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Eritrea now asks men to marry at least two wives or face imprisonment

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by George Orido, SDE

Kenyans have received the news of mandatory polygamy by men in Eritrea with a mix of bewilderment and excitement.

Activists have posted a memo allegedly by the Government of Eritrea asking men to marry at least two wives due to acute shortage of men occasioned by casualties during the civil war with Ethiopia.

In the statement written in Arabic assures of government support to the polygamous marriages.

The activists translate it thus, “Based on the law of God in polygamy, and given the circumstances in which the country is experiencing in terms of men shortage, the Eritrean department of Religious Affairs has decided on the following .”

First that every man shall marry at least two women and the man who refuses to do so shall be subjected to life imprisonment with hard labour.

“The woman who tries to prevent her husband from marrying another wife shall be punished to life imprisonment,” alleges the activists in their translation.

And Kenyans have reacted to these announcements with bemusement with some suggesting if they could change their citizenship immediately and take advantage of the new laws in the country.

“At this rate, I can see the Eritrea Government spreading new embassy outlets in Kakamega, Embu, Siaya and Busia counties to help hasten visa processing,” said one Kenyan on facebook.

“He is so so considerate of women! That’s good of him,” said another.

The Standard could not immediately authenticate the document nor the translation and it was not clear why the statement was not in the other two national languages, Tigrinya and Tigre.

The May 1998 to June 2000 Eritrean-Ethiopian war saw 150,000 soldiers killed from either sides but having a bigger impact on male population in the tiny Eritrea nation who were then just 4million people in total.

Vote for us if you want to eat beef, says Asaduddin Owaisi

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Hyderabad: A ban on consumption and sale of beef may be imposed in the city if AIMIM was not voted to power in the upcoming elections to Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), party chief Asaduddin Owaisi claimed on Monday.

“I am not trying to scare you. But, the fact is if we don’t come to power, there may be a scope for ban on beef (in Hyderabad) on pretext of faith,” the All-India Majlis-e- Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader said in Hyderabad.

Addressing a public meeting ahead of the February 2 election to the 150-member civic body, the Lok Sabha lawmaker from Hyderabad said such a ban will hit the poor and also beef traders hard as it happened in Maharashtra.

“There is a ban on cow slaughter all over. In Maharashtra, the BJP-led Government brought a law to extend the ban on bulls and bullocks. Even if it (these animals) is ill you cannot slaughter it,” Owaisi said.

Due to this many people, who are earlier dependent on beef trade have lost their livelihood, he said. “If someone else comes to power (in GHMC), it (beef ban) may become a reality.”

It is the poor who cannot afford to eat mutton and they have to depend on beef, the MP added.

AIMIM, a Hyderabad-based party, and Congress shared power in the municipal corporation in the last term.

(Agencies)

I was born here and I will die here: Aamir Khan

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Mumbai/Jaipur: Actor Aamir Khan came under fresh attack on Monday for his “leaving India” comments in the “intolerance” debate with actor Akshay Kumar saying “ups and downs” happen in every country and one should not start giving “bold” statements.

Aamir, 50, whose comments while wading into the “intolerance” debate last November had kicked up a huge controversy, hit back, asserting he never meant that he wanted to leave the country or that India was intolerant.

“Any kind of ups and downs happen in every nation and you can’t get into so much straight away that you start giving such bold statements. These kind of things happen. There are so many good things also which we don’t speak about.

Unfortunately, we have the habit of only pointing out the wrong things but nevertheless everybody has the right to talk,” Akshay told India Today TV.

Veteran actor and BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha said that it was “nadaan” (childish) for some in Bollywood to talk about intolerance and he does not agree with them.

“A lot of people from the film industry brought up the issues of intolerance in haste, and it is childish to do so. I don’t stand by them in this regard,” Sinha said at the Jaipur Literature Festival(JLF). Asserting that no other country is as diverse as India, Aamir said, “I was born here and I will die here.”

“I never said India was intolerant or I wanted to leave the country. I also understand the emotions of those who were hurt. I would like to say that my statement was misunderstood and to some extent media is responsible for it,” the “PK” star said.

(PTI)

India celebrates 67th Republic Day with majestic parade

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New Delhi: India’s military prowess and multi-hued images of the country’s rich cultural diversity and achievements in various fields were on display at the majestic Rajpath today during 67th Republic Day parade which was graced by French President Francois Hollande as the chief guest.

