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Ghaziabad Authority seals 84 buildings

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After a five-story building collapsed here on Sunday, the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) has started sealing the illegal constructions and till Tuesday they have sealed 84 buildings.

“The GDA regularly checks the buildings for various criteria, including the material used and the age of the building. If a building fails to meet our criteria, we seal it,” a GDA official requesting anonymity told IANS.

“The drive to seal the illegal constructions will continue,” he said.

On Sunday, a five-story building collapsed in Akash Nagar here, killing two, including a six-year-old child, and injuring eight.

The National Disaster Response Force personnel are continuing to look for possible survivors and more bodies.

The building was being constructed in violation of rules without the approval of the GDA.

File details related to appointment of Lokpal: SC to Centre

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to file a detailed affidavit giving “all particulars” of the steps being taken for setting up a search committee for suggesting probable names for the appointment of Lokpal.

Describing the affidavit filed by the Centre which was read out to the court as “insufficient”, a bench of Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice R. Bhanumathi and Justice Navin Sinha directed the Department of Personnel and Training to file a fresh affidavit with full particulars in four weeks time.

At the outset of the hearing, Attorney General K.K. Venugopal told the court the meeting of the selection committee held decided to set-up the search committee and in the next meeting, they would suggest names for the search committee.

Venugopal said that the process would take time as people to be included in the search committee have to be expert in law, finances, fighting corruption and other areas.

He also said that after finalizing the names for the search committee they will be vetted by the Intelligence Bureau and it is a time-consuming process.

He told the court that 50 percent members of the search committee will have to be from the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes and the Other Backward Classes.

Accusing the Centre for dragging its feet in not carrying out the legislative mandate to appoint anti-corruption watchdog Lokpal, counsel Prashant Bhushan appearing for NGO Common Cause, told the court that in last four and half years the selection committee has only senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi in the category of eminent jurist.

He said only option available to the court is either initiate contempt proceedings against the people who are engaged in delaying the entire exercise or take recourse to Article 142 of the Constitution and in the exercise of its powers appoint a search committee and then appoint a Lokpal from the names suggested by the search committee.

8 militants charged over Dhaka cafe terror attack

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Charges have finally been pressed against eight militants over Bangladesh’s most horrific terror attack in 2016 that left 22 people, mostly foreigners, dead.

Monirul Islam, chief of Bangladesh’s Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit, on Monday submitted the charge sheet against the accused in a case before a court in Dhaka, Xinhua news agency reported.

Of the accused, he said six Neo-JMB (an offshoot of banned militant outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh or JMB), operatives are now in jail while the two others are on the run.

Five gunmen stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery cafe in Dhaka’s diplomatic area Gulshan on July 1, 2016.

They then brutally killed the hostages with guns and machetes, and used the victims’ phones to publish images of the bodies on the social media.

Nine Italians, seven Japanese, two Bangladeshis, an Indian and a Bangladeshi-born US citizen were among the 20 people hacked to death by the attackers.

The gunmen also murdered two Bangladeshi police officers in the early hour of the attack.

Around 12 hours later, Bangladesh Army commandos stormed the restaurant. Five attackers were killed.

Islamic State (IS) had then claimed responsibility for the Dhaka cafe attack. But Bangladeshi authorities rejected the claim, saying operatives of a banned local militant outfit plotted the attack to boast about their existence.

Since the deadly cafe attack in Dhaka in 2016, Bangladeshi police have tightened anti-militant drive and conducted series of large-scale operations against militants, killing and arresting scores of militants.

Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury, a Bangladeshi-Canadian, and Sarwar Jahan, identified as Neo JMB chief who was killed during a raid later, have been blamed as the mastermind of the brutal attack.

Chowdhury was also killed in a police raid.

Improved access to all Metro stations in Bengaluru soon

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Urban commuters will soon be provided with improved access to the metro train. ‘Wicked Ride’ was one among the four winning startups to have developed and demonstrated their solutions to last-mile connectivity to urban mass transit networks in ‘STAMP (station access and mobility programme) challenge’ launched by World Resources Institute (WRI)-India Ross Center in 2017.

Under the second phase of STAMP 2018, WRI-India pledged to provide an undisclosed financial grant and technical support to Wicked Ride to scale up its operations and implement a perfect last-mile solution from the metro station at a conference organized on Saturday.

Blue print of DyCM’s exclusive act for B’lore unraveled

A three-tier ‘empowered’ ward committees, multiple municipalities and greater Bengaluru at the top will ensure that urban governance is operational, according to the blueprint of an act for Bengaluru, which was declared by Bengaluru Development Minister G Parameshwara.

The delegates were informed that Greater Bengaluru Governance Bill would ensure accountability from political and executive.

Failed government seeking communal polarisation, says Congress on Meghwal’s remarks

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The Congress on Sunday said that Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwals remarks that more incidents of lynching would take place with the rise in popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, indicated that a “failed” government was trying to polarise the society.

Congress spokesman Randeep Singh Surjewala said that every time a Minister makes such loathsome comments, he/she is “rewarded with a better portfolio”.

