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Man killed friend for argument over Rs 10 in UP

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An argument over Rs 10 resulted in a hair salon owner stabbing his friend to death using a pair of scissors here, police said Saturday.

Police said the incident took place on Friday evening, when Prempal Gangwar (42) went to his friend’s Ahibaran Lal’s saloon for a haircut. They had an argument over Rs 10.

Initially, people perceived it as a friendly fight between both of them, as they knew each other for the last 20 years, they said.

But, moments later Prempal slapped Ahibaran, after which Ahibaran stabbed Prempal’s chest with a pair of scissors. Prempal was taken to a hospital, where he was declared dead.

Ahibaran also attacked sons of Prempal (Lakhan and Vipin) who came to their father’s rescue, and subsequently fled from the spot.

Station officer of Bhuta police station, Surendra Kumar Singh said the body has been sent for post-mortem examination, and a case has been registered against Ahibaran.

Efforts are on to nab him, police said.

PTI

Break your silence on Rafale deal: Congress tells Modi

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With fresh revelations corroborating its allegations over the inclusion of a private firm as an Indian offset partner in the Rafale deal, the Congress on Wednesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for benefiting his crony asking him to break his silence on the multi-crore “scam”.

Citing a report by French blog Portail Aviation, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said it reinforced the fact that Modi “facilitated a sweetheart deal with Dassault Aviation to enormously and illegitimately benefit a crony friend”.

The French blog has put up images of documents published by two unions of Rafale-maker Dassault — the CFDT and CGT — and quoted Dassault Aviation Chief Operating Officer Loik Segalenn as telling the two unions that it was “imperative” for the company to sign an agreement with Reliance Defence to get the contract for the jets.

Surjewala said the report by the French blog also corroborates former French President Francois Hollande’s assertions that the “Indian government proposed Reliance Defence as the partner for Dassault for Rafale deal and France did not have a choice”.

“A complete presentation of the Make in India with the creation of the enterprise “Dassault Reliance Aerospace” in Nagpur was made.

“According to Segalenn, it was imperative and mandatory for Dassault-Aviation to accept this counterpart in order to obtain the export contract of Rafale India.

“This is the inevitable consequence of the Rafale India contract which required making Make in India to be signed.

“A joint venture was therefore created with the Indian company to achieve this goal,” said Surjewala reading out excerpts of the French report translated into English.

“This is the third confirmation after Hollande had clearly told a French outlet about Modi securing the deal for Reliance Defence,” he said.

Referring to claims by several Bharatiya Janata Party ministers that Dassault Aviation “freely chose” its offset partner, the Congress demanded to know why Segalenn said “it was imperative and mandatory for Dassault-Aviation to accept this counterpart in order to obtain the Rafale India export contract”.

Observing that neither the French nor the Indian government denied the “unequivocal assertions” made by Hollande, the Congress demanded that Modi speak up on the issue.

“Undisputed evidence now corroborates, brazen crony capitalism and quid pro quo by Modi government in the multi-crore Rafale scam. Time for Modi to break his silence,” added Surjewala.

Alleging massive irregularities in the deal that has caused “huge loss to the public exchequer”, the Congress has been relentless in attacking Modi and his government over the deal announced by the Prime Minister in 2015.

The party has twice petitioned the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) for a special and forensic audit and also moved the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) seeking a probe and seizure of relevant documents pertaining to the deal. It has also been persistent in demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe.

Besides questioning the “inflated” price of the jets, the Congress has also been targeting the Centre over the propriety of a newly-founded private company getting the Rs 30,000 crore Rafale offset contract at the cost of the state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL).

IANS

4 pilgrims crushed to death in MP

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Four persons were killed and two seriously injured when a speeding truck crushed them in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna district on Wednesday, police said.

The incident happened when the six of a family from Kolgaon village were going to a temple at five in the morning.

Four of them died on the spot while the injured have been hospitalised.

Nadal headlines list of players expected at 2019 Mexican Open

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Spanish world No. 1 Rafael Nadal headlines the list of players expected to compete at the 2019 Mexican Open in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, the organisers said.

“Having the (world) No. 1 is important for us, but it’s special because it’s Rafa. It took just one telephone call to confirm he’d be here,” tournament director Raul Zurutuza said, reports Efe.

The Mexican Open, an ATP 500 event, will take place from February 25 to March 2 in Acapulco.

The 32-year-old Nadal won the Mexican Open in 2005 and 2013, losing to American Sam Querrey in the 2017 final.

Nadal withdrew from this year’s Mexican Open due to the injury he suffered at the Australian Open.

Spaniard David Ferrer, a four-time champion in Acapulco; Germany’s Alexander Zverev; American John Isner; and Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka are among the other big-name players in the field.

