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“Secret” Rafale Files Stolen, Illegal To Use Them: Centre

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'Secret' Rafale Files Stolen, Illegal To Use Them: Centre To Top Court

Documents linked to the Rafale deal have been stolen and petitioners are violating the Official Secrets Act by relying on classified documents, the government told the Supreme Court today as the court’s notice was drawn to a newspaper report.

“These documents were stolen from the Defence  Ministry either by former or present employees. These are secret documents and can’t be in the public domain,” the Attorney General told the court, representing the central government.

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi questioned what action the government had taken.

“We are investigating how these documents were stolen,” said the centre.C

“It is a criminal offence. We are objecting preliminary because secret documents can’t be annexed with the petition. Review and perjury petitions must be dismissed,” said the Attorney General.

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Indian-origin man gets 33-month jail in US for over $2m fraud

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Nasheman News, Washington :  An Indian-origin man in the US has been sentenced to 33 months in prison and ordered to pay $2,618,000 in restitution for being convicted of mail fraud and embezzlement, authorities said.

Dinesh Shankar, 41, San Jose, California, was sentenced last week for embezzling from a medical device company, US Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent in charge John F. Bennett said.

In addition to the prison sentence and restitution, Shankar was also ordered to serve a three-year term of supervised release. He will begin serving the sentence on May 1, the Justice Department said.

According to the plea agreement, from March 2013 until January 2018 Shankar was an employee of an Emeryville-based medical device company. Beginning July 2013 until December 2017, he submitted false expense reports and invoices to the finance department, making the company pay more than half a million dollars. 

In addition, Shankar admitted creating false invoices that appeared to be issued by six different entities. The entities were actually fictitious business names for entities that he controlled. 

Shankar prepared the false invoices to make it appear the entities had provided testing and quality assurance services to his employer when, in fact, they had not provided the services. Shankar, according to the statement, admitted he caused $2,576,384 loss to the company. 

A federal grand jury indicted Shankar in April 2018, charging him with six counts of mail fraud. He pleaded guilty to one count in November and the remaining were dismissed

Bollywood Buzz

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Blackboard V/S Whiteboard is all set for release on 12th April 2019


Milestone Creations & Ratan Shree Entertainment’s film Blackboard V/S Whiteboard is all set for release on 12 th April 2019

The primary school is the foundation of the education system.  There the children do not go to learn only Ka, Kha, Ga, Gha or A B C D. They go there to learn the habit of reading, writing & learning. And if once they got used to this habit, then nobody could stop them from their growth in the society. But it is a matter of great sadness that most of our primary school education conditions in our country are very poor.  Especially the condition of the Government primary school is pathetic. Crores of rupees are spend on these schools, but there is no improvement on their merits. This is the reason most of the people in rural areas are running towards private schools, where they are exploited economically & the level of education is also very bad. 

Blackboard V/s Whiteboard is the story of a Government primary school in which all the difficulties have been shown, which is somewhere responsible for the misery of these schools.

 Along with entertainment, this message has also been given to the teacher to decide how they can establish their school as an ideal school by crossing those troubles? 

The screenplay of this film is written after research in several Governments & Private Primary Schools, despite the fact that the story is fictitious, people will realize reality.

 The credits of the film are produced by Nupur Shrivastava, Gireesh Tiwary & Ashutosh Singh Ratan, directed by Tarun Bisht, cinematography by Dharmendra Singh Sisodia, music by Jayant Aryan, lyrics by Roop, Surya Samudra & Gireesh Tiwary, written by Gireesh Tiwary, edited by Birju Rajak, art by Martand Mishra, choreography by Anand Bakuni (Andy), action by Yusuf Sultan Khan, media consultancy by Ekta & Himanshu Jhunjhunwala (Dwapar Promoters), executive produced by Rahul Mishra, line produced by Elite Entertainment, production head is Hiren Tailor, sound recordist is Rajneesh Mishra, distributed by Trinity Films, costumes by Shital Bhivade, background music by Jayant Aryan & Dev Chauhan, Location is Jharkhand & Mumbai & audio by Zee Music Company. The film stars Raghubir Yadav, Ashok Samarth, Dharmendra Singh, Alismita Goswami, Pankaj Jha, Akhilendra Mishra, Manu Krishna, Ashish Mishra,  Madhu Roy, Sonu Sonar, Abhavya Sharma & Sunny Sharma, 

Images show madrasa buildings standing after Indian attack claim

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Images show madrasa buildings standing after Indian attack claim

Satellite images show a religious school run by Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) in northeastern Pakistan still appears to be standing days after Indiaclaimed warplanes destroyed it and killed a large number of fighters.

