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Jammu division votes, Kashmir Valley mostly shuns municipal polls

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People in Jammu division voted with enthusiasm on Wednesday in municipal elections but there was poor voter turnout in the troubled Kashmir Valley — in a repeat of a trend also seen in the first round of the four-phase battle.

Till noon, Bandipora topped the voter turnout at 22.2 per cent in the Valley while in Srinagar, Baramulla, Kupwara and Anantnag districts the voter participation was a feeble 1.4, 3.7, 3.3 and 0.8 per cent respectively.

An overwhelming deployment of security forces ensured that the voting remained peaceful despite militant threats to disrupt the polls being boycotted by the two main parties in the Valley — National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Ramban district at 62.9 per cent topped the voting percentage in the Jammu division.

The turnout was 59.4 per cent in Kathua, 50.8 in Udhampur, 60.8 in Reasi, 57.8 in Doda and 55.9 in Kishtwar districts of Jammu division in the first six hours.

There was visible reluctance among people to join the democratic process in the Valley. Two lone candidates were declared elected unopposed in Kulgam and Badgam districts.

The municipal polls are now effective only in 11 districts of the state in the second phase — six in Jammu division and five in the Valley, where a separatist campaign raging since 1989 has left thousands dead.

Jammu and Kashmir is holding municipal polls after 13 years.

A Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, Azad Singh, died of cardiac arrest in Ramban district after casting his vote, officials said.

A total of 1,029 candidates are in the fray in 263 wards in Kathua, Udhampur, Kishtwar, Reasi, Doda and Ramban districts of Jammu region and in Anantnag, Kupwara, Srinagar, Baramulla, Bandipora, Badgam and Kulgam districts of the Valley.

The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) is also boycotting the elections.

Separatists have called for a protest shutdown in areas where voting is scheduled in the Valley. Militants have issued threats to the candidates and asked voters to keep away from the balloting that would end at 7 p.m.

Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah raised questions over the rescheduling of election timings.

“Why are polling booths opening at 6 a.m.? If I believed conspiracy theories, I would believe it’s because journalists would not be around to verify the genuineness of voters at that very early hour,” he tweeted.

The total electorate on Wednesday is 346,980: 128,104 in Jammu division and 218,876 in the Valley.

The third and the fourth phases of the municipal polls would be held on October 13 and 16. The vote count will take place on October 20.

IANS

US firm Skullcandy launches new wireless headphone in India

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US-based audio equipment major Skullcandy Inc on Wednesday expanded its wireless headphone line-up with the launch of “Venue”.

The new wireless headphone comes with active noise canceling (ANC) technology to deliver powerful sound and is available in black-black and white-crimson colour combinations at Skullcandy.in, Brandeyes.in and select retailers for Rs 18,999.

“For 15 years, Skullcandy has thrived at the intersection of music, technology and boardsports by unleashing the visceral power of music for all. With Venue, we’re continuing our vision of delivering immersive audio experience,” Jason Hodell, CEO, Skullcandy, said in a statement.

When users do need to tap into the outside world, “Monitor Mode” easily lets them hear their surroundings with just a push of a button, the company added.

The device comes equipped with “Tile” — a feature that allows users to track or find their headphones through the “Tile” application on a smartphone.

“Venue” comes with up to 24-hour battery life, Bluetooth capability and rapid-charge technology that provides five hours of battery life with just 10-minutes of charging, the company added.

Man slips from second floor, dies in Bengaluru

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A 34-year-old man died after he accidentally slipped from the second floor of a three-floor residential building at Hulimavu near Bannerghatta Road on Monday night.

The deceased Raghavendra T, a native of Hosur, was residing at Sanjeevini Nagar along with his family.
Police said that around midnight, Raghavendra came out to wash a pressure cooker while he was helping his pregnant wife Jessica.

He was standing near a parapet wall outside the house on the second floor and came to throw the water collected in the cooker. Meanwhile, the cooker slipped from his hand and he tried to catch it.  He, however, lost his balance and fell down. Jessica, who heard the noise, cried for help and neighbours rushed Raghavendra to a nearby hospital where he succumbed.

Jessica, who works in a private hospital as a receptionist, told the police that she was taking rest in the bedroom and their four-year-old daughter was asleep. Jessica is six months pregnant.

The couple had come to the city five years ago. Raghavendra had quit his job recently to help Jessica with her daily chores.

