Gali Nagaraja The Aam Aadmi Party has reportedly set aside Rs 520 crore to fund its radio advertisements over the current financial year, in which Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will address the people of Delhi and share his government’s work.
The ads, which will run with the tagline ‘Jo Kaha, So Kiya’, will refer to his party’s pre-poll promises and the steps taken by the government to implement them.
Ministry of Human Resource Development issued a show cause notice to Shashanta Datta Gupta, VC of Vishwabharati University asking him to explain the financial and administrative irregularities committed in the university which were pointed out by the three member enquiry committee. The VC has been given 21 days time to offer his explanation. In case he fails to offer his explanation, disciplinary action would be taken against him. President of India who is the Visitor of the University may apply section 16 of the Act to remove VC.
Former Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University formulated a special committee for the establishment English medium higher secondary schools in all the districts of UP by 2017 to coincide with the Bicentenary birthday celebrations of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, founder of Aligarh Muslim University. This was disclosed by the spokesman of AMU, Mr. Rahat Abrar. He informed that these schools will follow CBSE syllabus. They will be open to all but Muslim students will get reservation on account of their educational backwardness.
Mr. Abhijeet Chowdry, Director of Gateforum informed that a Pen Drive has been prepared consisting of video lectures for 300 hours and complete syllabus of GATE in addition to study material. This can be had form http://gateforum.com/
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Central Hajj Committee has decided to refund Rs. 3000-5000 to the Hajj pilgrims of 2013 as a result of savings after deducting the expenses.
Iran has received 13 tonnes of gold which had been held in South Africa for two years due to sanctions, Iran’s central bank announced on Wednesday.
The gold was delivered to the central bank on Tuesday night. After purchasing the gold, Iran had to deposit it in South Africa as sanctions blocked its way to Iran, semi-official Fars news agency quoted Central Governor Valiollah Seif as saying.
The report did not mention where nor when did Iran purchase the gold, according to Xinhua.
For maintenance of peace and also for the development of Telangana State, the procedures adopted during Nizam’s period will be given preference. This was stated by Home Minister of Telangana State, Mr. N. Narasimha Reddy. He was addressing a gathering of Iftar party organized by Mr. Mahinder Reddy, Commissioner of Hyderabad City police at Chowmahalla Palace, Khilwath yesterday. Present on this occasion were, VC of Jamia Nizamia, Maulana Khaleel Ahmed, Maulana Abdullah Qureshi, Maulana Murtuza Pasha, Maulana Qubool Pasha Shuttari, Muslim Bureaucrats and Police Officers.
On the invitation from Mr. Firasat Ali Baqueri, Dr. Syed Zameer Akhtar Naqvi arrived from Pakistan. He will address the gathering at Aza Khana Zehra, Darul Shifa from 5th July to 9th July at 8 p.m. He is a renowned orator of Shia Community. He has made a mark in the community by his unique speeches on religion, culture, history and science.
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In Atali village of Ballabhgarh, violence erupted once again yesterday. Hindus and Muslims of that village pelted stones on each other on three occasions in which four people were injured. According to police report it was difficult to identify who started violence but the residents of the village told that the first clash occurred in the morning when the Muslims were offering morning prayer in the mosque. At that time Hindus pelted stones on them. During the same time, the Hindus at the adjacent temple were holding kirtan making loud noises which sparked the violence.
Justice is being denied in cases of human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir, Amnesty International India said on Wednesday.
Twenty five years after the introduction of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Jammu and Kashmir, the state continues to enjoy impunity, said the report “Denied: Failures in accountability for human rights violations by security force personnel in Jammu and Kashmir”.
Attempts are being made to taint the image of Azamgarh District of UP with special reference to Muslims. Recently a fake FB ID of Salman Yousuf was created describing him as ISIS activist in India. The details of the FB ID show that he studied at Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh and Osmania University Hyderabad. Subsequently these entries were deleted.
A Danish woman, who was allegedly gangraped by eight persons here last year, today appeared in a city court, identified some of the accused and recorded her statement.
According to court sources, the 52-year-old woman, in an in-camera proceeding, narrated to Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja the entire incident of January 14, 2014 and identified three of the six adult accused as the ones who had gangraped her.
The woman came to the court from Denmark in pursuance of summons issued earlier.
In indication of a possible rapprochement, Lt Governor Najeeb Jung today hosted a lunch for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia during which a number of contentious issues including functioning of Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) were discussed.
The move is seen as indication of a “truce” in the political circles between the LG and the AAP government which have been involved in a bitter fight over administrative control in the national capital.
With its former leader Govindacharya criticising the Narendra Modi government over the Lalitgate issue, RSS today said whatever stated by him are his personal views and not those of the Sangh.
