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Bengaluru FC beat Kerala Blasters in ISL tie

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Bengaluru FC kept their perfect record against Kerala Blasters FC intact in the Indian Super League (ISL) with a 2-1 win at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Monday.

Captain Sunil Chhetri opened the scoring in the 17th minute with a neat finish past Naveen Kumar. Kerala equalised with a well-converted spot-kick by Slavisa Stojanovic in the 30th minute but an own goal by Nikola Krcmarevic in the 80th minute settled the tie in favour of the visitors.

The win means Bengaluru FC have now won all three of their away matches on the trot to maintain a perfect record.

The home side could have earned an early lead had C.K. Vineeth kept his shot on target from Prasanth Karuthadathkuni’s low cross from the right. The forward sneaked into the box from the right but sent his effort over the bar.

Erik Paartalu had the goal at his mercy at the other end minutes later.

Dimas Delgado’s delivery from a free-kick was headed by Sandesh Jhingan into the feet of the Australian whose effort from the near post was cleared by Lalruatthara who was positioned near the goal line.

The Blues made a breakthrough in the 17th minute through a neat finish by Chhetri.

Miku’s terrific through-ball behind the Kerala defence allowed Chhetri to race into the box and put the ball into the net.

Blasters were back in the contest at the half-hour mark. Sahal Samad collected Cyril Kali’s throw-in from the right flank but was fouled inside the box by Nishu Kumar before he could get his shot away.

The referee pointed at the spot and Stojanovic stepped up to score an emphatic spot-kick.

The hosts, boosted by the equaliser, could have taken the lead before half-time. Nikola Krcmarevic’s excellent cross-field diagonal reached Prasanth on the right flank who found Doungel inside the box and the Indian striker forced Gurpreet to a good reflex save.

After the break, Erik Paartalu’s long ball into the box had the Kerala defence on alert.

Harmanjot Khabra headed the ball back to Chhetri who lobbed it forward for Miku but the Venezuelan’s deflected effort went wide.

Another long punt up the field, this time by goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh, allowed Miku to sneak into the box past Lakic-Pesic.

The Venezuelan found Udanta Singh in the centre but the winger’s powerful shot took a deflection and was parried away by Naveen.

In the final quarter of the game, Vineeth threatened again when he beat the offside trap to latch onto Prasanth’s delightful through-ball but his shot past Gurpreet rolled wide of goal.

Bengaluru broke the Kerala hearts with nine minutes to go. Xisco released Miku into the box and the latter’s return was sent goalwards by the Spaniard. Naveen’s save off the substitute’s shot hit Krcmarevic before rolling into the net.

Kerala hardly created any chance of note thereafter as their unbeaten start to the season came to an end.

IANS

Kolkata woman burnt for dowry, extra-marital affair; 3 held

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A 22-year-old woman in Kolkata’s Baguiati area sought justice before succumbing to burn injuries, after which her husband and two others have been arrested, police said on Monday.

“Sangita Das suffered burn injuries on October 26 and she died on November 3. Her husband, Amarnath Das, 25, her mother-in-law Rima Das and Tanaya Chattopadhyay (in relation with Amarnath) have been arrested,” a police official said.

He said the initial investigation reveals an angle of dowry and an illicit relation of the husband. The third accused is the woman who is said to have an affair with Amarnath.

“We have managed to take the statement of the deceased based on which the three individuals were arrested,” he said.

IANS

Women targeted by Sabarimala protesters

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 Sabarimala protesters on Tuesday raged, intimidated and sent back at least one woman from the age group of 10-50 years as they refused to break with tradition.

After the Lord Ayyappa temple opened on Monday at 5 p.m. for the special one-day session amid tight security, there were violent protests by devotees late in the night and early on Tuesday as they found out women from the hitherto banned age group approaching the shrine.

Two women on Tuesday were apprehended on their way through Pamba and threatened after devotees found out they were without the holy kit (Irumudi Kettu).

