Month: March 2014

553 in fray for 28 LS seats in Karnataka

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As many as 553 candidates of various political parties and independents are contesting from Karnataka’s 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in the general elections April 17, a senior official said Thursday.

“After a day-long scrutiny, nominations of 553 candidates were in order to contest from the 28 parliamentary seats across the state. Of the 916 nominations filed, 51 were rejected and 864 were accepted,” state chief electoral officer Anil Kumar Jha told reporters here.

Court rejects Loop’s plea to refer matter to Lok Adalat

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A court here Thursday dismissed a plea filed by Loop Telecom seeking directions for referring the case against it to the Lok Adalat.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge O.P. Saini dismissed the plea after going through the reply filed by investigating agency and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT).

The CBI had opposed the plea while DoT said that it would abide by the court order.

The court said that the case does not appear to be fit to be referred to Lok Adalat.

Hales’ 116 guides England to victory over Sri Lanka

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Opening batsman Alex Hales’ century inspired England to chase down Sri Lana’s monumental total of 189/4 with six wickets in hand in Group 1 of the ICC World Twenty20 at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here Thursday.

Chasing a challenging target of 190, the 2010 edition champions England chased down their highest Twenty20 International target with four balls to spare with man of the man Hales scoring 116 not out.

Seven get death sentence in human sacrifice case

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A court here Thursday awarded death penalty to seven people on charges of kidnapping and murdering a two-year-old boy as part of a tantrik ritual in 2010.

District and Sessions Judge Gautam Chaurariya awarded death sentence to Ishwari Yadav (42), who claims to be a tantrik, his wife Kiran alias Guru Mata (35), Mahanand Yadav (30), Rajendra Mahar (23), Nihaluddin (60), Sukhdev Yadav (35) and Hemant Sahu.

The court verdict came in a case dated Nov 23, 2010 when the two-year old boy Chirag, son of Poshan Singh, resident of Ruabandha village in Durg district, went missing from his home.

Motor third party premium goes up from April 1

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Come April, the third party (TP) insurance premium for most of the vehicles will go up as per insurance regulator’s directive issued Thursday.

According to the order issued by Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) chairman T.S.Vijayan, the TP insurance premium for private cars with less than 1,000 cc engine capacity will be Rs.1,129 up from the current rate of Rs.941.

Delhi LS candidate booked for molestation

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A 55-year-old Lok Sabha candidate from Delhi has been booked for molesting and misbehaving with an on-duty woman traffic constable Thursday evening, police said.

Sanjay Gandhi, contesting from the Chandni Chowk parliamentary constituency from Brij Vikas Party, was arrested on a complaint by the 26-year-old woman constable.

In her complaint to police, the woman said Gandhi misbehaved with her and tore her uniform when she was on duty in Model Town area of west Delhi, where the accused stays.

The woman said she was attacked when she stopped the leader’s car for checking.
(IANS)

Probe BJP legislators’ links to drug trade: Congress

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BJP legislators from coastal Goa should be probed for their links to the drug mafia, the Congress demanded Thursday.

Its demand came while responding to a charge levelled by a rebel Congress candidate, who Wednesday claimed that former home minister and Congress candidate for the North Goa seat Ravi Naik was linked to the drug mafia and that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was turning a blind eye to drug trade here.

BCCI prestige at stake, time to clean up cricket: Dalmiya

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With the Supreme Court taking a strong stand on the IPL betting controversy, former Indian cricket board president Jagmohan Dalmya Thursday admitted the BCCI’s “prestige was at stake” and called for cleaning up Indian cricket.

However, treading cautiously, the seasoned cricket administrator ducked questions on whether Board of Control for Cricket in India president N. Srinivasan should quit.

He limited himself to saying that an emergent meeting was “welcome”.

Congress manifesto ‘empty slogans’ says Jaitley

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Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Amritsar Lok Sabha candidate Arun Jaitley today termed the Congress Manifesto, released yesterday as `empty slogans’. He said there is no realism in the promises made ahead of the elections in the manifesto. Talking to media persons, he said that there were many political parties willing to shake hands with the BJP, and they were cautiously taking steps to join hands with them. Jaitley also took a dig at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi who had said that BJP‘s “Balloon will burst”. “Is it an astrological perception that Mr.

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Court rejects plea seeking lodging of FIR against Geelani

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A Delhi court on Thursday dismissed a plea seeking lodging of an FIR against hardline separatist Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani and three others for allegedly instilling “hatred” among the people of Kashmir and other parts of India.

Metropolitan Magistrate Vijeta Singh Rawat turned down the plea for a police probe against Geelani, Tehreek-E-Hurriyat general secretary Mohd Ashraf Sahrai and Hurriyat Conference members Masarat Alam Bhat and Ghulam Nabi Sumji saying the alleged offences were committed within the state of J&K itself.

Girl raped, brother of BSP worker arrested

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An incident of rape of a 15-year-old girl by two persons has come to the light here even as police have arrested an alleged accused, the brother of a BSP leader and Zila panchayat member.

The victim, a class X student, a resident of Partapur area, alleged that she was raped by two men, one of whom is a brother of a local BSP worker, while she was returning from forest yesterday evening, police said today.

The girl later informed her parents about the incident and was sent for medical check-up, they said.

