A S Kashyap

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be travelling to Myanmar, Australia and Fiji next week, where he will participate in various summits and bilateral meetings.

Starting November 11, the Prime Minister will be travelling to these three countries, where he hopes to strengthen relations between India and its allies, especially nations belonging to the Asia-Pacific region.

“Starting 11th November I would be travelling to Myanmar, Australia and Fiji to participate in various summits and bilateral meetings,” he tweeted.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to withdraw the concessions the Centre has provided Andhra Pradesh for the information technology (IT) sector, stating that such allowances would cause an unhealthy competition between the two states.

Sit-in-protests, hunger strike and demonstrations joined by students, civil society organisations and human rights activists were held in Manipur to express solidarity with social activist Irom Chanu Sharmila whose fast demanding repeal of the AFSPA, 1958 from the state entered its 15th year. Reuters file photo

In order to extend the use of Aadhaar number to various social welfare schemes, government has asked the Unique Identification Authority and the National Population Register to complete the enrolment of the entire population by March. DH file photo
In order to extend the use of Aadhaar number to various social welfare schemes, government has asked the Unique Identification Authority and the National Population Register to complete the enrolment of the entire population by March.

Mining baroness Radha Timblo, who allegedly has a Swiss bank account, has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate. PTI File Photo
Mining baroness Radha Timblo, who allegedly has a Swiss bank account, has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, an official said Thursday.

Radha Timblo, who runs Timblo Pvt Ltd, was in the news recently after her name was revealed by the central government for having a Swiss bank account.

Officials said Timblo has been asked to report to the ED office in Panaji Nov 18.

With the depression over central Bay of Bengal moving north-northwestwards during the past six hours and intensifying into a deep depression. PTI File Photo For Representation
With the depression over central Bay of Bengal moving north-northwestwards during the past six hours and intensifying into a deep depression, the weather office here cautioned the fishermen against venturing into the sea and those out at sea off the Odisha coast to return.

It also suggested hoisting of Distant Cautionary Signal Number One (DC-I) at Paradip and Gopalpur ports.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday he was happy he would be hosted by his Australian counterpart at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground.

“Cricket is a shared passion of Australia and India,” Modi said in a tweet. “I thank PM Tony Abbott for hosting me at the iconic … ground.”

The Odisha government Saturday imposed a seven-month fishing ban along its coast to protect endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles which come to the state beaches for mass nesting every winter, an official said. Reuters file photo
The Odisha government Saturday imposed a seven-month fishing ban along its coast to protect endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles which come to the state beaches for mass nesting every winter, an official said.

Bakers in Kerala have created a record by making the longest eggless cake to celebrate the 131st anniversary of cake baking in India.

The 600-feet long cake has been recorded by the officials of Limca Book of Records and certified as the “Longest ever made eggless cake in India”.

The cake weighing around 3120 kilogram has been imprinted with 720 photos of historic people, political leaders, well-known personalities, cultural art forms, temples, churches and even famous captive temple elephants of Kerala are printed using edible digital printing technique.

Human rights groups took out a protest march through the national capital on Saturday to seek justice for the victims of 1984 anti-Sikh riots on its 30th anniversary.

“Today, human rights groups have come together to demand justice for the victims of 1984 and also for punishment to the guilty. They are also demanding that wherever there has been communal violence and the people are killed in the name of religion or caste, the guilty should be punished, and the government should sternly deal with it,” said senior advocate H.S. Phoolka, who also participated in the protest.

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday welcomed New Delhi’s decision to legally challenge the death sentence awarded to five fishermen from Tamil Nadu by a Sri Lankan court for alleged drug trafficking.

“In keeping with the struggle of the five fishermen who have been awarded death sentence in Sri Lanka, the spokesperson of MEA has maintained that the Indian Government would continue with legal and consular assistance to these five Indian fishermen. This is a welcome step,” BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said.

Bihar Assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Choudhary Saturday terminated the membership of four rebel JD-U MLAs Gayanendra Singh Gayanu, Rahul Sharma, Ravinder Rai and Neeraj Bablu.

Choudhary told mediapersons here that the decision was taken on the basis of charges levelled against them by the JD-U.

The speaker took the decision after repeated hearing of their cases in the past few months.

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Nearly four children are abused everyday in Goa and most of such offences remain unreported, as per an NGO working against child abuse.

“On an average four children are abused in Goa daily. As per government statistics, the number of cases are on the rise,” said Ashwini Verenkar, project director of El-Shaddai Charitable trust which runs Panaji-based NGO called SCAN.

The NGO, which has been active in rescuing children in distress, has found that several cases of abuse go unreported and children are abused mostly by the people known to them.

E V K S Elangovan was today appointed the new TN Congress Committee President with the party accepting the resignation of B S Gnanadesikan, who was upset over his neglect by the AICC. PTI photo
E V K S Elangovan was today appointed the new TN Congress Committee President with the party accepting the resignation of B S Gnanadesikan, who was upset over his “neglect” by the AICC.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi has appointed Elangovan to the post, Congress General Secretary and in-charge of Tamil Nadu Mukul Wasnik announced.

Newly-appointed Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis plans to develop his office on the lines of the PMO to ensure faster and efficient working of his administration. PTI file photo
Newly-appointed Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis plans to develop his office on the lines of the PMO to ensure faster and efficient working of his administration.

The Kerala government today dismissed as false allegations of corruption levelled by bar owners against the State Finance Minister K M Mani over reopening closed bars and ruled out any probe into the matter. FIle photo DH
The Kerala government today dismissed as false allegations of corruption levelled by bar owners against the State Finance Minister K M Mani over reopening closed bars and ruled out any probe into the matter.