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Tons from Shaw, Karthik take India Red to 317/5 in Duleep Trophy final

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Opening batsman Prithvi Shaw (154) and captain Dinesh Karthik (111) powered India Red to 317 for five in their first innings against India Blue on the opening day of their Duleep Trophy final here on Monday.

The 17-year-old Mumbaikar Shaw shared a 211-run third-wicket partnership with Tamil Nadu veteran Karthik, who cracked his 27th ton in first-class cricket.

Shaw and Akhil Herwadkar (25) had provided a decent start of 74 runs for the first wicket before Herwadkar ran himself out.

 
Left-arm spinner Bharghav Bhatt then accounted for Suryakumar Yadav (80) to leave India Red at 89/2.

Karthik joined Shaw in the middle and the pair saw off the difficult phase before taking on the India Blue bowlers.

During his second first-class hundred, Shaw hammered 18 fours and one six out of the 249 deliveries he faced.

Right-hander Karthik hit 12 fours during his 155-ball innings.

Off-spinner Akshya Wakhare broke the partnership as he got a LBW decision against Karthik on the fourth ball of the 79th over.

Shaw fell soon, edging one from Bhatt to wicket-keeper Srikar Bharat, as India Red reached 306/4.

Bhatt picked up his third wicket when Baba Indrajith failed to defend a straighter ball and Ishan Kishan took a sharp catch at short leg to leave India Red struggling at 317/5.

Ishank Jaggi was the batsman who was unbeaten at nine when the umpires called stumps.

Brief scores: India Red: 317/5 (Prithvi Shaw 154, Dinesh Karthik 111; Bharghav Bhatt 3/83) against India Blue on Day 1.

(IANS)

No troop contribution in Afghanistan: India

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New Delhi: India and the US today discussed ways to deepen their defence ties along with key issues such as Afghanistan, where New Delhi has ruled out any troop contribution, and terrorism emanating from Pakistan.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her US counterpart James Mattis held comprehensive talks covering the entire gamut of the bilateral defence partnership.

“The situation in our neighbourhood and the growing menace of cross-border terrorism were discussed in depth. There is growing convergence in the approaches of both our countries on this issue,” Sitharaman said at a joint press conference.

She said both sides recognise the importance of holding those who use terrorism as an instrument of state policy to account and to dismantle the infrastructure that supports terrorism. On his part, Mattis said there can be “no tolerance to terrorism safe havens”.He also welcomed India’s contribution in war-torn Afghanistan.

India, one of the largest contributors in Afghanistan where it in involved in several development projects, however, has ruled out troops contribution amidst the US emphasis for a greater participation by the country in the conflict-ridden Islamic nation.

“We have made it clear that there shall not be boots from India on the ground (Afghan),” Sitharaman said while responding to a query on whether India will contribute troops in Afghanistan. Sitharaman also said that Mattis has assured her that he will raise with Pakistan the issue of terrorism emanating from there.

(Agencies)

70-year-old woman beaten to death on suspicion of being witch

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Jaipur: A 70-year-old widow was allegedly beaten to death in Rajasthan’s Udaipur district by her neighbour, who accused her of being a witch, the police said today.

Champa Devi was working in her field in Kali Ghati village yesterday when the family of her neighbour allegedly abused her and beat her up with sticks leading to her death, a police official said.

According to SHO of Semari police station Yogendra Kumar Vyas, the family thought the woman was using witchcraft against their son and was the cause of his illness. On a complaint lodged by the victim’s son Mohan Lal, a case has been registered against the accused and investigation into the matter is on, the police said.

In a related development, seven tantriks (sorcerers) have been arrested in last two days in Chittorgarh and parts of Bhilwara districts of Rajasthan to curb the practices of exorcism.

(Agencies)

Bengaluru Police Seize Banned Currency Notes Worth Rs 5 Cr; Arrest Three

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Bengaluru: Bengaluru: Mahalakshmi layout police in Bengaluru have seized bundles of banned currency notes worth Rs 5 crore in the denomination Rs 1000 in an operation on Sunday. The police have also seized a car and arrested three, Kalingappa, Mohammed Asla and Manjunath in connection with the seizure. The source of the currency notes seized and motive of the three arrested is yet to known.

The police on a tip-off carried a search h operation and found three accused with the bundles of banned currency notes in the state capital. The police registered case on the incident and investigation is in progress.

(Agencies)

Karnataka HC judge Jayant Patel who ordered CBI probe in Ishrat Jahan case quits

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Ahmedabad: Karnataka High Court’s most senior judge Jayant Patel, who had ordered a CBI investigation in the controversial fake Ishrat Jahan encounter case in Gujarat, on Monday resigned reportedly for not being elevated as Chief Justice.

