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Swamy calls Adani ‘biggest NPA trapeze artiste’; group clarifies position

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New Delhi: BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday dropped a bad loan bombshell on industrialist Gautam Adani, calling him the “biggest NPA trapeze artiste in PSUs”, but the group clarified that it had diligently and regularly serviced all its debt.

In a widely commented and shared tweet, Swamy said Adani, believed to be close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, should be made accountable or he would file a Public Interest Litigation in the court for recovery of bank loans from him.

“The biggest NPA trapeze artiste in PSUs is Gautam Adani. It is time he is made accountable or a PIL is inevitable,” Swamy tweeted.”

“The singular critical test for debt is its regular servicing — something which the Adani Group has implemented diligently, since its inception,” the company clarified in an official statement.

It said the group’s dependence on public sector banks for long-term borrowings is less than 50 per cent at about Rs 34,000 crore and it is regularly serviced.

“Adani Group has created world class assets and aggregate net asset block of Indian operations stands at over Rs 110,000 crore. Aggregate net worth of the listed entities stands at over Rs 40,000 crore and aggregate EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) stands at Rs 24,000 crore,” the company statement said.

Over the last 20 years, Adani Group has created “world class projects” in the areas of port and logistics, power generation, power transmission, agri business, mining and renewable generation.

The company statement said it provides direct employment to over 11,000 people and contributes “significantly to the exchequer and the economy”.

However, according to Bloomberg data, as of September 2017, Adani Power had a total debt of Rs 47,609.43 crore, Adani Transmission Rs 8,356.07 crore, Adani Enterprises Rs 22,424.44 crore and Adani Ports Rs 20.791.15 crore.

The ports tycoon and his family’s net worth was believed to be $11 billion in 2017 — making him the 10th richest man in India, according to Forbes.

(IANS)

MEP’s Dr. Nowhera Shaikh takes a jibe at Modi, asks where is acche din?

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All India Mahila Empowerment Party’s (MEP) President Dr. Nowhera Shaikh on Sunday took a jib at PM Modi’s now infamous phrase and asked quippingly, where the PM’s promised achhe din is.

Dr. Shaikh was addressing party workers at an election rally in Bellary.

Dr. Shaikh also said that MEP is not just a party for Muslims, but for everyone, irrespective of their caste and creed.

She said the party is contesting elections to create an impact in people’s lives, and promised interest-free loans for taxi drivers and farmers of the state if they come to power.

Mohammed Nalapad moves High Court, hearing scheduled to March 7

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Bengaluru: Mohammed Nalapad Haris, who was arrested for assaulting a youth in a pub on February 17, moved Karnataka High Court on Monday demanding his bail which was rejected by the 63rd Sessions Court.

The court has revealed that the case will be heard on March 7.

Mohammed Nalapad and six of his friends were arrested after brutally trashing a 24 year old youth Vidwath. Vidwath was admitted at Mallya Hospital in a severe condition.

(Agencies)

BJP has highest percentage of criminal, ‘crorepati’ MLAs in Tripura

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New Delhi: The BJP has done it in abundance in Tripura — be it the number of seats or the number of candidates with serious criminal cases and the worth of assets, an analysis of the self-sworn affidavits of the newly-elected legislators showed on Sunday.

As many as 10 (29 per cent) out of 35 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs face criminal charges. Of these 10, eight face serious criminal cases such as attempt to murder or causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty, among other charges.

In comparison, one out of 16 MLAs of CPI-M (6 per cent) and one out of eight MLAs of Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (13 per cent) have declared serious criminal cases against them, an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) showed.

Overall, there has been a 100 per cent rise in the number of legislators with criminal cases as compared to 2013 assembly elections.

In 2013, six out of 60 MLAs (10 per cent) had declared criminal cases against them. In 2018, the percentage has risen to 20 per cent (12 out of 59 MLAs). Also, there were five out of 60 (8 per cent) MLAs with serious criminal charges against them in 2013, which has now risen to 10 MLAs out of 59 or 17 per cent.

