Bengaluru, May 20 : Following is a summary of observations recorded in Meteorological centre, here at 0830 hrs on Monday.
Rainfal occurred at a few places over coastal Karnataka and south interior Karnataka and at isolated places over north interior Karnataka.
Chief rainfall amounts (cm) Chikkamagaluru PTO 5, Kottigehara 4, Mudubidre, Santhebennur, yagati, Kadur 3 each. Channagiri, Ajjampura, Sringeri HMS, B Durga 2 each, Mangaluru AP Obsy, Panambur Obsy, Siddapura, mani and Mangaluru, Sandur, Nelamangala, Nayakanahatty, Bhadravathi and Balehonnur 1 each.
Kalaburgi has recorded the highest maximum temperature of 44.6 dc in the state.
Forecast valid until Wednesday morning: Rain/thundershowers very likely at a few places over coastal Karnataka and south interior Karnataka and at isolated places over north interior Karnataka.
Forecast for Bengaluru city: Partly cloudy sky. Rain/thundershowers very likely to occur in some areas. maximum and minimum temperatures very likely to be around 36 and 24 dc respectively
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Huawei’s use of Android restricted by Google
San Francisco, May 20 : Google has barred the world’s second biggest smartphone maker, Huawei, from some updates to the Android operating system, dealing a blow to the Chinese company.
New designs of Huawei smartphones are set to lose access to some Google apps.
The move comes after the Trump administration added Huawei to a list of companies that American firms cannot trade with unless they have a licence, said a BBC News report on Monday.
Google said it was “complying with the order and reviewing the implications”.
Huawei said it would continue to provide security updates and after sales services to all existing Huawei and Honor smartphone and tablet products covering those have been sold or still in stock globally.
“We will continue to build a safe and sustainable software ecosystem, in order to provide the best experience for all users globally,” it added.
Existing Huawei smartphone users will be able to update apps and push through security fixes, as well as update Google Play services.
But when Google launches the next version of Android later this year, it may not be available on Huawei devices.
Future Huawei devices may no longer have apps such as YouTube and Maps.
Huawei can still use the version of the Android operating system available through an open source licence.
Ben Wood, from the CCS Insight consultancy, said the move by Google would have “big implications for Huawei’s consumer business”.
Last Wednesday, the Trump administration added Huawei to its “entity list”, which bans the company from acquiring technology from US firms without government approval.
In his first comments since the firm was placed on the list, Huawei chief executive Ren Zhengfei told Japanese media on Saturday: “We have already been preparing for this.”
He said the firm, which buys about $67bn (?52.6bn) worth of components each year according to the Nikkei business newspaper, would push ahead with developing its own parts.
Huawei faces a growing backlash from Western countries, led by the US, over possible risks posed by using its products in next-generation 5G mobile networks.
Several countries have raised concerns that Huawei equipment could be used by China for surveillance, allegations the company has vehemently denied.
Huawei has said its work does not pose any threats and that it is independent from the Chinese government.
However, some countries have blocked telecoms companies from using Huawei products in 5G mobile networks.
So far the UK has held back from any formal ban.
“Huawei has been working hard on developing its own App Gallery and other software assets in a similar manner to its work on chipset solutions. There is little doubt these efforts are part of its desire to control its own destiny,” said Mr Wood.
In the short term, this could be very damaging for Huawei in the West.
Sensex zooms by 924 pts
Mumbai, May 20 : The BSE Sensex on Monday zoomed up by 924 points to 38,855.13 after exit poll results predicted the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will come to power.
The Nifty of National Stock Exchange (NSE) too rose by 272.60points to 11,679.95.
The sensex registered intra day high and low at 38,909.79 and 38,570.04 points respectively.
The Nifty recorded intra day high and low at 11,699.95 and 11,591.90 points respectively.
The BSE Sensex was up almost 2.4 per cent, or 924 points, with State Bank of India, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, Tata Motors, ICICI Bank, and Larsen & Toubro among the top gainers.
The broader Nifty50, had gained 263 points, or 2.31 per cent, to trade at 11,671.
