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Karnataka CM seeks Election Commission intervention on IT Raids

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Bengaluru, Mar 30 : Calling series of IT department raids on supporters of JD(S) and Congress leaders during the last few days as political vendetta played by Narendra Modi government at the centre, Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has sought ?immediate? intervention by the Election Commission.
Meanwhile I-T officials continued their raid for the third day on Saturday.
They raided the rice and sugar mills run by Congress and JD(S) workers till 4 am today and put spy cams on their premises, Mr Kumaraswamy alleged.
Disguising themselves as railway officials, they borrowed vehicles and are now staying at CFTRI Mysuru,? he charged.
The Chief Minister called the raids was a shameful attempt to threaten and generate fear among our workers. He requested the Election Commission ?to immediately intervene and stop this harassment of our workers.?

Deepak Talwar case: ED attaches Rs 120 cr Delhi hotel

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New Delhi, March 30 Nasheman News : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday said it has provisionally attached Holiday Inn hotel worth Rs 120 crore in connection with a money laundering case against aviation lobbyist Deepak Talwar.

The hotel is located at Aerocity in Delhi and valued at around Rs 120.20 crore, it said.

Investigation against Talwar was initiated under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in August 2017 on the basis of an FIR registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation against officials of the Civil Aviation Ministry, National Aviation Co of India Ltd, Air India and unknown private persons, the ED said in a statement. 

“It has been revealed that Deepak Talwar illegally engaged in liasoning/lobbying with politicians, ministers, other public servants and officials of Ministry of Civil Aviation for airlines such as Emirates, Air Arabia and Qatar Airways for securing undue benefits for them. 

“He illegally managed to secure favourable traffic rights for these airlines during 2008-09 at the cost of national carrier Air India,” the investigative agency said.

Investigations revealed that in lieu of securing favourable traffic rights, these airlines made payments to the tune of Rs 272 crore to Talwar in 2008-09, it added. 

The ED alleged that Talwar created a web of entities owned by him and his family members in India and international offshore havens to launder the proceeds of crime. 

“Part of these payments were made to a bank account in Bank of Singapore, belonging to a company – M/s Asiafield Ltd – registered in the British Virgin Islands and beneficially owned by Deepak Talwar. 

“These proceeds of crime were layered through a series of international money transfers, to finally integrate in India in M/s Wave Hospitality Pvt Ltd, a company beneficially owned and controlled by Deepak Talwar and his family members in the name of his son Aditya Talwar,” it said. 

“These proceeds of crime were then utilized in the construction of Holiday Inn in Aerocity, New Delhi,” it added.

Talwar fled the country in 2017 to avoid investigation. He was deported by immigration authority of Dubai on January 31 and arrested under PMLA. He is now in judicial custody.

The agency said that further investigation was in progress.

Nirav Modi’s bail plea rejected

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London/New Delhi, March 29 Nasheman News :The Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday rejected the bail plea of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi suspecting he could “flee” Britain and “interfere with witnesses”, said sources.

Judge Emma Arbuthnot has granted the Metropolitan Police custody of the 48-year-old businessman till the next hearing on April 26. 

Arbuthnot is the same judge who ordered the extradition of former Kingfisher Airlines boss Vijay Mallya last December. 

The court order came after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), appearing on behalf of the Indian authorities, argued against Nirav Modi’s bail. “There is a real risk that he could flee, interfere with witnesses, interfere with evidence,” the prosecution said.

Defence barrister Clare Montgomery said, “I (Nirav Modi) have been in the UK even before the case was registered in India. How can my bail be opposed saying I might flee the UK?” 

Montgomery, who had earlier represented Vijay Mallya, countered to say that his client is not a “flight risk” as he has rented a flat in London in his own name and was trying to open a bank account when he was arrested.

Before the hearing began, the CPS had submitted a new file with additional evidence against Nirav Modi in the Westminster Magistrates’ Court.

Nirav Modi was arrested on behalf of the Indian authorities from Holborn in London on March 19 in connection with the Rs 13,500-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case. 

He was sent to police custody and the next day, was produced before a judge at the Westminster Magistrates’ Court, who denied him bail and deferred the hearing for Friday. 

Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi are being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation after the PNB alleged that they cheated it of Rs 13,500 crore with the involvement of a few bank employees.

Both fled India before the details of the fraud emerged in January 2018. The ED on February 26, 2018 attached property worth Rs 147 crore of Nirav Modi and his associate companies in connection with the case.

On May 24 and 26, 2018, it filed charge sheets and sought non-bailable warrants against the duo.

The Interpol also issued a Red Corner Notice against Nirav Modi in July 2018 at the request of the ED and the CBI. 

An extradition request against him had been pending before the UK authorities since September last year.

However, the businessman’s whereabouts remained a mystery as he was spotted in New York, Hong Kong and other cities at different times. 

His arrest came days after The Telegraph newspaper in Britain published a report earlier this month about Nirav Modi being spotted in London.

The daily reported that he was living in a three-bedroom flat, occupying half the floor of the landmark Centre Point tower block. 

