[Nasheman news] ChennaiSitting AIADMK MP S. Rajendran died in a road accident near Tindivanam in Viluppuram district on Saturday, police said. He was 62.
Elected from the Viluppuram constituency, Rajendran was travelling in his car when it hit the median on the road.
The Lok Sabha member was severely injured and succumbed at a hospital. Three others, including the driver, have also been injured and were being treated.
Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami condoling Rajendran’s death said it was a great loss for the party and the people of Viluppuram.
Mamata condoles Bangladesh fire tragedy
[Nasheman news] KolkataWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday expressed condolences for the victims of a massive fire that killed at least 70 people in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka.
Another 56 people were injured in the Wednesday night fire that engulfed several multi-storey buildings in Chawkbazar area of Old Dhaka.
“Saddened to hear about the tragic loss of lives… My heartfelt condolences to the grieving families,” Banerjee tweeted. “We wish the injured a speedy recovery.”
TN must demand release of 7 convicts in Rajiv Gandhi case: Stalin
[Nasheman news] Chennai DMK chief M.K. Stalin on Thursday said Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami must meet Governor Banwarilal Purohit and urge him to allow release of seven persons convicted for former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination.
Perarivalan, Murugan, Nalini, Shanthan, Ravichandran, Jayakumar and Robert Pyas have been in jail for naerly three decades after Gandhi was killed in a blast triggered by a human bomb in Sriperumbudur on May 21, 1991.
In a statement issued here, Stalin said the state cabinet had passed a resolution for the release of the seven and had sent the same to Purohit in September 2018.
The DMK leader said the Tamil Nadu cabinet had taken the decision as per the Supreme Court order and the Governor should have accepted the same.
“It is painful to note the Governor is keeping silent on the matter and not taking any action on the cabinet recommendation,” Stalin said.
Stalin said the Chief Minister is also keeping silent by not taking up the matter with Purohit.
He said it is not known whether the AIADMK had set conditions to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) relating to the release of the seven convicts; non construction of dam across Cauvery at Mekadatu by Karanataka; exemption for the state from NEET (common medical exam).
After announcing that AIADMK will align with parties who have done good for the state Palaniswami should at least demand the release of the seven prisoners first.
Stalin said Purohit should release the seven convicts under Article 161 of the Constitution.
Congress to finalize candidates, manifesto by February
Nasheman News : With a view to preventing infighting due to ticket distribution, the Congress has directed all its state units to expedite the process of candidate selection as well as state-wise electoral understanding for the Lok Sabha before this month which shall be then approved by the Congress Election Committee.
The recent Assembly polls, particularly in Rajasthan, saw a lot of infighting in the Congress over ticket distribution, causing embarrassment to the central leadership. Several disgruntled party leaders staged protests and over a dozen contested as independents, denting the party’s showing.
In order to avoid a repeat of a similar situation, the state units have been told to expedite the procedure of candidate selection and submit the lists before the month end.
One of the major issues discussed during the recent Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s meeting with general secretaries and state unit chiefs was ticket distribution.
“Ticket distribution has always been a contentious issue with all the parties. But this time it has been decided that ticket distribution will be finalized only after names recommended are approved. All state units will prepare their candidate lists before end of February,” a Congress leader who did not want to be identified by name told IANS.
The leader also said that the Congress will announce most of its candidates by the end of March, allowing them sufficient time to campaign. The Lok Sabha election schedule is expected to be announced by the Election Commission in the first week of March.
“Soon after the schedule is announced, the candidate lists will be published gradually and we expect to complete the process by the end of March,” said the leader.
Besides giving more powers in term of candidate selection, the state units have been asked to provide details of local issues and feedback on the central issues that are to be included in the election manifesto.
Along with the key issues of unemployment, agrarian distress, attacks on democratic institutions and “Rafale scam”, suggestions from the Indian diaspora across the globe has also been taken to incorporate their views in the manifesto expected to be released in March.
The Manifesto Committee, comprising key party leaders P. Chidambaram, Jairam Ramesh, Salman Khurshid, Shashi Tharoor and Sam Pitroda among others, so far has held 176 consultations in 56 cities taking public feedback on the issues to be incorporated in the manifesto.
Among the major highlights of the manifesto will be Gandhi’s mega poll promise of “minimum income guarantee”. With consultations from renowned economists that reportedly include former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, the manifesto will provide the blueprint of the scheme touted by the Congress as a “game-changer”.
Involving the party’s various wings including women, students and youth, the Congress has also taken the views of transgenders. An advocate of transgenders rights, Apsara Reddy was appointed the General Secretary of the Congress women wing in January.
