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North India rains: Rivers in UP, including Ganga and Yamuna flow above danger mark

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According to the Central Water Commission, the Ganga is flowing above the danger mark in Badaun, Garhmukteshwar, Naraura and Farrukhabad.

LUCKNOW: Rivers in Uttar Pradesh, including the Ganga, Yamuna and Ghaghra, are in spate following heavy rainfall in neighbouring states.

According to the Central Water Commission, the Ganga is flowing above the danger mark in Badaun, Garhmukteshwar, Naraura and Farrukhabad.

Similarly, the Sharda in Palia Kalan and the Ghaghra at Elgin Bridge in Barabanki of UP are flowing above the danger mark.

Jalaun DM Mannan Akhtar said, “The Yamuna is flowing above the danger mark in Kalpi due to which 12 villages have been cut off from the tehsil headquarters. Kharif crop has been damaged. The release of water from the Hathni Kund barrage in Haryana and excessive rain in Kota of Rajasthan have suddenly increased the water level in the Yamuna.”

Akhtar said the crop damage was being assessed.

Meanwhile, Farrukhabad DM Monica Rani said the administration had already started the work to prevent the erosion of the Ganga bank.

The Meteorological Department on Sunday said rain/thundershowers were expected at some places in eastern and western Uttar Pradesh in next three days.

North India rains: Cloudbursts kill three in Uttarakhand, 22 missing

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Cloudbursts at Mori block in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district wreaked havoc in several villages and killed three people on Sunday.

NEW DELHI: Cloudbursts at Mori block in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district wreaked havoc in several villages and killed three people on Sunday.

As many as 22 people are also missing. State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) teams were rushed to the affected areas but rescue operations are being hampered by incessant rains.

“We have dispatched teams of NDRF, SDRF, police and revenue department. We are also ready with relief packages to be dropped by air route for the people who are stranded due to bad weather conditions.

Till now, eight people are reported to be missing,” said Ashish Chauhan, district magistrate, Uttarkashi district.

“There have been damages at many places due to the rains but appropriate directions have been given to the officials concerned to clear it as soon  as possible.” The DM is keeping a close watch on the situation and rescue work.

“We got information about the damages in the morning at around 8.30 AM from the district headquarters. As per our initial information, at least seven to eight houses have been damaged in Arakot village,” said a SDRF official. With agency inputs

The Rishikesh-Badrinath National Highway was blocked at Lambagad and Tangri.

Also blocked are the Kedarnath highway at Banswada and Jamu Nursery, Gangotri NH at Harshil, Badeti and Helgugad and Yamunotri Highway at Dabarkot.

All these Chardhan routes collectively form a major religious circuit in Uttarakhand.  

Landslide on the Kailash-Mansarovar route has also affected the pilgrimage following which the devotees were being taken  to safer places.

Muslims in flood ravaged Maharashtra village clean temples

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While presenting an excellent example of social harmony, groups of young Muslim men in textile town of Ichalkaranji near Sangli have cleaned temples in the village that were marooned in floods.

MUMBAI: While presenting an excellent example of social harmony, groups of young Muslim men in textile town of Ichalkaranji near Sangli have cleaned temples in the village that were marooned in floods.

“Around 900 Muslim volunteers gathered at Jama Masjid in the city on Friday morning and participated in the cleanliness drive in different teams. One of the teams that was assigned the Nadi Ves area of the city cleaned even the Margubai Temple in the area,” Husen Kalawant, one of the volunteers who participated in the initiative taken by the community. 

“The volunteers were from all cross-sections of the society and they had with them 10 tracter-trollies, 2 earthmovers and other cleaning materials like brooms, shovels etc so that the silt accumulated in various areas of the city could be cleaned. Margubai temple is revered as the temple of village god. Hence we decided to clean the area first. Then we also cleaned the Baudha Vihar, Makhtum Darga, Mahadeo Mandir and Sikandar Dargah,” Husen added.

