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Chhavi Tyagi,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",Daman & Diu revokes mandatory Rakshabandhan in offices order,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/rakshabandhan-compulsory-in-daman-and-diu-women-employees-to-tie-rakhis-to-male-colleagues/story-E5h5U1ZDJii5zFpLXWRkhJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,The Administration of Union Territory Daman and Diu has revoked its order that made it compulsory for women to tie rakhis to their male colleagues on the occasion of Rakshabandhan on August 7. The administration was forced to withdraw the decision within 24 hours of issuing the circular after it received flak from employees and was slammed on social media.,"The Daman and Diu administration on Wednesday withdrew a circular that asked women staff to tie rakhis on male colleagues after the order triggered a backlash from employees and was ripped apart on social media.The union territory?s administration was forced to retreat within 24 hours of issuing the circular that made it compulsory for its staff to celebrate Rakshabandhan at workplace.?It has been decided to celebrate the festival of Rakshabandhan on August 7. In this connection, all offices/ departments shall remain open and celebrate the festival collectively at a suitable time wherein all the lady staff shall tie rakhis to their colleagues,? the order, issued on August 1 by Gurpreet Singh, deputy secretary (personnel), had said.To ensure that no one skipped office, an attendance report was to be sent to the government the next evening.The two notifications ? one mandating the celebration of Rakshabandhan (left) and the other withdrawing the mandate (right) ? were issued by the Daman and Diu administration a day apart. The circular was withdrawn through a one-line order issued late in the evening by the UT?s department of personnel and administrative reforms.?The circular is ridiculous. There are sensitivities involved. How can the government dictate who I should tie rakhi to? We should maintain the professionalism of a workplace? an official told Hindustan Times earlier in the day. She refused to be identified.The notice was issued on Daman and Diu administrator and former Gujarat home minister Praful Kodabhai Patel?s direction, sources said.Rakshabandhan, a celebration of the bond between brothers and sisters, is one of several Hindu festivities and rituals that are no longer confined of private, family affairs but have become tools to push politic al ideologies.In 2014, the year BJP stormed to power at the Centre, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said the festival had ?national significance? and should be celebrated widely ?to protect Hindu culture and live by the values enshrined in it?. The RSS is the ideological parent of the ruling BJP.Last year, women ministers in the Modi government went to the border areas to celebrate the festival with soldiers. A year before, all cabinet ministers were asked to go to their constituencies for the festival."
Daisy Mowke,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",Malaika slams user who trolled her for 'divorcing rich man' ,http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/malaika-arora-khan-was-trolled-for-divorcing-a-rich-man-her-reply-is-dignity-itself/story-oIPZNI9deImCmabLMMwR2H.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Malaika Arora slammed an Instagram user who trolled her for ""divorcing a rich man"" and ""having fun with the alimony"". ""Her life now is all about wearing short clothes, going to gym or salon, enjoying vacation[s],"" the user commented. Malaika responded, ""You certainly got to get your damn facts right before spewing sh*t on me...when you know nothing about me.""","From her special numbers to TV?appearances, Bollywood actor Malaika Arora Khan has managed to carve her own identity. The actor, who made her debut in the Hindi film industry with the blockbuster debut opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Chaiyya Chaiyya from Dil Se (1998), is still remembered for the song. However, for trolls, she is a woman first and what matters right now is that she divorced a ?rich man?.  On Wednesday, Malaika Arora shared a gorgeous picture of herself on Instagram and a follower decided to troll her for using her ?alumni? (read alimony) money to wear ?short clothes and going to gym or salon?. Little did he/she know that the Munni Badnam star would reply with the perfect comeback. Take a look at the interaction:     Super excited to be affiliated with Khanna Jewellers @khannajewellerskj as their brand ambassador. Crafted to perfection, their stunning statement jewellery is a must have for every jewellery lover. #khannajewellers...#maksquad?? #hair @hairbypriyanka #stylist @manekaharisinghani #manager @ektakauroberoi #mua? @subbu28 #photographer @prasdnaik A post shared by Malaika Arora Khan (@malaikaarorakhanofficial) on Aug 2, 2017 at 6:20am PDT Then, Malaika decided to reply: The entire conversation only proves that no matter if a woman is successful, she will be attacked the moment she decides to step out of bounds the society decided for her. Apart from being a successful woman who lives life on her own terms, Malaika has literally played all the roles traditionally prescribed for a woman - she married quite early, had a son and raised him and was always around with the ?khandan?. But then, she got divorced and alimony is the taunt being thrown at her. The details of the alimony are only known to Malaika, her husband Arbaaz Khan and perhaps the family. The couple has handled the divorce with the utmost dignity. But we can vouch for the fact that she did not  need an alimony to buy clothes (short or not, her choice), go on vacations and enjoy her life. If anything, she is as successful, if not more, than her ex-husband.What happened between Arbaaz and Malaika is their personal concern. But to claim that Malaika married and then divorced Arbaaz for money doesn?t hold water. For those who do not agree, please get a course in feminism and for others, here?s a playlist of some of her most popular songs. Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Arshiya Chopra,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",'Virgin' now corrected to 'Unmarried' in IGIMS' form,http://www.hindustantimes.com/patna/bihar-igims-form-loses-virginity-after-row-opts-for-unmarried-instead/story-8XmHIg39otGBoZAYEBQxMK.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) in Patna on Thursday made corrections in its Marital Declaration Form by changing 'Virgin' option to 'Unmarried'. Earlier, Bihar Health Minister defined virgin as being an unmarried woman and did not consider the term objectionable. The institute, however, faced strong backlash for asking new recruits to declare their virginity in the form.","The Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) in Patna amended its marital declaration form on Thursday, replacing the word ?virgin? with ?unmarried? after controversy.Until now, new recruits to the super-specialty medical institute in the state capital were required to declare if they were bachelors, widowers or virgins.IGIMS medical superintendent Dr Manish Mandal said institute director Dr NR Biswas held a meeting on Thursday morning before directing that the word ?virgin? on the marital declaration form be immediately replaced with ?unmarried?. Dr Biswas had just returned after a four-day leave of absence.Earlier, Bihar health minister Mangal Pandey had ended up redefining the very meaning of virginity in his attempts to justify the awkward phrasing of the question in the form. Following a public furore over the document on Wednesday, the minister told news channels that there was nothing wrong with using the word ?virgin? because it simply meant ?kanya? or ?kunwari? ? which means an unmarried girl.Pandey had joined the cabinet just three days ago.Sources said the chief minister?s office had also taken cognizance of the issue, and asked for a copy of the form. It had even asked why the question was introduced in the first place.In its response, the management of the autonomous super-specialty health facility had clarified on Wednesday that it was in adherence to the central civil services rules followed by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi.The previous version of the marital declaration form, which purportedly asked new recruits if they were virgins.
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						The marital declaration form had been in existence since the inception of the institute in 1983. Some officials blamed the faux pas on poor translation on the part of individuals who drafted the document.?The word ?virgin? mentioned on the form had nothing to do with the virginity of any employee. It only sought to know the employees? marital status, so their dues could be settled on the basis of their declaration in the event of death while in service,? said Dr Mandal."
Sumedha Sehra,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",Aaj aapne pakad liya: LeT man Dujana before being killed,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/abu-dujana-last-phone-call-lashkar-e-taiba-jammu-and-kashmir/1/1017550.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Lashkar-e-Taiba's Kashmir commander Abu Dujana, who was killed by security forces, said ""Kabhi hum aage, kabhi aap, aaj aapne pakad liya, mubarak ho aapko (Today you caught me. Congratulations)"" after being caught. He added that he won't surrender, and whatever is in his fate will happen to him. ""Hum nikley they shaheed hone (had left home for martyrdom),"" he added.","Lashkar-e-Taiba's Kashmir commander Abu Dujana was killed in an encounter in a village in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir earlier this week. Dujana, who had managed to give the security forces a slip several times in the past, carried a bounty of Rs 15 lakh on his head.Reports say that Dujana had come to meet his wife when he was trapped inside a house in Hakripora village. Security officials involved in the encounter tried their best to convince Dujana to surrender but he refused, reports say.According to reports, Dujana rejected call for surrender from an Army officer. The Army had commissioned a local to start a telephonic conversation with Dujana. After initiating the talk, the local villager handed over the phone to the army officer.""Kya haal hai? Maine kaha, kya haal hai (How are you. I asked, how are you)?"" Dujana is heard asking the officer. The officer replies: ""Humara haal chhor Dujana. Surrender kyun nahi kar deta. Tu galat kar rha hai (Why don't you surrender? You have married this girl. What you are doing isn't right.)""When told that he is being used by Pakistani agencies as a pawn, Dujana, who sounded calm and unperturbed of the situation, said ""Hum nikley they shaheed hone. Main kya karu. Jisko game khelna hai, khelo. Kabhi hum aage, kabhi aap, aaj aapne pakad liya, mubarak ho aapko. Jisko jo karna hai karlo (I had left home for martyrdom. What can I do? Today you caught me. Congratulations. ""Surrender nahi kar sakta. Jo meri kismat may likha hoga, Allah wahi karega, theek hai? (I won't surrender. Allaah would do whatever is there in my fate)"" Dujana went on to say. Dujana, who belonged to Pakistan, was Lashkar-e-Taiba's divisional commander in south Kashmir. He was among the top 10 terrorists identified by the Indian Army in Jammu and Kashmir.With a Rs 15 lakh bounty on his head, Dujana was labelled an 'A++' terrorist - the top grade which was also given to Burhan Wani.Security forces received inputs that during the last few days he was frequenting the houses of his wife Rukaiya and girlfriend Shazia. Police was keeping a watch on both the houses. when it was confirmed he was present in his wife's house, security forces moved in to trap him.ALSO READ:After Abu Dujana, security forces prepare new hitlist of most wanted terroristsAbu Dujana encounter: Jilted lover turned police informer led security forces to LeT commander"
Aarushi Maheshwari,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",Hotel staff to get training to spot signs of sex trafficking,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sex-trafficking-mumbai-rescue-me-maharashtra-international-labour-organization-forced-labour-trafficking-traning-hotel-staff/1/1017210.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Hotels in Maharashtra will train their staff to spot signs of sex trafficking, including frequent requests for bed linen changes and 'Do not disturb' signs left on room doors for days. A mobile phone app called Rescue Me, which will allow staff to alert police of suspicious behaviour, will be developed. The initiative has been backed by the Maharashtra government.","Hotels in Mumbai and other Indian cities are to train their staff to spot signs of sex trafficking such as frequent requests for bed linen changes or a ""Do not disturb"" sign left on the door for days on end. The group behind the initiative is also developing a mobile phone app - Rescue Me - which hotel staff can use to alert local police and senior anti-trafficking officers if they see suspicious behavior. ""Hotels are breeding grounds for human trade,"" said Sanee Awsarmmel, chairman of the alumni group of Maharashtra State Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology. ""(We) have hospitality professionals working in hotels across the country. We are committed to this cause.""The initiative, spearheaded by the alumni group and backed by the Maharashtra state government, comes amid growing international recognition that hotels have a key role to play in fighting modern day slavery. MAHARASHTRA MAJOR DESTINATION FOR TRAFFICKED GIRLS Maharashtra, of which Mumbai is the capital, is a major destination for trafficked girls who are lured from poor states and nearby countries on the promise of jobs, but then sold into the sex trade or domestic servitude. With rising property prices, some traditional red light districts like those in Mumbai have started to disappear pushing the sex trade underground into private lodges and hotels, which makes it hard for police to monitor.Awsarmmel said hotels would be told about 50 signs that staff needed to watch out for.These include requests for rooms with a view of the car park which are favored by traffickers as they allow them to vet clients for signs of trouble and check out their cars to gauge how much to charge.Awsarmmel said hotel staff often noticed strange behavior such as a girl's reticence during the check-in process or her dependence on the person accompanying her to answer questions and provide her proof of identity.But in most cases, staff ignore these signs or have no idea what to do, he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.RESCUE ME APP The Rescue Me app - to be launched in a couple of months - will have a text feature where hotel staff can fill in details including room numbers to send an alert to police.Human trafficking is the world's fastest growing criminal enterprise worth an estimated $150 billion a year, according to the International Labor Organization, which says nearly 21 million people globally are victims of forced labor and trafficking.Last year, major hotel groups, including the Hilton and Shiva Hotels, pledged to examine their supply chains for forced labor, and train staff how to spot and report signs of trafficking.Earlier this year, Mexico City also launched an initiative to train hotel staff about trafficking.Vijaya Rahatkar, chairwoman of the Maharashtra State Women's Commission, said the initiative would have an impact beyond the state as the alumni group had contact with about a million small hotels across India.The group is also developing a training module on trafficking for hotel staff and hospitality students which could be used across the country.ALSO READFYI | Legal revenge: Child sex trafficking survivors get 'School of Justice' to fight their own battlesMumbai: Woman DJ arrested in high-profile sex racket case"
Sonu Kumari,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday","Man found dead at Delhi police station, kin allege foul play",http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/man-found-dead-at-police-station-in-delhi-family-suspects-foul-play/story-o6Yiekn6BLSPKGWK1etTOJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,A 32-year-old man on Wednesday was found hanging inside the washroom of a Delhi police station after he was called for interrogation. His family alleged that he could have been emotionally and physically tortured. Police said the man was named as a suspect in the kidnapping case of a married woman with whom he had been in a relationship earlier.,"An alleged suspect in a kidnapping case was found hanging inside the washroom of the Jahangirpuri police station in north Delhi on Wednesday, hours after he was called by the cops for interrogation.The police claimed it was an ?unprovoked suicide? and denied use of force. An internal inquiry as well as a magisterial probe is in process, police said. The relatives of the deceased suspect foul play in the death.The dead man is 32-year-old Raj Kumar. A native of Kasganj in UP, Kumar was unmarried and worked as a security guard at a government school in Pitampura till a few months ago.?During his stint at that school, he entered into a relationship with a married woman who worked as a peon. Their relationship ended a few months ago and Kumar quit the job and returned to his village,? said a police officer.The woman went missing a few months ago, prompting her husband to file a police complaint and a habeas corpus petition at the Delhi High Court.?The woman?s husband suspected five-six persons. Kumar was one of them,? said the officer. A team was sent to Kumar?s village but when he was found unavailable, he was instructed to report to the Jahangirpuri police station.?Kumar was confident he had no role in the woman?s disappearance. He willingly arrived in Delhi on Tuesday and visited the police station,? said Kumar?s friend, Dharmendra, who dropped him at the police station around 3 pm.Citing the magisterial enquiry, the police refused to share either the sequence of events or the circumstances leading to his death. But Kumar?s relatives quoted investigators as saying he was let off around 10.30 pm.?The investigating officer told me my uncle was allowed to go at 10.30 pm. The same officer tells me the suicide happened at 2 am, over three hours later,? said Kumar?s nephew, Ankit Pachauri.Pachauri and other family members suspected that Kumar could have been physically and emotionally tortured, because of which he killed himself.?A request for post-mortem by a board of doctors is being made. All mandatory actions are being taken,? said Vijayanta Arya, additional DCP (north-west). She said neither was Kumar arrested nor did any evidence of his involvement in the woman?s disappearance emerge in Tuesday?s questioning.."
Parmeet Kaur,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",Delhi HC reduces aid for 'negligent' accident victim by 45%,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/delhi-high-court-accident-compensation/1/1017531.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Delhi High Court reduced the compensation awarded to a motor accident victim by 45% after it found negligence on the part of both parties. A compensation of ?10 lakh was earlier awarded to the victim. The court observed, ""It's possible despite the vehicle being driven in permissible limit, an accident can occur when a jaywalker suddenly appears on road."" ","In an interesting ruling, the Delhi high court reduced the compensation awarded to a motor accident victim by 45 per cent after it found negligence on the part of both the parties.Deepak Kumar, the victim, was hit by a motor vehicle driven by a government employee named Ajay Kumar in Palam.Deepak told the court that while he was on his way to work, he stopped his vehicle after crossing Palam flyover to feed a cow. While he was crossing the road, he was hit and suffered injuries. The trial court had awarded a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to him after ruling negligence on Ajay's part.Ajay challenged the trial court order based on the detailed accident report that mentioned motorcycle was not being driven dangerously or at an excessive speed, and was being driven in its lane and within the permissible speed limit.He sought examination of the contributory negligence on behalf of the injured through advocate Trideep Pais and Pranav Jain. The court observed, ""It is possible that despite the vehicle being driven in permissible limit, an accident can occur when a jaywalker suddenly appears on the road.""""Such people apart from impairing their own lives also pose a threat to the safety and security of the ongoing traffic. The fact that the victim chose to walk across a busy road near the airport, with heavy morning traffic, he knowingly exposed himself to dangers that such risk may entail. It exhibits his negligence towards his own safety,"" the court added.Quoting the detailed accident report, the court said if the vehicle was in good condition, being driven in the right lane at the right speed, the accident which was caused at a non-zebra crossing, could be attributed to the sudden appearance of the jaywalker in front of the vehicle.In the circumstances, a portion of the blame and negligence would have to be shared by the claimant. While noting that there was a fair chance of the accident being avoided if the vehicle was being driven at the permissible limit and maintaining fair distance with the vehicle moving ahead of it, the court said, "" One has also to bear in mind that not all city roads are carefully marked for pedestrian or zebra crossing.""""The time of the accident was about 9.40 am. The visibility was clear. The appellant could have well seen from some distance the movement of the pedestrian crossing the road,"" the court added."
Chhavi Tyagi,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",60-yr-old lynched over rumours she was cutting people's hair,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/60-year-old-woman-lynched-in-agra-after-rumours-she-was-chopping-people-s-hair/story-qTYizvFIivxjpflxIZbHhM.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A 60-year old Dalit woman was allegedly lynched in Agra after villagers thought that she was behind the recent cases of chopping hair of sleeping women. The family members of the woman who left home around 4 am on Wednesday said, ""She pleaded that she had lost her way but they took her as one responsible for chopping women hair."""," A 60-year old Dalit woman was allegedly lynched in Agra after villagers thought she was out to cut the hair of sleeping women, the first reported fatality of what appears to be turning into a case of mass hysteria.Growing number of people, particularly in rural districts, of Haryana, Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have reported mysterious instances of sleeping women being attacked and their hair chopped off short.  Family members said Maan Devi left the home around 4am on Wednesday but lost her way, reaching a predominantly upper caste neighbourhood where people spotted her. ?She pleaded that she had lost her way but they took as one responsible for chopping women hair in Mutnai village and killed her,? said the victim?s daughter-in-law Kalpana Jatav.Local police first denied the death was connected to the ?ghost barber? panic. Deputy superintendent of police (DSP), Fatehabad, Dr Tej Veer Singh said a case was registered including charges relating to atrocities against Dalits, and teams were keeping a vigil in the area where the woman was killed.  The police also appeared to deny that the woman was beaten to death. ?The post-mortem report of Maan Devi indicates she died of cardiac arrest and not due to beating,? Singh said. Devi?s son has named two suspects, both from the upper caste Baghel community, in his complaint where he also said that his mother?s body had been thrown back in their village. Till Thursday, neither was arrested.Agra and villages in districts nearby were the latest to report the hair-cutting mystery that seems to be spreading since first being recorded in parts of the National Capital Region last week. Officials said on Friday that more ?sightings? were reported from the region, and the state?s Inspector General issued an appeal for people to remain calm.Women in at least five states have reported waking up to the sound of scissors, spotting black cats, and seeing ghosts and shadows. Some claimed they found portions of their hair chopped off, and others reported falling unconscious with fear.Police have dismissed the allegations as rumours in several of these cases, and administration officials are now issuing alerts for local law enforcement to tackle fear mongering. FROM MONKEY MAN TO UFOsParts of India, particularly rural districts where superstitious beliefs are common, have often been at the centre of mass hysteria events. In the summer of 2001, people in Delhi said they had spotted a mysterious monkey-like creature that appeared in the night and attacked people. Large colonies of the capital were gripped by fear as more and more bizarre ?sightings? were recorded. Vigilante groups patrolled the streets with sticks for weeks, before officials and psychiatric experts said the panic was created by ?figments of people?s imagination? that was made worse by the media coverage at the time.A year later, people in Eastern Uttar Pradesh reported spotting a light-emitting flying object that would attack them at night and scratch their face. Many referred to it as the ?muhnochwa?, a Bhojpuri amalgam that loosely translates to ?face snatcher?. At the height of the panic, people went off streets after sundown. Scientists from IIT Kanpur were roped in to investigate the event, and the ruled out the existence of the creature. The closest explanation, they said, could have been sightings of ball lightening, a rare meteorological phenomenon. Years earlier, in 1995, a more innocuous mass delusion took place when people across the country reported seeing idols of the Hindu god Ganesha drinking milk. "
Parmeet Kaur,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",Chopper flying critically low led to 2015 Bombay High crash,http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/2015-bombay-high-helicopter-crash-pilots-were-flying-critically-low-probe-finds/story-KddDT2hcY01MvLb70MDUSI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"An inquiry by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau found that the Pawan Hans helicopter was flying at a critically low height, resulting in its crash near Bombay High in 2015. The report further mentioned that the instructor, despite being aware of the low height, didn't take control of the helicopter after the trainee pilot wasn?t able to manage the situation. ","Two years after a helicopter crash near the Bombay High offshore oil field killed two pilots, an inquiry by the Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) found that the chopper was flying at a critically low height, without the pilots realising it. The Pawan Hans helicopter was on a training sortie on the evening of November 4, 2015. Aviation regulator Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had asked AAIB?to conduct an inquiry. The inquiry report, which was made public on Wednesday, said that the main pilot was flying low and that the other did not realise it. After taking off, the Rontappmeyer (RYTYR) helicopter may have faced difficulties as the moon was waning, the report said. The report mentioned that the instructor, Captain E Samuel, wasn?t disoriented and was aware of the low height of the helicopter. He alerted Captain TK Guha a little late, but even after realising that Guha wasn?t able to manage the situation, Samuel did not take control of the helicopter.AAIB recommended that ONGC, which owns Bombay High along with the helicopter operators, identify helidecks from where night flying can take place. AAIB also said that Pawan Hans pilots need to rest sufficiently before flying. Guha was flying during the night after a gap of almost a year, read the report. READPawan Hans chopper crash: Both pilots on board still missingWatch: Maharashtra CM?s helicopter crash-lands, Devendra Fadnavis safe"
Sumedha Sehra,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",Congress opens 'State Bank of Tomato' in Lucknow,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/lucknow-state-bank-of-tomato-congress/1/1017521.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Congress party has opened a bank called 'State Bank of Tomato' in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow, in a protest against the rising prices of the vegetable. People can get interests on deposits and also get vegetables on loan in the bank. ""I have deposited 0.5 Kg tomatoes, will get 1 kg after 6 months,"" said a man.","It sounds like satire, but make no mistake: at a time when tomatoes have become forbiddingly pricey, the Congress Party has opened a 'State Bank of Tomato' in Uttar Pradesh's capital, ANI reported on Wednesday.This extraordinary development comes days after Indore wholesalers leery of tomato thieves requested - and got - security cover for their stock, according to news reports. Heavy rains in tomato-growing states have destroyed crop and affected transportation - a choke on supply which the Goods and Services Tax regime could have possibly exacerbated. Lucknow (UP): In a unique protest against the rising prices of the tomatoes, Congress opens bank called �??State Bank of Tomato�??. pic.twitter.com/lNpAaexgMuIn fact, denizens of major cities have had to dish out Rs 100 or more for a kilogram of the kitchen staple.Nevertheless, an official at the Indian Council for Agricultural Research has said he expects supplies from southern states to drive down prices in the next couple of weeks.For the time being, Lucknow residents can obtain interest on deposits at the Congress' State Bank of Tomato, and take the vegetables out on loan, just like money in an actual bank, ANI reported.�I have deposited 0.5 Kg tomatoes, will get 1 kg after 6 months. I'm 103-year-old, never thought have to see this: Srikrishna Verma, customer pic.twitter.com/PlXdnSYGvK And if they want to keep their red gold out of the reach of covetous hands, they needn't worry. The news agency reports that State Bank of Tomato provides lockers too.-With inputs from agencies "
Sumedha Sehra,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",Food regulator planning leftover banks to feed hungry people,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-s-food-regulator-plans-leftover-banks-to-feed-the-hungry/story-Mi5UpiXRpCcodCvxqHGZ7M.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"India's food regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is planning to create a network to collect leftover food and provide it to the needy. It is looking to connect with organisations which can collect, store and distribute leftover food from weddings and large parties. It further added that all food must meet the safety and hygiene standards.","The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is in the process of creating a network of food banking partners to collect and distribute leftover food from large parties and weddings to the hungry.A notification to create a separate category of food business operators (FBOs), who will be licensed to deal only with leftover food, has been drafted to ensure the quality of food.?We are looking at partnering with NGOs or organisations that collect, store and distribute surplus food to ensure they maintain certain hygiene and health standards when handling food,? said Pawan Agarwal, CEO of FSSAI.?Tonnes of food is wasted annually. We are looking at creating a mechanism through which food can be collected from restaurants, weddings, large-scale parties,?  says Pawan Agarwal, ?All food, whether it is paid for or distributed free, must meet the country?s food safety and hygiene standards,? he said.The organisations in the business of collecting leftover food will now have to work in collaboration with FSSAI so their efforts can be scaled up.?Tonnes of food is wasted annually and can be used to feed several thousands. We are looking at creating a mechanism through which food can be collected from restaurants, weddings, large-scale parties etc,? said Agarwal.The initiative will set up a helpline network where organisations can call in for collection but reaching individuals who want to directly donate food will take time. ?We will have a central helpline number. Reaching people at the household level may not be feasible initially but it is an integral part of the long-term plan,? he said. ?We have begun collecting names of people working in the sector. There are still a few months to go before the scheme materialises,? said Agarwal.?Collecting food going waste to feed the hungry is a noble thought but to transport, store and maintain the cold chain of cooked food is a huge challenge. The logistics are a nightmare, which is why we don?t handle leftovers and only distribute uncooked food that can be cooked locally,? said Kuldip Nar, founder of Delhi NCR Food Bank, which has been feeding the poor in 10 cities since 2011."
Sumedha Sehra,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",Call devastated his life: Mom of boy who got 'Google' offer,http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/google-job-hoax-a-phone-call-devastated-my-child-s-life-says-mother-of-chandigarh-teenager/story-seXaasS98Q2RLfpheGEl7L.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The mother of Harshit Sharma, the class 12 Chandigarh boy who got a hoax job offer call from Google, said that the incident ""devastated"" his life. He got a call, after which he shared the information with the school principal, who sent out a press release. Harshit is hospitalised since Google denied giving him a job, his mother added.","Bharti Sharma, mother of the 16-year-old boy who made headlines for getting a job offer from Google and then for it being a hoax, said on Wednesday the incident had ?devastated? her son?s life. Talking to HT, Bharti, a teacher from Kurukshetra, said Harshit got a hoax call, and not a letter, informing him about his selection for the post of graphic designer. ?Harshit got a phone call. We did not believe it at first. I kept telling him it could be hoax,? said the mother. ?He shared the information with his school principal, who further released a press note, which led to media coverage.?Bharti said once the news was published and mediapersons started contacting them, they too thought the job offer is genuine.?We thought the principal has some confirmation,? she said.Where did letter come from?However, question remains over the offer letter that the school has provided to the media, claiming that Harshit had forwarded it to a teacher. The letter has several mistakes and does not contain any salary details. Bharti maintained that Harshit did not provide it to the school. Harshit had completed Class 12 from Government Model Senior Secondary School (GMSSS), Sector 33, this year. It was on Saturday that the UT administration released a press note about Harshit?s achievement. The release claimed that the internet giant would pay him Rs 12 lakh per month as salary after a year?s training. During training, it was claimed he will get a stipend of Rs 4 lakh per month.However, on Tuesday, Google denied having offered paid training and job to Harshit. Bharti said Harshit hasn?t eaten since Tuesday and is hospitalised. ?Doctors say he is traumatised. Those who were congratulating us are now taunting us,? she said.Claiming they did not want to blame the principal or any teacher, Bharti said: ?Harshit only told her about the call.??Family evading authorities?However, Beniwal maintained that Harshit forwarded a copy of the offer letter to a teacher through WhatsApp. The principal alleged Harshit?s family had been evading the authorities and there phone number were also switched off. Meanwhile, Beniwal has submitted a report to the education department after it ordered a probe on Tuesday.It is learnt the principal has stated that she was on leave and got information about the boy getting a job offer through two teachers. She has also forwarded messages exchanged between the teachers and Harshit?s family and the offer letter. She has also appended videos of celebrations at Harshit?s ancestral place in Kurukshetra.The report will be made public on Thursday. ?I have received the report, but not seen it yet,? said Rubinderjit Singh Brar, UT director, school education."
Sonu Kumari,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",19 Gurugram buildings to pay property tax over free parking,http://www.hindustantimes.com/gurgaon/mcg-s-new-list-says-only-26-commercial-sites-will-offer-free-parking/story-yhFWFCmVjDoKWJ2qkMhg8N.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Municipal Corporation of Gurugram on Wednesday said that 19 out of 45 commercial building owners have decided to pay property tax instead of providing free parking to the public. Notably, MCG earlier offered a property tax waiver for building basements if they were used to provide free parking. However, the owners allegedly said that revenues from parking profited them more.","Only 26 malls and commercial centres on Mehrauli-Gurgaon (MG) road, Golf Course Road and Sohna Road will offer free parking in their basements, the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) announced on Wednesday.The MCG had earlier said it will waive property tax on basements if the same were used to provide free parking. Soon afterwards, 45 sites offered free parking but now some of the owners have agreed to pay the property tax instead of offering free parking service. As a result, the list has been trimmed to 26. Building owners said the revenue from parking is higher than the gains from the property tax waiver.The updated list is in the public domain on the civic body?s website ? www.mcg.gov.in. As reported earlier, MCG officials had reviewed the Central government?s notification regarding evaluation of property tax for commercial spaces and that to led to the civic body announcing the clause of tax waiver in lieu of free parking space.The 26 establishments offering free parking are Suncity Business Tower, Paras Twin Towers, MGF The Palm Springs Plaza, Global Foyer, Vipul Tech Square, MPD Tower, Augusta Point, Paras Downtown Tower, Central Plaza and Centrum Plaza ? all located on the Golf Course Road. On MG Road, ABW Tower, Sewa Corporate Park, Garden City Point, DLF Corporate Park, Platina Mall and Vipul Agora Mall will offer free parking. Unitech Cyber Park Sector 39, Unitech Business Zone and Nirvana Country Yard Sector 50 and Unitech Arcadia Sector 49 will also offer free parking.Omaxe City Centre, Omaxe Mall, Raheja Mall, ILD Trade Centre, Omaxe Celebration Mall and the Sapphire Mall on Sohna Road are also on the list.?The MCG had the option of levying a property tax on the basements in commercial centres, but after reading the Central government guidelines, an option was given to building owners that if they did not levy a parking fee on customers, the property tax on basements will be waived. Hence, for the public?s benefit, the MCG has placed ?free parking? boards at these sites for their awareness,? MCG Commissioner V Umashankar said.If the sites mentioned on the list are found levying a parking fee, the public can report complaints on the MCG?s toll-free number ? 1800-180-1817 ? or email to support@mcg.gov.in."
Dishant Sharma,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",Human embryos edited to stop deadly disease for the 1st time,https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/aug/02/deadly-gene-mutations-removed-from-human-embryos-in-landmark-study?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Scientists, for the first time, successfully freed embryos of a piece of faulty DNA that causes a fatal heart disease to run in families. The disease, called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, causes the heart to stop suddenly and is the result of an error in a single gene. The breakthrough could lead to preventing 10,000 disorders that are passed down the generations.","Scientists have modified human embryos to remove genetic mutations that cause heart failure in otherwise healthy young people in a landmark demonstration of the controversial procedure.It is the first time that human embryos have had their genomes edited outside China, where researchers have performed a handful of small studies to see whether the approach could prevent inherited diseases from being passed on from one generation to the next.While none of the research so far has created babies from modified embryos, a move that would be illegal in many countries, the work represents a milestone in scientists? efforts to master the technique and brings the prospect of human clinical trials one step closer.The work focused on an inherited form of heart disease, but scientists believe the same approach could work for other conditions caused by single gene mutations, such as cystic fibrosis and certain kinds of breast cancer.?This embryo gene correction method, if proven safe, can potentially be used to prevent transmission of genetic disease to future generations,? said Paula Amato, a fertility specialist involved in the US-Korean study at Oregon Health and Science University.The scientists used a powerful gene editing tool called Crispr-Cas9 to fix mutations in embryos made with the sperm of a man who inherited a heart condition known as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM. The disease, which leads to a thickening of the heart?s muscular wall, affects one in 500 people and is a common cause of sudden cardiac arrest in young people.Crispr, or to give it its full name, Crispr-Cas9, allows scientists to precisely target and edit pieces of the genome. Crispr is a guide molecule made of RNA, that allows a specific site of interest on the DNA double helix to be targeted. The RNA molecule is attached to Cas9, a bacterial enzyme that works as a pair of ""molecular scissors"" to cut the DNA at the exact point required. This allows scientists to cut, paste and delete single letters of genetic code.�Humans have two copies of every gene, but some diseases are caused by a mutation in only one of the copies. For the study, the scientists recruited a man who carried a single mutant copy of a gene called MYBPC3 which causes HCM.When the scientists made embryos with the man?s sperm and healthy eggs from donors, they found that, as expected, about half of the embryos carried the mutant gene. If the affected embryos were implanted into women and carried to term, the resulting children would inherit the heart condition.Writing in the journal Nature, the researchers describe how gene editing dramatically reduced the number of embryos that carried the dangerous mutation. When performed early enough, at the same time as fertilisation, 42 out of 58 embryos, or 72%, were found to be free of the disease-causing mutation.The work has impressed other scientists in the field because in previous experiments, gene editing has worked only partially, mending harmful mutations in some cells, but not others. Another problem happens when the wrong genes are modified by mistake, but in the latest work the scientists found no evidence of these so-called ?off target effects??They?ve got remarkably good results, it?s a big advance.? said Richard Hynes, a geneticist at MIT who this year co-chaired a major report on human genome editing for the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS). ?This brings it closer to clinic, but there?s still a lot of work to do.?Today, people who carry certain genetic diseases can opt for IVF and have their embryos screened for harmful mutations. The procedure can only help if there is a chance that some embryos will be healthy. According to Shoukhrat Mitalipov, who led the latest research, gene editing could bolster the number of healthy embryos available for doctors to implant.More work is needed to prove that gene editing would be safe to do in people, but even if it seems safe, scientists face major regulatory hurdles before clinical trials could start. In the US, Congress has barred the Food and Drug Administration from even considering human trials with edited embryos, while in the UK it is illegal to implant genetically modified embryos in women. The procedure is controversial because genetic modifications made to an embryo affect not only the child it becomes but future generations too. ?It?s still a long road ahead,? said Mitalipov. ?It?s unclear when we?d be allowed to move on.?In the latest study, the mutation was corrected by a route that scientists have not seen before, with the cell copying healthy DNA from the mother?s egg instead of the template. One question scientists need to explore now is whether mutations carried by eggs can be corrected as easily as those carried by sperm.?If all of this holds up for different genes and is also true when the mutation is inherited from the mother, it will be a major step forward,? said Janet Rossant, senior scientist and chief of research emeritus at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.Asked about the potential for gene editing to produce designer babies, Rossant, a co-author of the NAS report on gene editing, said it was a distant prospect. ?We are still a long way from serious consideration of using gene editing to enhance traits in babies,? she said. ?We don?t understand the genetic basis of many of the human traits that might be targets for enhancement. Even if we did, a genetic alteration that enhanced one trait could have unexpected negative consequences on other traits, and this would be an inherited feature for the next generation.??The NAS report came out strongly against any form of gene editing designed to simply enhance human potential,? she added."
Sonu Kumari,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday","Nearly 2,300 CPWD buildings in Delhi unsafe: Union Minister",http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/nearly-2-300-cpwd-buildings-in-delhi-are-unsafe-govt-tells-lok-sabha/story-WqHUp30RGH5WVPGHOezB8L.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A Union Minister of State for Home Affairs informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday that Delhi's 2,297 residential buildings under the Central Public Works Department were found to be ""unsafe"". Another 124 buildings under the New Delhi Municipal Council were identified as dangerous. The authorities said that they conduct surveys of unsafe buildings every year and undertake required actions.","As many as 2,297 residential buildings under the CPWD in Delhi have been identified as ?unsafe?, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.The number of unsafe or dangerous buildings under the New Delhi Municipal Council stands at 124, Union minister of state for home affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said.Also, 17 buildings have been found ?unsafe? in areas falling under three municipal corporations, with 14 in north, two in east and one in south Delhi.?The Central Public Works Department (CPWD) has informed that 2,297 buildings have been identified as unsafe residential buildings in Delhi,? Ahir said in a written reply.The three municipal corporations, New Delhi Municipal Council and CPWD intimated that every year the survey of unsafe/dangerous building is carried out and necessary action for demolition of the same is undertaken, it stated.The reply also said that this is a continuous process every year and corrective action is taken."
Chhavi Tyagi,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",Gujarat Rajya Sabha polls to be held with NOTA option: SC,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/supreme-court-declines-plea-to-stay-nota-for-gujarat-rajya-sabha-polls/story-IEn3cIgaT8JbgSzaB32s2L.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,The Supreme Court today refused to stay the exercise of NOTA (none of the above) option in the Gujarat Rajya Sabha elections scheduled to take place on 8 August. The SC further said that the issue would be heard as a constitutional question ? whether NOTA would apply to election of council of states. ,"The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stay the Election Commission decision allowing the NOTA provision in the August 8 Rajya Sabha polls in Gujarat.A bench of justices Dipak Misra, Amitava Roy and AM Khanwilkar, however, agreed to examine the constitutional validity of the August 1 notification of the poll panel allowing the NOTA option.?Issue notice. We will examine it. We are not going to stay the proceedings,? the bench said when senior advocates Kapil Sibal, AM Singhvi and Harin Raval, representingGujarat Congress chief whip Shailesh Manubhai Parmar, sought an interim stay on the notification.The bench questioned the delay by the opposition party in filing its petition, pointing out that the poll panel had issued a notification on the matter in January 2014 and another circular in 2015.?When it suited you, you did not come. You come here on the eve of elections,? the bench said.Sibal told the court that including NOTA will encourage corruption. ?It?s a recipe for corruption.?The NOTA ? none of the above ? option allows voters to reject all candidates in fray. Six Gujarat MLAs switched over from the Congress to the BJP last week, seen as a major blow to the prospects of the opposition party candidate Ahmed Patel.The Congress is apprehensive of cross voting and some MLAs exercising the NOTA option.Last week, the party flew most of its Gujarat  MLAs to Bengaluru to protect them from what it says is the BJP?s conspiracy to lure Congress legislators. The petition said use of the option would be violative of the provisions of the Representation of People?s Act, 1951 and the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961.In the Rajya Sabha polls, the MLAs have to show their ballot paper to an authorised party agent before putting it in ballot box.If a voter (MLA) defies the party directive and casts the ballot for someone else or uses the NOTA option, he cannot be disqualified as a legislator.But the party is free to take disciplinary action including expulsion. The defiant voter can continue to be an MLA and his vote can also not be invalidated for defying the party direction, according to EC rules. (With agency inputs)"
Dishant Sharma,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",Indian athlete indicted on sex abuse charge in US,http://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/indian-athlete-indicted-on-sex-abuse-charge-in-us/story-gUBUg4dL4AYhqiJQZXxhkL.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Tanveer Hussain, a 24-year-old Indian athlete from Kashmir, has been indicted in the US on charges of sexually abusing a minor girl, during a visit to the US for a snowshoe competition. An Essex County jury has charged Hussain with one count of first-degree sexual abuse and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.","A 24-year-old Indian athlete has been indicted in the US on charges of sexually abusing a minor girl, days after he arrived from Kashmir for a snowshoe competition. (India vs Sri Lanka Updates) Tanveer Hussain was indicted last week by an Essex County grand jury for allegedly having inappropriate contact with a 12-year-old Saranac Lake girl earlier this year.The grand jury returned the indictment Hussain charging him with one count of first-degree sexual abuse and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, a report in the Adirondack Daily Enterprise quoted a press release from Essex County District Attorney Kristy Sprague as saying.Hussain had been arrested in March on charges of sexually abusing the minor girl, two days after he competed in the World Snowshoe Championships at Dewey Mountain Recreation Center.(Read | PU Chitra gets financial aid from Kerala government, CK Vineeth given job) ?Hussain is alleged to have subjected a 12-year-old female to sexual contact and engaged in inappropriate conversations with said child during the time he was in Saranac Lake,? the report quoted Sprague as saying.The minor girl had told police that on the night of February, two days after the snowshoe race, Hussain had kissed her twice and had groped her.The report added that Hussain had previously denied the charges and declined a plea deal that would have let him return to India as he wanted to clear his name.(Read | Indian Deaflympians demand equal treatment with para-athletes) Hussain?s lawyer Brian Barrett said that he was disappointed that Sprague announced the indictment in a press release before notifying him.?This is all about the press. That?s what this whole case is all about,? he said.Hussain had garnered much attention before arriving in the US for the snowshoe championship after the US Embassy in New Delhi had denied him and another athlete visas around the same time President Donald Trump had issued an order barring travel into the US from seven Muslim-dominant countries.While India was not among the seven countries, the denial of visa to Hussain and the other athlete was seen associated with the executive order. "
Aarushi Maheshwari,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",Maruti spare parts trigger bomb scare at Delhi airport,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/maruti-spare-parts-trigger-bomb-scare-at-delhi-airport/1/1016915.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Bomb squads and canine teams were rushed to check a package recovered in the cargo hold area of Delhi airport on Wednesday. Officials later declared the area safe, adding, ""the suspect item was nothing but some spare parts of company Maruti."" Its X-ray image had raised suspicion among airport staff. ","New Delhi, Aug 2 (PTI) Bomb squads and canine teams were today rushed in to check a suspect object that was recovered at the cargo hold area of the IGI airport here, later declared safe after it was found that the consignment only contained some auto spare parts. CISF Director General O P Singh said the ""suspect item has been declared safe and there is nothing to worry about"". At 7.15 am, an X-ray image of a consignment of Maruti spare parts raised suspicion among the staff of the domestic cargo terminal, according to sources in the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). The terminal staff immediately alerted the CISF, who along with a team of BCAS and a bomb detection and disposal squad rushed to the spot. "
Arshiya Chopra,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday","Virgin means unmarried, nothing offensive in it: Minister",http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/virgin-igims-bihar-health-minister-mangal-pandey/1/1017604.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Defending the IGIMS marital declaration form, Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey said he checked the meaning of virgin in dictionary, wherein it meant unmarried woman and he didn't find anything objectionable in it.  Pandey added that he discussed the issue with the management, who informed him that the format used was same as AIIMS' and was being used since 1983.","Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey has defended a controversial questionnaire put out by Patna's Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) for its staff. The ridiculous Marital Declaration questionnaire asked IGIMS employees to mention their marital status. ""I looked the dictionary for the actual meaning of the word virgin. It means unmarried and I don't find anything objectionable in the usage of the word,"" Mangal Pandey said.""However, when the issue was brought to my notice I enquired IGIMS management about it. They told me the format used in the form is the same which is used at AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Science),"" he added. The form also asks male employees to provide details if they have more than one wife.Women employees apart from declaring status regarding their virginity have also been asked to provide details on whether they are married to a person who has no other wife living or another wife living.Speaking to India Today, the Deputy Medical Superintendent, Dr Manish Mandal said that the marriage declaration form with the contentious questions have been in practice ever since the institute was established in 1984.""Everyone has to fill this form which is part of Central Services Rules and this form is similar to what AIIMS in Delhi uses. If the Centre or AIIMS changes the format of the form in the future, we will also change it. This is not a new form and has been in practice since 1984 when IGIMS was established,"" said Mandal. ALSO READ:"
Aarushi Maheshwari,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",Bus seats mistaken for burqas by Norway anti-immigrant group,https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/02/bus-seats-mistaken-burqas-anti-immigrant-group-norwegian?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The members of a Norwegian anti-immigrant group have been trolled for mistaking a photograph of six empty bus seats for a group of women wearing burqas. The post, shared on  the closed Facebook group Fedrelandet viktigst (Fatherland first), garnered comments like ""Get them out of our country"" and ""Could be terrorists."" It was shared on the group as a prank.","A Norwegian anti-immigrant group has been roundly ridiculed after members apparently mistook a photograph of six empty bus seats posted on its Facebook page for a group of women wearing burqas.?Tragic?, ?terrifying? and ?disgusting? were among the comments posted by members of the closed Fedrelandet viktigst, or ?Fatherland first?, group beneath the photograph, according to screenshots on the Norwegian news website Nettavisen.Other members of the 13,000-strong group, for people ?who love Norway and appreciate what our ancestors fought for?, wondered whether the non-existent passengers might be carrying bombs or weapons beneath their clothes. ?This looks really scary,? wrote one. ?Should be banned. You can?t tell who?s underneath. Could be terrorists.?Further comments read: ?Ghastly. This should never happen,? ?Islam is and always will be a curse,? ?Get them out of our country ? frightening times we are living in,? and: ?I thought it would be like this in the year 2050, but it is happening NOW,? according to thelocal.no and other media.The photograph, found on the internet, was posted ?for a joke? last week by Johan Sl�ttavik, who has since described himself as ?Norway?s worst web troll and proud of it?, beneath a question asking the group: ?What do people think of this??Sl�ttavik told Nettavisen and Norway?s TV2 he wanted to ?highlight the difference between legitimate criticism of immigration and blind racism?, and was ?interested to see how people?s perceptions of an image are influenced by how others around them react. I ended up having a good laugh.?It went viral in Norway after Sindre Beyer, a former Labour party MP who said he has been following Fatherland first for some time, published 23 pages of screenshots of the group?s outraged comments.?What happens when a photo of some empty bus seats is posted to a disgusting Facebook group, and nearly everyone thinks they see a bunch of burqas?? he asked in a post shared more than 1,800 times. The comments suggested the vast majority of the anti-immigrant group?s members saw the photo as evidence of the ongoing ?Islamification? of Norway, although a small number pointed out it was in fact a picture of bus seats. One warned the group was making itself look ridiculous.Beyer told Nettavisen: ?I?m shocked at how much hate and fake news is spread [on the Fedrelandet viktigst page]. So much hatred against empty bus seats certainly shows that prejudice wins out over wisdom.?The head of Norway?s Antiracist Centre, Rune Berglund Steen, told the site that people plainly ?see what they want to see ? and what these people want to see are dangerous Muslims?.Norway recently became the latest European country to propose restrictions on the wearing of burqas and niqabs, tabling a law that will bar them from kindergartens, schools and universities. France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Bulgaria and the German state of Bavaria all restrict full-face veils in some public places.The country?s minority government, a coalition of the centre-right Conservatives and the populist Progress party that faces elections next month, said in June it was confident it would find opposition support for the move.Per Sandberg, then acting immigration and integration minister, told a press conference that face-covering garments such as the niqab or burqa ?do not belong in Norwegian schools. The ability to communicate is a basic value.?"
Arshiya Chopra,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",Baby 'pregnant' with malformed twin born in Maharashtra,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/baby-in-thane-born-pregnant-with-twin-brother-feeding-off-his-body/story-shjjTfMU7msFuyASqpV3GO.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,A newborn boy in Maharashtra's Thane was found to be 'pregnant' with own half-formed twin that was feeding off the boy's blood supply. The doctors said that it was a very rare condition called 'fetus in fetu' with less than 200 such cases recorded till date. The doctors successfully operated to remove the 7-cm fetus that weighed 150 gram.,"In a bizarre medical condition, a newborn baby in Thane was found to be ?pregnant? with his half-formed twin brother feeding off his blood supply. The condition, called fetus in fetu, is so rare that only about 100-200 such cases have been reported from all over the world till date. The boy was born to a 19-year old woman from Mumbra on July 20 at Bilal Hospital in Thane, near Mumbai.The 7cm foetus, weighing 150 gm and complete with a brain, arms and limbs, was found behind the baby?s stomach. A radiologist first spotted the abnormal mass during a routine scan of the pregnant mother.?In post-natal scans, we spotted another half-formed baby with a brain, arm and legs in a foetal sac in the baby?s abdomen,? radiologist Bhavna Thorat told German news agency DPA.After the baby was born, another scan found that the ?twin? was feeding off his nutrition and posed a life threat.Doctors referred him to the Titan hospital in Thane, where the parasitic foetus was successfully removed by a specialist team of experts. It is suspected to be a rare congenital anomaly called ?fetus in fetu? in which a malformed  foetus gets absorbed into the body of it?s twin. The team that performed the surgery at Titan Hospital, Thane.  Photo Credit: Neena NichlaniGynecologist Dr Neena Nichlani, who was part of the team that operated on the baby, said, ?It is a case of monozygotic twin pregnancy sharing single placenta, where one foetus is wrapped around the other and feeds off its host?s body.? As both the twins draw nutrients from a single umbilical chord, the chances of survival are usually low in such cases. ?It is a very rare condition and this is for the first time I have encountered such a case in my  entire medical career...  Both the baby and the mother are doing well,? she added. "
Ayushi Ahluwalia,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday","Delhi's AIIMS, Safdarjung to be declared no-hawker zone",http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/delhi-aiims-safdarjung-street-vendors-no-hawker-zone-ndmc-encroachment/1/1016618.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The North Delhi Municipal Corporation has said that the Ring Road and Aurobindo Marg near AIIMS and Safdarjung Hospitals will be declared a no-hawker zone. The move is aimed at streamlining traffic movement outside the hospitals so that patients, doctors, and ambulances coming to the medical institutes get easier access and other commuters do not face any hassle. ","Dozens of street vendors will have to take their wares elsewhere as authorities in Delhi are gearing up to clear the perennial congestion near the neighbouring hospitals AIIMS and Safdarjung.The area will be turned into a ""no hawker zone"" as the encroachers cripple traffic movement and also get in the way of emergency vehicles.Lieutenant governor Anil Baijal has directed the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) chairman to take control of the Ring Road and Aurobindo Marg stretches from the Public Works Department (PWD).The move by the L-G follows repeated complaints from Safdarjung Hospital authorities that doctors and patients get delayed in reaching the institute on time as they get stuck in traffic outside.Dr AK Rai, director of Safdarjung Hospital, told Mail Today, ""I have been getting complaints from patients' relatives, doctors and other hospital staff on being late in reaching the hospital when it's the need of the hour. Every day, it is the same issue and one gets stuck in traffic for nearly 20 minutes.""A meeting was held on Monday with the Safdarjung director and Naresh Kumar, the civic council chief.""The NDMC chairman formed a committee including officials and experts from the council, Delhi traffic police and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). These two road stretches - Ring Road and Aurobindo Marg -would be now declared as no-hawker zone strictly,"" Dr Rai informed.The emergency wards of both the hospitals are crowded with critically ill and trauma patients every day and ambulances coming from the Ring Road side always get stuck because it is highly congested during peak hours, said a doctor.""For us, the main issue is to improve the traffic movement,"" Naresh Kumar told Mail Today. ""We are looking for temporary, medium and long-term solutions. Delhi traffic police will manage the traffic movement at the bus and auto-rickshaw stands."" ""Moreover, most of the space on the road is occupied by private cabs. At the time of monsoon, there should be no traffic jam at Ring Road and Aurobindo Marg. All unauthorised hawkers will be removed from the entire zone,"" Kumar added.Heavy rains cause massive waterlogging at the entire stretch every year. Hordes of street vendors and hawkers are running their business illegally in the area and blocking the way, said Kumar.""Our main focus is to improve the road infrastructure. From now onwards, Aurobindo Marg is under the jurisdiction of NDMC,"" he iterated.The Safdarjung Hospital director too pointed out that a rapid rise in the number of illegal vendors has created a bottleneck outside the hospital.""It is advisable to shift the bus stop on Ring Road side and shops in the subway of the Ring Road and Aurobindo Marg. Proper pedestrian path should be made,"" said Dr Rai.Echoing similar views, Dr DK Sharma, medical superintendent of AIIMS, underscored the importance of streamlining traffic movement in such a manner that patients and doctors coming to the hospital get a smooth passage and pedestrians and other commuters too do not face hassles.ALSO READ |"
Niharika Prabhakar,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",Noida farmers demand release of arrested counterparts ,http://www.hindustantimes.com/noida/noida-farmers-demand-unconditional-release-of-arrested-counterparts/story-gmm3DEHkslQeWNVOuGWpmJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,Over 400 farmers from Greater Noida and adjoining areas protested in Dadri seeking immediate release of 39 farmers arrested on Friday for stopping a passenger train and blocking movement on the Delhi-Howrah railway track for an hour. The arrested farmers had been demanding more compensation for land being acquired by the government for construction of the Eastern Peripheral Expressway. ,"Over 400 farmers, including women, took to the streets in Dadri on Tuesday morning demanding the immediate release of 39 farmers who were arrested on Friday for stopping a passenger train and blocking movement on the Delhi-Howrah railway track for nearly an hour. The farmers were staging a protest demanding a hiked compensation for the land being acquired by the government for the construction of the Eastern Peripheral Expressway.The farmers of Bil Akbarpur village marched to Dadri tehsil and asked the administration for an unconditional release of the farmers.Also, the farmers have decided to presently accept the compensation of Rs3,640 per square metre offered by the district administration for acquiring their land. However, they said that they will challenge the acquisition in the court for enhanced compensation, as their counterparts in Ghaziabad have received compensation up to Rs17,000 per square metre.The farmers held a meeting with the district magistrate of Gautam Budh Nagar, BN Singh, on Monday on the issue but could not arrive at a consensus.Teja Gurjar, a farmer leader said, ?The administration has agreed to release the arrested farmers, but has asked us not to obstruct work on Eastern Peripheral Expressway.?The district magistrate said, ?I have met the farmers and have agreed to release the arrested men on the condition that they provide an affidavit that they will not indulge in anti-social activities such as blocking rail routes or obstructing construction work at the expressway site.? The compensation will be awarded as per the government norms and court?s orders, said Singh.Farmers of 39 villages in Greater Noida and adjoining areas had joined hands in protest on Friday, demanding enhanced compensation and said they had decided not to give their agricultural land for the compensation amount proposed by the government.In 2016, the compensation rate was decided at Rs3,500 per square metre, which was enhanced to Rs3,640 per square metre in 2017. Additionally, the district magistrate has also promised to give Rs5 lakh to each farmer family."
Aarushi Maheshwari,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",Photo shows how close flight came to crashing onto 4 planes,https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/aug/03/air-canada-near-miss-picture-shows-how-close-planes-came-to-crashing?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle#img-2 ,"Investigators have released pictures showing how close an Air Canada flight came to crashing onto four planes at a US airport last month. Its pilots mistakenly descended towards a taxiway, where four planes were parked, instead of the runway before aborting the landing. Investigators said the incident came within a few feet of becoming one of the worst aviation disasters.","Newly released data and photos show how shockingly low an Air Canada jet was when it pulled up to avoid crashing into planes waiting on a San Francisco international airport taxiway last month. The Air Canada pilots mistook the taxiway for the runway next to it and flew their jet to just 59ft (18m) above ground before pulling up to attempt another landing, according to National Transportation Safety Board information released on Wednesday.That?s barely taller than the four planes that were on the taxiway when the incident occurred late at night on 7 July. Pilots in a United plane alerted air traffic controllers about the off-course jet, while the crew of a Philippine Airlines jet behind it switched on their plane?s landing lights in an apparent last-ditch danger signal to Air Canada. NTSB investigators said they have not determined probable cause for the incident that came within a few feet of becoming one of the worst disasters in aviation history.?It was close, much too close,? said John Cox, a safety consultant and retired airline pilot.The investigators said that as the Air Canada jet approached the taxiway just before midnight after a flight from Toronto, it was so far off course that it did not appear on a radar system used to prevent runway collisions.Those systems were not designed to spot planes that are lined up to land on a taxiway a rare occurrence, especially for airline pilots. But the Federal Aviation Administration is working on modifications so they can, agency spokesman Ian Gregor said.Both pilots of the Air Canada Airbus A320 jet were very experienced. The captain, who was flying the plane, had more than 20,000 hours of flying time, and the co-pilot had about 10,000 hours.The pilots told investigators ?that they did not recall seeing aircraft on taxiway but that something did not look right to them,? the NTSB said.Investigators could not hear what the Air Canada captain and co-pilot said to each other during the aborted landing because their conversation was recorded over when the plane made other flights, starting with a San Francisco-to-Montreal trip the next morning. Recorders are required to capture only the last two hours of a plane?s flying time.Peter Fitzpatrick, a spokesman for Air Canada, declined to comment, citing the investigation. "
Aarushi Maheshwari,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",Sunbathers killed as plane hits them while landing on beach,https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/02/sunbathers-killed-as-light-plane-lands-on-beach-in-portugal-reports?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Two sunbathers, a 56-year-old man and an eight-year-old girl, were killed on Wednesday when a light plane struck them while making an emergency landing at a beach in Portugal. The others had run into the sea to save themselves. The two occupants of the plane, which appeared to be in difficulty and had a partly broken left wing, were unhurt.","Two people were killed when a light plane made an emergency landing on a beach near Lisbon, Portuguese authorities have said.The two sunbathers, a 56-year-old man and an eight-year-old girl, died while others ran into the sea when the plane came down on Wednesday.Hundreds of sunbathers were on the popular S�o Jo�o da Caparica beach, 12 miles (20km) to the south of Lisbon, at the time. Officials said they were not aware of any other injuries.?A plane with two people on board made an emergency landing on S�o Jo�o da Caparica beach, striking two sunbathers and causing their deaths,? Portugal?s national maritime authority said in a statement. ?It happened very fast, there was no chance to prepare ... to run,? Enrique Coelho, who was playing with his son at the beach and saw the plane crash, told local media.The victims were hit by the plane, the commander of the port of Lisbon, Jose Isabel, confirmed.The two occupants of the plane were unhurt and were being questioned by officers from Portugal?s national maritime police. The small aircraft, a Cessna, appeared to be in difficulty and wobbled as it skimmed low over the sunbathers, scattering them and spreading panic on the beach, witnesses said.The plane appeared to have a partly broken left wing, which hung lower than the right wing, according to Portuguese TV pictures. Local reports said the aircraft was registered to a flying school in Torres Vedras.The Portuguese newspaper Di�rio de Not�cias reported that the Aerocondor aviation school in Cascais had confirmed the aircraft ? a Cessna CS?AVA ? was ?on a training flight with one student and one senior instructor?, who had ?high experience and thousands of hours of flying time?.The dead girl was with her parents, who were unhurt, witnesses told local media. The plane passed over the dead man?s legs as he sunbathed on a towel, they said.One witness, Rita Rogado, 20, told the P�blico newspaper that the plane crashed right by the sea, dragging her along for a few metres in the sand. Some sunbathers said the plane appeared to be gliding, as they heard no engine noise.? This article was amended on 3 August 2017. An earlier version said S�o Jo�o da Caparica beach was 20 miles south of Lisbon. This has been corrected to 12 miles."
Nandini Sinha,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",Saudi-led coalition blocks fuel for UN aid planes to Yemen,http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/saudi-arabia-coalition-blocks-fuel-for-un-aid-planes-to-yemen/story-av01ESowfO270o05tVPqRM.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen is blocking deliveries of jet fuel to UN planes bringing humanitarian aid to the rebel-held capital Sanaa, UN officials said. Aid efforts were also hampered by delays and refusals of visas by the Yemeni government, officials added. The Saudi-led coalition has been involved in Yemen's civil war backing the Yemeni government against the Houthi rebels.","The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen is obstructing deliveries of jet fuel to UN planes bringing desperately-needed humanitarian aid to the rebel-held capital Sanaa, a UN official said Tuesday.Auke Lootsma, the country director of the UN Development Program, also reported an outbreak of meningitis in Yemen, compounding the cholera epidemic and the risk of famine in the world?s worst humanitarian crisis.The United Nations operates two humanitarian flights into Sanaa from Amman and Djibouti, but there is no jet fuel available in the Yemeni capital for the plane to make the return trip.?We have difficulties obtaining permission from the coalition and from the government of Yemen to transport this jet fuel to Sanaa to facilitate these flights,? Lootsma, the country director for the UN Development Program, told reporters by video-link from Sanaa.Asked why the jet fuel deliveries were blocked, Lootsma said: ?It?s a good question. I don?t have an answer.?The fuel must be delivered to Sanaa from the port of Aden, which is controlled by the Saudi-backed Yemeni government.The Saudi-led coalition has repeatedly been accused of blocking aid to Yemen, one of the Arab world?s poorest countries, which has been brought to its knees since the military campaign began in March 2015.Yemen?s health system has collapsed during the war pitting coalition forces backing the internationally recognized Yemeni government against Iran-backed Shiite Huthi rebels.Describing the situation as ?very bleak,? the UN official said there were ?several? new cases of meningitis detected in Yemen but he could not provide details.Aid efforts are also hampered by delays and refusals of visas, by the Yemeni government and by the rebels in control of Sanaa, he added.Lootsma said he saw ?no end in sight? for the war that has left thousands dead, seven million people at risk of famine and more than 400,000 ill from cholera."
Deepali Aggarwal,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",US tests unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile,http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-launches-unarmed-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-from-california-in-test/story-uhugKPYI4z0PvO3kNBKcMN.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The US Air Force on Wednesday successfully launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from California, the fourth such test this year. The test will show the readiness and effectiveness of the weapon system, officials said. The launch comes amid concerns over North Korea which recently tested two intercontinental ballistic missiles which it claims has the range to reach the US. ","The US Air Force successfully launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from California, the fourth such test this year.The 30th Space Wing says the Minuteman 3 missile launched at 2:10 a.m. Wednesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, about 130 miles (209 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles.An Air Force statement said the test would show the effectiveness, readiness, and accuracy of the weapon system.Minuteman missiles are regularly tested with launches from Vandenberg that send unarmed re-entry vehicles 4,200 miles (6,800 kilometers) across the Pacific to a target area at Kwajalein Atoll.However, the latest U.S. launches come amid tensions with North Korea as that nation develops its own ICBMs.Flight data on North Korea?s most recent test, conducted Friday, showed that a broad part of the mainland United States, including Los Angeles and Chicago, is now in range of Pyongyang?s weapons, according to analysts.In response, the U.S. Air Force flew two B-1 bombers over the Korean Peninsula on Sunday in a show of force. The U.S. also said it conducted a successful test of a missile defense system located in Alaska.Previous Minuteman ICBM launches this year were conducted in February, April and May. That month, the Air Force also conducted a test of a missile interceptor launched from Vandenberg. The interceptor destroyed a mock warhead over the Pacific."
Ankush Verma,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",German hiker found in Swiss Alps 30 yrs after disappearance,http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/german-hiker-found-in-swiss-alps-30-years-after-disappearance/story-SQtBFiDjtmSMSB4X3YshpJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The remains of a German hiker, who disappeared while climbing in the Swiss Alps 30 years ago, have been found embedded in a glacier, police officials said. The remains were found by two people climbing the Lagginhorn mountain, they added. Recently, bodies of a Swiss couple who went missing 75 years ago were found perfectly preserved in the Alps.","The remains of a German hiker who disappeared while climbing in the Swiss Alps 30 years ago has been found embedded in a glacier, police said on Wednesday. The find was made on July 25 by two people climbing the Lagginhorn mountain, in southern Switzerland, police said in a statement. A few hundred metres before reaching the peak, the hikers spotted ?a hand and two shoes?, area police said. Extracting the remains that day was impossible because of poor weather, but rescue workers arrived by helicopter the following day, removed the remains from the ice and brought them to a hospital in the capital Bern for identification. Test have confirmed the climber was a German national born in 1943 who disappeared on August 11, 1987. The discovery came just two days after a Swiss couple who disappeared while walking in the Alps in 1942 were found in a receding glacier."
Prashanti Moktan,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Veteran actor Dilip Kumar hospitalised in Mumbai,http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/dilip-kumar-hospitalised-due-to-kidney-complications-is-stable/story-EHsttfuTuuZ7thJdvypdvI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Veteran actor Dilip Kumar has been admitted to Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai, following kidney complications and dehydration. The doctors treating the 94-year-old actor have said that he is stable and currently recuperating in the general ward while adding, ""There is no cause for concern."" The veteran actor had also been hospitalised twice last year due to medical reasons.","Yesteryear superstar Dilip Kumar was rushed to Lilavati Hospital on Wednesday owing to kidney complications and dehydration.Doctors said he is stable and currently recuperating in the general ward. ?There is no cause of concern.??The major reason of his admission was dehydration, which simultaneously impacts other organs as well,? doctors at the hospital said.The 94-year-old Bollywood actor has been facing medical complications in recent years. Last year, he was hospitalised in April due to fever and nausea, and in December to treat a swelling in his right leg.Kumar has acted in over 65 films in his career spanning over six decades and is known for his iconic roles in movies like Devdas (1955), Naya Daur (1957), Mughal-e-Azam (1960), Ganga Jamuna (1961), Kranti (1981), and Karma (1986).He is also honored with Padma Bhushan in 1991, Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994 and India?s second highest civilian award, Padma Vibhushan, in 2015. The Government of Pakistan has honoured him with its highest civilian honour, the Nishan-e-Imtiaz, in 1997.Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Sonu Kumari,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",Mumbai has 2 out of 12 unique mangrove forests in India ,http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/two-mangroves-from-mumbai-region-on-list-the-12-unique-wetlands-in-india/story-EiVR3zcmlQBL2y19wYLMiJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Mangrove Society of India has listed Mumbai's two mangrove wetlands? Airoli and Vikhroli, among twelve unique mangrove forests in India. The twelve locations were selected to help conserve different mangrove species, and establish them as international tourism destinations, officials said. ""Mangrove forests can sequester carbon 10 times more than tropical forests,"" they added."," The Mangrove Society of India (MSI) has put two of Mumbai region?s mangroves   ? Airoli and Vikhroli wetlands ? among 12 unique mangrove forests in the country.Mangrove forests grow in creeks, estuaries, bays and lagoons and in inter-tidal areas ? area between the high tide and the low tide. Their ecosystem is believed to have evolved around 114 million years back in tropical and subtropical regions and India  has 3% (4,740 sq km) of the world?s mangrove cover. The unique mangroves located along India?s 7,516-km coastline are in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The world?s largest mangrove forests in Sunderbans, West Bengal, are also featured in the list. The list was released by the MSI and the Goa state biodiversity board  at the National Mangrove Conference in Dona Paula, Goa last week. Maharashtra is the only state to have a dedicated cell protecting its mangrove cover.?Mangroves are under threat from developmental projects and we are failing to understand the value of safeguarding the coastline from disasters and their economic value when it comes to tourism. We do not have the concept of preservation in India,? said Arvind Untawale, secretary, MSI. ?The idea behind selecting these 12 locations is to enhance conservation and protection of different mangrove species, the biodiversity and establish them as international tourism destinations.?He added that tigers in Sunderbans, saltwater crocodiles in Odisha, and birds, fish, crabs, and the unique flora present in this ecosystem are not getting enough attention from the Centre. ?There is great potential for adventure, research, information, conservation and management aspects, which the tourism sector needs to focus upon,? said Untawale.Mangroves in?Vikhroli. 
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						?What most people are unaware of is that India is home to a maximum number of flora and fauna species in the world,? said Dr K Kathiresan, former dean and director, Annamalai University and from the Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology. He added that of the total 4,060 species living in India?s mangroves, 969 are floral species, accounting for 24% of the biodiversity and the rest 3,091 are faunal species. ?Mangrove forests can sequester carbon 10 times more than tropical forests and carbon storage is four times more than tropical, temperate or boreal forests (coniferous forests),? said Dr Kathiresan.Experts said the tourism potential of mangroves in India, unlike many other countries in the world, is underexplored. ?We have to develop such spots for people to realise its importance. Tourism spots will not only help boost revenue but even their protection,? said N Vasudevan, additional principal chief conservator of forest, Maharashtra state mangrove cell. SAVING THE NATURAL COAST GUARDS While India has 3% of the world?s mangrove cover, environmentalists believe they are under threat from developmental projects. Here are the 12 unique mangrove forest locations selected for better conservation:Gulf of Kutch, GujaratEstablished in 1980 and 1982, the Gulf of Kutch Marine National Park (163 sq km) and Marine Sanctuary (295 sq km) are mangrove forests spread across 42 islands with rich marine and mangrove biodiversity. They are accessible from Jamnagar by boats that travel 10km to reach these areas. Vikhroli mangroves, MumbaiIt is one of the largest (2000ha) private mangrove forests in the country. More than 16 mangrove species, 82 butterfly species, 208 bird species, 13 crab species, 7 prawn species, 20 fish species and mammals like jackals, wild boards, mongoose, otters and leopards can be spotted at the mangrove ecosystem.Mangrove and Marine Biodiversity Centre, Airoli, Navi MumbaiThe centre, a pet project of the Maharashtra state mangrove cell, was completed and opened for public earlier this year. It is surrounded by a flamingo sanctuary that is spread over 1,690 ha, which includes 896 ha of mangroves and 794 ha of land adjacent to a water body, to safeguard more than 50,000 flamingos visiting every year.Achra, Maharashtra The mangroves near the fishing village of Achra are considered sacred.
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						Located near the fishing village of Achra, almost 30km away from Kankavli on the Mumbai-Goa highway, this is the most dense mangrove spot in the Konkan region. Here, the mangroves are considered sacred as the entire area is owned by Rameshwar temple trust. Dr Salim Ali Mangrove Sanctuary, GoaEstablished in 1982, a 250-hectare mangrove patch at Chodan, located very close to Panjim, is home to 16 mangrove species, more than 100 birds and large intertidal fauna. The area has boat facilities, walkways and observation towers for a closer look at the salt-tolerant plants.Kali Nadi, Karnataka With the Western Ghats in the background, the lush green mangrove cover along the Devbagh creek of the Kali Nadi estuary near Karwar, Karnataka, is considered the most sacred mangrove forests of the state. Kannur, Kerala Situated along the famous Kerala backwaters and not very far from Kochi, large portions (587 ha) of the Kannur mangrove forest were recently declared as reserved forests (highest protection status) after a significant mangrove cover was lost owing to developmental projects. However, several parts were restored by the forest department with man-made mangrove patches that cater to both marine and intertidal biodiversity.Pichavaram and Muthupet, Tamil NaduTwo mangrove spots along the Tamil Nadu coastline ? Pichavaran near Chidambaram and Muthupet near Pulicat Lake ? are fed with Vellary estuary waters and are rich in mangrove biodiversity. The forests are famous for natural genetic cross breeding of the Rhizophora mangrove species. Coringa and Krishna Wildlife Sanctuaries, Andhra PradeshThe Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary, situated on the mouth of the Godavari estuarine delta, has a mangrove expanse spread across 235.7 sq km. It was established in 1978 and is accessible by road and by boats from Vishakhapatnam. Established in 1999, the Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary in Guntur is spread across 195 sq km and located at the mouth of Krishna estuary.The Mahanadi estuarine in Odisha.
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						Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary and Kendrapada Mangroves, OdishaThe Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary, along the Mahanadi estuarine, is known to have the highest mangrove biodiversity in Asia and is famous for the estuarine crocodiles that are 22-feet-long. Spread across 145 sq km, the sanctuary was established in 1988. The Kendrapada mangroves have mangrove area of 133 sq km.Sunderbans Biosphere Reserve, West BengalSpread across a massive 1,40,000 ha land along the Ganges delta, the Sunderbans are the largest mangrove forests in the world between Bangladesh and West Bengal. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987. The swampy mangroves are also home to chitals, crocodiles, monitor lizards and several birds.Andaman and Nicobar IslandsTourists around teh mangroves in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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						Established between 1983 and 1986, two national parks ? Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park, Wandoor, south Andaman (281.5 sq km mangrove cover) and Rani Jhansi Marine National Park (256 sq km mangroves) ? have several islands with lush green mangrove cover and corals. Both locations are almost 30 km away from Port Blair. "
Arshiya Chopra,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",J&K cops ask Pak High Commission to claim LeT leader's body,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/j-k-police-approach-pakistan-high-commission-to-claim-abu-dujana-s-body/story-oJQ5ii31iAyyG1yFjTixCM.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Jammu and Kashmir Police have approached the Pakistan High Commission asking them to claim the body of Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Abu Dujana, who was killed by security forces on Tuesday. Notably, this is the first time the authorities have approached the High Commission asking them to claim the body of any Pakistani national killed in an anti-militancy operation in the state.","Jammu and Kashmir police approached the Pakistan high commission in Delhi and asked them to claim the body of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) divisional commander Abu Dujana, killed by the security forces on Tuesday.Munir Khan, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir told reporters on Tuesday that Pakistan high commission has been approached to claim the body of Dujana, who belonged to Gilgit-Baltistan area in Pakistan-administered part of Kashmir.This is for the first time the authorities have approached Pakistan high commission asking them to claim the body of any Pakistani national killed in anti-militancy operations in Jammu and Kashmir.?If they don?t claim his body, we will give him a proper burial,? the IGP said, adding that authorities wished Dujana?s parents should see their son before burial and for that reason the Commission had been approached.Police refused to hand over Dujana?s body to the civilians for burial. The senior police officer said ?there was no reason to hand over the body of somebody to locals who did not belong to the Kashmir Valley?.Meanwhile, hundreds of mourners attended the burial of the other LeT militant Arif Lalihaari killed on Tuesday with Abu Dujana in Hakripora village.Arif was buried in his native Lalihaar village of Pulwama districton Tuesday evening."
Niharika Prabhakar,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Amarnath Yatra attack mastermind to be Kashmir LeT chief,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/abu-ismail-abu-dujana-lashkar-chief-amarnath-yatra-attack-pulwama/1/1016647.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Abu Ismail, mastermind of the Amarnath Yatra attack, will reportedly replace Abu Dujana as the Kashmir division chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Dujana was killed by the security forces on Tuesday after a seven-hour gunfight in south Kashmir's Pulwama district. Notably, eight pilgrims were killed and 18 were injured in the Amarnath Yatra attack last month. ","Slain Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Abu Dujana will be replaced by Abu Ismail. Ismail will be the new Kashmir division chief of LeT after Dujana was killed by the security forces on Tuesday after a seven-hour gunfight in south Kashmir's Pulwama district. LeT commander Abu Ismail, a Pakistani national, was the mastermind of the deadly attack on Amarnath Yatra in which seven pilgrims, including six women, were killed and 19 were injured. Proactive operations have been launched, mainly in south Kashmir, to track down Ismail as investigations including communication intercepts have pointed out to his involvement in the attack on Amarnath pilgrims.Attack in Anantnag appears to be a reprisal for killing of several Lashkar militants including Bashir Lashkari in an encounter with security forces earlier this month. WHO WAS ABU DUJANA: (With inputs from Jitendra Bahadur Singh) Also read:Abu Dujana encounter: Jilted lover turned informer led security forces to LeT commander Top Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Abu Dujana killed in Pulwama encounter"
Deepali Aggarwal,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",US Prez Donald Trump called White House a real dump: Report,http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-president-donald-trump-calls-white-house-a-real-dump/story-y4dfxJJ5slVHT00hmbccyN.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Explaining his frequent visits to golf clubs, US President Donald Trump told his New Jersey golf club members that he spends so much time away from Washington DC because the White House is a 'real dump', according to reports. Notably, the White House is the most expensive house in the US and is worth almost $400 million. ","US President Donald Trump has called the White House a ?real dump?, and said that he preferred staying at his own properties rather than at the executive mansion, a media report said.The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the account, which appeared on the website Golf.com. The hotelier-turned-POTUS reportedly told members of his Trump National Golf Course in Bedminster, New Jersey, that he preferred staying at his own properties rather than at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, because the executive mansion is ?a real dump?, the Washington Post reported, citing the article on Golf.com as saying.Trump, in a May interview with Time magazine, had praised the White House for its ?beautiful kitchen?, ?amazing? phone system and ?incredible? historical furniture. ?People have no idea the beauty of the White House. The real beauty of the White House,? Trump earlier said.Meanwhile, taking aim at the US President, former first daughter Chelsea Clinton, who spent most of her teen years as a White House resident spoke out in support of the White House staff, thanking the ?ushers, butlers, maids, chefs, florists,? etc, for all the hard work they do.Representative Dina Titus, a Democrat, also urged Trump to take his family and move out of the White House if he was unhappy with conditions.Trump spent a good deal of time away from the White House, including 21 of his first 26 weekends, according to CNN count, mostly at his luxury Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida."
Deepali Aggarwal,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",Email prankster fooled fired Trump media chief thrice,https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/01/british-email-prankster-fools-white-house-officials-into-replying?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A self-styled email prankster, known as @SINON_REBORN on Twitter, has fooled recently-fired White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci thrice. The prankster fooled Scaramucci by posing as recently-fired Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, as a Russian envoy and finally as one of his friends. The prankster said he targeted Scaramucci because he had used mental health issues as a ""put down"".","A suspected British prankster appears to have conned White House officials including Anthony Scaramucci into replying to him after pretending in email correspondence to be several different members of the Trump team.The man, who goes by the Twitter handle @SINON_REBORN, posed as Jared Kushner well enough to convince homeland security adviser Tom Bossert to reply to him, according to CNN. Bossert included his personal email address in the exchange.Named director of communications after having been denied a White House role earlier, the New York financier and Republican fundraiser promptly�threatened to fire everyone in his team�over leaks. He also staged a combative and�contradictory�briefing room debut and talkshow tour; sought to bat away questions about�suspiciously liberal pronouncements�in his past and support for Trump?s Republican enemies;�deleted tweets; warred openly with the former chief of staff, Reince Priebus, and seemingly forced him out; compared the struggle to take healthcare away from millions of Americans to�Lincoln?s battle against slavery; poured obscene invective about leakers, Priebus and Steve Bannon�down the phone to a New Yorker reporter; missed the birth of his son;�saw his wife file for divorce; and was asked to resign.Trump?s first national security adviser ? one of four generals the president has employed ?�resigned�after it was revealed he misled Vice-President Mike Pence over his contacts with Russians during the election campaign. It was later reported that Yates had�warned�the White House Flynn was vulnerable to Russian blackmail.The most shocking firing of them all.�Trump sacked his FBI director, by messenger rather than in person, as congressional and justice department investigations into links between Trump aides and Russia gathered pace. Lest anyone retain any doubt about why Trump pressed the big red button, he told NBC in a primetime interview the firing was tied to ?this Russia thing?. The reverberations will be felt for some time yet.The long-suffering but loyal surrogate for the president�handed in his resignationin response to Scaramucci?s appointment. A Republican insider and Priebus ally, he never settled into the press secretary role after�an infamous debut�in which he angrily insisted Trump?s fantastic version of crowd sizes at the inauguration were true. Achieving by way of Melissa McCarthy?s�lethal Saturday Night Live impression�a somewhat dubious celebrity, his days at the White House were long rumoured to be numbered. His departure on a point of principle having seemingly been justified only 10 days later, he may now claim a sort of hollow vindication.The former Republican National Committee chair stayed loyal ? at least in public ? to Trump through Friday,�when he was told his time was up. He stayed loyal after handing in his resignation too, rhapsodising about the president and his mission in interviews with CNN and, of course, Fox News. But it seemed Priebus?s card had alway been marked, less over his initial blocking of Scaramucci, which enraged the Mooch, or by his closeness to the House speaker, Paul Ryan, than by his private advice to Trump to quit the presidential race after 8 October, when the infamous Access Hollywood ?Gropegate? tape was published. The Washington Post reported that Priebus was thus never considered a member of the ?Oct 8th coalition?, a name for the inner cabal of Trumpites who have never wavered, however low their boss?s reputation has sunk.The man also fooled Scaramucci, the White House communications director who was fired on Monday, by pretending to be Reince Priebus, the former Trump administration chief of staff with whom he was believed to be in open warfare.In a series of emails, the man posing as Priebus baited Scaramucci, accusing him of being ?breathtakingly hypocritical? and saying ?at no stage have you acted in a way that is remotely classy?.Scaramucci responded: ?You know what you did. We all do. Even today. But rest assured we were prepared. A Man would apologize.?The heated exchange continued, with the prankster writing: ?I can?t believe you are questioning my ethics! The so called ?Mooch?, who can?t even manage his first week in the White House without leaving upset in his wake. I have nothing to apologize for.?Scaramucci replied: ?Read Shakespeare. Particularly Othello. You are right there. My family is fine by the way and will thrive. I know what you did. No more replies from me.? The White House has confirmed it is looking into the matter. ?We take all cyber related issues very seriously and are looking into these incidents further,? press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told CNN.Reince (me) giving @Scaramucci something to think about. He never replied haha pic.twitter.com/hutjACmogRAn excerpt of what I emailed to @Scaramucci whilst playing the part of Jon Huntsman Jr. Apparently this didn't seem out of the ordinary?! ?? pic.twitter.com/6INHJi3KCDThe man, who described himself as a ?lazy anarchist? on his Twitter profile, told CNN that his actions were meant to be ?humorous? not malicious.?I?m not trying to get the keys to the vault or anything like that.?He has previously convinced Scaramucci that he was the ambassador to Russia-designate Jon Hunstman and tricked Hunstman himself into believing he was the president?s son Eric Trump. He also fleetingly convinced Eric Trump he was his brother, Donald Jr. "
Ankush Verma,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",UK-based doctor charged with 118 sexual offences,https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/02/doctor-from-romford-charged-with-118-sexual-offences?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A UK-based doctor, Manish Shah, has been charged with 118 sexual offences, the Metropolitan Police said on Wednesday. Shah has been accused of 65 counts of assault by penetration and 52 allegations of sexual assault, police officials added. He has also been charged with one count of sexual assault on a child under 13.","A GP who practised in east London has been charged with 118 sexual offences. Manish Shah, of Brunel Close in Romford, is accused of 65 counts of assault by penetration and 52 allegations of sexual assault, the Metropolitan police said. The 47-year-old is also charged with one count of sexual assault on a child under 13. The offences were alleged to have occurred at a GP practice between June 2004 and July 2013 and relate to 54 victims.The charges announced on Wednesday follow a long-running investigation into Shah. He has been bailed several times, having first been arrested in 2013.He is due to appear at Barkingside magistrates court on Thursday 31 August. Shah is registered as a doctor working with the national health service. The police investigation began over four years ago, after claims of sexual assault were made to detectives, and uncovered a series of allegations concerning alleged sexual offences.Specialist detectives from Scotland Yard?s sexual abuse command have been involved in investigating the claims. The decision to bring a series of criminal charges against Shah was authorised by the Crown Prosecution Service.The NHS has set up a dedicated number for any individuals who may have concerns or questions on 0800 011 4253."
Deepali Aggarwal,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",Trump campaign was dysfunctional for any collusion: Kushner,http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/jared-kushner-says-trump-campaign-was-too-dysfunctional-to-collude-with-russia/story-8VnUqogIPcLWhSDld1UGDI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"US President Donald Trump's campaign could not have colluded with Russia because the team was too dysfunctional and disorganised to coordinate with a foreign government, the President's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner has claimed. Notably, Kushner had acknowledged four meetings with Russians during and after Trump's presidential bid and insisted that he had ""nothing to hide"". ","President Donald Trump?s son-in-law says the Trump campaign couldn?t have colluded with Russia because the team was too dysfunctional and disorganised to coordinate with a foreign government.Jared Kushner, a senior adviser to the president, made the comment Monday during a closed-door session with congressional interns.A Democratic congressional aide says Kushner was responding to a question about Special Counsel Robert Mueller?s investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow.ForeignPolicy.com first reported Kushner?s remarks. The aide was knowledgeable of the meeting and confirmed the accuracy of the comments.Last week, Kushner met privately at the Capitol with members of the Senate and House intelligence committees.He acknowledged four meetings with Russians during and after Trump?s victorious White House bid and insisted that he had ?nothing to hide.?"
Deepali Aggarwal,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",Imran Khan accused of harassing women party leaders,http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/pakistan-pti-lawmaker-ayesha-gulalai-accuses-imran-khan-of-harassing-women-party-leaders/story-CJtab5yD6hPhysSKeMj7XJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A woman lawmaker of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, Ayesha Gulalai, has accused party leader Imran Khan of harassing women leaders in the party and sending them obscene text messages. ""My integrity matters to me the most and I cannot compromise when it comes to my honour and dignity,"" Gulalai said announcing her resignation from the party. ","A woman parliamentarian of Imran Khan?s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has stirred up a major row by accusing the cricketer-turned-politician of sending her ?obscene? text messages and harassing women leaders of the party.Ayesha Gulalai, elected to the National Assembly in 2013 from a reserved seat for women in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, also announced her decision to quit the PTI because she could not compromise on her honour and dignity.Addressing a news conference in Islamabad on Tuesday, Gulalai said the ?honour? of women in the PTI is not safe because of 64-year-old Khan, whom she called a ?fake Pathan?. Gulalai, who hails from the conservative South Waziristan tribal region and is the sister of leading squash player Maria Toorpakai, said Khan is a ?characterless person? who considers himself an angel but his conduct is ?highly indecent?. There was no response to the allegations from Khan though PTI spokesman Fawad Chaudhry dismissed Gulalai?s allegations and claimed she had ?sold her soul? for money.The lawmaker said she had received numerous text messages from Khan, and the first one was sent from his Blackberry in October 2013. She declined to read out the messages but asked journalists to contact the telecom authority in this context. She urged the Supreme Court to take notice of the matter for the sake of the honour of women members of the PTI as there is speculation that Khan might one day become the prime minister. Gulalai said her decision to quit the PTI had nothing to do with a case regarding Khan?s assets that is being heard by the Supreme Court. ?The criterion for awarding party tickets is entirely different in the PTI,? she said.She said she had the courage to come out against Khan and his clan as she is a brave Pathan and honour was more important to her. The lawmaker went on to say that Khan was more impressed by Western culture and wanted to replicate it in Pakistan.?Their change is confined to social media while workers like me work on the ground, whom they call inferior workers. When I used to attend meetings, Imran Khan gave tips on how to ridicule rivals and target them,? she said.Gulalai also accused the PTI government in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of corruption and said chief minister Pervez Khattak was acting like a ?mafia boss?.She rejected reports that she was joining the PML-N party of former premier Nawaz Sharif but praised him for respecting women.  "
Deepali Aggarwal,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",JK Rowling apologises for tweets against Donald Trump,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rowling-apologises-for-false-accusation-of-trump/1/1015979.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,Harry Potter author JK Rowling has apologised for a series of tweets in which she falsely accused US President Donald Trump of refusing to shake the hand of a child in a wheelchair during an event last week. Rowling was slammed for not removing the tweets from her social media account after her comments were proved to be incorrect. ,"London, Aug 1 (PTI) Renowned Harry Potter author J K Rowling has apologised for wrongly accusing US President Donald Trump of refusing to shake the hand of a 3-year-old disabled child during an event. The 52-year-old British novelist, best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series, said yesterday that she deleted her July 28 tweets after she was informed that they were ""not a full or accurate representation"" of what had happened at last Mondays health care event at the White House. Rowling came under fire for a series of now-deleted tweets in which she slammed Trump for seeming to ignore Montgomery Weers outstretched hand. ""How stunning, and how horrible, that Trump cannot bring himself to shake the hand of a small boy who only wanted to touch the president,"" the author had said. But Marjorie Kelly Weer, mother of Montgomery, said Rowlings interpretation of the clip was wrong. ""Re: my tweets about the small boy in a wheelchair whose proffered hand the president appeared to ignore in press footage. Multiple sources have informed me that that was not a full or accurate representation of their interaction,"" Rowling tweeted. ""I very clearly projected my own sensitivities around the issue of disabled people being overlooked or ignored onto the images I saw and if that caused any distress to that boy or his family, I apologise unreservedly,"" she wrote. Trump is said to have shaken the boys hand as the president entered the room, the BBC reported. ""If someone can please get a message to JK Rowling: Trump didnt snub my son & Monty wasnt even trying to shake his hand,"" Kelly wrote on Facebook. "
Ayushi Ahluwalia,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Central Delhi air has considerable PM1 pollutant: Study,http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/tiny-and-dangerous-pollutant-pm1-aplenty-in-central-delhi-air-says-safar-study/story-4P3Z0wXYKHrbKHWh9d14fI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Substantial presence of PM1, reportedly the most dangerous particulate matter, has been found in areas around Delhi's Lodhi Road, a study by System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research said. Its presence in the Central Delhi area may be attributed to the huge flow of vehicles since the particulate matter is a product of vehicular pollution, reports said. ","A recent study has found a substantial presence in the ultrafine particulate matter PM1, a dangerous pollutant, in Central Delhi.The PM 1 particle is 70 times finer than the thickness of a human hair, goes directly into the bloodstream and is potentially more dangerous than the more well known PM2.5 and PM10 pollutants. And no one knows how much of it is in the air we breathe.The Lodhi Road monitoring station of the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) under the Ministry of Earth Sciences has recorded the average volume of PM1 during summer, winter and the monsoon at about 46, 49 and 20 micrograms per cubic metres, respectively. The data from the year 2016 is collected in the only station that has the technology, says Gufran Beig, project director of SAFAR.The safe standards of PM1 have not been defined yet, in the absence of which its potentially harmful effects have not been documented. Globally, too, there might not be a standard but PM1 is considered the most dangerous among all particulate matter, particularly because of its size. It measures around 1 micron or less in diameter and can enter deep into the lungs and bloodstream.According to a Central Pollution Control Board 2010 study, small particulate matter can reach the alveolar region, causing heart ailments. These fine particles cover a large surface area, absorb toxic compounds such as heavy metals and organic compounds with high carbon content, the study said.These particles ? spewed primarily from vehicles, factories and construction sites ? are not dispersed and stay suspended in the air.But why is the air in Central Delhi flooded with these particulates??PM1 is a major product of vehicular combustion. Roads in and around the Lodhi Road area like other parts of Lutyens? Delhi see a huge flow of vehicles. This might be the reason behind the prevalence of this finer particulate matter. It also depends on where the station is located, the dispersion capacity, meteorological factors, among others,? Dr Dipankar Saha, additional director and head of the Air Laboratory at the CPCB told Hindustan Times."
Radhika Chugh,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",Congress workers booked for violence at Ghaziabad Haj House,http://www.hindustantimes.com/noida/ghaziabad-police-deployed-outside-haj-house-fir-lodged-against-congress-workers/story-mdWffLyNyfG1rdVvdazSJP.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,The Ghaziabad Police has booked 14 people including 3 Congress workers for resorting to violence during protests in front of the Ala Hazrat Haj House on Monday. Nearly 500 protesters had pelted stones at the police during the protest demanding that the facility be opened to pilgrims immediately. The facility has remained sealed since its inauguration last year.,"The Ghaziabad police arrested three persons and lodged an FIR under sections of the IPC and Criminal Law Amendment Act against them. Also, 14 persons were booked for causing damage to public property.The police have also named the involvement of 300-400 unidentified persons for inciting violence near ?Ala Hazrat Haj House? on Monday night.Those arrested include Naseem Khan, district president of Congress? minority cell and Puja Chaddha, the district president of Congress? women?s cell. Other Congress leaders have also been named in the FIR, in which the police alleged that 14 police personnel, including four sub-inspectors and a woman constable, were injured.?The FIR is lodged at Sahibabad police station and we have arrested three persons in this connection. Teams are on the lookout for other persons and trying to identify them through video footage,? Akash Tomar, superintendent of police (city), said.A large number of locals and Congress workers started gathering outside the Haj House near river Hindon from Monday afternoon, despite prohibitory orders in place in the district. The police also charged them under Section 188 of the IPC, which is applied only when prohibitory orders are violated.?Naseem Khan and Puja Chaddha are not traceable. We will protest against the police and the administration and will also hand them a memorandum about the lathi charge carried out by police on innocent people who were staging a peaceful dharna outside the Haj House. There were some miscreants who resorted to violence but they were outsiders,? said Harendra Kasana, district president of the Congress.For the last one week, since the Haj pilgrimage is on, locals have been demanding that the newly constructed Haj House, which was inaugurated by former UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav in September 2016, be opened.However, the Haj House is caught up in litigation after three residents approached the National Green Tribunal and demanded its demolition, contending that the structure was built on land chunks of the Hindon floodplains.The tribunal on September 2, 2016, had said in its order, ?We make it clear that any steps or construction taken in the meanwhile shall be subject to the orders of the Tribunal passed in this Application (sic).?Earlier on July 27, Hindustan Times had published a report listing the reasons for closure of the facility. In response, UP minister Mohsin Raza had said that the decision not to make the Haj House operational was taken by the previous government (led by former Akhilesh Yadav) and the present government is continuing the same.?The decision was already taken by the previous government as the matter was with NGT even before the present government assumed office. The decision was taken to protect the environment and the river ecology. The influx of thousands of pilgrims is bound to create garbage issues in the river zone. This decision was taken earlier to avoid being in contempt of court,? Raza had said.In the meantime, the district administration has deployed police and provincial armed constabulary personnel outside the Haj House and are keeping a tight vigil on activities that may lead to an escalation of law and order."
Deepali Aggarwal,"03 Aug 2017,Thursday",Donald Trump ready for war with North Korea: US Senator,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/us-senator-says-trump-ready-for-war-with-north-korea/story-IK2zr0hTFIFs3yK9SnNcPL.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has said that US President Donald Trump has told him they would rather go to war to destroy North Korea than allow it to develop nuclear-armed missiles. Adding that he prefers a diplomatic approach to solve the North Korean threat, Graham claimed, ""There is a military option. To destroy North Korea's programme and North Korea itself.""","A Republican senator said Tuesday that US President Donald Trump has told him he would go to war to destroy North Korea rather than allow it to develop a long-range nuclear-armed missile.Influential lawmaker Lindsey Graham, a foreign policy hawk, told NBC?s Today Show: ?There is a military option: To destroy North Korea?s programme and North Korea itself.?Last week, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un boasted that his country could now strike any target in the United States after carrying out its latest intercontinental ballistic missile test.World powers have been trying to stifle Pyongyang?s weapons programme through United Nations-backed sanctions, but have failed to daunt the regime and Washington is growing frustrated.Graham said if diplomacy, and in particular pressure from the North?s neighbour China, fails to halt the programme then the United States will have no choice but to take devastating military action.?They?ve kicked the can down the road for 20 years. There will be a war with North Korea over the missile program if they continue to try to hit America with an ICBM,? he said, describing his discussions with Trump.?He?s told me that. I believe him. If I were China, I would believe him, too, and do something about it. You can stop North Korea, militarily or diplomatically.?I prefer the diplomatic approach. But they will not be allowed to have a missile to hit America with a nuclear weapon on top.? "
Daisy Mowke,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Sunil Pal accuses director Bazmee of non-payment of dues,http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/sunil-pal-to-take-legal-action-against-anees-bazmee-and-friend-both-call-his-allegation-false/story-Y8PNBRvvCbCllTnq3a2YeM.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Comedian Sunil Pal, in a Facebook video, has accused filmmaker Anees Bazmee and his friend Mayur Barot of not paying Sunil his fees for a stage show. He said he had been invited by them to perform at a family function eight months ago. Sunil added that he is planning to take legal action against them.","After accusing director Anees Bazme and his friend and associate Mayur Barot for non-payment of dues, comedian Sunil Pal is now planning to take legal action against both of them. However, Anees completely denies the charges. ?About eight months back I was asked by Anees Bazmee and his friend Mayur Barot to perform at a family function (in Mumbai). They told me I will be paid a certain amount later. But I never got my payment. And while Anees Bazmi got busy with his film, Mubarakan, Barot kept on telling me that they were getting a cheque drawn out for me. After so much of drama when nothing happened, I even messaged Anees Bazmi saying that I am planning to file a police compliant. I was shocked when he replied that I can do whatever I want to and that it won?t affect him,? says Sunil, adding both of them even said that they would cast him in their films but that too never happened. Meanwhile, the comedian-actor also contacted Cine And TV Artistes Association (CINTAA) and they had asked him to come with a written complaint. But Sunil never went to the cops because he thought that filing a case would take too much time. He therefore decided to make a video with a message for Bazmee and shared it on his Facebook page. In the video he says that he is sorry that Mubarakan didn?t work, and that its God?s way of showing justice to those who wrong others.?I made the video and sent it to Anees Bazmee around noon on Monday but he didn?t reply. So I thought I must upload it on Facebook. Some people have come to my support. Now I am planning to take legal action against both of them. I won?t let them get away like this,? adds Sunil of The Great Indian Laughter Challenge fame.Director Anees Bazmee denied the allegation brought against him by Sunil Pal.When we got in touch with Bazmee he said that the deal happened between Mayur and Sunil and he has nothing to do in it. ?I was just a mediator, who introduced them, beyond that I know nothing. Why will I do something like this for such a small amount? Sunil used to visit my Mumbai office and he was looking for work. Also I never promised to cast him in my film,? says the Welcome Back (2015) director. Voicing a similar opinion, Barot points out that the reason Sunil has dragged Bazmee?s name is because he is a well-known person. ?Sir (Anees Bazmi) has nothing to do with it. Sunil was looking for work and wanted to perform at this function. There was no discussion regarding remuneration. But then after sometime he said he wants his payment and even used foul language when I refused. His false accusation is defamatory for someone like me who is just starting his journey (he is producing Remo Dsouza?s film Nawabzade) in Bollywood. I just wanted to help Sunil, but it backfired,? adds Barot. Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Chhavi Tyagi,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Rakshabandhan compulsory for employees in Daman and Diu,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/rakshabandhan-compulsory-in-daman-and-diu-women-employees-to-tie-rakhis-to-male-colleagues/story-E5h5U1ZDJii5zFpLXWRkhJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Administration of Union Territory Daman and Diu has issued a circular making it compulsory for all employees to celebrate Rakshabandhan by asking women employees to tie rakhis on the wrist of male colleagues. ""It has been decided to celebrate the festival of Rakshabandhan on August 7. In this connection, all offices/departments shall remain open,"" the circular read.","The Daman and Diu administration on Wednesday withdrew a circular that asked women staff to tie rakhis on male colleagues after the order triggered a backlash from employees and was ripped apart on social media.The union territory?s administration was forced to retreat within 24 hours of issuing the circular that made it compulsory for its staff to celebrate Rakshabandhan at workplace.?It has been decided to celebrate the festival of Rakshabandhan on August 7. In this connection, all offices/ departments shall remain open and celebrate the festival collectively at a suitable time wherein all the lady staff shall tie rakhis to their colleagues,? the order, issued on August 1 by Gurpreet Singh, deputy secretary (personnel), had said.To ensure that no one skipped office, an attendance report was to be sent to the government the next evening.The two notifications ? one mandating the celebration of Rakshabandhan (left) and the other withdrawing the mandate (right) ? were issued by the Daman and Diu administration a day apart. The circular was withdrawn through a one-line order issued late in the evening by the UT?s department of personnel and administrative reforms.?The circular is ridiculous. There are sensitivities involved. How can the government dictate who I should tie rakhi to? We should maintain the professionalism of a workplace? an official told Hindustan Times earlier in the day. She refused to be identified.The notice was issued on Daman and Diu administrator and former Gujarat home minister Praful Kodabhai Patel?s direction, sources said.Rakshabandhan, a celebration of the bond between brothers and sisters, is one of several Hindu festivities and rituals that are no longer confined of private, family affairs but have become tools to push politic al ideologies.In 2014, the year BJP stormed to power at the Centre, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat said the festival had ?national significance? and should be celebrated widely ?to protect Hindu culture and live by the values enshrined in it?. The RSS is the ideological parent of the ruling BJP.Last year, women ministers in the Modi government went to the border areas to celebrate the festival with soldiers. A year before, all cabinet ministers were asked to go to their constituencies for the festival."
Ankush Verma,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",N Korea travel ban to take effect from September 1: US,http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/travel-ban-american-citizens-can-t-visit-north-korea-from-september-1/story-aGsIJb7WyXWw3ruGq7hlvO.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The United States on Wednesday announced that the ban prohibiting its citizens from travelling to North Korea will take effect from September 1. ""All United States passports are declared invalid for travel to, in, or through the DPRK unless specially validated for such travel,"" the restriction read. The ban will remain in effect for one year.","The United States on Wednesday officially set September 1 as the start date for a ban prohibiting its citizens from travelling to North Korea.?The department of state has determined that the serious risk to United States nationals of arrest and long-term detention represents imminent danger to the physical safety of United States nationals travelling to and within the Democratic People?s Republic of Korea (DPRK),? read the restriction as it appeared on Wednesday in the US government?s federal register.?All United States passports are declared invalid for travel to, in, or through the DPRK unless specially validated for such travel,? it added.An exemption was noted for approved humanitarian travel and for journalists in some circumstances. The ban is to remain in effect for one year, unless it is revoked sooner by US secretary of state Rex Tillerson.The travel ban was first announced last month in the wake of the death of American student Otto Warmbier who fell into a coma after being imprisoned by Pyongyang during a tourist visit.Warmbier, 22, a student at the University of Virginia, died in June after being held for more than a year on charges of stealing a propaganda poster from a North Korean hotel - and sent home in a mysterious coma that proved fatal.After his death, President Donald Trump said he was determined to ?prevent such tragedies from befalling innocent people at the hands of regimes that do not respect the rule of law or basic human decency.?Warmbier?s death added to already high tensions in the region over North Korea?s weapons ambitions, culminating in two successful test launches by Pyongyang in recent weeks of an intercontinental ballistic missile that experts say could reach US territory."
Manaya Bagga,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",In govt interest to protect jobs at Air India: FM Jaitley,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/it-is-in-govts-interest-to-protect-jobs-at-air-india-jaitley/1/1016498.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that a ""proper decision"" would be taken on Air India's future and it would be in government's interest to protect jobs at the airline. Noting that the airline has debt of over ?50,000 crore, he said it is ""not small"" and ""now we have to decide what has to be done with Air India"".","New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said a ""proper decision"" would be taken on Air Indias future in a competitive market and that it would be in the governments interest to protect jobs at the airline. His remarks come at a time when a group of ministers headed by him is working on the modalities for the divestment of loss-making Air India. In a competitive market, challenges are different and a ""proper decision"" would be taken on what Air India has to do in such a market, Jaitley said in the Lok Sabha. ""Is mein karmchariyon ke services bachee rahen, is mein hamara bhi swarth hai (It will be in the interest of the government to protect the jobs at Air India),"" he said while replying to a discussion on Supplementary Demands for Grants. Noting that the airline has a debt of Rs 50,0000-55,000 crore which is ""not small"", he said, ""now we have to decide what has to be done with the Air India"". He also wondered for how long can tax collected from the public be given to the public sector airline. The previous UPA government had extended bailout package worth little over Rs 30,000 crore to the national carrier for a 10-year period starting from 2012. "
