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For confronting Islamophobia, Pakistan, Turkey, Malaysia to jointly launch English channel

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In a tweet, Imran Khan said that the decision was taken during his meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in New York.

NEW YORK: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said that Pakistan, Turkey and Malaysia will jointly launch an English language channel ‘dedicated to confronting the challenges posed by Islamophobia’.

In a tweet, Khan said that the decision was taken during his meeting with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in New York.

“President Erdogan, PM Mahatir and myself had a meeting today in which we decided our 3 countries would jointly start an English language channel dedicated to confronting the challenges posed by Islamophobia and setting the record straight on our great religion – Islam”, Khan tweeted.

He also added that the channel would correct the misperceptions which bring people together against Muslims.

Further, Khan said: “Issue of blasphemy would be properly contextualized; series and films would be produced on Muslim history to educate/inform our own people and the world; Muslims would be given a dedicated media presence.” 

India’s richest turned a bit poorer this year

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At least 953 wealthiest individuals have shed Rs 3,72,800 crore, a depletion of 7 per cent of the total wealth in 2019.

Mukesh Ambani

NEW DELHI: While a lot has been talked about the shrinking rural growth, the slowing economy has taken a toll on India’s richest men and women too. Interestingly, however, the combined wealth of top 25 richest people equalled 10 per cent of India’s GDP (gross domestic product).

Mukesh Ambani continues to be the richest Indian with a wealth of Rs 3,80,700 crore; that is, 2.6 times the revenue foregone by the Central government as it cut corporate income taxes to their lowest level weeks ago.

However, at least 953 wealthiest individuals in India have shed Rs 3,72,800 crore; this is a depletion of 7 per cent of the total wealth in 2019 as compared to that in the year-ago period. In fact, if we include the new wealth added this year, the average wealth shows a decline of 11 per cent during the same period.

According to the IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List 2019, at least 344 individuals, or more than a third of this year’s list, witnessed wealth reduction and another 112 failed to meet the cut-off of Rs 1,000 crore – that is almost half of last year’s list. 

For instance, billionaire Dilip Shanghvi has seen 20 per cent drop in his wealth to Rs 71,500 crore. Since 2016, Dilip Shanghvi has lost Rs 50,000 core in net-worth and slipped to the tenth place in 2019 from second in 2016.

Steel magnate Lakshmi N Mittal, who runs ArcelorMittal, is the fourth richest with a wealth of Rs 1.07 lakh crore but saw his net worth erode by 6 per cent in sync with the stress in the metal sector. 

Among the players who crashed out of the richest list is Anil Ambani. The equity value of Ambani’s listed business empire has declined to Rs 2,000 crore. If one were to exclude the pledged shares, the equity value is at Rs 584 crore.

Congress puts onus on loyalty, but also banks on BJP rebels

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 This bypolls, the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) is looking to field ‘loyalists’ from their party in all 15 Assembly segments.

Karnataka Congress chief Dinesh Gundu Rao

BENGALURU: This bypolls, the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) is looking to field ‘loyalists’ from their party in all 15 Assembly segments. While candidates with high chances of winning matter, those who are loyal will help the party more. The names of the candidates are expected to be released by the end of Thursday. 

The Congress had previously won in 12 out of 15 seats, with three going to the JDS. With just a few days left for filing nominations, the Congress has almost finalised its list of names. “We are done with the groundwork, and have almost zeroed-in on the candidates,’’ said a senior Congress leader on condition of anonymity. On Thursday,  KC Venugopal, state in-charge, is expected to announce the names.

KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao said that they are looking for candidates who are loyal to the party, while also being popular in the specific locality. “We have checked their backgrounds, commitment and popularity. There have been no issues in getting cadidates,” he said. However, he said they are finding it a little difficult to find candidates for three constituencies, not naming which ones. 

Other Congress sources said they are being cautious while choosing names. “We do not want to take any risks. We have seen what happened with candidates who left the party suddenly — the same party that helped them grow. We do not have such people again. We will make a comeback,’’ sources said. 

