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Mumbai Indians lift second IPL title with a 41-run win over CSK

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Mumbai Indians second IPL

Kolkata: A far too superior Mumbai Indians crushed Chennai Super Kings under the weight of a daunting asking rate on Sudnay Ato lift the coveted Indian Premier League title for the second time, in a virtual replay of the final between the two sides in 2013 at the same venue Eden Gardens.

Put in to bat, Mumbai gave an awesome batting display to plunder 202/5, and then restricted Chennai to 161/8, finishing with a 41 run victory before a capacity 66,000 plus crowd at the iconic ground.

Chasing the tough target, Chennai Super Kings lost an early wicket and never quite seemed like taking up the challenge,virtually choking Aunder pressure as the asking rate kept mounting. In the end, the battle seemed quite one-sided.

Two years back, Mumbai had defeated Chennai by 23 runs to annex their maiden title at the Eden.

Mumbai now have evened with Chennai and Kolkata Knight Riders – each having been crowned champions twice.

Chennai began their reply on the wrong note, as Mike Hussey (4) departed cheaply, but Dwayne Smith (57; 48b, 9×4, 1×6). and Suresh Raina (28; 19b, 3×4, 1×6) set out to repair the damage and take the battle into the opponent camp with a 66-run second wicket stand.

However, veteran office Harbhajan Singh – on a high after his recall to the Indian team – showed the door to Smith, and that proved to be the turning point of the game, as CSK never got going after that.

Wickets tumbled, as Raina became Harbhajan’s victim in the tweaker’s next over, while Dwayne Bravo (9) and skipper M S Dhoni (18) also could not do much.

The dye was cast, and once Dhoni went back in the 16th over, with the score reading 124/5, it was all over. AA

For the winners, Mitchell Mcclenaghan (3/25), Lasith Malings (2/25) and Harbhajan Singh (2/34) were the main wicket takers.

Earlier, , the Mumbai Indians built their innings around two partnerships, as they set an asking rate of 10.15 for Chennai on a flat strip.

A rollicking 119-run second-wicket stand between opener Lendl Simmons (68; 45b, 8×4, 3×6) and skipper Rohit Sharma (50; 26b, 4×6, 6×2) took the team to a position of solidity after the loss of opener Parthiv Patel in the opening over itself.

Kieron Pollard (36; 18b, 2×4, 3×6) and Ambati Rayudu (36; 24b, 3×6) then forged a 71-run partnership for the fourth wicket off only 40 balls to pile on the Chennai Super Kings bowlers’ misery.

Rohit, who has always found Eden a happy hunting ground, went on the offensive from the word go, smacking Mohit Sharma for 16 runs in the second over, before unleashing some exquisite strokes during his stay in the middle.

Caribbean Simmons also played with his characteristic flamboyance, but reached his half century with a somewhat lucky shot, an edge, as Pawan Negi only managed to get his hands to the leather before it slipped out. The batsmen ran two, and Mumbai were 98/1 at the halfway stage.

Dwayne Bravo finally broke the partnership by foxing Rohit with a slower ball. Mumbai were 120/3 in 12 overs.

Simmons returned in the very next delivery, yorked by Dwayne Smith.

Rayudu then joined Pollard, who belted Nehra for 23 runs in the 17th over, that included three sixes and one boundary.

For Chennai, Dwayne Bravo (2 for 36) was the most successful bowler.

(IANS)

HC vindicates AAP government in dispute with centre

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Kejriwal has described the Centre’s stand as perfidy and a blatant attempt to provide cover to corrupt officials. He has also said he will challenge the Centre’s notification in court.

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New Delhi: In the midst of a dispute with the Centre, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has received vindication in court.

The anti-corruption branch of Delhi, which comes under Delhi Police, must take its orders from Kejriwal’s government and not the Centre, the Delhi High Court said on 25 May.

The judge also said that Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung is “bound to act upon the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers”.

“Today’s judgement is a huge embarassment for the central govt, (sic),” jubilant Kejriwal tweeted.