“After cleaning the road and other areas around the temple, Maulanas who look after the Masjid in the city were entrusted with the task of cleaning the temple from inside. They bathed the goddess idol and even draped it with a new saree as per the Hindu tradition,” said Atul Ambi, a resident of Ichalkaranji town who too had participated in the cleanliness drive. 

Ten years ago the textile town, that is currently facing the brunt of economic slowdown, had faced communal riots. 

“Yesterday’s cleanliness drive has shown that the torn fabric is woven again and regained its original texture,” said Gaus Jamadar a loom owner.

“It is often said that cleanliness is next to godliness. Whatever we did was our way of worshipping god,” said the Maulavi involved in the drive.

Karnataka CM,BS Yediyurappa orders CBI probe in alleged phone tapping

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Pramesh Jain

Karnataka CM,BS Yediyurappa orders CBI probe in alleged phone tapping,

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Sunday said he will order a CBI probe into the alleged phone-tapping scandal that took place during the previous congress JDS-led coalition government of HD Kumaraswamy in the state allegedly done at the behest of former Chief Minister,HD Kumaraswamy.This comes just days after the CM had already directed the Chief Secretary to inquire into the matter.
On the telephone tapping issue, several leaders, including Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah,have said it should be probed and truth should come out,so I have decided to order a CBI probe tomorrow itself I will order the probe,Yediyurappa told reporters at his residence in Dollars colony in Bengaluru.He also said it was the expectation of the people of the state that a detailed inquiry should be made and the culprits should be punished I will write to the CBI on Monday seeking a probe into the phone-tapping charge as demanded by the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Siddaramaiah and his party’s other leaders and members,BS Yediyurappa is running the government as One man show who is even a Home Minister too now till cabinet expansion is done he added.
Yediyurappa’s announcement comes amid signs that the case is gaining political steam ever since disqualified JD(S) MLA AH Vishwanath,who served as the JD(S) state president and turned rebel later,last week dropped the political bomb,accusing the Kumaraswamy government of tapping phones and spying on more than 300 leaders,including him.
Former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said he was ready for a probe by even an international agency.Let them do any inquiry,whether it is a CBI inquiry or any other agency of the international standard, or let them talk to Trump (US President Donald Trump),and get it inquired through someone from his side,I have been observing the conduct of electronic media, their intention and attempts are to keep Kumaraswamy away from people in state politics.They will not be successful in it,he said.Stating that he was not aware as to why his name was linked to the phone tapping case,Kumaraswamy stressed,If I was involved I would have panicked,I’m open.There is not even an iota to point fingers at me Kumaraswamy said.
The disqualified JDS MLA,AH Vishwanath,who served as the JDS state president and turned rebel later,last week accused the HD Kumaraswamy government of tapping phones and spying on more than 300 leaders,including him.This charge has been categorically denied by Kumaraswamy who said in a tweet,there was no need for me to remain in and save the chair (of CM) by tapping phones.Allegations made against me by some people in this matter is far from the truth.
Congress leaders,including Siddaramaiah,Mallikarjuna Kharge and the then Home Minister in the alliance government MB Patil,Dinesh Gundu Rao,KPCC President,have sought a probe while another key party leader and former Minister DK Shivakumar has rejected the snooping charges and appeared to side with Kumaraswamy.
According to reports,phones of those close to Siddaramaiah,who was the then coalition coordination committee chief, had come under the watch of the government.
Siddaramaiah has welcomed the decision of the chief minister even as he expressed apprehension if the agency was going to be used to unleash venomous political vendetta as has allegedly been done before.I welcome the decision of BS Yediyurappa to hand over the phone tapping case to CBI.But,in the past,BJP has used CBI as its puppet to unleash its venomous political vendetta.Hope BJP Karnataka leaders do not have similar intentions this time,Siddaramaiah’s tweet read.
Hitting out at the Congress,Senior BJP leader R Ashoka expressed surprise over differences in opinion on phone tapping probe within the grand old party.Pointing out that several Congress leaders, including Siddaramaiah, had demanded a probe,he said,Before handing over for probe they demanded inquiry,now they are blaming the Chief Minister, it is not right.Without even knowing who was behind the tapping, they are blaming us of vendetta politics.None of us knows who is behind it, it should come out through probe,” Ashoka added.