The grill attached to the parapet wall was too low. Hulimavu police have registered a case.

Mumbai Awards Round Up

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ACEF Organized 7th Award Function Rewards

ACEF organized its 7th forum & awards for Branding, Marketing & Rural Initiatives & CSR activities. The event was held on 5th Oct, 2018 at Hotel Westin, Mumbai.

The theme for this year’s happening was “Integrating advertising, Branding & Marketing Communications”. More than 350 senior level professionals from marketing, branding & marketing agencies attended the event.

In the event, the speaker’s KV Sridhar, Ravikanth Bank, Jayant Kshirsagar, Anamika Sirohi enlightened the participants with their knowledge & experience apart from that individuals & organizations were recognized for brilliance on branding & marketing.

The region’s top companies & brand marketers redefined how to assemble & prolong great brands amidst rapid cultural & technological change. The event provided elite spectators of senior marketing executives.

Zydus health care won the gold position in the Excellence in branding for the most innovative marketing strategy. Johnson & Johnson won an award in the Excellence in CSR category.

The awards (over 350 shortlisted entries from over 90 organisations) were judged by Sr. Level industry professionals from across the globe. Companies from varied sectors were recognized for their Excellence in Branding, Marketing, Rural Activities & CSR Initiatives. To prominent names in the award winners list were: Outstanding Individual Corporate Leadership: Rana Kapoor, Founder, Managing Director & CEO, Yes Bank & Brajesh Kumar Choudhary, General Manager-CSR & Group CSR Head, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Outstanding Individual Community Hero: Suresh Chukkapalli, Chairman, Phoenix Group. Marketing Leader of The Year for 2018: Nikhil Rastogi, Director Marketing & Digital Business, Citibank India & Rubeena Singh, CEO, iProspect. ACEF Award for Asian Marketing Leadership 2018: Sujan Roy, Head International Business, Passenger Vehicle, Tata Motors, Navin Thakur, Head Marketing, Vascon Engineers Ltd., Karan Kumar, Head of Brand & Marketing Strategy, Fabindia Overseas Private Limited. Most Admired Business Leader 2018: Samrat Gupta – CEO – Tata Motors Finance & Amit Saxena, CEO & MD, Unimoni Financial Services Ltd. Excellence in Business Development: Umesh N. Jhawar, VP – Strategy & IR, Arihant Superstructures Ltd. Most Admired Brand Manager 2018 (Joint Winners): Abhijan Roy, Brand Manager. Emami Navratna Oil & Mandeep Singh Gulati, Deputy VP-Marketing, Aegon Life Insurance Company Limited, Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2018: Arvind Jain, Netbiz. Young Marketing Leader of the Year 2018: Siddharth Bhatia, Chief Marketing Officer, Radius Developers; Neha Gupta De, Hil Limited: Rishi Baruah, Director, Pratidin Group. Most Admired Brand of the Year: Reliance Digital. Marketing Team of the Year: Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. Marketing Effective Agency of the Year: THINK XQ. Ambient Marketing Agency of the Year: Khushi Advertising. Most Admired Upcoming Agency of the Year: FreshBox Media Pvt. Ltd.

The forum helped the business with generating brand reorganization, generate sales growth, boost employee moral & obtain 3rd party endorsement.

The event was attended by the CMO’s, VPs of the marketing, brand & product managers, advertising agencies, innovative brand engagement practitioners, consumer insight professionals, researches, agencies & also people related to the industry.
The main magnetism of the event structured this year was the introduction of the new categories in the award ceremony i.e. the category for Sr. level professionals & Organisation in branding & marketing categories.

This affair helped the professionals to grow & discover solutions from the information shared by the expertise. It updated them on the current topics & the recent business methods & tools. The participants also got a brief of new trends, best practices & case studies so that they can get a clear picture of practices followed in the industry.

The prominent thing that the participants learn was about their clientele & the tactic to engage with them.

Founded in 2012-2013, the ACEF program is organized by a team of professionals from India, Srilanka & UAE and is guided by the Advisory Members from Branding, Marketing & Creative Agencies based in India, US, Australia, Singapore, UAE & Srilanka.
Their programs are focused on Customer Engagement Activities, Branding, Marketing, CSR, Rural Marketing, Properties (Hospitality & Real Estate), HR and are planned for India, Srilanka, GCC Continent & Asia Pacific Regions.