Thousands of people on both sides of the imposing Rajpath, India’s ceremonial boulevard facing the seat of power Raisina Hills, braved the winter chill and cheered loudly as the marching contingents and tableux went past them.

The national capital, particularly the Central and New Delhi areas, were brought under unprecedented security blanket as thousands of personnel kept a hawk-eye vigil to thwart any untoward incident. There were intelligence inputs that terror groups may target some important installations in the city.

Hollande was seated between President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi who wore a marigold coloured ‘safa'(turban). Modi was seen explaining things to Hollande on several occasions during the one-and-a-half-hour-long event. This year the duration of the parade has been curtailed from more than two hours to 90 minutes.

A French military contingent also marched down the Rajpath, a first by any foreign armed force. In 2009, an Indian contingent had also participated in France’s annual Bastille Day parade.

Apart from India’s missile firing capability T-90 ‘Bhishma’ tank, Infantry Combat Vehicle BMP II (Sarath), Mobile Autonomous Launcher of the BrahMos Missile System, Akash Weapon System, Smerch Launcher Vehicles, the highlights of the parade also included a canine squad.

The synchronised military and police contingents led by General Officer Commanding (Delhi), Lt General Rajan Ravindran marched proudly to the lilting tunes of the bands through Rajpath where Mukherjee, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, took the salute from a specially erected dais.

Earlier, Hollande, who is on a three-day state visit, arrived with Mukherjee and was received by Modi who introduced him to the three services chief — Army, Air Force and Navy.

Alongside Hollande, the fifth French President to attend the celebrations, the parade was watched by Vice-President Hamid Ansari, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, BJP president Amit Shah and the country’s top political and military brass, besides the diplomatic community.

Minutes before the parade began, Modi, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and the three service chiefs laid wreaths at ‘Amar Jawan Jyoti’, the war memorial at the India Gate where an eternal flame burns in memory of those who laid down their lives defending the frontiers of the nation.

Before the start of the ceremonial parade, Mukherjee presented the Ashok Chakra (Posthumous), highest peacetime gallentry award, to Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami of 9 Para (Special Force) for his bravery in fighting with terrorists on the intervening night of September 2/3 last year in Haphruda forest at Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir. The award was received by his wife Bhavna Goswami.

(Agencies)

‘Mind your tongue as language’: Siddaramaiah tells BJP

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Mysuru: “I advise BJP leaders to mind their tongue as language denotes personality of the speaker,” said chief minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday, January 24 here.

The chief minister was speaking to media persons at his house in Mysuru reacting to a statement made by BJP leader Subramanian Swami on Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

Subramanian Swami had called Sonia ‘brigand, liar and thief’ during the media briefing on Saturday.

“Let them make allegations against the party and nobody will object to it. However, one should be cautious about his or her language while making allegations against Sonia Gandhi,” Siddaramaiah added.

The chief minister also revealed during the occasion that the party had already sent the list of candidates to the high command for by-elections to three assembly constituencies in the state and it will be finalised within two days.

The list of candidates for Zilla and taluk panchayat elections too is being prepared, the CM added.

India to build Vietnam satellite data centre

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Move likely to heighten tensions with China as India gives Vietnam access to image data from its observation satellites.

Vietnam

by Al Jazeera

Indian officials say their country will set up a satellite tracking and imaging centre in southern Vietnam that will give Hanoi access to pictures from Indian earth observation satellites that cover the region –  including China and the South China Sea.

The move could heighten tensions between the two countries and Beijing. Both states have long-running territorial disputes with China.

India also extended a $100m credit line for Hanoi to buy patrol boats and is training Vietnamese submariners in India, while Hanoi has granted oil exploration blocks to India in waters off Vietnam that are disputed with China.

The facility will be equipped to receive images from India’s Earth observation satellites that Vietnam can use in return for granting India the tracking site, said an Indian government official connected with the space programme.

“This is a sort of quid pro quo which will enable Vietnam to receive IRS [Indian remote sensing] pictures directly – that is, without asking India,” said the official, who declined to be identified because he was not authorised to speak to the media.

“Obviously it will include parts of China of interest to Vietnam.”

Earth observation satellites have agricultural, scientific and environmental applications, but can also provide military intelligence. Indian media put the cost of the station at about $23m.

India – whose 54-year-old space programme is accelerating with one satellite launch scheduled every month – has ground stations in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, Brunei, Biak in eastern Indonesia and Mauritius that track its satellites in the initial stages of flight.

The Vietnam facility will bolster those capabilities, said Deviprasad Karnik, an Indian Space Research Organisation spokesman, according to Reuters news agency.

