Chiranjeevi Jetty, Congress leader and Founder and Managing Director of Tirumala Digital Media and Communications, has been appointed as Secretary, Labour Dept, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee.
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HD Kumaraswamy Slaps JDS Party Worker in Mysuru
Mysuru: According to the reports, Janata Dal Secular state unit party president HD Kumaraswamy (HDK) slapped one of his party workers here in Mysuru after a booth level meeting when the youths pressured HDK to issue party ticket to Harish Gowda, son of sitting JDS MLA GT Deve Gowda on Wednesday afternoon.
A booth level meeting was organised in the city to prepare a strategy for the upcoming state assembly elections. A group of party workers who were gathered in the meeting forced HDK to issue party ticket to their beloved leader Harish Gowda to contest from Hunsur assembly constituency. HDK tried his best to answer their queries on the spot, however, one of the party activists physically touched HDK and tried to pull him back which made him loose his patience and slap the youth.
There are a number of reasons to what have forced Harish Gowda supporters to provoke HDK, as many of the party leaders are trying to get party ticket from Hunsur constituency in the next assembly elections. Meanwhile, HDK rejected the media reports on slapping and said no such incidents occurred in Mysuru.
(Agencies)
Mishra on hunger strike, seeks AAP leaders’ foreign trip details
New Delhi: Sacked Delhi minister Kapil Mishra on Wednesday began an indefinite hunger strike at his home here and threatened not to eat anything till Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal “reveals” who funded foreign trips of five AAP leaders in the last two years.
In an open letter to Kejriwal, Mishra, suspended from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) after he alleged corruption by the Chief Minister, said he was on a “satyagraha” at his home.
Mishra also alleged that he was getting “life threats from international numbers,”
“I got the call from an international number, but I didn’t respond to that, then I received a death threat on a Whatsapp message,” he said.
Mishra said he was fasting “all alone in one corner of my house” and would not end his protest till Kejriwal made public the details of foreign trips of the Chief Minister’s “five friends — Sanjay Singh, Ashish Khetan, Satyendar Jain, Raghav Chadhha and Durgesh Pathak”.
He said he “won’t eat anything, will only drink water”.
Mishra said he knew Kejriwal was not bothered about his life and would persist with his protest till it was known “where they all visited, why they went, what did they do (during foreign trips) and from whose money did they do all these things”.
“Many people have said the amount of the hawala money, discrepancies in donations, cash transactions would be revealed in minutes if these information are made public.”
Mishra on Tuesday filed a graft complaint with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against Kejriwal, his relatives and other AAP leaders. Mishra was earlier removed as Delhi’s Water Minister on Saturday.
(IANS)
International Court of Justice stays Kulbhushan Jadhav’s execution
New Delhi: The International Court of Justice Tuesday stayed the execution of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of “spying”.
The order by the Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) came a day after India approached it against the death sentence handed down to Jadhav by Pakistan’s Field General Court Martial last month, official sources said.
India, in its appeal to the ICJ, accused Pakistan of “egregious” violations of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and asserted that Jadhav was kidnapped from Iran where he was involved in business activities after retiring from the Indian Navy but Pakistan claimed to have arrested him from Balochistan on March 3, 2016.
Reacting to the development, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said, “I have spoken to the mother of Kulbhushan Jadhav and told her about the order of President, ICJ under Art 74 Paragraph 4 of Rules of Court.”
Swaraj said senior advocate Harish Salve was representing India before the ICJ in the Jadhav case.
ICJ President Ronny Abraham has reportedly written a letter to Pakistan government, asking it to act in such a way which would enable the implementation of any order the ICJ may issue in the case.
India, in its appeal, contended that it was not informed of Jadhav’s detention until long after his arrest and that Pakistan failed to inform the accused of his rights.
It further asserted that, in violation of the Vienna Convention, the Pakistani authorities were denying India its right of consular access to Jadhav, despite repeated requests.
“Referring to ‘the extreme gravity and immediacy of the threat that authorities in Pakistan will execute an Indian citizen in violation of obligations Pakistan owes to India’, India urges the Court to deliver an order indicating provisional measures immediately, ‘without waiting for an oral hearing’,” India’s appeal said.