In April 2019, ACEF is coming up with Forum & Awards for AI (Artificial Intelligence) for Enterprises & Global Customer Engagement Awards.

Indian Women’s Achievement Round Up

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2 Indian Women To Conquer South Pole

It is almost a decade since Janice Meek, the Polar Racer, Ocean Rower & Europe’s only holder of 4 Guinness World Records, completed her trek to geographic North Pole by playing cricket at minus 28 degree with members of an Indian Navy expedition.
In Dec, this year, Janice Meek will be leading an all-women expedition to South Pole.
For this adventure, Janice Meek has put together a team of “ordinary women” whose ages cover 5 decades from 24 to 74.

“We are not soldiers, professional athletes or celebrities”, says Janice Meek. “We have come together to do something less ordinary & demonstrate how far women have come since Scott’s 1912 expedition when the idea of women contemplating the trek would have been unheard of.”
At 24, Tanvi Buch from Mumbai, studying Natural Resources Conservation at the University of British Columbia, is the youngest, Madhabilata Mitra, the Kolkata supermodel & entrepreneur behind Travelmate Escapades,; breast cancer survivor Caroline Geraerts from UK, marketing director, Aileen Crean from Kerry from Ireland, restaurateur & grand-daughter of Tom Crean, the Irish hero of Scott & Shackleton Antarctic expeditions.

These intrepid adventurers join Janice Meek, the oldest at 74, in this unique venture, a trek at temperatures that could reach minus 40 degree across the Antarctic’s unforgiving ice & snow in chilling & gusting winds.

“We were thrilled that in his State of Nation address, our Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi mentioned our Polar Maidens expedition as an example of Indian enterprise”, says Tanvi Buch. “We are now part of “Living Bridge” the India, UK initiative to promote closer trade, investment & cultural relations between our 2 great countries”, echoed Madhabilata Mitra.

The Polar-Maidens expedition will raise funds for INSPIRATIONALLE Foundation (UK) which aims to support women of all ages wanting to do something extra–ordinary.

With a 50 year age ranging across the team monitoring the physical & mental impact of 12 hour days skiing & trekking in extreme conditions of cold with altitude for up to 20 days before reaching the Pole is important. How does a 73 year old deal with conditions compared to a 23 year old, how will a breast cancer survivor in her 50’s react, or a 30 year old who regularly tackles the Himalayas compare with the recovery rates of Tom Crean’s grand-daughter.

Paul Carter, Deputy Head of Mission, British Deputy High Commission, Mumbai avers: “I’ve met the global team including Madhabilata, Tanvi & expedition leader Janice Meek, and it is truly remarkable to see this Living Bridge of people from UK & India, brought together for their shared love for adventure. I’m delighted to see & support this spirit of collaboration.”

Rajiv Dalal – Inspirationalle UK Director, Regional Director South East Asia & India instrumental behind polar maidens India team also came to talk about this expedition.

2004 grenade attack: 2 ex-ministers get death, Khaleda’s son jailed for life

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A Bangladesh court on Wednesday sentenced 19 people, including two former ministers, to death and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s son Tarique Rahman to life imprisonment for their role in the 2004 grenade blasts that killed 24 people and injured 500.

The verdict was delivered amid tight security in the capital and can be appealed within two months.

The 2004 attack targeted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s rally, who was the opposition leader at the time. A series of grenades exploded as she was stepping off a truck, which was used as a dais for the rally on Bangabandhu Avenue.

She survived with a partial hearing loss.

Former State Minister for Home Lutfozzaman Babar and former Deputy Minister for Education Abdus Salam Pintu were among 19 people sentenced to death on Wednesday, bdnews24.com reported.

Khaleda Zia’s son Tarique Rahman, the acting chairman of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and her former political secretary Harris Chowdhury were among 19 sentenced to life imprisonment.

The sentence also included jail terms for 11 other people.

Law Minister Anisul Huq said the government will seek scaled-up punishments for Rahman and Chowdhury. He said that Khaleda’s son masterminded the attack and that he deserved the death penalty.

IANS

Cabinet sanctions Rs 3,074 cr to set up 2 new IISERs

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The Union Cabinet on Wednesday sanctioned Rs 3,074 crore for the establishment of permanent campuses of two new Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) in Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati and Odisha’s Berhampur cities.

Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad made the announcement after a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Minister said that the Tirupati centre was part of Andhra Pradesh package while Berhampur centre was a budget announcement.