Patel, the senior-most puisne judge of the Karnataka High Court after the chief justice, sent his resignation letter to Chief Justice SK Mukherjee.

It is believed Justice Patel, who was Acting Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court before being posted to Bengaluru, resigned in a huff over his transfer to the Allahabad High Court, where he would be the third most senior judge.

In fact, the Gujarat High Court Bar Association had even raised the non-appointment of Justice Patel with the Collegium and called it shocking. This was when he was transferred as a judge in the Karnataka High Court after being an Acting Chief Justice.

Justice Patel had not only ordered a CBI investigation in the controversial fake encounter case of Ishrat Jahan but had also monitored the probe, which included looking into the role of officials of Intelligence Bureau.

He was sworn in as a judge of Karnataka High Court on February 13 last year, while he was appointed the Acting Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court on August 13, 2015.

(IANS)

Chinese daily chides Sushma over UN speech against Pakistan

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Beijing: A Chinese daily has slammed India’s Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj for her strong criticism of Pakistan for harbouring terrorists, saying it is “politically imbecilic and unsophisticated” to think that Islamabad exports terrorism.

The editorial in state-run Global Times defending Pakistan against its failure to flush out terrorists is not surprising as China has always lavished praise on its “all-weather ally” for being at the “forefront” of tackling terrorism.

The newspaper, run by the Communist Party, said Sushma Swaraj’s speech at the UN reflected India’s arrogance and “bigotry” towards Pakistan.

Sushma in her address last week at the UN General Assembly tore into Pakistan for sheltering terrorists.

“Why is it that today India is a recognized IT superpower in the world and Pakistan is recognized only as the pre-eminent export factory for terror?” she had said.

The newspaper asked what makes Sushma Swaraj believe that Pakistan exports terrorism and India is an IT superpower?

“There is indeed terrorism in Pakistan. But is supporting terror the country’s national policy? What can Pakistan gain from exporting terrorism? Money or honour? Is India really an IT superpower that produces engineers and doctors when it is hell-bent on believing Pakistan is evil?”

“It is politically imbecilic and unsophisticated for Indian elites to conclude that Pakistan exports terrorism. They should have seen the efforts and sacrifice that Pakistan has made to rid the world of terrorism and refrain from mixing disputes over terrorism with their own historical disputes,” the editorial said.

China has steadfastly shielded Pakistan from criticism from India, the US or any other country, and told them not to single out Islamabad on terror.

In fact, China has repeatedly blocked India’s resolution at the UN to declare Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar as an international terrorist.

The newspaper also mentioned that the Minister in her speech took a “dig at China for blocking international efforts to blacklist Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar”.

“By trumpeting India’s justice and grandeur while rebuking its neighbour’s foolishness and ugliness, the minister (Swaraj) seems to have moved herself and the whole country.”

“But it is a grave disaster when Indians are confident in their rightness and their neighbours’ wrongs while super-proud of India’s capabilities in cultivating engineers and doctors. A country that despises others can hardly seek agreement over conflicts.

“India’s bigotry toward Pakistan doesn’t match its much-vaunted ambition to be a world power. By inflaming nationalism in the Indian public, Indians become more determined to make India first than even US President Donald Trump’s ‘America First’.

“With the smooth development of its economy and foreign relations in recent years, an arrogant India has looked down on Pakistan and assumed a haughty air with China.

“It takes for granted that it should be feared by neighbors and wooed by the US and Europe. If smart enough, India should befriend China and respect Pakistan, preventing disputes from spilling over,” it said.

(IANS)

Amnesty: India’s Rohingya need support, not expulsion

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Rights group says India uses ‘security threat’ to justify plans for mass deportation of approximately 40,000 Rohingya.

India’s Rohingya face an uncertain future, with the Hindu-nationalist government threatening to deport them to Myanmar. [Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]

by Al Jazeera

Amnesty International has initiated an online campaign and petition calling for people’s support to stop India’s plan of deporting thousands of Rohingya refugees living across India.

Characterising Rohingya refugees and asylum-seekers as illegal immigrants and deeming them “security threats” will expose them to grave risks if forcibly returned, the rights gourp said on Monday, while pushing the #istandwithrohingyarefugees campaign online.

Last week, India’s government said it had evidence showing some Rohingya in the country have ties to “terror organisations” and pose a security threat that justifies a mass deportation of the approximately 40,000 Rohingya.