The paper said that Nirav Modi was involved in a new diamond business, run from an office in Soho, just a few hundred yards from his apartment. The new business was incorporated in May 2018, it added.

IPL: Warner stars as SRH pip Royals in thrilling tie

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Hyderabad, March 30 Nasheman News : A whirlwind half-century by David Warner, coupled with cameos from Vijay Shankar and Rashid Khan, helped Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) beat Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 5 wickets in a thrilling Indian Premier League (IPL) contest here on Friday.

Chasing a stiff 199 for victory, Warner (69; 37b, 4×9, 6×2) set the platform for Sunrisers along with Jonny Bairstow (45; 28b, 4×6, 6×1) before Royals reined in with some timely wickets to take the match down to the wire. 

Vijay Shankar (35; 15b, 4×1, 6×3) did his World Cup chances no harm by keeping Sunrisers in the hunt with some lusty blows, but with 12 needed off 12 balls, Rashid (15*, 8b, 4×1, 6×1) spoiled a brilliant 19th over by Jofra Archer whom he smashed for a four and six to win the game for the hosts with one over to spare.

Royals’ Sanju Samson, who earlier slammed this season’s first century, was left high and dry as Sunrisers completed their highest ever run chase.

Warner gave Sunrisers a flying start as the hosts raced to 69/0 after the Powerplay. 

Returnign to action after a year-long suspension due to his role in a ball tampering row, Warner brought up his 38th IPL fifty off just 26 balls.

Warner and Bairstow added 110 runs for the opening wicket before Ben Stokes cramped Warner for room with a well-directed bouncer which the southpaw pulled down the throat of Dhawal Kulkarni at the fine leg boundary.

Bairstow followed suit soon after Kulkarni made amends for dropping the England stumper-batsman on 44 with a sharp catch at long-off off Shreyas Gopal.

Vijay Shankar and skipper Kane Williamson (14) looked to continue from where the openers had left, with the former playing the aggressor’s role to perfection.

The duo stitched together 47 runs for the third wicket before both were removed in back-to-back overs by Jaydev Unadkat and Gopal, respectively.

New batsman Manish Pandey (1) was trapped in front soon after with Sunrisers needing 32 runs off 28 balls.

Yusuf Pathan (16*) and Rashid Khan then joined hands to take their team over the line.

Earlier, Royals rode on Samson’s brilliant unbeaten hundred to post 198/2.

Samson (102*; 55b, 4×10, 6×4) notched up his second ton in the competition while Royals’ skipper Ajinkya Rahane too cracked a fluent half-century (70; 49b, 4×4, 6×3) to help the hosts recover from a slow start. The pair added 119 runs for the second wicket.

Samson, who brought up his ton in the 20th over by hitting Bhuvneshwar Kumar for a four, made the most of a reprieve when he was dropped by wicketkeeper Bairstow on 58 in the 17th over by smashing Kumar for 24 runs in the next over (6-4-4-2-4-4).

In the last over, Stokes (16* off 9) came to the party by smacking Kumar for two successive fours to get the home team close to the 200-run mark. Samson and Stokes were associated in a 64-run third wicket partnership which came off just 25 balls.

Bhuvneshwar (0/55) went for 43 runs in his last two overs as Royals scored 76 runs in the last five overs.

Royals lost Jos Buttler (5) early when the in-form England batsman tried to sweep Rashid Khan (1/24) only to lose his leg stumps in the process.

Rahane and Samson then took time to get going as the visitors could only manage 75/1 at the halfway stage.

But from there on, both batsmen accelerated at brisk pace and after Rahane departed in the 16th over, Samson took the Sunrises bowlers to the cleaners.

Brief scores

Rajasthan Royals: 198/2 (Sanju Samson 102 not out, Ajinkya Rahane 70) lost to Sunrisers Hyderabad 201/5 (David Warner 69, Jonny Bairstow 45, Vijay Shankar 35; Shreyas Gopal 3/27)


College principal shot dead in UP

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Robertsganj, Mar 30 : In a daring criminal act, a principal of an inter college under Kotwali police station area in Sonebhadra district was shot dead on Saturday early morning when he was on his routine morning walk.

The criminals shot five rounds on the state teacher awardee Suresh Yadav(62), principal of an inter college at Chapka village at around 0530 hours near his house. He died on the spot.

Three youths, on a motorcycle, came and fired on the principal. Later they left the spot leaving the country made pistol from which they had fired.

The deceased, a native of Saranath in Varanasi, was also the local representative of teacher MLC Chetnarain Singh. He was conferred with state teacher award in 2018.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Salamat Taj Patil, who immediately rushed to the spot, told media persons that a manhunt has been launched to nab the culprit adding that police was investigating the reason behind the crime.

However, the family members of the principal alleged that there was some dispute on the land of the college in which he was killed.

Congress party in Karnataka lodge complaint against Bengaluru South BJP candidate

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Bengaluru, Mar 29 : Bengaluru South BJP candidate Tejasvi Surya has invited the wrath of the Congress for his comments posted in his tweeter account
stating that those who oppose Narendra Modi are opposing India.
In his March 22 posting, the young BJP activist had stated that ‘If you with Modi you are with India. If your not with Modi, then you are strengthening anti India Forces.

