Month: July 2015

Lalit Gate: BJP slams Congress for raising baseless issues

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday criticised the Congress for coming up with a baseless issue over former IPL boss Lalit Modi’s alleged job offer to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s husband, Swaraj Kaushal, saying it had been done on a personal capacity.

“Regarding all the allegations, an email is sent on personal capacity to a professional appointee who is lawyer in this case which is Swaraj Kaushal and he’s not even accepted it. If this is the Congress’s idea of impropriety then they need to reflect on all cases that happen everyday in the country,” said Kohli.

Delay in purchasing goods would have resulted in lapse of funds: Pankaja

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Maharashtra Women and Child Development Minister Pankaja Munde on Wednesday denied the charges of corruption levelled at her saying that the funds released by the Centre would have lapsed if there would have been further delay in ordering purchase of good for the department.

“Wrong things are being said about me in newspapers. In the past few days, I have studied all allegations against me and there is no truth in them,” My intention was to save every penny of the government fund,” said Munde.

Is X-ray, CT scan radiation really putting you at risk of cancer?

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While in recent years studies claiming that radiation from X-rays, CT scans and other medical imaging cause cancer have been widely covered, it turns out that such studies have some serious flaws.

According to a recent article by Dr. James Welsh and Dr. Jeffry Siegel, although radiation is known to cause cancer at high doses and high-dose rates, no data have ever unequivocally demonstrated the induction of cancer following exposure to low doses and dose rates.

Pakistan power crisis to end by 2017: Sharif

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Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has promised his countrymen that the decade-old power crisis in the country would end by 2017, officials said today.

“We will end power shortages by the end of 2017,” Sharif said.

The prime minister said the power supply was better this year as compared to the previous year and stressed it will improve further over the next years.

Rajiv Trivedi appointed as Principal Secretary

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Telangana government has transferred Mr. Rajiv Trivedi (IPS) Additional Director General Police, Telangana State Special Police and appointed him as Principal Secretary. Dr. Rajiv Sharma issued orders in this connection. Mr. Rajiv Trivedi was serving additional responsibility as police sports. He has been relieved from the responsibility.

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Wikipedia shows Nehru as Muslim, Congress alleges conspiracy

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The Wikipedia pages of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first PM of independent India and his forefathers was on Wednesday vandalised to make malicious claims.

The Congress alleged that the changes were made from a government of India IP (Internet Protocol) address.

The very first paragraph of the article has been subject to unscrupulous change. It says ‘Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics for much of the 20th century. HE WAS A MUSLIM AND PROOF OF IT IS AVAILABLE ON SEVERAL WEBSITES ON INTERNET. He eas (sic) basically a british.’

Complaint of OU professors likely to be settled within two weeks

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Registrar Osmania University, Prof. E Saresh Kumar attended the meeting of State Minority Commission and assured the commission that the decision in connection with the grievance of two professors of university will be taken within two weeks.

Registrar Prof E Saresh Kumar reached the commission on June 25 and assured sympathetic judgment with regard to two professors within two weeks.

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Security forces bust terrorist hideout in J-K

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Security forces have busted a terrorist hideout in the Keshwan area of the Kishtwar District of Jammu and Kashmir.

The joint operation by the state police and the army also resulted in the recovery of a huge cache of arms, ammunition and explosives.

According to reports, this hideout had been used by terrorists in the past as well.

Further details are awaited. (ANI)

Anupam Kher’s tribute to Marlon Brando is the best thing you’ll see today!

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Veteran actor Anupam Kher paid homage to Hollywood legend Marlon Brando on his 11th death anniversary. Kher, 60, recorded a video enacting Brando’s popular dialogue from one of his greatest films “The Godfather”.

“I am gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse,” he mouthed the dialogue. The “Baby” actor shared the video on twitter. “On the 11th death anniversary of Marlon Brando, here is my attempt to pay a tribute to the great actor…” he captioned it.

Adani coal project in Australia runs into controversy

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India’s mining giant Adani Group’s 16.5 billion dollar coal mine project in Australia’s Queensland has run into another controversy after reports that senior bureaucrats were sidelined over key decisions on the deal for the venture which was red-flagged by many officials.

Documents obtained by the ABC News under the Right to Information laws showed that the Queensland Treasury and the Department of Premier and Cabinet were frozen out of key government decisions about the controversial Carmichael mine project.

Netherlands hammer India 7-0 in quarter-finals of Hockey World League

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The Indian women’s hockey team suffered a humiliating 7-0 defeat at the hands of world champions Netherlands in the quarterfinals of the Hockey World League on Tuesday.

Indian eves were no match against the Olympic champions Netherlands and were simply outclassed throughout the entire game.

The Dutch onslaught began from the opening minute when Naomi van As scored with a deft scoop and from there on didn’t gave the 13th ranked opponent a chance to make a comeback into the game.

Andhra CM to inaugurate ‘Godavari Harathi’

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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will today inaugurate the ‘Godavari Harathi’ festival, celebrating the sacred Godavari river on Pushkar ghat, in East Godavari district.

“The Chief Minister will arrive from Chittoor district this evening by flight and proceed to Pushkhar ghat, where he will inaugurate the festival, which is expected to be attended by around 600 people from all walks of life, including artists and scholars,” Godavari Pushkarams’ special officer K Dhanujaya Reddy said.

Make public minutes of Sushma Swaraj-James Bevan meeting, says Congress

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Congress on Wednesday sought to make more trouble for the government on Lalitgate issue, putting forth six demands including making public minutes of a meeting it claimed External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had with UK High Commissioner James Bevan in which she had favoured grant of travel documents to Lalit Modi.