Congress is also banking on rebels within the BJP. “If the disqualified MLAs or their kin are allowed to contest, those who have worked with BJP and want to contest, will feel ignored. This will affect the BJP, but will work for the Congress,’’ said KPCC working president Eshwar Khandre. 

“Congress seems to be choosing loyalists. This also includes those planning to join the party after being rejected by the BJP,” the senior leader said.

India and Pakistan two nuclear countries, got to ‘work it out’: Donald Trump

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President Trump said he had ‘very productive conversations’ with the leaders of India and Pakistan on the margins of the UN General Assembly.

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NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump said he discussed Kashmir with the top leadership of India and Pakistan during his meetings with them and offered to help with “arbitration or mediation” on the issue to the two nuclear-armed neighbours, who have to “work it out”.

Trump’s comments came a day after he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session here where the two leaders mainly focused on issues related to terrorism emanating from Pakistan and the Indo-US bilateral trade.

India maintains that Kashmir is a bilateral issue and no third party has any role in it.

Pakistan has been trying to internationalise the Kashmir issue after India withdrew the special status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, but New Delhi has asserted the abrogation of Article 370 was its “internal matter”.

Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, President Trump said he had “very productive conversations” with the leaders of India and Pakistan on the margins of the UN General Assembly.

“With respect to Pakistan and India, we talked about Kashmir. Whatever help I can be, I said, I offered, whether it’s arbitration or mediation or whatever it has to be,” Trump said in his opening remarks, offering to mediate for the fourth time.

Trump said he will “do whatever he can, because, they are at very serious odds right now and hopefully that will get better”. “You look at the two gentlemen heading those two countries, two good friends of mine. I said, fellows work it out, just work it out. Those are two nuclear countries, gotta work it out.”

When asked to comment on Trump’s remarks, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said India position is “very clear”.

“I think it has been articulated by the prime minister earlier. It was articulated yesterday (Tuesday) by the foreign secretary so that position remains,” Kumar told reporters at a briefing.

Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale had told reporters after the Modi-Trump meeting that the prime minister “made it clear that we are not shying away from talks with Pakistan”.

“But for that to happen, we expect some concrete steps to be taken by Pakistan. And we do not find any effort by Pakistan taking those steps,” Gokhale had said.

Trump’s meeting with Prime Minister Modi on Tuesday — their fourth meeting since Modi came to power for a second term in May this year — came a day after the US president met Pakistani premier Imran Khan on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session.

A White House readout on Wednesday said Trump “encouraged” Modi to improve relations with Pakistan and fulfil his promise to better the lives of the Kashmiri people.

Gokhale had said during the meeting, Modi explained in detail to Trump the challenges faced by India because of terrorism, especially in Jammu and Kashmir, where 42,000 lives have been lost in the last 30 years due to terrorism.

Tensions between the two countries have spiked since the abrogation of Article 370.

It evoked strong reactions from Islamabad, which downgraded ties and expelled the Indian ambassador.

Meanwhile, both Modi and Khan are scheduled to address the UN General Assembly on Friday.

Heavy rain predicted in Andhra Pradesh for next 24 hours

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IMD Hyderabad issued heavy rain warning in isolated places of all coastal districts in State

VIJAYAWADA: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Hyderabad issued a heavy rain warning in isolated places of all the coastal districts in the State for the next 24 hours.On Wednesday, moderate to heavy rain took place across Krishna district, with Avanigadda Mandal receiving maximum rainfall of 50.5 mm. With the influence of cyclonic circulation of winds in the Bay of Bengal region, moderate to heavy rain have been taking place across the coastal region.

Moderate rain-lashed Vijayawada city and many parts of the Krishna district on Wednesday, with an average of 30 mm rainfall. Vijayawada received continuous rainfall with over 35 mm recorded in the morning hours. The incessant rainfall resulted in the roads getting inundated and the drains getting overflowed.