BJP MP, Sriramulu hits out at coalition over phone tapping row, says the coalition tapped phones to save govt.He adds that even phones of national leaders have been tapped and there is no political agenda behind ordering the CBI probe.He even said he held discussions and then decided to handover the case to the CBI.Nobody should involve oneself into phone tapping let it be the Chief Minister or former chief minister even though ministers are aware that phone tapping is a crime they have still indulged in it for which CM BS Yediyurappa has taken a very tough decision today the previous government was claiming that it is transparent but now its bad deeds have come to light he said reporters.
Disqualified MLA,Pratap Gowda Patil reacts on phone tapping row,says phones of many BJP MLAs have been tapped.He adds that the guilty will be punished after CBI probe he added.
Vishwanath had also claimed snooping would not have happened without the knowledge of the then Chief Minister as the intelligence wing was under his control.
Several BJP leaders,including former chief minister Jagadish Shettar, have directly accused Kumaraswamy of being behind the episode to save his government which was then rocked by dissidence within the coalition government ultimately collapsed last month with the chief minister losing the trust vote in the assembly.The controversy surfaced as Bengaluru police commissioner Bhaskar Rao earlier this month ordered an inquiry into phone tapping incident against the backdrop of a recently leaked telephone conversation purportedly between him and someone in Delhi lobbying on his behalf with some politicians for the post he is occupying now.
IPS officers as,Bengaluru City Police Commissioner,Bhaskar Rao, his predecessor and Additional Director-General Police (ADGP) of the Karnataka State Reserve Police (KSRP) Alok Kumar and another ADGP of the state intelligence wing Kamal Pant were reportedly lobbying for Bengaluru city police commissioner’s post during that period.Kumaraswamy opted for Alok Kumar,who held the post for 47 days from June 17 to August 1,before Rao was appointed on August 2 and Pant was not considered for the job.
Congress power broker Faraz Ahmed is alleged to have played a key role in getting Alok Kumar replaced with Rao for the post.
Reports says CM Yediyurapa has ordered CID and CBI probe in the phone tapping case and in which Bhaskar Rao’s and Faraz khan power broker of Congress will be probed first by CID and then by CBI. As phone tapping was ordered by Alok Kumar who was the then Addlitional commissioner of police crime who was the head of CCB,who has signed the ordered and passed to DCP Crime,Girish S who was heading technical wing in the CCB along with him ACP,Ramachandraiah,Inspectors as,Mirza,Yathiraj,Malltesh and others will be questioned by CBI in the alleged phone tapping case once the case will be probed by CBI.
CM BS Yediyurappa even said that after the expansion of cabinet he will hand over the IMA Multi-Crore Fraud case to CBI after the expansion of cabinet on Aug 20th as now the kingpin Mansoor Khan is in Judicial custody till August 30th.
On August 14th Yediyurappa directed state Chief Secretary TM Vijaya Bhaskar to probe the case after an interim report by Joint Commissioner of Police (crime) Sandeep Patil revealed that Rao’s conversations with Ahmed were tapped thrice between May and June.
After audio tapes containing voices of Rao, Faraz, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel and others were leaked to a section of the local media News18 Kannada first Aired and telecasted the Audio tape bomb of Commissioner of Police,Bhaskar Rao and Congess Power broker Faraz Khan, Kumaraswamy refuted that he ordered tapping of their phones.
Kumaraswamy resigned on July 23 after he lost the trust vote in the state legislative Assembly that he moved on July 18, as the 15 rebel lawmakers resigned before they were disqualified.
Disqualified JD-S rebel A.H. Vishwanath also accused Kumaraswamy of snooping.
Yediyurappa, 76, who became chief minister for the fourth time on July 26, is also the state home minister as he has not expanded his Cabinet so far.
His allegation gave mileage to the controversy that had been swirling around the state for weeks.
Congress leaders,including Siddaramaiah, Mallikarjun Kharge and home minister in the alliance government MB Patil, have sought an investigation.The other key leader and former minister, DK Shivakumar, has rejected the allegations.
The BJP government in Karnataka will expand its cabinet on Aug 20 in Bengaluru by inducting at least a dozen party’s legislators as ministers over three weeks after its state leader BSYediyurappa took oath as the CM for the fourth time on July 26.

