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Bengal polls: After Tejashwi, now Akhilesh to campaign in Trinamool’s favour

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The comments came a day after Adityanath addressed a rally in minority-dominated Malda district where he alleged that cattle smuggling and ‘love jihad’ were continuing unabated in the state.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav accused Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday of misleading the people in West Bengal and said the party would campaign in favour of the TMC for the Assembly election.

The comments came a day after Adityanath addressed a rally in minority-dominated Malda district where he alleged that cattle smuggling and “love jihad” were continuing unabated in West Bengal and the Mamata Banerjee government was endangering national security by indulging in “appeasement” politics.

In a statement, Yadav said the BJP wanted to come to power in the state by spreading “confusion and propaganda” during the Assembly polls.

“The Samajwadi Party will not allow this conspiracy of the BJP to succeed,” he added.

He alleged that Adityanath was “misleading” the people and appealed to the voters not to fall prey to the designs of the BJP, which “indulges in politics of hate”.

“It’s in the interest of democracy to be cautious of it (BJP),” the SP leader said.

Yadav said SP vice president and former minister Kiranmoy Nanda would conduct an election campaign in support of the TMC in the state.

Incidentally, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav had also met TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee two days ago.

“West Bengal is home to a large number of Hindi-speaking people from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand,” he had said, adding the RJD’s stand is to provide “full support” to Banerjee.

The high-stakes elections in West Bengal, poised to be a tough contest between the TMC and the BJP, will be held in eight phases between March 27 and April 29.

Votes will be counted on May 2.

Taj Mahal vacated after hoax bomb call at UP Police’s emergency number

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They said an unidentified person called the 112 emergency response number of the Uttar Pradesh police at around 9 am and claimed that a bomb was kept inside the monument.

Taj Mahal

NEW DELHI/AGRA: The Taj Mahal complex in Agra was vacated on Thursday morning following a hoax bomb call, officials said.

They said an unidentified person called the 112 emergency response number of the Uttar Pradesh police at around 9 am and claimed that a bomb was kept inside the monument that is conserved by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and protected by armed personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).

The Uttar Pradesh police immediately informed the CISF personnel, who asked the visitors to vacate the premises of the iconic 17th-century monument and launched anti-sabotage checks around 9:15 am.

“Nothing suspicious has been found and the checks are almost done,” a senior CISF officer said in Delhi.

The hoax call has been traced to Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh, another officer said.

Petrol price can come down to Rs 75 under GST, lack of political will exists: SBI economists

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MUMBAI: Petrol price can go down to Rs 75 a litre across the country if brought under the ambit of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), but there is a lack of political will, which is keeping Indian oil product prices at one of the highest in the world, economists at SBI said on Thursday

Diesel will come at Rs 68 a litre and the revenue loss for the Centre and states will be only Rs 1 lakh crore or 0.4 per cent of GDP, according to the calculation by the economists made under the assumption of global crude prices at USD 60 a barrel and exchange rate at Rs 73 per dollar.

At present, every state has its own way of taxing fuels, while the Centre also collects its own duties and cess. Petrol prices have touched Rs 100 per litre in some pockets of the country and concerns are being expressed about the high taxation which is making the fuels dearer.

The SBI economists said bringing petrol and diesel under the goods and services tax is an unfinished agenda of the GST framework and getting the prices under the new indirect taxes framework can help.

“Centre and states are loathe to bring crude oil products under the GST regime as sales tax/VAT (value added tax) on petroleum products is a major source of own tax revenue for them. Thus, there is lack of political will to bring crude under the ambit of GST,” they said.

At present, states choose to levy a combination of ad valorem tax, cess, extra VAT/surcharge based on their needs and these taxes are imposed after taking into account the crude price, the transportation charge, the dealer commission and the flat excise duty imposed by the Centre, they explained.

Assuming for the crude prices and dollar rate, transportation charges at Rs 7.25 for diesel and Rs 3.82 for petrol, dealer commission of Rs 2.53 for diesel and Rs 3.67 for petrol, cess of Rs 30 for petrol and Rs 20 for diesel which will be divided equally between the Centre and states, and GST rate at 28 per cent, the economists came at the final price estimates.

