Sena upset in civic elections

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena on Monday suffered its first electoral jolt after the expulsion of Narayan Rane in June, reports our special correspondent. The party lost control over the municipal corporation in the satellite suburbs of Kalyan and Dombivli on the outskirts of Mumbai.

Although a tiny municipal corporation, the elections to the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) were significant in gauging the impact of the recent rebel activities and factionalism in Bal Thackeray’s party.

The Sena emerged on top with 29 seats, but the results have thrown up a hung House.

In the 107-seat corporation, Sena ally BJP slumped to 16. The Congress gained marginally to bag 21 and the Independents won 18 seats .

The surprise gainer was Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party that improved its tally from 10 in the last elections to 23 this time.

Life term for Gujarat riots

Ahmedabad (PTI): A fast-track court has sentenced five persons to life imprisonment for the murder of a youth from the minority community during the post-Godhra riots in Gujarat.

On March 1, 2002, Sameer Delolia was killed by a mob, which also attacked a woman at Halol.

While the woman suffered minor injuries, Delolia was seriously wounded and died at a hospital.

The five convicted are Pramodsinh Rathore, Vikramsinh Jadeja, Bhavesh Patel, Gopal Patel and Arunsinh Chauhan.

Rape cop sack

Mumbai: Head constable Chandrakant Pawar, accused of raping a minor near Sahar police station, was sacked on Monday.

“Pawar has been dismissed from service under Article 311 of the Constitution under which a government servant can be dismissed,” police commissioner A.N. Roy said.

Pak fishermen

Ahmedabad (PTI): Indian Coast Guard personnel arrested 52 Pakistani fishermen off the coast of Jhakau in Kutch on Monday. Nine boats were also seized after they ventured into the Indian territorial waters. Nothing suspicious was found on them.

Mother hacked

Paravoor (PTI): A 35-year-old woman allegedly attacked her mother with a sharp weapon and locked her inside a room to bleed to death after an argument on Friday at Paravoor in Kerala. Mariaumma’s son found her dead and lying in a pool of blood on Sunday. Electoral lists of all 90 Assembly constituencies of Haryana will be published with photographs of voters. It will be the second state after Kerala to have voters’ list with photographs.

Electoral lists of all 90 Assembly constituencies of Haryana will be published with photographs of voters. It will be the second state after Kerala to have voters’ list with photographs.