Six held,for ransacking Hindi boards,posters at Ganesh Bagh Jain prayer hall,Sent to Judicial custody

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Pramesh Jain

Six held,for ransacking Hindi boards,posters at Ganesh Bagh Jain prayer hall,Sent to Judicial custody :
Highlights. 
* Posters at Jain defaced.
* Explosive turn to language war.
* language war turns into violent by miscreants claiming pro-kannada activist.
* Communal pitch to language war.
* Kannada Fringe target Jains. 

“Kannada fringe targets Jains “
The Commercial street police of East Division has arrested six miscreants for ransacking and vandalising Hindi posters and banners put at the entrance of the Ganesh Bagh Jain community prayer hall in Bengaluru.
The six accused has been identified as,A1 Ramesh Gowda.T.resident of Hebbal.Anjanappa,resident of Dasarahalli,Harish Kumar B,resident of Maruthinagar,Manjunath.M,resident of JP Nagar,Chandrasekhar,resident of Tindlu, Madesh Gowda S,resident of JP Nagar,all the six accused were secured by Commercial Street police and has been sent to Judicial custody by magistrate.
Panic gripped at Ganesh bagh’s jain community centre when a group of alleged pro-kannada activist people created ruckus and ransacked the banners put up at the entrance to welcome dignitaries for chaturmas,a relegious program which will go on for four months.
The incident took place on Friday evening at Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Raod when some alleged pro-kannada activists forcefully ransacked posters written in the Hindi language on the entrance of a Jain prayer hall.
Complainants also alleged that the posters of religious gurus were also damaged.
The Jain community later jointly reported the matter to the police and lodged a formal complaint they said,The gang shouted against the organizers for Hindi banners and demanded that it should be in kannada language.When one of the organizers trying to reason with them.They turned it into voilent and forcibly tored the banners by climbing and also they have torn and stampede the shrine pics and threatened them with sure consequences. 
The accused had even recorded the act on mobile phone and uploaded on social media with a warning to follow kannada while in karnaraka. 
The incident soon spread among the community who vent their ire and alerted the commercial Street police.
Following the complaint, the DCP visited the incident site and assured action against all the accused. The alleged incident was duly recorded and uploaded on the social media site Facebook.
The video which was uploaded on social media was also provided to the police by the Jain community as evidence of the incident.
All India Jain Minority Federation,State President,Prasanna Sancheti and State Mahila President,Pavan Bafna with other delegation met Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and discussed about the yesterday incident at Ganesh bagh,after collecting the information about the incident Karnataka CM assured to take care of the Jain community and give instructions to DG&IGP Mrs.Neelmani Raju and Commissioner of Police,Bhaskar Rao to take strict action against those miscreants who has ransacked the posters and banners put up at the Ganesh Bagh entrance they said.Later a delegation of Jain community met the commissioner of police and submitted a complaint regarding the incident commissioner assured them of taking it very seriously and we will arrest all the accused and build confidence among the community people to not to be worried and appealed all to not be panic said by Bhaskar Rao to Community people.
Tejasvi Surya BJP MP Bengaluru South told media persons condemning the act which a alleged pro-kannada activist group of people ransacked posters at Ganesh Bagh Jain community prayer hall he told media persons that I I am a pro- kannada activist there are millions of people like us who are genuine lovers of kannada who want to protect our language and the culture those people who indulged in the vandalism today they are the ones who are a few rowdy elements and let us not call them pro-kannada activist and bring defamy or infamy who are genuinely working for the cause of kannada.As lot of Jain Scripts are in Kannada language attacking a Jain Munni attacking a Jain shrine just because there was Hindi banner on one of the shrine is nothing but vandalism and therefore we must condemn it and strict action must be taken against those people who choose to take law in their own hand.Those people who have absolutely no objection to English board have no objection to the Arabic script which is point to this land they have an objection to Devangiri  Lippi a Lippi that is routed in Indian language Idemology they were indulged in this kannada of vandalism on a board which has Arabic writing.The point is it is not about Hindi or Arabic it is about how you respond to it breaking law and taking law in their own hands condemenable I am not encouraging anyone to do this I want to expose their double standards they have no objection to Arabic they have objection to Hindi they are not pro-kannada activist they are rowdy elements strict action will be taken against them he added.
A President Of Jain Community told media persons that,On Friday evening some few miscreants they came here and they objected for the name boards being in only one language that is in Hindi.This name board we have put in Hindi just because all the Dashrathis who come here to visit our Guru Ji comes from all over every part of the India.So it is for their information only where as the main board of this Ganesh Bagh is written in all the three languages were we have given first respect to kannada language he added.Our delegates met to the Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and Commissioner of Police and we have brought to their notice too as it is discourage and insult to our saint who has stampede and tore their banners as they would have come and requested to us we would have changed immediately and as it is a temperoary board so it is not compulsory to put also we got to know but if they want us to put we would have given first preference to kannada but ransacking and vandalising the posters which is welcome banner to the dashrathis we have registered a complaint against the miscreants and police have taken it very seriously and filed an FIR against the miscreants and they have arrested six persons who were involved in the vandaliing the posters incident we appreciate the efforts taken by the DCP East said by one of the President of Jain Community.
