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Why was Jay Shah’s company shut down ahead of demonetisation, asks Congress

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New Delhi: The Congress on Monday demanded to know why Temple Enterprises, a firm owned by BJP chief Amit Shahs son Jay Shah, shut down four weeks before the November 8 demonetisation, and demanded the setting up of an inquiry commission of two sitting judges of the Supreme Court to look into alleged irregularities in the companies owned by the junior Shah.

“We are not levelling any allegations (of criminality) in this. But it should be made public which commodities were exported/imported by Jay Shah’s firm Temple Enterprises and to which countries so that they earned Rs 51 crore from foreign countries and their turnover swelled by 16,000 times,” Congress leader and former Union Minister Anand Sharma said.

“And after showing a sudden spike of 16,000 times in its turnover, why did the company suddenly shut down just ahead of demonetisation?” Sharma said.

Temple Enterprise Private Limited, in which Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah was a director, was incorporated on August 23, 2004.

On Sunday, Congress leader Kapil Sibal said at a media briefing that Temple Enterprises had recorded losses in 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 of Rs 6,230 and Rs 1,724, respectively but showed a profit of about Rs 18,000 in 2014-15.

But the following year (in 2015-16), the company’s turnover jumped to Rs 80 crore, he said.

“This is beyond comprehension as to why persons who had the potential to raise their company’s turnover 16,000 times in a year, and who got Rs 51 crore from foreign countries, would suddenly decide to shut down the company,” Sharma said.

He said if any other company would have shown such hike in turnover, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Income Tax Department would have landed at their door to find out how it happened.

The Congress also demanded to know how many firms, especially those without any prior experience or core competence in renewable energy, were extended loans of Rs 10 crore or above by government-owned Indian Renewable Energy Development Authority (IREDA).

The IREDA, a PSU under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, had extended a loan of Rs 10.35 crore to Kusum Finserve, a company owned by Jay Shah that dealt in shares and stocks before getting a contract to build a 2.1 MW windmill in Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh.

“What is the status of that windmill as of now. Does a windmill exist at the site?” Sharma said.

“We request the Prime Minister to break his silence over this issue and constitute an inquiry commission consisting of two sitting judges of the Supreme Court to look into the matter. If there is no irregularity, let it come into the public domain,” the Congress leader said.

Sharma also alleged that the loan of Rs 25 crore given by Kalupur Cooperative Bank to Kusum Finserve against a security of Rs 7 crore was not in conformity with the RBI guidelines.

(IANS)

16 kids die at Gorakhpur’s BRD Medical College in last 24 hours

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Lucknow: Sixteen children, including ten infants, died at the Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College in Gorakhpur during the last 24 hours, authorities said on Monday.

Of the children who died, ten were admitted in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) while six were in the paediatric ICU.

According to reports, 20 patients — including six from Deoria, two from Kushinagar, four each from Gorakhpur and Maharajganj, and one patient each from Basti and Balrampur — afflicted with encephalitis have been admitted to the hospital in the last 24 hours.

As many as three dozen patients, mostly affected by encephalitis, were being treated at BRD Medical College. Five patients from Bihar were also being treated there, doctors said.

Officials said that 1,470 patients have been admitted to the BRD Medical College since January this year, adding that a total of 310 have died.

The BRD Medical College hit the headlines earlier in August when 63 children, including infants, died within a span of one week due to disruption of oxygen supply by the vendor.

The FIR was lodged against nine people, including the owner of the oxygen supplying company and the principal of BRD Medical College.

Doctors said the latest deaths did not occur due to lack of oxygen, treatment or anything else but the fact that they were brought to the hospital in a very critical condition.

(IANS)

Novelist Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel Literature Prize

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Kazuo Ishiguro, best known for works including Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day, wins prestigious prize.

by Al Jazeera

The 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro.

Born in Japan in 1954, the author’s family moved to England when he was five years old.

The writer, “in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world”, said the Nobel Prize committee in a statement on Thursday.

He is best known for the dystopian work Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day, a book Ishiguro has said he wrote in just four weeks.

The 62-year-old also writes screenplays.

Ishiguro studied at the University of Kent, receiving an undergraduate degree in English and Philosophy and later received a Master’s degree from the University of East Anglia in Creative Writing.

His latest book, The Buried Giant, was published in 2015.

Social media users took to Twitter to congratulate Ishiguro on the high acclaim.

“Congrats to Kazuo Ishiguro on the Nobel! REMAINS OF THE DAY was perfect, emotionally, politically, structurally. Makes me burn with envy,” tweeted author Raj Balasubramanyam.

