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Kovind, Modi, Rahul hail air warriors on 86th Air Force Day

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New Delhi President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday extended their greetings on the occasion of the 86th Air Force Day.

“We proudly honour our air warriors, veterans, and families of the Indian Air Force. They safeguard our skies with courage and commitment. The resilience, tenacity and zeal of our valiant air warriors is a source of pride for every Indian,” the President tweeted.

Modi said: “A grateful nation salutes our valorous air warriors and their families on Air Force Day. They keep our skies safe and are at the forefront of serving humanity in times of disasters. Proud of the Indian Air Force!” He also attached a video of IAF jets along with the tweet.

The Congress chief hailed the valour of the Air Force personnel saying their commitment is an inspiration for all Indians.

The Indian Air Force which was officially established on this day in 1932,
would display an air show at Air Force Station Hindon in Uttar Pradesh to mark the day.

(IANS)

J&K municipal polls: Voter queues in Jammu, valley wears deserted look

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Jammu/Srinagar The Municipal polls in Jammu and Kashmir that is taking place after a gap of 13 years, on Monday witnessed long queues in Jammu, Rajouri and Poonch districts while people barely arrived in the valley booths that wore a deserted look.

Enthusiastic voters lined up outside the polling stations in Gandhi Nagar, R.S.Pura, Arnia, Jurian, Khour, Akhnoor, Bishnah, Nowshera, Surankote, Kalakote, and at many other places from 7 a.m., as the polling began.

In the valley, the scene was just the opposite as the first phase of civic polls began amid boycott calls by the two key parties in the state — the National Conference and the People’s Democratic Party.

A total of 218 votes were cast in the first two hours for the Baramulla Municipal Council, a poll official said.

A municipal ward in Badgam registered just four votes till 9 a.m., while eight votes were cast at one of the polling stations in Bandipora district, which registered 187 votes in two hours, the official said.

Kupwara registered 545 votes in 11 wards during the same time, while Handwara, where one of the prominent voters was MLA Sajjad Gani Lone, registered 263 votes.

In south Kashmir’s Anantnag, few voters turned out in Kokernag, Qazigund, Achabal and Devsar.

Reports from Leh and Kargil towns of Ladakh region said biting cold kept voters away, though the process was expected to pick ip as the day progressed and warmed up. Polling will end at 4 p.m.

Elections are being held in 422 of the state’s 1,145 municipal wards under heavy security.

As many as 1,204 candidates are in the fray for the four-phased municipal election, which will end on October 16. Counting of votes will take place on October 20.

(IANS)

Tensions peak ahead of municipal polls in Valley

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Srinagar/Jammu Amid tight security and heightened tensions ahead of the start of staggered municipal polls in the Kashmir Valley, suspense mounted on Sunday on voter participation amid militant threats to both candidates and voters.

It is the first time the authorities have not publicized the names of contesting candidates in the troubled valley.

This has been done to address the security concerns of the candidates who remain under threat from the militants.

Authorities have also ensured that all the candidates in the valley are in a secure accommodation ahead of the poll process.

The Valley’s two major parties, the National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), are boycotting the elections.

So have the CPI-M, the Peoples Democratic Front (PDF) headed by Hakim Yaseen and the Democratic Party Nationalist (DPN) headed by Ghulam Hassan Mir.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress and independent candidates are the only contestants.

While 244 candidates have been elected unopposed, there are no candidates in the fray in 159 municipal wards of the Kashmir Valley.

Statistically, 29 percent of voters will have no candidates to choose from in their wards in the valley.

The election campaign has not been witnessed at any place in the valley.

While secrecy surrounds the contestants, a huge question mark remains on who will stick their neck out on Monday to vote.

While militants have issued threats to both candidates and voters, separatist leaders have called for a protest shutdown in the Kashmir Valley on Monday.

Tension was palpable in the region on Sunday as the authorities beefed up security across Jammu and Kashmir.

Four hundred additional companies of paramilitary forces have arrived here to augment the existing strength of security forces.

In Srinagar, three wards will see polling.