The images produced by Planet Labs Inc, a San Francisco-based private satellite operator, show at least six buildings on the school’s site on March 4 – six days after the air raids. Until now, no high-resolution satellite images were publicly available.

The images are virtually unchanged from an April 2018 satellite photo of the facility. There are no discernible holes in the roofs of buildings, no signs of scorching, blown-out walls, displaced trees around the school or other signs of an aerial attack.

The images cast further doubt on statements made over the last eight days by the Indian government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the February 26 raids had hit all the intended targets at the school site in northern Pakistan’s Balakot region. 

India’s foreign and defence ministries did not reply to questions about the satellite images emailed by Reuters news agency.M

Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Project at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, confirmed the photographs showed the structures in question still standing.

“The high-resolution images don’t show any evidence of bomb damage,” he said.

Government sources said last week 12 Mirage 2000 jets carrying 1,000kg bombs carried out the attack.

Lewis and Dave Schmerler, a senior research associate at the James Martin Center for nonproliferation studies who also analyses satellite images, said weapons that large would have caused obvious damage to the structures visible in the picture.

“If the strike had been successful – given the information we have about what kind of munitions were used – I would expect to see signs that the buildings had been damaged,” said Lewis. “I just don’t see that here.”

Pakistan has disputed India’s account, saying the operation was a failure that saw Indian jets, under pressure from Pakistani planes, drop their bombs on a largely empty hillside.

“There has been no damage to any infrastructure or human life as a result of Indian incursion,” Major-General Asif Ghafoor said. “This has been vindicated by both domestic and international media after visiting the site.”

Political fire

India must hold a general election by May and pollsters say Modi and his Hindu nationalist party stand to benefit from his aggressive response to a suicide bomb attack that killed 40 Indian paramilitary police in the disputed Kashmir region on February 14.

Indian officials said hundreds of “terrorists” were killed in the air raids.

But the Indian government has failed to produce evidence that the camp was destroyed and fighters killed. That prompted some opposition politicians to push for more details.

Modi has accused the opposition Congress party and other opponents of helping India’s enemies by demanding evidence of the attacks.

After the Indian air force incursion, a dogfight resulted in the capture of a downed Indian pilot, who was released on March 1 as part of a “peace gesture” by Pakistan.

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US’ GSP withdrawal won’t hurt India as benefits are minimal, says official

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Nasheman News : Downplaying the likely effects of the US withdrawal of benefits for Indian exports under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) programme, Commerce Secretary Anup Wadhawan has said the decision will not have any major impact on overall Indian exports to the US as the concessions availed under the scheme were “minimal”.

Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday, Wadhawan said: “Total GSP benefits availed by India under the GSP programme were to the tune of $190 million on a trade $5.6 billion. So, the benefits both in an absolute sense, and as a percentage of the trade involved, are very minimal and moderate.”

US President Donald Trump on Monday announced that he was ending India’s trade concessions under the GSP programme accusing New Delhi of not providing Washington “equitable and reasonable access” to its markets.

Trump, who is on a mission to expand market access abroad and end US trade deficits, made the announcement in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence in his capacity as the Senate President.

The US Trade Representative’s Office (USTR) said that the preferences will end in 60 days after the notification to the Congress and the Indian government.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) sources said the government will continue to talk to the US during the 60-day period. They said that efforts were being made to find a reasonable package and said the problem was not systemic.

Noting that there were a number of areas where India was willing to show flexibility, they said that it did not meet the US requirement.

There were genuine cultural concerns such as in case of dairy products, they said, adding that it was second year when US imports have grown.

The Commerce Secretary also said the US went ahead with the withdrawal of benefits despite the Indian government working out on an “extensive, reasonable, meaningful package which covered almost all the US concerns”.

“Of course there were some additional requests beyond that, which could not be accepted at this time,” he said.

PM unveils development projects in Karnataka

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Nasheman News : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday unveiled development projects in education and health sectors in Karnataka.

Modi unveiled an Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Terminal and a Women’s Hostel for students from northeastern region in Bengaluru digitally from Kalaburagi, about 600 km north of Bengaluru.

Union Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala, BJP state unit President B.S. Yeddyurappa and other party leaders were present at the event.

The Prime Minister is to interact with the beneficiaries of the National Health Protection Scheme in Kalaburagi later in the day.

IAF strike: V.K. Singh equates militants with mosquitoes

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Nasheman News : Amid the conflicting claims on the number of terrorists killed in the Balakot airstrike, former Army chief Gen V.K. Singh on Wednesday drew parallels between terrorists and mosquitoes while responding to the opposition’s continuous hammering on the issue.

