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Bengaluru, Apr 9 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi, wakes up every morning applies make-up or wax on his face to get a shine and sits in front of cameras, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy tweeted today.
“But we take bath once in the morning and wash our face only next day” Kumaraswamy added.
“Our faces dose not look good on cameras, that is why even Media shows only Modi” Kumaraswamy said.
Vijayawada, Apr 9 : On the last day of election campaign for the general election on April 11, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party National President N Chandrababu Naidu came down heavily on Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and YSRCP President Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy by alleging that they were acting like pet dogs to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Addressing an election meeting in Gurazala town in Guntur district on Tuesday, Mr Naidu said that Mr Modi dictates Mr Rao and Mr Reddy and they follow his directions.
He said that Telangana Chief Minister announced that he would merge the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) into the Congress, if separate Telangana state was carved out.
However, after creating of Telangana state, Mr Rao did not merge his party into the Congress but abused UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, he flayed.
The Telangana government approached the Supreme Court on the construction of Polavaram irrigation project, he pointed out and asked voters to reject YSRCP which is being supported by Mr Chandrashekar Rao.
?Jagan Reddy is wooing voters to give one opportunity to rule the state. If he is given one opportunity, the construction of Polavaram will come to halt. The control over the Nagarjuna Sagar and Srisailam projects will land into the hands of Telangana state. Water will be provided to Rayalaseema region through PR Padu and Mucchumarri head regulators? he predicted.
The Chief Minister participated in a road show and addressed gathering in Sattenapalli on the last day.
Accusing the Prime Minister of ruining the National Institutions, he said that if 100 Modis came, they could not do any harm to him.
He said that retired IAS officers expressed anguish for diluting the Election Commission of India.
Colombo, Apr 9 (Xinhua) Sri Lanka’s Disaster Management Center said on Tuesday that the number of people affected by the severe dry weather conditions prevailing across the island country had risen to over 321,000.
The worst affected districts are Vavuniya and Jaffna in the north, Puttalam in the North Western province and Kegalle in the Sabaragamuwa Province.
The Disaster Management Center said the lack of rains, especially in the mountainous areas, had resulted in a severe water shortage.
Assistant Director of the Disaster Management Center Pradeep Kodippili said officials were continuing to send water bowsers into the areas to supply fresh water to the families.
Kodippili said people were also advised to remain cautious and stay indoors due to the extreme weather conditions.
The Meteorology Department, in its latest weather update, said hot weather conditions are likely to rise further in the coming days but temporary showers could also be expected.
Temperatures are expected to rise to as high as 41 degrees Celsius.
Mumbai, Apr 9 : After wining their last IPL matches, both Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab will look to continue their winning streak as they face each other in the next match of the ongoing IPL season at Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday.
In their last two matches, Mumbai Indians defeated Chennai Super Kings and SunRisers Hyderabad and will want to continue their winning momentum against KXIP too.
On the other hand, Kings XI Punjab are also high on confidence after defeating SunRisers Hyderabad at home in their last match.
In the previous encounter between the two teams in Mohali, KXIP had a comprehensive eight-wicket win over MI but this time playing at home MI will obviously have an added advantage as they are aware about the ground conditions well.
KXIP are largely dependent on their explosive openers K L Rahul and Chris Gayle. However, the likes of Mayank Agrawal, Sam Curran and Sarfaraz Khan have also performed well, whenever, they got the opportunity to bat.
MI don’t even have a single batsman in the top-20 run scorers’ list of this IPL season but they have a strong batting line-up.
MI are blessed with power-hitters like Kieron Pollard and Hardik Pandya who can change the fate of the game with their fearless batting in the fag end of the innings.
When it comes to the bowling, MI have a formidable pace attack with Jasprit Bumrah and left-arm Jason Behrendorff , Hardik and leg spinner Rahul Chahar.
Apart from batting, MI’s bowling have been also boosted by the inclusion of West Indian pacer, Alzarri Joseph, who blew away SRH with his record-breaking haul of 6/12 in Hyderabad in his previous game.
In bowling, KXIP skipper Ravichandran Ashwin (7 wickets) has done well in five out of six games that the team has played and has got good support from the likes of Sam Curran, Mohammed Shami and Murugan Ashwin.
Overall, it will be a good contest between two quality sides looking to keep the winning momentum going.
KXIP are placed at third spot in the IPL’s points table with four wins out of their six matches, while MI are placed at fifth spot with three wins out of their five matches so far in the tournament.
New Delhi, Apr 9 : The Indian National Football Team will be playing in the invitational King’s Cup in Thailand in June which will be held at the Chang Arena, Buriram.
Besides India, and hosts Thailand, the other teams in the competition are Vietnam, and Curacao. As per April 2019 FIFA Rankings, India are ranked 101, with Thailand at 114, Vietnam at 98, and Curacao at 82.
The King’s Cup is a FIFA-sanctioned international ‘A’ tournament being organised by the Football Association of Thailand since 1968. India’s previous participation in the King’s Cup was in 1977.
