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Old man assaults theatre staff over KGF movie tickets

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 In a shocking incident, a man sliced off the finger of a movie theatre staff after he refused to arrange tickets for the Kannada movie, KGF (Kolar Gold Fields).

The accused is identified Ramesh R(39), a resident of JJ Nagar on Mysuru Road and the victim is Aravind a maintenance staff at Veeresh Theatre for the past 11 years.

It is gathered that on December 17 Ramesh had come to Veeresh Theatre under the influence of alcohol and demanded Aravind to arrange few tickets of KGF so that he could sell them for a higher price on the release date. When Aravind did not agree to the proposal, Ramesh started abusing him verbally and drew a knife out of his pocket and cut Aravind’s left ring finger. 

Meanwhile, other staff at the theatre, who heard screams, rushed to the spot and immediately took Aravind to a nearby hospital.

Police who rushed to the spot, gathered eyewitness accounts and searched for Ramesh in the surrounding areas and nabbed Ramesh. He was booked under attempt to murder, among other sections, produced before the magistrate and remanded to judicial custody.

However, Ramesh during his interrogation said that Aravind and he were old friends and they had a financial dispute. He denied demanding movie tickets from Aravind in the said statement.

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12 years after Sohrabuddin encounter, all 22 accused acquitted

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Nasheman News : Twelve years after the sensational killing of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his associate Tulsiram Prajapati and rape-cum-murder of Kausar Bi, a Special CBI Court here on Friday acquitted all 22 accused in the politically sensitive case, saying “witnesses and proofs were not satisfactory”.

“Witnesses and proofs the prosecution put forward were not satisfactory to suggest or establish the alleged conspiracy and murder in the 2005 encounter killing,” said Special CBI Judge S.J. Sharma, who also observed that “the documentary and circumstantial evidence was not substantial”.

The much-awaited verdict in the case came more than 12 years after the alleged ‘fake encounters’ of Sohrabuddin and his associate Prajapati, besides the rape-and-murder of Sohrabuddin’s wife, Kausar Bi.

The 22 accused, including 21 lower police officials of Gujarat-Rajasthan police, who have been acquitted are: M.L. Parmar, Raman Singh, Narayansing Dhabi, Shyam Singh, Abdur Rehman, Himanshu Singh Rajawat, Balkrishna Choubey, Rajubhai Jeerawala, Ajay Parmar, Shantram Sharma, Yudhveer Singh, Kartar Singh, Narayan Singh Jat, Vijaykumar Rathod, C.P. Srinivasa Rao, Jethu Solanki, Kiran Singh Chauhan, Vinod Limbachia, Kanjibhai Kutchi, Karan Singh Sishodia, Ashish Pandya, and Naresh Chauhan.

According to the prosecution, the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) had gunned down Sohrabuddin on November 26, 2005, in an alleged staged killing. 

Prajapati was also killed in a similar fashion on December 28, 2006, while Kausar Bi, who had witnessed the abduction of her husband (Sohrabuddin) was later raped and murdered.

These killings kicked off a major political controversy in the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Gujarat then, with allegations of the purported involvement of several top political bigwigs, IPS officers and other officials.

The prosecution contended that Sohrabuddin had connections with the Lashkar-e-Taiba and other terror groups and was conspiring to assassinate “an important political leader” presumably the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who is now the Prime Minister.

A total of 37 accused were named in the case of whom 16 — mostly politicians and IPS officers — were subsequently discharged by the Special CBI Court in Mumbai and another by the Bombay High Court.

Among those discharged initially were BJP President Amit Shah, who was the Gujarat Home Minister at the relevant time, the then Rajasthan Home Minister G.C. Kataria, high-profile ATS chief and DIG D.G. Vanzara, Superintendents of Police M.N. Dinesh and R.K. Pandian, among many others.

Interestingly, after appeals from various quarters, the politically-sensitive trial was shifted from Gujarat to Mumbai by the Supreme Court in September 2012.

When the Special CBI Court recorded the statements of the remaining 22 accused during the trial, all claimed “innocence” and said they were nabbed owing to rivalry among the Gujarat top police brass and related factors stemming from the then political situation prevalent in that state.

Of the 210 witnesses examined during the trial, 92 turned hostile, seriously undermining the CBI case, prompting the CBI counsel B.P. Raju to admit to ‘lacunae’ in the probe as the Sohrabuddin encounter took place in 2005, Prajapati in 2006, but CBI came into the picture only in 2010.

