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CCTV Footage Allegedly Contains Visuals of VK Sasikala Walking on MG Road in Bengaluru

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Bengaluru: A CCTV footage released allegedly contains the visuals of AIADMK (Amma) General Secretary VK Sasikala and her associate Ilavarasi walking on MG Road in Bengaluru even if the duo have been serving their jail term at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison in the state capital after court found them guilty inconnection with their illegal property deals.

The CCTV footage released supports the fact that jail authorities violated law and have allowed Sasikala to move out of the jail according to her wish. Meanwhile, in a CCTV video handed over to state Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) by former Prison DIG D Roopa reportedly contains the visuals of Sasikala who entering the jail.

(Agencies)

Gujarat, Pune battle for Zone A supremacy in PKL

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Lucknow: The stage is set for the top two Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) Zone A sides — Gujarat Fortunegiants and Puneri Paltan — to showcase their dominance in the group when they face off at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium here on Tuesday.

On a roll after registering their fourth win in five outings, Pune will take a lot of heart from their narrow 47-42 win over two-time defending champions Patna Pirates on Sunday when they face a formidable Gujarat side.

It was once again the ever dependable all-rounder Sandeep Narwal, who single-handedly kept his team ahead of Patna while the likes of Rajesh Mondal and Deepak Hooda chipped in.

Skipper Deepak Hooda will look for assistance from Sandeep and Rajesh in raiding as they aim to finish the Lucknow leg on a winning note.

On the other hand, having won all their home leg matches in Ahmedabad, Gujarat are certainly a side brimming with confidence.

With six wins from nine matches, Gujarat are comfortably placed atop Zone A.

With Fazel Atrachali and Abozar Mighani covering both the corners, Gujarat can be regarded as one of the most formidable defensive units.

Gujarat skipper and star raider Sukesh Hegde has brilliantly come out of the shadows of Rahul Chaudhari, under whom he played in the previous season.

The Pune franchise will also be wary of the threat from 18-year-old Fortunegiants raider Sachin, who has stepped up to the occasion and will be eager to do some more damage to the rival camp.

(IANS)

Members of Kerala’s Wisdom Global Islamic Mission arrested for distributing pamphlets about Islam

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Kochi: At least 40 suspected members of an Islamic organization were arrested on Sunday at Vadakkekara in Ernakulam district on charges of attempting to “trigger religious animosity in the society”, the police said.

They added that the accused were placed under arrest after scrutinizing the contents of some pamphlets, bearing the name of an outfit called the Wisdom Global Islamic Mission, seized from their possession.

The accused were charged under section 153A, IPC (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language etc. and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony), Ernakulam Rural Superintendent of Police (SP) A V George told PTI.

The accused had allegedly distributed the pamphlets propagating the Islamic faith at eight places in and around Vadakkekara, near North Paravur in the district.

The police alleged that the pamphlets contained objectionable contents.

(Agencies)

2008 Malegaon blast case: SC grants bail to accused Lt Col Purohit

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New Delhi: After nine years in jail, Lt Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case will at last see the morning sun.

The Supreme Court on Monday granted Lt Colonel Purohit bail in the 2008 Malegaon blast case.

While granting bail, the apex court said, “we set aside order of Bombay High court.”

The apex court said the bail has been granted subject to certain conditions.

A bench of Justices R K Agrawal and A M Sapre said they are setting aside the Bombay High Court order by which the bail was denied.

Earlier on August 17, the apex court reserved its order on the bail plea of Lt Colonel Purohit.

Lt Colonel Purohit’s bail plea was earlier rejected by the Bombay High Court saying the charges against him were of a grave nature, after which he moved the top court.

Lt Colonel Purohit, a former military intelligence officer, is one of the accused in the 2008 Malegaon blasts along with Sadhvi Pragya and others.

Sadhvi Pragya has been granted relief in the case by the Bombay High Court.

The 2008 Malegaon serial blasts claimed 4 lives and left nearly 79 injured.

(Agencies)

JERAI FITNESS IN LIEU WITH FIT SQUAD INAUGURATES ITS SWANKY NEW SHOWROOM IN DODDA BANASWADI BENGALURU

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Bengaluru: JERAI FITNESS PVT LTD, in association with FIT SQUAD recently inaugurated its swanky new showroom in the posh locality of Dodda Banaswadi located at Ramamuthy Nagar, Main Road, Opposite New Baldwin School, Dodda Banaswadi, Bengaluru.

So now all roads in Bengaluru leads to JERAI FITNESS as far as satisfying & solving all the queries & fitness related problems of the Bangaloreans are concerned.