Scores of motorbikes were seized by the police at various check posts in the city on Saturday and on Sunday on account of lack of documents or in cases where the bikers had violated traffic rules.

All vehicles entering the city were being thoroughly checked.

Hi-tech electronic surveillance equipment is being used to strengthen human intelligence in areas where polling is scheduled.

In addition to three municipal wards in Srinagar city, polling for municipal committees of Kupwara, Handwara, Bandipora, Baramulla, Chadoora, Badgam, Khansahib, Achabal, Devsar, Kokernag, Qazigund and Kulgam in the Kashmir Valley as well as Leh and Kargil in the Ladakh region is scheduled for Monday.

In Jammu region, polling for municipal committees of Bishnah, Arnia, R.S. Pura, Akhnoor, Khour, Jurian, Rajouri, Thanamandi, Nowshera, Kalakote, Sunderbani, Poonch and Surankote will also take place on Monday.

In addition, voting will be held for the Jammu municipal corporation.

(IANS)

IAF to celebrate its 86th anniversary on Monday

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New Delhi The Indian Air Force (IAF) will celebrate its 86th anniversary on Monday, highlighting the “untiring efforts and supreme sacrifices” made by its personnel, the Defence Ministry said on Sunday.

“In keeping with the tradition, the IAF will hold a grand parade-cum-investiture ceremony at the Air Force Station at Hindon (Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh). Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa, Chief of the Air Staff, will review the parade,” it said in a statement here.

The parade will be followed by an air display and acrobatics by the Air Force’s various aircraft, including Jaguar, Bison, MiG-29, Mirage-2000 and SU-30 MKI fighter jets and Rudra helicoptors.

“After the parade, all visitors will also get an opportunity to witness static display of aircraft, weapon, radar and missiles systems of the Indian Air Force,” the Ministry added.

The Indian Air Force was born in 1932 as the Royal Indian Air Force under then British rule. The name was changed to Indian Air Force in 1950.

The IAF has technologically evolved and grown in strength over these years to thwart any threat to the nation.

It is committed to safeguarding the Indian skies and has played a key role in providing assistance to the people during natural calamities.

(IANS)

Narendra Modi will be back as PM in 2019, UPA vote share to go up

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The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will return to power with Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister if Lok Sabha elections are held today, according to a survey conducted by ABP News-C Voter. The survey results broadcast on ABP news channel predicted 276 seats for the NDA and a vote share of 38 per cent. Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will win 112 seats and a vote share of 25 per cent, while Others may bag as many as 155 seats with a vote share of 37 per cent, the survey predicted.

The C-Voter survey, which seeks to reflect the mood of the public before the Lok Sabha elections 2019, has made a few predictions estimating big wins for UPA in Punjab and the southern states.

While the NDA will gain seats in Odisha and Haryana, the BJP-led alliance may make a sweeping victory in the northeastern states, the survey said. Also, the saffron party may end up winning all the seats in Delhi. The NDA is predicted to retain its hold in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.

In Uttar Pradesh, if the UPA forms a mahagatbandhan then it is estimated to win more than half the seats. But without the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party alliance, the Congress party could be the biggest loser.

For its prediction in Bihar, the ABP-CVoter estimated a close call if the Congress party forms a mahagathbandhan, and if the NDA alliance stays then it will win the maximum number of seats.

It’s advantage BJP in Maharashtra, as even if their alliance with Shiv Sena is broken the NDA is still expected to win majority of seats. The key for UPA, however, could be the alliance between the NCP and Congress and a split in BJP-Shiv Sena alliance.

PTI

Jadeja’s late fireworks help India post mammoth 649/9

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Ravindra Jadeja’s unbeaten ton guided India to a mammoth total as the hosts declared their first innings at 649/9 at tea on the second day of the first Test against the West Indies here on Friday.

Jadeja (100 not out) batted with the tail-enders and completed his brilliant ton which contained five boundaries and as many sixes. This is his first Test hundred.

Continuing the second session from 506/5, skipper Virat Kohli (139) was dismissed after adding 19 runs more to his score. He was dismissed by Sherman Lewis. His 230 balls innings was laced with 10 boundaries.

