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Explosion targets police vehicle in Turkey’s Istanbul

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At least 11 people killed and several wounded in bomb attack on police bus in the central district of Beyazit.

Istanbul

by Al Jazeera

A bomb attack targeting a police vehicle in a central Istanbul district has killed at least 11 people, including seven members of the police force, the city’s governor has said.

“Seven police and four citizens lost their lives,” Vasip Sahin, Istanbul’s governor, told reporters at the scene on Monday. Thirty-six people were injured, three of them seriously, he added.

Reports said the explosion took place near the Vezneciler metro station, which is within walking distance of some of the city’s main tourist sites, including the Suleymaniye Mosque.

Emre Rende, a freelance journalist reporting from Istanbul, said the “bus was targeted by a remotely detonated car bomb before a second blast believed to have been caused by a gas canister.

“The attack happened close the Grand Bazaar so it might have been done to keep tourists away,” he added.

According to the state-run TRT news channel, the bus was passing in the Beyazit district of Istanbul.

Pictures showed the bomb had turned the police vehicle into mangled wreckage and that nearby shops had their front windows smashed out by the force of the blast.

President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday the country’s fight against armed groups will continue “to the end”. Speaking to reporters after visiting some of the injured in a hospital near the site of the blast, Erdogan said the attack was “unforgivable”.

The bombing came during the first days of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month, a time marked by dawn-to-dusk fasting and intense prayer.

Istanbul had already been hit by two bombings this year, including in tourist areas.

Both attacks were blamed on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group, and a pair of attacks in Ankara that were claimed by Kurdish separatists and killed dozens.

The two attacks in Ankara were claimed by the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK) – a splinter group of the better-known outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

The attacks have had a dire effect on the tourism industry heading into the key summer season.

Some 1.75 million foreigners came to Turkey in April, down more than 28 percent on April 2015, the tourism ministry said in its latest release.

Aster CMI Hospital planted saplings for a greener environment

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Aster CMI Hospital

Bangalore: ‘Plant trees, save environment’—the message was loud and clear at Aster CMI Hospital, Bangalore, on World Environment Day, as doctors, corporates, and students joined hands to make the area in and around this hospital at Hebbal become green.

“The city that was once known for its lush greenery and plenty of water bodies, is now full of concrete skyscrapers. With the plants being chopped for the sake of urbanization, today, Bangalore is a victim of global warming, pollution and carbon foot prints. The only way out to good health from here is to bring back the lost greenery. At Aster CMI Hospital, we are taking initiative to bring back greenery at least in parts of North Bangalore. At World Environment Day, we took the first step by planting saplings around the hospital campus,” said Dr Nitish Shetty, CEO Aster CMI Hospital.

This green drive was taken up in association with Gurucharan Singh- VP Cambridge Institute of technologies and Anand Bangalore Ekambaram, environmentalist. Around 50 saplings were procured from Karnataka State Forest Nursery at Hebbal.

Speaking on the occasion, Gurucharan Singh, said, “The objective of doing this activity is to create awareness among the common public about how important it is to keep your environment safe. We wanted to encourage common people from different society and communities to actively participate in the celebration as well as become an active agent in developing environmental safety measures. We want to encourage people to make their nearby surroundings safe and clean to enjoy safer, cleaner and more prosperous future.”

About 60 people, including students and corporate employees, participated in the event, other than the Aster CMI Hospital staff.

Ex-Goa CM wants ban on Nigerians, calls them ‘negroes’

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Ravi Naik

Panaji: The Central government should ban Nigerians from entering India, former Goa Chief Minister Ravi Naik has demanded, adding that the state does not need Nigerian tourists.

Referring to Nigerians with the pejorative “negroes”, the senior Congress leader also told reporters that Nigerians have been causing “problems” in Goa as well other metros.

“The government of India should ban them. They should be probed. It should be checked whether they are here to study or for picnic or to sell drugs,” said Naik, a former home minister in the erstwhile Congress-led coalition government.

“Nigerians come here and do ‘dadagriri’, in Delhi, Bengaluru and the entire country. We should chase the Nigerians out of here. Have they come here to study? Are they really studying? Are they really going to college, schools? Are they really going to bogus schools or bogus typing schools, this has to be probed. It is very important,” Naik said, adding that even Aam Aami Party leaders had a fight with Nigerians in the past.

“They create problems everywhere… We do not want Nigerian tourists,” Naik said, demanding a probe into the activities of Nigerians in Goa, who he alleged masquerade as students.

