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Court moved on Knight songs
Justice Sanjeeb Banerjee of the high court on Wednesday refused to pass an order on a plea demanding an injunction on the playing of 14 songs by Red Chillies Entertainment, the owner of Kolkata Knight Riders. Indian Performing Rights Society moved the plea claiming that it owned the rights to the songs, which include Om Shanti Om and Hare Krishna Hare Ram. The counsel for Red Chillies Entertainment, Anindya Mitra, told the court that his client would not play the songs in future.
Man held at airport
A man from Muzaffarpur in Bihar was held in the airport on Wednesday afternoon with a fake Airports Authority of India identity card. CISF personnel became suspicious of 35-year-old Sunil Kumar’s movements inside the domestic terminal and asked him to identify himself. The card he produced turned out to be fake. Kumar claimed during interrogation that he had acquired the identity card from a friend and had entered the airport to look for a job.
Special trains
South Eastern Railway is running 35 pairs of summer special trains to Puri, Hyderabad and Mysore. Nineteen pairs of weekly superfast trains are running between Howrah and Puri, eight pairs between Howrah and Hyderabad, and eight more pairs between Howrah and Mysore.
Water dues
City civic authorities will pay Rs 12 crore to the Calcutta Metropolitan Water and Sanitation Authority for the use of filtered water supplied by Garden Reach waterworks. The civic body takes 70 to 90 million gallons of filtered water from the waterworks for distribution in Tollygunge, Behala and Jadavpur.
Hit and run
A 70-year-old pedestrian died on Wednesday night in a road mishap on National Highway 6 near Uluberia. Police said Shyam Mondal was walking down a pavement when the driver of a Tata Sumo lost control and hit him. The driver fled immediately. Mondal lay on the road until police arrived at the spot after being informed by the residents. He was taken to hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
Mishap injury
Subedar Yadav, 25, a security guard at The Oberoi Grand suffered fractures in his right leg when he was dashed by a Toyota Qualis at the entrance of the hotel on Tuesday night. He had to be admitted to NRS Medical College and Hospital. The driver was arrested.
Thumbs Up
TO ALLAHABAD BANK for organising a free heart check-up camp at Bansdroni, at which 500 patients were tested free for dfdswwd
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