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Gadkari advocates bringing fuel under GST

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With petrol and diesel rates skyrocketing on a daily basis, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday advocated bringing fuel under the GST to curb the price hike.

“Petrol and diesel should have been brought under the Goods and Services Tax. I asked officials during a presentation if we bring fuel prices under GST will it benefit the states or not.

“They said ‘yes’, they will benefit,” Gadkari said at a news conclave here on the four years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.

He said, however, the states were wary of losing revenue on account of taxes they collect from fuel prices and liquor.

“It will be good if fuel prices are brought under GST. This will not only reduce the fuel prices but will also increase the government’s revenue.”

He, however, said it was his personal opinion, and the ultimate decision regarding this remained with the Petroleum Ministry.

The Minister said fuel prices were surging because of international crude oil rate.

“Earlier, we were giving subsidy on the import (of fuels). When the rates came down, the subsidy was removed. We are part of a global economy…The price of petrol and diesel are increasing due to rise of their price in international rates.”

He said the money that was saved from removing subsidy on fuel allowed the government to give free Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) connections to eight crore families across India.

Easing norms in bidding will speed up resolution of stressed assets cases: Shah

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The Union Cabinet’s decision to issue an Ordinance to make necessary changes in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) for easing the norms for participation of the promoters of the companies in the resolution of their stressed assets, especially Micro, Small and medium Enterprises, will expedite resolution of NPA cases in a big way, said FICCI.

“Enabling MSME promoters to bid for their companies under the IBC resolution process will help in speedy resolution in a large number of cases. Easing of the norms for genuine promoters to take part in the resolution process associated with their company will act as a catalyst in the government and RBI’s efforts towards stressed asset resolution,” said Rashesh Shah, President, FICCI.

“While there is a need to keep the errant promoters out of the bidding process for their companies under IBC is a necessity, it is also equally important to give a fair chance to the genuine promoters to be part of the resolution process,” he added.

“Additionally, the decision to treat homebuyers on par with financial creditors will also prove to be a substantial relief for a large section of the society, and will also give a boost to the real-estate sector,” Shah added.

He highlighted that higher bids placed for the stressed assets under the IBC process show that it has already started working, and Tata Steel’s acquisition of Bhushan Steel is a clear indication of the potential of the IBC framework in the resolution of the NPA cases.

Hindusthan Samachar/Shri Ram Shaw

Congress’ Ramesh Kumar is Karnataka Assembly Speaker

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Congress legislator K.R. Ramesh Kumar has been elected unopposed as the Karnataka Assembly Speaker on Friday, pro tem Speaker K.G. Bopaiah announced.

Congress legislative party leader Siddaramaiah proposed Kumar’s name for the Speaker’s post, which was seconded by Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara.

“(The) Congress legislator is elected unopposed as Speaker of the Assembly,” said Bopaiah on the floor of the hung House.

Facebook accused of spying on users’ data

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Already under fire for misuse of users’ data after the Cambridge Analytica scandal came to light, a new filing in a California lawsuit now alleges that Facebook collected information on users and their friends through its apps.

The filing is part of a suit brought against Facebook in 2015 by now-defunct startup Six4Three, CNET reported on Thursday.

The claims were made in a filing submitted last week to the superior court in San Mateo, California, the report said.

To collect the information, Facebook used several methods including tracking users’ locations, reading their text messages and accessing their photos on phones, according to the allegations as reported by the Guardian.

Documents filed in the court draw upon extensive confidential emails and messages between Facebook senior executives, the report said.

A Facebook representative said the claims had no merit and contended that the social network does not log people’s call and text history without their consent.

In March, Facebook admitted it collected data from people’s calls and texts but said it had prior consent.

However the Guardian reported that it logged some messages without explicitly notifying users.

Six4Three is suing Facebook over its app Pikinis, which allowed users to zoom in on bikini photos.

It alleges that Facebook tracked users, sometimes without their express consent.

