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Moderate polling in Karnataka by-polls

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 Moderate voting was registered for the by-polls to three Lok Sabha and two Assembly seats in Karnataka on Saturday, an Election Commission official said.

“Moderate voting of around 35 per cent has been registered across the five constituencies till 1 p.m. Polling has been going on in a peaceful manner barring few Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) glitches which were rectified soon,” the official told IANS.

The by-polls were being held in Bellary (reserved), Mandya and Shimoga parliamentary constituencies and Ramanagara and Jamkhandi Assembly segments since 7 a.m.

While Jamkhandi registered a high voting percentage of 43.50 as of 1 p.m., Mandya stood at the lowest with 26.8 per cent, the official added.

Shimoga saw 30.2 per cent, Bellary 35.7 per cent and Ramanagara 39.8 per cent of voting.

Voting will take place till 6 p.m. in the 6,543 polling booths across the five constituencies.

A total of 54.5 lakh electorate, 27.2 lakh men and 27.3 lakh women, are eligible to cast their ballots.

As 51,131 voters are physically challenged, the poll panel has arranged vehicles to ferry them for voting from their homes and drop them back.

In all, 31 candidates are in the fray, including five from the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), three from the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) and two from the Congress and 21 others as Independents or from regional outfits.

BJP’s state unit President B.S. Yeddyurappa’s son B.Y. Raghavendra, who is contesting from Shimoga Lok Sabha seat, was among the early voters in the constituency along with his father.

JD-S candidate for Ramanagara Anitha Kumaraswamy, the wife of Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, was seen visiting polling booths in the constituency to ensure polling was taking place smoothly.

Vote counting of all the five constituencies will take place on November 6.

IANS

MP CM’s kin joins Congress

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 Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s brother-in-law Sanjay Singh Masani on Saturday joined the Congress ahead of the Assembly elections in the central state.

Brother of Chouhan’s wife Sadhana, Masani, was formally inducted into the party in the presence of Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath here.

Masani, was said to be peeved at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for denying him a ticket for the Assembly polls. Reportedly, he wanted to contest from Waraseoni in Balaghat district from where the BJP has fielded sitting MLA Yogendra Nirmal.

“BJP is now all about dynasty and nepotism. Most of the candidates fielded by BJP are sons and daughters of MLAs or MPs. Those who work for the party are being neglected for the sake of dynasty politics,” he said.

Masani, flayed the Chouhan-led BJP government in the state and said it was time for the Congress to come to power in Madhya Pradesh.

“Rising unemployment and lack of industry are two major problems in the state and the Chouhan government has done nothing all these years,” he added.

The 230-member Madhya Pradesh Assembly will have a single phase polling on November 28.

 

IANS

Landslides close Jammu-Srinagar highway

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 Landslides triggered by incessant rains closed the strategic Jammu-Srinagar highway on Saturday, according to a traffic department official.

The landslides were triggered after night-long rains in Ramban district.

“Landslide clearance operation will be started after the rains stop. Intending travellers were advised not to undertake the journey before contacting our control rooms in Jammu and Srinagar,” the official said here.

Heavy snowfall in the Zojila Pass has already closed the Srinagar-Leh highway.

Snowfall in Peer Ki Gali area of the Mughal Road connecting the valley with Jammu’s Rajouri district ohas also resulted in closure of the road.

The Met office has forecast improvement in weather conditions from Saturday onwards.

IANS

Pakistan: Blasphemy protests called off after government deal

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Pakistan’s far-right Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party has called off protests against the acquittal of a Christian woman accused of blasphemy which have rocked the Muslim-majority South Asian democracy in recent days.

TLP on Friday signed an agreement with the Pakistani government to end the demonstrations, which also involved a number of other religious parties, party spokesperson Zubair Kasuri told Al Jazeera by telephone from Lahore.

According to Kasuri, protesters will be granted legal amnesty under the terms of the deal and Aasia Bibi – the 53-year-old Christian woman at the centre of this week’s furore – will be placed on Pakistan’s Exit Control List.

This means she is effectively barred from leaving the country.

Protests continue for third day after Aasia Bibi’s acquittal

The agreement comes after three days of protests sparked by the landmark acquittal of Bibi byPakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday.

In its judgement, the court declared there were “glaring and stark” contradictions in the case against her.

The original complainant in the case, Muhammad Salim, has filed a review petition against the top court’s verdict, Kasuri said.

But according to Pakistani law, the grounds for review petitions are extremely narrow and such appeals are seldom upheld, meaning the court’s acquittal of Bibi is likely to stand.

Bibi had been on death row for eight years following her arrest in the central Pakistani village of Ithan Wali over an argument with two Muslim women, who refused to drink water from the same vessel as her due to her religion.

The women accused her of having insulted Islam’s Prophet Muhammad during the altercation, a charge Bibi has consistently denied.

Blasphemy is a sensitive subject in Pakistan, where the country’s strict laws prescribe a mandatory death penalty for some forms of the crime.

Increasingly, blasphemy allegations have led to murders and mob lynchings, with at least 74 people killed in such violence since 1990, acccording to media tally.

 

Aljazeera

International Film Festival (IFFI) Round Up

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Indian Panorama Announces Official Selection for 49THInternational Film Festival of India, 2018

The 49th International Film Festival of India recently announced the selection of Indian Panorama films for the year, 2018 to be screened in Goa.

The Feature Film Jury of 13 members was headed by acclaimed film director & screenwriter, Rahul Rawail. The Feature film Jury constituted of the following Members: Major Ravi – filmmaker & actor, Ahathian – director, Ujjwal Chatterjee – director, producer & screenwriter, Imo Singh – director, Utpal Datta – filmmaker, Sekhar Das – director, Mahendra Teredesai – director & writer, Haidar Ali – actor & screenwriter, KG Suresh – journalist & columnist, Chandra Siddarth – director, producer & screenwriter, Adeep Tandon – cinematographer & director &  S Viswanath – film critic & journalist.

The Feature Film Jury selected 22 Feature films.

The feature film jury selected the film Olu directed by Shaji N Karun as the Opening feature film of Indian Panorama 2018. 4 Mainstream films are also selected under Indian Panorama Section of 49th International Film Festival of India, 2018 by an Internal Committee of Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF) based on the recommendations of Film Federation of India (FFI) & Producers Guild (PG).

List of 22 feature films & 4 mainstream films selected in Indian Panorama 2018 is as follows: Opening film Olu (Malyalam), Nagarkirtan, Sa, Uma, Abyakto, Uranchondi (Bengali), October & Bhor (Hindi), Sinjar (Jasari), Walking With The Wind (Ladakhi), Bhayanakam, Makkana, Poomaram, Sudani From Nigereria & Ee. Ma. Yau.  (Malyalam), Dhappa & Amhi Doghi (Marathi), T0 Let, Baaram, Periyerum Perumal BA. BL, Peranbu & Padayyi (Tamil) & from Mainstream Cinema:  Mahanati (Telugu), Tiger Zinda Hai, Padmavat & Raazi (Hindi).

The non-feature film jury of 7 members was headed by acclaimed film director & editor, Vinod Ganatra. The Jury constituted of the following Members: Uday Shankar Pani – filmmaker, Parvati Menon – director & film educationist, Mandar Talaulikar – filmmaker,Padmaraj Nair – film journalist, Ashok Sharan – actor & producer & Suneel Puranik – actor, director & producer.

The non-feature film jury selected the film Kharvas directed by Adity Suhas Jambhale as the Opening non-feature film of Indian Panorama 2018. The complete list of 21 non – feature films selected for Indian Panorama section for 49th International Film Festival of India 2018 is as follows:

Opening film Kharvas (Marathi), Sampurak (Bengali), Naach Bhikari Naach (Bhojpuri), Decoding Shankar, Gyamo – Queen Of The Mountains, The World’s Most Famous Tiger & Bunker: The Last Of The Varanasi Weavers (English), Moniter, Nani Teri Morni & Burning (Hindi), Sword Of Liberty, Midnight Run & Lasyam (Malyalam), Happy Birthday, Na Bole Wo Haram, Silent scream, Yes I Am Mauli, Pamphlet, Aai Shappath & Bhar Dupari (Marathi) & Malai (Oriya).

Bollywood Buzz

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Taapsee Pannu In Tamil & Telugu Film ‘Game Over’

The new intense poster of Taapsee Pannu’s next Game Over has been unveiled in Chennai. The film which will be in Tamil & Telugu went on the floors recently in Chennai. The film will be directed by Ashwin Saravana & co-written by Kaavya Ramkumar. Presented by Y Not Studios & Reliance Entertainment, the film is produced by S. Saskikanth with Chakravarthy Ramachandra, as its co-producer.

Music Video “Dil Zaffran” Crosses 13 Million Views!

Actor Shivin Narang is on cloud 9. His music video “Dil Zaffran” has been loved by his fans. In fact, the video crossed 13 million views in just 4 days. Now, that’s something! “I am so happy by the response of the music video. This song is very dear to me and I am so ecstatic that my fans love it. I am so grateful to them for supporting me and loving me. I am who I am today because of my fans and I will never forget that,” says Shivin. In fact, the actor even took to Instagram to post about the amazing success of the number, that has been sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. The actor, who is currently seen in Internet Wala Love, has been performing well in the show too.

Sanjay Dutt To Produce A Marathi Film


Sanjay Dutt is all set to join the bandwagon of Hindi actors who are stepping into the production of Marathi films. The actor is now ecstatic to announce his 1st ever venture into Marathi films which is yet untitled. Directed by Raj Gupta, the film will star Deepak Dobriyal, Nandita Dhuri, Abhijeet Khandkekar, Spruha Joshi, Chittaranjanh Giri and last but not the least Aryan Menghji. It may be remembered that his production banner Sanjay Dutt Productions is now making Hindi film called Prassthanam with Deva Katta as the director.

Wedding Bells Put Deepika Padukone & Ranveer Singh On Top Of Instagram Charts

Deepika Padukone & Ranveer Singh have had a record breaking run on Score Trends India popularity chart & post their marriage announcements have topped the instagram this week on Score Trends India chart. These statistics are authenticated & researched by US based media tech Score Trends India. As per the statistics, Deepika Padukone & Ranveer Singh achieved top position with 100 points courtesy the official announcement of their most speculated news of tying the knot. The data is collected from over 600 news sources across 14 languages in India to analyse the media. These include Facebook, Twitter, print publications, viral news on social media, broadcast & digital platforms. Varied sophisticated algorithms then help us them to process this massive amount of data & arrive at the scores & the rankings of Bollywood stars. Apart from Ranveer, Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan & Aamir Khan with Priyanka Chopra, Anushka Sharma, Jacqueline Fernandez & Sonam Kapoor are consistent on top 5 on Score Trends India’s Instagram ranking.

‘Housefull 4’ Sets Cost Rs.20 Crore!

Akshay Kumar, along with entire cast of Housefull 4, Kriti Sanon, Bobby Deol, Riteish Deshmukh, Pooja Hegde & Kriti Kharbanda, have already completed 2 schedules of the film, 1 each in London & Rajasthan. The team kicked off their 3rd schedule in Mumbai a few days ago. The makers have spent a whopping amount to build the grand sets, where they will shoot the reincarnation scenes. Producer Sajid Nadiadwala is leaving no stone unturned to make Housefull 4 a visual delight. The 2 sets that have been erected at Chitrakoot Ground & Vrindavan Studio have cost him around `20 crore. The film’s overall budget is a sum total of the money that he spent on the other 3 movies in the franchise. Given that the period sequences, which involve a lot of VFX, are yet to be shot there, the art direction team has paid attention to the intricate details. “The set gives you a feel of the yesteryear era, which was seen in Baahubali franchise. There’s the king’s darbar which has pillars that are as high as 36 feet, long pathways & marble flooring. There are precious stones embedded on the throne & the pillars have fine detailing. Sajid gave a clear vision to production designers, Subrata Chakraborty & Amit Ray, who ensured that the sets depicted the period’s grandeur. The team has strict security measures in place. The makers don’t want the pictures to be leaked because they want to reveal it closer to the film’s promo launch. So, nobody is allowed to carry eve their phones on the sets, as a precautionary measure.