Naik’s comments come a few days after Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on May 30 said that Goans were unhappy with the attitude and the lifestyle of Nigerians living in the coastal state.

On the same day, Goa’s Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar also said that Nigerians create problems in Goa and sell drugs.

In 2014, during the monsoon session of the Goa assembly, the state home ministry referred to Africans as ‘Negroes’, an error for which then Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had to tender an apology after an outcry.

(Agencies)

Kerala HC judge reveals Rs 25 lakh bribe for ‘verdict’

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K.T-Sankaran

Thiruvananthapuram: A senior judge of the Kerala High Court revealed in open court on Monday that he was offered Rs 25 lakh as bribe to ensure a favourable verdict in a gold smuggling case.

The judge, Justice K T Sankaran, made the statement while considering a batch of petitions filed by relatives of the nine accused challenging their detention under COFEPOSA (Conservation Of Foreign Exchange and Prevention Of Smuggling Activities) Act.

Justice Sankaran and Justice A Hariprasad, who comprised the bench hearing the case, recused themselves from the case because of “reasons beyond our control”.

Justice Sankaran said the money was offered through a mediator by one P A Naushad, the key member of the smuggling racket and one of the nine accused, adding that the bribe could have been part of a strategy to force him out of the case.

Justice Sankaran, however, did not comment on the reasons for recusal. The bench order, too, does not mention the bribe offer. The case is related to smuggling of about 2,000 kg of gold through the Cochin International Airport between 2013 and 2015. The smugglers operated from Muvattupuzha in Ernakulam district.

The racket was busted in May 2015 after the Special Investigation and Intelligence Branch of the Customs Department seized 13 kg of gold hidden under the seats of a bus ferrying passengers from the aircraft to the terminal.
Invoking provisions under COFEPOSA Act, the Central Economic Intelligence Bureau issued a preventive detention order against the nine accused–Naushad, his brother Faisal, Salim M M, Fazil K B, Yasir Ibn Muhammed, Saifuddin, Jabin K Basheer, Bipin Scaria and Shinoy Mohandas.

In January, the COFEPOSA advisory board, too, confirmed the preventive detention order. A former immigration official, Jabin K Basheer, and the ground handling staff at the airport were also involved in the racket.

(PTI)

Bihar: FIR against toppers, VR College after CM orders SIT probe

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bihar-topper

Patna: Patna Police have loded FIR against three Class XII toppers and Vaishali’s VR College Management and examination and evaluation centre superintendents and teachers for forgery, cheating and criminal conspiracy. The FIR was lodged on Monday night after CM Nitish Kumar ordered police headquarters to set up a special investigation team under an additional director general of police. The SIT has been asked to submit report to the state DGP within 10 days.

Bihar School Examination Board has already cancelled result of controversial toppers Saurav Srestha and Rahul Raj – both from Vaishali’s VR College. Another VR College toppers in arts Ruby Rai, who has been given a week to take retest, faces FIR along with Saurav amd Rahul at Patna’s Kotwali Police station.

Kotwali Police station SHP Ramesh Kumar Singh said: “The case has been lodged on complaint of secondary education board director Rajiv Prasad Singh Ranjan.

CM Nitish Kumar earlier dissolved a judicial committee set up by BSEB to probe the matter as the board has no landate to set up such a committee. The CM had called an emergy meeting of education department officials last evening and reportedly pulled up BSEB chaian Lalkeshwar Prasad for exceeding his brief to order probe unilaterally. The CM had been also reportedly upset with contradictory view of the state board and education department on the raging controversy.

(Agencies)

Modi leaves on five-nation tour

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Modi-Britain

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday left for a five-nation tour that will take him to Afghanistan, Qatar, Switzerland, the US and Mexico.

“PM Narendra Modi leaving for Herat, Afghanistan, marking the start of his five-nation visit,” the Prime Minister’s Office tweeted.

Modi will stop over in Herat in Afghanistan where he, along with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, will jointly inaugurate the India-Afghan Friendship Dam, earlier known as Salma Dam, rebuilt with India’s aid.

After attending a lunch hosted in his honour by President Ghani, Modi will proceed to Doha, Qatar, where he will meet Qatari Prime Minister Abdullah Bin Nasser Bin Khalifa Al Thani on Saturday.

He will also visit an Indian workers’ camp in Doha on Saturday.

On Sunday, he will meet Emir of Qatar Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani.