Two matches will be held on June 5, the winners of whom qualify for the final. The two others teams would be playing the play-off for the 3rd spot.
This is the first time in 18 years that the Blue Tigers will be playing in a FIFA Ranking tournament, the last being the Merdeka Tournament in Kuala Lumpur in 2001.
Kushal Das, General Secretary, AIFF said the King’s Cup is the perfect platform for the new coach to ?understand the nucleus of the team.?
The new National coach will be on board by mid-week of May. With the FIFA 2022 World Cup Qualifiers scheduled to kick-off in September, the King’s Cup will help the team get in proper shape for the tough challenges ahead,? he stated.
I am extremely thankful to the Thailand FA for sending us an invitation to play in the tournament.?
The 2018 edition of the King’s Cup was won by Slovakia when they beat Thailand 3-2 in a thriller in the final, while Gabon beat UAE 1-0 to clinch the 3rd place.
Chitradurga, Karnataka, Apr 9 : Taking a dig at the ‘Nyay’ programme announced by the Congress in its election manifesto, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday gave a call to the electorates of the country to reject the party, which denied people their due for the last 70 years, with its narrow political interests.
Speaking during the ‘Vijaya Sankalpa Yatra’ at this Fort City, Mr Modi alleged that the coalition partners- Congress and Janata Dal (S) in Karnataka shed tears, when the country took strong steps to defeat terrorists backed by Pakistan, as it hurt ‘the voting bank’ of the two parties.
”So, should we not ensure ‘Nyay’ against these elements, who take people of the country for granted and always think of grabbing power only? The two parties will be punished this time, especially when a huge number of youth, born in the 21st century will take a decisive action, who will vote for the first time.
”I appeal to all 18-year-olds (new voters) to either support a strong government that takes the country forward, or choose a government that wants it’s people to remain backward, for its political ends,” he said.
Mr Modi, who visited the city for the second time for campaigning, said he was happy that so many youngsters will get their voting power for the first time, adding that the youth represented the strength of the country.
”Now, a chance has come to your lap to decide whether to support BJP, which stands for ‘Sab ka Saath, Sab ka Vikas’ or those, who depend on their vote banks,” he added.
By : Pramesh Jain
Bengaluru CCB Police of special enquiry squad team have conducted raids across city for the ongoing cricket betting of IPL T20 and nabbed three person and seized totally Rs.10.39 lakhs cash with 22 mobile phones and other materials.
The accused have been identified as H.V.Chowdegowda,38 year old resident of KR Puram.Vishwanath,35,year old resident of Heganahalli,Shaikh Shafi,32,resident of lottegolahalli.
The accused was collecting betting on the ongoing IPL matches through Mobile App.
The sleuths have seized Rs.10.39 lakhs cash betting amount with 22 mobile phones from their possession.
Acting on tip off CCB sleuths under the leadership of DCP Crime,Girish.S,and his team conducted raids on houses in KR Puram,Rajgopalnagar,Kodigehalli police Station limits.
Senior officer,told media persons that a credible information was passed to our Special Enquiry Squad team headed by DCP Crime,Girish.S,that,there is ongoing betting is going on in KR Puram,Rajagopalnagar,Kodigehalli police station limits based on credible Information the team swung into action and as on 29th March,CCB sleuths conducted raid on a house in Kodigehalli police station limits near Jalgaram temple and arrested one person who was indulged in cricket betting through Mobile App for the ongoing Mumbai Indian v/s RCB IPL T20 the cops have caught the accused identified as Shaikh Shafi,32 year old resident of lottegolahalli and seized Rs.2.5 lakhs cash and 18 mobiles with other materials from his possession and efforts are on trace Mukesh a bookie a case has been registered in Kodigehalli police Station he added.As on 31st March the CCB sleuths of special enquiry squad has raided a house in Rajagopalnagar police station limits near Heganahalli and arrested one person who was indulged in cricket betting for the ongoing Sunrisers Hyderabad v/s,Royal Challengers Bangalore the cops have caught the accused identified as Vishwanath,35 year old resident of Heganahalli red handed and seized Rs.1.89 lakhs cash and 2 mobiles the accused used to give access to the punters through 365 play Mobile App who used to submit Rs.5000 and above as deposit to play and he used to work on behalf of Nithin a bookie efforts are on trace the bookie a case has been registered in Rajagopalnagar Police station and investigation is on.As on 7th April the sleuths have conducted raid in KR Puram police station limits near old madras road A2B Hotel behind parking space a person was running the racket through a mobile app and giving access to punters who bet with him and he is indulged in cheating people by not paying their money based on the information CCB, Special Enquiry Squad team swung into action and caught the accused red handed and seized Rs.6 Lakhs cash and 2 mobiles and other materials and during the course of investigation the accused confessed the crime and it is revealed that the accused used to give access to the mobile app on submitting a deposit using which punters can place bets on the IPL matches a detailed investigation by the team has revealed that he used to get deposits and used to cheat people and he was working on behalf of Krishnappa a bookie efforts are on to trace Krishnappa a case has been registered in KR Puram police station and accused has been taken into custody for further investigation is on with this raids the team and finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,T.Suneel Kumar,has appreciated,Addl CP,Crime,Alok Kumar,DCP Crime,Girish.S,and his team as,ACP,N.H.Ramachandraiah, PI,V.Narayanswamy,Kumar.A.P,and staff has John Kenny,Nagaraj,Ravi Kumar,Srinivas,Vinod and other staff who has done a tremendous job and has successfully nabbed 3 persons and seized Rs.10.39 lakhs cash with 22 mobiles from them he added.