And now its time to reveal a few more nuggets of JERAI FITNESS in tandem with FIT SQUAD. So JERAI FITNESS PVT LTD, is one of the most reputed leading Indian Manufacturer of Gym Equipments & above all its Gym Equipments are being used in all the leading Gyms in the country.

That apart the company now plans to open 15 new showrooms all over the country shortly with the foundation already being laid in Bengaluru.

Mr. Rajesh of JERAI FITNESS while addressing the media gathering at the inaugural function averred, “Under the company JERAI FITNESS’ CSR activities, we have also planned to identify small villages & set up a well equipped Gym in each & every village that too every month. And of course we will make the auspicious beginning with Bengaluru.”

A little more revelation about JERAI FITNESS will not be out of place at this stage. So JERAI FITNES PVT LTD since the year 1994, has maintained its commitment to the goal of designing, manufacturing & above all providing the best weight resistance exercise equipment in the country. In fact the JERAI FITNESS products are used & above all tested by more than 3000 Gym’s across the country and of course used by more than 5 crore Gym members.

Moreover to accomplish this goal, JERAI FITNESS has assembled the finest team of experts in the industry today, and also in the fields of engineering; computer aided design, manufacturing and above all sales & distribution. Besides this, combined with a “can do” attitude, superior materials and above all expertise oriented workmanship, has enabled JERAI FITNESS to produce the best state – of – art design and above all manufacturing technology.

So the JERAI FITNESS team is proud to provide their customers with the highest quality, safest, most functional, durable and above all the most economical exercise equipment in the market today.

Not only these the JERAI FITNESS also manufactures the most extensive line of Selectorized, Free – Weight and above all Multi – Station Exercise Equipment in the industry, and of course it also introduces new & an innovative products on a continued regular basis.

That apart in an ongoing effort to design & produce the best possible products, JERAI FITNESS remains committed to the needs of their most privileged customers.

And above all JERAI FITNESS representatives have also developed close relationships with most of the health & fitness clubs, wellness centers, sports authorities, corporate fitness centers and above all with the military department.

As servicing those relationships gives them insight into what their customers wants & need, and JERAI FITNESS fully responds to those needs & wants.

No doubt that JERAI FITNESS remains focused on providing their customers with the highest quality Exercise Equipment available in the country today.

So in conclusion one can safely vouch for the fact that JERAI FITNESS with it’s more than 2 decades of experience in manufacturing & market reputation rightly deserves being a leader in the FITNESS Industry. As over the last one and a half decade they have also been actively taking part in promotional health & fitness by sponsoring some of the major National & International Fitness Events like Mr. Universe Championship, Sheru Classic Events, Mr. World Championship and above all National Fitness Events like Mr. Maharashtra, Mr. Mumbai and above Mr. India.

Two branches of AIADMK unite; EPS, OPS seal merger deal

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Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palanisamy and O Panneerselvam on Monday sealed the deal for the merger of the two factions of AIADMK.

Panneerselvam will be given the portfolio of finance ministry and the position of deputy chief minister. He will be sworn in at 4.30 pm on Monday.

After announcing the merger at a press meet, Palanisamy said that a 11-member coordination committee will run the party. Panneerselvam will be the convener of AIADMK, I will be the co-convener and KP Munusamy will be the deputy co-convener, Palanisamy said.

“Our first priority will be to retrieve the two leaves symbol. We will fulfill all the promises made by Amma,” Palanisamy said.

“Amma (Jayalalithaa) has said before that after me AIADMK will last over 100 years. We all will make sure it happens,” he said, adding, “We all are children of one mother, and Amma (Jayalalithaa) is that one mother”.

“Had few difficulties in recent times, similar to what happened after MGR’s demise, but both OPS & EPS came forward to unite party,” Munusamy said.

There was no mention of jailed AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala in the press statement.

The merger comes after the recent meeting of both Palansamy and Panneerselvam with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi. Both EPS and OPS had met Modi separately in the national capital.

The crucial meeting for the merger of the two factions of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) took place at the party headquarters in Chennai.

Palanisamy, who had earlier canceled his scheduled visit to AIADMK head office, met Panneerselvam at the party head office on Monday afternoon.

Earlier on Monday, 17 AIADMK MLAs, the supporters of TTV Dhinakaran, had reached his Besant Nagar residence for a meeting, according to ANI.

Governor C Vidyasagar Rao, who was in Mumbai, canceled all the engagements and arrived in Chennai.

(Agencies)

TN CM announces inquiry into Jaya’s death

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Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami today announced a Commission of Inquiry to go into the death of J Jayalalithaa, eight months after her demise.

