Number of Tv Channels rises by 37 in 1 year

This year saw a leap in the number of private Tv channels with their number rising from 784 in December to 821 by the beginning of this month.On November 30, there are 404 permitted news and current affairs  channels in the country and 417 non-news and current affairs channels. the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has allowed 821 TV channels in both categories to function in the country. In last year December2 ,2013 the number of permitted private satellite TV channels in India was 784r of which there were 389 news and current affairs channels and 395 non new channels . earlier there were issues related to the process of security clearance of companies that wanted to start channels ..these process has been streamlined,the number of channels has been steadily going up. According to the recent data the number of news channels had reached 400 by September 15 & the number of non news channels had touched 413 by this time .

Over 3 crore Court Cases Pending

The Chief Justice of India expressed his concern over backlog of more than 3 crore cases in courts across the country.The maximum dependency of civil and criminal cases together was in Allahabad High Court with 10,43,398 cases & the minimum pendency was in Sikkim with 120 cases pending at the end of 2013. The CJI came out with an innovative idea of expeditious disposal of case by setting up a special"social justice bench"to deal with pendency of case having social issues which are on rise and needs specialized approach, he also emphasized on disposal of petty,compoundable (cases which can be compromised ) criminal matters and other civil disputes through LokS Adalats as an alternative dispute resolution mechanism where decisions are arrived at amicably and can't be appealed against.

Uber Cab Driver Accused of Delhi Rape, Arrested in Mathura

The Uber driver who allegedly raped a 25 years old financial analyst in Capital Friday night  was arrested from hometown Sunday.The Us online taxi-booking services faced several questions over lack of security check .the sources tells that The San Francisco based firm failed to run a background check on Yadav.Moreover the car owner and the  vehicle was without  a satellite tracking device,moreover the address the taxi driver gave to Uber was fake.According to the sources regulations will be made for banning the App based Taxi booking.Furthermore a strict background check will be done on taxi drivers .

Pilots Leave Spicejet

The SpiceJet airline currently has around 525 pilots,around 125 pilots have quit the airline and are serving the six months notice period.54 have already applied in Jet airways and Indigo,98 captains and other first officers have also quit their job in SpiceJet.According to the sources "these pilots will start leaving the airlines from December as and when  their notice period gets over". In an interview with a concerned person in SpiceJet ,he said " even after pilots on notice part ways with SpiceJet in coming months ,we will have more than enough pilots to fly our feet "The Director General of Civil aviation on Friday said that they have withdrew 186 of its slots and asked it to clear salary dues of employees by December 15",he showed his concern about deteriorating condition of SpiceJet and flight cancellation .he further added that regulator would carry 'heightened' surveillance of SpijceJet flight on landing to ensure safety of it's passengers.

Small Towns In India leads in ordering Sex Toys

India is rapidly emerging as large markets for online sexual wellness industry.According to reports of Mumbai based e-commerce platforms for sexual wellness products ThatPersonal ,a n average order from small town is over Rs 4000,while the average order from big cities is just Rs 1600,these products mainly includes condoms for men and lingerie for women with lubes and 'fun-stuff' being most popular amongst both genders . according to the attorney of and director of ThatsPersonal "people prefer shopping for these products online as they are embarrassed to buy them over the counter.furthermore these sex toys are sold through a sanitation check to ensure that do not break any laws in India ".

Gas Leaks Kills 2 in Durgapur.

Two contractual laborers of Durgapur steel plant dies on 7 th December at evening after inhaling toxic  gases while repairing  a leak pipeline in blast furnace & six other laborers were taken ill and are in critical condition .According to the sources none of the laborers had safety mask on . According to the officials the gas that leaked was blast furnace gas,made up of nitrogen ,carbon monoxide , oxygen.The high presence of carbon-monoxide makes the blast furnace gas poisonous even if inhaled din moderate quantity.members of trinamul's trade union wing INTTUC,protested outside the hospital gate accusing the steel plant authorities for negligence.DSP Officials said " The families of the deceased and those recuperating in the hospital will receive compensation  according to the company norms ".

