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Pune ODI engulfed in corruption scandal, curator sacked

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Pune: The second One-Day International (ODI) between India and New Zealand here became embroiled in controversy hours before its start with allegations of corruption against curator Pandurang Salgaoncar.

A television channel claims to have conducted a sting operation in which reporters posing as bookies approached the curator asking for a pitch which will favour the fast bowlers of one of the competing teams.

The curator is seen and heard on camera agreeing to the demands. “It will be done,” Salgaoncar is quoted as saying by India Today.

“It is a very good pitch on which 337 runs will be chaseable. There is no doubt about it,” he added.

“I told you this will be a 340-run wicket either way.”

Salgaoncar and others are also seen walking on the pitch. “It’s not allowed still we did it. The BCCI observer is also sitting around,” Salgaoncar said.

“No stranger can access the pitch. That is the BCCI and ICC’s law. If someone asks me tomorrow I will say no one came, I don’t know,” he added.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) have decided to terminate Salgaoncar’s contract.

“After reports stating an alleged malpractice from the MCA pitch curator Pandurang Salgaonkar, the MCA has dismissed Salgaonkar from the position of curator with immediate effect,” the BCCI said in a statement.

“The BCCI appointed curator Ramesh Mhamunkar was immediately made the point person for the centre wicket and the field of play for the 2nd ODI between India and New Zealand.

“The International Cricket Council (ICC) Match Referee Chris Broad inspected the pitch ahead of the match and cleared the same for the game to go ahead,” the statement added.

BCCI Acting Secretary Amitabh Choudhary asserted that the issue has been dealt with effectively.

“The BCCI has zero tolerance towards any activity that brings the game to disrepute. We have acted swiftly and ensured that there are no loopholes left ahead of the second ODI between India and New Zealand,” he added.

“It a very serious matter. There is zero tolerance for such things. This is more shocking as Pandurang Salgaoncar himself was a first class cricketer,” he added.

BCCI CEO Rahul Johri too echoed the same opinion.

“Strict action has been taken against the pitch curator and the employment relationship between Pandurang Salgaonkar and MCA stands terminated. The BCCI is in touch with the MCA and appropriate measures will be taken with regard to the matter,” he said.

“The BCCI will continue to enforce strict measures in case of such misconduct in the future.”

The Supreme Court appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) has also taken a dim view of the matter.

“We are looking into the issue and are in contact with the concerned officials. We have asked for a detailed report and will act upon it accordingly. At BCCI, we have zero tolerance towards any such activity,” CoA chairman Vinod Rai said.

Salgaoncar represented Maharashtra as a fast bowler from 1971-82. He has also served as chief selector of the Maharashtra Ranji Trophy team.

(IANS)

Man arrested for masturbating in front of a woman in train

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Mumbai: A woman traveling in a local train in Mumbai filmed a man masturbating near her using her cellphone. Based on her video and security camera clips, the police arrested the man 24 hours later.

The woman filmed the 30-year-old man, identified as Krupa Patel, on Saturday. She was traveling in a compartment reserved for women.

“The accused, Krupa Patel, travelling in the adjoining coach unzipped his pant and indulged in an obscene act before the victim,” said a senior official with the railway police.

Multiple police teams were formed for the investigation, he said.

“After his identity was established, he was finally traced near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) station around 6 am today and arrested,” the official said yesterday.

The arrested man works as a daily wager and is from Odisha.

(Agencies)

100 Farmers Found With Same Aadhaar in Maharashtra

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Mumbai: The Maharashtra government’s attempt of online registration for loan waiver implementation has sent the authorities into a tizzy as names over 100 farmers have been found linked to a single Aadhaar number.

The state government had earlier stressed on online registration by farmers with their Aadhaar, which is a unique identification.

The government has said that the Aadhaar-based linking will avoid any duplication as well as fake accounts getting the benefit of the loan waiver.

A senior official from the Maharashtra cooperation department showed a list of potential beneficiaries of farmers having a common Aadhaar number, which has become a cause of concern for the government.

“We always thought that the Aadhaar number will be our key to check fake beneficiaries. Now, we don’t know how to address this challenge with so many farmers showing the same Aadhaar number. If we have to carry out a manual check, which will take weeks. The farming community is already agitated over the delay in implementation of the scheme,” the official said.

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has called an urgent meeting with bankers today to address issues like this that crop up in the way of speedy implementation of the scheme.

Officials of some banks also admitted that the data they received from the online registration portal Aapale Sarkar – varies the data at their in their records.

The names of some farmers are missing and some do not match with the land size or type of loan.