“Kazuo Ishiguro! The Nobel committee somewhat begins to redeem itself after last year’s blooper,” said writer and journalist Abubakar A Ibrahim, in an apparent dig at the 2016 decision to award Bob Dylan.

Sri Lanka batsman Gunathilaka suspended for six games

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Danushka Gunathilaka of Sri Lanka (Photo: Bipin Patel/IANS)

Colombo: Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Thursday announced the suspension of batsman Danushka Gunathilaka for six international matches together with a 20 per cent fine of his applicable annual contract fee for misconduct and breach of contract.

According to a SLC statement, the 26-year-old violated Section 30 (a-ii ) and 30 (b) of its Constitution of clauses 3.1.2, 3.1.9, 3.3.1, and 3.4 of his contract with Sri Lanka Cricket during the series against India last month.

According to a report on the espncricinfo website, Gunathilaka missed a training session, turned up for a match without his gear, and was generally found to have had an indifferent attitude towards training during the series.

“The suspension is effective September 30, 2017, and is issued by the Executive Committee by the powers vested in it vide Section 30 (c) of the SLC Constitution and Clause 10. 3 of the contract entered into with the said player,” the statement read.

Gunathilaka has pleaded guilty to the charges.

(IANS)

Gujarat HC rejects Zakia Jafri’s plea against SIT clean chit to Modi

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Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Thursday rejected the plea of Zakia Jafri, the wife of slain former MP Ehsan Jafri, challenging a clean chit by the Special Investigation Team to then Chief Minister Narendra Modi and other top officials in the 2002 Gujarat riots.

The court rejected Zakia Jafri’s plea on allegations of “a larger conspiracy” behind the riots.

Ehsan Jafri, a Congress leader, was one of the 69 people killed when a large mob attacked Gulbarg Society in Ahmedabad on February 28, 2002.

(IANS)

How long will PM tell ‘lies’, asks Raj Thackeray

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Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi again on Thursday, asking “how long will he (PM) continue to tell lies” to the country.

Addressing a rally after taking out a massive procession to Churchgate to demand better facilities for Mumbai commuters after last week’s stampede killed 23 commuters, Thackeray said the country was being pushed into crises on all fronts, brought about by the Bharatiya Janata Party government.

“Modi has been lying and misleading the people of this country. Now I realize that when I visited Gujarat a few years ago at the behest of (industrialist) Ratan Tata when Modi was the CM, I was shown a misleading picture of the development there,” Thackeray said to cheers.

He reiterated that the people of the country had lost faith in Modi, who “only keeps giving speeches daily – how much is he going to speak?”

In an exasperated tone, Thackeray said that “now whenever Modi comes on TV, we feel like switching it off, but then he starts his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ on the radio”.

Calling the PM “a liar”, he said that like the people of the country, Thackeray said he believed and had faith in Modi, but now “we have been betrayed” and there is so much anger among the masses.

Targetting BJP President Amit Shah, who had once said the election statement of depositing Rs 15 lakh in every Indian’s bank account was a ‘jumla’ or an electoral stunt, he said that it meant they “cheated the people of the country”.

He also gave an earful to Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari who once said that the slogan of ‘Achhe Din’ had stuck in the BJP’s throat, proving to be very troublesome, and ‘Achhe Din’ would never come.

Attacking the Bullet Train proposal, Thackeray wondered for whom it was intended. “It will benefit only the people of Gujarat, but the loan of Rs 1.08 lakh crore will be repaid by all the people of the country who have nothing to do with the project.”

He alleged that Suresh Prabhu was ejected as Railway Minister because he opposed the Bullet Train and Piyush Goyal brought in to facilitate it.

The MNS leader claimed he was “the first to oppose the mega-project” before other “parrots” started talking about it, indirectly referring to his cousin and Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray.

Training guns on the Western Railway and Central Railway which runs the lifeline of Mumbai, the suburban trains network, Thackeray demanded that “within 15 days all hawkers, encroachments and obstacles” to commuters must be removed from all railway station premises to prevent recurrences of another tragedy like the September 29 stampede.

“If you fail within this ultimatum, then on the 16th day, my MNS men will do it. After that the railways shall be directly responsible for whatever be the repercussions,” he warned amidst thunderous applause.

He also warned that Thursday’s procession was a peaceful one, but if there is no if there is no change, the next one would be otherwise.

