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No government interference in Start-Up India scheme: Jaitley

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New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said the new “Start-Up India” scheme of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to promote and nurse entrepreneurship will ensure minimum interference from the government with attractive tax incentives.

“Start-Up India will change conventions. Government will merely be a facilitator for start-ups,” the finance minister told the inaugural session of the day-long event here which will will see the prime minister formally unveil the scheme later in the evening.

“We ostensibly broke away from the license raj in 1991, conceived with idea that government will decide which businesses can run,” said Jaitley. “Our effort in last few years has been to restrict role of the state in policy domain,” he said, assuring Start-Up India scheme will follow that path.

Earlier in the day, the prime minister said he looked forward to the formal launch.

“Start-UpIndia movement begins today. This movement celebrates the energy and enterprising spirit of our youth,” he tweeted. “Will join the programme to commence the Start-Up India movement this evening. Looking forward to interacting with start-up entrepreneurs.”

The event at the Vigyan Bhavan official conference complex has been a top draw.

“There is seating capacity of 1,350 (at Vigyan Bhavan). Over 200,000 people have sought passes. Please sympathise with us. There is live relay,” Industries Secretary Amitabh Kant had tweeted ahead of the event.

(IANS)

Ban on entry of Pramod Muthalik extended for 2 months by Goa govt

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Panaji: North Goa district magistrate has renewed for further 60 days the ban on the entry of Pramod Mutalik, chief of Karnataka-based fringe rightwing Hindu outfit ‘Sri Ram Sene’ and any of his associates or members within the jurisdiction of the north Goa with effect from January 16.

The Supreme Court on August 31 last year had dismissed a petition of Mr. Muthalik, leader of Sene known for his moral policing, challenging the Goa government’s order banning his entry in Goa.

Mr. Muthalik and his associates were banned from entering Goa in August, 2014 over concerns expressed by the police. His petition challenging the ban order was also dismissed by the Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court.

He had, inter alia, said in his plea before the Supreme Court that the repeated prohibitory orders since 2014 violated his fundamental rights, as he wanted to visit the BJP-ruled State for religious purposes.

(Agencies)

Aamir Khan’s film ‘Dangal’ deserves ‘treatment’, says BJP leader

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Indore: Super star Aamir Khan’s ‘intolerance’ remarks continue to haunt him with a senior BJP leader today suggesting “treatment” to his upcoming movie Dangal in the same way that was done to Shahrukh Khan’s ‘Dilwale’, whose business was marred by protests from Hindutva groups.

BJP general secretary Kaliash Vijayvargiya hinted at teaching a lesson to Aamir by saying at a public function that “treatment to one has been done. Now it is time for the other to be treated. ‘Dangal me mangal karna hai’. You should keep this in mind.

“When anybody says that intolerance is rising in our society, then it makes me a little angry. Then he has to be treated. His treatment is very necessary.”

Though he did not name either Shahrukh or Dilwale, his reference seemed to be aimed at him as his last movie was marred by protests at several places. Khan, too, had earlier spoken about rising intolerance in Indian, prompting the BJP leader to brand him a “traitor”, a remark he withdrew later facing public backlash.

Vijayvargiya’s remarks came a day after another party general secretary, Ram Madhav, had denounced Aamir Khan’s comments on ‘intolerance’, saying he should not preach about the country’s prestige only to an auto-rickshaw driver but also his wife.

(Agencies)

‘Cow slaughter’ charge being used to target us, says cricketer Shami’s father

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Meerut: Indian pacer Mohammed Shami’s father, Tauseef Ahmad, on Friday claimed that his family was in ‘danger’ as they were being targeted in the name of ‘cow slaughter’.

His comments a day after his son Mohammad Haseeb (brother of Shami) was arrested and then subsequently released on bail on charge of assaulting and “pressuring” cops to release a few men arrested on charges of cow slaughter

“My son was not even present there at the time of the incident and had reached the site only much later,” Ahmad told media persons.