Kumarswamy waiting for approval from congress High command

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 Nasheman News : Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Thursday, December 20 said that he was waiting for a message from his coalition partner, the Congress party, to write to the Governor about carrying out the exercise.

“I’m yet to receive message from Delhi (Congress high command),” Kumaraswamy said in response to a question about writing a letter to the governor for the cabinet expansion exercise.

Addressing presspersons here, he said “Soon after our senior coalition partner (Congress) gives us the message, I will write to the governor.” 

Seeking to contain simmering discontent within the party over cabinet expansion, the Congress on Tuesday had said the Congress-JD(S) coalition ministry would be expanded on December 22 as announced earlier.

Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah, Pradesh Congress President Dinesh Gundu Rao and Deputy chief minister G Parameshwara left for Delhi this evening to meet the Congress high command, including general secretary in-charge of Karnataka K C Venugopal, to discuss the expansion and the probable names.

According to sources, they are expected to meet Congress president Rahul Gandhi during the visit. However, reports suggest that Gandhi was in Shimla on a personal visit.

Asked whether the cabinet expansion would take place on December 22, the Chief Minister said, “please ask Congress party.” 

“There are no issues with us (JDS)… we are ready for it. They (Congress leaders) too have gone to Delhi with an intention to expand the cabinet.” 

Dinesh Gundi Rao on Tuesday, December q8 had indicated that it may be cabinet expansion or reshuffle or both may happen on December 22, creating worry among several ministers about being dropped from the ministry.

Kumaraswamy, on his part, did not spell out anything clearly to a question, whether it will be cabinet reshuffle on Saturday.

Pointing out that the Congress was the major party in the coalition, Kumaraswamy said, whatever they decide,” accordingly we will carry out the exercise.” 

“There is no problem within our party (JDS), we are all united…..the vacant posts that are there we will fill them, we are ready, there are no issues within us,” he added. With the cabinet expansion exercise being postponed repeatedly, several aspirants, especially those from the Congress, had openly expressed their displeasure.

Despite repeated reiteration by Congress leaders that the expansion will take place on the scheduled date, party MLAs are sceptical about it happening till the Lok Sabha polls early next year. Some of them have also cited the current “Shoonya Masa” that is considered inauspicious month, as the reason.

According to the pact reached between the two partners at the time of formation of the coalition government in May, there are now six vacant ministerial positions left for the Congress and two for the JD(S).

This will be the second expansion of the Kumaraswamy’s ministry, who currently heads the 26-member cabinet.

Along with cabinet expansion, the coalition partners are also likely to appoint MLAs as heads to boards and corporations, and as parliamentary secretaries to Ministers on December 22.

Bidi smoking costs India over Rs 80k crore every year: Study

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Nasheman News : Bidi smoking costs India over Rs 80,000 crore in ill health and early deaths every year which is equivalent to 0.5 per cent of the goods and services (GDP) the country produces and more than two per cent of its total health spend, says a study.

Direct costs – tests, drugs, doctors’ fees, hospital stays, and transport – make up around a fifth of this total with the remainder made up of indirect costs – accommodation for relatives/carers and loss of household income, showed the findings published in the journal Tobacco Control.

The findings, based on National Sample Survey data on healthcare expenditures, data on bidi smoking prevalence from the Global Adult Tobacco Survey and relative risks of all-cause mortality from bidi smoking, were for the year 2017.

However, the tax revenue derived from bidi smoking came to just Rs 4.17 billion in 2016-17, said the study. 

Nearly one in five households in India faces “catastrophic expenditures” due to healthcare costs, with more than 63 million people pushed into poverty, as a result, said study author Rijo M John from Centre for Public Policy Research in Kochi, Kerala.

“Diseases associated with bidi smoking add to this, potentially pushing more people into poverty,” he said, suggesting that about 15 million face poverty because of spending on tobacco and associated health costs.

The findings suggest that unhindered use of bidi smoking could push more households into poverty.

“Expenditure on tobacco also crowds out expenditure on food and education in India, especially among the poor,” he added.

Bidi is very popular in India, accounting for over 80 per cent of the tobacco smoked and 72 million regular users over the age of 15.

Although bidi contains less tobacco than conventional cigarettes, the nicotine content is significantly higher. 