The party has also been seeking ideas from the public through a dedicated website for the manifesto where netizens can submit their ideas and issues.
The meeting of the CWC – the Congress’ highest decision making body – will be held on February 26 in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state Gujarat. The meeting, presided over by Rahul Gandhi, will also be attended by newly-appointed General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi, UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh among others.
Besides the strategies and roadmap for the election battle, the party leaders will also discuss and chalk out a draft of the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) of the anti-BJP front of opposition parties.
Following a meeting on February 13, opposition parties decided to have a pre-poll pact and Rahul Gandhi was tasked to circulate a draft CMP among the opposition parties.
“As has been decided by all the opposition parties earlier, the major agenda in the CMP will be unemployment, agrarian crisis, attacks on democratic institutions and the abuse of central agencies to stifle the opposition and dissenting voices,” said a Congress leader.
Bikaner land deal: ED attaches properties worth crores involving Vadra’s company
Nasheman News : In a major blow to Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s brother-in-law Robert Vadra, who was questioned twice by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case involving the Bikaner land deal, the agency on Friday attached the properties related to his company Skylight Hospitality in Delhi.
A senior ED official said the agency has attached Skylight Hospitality Pvt Ltd., which has now been named as Skylight Hospitality LLP’s property in Delhi’s Sukhdev Vihar. Its worth is Rs 4.43 crore.
Besides the Delhi property, the agency also attached movable properties worth Rs 18.59 lakh pertaining to four persons linked to the Bikaner land deal case.
The agency claimed that Skylight Hospitality (P) Ltd had purchased 275 bigha (69.55 hectare) fraudulent land for Rs 72 lakh and sold the same for Rs 5.15 crore to Allegeny Finlease Pvt. Ltd., illegally generating profit of Rs 4.43 crore.
The four other individuals too generated a profit of Rs 18.59 lakh in the sale of impugned fraudulent land.
The agency had earlier attached properties worth Rs 1.82 crore and filed a chargesheet before the Special PMLA court against nine accused.
So far, the total attachment by ED in the case is worth Rs 6.44 crore.
Vadra, along with his 75-year-old mother Maureen Vadra, was questioned for the first time in the land deal case on Tuesday for over eight hours in Jaipur. However, on Wednesday, Vadra was also questioned alone for over eight hours by the agency sleuths in Rajasthan capital.
The ED has been probing the alleged irregularities in the purchase of land in Kolayat area of the border town of Bikaner in Rajasthan, which was meant for those displaced due to Army’s field firing range.
The agency registered a criminal case under the Money Laundering Act in 2015, taking cognizance of the case filed by the Rajasthan Police after forgery allegations.
The agency had earlier issued notices to Skylight Hospitality, but had not mentioned Vadra’s name or any company linked to him in its FIR.
According to the ED, during investigation it had surfaced that Allegeny Finlease as a company was “not involved” in any “real business activities” and many of its shareholders were found to be dummy or non-existent.
The government had cancelled the mutation (transfer of land) of 374.44 hectares of land after allotments were found to have been allegedly made in the names of “illegal private persons”.
Revenue officials had said in the complaint that government land in 34 villages of Bikaner, which was meant to be used for expanding the Army’s firing range, was “grabbed” by the land mafia by preparing “forged and fabricated documents” in connivance with government officials.
The ED suspects that a huge amount of money was laundered in this case by people buying land at cheaper rates through forged documents.
Vadra was also questioned for over 24 hours last week in Delhi for three days — Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday — in a separate money laundering case.
J&K terror attack: Two more CRPF troopers die, toll touches 45
Srinagar, Feb 15 (IANS) The toll from Thursday’s terror attack on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in Jammu and Kashmir rose to 45 as two more troopers succumbed to their injuries, officials said on Friday.
Besides, 38 others were wounded in the worst-ever terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir.
The attack took place around 3.15 p.m. on Thursday when a ‘Fidayeen’ bomber belonging to the Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) terror outfit rammed an explosive-laden SUV into a bus carrying CRPF troopers in Lethpora area of Pulwama district on the Srinagar-Jammu Highway, officials said.
“None among the 44 CRPF men travelling in the bus that took the full impact of the suicide bombing survived,” a CRPF official said.
“An injured person in another bus has also succumbed taking the death toll to 45,” he added.
The official said the injured (38) CRPF men are being treated in the Army base hospital in Badamibagh cantonment area of Srinagar.
The CRPF convoy of 78 vehicles was coming from Jammu to Srinagar. The convoy carried 2,547 CRPF personnel.
The attack happened even as an intelligence input had warned of its the possibility 48 hours earlier.
The audacious attack, the worst-ever since armed insurgency started in the state in 1989, was carried out by the JeM.