Long-running disputes

India has 11 earth observation satellites in orbit, offering pictures with differing resolutions and areas, the ISRO said.

Vietnam is one of several Southeast Asian nations involved in a territorial dispute with China over the South China Sea.

Beijing has accelerated its construction of man-made islands in the disputed waters to assert its claim to the sea, which is believed to hold vast oil and natural gas reserves.

Earlier in January, Vietnam accused China of violating its sovereignty when it landed a plane on an airstrip built on an artificial island in the Spratly archipelago.

China’s foreign ministry rejected the complaint, arguing that the flight was a matter “completely within China’s sovereignty”.

 

“Police Line is my debut film as a presenter”: Shridhar Chari

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Shridhar Chari happens to be a highly qualified man and also an executive officer in a non – filmy public relation’s organization. Once by chance Shridhar Chari met Marathi actress Sharmila Bavishkar on the Marathi film sets of Police Line. She introduced him to director Raju Parshekar, who in turn asked him to join his on the floor film Police Line as a presenter. Police Line is now ready for release on 5th Feb, 2016.

Shridhar Chari

You are presenting the film Police Line so tell us what is it all about?

Yes! Police Line is my debut film as a presenter and my experience during the making of this was just wonderful. Police Line is all about the realistic & the aesthetic presentation of a common policeman and his family’s life. How they live & survive in a colony meant for them. How they struggle to meet the two ends meet while living in a very pathetic condition. And seeing their pathetic condition only, inspired me to join the Marathi film industry and present Police Line.

But then Police Line is only trying to portray the goody, goody I mean positive side of a common cop?

Lets 1st have a glimpse of their down trodden life as a cop. How they diligently perform their duty come rain or sunshine and sometimes 24 x 7. And we only have their image in our mind namely that of a corrupt cop. Have we ever stopped to think what are their strength & weaknessess? How much do they suffer in the line of duty and yet they do not have a word of complaint.

Prior to these you have also produced a music album. Right!

Yes! You are right. Prior to my entry in the Marathi film industry as a presenter, and since I am an ardent devotee of Satya Sai Baba, I had produced a music album named Shri Sai Samarpan and let me add that this title of the music album was given to me by the well – known singer Anup Jalota. Till this date I have produced exactly 4 volumes of Shri Sai Samararpan.

Now tell us about the cast & the credits of Police Line.

The film Police Line has been presented by me and produced by Rupali Deepak Pawar & Vaishali Nitin Pawar. The other credits of the film are directed by Raju Parsekar, story by Deepak Srirang Pawar, music by Pravin Kunwar & Deepak Shinde & editing by Satish Patil. The film stars Santosh Juvekar, Jayant Sawarkar, Satish Pulekar, Nisha Parulekar, Poornima Ahire – Kend & débutante actress Sayali Sanjeev and many others.

So what next after Police Line?

Let’s see. It all depends on the success of my 1st ever presented film Police Line. So if Police Line 1 depicts the realistically positive side of a cop’s life then in Police Line 2 we may portray the negatively darker side of a cop’s life albeit it will also be presented with a very realistic & very aesthetic approach. Period!

Bhojpuri Films Roundup

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Yadav Pan Bhandar Is Ready For Censors

Actor, Singer & Politician Manoj Tiwari’s upcoming film Yadav Pan Bhandar is now ready to go for approval in the censor board. The credits of the film are produced by Jitesh Dube, directed by Ajay Kumar, lyrics by Shyam Dehati, music by Madhukar Anand & action by Shakeel. It stars Manoj Tiwari, Gunjan Panth, Sanjay Pandey, Manoj Tiger, Brijesh Tripathi, Reena Rani, Seema Singh, Nilema Singh, Divya Diwedi, Ayaz Khan, C. P. Bhatt, Baal Govind Banjara, Vinod Mishra, Sunita Singh, Rahul Shrivastav, Vikas Singh Veerappan, Omkar Jaiswal, Kittu, Manmouji et al.

Rani Ho Gaeeli Tohar Musical Muhurat Held

The musical muhurat of Birajishri Balaji Art Films’ Rani Ho Gaeeli Tohar was held with 1st song recording at Pancham Studio recently. The muhurat song was rendered by Indu Sonali under the supervision of music director Sahil. The credits of the film are produced by Raja Ram Kanaujia, written & directed by Prakash Anand. Rest 9 out of 10 songs will be recorded very soon, in the voices of Khushboo Jain, Ritesh Pandey, Alok Kumar, Mohan Rathod, Happy Rai, Priyanka Mallya & Honey B. All the lyrics are penned by Prakash Anand & Sagar. The cast & crew members are under finalization. The film will mount the sets from 20th Feb, 2016 in the beautiful locales of Varanasi, Devariya, Salempur, Majhauli Raj et al.

