Perth commuters lift train to free man's leg

• People power saved a commuter whose leg became wedged between the gap in Perth, Western Australia during rush hour

• Transperth praised the actions of all who helped lift the train off the man

• The incident was not a problem caused by overcrowding

• Ambulance were called but the man escaped without injury

Commuters and railway staff teamed up to free a man by rocking a train carriage to free his leg after he became trapped between the platform and a carriage on Wednesday morning.

The man was boarding a rush hour train at Stirling station, 9km northwest of Perth, Western Australia, at 8.50am when he slipped and one leg became wedged in the gap.

Quick-thinking passengers and staff saved the man leg's, as it was being squeezed by the 90-tonne of train, by collectively rocking the carriage.  

An ambulance was called to the station but the man did not sustain any serious injuries.

Mr Hynes said it was not a problem caused by overcrowding and praised the actions of staff and passengers who helped free the man.

'Everyone sort of pitched in. It was people power that saved someone from possibly quite serious injury,' he said.

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Brilliant Advertising Campaign Is Ensuring Women’s Safety In Rape Capital of India

Halonix, a lighting solutions company, decided to do something about crime against woman. Maybe a small contribution that could be a significant step towards ensuring that women in India feel safe & secure. This is what they did. 

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Killer kick kills Indonesian footballer Akli Fairuz

A Indonesian striker Akli Fairuz, 27, playing in one of the country's top leagues has died after a goalkeeper kicked him in the stomach during a recent match.

Fairuz sustained serious injuries after the challenge during a game on May 10 in Banda Aceh, on western Sumatra island, said Mahfudin Nigara from the Indonesian Football Association.

Video footage showed the player, from club Persiraja Banda Aceh, run into the box of the opposing team, PSAP Sigli, to take a shot after the ball rebounded off the goalkeeper. But the goalkeeper ran out and kicked him in the stomach as he took the shot, knocking him to the ground.

Akli died due to a rupture in his intestine on May 16 from the goalie's kick. The football association had set up a team to investigate the incident.

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Why India’s No 3 women’s doubles player Prajakta Sawant doesn't feel like playing for India anymore?

The Mumbai girl has been engaged in a court battle with the Badminton Association of India since 2012 when she alleged that national coach Pullela Gopichand ‘mentally harassed’ her.Mumbai-based 2011 and 2012 national badminton champion Prajakta Sawant, says she does not feel like playing for India anymore.
Though Gopichand has continuously refused to speak on the issue, claiming the matter is sub-judice, the BAI has replied to Prajakta's latest (May 11) email through its lawyers.

Prajakta, in her letter, alleges that the national selectors have picked players, who are ranked much lower than her. "My international ranking is 78 and national ranking is 3 in doubles, but you have selected players like Pradnya Gadre, whose national ranking is 11 and international ranking is 87. 

Further, you have selected Aparna Balan — a mixed doubles player in the women's team — when there is no mixed doubles event in the tournament," wrote Prajakta.

In their reply, BAI's legal counsel has said that the contents of Prajakta's email have been disputed by their client "as they do not bring out the true and correct facts. The players selected for the tournament have performed better than you in the recent past and are better suited for the national team."

Prajakta believes that she has been overlooked because national coach Gopichand promotes players from his academy in Hyderabad. Prajakta won the national women's doubles title in 2011 and 2012, and mixed doubles in 2012.
She is also the first ever Indian female to win a medal at the Asian level — bronze in the U-15 Asian mixed doubles in 2007. She stressed that her selection blues have driven her to feel unwanted and lose all her desire to represent India again.

Meanwhile, it is learnt that Prajakta has offers to play for a club abroad. The club has also provided her free training in the past.

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After September Mumbaikars can ride in an AC local train.

The railway authorities are contemplating rolling out the first air- conditioned local train by September this year, fares for which are currently being discussed.

Sharat Chandrayan, chief public relations officer, Western Railway, said, “We are still looking at the September deadline for the AC local train.” As per plans, the first such local would be operated on the     Churchgate- Borivli route on the         Western Railway (WR).


“We are considering running four services a day, two in the morning and two in the evening, though the exact timing needs to be decided,” said a senior railway official.

The most likely time slot for the services is around 8 am from Borivli, and around 6 pm from Churchgate — so they match the passengers’ peakhour schedule. The 12- coach AC rake would be vestibular — which means one can walk through it end to end, without coming upon any partitions.

The ladies’ compartments would be marked on the outside, in the same manner it is now, though it wouldn’t be walled off; officials expect men simply not to enter it. Much like the Delhi Metro, there would be no first or second class, or a segregated luggage compartment. The trains will have closed doors, and they would move only when all the doors are shut.

Special provisions would be made for physically challenged people, though these details have not been adequately worked out yet.

“ It’s a premium service so people wouldn’t mind paying more than that is charged for first class,” said a Western Railway official on the condition of anonymity.

Presently, the minimum fare for the first- class compartment is R 45, which increases in proportion to the distance.

