent in to bat, Australia rode on a record 153-run partnership between George Bailey and Glenn Maxwell to recover from a jittery start and post a challenging 295 for eight against India in the fourth ODI on Wednesday.

Skipper Bailey (98) and Maxwell (92) missed their respective centuries but ensured that Australia recover from a difficult 71 for four to 224 for five through the team's highest partnership against India for the fifth wicket.

Brought in place of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammad Shami's fiery first spell (6-1-21-3) ripped apart the Australian top order after India put the visitors into bat.

But the Aussies hugely benefited thanks to the butterfingered Indian fielders who dropped as many as six catches and the ground fielding was equally sloppy.

Bailey was dropped twice (on zero and 35) in what could have been regulation catches, while Maxwell too got reprieve on two occasions (on 44 and 69) at the JSCA Stadium.

As if it was not enough, Mitchell Johnson, on 15, was dropped by Raina, while in the last ball of the innings Shikhar Dhawan let one loose from James Faulkner as Australia posted a competitive target under overcast conditions.

With his personal best figures of 3-42, Shami was the pick of the Indian bowlers, while Vinay Kumar and Ravichandran Ashwin took two apiece and were expensive with economy rates of 6.50 and 6.33 each.

Jaydev Unadkat, who replaced the struggling Ishant Sharma, went wicketless.

Shami extracted swing from the pitch, bowling at around 140-145kphs to trouble the Aussie openers.

He castled Aaron Finch (5) with an inswinger that went through the gap between bat and bat in the second over, while left-hander Phillip Hughes took an outside edge with the India skipper taking a fine catch.

Shami's two-wicket burst, which reduced Australia to 24 for two in the sixth over, meant that for the first time in the series the opening duo failed to notch up the 50-mark.

The Bengal pacer almost had a third to his name in the next ball but Virat Kohli dropped Bailey at the third slip with the Aussie skipper yet to open his account.

With Shami on a roll, light drizzle halted the match for about 30 minutes when Australia were 28 for two after 7.2 overs.

But the rain subsided as Shami came to resume his spell and took the prized scalp of Shane Watson (14), in a replay of Finch's dismissal.

While Unadkat was not able to move the ball, Shami did it efficiently with sheer pace as the Aussies found it difficult to break free in the mandatory powerplay, going at four runs per over.

But the goodwork of Shami and Unadkat was undone by R Vinay Kumar whose slow pace and lack of movement was enough for Bailey to cut loose as the skipper smashed a six and two fours in a 14-run over.

India had the fourth wicket in Adam Voges (7) but Bailey had luck on his side again as India dropped the Australian captain for a second time with Ashwin being the culprit.

Bailey and Maxwell slowly repaired the damage and played the spinners intelligently to build on their partnership even as India's miserable run with catching continued.

Maxwell too got reprieve twice, by Yuvraj Singh and Dhoni, as Australia slowly tilted the match in their favour.

Dhoni's reliance on slow bowlers during the halfway stage helped the Aussies' cause as the duo completed their respective half-centuries.

While Bailey's innings was full of strokeplay, Maxwell tried innovation with his reverse and pull shots as Australia cruised to 201 for four in 35 overs.

Bailey smashed seven sixes and three fours before top edging a Vinay Kumar delivery to deep midwicket, where Rohit Sharma took a safe catch as the batsman missed his second century of the series.

Vinay Kumar took his second wicket dismissing a dangerous looking Maxwell who hit five sixes and six fours in a 77-ball knock as India slowly pegged themselves back.

But the sloppy catching ensured Australia's lower order -- Mitchell Johnson (25) and James Faulkner (25 not out) -- to post another challenging total, five runs shy of a fourth 300-plus total in the series.

Teams:

India: MS Dhoni (Capt.), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Jaydev Unadkat, Shami Ahmed, Vinay Kumar.

Australia: George Bailey (Capt.), Phillip Hughes, Aaron Finch, Shane Watson, Adam Voges, Glenn Maxwell, Brad Haddin, James Faulkner, Mitchell Johnson, Clint McKay, Xavier Doherty.

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'Corporate fraud' by General Motors India, says govt probe panel

The committee was set up to probe if the auto major had a role in violating the engine testing norms after it issued what was then the largest ever recall for flouting the compliance of production (COP) norms.

The author has posted comments on this articleDipak Kumar Dash, TNN | Oct 22, 2013, 01.16AM IST

NEW DELHI: A government-appointed panel to investigate General Motors India's recall of over 1.26 lakh Chevrolet Tavera vehicles has held the company responsible of committing "corporate fraud" and said its top management — including CEOs and managing directors — from 2005 to 2011-12 were involved in this.

