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Corporation chairman shot dead in UP, one arrested

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Lucknow A municipal corporation chairman in Uttar Pradesh’s Sonebhadra district was shot dead on Thursday, said police, who arrested one suspect.

Chopan Municipal Corporation chairman Imtiaz Ahmad, 40, was playing volleyball at the Grewal Park when unidentified gunmen riddled him with bullets fired from a pistol and carbine.

Rushed to a district hospital, Khan was pronounced dead.

One suspect was arrested and his interrogation was underway, a police official told IANS. Two other suspects were on the run.

Khan was elected the town corporation chief for the second time.

Superintendent of Police Kireet Rathore was trying to ease the tension that erupted in the area following the murder.

(IANS)

2nd ODI: Kohli heaps praise on West Indies players

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Virat Kohli heaped praise on the West Indies players after the two teams played out an exciting tie in the second One-Day International (ODI) here on Wednesday.

The visitors scored 321/7 in their 50 overs in response to the Indian total of 321/6. This was only the second ODI draw between the two teams. The first one was on December 6, 1991 during the Benson and Hedges World Series in Perth, Australia.

“It was a great game of cricket, great to be part of it. Full house and credit to the West Indies team as well, they showed great heart. Specially in the second innings, when they got stuck in despite being three down,” Kohli said after the match.

“In big tournaments, we might be batting first and we have to embrace every challenge that comes our way. The pitch was drastically different, we put up a challenge in front of us today and luckily we got the draw, we will take it happily,” he added.

“When the run rate fell under 6, I thought they had good chance, and the game nicely drifted in the last 7 overs and one boundary off Umesh off the shoe and that boundary from Rayudu just a few inches, I’m sure everyone enjoyed and the Windies deserved a draw at least and I think we deserved a draw too.”

Kohli also praised Shai Hope and Shimron Hetmyer, who boosted the visitors with a crucial 143-run partnership.

The duo had come together when the West Indies were struggling at 78/3 after 12 overs. Their partnership proved to be the launchpad for an almost successful chase and when Hetmyer went back to the pavilion in the 32nd over, the visitors were in with a strong chance to win the game.

Hope remained unbeaten on 123 runs off 134 deliveries while Hetmyer was unlucky to miss out on what would have been a well deserved century when he was dismissed on 94 by Yuzvendra Chahal.

“Beautiful partnership between both those guys but the way two teams played it was a fair result. Shai has got great talent. Hetmyer as well. They took on us and didn’t give us any chance whatsoever,” Kohli said.

Kohli scored yet another authoritative century to anchor the hosts to a comfortable position. In the process, the 29-year-old skipper also reached a personal milestone of becoming the fastest batsman to reach 10,000 ODI runs.

Coming into the match, 81 shy of the 10,000-run mark, Kohli got to the landmark in style, before racing to his sixth century of 2018 in a mere 106 balls. With the knock, Kohli also completed 1000 ODI runs in the calendar year.

“Personally, I’m pretty proud of my innings and my milestone. It’s something we decided pre-game, it was hot and humid,” Kohli said.

Shutdown affects life in Kashmir Valley

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Srinagar Life in Srinagar and other places of the valley was affected on Thursday by a separatist-called shutdown protesting miliatnt killing.

The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) headed by Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Yasin Malik called for the valley-wide shutdown against the killings of two Kashmiri militants in the outskirts here in Jammu and Kashmir.

Sabzar Sofi, a Ph.D scholar who joined militancy in 2016 and his associate were killed in a gunfight in Nowgam on Wednesday.

Shops, public transport and other businesses remained shut in the city and other district headquarters of the valley and only private transport was seen in the uptown areas here.

Schools and colleges in Srinagar district remained suspended for the second day in a row.

Rail services between north Kashmir’s Baramulla and Bannihal town of Jammu region was also suspended.

Heavy deployments of security forces were made in the old city areas and other sensitive places in the valley.

Geelani and Umer Farooq remained under house arrest for the third day while Malik continued in preventive custody to prevent their participation in the protests.

(IANS)

Misty morning in Delhi, very poor air quality

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New Delhi It was misty morning in the national capital on Thursday with “very poor” air quality, and minimum temperature recorded at 15 degrees Celsius.

“The sky will remain partly cloudy throughout the day,” said an India Meteorological Department official.

The maximum temperature was likely to hover around 33 degrees Celsius.

Lower wind speed over Delhi during morning hours have lead to the “very poor” air quality, with particulate matter being the major pollutant.

The average concentration of PM2.5, or particles with diameter less than 2.5mm, during the morning hours was 168 units in Delhi, and 164 units across the National Capital Region. The safe limit for the same is 60 microgrammes per cubic meters.