Palaniswami also announced that Jayalalithaa’s Poes Garden residence here will be turned into a memorial that will be run by the government.

The announcements have virtually sealed the deal for merger with rebel leader and former chief minister O Panneerselvam’s AIADMK faction since these are his two key demands.

The 68-year-old former chief minister and AIADMK supremo died following a cardiac arrest on December 5 after being in hospital for 75 days.

Besides the formal expulsion of AIADMK interim chief V K Sasikala and her nephew deputy general secretary T T V Dhinakaran has also been sought by Panneerselvam.

Flanked by senior cabinet colleagues, Finance Minister D Jayakumar, Forest Minister Dindigul C Srinivasan and Power Minister P Thangamani, Palaniswami told reporters that the Commission of Inquiry will be set up and headed by a retired judge of the Madras High Court.

He said the name of the judge will be announced later.

Hailing Jayalalithaa’s contribution to Tamil Nadu, he said following representations from a cross-section of people, her residence at Poes Garden will be turned into a government memorial and opened for public viewing.

(Agencies)

Flood furry: Toll climbs to 153 in Bihar; Army called in for rescue ops

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Villagers in a flood-hit area in Katihar district of Bihar on Sunday. (PTI Photo)

New Delhi: The Bihar flood toll climbed to 153 today while those marooned in 17 districts of the state crossed the 1 crore mark, even as the Army was called in for relief and rescue operations in deluge-hit eastern Uttar Pradesh districts adjoining Nepal.

The situation, however, eased in Assam and West Bengal, where no heavy rains were reported.

Araria district of Bihar accounted for 30 deaths, West Champaran 23, Sitamarhi 13, Madhubani 8 and Katihar 7. 11 each have died in Kisanganj, East Champaran and Supual and 9 each in Purnea and Madhepura.

Four deaths each were reported in Darbhanga, Gopalganj and Saharsa, 3 each in Khagaria and Sheohar, 2 in Saran and 1 in Muzaffarpur, Special Secretary in the Disaster Management Department Anirudh Kumar said.

Around 1.08 crore people have been hit by floods in 17 districts and 1,688 panchayats of the eastern state, he said.

The MeT office said Patna, Gaya, Bhagalpur and Purnea are likely to witness rain or thundershower tomorrow.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar reviewed the flood situation and gave necessary instruction to officials. He gave orders for intensive airdropping of food packets in Kursakanta, Palasi, Sikti and Jokihaat in Araria and the Sugauli area in East Champaran, an official statement said.

A total of 28 National Disaster Response Force teams comprising 1,152 personnel are rendering services in the marooned areas with the help of 118 boats.

Seven Army teams with 2,228 personnel are assisting relief and rescue operation with the help of 280 boats, a state Disaster Management Department release said.

The Special Secretary in the Disaster Management Department said 1,765 community kitchens are catering to 3.44 lakh people in several flood-hit areas of the state.

Meanwhile, after being pounded by a record-breaking downpour early this week, Bengaluru was on the road to recovery.

The city’s famous Bellandur lake continued to spew ‘toxic froth’ but it is reducing because of receding rains.

In the national capital, the minimum temperature was recorded at 29 degrees, while the maximum stood at 37.8 degrees Celsius. No rainfall was reported in Delhi.

Continuous rains and discharge of water in rivers worsened the deluge situation in eastern Uttar Pradesh, where Army had to be called in.

The movement of traffic on the Gorakhpur-Sonauli road towards Nepal came to a standstill with the waters of Rohin river inundating Maniram township and the national highway, sources in the administration said.

As many as 105 villages of the district have been hit by the floods, of which 35 are totally submerged and the villagers have been shifted to safer places, they said.

According to a report from Siddhartnagar, army helicopters assisted in extending relief material to the affected.

Several districts in the eastern region of the state including Balrampur, Basti, Siddhartnagar, Barabanki, Ayodhya, Lakhimpur, Mahrajganj, Gonda are facing floods.

The flood situation in north Bengal improved with water levels of all major rivers receding, though the toll rose to 52.

West Bengal Panchyat Minister Subrata Mukherjee said roads and pipelines for supplying drinking water have been badly damaged in the calamity.

Nearly 15 lakh people have been affected by the floods in Coochbehar, Dakshin Dinajpur, Uttar Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar and Malda districts in north Bengal since July 21.

Train services to different destinations in north Bengal and Assam from Howrah and Sealdah stations remained suspended on the sixth consecutive day, a railway spokesman said.

Bus services between the southern and northern parts of the state also remain suspended for the last five days owing to inundation of national highway 34 and 31 and state highways at different places in north Bengal.

In the northeastern state of Assam, 11 more persons died in flood-related incidents.

