Daily News (In Short)-13-June-2015

#* Delhi garbage mess: AAP MLAs, leaders wield broom after end of sanitation workers' strike
A day after the strike by the sanitation workers ended, Aam Aadmi Party legislators and senior members were out cleaning garbage strewn on the streets of Delhi on Saturday.Wielding brooms, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and senior leaders Sanjay Singh and Ashutosh led hundreds of volunteers on a cleanliness drive which was seen by rivals as a desperate bid for political mileage on a day the municipal employees got back to work.Talking to reporters during the cleanliness drive, AAP leaders sought to blame the BJP-run municipal corporation (MCD) for the mess which left about 15,000 tonnes on garbage on the streets of East Delhi."Delhi government doesn't have the money but we have taken out funds to pay workers... If BJP can't pay their salaries, we will not only pay salaries but also help them clean up," Manish Sisodia said.The Congress hit out at both BJP and AAP with senior leader Digvijaya Singh tweeting that both parties were doing drama after the high court had called for an end to the strike.

#* The mounting woes of Jitender Tomar: Doubts over degrees grow, AAP contemplates booting him
Even as a Delhi Police team travels with former Delhi law minister Jitender Tomar in order to verify his degrees from different colleges, they maintain that as per their initial findings, the AAP leader was studying two unlikely courses at the same time: arts and science. And time may be running out for the former minister as his party contemplates expelling him. As per information received in an RTI application filed by former BJP MLA, Nand Kishore Garg, Tomar was a student of BA at Rajdhani College in Delhi University between 1985-88. However, it was during the same period that Tomar has claimed that he was a student of the Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University in Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh where he obtained a BSc degree, according to an Indian Express report. According to Tomar, however, he dropped out of the Delhi course in the final year, a Hindustan Times report said. Tomar being escorted by a police official. PTI imageTomar being escorted by a police official. PTI image
The report further states that while the Delhi degree course would have ended in three years, the Science course in Uttar Pradesh ended in two years. Tomar on Friday was taken by the Delhi Police officers to the Bishwanath Singh Institute of Legal Study College at Munger and Bhagalpur-based Tilka Majhi University, to which the college is affiliated.
"Physical verification of his law degree will be conducted in his presence," a top Delhi Police official said.

#* 5 Dead, 100 Injured in Ammonia Gas Tanker Leak in Ludhiana
LUDHIANA:  Five persons were killed and over 100 others had to be hospitalised after inhaling hazardous fumes in an ammonia gas tanker leak early today in Punjab's Ludhiana district, police said. The incident occurred when the tanker got stuck under a flyover along a canal on the Doraha Bypass Road, about 25-km from Ludhiana, they said."Five persons died from inhaling the gas and over 100 others complained of breathing problems. Those affected after inhaling the gas have been admitted to various hospitals in Ludhiana. Barring 2-3 persons, all were stated to be out of danger by the doctors," Ludhiana Police Commissioner Pramod Ban told PTI over the phone.The locals came out of their houses even as the gas from the leaking tanker spread in and around Doraha, police said, adding that residents of the surrounding areas had to be evacuated after the incident.Police said that all the deceased are male adults with two among them having been identified as Satpal of Doraha and Avtej Singh of Jalandhar.

#* 56InchRocks turns into 50 Shades of Red: PM Modi's Obama moment unravels in Myanmar
If Narendra Modi had been a master at anything, it was about spectacle, PR and messaging. His spectacles were always masterfully choreographed down to the last hologram. His spokespersons were always on message and Modi had the ability to even turn something as dull as Teacher’s Day into a must-watch television drama. A successful ManipurRevenge MyanmarRaid should have been a sixer for the government. All this looks more and more like a self-goal. Not the actual raid conducted by the Army, but the packaging of the raid, which is unraveling by the day while there is radio silence from Modi himself DespiteBeingThePM.Narendra Modi. PTINarendra Modi. PTI The Myanmar raid had all the hallmarks of that Osama assassination. Like America, India wanted to prove that someone who brought terror to it was not safe no matter where they were holed up. Like America, India wanted to show they could conduct a daring operation with speed, precision and without any casualty on their side with top-notch intelligence. And while the SEALs got the credit for the operation, Obama reaped the benefit of being the one who took the risk in greenlighting it. India's junior I&B minister Rajyavardhan Rathore seemed to say exactly that when he said while the Army carried out the strike, “our PM ordered hot pursuit in which two camps were completely annihilated.”