And the relatively low burn point forces smokers to breathe in more of the harmful chemicals produced.

Bidi smoking is implicated in several types of cancer, tuberculosis, and various long term lung conditions. 

But despite its impact on the nation’s health, it has been taxed at a rate that is a fraction of that applied to cigarettes, John said.


Jharkhand Monk Arrested for Rape Attempt

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Jamshedpur: An ascetic, associated with a charitable organization, has been arrested for rape attempt on a minor girl in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district, a senior police officer said.

The 15-year-old girl, in her complaint, alleged misconduct on the part of the Bharat Sevashram Sangha (BSS) monk on December 18, he said. She, however, did not give details on the matter, the officer said.

The teenager had recently come here from Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh with her brother and sister in-law, Deputy Superintendent of Police Arvind Kumar noted.

The girl had put up at BSS’s Sonari complex with her relatives for 10 days before moving to a rented accommodation at nearby Kalganagar area. In her complaint, she said she had gone to the complex to visit a temple there, he noted. Her brother said that she was rescued from the monk’s bathroom.

The complainant’s brother told police that the girl went missing for several hours on Wednesday. He and his wife then reportedly visited the premises of the BSS and found the girl in the monk’s bathroom, Kumar said quoting the FIR. The accused has been arrested and the girl sent for medical check-up, the deputy SP said.

“We have arrested the accused monk based on the complaint. More details will be available in the case once the medical report arrives,” he said, adding that the Child Welfare Committee, East Singhbum, has also recorded the girl’s statement in connection with the case

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BANGALORE ARCHBISHOP CALLS ON PRIESTS TO LISTEN MORE TO THE POOR

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Bangalore, December 19th: At the Annual Priests’ Christmas Fellowship hosted by the Archbishop, Archbishop Rev. Peter Machado, addressing a gathering of over 200 priests reaffirmed “our need to hear the  voice of the poor and feel their pain in our hearts”.  He also spoke on many public platforms earlier that “our love for the poor and less-privileged and marginalized and the voiceless will bring us to receive God’s blessings”  No poor should be left out from feeling that they are not loved by God, he added.

At a large gathering of priests on 19th December at the Archbishops House in the week preceding Christmas the newly appointed Archbishop of Bangalore after a session of prayer for people of all religions, said “Christmas is always a time to re-focus our attention who are less privileged”. He reiterated that people of all Religions, with a heart filled will love, will “share, care and comfort those who need to feel they are not discounted by God”. 

At the Annual prayer and fellowship gathering of priests on 19th December at the Archbishop’s House he called for greater concern for those who became homeless and lost because of Natural calamities.  He contemplated measures of how we can rehabilitate ‘as much as we can’ to help those in distress.

  The Prelate has repeatedly called for avoiding lavish spending on religious celebrations and saving money for the poor instead.

In his Christmas message, Archbishop Peter Machado said ‘ Jesus Christ was born among the poor and helpless in a stable in Bethlehem’ indicative that He chose to identify with the poor.

Archbishop Peter Machado is the new Archbishop of Bangalore since May 31st 2018. The Archbishop Released the Annual Report of the activities of the Bangalore Multi-purpose Social Society (BMSSS) on the various social out-reach activities done. Its present Director is Fr, Navin who co-ordinates activities under the aegis of the Archdiocese.

The Archdiocese has already raised over a crore for flood victims at Kodagu and looks forward to continue to rehabilitate victims, especially the homeless with the generosity of donors. At a recent meeting, he mentioned ‘in times of calamity and suffering we must not see religion as a barrier to help’ . He personally visited Kodagu victims shortly after the disaster.

Tharoor, Sudha Murthy, Bond, Soha Ali Khan conferred Crossword Book Awards

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Nasheman News : Celebrity writer Shashi Tharoor was conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award while Ruskin Bond, Sudha Murthy and Soha Ali Khan were among those who were honoured at the 16th Crossword Book Awards, an organizer said here on Friday.

Prolific author and politician Tharoor, a Commonwealth Writers Prize winner was conferred the award his “exemplary contribution to Indian writing in English” by Lord Meghnad Desai at a function here late Thursday night.

