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BJP will have to spend sleepless nights:HD Kumaraswamy

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HD Kumaraswamy,designated chief minister today hit back at B Sriramulu’s challenges of making the JDS-Congress government spend sleepless nights and dared:On the oher hand it will be us making the BJP spend sleepless nights.

‘Nlse including the Congress,BJP and B Sriramulu can ever think of making me spend sleepless nights.But on the other hand I’ll definitely ensure that the BJP is made to spend sleepless nights’,warned the would be chief minister.
He was speaking to media persons at the helipad in Holenarasipur of Hassan district.The going to be CM arrived with Anitha Kumaraswamy,his first wife and former Madhugiri MLA from Tumakuru district and was received by HD Revanna,his elder brother and Holenarasipur MLA.
HD Kumaraswamy also clarified on this occasion:This is no temporary government as I am committed in ensuring a full five years tenure and will also strive for fulfilling the promises made to the people.We don’t have any rifts among ourselves.The first task is to win over the confidence of the Congress…I have gone through all the write ups’ on the social networking sites and will reply to all of them in the days to come.
The yet to be CM had come to Holenarasipur to visit the Lakshminarayan Swamy temple to pay his respects to the family deity and also pray for a full five years term according to sources.
At the same time he admitted:The tenure of chief minister this time is a tough challenge as the opinion and suggestions of Congressmen has to be taken into account before taking new administrative measures.But it shouldn’t be a problem as all suggestions will be taken care of in a meticulous manner.
HD Kumaraswamy couple were literally on a temple run spree in his father HD Devegowda’s home district Hassan.
Hindusthan Samachar/Manohar Yadavatti\

HDK to discuss power distribution formula with Sonia & Rahul today

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HD Kumaraswamy, Chief Ministerial candidate of the Janata Dal Secular-Congress coalition in Karnataka will fly-in to Delhi on Monday (May 21) to discuss the power distribution formula with Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.

According to HDK, both the leaders will discuss the distribution of portfolios today. These leaders have already had discussions about allotting 14 ministries including the chief minister’s position to the JDS and the remaining 20 berths to the Congress.

However, a final discussion on the subject will be arrived at only after a discussion with Sonia Gandhi and other Congress leaders today.

As of now, Congress leaders have suggested accommodating the two Independents and the lone Bahujan Samaj Party member also in the JDS quota of 14.

A decision is also expected in today’s meeting about the distribution of portfolios like Finance, Home, Revenue, Rural Development, Water Resources, Transport, Bengaluru Development and Major Industries.

There is also a proposal to set up a 15 member

Anti-terrorism Day across country to be observed today

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This year May 21 (Monday) will be observed as anti-terrorism day like every year.

The objective behind observance of this day is to wean away the youth from terrorism and the cult of violence by highlighting the sufferings of common people and showing as to how it is prejudicial to the national interest.

Mass education programmes, lectures, talks, discussions will be organised by government and non-government organizations to highlight the ill-effects of violence and terrorism.

Anti-terrorism pledge will be taken in all government offices, public sector undertakings and other public institutions on that day.

Hindusthan Samachar/Shri Ram Shaw

Man, teenager stabbed by unknown attackers

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A man and a teenager were stabbed, in two separate but similar incidents, by a group of unknown assailants as they were returning home on early Sunday, police said.

Both the cases were reported from south Delhi.

In the first case, Zubaid Hayat, 17, a resident of Jasola in Sarita Vihar, was returning his home after prayers during the ongoing Muslim holy month of Ramadan when he was attacked.

“Having offered prayer at a mosque, Hayat was returning to his residence when some unknown youth stopped him and started beating him. When Hayat resisted, they stabbed him two times before escaping from the spot,” a senior police officer said.

“Some locals informed us about attack on Hayat. We informed the local police following which he was admitted to the AIIMS trauma centre,” Asmat, a relative of Hayat, told IANS.

In a similar case reported from south Delhi’s Tughlakabad area, a 45-year-old man returning from his office was stabbed by some assailants early on Sunday.

Feroze Khan was on the way to his residence when he was stabbed by unknown attackers after they picked up a fight with him.

“I was informed by police from AIIMS trauma centre that my uncle was stabbed by someone and he is undergoing treatment there. When we rushed to trauma centre, we found that he suffered three stab wounds,” his nephew Amir told IANS.

