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How many women are there in RSS, asks Rahul Gandhi

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Vadodara: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today targeted the RSS and BJP alleging that they did not give any importance to women and asked how many of them were seen attending the Sangh’s ‘shakhas’. He said in contrast, women work at every level in the Congress.

“The BJP’s thinking is that till women are silent they are good, when they start speaking up they try to shut them (women) up,” Gandhi said at a gathering of students here on the second day of his election campaign in Gujarat. “Their organisation is the RSS. How many women are there in the RSS… Have you ever seen any woman in shakhas wearing shorts?” he said in a sarcastic tone.

“In the Congress you will see women at every level in the organisation,” he said. Khakhi shorts were a trademark of RSS volunteers which they used to wear during their drills in the past, before they changed to full pants over an year back.

Gandhi also said that if his party’s government comes to power in Gujarat, it will give importance to women and try to resolve their issues. The Congress leader began his second day of ‘Navsarjan Yatra’ in central Gujarat region from Vadodara by addressing the students.

He addressed 10 meetings yesterday and offered prayers at the famous Santram Temple in Nadiad. In the first leg of the Navsarjan Yatra last month, Gandhi had travelled in the Saurashtra.

(Agencies)

Weapons seized from BJP office in Kannur

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Kannur/Kasargod: The Police conducted a raid to a Bharatiya Janata Party office here today and seized weapons.

Weapons including machetes, cycle chains and steel bombs were found. The raids were conducted after a tip-off from the local residents living in the area around the office.

The police said that the weapons were first found by workers of the Kannur Corporation in morning.

The district BJP president P. Sathyaprakash said that the weapons could have been planted to malign the party. “There is no need for the BJP to keep those weapons at its district committee office,” he said.

(Agencies)

Priest held for sexually abusing minor girl inside church

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Thiruvananthapuram: A priest was arrested Monday for allegedly sexually abusing a 10-year-old school girl inside a church, police said.

The crime took place Sunday when the victim had gone to the church for taking Bible lessons, they said.

The accused, Fr Devaraj (65), of Kandanthitta CSI church will be produced before a magistrate later in the evening.

A case under POCSO (Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences) Act and section 376 of IPC (rape) has been registered against the priest, police said.

The girl’s father alleged that he saw his daughter being abused by the accused when he came to pick her up, and immediately informed the police.

The accused has been functioning as the priest in the church since the past one year, police added.

(PTI)

UP: 300 children taken ill after inhaling toxic gas from sugar factory, probe ordered

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Lucknow: Around 300 students were taken ill on Tuesday after inhaling toxic gas emitted by a sugar mill near their school in Shamli district, the police said.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered a probe into the matter by Commissioner Saharanpur.

The students of a private school in Shamli started complaining of stomach ache, nausea and burning sensation in their eyes after gas leakage from a neighbouring sugar mill.

“We have come to know that similar incidents had taken place in the past. A probe is on and strict action will be taken against those responsible,” ADG, Meerut zone, Prashant Kumar said.

He said all the children are safe and are undergoing treatment in various hospitals.

Principal Secretary, Information, Awanish Awasthi said, “The CM has ordered a probe into the Shamli incident by Commissioner Shaharanpur and directed the DM and all local officers to provide all possible help to the affected children.”

Locals alleged that sugar mill employees used to discharge chemicals in waste dumps leading to emission of harmful gas inhaling which children took ill, with some of them falling unconscious.

(PTI)

Kerala CM hits back at Amit Shah

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Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday hit back at BJP President Amit Shah, accusing him of “spreading canards” about the CPI-M and political violence in the state.

Writing on his Facebook page, Vijayan pointed out that there was no space in Kerala for the kind of politics Shah preached — built on caste, creed, hatred and money power.

“After realizing that this agenda of his is not going to sell in Kerala, he started spreading canards and baseless lies. His feeling of dejection is understandable and that’s the reason he is speaking like this,” the CPI-M leader said.

Shah had on October 3 launched a blistering attack on Vijayan, holding him responsible for the killings of RSS and BJP activists in Kerala.

“I pity the failed efforts of Shah, who is the President of a party that rules the country and who tried his best to impose the RSS agenda on Kerala and has failed,” Vijayan said.

He said it was “most unfortunate” that he led a march to the office of another national party (CPI-M). He called this nothing but a blatant violation of democratic principles.

On Monday, the Communist Party of India-Marxist protested against the Bharatiya Janata Party all across the country.

(IANS)

India look to seal T20I series against Australia

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Guwahati: Coming from a nine-wicket win, in-form India will look to continuing their domination of Australia and seal the three-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium here on Tuesday.

India, who are ranked fifth, started the T20I series on a winning note outclassing the visitors in every department to register a nine-wicket victory via the Duckworth/Lewis method in a rain-marred match in Ranchi on Saturday.