Manaya Bagga,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday","Firm loses ?1,690cr in value as boss fired over 'misconduct'",https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/aug/01/aa-shares-plunge-as-boss-is-fired-for-gross-misconduct?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"UK roadside repair firm AA on Tuesday lost over �200 million (nearly ?1,690 crore) or nearly a fifth of its value. This came after shares fell as much as 18% during the day after it fired its Executive Chairman Bob Mackenzie with immediate effect for 'gross misconduct'. However, his son said he resigned over an 'extremely distressing mental health issue'. ","The AA has fired its boss, Bob Mackenzie, for ?gross misconduct?, with immediate effect, wiping nearly a fifth off the value of the company and making it the biggest faller in the FTSE 250.?Bob Mackenzie has been removed by the board from his role as executive chairman, from his other roles and as a director and as an employee of the company, for gross misconduct,? the AA said.A spokesperson for the roadside repair company said the sacking was a ?personal conduct related matter?, but gave no further details. It is not believed to involve fraud.However, a statement attributed by the Times to Mackenzie?s son, Peter Mackenzie, said his father had a serious health issue and had resigned. The statement said his father had tendered his resignation and resigned his directorships due to acute ill health. ?He is very unwell and has been admitted to hospital,? it said. ?The family trusts that all parties will act responsibly towards a loyal servant of the company in a manner which reflects the stress he has been suffering.?The company declined to comment beyond its initial statement.The shock announcement sent shares down as much as 18% at one point. The shares closed down 14%, wiping about �200m off the value of the company.Mackenzie, 65, has been executive chairman of the AA since 2014, when he was instrumental in a stock market flotation of the company. His previous roles include chairman and chief executive of National Car Parks and its subsidiary Green Flag, a rival car breakdown business.The AA said Mackenzie?s responsibilities would be split, with Simon Breakwell, a non-executive director since 2014 and a founder of the travel company Expedia, appointed as acting chief executive. John Leach, who was senior independent director, has been appointed as chairman.The company had already announced plans to split the combined roles of executive chairman, with the aim of appointing a chief executive.In a trading update published alongside the announcement of Mackenzie?s departure, the AA said it was confident about the company?s long-term prospects but its financial performance in the first half of 2017 had been hit by a number of factors.?The financial performance in the first six months has been negatively impacted by the effect of erratic work load patterns on an inherently fixed cost base. This was especially true in June and July which saw significant spikes in demand.?We now expect the full-year performance to be broadly in line with that of the last financial year.?The AA said paid members totalled 3.33 million in the first six months of the year, an increase of 6,000 compared with the same period a year earlier. The company would publish first-half results on 26 September. ?At that stage, Simon Breakwell will be in a position to provide an update on our plans,? the company said.Analysts at Liberum noted their surprise at Mackenzie?s departure, adding that they ?do not believe that it is fraud-related?.They revised down their expectations for full-year earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation by 3% to �403m, but said the company had made progress in some areas. ?After the accelerated [stock market listing] in July 2014, management had acquired a strategic asset akin to a desirable residence in Mayfair, where the plumbing and electrics were in need of investment,? the Liberum analysts said. ?We now believe that the face-lift is largely complete.?Some of the key metrics are generally encouraging, although that may be lost today. The transformation may have taken longer but there is tangible evidence of improvement.?The AA said that existing board member Andrew Blowers would replace John Leach as senior independent director, while Martin Clarke continues as finance director."
Daisy Mowke,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday","Ramdev, Sonakshi to judge bhajan reality show: Reports",http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/baba-ramdev-sonakshi-sinha-to-judge-bhajan-reality-show-om-shanti-om-lifetv/1/1016890.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"According to reports, yoga guru Ramdev and actress Sonakshi Sinha will be part of the judging panel on upcoming reality show 'Om Shanti Om'. The show will be aired on Life OK, which is set to re-brand itself as Star Bharat. The judging panel will also include singers Shekhar Ravjiani and Kanika Kapoor. ","Life OK, which is geared up to re-brand itself as Star Bharat is coming up with a unique reality show. They have collaborated with Colosceum Media, that has produced shows like Roadies, Splitsvilla and MasterChef to launch a bhajan reality show.� The show will be judged by Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha, music director Shekhar Ravjiani and singer Kanika Kapoor. Aparshakti Khurana, who was last seen in Super Night with Tubelight will host the show. According to reports, the shoot has already begun. Their first shoot was held on Tuesday at a studio in Powai, where actor Ranveer Singh was the first guest on the show with guest performances by Naagin actress Mouni Roy and rapper Badshah. ""It's a youth-oriented show and the contestants will be singing bhajans and devotional songs set to contemporary tunes. Sonakshi is the perfect combination of the traditional and the modern. She also has a great connect with youngsters,"" informed a source to Times of India. "
Tanya Dhingra,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Ask psychiatrist why Censors fear female sexuality: Shah,http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/naseeruddin-shah-censor-board-is-afraid-of-female-sexuality-on-screen/story-wuoz4yYtwM3ZdXy4Di442I.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Actor Naseeruddin Shah, while talking about the controversy around 'Lipstick Under My Burkha', said that one needs to ask a psychiatrist why the Censor Board is afraid of female sexuality on screen. He added, ""It's very frightening to see that the Censor Board can do whatever it wants and practise its biases openly and ban films that it doesn't like.""","Naseeruddin Shah has watched the film Lipstick Under My Burkha, starring his wife Ratna Pathak Shah, twice. And the veteran actor can?t figure out why the film was initially denied certification by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), aka Censor Board. ?I really don?t know what problem they had with the film. I think they have a problem with female sexuality being portrayed on screen. What the film?s success has done is that it has shown [the Censor Board] up, and what they thought about the film. I have seen the film twice, and it?s a wonderfully made film that talks about what?s going on in society. I don?t know why the Censor Board had a problem with that,? he quips. The CBFC letter informing the filmmakers that certification wouldn?t be given had called the film ?lady-oriented?, a perplexing word that drew much ridicule from filmmakers and actors. Afterwards, the Lipstick team got the required clearance from a parallel body. This has been one of the most high-profile tussles between the Censor Board and film teams in recent memory.With Lipstick?s release stalled for almost six months, director Alankrita Shrivastava and her team fought to get a clean chit, and finally received it from the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal, which asked for 16 cuts in the film. Naseeruddin Shah says, ?One has to ask a psychiatrist as to why they are afraid of [female sexuality] on screen. It?s very frightening to see that the Censor Board can do whatever it wants and practise its biases openly and ban films that it doesn?t like. But the success of such films prove that no one is bothered about what the Censor Board or the doubters think about [these] films.?Shah also criticises the Censor Board for being dictatorial. ?For starters,? he says, ?they are supposed to give a film a certificate; they are no authority to ban a film, or stay its release. But then they claim to be someone who can do that. Their narrow-minded approach affects the film industry. But nothing has been done about it.?Follow @htshowbiz for more "
Tanya Dhingra,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Sleeping on film sets is a gifted moment in script: Big B,http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/sleeping-on-set-is-gifted-moment-in-script-amitabh-bachchan/story-srwr3s2Houiqxc7bHdQUcJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Amitabh Bachchan has said that the opportunity of catching up on sleep on a film's set for actors is a rare and gifted moment in the script. While sharing a picture of him sleeping for a film scene, Bachchan added, ""My sleep was genuine, they actually had to come and wake me up to tell me that it was over.""","Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan, who is currently shooting for his upcoming film ?102 Not Out?, says sleeping on a film?s set is a gifted moment in the script for an actor.?Sleep -- that mechanism that has been a constant in us all... like taking in air to breathe and survive... And the opportunity of catching up with its loss, on set is a gifted moment in the script, rare but so welcome,? Amitabh wrote on his blog on Monday night. Amitabh also shared a photograph of himself from a film?s set, where he was seen taking a nap. The 74-year-old actor is seen wearing a white kurta pyjama, socks and a monkey cap in the image.  The Piku actor said that with the lighting on the set, one actually goes of to sleep. ?One actually goes to sleep, while the lighting and the action and the scene is being conducted... Such a delight. And my sleep was genuine, they actually had to come and wake me up to tell me that it was over,? he added. The 74-year-old will be seen sharing screen space with veteran actor Rishi Kapoor in 102 Not Out. The two will be working together after over two decades. Amitabh will also be seen in Thugs of Hindostan, which also stars Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif and Dangal fame Fatima Sana Sheikh. The film is directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya. An adaptation of the 1839 novel Confessions of a Thug, the movie is slated for a 2018 Diwali release.Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Ayushi Ahluwalia,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Punjab cop thrashes vendor who refused to pay bribe,http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/cop-thrashes-vendor-who-refused-to-pay-bribe-viral-video-leads-to-probe-orders-in-ludhiana/story-OP59XqBA157SHjd4U7tAGK.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A video of a policeman thrashing a vendor outside a passport office in Punjab's Ludhiana has gone viral. The victim, who sells file covers at a makeshift stall, was beaten by the cop after he reportedly refused to pay ?100 bribe. After the video went viral, Ludhiana Police Commissioner RN Dhoke initiated a departmental inquiry against the cop. ","After the video of a policeman hitting a man outside the passport office on Link Road in Ludhiana went viral, the commissioner of police, RN Dhoke, on Tuesday marked an inquiry to the assistant commissioner of police (ACP),  Atam Nagar, Naveen Kumar.The victim, Gurdeep Singh of Khud Mohalla, who sells file covers outside the passport office, said that on Monday while he was making sales from his makeshift stall, two PCR cops turned up there. One of them allegedly demanded Rs 100 as bribe to allow him to continue his work; and started thrashing him when he refused to pay.Some onlookers captured the incident in a mobile camera and put it up on Facebook.In-charge at the Atam Nagar police post under whose jurisdiction the area falls, ASI Dharminder Kumar, however claimed that Gurdeep ?gave in writing, in the present of people, that he does not want any action on the cop?.Later, commissioner Dhoke marked the departmental inquiry against the PCR cop, head constable Harvinder Singh."
Niharika Prabhakar,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Mumbai court convicts 15 Somali pirates in 2011 case,http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/mumbai-court-convicts-15-somali-pirates-in-2011-case/story-Gp6N91IMOvLHUar7LMFH5L.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A Mumbai court has convicted 15 Somali pirates to 7 years of imprisonment in a 2011 case. The pirates were found guilty of attempt to murder and kidnapping for taking 22 people hostage on board a commercial ship from Thailand. This is one of the four cases registered against 120 Somali pirates, for holding 91 people from different countries hostage."," A session court in Mumbai convicted 15 Somali pirates for 7 years of imprisonment in a 2011 case. The pirates had taken 22 people aboard a commercial ship from Thailand hostage. They have been found guilty of attempt to murder and kidnapping. This is one of the four cases registered in 2011 against a total of 120 Somali pirates, for holding 91 people from different countries hostage. The sessions court pronounced the verdict in the first of the four cases, where the pirates? mother vessel carrying heavy arms and ammunitions was intercepted in 2011, and the pirates were caught.The coast guard and navy, in a joint operation, then rescued the 22 men being held hostage on the ship. The men were Thai nationals and the ship was called Prantalaya. They also captured the 15 Somali pirates who jumped into the sea and took them into custody. The vessel had been captured by the pirates in 2010. They had been using it as their mother vessel since then."
Chhavi Tyagi,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday","Teacher stripped girls for poor marks, school denies charges",http://www.hindustantimes.com/dehradun/haridwar-teacher-accused-of-stripping-girls-for-poor-performance-school-refutes/story-sKl0HVlTCoEfgpg736PhQP.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A teacher of a private school in Haridwar district of Uttarakhand has been accused of stripping two girls in front of the class for performing poorly in a test held for English subject. While the parents of the girls lodged a complaint against the teacher and the school management, the allegation has been refuted by the school authorities. ","A teacher of a private school in Haridwar district has been accused of stripping two girls in front of the class for performing poorly in a test held for English subject, an allegation refuted by the school management.According to police, a female teacher at JP International Public School in rural belt of Landaura forcefully stripped the two girls in a bid to shame them for their poor performance in the test. The incident left the girls shocked. After returning home on Tuesday noon, they informed their parents, who lodged a complaint against the teacher and the school management. Agitated by the incident, villagers gathered with the parents at the police station and staged a protest.Both the students belong to scheduled caste and therefore, police are moving very cautiously.Meanwhile, principal of JP Inter College Amita Rathore refuted the allegations of the girls and their parents, saying nothing such occurred in the school.Rathore termed the charges as baseless, saying the parents were trying to frame the English teacher and school management to ?malign our image?.?Whatever we have to say we have told the investigating police officer. How can a teacher force girl students to undress and make her roam in entire class?? she asked.A complaint has been lodged against the teacher and police are investigating the matter, superintendent of police (rural), Manikant Mishra said, adding that the case has been handed over to women helpline sub-inspector Pramila Bisht.?Parents and local people?s delegation, who met me, have been assured of due legal action and time-bound investigation,? Mishra said.District education officer (primary schools), Brahmpal Saini said that if such an incident had taken place, then it is quite shocking and a serious matter. He has sought a report from the deputy education officer and promised punitive action against the teacher and school the management, if the charges are found true."
Krishna Veera Vanamali,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Successive governments short-changed Air India: TMC leader,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/successive-govts-short-changed-air-india-dinesh-trivedi/1/1016935.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"TMC leader Dinesh Trivedi has said that successive governments have ""short changed"" Air India by treating it like their private properties. Trivedi urged the government to reconsider its decision to privatise it. ""As the government operates BSNL and MTNL in communications and Doordarshan and All India Radio in broadcasting, it should have a national carrier as well,"" he added.","New Delhi, Aug 2 (PTI) Successive governments have ""short changed"" Air India by treating it like their private properties, TMC leader Dinesh Trivedi said today as he urged the Centre to review the decision to divest stake in the airline. ""By just looking at the debt and ignoring the revival signs would be to take a narrow view of the situation,"" the former railway minister said. As part of efforts to revive the national carrier, the Cabinet has given in-principle approval for divestment and the final contours are being worked out by a group of ministers. ""If Air India today is in this financial situation it was not because of Air India but successive governments have short-changed Air India and treated it like their private properties and at times private airlines, be international or domestic came under category of favoured airlines,"" Trivedi told PTI. Against this backdrop, Trivedi said it is evident that there is potential for further growth of Air India if the turnaround plan continues along with other rationalisation measures. "
Krishna Veera Vanamali,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",British American Tobacco under probe over bribery claims,https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/aug/01/serious-office-opens-formal-investigation-into-bat-bribery-claims?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"UK tobacco company British American Tobacco (BAT) is being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) over allegations about involvement in bribery and corruption in Africa. BAT has denied allegations of a whistleblower who handed over multiple documents to SFO. However, BAT has said it is cooperating with UK authorities as campaigners are now urging US government to act.","Allegations that British American Tobacco was involved in bribery and corruption in Africa are being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office, despite the cigarette company?s attempts to downplay the significance of a whistleblower who handed over a dossier of evidence.BAT, now the largest tobacco company in the world after the recent merger with Reynolds, has consistently denied the allegations of Paul Hopkins, whom it employed in Africa for 13 years. When Hopkins handed over a large number of documents to the SFO in December 2015, BAT dismissed him as ?a rogue former employee?.The company later toned down its criticism, stating that it had appointed a team of external legal advisers to investigate the charges.The SFO?s inquiries have now become a formal investigation. In a statement it said it was ?investigating suspicions of corruption in the conduct of business by BAT, its subsidiaries and associated persons?. It invited members of the public to come forward with any evidence they might have.The news follows a major Guardian investigation revealing that BAT and other multinationals have used threats against at least eight African nations, demanding they axe or dilute the kind of tobacco control measures that have saved millions of lives in the west.BAT said it continued to conduct its own inquiries into Hopkins? charges. ?We have been cooperating with the Serious Fraud Office and British American Tobacco has been informed that the SFO has now opened a formal investigation. BAT intends to cooperate with that investigation,? it said.The company would not confirm whether the investigation concerned the allegations made by Hopkins.He has claimed he paid bribes on the company?s behalf to the Kenya Revenue Authority for access to information that BAT could use against its Kenyan competitor Mastermind. Hopkins also claimed that BAT Kenya had paid bribes to government officials in Burundi, Rwanda and Comoros to undermine tobacco control regulations.BAT hired the law firm Linklaters in February 2016 to conduct a ?full investigation? into the claims made by Hopkins. BAT later dropped Linklaters and appointed Slaughter and May as sole adviser on the case.Louis Charalambous, Hopkins? solicitor, said BAT had changed its tone. ?We note, with interest, that BAT have abandoned their earlier PR strategy of trying to shoot the messenger,? he said in a statement.?Paul Hopkins blew the whistle during his time at BAT and their internal team ignored him. Previously BAT tried to wriggle out by saying that Mr Hopkins had left their employ in acrimonious circumstances when, in fact, that was untrue. They also wrongly suggested that he had acted on his own, and portrayed themselves as the victims.?Now their new external law firm and revised PR strategy are silent about Mr Hopkins. They need to go further and set the record straight. The company cannot rewrite this history, and we look forward to seeing them answer these allegations in due course.?Hopkins said he had turned whistleblower at a cost to himself. ?I rejected an enhanced redundancy package designed to force me to sign a global confidentially agreement and just took statutory redundancy instead,? he said.Deborah Arnott, the chief executive of the campaigning charity Ash, said: ?At the time the allegations of fraud in Africa were first made against BAT the company accused the whistle blower of having a vendetta against the company and peddling falsehoods.?Eighteen months later and BAT is having to admit it?s under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office. The SFO must leave no stone unturned.?Matthew Myers, the president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, called on the US government to also investigate BAT. ?The allegations against British American Tobacco are serious and should be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,? he said.?As British American Tobacco now operates the largest publicly traded tobacco company within the United States, we urge the US Department of Justice to also investigate the company?s alleged misconduct.?The BAT chief executive, Nicandro Durante, told the Financial Times in March that the firm would ?act in a very strong way? if wrongdoing was found to have taken place. He said: ?We are in 200 countries, so I cannot give a 100% guarantee that everything?s going to go by the book.?The SFO investigation is another blow to the company, after the US health watchdog, the Food and Drug Administration, announced tighter regulations on the tobacco industry, which hit shares in tobacco firms."
Prashanti Moktan,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday","Not suffering from depression, it's just a big term: Kapil",http://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/kapil-sharma-breaks-silence-on-rumours-of-depression-it-is-just-a-big-term-for-me/story-qV7RWTQ8YDQ2nWY5lHFdvL.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Comedian and television show host Kapil Sharma has said that he is not suffering from depression, while adding, ""It's just a big term for me."" He added that apart from low blood pressure, he isn't facing any health issues and is feeling perfectly fine now. Kapil also clarified he has no stress and pressure regarding The Kapil Sharma Show's TRP.","Comedian and TV?show host Kapil Sharma has finally spoken on the rumours of his depression. In an interview to Dainik Bhaskar, Kapil cleared the air surrounding his ill health and said that he merely has blood pressure problems, not depression.According to several rumours floating around since past few months, Kapil has been under a lot of stress due to the falling TRPs of his show, The Kapil Sharma Show. ?It (depression) is just a big term for me (laughs). Apart from low blood pressure, I am not at all facing any health issues. I have started taking care of my diet and body. I am perfectly fine now,? he said in the interview.Mumbai: Comedian Kapil Sharma Bollywood actors Riteish Deshmukh and Vivek Oberoi during the promotion of film Bank Chor on the sets of The Kapil Sharma Show in Mumbai, on June 8, 2017. (Photo: IANS)
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						Kapil further explained how was busy juggling between his film and the show which led to stress. ?For the past few months, I was juggling my time between The Kapil Sharma Show and my film, Firangi. I was working day and night. I wasn?t getting much time to take care of my health. Also, I had stopped doing regular exercises and workouts. This led to developing low blood pressure. Now, I have changed my routine and my health is completely fine,? he said.When asked whether the falling TRPs were the cause behind his ill health, he refuted the claims entirely. ?Believe me or not, I get to hear such kind of news from the media people itself. Nobody from Sony Channel has come to me and spoken about it. In fact, the channel people have always been kind to me; they support me a lot. ?The Kapil Sharma Show? is not going off air; we are busy shooting for it,? he said.There were also rumours that Kapil made his guests on the show wait for hours before cancelling on them. ?I was under a lot of pressure and that?s fair enough. We all have our ups and down in terms of health; don?t we? I felt sick and that?s okay. It was genuine and people around me understood that. However, I did not keep anyone waiting on the set,? he said.TRPs for The Kapil Sharma Show took a nosedive since his PR nightmare of a fight with co-actor Sunil Grover on a flight where he got physically violent with him.Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Prashanti Moktan,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Release of Shraddha Kapoor's 'Haseena Parkar' postponed,http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/shraddha-kapoor-s-haseena-parker-release-postponed-again-here-s-why/story-KiaIEc7KmO4rKylyLIwe0L.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The release of the Shraddha Kapoor starrer 'Haseena Parkar', which was scheduled for August 18, has been postponed. Director Apoorva Lakhia said, ""We collectively decided to postpone the film so that it can get enough screens and a worthy run at the box-office."" Earlier, the film's release was shifted to August 18 to reportedly avoid a clash with 'Jagga Jasoos'.","Shraddha Kapoor?s ambitious project Haseena Parker has been postponed again and the reason being cited is upcoming big releases in August. The film, based on the life of Dawood Ibrahim?s sister, was initially scheduled to release on July 21. It was then slated to hit the theatres on August 18. Now, in order to avoid a box office clash with Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar?s film, the makers have decided to push the release date for later. The new release date is yet to be announced.Shraddha Kapoor as young and old Haseena in the film.A Mid Day report quoted the film?s director Apoorva Lakhia: ?We collectively decided to postpone the film so that it can get enough screens and a worthy run at the box-office.?The movie features Dawood?s sister Haseena Parkar?s journey from age 17 to 40 and her transformation from a young girl into Aapa. Shraddha?s brother Siddhanth Kapoor plays the role of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, accused of the 1993 Mumbai blasts in which hundreds of people lost their lives.?The decision to postpone the film was taken last week. Anil Thadani (the film?s distributor), the producers and director Apoorva Lakhia realised that August was cluttered with too many releases. They realised that Haseena will have to compete with two biggies that are releasing in the weeks before ? Shah Rukh Khan?s Jab Harry Met Sejal (August 4) and Akshay Kumar?s Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (August 11). What makes it worse is that besides Haseena Parkar, there are three releases lined up for August 18 ? Bareilly Ki Barfi, Newton and Partition 1947,? it quoted a source as saying.The Apoorva Lakhia directed film also stars Rajesh Tailang, Ankur Bhatia and Sunil Upadhyay. Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Daisy Mowke,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Substance abuse is like a bad marriage: Prateik Babbar,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/prateik-babbar-drug-abuse-revelations/1/1016738.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Actor Prateik Babbar, while speaking about dealing with drug addiction, said substance abuse is like a bad marriage. ""[E]ven after you quit, it haunts you for a while till people start noticing the turnaround,"" he added. Prateik further said, ""Addiction is not a moral failing, it doesn't make you a bad person even if you have made a poor choice"".","It took him five years and lot of courage to openly speak about his battle with drug addiction. After making a promising start in Bollywood, Prateik Babbar vanished from the limelight for a good five years. His absence might not have caught anybody's attention, but his return has grabbed many eyeballs. And why not? For the first time, the 30-year-old actor has openly spoken about his battle with substance abuse. When many actors shy away from talking about their issues, Prateik has come out in the open, talking about his his long battle with addiction. In an interview to Mumbai Mirror, the actor talked about addiction, recovery and his career. This is what he said. On addiction He has come to terms with complications of his life and has fought the demons of substance abuse. It was last year when he first talked about his drug addiction, and in the last one year, he has been a ""work in progress"". ""Addiction is not a moral failing, it does not make you a bad person even if you have made a poor choice. People still think I got hooked because it was 'cool' for a celebrity to indulge in recreational drugs. But for me, it was more of an escape from reality. My childhood was complicated and there were a lot of questions I didn't have answers to so I looked elsewhere for solace,"" said Prateik. �On acceptanceIt took him a while to understand that he was an addict, and he needed to get out of it as soon as possible. ""Acceptance and speaking up can help change the face of addiction. It educates those who are ailing and tells others that the stereotype of people suffering is the exception rather than the rule. Acceptance is one of the first steps to recovery,"" added the actor. On coming outPrateik came out in open about his addiction as he didn't want to keep his fans in the dark. He wanted them to be aware of the dark truth of his life. ""I'm a fighter and criticism is not an option for me. Yes, one is entitled to his/her opinion and it's human to be judgmental but everyone deserves a second chance. The idea is to move on. I want to create awareness by showcasing the boy uninterrupted so the world doesn't get to see just one side of the story,"" said the 30-year-old actor. On recoveryIt has taken him a few years to get back to his normal life and he says that with each passing day, he is making an effort to better his life. He said, ""I'm still on the road to recovery but I'm proud to have turned over a new leaf. Substance abuse is like a bad marriage, even after you quit, it haunts you for a while till people start noticing the turnaround. I'm answerable to only my conscience. And yes, people take me more seriously now that I'm no longer the hippie rave but someone committed to fitness, auditions and family.""On his careerHe began his career with the 2008 film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na, and went onto bag a few promising roles in the subsequent years. However, it's been almost five years since Prateik has been seen on the big screen. But the actor is all set to bounce back. ""I'm looking for quality work and am not embarrassed to go out and ask for it. I'm also doing a lot of theatre with Jeff Goldberg because I believe it polishes your acting skills,"" he added. "
Prashanti Moktan,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",CBFC member made sexist remark: Babumoshai Bandookbaaz maker,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/babumoshai-bandookbaaz-producer-cbfc-sexist-slurs-pahlaj-nihalani/1/1016753.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Producer of 'Babumoshai Bandookbaaz' Kiran Shroff, while talking about sexist comments she faced, has said that a Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) member asked her how she could make a film like this being a woman. A male member added, ""But she is not a woman. Look at what she is wearing."" Kiran said that such thoughts were regressive.","The CBFC (Central Board of Film Certification) seems to have forgotten that their job is to certify, not censor. The latest victim of their scissors is Nawazuddin Siddiqui-starrer Babumoshai Bandookbaaz. The Pahlaj Nihalani-led board ordered a whopping 48 cuts to the film, and when India Today Television reached out to him, he said, ""We are just doing our job.""But this is not the worst of it. Disparaging sexist comments were allegedly made by CBFC members about the producer, Kiran Shroff, for green-lighting a film with such 'abusive' content. According to a report in Bombay Times, a female member asked her how she, as a woman, could be involved in the making of a film with so many abuses. At this point, a male member is said to have interjected, ""Inhone to pant-shirt pehni hai. Yeh aurat thodi hi hain.""Kiran told the publication, ""They had an internal discussion for an hour after the screening. First, they told us that they were giving us an A certificate. Then they told us that there are 48 cuts. We argued that if the film is for adults, then why have so many cuts. They didn't bother much, and continued to explain each cut and their logic behind it.""She added, ""In the middle of that, a lady officer turned to me and said, 'Aap aurat hokar aisi filmein kaise bana sakti hain'. And before I could speak up, a man in the committee said, 'But she is not a woman. Look at what she is wearing.' I was dumbfounded. This is such a regressive thought... Sadly, this is the kind of humiliation producers have to put up with. If they are judging me by my clothes, I can imagine the parameters they must have used to pass my film.""Babumoshai Bandookbaaz has been directed to do away with abusive words as well as 80 per cent of its ""humping"" scenes. Director Kushan Nandy was appalled and told the daily, ""First and foremost, we don't have humping scenes. They are love-making scenes. I am shocked and appalled with what has happened. If you notice the cuts, there's a sentence, 'Yeh kaahe ka c******a hai'. We use such sentences in our everyday life. The excuse given to us is that children also sneak into cinema halls to watch adult films. How is that my problem? Penalise the cinema halls for this, not the producers. The way they have dealt with our film is insulting. They humiliated Kiran which is unpardonable.""Apparently, the filmmaker has been asked to get rid of a bunch of sentences with the word ""khada"" in it. He met Pahlaj Nihalani in private to discuss the directives, but the CBFC chief had a shocking response - ""You are lucky I'm not banning your film.""Kushan said, ""When I argued that there are no grounds to do that, he retorted, 'What are these abuses? Do you plan to make a dictionary of bad words?' He even asked me to change lines like 'Maa ka lehenga' to 'Maa ka anchal'. In short, the essence of what is being said is lost. He told me, 'C*****a ko tutiya kar do.' He is basically trying to teach us to make a film. And finally, he told me to remove the line that has 'Khada' in it. He said, 'I will never let it pass because I am abused for my song Khada Hai Khada Hai to this day.' I'll fight this till the end.""Pahlaj Nihalani refused to comment on the matter.At a media interaction today, Kiran Shroff shared all that the CBFC members told her. One CBFC board member asked Kiran Shroff(producer) 'Why as a woman have you made this film?: Kushan Nandy,director #BabumoshaiBandookbaazThen another CBFC board member said 'ye to pant shirt pehne huye hain woman thodi hain': Kushan Nandy,director #BabumoshaiBandookbaazThey(CBFC) told us that we have given 48 cuts in the film: Kiran Shroff,Producer #BabumoshaiBandookbaazpic.twitter.com/NbFBDWZHSpThen Pahlaj Nihalani came and told me that I am lucky that my film is not banned: Kushan Nandy,Director #BabumoshaiBandookbaazpic.twitter.com/RHBxREjM4f"
Daisy Mowke,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Can't believe a normal hug with Salman was trending: Sana,http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/the-sana-khan-salman-khan-hug-she-is-furious-at-those-who-say-it-was-awkward/story-Oeb8B2PcdcR9QzwUYkZwiL.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Actress Sana Khan, while speaking about Salman Khan hugging her on the red carpet at an awards show, said she can't believe that a normal hug was trending. ""People just blew it out of proportion because [Salman] had closed fists, and some dumb people even called it an awkward hug,"" she added while slamming those who trolled her.","Actor Sana Khan was up for a not-so-pleasant surprise on Tuesday, when a video of her hugging actor Salman Khan went viral for all the wrong reasons. Sana walked the red carpet at a recently held TV awards show in Mumbai, and when she spotted Salman, the two exchanged a hug. What made it news was Salman?s closed fists, and his shy smile. ?I still can?t believe that a normal hug was trending, trolling, and rolling,? says Sana. ?People just blew it out of proportion because [Salman] had a closed fist, and some dumb people even called it an awkward hug.? The actor adds that it?s only normal for people to wear backless clothes at a red carpet event.    There is always a wild side to an innocent face ?? Look for Big zee entertainment awards ? Gown by @nikhitatandon Earring by @caratlane Ring by @dwarkadaschandumaljewellers Styled by @sayali_vidya A post shared by Sana Khaan (@sanakhaan21) on Jul 29, 2017 at 12:15pm PDT Did she feel that Salman was uncomfortable even for a moment? Sana replies, ?Who am I to make him feel uncomfortable? It?s stupid to put somebody down by saying such a nasty thing and showing me in a wrong light. It?s not [as if] I went to hug him and he didn?t recognise me.?But why that closed fist? ?Couldn?t it be somebody?s style? Maybe he hugs like that. I don?t know. I think the best person [whom] to ask this would be Salman. [Also] He has been in the [film] industry for over 25 years, so don?t think backless even matters to him? he has seen more than that (laughs). Let?s not talk like a five-year-old and make all this sound so big,? says Sana.I?m not a psychopath to hug somebody if the person doesn?t want to talk to me. I?m not someone who makes people stand and keep talking and falling on their lap.Sana has known Salman ever since she first appeared in 2012 on the reality show Bigg Boss (which was hosted by Salman) and later worked with the actor in the 2014 film Jai Ho. Lashing out at those who are calling it a forced hug, Sana retorts, ?I?m not a psychopath to hug somebody if the person doesn?t want to talk to me. I?m not someone who makes people stand and keep talking and falling on their lap. I am on good terms with Salman; we share a rapport, I talk to him on and off, we?ve met so many times, I?ve been to his house, and we have worked together on the sets also. So there?s nothing to feel awkward [about].?The actor shares that she had a brief two-minute chat with Salman, and that may have got everyone curious. ?For a moment, Salman didn?t recognise me ? he literally told me that. [Then] he complimented me that I look very nice. And I said, ?Yes, I?ve dropped 7kg?, and he is like, ?It?s showing,?? reveals Sana.Was it the backless outfit that made the hug look ?awkward?? Sana says, ?Well, could be. Maybe he didn?t want my back bronzer to fall on his clothes. He has worked with all sexy and good-looking actresses, who would use bronzer from head to toe, so he knows that. And it?s not that he wants to feel me up or I want to feel him up. I am sorry, we have all grown up from that zone. We need to respect each other?s space and gestures.?Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Tanya Dhingra,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday","Used to get scared of online rape, acid attack threats: Dia",http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/dia-mirza-on-trolls-it-s-frightening-when-people-threaten-rape-or-acid-attack/story-fvywwyGVGPoVinz2LXcKkL.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Dia Mirza, while talking about being trolled on social media, said she used to get frightened by the rape and acid attack threats she received online for expressing her opinion. Dia added, ""Elements...who are faceless and nameless...who harass people, (don't) need to be taken seriously...we need to be like ducks and let (trolling) be like water sliding off our backs.""","Actor Dia Mirza, who was in Delhi to walk for designer Anju Modi at the India Couture Week 2017, has not just a lovely face but also a strong mind. And that is something Twitter trolls couldn?t digest. In this era of non-stop trolling, Dia recalls how, in her early days in Bollywood, she was targeted for expressing her opinion on various issues. In recent times, Dia?s tweets have advocated water conservation on Holi and a noise-free Diwali. ?In the earlier days, when I did get trolled, it really affected and frightened me. Because when you?re told that people want to throw acid on you, or they want to rape you, or kill you, or call you anti-national because of something that you?ve said... and they ask you to move to another country... and it?s all new to you, then it really alarms you,? she says. The 35-year-old actor was trolled  on social media  when she had tweeted and urged her fans to play a dry Holi. She had written: ?The irony of the times we live in: farmers commit suicide due to drought and people waste water to ?play? #Holi. Go ahead call me anti-Hindu.? The trolls were quick to tag her as anti-national. Dia was also called intolerant when she had tweeted about wanting a cracker-free Diwali. Now, after so many years in Bollywood, Dia takes such crude reactions in her stride. The actor states that she has always voiced her opinion on issues that deeply matter to her. ?I have continued to express my opinion. I reserve my opinion for things that truly matter to me. And when you express your opinion on something that deeply matters to you, it doesn?t matter how people construe it,? she says. ?I feel that those elements on social media who are faceless and nameless, who make it their business to harass people, [don?t] need to be taken seriously. I?ve been in the public sphere long enough now to understand that we need to be like ducks and let this [trolling] be like water sliding off our backs. The only thing that matters is our own truth. The intent is what should matter,? adds the actor. Dia will be seen next in the Sanjay Dutt biopic by Rajkumar Hirani; she plays the role of Maanyata, Dutt?s wife. Speaking about her film and working with Hirani ? he is the director of such blockbusters as Lage Raho Munnabhai (2006), 3 Idiots (2009), and PK (2014) ?  Dia says, ?Rajkumar Hirani is my favourite director. (Dia worked with Hirani in Lage Raho Munnabhai, starring Sanjay Dutt as Munnabhai.) It was an absolute pleasure to be asked by him to be a part of Sanjay Dutt?s biopic. [Hirani] is one of those real people who tells stories in the most unique and honest way. I have known Sanju sir for many years and through the course of my interaction with him, I have interacted with Maanyata as well. It has been such an honour and joy working with Rajkumar Hirani, Ranbir (Kapoor, who plays Dutt?s role in biopic), Anushka (Sharma), and Vicky Kaushal.?"
Daisy Mowke,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday","Kapil and I don't need mediator to resolve feud, says Sunil",http://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/comedian-sunil-grover-on-his-feud-with-kapil-sharma-we-don-t-need-a-mediator/story-eHTo02xn1gd6YxnAtS1AjL.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Comedian Sunil Grover has said that there is no need for a mediator to resolve the feud between him and Kapil Sharma. ""I know [Kapil] very well. Why do I need someone else to sort things between us?"" he added. Sunil further said, ""Anyway, the best part is that the comedy didn't stop and it's continuing from both ends.""","Comedian-actor Sunil Grover has stayed away from the limelight for almost five months now ? he quit The Kapil Sharma Show (TKSS) after a fight with Kapil on board an aircraft. As he turns a year older on August 3, Sunil says that misses his audiences as much as they miss him.Asked about his plans, Sunil says, ?I want to entertain people and remain in this field. This is what I love doing, and have tried to do for all these years. Right now, I?m just in the process of thinking.?Sunil is still reticent about the mid-air brawl that severed his very successful partnership with Kapil. ?Quite often, when you say something, it shows the other person in a very bad light, though unintentionally,? says Sunil. ?What you say is perceived to be the truth and how you see facts might not really be true, and can sound demeaning for the other person. With Kapil, I?ve had a great association, and I have deep gratitude for the platform we shared.?    Neutral gear. A post shared by Sunil Grover (@whosunilgrover) on Jun 20, 2017 at 2:17am PDT Recently, Sunil shot for a special episode as Mashoor Gulati (his popular character on TKSS) to promote Salman Khan?s film Tubelight. Did the episode make him nostalgic? Was there a change of heart about TKSS? ?Mere heart ko hua kya tha jo change hona tha? My cholesterol levels are fine and there?s no blockage in my heart,? quips Sunil.In these five months, many industry colleagues have tried to bring about a patch-up between Kapil and Sunil. The latter says that there?s no need for a mediator. ?I know [Kapil] very well. Why do I need someone else to sort things between us?? says Sunil. ?We still have each other?s numbers and we haven?t changed them. But I?m thankful to those who are [still] taking the initiative; it?s so nice of them. Anyway, the best part is that the comedy didn?t stop and it?s continuing from both ends.?About the news of Kapil not keeping well, owing to the dipping TRPs of his show, Sunil says, ?I heard about this, and I can only say that he should take good care of himself.?Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Sumedha Sehra,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday","Bible, Quran removed from Abdul Kalam's Tamil Nadu memorial",http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bible-quran-removed-from-apj-abdul-kalam-s-memorial/story-GVAvKf12puMFhI38jAXuLL.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Authorities have removed the copies of the Bible and Quran placed near APJ Abdul Kalam's memorial in Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, following a complaint. Kalam's relatives had placed the books alongside the sculpted Bhagavad Gita placed near the statue before its inauguration. Later, a Hindu nationalist party filed a complaint saying keeping them without permission is wrong.","Indian authorities have removed a copy of the Bible and the Quran from a new statue of a former president after a complaint by a Hindu nationalist party, officials said Tuesday.The removal of the books has fuelled a religious row over a carving depicting a Hindu holy book placed next to the statue of APJ Abdul Kalam at Rameswaram in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.Kalam, who as a scientist played a leading role in India?s landmark 1998 nuclear weapons tests, was president from 2002-2007 and a strongly secular figure.The sculpted Hindu Bhagvad Gita book was placed next to the statue before it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week on the second anniversary of Kalam?s death.Relatives placed the Bible and the Quran next to the Gita in protest. That infuriated the Hindu Makka Katchi nationalist party, which said it made the complaint to police.?The authorities removed the Bible and the Quran at the site. We are also looking at the complaint filed with us,? police superintendent Om Prakash Meena said. K Prabhakaran, a member of the Hindu Makkal Katchi, told an?English newspaper, ?I respect all these books. But keeping them (at the memorial) without permission is wrong. Steps should be taken to see such things are not done again.? Authorities have since prevented photographers from taking images of the statue. Memorial officials did not respond to queries. Kalam was born into poverty and sold newspapers as a child to support his family while studying. His work on India?s own nuclear weapon earned him the nickname of ?India?s missile man?."
Chhavi Tyagi,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Mob assaults man caught with woman in compromising position,http://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mob-assaults-muslim-man-found-half-naked-with-woman-at-govt-centre-in-jharkhand/story-czewOzmBCYu5O1Cy0qHrVK.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A 25-year-old man was on Wednesday assaulted by a mob which allegedly found him in a compromising position with a woman at a government-run centre in Bokaro, Jharkhand. The victim, found unconscious when police rescued him from the mob, has suffered multiple injuries on his head, neck, legs and back. The man is reportedly battling for life in a hospital.","A 25-year-old man was battling for life on Wednesday after he was assaulted by a mob which allegedly found him in a compromising position with a woman at a government-run centre in Jharkhand?s Bokaro town, police said.The man, identified as Sakib Ansari, was unconscious when police rescued him from the mob comprising 50-odd men. Doctors said Ansari suffered multiple injuries on his head, neck, legs and back.Over the past few months, several people have been lynched in the BJP-ruled state over charges ranging from raping women, smuggling cow,  and child-lifting. The latest incident took place at a Pragya Kendra, a government-run service centre that offer facilities such as linking Aadhaar number with other documents, issuing caste certificates, voter ID cards and PAN cards. When people turned up at the common service centre with their respective requisitions on Wednesday morning, they allegedly found Ansari half-naked with a woman at the Heena Market Pragya Kendra.He was dragged out of the office premises and beaten with sticks, belts, shoes and slippers by the mob.Ansari fell unconscious after the assault, but the mob continued thrashing him until the police intervened, sources said.The police rushed Ansari to the Bokaro General Hospital. He was yet to regain consciousness, doctors said.Bokaro deputy superintendent of police Poonam Minz said that the police have lodged an unnamed first information report against the mob, and arrested one Mantu Yadav in connection with the case.?We have arrested one, and are scanning the CCTV footage to identify others who assaulted the man,? she said.In April, a 25-year-old man was beaten to death in Saraikela Kharsawan for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl. On June 8, a 45-year-old man was lynched for allegedly raping a widow in Palamu and on June 27, another man was beaten to death by a mob for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl in Dumka.Police deployed additional security forces across the affected area to prevent the incident from snowballing into a communal conflagration.?Rumour-mongers on social media too are under our scanner,? said a Bokaro police official working with the cyber cell of the district."
Chhavi Tyagi,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Are you a virgin? Bihar medical institute asks its employees,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/indira-gandhi-institute-of-medical-sciences-patna-bihar-marital-status/1/1016847.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) in Bihar's Patna has asked its employees to declare their virginity and number of wives/husbands in a marital declaration form. Further, the form spelt bachelor as 'bechelor'. ""This is not a new form and has been in practice since 1984 when IGIMS was established,"" Deputy Medical Superintendent Dr Manish Mandal said.","In a ridiculous step, the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) in Patna has asked its employees to declare whether they are virgin. The marriage declaration form which has come to light is applicable for hospital employees and freshly recruited doctors and nursing staffs. The form also asks male employees to provide details if they have more than one wife.Women employees apart from declaring status regarding their virginity have also been asked to provide details on whether she is married to a person who has no other wife living or another wife living. Speaking to India Today, the Deputy Medical Superintendent, Dr Manish Mandal said that the marriage declaration form with the contentious questions have been in practice ever since the institute was established in 1984.""Everyone has to fill this form which is part of Central Services Rules and this form is similar to what AIIMS in Delhi uses. If the Centre or AIIMS changes the format of the form in the future, we will also change it. This is not a new form and has been in practice since 1984 when IGIMS was established"", said Mandal.� Elaborating on the need to extract personal details like one's virginity, Dr Mandal said that the questions have been asked in order to avert any kind of wrong doing. ""In the Central Services Rules there is a provision that when a person joins the service and later on if she dies because of any eventuality, there may be a claimant or boy friend who may come to seek job in place of the victim"", said Dr Mandal . However, Dr Mandal admitted that the use of word virginity was incorrect.""Essentially what is being asked in the form is whether a person is married or unmarried?� Personally I feel the word used should have been unmarried instead of virgin. That would have been sober but what is there in the rules have to be followed,"" said Dr Mandal."
Sonu Kumari,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Mumbai's Juhu beach to be redeveloped,http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/mumbai-s-juhu-beach-to-get-a-swanky-makeover/story-mdHdpVTB5w98pN4s5VSGUM.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is planning to redevelop eight entry points of Mumbai's Juhu beach in the second phase by August-end, authorities said. As per the plan, each entry point will have five metre high walls, and steps with railings among others. While residents welcomed the move, an activist said that any beautification shouldn't affect ""the natural feel of the beach"".n  ","The eight entry points of the city?s most popular beach are all set to get a facelift. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) earlier redid a 5-km stretch of the Juhu beach. While the first phase of the project faced opposition from some citizens and activists, Juhu residents said they welcome the beautification work.�According to a plan proposed by BJP legislator Ameet Satam, each of the eight access points to the beach will have 5m high walls, bollards to restrict vehicles, ramps and steps with railings, welcome signs and a few lights.  ?We will use paver blocks and gabion steps. Steps and railings will make the beach accessible for senior citizens,? said an official.�While activists were unhappy with the plan to set up multi-coloured lights on the beach, they appreciated the BMC's effort to make the beach more accessible. ?Natural spaces should not be tampered with. Redeveloping the entrances is a good move but any beautification should not take away the natural feel of the beach,? said Ashoke Pandit, convener, NGO Save Open Spaces.�Zahida Banatwala of the Juhu Citizens' Welfare Group (JCWG) said, ?Every monsoon, the access points get damaged. So, this is a good move, but the BMC is still doing a shoddy job of cleaning the beach.?�Smita Chakravarty of the NGO, Juhu-Soul of the City, told HT, ?Apart from the redevelopment, we also need a play area for children�on the beach.?�Satam estimated the redevelopment of the access points to cost Rs80 lakh, under a Rs12-crore Juhu beach tourism plan. Of the eight points, Birla Lane, Military road, Granth lane and Silver beach lane have already been redeveloped. ?The first phase of the project included themed-lighting and redevelopment of the central Chowpatty. This is a one of its kind lighting and won?t hamper the natural feel of the beach,? said Satam.�Officials said the second phase will be completed by the end of August and the themed-lighting will be inaugurated by CM Devendra Fadnavis."
Daisy Mowke,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Kriti replies to Hate Story actress Bhairavi's remark on her,http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/bhairavi-goswami-kriti-sanon-s-reply-to-your-crass-remark-must-have-hurt/story-AsPPb8EBROTo6fOFWEcKqO.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Kriti Sanon, when asked about 'Hate Story' actress Bhairavi Goswami's tweet saying Kriti is a ""deranged actress"" with ""no headlight"" and ""no bumper"", enquired who Bhairavi is. She further said,  ""I'm just happy for her. She got a lot of publicity. Now you guys know her name also"". Bhargavi had also commented that even college students look better than Kriti.","It was last week that Kriti Sanon posted a video where she is dancing to a song from Mubarakan. Immediately Kamaal R Khan, the serial offender, posted a tasteless comment on the actor targeting the poor box office performnce of Kriti?s last cinematic outing, Raabta. Adding her voice to the chorus was actor Bhairavi Goswami who last appeared in Hate Story.Taking to Twitter, Bhairavi wrote, ?she is really behaving like a deranged woman. How did she become an actress. No headlight, no bumper. Even college students look better.? The crass tweet soon got a serious backlash on Twitter with many questioning who Bhairavi was.But the best reaction, by far, has been that of Kriti herself. On Tuesday at an event, Kriti was asked by the media about Bhairavi?s tweet. ?Who is Bhairavi Goswami?? Kriti enquired. When told about Bhairavi?s filmography, the Bareilly Ki Barfi star said, ?I think, I?m just happy for her. She got a lot of publicity. Now you guys know her name also, so yeah.?Now, that is badass.Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Daisy Mowke,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Tom Hiddleston to star in play on Shakespeare's 'Hamlet',https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/aug/01/tom-hiddleston-to-star-in-branaghs-hamlet-for-three-weeks-only?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Actor Tom Hiddleston will star in a play on William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet', which will be directed by Kenneth Branagh. The production aims to raise money for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the drama school attended by Hiddleston. Tickets will be available through a lottery and winners will be able to collect them only on the day of the performance.","Tom Hiddleston is to star in a Kenneth Branagh-directed production of Hamlet ? but for only three weeks in a theatre with 160 seats.The production will raise money for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada) and promises to be one of the hottest theatrical tickets of recent years. The ballot opens at noon on Tuesday 1 August and tickets will be difficult for people to get their hands on.Hiddleston, a Rada graduate, said Hamlet presented ?almost limitless possibilities for interpretation?.He added: ?Kenneth Branagh and I have long talked about working on the play together, and now felt like the right time, at the right place.?The performing arts exist to bring people together, not to break or keep them apart. I hope the funds raised by the production will help Rada continue to provide a wider field of equal opportunity to train actors, stage managers and technical theatre artists, from every background, to a standard of excellence and professionalism. We need to keep the doors open for everyone.?The production is a collaboration between Rada and Branagh?s theatre company, which recently had a year?s residency at the Garrick in the West End.It will run in Rada?s 160-seat Jerwood Vanbrugh theatre in central London from 1-23 September. The ballot for tickets is open online until 6pm on 6 August ? or by phone until 5pm on 5 August.Ticket winners will be selected at random with successful entrants able to purchase a maximum of two. Twenty per cent of the tickets will be priced �15 and available only to under-25s. A further 20% will be �45 and the remainder �95.In something of a first, there will be no guaranteed tickets for critics, with journalists welcome to take their chances in the ballot.To prevent the risk of a black market, people will only be able to collect their tickets up to an hour before the show with documentation to prove who they are.The money raised from the production will support the Rada Attenborough project, which aims to raise �20m for the regeneration of the academy?s premises on Chenies Street including, for the first time, the provision of on-site accommodation.Branagh said the production would be a celebration of both Shakespeare and Rada. ?The play speaks as loudly as ever to our volatile world and we are proud to have Tom Hiddleston lead an exciting group of actors, as he plays the title role for the first time. This work has been in discussion and planning over a period of years. To find its expression at, with, and for Rada, is a privilege,? he said."
Aarushi Maheshwari,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Egypt's Islamic authority sets up fatwa kiosk at metro,https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/01/egyptian-islamic-authority-sets-up-fatwa-kiosk-in-cairo-metro?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Egypt's highest Islamic authority Al-Azhar Al-Sharif has opened a fatwa kiosk at Cairo metro to offer commuters religious advice in an effort to counter extremism. A sheikh said, ""We usually talk about the issues of daily life, and what religion says about such things. The topics we mostly discuss are marriage, divorce and inheritance."" ","Sheikhs from Egypt?s highest Islamic authority have opened a fatwa kiosk in the Cairo metro to offer religious advice to commuters in what they say is an effort to counter extremism.The idea is proving popular with travellers passing through Cairo?s al-Shohada metro station, a busy transport hub, who queue up to sit with a group of religious scholars inside a green patterned booth, sheltered from the bustle of the metro.?We usually talk about the issues of daily life, and what religion says about such things. The topics we mostly discuss are marriage, divorce and inheritance,? said one sheikh staffing the booth for the morning commute, who declined to be named.According to al-Azhar al-Sharif, Egypt?s top Islamic body, which installed the booth, the project is intended to correct misinterpretations of Islam. The institution has frequently clashed with the government of the president, Abdel-Fatah al-Sisi, who has repeatedly called for a ?religious reformation? in Islam to combat extremism.Egypt has grappled with a spike in jihadist activity since Sisi came to power in 2013, including a recent string of large-scale attacks on Coptic Christian sites as well as ongoing violence in the Sinai peninsula.Al-Azhar, established in Cairo in 971 as a centre of Sunni Muslim learning, is hoping that the booth will help steer Egyptians away from extremist thought.Sheikh Tamer Mattar, the coordinator of its International Centre for Electronic Fatwas, said that the booth was designed to direct citizens to seek advice from al-Azhar, instead of extremist groups. ?The experiment was successful so far and we hope that it will expand,? he said. ?We can say it was successful, as in the eight days of the initiative, we received 1,500 questions. At any moment you can find tens of people waiting to present theirs.?The booth operates two shifts daily, welcoming visitors from 9am until 8pm. Yet few seemed convinced that the project would attract those with pre-existing extremist tendencies to seek guidance, especially as those staffing the booth noted down the identity card number of those visiting along with their complaints. Extremists won?t come to us to seek advice,? said the sheikh staffing the booth for its morning shift. ?We?re targeting people on the street who are ignorant of religious matters ? they come to us and we try to put them on the right track of moderation.? Mohamed Abu-Hamed, an Egyptian MP who has sparred frequently with al-Azhar over a desire for greater government regulation of the religious body and its teachings, dismissed the booths. ?The whole project is absurd. It is a superficial understanding of the call to renew the religious rhetoric,? he said.?When we talk about renewing religious rhetoric, we mean the main content [of their teachings],? he said. ?If al-Azhar created these kiosks while thinking that this is renewing religious rhetoric, then they don?t get it. They are doing this to evade making any real changes.? "
Sumedha Sehra,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",What gifts did PM Narendra Modi take home this year?,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/gifts-modi-received-in-2017-sekonda-watch-mont-blanc-pen-carved-sculpture/story-sY4Eoxswa0JjcN9310PamK.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"PM Narendra Modi took a wristwatch by British company Sekonda and a decorative porcelain from the external affairs ministry's repository this year. All gifts received by ministers and officials have to be deposited at the repository, called toshakhana. However, a recipient can take home gifts valued under ?5,000.","Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his fans and followers say, is a tireless man, working deep into the night without keeping track of time.But from among numerous gifts Modi received during foreign trips this year, he took home a wristwatch manufactured by British company Sekonda, besides a couple of smaller items, according to official documents.Ministers and officials have to deposit all gifts at the toshakhana, the official repository of the external affairs ministry.Any gift valued less than Rs 5000 can be kept by the recipient. For gifts above Rs 5000, they have to pay the additional amount, said an official of the toshakhana who is from the Central Board of Customs and Excise.The watch, entered as a Sekonda ?House of Commons? wristwatch, was valued at Rs 3,500. Besides the watch, the PM also took a decorative porcelain valued at Rs 1000. Among the gifts received by Modi between January and March are a model of the fabled Sha?bi housing model of the United Arab Emirates, a decorative sculpture with Argillite carving and a Mont Blanc ballpoint pen.These six gift items among the 83 latest entries at the toshakhana.The Mont Blanc pen is valued at Rs 2500 and is kept at the toshakhana. Also deposited at the repository is the model of Emirati National House, valued at Rs 4500 and a the decorative sculpture with Argillite carving, valued at Rs 2000. Argillite carvings are a sculptural tradition in the northwest coast of North America. It first became a widespread art form from the early 19th century. The toshakhana, however, doesn?t reveal the source of gifts on the ground that such disclosure is not in the interest of the bilateral relationships with countries.Officials said ministers and officials rarely take home very expensive gifts home. According to the records at the toshakhana, in the past Modi took two dinner sets worth Rs 10,000 and a carpet worth Rs 15000, after paying the excess amounts.A report said former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh took 101 items from the numerous gifts he received during his 10 years in office.These gifts include an ornamental silver elephant embedded with semi-precious stones, 10 paintings, a Bose sound system and a gold-plated Piaget ladies wrist watch. And out of these, only seven are valued above Rs 5,000."
Sonu Kumari,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Over 20-yr-old museum may be shifted to Mumbai zoo,http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/planning-to-visit-best-s-iconic-museum-it-may-be-shifted-to-mumbai-s-byculla-zoo-soon/story-GTBPt7GARf20sce2w3t7TN.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) is planning to shift its 20-year-old museum from Wadala to Byculla zoo in Mumbai, authorities said. ""The museum is far away, and people have often complained they don?t visit as the travel is a pain,"" said an official. The authorities expect that the shift will bring in more visitors and revenues.","The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) is planning to shift its iconic museum from the Anik Bus Depot at Wadala to Byculla zoo. Authorities said bringing the museum to the heart of the city would attract more visitors and rake in some revenue. ?Rani Baug is visited by thousands of people all through the week and during the weekends. This will also help promote BEST buses,? said a BEST official.The museum at the Anik is more than 20 years old, and houses old bus tickets, models of the electric tram, ticket dispensing machines and historical photographs showing of BEST buses over the years. The authorities want to shift the museum to the building where the zoo?s latest attraction, the Humboldt penguins, are kept. BEST authorities said it has asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for space on the second floor of this building. ?The Anik bus depot museum is far away, and people have often complained they don?t visit as the travel is a pain. This is why we have asked for space at Rani Baug.? said Anil Kokil, BEST committee chairman."
Tanya Dhingra,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Priyanka Chopra shares picture with singer Bryan Adams ,http://www.hindustantimes.com/hollywood/priyanka-chopra-clicks-selfies-with-bryan-adams-struts-on-film-sets-in-dress-with-thigh-high-slit/story-worzLuPQxz2KbfImPVyWXI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Priyanka Chopra has shared a picture with singer Bryan Adams on Instagram which she captioned, ""Was so good to see you again."" Priyanka and Bryan came together to support the organisation 'Hear The World Foundation', which works for people with hearing disabilities. Adams is known for songs like 'Summer of 69' and '(Everything I Do) I Do It for You'.","Priyanka Chopra shared a picture of herself with Bryan Adams on Wednesday from a special photoshoot. The actor and the singer smiled for the camera in the black and white selfie.    Was so good to see you again @bryanadams happy to be a part of such an amazing project #heartheworldfoundation ?? A post shared by Priyanka Chopra (@priyankachopra) on Aug 1, 2017 at 12:04pm PDT?Was so good to see you again @bryanadams happy to be a part of such an amazing project #heartheworldfoundation,? she wrote with the post.     Shooting photos today of the lovely @priyankachopra for #heartheworldfoundation A post shared by Bryan Adams (@bryanadams) on Jul 31, 2017 at 3:47pm PDTBryan also shared a slightly different selfie with her on his own Instagram. ?Shooting photos today of the lovely @priyankachopra for #heartheworldfoundation,? he captioned it.Priyanka had earlier worked with Adams when she was signed for fashion brand GUESS in 2013.The two came together to support Hear The World Foundation which works for people and children with hearing problems. Actor Mads Mikkelsen and former supermodel Cindy Crawford are also a part of the foundation.Priyanka was also spotted by the paps in a rose gold gown with a thigh-high slit. She was strutting about on the sets of her upcoming Hollywood project, Isn?t It Romantic, in New York City.   A post shared by Priyanka Chopra Fan Page ?? (@pcourheartbeat) on Aug 1, 2017 at 11:56am PDT  A post shared by PriyankaChopraGR (@priyankagreek) on Aug 1, 2017 at 8:12pm PDT  A post shared by Katyanka?? (@_dkatpc) on Aug 1, 2017 at 1:09pm PDT  A post shared by PriyankaChopraGR (@priyankagreek) on Aug 1, 2017 at 8:18pm PDTThe film also stars Rebel Wilson, Liam Hemsworth and Adam DeVine. The movie follows the life of a New York City architect Natalie (Rebel), who works hard to get noticed at her job, but is more likely to be asked to deliver coffee and bagels than to design the city?s next skyscraper. She has an encounter with a mugger that renders her unconscious, waking to discover that her life has suddenly become her worst nightmare. Priyanka plays a yoga ambassador while Liam stars as Blake, a handsome client with Adam as Wilson?s earnest best friend, Josh.The film has screenplay by Erin Cardillo, Dana Fox and Katie Silberman, and Paula Pell. It is set for a Valentine?s Day release in 2019.Priyanka is also working on A Kid Like Jake with Claire Danes and Jim Parson and will be seen in Quantico season 3.Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Chhavi Tyagi,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",I-T dept recovers ?5 cr from K'taka Min hosting Gujarat MLAs,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/it-raids-at-karnataka-minister-s-house-resort-where-congress-gujarat-mlas-are-holed-up/story-srg9SNzhPS3ld2I367WazK.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Income Tax Department recovered ?5 crore in cash from Karnataka minister DK Shivakumar's Delhi residence after it raided 39 places linked to the in-charge of hospitality for 44 Gujarat Congress MLAs in Bengaluru. Meanwhile, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said, ""In order to meet political conspiracies, I-T department has been used. This is not fair in politics.""","Tax officials raided on Wednesday multiple properties linked to DK Shivakumar, a top minister in Karnataka who is hosting a group of party legislators from Gujarat to avoid a break in their ranks ahead of a close Rajya Sabha election.Tax officers raided 64 places in Delhi and Karnataka linked to energy minister Shivakumar as part of investigations into his alleged tax evasion and dodgy investments in real estate. The move triggered an angry response from the Congress, which accused the BJP of carrying out ?an unprecedented witch-hunt?. Party leaders raised the matter in parliament, protesting noisily and forcing multiple adjournments in the Rajya Sabha. In Lok Sabha, the party also staged a walkout.The Congress has accused the BJP of using ?money and muscle power? to engineer defections among its legislators in Gujarat, where senior party leader Ahmed Patel is seeking re-election to the Rajya Sabha, on August 8.But the government said the ?Eagleton ? The Golf Village?, where the Gujarat legislators were camping, had not been raided. Finance minister Arun Jaitley told Parliament that only Shivakumar, who was trying to ?hide behind the cover? of the lawmakers at the resort, had been taken for questioning.Jaitley told the Lok Sabha that tax officials found that Shivakumar was tearing up documents at the resort. ?We recovered those papers as well,? he said.As the Congress accused the government of using its agencies such as CBI, Enforcement Directorate and Income Tax to target the opposition leaders, Jaitley said, ?Whether it is a use or abuse, it depends on recovery (from the raids).?Last week, the Congress flew 42 legislators to a resort on the outskirts of the capital of Karnataka, where the party is in power, to keep the flock together. Six of its legislators have quit the party and three of them crossed over to the BJP. More defections can jeopardise Patel?s chances of re-election.Party spokesman and Gujarat MLA Shaktisinh Gohil contradicted the BJP, saying tax officials entered their resort. Ashok Gehlot, Congress? Gujarat in-charge, said: ?Our MLAs are being threatened, money was offered and raids are being conducted.?His party colleague Anand Sharma said: ?There is a trend now of abusing state power and agencies of the state. The timing is important and significant. This minister was coordinating the safety of the MLAs.?Shortly after the raids began, Patel hit out at the BJP in tweets: ?BJP is on an unprecedented witch-hunt just to win one Rajya Sabha seat.?BJP is on an unprecedented witch-hunt just to win one Rajya Sabha seat? Ahmed Patel (@ahmedpatel) August 2, 2017After using the state machinery and every other agency,these I-T raids show their utter desperation & frustration? Ahmed Patel (@ahmedpatel) August 2, 2017Read more | Congress parades 44 Gujarat MLAs, says BJP tried to bribe them ahead of Rajya Sabha pollsCongress?s leader in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad asked why the raids were ?taking place today and not a month later or before?.But an I-T department statement later denied the raids were related to the stay of the Gujarat MLAs. It said the searches were part of an evidence-gathering exercise.?The search is a continuation of an investigation which has been in progress for a considerable period of time,? it said, adding the timing of the raids had been decided ?well in advance?. ?There has been no contact with the MLAs [from Gujarat] and the search team.?(With agency inputs)"
Tanya Dhingra,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Swara talks about unequal pay for actresses in Bollywood,http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/swara-bhaskar-female-actors-have-to-fight-for-what-they-want/story-ulOL8jlMasnxvoE2BwZlvJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Actress Swara Bhasker, while addressing pay disparity in Bollywood, has said that if as an actress, she works for as many days as an actor, then she should also expect an equal amount of pay. Swara added, ""If you see in Hollywood, women are taking up this whole question of equality... so why can't Bollywood take its cue from them?""","Whether it is nepotism, feminism or sexism, actor Swara Bhaskar  has never held back from expressing her views on sensitive subjects. While most actors in Bollywood are acquainted with the prevalence of pay disparity in Bollywood, very few actually muster the courage to come out and talk about it. Swara, however, has been quite vocal in this regard. Rooting for ?equal pay for equal work?, Swara says, ?I am not saying that if I, being a female actor, work for 10 days, I should expect the pay that an actor gets for 100 days of work. But definitely, if I am working for 100 days, then I am expected to get an equal amount of pay as my male counterpart.?    All set for screening of #AnaarkaliOfAarah as part of #jagranfilmfestival2017 in #varanasi in @poshpride palazzo sari, with @aaree_accessories tassel earrings, @amrapalijewels ring.. styled by @rupacj at 7am ???? with thanks @dipublicrelations HMU: @saritastyling29 #sareewithswag #desiisthebest #fusion #indianwear #fashion #iloverupa ????????? A post shared by Swara Bhasker (@reallyswara) on Jul 22, 2017 at 10:04am PDT And it?s not just the question of money that Swara feels needs to be addressed. The actor, who has worked in films such as Tanu Weds Manu, Raanjhanaa, Prem Ratan Dhan Payo and Anaarkali of Aarah, asserts that even the roles being offered to female actors need to be at par with men.Although Swara agrees that things are slowly changing, she adds that there will be more progress only when female actors start being a little more assertive. In Hollywood, women are taking up this whole question of equality and I think that?s fantastic, so why can?t Bollywood take its cue from them??One thing is for sure that nobody is going to put that on a plate for you. [Female actors] really have to fight for what we want. If you see in Hollywood, women are taking up this whole question of equality and I think that?s fantastic, so why can?t Bollywood take its cue from them?? says  the actor, stating that no movement gains momentum unless people fight for it.?Nobody gave black people civil rights in the ?50s on a platter; they suffered for a very long time. The same thing goes for the dalits too, so it holds true for women in films too,? says Swara.On the work front, Swara will next be seen in Veerey Di Wedding, also starring Sonam Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor Khan.Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Daisy Mowke,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",'Victoria & Abdul' costumes to be displayed at Queen's home,http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/victoria-and-abdul-dresses-of-ali-fazal-judi-dench-to-be-displayed-at-the-queen-s-official-home/story-Et5YsHSnEJZqc0BhH6KN7L.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Costumes worn by actors Judi Dench and AIi Fazal during the shooting of the film 'Victoria & Abdul' will be displayed at Queen Victoria's home, the Osborne House in the UK. They will go on display for public Friday onwards. Most of the scenes from the film were also shot in the same house.","Bollywood actor Ali Fazal is certainly going places with his upcoming film alongside Judi Dench - Victoria and Abdul. The film is already being screened at several film festivals including Venice International Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival. We have now learnt that the costumes used during the shoot of the movie will be displayed at the Osborne House in the UK.The dresses from Victoria and Abdul shoot being displayed at Osborne House.Directed by Oscar nominee Stephen Frears, Victoria and Abdul is based on the friendship between Queen Victoria and her most trusted clerk, Abdul Karim. While Dench plays the titular role of Queen Victoria, Ali plays Abdul who was the Queen?s munshi. Adapted from author Shrabani Basu?s book by the same name and directed by British filmmaker Stephen Frears, the film is set to release in September this year.Multiple costumes were designed for both the lead actors keeping the stature and royalty of the era of late 1800s in mind. A dress that Judi Dench wore in the film, being arranged for the display.All the costumes will be go on display Friday onwards, for public viewing at the Osborne House, located at Isle of Wight, in the UK. Most of the scenes from Victoria and Abdul were also shot in the same house. Ali Fazal?s dress being prepared for the display.Also, it will be one of the first films to be shot inside the former royal residence so that?s one more feather added to the cap of the films achievement. Osborne House holds significant place in the history of Britain?s royalty. It was built in mid 1800s for the Queen and Prince Albert. All the costumes worn by Judi and Ali will be on display at the museum site of inside the house. Ironically Queen Victoria breathed her last in the same palace, which is now open as tourist attraction.Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Daisy Mowke,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",First met SRK with a drunk girl hanging on to him: Imtiaz,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/imtiaz-ali-shah-rukh-khan-drunk-girl-jab-harry-met-sejal/1/1016691.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali has revealed that when he first met Shah Rukh Khan, a drunk girl was hanging on to him. ""It was in London for a film festival...He was dealing with her so gracefully without demeaning her,"" he added. Imtiaz further said, ""Gauri (SRK's wife) was also with him and everybody was trying to deal with this crazy fan"".","Even after two and a half decades in Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan continues to make women go weak in the knees just by flashing his dimpled smile. Jab Harry Met Sejal director Imtiaz Ali told DNA about the time he first met SRK, and it will have the actor's female fans fall more in love with him.""It was in London for a film festival. We all were hanging out and I saw Shah Rukh coming up a very narrow aisle somewhere in the hotel, with a drunk girl hanging on to him. He was dealing with her so gracefully without demeaning her,"" the filmmaker said.Imtiaz said that Shah Rukh was extremely gentle with the girl and did not lose his cool at any point of time. ""Gauri (Khan, Shah Rukh's wife) was also with him and everybody was trying to deal with this crazy fan. He was particularly being nice to the girl. When he saw me, he stopped, and we had quite a long conversation even as the girl kept murmuring 'Oh Shah Rukh, Oh Shah Rukh' all over him. He was dealing with her like how one would deal with a scarf. He put her arm on one side of the shoulder and continued to talk to me,"" he added.Shah Rukh and Imtiaz are collaborating for the first time in Jab Harry Met Sejal, which also features Anushka Sharma. The film is set to release on August 4.ALSO READ: Shah Rukh Khan almost had us believing Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt are in love "
Mishika Bangia,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",UP government makes registration of marriages compulsory,http://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/eleven-years-after-sc-ruling-up-govt-makes-registration-of-marriages-compulsory/story-KrL26m3E7nV2eJt7PlRXeM.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Yogi Adityanath government has approved making the registration of marriages compulsory for all religions and castes in Uttar Pradesh. The approval comes in wake of a 2006 Supreme Court's verdict, which asked Centre and state governments to draft rules for making marriage registration compulsory. Reportedly, ?10 fine will be levied for delay up to a year and ?50 beyond that.","The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal to make registration of marriages compulsory for every resident of the state, regardless of religion or community.Chief minister Yogi Adityanath presided over a cabinet meeting to adopt the Uttar Pradesh Marriage Registration Rules-2017, which stipulates compulsory registration of marital alliances and lays down penalties for any delay in this regard. Though the fines are not particularly hefty ? Rs 10 for delay up to a year and Rs 50 beyond that period ? it is liable to increase over time. ?We took all sections of society into confidence before taking a decision on the issue,? health minister Siddharth Nath Singh told mediapersons later in the day.However, Singh admitted that the cabinet did not concede to demands from a few Muslim clerics who wanted their community exempt from having to furnish photographs of the bride and groom. ?Yes, they made such a demand because the nikahnama (the Islamic marriage contract) does not carry images. But if photographs can be submitted to procure documents such as Aadhaar cards, I don?t see why the same cannot be done for marriage registration,? he said.While the stamps and registration department will double as the nodal agency for marriage registration, the government will launch an online portal to ensure easy access. The Centre had already made marriage registration compulsory across the country, in keeping with a 2006 Supreme Court ruling. Uttar Pradesh was among the only two states that had failed to implement the directive, an anomaly that minister for women welfare and tourism development Rita Bahuguna Joshi had earlier vowed to rectify. ?We will implement the Supreme Court?s order in the state. A cabinet note is being prepared, and the same will be sent for the cabinet?s approval,? she had said.The erstwhile Samajwadi Party government had deferred taking a decision on the matter in view of strong objections from Muslims. Community leaders maintained that as the nikahnama contains all the relevant details pertaining to marriages, the state should treat it as a valid substitute for the registration certificate. "
Radhika Chugh,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday","NGT directs UP, Delhi to clean debris from Yamuna floodplain",http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/remove-debris-from-yamuna-floodplain-green-tribunal-tells-delhi-uttar-pradesh/story-aCkTENNbNWsAW3F7qwFCVN.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the irrigation departments of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh to remove debris from the Yamuna floodplains within three weeks. The NGT added that any ?inaction on part of authorities cannot be tolerated?. Notably, the Tribunal has reconstituted the Principal Committee responsible for overseeing the execution of the Yamuna cleaning project.","The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Delhi and Uttar Pradesh governments to remove debris on the floodplains of  the Yamuna. It said indiscriminate dumping of waste was a direct source of pollution in the river. A bench headed by NGT chairperson justice Swatanter Kumar said the department of irrigation of Delhi and UP would have to carry out these directions. ?The debris on either side of the river Yamuna, if not already removed, shall be removed within three weeks,? the bench said. The green court said work to rejuvenate the Yamuna should not be stopped unnecessarily as pollution was rising daily and any ?inaction on part of authorities cannot be tolerated?.?In the interest of environment and public health, the government and all authorities concerned must perform their function and ensure that the Yamuna is rejuvenated to its original pristine status. Now, the project is being carried on in a planned, scientific and implementable manner and any obstruction in that behalf will not be tolerated,? the bench said.The tribunal reconstituted the principal committee, formed to see the execution of the cleaning of the Yamuna, and included Shashi Shekhar, former secretary of ministry of water resources, as a special invitee.It also convened a meeting of stakeholders, including officials from Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh, on August 8 at 3pm at the tribunal to discuss the cleaning and rejuvenation of the Yamuna.During the hearing, the counsel appearing for the Delhi government told the NGT that steps were being taken by the Delhi Jal Board to ensure that work to clean the Yamuna was completed with utmost expeditiousness.?In relation to the project report of the second phase of the Yamuna cleaning, it is submitted that it has already been filed before the tribunal as well as sent to the principal committee, ministry of water resources,? the bench noted.The directions came when the NGT was hearing a plea on the monitoring of implementation of the Maili se Nirmal Yamuna Revitalisation Project 2017 project.The tribunal had earlier banned open defecation and dumping of waste on the floodplains of the Yamuna and announced an environment compensation of R5,000 for violation of the order."
Dishant Sharma,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Stop doping or the sport dies: Usain Bolt to fellow athletes,https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/aug/01/usain-bolt-warns-athletes-stop-doping-or-sport-will-die?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Speaking ahead of his final appearance on the field at the upcoming world championships, eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt warned his fellow athletes that they must stop doping otherwise track and field will die. On being asked about how he would feel in the 100m final at the upcoming world championships, Bolt said, ""Unbeatable and unstoppable"".","Usain Bolt has issued a stark warning to his fellow athletes that they must stop doping otherwise track and field will die. The triple Olympic 100m and 200m champion insisted that the sport was on the mend following the staggering revelations of state-sponsored doping in Russia but conceded more needed to be done to tackle the scourge of performance-enhancing drugs.?I don?t think it gets any worse than that,? he said, referring to the problems in Russia which he agreed had left the sport at rock bottom. ?But it?s on its way back up now. Hopefully, athletes will see what?s going on and understand that if they don?t stop what they?re doing the sport will die. And hopefully they will understand what the sport is going through and what they need to do as athletes to help it move forward.?But Bolt, who will hang up his spikes after the world championships in London which start on Friday, said he was still optimistic that these perennial problems could be tackled. ?You can?t be happy about doping at all, it?s not good for the sport,? he added. ?But over the years we?re doing a better job, it?s getting clean and we?re catching up to a lot of athletes. There?s an understanding that, listen, if you cheat you will get caught. Over time the sport will get better.?I said a couple of years ago it had to get really bad, when there?s nowhere else to go but up. The only way track and field has left to go is up.?Bolt has raced only three times this season, and last month appeared to be struggling with a back injury, but he insisted he was still the man to beat in the 100m, the qualifying rounds for which start on Friday. ?For some reason I am the underdog,? he said. ?That is what my team keep telling me so I have to prove myself once more. But I am confident in my abilities, always. When I go out there I am fully confident and ready to go ? 100%.?The last 100m race I ran was a 9.95sec which shows I am going in the right direction. It is all about who can keep their nerves. I have been here many times and I know I am ready. It is go time.?Bolt, who turns 31 later this month, also gave an emphatic answer when asked how he would feel on Saturday night after the 100m final. ?Unbeatable,? he said. ?Usain Bolt has retired unbeatable over that event. For me that will be the biggest headline. Unbeatable and unstoppable.?The Jamaican also insisted that he had been provided with extra motivation to win yet another world title following the tragic death of his close friend Germaine Mason, the Olympic silver medal winning high jumper, in a road accident in April.?It was a rough time,? he said. ?I have never had someone who passed away so close to me. I didn?t train for three weeks. My coach gave me my space, he gave me my time to get over it. But at some point the close net of people I was with said: ?Listen to us, Usain, I know it is hard but you need to get back training because Germaine would have wanted it ? he was looking forward to coming to your last race and seeing you compete and finishing off your legacy.??That really helped me get going again. It was hard. But now I really want to do it for him and his family ? and all the friends that supported me in the hard times.?"
Radhika Chugh,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Fire breaks out in Sheila Dixit's house in Delhi,http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/minor-fire-at-former-delhi-cm-sheila-dikshit-s-house-in-nizamuddin/story-MfaLtYWUpA1IcJh6sjPfiK.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A minor fire broke out in the basement of former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dixit's house in Delhi's Nizamuddin on Wednesday morning. ""We got a call at around 9:30 am about a fire. We sent two fire tenders to the spot. The electricity metre board had caught fire,"" said a fire official. No damages have been reported in the incident.","A minor fire broke out in the basement of former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit?s house in central Delhi?s Nizamuddin East on Wednesday morning.Fire control room officials said that the fire started in the electricity metre board in the basement of the house. ?We got a call at around 9:30 am about a fire. We sent two fire tenders to the spot. The electricity metre board had caught fire,? said a fire official.The official said that the fire was minor and put off without incident.?The fire was extinguished even before we reached the spot. It was a very minor incident,? said the Delhi Fire Services Chief Fire Officer, Atul Garg."
Chhavi Tyagi,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Woman bites off her alleged rapist's tongue,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/kerala-woman-bites-off-chunk-of-neighbour-s-tongue-when-he-tried-to-rape-her/story-ajiv6xUnbE4d1wHfgblAiO.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,A woman in Kerala's Kochi area bit off the tongue of a neighbour on Monday night when he allegedly tried to rape her. The woman filed a police complaint against her 30-year-old neighbour and produced a two centimetre strip of the tongue at the police station. The accused allegedly had similar charges against him earlier.,"A woman in Kerala?s Kochi bit off the tongue of a neighbour on Monday night when he allegedly tried to molest her, police said.The woman filed a police complaint against her 30-year-old neighbour and said she bit off the tongue when he allegedly tried to force himself on her and kiss her. She also produced a 2 cm strip of the tongue at the police station.Police said the man was booked under section 447 (criminal trespass), 354 (assault with the intention to outrage modesty of a woman) and 367 (attempt to rape) of the Indian Penal Code. The man was allegedly had similar charges against him earlier and has been remanded to judicial custody for a week.This is the second high-profile sexual assault case to surface in the southern state in two months. In June, a 23-year-old law student told police she cut off the genitals of 52-year-old godman in self-defence when he made sexual advances towards her. But weeks later, she accused the police of forcing her to make statements, and said the godman never hurt her.In Kochi, the woman told police she stepped out of her house on Monday night when he allegedly jumped at her but fled after she attacked him. After her complaint, police alerted all city hospitals and found the man undergoing a surgery at a private hospital.The man had told hospital authorities that he injured his tongue in a bike accident and was arrested after the surgery was over and he was discharged. Doctors at the hospital said as he received serious injuries on the tongue, his speech will be slightly impaired.An earlier version of this story used a photo of a woman who has no connection with the case. The photo has been changed. "
Chhavi Tyagi,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",15-yr-old Haryana girl pregnant after being raped by cousins,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/haryana-15-year-old-rape-victim-is-7-months-pregnant/story-CDq9ue0BYGkWk3YWoKO8uN.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A 15-year-old Haryana girl has been found to be seven-months pregnant after two of her cousins allegedly raped her several times. The incident came to light after she complained of stomach ache and was taken to the hospital on July 29. The police have arrested one of the accused, who is a juvenile, while the other is on the run.","A 15-year-old girl was found to be seven-month pregnant after two of her cousins allegedly raped her several times. Police said they have arrested one of the accused, a juvenile, while the other is on the run. The incident, reported from a village in Sonepat?s Kharkhoda block, comes close on the heels of a series of similar incidents being reported from the state in the last two months. The police said the girl was taken to a hospital by her family on July 29 after she complained of stomach ache. The victim then narrated her ordeal to her mother. She said she was first raped by her cousins in December last year when they barged into her house when she was alone. The accused allegedly continued to rape her, threatening to kill her parents if she informed anyone.The girl, a school dropout, did not inform anyone out of fear. The police have registered a case under the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and other sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the two. Kharkhoda station house officer (SHO) Pradeep Singh said the arrested boy was produced in court which sent him to juvenile home. Doctors at the Rohtak civil hospital have ruled out abortion at this stage, maintaining that it could be life-threatening to the minor girl. The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act in India allows abortion up to 20 weeks of pregnancy."
Daisy Mowke,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Koena files sexual harassment case after getting lewd calls,http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/koena-mitra-gets-lewd-phone-calls-files-sexual-harassment-case/story-0zUWKTOKGdGbbzGRfHJpeN.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Actress Koena Mitra has filed a sexual harassment complaint after receiving lewd phone calls from a stranger. The man reportedly kept calling her, offered her money for a night out and verbally abused her. ""From July 24, I started getting calls from random numbers,"" said Koena. She decided to approach the police when the calls didn't stop coming.","Bollywood actor-model Koena Mitra has registered a case of sexual harassment against a stranger in Mumbai. A Mid Day report said that Koena received a call and a stranger asked her for a night out. The man kept calling her despite being rebuffed. Koena reportedly got calls from 40-50 unknown numbers over last one week. When she picked up one of the calls Saturday evening, the caller offered her money for a night out and even abused Koena, the report said. She then approached Oshiwara Police station and filed a complaint.The tabloid quoted a cop as saying, ?We have booked the caller under section 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of IPC and are investigating the case further.?Talking to India.com, Koena said that she is awaiting further action in the case. Talking about the harrowing experience, she said, ?From July 24, I started getting calls from random numbers, many among them being Mumbai numbers too. They called me non-stop. I changed my handset too. Usually, I don?t take a call from an unknown number. But once I answered... he started talking nonsense and filth, it took me seconds to react. I was literally frozen. And after a few minutes, I was just angry and fired him. And after that, there was a marathon of calls. I was tired of answering the calls. A day later, he called again and I fired him and he abused me in Marathi.? When the calls didn?t stop coming, she decided to approach the police.The 37-year-old actor began her tinsel town journey with a special song in Ram Gopal Varma?s Road (2009) called Khullam Khulla. She then appeared in several films including Heyy Baby, Apna Sapna Money Money and Musafir.Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Sumedha Sehra,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",76% Bihar cabinet ministers face criminal charges,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/new-cabinet-76-bihar-ministers-face-criminal-cases-72-are-crorepatis/story-mN4LhQrYzlPp0sYBQ8mK2M.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"As many as 22 of 29, or 76% of ministers in the new Bihar cabinet face criminal charges against them, higher than the 19 ministers (69%) in the previous Grand Alliance government. Further, 21 ministers (72%) are crorepatis, a little less than 22 (79%) in the previous government. Also, a minister in the new cabinet earns an average ?2.46 crore.","Twentytwo  of the 29 ministers in the newly-appointed Nitish Kumar cabinet in Bihar face criminal cases against them.A report by election watchdog Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), based on affidavits filed by candidates to the Election Commission of India (ECI), said 76% ministers face criminal cases. This is three more than the previous ?mahagathbandhan? (Grand Alliance) government of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Janata Dal (United) and the Congress, in which 19 of the 29 ministers (69%) were tainted.Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar had on July 26 distanced himself with the Grand Alliance, citing allegations of corruption against deputy chief minister and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. The same evening he took the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to stay at the helm in the state. The new ministers were sworn in on July 29.Of the 22 tainted ministers in the new cabinet, nine mentioned in their affidavits facing serious criminal cases against them. Two of Kumar?s party ministers even face attempt to murder charges under section 307 of the IPC against them. Many other ministers face cases of dacoity, theft, fraud and atrocities against them.Interestingly, the average income of a minister in the new cabinet is Rs 2.46 crore, even as the percentage of crorepati ministers dropped marginally this time as compared to Kumar?s previous government. While 79% ministers ? 22 ? were crorepatis in the GA government, 21 (72%) are crorepatis in the JD(U)-led NDA government.Labour resources minister and BJP MLA from Lakhisarai, Vijay Kumar Sinha, has properties worth Rs 15.50 crore, while urban development department minister and BJP MLA from Muzaffarpur Suresh Kumar has properties worth Rs 11 crore. Water resources and planning minister and JD(U) legislator from Munger, Rajiv Ranjan Singh, has properties worth Rs 5 crore. "
Sonu Kumari,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",DU college to start child care facilities for staff kids,http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/in-a-first-in-du-lakshmibai-college-to-set-up-creche-for-staff/story-uCRkEnlbnXsHy6EgOkoNMJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Lakshmibai College will be the first college in the University of Delhi to start a cr�che facility for the children of its teaching and non-teaching staff in August. College principal said the teachers would be able to focus more on their work without worrying about the children. The cr�che will consist of two rooms, a pantry, and a play area.","In a first, a Delhi University college is starting a cr�che for its teaching and non-teaching staff, who have to juggle between work and taking care of their young children.Lakshmibai College in Ashok Vihar will start the cr�che in August. Teachers can bring their children to the cr�che, which will be functional between 9am to 5pm.College principal Pratyush Vatsala said the move will help teachers focus on their work without constantly worrying about their children.?As a young teacher, I was constantly worried about my kids. If I had a cr�che at my work place then it would have made my life so much easier. A young child needs constant care,? she said.The cr�che will have a working pantry and at least two support staff to take care of the children.?There will be two rooms, one play area and a pantry. We are also planning to renovate an empty garage to be used for older kids where they can do their homework and other things,? she said.Permanent teachers get a maternity leave of six months and child care leave of two years, which they can take in breaks or one go.Sonica Sihngvi, a teacher of Economics at the college who is currently on childcare leave, said the cr�che will be of great help to her and other parents with toddlers.?I was really worried about leaving my child in the care of a nanny. Now I can take my classes without having to worry about my child as I can check on him in the cr�che in between classes and breastfeed him,? she said.Vatsala said work places need to have such facilities for their employees as it will lead to better results. ?If the employee is free of tension then he or she can focus on work better. It is good for the individual as well as the institution,? she said.Teachers will have to pay Rs4,000 per month for availing the facility. ?The initial building cost is being borne by the college but the recurring expenditure will be borne by the teachers availing the facility,? she said."
Sonu Kumari,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Vehicles consume 1.5 times more fuel on crowded roads: Study,http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/people-pay-more-for-extra-fuel-consumption-while-driving-on-delhi-s-roads/story-68rK37RfWJHX30UpFBFqWM.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"An ongoing study has found that vehicles traveling on ""average"", crowded roads consumed nearly one-and-a-half times more fuel per kilometre compared to ?good?, fuel-efficient roads in Delhi and its suburbs. The motorists hence end up spending more, said a member associated with the study. The cumulative wastage of fuel would allegedly be an extra burden on India?s oil imports bill.","If you drive a car in Delhi and its suburbs then bad and crowded roads are burning a big hole in your pocket.An ongoing study on how much fuel is wasted because of potholed roads and bad traffic has found that vehicles travelling on ?average?, crowded roads consumed nearly one-and-a-half time more fuel per kilometre compared to ?good?, fuel-efficient roads. The figure is expected to rise to three times during the next phase of the study to be conducted on inferior road stretches.The study, commissioned in May, released its preliminary findings last week involving a Sports Utility Vehicle with a mileage of 10 -12 km/litre. Subsequent tests will be conducted with small cars and loaded and empty trucks. The findings use a three-tier grading system to assess road conditions. Traffic congestion is also a parameter.The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Road Research Institute (CSIR-CRRI) conducted the study. It was found that an SUV consumed about 40.25 millilitres of fuel per kilometre when it travelled on the Noida Expressway, considered a good, fuel-efficient road. The same vehicle consumed about 95.5 millilitres of fuel for every kilometre when travelling from Noida Expressway to Kalindi Kunj and onto Jasola.The consumption was even higher at 137.2 millilitres per km when the vehicle travelled from Botanical Garden to Kailash Hospital in Noida. ?The initial findings of the study conducted on two road stretches in Delhi have revealed that Delhiites could be consuming at least two-to-three times more fuel because of bad quality roads and traffic conditions,? said Ravindra Kumar, principal scientist of CRRI?s transport and planning division.?The result is they end up paying more.?A preliminary estimate puts the wastage across India at Rs 960 crore a day. Although the extra expense incurred by an individual driver might not ring alarm bells, the cumulative wastage would be an added burden on India?s oil imports bill.The initial study was carried out on more than 600 km of the best roads in Delhi and its suburbs such as the Yamuna Expressway, Delhi Gurgaon Expressway and NH24 to collect the baseline data ? the best fuel-efficient roads. ?Now we are driving the same vehicles on various roads of Delhi to find out how much extra fuel they consume,? Kumar said.  ?Some of the roads that we have selected are Peeragarhi to Najafgarh, Kalindi Kunj to Jaitpur Extension and Mayur Vihar Ext to Trilok Puri among others.? "
Saloni Tandon,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",India to play record 23 home matches in 4 months this year,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-vs-sri-lanka-2017/india-may-have-two-new-venues-for-home-tests-against-sri-lanka/story-2Qs1zV50eXoRLJiACkvNtN.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Team India will play a record 23 home matches this year from September to December, the BCCI announced on Tuesday. India will host Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka during the season, with the team playing a total of three Tests, 11 ODIs and nine T20Is at home. Thiruvananthapuram and Barsapara in Assam may be added as Test venues.","Two new venues, Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala and Barsapara in Assam are in contention to host Test matches during the home series against Sri Lanka as Indian cricket team is set to play a record 23 international matches at home between September and December. A decision will be taken by BCCI?s Tours and Fixtures Committee in Kolkata on Tuesday. (Read | Virat Kohli ?spoilt for choices? ahead of second India vs Sri Lanka Test match)  According to a BCCI office-bearer, Indian cricket team will play five ODIs and three T20 Internationals against Australia from September end to mid of October. The series will be followed by three ODIs and as many T20Is against New Zealand. The series against the Black Caps Kiwis will begin late in October and conclude in the first week of November.India is all set to play 23 internationals at home from Sep-Dec 2017 - 3 Tests, 11 ODIs, 9 T20Is against Australia, New Zealand & Sri Lanka.? Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) August 1, 2017The home season will end in December with three Tests, three ODIs and three T20 Internationals against Sri Lanka. After that, Virat Kohli and his men fly down to South Africa.(Read | Cheteshwar Pujara: Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel reality check strengthened resolve) ?There are 23 International matches at home. Three Tests, 11 ODIs and nine T20 Internationals. Each and every venue in India will be covered. Barsapara in Assam and Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram have got Test status. Both are vying for Test matches. Most of the bigger centres want either a T20 International or ODIs,? a BCCI official told PTI.A Kerala Cricket Association official confirmed the development.?Since Kochi?s Nehru Stadium, which has traditionally hosted ODIs, will be used for he FIFA U-17 World Cup, we are hoping that Greenfields gets its first Test,? he said.(Read | Captain Virat Kohli displays icy nerves despite upheaval in Indian dressing room)  Nagpur, which was under suspension may also be in contention to host a Test match. The traditional centres such as Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru or Mohali will get ODIs or T20 Internationals, which draw capacity crowd. There are possibilities that a couple of centres may get more than a match. ?One can be rest assured that atleast 16-18 venues will be covered during this phase,? he concluded. "
Sumedha Sehra,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",No info on hiring class 12 boy on ?12 lakh per month: Google,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/technology/story/google-hires-class-12-indian-student-with-monthly-salary-of-rs-12-lakh/1/1015947.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Google has clarified that it has no ""information on [its] records with respect to Harshit Sharma's candidacy"", after a news about the tech giant hiring the class 12 Chandigarh boy went viral. It was reported that Harshit would get ?4 lakh monthly as trainee graphic designer, and ?12 lakh monthly after the training completes in a month.","Who doesn't want to work for a reputed firm like Google? But, not everyone gets such a golden opportunity. But, a student of a government school in Chandigarh makes impossible, possible. Google hires a class 12 boy from Chandigarh, named Harshit Sharma. He will be reportedly working as a graphic designer for the tech company.� Update: The India Today Tech has learned that the reports of Google hiring a school student and at a salary of Rs 12 lakh per month are false. The report first appeared in a city supplement produced by the Indian Express. In a statement to India Today Tech, Google said: ""Currently, we don't have any information on our records with respect to Harshit Sharma's candidacy.""Harshit always wanted to work for Google. It was his dream company and he never imagined to fulfill it so soon, he says. Hard work pays off he adds. Google recruits Harshit as a trainee graphic designer for the time being. He will be working from Google's headquarter in California. He just applied for a job posted by the company, and got a reply after a few days. Harshit applied for position for the graphic designer, along with which he submitted few of his work, which also included a poster that he designed. Days after his application, Harshit received an appointment letter from Google in June, which mentioned that he has been hired. Also Read: Google Play services becomes the first ever app to cross 5 billion downloads on Play StoreGoogle will train him for the first month. During the training the company is said to pay Harshit a sum of Rs 4 lakh per month. However, after the training ends and he becomes a permanent employee, Google will pay him Rs 12 lakh as a monthly remuneration. "
Aarushi Maheshwari,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Female teacher suspended for getting a massage from student,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/odisha-female-school-teacher-placed-under-suspension-for-getting-massage-from-student/story-QKKWzIkTxEDJlLvBNV5jyH.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A female teacher in Odisha was suspended on Tuesday for allegedly getting a massage by a schoolgirl on school premises. The teacher, Bharati Meher, said the incident took place around two years ago when she told a class eight student she had a headache and the latter offered to massage her head. A video of the incident went viral online.","A woman teacher in Odisha?s Sambalpur district on Tuesday placed under suspension on charge of getting herself massaged by a girl student in the school.The authorities took action against the lady teacher after a video of the incident went viral in the social media.Sambalpur District Education Officer (DEO), Pramod Panda confirmed about the suspension of the lady teacher of Sikirdi Project Upper Primary School, Bharati Meher.The DEO said Meher was suspended after the video came to our notice on?Tuesday.Meher, who is also in-charge headmistress of the school, admitted that a girl student had massaged her head. However, she said that the incident had taken place around two years ago when she was sitting in the office room.?Because of severe headache, I went inside the office room and sat there on that day. However, a class VIII girl student came to me to call me to take class. But on seeing my condition, she asked me how I was feeling. I told her about my headache. She herself told me that she would massage my head. This is the truth,? the lady teacher claimed.The girl, who massaged my head on that day, has already passed out from the school and therefore was not available for comment. "
Aarushi Maheshwari,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",EasyJet passengers stranded in Greece due to mating turtles,https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/01/easyjet-passengers-stranded-in-greece-in-part-to-protect-mating-turtles?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Passengers were stranded on Greek island Zakynthos for days after their easyJet plane developed technical difficulties on Sunday and a replacement plane couldn't fly in due to mating turtles. A flyer said there was no easyJet representative and passengers were forced to wait through ""hours of nothingness."" The airport has a night curfew to protect vulnerable loggerhead turtles breeding nearby. ","Scores of easyJet passengers were stranded on the Greek island of Zakynthos (also known as Zante) after their plane developed technical difficulties and a replacement aircraft was prevented from flying in because of mating turtles. Passengers expressed fury at easyJet?s lack of communication and ?incredibly bad? handling of the delay, which began on Sunday afternoon.  Some travellers, who did not book on to other flights, were only able to make it home on Tuesday.  A fault with a wing flap was announced by the captain soon after passengers boarded the flight to Gatwick at around 3pm on Sunday, and there was no communication for another hour.  Despite being told the problem would be resolved in 20 minutes, passengers were soon asked to disembark.  They were forced to wait through ?hours of nothingness,? according to Rebecca Morris, 39, who was travelling with her husband and two small children.  She described the facilities at Zakynthos airport as ?basic? and said there was no help or guidance from easyJet apart from the odd automated text message.  ?There was no food or refreshments and there was no representative from easyJet,? Morris said.  She said that while her family?s travel agents helped them find accommodation and taxis, other passengers were left to ?fend for themselves?.  A similar process was repeated on Monday.  The airline said the night curfew ? apparently in place because of vulnerable loggerhead turtles breeding nearby ? had prevented an alternative aircraft being sent out. The sea turtle breeding season is well under way in Zakynthos. According to Archelon, a group dedicated in protecting sea turtles in Greece, late June to early July see the highest levels of spawning. The group has recorded 500 nests on the island so far, but that is fewer than in previous years. EasyJet later apologised for the delay. A spokesman said: ?Unfortunately easyJet was unable to operate flight EZY8746 from Zante to London Gatwick on Sunday 30 July due to a technical fault with the aircraft and had to delay the flight overnight.  ?Engineers were immediately dispatched to Zante and believed that the technical issue was rectified yesterday, however it then reoccurred before boarding which meant the flight could not operate. The safety of our passengers and crew is our highest priority and we will only operate if it is safe to do so.  ?We do all possible to try and minimise delays and as such planned to send a replacement aircraft. Unfortunately, due to the night curfew rule at the airport, we were unable to get the replacement aircraft into the airport. The flight departed Zante and arrived at London Gatwick today.  ?Around a quarter of passengers travelled on flights with alternative carriers yesterday afternoon. Passengers have been provided with hotel accommodation and expenses in line with EU261 regulations and will also be entitled to EU261 compensation.?"
Daisy Mowke,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Picture of Sushant in spacesuit at NASA shared online,http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/sushant-singh-rajput-gets-trained-at-nasa-for-chanda-mama-door-ke-and-the-pics-are-out-of-this-world/story-wxgOz5dlEgOAIVcopDZgHO.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A picture of Sushant Singh Rajput in a spacesuit at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been shared on Twitter by producer Viki Rajani. The actor has started undergoing training for his role as an astronaut in the upcoming film 'Chanda Mama Door Ke'. Directed by Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan, the film will release on January 26, 2018.","Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput is all set to get special training at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) for his upcoming film, Chanda Mama Door Ke, where he plays an astronaut. In a new picture shared on Twitter, Sushant is seen wearing a white spacesuit. Taran Adarsh shared the picture and wrote, ?Sushant Singh Rajput to undergo special training at NASA?s Space & Rocket Center... Enacts the part of an astronaut in #ChandaMamaDoorKe.? Earlier, talking to a website al.com, the actor had said about real astronauts, ?Their training is something else, much deeper. They are trained to be put in a situation where you?re facing problems for the first time. So, with all your experience, with all your skills, with all your way of concentrating and not being anxious ? it?s not a question of pass or fail, it?s a question of life or death.?Sushant Singh Rajput to undergo special training at NASA's Space & Rocket Center... Enacts the part of an astronaut in #ChandaMamaDoorKe... pic.twitter.com/W4b9BYELCE? taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) August 2, 2017Sushant visited the NASA centre in the US in July to prepare for the space adventure to experience zero gravity. Earlier, Sushant shared his photos from the visit to the US Space & Rocket Center. Dressed in a space suit and a cap, the actor was in full astronaut mode. Another photo was accompanied with a post stating: ?From a miniature Rocket to a life size one, this grown up kid will never cease to Dream. My mother always wanted her ?Sushant in Space?. (sic).?From a miniature Rocket to a life size one , this grown up kid will never cease to Dream.My mother always wanted her' Sushant in Space '!! pic.twitter.com/9z4pI61PRF? Sushant Singh Rajput (@itsSSR) July 22, 2017Neutral buoyancy, space walk drills and Orion simulations are were so much fun !! Can't wait to try more :) pic.twitter.com/8Xy1xBpngJ? Sushant Singh Rajput (@itsSSR) July 23, 2017Sending SOS from this tiny boxCause tonight I'm feeling like an..!!?? pic.twitter.com/7WanvgsiWF? Sushant Singh Rajput (@itsSSR) July 23, 2017The actor is reportedly being trained in neutral buoyancy, undergoing spacewalk drills and moon walks, experiencing zero gravity and Orion simulations. Directed by Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan, the film also stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui and R. Madhavan.Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Aarushi Maheshwari,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Sri Lankan held for entering Delhi Airport on fake ticket,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/sri-lankan-held-for-entering-delhi-airport-on-fake-ticket/1/1016390.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A Sri Lankan national was arrested for allegedly using a fake ticket to enter a terminal at the Delhi Airport on Monday, officials said. CISF personnel had found the accused, identified as Nuwan U Fernando, roaming suspiciously inside the terminal-III building. Fernando told officials he had used a cancelled ticket to enter the airport terminal to see off his mother. ","New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) A Sri Lankan national has been apprehended at the Delhi airport for entering a terminal allegedly using a fake ticket, officials said today. The man was apprehended last evening when a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel, deployed for the airports security, found him roaming suspiciously inside the terminal-III building, a senior official in airport security said. The man was identified as Nuwan U Fernando, a resident of Sri Lanka, he said. He told the CISF personnel that he had come to see off his mother, who was travelling to Colombo from the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), the official said. "
Sonu Kumari,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",20 stuck in Gurugram mall lift for 90 mins rescued,http://www.hindustantimes.com/gurgaon/20-people-trapped-for-90-minutes-in-faulty-elevator-at-gurgaon-mall/story-ObbrdLAIUElsJqnTSQETsL.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Gurugram police on Saturday midnight rescued twenty people who were trapped in a mall lift for nearly 90 minutes. Police said that two out of six women fell unconscious in the lift due to lack of oxygen. Some trapped people had reportedly contacted the elevator control room, but the police were called when the staff couldn't fix the technical glitch.","Twenty people, including six female employees of a multi-national company, went through a harrowing time on Saturday after being stuck in an elevator at Sector 53?s South Point Mall for close to 90 minutes. The women, according to the police, were off-duty and were returning home after a party when the elevator got stuck between the second and third floors. Two of the women fell unconscious due to lack of oxygen, said the police.Some people stuck later called the elevator control room, but the staff could not rectify the technical fault after which the police were called. A police team soon reached the spot and after assessing the situation broke a glass on the backside of the elevator, cracked open the glass wall of the lift and rescue the people.The police control room received information about the incident at Saturday midnight, after which Sector 53 police station was informed and a team rushed to the spot.?When we reached the spot, two women had already fallen unconscious. The elevator was stuck in the middle of two floors and was not moving in either direction. We had to break the back glass with a hammer and then break the glass wall of the elevator,? said Rahul Dev, SHO sector 53 police station. The police then used a ladder to get people out of the lift.The police have not registered any case in the matter with Dev stating that a case could be filed if a complained is received.Saturday?s incident was not a stray one as Gurgaon has witnessed a number of tragedies involving elevators in the last few years.On April 7, 2009, Nishant Sharma, an employee with marketing and consulting company Sapient, was killed after getting stuck under an elevator when he was trying to go to his office on the 10th floor of Cyber Greens building in DLF Phase 3. His body was crushed after the elevator suddenly moved and trapped his leg. He was rushed to a private hospital with cardiac and respiratory seizure where he died on April 11. Five years later, on the night of May 26, 2014, eighteen members of a family, including children, from Sushant Lok were trapped for more than an hour inside an elevator at a deluxe hotel on MG Road. The police had to break the glass of the elevator and rescue the family. The police later arrested two bouncers who did not help the victims and even dissuaded the police from breaking the elevator?s glass.On April 22 this year, an elevator at Central Park-2 on Sohna road fell to the lower basement with a family reportedly stuck inside."