Areas, including Dwarka sub-city in south Delhi, Mundaka in the west, Rohini in northwest and Anand Vihar in the east registered “severe” air-quality due to abnormal particle pollutants.

(IANS)

‘Honey Badgers’ creator looking forward to Indian adaptation

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Mumbai Israeli TV show “Honey Badgers” is getting an Indian twist, and its creator Naor Zion says he is really looking forward to it.

Aditya Birla Group’s Applause Entertainment has taken the right of the Armoza Formats’ scripted series. The Indian adaptation will be known as “Udan Patolas”.

Earlier in October, Zion met the team behind the ‘desi’ twist here.

“I’m really looking forward to the Indian adaptation of the show. Right from the first meeting, I had such a great impression of Applause and I remember telling my colleague that they couldn’t have cast better,” Zion said in a statement.

“I must say everyone, from the director, producer and the entire team at Applause have done very intelligent work in the way they have adapted the show.

“Armoza is the pioneer of the selling formats in Israel and I think there are many similarities in both the firms, which I think is a good sign,” he added.

Directed by Shakti Sagar Chopra and produced by Sol Production, “Udan Patolas” revolves around four Punjabi girls — Amarinder Gill, Noorpreet Dhillon, Punni Chandok and Lovely Singh Chabbra. It tells story of their journey in Mumbai with focus on the unbreakable sisterhood.

It features Sukhmani Sadana, Apoorva Arora, Poppy Jabbal and Aasttha Ssidana.

Sameer Nair, CEO, Applause Entertainment, said: “‘Udan Patolas’ is a fun tale of four young women in Urban India and will resonate with everyone. The original series dwelt on the relatable journeys of its lead characters with wit and charm.

“Adapting its context to a customised Indian setting and story makes for a delightfully entertaining show.”

The original show follows the lives of four small-town friends who change their identities to get jobs at one of the world’s top financial firms. They fake it all to appear more sophisticated and achieve their fantasy of opening up their own investment company.

Fazila Allana, founder and producer, Sol Production Pvt Ltd, feels “Udan Patolas” will be “fun, quirky, interesting, observational and thought provoking”.

(IANS)

Pandalam Royal family hits back at Chief Minister Vijayan

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A day after Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan slammed the Pandalam royal family for claiming rights and powers over the Lord Ayyappa shrine, the latter hit back on Wednesday, saying the family has carried out what it is entitled to.

Vijayan has said the Sabarimala temple is the property of the Travancore Devasom Board (TDB) and that none else has any rights over it. He said on Tuesday that according to the 1949 covenant, the Sabarimala temple ownership was handed over to the TDB after the royal family had serious financial crisis.

But spokesperson for the family, Sreekumar Varma, told the media that the TDB has only administrative control over the temple.

“The real owners of the temple are the devotees and the TDB has only administrative control. The relation that the family has with the Sabarimala temple does not change every five years,” said Varma, obliquely criticising Vijayan’s remarks.

Varma’s statement was meant to emphasise that whenever the Left government comes to power — with opposition UDF and LDF taking turns to rule the state — it takes position contrary to the Congress-led UDF’s, which has maintained that it’s the ‘tantri’ and the Pandalam royal family whose views matter about Sabarimala.

“The events that occurred at the temple since it opened on October 16 and closed on Monday appear to have gone according to a perfectly written script by vested interests. What happened at the temple town was something avoidable. The temple turned into a conflict zone. We are deeply pained at the manner in which Vijayan spoke with absolute contempt,” said Varma.

“We wish to make it very clear: we are not at all interested in the wealth of the temple and maybe there will be some, who have an eye on its wealth and we have to find out who they are. We have not asked for a single rupee from the TDB . Our only concern and worry is that there should be no breach of traditions,” added Varma.

Leader of opposition Ramesh Chennithala said in the state capital on Wednesday that Vijayan had only complicated the situation by his outburst.

“Vijayan has declared a war on the devotees. His outburst against the Pandalam royal family and ‘tantri’ does not suit the post that Vijayan holds. The current impasse will end when Vijayan sheds his arrogance,” said Chennithala.

IANS

Kohli pips Tendulkar to become fastest to 10,000 ODI runs

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 India skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday surpassed batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar to become the fastest batsman to amass 10,000 runs in One-day Internationals (ODI).

Kohli reached the milestone in his 205th ODI innings, 54 innings quicker than Tendulkar. The 29-year-old is the fifth Indian batsman and 13th overall to achieve the landmark.

Besides Kohli and Tendulkar (18,426), the other Indian batters to achieve the feat are former skippers Sourav Ganguly (11,363), Rahul Dravid (10,889) and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who reached the milestone not very long ago.