The police officer said that from the initial probe, it appears both the incidents are similar.

“Prima facie it was found that victims were stabbed by attackers during a confrontation when they resisted their snatching attempts. We are examining CCTV footage to ascertain the identities of accused persons,” the officer added.

Father taught me to love and respect all: Rahul

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Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday remembered his father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 27th death anniversary saying it was he who taught him to love and respect all beings.

Rahul Gandhi in a tweet on Monday said: “My father taught me that hate is a prison for those who carry it. Today, on his death anniversary, I thank him for teaching me to love and respect all beings, the most valuable gift a father can give a son.”

Sharing a photo of the former Prime Minister, he wrote, “Rajiv Gandhi, those of us that love you hold you forever in our hearts.”

Earlier the Congress chief along with his mother Sonia Gandhi and sister Priyanka Gandhi and her husband Robert Vadra visited the Veer Bhumi to pay a floral tribute.

Congress leaders, including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Leader of the party in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge also paid homage to Rajiv Gandhi’s memorial.

Former President and a longtime party member Pranab Mukherjee was also present.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted: “Solemnly and very fondly remembering former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary.”

Rajiv Gandhi was killed by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu on May 21, 1991.

Pakistan violates ceasefire in Jammu, Samba

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Pakistani rangers have violated ceasefire on the international border (IB) in Jammu and Samba districts.

The Pakistani Army resorted to unprovoked firing at the Border Security Force outposts in Arnia, Ramgarh and Chamliyal areas of Jammu and Kashmir late on Sunday, the BSF sources said.

“The firing started at 10 p.m. The BSF retaliated effectively. No casualty or damage was caused on our side,” the sources added.

Pakistani rangers and BSF officials on Sunday had agreed to maintain peace and tranquillity on the border.

A phone-in meeting was held after the Indian forces released a thermal imagery footage showing a bunker of the Pakistani rangers being destroyed by the BSF.

Today’s generation of filmmakers say things boldly, openly: Gulzar

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His own brand of cinema was about human relationships entangled in social issues, but veteran writer-filmmaker Gulzar believes the present generation of movie makers have more courage to express things in an open and bolder way.

In a discussion titled ‘Kal Aaj Aur Kal’ at the 13th Habitat Film Festival, Gulzar, dressed in his trademark white kurta-pyjama, sat down with filmmakers Vishal Bhardwaj and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, to discuss the era gone by, the present and future of cinema in the country.

Looking back at the time when the new wave cinema had started, Gulzar reminisced: “Shyam Benegal, Govind Nihalani and films of Sahni sahab (Balraj Sahni) did it… This was there in that era that there was a desire to say something, and the anxiety to be like, ‘If you get a chance, say it, express it’. This bechaini (restlessness) had taken birth for all creative people… Whether it was literature or cinema.

“A political comment had started coming in….There was also a fear as there was strictness of the censor board and government….That has been there and that strictness and we have seen it up to date. But today’s common man, he raises his voices.

“I got a chance to work with with Vishal in ‘Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola’, which was on land grabbing….It’s an open expression which started coming in with this generation. I say I am with this generation holding their hands. Earlier it was that I was walking ahead, and now I am walking with them.

“Today’s cinema is an expression…. this kind of cinema happens far and between, but making a musical on land grabbing and making it like that, is great. And Rakeysh’s ‘Mere Pyare Prime Minister’ is on sanitation issues….This generation is saying it openly and saying it boldly. I salute your generation.”

Gulzar’s own directorial credits include films like “Mere Apne”, “Aandhi”,”Koshish”, “Ijaazat”, “Angoor” and “Maachis”.

On the changes he has observed in Indian cinema over the years, the 83-year-old writer said: “When I came into cinema, films were about storytelling….I was very verbose, and used to have very exaggerated dialogues… But today’s generation relies more on visuals and they trust it to convey what they intend to.”

He said even the cinema halls were full of noise either of the food and drinks vendors or the projectors.

“Technically, our cinemas were handicapped,” he said, adding how today’s generation of filmmakers don’t have to grapple with such issues because of how advanced the techniques and equipments have become.

Touching upon how people keep brooding over the difference between old and new melodies in Indian cinema, Gulzar pointed out how it only — like the films — reflect life.

