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IPL Final to Start at 7pm Keeping Fans in Mind: Rajeev Shukla

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There is good news for the cricket fans who have had an issue with the late games of the Indian Premier League. The play-offs and the final of the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League will start at 7pm instead of the usual time of 8pm. Thanks to the slow over rates, some of the game have gone on to end at around 12 midnight and with matches slotted right through the week, this isn’t the most viewer-friendly practice as most also need to head to schools, colleges and work the next morning.

Speaking to CricketNext, IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla said that it was an effort to help the fans who have an issue getting back home from the stadium late in the night as also those who have work the next morning and have an issue with watching the late encounters on television.

“The IPL is what it is because of its fans and the tournament has over the years been followed avidly both on the ground and on television at homes. So, keeping the interest of the fans in mind, it was decided that the play-off games and the final will start an hour earlier. So, instead of the 8pm start, the games will start at 7pm.

“It gets difficult not only for those at the stadium, but also for those watching on television as students and office-goers also need to get back to their respective stuff next morning and it helps if the game starts an hour earlier,” he explained.

The historic Eden Gardens will host two play-off matches that were originally scheduled in Pune. “The GC has confirmed that Kolkata will host the Eliminator and Qualifier 2 on May 23 and 25 respectively,” Shukla had earlier said.

As per the original schedule, Pune was scheduled to host the Eliminator and Qualifier 2, but the venue became Chennai Super Kings’ adopted home for six matches owing to security concerns for the Cauvery protests in Tamil Nadu.

The 67,000 capacity Eden Gardens emerged as the frontrunner and was adequately compensated by the IPL GC. “We are happy to host the play-off matches and are looking forward to it,” Cricket Association of Bengal joint-secretary Avishek Dalmiya said.

Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium will play host to the Qualifier 1 and the Final on May 22 and 27 respectively.

Air India disclose Bill records of Modi foriegn Expenses.

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The Chief Information Commission has directed the Air India to disclose complete records related to bills raised for the foreign visits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, underlining that since the expenditure is from the public exchequer it cannot be withheld under the “cloak” of commercial confidence and fiduciary capacity.

The commission rejected the arguments of Air India’s central public information officer (CPIO) that the information relates to commercial confidence and is held by the public sector undertaking in a fiduciary capacity, making it exempt from disclosure.

“Moreover, by no stretch of the imagination, it can be acceptable that the information regarding dates, duration and places of the visit by the PM in his official capacity are exempted u/s sections 8 or 9 of the RTI Act (the exemption clauses),” Information Commissioner Amitava Bhattacharyya ruled.

He said each individual bill, as well as the dates of receipt of amounts, should be disclosed as the same involved “expenditure out of public exchequer”.

Bhattacharyya noted that Air India’s denial to part with the sought for information without citing any exemption clause under the RTI Act is “not acceptable” as a “justifiable denial of information” sought by RTI applicant Lokesh Batra.

“CPIO (Air India) on one hand claimed that the sought for information is related to a matter of commercial confidence and on the other hand he stated that the information sought for is maintained by Air India in a fiduciary capacity,” he observed.

Batra had sought to know dates, durations, places visited and the date-wise copies of bills raised by Air India to the PMO for 2016-17.

“The commission after close scrutiny of the information sought by the appellant observed that dates, duration and places of the Prime Minister’s foreign visits are disclosable as these details are widely reported in the media, both national and international, both print and electronic,” Bhattacharyya said.

He said the commission is not convinced with the CPIO’s submission of exemption under the “cloak of commercial confidence and fiduciary relationship” with the client concerned, which in this case is another wing of the same government.

In response to a separate RTI application of Batra, filed recently, seeking similar information from Air India, the national carrier had cited an instruction from the PMO to not share information related to the Prime Minister’s foreign visits.

In an e-mail, sent to an Air India official on December 26, 2016, the PMO had said, “Records pertaining to PM’s flight have certain information which may have security implications and are, hence, exempted from disclosure under clause (g) of Section 8(1) of the RTI Act, 2005.”

“As such, the Air India is advised not to disclose information relating to PM’s flight to such RTI queries,” it said.

It was not clear what had prompted the PMO’s e-mail in 2016. However, the present RTI application in which the commission has given orders to disclose was filed on September 14, 2016.

RSS-BJP are like Muslim Brotherhood: Rahul Gandhi

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Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday drew parallels between the functioning of RSS-BJP and the Muslim Brotherhood (a Sunni Islamist fundamentalist forum founded in Egypt).

Criticising the BJP government at the Centre for attempting to take over institutions, Rahul said at an event in Bengaluru that the exact phenomena could be seen with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Pakistan, Tunisia trying to destroy democracy.

“They (BJP-RSS and Muslim Brotherhood) do this because they know they can come to power once but not return. When they come to power, they want to capture institutions. Another circle of this and there won’t be a need for democracy,” he said..

Speaking about his possibilities of becoming the Prime Minister, Rahul said, “If Congress emerges the largest party in the opposition coalition in 2019, then, perhaps.”

