Dad fined for dumping child

Muzaffarnagar (PTI): A man has been fined Rs 5.25 lakh and socially boycotted on the charge of refusing to bring up his 2-year-old daughter.

A community mahapanchayat met at Roorkali village near here on Sunday to decide the fate of the abandoned girl, Amrin, as her father, Javed, had failed to abide by its earlier order to look after her.

Javed had divorced his wife when she was pregnant, refusing to accept the child as his own. The panchayat had granted the divorce on the condition that he brought up the child after one year. Both parents agreed and they had remarried. However, Javed did not honour the panchayat’s order as his new wife refused to adopt the child.

Left lines up WTO protest

New Delhi: After Iran and Kalaikunda, the Left is gearing up for yet another battle against the US on negotiations with the World Trade Organisation at its ministerial conference in Hong Kong next month, reports our special correspondent.

Leaders of four Left parties have decided to organise a campaign on the WTO. “The Left parties will work together with other parties and organisations who take a similar position on the WTO. We will organise state (level), local-level and national-level conventions,” said the parties in a joint statement on Monday.

The Left has opened up several flanks of battle against the US. It is now protesting the Indo-US exercise at Kalaikunda. A week ago, it organised seminars and protests to prevent the Centre from voting with the US at the International Atomic Energy Agency meeting next month.

Kanshi test

New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court has ordered a medical examination on BSP leader Kanshi Ram to ascertain his mental condition.

Bishan Kaur, his mother, had filed a habeas corpus petition alleging her son was illegally detained by BSP chief Mayavati and medically unfit to give statements.

Pakistani shot

Batala (PTI): An unidentified Pakistani man was shot dead by BSF personnel in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, police sources said. He was trying to cross the border near Nangali in Dera Baba Nanak sector and did not heed the BSF’s warning to stop, the sources added.

Mother kills child

Mumbai (PTI): A newborn girl was strangulated to death by her mother at Nerul on Saturday, police sources said. The mother, wife of a daily wage-earner who has a two-year-old daughter, was arrested.Anupam Kher’s film Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara was screened in New Delhi for VIPs like Sheila Dikshit, L.K.Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, and army chief J.J. Singh on Sunday.