Last week, the Centre said its officers could not be probed by the ACB, Delhi because it doesn’t have the right to intervene in matters of land, the Delhi Police, or the appointments of key bureaucrats.

The Centre also said the LG, who acts as its representative in Delhi, is not obliged to consult Kejriwal on these issues.

Kejriwal has described the Centre’s stand as perfidy and a blatant attempt to provide cover to corrupt officials. He has also said he will challenge the Centre’s notification in court.

The clash between the Centre and Kejriwal is over how their powers are divided in Delhi’s administration, a union territory.

Earlier in the day, in a maverick move, he summoned a cabinet meeting at a city public park and sought the attendance of the “aam aadmi” or common man that his party is named after.

Indian media makes news in Nepal, for wrong reasons

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Kathmandu: A section of the Indian media has made news in Nepal — for the wrong reasons.

The electronic media in particular faces charges of sensationalism at a time when the Himalayan nation is recovering from the deadly scars of the April earthquake that left more than 8,500 people dead.

In Kathmandu, few hide their feelings vis-a-vis the Indian media.

“There is a lot of resentment against Indian journalists because of the biased approach they took to cover the tragic event,” Dinesh Gautam, deputy chief executive officer of Probiotech Industries, Nepal’s prominent feed industry, told IANS.

The main reason for the anger towards certain media, especially two prominent Hindi news channels, was the “insensitive” reportage following large-scale deaths and destruction, he said.

The one question which Indian TV reporters kept asking and which is the focus of much of the criticism is: “How are you feeling?”

“What would be your reaction to this question when you lose a family member in a disaster?” banker Nira Shrestha asked this IANS correspondent. She said there should be some sensitivity towards such incidents.

“If somebody is under trauma or lying on a stretcher with multiple injuries, you cannot pose silly questions. This is the main reason for the anger against the Indian media,” Shrestha said.

The oft-repeated remarks by Indian media commentators which created revulsion in Nepal was that it was not the earthquake but the buildings which killed people.
Narrating an incident, Nepalese journalist Ujjwal Risal said one of the survivors was so angry with the questions from journalists that he angrily pushed aside the microphone of a reporter of an Indian news channel.

He said lots of international journalists flocked to Nepal to report on the disaster.

“Though the international media played a major role to get immediate worldwide attention towards the tragedy, it’s only Indian news channels that faced flak. There was no problem with BBC News, CNN, Al Jazeera and even the local ones which also covered the quake widely,” Risal, who has been publishing a fortnightly news magazine for over a decade, told IANS.

Kathmandu-based leading news channel Kantipur Television was operating from a makeshift tent as one of its buildings got damaged.

Local entrepreneur Bhagwati Prasad said: “As Nepal is rebuilding, the Indian media outlets should come back and focus on voluntary agencies — national and international — involved in rehabilitating people. It has shown the heart-rending videos and not the human interest stories.”

Actress Michelle Yeoh, famous for her roles in James Bond film “Tomorrow Never Dies”, visited quake-hit villages on the outskirts of Kathmandu on May 15-17 to see the rehabilitation work undertaken by ‘Live to Love’ foundation of Buddhist leader Gyalwang Drukpa, the spiritual head of the 1,000-year-old Drukpa Order based in India and Nepal.

“You have to inspire through your writings the international community that quake-ravaged Nepal needs immediate help,” Yeoh told IANS.

(IANS)

Heatwave kills 432 in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh

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Hyderabad: The searing heatwave in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana has killed 432 people so far with more deaths being reported today as vast swathes of the country reeled under the unrelenting summer heat.

There was no respite in sight with the India Meteorological department warning that severe heatwave conditions are expected to continue in the two worst-hit southern states.

In Delhi, the maximum temperature was recorded at 43.5 degree celsius, a degree less than yesterday while Palam recorded 46 degree celsius.

Uttar Pradesh continued to reel under sweltering heat with mercury in Allahabad touching 47.7 degree Celsius which was the hottest in the state.

The steel city of Jamshedpur in Jharkhand experienced the hottest day of the season at 44.8 degree celsius, four degree above normal.