Shouting Ayyappa slogans the protesters stopped them from advancing any further. This was despite the fact that they were above 50 years, the police said.

It was not until their leaders announced on microphones that the protests ended. Later the women were helped to complete their darshan and perform puja at the hilltop temple.

The first protests were witnessed late on Monday, when a 30-year-old woman along with her husband and children was stopped. Following the violent outbursts, the woman retreated.

She was sent back home along with her family early on Tuesday under police security.

Although Kerala Police has literally taken over Sabarimala posting a dozen women officials over 50 years of age near the shrine, there has not been any woman devotee inside the sanctum sanctorum from the hitherto banned age group despite the Pinarayi Vijayan government promising to carry out the September 28 Supreme Court verdict.

The temple will shut its gates at 10 p.m.

According to figures more than 10,000 pilgrims had taken the pathway to the temple hilltop, compared with less than 1,000 devotees the same day last year.

The temple had witnessed massive protests between October 17 and 22, after it opened for the first time following the apex court’s ruling allowing the hitherto banned age group of girls and women to enter the Lord Ayyappa shrine.

The temple town is witnessing one of its most stringent security arrangements. There were more than 2,300 police officials posted at various points up the pilgrimage path after the state took over the shrine’s security on Saturday.

Several metal detectors have been kept at a various points and crowd combating arrangements are also in place.

The Kerala government has announced it would implement the apex court’s ruling, pitting it against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and numerous Hindu groups which have been up in arms against the verdict.

IANS

Man kills wife, stepson in Patna

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A man shot dead his wife and stepson in the Bihar capital on Tuesday, police said, adding that a close relative has been detained.

The incident took place in Ishanagar in Phulwarisharif here. Neighbours told the police that the tragedy might have been the result of a family dispute.

A close relative of the main accused was detained for interrogation, Phulwarisharif station officer in-charge Mohd Qaiser Alam said.

Congress-JD-S alliance in Karnataka has turned out beneficial: Chidambaram

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New Delhi Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday said the lesson of the 4-1 victory in the parliamentary and assembly bypolls in Karnataka is that the alliance has turned out beneficial.

“The 4-1 win in the Karnataka bye-elections is similar to the Test series of Indian cricket team led by Virat Kohli. Lesson to be learnt: Alliance has turned out to be beneficial,” Chidambaram tweeted.

The senior Congress leader’s remarks came after the Karnataka ruling coalition Janata Dal-Secular and Congress took lead in two seats each in the vote count for the three Lok Sabha and two assembly seats.

According to early trends at 9.45 a.m., the Bharatiya Janata Party was expected to hold on to its Shimoga seat but might lose the Bellary seat where its trailing by over one lakh votes.

The JD-S was leading over BJP in Ramanagara and Mandya, while the Congress was leading in Jamkhandi and Bellary.

Counting of votes began at 8 a.m. in Bellary (reserved), Mandya and Shimoga Lok Sabha seats and Jamkhandi and Ramanagara assembly seats for the polling held on November 3.

Prior to the bypolls, the JD-S held Ramanagara and Mandya seats, while the Congress Jamakhandi and the BJP Bellary and Shimoga.

(IANS)

Delhi’s air quality improves to ‘severe’

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New Delhi The national capital and its surroundings continued to suffer toxic air quality on Tuesday with only a slight improvement from “emergency” to “severe” category.

The Air Quality Index (AQI) of Delhi at 9 a.m. was recorded 403, on a scale of 0 to 500. The AQI on Monday at the same time was 415, which had gradually worsened to 435 by evening.

According to the India Meteorological Department, the shallow fog in the morning mixed with the pollutants that lead to smog.

On Tuesday, there was a slight drop in moisture, which was good for dispersion of pollutants.

The pollution monitoring agencies said that the extra load of pollutants coming from stubble burning from neighbouring states also registered a slight drop, leading to slight improvement — though still in the danger zone.

“The condition is expected to prevail till Diwali,” said the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR)

However, it might improve if no additional emission from firecrackers add to Delhi’s air, it added.