In terms of wealth, 15 out of the 59 newly-elected MLAs are crorepaties (those with declared assets worth one crore rupees or more). In 2013, the number of crorepati (multi-millionaire) candidates was eight or 13 per cent.

Also, 13 of the 35 BJP MLAs (37 per cent), one out of 16 (6 per cent) from Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and one out of eight (13 per cent) MLAs from IPFT have declared assets valued more than one crore rupees.

The top three MLAs with highest assets are from the BJP. They are Biplab Kumar Ghosh, Pranajit Singha Roy (both have total assets worth more than Rs 5 crore) and Dilip Sarkar (assets worth more than Rs 4 crore).

(IANS)

Brad Pitt And Leonardo Dicaprio On Board

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Hollywood actors namely Brad Pitt & Leonardo DiCaprio are now on board and joined the cast of director Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming Manson movie. The above film’s title has been revealed as Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and Quentin Torantino describes the project as “a story that takes place in Los Angeles in the year 1969, at the height of a hippy Hollywood. Leonardo DiCaprio will enact the character of Rick Dalton, a former star of a Western TV series, while Brad Pitt will portray the role of his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth.

Brant Daugherty Engaged

Brant Daugherty is not lying about the fact that he’s getting hitched indeed!!! The Pretty Little Liars alum popped the question to his girlfriend, Kimberly Hidalgo, and she happily said yes. The excited couple announced the special news on the social media platform after the overseas proposal earlier in the month. The Fifty Shades Freed star and his off screen leading lady lady first popped up together on the social media platform in the month of Oct, 2016 and have been posing together ever since. The jet setting pair has even celebrated a variety of occasions together as a pair, including their first ever anniversary last Oct.

Derick Dillard Attacks

Derick Dillard is at it again. Just when you thought that the Duggar family’s resident blowhard had learned his lesson about bullying the most vulnerable segments of our population, he goes and hits a new low. As you’ve no doubt heard by now, a shool shooting in Parkland, Florid had claimed seventeen lives last month. In the wake of the tragedy, several students have made it their mission to take on the NRA & the politicians that they feel are responsible for America’s ludicrously permissive policies on assault weapons. Shockingly, these courageous teens have been met with a brutal backlash, with several reporting that they’ve received death threats from angry weapons fetishists. And then Jill Duggar’s husband joined the effort to try & discredit the grieving teens, “This has gotten a little ridiculous; at least 2 networks are now using kids to push their liberal agendas,” Derick Dilliard tweeted.

Ensa Cosby Passes Away

Bill Cosby’s daughter Ensa Cosby recently passed away. She was 44. Later on The entire Cosby family had thanked many people for their prayers for their beloved & beautiful Ensa Cosby, who recently died after suffering from a renal disease. Ensa Cosby had expired on Fri 23rd Feb, 2018 in Massachusetts. Ensa Cosby had once worked alongside her father Bill Cosby in the past; she had appeared on “The Cosby Show” in the year 1989 as a girl at a party. The season 6th episode Ensa Cosby appeared in was entitled, “I’m ‘In’ with the ‘In’ Crowd.” Ensa Cosby had been a big supporter of her dad over the years, standing up for him amidst all his legal battles. Ensa Cosby’s death comes 2 decades after the death of her brother Ennis Cosby, who was killed in Los Angeles in the year 1997.

Heather Locklear Arrested

Heather Locklear was recently arrested following an alleged dispute at her home. Incidentally speaking Heather Locklear was booked on one count of felony domestic battery & three counts of battery for allegedly attacking the three responding Ventura County Sheriff’s deputies, according to the police. In fact the Police was summoned to Heather Locklear’s home in California recently, regarding a domestic incident between Heather Locklear & her boyfriend. Heather Locklear was taken into custody after the deputies found evidence to support the claim that Heather Locklear had indeed battered her boyfriend, causing him grave injury in the process.

Jennifer Lawrence Rubbishes The Rumors

Jennifer Lawrence was widely blamed recently by her fans for Chris Pratt’s split from wife Anna Faris. But Jennifer Lawrence rubbishes the rumors that she was ever in a relationship with her Passengers co – star Chris Pratt. In a recent interview, Jennifer Lawrence also talked about the weirdest rumors that she had ever heard about herself. She also commented on the speculation about her love life. There were rumors in 2016 that Chris Pratt & Jennifer Lawrence had got into a relationship filming their sci – fi film Passengers.