The RSS also said that it does not express its views in public and has neither appointed anyone as its ideologue.
“Whatever has been expressed by Govindacharaya is his personal opinion and he is entitled to it. They are not the views of the RSS,” RSS joint general secretary Dattatreya Hosbole told PTI.
Scores of people today donated blood at blood donation camps organised in several government hospitals to mark the National Doctors Day here.
Camps were organised at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, BR Ambedkar Hospital, Deen Dayal Upadhaya Hospital, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital and Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital, among others.
The Resident Doctors Association of the AIIMS also marked the occasion by holding a talk show on the ‘easy life for busy doctors’.
Former president A P J Abdul Kalam was present on the occasion.
AICC General Secretary Gurudas Kamat today alleged that the BJP was silent on the issue of black money because “it was deposited in the account of” Dushyant Singh.
Kamat was on a whirlwind tour of Kota-Bundi-Tonk districts along with PCC President Sachin Pilot and Rameshwar Dudi, Leader of Opposition.
He said that BJP had made the black money an election issue but was sitting silent now because “the black money was deposited in the account of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje’s son Dushyant Singh”.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, vice president Rahul and Priyanka are back to the national capital after their “short international visit”.
While Rahul Gandhi arrived today, Sonia and Priyanka, who had left before Rahul, returned yesterday.
On June 20, when Rahul had left for visit abroad, party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala had said, “Sonia Gandhi is currently travelling on a short international visit for personal reasons”.
The party has declined to divulge the reasons for their foreign visit.
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Observing that six dates of hearing were adjourned without examining defence witnesses, a court here has closed the right of the December 16, 2012, gang rape convicts to produce further evidence in a robbery case against them.
Additional Sessions Judge Reetesh Singh on Tuesday observed that the last defence witness was examined on January 1. Altogether four defence witnesses were examined in the case.
“For the past six consecutive dates, no witness was brought by the accused in their defence,” the court said.
TDP legislator A. Revanth Reddy was on Wednesday released from jail, a month after he was arrested in the cash-for-vote case.
His family, friends and supporters welcomed him as he came out of Cherlapally Jail.
A Large number of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) workers had gathered outside the jail to receive the legislator.
Though the Hyderabad High Court had granted him bail on Tuesday, he could not be released due to some technical problems. On a petition by Revanth’s lawyer, the court amended the orders.
The US and Cuba have agreed to formally re-establish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies, US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday.
“This is a historic step in our efforts to normalise relations with the Cuban government and people, and begin a new chapter with our neighbours in the Americas,” Obama said at the White House.
He said Secretary of State John Kerry would travel to Havana later this summer to raise the American flag over the US embassy.
Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton continues to lead all 2016 presidential candidates including those in the crowded Republican field where Indian-American Bobby Jindal languishes at the 13th place, according to a new poll.
While the former first lady now holds a slightly slimmer lead among Democrats, former Florida governor Jeb Bush and real estate mogul Donald Trump are the only two Republican candidates holding double-digit support among Republicans, a new CNN/ORC national poll finds.
BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday said his party was not an individual or family-oriented one, and no other party has such a dedicated cadre.
“The BJP is the only party which has not split because it has a strong ideological foundation. It is not an individual or family-oriented party and therefore it has a proper system of regular elections from lower to national levels,” he said in his address to party cadres here at the inauguration of a two-day workshop on core party ideology and issues before the nation.
Egyptian security officials on Wednesday said the “worst” militant attack in the country’s restive Sinai Peninsula has killed at least 50 soldiers.
According to the Washington Post, Egypt’s Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) affiliate has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
The attack targeted at least six checkpoints south of the town of Sheikh Zuweid. The assailants also took soldiers captive and seized several armoured vehicles.
Tens of thousands of people have attended a pro-democracy rally in Hong Kong marking the completion of 18 years since Britain handed the territory to China.
According to BBC, around 48,000 people have attended the rally but police estimates were far lower at just under 20,000.
The protest was more low-key this year as compared to the rally in 2014, added reports.
In June a Beijing-backed reform package was rejected by Hong Kong legislators.
The demonstrators chanted derogatory slogans against Hong Hong’s Beijing-backed leader CY Leung, demanding his resignation.
The Congress party on Wednesday claimed that the Digital India programme was really launched by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and taken forward several notches by the UPA government during its 10 year rule.
“We want to tell the BJP government that Digital India programme in India was really launched by former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, who heralded in India a new IT age, IT and Telecom revolution. This work was taken forward many notches by the Congress-led UPA government in 10 years,” Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala told ANI.