Areas of Prakasam Road, Governorpet, Seetharampuram and Siddhartha Nagar were submerged with rainwater and drain water. This resulted in traffic snarls as well. On Wednesday, maximum rainfall of about four to five cm was recorded in many places across Krishna district.

The State Disaster Management Authority also issued warning for the fishermen to stay away from the coast as gusty winds, in the range of 45 to 50 mph, continued. The rain is most likely to continue in the next 24 to 48 hours, across the district.

SDMA issues warning for fishermen
Moderate rain lashed Vijayawada city and many parts of the Krishna district on Wednesday, with an average of 30 mm rainfall. Avanigadda mandal received maximum rainfall, at  50.5 mm. The State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) also issued warning for the fishermen to stay away from the coast as gusty winds, in the range of 45 to 50 km h, continued. The rain is most likely to continue in the next 24 to 48 hours, across Krishna district

Dream Girl Box Office Collection Day 13: Ayushmann Khurrana Scores Rs. 107 Crore

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Dream Girl Box Office Collection: Dream Girl showed a consistent performance on the weekdays with over Rs. 3 crore on Monday and Tuesday

Dream Girl Box Office Collection Day 13: Ayushmann Khurrana Scores Rs 107 Crore

NEW DELHI

Directed by: Raaj Shaandilyaa

Star cast: Nushrat Bharucha, Ayushmann Khurrana

 Dream Girl, in almost two weeks at the theatres, has raked in a score of Rs. 107 crore, reported trade analyst Taran Adarsh. On its second weekend, Dream Girl recorded box office collections of over Rs. 9 crore and Rs. 11 crore but it is with Monday’s scores – Rs. 3.75 crore – that the film successfully crossed the Rs. 100 crore mark. Since then, Dream Girl has shown a consistent performance on the weekdays with over Rs. 3 crore on Monday and Tuesday. Here’s what Mr Adarsh tweeted: “Dream Girl continues its winning streak… Terrific hold on weekdays… [Week 2] Fri 5.30 cr, Sat 9.10 cr, Sun 11.05 cr, Mon 3.75 cr, Tue 3.30 cr, Wed 3.10 cr. Total: Rs. 107.80 cr.

In its first week, Dream Girl summed up an amount of Rs 72 crore and Rs 25 crore in the second weekend alone. Dream Girl benchmarks include crossing Rs 50 crore on Day 4, crossing Rs 75 crore on Day 8 and Rs 100 crore on Day 11. Dream Girl is expected to have an uninterrupted run till Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff’s War releases on October 2.

Ayushmann Khurrana said that while he’s happy to celebrate yet another Rs 100 crore but he’s never under the “pressure” of having to score Rs 100 crore with his movies: “Having another film in the Rs. 100 crore club is obviously a nice moment for me though I never do films with the pressure to make Rs. 100 crore every time I come on screen.

Telugu Comedian Venu Madhav Dies At 39

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Venu Madhav is survived by his wife Sree Vani and their two sons named Madhav Swikar and Madhav Prabhakar

Telugu Comedian Venu Madhav Dies At 39

Hyderabad

Venu Madhav died on Wednesday.He reportedly died of kidney-related ailments. He died at a private hospital in Hyderabad

Telugu comedian-actor Venu Madhav died on Wednesday afternoon, reported news agency IANS. He was 39. According to IANS, Venu Madhav was undergoing treatment at Yashoda Hospital in Hyderabad for over two weeks and he was discharged on Sunday. However, his health condition deteriorated on Monday and he was reportedly advised to undergo kidney transplantation. “He was discharged on Sunday, but his family brought him back on Tuesday afternoon after his condition worsened. He was rushed to the Intensive Care Unit and was put on life support. He died around 12.20 on Wednesday,” IANS quoted a source as saying.

