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Deve Gowda’s grandson files nomination from Hassan

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Hassan (Karnataka), March 22 (Nasheman News) Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) President H.D. Deve Gowda’s grandson Prajwal Revanna on Friday filed his nomination to contest the Lok Sabha election from Hassan in Karnataka.

Accompanied by his father H.D. Revanna, the state’s Public Works Department Minister and uncle Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, Prajwal filed his nomination at the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Hassan, about 180 km west of Bengaluru.

Prajwal, 28, will be contesting against BJP candidate A. Manju, a former Congress leader.

Gowda, who hails from Holenarasipura in this district, is a six-time Lok Sabha member from the constituency. He first got elected in 1991.

He is yet to announce from where he will be contesting.

Mayawati taunts ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’ campaign

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Lucknow, March 22 (Nasheman News) BSP supremo Mayawati on Friday taunted the BJP’s ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’ campaign, two days after she accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of changing his profile from ‘Chaiwala’ to ‘Chowkidar’ only to get votes in the Lok Sabha elections.

“BJP leaders are scrambling to declare themselves ‘chowkidar’ (watchman) for appeasement but people like Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath are in a fix on whether they should remain people’s representatives or become ‘chowkidars’,” Mayawati said in a series of tweets.

“They are free to do whatever in any fashion but must be committed to the Constitution and the rule of law… This is what the people of the country want.

“But in the process they (BJP) should not insult country and degenerate Constitutional posts in any way. Let Deputy Chief Minister (Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma), Chief Minister and Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) remain as per the provision of the Constitution. They can do ‘chowkidari’ (job of watchman) after losing the elections,” the four-time Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh added.

Taking a dig at the government over the alleged theft of Rafale fighter jet deal files, she said that that it was worrying that the union government was not allowing the release of data pertaining to employment, growing joblessness, increasing poverty, distress among farmers and labourers, just for the sake of losing votes and safeguarding their image.

“After all these are the issues related to image and vote. Does the country need such type of ‘chowkidar’?” she asked.

The Bahujan Samaj Party, which did not win any seat in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, is contesting the 2019 polls in Uttar Pradesh in alliance with the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD).

The BSP is contesting on 38 seats while the SP and the RLD are contesting on 37 and 3 seats in the state, leving two to the Congress.


Hurriyat leader Geelani booked under FEMA

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New Delhi, March 22 (Nasheman News) Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Geelani, who advocates Jammu and Kashmir’s merger with Pakistan, has been booked under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), the Enforcement Directorate said on Friday.

Geelani had been fined Rs 14.40 lakh following the confiscation of unaccounted foreign currency from his premises in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, ED Director Sanjay Mishra said.

Ex-Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir joins BJP

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New Delhi, March 22 (Nasheman News) Former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir on Friday joined the BJP in the presence of Union Ministers Arun Jaitley and Ravi Shankar Prasad ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

On the occasion, Gambhir, 37, thanked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for giving him an opportunity to serve the country.

“I am joining this party (BJP) after getting influenced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision. I am honoured to get the opportunity. I will work to take this country forward and make it a better place to live in,” Gambhir told the media after joining the BJP.

Gambhir, a resident of Rajinder Nagar in Delhi, was a high-profile campaigner for Jaitley’s 2014 contest in Punjab’s Amritsar seat which the BJP lost.

The BJP did not declare the constituency from where Gambhir will contest but informed sources said he may contest from the New Delhi constituency currently held by BJP’s Meenakshi Lekhi. 

Jaitley said the BJP had expanded in the last decade and that “we were called a cadre-based party and now we are cadre mass party”. 

Gambhir met BJP President Amit Shah after joining the party. 

Gambhir officially announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on December 4, 2018. 

He played 58 Tests, scoring 4,154 runs at an average of 41.95, including nine centuries and 22 fifties. He played 147 ODIs, scoring 5,238 runs at an average of 39.68 and a strike-rate of 85.25. 

Gambhir made his last appearance in the India jersey in the first Test against England (2016) in the home series.

He played a pivotal role in India’s historic victories in the inaugural edition of ICC World T20. In the ICC World Cup 2011, he played match-winning knocks of 75 (against Pakistan) and 97 (against Sri Lanka) which helped the men in blue to lift the world title.