“In terms of India’s position, it is their legal and moral obligation to not allow the expulsion from happening,” Arijit Sen, project manager at Amnesty International India, told Al Jazeera.

“They have been in India for a while, taking small steps, living their lives with dignity. If India has any security concerns, they should understand that not all of them can be viewed through one lens.

“These people are in danger back in Myanmar and need support.”

India’s Supreme Court is hearing an appeal lodged on behalf of Rohingya against the deportation plan proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government.

Al Jazeera tried to reach out to the ruling party office for a comment but a spokesperson declined to speak on the issue.

A majority of the Rohingya are Muslim, who have often been described as “the world’s most persecuted minority”.

They have lived in Myanmar for centuries in the Buddhist-majority Myanmar, where they have faced growing violence, with hundreds of thousands being forced to flee to neighbouring countries.

The Rohingya are denied citizenship in Myanmar and regarded as “illegal immigrants”, despite claiming roots that date back centuries.

More than 800,000 Rohingya currently live in Bangladesh, nearly 600,000 arrived in the last one year.

Muslims deported?

In a previous Al Jazeera story, Rohingya refugees in India said they were being targeted because they were Muslim.

“It fits into the larger policy that any Hindu coming from anywhere is welcome and can get a long-term visa, but if a Muslim is coming then there is a difficulty,” Mohammad Haroon, who runs a small grocery store, told Al Jazeera.

Rights activists have criticised the government over a controversial citizenship law that includes a provision for welcoming refugees facing persecution, specifying “Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan”, but notably excludes Muslims.

“The Citizen Amendments Bill allowed persecuted people from the Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist faiths to get Indian citizenship, but Muslims were not allowed even if they were persecuted,” Apoorvanand Jha, an academic and activist based in the Indian capital, New Delhi, had told Al Jazeera.

Modi visited Myanmar in the first week of September – his second visit in three years – and held talks with Aung San Suu Kyi in the capital Nay Pyi Taw.

A joint statement issued at the end of their talks failed to mention the brutal military crackdown on the Rohingya.

Delhi HC acquits ‘Peepli Live’ director Farooqui in rape case

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday acquitted Mahmood Farooqui, co-director of acclaimed 2010 Hindi film “Peepli Live”, who was accused of raping an American woman.

Justice Ashutosh Kumar set aside the trial court order convicting Farooqui and sentencing him to seven years jail in August last year.

Farooqui had challenged the trial court order in the High Court claiming his innocence.

Farooqui was accused of raping a 35-year-old woman from Columbia University who was in India for research on her doctoral thesis.

The woman, who moved to Delhi in June 2014, was looking for contacts for her work in Gorakhpur and came in contact with Farooqui through a common friend.

The alleged incident occurred on March 28, 2015 when Farooqui invited her for dinner at his house.

According to the police chargesheet, the woman, who reached his house at 9 p.m., found Farooqui was very intoxicated, and he asked her to go to the other room which was his office.

After 20 minutes, she left the office room to smoke in the porch when he told her to come in and sit down, it said. After talking with her for a while, he suddenly kissed her and forced himself on her, the prosecution said, adding that the woman was scared after the incident.

During the trial, the American researcher stood by her complaint and alleged that Farooqui had raped her, while he denied the allegations, and claimed he was falsely implicated.

(IANS)

Trump slaps travel ban on Chad, North Korea, Venezuela

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Critics have accused the president of discriminating against Muslims in violation of US guarantees of religious liberty.

The Trump administration has replaced its travel ban with new restrictions on eight nations [Chris Carlson/AP]

by Al Jazeera

President Donald Trump slapped new travel restrictions on citizens from North Korea, Venezuela and Chad, expanding the list of countries covered by his original travel bans that have been derided by critics as targeting Muslims.

Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen and Somalia were left on the list of affected countries in a new proclamation issued by the president on Sunday. Restrictions on citizens from Sudan were lifted.

“We cannot afford to continue the failed policies of the past, which present an unacceptable danger to our country,” Trump said in statement. “My highest obligation is to ensure the safety and security of the American people, and in issuing this new travel order, I am fulfilling that sacred obligation.”

Iraqi citizens will not be subject to travel prohibitions but will face enhanced scrutiny or vetting.

The current ban, enacted in March, was set to expire on Sunday evening.

The new restrictions, slated to take effect on October 18, resulted from a review after Trump’s original travel bans sparked international outrage and legal challenges.

Unlike the first ban – which sparked chaos at airports across the country – officials said they had been working for months on the new rules, in collaboration with various agencies and in conversation with foreign governments.