The rest are one player each from Pakistan, Australia, the West Indies, and South Africa.

Bangladesh, England, New Zealand and Zimbabwe are yet to have a player reach the 10,000-run mark in this format.

IANS

CM directs electricity dept following coal shortage

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Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy told the Energy Department officials to increase power generation from other sources of energy such as Solar and Hydel.

A week after Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy appealed to Union Minister for Railways and Coal Piyush Goyal to ensure a steady supply of coal to the state, he asked Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation not to resort to load shedding just yet. The CM on Tuesday insisted that the state had been writing to the Centre for the last two months on the issue.

Kumaraswamy on Wednesday told Energy Department officials to increase power generation from other sources of energy such as Solar and Hydel. It was earlier reported how Raichur Thermal Power Station (RTPS), which has a capacity of 1720 MW, was running out of coal due to low supply from the centre. The RTPS is one of three thermal power stations in the state alongside the Ballari Thermal Power Station (BTPS) in Ballari and the Yermarus Thermal Power Station (YTPS) in Raichur. Officials of the RTPS could not be reached for a comment.

As things stand on Wednesday, there is no threat to the regular supply of power, officials claimed. “Right now we have enough generation capacity available. The situation will deteriorate if the Centre does not supply enough coal for a longer time. Right now, there is a shortage of supply but there is no power shortage. If the government of India restores the supply of coal, there would not be any problem,” P Ravi Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary to Karnataka Government Energy Department, told media.

Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (Bescom) said that till now they have not been asked to undergo load-shedding by the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited. “As of now, there is no load-shedding. The power interruption in Bengaluru is due to various reasons related to regular maintenance,” Jayanthi N, General Manager of Bescom, told media.

On Tuesday, Bescom registered a total of 6,314 complaints of power cuts. On Wednesday, too, places like Masjid Road, Govindapura Main Road, Kaggadasapura, Srinivasa Nagar, Banaswadi and Vidyanagar suffered power interruptions.

TNM

Malaysia hold India at Asian Champions Trophy

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Defending champions India were held to a goalless draw by Malaysia in a fast-paced round robin encounter of the Hero Asian Champions Trophy 2018 here.

Both India and Asian Games Silver medallists Malaysia now have 10 points each from four outings in the preliminary round-robin league, with India topping the standings on basis of a superior goal difference.

The Indian team got off to a nervy start at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex here on Tuesday night and they wasted several scoring opportunities early in the match.

They had a spate of chances early in the contest, only for Hardik Singh to fritter away a scoring opportunity, Harmanpreet Singh’s penalty corner flick being blocked by the Malaysian goalkeeper and Mandeep Singh failing to get a touch on long diagonal balls twice in the first quarter.

Malaysia created one opening on a counter-attack, but mostly fell back to defend their goal against the Indian strikers.

In the second half the Indian strikers were not allowed space to enter the circle until the closing stages, when they forced two penalty corners but could not produce a goal-bearing shot.

This was a period when Malaysia were down to 10 players as Tengku Tajuddin was shown the yellow card for a deliberate foul on Indian captain Manpreet Singh.

Nilakanta Sharma missed the target by inches in one of the combined Indian raids.

Indian Chief Coach Harendra Singh rued the missed chances after the match.

“I am not happy. We cannot miss chances like this in international hockey,” said Harendra.

Malaysia coach Roelant Oltmans said his team faced a tough time when they were down to 10 players due to Tajuddin’s yellow card.

“We came under some pressure in the last phase after the yellow card. Otherwise, the game was more of less what we expected,” Oltmans said.

India will play their fifth round robin match against South Korea on Thursday.

 

IANS

Rajnath, Sitharaman, Gadkari and Maneka on govt’s #MeToo panel

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he Modi government created a four-member Group of Ministers (GoM) Wednesday to battle sexual harassment at the workplace.

Rajnath Singh will chair the GoM, which also comprises Nirmala Sitharaman, Maneka Gandhi and Nitin Gadkari. They will recommend ways to effectively implement existing legal and institutional frameworks, and to strengthen them.

The #MeToo movement, a global movement against sexual misconduct, has exploded in India. Several high-profile public figures have been named. One of them, MJ Akbar, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by several women, resigned from his post as a cabinet minister.

He denies the charges against him, and has filed a defamation case against his first accuser, senior journalist Priya Ramani.

India has taken steps to crack down on sexual offences in recent weeks. Last month, the government launched a sex offender registry, as well as a second portal which citizens can use to complain anonymously about online content such as child porn.

It has also launched an electronic complaint box so women can complain about sexual harassment at the workplace.

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