Jadhav, 46, was given death sentence last month by the Field General Court Martial in Pakistan, evoking a sharp reaction in India which warned Pakistan of consequences and damage to bilateral ties if the “pre-meditated murder” was carried out.
In its application, India had also informed the ICJ that it learned about the death sentence against Jadhav from a press release.
“India claims that ‘linking assistance to the investigation process to the grant(ing) of consular access was by itself a serious violation of the Vienna Convention’,” the ICJ release said.
The ICJ said India urged it to restrain Pakistan from carrying out the death sentence, and direct Islamabad to take steps to annul the decision of the military court.
Pakistan claims its security forces had arrested Jadhav from the restive Balochistan province on March 3 last year after he reportedly entered from Iran. It also claimed that he was “a serving officer in the Indian Navy.”
Jadhav was sentenced to death for “espionage and subversive activities”.
India acknowledges that Jadhav had served with the Navy but denies that he has any connection with the government.
India has also handed over to Pakistan an appeal by Jadhav’s mother, initiating a process to get his conviction overturned.
The appeal on behalf of Jadhav was given last month to Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua by Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambawale, who also handed over a petition by Jadhav’s mother seeking the Pakistan government’s intervention for his release and expressing the desire to meet him.
(PTI)
Army officer abducted, killed; bullet-ridden body found in J&K’s Shopian
Srinagar: An army officer was found dead in Shopian district of south Kashmir on Wednesday, police sources said.
The body of Umar Fayyaz, a Lieutenant who had joined the Army five months ago, was found with bullet wounds in Hermain area of the district, they said.
Police said the officer, hailing from neighbouring Kulgam district, had gone to Shopian to attend the marriage function of a relative.
An army official here said they have received an input and are verifying the circumstances in which the officer was found dead.
According to reports, he was abducted by terrorists late last night and was shot dead.
(PTI)
Make cow national animal, says Jamiat chief
Maulana Syed Arshad Madani, President Jamiat Ulema-I-Hind. Express Photo By Amit Mehra.
New Delhi: The government should consider according national animal status to the cow, Jamiat Ulema-i- Hind president Maulana Syed Arshad Madani said today while expressing concern at the “atmosphere of fear” following violence by ‘gau rakshaks’.
“The government should give national animal status to the cow and we will support it,” Madani, who heads the influential body that represents a large number of Islamic scholars in the country, said at a press conference.
An “atmosphere of fear” prevails in the country due to incidents of violence, that included even murder, by cow vigilantes, he said.
“These young gau rakshaks are exploiting religion to loot and murder people and taking law into their own hands. We respect the religious sentiments of our Hindu brethren but no one can be allowed to take law and order into their own hands,” he said.
Referring to the issue of triple talaq that is likely to come up in the Supreme Court tomorrow, he said it was a religious matter and could have only a religious solution. “If the Supreme Court comes out with such an acceptable solution, we will welcome it,” Madani said.
The apex court, he added, should ask the ulemas, or Islamic scholars, to discuss its objections and come out with solutions before direct intervention in the matter.
“… the court should give a chance to the ulemas to discuss and sort out its objections over triple talaq. Then they (Supreme Court) may consider those solutions and give judgement. Such a judgement based on religious interpretation will be acceptable to us,” he said.
The matter was being “blown out of proportion” by the media and now even the Supreme Court was inclined to intervene in it, Madani said.
“The way triple talaq is being talked about these days, it appears as though there are divorced women in every household and each Muslim man has four wives.”
Islamic law gives 14 rights to a married woman who can seek talaq if she feels any of these rights are infringed by her husband.
The Jamiat president also referred to the Guwahati High Court order on citizenship in Assam. It had created a situation where 48 lakh married women in the state stood to lose their citizenship, he said.
The Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind has challenged the High Court order on residency certificates in the Supreme Court, he added.
(PTI)
Nearly 90,000 Afghans displaced in 2017, says UN
As fighting continues in many parts of Afghanistan, displacement has soared in recent months, says new UN report.
