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Music Composer Khayyam Turns 90 Years

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On the occasion of Khayyam’s 90th birthday he & his wife announced the formation of “Khayyam Pradeep Jagjit Kaur” Trust and its trustees! Ghazal singer Talat Aziz as one of the trustees. Leading light of the Indian Music Fraternity, legendary music director Khayyam Saab celebrated his 90th birth anniversary. Recipient of the National Award – Government of India, Khayyam Saab is among the last living composers of Hindi films’ golden era of music.

The evening had Khayyam Saab & his wife Mrs. Jagjit Kaur announce the Trust & its trustees which was the highlight of the evening. The name of the trust is “Khayyam Pradeep Jagjit Kaur (KPJ Charitable Trust)” to extend a helping hand to all the needy & the aspiring people from Music Fraternity. Khayyam Saab has given away his entire wealth for the trust. Khayyam Saab also announced renowned Ghazal singer Talat Aziz as one of the trustees of “Khayyam Pradeep Jagjit Kaur Trust (KPJ Charitable Trust)” .

Fans & well wishers came to wish Khayaam Saab on his 90th Birth Anniversary. The evening also saw the presence of Talat Aziz & Bina Aziz.

Recalling his special association with him Talat Aziz averred, “Khayyam Saab is a living legend. The Indian Music Industry has never witnessed a gem like him. There was another aspect of Khayyam Saab’s work that sets him apart from other composers namely his non – filmi ghazals. Do you know that he is the only composer whose compositions Begum Akhtar recorded for HMV in her entire career? Otherwise she has sung only her own songs. Throughout his career and especially during his sabbaticals from Bollywood, he recorded many ghazals including 1 album with Rafi Saheb which drew a niche but devoted set of fans. I am overwhelmed to be a part of this evening as everyone knows that he was the 1st one to introduce me to the world of film music in the classic Umrao Jaan. And speaking of Umrao Jaan who can forget “Dil cheez kya hai aap meri jaan lijiye” sung brilliantly by none other than Ashaji. His songs in films with all the greats like Talat Mahmood, Lataji, Rafi Saheb, Mukesh ji are now part of Bollywood music history. May God Bless him with good health.”

Music director Khayyam Saab has composed music for just over 50 films in his long career, yet his impact on listeners has been far greater than many who scored for several hundred movies. Like Dilip Kumar amongst actors, Khayyam Saab too shines out with his majestic performance. No wonder connoisseurs hold Khayyam
Saab in high esteem for his immaculate standards of musical harmony, as his creativity symbolises Victor Hugo’s irrefutable belief that “music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent”.

Choosing a favourite from his songs is a difficult proposition, but who can ever forget the pious yearning of “Woh subah kabhi toh aayegi”, the heart wrenching “Jaane kya dhoondhti rehti hain ye aankhen”, the cry of “Bujha diye hain khud apne haathon se”, the romantic tease of “Thehriye hosh mein aa lun toh chale jaayega” or the love ballad of “Kahin ek masoom nazuk si ladki”?

Naming some of his few films namely Phir Subha Hogi (1958), Shagoon (1964), Aakhri Khat (1966), Kabhie Kabhie (1976), Trishul (1978),Thodisi Bewafaii (1980), Umrao Jaan (1981), Dard (1981), Ahista Ahista (1981), Bazaar (1982) et

Khayyam Saab was the only Music Composer whose composition Begum Akhtar recorded for HMV in her entire career. Khayyam was still to deliver his best and the opportunity came in Muzaffar Ali’s Umrao Jaan in 1981. He made Asha Bhonsle sing songs which are indisputably her best. “In Aankhon ki masti ke”, “Ye Kya Jagah hai doston” & “Dil Cheez kya hai” are evergreen.

Khayyam Saab, who never kept a team of assistants, credits his success to his beloved wife Jagjit Kaur & his son Late Pradeep whose been a part of his musical journey applauding them as his greatest strength and inspiration. Khayyam Saab was always effusive with his praise for his wife Jagjit Kaur. She may have been behind the scenes but was a key element in Khayyam Saab’s success. It seems appropriate to recognize their partnership with the only film song they sang together “Kab yaad mein tera saath nahin’ (Anjuman, 1986).