“In many cases the principal amount and interest are not matching. It leads to suspicion. Unless the state officials have verified the account and its loan amount, we cannot consider that account for loan waiver,” a senior official of a leading public sector bank.

The state government had last week released a sum of Rs 4,000 crore under the first phase of the over Rs 34,000 crore farm loan waiver scheme.

Responding to the Opposition’s criticism against the online system of filling forms for availing the scheme, Fadnavis last week earlier said had that not been done, the banks would have mismanaged funds.

The Centre had earlier this year made Aadhaar mandatory for availing crop insurance policies.

As per the agriculture ministry’s directive, banks were asked to persuade farmers to furnish Aadhaar identification card at the time of sanction/renewal/ disbursement/inspection of the loan or on visit at bank branches.

(Agencies)

Jay Shah defamation case: Court issues summons to The Wire

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Ahmedabad: An Ahmedabad court Tuesday issued summonses to respondents in the criminal defamation case filed by BJP chief Amit Shah’s son against news portal ‘The Wire’ over a report that claimed the turnover of his firm grew exponentially after the party came to power in 2014.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate S K Gadhvi issued summonses to journalist Rohini Singh, five editors and the non-profit company that publishes The Wire. The summonses are returnable by November 13.

The metropolitan court issued summonses after it prima facie found that a case of defamation punishable with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both under section 500 of IPC was made out against all the seven respondents.

The order was issued after considering the depositions of three witnesses, including Jay Amit Shah, as well as documentary evidences produced by his lawyer S V Raju.

Making his submissions today, Raju said, “The article was not published in good faith and was aimed at tarnishing the reputation of his client”.

Before issuing summonses, the court conducted an inquiry into the complaint under CrPC section 202 to ascertain whether there was sufficient ground for proceeding against the respondents.

In his application, Shah prayed for criminal action against the respondents for “defaming and tarnishing” his reputation by publishing an article, which was “scandalous, frivolous, misleading, derogatory, libelous and consisting of several defamatory statements.”

The seven respondents in the case are the author of the article Rohini Singh, founding editors of the news portal Siddarth Varadarajan, Sidharth Bhatia and M K Venu, managing editor Monobina Gupta, public editor Pamela Philipose and the Foundation for Independent Journalism, the non-profit company that publishes ‘The Wire’.

The case has been filed under IPC sections 500 (defamation), 109 (abetment), 39 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy).

Two businessmen- Jaimin Shah and Rajiv Shah- who appeared as witnesses, said they had received the article through WhatsApp and informed Jay Shah about it after realising that it “hurt” his reputation.

Appearing as a witness, Jay Shah also told the court that his friends and well-wishers told him that the article dented his reputation.

His lawyer Raju submitted before the court that the purpose of the article was not to give a bonafide account of the company or his client but to defame him keeping the state Assembly elections in mind.

He said there was “something fishy about the article” as it was “published hurriedly to make it an issue for the elections”.

In his complaint, Shah said that the accused conspired to get a “fabricated, reworded, and edited version of the defamatory article to be published in place of the original version.”

Raju told the court that Shah was given “unreasonable” time to respond to a questionnaire and claimed no further inquiry based on the response was made.

The complainant said a “predetermined conspiracy” was hatched to defame him.

The Wire had claimed in its report that Temple Enterprise Pvt. Ltd., the company owned by Jay Shah, saw a huge rise in its turnover after the BJP came to power at the Centre in 2014. It said the turnover grew from a measly Rs 50,000 to over Rs 80 crore in a single year.

A political storm erupted after the article titled ‘Golden touch of Jay Amit Shah’ was published. The Congress demanded sacking of Amit Shah as BJP chief and institution of a judicial inquiry into the entire episode, while the BJP called the article defamatory.

(PTI)

Bengaluru: HC acquits serial killer Cyanide Mohan in one rape and murder case

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Bengaluru: Notorious serial killer ‘Cyanide’ Mohan’s death sentence, awarded by the sessions court of Mangaluru in the rape and murder of Leelavathi of Vamadapadav near Bantwal was commuted to five years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5000 by the High Court on Tuesday, October 24.

The divisional bench of Justice Ravi Malimath and Justice John Michael D’Cunha stated that the prosecution has failed to prove that the victim was indeed drugged and killed by Mohan. The bench found Mohan guilty of only robbing the valuables from Leelavathi for which he was awarded the said punishment.

Mohan had moved to High court seeking the quashing of the death sentence awarded to him by the sessions court of Mangaluru in this particular rape and murder case.

