Jagmohan Dalmiya is set to return as the Board of Control for Cricket in India president after other candidates for the post pulled out ahead of the body’s annual general meeting on Monday.
According to reports, Dalmiya’s road to the post was cleared after another former BCCI president, Sharad Pawar, failed to gain a proposer from the East Zone, whose turn it is to nominate the president.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday announced a one-day fast — and asked people across the state to join him — in protest against the land acquisition amendment bill.
Nitish Kumar asked people to put pressure on the Narendra Modi government to withdraw the relevant bill. He, however, did not announce the date of the fast.
“I appeal to the people to join a one-day fast to protest against the land acquisition amendment bill,” the Janata Dal-United leader said while addressing thousands of party workers at the Gandhi Maidan here.
Union of Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday applauded the alliance between the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) and the People’s Democratic Party ( PDP), adding that this is the first time that his party has been instrumental in forming the government in J-K.
I believe whatever problems the J-K people are facing, this government will be able to solve them,” said Rajnath Singh.
He added that the two political parties have formed a government in J-K based on the Common Minimum Program.
A Dhaka court on Sunday issued a warrant to search the office of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia after police said there could be explosives and fugitives harboured there.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate S.M. Masud Zaman issued the search warrant. Police asked for the warrant after the bombing in Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan’s procession in Gulshan on February 16, bdnews24.com reported.
The issuance of the warrant was kept under wraps. Dhaka police’s Additional Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Anisur Rahman confirmed the matter.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the landmark scheme to give LPG consumers cash subsidy instead of selling to them below market priced cooking gas has stopped leakages, saving thousands of crores of rupees.
The use of technology has helped transfer of cash subsidy to the actual users of the cooking fuel, he said at a Nasscom event.
“My estimate is that at least 10 per cent of the leakages has been stopped, saving thousands of crore of rupees,” he said.
Tamil Nadu edged out last edition’s runners-up Maharashtra by virtue of first innings lead in a drawn encounter today, to set up a summit clash with their southern rivals and reigning champions Karnataka in the Ranji Trophycricket tournament.
In sharp contrast to their positive attitude yesterday, Maharashtra never looked in the right frame of mind today in pursuit of Tamil Nadu’s mammoth first innings total of 549, as they were bundled out for 454 to concede the decisive first essay lead to the two-time former champions here at the Eden Gardens.
A 26-year old woman has allegedly been drugged and gangraped in the Muzzaffarnagar area of Uttar Pradesh.
According to reports, the victim had gone to a gift shop yesterday, where she was offered a sedative-laden cold drink by the shop’s owner. After the victim fainted, the shop owner, along with four others, raped her.
The victim, in her complaint, has reportedly stated that she was threatened of ‘dire consequences’ by the perpetrators if she revealed the incident to anyone.
One of the accused is said to be the son of a sub-inspector in Muzaffarnagar.
An FIR lodged by the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Secretariat at the Jehangirabad police station here has named former chief minister Digvijay Singh and 18 others in connection with alleged irregularities with in appointments.
According to reports, the Congress party has termed the filing of the FIR as a ‘vendetta’ against Singh and questioned the lodging of the complaint 12 years after the matter was concluded.
Singh had been chief minister of Maharashtra from December 7, 1993 to December 8, 2003. (ANI)
Pakistan recorded a much-needed win over Zimbabwe at the Brisbane Cricket Ground on Sunday, thanks to towering paceman Mohammad Irfan and Wahab Riaz’s antics with the ball that helped Misbah-ul Haq’s men record a 20-run victory in their World Cup tie.
Irfan ripped open the Zimbabwean batting line-up, claiming four crucial wickets, three of which included openers Chamu Chibhabha (9) and Sikandar Raza (8) and top-order batsman Hamilton Masakadza (29). He delivered impressive match-figures of .
Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday hailed the alliance between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the People’s Democratic Party in Jammu and Kashmir, calling their union a ‘historic’ event.
“With good governance, the BJP and PDP will solve problems of people in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh,” Naqvi told ANI.
“The BJP will develop the parts of J-K which have been far neglected and where there was no light of development,” he added.
Karthik Tharani Singh achieved a fine double by winning both the races in the MRF Formula 1600 class in the second round of the MMSC-FMSCI National Racing Championship which concluded here on Sunday.
Karthik was fastest in all the practice sessions before qualifying on pole position with a lap of 1:41.886 and became the only driver to dip into the 41s all weekend.
South African city Durban is set to be the host city of the 2022 Commonwealth Games (CWG) as the lone contender for the quadrennial, 71-member multisport event.
The 600-page bid book will be handed to Commonwealth Games Federation officials during a brief mid-day ceremony on Monday at the official residence of the London Lord Mayor, reports Xinhua.
South Africa has proposed a 12-day Games starting from July 18, birthday of late president Nelson Mandela.
Canadian city Edmonton also wanted to play host to the 2022 Games, but withdrew due to financial constraints.
The increase in prices of petrol and diesel is unacceptable, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) said Sunday, as it called for protests against the hike.
It said in a statement that the prices were hiked by over Rs.3 a litre, “hours after the union budget imposing greater burdens on the people was presented” in parliament Saturday.