The addition of North Korea and Venezuela broadens the restrictions from the original, mostly Muslim-majority list.

Critics have accused the president of discriminating against Muslims in violation of constitutional guarantees of religious liberty and equal protection under the law, breaking existing US immigration law and stoking religious hatred.

Trump had called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States” during his election campaign.

Speaking on background, government officials said the addition of North Korea and Venezuela demonstrated the measure was set on the basis of security and was not a “Muslim ban”, as detractors have argued.

“Religion, or the religious origin of individuals or nations, was not a factor,” a senior government official told reporters.

“The inclusion of those countries, Venezuela and North Korea, was about the fact that those governments are simply not compliant with our basic security requirements.”

Rights group Amnesty International USA condemned the new measures.

“Just because the original ban was especially outrageous does not mean we should stand for yet another version of government-sanctioned discrimination,” it said in a statement. “It is senseless and cruel to ban whole nationalities of people who are often fleeing the very same violence that the US government wishes to keep out. This must not be normalised.”

The American Civil Liberties Union said in a statement the addition of North Korea and Venezuela “doesn’t obfuscate the real fact that the administration’s order is still a Muslim ban”.

The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) denounced the new proclamation as “nothing but an extension of the same discrimatory policy first rolled out in January”.

“The Trump administration has now taken steps to make its Muslim ban targeting Iranians and other nationals permanent,” NIAC said in statement.

“Absent additional intervention from the courts, and a long-overdue intervention from the Republican-controlled Congress, the Trump administration will cement a racist and discriminatory campaign promise into official US policy.”

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on October 10 on whether the current ban discriminates against Muslims in violation of the US Constitution, as lower courts previously ruled.

Now the nine-justice court could skip deciding the case altogether, legal experts said.

With the travel restrictions expiring, the court has an easy way out because it could simply say the case is no longer a live issue and therefore, in legal parlance, moot.

“If the court can avoid entering into the fray, that may be appealing to them,” said Anil Kalhan, an immigration law professor at Drexel University School of Law.

DANCE INDIA DANCE SEASON 6 AUDITIONS HITS THE CITY OF BENGALURU

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Gear up to showcase your dance moves as ‘Dance India Dance 6’ auditions comes to the city of BENGALURU on 27th September

The very first platform on Indian television to give dance its due respect, the show that revolutionized dance in India and made it a mainstream career choice for millions … the show that continues to create dance legends of the country … the mother of all dance shows is all set to give birth to India’s next dancing superstar yet again! THE WAIT IS FINALLY OVER… Dance India Dance announces auditions for Season 6! The platform has introduced some spectacular talent each season – Be it Dharmesh, Shakti Mohan, Punit J Pathak, Salman Yusuf, RaghavJuyal or Prince, each of them has gone on to carve a niche for themselves and become a name to reckon with in the entertainment fraternity. Carrying on a legacy of excellence right since its launch in 2009, DID has emerged as the biggest and the most definitive platform for young and aspiring dancers from across the country. So, if you haven’t compromised in pursuing your passion for dance, your training or in terms of your choice of dance as a career, then why compromise on the platform?

So if you think you have got the moves to set the stage on fire, if you are passionate enough to battle all the odds and showcase your true talent, if you are craving recognition and have spent endless hours practicing your steps to perfection, then put on your dancing shoes and show us what you have got! Participate and prove your mettle as Zee TV announces the nationwide auditions for their ultimate dance reality talent hunt show, Dance India Dance Season 6. An aggressive hunt for India’s next dancing superstar across 15 cities in India begins this September and is travelling to the city of Bengaluru.

The Dance India Dance Season 6 auditions will travel to Bengaluru on Wednesday 27th September at,Mount Litera Zee School,1st Main, Ramanna Garden, Ramchandrapura, Vidyaranyapura, Bengaluru, Karnataka, starting 8 AM. Dance India Dance Season 6 will open its audition gates to every passionate dance enthusiast in and around Bengaluru in the age group of 14 – 35 years and welcome them to showcase their passion and talent.

Zee TV is conducting auditions for Dance India Dance Season 6 across the length and breadth of the country in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Guwahati, Ranchi, Patna, Jaipur, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Bhubaneshwar, Indore, Ahmedabad and Dehradhun. Participants are required to carry their proof of age and nationality like a voter’s ID, Passport, Driving License, etc. In addition, the participants also need to bring along an audio CD or a pen drive with the track on which they wish to perform. It’s finally that time of the year when talent and hard work will make it to the hall of fame. So, put on your dancing shoes and land up at the venue to give it your best shot!

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