The 36-year-old Ferrer, who won the title in the Pacific resort city in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015, is winding down his career and this will be his last foreign tournament before saying farewell to the ATP Tour with appearances in Barcelona in April and Madrid in May.

“David will always be David to us, there’s special affection there. He’s really loved in Mexico,” Zurutuza said.

The men will be competing for $1.7 million in prize money.

On the women’s side, American Sloane Stephens, the world No.8 and the 2017 US Open champion, will be in the field.

Zurutuza said the tournament is speaking to several other top WTA Tour players, including Spanish star Garbiñe Muguruza, who won the French Open in 2016 and Wimbledon in 2017.

“Muguruza is always on the list of players we want to have. Her presence depends on her schedule,” Zurutuza said.

IANS

Germany’s woes continue with 1-2 loss to France

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 Antoine Griezmann had a double to lead World Cup champions France to a 2-1 win over Germany in a UEFA Nations League match here.

The result leaves Les Bleus atop League A Group 1 with 7 points from three matches, while struggling Germany have just 1 point after three games and are sure to be relegated if they don’t beat the second-place Dutch, reports Efe.

The visitors scored first in front of 80,000 spectators at Stade de France on Tuesday, as Toni Kroos converted from the spot in the 14th minute after the referee awarded a penalty for a hand ball by Presnel Kimpembe.

Germany, winners of the 2014 World Cup, dominated for most of the first half and might have doubled or even tripled their advantage but for the efforts of French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.

Missing the solid team play that characterised their triumph a few months ago in Russia, France were forced to rely on individual brilliance.

Last week, Kylian Mbappe rose to the occasion in a friendly against Iceland, on Tuesday, it was the turn of Atletico Madrid striker Griezmann.

Les Bleus were much improved to start the second half and though Mbappe failed to prevail in a battle with Germany keeper Manuel Neuer in the 50th minute, Griezmann buried a Lucas Hernandez cross to bring France level in the 62nd.

The match seemed destined to end 1-1 until a controversial penalty call in the 80th minute.

France’s Blaise Matuidi appeared to step on the foot of Mats Hummel when the German challenged him in the box, but the referee cited Hummel for the foul. Griezmann stepped to the line and delivered the winner.

IANS

4-year-old girl was bitten to death in J &K Samba district

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A four-year-old girl was bitten to death by a pack of stray dogs outside her home in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday, police said.

The minor was attacked by the canines soon after she came out of her house at village Chack Bogala in Ramgarh area of the district this morning, a police official said.

He said some locals noticed the strays attacking the girl and rushed to her rescue but found her dead after chasing away the pack.

Express News Service

JSW Energy’s Himachal hydro plants unaffected by recent heavy rains

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The recent heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh and an abnormal rise in the Satluj river’s silt levels — forcing the temporary closure of major hydro projects — has, however, not affected operations at both of JSW Energy’s hydro plants in the state, company officials said.

The Jindal group subsidiary JSW Energy operates the 1,000 MW Karcham Wangtoo hydroelectric project and the 300 MW Baspa-II plant further upstream in Kinnaur district, which the company had acquired from Jaiprakash Power Ventures for Rs 9,700 crore three years ago.

In August, IANS had reported the temporary shutdown of the 1,500 MW Nathpa Jhakri plant and the 412 MW Rampur hydel project after confirming with officials of the state-run Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd.

“Both Karcham Wangtoo and Baspa are snow-fed plants with most of the dam built underground, so we were not affected by the heavy rains,” JSW Chief Operating Officer (Energy Business) Sharad Mahendra told visiting reporters here, with the surrounding peaks laced with the season’s first snowfall that had occurred overnight.

The plants currently supply Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, besides Himachal Pradesh, at an average tariff of Rs 4.39 per unit under long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with these states, Mahendra said.

Himachal government is supplied 12 per cent of the total generation free of cost, according to an agreement with the state government.
Earlier this year, JSW secured a PPA of 200 MW with the Punjab State Power Corp to be supplied from the Himachal hydro plants. With this, the company’s consolidated long-term PPA proportion has currently risen to around 74 per cent.

The largest hydropower plant in the private sector, Karcham Wangtoo is a run-of-the-river project on the Satluj, while the Baspa plant is named after the upstream tributary on which it stands.

In purchasing these plants from the debt-ridden Jaypee Group, JSW Energy is looking to acquire stressed hydro projects to increase its green energy portfolio, the COO said.

“We want to increase our hydro power portfolio and we are definitely looking at various opportunities including stressed hydro projects at present,” he said. “We are evaluating a few of them in addition to reviving our own 240-MW Kutehr project.”

The Kutehr plant in Chamba district has been stalled since 2011. “Himachal Pradesh has come out with a hydro policy, which is enabling us to revive the project. We are hopeful of signing the long-term PPA with the Haryana government very soon,” Mahendra said.

