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1.11 MWp solar plant installed in Lucknow medical institute

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Nasheman News : In a move to curb carbon dioxide emissions and reduce the burden on conventional energy resources, a 1.11 MWp solar plant was installed at the Sanjay Gandhi Post-graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) here on Wednesday.

The solar plant will help reducing 1,440 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2), which is equivalent to planting 33,855 full grown trees, besides saving Rs 60 lakh per year, a statement said. 

It is expected to generate 15,29,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity per annum, it added. 

Installed by the private sector CleanMax Solar, the project was inaugurated by the Uttar Pradesh Minister of Technical and Medical Education Ashutosh Tandon.

The SGPGI will source around 5-10 per cent of their power requirement through solar energy.

The project was part of the Solar Energy Corporation of India’s (SECI) 500 MW program to generate solar power through rooftop plants set up on government buildings. 

Under the program, CleanMax Solar was awarded 19.5 MW of capacity across six states, of which 4.5 MW is in Uttar Pradesh.

Scared of people who wear ‘tikas’ on forehead

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Former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah

BAGALKOT: Former Chief Minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Tuesday made a controversial statement about people wearing vermillion (tilak or tikka) on their foreheads.          

Addressing an event in Bagalkot’s Badami, he said, “I am scared of people who wear long tikas with kumkum or ash.” He had pointed to a man who was wearing a ‘tikka’ in the crowd and made the remark,

Wearing vermillion on the forehead is an ancient Hindu practice.

In January, Siddaramaiah had lost his cool and was caught on camera furiously snatching a mikefrom a woman, in the process of which her ‘dupatta’ also fell.

However, clarifying the incident later he said, “It was an accident, there was no bad intention. I know her for 15 years, she is just like my sister.”

Siddaramaiah is a sitting MLA from Badami constituency in Karnataka.

Kerala CM assures bishops that Church Act won’t be implemented

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Nasheman News : For the second time in a week, Kerala’s ruling CPI-M said that the government has no plans to implement the Church Act, with now Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan making the assurance to a group of bishops from various Christian denominations who meet him on Wednesday.

The proposed Act aims to put in place a Devasom-like structure of administration over churches in the state and make heads of different churches accountable to the state government.

The draft act was put online by Law Reforms Commission chairman, Justice (retd) K.T. Thomas, a former Supreme Court judge, to solicit public opinion but sparked off protests from various Christian denominations.

Vijayan’s office on Wednesday issued a statement to the media which said that his government has no plans at all to implement the Act.

“This Commission before doing this never ever consulted with the Kerala government. We categorically wish to inform all concerned, this government has no plans to implement the Church Act at all,” it read.

During the previous LDF tenure (2006-11), the then Law Reforms Commission had come up with a similar Act but the government never acted upon it, it added.

On March 1, CPI-M state Secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan told the media that the Left government was not going forward with the Act, a day after the Inter-Church Council got together near Kottayam to protest the proposed move.

SC upholds green bench order on saving Bengaluru lake

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Nasheman News, Bengaluru :  The Supreme Court upheld the National Green Tribunal order to clear encroachments around Bengaluru’s largest Bellandur lake, said petitioner and BJP Rajya Sabha member Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday.

“The dismissal of the appeal to quash the Tribunal order of May 4, 2016 means defendants Mantri Tech Zone and Coremind Software Services have to pay Rs 117.5 crore and Rs 13.5 crore respectively, demolish structures and vacate over 3 acres of encroached area in the lake catchment area,” said Chandrasekhar in a statement from Delhi. 

His Namma Bengaluru Foundation moved the NGT in March 2014 and the top court subsequently to save the lake and its wetlands from rampant encroachments and pollution.

Located in the city’s southeast suburb, the lake is spread over 148 square kilometres.

“Mantri Tech Zone, a leading real estate developer, will also have to re-build the storm water drainage, which was diverted to make way for the illegal construction,” Chandrasekhar said.

His foundation has been fighting since 2014 for reclaiming the lake’s catchment area from vested interests, including land sharks.