Mohan is already serving life imprisonment for the rape and murder of Anita, of Kolimane in Bantwal taluk.

It may be recalled that between 2004 and 2009 Mohan is said to have killed more than 20 women.

(Agencies)

Bengaluru: Tipu Sultan died historic death fighting British – President

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Bengaluru: President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday said the erstwhile Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan died a “historic death” fighting the British and called him a “pioneer” in the development of Mysore rockets in warfare.

“Tipu Sultan died a historic death fighting the British. He was also a pioneer in the development of Mysore rockets,” Kovind said addressing the legislators in the Karnataka assembly at a joint session to mark the diamond jubilee celebrations of Vidhan Soudha, the state legislative building.

Recalling the contributions of former Mysore and Karnataka rulers, soldier, politicians and scientists in the growth of the state and the country on the whole, the President spoke of Tipu, leading to a majority of the legislators breaking into loud applause.

The President’s words on Tipu Sultan come just few days after Union Minister Anantkumar Hegde, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, had called Tipu a “brutal killer, wretched fanatic and mass rapist”, ahead of the state’s Tipu Jayanti celebrations to mark the erstwhile ruler’s birth anniversary on November 10.

The ruling Congress in the state began celebrating Tipu’s birth anniversary since 2015, which led to violent protests by the right-wing organisations in the Mysore region and other parts of the state. The BJP in the state has been opposing the celebrations calling Tipu “anti-Hindu and anti-Kannada”.

Known as the ‘Tiger of Mysore’, Tipu Sultan ruled the Mysore kingdom from 1782-1799 succeeding his father Haider Ali.

(IANS)

US mulls sanctions on Myanmar over Rohingya crisis

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More than 600,000 Rohingya have fled the country since late August [Anadolu]

by Al Jazeera

The United States is considering sanctions against Myanmar authorities for its “violent, traumatic abuses” of the majority Muslim Rohingya in restive Rakhine state.

Washington may use a human rights law to target leaders or groups involved in the violence in the western state, the US Department of State said in a statement on Monday.

“We express our gravest concern with recent events in Rakhine state and the violent, traumatic abuses Rohingya and other communities have endured,” the statement said.

“It is imperative that any individuals or entities responsible for atrocities, including non-state actors and vigilantes, be held accountable.”

Since August 25, the Myanmar army has waged a brutal military campaign in Rakhine against the Rohingya.

More than 600,000 Rohingya have fled the country, most arriving in Bangladesh by foot or by boat, with aid agencies struggling to cope with the influx.

“We are exploring accountability mechanisms available under US law, including Global Magnitsky targeted sanctions,” Heather Nauert, State Department spokesperson, said.

Under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, the president can block or revoke the visas of certain foreign individuals and entities or impose property sanctions on them.

The US government last imposed sanctions on Myanmar in 1997 when it was under a military dictatorship. Following a transition towards democracy, the measures were lifted in October 2016 by then President Barack Obama.

Benjamin Zawacki, an independent Southeast Asia analyst, said while the proposed sanctions are far more appropriate, if imposed, they come a month late.

“Any preventative element of these sanctions has long passed its sell-by date,” he told Al Jazeera, speaking from Thailand’s capital, Bangkok.

“The only thing left now is the punitive element, and it remains to be seen whether they will be felt as such by these generals that have been targeted.”

The US also announced that it is withdrawing military assistance to Myanmar officers and units operating in northern Rakhine.

Zawacki suggested that an arms embargo would be effective against the military.

“If there is, in fact, no punitive effect on these generals, they [sanctions] need to be strengthened and widened by way of military force projection,” he said.

Last week, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that the US holds Myanmar’s military leadership responsible for its harsh crackdown of the Rohingya.

The UN describes the Rohingya as the world’s most persecuted people.

The minority group has suffered years of discrimination and have been denied citizenship in Myanmar since 1982.

In Monday’s statement, the US urged the safe and voluntary return of those who have fled or been displaced in Rakhine, as well as a “credible path to citizenship”.

Karnataka bans riding pillion on 2 wheelers below 100 cc capacity

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Bengaluru: Karnataka government has banned riding pillion on two-wheelers with engine capacity of less than 100 CC, giving effect to a 2015 court order. The transport department also banned registration of such vehicles.

“Not only has the registration of such vehicles which have seats for pillion rider been banned, but also riding pillion on two-wheelers below 100 CC is prohibited,” said a government order issued by the transport department on October 13 last.