AC train fares would top this by at least 10 per cent.

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lock sabha election 2014 : Andhra Pradesh All seats name and their winner name

State - Andaman & Nicobar Islands

1. Andaman & Nicobar Islands--->BISHNU PADA RAY(BJP)

State - Andhra Pradesh

1. Adilabad--->GODAM NAGESH(TRS)
2. Amalapuram--->DR PANDULA RAVINDRA BABU(TD)
3. Anakapalli--->MUTTAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO(TD)
4. Anantapur--->J.C. DIVAKAR REDDI(TD)
5. Aruku --->KOTHAPALLI GEETHA(YSRCP)
6. Bapatla--->MALYADRI SRIRAM(TD)
7. Bhongir--->DR. BOORA NARSAIAH GOUD(TRS)
8. CHELVELLA--->KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY (TRS)
9. Chittoor--->NARAMALLI SIVAPRASAD(TD)
10. Eluru--->MAGANTI VENKATESWARA RAO (TD)
11. Guntur--->JAYADEV GALLA(TD)
12. Hindupur--->KRISTAPPA NIMMALA(TD)
13. Hyderabad--->ASADUDDIN OWAISI(AIMM)
14. Kadapa--->Y.S. AVINASH REDDY(YSRCP)

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Exit polls point to Modi entry in Delhi

Ab ki baar Modi sarkar — that’s the unanimous verdict of several exit polls as far as the big picture is concerned, with all of them predicting either that the NDA would get a majority or would get very close to it. The polls also agreed that the BJP would get its highest tally ever — the range varying from a little over 200 to just under 300. 

    

Most polls also predicted that the Congress would be reduced to its lowest ever tally, though one of them, the Times Now-ORG poll, put the party’s tally at between 111 and 138 seats, which means it could do better than the 114 seats it got in 1999. Another common factor in the polls was that the AIADMK and Trinamool Congress are likely to emerge as the two largest regional parties with 20 or more seats each. 
    

While broadly agreeing on these trends, the polls were at sharp variance on the details. The Times Now-ORG poll suggested that the NDA would win 249 to 265 seats, which would leave it a little short of a majority though well within striking distance. At the other end of the range, the News 24-Today’s Chanakya poll gave the NDA 340 seats, with the BJP alone winning 291 seats. If that comes true, it would be the first time after 1984 that any party would be winning a majority on its own. 
    

The Congress’ predicted tally too varies widely from a mere 57 in the News24 poll to a possible 138 in the Times Now poll. At 57, the Congress wouldn’t just be reduced to a historic low, it would face its biggest crisis in post-Independence history. 
    

Coming to the wide variance among pollsters, in Bihar, for instance, the Times Now-ORG poll gave the RJD no seats at all and the JD(U) 10 seats

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CITY ON BRINK OF TITLE: Dzeko Double In 4-0 Win Over Villa Leaves Pellegrini’s Men Needing Just A Point

London: Manchester City moved to the brink of the Premier League title with an emphatic 4-0 win over Aston Villa on Wednesday as Edin Dzeko scored twice to leave them needing just a point from the final game of the season. 
    
Dzeko’s double midway through the second half relieved the pressure that had gripped the Etihad Stadium and late strikes by Stevan Jovetic and Yaya Toure, his 20th of the season, secured a comfortable victory. 
    
City, who brought up 100 league goals for the campaign, realistically need just a point from Sunday’s home game against West Ham United to win their second league title in three years. 
   
Manuel Pellegrini’s side moved two points clear of Liverpool at the top of the table but, with a superior goal difference of 13, a draw would be enough for City to be crowned champions while Chelsea’s title hopes are over. 
    
At the other end of the standings, Sunderland guaranteed their Premier League survival when goals by Jack Colback and Fabio Borini sealed a 2-0 win over West Bromwich Albion which effectively ended Norwich City’s hopes of remaining in the top flight. With Sunderland moving to 38 points and West Brom one place above the relegation zone on 36, Norwich are three points further adrift with a vastly inferior goal difference. 
    
Within seconds of the kickoff at the Etihad Stadium, it became apparent that Villa would look to stifle and frustrate rather than go toeto-toe with their talentpacked opponents. 
    
With all 11 men consistently withdrawn behind the ball, the visitors set out to catch City on the break,but they rarely made it out of their own half as the title challengers launched wave after wave of attacks. City’s best chance of the first half fell to Toure, whose shot from close range was turned wide by the outstretched foot of Villa goalkeeper Brad Guzan,and the first 45 minutes ended with Samir Nasri poking James Milner’s cross wide. 
    
Dzeko rode to the rescue, however, in the 64th minute when he poked home Pablo Zabaleta’s cross from close range. City then cast off the shackles and Dzeko pounced to tuck away a rebound eight minutes before Jovetic powerfully side-footed past Guzan with a minute remaining. 
    
The coup de grace arrived in stoppage-time when Toure turned on the afterburners to stride clear of the Villa backline and powerfully finish.

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