The prominent awardees in the popular category were: Sudha Murthy for “Three Thousand Stitches: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives” (non-fiction); Durjoy Datta, for “The Boy Who Loved” (fiction); Soha Ali Khan for “The Perils of Being Moderately Famous”; Ruskin Bond for “Looking for the Rainbow: My Years with Daddy”; Chandramouli Venkatesan for “Catalyst”; and Sarita Davarre & Sanjeev Kapoor for “You’ve Lost Weight: The Easy Guide to Receiving This Compliment Everyday.”

The winners in the jury category were: Prayaag Akbar for “Leila” (fiction); Snigdha Poonam for “Dreamers” (non-fiction); Nandhika Nambi for the children’s book “Unbroken”; and Shahnaz Habib for translation of “Jasmine Days” by Benyamin (born Benny Daniel), a Kerala-based author.

The event at the Royal Opera House saw a celebrity dialogue on #ReadingIsGood, between author-actress Soha Ali Khan and spiritual speaker Gaur Gopal Das, moderated by journalist Arijit Barman.

TN man arrested for raping British national in Goa

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Nasheman News : A 30-year-old man from Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu has been arrested for raping a middle-aged British woman and robbing her belongings early on Thursday near the beach village of Palolem, police said.

Superintendent of Police (South Goa) Arvind Gawas said that CCTV footage near the scene of the offence and at the local railway station helped police track down the accused at the Margao railway station, located 35 km from Canacona village.

“The accused has been identified as Ramachandran, 30, and is from Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu. We arrested him as he was trying to flee from the Margao police station,” Gawas said.

The accused allegedly raped the British national around 4.30 a.m. when she was returning from the Canacona railway station to her guest house near Palolem beach after missing a train. Police have booked the accused for rape as well as robbery.

Police said that the accused first tried to rob her and chased her into nearby fields and then raped her, before fleeing with her bags which contained Rs 20,000 in cash. The victim is a regular visitor to Goa for the last 10 years.

Goa is a popular tourism destination attracting more than seven million tourists every year, half a million being foreign nationals. 

Over the last decade, crimes against foreigners, especially women, has been a cause for concern in Goa, especially after the sexual assault and subsequent death of a British teenager Scarlett Keeling in 2018.


1984 riots: Sajjan’s plea seeking more time rejected

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Nasheman News: The Delhi High Court on Friday rejected a plea seeking more time to surrender by former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, who was given life imprisonment in an anti-Sikh riot case earlier this week.

Sajjan Kumar had sought more time to surrender so he could settle some family matters, as the court ordered him behind bars for the rest of his remaining life.

A Division Bench of Justices S. Muralidhar and Vinod Goel asked him to surrender by December 31.

Claiming his innocence, Sajjan Kumar had requested the court to grant him 30 more days so that he could settle certain property matter and meet his close relatives.

In his plea, the 73-year-old said that he has a big family that includes besides his wife, three children and eight grandchildren.

The Delhi High Court on Monday convicted Kumar in an anti-Sikh riot case of 1984 and sentenced him to imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life. The court asked him to surrender till December 31.

Sajjan Kumar said he was shocked and surprised by the judgement as trial court had acquitted him in the case.

He told the High Court that he would appeal in the Supreme Court challenging its order and therefore he needed time to engage senior lawyers. 

He also told the court that most senior counsels were on holiday as the apex court was closed due to winter vacation.

He informed the court that he was out on bail in the 1984 cases and never flouted any bail conditions or hampered investigation and has cooperated with the probe agencies.

Sajjan Kumar and the others were charged with the killing of five Sikhs — Kehar Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Raghuvender Singh, Narender Pal Singh and Kuldeep Singh — who were members from the same family — by a mob in Delhi Cantonment’s Raj Nagar area in the wake of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination by her Sikh bodyguards on October 31, 1984.

Australian Border Force facing sexual harassment, bullying: Report

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Canberra, Australian Border Force (ABF) staff are regularly subjected to sexual harassment and bullying at work, an internal review has found.

The 2017 review of ABF culture, published by the Guardian Australia on Friday, uncovered “alarming levels of sexual harassment and bullying” within the organization, Xinhua news agency reported.

It revealed that the ABF was fostering a culture of nepotism and favouritism since it was established as an amalgamation of customs and immigration in 2015.

The report concluded that women, older employees, people with disabilities and ethnically diverse people were being unconsciously discriminated against at the ABF.

A separate report published by Fairfax Media earlier in December revealed that 22 per cent of ABF staff said they had experienced bullying or harassment at work in a 12-month period.

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