“This is the second hike in the prices of petrol and diesel this month. The government, instead of reducing the excise duty, is passing the burdens on to the people.
“This increase in prices of petrol and diesel is unacceptable.”
(IANS)
Sajjad Gani Lone, younger son of People’s Conference leader Abdul Gani Lone who was assassinated in 2002 in Srinagar, has crossed yet another threshold with his swearing in as a minister in PDP-BJP Government since he broke ranks with separatists nearly a decade ago in Jammu and Kashmir.
That Lone’s elevation is expected to have some bearings on separatist politics has become clear with Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed today saying that he has “given an opening, an avenue for others (separatists) to follow”.
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu Sunday appealed to all political parties to help pass the bill amending the Land Acquisition Act 2013 in the larger national interest.
He told reporters that the government was ready to consider and discuss any meaningful and constructive suggestions and if necessary, incorporate them.
He said he held talks with leaders of various parties to seek their suggestions. “I hope that all political parties will think in the interest of the country, development and welfare of farmers,” he said.
A new coalition government headed by PDP veteran Mufti Mohammed Sayeed today took over the reins of power in Jammu and Kashmir, marking the maiden entry of BJP in the state government which promised to maintain status quo on Article 370, a departure from the saffron party’s statedposition.
Ending 49 days of Governor’s rule in the state, the swearing-in ceremony, in which 25 Ministers of Sayeed cabinet were administered oath of office and secrecy by Governor N N Vohra, also saw separatist-turned-politican Sajjad Lone taking oath as a Cabinet Minister in the BJP quota.
Afghanistan’s new government should commit to including women on the negotiating team for any future peace talks with the Taliban, Human Rights Watch said Sunday.
On February 24, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah said that peace talks would begin “within weeks” but declined to provide any additional details.
These would be the first negotiations since the government of President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah assumed office in September 2014.
Stoking a controversy soon after taking oath, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed today said credit must be given to “people from across the border”, an oblique reference to Pakistan, Hurriyat and militant outfits for allowing conducive atmosphere for assembly polls, drawing sharp reaction from NC leader Omar Abdullah.
“I want to say this on record and I have told this to the Prime Minister that the we must credit the Hurriyat, militant outfits for the conduct of assembly elections in the state,”
A day after being sacked as the general secretary of the West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress, Mukul Roy Sunday said he was “enjoying everything” while noting it was the party’s prerogative to decide about his expulsion.
Once the right hand man of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Roy was Saturday replaced by Subrata Bakshi, as the national general secretary.
“I am enjoying it. I am enjoying everything. Every man has a different style of taking things…I am enjoying,” said Roy here to media queries about his reaction to his sacking.
Rain accompanied by cold winds on Sunday brought back the winter chill to the national capital and its adjoining areas which had turned unusually warm in recent days. The Met department has forecast similar weather for at least two more days.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the sudden change in weather was caused by western disturbances — a weather system originating in the Mediterranean-Caspian Sea region and moving across the Afghanistan-Pakistan region, which brings rain or snow in the sub-Himalayan regions.
PDP chief Mufti Mohammad Sayeed called for peace Sunday after taking oath as chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, heading a coalition that brought the BJP to power for the first time in India’s only Muslim-majority state.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP leaders Amit Shah and L.K. Advani were among the 1,400 guests who witnessed the ceremony, over two months after the PDP and the BJP won 28 and 25 seats respectively in a hung verdict that exposed deep divisions between the Muslim and Hindu areas.
Manish Gupta, whose latest directorial “Rahasya” was appreciated by the audience, says he is yet to sign any actor for his next film titled “Sinhasan”.
“My next film, ‘Sinhasan’ is based on emperor Aurangzeb’s conflict with his father Shah Jahan for the throne. I have adapted the story in a modern-day context and I have set it against the backdrop of politics in the corporate world.
“A film like ‘Sinhasan’ has never been made in India before,” Gupta, who has proved his worth as a writer with 2005 film “Sarkar”, told IANS.
Amid the raging row over Mohan Bhagwat’s remarks on Mother Teresa, RSS today reiterated its demand for an anti-conversion law to check the “rising incidents” of religious conversions in the country.
Suhasrao Hiremath, the Akhil Bharatiya Saha Seva Pramukh of RSS made the remarks at a press conference called to announce an upcoming mega event, a congregation of around 800 social service organisations affiliated to the outfit, in the capital.
Intermittent fasting may help people live longer and healthier, according to a new study.
Researchers at the University of Florida have found that putting people on a feast-and-famine diet may mimic some of
the benefits of fasting, and that adding antioxidant supplements may counteract those benefits.
Fasting has been shown in mice to extend lifespan and to improve age-related diseases. But fasting every day, which
could entail skipping meals or simply reducing overall caloric intake, can be hard to maintain.
Newly elected Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Sunday called for a peaceful dialogue in order to end the violence in the Valley, adding that bullets would never help the state achieve freedom from strife.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken note of the innocents dying in the state. Those who were involved in fake encounter have been put to task. We won’t achieve peace via the grenade or the bullet; we can solve issues only through dialogue,” Sayeed said at a press conference, following his oath taking ceremony.