The average volume of particle pollutant PM2.5 , or particles with a diametre less than 2.5 mm, was 257 microgrammes per cubic meters, considered “severe”.

The safe limit of PM2.5 and PM10 is under-60 and 100 units, as per national standards. The international standards are 25 units for PM2.5 and 50 units for PM10.

[IANS]

JD-S, Congress lead in Karnataka bypolls

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Bengaluru Karnataka’s ruling coalition Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) and Congress are leading in two seats each in the vote count for the three Lok Sabha and two assembly seats, a poll official said.

According to early trends at 9.45 a.m., the Bharatiya Janata Party was expected to hold on to its Shimoga seat but might lose the Bellary seat where its trailing by over one lakh votes.

The JD-S was leading over BJP in Ramanagara and Mandya, while the Congress was leading in Jamkhandi and Bellary, an Election Commission official told IANS here.

Counting of votes began at 8 a.m. in Bellary (reserved), Mandya and Shimoga Lok Sabha seats and Jamkhandi and Ramanagara assembly seats for the polling held on November 3.

Prior to the bypolls, the JD-S held Ramanagara and Mandya seats, while the Congress Jamakhandi and the BJP Bellary and Shimoga.

Congress candidate for Jamkhandi assembly seat Anand Siddu Nyamagouda was leading over BJP’s Shrikant Kulkarni by a margin of 16,516 votes, as per leads from EC website after nearly two hours.

Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy’s wife Anitha Kumaraswamy of JD-S was leading in Ramanagara assembly segment over BJP’s L.A. Chandrashekar by a comdfortable margin of 34,995 votes.

Chandrashekar had quit the BJP and re-joined the Congress just days ahead of the bypolls. His nomination, however, remained since he withdrew from the bye-election after the final date of withdrawal.

While, Congress’ V.S. Ugrappa from Bellary Lok Sabha (reserved) seat was leading over BJP’s J.Shantha by a margin of 1,00,723 votes.

From the Mandya Lok Sabha seat, L. Shivarame Gowda of the JD-S was leading over BJP’s Siddaramaiah by a margin of 38,920 votes.

In Shimoga parliamentary seat, BJP’s state unit president and former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa’s son B.Y. Raghavendra was leading over JD-S nominee Madhu Bangarappa, the son of former Chief Minister S. Bangarappa, by a margin of 9,665 votes, the EC trends showed.

The vote counts were being conducted in the engineering and government colleges that have been taken up as counting centres.

Around 66 per cent of the 54.5 lakh electorate have voted in the five bypolls.

(IANS)

Watershed Moment For Women’s Rights In India?

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A range of cases involving women’s rights are pending with the Supreme Court, from entry of women into the Sabarimala temple to adultery. In the upcoming Monsoon session of Parliament, bills like the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, the Transgender Persons( Protection of Rights) Bill are yet to be discussed.

Do all of this point to a watershed moment for women’s rights in India?

While legislation and rule of law start the process, it takes an inordinate amount of time to trickle down and create real social change in the existing system, according to Senior Advocate Karuna Nundy.

The country’s courts are a good starting point, though, says Senior Advocate Indira Jaising, adding that the apex court is handling these cases with the seriousness they deserve. And while most decisions on women’s empowerment decisions currently lie with an overwhelmingly male majority panel, Jaising insists a 50:50 gender ratio is a prerequisite to bringing about fair change.

Watch the full conversation with senior advocates Karuna Nundy and Indira Jaising and vice president of All India Democratic Women’s Association Sudha Sundararaman.