Jadeja then played with lower-order batters — Ravichandran Ashwin (7), Kuldeep Yadav (12), Umesh Yadav (22) and Mohammed Shami (2)– and completed his first ton in Tests which was highlighted by blitzkrieg hitting towards the end.

The West Indian bowlers were thrashed all around the park by the left-hander. For a brief period, Jadeja was joined by Umesh who also slammed two huge sixes.

For the West Indies, Devendra Bishoo picked up four wickets while Sherman Lewis chipped in with two wickets.

Earlier, in the first session, Kohli brought up his 24th Test century while wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant missed out on one after a blistering 92 as India put up 506/5.

IANS

Kohli completes ton as India amass 506/5 at lunch on Day 2

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Skipper Virat Kohli brought up his 24th Test century while wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant missed out on one after a blistering 92 as India put up 506/5 at lunch on day two of the first Test against the West Indies here on Friday.

Kohli, who was 72 not out overnight, became the second fastest to 24 Test hundreds behind only Donald Bradman, who took 66 innings to Kohli’s 123.

The right-hander took time to get to the milestone as the aggressive Pant (92 off 84), who resumed at 17, went all guns blazing.

A second Test hundred in his fourth Test was for the taking but Pant tried to hit a six and failed to pick the googly to top-edge the ball for a simple catch to Keemo Paul at backward point.

Foot-over bridge inaugrated at Majestic

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CM HD Kumaraswamy, Bengaluru Development Minister G Parameshwara and other political leaders participated in the inaugral function of foot-over bridge connecting the metro station with the bus terminuses of BMTC, KSRTC at the Nadaprabhu Hiriya Kempegowda Metro Station in Majestic.

As per the urban mobility experts, the footbridge will improve ridership in the metro and bus, while reducing the number of vehicles on the road.

Another footover bridge connecting the Majestic metro station with the 10th platform of the Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Majestic Railway Station is in its final stages of construction.

PTI

Karnataka Cabinet expansion take place on Oct 10 or 12.

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Will existing ministers be dropped and replaced with new ones during the Cabinet expansion likely to take place on October 10 or 12? Speculation is rife in the Congress that three ministers will likely be axed, making way for senior leaders to fill the posts during the Cabinet expansion.

Several disgruntled leaders of the Congress, who were sidelined and not given the plum ministerial berths they expected, are now lobbying for dropping newcomers from the Cabinet. However, controllers of the Congress in Karnataka are not too keen on axing any existing minister fearing severe backlash and another round of dissent in a party which is riddled with bickering leaders. However, it was Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy who announced the expansion could happen either on October 10 or 12.

“Leaders like MB Patil and MTB Nagaraju are really unhappy that R Shankar, who they consider a nobody bagged the Environment and Forest portfolio. Some leaders want R Shankar to be dropped and instead be given the chairmanship of a board. But Parameshwara and Dinesh Gundu Rao are not keen on dropping anyone and are saying no to the lobbyists. In fact, they are mulling over whether a Cabinet expansion should take place before the Lok Sabha polls,” a Congress source said.

Babaleshwar MLA, Siddaramaiah loyalist and former Water Resource Minister MB Patil, Bhadravati MLA BK Sangamesh, Sandur MLA Tukaram, Kundgol MLA CS Shivalli, Hirekerur BC Patil, Hosakote MLA MTB Nagaraju, BTM Layout MLA Ramalinga Reddy, Yeshwanthpur MLA ST Somashekar and Vijayanagar MLA M Krishnappa are lobbying for ministerial berths.

“All of Siddaramaiah’s supporters in the party, some of them heavyweights, were not given ministerial posts. It was shocking because for these leaders it was inconceivable that they did not get even a single portfolio. MTB Nagaraju, who funded most of the election campaigning in the south, was extremely unhappy because he was sidelined during several Cabinet reshuffles in Siddaramaiah’s time and this time too he was benched. It is very likely that he will be given a ministerial berth,” a Congress source said.