“Haseeb was just an onlooker like so many others who had gathered there. He was unnecessarily dragged into the controversy. It is just that a few persons are nurturing enmity with our family because of the publicity we have got after Shami started playing for team India. I had reported the issue to the Amroha district magistrate (DM) in this regard a month ago. This (the arrest) is the result of that. A term like ‘cow slaughter’ is being used to target us.”

Amroha DM Ved Prakash meanwhile confirmed that Ahmad had indeed met him a month ago. “It is true he had met me with a complaint that someone was threatening his family on phone. But he did not mention who his tormentors were.”

On Thursday afternoon, station officer of Didoli police station, Praveen Kumar, got a tip-off regarding a person wanted in a case of cow slaughter. When the team led by Kumar went to arrest the man, Haseeb allegedly prevented the police from doing their job and allegedly scuffled with sub-inspector Pradeep Bhardwaj.

In the confusion, the accused fled the scene. Police then arrested Haseeb and filed charges against him.

Cops said that they filed an FIR against Haseeb under IPC sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 153 (promoting enmity between different groups), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty) and 224 (resistance or obstruction by a person to his lawful apprehension). However, on account of his ill-health, he was given bail.

(Agencies)

Global campaign for Pride Hotels dazzles Mumbai

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Sanjeev Gupta, MD , Global Advertisers

Mumbai: Global Advertisers is promoting Pride Hotels’ brand new property Pride Plaza situated at Aerocity in New Delhi. Global’s has engaged over four dozen premium hoarding and gantry sites across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region for the purpose for the ongoing campaign, which is in its first phase.

Pride Group positions itself as an eminently successful chain with fully owned Five Star Luxury Hotels making their mark in Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Delhi – Aerocity (upcoming), Pune, Dharamshala, Kanha, The group has also acquired a few more properties in Goa, Jaipur, and there is also the Pride Tiger Woods Resort in Kanha.

The outdoor sites spanning from South Mumbai to Central suburbs of Mulund are making quite a splash in the market. “The buzz is noticeable.,” admits, Sanjeev Gupta, Managing Director of Global Advertisers. “Pride Hotels is a premium brand that sells five-star luxury in style. Our selection of sites, phasing of the campaign and the execution had to do justice to this positioning. My team has put in long hours to make this happen, and we are happy that the client is satisfied with the results so far. We expect it to get even better in the days ahead.” he says.

Global has executed approximately 1.5 lakh successful campaigns, 1 lakh product launches, 80,000 in-film branding contracts and over 2 lakh event sponsorships in the last two decades. Global’s creativity, innovation and ability to deliver out-of-the-box OOH media solutions have won them 350 awards, and over 500 letters of appreciation.

Global Advertisers, a leader in outdoor, print, TV, and radio advertising, also offers premium graphic design and public realtions support services.

Actor Rajesh Vivek of dies of heart attack

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Mumbai: Bollywood actor Rajesh Vivek, mainly known for his roles in superhits like ‘Lagaan’ and ‘Swades’, died due to a heart attack in Hyderabad Thursday.

He was 66.

“Rajesh passed away around 3 PM in Hyderabad due to a heart attack. He was shooting there for a south Indian film.

It is very shocking news,” Vivek’s friend Vishnu Sharma told PTI here tonight.

“We were close friends. We knew each other for last 40 years. He was fine. It was not that he was unwell or anything like that,” he said.

Vivek was first introduced by Shyam Benegal in his film ‘Junoon’ (1978).

Basically a theatre actor, he had also acted in popular television series ‘Mahabharata’, ‘Bharat Ek Khoj’ and in ‘Aghori’.

He made his mark as a villain in the beginning with films like ‘Veerana’ and ‘Joshilay’, often playing roles of henchman, but later on he started doing comic or supporting roles.

Some of his latest films include “Bunty Aur Babli”, “Bhoot Unkle”, “What is Your Rashee”, “Agnipath”, “Son of Sardaar”, “Dishkiyaaun”.

He had played the role of a dreaded dacoit in “Bandit Queen” (1994).

(Agencies)

Indian techie who went missing 3 yrs ago now in Pak army custody

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Hamid Nehal Ansari

Mumbai: The parents of a Mumbai youth Hamid Nehal Ansari, who was missing for over three years, breathed a sigh of relief after they found out that he was in Pakistan army’s custody.