Declared as one of the greatest Bollywood Music Directors of all time, Khayyam Saab has triumphed upon the hearts of millions with his unique style of music. He has carved his name on prestigious awards like: “Best Music Director Of The Millennium” – Government of Punjab, Filmfare “Lifetime Achievement Award”, Madhya Pradesh “State Award”, “Ashok Award” – Government of Punjab, BFJA’s “Best Music Director” Award, UPFJA’s “Best Music Of Quarter Century” Award, K.L. Saigal Award by Javitri Vikas Samiti, Sangeet Natak Award Academy, Government of Maharashtra Award, Deenanath Mangeshkar Award, CINTAA Award, IMPPA Award, Urdu Marakaz Mumbai Award, Shri Yash Laxmi Art Pune, Award, Awami Haridas Award, Bhagwati Saraswati Puraskar, Talkie 75 Scroll of Honour, MAMI Award, Naushad Sangeet Kendra Samman, Cinegoer Association Award, Asha Bhosle Puraskar, to name a few.

All 3 militants killed as 48-hour-long Pampore gunfight ends

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Srinagar: The 48-hour long gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pampore town in which six people, including five security personnel, were killed so far ended on Monday evening with security forces saying they had killed three guerrillas hiding in the JKEDI complex.

“Security forces have killed three militants in the JKEDI (Jammu and Kashmir Entrepreneurship Development Institute) complex in Pampore town and their bodies have been recovered.

“Firing exchanges have stopped and room-to-room searches of the multi-storeyed building where the militants were hiding are going on,” a senior police officer told IANS here.

The 48-hour long gunfight between a group of heavily-armed guerrillas and security forces had started on Saturday when guerrillas attacked a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) bus at Sempora (Pampore) on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway.

Two CRPF troopers identified as head constable Bhola Prasad and driver constable R.K.Rana had died in that attack, and the assailants had fled to the nearby JKEDI complex for shelter.

Security forces immediately surrounded the complex, but the operation against the guerrillas was started only after around 120 trainees and staff members were safely evacuated from the complex.

The army took over the operation against the guerrillas, believed to belong to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit, with a group of specially-trained para commandos being brought in to flush them out.

However, two officers of the elite Para Regiment – Capt. Pawan Kumar of 10 Para and Capt. Tushar Mahajan of 9 Para regiment – who were leading from the front were killed in the operation after they entered the multi-storeyed building which guerrillas were using as a fortified bunker.

Captain Kumar belonged to Haryana’s Jind district in Haryana while Captain Mahajan belonged to Udhampur town in the Jammu region.

Another commando identified as Lance Naik Om Prakash was injured in the operation and succumbed in hospital on Sunday.

A civilian, Abdul Gani Mir of Gundipora village in Pulwama district, who worked as a gardener at the institute was also killed in the gunfight.

As may as 15 other security personnel including an assistant commandant of the CRPF have been injured in the gunfight and are being treated in hospital.

At least 15 protesters were injured in Pampore town on Monday in clashes with security forces.

The protesters had defied curfew-like restrictions and were trying to carry out a march towards the site of the gunfight.

(IANS)

Police name suspect in Michigan shootings

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Uber driver Jason Dalton, who has no known criminal history, suspected of killing at least six people.

Dalton's arrest came after a manhunt following Saturday night's shootings in Kalamazoo

Dalton’s arrest came after a manhunt following Saturday night’s shootings in Kalamazoo

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US police have publicly identified a man suspected of driving around the Michigan city of Kalamazoo and randomly shooting people, leaving at least six dead.

Jeff Hadley, Kalamazoo department of public safety chief, named the suspect as Jason Dalton, 45, of Kalamazoo county, the AP news agency reported.

Dalton, an Uber driver, reportedly has no known criminal history. The transport company confirmed that the suspect was one of its employees.

It said in a statement it was “horrified and heartbroken”, adding that it offered help in the investigation.

Jeff Getting, Kalamazoo county prosecutor, said authorities were investigating a Facebook post saying the suspect was an Uber driver driving erratically around the time of the shootings.

Michigan police earlier launched a manhunt after six people were killed and several others injured in seemingly random shootings near a Kalamazoo car dealership and restaurant late on Saturday night.

Michigan police earlier arrested a man whose car matched a description of the suspect’s.