Love Ka Sauda Releasing Soon In Bihar & Jharkhand

Krishna Music & S. S. Films’ Love Ka Sauda is going to be released in Jan, 2016 in Bihar & Jharkhand. The credits of the film are produced & directed by Shambhu Sadharan, lyrics by Amzad Ansari, Sanjay Snehi & Ajeet Mahiya, music by Shambhu Sadharan, cinematography by Subrat Gautam & singers are Khushboo, Uttam, Rekha Yadav, Shivam Sargam & Raushan Singh. It stars Shweta, Krishna, Saheb Laldhari, Bharat Bhushan, Rahul Deewana, Lalit Albela, Shyam Shiva, Lalita, Kiran, Khushboo, Rani & Soni.

Loha Pahalwan Pawan Singh Signed

Pawan Singh has been signed for Nishad Production’s Loha Pahalwan. The credits of the film are directed by Iqbal Baksh, produced by Sanjay Nishad & Gautam Nishad, written by Prakash Jais, music by Chhote Baba, choreography by Dilip Mistri, action by Javed Sheikh, editing by Kunal Prabhu & cinematography by Dinesh R. Patel. The film will mount the sets shortly. G.M.L. Teleservices Pvt. Ltd. presents the film.
It stars Payas Pandit, Prakash Jais, Manoj Tiger, Shivam Sharma, Rajeev Vashisth, Kiran Mallah & Sushil Singh.

 

Khaki Vardiwala Grand Release This Week In Mumbai

After garnering success in Bihar, Avinash Film Productions Khaki Vardiwala has been released with bumper response recently with 25 cinemas through Balaji Cine Vision Pvt Ltd. The credits of the film are produced by Dr. S. D. Gautam, directed by Meraj Khan, written by Nanhe Pandey, music by Anuj Tiwari, lyrics by Jahid Akhtar, Durgavati & Pyarelal “Kavi”, choreography by Ashok – Mayank, Santosh Kumar & Ram Devan, action by Dilip Yadav, editing by Jitendra Singh “Jitu”, cinematography by Dilip John, Sahil Ansari & Jagvinder Hundal & co -produced by Maya Gautam. It stars Viraj Bhatt, Madhuri Mishra, Ayaz Khan, Sanjay Pandey, Manoj Tiger, Brajesh Tripathi, Rajkapoor Shahi, Gopal Rai, Kokila Yadav, Shankar Dayal Gautam, Prerna Sharma, Gaffar Khan & Seema Singh.

Dulha Hindustani Dubbing Starts

Dizimac Telefilms Dulha Hindustani have started with the dubbing & editing of their film and are looking forward for promotions. The credits of the film are produced by Manjur Alam, directed by Mahmood Alam, written by Dr. Amjad Ansari, lyrics by Parmeshwar Premi, Nousad Khan, Ramesh Ram & Raj Yadav, music by Nousad – Preetam, choreography by Sanjay Kourye & Kanu Mukherji & action by Firoj Shaikh. It stars Alok Kumar, Ritu Singh, Aanara Gupta, Rahul Kapoor, Seema Singh, Nikhil Raj, Bony Singh, Mantlal, Saheb Lal, Mukesh Sahu, Raja Babu, Dilip Sinha, Santosh Bindu Bajrangi, Aarti Jaiswal, Sinesh et al.

Hum Hayi Jodi No. 1 DI In Progress

Kailash Mansarovar Production Pvt Ltd’s Hum Hayi Jodi No. 1’s DI is in progress in Mumbai. The credits of the film are produced by Premal Gora Gandhi Pvt Ltd, Preemal Goragandhi, Amar Motwani, & Aaresh Patel, written & directed by Dilip Gulati, choreography by Pappu Khanna, action by Heera yadav, music by Raj Sen – Dhiraj Sen & screenplay & dialogues by Kundan Shukla. It stars Ravi Kishan, Rani Chatterji, Poonam Dubey, Sardarad Singh, Upendra Chaudhary, Parsuram, Bhavana Singh Chavhan, Purendra Giri, Dinesh Tivari et al.

