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BS Yeddyurappa Says JD(S) planned to Finish off the Congress.

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State BJP president B S Yeddyurappa here on Wednesday, June 6 of every an undeniable reference to Janata Dal (S) supremo, H D Deve Gowda and Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said “Both father and son, have planned to finish off the Congress,”

Addressing media here, Yeddyurappa cautioned that the Congress would fall off the worst in the coalition it had framed with the JD(S).

“There is definitely no uncertainty about this. It is difficult to say how long this coalition government will last,” he said.

Taking note of that the JD (S) and Congress had proceeded with their alliance notwithstanding for the Jayanagar election and Council elections, he announced, “Regardless of what they do, we will do our best to win as we have lost by a little edge in 20 constituencies,”

Activist arrested for defamatory post against Dinesh Amin Mattu

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An activist who put up a defamatory post on social media against Dinesh Amin Mattu, journalist and former media advisor to former chief minister Siddaramaiah, has been arrested by D J Halli police.

B.R. Bhaskar Prasad, a resident of Nelamangala put up a post on Facebook alleging that Mattu had given a contract to get columnist Rohith Chakratheertha and himself killed. He also put a 40 minute video with different allegations against Mattu. The post, which was intimidating, aimed to instigate pro-Hindu groups to attack Mattu.

Mattu approached the police station and registered an FIR against Prasad.

When the police went to question Prasad on Tuesday night, he supposedly did not open the door for a long time. The cops then questioned him and when he was asked to accompany them to station, he asked time till Wednesday morning. As a result, the cops had to stand guard from 2 am to 6 am outside his house to make sure he does not escape.

In the morning, when the cops were about to arrest Prasad, he complained of chest pain and was shifted to Jayadeva Hospital.

Prasad’s advocate met him in the hospital. Prasad was taken into custody by the police after he was discharged around 2 pm.

Prasad has been booked under sections 507 (criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 118 (concealing design to commit an offence punishable with death or imprisonment for life) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC.

Nine Year Old Girl Raped Two people Arrested

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Two people, including a juvenile, were arrested on Monday on the charge of raping a nine-year-old girl at S.N. Nagar in Sagar on Monday.

The arrested are Zameel Ahmed, 60, and the 16-year-old teenager. Both are construction laborers. The incident occurred when the victim had been to her grandmother’s house.

As indicated by the police, the accused barged into the house when the victim was alone at home and purportedly raped her. They are said to have threatened her if she told about the incident to anybody.

On Sunday, the victim has complained her mother of extreme discomfort and pain during urination. On being examined further, she uncovered the episode to her mother.

The mother immediately lodged a complaint with the Sagar police. In light of the depictions given by the girl, the police arrested the duo and charged them under areas of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act and Section 376 (assault) of the Indian Penal Code.

Hyderabad girl jumps to death after failing to get good NEET rank

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A 18-year-old girl jumped to death from a building here on Tuesday allegedly after failing to get a good rank in the NEET exam, police said.

The girl, identified as Jasleen Kaur, jumped from top of the 10-storey shopping complex in the busy Abids area in the heart of the city.

A police officer said the girl apparently ended her life as she went into depression after not getting the expected rank in National Eligibility-cum-Entrance (NEET) exam, the results of which were declared on Monday.

A resident of Kachiguda neighbourhood, Jasleen reached Mayuri Complex in the commercial hub of Abids around 10.30 a.m. After parking her two-wheeler, she climbed the stairs and reached the top floor. Some people who spotted her raised an alarm to deter her but she jumped down.

According to police, the girl sustained head injuries and died on the spot. The body was shifted to government-run Osmania Hospital for autopsy.

Police registered a case. The CCTV footage showed the girl wearing jeans and T-shirt walking up the stairs and later jumping to death.

Rahul to address farmers’ rally in Mandsaur

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Congress President Rahul Gandhi will address a a farmers’ rally in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh on Wedesday (June 6) — the day seven farmers had died in police firing last year.

According to a party statement, Gandhi will address the Kisan Samriddhi Sankalp Rally at Khokhra (Piplia Mandi) in Mandsaur at 1 p.m.

Gandhi threw his weight behind the farmers’ protest in several states between June 1 and June 10, to observe the anniversary of Mandsaur firing.

“Every day, about 35 farmers commit suicide in our country. To attract government’s attention towards the agrarian crisis, farmers are forced to protest for 10 days.

“To stand with them in the fight for the rights of our ‘Annadata’ (food provider), I will address a farmer’s rally in Mandsaur on June 6,” Gandhi had tweeted last Saturday.

Caution over RBI’s policy review subdues equity indices

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Broadly negative global cues along with caution ahead of the RBI’s monetary policy review depressed the key Indian equity indices on Tuesday.

According to market observers, heavy selling pressure was witnessed in the capital goods, consumer durables and IT stocks.

Around 3.30 p.m. the broader Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) provisionally closed at 10,593.15 points — down by 35.35 points, or 0.33 per cent — from its previous close.

The barometer 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), which opened at 35,029.45 points, provisionally closed at 34,927.09 points — lower by 84.80 points, or 0.24 per cent — from its previous session’s close of 35,011.89 points.

Sensex touched a high of 35,073.12 points and a low of 34,784.68 points during the intra-day trade.

On Monday — the previous trade session — both the indices closed in the negative territory as caution prevailed over the Reserve Bank of India’s second monetary policy review.