Paul Matyas, Kalamazoo county undersheriff, described a rampage that began at about 6pm on Saturday on the eastern edge of Kalamazoo county, where a woman was shot several times and seriously wounded.

A little more than four hours later, a father and his 18-year-old son were fatally shot while looking at cars at the dealership.

Fifteen minutes after that, five people – including the teenage girl who police originally said had been killed, based on a pronouncement by medical officials – were shot in the car park of a Cracker Barrel restaurant along Interstate 94, Matyas said.

Matyas later told the WWMT TV network at the time of Dalton’s arrest that the suspect “voluntarily” gave himself up after he was approached by police.

“The threat to the public is over. This is your worst nightmare when you have someone driving around killing people,” Matyas said.

Kalamazoo, with a population of about 75,000, is west of Detroit.

It is home to Western Michigan University and the headquarters of popular craft beer maker Bell’s Brewery.

The city also is known for the anonymously funded Kalamazoo Promise programme, which for more than a decade has paid for college tuition of students who graduate from Kalamazoo Public Schools.

Wife’s letter threatening divorce an act of cruelty against husband: Delhi HC

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New Delhi: Delhi High Court granted permission to a man to divorce his estranged wife, saying that a single letter can constitute an ‘act of cruelty’.

The man in question has been living separately since last 28 years from his wife, with whom he married in 1980. In 1987, he left for US leaving behind his wife and 4-year-old daughter in India.

In 1990, the man receives a letter from his wife, that stated that they should head for a divorce as she has found an ‘old friend’ who is ready to marry her as well as accept her minor daughter.

The report, published in TOI, says, when the matter came up in court in 1990, the wife admitted that there was no truth in the letter and she had lied and was anxious to live with her husband, abroad or back home.

However, in a surprising twist, Justice Najmi Waziri of Delhi High Court termed the ‘threat letter by the wife’ an act of cruelty and pointed out the mental agony caused to the husband due to this. Justice Waziri uphold the decision of a trial court to dissolve the marriage on ground of cruelty.

“For a husband living away from his wife since 1987, to have received a letter from her intimating him about her unequivocal decision to dissolve the marriage and marry another man would have been a pain as grievous as any to endure. Such an element of rejection, coupled with brunt of emotional infidelity by the wife, can break the spirit of the husband to continue marital ties,” TOI quoted Justice Waziri as saying.

(Agencies)

Student attacked for raising slogans at Modi’s event in Banaras Hindu varsity

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Ashutosh Singh was slapped at a function attended by PM Narendra Modi in Varanasi on Monday (ANI video screengrab)

Ashutosh Singh was slapped at a function attended by PM Narendra Modi in Varanasi on Monday (ANI video screengrab)

Varanasi: A student was on Monday slapped by an unidentified person during the centenary year convocation at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) where Prime Minister Narendra Modi was also present.

The student named Ashutosh Singh was raising slogans, demanding the revival of students union when some unknown person slapped him.

“The students union has been prohibited since 1997. The students here are suppressed and not allowed to raise their voice,” he said.

Last month, during a convocation ceremony at the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University in Lucknow, a student stood up from the audience and raised slogans against Modi.

(Agencies)

I am Umar Khalid and I’m not a terrorist: Missing JNU students return to campus

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New Delhi: Five JNU students, including Umar Khalid, who the police have been looking for in connection with a “sedition” case, on Sunday surfaced on campus, saying they did not do anything wrong but were “framed” using “doctored video”.

While police rushed a team to the campus on receiving information about them, the students maintained that “they will not surrender but police can come and arrest them”.

The five students Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya, Rama Naga, Ashutosh Kumar and Anant Prakash had gone missing from the campus since February 12 after JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested in a sedition case lodged in connection with an event held on the campus against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru where anti-naitonal slogans were allegedly raised.

According to Ashutosh, former president of JNU students union and a PhD scholar at varsity’s School of International studies, they “have come back with a view of supporting the enquiry. The massive support we got from students and others from across the globe gave us the strength to return. I, Rama, Anirban and Anant were around but did not come in public due to atmosphere of mob lynching.”

He, however, maintained that the four of them were not in touch with Umar Khalid and had spoken to him last on February 9, the day of the event.

Ashutosh said the students were in Delhi itself and that the decision to return on Sunday evening had been taken individually and not collectively.