Prem Vidrohi Is In Censors

Purvaiya Entertainment & R. K. Silver Screen’s Prem Vidrohi is in Censors for approval. The credits of the film are produced by Anjani Upadhyay & Rajesh Jayswal, written by Subodh Gandhi, directed by Sanoj Mishra, lyrics by Bipin Bahar & Ashok Ghyal, music by Vishnu Mishra, choreography by Mayanak – Ashok, action by Dilip Yadav & editing by Alok Singh. It stars Ravi Kishan, Sangeeta Tiwari, Awadhesh Mishra, Shri Kanakani, Bobby Darling, Sakku Rana, Sanju Solanki, Ashok Lal, Upendre Choudhary, Sharad Raj Singh, Pushpa Verma, Anjani Upadhyay, Surendre Giri, Surendre Pal, Sunil et al.

Sarkar Raj 2nd Schedule Starts Soon

J. Soharata Production & Dubey Films’ Sarkar Raj’s 2nd schedule will be starting soon. The film is presented by Maa Kela Devi. The credits of the film are produced by Jaswant Kumar & Arvind Dubey, directed by Arvind Chaube, music by Madhukar Anand, cinematography by Pramod Pandey, written by Manoj Kushwaha, action by Dilip Yadav & editing by Jitendra Singh “Jitu”. It stars Pawan Singh, Monalisha, Supriya Pandey, Dinesh Thapa, Ayaz Khan, Jay Singh, Jaspindre Singh Jassi, Arvind Dubey, Anup Arora, Prakash Jais, Pushpa Shukla, Ram Shyam, Baal Govind, Dhiraj Tiwari, Sandeep Yadav, Ankur Tiwari, Aanara Gupta, Jaswant Kumar et al.

Aashiq Aawara Will Release In Holi

Shreyesh Film’s upcoming movie Aashiq Aawara will release during the festival of Holi. The credits of the film are produced by Prem Ray, directed by Satish Jain, music by Rajesh – Rajnis, lyrics by Pyarlal Yadav, cinematography by Firoz Khan, line produced by Nilabh Tiwari, art by Anjani Tiwari, choreography by Kanu Mukherji, action by R. P. Yadav, editing by Santosh Harvade & production by Nishant Singh. It stars Dineshlal Yadav “Nirahua”, Aamrapli, Kajal Raghwani, Sanjay Pandey, Sushant Singh, Priya Singh, Shravani Goshwami, Ranjit Singh, Prakash Jais, Pradeep Sharma, Anup Arora, Shakela Majid et al.

 

Hogi Pyar Ki Jeet 2nd Schedule To Start Soon

Rahul Kapoor’s upcoming film Hogi Pyar Ki Jeet’s 2nd schedule will start soon. The credits of the film are produced by Rahul Kapoor, directed by Ishtiyak Shaikh “Bunti”, written by Ashlam Shaikh, lyrics by Pyarelal Yadav & Azad Singh, music by Avinash Jha “Ghunghuru”, choreography by Pappu Khanna & Rikki Gupta, cinematography by Neetu Ekbal Singh & action by Dilip Yadav. It stars Khesarilal Yadav, Sweety Chabara, Brijesh Tripathi, Awdhesh Mishra, Pallavi Kohli, Anoop Arora, Neha Singh, Ayyaz Khan, Ujjer Khan, Raghav Modi & Kiran Yadav.

A Bad Man Babu Casting Complete

Eastern Estate Films upcoming film A Bad Man Babu’s casting has been completed. The movie will be released in Bhojpuri & Orissa Language. The credits of the film are produced by Sanjeev Kumar, written & directed by Braj Bhushan, music by K. Ratnesh, lyrics by Mithilesh Singh & singers are Udit Narayan, Sadhna Sargam, Sudesh Bhosle, Indu Sonali & Kalpana. It stars Rani Chatterji, Pinku Shrivastav, Awdhesh Mishra, Pushpa Verma et al.

Ishq’s Music Complete

Director Mithlesh Avinash’s upcoming movie Ishq’s music has now been completed. The film Ishq is being made under the banner of Siya Films. The credits of the film are produced by Gopi Yadav & Dilip Singh, directed by Avinash Mithlesh, lyrics by Vinay Bihari, music by Madhukar Anand, screenplay & dialogues by Santosh Mishra, choreography by Kanu Mukherjee & cinematography by Devendra Tiwari. It stars Pawan Singh, Aditya Ojha, Sweetie Chhabra, Ayusi Tiwari, Dharmendra Singh, Pappu Yadav, Chandni Yadav, Soni Patel, Maya Yadav, K. K. Goswami, Raj Kapoor Shahi et al.

