Investigators suspect Paul Meekin is a fraud who gave incorrect name and information in his travel papers while being named headmaster. On 21^st January, he was dismissed after being accused of sending obscene messages to one of the students.

On Wednesday, the police went to his residence and took his fingerprints. Cops told that Meekin confessed to purchasing educational certificates for £ 20.

While answering Neena Nayak, the Child Welfare Committee chairperson, Meekin told that his childhood name is Paul Meekin and he changed his name to Colin when he was in Thailand during 2003 – 04.

Police is suspecting that he changed his name to fly out of Thailand where he was caught in a case, but they do not have the details of that case. Bangalore police are planning to send officials to United Kingdom for further enquire into the case.

Bangalore, September 07 — On his proposed visit in November to India, US President Barack Obama preferred Mumabi over Bangalore.

Obam will be visiting Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, which was badly damaged during the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks of 2008.

The president is expected to hold interactive meeting with leaders of industry and business.

A senior Maharashtra government official said, “We have received intimation about Obama’s visit from the Centre. However, a formal communication is awaited. What we also learnt is that President Obama has selected Mumbai and not Bangalore.”

Reasons of opting for Mumbai instead of Bangalore is not known.

In recent past former US President Bill Clinton spent a day in Mumbai, said official.

Post 26/11 incidence, the Prince and Princess of Spain, the President of Argentina, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and South African President Jacob Zuma have visited Mumbai’s Taj hotel and paid tribute to those who were killed in the attacks.

Bangalore, August 14 — HR Manager of Infosys Technologies Satish Gupta killed his wife on cold blood.

Wife Priyanka, 29, was found dead at their Hulimavu residence on August 10. She was a math teacher at Delhi Public Schofol, Kanakapura.

Gupta, 32, was picked up for interrogation after the cremation on Thursday and was produced before the magistrate for remands. The next day he admitted the crime.

During the interrogation Gupta even pointed finger to his close friend to which police was not convinced.

However, police have not confirmed Gupta’s confession yet officially.

In the initial reports two strangers posing newspaper vendors was doubted of killing Priyanka by tying her up to a chair and slitting her throat with a kitchen knife. The bloodied knife was found by police at the scene of crime.

Police doubted Gupta because he returned home from jogging even though he was informed by wife in a 10 seconds call about the newspaper vendors.

Police was also puzzled after Gupta’s version of driving to office to get keys of house when no one responded the doorbell. Police wondered he could peep throught the window to find out why his wife is not opening the door.

Anand Kumar Gupta, father of the suspect, is also being interrogated. Police suspects that know person had murdered Priyanka as her jewellery and money at home were not touched.

BANGALORE: There has been never such a crowd at the M G Road in the recent times. It seems that the  Metro train is Bangalore’s latest tourist spot.

A day after BMRC had allowed public viewing of the Metro model coach which was stationed on M G Road, Bangalore there was a rush on Sunday to the place. There were at least 5 traffic policemen on duty to manage the traffic. Many visitors parked cars just next to the Metro track despite police warning.

The excitement could not have been missed. People had come from all over the city to get a glimpse of the mock-up train. Many posed in front of the train and captured photographs. They also touched the coach to get a feel of it, held the handle and stood near the footboard as if they were on the move.

Some of them peeped into the driver’s cabin for checking the technical aspects. All the visitors touched the glass pane despite the notice-`Do not keep your hands on the glass’.

It was a miscellaneous crowd. “I have been on trains. But the `Metro feeling’ is different. I am looking forward to travelling in it,” said 12-year-old Jeremy C I.

Many school students rushed to the spot immediately after their classes. “Now, the feel of Bangalore being a true metropolis is slowly emerging. It all depends on how people use it. There was similar excitement when Volvo buses started plying,” said Madhukiran R, XII student of St John’s High School.

Even expats seemed excited about the “new friend in town”. “We have subways in Korea; travelling was so easy there. I hope it would be the same here,” said Jeesoo Park, a Korean.

“I am waiting for the Metro to expand to other parts of the city. Then I can get rid of my bike and travel by Metro,” said Prasanna Kumar, a techie.

Bangalore: The sleep by the Opposition Congress and JD(S) in the Karnataka Assembly in demand for a CBI investigation into illegal mining scam which involved Reddy’s brother continues for the third night. It seems as if the protesting MLAs are actually enjoying it. All seem to be in the best of their spirits and few of them even tried their singing qualities.

H R Bhardwaj the Governor is leading the charge against the brothers. The state tourism minister G Janardhana Reddy with his brother Revenue Minister G Karunakara Reddy together with the governor wants the brothers sacked.

The ante of the meeting was increased when Home Minister and Prime Minister on the issue commented on the issue. In the meeting, it is believed that Bhardwaj discussed the ways in which the influence of the Reddy brothers was increasing. Also discussed was how they exploited their position in the Cabinet and that their illegal mining activities were leading in deterioration to the rule of law in the state.