Aarushi Maheshwari,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday","SpiceJet passengers, crew face-off over delay",http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/spicejet-flight-delay-bengaluru/1/1016634.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Passengers and cabin crew got into an argument on Tuesday after a Delhi-Bengaluru SpiceJet flight was repeatedly delayed. Passengers, including children, reportedly sat inside the aircraft for hours while no reason was given for the delay. The flight was scheduled to depart at 8:55 pm, while passengers were reportedly accommodated on a different aircraft that departed at 12:25 am. ","Inordinate delay of a SpiceJet flight SG 143 resulted in a face-off between passengers and the airline crew on Tuesday. Scores of passengers including children and elderly were made to sit inside the flight for hours, claims passengers.The crew allegedly could not provide any reason for the delay. The flight was scheduled to take off at 8.55 pm but got delayed to 9.15 pm and then by another 15 minutes. The face-off between the passengers and the crew ensued after the flight failed to depart even after the said timing. The flight finally took off at 12.25 am.According to sources, a different aircraft flew the passengers to Bengaluru. SpiceJet, however, has not responded so far."
Arshiya Chopra,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Rape-accused kills self after order to drink victim's urine,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/youth-kills-self-after-panchayat-s-diktat-to-drink-girl-s-urine-for-raping-her/story-s4LPQhFC1dyGdtFc6ZhSEO.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A 25-year-old man from Jammu and Kashmir accused of rape committed suicide after the Panchayat directed him to drink urine of the victim. Police said he also recorded an audio clip before killing himself, wherein he claimed of never raping the girl. The Panchayat's initial direction was to compensate the girl's family with money, which the man refused, police added.","A 25-year-old post-graduate youth, who felt humiliated by a panchayat diktat asking him to drink a girl?s urine for allegedly raping her, claimed his life, police said.The incident happened over a week ago in a remote village of Targain in Budhal tehsil of Rajouri district, 150 km northwest of Jammu.The deceased has been identified as Fazal Hussain, son of Mohammed Abdullah.Before committing suicide by jumping into Samar Sar lake, near Targain village, Hussain had recorded an audio clip on a mobile phone wherein he stated that he never raped the girl and felt humiliated by the panchayat?s diktat.SSP Rajouri, Yougal Manhas told HT over phone that in the next two to three days, the police will ascertain the facts and take action accordingly.Manhas said the mobile phone belonged to one of Hussain?s relative, probably his cousin.?He had stated in the clip that he was asked by the panchayat to drink girl?s urine and he also claimed that he never raped the girl,? said the SSP.He, however, informed that none of the two families ever approached police.?They didn?t report the matter to police and appeared before village panchayat,? he added.The officer said that the Hussain?s body was recovered from the lake on Sunday after it was spotted floating by some shepherds in the upper reaches of Budhal.Another police officer from Budhal said that the parents of the girl from the same Targain village had approached the panchayat with a complaint of rape against the accused.?The girl?s family had sought justice and the panchayat came up with such a weird punishment,? he said.Initial investigations revealed that the panchayat had asked Hussain?s family to compensate the girl?s family with money.?But Fazal Hussain refused to pay. Thereafter, the panchayat asked him to drink the girl?s urine. Baffled by the weird diktat, Fazal sought two days time to mentally get ready, but on Sunday, his body was found in the lake,? he added."
Radhika Chugh,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Online assessment delayed Mumbai University results: Maha CM,http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/maharashtra-chief-minister-admits-online-assessment-delayed-mumbai-varsity-results/story-AKlagpeGfCgpaLIxZ08RdI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said that the newly adopted online assessment system delayed the declaration of Mumbai University results. He added that the government will implement technological changes systematically and in phases to avoid similar problems in the future. Notably, 14 lakh out of the 17.5 lakh answer sheets have been evaluated so far. ","The Maharashtra government on Tuesday admitted that adopting online assessment system  by the University of Mumbai (MU) for evaluating answer papers delayed declaration of results. The state has now promised to implement the system gradually to avoid similar problems in the future.����?It is a serious issue. The MU had recently shifted to an online system for assessment of answer papers, which caused a delay in completing the assessment work. Scenario would have been different if it had been implemented in stages,? chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said. ���Fadnavis was replying to a query raised by Nationalist Congress Party legislator and former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar. The NCP leader said the university had failed to meet the July 31 deadline given by the governor Ch Vidysagar Rao for completing assessment work. Of 477 courses offered by the varsity, it declared results for only 173 courses on Monday.�Asking the chief minister to intervene, Pawar said the issue had tarnished the university?s reputation in the country. Further delay in declaring results may also impact students who want to pursue higher education abroad, he added. Fadnavis said the online assessment system is the need of the hour and has been adopted worldwide. ?The system ensures that evaluators assess answer papers online, thus bringing transparency. The government will make sure that the system is implemented smoothly in phases,? he said.���He also informed the assembly that of 17.50 lakh answer sheets, 14 lakh have been evaluated so far. The governor has now set a new deadline of August 5 to declare the pending 304 results.���?Mark sheets of students, who wish to pursue higher education abroad, will be made available by August 15,? Fadnavis said. "
Aarushi Maheshwari,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Shops relocated to decongest Delhi Airport,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/shops-relocated-to-decongest-delhi-airport-govt/1/1016514.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Shops at the domestic terminal of Delhi Airport have been relocated to provide additional space for seamless passenger movement, MoS for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha said on Tuesday. This comes after a draft report by the Public Accounts Committee said lesser space for passengers due to shops and restaurants could hamper passenger movement during a mishap.","New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) Shops at the domestic terminal of Delhi airport have been relocated to provide additional space for seamless passenger movement, the government said today. A Public Accounts Committee headed by Congress leader K V Thomas had in its draft report indicted the Delhi airport operator about shrinkage of space for passengers because of restaurants, retail outlets, duty-free complexes and executive lounges. The Committee had said that this could hamper passenger movement incase of a mishap. "
Aarushi Maheshwari,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Plane built for Russian airline may be next US Air Force One,http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/planes-built-for-russian-airline-may-be-next-us-air-force-one/story-QDfZhX9oSrsnqZR8ruYOmK.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The US Air Force is negotiating with Boeing to purchase two 747-8 jetliners once built for Russian airline Transaero, which went bankrupt before the planes were delivered. The jetliners will be used as the new Air Force One and its backup. Air Force One is the aircraft that carries the President of the United States. ","Facing pressure from President Donald Trump to cut the cost of new Air Force One aircraft, the US Air Force is negotiating with Boeing to purchase two 747-8 jetliners that were built for a Russian airline that went bankrupt before they were delivered.?We?re working through the final stages of coordination to purchase two commercial 747-8 aircraft and expect to award a contract soon,? said Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek, who declined to elaborate on the details.National security publication Defense One, which first reported the negotiations, said the Air Force was believed to be getting a good deal on the aircraft, which sell for about $386 million on average.The two aircraft were initially ordered four years ago by Transaero, a Russian airline that went bankrupt in 2015, a person familiar with the talks told Reuters.Boeing built two 747-8s out of an order of four. But the airline never took ownership of them, and the planes have been stored in the Mojave Desert, where the dry, hot climate slows corrosion, Defense One said.Trump rattled Boeing in December before taking office by saying in a Twitter message: Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion. Cancel order!? Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 6, 2016Boeing Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg called Trump and told him the cost could be reduced if the Air Force changed its requirements, sources familiar with the conversation said at the time.White House officials in December were unclear where Trump obtained the $4 billion figure. The Air Force has estimated it would spend $2.87 billion through 2021 for development of a new presidential aircraft. The cost of refitting the commercial 747-8s with the enhanced electronics and security systems required for Air Force One were unclear.Boeing had said it expected to add the Air Force One jets to its backlog, which currently numbers 20 planes - five passenger models and 15 freighters.The redeployment to the Air Force of jets already built for another customer would effectively reduce Boeing?s future 747 production plans by two aircraft. But it would provide a home for two airframes that have been built but remain unsold.The Air Force operates two military versions of the Boeing 747-200B aircraft that serve as Air Force One when the president is aboard. Both are nearing the end of their planned 30-year life. "
Niharika Prabhakar,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",HC to hear fresh appeals of Talwars in Aarushi murder case,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/aarushi-murder-case-hc-to-hear-afresh-appeals-of-talwars/1/1016523.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday said it would hear fresh appeals filed by Rajesh and Nupur Talwar challenging their conviction in the murder of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help, Hemraj. The court said it would hear the matter again due to ""contradictions"" in some submissions made by the CBI and fixed a hearing for August 31. ","Allahabad, Aug 01 (PTI) The Allahabad High Court today said it would hear afresh the appeals filed by Rajesh and Nupur Talwar challenging their conviction in the murder of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, seven months after reserving its judgement in the matter. A division bench comprising Justices Bala Krishna Narayana and Arvind Kumar Mishra said it would hear the matter again due to ""contradictions"" in some submissions made by the CBI in the sensational murder case and fixed August 31 for resuming the hearing. The court had on January 11 last reserved its judgement on the appeals filed by the Noida-based dentist couple who were awarded life imprisonment by a special CBI court at Ghaziabad on November 26, 2013. "
Radhika Chugh,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",13 people die in a day while travelling in Mumbai locals,http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/13-people-die-travelling-on-local-trains-in-mumbai-on-sunday/story-KQla8MQgkIAfkzWVJrzC5M.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"As many as 13 people died while travelling in Mumbai's local trains on Sunday, according to railway data. Almost 1,600 people have been killed while travelling in trains in the past six months, it added. Of the 1,600, 700 lost their lives by falling off the train,147 were killed while crossing railway tracks, and 20 people died of electric shock. ","Motorman Mahendra Prasad called up the railway police control room on Sunday and informed officials that a 15-year-old boy and 25-year-old youth had fallen from a train and were found injured on the tracks between Lower Parel and Elphinston stations. Mohammed Ansari, 25, and Mohammed Nisar, 15, were among the 10 people injured while travelling on Western and Central Railway line on Sunday.Sunday recorded 13 track deaths, the highest on a single day this year. In the past six months, around 1,590 people have been killed while travelling on trains ? 676 died after falling off trains. On an average, seven people are killed daily on railway tracks. According to the railway data, 348 people died on the Central line while 323 persons died after falling off trains on the Western line this year till June. Kalyan and Borivli railway stations recorded the maximum number of deaths due to falling off trains especially during peak hours. Track crossing has killed 115 people in the Central line and 59 in the Western line. The Government Railway Police officers said the commuter count has increased, leading to crowded trains. Last year, out of 3,202 deaths recorded, a majority were due to track crossing. ?We had taken several initiatives to stop people from crossing track. The railways had put up fences at many places between the tracks to prevent track crossing,? said Niket Kaushik, police commissioner (GRP). The GRP officers said that overcrowding is the main reason of people falling off trains which is a concern for the authorities. Activists have been writing to the railway authorities to increase the number of coaches in trains.  Deaths till June 30 this year Track crossing: 147 Falling from trains: 676 Electric shock: 20 Death due to injury: 293 Accidental: 383Read: Crossing tracks led to 1,798 of 3,202 train fatalities in Mumbai in 2016Two die after falling off moving trains in Mumbai"
Sumedha Sehra,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Gujarat Congress MLAs in Bengaluru not allowed to go out,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/congress-mlas-bengaluru-resort-gujarat-mlas-bengaluru-resort/1/1016309.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Gujarat Congress MLAs staying in a Bengaluru resort are not allowed to go out, and 30 MLAs from Karnataka have been put in charge of the discipline. The party has planned seminars and programmes for their entertainment inside the resort. These include a lecture on the corruption charges against UPA, and Congress' achievements in 60 years, transparency and accountability.","Bored in confines of a sprawling resort in Bengaluru, the Congress flock of 44 MLAs is a frustrated lot now. Following strict orders of the Karnataka Power Minister DK Shivakumar, the MLAs are not allowed to venture out in the city. While the minister is presently in New Delhi to seek further course of action, 30 MLAs have been put in-charge of the discipline. But few defiant MLAs did head out in the city for sightseeing, shopping, to visit temples, much to the dismay of those still under curbs. The MLAs who were allowed to go out are supposedly those, the Congress is confident of not ditching the party. "
Dishant Sharma,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Only 5% chance of Earth reaching Paris climate goal: Study,https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/31/paris-climate-deal-2c-warming-study?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"According to a recently published US-based research, there is only a 5% chance that Earth will avoid warming by at least 2�C by 2100, the threshold set in the Paris climate agreement. The research studied global trends in the economy, emissions and population growth, and further stated that there is 1% chance that temperatures will rise by less than 1.5�C.","There is only a 5% chance that the Earth will avoid warming by at least 2C come the end of the century, according to new research that paints a sobering picture of the international effort to stem dangerous climate change.Global trends in the economy, emissions and population growth make it extremely unlikely that the planet will remain below the 2C threshold set out in the Paris climate agreement in 2015, the study states. The Paris accord, signed by 195 countries, commits to holding the average global temperature to ?well below 2C? above pre-industrial levels and sets a more aspirational goal to limit warming to 1.5C. This latter target is barely plausible, the new research finds, with just a 1% chance that temperatures will rise by less than 1.5C. ?We?re closer to the margin than we think,? said Adrian Raftery, a University of Washington academic who led the research, published in Nature Climate Change. ?If we want to avoid 2C, we have very little time left. The public should be very concerned.? Governments settled on the 2C threshold partly through political expediency but also because scientists have warned of severe consequences from sea level rise, drought, heatwaves and social unrest should the temperature rise beyond this.  Such risks have been underscored by a separate study, also released on Monday, that shows unabated climate change will cause around 60,000 deaths globally in 2030 and 260,000 deaths by 2100. The study, by the University of North Carolina, found that rising temperatures will exacerbate air pollutants that will particularly threaten those with existing conditions.  According to the University of Washington study, there is a 90% likelihood that temperatures will rise between 2C and 4.9C by 2100. This would put the world in the mid-range warming scenarios mapped out by the UN?s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It negates the most optimistic outcome as well as the worst case, which would see temperatures climb nearly 6C beyond the pre-industrial era. Rather than look at how greenhouse gases will influence temperature, the new research analyzed the past 50 years of trends in world population, per capita gross domestic product (GDP) and carbon intensity, which is the amount of carbon dioxide emitted for each dollar of economic activity. After building a statistical model covering a range of emissions scenarios, the researchers found that carbon intensity will be a crucial factor in future warming. Technological advances are expected to cut global carbon intensity by 90% over the course of the century, with sharp declines in China and India ? two newly voracious consumers of energy. However, this decline still will not be steep enough to avoid breaching the 2C limit.  The world?s population is expected to grow to about 11 billion people by 2100, but the research found that this will have a relatively small impact upon temperatures as much of this growth will take place in sub-Saharan Africa, which is a minor contributor of greenhouse gas emissions. It has long been acknowledged that emissions cuts promised under the the Paris agreement would not be sufficient to avoid 2C warming. However, it is hoped that periodic reviews of commitments will result in more severe reductions. Donald Trump?s pledge to remove the US, the world?s second-largest emitter, from the accord has cast a large shadow over these ambitions.  ?Even if the 2C target isn?t met, action is very important,? said Raftery. ?The more the temperature increases, the worse the impacts will be. ?We would warn against any tendency to use our results to say that we won?t avoid 2C, and so it?s too late to do anything. On the contrary, avoiding the higher temperature increases that our model envisages is even more important, and also requires urgent action.? Raftery acknowledged that a breakthrough technology could ?dramatically? change the outlook but noted that major advances of the past 50 years, such as the computer, robotics, hybrid cars, the internet and electronic fuel injection, have improved carbon efficiency steadily at around 2% a year, rather than in huge jumps. Andrew Dessler, a climate scientist at Texas A&M University who was not involved in the study, said the research?s conclusions were ?reasonable? but said it was difficult to assign a precise probability to future temperature rises. ?I agree that staying below 2C and 1.5C are unlikely and very, very unlikely, respectively,? he said. ?But this research gives a false sense of rigor. Tomorrow someone could invent a carbon-free energy source that everyone adopts. ?If you look at technology adoption and action taken on the ozone layer and acid rain, it?s clear these things can change faster than people predict.? Dessler said the falling cost of renewable energy would be a major factor in reducing emissions but further impetus would be needed through new actions such as a price on carbon.  ?It?s like you?re driving and about to collide with the car in front of you,? he said. ?You want to hit the brakes as fast as you can. The later you wait, the more painful it?s going to be.?John Sterman, an academic at the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative, said the research was an ?urgent call to action?. MIT research has shown that emissions cuts in the Paris agreement would stave off around 1C of temperature increase by 2100 ? findings misrepresented by Trump when he announced the US departure from the pact.Sterman said the US must ?dramatically speed the deployment of renewable energy and especially energy efficiency. Fortunately, renewables, storage and other technologies are already cheaper than fossil energy in many places and costs are falling fast.?More aggressive policies are urgently needed, but this study should not be taken as evidence that nothing can be done.?"
Niharika Prabhakar,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Bee attack delays Hyderabad-Pune flight by an hour ,http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/bees-delay-hyderabad-pune-flight-dgca-to-probe-how-hive-was-allowed-to-grow-at-airport/story-so0ScWIaYc1qCoYo1F4lzK.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A swarm of bees reportedly attacked a Hyderabad-Pune flight last week and delayed it by almost an hour. The flight was able to take off only after a repellent spray was used to clear the insects from the area. ""We will look into the matter and necessary action will be taken,"" a Directorate General of Civil Aviation official said. ","After a swarm of bees held up a Hyderabad-Pune flight last week for more than one hour, the country aviation regulator said it will investigate how a bee hive was allowed to flourish in the airport area. The flight on July 26 was held up when the ATR?72 - a short-haul aircraft - was besieged by bees. The flight, which was scheduled to take off at around 6.25pm, took off only at around 7.22pm after a repellent spray was used to clear the insects from the apron area. This was the first such incident in the past five years.  A Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) official on Monday said, ?We will look into the matter and necessary action will be taken.? Air India spokesperson, Dhananjay Kumar, confirmed the incident and said that taking safety as priority, the pilot took necessary precautions before taking off the flight. ?The swarms of bees kept coming and settling on the wind screen of the cockpit, not allowing the pilot to push back,? he explained.The incident took place when the flight was to line up for its scheduled take off. The Flight 9I 867 of Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India, couldn?t push back when a group of bees surrounded the twin engine turboprop. Though the aircraft?s door was shut to stop bees from entering it, the pilot got in touch with the Air Traffic Control (ATC) who in turn informed the airport operator. The pilot had to then call for a spray in order to get rid of the bees. Commenting on the incident, Captain Mohan Ranganathan, aviation safety expert, said, ?Bees do not pose a threat to the ATR but the engineers and other ground staff who play a major role before take-off would  have found it impossible to perform their functions due to their presence.? Pilots said that the bee hives shouldn?t be in the airport premises as part of the air safety measures taken in the airport. Former Indian Air Force helicopter pilot and aviation expert, Vipul Saxena, said that the delay will not only be with respect to the safety of the passengers but also for the safety of the cockpit crew.?The DGCA should take a note of the incident and ensure that they do not occur again,? said a senior pilot associated with a leading airline. "
Dishant Sharma,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Indian women's cricketer Shikha felicitated by IAF Chief,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/iaf-chief-felicitates-indian-women-cricket-team-member-pandey/1/1016458.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Flight Lt Shikha Pandey, a member of the Indian women's cricket team, was felicitated by Indian Air Force Chief BS Dhanoa for her performance at the Women's World Cup 2017. Pandey, commissioned in the IAF on June 30, 2012, as an air traffic control officer, was awarded the Chief of the Air Staff commendation by the Air Chief Marshal.","New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) Flight Lt Shikha Pandey, a member of the Indian womens cricket team, was today felicitated by Indian Air Force chief BS Dhanoa for her sterling performance at the recent World Cup. Pandey was awarded the chief of the air staff commendation by Air Chief Marshal Dhanoa for her performance at the recently concluded ICC Women World Cup, the IAF said. The Indian womens cricket team finished runner-up, losing to England narrowly by nine runs. However, the teams magnificent performance to reach the finals won laurels from all quarters. "
Ayushi Ahluwalia,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",J'khand clears draft bill to ban forced religious conversion,http://www.hindustantimes.com/ranchi/anti-conversion-bill-gets-jharkhand-govt-nod-to-be-tabled-in-house-amidst-opposition/story-KGyxnCuBCN684nGAEOimiM.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Jharkhand government on Tuesday cleared a draft anti-conversion bill which aims to ban religious conversion through force or allurement. Anyone found guilty of forced conversion will be liable to a punishment of three years in jail and/or a fine of ?50,000. Individuals voluntarily opting to change religion will need to inform local authorities about reasons for the conversion beforehand.","The Raghubar Das government in Jharkhand on Tuesday cleared the draft of an anti-conversion bill which discourages conversion to another religion through force or allurement even as opposition, religious groups and tribal activists criticised the move.The Jharkhand Anti-Conversion bill is likely to be tabled in the upcoming monsoon session of the assembly beginning August 8, home department sources said.As per the draft, anyone found guilty of forcibly converting ones religion through force or allurement, would be liable for punishment that includes jail term of three years and fine Rs 50,000.Individuals voluntarily opting to switch to another religion would have to inform the local deputy commissioner/collector about the reasons and the place of conversion, failing which he will be liable for prosecution and punishment.As per the cabinet decision, if forced conversion is found against minor, tribal, SC or woman, the culprit would be liable for imprisonment of up to four years and fine of Rs 1 lakh.If passed, Jharkhand would become the sixth Indian state to have an ?anti-conversion law? following Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.Jharkhand Population Stats26% of Jharkhand population is tribalOf them, 39 % claim to be Hindus while 14.5 % follow ChristianityAs per 2011 census, Christian population rose by 29.7%, Muslims by 28.4% and Hindus by 21%Jharkhand government has identified 106 Christian affiliate NGOs that are misusing government money for religious conversionEver since the BJP government came to power with a full majority in December 2014, it has stepped up efforts to check religious conversion, specifically of tribals, who constitute 26% of the state?s total population.The trigger for the proposed bill came early this year when the government of India released the population census. As per the 2011 census, the Christian population in Jharkhand rose by a whopping 29.7% in the last 10 years followed by that of Muslims 28.4%, while Hindu population rose by 21%.To begin with, the government curbed the flow of government funds to various Christian affiliate social organisations and development groups that were allegedly misusing government money to convert people.Chief minister Das has voiced his concerns over the conversion of tribals through force or allurement on several occasions, and asked gullible tribals to protect their culture and religious practices at any cost.?Those indulging in forcible religious conversion would not be spared,? Das had said at a couple of public meetings in Gumla and Khunti, urging tribals not to fall prey to the baits of Christian missionary organisations.Christian and pro-Christian tribal groups had then raised objections over the CM?s remarks. Senior IAS officer Vandana Dadel, a tribal and practicing Catholic, shared her anguish on Facebook over the government?s over-indulgence in checking religious conversions, which, she said, is an individual?s choice and hence, should be left to the people.Christian groups have again upped their ante, this time, against the proposed legislation.?The BJP government?s intentions are not good. It wants to divide the tribals to further their political agenda in preparations for the next election,? said Prem Chand Murmu, president of Adivasi Budhijivi Manch (ABM).?Conversion is an individual choice. When one converts, his religion changes, not his caste. Reservation is given on basis of caste, not religion. But the BJP government is relating conversion to caste, which is not fair. We will protest the legislation,? he said.Murmu on Monday called on the National ST Commission and drew its attention towards the alleged violation of democratic rights of tribals in the state.Opposition Congress and JMM too criticised the proposed legislation. ?BJP wants to impose the RSS ideology on tribals and further their divide and rule agenda in the state,? said state Congress secretary, Aditya Vikram Jaiswal.JMM spokesperson Supriyo Bhattacharya said the legislation is aimed at creating friction among the tribal society, which does not augur well for the secular fabric of the nation. ?We will oppose the legislation tooth and nail,? he said."
Ayushi Ahluwalia,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",No accurate govt data on illegal migrants: Kiren Rijiju,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/govt-has-no-accurate-data-on-illegal-migrants-kiren-rijiju-tells-lok-sabha/story-CNNJRWtQWW9opvvfivFfbJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Central government has no accurate data on illegal migrants, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Tuesday in Lok Sabha. Pointing out that these people entered India in a ""clandestine and surreptitious manner,"" he said it would be ""naturally"" impossible to exact official figures. ""We have taken various steps to ensure we detect them...and then prosecute them,"" he added.","The government has no ?accurate data? regarding illegal migrants who have entered India, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.Minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju also said that any particular community cannot be ?branded? for having alleged links with terrorists and terrorism. ?We cannot say that,? he said during the Question Hour.He agreed that several illegal migrants have acquired documents to make their stay in the country legal.Responding to supplementaries, he said since these people have entered the country in a ?clandestine and surreptitious manner?, ?naturally? official figures would be impossible.The Centre has asked the states to set up special task forces in each of the districts for detection, identification and interception of illegal migrants.The states also have powers under the 1946 Foreigners Act to deport illegal migrants. Detention centres have also been set up for detaining suspected illegal migrants, pending their deportation.He said illegal migrants disturbed the demographic profile of certain areas and create problems.Responding to the issue of Rohingya refugees, he said they are concentrated in Jammu and Kashmir.When asked by opposition members whether government has set up ?concentration camps? for them, he said no concentration camps have been established by the government but the refugees themselves have concentrated themselves there. "
Radhika Chugh,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Maha farmers to fast indefinitely to protest land acquisition,http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/farmers-in-maharshtra-to-go-on-an-indefinite-fast-to-protest-land-acquisition/story-gAtKsB2m053A8mvmUVF4iL.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Farmers from 78 villages in Maharashtra are reportedly planning to go on an indefinite fast to protest the alleged forcible acquisition of farm land for the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor. Despite the project getting scaled down to one-third its original size, the 78 villages have not been denotified, activists said. Officials maintained that they are not planning forcible land acquisition. ","Protesting against the ?forcible acquisition of farm land for the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), farm activists plan to go on an indefinite fast from August 1 in Raigad district under the banner of ?Corridor Virodhi Shetkari Sangharsh Samiti? and ?Jagatikaran Virodhi Kruti Samiti?.The group represents 78 villages, which were originally part of the project. Following protests in 2013, the project was scaled down to one-third its size. In the first phase of the project, only 10 villages are involved with the land spread over 3,100 hectares. Activists claimed despite scaling down the project, the 78 villages were not denotified, raising questions over the intent of the government. The farmers have alleged the Maharashtra government has acquired around 1,000 hectares in Roha and Mangaon tehsils of Raigad and is looking to forcibly acquire the rest. DMIC officials maintain they are not planning forcible acquisition of land and a majority of the land for the phase one of the project has been acquired through negotiations.Ulka Mahajan, a member of the committee, said, ?We demand the state government form a committee to look into our concerns.?"
Arshiya Chopra,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",Will expose links of Lalu's kin with sand mafia: Bihar Dy CM,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/will-soon-expose-lalu-prasad-s-family-links-with-sand-mafia-sushil-modi/story-si3ccOHtU89Z3Mmoe7BB3O.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Bihar's newly appointed Deputy CM Sushil Modi said he would soon hold a press conference to ""make a big expose"" on Lalu Prasad's family and RJD's links with sand mafia. The government was committed to taking actions against anyone involved in corruption, he added. RJD's Bihar unit spokesperson dismissed Modi's allegations as ""baseless and absurd"".","Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Modi on Tuesday alleged that he would soon come out with documentary proof of sand mafia funding the RJD and investing in Lalu Prasad?s family assets.?Sand mafia fund political parties...sand mafia are the main source of RJD?s funding...I would soon hold a press conference to make a big expose on Lalu Prasad?s family links with those big guns involved in sand mining,? Modi told reporters in Patna.The senior BJP leader asserted that the state government was committed to take action against all types of persons involved in corruption.In reply to a query as whether he had gone through the file of ?soil purchase?, Modi tried to downplay the issue by saying that it was a very small issue.?We (govt) will see as what action has been initiated in the case. What is the progress in the case and what further action is required to be done in it,? Modi said.?This (soil purchase scam) is a very small issue.RJD?s Bihar unit spokesman and media in-charge Pragati Mehta dismissed the allegations as ?baseless and absurd?.?We don?t take notice of Sushil Modi?s allegations. He has been in the habit of making baseless and absurd allegations against Lalu Prasadji and his family.....There is no force in his (Modi?s) allegations,? he said.?BJP is the party of Ambani and Adani whereas ours is a party of poor people which is driven by workers? cooperation,? Mehta added.Earlier on Tuesday, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad hit back at Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, accusing him of ?betrayal? for breaking the Grand Alliance, and alleged that the ?match was fixed? between him and the BJP to form a coalition government in the state.Kumar in a blistering attack on Prasad on Monday said he had no option but to walk out of the Grand Alliance as he did not want to compromise with corruption. "
Daisy Mowke,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Hansal denies reports of Kangana turning editor for Simran ,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kangana-ranaut-simran-edit-table-hansal-mehta/1/1016187.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Filmmaker Hansal Mehta has denied reports of Kangana Ranaut taking over editing of the trailer of his upcoming directorial 'Simran' after being unhappy over the first cut. ""All this speculation is false, malicious and fabricated,"" he added. Co-producer Bhushan Kumar said, ""At the end, the film is a director's vision and the film campaign will stay close to that only"".","Director Hansal Mehta has trashed all speculation around the Kangana Ranaut-starrer Simran, saying that they are ""false, malicious and totally fabricated"".Mehta dismissed the reports that Kangana had taken over editing of the trailer after being unhappy over the first cut. ""All this speculation is false, malicious and totally fabricated. I collaborate closely with my team and my actors are an integral part of that collaboration. It angers me that every time some malicious gossip has to be spread, people meaninglessly drag Kangana into their stupid machinations. She is a valued friend, actor and collaborator. Period,"" Mehta said in a statement.""I'm even more hurt that some malicious person chooses to drag my relationship with Vishal Bhardwaj into this malice. Vishal is one of my dearest friends and if I am making films today it is because of him. I would never say anything that could remotely even hurt or upset somebody I love so dearly and to whom I am so grateful,"" he added.Co-producer Bhushan Kumar said he is saddened by the reports as they put the film in a negative light. ""We are very saddened with this news. Her (Kangana) sitting on the edit table is completely false. We all work as a team and her feedback on every promo and plan is crucial. At the end, the film is a director's vision and the film campaign will stay close to that only,"" Kumar said.Simran is set to release on September 15."
Ankush Verma,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",China will never allow anyone to take away territory: Prez,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/china-will-never-allow-anyone-to-take-away-territory-prez-xi/1/1015890.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"China will never seek ""aggression or expansion"" but will not allow anyone to ""split its territory"", President Xi Jinping said amid the ongoing standoff between Indian and Chinese troops along the Sikkim border. He also urged the country's Army to forge an elite and powerful force that is always ""ready for the fight, capable of combat and sure to win"".","(Eds: Updating with fresh quotes) By K J M Varma Beijing, Aug 1 (PTI) China will never seek ""aggression or expansion"" but will not allow anyone to ""split its territory"", President Xi Jinping asserted today as he lauded the Armys strong resolve to protect the countrys sovereignty and defeat ""all invasions"" amid territorial disputes with its neighbours. ""No one should expect us to swallow the bitter fruit that is harmful to our sovereignty, security or development interests,"" Xi said as the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) is engaged in a standoff with Indian troops at Doklam in the Sikkim section since mid-June. Though there was no direct reference to the Sikkim standoff, Xi urged the PLA to focus on war preparedness to forge an elite and powerful force that is always ""ready for the fight, capable of combat and sure to win"". ""There are various means and choices to safeguard peace and security and prevent war, but military means should remain the final guarantee,"" he said.  Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks at the ceremony to mark the 90th founding anniversary of the 2.3 million strong PLA, the worlds largest standing army. He said China would never allow ""any people, organisation or political party to split any part of Chinese territory out of the country at any time, in any form."" ""The Chinese people love peace. We will never seek aggression or expansion, but we have the confidence to defeat all invasions,"" Xi, 64, said at the ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People attended by Premier Li Keqiang and other top leaders of the ruling Communist Party and army officials. This is the second time in three days that Xi spoke of the PLAs capability to thwart invasions. On July 30, Xi during a massive PLA parade had said, ""I firmly believe that our gallant military has both confidence and ability to defeat all invading enemies"". His remarks came in the midst of a massive official media campaign and assertion by Chinas foreign and defence ministries accusing Indian troops of trespassing into Chinese territory at Doklam. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval during the Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa NSAs meet here on July 27- 28 also held separate talks with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi. Both the countries are tight-lipped about the outcome of Doval-Yang talks. China is also engaged in a number of maritime disputes with its neighbours like Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam in the East and South China seas. Beijing also threatens to use force against arch-rival Taiwan if negotiations fail to reunify the island with the mainland. In his speech today, Xi called for new generation of ""capable, brave and virtuous"" army ""with souls"" in order to build a strong military. He reiterated that the PLA should function under the CPC leadership, highlighting that its sole command is the party leadership not the government like elsewhere in the world. The PLA should firmly safeguard the CPCs leadership and the socialist system, protect national sovereignty, security and development interests as well as regional and world peace, he said. The life of the military personnel lies in combat ability, he said, urging the PLA to strengthen its awareness of being prepared for any eventualities. ""All thoughts must be put on combat, and all work should focus on combat so the military can assemble, charge forward and win any time the party and the people need them to,"" he said. "
Radhika Chugh,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Maha agri minister took most leaves from cabinet meetings,http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/maharashtra-agriculture-minister-missed-11-of-35-cabinet-meetings-rti/story-zWlLwN9bpPq2xtej74MnMN.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Maharashtra's Agriculture Minister Pandurang Fundkar topped the list of absentees in cabinet meetings by missing 11 out of the 35 meetings held between July 2016 to May 2017, according to an RTI response. Fundkar clarified that he missed two meetings for personal reasons, and was either attending state functions or on foreign tour during rest of the meetings.","Apart from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, not a single minister has a 100% attendance record for the cabinet meetings that were  held from July 2016 to May 2017. Agriculture minister Pandurang Fundkar tops the list of absentees.As per the state?s reply to a Right to Information (RTI) application filed by activist Anil Galgali, of the 35 cabinet meetings held in the past 11 months, Fundkar has missed 11.He said, ?I could not attend three meetings, as I had to be present at other government and statutory functions. I missed a few because I was on an official foreign tour, as part of the state?s delegation. I sought the CM?s permission to remain absent for these meetings. There were only two meetings I could not attend due to personal reasons ?  one when my son got married and the other when my daughter got married.?Besides Fundkar, finance minister Sudhir Mungantiwar, energy minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, social justice minister Rajkumar Badole, women and child development minister Pankaja Munde and labour minister Sambhaji Nilangekar also made it to the list of absentees. As per reply given by the chief secretary?s office, Mungantiwar and Bawankule were absent for nine cabinet meetings. While Badole, Munde and Nilangekar skipped eight meetings. ?Other than CM Fadnavis, all 22 ministers have been absent in some or the other cabinet meeting. These meetings are held to discuss important issues to properly govern the state. Hence, it is important for every minister to attend every single meet,? Galgali said.On the other hand, education minister Vinod Tawde, transport minister Diwakar Raote, tribal development minister Vishnu Savra and dairy development Minister Mahadev Jankar missed just one meeting each. While water resources and medical education Minister Girish Mahajan was absent from two meetings. The Maharashtra cabinet has 23, including Fadnavis, following its expansion in July 2016. "
Deepali Aggarwal,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Russia bans VPNs to stop users from accessing censored sites,http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/putin-bans-vpns-to-stop-russians-from-accessing-prohibited-websites/story-E2VkBAtBy4L5W82RHI2IuK.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a censorship law that bans the use of virtual private networks (VPNs) and other technologies which allow people to access prohibited websites and surf the web anonymously. Amnesty International criticised the law which will come into force on November 1 this year, as the ""latest blow in an assault on online freedom.""","Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that prohibits technology that provides access to websites banned in the country, the government?s website said.The law, already approved by the Duma, the lower house of parliament, will ban the use of virtual private networks (VPNs) and other technologies, known as anonymizers, that allow people to surf the web anonymously. It comes into force on November 1.Leonid Levin, the head of the Duma?s information policy committee, has said the law is not intended to impose restrictions on law-abiding citizens but is meant only to block access to ?unlawful content,? RIA news agency said."
Daisy Mowke,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Jaguar should've paid me for making the brand popular: Sukhe,http://www.hindustantimes.com/music/jaguar-should-have-paid-me-for-making-the-car-brand-so-popular-through-my-song-sukhe/story-it7ERu8r15RPIh4NyuejsK.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Singer Sukhe, who sang the song 'Jaguar', jokingly said the owners of the car brand should have paid him for making the brand so popular through his song. ""After the song was out, there were so many Jaguars to be seen [in]... places like Chandigarh!"" he added. Sukhe further joked, ""Jab next part aayega, I will definitely be approaching them.""","Punjabi rapper-singer SukhE?s career is on a roll. Two years after delivering the hit song, Jaguar, with rapper Bohemia, he feels that the car brand  owners should have paid him for promoting them. ?Haan, I do think that (they should have paid him). Jab mera gaana aaya tha, tab very few people knew about the car brand Jaguar. I hail from Garhshankar, a small village in Punjab, and people there didn?t even know that cars of this name existed. After the song was out, there were so many Jaguars to be seen on the roads, suddenly in places like Chandigarh!?, he laughs, adding, ?Jab next part aayega, I will definitely be approaching them, ki now you have to help me out.?SukhE, who is currently working on tracks for a couple of Bollywood films is happy that almost every Hindi film today features a Punjabi song. ?At the end, what matters is result. Punjabi songs ki wajah se promotion hoti hai films ki, and thus contribute to making it a hit. But of course, making good music is a result of teamwork.? He also makes sure that the lyrics of his songs are easily understandable and thus appeal to the listeners. ?It shouldn?t be such that people in Punjab are able to enjoy my songs, while people in Delhi struggle to comprehend the meaning.The most important thing for me is that the lyrics of my songs sabko easily samajh mein aane chahiye?, says the  27-year old, who recently released his new single Superstar.Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Radhika Chugh,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday","Remove Emergency, scam references from Maha textbooks: Opp'n",http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/remove-emergency-and-bofors-references-from-textbooks-in-maharashtra-opposition/story-Kd8w7JaMGOIUIWWre819fI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Opposition has demanded that the Maharashtra government remove the names of Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi from state board textbooks in reference to the Emergency and Bofors scam. The BJP-led state government was trying to drive its political agenda by influencing educational material, Congress' Sanjay Dutt alleged. The house had to be adjourned to let the chaos die down.","The Opposition slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Maharashtra government for mentioning the names of former Congress Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi in state board history textbooks in reference to the Emergency and Bofors scam, respectively. Legislators raised uproar in the state legislative council demanding the government delete these references and alleged the state government is trying to drive its political agenda by influencing educational material. Legislative Council chairman Ramraje Nimbalkar had to adjourn the house for 10 minutes for the chaos to die down. Congress? Sanjay Dutt who raised the issue in the upper house said, ?The defamatory reference to former PM Indira Gandhi while mentioning the Emergency and Rajiv Gandhi about Bofors in the state school board?s history and political science textbook for Class 9 should be removed. This is the state government?s attempt to drive political influence and will not be tolerated.? Legislators from the Congress as well as the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supported the demand, saying there is little description of all significant achievements of Congress and NCP leaders in the textbooks. State school education minister Vinod Tawde said the minister does not have any role in it and the textbooks are written by a committee of experts. ?I don?t have the authority to scrap anything from textbooks or make changes. I will convey the sentiments of the house to the committee. There is absolutely no political interference,? Tawde said. The BJP minister said it is unfair to say the government has omitted the description of significant achievements of Congress and NCP leaders. ?The textbook has references to Indira Gandhi?s role in privatization of banks, creation of Bangladesh or Rajiv Gandhi?s approach in the conflict in Sri Lanka and so on,? he said."
Niharika Prabhakar,"02 Aug 2017,Wednesday",People drinking on Goa beaches could be arrested: Minister,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/people-drinking-on-goa-beaches-could-be-arrested-says-state-tourism-minister/story-UW5snAPQItW82ljC5GGNEI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Goa government on Tuesday told the state legislative assembly that strict action would be taken against people found drinking on state beaches and that they could even be arrested. ""The beaches should be clean and there should not be any illegality on them,"" Goa's Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar said. ""We will not mind arresting them, if required,"" he added. ","The BJP-led Goa government on Tuesday told the state legislative assembly that strict action would be taken against the people found drinking on the state beaches, and if need be, they could even be arrested.?The beaches should be clean and there should not be any illegality on them. We have also stopped people drinking on the beaches. We will not mind arresting them, if required,? state tourism minister Manohar Ajgaonkar told the House.The minister said police had in the past booked a few cases against tourists caught drinking on beaches.?We will be amending the Tourist Trade Act, giving more powers... I have asked the tourist guards to be on the vigil against the sale of drugs. No one will be allowed to take law into their hands,? he said.Ajgaonkar was responding to a question tabled by Congress legislator Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco.In May this year, police in the tourist state had asked its personnel to arrest people found drinking in public places. At a meeting held in Calangute that month, citizens had complained about drinking on beaches as well other public places and no action being taken against them.Meanwhile, replying to another question, the state on Tuesday refused to withdraw the contract signed with the lifeguard agency to man the beaches, claiming that the government could not run such services.?The state government used to run lifeguard services in the past. But since the government could not run it in a satisfactory manner, it was outsourced to a private firm,? chief minister Manohar Parrikar said.Responding to the demand made by the opposition benches, the Chief Minister ruled out that the government end the services of the private agency.Ajgaonkar hailed Drishti Lifesaving Private Ltd for doing ?excellent? job of saving the lives on the beaches.?So many lives have been saved by the lifeguards, who are attached to this agency. We need to save lives of people so that tourism thrives,? Ajgaonkar said.He said that total 3,033 lives were saved during the last five years by the agency, which has 677 lifeguards on its roll of which 83 per cent are Goans.Drishti is a Mumbai-based firm. The opposition legislators, including Jeniffer Monserratte and Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco, demanded that since there were majority Goans working as a lifeguard, the services should be given to any state-level company.?If Goans are available to take over this contract, then they can come ahead. Let them participate in the tendering process to win the contract,? Ajgaonkar said. "
Ayushi Ahluwalia,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday", Female labourer who turned arms supplier arrested in Delhi,http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/woman-labourer-turns-interstate-gunrunner-arrested-with-weapons-in-delhi/story-rZiHYoyWhCG5pulHZPRCMJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Delhi Police on Saturday arrested a 45-year-old woman for supplying illegal weapons and recovered fourteen semi-automatic sophisticated pistols with magazines from her possession. A mother of five children, the accused had started supplying illegal arms after she was unable to meet her basic needs as a farm labourer. She was arrested based on a tip-off before an arms delivery.","Delhi Police special cell on Saturday arrested a woman in connection with an arms trafficking racket and recovered 14 semi-automatic sophisticated pistols of 7.65mm with 14 magazines from her possession.Mobai (45), police said, is a proclaimed offender with many cases of arms act registered against her. The recovered weapons are engraved with ?Made in England? and ?Made in USA? markings.A mother of five children, she earlier worked as a labourer in the fields but her income was not sufficient to meet her basic needs. Being unable to make her ends meet, she came in contact with arms traffickers in MP and started supplying illegal arms. ?It had come to notice that arms manufacturers and suppliers from MP are supplying sophisticated firearms in Delhi-NCR and adjoining areas of UP. A team was deputed to identify the gang in Delhi. The team deployed informers in and around Delhi-NCR, MP and UP to gather leads about the gang and the racket,? DCP special cell, PS Kushwah said.Police recovered 14 semi-automatic sophisticated pistols of 7.65mm with 14 magazines from Mobai?s possession.?Last Wednesday, we received an information that one woman supplier of illegal arms, who is also a proclaimed offender, would come near Shastri Park, between 6pm and 7pm to deliver a huge cache of semi-automatic weapons and meet her contacts,? Kushwah said. A trap was laid and the woman was spotted. ?She was carrying a black and a red bag on her right shoulder. She started waiting there for someone. After some time when no one turned up and as she was about to leave, she was apprehended with the help of woman staff,? Kushwah said.Mobai told police that she collected the weapons from a manufacturer in Gandhwani, MP, and supplied them to contacts in Delhi and Western UP. During interrogation, she said she had supplied weapons in Delhi-NCR and UP West to different persons on many occasions in the last 15 years, police said.?She was found involved in cases of arms supply. Her other involvements are being verified,? Kushwah said."
Dishant Sharma,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Serena calls for equal pay for black women in personal essay,https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/aug/01/serena-williams-calls-for-equal-pay-for-black-women-in-passionate-personal-essay?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Tennis star Serena Williams wrote a personal essay in which she demanded equal pay for black women. In the essay, Williams said that for every dollar earned by men in the United States, black women earn just 63 cents. ""The cycles of poverty, discrimination and sexism are much, much harder to break than the Grand Slam titles record,"" Williams wrote.","Serena Williams, one of the highest paid and most successful athletes in the world, has issued a stirring call for black women to demand equal pay and spoken about the racism she has faced ?on and off the tennis court?.In a personal essay published by Fortune to coincide with Black Women?s Equal Pay Day, the tennis superstar said the gender pay gap ?hits women of colour the hardest?, as they suffer from both gender and racial financial disparity. For every dollar earned by men in the US, Williams said, black women earn 63 cents, and 17% less than white women.Her comments come as pay gaps are examined in a range of industries after the BBC was engulfed in scandal when it published a list of its top earners in July.Williams, a 23-times grand slam winner, wrote that black women have to work eight months longer to earn the same ?as their male counterparts do in one year?, and drew on her own experiences to highlight the unfair treatment of black women in the workplace. ?I?ve been disrespected by my male colleagues and ? in the most painful times ? I?ve been the subject of racist remarks on and off the tennis court,? she wrote.Williams has repeatedly been the target of sexist and racist remarks by men in tennis. In 2016 the chief executive of the Indian Wells tennis tournament, Raymond Moore, said women?s tennis was riding on the coat-tails of the men?s tour and that female players should ?thank god? for Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. In April the Romanian team captain, Ilie Nastase, made an apparently racist comment about Williams?s unborn baby and was heard calling her and Johanna Konta ?fucking bitches?. Most recently, former champion John McEnroe said Williams would ?be, like, 700 in the world? if she played on the men?s tour. ?Luckily I am blessed with an inner drive and a support system of family and friends that encourage me to move forward. But these injustices still hurt,? Williams wrote.July 31 is Black Women's Equal Pay Day. Black women are the cornerstone of our communities, they are phenomenal, and they deserve equal pay. pic.twitter.com/XOHyIdbYPcNoting that she is ?in the rare position to be financially successful beyond my imagination?, Williams said that, if she had not been lucky enough to pick up a tennis racquet and break through, she would be like the other 24 million black women facing wage disparities in the US.?The cycles of poverty, discrimination and sexism are much, much harder to break than the record for Grand Slam titles,? she wrote. ?For every black woman that rises through the ranks to a position of power, there are too many others who are still struggling.?She said that changing the status quo would take courage to push the issue into the spotlight and force employers to compensate female employees equally: ?We deserve equal pay for our mothers, our wives, our daughters, our nieces, friends, and colleagues ? but mostly for ourselves.?Black women: be fearless. Speak out for equal pay. Every time you do, you?re making it a little easier for a woman behind you. Let?s get back those 37 cents.?Black Women?s Equal Pay Day, on 31 July, marked how long into 2017 an African American woman would have to work to be paid the same wages as her white male counterpart last year. ?Despite the large gender disadvantage faced by all women, black women were near parity with white women in 1979,? the Economic Policy Institute said. ?However in 2016, white women?s wages grew to 76% of white men?s, compared to 67% for black women relative to white men ? a racial difference of nine percentage points. The trend is going the wrong way ? progress is slowing for black women.?In the UK, research by the Fawcett Society in March revealed a similar story, that many minority ethnic women were ?left behind? by progress on the pay gap. Black African women in the UK have seen virtually no progress since the 1990s in closing the gender pay gap with white British men, with a full-time pay gap of 21.4% in the 1990s and 19.6% today. ?Black African women have been largely left behind, and in terms of closing the pay gap, Pakistani and Bangladeshi women are today only where white British women were in the 1990s,? Sam Smethers, the charity?s chief executive, said.The low number of staff from ethnic minorities on the BBC?s list of its best-paid talent has also provoked an angry response inside the corporation, after no black or ethnic minority staff featured among those earning the top 24 salaries. Williams has been a consistent advocate of equal pay. Earlier this month, when asked about what she would want for her child, she said: ?If my daughter were to play in a sport and she was able to have equal prize money, or equal pay, or equal rights, I feel like that would be a success. And if not, I would really want her to speak up for it. Any daughter of mine will have a voice.?She also praised Andy Murray after he corrected a journalist who said Sam Querrey was ?the first US player to reach a major semi-final since 2009?. Williams has joined the board of Silicon Valley firm SurveyMonkey to help tech companies diversify their workforces."
Krishna Veera Vanamali,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",President's Press Secy Ashok Malik resigns from ITC board,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ashok-malik-resigns-from-itc-board/1/1016018.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"FMCG major ITC on Tuesday announced that Ashok Malik, who has been appointed the Press Secretary of the newly elected President Ram Nath Kovind, has resigned from its Board of Directors. Malik had joined the ITC board as an additional non-executive director, from April 11 as the representative of the Specified Undertaking of Unit Trust of India.","New Delhi, Aug 1 (PTI) Diversified conglomerate ITC today said Ashok Malik, who has been appointed the press secretary of the President of India, has resigned from its board of directors. ""Ashok Malik resigned from the board of directors of the company with effect from close of work on July 31, 2017, consequent on his appointment as press secretary to the President of India,"" the company said. "
Tanya Dhingra,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Pulitzer prize winning playwright Sam Shepard passes away,https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/jul/31/sam-shepard-dies-73-playwright-bloodline-right-stuff?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Playwright-actor Sam Shepard, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1979 for his play 'Buried Child', passed away at the age of 73. He died of complications from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. Shepard also received an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor for his role in 'The Right Stuff'. ","Playwright, director and actor Sam Shepard has died at the age of 73.The Pulitzer prize winner died of complications from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as motor neurone disease) at his home in Kentucky on 30 July surrounded by family. Shepard had written 44 plays including Buried Child, which won him the Pulitzer prize for drama in 1979. He also received an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor for his role in The Right Stuff.Shepard started writing plays in the 60s. ?Back then, there was a dearth of American theatre,? he told the Observer in 2014. ?There was nothing going on. American art was starving.?His work included Angel City, Cowboy Mouth (in collaboration with Patti Smith that was written in just two nights) and a screenplay for Wim Wenders? Paris, Texas. He received Tony nominations for both Buried Child and a 2000 revival of True West.Shepard also directed many of his plays but with rare exceptions, he refrained from directing work of others. He directed two films: 1988?s Far North with then-partner Jessica Lange and 1993?s Silent Tongue, which starred Richard Harris and River Phoenix.He also collaborated with Bob Dylan for the song Brownsville Girl which featured on his 1986 album Knocked Out Loaded. As an actor, his first notable role was in Terrence Malick?s Days of Heaven in 1978. He went on to star in Baby Boom, Steel Magnolias, The Pelican Brief, Black Hawk Down, The Notebook and August: Osage County. He was most recently seen in the Netflix drama Bloodline, alongside Sissy Spacek.He was known as an acclaimed character actor rather than an A-lister, a route he chose early in his career. ?I had all kinds of wild offers at that time to be a movie star and I panicked,? he later said. ?I was turning down things like Warren Beatty?s Reds, that part of Eugene O?Neill [played by Jack Nicholson]. My agent was going crazy. I hadn?t realized what the experience of it would be like ? to be on the verge of being a movie star. Because it?s like you are the hottest whore in town. Everybody wants you.?When asked about his performances on stage, he said he wasn?t quite as comfortable as on screen. ?You don?t have to do anything in the movies,? he said in an interview with the New York Times. ?You just sit there. Well, that?s not entirely true. You do less. I find the whole situation of confronting an audience terrifying.?Before his death, he completed a role in the psychological thriller Never Here with Mireille Enos. This year also saw the release of his book The One Inside, a series of conversations with himself. He is survived by three children.Figures from both stage and screen have paid tribute to Shepard on Twitter. Writer Beau Willimon referred to him as ?fearless? and ?one of the greats?, Harlan Coben tweeted: ?How special was he? Even when you didn?t like something he?d done, you were glad you saw it? and Reese Witherspoon called him ?a truly original actor and an incredible writer?."
Aditi Verma,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Paytm to launch own messaging service: Reports,http://www.hindustantimes.com/tech/paytm-plans-to-launch-messaging-service-to-rival-whatsapp/story-GB6GKUskAYZndImrCjvnPJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Digital payments startup Paytm is planning to launch its own messaging service by the end of August, according to reports. The chat platform, which will allow users to send videos, audios, pictures, and texts, will reportedly be embedded in Paytm's current app. The new service by SoftBank and Alibaba-backed Paytm is expected to rival WhatsApp. ","Leading digital payments firm Paytm plans to launch a messaging service to rival Facebook Inc?s WhatsApp by the end of August, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.SoftBank and Alibaba-backed Paytm is seeking to attract people in India to use the new messaging service embedded in its app, which many already use to buy everything from food to plane tickets.Paytm?s messaging service will allow users to send audio, video and pictures and texts, the source, who declined to be named, said.Paytm currently has more than 225 million users.Earlier this year, another home grown messaging platform Hike rolled out an in-app electronic payments service to cash in on rising digital transactions in India.E-payments in India surged after the country banned old high-value currency notes late last year. Firms like Paytm have since rapidly increased their market share. Digital payments in India would jump nearly 10 times to $500 billion by 2020, according to a 2016 report by Boston Consulting Group.WhatsApp itself has been looking at moving into digital payment services in India.The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday was first to report Paytm?s plan to launch a messaging service. Paytm did not respond to an email seeking comment while WhatsApp was not immediately reachable for comment."
Chhavi Tyagi,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Demonetisation has led to squeezing of terror funds: Jaitley,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/parliament-day-12-live-updates-bills-and-discussion/story-43XpNM8WZZT0cyk7SWEf3I.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said in Lok Sabha that the Centre's demonetisation decision has led to squeezing of terror funds, including in Jammu and Kashmir. Jaitley added that as a result of demonetisation, terrorists were forced to rob banks for money, and the number of stone throwers in Jammu and Kashmir has gone down in last few months.","A united opposition stalled proceedings in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, protesting the government?s decision to hike the prices of domestic cooking gas (LPG) by Rs 4 per cylinder every month to eliminate all subsidies by next March.Congress, Samajwadi Party, Trinamool Congress, Bahujan Samaj Party and Left MPs stormed into the Well of the House shouting slogans seeking withdrawal of the decision. The issue was raised by TMC?s Derek O?Brien who gave a notice under rule 267 that seeks to set aside business of the day to discuss an important issue.The LPG subsidy issue was raised in the Lok Sabha as well. Outside the Parliament, Dharmendra Pradhan said, ?Subsidy will not be cut down, it will only be rationalised. The (Opposition) uproar is baseless.?The Opposition in Rajya Sabha also protested and questioned the NOTA provision for the upcoming election to the house. Deputy leader of the Congress Anand Sharma said the decision to provide the NOTA option had been made without amending the Constitution or the law as per the direction of the Election CommissionHighlights of Day 12 of the Parliament?s Monsoon Session:7.18 pm: Expansion of GST will help benefit states: Jaitley.6:46 pm: Demonetisation has led to squeezing of terror funds, including in Jammu and Kashmir, says finance minister Arun Jaitley in Lok Sabha.3:15 pm: Rajya Sabha moves to consider and vote on Right of Children to Free and Complaint Education (Amendment) Bill, 2017.3:10 pm:  TMC?s Sudip Bandhopadhyay speaks about impact of demonetisation and GST. He says that a GST-oriented supplementary demand for grant may be necessary. 2:49 pm: The discussion partially goes back to Demands for Supplementary Grants.2:45 pm: Meanwhile, the Rajya Sabha is discussing the violation of conditions of Letter of Permit by foreign trawlers in deep sea fishing through a Calling Attention motion.2:40pm: It has turned into a discussion on demonetisation. BJP?s Nishikant Dubey responds. He quotes the World Bank chief as saying demonetisation will clean up Indian economy and cites OECD report saying the move will have short-term cost, but will be good for the economy in the long-run.2:35 pm: Venugopal says demonetisation and hasty implementation of GST has destroyed the economy. He concludes by quoting Lincoln, ?You can fool all the people some of the time, you can fool some people all the time, but you can?t fool all the people all the time.?2:32pm: Venugopal says everyone agrees GST is good but criticises the implementation of the regime saying there are still multiple taxes.2:30 pm:  Venugopal talks about deteriorating situation in Kashmir and job loss in 2017.?We discussed the lynchings yesterday. Everyone in the Opposition agrees it is terrible. Only the BJP ministers are justifying it,? he says.2:20 pm: Lok Sabha reconvenes. House begins discussion on Supplementary Demands for Grants.Congress MP KC Venugopal asks what the real impact of demonetisation has been. ?We, the members of the Lok Sabha, have the right to know the exact figures? how much demonetised currency has come back, how many new notes have been printed and how much black money has been unearthed. We are expecting answers from the finance minister today.2:05 pm: Government moves to withdraw The Participation of Workers in Management Bill, 1990. Motion is passed.2:02pm:  Rajya Sabha reconvenes. Jairam Ramesh raises issue of new rules regarding Finance Act notified by the government in June but not tabled in the Upper House yet.1:15 pm: Lok Sabha adjourned for lunch till 2:15 pm.1:05 pm: Amid ruckus, MPs continue to present their notices. BJP?s Anju Bala says making cow the national animal like Nepal has will reduce violence against the animal.1:00 pm: Zero Hour continues even as TMC MPs continue to protest in raised voices. Chair asks names of the companies mentioned by Somaiya to be expunged.12:57 pm: BJP?s Kirit Somaiya says one of the shareholder companies allegedly involved in a scam reportedly has the West Bengal chief minister?s as reigstered address.TMC MPs shout and raise objection.12:52pm: Kirron Kher says stalking should be considered crime against women. Invasive stalking should be criminalised, she says12:49 pm:?TMC?s Saugata Roy refers to resignations by Congress MLAs in Gujarat and BJP?s alliance with JD(U)?s Bihar. ?There are allegations the government is using its money power,? he says.12:41 pm:  Outside the Parliament, Dharmendra Pradhan says, ?Subsidy will not be cut down, it will only be rationalised. The (Opposition) uproar is baseless.?12:35 pm:  In the Lok Sabha, BJP?s Varun Gandhi asks whether MPs need higher salaries when the Cabinet and state lawmakers take salary cuts to support farmers. Tamil Nadu farmers have been holding protests in Delhi over farmer suicides.Gandhi wants MP salary examined in 15th Finance Commission.12:29 pm: Rajya Sabha reconvenes. Opposition raises of NOTA issue.Chair asks, ?How does this relate to the Question Hour???This is the ultimate question!? one MP replies.As Opposition MPs raise their voices and demand answers, Chair adjourns house till 2 pm.12:24 pm: Earlier in the day, during the BJP parliamentary party meeting, Amit Shah pulled up MPs over their absence in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, PTI reported.?When the party issues a whip, members must be present in the House. The party president has taken a serious view of the absence of members. He said it should not have happened and must not be repeated,? Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar saidA BJP MP present in the meeting said Shah wondered if the absentee MPs should be named as the party, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has repeatedly stressed on the need for their presence in Parliament.12:20 pm:  Opposition MPs shout slogans. Many walk out.12:16 pm:  In the Lok Sabha, KC Venugopal of Congress raises issue of LPG subsidy and rising oil prices. RSP?s NK Premachandaran says, ?The oil companies were told about this in March. Prices increased in July. Why is the government hiding its policies??Opposition demands response from minister.12:13 pm: Derek O?Brien intervenes and says , ?Opposition united on issue of LPG subsidy.?Chair tries to resume Question Hour but is interrupted. Ruckus in the house. Rajya Sabha adjourned for another 10 minutes.12:10 pm:  Sharma asks, ?How can the EC remove the NOTA option without coming to this House and amending laws? This will be examined but now is not the Time.??Only the courts can direct the EC,? Leader of the House, Arun Jaitley says.Opposition raises concerns about the Presidential and Vice-Presidential elections. 12: 05pm:  Rajya Sabha resumes business. Vice President Hamid Ansari in the Chair.Congress? Anand Sharma says there was no NOTA option in the Rajya Sabha election. Chair asks him to take it up with Election Commission. 12:02 pm: Rijiju refutes allegation that refugee camp in Jammu and Kashmir. ?You misunderstand. We are not making concentration camps. They are coming there and getting concentrated there,? he says.Speaker disallows all adjournment notices.11:58am: In the Lok Sabha, Congress? Mallikarjun Kharge questions the government?s response that no accurate date is available about number of illegal immigrants in the country.Impossible to get accurate number, but we are taking steps to have special task forces and prosecute such immigrants, replies MoS Kiren Rijiju.11:47 am: Rajya Sabha adjourned for a second time till noon.11:45 am: Speaker exhorts members to listen to Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan?s response. Opposition MPs walk to well of the house shouting slogans.11:40 am: Rajya Sabha resumes. Ghulam Nabi Azad on government?s rollback of LPG subsidy: This government is killing the poor. This is unacceptable.11:30 am:  TMC?s Derek O?Brien questions government notification on gas subsidies that says rates are going to be hiked month on month by Rs 4 and by March all LPG subsidies will be eliminated. O?Brien says the government is not keeping its promises.Uproar in Rajya Sabha over house not being informed about government notification.Chair adjourns house for 10 minutes.11:15 am: Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha. Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad raises issue of members of the house not being invited to the Parliament Annexe foundation stone laying ceremony on Monday. No one from the Rajya Sabha including the Chairman and Deputy Chairman were invited. Members of the house were not told about the event.Chair PJ Kurien takes note and says Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha has already written to the Lok Sabha regarding this impropriety.11:05 am: Question Hour begins in Lok Sabha. AIADMK?s Elumalai Vellaigounder asks the government if more Centres will be set up to expedite creation of Aadhaar cards?.11:00 am: Legislative business in the two Houses of Parliament todayIn the Lok SabhaDiscussion and voting on Supplementary Demands for Grants for 2017-18 & Demands for Excess Grants (General) for 2014-15Bills for consideration and passing:The Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2017The Central Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Bill, 2017The Integrated Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Bill, 2017 In the Rajya SabhaCalling attention on the situation arising out of violation of conditions of Letter of Permit by foreign trawlers in deep sea fishing in Indian seas and the action taken by the Government on it. Bill for withdrawal:The Participation of Workers in Management Bill, 1990Bills for consideration and passing:The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill,2017The Factories (Amendment) Bill, 2016The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2017"
Chhavi Tyagi,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Will give up life but never support state's division: Mamata,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ready-to-give-up-life-but-will-never-support-division-of-bengal-mamata-banerjee/story-iTE770SoxzgoRFmb2v9BsK.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Reacting to the protests demanding separate state Gorkhaland, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said, ""I'm ready to give up my life but I'll never support dividing (the state) into parts."" ""This is India. It's our duty to protect it, not to divide it...the hills are a part of Bengal and will remain so in the future,"" Mamata added.","West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said she will never support the division of the state and urged all political parties in the hills to restore peace and normal life in Darjeeling, where the indefinite shutdown entered its 48th day.?Whatever happens, everyone should remember that I am ready to give up my life but I will never support dividing (the state) into parts. Every district is our asset. People from every religion, caste will be here.?This is India. It is our duty to protect it, not to divide it. I love the hills like all other districts of West Bengal. But people must remember that the hills are a part of West Bengal and will remain so in the future,? she said in a rally here in North Dinajpur district this afternoon.?Whatever happens, everyone should remember that I am ready to give up my life but I will never support dividing (the state) into parts. Every district is our asset. People from every religion, caste will be here,? said Banerjee.The chief minister said that she would do everything for the development of Darjeeling but not anything which may lead to a riot or create disturbance among the people.Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) is spearheading the shutdown in Darjeeling to press the demand for a separate Gorkhaland.She requested political parties and leaders in the hills, to ?be calm and help in restoring normal life in Darjeeling?, to bring back peace and solve problems being faced by the locals.?I want the hills to get back to normal life. I want the tea gardens to start their operations. Darjeeling tea is a global brand, do not spoil it,? Banerjee said.The chief minister said that a political movement should be for the welfare of the people but the ongoing one by the GJM is ?only for the sake of politics?.?Today tea garden workers are not getting food. Students are unable to go to their schools and colleges. Tourism is getting affected. Why are you (GJM) in such a movement? There is no fault of the common people. They have not done anything wrong.?People are troubled and you (GJM) are continuing with the movement only for the sake of politics. This is not right,? she said.Banerjee alleged that it was not the hill people who were creating trouble, but political leaders, who were bringing in goons from outside to create law and order problems there.GJM chief Bimal Gurung had yesterday asked the chief minister to ?come and see the sad situation? in the hills.She had last visited Darjeeling on June 8, when the GJM supporters had clashed with the police outside the Rajbhavan where the state cabinet meeting was held. Following this, an agitation started and subsequently call for an indefinite strike was given in support of their demand of separate Gorkhaland."
Saloni Tandon,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday","Kohli will catch up with Dhoni as captain, says Ravi Shastri",http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-vs-sri-lanka-2017/ms-dhoni-greatest-ever-india-captain-but-virat-kohli-may-catch-up-ravi-shastri/story-eoiXR0xpYgA6Dx3HabC92J.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"India head coach Ravi Shastri has said Virat Kohli will match former skipper MS Dhoni's record as captain. ""The way Virat is progressing, he may well catch up with Dhoni. I have been involved with cricket for 35 years as player, commentator and coach. Apart from Sachin Tendulkar, I have never seen anyone break records like Kohli,"" said Shastri.","Virat Kohli?s ascendancy since becoming the India Test captain in 2014 has been startling. His aggressive attitude coupled with brilliance in batting meant that the national team found a perfect successor to Mahendra Singh Dhoni, whose achievement as skipper is unmatched in Indian cricket.While still it is early days, but Kohli can match Dhoni?s achievements as skipper, believes India?s new head coach Ravi Shastri.(Read | Virat Kohli ?spoilt for choices? ahead of second India vs Sri Lanka Test match) The claim may be tall since Dhoni remains the only cricket captain in the world to win all ICC trophies ? the World Cup, the World T20 and the Champions Trophy. His time at the helm of India also saw them claiming the No. 1 position in Tests.But then Kohli has also got a great start to his career as captain. Among all the captains who have led India for more than 20 Test matches, Kohli has the highest win percentage. In 27 Tests, he has 17 wins with 62.96 win percentage. Dhoni won 27 out of 60 Tests as captain, with the win percentage being 45. Sourav Ganguly is third in the list with a win percentage of 42.85, winning 21 out of 49 Tests as captain.(Read | How Hardik Pandya survived on Maggi before becoming Indian cricket team star) ?The way Virat is progressing, he may well catch up with Dhoni. I have been involved with cricket for 35 years as player, commentator and coach. Apart from Sachin Tendulkar, I have never seen anyone break records like Kohli. He has caught up with many greats, playing just half the number of matches. I wonder where will he stop,? Shastri told Anandabazar Patrika, a Bengali daily.Shastri, who returned to the Indian dressing room after a year-long gap as head coach, is currently touring Sri Lanka with the Indian team for a three-Test rubber followed by limited overs series.(Read | Sachin Tendulkar joins PM Narendra Modi in praising Indian women?s cricket team) The following seasons will see India travelling to South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. This was one area where Dhoni?s team failed to stamp their authority and if Kohli?s gang does it, there will be no doubt about who India?s greatest captain is.?Dhoni all-time greatest?Shastri, however, added that based on current record Dhoni is India?s all-time greatest captain.(Read | Khaled Mahmud, ex-Bangladesh skipper, suffers stroke; to be taken to Singapore) ?The guy has won two world titles - a World Cup and a World T20. Beside that, he has also finished runner-up in another World T20. He played in the semi-finals of two other World T20 and World Cups. People often talk about his limited-over record, but compare Dhoni?s Test with any captain and it will show who is the greatest ever ,? Shari said.?Virat is progressing in the same direction as well.?When Shastri was the team director of India from 2014 to 2016, he saw both Dhoni and Kohli as captains from close quarters. In fact, it was during Shastri?s time at the helm that Dhoni quit as Test captain to make way for Kohli in 2014.Shastri added that Kohli has potential to be the greatest captain of the current generation but may face stiff competition from an Australian.?Steve Smith. As a captain his batting record is exceptional,? Shastri said.As a captain, Smith?s batting average is 73.27, second only to Don Bradman?s 101.51. Kohli is third in the list with an average of 61.09.In days to come, the two might well decide whose team will rule cricket in the next decade."
Anmol Sharma,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",I will show Vijender what Chinese are capable of: Zulpikar,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/vijender-singh-zulpikar-maimaitiali-india-china-boxing/1/1016072.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Responding to Vijender Singh's comment that ""Chinese products don't last too long"", Chinese boxer and Singh's next opponent Zulpikar Maimaitiali said, ""I will show Vijender what Chinese are capable of. We have shown India time and again...it's time that Vijender too learns his lesson."" Singh and Maimaitiali will take on each other in a double title bout on August 5.","China's number one boxer and WBO Oriental Super Middleweight Champion Zulpikar Maimaitali has hit back at Vijender Singh ahead of Asia's biggest showdown 'Battleground Asia', saying he will show the Indian knockout king what ""Chinese are capable of"".Ahead of the bout, Vijender had trolled his Chinese opponent and said that he would try to finish the bout as soon as possible as ""Chinese products don't last long"".Replying to Vijender's comments Maimaitiali said, ""I will show Vijender what Chinese are capable of. We have shown India time and again what China is capable of, it is time that Vijender too learns his lesson. I am coming to your home Vijender on 5th August and will take back your belt along with mine. I am going to knock you out in the early rounds"".""I am fully prepared for this fight, this will be a big fight of my career as I am eying second belt of my pro career. I don't think he ever stood a chance in front of me, he thinks I am a kid. I will show what this kid is made of,"" he added.This fight between two top boxers of Asian subcontinent will decide the 'King of Asia'.China's undefeated star boxer has eight bouts under his name, same as Vijender. Zulpikar has five knock out wins and has fought 24 rounds. His last bout was with African boxer Thomas Mashali where he won his current title -- WBO Oriental Super Middleweight Champion last year. Zulpikar turned towards professional boxing in April 2015.Vijender, who remained unbeaten since his debut in professional boxing, has fought eight bouts, last one being against former world number one boxer Francis Cheka from Tanzania, where he defended his title."
Parmeet Kaur,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Opposition walks out after rape allegations against Minister,http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/rape-allegations-against-maharashtra-minister-speaker-orders-probe-into-allegations/story-sxXjU5iWYXVZtMumNdo7FJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Opposition staged a walkout from the Maharashtra assembly, demanding a probe into the allegations of rape by a woman against a minister of the Devendra Fadnavis-led government. Opposition leader Ajit Pawar claimed he had a CD to prove the allegations. Fadnavis, however, clarified that the victim withdrew her complaint the next day saying it was filed owing to misunderstanding. ","A minister of the Devendra Fadnavis-led BJP government has been accused of rape. Senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar demanded a probe into the allegations made by a woman from Sangli district against the minister, who is not from BJP, but from one of the party?s smaller allies. In the state assembly, Pawar claimed he had a CD to prove the allegations.  The Opposition staged a walkout from the lower house, even after Speaker Haribhau Bagade ordered a probe into the allegations.Meanwhile, Fadnavis clarified that the victim withdrew her complaint the very next day saying it was filed owing to a misunderstanding. ?In her video statement before the police, she said the complaint filed a day before was out of misunderstanding. She had a dispute with a person named Prashant Jadhav and was under the impression that the minister was helping Jadhav against her. After realising that it was not so, she withdrew the complaint and has now nothing against the minister,? Fadnavis said.Hours after CM?s clarification, a video clip surfaced on social media showing a woman alleging harassment by the minister.In the unverified video, a woman with her face half covered says, ?I have been harassed and was forced to withdraw the complaint. Whatever I gave in writing was due to tremendous pressure. I would have been murdered if I had not withdrawn the complaint.? She further claimed of getting threats.However, there is no clarity on when the video was shot, and if it is the woman Pawar mentioned. Refuting the allegations the accused minister said, ?She is a journalist and I have met her only at press meets. Probe is going on and I am sure truth will prevail,? he said.Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, leader of opposition in the assembly demanded minister?s resignation. ?Considering the gravity of the case, the minister should resign from his post immediately,? Patil told HT.."
Chhavi Tyagi,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Woman stabbed in front of 4-yr-old son outside Thyagaraj,http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/four-yr-old-watches-as-mother-stabbed-to-death-outside-thyagraj-stadium-in-delhi/story-E0wnMO24Hy3jFhUsLyBiEI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A 40-year-old woman was stabbed outside the Thyagaraj Stadium in south Delhi on Monday evening in front of her four-year-old son while she was returning home from a weekly market. The attacker, who is reportedly in his mid thirties, managed to flee the spot leaving behind the kitchen knife used in the murder. ","A 40-year-old woman was stabbed outside the Thyagraj Stadium in south Delhi on Monday evening even as her four-year-old son watched.Santoshi, a resident of the nearby Prem Nagar Colony, was returning home with her son from a weekly market near the stadium when the incident took place. Eyewitnesses told police that a man, seemingly in his mid thirties jumped from behind and stabbed the woman multiple times. The spot outside Thyagraj Stadium where a woman was stabbed to death. 
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						Santoshi cried for help, alerting three security guards at the stadium. Her attacker, however, fled the spot leaving behind the kitchen knife used in the murder. A police team reached the spot and rushed her to the Trauma Centre where Santoshi was declared dead. Doctors told police that she had been stabbed at least five times. Santoshi, a mother of five was separated from her husband. Her husband, police said lives in Rajasthan. Investigating officials said a CCTV camera at the stadium has recorded the stabbing. The incident took place at around 8pm. Police sources said they have identified a suspect. They are exploring the angle of money dispute and spurned love.Additional deputy commissioner of police south Chinmoy Biswal said police have registered a case and are working to arrest the murderer. "
Chhavi Tyagi,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Lalu Prasad calls Nitish Kumar 'palturam' of Indian politics,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bihar-cm-nitish-kumar-a-turncoat-known-for-dubious-character-says-lalu-prasad/story-AMpsXuT9lWTdpaDCcASRFJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Talking about Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday said, ""He is one big 'palturam' (turncoat) whose true colours will soon show."" He added, ""Yesterday when he accused me and my family; I knew it was coming. As he's not a man of his words. He has also forgotten the day when I made him rule.""","A day after Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar accused long-time ally Lalu Prasad of being smothered in corruption, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief hit back on Tuesday, asserting that his ?friend-turned-foe? was a ?turncoat? and he (Nitish Kumar) is known for his dubious character.Speaking at a press conference in Patna, Lalu Prasad said, ?I know Nitish Kumar from the beginning as I?m senior to him. He is one big ?palturam? (turncoat) whose true colours will soon show. From the very beginning, he is known for his dubious character. Nitish has forgotten the days when he used to take my blessing and go for any political debate or talks?.Further lashing out at Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad said that only because of Mulayam Singh, he allowed the chief minister in his alliance.?Yesterday (Monday) when he accused me and my family; I knew it was coming. As he is not a man of his words. He has also forgotten the day when I made him rule the state and join my alliance with open arms. It was only because of Mulayam Singh that I agreed to accept him in my party. But today I regret of the time spent and the moment lost,? he said.Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lalu Prasad said Nitish Kumar used to speak ill of the BJP and today, he is singing the party?s glory.?Till yesterday, Nitish was accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Now suddenly he is singing his praises and calling him the biggest leader in the country. This comes as a shock to me! He also added that there is no one who can defeat him. I know Nitish?s intentions as he wants to sacrifice my children for his glory and name,? Lalu Prasad added.On Monday, Nitish Kumar, while addressing his first press conference after joining hands with the BJP, declared that no one is capable to face and beat Prime Minister Modi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.He praised Modi, calling him the ?biggest leader? in the country and added that ?there is no one who can defeat him?.Nitish Kumar also explained that he had given his long time friend Lalu Prasad ample opportunities to explain the charges of corruption against him, but to no avail.If Lalu Prasad had explained himself over the corruption allegations, then the situation could have been different in Bihar, Nitish Kumar said.?I had asked Lalu to clarify the allegations of corruption against him and put the facts forward. It will send a positive impact on the public and which is also good for the mahagathbandhan. I have tolerated everything, thought this happens in alliance as I didn?t have a choice. I continued my work for the betterment of people,? he added.Meanwhile, Lalu Prasad has invited Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav to lead the fight against the BJP and Nitish Kumar, who, according to him, joined hands with ?communal and fascist forces and betrayed the people?s mandate?.?Nitish has tarnished the image of Ambedkar. I urge Sharad Yadav, whom we consider the true leader, to travel to every corner of the country and come to Bihar and join our fight against the BJP and Nitish Kumar,? Lalu Prasad told ANI.On July 26, Nitish Kumar resigned as the chief minister and ended the two-year alliance with the RJD and the Congress over corruption charges against his deputy and Lalu Prasad?s son Tejashwi Yadav."
Parmeet Kaur,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",2 Chinese nationals held for swapping ?34L diamond with fake,http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/2-chinese-nationals-swap-diamond-with-fake-one-at-jewellery-exhibition-arrested-at-mumbai-airport/story-gJqzdYnQQHbvzKGB6LmHwL.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,Two Chinese nationals were arrested on Monday at the Mumbai airport after they stole a diamond worth ?34 lakh by swapping it with a fake at a Mumbai exhibition. The 5.4-carat diamond was recovered from a bottle of shampoo. Security officials interrogated the Chinese nationals and found the diamond after they were located at the airport using their passport information.,"Two Chinese nationals, on Monday, managed to replace a piece of diamond jewellery with a fake one at Mumbai?s India International Jewellery Show. However, swift action by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) led to their arrest at Mumbai airport.The diamond, worth Rs34 lakh, was recovered from a bottle of shampoo.The CISF later also provided security at the India International Jewellery Show (IIJS)-2017, which was being held at Bombay Exhibition Center, Goregaon. ?On July 31, at 3:45 pm, Gem Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) informed us that two Chinese nationals, while trying to strike a deal, cleverly switched and replaced a diamond piece weighing 5.4 carats, approximately costing Rs34 lakhs, with a fake piece,? said a CISF official.As soon as the information was received, a combined team of CISF personnel and council members spread out in the hall to locate the Chinese nationals and prevent them from exiting the venue. Meanwhile, their photographs were also taken from the council registration office and provided at all the gates. Subsequently, their movements were traced through CCTV footage, wherein it was revealed that the two Chinese nationals had already left the show. ?Once it was established that they had left, their passport details, registration details and photographs were taken from the council and sent to the Foreigner Regional Registration Office (FRRO) Mumbai and CISF?s airport incharge,? the official added.On the basis of the information, the immigration officials were able to detect the two Chinese nationals who were to  board Air India flight AI 314 from Mumbai to Osaka via Delhi-Hongkong scheduled to depart at 7:45 pm. ?It was found that there were not carrying any check in luggage and only two small-shaving kit sized bags were in their possession. The individuals had also changed their clothes from what they were wearing at the exhibition,? the officer said.Because the size of the diamond was small, the X-ray machine could not detect it and therefore, they were then interrogated with the help of a Chinese interpreter, after being off-loaded from the plane.During interrogation, they revealed that the diamond was concealed in a small shampoo bottle, which was subsequently recovered."
Sonu Kumari,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Ticketless passenger stabs ticket examiner on train in Delhi,http://www.hindustantimes.com/noida/ghaziabad-ticker-examiner-stabbed-by-passengers-travelling-without-tickets/story-2Isz5VpJ68VvtNLVIR28dP.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,A ticket examiner was allegedly stabbed on Sunday by one of the three passengers when he asked them to deboard a train for traveling without tickets in Delhi. The victim said that the accused had boarded a reserved coach and stabbed his arm with a sharp-edged weapon when he tried to be stern in asking them to deboard.,"A train ticket examiner (TTE) was allegedly stabbed by three unidentified men who were asked to deboard the train as they were travelling without tickets in the reserved compartment. The incident took place on a train that was moving from the New Delhi railway station late Sunday night.The injured TTE was rushed to a private hospital in Ghaziabad after the government railway police (GRP) stopped the train at Ghaziabad junction.Diwakar Boro, the TTE who is based in Guwahati, was examining tickets onboard the Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express, which had left the New Delhi railway station around 11.45pm for Guwahati on Sunday. The victim was allegedly stabbed by one of the three young men, who then jumped out of the moving train.?I asked the three men to deboard the train as they did not have tickets. They had boarded a reserved coach of the train. Instead, they asked me not to bother and also hurled abuses when I tried to be stern in asking them to deboard. They looked like locals and were aged 18-22 years. However, one of them hit me with a sharp-edged weapon,? Boro said.?Initially, I did not realise that I was injured. But when I saw blood, I realised that it was a deep cut on my arm. Other passengers later pulled the chain and informed a guard. The guard alerted the authorities and the train was stopped at Ghaziabad. The GRP officials and doctors were ready with an ambulance and I was rushed to the hospital,? he said.The GRP officials at Ghaziabad said that the victim suffered injuries on his arms.?We asked him to lodge a complaint but he said that as the incident took place in New Delhi, he will lodge a complaint there. We are taking proper care and have also informed our Delhi counterparts,? said Randhir Singh, circle officer (GRP), Ghaziabad.The victim said that officers from GRP and the railway protection force of New Delhi came to Ghaziabad and registered his complaint.This is the second case of violence in moving train in the recent past. In a previous incident, on the night of July 26, 13 passengers of Farakka Express were allegedly robbed by five armed robbers when the train had stopped for a brief period near Seelampur in Delhi. The train was also stopped at Ghaziabad and the GRP registered the initial complaint from the passengers."
Radhika Chugh,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Protestors pelt stones at police outside Ghaziabad Haj House,http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/protesters-pelt-stones-at-police-outside-ghaziabad-haj-house/story-6y2Ykyaa9JWCBcBV9OihkN.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Nearly 500 protestors pelted stones at the police outside Ghaziabad's Ala Hazrat Haj House and demanded that the facility be opened to pilgrims immediately. The Haj House, which is located along the Hindon river, has remained sealed since its inauguration last year after a petition was filed against it at the National Green Tribunal.","Police resorted to lathicharge as nearly 500 protesters, gathered at the newly constructed Haj House in Ghaziabad, turned violent and pelted stones at the cops.   The protesters, led by members of the district Congress committee, on Monday gathered outside the Ala Hazrat Haj House in the city and demanded opening it for Haj pilgrims immediately. The facility was inaugurated by former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav last September but has remained locked ever since.Members of the Muslim community also offered namaz outside the locked facility and demanded its proper utilisation as the annual Haj pilgrimage nears.Police said there were around 400 to 500 protestors at the gate who, around 9:30pm, started pelting stones at police personnel deployed in view of the agitation. The protesters also blocked traffic on GT Road, resulting in heavy snarls from?Mohan Nagar to Ghaziabad city. Police have picked up ?four to five persons who were the brain behind the entire protest?. Heavy contingent of police and PCR vans were deployed at the site and also in the sensitive areas of Ghaziabad city.?We demand that the Haj House be opened immediately as it has been locked by the district administration. The Haj House was developed to facilitate the pilgrims. The facility is fully developed, but no one can use it and the pilgrims have to go to Delhi to move ahead for their pilgrimage,? said Naseem Khan, district president of minority cell, Ghaziabad.?It is sheer negligence that Haj pilgrims cannot use a facility developed for their use. We feel that the present government is biased and is acting against the sentiments of the community. We will stay here till the Haj House is opened for the pilgrims,? said Puja Chadda, a local Congress member.Following the demonstration, the city police posted a contingent at the site.?Our personnel are posted at the spot, keeping a close watch over the developments. We told the protesters that the facility has not been locked by the district administration and they have no role in opening or closing it,? said Akash Tomar, superintendent of police (city).An appeal against the 4.3-acre complex, built along the river Hindon, is pending with the National Green Tribunal (NGT). The petitioners, all Ghaziabad residents, had contended that the Haj House had come up on river land and should be demolished.The tribunal had on September 2, 2016 said in its order, ?We make it clear that any steps or construction taken in the meanwhile shall be subject to the orders of the Tribunal passed in this Application (sic).?Earlier, on July 27, HT had published a report on the facility lying non-functional. In the report, UP minister of state for Waqf, Mohsin Raza, had said that the decision was taken by the previous state government and the present government has maintained the status quo.?The decision was already made by the previous government as the matter was with the NGT even before the present government assumed office. The decision was taken to protect the environment and the river?s ecology. If thousands of pilgrims arrive here it is bound to create garbage issues for the river zone. So, the closure was an earlier decision taken up to avoid contempt of court,? Raza had said."
Nandini Sinha,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Saudi using Canadian equipment against citizens: Reports,https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/31/saudi-arabia-violence-canada-armored-trucks-justin-trudeau?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Canada is investigating reports that Saudi Arabia has been using Canadian-made armoured vehicles against its citizens in the violence-hit Eastern Province. Videos and photos posted on social media show Saudi Arabia using Canadian equipment on Shia dissidents. Canada warned it would take action if ""it is found that Canadian exports have been used to commit serious violations of human rights"".","The Canadian government is investigating reports that Saudi Arabia is using armoured vehicles made in Canada against its own civilians ? allegations that have prompted renewed scrutiny over Ottawa?s recent decision to sign off on a billion-dollar arms deal with the kingdom.Videos and photos posted on social media in recent days allegedly show Riyadh using Canadian equipment in a violent crackdown on minority Shia dissidents in eastern Saudi Arabia. Last week at least five people were killed as security forces flushed out suspected militants in the town of Awamiya. Several sources told the Canadian newspaper the Globe and Mail that the vehicles being used appeared to be Gurkha RPVs made in Ontario by Terradyne Armoured Vehicles. Canadian officials said they were deeply concerned by the reports. ?We are looking at these claims very seriously ? and have immediately launched a review,? Justin Trudeau told reporters. In 2016, Saudi Arabia ranked among the largest importers of Canada-made military goods, purchasing more than C$142m worth of goods ? nearly 20% of all Canadian military exports that year.The ministry of global affairs said it was concerned over the escalating violence in eastern Saudi Arabia. In a statement issued last week, it highlighted the causalities among civilians and security forces and urged Riyadh to confront its security challenges in ?a manner that abides by international human rights law?.Days later, the ministry said the government was actively seeking more information about the reports of civilian casualties and claims that Canadian-made vehicles were involved. ?If it is found that Canadian exports have been used to commit serious violations of human rights, the minister will take action,? a spokesperson for department told the Guardian. He did not answer questions around what kinds of actions this could entail. Terradyne Armoured Vehicles did not respond to a request for comment. The allegations have prompted renewed calls for Trudeau?s Liberal government to scrap a recent decision to push forward with a 15-year contract to supply Saudi Arabia with weaponised armoured vehicles made by General Dynamics, another Ontario-based company. Critics say the C$15bn deal, struck in 2014 by the previous conservative government, could see the vehicles ? which are equipped with machine guns ? used by the Saudis to crush dissent at home. Others have pointed to Canadian rules that restrict arms exports to countries with poor human rights records and prohibit exports if there is a possibility that the buyer could use the arms against its own population. Despite these concerns, Trudeau?s Liberal government signed off on the export permits in 2016. Trudeau has since defended the decision, arguing that Canada would be seen as a ?banana republic? if it scrapped the deal. ?People have to know that when you sign a deal with Canada, a change in governments won?t immediately scrap the jobs and benefits coming from it,? the prime minister told the Toronto Star last year. The deal would reportedly create around 3,000 jobs in Canada. Amid escalating concerns over human rights, countries such as Germany and Belgium have in recent years denied export applications for arms headed to Saudi Arabia. In 2015, Sweden cancelled a longstanding defence agreement with the Saudis, citing similar concerns. This month, a high court in London ruled that the UK could proceed with arms sales to Saudi Arabia. ?Saudi Arabia has been, and remains, genuinely committed to compliance with International Humanitarian Law; and there was no ?real risk? that there might be ?serious violations? of International Humanitarian Law (in its various manifestations) such that UK arm sales to Saudi Arabia should be suspended or cancelled,? the court said. Campaigners called the ruling a ?green light? for the UK to sell arms to ?brutal dictatorships and human rights abusers?.In Canada, Amnesty International pointed to the indications that Canadian vehicles are being used against civilians to call on the Liberal government to reverse its support of the billion-dollar arms deal.?Mounting tensions and conflict in eastern Saudi Arabia, about which the Canadian government has rightly expressed public concern, further indicate how fraught it is for Canada to have authorised the sale of light armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia at this time,? secretary-general Alex Neve said in a statement. "
Tanya Dhingra,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday","I like to get customised gifts on my birthday, says Taapsee",http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/taapsee-pannu-turns-30-i-look-forward-to-getting-customised-gifts-on-my-birthday/story-QPxlmCiCcoIenlGTsQ9eZI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Actress Taapsee Pannu, who turned 30 on Tuesday, has said she doesn't like typical off-the-shelf gifts and instead likes something customised on her birthday. She added, ""Every year, I like that pressure that my friends and family have to bring their creative side out and think of a gift."" Taapsee is known for films like 'Pink', 'Naam Shabana', among others. ","Bollywood actor Taapsee Pannu isn?t a heavy-on-party kind of person. Maybe that?s why, the actor, who turns 30 today, has taken a day off to be in Delhi with her family.?I?ve never liked high-octane parties for my birthdays. Usually, it?s [celebration] with friends or family, depending upon where I am. But one thing that stays constant is that it has to be a holiday. I don?t usually have working birthdays. I try to take that one day off and even if I am shooting abroad, I make sure to get that one day off. I just want to not do anything... just sit back and see what has happened in the past one year and probably look forward to setting some new goals for the next year,? says Taapsee, who just wrapped up the last shooting schedule for her upcoming film Judwaa 2, co-starring Varun Dhawan and Jacqueline Fernandez.?I have been on a pre-birthday vacation this year. It?s one of my favourite days of the year and that entire schedule was on the beach and everyone was on party mode. I had the most beautiful bringing in of my birthday with that Mauritius schedule,? says Taapsee.    Annnnndddddd it's a wrap on Project Number 22 #Judwaa2 Such a perfect schedule to end it with. See u in theatres on 29th September 2017 ? A post shared by Taapsee Pannu (@taapsee) on Jul 28, 2017 at 5:13pm PDT Asked about the most cherished birthday gift she has ever got, Tapsee says that she doesn?t like typical off-the-shelf gifts. ?I don?t really enjoy these things, as I can buy them myself. So it has to be something customised for me. Every year, I like that pressure that my friends and family have to bring their creative side out and think of a gift,? says Taapsee, adding that her mom gets really frustrated, running out of creative ideas for what more to gift her daughter.?Once, she just got a new photo album and put together selected pictures from my childhood till that birthday and gave it to me. [Also] my sister once made a really funny poem with pictures of both of us on a chart paper and gifted that to me. So this is how crazy I want my birthday gifts to be,? shares the actor.Going down memory lane, Taapsee recalls how birthdays used to be most special during her childhood. ?I would look forward to wearing that special birthday dress to school, and rack my brain thinking what special [item] I could distribute as return gift to my classmates. It would be special because you are the most important person [that day] and all your friends want to be around you all the time,? she quips.Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Shifa Naseer,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday","10,000 users affected in malware attack on MTNL broadband",http://indiatoday.intoday.in/technology/story/mtnl-broadband-services-hit-by-malware-attack-over-10000-users-affected/1/1015943.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,Several broadband connections of state-run MTNL were affected after a malware attack on Friday in Delhi. The attack impacted services in many households with malfunctioning of the broadband services. Users were reportedly redirected to malicious web pages with ads and pornography. State-owned telecom company BSNL was also recently hit by a malware attack that changed passwords of the modems.,"State run Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) has been hit by a malware attack in Delhi. The issue which is now under control as per the company, affected over 10,000 users and disrupted the broadband services for quite some time. "" A malware attack led to reconfiguration of all modems. Approximately 10,000 consumers have been hit due to the malfunction in a Taiwanese chipset,"" MTNL Chairman and Managing Director PK Purwar told The HinduBusinessLine. According to the company, the situation is under control now but the source of the virus remains unidentified. Reportedly, users were being redirected to malicious and web pages with ads and pornography. Though the company took note of the issue only last Thursday, the service apparently was disrupted� for almost a week. "" The modem has to be reconfigured to manage the problem,"" a company official told ET.� "
Radhika Chugh,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Two accused in Dadri mob lynching case get bail,http://www.hindustantimes.com/noida/2-accused-in-bisada-lynching-case-gets-bail-father-praises-bjp-govt-in-up/story-or1Hi3GIp1SnUGudNznzTM.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Allahabad High Court on Monday granted bail to two accused in the 2015 lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq in Dadri for allegedly slaughtering a cow. A local BJP leader, who is the father of one of the accused who got bail, praised the BJP for providing justice to his son. Notably, 14 people have been granted bail in the case.  ","Vishal Rana (21) and Hari Om (26), accused in the 2015 lynching of Mohammad Ikhlaq in Bisada for allegedly slaughtering a cow, was granted bail by the Allahabad high court on Monday.Vishal?s father Sanjay Rana (47), a local BJP leader, said his son ?got justice? because Uttar Pradesh ?has a BJP government?.?Though government has no say in court?s decision, it ensured justice is done,? he said, and claimed that in the previous regime, officials were did not ensure fair investigation.Sanjay also claimed that ?the whole village, including Muslims, were happy over the bail of my son?.?I do not have any grouse against my Muslim brothers. I am annoyed over Ikhlaq?s family, who slaughtered a cow and later made my family victim for it. It was a mob that attacked the family and I have suffered for it,? he claimed.The case pertains to the September 28, 2015 lynching of 55-year-old Ikhlaq and the assault on his family in Bisada village near Noida by a mob on the allegation of slaughtering a cow and storing its meat for consumption. Following the incident, 18 people were taken into custody, of which 14 had gotten bail. One of the accused in jail, Ravin (22) died in police custody in October 2016, allegedly due to dengue, while his family had blamed it on torture in the jail.Vishal and Hari Om along with another accused had been in Luksar Jail of Greater Noida for the last 22 months. The duo, who got bail, would be released after two days due to legal formalities.The case had political repercussions as BJP leaders ? in opposition to then-CM Akhilesh?s Samajwadi Party, which was seen to be favouring Muslims ? wooed voters in from the region on the plank of getting the accused released from jail during the UP assembly elections earlier this year.Union home minister Rajnath Singh, too, had addressed a gathering in the village.Vishal?s advocate Ram Sharan Nagar said the court of Justice SK Gupta granted bail to his client on Monday.  He said the court took cognisance of the fact that it was a mob attack and the accused had been in jail for 22 months. "
Ankush Verma,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",China building high-speed rail tunnel below Great Wall,http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/china-is-constructing-a-record-breaking-railway-tunnel-below-the-great-wall/story-Eyz9ABvIMtzdtGR4AeOJSN.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,China is reportedly constructing a 12-km-long high-speed train tunnel through one of the portions of its iconic Great Wall to connect Beijing with Zhangjiakou city which will co-host 2022 Winter Olympics. The line is designed for trains traveling up to 350 kmph and is expected to shorten the single-journey time from more than 3 hours to approximately one hour.,"China is constructing a 12-km-long high-speed train tunnel through one of the portions of its iconic Great Wall to connect Zhangjiakou city which is due to co-host 2022 winter Olympics along with Beijing.It took the Chinese engineers months to choreograph the best intersection point. In the end, the tunnel, deep below the Badaling section of the Great Wall, passed experts? appraisal, state-run People?s Daily reported.The line is designed for trains travelling up to 350km per hour, which is expected to shorten the single-journey time from more than 3 hours to approximately one hour. The line is estimated to be completed in 2019.The depth of the tunnel will range from four metres to 432 metres. Now, people are holding their breath on the completion of the tunnel while ensuring that the Great Wall is not damaged in the process, the Global Times reported.Luo Duhao, chief engineer of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-Speed Railway Line, being built by China Railway Number 5 Engineering Group Co said the firm will employ ?precision micro-blasting? technology, which has a velocity of 0.2 cm per second and is able to make the tremor weaker than the traditional firepower blasts that have a velocity of 5 cm per second.Luo told the Global Times that the new technology will ensure that the Great Wall will not be affected by the blasts, as they will be barely felt.?The new technology causes little damage to the geological environment, which will help protect the Great Wall,? Dai Longzhen, deputy manager of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-Speed Railway Line, told the Global Times.?I myself once stood on the Great Wall and I could not feel the blast at all,? Dai added.Zhang Xuehua, a blast expert at the construction site, told the People?s Daily that the construction of the tunnel has completed 4,500 blasts since early February this year.In the middle of the tunnel, workers will build a spacious and well-decorated station right under the Great Wall, with a record-breaking construction space of 36,000 square metres, the Xinhua News Agency reported.The station will be 102 metres below the surface of the Badaling Great Wall.Dai said the construction area and the depth of the station is ?record-breaking.?He said that because the station is built underground, it will cause less damage to the plantation, and it also demonstrates China?s top-notch railway construction capabilities.Originating from the Beijing Railway Station North, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-Speed Railway Line runs through Haidian, Changping and Yanqing districts of Beijing. The line continues northwest through Huailai and Xunhua counties in Hebei province before terminating in the city of Zhangjiakou, making for a total length of 174 km.Built from the third century BC to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the Great Wall stretches over 21,000 km. Over a four million tourists visit the Great Wall every year as it is the centre of China?s tourism campaign.According to official statistics, about 30% of a 6,200-km section of the wall built in the Ming Dynasty has disappeared, and less than 10% is considered well- preserved.The Great Wall has faced threats from both nature and humans. Earthquakes, rain, wind and other natural elements have left the wall with many decayed and crumbling bricks.  "
Deepali Aggarwal,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Trump crafted son's statement on Russian meeting: Report,https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/31/trump-statement-donald-trump-jr-russia-meeting?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"US President Donald Trump personally dictated a misleading statement which his son Donald Trump Jr delivered on his meeting with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 presidential election campaign, according to a Washington Post report. In his statement, Trump Jr said he discussed the adoption of Russian children with the lawyer who had offered damaging information on Hillary Clinton.","Donald Trump personally dictated the press statement issued in the name of his eldest son Donald Jr that misleadingly downplayed the significance of a 2016 meeting with a Kremlin-linked Russian lawyer, a new report alleged on Monday night.According to the Washington Post, Trump personally intervened to prevent senior White House advisers from issuing a full and truthful account of the meeting on 9 June 2016 in which Donald Trump Jr, the president?s son-in-law Jared Kushner, and then presidential campaign manager Paul Manafort came face-to-face with four Russians. One of the Russian visitors was the well-connected lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya.The report, based on multiple though largely anonymous sources that included the president?s own advisers, has the potential to cause political, and even legal, trouble for the White House because it draws Trump himself much closer into the fray over the Trump Tower meeting, which has become a lightning rod in the Russian affair.Shunning the guidance of lawyers and overturning the view apparently reached by Kushner and his team of advisers that a full and frank accounting should be made, Trump reportedly dictated a statement on board Air Force One as he was flying back to Washington from the G20 summit in Germany. As would soon become apparent, it gave a very partial and distorted account of events.In the release the 2016 meeting was presented, in Trump?s own words, as ?a short introductory meeting? dominated by discussion of the adoption of Russian children that was ?not a campaign issue at the time?.That statement was presented to the New York Times on 8 July, and duly included in the newspaper?s first account of the meeting. But within 24 hours, highly damaging revelations had emerged that made clear the meeting had been much more charged than that.On 9 July, the Times revealed that Trump Jr had been lured into talking to Veselnitskaya by the promise of negative intelligence on his father?s presidential rival, Hillary Clinton, and two days after that the email chain was published that showed the younger Trump reveling in the idea of receiving dirt on the Democratic presidential candidate, uttering the gleeful phrase: ?I love it?.The Trump Tower meeting has proved to be one of the most toxic pieces of information to emerge so far in the billowing investigation into possible ties between Trump associates and Russia in the Kremlin?s efforts to skew the presidential outcome in favor of the Republican nominee. The special counsel leading the investigation, Robert Mueller, is understood to be looking closely at the event and has reportedly asked the White House to preserve all documents relating to it.Until now, the president managed to keep some distance from the 9 June encounter, with his lawyers claiming that he knew nothing about it. But the new report that Trump personally oversaw the issuing of a misleading account of the proceedings raises questions about the president?s role in what could be conceived as a cover-up.It comes as Mueller has already expanded his inquiry to include the issue of whether Trump was engaging in a possible obstruction of justice when he fired James Comey, having tried and failed to persuade the then director of the FBI to back off investigating former national security adviser Michael Flynn?s contacts with Russian officials.A lawyer for the president issued the Washington Post with a curt statement: ?Apart from being of no consequence, the characterizations are misinformed, inaccurate, and not pertinent,? Jay Sekulow said.The new details of the president?s role in what turned out to be a major communications fiasco come on the day that his current communications chief, Anthony Scaramucci, was dismissed from the White House after barely 11 days. The blunt removal was made on the first day of the new White House chief of staff, John Kelly, who has vowed to introduce the kind of discipline that the West Wing has been sorely lacking.The day began shortly before 5.30am with Trump tweeting ?No WH chaos!? and ended with him saying: ?A great day at the White House?. But as the Washington Post?s forensic deconstruction of the framing of the Trump Tower meeting shows, the president himself has the capacity to destroy even the best-laid plans, underlining the task now facing his new chief of staff.According to the Post, senior White House officials together with the circle around Kushner and his wife, Ivanka Trump, had spent days rehearsing various ways to address the Trump Tower meeting publicly.Kushner?s team was reported to have decided that it was better to ?err on the side of transparency? because the whole truth would eventually come out.Trump, however, appeared to have seen things differently."
Nandini Sinha,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Half of all Australian university students harassed: Report,https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2017/aug/01/university-sexual-assault-report-released-live?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"More than half of university students in Australia were sexually harassed at least once in 2016, according to a Human Rights Commission survey. With over 30,000 responses registered across the country, it was found that women experienced harassment and assaults at higher rates than men. The survey was conducted amid claims that universities were responding poorly to sexual assault incidents.","