Members of the Telugu film industry paid tributes to the late comedian and started posting condolences on social media on Wednesday afternoon. Actor Varun Tej tweeted on Wednesday afternoon: “RIP Venu Madhav garu. Thank you for your contribution to Telugu cinema. Condolences to his family and friends.” Telugu director Gopichand Malineni also paid condolences to Venu Madhav on Twitter and he wrote, “Saddened to know the news about Venu Madhav garu‘s death. Your contribution to TFI will be remembered forever. My sincere condolences to the family.”

Venu Madhav’s filmography had over 170 movies in Telugu. Other than Telugu films, he even acted a few Tamil films. Mr Madhav made his debut in the film industry with the 1996 film Sampradayam. The 2016 film Dr Paramanandaiah’s Students Gang remains his last release. He stepped into the Indian entertainment industry as a mimicry artist and later ventured into films, in which he features in mostly comic roles.

Venu Madhav was a recipient of the state Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian for his performance in the 2006 action comedy Lakshmi. He is survived by his wife Sree Vani and their two sons named Madhav Swikar and Madhav Prabhakar.

12 Dead After Heavy Rain In Pune; Schools, Colleges Closed Today

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More than 500 people from various water-logged areas were also shifted to safer places following heavy rains in Pune on Wednesday night, a fire brigade official said

12 Dead After Heavy Rain In Pune; Schools, Colleges Closed Today

PUNE

At least 12 people were killed in various incidents of flooding and wall collapse after heavy rains battered Maharashtra’s Pune district, officials said on Thursday. Condoling the deaths, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said that state government was closely monitoring the situation. 

Nearly 10,500 people from several water-logged areas were shifted to safer places so far following heavy showers in the district on  Wednesday, officials said.

Mr Fadnavis said he was pained to know about the loss of lives due to heavy rains in Pune. 

Pained to know about the loss of lives in and around Pune due to heavy rains.
My deepest condolences to the families. We are providing all possible assistance needed.

The chief minister said teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were deployed in the city and Baramati tehsil, and all necessary assistance was being provided in the affected areas. Schools and colleges in various tehsils of Pune declared a holiday on Thursday in view of the deluge.

Five people sleeping at a dargah in Khed-Shivapur village, located on the Mumbai-Bengaluru National Highway, were washed away after the heavy downpour, senior police official Sandip Patil said, adding that two persons from Purandar area were reported missing.

Besides, five people, including a nine-year-old boy, were killed in incidents of wall collapse in the flooded Arneshwar area, chief fire officer Prashant Ranpise said. 

Over 10,500 people from various water-logged areas were shifted to safer places in Pune

“Over 10,000 people from low-lying areas in Baramati were shifted to safer places after water was released from Nazare dam, built on the Karha river near Jejuri,” Mr Patil said.

Besides, more than 500 people stranded in low-lying areas of the city were also rescued, Mr Ranpise said. 

“Rain stopped on Thursday morning, but many houses and residential societies in low-lying areas were still inundated. There were several reports of wall collapse and uprooting of trees in those places,” another fire official said. 

Mr Fadnavis also said that 2 NDRF teams were deployed in Pune and 2 in Baramati. 

2 NDRF teams are deployed in Pune & 2 in Baramati.
One more NDRF team is on way to Baramati.
State Government is also closely monitoring the dam discharge

“Rain stopped on Thursday morning, but many houses and residential societies in low-lying areas were still inundated. There were several reports of wall collapse and uprooting of trees in those places,” another fire brigade official said.

A number of low-lying areas in and around Pune were flooded after heavy showers lashed the city on Wednesday.

Water-logging was reported in Sinhgad Road, Dhanakwadi, Balajinagar, Ambegaon, Sahakar Nagar, Parvati, Kolhewadi and Kirkatwadi, Mr Ranpise said.

Pune district collector Naval Kishore Ram has declared a holiday in schools and colleges of Pune city, Purandar, Baramati, Bhor and Haveli Tehsils for Thursday.

