Kerala tops obscene postings list on Internet ,good news for Kerala state,kerala top in literate state

New Delhi: Kerala is the most literate state in the country but when it comes to posting obscene articles or photos on the Internet, people from God's own country seem to be also on top, if one goes by government data.

27 per cent (136) of the 496 cases of obscene publication registered in the country last year were from the southern state, topping the list in this regard.

Around 55 per cent of the 245 cyber crime cases reported last year were from Kerala.

According to the 'Crime in India 2011' report released recently by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB),
Kerala is way ahead of Andhra Pradesh which came second with 52 cases followed by Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh with 40 cases each.

In a list of 53 cities having a population of over one lakh, Kerala's commercial capital Kochi ranked fourth with 12 cases of obscene publication and was behind Bengaluru (19), Jodhpur (15) and Ludhiana (13). There were seven cases from Malappuram, five from Kozhikode and four each from Kerala's

capital Thiruvananthapuram and Trissur among others.

Keralites also used the cyber world to indulge in eve-teasing or harassing women with a motive in 85 cases registered, second only to Andhra Pradesh (98) in this connection. While 13 cases in Kerala related to settling scores, in 32 it was for money.

At the all-India level, the report said cyber crimes went up by a whopping 67 per cent last year in the country while the number of those arrested for such incidents rose by 140 per cent.

According to the report, the number of such cases touched 2,213 (registered under IT Act and IPC sections) in 2011 from 1,322 the previous year.

In 2008, the figure for cyber cases was 464 across the country while for 2009 it had increased to 696.

Maharashtra (393)
and Andhra Pradesh (372)
topped the list with highest number of cyber crime cases followed by Kerala (245)
, Karnataka (160),
Rajasthan (146) and Uttar Pradesh (114).
Delhi registered 99 cases.

The number of arrests for cyber crimes also showed a significant increase from 682 in 2010 to 1,630 last year. In 2008, it was 313 and in 2009, the figure was 551.

Among the arrested, 31 were minors while 13 were above the age of 60 years. As many as 883 people who were arrested belonged to 18-30 years age bracket while 554 belonged to 30-45 years group.

139 were in the 45-60 years group.

The highest number of cases were of loss or damage to computer resources in which 826 cases were registered and 487 people were arrested. 259 cases of forgery were also registered and 227 arrested.

For harassing people by posting obscene articles or photos, 443 people were arrested in 496 cases.

Andhra Pradesh : 36 Naxals are arrested,

Hyderabad: In a major operation, thirty-six Naxals were on Sunday apprehended by the CRPF and state police from Vishakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh.

Among those nabbed is top Naxal commander Lambayya who carries a reward of Rs 30,000 on his head.

The security forces also seized a number of weapons and ammunition besides Rs one lakh in cash after the operation.

The arrested Naxals have been identified as Pangni Mangu (female 18 years) of Palem village,

Thambelu Devudu alias Lambayya Pedapadu, Thambelu Venkat Rao (22),

Kotta Babu Rao alias Chanti (25),
Pangi Bheema Raju alias Bheema (22)
and Vanthala Ramu alias Ramu (25) of

Cheeparu Gonda village.

Another 30 cadres have also been arrested in the operation, security officials said.

The joint forces also recovered three .303 rifles, three 12-bore rifles and one each of grenade, bulletproof jacket, nine kitbags and Rs one lakh in cash.

A senior security official said that the forces apprehended these Naxals after a day long operation.

Noida accident: Truck kills elephant in noida,full story for noida,

A speeding truck hit two elephants near the Mahamaya flyover in Noida around 5.30am on Friday, killing a 45-year-old female animal and seriously injuring another.

Both elephants lay on the road for nearly four hours, causing a huge early-morning traffic gridlock on the busy stretch.

The elephants were finally lifted with cranes and the road cleared for traffic.

The injured animal, still in a state of shock, is being treated. Police said the truck was speeding when the driver lost control and hit the two elephants, travelling from Dadri to Wazirabad in Delhi.

The truck driver escaped leaving the vehicle behind.

The two mahouts riding the elephants also fell off as the animals came under the wheels of the rogue truck.

The mahouts were taken to the district hospital in Noida for treatment by police, who reached the spot on receiving information about the accident from a patrolling PCR.

"We were walking on the side of the road and suddenly without warning a truck hit us with great impact and we were all thrown on the road," said mahout Mukut Kumar.

"When the accident occurred, the elephant named Roopkali, which was killed, fell on its side along with the mahout who was riding on her," said an auto driver, Upender, who was passing by.

"We thought the mahout would be killed, but when he was pulled out he was alive, although injured and shaken."