All the Sensex sectoral indices, included Materials, Energy, Finance, Industrials, Auto and Metal increased more than three per cent.
In the broader market, the S&P BSE MidCap index had gained 425 points, or 2.97 per cent while the S&P BSE SmallCap index was up 2.77 per cent.
The rupee on Monday opened sharply higher against the US dollar after the exit polls showed clear majority for the NDA (National Democratic Alliance) in the Lok Sabha elections 2019.
The gainers were SBI by 6.60 pc to Rs 340,M & M by 5.78 pc to Rs 657.15, ICICI Bak by 5.30 pc to Rs 411, L & t by 5.22 pc to Rs 1433 and Tata Motors by 5.12 pc to Rs 185.75.
The losers were Bajaj Auto by 1.08 pc to Rs 3008.80 and Infosys by 1.02 pc to Rs 716.45.
TDP supremo Chandrababu Naidu likely to call on Mamata
Kolkata, May 20 : A day after the 7th-phase Lok Sabha poll ended on Sunday, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP supremo Chandrababu Naidu is expected to call on his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee here on Monday, party sources indicated.
Ridiculing Sunday’s exit poll predictions in which almost all the pollsters indicated Prime Minister Naredra Modi-led NDA government coming to power for second successive time, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said it was all gossip and aimed at diverting attention to replace the
EVMs.
” I don’t trust Exit Poll gossip. The game plan is to manipulate or replace thousands of EVMs through this gossip. I appeal to all Opposition parties to be united, strong and bold. We will fight this
battle together,” she said adding, ” Wait for May 23, the day when the results of 544 Lok sabha seats results will be out. “
Responding to this her TDP counterpart and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu is expected to fly here this afternoon and meet Ms Banerjee at her Kalighat residence in south Kolkata.
Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu has been visiting across the country meeting most of the opposition leaders, including Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gndhi.
Mr Naidu, who also held joint campaign with Ms Banerjee, has been playing the role of a facilitator to bring all non-NDA opposition parties together and cobble a coalition if need arises in case of a
hung verdict.
After a meeting with the Congress president and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Friday, he had flown to Lucknow.
Election 2019: Exit Polls Stall Mayawati-Gandhis Talks? “No Delhi Meet,” Her Party Says
After voting ended in a massive month-and-a-half long election on Sunday, several exit polls on television channels projected an NDA landslide and another term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The exit polls suggest that Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav may take around 30 seats in 80-seat UP.
NEW DELHI:
Mayawati will not come to Delhi today for any meetings with opposition leaders, her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has said, contradicting reports about her meeting with Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi, which was seen as a significant step in opposition consolidation moves.
“Mayawati ji has no programme or meetings scheduled in Delhi today, she will be in Lucknow,” Mayawati’s top aide Satish Chandra Mishra told news agency ANI on Monday, a day after most exit polls predicted that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would return with a clear majority.
Reports had suggested that Mayawati was to meet the Gandhis ahead of the national election result on Thursday, May 23. The meeting, said the reports, had been arranged at the instance of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, who has been the go-between. Mr Naidu met with Mayawati in Lucknow and also held discussions with Rahul Gandhi twice. The Telugu Desam Party leader met with Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi on Sunday and is expected to talk to Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who had yesterday dismissed “exit poll gossip”.
If he does manage to get Mayawati to talk to the Gandhis, it will be quite a feat. The BSP chief spent much of her national election campaign targeting the Congress in the same breath as the BJP, unable to get past the huge disagreement over seat sharing for December state polls.
After voting ended in a massive month-and-a-half long election on Sunday, several exit polls on television channels projected an NDA landslide and another term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
While the BJP and its allies are predicted to win 303 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha, the Congress and its allies have been given 122 and parties that are not with any of the two combines so far are said to be looking at a score of 117.
The exit polls also suggest that Mayawati and her rival-turned-alliance partner Akhilesh Yadav may take around 30 seats in 80-seat Uttar Pradesh, significantly reducing the BJP’s tally from its 2014 sweep of 71; the ruling party may win enough seats in Bengal and Odisha to offset the loss.