“The battle to save the lake was a David versus Goliath legal fight in the green bench and the apex court against builders supported by the state government. By upholding the Tribunal order, the top court cracked the builder-politico nexus that was looting Bengaluru and the lake,” he alleged.

Accusing the state government of having nexus with contractors and builders exploiting the city, Chandrasekhar claimed the desperate attempts to get the Tribunal order quashed by the top court exposes the JD-S-Congress coalition government’s support to the realtors.

The defendants, however, did not respond to queries on the apex court order against them.

Shakti – Non Partisan & Inclusive

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In all the cacophony of election polarisation, here is an event firmly grounded in grassroots participatory electoral democracy.
When first time voters come to booth, half of them women, they see a ballot full of male names. How convincing is it for them to vote a representative?

This Women’s Day, instead of Whatsapp forwards, pink posters, fashion shows &  flowers, Shakti has planned a meaningful & positive public event for women & men across India. 
First time voters, women farmers, IT professionals & lawyers, grassroots workers will all gather across 8 states, 7 cities & 17 districts in India to ask the Election Commission to conduct fair elections with balanced representation for women in 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Political parties have been meeting away with giving just 8% MP tickets to women and it is the EC’s job to regulate their behaviour as per democratic & constitutional adherence. 

Date: March 7th Thursday evening across 8 states, 7 cities & 17 districts in India!Theme:  Dear Election Commission:  How are elections fair without women on the ballot? EC must pressure political parties for 50% Lok Sabha tickets to women.

Ahmedabad: 5-7 PM, AUDA Garden, Science CityBengaluru: 4-7 PM, Freedom Park Chennai: 4-6 PM, ValluvarkottamChittoor: 3-5 PM, Gandhi CircleHyderabad: 4-6 PM, Dharna ChowkMaharashtra: 19 districts (with Mahila Rajsatta Andolan)New Delhi: 3-6 PM, Jantar MantarThiruvananthapuram: 4-7 PM Palayam, Raktasakshi Mantapam

As a grassroots citizen’s collective, media support is crucial for Shakti to make a difference to Indian politics.  I am writing this to enlist your support for the Mar 7th event.
Please do join & cover the event on Thursday Mar 7th evening across India. Thank you!
Shakti – Political Power To Women, is a non partisan and inclusive citizen’s movement for increasing the political representation of women.

SDPI vows to fight to reclaim encroached wakf properties

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Nasheman News : Pledging to intensify the fight to reclaim the encroached work properties across Karnataka the social democratic party of India has launched a Wakf bachao andolan(save wakf Movement) in the state.

Presiding over with the inaugural function of the movement at Darussalam Auditorium here on Tuesday SDPI State president IIlyas Mohammad Thumbey said that his party would create awareness among Muslim community to protect Wakf property and keep all work documents in order.

He also pointed out that many prominent politicians in the state have been facing allegations of encroaching and selling Wakf properties in the state.

Delivering the introductory remarks. SDPI state General Secretary Abdul Hannan laid emphasis on the necessity to protect the Wakf properties. make use of them and pass them to the next generation.

 Karnataka state unit president of imams Council of India, Maulana Ateequrrahman inaugurated the programme and said that if a properties is handed over to Wakf it will remain the property of community forever and no one can misuse of Sell it

Popular front of India Karnataka State president Mohammed Shakif. SDPI state secretary Akram Hasan and SDPI national wise president prof Naznin Begum also spoke.

JD-S seeks 10 Karnataka LS seats

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Nasheman News :The Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) wants to contest 10 of the 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka, party chief H.D. Deve Gowda said on Wednesday after holding talks on seat sharing with Congress President Rahul Gandhi here.

“Several points about seat sharing were discussed. We wanted 12 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka, now we have come down to 10 seats,” the former Prime Minister said. 

“Our leader Danish Ali and Congress’ K.C. Venugopal will hold further discussions. (Congress President) Rahul Gandhi will take the final decision,” he told the media.