Police called in a veterinary doctor who declared one of the elephants dead. Vets from the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals were also called to the spot to provide medical aid to the injured 30-year old Chanchal.

"Since the Wildlife Trust of India is the organization which handles such emergencies, we provided the injured elephant with first aid and iced her wounds to give her relief," said Dr Preeti from SPCA, Noida.

"We also informed WTI, who soon sent their team of doctors to monitor Chanchal's condition."

The WTI doctors, who arrived at the spot at about 9.30am, gave the elephant antibiotics and kept it under observation. It will be transported in a truck to its residence in Wazirabad on Saturday morning.

"The elephant had multiple lacerations and was bruised all over. Also, its right hind leg was badly injured and the animal was in extreme pain.

"We have given it painkillers and are going to keep it under observation for 24 hours," said Dr Shanaz Amin from WTI.

The body of the other elephant was taken for an autopsy and the carcass thereafter buried, police said.

Meanwhile, police have arrested the three owners of the elephants, Zaheer, Iqbal and Farooq (who is also the elephant association president) under the wildlife Act.

Gurgaon : Bomb scare in Gurgaon building

GURGAON: There was a bomb alert at the EMAAR MGF building near the Sikanderpur Metro station here on Friday but nothing was found, police said.

An anonymous call received earlier said a bomb had been planted at the Metro station.

The police control room received an anonymous call around 12.20pm that a bomb had been planted at the Sikanderpur Metro station on the Jehangirpuri-Gurgaon line, a police officer said.

But another call made to the control room at 12.40pm indicated that the bomb was planted at the EMAAR MGF building, he added.

A search operation was immediately mounted and the dog squad was also pressed into service.

New in TCS : gets whopping 1860% dividend from TCS America International Corporation

MUMBAI: TCS, India's largest computer software firm and the group's main holding firm, received a massive dividend in 2011-12 from its wholly owned subsidiary, TCS America International Corporation.

The wholly owned subsidiary with a puny paid-up capital of Rs 1.02 crore, declared one of the largest dividend payouts by Indian corporates of 1860%, worth Rs 1,900 crore.

While the dividend would have been higher than most Indian companies' payouts, TCS America International is a fairly large company by Indian standards, earning more money than group firms such as Tata Global Beverages, Titan Industries and others.

TCS America, set up in 2004, declared a dividend of 280% of the net profits, a company official said. It had to dip into its reserves partially to make the bulge-bracket payment.


"Distribution of dividend from a subsidiary is based on various factors including the reserves available, the current financial performance and the expected future investment and expenditure requirements of each subsidiary," the company spokesperson said.

Tata Consultancy Services or TCS, the parent, acknowledged the surge in its dividend income in its recent annual report.

It was based on their "undistributed earnings and future investment plans," the report said.

TCS received Rs 2,428 crore in financial year 2012 as dividend income against Rs 39.27 crore in financial year 2011, a 6,082% spurt over the previous year's dividend payout.

Very few group companies or subsidiaries can match TCS America in revenue and profitability. In financial year 2011-12, it reported a 35% growth in revenues to Rs 20,051 crore compared with Rs 14,883 crore reported in 2011.

The growth is significant as the subsidiary grew at a faster clip than its parent.

The unconsolidated growth in revenues of the parent was at 33% and consolidated revenues grew by 30%.

"The differences in growth rates between Tata America International Corporation and TCS Ltd (the parent) is due to relatively different levels of fluctuation of major currencies like the US dollar, pound sterling and euro against the Indian Rupee," the spokesperson explained.

As Tata America International Corporation is TCS Ltd's wholly owned subsidiary in the US, its revenues are in US dollars, whereas TCS earns revenues in a number of currencies which include US dollar, pound sterling, euro as well as other currencies.

This has an impact on the respective growth rates, they added. TCS operates through a number of subsidiaries in various local markets, but none compare in scale and size to Tata America International.

Tata America International Corporation is the wholly-owned TCS subsidiary for the US market and represents the company in that market.

For computer software firms such as TCS, setting up subsidiaries registered in the markets they serve is more relevant now than before.

"Planning availability of resources at onsite locations has assumed greater significance amidst high visa rejection rates.

While higher local hiring for onsite projects and lower onsite utilisation have margin implications, the bigger concern is any antagonistic regulation that could emanate out of impending decisions on recent allegations of visa fraud or populist moves in the US election year," said Ashish Chopra, of Motilal Oswal Securities in a research report dated 13 June.

"The scenario should logically call for support in some form from the Government of India (GoI). Not only has that been elusive, the body-shop tag conferred upon top Indian IT companies by the income-tax department falls only a step short of US Senator Charles Schumer's chop-shop claims," Chopra wrote.