Sources say Mayawati may be waiting for the actual results before her next move. For now, exit poll predictions present a grim scenario for the opposition bloc.
Fourteen Notorious Accused arrested
Fourteen Notorious Accused arrested,34 cases detected,property worth Rs.60.95 Lakhs Recovered by West Division Police.
The West division police of Upparpet and KP Agrahara Police inspectors and his crime staff has arrested 14 thieves and detected totally 34 cases of different types as House breaking,Pick-pocketers,and bag lifting gangs has been nabbed and with there arrest the team has recovered stolen property worth Rs.60.95 Lakh from them.
Upparpet police inspector,Ramappa.B. Gutter and his crime staff has arrested two notorious bag lifters identified as,Chand Basha,32,year old,and Syed Akram alias Akram aged about 40 year old, who used to travel in a bus as passenger and used to lift bags of passengers and after lifting the bags they used to aim for jewellery and cash based on the credible inputs and with the CCTV footage the special team detained them and grilled them and they spilled the beans they used to lift bags from crowded bus and places and during interrogation they confessed the crime and based on their statement the team has detected 9 cases as 8 bag lifting and 1 house breaking theft and recovered stolen gold and silver articles worth of Rs.15,10,000 from them.
The same team has arrested pick pocketers gang and house breaking offenders the team has arrested seven more accused in connection with pick pocketing and house breaking thefts and the accused are identified as,Vishwanath,23,Jabeeulla alias Jabee,28,Srinivas,34,Kumar alias Kothi kumar,34,Harish,29,Raghavendra,39,Aslam Pasha,39 and during the course of investigation the accused confessed the crime and spilled the beans that they used to pick pocket in and around Majestic and KSRTC bus stand in crowded places and with their arrest they team has detected 6 cases of pick pocketing and house breaking thefts and recovered 3.65 lakhs cash from them.With this all arrest the upparpet cops have arrested totally 9 accused and detected 15 cases and property worth of Rs.18.75 lakhs recovered from them.
KP Agrahara Police Inspector G.Shivaprasad and his crime staff has arrested notorious dreaded habitual offender Raja alias Japan Raja and his two associates who used to break open the locked house with his special sharp object which he has specially ordered to commit offences he used to roam in and around KP Agrahara and other areas and used to identify locked houses and in the midnight he used to commit offences accomplice with his associates with the special ordered instrument the instrument is very heavy with a little force he used to break open the locks if the lock is very big also only with a little force it will break open as the bolt and screw are fixed it will be half inch and with his instrument he used to put inside the lock and lift it the bolts can be removed and these fellows used to go with a simple instrument and break open the locked houses and rob valuables.When asked how he got a name as Japan Raja, Suneel Kumar, Bengaluru Police Commissioner said as his eyes and he is very short in looking as in Japan most people will be short so he was called as Japan Raja by his associates and with his arrest the KP Agrahara Police have detected 18 house breaking theft cases reported against him and the accused has been identified as Raja alias Japan Raja,40,and his two associates as,Gopi,43,David,34,has been arrested by the team and based on their statement the team has detected totally 18 cases and recovered stolen property of Rs.35 lakhs Gold ornaments 1kg 119gm with one two wheeler has been recovered from them and he stated that Raja used to sell loot such as gold through his two wives,who live in Bannerghatta Road and Coimbatore.Raja’s friends used to call him Japan because has small eyes. Raja got his alias Japan Raja when his name entered police records in 2000.Cops reported that Raja used iron rods to break doors open.He usually fled with ornaments and did not steal things like TVs and vehicles.Raja has claimed that he had no alternative but to stick to robbery since he had to pay his lawyer and meet court expenses.
In another case the team has arrested two brothers identified as,Sridhar,38,and Sendil kumar,42,who used to work in a silver testing lab they both have commited offence of stealing silver ornaments from their shop and with this the cops took the case very seriously the team swung into action and detained both of them and during the course of investigation the cops grilled them and they confessed the crime and spilled the beans and based on their statement the cops have recovered intact silver ornaments from a jewellery shop where they have pledge 17kg 700 gram silver ornaments intact was recovered by the team.