However the Centre’s keen interest in the Karnataka politics has some deeper reasons. The Reddy brothers are not just Karnataka players. The real concern of the Congress is Reddy’s support that is extending to elements that are creating trouble for its Andhra government. For now the plan seems to be to insulate its government in Andhra Pradesh against any such attack and a shaky BJP government in the state can be said to be a bonus.
It seems that the BJP is trapped in between and cannot move either way. These protests have actually united the Congress & the JD(S), but any action for the powerful Reddys can well lead to a split in party’s state unit. Thus it has been decided by the party’s core group to wait and watch keeping the decision for taking any action against the Reddy’s on hold.

July 01 — Periyar University UG Results was scheduled to be announced on Thursday (July 01). The university has declared results for MA, MSc, M. Com, MPHIL-Theory, MSc-IT, MLIS, BLIS, Diploma and Certificate Courses IDE Dec 2009 Examinations.

Students can check their results on the official website of Periyar University. Just click on the below given official links of Periyar University to get your results:

http://periyarresults.org.in

http://www.periyaruniversity.ac.in/

Periyar University was established in 1997 by the Act 45 of Government of Tamil Nadu. It has been named after Thanthai Periyar, a renowned social reformer.

Located on the Bangalore National Highways (NH 47), the Periyar University campus is a huge on extended to about 100 acres and it accommodates the administrative and department buildings.

The Comn Studies entrance is scheduled to be held on May 7 and the second round of it will be held on May 28, 2010. The French test will be held on May 8 and the Journalism admission entrance test is scheduled for May 10.

For complete list of date and examination visit the official website of Mount Carmel College here: http://www.mountcarmelcollegeblr.co.in/calendar1.php

Mount Carmel College Bangalore is a women educational institution and it reflects the dynamism and energy of this fast growing Indian metropolis through its exciting courses and innovative methods of teaching.

The institution is home to more than four thousand students.

The newly married couple, Bijoy Samuel and Rajani Rajan started their life just six days ago. Bhopal based Bijoy working here in the HR department of an IT firm. The 25-year-old Rajani from Kerala married to him on April 24.

The arrested Bijoy was taken into the city court which remanded him to 14-day judicial custody last night.

After strangulating his wife with a cloth, he tried to commit suicide by cutting nerve. Deputy Commissioner of Police HS Revanna said.

“However, we are not convinced about it and it seems strange as theirs was an arranged marriage,” Revanna said.

He told that police were questioning the neighbours and also Samuel’s friends as it seems too weird.

The incident came into public whilst the elder brother of Bijoy came to the couple’s home for inviting them for a gathering at his house.

The confrontation between them led to the murder, Bijoy revealed to the police. He said it was suffocation to live with her ‘utter dislike’ for him and unremitting condemnation on his behavior.

Rajani’s parents have taken the body to Kerala. Police said they also wanted to make a query to Rajani’s parents. At present they are not willing to speak up anything about the unexpected tragedy on their daughters’ life.

Bangalore, April 18 — Police on Sunday found an explosive device weighing 2kgs few distance away from the Chinnaswamy stadium where two low intensity bomb exploded yesterday just before the IPL match was to start and in it 15 people were injured.

The bomb was found at 9.30 am wrapped in a bag near the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on MG road. The bomb had been diffused and been sent to the forensic department for tests.

About ten people is being interrogated in this connection said police.

However, there has been no arrest made so far.

In the stadium, yesterday, about 20,000 people were inside and hundreds more were streaming in when the explosion happened at Gate 12. A grill near the wall collapsed with explosion and six policemen were injured.

At 3.15 pm an explosion occurred. The second bomb was exploded 20 minutes later closer to the stadium and near the state police wireless headquarters.

Forensic investigation reveals the bomb was an ammonium nitro glycerine gelatin stick and was detonated with a micro-chip fitted timer.

However, the Police remained silent on who they suspected.

Bangalore, Feb. 23 — Nine persons were killed when fire broke out in a eight-storeyed commercial building Carlton Tower in Bangalore Tuesday afternoon. Three of the death happened when trapped people jumped out of the building in panic and other six died due to severe burns and asphyxiation. Manipal Hospital sources confirmed it.

Almost two hours it took to evacuate the building. About 70 people were injured in the fire and out of them 22 of them are critical in the Intensive Care Unit.

According to senior fire official, fainted persons due to inhaling of the smoke were rushed to the nearby hospital for first aid.
He added, “The fire began in a lift service cable in the second floor and spread through the duct with smoke engulfing the remaining floors,” Erappa, fire chief officer said. “More than the fire it was the smoke that caused panic”.

The building was engulfed by a thick blanket of smoke in the fire and several persons were seen scampering out of their offices and breaking window panes in desperation and also jumped out of the building.

Fifteen fire tenders rushed to the building and managed to rescue trapped people.

Nagendra Swamy, COO of Manipal hospital said, “We have received around 50-60 patients. Some of the persons are seriously ill. We are evaluating the patients’ health.”