The hosts, who produced a brilliant all-round show in the previous match, will hope to deliver a similar performance here.

The batting department will largely be dependent on hard hitting batsmen Rohit Sharma, skipper Virat Kohli, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Hardik Pandya.

Batsmen Shikhar Dhawan, Manish Pandey and Kedar Jadhav will only look to adding depth to the formidable India batting.

Kohli might also fancy including veteran pacer Ashish Nehra in the team.

Pacers Jasprit Bumrah and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will spearhead the bowling department for the hosts. Wrist spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav will look to provide brakes on the Australian batting which failed to look lethal in the previous match.

However, the seventh ranked Australian side will look to re-work on their strategies to get back to winning ways in the T20I series.

Skipper David Warner along with Aaron Finch and Glenn Maxwell will be the key batsmen for the visitors to get them off to a flying start.

The bowling will largely depend on pacer Nathan Coulter-Nile and spinner Adam Zampa, who failed to click in the last T20I.

Squads:

India: Virat Kohli (captain), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wicket-keeper), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Ashish Nehra, Lokesh Rahul, Axar Patel.

Australia: David Warner (captain), Moises Henriques, Aaron Finch, Tim Paine (wicket-keeper), Daniel Christian, Glenn Maxwell, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Travis Head, Adam Zampa, Andrew Tye, Kane Richardson.

(IANS)

Dozen die, scores missing as Rohingya boat capsizes

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Rescue operation under way after boat overcrowded with people fleeing Myanmar violence sinks on its way to Bangladesh.

More than 500,000 ethnic Muslim-majority Rohingya have fled Myanmar since August 25 [File: Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]

by Al Jazeera

At least 12 Rohingya refugees, mostly children, drowned when their boat capsized on the way to Bangladesh, police said on Monday, the latest victims of violence in Myanmar that has forced more than half a million people from their homes.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) official Abdul Jalil told AFP news agency at least 12 bodies had been recovered after an all-night rescue operation, saying “they include 10 children, an elderly woman and a man”.

At least 13 Rohingya, including three women and two children, were rescued after scouring the estuary of the Naf river, Jalil said.

Area coastguard commander Alauddin Nayan said the boat sank in the mouth of the Naf river near Shah Porir Dwip, on the southern tip of Bangladesh, with nearly 100 people on board.

“It capsized near Galachar (a coastal village in Bangladesh) with nearly 100 people,” Nayan told AFP.

More than half a million Rohingya have emptied out of northern Rakhine and into Bangladesh since August 25, carrying stories of mass killings, gang rapes, and razing of whole villages.

Myanmar has denied allegations of ethnic cleansing, saying the military offensive was a “clearance operation” to flush out Rohingya fighters who had staged attacks on border posts in August.

More than six weeks after the violence erupted, Rohingya continue to arrive in Bangladesh.

Sunday’s incident is the latest in a series of deadly boat disasters involving Rohingya refugees.

Most recently, on September 28, a boat carrying about 80 refugees overturned. Seventeen survived, while 23 were confirmed dead and the remainder declared missing.

Myanmar considers the Rohingya illegal immigrants from Bangladesh despite the ethnic minority living there for generations.

Turkey, US suspend visa services in tit-for-tat fallout

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Turkish and US missions mutually restrict services, say they need to reassess each other’s commitment to staff security.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets his US counterpart, Donald Trump, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly last month [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]

by Al Jazeera

Turkey on Sunday suspended non-immigrant visa services at all Turkish diplomatic facilities in the United States, in a tit-for-tat move amid escalating tensions between the NATO allies.

Just hours after the US mission to Turkey announced it was restricting visa services, saying that recent events had forced it to “reassess” Ankara’s commitment to the security of US facilities and staff, the Turkish embassy in Washington, DC, hit back with an almost identical statement.

“In order to minimise the number of visitors to our Embassy and Consulates while this assessment proceeds, effective immediately we have suspended all non-immigrant visa services at all Turkish diplomatic facilities in US,” read its statement on Twitter, echoing the earlier US announcement.

A first version of the Turkish statement had said the measure would apply “to visas in passports”.

But a later version said the measure “will apply to sticker visas as well as e-Visas and border visas”, leaving open the question of whether US travellers who already have visas would be allowed to enter Turkey.

The earlier US statement, meanwhile, said it was suspending the processing of “non-immigrant” visas, a specific category that relates to tourism, medical treatment, business, temporary work or study.

Immigrant visa services are for those seeking to live in the US permanently.

The escalation in diplomatic tensions comes a few days after the arrest of a US consulate employee in Istanbul for alleged links to Fethullah Gulen, a US-based Muslim leader blamed by Ankara for a failed coup attempt last year. Gulen denies involvement.

Washington said it was “deeply disturbed” by the employee’s arrest.

Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency identified the consulate employee as Metin Topuz, a male Turkish citizen.

It said he was arrested late on Wednesday on charges of espionage and attempts to damage the constitutional order and Turkey’s government.

Al Jazeera correspondent Sinem Koseoglu said this is the first in Turkey-US bilateral relations since 1960s. “I am expecting Turkey not be willing to escalate the tension,” she said.

‘War of words’

Turkey has pressed, so far in vain, for the US to extradite Gulen, while tensions have also risen over Washington’s military support for Kurdish YPG fighters in Syria.

The YPG group is considered by Ankara to be an extension of the banned PKK, which has waged an armed campaign for three decades in southeast Turkey.

“It’s clear that this [suspension of visa services] is just one more ratcheting up of the war of words between the US and Turkey,” Al Jazeera’s Tom Ackerman, reporting from Washington, DC, said.

Ackerman said that Turkish authorities “had imprisoned more than a dozen American-Turkish citizens” living in Turkey over the past year or so, including an Izmir-based Christian pastor.

Missionary Andrew Brunson, who ran a church in the western city of Izmir, has been held by Turkish authorities since October 2016 on charges of being a member of Gulen’s group.

“You can see that this more than just the accusations about one man in the Istanbul consulate,” Ackerman said.

Al Jazeera’s Diane Eastabrook, also reporting from Washington, DC, said the escalation comes just a few months after a visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the US, in which he reaffirmed friendly ties between the two countries.

“Turkey is a strategic ally to the US,” she said.

“It’s a NATO ally, and there is a NATO base in Turkey which the US uses. As the US continues with its war against ISIL, it needs to have that presence in Turkey and it needs those close ties with this very important ally,” Eastabrook added.

“This [diplomatic tension] has repercussions throughout Europe and the Middle East, so it will be interesting to see how this plays out over the next few days,” she added.

“It Is My Long Time Desire To Do A Period Film:” Dulquer Salmaan

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The ever smiling & ever charming Malyalam star – actor Dulquer Salmaan, who also happens to be the son of Malyalam star – actor Mamooty, is currently enacting the role of the Late veteran star – actor Gemini Ganesan in an upcoming Telugu – Tamil bilingual biopic namely Mahanati, which is based on the legendary South Indian actress Savitri. Incidentally speaking Dulquer Salmaan is also all set to make his Bollywood debut in Kaarwaan with the talented actor Irrfan Khan, which was officially announced recently.

*You have already made a mark as a Malyalam star – actor. You are also doing a Tamil – Telugu Bilingual namely Mahanati and now you are all set to make your Bollywood Debut with Kaarwaan. Right!!!

*Right Sir!!! I have indeed wanted to make my Bollywood debut, but the clichéd answer is that I have been waiting anxiously for the right script which I have ultimately come across. So now I will finally be seen in debutante Akarsh Khurana’s directorial debut Kaarwaan which will also star versatile actor Irrfan Khan. I think Abhishek Bachchan was initially chosen for the role but had to opt out as his dates clashed with J P Dutta’s film Paltan. So Kaarwaan is a light – hearted comedy, and it features me & Irrfan Khan as friends on a road trip. I am enacting the role of a Bangalore based youngster, that’s all I can reveal as of now. Mithila Palkar is also a part of the cast. Akarsh Khurana has also co – written the script with Hussain Dalal & Ronnie Screwvala is producing it under his own banner. The movie will start rolling by month end in Kerala.

*Time to enlighten us about your Tamil – Telugu bilingual Mahanati!!!

*Actually speaking it has been my ardent desire for a long time to be a part of a period film. Amazing period is being captured in films & even in small screen serials in the West. For a long time I have desired to be a part of a period drama. But fortunately or unfortunately, in the Malayalam film industry, we don’t have huge budgets to make such period films. So Mahanati is being made on a massive scale and I’m lucky to be a part of this project. It is being directed by Nag Ashwin and besides me it also stars Keerthy Suresh as Savitri, apart from Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Prakash Raj, Mohan Babu & Vijay Devarakonda, I am indeed thrilled to be working with a young team. Both the director & the producer are younger than me. It’s a young team with so much of energy. I have always been against the idea of bilinguals but it made a lot of sense to make this film in 2 languages. I am enacting the role of Tamil star – actor Gemini Ganesan but I am not going to look like him. I can’t, honestly, and I don’t want to wear prosthetics. My approach is simple. I would like to be myself in the phase of 1950’s if I was a big movie star. I don’t think I should attempt to play Gemini Ganesan. You don’t really have any off – screen footage of him. You don’t know what kind of person he was off – screen. We only know his persona on screen & I can’t use that to play him off – screen.

*You share a very good rapport with Rana Daggubati. It is rumored that this is just a ploy to get a foothold in Telugu Cinema. Would you care to elaborate!!!