Consequently, the NSE Nifty50 closed at 10,628.50 points — lower by 67.70 points, or 0.63 per cent — from the previous close.

Similarly, the barometer S&P BSE Sensex settled in the red. It had opened at 35,503.24 points and closed at 35,011.89 points, 215.37 points or 0.61 per cent lower from the previous session’s close at 35,227.26 points.

No misdoing in Rafale deal: Sitharaman

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Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday rubbished Congress charges about Rs 40,000 crore loss to exchequer in the Rafale deal and said there has not been any “misdoing” or “scandal” in the government decision to buy the fighter jets from France.

Answering a query at a press conference here, Sitharaman did not name the Congress but said false comparisons were being made and the attacks concerning the deal were politically motivated.

“(My) absolute assurance that there has not been any misdoing there. I am assuring in the company of all senior officials of the ministry, yes there is no scandal in Rafale, we are very clear on that,” Sitharaman said.

She said the government had been spending a lot of time explaining how the decision was taken and that it was an inter-governmental agreement.

The Minister said the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government could not purchase the fighter jets despite spending a lot of time on the deal.

“All false comparisons between Rafale, which was not bought, and using that as a comparison to say that what you paid today is far higher is just a non-starter and very clearly a motivated attack.

“So someone who could not even buy inspite of spending quite a lot of time is saying that what you paid is far higher than what I paid, which he has not paid at all in the first place,” she said.

The Congress has been alleging that Modi government finalised purchase of the Rafale jets at a higher price than negotiated by the UPA government.

It said the UPA negotiated Rafale at Rs 526 crore per plane but the Modi government paid Rs 1,670 crore instead, causing a loss of over Rs 40,000 crore in the purchase of 36 fighter jets.

The UPA government had decided to purchase 126 Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA).

Vegetables Prices Jumped Up Due To Former’s Protest

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Vegetable prices jumped as much as 10 percent in major Indian cities, including Mumbai and Delhi, as a four-day old strike by millions of farmers curtailed supplies.

Farmers began their 10-day protest on Friday to press demands such as farm loan waivers and higher prices for produce such as cereals, oilseeds and milk.

Wholesale prices of some vegetables like tomatoes and french beans have risen due to lower supplies, said a Mumbai-based vegetable vendor Mahesh Gupta.

Outbreaks of rural discontent poses a challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who promised when he came to power in 2014 to double farm incomes in five years.

Farmers in eight states, mostly ruled by Modis Bhartiya Janata Party, have restricted supplies of vegetable and milk to the cities markets.

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We are distributing milk and vegetables to the poor and needy, but weve decided not sell. The basic idea is to highlight the plight of farmers who have been overlooked by the government, said Ramandeep Singh Mann, a farmer based in Punjab.

Prices for many crops have fallen sharply, while the price of diesel has gone up, squeezing millions of Indias mostly small-scale farmers.

Last year six farmers were killed in similar protests that became violent in the central state of Madhya Pradesh.

In recent days, farmers blocked highways in some places and poured milk onto roads. The protests have been peaceful so far, although organizers are planning to increase the intensity in coming days.

The government hasnt fulfilled promises it had given last year. We have no option but to intensify our protests, said Ajit Nawale, state general secretary, All India Kisan Sabha, one of the farmers union participating in the strike.

Two-thirds of Indias 1.3 billion people depend directly or indirectly on farming for their livelihood, but farm incomes only account for 14 percent of gross domestic product, reflecting a growing divide between the countryside and wealthier cities.

I am stocking up vegetables for the entire week, said Anjali Salunkhe, a housewife in Mumbai, fearing prices could double as they did during protests last year.

Court admits abetment to suicide charge against Tharoor

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A court on Tuesday admitted abetment to suicide charges against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor over the 2014 death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar, saying there was “sufficient grounds to proceed” against the politician.

Taking cognisance of the Delhi Police chargesheet, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal asked Tharoor to appear before him on July 7.

“I have gone through and perused the chargesheet along with the documents filed along with it. Cognisance taken on offence regarding abetment to suicide of late Sunanda Pushkar and for committing cruelty upon her. On the basis of the police report, I take cognisance abetment of suicide punishable under 306 IPC and cruelty under 498A IPC. There exists sufficient grounds to proceed against Shashi Tharoor for commission of offence,” Vishal said.

The magistrate also issued notice to the prosecution for a written reply on BJP MP Subramanian Swamy’s application.

The cause of Sunanda Pushkar’s death was poisoning. A total of 27 tablets of Alprax were found in her room but it was not clear how many she had consumed.

On May 14, police chargesheeted Tharoor under sections 306 and 498A of the Indian Penal Code, pertaining to abetment to suicide and cruelty to wife, which entails a jail term that could extend up to 10 years.

Pushkar, 51, was found dead in a hotel suite here on January 17, 2014, days after she alleged that her husband was having an affair with a Pakistani journalist.

IAF Jaguar crashes, pilot dies

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An Indian Air Force (IAF) Jaguar crashed in Gujarat on Tuesday, killing its pilot, an official said.

An IAF spokesperson said the aircraft was on a routine training mission when it met with the accident at Jamnagar around 10.30 a.m.

“The pilot, Air Commodore Sanjay Chauhan, sustained fatal injuries during the crash,” the spokesperson said.

A Court of Inquiry has been ordered.

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