Senior officer said as soon as the incident reported of ransacking the posters forcibly by vandalising the banner and created ruckus at the Jain community hall as Ganesh Bagh as the group of alleged who alleged to be Pro-Kannada activist has posted a video on Facebook stating that it is a warning alarm to those who are imposing Hindi and are insulting Kannada language the same video was downloaded by the Jain community people and it was passed to all the Jain community papers through various social media platform which was been viral and the Jain community across India were anger on those miscreants who has ransacked the Shrine or Saint photos which was puted on the main entrance of Ganesh Bagh with Shrine pics a group of miscreants forcible ransacked the posters and even insulted the Jain Munni’s photo.As soon as the message was passed to DCP East,Rahul Kumar with other Senior officials with Commercial Street police Station inspector Nagaraj with their staff rushed to the incident spot and took all the stock of the situation and a group of Jain community people gathered at commercial street police Station outside demanding action against the miscreants the Jain community later met the DCP and explained him about the incident happened based on the complaint a case was registered against the miscreants with the video evidence of ransacking the poster and creating ruckus which was gripped in panic after registering the complaint DCP East,Rahul Kumar assured the community people he will take this matter very seriously and the culprits will be punished and we will even open a rowdy sheet against those people who are involved in this vandalism he said after registering the complaint DCP and his team with ACP,Inspector and their crime staff swung into action based on the concrete evidence the team apprehended four person in the late midnight and took them into custody and later in the morning we picked more two persons so totally we have arrested six accused who has taken law in their own hands by ransacking and vandalising the banners and posters of Jain Munni and all the accused has been identified as,Anjanappa,Harish Gowda,Ramesh gowda,Mahesh gowda,chandrashekar and Manjunath and case has been registered against them in commercial street police station in the cr.no.118/19.u/s,153(a) 427,504’506 ipc section which are non-bailable after arresting all the accused the commercial street police inspector and his staff produced all the six accused before the magistrate at his house in Koramangala judicial layout after verifying the information about the incident the Magistrate has remanded all the six accused to 14 days judicial custody and we warn all those miscreants who are taking law into their hand will be delt to severe punishment a strict action will be taken against them who indulge in this type of criminal activities if they have problem with any language imposition they should approach local police and seek their help in getting removed the other language board but taking law into their own hands and disturbing other community and creating panic situation across Bengaluru city means we have zero tolerance for this and we will take stern action against those who are indulging and provocating others to make this issue violent we are monitoring each and everything where as Jain community Shrine has asked their community people to maintain peace and said the cops are investigating the case and we should cooperate with the police  appealed  by Shrine or Guru Ji of Jain community to its community members through a video and I appreciate the team who has taken the case very seriously and arrested all the accused with in 24 hours he added.
Meanwhile the accused who were arrested by the police started releasing videos blaming Union Home Minister Amit Shah,MPs of Bengaluru as,PC Mohan,DV Sadananda Gowda and Tejasvi Surya they even blamed the Chief minister of Karnataka BS Yediyurappa and by slamming the government one of the accused we are ready to go to jail for 100 days also for the kannada culture and language and they even started releasing videos provoking other Kannadigas and other activists to show their strength in standing for them and many even started uploading threatening videos and warning the Jain community people that you are doing all illegal business and staying in our Bengaluru karnataka and are planning to bandh against us they were like if you have guts then block and show one road then we will show our Kannadigas power to you and a series of videos with open threat videos to Jain community as Marwari people was released by those accused and their followers who has even posted that they will intensify their protest across Karnataka and asked all the other organizations to support them in the protest which will be held tomorrow at 5.30 pm near Townhall against the Karnataka state government for arresting their members a post by alleged pro-kannada activist on social media says.
Sources in the police department said that we have taken all the precautionary measures to prevent any untoward incident and we will take strict action against those who are disturbing the society and community harmony with their provocating statements we will take stringent and severe action those who are indulging in this activities we will not spare any one who takes law in their hand they said.