Karnataka appeals Maharashtra to release 4 tmc of water to mitigate drinking water problem

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Karnataka government has appealed to the neighboring Maharashtra State to release about 4 tmc of water from its two reservoirs to mitigate the drinking water crisis faced in many Districts in the Northern Karnataka.
In a letter addressed to the Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Phadnivas, Karnataka Minister for Water Resources D K Shiakumar on Thursday stated that several Districts in Northern Karnataka, including Vijayapura, Kalaburagi, Koppal, Bhagalkot, Raichur, Yadagir and Raichur disricts, are reeling under severe water scarcity and people of the region are facing acute drinking water problem.
Seeking to release 2 tmc of water each from Koyna and Ujini reservoirs, the Minister recalled his meeting with Mr Devendra Phadnavis, and discussed about facing the challenge of the drinking water crisis in both the States.
Mr Shivakumar has also recalled the Maharashtra government’s gesture, in releasing water to Karnataka, which had helped to solve the drinking water problem faced by the people of several Districts.
The Minister in his letter had also conveyed that the early dry-spell being witnessed in the region, had also badly affected the live stocks, birds and Wild life in the region.

A 27 year-old youth nabbed and Deer Skin seized

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Karnataka Forest Department Police have nabbed a 27 year-old youth and seized Deer Skin from him at Edatore Maramma Temple in H D Kote Taluk in the distitrct.
Police said on Thursday that the arrested Srinivas of Karapura village in H D Kote taluk was transporting deer skin on his bike with another person when he was arrested.
Deer Skin and the motorcycle was seized from him. Another accused escaped from the spot.
The operation was carried out by Sub Inspector M B Ramesh and his team.

9 sentenced to life in Dinakaran arson attack case

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Chennai, March 21 (Nasheman News) The Madras High Court’s Madurai bench on Thursday sentenced, to life imprisonment, nine people convicted in the 2007 Dinakaran newspaper burning case which left three persons dead.

The court also sentenced seven other accused to five-year jail terms.

The High Court’s verdict came on an appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as the lower court acquitted all the accused.

The High Court also ordered the state government to pay a compensation of Rs 500,000 to the families of the three employees of Dinakaran daily – Gopinath, Vinod and Muthuramalingan – who were killed in the attack.

Amongst the accused sentenced for life is V.P. Pandi also known as `Attack Pandi’, a supporter of former Union Minister M.K. Alagiri, who was expelled from the DMK some years back.

In 2007, the Dinakaran daily published a survey report on who would be the preferred successor for late DMK President M.Karunanidhi.

As per the survey, Alagiri was ranked below Stalin which angered the supporters of the former and they attacked the daily’s office in Madurai with petrol bombs, resulting in fire and death of three employees.

Acting on Navjot Singh Sidhu’s Request, Pakistan Agrees to Not Erect Structures Near Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara

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Acting on Navjot Singh Sidhu’s Request, Pakistan Agrees to Not Erect Structures Near Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara

New Delhi: Acting on Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu’s request, the Imran Khan-led government has decided to not build any structure on the fields surrounding the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara and preserve it as it is.

Punjab Local Bodies’ Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu had written to Pakistan Prime MinisterImran Khan, mentioning that the fields around Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara were cultivated by Guru Nanak Dev himself and should be retained.

Accepting Sidhu’s plea, the Pakistan government in its reply assured that no structure will be erected near the Gurudwara.

Sidhu, while reacting to the statement, released a statement saying, “Anything that fulfils the wishes of 12 Crore Nanak Naam Levas is exemplary and worth gratitude… The land that Baba Nanak ploughed with his hand will now inspire generations to come. His message “Naam Japo, Kirat Karo, Vand Sakho” is immortal. It is indeed a cup of joy for the Sikhs world-over!”

Earlier on Tuesday, India and Pakistan held a technical meet to discuss alignment of the Kartarpur corridor, the coordinates and engineering aspects of the proposed crossing points, government sources said.

They also conducted a survey of the site after a meeting of engineers and surveyors. The outcomes from the meeting and survey would be further discussed at the next meeting of the two sides on April 2.

The Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara in Narowal district of Pakistan’s Punjab province, located 4.5 km from the border near the Dera Baba Nanak town in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district, is significant for the Sikh community as it is here that Sikhism founder Guru Nanak Dev spent 18 years of his life and is his final resting place.

