The Bharatiya Janata Party is again learnt to have resolved to go to the Lok Sabha polls under the leadership of BS Yeddyurappa,state president.Although the Lingayat strong man failed to win the vote of confidence in the state Assembly to prove his majority however the party leadership is said to be inclined to retain him in the president’s post till the polls to Lok Sabha are over.
The reasons for such thinking in the higher ups’ are multiple:In spite of Siddaramaiah’s decisive politics of dividing the Lingayat community on according religious minority tag status the outcome of the recently concluded general elections prove beyond doubt that the community has solidly stood behind the BJP.
To further substantiate this point is the fact that of the total 58 MLAs’ elected from all the three parties the strength of BJP alone accounts to 38.Not only the BJP has the highest number of Lingayat legislators the party has been successful in winning from most of the regions like Mumbai Karnataka and Hyderabad Karnataka from the North Karnataka region and Central Karnataka where the votes of Lingayats matter to register a win.
It is taking all these factors into account the party high command is said to have come to a conclusion of further entrusting the responsibility to BS Yeddyurappa for green pastures during the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls scheduled during April/May 2019.
BS Yeddyurappa has already pronounced in the state Assembly:As a mark of gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amith Shah,BJP national president it would be our endeavor to win in all the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state.
Though the claim looks too optimistic but by going through the best of performances of the party so far managing to win in at least 20-22 constituencies shouldn’t be a problem is what party insiders admit.
It is also being said that the responsibility of major tasks like organizing the party machinery by appointing office bearers,selection of candidates and many other challenges related to the polls will be assigned to BS Yeddyurappa considering the wins he has ensured in the just concluded polls.
According to party sources BJP candidates have won in most of the constituencies where he had a say in the selection.Interestingly the Hebbal,Dasarahalli.Anekal,Byatarayanpur,Sringeri,Tumakuru Rural,Sakleshpur,Channapatna,Athani,Afzalpur,Babaleshwar,Ballari Rural,Kampli,Vijayanagar,Hirekeruru which the party had a sure bet of winning failed to win.
But surprisingly in many other constituencies where the party was not so serious about a win it emerged victorious.So under such changed circumstances the party’s top brass is said to have decided to handover the entire responsibility of the party organization to BS Yeddyurappa.
Hindusthan Samachar/Manohar Yadavatti
Archives for 2018
Hyderabad to face Chennai on May 22 in the first qualifier
In IPL Cricket, all the four play-offs berths have now been decided as Rajasthan Royals has joined Sunrisers Hyderabad, Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders in the top four.
In the first qualifier, Hyderabad will take on Chennai on Tuesday. The winner will enter the Final, while the losing team will have another chance of making it to the title clash.
They will play the winner of Wednesday’s Eliminator between Kolkata and Rajasthan. The Final will be played on Sunday at Mumbai.
Hindusthan Samachar/Shri Ram Shaw
Karnataka State might have Two Deputy CMs
HD Kumaraswamy led Janata Dal Secular-Congress alliance government is likely to have two positions of Deputy Chief Ministers according to Dr G Parameshwar ,KPCC President.However the high command will take a call on this demand shortly,he clarified here today.
He also made it clear:It is true that there has been a discussion over the subject in the party circles keeping the Lingayat factor and the demand to give one DCM post to North Karnataka.But a final decision on the matter would however be possible only after the top brass of the party dwells on it.
On Wednesday 23 May HD Kumaraswamy will take oath of office and secrecy at 4 pm before the Vidhana Soudha.He alone would be sworn in and the remaining members of the cabinet will do so once a discussion between the two parties get over,told Dr G Parameshwar.
One DCM post for a Dalit and more so to Dr.G Parameshwar is almost finalized in the Congress group but the second nominee appears to have become a controversy.There has been hectic lobbying for the second DCM post on caste and region considerations.
The Lingayat leaders are insisting to leave it to someone from their community belonging to North Karnataka region as they argue by doing so they could ward off the feeling that JDS-Congress combine avoided a Lingayat(read BS Yeddyurappa) from becoming the chief minister.
However there are two many a claimant for this position.Shyamanuru Shivashankarappa,86 years old President of All India Veerashiva Mahasabha and Davanagere MLA is said to be seriously trying to become DCM.He also has equally serious contenders in the form of MB Patil and HK Patil.