In Tumakuru, he said, these polls have been a fight of two ideologies — secular and communal–and asked the JD(S) to clarify its stand.

BJP was the worst administration in the history of Karnataka, says P.Chidambaram

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Congress leader and former union finance minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday May 9 appealed to the people of Mangaluru to vote for Congress, and said that the previous state government under BJP was the worst administration in the history of Karnataka.

Addressing a press meet here, Chidambaram said, “During BJP’s term, they changed the chief minister thrice. Their administration was the worst in the history of Karnataka. They have no achievements to boast of, so now they are attacking chief minister Siddaramaiah. My question is, why are they not campaigning based on their achievements?

“RSS and BJP are trying to impose autocratic rule in the nation. Their main aim is to convert India into Hindu nation, destroy the federal system, impose the ideology of one history, one religion, one language and one living style. It is dangerous to our Indian culture, to our hallmark of unity in diversity. So we should all stop them,” he said.

“They (BJP) are trying to enter South India through Karnataka. It is a danger signal for the diversity of South India,” he added.

Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said, “The Prime Minister should maintain the dignity of his post. Every single statement regarding field marshal Cariappa and Gen Thimayya that he made was wrong. He should not do this. He should not speak whatever comes to his mind like a third-rate BJP spokesperson.”

He further said, “Petrol and diesel should be brought under GST. But the Modi government is not doing this because it wants to loot the people. Indial Oil Corporation chairman says people are panicking over hike of fuel prices, so we put a break on price hike for a short time. I want to say, why he is not saying ‘Modi ordered me put on hold the daily price hike on petroleum products for Karnataka election’? People are already in panic because of price hikes. The fuel prices should be decreased. What is the benefit in putting hike on hold for a few days?”

Urging people to vote for the Congress, he said, “I appeal to the people of Karnataka to vote for the Congress for a stable government. The entire nation is looking at Karnataka elections eagerly. Clear majority and stable government only can sustain developmental works. Last five years the GDP of Karnataka increased from Rs 6,43,292 crore to Rs 9,49,111 crore, recording an 8% growth. The per capita income has increased by 1.25% in five years of Congress rule, and the revenue surplus is 0.8% which is a record in entire India. Karnataka has the lowest unemployment rate of 2.6%. Infant morality rate has reduced, electricity has reached villages. All this have happened under the stable government led by the Congress. Development and welfare programmes go hand-in-hand under the Siddaramaiah-led government. Siddaramaiah is the first Karnataka CM to have completed full 5-year term after Devaraj Urs.”

Suresh Shetty, AICC observer, Harish Kumar, district Congress president, Jaigeer, spokesperson, and Ibrahim Kodijal were present.

BJP Govt is selling Kashmir for electoral gains: Swami Agnivesh

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Hindu religious scholar and renowned civil society member, Swami Agnivesh has said that BJP government at the Centre is ‘selling’ Kashmir for electoral benefits across India.
“Kashmir is a cash crop for BJP government. It is selling Kashmir to get votes in different states of India. It knows that Kashmir and Pakistan bashing will fetch votes and it has succeeded in its plans so far,” Agnivesh told Hindusthan Samachar in response to a question why New Delhi is reluctant to hold a dialogue with all stake-holders of Jammu and Kashmir.
Agnivesh alleged that BJP led Central Government will never encourage dialogue with Pakistan as it wants to keep the pot boiling.
“It was a welcome development that Pakistani Army General himself advocated dialogue with India, but as expected present Indian dispensation showed a cold response. Once BJP will start dialogue with Pakistan, it can’t attack Pakistan and mention Kashmir during election rallies and it can’t befool people and exploit them in the name of Kashmir and it even can’t sell soldiers services to nation,” Agnivesh told HS in a telephonic conversation from New Delhi.
Expressing deep anguish over unabated civilian killings in Kashmir, Agnivesh said that if Mehbooba feels that BJP is ditching her and is not interested in dialogue over Kashmir issue, then she should resign.
“Mehbooba should not keep people in dark. If she is honest and feels the pain of people of Kashmir, then at this juncture she should support and stand for them,” he said adding that BJP knows it well that anti-Muslim and anti-Kashmir agenda suits their party.
Demanding stringent punishment for those responsible for civilian killings, Swami Agnivesh said that it is unfortunate that probes are being conducted just to hoodwink the people.
“It was a good move when Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman assured full support to Mehbooba Mufti against those soldiers who killed two youth in Shopian in January this year, but nothing later happened and everything turned out to be lip service.”
Swami Agnivesh said that civilian killings can’t be tolerated. “The violence that has escalated in Kashmir can stop only through a sustained and meaningful dialogue process,” he added.
Hindusthan Samachar/ Saleem/ Shri Ram Shaw\

JD(S) will emerge as single largest party – G T Deve Gowda

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G.T. Deve Gowda is a prominent Vokkaliga leader in Mysuru district and a loyal supporter of former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda and Janata Dal (Secular) State President H.D. Kumaraswamy. He is known as a grassroots politician who worked his way up the ladder and represented Hunsur and Chamundeshwari candidates as a nominee of the JD(S). He is confident that he will emerge as a “giant killer” in the polls, due to the prevailing anger against the Siddaramaiah government.