Sajan Ki Bahon Mein Released

Sajan Ki Bahon Mein was released in Mumbai recently, Gujarat, Daman & Silvassa. Sajan Ki Bahon Mein has been made under the banner of Super Hit Films Entertainment. The credits of the film are produced by Pankaj Tiwari, directed by Baljeet Singh, music by Damodar Raao, screenplay & dialogues by R. S. Tiwari, lyrics by Rajesh Mishra, Harishchandra, Pinto Giri & Bipin Bihari Ojha, choreography by Mahesh Acharya & Mukesh Jaiswal, action by Ramakant Mishra & singers are Mohan Rathod, Indu Sonali, Lali Mishra, Rupesh Mishra, Damodar Raao & Khushboo Jain. It stars R. S. Tiwari, Renuja Singh, Ritu Pandey, Riya Rastogi, Rita Rai, Chandan Rajput, Anoop Arora, Pankaj Tiwari, Shatrughan Tiwari, Subhash Shukla, Brijesh Tiwari, Gopal Rai, Vishanu Shankar Belu, Damodar Raao et al.

Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahi Shooting In Progress

The shooting of Balaji Films Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahi is currently going on in the outskirts of Gujrat & Vadodra’s varied locales. The credits of the film are produced by Sanjay Shukla, directed by Ajay Kumar Jhaa, co – produced by Mahesh Upadhay, written by Arvind Tiwari, lyrics by Pyarelal Yadav & Arvind Tiwari, music by Om Jhaa, acton by Hira Yadav, choreography by Anthony & cinematography by Nitu Iqbal. It stars Viraj Bhatt, Sanjay Panday, Anjana Singh, Anup Arora, Prem Dubey, Samarth Chaturvedi, Sanjay Verma et al.

Balma Bihar Wala 2 Is In Censors

Deoghar Entertainment Presents in association with Aaksh Entertainments Balama Bihar Wala 2’s is now in Censors for approval. The credits of the film are produced by Ritesh Thakur, co – produced by Kaushal Singh & Munna Dubey, directed by Vishnu Shankar Vellu, cinematography by Ravi Chandan, written by Manoj Kushwaha, music by Chhote Baba, lyrics by Bibhakar Panday, Azad Singh & Chanchal Kavi & action by Hira Yadav. It stars Pakhi Hegde, Arvind Akela Kallu, Ritesh Panday, Anil Samrat, Vishnu Shankar Vellu, Anshu Tiwari, Hira Yadav, Kaushal Munaa et al.

Maee Ke Ancharwa Babuji Ke Dular Shooting Complete

The Shooting of Brajraj Films Presents’ Maee Ke Ancharwa Babuji Ke Dular has been Completed this week in Kushi Nagar, UP. The credits of the film are produced by Kamini Ben & Kannu Bhai Patel, directed by Shyam Charan Yadav, written by Ashoklal Dehati, music by Ashok Sinha & lyrics by Pyarelal Yadav Kaviji, Rajesh Mishra, Dhananjay Bhatt, Munna Dubey & Ashoklal Dehati. It stars Babloo Master, Ritu Singh, Kunal Singh, Baleshwar Singh, Vinod Tiwari, Dharmendra Singh, C. P. Bhatt, Gyan Singh, Alok Shrivastav, Rajan Kharwar, Asha Chauhan, Pratibha Mishra, Pawan Sharma, Payal Mishra et al.

Ram Milaye Jodi Shooting Starts

The shooting of Bind Movies Entertainment Presents’ Ram Milaye Jodi has started in Mangraha & Mirzapur this week. The credits of the film are produced by Virendra Bind, directed by Aaftab Ali, written by Anil Vishwakarma, lyrics by Pyarelal Yadav Kaviji, music by Om Jha, cinematography by D. K. Sharma & choreography by Santosh Kumar. It stars Débutante Bhojpuri Lok Gayak Ajay Yadav, Archana Singh, Gopal Rai, Ram Mishra, Bandini Mishra, Sanjay Verma, Pappu Yadav, Poonam Verma, Deepak Pandey & Baleshwar Singh.