Odisha virtually turned into a boiling cauldron as the searing heatwave conditions further intensified today with the mercury rising above 45 degree celsius in nine places and above 40 degree celsius in 19 towns.

The toll in the heatwave in Andhra Pradesh since May 18 rose to 246, after 84 more people succumbed across the state today, according to a senior official of the AP Disaster Management Department. The figure was based on information available from different districts until 7.15 pm.

Prakasam district recorded the most number of deaths at 57, followed by Visakhapatnam(53) and Vizianagaram (40), the official said.

He said 162 people had died due to heatwave across the state as per information available until 10 pm last night.

The toll pertains to the period from May 18 until 7.15 pm for the state of Andhra Pradesh, the official said.

Telangana reported death of 58 more people since yesterday, as a result of which the toll went up to 186 in 10 districts of the state, a senior official of State Disaster Management Department told PTI.

Nalgonda district recorded the maximum number of 55 deaths, followed by Khammam district at 43 and Mahabubnagar district at 23, she said. In Hyderabad, two persons have died due to heatwave.

The toll is registered from April 15 in Telangana, the official said.

There was no respite from blistering heat in desert state of Rajasthan where Jaisalmer and Sriganganagar districts remained the hottest place recording a maximum of 45.6 degree celsius.

Kota recorded a maximum of 45.5 degree celsius while Bikaner and Barmer registered temperatures of 44.6 and 44.2 degree respectively.

Churu and Jaipur sizzled at 43.8 degree celsius. Jodhpur, Ajmer and Dabok also recorded day temperature of 42, 41.4 and 40 degree Celsius.

(PTI)

UPA hanged Afzal Guru for political reasons: Omar Abdullah

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He said no as he had signed the paper and warrant has been issued and asked me to deal with the implications.”

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New Delhi: The controversial hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru had been carried out for “political reasons” by the UPA government which had informed him “only hours before,” former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah said today.

Out for a dinner with his sister at a Delhi restaurant, Omar received a call from the then Home Minister SushilkumarShinde informing him that he had signed the papers for Guru to be hanged early next morning and asking him to make law and order arrangements.

Even as a last minute effort, Omar told PTI, “I asked the Home Minister whether he was sure that nothing can be done.

He said no as he had signed the paper and warrant has been issued and asked me to deal with the implications.”

Pointing out that the cases of assassins of Rajiv Gandhi and Beant Singh had been handled differently, he said, “the fact is whether we like it or not he was hanged for political reasons. It’s a fact.”

“I had said I will not pass judgement on it until I see how Government handles other cases… I have seen other cases. Look how they handled assassins of Beant Singh and Rajiv Gandhi and look how they jumped this guy up the queue.

“Clearly what other conclusion can you arrive at other than this that they wanted to deny BJP another handle to beat them with in the general elections and, therefore, the easiest two people to be hanged were AjmalKasab because he was a foreign national and Afzal Guru. Whether I like it or not, but they did it,” he said.

Guru, who was at serial number 28 in the list of condemned prisoners, was hanged on February 9, 2013. A controversy broke out as his family got news of his hanging on television.

Omar Abdullah’s National Conference was part of the UPA government at the time of the hanging and his father, Dr Farooq Abdullah, was a Cabinet Minister at the Center. The alliance continued till the General Elections of May 2014.

Omar, working President of National Conference which lost power in the December 2014 Assembly elections, termed the Guru issue a ‘sword of Damocles’ hanging over him, saying he had been apprising the Centre from time to time about the implications of Guru’s execution.

“The Afzal Guru execution was something that was discussed all through my tenure. Because we knew it was like a sword of Damocles hanging over us. So from time to time the implications of it were conveyed to the Government of India both to Mr P Chidambaram and to MrShinde,” he said.

The implications were always conveyed to the Centre but the concerns multiplied when Kasab, lone survivor of the terrorist team which created mayhem in Mumbai on 26/11, was hanged, he said.

“The general feeling was this that once they have done this, Guru is going to be next and I did place my reservations on record at the time as to what the implications of this would be,” the former Chief Minister said, adding that he was “told that a decision hasn’t been taken but it is being contemplated”.