“We didn’t do anything wrong but were being framed using doctored video. We will not go anywhere now and will be part of the movement against the branding of university as anti-national,” he said.

The five students also participated in a march, shouting slogans and demanding release of Kanhiaya and addressed a gathering of students at varsity’s administrative block where the protests have been going on ever since the controversy erupted.

Khalid denied that he had any terrorist links, while Anirban maintained that it was the look-out notice issued by police which made him decide to come back.

“I am disturbed at the way I have been attacked and I am also angry at the comments posted against my sister on social media,” Khalid said.

Police said the students have not surrendered and a team has been rushed to the varsity.

“We had received some information about their reported presence on campus. A police team was rushed to the varsity to enquire out after we received information that they were spotted on the campus. The team has right now been positioned outside JNU,” a senior police official said.

“So far nobody has surrendered. The officials at Vasant Kunj North police station have been asked to wait for them to present themselves before the police and surrender. If they don’t come till morning, police team will be sent tomorrow to arrest them. No crackdown can be conducted at this hour,” he added.

When contacted the university officials, maintained that they had no information about their presence in the varsity’s premises.

The varsity Vice Chancellor Jagdesh Kumar later said that the entry for police as well as media persons has been barred for now and a call in this regard will be taken tomorrow morning.

Meanwhile, an emergent meeting of the left-backed All India Students Association (AISA) was underway at the campus to decide futre strategy.

Shehla Rashid, vice president of the JNU students union also spoke to the crowd saying that those accused are innocent.

“They are ready for whatever is going to happen. We know there are policemen inside in plain clothes here,” Rashid said. “We want everything to happen in the glare of the cameras.”

Sources in the university said that few other students which the police had sought information about from the authorities, including Riyaz and Rubina, were also spotted on the campus.

(Agencies)

Now being a Kashmiri Muslim warrants questioning: Omar Abdullah

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Srinagar: Hitting out at Ashoke Pandit, a BJP supporter, for demanding interrogation of JNU Students Union vice president Shehla Rashid Shora, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said that now being a Kashmiri Muslim is a “crime” enough to warrant questioning.

“Now being a Kashmiri Muslim is crime enough to warrant interrogation. BTW (by the way) it’s Shehla not Sheila but what the hell!” Omar wrote on Twitter.

The National Conference working president, who has opposed harassment of Kashmiri students in JNU in the backdrop of the alleged anti-national sloganeering on the campus on February 9, was responding to a series of tweets by film maker Ashoke Pandit.

“Shiela Rashid #VicePresident #JNU who is a #KashmiriMuslim should be interrogated. She had also opposed #BabaRamdev in #JNU,” Pandit tweeted.

Pandit also claimed that Umar Khalid, the youth who is sought by police in connection with the JNU event, must have escaped to Kashmir with Shora’s help.

“With #ShielaRashids support #OmarKhalid must have escaped to #Kashmir. She is working for #Hurriyat in #JNU,” he added.

In a sarcastic response, Omar said he would better prepare for an interrogation as he was a Kashmiri Muslim and not a supporter of Yoga guru Baba Ramdev.

“I’m a Kashmir Muslim AND I’m not a Ramdev supporter/ follower. I’d better prepare for my interrogation,” he added.

Yesterday, Omar had said it was sad that recent events in Delhi and their management had led to a situation where JNU was now featuring alongside Pakistan and ISIS flags.

“Sad that recent events & their handling have created a situation where #JNU now features alongside Pak & ISIS flags,” he said in reference to ‘Thank JNU’ posters that appeared during protests in the old city here yesterday.

(Agencies)

Ringing Bells comes under excise, I-T departments’ scanner

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New Delhi: Ringing Bells, makers of the world’s cheapest smartphone, has come under the scanner of excise and income tax departments as debates around the feasibility of offering a Rs 251 handset rages on.

According to the sources, the I-T Department is looking into the financial structure of the Noida-based company and have obtained documents, including those from the Registrar of Companies (RoC), in this regard.

“Yes, there was a visit from excise department and I-T Department. Since we are planning to achieve milestones under Make in India, Skill India and Startup India. They issued us some guidelines for future and extended full support and cooperation,” Ringing Bells President Ashok Chaddha said in a statement to PTI.

Earlier this week, Ringing Bells launched the world’s cheapest smartphone for Rs 251 amid great fanfare.