CBI Searches At Ex-Bengaluru Police Chief’s Home In Phone-Tapping Case

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The Central Bureau of Investigation took over the case after the BS Yeddyurappa-led BJP government last month asked the probe agency to take over the case from Bengaluru Police

CBI Searches At Ex-Bengaluru Police Chief's Home In Phone-Tapping Case

BENGALURU

Alok Kumar was the Bengaluru police chief during HD Kumaraswamy’s tenure.
 

Officials of the CBI are searching the home of former Bengaluru police commissioner Alok Kumar in the city in connection with the alleged phone-tapping of politicians and bureaucrats during the term of the Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka.

Searches are being done in several other place in Bengaluru.

The Central Bureau of Investigation took over the case after the BS Yediyurappa-led BJP government last month asked the probe agency to take over the case from the cyber crime wing of Bengaluru Police.

Alok Kumar was the Bengaluru police chief during HD Kumaraswamy’s tenure.

Soon after taking over as Chief Minister in July, BS Yediyurappa had announced a CBI probe amid signs that the scandal was gaining political steam ever since disqualified JD(S) MLA AH Vishwanath, who had served as the party’s state president and later turned rebel, accused Mr Kumaraswamy’s of tapping phones and spying on more than 300 people, including him.

“It has come to the notice of the government that there are apprehensions that phones of several ruling and opposition political leaders, their relatives, and other government officials have been intercepted in an illegal unauthorised unwarranted manner,” the letter entrusting the probe to the CBI said.

Congress leaders, including Siddaramaiah, M Mallikarjuna Kharge and Home Minister in the alliance government MB Patil, had sought a probe while another key party leader and former minister, DK Shivakumar, rejected the snooping allegations and appeared to side with HD Kumaraswamy.

Phones of those close to Mr Siddaramaiah, who was the coalition coordination committee chief then, too had come under the watch.

Several BJP leaders, including former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, have accused Mr Kumaraswamy of being behind the episode to save his government which was then rocked by dissidence within.

Petrol, Diesel Prices Hiked Marginally After A Day’s Pause

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Petrol, diesel prices today: Currently, domestic prices of petrol and diesel are reviewed by oil marketing companies on a daily basis

Petrol, Diesel Prices Hiked Marginally After A Day's Pause

Petrol, diesel price today: Petrol and diesel rates were Rs. 74.19 per litre Rs. 67.14 per litre in Delhi

Petrol and diesel prices were hiked on Thursday after a pause the previous day. With effect from 6 am on September 26, the price of petrol was Rs. 74.19 per litre in Delhi and Rs. 79.85 per litre in Mumbai, according to notifications from Indian Oil Corporation. The rates of diesel were Rs. 67.14 per litre in Delhi and Rs. 70.44 per litre in Mumbai. Oil marketing companies, including state-run Indian Oil, had kept the domestic fuel prices unchanged on Wednesday Thursday’s prices of petrol in marked a hike of 6 paise per litre in each of the four metros. The rates of diesel were up by 7 paise per litre compared with Wednesday’s rates.

In Kolkata, the prices of petrol and diesel were Rs. 76.88 per litre and Rs. 69.56 per litre respectively. In Chennai, the rate of petrol was Rs. 77.12 per litre and that of diesel stood at Rs. 70.98 per litre.

Currently, domestic prices of petrol and diesel are reviewed by oil marketing companies on a daily basis. Any revisions to bring the domestic rates in line with crude oil prices overseas by taking into account factors such as the rupee-dollar foreign exchange rate are effected at the fuel stations at 6 am.

The rupee edged higher to move in a range of 70.85-71.01 against the dollar on Thursday, a after it settled at 71.04 against the greenback.

Crude oil prices fell more than 1 per cent on Wednesday, declining for a second consecutive day, after US stockpiles unexpectedly rose and as Saudi Arabia maintained a faster-than-expected recovery of its oil production.

Brent crude futures – the international benchmark for crude oil – settled at $62.39 a barrel, down 1.1 per cent compared with the previous close

The rupee has dropped 1.8 per cent against the dollar so far this year.

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