T.Suneel Kumar,Bengaluru city police commissioner told media persons that,West Division police of Upparpet and KP Agrahara Police under the leadership of DCP,West,Ravi.D.Channanavar under the able guidance of,BK Singh,Addl CP West,they have arrested fourteen criminals and detected about 34 cases of different types as,house breaking,Pick-pocketers and bag lifters in the buses like that totally amounting to Rs.65 lakhs worth property has been recovered from these fourteen accused.Out of this one accused the Japan Raja who was earlier arrested in the month of December by the same West Division Police that time we have detected 48 cases and worth of about Rs.1 Crore property was recovered he was sent to jail in the month of February he comes out of the jail on bail and then he continues to through the same house breaking offences this time they have detected 18 offences and recovered properties.Similarly there is a gang of bag lifters and pick pocketers there are two bag lifters in the BMTC buses who travel as passengers and lift the bags without the knowledge of the owner of the bag and they will not even be knowing that how there bags have been lifted especially they will open the bag and aim at the jewellery and other cash that is how this two fellows have been caught by PI,Upparet Ramappa B Gutter and his special team and we will be displaying their photographs in all the buses as public can be alert and take some precautions as we have directed the DCPs too display their photos in all BMTC and KSRTC buses and bus stations too and Similarly seven members of Pick-pocketers who does this pick pocketing in majestic areas have also been arrested by the west Division police and finally the commissioner of police has appreciated,Addl CP,West,BK Singh,DCP West,Ravi.D.Channanavar,ACPs,as, Dharamendra.HN,of Vijayanagar Sub-Division,and Mahanth Reddy NR,of Chickpet Sub-Division,PIs,as,Ramappa.B.Gutter,PSIs,as,Sharanabasappa Sangladh,Umesh,ASI,as,Ningappa and staff as,Gangadhar,Nagarajappa,Sharanappa,Rajanna, Mumtaz Pasha,Arjun Kamble,Narendra,Sreenivas Shetty,Manjunath,Narayan,Siddaraju,Manjunath,Venkatesh,Harish,Prakash,Jayachandra,Beerappa Kannal,Arun Kumar and other staff has done a tremendous job in detecting the case and catching the notorious criminals and appreciating the good work done out by the Deputy Commissioner of Police and his team of the west division and i reward them with Rs.1 Lakh he added.
May 23, day of counting would be Good Bye for Narendra Modi: Rahul
Bikram, May 16 : Congress president Rahul Gandhi today predicted that May 23, the day of counting would be ‘Good Bye’ for Prime Minister Narendra Modi as people had already rejected him in six phases of Lok Sabha elections and they would also do so in the final phase on May 19.
Addressing an election meeting here in favour of Misa Bharti, RJD candidate from Patliputra, Mr Gandhi said that Narendra Modi government was sure to be ousted from power and only formality remains to be completed with the declaration of the election result. He said that the crushing defeat of BJP and its allies in the elections was inevitable as people had made up their mind to ‘say goodbye’ to the government.
Mr Gandhi said that Congress had prepared an action plan to ameliorate the condition of poor people and farmers if his party was voted to power. A sum of Rs 72,000 would be deposited to the individual bank account of 25 crores most poor people every year while one lakh youths would be given employment at Panchayat level in next one year, he added.
Congress president said that his party if voted to power would ensure farmers were not put behind bars in the event of their failure to repay loans.
Mr Gandhi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was maintaining stoic silence on corruption in Rafael deal and was not explaining why Anil Ambani`s company was selected for the deal and why former defence minister Manohar Parrikar had said that he was not aware of the deal.
Mr Gandhi continued to taunt on honesty being claimed by Prime Minister Mr Modi and provoked people to raise the slogan ‘chowkidar chor hain’, as he has been doing in all his public meetings.
Besides Misa Bharti, daughter of RJD chief Lalu Prasad and her two brothers- Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejaswi Yadav, MLA Tej Pratap Yadav, senior RJD leader and former union minister Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav, senior Congress leader and state election campaign committee chairman Akhilesh Prasad Singh, AICC In charge for Bihar affairs Shaktisinh Gohil and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.