The Congress and the JD-S are in alliance in the Karnataka government. Of the 28 Lok Sabha seats in 2014, the BJP won 17, the Congress nine and the JD-S two.

`Pakistan doing war mongering, India firm on fighting terrorism’

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Nasheman News : Pakistan is creating war psychosis to divert attention from India’s concerns on cross-border terrorism, informed sources said here on Tuesday and noted that India is focussed to fighting terrorism.

India is leaving no stone unturned in its effort to highlight how it has been a victim of terrorism emanating from Pakistan and unwillingness of the neighbour to take any credible action against terror outfits operating from its soil, they said. 

The government has shared excerpts of the dossier it gave to Pakistan over Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)’s involvement in Pulwama terror attack with a large number of countries in the world. 

The sources said that Pakistan’s rejection of India’s dossier is on expected lines and wondered what “actionable evidence” it wants. Pakistan-based JeM has claimed responsibility for the Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF personnel. 

They said Islamabad has to show demonstrable action against terrorism in the coming days, and that Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s remarks that soil of Pakistan will not be used by terrorist groups against any state including India is old wine in new bottle. 

If there is talk of “Naya Pakistan”, it should be reflected in action on ground, they said, noting that Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), led by Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, and its wing Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation have not been banned but merely placed on the list of groups under watch.

Pakistan, they said, is only trying to show they are doing something but is actually trying to cleverly deflect attention, trying to keep is population deluded that India may do something and is keeping them in heightened sense of expectation so that they do not ask what Pakistan has done.

Pakistan Navy’s claims that it used specialised skills to stop the Indian submarine from entering Pakistani waters have already been rejected and their released video has been found to be more than two years’ old.

India has been conveying to other countries that terrorism can be dealt with actual action on ground. 

If Jaish-e-Mohammad terror camp had not been hit at Balakot in Indian air strikes, as claimed by Pakistan, the media would have been taken there over the past few days, the sources said, adding that the Pakistani media needs to question their government over its lies.


“Secret” Rafale Files Stolen, Illegal To Use Them: Centre

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'Secret' Rafale Files Stolen, Illegal To Use Them: Centre To Top Court

Documents linked to the Rafale deal have been stolen and petitioners are violating the Official Secrets Act by relying on classified documents, the government told the Supreme Court today as the court’s notice was drawn to a newspaper report.

“These documents were stolen from the Defence  Ministry either by former or present employees. These are secret documents and can’t be in the public domain,” the Attorney General told the court, representing the central government.

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi questioned what action the government had taken.

“We are investigating how these documents were stolen,” said the centre.C

“It is a criminal offence. We are objecting preliminary because secret documents can’t be annexed with the petition. Review and perjury petitions must be dismissed,” said the Attorney General.

Agencies

Indian-origin man gets 33-month jail in US for over $2m fraud

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Nasheman News, Washington :  An Indian-origin man in the US has been sentenced to 33 months in prison and ordered to pay $2,618,000 in restitution for being convicted of mail fraud and embezzlement, authorities said.

Dinesh Shankar, 41, San Jose, California, was sentenced last week for embezzling from a medical device company, US Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent in charge John F. Bennett said.

In addition to the prison sentence and restitution, Shankar was also ordered to serve a three-year term of supervised release. He will begin serving the sentence on May 1, the Justice Department said.

According to the plea agreement, from March 2013 until January 2018 Shankar was an employee of an Emeryville-based medical device company. Beginning July 2013 until December 2017, he submitted false expense reports and invoices to the finance department, making the company pay more than half a million dollars. 

In addition, Shankar admitted creating false invoices that appeared to be issued by six different entities. The entities were actually fictitious business names for entities that he controlled. 

Shankar prepared the false invoices to make it appear the entities had provided testing and quality assurance services to his employer when, in fact, they had not provided the services. Shankar, according to the statement, admitted he caused $2,576,384 loss to the company. 

A federal grand jury indicted Shankar in April 2018, charging him with six counts of mail fraud. He pleaded guilty to one count in November and the remaining were dismissed

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