Over three years after the Indian engineer went missing in Pakistan where he had gone to meet a girl he had befriended on the Internet, authorities have admitted that he has been in Army custody and facing trial in military courts. In a divisional bench of the Peshawar high court, deputy attorney-general Musarratullah presented a reply from the ministry of defence which stated that Nehal Hamid Ansari was being held by the Army and would be tried by a military court, the Express Tribune reported.

Ansari had travelled to Afghanistan for job prospects back in November 2012, Qazi Muhammad Anwar, counsel for Ansari’s mother Fauzia, had told the court.

He had befriended a Kohat-based woman through social media and had crossed over into Pakistan from Afghanistan.

He had been staying at a hotel in Kohat when the police, assisted by the Intelligence Bureau officials, arrested him on November 12, 2012.

“The intelligence agencies arrested him from a hotel in Kohat and since then his family and friends have been unaware of his whereabouts,” Anwar was quoted as saying by the paper. He added that as per a police inquiry report, Mr Ansari was being held by intelligence agencies.

After Ansari went missing, his mother had filed a complaint at a police station in Mumbai. She had also contacted the Afghan consulate in the city. The petitioner subsequently sent an application to the human rights cell of the Supreme Court in Islamabad, which forwarded the case to the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances in March 2014, the paper said.

In April, the commission directed the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa home and tribal affairs department to form a joint investigation team to trace Mr Ansari.

An FIR was subsequently lodged at the city police station in Karak district in connection with Mr Ansari’s missing.

Hamid’s mother Fauzia Ansari said that her son had gone to Kabul looking for a job.

“After a long struggle, we came to know that he is safe there under the watch of government. We are at least satisfied that he is fine. He is very talented but he never got desired job. He didn’t have job satisfaction,” she told ANI.

“He came to know about the job opening of manager at Kabul airport. He went to Kabul. We were in continuous touch but after 10 days there was no contact,” she added.

She said that they had approached the Afghanistan embassy to inquire about her son. They then found out that Hamid was trying to help a tribal girl who was being ill-treated in Pakistan.

“He was trying to help her and then he contacted other friends of nearby areas. They said that the girl is from tribal area, and no one can intervene in this,” she said.

“Maybe it wasn’t a right step though his intentions were good. We were so anxious whether he is dead or alive but we came to know yesterday that he is there,” she added.

She also thanked the Government of India for their efforts to help her son.

“Indian government has been very supportive, they showed us many letters which they sent to Pakistan high commission,” she said.

According to reports, a divisional bench of the Peshawar High Court disposed off the case of Hamid Ansari after the government confirmed that he was currently in army custody and facing a trial in military courts.

(Agencies)

Muslim Personal Law Board spokesman Qureshi passes away

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Hyderabad: Mohammed Abdul Rahim Qureshi, assistant general secretary and spokesman of All India Muslim Personal Law Board, died of cardiac arrest here on Thursday. He was 81 and survived by wife and 11 children.

He was admitted to a private hospital in Nampally for the past 15 days. His funeral prayer, Namaz-e-Janaza was conducted at Mecca Masjid in the city at 5 p.m.

Qureshi was not just an Islamic scholar but also one who held a B.Sc degree in Mathematics and a law graduate from Osmania University. After a short stint with Accountant General’s office in Hyderabad, Qureshi joined the progressive cultural organisation, Tameer-e-Millat which was founded in 1950. He has been a member of AIMPLB since 1971.

He was the president of Tameer-e-Millat that works in the field of educational and professional empowerment among Muslims at the time of his death.

Leading community leaders in Hyderabad deemed Qureshi as a leader with a stern voice who always rose to the occasion when it came to injustices towards and within the community. Under his co-leadership, AIMPLB was marching towards a massive campaign against communalism, titled Deen aur Dastur Bachao Tehreek.

Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana, Md. Mahmood Ali who called on Qureshi’s family at Darussalam said, “He was the first to ask community elders and youth to take up legal recourse following demolition of Babri Masjid. He was a knowledgeable scholar and it was a great loss to the community”.

