Gujarat - School Children Dead in Bus Mishap

Around Forty-four children, on their way to school, were killed when the bus carrying them fell into the 60-foot deep Narmada canal at Bodeli village in Gujarat on Wednesday morning.
"44 bodies, most of them of children, have been fished out so far," said DSP Vadodara (Rural) Amit Vishwkarama.
According to the District Collector Vijay Nehra, four children were rescued from the canal.
The GSRTC (Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation) bus was on its way from Targol to Bodeli when the mishap occurred after the driver apparently lost control over the vehicle.
Senior officials including the Collector and the DSP were at the spot, about 60 kms from Vadodara, to oversee the rescue operations.
Most of the passengers were children going to school. The water released into the canal through the Sardar Sarovar Dam was stopped to aid the rescue operations. The bus was later taken out of the canal.
The bodies of the deceased have been sent for post-mortem. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has announced an ex-gratia of Rs one lakh to the next of the kin of the victims.

Bike Traced in NOIDA Murder Case

The motor bike used in the murder case of former Virgin Atlantic airhostess Sheeba Thomas has been traced to Jitendra Yadav . According to the police officials, Jitendra is a well known notorious criminal.
UP Director General of Police Vikram Singh said Jitendra Yadav surrendered in connection with another murder case. He is suspected to be involved in the latest attacks, since a motorcycle used to commit a spate of crimes on Tuesday night has been recovered from his house.
The Uttar Pradesh Government on Thursday dispatched a posse of top officials to Noida and held a series of meetings with police officers.
Regarding the murder of former airhostess, two policemen have been suspended on behalf of duty negligence. Actually to say the fact, in my experience the Police force in NOIDA cannot be blamed for this. These guys are very much busy taking bribes and forced payments from the violators of law. Some times they remember me of some beggers. They even settle for a bribe of 10 rupees. I have seen this incident many times infront of my eyes. No culture, no loyalty towards government, no commitment towards the service. They are being payed for nothing, just taking bribes from the poor. Even for registering a simple complaint, they ask for bribe.

24 Year Old Woman gunned down in Noida

A 24-year-old woman, hailing from Kerala, was gunned down in the middle of the road in Sector 31 in NOIDA, India on Tuesday night.

Sheeba Thomas, who was an employee of Nemesis Solutions and a former Airhostess with Virgin Atlantic, was shot dead by four men on motorcycles after being dragged out of her car following an altercation. She laid their in the road for almost an hour, before the Police came and took her to a hospital nearby. She was staying in Sector - 49 in NOIDA and her parents stays in Pune.

The brutal incident at Sector 31 was accompanied by another Gun shot in NOIDA itself.
In another incident a retired army official, Lt Gen T J S GILL was shot at near Amity Business School here by three men on a motorcycle who allegedly wanted to steal his car.