Jill Duggar Slammed

Jill Duggar is in hot water yet again. Although at this point, she’s probably used to the temperature, as it seems to be where she spends most of her time. As Derrick Dilliard was recently fired by TLC after harassing a fellow network star on Twitter. Derick Dilliard did not appear in Monday’s Counting On Season Premiere, and many fans took note of the fact that Jill Duggar was also absent from the episode. So it appears that Jill Duggar is either sitting this one out, or she was axed alongside her husband. Either way, if she had hoped the scrutiny of her personal life would diminish now that she’s stepped away from the spotlight, she’s got another thing coming. The latest mini – scandal has to do with a comment that Jill had posted on her sister Joy – Anna’s Instagram page.

Lewis Gilbert Passes Away

British producer and director Lewis Gilbert, best known for his films like Alfie & even the James Bond films like The Spy Who Loved Me & Moonraker, has recently passed away. He was 97. The news of his death was instantly shared by the James Bond franchise producers namely Michael G Wilson & Barabara Broccoli. A little flashback on Lewis Gilbert is that he had directed the 1967’s James Bond movie namely You Only Live Twice starring Sean Connery, and again the film The Spy Who Loved Me in the year 1977 & Moonraker in the year 1979, both starring Roger Moore. Lewis Gilbert, who was born into the family of music hall performers, had begun his career as a child actor. In the year 1939, he had worked as an assistant on Alfred Hitchcock’s Jamaica Inn. Lewis Gilbert was also known for directing Educating Rita & Alfie. For Alfie, Lewis Gilbert had received an Oscar nomination for “Best director”. Alfie was also instrumental in actor Michael Caine’s rise to fame. On Twitter, a number of celebrities, including directors Edgar Wright & Peyton Reed, paid their tributes to the Late Lewis Gilbert.

Stephen Fry Undergoes An Operation

Actor & comedian Stephen Fry has recently undergone an operation to treat prostrate cancer. Stephen Fry, who stepped down last month as BAFTA film awards presenter, shared details about his illness on Twitter. For the last 2 months he was in the throes of a rather unwelcome & unexpected adventure. In fact he has not even been able to talk about it till now. Incidentally speaking Stephen Fry describes cancer as an “aggressive little bugger” but he also believed that an early detection saved his life for good.

Kevin Smith Survives An Attack

Kevin Smith has recently revealed that he had almost died of a massive heart attack after being rushed to a hospital. Kevin Smith shared the news on Twitter from his hospital bed in California that after the 1st ever show recently. He indeed had a massive heart attack. In fact the doctor who had saved his life had told him told me he had 100% blockage of his LAD artery (aka “the Widow – Maker”). And if he hadn’t cancelled the show to go to the hospital, he would’ve died that night. But for now, “I’m still above ground!” he tweeted. Kevin Smith said that he had even cancelled a stand up gig in Glendale, California, after falling ill.

PMLA case: Lalu’s daughter Misa Bharti, husband granted bail

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New Delhi: A special court here today granted bail to RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s daughter Misa Bharti and her husband in a money laundering case.

Special Judge Arvind Kumar granted the relief to Bharti and her husband Shailesh Kumar, who appeared before the court in pursuance to summons issued against them, on a personal bond of Rs two lakh with a surety of a like amount each and directed them not to leave the country without prior permission of the court.

The two had moved bail applications. During the hearing, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) opposed the bail plea of the accused, saying they indulged in a “very serious” economic offence.

“Persons on such a post are committing such kind of activities which are totally against the nation,” ED counsel Atul Tripathi said.

The court asked if the probe agency had arrested the couple during the case investigation to which the ED replied in the negative.

This prompted the court to ask ED, “Why do you now want the court to take them in custody?”

The court had on February 8 issued summonses against Bharti, her husband and her firm Mishail Packers and Printers as accused in the case after taking cognizance of the charge sheet filed by the ED.