Fear of snakes and shocks still keep people away from home

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Till Thursday, most residents were busy drying their household items which got wet during the flood.

HUBBALLI: IT’S been more than a week since the flooded Unkal lake inundated several residential areas of Hubballi. Though the water has receded now, residents are still not ready to move to their houses, fearing snakes, insects and most importantly getting electric shocks. The floods had wreaked havoc in Devi Nagar, Lingaraj Nagar, Ghamanghatti Road, Vidya Nagar and Kumarvyasa Nagar among other areas.

Till Thursday, most residents were busy drying their household items which got wet during the flood. And now, they are in fear of snakes and insects, which have entered their houses. Some people are also complaining of getting electric shocks from switchboards and wires. When the Unkal lake overflowed, water gushed into nearby areas and inundated around 150 houses. “Last week, most of the nights we spent outside our houses, and even now we are scared to sleep inside as many rooms are still filled with floodwater,” said Ravi Patil of Devi Nagar. “The flood has brought heaps of garbage into our houses, besides snakes and other insects. The Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation has been informed about the issue and its response is awaited. Some house are still waterlogged while some others are slushy.

As many people are complaining of getting shocks while touching electronic items, we are planning to request HESCOM officials to rectify the problem,” said another resident. HDMC officials said all the complaints received at the control room are being attended. “Officials are visiting areas based on complaints received. We are aware of the areas, which were affected due to flooding of Unkal lake, and are looking to their problems.”

Deepika Padukone has all of Ranveer Singhs heart

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On the work front, Ranveer and Deepika are shooting for ’83’, which traces India’s historic victory at the 1983 cricket World Cup.

Bollywood actors Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh

MUMBAI: Ranveer Singh has shared a love-filled video of his actress-wife Deepika Padukone who has all of the actor’s heart.

Ranveer took to Instagram to share the video in which Deepika – who is wearing an all-black ensemble, sun glasses and a pair of sneakers – is standing in front of a store which says “All Of My Heart”.

In another post, Ranveer can be seen smiling gleefully as he is “sandwiched” between his sister Ritika Bhavnani and Deepika’s sister Anisha Padukone.

Sharing the picture, the “Gully Boy” star captioned it “Sista Sandwich” with a bunch of heart emojis.