![Fighting has taken a heavy toll on Afghan civilians [File: Muhammad Sajjad/AP photo]](https://i0.wp.com/nasheman.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Afghan-civilians.jpg)
Fighting has taken a heavy toll on Afghan civilians [File: Muhammad Sajjad/AP photo]
by Al Jazeera
The ongoing conflict in Afghanistan has forced 88,481 people to leave their homes since the beginning of 2017, according to a United Nations report.
Displacements occurred in 29 of the country’s 34 provinces, stated the report on Tuesday. It noted that the security situation across all regions had grown more volatile as clashes continue in a number of provinces.
North-eastern Kunduz and Badakhshan provinces have been witnessing especially fierce fighting as Taliban forces captured two districts within a week after the announcement of their spring offensive.
Since January, 34,881 individuals have been displaced in that region: “just under 40 percent of the total population displaced countrywide,” says the report.
In Kunduz, the UN estimates that, additionally, more than 30,000 individuals have been displaced by fighting in the district of Qala-e Zal, as well by fighting along the Kunduz-Khanabad highway in the past days alone.
Assessments to verify these reports are ongoing.
In 2016, more than 660,600 civilians fled their villages and homes. This year, the UN expects to see another 450,000 displaced persons inside the country.
More than half a million Afghans fled conflict in the country last year, according to the UN.
‘Shockingly high’ number of losses
Earlier this month, the US government’s Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said Afghan security forces were killed at a “shockingly high” rate during what has historically been a winter lull in fighting against the Taliban.
In a report, SIGAR said 807 troops from the Afghan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF) died between January 1 and February 24.
“Afghanistan remains in the grip of a deadly war. Casualties suffered by [ANDSF] in the fight against the Taliban and other insurgents continue to be shockingly high,” says the report, released on Monday.
Levels of violence have traditionally dipped over Afghanistan’s cold winter months, but this year the Taliban continued to battle government forces, most notably in an April 19 attack on a military base outside the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
The massacre saw fighters armed with guns and suicide bombs slaughter at least 144 recruits, a US official told AFP news agency, though multiple sources have claimed the toll was higher still.
The Bangalore Wedding Show to dazzle the city this month
Bangalore: It’s that time of the year when wedding excitement is building up. The Bangalore Wedding Show by Xpoz India Exhibitions is hosting a first of its kind exclusive wedding exhibition in Bangalore city from 12th to 14th May 2017.
The three-day event at Safina Plaza, Infantry Road, which is sponsored by IMA Jewels is being hosted with the aim of being the final word on all things wedding.
The Bangalore Wedding Show is a unique event for brides and grooms to find everything that is needed to add a special personal touch to the most special day of their lives. This show will showcase some of the best wedding dresses, reception venue, photographer, jewellery designs from IMA Jewels’ handpicked collections, and wedding-related products and services, all under one roof.
For more information and expo participation inquiries, please contact: 98450 10246 / 83109 58448 74117 14777 / 90360 03626 / 78921 52694. Email: xpozindiaexhibitions@gmail.
Karnataka: PUC results to be declared on May 10
Bengaluru: The Department of Pre-University Education (PUE), Karnataka is likely to declare the results on May 10. Candidates who have appeared for the II PUC exams in the state can soon download and check their results from the official website which is pue.kar.nic.in
The examination was conducted from March 9 to March 27.
According to reports, every year, approximately 8.5 lakh students appear for PUC exam.
Steps to download the II PUC 2017 exam results:
Log on to the official website, pue.kar.nic.in
Click on the relevant link
Enter your roll number, date of birth in the space provided
Click to submit
Results will be displayed.
Download your results and take a print out of the same for further reference.
The date of the SSLC result, which will come out in about week since PU result is out, will be announced after the PU result is announced.
(Agencies)
SC jails Justice Karnan for 6 months
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday held the Calcutta High Court’s Justice C.S. Karnan guilty of contempt and ordered he be jailed for six months.
Holding Justice Karnan guilty of contempt for his utterances against the Chief Justice of India and other judges of the apex court and the Madras High Court, a seven-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar had barred the electronic and print media from carrying any of his statements.
Justice Karnan had written a series of letters making allegations against the judges of the apex court and the high court.
In the last hearing, the apex court had directed the medical examination of Justice Karnan, which he refused to undergo.
(IANS)
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