Malhotra says votes of minority community valuable

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Senior BJP leader Vijay Kumar Malhotra, who courted controversy for his recent remark that Jamia and Batla House had become the “den of terrorists”, today said that party was not against the minority community and wanted their ‘valuable’ votes for winning elections.

“BJP is not against the Muslims and want their votes for winning Lok Sabha elections. However, party wants to make it clear here that it would not support ‘terrorists’ at all for getting their votes,” Chairman of Delhi BJP’s Election Committee Vijay Kumar Malhotra told reporters here.

TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu unveils his ‘women’s declaration’

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Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu announced his party manifesto for women here today coming out with the promise of implementing a slew of schemes for women’s welfare.

Naidu also announced a healthcare scheme for mother and child called ‘Pandanti Bidda’ (a healthy baby) under which the government would pay Rs 10,000 to a mother for a period of six months after the delivery.

He announced this year as ‘Women’s Year’ and said many schemes would be implemented for the welfare of women and security.

Venkaiah for quick decision on BJP-TDP electoral alliance in AP

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Amid continuing suspense on possible electoral alliance between BJP and TDP, senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday favoured a speedy decision on the matter so that campaign can start early.

Naidu, who said he is not involved in the issue of alliance in Andhra Pradesh, also said the party cadre should be prepared for any eventuality.

BJP leaders Arun Jaitely and Prakash Javadekar are looking into the issue of alliances in AP, he said.

“I have said we should be ready for anything. Either for contesting alone or for adjustments in case of alliance. That is my advice.

Oxford University scholarships for Indian students

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MQM keen on joining Sindh government: Bilawal

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Pakistan Peoples Party chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari today said that the MQM was keen on joining the provincial government in Sindh.

Bilawal tweeted saying it would be impossible to work with the MQM if they did not retract their support for martial law and breaking Sindh.

The MQM too has said that PPP has approached it for joining the government.

Meanwhile, a small section of the media reported that the Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah is likely to be replaced and the party is considering four names including that of Bilawal.

Rulers and ‘Maharajas’ should display greater probity: Jaitley

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Hitting back at Amarinder Singh, BJP leader Arun Jaitley today used the Improvement Trust scam charge sheet against him and said rulers and ‘Maharajas’ should display greater probity and transparency in public life.

“Everyone in public life must be honest. Most certainly the rulers and Maharajas should display greater probity and transparency than lesser mortals,” he said in an article.

Jaitley, who is pitted against the former Punjab Chief Minister in Amritsar, took potshots at Singh alleging that he “abused” his official position in order to shower benefits to a private party.

AAP hits back BJP on Kashmir map issue

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Rejecting as “lies” BJP’s attack on it for showing Kashmir out of India’s map, AAP today hit back saying the map on the saffron party’s website has shown the state as a “disputed site”
AAP also challenged BJP for an open debate on the issue.

Modi will fuel communal disharmony, says Mayawati

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BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was a man “with all the potential to ignite communal disharmony across the subcontinent”, BSP chief Mayawati said here Thursday.

Launching the Bahujan Samaj Party’s election campaign in the state, the Dalit leader from Uttar Pradesh blamed Modi for instigating the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat.

“If BJP is elected to power, under Modi the nation will become a raging communal cauldron,” Mayawati said.

She said Modi always claims he can change the face of the country if elected.

UN vote on Sri Lanka adopted, India abstains (Roundup)

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In a move that will please Colombo, India Thursday joined 11 other countries that abstained from voting on a UN Human Rights Council resolution in Geneva calling for a probe into alleged war crimes by Sri Lanka. However, the resolution was adopted with 23 voting in favour and 12 against.

The 47-member UNHRC accepted the resolution presented by the US on behalf of countries, including Britain.

India needs anti-Congress, anti-BJP government: Yechury

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India needs an anti-Congress as well as anti-BJP central government to give people much required relief, CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury Thursday said that the country needs

“The main feeling among the people is that they need relief from the burden which are slapped on them. The quality of life is declining and people are suffering.

FBI: analysis of MH370 pilot’s computer files coming soon

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The FBI will soon complete its analysis of data from a flight simulator taken from the home of the pilot of a missing Malaysia Airlines jet, the US agency’s director has said.

Malaysian officials had asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help recover files deleted from the simulator’s hard drive.

FBI chief James Comey told lawmakers yesterday that experts were working “literally round the clock” to finish their analysis, in the hopes that the data could provide clues as to what happened to Flight 370, which vanished March 8 with 239 passengers and crew on board.

Meeting on US handing over internet control inconclusive

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A meeting to seek initial feedback on how the US government may hand over its stewardship of technical functions essential to the operation of internet domain system ended Thursday without concrete outcome.

There were still no clues as to the nature of the body to take over the stewardship from the US government, Xinhua reported.

The five-day meeting in Singapore, the first for the internet community since the US government announced its intention to relinquish control of internet March 14, is being convened by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

Big B promoting superstitions, activist tells court

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A social activist from Pune has accused megastar Amitabh Bachchan of promoting superstitious beliefs, and filed a complaint before a court seeking action against the Bollywood actor.

Hemant Patil has demanded a police complaint against Bachchan and others under the stringent new Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifices and Other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act, 2013.

The immediate provocation for the complaint was Bachchan’s portrayal of a ghost in a TV commercial for a children’s health drink.