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Rahul condoles deaths in Chhattisgarh Maoist attack

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Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday condoled the deaths of Doordarshan cameraman Achyuta Nanda Sahu and two policemen in a Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district.

“I am pained with the news of Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada. I pay my deep condolence to the family of the two policemen and the Doordarshan cameraman,” Gandhi tweeted.

In an ambush that took place around 11.20 a.m. on Tuesday, three persons — 34-year-old Sahu, who hailed from Loisinga in Odisha’s Bolangir district; Constable Mangal Ram and Assistant Sub-Inspector Rudra Pratap Singh of the state police — lost their lives.

The Doordarshan crew was moving with a security patrol for coverage in Aranpur area when the incident happened.

Another reporter and two more police personnel were also injured in the attack, the second in the last four days, ahead of the first phase of the Assembly polls in the state on November 12.

Flash flood warning in Arunachal Pradesh

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The Disaster Management Department of Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday issued a flash flood warning in the state following information of a landslide taking place along the Yarlung Zangbo river in China that flows into India.

The river is known as Siang in Arunachal Pradesh and Brahmaputra in Assam.

The department has asked the people living in and around the Siang river to prepare for a flash flood-like situation, as the landslide at Yarlung Zangbo is expected to influence the water level of the rivers downstream.

In view of the situation, the Disaster Management Department of the hill state has warned the people against venturing into the Siang river for fishing or swimming. The department has also asked everyone to maintain a strict vigil.

The Central Water Commission (CWC), which keeps a vigil on the water level of these rivers, has already confirmed that the water level of Siang recorded a drop at Tuting around 11.00 pm on Monday.

In case of such a landslide, the water level goes down as it blocks the flow of river, triggering fears of sudden gushing of the blocked water once the path is clear.

“The Upper Brahmaputra Division of the CWC has received a letter from Chinese authorities about a landslide occurring in Yarlung Zangbo on Monday,” said a senior CWC officer, adding the water level in the river might rise due to the landslide.

The CWC, however, said that at present there is nothing to panic about.

Yarlung Zangbo, which originates in the glaciers of Tibbet, flows through China to India before merging into the Bay of Bengal in Bangladesh.

Earlier this month also there were reports of some landslide in the river which had blocked the flow of the river, leading to speculation that there might be flash flood-like situation in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.

The Central government had sent eight companies of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to Assam and six to Arunachal Pradesh to deal with any kind of eventuality.

city civil court ordered Non-bailable warrant against KS Eshwarappa

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A non-bailable warrant has been filed against senior BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister KS Eshwarappa for his repeated absence in the hearing of a criminal case.

In 2011 when B.S.Yeddyurappa had lost his power Ishwarappa had called for a bundh, questioning this High Court lawyer Dharmapala had filed a private complaint against Ishwarappa. Earlier the court had served him notices to appear in front of the court, in spite of sending the notices repeatedly Ishwarappa did not appear in front of the court.

The City Civil Court has now ordered the special court to enforce a non-bailable warrant against Ishwarappa and further ordered him to appear in front of the court on November 24 without fail.

PTI

Malegaon Blast Case : Lt Col Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya Among 7 Charged In 2008

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A special court in Mumbai on Tuesday framed charges against Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and five others under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and several sections in the September 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case.

Judge Vinod Padalkar, presiding over the special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court, framed charges against the accused persons.

Under the UAPA, the accused have been charged with being part of a terrorist act, and under IPC they have been charged with criminal conspiracy and murder. Framing of charges is a process after which the trial in a criminal case starts.

apart from Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, the other accused are Major (retired) Ramesh Upadhyay, Ajay Rahirkar, Sudhakar Dwivedi, Sudhakar Chaturvedi and Sameer Kulkarni.

All the accused were present in the court when the judge read out the charges against them.

Six people were killed and over 100 injured when an explosive device strapped on a motorcycle went off near a mosque in Malegaon, a town about 200 km from Mumbai in north Maharashtra, on September 29, 2008.

PTI

HDK saying that BSY planned to murder me

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Chief Minister( CM) H.D. Kumaraswamy on Tuesday, October 30 alleged that B.S. Yeddyurappa had planned to kill him when the JD(s)-BJP collision government was in power.

Speaking to the press here on Tuesday, Kumaraswamy questioned Yeddyurappa asking, “Earlier when a member of the Legislative Council representing Ballari constituency had made allegation against me that I had received Rs 150 crores bribe from a mining company owner why you didn’t discuss or speak anything regarding that issue then BSY?”.

He further questioned, ” When a BJP leader(Sri Ramulu) had accused that there was a conspiracy to murder him, where were you Mr Yeddyurappa, have you even bother to discuss that matter with your party members?”.

CM Kumaraswamy is in the city to support Madhu Bangarappa who will be representing Congress-JD(S) collision party in the by-polls from Shimoga constituency.

PTI

ISL: Bengaluru FC test for resurgent ATK

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Hosts ATK will look to stretch their winning run when they take on last year’s runners up Bengaluru FC in an Indian Super League (ISL) clash at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan here Wednesday.

ATK have managed to bounce back with two wins and draw after succumbing to back-to-back defeats at home in the first two games.

In their last match, ATK upset defending champions Chennaiyin FC 2-1, where their key attacking duo of Manuel Lanzarote and Kalu Uche showed good coordination, falling into coach Steve Coppell’s scheme of things.

While Uche struck the first goal, the ATK captain set up John Johnson for the second.

ATK, on Wednesday, will look to secure their maiden win against the Sunil Chhetri-led side.

Bengaluru FC will also be up against a player who had been a key member of the side since the club’s fairy-tale journey from 2013.