(IANS)

Prajwal Devaraj Reacts To False Allegations Against Him

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South Bengaluru woke up to a rude start on on 28th Sept, 2017, as it had witnessed a gruesome accident at South End Circle in the wee hours. Grandson of famous industrialist, Adikeshavulu, Mr. Vishnu, is allegedly involved in the accident. The accident involved 2 cars, and Vishnu was driving one of them. He has been injured along with 3 other persons from the other car. Apart from that, it is said that around 850 grams of marijuana was found in Vishnu’s car. Prajwal Devaraj, who is currently in Goa, apparently got fed up by falsified news & came live on Facebook to let people know that he was in Goa, shooting for his next film. He has dismissed the false claims and has expressed his disappointment towards the news channels for spreading fake news. Prajwal while live on Facebook said, “I am not aware of the information regarding the accident but I do know a little bit. My family is shocked by this development. I feel this is done to malign my name. News channels have certain responsibilities like we do, so they should realize that & start working honestly.”

Rakshit Shetty Accepts That Kirik Party Was Based On His Life!!!

Kirik Party is one of the highest grossing Kannada films of all times, having successfully run for more than 200 days in theatres. Released last year, Kirik Party was successful in drawing the youth crowd to theatres. A very few knew the fact that Kirik Party was entirely not fictional. For the uninitiated, the story of Kirik Party had a few situations that happened in Rakshit Shetty’s life when he was a college going student. But, very recently, when Rakshit Shetty appeared on Super Talk Time, the actor completely opened up about his college story and how it helped make him write Kirik Party’s story.

Dr. Shivarajkumar Signs On A New Film Titled Harihara!!!

Dr. Shivarajkumar is probably the busiest actor in Sandalwood, with a load of films piled up for launch. The Hattrick Hero already has a huge list of films banked upon him and has gone a step further to sign on one more. Yes, Dr. Shivarajkumar has signed on a new film titled, Harihara. The film will be helmed by Pramod Chakravarthy & will be produced by Mahadev B, Seshu Chakravarthy & Sangappa B. According to the film’s director Pramod, Harihara will be an out & out commercial film with a lot of sentiment & family values. Apparently, Shivanna is touted to play 2 different shades in the movie. The film will apparently give a career facelift to the already King of Sandalwood, Dr. Shivarajkumar and will only have 2 songs in the entire movie, says the director of the film.

Mohanlal Announces Next Project After Odiyan

Mohanlal has announced his next project, after the ongoing Odiyan. The new film will be directed by Ajoy Varma & will be scripted by Saju Thomas. Produced under the banner of Moonshot Entertainment by Santhosh T Kuruvilla, the film has not been titled yet. Meanwhile, Mohanlal’s Villain is gearing up for release this month. Tamil actor Vishal is playing an important role in the film, along with Manju Warrier, Hansika Motwani, Srikanth & Raashi Khanna. Mohanlal is sporting a salt “n” pepper look in Villain. In fact, the superstar had a slightly similar look in Unnikrishnan’s earlier films Grandmaster & Mister Fraud as well. But in an interview, the director said that it’s a sheer coincidence.

Dileep Given A Rousing Welcome Outside The jail!!!

Dileep, who is finally out of jail after being given bail by the High Court. He was given a rousing welcome by his fans, friends & family members. If the actor was booed by the crowd as he went to the jail almost 85 days back, there were huge cut -outs, crackers bursting & sweets being distributed, at the jail premises. When Dileep reached his house at Aluva, thousands of fans were waiting for him outside the house. He waved to him & they were delighted. Wife Kavya Madhavan & daughter Meenakshi welcomed the actor, who got bail in the actress’ kidnapping case. Actor Dharmajan was present before the jail & he was emotional, as he shared his happiness with the TV cameras. Actor Siddique & director Nadhir Shah were present at the hero’s house. Dileep has been given bail under strict conditions. There are reports that the actor’s fans shouted slogans against a young hero, some news anchors & so on & so forth. Now all eyes are on the investigation team as they get ready to file the charge sheet.

Nivin Pauly’s Kayamkulam Kochunni Starts Rolling

The shooting of Kayamkulam Kochunni, directed by Rosshan Andrrews, has started rolling from 1st Oct, 2017. Nivin Pauly plays the title character in the film. The hero posted pictures from the film’s pooja on Facebook with the note: “It’s a blessing to play on screen the life of Kerala’s most celebrated Robin Hood!!! “I am keenly looking forward for it!” Kayamkulam Kochunni has been scripted by Bobby -Sanjay. There was an earlier film with the same title, directed by P A Thomas with Sathyan in the lead, which came out n 1966 about the local hero from Kerala’s history, who used to rob the rich and give to the poor. A popular Malayalam TV serial was also made on Kochunni.

UN: Myanmar violence may be ‘crimes against humanity’

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UN rights experts urge Myanmar to ‘vigorously prosecute cases of violence’ against Rohingya women and children.