Following Qureshi’s demise at 4 am, Asaduddin Owaisi, president, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen tweeted his condolence, “Huge void and emptiness one feels with the passing away of scholars and Ulemas. Difficult to find selfless people with knowledge of Shariat and politics”. For people who knew Qureshi over the past four decades, he was a man of resolve and a legal luminary. “His legal contribution in Babri Masjid case and various other cases pertaining to Muslim personal law cannot be forgotten,” said Syed Amin Jafri, AIMIM, MLC.

“Remember Qureshi’s role in AIMPLB that had come to limelight during Babri Masjid demolition. He was a resilient voice during the time as he spoke not to flare sentiments but to give voice to the voiceless,” said Abid Rasool Khan, chairman, State Minorities Commission. He was buried at 6.15 pm after community leaders and general public paid homage.

(Agencies)

Muslim couple on train beaten, bags searched over beef suspicion

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Bhopal: A Muslim couple was among passengers assaulted by at least seven members of the Gauraksha Samiti at Khirkiya railway station, in Harda district of Madhya Pradesh, when they objected to their luggage being searched on suspicion that they were carrying beef, police said.

 

Police said the right-wing activists claimed to have seized “beef” from a bag during the “raid” on the general compartment of the Kushinagar Express on Wednesday before laboratory tests proved it was buffalo meat.

Police have arrested two members of the Samiti — identified as Hemant Rajput and Santosh — who claimed they acted on a tip-off about beef being transported by some passengers.

Nine local residents, including at least one relative of the couple, were also arrested and released on bail after they engaged in a scuffle with the Samiti members on the platform.

43-year-old Mohammed Hussain said he and his 38-year-old wife Naseema Bano were on way to their hometown in Harda after visiting an ailing relative in Hyderabad, when they were assaulted.

“They pushed my wife around when she objected to our luggage being searched. We live in India and know what is wrong and right, we eat only goat meat.

Besides, the black bag from which the meat was seized did not belong to us.

Finally, a constable came to our rescue and saved my wife,” said Hussain.

He also alleged that he was beaten up by the Samiti members on the platform after he “abused them when they misbehaved with my wife”.

Describing the sequence of events — the couple had stopped over for a night at another relative’s house in Khandwa — Hussain said he was standing near the door of the “crowded compartment” while his wife was given a seat by other passengers, when the activists started their search.

“When some passengers objected to their luggage being turned upside down, the activists roughed them up before they started searching the bags kept near Naseema. When she objected, they pushed her towards the toilet. Then, I called a relative who lives near the station. He rushed over with other local residents and engaged in a scuffle with the samiti members,” said Hussain.

“The samiti members threw several bags on to the platform to inspect their contents before they found the black bag. The owners of that bag were not found,” he said.

When contacted, K Richhariya, Assistant Sub-Inspector (Khirkiya police station), said the contents of the bag were tested at a local laboratory which confirmed they were pieces of buffalo meat.

Itarsi railway police station in-charge D K Joshi said Rajput and Santosh were sent to jail and a search launched for at least five other members of the samiti.

The arrested duo has been booked under sections 294 (obscene language), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) of the IPC and Section 153 of the Railways Act (endangering safety of passengers travelling by railway by willful act or omission).

Police have also registered a case under Section 429 (mischief by killing or maiming cattle.) of the IPC against two unknown persons to whom the bag belonged.

Harda MLA Ramkishore Dogne, meanwhile, alleged that the administration had lodged the complaint against local relatives of Hussain under pressure from the Bajrang Dal and VHP. “First, they were harassed, then a complaint lodged against their relatives,’’ the Congress legislator alleged.

(Agencies)

Bengaluru bomb threat call turns out to be hoax

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Cauvery Theatre bomb

New Delhi: Bomb scare at a popular Bengaluru theatre turned out to be a hoax following a thorough search conducted by bomb squad and local police on Friday.

 

Bengaluru’s popular Cauvery theatre was on Friday evacuated following the bomb threat.

Bomb disposal squad reached the spot immediately after people informed the police about an unidentified box which was lying near the theatre.

No explosives were found at the said spot, the police said. The city has been kept under alert following the bomb scare.

(Agencies)

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