However, the celebrations haven’t lasted long as the firm was surrounded in controversy around showcasing a rival company, Adcom’s handset, as its own.

Chaddha clarified that “it wanted to show a sample or prototype of what the handsets will look like. This is not the final piece.”

“In view of the shortage of time and given that these were to serve only as prototypes given FOC to a limited list of persons, we went ahead. We would clearly mention that the Final Freedom 251 manufactured/assembled in India would be to identical specs – i.e.  no change,” he added.

The industry members have also complained against the company to the Telecom Ministry to dig deeper into the issue.

The ministry has sought a clarification from Ringing Bells for marketing its ‘Freedom 251’ mobile phone without a BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) certification and has also asked the Uttar Pradesh government to check the firm’s credentials.

The company said it has received 3.70 crore registrations on Day 1 and 2.47 crore on Day 2 (as of 1949 hrs).

(Agencies)

Uproar over ‘beef biryani’ being served at AMU medical college canteen

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Aligarh: The Aligarh Muslim University which has been battling to preserve its character as a minority institution now finds itself in another controversy – this time over beef.

The issue broke out on social media yesterday when a WhatsApp post circulated a report that ‘beef biryani’ was being served at the AMU Medical College canteen, an allegation promptly denied by the university.

The reports spread the impression that it was cow meat and not the meat of buffalo that was being served. A picture of the canteen’s menu card also went viral on social media.

BJP Mayor Shakuntala Bharti, along with party leaders and several right wing activists, held a demonstration outside the office of Senior Superintendent of Police today, demanding registration of an FIR against the contractor of AMU medical college canteen for serving ‘beef biryani’.

Police said the matter was still under investigation. As news of the controversy spread, senior AMU officials led by University Proctor M Mohsin Khan rushed to the Medical College canteen and carried out an on-the-spot preliminary check.

University spokesperson Rahat Abrar alleged that the incident was a “malicious” attempt to defame the institution, asserting that the beef mentioned in the menu was of buffalo meat.

“It is nothing but a malicious propaganda to defame this institution. I can say with confidence that the beef biryani mentioned in the menu card pertains to buffalo meat and there is no iota of evidence to suggest to the contrary,” he said.

The spokesperson said that according to a preliminary investigation, it was revealed that the contract for the canteen was ending soon and some “vested interests” were eyeing it next, and so were creating a controversy.

“The contract for the canteen was ending on February 23. Some vested interests which were eyeing the lucrative contract deliberately floated a malicious rumour suggesting that cow meat was being served,” he said.

Abrar, however ridiculed the allegations, saying that AMU was one of the first institutions to ban cow meat on campus more than a century ago.

“AMU was perhaps the first educational institution of higher learning where beef was banned from being served inside the institution more than a century back.

“The founding father of Mohammedan Anglo Oriental College (which became the Aligarh Muslim University in 1920), Sir Syed Ahmad Khan had issued an explicit order in 1884 that not only would no beef be served in any dining room but even sacrifice of cow during Idul Adha was forbidden for all AMU employees,” he said.

Abrar said Sir Syed took the action as he did not want to hurt sentiments of Hindus and terminated services of an AMU employee in 1884, when he broke this rule.

(PTI)

Jat quota stir: Five Haryana towns now brought under curfew

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Sonipat: As violence spread to more areas in Haryana over the Jat quota row, the district administration today clamped curfew in Sonipat city and Gohana town of the district.

Curfew has now been imposed in five towns in Haryana including Sonipat city in the wake of incidents of violence during the Jat agitation.

“Sonipat city and Gohana town have been brought under curfew today,” Sonipat’s Deputy Commissioner Rajiv Rattan told PTI over phone.

Protesters have toay blocked the NH-1 near Nangal village in Sonipat district. Curfew had already been clamped in Rohtak, Bhiwani and Jhajjar towns.

Elsewhere, protesters put up blockades at National Highway 73, Saharanpur-Kurukshetra near Ladwa, Saharanpur-Ambala near village Kail, Yamunanagar-Poanta Sahib highway near Chhachhrauli and Bilaspur-Sadhura road.

Road transport was also hit because of the protest as buses remained off the road. Protesters also blocked the road near Gehli, Dalanwas, Bass, Dongr Jat, Nizampur, Madhogarh and Mohanpur.

(PTI)

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