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Sonia should lodge case if info in CD on Vadra is false: BJP

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BJP leader Nitin Gadkari today challenged Sonia Gandhi to lodge a case against the party if she believes that the information given in the CD and booklet on alleged land deals of Robert Vadra is false.

Replying to a question regarding the timing of the CD, Gadkari said, “the issue is not of timing. Soniaji must answer. She must say it is wrong and if it is false, she should lodge a case.

“It would have been better if Soniaji had taken an initiative for a judicial inquiry in the Vadra issue,” he said.

East Ukrainian mayor shot, critically injured

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The mayor of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine was shot Monday and is critically injured, a media report said.

Gennady Kernes, 54, was reportedly shot in the back by unknown gunmen as he was on his way for a morning swim, BBC reported.

Kernes is still undergoing emergency surgery at the Surgery Institute in Kharkiv.

“Several internal organs have been injured. There’s bleeding and shock. The bleeding has been stopped, and emergency doctors are treating him for shock,” said the head of the hospital where Kernes is admitted.

Liverpool’s Suarez named PFA player of the year

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Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was named the Professional Footballers Association’s (PFA) ‘player of the year’ for 2013-14, becoming the first non-European to win the award.

Suarez was Sunday night recognised for scoring 30 goals in the Premier League this season, firing Liverpool to the top of the standings, reports Xinhua.

The Uruguayan was presented with the award at a ceremony here after his side’s 0-2 defeat to Chelsea, which means Manchester City can secure the title if they win their three remaining games this season.

Modi lashes out at Farooq Abdullah; Omar dares Modi

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Narendra Modi and the father-son duo of Farooq and Omar Abdullah were today engaged in bitter sparring with the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate alleging that the biggest blow to secularism in India was delivered in Kashmir from where Kashmiri Pandits were forced out due to their religion.

Both Farooq and Omar came out all guns blazing against Modi, saying Modi’s intention was to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir, and asserting that this will never be acceptable to the people of the state.

Real Madrid look to book Champions League final berth

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Spanish club Real Madrid travel to Munich Monday to prepare for their Champions League semi-final return leg against Bayern Munich in the Allianz Arena Tuesday night.

Apart from Pepe, who didn’t play at the weekend, Carlo Ancelotti has no fresh injury worries, other than long term absentees Alvaro Arbeloa, Jese Rodriguez and Sami Khedira and he will have been happy to see Gareth Bale in full training Sunday after the Welshman missed Saturday’s 4-0 win at home to Osasuna through injury, reports Xinhua.

Del Piero to leave Sydney FC

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Sydney FC confirmed Monday that Italian veteran Alessandro Del Piero would leave the A-league football club after both parties failed to agree to a new contract.

The Italian striker and Sydney FC had been in discussions for months about extending Del Piero’s two-season stay in Australia, but Sydney FC chairman Scott Barlow said the 39-year-old player had decided to end his time with the team, reports Xinhua.

DD likely to rope in Tahir as Coulter-Nile’s replacement

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With their spin cupboard almost bare in the ongoing Indian Premier League, Delhi Daredevils in all likelihood will rope in South African leg-spinner Imran Tahir to bolster their slow bowling department after paceman Nathan Coulter-Nile got injured.

Currently the Daredevils have only two specialist spin bowlers in left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem and leg-spinner Rahul Sharma.

Tahir was not picked at the auctions but had a fantastic ICC World T20 in Bangladesh where he was one of the top wicket-takers with 12 scalps in the tournament at a very economical average.

Malaysia holds nine for suspected terror links

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Malaysian police said they arrested nine people today under a security law on suspicion of involvement in a terror group with overseas links.

National police chief Khalid Abu Bakar said the nine, aged from 22 to 55, were arrested near the capital Kuala Lumpur and in the northern state of Kedah bordering Thailand.

They were held on suspicion of being “involved in a militant group that is responsible for planning terror acts in and outside the country”, Khalid said in a statement.

One invalid observer freed, others still held captive in Ukraine

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Pro-Russian separatists released one of the members of the European military observer team for medical reasons, shortly after detaining them before cameras.

Vyacheslav Ponomarev, self-declared mayor of Slavyansk, made at least 7 observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe appear in front of a staged media

The freed observer from Sweden was released due to his ailment of diabetes but, particular care was taken of him by his captors.

TDP leaders stay away from campaigning for BJP nominee

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BJP candidate in Vijaywada West Assembly constituency has alleged that leaders of TDP, which is in alliance with the saffron party, are not cooperating him in campaigning.

The constituency was allocated to BJP as per the seat-sharing agreement between both the parties.

BJP has fielded sitting MLA Velampalli Srinivasa Rao, which is not gone down well with TDP as well as BJP cadres, causing TDP leader Ch Malyadri to file his nomination from the seat. Rao is facing a strong opponent in YSR Congress leader Jaleel Khan.

Obama outraged over Donald Sterling’s offensive racist remark

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US president Barack Obama has reportedly criticised NBA team owner Donald Sterling for making offensive racial remarks and has come out strongly with his displeasure with racism.

The owner of Los Angeles Clippers, Donald Sterling was reportedly caught on tape telling a female friend not to associate with black people or to bring them for Clippers’ games, The Washington Times reported.

This remark was condemned by players, teams, politicians and masses in general.

