Soldier with bullet in body denied dues

Former BSF constable Pijush Kanti Bhattacharya has been living with a militant’s bullet in his body for over a decade but it is the pain of being a forgotten soldier that hurts the most.

Justice S.P. Talukdar of Calcutta High Court eased some of that pain on Thursday when he gave the director-general of the BSF two weeks to ensure that Pijush got everything that a soldier injured in the line of duty was entitled to.

Critically wounded in an encounter with extremists in Manipur in 1997, Pijush has been surviving on a monthly pension of Rs 1,913, far less than what he had been promised.

“I wrote to the director-general in July 2006 and waited a year for a reply but he didn’t bother sending one. I have faith in the judiciary but I will believe that justice has been done only after receiving my dues,” the former constable told Metro from his home in Adi Kasempur village, Barasat. He lives there with his 72-year-old mother, wife and teenaged son. Read more........................................Soldier with bullet in body denied dues

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God Save the Poor People

In India, there are millions of people who live below poverty line & are unable to get two square meals a day to fill their stomach. Many of these are beggars & many of those live in Slums in inhumane conditions. As per earlier report India not Shining around 26% of India's population lives below the poverty line, which is defined as 12 rupees per day (0.3 US$ per day).

Here below is a video depicting the plight of those poor people of India & it is prayed to God that we all & Indian Government do something for these less fortunate people.

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Monk kills Sanyasins, gets lynched

A saffron-clad monk entered a reputed math in the heart of the city Kolkata on Wednesday evening and stabbed to death two sanyasins, one of them the head of the order. Read more....................Monk kills sanyasins, gets lynched

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Court to decide, Cremation or burial?

In West Bengal State of India, a 70-year-old woman's body has been lying in a Kolkata morgue for the past one week as her children have approached the Calcutta High Court to decide whether she should be buried or cremated.

A Hindu by birth, Pari Mallik, a resident of Chhoto Mallikpara in Howrah, had married a Muslim after the death of her first husband -- a Hindu.

Pari died on Oct 30 and her children from her first marriage want her last rites to be performed according to Hindu rituals while her second husband and daughter want a burial, local reports said.

Both the families have now approached the Calcutta High Court seeking to perform her last rites according to their own religious practices.

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'Ghosts' haunt Indian school

The scare of ghosts is haunting 345 Class V students of Degri Girls High School in Domjur, Howrah near Calcutta in west bengal state of India. On Saturday, the school authorities were forced to suspend classes for the day after terror-struck students claimed seeing poltergeist activity.Read full story here.........'Ghosts' haunt Howrah school

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Undertrial slips Bombs in court - would have hurled explosives at Judge

In a bizarre incident in West Bengal state of India, an under trial smuggled two bombs on to the court premises, with the intention of hurling them at the judge.

Under trial was fed up with the Judicial delay & under desperation he smuggled two bombs on to the court.

Ataur Rahman was arrested two years ago in connection with a murder case, but is yet to be convicted.

The undertrial, lodged in Dum Dum Central jail, was brought to Barrackpore court around 11am, along with some other prisoners, in a police van.

Before being taken to the court lock-up, police ran a check on all prisoners. When Rahman was being frisked, something lumpy was found around his waist.

When asked what it was, Rahman said it was his lunch wrapped in a plastic bag.

The policemen took out the bag and found two crude bombs inside. Read More.........Bombs slipped into court - Undertrial irked by delay would have hurled explosives at judge

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Shopkeepers Begging for Coins from Beggars

In Calcutta city in West Bengal state of India shopkeepers are begging for coins from the beggars and buying coins at prices above their face value. Reason, there is sudden shortage of coins in this city of 14 million.

Reserve Bank of India has resorted to the emergency measures, distributing millions of coins to satisfy the demand.

Since the coin shortage became acute at the beginning of June, the bank has distributed nearly 5 million rupees (US$121,950; Euro 91,664.16) worth of coins, including one million on Thursday alone, said Nilanjan Saha, the bank's treasurer in the city.

But the emergency supplies have failed to appease the demand & nearly 2,000 people stood in two lines on a recent day at the bank to exchange currency notes for coins, many planning to resell them for a profit.

One woman, who asked not to be named, set up shop outside the bank selling packets of 100 rupee coins for 120 rupees.

"It may sound strange, but we have found that beggars are a good source of coins," said Mum Poddar, who runs a small shop selling stationary.

Bank officials said they were mystified by the shortage.

"There is no reason," said Saha. "But I have heard reports that some unscrupulous traders were melting coins because the face value of the coins are lower than the metal value."

The bank was also investigating claims the coins were being melted down to make razor blades.

There are "reports that as many as six blades can be made from one single one rupee coin," said bank security officer Subal Chandra Naskar.

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5 year old to walk 500 Kilometers

Here is a 5 years old Indian boy named "Budhia" , whose mother, unable to support him, was about to sell him to another villager for Indian Rupees 800 (US$18; 15 Euros) when the family met Biranchi Das two years ago, who is an athletic coach & Das started coaching the little "Budhia".

Now this 5-year-old Indian boy is planning to walk 500 kilometers (311 miles), as per his coach.

"Budhia" will begin his marathon in Bhubaneswar in the eastern state of Orissa and finish in Calcutta, the capital of West Bengal state, said the coach, Biranchi Das.
It will begin on June 6 and take about 10 days, he said.

While Das argued the boy's walk would inspire other young athletes, child advocates are opposing the the news.

Last year, Budhia tried to run a 70km marathon, but doctors stopped him after 65km when he showed signs of extreme exhaustion. But Das insisted he is looking after the best interests of the boy.

"The aim is to make our children and children all over the world know if they start now they can qualify for the 2016 Olympics," he said.

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Father Chains Son for Marrying

Here is a man / son who paid a big price for marrying against his fathers wishes. The son was not only chained by his father but was kept into a lock up for three weeks for marrying against the family's wishes. The incident happened in the outskirts of Calcutta, the capital of West Bengal state of India.

When Police came to know of such imprisonment of the son by the father , they rescued Raghu Amin Mollah from his father's house.

The father, Abed Ali Mollah, has been arrested and charged with illegally detaining and torturing his son for 21 days. Abed Ali Mollah opposed his son's marriage to Shahnaz Khatun, 18, because of enmity between the two families.

Police acted after Khatun filed a complaint against her father-in-law.

The two teenagers had fallen in love as they had grown up in the same neighborhood. They eloped and wed in a mosque on the outskirts of Calcutta.

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