“The tragic part is that Modiji trains his Ministers to say more bitter, more provocative and more divisive things every day. Every time a Minister makes a remark which is per se against all sensibilities as also the very concept of humanity, then he/she is rewarded with a better portfolio by the Prime Minister.

“This emanates on account of the entire DNA of a failed Prime Minister who has let the country down and is now trying to divide it on communal lines,” he said.

Surjewala said that the Congress would continue to take the discourse back to farmers, jobs, atrocities on Dalits and minorities, failed economy, to the way GST and demonetisation had hurt the businesses and to issues affecting the people.

“We will not be deterred by the provocative, communalising, divisive traps being set by the Prime Minister. But it shows the mentality of a failed Modi government to polarise the society,” he said.

Meghwal had on Saturday said : “The more popular Modiji becomes, the more such incidents will happen. Prime Minister Modi gave several schemes, their effects can be seen, this (lynching) incident is just one reaction to it.” he said.

The minister was reacting to the killing of a Muslim man lynched by a mob of cow vigilantes on Friday night in Rajasthan’s Alwar over rumours that he was smuggling cows.

Expect leaders, workers to toe party line in public interactions: Rahul

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In a clear warning to some of its “loose cannons”, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday stressed that it expected its leaders and workers to “toe the party line” on larger political issues and maitain discipline in their public interactions.

Sources said former Congress President Sonia Gandhi also expressed concern over discipline in the party, terming it “the need of the hour”.

In the meeting of the newly formed Congress Working Committee (CWC) meet, party President Rahul Gandhi and AICC General Secretary Ashok Gehlot both emphasised in their respective addresses that party leaders and workers should observe discipline.

Recently, a controversy raged over Congress leader Shashi Tharoor’s remark that a Hindu Pakistan would be created if the BJP returned to power. The Congress had advised him and its leaders to “exercise restraint, caution and choose their words and statements wisely”.

“The Congress President clearly said, he gave a friendly advice, and he hopes that all leaders of Congress party in view of the larger goal, that is, 2019 elections, will maintain discipline in both their language and conduct,” Congress spokesman Randeep Singh Surjewala said while briefing the media after the meet.

“There is full freedom of expression but as far party line (on various issues) is concerned, the Congress leadership will expect from its leaders and workers that they maintain the dignity of the language as well as that of conduct,” he added.

Surjewala said that Gehlot, in his address, underlined that first this discipline would be expected from the leaders and then from the workers.

Sources said Gandhi also asked the party leaders if they had any issues, grievances or wanted to express anything with regard to the party, they should talk to him personally instead of airing their views in the media.

He also said if any leader gives a wrong remark, he will not hesitate to take action against the person, said a source.

In the past, certain comments by some Congress party leaders have cost the party dearly with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) quickly encashing on the same, such as the BJP starting its “chai pe charcha” (discussion over tea) campaign in 2014 Lok Sabha elections after Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “chaiwallah” (tea vendor).

According to a source, CLP leader from Uttar Pradesh Ajay Kumar Lallu made a very important observation in the CWC meeting, saying that after Congress forms a government in any state, the party loses connect with its workers. This was agreed by all the members present in the CWC meeting and stressed that such an attitude needs to be changed.

Senior party leader Kamal Nath raised the issue of booth management during elections and said Congress was not on par with BJP in this regard. Many other leaders raised concerns over strengthening booth management of the party during elections.

Heavy rain alert in China

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The Chinese Met office has issued a yellow alert for rainstorms following Typhoon Ampil making landfall in Shanghai.

Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Jiangsu, and Shandong have been battered by heavy rain in the 24-hours since Sunday noon, the National Meteorological Center (NMC) said in a statement.

The rainstorms will also hit Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai and Sichuan, Xinhua news agency reported.

There could be up to 240mm per hour of rainfall in some regions of Guangxi, Hainan, Jiangsu and Shandong, the NMC said.

Ampil is 10th typhoon to hit China in 2018. It is expected to reach east China’s Shandong Province around Monday noon before moving further north, the Met said.

China has a four-tier color-coded weather warning system, with red for most severe weather, followed by orange, yellow, and blue.

3rd accused arrested, probe handed over to additional SP-rank officer :Alwar lynching case

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A third arrest was made today in the case of the lynching of a 28-year-old man in Rajasthan’s Alwar district which was handed over to an additional SP-rank officer for investigation.

“Naresh Singh, a resident of Lalawandi village, was arrested today. Police are on the lookout for another accused,” SHO, Ramgarh Police Station, Subhash Sharma said. Two persons were nabbed by police yesterday.

Sharma said Naresh and other arrested accused, Dharmendra Yadav and Paramjeet Singh Sardar, were produced before a court, which sent them to five days’ police remand. Akbar Khan, 28, was allegedly lynched by a group of people who accused him of smuggling cows, police said.

Khan and his friend Aslam were taking two cows to their village in Haryana through a forested area near Lalawandi in Alwar district last night when five men attacked them, Sharma said. They suspected that Khan was smuggling cows but the allegation is yet to be verified, Sharma said.

Dharmendra and Paramjeet were arrested yesterday. Earlier today, the investigation into the case was handed over to an additional SP-rank officer by the IG of Jaipur range.