Hindustan FC to take on Ozone FC on May 27

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The Hero 2nd Division League final round returns to the field on Sunday

TRAU will hope to get something from a game against Real Kashmir

The Hero 2nd Division League final round returns to the field on Sunday (May 27). Hindustan FC will take on Ozone FC while TRAU will hope to get something from a game against Real Kashmir FC.

Hindustan FC edged past TRAU FC 1-0 to begin their campaign in the Hero 2nd Division League final round on Thursday (May 24) at the FSV Arena in Bengaluru.

Although TRAU went into their opening match of the competition as hot favourites but it was Hindustan FC who stunned them thanks to a second half stoppage time goal by substitute Tushar Chaudhary.

The game started at a furious pace with TRAU‚ as expected‚ pressing high to nullify Hindustan FC’s effort to rapidly circulate the ball. It was a fascinating tactical battle although‚ at times‚ a little predictable.

Resultantly, there was a lot of possession turn over and not enough in the way of scoring chances.

The first real opportunity came after 17 minutes when Hindustan FC goalkeeper Mithun Samonto made a save of Princewill Emeka‚ who had done well to turn the defense and put himself into a shooting position. But the Nigerian forward failed to get any real power behind his shot.

On the half-hour mark‚ Emeka hit a wild effort from a tight angle well off target and eight minutes later winger Malemnganba Meitei rose unchallenged to head a free kick narrowly wide.

Hindustan FC’s only chance in the first-half fell to Khusant Chauhan in between the TRAU defenders but his first touch let him down and the opportunity slipped by because of poor technique.

Just before the half-time, Emeka again caused some panic in the Hindustan FC box, but his crosses were wasted by Reisangmei Vashum and Angousana Luwang as the two teams went into the break deadlocked at 0-0.

TRAU continued to dictate matters at the start of the second-half with Vashum shooting narrowly wide of the target five minutes into the session.

Hidustan FC, though, were not to be outdone and came close to scoring in the 57th minute when Nikhil Gehlot broke through on goal, but he was superbly denied in a one-on-one with TRAU goalkeeper Tajuddin.

Hindustan FC’s attacking kingpin Kushant Chauhan also had a tough afternoon, in being closely marked and was not able to unleash his usual high-quality supply to the front men.

Towards the end, TRAU showed more endeavour in attack but they were unable to breach a Hindustan FC defense expertly marshalled by Amestrong Alexandre and skipper Pushpender Kundu.

TRAU dominated as the game drew to a close, but an inspired substitution from Hindustan FC coach Vikrant Sharma sealed the victory, as Tushar Chaudhary kept his cool and nudged home the winner with less than four minutes to play.

Hindusthan Samachar/Shri Ram Shaw

Another throat slit body of man found in Hajin

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Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday pre-dawn hours recovered throat slit body of a man in Hajin area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district.
Incharge Station House Officer (SHO) Hajin said that some three to four unknown gunmen barged inside the house of Mohd Yaqoob Wagay (38) son of Ghulam Mohd Wagay and abducted him at Gunda Preng village in Hajin at around 1:00 am.
The officer said that the family members immediately informed concerned police station about the incident who subsequently reached the spot and recovered the throat-slit body at a site close to Yaqoob’s house.
Yaqoob was a mutton dealer by profession and his body was taken to a hospital for all legal medico formalities including the postmortem, he said.
A case has been registered and further investigations initiated, the officer added.

Hindusthan Samachar/Saleem/Shri Ram\

State-wide bandh today in Tamil Nadu & Puducherry

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Most shops will remain closed today throughout Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in protest against the firing incident in Tuticorin that claimed 13 lives.
Auto rickshaws are also expected to be off the roads in Chennai and many other cities/towns. The government has stated that the bus services will be operated as usual.
The TN Police is not taking things lightly and security has been tightened throughout the state to prevent any untoward incident from happening. The opposition DMK is spearheading the protest to hold demonstrations across the state, along with the other opposition parties.
Meanwhile, Tuticorin town and surrounding villages are slowly limping back to normal. However, shops have remained closed for the 4th day in succession.
Internet services remain suspended and the new Collector has confirmed that the services will remain suspended till May 27. As a precautionary measure, bus services to and from Tuticorin stand withdrawn.
The District Collector held a meeting yesterday with a cross-section of representatives from different spheres; political parties, community leaders, priests from the church and so on, with a view to elicit their opinion and seek their cooperation for restoring peace and normalcy in the town.