Karcham Wangtoo is a 88 metre-high concrete gravity dam, 53 metres of which is below the riverbed level. Boasting of the largest underground desilting complex in India, the dam has four sedimentation chambers for excluding particles, and tunnels for mandatory release of water back into Satluj river. The project comprises of over 44 km of tunneling in the mountains.

“Unlike solar, hydro is not just cheaper, but the power can be made available anytime. Though there is no substitute to thermal power, which is the primary source, hydro is a better, cleaner and a financially lucrative option,” Mahendra said.

Yet, he said, banks are currently reluctant to fund large hydro projects.

“The lenders are also now not looking towards the power sector in a positive way in terms of lending so it will not be easy to get the funding without long-term PPAs,” he said.

Declaring all hydropower as renewable power and mandating the meeting of current renewable purchase obligations (RPOs) also through hydro would give a big boost to the sector, the official said.

A woman filled acid attack case against her husband

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Uttar Pradesh police have accused Sameena Begum, who has been fighting against nikah halala and polygamy, of organising an acid attack on herself and two other women and filing fake cases against men. Two of her alleged male associates have been arrested.

According to the report published in news paper, the Mother of three who is a resident of Delhi is one of the main petitioners in the supreme court in the nikah halala and polygamy case along with a Delhi-based advocate.

“She filed an acid attack case against her husband on October 14 this year. However, since the case looked suspicious, a police team reached the spot to investigate the matter. After checking the CCTV footage, it was found that Begum along with her accomplices, Narendra Paliwal and DC Verma, had created the entire scene which Police arrest two accomplices of Sameena Begum, said superintendent of police, Praveen Ranjan Singh.

He added that “We have also found out that she has been involved in filing fake acid attack cases in the past too, we are in the process of unearthing evidence against Sameena Begum. Once that is in place, a case will be filed against her too.”

Sameena Begum, however, alleged a police is trying to defame her and derail her movement. She said that “I have always stood by the victims of triple talaq, nikah halala and others. Now that I need support, nobody is on my side. Police are trying to frame me.”

PTI

Bangalore University students demand refund after revaluation

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The students of Bangalore University are demanding a refund of fees paid for re-valuation as their marks have been modified after re-valuation. Most of the universities including Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) Belagavi, Pre University Education department and Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) have the policy of refunding the fees if the marks are changed after the revaluation.

Now students of Bangalore University are demanding for the same and saying it is their money that was paid for no mistake of theirs. “We understand university not paying us back the money in case of marks not changing after re-valuation. But when marks are changed and it is proved that it was a mistake on the part of the evaluator, why do we have to pay for it?” question the students.

BU charges Rs 1,200 for photocopy and revaluation per subject. “If the examination department fails to consider our request (refunding the amounts), we will meet the Vice Chancellor,” the students said.
“I had applied for re-valuation in three papers in which I had failed. After revaluation, I have got more than 35 marks which is the minimum marks that we require to pass the subject. But, the university has not refunded my money. I had secured less marks not because of my performance, it was because of evaluators mistake,” said a student.

Officials of the university said there was a practice at the university to refund 50% of the fees paid for revaluation as per old regulations in case marks have changed. “As students are not claiming it, the authorities are not bothered and it has to be placed before Syndicate,” mentioned a senior BU official.

Express News Services

Kapil Sharma finally returns to Mumbai to kickstart his comeback show

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After a not so well last year and a low 2018, it seems like Kapil Sharma is all set to make his much-awaited comeback to the TV with the new season of his super successful show The Kapil Sharma Show. Though earlier this year he returned with Family Time With Kapil Sharma but the show failed to grab eyeballs and was a misfire. Kapil was then in news for his abusive tweets and scuffle with a journalist.

Sometime back he resurfaced and among other things also tweeted about his return with the new season of The Kapil Sharma Show. Meanwhile, his Punjabi venture Son of Manjeet Singh also hit the screens and Kapil was busy promoting that film. Well, now that the movie is released, Kapil uploaded an image on Twitter with the caption announcing his return to Mumbai after a gap of one and a half months. And that he will now all set to make people laugh with his comeback with The Kapil Sharma Show. Also read: Kapil Sharma CONFIRMS a December wedding with girlfriend Ginni Chatrath; Reveals his honeymoon plans

He wrote, “back in mumbai after one n half month.. now it’s time to make u people laugh with the new season of #TKSS”. Check out his tweet below

Well, we are glad that India’s ace comedian, Kapil Sharma is back! Here’s waiting for an official announcement of the show’s new season. And also looking forward to Kapil’s antics along with his co-actors. Also, wondering if Sunil Grover will be a part of the show or not? Considering the two had made up recently and are now in good terms.

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