Ishrat encounter: SC declines to admit plea against SIT member

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The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a plea seeking initiation of criminal and contempt proceedings against one of the members of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) which had probed into the 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter case of Gujarat.

A bench headed by Justice H L Dattu refused to admit the petition of Gopinath Pillai, father of Pranesh Pillai alias Javed Sheikh, who was among the four killed in the Ishrat Jahan encounter on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on June 15, 2004.

People free to move court directly against false affidavits:EC

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Flooded with complaints of alleged falsification of election affidavits, the Election Commission has said people were free to approach the courts directly against candidates for concealing information in nomination papers.

The EC said while earlier the aggrieved persons could approach the returning officer with a complaint against a candidate for concealing information or making a false declaration in the election affidavit, now it is open to people to move a petition before the appropriate court on the issue directly.

Digvijay backs Mamata as Modi, TMC spar

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Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh today backed erstwhile UPA ally Mamata Banerjee as Narendra Modi and Trinamool Congress sniped at each other with the later calling the BJP’s the Prime Ministerial candidate ”butcher of Gujarat”.

“Nothing new about Modi tactic of making baseless allegations & cheap pot-shots.
Mamata is his latest victim, we are so used to his crudity!,” Singh tweeted.

Singh’s remarks came a day after Banerjee’s party heaped scorn on Modi in an angry retaliation to his no-holds barred attack on her.

Akhilesh defends Vadra, calls Modi a ‘Model of Dividing India’

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today appeared to be defending Priyanka Gandhi’s husband Robert Vadra, accusing BJP of blowing the issue of land deals out of proportion and attacked Narendra Modi saying his name meant ”Model of Dividing India”.

Yadav, without naming anyone, said the issue was being raised by BJP as an attempt to distract the attention of the people from other things, an apparent reference to the BJP questioning the land deals by Vadra, son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi.

Mysore trains get new halt

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The Bangalore City-Mysore Passenger and the Mysore-Bangalore City Passenger will bring to a standstill for a minute at Krishnadevaraya Halt in Hampinagar, Bangalore, for a period of six months, starting April 28 (Monday), on an experimental basis.

Train No.56233which is Bangalore City-Mysore Passenger, leaves Bangalore City at 5 am, will arrive at Krishnadevaraya Halt at 5.04 am and depart at 5.05 am to reach Nayandahalli at 5.14 am.

Encroachment of BBMP land by Slum Development Board

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Generally slum dwellers are held responsible for making inroads into government land in cities and towns but in a rare case, Karnataka Slum Development Board has reportedly encroached upon Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike land in Yelahanka.

This shocking fact came to fore on Friday when Bangalore Mayor B S Satyanarayana and other officers visited Yelahanka to see the progress made in the installation of bio-methanisation plant.

BJP to have its best performance under Modi’s captaincy: Azad

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Having won from this seat twice, sitting BJP MP Kirti Azad may find the pitch familiar but the former Team India member says elections are like cricket where no match is won till the last wicket is taken or the last run scored.

Up against the seasoned Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi of RJD, a four-time MP (1991, 96, 98 and 2004) from here, Sanjay Jha of JD-U and AAP’s foreign-educated medico Prabhat Ranjan Das, 55-year-old Azad claims BJP will produce its best ever performance in Lok Sabha elections under the captaincy of Narendra Modi.

Re-trial in Salman’s mishap case begins, first witness deposes

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Eleven years after Bollywood actor Salman Khan allegedly rammed his car into a shop killing one person and injuring four, the re-trial in this case began today with a witness deposing before a sessions court.

Samba Gowda, who was the first witness to depose in the court, said he had drawn panchnama of the articles seized by police on the day of the incident on September 28, 2002.

Liver transplants will be perform by BMC

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Bangalore Medical College (BMC) recently obtained permission to perform liver transplants and as many as 15 people have already registered themselves for a liver transplant.

Dr M M Satish Kumar, Assistant professor, Institute of Nephro-Urology, Victoria Hospital, addressing a press conference here, said: “BMC, which previously had permission to perform kidney transplants, had requested that it be allowed to perform liver transplants as well.”

Vijay aims for consistency in IPL-7

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Stylish opening batsman Murali Vijay is slowly finding his feet in the colours of his new IPL team Delhi Daredevils and he says he wants to be consistent and finish off more games.

After playing for IPL’s most decorated team Chennai Super Kings for five years, Vijay changed sides this season to open for Delhi and after three quiet innings, he has slowly started to make a mark with solid scores of 52 and 40, which helped his side beat Mumbai Indians in their last match yesterday.

‘Model of Dividing India’ full form of Modi: Akhilesh

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today appeared to be defending Priyanka Gandhi’s husband Robert Vadra, accusing BJP of blowing the issue of land deals out of proportion and attacked Narendra Modi saying his name meant “Model of Dividing India”.

Yadav, without naming anyone, said the issue was being raised by BJP as an attempt to distract the attention of the people from other things, an apparent reference to the BJP questioning the land deals by Vadra, son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi.

Narrow escape for Akhilesh as bird hits chopper

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UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his wife Dimple Yadav had a narrow escape after their chopper was hit by a bird, forcing it to make an emergency landing.

The incident occurred last evening when Akhilesh along with Dimple, MP from Kannauj, was returning from Saifai after the last rites of his uncle Ratan Singh Yadav, official sources said today.

The helicopter, which was initially scheduled to land at La Martiniere college near the CM’s residence, had to make an emergency landing at Amausi airport.