On the work front, Ranveer and Deepika are shooting for “’83”, which traces India’s historic victory at the 1983 cricket World Cup. While Ranveer portrays the team’s captain Kapil Dev, Deepika plays his wife Romi.

This is Ranveer and Deepika’s first film together after their wedding last year. The couple previously co-starred in megahits “Padmavat”, “Bajirao Mastani” and “Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela”.

“’83” also features Saqib Saleem, Adinath Kothare, Chirag Patil, Harddy Sandhu, Ammy Virk, Jatin Sarna, Pankaj Tripathi, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Dinker Sharma, Jiiva, Sahil Khattar, Dhairya Karwa, Nishant Dahhiya and R. Badree.

The film is presented by Reliance Entertainment and is scheduled to release on April 10 next year in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.

Rains lash Rajasthan, 4 dead in Jodhpur

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Heavy rains lashed several districts of Rajasthan, creating flood-like situation, with the army being called for rescue and relief in Kota.

JAIPUR/BHOPAL: Heavy rains lashed several districts of Rajasthan, creating a flood-like situation, with the army being called for rescue and relief in Kota. Bundi, Baran, Pratapgarh and Jhalawar districts in Hadauti region have been receiving heavy showers since Thursday night. In Gulzarpura area of ​​Jodhpur, four people, including two children, were reportedly buried after a house collapsed due to the heavy rains.

The Met department has warned of heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours in 22 districts of the state. The Chambal, Parvati, Kalisindh and Paruvan rivers in the Hadauti region are above danger levels. In many areas, roads are submerged and water has entered houses. Army soldiers are delivering food to people trapped inside their houses and transporting residents to a safe place. Municipal divers and members of disaster relief force are also involved.

Lok Sabha Speaker and Kota Bundi MP Om Birla visited the flood affected areas and took stock of the relief work. He directed the administration to provide all possible help to the affected people.
The Met department has issued a red alert for Ajmer, Banswara, Baran, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Bundi, Chittorgarh, Dungarpur, Jhalawar, Kota, Pratapgarh, Rajsamand, Sirohi, Tonk and Udaipur. 

In Madhya Pradesh, four more deaths were reported during last 24 hours. A car carrying two women school teachers and the driver was swept in a flooded nullah in Ujjain district on Thursday. The teachers were returning after the Independence Day function at the school in Barkheda Khurd village. A youth drowned in flooded Sukkad river in Rajgarh district, while another youth is still missing in flooded river in the same district.

The Met department has forecast heavy rainfall in nine districts — Neemuch, Mandsaur, Ratlam, Agar-Malwa, Shajapur, Guna, Ashok Nagar, Rajgarh and Sheopur  —over the next 24 hours.The situation in Mandsaur district which has reported five deaths remains grim particularly with Shivani river in spate. 

Cloud seeding attempt in Marathwada on Sunday
After two failed attempts of cloud seeding — on August 10 in Aurangabad and July 24 in Solapur — the Maharashtra government will now make another bid in Aurangabad in the rain-deficit Marathwada region on Sunday. The contract for cloud seeding has been given to the Kyathi Climate Modification Consultants LLP. A team of scientists from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology is assisting the revenue administration in the exercise. The government has approved `30 crore for the plan 

One bad day in the World Cup doesn’t make this team bad: Ravi Shastri to CAC

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The source further added that while there were parameters in place, one of the major areas where Shastri beat Hesson to the job was the team’s performance under him on foreign soil.

India's head coach Ravi Shastri. (Photo | AFP)

NEW DELHI: The three-member Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) comprising of Kapil Dev, Anshuman Gaekwad and Shantha Rangaswamy made no bones about the fact that it was a close contest between Ravi Shastri and Mike Hesson for the head coach’s role, but what seems to have helped Shastri clinch the deal is his urge to erase the bitter memory of losing in the semi-final of the 2019 World Cup in England.

Source in the know of developments during the presentation said that Shastri made it clear that he has unfinished business and this team is headed for greatness with a brilliant leader in Virat Kohli.