The party also wanted the Prime Minister to answer whether any Union Minister’s relative received any job offer from Lalit Modi recently.

Videocon gets shareholder approval to raise Rs 5,000 crore

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Videocon Industries has got shareholder’s nod to raise Rs 5,000 crore from the market through issuance of shares to institutional buyers, global depository receipts (GDR) and foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs).

The board will raise the funds “at any appropriate time” by issuing “equity shares or any other convertible instruments for an amount not exceeding Rs 5,000 crore by way of follow-on issue, private placement basis…”, Videocon Industries said in a BSE filing.

Rannvijay all praise for actress Sunny Leone

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Host-actor Rannvijay Singh has heaped praise on actress Sunny Leone, with whom he would be hosting a TV show, and feels she is an amazing person to work with.

Host-actor Rannvijay Singh has heaped praise on actress Sunny Leone, with whom he would be hosting a TV show, and feels she is an amazing person to work with.

Leone and Rannvijay will be hosting the eighth season of “Splitsvilla” from July 4 on MTV.

BJP warns of strike against Kejriwal govt’s move on VAT

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BJP today warned of a strike by transporters and traders in the national capital if the AAP government fails to revoke its decision to amend the existing VAT rules through the “backdoor”.

Questioning Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s “intentions” behind the move, the party said it will hold demonstrations across Delhi if the city government does not withdraw the decision that will “directly impact” the common man in the next two-three days.

137,000 refugees, migrants crossed Mediterranean this year

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A record 137,000 people made the perilous journey across the Mediterranean to Europe in the first half of 2015, most of them fleeing war, conflict and persecution, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

“Europe is living through a maritime refugee crisis of historic proportions,” the UN refugee agency warned in a report, adding that the number of people making the crossing swelled 83 per cent in the first six months of 2015 compared to a year earlier.

I start shooting with Kareena Kapoor by July end

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I worked hard for this attention and I enjoy it: Arjun Kapoor New Delhi, Jul 1 Arjun Kapoor says he enjoys being in the limelight as he has worked hard to get fame and recognition as an actor. Arjun, 30, who is the son of producer-director Boney Kapoor and his former wife Mona, says enjoys the attention that comes with being a celebrity.

HC defers Salman’s appeal to July 13 as actor seeks time

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The Bombay High Court today deferred till July 13 an appeal filed by Bollywood superstar Salman Khan against the five-year sentence awarded to him in the hit-and-run case, after the actor’s lawyer sought time to check documents.

Although the ‘paper book’ (compilation of evidence and documents) is ready and copies have been served to both the sides by the court), Salman’s counsel Amit Desai urged for three weeks’ adjournment to check whether the documents were in order.

Justice A R Joshi, however, granted adjournment till July 13 to carry out the drill of checking documents.

Saudi Arabia sentences anti-Indian Pakistani TV anchor to 8 years, 1000 lashes for criticising regime

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India baiter and hatred spewing Pakistani TV anchor Zaid Hamid has reportedly been sentenced to eight years in prison and 1000 lashes by a Saudi court for criticising the country’s government, unconfirmed reports have claimed.

Hamid was detained while on a private visit to the Kingdom with his wife. An official said that he made speeches against the Saudi government at a function two weeks ago and was arrested for lashing out against Arabs, reported Pakistan Destiny.

Danish woman appears in court, records statement

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A 52-year-old Danish woman, who was allegedly gangraped by eight persons here last year, today appeared in a Delhi court which commenced recording of her statement.

The woman came to the court from Denmark in pursuance of summons issued earlier and her statement is being recorded before Additional Sessions Judge Kaveri Baweja in an in-camera proceeding.

The court had summoned the woman on February 24 this year for recording of her testimony after the earlier one issued on January 13 could not be served upon her.

Lalit Modi targets Varun Gandhi

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Scam tainted former IPL chief Lalit Modi today sought to drag BJP leader Varun Gandhi in the Lalitgate controversy alleging that a deal was offered to settle matters with Sonia Gandhi, which Varun dubbed as “baseless” and “nonsense”.

In a series of tweets, Lalit Modi has alleged, “Mr @varungandhi80 came to see me at my house a few years ago and said he can settle everything in @INCIndia with his aunt. He wanted me to meet her sister from italy….”

Vehemently denying the charge, Varun told PTI, “This is absolutely baseless and it is beneath my dignity to respond to this nonsense.”

Two French soldiers suspended over Burkina child sex claims

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France has suspended two of its soldiers over allegations they sexually abused children, including a five-year-old girl, in the west African country of Burkina Faso, the defence ministry said.

“Two French soldiers on mission in Burkina Faso were suspected… Of engaging in acts of a sexual nature with two children,” France’s defence ministry said in a statement.

The suspensions follow an alleged sex abuse scandal involving French troops in Central African Republic (CAR), which caused outrage and only came to light after claims were leaked to the British press.

2 Bajrang Dal activists held for assaulting man

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Two Bajrang Dal activists were arrested for allegedly beating up and parading a person for stealing a calf from a chowshed in Shamli district, police said here today.

Bajrang Dal district convener Vivek Premi and activist Sanni were arrested yesterday for allegedly assaulting the man, said SP Vijay Bhushan.

The incident, which took place last week, led to tension in the area, police said, adding, besides the arrested duo, a case has been registered against four other persons.

Police initiated action after a video of the incident surfaced on social networking websites.