The ED had on December 23 filed its final report against Bharti and her husband Shailesh Kumar.

The agency had earlier attached a Delhi farmhouse of the couple in connection with its money-laundering probe.

The farmhouse, located at 26, Palam Farms in south Delhi’s Bijwasan area, was attached provisionally under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

It belonged to Bharti and Kumar and was “held in the name of M/s Mishail Packers and Printers Private Limited”, the central probe agency had said.

“It was purchased in 2008-09, using Rs 1.2 crore involved in money laundering,” it had alleged.

The agency had raided the farmhouse and a few other locations in July last year as part of its probe against two brothers — Surendra Kumar Jain and Virendra Jain — and others, who were alleged to have laundered several crores of rupees using shell companies.

The Jain brothers, currently on bail, were arrested by the ED under the PMLA.

The ED had also arrested Rajesh Agrawal, a chartered accountant who had allegedly mediated and provided a cash amount of “Rs 90 lakh to the Jain brothers in advance so as to invest in M/s Mishail Packers and Printers Pvt Ltd as share premium”.

One of the firms that the arrested duo dealt with was Mishail Printers and Packers Pvt Ltd, according to the ED.

Bharti and her husband are alleged to have been directors in this firm in the past.

“The company, M/s Mishail Packers and Printers, was registered at 25, Tughlak Road, New Delhi till the shares were bought by Bharti.

“It was only during 2009-10 that the address was changed to Farm no. 26, Palam Farms, VPO Bijwasan, New Delhi. Bharti and Kumar were the directors of the company during the relevant period,” the ED had said.

The ED had alleged that the Jain brothers, Agrawal and the daughter and son-in-law of the former Bihar chief minister were the “key persons behind the laundering of Rs 1.2 crore”.

(PTI)

Bengaluru’s Govt Urdu School student wins KSCST essay contest

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Hafsa Khanum, a Class IX student of Govt Urdu School, Nagawara has won the science essay competition conducted by the Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology(KSCST), IISc Campus, Bangalore. She was awarded the certificate on the National Science Day held on 28th February at J.N Tata Auditorium.

Although the school has been functional for the past 28 years, this is the first time that a student of this school has participated in a competition and won.

UK mosques open doors to homeless as temperatures plunge

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The Makki Masjid in Manchester is among several mosques which have welcomed the homeless in [Courtesy: Rabnawaz Akbar]

by Anealla Safdar, Al Jazeera

Several mosques in the United Kingdom and Ireland are opening their doors to the homeless as icy weather continues to bite, with temperatures hovering below zero degrees.

Concerns for vulnerable people grew on Friday as the Met Office issued a red alert for snow – the highest level of warning – for parts of southwest England and south Wales.

Yellow and amber warnings were in place across the UK on Friday and into the weekend, with Storm Emma bringing heavy snow and strong winds.

“The temperature is pretty severe, so we thought, ‘Why don’t we do something to help?'” Rabnawaz Akbar, a trustee of Makki Masjid in the northern city of Manchester, told Al Jazeera.

Over the past couple of days, a handful of volunteers have camped out at the place of worship, providing food and shelter to Manchester’s homeless.

The mosque is also offering its shower facilities to those seeking a place to stay.

Because the mosque is situated in a predominately South Asian area, the meals on offer include traditional Bangladeshi and Pakistani meals such as rice and curried chicken.

Akbar said homelessness in Manchester is growing.

“Austerity measures over last eight years mean the support services that people need are not there any more,” he said. “This results in people sleeping rough. The solution is not just about people having a roof over their heads. Some of these people have mental health issues, they are domestic violence victims, drug addicts or undocumented immigrants – they have no recourse to public funds.

“To make sure they are off the street, you need support services around them, not just give them somewhere to stay for a night. Unfortunately, due to budget cuts at local authorities, [councils] do not have the resources.”

Jamie was among four people who slept in the mosque on Thursday evening.

“I’m an addict. I’ve never been in a mosque in all my life,” he said. “I was in two minds over whether to get myself some heroin or crack, so that I could be okay for the night. As I was thinking about this, a guy came from the side and said, ‘You’re homeless, would you like to spend the night in a mosque?’