Maee Ke Dularuvaa Trailer Launched

The trailer of Varchasva Infratech Pvt Ltd Presents Maee Ke Dularuvaa has been launched by Varchasva Music. The credits of the film are produced by Gulshan R. Ali & Anand Mohan Sharma, directed by Shiva Sahani, cinematography by Daya Shankar Singh, choreography by Kanu Mukharji, music by Satyam Munna, lyrics by Kumar Sangeet, Bhirug Brinda & Suresh Saral & singers are Panchami Goswami & Saubik Kabi. It stars Manan Tiwari, Vyomik, Samreen, Aaryan, Rajesh Tomar, Bhanu Pratap Singh, Vinit, Abhishek, Rupa Singh, Seema Singh, Dharmendra & Zafar Khan.

Dalit scholar suicide: Protests escalate at Hyderabad university

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Hyderabad: Protests escalated Monday at the Hyderabad Central University with several students from other universities and some social groups coming out in support of the agitating students over the suicide of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula.

The protesters coverged at the campus, responding to the ‘Chalo HCU” call by the Joint Action Committee spearheading the stir.

“Students and others have come in from different parts of the country. There are more than a thousand gathered here.

Situation is under control,” HCU chief security officer TV Rao said.

Security was beefed up with a large number of police personnel being deployed around the campus as a precautionary measure.

Joint Commissioner of Police Cyberabad T V Shashidhar Reddy said, “We are verifying all those who are entering the HCU campus. There is no such restriction on the ‘Chalo HCU’ programme.”

Earlier, some students and their supporters had complained that the police were not allowing them to enter the campus.

Their demands include outster of Vice Chancellor P Appa Rao, who has proceeded on leave, and passing a “Rohith Act” to prevent suicide of ST, SC, BC and minority students in universities, the protesting students said.

The students and SC/ST faculty and officers forums had objected to the choice of Vipin Srivastava, the senior- most Professor, to perform the duties of the Vice Chancellor alleging that he headed the Executive Council Sub-Committee “which has been responsible for the death of Rohith” and was one of the “accused” in the suicide of another Dalit student.

Meanwhile, B R Ambedkar’s grand-son Prakash Ambedkar visited the campus and interacted with the students, whose agitation has received strong support from parties other than BJP and several top leaders including Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi were on the campus last week.

The students who gathered on the campus included those from Calicut University in Kerala, Pondicherry University, Osmania University and Maulana Azad National Urdu University.

As part of ‘Chalo-HCU’ programme, the agitating students marched from HCU shopping complex area, the hub of the protest, to the main gate and administrative building and back.

The indefinite fast launched by a fresh batch of seven students over suicide of Rohith continued in the HCU for the second day.

(PTI)

Rafale: India, France ink IGA, to sort out ‘financial aspects’

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New Delhi: India and France today inked an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) on the sale of 36 French fighter jets, Rafale, but were unable to sign the final deal due to some “financial” aspects, which are expected to be sorted out in “couple of days”.

This agreement was among the 14 pacts signed between the two countries after extensive talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting French President Francois Hollande which focused ways to enhance cooperation in counter- terrorism, security and civil nuclear energy.

“…Leaving out financial aspect, India and France have signed Inter-Governmental Agreement on purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets. We expect that even the financial aspects pertaining to purchase of Rafale jets will be resolved as soon as possible,” Modi said at a joint press event with Hollande.

Terming the signing of the IGA as a “decisive” step, the French President said there are some financial issues that will be sorted out in “couple of days”.

The two countries are in negotiations for 36 Rafale fighter jets in fly away conditions since the announcement for the deal was made by Modi in April during his visit to France.

However, the final deal is yet to be sealed as both sides are still negotiating the price which is estimated to be about Rs 60,000 crore. A high-level team from France is here and carrying out last minute negotiations.

Apart from defence cooperation, the talks between the two leaders primarily focused on ways to boost counter-terrorism cooperation in the aftermath of attack in Paris in November last and Pathankot terror strikes earlier this month.

“From Paris to Pathankot, we saw the gruesome face of the common challenge of terrorism…I also commend the strength of your resolve and action these terrorist attacks. President Hollande and I have agreed to scale up the range of our counter-terrorism cooperation in a manner that helps us to tangibly mitigate and reduce the threat of extremism and terrorism to our societies.

“We are also of the view that the global community needs to act decisively against those who provide safe havens to terrorists, who nurture them through finances, training and infrastructure support,” Modi said.

The two countries reiterated their call for Pakistan to bring to justice their perpetrators and the perpetrators of the November 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai, which also caused the demise of two French citizens, and to ensure that such attacks do not recur in the future, a joint statement issued after the talks said.

“Daesh has attacked us. The ISIS is provoking us but we are determined to take the right decision. We will strike them time and again those who kill our children. I would like to thank you for the support in dire circumstances. France will never forget. We have decided to strengthen our cooperation against terror,” Hollande said.

