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India’s Manjit Singh and Jinson Johnson claimed the gold and silver medals respectively in the 800 metres race at the 18th Asian Games here on Tuesday.
Manjit finished first with a timing of one minute and 46.15 seconds. Jinson was 0.20 seconds behind his compatriot.
Dr. G Parameshwar, Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, presented Rs 15 Lakh cash prize to Usha Rani, Indian Team Kabaddi player, who won silver Medal in Asiad Games held in Jakarta of Indonesia.
Youth, Empowerment and Sports Department in collaboration with the Police Department felicitated Usha Rani on Tuesday, August 28, at the BDA quarters near Sadashivnagar.
Usha Rani, 29, is presently working as a constable at Doddaballapura Police Station.
Addressing a gathering, Dr. G Parameshwar congratulated Usha Rani on her achievement and also said that Usha Rani had made Indians proud and assured her that she would be given a B Grade job in the Police department.
Two other players of the state who secured medals in Asiad, Rohan Bopanna and Fuaad Mirza, will also be felicitated, he further added.
Additional Chief Secretary of Youth, Empowerment and Sports Department Rajneesh Goel, D G Neelamani Raju and Deputy Commissioner Suneel Kumar were also present during this event.
For a second time in five months, Pune Police on Tuesday raided alleged Maoist sympathizers across the country and detained several activists, officials said here on Tuesday.
The raids were carried out in Mumbai, Pune, Goa, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Delhi and Haryana since morning. Scores of supporters of these activists staged noisy protests during the police raids at various locations.
The raids were described as a follow up to similar action taken on April 17 when the Pune Police swooped on over half a dozen Dalit activists and those involved with the Kabir Kala Manch, which organised an Elgar Conference in Pune on December 31, 2017.
The next day, on January 1, caste riots erupted in Koregaon-Bhima which left one person dead, culminating in a Maharashtra shutdown on January 3 called by the Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh, headed by Prakash Ambedkar, grandson of B.R. Ambedkar.
After nearly five months, Pune Police teams have fanned out in around half a dozen states and raided the homes and offices of several persons who maybe linked with the Elgar Conference and suspected to be Maoist supporters.
As per available information, the activists raided are Varavara Rao and Kranti (Telangana), Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Pereira (Mumbai), Sudha Bharadwaj and Stan Swami (Chhattisgarh), Gautam Navlakha (Delhi) and Anand Teltumbde (Goa).
The police have seized items like computers, laptops, CDs, documents and books from them and claimed that they functioned like an ‘urban think tank’ for Maoists. Some are human rights activists.
In April, the Pune police carried out a similar action targetting prominent human rights activists like Surendra Gadling, Mahesh Raut, Shoma Sen, Rona Wilson, Sudhir Dhawale (all arrested) besides raiding Harshali Potdar, Jyoti Jagtap, Ramesh Gaychor and Sagar Gorke.
The Maharashtra Police on Tuesday arrested Maoist ideologue Varavara Rao here for his alleged involvement in a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his family members said.
A police team from Pune arrested the revolutionary writer after searching his house and the houses of his family members and friends including a journalist.
Varvara Rao was shifted to the government-run Gandhi Hospital for a medical check-up. He is likely to be produced before a court here before shifting him to Pune.
In June, police in Pune had allegedly recovered a letter mentioning a plan to assassinate Modi from the house of one of the five persons arrested in connection with the Bhima Koregaon violence.
The letter written by a person identified only as ‘R’ reportedly mentions a plot to kill the Prime Minister on the lines of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
It also referred to requirement of Rs 8 crore to purchase a M-4 rifle and four lakh rounds to execute the plot. The letter reportedly mentions Varvara Rao’s name.
Varvara Rao, who heads ‘Veerasam’, an association of revolutionary writers, had strongly denied the allegations. He had said that all five arrested in the case were working for the betterment of downtrodden.
Days after Congress President Rahul Gandhi denied his party’s links in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Delhi BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga on Tuesday put up posters here describing the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi as the “father” of mob lynching.
Bagga told IANS, “I have put up the posters across the city to remind Rahul Gandhi that his father was the director and producer of mob lynching in the country in 1984.”
Rahul Gandhi said in London on Friday that the Congress was not involved in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in which nearly 3,000 Sikhs were killed, mostly in the national capital, after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
The Congress condemned the BJP posters.
Congress spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi said: “We have a despicable poster outside the BJP office denigrating a deceased Prime Minister (Rajiv Gandhi) who lost his life in service to the nation. Reflects BJP’s petty mindedness.”
(Ians)
By: Faizan Rizwan & Shaheen Raaj
It was indeed a festive ambience in Forum Mall, Kormangla when Kollywood & Bollywood Actress Kiara Advani launched the new mobile namely Samsung Galaxy Note 9 in association with Sangeetha Mobiles.
Just last week Samsung India announced its latest launch Galaxy Note9 in association with Sangeetha Mobiles. Popular Kollywood & Bollywood actress, Kiara Advani attended the launch event held at Sangeetha’s store at The Forum Mall, Koramangala, Bangalore, in the presence of Sasi Kiran, South Head, Samsung India & Subhash Chandra L, Managing Director, Sangeetha Mobiles.
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is priced at Rs. 67,900 & Rs. 84,900 for 128 GB & 512 GB variants, respectively & is now available in 3 unique color variants namely Midnight Black, Metallic Copper & Ocean Blue.
On this auspicious occasion Subhash Chandra L, MD – Sangeetha Mobiles averred, “Sangeetha Mobiles works on the principle that creating customer delight & gaining customer loyalty is paramount. This is the reason why Sangeetha Mobiles is the most popular brand in the mobile retail segment till date and the launching of Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is another step towards providing the latest smartphone experience to our customers.”