Hindusthan Samachar/S. Mahadevan/Shri Ram\

BS Yeddyurappa to be new leader of opposition in the state Assembly

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Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yeddyurappa(75) is all set to be declared as the new leader of the opposition in the recently constituted state Assembly.He has already resigned to the membership of Lok Sabha from Shivamogga constituency on being elected as MLA from Shikaripur constituency in the same Shivamogga district.

According to sources in the Bharatiya Janata Party BS Yeddyurappa is likely to continue in both,opposition leader and state BJP President’s post till the general elections to the Lok Sabha in 2019.The party intends to make best use of the services of the Lingayat strong man in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.

BS Yeddyurappa has already been elected as the leader of Bharatiya Janata Legislature Party and his declaration as leader of the opposition is only a formality and expected to be announced in today’s deliberations of the state Assembly.

Today the house is scheduled to meet at 12.15 pm and is slated to elect the new Speaker.KR Rameshkumar from the ruling combine and belonging to the Congress party is the nominee to the post while S Sureshkumar,Rajajinagar MLA is the BJP candidate.Later the house will take up the motion on vote of confidence for discussion and voting.

Apart from BS Yeddyurappa two other MPs’ have submitted their papers to the membership of Lok Sabha on being elected to the state Assembly.They are B Sriramulu of the BJP and Puttaraju of the JDS.

B Sriramulu on being elected to the state Assembly from Molakalmuru constituency in Chitradurga district put papers to his membership of Lok Sabha from Ballari constituency. Puttaraju resigned his membership of Lok Sabha from Mandya constituency after being elected from Melukote constituency in the same Mandya district.

He defeated Darshan Puttanaiah,son of late KS Puttanaiah,farmers leader who passed away a few days before the polls. Darshan Puttanaiah,a software professional in the US quit his job and returned to his native country to carry on the mantle of his late father.He made an attempt in vain on a Swaraj India party ticket.In fact the Congress party supported his candidature after failing to grab him to the party fold.Though the Congress never fielded its candidate he failed to register a win.

Hindusthan Samachar/Manohar Yadavatti

KKR, Sunrisers Hyderabad to clash in 2nd Qualifier today : IPL

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In IPL Cricket, two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will take on Sunrisers Hyderabad in the second Qualifier in Kolkata on Friday (May 25).

The match will begin at 7 p.m. The winners will face Chennai Super Kings in the IPL summit clash in Mumbai on Sunday (May 27).

Kolkata and Hyderabad have faced each other 14 times so far. The Sunrisers have won five of those games While the Knight Riders have triumphed on nine occasions.

Earlier, In Eliminator match on Wednesday, Kolkata Knight Riders beat Rajasthan Royals by 25 runs to set up Qualifier-II clash with the Sunrisers.

Hindusthan Samachar/Shri Ram Shaw

HD Kumaraswamy to seek vote of confidence today

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HD Kumaraswamy is seeking vote of confidence in his Janata Dal Secular-Congress alliance government on the floor of the house on Friday (May 25). He took the oath of office and secrecy on Wednesday evening.

He had earlier pronounced of clearing the floor test within 24 hours after assuming office. However he has chosen Friday for the purpose. On Thursday he visited the house of HD Devegowda, his father and JDS supremo before proceeding towards the Siddaganga Mutt.

Today’s proceedings will also pave way for the election of KR Rameshkumar, former health minister belonging to the Congress party as the new Speaker. He has also served as a Speaker earlier during his stint in the Janata Pariwar.

It may be recalled here that the Janata Dal Secular was insisting on the Speaker’s position as well but the Congress stood firm on its ground of ensuring the post to the party fold.

Hindusthan Samachar/Manohar/Shri Ram Shaw

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