More than 500,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar to Bangladesh [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]

by Al Jazeera

UN rights experts have warned that the violence against women and children in Rakhine State “may amount to crimes against humanity”.

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the Committee on the Rights of a Child called on Myanmar authorities to “promptly and effectively investigate and vigorously prosecute cases of violence against women and children” in northern Rakhine.

“We are particularly worried about the fate of Rohingya women and children subject to serious violations of their human rights, including killings, rape and forced displacement,” the committees said in a statement on Wednesday.

“Such violations may amount to crimes against humanity and we are deeply concerned at the state’s failure to put an end to these shocking human rights violations being committed at the behest of the military and other security forces, and of which women and children continue to bear the brunt.”

More than 507,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh since Myanmar’s army launched a military crackdown in response to an attack by Rohingya fighters on dozens of police posts and an army base on August 25.

Rohingya who have fled have told stories of rape and other sexual abuse, indiscriminate killings and arson by Myanmar security forces.

The UN has previously called the Rohingya exodus from Myanmar to Bangladesh “the most urgent refugee crisis in the world”.

The mainly Muslim minority, who live primarily in Rakhine State, is not recognised as an ethnic group in Myanmar, despite having lived there for generations. They have been denied citizenship and are stateless.

On Monday, Bangladesh’s foreign minister said Myanmar proposed taking back Rohingya refugees who had fled to his country.

Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Myanmar official Kyaw Tint Swe, Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali said both countries agreed to form a joint working group to begin work on the massive repatriation.

No details were provided about how such repatriation will take place and rights groups fear the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya without documents will be left in limbo.

The two UN rights committees on Wednesday pointed to how the statelessness of Rohingya women and children and “their protracted displacement had exposed them to high levels of poverty and malnutrition”.

“We urged the Myanmar authorities to address the needs of internally displace Rohingya women and children, as well as Rohingya refugee women and children living in camps in neighbouring countries, with the support of the international community,” the committees said.

BCCI announces Sri Lanka tour schedule

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New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday announced the schedule of Sri Lanka’s tour of India to be held from November 16 to December 24.

The tour will feature three Test matches, three One-Day Internationals (ODI) and as many Twenty20 Internationals (T20I).

The visitors will start with a warm-up match at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata from November 11-13 before the opening Test at the same venue from November 16-20.

The second Test will take place in Nagpur from November 24-28 while the third and final Test will be held here from December 2-6.

The ODI series will tee off with the first encounter in Dharamsala on December while the second will be held in Mohali (December 13) and Vizag (December 17).

The T20I series will start on December 20 in Cuttack with Indore (December 22) and Mumbai (December 24) hosting the second and third matches, respectively.

(IANS)

An Interaction With Superstar Mahesh Babu

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Mahesh Babu, the ‘Prince’ly actor turned producer of Tollywood, even after having crossed 40 summers of his life, still looks as handsome as ever. Girls swoon over his good looking sexy demeanor. The “Hunky Heartthrob” of the female brigade is how he is often described as. Besides his dashing & debonair persona makes the fairer sex go weak in the knees every time they happen to see him in flesh & blood or even on the celluloid silver screen. Mahesh Babu was in in Le Meridian, Bangalore recently where he had arrived for the promotional activity of his Telugu – Tamil bilingual film namely Spyder along with herione Rakul Preet Singh & director A R Murgadoss.

*First things first please describe your illustrious filmic journey from your debut film Raja Kumarudu to your latest release Spyder.

*Regarding this I still have a mixed feeling. On one hand it was fulfilling, satisfying albeit exciting, enriching, enthralling, enlightening, exhausting and to some extent even adventurous. And I was also happy, although reluctantly, doing a few Telugu films as a child artiste too. On the other hand it was also depressing, what with people around you trying to pull you down for no reasons whatsoever. In brief I would also add that like any other actor or for that matter a star even I too had my fair share of the ups & downs, the highs & lows including the trials & tribulations in my, as you said, illustrious filmic journey.

*Ok! So moving on, does being the son of a legendary & veteran Telugu actor Krishna proved to be a bane or a boon of your filmic career?

*I would certainly not like to put it that way. As being a star – actor’s son only helped me as far as my debut film Raja Kumarudu was concerned, like as my launch pad it did help me. But then after that I was on my own. As like all my contemporary actors all over I also strongly believe that only talent can succeed. Like for me, I would also say that there was a huge pressure on me. My 1st debut film Raja Kumarudu definitely was a big hit. But it was because of my father’s fans supporting it that I got this opening, but my 2nd, 3rd & 4th film just fell flat on its face and I had to once again prove myself with the other subsequent films of mine. So you see it all boils down to your talent.