The two sides resolved to step up their joint effort to counter violent extremism and radicalisation, disrupt recruitment, terrorist movements and flow of Foreign Terrorist Fighters, stop sources of terrorist financing, dismantle terrorist infrastructure and prevent supply of arms to terrorists.

“To this end, they committed to further develop exchanges in the fields of intelligence, finance, justice and police. They welcomed the strengthening of the cooperation between Indian and French counter terrorism authorities and units, in particular between their cybersecurity experts,” the joint statement said.

Stressing that terrorism cannot be justified under any circumstance, regardless of its motivation, wherever and by whomsoever it is committed, Modi and Hollande pitched for decisive actions to be taken against Lashkar-e-Tayibba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Haqqani Network and other terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda.

They also condemned the recent terror attacks in Pathankot and Gurdaspur in India.

On other issues which were discussed, Modi said, “From smart cities, locomotives, railway tracks and nuclear power. These are all foundations for building a new commercial partnership.”

On his part, Hollande asserted that “There is no better trust than sharing civil nuclear technology” and hoped that the issues pertaining to the six reactors at Jaitapur nuclear plant will be settled in one year.

In pursuance of the 2008 civil nuclear pact, the two leaders encouraged their industrial companies to conclude techno-commercial negotiations by the end of 2016 for the construction of six nuclear power reactor units at Jaitapur the statement said.

The negotiations will consider cost viability of the project, economical financing from the French side, collaboration on transfer of technology and cost-effective localisation of manufacturing in India for large and critical components in accord with Government of India’s “Make in India” initiative.

“France acknowledged the need for India to have lifetime guarantee of fuel supply and renewed its commitment to reliable, uninterrupted and continued access to nuclear fuel supply throughout the entire lifetime of the plants, as stated in the 2008 bilateral IGA on nuclear cooperation.

“The two leaders agreed on a roadmap of cooperation to speed up discussions on the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project in 2016. Their shared aim is to start the implementation of the project in early 2017.

“Both countries reaffirmed their commitment to responsible and sustainable development of civil nuclear energy with highest consideration to safety, security, non-proliferation and environmental protection,” it said.

France and India underscored the contribution of nuclear energy to their energy security and to the fight against climate change.

France reaffirmed its strong and long standing support for India’s candidacy to the international export control regimes, particularly to the NSG and welcomed India’s decision to ratify the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage, the statement said.

Describing his visit as “outstanding and exceptional”, Hollande said it was an honour for France and him to be chief guest at the Republic Day.

“I commend the action of Modi at the climate change conference. I am aware Modi had potential reluctance at the COP 21. He wanted the innovation technology for developing countries to be spread. We owe it to, including Modi for what was achieved at the climate conference, the French President added.

Apart from inking IGA for purchase of Rafale jets, the two countries signed 13 agreements cutting across a wide variety of sectors including railways, culture, space, science and technology.

French firms to invest $10 bn in India in next 5 yrs: Sapin

France’s Minister for Finance and Public Accounts Michel Sapin today said French companies have been investing billions in India and he expects that they will invest over USD 10 billion in the next five years.

“Over the last five years, French companies invested more than USD 1 billion per year and we estimate that they will continue to invest at least USD 10 billion in next five years,” Sapin said at the India-France business session organised by industry body Ficci.

French companies represent 10 per cent of solar capacity installed in India and by 2020-22, they could add additional capacities, he said.

Sapin said France is the third-biggest foreign investor in India with an investment stock of USD 20 billion and there are more than 400 French companies present in India with a consolidated turnover of over USD 20 billion.

“The majority of these investments are meant for the industrial sector. This makes France a major player in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Make in India programme. This complementarity can also been seen in the context of other programmes of the Indian government,” Sapin said.

The minister added that France has directed French Development Agency to earmark 60 per cent of total financial outlay to India.

“The economic presence of France in India goes back to a long time and is very diverse. This expression of interest in India did not wait for Indian GDP to supersede that of China,” Sapin said. The agency operates in 70 countries and provides finance for development. In 2014, it committed euro 8.1 billion across the globe for various projects.

He met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley this morning and has invited him to visit France for an annual economic dialogue between the two countries.

“In France, Indian companies are too few in numbers though France is one of the biggest recipients of FDI in the world. I count all French companies in India to act as ambassador, for our country and invite their counterparts to discover in France what they are missing,” Sapin stressed.

(PTI)

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