The State Congress leaders has registered a complaint with the Election commission seeking to take an immediate action against the BJP candidate.

Highest and sufficient water storage in Almatti Reservoir: KBJNL

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Almatti, Karnataka, Mar 29 : Good news for Drought prone Hyderabad-Karnataka and Mumbai Karnataka districts including Vijanypura, Bagalkot, Kalaburagi, Yadgir and Koppal districts, for the first time since last one decade, the Almatti Reservoir, the lifeline of the region, has the highest and sufficient water storage for this year, According to Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd (KBJNL).
The KBJNL sources on Friday said that the current water level in the Reservoir is 511.520 Meter and Reservoir which can store 123.081 tmcft water has 39.395 tmcft water storage. Of this 20.395 tmcft would be the live storage. Last year during the same month, the live storage recorded was just 9 tmcft. The storage of water has increased confidence of people of the region especially acute drinking water crisis faced in Kalaburagi, Yadgir and Koppal districts. Considering the drinking water position in these district the water was not released for second crop cultivation in the command area. Thus the storage remained sufficient for summer.
The water level in The reservoir used to dip to the dead storage level of 506.82 MT during every summer . But this year it would not deplete so much as proper precaution was taken to stock the water. The Inflow of the reservoir had stopped on September 15, 2018. Therefore, a change was brought in the system of water release from Kharif crops itself, the sources added.
The water was released to the canals every day till the reservoir received good inflow. When the inflow stopped, the water release to the canal was continued but on the weekly rotation system .
The KBJNL Officials said that for drinking purpose they have released water to Narayanpur reservoir from last three days and the out flow recorded today was 1389 cusec.

8 dead, 24 injured in Yamuna Expressway accident

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Greater Noida, March 29 (Nasheman News) Eight persons, including a woman, were killed, and 24 others injured on Friday when a speeding bus rammed into a truck from the rear on the Yamuna Expressway here, police in Uttar Pradesh said.

The accident occurred at around 5 a.m. near Karauli village some 29 kilometre from the Expressway Zero point. 

The bus packed with passengers was headed to Noida from Agra when its driver apparently missed the truck in the dark and hit it from the rear.

The impact of the collision was such that the front part of the bus was completely damaged. 

Villagers from nearby informed the police and also helped in the rescue.

“Teams were immediately rushed to the spot. The injured were pulled out of the badly damaged bus and admitted to Kailash Hospital in nearby Jewar,” SHO Rabupura, Sunil Kumar Singh told IANS.

The bus driver is among those killed. The bodies have been sent for autopsies, Singh added.

The police is trying to establish the sequence of events and trying to record eyewitness accounts.

Jaitley slams Congress over ‘Hindu terror’ slogan

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New Delhi, March 29 (Nasheman News) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday slammed the Congress, while accusing it of coining the “Hindu terror” slogan and filing cases based on fake evidence to gain political mileage.

Days after an anti-terror court in Haryana acquitted Swami Aseemanand in the 2007 bombing of the Samjhauta Express, Jaitley said a decision has to be taken in the end. 

“Perhaps because of this, those who considered Hindus as terrorists are now trying to prove their devotion towards religion,” he told the media, adding that the trial in court happened on the basis of evidence collected during the UPA regime.

The Bharatiya Janata Party leader said that during the tenure of the UPA, when there was no evidence, the theory of Hindu terror was floated for the first time in the history of the country to tarnish the Hindu community. 

“Three-four similar cases were made but none of them could stand in the court. The Congress floated the fake theory of Hindu terror to gain political mileage and tarnished the entire Hindu community. They should apologise to the community,” he said.

Last week, a National Investigation Agency (NIA) court here acquitted all four accused, including Aseemanand, in the February 2007 Samjhauta Express train blast which killed 68 people, mostly Pakistanis.

Slamming the Congress, Jaitley said: “The judgment makes it clear that it was a trial of no evidence… So many innocent people died. Who will take responsibility of this? The responsibility lies with the UPA leadership. The society will not forgive them.

“You did not go towards the real culprits. To create a theory of Hindu terror, you caught the wrong people.”

The NIA court had in January 2014 framed charges against Aseemanand, Kamal Chauhan, Rajinder Chaudhary and Lokesh Sharma.


Congress fields Urmila Matondkar from Mumbai North LS seat

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The Congress on Friday fielded actress Urmila Matondkar from Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency two days after she joined the party.

Matondkar had joined the Congress after meeting Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday and had later said that she was “here to stay”.

“The Congress central election committee has approved the candidature of Urmila Matondkar as party candidate to contest the ensuing general elections from Mumbai North parliamentary constituency in Maharashtra,” a party statement said.

After joining the party, Matondkar had said she felt the need to join the Congress party as the freedom to express was under attack in the country and there are numerous examples in this regard in the last five years.

She had said the Congress party has participated in the freedom struggle and it stood for freedom.

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