It said that a growth in the consumption – diesel going up 15 per cent and petrol by 10 per cent – has been used to assess the Rs 1 lakh crore fiscal impact of getting petroleum prices under GST. An increase of USD 1 in the crude oil prices will push up the petrol price by around 50 paise and diesel prices by around Rs 1.50, and bring down the overall deviation by around Rs 1,500 crore under the baseline scenario, it said.

States, which have the highest share of tax revenues at present, will be the biggest losers if the system shifts to GST, it said, quickly adding that such a move will help consumers pay up to Rs 30 less.

Interestingly, the simulation exercise suggests that when crude oil price declines by USD 10 per barrel, Centre and states could save close to Rs 18,000 crore, if they keep the petrol prices at baseline prices without passing the benefit to consumers, which is higher than the savings of Rs 9,000 crore when the crude prices go up by a same measure.

“We thus recommend the government build up an oil price stabilisation fund which can be used in bad times for compensating revenue loss by cross subsidising fund saved from good times, without hurting the consumer,” it said.

For the LPG cylinders, the economists proposed an increased and graded subsidy may be provided to poor consumers which can be tapered off over a period of, say, 5-years. Meanwhile, the note said the latest revenue and expenditure numbers could lead to lowering of fiscal deficit to 8.7 per cent in FY21, down from 9.5 per cent in the revised budget estimates.

They said that it is highly likely that the Government might cancel its Rs 49,000 crore borrowing planned in the last fortnight of March.

Doors being opened for talented youth in several sectors: PM Modi

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Addressing a webinar on the implementation of the Union Budget provisions in the education sector, he said the new National Education Policy has encouraged the use of local language

PM Narendra Modi

NEW DELHI: Doors are being opened for talented youth in several sectors such as space, atomic energy and agriculture as limiting knowledge and research is a big injustice to the country’s potential, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday.

Addressing a webinar on the implementation of the Union Budget provisions in the education sector, he said the new National Education Policy has encouraged the use of local language and now it is the responsibility of all academics and experts of every language to prepare the best content available in the country and the world in Indian languages.

This is definitely possible in this era of technology, he asserted.

Modi said education, skill, research and innovation were the second biggest focus of budget after health.

“The Union Budget has broadened our efforts to link education with employability and entrepreneurial capability,” he said.

As a result of these efforts, India today is among the top three countries in terms of scientific publications, Modi said.

Limiting knowledge and research is a big injustice to the country’s potential, the prime minister said.

“With this thinking, doors of several sectors such as space, atomic energy, DRDO, agriculture, are being opened for our talented youth,” Modi said.

To build a self-reliant India, confidence in the youth of the country is important, he said, asserting that confidence only comes when the youth has complete faith in their education and knowledge.

Girls stripped, forced to dance by cops, Maharashtra govt orders probe

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MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government has formed a four-member high-level committee to conduct a probe into an incident where girls were allegedly stripped and forced to dance by policemen at a hostel in Jalgaon, Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Wednesday.

The minister made the announcement in the state Assembly after the issue was raised by opposition members.

BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar targeted the Maharashtra government, suggesting it was not serious over the issue.

According to media reports, some girls from a hostel in Jalgaon complained that people from outside and policemen were allowed to enter the facility on the pretext of a probe and some girls were forced to strip and dance.

A video clip of the same has also surfaced.

“It is a very unfortunate incident. A four-member high-level committee of officials has been formed to conduct a probe into it. they have been asked to submit a report in two days. Action will be taken as per rules after the report is submitted,” Deshmukh said.

Before the minister made the announcement, Mungantiwar said the incident is very serious.

He alleged the government was only taking note of such an incident and called for stricter action.

Replying to him, Deshmukh said, “All information about the incident is being taken.

The entire video recording and other documents are sought and statements are being recorded.

” Strict action will be taken as per rules after gathering all the information, he said.

Objecting to it, Mungantiwar said the police already have all the information about the incident.

” If the police machinery is not going to take information after spending Rs 15,000 crore, why this government (is needed then)?” the BJP leader said.

BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis said there is a video clip (of the incident) and it would have been a different case had it been just a news report.

The video clip of a girl being forced to dance after stripping her is a serious matter, he said.