In a tweet in Hindi, he said at 3.30 a.m., there were too many mosquitoes, so he used a repellent spray to kill them.

“Now should I count how many mosquitoes were killed or sleep peacefully,” the Minister of State for External Affairs said.

The opposition, including former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and Congress leaders Kapil Sibal, Manish Tewari, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, have raised questions over the government’s claim about the death toll in Pakistan in the February 26 air strike.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) jets had hit the biggest training camp of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in Pakistan within a fortnight after 40 Central Reserve Police Force troopers were killed in the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah claimed that over 250 terrorists were killed in the air strike.

IAF chief Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa on Monday said his force does not count human casualties but the IAF had hit its target.

The analogy of Singh came a day after he attacked the opposition for demanding the casualty figures saying it was not “a game of marbles” where exact scores can be kept.

On Tuesday, he defended Shah’s claim that more than 250 terrorists were killed in the IAF action that came 12 days after the Pulwama attack, saying that Shah meant that “these many might have been killed” in the air strike.


India, Pakistan exchange heavy fire on LoC

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Nasheman News : Indian and Pakistani armies exchanged heavy fire across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district till early hours on Wednesday, Defence Ministry said.

The Pakistan Army used mortar shelling and small arms as they resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation in the Sunderbani sector from around 10.30 p.m. on Tuesday.

“The firing continued till 4.30. a.m. Indian positions retaliated strongly,” Defence Ministry spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Devender Anand said.

Heavy firing exchanges also took place between the two armies in Nowshera sector of Rajouri and Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch on Tuesday.

A soldier was injured in Kalal area of Rajouri in the firing. 

All educational institutions continued to remain closed within 5 km distance from the LoC in both these districts.

Belur goes green, says no to fireworks

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Nasheman News :  Authorities at Belur Math, the global headquarters of Ramakrishna Math and Mission in West Bengal’s Howrah district, have cancelled the traditional firework that accompanies the birth anniversary celebration of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa in order to curb pollution.

“We have decided to do away with the fireworks this year but it is too early to say if it will be stopped forever,” said Swami Subirananda, general secretary of Ramakrishna Mission.

In 1898, Swami Vivekananda consecrated the Belur Math and established the Ramakrishna Mission on May 1, that year.

The century-old fireworks celebration have been an integral part of the programmes surrounding Vivekananda’s guru the 19th-century mystic’s birthday festivities ever since.

The key attraction of the event has been cancelled this year ‘mainly due to environmental concern’, he said.

The celebration will start on March 8 and a host of cultural programmes will continue till March 15.

Subirananda said the trustees have planned to come up with something more scientific and attractive in the coming years. For instance, a laser show can be done.

India crash out of Turkish Women’s Cup

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Nasheman News : The Indian women’s football team ended their run at the Turkish Women’s Cup with a narrow defeat at the hands of Kazakhstan, here on Tuesday.

As a result, India ended the tournament in sixth place after a victory in the group stage against Turkmenistan and losses at the hands of Romania and Uzbekistan.

The first 45 minutes failed to produce any goals, with India enjoying the lion’s share of the chances. The Indian forwards created a flurry of chances in the first 25 minutes — with Sanju, Dangmei Grace and Indumathi all coming close to scoring the opener but were denied by the Kazakh defence.

In the 33rd minute, the Indian eves put the ball in the back of the net, only for the referee to rule out the effort for offside. Kazakhstan threatened the Indian goal in the first half on a couple of occasions, most notably in the 45th minute, but Indian custodian Aditi Chauhan was up to the task and saved a shot from a close-range free-kick.

The second half saw coach Maymol Rocky’s charges come out fired up as they hunted for the go-ahead goal. Dalima Chhibber came close in the 58th minute with a shot from distance and just three minutes later, Ratanbala Devi’s header looked destined for goal but was cleared by the Kazakh defence off the line.

Manisha came on for Anju in the 64th minute and tested the keeper almost immediately with a powerful shot. The Indian side continued to commit players forward as the match headed towards the end, but the opening goal still remained elusive. Sanju, Roja Devi and Grace all recorded efforts on goal that, however, did not find the back of the net.

With the game scoreless after regulation time, players headed for the dreaded penalty shootout. Ashalata Devi put India into a 1-0 lead as her Kazakh counterpart skied her shot. Dalima then stepped up to convert her effort before Manisha saw hers saved by the rival keeper as the score got locked at 2-2.

Grace scored from India’s fourth attempt, but Sanju missed her subsequent effort as the Kazakh side converted its last two shots, thus handing the Indian side a narrow 4-3 defeat in the shootout.

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