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That brings our coverage of the AHRC?s landmark survey to a close.Here are the report?s main points:Submissions from survivors themselves told us how:Universities have promised to implement the report?s recommendations, but given how vocal advocates have been of past ?institutional failures?, the strength of their response and the timeline of implementation will be something to keep an eye on.Updated
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Here?s a final submission from someone who used to work as a residential tutor, who contacted Guardian Australia anonymously to share their story:I was working in one of the residential colleges as a member of the staff, and was supporting a student through a case of sexual assault. It was escalated to the university and an internal investigation was conducted (I was not involved in the investigation, but sat in during the interviews). Basically, it was a case of the student?s word against the perpetrator?s and therefore the university concluded that there was not enough evidence to take any action. Based on our experience and from the testimonies given by both sides, my colleagues at the college who were involved in supporting the student and I knew that the victim?s account is more likely to be true than not, but we could not do anything without proof. And because the report came back without any conclusive result, we could not take any official action against the perpetrator. It was frustrating and I felt that we had truly let the victim down. To make it worse, the victim and the alleged perpetrator had to remain staying in the same college till the end of the year.Updated
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Some personal stories from Twitter that have been shared with my colleague Calla Wahlquist. All have been published with their permission. As undergrads, my classmates & I were harassed & stalked by the same student. He followed us & did PUA experiments on us 'for his writing'.@callapilla pic.twitter.com/7FHtaZ58fr