List of women’s rights-related cases pending in court:

Sabarimala Temple Case
Petition challenging Devaswom board banning entry of women
Women of age group 10-50 years currently banned entry
Case before Supreme Court
Female Genital Mutilation
Court hearing a plea by an advocate seeking ban on female genital mutilation
Centre seeks to ban FGM
Centre opposed to any practice that violates integrity of women’s body
Dawoodi Bohra community arguing that FGM is part of Islam
Case before Supreme Court
Marital Rape
Court hearing pleas seeking to make marital rape an offence
Case before Delhi High Court
Adultery
Court hearing home ministry’s plea to preserve the validity of Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code
Upcoming bills in Monsoon Session 2018:

The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016
Objective: Prohibits discrimination against a transgender person in areas such as education, employment, and healthcare
Status: Introduced in Lok Sabha, referred to Standing Committee

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016
Objective: Regulation of surrogacy. Prohibits commercial surrogacy, but allows altruistic surrogacy involving no monetary compensation to the surrogate mother other than the medical expenses and insurance coverage
Status: Introduced in Lok Sabha, referred to Standing Committee

The Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018
Objective: To curb the menace of trafficking as well as ensuring timely action including prosecution of the culprits
Status: This bill has to be introduced, considered and passed by the Lok Sabha.

The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017
Objective: Bill makes all declaration of talaq, including in written or electronic form, to be void and illegal.
Status: Bill passed by Lok Sabha, pending in Rajya Sabha

List compiled from PTI and Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha websites.

 

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Gambhir steps down as Delhi Ranji skipper

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Cricketer Gautam Gambhir on Monday stepped down as the captain of the Delhi Ranji team and said it was time for the young guns to lead the squad.

The left-handed batsman took to Twitter to announce his decision and said: “Time to pass the captaincy baton to youngsters, hence have requested the DDCA selectors not to consider me for that role. I will be in the background helping the new leader to win games.”

Reportedly, middle-order batsman Nitish Rana, 24, would be appointed as the new captain for the ongoing 2018-19 Ranji season after Gambhir’s decision .

Delhi is slated to face Himachal Pradesh on November 12 at their homeground Feroz Shah Kotla.

Earlier in the year, Gambhir had also stepped down from captaincy of Indian Premier League (IPL) outfit Delhi Daredevils and warmed the bench in the last eight games of the tournament.

Gold sales average on ‘dhanteras’ in Mumbai

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Keeping in tune with expectations, gold sales have notched a sharp fall of 40 per cent this year compared to 2017 Diwali owing to high prices and overall negative market sentiments, a leading retailers body said on Monday.

“Though there are crowds, people are not buying as per the expectations, but merely making token purchases of 5-10-20 gm to mark the auspicious day. Mostly gold coins/guineas are moving while small, medium or big articles of jewellery are virtually ignored,” said Mumbai Jewellers Federation President Rakesh Shetty.

However, another industry body, the All India Gem & Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC), said that contrary to expectations, gold and jewellery sales have zoomed during ‘dhanteras’ and the positive trend was expected to continue till the upcoming winter wedding season.

“The past three days have surprised even the industry. People are literally out in droves in shops and showrooms to make gold purchases. Since two months, till last Saturday, the market situation was extremely gloomy,” said GJC President Nitin Khandelwal.

However, this time the purchases – mostly in small jewelleries of 10 gm (1 tola) or multiples – is for end-user purposes and not as investments, with the prospects of gold prices shooting up with the likely increase in US dollar rates soon.

“Our expectation is that USD may touch around Rs 85 in the near future given the current international scenario. Along with that, gold itself would shoot up to Rs 45,000 per tola (10 gm). Plus, the upcoming winter marriage season is also driving up the sales,” Khandelwal told IANS.

The market sentiments are positive despite the gold rates going up from Rs 30,000/tola in ‘dhanteras’ 2017 to around Rs 31,500/tola this year, which portends good for the industry.

Adopting a cautionery stand, World Gold Council Managing Director P.R. Somasundaram said that though the feedback from the industry suggests good footfalls, “the demand could be moderate” in view of the recent sharp increase in gold prices.

“Organised players seem better places, a trend that has become evident in recent years after a spate of transparency measures. Digital wallets and online buying also seem to be growing in popularity, though they are relatively small,” Somasundaram said.

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