“People listen to old melodies and say they have a ‘thehrav’ hai which is beautiful… But that was there in the life back then and in the stories of life. It can’t be that your life’s pace changes, and the music remains the same. It will be out of sync.

“So, it will have to change with time and with the pace of life, and I feel it has changed beautifully.”

However, he said to have physical presence of music in some form — as LPs, EPs, cassettes, CDs and now even pen drives are going out of fashion — lends a sense of nostalgia to the experience of listening to it.

The session was organised in association with HarperCollins India.

Congress accuses Modi of using petrol price as political tool, demands cut

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The Congress on Sunday alleged that prices of petroleum products were being used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi “as a tool” to benefit BJP during elections and demanded that the prices should stay at least at the level that prevailed during the Karnataka assembly elections.

Talking to reporters here, Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill said the price of petrol and diesel were at a record five-year high, and if the government can control price of petroleum products during Karnataka polls, it should do so around the year in the interest of people.

“If he (Modi) can control the price (of petrol and diesel) for his own interest during the polls in Karnataka, why can’t he do it now and all year around in public interest? That means fuel prices is just a tool for him to get the benefit in elections.

“On behalf of the people of India, that at least control the price if you cannot reduce it. Modi should give priority to the interest of public over his political interests,” he said.

State-run Indian Oil Corp on Sunday raised transport fuel to record highs in Delhi on the seventh day of resuming the daily price change system, following a temporary suspension that lasted 20 days.

The price of petrol in Delhi touched a record high of Rs 76.24 per litre under the dynamic pricing regime beating the previous high of Rs 76.06 in the city on September 14, 2013.

All our MLAs will be present to vote: Karnataka Congress leader

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Congress leader D.K. Shivakumar on Saturday said MLAs of his party would be present in the Karnataka Assembly where the BJP government led by Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa faces a crucial trust vote.

“Two Congress legislators Pratapgouda Patil and Anand Singh are yet to join us in the House. We are in touch with them and they will be joining us soon for the trust vote,” Shivakumar told reporters at the state secretariat building.

The remarks came amidst reports that the two Karnataka Congress legislators were missing ahead of the floor test at 4 p.m.

The number of party’s MLAs was intact, he said. He said Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) G. Somasekhara Reddy was also not present in the House yet.

“We are certain that the BJP will not win the trust vote,” the Congress leader said.

The 15th state Legislative Assembly’s first session is underway since 11 a.m. with the newly-elected legislators taking oath.

The oath-taking of all the legislators will be completed before 4 p.m. for pro tem Speaker K.G. Bopaiah to conduct the floor test to ascertain if the Chief Minister has a majority in the hung House, as directed by the Supreme Court on Friday.

Of the 222 seats where election was held on May 12, the BJP won 104, Congress 78, JD-S, 37 and one each by Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party (KPJP) and an Independent.

With one of BJP’s legislators, Bopaiah being nominated as the pro tem Speaker and JD-S state president H.D. Kumaraswamy winning two constituencies he contested from and allowed to cast only one vote, the effective strength of the House becomes 220.

The BJP is still seven short of the 111 mark required to prove the majority.

Though Governor Vajubhai R. Vala directed Yeddyurappa to seek a vote of confidence on the floor of the House within 15 days from the date of assumption of office as the Chief Minister on May 17, a three-judge bench of the top court ordered the floor test on Saturday, rejecting his plea for a week’s time to prove his majority.

19 people killed as truck overturns in Gujarat

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Sixteen labourers and three children were killed and six others injured after a truck they were travelling in overturned at Bavaliyari village near Dholera in Ahmedabad early on Saturday, police said.

The accident took place on Ahmedabad-Bhavnagar highway when the cement-laden truck was coming from Pipavav Port in Bhavnagar district, police said.
“There were 25 labourers travelling in the truck. The vehicle turned turtle early morning and 19 labourers were crushed to death,” Ahmedabad Superintendent of Police R V Asari said.

The deceased included 12 women and three children, he said, adding that while 18 of them died on the spot, another one died in a hospital. Six injured were admitted to a nearby hospital, the officer said.

“The accident seems to have taken place as the driver of the truck lost control over the vehicle. After the mishap, the driver escaped from the spot and a search has been launched to trace him,” Asari said.

Further investigation is underway.

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