However, officials said the situation has improved in the state as no fresh spell of rainfall was reported.

According to a report by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), three persons died in Dhubri, while two people lost their lives in Morigaon in flood related incidents.

In Baksa, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, South Salmara, Kamrup and Kokrajhar districts, one person each died due to floods, it said.

The third wave of flood has so far claimed the lives of 60 persons across the state. With these, the total number of persons losing their lives in this year’s flood-related incidents in Assam went up to 144, including eight in Guwahati.

The ASDMA said 25.93 lakh people have been affected in the state.

As per the report issued today, Morigaon was the worst affected followed by Dhubri in the state. A total of 2,210 villages were under water and 1.23 lakh hectares of crop were inundated and damaged, they said.

The authority added that Brahmaputra river was flowing above the danger mark at Nimatighat in Jorhat, Goalpara and Dhubri towns.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the eastern state of Odisha was likely to experience heavy rainfall in next 24 hours due to a low pressure area created over northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining coastal region of the state.

In Himachal Pradesh, a landslide near Dochi village in Kharapathar blocked vehicular traffic on Rohru Theog road in Shimla district besides partially damaging a house.

Scattered rains occurred at some places including Dharamshala, Palampur and Jogindernagar, while the weather remained dry in the rest of the state.

(Agencies)

Infosys board approves up to Rs 13,000 cr buyback offer

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New Delhi: The country’s second largest software services firm Infosys today said its board has approved a share buyback offer of up to Rs 13,000 crore.

The buyback price of Rs 1,150 per share is nearly 25 per cent higher than Friday’s closing of Rs 923.10 apiece.

The company has also set up seven-member committee comprising key members like Co-chairman Ravi Venkatesan, Executive Vice-chairman Vishal Sikka, interim CEO and MD UB Pravin Rao, among others to oversee the process of the buyback offer.

The buyback offer approved by the board will comprise up to 11.3 crore equity shares or 4.92 per cent paid-up equity share capital, Infosys said in a regulatory filing.

The development comes a day after Vishal Sikka quit as Infosys’ CEO amid founders alleging corporate governance lapses. The board had blamed a “misguided” campaign by co- founder NR Narayana Murthy for Sikka’s resignation.

The process timeline and other details will be announced in due course, Infosys said, adding that the buyback is subject to approval of the shareholders by way of a special resolution.

The company said given the significant shareholding of the US residents by way of ADS’ and equity shares, it was necessary to obtain exemptive relief from the American market regulator US SEC on certain aspects of the tender offer procedures.

This is due to conflicting regulatory requirements between Indian and US laws for tender offer buybacks and the same has been obtained, Infosys explained.

The Bengaluru-based company in April had announced that it will pay up to Rs 13,000 crore to shareholders during the current financial year through dividend and/or share buyback.

Share buybacks typically improve earnings per share and return surplus cash to shareholders, while also supporting share price during period of sluggish market condition.

Infosys had cash and cash equivalents worth over USD 3.5 billion on its books as of June 30, 2017.

The buyback offer size is 20.51 per cent of the total paid-up equity capital and free reserves of the company as on June 30, 2017, Infosys said.

The buyback Committee also includes CFO MD Ranganath, Jayesh Sanghrajka (Deputy CFO), Inderpreet Sawhney (General Counsel) and A G S Manikantha (Company Secretary).

A number of tech companies have announced share buyback programmes this year to offer rich returns to shareholders.

While Infosys larger rival TCS offered Rs 16,000-crore mega buyback offer to shareholders, rivals like Cognizant, Wipro, HCL Technologies and Mindtree have also made similar announcements.

(Agencies)

Centre Rejects Karnataka Govt’s Proposal to Denotify National Highways to Save Liquor Shops

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Bengaluru: Union government has rejected Karnataka state government’s proposal to denotify the stretches of national highways (NH) pass through cities in Karnataka state.

The state government sent the proposal to the centre after a Supreme Court order which asked all state governments to shut liquor shops functioning on an area within 500 meter away from national highways in the country. In an attempt to save those liquor shops which fall within 500 meter surface from national highways, Karnataka government sent a proposal to denotify the stretches of NHs which pass through towns and cities in the state.

A copy of a letter from the centre to the state government reportedly submitted to Karnataka high court by a legal counsel of central government on August 14. The centre in its communication stated that it was not feasible to admit the proposal by the state government even if it was analysed in various angles.

The legal counsel said that the proposal of the state government to denotify 609.65 km long stretches of national highways which pass through towns and cities in the state has been analyzed in detail and finally it was decided to reject the proposal.

(Agencies)

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