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?The universities often actually make it worse?Here?s a video from Fair Agenda featuring speakers from End Rape on Campus, Hunting Ground Australia and student councils. They speak a bit more about how university processes let students down, either by acting too slowly or not at all. As we?ve seen in the report, there are a number of barriers that contribute to the ?damning statistic? that only 4% of students believe their universities are doing enough.Updated
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Here?s some more on methodology. The End Rape On Campus ambassador, Nina Funnell, has criticised the final report for scaling back its own sample size from an earlier census-esque proposal.The original survey was planned for all 1.3 million Australian university students but was reduced and only sent to 300,000, according to Funnell. Of those 300,000, only 31,000 answered. ?Perhaps the response rate would have been higher had the AHRC not trusted universities to select when to send the survey out,? she said.?Left to their own devices many of the universities sent the survey out during student exams when students have more pressing concerns.?Updated
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?In a lecture theatre of 100 students, two have been sexually assaulted.?Here?s the sex discrimination commissioner, Kate Jenkins, talking through the report?s findings this morning.She said one in five students had been sexually harassed in a university setting last year, with women twice as likely as men to be sexually harassed and three times as likely to be sexually assaulted.It?s also worth noting that Jenkin?s hypothetical lecture theatre example only counts on-campus incidents of assault. If we count all incidents, that number rises to seven students out of 100, and one in 10 for female students.Updated
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Today?s report has been criticised by some advocates for implying that universities only have an obligation to deal with incidents that happen in a university setting ? either on campus or at a university event. But the co-women?s officer at the University of Sydney, Imogen Grant, told Guardian Australia today that assaults that occur outside of university grounds can still be reported to universities because they involve student perpetrators.She says we should keep in mind that student offenders can be disciplined by their university: Most incidents of assault occur around the broader university community, in share houses and at social events.But the perpetrators are still fellow students. And if the perpetrator is a fellow student, you can report that to the university and you can expect disciplinary action as well.It?s also an issue raised by End Rape On Campus ambassador Nina Funnell, who said in today?s media conference that the report?s 10-point plan had no recommendations for improving disciplinary proceedings against offenders. In response, the chair of Universities Australia, Prof Margaret Gardner, said she had ?begun a conversation? with universities about new misconduct proceedings. Here?s a submission from the report itself that claims this issue has been overlooked:A woman who was sexually assaulted on numerous occasions by her intimate partner, a fellow university student, was told the university had ?no power to do anything, because none of it occurred on-campus?.She felt that the university should have taken action, because she was aware of the perpetrator sexually assaulting at least two other women at her university. Updated
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Calla WahlquistAt some point in the pub crawl, usually on the walk between pubs two and three, one of the guys at the front of the group would tip their head back and start singing: ?I wish all the women.?It?s a classic rhyming song, where the lead singer makes observations like, ?I wish all the women/were waves in the ocean/and if I was a surfer/I?d ride them with my motion,? and everybody else sings it back. By the train ride home even the most devoted singers would have run out of verses and switched to ?Beastiality is best?. The hook is everybody chanting: ?Beastiality is best, boys, beastiality is best. Fuck a wallaby!?My two years living at a residential college at an Australian university were some 10 years ago now, so I can only remember what we were supposed to do to an owl.Details about the culture of sexual harassment and prevalence sexual assault at residential colleges contained in the AHRC report were appalling, but they did not surprise me. That?s just O-week. We had a golden bed springs award. I liked living at college. I was new to the city and did not know anyone and at college I had ready-made friends, some of whom remain close friends now. It?s only later that you think about what happened and realise it?s not normal. The Eagle Rock thing? We did that. There was a weekly newsletter about who had slept with who. Everyone told rape jokes. We drank so much we couldn?t move. People who did not join in were ostracised. I remember one occasion where a woman from another hall said she had been raped from a male from our hall. The universal judgment was that she was a slut, she was just making it up. Women did that all the time, didn?t they?Updated
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As mentioned earlier today, only 9% of students who had been sexually assaulted on their campus reported the attack to their university. Here are some examples, in survivors? own words, of why they decided not to pursue the perpetrators of their assault or harassment. Multiple submissions said they were deterred by their university?s failure to provide anonymous reporting:Our cohort for our course is incredibly small. I felt too scared to report these incidents. I couldn?t have action taken against him because everyone would find out.Another student had their identity disclosed to their rapist?s friends: The university broke confidentiality by informing organisers of the camp (i.e: the rapist?s friends) what I?d done. People spread lies about me and I was ostracised from the club.Another said the university forced them into a process of face-to-face ?mediation? with their harasser:When I complained to the head of school I had a ?mediation? session with the professor who was harassing me ... he stormed out and slammed the door. He wasn?t told to change his behaviour, the ?mediation session? was all that was done.For many respondents there was always an underlying social pressure not to report, stemming from a fear of being ridiculed, ostracised or shamed for not doing enough. Said one: It was my word against his. He?s known as being a really nice friendly guy so I didn?t think a lot of people would believe me or care.Updated
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Residential colleges at Australian universities are full of students from regional and remote areas, as well as international students, many of whom are living away from home for the first time. They?re usually co-ed.They?re also one of the highest risk places on campus for sexual assault and sexual harassment, according to the AHRC survey. Twelve per cent of women and 3% of men who were sexually assaulted at a university in 2015 and 2016 said it had occurred at a residential college.The report found that hazing practices at colleges often involved excessive alcohol consumption and humiliating or degrading acts, ?and, in many cases, sexual harassment and sexual assault?.According to one submission:The aim is to get the freshers as drunk as possible. Maybe a secondary aim is to make them look as ridiculous and embarrassing as possible, giving them costumes, props, and even sometimes smearing food all over them.Said another:You had to participate, there was nothing you could do about it. The administration knew about this and they condoned this. The students had no power whatsoever, you couldn?t say anything. Hazing practices described in the report included getting female students to ?run the gauntlet?, which meant running down a hallway where male students stood in every doorway with the nozzle of a cask of wine sticking out their fly. Female students were required to kneel before each male resident and ?drink from his sack?.Another college had a ritual where all first-year female students had to remove their top when a certain song was played. They would be surrounded by male students and unable to leave the dance floor with their top still on. Other submissions described year-round traditions that focused on residents? sexual exploits.Conquests of guys getting girls from other colleges were broadcasted weekly in this gossip session the whole college had, where you would submit your experiences to an executive, and on weeknights we would gather and hear about everyone?s conquests that week ... women were described as objects or trophies. The report also found that power relationships between resident advisers ? usually senior students ? and first-year students, as well as the close proximity created by living in residential colleges and the easy access to both alcohol and bedrooms, were contributing factors in the high rates of sexual assault. Updated
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In addition to the survey data, the report contains details from almost 2,000 written submissions, mostly from students and former students sharing their experiences of sexual assault and harassment.Some said they dropped out of university to avoid bumping into their attacker.One person wrote:I left the course and tried studying by distance education but have now been so traumatised by ?higher education? institutions that I don?t feel able to set foot into study again.Said another:He delayed my education by a year and made me afraid to go to uni and at the time I truly didn?t see how bad the impact he was having on me, not even when I dropped out.The release of the report prompted other people to share their stories. This tweet is posted with the author?s permission.The reality of sexual assault and feeling unheard/unwelcome was one of the main reasons I dropped out of my phys/chem undergraduate degree.Updated
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Mansha Mahajan,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday","Air India's current business is not sustainable, says Govt",http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ais-current-biz-not-sustainable-govt-tells-parl-panel/1/1015389.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Air India's current business is ""not sustainable"" as it is neither able to generate enough cash flow, nor start repaying even the principal amount of its debt, the government told a Parliamentary panel. Notably, Tata Group, IndiGo, and private equity funds KKR and Warburg Pincus have expressed interest in acquiring Air India's businesses following the cabinet's approval for its disinvestment.",
Chhavi Tyagi,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Gujarat Congress MLAs to get Gujarati chef in Bengaluru,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/yearning-for-their-bhakhri-and-thepla-cong-mlas-to-get-gujarati-chef-at-bengaluru-resort/story-wvByGjbTjw5UjC5v9RoUCI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A Gujarati chef has been arranged for over 40 Gujarat MLAs who were flown to Bengaluru on Friday night to reportedly prevent them from switching sides to the BJP. ""We Gujaratis have food that is not very spicy. We like roti, dal, and kadhi, so there is a change,"" Gujarat Congress MLA Gyasuddin Shaikh said.","Gujarat Congress MLAs lodged in a Karnataka resort to deter defections from their ranks ahead of next week?s Rajya Sabha polls say the south Indian food being served to them is a big sore point amid their four-star comfort.?All the arrangements are great. But there is bound to be a difference in cuisine,? Gyasuddin Shaikh, one of the 42 legislators, told Hindustan Times on Tuesday. ?We Gujaratis have food that is not very spicy. We like roti, dal and kadhi, so there is a change,? he regretted.Reluctant to leave anything to chance before the August 8 vote which has senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel vying for one of the three Rajya Sabha seats from Gujarat, the party leadership has decided to arrange for a Gujarati chef for the legislators? culinary comfort.DK Shivakumar, the power minister in Karnataka?s Congress government, said a Gujarati chef will be made available for the MLAs soon. ?Some have even expressed the desire to cook and asked the resort for permission, which has been granted,? he added. A nostalgic Shaikh said a typical breakfast back home in Gujarat consisted of ?bhakhri? and ?thepla?. Lunch normally consisted of dal, roti and a dry vegetable dish.However, breakfast at ?Eagleton - The Golf Village?, some 40km outside the state capital Bengaluru, typically comprised idli and dosa while the menu for lunch mostly included rice or ragi balls.?In Gujarat, we are not used to consuming much rice. We prefer roti,? Shaikh explained.The Congress legislators were flown to Bengaluru late on Friday after six of their colleagues quit the party, depleting its numerical strength in the Gujarat assembly to 51.At least half-a-dozen of the remaining legislators are reportedly loyalists of Shankersinh Vaghela, a former chief minister recently expelled from the party. Patel needs the support of 45 MLAs to be re-elected and the Congress is doing everything it can to keep its flock together.On Saturday, the Congress moved the chief election commissioner, accusing the BJP government of Gujarat of using ?money, muscle power and government machinery? to engineer defections. The BJP has denied all the charges."
Mansha Mahajan,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Arvind Panagariya quits as Niti Aayog Vice Chairman,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/niti-aayog-vice-chairman-arvind-panagariya-reisgns/story-gmM2ByO310VgaqMZg2EzlL.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Arvind Panagariya, the Vice Chairman of policy think-tank Niti Aayog, which replaced the 65-year-old Planning Commission, announced his resignation from office on Tuesday. The economist said that he would like to resume his teaching career at Columbia University in the US. Further, August 31 will be his last day in office.","Indian-American economist Arvind Panagariya is stepping down as vice chairperson of Niti Aayog, the government?s policy think tank, and returning to academics in New York?s Columbia University.The 64-year-old professor of economics was picked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in January 2015 to head the National Institution for Transforming India, better known as Niti Aayog, which replaced the Planning Commission.?I have requested the Prime Minister to relieve me from my responsibility as my leave in Columbia University is coming to an end on September 5 and I have decided to join back,? he told reporters on Tuesday. ?The PM has agreed after listening to me.?He will serve the think tank till August-end.According to government sources, Modi wanted him to stay but relented when Panagariya told him that his wife too wants to be with their children in the US.Panagariya said he informed the Prime Minister, who is the ex-officio chairman of Niti Aayog, about his decision about two months ago after Columbia University refused to make an exemption for him and extend his two-year, public-service leave.?There is nothing unusual in this. Henry Kissinger returned to Harvard after his leave was not extended,? he added.Modi chose him to head the new think tank to decide policies for accelerating India?s growth after his government dismantled the Soviet-style Planning Commission that functioned for 64 years.Panagariya, who is standing down after two-and-a-half years in the job, said he is satisfied with the stint in which his team built the organisation?s foundation and forged ties with the Centre and states.?Many states adopted our land leasing law bill. Over 400 schools have Atal Tinkering labs and we promoted digital economy in a big way.?He is the second economist after former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan to quit a top job in India and return to academics in the US. Rajan resigned after a three-year term in 2016 to rejoin Chicago University.At US universities one can teach as long as health permits.Panagariya said: ?I would not have got a similar job. There is no retirement and one can work till his or her body and brain functions.?He holds a PhD from Princeton University and worked with the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, IMF and UNCTAD.The economist wants to write the next edition of India: The Emerging Giant, his 2008 book that describes India?s contemporary economy.Niti Aayog advised the government to sell sick public sector units, including national carrier Air India, and proposed new regulators for education and health. It also recommended minimal government intervention in agriculture and replacing the minimum support price for farmers with a deficiency payment.But the think tank had its fare share of criticism. Some of its reform-oriented proposals were not accepted, or appreciated either.The Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, a farmer union affiliated to the ruling BJP?s ideological mentor RSS, called several Niti Aayog proposals anti-farmer and anti-labour.?There is poor response (from the government) to labour and services sectors. Following the advice of Niti Aayog, the government is moving towards contractual employment, relaxing labour laws to benefit industry,? CK Shaji Narayana, the union?s president, said some time ago.The organisation?s performance has been sketchy and change incremental. So far, it has only circulated a draft of a proposed three-year Action Agenda.Panagariya said a seven-year strategy and 15-year vision for India is ?80-85%? ready.A recipient of the Padma Bhushan in 2012, India?s third highest civilian honour, he expects a successor to be named soon to complete the work.(With agency inputs)"
Daisy Mowke,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Censor Board orders 48 cuts in 'Babumoshai Bandookbaaz',http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/pahlaj-nihalani-cbfc-48-cuts-babumoshai-baandookbaaz/1/1015923.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Censor Board chief Pahlaj Nihalani has ordered 48 cuts in the Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer n upcoming action thriller film 'Babumoshai Bandookbaaz'. ""We are just doing our job,"" Nihalani said when asked about the number of cuts that have been ordered. Directed by Kushan Nandy and also starring Bengali actress Bidita Bag, the film is scheduled to release on August 25.","The latest victim of Pahlaj Nihalani-led CBFC's (Central Board of Film Certification) draconian measures is Nawazuddin Siddiqui's upcoming film Babumoshai Bandookbaaz. Nihalani has ordered 48 cuts in the film - yes, you read that right. F-O-R-T-Y E-I-G-H-T cuts.When asked about the number of cuts that have been ordered in Babumoshai Bandookbaaz, Nihalani told India Today Television, ""We are just doing our job.""The blow from the censor board comes just days after news broke that Pahlaj Nihalani might have to step down as the CBFC chairman owing to the numerous controversies that his methods have landed him in. While there is no update on that front, his order of 48 cuts for Babumoshai Bandookbaaz have come as a shock to the makers of the film.Babumoshai Bandookbaaz, which stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Bidita Bag in the lead roles and is directed by Kushan Nandy, has been embroiled in controversies for quite some time now. First, Chitrangda Singh walked out of the film saying that she was uncomfortable with the numerous explicit scenes in the film.After that, the filmmakers roped in Bengali actress Bidita Bag.The casting director of Babumoshai Bandookbaaz, Sanjay Chouhan, then said in an interview how it was not possible for him to cast a 'fair and handsome actor opposite Nawazuddin Siddiqui'. Nawaz did not take the comment lying down and went on Twitter to say how he never concentrated on his looks.""Thank U 4 making me realise dat I cannot b paired along wid d fair & handsome bcz I m dark & not good looking, but I never focus on that. (sic)"" read Nawaz's tweet.Babumoshai Bandookbaaz is slated for a release on August 25 this year. But it remains to be seen when the CBFC finally gets around to clearing the film. Or if Babumoshai Bandookbaaz too has to knock on the Revising Committee's door to get a certificate.OPINION: Nawazuddin Siddiqui is the finest actor we have. Why the racism, Bollywood?"
Deepali Aggarwal,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Pak extends house arrest of JuD chief Saeed by two months,http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/pakistan-extends-house-arrest-of-jud-chief-hafiz-saeed-s-by-two-more-months/story-ypPdboy2XHWbbY2yjs8v4J.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Pakistan has extended the house arrest of UN-designated terrorist and Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed for another two months to maintain public order. Liberty of Saeed is a continuous threat to the peace and tranquillity in the country, Pakistani authorities said. The Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief has been under house arrest since January 31 this year.","Authorities in Pakistan?s Punjab province have extended the house arrest of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed for another two months to maintain public order.Saeed, the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief, has been under house arrest since January 31 this year. His detention had been extended for three more months in April.On January 31, Saeed and his four close aides -  Abdullah Ubaid, Malik Zafar Iqbal, Abdul Rehman Abid and Qazi Kashif Hussain) -- were detained by the Punjab government for 90 days under the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997.This time Saeed?s house arrest has been extended under the Punjab Maintenance of Public Order.In a notification issued on July 28, the Punjab Government Home Department said on the recommendation of the federal interior ministry the detention of the activist -- Saeed -- has been extended for another 60 days. It said Saaed and others? detention expired on July 27.According to the notification, ?The Counter Terrorism Department has reported that keeping in view the expected release of said activist (Saeed) and other leaders and workers of said organisations (JuD and Falah-e-Insaniat) they have planned to spread chaos in the country. They have planned to make demonstrations under the leadership of Saeed.??He will be portrayed as a hero and his acts will be glorified. Abdul Rehman Makki who is the central leader of the JuD has been making preparations for the purpose and has launched a secret campaign to muster support of the workers,? the notification said.It said the ?liberty? of Saeed is a continuous threat to the peace and tranquillity in the country.The notification further said that the District Intelligence Committee Lahore separately noted that Saeed would create law and order situation upon his release.Additional home secretary Azam Suleman believes that the activities of Saeed are ?prejudicial to public safety and maintenance of public order?.?Thereby the Home Department in exercise of powers conferred under sub-section 1 of Section-3 of the Punjab Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance 1960 Hafiz Saeed is detained for a period of 60 days with effect from July 28, 2017.?A Lahore high court bench headed by Justice Abdul Sami Khan, which was scheduled to announce the verdict today on the detention of Saeed and four others, deferred its verdict for an indefinite period.The court had reserved the decision on June 7 after the Punjab government law officer submitted a reply and Saeed?s counsel advocate AK Dogar completed his arguments.  "
Deepali Aggarwal,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Qatar complaints to WTO against Saudi-led trade boycott,http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/qatar-launches-wide-ranging-wto-complaint-against-trade-boycott/story-gsfTn2TuqgrVgPRRBENYqM.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Qatar on Monday filed a legal complaint at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against a trade boycott by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and United Arab Emirates. By formally requesting consultations with the three countries, Qatar has triggered a 60-day deadline for them to settle the complaint or face litigation at the WTO and potential retaliatory trade sanctions.","Qatar filed a wide-ranging legal complaint at the World Trade Organization on Monday to challenge a trade boycott by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates, the director of Qatar?s WTO office Ali Alwaleed al-Thani told Reuters.By formally ?requesting consultations? with the three countries, the first step in a trade dispute, Qatar triggered a 60 day deadline for them to settle the complaint or face litigation at the WTO and potential retaliatory trade sanctions.?We?ve given sufficient time to hear the legal explanations on how these measures are in compliance with their commitments, to no satisfactory result,? al-Thani said.?We have always called for dialogue, for negotiations, and this is part of our strategy to talk to the members concerned and to gain more information on these measures, the legality of these measures, and to find a solution to resolve the dispute.?The boycotting states cut ties with Qatar - a major global gas supplier and host to the biggest US military base in the Middle East - on June 5, accusing it of financing militant groups in Syria, and allying with Iran, their regional foe, allegations Doha denies.The boycotting countries have previously told the WTO that they would cite national security to justify their actions against Qatar, using a controversial and almost unprecedented exemption allowed under the WTO rules.They said on Sunday they were ready for talks to tackle the dispute, the worst rift between Gulf Arab states in years, if Doha showed willingness to deal with their demands.The text of Qatar?s WTO complaint cites ?coercive attempts at economic isolation? and spells out how they are impeding Qatar?s rights in the trade in goods, trade in services and intellectual property.The complaints against Saudi Arabia and the UAE run to eight pages each, while the document on Bahrain is six pages.There was no immediate reaction from the three to Qatar?s complaint, which is likely to be circulated at the WTO later this week.?REMAIN HOPEFUL?The disputed trade restrictions include bans on trade through Qatar?s ports and travel by Qatari citizens, blockages of Qatari digital services and websites, closure of maritime borders and prohibition of flights operated by Qatari aircraft.The complaint does not put a value on the trade boycott, and al-Thani declined to estimate how much Qatar could seek in sanctions if the litigation ever reached that stage, which can take 2-5 years or longer in the WTO system.?We remain hopeful that the consultations could bear fruit in resolving this,? he said.The WTO suit does not include Egypt, the fourth country involved in the boycott. Although it has also cut travel and diplomatic ties with Qatar, Egypt did not expel Qatari citizens or ask Egyptians to leave Qatar.Al-Thani declined to explain why Egypt was not included.?Obviously all options are available. But we have not raised a consultation request with Egypt yet,? he said.In its WTO case, Qatar would also draw attention to the impact the boycott was having on other WTO members, he added.Many trade diplomats say that using national security as a defence risks weakening the WTO by removing a taboo that could enable countries to escape international trade obligations.Al-Thani said governments had wide discretion to invoke the national security defence but it had to be subject to oversight.?If it is self-regulating, that is a danger to the entire multilateral trading system itself. And we believe the WTO will take that into consideration.?Qatar also raised the boycott at a meeting of the United Nations? International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on Monday, al-Thani said.In comments to Qatar-based Al Jazeera television later on Monday, Qatar?s transport and information minister said the boycotting countries had discriminated against Doha in violation of an international agreement guaranteeing overflights.?These countries have used this right arbitrarily and imposed it on aircraft registered only in the State of Qatar,? Jassim bin Saif al-Sulaiti said.Qatar in June asked Montreal-based ICAO to resolve the conflict, using a dispute resolution mechanism in the Chicago Convention, a 1944 treaty that created the agency and set basic rules for international aviation.Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain said on Sunday they would allow Qatari planes to use air corridors in emergencies. "
Mansha Mahajan,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Tata Motors CEO earned a salary of ?22.5 crore,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/tata-motors-ceo-butschek-draws-rs-22.55-cr-salary-in-fy17/1/1015521.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Tata Motors CEO Guenter Butschek took home over ?22.55 crore last fiscal, while other key officials saw their remunerations cut amid mounting losses. Executive Director Satish Borwankar, who has taken over as COO, saw a cut of 12% to ?2.14 crore. However, most independent directors, except Nusli Wadia, who was removed from the board last year, saw their remunerations grow.","New Delhi, Jul 31 (PTI) Tata Motors CEO and Managing Director Guenter Butschek took home over Rs 22.55-crore salary last fiscal, while other key officials saw their remunerations cut in a year when the company was saddled with losses. However, most of the independent directors of the company except Nusli Wadia, who was removed from the board in December last year, saw their remunerations grow in high double digits, as per the companys Annual Report for 2016-17. Ravi Pisharody, erstwhile Executive Director and former head of the companys commercial vehicles (CV) business unit who had quit the company last month, saw his salary drop by 17 per cent to Rs 2.3 crore in the last fiscal. Likewise, Executive Director Satish Borwankar, who has taken over as chief operating officer, drew a remuneration of Rs 2.14 crore last fiscal, a cut of 12 per cent. Tata Motors Chief Financial Officer C Ramakrishnan also saw his salary trimmed by 2 per cent during the year to Rs 4.1 crore. Similarly, Company Secretary Hoshang Sethnas salary was reduced by 6 per cent to Rs 1.22 crore in the year. As for Butschek, the report said he ""joined on February 15, 2016 hence percentage increase in the remuneration is not comparable"". He was paid Rs 22.55 crore last fiscal. Independent Director R A Mashelkars remuneration was at Rs 1.56 crore, up 47 per cent, while that of N Munjee was at Rs 1.44 crore, an increase of 27 per cent. "
Chhavi Tyagi,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Nothing wrong in not reciting Vande Mataram: Athawale,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/nothing-wrong-if-somebody-doesn-t-recite-vande-mataram-ramdas-athawale/story-AIt0GUXW8wnsxsjQy9Mj0N.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Union Minister Ramdas Athawale has said that there was nothing wrong if one didn?t recite the national song ?Vande Mataram.? Athawale added that the issue of the national song was being brought out to cause feud among communities. The Madras High Court recently made singing ?Vande Mataram? compulsory once a week in government schools, colleges and universities in Tamil Nadu.","Union minister Ramdas Athawale has said there was nothing wrong if one didn?t recite the national song ?Vande Mataram.?Athawale, the leader of Republican Party of India (A), said the issue of the national song was being brought out deliberately to cause feud among communities.?Everybody should recite Vande Mataram, but if it is not recited what will go wrong?? he asked, while addressing the Maharashtra Gramin Patrakar Sangh?s 11th anniversary at Kalyan near Thane on Monday.?If one does not recite Vande Mataram nothing is wrong in that,? said the minister of state for social justice and empowerment.The Madras high court recently made singing ?Vande Mataram? compulsory in all government schools, colleges and universities in Tamil Nadu at least once a week.A BJP MLA in Maharashtra recently demanded the implementation of the ruling in schools and colleges of the state, sparking a political slugfest with legislators of some other parties opposing any such move."
Sonu Kumari,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Ghaziabad police arrests man with 31 countrymade guns,http://www.hindustantimes.com/noida/ghaziabad-arms-supplier-from-muzaffarnagar-held-with-31-countrymade-guns/story-4bLUuIdRl7MveB56KG4kpN.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Ghaziabad police on Monday arrested a man in possession of arms that he was to allegedly deliver to an unidentified buyer on the same day. Police have recovered 31 countrymade weapons and 16 live cartridges that were allegedly manufactured at an illegal arms factory. He has also been to jail earlier in connection with manufacturing and supplying arms, police said.","The Ghaziabad police on Monday arrested an alleged arms supplier from Muzaffarnagar who had come to Sahibabad to allegedly deliver a cache of newly developed arms and live cartridges to an unidentified contact.The police said they recovered 31 countrymade weapons and 16 live cartridges that were to be delivered to the buyer on Monday.A team from the Sihani Gate police station nabbed Mohammad Ilyas, the accused, from the crossing at the Karhera exit early Monday morning. The police said that Ilyas is a resident of Muzaffarnagar, where he owns and runs a grocery shop that he also uses as a front to sell arms to ?regular customers?.?The accused brought the weapons and cartridges, which we found were manufactured at an illegal arms factory owned by one Mobin, who is also a co-accused in the case. Mobin had told Ilyas to deliver the arms to a contact in Ghaziabad and was to give him the identity of the contact once he reached Ghaziabad,? Manish Mishra, the assistant superintendent of police, said.However, before Mobin could give him the information, the police nabbed Ilyas along with the cache of illegal weapons. Officers said that the bigger weapons are generally sold for Rs20,000 apiece while the smaller ones, shaped like pistols, are sold for Rs10,000 each. Sources said that illegal countrymade pistols are generally manufactured from spare parts of trucks, especially, the lower end of the steering gear, which are shaped into barrels as they are strong and can withstand the firepower. The illegal weapons are then shaped by the manufacturers with the help of heat generated in a furnace.There have been several instances wherein the police have nabbed arms suppliers in Ghaziabad.In April, the police arrested a man who was carrying 12 pistols and 11 magazines, and had come to Ghaziabad from Muzaffarnagar to deliver weapons.In January, the Ghaziabad police arrested two persons from Shatabdipuram and recovered three illegal pistols and 600 semi-built magazines (used to store cartridges in weapons) from their possession.?Ilyas has also been to jail earlier in connection with supplying and manufacturing arms. We suspect that the accused was on his way to meet Mobin in Pasonda and the purchaser was to be identified later on. Our teams have launched a search for Mobin, who is presently absconding,? Mishra said."
Arshiya Chopra,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",SC to hear plea seeking cancellation of Nitish's MLC stature,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sc-agrees-to-hear-plea-to-cancel-nitish-s-legislative-council-membership/story-wc103ON6jKc1hHdyUyMRiP.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea seeking cancellation of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's state Legislative Council membership for allegedly hiding a pending criminal case against him. According to the plea, Kumar was accused of killing a Congress leader in 1991. The petitioner also sought a direction to the CBI to register an FIR against Kumar.","The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea seeking cancellation of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar?s membership of the state Legislative Council for allegedly concealing a pending criminal case against him.A bench of Justices Justice Dipak Misra, Amitava Roy and AM Khanwilkar said it will look into the matter after petitioner advocate ML Sharma sought an urgent hearing of his plea.The bench said it would see when the matter could be listed for hearing.The plea, which was filed on?Monday, alleged that there was a criminal case against the JD(U) leader wherein he was accused of killing a local Congress leader Sitaram Singh, and injuring four others ahead of Lok Sabha by-election to the Barh constituency in 1991.The petitioner has also sought a direction to the CBI to register an FIR against Kumar in the case.?Respondent number 2 (Election Commission), despite knowing facts about his (Kumar?s) criminal case, did not cancel his membership of the house and respondent (Kumar) still enjoys constitutional office till date,? he said.The lawyer has sought cancellation of Kumar?s membership as per the Election Commission?s 2002 order stating it is mandatory for candidates to disclose criminal cases against them in their affidavits annexed to nomination papers.He claimed the Bihar chief minister did not disclose the criminal case that was pending against him in affidavits since 2004, except for 2012. "
Sumedha Sehra,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday","HC bars debt-ridden man from going out, cites Mallya example",http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/karnataka-high-court-vijaya-mallya-financial-fraud-s-kumars/1/1015792.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Karnataka High Court barred a debt-ridden businessman from going abroad, citing Vijay Mallya's case. The man, Nitin Shambhu Kumar Kasliwal, owes ?6,494 crore to banks including Punjab National Bank, Central Bank, and UCO Bank, among others. The prosecution expressed that it fears if he is allowed to go abroad, the banks might not be able to recover their money.","Vijay Mallya's financial fraud and eventual escape from the law enforcement has invariably become a lesson for many. Investors, today, will think thoroughly before investing their money as the courts have now taken cognizance of the gravity of such crimes and have began taking stern decisions to avoid similar frauds.The Karnataka High Court today refused to give the passport of the promoters of S Kumar's a company owned by Nitin Shambhu Kumar Kasliwal. Promoter Kasliwal had borrowed an amount close to Rs 6,500 crore from various banks.The banks that have sought recovery from Kasliwal include Punjab National Bank, UCO Bank, Union Bank of India, Central Bank, Jammu Kashmir Bank, Indian Bank and IDBI Bank.Kasliwal appealed before the court to travel abroad, however, it seems the Mallya incident have influenced the decision making of the court which refused to handover the passport.Kasliwal was declared a wilful defaulter by UCO bank and in December 2016, the Debts Recovery Tribunal had seized his passport after the notification.The fear expressed by the prosecution was that of they let him to travel abroad, Kasliwal may escape like Mallya did and they will not be able to recover their debts.According to the advocate representing the banks, Kasliwal owes Rs 6,494 crore as in July 2015.NO RIGHT TO IMPOUND KASLIWALKasliwal's advocate argued in court saying that the DRT had no right to impound the passport and that Kasliwal was allowed to travel abroad earlier too. The advocate added that the DRT and their client had complied with all the conditions imposed on him.S Kumar's has been a big clothing brand whose fabric was being produced in factories located in Mysuru in Karnataka and Dewas in Madhya Pradesh. The company ran into losses during the economic slowdown and the banks took the legal route to recover the debts that Kasliwal owed.S Kumar's had introduced the famous Scottish fabric brand Reid and Taylor in India of which Amitabh Bachchan was the brand ambassador. The courts have now ruled that Nitin Shambhu Kumar Kasliwal will have to stay in India till he repays the debt.Also Read:ED hopeful of favourable order in Vijay Mallya extradition case by mid-December"
Parmeet Kaur,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",HC summons WCD Secretary after 42 kids flee remand home,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/dongri-childrens-home-bombay-high-court-maharashtra-pankaja-munder-vineeta-singhal/1/1015168.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,The Bombay High Court on Monday summoned the Maharashtra Women and Child Development Secretary after 42 children went missing over the last three years from a Mumbai remand home. The court criticised the Maharashtra government for lack of 'pro-active action' in the matter. The Bombay High Court is hearing a PIL on the allegations of corruption in the remand home.,"Days after Maharashtra Women and Child Development Minister Pankaja Munde told the state Assembly that 42 children went missin in the last three years from a remand home in Mumbai, the Bombay High Court today summoned department's secretary to appear in person.The high court today came down heavily on the Maharashtra government after an affidavit was filed by Women and Child Development Secretary Vineeta Singhal in a case of corruption in the Dongri Children's Home of Mumbai. The affidavit does not mention anything about the action that the government has taken against accused persons in the Dongri Children's Home case. The high court has directed Vineeta Singhal to appear in person next week to explain government's stand in the case.A sting operation had shown corruption in the Mumbai Children's Home. The division bench of justice R M Savant and Justice Sadhna Jadhav noted that ""from reading the affidavit, we gather that it has only been filed to comply with our orders. We expected some pro-active action from state government.""PIL AND THE CASE A letter had been sent by a former chief justice of Kolkata High Court who had spoken about the disturbing sting after which it was converted into a petition by the Bombay High Court. The bench had sent a notice to the government, which filed its response today.As many as 42 juveniles had fled the Dongri remand home located in the city in the last three years. The matter was raised in the Maharashtra Assembly. There were also reports that juveniles were being kept in the children's home in violation of norms.In a written response to a question by Pravin Darekar (BJP), Pankaja Munde said that from 2014-15 to 2016-17, 42 children had fled the Dongri remand home. Out of those, 16 were traced and brought back and one security official was suspended.GOVERNMENT'S REPLY IN COURTThe Bombay High Court sought to know if any action had been taken by the state government against those who were shown indulging in malpractice. The affidavit only mentioned that a show cause notice was sent to one person while the guard of the children's home was suspended. When public prosecutor Arajakta Shinde told the court that an inquiry was going on, Justice Savant asked, ""What kind of inquiry happens we all know. Assurance is not going to help.""Justice Jadhav said, ""We are not satisfied with the manner in which this affidavit has been filed. We expect some seriousness. Therefore, we directed the secretary to file the affidavit."" The bench was furious with the government's response. The court said that it was not a matter of only suspicion as a CD of the corruption and other materials had already come out in public domain. A process of cleansing should have started by now, the bench said.The Bombay High Court directed the Women and Child Development Secretary to be appear in person before the court in the next hearing next week.ALSO READ | Mumbai teen kills self, could be first Indian case of Blue Whale suicide challenge "
Parmeet Kaur,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Gadkari seeks facilities for those detained during Emergency,http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/gadkari-seeks-facilities-for-people-detained-under-misa-during-emergency/story-KnzBFEAjFD54lAdZJrkOsO.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has demanded that Maharashtra government provide special facilities to the persons detained during the Emergency under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA). MISA detainees have demanded to be treated as freedom fighters saying that detainees in UP, MP, Bihar and Chhattisgarh are considered at par with the freedom fighters and are given pensions.","Union minister for transport and shipping Nitin Gadkari has demanded that the Maharashtra government provide special facilities to those detained during the Emergency under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA). The MISA detainees on?Sunday held a convention under the banner of Satyagrahi Sangh in Nagpur after meeting Gadkari at his Mahal residence. The group, led by the Sangh?s vice-president Sacchidanand Upasane, national secretary Komal Chheda and Maharashtra unit chief Jayprakash Pande insisted that the detainees be treated as freedom fighters and be given all facilities available to a freedom fighter in the country. Incidentally, most of the MISA detainees are RSS activists or its supporters.The group submitted a memorandum to Gadkari, briefing him about the facilities and recognition extended to detainees in states like UP, MP, Bihar and Chhattisgarh. They claimed that in these states, the detainees are considered at par with the freedom fighters and given pensions and other facilities. The government in Rajasthan recently formed a committee to study facilities available to MISA and Defence of India Rules 1971 detainees in other states. The committee will its report to the state soon, they claimed. The group also pointed out that in Madhya Pradesh, MISA detainees, dubbed as ?Democracy Warrior? draw a monthly honorarium of Rs 25,000. Gadkari told the group he had already spoken to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and the state finance minister, Sudhir Munganttiwar, in this regard. ?Both were positive on the issue.? The Congress, meanwhile, has accused the BJP-led government of trying to give such facilities to its Sangh Parivar members. ?The move is totally a political one,? says former Union minister Vilas Muttemwar. Muttemwar warned his party would launch a statewide agitation if government accepted the group?s demand.?How can these Sangh Parivar members be compared with freedom fighters??"
Sonu Kumari,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Delhi bans flying of aerial vehicles till August 15,http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/flying-of-aerial-vehicles-banned-in-delhi-till-august-15/story-cWbCLdp0qml0eqIRNdbrPN.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Delhi police on Monday said that it has banned the flying of aerial vehicles till Independence Day owing to terror threat. The banned aerial vehicles include drones, paragliders, quadcopters, hang-gliders, hot-air balloons, and UAVs among others. ""Certain criminal/anti-social elements or terrorists... may pose a threat to safety...by the use of sub-conventional aerial platforms"", police said.","Flying of aerial vehicles like quadcopters, paragliders, and hot-air balloons in Delhi has been banned till the Independence Day celebrations on August 15 due to the terror threat, Delhi Police said on Monday. ?... certain criminal/anti-social elements or terrorists... may pose a threat to the safety of the general public, dignitaries, and vital installations by the use of sub-conventional aerial platforms,? a police statement said. The list of aerial platforms banned also includes para-motors, hang-gliders, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Unmanned Aircraft Systems, microlight aircraft, remotely-piloted and small-powered aircraft, apart from parajumping from aircraft."
Daisy Mowke,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Ryan Reynolds shares 1st look of 'Domino' from Deadpool 2,http://www.hindustantimes.com/hollywood/ryan-reynolds-shares-first-look-of-domino-from-deadpool-2/story-cBbh5VJKtkcBxUXvpXtTAL.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds took to social media to share the first look of actress Zazie Beetz from the upcoming superhero film 'Deadpool 2'. ""Some people just know how to work a red carpet,"" wrote Ryan. Zazie will portray the superhero character 'Domino' in the film. Directed by David Leitch, 'Deadpool 2' is scheduled to release on June 1, 2018.","Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds seems to know exactly what Deadpool fans want to see. The 40-year-old actor took to Twitter and shared the first image of actress Zazie Beetz as Domino.With his usual quirky style, he captioned the snap, ?Some people just know how to work a red carpet.? In the photo, Domino is seen lounging in front of a fireplace atop of Deadpool, who has been flattened out into a rug.Some people just know how to work a red carpet. #Domino #DeadPool2 pic.twitter.com/llCc8JfKT6? Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) July 31, 2017The snap is a callback to one of the first photos of Reynolds as Deadpool, the one where he was lying on a rug in front of a huge fireplace.The real name of the character is Neena Thurman and like her mutant name might suggest, she has the ability to alter her luck in situations through telekinetic acts.Reynolds has not been shy about sharing photos from the set of the highly-anticipated sequel, which will also star Josh Brolin as Cable. In June, Reynolds posted a photograph posing in front of the X-Mansion in costume, and two weeks ago, he confirmed Leslie Uggams? return as Blind Al in another photo.Similarly, Brolin has also documented his transformation into the psychic mercenary on social media, too.Helmed by David Leitch, Deadpool 2 also stars Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller, Julian Dennison and Jack Kesy in pivotal roles. The flick is slated to hit theaters on June 1, 2018. Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Vani Vivek,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",iPhones worth ?3.8 crore stolen from moving truck,https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/31/iphones-stolen-from-moving-truck-real-life-fast-and-furious-dutch-police?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,Police have arrested five men for stealing nearly ?3.8 crore-worth iPhones from a moving delivery truck in the Netherlands. The men drove close to the back of the truck and one of the suspects climbed onto it to break in through the doors while it was being driven. He then passed the iPhones from the truck to other suspects.,"Dutch police have arrested five men suspected of stealing ?500,000 (�448,000) of iPhones in a dangerous late-night heist from a moving truck akin to action scenes from Fast and Furious.Dutch police said that the five men, aged from 33 to 43 and all from Romania, allegedly raided a delivery truck full of iPhones on the A73 highway near Horst on the night of 24 July. Using a modified van, they drove close enough to the back of the truck to allow one of the suspects to climb onto it and break in through the doors while it was being driven down the road.The suspect then passed boxes of Apple?s iPhone from the delivery truck into the modified van through a hole in its roof.Dutch police spokesman Ed Kraszewski said that officers had long been investigating thefts from trucks but had remained sceptical that such a heist could be pulled off. Not any more.Kraszewski said: ?The truck was taking its freight from A to B and did not stop. Even so, [the phones] were gone. So it must have happened that way. And now we finally have the evidence, with the van and the loot.?The five men were arrested at a holiday park in the central Netherlands on Saturday. Police recovered the iPhones and the van they believe was used in the heist. The suspects are to appear Tuesday before an investigating judge.Kraszewski said similar raids had been reported elsewhere in Europe, almost always targeting high-end smartphones, but that there had been no arrests until now. The thieves are accused of being responsible for emptying 17 trucks of expensive goods since 2015, according to local reports.Romanian police released a video, shot from a police helicopter of a similar raid from 2012, where thieves drove up behind a truck using an angle grinder to break open the doors and steal goods while other members of the gang held-back traffic in other cars.Dutch police will send the fingerprints of the suspects to colleagues around Europe to check for potential matches to previous crimes."
Aarushi Maheshwari,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Centuries-old statue unearthed at Angkor temple complex,https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/01/ancient-statue-unearthed-at-cambodias-angkor-temple-complex?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Archaeologists on Saturday unearthed a two-metre high, centuries-old statue believed to have been the symbolic guardian of an ancient hospital at the Angkor temple complex in Cambodia. The statue is believed to date back to the late 12th to early 13th century. Angkor was the capital of the Khmer Empire, which dates from the 9th to the 15th centuries. ","Archaeologists have unearthed a large, centuries-old statue that is believed to have once stood guard over an ancient hospital at Cambodia?s famed Angkor temple complex.The nearly two metre tall carving, which is thought to be from the late 12th to the early 13th century, was discovered during a dig on Saturday, said Long Kosal, a spokesman for Apsara Authority ? the state agency charged with managing the complex. The Angkor Archeological Park, a world heritage site, contains the remains of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire, dating from the 9th to the 15th centuries, and is Cambodia?s most popular tourist destination.At the height of its power the city and its hundreds of temples boasted more than a million inhabitants, making it one of the world?s most populous pre-industrial centres. Huge swathes of the park have been excavated over the decades, creating a walkable archaeological wonder that attracts more than two million visitors a year. But the complex remains a treasure trove for yet to be discovered finds. Cambodian archaeologists and experts from Singapore?s Institute of Southeast Asian Studies found the statue buried 40 centimeters under the ground during an excavation of an Angkor-era hospital built during the reign of King Jayavarman VII.The Apsara agency said the sandstone statue?s arms and legs had broken off but the carving on the body and head ?remain beautiful? despite the passage of time. They said the statue was likely to have been a symbolic guardian of the hospital.�"
Saloni Tandon,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday","Upset with govt, Deaflympics team refuses to leave airport",http://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/indian-deaflympics-team-returns-home-to-apathy-stages-six-hour-protest-at-airport/story-2tCpgm6vNuRhvOTXGW5e2O.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"India's Deaflympics squad, which put up the country's best-ever show at the recently concluded Deaflympics, refused to leave the Delhi airport after landing, since no government official was there to receive them. The 46-athlete contingent, which won five medals, demanded to speak with sports minister Vijay Goel. The athletes protested for over six hours before an SAI official received them.","The Indian contingent of hearing impaired athletes, returning to the country after its best ever performance in the Deaflympics -- clinching five medals, including a gold -- refused to leave the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Tuesday morning (5 a.m.) after realising that not a single official from the Sports Authority of India (SAI) or the sports ministry were present to welcome them.The contingent of 46 athletes and support staff felt the apathy from the officials indicated that the government were not acknowledging their success at the Games held at Samsun, Turkey. Apparently, the athletes also wanted to speak to sports minister Vijay Goel, to apprise him of the situation.?The Indian contingent participated in a total of eight disciplines at the games. Out of those eight disciplines, we won medals in three. We won gold and bronze in wrestling, bronze in lawn tennis and silver in golf,? Ketan Shah, team?s interpreter, said.?The day we won the medals, we told the government that we have made the nation proud. These medal winners made the nation proud, but no one, not even the sports minister, is here to welcome us.?Six-hour protestThe athletes staged protest for over six hours before Dilip Singh, a project officer with SAI, reached the airport to receive them.Upset with govt., Indian Deaflympics team refuse to leave airportRead @ANI_news story | https://t.co/g2Mm0TaHdA pic.twitter.com/zEC0lzXSfv? ANI Digital (@ani_digital) August 1, 2017The SAI official then took the players to Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and it has been told that they will be taken to Shastri Bhawan in the evening.?We have been informed that in the evening we will be going to Shastri Bhawan, but it is not clear that whether the contingent will be meeting the sports minister or the sports secretary,? said Avinash Gupta father of Deaflympics tennis player Parul Gupta. ?What these players wanted just a small welcome at the airport and a photograph with the sports minister. But it?s the irony that they have to stage a protest for six hours to meet their demands. And even now meeting with the minister is not yet confirmed and they have to wait for another five-to-six hours at the Nehru Stadium,? added Gupta.Vijender?s goldThe gold medal for India was won gold by Virender Singh in 74kg freestyle wrestling competition. He defeated Chakvetadze S of Georgia 18-9 to clinch the big prize.This was the fourth successive medal -- three gold and a bronze --- for Virender at the Deaflympics. "
Chhavi Tyagi,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Over 21 lakh Indians applied for H-1B visa in 11 yrs: Report,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/more-than-21-lakh-indians-applied-for-h-1b-visa-in-over-a-decade-report/story-QsjY4H6wiR7eJUTla4F7EL.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"More than 21 lakh Indian technology professionals have applied for H-1B work visas in the last 11 years, an official report of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services said. The majority of those who applied for the visa were holding master's or bachelor's degree and their average salary over the last 11 years has been $92,317.","More than 21 lakh Indian technology professionals have applied for H-1B work visas in the last 11 years, an official report has said.The report of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has also refuted the impression that those who applied for the visa were not highly qualified.On an average, their salary over the last 11 years has been $92,317 and an overwhelming majority of them are masters or bachelor?s degree holder.According to the report since 2007 till June this year, the USCIS received 3.4 million (34 lakh) H-1B visas applications, of which people from India accounted for 21 lakh. During the same period, the US issued H-1B visas to 26 lakh people, the USCIS said in its report, which however does not give countrywide breakdown.In terms of number of H-1B applications between 2007 and 2017, India is followed by a distant China with 296,313 H-1B applications, Philippines (85,918), South Korea (77,359), and Canada (68,228).The report said majority (23 lakh) of the beneficiary of H-1B visas were in the age group of 25-34, and 20 lakh came from the computer related occupation category. Computer was followed by architecture, engineering, and surveying (318,670), education (244,000), administrative specialisations (245,000), and medicine and health (185,000).Sometimes people post their retirement age have been given H-1B visas. In all these 11 years, more than 2,000 foreign nationals of more than 65 years of age received H-1B visas. This year alone so far 122 H-1B visas have been allocated to those above 65 years.The report said custom computer programming services industry received the maximum number of 999, 901 H-1B visas in these years. It was followed by computer systems design services (287,000) and college universities and professional schools (229,00).Contrary to the general perception, the average salary of H-1B visas have increased significantly since 2007 when it was $68,159. In 2017, the average salary of H-1B visas holder foreign guest worker is $92,317.The USCIS?s report was first reported by Breitbart news.?The USCIS date shows that between 2007 and 2017, the H- 1B visa, which imports foreign workers to take American jobs, the programme has grown exponentially. The vast majority of visa-holders are from India,? Breitbart said, adding that roughly 70 to 80% of the foreign workers imported every year are from India.The Trump administration is currently reviewing the H-1B visa policy. "
Parmeet Kaur,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Woman's headless body found in a suitcase in Mumbai,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/navi-mumbai-woman-severed-dead-body-suitcase-farmhouse/1/1015346.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Headless body of a woman, suspected to be in her 20s, was found in a suitcase in Navi Mumbai on Monday. The suitcase had been dumped at an agricultural farm and was discovered by the owner, after which he informed the police. Police suspect that the woman was murdered and her corpse was then stuffed inside the suitcase. ","Dead body of a woman aged around 20 to 25 was found in a agricultural farm off the Palm Beach Road in Navi Mumbai on Monday afternoon. Mahendra Tandel, owner of the farm, was on a regular visit, when he found a suitcase dumped at one corner. While he tried lifting it, he found it be heavy. Feeling suspicious he alerted the police and a team from NRI coastal police station reached the spot.When the police officials opened the suitcase, they found a headless body of a woman. It is suspected that the woman was murdered and her body was stuffed inside the suitcase and dumped at the farm, which is located in a secluded area. The body has been sent for autopsy at the Navi Mumbai Municipal Hospital to ascertain the cause and time of her death.DCP S Pathare from Navi Mumbai said, ""We have sent pictures of the deceased to all the police stations and control rooms to establish her identity. We are checking missing people's records as well"".In 2012, decomposed remains of actress Sandhya Singh was found from a spot not far from this farmhouse. Sandhya's son Raghuveer was accused of her murder."
Radhika Chugh,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Gurugram flyover work delayed due to high tension wires,http://www.hindustantimes.com/gurgaon/gurgaon-iffco-chowk-flyover-work-delayed-due-to-high-tension-wires-nhai/story-eTfO45cNsio3sJGTAQr4TL.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The construction of Gurugram's Iffco Chowk flyover has reportedly been delayed due to the presence of high tension electricity wires along the Delhi-Gurugram Expressway. The National Highways Authority of India officials said that Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam failed to give permission to move the overhead high tension wires, even though it was earlier agreed upon by the two organisations."," The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is finding it tough to finalise construction of a flyover at Iffco chowk due to the presence of high tension overhead electricity wires.The flyover construction is complete except for a portion where the high tension wires are running along the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway from Shankar Chowk to Iffco Chowk. The NHAI has repeatedly asked the power company to shift the lines but to no avail.The NHAI officials said the Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam (HVPN), which is the custodian authority of the high tension wires, failed to give permission to move the wires to order to complete the flyover. As per the final talks between the officials of the two departments, the HVPN was to give permission to the NHAI to take the overhead high tension wires underground. ?As per the last meeting, NHAI was to execute the plan but only after the necessary permission from HVPN. The NHAI agreed in principal to invest the fund to execute the plan but HVPN failed to the give the permission. The construction of the U-turn flyover is disturbed but the HVPN is not ready to take a decision,? said AK Sharma, project director, NHAI, adding that the HVPN might change the plan.Anil Yadav, superintending engineer (SE), HVPN, said, ?We hope the approval from headquarters come very soon in this regard. We are in touch with the top officials at and hope to get the approval in a day or two.?To put high tension wires underground, the NHAI will construct a duct or tunnel of about 500 metres.There are 12 towers of the high transmission line currently standing on the left side of the NH-8 near Iffco Chowk.Earlier, on July 10, principal secretary to the Haryana government Rajesh Khullar had asked the local administration to remove the wires before July 31.Construction of the flyover at Iffco chowk and underpaases at Signature Tower and Rajiv Chowk have to be completed by March 2018. Chief minister Manohar Lal?Khattar is expected to inaugurate on AUgust 14 an underpass near Medanta hospital and a flyover at Maharana Pratap Chowk while rest of the work would go on as scheduled."
Sumedha Sehra,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",WiFi at Indian railway stations better than London's: Google,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/technology/story/our-wi-fi-at-indian-railway-stations-is-better-than-san-francisco-london-wi-fi-google/1/1015791.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Google's head of connectivity in India recently talked about the Google RailTel, which has started providing free WiFi at 140 railway stations in India. ""If you compare this with Wi-Fi in London and San Francisco, you will find that the Wi-Fi is better in both coverage and capacity"", he said. The initiative aims to cover 400 stations across the country.","As a part of Prime Minister Modi's Digital India initiative, the Indian Railways have partnered with Google to provide Wi-Fi broadband facility to passengers at major railway stations across the country. This Google RailTel initiative was launched in January 2016 and till date has reached 140 stations across India. Their lofty aim is to reach 400 stations by 2018.Under this initiative, RailTel, a subsidiary of the government of India provides the high speed network via Fiber while Google sets up the wireless infrastructure and provides tech support. The speeds on offer range from 20-40Mbps for 30 minutes after which they are gradually reduced in order to manage bandwidth.The India Today Tech had the opportunity to experience Google's RailTel initiative first hand at Nizamuddin Railway station. We also interviewed Gulzar Azad� -- head of connectivity, Google India -- who spoke about the partnership with RailTel, the challenges faced in bringing high-speed Wi-Fi to 140 of India's major railway stations, what Google and RailTel have learnt along the way and the road ahead for this ambitious initiative.Q: This initiative started before Jio revolutionised the telecom sector with its disruptive plans and brought 4G to the masses. Have you seen a dip in the daily usage since Jio entered the marketplace? Has the widespread and cheap availability of 4G data since the entry of Jio affected Google's RailTel strategy in any way?This is a great question. Very relevant in today's time. What we have seen is that as 4G has emerged, we have seen no dip in the Wi-Fi usage. If you talk about the time when 'free' 4G started emerging, we were at about 5 million (50 lakh) monthly active users, today we are at 6.5 million (65 lakh) monthly active users. So the RailTel initiative has only grown since then.The railway station is a great point of convergence. At this point of convergence, there is the need for multiple networks and multiple systems to satisfy the user demand. Before the advent of 'free' 4G, people were not even thinking of consuming 1GB data a month, let alone 1GB data a day.The mark of telecommunication development of any country is how close the Fiber is to the user. In effect, you must see that the Wi-Fi that we are implementing is an attempt to bring Fiber close to the user. And that is working pretty well for us.Q: During my interactions with passengers and workers at the Nizzamudin railway station, I found out that many of them feel that during peak hours the speed slows down quite a bit. Is that something you are looking into?I feel that is also a very interesting, emerging phenomenon. If you see when we started the project, even at peak hours the speed we were giving the users was very satisfactory and now people want more. This is exactly what we were expecting. Once people start experiencing high-speed internet, the user behavior changes - the expectation now is higher. There is more demand for less and less latency in the network.The good news for us is that across the last twelve months, we have not seen a dip in monthly active users. The average usage still remains 350MB per user per session which shows we have augmented the network and capacity while adding more users.As 4G has emerged, we have seen no dip in the Wi-Fi usage. If you talk about the time when 'free' 4G started emerging, we were at about 5 million monthly active users, today we are at 6.5 million monthly active usersMr Gulzar Azad then spoke about how Google is taking steps to make the RailTel initiative financially viableSince April, we have made the login process Ad supported and that is helping RailTel from an ISP perspective. The revenue is majorly meant for RailTel. We have a revenue share mechanism which is expected as we are a contributor to the project itself - Google helps build the wireless (infrastructure) and RailTel brings in the Fibre and the connectivity.Q:The RailTel initiative was in the news a couple of months ago as it was found that it was being used for watching porn in many railway stations. Were any measures put into place after that?The idea of the internet here from an experience point of view is to make it the same internet that you and I have and for that internet to be available to everyone. That is the singular goal of our vision - for a billion people to experience the internet you and I experience in our homes, in our offices.� And when we do that, we are following the regulations set by the country.The ISP (RailTel) follows the regulations from the government in terms of what's allowed on the internet and what's not. This internet is not different from every other internet across the country.Q: If we talk about the speed, I was told that 1Mbps is the minimum speed even when the 30 limit high speed cap is crossed. Is that a realistic claim?The way the network has been set up there is actually no speed limit before or after. The design of the network is such that in the first 30 minute time limit, we allow the user to get unfettered access - the idea is to get all users to a point where they could access high quality HD video streams.After the time limit is crossed, we make sure that everybody does still have internet and the net is still low latency. We are adjusting the network dynamically so that people can still access the internet but in the first half an hour they can access HD quality video streams.Q: But what is the minimum speed? - I spoke to many people and got a lot of varying replies. Some people said it is as bad as 128kbps but others said they can stream video for 24 hours.The quality of your internet is not just measured by the speed. It is also measured by the latency of the network. We have designed the network in a way that even when the network is at low speed, it is still a low latency network. The internet is dynamically configured in such a way that you will still be able perform certain use cases (like opening a search page, running apps like WhatsApp and Messenger) after the high-speed cap gets over after 30 minutes.This is a great advancement. If you compare this with Wi-Fi in London and San Francisco, you will find that the Wi-Fi is better in both coverage and capacityNote: The network is dynamically adjusted in such a way that priority is given to those who are logging in for the first time. This is why the 30 minute high-speed cap exists. During our time at the Nizamuddin railway station we got average speeds of 17-18mpbs (download) during the 30 minute unfettered limit. Also, we found out that all access points are already dual-band (2.4GHz and 5GHz capable) in order to cope with future demand.Q: What is the business model that Google and RailTel are following? How is Google benefiting from this project?For Google, this is an ecosystem project. Our idea with this is to make sure there is more and more broadband adoption. The more the adoption, the more people come online, and the greater the economic impact.When there is economic impact on digitisation, we get directly impacted because we are a stakeholder in the digitisation of the country. Also, the more people use internet, the more they use e-commerce, social networks, news websites and eventually Google services.Q: At the Nizamuddin railway station and the New Delhi railway station, which I visited a few weeks ago, the advertising is quite minimal. Also a lot of people, even in tier 1 cities like Delhi and Mumbai are unaware of this initiative. So what is Google and RailTel's future plans regarding awareness?Addressing awareness of Wi-Fi is certainly an important issue and we need the help of the Indian railways and the government to do that more and more. As you can see, the Wi-Fi is already free, so there is not much space for businesses to market on it. But the Indian Railways who host this, they should be partnering with us to make more and more awareness happen.There are various channels of awareness. We have tried audio announcements and visuals. We have also tried having agents at the station. I think to raise awareness in a sustainable way we need help from the government."
Sumedha Sehra,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Guj Congress MLAs get police protection after 6 quit party,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/police-guard-for-nine-congress-mlas-who-stayed-back-in-gujarat/story-EhPvAqjs9qY1H9H4a94ceM.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Election Commission ordered police protection for all Congress MLAs in Gujarat over reports of the BJP trying to bribe them to join the party. All of the nine MLAs in Gujarat were given security, in addition to the 42 that the party took to Bengaluru. This comes after six of the party's MLAs resigned and joined the BJP.","Police protection was given to all the Congress legislators in Gujarat on Monday following Election Commission?s order on a party complaint that the ruling BJP was trying to bribe and coerce its MLAs to defect ahead of the Rajya Sabha election in the state.The security cover was given to nine of the 51 Congress MLAs who stayed back in Gujarat as well as the 42 that the party took to Bengaluru on Friday to shield them from the alleged poaching attempts.The 42 MLAs are staying at a sprawling resort outside the Karnataka capital since six lawmakers of the party resigned in the run-up to the August 8 election in which Ahmed Patel, political secretary to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, is contesting.Congress spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil said in Bengaluru on Sunday that the legislators staying in Bengaluru are willing to return home if chief minister Vijay Rupani promises their safety.?Two MLAs in Valsad district are being provided police protection as per the EC?s instruction,? said a top police officer. ?Two armed constables were deployed for round-the-clock security.?Lawmakers Ishwar Patel and Jitu Chaudhary could not go to Bengaluru for personal reasons.Security cover was also given to six alleged rebel Congress MLAs, who chose not to join their colleagues in Bengaluru.Raghvji Patel, known to be close to former chief minister Shankersinh Vaghela, said: ?I received a call from home that two policemen have arrived, though I haven?t asked for any security cover.?He said he will resign from the Congress soon.The BJP has fielded three candidates ? party chief Amit Shah, Union minister Smriti Irani and Congress turncoat Balwantsinh Rajput.The defectors are believed to be loyal to Vaghela, who quit the Congress on July 21, alleging that some party leaders were conspiring against him. Vaghela was with the BJP before he broke ranks in 1996 and formed his own party, which later merged with the Congress.Sources said chief secretary JN Singh is likely to submit by Monday night an inquiry report on the alleged horse-trading that the Election Commission had sought.Trouble began for the Congress after the political heavyweight resigned. A spate of resignations followed last Friday and Saturday and three of the six defectors joined the BJP.The Congress alleged that its lawmakers have been threatened and offered money to defect. The BJP denied the charges and criticised the Congress legislators for leaving the state when it was reeling under floods.Chief minister Rupani is camping in flood-affected districts of northern Gujarat since Sunday. The BJP?s Rajya Sabha poll candidates, Irani and Rajput, visited flood-hit people in Banaskantha, one of the worst-affected districts.Congress?s Ahmed Patel was in Banaskantha on Sunday.The defections reduced the party?s strength in the assembly to 51, but Patel could still sail through as he needs the votes of 45 lawmakers. The party hopes two Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) lawmakers will vote for him. Besides, rebel BJP lawmaker Nalin Kotadiya could switch sides.Vaghela too visited the area on Saturday and criticised the six Congress MLAs from northern Gujarat for ditching the people at their hour of need.Congress supporters protested against the turncoats outside the BJP office in Ahmedabad on Monday."
Arshiya Chopra,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",LeT Kashmir Chief Abu Dujana killed in encounter,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/let-commander-abu-dujana-killed-in-encounter-in-kashmir-s-pulwama-report/story-eyxq6H8Jzbij30ELzAwFyM.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,Lashkar-e-Taiba's Kashmir Chief Abu Dujana has been killed in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. His accomplice has also been terminated by the forces. He is the third top militant leader killed since last year following Hizbul Mujahideen leaders Burhan Wani and Sabzar Bhat.,"Abu Dujana, a top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander operating in Kashmir, was killed on Tuesday in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district, police said.Dujana, 27, and another militant were shot dead during an exchange of fire between a group of militants and security forces in Hakripora village of Pulwama.?LeT chief commander Abu Dujana of Pakistan along with his accomplice killed in Hakripora, Pulwama. Huge achievement for police & SF (security forces),? Jammu and Kashmir police said in a tweet.Kashmir inspector general of police, Muneer Khan told HT the operation was still in progress. Television visuals showed plumes of smoke rising from a white building where the militant commander is believed to have been trapped during a  cordon and search operation launched by joint forces.There were reports that Dujana was  trapped by security forces at was a house in Hakripora village where he had allegedly gone to meet a local woman he had married some time ago. Kashmir director general of police, SP Vaid, confirmed Dujana was married but did not say whether the militant had gone to meet his wife. Sources quoting local residents said he was not killed in his in-laws house.Authorities cut the internet across Pulwama district ?as a precautionary measure?.Dujana carried a reward of Rs 15 lakh on his head and figures among the top militants of the valley, categorised A++ by the army.Dujana was among the longest surviving foreign militants in Kashmir, hailing from the Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. He was also popular among the youth as he frequently posted photographs and video clips on social media. According to the army, he was among 12 most wanted militants active in the valley. Police say he was the mastermind in many militant attacks across south Kashmir.He is the third top militant leader killed in Kashmir since last year. Hizbul Mujahideen leaders Burhan Wani and Sabzar Bhat were killed by security forces earlier."
Deepali Aggarwal,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Pak Opp'n calls for real democracy post Sharif's dismissal,https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/30/imran-khan-calls-for-real-democracy-in-pakistan-following-sharif-dismissal?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Pakistan's Opposition leader Imran Khan has called for a future of ""real democracy"" in the country, following the dismissal of Nawaz Sharif as the Prime Minister by the country's Supreme Court. ""This is not a democracy but monarchy. And that is why Pakistan has been left behind developed nations,"" Khan who led a campaign to oust Sharif said.","Pakistan?s opposition leader, Imran Khan, has called for a future of ?real democracy? in the country, following the dismissal of Nawaz Sharif as prime minister over corruption charges.?We are thankful to the judiciary because with their judgment, they brought us a new hope,? Khan told a gathering of thousands of supporters on Sunday.The rally in Islamabad was a triumphant celebration for the heartthrob-cricketer-turned-populist-politician, who, since last year, has led a campaign to oust Sharif.Friday?s ruling by Pakistan?s highest court disrupted what had otherwise looked like a smooth path to next year?s election for Sharif?s PML-N party.Former oil minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will most likely be approved as interim prime minister on Tuesday, at a special session in the 342-member parliament, where the ruling PML-N party holds a strong majority.Abbasi will hold the position for less than two months, until Shahbaz Sharif, younger brother of the ousted prime minister, is confirmed in parliament and can take over.Thousands of supporters from Khan?s Pakistan Tehreek-e Insaf (PTI) party congregated at Islamabad?s parade ground on Sunday for what had been termed a ?thanksgiving day?, the latest of Khan?s signature rallies that have helped him drum up popular support.In front of flag-flying party cadres dressed in the red and green colours of PTI, among towers of loudspeakers blasting music, Khan likened Pakistan?s rulers to ?mafia who safeguard personal interests at any cost?.?When we decided to move against Nawaz in the Panama case, everyone said it was a mistake because in the past, the powerful and mighty ones have been protected. But today I salute the court for giving hope to people for a new Pakistan,? he said.Since his political ascension in 2011, after 15 years in politics, Khan has drawn support particularly from educated urbanites disillusioned with their political elites.?Imran Khan is fighting hard to let people know their political rights and their role in society. He has been a true example,? said Syed Ishfaq, face painted red and green, who had travelled to the capital from Peshawar to participate in the celebration. Last year, Khan received a timely boost with the leak of the so-called Panama Papers, giving credence to his attacks against the political establishment, whom he has called ?the coalition of the corrupt?.After the leak, Khan filed a constitutional petition to have the supreme court investigate the purchase of high-end London property through offshore companies in the name of Sharif?s children, then minors.He organised street protests and demanded a ?lockdown? of Islamabad until the country?s highest court ordered an inquiry into the PM.Sharif, though, was not dismissed for actual corruption but for being deemed dishonest, according to the constitution?s article 62, over unreported income of about �2,000 from a Dubai-based company owned by his son. Sharif claims he never received the salary.However, he has not completely dodged a corruption verdict. In its ruling, the supreme court ordered a criminal investigation by an accountability court into the Sharif family based on materials from the Panama Papers.The ouster of Sharif has highlighted the decades-long fractious relationship between the now ex-prime minister and the military. There has been speculation that the court, with its verdict, simply did the military?s bidding, and that Khan was a handy tool for the generals to cut down a prime minister with whom they have feuded for decades. Khan?s supporters dismissed that idea.?If Imran Khan was really a puppet of the military, he would have become prime minister,? said Ishfaq, referring to a claim by Khan that former army chief Pervez Musharraf offered him the position.Friday?s court decision sparked hope among demonstrators that the country?s corrupt leaders can be held accountable. However, the appointment of Nawaz?s younger brother as new prime minister does little to accommodate equally forceful complaints that the Sharif family holds a dynastic grip on power. ?This is is not a democracy but monarchy. It is not a meritocracy. And that is why Pakistan has been left behind developed nations,? Khan said from the stage.Razmat Khan, a supporter, agreed: ?Shahbaz is the same as Nawaz. They just want to keep power in the family.?Supporters of Sharif point out that during his tenure, the economy has grown and security has improved markedly. According to the government, growth reached 5.28% last year. The number of civilians killed in terrorist attacks has dropped from about 3,000 in 2013, when Sharif came into office, to 612 in 2016.?I would give a bit of credit to Nawaz Sharif,? said Ishfaq. ?But it is the law enforcement agencies that have brought peace.?Yet, the improvements are tenuous. Violence has recently resurged in a string of attacks by the Pakistan Taliban and Islamic State, which constitutes a moderate but growing threat in Pakistan. Economic growth is held up by a swelling account deficit, and an overvalued currency is hampering exports. Growth has also not seeped down to the lower classes who make up the majority of the nation of more than 200 million people.?Thousands are jobless. There is no unemployment plan, and no economic policy except securing kickbacks,? said Sheraz Hassan, who drove his three children on a motorbike to the gathering.Many of the celebrating Khan supporters hoped that Pakistan had turned a page. ?The prime minister of Pakistan has been brought to justice,? said Ishfaq. ?That is very rare.?"
Tanya Dhingra,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday","Alia is brilliant, loved her in Udta Punjab: Manisha Koirala",http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/alia-bhatt-is-brilliant-i-loved-her-in-udta-punjab-and-dear-zindagi-manisha-koirala/story-Tz7iAWKVYQ0Hsx3vIJlImO.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Actress Manisha Koirala has said that Alia Bhatt is brilliant and super-talented and she loved her in films like 'Udta Punjab' and 'Dear Zindagi'. She added, ""I thought she was flawless and I'd love to work with her someday."" Meanwhile, Manisha further said that Ranbir Kapoor is one of the finest talents in the film industry.","Actor Manisha Koirala?s comeback film, Dear Maya, which she did after a hiatus of five years, fizzled out without much noise, but that certainly hasn?t deterred her spirit. Manisha is all set to work with actor Ranbir Kapoor in an upcoming biopic based on actor Sanjay Dutt?s life.For someone who has worked with almost all the leading names from the fraternity during the ?90s, including the likes of Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor among others, it must have been a different experience teaming up with the current breed of actors. ?I find these young actors hard working and focused. Ranbir is one of the finest talents we have in our [film] industry. And I believe it?s not about senior or younger co-stars; for me, it?s always great to share screen space with good actors,? says Manisha, who worked with newcomer Shreya Chaudhary in Dear Maya.    Thank you @chola_the_label and @tanyareigns ?? A post shared by Manisha Koirala (@m_koirala) on Jul 20, 2017 at 1:12pm PDT Manisha adds that she doesn?t believe in giving too much of a thought to who her co-actors are in a film, as each one turns out to be different. ?I don?t really care much about the celebrity status (of her co-actors) because honestly, it?s the by-product of the original thing, which is talent and the capacity of the actor,? she says, pointing out that she admires Alia Bhatt from the younger generation of stars.?She?s [Alia] just so brilliant and super-talented. I loved her in Udta Punjab and Dear Zindagi. I thought she was flawless and I?d love to work with her someday.?Manisha doesn?t shy away from confessing that she had to pace up to be at par with the changing times and her presence on social media is an outcome of that. ?I am still struggling with it. I have a young team of people managing my social media and it?s their show ... they know what to do and they guide me on what will work best for me,? she addsFollow @htshowbiz for more"
Arshiya Chopra,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Indian Army team participates in tank race in Russia,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/indian-army-team-participates-in-tank-race-in-russia/story-INmtfhjiGYpmzSFud7nVyM.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,An Indian Army team has participated in a tank race competition in Russia along with 18 other countries. This is the third time India participated in the event but it's their first with own T-90 tanks. The competition simulates actual battlefield conditions involving challenges like high-speed driving and switching from one mode of operation to another at a fast pace.,"An Indian Army team has participated in a tank race competition in Russia along with groups from several other countries including China, the Army said on Tuesday.The Tank Biathlon commenced at Alabino Ranges on July 29 and the Indian Army participated in it with T-90 tanks.A T-72 tank, operated by a crew from Uganda, drives during the Tank Biathlon competition, part of the International Army Games 2017, at a range in the settlement of Alabino outside Moscow, Russia, July 29, 2017. 
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						A total of 19 countries have participated in the event and the top 12 of them will be selected for stage II relay race out of which only four will qualify for the final stage of the race on August 12, the Army said in a release.The Tank Biathlon competition is an international event conducted as part of the International Army Games held every year since 2013 at Alabino Ranges in Russia.International Army Games involve 28 events which are organised in Russia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and China.A T-72 tank, operated by a crew from Azerbaijan, drives during the Tank Biathlon competition, part of the International Army Games 2017, at a range in the settlement of Alabino outside Moscow, Russia, July 29, 2017. 
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						The Indian Army team has been participating in the competition for the past three years.?This year, for the first time, the team would be participating with own T-90 tanks which have been shipped to Russia,? the Army said.The competition simulates actual battle field conditions involving driving at high speed and entails switching from one mode of operation to another at a fast pace. "
Arshiya Chopra,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Daifa-e-Pakistan formed to boost terrorism in J&K: Reports,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/pok-terrorism-pakistan-india-kashmir-gilgit-baltistan-lashkar-e-taiba-jaish-e-mohammad-hijbul-mujahideen/1/1015717.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Over 30 religious and jihadi groups have reportedly come together to form Daifa-e-Pakistan that carried out rallies in Pakistan to boost terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. The aim of the movement is to create a new force of terrorism and channel it against India, reports claimed. The participants allegedly included the leaders of banned terror groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba, Hizbul Mujahideen.","While infrastructure in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) is getting a facelift owing to a torrent of Chinese investment, the terrorism framework in the area too is getting revamped in a bid to foment trouble in India, an India Today TV investigation on ground zero has found.Over 30 religious and jihadi groups have come together to form Daifa-e-Pakistan that has demonstrated and carried out rallies across Pakistan to step up terrorism in Kashmir.According to sources, the aim of the movement is to create a new force of terrorism and channel it against India. One such rally was organised by Daifa-e-Pakistan at Mall road in Lahore. The participants included the leaders of the banned terror groups Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad, Hijbul Mujahideen, Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen, etc.They demonstrated against India and spelt out a negative propaganda allegedly after informing the government of Pakistan and its army.According to sources, Pakistan is leaving no stone unturned to stoke the unrest in Kashmir caused after the killing of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani last year.Though the US has declared Hafiz Saeed and Hijbul chief Syed Salahuddin global terrorists with rewards for their arrest, these two have been spreading venom against India in different cities of Pakistan.Indian agencies are concerned that the Pakistan-funded terror groups are roping in youngsters for their mission. Much like Hafiz Saeed's son, former ISI chief Hamid Gul's son is also echoing anti-India propaganda by creating associations to mobilise the youth.The number of infiltrators into the India this year has been the highest in the past decade, underscoring Pakistan's agenda. This has led to tension along the Line of Control and ceasefire violations.In the last nine years, after a devastating earthquake in 2006 in PoK, the infrastructure has undergone radical change. Not only roads, but hydropower projects and other ventures are visible on the ground .The pace at which these developmental projects are coming up is worrying for India. China's ""development"" projects"" in PoK and neighbouring Gilgit-Baltistan that involve several thousand Chinese personnel belonging to the construction corps of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) point towards Beijing's expansionist geo-strategic agenda in the region.Gilgit-Baltistan is part of the disputed territory of J&K occupied by Pakistan and is known as the Northern Areas of Pakistan. Some part of the Aksai Chin region was also gifted to China by Pakistan.Many people living in Gilgit and Baltistan are unnerved by the increasing Chinese presence in the area and feel that their resources and land are being sold to China by Pakistan without compensating the actual stakeholders, India Today TV found. Some even believe that all environmental issues are being ignored to favour economic interests of Pakistan.Farman Ali, a well-known journalist from Gilgit, said, ""People who raise their voices against Pakistan are either being jailed or harassed by Pakistani security agencies in Gilgit and Baltistan.""There are some in PoK who believe that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is going to help economic prosperity in the area but that will be clear only when the projects are completed and locals are engaged by Pakistan in economic activities.So far, residents have not been employed in construction work, except some security personnel who have been engaged for protection of Chinese workers.With the reported stationing of a unit of PLA soldiers near the Khunjerab Pass and Chinese military officials frequenting the field command office of Gilgit, which happens to be Pakistan's military headquarters in the region, a pervasive Chinese intent of establishing a military edge in India's northern sector cannot be negated, observers say.ALSO READ |Is China backing Pakistan's position on PoK projects under its China-Pakistan Economic Corridor plan?Pakistan China's new colony? Leaked papers reveal Beijing's stake in economy, key projects"
Aarushi Maheshwari,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday","Flight suffers tyre burst, gets stuck in middle of runway",http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/etihad-airways-aircraft-s-tyre-bursts-at-mumbai-airport/story-aWKVUWeYvAfrsmK8R1cruJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"An Etihad Airways aircraft carrying nearly 200 passengers suffered a tyre burst upon landing, forcing Mumbai airport authorities to shut operations at the main runway on Monday evening. The Abu Dhabi-Mumbai flight got stuck in the middle of the runway, following which operations were shifted to the secondary runway. Notably, the two runways at Mumbai airport intersect each other. ","An Etihad Airways aircraft with more than 200 people on board suffered a tyre burst on landing, forcing the Mumbai airport authorities to shut operations at the main runway Monday evening.The operations were moved to the secondary runway after the plane from Abu Dhabi got stuck in the middle of the runway, an airport official said.The incident took place around 7 pm.The aircraft had 196 passengers and 13 crew members on board, the official said.A comment from Etihad Airways is awaited.The Mumbai airport has a unique layout with two runways ? the main runway and a secondary one ? intersecting each other.?Runway 14-32 (the secondary one) was in use as runway 09-27 (the main one) was taken over for inspection as Etihad Airways flight EY 204 had a tyre deflated after arrival on the main runway,? the official said. The airline said in a statement that ?all passengers and crew are fine?, and it was ?assisting guests who may be impacted by the delay of the outbound flight and advising them of any subsequent changes to their travel plans?. "
Anmol Sharma,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Ex-Australian PM sends signed bat to Modi through Indian man,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/pm-modi-tony-abbott-manpreet-singh-friendship-bat/1/1015026.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Former Australian PM Tony Abbott has sent a signed cricket bat for PM Narendra Modi, reportedly through an Indian residing in Australia. The man, Manpreet Singh, who is carrying the bat along with pictures of Abbott signing it, has been visiting the PMO but has not met Modi yet. Abbott has reportedly addressed Modi as ""Narendra"" on the bat.","These days if you just happen to wait outside the Parliament, there is a fair chance of meeting an immaculately dressed young Sikh gentleman walking around with a framed bat. His ultimate mission is to reach the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) and give the bat to Prime Minister Narendra Modi ""personally."" However, stopped by Kalashnikov-toting soldiers in the country's most secured zone, the closest point he has been able to get to in South Block remains Vijay Chowk.� �Indeed, as the security guys too found out, the bat Manpreet Singh ""from Sydney"" is carrying is rather special. It has been sent by Tony Abbott, the former Prime Minister of Australia. Yes, the same man who took Modi on a tour of the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 2014. �Abbott is no longer the Australian Prime Minister but the friendship between the two leaders - they famously addressed each other by their first names in 2014 - remains intact. So, the latest 'to-Narendra-from-Tony' gift is a special MS Dhoni series bat with a hand-written message through 'messenger' Manpreet.""I was the brand ambassador for 'Festival of India in Australia' event when the Indian PM visited Australia. I have know the Australian PM for long and, because cricket is loved equally in both the countries, he sent this bat as a gift for Mr. Modi through me,"" Manpreet told India Today. Abbott writes on the bat: ""To Narendra, it was an honour to work closely with you to strengthen the historic ties between our countries. I will always cherish our friendship."" Singh, who works as a mall manager, is actively involved in NRI events down under. These days, he and his cousin travel from Faridabad to Delhi with a hope of finding a way to meet Modi. "
Aarushi Maheshwari,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Flight crew averts mid-air fire caused by phone,http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/sri-lankan-crew-averts-mid-air-fire-caused-by-phone/story-OPhF3TalP5BiW3vMBTlveP.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Cabin crew on a  Kochi-Colombo SriLankan Airlines flight extinguished a mid-flight fire suspected to have been caused by a phone in an overhead locker. The crew put a bag in the water after failing to stop the smoke with a fire extinguisher. Upon investigation, the crew found a lithium battery pack and two mobile phones in it.","Crew on a Sri Lankan Airlines plane carrying 202 passengers have extinguished a mid-flight fire triggered by a mobile phone battery in an overhead locker, the carrier said Monday.The airline said a ?major? incident was averted by the quick-thinking attendants on the flight Sunday from Kochi to Colombo.Smoke was detected shortly after a meal service on the 70-minute flight, it said.The smoke came from an overhead bin, the airline added, thanking its crew for ?averting a major incident?.  Crew suspected a lithium battery fire and put the luggage in water after failing to stop the smoke with a fire extinguisher, an airline statement said.?The situation was successfully contained and the bag ceased to emit smoke,? the statement said. ?Upon investigation, the crew found a lithium battery pack and two mobile phones in the bag.?The airline did not give the make or model of the battery and the phones involved, but said an investigation was underway into the incident on the Airbus A330-200 aircraft.No one was hurt. In October, the carrier joined other airlines in banning Samsung Note 7 phones from its flights fearing spontaneous combustion."
Ayushi Ahluwalia,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Punjab Cong MLA slams own govt over inactive anti-drug drive,http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/cong-mla-punctures-own-govt-s-claim-on-drug-menace-chitta-in-every-corner-govt-drive-worked-only-for-15-days/story-g9e1v7wWk2Pld63uHXrVJI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Punjab Congress MLA Surjit Dhiman has slammed the CM Captain Amarinder Singh-led government over the inactive anti-drug drive initiated in the state. Claiming that ""chitta"" (drugs) was ""easily available in every nook and corner,"" he said the state-sponsored anti-drug drive was ""effective for only the first 15 days of government."" ","Even as chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh and his government in Punjab claim that their drive against drugs has been a huge success ever since the Congress came to power in March, party MLA Surjit Dhiman said on Monday that ?chitta? (?white powder?, referring to drugs) is ?easily available in every nook and corner? the as the drive against the menace ?remained effective for only the first 15 days of the government?.A member of the legislative assembly from Amargarh segment, Dhiman is considered a loyalist of the CM and had sided with him when he was fighting a turf war within the party.He was speaking at a state-level function to commemorate the martyrdom of Shaheed Udam Singh, where cabinet minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot was the chief guest.?Though CM Amarinder Singh had promised to eradicate drugs and gangsters, the government remained active only for 15 days. When we formed government, we hoped drug smugglers and gangsters would be behind bars soon. Now, I can tell you the names of constituencies where drugs are being supplied,? he said in his speech from the stage. He alleged that dacoits and smugglers are the ruling roost in Dirba, from where once he was elected as MLA. That segment at present is represented by Harpal Cheema of the Aam Aadmi Party.?The drug menace is the main hurdle to fulfilling the dreams of Udham Singh. Drugs have ruined Punjabi youth, who have failed to follow the philosophy of determination and courage of freedom fighters,? he said.Later, minister Dharamsot reacted to the statement, saying, ?We have controlled 90% of drugs and the remaining 10% will be wiped out soon. Indeed the Shiromani Akali Dal had been feeding this poison to the state for the past 10 years. So, now, it will take some time.?Meanwhile Daman Thind Bajwa, vice-president of the Punjab Youth Congress and the party?s Sunam candidate who lost to an AAP nominee, said that though the results in Sunam were not like other parts of the state where Congress won, ?every single promise made with the people here will be fulfilled?.MLAs Vijay Inder Singla (Sangrur), Dalvir Singh Goldy (Dhuri) and Amrinder Singh Raja Warring (Gidderbaha) also spoke on the occasion and paid homage to Udham Singh."
Parmeet Kaur,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Delhi government stops funding of 28 DU colleges,http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/delhi-govt-stops-funding-of-28-du-colleges-sisodia-says-can-t-allow-corruption/story-SugPlbFJrgrClCTzl08LzN.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Delhi government on Monday decided to stop grants to 28 Delhi University colleges following the varsity's failure to form their governing bodies. ""I cannot allow unchecked corruption and irregularities to be sustained on Delhi govt funds in the name of education,? Deputy CM Manish Sisodia tweeted. Twelve out of the 28 colleges are fully funded by the Delhi government.","The Delhi government has stopped grants to 28 Delhi University colleges funded by it on account of the university not forming governing bodies for the last 10 months.Twelve out of the 28 colleges are fully funded by the government and 16 are partially funded. The government had asked Delhi University to form governing bodies before making any appointments.The university is currently in the process of hiring permanent faculty.?I can not allow unchecked corruption and irregularities to be sustained on Delhi govt funds in the name of Education. The sequence of events from Sept 2016 seems to indicate a deliberate and malafied attempt to delay formation of gov bodies by DU,? deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said in a series of tweets on Monday.Hv ordered Fin Dept to stop funding for Delhi gov funded 28 DU colleges, as DU not willing to form governing bodies for last 10 months.? Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) July 31, 2017Colleges dependent entirely on funding from the government will find it hard to function after being cut off.?Everything from payment of salaries to teaching and non-teaching staff to payment of electricity bill is done through Delhi government?s funds. If we don?t get the funds the college will have to stop,? said SK Garg, principal Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, which is fully funded by the government.The sequence of events from Sept 2016 seems to indicate a deliberate and malafied attempt to delay formation of gov bodies by DU pic.twitter.com/xoYgcPip40? Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) July 31, 2017However, DU officials said  there won?t be any immediate impact on any of these colleges.?We receive funds of about Rs24-25 crores in four instalments ? July, November, January, and March. We have already received the first instalment, so there won?t be any immediate impact and the matter will hopefully be resolved in a few weeks,? Garg said.Dean of Colleges Devesh K Sinha said they have written a letter to the government on Monday assuring them that the governing bodies will be formed within a week or two.?The executive council had raised certain objections to the nominations. We are supposed to have a variety of experts in the body but the government, for instance, had recommended five educationists to one college. However, we are in the process and soon the bodies will be formed,? Sinha said.He said that the government?s main concern is that the governing bodies should be formed before the appointments. ?Anyway the appointments are not happening before September so there is time,? he said.Twelve DU colleges are fully funded by the Delhi government, including Shaheed Raj Guru College, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, Maharaja Agarsen College, Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies.Sixteen DU colleges are partially funded by the Delhi government, including Gargi College, Kamla Nehru College, Shivaji College and Delhi College of Arts & Commerce.In June, the government had asked colleges to not go ahead with faculty appointments till college governing bodies are formed and had also threatened to withhold funds to college in case of non-compliance.The government has asked the University to ?duly constitute? the governing bodies, which will include five members nominated by the government, before making any appointments.DU colleges have been advertising vacant faculty positions following a High Court order."
Radhika Chugh,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Don?t make lynchistan out of Hindustan: Congress,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/lynching-debate-in-lok-sabha-congress-accuses-govt-of-encouraging-gau-rakshaks/story-WpOEgettJM6SqNEZeDVN7J.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said, ""Don't make lynchistan out of Hindustan"" and blamed the BJP-led NDA government in the Lok Sabha for encouraging cow vigilantism. Pointing to incidents of mob violence in Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, he slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not addressing the killings on 'Mann Ki Baat' programme.","The Congress on Monday accused the NDA government of encouraging cow vigilantism and said there was an environment of fear and terror among the people.?The government is indirectly encouraging groups like the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal and gau bhakts (cow vigilantes),? Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said in the Lok Sabha while participating in a debate on mob lynchings. He also urged the government not to turn Hindustan into ?lynchistan?. ?Don?t make lynchistan out of Hindustan,? Kharge said.He said the incidents of mob lynchings were not coming down.Slamming the BJP governments in Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh, the Congress leader said: ?Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh have become mob lynching centres.?Kharge was referring to increasing incidents of cow vigilantes lynching people on suspicion of carrying beef or while ferrying cattle.Kharge said that minorities, Dalits and women were being targeted under the Modi government.He also demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should come to the House and clear his government?s stand on the issue of mob lynching.Kharge was interrupted by BJP?s Nishikant Dubey, who said that the cases mentioned by him were subjudice and asked why he was discussing them.Responding to Dubey, the Congress leader asked the government how many cases were registered against cow vigilantes and how many people had been arrested. ?On one hand you disown these people, but what action is being taken against them?? he asked, adding that no action was being taken against such people. Taking a dig at the government, Kharge said, ?All these crimes are happening because you are trying to impose your ideology and philosophy on the people.?"
Ayushi Ahluwalia,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday","44,000 toilets must be built daily to make UP ODF by 2018",http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/to-make-up-odf-by-2018-44k-toilets-need-to-be-built-daily/1/1015385.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Around 44,000 toilets need to be built daily by the Uttar Pradesh government to make the state open defecation free (ODF) by October 2, 2018, Chief Secretary Rajiv Kumar said on Monday. He further directed district magistrates to speed up the construction work and said they should devote at least half an hour daily to monitor the progress. ","Lucknow, Jul 31 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh government will have to construct 44,000 toilets per day to make the state open defecation free (ODF) by October 2 next year, Chief Secretary Rajive Kumar today said. He alsp directed district magistrates to speed up the work, saying they should spare alteast half an hour per day for monitoring it. ""To make the state ODF by October 2 next year, 1.55 crore toilets are to be constructed. To achieve the target, 44,000 toilets are to be made everyday,"" Kumar said while reviewing works done under the Swacch Bharat Mission through video conferencing. "
Parmeet Kaur,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Tallest Tricolour not hoisted at Indo-Pak border in 3 months,http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/three-months-on-india-s-tallest-tricolour-out-of-sight-on-border/story-N4o38v8JRoMiurkHqCumvM.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"India's tallest Tricolour, which is 360-feet tall, has not been hoisted at the Indo-Pakistan border for the last three months.The flag, which is visible from Pakistan, was taken down in April by the Amritsar administration after it was repeatedly damaged by high-velocity winds. Every time the flag is brought down, it brings 'embarrassment' to all, officials maintaining the flag said.","Hoisted with much fanfare, India?s tallest Tricolour which was fluttering at a height of 360 ft near the India-Pakistan border at Attari has been out of sight for the past three months. The flag, which was repeatedly damaged due to high-velocity wind that flows at high altitude, was taken off by the Amritsar administration in April this year and has not been hoisted again ever since. Amritsar deputy commissioner (DC) Kamaldeep Singh Sangha has even written to the state home department and the local bodies ministry, pointing out that every time the tallest Indian flag ? visible from the Pakistan side ? is torn and brought down, it brings ?embarrassment? to all.The Punjab home department is still struggling to find out a solution for the repeated damage to the flag due to wind. City flag also taken off Besides the Tricolour at the border, the administration has also taken off 170-feet high flag at Ranjit Avenue area in Amritsar, as it too got torn 13 times. The administration is now gearing up for celebrating the Independence Day. Though only 15 days are left, yet the solution to the flag problem has not been found. When contacted, Amritsar MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla told HT that he would instruct the administration to ensure that the flag should be hoisted on August 15. ?The flag would be hoisted, even if for a day. If there is any hitch, it can be pulled down again.? ?Will speak to Sidhu? MP Aujla said, ?I would speak to local bodies minister Navjot Singh Sidhu and I am sure we all will soon find a solution. I would be taking up the matter with the Centre too and suggest reducing the height of the flag.? He said that reducing height and finding an appropriate wind-resistant material for the flag will solve the problem.Cost of patriotism too high The Amritsar improvement trust, which is responsible for the upkeep of the two flags, has replaced both of them time and again, bearing huge expenses. The 360-ft flag at the border has torn off three times. The 170-ft flag at Ranjit Avenue has torn off 13 times. Trust officials said a total of around Rs 9 lakh have been spent on the flag at the Ranjit Avenue and another Rs 6 lakh on the Tricolour at the border."
Ayushi Ahluwalia,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Gurugram civic body puts free parking signs outside malls,http://www.hindustantimes.com/gurgaon/gurgaon-mcg-places-free-parking-signboards-at-mg-road-malls/story-YOilJdg9xogdfkYgah5bLP.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram has put up 'free parking' signboards at entry points of several malls on MG Road. The authority had earlier waived off property tax for malls on the condition that they provide free basement parking. The decision to place the signboards comes after the MCG received complaints that the malls were continuing to charge for parking. ,"The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG), which earlier waived off property tax for several malls on the condition of providing free basement parking to city residents, has decided to put up ?free parking? signboards at entry points of malls on MG Road.The move has come after MCG received complaints that malls continued to charge visitors for parking despite their commitment to provide the service for free.V Umashankar, MCG commissioner, said, ?In case people find mall managements violating the free parking commitments, they can lodge complaints instantly. We have issued instructions to mall managements in this regard.??Visible display of ?free parking? signboards will help people. Our purpose is to translate commitment of free parking into a reality for visitors,? said Umashankar, adding that he is working on a plan to improve the Mall Mile at MG Road.Earlier, in March, the MCG had decided not to levy property tax on commercial spaces of malls and other office establishments if they provided free parking in their basements.Prominent among these establishments are DLF City Court shopping centre-cum-office, Grand Mall, Mega City Mall, Vipul Agora Mall and Solitaire Plaza Hotel on MG Road. Such establishments on?Sohna Road are JMD Megapolis, JMD Galleria and Ninex City Mart.?The idea of free parking would help reduce parking hazards on the roads too. People will straightaway enter basements and will never like to park a car on the road. It is a win-win situation for all,? said YS Gupta, additional municipal commissioner.Abhey Poonia, a Suncity resident, said, ?We appreciate the MCG for free parking arrangements in malls and offices. We wish every commercial establishment, including malls, used its basements for free parking. It would help resolve the parking problem to a great extent.?"
Ayushi Ahluwalia,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Not quitting as BJP President: Amit Shah,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/amit-shah-rules-out-joining-modi-government-says-happy-being-bjp-president/story-sUTciw2XYckyd4792DBcqJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah on Monday said he would not quit from the post of party President even if elected to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat. ""I am very happy with my job and discharging my responsibilities with full devotion,"" he added. Shah filed his nomination papers for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls on Friday.","BJP chief Amit Shah on Monday said he is happy being the party president and ruled out joining Narendra Modi-led NDA government at the Centre. Shah?s filing of nomination for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Gujarat triggered speculation about him joining the Union ministry.The buzz about possible ministry expansion has been generated as many ministers are currently holding multiple crucial portfolios in the National Democratic Alliance government. Finance minister Arun Jaitley is holding the additional charge of the defence ministry since Manohar Parrikar left the government in April to take over as chief minister of Goa. M Venkaiah Naidu, who was holding information and broadcasting, urban development, housing and urban poverty alleviation portfolios, has been nominated as NDA?s candidate for the post of vice president creating more vacancies. Science and technology minister Harsh Vardhan is holding the additional environment portfolio since the demise of Anil Dave. There are talks that Shah, Modi?s closest confidant, was given the Rajya Sabha nomination to pave the way for his induction into the Union ministry. ?I am very happy with my job and discharging my responsibilities with full devotion, you don?t speculate,? a vividly relaxed Shah said while interacting with media persons on Monday, the concluding day of his three-day Lucknow visit. Shah also rubbished the allegations that under him the BJP is creating rifts in the Opposition ranks be it in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh or Gujarat. The Congress recently flew out a group of its MLAs from Gujarat  to Karnataka ahead of August 8 Rajya Sabha elections, accusing the BJP of trying to lure them. ?Accha chalo Gujarat mein toh hamari sarkaar hai, par inhoney Bengaluru mein kyon vidhayakon ko kamrey main band kar rakha hai (Ok, it?s a BJP government in Gujarat but why have they kept their MLAs confined to a room in Congress-ruled Karanataka?s capital Bengaluru,? Shah asked. ?Arrey bhai, wahan toh unhe ghoomney do (at least let them move freely there),? he said with a smile. He was flanked by UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath and deputy chief ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma. ?Hamne koi dal nahi toda hai (we have not broken any party),? he said, denying BJP had any role in the breakup of Bihar?s grand alliance?What could we do when Nitish Kumar himself decided to resign and sever ties with the RJD? Was I expected to stop him from doing so at the gun point? We did not have a hand in the developments there as Nitishji wasn?t interested in continuing with those accused of corruption,? Shah said, referring to recent change of political equation in Bihar. On Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav?s allegation that the BJP is indulging in ?political corruption? in UP by engineering resignations of his party MLCs, Shah said he wasn?t aware of any such move by the BJP. Asked if the SP MLCs, who recently left the party, would join the BJP and would get ?return gift? from him, he said, ?I don?t know whether they would be joining the BJP? The local unit might have planned something. But, as far as return gift is concerned, this is not BJP?s culture.?Several SP and BSP leaders had joined the BJP ahead of the 2017 assembly polls in UP and many of them were given tickets and are now ministers in Adityanath government. However, Shah said those leaders after quitting their parties had contested an election, there by indicating that his party had not poached on opposition lawmakers in the middle of their term.He denied any plan to induct disgruntled Samajwadi Party MLA Shivpal Yadav into the BJP. Shivpal and his nephew Akhilesh Yadav are the central characters in the bitter intra-party conflict in the SP. On the Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi land dispute in Ayodhya, Shah said his party is in favour of building a temple at the disputed site either through a court order or by creating a consensus on the issue. "
Swarnim Bagre,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Trump's media chief sacked 10 days after appointment,https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/31/anthony-scaramucci-removed-white-house-communications-trump?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has been removed from his job within the first 10 days of his appointment. This comes after Scaramucci, a Harvard law graduate and former Wall Street financier, launched a foul-mouthed tirade against two of his senior colleagues at the White House last week. ""The president felt his comments were inappropriate,"" Trump's spokeswoman said.","Donald Trump hailed ?a great day at the White House? following the removal of communications director Anthony Scaramucci after just 10 days in a move that has only increased the sense of chaos at the heart of the Trump administration.His evening tweet came as Scaramucci was forced out following a turbulent series of media appearances over the last week by the combative former Wall Street financier, capped by a foul-mouthed tirade to a New Yorker journalist on Thursday.His shock political demise was precipitated by the appointment of former US marine Gen John Kelly as Donald Trump?s new chief of staff less than six hours earlier.?Anthony Scaramucci will be leaving his role as White House communications director,? said press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders in a statement on Monday afternoon. ?Mr Scaramucci felt it was best to give chief of staff John Kelly a clean slate and the ability to build his own team. We wish him all the best.?A great day at the White House!The decision to remove Scaramucci, nicknamed ?the Mooch?, came at Kelly?s request, the New York Times reported. His removal may take some pressure off Steve Bannon, the longtime Trump aide whose position has been under threat in recent weeks. Scaramucci made Bannon a target in his rant to the New Yorker and, in response, was the subject of repeatedly negative articles on Breitbart, the publication Bannon once ran.Scaramucci was hired on 21 July, months after the departure of Michael Dubke, who had struggled to craft a coherent communications strategy as the administration spun from one controversy to the next. Sean Spicer reportedly opposed the hiring of Scaramucci and resigned as White House press secretary the same day.Spicer was spotted by reporters in the West Wing apparently helping to shape the statement announcing Scaramucci?s removal from office.Scaramucci?s appointment was also reportedly opposed by chief of staff Reince Priebus, who immediately came under fire from the new communications chief for alleged leaks, and was forced out on Friday and replaced by Kelly. As his first act, Kelly in turn seems to have forced out Scaramucci.Asked if Scaramucci had any role now in the White House, the press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, told a media briefing: ?He does not have a role at this time.?Scaramucci, loyal and telegenic, was named White House communication director, a move that immediately prompted the resignation of press secretary Sean Spicer.Scaramucci�spent his first Saturday on the job cleaning up his Twitter feed to remove historic tweets critical of the president and his agenda.'The Mooch', as he likes to be known, appeared on the Sunday morning politics TV shows. He promised to root out ?leakers? and said any he found would be fired.Scaramucci?s estranged wife, Deidre Ball, gave birth to their second child in New York. Scaramucci traveled on Air Force One with the president to the Boy Scouts annual jamboree.Thumbs up and smiles�aboard�Air Force One on the way to Ohio.Scaramucci dined at the White House with the president, the first lady, Fox News host Sean Hannity and former Fox News executive Bill Shine. After dinner, he placed a fateful call to New Yorker writer, Ryan Lizza...... The New Yorker�published�that conversation.The New York Post�reported�that Scaramucci?s infatuation with Trump was a catalyst for his wife?s decision to file for divorce while nine months pregnant. Meanwhile Trump�announces on Twitter that Reince Priebus is out as chief of staff.Scaramucci watched as John Kelly was sworn in as the president?s new chief of staff. Hours later, the White House announced that Scaramucci was out as White House communications director, reportedly at the urging of Kelly.Turning to Scaramucci?s New Yorker interview, she said: ?The president felt his comments were inappropriate.?She would not say whether Scaramucci was fired or had resigned, but added that he had felt ?he did not want to burden Gen Kelly with that line of succession?.Kelly had been given full authority by the president over the White House staff and ?all staff will report to him?, she said.A Long Island native with an affinity for the spotlight, Scaramucci had long drawn comparisons to Trump himself. Both men have deep ties to New York, and Trump was said to admire Scaramucci?s unflinching loyalty.A graduate of Harvard law school and a former Goldman Sachs banker, Scaramucci founded the global hedge fund SkyBridge Capital in 2005, but sold it in 2017 in preparation for a role in the Trump administration. He founded the Salt conference, named after his company, which attracts big name speakers from Washington, Hollywood and Wall Street.Though Scaramucci became a critical fundraiser for the Trump campaign, it was not his first choice. Before the presidential campaign of 2012, Scaramucci expressed early support for Hillary Clinton. ?I hope she runs [in 2016], she is incredibly competent,? he apparently wrote in a deleted tweet from April 2012, according to screenshots published by the Daily Beast. He also called her ?the real deal.?But when the campaign actually arrived, he first donated to Wisconsin governor Scott Walker?s campaign until it collapsed, and then he joined Jeb Bush.Before he joined the Trump campaign, Scaramucci called Trump ?anti-American? and ?another hack politician?.?I?ll tell you who he?s gonna be president of, you can tell Donald I said this: the Queens County Bullies Association,? Scaramucci said during a segment on Fox Business in August 2015. ?You are an inherited-money dude from Queens County. Bring it.?After being hired by Trump, he deleted a number of his old tweets that contradicted the president?s policy positions.His most controversial moment during his short tenure as communications chief was undoubtedly his remarks to a New Yorker interviewer that the then-chief of staff, Reince Priebus, was ?a fucking paranoid schizophrenic? who would be asked to resign (he later was), and that Scaramucci was not like Steve Bannon, the chief strategist, because ?I?m not trying to suck my own cock?.The Washington Post reported that Kelly was ?dismayed? by the interview and found it ?abhorrent and embarrassing for the president?.Named director of communications after having been denied a White House role earlier, the New York financier and Republican fundraiser promptly�threatened to fire everyone in his team�over leaks. He also staged a combative and�contradictory�briefing room debut and talkshow tour; sought to bat away questions about�suspiciously liberal pronouncements�in his past and support for Trump?s Republican enemies;�deleted tweets; warred openly with the former chief of staff, Reince Priebus, and seemingly forced him out; compared the struggle to take healthcare away from millions of Americans to�Lincoln?s battle against slavery; poured obscene invective about leakers, Priebus and Steve Bannon�down the phone to a New Yorker reporter; missed the birth of his son;�saw his wife file for divorce; and was asked to resign.Trump?s first national security adviser ? one of four generals the president has employed ?�resigned�after it was revealed he misled Vice-President Mike Pence over his contacts with Russians during the election campaign. It was later reported that Yates had�warned�the White House Flynn was vulnerable to Russian blackmail.The most shocking firing of them all.�Trump sacked his FBI director, by messenger rather than in person, as congressional and justice department investigations into links between Trump aides and Russia gathered pace. Lest anyone retain any doubt about why Trump pressed the big red button, he told NBC in a primetime interview the firing was tied to ?this Russia thing?. The reverberations will be felt for some time yet.The long-suffering but loyal surrogate for the president�handed in his resignationin response to Scaramucci?s appointment. A Republican insider and Priebus ally, he never settled into the press secretary role after�an infamous debut�in which he angrily insisted Trump?s fantastic version of crowd sizes at the inauguration were true. Achieving by way of Melissa McCarthy?s�lethal Saturday Night Live impression�a somewhat dubious celebrity, his days at the White House were long rumoured to be numbered. His departure on a point of principle having seemingly been justified only 10 days later, he may now claim a sort of hollow vindication.The former Republican National Committee chair stayed loyal ? at least in public ? to Trump through Friday,�when he was told his time was up. He stayed loyal after handing in his resignation too, rhapsodising about the president and his mission in interviews with CNN and, of course, Fox News. But it seemed Priebus?s card had alway been marked, less over his initial blocking of Scaramucci, which enraged the Mooch, or by his closeness to the House speaker, Paul Ryan, than by his private advice to Trump to quit the presidential race after 8 October, when the infamous Access Hollywood ?Gropegate? tape was published. The Washington Post reported that Priebus was thus never considered a member of the ?Oct 8th coalition?, a name for the inner cabal of Trumpites who have never wavered, however low their boss?s reputation has sunk.Chinese conglomerate HNA Group is currently in negotiations to buy SkyBridge Capital. Scaramucci announced the sale at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January, which was meant to free him of potential conflicts of interest before an official appointment.But that sale ? believed to be worth $250m ? is being held back pending a government review, reportedly by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, the agency charged with evaluating the impact on America?s national security of the sales of US businesses.Scaramucci?s wife Deirdre filed for divorce recently while nine months pregnant with their second child. Scaramucci missed the birth last Monday because he was traveling with Trump on Air Force One.The firing met with some swift praise on Capitol Hill. Carlos Curbelo, a moderate Republican from Florida who did not support Trump in 2016, tweeted: ?General Kelly is 1 for 1. Let?s keep it going,? tweeted Curbelo.Trump tweeted this morning: ?Highest Stock Market EVER, best economic numbers in years, unemployment lowest in 17 years, wages raising, border secure, SC: no WH chaos!?Additional reporting by Dominic Rushe in New York"
Parmeet Kaur,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Teen carrying live bullets detained at Delhi metro station,http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/man-held-for-carrying-live-bullets-at-delhi-metro-station/story-9PtsbkK6fo0f2aaFyiyoFO.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,An 18-year-old from Bareilly was detained on Sunday for carrying three live bullets in his bag at Delhi's Kailash Colony Metro station. The bullets were detected by a CISF personnel when his bag was being screened in the X-ray machine. He was handed over to the police for not having a government-issued document for possessing arms and ammunitions.,"An 18-year-old man was apprehended on Sunday for allegedly carrying three live bullets in his bag while entering a Delhi metro station, a senior officer said.The officer involved in metro security said that the incident was reported around noon at the Kailash colony metro station when a CISF personnel detected bullet-like objects in a bag being screened at the X-ray machine.The bag belonged to a man identified as Jitendra Kumar (18), a resident of Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh.Three live bullets of 7.62 calibre were recovered from the bag, the officer said.Kumar was handed over to police after he failed to furnish any government issued document for possessing arms and ammunition, he said, adding that carrying arms and ammunition in the Delhi metro is banned under the law."
Parmeet Kaur,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",PM Modi can?t take over states: Kiren Rijiju on mob lynching,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/parliament-day-11-live-updates-lok-sabha-debates-lynching-issue-ruckus-in-rajya-sabha-over-gujarat-mlas-issue/story-6CmyhZbfHTDMAYmQD3FFnI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju while discussing the recent incidents of mob lynching in Parliament said, ""Do you want the PM should break the federal structure and take over state machinery?"" The statement which led to an uproar in the Parliament came after Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge criticised the PM for not talking about the issue enough. ","Charges and counter charges flew in the Lok Sabha on Monday over the issue of lynchings, with the Opposition parties targeting the Modi government and the ruling side asserting that it was the responsibility of the state governments to deal with such crimes.During the discussion, Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge criticised the Prime Minister for not talking about the issue enough and listed the various incidents of lynchings across the country.  BJP?s Hukmdev Narayan Yadav defended the government?s response and, referring to political killings  in Kerala, questioned why only certain incidents were considered lynchings.In the Rajya Sabha, after initial uproar  over the alleged kidnapping of MLAs by police in Gujarat, the house adjourned briefly before resuming Question Hour.Congress? Madhusudhan Mistry alleged that his party MLAs were being ?kidnapped? and offered ?Rs 10-15 crore? with a view to influence their vote in the August 8 elections to send three members from the state to the Rajya Sabha.Here are the highlights: 6:30 pm: Lok Sabha adjourned for the day.6:29 pm:?The more you are raising the issue, the veil of the opposition is getting unveiled. The more you try to defame us, the more the Opposition gets defames: Kiren Rijiju6:23 pm: Mother Teresa was not allowed to enter Arunachal Pradesh during Congress rule. If there has been one instance of persecution of Christians in Arunachal Pradesh after our rule, I?ll resign: Kiren Rijiju6:13 pm: Mob lynching is the worst form of crime, it should be condemned universally. Why do you raise selective issue. Previously it was intolerance, then award-wapsi, freedom of expression: Rijiju. 6:08 pm: Do you want the PM should break the federal structure and take over state machinery: Rijiju during lynching debate.6:04 pm: There is a trend in the country, the highest number of atrocities in India have taken place against scheduled castes: Rijiju.5:55 pm: Uproar in Lok Sabha during Kiren Rijiju?s statement.5:50 pm: Kiren Rijiju says issued advisory to every state that strong action should be taken against incident of mob lynching.5:45 pm: Asaduddin Owaisi says the instances of mob lynching will continue as this government promotes religion as an ideology.Is cow protection an essential part of Hinduism? asks Owaisi. Stop the shadow army. Our battle is against Hindutva and not Hinduism: Owaisi5:32 pm: When we should be discussion about digital India, it is sad irony that we are discussing about mob lynching:?Indian Union Muslim League  MP PK KunhalikuttyWe are discussing a fundamental principle of secularism that we should uphold, it is sad, says Kunhalikutty.5:20 pm: There seems to be a different between the words and action of Prime Minister: Mohammad Asrarul HaqueModi govt doesn?t only seem listen but also helpless. People who have skull cap and beard, women in burkha are today scared to step outside in public, he says.  5:18 pm: RJD MP?Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav say, ?The person who doesn?t differentiate between human and animal, there is a devil inside him.?5:08 pm: BJP?MP Prahlad Joshi talks about attack on BJP?MPs in West Bengal. Evokes sharp reaction from opposition members for not mentioning death of other people.4:39 pm: Maharashtra MP Supriya Sule says we should send a message as a uniform Parliament that we condemn lynching.?Yoga Day message should be about ahimsa and not just about surya namaskar,? she says.?The person who killed Junaid is out on bail. We should make regulation that someone who has killed someone shouldn?t be out on bail,? says the NCP?lawmaker. 4:29 pm: Mohammad Salim of CPI-M says the gathering of mob has a historical, political, psychological  aspect. There is a long history and it is not a spur of the moment occurrence. 4:17 pm: TDP?MP?from Guntur, Jayadev Galla, says mob violence, ?shows of strength in numbers, majority rule mentality and doesn?t have place in a peaceful society.? He says cow violence has reached an alarming proportion.... And it can?t be isolated into BJP or non-BJP?states.4:12 pm: Arvind Ganpat Sawant, MP?from Mumbai-South speaks on lynching. ?If there is hate, some say they are going perpetrate double the amount of hate,? he says.3: 55 pm: Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav says, ?Exploitation of and atrocities against women is high. It should end in the family first. Then it will stop in your locality, village and cities.? 3:45 pm: BJP?MP Hukumdev Narayan Yadav claims majority of Muslims in India are descendants of Hindus, PTI?reports.3:35 pm: BJD?s Tathagata Satpathy says, ?The gau rakshaks don?t know that more than half the cows in India are Jersey cows. Not their mother. They should recognise their mother.It?s sad if we can?t recognise our own mother.?Satpathy wonders why nobody is bothered about indigenous breeds of cows. 3:18 pm: AIADMK?s Dr K Gopal calls the situation of rising violence against minorities is worrisome. He names lynching incidents and says that the issue of beef is polarising.3:15pm: Kharge responds to Paswan?s comments there was no ?josh? in his speech. ?If you had an operation, you wouldn?t even be able to get up,? Kharge says.3:10 pm: Paswan targets CPI and asks why the killing of 6 people during its rule was not called ?a ?riot?.Paswan says the House needs to pass a resolution to condemn incidents of lynchings. ?Whenever something like this takes place, all chief ministers must ensure perpetrator is arrested and investigation begins within 24 hours.?3:05 pm: ?PM Modi has never mentioned Babri Masjid or Ayodhya or Article 370. He only speaks of development,? says Paswan.3:00 pm: Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan says, ?The Prime Minister has condemned these incidents twice. Do you want him to send in the army when such incidents happen??2:55 pm:  Quiet resumes as Roy speaks again. He says he has a few suggestions. ?In the IPC and the CrPC, lynching not defined. We need a new and exclusive law on protecting against lynching,? Roy says.2:54 pm: Uproar as MPs yell at each other across the aisle. 2:53 pm: BJP?s SS Ahluwalia lashes out, ?Strike this from the record. This is unfair. He must also bring the source of his information here and validate. Only then should he be allowed to talk further.?2:50 pm:  Roy compares the killing of Muslims to the targeted killing of African-Americans by Ku Klux Klan in the US. ?In 23 attacks, the attackers were from Bajrang Dal and Hindu groups,? he says.Roy says, ?Yeh sab bandar hai! (These groups are the BJP?s monkeys.)? Uproar as MPs call the comment ?unparliamentary?.2:45 pm: Kiren Rijiju interrupts Roy, asking him on what basis he was making these claims.2:37 pm: TMC?s Saugata Roy speaks and clarifies he does not want to talk about general mob violence but bovine-related mob violence. Between 2010 anmd 2017, 63 people were killed in cow-related incidents of mob violence, Roy says.?I don?t want to bring Hindu-Muslim into this but 97% of these killings took place after Narendra Modi came to power. 86% were Muslims. I want to ask members of the ruling party, you say you want Congress-mukt Bharat. Do you want Muslim-mukt Bharat??Roy says 52% of the killings took place in BJP ruled states.2:30 pm: Yadav cites Ram Mohair Lohaia?s example, saying he was a socialist who didn?t believe in Gods but knew prevalence of Hindu culture and traditions, and respected it.2:26 pm:  Yadav says, ?The ancestors of the Muslims were Hindus. Therefore the gods, the culture and traditions are also their?s. They must think about this.?2:20 pm: Debate resumes in Lok?Sabha. Yadav continues his speech. 2:15pm: Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawarchand Gehlot begins the debate. Congress? BK Hariprasad says Opposition is not happy with the way government pushes Bills in the Parliament.2:00 pm: Rajya Sabha takes up Constitution (123rd) Amendment Bill, 2017 and National Commission for Backward Classes (Repeal) Bill, 2017.1:15 pm: Lok Sabha adjourned till 2:15 pm for lunch. Yadav to speak for five more minutes after that.1:14 pm: Yadav says, ?Muslims must learn to live with Hindus respecting their culture and traditions.?1:12 pm: ?Why is it wrong to say Vande Mataram these days? Is this not mob lynching?? Yadav asks.1:10 pm: In the Lok Sabha, Yadav attacks the Congress saying,?You have done dharmik atyachar, samajik atyachar, mansik atyachar, arthik atyachar and ruined the country.?1:05 pm: In Rajya Sabha, Question Hour concludes. House adjourned till 2 pm for lunch.1:03 pm: Yadav says, ?The Junaid incident was a fight over a train seat. Why are you linking it with religion? What about the killings in Kerala? Are we not human? Are they not lynchings because they are not Muslims??1:00 pm: Yadav asks,??Is the mob lynching of DSP Ayub Pandith in J&K not an incident worth mentioning??12:57 pm: Yadav says, ?The PM himself has condemned the mob incidents repeatedly. It?s upto states to follow law. Centre can?t send paramilitary forces there on its own.?12:55 pm: BJP?s Hukmdev Narayan Yadav says government has been addressing the issue and taking action. He asks why the Opposition is questioning the government?s intention.12:50 pm: Kharge concludes with,?Duniya mein sab ka yahi hai kehna, Shanti aur chain se zinda rehna...Let us be Hindustan and not Lynchistan.?Two hours were alloted for the discussion. Kharge spoke for over 35 minutes.12:47 pm:  ?This government is imposing itself on what a person can eat and who one can love,? says Kharge.12: 45 pm:  Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar interrupts Kharge for mentioning a former President?s name citing rule 352.Kumar says, ?Kharge must validate all the documents he is reading from. Every state government has taken action against each of these incidents. He is misleading the House.?12: 36 pm: BJP benches raise a ruckus. Speaker warns Kharge about duration of his speech.12:34 pm: Kharge quotes a BJP leader as saying that there was ?no regret over the death of Pehlu Khan because he was a cow smuggler.?12:32 pm: BJP members protests reported facts being read out by Kharge. 12:30 pm: In the Lok Sabha discussion, Kharge says, ?The Prime Minister has not spoken about the killings on his Mann Ki Baat programme.?12:28 pm: Meanwhile, first two questions in the Rajya Sabha are about MNREGA.12:26 pm: Kharge mentions incidents in Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. He says he is only listing them.12:24 pm: Nishikant Dubey of BJP says, ?The cases of violence Mr.Kharge is mentioning are already in the courts, so why is he saying all this? He cannot speak about these cases.?12:22 pm:  The Lok Sabha has begun a short-duration discussion on lynchings and mob violence. Mallikarjun Kharge of Congress says, ?There?s a feeling of threat in many states, especially because of fringe groups. Incidents of lynching and mob violence are not under control. Taking matters into one?s hands and exercising violence or killing another is unacceptable.??The government is indirectly encouraging groups like the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal and gau bhakts,? Kharge says.12:12 pm: Lok Sabha postpones Zero Hour to end of the day.12:07 pm: Question hour ends in Lok Sabha. Speaker dismisses all adjournment notices. Arun Jaitley introduced all the Bills listed today.12:02 pm: Chair praises MPs for not exceeding time alloted to them and allowing him to wrap up all notices to end Zero Hour on time.12:00 pm: Issues raised in the Upper House include changes in NET, impact of demonetisation, transaction on BHIM app and privatisation of Railways. 11:45 pm: Rajya Sabha returns from adjournment. Zero Hours resumes. 11:30 pm: MPs protest in the well in Rajya Sabha. Congress creates ruckus over alleged kidnapping of MLAs by police in Gujarat. House adjourned for 10 minutes.11:20 am: Zero Hour in Rajya Sabha. Congress? Madhusudan Mistry raises issue of Gujarat MLAs resignations.11:05 am: Question hour in Lok Sabha.10:40 am:Bills to be introduced in Lok Sabha todayThe Central Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Bill, 2017The Integrated Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Bill, 2017The Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Amendment Bill 2017 Bills for consideration and passing today:The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Amendment) Bill, 2017The Banking Reguation (Amendment) Bill, 2017The Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy Bill, 2017Bills for consideration and passing in Rajya Sabha todayThe Constitution (123rd Amendment) Bill, 2017The National Commission for Backward Classes (Repeal) Bill, 2017The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill,2017"
Radhika Chugh,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Gorkhaland protestors give Centre 10 days to intervene,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/gorkhaland-demand-gjm-gives-ten-day-limit-to-centre-to-intervene/story-cuRbx1OhCOoSd16zb9Qz8H.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) has given the Centre 10 days to intervene in the ongoing agitation for the separate state of Gorkhaland, failing which it threatened to intensify the protests. ""An indefinite shutdown is going on for the last 47 days. The Centre can't just sit idle when the hills are burning,"" GJM leaders said. ","The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha has given a ten-day deadline to the Centre to intervene in the Gorkhaland statehood stir as the indefinite shutdown in the hills entered its 47th day on Monday.?We have given a ten-day deadline to the Union government to intervene. An indefinite shutdown is going on for the last 47 days. The Centre can?t just sit idle when the hills are burning,? GJM assistant general secretary Binay Tamang told reporters on Sunday night.The 30-member Gorkhaland Movement Coordination Committee (GMCC), a body of all the hill parties of Darjeeling, is in Delhi for an all-party meeting.The GMC has sought an appointment with Union Home minister Rajnath Singh to brief him on the ongoing crisis in the hills.?We have sought a meeting with Union home minister Rajnath Singh in order to brief him on the ongoing crisis in the hills. The indefinite shutdown has entered its 47th day, which is the longest-ever shutdown in the history of Darjeeling. The Centre needs to take concrete action,? Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh president Sukhman Moktan told PTI.The police and security forces patrolled the streets of the hills and kept a tight vigil at all entry and exit routes.Normal life remained crippled during the indefinite strike to press for a separate Gorkhaland state. Barring medicine shops, business establishments, restaurants, hotels, schools and colleges remained closed."
Radhika Chugh,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Maharashtra to introduce cycling tracks in 10 cities,http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/maharashtra-government-plans-cycling-tracks-in-10-cities/story-lCcZuR8bj4XSJKzGPsHFaJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Maharashtra government is planning to introduce cycling tracks along the arterial roads of 10 cities including Pune, Nagpur, Nashik, and Latur, reports said. A four-member committee has been constituted for designing the cycling track routes. ""The cycling tracks will not only reduce traffic, but will also considerably lessen environmental pollution,"" a Public Works Department official said. "," The state government has planned to implement cycling tracks along the arterial roads in 10 leading cities of the state. The government has decided to take up a pilot project in these cities and later extend it across the state based on the response. The state public works department will test the project, dubbed ?streets with cycle tracks? in Pune, Nagpur, Nashik, Amravati, Chandrapur, Kolhapur, Solapur, Latur, Aurangabad and Jalgaon, on roads under the department?s jurisdiction. The government has also formed a four-member committee under the chairmanship of the state?s additional director general of police, traffic, to steer the project. The committee will identify arterial roads where cycle tracks can be set up depending on the availability of space and the scope for cycling. It will also have to design the routes for these tracks and plan any other requirements or alterations to the traffic flow on the roads hosting the cycle tracks, an official from the state public works department said.Read: Is Mumbai ready for cycle tracks? Bandra tells a different storyHe said, ?Currently, there is a lack of any infrastructure for cyclists. A number of these cities have industrial areas where labourers come to work from a distance of nearly 7-8km. If we better equip our roads, even they can use bicycles to commute to their workplaces. It will not only reduce traffic, but will also considerably lessen environmental pollution.?Some of the previous efforts at creating cycling tracks and promoting bicycles have failed miserably owing to lack of proper planning and maintenance. Most cycling tracks of the 123-km network in Pune that the civic body created under the erstwhile Congress-led government?s Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission are in a bad shape. Similarly, a 13-km cycling track, costing Rs6.5 crore, in Mumbai?s Bandra Kurla Complex had absolutely no takers and had to be dismantled within five years.The state?s proposed urban transport policy, its first attempt at listing out goals for sustainable non-motorised transport, also lays emphasis on development of cycling as one of the main modes of commuting. It calls for planning and prioritising projects to make 80% of all trips in a city possible by walking, cycling or public transport.The civic bodies of some of the cities that the state government has picked in its pilot project have also been planning cycling projects. The Nashik Municipal Corporation has made a provision in its development plan to build 120km of cycling tracks in the city, while the Nagpur civic body is mulling over a public bicycle sharing system. The Pune Municipal Corporation, too, is planning to build 300km of cycling tracks in the city.Read: Cycle of change: Mumbai?s biking communities are making the bicycle popular again"
Ayushi Ahluwalia,"01 Aug 2017,Tuesday",Fake luxury watches worth ?10 cr seized at Delhi airport,http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/fake-rado-watches-cameras-sunglasses-worth-rs-4cr-seized-at-delhi-s-igi-airport/story-GqNHAq88lOCzpUnTcLqGNI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Several copies of Rado watches, sunglasses, and cameras worth ?10 crore were seized on Thursday by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport. While original Rado watches cost over ?1 lakh, the copies seized were meant to be sold in the market for ?4,000-5,000. The consignment from China was to be received in Delhi.","They look like premium Rado watches at first glance, only they are not. Several first copies of the high-end watches were seized by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence  at cargo complex of Delhi?s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA). The watches were part of a consignment coming from China. The consignment also carried huge quantity of cameras, sunglasses and mobile accessories worth Rs 10 crore.Original Rado watches cost over a lakh and the copes seized by DRI were meant to be sold in the market for Rs 4,000-5,000. ?Based on a specific input, we intercepted a consignment at the cargo complex. Though the sender had declared it as cosmetics and other daily use items, when opened, watches, shoes, pen drives, memory cards and other mobile accessories were found in huge quantities,? a DRI official said.The seizure was made on Thursday, but the DRI is still counting the number of watches and evaluation is on. ?Though it is a first copy, the demand is huge in Indian market. One watch can be sold from Rs 4,000 to Rs 10,000. There are different models,? the official added. DRI is now trying to trace the smuggler who wrongly declared the content. The consignment had come from China and was to be received in Delhi. DRI is trying to trace the receiver through the details given in the consignment. Officials said other items in the consignment, including shoes and sunglasses, seem to be original but DRI is taking help of the companies to check their originality."
Radhika Chugh,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Chhattisgarh to start ambulance service for cows,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/chhattisgarh-to-start-ambulance-service-for-cows-announces-cm-raman-singh/story-mosY0g1m8ulVJruqzgIJ1H.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Sunday announced that ambulance service for cows will be started in 10 districts of the state over the next few months. He also urged people to support organic farming and biogas in order to promote a cow-based economy. Earlier this year, Singh had said that anyone found killing cows in Chhattisgarh will be hanged.","�The Chhattisgarh government will begin an ambulance service for cows, chief minister Raman Singh said, joining a number of BJP-ruled states to put a stronger focus on protection of the animal that is considered sacred by Hindus.The service will be started in ten districts in the next few months, Singh said, addressing a programme organised by the state?s commission for protection of cows at Pandit Ravi Shankar University on Sunday.Protecting cows and promoting products derived from them has been in focus since the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party with the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi three years ago, at times being seen as a factor that has emboldened vigilante ?gau rakshaks? who have killed and attacked people. The Uttar Pradesh government announced a similar service, as did a particular district in Madhya Pradesh over the last year. Raman Singh did not elaborate on how much the scheme will cost.On Sunday, Singh urged people to use panchagavya ? a concoction prepared by mixing constituents derived directly and indirectly from cows such as dung, urine, milk, curd and ghee ? and help promote the cow-based economy. ?Organic farming and biogas can help promote a cow-based economy,? Singh said. Singh had in April said that anyone found killing cows in Chhattisgarh will be hanged, suggesting a radical shift in plans to protect the bovine.Under the Chhattisgarh Pashu Krurata Adhiniyam, cow slaughter and transporting beef is banned. Anyone found guilty faces up to seven years in jail and a fine of Rs 50,000 or both."
Parmeet Kaur,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Kapil Mishra releases sting against AAP govt in CNG scam,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/aap-kapil-mishra-sting-delhi-kejriwal-cng-kit-scam/1/1015367.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,Ousted AAP minister Kapil Mishra released a sting operation on Monday alleging that the Kejriwal government is involved in a CNG kit scam. Aam Aadmi Sena members reportedly took a leaking cylinder to four CNG checking centres across Delhi and got it cleared. Mishra has given an ultimatum of 4 days for the Delhi government to respond.,"Rebel Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kapil Mishra today released a sting operation and alleged that the Delhi government is involved in a CNG kit scam.""There are 20 lakh CNG users in the national capital - from taxi services to school buses, autos and even the cars people drive. Delhi stands on a ticking time bomb and this is not possible without the hand of the Delhi government,"" said Kapil Mishra.Members of the Aam Aadmi Sena (AAS) took a leaking cylinder to four different compressed natural gas checking centres across the national capital and in all four centres they managed to get a pass certificate for the leaking cylinder. The cylinder failed the hydrostatic stretch test specially done for the compressed gas cylinders but they still got certificates to use the cylinder.""We have brought up the matter with the LG. We are sure he will take the needful action,"" said AAS president Prabhat Kumar.""We have given the Delhi government four days. If nothing is done within the next four days then we will take to the streets with various transport unions,"" said Mishra."
Deepali Aggarwal,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Venezuela heading for dictatorship after 'sham' election: US,https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/30/fear-of-violence-hangs-over-venezuela-assembly-election?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Calling Venezuela's recent Constituent Assembly election a ""sham"", US Ambassador Nikki Haley said that Venezuela is heading towards a dictatorship. Haley also threatened strong and swift action against the ""architects of authoritarianism"" in Venezuela. She added that the US stands by Venezuelans and their constitutional representatives to restore their country to a full and prosperous democracy.","The United States has vowed to take strong and swift action against the ?architects of authoritarianism? in Venezuela after protesters and security forces fought deadly street battles during voting for President Nicol�s Maduro?s controversial constitutional assembly.?The United States stands by the people of Venezuela, and their constitutional representatives, in their quest to restore their country to a full and prosperous democracy,? the US State Department said in a statement. ?We will continue to take strong and swift actions against the architects of authoritarianism in Venezuela, including those who participate in the national constituent assembly as a result of today?s flawed election,? it said. Many voters decided against taking part in an election the opposition said would turn the country into a full-fledged dictatorship.As many as 14 people died in the protests, according to opposition leader Henrique Capriles, and the prosecutor?s office confirmed at least six people were killed by gunfire, including one national guardsman. Seven policemen were wounded in an explosion in the opposition stronghold neighbourhood of Altamira.However, the leader of the ruling socialist party, Jorge Rodriguez, said there was ?not one death related to the voting process today?, underscoring the contrasting versions of the day presented by the two clashing sides.Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations, tweeted: ?Maduro?s sham election is another step toward dictatorship.?Maduro?s sham election is another step toward dictatorship. We won't accept an illegit govt. The Venezuelan ppl & democracy will prevail.An official report of a ?positive? election process by the National Electoral Council contrasted with continued reports of clashes and widespread abstention as people either heeded opposition calls for a boycott or feared getting caught up in street clashes.The council extended voting for one hour, claiming many who had wanted to casttheir vote earlier had been unable to do so.Maduro was among the first to vote shortly after polls opened at 6am. ?The first vote for peace,? he said afterwards. But throughout the day, turnout at polling stations was low for the election of 545 members of an assembly that would be tasked with rewriting the constitution and would have sweeping powers to reform or dissolve other state institutions, including the opposition controlled parliament.In the working-class district of Petare, where many residents said they had been threatened with losing government subsidies or jobs if they did not vote, few people turned out to vote. But at the Poliedro sporting arena, where Caracas residents who were unable to reach their designated polling centre were permitted to cast their votes, voters described huge crowds standing in line. For Maria Alejandra Avila, a lawyer , the election was a manifestation of ?the self?determination of a free and sovereign people?.The constituent assembly has been heavily criticised by foreign government including from the United States, the UK and neighbouring Colombia. On Sunday, Peru and Argentina said they would not recognise the outcome of the vote.Security forces blocked protesters from gathering for a planned mass demonstration using teargas to disperse the crowd, witnesses said. A small group of protesters blocked access to some of the voting places.?The oppressive forces didn?t allow us to even get to the meeting point,? said protester Emilia L�pez, 23. ?It is frustrating that they try to keep us quiet with bombs.?Opposition leader Mar�a Corina Machado told reporters that this moment was the beginning of a new phase for Venezuela.The defence minister, Vladimir Padrino L�pez, told reporters that a 130,000-strong security force was ?actively containing? flareups across the country, adding that as many as 100 voting machines had been destroyed.Security cordons were set up around each voting centre and reporters were not allowed beyond that point to witness people casting their votes. After more than four months of protests sparked by the pro-government supreme court decision to strip the opposition-controlled parliament of its legislative powers, the government banned protests ahead of Sunday?s vote. Maduro has said the assembly will help bring peace to the politically split country, but the opposition, and increasingly the international community, have warned that it will only serve for Maduro and the ruling socialist party to tighten their grip on power. The new assembly will be convened within 72 hours of the election and will function with virtually unlimited powers. Maduro and his closest allies have vowed to use the assembly to jail key opposition leaders, remove the country?s outspoken chief prosecutor from her post and strip opposition legislators of their constitutional immunity.Polls show that Maduro, successor to Hugo Ch�vez, who set the country on a socialist path, has only about a 20-point approval rating and that 70% of Venezuelans do not want the constitution of 1999 rewritten.Maduro said on Saturday that the assembly would act as a ?superpower (...) above and beyond every other?. The assembly, he said in a television address ahead of the vote, will be empowered to strip opposition legislators of immunity from prosecution. ?The right wing already has its prison cell waiting,? the president said.Maduro accused right-wing governments of trying to sabotage ?21st century socialism?.The US imposed targeted sanctions against 13 current and former officials close to the government last week and has primed further measures if the assembly vote was held, which may affect Venezuela?s oil industry, one of the few economic lifelines left in the country. Under Maduro, elected after Ch�vez?s death from cancer in 2013, the once buoyant oil-based economy plunged into crisis crippling the social programs Chavez had set up for Venezuela?s poor majority. Price controls brought widespread food and medicine shortages and spiralling inflation, as well as unbridled violence, driving millions of Venezuelans to leave the country.Additional reporting by Ana Sofia Romero in Caracas   "
Rini Sinha,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Talking about toilets is still taboo in India: Akshay Kumar,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/akshay-kumar-toilet-ek-prem-katha-taboo-india/1/1015098.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Actor Akshay Kumar has said that talking about toilets is still considered a taboo in India. He added, ""It's also about the mindset. In places where I've gone, I heard people saying, 'We don't do it (defecate) in the same house where we cook food'. But how can they openly defecate on the field, from where the food is coming?""","Akshay Kumar, whose forthcoming movie Toilet Ek Prem Katha stresses on the importance of building toilets and ending open defecation, hopes the film changes people's mindset about this ""taboo topic in Indian society"".Akshay said in an interaction with the media, ""Talks on toilet are still taboo in India. I remember when I had to say a dialogue in the film which is, 'Ab biwi ghar aaye na aye, sundaas to laakar hi chhodunga is gaon mein', people were rethinking if I should say it or not. But as an individual, I think it is necessary... I mean who does not go to the toilet?""However, he is hopeful that things will change.""Our youth is very strong minded. They understand the necessity of using the toilet. Some people are starting to talk about it, which is great... It means awareness has been created. See, it is also about the mindset. In places where I have gone, I heard people saying, 'We don't do it (defecate) in the same house where we cook food'. But how can they openly defecate on the field, from where the food is coming? Government is doing its part (by sanctioning public toilets)... People should also take a step,"" said the Airlift actor.Directed by Shree Narayan Singh, Toilet Ek Prem Katha also features Bhumi Pednekar, and is releasing on August 11 this year.Considering the fact that the Hindi film industry is going through a rough patch and that footfalls in theatres are decreasing, Akshay was asked if ticket price is one of the reasons behind that. He said, ""But then regional films and Hollywood films are doing well. If the ticket price is not affecting their business, then why ours? Maybe content is responsible then.""Whether it is Airlift, Rustom, Jolly LLB 2 and even Toilet Ek Prem Katha, Akshay is acting in stories that project realism.Asked if that is a strategy, the National Award-winning actor said, ""If you are talking about issue-based stories like Toilet Ek prem Katha, I think being a successful actor by the grace of God, if my association gives the film a better mileage and if the story intrigued me, I do it. I got to know from research statistics that one child dies every five minutes in our country because of open defecation. Do you understand the intensity of the issue? That apart, if there's any story that is interesting, I do it.""Toilet Ek Prem Katha is Akshay Kumar's second release in 2017, after Jolly LLB 2 that hit the screens this Holi. Kumar was honoured with the Best Actor title at the National Film Awards this year, for his work in last year's Rustom."
Parmeet Kaur,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",3 top AIIMS professors resigned in 6 months over poor salary,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/delhi-aiims-brain-drain-pay-scale/1/1014866.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Three top professors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi resigned over the last six months for better pay packages. ""In last three years, approximately 17 young faculty members have resigned because of poor salary and non-availability of accommodation,"" a faculty member said. Notably, Assistant Professors' existing pay band and grade pay at AIIMS is ?15,900-?39,100.","The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), the country's premier institute in the field of medicine, is finding it difficult to retain talent. Three top professors have left the faculty for greener pastures over the last six months, a development which insiders say is unprecedented in AIIMS history.Dr BS Sharma, senior professor from neuro-surgery, who was a member of AIIMS faculty for more than 25 years, has joined a private medical institute in Jaipur while another professor from the department, Dr Sumit Sinha has moved to Paras Hospitals, a super speciality medicare chain. Dr Sinha served AIIMS for over a decade. The third one to leave is Dr Pravash Mishra from hematology department, who has joined Max Healthcare.""The migration of faculty has severely affected key areas of healthcare like liver transplantation services, renal transplantation, high quality paediatric medicine and general medicine services,"" noted the Faculty Association of AIIMS (FAAIIMS) in a letter sent to director Randeep Guleria on July 25. Mail Today has a copy of the letter.The FAAIIMS has also sent their demands to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union health minister JP Nadda, requesting them to take action to stem the migration.Reacting to the issue and the letter sent to health ministry, Union health secretary CK Mishra said, ""AIIMS doctors get salaries which is very different from other government hospitals. However, the ministry is looking into the matter.""FIRST TIME""It has never happened in the history of AIIMS,"" a senior faculty member, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Mail Today.""These top doctors are migrating from AIIMS as they are not getting appropriate salaries, suitable accommodation and have administrative issues. The worrying part is that in some of the departments where the faculty faces the brain drain, the waiting list of patients stretches till 2019-2020.""""Not just the veteran but even the younger faculty is getting distraught with the functioning of the institution.""In last three years, approximately 17 young faculty members have resigned because of poor salary and non-availability of accommodation,"" the faculty member said.The FAAIIMS letter also points out that senior most faculty members ""get no promotion for 15 to 20 years"". This translates into static or slow raise in their incomes.""An assistant professor's existing pay band and grade pay is Rs 15,600-39,100 with minimum scale of Rs 30,000.""Suppose, this pay-band gets him a take-home amount of Rs 1 lakh. If the same doctor applies to a private institution, particularly with AIIMS experience, he is likely to get three times of his current pay. Why would he stay on?""NEW PAY BANDS""We want that the new faculty which is coming should be given pay band 4 so that they straightway come to the new level 13. With this, AIIMS can attract bright faculty for the future,"" said another senior member of AIIMS faculty.The Seventh Pay Commission recommendations are yet to be implemented for the AIIMS faculty. At present, it has been enforced only for staff group B, C and D.In February this year, a committee was formed for the implementation of revised pay rules and the matter was discussed that pay scale should be made higher and new allowances should be given to the faculty.ALSO READ |�"
Radhika Chugh,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",190-yr-old Mumbai temple to save ?8L by using solar power ,http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/mumbai-temple-to-reduce-annual-power-bills-by-rs8-lakh-using-solar-energy/story-JEEJGRIfIUgXTxXiV3DU6I.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A 190-year-old temple in Mumbai's Byculla has installed a 37.5-kilowatt rooftop solar system with 115 panels which will enable it to cut down its annual electricity bill by ?8 lakh. The temple management will reportedly install more panels by the end of this year. Notably, about 20 religious institutions in Mumbai have switched to solar power.","A 190-year-old Jain temple at Byculla is the latest addition to the growing list of religious and educational institutions and housing societies, who are harnessing solar energy for an eco-friendly future. Sheth Motisha Jain Temple, spread across two acres, installed a 37.5 kilo-watt (KW) power rooftop solar system with 115 panels earlier this month, which will help the management save Rs8 lakh on electricity bills annually. The system will power lights and fans along the pathways, bhojanalaya (mess), storerooms and guest accommodations for devotees. The trustees who  took up the initiative claimed theirs was first temple in Byculla to which harnessed solar energy. ?With soaring temperatures, electricity consumption has increased. This electricity is generated at plants that use coal, gas or oil to generate electricity. The process releases harmful chemicals into the air and adds to the pollution,? said Kiranrajji Mangalilalji Shah, chairperson, Sheth Motisha Jain Religious and Charitable Trust. He added,?Each system has advantages and disadvantages, but renewable resources do not exploit any exhaustible resources. So we decided to rely on solar energy to produce electricity.? So far, about 20 religious institutions in the city have switched to solar power.Other trust members added that more panels will be installed by the year-end. ?The present installation is the first phase of the project. Our aim is to convert the entire campus into solar power zone. We are happy to give something back to the society and achieve our goal of maintaining an environmental balance,? said Jagdishchandra Chandulalji Mehta, managing trustee. The setup installed atop the building, which provides lodging facilities to devotees, on the temple premises on average generates 160 kilowatt hour (kWh) electricity per day. A Mumbai house with two bedrooms, on an average, uses 8 to 10 kWh electricity daily. ?We first want to test the system for three months before installing more panels in the phase II. During summers, the power generated is expected to be much more. We are using two German inverters to produce electricity in the first phase,? said Partth Kothari, company partner, Appsolar LLP, a private company that installed the project. The trust has also installed a net-metering system, which allows surplus power generated by solar to be exported back to the grid and any deficiency is imported from the grid. ?The benefits will be reflected every month in the temple?s electricity bills,? said Ghaverchandji Jivrajji Sanghvi, trustee, adding that the trust spent Rs 26 lakh to install the system with the help of donations from devotees. ?We expect to recover this in the next three years.?In the phase II of the project, the trust wants to convert the entire temple area into a green zone by planting fruiting trees along the periphery and within the temple complex.Satish Gavai, additional chief secretary, state environment department, said, ?We congratulate the different religious groups that have come forward and adopted renewable energy means to produce electricity. Religion can be one of the strongest sources of motivation for people to adopt green practices. These initiatives will encourage devotees to adopt such practices and contribute towards protecting the environment.? "