Congress insiders indicated that MLA CS Shivalli is keen on Minister R Shankar’s removal, while JD(S) leader and Primary Education Minister N Mahesh wants Congress leader and Minister for the Department of Backward Classes and Welfare Puttarangashetty to be dropped.

Under the power-sharing arrangement, Congress is to have 22 ministers and the JD(S) 12. Congress has six vacant ministerial positions, while JD(S) has one.

“Since there are so many MLAs and only six vacant ministerial posts, these MLAs will be appointed as heads of boards and companies run by the government. Congress will get to appoint 20 people and we will have to decide who gets what. Dinesh Gundu Rao is set to meet Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi on Saturday to discuss whether an expansion is good and if so, who should be given the berths,” the source said.

Meanwhile, the Congress and JD(S) have reached an agreement to field candidates for the Ramanagara and Jamkhandi bye-polls. The JD(S) has decided to field Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy’s wife Anita Kumaraswamy, while the Congress had decided to field Anand Nyamagouda, son of deceased Congress MLA Siddu Nyamagouda Patil.

The Congress is planning to bank on sympathy votes in Jamkhandi as local strongman Siddu Nyamagouda had died in an accident in may this year, a few days after the elections results were announced.

The bye-polls are being held in Ramanagara as Kumaraswamy had contested and won both Ramanagara and Channapattana seats. He has decided to give up his seat in Ramanagara to make way for his wife Anita.

After delimitation in 2008, Ramanagara was reduced to four assembly constituencies – Ramanagara, Kanakpura, Magadi and Channapattana.

The Ramanagara Assembly constituency is a bastion of the JD(S). Ever since party President HD Kumaraswamy contested polls in 2004 from this area, the seat has never been lost to another party. JD(S) insiders say that since Ramanagara is a district dominated by the Vokkaliga and the Muslim community, it has always been difficult for the BJP to make inroads here.

“The only prominent Vokkaliga leader in BJP is R Ashoka and he too does not have that much clout here because he belongs to a section of the Vokkaliga community which is not politically active. It has always been easy for the JD(S) to win here,” a JD(S) leader said.

In 2008, Anita Kumaraswamy made her political debut and won the Madhugiri assembly bye-elections. She contested through a JD(S) ticket from Channapattana in the 2013 assembly elections and lost to strongman CP Yogeshwar. She also lost in the 2014 Bengaluru Rural Lok Sabha elections against DK Suresh, brother of Water Resource Minister DK Shivakumar.

Meanwhile, the BJP is likely to field its district President M Rudresh in Ramanagara. The party is, however, yet to announce its candidates.

PTI

Former Karnataka DGP Dinakar passes away

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The former Deputy General of Police (DGP) C Dinakar passed away on Wednesday at Manipal Hospital. According to police officials, the retired DGP had slipped and fallen inside his bathroom five days ago. Police received information about the same and broke open the bathroom door and rushed him to Manipal hospital in Bengaluru.

He suffered multiple injuries and had also sustained a fracture in one of his legs. Officials also said that “age was the factor going against him.” He was undergoing treatment at the hospital and failed to recover. He succumbed to his injuries and passed away on Wednesday night around 10.45 pm.

He was well known for the role he played in tackling underworld criminal activities in Bengaluru. The former DGP played a crucial role in the Special Task Force which was formed to rescue Rajkumar from Veerappan who had held the former hostage for 108 days.

In 2014, a defamation case against Dinakar, lodged by Siddhartha, son-in-law of former External Affairs Minister SM Krishna, was dismissed by a division of the Delhi High Court. The issue was surrounding Dinakar’s book chronicling the capture of late actor Rajkumar by Veerappan. Siddhartha, owner of the Coffee Day group of hotels, alleged that parts of the book titled ‘Veerappan’s Prize Catch: Rajkumar,’ were defamatory in nature against him.

Prior to this, in 2003 the DGP was caught in another scuffle when he claimed that then Chief Minister SM Krishna and then state Home Minister Mallikarjun Kharge were conspiring to target his credibility.

PTI

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