Apart from these competitors DK Shivakumar,Chairman KPCC campaign committee and Man Friday for the Congress party is also gunning for the top slot while RV Deshpande,another senior leader isn’t hiding his ambitions either.
Hindusthan Samachar/Manohar Yadavatti
Kumaraswamy confident of a strong government
JD(S) State President and Chief Minister designate H.D. Kumaraswamy said on Monday that he would provide a stable government in Karnataka for the next five years. Though difficult, he said he was confident that he would succeed with support from the Congress.
Kumaraswamy and his wife Anita Kumaraswamy were at his native taluk in Holenarasipur to offer prayers at the Lakshmi Narasimha temple, in gratitude for becoming the Chief Minister for a second time. He is later scheduled to visit Eshwara Temple at Haradanahalli, Ranganatha Swamy Temple at Mavinakere and Deveeramma Temple at Yaliyuru.
Nipah virus assert 3 lives in Kerala, 8 under observation
The Nipah virus has so far claimed three lives in Kerala while one person is undergoing treatment and 8 others are under observation in Kozhikode district, Health minister K K Shylaja today said.
The three deaths, which occurred over the past fortnight, were from the same family, including two siblings in their early twenties. The man who is undergoing treatment for ‘Nipah’ is the father of the two brothers who died.
Nipah virus (NiV) infection is a newly emerging zoonosis that causes severe disease in both animals and humans. The natural host of the virus are fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family, Pteropus genus. A bat was found in the well of their house which has now been closed, the minister said.
A nursing assistant, Lini, who had treated three infected persons, died this morning. However, it is yet to be confirmed if she had contracted the virus, which spreads through bats. Five more people have died due to high fever and similar symptoms of the virus here and in neighbouring Malappuram district.
However, it is yet to be confirmed if their deaths was caused by the virus, health department sources said. Health minister Shylaja and Labour minister, T P Ramakrishnan, who hails from Kozhikode, held discussions with officials and assured that the government had taken all necessary steps to prevent the spread of the virus, which has affected the state for the first time.
A high level team from the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has already arrived in Kozhikode district to take stock of the situation. The state has been put on high alert and two control rooms have also been opened here.
The minister said there was no need to panic as the virus spreads only through direct contact with the infected person. “We have listed the persons who have got in touch with the patients. They have been isolated as precautionary measure,” she said.
The minister said peripheral hospitals in the vicinity of Medical college have been asked to set up isolation wards and if they have patients with symptoms of the virus, they should be directed to the medical college.
NiV was first identified during an outbreak of disease that took place in Kampung Sungai Nipah in Malaysia during 1998. Then, pigs were the intermediate hosts. However, in subsequent NiV outbreaks, there were no intermediate hosts.
Small Screen Round Up
3 Dev Actors Shot For WWE Sunday Dhamaal
The 3 actors of the film 3 Dev namely Karan Singh Grover, Ravi Dubey & Kunaal Roy Kapur enjoyed shooting recently for WWE Sunday Dhamaal with anchor Salil Acharya.
Just recently Karan Singh Grover, Ravi Dubey as well as Kunaal Roy Kapur had gone went to promote their Hindi comedy film namely 3 DEV on WWE Sunday Dhamaal with anchor Salil Acharya.
All the actors namely Karan Singh Grover, Ravi dubey & Kunaal Roy Kapoor had great time as they love WWE.
Karan Singh Grover averred, “It was such a nostalgic moment for me to be a part of WWE Sunday Dhamaal. I remember watching Raw & SmackDown as a young boy and now we have come a full circle, with me being a part of WWE to promote my film 3 Dev.”
Ravi Dubey averred, “Doing commentary for WWE Sunday Dhamaal was a special experience for me because of the connection I share with WWE. Every time I am watching TV and I see WWE, there is no option to turn on another channel.”
Kunaal Roy Kapur averred, “Our film 3 Dev is releasing on 1st Jun, 2018 and being a part of WWE for the promotion was a fun experience for me. Being a commentator for the high octane match between Kevin Owens & Seth Rollins,with Karan Singh Grover & Ravi Dubey was exciting .”
The film is produced by Chintan Rana of R2 Phillum Productions & presented by Ayub Khan of E4U Enterprises. The film is directed by Ankoosh Bhatt.
The movie also stars Raima Sen, Priya Banerjee, Poonam Kaur, Tisca Chopra & Prosenjit Chatterjee. The movie is scheduled to release on 1st Jun, 2018.