(PTI)

Rape accused Asaram's son Narayan Sai gets temporary bail from HC in a rape case

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Ahmedabad: Self-styled spiritual guru and rape accused Asaram’s son Narayan Sai, jailed in a rape case, was today granted three weeks’ temporary bail by the Gujarat High Court to attend to his ailling mother, who is schedule to undergo a surgery.

Justice V M Pancholi granted conditional temporary bail to Sai, who will remain under police surveillance during his bail period.

The court told Sai to surrender in four days from the date of his release from Surat jail if his mother’s surgery does not take place till then.

Sai, who is in jail since December 2013, is likely to come out of Surat jail tomorrow.

Rape accused spiritual guru Asaram.

The relief for Sai came amid reports of attacks on witnesses of rape cases against him and his father Asaram, who is behind bars in Jodhpur in connection with a rape case.

A key witness, Mahendra Chawla, was attacked in Panipat district of Haryana on May 13 this year. Till now, two persons, who had given testimonies in the rape case, have been killed and four persons, including Chawla, faced attacks.

In June last year, Gujarat-based witness Amrut Prajapati was shot dead in June last year at his clinic in Rajkot. Another prosecution witness, Akhil Gupta, was also shot dead in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar.

The High Court had on April 16 granted three-week bail to Sai for attending the proposed surgery of his mother Lakshmiben for a cervical ailment at a hospital in Ahmedabad.

However, the Supreme Court had on April 29 modified the order saying that Sai would be released on bail only after the date of his mother’s operation was fixed.

The apex court had acted then on a plea of Gujarat police seeking cancellation of interim bail granted to Sai on various grounds including that the accused may tamper with evidence in the case in which charges are yet to be framed.

Sai is behind bars since December 2013 in the rape case filed by two Surat-based sisters.

The sisters from Surat had lodged two different rape complaints against Sai and Asaram.

Sai’s mother Lakshmiben was also booked in the alleged rape case filed against Asaram by one of the sisters. Later, she was granted bail.

Sai was booked under various IPC sections, including rape, unnatural sex, molestation, wrongful confinement, unlawful assembly, rioting armed with deadly weapon, criminal intimidation and criminal conspiracy.

The younger of the two sisters had in her complaint accused Sai of repeated sexual assault between 2002 and 2005 when she was living at his Surat ashram.

(Agencies)

One killed and 100 injured as train derails in UP

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Lucknow: At least one person was killed and over 100 were injured when seven coaches of an express train bound for Jammu Tawi derailed in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, police said.

The accident took place near Sirathu station in Kaushambi district, over 170 km from here.

District officials, who rushed to the spot for relief and rescue, said that one woman was killed.

Karnataka: IPS officer Alok Kumar for link with lottery mafia, CID interrogates him for nine hours

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Bengaluru: Following the preliminary investigation conducted by Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the Karnataka government on Saturday, May 23 suspended Additional Commissioner of Police Alok Kumar for his alleged connections with illegal lotteries and the cricket betting mafia.

The CID had submitted its report to the government regarding the case after which the suspension order was announced.

However, responding to media, Alok Kumar has denied his involvement with illegal lottery kingpin Pari Rajan, and cricket bookies in Mumbai.

Police officer Alok Kumar was reportedly named by the CID for allegedly obstructing the arrest of the illegal lottery racket kingpin, Pari Rajan.

The report claimed that Alok Kumar had tried to stall the arrest of Rajan in the second week of May when a police sub-inspector went to the latter’s house in Bangarpet to arrest him. Kumar had allegedly contacted the SI twice over phone to exert pressure asking him not to arrest Rajan despite the fact that he was not the SI’s supervising officer.

CID interrogates IPS officer for nine hours

A day after the suspension of IPS officer Alok Kumar, the Criminal Investigation Department which is probing the illegal lottery scam in the State interrogated him for nearly nine hours on Sunday, May 24.