The governments of India and Pakistan are trying to facilitate the travel of pilgrims to offer prayers at the Gurdwara — a demand made by the Sikhs for the past over 70 years.

Agencies

D K Shivakumar meets Congress leaders in Mandya

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Worried over the active participation of the Congress leaders and workers at the yesterday’s Cine Actor, Sumalatha’s election meeting, ‘trouble shooter’ in the JD(S)-Congress government’s coalition government D K Shivakumar, met some of the Congress leaders in Mandya on Thursday and tried to prepare the party leaders to support JD(S) candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy.
The Congress leader met former MLAs Cheluvanarayana Swamy, Ravindra Srikantaiah, Aathmananda and others and tried to explain the political compulsions, which had forced the Congress party to concede the Mandya Lok Sabha seat to its coalition partner JD(S), where it had a sitting LS member.
The local Congress leaders, assured to follow the coalition-dharma, and work for the success of the JD(S) in April-18 Lok Sabha elections in Mandya, Mr Shivakumar claimed with the newsmen at Mandya.
Meanwhile, Chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, has denied that JD(S) leaders had ignored the Local Congress leaders in Mandya or in Hassan, the two seats held by the party.
Informing that JD(S) leaders, had met personally several Congress leaders including Aathmananda, Cheluvanarayana Swamy, G Madegowda and others, he said that “One should understand that there are no permanent friends and foes in the politics”.
He also informed that the his son and JD(S)-Congress combine candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy will file his nomination papers to contest the Mandya Lok Sabha seat on Monday.
A public meeting also will be held immediately after filing the nomination papers by the JD(S) candidate, he said.

Agencies

Corruption exists in all fields: Kabir Khan

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Mumbai, March 21 (Nasheman News) Filmmaker Kabir Khan, whose latest docu-drama titled “Roar of the Lion” revolves around the downfall of the Chennai Super Kings for match fixing, followed by their victorious comeback in the 2018 Indian Premier League (IPL), says that corruption exists in all fields and cricket is no exception.

Asked if young players get influenced by power and money that the IPL offers and get involved in match fixing, Kabir told IANS here: “I think there is corruption in every profession… a grey area exists in every field, be it cricket, corporate, cinema…it is ultimately dependent on how an individual holds himself or herself.”

“Of course in cricket, when players are starting at a young age for an obvious reason… with IPL when they get exposed to huge money, attention and celebrity status, it is easy to lose control and get carried away.”

“Ultimately, more than an opportunity, it becomes more important how you are utilising the opportunity. If you conduct yourself right and stay focussed on your game, you will become a successful professional,” he added.

Many players earn celebrity status overnight thanks to the IPL.

Asked if becoming a celebrity cricketer is easier now, Kabir said: “I think becoming a celebrity itself is much easier these days. One can become a celebrity by writing a blog or travelling the world…but some get the fame of 15 minutes and some find a place in the history books…in their respective fields depending on their consistent contribution.”

“The IPL is, of course, one of the great platforms to find talent from the hinterland and they are getting the opportunity to play international cricket. But yes, unless your performance is consistent, you won’t be able to survive in the competition.”

The story of “Roar of the Lion” has already been reported by mainstream media.

Emphasising on the unique elements of the show, Kabir shared: “We have never seen Dhoni (Mahendra Singh Dhoni) opening up and talking about what he went through when the team got involved in the match fixing allegations and was banned for two years. During that time, Dhoni was completely silent.”

“Nobody knows how he dealt with the whole situation internally. I think that conversation makes the show different, makes it unique,” he added.

According to Kabir, the ban of the team was not only shattering for the players but also for the fans.

During the filming of the show, he interacted with some of the fans who had strong faith in CSK and said that the team will come back and again win the trophy.

“When the team came back… since the age group of the players was above 30, the new team was ridiculed by the media and fans of other teams. They called CSK as ‘Chennai Senior Kings’, ‘buddhe ki fauj’ etc. Despite all that, when the team won the 2018 IPL, their victory was the answer to all the criticism. That is why it is an inspiring story that deserved to be told,” said the filmmaker, who is also making a movie on the 1983 Cricket World Cup.

“Roar of the Lion” is streaming on Hotstar.

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