Bangalore Buzz
NeoStencil.com & Cutting Edge Technology Brings Best & Affordable Online Classrooms
Ed-tech platform NeoStencil organised an IAS toppers seminar in Bangalore recently. The seminar hosted their IAS students such as Suman Sourav Mohanty (All India Rank 9, 2016), Rishi Raj (AIR 27, 2017) & Akshat Kaushal (AIR 55, 2017) as well as a partner teacher Praveen Kishore, Director of Nice IAS. The seminar was attended by over 350 serious UPSC aspirants & parents. Attendees asked preparation related questions of all the speakers.
Exam preparation in India has always been concentrated to a few cities. Top teachers in these cities have always been a valued commodity, with aspirants relocating to Kota for IIT/PMT, Delhi for IAS/IES and the like, as a norm.
Many have tried to address this in different ways. Quite a few have set up VSAT centres, franchise in other cities. Some existing institutes have gone online with their own content. A few have created open online marketplaces while targeting to enable more than 10,000 teachers to come and teach.
Despite these being around, more than 90% serious aspirants still continue to relocate to the same cities, to study from the same teachers.
NeoStencil.com, an Ed-tech venture set up by IIT, AIIMS & IIIM alumni, realized this pattern. And realized the core of the problem was never lack of quality teachers. The core was always accessibility to these quality teachers.
NeoStencil decided to approach the problem differently. The company decided to enable existing top teachers of the country to conduct their classes online through its Live-Learning platform.
To ensure that students saw value in this, and did not need to relocate any longer, NeoStencil conducts these classes Live. A student sitting in a remote corner of the country can attend a class by Hyderabad’s top teacher as and when the teacher is teaching in his classroom. So, the syllabus is up-to-date & current. Moreover, with live classes, student’s studying is in-sync with offline world and it is easier to manage the learning pace. If a student misses LIVE classes, he also gets the flexibility to attend the class later, 24×7 and any number of times. Study material, regular tests, toppers seminar are other features of this comprehensive one-stop platform of NeoStencil.
This allows students around the country to get access to teachers of their choice, without needing to relocate any longer. Students can now continue with their jobs, continue living with their families. They do not need to spend lakhs on rent and living expenses. We take pride in the fact that we have been able to create a level playing field among aspirants as more than 50% of our students are from Tier III & IV towns and beyond with parental income less than INR 2.5 Lakhs, who otherwise couldn’t have afforded to relocate to Delhi and aspire for their IAS officer dream.
Also, women in our country need to take into account additional factors, such as safety, before deciding to relocate. With a platform like NeoStencil getting established, women do not need to compromise on safety at all, and can access best education simply through their laptops.
Today NeoStencil has become one of the preferred online platforms for Civil Services exams aspirants as it grants access to top teachers and their classroom programmes across India, through its Live-Learning platform. NeoStencil has tied-up only with top teachers of their field. Teachers who have vast experience, and have delivered stellar results throughout are on-boarded through well defined criteria. The Company has partnered with the most recognized & trusted teachers & and coaching institutes such as Prof Majid Husain, Pavan Kumar IAS, Lukmaan IAS, Mitrapal, Alok Ranjan, Rajnish Raj, Praveen Kishore, Venkat Mohan among 40+ Institutes from across India.
A graduate of IITB & IIMC, Kush Beejal, the Co-Founder of NeoStencil said, “The cost incurred towards Exam preparation is not only the course fees, but also the dilemma of leaving jobs, and the relocation expenses candidates have to bear to move to coaching capitals. With technology evolution, internet penetration & affordable IT hardware at NeoStencil we have bridged the geographical challenges for student & teachers to facilitate comprehensive preparation of competitive exams and within affordable range. We aim to delink aspiration & affordability”.
“Many students have started using online platforms, such as NeoStencil, to connect with teachers and select their classroom of their choice. We are super excited & happy that almost 1 in every 2 successful candidates is a student of our partner institute. 102 of our online students made it to the 2017 final UPSC list including AIR-5, AIR-9 and so on. This is a testimonial to the acceptance of our platform amongst serious aspirants and the quality of education we enable through our platform,” shares, Beejal.
As per the sources, the Edutech market is further pegged to have a potential to touch $1.96Bn by 2020 from current size of $247 Mn.