*What are your expectations from your latest release Spyder and what is Spyder all about with respect to your role in it?

*This is the 1st time ever that I have worked simultaneously in a Telugu – Tamil bilingual namely Spyder. It has been excellently directed by A R Murgadoss. I wouldn’t say that it’s a typical James Bond kind of spy thriller. But, it has definitely got its elements. It is a typical A R Murugadoss kind of film, where the audiences would be sitting on the edge of their seat. In fact Spyder for me was the most thrilling, the most amazing, the most mind blowing, the most super spydi I mean the most super speedy & obviously the most difficult experience of my Telugu film career. And the most difficult part was shooting for the Tamil version and also shooting simultaneously for the Telugu version of Spyder. As this was the 1st ever time that I was shooting for a Tamil film and only I know what I went through to achieve that perfection & and that finesse that I have always succeeded in displaying so often in all my Telugu films. Incidentally speaking in Spyder I have enacted the role of an Intelligence Bureau officer. Spyder has been produced by Tagore Madhu & N V Prasad besides the film has been made on a lavish budget of approximately 120 crores. while Spyder is actually based on bio -terrorism and it also features actor – filmmaker S J Suryah as the antagonist.

Rakul Preet Singh plays the leading lady. That apart Spyder is a Harris Jayraj musical soiree. And it has been distributed especially in Karnataka by Goldie films. That apart Spyder also happens to be the 1st time ever collaboration of Super director A R Murugadoss & obviously Superstar Mahesh Babu.

*Like other South Indian actors Rajnikant, Kaml Haasan, Mamooty, Mohanlal, Venkatesh, Dhanush etc why are you so reluctant to step into the Bollywoodian arena?

*Here I would like to squash all the rumors once & for all that I have no intention whatsover to mark my entry in the Bollywoodian arena. I have enough of work in Telugu films to even last me for a life time. I will never ever do a Bollywood film, no matter how tempting the offer is.

*But you have given a very contradictory version regarding this particular aspect recently to the electronic media. How come?

*Yes Sir!!! I agree that I did say that I am indeed ready to star in a Bollywood film, but it all depends on the project & the director and when somebody approaches me with an exciting idea I may accept the offer. But on second thoughts I also wish to clarify that I gave that version to the electronic media on the spur of the moment to put an end to all the speculations right there & then and yes I also stand by my version given to the print media today. As now I really do not wish to get into the Bollywoodian rat race. I am considered as the Prince of Telugu films so why should I prefer be a beggar in Bollywood films.

*Next question. How come Prince Mahesh Babu was never a part of the rumor mills as far as any kind of controversies are concerned including the romantic ones?

*The answer to that is very simple. I have always believed in leading a hassle free & straight forward life. And the only time I fell in love with a girl (Read actress Namrata Shirodkar) I instantly got married and she will be my wife forever at least till death do us apart. (Laughs).

*How was the experience of working with your co – star Rakul Preet Singh & director A R Murgadoss?

*It has been a very good experience of working with Rakul Preet Singh. She has proved to be an amazing & a lovely person as a co – star. In fact in all the promotional activity all over we have been talking only about her and how good she is as an actress. Thanks Rakul for being my co – star. That apart I feel at a loss for words to describe the dedication & the perfection of A R Murgadoss Sir.

*It seems you are very much against the idea of remakes of the original language films?

*Yes it is very much true that I have never liked the idea of remaking a film. No sir I am definitely not into remakes. I never liked that idea and my dream was always that a Telugu film should be made in Telugu and then everybody should talk about it. S. S. Rajamouli achieved my dream, so I know that you can dream. That’s how I am and now with Spyder, I am coming closer to my dream.

*Name 5 Best favorite films of your Telugu film career.

*The 5 most favorite films of my Telugu film career are Srimanthudu, Okkadu, Pokiri, Dookudu and now of course Spyder. But I also really enjoyed doing all my Telugu films.

*As a parting shot do you want to say a last few words for your global fans especially the Bangalorean ones?

*Yes of course I hereby take this opportunity to profusely thank all the organizations who have bestowed on me the National & the International awards galore. And last but not the least I wish to thank all my beloved global fans who have always encouraged me to give off my best and a special thanks to my Southern fans who have bestowed on me the title of “Prince”. And I shall also remain forever indebted to all my Bengaluru fans who have always welcomed me with open arms and given me all their love whenever I have come here to promote my films. It has always given me a great pleasure to visit Bengaluru time & again to meet my lovely Bangalorean fans. Namaskara!!!!!

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