“They made me feel very welcome, gave me something to eat, to drink. Something that the basic council can’t even provide for us.”

Jamie said that the media often portrays mosques in a negative manner.

“You always get the stereotypical [portrayal] of mosques … Not everybody is like that. I’ve not been encouraged to be radicalised. It’s ‘Are you hungry? Are you okay?’.”

‘15,000 homeless by 2026’
Leeds Grand Mosque, Oldham Mosque, Finsbury Park Mosque, Canterbury Mosque and Dublin’s Clonskeagh Mosque, which is part of the Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland, have also opened their doors to the homeless.

“We will have a security team on duty at night, and maintenance teams have been alerted to make sure there is sufficient heating in the building, especially late at night,” Summayah Kenna, head of community welfare at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Ireland, told Dublin’s 98FM radio.

In a report at the end of January, Crisis, a charity working to end homelessness, described the rising number of people living without shelter as a “catastrophe”.

According to the government, around 5,000 people could be found sleeping rough on any given night in autumn last year, more than double the 2010 number.

Crisis said the number of people sleeping rough is currently around 8,000 and will rise to 15,000 by 2026 “if nothing changes”.

Karnataka government launches universal health coverage scheme

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Bengaluru: The state government on Friday initiated its all universal health coverage scheme, “Arogya Karnataka.” All the present plans, for example, Vajpayee Arogyashree, Yeshaswini, Rajiv Arogya Bhagya and others would be brought under the newly launched scheme.

Ten government hospitals in the state have been chosen for executing the scheme in the first phase – KC General Hospital, Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research and Victoria Hospital, all in Bengaluru; Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya; McGann Institute of Medical Sciences, Shivamogga; Wenlock region doctor’s facility, Mangaluru; Karnataka Institute of Medical Services, Hubballi; Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalaburagi and Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences, Ballari. All the administration clinics including public community centers would be secured under the plan by December 31.

The recipients will get a health card once they approach government clinics for treatment. The health card is issued based on the Aadhaar or ration card.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who propelled the plan, said that issue of health card would be a nonstop procedure and thus individuals require not hold up in line to get it.

He added that patients need to first approach a government hospital for treatment. “They will be reffered to private hospital empanelled under the scheme if treatment isn’t available in government clinics.”

Health Minister K R Ramesh Kumar said that dialysis, CT scan and MRI facilities would be made accessible in all Taluk clinics and henceforth patients need not approach private hospitals to avail these facilities.

(Agencies)

Gauri Lankesh murder case: Special Investigation Team arrests Hindu Yuva Sene activist

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In a major breakthrough in the journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh murder case, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) carried out its first arrest on Friday afternoon.

KT Naveen Kumar, 37, who was arrested on February 18 by the Bengaluru police for illegal possession of bullets, has been named as the first accused in the case.

The SIT arrested KT Naveen Kumar, of Maddur in Mandya, after informing a magistrate’s court in Bengaluru that it had found evidence of his involvement in the murder of Gauri Lankesh in the course of the investigation of the illegal arms case for which he was arrested on February 18.

The SIT initially sought a warrant for the arrest of KT Naveen Kumar in the case – shortly after he was remanded to judicial custody in the illegal arms case – by citing voluntary statements given by a few of Kumar’s friends about his links to the Gauri Lankesh murder.

The SIT gave the court a sealed copy of a confession statement given by KT Naveen Kumar about his involvement in the murder.

Gauri Lankesh, 55, was shot down with a 7.65 mm country made pistol in the drive way of her home in west Bengaluru on the evening of September 5, 2017.

Lankesh, the Editor of “Lankesh Patrike”, was shot dead by an unidentified man wearing a helmet while the suspect who rode the motorcycle was also not identitfied.

Investigations by the SIT has unearthed CCTV footage of a man conducting a recce of the home of the journalist a few hours before her killing. The physical structure of the man found conducting the recce in the CCTV footage has a close resemblance to that of Kumar.

The Karnataka government had set up the SIT to probe the journalist-activist’s killing.

(Agencies)

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