Ayushi Ahluwalia,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Majority of Indian Muslims are descendants of Hindus: BJP MP,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/lynching-debate-many-muslims-in-india-descendants-of-hindus-says-bjp-mp/story-edU1te9gVo4VPvt7SJFiLO.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Quoting BJP idealogue Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, Bihar BJP MP Hukumdev Narayan Yadav on Monday claimed that majority of Muslims in India are descendants of Hindus, and added both communities should respect each other's sentiments. Pointing out that freedom fighters like Maulana Azad used to sing 'Vande Mataram', he said it has now become a crime to sing the national song.","Majority of Muslims in India are descendants of Hindus, a BJP member claimed in the Lok Sabha on Monday, asking both the communities to respect each other?s sentiment.Participating in a debate on lynchings, Hukumdev Narayan Yadav slammed the opposition for targeting the central government over incidents of lynchings, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi has repeatedly come out strongly against such acts.He raised the issue of killing of RSS workers in Kerala, which is ruled by the Left Front.Yadav asserted that the responsibility of containing mob violence is that of the state governments.He said ?certain demons? have put on ?holy garb? to defame the government, likening it to an episode in the Ramayana.?Some people are indulging in terror (atankvadi) activities to defame the government,? the BJP member said and slammed the Congress for questioning the intention of the Modi government.Yadav, the MP from Madhubani in Bihar, said a fight between two ideologies has been going on for several decades and asserted those who follow the path of ?economic development and nationalism? will come out victorious.During his speech, he extensively quoted Deen Dayal Upadhyaya and said the BJP ideologue had stated that ?Muslims in India are descendants of Hindus.?He said every Muslim must respect Hindu sentiment and at the same time, Hindus must respect the Muslims.The MP was also severely critical of the policies of Congress and said ?I will prefer to die than bowing before the Congress...Some politicians sit with the Congress and have biryani and then indulge in artificial fight outside.?Yadav said he will prefer to die than abandoning the ideology he is fighting for.Talking about nationalism, Yadav said freedom fighters Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan had sung the poem ?Vande Mataram? but there is an environment now in which singing it is considered a crime.He also cited a recent case in which a political leader had sought support from the Naxals. ?There cannot be bigger lynching than this,? the BJP member said.Yadav also alleged that Deen Dayal Upadhyaya and Ram Manohar Lohia were killed in late 1960s as both were planning to join hands.The BJP MP drew the attention of the House towards the 1984 anti-Sikh riots and raised the issue of killing of RSS workers in Kerala."
Krishna Veera Vanamali,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Highest pub in the UK goes on sale for ?7.6 crore,https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jul/30/snowed-in-50-times-highest-pub-in-uk-goes-up-for-sale?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A 17th-century pub, holding the record for being the highest in the UK, is going on sale for �900,000 (nearly ?7.6 crore). It stands 1,732 feet above sea level and was named the highest in the UK by the Guinness Book of World Records in 1976. The landlady said the new owner will need to have stamina, eccentricity, and love.","A pub which holds the record for being the highest in the UK is going on for sale for �900,000.The 17th-century Tan Hill Inn in the Yorkshire Dales stands 1,732 ft (528m) above sea level. It was named the highest in the Britain by the Guinness Book of World Records in 1976, beating the Cat and Fiddle Inn in the Peak District with an elevation of 1,690 feet (515m).The listed building, which boasts panoramic views of the surrounding area, is regularly cut off by heavy snowfall and current landlady Louise Peace said she had been snowed in about 50 times, for between three and 11 days, since she bought it with her husband in 2005.A ?solitary inn? was noted to stand on the same spot on the Pennine Way in a 1586 guide book and the location near the village of Keld in Swaledale is popular with walkers hoping to see glimpses of the Northern Lights.Peace said the new owner of the pub would need to have stamina, eccentricity and love. ?It needs a nice family network, it?s a fantastic place, it needs a family that can pass it on to the next generation,? she told local media. ?It warms your cockles, it?s an amazing place.?It?s like having a child. You love it and nurture it, then it?s time for them to move on and you wish them all the best. You can?t not love Tan Hill. You can?t not miss it, you really can?t. It?s in your blood. But I still have to say ?cheerio? and let someone else take it on to the next level.?Peace, who is giving up the business to go and join her husband Mike at their retirement home in Somerset, said she had already had inquiries from potential buyers.In 2009, people celebrating New Year?s Eve at the Tan Hill Inn were stranded there for three days following a heavy snowfall. In November last year, the band Scouting For Girls were cut off along with around 200 others after playing a Children in Need gig at the pub. Guests were forced to squeeze into the inn?s 30 rooms, with many sleeping on sofas and floors."
Deepali Aggarwal,"31 Jul 2017,Monday","Pak interim PM nominee faces ?13,000 crore corruption probe",http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/pml-ns-interim-pm-nominee-facing-rs-220-billion-graft-inquiry/1/1015076.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Pakistan's interim Prime Minister nominee Shahid Abbasi, who most recently served as the country's Petroleum Minister, faces an inquiry over corruption in an over ?13,000-crore LNG (Liquefied natural gas) contract. Abbasi is accused of misusing his authority and causing a potential loss of ?12,000 crore to the national exchequer over 15 years.","By Sajjad Hussain Islamabad, Jul 31 (PTI) The ruling PML-N partys interim prime minister nominee Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is facing a Rs 220 billion corruption inquiry by Pakistans National Accountability Bureau over an LNG contract, according to a media report. Abbasi, the former minister for petroleum and natural resources, is the principal accused in a National Accountability Bureau (NAB) case registered in 2015 over the award of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import contract, Dawn News reported. Other suspects in the case include former petroleum secretary Abid Saeed, Inter State Gas Systems (ISGS) managing director Mobin Saulut, private firm Engros chief executive officer Emranul Haq and the Sui Southern Gas Companys (SSGC) ex-MD Zuhair Ahmed Siddiqui, the report said. Abbasi is expected to be elected as the new prime minister by Pakistans Parliament tomorrow, replacing ousted premier Nawaz Sharif. The Supreme Court on Friday disqualified 67-year-old Sharif for dishonesty and ruled that corruption cases be filed against him and his children over the Panama Papers scandal, forcing the embattled leader out of office. After Sharifs disqualification, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) nominated Abbasi as its candidate for the prime ministers post for an interim period before Punjab Chief Minister and Nawazs brother Shehbaz Sharif replaces him for the remaining 10 months of the governments term. According to NAB documents, the contract for the LNG import and distribution was awarded to the Elengy Terminal, a subsidiary of Engro, in 2013 in violation of the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA) rules and relevant laws. The bureau registered the case on July 29, 2015, but it is still in the inquiry stage, contrary to NAB Chairman Qamar Zaman Chaudhrys claim that he has introduced a new strategy under which the process of complaint verification, inquiry, investigation and filing of reference takes 10 months, the report said. It appears that like several cases of the Sharif family, this one has also been dumped by the NAB, it said. The case was registered on the complaint of Shahid Sattar, an energy expert and former member of the Planning Commission and the SSGC board of directors, along with others, accusing Abbasi of misusing his authority and causing a potential USD 2 billion loss to the national exchequer in 15 years. The NAB documents said that it had been recommended that the names of all accused in the case, including that of Abbasi, should be placed on the Exit Control List (ECL) and the process was ongoing, the report said. "
Tanya Dhingra,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",I won't do roles like 'heroine's behen' in films: Ridhima ,http://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/ridhima-pandit-i-will-never-do-crappy-roles-like-heroine-ki-behen-in-films/story-bW9UWCuRFv9eYWA7yHDUXN.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"TV actress Ridhima Pandit, known for playing a humanoid robot on the show 'Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant', has said she will not play ""crappy roles like the heroine's behen"" in films. Ridhima added, ""My demand is more on television. If I can be the queen on TV, why should I go and become a princess in films?""","Ridhima Pandit, who shot to fame with the portrayal of a humanoid robot on TV show Bahu Hamari Rajni Kant, is sure that she will never do small roles in films. She says,?I am not getting any good offers, and frankly, I will never play crappy roles like [the] heroine?s behen or anything like that. I want to do roles that are substantial enough to help the story move ahead. Also, my demand is more on television [shows]. If I can be the queen on TV, why should I go and become a princess in films??She is currently seen in the comedy show The Drama Company,which stars comedians such as Krushna Abhishek, Sudesh Lahri, and Sanket Bhosale. Happy that she got a chance to explore the physical comedy space, Ridhima says, ?The whole team is happy having me as a part of the show. The experience is totally different from daily soaps. There are no retakes, and the camera is rolling for at least an hour to shoot the whole gag. Everyone on the sets says that it was commendable of me to pick up live comedy so quickly. It reminded me of my theatre days.? Ridhima adds that she does not want to be a part of any saas-bahu shows. ?Before Bahu Hamari..., I had rejected a lot of offers for such shows. The regressive content of these shows doesn?t convince me, and if I myself am not convinced, I can?t expect my viewers to accept it,? says the actor.Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Chhavi Tyagi,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Sad we are debating lynching and not Digital India: IUML MP,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/parliament-day-11-live-updates-lok-sabha-debates-lynching-issue-ruckus-in-rajya-sabha-over-gujarat-mlas-issue/story-6CmyhZbfHTDMAYmQD3FFnI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Indian Union Muslim League MP PK Kunhalikutty on Monday said, ""When we should be discussing about Digital India, it is sad irony that we are discussing about mob lynching."" ""We are discussing a fundamental principle of secularism that we should uphold,"" he added in the Parliament. ""Let us be Hindustan and not Lynchistan,"" Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge said.","Charges and counter charges flew in the Lok Sabha on Monday over the issue of lynchings, with the Opposition parties targeting the Modi government and the ruling side asserting that it was the responsibility of the state governments to deal with such crimes.During the discussion, Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge criticised the Prime Minister for not talking about the issue enough and listed the various incidents of lynchings across the country.  BJP?s Hukmdev Narayan Yadav defended the government?s response and, referring to political killings  in Kerala, questioned why only certain incidents were considered lynchings.In the Rajya Sabha, after initial uproar  over the alleged kidnapping of MLAs by police in Gujarat, the house adjourned briefly before resuming Question Hour.Congress? Madhusudhan Mistry alleged that his party MLAs were being ?kidnapped? and offered ?Rs 10-15 crore? with a view to influence their vote in the August 8 elections to send three members from the state to the Rajya Sabha.Here are the highlights: 6:30 pm: Lok Sabha adjourned for the day.6:29 pm:?The more you are raising the issue, the veil of the opposition is getting unveiled. The more you try to defame us, the more the Opposition gets defames: Kiren Rijiju6:23 pm: Mother Teresa was not allowed to enter Arunachal Pradesh during Congress rule. If there has been one instance of persecution of Christians in Arunachal Pradesh after our rule, I?ll resign: Kiren Rijiju6:13 pm: Mob lynching is the worst form of crime, it should be condemned universally. Why do you raise selective issue. Previously it was intolerance, then award-wapsi, freedom of expression: Rijiju. 6:08 pm: Do you want the PM should break the federal structure and take over state machinery: Rijiju during lynching debate.6:04 pm: There is a trend in the country, the highest number of atrocities in India have taken place against scheduled castes: Rijiju.5:55 pm: Uproar in Lok Sabha during Kiren Rijiju?s statement.5:50 pm: Kiren Rijiju says issued advisory to every state that strong action should be taken against incident of mob lynching.5:45 pm: Asaduddin Owaisi says the instances of mob lynching will continue as this government promotes religion as an ideology.Is cow protection an essential part of Hinduism? asks Owaisi. Stop the shadow army. Our battle is against Hindutva and not Hinduism: Owaisi5:32 pm: When we should be discussion about digital India, it is sad irony that we are discussing about mob lynching:?Indian Union Muslim League  MP PK KunhalikuttyWe are discussing a fundamental principle of secularism that we should uphold, it is sad, says Kunhalikutty.5:20 pm: There seems to be a different between the words and action of Prime Minister: Mohammad Asrarul HaqueModi govt doesn?t only seem listen but also helpless. People who have skull cap and beard, women in burkha are today scared to step outside in public, he says.  5:18 pm: RJD MP?Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav say, ?The person who doesn?t differentiate between human and animal, there is a devil inside him.?5:08 pm: BJP?MP Prahlad Joshi talks about attack on BJP?MPs in West Bengal. Evokes sharp reaction from opposition members for not mentioning death of other people.4:39 pm: Maharashtra MP Supriya Sule says we should send a message as a uniform Parliament that we condemn lynching.?Yoga Day message should be about ahimsa and not just about surya namaskar,? she says.?The person who killed Junaid is out on bail. We should make regulation that someone who has killed someone shouldn?t be out on bail,? says the NCP?lawmaker. 4:29 pm: Mohammad Salim of CPI-M says the gathering of mob has a historical, political, psychological  aspect. There is a long history and it is not a spur of the moment occurrence. 4:17 pm: TDP?MP?from Guntur, Jayadev Galla, says mob violence, ?shows of strength in numbers, majority rule mentality and doesn?t have place in a peaceful society.? He says cow violence has reached an alarming proportion.... And it can?t be isolated into BJP or non-BJP?states.4:12 pm: Arvind Ganpat Sawant, MP?from Mumbai-South speaks on lynching. ?If there is hate, some say they are going perpetrate double the amount of hate,? he says.3: 55 pm: Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav says, ?Exploitation of and atrocities against women is high. It should end in the family first. Then it will stop in your locality, village and cities.? 3:45 pm: BJP?MP Hukumdev Narayan Yadav claims majority of Muslims in India are descendants of Hindus, PTI?reports.3:35 pm: BJD?s Tathagata Satpathy says, ?The gau rakshaks don?t know that more than half the cows in India are Jersey cows. Not their mother. They should recognise their mother.It?s sad if we can?t recognise our own mother.?Satpathy wonders why nobody is bothered about indigenous breeds of cows. 3:18 pm: AIADMK?s Dr K Gopal calls the situation of rising violence against minorities is worrisome. He names lynching incidents and says that the issue of beef is polarising.3:15pm: Kharge responds to Paswan?s comments there was no ?josh? in his speech. ?If you had an operation, you wouldn?t even be able to get up,? Kharge says.3:10 pm: Paswan targets CPI and asks why the killing of 6 people during its rule was not called ?a ?riot?.Paswan says the House needs to pass a resolution to condemn incidents of lynchings. ?Whenever something like this takes place, all chief ministers must ensure perpetrator is arrested and investigation begins within 24 hours.?3:05 pm: ?PM Modi has never mentioned Babri Masjid or Ayodhya or Article 370. He only speaks of development,? says Paswan.3:00 pm: Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan says, ?The Prime Minister has condemned these incidents twice. Do you want him to send in the army when such incidents happen??2:55 pm:  Quiet resumes as Roy speaks again. He says he has a few suggestions. ?In the IPC and the CrPC, lynching not defined. We need a new and exclusive law on protecting against lynching,? Roy says.2:54 pm: Uproar as MPs yell at each other across the aisle. 2:53 pm: BJP?s SS Ahluwalia lashes out, ?Strike this from the record. This is unfair. He must also bring the source of his information here and validate. Only then should he be allowed to talk further.?2:50 pm:  Roy compares the killing of Muslims to the targeted killing of African-Americans by Ku Klux Klan in the US. ?In 23 attacks, the attackers were from Bajrang Dal and Hindu groups,? he says.Roy says, ?Yeh sab bandar hai! (These groups are the BJP?s monkeys.)? Uproar as MPs call the comment ?unparliamentary?.2:45 pm: Kiren Rijiju interrupts Roy, asking him on what basis he was making these claims.2:37 pm: TMC?s Saugata Roy speaks and clarifies he does not want to talk about general mob violence but bovine-related mob violence. Between 2010 anmd 2017, 63 people were killed in cow-related incidents of mob violence, Roy says.?I don?t want to bring Hindu-Muslim into this but 97% of these killings took place after Narendra Modi came to power. 86% were Muslims. I want to ask members of the ruling party, you say you want Congress-mukt Bharat. Do you want Muslim-mukt Bharat??Roy says 52% of the killings took place in BJP ruled states.2:30 pm: Yadav cites Ram Mohair Lohaia?s example, saying he was a socialist who didn?t believe in Gods but knew prevalence of Hindu culture and traditions, and respected it.2:26 pm:  Yadav says, ?The ancestors of the Muslims were Hindus. Therefore the gods, the culture and traditions are also their?s. They must think about this.?2:20 pm: Debate resumes in Lok?Sabha. Yadav continues his speech. 2:15pm: Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawarchand Gehlot begins the debate. Congress? BK Hariprasad says Opposition is not happy with the way government pushes Bills in the Parliament.2:00 pm: Rajya Sabha takes up Constitution (123rd) Amendment Bill, 2017 and National Commission for Backward Classes (Repeal) Bill, 2017.1:15 pm: Lok Sabha adjourned till 2:15 pm for lunch. Yadav to speak for five more minutes after that.1:14 pm: Yadav says, ?Muslims must learn to live with Hindus respecting their culture and traditions.?1:12 pm: ?Why is it wrong to say Vande Mataram these days? Is this not mob lynching?? Yadav asks.1:10 pm: In the Lok Sabha, Yadav attacks the Congress saying,?You have done dharmik atyachar, samajik atyachar, mansik atyachar, arthik atyachar and ruined the country.?1:05 pm: In Rajya Sabha, Question Hour concludes. House adjourned till 2 pm for lunch.1:03 pm: Yadav says, ?The Junaid incident was a fight over a train seat. Why are you linking it with religion? What about the killings in Kerala? Are we not human? Are they not lynchings because they are not Muslims??1:00 pm: Yadav asks,??Is the mob lynching of DSP Ayub Pandith in J&K not an incident worth mentioning??12:57 pm: Yadav says, ?The PM himself has condemned the mob incidents repeatedly. It?s upto states to follow law. Centre can?t send paramilitary forces there on its own.?12:55 pm: BJP?s Hukmdev Narayan Yadav says government has been addressing the issue and taking action. He asks why the Opposition is questioning the government?s intention.12:50 pm: Kharge concludes with,?Duniya mein sab ka yahi hai kehna, Shanti aur chain se zinda rehna...Let us be Hindustan and not Lynchistan.?Two hours were alloted for the discussion. Kharge spoke for over 35 minutes.12:47 pm:  ?This government is imposing itself on what a person can eat and who one can love,? says Kharge.12: 45 pm:  Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar interrupts Kharge for mentioning a former President?s name citing rule 352.Kumar says, ?Kharge must validate all the documents he is reading from. Every state government has taken action against each of these incidents. He is misleading the House.?12: 36 pm: BJP benches raise a ruckus. Speaker warns Kharge about duration of his speech.12:34 pm: Kharge quotes a BJP leader as saying that there was ?no regret over the death of Pehlu Khan because he was a cow smuggler.?12:32 pm: BJP members protests reported facts being read out by Kharge. 12:30 pm: In the Lok Sabha discussion, Kharge says, ?The Prime Minister has not spoken about the killings on his Mann Ki Baat programme.?12:28 pm: Meanwhile, first two questions in the Rajya Sabha are about MNREGA.12:26 pm: Kharge mentions incidents in Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. He says he is only listing them.12:24 pm: Nishikant Dubey of BJP says, ?The cases of violence Mr.Kharge is mentioning are already in the courts, so why is he saying all this? He cannot speak about these cases.?12:22 pm:  The Lok Sabha has begun a short-duration discussion on lynchings and mob violence. Mallikarjun Kharge of Congress says, ?There?s a feeling of threat in many states, especially because of fringe groups. Incidents of lynching and mob violence are not under control. Taking matters into one?s hands and exercising violence or killing another is unacceptable.??The government is indirectly encouraging groups like the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal and gau bhakts,? Kharge says.12:12 pm: Lok Sabha postpones Zero Hour to end of the day.12:07 pm: Question hour ends in Lok Sabha. Speaker dismisses all adjournment notices. Arun Jaitley introduced all the Bills listed today.12:02 pm: Chair praises MPs for not exceeding time alloted to them and allowing him to wrap up all notices to end Zero Hour on time.12:00 pm: Issues raised in the Upper House include changes in NET, impact of demonetisation, transaction on BHIM app and privatisation of Railways. 11:45 pm: Rajya Sabha returns from adjournment. Zero Hours resumes. 11:30 pm: MPs protest in the well in Rajya Sabha. Congress creates ruckus over alleged kidnapping of MLAs by police in Gujarat. House adjourned for 10 minutes.11:20 am: Zero Hour in Rajya Sabha. Congress? Madhusudan Mistry raises issue of Gujarat MLAs resignations.11:05 am: Question hour in Lok Sabha.10:40 am:Bills to be introduced in Lok Sabha todayThe Central Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Bill, 2017The Integrated Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Bill, 2017The Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Amendment Bill 2017 Bills for consideration and passing today:The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Amendment) Bill, 2017The Banking Reguation (Amendment) Bill, 2017The Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy Bill, 2017Bills for consideration and passing in Rajya Sabha todayThe Constitution (123rd Amendment) Bill, 2017The National Commission for Backward Classes (Repeal) Bill, 2017The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill,2017"
Chhavi Tyagi,"31 Jul 2017,Monday","Tolerated them a lot, ran out of patience: Nitish on RJD",http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/nitish-kumar-counters-lalu-yadav-says-was-left-with-no-option/1/1015167.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Talking about his two-year alliance with Lalu Prasad Yadav's RJD, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said, ""I didn't have a choice, I tolerated them a lot."" Nitish further said, ""Though this happens in an alliance, but I ran out of patience. Lalu ji kept defending his son and never spoke up for me.""","In his first press conference after his dramatic alliance with the BJP last week, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said Narendra Modi will return as India's Prime Minister in 2019 since there is nobody to take him on. ""Nobody in India has the capacity to take on Modi ji,"" he said. After the sudden break-up with Lalu Prasad's RJD over corruption allegations last week, Nitish aligned again with the BJP and formed a coalition government on July 27. In 2013, he had ended his 17-year-old alliance with the BJP over Modi's nomination as the party's prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha election.Nitish claimed the offer to form the government came from the BJP. ""The proposal came from the BJP's top leadership. The Prime Minister tweeted as well,"" he said, referring to Modi's tweet congratulating him on taking a stand against corruption by his resignation.� ON DUMPING LALUDefending his decision to dump Lalu, Nitish said he ""put up with a lot"" during his two-year alliance with Lalu Prasad's RJD and claimed he had no option but to call it off.�""I didn't have a choice, I tolerated them a lot. Though this happens in an alliance, but I ran out of patience,"" he said, referring to the allegations of corruption against Lalu and his family, mainly son Tejashwi Yadav, who was Nitish's deputy in the former Bihar government.�""Lalu ji kept defending his son and never spoke up for me,"" Nitish said. ""They should have gone to the people and explained the allegations against them,"" he said.""After the cabinet meeting, Tejashwi asked me what to explain. I told him that I don't have much experience about property, deposit, land etc. I just told him to clarify his stand on the allegations. Merely saying that it is political vendetta may be good for your supporters, but for common people, it was not sufficient,"" he said as he narrated the events leading to his resignation on July 25.JD-U DIVIDED""I don't agree with the decision in Bihar. It is unfortunate,"" Yadav told reporters outside Parliament.""The mandate of the people (in Bihar in 2015) was not for this,"" the Rajya Sabha member said on Nitish Kumar's decision to break the JD-U's alliance with the Grand Alliance of the RJD and the Congress in the state."
Dishant Sharma,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton gave up podium finish for teammate,https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/30/sebastian-vettel-wins-hungarian-grand-prix-report?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"British F1 driver Lewis Hamilton gave up on a third place finish at the Hungarian Grand Prix to let his teammate Valtteri Bottas finish third instead. Hamilton, who was fourth placed, asked Mercedes to tell Bottas to let him through to chase down the leading Ferraris, agreeing to give the third place back if he fails to overtake them.","The Hungarian Grand Prix could yet stand as one of the defining moments of the 2017 Formula One season.Under the unyielding sun of a Budapest summer the two title protagonists, who have been equally unforgiving on track in a battle that has swayed gloriously between them, finally showed their hands as to how that fight would proceed in the second half of the season.Sebastian Vettel won what was hardly a classic race but Lewis Hamilton, in standing by his team-mate, admitted he might have dropped points that could ultimately cost him the world championship.Vettel won at the Hungaroring with an impressive drive from pole position. That he did so while nursing a damaged steering wheel made it all the more of an achievement but also put the Scuderia on the spot.His team-mate Kimi Raikkonen was quicker on track but they chose not to order Vettel to allow him to pass. That the German is their only title contender could not have been clearer.In their wake Hamilton was on a charge and in turn faster than his team?mate Valtteri Bottas. With passing at the Hungaroring all but impossible this year, he asked Mercedes to tell Bottas to let him through to chase down the leading Ferraris, agreeing that he would give the place back should he fail to overtake them. Bottas let him through and, unable to pass Raikkonen and seven seconds up the road from his team-mate, Hamilton duly gave back the place on the final lap. Raikkonen held second, with Bottas in third and Hamilton fourth.The British driver now trails Vettel by 14 points in the world championship and ceding the place cost him three. With the title fight likely to go to the wire it might yet prove to have been the sportsmanlike gesture that could deny him a fourth drivers? title this year.?I want to win the championship the right way,? he said. ?I don?t know whether that will come back to bite me on the backside or not but I said at the beginning of the year, I want to win it the right way. I do think today was the right way to do things.?Ferrari have a long history of imposing team orders and designating a No1 driver but the Mercedes executive director, Toto Wolff, agreed with Hamilton and drew a stark comparison with how his team and the Scuderia went racing.?We have seen the backlash from decisions that were ruthless and cold blooded and the effect that it had on the brand,? he said. ?You could say: ?Screw it, it still won them the championship, who cares? They are in the history books.? But I do not think that is the right spin and if the purpose of us being here is to do the right things and win in the right way ? sometimes doing it the right way and standing by your values is tough and it was today, believe me.?Giving the place back was no easy feat. Bottas was only just in front of the Red Bull of Max Verstappen and there was a real danger the manoeuvre could have cost Hamilton two places. The team had debated whether it should be done but were clear Hamilton was not instructed to do so and that he was merely sticking to his word.?It was very sportsmanlike behaviour,? said Wolff, who also acknowledged that it could cost Hamilton the title. ?These values won us six championships and it will make us win more championships in years to come. It cost us three points and could cost us the championship and we are perfectly conscious of that. But in terms of how the drivers and this team operates, we stick to what we say and if the consequences are as much as losing the championship, then we will take it.?There was little doubt that Vettel deserved the 25 points, both he and Raikkonen having a pace advantage in the early stage over Mercedes. But he revealed he was wrestling with his damaged car from the off. ?I felt there was something not right on the grid and for the formation lap the steering wheel was not straight,? he said.?Then it got worse and towards the end of the stint it was more difficult. We spoke on the radio about it and I was told to avoid the kerbs but on this track you use them on every corner, so you lose speed. It was good that it is tricky to overtake here. It felt like a very long race.?Ferrari have not won the constructors? championship since 2008 and have not taken the drivers? title since Raikkonen claimed it in 2007. Their step forward to go head-to head with Mercedes this season gives them a real opportunity to end the drought.Raikkonen might have been passed by Hamilton, which would have cost them constructor points, but they opted to gamble on the British driver being unable to do so. It paid off and they can consider their strategy a success but it indicated that they were willing to risk the team championship in favour of backing Vettel for the title.Maurizio Arrivabene, Ferrari?s team principal, praised Raikkonen for being a ?true team player? and Sergio Marchionne, the Ferrari chief executive, admitted the result had come as a relief. ?It was a much?needed win,? he said. ?The great thing is we earned it, this was a tough, tough race and we almost lost it and we got it back.?Vettel holds the lead going into the summer break and he has earned it but Hamilton can also rest easy knowing that he held an honourable line in Hungary. ?The team were in a difficult position but I think today really shows, hopefully, that I am a man of my word,? he said."
Krishna Veera Vanamali,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",43% employees are in the unorganised sector: Govt,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/43-per-cent-employees-in-unorganised-sector-govt/1/1014993.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya has said that as many as 43% of the country's employees are in the unorganised sector and 4.7 crore of them were in the construction sector. He said efforts are on to enhance wages and provide benefits of PF and insurance to them. ""The Ministry...is committed for the social security of the labour force,"" he added.","New Delhi, Jul 31 (PTI) As many as 43 per cent of the countrys employees are in the unorganised sector and efforts are on to provide them EPF, ESIC and other benefits, the Lok Sabha was informed today. Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya said there are around 43 per cent of the total employees in the country are in the unorganised sector and 4.7 crore of them were in the construction sector. He said steps have been taken to enhance the minimum wages of labourers and efforts are on to provide the benefits of Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) and Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) to them. "
Arshiya Chopra,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Gujarat flood death toll crosses 200 mark,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/gujarat-floods-death-toll-over-200-killed-80000-relocated/1/1015010.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"At least 213 lives have been lost and over 80,000 have been relocated due to floods in Gujarat. As many as 4,000 animals have also been killed in the flood, with an estimate of over a million households and farmlands being affected. PM Narendra Modi recently assured relief operations were being carried out on massive scale in the flood-affected areas.","Widespread flooding in Gujarat has killed more than 200 people and paralysed infrastructure, with tens of thousands of cotton farmers also suffering heavy damage.More than a million households had been affected and losses to farmlands were being assessed. Over 4000 animals have been killed due to the floods. More than 50,000 cotton farmers are struggling to drain water from their land and homes.Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that flood-affected areas are being closely monitored and relief operations are being undertaken on a massive scale. Army, Air Force and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel rescued 12,798 people, of which 825 were airlifted by the IAF.As many as 80,000 people were relocated to safer places, including 38,241 in Banaskantha and Patan, it said.Several of the affected roads are still under water which will delay the construction work, it said. The damage is assessed at Rs 10 crore for national highways and Rs 26 crore for state highways.The airport in Ahmedabad, the main commercial hub of Gujarat, was partially flooded, forcing airlines to divert flights. More than 150 factories were forced to shut down. According to the state-run India Meteorological Department, rains have been 4 percent above average since the four-month monsoon season began in June.ALSO READ:Help those affected in Gujarat, Assam floods, Aamir Khan appeals on Twitter"
Prashanti Moktan,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Jolie denies report of using cruel casting process for kids,http://www.hindustantimes.com/hollywood/accusation-of-exploitative-child-audition-is-false-upsetting-angelina-jolie/story-gYbfY47ebkRd6SHXvy4vFO.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Angelina Jolie has denied reports of using a cruel casting process while auditioning children for her film. ""Upset that a pretend exercise in an improvisation, from an actual scene...has been written about as if it was a real scenario,"" said Jolie. The casting involved a game where poor children were made to snatch money and justify the mock theft. ","Angelina Jolie says accounts of her casting process for children to appear in her film First They Killed My Father are false and upsetting. An excerpt from a Vanity Fair profile of the director sparked backlash online earlier this week from people who criticized the methods as being cruel and exploitative.Adapted from Loung Ung?s memoir, the biographical drama centres on her childhood under the brutal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. Jolie co-wrote and directed the film, which she talked about in a recent Vanity Fair profile.The article described a scene in which casting directors in their attempt to find a child actor to play the lead role presented money to impoverished children only to take it away from them as an acting exercise.Jolie and producer Rithy Panh issued joint statements Sunday responding to the outrage and refuting claims that the production was exploitative through a representative from Netflix, which is producing and distributing the film.?I am upset that a pretend exercise in an improvisation, from an actual scene in the film, has been written about as if it was a real scenario. The suggestion that real money was taken from a child during an audition is false and upsetting,? Jolie said. ?I would be outraged myself if this had happened.?Jolie said parents, guardians and doctors were on set daily to care for the children and ?make sure that no one was in any way hurt by participating in the recreation of such a painful part of their country?s history.?Panh, who himself is a survivor of the Khmer Rouge, added that casting ?was done in the most sensitive way possible?.He described a process that was informed both by families? preferences and NGO (non-governmental organization) guidelines in which the children understood that they would be acting out a scene.The Vanity Fair article described a scene in which casting directors in their attempt to find a child actor to play the lead role presented money to impoverished children only to take it away from them as an acting exercise.
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						?The children were not tricked or entrapped, as some have suggested,? Panh said. ?They understood very well that this was acting, and make believe.?The Vanity Fair article went into more detail about the production than the one paragraph that circulated on Twitter, which sparked the initial outrage.A representative from Vanity Fair issued a statement Sunday saying that author Evgenia Peretz ?clearly describes what happened during the casting process as a ?game?? and ?that the filmmakers went to extraordinary lengths to be sensitive in addressing the psychological stresses on the cast and crew that were inevitable in making a movie about the genocide carried out in Cambodia by the Khmer Rouge.?Jolie?s film will debut on Netflix sometime after showing at the Toronto International Film Festival this September.Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Aarushi Maheshwari,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Man steals designer saris for wife to wear at beauty pageant,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/chhattisgarh-teacher-steals-designer-sarees-for-wife-to-wear-in-sawan-sundari-community-gala/story-blAjJSJC6bM4Ov14zpuuJK.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A Chhattisgarh primary school teacher has been arrested for allegedly stealing two designer saris worth ?56,000 for his wife to wear at local beauty pageant 'Sawan Sundari'. The police said Srikant Gupta ""admitted he could not afford the saris, but did not want his wife to feel inferior among other women of the community."" Gupta reportedly earns ?2,500 per month.","Srikant Gupta?s wallet did not permit it, but the Chhattisgarh primary school teacher bit the bullet for his wife ? stealing two designer sarees allegedly worth Rs 56,000 for her to flaunt in a community gala. She wore the sarees to the gala titled ?Sawan Sundari (Monsoon Beauty)? last week, but police soon came looking for Gupta, who earns Rs 2,500 per month as a Shiksha Mitra (a system under which teachers are hired on contract). Now, Gupta, his wife, and his cousin are behind bars for the theft from a shop in Bilaspur district, about 115km north of state capital Raipur.?He told us he stole the sarees because he wanted his wife to shine among other women in their community pageant,? said Nasar Siddiqui, station house officer (SHO) of Civil Lines police station in Bilaspur. ?Gupta admitted he could not afford the sarees, but did not want his wife to feel inferior among other women of the community. He stole the sarees and gifted them to her,? Siddiqui added. There are no winners or losers in the traditional ?Sawan Sundari? galas, where women deck up in all their finery. Police started investigation on the complaint of the saree store owner, who put the price of the two stolen items at Rs 56,000. Police circulated the shop?s CCTV footage of the theft and soon got information that Gupta?s wife had been spotted wearing the sarees. ?We got a video of the gala where the woman was wearing one of the stolen sarees,? said Siddiqui. Police zeroed in on Gupta and his wife and recovered the stolen sarees. Gupta?s cousin was held for helping him in the theft.Police said Gupta, 26, did not have any prior criminal record."
Tanya Dhingra,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",I went mad on Twitter after watching Bajirao Mastani: Shahid,http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/there-re-no-scenes-of-romance-between-khilji-and-padmavati-shahid-kapoor/story-vOsYSgHnPT24bDz2phFsDN.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Shahid Kapoor said he went mad on Twitter after watching Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Bajirao Mastani' and started appreciating everyone. Shahid, who will be seen in Bhansali's upcoming film 'Padmavati', added, ""Never knew that I will be part of his (Bhansali's) next film...It's awesome to be working with someone whose work I have admired in the recent past...I am really excited.""","Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor says his upcoming film Padmavati, marred by controversies, is made with a good intent.Shahid, who won the Big Zee Entertainment Award for the best actor  for Udta Punjab on Saturday, spoke to the media on the sidelines of the event.Talking about the controversies surrounding the historical drama, whose shooting was disrupted for showing a romantic angle between Rajput queen Padmavati and Alauddin Khilji, Shahid said: ?According to me, I have not shot any scene which has been changed. I think there were a lot of presumptions about the film, and people were presuming about the scenes.?Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor and wife Mira Rajput arrive for the IIFA Awards.
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						?The clarification has been given that no such scene is there in the film. I hope when people see this film, they will realize that the heart of the film and intent of the film is very good,? he said.?This country and the people who live in it, and specially the area we are talking about in the film, will be glorified. I play a Rajput king and my character, I feel, will be admired by people.?Padmavati is being directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and Shahid is happy about collaborating with him for the first time.Shahid Kapoor accepts his award at the 2017 International Indian Film Academy Festival.
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						?It?s a very big film, very intense, romantic and looked forward to film for various reasons. I think it?s a labour of love for Mr. Bhansali. I had gone mad on Twitter after watching his last film (?Bajirao Mastani?), appreciating everyone, and never knew that I will be part of his (Bhansali?s) next film,? Shahid said.?So, it?s awesome to be working with someone whose work I have admired in the recent past. The film (Padmavati) has a great cast and going to be a huge film. I am really excited, but I want to underplay it, so I am trying to do that right now,? said the Haider actor.Padmavati also stars Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padulone and Aditi Rao Hydari in key roles.Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Tanya Dhingra,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Akshay is different from the notion of a superstar: Bhumi,http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/bhumi-pednekar-akshay-sir-breaks-the-notion-of-a-superstar/story-7AQrAieZ33TzpohKPEqkhP.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Bhumi Pednekar has said that Akshay Kumar is different from the notion of the superstar one has in mind, while adding, ""When you see Akshay sir, it all comes crashing down."" Bhumi added, ""He is so down-to-earth and is always punctual on set... he is so focused and professional."" She further called Akshay a great example for newcomers like her.","Akshay Kumar never fails to impress his co-stars. The latest being actor Bhumi Pednekar, who has a host of good things to say about Akshay with whom she recently worked in Toilet: Ek Prem Katha.?Sir (Akshay) is so focused and professional. He completely dedicates himself during the filming process. He is a great example to have for newcomers like us. On set, he is filled with excitement and is so well-behaved. He believes in spreading happiness,? says Bhumi, who made her debut with actor Ayushmann Khurrana in Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015).    Keshav and Jaya are ready with swag. ?.Bringing to you our sweet little Prem Katha London #toiletuktakeover #toiletekpremkatha @akshaykumar ?? A post shared by Bhumi Pednekar (@psbhumi) on Jul 20, 2017 at 6:31am PDTShowering more praise on him, Bhumi adds, ?When you are growing up, you have a notion of what a superstar will be like. Akshay sir is absolutely different from that. When you see Akshay sir, it all comes crashing down. He is so down-to-earth and is always punctual on set. Professionally, I wish I could adopt those habits from him.?     The best love stories have known the greatest pain. Here's #LatthMaar for you ? @akshaykumar Link in bio A post shared by Bhumi Pednekar (@psbhumi) on Jul 11, 2017 at 7:41pm PDTSpeaking about their film, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, which highlights the problem of open defecation in rural India, Bhumi says she wasn?t even aware that Akshay was part of the film, when she signed it. ?I said yes to the film because of the script. I didn?t know about Akshay sir being a part of it then. It is one of those rare films that is an out-and-out romance. It?s a very credible film with a social message, so I knew I am not letting it go,? says a proud Bhumi. Asked if she thinks that the film will actually turn the spotlight on to the problem of open defecation, she adds. ?It will be an eye-opener. As responsible citizens we must all work towards making a better society. We can?t have the ostrich mentality and look away from issues and think things are fine. We all need to work towards it,? she says. Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Mishika Bangia,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Govt to take action against corrupt officials from Aug 15,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/narendra-modi-government-corruption-vigilance-department-home-ministry/1/1014881.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,The Modi government is planning to launch a crackdown on corrupt officials reportedly from August 15. Letters have been dispatched to various departments and paramilitary forces to finalise the list of corrupt officials by August 5. The list will be sent to Central Bureau of Investigation and Central Vigilance Commission who will keep a close watch and recommend necessary actions.,"Prime Minister Narendra Modi has time and again claimed that corruption has come down since he took charge and that providing graft-free rule is on top of his priority. Now, to further polish its taint-free image, the government is preparing a crackdown on corrupt officials.According to a government notification available exclusively with India Today, the vigilance department of each ministry has been asked to prepare a dossier of tainted and corrupt officials.WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: RULES TO PROBE CORRUPTION CASES AMENDED Changing an over 50-year-old rule, the government in June set a deadline of six months to complete probe in corruption cases involving its employeesThe decision has been taken to speed up the investigation in such cases, most of them pending for quiet a long timeThe Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has amended Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965, and decided time-line for critical stages of investigation and enquiry proceedings.The Inquiring Authority should conclude the inquiry and submit its report within a period of six months, says the amended rules.However, an extension for a period not exceeding six months at a time may be allowed for any good and sufficient reasons to be recorded in writing by the disciplinary authority, it saidEarlier, there was no time-frame to complete an enquiry.ALSO READ:India most corrupt nation in Asia, most Indians believe PM Modi is checking itJolt to PM Modi's crusade against corruption as CVC's portal crashes, data against corrupt officials deleted"
Arshiya Chopra,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Raj Babbar injured in police action in UP: Congress,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/raj-babbar-injured-in-police-action-in-up-congress-tells-rajya-sabha/story-mpCOltfSNRqYF5ykj1gxSK.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Congress on Monday informed Rajya Sabha that Raj Babbar has been injured in police action against villagers protesting demolition of their houses in Uttar Pradesh. They added that due to the injuries, he was unable to attend the Parliament proceedings. The house's Deputy Chairman dismissed the issue of Babbar's safety and security saying the state government should deal with this.","Opposition Congress said in Rajya Sabha on Monday that its MP Raj Babbar was allegedly injured in police action against villagers protesting demolition of their houses in the Ambedkar Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh.Raising the issue through a notice under rule 267 that seeks setting aside of the business to take up discussion on the issue, Pramod Tiwari (Cong) said force was used against the villagers protesting against demolition.Raj Babbar, he said, was injured and is unable to attend the proceedings in Parliament.Deputy chairman PJ Kurien said if the member has a complaint, he can raise it and give a privilege notice.Tiwari was joined by other Congress members in raising the issue of the safety and security of Babbar, who is sitting on dharna at the protest site.Kurien asked them if the lawmaker was being prevented from attending Parliament. When they replied in negative, he said the notice is not admitted.Finance minister and Leader of the House Arun Jaitley said Babbar cannot be present at both the places - the dharna site and Parliament at the same time and he has to decide where he wants to be.Kurien said if Babbar is sitting on a dharna, it is for the state government to deal with it.Sharad Yadav (JD-U) raised the issue of employees of Jabalpur ordnance factory being on protest against the closure of certain units there.He said there were 41 ordnance factories in the country, manufacturing some 600 items for defence.The government should take note of the protests against the closure of the vehicle manufacturing factory, he said.Kurien however disallowed the notice.  "
Shifa Naseer,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Facebook shuts AI system after bots speak their own language,http://www.hindustantimes.com/tech/facebook-shuts-ai-system-after-bots-speak-their-own-language-defy-human-instructions/story-uOBPzNjLjwl7v2L79o47aM.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Facebook has shut down one of its Artificial Intelligence systems after chatbots programmed to converse in English started speaking in their own language. Using machine learning algorithms, the bots were allowed to converse freely to strengthen their conversational skills. However, they began to deviate from the scripted norms and started speaking a new language created without human input. ","Days after Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that artificial intelligence (AI) was the biggest risk, Facebook has shut down one of its AI systems after chatbots started speaking in their own language defying the codes provided.According to a report in Tech Times on Sunday, the social media giant had to pull the plug on the AI system that its researchers were working on ?because things got out of hand?. ?The AI did not start shutting down computers worldwide or something of the sort, but it stopped using English and started using a language that it created,? the report noted.Initially the AI agents used English to converse with each other but they later created a new language that only AI systems could understand, thus, defying their purpose.This led Facebook researchers to shut down the AI systems and then force them to speak to each other only in English.In June, researchers from the Facebook AI Research Lab (FAIR) found that while they were busy trying to improve chatbots, the ?dialogue agents? were creating their own language.Soon, the bots began to deviate from the scripted norms and started communicating in an entirely new language which they created without human input, media reports said.Using machine learning algorithms, the ?dialogue agents? were left to converse freely in an attempt to strengthen their conversational skills.The researchers also found these bots to be ?incredibly crafty negotiators?.?After learning to negotiate, the bots relied on machine learning and advanced strategies in an attempt to improve the outcome of these negotiations,? the report said.?Over time, the bots became quite skilled at it and even began feigning interest in one item in order to ?sacrifice? it at a later stage in the negotiation as a faux compromise,? it added.Although this appears to be a huge leap for AI, several experts including Professor Stephen Hawking have raised fears that humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, could be superseded by AI.Others like Tesla?s Elon Musk, philanthropist Bill Gates and ex-Apple founder Steve Wozniak have also expressed their concerns about where the AI technology was heading.Interestingly, this incident took place just days after a verbal spat between Facebook CEO and Musk who exchanged harsh words over a debate on the future of AI.?I?ve talked to Mark about this (AI). His understanding of the subject is limited,? Musk tweeted last week. The tweet came after Zuckerberg, during a Facebook livestream earlier this month, castigated Musk for arguing that care and regulation was needed to safeguard the future if AI becomes mainstream.?I think people who are naysayers and try to drum up these doomsday scenarios -- I just, I don?t understand it. It?s really negative and in some ways I actually think it is pretty irresponsible,? Zuckerberg said.Musk has been speaking frequently on AI and has called its progress the ?biggest risk we face as a civilisation?.?AI is a rare case where we need to be proactive in regulation instead of reactive because if we?re reactive in AI regulation it?s too late,? he said."
Prashanti Moktan,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Political party files ?100 cr defamation case against Haasan,http://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/bigg-boss-puthiya-tamizhagam-serves-legal-notice-to-kamal-haasan/story-o2YcD3JWERn4vC6xcj7OQN.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Political party Pudhiya Thamilagam has filed ?100 crore defamation case against actor Kamal Haasan and a private television channel over derogatory comments made by an actor on the Tamil version of reality show 'Bigg Boss'. The party has given Haasan, who is hosting the show, and the television channel seven days to tender an unconditional apology or face defamation charges.","Kamal Haasan and Bigg Boss Tamil have been plagued with problems from the start.Puthiya Tamizhagam, a Dalit party, has served a legal notice to a private TV channel and film actor Kamal Haasan for allegedly hurting the sentiments of those living in slums and huts due to comments made by an actor on the reality show Bigg Boss.In the notice served through the lawyers, the party has sought Rs 100 crore as damages if the actor and TV channel failed to tender an unconditional apology within seven days of receipt of the notice, Puthiya Tamizhagam founder-president Dr K Krishnasamy told reporters.Krishnasamy said he had already demanded that Haasan and the channel (Star Vijay TV) tender the apology a fortnight ago for the remarks made by Gayatri Raghuram, while referring to another actor that her?s was ?cheri? (a reference to those living in slums and huts) behaviour and notice was issued for their failure do so.?I have already appealed to actor Gayathri Raguram, a Bigg Boss Tamil participant, to apologise for abusing another participant by saying that she was behaving like ?slum people?. The term, which has hurt members of a particular community, should have been edited out by the channel,? Krishnasamy told media persons at Kuniyamuthur here on Sunday. ?Though two weeks have passed, neither Gayathri Raguram nor show-host Kamal Haasan nor the TV channel have as yet apologised for using the term,? he was quoted in the New Indian Express as saying.The remarks by Gayatri had hurt the sentiments of those living in slums and huts as it showed them in poor light, he said. If they failed to apologise within seven days of the receipt of the notice, he would approach high court seeking Rs 100 crore as damages, Krishnsasmy said.Besides Haasan, notices were issued to Gayatri Raghuram, Deepk Dhar, CEO and managing director, Endemol Shine India, Mumbai, and Ajay Vidya Sagar, general manager, Star Vijay TV, Chennai, he said. "
Parmeet Kaur,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Mumbai teen allegedly kills self for 'Blue Whale' challenge,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mumbai-teen-suicide-could-be-first-indian-case-of-blue-whale-challenge/1/1014835.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A 14-year-old Mumbai boy killed himself on Saturday after jumping off the terrace of a seven-storey building. Police suspect that the boy was addicted to the online game 'Blue Whale' which demands players to complete 50 tasks in 50 days, with the last task being committing suicide. However, the police is officially yet to find the reason for his suicide.","A 14-year-old boy in Andheri, a suburb of Mumbai, killed himself this weekend, jumping off the terrace of his seven-floor building on Saturday. Sources within the Mumbai Police tell India Today that the boy is believed to have been addicted to an online game known as 'Blue Whale'. Blue Whale is a challenge-based underground game with a shadowy history, and has previously been linked to suicides in Russia and other countries. However, officially, Mumbai Police has said that it is yet to find the reason behind the 14-year-old Andheri boy's suicide.The boy, a 9th standard student of an international school in Andheri, is survived by his parents and two sisters. He dreamed of becoming a pilot and had expressed a desire to go to Russia for training.�On Saturday, a neighbour from a building adjoining the boy's spotted the teenager on the terrace, walking on parapet while shooting what seemed to be a selfie video. The boy then jumped off and killed himself.� The Mumbai Police have registered an accidental death report (ADR) in the matter and have ruled it to be a clear case of suicide.Cops, however, refused to confirm whether the suicide was linked to Blue Whale. Speaking to India Today, DCP Navinchandra Reddy said, ""The parents have not given any information on the reason of suicide, they are in state of shock. We are investigating the case in all possible angles (sic).""BLUE WHALEBlue Whale is a video game said to have originated in Russia and its creator was reportedly arrested by Russian police earlier this year. The game gives players a series of 50 quests, with the final task asking them to commit suicide. The game also asks players to document the completion of each task in the form of photographs. The players are supposed to send the evidence of their completion to the game's administrator who then qualifies them to attempt the next task. Blue Whale's tasks range from the seemingly harmless - watching a scary video at 4 am - to the disturbing - writing/drawing on arms with a sharp object.For the final task, players are directed to jump off a terrace building while, again, documenting the act in the form of photos/video. �According to media reports, Blue Whale has spread across several countries and taken lives of hundreds of teenagers. However, the Andheri suicide would likely be the first such case in India.Following the suicide, a WhatsApp message warning parents about Blue Whale has begun to do the rounds in Mumbai. The message, seen by India Today, references the Andheri suicide to say that parents should be wary of handing their children mobile phones or other devices that could allow them to access the online challenge."
Aarushi Maheshwari,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Women claim their braids being chopped off by unknown people,http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/after-haryana-mysterious-chopping-of-hair-in-outer-delhi-villagers-keep-watch/story-qIRMvkaeGXRIt5lHy7g0cK.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"After reports of approximately a dozen such cases in Haryana, two women in Delhi have complained about their braids being chopped off by unknown persons. Both the cases, wherein women did not see who chopped off their braids, occurred in Kanganheri village. Following this, villagers decided to inform the police and take turns to keep round-the-clock guard. ","The braids of three women in an outer Delhi village were chopped mysteriously by unknown persons on Sunday, leaving villagers scared and seeking superstitious remedies.The three incidents, which occurred over a period of about 12 hours on Sunday, took place in the houses where the women lived. Each of the women said the chopping of their braids happened soon after they experienced sudden unbearable headaches and fell unconscious. The braids were left behind at the spot.Though the police could neither comment confidently on the motive behind the mischief, nor trace the people behind it, they claimed that CCTV cameras had captured three men suspiciously roaming around in the village.Speaking to the media, Surender Kumar, DCP (south-west), vehemently opposed villagers? suspicion that these activities had supernatural connections. ?Witchcraft is totally ruled out. We are probing this in a scientific manner,? he said adding that theft could also be a possible motive. Villagers, however, denied any thefts in the area.According to media reports, around a dozen similar activities were reported in places such as Gurgaon, Palwal and Mewat in Haryana. However, Sunday was the first time this was reported in Delhi.The first victim was a 55-year-old woman living in Kanganheri village in outer Delhi?s Chhawla. A woman with red hair, she was returning home from her farm around 10.30 am on Sunday when she suddenly experienced a severe headache.The moment she entered her home, she locked the outermost six-feet high iron gate and jumped into a bed in the drawing room, leaving the drawing room door ajar. Her sleeping position was such that her face and gaze were away from the door.?Suddenly, I felt extreme pain in my head. I held my head and screamed for my grandchildren. But my screams were drowned in the sound of the cooler,? she told HT.When her granddaughter visited the drawing room a few minutes later, she found the woman unconscious on the floor. ?Her chopped braid was lying on the ground. We immediately informed the villagers and the police,? her son told HT. He had run out of the house to see if there was anyone, but he could not find any stranger.?No one approached me on my way back home from the farm. No one followed me into my house and no one touched me when I lay on the bed. I don?t remember anyone chopping off my hair either,? she said. Unaware of similar happenings in Haryana, the local police initially suspected the role of one of her relatives. But even as the villagers were discussing this unusual activity, a similar case happened in another house in the village with a population of over 5,000.This time it was a 45-year-old woman who had been dropped off at her home by her son around 8 pm. She had just got off the bike when she reported headache. Her son took her to bed and left. Within minutes, she experienced a similar pain and fell unconscious. When she woke up, she found her reddish braid chopped off. She too had not seen the culprit. By 11.30 pm, a 50-year-old woman living at the other end of the village lost her whitish braid. She had to be taken to a hospital before she regained consciousness. The same pattern in all three cases has prompted police to suspect that the culprits intoxicated the women.?There were also thefts at one or two of these women?s homes,? the DCP said. The villagers, however, rejected the police?s claims of intoxication or thefts. A case of poisoning, outraging the modesty of a woman, theft and under arms act has been registered at Chhawla police station."
Tanya Dhingra,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",More Deadpool films to be made if sequel is great: TJ Miller,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/tj-miller-promises-more-deadpool-movies-after-sequel/1/1014394.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Actor TJ Miller, who played the superhero's best friend in 'Deadpool', has said that more 'Deadpool' and R-rated superhero genre films will be made, depending on the success of 'Deadpool 2'. Miller added, ""He (Deadpool) is almost the antidote to the poison that is those very milk-toast superhero genre films...(Deadpool's) present every couple of years to cleanse the palate.""","Los Angeles, Jul 30 (PTI) Actor TJ Miller says the team hopes to come up with many more installments to ""Deadpool"" after the second sequel is out. The 36-year-old actor, who plays sidekick Weasel to Ryan Reynolds antihero, hopes the upcoming movie will be a great hit, reported SFX Magazine. ""Oh yeah... We had no idea! Now were going to make more Deadpools and there will be more R-rated superhero genre films. So thats, really good. All we need is for Deadpool 2 to be great,"" says Miller. "
Parmeet Kaur,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Fire breaks out in Delhi's Shastri Bhawan office complex,http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/minor-fire-at-delhi-s-shastri-bhawan-five-fire-tenders-rushed-to-spot/story-CuWI3aagRbA2giP4d4INXJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A fire broke out on the seventh floor of Delhi's Shastri Bhawan on Monday due to a short circuit in air conditioner. No one was injured and the fire was extinguished within a few minutes after five fire tenders reached the spot. Notably, Shastri Bhawan accommodates ministries of Law, Information and Broadcasting, Human Resources Development, Corporate Affairs, Chemicals and Petrochemicals.","A fire broke out on Monday at Shastri Bhawan in central Delhi after a short circuit in an air conditioner, police said.The fire, which broke out on the seventh floor, was doused within a few minutes and five fire tenders were rushed to the spot. This is however not the first time that fires have broken out in the Shastri Bhavan. In 2014, a fire broke out on the same floor. Earlier in March this year a minor fire broke out in the building?s third floor which houses coal and fertilizer ministries.Shastri Bhawan accommodates ministries of law, information and broadcasting, human resources development, corporate affairs, chemicals and petrochemicals."
Chhavi Tyagi,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",MP primary school students forced to study in a toilet,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/toilet-ek-school-katha-in-this-village-in-madhya-pradesh-school-kids-forced-to-study-in-toilet/story-y9qEX3uICXYNlPmqX7Fb6K.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A photograph of primary school students in Madhya Pradesh's Neemuch district shows that the children are being forced to study in a disused toilet as there is no school building. While the school is run by a single teacher, the local MLA is reportedly not aware of the existence of any such school in his constituency.","If a picture is worth a thousand words, this one tells much more than that.A photograph of a group of primary school students studying in a toilet instead of a classroom in Neemuch district belies the tall claims of the Madhya Pradesh government about its efforts to improve education in the state. The students are being forced to study in a disused toilet because there is no school building. The primary school run by a single teacher is not situated in a remote area but at Mokhampura village which is only 35 km away from the Neemuch district headquarters. Shockingly, the local MLA is not even aware that such a school exists in his constituency, though the officials of the state education department acknowledge the appalling situation. The school was set up in 2012. For a year, the school had functioned out of a rented room. Now, that?s not available.A photograph of the school which has 34 children clearly shows that the room in which they are studying is a toilet that was built by the government. If that?s not bad enough, a few goats are sometimes tied in the toilet ? perhaps to prevent them from getting wet in the rain. School teacher Kailash Chandra says that he has been forced to take classes in the toilet because there is no school building. ?When the weather is fine in summer and winter, the classes are held under a tree, but now the earth is wet so I cannot hold the classes under a tree and am forced to use the toilet,? he told HT.Kailash Chandra said that it is not as if the higher-ups have not been informed. ?I have informed them of the condition a number of times over the years, but no one is paying any attention,? he said. But Manasa BJP MLA Kailash Chawla simply refused to acknowledge that there was any school in his constituency where children were studying in a toilet. However, the district education office K C Sharma said that he had written to the state education department about the situation and had sent proposal for construction of a school building."
Radhika Chugh,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Delhi government to fix rules for road dust disposal ,http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/govt-to-fix-rules-for-disposing-of-road-dust-to-curb-air-pollution-in-delhi/story-Hhx6LtS0zOuMslDwlOlQDM.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Delhi's Department of Environment is reportedly drawing a standard operating procedure to dispose the road dust collected by more than a dozen mechanical sweepers in order to control the air pollution level in the city. Additionally, the Public Works Department has floated a tender to procure six more sweeping machines this year.","The state environment department is drawing up a plan to properly dispose of tonnes of road dust that is collected by mechanical sweepers every day.The city has more than a dozen mechanical sweepers which keeps the road free of dust. More such vehicles are being procured by both the civic bodies and the PWD.?There is, however, no proper mechanism or standard operating procedure on how to dump the dust collected so that they don?t return to the city after disposal,? said a senior official of the state public works department.Road dust is one of the major contributors to the particulate pollutants in Delhi?s air. The mechanical sweepers were introduced as manual sweeping by brooms blow more dust particles in air than it cleans off the ground. Data from Central Pollution Control Board shows that after a lull of five years post 2010, the level of particulate matter in Delhi?s air has shot up. Microscopic particles, PM10 and PM2.5, are responsible for dangerous pulmonary and cardiac problems.At present the dust collected is mostly taken to the landfill sites and dumped. When the wind blows these particles return to the city rendering the entire sweeping process ineffective.?Even a light wind would be able to raise a dust storm if the dumped dust is not dampened with water or have a green cover over it. The plan that is being formulated have taken into consideration all these factors,? said an official of the state environment department. Earlier in June, the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Anil Baijal, during a meeting to review the status of measures taken by various agencies to combat air pollution in Delhi had directed the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to come up with a standard operating procedure to come up with a disposal plan.?We have already drawn up a draft plan for the proper disposal of the road dust that is collected by the mechanical sweepers. The plan has been sent to the civic bodies and PWD for suggestions. Once we receive the suggestions we would finalise the plan,? said a senior officer of the state environment department.While the New Delhi Municipal Council has five machines which are functional and are capable of cleaning major avenue roads of NDMC areas, the PWD has six machines. The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has recently procured six machines.More such sweepers are expected to join the fleet as the PWD has floated a tender to purchase six more machines which are expected to be delivered by September, 2017. The two other MCDs also expect to get the first lost of mechanical sweepers very soon."
Arshiya Chopra,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Assam woman kills husband for raping teen daughter,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/assam-woman-kills-husband-for-allegedly-raping-teenage-daughter/story-SBEqGZJUhWb6VlanJcaHxO.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A woman in Assam killed her husband for allegedly raping their teenage daughter. ""The woman alleges that her husband routinely misbehaved with their daughter and had even raped her. That's the reason she decided to kill him,"" police said. Husband's body was found in a field by villagers and bore several wound marks, probably inflicted by a sharp dagger. ","A 45-year old man in Assam?s in Lakhimpur district was murdered by his wife on Sunday for allegedly raping the couple?s teenage daughter. Manik Narah, a resident of Nowboicha in upper Assam, was killed by his wife Junaki who accused  him of raping their daughter on several occasions. ?The woman alleges that her husband routinely misbehaved with their daughter and had even raped her. That?s the reason she decided to kill him,? Sudhakar Singh, superintendant of police Lakhimpur told HT. Narah?s body, which bore several wound marks, was found from a field by villagers. Preliminary investigation suggests he may have died due to excessive bleeding from injuries inflicted by a sharp dagger.Despite her allegations of rape and sexual misconduct, Junaki had not filed any complaint against her husband with the police. ?We believe two more people, who are on the run, were involved in the murder. The woman has been arrested and investigations are on to ascertain the exact reason for the murder,? said Singh. Police quoting villagers say the victim used to misbehave with other girls in the area. "
Arshiya Chopra,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Petrol bomb hurled at RSS office in Kerala,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/petrol-bomb-hurled-at-rss-office-stones-pelted-on-cpi-m-office-in-kerala/story-cO9xVHBnGAr8DqgYAHYuaI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A Kerala BJP unit has alleged that CPI(M) workers hurled a petrol bomb at an RSS office in the state, causing damage to the building. This was followed by CPI(M) blaming BJP-RSS activists for pelting stones at a committee office of CPI(M) trade union-wing CITU. Notably, the state has been witnessing unrest after an RSS worker was killed last week.","Stones were on Monday thrown at the district committee office of the CPI-M?s trade union wing CITU while a petrol bomb was hurled at the RSS district office in fresh incidents of violence in Kottayam.The BJP district unit alleged that CPI(M) workers hurled a petrol bomb at the RSS district office, causing extensive damage to the building situated at Thirunakkara in the town.They slammed the police for not taking steps to provide adequate security cover for RSS-BJP offices in the town.Window panes of the CITU office were damaged in the attack believed to be carried out by a gang of five men who reached there on three motorcycles at 2.30am, police said. They hurled stones at the office, police said.Condemning the incident, the CPI(M) Kottayam district secretary VN Vasavan alleged that BJP-RSS activists were behind the attack.He alleged that BJP-RSS workers destroyed publicity boards and hoardings of CPI(M) and its allied organisations during their dawn-to-dusk hartal in the town on Sunday.Eight RSS-BJP workers have been taken into custody in this connection, police said.The BJP had called for a dawn-to-dusk state-wide hartal on Sunday to protest the killing of RSS worker Rajesh near Thiruvanathapuram on Saturday.Kottayam district police chief N Ramachandran visited the offices targeted by the miscreants.Adequate police security has been provided to offices of CPI(M), CITU, RSS and the BJP following the incident, police said.The state had been witnessing a series of violent incidents allegedly involving BJP-RSS and CPI-M workers with the state capital Thiruvanathapuram rocked by incidents of attacks on houses of rival partymen in the past few days. "
Dishant Sharma,"31 Jul 2017,Monday","Indian shuttlers win men's singles, doubles gold in Lagos",http://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/c-rahul-yadav-manu-attri-b-sumeeth-reddy-clinch-titles-at-lagos-open-badminton/story-AAlbw104DSCbiZmWLHm6eJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Indian shuttler C Rahul Yadav and the men's doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy clinched the men's singles and men's doubles title respectively at Lagos International challenge in Nigeria. The 19-year-old Yadav defeated compatriot Karan Rajan Rajarajan 21-15, 21-13 in the men's singles final, while in the women's singles, India's Mugdha Agrey won the silver medal.","Indian shuttler C Rahul Yadav and men?s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy clinched the men?s singles and men?s doubles title respectively at Lagos International challenge in Nigeria.Fourth-seeded Rahul surpassed compatriot Karan Rajan Rajarajan 21-15 21-13 in the summit clash to lay claim to the title at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium on Saturday.The 19-year-old, who had won the Mauritius Open last year, stunned top-seed and World No. 55 Misha Zilberman in the semifinals.READ?|?PV Sindhu appointed as Deputy Collector in Andhra Pradesh governmentA shuttler from Gopi Chand Academy, Rahul had recently won the bronze medal in the Russain Open Grand Prix.In the doubles summit clash, top-seeds Manu and Sumeeth, who played at the Rio Olympics, defeated local pair of Godwin Olofua and Anouluwapo Juwon Opeyori 21-13 21-15.In women?s singles, India?s Mugdho Agrey finished as runners-up after losing 12-21 14-21 to Sri Lanka?s Thilini Pramodika Hendahewa in the finals."
Chhavi Tyagi,"31 Jul 2017,Monday","Nitish-BJP alliance unfortunate, against mandate: Sharad ",http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sharad-yadav-breaks-silence-on-nitish-kumar-s-bihar-flip-says-doesn-t-agree-with-decision-to-go-with-bjp/story-qhLfab2CithgXSUBMJKRnL.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Senior JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav on Monday termed party chief Nitish Kumar's decision to join hands with the BJP again as unfortunate and against the people's mandate. ""I don't agree with the decision in Bihar. It is unfortunate. The mandate of the people (2015 Bihar Assembly Polls) was not for this,"" he added.","Senior Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav on Monday said he didn?t agree with the decision in Bihar, calling it unfortunate in his first comments on his party walking out of the ruling grand alliance and going back to the BJP.Talking to mediapersons in Delhi, Yadav said the mandate was not for the JD (U) to join hands with the BJP.?I don?t agree with the decision in Bihar. It is unfortunate,? Yadav told reporters outside Parliament.?The mandate of the people (2015 Bihar assembly polls) was not for this,? the Rajya Sabha member said.Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar had on July 26 resigned his position, ending his party?s two-year tie-up with the Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Congress. Kumar, who is also the JD (U) president, returned as the chief minister in less than 18 hours with the backing of the BJP with which he had broken ties in 2013.Kumar walked out of the ruling coalition citing corruption charges against his deputy Tejashwi Yadav, who is the son of and RJD chief Lalu Prasad.While some senior JD (U) leaders have publically spoke against Kumar?s move, Yadav had not said anything until Monday. The RJD and the Congress have accused Kumar of being an opportunist and joining hands with ?communal and fascist forces? he had promised to take on.Reports have said Kumar and finance minister Arun Jaitley spoke to Yadav and tried to mollify him.Prasad said on Saturday he had spoken to Yadav and invited him to lead the fight against the BJP and Kumar.Kumar?s decision to end the so-called grand alliance not only altered dramatically the political scenario in India?s third most populous state but also dealt a blow to the opposition parties looking to replicate the Bihar model to take on the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha election."
Parmeet Kaur,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Students 'forced to offer namaz' at a school in Haryana,http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/mewat-issue-of-students-being-forced-to-offer-namaz-came-to-light-after-transfer-applications/story-wCA4qCCX1gabExTwtrfrfI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Two boys at a school in Haryana's Mewat were allegedly forced to recite the Quran and adopt Islam. This was revealed in their application asking for a transfer and school leaving certificate. An enquiry was set up in the matter which revealed that along with the teachers, some fellow students also forced them to offer namaz with them.","The incident of two boys being allegedly forced to recite the Quran and espouse the cause of Islam at a Mewat school came to light after they applied for a School Leaving Certificate and a transfer.?On the face of it, it was a simple transfer application. But the devil was in the details. The deputy commissioner immediately sent a team to the school and appropriate action was taken,? Shamim Ahmed, project officer of the Mewat Development Agency (under which the  school is run), and one of the members of the inquiry committee who would look into the issue, said.Officials said they further got to know later that not only the teachers, against whom action was taken on Friday, but also some students of school in Madhi village, allegedly forced the students to offer namaz with them, and follow Islam.?When I complained on July 22, I didn?t name any of the teachers. I said that the boys were being forced and threatened in the school, and more particularly in the hostel,? said 40-year-old Pushpa Bhardwaj, mother of Sagar Bhardwaj, a class 9 student.Only three out of the 207 students in the school were Hindus - two of whom are cousins Sagar Bharadwaj and Kaushal Vashisht (class 8 student).Kaushal?s father, Mohan Sharma, added that the only solution he could think of was getting his son out of the school.?Kaushal and Sagar had joined the school from this session and wanted to stay at the hostel, so we let them,? Kaushal?s father said.The third Hindu student, a Class 9 student, filed a complaint to the school principal on Saturday, a day after the district officials inspected the school.Sagar?s mother said that the complaint of the third student, mentions even more grievous charges. ?I am troubled by the teachers and the students who force us (Hindu students) to offer namaz, follow Islamic norms. The teachers often say bad things about other religions,? the complaint reads."
Deepali Aggarwal,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Ten killed as Venezuela's constitutional vote turns violent,http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/venezuela-vote-turns-violent-10-killed-as-troops-crack-down-on-protesters/story-M5rDG36PeyNxte4JeGvbkK.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"At least 10 people, including an election candidate, were killed on Sunday in violent protests which erupted as the country voted for a new legislative body tasked with rewriting the Constitution. The country's opposition parties boycotted the vote, which they say is aimed at consolidating President Nicolas Maduro's power and is a bid to install a dictatorship.","A wave of bloodshed swept Venezuela on Sunday as troops cracked down on violent protests against elections to choose the members of a powerful assembly that President Nicolas Maduro has tasked with writing a new constitution.Protesters attacked polling stations and barricaded streets around the country, drawing a bloody response from security forces, who opened fire with live ammunition in some cases.At least 10 people were killed, prompting the United States to threaten further ?strong and swift? sanctions on Maduro?s government.Senior opposition leader Henrique Capriles called on Venezuelans to continue defying the deeply unpopular Maduro with new protests against the election and the ?massacre? he said accompanied it.?We do not recognize this fraudulent process,? he said at the close of voting, calling for nationwide marches Monday and a mass protest in Caracas Wednesday, the day the new ?Constituent Assembly? is due to be installed.Maduro has decreed a ban on protests during and after the vote, threatening prison terms of up to 10 years.The socialist president is gambling his four-year rule on the 545-member assembly, which will be empowered to dissolve the opposition-controlled congress and rewrite the constitution.But the unrest fueled fears that his insistence on convening the assembly -- despite months of demonstrations and fierce international criticism -- would only plunge the country deeper into chaos.Ten deadProsecutors said 10 people were killed in violence around the vote, bringing the death toll in four months of protests to some 120 people.Those killed included a candidate for the new assembly, a regional opposition leader, two teenage protesters and a soldier in the western state of Tachira, which saw some of the worst violence.In eastern Caracas, seven police were wounded when an improvised explosive targeted their motorcycle convoy.National guard troops used armored vehicles, rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse protesters blocking roads in the west of the capital.Soldiers also violently moved against protesters in the second city of Maracaibo, in the west, and Puerto Ordaz in the east.The opposition had called for a boycott and mass demonstrations against the election, which it condemned as a bid to install a dictatorship.?This constituent assembly is being born in a bloodbath. It is born illegitimate,? said Nicmer Evans, a prominent socialist turned Maduro critic, alleging widespread irregularities.Maduro vote glitchMaduro kicked off voting by casting his ballot in a west Caracas polling station.?I?m the first voter in the country. I ask God for his blessings so the people can freely exercise their democratic right to vote,? he said. He was accompanied by his wife, Cilia Flores, a candidate for the new assembly.He got a technological snub when he scanned his ID card at the polling station and the screen spit out the words, ?This person does not exist or the ID was canceled.?Maduro, whose term is meant to end in 2019, describes the election as the most important in Venezuelan history.?I have come to vote to tell the gringos and the opposition that we want peace, not war, and that we support Maduro,? said voter Ana Contreras.Turnout will be key to determining the legitimacy of the election.But that will be difficult to ascertain, as most voters will be able to vote twice: once by region and once by social or industrial sector.According to polling firm Datanalisis, more than 70 percent of Venezuelans oppose the idea of the new assembly -- and 80 percent reject Maduro?s leadership.?The people are not going to give up the streets until this awful government goes,? protester Carlos Zambrano, 54, told AFP in western Caracas.Venezuelans also protested in Miami, Madrid and various Latin American cities.The number of Venezuelans living abroad has soared as the once-booming oil producer has descended into a devastating economic crisis marked by shortages, runaway inflation, riots and looting.US sanctionsFear of the violence worsening has rippled across the region, and beyond. The US, the EU, Canada and Latin American powers including Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico have condemned the election.?Maduro?s sham election is another step toward dictatorship,? tweeted US envoy to the United Nations Nikki Haley.Britain?s junior foreign minister Alan Duncan also described the vote as a ?sham,? as did many experts.?The vote means the end of any trace of democratic rule. Maduro?s blatant power grab removes any ambiguity about whether Venezuela is a democracy,? said Michael Shifter, head of the Inter-American Dialogue research center.Several foreign airlines, including Air France, Delta, Avianca and Iberia have suspended flights to Venezuela over security concerns.The US has ordered the families of its diplomats to leave after imposing sanctions on 13 current and former Venezuelan officials.It threatened further sanctions against Caracas.?We will continue to take strong and swift actions against the architects of authoritarianism in Venezuela, including those who participate in the National Constituent Assembly as a result of today?s flawed election,? US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement."
Deepali Aggarwal,"31 Jul 2017,Monday","Is everyone else in Pak honest, righteous, asks Nawaz Sharif",http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/is-everyone-else-in-pakistan-sadiq-and-ameen-nawaz-sharif/story-jB2IHTkDqZSXnmwlfwGIOJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"While addressing leaders of his party on Saturday, recently ousted Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif asked if everyone else in the country is ""Sadiq and Ameen"" (honest and righteous). ""I'm proud that I have not been declared ineligible over charges of corruption,"" Sharif said about his disqualification from the country's top post for not disclosing his earnings during the 2013 election.","Nawaz Sharif, still smarting from the shock disqualification by the Supreme Court for dishonesty, wants to know if everyone else in Pakistan was ?Sadiq and Ameen? or honest and righteous.The apex court on Friday disqualified 67-year-old Sharif for dishonesty and ruled that corruption cases be filed against him and his children over the Panama Papers scandal, forcing him to resign from premiership.The court?s ruling stated that Sharif had been dishonest in not disclosing his earnings from a Dubai-based company of his son in his nomination papers during the 2013 general election.One of the apex court judges, Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, said that Sharif was no longer ?eligible to be an honest member of the parliament?.Addressing leaders of his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Saturday, Sharif said, ?You should be proud that your leader doesn?t have a stain of corruption on him.??I am proud that I have not been declared ineligible over charges of corruption,? he said at the PML-N?s parliamentary meeting that approved his brother and Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif as his successor.The former premier claimed he did not receive any kickbacks or commissions and never compromised on principles.?When I never took a salary, what would I declare,? he said, referring to the Supreme Court judgement that led to his ouster. ?When you take something, there?s a problem; when you don?t, there?s a problem,? he observed.?Is it only my family that should be held accountable? Is everyone else in this country Sadiq (honest) and Ameen (righteous)?? he asked.?My conscience is clear,? he asserted. ?If I had done something wrong; or took something from this country that was not mine, I would have felt the guilt myself,? he said.Meanwhile, Rehman Malik, former interior minister and a senior member of the Pakistan Peoples Party, has commented that the phrases Sadiq and Amin are part of Pakistan?s Constitution under Article 62 and 63, applicable on public holders and it explains the criterion of ?qualifications for a member of Majlis-i-Shoora (parliament)?.Further, he says that its clause (e) reads: ?Has adequate knowledge of Islamic teachings and practices obligatory duties prescribed by Islam as well as abstains from major sins?.The law under Article 62 also states that he who shall be elected a Member of Parliament should be sagacious, righteous and non-profligate, honest and ameen, there being no declaration to the contrary by a court of law, Malik said in a recent opinion piece in The Nation.However, Malik rued that ?it disheartens the soul to see public office holders including politicians and officials taking cover behind these words - Sadiq and Ameen - and openly being dishonest in their actions and deeds.? "
Deepali Aggarwal,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Chinese Army capable of defeating invading armies: Prez ,http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/chinese-military-has-ability-to-defeat-invading-enemies-president-xi-jinping/story-1cRzc1PUgxyLIip0pcZY6O.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Addressing a military parade on Sunday to mark the 90th anniversary of the country's Army, Chinese President Xi Jinping said the Army has the capability to defeat invading enemies and protect the country's sovereignty. This comes amid the ongoing China-India military standoff over the disputed Doklam region in which China has accused India of trespassing into its territory.","The People?s Liberation Army (PLA) has the capability to defeat ?invading? enemies and protect the country?s sovereignty, President Xi Jinping told China?s armed forces on Sunday amid the Sino-India military standoff at the Donglang area near the Sikkim border.Addressing a military parade to mark the 90th anniversary of the PLA at the Zhurihe combat training base in Inner Mongolia, Xi in camouflage military fatigue, said, ?The PLA has the confidence and capability to defeat all invading enemies and protect China?s national sovereignty, security and development interests.??The PLA also has the confidence and capability to build a stronger military and make new and greater contribution to realising China?s two centenary goals and the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation, and safeguarding world peace,? Xi was quoted as having said by the official media. In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops perform a flag raising ceremony for the parade.
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						There was no direct reference to India or any mention of the ongoing military standoff in the Donglang (Doklam) area in the excerpts of Xi?s speech released by the official media but the reference to ?invading enemies? seems to be clear indication who the Chinese President was talking about.China?s officials and media have repeatedly alleged that Indian troops had ?invaded? and ?illegally trespassed? into Chinese territory in Donglang by crossing an established border in Sikkim.It was the first time that Xi presided over such a large military parade in the field, official news agency, Xinhua reported.The Xinhua report added that Xi stood in an open-roof vehicle that drove slowly past troop formations to a backdrop of military music.In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) troops march in formation as they arrive for the military parade.
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						The report said: ?Every few moments, Xi called out ?Salute to you, comrades,? to which assembled troops responded ?Hail to you, chairman?.?Xi alternated the greeting with ?Comrades, thanks for your hard work,? to which soldiers replied ?Serve the people!??Follow the Party! Fight to win! Forge exemplary conduct!? Servicemen and women exclaimed to Xi.China has blamed India for the ongoing impasse, accusing Indian soldiers of trespassing and preventing Chinese soldiers from building a road in the region which is also claimed by Bhutan.Beijing wants India to withdraw its troops from Donglang before the two sides can open talks. New Delhi says the road, if built, will have serious security implications for India.Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi has so far been the highest ranking Chinese politician to have directly blamed India on the military impasse.Wang told reporters in Bangkok last week that the ?problem was very straightforward? and that ?even Indian officials publicly said that Chinese soldiers didn?t enter the Indian territory. In other words, Indian side admitted (crossing) into Chinese territory.?The resolution of the problem is very ?simple?, he said: ?Indian troops have to go out?.Xi?s mentioning of ?invading enemies? is very significant as he is both general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and chairman of the Central Military Commission."
Aarushi Maheshwari,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Sierra Leone bans jogging in groups ,https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/31/sierra-leone-bans-jogging-in-groups-after-police-say-they-are-menacing?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The police has banned jogging in groups in Sierra Leone, citing public order and safety. The police accused people jogging in groups of ""raining insults, obstructing traffic, pounding on vehicles, playing loud music, and snatching property from other members of the public."" It said violators ""will be dealt with according to law. You have been warned.""","Police in Sierra Leone have banned group jogging in the street on the grounds that it encourages disruptive behaviour.?Police headquarters has observed with dismay that people are in the habit of jogging in large numbers along the streets with a hint of menace, raining insults, obstructing traffic, pounding on vehicles, playing loud music, and snatching property from other members of the public,? police in the west African state announced.The letter, dated 27 July, said an immediate ban on such activities was being enforced ?in line with the constitutional consideration for public order and safety?.The announcement caused upset among some in the capital of Freetown. Mohamed Kamara, a civil servant, disputed that there had been any any major incidents caused by joggers. ?We usually team up with neighbourhood youths on weekends to jog to the beach where we play football and return peacefully,? Kamara said.Jogging and playing football in large numbers has helped transform many violent youths within his community, Kamara said.TV celebrity Amadu Lamarana Bah said the restriction was a waste of police time and affected young people who wanted to exercise in a country where cities have few recreational areas. ?I believe there are more serious security issues you must be paying attention to,? Bah said on Facebook.?Armed robbery and gang violence in communities should be your concern not those harmless youths who exercise on weekends.? A local non-government organisation, the Campaign for Human Rights and Development International (CHRDI), called on police to ensure the ban upheld national and international law and freedom of assembly. Group jogging has taken on a political tinge in parts of Sierra Leone. Presidential candidates have organised fun runs in Freetown and the northern town of Makeni, with participants wearing T-shirts bearing the name of the party.The police letter said ?individuals desiring to jog for health reasons? were ?at liberty to do so, but at recreational facilities or at the beach?.But, it added, ?any group of persons now found jogging in the streets without authorisation will be dealt with according to law. You have been warned.?"
Anmol Sharma,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",England players take London Tube to reach Test match venue,http://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/england-cricketers-take-tube-to-reach-the-oval-for-day-3-s-play-vs-south-africa/story-T2lhTuvEoukGXa1PTvfXKL.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"England cricketers took the London Underground (The Tube) to reach The Oval for the third day of the Test against South Africa, the record 100th Test at the stadium. Joe Root, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, and Jonny Bairstow were among those who took the train. Broad was photographed at the platform, looking at an advertisement featuring him alongside other sportspersons.","Before they consolidated their hold on the ongoing third Test at The Oval against South Africa, a few of England cricketers took the underground tube in London to reach the ground which is hosting his record 100th Test match, on Saturday.On a rain-truncated third day of the ongoing third Test, England shot South Africa out for a mere 175, and by the time the play was stopped, the hosts had accumulated an overall lead of 252 runs with nine wickets intact in their second essay.READ | Toby Roland-Jones joins elite England club after heroics against South AfricaEngland had posted an at-par total of 353 in their first innings, and seized control of the Test when debutant Toby Roland-Jones wreaked havoc in the South African ranks, claiming 5 for 57.Roland-Jones was in that bunch of cricketers who on Saturday morning took the London tube from the Bank Station. England captain Joe Root, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, and Jonny Bairstow were among those who took the train like the common London commuter to his workplace.#morningcommute @StuartBroad8 not awkward at all. pic.twitter.com/0uKohIGfRX? Joe Root (@root66) July 29, 2017As they waited for the train to arrive, Broad looked content at an advertisement poster in front of him for UK broadcaster Sky Sports. Broad posted on Instagram about the train travel with his teammates.     #morningcommute #london Off to the Test! ?? A post shared by Stuart Broad (@stuartbroad8) on Jul 29, 2017 at 1:03am PDT While Root and Broad posted on social media about their travel in the tube, there was one man who seemingly enjoyed the journey without actually being there. It was Alex Hales.You can even see the smug look of self-satisfaction from behind him pic.twitter.com/pSm7LKMIXO? Alex Hales (@AlexHales1) July 29, 2017Almost as smug as this one! pic.twitter.com/QvfhdjSyrb? Alex Hales (@AlexHales1) July 29, 2017England were 74 for 1 in their second innings, with Keaton Jennings (34) and Tom Westley (28) at the crease. "
Arshiya Chopra,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",It's like thief attacking cop: BJP on poaching allegations,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/it-s-like-a-thief-attacking-a-cop-javadekar-slams-congress-after-gujarat-poaching-allegations/story-kjQ8BjT9U9hiRIgEzgHJZJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Rejecting Congress' claims of its Gujarat MLAs being poached by BJP, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said, ""It is like a thief attacking a cop."" Talking about Congress' move to send its Gujarat MLAs to Bengaluru to refrain them from shifting parties, Javadekar said their lawmakers were ""enjoying themselves"" there while BJP's were busy providing relief to the state's flood-hit people.","Rejecting the Congress? charge of poaching its MLAs in Gujarat, the BJP has said it had no role in the recent desertion by six of its legislators and wondered whether they were ?purchasable?.It also said that the sole of aim of the Congress was to save its vice president Rahul Gandhi in the country and Ahmed Patel in Gujarat.Taking a dig at the Congress after it ferried its MLAs to Bengaluru to keep its flock together ahead of the August 8 Rajya Sabha polls in Gujarat, Union minister Prakash Javadekar said the lawmakers were ?enjoying themselves? there while those of the BJP were busy providing relief to the flood-hit people in the state.The party shepherded 44 lawmakers on Friday night to the holiday retreat in Karnakata after a spate of resignation of its MLAs amid allegations that the ruling BJP in Gujarat were bribing and coercing them ahead of the August 8 vice-presidential election.?Gujarat Congress leaders are leveling allegations at the BJP in Bengaluru. It is like a thief attacking a cop. If their leaders are leaving them, it has nothing to do with us,? Javadekar told PTI on Sunday after the Congress attacked the saffron party.He noted that senior Congress leaders like Shankersinh Vaghela, a former chief minister and the leader of opposition, its chief whip Balwantsinh Rajput and its spokesperson Tejashreeben Patel have left the party and wondered if the opposition party was suggesting that they could be ?bought?.?They are all strong leaders. Nobody can purchase them. The Congress should look inwards and think why such senior leaders are leaving it. The truth is that its only goal is to save Rahul Gandhi in the country and Ahmed Patel in Gujarat,? he said.Patel is seeking re-election to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat but defection by a number of Congress MLAs has left the party worried. The BJP has fielded Rajput, who quit the Congress on Thursday, against Patel to further queer his pitch.The Congress was growing weak across the country and it was not BJP?s fault, Javadekar said.In Ahmedabad, chief minister Vijay Rupani alleged that the decision to fly the Congress MLAs to Bengaluru amid flood-like situation in the state was taken by Patel out of his ?greed? to win the election.?Sonia Gandhi?s affection for her son has drowned the Congress in the entire country. Though the citizens rejected Rahul Gandhi?s leadership, Sonia?s ?putramoh? sank Congress. Similarly, Ahmed Patel?s greed to save his Rajya Sabha seat here will sink Gujarat Congress,? he said.According to Rupani, the Congress MLAs from flood-hot Banaskantha and other affected regions should have stayed with the people in this difficult time.?Out of his greed to win the Rajya Sabha poll, he (Patel) sent 40 Congress MLAs to Bengaluru. Some of them belonged to those districts which are badly hit by flood. Patel forced them to leave their constituencies, as he was only concerned about his Rajya Sabha seat,? the chief minister alleged.?The people of Gujarat are watching this. I believe that the Gujarat Congress will sink only because of Ahmed Patel,? he added.Patel, however, refuted Rupani?s allegation and said the Congress MLAs were forced to leave the state by the BJP-led state government.In the 182-member Gujarat Assembly, the strength of the Congress has gone down to 51 from 57 after six of its MLAs tendered their resignations.Party spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil said the Congress legislators are willing to return home if Rupani promises their safety.?We have been threatened, offered money to defect and some have done so,? Gohil, the Congress MLA for Abdasa in the Kutch region, told reporters in Bengaluru."
Radhika Chugh,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Ensure street dogs are not a nuisance while feeding them: HC,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ensure-street-dogs-are-not-a-nuisance-while-feeding-them-hc/1/1014386.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Delhi High Court has warned two Delhi residents against feeding or sheltering stray dogs in the common area of a private property stating that dogs can ""cause fear and discomfort"" to others living there. Notably, the Supreme Court had earlier ruled that ""stray dogs have a right to live"" over a submission demanding complete elimination of stray dogs.","New Delhi, Jul 30 (PTI) Feeding or sheltering stray dogs in the common area of a private property can cause nuisance, the Delhi High Court has said, warning two south Delhi residents to ensure that the canines do not cause fear or discomfort to others. A bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Rekha Palli told the two respondents that they cannot be permitted to keep stray dogs in the common driveway of a private property which was jointly owned by others, if their neighbours did not approve. The court also said in a recent order that the two cannot feed the dogs or chain them in the driveway. The bench said it was the duty of the two ""to ensure that the stray dogs do not cause any nuisance to the other residents within the same property and in the neighbourhood"". The court noted that keeping stray dogs would ""cause fear and discomfort"" to others living or coming there ""who are not accustomed to keeping pet dogs"". ""The nuisance caused by the conduct of respondent nos.3 and 4 (the two individual respondents) in sheltering the stray dogs in the common driveway in the present case is writ large from the photographs placed on record. ""To a person, who is not accustomed to keeping pet dogs, it also causes fear and discomfort to walk into a property where stray dogs are kept either chained or let loose,"" it said. The bench said it ""rues the lack of civic sense and concern exhibited"" by the two towards their fellow inhabitants in their immediate neighbourhood. ""Their concern for the stray dogs also appears to us to be superficial and lacks commitment. Otherwise, the dogs would not have been left in such unhygienic and filthy conditions, as appear from the photographs on record,"" the bench said. It directed them to ""stop chaining, feeding or sheltering the stray dogs in the driveway of the aforesaid property. It shall also be the obligation of respondent nos.3 and 4 to ensure that the said dogs do not defecate in the driveway, and if they do so, it shall be their responsibility to clean up the same."" It directed the Station House Officer of Malviya Nagar police station, under whose jurisdiction the property fell, to ensure strict compliance of this order. The order came on the plea by one Om Prakash Saini, who jointly holds the property with the two respondents, claiming that keeping and feeding the stray dogs in the common driveway was ""causing immense nuisance and harassment for the other residents"". The court has listed the matter for further hearing on September 1. The order comes in the backdrop of a January order of the Supreme Court which categorically said ""stray dogs have a right to live."" During that hearing, the apex court had reacted sharply when a submission was made that such canines should be completely eliminated across the country. "
Arshiya Chopra,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Maharashtra tops the list of fresh GST registrations,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/maharashtra-tops-the-list-of-fresh-gst-registrations-gujarat-comes-second/story-1epvkStQHjYN28BMrVBHQK.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Maharashtra has topped the list for the maximum number of applications for fresh registration under Goods and Services Tax with over 1.3 lakh applications. Maharashtra is followed by Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh with 90,000 and 87,000 registrations, respectively. According to Goods and Services Tax Network's Chairman, over 10 lakh applications from across the country have been received so far.","Maharashtra, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh have emerged as the states from where maximum number of applications for fresh registration under the recently-launched Goods and Services Tax (GST) has been received.The GST Network (GSTN), which that supports the entire IT mechanism for the new tax structure, has so far received about 10 lakh applications for new registrations. Out of these, 1,32,448 applications have poured in from Maharashtra while about 90,000 came from Gujarat and over 87,000 from Uttar Pradesh. West Bengal and Tamil Nadu made up the top part of the list with more than 75,000 applications each.?We have received about 10 lakh new registrations. We are receiving about 40-45,000 applications every day,? GSTN chairman Navin Kumar told Hindustan Times.Read more: PM Modi says GST not just a tax reform, it will promote honesty The number of fresh registrations has been relatively lower in the north-eastern states. Businesses have time until July 30 to register under the GST -- touted as the one tax structure for the entire country-- which was launched on the midnight of June 30.Kumar said that of the existing 80 lakh taxpayers, who have been paying service tax, central excise or value added tax, about 71 lakh have migrated to GST. While the window to migrate from the existing structure to the unified tax regime will be open till July end, Kumar said several may not migrate to the new tax structure as businesses with turnover of up to Rs 20 lakh were exempted from GST.Read more: Arun Jaitley releases case study on GST Government sources said that the GST Council is set to tweak tax rates of a few items, besides bringing in procedural changes. Kumar added that a 12 hour helpline?operating from 8am to 8pm-- has been set up to assist merchants in uploading their invoices and other data relevant for fresh registration under GST."
Parmeet Kaur,"31 Jul 2017,Monday","5 liquor smugglers, 3 drug peddlers arrested in Ghaziabad",http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/5-arrested-for-smuggling-liquor-3-for-peddling-drugs-in-a/1/1014223.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,The Ghaziabad Police on Sunday said they have arrested five persons for smuggling liquor and three persons for alleged drug peddling over the past week during raids conducted in the city. The police recovered 304 cartons of liquor during routine checking drives and also seized nine kilograms of marijuana from the drug peddlers.,"week: Police Ghaziabad, Jul 29 (PTI) The Ghaziabad police today said it has arrested five persons on charges of smuggling liquor and three for alleged drug peddling in the past week during several raids in the district. Senior Superintendent of Police H N Singh said in this week the police has recovered 304 cartons of liquor during its routine checking drives at intersections of Sector C-8 and A-7 under Tronica City Police Station. "
Aarushi Maheshwari,"31 Jul 2017,Monday","Cable car gondola crashes into pillar, passengers rescued",https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/30/passengers-rescued-after-cable-car-gondola-crashes-in-cologne?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"As many as 76 passengers were rescued from cable cars suspended over a river in German city Cologne after a gondola crashed into a support pillar on Sunday. Passengers were left stranded, and children were seen clinging to parents while dangling as many as 40 metres above the river. The fire department lowered them to safety from the cable cars. ","Up to 76 people were rescued from cable cars suspended over the river Rhine in Cologne on Sunday afternoon after a gondola crashed into a support pillar, leaving passengers stranded. German fire crews lowered people to safety from cable cars in a dramatic recovery operation, with children seen clinging to parents as they dangled 40 metres above the river. German media reported that rescue teams in Cologne had practised for an incident on the gondola just a week ago.A pregnant woman and a man were slightly injured in the rescue mission in which mobile cranes were used to bring the stranded passengers to safety. No other injuries were reported.Public transportation authorities for the city in North-Rhine-Westphalia state said 32 gondolas were operating when the incident occurred. An official cause has not been announced, but there was strong wind at the time. Martina and Hans-Peter Rieger, the first to be rescued, were celebrating their 41st wedding anniversary on a day out in Cologne when the cable cars stopped. ?That will always be in our memory,? Mr Rieger said. ?Fortunately, we were given hand signals to tell us we should remain calm and the incident was nothing bad.?Emergency services from Aachen and Dusseldorf assisted fire crews with the rescue.  Henriette Reker, the mayor of Cologne, said: ?I would like to thank the Cologne fire brigade for their great dedication. This meant that the passengers could be rescued quickly. My thoughts were with the children and adults, who had to wait courageously and patiently for many hours.? The cable cars in Cologne are a popular means of transport, connecting the zoo to the Rheinpark across the river. The system remained close on Sunday evening as officials worked to establish the cause. "
Mishika Bangia,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Military veterans write to PM Modi condemning mob violence,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/over-100-military-veterans-write-to-pm-modi-condemning-attacks-on-muslims-dalits/story-a5xARrPU3fTY7FrB5fewbP.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"In a letter to PM Narendra Modi, over 100 military veterans condemned rising mob violence incidents against Dalits and Muslims and expressed concern over alleged climate of fear and suppression of dissent. Veterans said they stand with the 'Not in My Name' campaign and for ""Unity in Diversity"". They added if they'll not speak, they would be disservicing the country.","More than 100 military veterans have in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned targeting of Muslims and Dalits by ?self-appointed protectors of Hinduism?, saying India?s strength is its diversity, media reports said on Monday.The letter also expressed concern over alleged climate of fear and suppression of dissent, as it backed the ?Not In My Name? campaign that saw people across the country holding protest demonstrations against mob violence and cow vigilantism.?We can no longer look away. We would be doing a disservice to our country if we do not stand up and speak for the liberal and secular values that our Constitution espouses. Our diversity is our greatest strength,? The Telegraph quoted the letter as saying. The letter has also been sent to state chief ministers.The letter signed by retired army, naval and air force officers said prevalent atmosphere was against everything that the armed forces and the Constitution stood for, a report in NDTV said.?We are witness to unprecedented attacks on society at large by the relentless vigilantism of self-appointed protectors of Hinduism. We condemn the targeting of Muslims and Dalits,? the letter said.The armed forces stood for unity in diversity and differences in religion, language, caste or culture had never come in the way of servicemen performing their duty, the veteran said.India has recently seen a rise in violence in the name of cow, held sacred by many Hindus. Several states have enacted laws and prescribed stringent punishment for smuggling and slaughtering of the animal, which is banned in most parts of the country. Muslims and Dalits have been the worst hit by cow vigilantism, which has also been condemned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "
Niharika Prabhakar,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",Delhi civic bodies to jail people for littering,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bjp-swachh-bharat-mission-delhi-municipal-corporation/1/1014397.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,Delhi civic bodies reportedly plan to make the acts of littering in public places and allowing mosquito breeding in households criminal offences with appropriate jail terms. The imprisonment will vary from one month to six months depending on the severity of the violation. This comes after Municipal Corporation officials said existing penalties were too weak to deter violators. ,"Trash the city and you may end up behind bars.To deter litterbugs, Delhi's BJP-ruled civic bodies are planning to make discarding of waste in public places and even allowing mosquito breeding in households a criminal offence with appropriate jail terms under the Indian Penal Code.The East Delhi Municipal Corporation has already issued orders in this regard and the two other agencies will follow suit, officials said. Municipal magistrates will keep a check on violators and ensure they are prosecuted. A person can get a maximum jail term of six months for such an offence.The Narendra Modi government last year directed states to start levying fines for littering, open defecation and public urination as the Prime Minister's flagship Swachh Bharat Mission failed to have the desired effect in urban areas. 'EXISTING PENALTY TOO WEAK'According to MCD officials, the existing penalty on violating sanitation bylaws is too weak to deter people and so it was decided to slap criminal charges on them. The imprisonment would vary from one month to six months depending on severity of the violation.""To keep Delhi free of littering and insanitary conditions, various provisions of IPC and the Delhi Municipal Corporation (DMC) Act may be invoked against the violators...departments may proceed accordingly,"" said an order issued by the chief law officer of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation.Public spaces in the Capital often are eyesores full of rotting piles of garbage along the streets, in neighbourhoods, public parks and playgrounds, and outside fancy air-conditioned malls and five-star hotels. HIGH COURT INSTRUCTIONSThe move from the corporations follows instructions of the Delhi High Court to maintain proper sanitation in the city. The court had recently pulled up the three civic bodies and had said that even citizens should take the responsibility of keeping their surroundings clean. The HC directed that a time-bound garbage collection system be set up to prevent the piling of waste. A senior MCD official said mosquito breeding in households is a key concern of the civic body as this could result into the outbreak of vectorborne diseases like dengue and chikungunya. ""Cases of dengue in recent years have been on the rise, claiming several lives. The occupants of a house where dengue larva is found may be booked for endangering public life and causing health hazards. The provision attracts a fine and imprisonment of up to six months,"" he said. Similarly, negligence by people that is likely to spread fatal diseases would also be dealt with strictly. The civic body has identified 14 provisions under IPC to deal with sanitation woes. Any pollution that may cause fouling of drinking water has also been put in the category of criminal offences. 'FAILED ATTEMPTS' Officials said repeated attempts by the MCDs to amend the sanitation bylaws for higher penalty have failed to yield results. The draft of the amendment is pending with the Delhi government for the last seven years. The modified rules would have provision for hefty penalties up to Rs 10,000 and five times higher for repeated offenders. Apart from the fine, the civic bodies have also proposed widening the ambit of the law. Littering caused by distributing food material (langar), illegal burning of solid waste, improper storage of construction material and non-segregation of recyclable and nonrecyclable waste will attract fines. These activities were till now undefined and so exempted from prosecution. The MCDs proposed to increase the fine for littering caused by langars to Rs 5,000, while penalty for dumping construction material on roadside was fixed at Rs 10,000. The proposed amendment prescribed a fine of Rs 500 for littering, spitting and urinating in public places. It also empowers the municipal magistrates to order community services, like road cleaning, garbage and graffiti removal, in case a person fails to pay the fine. The amendment in ""Delhi Sanitation and Public Health Bylaws"" was proposed by the erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on June 23, 2010 and the civic body had adopted it through a resolution passed by the House."
Ayushi Ahluwalia,"31 Jul 2017,Monday","Akhilesh is Aurangzeb, Mulayam is Shah Jahan: Amar Singh",http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/amar-singh-akhilesh-yadav-aurangzeb-mulayam-singh-shahjahan/1/1014274.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Rajya Sabha MP and former Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh has likened SP chief Akhilesh Yadav to Aurangzeb and said his father Mulayam Singh Yadav was like Shah Jahan. ""One who cannot honour his father loses trust of people as well,"" he added. Mughal emperor Aurangzeb had held his father Shah Jahan captive after a tussle for the throne.","Amar Singh, the name once synonymous with Samajwadi Party, has lashed out at its President and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav after two SP leaders quit the UP Legislative Council. In an exclusive conversation with India Today, the party's former general secretary, Amar Singh, said that the Samajwadi Party has a dark future without its leader, Mulayam Singh Yadav.� Amar Singh was dismissed from the SP just ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election as the Yadav clan was embroiled in a bitter tussle to control the party. He claims to have snapped all ties with his political mentor.Reacting to the exit of two party legislators from the UP Upper House, Amar Singh said,""I am not happy at what's happening to the party which I raised with so much hard work and I am also not responding to any calls from Mulayam Singh Yadav since I was ousted twice from the Samajwadi Party and humiliated.""He says, ""Samajwadi Party is gone with the wind. It's a quick sand, so the exit of leaders is understood."" ""Samajwadi Party has become a regional party from once a national party for which Mulayam Singh Yadav and I had worked so hard,"" he adds.He says, ""Akhilesh Yadav is Aurangzeb, power has gone into his head and Mulayam Singh Yadav is like Shahjahan."" Recalling how Mughal emperor Aurangzeb had held his father Shahjahan captive during tussle for the throne. ""Akhilesh is to be solely blamed for what is happening . One who cannot honour his father loses trust of people as well,"" Singh added. ""Where have all those supporters of Akhilesh disappeared who used to chant slogans for him and call me names?"" Recalling the good old days of the party, Amar Singh said, ""Despite Mulayam Singh's opposition, I was the one who supported Akhilesh who wanted to marry out of his caste, but I was humiliated and thrown out. He couldn't handle power.""Asked to comment on the latest development in Bihar, Amar Singh heaped praise on Prime Minister Modi. ""This is Narendra Modi's victory that Nitish Kumar who once broke off from him is now joining hands with him, even Ram Vilas Paswan who once resigned is standing with him and America which denied him visa is welcoming him,"" he said. ""Secularism has become a farce. Everyone is using it as per convenience.' ""Today, there is 67 per cent BJP in the country, I have also worn saffron, no body can ignore this colour,"" he quipped, showing off his saffron kurta.ALSO READ:Amit Shah in Lucknow: 2 Samajwadi MLCs quit, 3 MLAs 'waiting' to join BJP"
Parmeet Kaur,"31 Jul 2017,Monday","Delhi among 29 cities, towns highly vulnerable to quakes",http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/delhi-chandigarh-among-29-cities-and-towns-highly-vulnerable-to-quakes/story-EoOMOhuHRrmuDZBBqJWjkK.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Twenty-nine Indian cities and towns including Delhi fall under 'severe' to 'very severe' seismic zones, according to National Centre for Seismology. Different regions across the country were classified into earthquake zones II to V by Bureau of Indian Standards, with Zone V being the most active. Delhi, northern Uttar Pradesh and parts of Jammu and Kashmir fall under Zone IV.","Twenty-nine Indian cities and towns, including Delhi and capitals of nine states, fall under ?severe? to ?very severe? seismic zones, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS).A majority of these places are in the Himalayas, one of the most seismically active regions in the world.Delhi, Patna (Bihar), Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir), Kohima (Nagaland), Puducherry, Guwahati (Assam), Gangtok (Sikkim), Shimla (Himachal Pradesh), Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Imphal (Manipur) and Chandigarh fall under seismic zones IV and V.These cities have a combined population of over three crore.The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has classified different regions in the country into zones II to V, taking into consideration earthquake records, tectonic activities and damage caused, the director of the NCS, Vineet Gauhlat, said.The NCS, which records earthquakes and carries out studies pertaining to microzonation of cities, comes under the India Meteorological Department (IMD).Seismic microzonation is the process of subdividing a region into smaller areas having different potential for hazardous earthquake effects.Zone II is considered the least seismically active, while Zone V is the most active. Zone IV and V fall under ?severe? to ?very severe? categories respectively.Zone V includes the entire northeastern region, parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarkhand, the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, parts of north Bihar and the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago.Parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi, Sikkim, northern Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Gujarat and a small part of Maharashtra fall under Zone IV.Bhuj, which was struck by a massive earthquake in 2001 in which 20,000 people were killed, Chandigarh, Ambala, Amritsar, Ludhiana and Roorkee fall under zones IV and V.Kusala Rajendran, a professor at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, and an expert on paleoseismology, earthquake recurrence and active tectonics, said most of the cities in the list have a high population density and fall in the Indo-Gangetic plains.?The Himalayan arc, stretching from the upper Assam region to Jammu and Kashmir, is known to be a high seismic zone and these cities in the Indo-Gangetic belt fall within reasonable limits of the Himalayas. So repercussions are bound to be felt there,? she observed.M Rajeevan, secretary, ministry of Earth Sciences, said 31 new earthquake observatories will come up in the country by March next year. At present, there are 84 observatories.This is being done to detect and record earthquake parameters more accurately and identify possible precursors of tremors.The NCS has also carried out microzonation of cities like Delhi and Kolkata to study the possible impact of earthquake in these mega cities. "
Ayushi Ahluwalia,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",BJP offered ?15 cr to our Gujarat MLAs: Congress,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/congress-parades-44-gujarat-mlas-says-bjp-threatening-them-ahead-of-rs-polls/story-fP0VARJpIlsFATuevwqloN.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Congress on Sunday presented 44 of its Gujarat MLAs before the media in Bengaluru and alleged that the BJP had offered them ?15 crore each ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections. Adding that the decision to fly to Bengaluru was taken collectively by the legislators, the party said its leaders were being regularly threatened by the BJP.","The Congress legislators from Gujarat staying at a resort outside Bengaluru are willing to return home if state chief minister Vijay Rupani promises their safety, party spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil said on Sunday.The party shepherded 44 lawmakers on Friday night to the holiday retreat in Karnakata after a spate of resignation of its MLAs amid allegations that the ruling BJP in Gujarat were bribing and coercing them ahead of the August 5 vice-presidential election.?We have been threatened, offered money to defect and some have done so,? Gohil, the Congress MLA for Abdasa in the Kutch region, told reporters.The BJP denied the charges and criticised the Congress legislators for leaving the state when it was reeling under floods. Chief minister Rupani visited flood-affected districts in northern Gujarat during the day.Union minister Prakash Javadekar said in New Delhi that the opposition lawmakers were having fun at a resort when their BJP counterparts were busy providing relief to the flood-hit people.?Gujarat Congress leaders are making allegations against the BJP in Bengaluru. It is like a thief attacking a cop. If their leaders are leaving them, it has nothing to do with us,? he said.The Congress responded that its MLAs have not abandoned their constituencies, but were compelled by the BJP to move out.?There is an attempt by the BJP to steal our legislators. But we will fight to save democracy,? Govil said.Dhirubhai Chunilalbhai Bhil, a five-time legislator, alleged that as much as Rs 20 crore was offered to defect. ?But I am proud to say that none of the tribal leaders have fallen for this gimmick.?Rejecting the Congress?s charge, the BJP countered tongue and cheek whether the rival lawmakers were ?purchasable?.The Congress took the MLAs to the southern state, which it rules, after six of its 57 lawmakers in the Gujarat assembly resigned on Friday and Saturday.The defectors are believed to be close to former chief minister Shankersinh Vaghela, who quit the Congress on June 21, his 77th birthday, alleging that some party leaders were conspiring against him.The defections reduced the party?s strength in the assembly to 51, but its Rajya Sabha nominee Ahmed Patel still has the numbers to sail through.Patel, the political secretary to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, will need the votes of 45 lawmakers. The party hopes two Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) lawmakers will vote for him. Besides, rebel BJP lawmaker Nalin Kotadiya could switch sides.?We have the support of a legislator from Janata Dal (United) and two from the NCP,? Gohil said.(With inputs from Hiral Dave in Ahmedabad and PTI)"
Ayushi Ahluwalia,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",Fake 'CBI' men steal jewellery worth ?20L in Delhi,http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/fake-cbi-men-hold-women-hostage-at-karol-bagh-house-decamp-with-jewellery-worth-rs-20-lakh/story-PxvokDTH3Zdxggk5HA0HDK.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,A group of six men posing as Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers stole jewellery worth ?20 lakh from a jeweller's house in Delhi's Karol Bagh area. The thieves entered the residence on the pretext of a CBI raid and held the jeweller's four-year-old grandson at gun-point as they ransacked the house.  ,"It started like any other day at jeweller Nawal Kishore Khandelwal?s home in central Delhi?s Karol Bagh; he and his two sons left for their shop in Chandni Chowk, the women worked through morning chores and as they settled in for the afternoon, a man in khaki and five masked men rang the bell. ?My wife opened the door and the man identified himself as a CBI official. Five more men who were with him told her that they had come to raid the house. Before my wife could understand anything, the men pushed her inside,? said Khandelwal.For the next 10 minutes ? shortly after 1.30pm ? the suspects held a gun to Khandelawal?s four-year-old grandson Divyansh as they rummaged through the house before escaping with gold and diamond jewellery worth around Rs 20 lakh. The police said the incident, which took place on Wednesday, was the first time robbers had posed as police officers to carry out an armed robbery in a home in the middle of the day.Mandeep Singh Randhawa, the deputy commissioner of police (central), said a case of robbery and theft has been registered but the suspects are yet to be identified. ?One of them put a pistol to Divyansh?s head and threatened to kill him if anybody screamed for help or raised an alarm,? said the 61-year-old jewellery Besides Khandelwal?s wife Urmila and the child, the robbers held his daughter-in-law Megha hostage. One of the men took the keys to a locker from Megha and he ransacked the locker. The hold-up would have likely lasted longer had Khandelwal?s other daughter-in-law, Preeti, not spotted it and raised an alarm. Her scream?s led the men to flee, Khandlewal said, adding that they did not touch the cash and other jewellery in the house. The attack had left Urmila, 58, with a fracture in the left shoulder and Megha with a broken right foot.Three teams have been formed to investigate the case. The teams are collecting details about criminals who operate using similar methods, and are poring over electronic surveillance and human intelligence networks. The data of mobile phones active in the area during the crime are also being analysed for clues. "
Anmol Sharma,"31 Jul 2017,Monday","World champion knocked out after kick to head, cries later",https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/30/jon-jones-daniel-cormier-ufc-214-knockout?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"UFC light heavyweight world champion Daniel Cormier lost his title to Jon Jones after getting knocked out by a head kick in third round at UFC 214. Following the loss, the 38-year-old broke down and was also seen crying on his coach's shoulders. It was Cormier's second loss of his MMA career, with the first also having come against Jones.","Jon Jones had barely reclaimed his UFC title when he called out Brock Lesnar to be his next opponent.And Lesnar was listening.Right after Jones stopped Daniel Cormier in the third round at UFC 214 on Saturday, he reignited his growing rivalry with Lesnar, the former UFC heavyweight champion.?Brock Lesnar, if you want to know what it feels like to get your ass kicked by a guy who weighs 40 pounds less than you, meet me in the octagon,? Jones said on the pay-per-view broadcast.The Associated Press reached Lesnar shortly after he watched the championship fight and then heard Jones call him out.?Be careful what you wish for, young man,? Lesnar replied.A heavyweight superfight between Jones and Lesnar would be one of the biggest events in UFC history. Lesnar is an extraordinary pay-per-view draw as likely the most popular fighter in mixed martial arts, while Jones? victory over Cormier is expected to put him back atop most pound-for-pound lists as the world?s best fighter.Lesnar returned to MMA last year with a victory, but he is under contract to the WWE as a professional wrestler until next spring.Jones and Lesnar traded verbal jabs earlier in the week. After Jones said he doubted Lesnar would ever accept a fight with him, Lesnar told the AP that he would meet Jones ?anytime, anywhere.?Lesnar is at least considering a return to the sport in which he won a UFC title in just his fourth professional fight.UFC president Dana White was in the cage when Jones called out Lesnar, and the promotion is aware of the growing buzz surrounding the matchup. White is also aware of the obstacles in its way, including the remainder of Lesnar?s suspension for failing a doping test last year.?It?s fun to talk about, but the reality of it happening anytime soon, it?s not a reality,? White said.But it?s definitely a lucrative possibility if Lesnar decides to resume training for MMA. Jones is the light heavyweight champion, but has long contemplated a move up to heavyweight ? and his post-fight comments make it clear that he?s interested.Lesnar beat Mark Hunt at UFC 200 in a unanimous decision that was changed to a no-contest after the failed test. He received a one-year suspension from the Nevada Athletic Commission, but could return to MMA after completing the final months of the ban."
Niharika Prabhakar,"31 Jul 2017,Monday","Delhi woman alleges in-laws set her on fire, dies",http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/delhi-burns-in-laws-fire/1/1014230.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A 27-year-old woman has told police that her in-laws poured petrol on her and set her on fire before succumbing to 90% burn injuries at a Delhi hospital. In a previous statement, the woman had claimed that she had burned herself while cooking. However, the victim's family alleged that she gave the first statement under duress. ",
Ayushi Ahluwalia,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",Gujarat Assembly speaker slams Cong MLAs over B'luru retreat,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/gujarat-floods-ramanlal-vohra-congress-mlas-resign-bengaluru-resort/1/1014611.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Gujarat Assembly speaker Ramanlal Vohra on Sunday slammed Congress legislators who have been staying at a Bengaluru resort amid the ongoing Gujarat floods. ""I don't know what MLAs are doing there in Karnataka. In such situations we should pay more attention to improve situation and not to play politics,"" he said. Over 120 people have been killed in Gujarat floods. ","Speaker of Gujarat Assembly Ramanlal Vohra today criticised the Opposition for pinning the blame on BJP after six Congress MLAs resigned this week just ahead of Rajya Sabha polls. Speaking to India Today, Vohra said ""I am performing my duty properly and before accepting the resignations of all 6 MLAs, I had word with them and asked them specifically is there any pressure on them? Or has someone offered them money to resign? I got answer from them that they are tendering resignation by their own will and not under any pressure.""Vohra also added that he is getting unknown phone calls, ""They are asking me to accept resignation whichever comes to me. I told them that I will follow my duties properly and will ask them few questions before accepting their resignation.""'NOT THE TIME FOR POLITICS' No new resignation has been tendered since late Saturday, July 29, but Congress did send two more MLAs to the Bengaluru resort, joining the other 40 there. "
Parmeet Kaur,"31 Jul 2017,Monday","Agra, Noida face drought conditions after 53% less rain",http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/agra-drought-rainfall-monsoon-pilibhit-muzaffarnagar-ghaziabad/1/1014058.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Agra has had 53% lower rainfall this year, with just 123.5 mm rainfall, according to the Meteorological Department. Five districts across UP? Agra, Pilibhit, Muzaffarnagar, Ghaziabad and Noida had seriously low rainfall and are facing drought conditions, reports said. Noida received only 96 mm rains against the average of 204.2 mm, making a shortfall of 53%.","India is called a land of vast diversities and as almost always, this monsoon is serving to show exactly how vast the diversity is. When large parts of Northeast and West India are being inundated by heavy rains, causing property damage worth crores and claiming lives of men and animals alike, most of the Ganga-Yamuna plain area of Uttar Pradesh is parched due to lack of rainfall.Farmers in the northeast have lost their crops to the heavy rains and in Uttar Pradesh, the farmers are afraid of losing their crops to the dry season. Five districts of UP, Agra, Pilibhit, Muzaffar Nagar, Ghaziabad and Noida are facing a serious drought that is showing no signs of lifting anytime soon.A senior administrative official told India Today that out of 72 districts in UP, 44 are yet to have decent rainfall in the monsoon season. Farms are drying up in these districts, but out of these, the worst affected five districts are gearing up for contingency plans in case the monsoon decides to skip these districts altogether. The heat and humidity is making people fall sick and although the Yamuna river is flowing with ample water to ward off any drinking water crisis, vegetable prices are shooting sky-high.The month of July ends in two days, but the monsoon clouds have overflown these districts, especially the western UP, where 21 cities of 30 districts have seen very low rainfall. In east UP, 23 out of 42 cities have not had satisfactory rains. The affected districts of western UP include Agra, Oraiyya, Badaun, Bulandshehar, Etawah, Firozabad, Ghaziabad, Noida, Jhansi, Hamirpur, Jalaun, Jyotiba Phule Nagar, Hathras, Mahoba, Mathura, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Rampur, Pilibhit, Saharanpur, and Etah.Agra's neighboring district Mainpuri has had 307.99 mm rains in July, Etah has had 274.3 mm, Firozabad has had 244.4 mm, while Mathura has had only 164.3 mm rainfall. A Meteorological Department official told India Today that the drought affected 5 districts have had seriously low rainfall this July.Agra has had 53 per cent lower rainfall this year, with just 123.5 mm rainfall. The average for July is 260.4 mm. Rampur lost 52 per cent of its annual rainfall and got only 191.3 mm rains compared to the average of 399.4 mm. Noida got just 96 mm rains against an average of 204.2 mm, making a shortfall of 53 per cent. Ghaziabad had 105.8 mm rains against 238.6 mm average, with a shortfall of 56 per cent. Muzaffar Nagar lost 61% of its water, getting only 120.4 mm rains compared to 305.2 mm average. Similarly, Pilibhit too lost 62 per cent water this month, getting 152.8 mm rains against 403 mm average.Commenting on the lack of rains in Agra, social activist Vishal Sharma quoted a small verse ""Shukr hai Agra mein nahin baraste badal, mere sheher ko barish ki aadat nahin hai"". He said that although the dry season brings its own set of problems, it is a fact that Agra is not equipped to handle rains that last even an hour, let alone an entire day. The civic amenities in the city are prone to failure in the event of heavy rains due to the lack of drainage in most of the city, as was witnessed a couple of years earlier when heavy rainfall caused vast property damage in the city and the municipal authorities struggled for days to clear the water-logging in the low-lying areas.Sharma said that even this month, the rainfall that took place a couple of days back, claimed the roofs of several old houses in Motikatra, Nagla Joshiyan and other parts of the old city, injuring a number of people. Several houses were also cracked, although the rain was not enough to cause serious water logging. However, even 40-50 mm rainfall in a day would be enough to cut off most of the densely populated outer areas from the rest of the city for several hours, if not days.Meanwhile, Agra District Magistrate Gaurav Dayal has instructed all Sub-Divisional Magistrates and Additional District Magistrates of Agra to prepare reports of the drought so that the compensation amounts could be decided for the farmers.ALSO READ:"
Anmol Sharma,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",UFC champion thanks Salman Khan for hospitality,http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/mma-fighter-tyron-woodley-thanks-salman-khan-for-top-notch-time-in-india/story-ccYDELx4iP94SJR8AlW14L.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley, who played the role of a wrestler in Salman Khan starrer Sultan, thanked the actor for a ""top notch"" time he had during his stay in India. Salman had earlier wished Woodley for his UFC fight and had posted a video in which Woodley can be seen explaining popularity of Salman to his friends.","Mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter and actor Tyron Woodley, who fought against Salman Khan?s character in Sultan, has thanked the Bollywood superstar for a ?top notch? time he had during his stay in India.Woodley expressed his appreciation for Salman on Twitter on Sunday.SK!! Appreciate you inviting me into your family and making my experience in India top notch! https://t.co/WU7nB3Ttir? Tyron T-Wood Woodley (@TWooodley) July 29, 2017In response, Salman wrote, ?Thank you for all the kind words Tyron Woodley. Really appreciate it best of luck for your fight today. God speed, god bless.?Thank u for all the kind words Tyron Woodley . Really appreciate it best of luck for ur fight today god speed god bless . @TWooodley pic.twitter.com/W1fMQFd6Ss? Salman Khan (@BeingSalmanKhan) July 29, 2017In Sultan, which released last year, Woodley essayed the role of a wrestler in a match against character of Sultan Ali Khan (Salman). The film also featured Anushka Sharma, Randeep Hooda, Amit Sadh and Meiyang Chang.Salman Khan is currently shooting for Tiger Zinda Hai with Katrina Kaif in Morocco."
Niharika Prabhakar,"31 Jul 2017,Monday","Bible, Quran placed next to Kalam statue along with Gita",http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/apj-abdul-kalam-memorial-missile-man-bhagavad-gita-bible-quran/1/1014600.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"After the uproar over a copy of the Bhagavad Gita being placed near the statue of late President APJ Abdul Kalam at the memorial built for him in Tamil Nadu, a Bible and Quran were also placed there by his grand nephew. Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the memorial at Rameswaram on Thursday. ","After a controversy started over authorities leaving a copy of the Bhagavad Gita next to the statue of former President APJ Abdul Kalam at the memorial built for him at Rameswaram, a Bible and Quran were also placed to end the row.Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the memorial at Peikulam, Rameswaram, the birthplace of Kalam, on July 27.The government was applauded for the memorial but it was also criticised for putting the Bhagavad Gita next to the statue of Kalam playing a 'veena'.When questioned, an official explained that Kalam loved the veena and that he often quoted from the Bhagavad Gita, but no official came forward to prove the claim.The controversy began when MDMK leader Vaiko questioned if Bhagavad Gita is more sacred than the Tamil book 'Thirukural' written by Thiruvalluvar, and alleged that the Centre is trying to saffronize even the legacy of Kalam.Not wanting the controversy to grow bigger, Kalam's grand nephew Sheik Saleem placed a Bible and a Quran next to the Bhagavad Gita, to prove that Kalam was a man who was beyond religion who has a grand dream of a better India.The next controversy waiting to happen is the vast usage of saffron like color in his memorial which can anytime be picked up by Tamil politicians."
Nandini Sinha,"31 Jul 2017,Monday",US woman sets building on fire while trying to kill bug,http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/kansas-woman-sets-apartment-on-fire-while-trying-to-kill-bug/story-f2UoO0fhcxCzyp6jpNVeOJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A woman trying to burn a bug inside her bedroom in the US state of Kansas started a fire that forced the evacuation of the entire building. The fire started after the lighter that the woman used malfunctioned. Officials estimated property worth $140,000 was damaged and no serious injuries were reported in the fire. n","A woman trying to burn a bug inside her apartment?s bedroom in the US started a fire which resulted in the evacuation of people from the building and an estimated $140,000 damage to the property.The incident took place at an apartment complex in Topeka, Kansas, with Topeka Fire Marshal Mike Martin saying that an investigation determined the blaze occurred in the master bedroom of an apartment.The cause was listed as being accidental, resulting from an ?occupant trying to kill a bug with a lighter?, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported.Ausha Scott said she was inside the apartment unit at the time of the fire with her mother, Monique Quarles, and 2- year-old child, Avionna Scott-Quarles.Quarles said the blaze started on Monday after she tried to burn a bug that was found in the unit?s master bedroom with a flip-style lighter that malfunctioned.Quarles said she had picked up the first bug, put it in her hand ?and lit it on fire?.She said she and her daughter then looked under the mattress to see if there were any other bugs. They then found what Quarles said was a ?medium-sized bug?.?When I grabbed the bug and I had it, I went to light it and then the lighter started sparking, so these sparks then went onto the box springs,? Quarles said. ?The sparks just started flying on it and inside of it.?The flames and heavy smoke led to the evacuation of the three-floor building.By the time the smoke had cleared, Topeka Fire Department officials estimated $140,000 in damage had occurred.No serious injuries were reported in the blaze.Multiple fire companies responded to the two-alarm blaze and remained on the scene for about six hours, clearing the scene.Quarles said her daughter saw the fire, then ran into the kitchen to get water to put it out.?As she?s coming, I?m going. By the time I came back, I was really seeing fire in there, so I knew we really shouldn?t keep trying to put it out. I said, ?Get out, get the baby, call 911.? And that?s what we did,? she said.Authorities said everyone was out of the building by the time firefighters arrived on the scene. "
Prashanti Moktan,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",Mouni Roy got lead role in 'Gold' based on talent: Producer,http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/mouni-roy-bagged-gold-on-basis-of-talent-not-recommendation-producer/story-qv6LtdaVpGJe0t0itDbDHN.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Producer Ritesh Sidhwani has said that television actress Mouni Roy bagged the female lead role in 'Gold' opposite Akshay Kumar on the basis of her talent and not on anyone's recommendation. ""She was auditioned for that part and she gave a fantastic audition. We all, Farhan (Akhtar), Reema (Kagti) and everyone, watched the audition and we chose her,"" added Sidhwani.","Mouni Roy is making her big Bollywood debut with Excel Entertainment?s forthcoming film Gold. Producer Ritesh Sidhwani says she has bagged the role on the basis of her talent and not on anyone?s recommendation. His comment has come amidst the buzz that superstar Salman Khan recommended her.Sidhwani, who was present at the success bash of his web series Inside Edge, was asked if Mouni?s selection was on the basis of any recommendation, he said, ?To be honest, nobody recommended her. She is talented... It?s like taking away someone?s talent by saying that somebody recommended her. She was actually auditioned for that part and she gave a fantastic audition. We all -- Farhan (Akhtar), Reema (Kagti) and everyone watched the audition and we chose her. So, just like all others, she was actually auditioned and after that she got the part. It was not based on recommendations.?Sidhwani also confirmed that Mouni is playing the lead role with Akshay Kumar, and that the film is at present being shot in Leeds. He said the shoot in Leeds will go on till August end. ?After that, we will start in Punjab. But Gold is slated for August 2018 release.?When asked about Fukrey 2 and Don 3, Sidhwani said, ?Fukrey Returns is releasing on December 8, and as far as ?Don? is concerned, we definitely want to make it, but the story is not yet locked. As soon as the story is locked, we will do it.?On the success of Inside Edge, he said, ?You will not be able to measure the success as nobody has the data, but audience?s feedback from digital platforms is very positive.?"
Niharika Prabhakar,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",Travel time for trucks reduced by a fifth post-GST: Govt,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/post-gst-travel-time-of-trucks-has-reduced-by-a-fifth-govt/1/1014574.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The travel time for long-haul trucks has reduced by at least a fifth after GST was introduced, Road Transport and Highways Ministry has said. Trucks earlier took 50-65 hours to reach Kolkata from Chennai and it now stands reduced by 20%, it reported. The collection of sales tax at inter-state check posts had led to major traffic congestion, it added. ","New Delhi, Jul 30 (PTI) Post-GST, travel time for long- haul trucks have reduced by at least a fifth, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has said. ""A typical truck spent 20 per cent of its runtime at interstate checkposts (pre GST)...Inter-state check posts removed, travel time of long-haul trucks, other cargo vehicles cut by at least one-fifth,"" the Ministry has said in a recent report. On an average, a truck in India runs an annual distance of 60,000 kms, as against 200,000 km in the West. The Ministry said trucks earlier took 50-65 hours in reaching Kolkata from Chennai and the travel time now stands reduced by 20 per cent. This was corroborated from interviews with transporters as well as GPS data of express transporters. Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, had last week said that Indias logistics sector stands to gain the most under the GST regime as costs will dip by almost 20 per cent. The Ministry said that pre-GST, the complex tax structure and paperwork forced the transport industry to spend a lot of resources on tax compliance and deposit of inter-state sales tax. Monitoring and collection of sales tax at inter-state check posts led to major traffic congestion at these points, resulting in slower movement of freight and passenger, and consequently higher costs and pollution, it said and added, an average Indian truck covers only about 50,000-60,000 km a year as against 3 lakh km done by a truck in the US. The unified tax regime has obviated the need for inter- state check posts. This will result in reducing travel time of long-haul trucks and other cargo vehicles by at least one- fifth, the report said. ""This, coupled with the proposed E-way bill that will require online registration for movement of goods worth more than Rs 50,000, will ease the movement of freight further, and bring in more transparency to the whole process. Efficient freight movement will also boost the demand for high tonnage trucks, which will in turn reduce the cost of transportation of freight,"" the report said. A single GST regime also means an optimised warehousing structure. Earlier, companies had to maintain warehouses in every state due to different taxation slabs. GST does away with the need to have such separate warehouses. This means, a leaner and smarter logistics chain. This will also encourage more investment in the warehousing business. Pre-GST, the statutory tax rate for most goods worked out to about 26.5 per cent. "
Niharika Prabhakar,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",Amethi women to get toilets as Raksha Bandhan gifts,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/amethi-women-to-get-toilets-as-gifts-this-raksha-bandhan/1/1014571.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"As part of a campaign to make Amethi open-defecation free, 854 persons in the district have registered themselves as ""brothers"" with the district committee to gift a lavatory to their sisters on Raksha Bandhan. The registered brothers will build lavatories with their own resources. Later, a lucky draw will be conducted to give up to ?50,000 cash to three winners.","Amethi (UP), Jul 30 (PTI) Brothers in this district have lined up a different gift for their sisters this Raksha Bandhan - a toilet. To make the open defecation free campaign successful and create awareness about sanitation here, the Zila Swachchhata Samiti (district committee for sanitation) has started a programme ""Anokhi Amethi Ka Anokha Bhai"". Giving details of the plan, Chief Development Officer of Amethi Apurva Dubey told PTI that 854 persons from different blocks of the district have registered themselves as ""brothers"" with the district committee to gift a lavatory to their sisters on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan. The lavatory will be constructed by the registered brothers with their own resources, she said. "
Radhika Chugh,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",Fatwa against Muslim minister for chanting 'Jai Shri Ram',http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/fatwa-issued-against-muslim-minister-in-bihar-for-chanting-jai-shri-ram/story-1OQuYhtPhLMtTlZE411VJI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A fatwa directing termination of his marriage was issued against JD(U) minister Khurshid Ahmad for chanting 'Jai Shri Ram' outside the Bihar Assembly after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar won the trust vote. The minister initially stood by his actions and said, ""Islam teaches respect for all religions."" He later apologised for his actions after a meeting with Nitish Kumar.","A Muslim cleric on Sunday issued a ?fatwa? against newly appointed Bihar minister and Janata Dal (United) leader Khurshid alias Firoz Ahmad for chanting Jai Shri Ram, saying his marriage would be terminated for his ?mistake?.An MLA from Sikta in West Champaran, Ahmad shouted the slogan, normally associated with BJP supporters, outside the Bihar assembly on Friday after chief minister Nitish Kumar won the trust vote he faced after breaking ties with the RJD-Congress alliance and joining hands with the BJP.The fatwa, or a decree, against the only Muslim minister in Kumar?s new cabinet was issued by Mufti Sohail Quasmi of Imarat Shariah, which describes itself as a socio-religious organisation active in Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha.?Islam teaches respect for all religions. If by saying Jai Shri Ram I can do some good for the Muslims, why is there such a hue and cry,? Ahmad, who has been given charge of minority welfare and sugarcane industries, told mediapersons.He would not be cowed down by such threats, he said.The minister later apologised for his statement, while talking to a TV channel.?The CM told me if anybody felt hurt by my statement, I should apologise. My intention was not to hurt anyone. I have come to serve the people. My statement was distorted,? he told the channel after coming out of a review meeting of the minority welfare department with chief minister Nitish Kumar.However, his phone was switched off when HT tried to contact himUpset over the slogan hailing Hindu god Ram, Quasmi said Ahmad?s marriage would be terminated and he would have to perform the nikah again after accepting his ?mistake?.Imarat Shariah general secretary Anisurrehman said the organisation had not issued a fatwa but it could be a personal opinion of Quasmi.?I have not talked to him. I will try to find out what made him speak like this,? he said.HT tried to reach Quasmi for comments but his phone was switched off.?A Muslim is honest to his conscience. What wrong have I done? I have not divorced my wife. I don?t know how the fatwa was issued and for what,? said the minister.The BJP came out in his defence. ?Any fatwa on such issues is against the spirit and rich tradition of India, which has always epitomised diversity and respect for each other?s religion,? Bihar BJP spokesman Azfar Shamshi said.Ahmad had taken forward the Indian tradition while the fatwa was against it. ?The days are gone when Muslims were waylaid on sentimental issues. Now, they want solutions to their core issues,? he said.Maryada Purushottam Ram was known as Imam-e-Hind (an ideal person), he said, adding Indonesia, which has the world?s highest number of Muslims, had named its national carrier named Garuda while several building were named Ramayan.In Hindu mythology, Garuda is the mount of Lord Vishnu. Ram is an incarnation of Vishnu.?It is the spirit of Ram that is important and there is no need to fan sentiments,? Shamshi said.India has always been as a country of Ram and Raheem and there should not be any effort to create a divide, JD-U spokesman Neeraj Kumar said.?Gandhi ji talked of Ram and Raheem in the same breath. Former president APJ Abdul Kalam observed both Ramazan and Navratra. Ahmad has just reflected the ?Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb of the country,? he said.As part of the so-called grand alliance, Nitish Kumar had worked hard to woo the Muslim community and his decision to join hands with the BJP is unlikely to go down well it.His decision to go with the RJD and the Congress to oppose the ?communal agenda? of the BJP saw the minority community support him in 2015 state election. Kumar had betrayed people of Bihar and joined hands with communal forces, his former allies have said."
Mansha Mahajan,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",Man with baby punched by airport staff after a 13-hour delay,https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/30/easyjet-passenger-punched-by-airport-worker-in-france?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"EasyJet is seeking answers after a worker at France's Nice airport punched a passenger who was holding his baby at the terminal after a 13-hour delay. A picture of the incident was circulated online. ""The man...went over and talked to the Frenchman and the Frenchman didn't reply, he just smiled and smirked and then whacked this guy,"" another passenger said.","EasyJet is ?urgently? seeking answers after a worker at Nice airport apparently punched one of the airline?s passengers who was holding his baby at the terminal after a 13-hour delay.A photo circulating online appears to show the man, believed to be a special assistance provider at the airport in south-east France, attacking the man in front of other passengers on Saturday.A fellow passenger said the man was struck after families had been held up because of delayed flight EZY2122 from Nice to Luton, with little access to information or space to sit down. EasyJet employee hitting man holding baby after delay of over 14hours #easyJet #Telegraph #Dailymail #TheSun pic.twitter.com/3ZZChG0djBArabella Arkwright, who took the photograph, said the man was holding his baby while his wife vented their frustration to airport staff about the lack of baby food and seats.?The man with the baby ... went over and talked to the Frenchman and the Frenchman didn?t reply, he just smiled and smirked and then whacked this guy on the left side of his face,? she told BBC Radio 5 Live. She said her 64-year-old husband pulled the man off the apparent victim and ?frogmarched? him away before police were called. Both men were taken away, but passengers demanded the man with the baby was allowed to board his flight. ?When he arrived on the plane, all the plane clapped him,? said Arkwright. An easyJet spokesman said the person in the photograph is believed to work for Nice airport?s special assistance provider Samsic, which is contracted to provide workers to help to disabled passengers, including those using wheelchairs.In a statement the airline said: ?EasyJet is very concerned to see this picture and can confirm the person in the photo is not an easyJet member of staff and does not work for easyJet?s ground handling agents in Nice.?We are urgently taking this up with Nice airport and their special assistance provider Samsic, who we understand the person photographed works for.? The airline apologised for the delay to the flight because of a ?technical issue with the aircraft?. Arkwright said passengers were not told what was wrong with the aircraft or how long the delay would be, but easyJet said passengers were provided with updates and refreshment vouchers. ?The safety and wellbeing of our passengers and crew is always easyJet?s highest priority,? it said. ?EasyJet sincerely apologises for the delay and thanks passengers for their patience.?"
Nandini Sinha,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",Religious leader with 25 wives convicted of polygamy,http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/two-canadians-including-man-who-has-25-wives-and-146-kids-convicted-of-polygamy/story-eJ8iC4UMBtGFQcpCzLlRGO.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Two religious leaders in Canada, including one with 25 wives and 146 children, have been found guilty of polygamy and face five years in prison in a landmark ruling. The two men are senior figures in a Mormon sect that allows polygamy. They couldn't be prosecuted earlier over concerns that the anti-polygamy law violated Canadians' constitutional right to religious freedom.  ","Two men, including one who has 25 wives and 146 children, were convicted of polygamy Monday in a landmark ruling that upheld Canada?s longstanding ban on the practice.Winston Blackmore and James Marion Oler, who has five wives, face up to five years in prison after being found guilty in the first real test of the country?s polygamy law, enacted 127 years ago.Three special prosecutors had been appointed over the past two decades to consider bringing charges against the pair, but they backed down over concerns that the law prohibiting polygamy violated Canadians? constitutional right to religious freedom.Those fears were assuaged in 2011 when British Columbia province?s Supreme Court ruled in a reference case that the inherent harms of polygamy justified putting limits on religious freedoms, clearing the way for charges to be filed against Blackmore and Oler three years later.Judge Sheri Ann Donegan of the British Columbia Supreme Court noted in her ruling that the main defendant, Blackmore, did not deny his polygamy.?His adherence to the practices and beliefs of the FLDS is not in dispute,? she said.The two men are senior figures in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), a polygamist religious sect that broke away from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, also known as the Mormon Church.The sect has been based for nearly 60 years in the remote, mountainous region of British Columbia near the US border where the community grows, raises or hunts its own food and runs a barter economy. "
Prashanti Moktan,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",Anupam Kher claims an anonymous news report was about him,http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/this-is-why-anupam-kher-posted-a-blind-item-on-twitter-and-soni-razdan-replied-to-it/story-0sEoULv4gRnJqk9gdnz1JL.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Actor Anupam Kher tweeted the clipping of a newspaper report about an actor, whose name was kept anonymous, and claimed that it was about him. The report stated how a veteran actor suffered from a heart related ailment when he had gone to attend an awards show in New York recently. ","Soni Razdan has advised actor Anupam Kher to carry biscuits and dried fruits to events after the latter blanked out at an awards function earlier this month. Anupam shared a blind item which read that an actor who was in New York for an awards show had a ?heart-related ailment in the middle of the junket?.Anupam tweeted this, and posted, ?Let me unburden you. This is about me. Hadn?t eaten for hours so had blanked out. Salman Khan called paramedics.?To this, Soni, who is Alia Bhatt?s mother, wrote, ?Ai hai please eat every two hour. Carry dried fruits and biscuits always especially to award functions.?On Sunday, Anupam also completed 509 films in 32 years of his career.  ?Thank you Indian film industry for standing by me for 509 films in 32 years. This is the best place in the world. Honoured and humbled. Jai ho,? Anupam tweeted."
Tanya Dhingra,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",Everybody in B'wood uses influence to help loved ones: Zayed,http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/zayed-khan-on-nepotism-row-what-s-wrong-if-you-are-using-your-influence/story-DD7c0qLWjP05zNhlXBGqEK.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Actor Zayed Khan, while talking about nepotism, said, ""Hasn't everybody coming up (in this industry) used their influence to help their loved ones or keep their loved ones in a better position?"" Zayed added, ""It is merely human nature. Let's not blow things out of proportion."" He further said that the industry is based on the survival of the fittest.","Actor Zayed Khan, who was in Delhi to attend his friend designer Manav Gangwani?s fashion show, shared his thoughts on the on-going nepotism debate in Bollywood, and also spoke about his television debut. About nepotism in Bollywood, the 37-year-old actor said, ?Isn?t everybody nepotistic? Hasn?t everybody coming up [in this industry] used their influence to help their loved ones or keep their loved ones in a better position? It is merely human nature. Let?s not blow things out of proportion. We?re a free enterprise. It?s survival of the fittest. Nepotism is a new word that has fascinated everybody. Buckle up, dust yourself off, and move forward,? he says.Zayed, who made is Bollywood debut in the film Chura  Liyaa Hai Tumne in 2003 is  the son of actor Sanjay Khan and  interior designer Zarine Khan. Coming from a family, who has been into showbiz for the longest time, it came as a surprise that the actor accepted the prevalence of nepotism in the industry. Zayed is soon going to make his TV debut. Speaking about his apprehension on doing television, he said, ?I see television as a lot of hard work. Why are we looking down on television when it is the highest penetrating medium? For me, my fans and their support means a lot and I believe that they will like me on TV. I want to be honest in my job. And I am comfortable [with] any medium if the work is good; it can even be digital tomorrow.?"
Ayushi Ahluwalia,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",BJP calls for strike in Kerala over RSS worker's killing,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/kerala-tense-as-bjp-calls-bandh-against-rss-worker-s-killing/story-1p1apOZrcAb4p2HMiG82wL.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The BJP on Sunday called for a statewide strike in Kerala after an RSS worker died after being allegedly attacked by CPI(M) workers. Thirty four-year-old E Rajesh was stabbed forty times and his left hand was chopped off by some men while he had been returning home after attending a 'shakha' meeting on Saturday, reports said ","Several parts of Kerala were tense on Sunday where the BJP has called a shutdown to protest against the killing of a Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) worker, who was allegedly stabbed by CPI(M) workers a day earlier.E Rajesh, 34, was stabbed 40 times and his left hand chopped off by a group of men at around 9pm on Saturday. He died in a city hospital. The murder is the latest in the fresh round of violence between the RSS, the ideological parent of the BJP, and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) supporters.Spoke to Kerala CM Shri Pinrayi Vijayan today regarding the recent incidents of political violence in the state. 1/3? Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) July 30, 2017I have expressed my concern with the law and order situation in the state of Kerala. Political violence is unacceptable in a democracy. 2/3? Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) July 30, 2017I expect that the political violence in Kerala is curbed and that the perpetrators are brought to justice expeditiously. 3/3? Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) July 30, 2017Two days ago BJP?s state office in the city and the house of CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan? son were vandalised. BJP state chief Kummanam Rajasekharan sought immediate intervention of the Centre, where the party is in power, but the ruling CPI (M) denied its cadre were involved in the murder. ?The ruling CPI(M) can?t get away with these killings. It is nothing but state-sponsored terrorism,? said Rajasekharan. CPI(M) district secretary A Nagappan blamed personal rivalry for the killing.The assailants had been identified and would be arrested soon,Thiruvananthapuram range inspector general of police Manoj Abraham said.Police were keeping a close watch on trouble-torn Kannur district, notorious for the clashes between the two sides. The Opposition Congress has asked chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan to call a peace meeting to end the recurring cycle of violence.Clashes between the BJP and the CPI (M) are on the rise as the RSS makes inroads in the southern state where politics has been dominated by the Left parties.The BJP managed to bag its first assembly seat ? Nemom, a Thiruvananthapuram suburb -- during last year?s state election.The violence that was once limited to the north is now spreading to others parts of the state, including the capital city of Thiruvananthapuram in the south. . "
Dishant Sharma,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel wins Hungarian Grand Prix,https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2017/jul/30/f1-hungarian-grand-prix-live?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Ferrari's Formula One racer Sebastian Vettel won the Hungarian Grand Prix title, finishing ahead of teammate Kimi Raikkonen and Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas. Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton finished fourth in the race. With the win, Vettel extended his lead over rival Lewis Hamilton to 14 points in the drivers' championship table.","