Slipper thrown on Kamal Haasan at election rally
Madurai, May 16 : A slipper was hurled on Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder Kamal Haasan at Villapuram here on Wednesday night.
Police said the incident occurred when the actor-turned-politician was addressing an election rally in support of his party candidate for the Tirupparankundram assembly by-election.
A gang, suspected to be BJP men flung the slipper on the actor and shouted slogans against him. The slipper however did not hit Mr Haasan and fell on the crowd causing flutter.
Commotion prevailed in the meeting after the slipper attack.
As the MNM cadre attempted to assault the attackers, Kamal Haasan intervened and said ‘we don’t have to worry about it; they (police) will take care of it.’
Police removed over a dozen people soon after the slipper attack for questioning and restored normalcy.
The MNM chief stoked a major controversy during an election campaign at Karur district on Sunday by stating that the “first extremist of Independent India was a Hindu and his name was Nathuram Godse.”
Mr.Haasan’s Hindu extremism barb triggered widespread condemnation from the Sangh Parivar outfits and various political parties across the country. However, the unrelenting actor continued to maintain his stand stating he had only spoken about what was a historic fact.
NDA will cross 300 seats in Loksabha: Biplab
Agartala, May 16 : Asserting the return of Modi government at the centre, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb today claimed that the last phase of election on May 19 would see a significant rise in the number of BJP seats that will raise the tally of NDA to more than 300.
He stated that the BJP will win at least 23 seats out of 42 in West Bengal owing to the misrule of Trinamool Congress. ” The Trinamool supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has resorted to most undemocratic attitude to the national leaders of BJP, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, that ultimately defamed India before the international community,” he stated.
“In democracy, opposition parties have been playing an important role and leaders need to have the quality to give space for the opposition but in West Bengal it is absent. The TMC workers attacked BJP’s national president Amit Shah and leaders of the party. Mamata Banerjee herself is abusing Prime Minister almost daily, which the people of Bengal do not like and which would go against TMC in the election,” Deb stated.
He further stated that Mamata Banerjee had lost her mind as she could sense her miserable defeat in the Loksabha election and the upcoming assembly election and added, “She has become frustrated as people of West Bengal are prepared to answer the Trinamool Congress.”
Modi babu can rebuild a statue, but can he restore 200-year old heritage: Mamata
Mandirbazar, May 16 : Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday slammed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for claiming at a rally in Uttar Pradesh that he will rebuild the vandalised statue of Vidyasagar.
Addressing a public meeting here in South 24 Parganas district which falls under the Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituency, Ms Banerjee asked, statues can be rebuilt, but can he restore 200-year old heritage?
The TMC supremo said, ” The Prime Minister has no shame. He is lying at a public rally in Uttar Pradesh. Their goons vandalised the statue, but he is blaming us. He says he will rebuild the statue. Bengal has enough funds to do so. “
“We don’t need your alms. Can you restore the 200-year-old heritage? Let him prove his allegations. Or else we will drag them to jails. We have all the documents,” she added.
Ms Banerjee said, ” All media outlets have shown how the statue of Vidyasagar was smashed into pieces. The people will answer you through the power of their votes. “
“Narendra Modi, you think you can scare people through threats and beatings. But remember, the elections would be over soon but my movement against all such atrocities is only beginning. You can’t escape anywhere,” the TMC supremo warned.
“Last night I came to know that campaigning time has been cut short based on BJP’s complaint. They do not want anyone else to campaign after Modi. Election Commission has become BJP’s brother. The entire country is saying that the Election Commission is sold out to the BJP, not just me. They can arrest me if they want. I am not afraid to speak the truth,” the chief minister remarked.
“What happened a day before yesterday was shameful. Under the leadership of Amit Shah, their goons vandalized Vidyasagar’s statue, Vidyasagar College and the University of Calcutta. We will not tolerate any attack on our icons,” Ms Banerjee said.
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