“A total of 1,855 students will study in both the institutions that will be operational from December 21. Both the states have given land for the construction of these campuses and the total cost is Rs 3,070.12 crore,” Prasad said.

Cabinet approves Rs 2,044 cr for bonus to around 12 lakh railway staff

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The Union Cabinet on Wednesday sanctioned Rs 2,044.31 crore for 78 days productivity linked bonus to about 11.91 lakh non-gazetted railway officials.

The announcement was made by Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad while addressing a press conference here after a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“Each employee under this head would get about Rs 17,951 for 78 days,” Prasad said.

IANS

Cinema not a Bible to teach people to be good humans: Gulzar

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Veteran writer-filmmaker Gulzar says cinema is not like a Bible which will teach people to be good human beings, but it is rather a mirror which reflects society.

Gulzar was interacting with the media at the launch of Bhavani Iyer’s debut novel “Anon” on Tuesday in Mumbai.

The #MeToo movement exploded in India after Tanushree Dutta renewed a decade-old complaint of harassment against Nana Patekar two weeks ago.

Commenting on the movement that has gained momentum, Gulzar said: “Cinema is reflection of the society. If we say harassment of a women or a girl is happening only in cinema, then I don’t think so. It has spread all over the society. Cinema has yet spared you where sexual harassment cases are still occurring with 4-year-old girl and a 8-year-old girl and thank God that cinema hasn’t put that mirror in front of people.

“But beware, cinema has started reflecting every part of your life.”

Gulzar has directed path-breaking films like “Koshish”, “Aandhi” and “Maachis” in his career. He was honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2004.

He said cinema cannot teach people how to be good humans.

“It is not only dependent on good old stories. We say we love children and we respect women, but are we doing that in our real life? So cinema is still sparing you… Which you have started realising, so let the cinema come in and tell you this is what you are.

“It is not that cinema will teach us good values and morals to carry. Cinema is not meant for that. If you are thinking that cinema is like a Bible which will teach you to be a good human, then you are mistaken.”

IANS

Sriramulu and DK Shivakumar’s picks to face off in Bellari lok sabha by-polls

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While Sriramulu has picked J Shanta, Congress is yet to finalise its candidate for the Bellari by-polls.

An otherwise low-key bye-election in the three Lok Sabha and two Assembly seats in Karnataka on November 3 will see a clash of two high-profile leaders for the Ballari Lok Sabha seat in the state’s north-west mining heartland.

While the central team of the BJP has given MLA B Sriramulu from Ballari a free hand to pick his candidate in Bellari, Congress has entrusted DK Shivakumar, the district minister-in-charge of Ballari, with the responsibility to ensure a Congress victory in the constituency.

The BJP finalised its candidate for the Lok Sabha seat in Ballari after consulting with Sriramulu, who stepped down as the MP from Ballari when he was elected as an MLA earlier this year. Following a closed-door meeting on Tuesday evening, he has nominated his sister J Shanta for the seat. T Suresh Babu, a close relative of Sriramulu was considered for the seat.

While the Congress is yet to finalise its candidate, it is learnt that Venkatesh Prasad, brother of MLA B Nagendra, and senior leader Ramprasad are among those in the fray. The decision, however, will rest with Shivakumar after he chairs a meeting with state Congress leaders.

On November 3, three Lok Sabha seats in Mandya, Bellari Shivamogga and two State Assembly seats— Ramanagaram and Jankhandi – will go to polls.

With BS Yeddyurappa publicly stating that the Lok Sabha polls are “unnecessary” given that the tenure of the current House will expire in May 2019, the preparations for the elections have been low-key so far.

The BJP also announced that BY Raghavendra, son of BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa, will be the party’s candidate in Shivamogga and Srikant Kulkarni will contest for the Jamkhandi Assembly seat.The Shivamogga seat was vacated by Yeddyurappa himself. It also notified that senior leaders including R Ashok, Govind Karjol and Sadananda Gowda will be part of committees in charge of the by-polls in the three Lok Sabha constituencies.

With the Congress and JD(S) top-brass agreeing to go for an alliance for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, it is expected that the parties will agree to divide the five seats based on their local strength.

The JD(S) is expected to project a candidate in Jamkhandi and Ramanagara while the Congress is expected to field candidates in Shivamogga, Mandya and Bellari.

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