Pinki gets railway job back

Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik, who was accused of gender misrepresentation and rape by her live-in partner, has rejoined her duty at the Sealdah Railway Station after the Eastern Railway revoked her suspension.

"I feel relieved after the trauma which I had gone through. I am thankful to the Railways for reinstating me...I had appealed to get back the job on August 8 and I got the order immediately. I joined work yesterday," Pinki said here on Friday.

The former middle-distance runner, who had got a relay gold at the Doha 2006 Asiad, yesterday rejoined as a ticket collector in the station.

Pramanik working in Railway as a ticket collector said that her c0-workers at the Railways were supportive till last.

An Eastern Railway official said the suspension was revoked after she submitted the copy of her bail order.

"As per the central government rule, one is deemed to be suspended after 48 hours of custody. But after getting a bail, she appealed and the suspension was revoked," he said. 

Modi’s candidature for 2014 will be discussed, Nitish gets assurance

Bihar Chief Minister and Janta Dal (United) supremo Nitish Kumar has sought an assurance from Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Gadkari that it would decide on its Prime ministerial candidate with the proper consultation of its allies.

Gadkari gave this assurance to Nitish when he recently sought a guarantee from the saffron partner that it would not project Gujarat CM Narendra Modi in the 2014 parliamentary polls.

According to sources, Kumar sought the specific assurance from Gadkari at a quiet meeting they had here on 25 July.

Central opposition party president said an interview that he has discussed the issue of NDA prime ministerial candidate with ally and Bihar chief Minister Nitish Kumar and assured him that no decision has yet been taken on Narendra Modi being the party's choice for the top post.

He was replying to a question on Kumar's objection to Modi being NDA's prime ministerial candidate.

"If his and our ideology was the same, would not we be one party? He has a right to differ," Gadkari said.

Pinki Pramanik gets bail after 25 days

Asian Games gold medalist Pinki Pramanik has been granted bail by a court North 24 Parganas district after a 25 days judicial custody today.

The bail was granted by the Barasat court to Pramanik, whose chromosome pattern test report to determine her gender was received by the SSKM Hospital on Monday.

Pramanik was arrested on June 14 after she was accused of being male by her 30 year old live-in partner and a single mother of one. She has also alleged that she was raped by Pramanik.

A PIL was moved in the Calcutta High Court on July 6, 2012 alleging inhuman torture on the athlete.

The court has directed the West Bengal government to file an affidavit within two weeks on the progress of the investigation.

The West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WB-HRC) has also stepped in and directed the home, health and police departments to inquire into the allegations of torture on the athlete in police and jail custody.

Pramanik had won the 4x400m relay gold in the 2006 Doha Asiad and silver in the same event at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games.

Pramanik had also bagged three gold medals in the 2006 SAF Games in Colombo when she won the 400m, 800m and 4x400m relay events.

Warden who forced bed wetting girl to drink urine gets bail

 The warden of Karabi Girls' hostel at the Viswa Bharati University who forced a minor girl to drink urine for bed wetting  has been granted bail by a Bolpur court today.


 The parents of the girl who were also arrested on a counter complaint of trespass lodged by the university authorities have also been granted bail.


 The warden Uma Poddar was arrested on a complaint by the girl's father. Poddar had told the distraught mother of the student that what she did was a 'treatment to stop a bad habit’.


 The Visva-Bharati authorities had on Sunday formed a four-member committee to look into the matter and submit a report.