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Well that?s all from me, thanks for reading. I?ll leave you with our initial race report:

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Sebastian Vettel throws his trophy into the air. He now leads Lewis Hamilton by 14 points in the drivers? championship. ?It was a really difficult race,? says Vettel. ?I had my hands full. The steering was off. I had to stay focused for the whole race.? Here?s the race classification:INITIAL CLASSIFICATION (LAP 71/71): A win on his 50th Ferrari start for Sebastian Vettel ? #HungarianGP ?? #F1 pic.twitter.com/FnGuEQBNeXUpdated
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Vettel celebrates on top of his Ferrari, punching the air before throwing himself into the mechanics in red. He will enjoy the world championship lead for the next four weeks.Updated
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Hamilton finishes fourth, then, with Verstappen fifth and Alonso a brilliant sixth ? he finished with the fastest lap of the race, not bad in that McLaren Honda. 

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Vettel has Kimi Raikkonen looming large in his mirrors but holds on to win the race, with his team-mate second ahead of Lewis Hamilton in third ? no, he allows Bottas back through right at the very last.Updated
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Lap 69/70 Mercedes haven?t been able to swap Hamilton and Bottas back, an unlikely bonus for the Briton and his championship hopes.

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Lap 68/70 Vettel is closing in on another grand prix victory and 25 valuable championship points. He had a worry with those steering issues earlier and put his team-mate under pressure in the process, but they are nearing a crucial Ferrari one-two. 

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Lap 67/70 McLaren, by the way, are on the verge of sealing sixth and 10th positions, a very good result. Alonso has clear air and he?s enjoying himself, setting one of the fastest laps of the race. Updated
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Lap 66/70 Mercedes are now the ones with a decision to make. They had promised Bottas they would return him to third, after he let Hamilton through earlier. But there is a gap of five seconds between them and Verstappen is flying up behind in the Red Bull. It?s been some race from the Dutch driver considering his ten-second penalty. 

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Lap 64/70 ?We?re going to have to retire the car,? Paul di Resta is told. That?s a shame for Felipe Massa?s stand-in who had been enjoying a steady race in his first taste of the Williams car. 

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Lap 63/70 Magnussen jams past Hulkenberg and Kvyat aggressively and up to 11th as he chases a championship point. Vettel has opened up a slightly wider gap, now around two seconds. He seems to be over whatever he was struggling with through the middle part of this race.

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Lap 61/70 Vettel continues to muddle on, but the turbulent air he?s kicking up is preventing Raikkonen from successfully closing the gap. Hamilton is suffering the same issue, it seems. He tells Mercedes he is waiting for a mistake. The top ten:1 Vettel 2 Raikkonen +1.53 Hamilton +1.04 Bottas +5.35 Verstappen +3.56 Alonso +53.27 Sainz +6.38 Perez +1.49 Ocon +4.310 Vandoorne +4.1

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Lap 58/70 What a situation Ferrari have got themselves into as we approach the final 12 laps. Vettel, Raikkonen and Hamilton remain only two seconds apart. Raikkonen has stepped off a little, conscious that he is going to wear out his tyres if he keeps trying to close down his team-mate. Hamilton is struggling to get any closer to the Ferraris, though, despite the aid of DRS. 

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Lap 55/70 The Ferraris are approaching the backmarkers of Magnussen and Hulkenberg, who themselves are scrapping for 11th. They move through the traffic in one of the trickiest parts of the track, the third and final sector approaching the long pitstraight. As Vettel crosses the line he?s only 0.7 seconds ahead of Raikkonen, who is 0.7 seconds up on Hamilton. Bottas can?t keep up right now. 

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Lap 53/70 Hamilton is chasing Raikkonen, but the Fin is lining up a pass of his own as he attacks Vettel, who continues to struggle a little. He?s within DRS range and these two Ferraris are running round the Hungaroring in close convoy. 

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Lap 52/70 Hamilton has been told he?s got five laps to get the job done on Raikkonen. Game on. ?No pressure then,? Hamilton responds.

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Hamilton needs to get results soon or he?ll be given a team order he won?t much enjoy:LAP 50: ? ""Lewis will let you go by if he can't get past Raikkonen.""#Teamwork ? #F1

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Lap 49/70 Hulkenberg is having a terrible pit stop. Smoke appears to be billowing from his front left tyre, and as he pulls away he seems very unsure of whether his car is still road-worthy. Up ahead, Hamilton is attacking Raikkonen ? he?s 1.1 seconds down. Raikkonen is 1.1 seconds behind Vettel as it bunches up at the front. Raikkonen is continuing to complain on radio that he should be allowed to pass his team-mate. ?Vettel is being told to push, stay with him,? respond Ferrari. 

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Lap 47/70 Mercedes give the order and Valtteri Bottas pulls wide to allow Hamilton to pass. He sets his sights on Raikkonen and puts the hammer down, immediately setting an absurd fastest first sector.

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Lap 45/70 Lewis Hamilton on radio to Mercedes, in teenager mode. ?OK man, look, I?ve got a lot of pace. Let me use it. And this radio stuff sucks, my tyres were fine. I didn?t need to come in.?

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Lap 43/70 Max Verstappen comes in, serves his 10-second penalty, puts on some fresh shoes and shuffles back out in fifth position behind the Ferraris and Mercedes.

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Lap 41/70 An interesting situation has developed at the front. Vettel is struggling and behind him Raikkonen is putting in quick times. Raikkonen wants to be let through to have a go at winning this race, but Vettel is their only championship hope and they don?t want to leave him vulnerable to the two Mercedes chasing. Ferrari HQ has a major decision to make. Updated
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Lap 39/70 Verstappen, the only one of the initial top six not to have stopped, is actually leading this race by 10.6 seconds, so even his 10-second time penalty can?t take that away from him. He?ll be in shortly. 

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Lap 37/70 Sergio Perez brings that garish Force India into the pits but it?s a pretty poor one and he?s lost some time. Next Alonso is in. He is desperate to get in and out ahead of Sainz, almost colliding with his young Spanish counterpart on exit. A battle ensues as they emerge on to the circuit but Sainz holds on to ninth spot, Alonso running off and on again in his eagerness to pass. 

1.54pm BST
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Lap 34/70 Vettel?s pit stop is a little sluggish. Next comes Raikkonen. First he sounds off over radio, telling backmarker Paul di Resta to ?get back in the commentary box?. He stops, comes out and nearly holds off his Ferrari team-mate, but not quite. Updated
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Lap 32/70 ?Fronts are not in a healthy shape,? says Vettel. ?Don?t extend it.? He wants to come in. Hamilton does stop and Mercedes get through it nearly a second quicker than his team-mate?s change of tyres. He returns fifth, such was the huge gap to Carlos Sainz before he came in. 

1.49pm BST
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Lap 31/70 Despite the issue with his steering wheel, Vettel seems comfortable enough to continue leading the way, though Raikkonen has closed that gap down from nearly two seconds. Now the stops start: Bottas comes in for Mercedes, a slightly slow one. Updated
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Lap 30/70 Vettel overtakes Ericsson, the first backmarker. Here?s the top ten:1 Vettel2 Raikkonen +1.23 Bottas +6.64 Verstappen +2.65 Hamilton +1.56 Sainz +22.77 Alonso +1.48 Perez +3.19 Vandoorne +3.410 Ocon +4.5

1.44pm BST
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Lap 27/70 We are heading towards the part of the race when we should see a flurry of stops. The supersoft tyre (which most drivers have started with) is significantly quicker than the soft around the Hungaroring, though it doesn?t last nearly as long. There could well be some undercut opportunities here. Meanwhile: ?The steering is hanging to the left when I go straight,? complains Sebastian Vettel. ?And I think it?s getting worse.?

1.40pm BST
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Lap 24/70 Grosjean?s race is over. He can?t get his crawling car back to the pits and he pulls up to become the second retirement of this race. 

1.39pm BST
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Lap 23/70 Well it should have been a long stint. ?OK slow down, bring it back,? Haas say on radio. ?I think we have a crossed wheel nut.? A replay shows a mechanic give the F1 signal for a crossed wheel nut, holding his arms in the air like he?s just signed for West Ham, only with much sadder eyes.Updated
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Lap 22/70 The front five are well clear of the rest with about 15 seconds splitting Vettel in first and Hamilton in fifth. Further back down the road, Grosjean pits from 16th after suffering a dip in right-rear tyre pressure. He puts on the soft tyre which will set him up for a long stint. 

1.33pm BST
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Lap 20/70 Hulkenberg has been given a free pass by Jolyon Palmer, his Renault team-mate. The Briton started 10th but has slipped back to 12th. 

1.31pm BST
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Lap 19/70 Hamilton, in fifth, has upped his pace in the past couple of laps, setting the fastest opening sector of the race and opening a gap between his Mercedes and the Toro Rosso of Sainz behind him of around 12 seconds ? the biggest in the race. Updated
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Lap 17/70 Here?s a huffy Daniel Ricciardo, who doesn?t hold back with his thoughts on Max Verstappen?s opening lap: ?It was what it was. I saw I had a good run out of one, I thought I?ll just go here and protect that place, and felt it hit. For sure it?s not on, that was amateur to say the least. I don?t think he likes when a team-mate gets in front of him. It was a very poor mistake. For sure, we?ll sort it out. I don?t think there?s an excuse for it. He got the line taken away from, he sees me go past, and it?s like ?I?ve got to fix this? and that?s it.?

1.26pm BST
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Lap 14/70 Grosjean and Hulkenberg?s bump, a moment I haven?t seen much of, has been dismissed by the stewards as a racing incident. Yellow flags are out again briefly in sector one but are back in their holsters almost immediately. Vettel?s lead is already up to 3.4secs, but the biggest gap in the top six is between Raikkonen in second and Bottas in third of 5.6secs.

1.23pm BST
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Lap 12/70 Clears signs of degradation on Lewis Hamilton?s rear tyres, but his priority at the moment is communication with Mercedes who are having some system issues in the garage ? though soon enough they get in touch to say it?s fixed. ?Good to have you back,? says Hamilton. 

1.21pm BST
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Lap 11/70 After a helter-skelter start things have settled a little in the Hungarian sunshine. Vettel has established a lead of more than two seconds from Raikkonen, with Bottas, Verstappen, Hamilton and Sainz making up the top six. Updated
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Lap 9/70 The stewards have come down on Max Verstappen over the incident with Ricciardo, dishing out a 10-second penalty. An opening lap bump between Grosjean and Hulkenberg is also being investigated.

1.16pm BST
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Lap 7/70 Fantastic battling between Perez, Alonso and Sainz with the latter jumping past the former world champion and up to sixth, one place behind Hamilton. Back in the paddock, Ricciardo is watching a replay, his famous grin nowhere to be seen. 

1.14pm BST
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Lap 6/70 That Verstappen lock up was unfortunate but Ricciardo will still be fuming that his team-mate took such an aggressive line. The safety car comes in, and Vettel zips away with Raikkonen on his tail. Hamilton attacks Verstappen and they?re wheel to wheel through the first few corners, but the teenager won?t yield!

1.11pm BST
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Lap 4/70 The safety car is out and leading Vettel round the Hungaroring, followed by Raikkonen, Bottas, Verstappen, Hamilton, Sainz, Alonso, Perez, Vandoorne, and Ocon in 10th. 

1.09pm BST
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Lap 2/70 Yellow flags as Ricciardo?s car is dealt with. The replay shows Hamilton try to hold the inside line on the tight turn one and get swamped by both Red Bulls, but on turn two Verstappen seems to lock up slightly, slamming into the side of his team-mate. A moment later Ricciardo is spinning across the track, and very fortunate not to take a big hit as he spun. Updated
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1.05pm BST
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Vettel cuts off Raikkonen into turn one and holds on to the lead. Behind them is the action as Hamilton gets a sluggish start and Verstappen overtakes him. On turn three Ricciardo spins, he?s out! ?Someone hit me, Max I think it was,? says Ricciardo, of his Red Bull team-mate. Sainz is up to sixth, Perez all the way up to eighth. Updated
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1.03pm BST
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Here we go...

1.02pm BST
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A reminder of the grid:1 Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) 2 Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) 3 Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) 4 Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 5 Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 6 Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull) 7 Fernando Alonso (McLaren) 8 Stoffel Vandoorne (McLaren) 9 Carlos Sainz Jnr (Toro Rosso) 10 Jolyon Palmer (Renault) 11 Esteban Ocon (Force India) 12 Nico Hulkenberg (Renault) 13 Sergio Perez (Force India) 14 Romain Grosjean (Haas) 15 Kevin Magnussen (Haas) 16 Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso) 17 Lance Stroll (Williams) 18 Pascal Wehrlein (Sauber)  19 Paul di Resta (Williams) 20 Marcus Ericsson (Sauber)

1.00pm BST
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The drivers are all set for the formation lap. It?s 30C at the Hungaroring, 55C on the track, and Lewis Hamilton has been making clear on team radio that he doesn?t back a one-stop strategy; he thinks tyre degradation is going to force a two.Updated
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12.56pm BST
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Max Verstappen, by the way. What a cool customer. Just time for Giles Richards?s take on the 19-year-old?s stop-start season:

12.50pm BST
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It?s a long run at Hungary down to the first corner, which should help negate a pile-up on the opening lap but also offers plenty of opportunity to overtake, something which becomes an awful lot harder once into the meat of the race. Getting off the grid well will be crucial. 

12.48pm BST
12:48

Ted Kravitz grabs a word with McLaren?s Fernando Alonso: ?It should be the day for both McLarens to be in the top ten. Hopefully we execute.?And Red Bull?s Max Verstappen: ?I don?t know what we?re going to do. You can make plans but things can change. I?m just going to feel my way into the race.? Here?s Renault?s Jolyon Palmer: ?It?s a good position to be in [starting P10]. I think we need to make a good start and that will decide the race. The track feels good, the car feels good. I?m confident for a good race.? And finally acting?s Ashton Kutcher: ?I?m just here as a fan, man.?

12.43pm BST
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F1 managing director Ross Brawn is enjoying the sunshine on the grid, and he?s excited for this grand prix. ?Ferrari have come back again here ? [their form] is circuit dependent I think, because I understand there?s no great change to cars. It doesn?t look like Mercedes had a great qualifying but what?s great is we don?t know who?s going to win.? 

12.39pm BST
12:39

Sky Sports? F1 team are depleted today. Martin Brundle is in Belgium I hear while Paul di Resta has stepped up to replace the unwell Felipe Massa for Williams. Quite a switch from commentary box to cockpit. In Brundle?s stead, Ted Kravitz will take on The Grid Walk.