Having switched allegiance to ATK, English defender John Johnson will now be seen thwarting the duo of Miku and Chhetri.

“The strategy is just to try and win every game. Bengaluru are a top side and they’ve proved it so far this season. They proved it last season. We look forward to it. We want to play the best teams and see how we cope. So, we are looking forward to that game now,” Coppell said.

Speaking about the turnaround, the veteran Englishman said: “Obviously, the first two games we lost and so it was a big win for us. The team is still evolving. You know, it’s still taking shape.”

“The more we play, the more players are put under the microscope. The more you see who responds well and who doesn’t respond well, you can shape the team, even more, going forward. It’s happening to me,” he said.

For Bengaluru, Chhetri and Miku have been at their sublime best scoring five of the six goals in their unbeaten run from three matches this season.

In their last fixture against FC Pune City, the duo were heavily involved as Bengaluru struck three past their opponents to begin their three-match away sojourn.

Last season, Bengaluru won seven out of their nine matches in the league stage — the most by any team.

Having won their first away match of the season, Bengaluru FC have now five away wins on the trot.

The Blues will further be boosted by Dimas Delgado’s return to full fitness as the Spaniard midfielder has the ability to pierce resolute defences.

Bengaluru FC also have consisted the least number of goals, only two this season, with Albert Serran and Juanan at the heart of their defence as Coppell will have a tough task ahead.

IANS

RBI clears re-appointment of Aditya Puri as HDFC Bank CEO for 2 years

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HDFC Bank on Monday said the RBI had approved the re-appointment of Aditya Puri as managing director of the bank for another two years.

“Reserve Bank of India, vide its letter dated October 22, 2018, has accorded its approval to HDFC Bank Ltd. for re-appointment of Aditya Puri, as MD & CEO of the bank, from November 1, 2018 to October 26, 2020 (i.e. till the date of his attaining the age of 70 years),” the bank said in a filing to stock exchanges.

Shareholders had already approved his appointment in 2015 for five years subject to the RBI’s approval, it added.

Puri has been with HDFC Bank since 1994, making him the longest-serving head of any private bank in the country. During his tenure, he led the bank through two major mergers in the Indian banking industry — merger of Times Bank Ltd and Centurion Bank of Punjab Ltd with HDFC Bank.

PTI

Celebrated IISc professor told to step down following sexual harassment cases

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Prof. Giridhar Madras of the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru — who is facing sexual harassment charges — has been asked to take “compulsory retirement”,

The internal committee that was set up in accordance with the guidelines of the institute’s anti-sexual harassment policy found Madras, a faculty member of chemical engineering, guilty of sexual misconduct after a month-long investigation.

The complaint was filed by one of his former students and a current PhD scholar in the chemical engineering department.

The student has accused him of making “sexually coloured” remarks and harassing her with repeated late-night phone calls.

The media has reached representatives of the three science academies, IISc, and the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize committee at CSIR for comments but there was no response until the time of publishing this report. The reported will be updated when they respond.

Madras had been a highly respected member of the science community and is one of the highest cited researchers in chemical engineering. He is a recipient of the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, and a J.C. Bose National Fellow.

Madras has been with IISc since 1998 and has received the IISc Excellence Award in teaching and research. He holds fellowships from all the three national science academies — the Indian National Science Academy, the Indian Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Science of India — as well as the Indian National Academy of Engineering.

Whether Madras will lose his fellowships and awards is not yet known.

HDK ready to quit if allegation are prove

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Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy challenged the BPJ party that he will resign to his post if the BJP leaders prove the allegation made on him and his father. The Leader of the Opposition of Karnataka assembly, B. S. Yeddyurappa had alleged that CM H.D. Kumaraswamy and his father H.D Deve Gowda have been receiving bribes to transfer officers and are making an enormous amount of money.

CM H.D. Kumaraswamy was in the city on Monday, October 29 to support Madhu Bangarappa who will be representing Congress and JD(s) collision party in the upcoming by-polls.

Speaking to the press on this occasion Kumaraswamy said that if the BJP party prove that he and his father have received bribe from any of the officials to transfer them he will immediately tender his resignation and further added that he is ready to have a face to face conversation with B.S. Yeddyurappa and discuss this matter.

The Congress leaders are fully supporting the collision government and we are not scared of anyone he informed.

PTI

Indian couple killed after falling from California’s Yosemite park overlook

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The two people who fell to their deaths from a popular overlook in California’s Yosemite National Park were a married couple from India who were living and working in the United States, officials said.

Park rangers recovered the bodies of 29-year-old Vishnu Viswanath and 30-year-old Meenakshi Moorthy from about 800 feet below Taft Point, where visitors can walk to the edge of a vertigo-inducing granite ledge that doesn’t have a railing.

“Yosemite National Park continues to investigate this case, which will take several weeks,” park officials wrote in a news release Monday.

The couple graduated from the College of Engineering in Chengannur in 2006 in computer science and engineering.

They loved travelling and maintained a website called “Holidays and Happily Ever Afters” about their travel adventures, and described themselves as a “dream doer duo.” Meenakshi describes herself as the one “diagnosed with the curious case of interminable travel bug”

The Mercury News called Meenakshi “a free-spirited Harry Potter fan who dyed her hair pink and ominously warned people on social media about the dangers of falling from cliffs and tall buildings while trying to take spectacular photos.”

The couple’s social media pages and their travel website is full of chronicles of their travel from all over the world.

The San Francisco Chronicle writes the couple had recently moved from New York after Viswanath took a job as a systems engineer at Cisco Systems Inc., based in San Jose, according to a friend.

BBC.com reports the latest deaths come just one week after a photo of the Taft Point lookout went viral, when a photographer captured a wedding proposal amidst the backdrop of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

 

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