World's Fattest man No-more

A 44.5kg British man Keith Martin ,the worlds fattest man dies on dec 7 in London from pneumonia followed by lengthy battle with his weight. Just eight months after martin underwent a successful gastric sleeve surgery which removed three quarters of his stomach, Martin faced death. According to the surgeon 'Kesava Mannur' who operated Martin last year said " If he had lived ,he would have lost hundreds of pounds and regained his ability to walk and live normal life ".

Rape Cases becoming Frequent in Kolkata.

A woman of 24 years old from Santragachhi in Howrah filed a rape  complaint against her landlord on Saturday Night . the woman alleged that the landlord  raped her on friday afternoon  when her husband was not at home.The woman  underwent a medical test on saturday.The woman also said that  that teh landlord had offered her Rs 50000 for not going to police .

(b)A Research scholar had repeatedly raped and blackmailed a Class 12 student of VIsva-Bharti Patha Bhacan.
A research scholar of the varsity had repeatedly raped and blackmailed a class12 student of Visva-Bharati's Patha Bhavan. The complaint describes her five-month ordeal at the hands of the accused,Safikul Islam.The victim also said that taking advantage of the  fact that he was her local guardian,safikul raped her repeatedly and took offensive  pictures of her on his camera and mobile and then used them to threaten  and blackmail her by telling that he will post her pictures on porn sites if she ignore his ' wishes'.Safikul was arrested from a private student mess at Gurupally,Shantiniketan. The Victim family said " we had sent our daughter to Shantiniketan to study.we thought Tagore ideology of joyful learning will help our daughter become good human being and a well educate person.But this present situation has ruined our positive thought and as well as her dreams,thus the present situation doesn't permit us to allow our daughter to stay in Shantiniketan and finish her education.We will leave this place with her and return back to Bangladesh after an allowance given by the investigating officers ".

(c) Class 9 student raped by Neighbours in Malda

A class 9 student of Malda's Khayertola Nurpur high school was allegedly raped by her neighbor on Friday . According to the sources on Friday afternoon the Victim was returning home from school after completing her life science examination,However,mid-way,Fantus a neighbor of girl reportedly abducted her and raped her in a field near Lalbathani.The member of victim family said that Fantus Mondal (21) has a very bad reputation  in the area .He first block  the victims path while she was passing through a scheduled area and dragged her in a  field nearby.when the girl trie dto resists the rape ,Fantus stabbed her with dagger,after this he threatened her not to tell anyone ,otherwise she will get killed by him .
A relative said that the police officers from Manikchank Police station-where the complaint was lodged-came to victim house to find the details of the incident ,the case has been registered  but the criminal has not yet been arrested ,. the family member further added that initially  they weren't provided any case numbre from police officer's .

Robbery Taken Place in Kolkata

On Saturday Purbanchal Housing Society in Salt Lake was looted . The Burglars broke into a house in Purbachal Housing society in saltlake on Saturday and fled with cash and valuables worth about Rs 3 lakh.Trader Sriam goyel lodged a Complaint with Bidhannagear police station . According to Sriram Goyel the family had left the house in the morning to attend a programme and returned in the evening and found the main door opena nd cupboard ransacked ..

 Another Robbery took place in North 24-parganas .

Six robbers where arrested from Bijpur police station in North 24-parganas on saturday night.Firearms and other weapons were seized . The men will be produced in court on Monday .

Barricade on Township Artery

The widest thoroughfare Broadway in the middle of Salt Lake is barricaded for a week following two cave-ins in quick succession.The mayoral council member in charge of roads at the municipality said " Our municipality does not have the money to spend on relaying a particular stretch again and again.We will wait for 2 or 3 days,if there is no further cave in , we will relay the stretch with bitumen".

There was leak in the underground water pipe.The Calcutta metropolitan development Authority repaired the leak and covered the stretch with sand and soil.When we asked a CMC engineer "what are their further development plans for the cave-ins"He said " Considering the number of cave-ins we face in a year because of leaks in water pipe,traffic movement will be paralyzed if we follow the Saltlake municipality model".