UK scientist flies to B'luru to cast vote, faces depression
Bengaluru: A scientist who had flown all the way from England to cast his vote was disappointed to find that he could not do so.
A voter from the Rajarajeshwarinagar constituency Rakesh Tiwari, 35, was disappointed to find out that he would not be able to cast his vote as the election commission, in order to maintain sanctity of voting process had deferred polling in this constituency to May 28 after recovery of nearly 10000 voter IDs from a flat here.
Rakesh who had been working with Indian Institute of Science in Pune before moving to UK two years ago had planned his India trip in a way that he would be able to vote as well as conduct his research work in Pune.
Rakesh is due to present his research on the subject - ‘Co-occurrence of heat waves and drought in Karnataka’before a panel of scientists at Indian Meteorological Department in Pune on May 28.
Since the presentation as well as rescheduled date of RR nagar polls fall on the same day Rakesh would not be able to exercise his franchise.
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Two more infants die, toll in Jhansi medical college fire rises to 17
Jhansi (UP) (PTI): Two more infants rescued from a fire that ripped through the Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College here have died, taking the total toll in the blaze to 17, a senior official said on Sunday.
Thirty-nine newborns were rescued from a devastating fire in the medical college hospital's neonatal intensive care unit on the night of November 15.
Dr Narendra Singh Sengar, the medical college's principal, told PTI that of the 39 infants rescued, two more died on Saturday.
While 10 babies died on the night of the fire, the remainder succumbed to their "illnesses", he said.
A post-mortem of the two bodies was done on Saturday and the cause of death was confirmed as "illness" in both cases. The bodies have been handed over to the family members, Sengar said.
The birth weight of both infants was 800 grams and one of them also had a hole in the heart, he added.
Meanwhile, Congress sources said on Sunday that the party's state chief Ajay Rai and Barabanki MP Tanuj Punia would travel to Jhansi and visit the medical college. They will also meet the families whose babies died in the fire.