The Chamundeshwari constituency is the battle ground for Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and H.D. Kumaraswamy, where Mr. Gowda is the central pivot. He says that the people of the constituency are disappointed with the CM since he had neglected it for the past 10 years, and now, makes half-baked promises of development during the elections. He thinks that Chamundeshwari was the factor which propelled Mr. Siddaramaiah from being an ordinary MLA to becoming the CM. In spite of this, the CM has not done anything for the people of Chamundehswari.

He attributed his grassroots cooperative activism to keeping in touch with the interest of the masses, by touring the constituencies and cultivating the confidence of the voters. Mr. Siddaramaiah, he felt in contrast, was aloof and detached in his campaigns. Mr. Gowda opines that his personal appeal will transcend boundaries of caste in the polarised place that is Chamundeshwari.

The constituency has 2.9 lakh voters, a third of whom are urbane citizens. Though it is difficult to predict the victory in the segment, there is a shared opinion that its outcome will decide which party comes to power in the State.

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EC Siezed 9,746 voter IDs from flat in Bangalore

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The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday documented a First Information Report (FIR) on discovering counterfoils and 9,746 voters ID cards in the Rajarajeshwari Nagar.


The state’s Chief Electoral Officer Sanjiv Kumar said on late Tuesday night “An FIR is being enrolled after almost 9,746 voter cards were found in a flat in Rajarajeshwari Nagar constituency alongside around one lakh counterfoils looking like acknowledgment slips utilized for expansion of names into electoral rolls were discovered,”

On investigation, the voter cards were observed to be genuine, while the counterfoils were to be checked through examination, Kumar said. Five workstations and one printer were additionally found in the loft, he included.

“Further investigation will be directed into the issue and will be nearly checked by the EC,” he said.

Three eyewitnesses from the poll pane visiting the flat in the constituency, which has a total of 4,35,439 voters, Kumar said.

Alongside Kumar, the District Election Officer and the city’s municipal body Commissioner M. Maheshwar Rao, the city Police Commissioner T. Suneel Kumar had visited the area where the voter cards were found.

The representative of the Congress party Randeep Singh Surjewala claimed that the flat where the voter IDs were discovered had a place with a BJP leader.

“BJP instituted this show in a flat having a place with their own leader Manjula Nanjamari. She has leased the flat to her son who challenged the 2015 BBMP (Bengaluru urban body) elections on a BJP ticket. The flat was raided not by police or EC but rather by BJP workers,” Surjewala affirmed.

Union Human Resource Development Minister and the gathering’s in-control for state surveys Prakash Javadekar said in a tweet “The BJP requests rescinding of elections in Rajarajeshwari Nagar in light of most recent disclosures of a huge number of fake voter IDs and discharge parcels of hard cash. This is Congress intrigue to fix decision even with their unavoidable annihilation,”

PTI

All Party Meeting to discuss political and security situation in J&K

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Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has convened an All Party Meeting in Srinagar on Wednesday (May 09) to discuss political and security situation in the state.

The Chief Minister met Governor NN Vohra at Raj Bhavan on Tuesday. A Raj Bhawan spokesman said the two leaders discussed issues like counter-terror operations, incidents of stone pelting and the death of a tourist in the state.

Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Tuesday reviewed the progress in the development of various sports infrastructure in the state.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the death of the tourist in stone-pelting in Kashmir is highly condemnable. Armed forces have to be firm with terrorists, she added.

Hindusthan Samachar/Shri Ram Shaw

2 killed in Taliban attack in Afghanistan

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Afghan police officers stand guard at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan September 13, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail – RC1B57AD2BE0


Two civilians have been killed and 19 others injured after Taliban militants mounted a mortar attack in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar, an official said on Wednesday.

The incident occurred in Hafiz Goddi area in Bati Kot district at round 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday. All injured were shifted to a Jalalabad hospital, a government statement said.

The Talibans have intensified attacks against security forces across the country after they launched their 2018 offensive late on April, Xinhua news agency reported.

The Afghan civilians continue to bear the brunt of armed conflicts with more than 3,430 civilians killed and over 7,000 injured in conflict-related incidents in 2017, UN figures said.

Karnataka Assembly Polls: PM Modi to address four rallies today

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With only two days have been left for canvassing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address four rallies in Bangarpet, Chikkaamagaluru, Belagavi and Bidar on Wednesday (May 09).

Congress President Rahul Gandhi will hold meetings in Bengaluru.

Meanwhile, BJP has demanded to countermand of elections in Raj Rajeshwari Nagar constituency following the recovery of tens of thousands voters identity cards and empty packers of hard currency from a house.

On Tuesday, 9,746 voter identity cards were found in bundles in an apartment yesterday in Bengaluru.

Hindusthan Samachar/Shri Ram Shaw

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