The intelligence input had said: “Chatter inputs reveal that JeM outfit has hinted to carry out IED attacks along the routes of security forces across Jammu and Kashmir. A video uploaded by the outfit has also been shared with all concerned. It is as such suggested that security forces need to be put on alert to thwart any such attempt by terrorists.”
Informed sources said the intelligence input was shared with all security forces in Jammu and Kashmir.
The video that was uploaded along with the threat message showed a truck carrying troops in Somalia blown up in a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) blast. In the message, the JeM had warned of a similar type of blast.
A video released by the JeM after the attack identified the suicide bomber as Adil Ahmad Dar alias Waqas Commando, belonging to Kakapora town of Pulwama district.
Police sources said the bomber rammed his explosive-laden SUV into the CRPF bus and is believed to have been killed in the explosion.
There is, however, no official confirmation about the bomber’s death .
Senior police and CRPF officials reached the spot immediately for post blast analysis.
The explosion was so massive that its sound was heard 10 km away.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefed by National Security Advisor (NSA), Ajit Doval about the incident on Thursday.
Modi would chair a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) at 9.15 a.m. in Delhi on Friday.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh, accompanied by Union Home Secretary and other senior officers of the ministry, is likely to arrive here on Friday.
A 12-member team of national Investigation agency (NIA) and another team of t he national security guards (NSG) are also expected to arrive here to assist the police in the investigation of the terror strike.
Cabinet’s ex post facto approval for NRI marriage registration bill
Nasheman News : The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its ex post facto approval to the Registration of Marriage of Non-Resident Indians Bill, 2019 which was introduced in the Rajya Sabha on Monday.
The Bill seeks to provide safeguards to Indian women who are trapped in fraudulent marriages with NRIs.
“The Bill provides for amendment of the legal framework to act as a deterrent to the erring NRI spouses and creating more accountability and offer protection against exploitation of Indian Citizens married to NRIs,” Union Minister Piyush Goyal told reporters after the Cabinet meeting.
Once the Bill is passed, marriages by NRIs would be registered in India or Indian missions and posts abroad, and necessary changes would be carried out in the Passports Act and Code of Criminal Procedure, an official statement said.
Goyal said the Bill would offer great protection to Indian citizens married to NRIs, and serve as a deterrent to NRIs against harassment of their spouses and benefit Indian women married to NRIs worldwide.
Bollywood Buzz : Alia Bhatt Decides The Name Of Her Yet To Be Born Daughter
It won’t be wrong to say that Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt is presently living the best time of her life. The diva, who made her Hindi film debut with Karan Johar’s Student Of The Year (2012) has been giving back to back hits & also has a lot of projects lined up in her kitty.
Alia Bhatt is also at a happy place personally & has been hogging the limelight due to her relationship with actor Ranbir Kapoor. While a wedding might not be on cards for Alia Bhatt any time soon, she already knows what she would like to name her daughter.
During a recent appearance on a dance reality show Super Dancer when a participant misspelled Alia ‘s name as Almaa, Alia Bhatt said, “Almaa bhut hi sunder naam hai, main apni beti ka naam Almaa rakhugi (Almaa is a very beautiful name, I will name my daughter as Almaa). Earlier, talking about sealing the deal with her beau Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt had said, “I think people should now take a break. We have had 2 beautiful weddings last year namely that of Anushka Sharma with Viraat Kohli & Deepika Padukone with Ranveer Singh. I think we can chill now, watch movies, work in movies & rest can be seen later.”
Meanwhile, Alia Bhatt had made an appearance on Super Dancer to promote her soon to be released movie Gully Boy. The diva was also accompanied by her co-star Ranveer Singh on the show. Gully Boy marks Alia Bhatt & Ranveer Singh’s 1st ever collaboration. The musical drama which will hit the theaters on 14th Feb, 2019 has been directed by Zoya Akhtar & Ranveer Singh is seen playing a rapper in it.
Gully Boy marks Alia Bhatt & Ranveer Singh’s 1st ever collaboration. The musical drama which will hit the theatres on 14th Feb, 2019 has been directed by Zoya Akhtar & Ranveer Singh will be seen playing a rapper in it.
Apart from this, Alia Bhatt has 2 more releases lined up for the current year of 2019. Her movie Kalank which has been directed by Abhishek Verman & stars Varun Dhawan, Sonakshi Sinha, Sanjay Dutt & Madhuri Dixit in the lead roles is slated to release on 19thApr, 2019. Her 1st ever collaboration with Ranbir Kapoor will also hit the theaters in Dec, 2019. The duo has teamed up for Ayan Mukerji’s Brahmastra which also features megastar Amitabh Bachchan in a vital role. Alia Bhatt will also be seen in Karan Johar’s next directorial Takht.
