Paintings to fund Nicole Delhi visit

New Delhi (PTI): About 100 works of artists like Jamini Roy and Ramkinkar Beij will be auctioned here on November 5 to raise money for actress Nicole Kidman’s visit to a film festival.

Organisers of the International Women’s Film Festival, scheduled to begin on December 11, hope the auction will help them pay the $200,000 that the Oscar winner charges as appearance fee, said festival director Shyamali Deb Banerjee.

Kidman’s latest film Fur will be screened at the event.

The festival is aimed at promoting empowerment of women and a portion of the funds would be given to such projects, Banerjee said.

SC glare on HC spot bails

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has frowned on high court judges granting bail to undertrials during jail inspections in Haryana and Punjab.

A bench headed by Justice K.G. Balakrishnan said the power of superintendence over subordinate courts and tribunals “does not imply that the high court can intervene in the functions of the lower judiciary’’.

Under Article 227 of the Constitution, that power is limited to ensure that lower courts “function within the limits of their authority”, the apex court said, rejecting the Haryana bar council’s argument that such spot bails were necessary because applications in lower courts were often delayed.

Train mishap

Lucknow (PTI): Three youths were run over by a train at Harauni railway station near Lucknow on Friday.

The youths were rushing across the track to catch another train when they were hit. Angry locals then set the station master’s office on fire and ransacked property.

Crash scare

Mumbai: A Beechcraft Baron plane crash-landed at Juhu aerodrome on Friday after developing a snag in the engine. All the five passengers and the crew aboard the Vadodara-bound plane, belonging to Container Movement Transport Pvt Ltd, escaped unhurt.

Teacher charges

Ujjain (PTI): Madhya Pradesh police have filed chargesheets against six accused of involvement in the death of professor H.S. Sabharwal during student union elections at Madhav College in Ujjain in August.

Twelve panchaloha idols, belonging to 12th century Chola king Rajaraja, have been unearthed at the ancient Ayravadaswamy temple near Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu.