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Ranveer Singh & Deepika Padukone Finally Enter Into A Wedlock

Ranveer Singh & Deepika Padukone finally sealed the deal & got married in a traditional Chitrapur Saraswat style ceremony on 14th Nov, 2018. The Sindhi Anand Karaj ceremony took place on 15th Nov, 2018. The couple have been together since the year 2013 & finally announced their wedding in late Oct, 2018.

Ranveer Singh & Deepika Padukone tied the knot at Lake Como in Italy after dating for over 6 years.

They exchanged the rings post a Phool Muddi ceremony.

Singer Harshdeep Kaur performed on numbers like “Kala Sha Kala” at the sangeet.

Karan Johar took to Twitter to congratulate the happy couple. “Such a stunning gorgeous & beautiful couple! Nazar utar lo! Deepika Padukone & Ranveer Singh!! Badhai ho!!! Love you both!!! Here’s to a lifetime of love & joy!” he wrote.

So Ranveer Singh & Deepika Padukone are by now married after the traditional Chitrapur Saraswat style wedding at Lake Como, Italy. They solemnized their relationship after 6 years of dating each other. Ranveer Singh & Deepika Padokone had first met each other on the sets on Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela.

The dress code for the ceremony for the guests was color white.

With the strict no photo policy at the VeerDeep Shaadi, fans may just have to rely on screenshots to satisfy their curiosity for a while. With the likes of drone interceptors in the sky & guests being made to wear special wrist bands & scan unique QR codes on their phones in order to gain entry, the security at the venue was tight. Deepika Padukone’s sister, Anisha Padukone changed her social media bio to reflect her status as the #Ladkiwale with a bride emoticon.

Shah Rukh Khan, Farah Khan & Sanjay Leela Bhansali reached the wedding venue by 9 am on the D – Day. They were amongst the few from the film fraternity who were a part of the official wedding. The guest list had mostly been restricted to family & close friends.

And the security arrangements were tight at the venue. From special wrist bands to patrolling boats to no mobile phone policy, every little detail had been taken care of. There were boats patrolling the area surrounding the wedding venue to decapitate any drone in the vicinity.

The couple had also requested singer Harshdeep Kaur to delete a photo that the singer had shared with her husband, by the lake, because they did not want any photos of the high profile wedding to surface online.

The mehendi ceremony which was held on Tues afternoon had both Ranveer Singh & Deepika Padukone donning Sabyasachi creations as the wedding party grooved to Harshdeep Kaur’s tunes. The designer himself was also present & the men also applied henna on their palms.

Deepika Padukone & Ranveer Singh wore similar rich shades of red & pink & the bride reportedly got misty-eyed more than once. The doting groom-to-be was by her side the whole time.

The couple was expected to have 2 wedding ceremonies. A Chitrapur Saraswat style wedding was slated to take place on the morning of 14thNov, 2018, since Deepika Padukone belongs to the Konkani speaking community originally from Karnataka. This was followed by a Sindhi style ceremony on 15th Nov, 2018, as Ranveer Singh naturally hails from a Sindhi Community.

For the Chitrapur Saraswat ceremony, Deepika Padukone was dressed in a traditional white & gold silk sari & wore a red lehenga on day 2. Ranveer Singh had donned a heavily embellished sherwani. The couple’s outfits were all a Sabyasachi Mukherji creations.

While most of them had speculated that the Ranveer Singh & Deepika Padukone’s wedding is taking place at Villa Del Balbianello, the venue was actually Casta Diva Resort & Spa located in Blevio village on the eastern side of the Lake Como.

The wet weather had indeed prompted the wedding planners to change the venue at the last minute.

The couple had officially exchanged rings post a Phool Muddi ceremony, while the couple had welcomed their guests personally at the entrance of the venue. Both the bride & the groom had worn western outfits. Deepika Padukone was in a white dress & Ranveer Singh in black. The engagement ceremony was followed by a formal sit – down dinner & the guests were also requested to not share any pictures on the social media platforms.

Day one of the wedding festivities had kicked off at Lake Como with the sangeet. Harshdeep Kaur & her band had set the mood just right with dance numbers like “Kala Sha Kala”, “Mehendi Hai Rachney Wali”, “Mehendi Ni Mehendi” & “Gur Naal Ishq Mitha”. Ranveer Singh had even taken to the floor to sing & dance to his Gunday number “Tune Maari Entriyaan”

If you were wondering what Ranveer Singh would be wearing on his big day, the clue perhaps lied in the Sabyasachi Mukherji bags that his stylist Nitasha Gaurav was spotted carrying on her way to Italy.

Deepika Padukone’s wedding ensemble was in a vibrant red with intricate thread work. Ranveer Singh, on the other hand, was seen in a gorgeous Kanjeevaram sherwani.

Deepika Padukone & Ranveer Singh’s wedding was the talk of the town & everyone had wanted to know every little detail of this celebrity wedding. But who do you think had made this dream wedding come true? Of course, a wedding planner & for Deepika Padukone & Ranveer Singh, the celebrity wedding planner was none other than Vandana Mohan, who had turned a fairy godmother. So who is Vandana Mohan? Well! She is a celebrity wedding planner in her own right

The wedding was captured for the posterity sake by the same crew that had filmed the wedding of Virat Kohli & Anushka Sharma in Tuscany. Vishal Punjabi’s The Wedding Filmer. TWF had also shot the wedding sequence in Deepika Padukone’s Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.

Ranveer Singh’s hair stylist Nitasha Gaurav had posted an update on the couple on the social media platforms.

They had asked the lucky guests to not bring their cell phones to the ceremony. Considering the fact that it will be a destination wedding, there will be fewer people & all the arrangements will be in place. While the 2, in all likelihood, will share pictures with their fans eventually, they hoped that this step will help them guard their privacy”

 Moreovrer 12 florists were specially flown in from Florence to decorate the wedding venue Villa Del Balbianello. The Lake Como resort where the guests were staying was about 45 minutes away from the wedding venue & the guests used the golf carts for transport within the location. With an outdoor floating pool, the location also boasted of an alfresco terrace overlooking the lake. Surrounded by the botanic park, the resort was spread across an area of about 26,000 sq meters. The location appeared to be the property of Lac De Come Hotels.

The groom-to-be then reportedly made a flamboyant entry on a seaplane with a seating capacity of 14 people. Chefs from Switzerland reportedly arrived at the venue. The wedding was reportedly held in the morning on 14th Nov, 2018 followed by a grand lunch.

Playback singer Harshdeep Kaur posted a photo of herself in a plane with a cryptic caption that read, “Off to a very special place for an even more special occasion. Arrivederci”.

The villa was closed for the public starting a day before the wedding day. The families were staying at a hotel 10 minutes from the venue because the venue itself didn’t have a boarding facility.”

“Since they are both from non-filmy families, they wanted a quiet wedding away from the prying eyes of the world.” The source went on to say that the Mumbai & above all the Bengaluru receptions are all set to be ritzy affairs, with the Mumbai reception to be held on 28th Nov, 2018 & the Bangalore reception yet to be finalized. The wedded couple had requested the guests not to get any gifts but donate instead to Deepika Padukone’s “Live Love Laugh Foundation”, which works towards raising awareness about the depression. “Both Ranveer Singh & Deepika Padukone are deeply committed to the cause & wanted to involve all their guests in the good deed.

Cyclone Gaja set to cross TN coast near Nagapattinam

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 The severe cyclonic storm Gaja, which lay centred about 126 km east of Karaikal in Puducherry, is expected to cross the Tamil Nadu coast near Nagapattinam on Thursday night, Indian Meteoroligcal Department (IMD) said.

According to IMD, Gaja is expected to cross the coast south of Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu by 11 p.m. Thursday with a wind speed of 80-90 kmph gusting to 100 kmph.

The IMD officials said the outer rim of the Gaja cyclone is touching Karaikal and strong winds have already started blowing in the coastal districts.

Rains have started in Nagapattinam, Cuddalore, Thiruvarur districts.

The IMD predicted rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy at a few places over Tamilnadu and Puducherry.

Extremely heavy rain measuring about 20 cm at isolated places is also likely over Cuddalore, Nagappattinam, Karaikal, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur, Pudukkottai, Tuticorin and Ramanathapuram districts, IMD said.

Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu government has set up relief centres in the districts of Cuddalore, Nagapattinam, Ramanathapuram, Thanjavur and Thiruvarur.

People in living in low-lying areas have been shifted to relief centres.

Universities and colleges have postponed their exams slated for Friday.

Similarly, schools and colleges in Nagapattinam, Cuddalore and Thiruvarur will be closed on Friday.

According to the AIADMK government, telecommunication companies have said they would have oil stocked for a minimum of five days in the cyclone-expected zone and for 15 days at their headquarters.

The mobile telephone companies also assured the government of moving their mobile telecom towers or cell on wheels to Nagapattinam and Cuddalore.

According to a statement from the state government, arrangements have been made to send bulk SMS to mobile subscribers warning about the weather issued by the emergency control centres.

The Indian Navy is also on high alert and is ready to render any assistance, a statement said.

Two Navy ships – Ranvir and Khanjar – are standing by to proceed to the most affected areas to undertake humanitarian aid, distress relief, evacuation, and logistic support, including proviging medical aid, the Navy said.

Additionally, aircraft from Naval Air Stations Dega, Rajali and Parundu and patrolling boats from naval detachments in Ramnathapuram, Nagapattinam have been warning the fishing vessels about the approaching storm, the Navy said.

Naval aircraft are also standing by to undertake reconnaissance, rescue, casualty, evacuation and air drop of relif material to the stranded.

IANS

SC issues directions to 8 HCs, state governments on appointment of judges

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The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a series of directions to eight high courts and state governments on the appointment of judges to the vacant positions in the subordinate judiciary, including infrastructure and court staff in a time-bound manner.

The states included Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Goa, NCT Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Manipur, and Meghalaya.

The hearing saw the court pulling up the Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Delhi and other state governments for their lackadaisical attitude in providing infrastructure and manpower for the functioning of the subordinate court.

Uttar Pradesh, with more than 1,000 vacancies in the subordinate and higher judiciary, was directed to complete the process of appointment in a time-bound manner by adhering to the time-lines given to it for the filling of vacancies, court infrastructure, supporting staff and accommodation for the judges.

The bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Sanjay Krishan Kaul and Justice K. M. Joseph took a dim view of the way the things were progressing in Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

The court asked Delhi to state on affidavit indicating difficulties it was encountering and the possible solutions.

The court order came as Delhi said it faced with serious financial constraints. The court was broadly satisfied the way things were progressing in Maharashtra and Assam.

The today’s proceedings saw Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi making it abundantly clear that top court wants vacancies in subordinate judiciary to be filled up coupled with required infrastructure for their functioning.

“We need judges, we need court rooms and the staff”, declared CJI Gogoi.

Making it clear that it would not let the proceedings be hostage to reports, proposals and recommendation of the committees, CJI Gogoi said: “We will ensure that posts of judicial officers are filled up and it was incumbent upon the state governments to provide both the infrastructure and the manpower to run the courts.”

IANS

India, US, Japan, Australia discuss cooperation in Indo-Pacific

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 Officials of the quad, revived last year comprising India, the US, Japan, and Australia that seeks to work for peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region, met in Singapore on Thursday on the sidelines of this year’s East Asia Summit.

According to a statement issued by the External Affairs Ministry, the four sides held consultations on regional and global issues of common interest.

“The discussions focused on cooperation in areas such as connectivity, sustainable development, counter-terrorism, non-proliferation and maritime and cyber security, with a view to promoting peace, stability and prosperity in an increasingly inter-connected Indo-Pacific region that the four countries share with each other and with other partners,” the statement said.

Reflecting India’s view, the participants reaffirmed the centrality of the role of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) regional bloc as the cornerstone of a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific.

In his keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue, a Track I annual inter-governmental security forum organised by the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) think tank in Singapore in June, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India does not see the Indo-Pacific region as a strategy or as a club of limited members.

“It includes all nations in this geography as also others beyond who have a stake in it. Southeast Asia is at its centre. And, Asean has been and will be central to its future,” Modi said.

The Indo-Pacific region extends from the eastern coast of Japan to the eastern coast of Africa.

According to Thursday’s ministry statement, the four sides “agreed to partner with other countries and forums in the region to promote a free, open, rules-based and inclusive order in the Indo-Pacific that fosters trust and confidence”.

“They committed to strengthening connectivity and quality infrastructure based on sovereignty, equality and territorial integrity of all nations, as well as transparency, economic viability and financial responsibility,” it said.

The meeting assumes significance given China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific and its belligerence in the South China Sea region.

The quad officials also exchanged views on recent developments in the regional situation.

The four sides agreed to continue the consultations, according to the statement.

IANS

Rahul targets Modi over Rafale: “Watchman sold out”

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Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi questioning if the pact to buy 36 Rafale jets from France was at all a government-to-government deal.

“The latest skeleton to tumble out of the Rafale cupboard: No guarantee by the French government backing the deal.

“But, our Prime Minister says there’s a letter from the French promising to be faithful! That’s enough to call this a government-to-government deal,” Gandhi tweeted, adding “#BikGayaChowkidar” (watchman sold out).

Gandhi’s latest jibe at Modi comes a day after the Centre told the Supreme Court that there was no sovereign guarantee by the French government backing the deal but only a letter of comfort.

The submission was made by Attorney General K.K. Venugopal before a bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and K.M. Joseph, which reserved its verdict on PILs on the fighter jet deal.

IANS

As India fails to clean up its air, China is winning war on pollution

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 While New Delhi and other Indian cities choke amid worsening air conditions and half-hearted government measures, neighbouring China — the world’s largest polluter — is slowly winning its war against pollution.

Over a dozen Indian cities today are where their Chinese counterparts used to be some five years ago.

Until 2009, 16 of the world’s 20 most polluted cities were in China. This year, the first 14, including New Delhi, are in India, and only the last four — minus Beijing — are in China.

China is notorious for pollution and it’s not just an offshoot of four decades of furious industrialisation. The problem stretches back centuries when dynastic leaders ignored the environmental costs of development.

China had no environmental institution until 1972, six years after which the country went into an almost four-decade-long economic frenzy that saw smoke-billowing factories sprout across its landscape.

The government woke up to the problem only in late 2013 when a severe smog descended on Beijing — dubbed “airpocalypse” — and an eight-year-old girl in Jiangsu province was diagnosed with lung cancer attributed to air pollution, making her the youngest cancer patient in the country.

This triggered a huge public outcry and, surprisingly, the state-owned media joined the chorus.

“That was a watershed moment. People were angry. It was then that the government decided to monitor PM (particulate matter) 2.5 in 74 cities and make the data public,” Ma Jun, Director at the Institute of Public Environmental Affairs, a Chinese NGO, told IANS.

The stability-obsessed Chinese government also realised that merely disseminating data was not enough and announced an ambitious plan to wage a “war on pollution”.

Green activists say although China has a long way to go to curb pollution, its efforts have begun to pay off.

The Chinese Environment Ministry said in September that over half of some 650 cities saw air quality improve year-on-year. Now the skies over Beijing are blue — and on some days exceptionally clean.

“Political will and ambitious targets set by the government in 2013 have delivered very impressive gains, but the level of determination going forward needs to be reaffirmed,” Lauri Myllyvirta, senior global campaigner, coal and air pollution, Greenpeace, told IANS.

“Of course, things could still change this year if the first month or two of the winter period show negative progress,” he added.

China is the world’s largest coal producer and burns half of it itself, causing severe air pollution. But over the years, China has shut many coal-fired power plants and shifted to natural gas heating. This leaves many homes outside Beijing and other provinces extremely cold in winter but reduces smog.

In a bolder decision this October, the Chinese government said it will switch another 1.18 million residential households in the country to natural gas heating this winter.

“If you look at Beijing, the capital’s coal consumption has dropped from 22 million tonnes in 2012 to five million tonnes this year,” said Ma. “Beijing’s 2.5 PM has dropped from 90 to 58 in 2018.”

The Chinese standard for PM 2.5 is 35.

China has also cracked down heavily on polluting factories, shutting tens of thousands of them. It has a “green police” which has the power to send its inspection teams to any part of the country, a privilege enjoyed only by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

In 2017, 18,000 companies for were punished for pollution and fines worth $125 million were levied.

The green police also has the power to sack officials for being lax in controlling pollution. Last year, 12,000 officials were disciplined.

Setting off crackers is completely banned in 444 cities, including Beijing.

The glut of cars in Beijing is responsible for 30 percent of the city’s air pollution. And to tackle this, the government has placed a limit on license plates of cars. Car rationing is implemented with ease when pollution shoots up.

In another major decision last month, the Chinese market regulator decided to set up a system to recall vehicles that violate the country’s pollution and emissions standards. Besides, China has the most number of electric vehicles in the world and it subsidises their manufacture.

The country is, in fact, spending heavily on clean energy — more than twice the amount invested by the US.

“More actions are needed. The coal consumption has stagnated but we need to reduce it further,” Ma said.

“There are many cities in China’s coal-belly, Shanxi, which still cannot meet the modest air quality standards. Things have improved, but we have a long way to go.”

The World Health Organisation has acknowledged China’s efforts in curbing pollution and reckons that India can take a cue from it.

IANS

Rohingya in Bangladesh will not be forced back to Myanmar

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Hundreds of thousands of Muslim-majority Rohingya who fled Myanmar, citing rape, murder and arson, will not be forcibly repatriated, Bangladesh’s Rohingya Relief and Repatriation Commissioner has said.

“No one will be forced back to Myanmar,” Abul Kalam told media.

Bangladesh is scheduled to send back an initial group of 2,260 Rohingya from 485 families on Thursday, in line with a bilateral plan agreed by the two governments in October.

But the move has been opposed by the United Nations’ refugee agency and aid groups who say the Muslim minority can’t be forced back, causing confusion over whether the repatriations will go ahead.

Ghumdhum border crossing from where the refugees were to be repatriated wore a deserted look [Faisal Mahmud/Al Jazeera]
“They survived atrocities so it’s natural they fear to go back,” Kalam said.

When asked whether the Rohingya would be guaranteed a “safe and dignified” return, Kalam said: “Everything is done as per the agreement between Bangladesh and Myanmar. I hope the Myanmar authority will keep their words.”

The terms of the repatriation deal, however, has never been made public.

People do not want to go back to Myanmar due to safety concerns
FOYAZULLAH, ROHINGYA REFUGEE

The plan to begin returning the Rohingya to Myanmar comes just days after UN investigators warned of an “ongoing genocide” against the Muslim minority.

Marzuki Darusman, the chairman of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar, said beyond mass killings, the conflict included the ostracization of the population, prevention of births, and widespread displacement in camps.

Earlier this week, Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights urged Bangladesh to halt the repatriation plan saying it violated international law.

Bangladesh is scheduled to send back an initial group of 2,260 Rohingya [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera]
“We are witnessing terror and panic among those Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar who are at imminent risk of being returned to Myanmar against their will,” she said.

“Forcibly expelling or returning refugees and asylum seekers to their home country would be a clear violation of the core legal principle of non-refoulement, which forbids repatriation where there are threats of persecution or serious risks to the life and physical integrity or liberty of the individuals.”

“People do not want to go back to Myanmar due to safety concerns,” Foyazullah, a 43-year old Rohingya living in Bangladesh’s sprawling Cox’s Bazar refugee camp.

“The people in charge of the camps are harassing people. As a result many families have fled and are hiding in nearby forests.”

Late last month, a group of Rohingya refugees sent a list of 10 demands to Myanmar leader’s Aung San Suu Kyi, saying the beleaguered community would return only when its demands were met.

Once hailed as a champion in the fight for democracy, Aung San Suu Kyi has faced intense scrutiny over her response to the plight of the Rohingya.

She has been stripped of a series of international honours, with the latest coming on Tuesday when Amnesty withdrew its highest award citing her “indifference” to the plight of the Rohingya.

Imtiaz Ahmed, a professor at Dhaka University told Al Jazeera that there was mounting concern the Rohingya were still “not welcome on Myanmar’s soil.”

“I have seen reports that say conditions in Myanmar are still not suitable for return,” he said. “This obviously raises concern.”

In the days leading to Thursday’s expulsion, Human Rights Watch reported that Bangladesh had deployed its army to refugee camps, heightening the refugees’ fear of return.

“The Bangladesh government will be stunned to see how quickly international opinion turns against it if it starts sending unwilling Rohingya refugees back into harm’s way in Myanmar,” Bill Frelick, the group’s refugee rights director, said in a statement.

“That Dhaka deployed its army into the camps is a red flag that this terrified community is not willing to return.”

Myanmar’s government has trumpeted every occasion where a Rohingya family has returned, however many fear returning to Myanmar without guaranteed rights such as citizenship, access to healthcare and freedom of movement – rights that were denied to them long before last year’s crackdown.

Ro Nay San Lwin, a Rohingya activist said Myanmar was trying to forcibly relocate the Rohingya to avoid being prosecuted by the International Criminal Court (ICC).

In September, the ICC ruled it could prosecute Myanmar for alleged crimes against humanity against the Rohingya, an unprecedented decision that could expose the country’s politicians and military leaders to charges.

“They think that allowing people back to Myanmar will help them,” Nay San said. “However, they are not fulfilling any demands made by the refugees.”

More than 700,000 Rohingya fled a brutal army crackdown in Myanmar’s Rakhine state last year, accusing government soldiers and local Buddhists of massacring families, burning hundreds of villages, and carrying out mass gang rape.

Myanmar denies the allegations, saying security forces were battling “terrorists”.

 

Aljazeera

Shuttler Srikanth in Hong Kong Open quarters

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 Shuttler Kidambi Srikanth defeated his compatriot H.S Prannoy in an all-Indian men’s singles clash to enter the quarter-final of the Hong Kong open tournament here on Thursday.

In a marathon match of an hour and seven minutes, the fourth seed Srikanth edged past Prannoy 18-21, 30-29, 21-18.

After losing the first game, Srikanth bounced back in the second game in a hard-fought battle. The third game saw another intense battle between the two but Srikanth proved much better towards the end and wrapped up the issue.

Other Indian Sameer Verma also advanced as he got a walkover from his fifth seed Chinese opponent Chen Long.

In mixed doubles category, Satwik Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa crashed out of the meet losing to Lee Yang and Hsu of Chinese Taipei.

The Chinese Taipei duo defeated the Indian pair 21-17, 21-11 in just 37 minutes of play.

Later in the day, third seed P.V. Sindhu will face Sung Ji Hyun of South Korea in women’s singles match.

IANS

Naxalism will end in next three-five years: Rajnath

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 Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday expressed confidence over eliminating naxalism in the coming three-five years and asked Maoists to join the mainstream by surrendering under the rehabilitation policy for them.

“Naxalism will end in next three to five years. The surrender process is continuous and the government has decided to make the rehabilitation policy more effective,” he told reporters here during his two-day election campaigning in Chhattisgarh.

Rajnath Singh said Maoism was going through its last phase and that it had been reduced from ninety districts to only ten or eleven districts of the country.

He said earlier the killing of security personnel was more but the number of casualty of Maoists has increased with forces having an upper hand.

The Minister appealed to the Maoists to shun the path of violence and surrender, assuring them of providing benefits of rehabilitation policy being pursued by the government.

The Minister mocked at the Congress for not declaring its Chief Ministerial candidate in Chhattisgarh, saying “Congress is moving ahead with a marriage procession without the groom”.

“The Congress as well as all opposition political parties have been currently facing a crisis of credibility. The Congress has lost its inherent strength which is the base of any political party. This is the reason the Congress hasn’t so far announced its Chief Ministerial candidate (in Chhattisgarh),” he said.

Congress, which is seeking to end 15 years of BJP rule in Chhattisgarh, has so far not declared its Chief Ministerial candidate in the state that will go for the second phase of Assembly polls in 72 of the 90 constituencies on November 20 to elect a new Assembly. The first phase concluded on November 12.

Calling Congress manifesto a “postdated cheque”, the Minister said: “the Congress recently launched its manifesto. What is the purpose of launching the manifesto when a political party has lost its faith in public and there is no credibility of its promises.”

Rajnath Singh said the faith of people in the state has increased in Bharatiya Janata Party and its Chief Minister Raman Singh.

“I am saying it on the basis of reading the mood of people after the first phase of Assembly elections and attending three public meetings on Wednesday. Generally, credibility of crisis arises among people against any political party or the Chief Minister who work for long time. But there is a reverse impact in Chhattisgarh. Despite working for 15 years, people’s faith has increased for Raman Singh.”

Rajnath Singh said that Raman Singh’s government has done a wonderful work in Chhattisgarh since 2003.

“Chhattisgarh’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product) has risen to more than 3.25 lakh crore from around 39,000 crore in 2003. This is not a small thing.”

IANS 

Delhi designer murdered, 3 held

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 A fashion designer and her help were stabbed to death in a south Delhi farmhouse, police said on Thursday, adding that the three suspects who have been detained went to a police station to confess their crime.

Mala Lakhani, 53, who operated the Tulsi Creations boutique in Green Park and stayed in Vasant Kunj Enclave, was found dead along with her domestic help, Bahadur, 50.

Their bodies were discovered with multiple stab wounds on Thursday at her home, Deputy Commissioner of Police Devender Arya said.

Prima facie, the crime appeared to have occurred late on Wednesday. It was reported to the police on Thursday morning, he said in a statement.

“We have detained three persons, including prime suspect Rahul Anwar, who worked at her boutique,” Arya added. The officer said all three went to a police station and confessed to committing the crime at 2.45 a.m.

Stunned police officers who rushed to the spot found the two bodies “in a pool of blood”.

Lakhani, he said, had set up a workshop in her house for cutting and tailoring where one of the accused, Anwar, worked as a tailor. He planned the crime along with his associates, Rahmat and Wasim, Arya said.

They also stole valuable items from Lakhani’s house and left the spot in her car.

IANS

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