*Yes I am indeed sharing a very good bonding with Rana and it’s very natural. Believe me there is no selfish motive behind this. May be it’s my down to earth attitude & my ever smiling countenance that attracts them. But my friendship with Rana is for keeps no matter what the rumor mills churn out. In fact I share a good camaraderie with all my male co – actors then be they from Malyalam, Telugu or Tamil film industry. And my female co – stars need not get upset as I would like to share a healthy friendship with them too, both on a personal as well as professional level.

*You were really happy doing Parava released recently. How come?

*Mark my words Parava will be a real game changer. Comedian actor Soubin Shahir made his debut as a director with Parava. Although I have an extended cameo of only 25 minutes I think it is a terrific film and I also think it will be a game changer. It’s another huge blessing that I got to be a part of this film and I thank my Allah – The Almighty daily for every chance I’ve been given.

*How was it working in Solo which was also released recently?

*Yes Solo has been finally released. I still have great expectations from Solo, as for me working in Solo was like working simultaneously in 8 films. Solo has been packaged with 4 stories & I had 4 different looks. Since Solo is a bilingual film in Tamil & Malayalam, it was like acting in 8 films at the same time. In O Kadhal Kanmani & Vaayai Moodi Pesavum, I had a bubbly energetic image but it will change now that Solo is released, the film had 4 heroines including Dhanshikaa, Sruthi Hariharan, Neha & Aarthi. And though we had 4 heroines in the film, there were no ego issues. 3 cinematographers & 11 music composers have worked in Solo, our film had 15 songs.

*Okay!!! How was the experience of sharing screen space with your father?

*In fact it was very normal. Frankly speaking I am not in awe of my father nor was I nervous any time while facing the camera with him in the same breath. I do respect & trust my father but at the same time we both share a very friendly & a very cordial relationship with him. At the same time we both don’t have any policy to not act together in future. It’s only that we are looking for the right script.

*You have often been labeled as an arty hero. Why are you hesitant on donning the mantle of a commercial hero?

*Frankly speaking again I am more scared to attempt an out & out commercial film. As I feel it can either click all the way or go down all the way. So audiences will either like it or hate it. Besides I have always entertained the audiences with memorable content. So doing a film like Solo gives me more courage because irrespective of its Box – Office turnstiles fate, people at least appreciate the intent, its effort or just the desire to make good cinema.

*How would you describe your filmic journey right from your debut film Second Show to your latest film Solo en route Parava?

*I would not like to describe my filmic journey with mind blowing adjectives suffice it to say that right from day one it was effortless & smooth sailing. No doubt I have gained a lot of enriching experience too. I also got a chance to work with the best of directors, best of producers, best of production houses and of course best of co – stars too. Moreover I am most happy that I ended up making a lot of good friends and I don’t think any enemies whatsoever.

*Name your 5 favorite films!!!

*I loved albeit enjoyed doing all the films of my career, so naming just 5 films will be an injustice to all my other films.

*Lastly name your forthcoming films?

*Mahanati, Oru Bhayankara Kamukam & Bollywood film Kaarwan.

KVS 48th National sports meet ends, Bengaluru region emerge champions

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Bengaluru: Sincerity and dedication are the keys to excel in the field of sports, said GK Srivastava, IAS Additional Commissioner of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, New Delhi.He was speaking at the closing ceremony of the 48th KVS National Sports Meet for girls at Sree Kanteerva Stadium on Sunday. He said KVS has provided the finest platform for its students to take advantage and utilise the opportunity to become good sportspersons.

Over 3,500 girl’s students of Kendriya Vidyalayas from across the country participated
in the four-day event held at various Kendriya Vidyalayas in the city.

Arjuna Awardee and former national badminton champion U Vimal Kumar, who was the guest of honour at the closing ceremony, said he was delighted to see such a big gathering of girl athletes. It looks as though a mini India has gathered at the stadium. He asked the students to work hard and at the same time not neglect their studies. The combination of sports and education can make best sportspersons, SriKumar said.

P Deva Kumar, deputy commissioner, KVS, Bengaluru region said the sports meet of the KVS went on well and thanked all the participants for displaying sportsmanship during this grand sporting event. Overall championship trophy was bagged by Bengaluru region with120 points followed by Delhi region with 96 points. Ernakulum region won the best overall marchpast trophy.

Region wise final winners:

Archery: Gurugram, Athletics: Delhi, Judu: Delhi,
Lawn Tennis: Chennai, Swimming: Bengaluru, Table Tennis: Guwahati, Taekwondo: Bengaluru, Yoga: Delhi, Basketball: Bhopal, Handball: Jabalpur, Hockey: Lucknow, Kabbadi: Jammu,
Khokho: Bengaluru, Volley Ball: Gurugram,
Badminton: Tinsukia

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