#* Shares of Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC) Sees Large Inflow of Net Money Flow
Teradata Corporation (NYSE:TDC) traded with a cut of -0.53 points or -1.36% at $38.51 per share. As per the last available information, the stock aggregated $7.3 million in upticks and $5.6 million in downticks, keeping the net money flow capped at $1.7 million. The up/down ratio was found to be 1.3. For the week, the counter has seen a change of -1.68% in the share price.A block trade of $2.53 million in upticks and $0.74 million in downticks also took place during the day. The up/down ratio for the block stood at 3.43. The net money flow for this transaction was $1.79 million.

#* Micromax Launches Canvas Hue 2 with Octa-Core SoC, 5MP Selfie Shooter

Micromax has launched a new smartphone Canvas series smartphone, the Canvas Hue 2, with no announcement information from the company about the launch so far. The smartphone is now on sale with an e-commerce website at Rs. 11,736. A Facebook post by a Mumbai-based distributor has also claimed that the Canvas Hue 2 will be launched in retail stores, according to the Facebook post, the handset has been priced at Rs 12,499 for MOP, while Rs. 17,999 for MRP price. SEE ALSO: Micromax Canvas Knight 2 vs Intex Aqua 4G+: The Battle of Desi 4G Phones The Canvas Hue 2 sports a 5-inch HD AMOLED display at 720 x 1280 pixels resolution, and supports dual-SIM option. The handset is powered by a 1.7GHz quad-core MediaTek (MT6582) processor, paired with 2GB of RAM and runs on Android 4.4.2 KitKat out of the box. Meanwhile, the Facebook post listed the smartphone will house a octa-core SoC

#* 22 killed in road accident in Andhra Pradesh, 10-year-old boy survives
Twenty-two people including 10 women and six children died after a Force Motors ‘Toofan’ jeep they were travelling in rammed into the railing on Dowleshwaram Barrage and fell into the reservoir early today morning. 23 persons — all family members and relatives of Eegala Appa Rao of Achutapuram village near Vizag and his sons — were crammed inside the vehicle, besides the driver. Bangalore train fire: Born on same day,singers died together Five dead after jeep overturns 10 killed in road mishap; 9 from family The sole survivor is a 10-year-old grandson of Appa Rao. Doweleswaram Barrage Circle Inspector K Sivajirao said that the vehicle must have been travelling at a very high speed because it knocked down three pillars and a section of the protective wall before falling into the barrage. “We pulled out alive a boy and girl but the girl did not survive. Twenty two persons died—the entire families of Appa Rao, his two sons and relatives-have been wiped out in the accident,’’ Inspector Sivajirao said. The families were returning from a pilgrimage to Tirupati and other places and had left home nearly a week back in the hired vehicle.

#* Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal directs transport dept to prepare plan to procure 10,000 buses
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday directed transport department to prepare a detailed plan to procure 10,000 new buses to improve public bus service in the national capital.The Delhi Chief Minister on Friday held a meeting with transport minister Gopal Rai to improve public transport system.“In the meeting, the CM has directed transport department to prepare a detailed plan to buy 10,000 new buses and which types of buses the government should buy,” said a senior government official.
According to department officials, there was a dire need to construct bus depots in the city as government has planned to procure new buses.Government recently also asked the Delhi Development Authority to provide land for depots so that new buses could be parked there.There is a requirement for 11,000 buses in Delhi with DTC and DIMTS mandated to run 5,500 buses. However, while DTC at present operates 4,700 buses, DIMTS runs around 1,300 of them.

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