“Our expectation is that you take immediate action sensitively,” the leader of opposition said.

Taapsee Pannu, Anurag Kashyap’s residences raided by Income Tax Department

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The source further said that multiple teams of the agency sleuths were carrying out searches at over 22 locations in Mumbai and several other places, including the premises of the Phantom Films.

(L) Actress Taapsee Pannu and (R) Director Anurag Kashyap (Photos | PTI)
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MUMBAI: In a massive action against the big Bollywood personalities, the Income Tax department on Wednesday carried out searches at the premises of noted film Director Anurag Kashyap, actor Taapsee Pannu and filmmaker Vikas Bahl.

An I-T department source related to the probe.Searches are on at the premises of Pannu, Kashyap and Bahl in Mumbai and other locations.”

The source, however, refused to share further details of the case.

The source further said that multiple teams of the agency sleuths were carrying out searches at over 22 locations in Mumbai and several other places, including the premises of the Phantom Films.

However, officials of the I-T department remained tightlipped on the searches at the premises of Phantom Films.

According to another I-T department official, the searches are going on at the premises of these Bollywood personalities in connection with some “tax evasion” matter.

Kashyap, Bahl and Pannu have been vocal on the social media platforms and have also raised their concern over the farmers’ protest, which have been going at the borders of the national capital since November 26 last year against the three farm laws.

Notorious Inter-State HBT offender arrested by CCB,Pistol,Gold ornaments worth Rs.61.5 Lakhs recovered:

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Pramesh Jain

Notorious Inter-State HBT offender arrested by CCB,Pistol,Gold ornaments worth Rs.61.5 Lakhs recovered:

The Central Crime Branch police of Women Protection Wing team has arrested an interstate burglar from Uttar Pradesh involved in over 15 burglaries in and around the city .

The accused has been identified as, Khurshid Khan,41 of Sahibabad of Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.

The police have seized a country made pistol,Five live bullets and stolen gold valuables worth Rs. 61.5 lakh has been recovered from his possession.

Sandeep Patil,Joint commissioner of police crime,said,team led by police inspector,Hazaresh Killedar and his team caught Khurshid Khan, 41, of Sahibabad in Uttar Pradesh when he had come to the city on February,7th.

A team of police under Inspector camped in Ghaziabad area of Uttar Pradesh and were in search of the notorious burglar the team who were in action the team kept a close watch on his movements and after lot of efforts the team were successful in apprehending the burglar and brought him to Bengaluru on February 7th for further questioning.

During the course of investigation the team grilled him and the accused confessed the crime and spilled the beans about the stolen gold ornaments.

Based on his information the police team headed by Hazaresh Killedar and team escorted him and  Went to Uttar Pradesh and nabbed the receiver of stolen properties identified as Virendra Kumar, 46,a jeweller by profession.

After arresting the receiver from Uttar Pradesh the team has seized 1 kg 280 gms gold ornamnets worth 61 lakhs,1 Pistol and 5 live bullets from his possession.

A detailed investigation by the team it has revealed that,Khurshid is part of five to six persons involved in burglary.He and his associates are wanted in many house breaks in the city since 2013.

The gang used to come to city by train and commit series of burglaries during day time and return back.

The accused would watch over locked house for sometime before breaking into it.

They are so proficient and quick that they would hardly take 15 minutes to loot the valuables and escape.

After committing series of offence,the accused would return to their native and sell the booty to Virendra.

Khurshid who lead the gang would use the fire arm to scare people in case of any eventuality.

The accused was earlier arrested by Hariyana police under Arms Act.He was also arrested by Delhi and UP Police.Virendra was also arrested by Delhi police.

With his arrest we have solved 15 cases were reported in JB Nagar,Kengeri,Jnanabarathi,KG Nagar,Hanumanthanagar,Vijayanagar,Mico Layout,Subramanyanagar,Byadarahalli and Nandini Layout and other police station.A case has been registered and further investigation is on.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant,has appreciated,Joint CP Crime, Sandeep Patil,DCP Crime-1,KP Ravikumar,PI,Hazaresh Killedar,crime staff as,Nawaz Khan,Mufeez Khan, Raghavendra,Nagaraj,Srinivas,Ravikumar, Parashuram,and Sameer and two women staff also has been appreciated for the commendable and exemplary work done by them who has successfully nabbed the notorious burglar from his native in UP who was wanted in dozens of cases and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.