Inspector General (Jaipur range) Hemant Priyadarshy said an impartial investigation would be carried out. No culprit would be spared nor would any innocent be framed, he added.

SUZUKI BURGMAN STREET – THE SPECIAL ONE, LAUNCHED IN INDIA

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Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd. a subsidiary of two-wheeler manufacturer, Suzuki Motor Corporation, Japan has launched the much-awaited BURGMAN STREET – a 125cc scooter and the descendant from its legendary BURGMAN portfolio. With a blend of luxurious design drawn from the European scooter design language, and packed with advanced technology; the new BURGMAN STREET from Suzuki’s stable represents the ultimate joy of riding.


“The BURGMAN STREET creates a new category of scooters in India, focussing on the concept of advanced luxury riding. We are committed to offering premium, innovative and world-class products to customers. By bringing in the unique exposure of Suzuki’s international BURGMAN heritage, we believe that the BURGMAN STREET will be a ‘Special One’ in this segment that will herald a new era of luxury scooter riding in India.”

“The 125cc segment in scooters is a very exciting place currently where we also enjoy a strong leadership position. Equipped with exciting features, BURGMAN STREET redefines luxury and comfort in the scooter segment in the country. The new BURGMAN STREET will not only help us strengthen our portfolio in this segment, but will also help us cater to a new dimension of scooter customers, who seek luxury and the joy of riding.”

The new BURGMAN STREET packs in a 125cc, 4-stroke air-cooled engine with SOHC 2 valve single-cylinder BS-IV Engine (8.7ps@7000rpm,10.2Nm@5000 rpm); and is powered by the cutting edge SEP (Suzuki Eco Performance) technology, that offers an optimal fuel-efficiency without compromising on either power or performance. The CBS on new BURGMAN STREET enables operation of both brakes from the left brake lever, helping in maintaining a good balance between front and rear brake forces.

A head-turner like no other, BURGMAN STREET’sluxurious design follows the Suzuki European style design that gives BURGMAN STREET its premium looks. A bright LED headlight, position lamp and tail lamp set-up further reflects its premium aspect, while its integral and cutting-edge design improves the functionality by enhancing the visibility at night. The chrome accent on front and rear body parts reflect the premium aspect of the scooter which not only compliments the overall design but also gives it a striking visual presence.

BURGMAN STREET is built for comfortable riding with the flexible foot-position to reduce fatigue and offer best in class riding experience. It is loaded with a multifunction, fully-digital instrument panel with a Digital Clock, Fuel Gauge, Oil Change Indicator and a dual trip meter. The body mounted windscreen adopted from the design of international BURGMAN Series, reduces the wind blast by improving the aerodynamics. The BURGMAN STREET uses a long and comfortable seat, to give a sense of stability and comfort while long distances. The BURGMAN STREET also scores high on utility aspects, with a convenient and secured lid equipped front pocket with standard fitment of DC socket &USB charger as an accessory; and an under-seat storage capacity of 21.5L.

The new BURGMAN STREET is available in Metallic Mat Fibroin Gray, Glass sparkle black and Pearl Mirage White, and is priced at INR 70105 (ex-showroom -Bangalore).

*CBS is a supplemental brake system, please operate both left and right brake levers while riding


ABOUT SUZUKI MOTORCYCLE INDIA PVT LTD (SMIPL)

Suzuki Motorcycle India Private Limited is a subsidiary of Suzuki Motor Corporation, Japan wherein they have the same manufacturing philosophy of PRODUCTS OF SUPERIOR VALUE right from the inception. SMIPL manufactures two-wheelers best suited for the valuable Indian customers. The Company started its India operation in February 2006.

Ex-Trump aide denies being Russian agent

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One of US President Donald Trump’s former foreign policy aides has said allegations that he worked with the Russian government during the 2016 US election are “misleading”.

The FBI believed Carter Page was “collaborating and conspiring with the Russian government” at that time, BBC reported on Sunday.

His alleged relationships with Russian intelligence officials are highlighted in court applications which led to him being put under surveillance.

Trump said it appeared that his campaign was illegally spied on. But he provided no evidence to support the claim.

The newly released surveillance applications were granted and renewed by several different judges sitting in a court authorized by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

The court, which has the power to authorize wiretaps and surveillance of suspected foreign spies, has one of the most secretive institutions in the US.

The FBI released the previously secret document cache on Saturday night following Freedom of Information requests by several US organisations.

It contains 412 pages of heavily redacted material which includes the surveillance applications, their later renewals, and warrants surrounding the investigation into Mr Page.

“The FBI believes that Page has been collaborating and conspiring with the Russian government,” the October 2016 application to the court states.

According to the documents, “the FBI believes that the Russian government’s efforts are being co-ordinated with Page and perhaps other individuals associated with” Mr Trump’s presidential campaign.

It also said Page “has established relationships with Russian government officials, including Russian intelligence officers”.

Page is an energy industry consultant with longstanding ties to Russia. He first contacted the Trump campaign in 2015 before meeting Trump’s campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, in January 2016.

By March 2016, Trump had identified Page as one of a handful of campaign foreign policy advisers.

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