Washington, Apr 9 : India topped the chart in remittance recipients as the Indian diaspora have sent 79 billion dollars back home in 2018, the World Bank has said.
India has left behind China (67 billion dollars), Mexico (36 billion dollars), the Philippines (34 billion dollars) and Egypt (29 billion dollars), the World Bank said in its latest Migration and Development Brief report on Monday.
According to the report, remittances grew by more than 14 per cent in India, where a flooding disaster in Kerala likely boosted the financial help that migrants sent to families.
In Pakistan, remittance growth was moderate 7 per cent, due to significant declines in inflows from Saudi Arabia, its largest remittance source. In Bangladesh, remittances showed a brisk uptick in 2018 with 15 per cent.
The Bank estimates that officially recorded annual remittance flows to low- and middle-income countries reached 529 billion dollars in 2018, an increase of 9.6 per cent over the previous record high of 483 billion dollars in 2017.
Global remittances, which include flows to high-income countries, reached 689 billion dollars in 2018, up from 633 billion dollars in 2017.
The report said in 2019, remittance flows to low- and middle-income countries are expected to reach 550 billion dollars, to become their largest source of external financing.
Dilip Ratha, lead author of the Brief and head of KNOMAD, said, ?Remittances are on track to become the largest source of external financing in developing countries. The high costs of money transfers reduce the benefits of migration. Renegotiating exclusive partnerships and letting new players operate through national post offices, banks, and telecommunications companies will increase competition and lower remittance prices.?
The Personal Security Officer (PSO) took the bullets on himself and died on the spot.
Curfew was clamped in the Kishtwar town on Tuesday when terrorists attacked RSS leader Chandrakant Sharma and killed a policeman on his security duty. Another policeman was critically injured.
Sharma, who received bullet injuries, was being operated at the district hospital at Kishtwar.
Security forces have launched a search operation for those involved in the terror incident.
Deputy Commissioner of Kishtwar, Angrez Singh Rana, confirmed the incident and said that army has been called out to prevent violence.
This is the first election-related terror attack during the ongoing elections for the Lok Sabha in Jammu and Kashmir. Polling for the Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency, of which Kishtwar is a segment, is scheduled to be held on 18 April during the second of the 5-phase election in J&K. Minister of state in the PMO, Dr Jitendera Singh, is seeking re-election as BJP candidate.
Reports said that armed terrorists attacked Sharma inside the hospital where he was working as a medical assistant. However, the Personal Security Officer (PSO) took the bullets on himself and died on the spot.
The incident has come a few months after two RSS and BJP leaders, Anil Parihar and Ajit Parihar (both brothers), were gunned down by terrorists in Kishtwar town.
These incidents indicate that terrorists were regrouping in the Kishtwar area that was in the pre-2004 era a hotbed of militancy.
Agencies
New Delhi: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday termed Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister as ‘Bhrasht Nath’ while referring to the recent Income Tax (IT) raids, the CM’s office reacted saying that the PM was “overlooking” the scams during the Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s tenure. Further, the CMO also mounted attack on the BJP-led centre by terming the government as “corrupt in itself”.
“Modi is scared and has forgotten the Vyapam Scam, e-tendering scam and several other such scams. Nothing will be found in the raids as it is a political attack,” the CMO hit out at the Prime Minister. (
“Modi government is self-corrupt and no one can accuse Kamal Nath who is a parliamentarian for the past 10 years. Even Kailash Vijaywargiya was aware of these raids as they sponsored by the BJP,” the CMO added.
Notably, PM Modi said in an exclusive interview to News-18 that “Bhrasht Nath (referring to Kamal Nath) could say anything, but it doesn’t matter. Action needs to be taken on scams and corruption. Scams were put in cold storage and we thought they should be probed. If the scams are surfacing, the people behind them should also come forward”.
The IT department had on Sunday launched pre-dawn raids at 52 locations of people and associates linked to Nath by involving about 300 tax sleuths.
Meanwhile, Kamal Nath’s officer on special duty (OSD) Praveen Kakkar today termed the raids as “political operation” and said that the IT officials couldn’t find anything “objectionable”. “Despite the 2-day long raid they didn’t find any document that they could seize, they didn’t recover any cash or jewellery either. They didn’t find anything objectionable, it was a political operation,” Praveen Kakkar told