In its report submitted to the road transport and heavy industry ministries, the three-member panel recommended imposition of penalty, apart from a systemic clean up to avoid recurrence of similar incidents in future. Although action has been suggested against the company as well as executives involved, the level of penalty has not been specified.

The committee was set up to probe if the auto major had a role in violating the engine testing norms after it issued what was then the largest ever recall for flouting the compliance of production (COP) norms. Under COP, companies have to produce vehicles and components that exactly match with the specification, performance and marking requirements approved by the testing agencies. GM India did not comment, saying it had not seen the report yet.

Government officials, however, said that during the investigation, the company has acknowledged to tempering of COP and type approval of Tavera's BS-III and BS-IV variants. They added that once the company realized that their engines were not consistent in meeting emission norms, the pre-selected and tested engines were fitted to vehicles that were sent for testing by government agencies.

The panel, headed by Nitin Gokarn, CEO of National Automotive Testing and R&D Infrastructure Project (NATRiP), involved with testing, validation and R&D, has given a clean chit to the testing agency — Indian Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI).

Government officials said that the probe panel could not interact with nearly 20 executives who were asked to leave GM after the irregularities came to light. "However, those sacked can't be singled out since the violation of COP norms benefitted the company and not only a few senior and junior executives," said an official, requesting anonymity.

During this period, the seven year period up to 2011-12, GM India had three MDs - Rajeev Chaba, Karl Slym, who is now with Tata Motors and Lowell Paddock, the current president and MD. Sources said that Paddock has told the probe panel that it's only because of him GM unearthed the irregularities and reported it to the government.

The committee has recommended that now the government should monitor recalls to randomly find out if the proper rectification is being done. To prevent such frauds in future, the panel has recommended measures including random check on samples from dealers, instead of manufacturing facilities. It has also suggested that the notification of COP date should be fixed by the testing agencies and companies should have no role in this. At present, the date of picking up samples for testing is decided mutually by the testing agency and the manufacturer, resulting in the possibility of collusion.

The panel has also recommended that COP process should begin from the start of production and this should be for the entire vehicle instead of confining it to auto parts. The committee has said that in case of non-compliance, the type approval should be withdrawn.

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Pak film depicting 'Indian agents' does roaring business

As a police compound here comes under terror attack, an 'Indian female agent' cum social worker in Pakistan is dancing with a mercenary celebrating their success. This is a scene from 'Waar', a film doing roaring business in Pakistan.

Said to be the most expensive Pakistani film ever to be made, the film is rumoured to be partly funded by the military, a charge denied by the film director Bilal Lashari.

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Armaan loses temper & punches Ellie in Bigg Boss

There have been a lot of instances in the Bigg Boss house that have made Armaan lash out on other housemates.

After he picked a fight with Kushal and Andy, people had started hating him and have been giving him advice on anger management. Even after repeated attempts, there seems to be no change in Armaan's behavior and today, his temper went up a notch higher.

During the weekly luxury budget task, select housemates including Armaan were asked to sit in a box and survive till the end of the task. The ones who are outside were asked to distract and instigate them to give up on the task. When the housemates were trying to distract Armaan by banging his box with their hands, Armaan lost his temper and accidently punched Ellie on her forehead. Everybody got hassled by this act and started blaming Armaan for it.

Armaan couldn't take this allegation and emerged out of the box breaking it. He started abusing everybody around him and told them that he did not do it deliberately. When Kamya barged in, he didn't even spare her and was seen hurling abuses at her. Further, he started fighting with Kushal and Asif while Apurva tried to calm him down but all in vain. Looking at Armaan's violent attitude, everybody decided to boycott him.

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I am bloody good at sex scenes: Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Jonathan Rhys Meyers has admitted that he finds sex scenes pretty easy since he knows that he is really good at them.

Meyers said that one has to understand that in a sex scene, the whole world gets blurred out and the only person who exists is the woman who is made love to, the Daily star reported.

The 'Dracula' star said that if he is doing a sex scene he can really fall in love with actress for those moments that he is working with.

He finds them incredibly beautiful in every sense.

Meyers added that afterwards he can totally pull out of the character he is playing and be friends with the actress again.

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Chief engineer of detained US ship attempts suicide

NEW DELHI: The chief engineer of detained US ship Seaman Guard Ohio has attempted suicide in prison, according to Times Now.

According to reports, this is the second time that the chief engineer has attempted suicide.

The chief engineer has been isolated and has been kept under observation.