Following his engagements in Qatar, he will leave for Switzerland on Sunday.

On June 6, Modi will hold a meeting with President of the Swiss Confederation Johann Schneider-Ammann and also interact with business leaders.

The same day, he will depart for Washington where he will meet US President Barack Obama and address a joint sitting of the US Congress.

On June 8, he will leave for Mexico City where he will meet Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto before returning to India.

(IANS)

An Interview With Producer Chanderpaul Singh (Bhouri)

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Bhouri

Débutante producer Chanderpaul Singh is now ready with an off beat & realistic film, needless to say with all the commercial trappings intact, offering named Bhouri. In this exclusive interview he speaks at length all about his pet project Bhouri.

ON HIS LATEST UPCOMING FILM BHOURI

First of all I would like to enlighten one & all that my upcoming film Bhouri is a women centric film. It depicts how all women, especially if they are beautiful, in a particular small village is treated as an object of lusty desire of some men to give vent to their carnal pleasure.

ON THE BRIEF OUTLINE ABOUT THE PLOT OF BHOURI

The opening sequence of Bhouri introduces us to the part of a famished rural India to which the higher authorities have turned a blind eye. The local governance & supplies are dominated by a group of 5 upper class men who collectively rule the village. They exploit their power in every possible way. The villagers are compelled to satisfy them, often at a great expense to their meagre means & dignified self respect to the extent that most of the women, especially Bhouri the most beautiful of them who was recently married to Dhanua one of the villager, in the village have been compelled to flesh trade for these so called 5 tyrants’ gratified sexual pleasures. And all these women are a hapless & helpless as their men folks’ only means of livelihood in the village is the Zamindar owned & run kiln (Bhatta). The film Bhouri narrates the plight of these women who are sexually exploited sometimes even with force. Until Bhouri revolts & protests strongly against this sexual malpractices.

ON THE CONSTANT SEXUAL EXPLOITATION SCENARIO IN BOLLYWOOD MOVIES

Yes! You are right on this score but you forget one thing that every film maker & director presents such oft repeated scenario with their own perspective, their own hindsight. And as far as Bhouri is concerned it is based on one particular angle which is set against the backdrop of the fight of women in rural India. In particular Bhouri is based on a fictional yet somewhat true story of a 22 year old girl named Bhouri whose extremely fair complexion & sharp features became a source of endless pain & punishment in life as her only crime was that her over attractive looks aroused (sexual) lust, lust & only lust.

ON THE SUPPOSED CENSOR BOARDS OBJECTION AGAINST THE BLATANTLY BOLD THEME OF BHOURI WITH A FAIR AMOUNT OF SKIN SHOW

The skin show that you are referring to has been done in a very decent & dignified manner as per the requirement of the theme of the film. So I don’t think the censors will raise any objections to it.

ON THE PARTING SHOT OF GIVING AN INSIGHT INTO THE CAST & CREW OF BHOURI

Bhouri has been produced by me under the banner of S Video Picture Pvt Ltd Presents. The other crew members are directed by Jasbir Bhati, screenplay & dialogues by Jagat Bhushan Singh & Manjeet Mahipal, cinematography by Mohammed Rubaiz, editing by Mansoor Azmi & Miraz Ali, music by Sanjay Pathak & lyrics by Priya Pathak & Manjeet Mahipal. The film stars débutante Masha Paur as Bhouri & stalwarts like Raghuveer Yadav, Kunika, Shakti Kapoor, Mohan Joshi, Sitaram Panchal, Mohan Joshi, Mukesh Rishi & above all Aditya Pancholi.

Movie Review: ‘Shaukeen Kaminay’ is a cliched social comedy

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Shaukeen Kaminay

Producers: Brajesh Pandey and Pratima Pandey
Director: Anil Chourasiya
Star Cast: Kartik Gaur, Narendra Tiwari, Sahil Garg, Vanshika Gupta, Yasmin Pathan & Priyanka Singh

Hardik (Kartik Gaur), Som (Narendra Tiwari) and Sunny (Sahil Garg) are three best bachelor friends staying together and always busy enjoying life. Besides one day they take a bait that they will marry only a virgin girl. One day they land up in a small village called Nariganj which has a concept of One Night Wedding. All three of them get married to innocent village girls, pay the money to enjoy a few days with them and return back to the city and get busy with their daily routine.