Custodial death case,PSI Suspended,Case to be probe by CID:Kamal Pant

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Pramesh Jain

Custodial death case,PSI Suspended,Case to be probe by CID:Kamal Pant

A day after custodial death of a 63-year-old conman,sub inspector,Manjunath Kattimani of Hanumanthanagar police station has been suspended for dereliction of duty and an departmental enquiry has been initiated against four other staff who were at the spot for their negligence.

Speaking to reporters at Jansampark divas in Viveknagar, Commissioner of police Kamal Pant said,that sub inspector,D Manjunath has been suspended as he was in charge for the case and he was heading the team when Siddalingaswamy was taken for spot mahazar. 

Meanwhile an departmental enquiry has been initiated against Head Constables Ravi Kumar and Mrutyunjaya and constable Umesh , following which necessary action will be initiated against them.

The four police personnel had escorted Siddalingaswamy to his house on Friday to recover document pertaining to the case.

Despite their presence,the accused reportedly  pushed them out of kitchen and jumped through  an open window situated on third floor of the building.He crashed on the scooter parked outside the building and died due to severe head injuries.

The police rushed out and shifted the profusely bleeding Siddalingaswamy in a car to a near by hospital where the doctor declared him as brought dead.

The incident captured on the CCTV installed in the building.

Since the incident amounts to custodial death, the case has been handed over to CID and judicial magistrate will investigate the case and further action will be taken based on the report Kamal Pant said to media persons.

Meanwhile Swamy’s wife Devamani has a filed a case of unnatural death has been registered and the case will be handed over to CID.Devamani stated in her complaint that she was shocked to see her husband ran inside the kitchen and jumped from the balcony to end his life.

The officer further said that Swamy was arrested by Hanumanthnagar police on February 24 and during the interrogation he revealed two of his friends names who are also involved in cheating case and efforts are on to nab them he added.

Inter-State Ganja trafficking network busted,Eight Notorious Peddlers arrested,681.8 Kg Ganja Seized by NCB

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Pramesh Jain

Inter-State Ganja trafficking network busted,Eight Notorious Peddlers arrested,681.8 Kg Ganja Seized by NCB:

NCB busts yet another Ganja trafficking network arrested eight persons and seized a total of 681.8 kg of marijuana from them.

Eight accused were arrested during the seizure namely S.Pawar,V.Pawar,B.Ware,M.Dhotre,D. Deshmukh,R.Gunjal,A.Gandhi and S.Sanap.

Based on a tip off from Bangalore NCB unit,a  team of NCB officials intercepted Swift Dzire car,one Honda City car and one Bolero Pick up near Pedda Amberpet Toll Plaza,near Rangareddy District,Telangana and during search the team found huge haul of drugs and seized 681.8 Kgs of Ganja.

The consignment was concealed in compressed form,kept in 335 brick like packets and wrapped with brown colour adhesive tapes.

This is a common modus operandi of Ganja trafficking sourced from Andhra-Odisha border.

During investigation it was revealed that the syndicate used to source ganja in huge quantity from Vishakhapatnam and distribute in various parts of Pune district and Osmanabad district of Maharashtra,Amit Ghawate,(Zonal Director,Bangalore),said.

According to Mr.Ghawate,Illegal Ganja Cultivation in India is largely concentrated around the naxal Infected Andhra-Odisha border areas.

Ganja from this region find its way to all over the country including Delhi,Mumbai,Maharashtra, Rajasthan,Tamilnadu,Kerala,West Bengal and is smuggled across the ocean to Sri Lanka,he said.

Difficult Terrain and inaccessibility make this area difficult for the law enforcement agencies to conduct destruction of illicit Ganja cultivation.

One of the other major Ganja cultivating region in India is the hilly terrains of Himachal Pradesh. North Eastern states of India are also vulnerable to Ganja cultivation due to its unique Geographical conditions.