‘Is that bird dropping?’, Divya Spandana’s tweet on PM Modi sparks controversy

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“Is that bird dropping?”, read the tweet from the chief of Congress’ social media and digital communications, Divya Spandana. The question was accompanied by a photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, wearing a white kurta, at the foot of the newly inaugurated statue of Sardar Patel.

The question incited a sharp response from Twitter users and BJP members in particular who questioned her cryptic tweet and accused her of likening the Prime Minister to bird dropping.
The BJP retorted by saying that “it is the values of the Congress that are dropping.”
Divya later retweeted a message that claimed that her tweet was referring to actual bird droppings. However, she refused to clarify on what she meant by the tweet and appeared to distance the tweet from the Congress party by claiming that it was her views.
While Divya’s tweet has been termed a new low in political discourse by Twitter users, she has had to endure tweets by Twitter users who posted photographs of Divya with distasteful comments.

This is not the first time that one of Divya’s tweets has become a controversy. In September, she was booked for sedition by Lucknow Police for referring to PM Modi as ‘a thief’ in a tweet.

She had tweeted a photoshopped photograph of PM Modi painting the word ‘chor’ on his wax statue with the hashtag “Chor PM Chup Hai”.

Divya took charge of the Congress’ social media cell a year ago to ramp up the party’s fledgling social media presence. She has courted controversy on several occasions for her criticism of the BJP, particularly Prime Minister Modi.
TNM

Parts of Bengaluru to face 7-hour power cut on Nov 3

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Multiple parts of Bengaluru will face a power cut for several hours on Saturday, the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (Bescom) announced on Thursday. Bescom said that there will be a complete shutdown of power supply in parts of east Bengaluru for seven hours on November 3 due to maintenance work. In a press statement, Bescom said, “There will be no power supply in the following areas on 3.11.2018 between 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM to carry out maintenance work of all equipments at 66/11KV K&C Valley Sub-Station.”

The affected areas include Challaghatta, B Nagasandra, NAL Road, SR Layout, NR Layout, PR Layout, Rustum bagh, Koramangala and Challaghatta Valley, Yemalur Logica, Epsilon Layout, Kempapura, Kempapura A K colony, Wind Tunnel road, Vinayaka Nagar, Pearl Paradise Layout, Intel, Mahesh Kethan, Rohan Jharoka, LG Software, Salarpuria Sattva, Konena Agrahara and NAL installation, and surroundings areas.

The seven-hour outage comes after regularly power cuts for 1-2 hours across the city for small-scale maintenance work or fixing faults, as announced by Bescom through its social media channels.

BESCOM said that out of 9,207 complaints registered on Wednesday, 8,957 complaints were resolved.

Other than 1912 helpline, customers can call these helpline numbers based on their zones.

East – 9480816108, 9480816109, 9480816110

West- 9480816111, 9480816112, 9480816113

North-9480816114, 9480816115, 9480816116

South-9480816117, 9480816118, 9480816119

Despite, a paucity of coal supply from Centre, both BESCOM and the state government have claimed that there is no need for loadshedding in Bengaluru city or elsewhere in surrounding areas. In a press conference on October 25, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said the demand-supply gap in the state was between 200 MW and 400 MW from 5 pm to 10 pm every day, and reiterated that the government will avoid load shedding and look for increasing power generation through hydroelectric power plants.

TNM

Amritsar train tragedy: Sidhu fails to appear before inquiry commission

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Punjab Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday failed to appear before the one-man commission conducting an inquiry into the Amritsar train tragedy in which 60 people were killed on October 19.

Sidhu’s wife, Navjot Kaur, who was also summoned by the commission, however, appeared on Friday and gave her statement.

Sidhu, who was present in Amritsar on Friday, later held a press conference and justified his absence.

“I wrote to him (probe commissioner) that I was not in Punjab from October 16-20. So there are no inputs that can actually add to your proceedings,” Sidhu told the media.

Senior IAS officer B. Purushartha, who is conducting the magisterial inquiry in Amritsar, had asked the Sidhu couple to appear before the commission on November 2.

Regarding Sidhu not appearing before the inquiry commission, Navjot Kaur told the media after appearing before the commission at the Improvement Trust building that “He is at home only. He had a programme to distribute cheques (to families of victims of the train tragedy). He has sent whatever statement he wanted to make (to the commission).”

Navjot Kaur, a former legislator and ex chief parliamentary secretary, was the chief guest at the Dussehra festival near Joda Phatak when the DMU (diesel multiple unit) train crushed those standing on the railway tracks.

Sixty people lost their lives and an equal number were injured in the train tragedy.

Opposition leaders and locals alleged that Navjot Kaur fled the scene after the train mowed down the people.

There are allegations that the event was organised without mandatory permissions, which had to be given by the municipal corporation which falls under the local government department headed by Sidhu.

The main organiser of the event, Saurabh Madan Mithoo, is a close political aide of the Sidhu couple.

Mithoo, his family members and other organisers were questioned by the inquiry commission in Amritsar, over 250 km from here, on Tuesday for over four hours.

The commission has been asked to submit its report within four weeks.

BJP asks EC to postpone Ramanagara bye-poll

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State Election Commission sources, however, told media it is highly unlikely that the poll would be countermanded.

The BJP in Karnataka, which was stumped on Thursday by the withdrawal of its candidate in the Ramanagara Assembly bye-poll just two days ahead of the election, has now sought the polling to be postponed in the seat. To this effect, its leader Chi Na Ramu, the party’s National General Secretary of SC Morcha, wrote to the Election Commission of India. The party also sought action against its candidate L Chandrashekar, son of Congress MLC CM Lingappa.

However, a top state Election Commission officer told media it is highly unlikely that the poll would be countermanded.

“We have not received any instructions from ECI. I don’t think there is a chance of elections being countermanded. The withdrawal from polls by a candidate after the notified date of withdrawal (October 20) is unofficial. His (Chandrashekar’s) name and symbols will be in the EVMs. His party had supported till the last day of withdrawal of candidature and that is why his name is already in the ballot,” the officer told media.

Other than Ramanagara, bye-polls will be held at Assembly segment of Jamakhandi and three Lok Sabha segments – Shimoga, Ballari and Mandya on Saturday as a precursor of sorts to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The results will be declared on November 6. The Congress-JD(S) have decided to put up a united front against the BJP after forming a post-poll alliance in May.

On Thursday, in a major embarrassment for the opposition party in the state, Chandrashekar retired from the elections in an unprecedented move and announced that he is rejoining the Congress. “I take back my nomination and I support Congress-JDS candidate Anita Kumaraswamy,” Chandrashekar stated in a letter. He said the “disinterest” shown by BJP’s state president BS Yeddyurappa for campaigning in the constituency forced him to quit.

The bye-poll in this seat was necessitated as Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy won both the seats of Ramanagara and Channapatna in the May state polls, but chose to vacate this seat. Chandrashekar was the BJP’s choice against JD(S)’s Anitha Kumaraswamy, the wife of the CM. The Congress has decided to lend support to the JD(S) as part of the continuing alliance since the Assembly elections.

Incidentally, CM HD Kumaraswamy has won for the fourth straight time from Ramanagara since 2004. According to poll analysts, with the Congress and JD(S) joining hands, it was realistically impossible for the BJP to manage a victory despite the rivalry between the grassroot workers of the JD(S) and Congress.

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