“There were some pointed questions and one of them to Shastri was what went wrong in the semi-final against New Zealand. He made it clear that one bad day doesn’t make this team bad. In fact, he emphasized on how he has unfinished business as the team now looks to gear up for not one, but two World T20s — 2020 and 2021. The confidence with which he said this made the committee believe that Shastri is the man who needs to guide this team forward,” the source said.

The source further added that while there were parameters in place, one of the major areas where Shastri beat Hesson to the job was the team’s performance under him on foreign soil.

“The CAC was clear about the fact that champion teams do well on foreign soil. Every team does well at home and India has done the same over the years. But the team’s rise on foreign soil has been exemplary under Shastri. There is no denying the fact that the combination that Shastri and Kohli form is unparalleled in the current scenario and with Shastri acting as the guiding force, this team will only perform better in the times to comes,” the source revealed.

Interestingly, Shastri also supposedly credit Virat Kohli for the transition the team has made in recent times when it comes to being extremely professional as well as consistent with their performances.

“Shastri told the CAC that this team has a leader who believes in leading from the front and there is no way that the youngsters wouldn’t want to imbibe from someone like Kohli. He also told them how Kohli has set new benchmarks when it comes to the fitness standards and that has rubbed off on all the players who now believe that fitness is as crucial a part of being an international cricket as is batting and bowling well,” the source said.

While the general feeling was that the Indian would be re-appointed, the source said that it was a close call with Hesson impressing all the three members. “Hesson was really good. The committee had gone in with a clean mind and what the former Kiwi coach presented to them really had them impressed. But in the end, it was a case of Shastri knowing the boys inside out that clinched the deal for the former all-rounder,” the source explained.

‘Vajpayee was our greatest PM after Nehru’

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Kashmir ka kya haal hain? (What is the situation in Kashmir?)” he would ask me when I visited him.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Kashmir ka kya haal hain? (What is the situation in Kashmir?)” he would ask me when I visited him. I visited Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his house twice a year — on Diwali and New Year — after he demitted office. Whenever I entered the room, no matter how many people were there, he would summon me to sit next to him. It was the same words every time. “Kashmir ka kya haal hain?”

He was a visionary who tactfully mixed pragmatism with his large-heartedness. He was a great man of peace. When he passed away, I spoke to the people in Kashmir — what Vajpayee meant to them. Kashmiris were praying for eternal peace for him, and also hoping peace returns to Kashmir. That’s what one remembers the most. 

Usually, it is not easy for officers to have access to the Prime Minister. With Vajpayee, he was always open. Whenever I wanted a meeting, I could go and meet him. And he listened. What he thought of things, he would not always tell you. He was a man of few words. He expected you to deliver. Sometimes, at the end of the conversation, he would pinpoint on an element from the conversation and ask me to pursue it.   

Time ran out on Vajpayee…Nobody expected that they (the BJP) would lose the 2004 elections.  When Vajpayee and Brijesh Mishra left, I also decided to leave the PMO…Brijesh, in fact, told me that I was not a political appointee. The people said I should not have left…The irony is I knew Manmohan Singh much better than I knew Vajpayee. I thought of this umpteen times, and I think I did the right thing. In Vajpayee’s PMO, it was a family. It was the happiest PMO. He treated his officers in the PMO like his family. He would call officers from the PMO to home for either lunch or dinner and always had a wonderful table. His daughter Gunnu, as we called her, was a wonderful hostess. 

I went to officially say goodbye to him one last time after he left office. He was all alone at his home..still in Race Course Road. 

When I walked in, I did not know what to say. I said, “Sir, yeh kya ho gaya? (Sir, what happened?)” He laughed heartily…he could always laugh at himself. He said, “Unko bhi nahi malum kya ho gaya (Even the Congress does not know how it happened).” Throughout, he never lost his sense of humour.
Vajpayee was a colossus. He was the greatest of our prime ministers after Jawaharlal Nehru. I was very privileged to see him from such close quarters. It is an honour to be able to speak on him. 

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