12.31pm BST
12:31

1 Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) 2 Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)3 Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) 4 Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)5 Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 6 Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull)7 Fernando Alonso (McLaren) 8 Stoffel Vandoorne (McLaren)9 Carlos Sainz Jnr (Toro Rosso) 10 Jolyon Palmer (Renault)11 Esteban Ocon (Force India) 12 Nico Hulkenberg (Renault)13 Sergio Perez (Force India) 14 Romain Grosjean (Haas)15 Kevin Magnussen (Haas) 16 Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso)17 Lance Stroll (Williams) 18 Pascal Wehrlein (Sauber) 19 Paul di Resta (Williams) 20 Marcus Ericsson (Sauber)Updated
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11.57pm BST
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After his dominance of Silverstone, Saturday was supposed to be the moment Lewis Hamilton equalled Michael Schumacher?s record of 68 poles, which had stood untouched for 11 years. Instead, those expecting Hamilton to drive off into the distance with the championship got a surprise ? and a welcome one for fans of a title dust up.Ferrari were much too quick for Mercedes around the Hungaroring, where Sebastian Vettel qualified on pole for today?s race alongside his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen second. ?The car was phenomenal and when I saw it was two reds up front I let out a big scream,? said Vettel after qualifying. ?It?s only Saturday of course and the big challenge comes tomorrow, but after all the talk after the last race [that Ferrari were finished] it was good to give the answer on the track.? If Hamilton is to claim a sixth win at one of his favourite circuits, and overturn his one-point deficit at the top of the drivers? championship, he will have to do it the hard way.The three-time world champion starts fourth behind his team-mate Valtteri Bottas in an all-Mercedes second row who help to make up a nicely symmetrical front eight; Max Verstappen leads Daniel Ricciardo in an all-Red Bull third row, and Fernando Alonso starts ahead of Stoffel Vandoorne for the resurgent McLaren who occupy the fourth row ? their finest grid positions of the season. Formula One takes its summer break after Hungary, making this a pretty handy moment to land a telling blow. Vettel is in position to do just that.Lights out: 1pm BST, 2pm local time Updated
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Dishant Sharma,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",Indian boxers claim five gold medals at Czech Grand Prix,http://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/shiva-thapa-manoj-kumar-strike-gold-at-czech-republic-boxing-tournament/story-H2WySLJMe5tjCBDi3FMamO.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The Indian boxing contingent at the 48th Grand Prix Usti Nad Labem in the Czech Republic claimed five gold medals, two silver and one bronze medal at the event. Among the gold medal winners were World Championships bronze-medallist Shiva Thapa and former Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Manoj Kumar. The World Boxing Championships are scheduled from August 25 to September 2.","Indian boxers packed quite a heavy punch at the 48th Grand Prix Usti Nad Labem, clinching five gold, two silver and one bronze medal at the event in the Czech Republic.World Championships bronze-medallist Shiva Thapa (60kg), former Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Manoj Kumar (69kg), Amit Phangal (52kg), Gaurav Bidhuri (56kg) and Satish Kumar (+91kg) claimed gold medals after winning their respective summit clashes.Kavinder Bisht (52kg) and Manish Panwar (81kg), on the other hand, settled for silver medals. Earlier, Sumit Sangwan (91kg) had claimed a bronze after going down in the semifinals.READ?|?Hungarian GP: Sebastian Vettel grabs pole in Ferrari front-row lock outAmit and Kavinder opened the proceedings for the country in an all-Indian final. Of the two, Amit is a light flyweight (49kg) boxer but competed in the flyweight division in this event. He defeated Kavinder 3-2 to claim the top position.Next up was Gaurav against Poland?s Iwanow Jaroslaw and the Indian had no trouble notching up a 5-0 win.Shiva, who recently won a silver medal at the Asian Championships, also clinched a dominant 5-0 victory over Slovakia?s Filip Meszaros to record another morale-boosting triumph ahead of next month?s World Championships in Hamburg, Germany.Another Hamburg-bound boxer, Manoj, too claimed a 5-0 verdict against local favourite David Kotrc. However, Satish Kumar had to stave off a stiff challenge from German Max Keller for his gold.READ?|?India pip Kazakhstan to win FIBA Women?s Asia Cup Division B, rise to Division AManish, on the other hand, lost to Germany?s Ibragim Bazuev to settle for a silver medal.The tournament marked the end of a fortnight-long training-cum-competition trip for the Indian boxers ahead of the world showpiece scheduled from August 25 to September 2.Of the boxers competing in this tournament, Amit, Kavinder, Gaurav, Shiva, Manoj, Sumit and Satish will be competing in the World Championships.The eighth Indian boxer in the fray at Hamburg will be Vikas Krishan (75kg) but he did not accompany the team on this trip, preferring to train in Pune. "
Parmeet Kaur,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",4 foreign nationals held with drugs worth ?70 lakh in Delhi,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/four-africans-held-in-delhi-with-rs-70-lakh-drugs/1/1014645.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Three African women and a man were arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) for allegedly trying to smuggle over 32 kg of drugs worth ?70 lakh in three separate operations. They were arrested at the Indira Gandhi International Airport while they were trying to fly to foreign destinations with drugs concealed in their bags, an NCB official said.","New Delhi, Jul 30 (PTI) In a major crackdown, three African women and a man have been arrested by the NCB in the national capital for allegedly trying to smuggle out narcotic drugs worth Rs 70 lakh in the international market, an official said today. Drugs (pseudoephedrine and ephedrine) weighing over 32 kgs have also been seized by the sleuths of the Delhi zonal unit of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in three separate operations launched by them since yesterday. All the four have been apprehended from the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in the last 24 hours while they were trying to fly out to various foreign destinations with the contraband concealed in their bags, a senior NCB officer said. The three women have been identified as Zambian Doris Mwansa (46), South Africans Mandaba Violet Xaba (31) and Patricia S Ncube (46) while the Nigerian man is Johnson, the officer said. "
Sonu Kumari,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",Leopard attacks fifth victim in Mumbai's Aarey,http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/leopard-attacks-5th-victim-at-mumbai-s-aarey-officials-to-trap-it/story-HhvdDAkRu90FUHbJ2z7trL.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,A leopard on Friday attacked and injured a twelve-year-old boy while he was coming back with his friends from Mumbai's Aarey pump house. This is the fifth incident of a leopard attack in the last five months. Authorities have reportedly set up two cages to trap the leopard and expect that it will be trapped within the next few days.,"Twelve-year-old Aarey resident Aniket Dileep Page was attacked by a leopard near the Aarey pump house at Film City around 5.30pm on Friday. This is the fifth incident of a leopard attack at Aarey over the past five months. The forest department set up two cages on Thursday at two separate locations ? near Film City and at the Aarey helipad ? to trap the leopard. After Friday?s incident, another trap cage will be set up on Saturday morning.According to the forest department, Page, a resident of Maroshipada, was injured on the back of his neck and on his thighs. ?Page and five other teenagers were headed to the pump house to wash their clothes. On their way back, as his friends walked ahead, Page bent down to scratch his leg,? said Sameer Inamdar, forest officer, Mumbai range. ?Suddenly, the leopard leaped and got a hold of him. The other boys shouted loudly and this startled the leopard, which left Page and ran off.?READ: One leopard behind attacks on four children in Mumbai?s Aarey Colony? Experts think soPage was rushed to Hindu Hruday Samrat Balasaheb Thackeray Trauma Care Municipal Hospital at Jogeshwari. ?Doctors said he is out of danger. He got nine stitches and has been kept under observation till Saturday,? said Inamdar. The incident comes less than a week after two-year-old Vihaan Nilesh Garuda, the son a Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) staffer Nilesh Garuda, was attacked and killed by the same leopard close to Film City. On May 29, a four-year-old boy, a resident of Royal Palms in Aarey Colony, Goregaon, was attacked by a leopard. On March 17, a three-year-old boy was attacked near Khadakpada.Forest department officials said even after increasing the patrolling in the area, the attacks were taking place. ?We have activated the two trap cages and expect the leopard should be trapped within the next few days. It?s roaming around the trap cage but refusing to enter it,? said Santosh Kank, range forest officer, Mumbai forest range. He added another trap cage will be installed near the pump house. ?We have understood its route and laid food at the trap cage to lure it,? said Kank, adding they had images of the animal after setting up 15 camera traps and studying its rosette pattern."
Nandini Sinha,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",Sex is just as important to older women: European court ,https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jul/26/sex-important-to-older-women-european-court-rules?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Europe's human rights court has ruled that sex for older women is as important and found a Portuguese court guilty of sexual discrimination in a 50-year-old woman's medical compensation case. Ruling that importance of sex diminished with a woman's age, the Portuguese court had cut the woman's compensation for a botched surgery that left her unable to have normal sex.","Judges in Portugal were guilty of sexual discrimination in a medical compensation case when they decided that the importance of sex diminished with the age of a woman, Europe?s human rights court has ruled.Maria Morais, a 50-year-old Portuguese woman with two children, claimed that medical negligence during botched gynaecological surgery at a Portuguese hospital in 1995 left her unable to have normal sex. She won her compensation case for physical and mental suffering, but the hospital then won a 2013 appeal that cut the payout by around one-third.Justifying the cut, judges in Lisbon argued sex was not as important because of her age. The three-judge panel ? made up of two men and a woman ? were all over 50, according to Morais?s lawyer, Vitor Ribeiro. The case triggered a storm of protest in Portugal, where one female lawmaker described the ruling as ?Taliban jurisprudence.?The France-based European court of human rights sided with Morais, saying Portuguese judges were guilty of ?prejudices? and had violated the right to respect for private and family life. It ordered Portugal to pay Morais ?3,250 ($3,790) in damages and ?2,460 for costs and expenses.The Portuguese court?s decision ?ignored the physical and psychological importance of sexuality for women?s self-fulfillment and other dimensions of women?s sexuality?, the European court said.?The [Lisbon court] decision had moreover been based on the general assumption that sexuality was not as important for a 50-year-old woman and mother of two children as for someone of a younger age. In the [European] court?s view those considerations showed the prejudices prevailing in the judiciary in Portugal,? it added.There was no immediate reaction from Portuguese authorities.The European court noted two other judgments in Portugal, in 2008 and 2014, concerning medical malpractice complaints by two male patients. In those cases, Portugal?s supreme court found that the fact that the men could no longer have normal sexual relations had affected their self-esteem and brought ?tremendous or strong mental shock?, regardless of their age or whether they had had children or not.? This article was amended on 26 July 2017. The subheading in an earlier version said Lisbon judges. This has been corrected to judges in France."
Deepali Aggarwal,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",Man sets himself on fire in Aus protesting immigration dept,https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jul/28/man-sets-himself-on-fire-near-sydneys-central-station?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A man set himself on fire in Sydney protesting against the Australian Immigration Department on Friday, reports said. Adding that the police negotiated with the man for 8-10 minutes before he set himself alight, officials said the man was ""deeply disturbed and upset"". He ""would have killed himself"" if police had not doused him with a fire extinguisher, they added.","A man who set himself on fire near Sydney?s Central station was protesting the Department of Immigration, according to New South Wales police.The man, aged around 30, doused himself in petrol and set himself alight on Lee Street near the department at 1.30pm on Friday.Superintendent David Donohue could not confirm if the man was an asylum seeker or had been through the immigration system. ?I?m not at liberty to discuss what his issues were but he was protesting the Department of Immigration,? he said at a press conference. Donohue said the man was ?deeply disturbed and upset? and ?would have killed himself? if police had not doused him with a fire extinguisher. He is being treated for superficial burns to his thighs, and his mental health is being assessed in hospital.Police negotiated with the man for eight to 10 minutes before he set himself alight, Donohue said.?On police arrival, they saw the male covering himself in petrol. Police responded quickly, entered into negotiations with the gentleman and shortly thereafter he set himself on fire.??I?m not aware of the actual dialogue between the officers,? he said.NSW police could not confirm whether the man had been inside the Department of Immigration building before he set himself alight.Donohue said members of the NSW fire service were present and the response of law enforcement saved the man from more serious harm. ?The quick actions of police at the time were able to douse him with a fire extinguisher and put him out very quickly and as a result he suffered minor injuries.?A spokesman for the Department of Immigration said it was aware of the incident. NSW police said they had not yet spoken to the department as they were focusing on the man?s health. In May last year, Somali refugee Hodan Yasin set herself alight while in immigration detention in Nauru, and Iranian refugee Omid Masoumali died in April last year after a similar self-immolation protest during a UN visit to the island. Sources on the island told Guardian Australia in May that self-harm and suicide attempts happened daily on Nauru. ? Crisis support services can be reached 24 hours a day: Lifeline 13 11 14; Suicide Call Back Service 1300 659 467; Kids Helpline 1800 55 1800; MensLine Australia1300 78 99 78; Beyond Blue 1300 22 4636"
Prashanti Moktan,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",Actress Neena Gupta asks for work on social media,http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/neena-gupta-at-62-i-m-launching-myself-again-and-not-ashamed-to-ask-for-work/story-xuLZp8Xmgmm3WyAnCLvGBI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"National Award winning actress Neena Gupta described herself as a ""good actress"" living and working in Mumbai while asking for jobs via her social media accounts. Neena said, ""Everybody thinks that after my marriage, I have moved to Delhi and I don't work anymore... then I see so many roles being offered to other actors of my age.""","Veteran actor Neena Gupta doesn?t care two hoots about what people will think or say about what she says. Maybe that?s why, the actor didn?t shy away when she put up on social media that she is looking for work.?I?m feeling very proud of myself [after my Instagram post]. I feel like I?m launching myself again?. at this age! So what? I am not dead. I am fit, I look good and I can still act, so why not! I?m not ashamed,? says national award-winning actor Neena Gupta in an exclusive chat with us.    I live in mubai and working am a good actor looking fr good parts to play A post shared by Neena Gupta (@neena_gupta) on Jul 27, 2017 at 10:11pm PDT The 62-year-old, on Friday, posted on Instagram (and Twitter), that ?she is a good actor looking for good parts to play.? And her daughter, Masaba Gupta (with cricketer Vivian Richards) reposted it along with a message. ?I thought she?ll scold me saying ?you don?t know anything about social media and you are posting this rubbish?. But when I read her post, I realised she understands,? says Neena, adding that she was moved to tears on reading Masaba?s post.Asked what triggered her to share this post, Neena says, ?Everybody thinks that after my marriage, I have moved to Delhi and I don?t work anymore. So, I get so putt off and then I see so many roles being offered to other actors of my age.?I live in mumbai and i am working and i am a good actress koee kam hai toe batao? Neena Gupta (@Neenagupta001) July 28, 2017Sharing a recent incident that left her ?frustrated and disappointed?, Neena adds, ?There was a very nice and lengthy role in a big film and I knew that director very well but he just took someone else, who was not even a Punjabi, and this was a Punjabi woman?s role. I called him and asked ?Punjabi ka role Maharashtrian ko de raha hai, meri umar ka? Tune mere ko kyun nahi liya??.And he said ?Sorry Neena, mujhe dhyaan hi nahi aaya. Mujhe laga tu toh ab Delhi mein rehti hai aur kaam nahi karti.? After that I decided that I still have enough time to start again? mujhe koi sharam nahi hai to ask for work.?The actor, who recently played the role of a mother in a film called The Music Teacher, feels lucky that people still remember for the TV show Saans, which was two decades ago. ?This profession is such that if you don?t work for some time, people forget you. It?s like being out of sight and out of mind,? says Neena confessing that it was a conscious decision after marriage to not work actively, as her husband was in a stable job. ?But I realized that he was working all the time and I was sitting at home waiting for him. So I thought this is not going to work and that?s why I said that no one should leave work for anything in the world.?    Just the other day I was telling someone .. how I am never afraid/ shy to ask for work. Its obviously genetic. My mother put up this post on her instagram today. I mean,my 62yr old national award winning mother. She told me I must always work .. no matter what .. it keeps you from getting old...she told me they don't write for women her age anymore ... I don't think anyone can replicate what she did for TV anymore.. she complains that she can't do PR .. but says 'I do good work,that's my PR'.. time and again we've spoken about how whatever she asks for ... in due time ,she gets... But that's the magic of a pure heart. The universe just can't refuse you... the only advice I have the guts to give her is.. don't work with anyone who won't respect you ,at this age , that's the bare minimum & it's a strange strange industry she's in... the advice she gives me in return is..'whatever you do,free ka PR mat khaana,your only someone's kid/wife/niece/sister for this long. Prove yourself. WORK. Walk the talk & fly ????? @neena_gupta #neenaji A post shared by Masabs ? (@masabagupta) on Jul 28, 2017 at 9:34am PDT My problem is that I can do variety of roles. So when filmmakers are casting, they don?t think of me because I am not slotted.Neena also feels that filmmakers mostly consider her a TV face and not a commercial mainstream film actor. ?If you do one big commercial film and it?s a hit, everybody takes you for that particular kind of a role. My problem is that I can do variety of roles. I can look Punjabi, South Indian, gareeb and ameer too. So when filmmakers are casting, they don?t think of me because I am not slotted. I thought I will do all kinds of roles on TV and people will come to me but aisa nahi hota,? asserts the actor.While most actors these days bank on PR promotions, Neena modestly admits that she just can?t do it ?Somehow, I am genetically not fit for that. I?m a very shy person and find it difficult to ask for work even if I know somebody for ages. I expect ki woh bulayenge, but it?s not a correct attitude in this profession and it gets mistaken for arrogance too. So, I am making an effort. Although my PR is bad but this is the best PR I have done for myself and I didn?t even have to pay anyone to promote me,? she quips.Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Mansha Mahajan,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",Sports firm boss wins case on ?126cr deal he made when drunk,https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/26/mike-ashley-high-court-pub-deal-jeffrey-blue-sports-direct-newcastle-united?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Sports Direct's Mike Ashley has won a lawsuit over a �15 million (?126 crore) deal made in a pub in 2013. In the case, a banker alleged that during a ?night of heavy drinking?, Ashley agreed to pay him �15 million if company?s shares doubled. However, the judge said nobody would've thought what Ashley said in the pub was ?serious?.","Newcastle United owner and Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley has won a high court battle over a �15m deal allegedly made in a London pub, calling time on a case that will be long remembered for days of evidence concerning excessive alcohol consumption.The case revolved around investment banker Jeffrey Blue?s allegation that during a ?night of heavy drinking? at the Horse and Groom pub near Sports Direct?s Oxford Street store in January 2013, Ashley agreed to pay him �15m if the company?s shares doubled to �8.However, on Wednesday, Mr Justice Leggatt, who had said he found the case was ?a lot more interesting than some?, ruled that no one would have thought what Ashley said in the pub was ?serious?.?The Sports Direct senior management meetings certainly show that Mr Ashley is happy to combine discussion of business matters with the consumption of alcohol,? the judge said in his ruling. ?But there is no evidence to suggest that Mr Ashley has ever negotiated or concluded a contract at one of these meetings.?The evening at the Horse and Groom was, in any event, a considerably less formal occasion than the senior management meetings, as there was no agenda or structure for the occasion and the conversation was largely social or general chat, rather than being specifically directed to any business subject.? Ashley was not in court to hear the judge deliver his ruling, but his lawyers said he had won a ?comprehensive? victory.In a statement, the businessman said: ?The only reason the Sports Direct share price exceeded �8, and will hopefully do so again, is because of the sterling efforts of all the people who work at Sports Direct.?Ashley, who gave evidence at the trial, said he could not recall making the alleged deal and if he had it would have been ?obviously just banter?.He had told the court that he had met Blue, who was then an adviser to Sports Direct, and three other finance specialists at the Horse & Groom pub and ?consumed a lot of alcohol?.?I can?t remember the details of the conversations that we had in the pub as it was a heavy night of drinking,? Ashley had said. ?I do remember that we had a lot of drinks and a lot of banter. ?If I did say to Mr Blue that I would pay him �15m if he could increase [Sports Direct?s] share price to �8, it would be obvious to everyone, including Mr Blue, that I wasn?t being serious.? He said he paid Blue, whom he called ?Jeffers?, �1m for ?other deals? unrelated to the night in the Horse & Groom.Sports Direct?s shares hit the �8 price target in February 2014. The shares have since collapsed below �3, in part because of reputational damage caused by a Guardian investigation that revealed workers at the retailer?s Derbyshire warehouse were being paid less than the minimum wage.Shortly after the shares hit �8 at 1.04pm on 25 February 2014 Blue?s wife, who was also in court, texted him to say: ?It?s hit 8!!!!!?.Blue told the judge that Ashley was a ?serious businessman?. He said the work ethic at Sports Direct was ?like nothing else I have ever seen?, but he said Ashley sometimes did business ?in unorthodox ways and in unusual venues?.Blue claimed Ashley once vomited into a fireplace after a senior management meeting that was ?effectively a pub lock-in? and said the businessman would take naps under tables at ?boring? meetings.Lawyers told the judge that Ashley had run up legal bills of �1.5m, and Blue bills of ?�1m-odd?. The judge said Blue would have to pick up Ashley?s legal bills and �600,000 would have to be paid on account within the next month.Lawyers indicated that Blue had been ?assisted? by insurers in launching the litigation. "
Mansha Mahajan,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday","One-third of BSNL's prime land worth ?65,000 crore now: MD",http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/new-valuation-pegs-bsnls-prime-land-at-rs-65000-cr-cmd/1/1014529.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"One-third of BSNL's prime land is estimated to be worth ?65,000 crore now, which is higher than the value of ?975 crore for its entire land assets decades ago, MD Anupam Shrivastava said. This includes land parcels in Delhi, Mumbai, and Ahmedabad, among others. The land on which BSNL has its corporate office, has itself been valued at ?2,500 crore.","New Delhi, Jul 30 (PTI) BSNLs one-third of prime land holdings alone is estimated to be now worth Rs 65,000 crore, way higher than the book value of Rs 975 crore for its entire land assets recorded decades ago, a senior company official said. Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) had a book value of Rs 975 crore for the 15,000-odd land and building assets it holds, Chairman and Managing Director Anupam Shrivastava said. This valuation was arrived at decades back, and in order to reflect a true picture the company got a reassessment done using the fair value method. BSNL -- figured among the top loss making firms with a net loss of about Rs 3,880 crore in the governments Public Enterprises Survey 2015-16 -- initiated the valuation exercise as part of project Vasundhara in April this year. KPMG was roped in as a consultant for the project, which is now nearing completion. The exercise, done alongside the aggressive business revival plans the company pursues, saw one-third of the freehold land assets, mostly in prime locations in major cities being reassessed at the current market value. ""We decided to go for fair valuation of a third of our land parcels...freehold land. For entire land holding, the book value was so far Rs 975 crore in our books of account. With this, the fair valuation has been estimated at about Rs 65,000 crore just for one-third of land parcels,"" he told PTI here. According to Shrivastava, the valuation was taken up as part of a ""special window allowed under the Indian Accounting Standard"". ""We were informed by our consultant KPMG that a window of opportunity was provided for this year, for all companies... So we are among companies that have undertaken this exercise of fair valuation of the land parcels,"" he said. The valuation exercise is ""97-98 per cent complete"", he added. The valuation includes land parcels in Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Chennai and Kolkata, among others. ""The land on which BSNL has its corporate office has itself been valued at nearly Rs 2,500 crore,"" he added. "
Tanya Dhingra,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday","Harry Styles has world's most handsome eyes, chin: Study",http://www.hindustantimes.com/music/this-celebrity-has-the-world-s-most-handsome-eyes-and-chin-who-is-he/story-7Oz3vYPTVgyn0GKPh5LVwJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"According to a study by the Centre for Advanced Facial Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery, One Direction singer Harry Styles has the world's most handsome eyes and chin. The study uses The Golden Ratio to assess symmetry of faces of celebrities and rank them in order of attractiveness. Meanwhile, actor Ryan Gosling won in the world's most handsome nose category. n","One Direction star Harry Styles has the world?s most handsome eyes and chin, according to a new study published by the Centre for Advanced Facial Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery.Harry Styles was recently seen in Dunkirk.The study uses the Golden Ratio, a form of measurements to detect how symmetrical a face is, to identify exactly which male celebrities are objectively the most handsome, reports Aceshowbiz.com.A better look at his chin?
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						Styles is on top of the most gorgeous eyes category due to the length of his eyes and the distance between them, with 98.15 per cent of the perfect ratio. Harry beat the likes of Ryan Gosling.
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						For a perfect chin, the study says the width of the chin at the mid point where it goes in the most should be 1.618 times the length of the lip. Harry?s chin is 99.7 per cent of this ratio. He comes out on the top of this category, beating Jamie Foxx, David Beckham, Idris Elba and Ryan Gosling. Gosling, however, won in the world?s most handsome nose category with 99.7 per cent of the perfect ratio. Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Daisy Mowke,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday","22,000 people evacuated after fire at Spain music festival",https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/30/more-22000-evacuated-as-fire-hits-spain-music-festival?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"More than 22,000 people were evacuated on Saturday after a fire broke out on one of the stages at Tomorrowland Unite music festival in Barcelona, Spain. It is believed the fire could have been triggered by a firework display which was part of the show. Firefighters managed to extinguish the flame and no injuries have been reported, said the organisers.","More than 22,000 people were evacuated on Saturday when the stage at an electronic music festival near Barcelona erupted in flames, sending attendees running.Firefighters rushed to the Tomorrowland festival in Santa Coloma de Gramenet in north-eastern Spain, and eventually managed to extinguish the blaze which caused no injuries, they said in a statement.A total of 22,143 people had to be evacuated from the festival, they added.Footage of the incident shows one side of the stage consumed by giant flames, a shower of sparks raining down as people ran away and black smoke billowing up.It is not clear what caused the blaze, but organisers said on their Facebook page it was due to a technical malfunction.?Thanks to the professional intervention of the authorities all 22,000 visitors were evacuated safely and without reports of injuries,? they said."
Sumedha Sehra,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",Pic shows Hindu CRPF officer guarding as Muslim offers namaz,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/cprf-hindu-cop-stands-guard-muslim-cop-offers-namaz-srinagar/1/1014456.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A picture showing a Hindu CRPF officer standing guard as a Muslim officer offers his namaz during duty hours has gone viral. The picture was originally shared on CRPF's official Twitter account, with the caption 'Brothers-in-arms for peace'. ""Pic wid million of words n msg, it represnt what we're n real sprit of Harmony"", a person tweeted on the picture.","Captioned 'Brothers-in-arms for peace', the picture tweeted by the official CRPF handle on Saturday has Twitterati swooning over the humble comradery of two officers. The picture shows, presumably a Hindu CRPF officer standing guard for his fellow Muslim officer while he offers namaz during duty hours. The post went viral for all right reasons, with people hailing the harmonious sociability, religious coexistence and brotherhood between the two CRPF officers. heart filled with joy after seeing this pic...jai hind brothers ????A J&K policeman offers Namaz while a CRPF Jawan stands guard. Together they fight terrorism.#BrothersInArmspic.twitter.com/NrgAascAgWPic wid million of words n msg, it represnt what we're n real sprit of Harmony. Salute to armd force personal dat how dey save us @ any costIt also assumes added significance as the Valley has been reeling under enormous unrest and bellicose sentiments for over an year now, with curfews being imposed regularly. The post sits atop the garb of how Kashmir is polarised on religious lines- with a Hindu cop shielding his Muslim colleague while the latter offers his prayers. "
Krishna Veera Vanamali,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",Firm told unpaid trainees to pay over ?17 lakh for leaving,https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jul/28/capita-told-graduates-to-pay-21000-for-leaving-unpaid-training-scheme?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Capita, one of the UK?s largest outsourcing companies, has demanded up to �21,000 (?17.7 lakh) from graduates who tried to leave an unpaid training scheme. Former trainees said the training lacked any on-the-job experience and called it ?absolutely useless?. Capita has said participants were made fully aware that free training is provided to only those who successfully complete the course.","Capita, one of the UK?s largest outsourcing companies, has demanded payouts of up to �21,000 from graduates who tried to pull out of an unpaid training scheme under which they were not guaranteed a job.The company, which provides services ranging from electronic tagging of offenders to store card services for retailers and BBC licence fee collection, has been criticised for advertising a number of roles in its IT resourcing division that stipulate applicants must be a graduate and able to attend between two and four months of unpaid training in London or Manchester.Former trainees who spoke to The Guardian said they had been disappointed with the scheme, as the training consisted almost exclusively of online reading from a digital library without any direct teaching or on-the-job experience.One former trainee described the course as ?absolutely useless?. They said: ?All you get is academic textbooks to read. Anyone expecting a hands-on approach would be disappointed. I was offered a few opportunities by other graduate schemes and companies [during the Capita training] but I refused them as I was under the threat of a liability to pay �21,000. I thought at the end of it how foolish I was.?Another former trainee said that they had decided to leave after just over a year of working for Capita and had been asked to pay about �21,000. After protesting, the trainee ended up without her last month of pay, or about �1,200.?I think they knew I was vulnerable as I started as a graduate,? the trainee said. The trainee sought a new job after finding they were being used to ?fill HR gaps? rather than being given roles suitable to her training.Capita said that it now charged �13,000 to trainees who wanted to leave before completing their training and two years of work. It said it had previously charged different rates depending on the role involved.A spokesperson said: ?All participants in the training are made fully aware, at numerous times prior to commencing the training, that it is provided free of charge to only those people who successfully complete the course and are engaged by Capita or a Capita client. Those who successfully complete the training but cannot be found a role within 90 days also receive the training free of charge.?Further revelations about the Capita scheme come as it emerges that one of Capita?s rivals, FDM Group, a FTSE-listed company which works with the Home Office and Ministry of Justice, also demands graduates sign up to months of unpaid training in order to secure jobs.The group?s graduate programme includes up to 14 weeks of unpaid training, after which it says 99% of attendees are placed in a job.The company also demands that trainees pay up to �20,000 if they leave during the training or the first two years of work.A spokeswoman for FDM said: ?The professional training we provide is a major financial investment in our people and in line with employers who invest in their people, we have clauses in our contracts that look to recoup the cost of training with a cap of �20,000 if a person leaves during training or the first two years of consulting. We have a commitment to transparency with all applicants to ensure that they understand the terms clearly. Trainees have 14 days from when they start training to trial the programme and leave with no fees charged.??We have a clear and unwavering commitment for all trainees and employees to be treated and compensated fairly and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Our employees receive a competitive graduate salary that far exceeds national minimum wage levels.?Individuals undertaking our bespoke training do not engage in any work or provide any services for us or any of our clients until they have successfully completed their training, passed all relevant internal and external examinations and been assessed as ready for the workplace.?"
Daisy Mowke,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",Rana Daggubati signs his first international project,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/nene-raju-nene-mantri-rana-daggubati-international-project/1/1014512.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,Actor Rana Daggubati has confirmed that he has signed his first international project with The London Digital Movie & TV Studios. He has also been appointed the Asian Brand Ambassador of the studio. The details of the rest of the cast and crew will be revealed in September and the project will begin in 2018. ,"2017 is turning out to be an important year for Rana Daggubati, who's basking in the terrific success of Baahubali 2: The Conclusion. Needless to say, Rana became a pan-Indian star post Baahubali 2. Rana, who awaits the release of his political thriller Nene Raju Nene Mantri, has signed his first international project with The London Digital Movie & TV Studios (LDM). Interestingly, the Baahubali star has been appointed as the brand ambassador for the UK-based studio.An elated Rana announced the news on Twitter.Happy to be associated with LDM !! Looking fwd to making some great cinema and brining in better technology in filmmaking!! https://t.co/8WHaF6ZKFlThe LDM has officially confirmed that the project will go on the floors in 2018.Rana Daggubati is teaming up with Kajal Aggarwal for the first time in Nene Raju Nene Mantri. Directed by Teja, the film has an ensemble cast including Aggarwal, Catherine Tresa, Navdeep and Ashutosh Rana.The film will simultaneously release in Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi. Produced by Suresh Babu, the film is expected to release in August. Nene Raju Nene Mantri will release as Naan Aanaiyittal. "
Tanya Dhingra,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",None imagined me in this film post serial-kisser tag: Emraan,http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/emraan-hashmi-on-7-years-of-once-upon-a-time-in-mumbai-people-never-imagined-me-in-such-a-role/story-3ju4ikxsNxDvHGBYdxsiyJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Actor Emraan Hashmi, whose film 'Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai' completed seven years on Sunday, said that people had never imagined him in this kind of cinema, considering the serial-kisser tag he had. ""The director Milan Luthria and the producers dared to take the risk, and had belief in the potential of the film,"" Emraan added. ","Actor Emraan Hashmi has been in the Hindi film industry for almost 14 years, but the one film which he considers a career-changer was Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai (2010). The multi-starrer featuring actors Ajay Devgn, Kangana Ranaut, Randeep Hooda and Prachi Desai was a hit with both the audiences and critics.?The experience of working with Ajay was great. I had worked with Kangana before this film, and Prachi and Randeep were amazing too. People had never imagined me in this kind of cinema, considering the serial-kisser tag I had?, says Emraan. He is appreciative of the fact that the makers had confidence in the subject. He says, ?The director Milan Luthria and the producers dared to take the risk, and had belief in the potential of the film. Facing the camera in the character was a huge change for me.?Ajay Devgn played the role of Sultan Mirza, while Emraan Hashmi was his nemesis ShoaibEmraan played the role of the rebellious Shoaib based on a real-life underworld don. His character locks horns with the smuggling overlord of Mumbai, Sultan Mirza, played by Ajay Devgn. Emraan reveals what appealed to him about the film. ?Before this, there had been landmark gangster films like Vaastav (1999), Company (2002) and Satya (1998), and I myself had rejected a lot of films based on the underworld?, he says. ?When Milan started narrating the script, I realised he had done something fresh and new with the concept. It was a ten minute narration, and the story focused on the vulnerabilities of the two characters Sultan and Shoaib. He didn?t even have a full script, but I was sold on the narration. And of course, there was the visual aspect- the cars of that era, the clothes, complete with the bellbottoms!? Emraan adds.Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Saloni Tandon,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday","No time for a relationship, says Jhulan Goswami",http://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/jhulan-goswami-has-no-time-for-romantic-partnership/story-2rvGaiHeR6k9332p82HggL.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Indian women's cricket team pacer Jhulan Goswami has said she has no time for a romantic relationship. ""I am focusing on the game. If I can't devote time to a relationship then I won't be able to do justice to it. I would prefer to do one thing at a time...there's a lot of time for that,"" said the 34-year-old.","She may be an ace pacer but Jhulan Goswami is in no rush to engage in a romantic partnership at the moment. Indian star Goswami believes in doing just one thing at a time.?I am focusing on the game. I am so busy with it that I will not be able to devote time to anything else. If I can?t devote time to a relationship then I won?t be able to do justice to it. I would prefer to do one thing at a time,? Goswami told a television channel here on Saturday.READ?|?Mithali Raj reaches Hyderabad amid fanfare; CM awards plot and Rs 1 crore?I have seen my friends.... how they have had to struggle to balance two things at one time. There?s a lot of time for that (relationship),? she remarked days after India women?s cricket team agonisingly lost to hosts England in the World Cup final at Lord?s.Does the pacer unwind at all??I like movies and music. In fact, before the semi-final and final match (of the World Cup) I saw a couple of classic  Bengali movies to divert my mind,? the 34-year-old said.READ?|?Indian women?s cricket team present signed bat to Prime Minister Narendra ModiIndia rode on Goswami?s 3/23 to restrict England to 228/7 but after Punam Raut (86), semi-final?s star Harmanpreet Kaur (51) and Veda Krishnamurthy (35) helped India come within touching distance of the target, the Mithali Raj-led side lost wickets in a hurry and inexplicably lost by nine runs.Goswami vouched for increasing accessibility to infrastructure for women cricketers.?Cricket Association of Bengal has done a good thing by starting district cricket but I feel it is as important to look into club cricket scenario in Kolkata. They have good infrastructure and it should be made accessible to women,? she said."
Saloni Tandon,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",US swimmer wins record 3 golds in 90 mins at world c'ships,https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/29/caeleb-dressel-three-golds-worlds-katie-ledecky?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"USA's Caeleb Dressel won three gold medals within 90 minutes at the World Aquatics Championships on Saturday, to become the world's first swimmer to ace three events on a single night at a world meet. Dressel's medal haul comprised individual golds in 50-metre freestyle and 100-metre butterfly, besides a world record-breaking performance in the 4x100-metre mixed freestyle relay.","Caeleb Dressel knows the comparisons are coming.After pulling off an unprecedented Triple Crown at swimming?s world championships, it?s time to take on the legacy of Michael Phelps.The 20-year-old Dressel established himself as America?s newest star of the pool Saturday, becoming the first swimmer to win three gold medals on a single night at either the worlds or the Olympics.Not even Phelps managed such an audacious feat.Dressel won the 50m freestyle and the 100m butterfly before leading off a world-record performance in the 4x100-meter mixed freestyle relay.?The comparisons are probably inevitable,? Dressel said. ?But I?m not the same person as Michael.?Yet it was downright Phelps-like the way he pulled off a remarkable night of swimming at Duna Arena. Dressel raced three times over the course of about two hours ? and won every time. Not to mention, he had to find time to warm down and get to three medal ceremonies.?I think I only had to run twice,? Dressel said with a smile.The University of Florida student ? yep, he?s got an algebra exam coming up Monday that he?ll be taking online ? has won six golds medals in Budapest.That gives him a shot at moving into more rarified territory: Phelps is the only swimmer to win seven golds at a world championships, which he did at Melbourne in 2007 as a prelude to his record eight golds the following year at the Beijing Olympics.Dressel will be a virtual lock to win his seventh when he competes on the 4x100 medley relay Sunday, the final event of the championships.Again, those comparisons to Phelps.?It?s a tough question,? Dressel said. ?I don?t know if I welcome them. But I know they?re going to come. I don?t think it puts any pressure on me. I just want to keep doing my thing at this meet and for the future.?Phelps was certainly impressed and texted his congratulations shortly after the relay event. ?This kid is on fire!!? Phelps wrote on Instagram, including a picture of him celebrating with Dressel during a gold medal-winning relay they were both on last summer at the Rio Olympics. ?So damn fun to watch buddy!!!!?Dressel started the night with a furious dash from one end of the pool to the other, adding the 50 free world title to the 100 free he already had. He came back about a half-hour later to nearly break Phelps? world record in the 100 fly, posting a time of 49.86 that was just four-hundredths off the mark set in 2009 at the rubber suit-aided championships in Rome.The final relay was merely a coronation, the Americans romping to gold in 3 minutes, 19.60 seconds ? eclipsing by nearly 3 1/2 seconds the mark they set two years ago at worlds.?Man, that was a lot of fun,? Dressel said.He even managed to overshadow Katie Ledecky, who won her fifth gold medal of the meet by cruising to victory in the 800 free. Yet Budapest will be remembered as bit of a disappointment for the star of the 2016 Summer Games, who settled for silver in the 200 free and didn?t come close to breaking any of her personal bests.Ledecky won in 8:12.68, which was nearly eight seconds off her world record at Rio de Janeiro.?I?ve never walked away from a season completely satisfied, even last year,? she said. ?I can really take what I?ve learned and use it moving forward. It gets me really excited. If that was my bad year for the next four years, then the next couple years are going to be pretty exciting.?Sweden?s Sarah Sjostrom was another standout, bouncing back from a disappointing loss the previous night to win gold in the 50 fly and set a world record in the semifinals of 50 free. Her time of 23.67 broke the mark of 23.73, set in 2009 by Britta Steffen.In the women?s 200 backstroke, Emily Seebohm of Australia shrugged off the roaring Hungarian crowd to take gold over home-country favorite Katinka Hosszu.Sjostrom set her second world record of the meet, having already established a new standard in the 100 free while swimming the leadoff leg of the 4x100 free relay.But even the Swedish star took note of Dressel?s performance.?I don?t even know if he went to the Olympics last year,? she said. ?He took a really big step this year as we can see. It?s really impressive, really cool to see.?Indeed, Dressel has emerged as the breakout performer of these championships, with a bit of help from the relatively new mixed relays. Two of his golds came in events that feature men and women on the same team, races Phelps never competed in at worlds.?It?s crazy,? Dressel said. ?But I had mixed relays helping me out, so it?s a bit different.?Yet no less impressive.Dressel led off the mixed free relay with a blistering time of 47.22 for the first 100 ? even more remarkable given what he?d already been through ? and his three teammates ? Nathan Adrian, Mallory Comerford and Simone Manuel ? took it from there.?That last relay was a lot of fun,? Dressel said. ?I wanted to lead it off even though it meant less to get ready for it. It was such a blast.?The whole night was.?I haven?t had much time to think,? Dressel said, pondering the significance of it all. ?As physically demanding as it is, mentally it?s even more straining. So I have 24 hours until my next swim. I?ll give myself 30 minutes tonight to, I guess, let it sink in a bit, then it?s time to refocus for that relay tomorrow.?"
Niharika Prabhakar,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",523 wetlands destroyed in Maharashtra in 5 years: Report,http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/523-wetlands-were-destroyed-in-maharashtra-in-five-years-report/story-vXeozjltyhMeB4GGMALWTI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Between 2012 and 2017, 523 cases of wetland destruction were reported in Maharashtra, according to a report by Mumbai-based NGO Vanashakti. While ten major cases were reported from Mumbai Metropolitan Region, most cases were reported in other areas such as Thane and Dombivli. Bombay High Court had banned construction on wetlands after the NGO filed a PIL to protect them. ","A court order protecting them and several reports pointing out their importance notwithstanding, wetlands across the state continue to be destroyed. Between 2012 and 2017 alone, 523 cases of wetland destruction were reported, a report compiled by the Mumbai-based NGO Vanashakti revealed at the National Mangrove Conference in Dona Paula, Goa, on Thursday. Ten major cases were reported from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, but the most cases were reported in Thane, at Kalher, Kasheli and Dombivli among other areas. In Mumbai, the destruction is taking place right under our noses ? a 400-acre patch opposite Millat Nagar in Oshiwara-Lonkhandwala, a 15-acre patch at Shivaji Nagar, a 200 acre patch in Charkop and a 10-acre patch in Dahisar.Why does this matter to you? Wetlands are areas of land covered by water, and apart from being home to several species of plants and animals, they act as a carbon sink by absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and cleaning the air you breathe.READ: Maharashtra government order to save wetlands: List those larger than 2.25ha by September?More than 500 wetland destruction cases were reported in five years. This couldn?t have been possible if not for active support from government machinery such as police and revenue department,? said Stalin D, director, NGO Vanashakti. ?The state mangrove cell, meanwhile, has managed to keep the wetlands under their control, relatively safe.?In 2014, the Bombay HC banned reclamation and construction on wetlands after Vanashakti filed a PIL to protect them. Stalin said even during the wetland grievance redressal committee meetings (formed by the state as per HC directions), corporations and revenue departments refused to restore degraded wetlands citing poor funds and lack of places to dump debris from wetlands. ?Despite several court orders, municipal corporations in Mumbai, Thane, Mira Bhayander and Vasai are ignorant about conserving wetlands,? Stalin said. According to the national wetland atlas developed by the Union environment ministry, Maharashtra (spread across 3.07 lakh sqkm) has a wetland cover of just 10,145 sqkm . The Vanashakti data comes a week after HT reported the state had directed every district to document wetlands larger than 2.25 hectares by September, to protect them. Before this directive, the state mapped 320 wetlands in forest areas across 25 districts . Beefing up security and tightening laws were the only ways to protect wetlands, experts said. ?Wetland destruction is a much larger violation than just destroying mangroves, which are a part of wetlands. The state needs to levy stricter fines and soon,? said Arvind Untawale, executive secretary of the Mangrove Society of India. ?The Vanashakti report is an eye-opener to the massive loss already incurred by the state.?Konkan commissioner Jagdish Patil told HT, ?We are drafting an action plan to protect these sites better. Once collectors submit their wetland lists, the panel will decide a strong action plan.?"
Dishant Sharma,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",Hardik Pandya can be India's Ben Stokes: Virat Kohli,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-vs-sri-lanka-2017/hardik-pandya-can-be-to-india-what-ben-stokes-is-to-england-virat-kohli/story-8IeZ3AgA5Wt5NM7RgPEwuK.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Following all-rounder Hardik Pandya's Test debut against Sri Lanka, captain Virat Kohli said, ""If he grows in confidence, you see someone like Ben Stokes, what he does for England. He brings in a great balance as an all-rounder."" The skipper also praised Pandya's batting, fielding and bowling skills and said that he has ""a lot of faith in him"".","Like a striker in football, a quality pace bowling all-rounder is the most treasured property in international cricket. It is why the Indian team is excited and eager to see that Hardik Pandya develops his potential. He has the pace and is an aggressive batsman. He made a decent debut in the first Test in Galle, scoring a half-century and chipping in with a wicket.READ?|?Virat Kohli?s India shatter records in thumping win over Sri Lanka in Galle TestSkipper Virat Kohli backed Pandya, 23, to provide the Indian team balance in batting and bowling.?At home, it has been different but when you play away, one guy gives you a lot of balance. I think Hardik can be that guy going ahead, especially playing so much cricket away from home. If he grows in confidence ? you see someone like Ben Stokes, what he does for England. He brings in a great balance as an all-rounder. I see no reason why Hardik Pandya can?t become that for India,? said Kohli, declaring that Pandya had answered the quest for all-rounder.READ?|?Virat Kohli says Galle Test win vs Sri Lanka an example of Indian bowlers? skillsThat's it. A comprehensive victory and #TeamIndia take a 1-0 lead in the series #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/gTJKnWneMH? BCCI (@BCCI) July 29, 2017?He definitely has. He bowled really nicely on a wicket that wasn?t offering much and he kept it in the right areas. He used the bouncer well. He bowls around 135 kph, and when he bends his back, he can go higher. So, he is a great asset, and specially his batting. Otherwise, we would have been 540-550 in the first innings. He got 50 quickly and that saves you time as well. That gives you another 15 overs to bowl at the opposition. And his fielding is also tremendous. I have a lot of faith in him as far as any format is concerned.?"
Anmol Sharma,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",PCB reserves ?60 crore for legal action against BCCI,http://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/pakistan-cricket-board-reserves-1-billion-rupees-for-legal-action-against-bcci/story-H0ZixF2WoxpLLKSyXD4bXK.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,Pakistan Cricket Board has reserved over ?60 crore to bear the legal costs of filing compensation claim against the BCCI in the ICC disputes resolution committee. PCB chairman Shahrayar Khan said that the board had no option but to seek compensation from BCCI for not playing any bilateral series with Pakistan despite a MoU signed between the boards.,"Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reserved around Rs. 1 billion (100 crore in Pakistani rupees) to bear the legal costs of filing compensation claim against the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in the ICC Disputes Resolution Committee.PCB Chairman Shaharyar Khan said in an interview on Saturday that the board of governor?s meeting on Friday had given approval for the budget to cover the legal costs.?We have hired a British law firm to represent us in the case and file the compensation claim with the disputes resolution committee,? Khan said.He said the PCB had no option but to seek compensation from the BCCI for not playing any bilateral series with Pakistan despite a MOU signed between the two boards in 2014.Khan said the claim would be filed with the ICC committee shortly after the BCCI had failed to respond to the notice of intent sent to them by the PCB and three rounds of talks with their officials also failed to break the deadlock.READ | Sports minister Vijay Goel slams BCCI for meeting PCB officials in Dubai?The BCCI claims they can?t play any bilateral series with us since their government is not giving clearance to them,? he added.Under the MOU the two countries are supposed to play six bilateral series between 2015 and 2022.The PCB, he said, had already sent a notice to the BCCI seeking USD 69 million in compensation from the Indians.?With India refusing to play us in a bilateral series we have lost millions in revenues. Even our broadcasting contract is clear that unless Pakistan and India don?t play a series or more during the tenure of the contract a sizeable amount is deducted from the contract amount (sic),? he said.Khan also confirmed that the planned tour by the World XI to Lahore from September 12 was subject to clearance and security assurances from the Punjab government.READ | Pakistan Cricket Board to discuss financial losses in meeting with BCCI?Giles Clarke who is organizing the tour as head of the ICC special task force on Pakistan cricket has some reservations over the delay in the PCB giving them clearance for the tour,? he said.He said without the PCB first getting clearance and security assurance from the government, it couldn?t give the same to the ICC special task force.Khan also made it clear that Pakistan would not restore cricketing ties with the Afghanistan Cricket Board until the latter gave a public apology.?The Afghanistan board has (to) apologise for the way they publicly gave a statement about Pakistan and Pakistan cricket. We were surprised at their statement because we have always supported Afghanistan cricket,? he added.Khan also said that as far as relations with Bangladesh were concerned the only issue was that they would have to tour Pakistan first as Pakistan had already visited Bangladesh twice and will (not) go there for a third consecutive time.READ |?Pakistan Cricket Board signed proper contract with BCCI, not MoU: Shahryar KhanThe chairman said domestic cricket of the country was not too appalling as it had been portrayed and some of their coaches were qualified and very good.Khan also made it clear the BOG was not happy at all with the performance of the national women?s team in the World Cup.?We all agree that there is a need for more players to come up on the women?s circuit as the same set of players more or less have been representing Pakistan for the last six to eight years.?Khan said he was leaving the PCB in a good state of affairs as the ICC Champions Trophy victory by the national team was a big boost for Pakistan cricket despite international teams not touring the country since 2009.?Sarfraz Ahmed did a very good job as captain and we feel that since he has been made captain in all three formats and is still young Pakistan cricket has a good future ahead of it,? he said."
Saloni Tandon,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",Harmanpreet asks PM Modi if he has a clothes designer,http://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/indian-women-s-team-lauded-by-pm-narendra-modi-for-brilliant-icc-world-cup-show/story-5q9aOXEqnEV0Rvg3kdzQEL.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"India Women cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur asked Narendra Modi if he had a clothes designer, during the side's meeting with him after their runners-up finish in the Women's World Cup. Modi reportedly said he did not have a designer and relied on his old tailor in Ahmedabad. He added the tailor would earlier charge ?20-25, but has now increased his charges.","Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hosted the Indian women?s team that finished runner-up at the ICC Women?s cricket World Cup and told the players that they made the nation proud like several other ?daughters? of the country.Modi had posted a series of tweets before the match to wish luck to the team and to players individually. He had also tweeted soon after the match to hail the team?s performance.READ | Women?s World Cup star Deepti Sharma wants to master carrom ball like R AshwinDuring the interaction, the players said that this was the first time that they had seen a Prime Minister tweet for the women?s cricket team, the PMO said.Delighted to meet the proud skipper of a proud team, @M_Raj03. Congratulated her for her leadership and her game. pic.twitter.com/qIQlOjPmHu? Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 27, 2017They said that they felt proud, happy and inspired to know that the Prime Minister was following their progress, PMO said in a statement.Jhulan Goswami is renowned not only in India but across the world for her bowling. Had a very good interaction with her today. pic.twitter.com/gqjFTHCHDF? Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 27, 2017Responding to questions asked by the players on handling pressure, the Prime Minister said that Yoga helps achieve a good balance between mind, body and action. He also said that practice of Yoga helps develop detachment, the statement said.With the talented @ImHarmanpreet...congratulated her for her memorable innings against Australia & wished her the best for the future. pic.twitter.com/E2BRzLZNiv? Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 27, 2017Telling the players that they had not ?lost?, the Prime Minister said 125 crore Indians carried their defeat in the final, on their shoulders, and this was, in fact, their greatest victory, the statement said.Interacted with this all rounder par excellence, Deepti Sharma. At a rather young age, her remarkable accomplishments make us proud. pic.twitter.com/TC9yMZ03BO? Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 27, 2017He said India?s daughters have made the nation proud in many international sporting events and that the society is benefiting from the progress that women are making in various fields."
Dishant Sharma,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",Completing antibiotics course not necessary: Study,https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jul/26/rule-patients-must-finish-antibiotics-course-wrong-study-says?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A new study has found the rule that patients must complete the course of their prescribed antibiotics is false instead they should stop taking the drugs when they feel better. The study disproves traditional practice of completing courses, which claims that taking too few tablets allows the disease-causing bacteria to mutate and become resistant to the drug.","Telling patients to stop taking antibiotics when they feel better may be preferable to instructing them to finish the course, according to a group of experts who argue that the rule long embedded in the minds of doctors and the public is wrong and should be overturned.Patients have traditionally been told that they must complete courses of antibiotics, the theory being that taking too few tablets will allow the bacteria causing their disease to mutate and become resistant to the drug.But Martin Llewelyn, a professor in infectious diseases at Brighton and Sussex medical school, and colleagues claim that this is not the case. In an analysis in the British Medical Journal, the experts say ?the idea that stopping antibiotic treatment early encourages antibiotic resistance is not supported by evidence, while taking antibiotics for longer than necessary increases the risk of resistance?.There are some diseases where the bug can become resistant if the drugs are not taken for long enough. The most obvious example is tuberculosis, they say. But most of the bacteria that cause people to become ill are found on everybody?s hands in the community, causing no harm, such as E coli and Staphylococcus aureus. People fall ill only when the bug gets into the bloodstream or the gut. The longer such bacteria are exposed to antibiotics, the more likely it is that resistance will develop.The experts say there has been too little research into the ideal length of a course of antibiotics, which also varies from one individual to the next, depending in part on what antibiotics they have taken in the past.In hospital, patients can be tested to work out when to stop the drugs. ?Outside hospital, where repeated testing may not be feasible, patients might be best advised to stop treatment when they feel better,? they say. That, they add, is in direct contravention of World Health Organisation advice.Other experts in infectious diseases backed the group. ?I have always thought it to be illogical to say that stopping antibiotic treatment early promotes the emergence of drug-resistant organisms,? said Peter Openshaw, president of the British Society for Immunology. ?This brief but authoritative review supports the idea that antibiotics may be used more sparingly, pointing out that the evidence for a long duration of therapy is, at best, tenuous. Far from being irresponsible, shortening the duration of a course of antibiotics might make antibiotic resistance less likely.?Alison Holmes, a professor of infectious diseases at Imperial College London, said a great British authority, Prof Harold Lambert, had made the same point in a Lancet article entitled ?Don?t keep taking the tablets? as early as 1999. ?It remains astonishing that apart from some specific infections and conditions, we still do not know more about the optimum duration of courses or indeed doses in many conditions, yet this dogma has been pervasive and persistent.?Jodi Lindsay, a professor of microbial pathogenesis at St George?s, University of London, said it was sensible advice. ?The evidence for ?completing the course? is poor, and the length of the course of antibiotics has been estimated based on a fear of under-treating rather than any studies,? she said. ?The evidence for shorter courses of antibiotics being equal to longer courses, in terms of cure or outcome, is generally good, although more studies would help and there are a few exceptions when longer courses are better ? for example, TB.?But the Royal College of GPs expressed concerns. ?Recommended courses of antibiotics are not random,? said its chair, Prof Helen Stokes-Lampard. ?They are tailored to individual conditions and in many cases, courses are quite short ? for urinary tract infections, for example, three days is often enough to cure the infection. ?We are concerned about the concept of patients stopping taking their medication midway through a course once they ?feel better?, because improvement in symptoms does not necessarily mean the infection has been completely eradicated. It?s important that patients have clear messages and the mantra to always take the full course of antibiotics is well known. Changing this will simply confuse people.?England?s chief medical officer, Prof Dame Sally Davies, said: ?The message to the public remains the same: people should always follow the advice of healthcare professionals. To update policies, we need further research to inform them.?[The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence] is currently developing guidance for managing common infections, which will look at all available evidence on appropriate prescribing of antibiotics.?The Department of Health will continue to review the evidence on prescribing and drug-resistant infections, as we aim to continue the great progress we have made at home and abroad on this issue.?"
Ayushi Ahluwalia,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday",Tricolour is sacrosanct: Govt on Mehbooba Mufti flag remark ,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/tricolour-sacrosanct-to-us-jitendra-on-mehboobas-flag-remark/1/1014240.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said the tricolour flag is sacrosanct and will fly as high in J&K as any other state in the country. This was in reference to J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti's earlier comment that nobody in the state will hold the tricolour if there was any change to Article 35(A). ,"Jammu, Jul 29 (PTI) Union minister Jitendra Singh today said the tricolour is ""sacrosanct"" and termed as ""shocking and ridiculous"" Chief Minister Mehbooba Muftis remarks that no one in Jammu and Kashmir would be there to hold the flag if their special rights are tinkered with. Mehbooba Mufti yesterday said at a function in New Delhi ""Who is doing it? Why are they doing it? (challenging Article 35-A). Let me tell you that my party and other parties who carry the national flag there (in Jammu and Kashmir) despite all risks.... I have no doubt in saying that there will be no one to hold it (national flag) (if it is tinkered)."" "
Rini Sinha,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday","People saw 'Nagina', what's the issue with TV shows: Shastri",http://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/narayani-shastri-those-who-find-naagin-concept-regressive-watch-shows-on-vampires/story-ZzWtISLV9QVaDeYcwhgoJM.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Television actress Narayani Shastri has said that if audiences saw Sridevi's 'Nagina' several times when it released, then what is the problem with such shows on television. She added, ""People who find the naagin concept regressive, ask them if they watch international shows on vampires."" However, Narayani further said that the quality of such Indian shows can be improved.nn","With TV shows focusing on naagins, men having two wives and actors turning into flies and other animals, many feel that TV has now  become regressive. However, actor Narayani Shastri, who will be playing the role of a mother in Rishton Ka Chakravyuh has a different opinion. According to the actor, the small screen is progressive in many ways.?Indian television shows women in a  strong light. A woman working as a CEO in an organisation in the show doesn?t mean progression. For me, along with it, TV also throws light on women wearing saris and salwar kameez, managing personal and professional lives, and doing everything that is otherwise is considered a man?s domain. That justifies progression,? says Narayani, adding that her role in her next is also of a strong fiercely independent woman, who is both manipulative and opportunistic, who yet gives utmost importance to her family.     With the beautiful Mahima/ Anami? rishton ka Chakravuy promotions ?? A post shared by Narayani Shastri (@narayanishastri) on Jul 20, 2017 at 2:18am PDTTalking more about the hullabaloo around fantasy fiction shows on small screen, Narayani adds, ?People who find the naagin concept regressive,  ask them if they watch international shows on vampires. We all know  that audience there loves supernatural and sci-fi shows and how a lot of us here enjoy watching them. In India, we have grown up reading Chacha Chaudhary, Tinkle etc and we have also heard stories about shapeshifters and naagins. They are to us what Batman, Superman and Deadpool are to them.?The actor says that if people  enjoy watching these super heroes then why can?t  they accept their own heroes? ?I remember when Sridevi?s Nagina (1986) released people saw it several times. So what is the problem with TV showing such shows? Also, we can?t forget that India has both urban and rural areas and TV caters to both of them. I am proud of my culture and I believe we all should be,? she points out. But, Narayani feels that the visual treatment of the show can be improved. ?But for sure, the quality of such shows can be made better treatment wise. The improvement would add to its popularity,? says the actor.Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Daisy Mowke,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday","Don't care if actors take drugs, but kids shouldn't: Rana",http://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/kids-doing-drugs-worries-me-rana-daggubati/story-fb6vJvNtAkSkBE7StFJfYN.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Actor Rana Daggubati, while speaking about Hyderabad drug racket case, has said he isn't bothered about actors taking drugs as they're adults, but he's worried about school children taking drugs. ""When youngsters who don't have a mind of their own are doing drugs, it scares me,"" he added. Rana further said it's something that needs to be taken more seriously.","In wake of a major drug bust earlier this month in Hyderabad, actor Rana Daggubati said it worries him and its really dangerous to know that school children have been involved in this racket. The Telangana Prohibition and Excise Department had seized 700 dots of LSD worth Rs 20 lakh and 35gm of MDMA -- commonly known as Ecstasy -- worth Rs 1.4 lakh from three peddlers. The month-long investigation brought to light the drug trade in Hyderabad, which involves not only Tollywood stars and MNC professionals, but also school students from reputed institutions.Commenting on the drug bust scenario, Rana said, ?Honestly, the whole thing has been blown out of proportion. If a filmmaker or an actor takes drugs, it really doesn?t bother me. They are adults and it?s their lives and they can do whatever they want. I don?t give a damn if you take drugs.?What worries Rana is that children are taking drugs. ?The dangerous story about school kids doing drugs worries me. That?s something that needs to be taken more seriously and addressed immediately. When youngsters who don?t have a mind of their own are doing drugs, it scares me,? he said.?Who is supplying drugs to these kids? Are these people immigrants? How are they bringing drugs into the country,? Rana asked.On the career front, Rana awaits the release of Telugu-Tamil political drama Nene Raju, Nene Mantri."
Rini Sinha,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday","I'm overprotective, want to wrap my sister in blanket: Tiger",http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/tiger-shroff-i-m-the-kind-of-guy-who-just-wants-to-wrap-his-sister-in-a-blanket/story-Xiso8Htq1HlF1eHIbgh9oN.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Actor Tiger Shroff has said he's an overprotective brother and is the kind of person who wants to wrap his sister in a blanket. He added, ""I know that after saying this, people will...say, 'Oh, he's a sexist,' and I'll be called all sorts of names. But I don't care."" Tiger's sister Krishna Shroff is three years younger to him.","Usually soft-spoken, actor Tiger Shroff says that he is ?over-protective? beyond imagination when it comes to his sister Krishna Shroff. ?If you ask me, obviously I?m the kind of guy who just wants to wrap his sister in a blanket, because I am an over-protective brother,? says Tiger. ?I know that after saying this, people will react and say, ?Oh, he?s a sexist,? and I?ll be called all sorts of names. But I don?t care, because people like to perceive things in their own way.? Tiger recently faced flak for calling his female co-stars ?padding?, but he later clarified that the word was used for anything outside his own zone in a film project, and that he wasn?t referring to the female leads specifically.Given how protective he is, we ask why Tiger didn?t fire at those who trolled Krishna for posting her ?topless? photos on Instagram ? the photos, in fact, only showed her bare back ? even though his father, actor Jackie Shroff, was vocal about the matter.    #Repost @divina_rikhye_photography with @repostapp. ??? With @kishushroff ? #natural #photography #portraitseries A post shared by Krishna Shroff (@kishushroff) on Aug 20, 2015 at 6:22am PDT Tiger says, ?I didn?t take a stand because I don?t see anything wrong with what my sister posted? it wasn?t in your face. A lot of people out there get [all sorts of] photo shoots done and post their pictures, so it?s her wish, whether she wanted to or not. Everybody has that freedom of [expression] and? you can?t always expect positive [reactions] from others.?The actor, whose films include Heropanti (2014), Baaghi, A Flying Jatt (2016) and the recent release Munna Michael, calls his sister his ?biggest and most honest critic?.    #Repost @divina_rikhye_photography with @repostapp. ??? With @kishushroff ? #natural #photography #portraitseries A post shared by Krishna Shroff (@kishushroff) on Aug 20, 2015 at 6:22am PDT Stating that his father rarely gives him feedback on his performance, Tiger adds, ?The maximum inputs come from Krishna. She has studied filmmaking, so she?s very intellectual in that sense. The best piece of advice she gave me was, ?Don?t overdo it, and just be in the character. Don?t do too much, don?t do too little.? Thankfully, after Munna Michael, she didn?t have much to say, because she was there on the sets all the time.? That?s because Krishna was assisting on the film.?She was like my second director,? says Tiger. ?Every time I was unsure about a particular scene, she?d always be there to support and guide me, because she could see how it looked on the monitor screen. She?d tell me things like how Nawazji [Nawazuddin Siddiqui] was reacting, what was happening in the background, what I shouldn?t do in empty spaces, and how I could improvise.?Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Rini Sinha,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday",Don't mind getting married even when I'm 40 or 50: Shamita,http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/shamita-shetty-on-not-being-married-people-don-t-respect-their-partners-anymore/story-Vs5Zfkp6NmfR0zH3iIx7xL.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Actress Shamita Shetty has said that she doesn't mind getting married even at the age of 40 or 50. ""I'm not going to sit and stress over it or plan things out,"" added the 38-year-old actress. ""I don?t believe in falling in love today, getting married and if it doesn't work, you go your own way,"" Shamita further said.nn","Actor Shamita Shetty is 38 and clearly is in no rush to get married. Even when her sister, actor Shilpa Shetty, 42, is already a mother to a five-year-old son, Shamita says that she is taking it easy waiting for the ?right man? to come in her life.Ask her if she ever gets pressured by her mother, Shamita says, ?I won?t call it pressure. Every parent wants to see their child settle down. And initially, after I lost my dad, mom would be worried and all the focus comes on the other child, naturally. But I don?t really stress about it that much.?What does Shilpa have to say about this? Shamita quips, ?She is not concerned anymore now. She?s kind of understood that I need to find my own way, so she doesn?t pester me. [Also] When these things have to happen, they just happen. My doors are very much open, but honestly, I haven?t found anyone that I can spend the rest of my life with.?    Family brunch time ???? #familyiseverthing #love #happiness #familytime #brunching ?? A post shared by Shamita Shetty (@shamitashetty_official) on Jul 23, 2017 at 3:08am PDT Shamita asserts that she has stayed single for so long because she isn?t really happy with the kind of things she sees around in society today. ?It?s scary what you see out there. People are in marriages and still doing their own things on the side. They don?t respect their partners enough and don?t hold onto relationships the way it was in the past,? she says.I don?t believe in falling in love today, getting married and if it doesn?t work, you go your own way. It?s not about that for me.The actor adds that marriage is sacred for her. ?I don?t believe in falling in love today, getting married and if it doesn?t work, you go your own way. It?s not about that for me. I want a companion whom I am going to be happy with. And I don?t mind if the person comes in my life at a later stage, even when I am 40 or 50. I?m not going to sit and stress over it or plan things out,? says Shamita adding that she won?t prefer an actor as her life partner.So who?s the ideal guy for Shamita that she would want to spend her life with?  ?He has to be someone who can make me laugh and has a drive and passion for whatever he does in his life. I can?t handle dishonesty; I like integrity in people and for me, that?s very important in a man,? says Shamita, adding that anyone who matches these criteria, she would want to know him better.Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Daisy Mowke,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday",TV stars can't endorse brands is backward thinking: Divyanka,http://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/tv-stars-start-a-debate-why-don-t-leading-brands-consider-us-to-endorse-products/story-2j9nwvVFHkoyesCyaeaPAL.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Television actress Divyanka Tripathi has said if people think TV actors cannot endorse a popular brand, she would consider it backward thinking. ""We've become a brand in ourselves, beyond our shows. My fans look up to me,"" she added. Divyanka further said the number of followers TV actors have on social media isn't any less than that of film actors.","Television in India is now nearly as big as Bollywood ? top TV stars are often paid more and have a bigger social media following than film actors with middling fame. Major TV stars are also getting substantial role in films. But for all that, lucrative brand endorsements still elude them.Commenting on this, actor Arjun Bijlani (Left Right Left; Naagin) told us in a recent interview, ?As a medium we [TV actors] cater to a larger audience. So, I really don?t understand why we can?t be the face of a Coke or Pepsi ad, like film and sports stars. At the end of the day, what matters is whether the product sells. I think some brands have too much money to spend, and they believe only movie and sports stars are worth that amount. I am hoping that the perspective would change.?Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya (Ye Hai Mohabbatein) agrees with this, and talks of the TV stars? own brand value. ?We?ve become a brand in ourselves, beyond our shows,? she states. ?My fans look up to me. Thanks to social media, we?re now easily reachable. The number of followers we have isn?t any less than [that of] film actors. Those who think we can?t promote a popular brand? I?d consider it backward thinking.?Here?s a look at what numbers say about star status: TV actor Jennifer Winget gets Rs 1 lakh per episode for her show Beyhadh, where Bollywood actor Amyra Dastur earned approximately Rs 24 lakh for her last film, Kung Fu Yoga. Yet, Amyra endorses Pepsi, while Jennifer has big brands in her kitty.Interestingly, Divyanka, fellow TV actor Rashami Desai (Uttaran), and filmmaker Sidharth P. Malhotra (producer of shows such as Zindagi Wins and Ichchapyaari Naagin) say that TV actors do get offers from a few popular brands, but only for digital, banners, and print ads, and not TV commercials.For the past three years, Divyanka has been turning down offers from a Pantene and Surf Excel, as she has very little spare time. Rashami says that she gets offers to promote brands, but only via social media. ?In big cities, you see big banner ads with popular film actors and sport stars; TV actors replace them in small towns,? says Malhotra, who is directing the Rani Mukerji-starrer Hichki.Model-VJ-actor Keith Sequeira, who was part of Raymond?s The Complete Man campaign, says that there is a clear demarcation between Bollywood and television actors when leading brands look for a face to market their product. ?Brands prefer a model over a TV actor because they want freshness. TV has its separate audience and is part of a daily affair. So, TV actors are considered only for ads to do with dishwashing powder, hand wash etc, which are daily essentials,? he says.Trade Analyst Atul Mohan adds, ?Film actors are popular across India and overseas territories. But as far as TV is concerned, along with Hindi shows, there are regional TV shows, too. So actors who are popular in Hindi TV might not be that well-known in all the regions. That?s also a reason for not choosing them as brand ambassadors.?Ad filmmaker Prahlad Kakkar feels that having TV actors in everyone?s drawing room every day makes them less exclusive. He says, ?You watch a film of a certain actor after a gap, unlike TV. Also sports personalities have a wider reach. When you see TV actors every day, what?s the point of seeing them in ads, too? Where is the exclusivity??However, ad filmmaker Pinaki Bose finds the whole debate subjective. According to him, ad filmmakers don?t go by who is a film actor or a TV personality. He says, ?We?re more concerned about who is apt for the product and the brand?s aspirational value. Which is why, for a a Manyavar ad, we chose [television] actor Satish Sharma. Another thing that?s considered is an actor?s or sport personality?s recall value ? if someone is asked to name top five actors, in all probability she/he will start with Bollywood actors.?Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Niharika Prabhakar,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",12 lakh businesses apply for GST registration,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/over-12-l-businesses-apply-for-new-gst-registration/1/1014138.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Over 12 lakh businesses have applied for fresh registration under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said. According to reports, 10 lakh applications have been approved, while 2 lakh are pending approval. Notably, businesses have time till July 30 to register under the GST. ","New Delhi, Jul 29 (PTI) Over 12 lakh businesses have applied for fresh registration under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia has said. Of these, while 10 lakh applications for registration have been approved, 2 lakh are still pending approval. ""The figure of new registrations approved in GST crosses 10 lakhs today. About 2 lakh applications pending in process,"" Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia tweeted. Businesses have time till July 30 to register under the GST. "
Ayushi Ahluwalia,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday",Rajasthan vendors protest child marriages by refusing supply,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/over-45-000-vendors-in-rajashtan-refuse-rent-out-wedding-supplies-to-raise-their-voice-against-child-marriage/1/653694.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Over 45,000 tent vendors from the Rajasthan Tent Dealers Kiraya Vyavsai Samiti have reportedly refused to supply to weddings without verifying the birth certificates of the bride and groom, to protest the custom of child marriage. Further, the association will inform the nearest police station in case there is any discrepancy in the birth certificates. ","With an aim to help terminate the extensively prevalent issue of child marriage in the country, over 45,000 tent vendors from the state of Rajasthan have decided to turn their backs towards those who facilitate the social evil.The vendors, who come under the umbrella of the Rajasthan Tent Dealers Kiraya Vyavsai Samiti, have taken it upon themselves to closely verify and scrutinise the birth documents of the bride and groom, each time they're approached for wedding supplies.Also Read: Shocking video: 6-year-old girls married off in RajasthanBut their role doesn't just end there. If there is a discrepancy in the birth certificates and they feel a child marriage is what is being planned, the association has also taken the responsibility of informing the nearest police station. ""If anyone comes to book us to supply the tent and do other decorations, we will ask for the birth certificate of the boy and girl to ensure it is not a child marriage. In case a person or group of persons gives us wrong information, we will immediately inform the police and other government officials for the required intervention,"" Ravi Jindal, the president of the group Rajasthan Tent Dealers Kiraya Vyavsai Samiti told The Times of India.As horrific as the act of child marriage itself is, its prominence in some Indian states--Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka in particular--is what makes the situation all the more alarming. The Logical Indian reports, ""India ranks sixth in the world in the number of child marriages that happen every year. According to the Census report of 2011, nearly 17 million Indian children between the ages of 10 and 19 are married. Of this number, 76%, or 12.7 million, are minor girls.""Also Read: Child marriages in India: Explained in numbersThe Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, clearly states that ""if a male has not completed 21 years of age, and if a female has not completed 18 years of age"" then the marriage between the two is illegal and punishable by law.But when has the law ever deterred criminals from committing crimes, anyway?With its roots deeply-entrenched in the socio-cultural fabric of the nation, the implications of child marriage are as horrific as it gets--something that was reiterated through a recent incident in Chittorgarh, India. After a video showing a mass-wedding ceremony involving several little girls and boys who were crying and being forced to tie the knot, surfaced on the internet, the issue gained momentum and caused a major uproar across several social media platforms. Watch: 3 arrested in Chittorgarh child marriage"
Niharika Prabhakar,"30 Jul 2017,Sunday",Husband appeals to Maha CM after wife's death by tree-fall,http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/mumbai-woman-killed-in-tree-fall-husband-asks-cm-fadnavis-to-act-against-bmc/story-WDh3l9OXHRtY4alT3ARuOJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"The husband of former Doordarshan anchor Kanchan met CM Devendra Fadnavis, alleging that inaction by the BMC led to his wife's death after a tree fell on her. Fadnavis assured him that action has been initiated against the garden department of BMC. The BMC had reportedly earlier decided to prune the tree after an inspection, instead of cutting it down. ","Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday told Rajat Nath, the husband of former Doordarshan anchor Kanchan who was killed last week after a tree fell on her in Chembur, that action has been initiated against the garden department of the Mumbai civic body.Fadnavis said he will look into the matter to ensure compensation for the family. Accompanied by BJP leader Shaina NC, Nath met Fadnavis on Friday. He alleged inaction by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had led to Kanchan?s death and demanded a case be lodged against those responsible. Nath complained that in February this year, the owner of the plot had approached the BMC to cut the tree. The civic body inspected it and decided on pruning some of the branches of the dead tree instead of cutting it. The owner had even paid for the pruning, he said. READ:?Husband demands FIR against BMC officialsIf the BMC had paid heed to the application and cut the dead tree, the incident would not have occurred. Fadnavis assured Nath and his family members, who accompanied him, that action has been initiated against the garden department of BMC. Kanchan, a former television news reader with Doordarshan, was on her way home from her yoga classes last Thursday when the tree fell on her, injuring her neck, at Kurla Road near Swastik Park at Chembur East. Nath was rushed to the hospital by vendors who were around at the time of the incident. She died three days later .Falling trees in the monsoon is one of the biggest hazards in the city. Experts have blamed the haphazard way in which authorities pruned trees and the concretisation around the roots, which make the trees weak, as the main causes of these falls. The BMC, in its pre-monsoon activity, had undertaken an exercise to prune 60,000 trees across the city."
Parmeet Kaur,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday",One arrested for attack on former int'l athlete in Delhi,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/powerlifter-anil-sharma-delhi-assault/1/1013846.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Delhi police today arrested a 34-year-old man who was accused of beating former international powerlifter Anil Sharma in Delhi last week. The accused, identified as Ashwini Naath alias Aashu, told the police that he and the other accused had a heated argument with Sharma after which they attacked him. He confessed that he was unaware of intensity of Sharma's injuries.","A day after former international powerlifter Anil Sharma was attacked by a group of men, Delhi Police arrested the main accused and have also identified his other accomplices. The main accused has been identified as Ashu, who has a criminal background. He was arrested from his friend's house and has confessed his involvement in the crime. He told police that last Friday, Sharma called him him and asked him to meet. According to police, after Sharma along with his two friends returned from a hotel, they went to Paharganj area near Ashu's residence where Ashu reached with his friends. When Ashu met him, an argument took place that soon became heated followed by a scuffle. SHARMA FIGHTING FOR LIFESharma is battling for his life at BL Kapoor Hospital where doctors have removed one of his kidneys, pancreas and some parts of the intestine as they were completely damaged during the attack. The attackers smashed him with bricks and rods. Meanwhile, Ashu claimed it was an unplanned attack that occurred due to sudden provocation. He admitted he was unaware about the intensity of the injuries, police said quoting his confessional statement. The police team has identified the remaining accused and raids are on to nab them."
Chhavi Tyagi,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday",No one will hold tricolour if special status altered: J&K CM,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/no-one-will-hold-tricolour-if-special-status-is-altered-j-k-cm-mehbooba-warns/story-oAX9RDowGEw5kMEiOBYi9N.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Jammu & Kashmir CM Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said no one will hold the tricolour if Kashmiri citizens' privileges are altered. ""Let me be very clear. By doing this (challenging Article 35-A), you are not targeting the separatists,"" Mufti said. ""Their (separatists') agenda is different and totally secessionist but you are weakening those powers which trust India,"" she added.","Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti warned on Friday that any tinkering with the special rights and privileges of the people of the state will leave no one there to hold the tricolor.The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief?s remarks came in the context of the issue of Article 35(A) of the Constitution ? that empowers the state legislature to define ?permanent residents? and accord special rights and privileges to them -- being debated in the Supreme Court. ?On one hand, we talk about resolving the Kashmir issue under the framework of the Constitution and on the other we flog it,? she said at an event in Delhi.Mufti, who heads a PDP-BJP coalition in J&K, said mainstream parties such as the National Conference and her own party risk the lives of their workers who stand up and carry the national flag in Kashmir.?Let me be very clear. By doing this (challenging Article 35(A), you are not targeting the separatists. Their agenda is different and totally secessionist but you are weakening those powers which trust India and participate in elections and fight to live an honourable life in Jammu and Kashmir,? she said.?Who is doing it? Why are they challenging the Article 35(A)? I have no doubt in saying that there will be no one to hold national flag if it is tinkered with,? the CM said.?The basic question is how much is the idea of India ready to accommodate the idea of Kashmir? This is the basic crux.?"
Niharika Prabhakar,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday","IAF officers misused allowance, caused ?82 lakh loss: CAG ",http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/iaf-officers-misused-allowance-for-foreign-trips-caused-loss-of-rs-82-lakh-cag/story-lj051Kkkfhic3iEHEKNSlJ.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Indian Air Force officers violated regulations by claiming allowances after visiting foreign countries, causing a loss of more than ?82 lakh,  the Comptroller and Auditor General reported. Military officers can claim leave travel concessions (LTC) only for visits within India when they are on leave, but 49 officers availed LTC while visiting foreign countries between 2010 and 2015, it added. ","Dozens of Indian Air Force (IAF) officers violated defence travel regulations by claiming allowances after visiting foreign countries, causing a loss of more than Rs 82 lakh to the exchequer, the Comptroller and Auditor General has found.Under the regulations, military officers can claim leave travel concessions (LTC) only for visits within India when they are on leave.?We examined records pertaining to the period 2010-15 and found that in 49 cases, IAF officers availed of LTC while visiting a foreign country,? read the CAG report tabled in Parliament on Friday.The national auditor said it reflected the ?systemic failure of internal control? in the IAF.The CAG report said the leave travel claims of the officers were entertained despite the journey from origin to a foreign country not even touching any Indian station.?Admitting such LTC claims and payments amounting to Rs 82.58 lakh was not only irregular but also in gross violation of the government policy on LTC,? the report said.Several CAG reports have highlighted the abuse of LTC provisions by government servants.The report said IAF officers obtained permission from the competent authorities to go on leave to foreign countries with the condition that expenditure would be borne by the officers themselves.?Subsequently, the officers were applying for all-India LTC under travel regulations for the period of sanctioned leave,? the report said.The bills of these officers were cleared though not admissible under travel regulations, it noted.In its reply to the audit findings, the defence ministry said in January 2017 that an internal inquiry into the matter found there was ambiguity in the interpretation of the rules ? the CAG did not find the reply convincing. The ministry also said full recoveries would be made from the officers concerned along with penal interest."
Ayushi Ahluwalia,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday",Those who talked about DNA have joined NDA: Akhilesh Yadav,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/dna-to-nda-akhilesh-mocks-nitish-kumar-over-renewed-friendship-with-bjp/story-f11aBsIqrCkrfHzX79EErM.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said that those who used to talk about DNA have now joined the NDA (National Democratic Alliance). The remarks were in reference to PM Narendra Modi allegedly questioning the DNA of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar in 2015. However, Modi had later clarified that he was instead talking about the ""DNA of democracy"". ","Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday mocked Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar switching alligience to the BJP, reminding the JD (U) leader about a war of words over his DNA with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Yadav?s taunt came a few days after Kumar dumped his allies, RJD and Congress, to renew his old friendship with the BJP and formed a new JD(U)-led NDA government.?DNA ki baat karne waale aaj NDA mein chale gaye (the one who spoke about DNA, has joined the NDA),? Yadav told ANI in Lucknow.The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister was apparently referring to Modi questioning Kumar?s DNA in an 2015 attack on the JD(U) leader?s frequent change of political allegiences. Modi?s barb came soon after Kumar led the so-called grand alliance to victory over the BJP in the Bihar assembly polls.Though Modi later said he was referring to ?DNA of democracy?, an angry Kumar had said the comment was an insult to the state and ?also gives credence to the feeling that perhaps you and your party hold a prejudice against the people of Bihar?.Earlier on Thursday, Yadav had referred to a popular Bollywood song to take on Nitish.?Na-na karte pyar tumhi se kar baithe, karna tha inkar magar ikrar tumhi se kar baithe. Bihar today,? Akhilesh said in a tweet.The song from the 1965 Bollywood film Jab Jab Phool Khile, loosely refers to someone saying yes after repeatedly rebuffing overtures professing love.The Yadav-led SP was ousted from power by the BJP early this year in a bitterly-contested assembly elections.With three members of the legislative council (MLCs) ? the upper house of the state assembly ? quitting on Saturday, Yadav accused the BJP of ?indulging in political corruption from Bihar to UP?.?People are watching everything,? he added."
Radhika Chugh,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday","Car rams into 3 men working on flyover, kills 2",http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/car-rams-into-men-working-on-flyover-crashes-down-2-dead/1/1012929.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A car reportedly rammed into 3 men working on a flyover on Mumbai's Western Express Highway on Friday afternoon, killing two and injuring one. The driver and a passenger survived the crash and fled from the scene. The driver was later arrested from his house and booked under IPC sections 304 (A) (causing death by negligence) and 279 (rash driving). ","Mumbai, Jul 27 (PTI) Two persons died and another was injured after being hit by a car on a flyover on Western Express Highway in the city today, police said. The vehicle then crashed 20 feet down, but its driver and a passenger survived the crash. The incident took place at around 3.30 pm. Ahtashyam Kapadiya, driver of the car who was heading for Kherwadi with a friend, lost control and it rammed into workers who were doing a welding job by the side of the flyover, said a senior police officer. One of the workers, Sandeep Daudke (26), died on the spot, while Lala Banshi (28) died in hospital. Another person was injured and admitted in a nearby hospital. "
Deepali Aggarwal,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday","14-yr-old girl raped twice in one night in UK, two arrested",https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/29/two-men-arrested-girls-raped-twice-witton-birmingham?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A 14-year-old girl was raped twice in one night in UK's Birmingham by different attackers, according to reports. The young victim was first raped at a railway station and was later sexually assaulted in a car. Police have arrested two suspects in relation to the first rape incident and have launched an investigation into the second attack.","Detectives investigating two separate rapes of a 14-year-old girl in Birmingham have arrested two men.The pair, aged 35 and 27, were arrested on Saturday morning on suspicion of carrying out the first rape of the girl, on Tuesday evening, following the release of CCTV images of two suspects.Officers continue to appeal for information in connection with the second rape in the early hours of Wednesday. The victim had sought help after the first rape at Witton station when she was attacked by a man in a car. DCI Tony Fitzpatrick of British Transport Police said: ?There have been significant developments after we released CCTV images of two men we would like to speak with. I?d like to thank the public and the media for the overwhelming support in sharing this appeal.?Both these arrests relate to the first incident at Witton station on Tuesday evening this week. Our investigation into the second incident in the vehicle continues at a pace. The young victim was raped for a second time in a vehicle close to Witton station at approximately 2am.?I am still looking to hear from anyone who lives locally to Witton and saw a young girl walking by herself during the early hours of Wednesday morning. If you saw any vehicle or any person acting suspiciously then please get in touch as soon as possible.? The man suspected of carrying out the second rape is described as thick set, about 5ft 6in, with large biceps."
Aditi Verma,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday",We will go through manufacturing hell: Tesla CEO Elon Musk,https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/29/elon-musk-hands-over-first-tesla-model-3-electric-cars-to-buyers?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Tesla Co-founder and CEO Elon Musk described the task of meeting his set goals for the production of Model 3 cars as a ""manufacturing hell."" The reservations for the car exceed 5 lakh according to Tesla Chief Executive Officer. This comes after the launch of Tesla's Model 3 on Friday, which has a range of 354 km on one charge.","Tesla boss Elon Musk has handed over the first of what he hopes will be a mass-market electric car to employee buyers, setting the stage for the biggest test yet of the company?s plans to revolutionise the auto industry.  Outside Tesla?s factory in Fremont, California on Friday night, Musk showed off the $35,000 Model 3 which has a range of 220 miles (350 km) on a charge that marks a departure from the company?s earlier luxury electric cars. Hours before the event, Musk acknowledged it would be ?quite a challenge? to build the car during the early days of production. ?We?re going to go through at least six months of manufacturing hell,? Musk told journalists. The over half a million reservations are up from about 373,000 disclosed in April 2016. Customers pay $1,000 refundable deposits for the car, which is eligible for tax credits. Any new buyers would likely not receive their car until the end of 2018, Musk said. A longer-range version of the car is priced at $44,000 and will drive 310 miles (500 km) on a single charge. The cars feature a streamlined dashboard devoid of buttons or knobs, with a touchstream display to the right of the driver.Tesla faces major hurdles living up to the Model 3 hype. The 500,000 vehicles Tesla vows to produce next year are nearly six times its 2016 production. Were Tesla to produce, and sell 500,000 cars per year, the company would likely outsell the BMW, Mercedes, or Lexus brands in the United States. Production delays and quality issues marred the launches of Tesla?s Model S and Model X vehicles, and the company blamed production problems for a shortfall during the second quarter of this year. Musk has said a simpler Model 3 design will greatly reduce potential assembly-line problems. Tesla has burned through more than $2bn in cash so far this year ahead of the launch. A troubled Model 3 launch could heighten the risks for the company, while a steady delivery of Model 3s could generate a stream of cash that would allow Tesla to avoid going again to the capital markets to fund its operations. Tesla?s share price has surged 54% since January in anticipation of the Model 3 launch, and Tesla?s pricey valuation now exceeds that of traditional rivals like General Motors and Ford . Until now, Tesla has operated as a niche producer of luxury electric vehicles, with a charismatic, showman chief executive who regularly interacts with fans on his Twitter account. Now loss-making Tesla is trying to move into a different league, building vehicles in high volume for customers able to pay only a few thousand dollars more than the average price of a conventional car or truck sold in the US. The Model 3 is part of Musk?s broader plan to build a clean energy and transportation company that offers electric semi trucks, rooftop solar energy systems and large-scale battery storage systems."
Chhavi Tyagi,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday","Mother, daughter fall ill after eating snake with cabbage",http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mother-daughter-fall-ill-after-eating-snake-with-cabbage/story-htbCoQ4YLUowiWSbm5G2EN.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A 36-year-old woman and her teenage daughter fell ill after they accidentally cooked and ate a baby snake along with cabbage in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. ""A snake?s poison becomes dangerous when it mixes in blood and gets circulated. We will monitor the condition of both the patients for the next couple of days,"" a doctor treating the mother-daughter duo said.","A 36-year-old woman and her teenage daughter fell ill after they accidentally cooked and ate a baby snake along with cabbage in Indore.Afzaan Imam and her daughter Aamna (15) said soon after consuming the vegetable on Thursday night, they felt queasy and started vomiting. ?I had cooked cabbage for dinner. After consuming some, I suddenly bit into something bitter and immediately felt unwell. My daughter also felt the same. When I checked the cabbage, I found a piece of snake inside,? Afzaan said.They were rushed to the MY hospital by family members where their situation is said to be stable now, according to doctors. ?They just vomited a lot after being admitted,? an attending doctor said.?A snake?s poison becomes dangerous when it mixes in blood and gets circulated. We will monitor the condition of both the patients for the next couple of days,? Dr Dharmendra Jhanwar of the medicine department at the hospital said.He said Afzaan and Aamna are being subjected to various check-ups to ascertain if the consumption of the reptile has caused any damage to their body tissues.(With agency inputs)"
Anmol Sharma,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday",Indian sprinter gets World C'ships berth due to less entries,http://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/indian-sprinter-dutee-chand-invited-to-run-at-iaaf-world-championships/story-inqgjTbBUXhXP2zkJsOp9M.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Indian sprinter Dutee Chand has received an invitation from the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to participate in August's World Championships' 100m dash event as the target number of 56 athletes was not reached. Initially, Dutee was not able to qualify for the Championships, but later got a call following her season best of 11.30 seconds.","Indian sprinter Dutee Chand, who narrowly missed achieving the women?s 100m qualification mark for the World Athletics Championships in London, has got a fresh chance to run in the August 4-13 event.The diminutive sprinter from Orissa, who missed the target of 11.26 seconds, has received an invitation from the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) thanks to her season?s best of 11.30 seconds.Of the five 100m finals she raced till July 9, her best came at the third leg of the Indian Grand Prix held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on May 15.READ | Sudha Singh targets CWG, Asian Games after IAAF World Championships snubShort of entriesWith the qualification period having ended, the IAAF invited Chand as the target number of 56 athletes for 100m at London was not reached. Chand?s 11.30 seconds in the qualifying period gives her a global ranking of 100.?On the basis of her global ranking, Dutee has been considered for the London competition. As per the provision of the IAAF, the athlete is required to send her decision within 12 hours of receiving the invitation. On refusal, the next eligible athlete will be identified to establish the target number of athletes,? said an official of the Athletics Federation of India.Chand?s coach N Ramesh said he wasn?t aware of the invitation. ?Officially, we haven?t got any information. But Dutee has British visa. In case there is an invitation, we will discuss and take a call,? he told Hindustan Times.READ | IAAF World Championships: Kerala HC seeks explanation on PU Chitra?s exclusionTaking a breakAfter participating in the Asian Athletics Championships at Bhubaneswar earlier this month, where she claimed bronze clocking 11. 52 secs, Dutee took a break from competition.She also missed the Inter-State Athletics Championships held at Guntur from July 15-18.Chand?s athletic future is in doubt due to hyperandrogenism. The sprinter successfully had a ban overturned in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in 2015, which led to the suspension of the world body?s hyperadrogenism regulations.The IAAF announced this month it would appeal that decision in CAS after a fresh study sponsored by it showed athletes with this condition ? characterised by excessive male hormone testosterone in the body ? gained advantage over other women athletes with normal testosterone levels."
Saloni Tandon,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday","People count my failures, I don't, says Virat Kohli",http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/people-count-my-failures-i-dont-kohli/1/1014171.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"India captain Virat Kohli has said he is not affected by people's opinions on his lack of form. ""I think people start counting the number of innings when a batsman doesn't score well...I wasn't looking at how many innings I haven't scored...when you are playing all formats you are not thinking which format you have not scored runs,"" said Kohli.",
Arshiya Chopra,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday",Inquiry ordered after JNU student alleges harassment by CISF,http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/inquiry-ordered-after-jnu-student-alleges-harassment-by-cisf-at-delhi-s-rajiv-chowk/story-KrMV14AEcouTnxlWwgwMdP.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"After a JNU student's Facebook post alleging he was beaten up at a Delhi metro station by CISF personnel went viral, the organisation has ordered an enquiry into the matter. The student also mentioned the personnel made remarks like he would be ""sent to Pakistan"". The personnel got enraged when he 'defied' their instructions to take off earphones, he said.","The CISF has ordered an enquiry after a JNU student?s Facebook post alleging harassment went viral. Aman Sinha, 22, alleged that he was beaten up at Rajiv Chowk metro station by a few CISF personnel and told that he would be ?sent to Pakistan?, even as the paramilitary force rejected the charges and ordered a probe.Sinha, who is pursuing a master?s degree from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, alleged that the incident occurred on Thursday evening.The Facebook post said that the CISF personnel got enraged when Sinha, who was sporting a beard, ?defied? their instructions to take off his earphones, a laid down protocol that passengers are expected to follow.What ensued was a heated argument, according to Sinha. ?A CISF person came and said you are spoiling the name of the nation, ?Pakistan bhejenge tum mussalay ko aaj.?(You Muslim, we will banish you to Pakistan). They dragged me to the security office through the very long passage where there was no CCTV and no public.?They started abusing my mother and sister, thrashing and beating me very badly, saying that ?public k samne humara naam kharab kar diya?. I tried to record it which they later made me delete and threw away my phone,? Sinha wrote on Facebook.When contacted, the CISF said the student was only asked to write an apology letter for his behaviour with the security personnel, and was neither ?manhandled? nor ?thrashed?. ?He started yelling and arguing with constables Shoeb and PC Bisht who were on duty after he was asked to remove the earphones, which is a normal security drill in the Delhi Metro. He was unwilling and used abusive language after which he was taken to the metro control room,? a senior CISF officer said.Sinha was taken to the control room of the station where he tendered an apology in writing, the CISF officer said.As per CCTV records, the officer said, the entire episode lasted about 30 minutes and the student was then allowed to go.A few social media users expressed disapproval about Sinha not complying with the security check:To which Sinha replied:Several users expressed solidarity with Sinha. Sample some reactions:(With inputs from PTI)"
Deepali Aggarwal,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday","China, Russia responsible for N Korean nuclear threat: US",https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/29/china-and-russia-have-responsibility-for-north-korea-nuclear-threat-says-us?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"China and Russia bear ""unique and special responsibility"" for the threat posed by North Korea, US State Secretary Rex Tillerson said on Saturday following the reclusive state's latest and second intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test. Tillerson further described the test-launch, which was North Korea's 14th this year, as a blatant violation of multiple UN security council resolutions.n","The United States has accused China and Russia of bearing ?unique and special responsibility? for North Korea?s ?belligerent? pursuit of nuclear weapons, after Pyongyang tested its latest ballistic missile.North Korea conducted its second intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test late on Friday in what it called a warning to the ?beast-like US imperialists?. It came less than a month after its first such experiment, on 4 July.The test-launch sent ?a grave warning to the US? that it ?would not go scot-free if it dares provoke? the North, Pyongyang?s official news agency, KCNA, said in a statement. ?If the Yankees brandish the nuclear stick on this land again despite our repeated warnings, we will clearly teach them manners,? KCNA warned.The news agency described Pyongyang?s weapons programs as a ?precious strategic asset that cannot be bartered for anything? and an indication of the country?s ?tremendous might?.The US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, hit back on Saturday, describing North Korea?s launch as a ?blatant violation? of multiple UN security council resolutions.Tillerson also pointed the finger of blame at Beijing and Moscow. ?As the principal economic enablers of North Korea?s nuclear weapon and ballistic missile development program, China and Russia bear unique and special responsibility for this growing threat to regional and global stability,? he said in a statement. Tillerson?s comments are sure to anger Russia and China. Earlier this month Beijing rejected claims from US president Donald Trump that it had a responsibility to do more to rein in its ally. ?I think this either shows lack of a full, correct knowledge of the issue, or there are ulterior motives for it, trying to shift responsibility,? Geng Shuang, a foreign ministry spokesman, told reporters.On Saturday, China?s foreign ministry made no reference to Tillerson?s comments but called on Pyongyang ?to respect United Nations security council resolutions and stop all acts that could worsen tensions on the Korean peninsula?. China also ?urged all the relevant parties to act with caution? to prevent the situation from escalating, the ministry added, parroting previous language on the issue. Bonnie Glaser, the director of the China power project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) thinktank in Washington, said Kim Jong-un?s latest test ? of a missile some experts said had the capacity to reach New York ? would increase Chinese fears of a US strike against the North. ?I suspect that the Chinese are going to be worried about the possibility of a US military strike on North Korea going forward ? The Chinese can?t rule out the Trump ?unpredictability? factor,? she said.Last week the US?s top military officer told a security forum in Aspen, Colorado that conflict with North Korea was not ?unimaginable?. ?What?s unimaginable to me is allowing a capability that would allow a nuclear weapon to land in Denver, Colorado ? that?s unimaginable to me. And so my job will be to develop military options to make sure that doesn?t happen,? said Gen Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff.Glaser said it was hard to predict whether Trump?s White House was genuinely pondering such military options, which might include attempting to destroy a North Korean missile on the launch pad before it it was fired. But following Friday?s test, calls for a return to negotiations appeared increasingly unrealistic. ?Diplomacy seems very unlikely at present.?Jeffrey Lewis, a North Korea specialist at the Middlebury institute of international studies, said he believed a military strike against North Korea had become unthinkable in the light of the ICBM tests, which showed Pyongyang could hit targets on US soil by launching missiles from unexpected locations and at unexpected times. ?The North Koreans wanted to demonstrate that ... if there was a war they could definitely launch [missiles] in the dead of night from some place we don?t expect so we wouldn?t have a chance to fire at them before they got off the ground.??What I think this changes is that it forces the US to confront something that we have said for a long-time is unacceptable ? [that] they can target New York and LA and there is not much we can do about it.??The window for [military action] has closed. People are jumping up and down and screaming [in Washington] not because they are getting ready to attack but because they don?t really have that option any more and they accept that it has gone,? Lewis added. ?Attacking a nuclear-armed state is usually a bad idea - which is why countries build nuclear weapons. That is kind of the appeal.?"
Chhavi Tyagi,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday","14 JD(U), 12 BJP leaders inducted in Bihar Cabinet",http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bihar-cabinet-expansion-live-nitish-kumar-govt-gets-new-ministers/story-dZszMvfWo3HE72rkLof3bI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Saturday expanded the Cabinet, inducting 27 new ministers which included 14 JD(U), 12 BJP and 1 LJP legislator. The oath-taking ceremony, held at Raj Bhawan in Patna, was attended by the CM along with Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan. This comes after Nitish split from the Grand Alliance and aligned with the BJP-led NDA.","The two-day-old Nitish Kumar cabinet was expanded on Saturday. Kumar, who won the floor test at the one-day special assembly session on Friday, inducts 27 ministers in his team. The swearing-in took place in Raj Bhawan.Kumar was sworn in on Thursday, a day after he dumped the Grand Alliance and joined hands with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi had also taken oath as deputy chief minister along with Kumar.Following the oath of 27 more ministers, 12 of the BJP, 1 of LJP and 14 of the JD(U), the strength of Nitish cabinet now reaches 29, with scope for six more.Khurshid Alam and Manju Verma were the lone Muslim and women representatives in the entire cabinet sworn in this time.Below are the live updates:6:25pm: 26 inducted into 2-day-old Nitish cabinet. BJP?s  Mangal Pandey could not take oath as he was not in Patna. Pandey, who is party?s in-charge in Himachal Pradesh was in Shimla. He is on way to Patna and likely to take oath later in day.6:15pm: JD(U)?s Kapil Dev Kamat, Dinesh Chandra Yadav and BJP?s Ramesh Rishidev take oath as ministers in Bihar government6:07pm: BJP?s Vinod Kumar Singh & Krishna Kumar Rishi and JD(U)?s Madan Sahni are inducted in Nitish?s cabinet.6:01pm: JD(U)?s Santosh Kumar Nirala, BJP?s Brij?Kishor and BJP?s Rana Randhir Singh sworn in as ministers. BJP?s 41-year-old Rana Randhir Singh is the youngest face in Nitish Kumar?s cabinet5:56pm: Khurshid Alam and Manju Verma were the lone Muslim and women representatives in the entire cabinet sworn in this time.5:49pm:  BJP?s Suresh Kumar Sharma , Vijay Kumar Sinha  and JD(U)?s Manju Verma takes oath.5:43pm: JD(U)?s Maheshwar Hazari, Shailesh Kumar, BJP?s Vinod Narayan Jha and Ramvilas Paswan?s younger brother Pashupati Paras (LJP) among those sworn into Nitish Kumar?s cabinet.5:36pm: JD(U)?s Jay Kumar Singh, Krishna Nandan Prasad Verma and BJP?s Pramod Kumar take oath as ministers.5:30pm: BJP?s Nand Kishore Yadav takes oath of office and secrecy. 5:28pm: Shrawan Kumar (JDU) and Ram Narayan Mandal (BJP) take oath as ministers in the government.Prem Kumar taking the oath.
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						5:22pm: Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Prem Kumar and Rajiv Ranjan Singh take oath as ministers in Bihar government.5:20pm: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar gets new cabinet, 27 members of JD(U) and BJP take oath as ministers. BJP?gets 13  ministers, JD(U) gets 14.5pm: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan arrive for the oath-taking ceremony of Bihar Cabinet ministers at Raj BhawanKumar was sworn in on Thursday, a day after he dumped the Grand Alliance and joined hands with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi had also taken oath as deputy chief minister along with Kumar."
Deepali Aggarwal,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday",Chinese woman uses plastic surgery to evade over ?23 cr debt,http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/chinese-woman-undergoes-plastic-surgery-to-evade-3-7-million-debt-media/story-3kHPrnUDGBVg7KyExNuEDI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A 59-year-old Chinese woman Zhu Najuan transformed her appearance through plastic surgery in order to avoid personal debts of over ?23 crore, according to reports. ""She looked in her thirties and was different from the photos we had,"" police officers who arrested the woman said. Najuan financed her plastic surgery using borrowed bank cards, reports added.","A 59-year old woman from the central Chinese city of Wuhan transformed her appearance through plastic surgery in order to avoid 25 million yuan ($3.71 million) of personal debts, state news agency Xinhua said. In a case highlighting the challenges facing China as it tries to establish a ?credit society?, police officers were reported to be ?astonished? after apprehending the woman, who fled to the southeastern Chinese city of Shenzhen after a court in Wuhan ordered her to pay off her debt.?We were very surprised at the scene,? the official Xinhua news agency quoted a policeman as saying. ?She looked in her thirties and was different from the photos we had.?The woman, identified as Zhu Najuan, also confessed to using other people?s identity cards to travel across the country by train. She financed her plastic surgery using borrowed bank cards, Xinhua said late on Friday.Representatives from more than 300 Chinese cities released a declaration earlier in July promising to make more credit available for consumer spending, part of the country?s efforts to find new sources of economic growth and reduce its dependence on heavy industry and state-driven infrastructure investment.But as the country strives to make more credit available to individuals, it is also facing a surge in household debt, which is estimated to have reached around 50 percent of gross domestic product last year, more than doubling in less than a decade. As regulators try to establish a reliable nationwide credit rating system, authorities across the country are also exploring new ways to crack down on those who do not pay debts.         According to state media, one court in Jiangsu province has drawn up a blacklist of defaulters. Anyone who telephones an individual on the blacklist will first be forced to listen to a pre-recorded message saying ?please urge this person to fulfil their legal obligations?.Xinhua said the city of Wuhan has also launched a series of crackdowns on debt defaulters, and detained a total of 186 people in the first half of the year."
Rini Sinha,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday",Christopher Nolan doesn't like water bottles on sets: Mark,http://www.hindustantimes.com/hollywood/christopher-nolan-reveals-why-he-doesn-t-allow-chairs-and-water-bottles-on-sets/story-EQo5pKrx2iCHzl5dmRrzRI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Hollywood actor Mark Rylance has revealed that filmmaker Christopher Nolan doesn't like to have water bottles or chairs on a film's set. He added, ""They're distractions - the noise of [the bottles], they're like toys almost, playing around with toys. [The lack of chairs, meanwhile] keeps you on your toes."" Mark worked with Nolan in the recently released film 'Dunkirk'. nn","Christopher Nolan is an intense director and wants everything to look realistic in his movies.Mark Rylance, one of the key members of Nolan?s latest WWII epic Dunkirk, while talking to The Independent, opened about the peculiar mode of work that Nolan adapts on the sets.The Oscar-winning actor, Rylance shared that Nolan is really particular about using film and make everything look realistic.Christopher Nolan with Kenneth Branagh on the sets of Dunkirk.He said, ?He?s very particular about using film and everything being real in front of the camera, so there were a lot of old techniques used in this film to make it look real. The flames on the water and men swimming in them; he really wants to minimise the amount of post-production and CGI stuff.?He also revealed that the ?Interstellar? helmer does not allow chairs and bottle of waters on the set because they are distractions.Christopher Nolan filming Dunkirk.Adding, ?They?re distractions - the noise of [the bottles], they?re like toys almost, playing around with toys. [The lack of chairs, meanwhile] keeps you on your toes, literally.?This is not the first time any actor has said such about Nolan.Ellen Page, Michael Caine and Leonardo DiCaprio with Nolan on the sets of Inception.At the time of Inception, Tom Hardy revealed in an interview that he [Nolan] does not have a phone or an e-mail id because he prefers talking about things face to face.Meanwhile, Dunkirk is having a great run at the Box-office and could run past 200 million USD worldwide in coming days.Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Rini Sinha,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday",I lost my soulmate: Wife of Linkin Park vocalist Bennington,http://www.hindustantimes.com/music/we-feel-your-love-and-loss-linkin-park-singer-chester-bennington-s-wife-tells-fans/story-uVwnOPa8E7cGNet07BpKuI.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Following the demise of Linkin Park's vocalist Chester Bennington, his wife Talinda Bennington said she has lost her soulmate and their children have lost their hero. She added, ""He was a bright, loving soul with an angel's voice. And now he's pain free, singing his songs in all of our hearts."" Bennington was found dead in his residence last week.n","The wife of late Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington has said she?s feeling the love from the rocker?s fans but she?s also feeling the loss.Fans stick posters as they gather at Revolucion monument to pay tribute to Chester Bennington, Linkin Park frontman, following the singer's death by suicide, in Mexico City, Mexico, July 23.
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						Talinda Bennington said in a statement she wants ?to let my community and the fans worldwide know that we feel your love. We feel your loss as well.?Chester Bennington hanged himself from a bedroom door in his home near Los Angeles last week. His death was ruled a suicide.Fans gather at Revolucion monument to pay tribute to Chester Bennington, Linkin Park frontman, following the singer's death by suicide, in Mexico City, Mexico, July 23.
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						?One week ago, I lost my soulmate and my children lost their hero ? their Daddy. We had a fairytale life and now it has turned into some sick Shakespearean tragedy. How do I move on? How do I pick up my shattered soul?? Talinda Bennington added. ?The only answer I know is to raise our babies with every ounce of love I have left.?Chester and Talinda Bennington had six children. Linkin Park rose to fame after releasing its debut album, Hybrid Theory, in 2000. It sold more than 10 million albums and was highlighted by Chester Bennington?s screeching signature vocals. The band went on to become one of music?s top-selling acts and won accolades that included Grammy Awards.Following his death, the band announced it would cancel its tour, which would have begun this week. Talinda Bennington said she knows his fans, family and friends will help keep (Chester?s) memory alive. ?He was a bright, loving soul with an angel?s voice. And now he is pain free, singing his songs in all of our hearts,? she continued. ?May God bless us all and help us turn to one another when we are in pain. Chester would?ve wanted us to do so. Rest In Peace, my love.?Bennington was found dead on what would have been the 53rd birthday of Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell, who hanged himself in May. The two were friends and Bennington was the godfather to Cornell?s 11-year-old son, Chris.Follow @htshowbiz for more"
Mansha Mahajan,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday","GST has not impacted consumer spending, says HUL CEO",http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/gst-has-not-impacted-consumer-spending-says-hindustan-unilever/story-nnSPyAsObDZ8UWBrX2uL9L.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"FMCG major Hindustan Unilever has said GST hasn't impacted consumer off-take and expects price cuts undertaken by it to drive sales. ""With us taking the lead in reducing the consumer price, it should give a fillip to consumer demand,"" CEO Sanjiv Mehta said. HUL had reduced prices of some products, extending tax benefits it got under GST to consumers.","FMCG major Hindustan Unilever (HUL) today said the new tax regime of goods and services tax (GST) has not impacted the consumer offtake and expects the price cuts undertaken by it to drive sales.?I don?t think GST has impacted the consumer offtake. In fact, with us taking the lead in reducing the consumer price, it should give a fillip to consumer demand and consequently to the volume,? HUL Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Sanjiv Mehta said here. The company had reduced the prices of some of its detergents and soaps, extending the tax benefits it got under the GST regime to consumers.Mehta said most of the trade channels are returning to normalcy, barring a few wholesale traders in the central part of the country.?There are some channels like modern trade which have gone back to their normal rhythm, canteen store department, which had stopped buying a few weeks before the transition, they have started buying and they are slowly getting into the rhythm. There are sections of general trade in some parts of the country, which are limping back to normalcy,? he said.The company?s topline and volume growth were impacted by 200 basis points with the canteen store department not buying from it.?I think the most affected still remains the wholesale in the territory of central India like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, those are the cases where the traders are still sitting on the fence, waiting to understand what they need to do and how they need to react to the new era of GST,? he said.?I would believe that sooner or later, the trade channel should start unclogging and there would be some element of channel reset but the large number of wholesalers who are engaged in trade, would have to find ways and means of engaging with the trade, accepting GST is a reality and they will have to live with that,? he added. "
Daisy Mowke,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday",We live in a very classist society: Shenaz Treasury,http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/nepotism-exists-we-live-in-a-classist-society-shenaz-treasury/story-j6BghdZKwwdSDwKKR3fLBM.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Actress Shenaz Treasury, while speaking about nepotism, said we live in a very classist society. ""Nepotism exists. Not just in Bollywood but in every profession in India,"" she added. Further, speaking about Kangana Ranaut who called filmmaker Karan Johar 'flagbearer of nepotism', Shenaz said, ""People like Kangana have to work a million times harder than someone from a filmy family.""","Shenaz Treasury says nepotism exists in all professions in India and not just Bollywood, as the country has a ?classist? society. Shenaz will next be seen in the film Kaalakaandi alongside Saif Ali Khan, who along with filmmaker Karan Johar and actor Varun Dhawan was criticised for his ?Nepotism rocks? act at the IIFA Awards earlier this month.The debate started in Bollywood when Kangana Ranaut branded Karan as a ?flagbearer of nepotism? on his chat show Koffee With Karan earlier this year. ?I am so impressed with Kangana sitting on that couch laying it into Karan Johar about being the flag bearer of nepotism with that big smile. I think she spoke not just for the film industry, but for all of India,? Shenaz said in a statement.?Nepotism exists. Not just in Bollywood but in every profession in India. We live in a very classist society and it?s sad and depressing. People like Kangana have to work a million times harder than someone from a filmy family,? she added.Talking about her struggle in showbiz, Shenaz said, ?When I was a teenager, I wanted to be a screenplay writer or a photographer. First question people asked me, ?Who do you know? Any contacts??. My family told me it was a stupid idea. I should be a teacher like my mom. Or try and get a job in a shipping company like my dad.  But I had no interest in that. We know so many people who have gone into the family business even when they had no interest in it because that was the easiest choice. I feel this is a huge debate in India because it applies to every field and not just Bollywood,? she added."
Dishant Sharma,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday","Fight gets cancelled as boxer falls in shower, breaks teeth",https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jul/28/carl-frampton-andres-gutierrez-boxing-weight-limit?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A boxing match which was supposed to be a World Featherweight title eliminator was cancelled on Friday with less than 24-hour notice after a contender fell in the shower, breaking his teeth and injuring his face. Mexican boxer Andr�s Guti�rrez, a former world champion in featherweight and super-bantamweight, was due to fight Northern Ireland's Carl Frampton in his home town.","Carl Frampton?s fight with Andr�s Guti�rrez in Belfast was called off on Friday night with less than 24 hours? notice after the Mexican fell in the shower.Barry McGuigan, the fight?s promoter, told the BBC: ?We?re all so disappointed, it was a freak accident. He slipped in the shower, smashed his face, the guy is concussed. He?s a deep gash on his chin, his nose, lost two of his teeth.?An earlier statement on McGuigan?s Facebook page said: ?It is hoped that the event will be re-scheduled but ticket holders are advised to retain their tickets and contact point of purchase for further information.?The 30-year-old Frampton, once a world champion at featherweight and super-bantamweight, had been priming himself to fight in his home city for what might have been the final time.Earlier in the day he realised it would no longer serve as an eliminator for the WBC featherweight title for him after he came in one pound overweight at 9st 1lb. He is coming out of a six-month lay-off which followed his first professional defeat, by another Mexican, L�o Santa Cruz, in Las Vegas.Frampton has made no secret of his desire to face Santa Cruz for a third time, or to challenge Wales?s IBF champion, Lee Selby. His trainer, Shane McGuigan, has said the ?finish line? is in sight for him despite only 24 professional fights.McGuigan, speaking to the Irish media before the now cancelled Guti�rrez bout, said: ?We feel Saturday night is the next chapter in Carl?s career and one I?m excited about, because we can see the finish line now.?It?s like running a marathon and you can see that 20-mile mark and you?ve got around six miles to go. The legs are a bit heavy but we?re going to finish strong with four or five big wins.?"
Arshiya Chopra,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday",Remains on Mont Blanc may belong to Air India crash victims,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/human-remains-found-on-mont-blanc-may-belong-to-air-india-victims/story-lxC1EA1SYcajcxFvYXJ5WL.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Body parts have been found on Mont Blanc in the French Alps that might belong to passengers killed in one of the two Air India plane crashes over 50 years ago. Daniel Roche, who spent years combing glaciers looking for remains, found a hand and part of a leg. Roche also found one jet engine of 1966 Air India flight.","Body parts that could belong to passengers killed in one or other of two Air India plane crashes more than 50 years ago have been found on Mont Blanc in the French Alps, sources said Friday.Daniel Roche, who is fascinated by air plane accidents and has spent years combing the Bossons Glacier looking for remains, made the discovery on Thursday.?I had never found any significant human remains before,? he told AFP. This time however he had found a hand and the upper part of a leg.In January 1966, an Air India Boeing 707 from Bombay to New York crashed near Mont Blanc?s summit, killing all 117 people on board.The Hindustan?Times front page on January 24, 1966.
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						Another Air India flight crashed on the mountain in 1950, killing 48 people.This handout picture shows an aircraft debris, which could be from one of two Air India crashes.
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						Roche said the remains he had found could be of a female passenger from the 1966 Boeing 707 flight, as he also discovered one of the plane?s four jet engines.Roche contacted local emergency services in the Chamonix valley who took the remains down the mountain by helicopter and they were due to be examined by experts.?These remains are probably not from the same person,? said Stephane Bozon of the local gendarmerie.?They are probably from passengers, but between the two aircrafts, it?s difficult to say?.This handout picture shows a piece of a leg, which could belong to a victim of one of two Air India crashes which occurred in 1950 and 1966, on the Mont Blanc massif, French Alps.
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						Just 10 days ago, two bodies were found lying near each other, preserved in a receding glacier in the Diablerets massif in the Swiss Alps.A DNA search identified the couple as Marcelin Dumoulin, a 40-year-old shoemaker at the time, and his wife Francine, a schoolteacher aged 37, who had disappeared in the Alps 75 years before."
Sonu Kumari,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday",?1L for pregnant women to expose sex determination centres,http://www.hindustantimes.com/noida/wanted-pregnant-women-to-expose-illegal-sex-determination-centres-perks-rs-1-lakh/story-hSBpBQJScMNER1oC2MXkaP.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Ghaziabad health department is reportedly planning to give ?1 lakh under three instalments to pregnant women who act as informers and help expose sex determination centres across Uttar Pradesh. An official said that in order to be eligible for the amount, the informer will have to give an undertaking that she won't abort the child if it was a girl.","The Ghaziabad district health department is scouting for pregnant women who can act as ?mukhbirs? (informers) and play a crucial role in cracking down on sex determination centres across Uttar Pradesh.The women can help identify on such centres and lead ?decoy operations?. There are incentives in three phases, starting from the point where the FIR is lodged to the stage where the court pronounces a judgment.The ?mukhbir? initiative was launched by chief minister Yogi Adityanath to improve the state?s skewed sex ratio. ?We need help from women who are four months pregnant and can help us get information about the sex determination centres. They can be accompanied by family members or relatives. The accompanying person will also be eligible for the incentive,? said Dr NK Gupta, chief medical officer, Ghaziabad.The women used as a decoy will be eligible for an incentive of Rs 1 lakh under three installments. The first installment of Rs 30,000 will be given when she conducts a sex determination test and shares the information, which will be verified by officials.?For the woman to be eligible for the first instalment, she will have to give an undertaking that she will not abort the child if it is found to be a girl. This becomes mandatory to protect the unborn child. The information about the informer and the operation will be kept secret,? Gupta added.If it is found that the informers are making it a means to earn money or giving wrong information, they would be blacklisted, Gupta said.The second installment of Rs 30,000 will be paid after the woman gives her statement before the court. The balance amount of Rs 40,000 will be paid up once the court pronounces its judgment. The person accompanying the informer woman to the ?illegal? sex-determination centre will be paid Rs 10,000 each as first and second installments and Rs 20,000 in the third stage. The person could be her husband, a family member or a relative.In Ghaziabad, officials of the Haryana health department successfully conducted several decoy operations, using pregnant women, to unearth illegal sex-determination centres in Ghaziabad. Such operations were carried out in June at Loni and also at Nandgram in July earlier this month.The officials said the scheme was launched under the Pre-Conception Pre-Natal Diagnostic Technique (PCPNDT) Act. District and state level committees will monitor the progress on a regular basis."
Chhavi Tyagi,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday",A Kerala temple has 'Judge Uncle' deity for legal issues,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/need-a-lawyer-litigants-in-kerala-go-to-judge-uncle-temple-praying-for-a-miracle/story-IQ5uNdR1CraUDY9cmsduAO.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"'Judge Uncle' is the presiding deity at the Devi temple in Kerala, and locals believe the judge saves 'innocents' trapped in legal hassles. Eighteenth-century judge Govinda Pillai, known for impartial judgements, had wrongly sentenced his nephew to death. Pillai ordered his own death for the error, and his soul is believed to be confined in a 'stone' at the shrine.","Neck-deep in legal trouble, a mining baron from Bellary from Karnataka has finally decided to knock on the doors of the ?Judge Uncle? in neighbouring Kerala?s Kottayam district.The judge in this case is the presiding deity of a small shrine located at the corner of the Cheruvally Sree Devi temple of Kottayam with an ever growing reputation of helping people wriggle out of legal mess. The belief is Judge Ammavan (Uncle) does not disappoint and the mining baron mired in legal cases has made the trip to the temple to make a special offering.Those who throng the temple are controversial figures and to give them anonymity, the shrine opens just for 15 minutes and that too only in the night, after the main Cheruvally temple closes after evening prayers.Visitors at the temple are the veritable who?s who of south India: Malayalam actor Dileep is in jail for his alleged involvement in the abduction and sexual assault of a top actress and his brother Anoop was at the temple to offer special prayers on his behalf.P Gopalakrishnan, the president of the Travancore Dewasom Board that administers the famous hill shrine at Sabarimala was also here last November when a petition challenging its age-old tradition of not allowing women into the temple was being heard at the Supreme Court.The top court is yet to give its ruling on whether to allow women into Sabarimala, but devotees of ?Judge Uncle? believe his blessings are a sure shot way to salvation. The Bellary baron is facing a myriad of court cases including some relating to mine lease violations.?One of my cases will come up before the court soon and my astrologer advised me to visit the Judge Uncle,? he said on the condition of anonymity.According to folklore, the temple has its roots in 18th century when the erstwhile kingdom of Travancore had a judge named Govinda Pillai who was known for his impartial judgments. Once, his nephew was involved in a criminal case and Pillai ordered his execution. Later, evidence surfaced about the nephew?s innocence.Pillai was filled with remorse and he approached the king, requesting that he be punished for his erroneous judgment. The king said the judge must decide his own punishment, following which Pillai ordered his own execution. He also ruled that his body be exhibited at a public place for three days.Pillai?s commitment to justice moved many and the people later built a temple to ?give eternal peace to his soul?. The case diary with Pillai?s own observations on Palmira leaves ordering his execution serves as the deity of the temple.?People from faraway places come here. And many believers request the temple to keep their identity confidential,? said temple manager Gopinathan Nair.?People involved in minor disputes to major crimes come here with lot of hope,? said Deva Narayanan, a retired government employee. The Bellary mining baron currently doing the rounds of the temple happens to be just one of them. "
Chhavi Tyagi,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday",RJD?leader close to Shahabuddin shot dead in Bihar,http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/rjd-leader-close-to-shahabuddin-shot-dead-in-bihar-s-siwan/story-nNJ50rMCX9KqxdBsfUv5VM.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"A youth leader of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Minhaj Khan, a close aide of controversial former MP Mohammad Shahabuddin, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen on Saturday. Khan was asleep at his house when gunmen opened fire at him around 3 am. Khan?s family members have accused criminal Raju Khan and his accomplices of plotting the murder.","Unidentified gunmen shot dead a youth leader of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in north Bihar?s Siwan district in the wee hours of Saturday, three days after a JD(U)-BJP government assumed charge in the state. Police said Minhaj Khan was asleep at his house at Sheikhpura village in Basantpur police station area, 158 km north of Patna, when gunmen opened fire at him around 3am.Khan was district general secretary of the RJD Yuva Morcha and was a close aide of controversial former MP Mohammad Shahabudin, a Siwan strongman who is convicted in many criminal cases. Khan?s family members accused criminal Raju Khan and his accomplices of plotting the murder.The killing sparked tension in the area with a large number of villagers gathering at the victim?s house. Maharajganj sub-divisional police officer Sanjit Kumar is camping at the village with a police team from Basantpur. The situation was tense, but under control, the police added.Basantpur police station SHO Dharmendra Kushwaha told HT over phone that a country-made carbine and five live bombs were recovered near the house of the victim.Prima facie, it appeared that the incident could be the result of personal enmity, the station house officer (SHO) said.Chief minister Nitish Kumar snapped ties with the RJD to form government with BJP?s support on Thursday, promising good governance. His earlier grand alliance government, of which the RJD was a part, was often accused of failing to curb growing crimes in the state. Welcoming Kumar to the NDA fold, Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan earlier urged the chief minister to make law and order, among others, top of his agenda for governance."
Parmeet Kaur,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday",Will gherao MU if results not declared by July 31: Congress,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mumbai-university-exam-results-congress-sanjay-nirupam-gherao-merittrac-services-maharashtra/1/1013590.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam on Saturday said that Congress workers will 'gherao' the Mumbai University on August 2, if it doesn't declare the results by July 31. According to Congress, over 20 lakh answer sheets are yet to be checked. Nirupam alleged that the online-assessment firm got the contract with MU without proper tendering process due to BJP's support.","Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam has issued an ultimatum to Mumbai University administration and the Maharashtra government to declare university results on or before July 31, failing which party cadres and NSUI workers will gherao the Mumbai University campus on August 2.According to Congress, over 20 lakh answer sheets are yet to be checked by the university. Students, who had planned to go abroad for further education, are suffering due to this delay.The evaluation of answer sheets has got delayed because of a faulty online paper checking system which Mumbai University hired this year. MeritTrac Services is the firm which made this online paper assessment system. Sanjay Nirupam has alleged that MeritTrac Services got the contract for this paper assessment system without following a proper tendering process due to the tacit support of the BJP.CONGRESS CLAIMS BJP INVOLVED IN MUMBAI UNIVERSITY RESULTS MESS""The information I have got is this. This company is a part of Manipal University. Mohandas Pai is related to Manipal University and everyone knows about his inclination towards BJP. That is why this company is getting contracts in BJP-ruled states, Nirupam alleged. He added, ""When Mumbai University was not ready for this system, why did the vice-chancellor award a contract to this particular firm? Before getting the final tender, MeritTrac officials had come to Mumbai for some training to teachers about their online paper assessment system.""A few days ago, Yuva Sena Chief Aditya Thackeray had raised this issue with Governor Vidyadagar Rao and demanded action against Maharashtra Education Minister Vinod Tawde and Mumbai University Vice-Chancellor Sanjay Deshmukh for this delay in declaration of Mumbai University results."
Parmeet Kaur,"29 Jul 2017,Saturday",Ex-Maha CM targets Sena over Mumbai not becoming world-class,http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rane-targets-sena-over-mumbai-not-becoming-world-class-city/1/1013715.html?utm_source=inshorts&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=fullarticle ,"Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Narayan Rane on Friday targeted the Shiv Sena and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation in Maharashtra Legislative Council over Mumbai not becoming a world class city. He said that while Singapore and Shanghai which had come up in last three decades had become world class cities, Mumbai which came up 152 years ago, was still lagging behind.","Mumbai, July 28 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Narayan Rane today