Social justice is an article of faith for NDA: Modi
Nasheman News : Kicking off his campaign for the next Lok Sabha elections in the southern states here on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi came down heavily on the opposition parties.
Modi was on a day-long visit to the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh for the launch of several developmental projects as well as his poll campaign. He visited Guntur in Andhra Pradesh, Raichur in Karnataka and Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu.
Addressing a public rally in Tiruppur, about 470 km from the state capital Chennai, Modi said, “For us, social justice is an article of faith and not a mathematical formula, the way it is for the opposition parties.”
He said it was the NDA government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee that restored reservation in promotions for the SC/ST, a privilege that was scrapped by the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre earlier.
Referring to his government’s decision to provide 10 per cent reservation to the economically backward sections, Modi said the move aims at equality of opportunities to all.
He said the 10 per cent reservation will not affect the existing reservation for SC/ST and Other Backward Communities.
Alleging that the opposition was good at spreading panic and misleading the youth, farmers and other sections of society, the Prime Minister said that for a long time the opposition parties had created tension in society on the issue of social justice.
Modi criticised the Congress’ farm loan waiver scheme saying that it would not benefit anybody, but would result in an extra burden of Rs 50,000 crore.
He said for the first time in India’s history, his government had announced a Rs 6,000/pa income scheme for farmers’ holding less than five acres of land.
When the scheme was announced in Parliament the opposition parties were left shocked, he added.
Modi disclosed that under the farmer income scheme, a sum of Rs 7,50,000 lakh crore would be deposited in banks over the next 10 years.
The PM also announced the setting up of a department for fisheries in Tamil Nadu and laid the foundation stone of a 100-bed Employees State Insurance Corp (ESIC) hospital.
The hospital will cater to the needs of over 100,000 workers and their family members in the hosiery town and nearby areas covered under the ESI Act.
Modi also laid the foundation stones of a new integrated building at Trichy Airport and the new Chennai airport via video conferencing.
To ensure a reliable supply of crude oil to Tamil Nadu and the neighbouring states, the PM also dedicated to the nation Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd’s Ennore Coastal Terminal in Chennai.
He also inaugurated a crude oil pipeline from Chennai Port to Chennai Petroleum Corp Ltd’s (CPCL) Manali Refinery in Chennai. The pipeline has been built with enhanced safety features.
Modi also dedicated to the nation a 470-bed ESIC Hospital in Chennai and passenger service on the 10-km stretch of the Chennai Metro Rail — AG-DMS Metro station to Washermenpet Metro station.
Earlier, Modi flew down from Andhra Pradesh to Tiruppur via Coimbatore. At Coimbatore airport, he was received by Governor Banwarilal Purohit.
The visit met with a black flag protest led by Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) leader Vaiko.
Vaiko and his supporters were detained by the police as they released black balloons in the sky and shouted “Go back Modi” near the railway station.
Karnataka Congress to take legal action against 4 rebel MLAs
Nasheman News : The ruling Congress in Karnataka on Friday decided to take legal action against its four ‘rebel’ legislators for defying the party whip to attend the 10-day Budget Session of the Assembly and skipping its legislature party meeting here.
“We have decided to take legal action against the four MLAs who defied the party whip to attend the Budget Session of the Assembly and remained away from Friday’s special legislature party meeting here,” Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Siddaramaiah told reporters here.
The four legislators are Ramesh Jarkiholi (Gokak), Mahesh Kumathalli (Athani), Umesh Jadhav (Chincholi) and B. Nagendra (Ballari).
Though the four responded to the second notice Siddaramaiah served on them on Thursday for skipping the first two days of the ongoing Budget Session since Wednesday, the former Congress Chief Minister said the unanimous opinion of the CLP was for legal action against them under the anti-defection law, as sufficient opportunity was given to them to fall in line.
“All the four legislators have written to me informing their inability to attend the ongoing session till February 15.
“Jharkiholi replied that he had a wedding to attend, Kumathalli said he was unwell, Jadhav explained he was pre-occupied and Nagendra that he was held up with personal work,” Siddaramaiah said.
In response to the first notice served on them on January 18 for skipping the CLP meeting on that day, the four members, however, claimed they were loyal to the Congress and would not leave the party.
“But when I wrote back to them asking to meet me personally and explain their stand for staying away from the CLP meeting, they remained defiant and did not meet me so far,” said Siddaramaiah.
In the 225-member Assembly, including one nominated from the Anglo-India community, the Congress has 80 MLAs, including the Speaker, JD-S 37, BJP 104 and the remaining are an Independent and one each from the BSP and the KPJP, a regional outfit.
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