The only redeeming factor of Shaukeen Kaminay is the good performances of Kartik Gaur, Narendra Tiwari & Sahil Garg. All three of them have tried to give off their best in their debut roles. That apart one or two songs are really catchy.

The concept of the film itself is too far fetched and unbelievable and to save their skin the film makers have tried to pass it off as fictional. The worst disappointment are the female brigade of actors who are neither good looking nor can they act for nuts.

All in all Shaukeen Kaminay may be liked by the rural audiences but its prospects in the Metro cities are very bleak.

5 candidates in the fray for RS elections in Karnataka

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rajya Sabha

Bengaluru: Five candidates including Union Minister Nirmala Seetharaman are in the fray for the biennial elections to fill four Rajya Sabha seats from Karnataka.

“Five candidates are in the fray now after independent candidate KA Mohan’s papers were rejected,” Karnataka Legislative Assembly Secretary S Murthy, who is also the Returning Officer, told PTI.

Mohan’s papers were rejected for not enclosing proposers’ names and an additional affidavit. Friday was the last date for withdrawal of candidature.

Voting is scheduled for June 11and counting of votes will happen on the same day.

Congress has fielded three candidates Jairam Ramesh, Oscar Fernandes (former Union ministers) and former IPS officer Ramamurthy, while BJP and JD(S) have fielded Union Minister Nirmala Seetharaman and B M Farooq, respectively.

Congress decision to field the third candidate, Ramamurthy, has given tense moments to JD(S), which needs five additional votes to see its candidate through, as it has 40 members.

The required strength for victory is 45 votes.

To the JDS discomfiture, five of its MLAs, including Zameer Ahmed, have reportedly decided to back the third candidate of Congress.

Congress has 122 MLAs and needs extra 13 votes to ensure the victory of its third candidate, with Chief Minister Siddaramiah seeking support of 11 Independents and five JDS rebel legislators.

BJP is also short of one vote but is confident of making up the shortfall.

Meanwhile, 8 candidates are in the fray for the biennial elections to fill 7 seats of Karnataka Legislative Council, for which voting be held on June 10.

(Agencies)

Khadse quits; first blow to BJP under Modi-Shah combine

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Eknath Khadse

Mumbai: Facing heat over a string of corruption charges including irregularities in a land deal, Maharashtra Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse today resigned, the first casualty in BJP after Narendra Modi-Amit Shah combine took over the party pledging zero-tolerance to corruption.

With his options running out and the central leadership sending a clear and stern message to him, the 64-year-old veteran from north Maharashtra drove to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s official residence here this morning and offered his resignation.

The fate of Khadse was sealed two days back after Fadnavis briefed Modi and Shah in Delhi over the allegations against him, which were not only leveraged by Congress, NCP and AAP to embarrass the first BJP-led government in the state but even made ally Shiv Sena to come out seeking his ouster.

Considered “number two” in the Cabinet handling vital portfolios of Revenue and Agriculture, Khadse has been facing heat over a series of allegations including irregularities in a land deal in Pune and getting calls allegedly from fugitive Dawood Ibrahim’s residence in Karachi on his mobile phone besides the alleged bribe sought by a personal aide.

He is in a spot over the purchase of a three-acre Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) land in Pune allegedly at a low price of around Rs 3.75 crore from its original owner in the name of his wife and son-in-law. The market value of the land is reportedly Rs 40 crore.

Rubbishing the allegations, Khadse said he has been a victim of an “unprecedented media trial.”

Addressing a press meet with the state party chief Raosaheb Danve after his meeting with Chief Minister, Khadse, seen as the OBC face of the party with a massive following in northern districts, said, “For the last 40 years, I have been in politics and the party but had not experienced a media trial like this.”

“There has been an unprecedented media trial against me,” he said, adding, “I have demanded Fadnavis that an inquiry be ordered into the allegations.”

Stating Khadse was forced to quit as charges against him were “serious”, Congress demanded a high level investigation into the matter.

“Only resignation will not do. We want a high level judicial inquiry into the scams involving Khadse. We don’t trust this government, which may sabotage the investigation,” Maharashtra Congress chief Ashok Chavan told PTI.

Former AAP leader Anjali Damania, who was on a hunger strike demanding Khadse’s resignation for the last three days, said this was the initial victory for her after exposing Khadse’s wrongdoings.

AAP national spokesperson Preeti Sharma Menon said, “We are relieved that finally, after he was totally exposed in past few weeks, BJP removed Khadse from office.”

(PTI)

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