Finally NCB acknowledges the role of Shri Amit Ghawate,(Zonal Director,Bangalore)and other team members of NCB Hyderabad Sub Zonal Unit and NCB Bangalore Zonal Unit with their concerted efforts in intelligence gathering and enforcement by NCB have so far had a telling effect on the seizure of Ganja sourced from Andhra-Odisha border areas he added.

Karnataka Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi allegedly caught on sex tape,Social activist demands probe into ‘sex scandal’!

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Pramesh Jain

Karnataka Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi allegedly caught on sex tape,Social activist demands probe into ‘sex scandal’!

Ramesh Jarkiholi,Minister of Water Resources in the dock as city based activist approached police commissioner seeking detailed probe against minister for cheating a woman promising government job and threatening her dire consequences after she recorded their private movement.

In an major embarrassment to the BS Yediyurappa led BJP government in Karnataka,a social activist released a CD where minister of Major and Medium Irrigation from the Water resources department Ramesh Jarkiholi is seen with a woman in a compromising position. 

It is alleged that Ramesh had lured the victim on the pretext of providing a government job.

The Minister had sexually used the woman many times promising government job but later refused.

The victim however had recorded their private moments for which Mr. Ramesh started threatening her with dire consequences.

Fearing their life victim family approached Dinesh Kallahalli who in turn approached the police seeking details.

The Cubbon park police have taken up the probe into alleged sex scandal of Water resource minister Ramesh Jarkiholi who sexually abused a woman promising job and later threatened her with dire consequences after he came to know about the video being recorded .

We have received a petition about alleged incident related to minister and probe the matter to get more details.We will also question the victim who have been allegedly abused and threatened by the minister and to know more about the incident. MN Anucheth,DCP,Central Division,said.

Dinesh Kallahalli,city based RTI activist earlier on Tuesday evening approached city police commissioner and submitted complaint along with the video and audio clips along with the petition.

In his complaint,Mr.Kallahalli said that the victim resident of RT Nagar approached the minister seeking permission to use drone cameras to shoot at a dam for her documentary which she wanted to use it on social media.

Mr.Jarkiholi later assured her to get a job in KPTCL instead of permission and allegedly used her sexually many times kalahalli said.

However the victim realized that she has been cheated and recorded one of the private moment.

Mr.Jarkiholi realized about the video clip and allegedly threatened her with dire consequences if she revealed it to anyone.

considering the gravity of the situation,the family living in fear and approached Kallahalli seeking help.

The Cubbon park police have questioned me about the incident and the relationship with the victim.The police have recorded the statement. The police said that they would conduct a probe and assure to take action, Mr.Kallahalli told media persons.

The Cubbon park police who have taken up a non cognizable report would initiate probe to question the victim and the family members.

The victim has not only recorded video about their private moments but also recorded every meeting and phone conversation,she had with Ramesh Jarkiholi.

The reason behind these records is also part of the probe,a senior police officer said.

Union Minister for Coals and Mines Pralhad Joshi said he was not aware of the fact.

Speaking to reporters in Hubballi,he said if a matter like this has surfaced,it must be investigated to find out the truth.He also said he would speak to the Chief Minister in this regard.

Jarkiholi,who was in Mysuru,rushed to the city and met Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa.He said he would rush to New Delhi to meet the BJP central leadership.

Denying any wrongdoing,Jarkiholi said this is a big shock and sought an investigation into this. He said it is a 100% fake video. 

“I don’t know who Kallahalli is.I don’t know who that woman is.I don’t know anything.I’m in a big shock.Let this be investigated,”Jarkiholi told reporters.If I’m wrong,let them hang me,when asked about resignation he said why should I resign when I am not wrong.

“The Jarkiholi family has built an empire. I’ve been a legislator for 21 years.Why was this done now? It’s a political gimmick,” the minister said. “I’m a dharmic man and I have no need to fear,” he said,adding that he will quit politics if proven wrong.  

This comes just two days before the start of the all-important Budget session of the legislature, causing embarrassment to Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa. 

Jarkiholi, who represents Gokak, was among the chief architects in causing the downfall of the Congress-JD(S) coalition, paving the way for the BJP to come to power. He was earlier with the Congress. 

The incident could potentially dent Jarkiholi’s political career. His family holds a clout in the politically-significant Belagavi,Karnataka’s largest district. 

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