A questionnaire was given to Kumar after he reached the CID headquarters for the closed-door interrogation. There were various questions which focused on the nature of relationship between the kingpin of the racket Pari Rajan and Kumar, revealed a source in CID.

Sources also revealed that the former additional commissioner (West), is learnt to have acknowledged his links with Rajan but denied knowing or helping in Rajan’s illegal business.

It is said that the CID would continue the questioning on Monday too.

The Karnataka government on Saturday, May 23 suspended officer Alok Kumar for his links with the alleged operator of an illegal lottery business. The CID report had accused Kumar of trying to prevent the arrest of Pari Rajan, who is allegedly a key player in the racket.

(Agencies)

Help him aiding prisoners who are detained in jails for unreasonably long periods

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Faiz Akram Pasha

Bengaluru: City based NGO Janasadbhawana that works with jail inmates is going through financial crunch. Janasadbhawana, started by social activist Faiz Akram Pasha, is on a mission to reform small-time offenders languishing in jails, get them out legally and rehabilitate them in order to promote a peaceful society, whilst advocating for justice in prisons.

The NGO has now turned to crowd-funding to raise money for the noble cause.

As more and more individuals and startup companies are turning to crowd-funding to bring their projects to light, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in India are not far behind. One look at the country’s major crowd-funding sites would reveal the effectiveness of social networking in mobilising mass support for a cause. According to the website Ketto, an estimated Rs 4 crores has been raised so far, on their site by different aid agencies as part of their relief effort for Nepal.

For the uninitiated, crowd-funding is an online phenomenon that allows anybody with a few rupees to spare to contribute toward a cause or project seeking cash. Anybody with an idea can go to one of dozen of specialized crowdfunding websites and appeal to the general public for donations.

Janasadbhawana

Bungaluru-based NGO Janasadbhawana is testing waters with the power of the crowd and technology.

Though Faiz himself has been working for this cause since his days in college, he founded his NGO in 2006, at the insistence of B. S. Abbai (ex-DIG Prisons), who he refers to as his mentor. Since its inception, he and his group of volunteers have helped the release and rehabilitation of over 450 inmates, by paying their pending fine amount and in some cases, also finding them jobs.

Many such ex-prisoners now work as volunteers of the organisation, according to him.

Lack of funds

Although Faiz has received a lot of recognition for his work as a champion of prisoners’ rights, including Dr. Mumtaz Ahmed Khan Award by the Al-Ameen Educational Society, however, like many other activists and social workers, he has no financial backing or support.

According to his fellow activist and Bengaluru Youth Award winner Mansoor Chetlu, “People like Faiz get too many words of appreciation, but what they actually need is support, to continue their work.”

Mansoor, who spoke to TCN, said that he has started a fundraising campaign on NotforProfit.in – A nonprofit social advocacy and crowdfunding website, to raise Rs. 30,000 to help Faiz with his work.

He says the amount will help the organisation to bail out at least three prisoners, and help Faiz with other miscellaneous expenses, which is usually associated with running an NGO.

Advocate Sultan Beary, who has agreed to take up the cases of undertrial prisoners Janasadbhawana is working with, says, “The cases of undertrials is something every citizen of this country should be concerned about. Our inaction reflects our apathy.”

To send your donations to Janasadbhawana, please visit, NotforProfit.in

(TCN)

State law department examining HC judgement on Jayalalithaa : Karnataka CM

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Bengaluru: Even as AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa returned to power today, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the state law department is examining the judgement of the High Court which acquitted her of all charges and the government would take a decision on filing an appeal in the case after receiving the report.

“Our law department is examining the judgement of Karnataka High Court. After getting the report from law department, we will decide,” Siddaramaiah told reporters here.

Asked whether he has spoken to AICC in this regard, the chief minister said, “No, the High command is not at all interfering in the state matters”.

Jayalalithaa was disqualified following her conviction in the Rs 66.66 crore disproportionate assets case by a trial court in Bengaluru on September 27. The Karnataka High Court had subsequently acquitted her of the charges on May 11 this year.

She was today sworn in for the fifth time as chief minister, nearly eight months after she was forced to quit over corruption charges.

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