The Samsung Galaxy Note series is recognized for introducing Samsung’s latest ground-breaking innovations. The all-new Galaxy Note 9 builds on this legacy; a premium smartphone that delivers the ultimate in performance with a new S Pen with remote control to easily drive presentation & take selfies, Samsung’s most intelligent camera yet, and an all-new PC-like experience with Samsung DeX & an HDMI cable.
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is a super powerful device built for people who expect more. It combines the power of a laptop, media streaming device, power bank, external hard drive, gaming console, DSLR camera & a selfie stick. And this is what it will deliver to every consumer who chooses to move up to the new Note.
Sangeetha Mobiles Pvt Ltd. is one of the leading multi-brand retailers of mobile handsets in India. Over the years, Sangeetha Mobiles has carved a niche for itself, with a distinguished reputation for providing quality products & innovative retail solutions. From a modest beginning in 1974, when it was established by LP Narayana Reddy & friends as a single shop selling gramophones, the brand has evolved constantly. It was the 1st ever to retail televisions in 1980’s, pagers in 1990’s & mobile phones in 2000’s.
Sangeetha Mobiles has 500 stores across 9 states & employs more than 3000 people. All the stores are in high footfall areas which attracts customers not just during weekends but witnesses regular inflow of walk-in all the week long.
Diesel prices touched record high levels across metro cities and prices of petrol too inched nearer their all-time peak across major cities. As per the daily price notification issued by the state-owned oil firms, in Delhi, diesel price is at Rs 69.61 per litre. In Mumbai, the diesel is sold at Rs 73.90 per litre, Rs 72.46 in Kolkata and Rs 73.54 per litre in Chennai. The new revised rates are applicable from August 28, morning 6 am.
On the other hand, prices of petrol in Delhi is raised to Rs 78.05 per litre. In Mumbai, price of per litre petrol is Rs 85.47. While in Kolkata and Chennai, petrol is priced Rs 80.98 and Rs 81.09 per litre, respectively.
The rise in prices of diesel gains significance as it is mostly used in transportation of food and agricultural products and an increase in its price may lead to higher inflation. The surge in fuel prices is largely attributed to the recent rise in crude oil cost and the high excise duty levied on transportation fuel in the country.
In line with an increase in diesel prices, petrol prices too are on the rise and are nearing their all-time high levels. The all-time high petrol prices in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai are Rs 78.43, Rs 81.06, Rs 86.24 and Rs 81.43 per litre, touched in May 29.
As per a report of PTI, petrol and diesel will not come under the purview of GST in the immediate future as neither the Centre nor any of the states is in favour on fears of heavy revenue loss.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Tuesday accused the Modi government of giving a step-motherly treatment to flood-hit Kerala and demanded that the calamity be declared a “national disaster”.
The former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister said in a statement that despite the magnitude of the crisis, Kerala was not given adequate help by the central government.
This was done because the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was playing politics even in such testing times for Keralites, she said.
The BSP leader said that Kerala was suffering huge losses, both of life and property, in the worst floods in nearly a century.
But despite demands for more funds and help, the central government was turning a blind eye to the crisis. “The BSP condemns in the harshest words such petty politics by the central government and the BJP.”
Giving up on its biased approach, the NDA government should instead provide more assistance, funds, relief and help in the rehabilitation process in the state, she said.
“At a time when millions of individuals are doing something or the other to help those in crisis in Kerala, the union government should also come forward with a positive mindset.”
She said it was unfortunate that while the union government was not declaring the Kerala floods a national disaster, it was not even approving the levying of a cess under state GST as sought by the Kerala government.
Mayawati directed her party cadres and office bearers, specially in south India, to extend all possible help to those affected by the floods in Kerala which have claimed hundreds of lives, caused widespread destruction and left thousands without homes.
(IANS)
Militants attacked the home of former Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister and National Conference leader Abdul Rahim Rather in Badgam district on Tuesday, police said.
Police said the militants fired at the ancestral home of Rather in Badipora village. “Guards posted there repulsed the attack, forcing the militants to flee,” a police officer said.
The National Conference leader was not at his house during the attack, which did not injure anyone.
Readying its digital payment service for India, Tez, for a global roll out, Google on Tuesday renamed the app as Google Pay and introduced new features that could soon help its Indian users get instant “pre-approved” loans from some banks.
“Building for India has often meant Google building for everyone all around the world,” Caesar Sengupta, Vice-President, Next Billion Users initiative and Payments, Google, said at its annual Google for India event here.
“At the moment, nothing is changing about the experience in India other than the name,” he said, adding that Google is working with a few of India’s top banks — HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Federal Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank — to offer pre-approved, instant loans to their customers, right from within Google Pay.
This feature will roll out to eligible users within the next few weeks, Google said.
With the roll out of this feature, eligible users will see a notification telling that that they are pre-approved.
Next, the users would have to decide how much they want to borrow, and how quickly they would like to repay.
Finally, after reviewing the terms of the loan, the bank will deposit the money in
their bank account instantly — without the need of any additional paperwork, Google said.
“In coming weeks and months, Google is making Pay even more useful through expanding the places users can pay in-store and online, expanding services for merchants, and working with the banks to provide instant loans to Google Pay users,” Sengupta said.
Google launched the Tez app in India last year and since then over 55 million people have downloaded the app and more than 22 million people and businesses actively use the app for digital transactions every month.
Google Pay works with all major banks in India on BHIM UPI (Unified Payments Interface).
(IANS)