NeoStencil is India’s foremost online platform for preparing for India’s most coveted Government jobs, i.e. IAS, IPS, IRS. Founded in 2014 by alumni from AIIMS/ IIT/ IIM and in its short span of existence, it has established itself as a leading platform in the IAS segment. NeoStencil on boards premier IAS coaching institutes and famous academicians who believe in knowledge sharing and inspiring students for the best. NeoStencil is proud to have partnered with 40 most recognized and trusted coaching institutes in IAS (UPSC) and is now looking to expand its teachers base to 300 by entering into other Government job exams like IES, State Civil Services & Judiciary.
Bollywood Buzz
Mrs. India Uk Urvashi Salaria Chawla To Represent As Mrs. Eurasia Earth
An Indian beauty entrepreneur based in London was crowned Mrs. India UK at a glitzy event in London last month making her country proud.
Urvashi Salaria Chawla from Delhi, India is the winner of “Colors TV UK Presents Mrs. India UK 2018” organized by Brand Wok. She also won the sub-titles of “Best Catwalk” & “Brand Ambassador” along with other achievements.
Urvashi Saloaria Chawla avers after winning the crown, “Though the crown is magnificent, it comes with a lot of responsibilities, and I will wear this crown not just on my head but my soul. I’ll fulfill all my responsibilities with perseverance.”
Academically Urvashi Salaria Chawla is a journalism graduate, worked as an airline professional, a beauty blogger and now a successful entrepreneur in the makeup industry who owns Sakshi & Urvashi Beauty Studio in Delhi, India and is an esteemed Asian Bridal Makeup Artist in London. She is also an environmentalist by nature who believes in spreading awareness about climate change.
Urvasi Salaria Chawla has been doing a lot of plantation drives in Delhi as well as London. She has been closely associated with volunteering in environmental activities like WWF Earth Hour campaign.
Urvashi Salaria Chawla believes in expressing the notion of “beauty with a purpose”. Urvashi Salaria Chawla will now represent as Mrs. Eurasia Earth and compete for Mrs. Earth 2018 pageant in Jun, this year which will be held in Las Vegas, USA.
Urvashi Salaria Chwla strongly believes in standing against climate change and taking care of our mother earth. She thinks we all should actively plant trees and be more aware of how we can help in taking care of the environment and it all starts from small things like using reusable coffee cups, using eco-friendly products in daily life, recycling & reusing, trashing litter in bins. She has initiated a campaign called #iCareForEarth where everyone is supporting her by posting photos on social media doing any activity or a picture of a product that they use in their daily life which is environmental friendly using this hashtag #iCareForEarth.
Urvashi Salaria Chawla believes that social media plays a significant role in inspiring & and encouraging others and she wants to use this platform to work towards a greener planet.
Urvashi Salaria Chawla says, “I’m fortunate enough to be a part of such an esteemed platform of Mrs. Earth Pageant where I will meet so many like-minded ladies from around the world where our main motto is working towards a healthier planet. I am extremely thankful to the entire team and the organizers for giving us this opportunity. I am on a mission to fight the environmental problems our planet is facing, and I request everybody to join me in the #iCareForEarth campaign as I believe that in the long our little efforts will have a huge impact.”
Preity apologises for Kings XI Punjab’s loss in IPL
Actress Preity Zinta has apologised on behalf of her team Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) for “not being up to the mark” and losing to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL).
The Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led CSK knocked out KXIP from the play-offs race of the IPL, after defeating them in the last league match by five wickets in Pune on Sunday.
Reacting to the loss, Preity said in a tweet: “Who would have thought that after winning five out of six games in the beginning, Kings XI Punjab would have ended the IPL on this note.”
“I am sorry to all our fans and supporters for not being up to the mark this season. Next year we won’t let you down. Disappointed,” she added.
The Punjab side under new skipper Ravichandran Ashwin managed to win six out of their 14 league games to end their campaign at the penultimate spot in the IPL tally with 12 points.
Kejriwal to attend Kumaraswamy’s oath taking ceremony
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal will attend the oath taking ceremony of Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leader and Karnataka Chief Minister-designate H.D. Kumaraswamy.
An aide close to Kejriwal told IANS that the Chief Minister was invited by former Prime Minister and JD-S supremo H.D. Deve Gowda and added that the schedule was being worked out.
Kumaraswamy is to take oath as Karnataka Chief Minister on May 23.
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