Earlier on Friday, the crew members of the ship MV Seaman Guard Ohio, carrying weapons without permit, were arrested by the Tamil Nadu police.

The ship was detained on October 12 by Coast Guard for carrying arms and ammunition off Tamil Nadu coast.

There were 35 members onboard, which included 8 Indians.

An FIR has already been registered against crew members for illegally carrying arms and ammunition.

Another case under the Essential Commodities Act has been registered against the crew for buying 1,500 litres of diesel illegally with the help of a local shipping agent.

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After mocking gold hunt, Modi attempts reconciliation

AHMEDABAD: Days after criticizing the treasure hunt in UP, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Monday took a U-turn and praised seer Shobhan Sarkar based on whose dream the ASI is carrying out the excavation in Unnao district.

"Sant Shobhan Sarkar ke prati anek varsho se lakho logo ki shraddha judi hui hai. Main unki tapasya aur tyaag ko pranam karta hu (lakhs of people have reposed faith in seer Shobhan Sarkar over last many years. I salute his austerity and renunciation)," Modi tweeted.

Stressing on the need of getting back black money stashed away abroad, Modi demanded that the Centre should come out with a white paper on it.

"Bharat sarkar se agrah karta hu ki woh videsho mein jama kale dhan ke sambandh main ek white paper prastut kar desh ki janta ko ashwast kare (I urge the Indian government to come out with white paper on black money deposited in other countries and assure the people of the nation)," Modi said in the second tweet.

Modi's reconciliatory tone is being seen as a result of a reported letter written by followers of Sarkar castigating him for his remarks criticizing government's action of digging a temple fort premises in Unnao district of UP based on the seer's dreams.

Addressing a rally in Chennai on Friday, Modi had said, "The whole world is laughing at us over this bizarre exercise.

"Somebody dreamt and the government has launched an excavation...The money hidden by thieves and looters of India in foreign banks is much more than 1000 tonnes of gold. If you (government) bring back that money, you won't have to go digging for gold (in Unnao)," Modi had said.

The central government has, however, clarified that they have not told the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to go ahead for gold hunt based on vision of seer Shobhan Sarkar.

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Dhoni blasts non-performing bowlers, says can't be "spoonfed"

MOHALI: A disappointed Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today did some plain talking directed to some of his non-performing bowlers and said that international cricketers need not be "spoonfed" and they should bowl at their strengths and not bleed runs.

"I think the last few overs were disappointing, it is an area of concern and it is getting worse. There was a bit of dew but not like in the last game. The individuals will have to step up, they have to come up with their plans and back their strength," he said after after India lost the third ODI by four wickets from a winning position.

It was not difficult to find out to whom Dhoni was directing his comments as his pacers have been struggling in the three matches so far in the ODI series.

Out-of-form Ishant Sharma gave away 30 runs today in the 48th over to turn the tide in Australia's favour.

"You don't need to spoonfeed bowlers at the international level. You need to come up with your plan, focus on your strength and execute your plans," he said when asked if he had given any specific direction to his bowlers.

Asked further about his bowling woes, especially in the death overs, he said, "We started well, Jadeja bowled really well in the middle overs. Also, we need more from the part-timers."

He also said that his side could have batted better on a good track at the PCA Stadium.

"I think we could have batted better, on a track like this. We were fortunate to get beyond 300, looked like we would get around 250," said Dhoni who took India's score to 303 for nine after the home side were reduced to 76 for four in the 13th over.

Australian captain George Bailey praised Faulkner for his stupendous 26-ball unbeaten 64, which included 30 runs he took from Ishant in the 48th over to turn the tide in the visiting team's favour.

"Faulkner's hitting was as good as I have seen. The bowling was fantastic, particularly after the other day. 300 is always imposing, but we were quietly confident when we came off the field. There is no easy game," he said.

"If I could learn to catch, we would have been chasing 20-30 less from MS (Dhoni)," he said, referring to his dropped catch of Dhoni when on 105 in the 49th over of India's innings.

Dhoni went on to hit an unbeaten 139 to take India to 303 for nine.

Man-of-the-Match James Faulkner said he targeted for Ishant in the 48th over as he knew that it would be difficult to hit R Ashwin out of the park.

"I didn't feel I could get Ashwin to the long boundary with his carrom ball. I wanted to knock him around for 7 or 8. I made a pretty slow start, so I need to do something," he said.

"I think Voges found it quite tough early on, but he stuck around all the way through, it was a good innings. It is going to be a cracking series now."

Voges, who made a valuable contribution in Australia's win with an unbeaten 76, said, "We just thought if we could have some batsmen in at the end, we could chase it down. The way Faulkner played was amazing."

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