The order was issued based on a Karnataka High Court order in a case relating to award of compensation to Hemanth, a minor riding pillion who was crippled for life following a road accident in Mysuru in March, 2009. Hemanth and Nithin, who was riding the two-wheeler without a licence, were both aged around 14 then. A recklessly driven car had crashed against their vehicle.

While Nithin escaped with minor injuries, Hemanth was crippled for life with serious head injuries. In its June 15, 2015 order on a petition related to compensation claim by parents of Hemanth, the court had taken note of violations of rules and issued a slew of directions to the education and transport departments and the police to prevent minors from riding motor vehicles above 50 CC.

It had directed that to avoid repetition of similar situation, the transport department should not register vehicles below 100 CC with a pillion seat attached to it and not permit riding pillion on such vehicles (already registered). There should not be any seat for pillion riders in vehicles below 100 CC as mandated under Rule 143(3) of the Karnataka Motor Vehicles Rules – 1989, the court had said.

(Agencies)

Manoj Bajpayee hosted Special Screening Of Rukh

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Manoj Bajpayee recently hosted a special screening of his upcoming film Rukh which is written & directed by debutant filmmaker Atanu Mukherjee and & presented by Eros International & Drishyam Films.

Incidentally speaking Rukh is the story of Dhruv (Adarsh Gourav), an 18 year old boy who is away from home in a boarding school and ignorant about the ongoing crisis in his family. His life takes an unexpected turn as he gets the news of his father’s death in a car accident. As he copes with the tragedy, many hidden truths begin to unravel.

Rukh was a part of the inaugural Drishyam -Sundance Institute Screenwriters Labs 2015 and is the 1st script to be chosen from the lab.

The screening which was held at Sunny Super Sound in Juhu, Mumbai was attended by producer Manish Mundra & actors Adarsh Gourav, Smita Tambe & Kumud Mishra who enacts the pivotal parts in the film. Also present at the screening were actor – producer Sanjay Suri & Amit Masurkar who had directed the much acclaimed Newton which was the previous collaboration of Eros International & Drishyam Films.

Manoj Bajpayee averred, “This film is close to me because I love the manner in which Atanu has woven the scenes and narrated the story. It has intrigue, suspense and to top it all there is a father & son relationship which is the backbone of the film. The way in which Atanu has depicted the father & son relationship makes the film all the more remarkable.”

Manish Mundra, the founder of Drishyam Films & producer of Rukh avers, “Rukh is the 1st ever script which we picked up from the Drishyam – Sundance Screenwriters Lab. We loved the script and decided to produce it. We are looking forward to the audience reaction towards the film.”

Director Atanu Mukherjee avers, “This is the 1st time that we are showing the film to the public and I am really curious & excited. I hope people will like it.”

Actress Smita Tambe avers, “We have worked very hard on the film and finally now it is time to show it to the audiences. I am really eager & excited to see how they react to the film.”

Actor Kumud Mishra avers, “I enjoyed working on the film. We have put our best foot forward while making the film. Now it remains to be seen how the audiences respond to it.”

Director Amit Masurkar averred, “Rukh is an introspective, sensitive & suspenseful story about the loss & the growing up which is narrated with a very subtle & unassuming tone.”

Rukh, which is presented by Eros International & Drishyam Films will release it across India on 27th Oct, 2017.

Drishyam Films is a company born out of love for cinema, Drishyam Films aims to build a platform for unique voices of Indian independent cinema & create global content with rich Indian sentiments. Their international award winning films include Ankhon Dekhi, Masaan, Dhanak, Waiting Umrika & Newton (which also happens to be India’s official entry to Oscars 2018). Their upcoming films include Nila Madhab Panda’s Kadvi Hawa starring Sanjay Mishra & Ranvir Shorey. Drishyam Films partnered with Sundance Institute, USA to organize a Screenwriters’ lab for Indian writers for 2 successive years. They have also set up a VFX studio specializing in post production & visual effects for feature films & commercials.

Tipu Jayanthi will be celebrated: CM Siddaramaih

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Bengaluru: CM Siddaramaiah today warned people voicing their opinion against Tipu Jayanti that strict action would be taken against them.

“The BJP leaders are trying to divide the society. Yeddyurappa had praised Tipu Sultan when he was in the KJP. This shows his double standards,” he told reporters on seeking his reaction to the BJP threatening to launch a protest against the government’s decision to organise the Jayanti.

Tipu was born in Devanahalli near Bengaluru. He died while fighting against British forces. The BJP should not try to twist history, he added.

Tipu the ruler of Mysore Kingdom was born on 20 November 1750.

(Agencies)

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