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Karnataka minister throws biscuits at flood victims

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Karnataka Minister H D Revanna sparked a controversy after a video purportedly showing him flinging biscuit packets at flood victims in a relief camp in Hassan district went viral on Monday.

Revanna, PWD Minister and brother of Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, was seen picking biscuit packets and hurling them at the people sheltered in the relief camp. Revanna was accompanied by JD (S) MLA AT Ramaswamy who represents Arkalgudu taluk.

As the video clip went viral in the social media besides being aired by TV channels, netizens and BJP leaders termed Revanna’s action as ‘insensitive’.

Senior BJP leader S Suresh Kumar slammed Revanna for the act. “Dear Public Works Minister, throwing biscuits (at the flood victims) is not a public work… Is it the bloated ego, uncivilised behaviour… behind throwing biscuits?” he asked in a Facebook post.

Pakistan Army chief met me for a minute: Sidhu

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Slamming those who criticized him for hugging the Pakistan Army chief, Punjab cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday said that Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa met him barely for a minute before the swearing-in of Prime Minister Imran Khan.

“I did not meet him later,” he told reporters.

Defending his action, Sidhu also said that his seating at the swearing-in in Islamabad on August 18 was changed at the last minute and he did not know who sat next to him.

Without mincing words, he said his visit to Pakistan was a tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who wanted peace between the two countries.

Sidhu said he received a lot of love and affection in Pakistan and was disappointed by some of the reactions in India.

He said he went to Pakistan at the invitation and repeated reminders from Imran Khan.

“Even our government gave permission to me to visit Pakistan. Two days after Pakistan gave him the visa, our External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj called me and said that I had been given permission (to go),” Sidhu said.

Kharge again refuses to attend Lokpal selection panel meet

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Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday again refused to attend the Tuesday meeting of a committee to select the Lokpal, saying he wouldn’t do so until he gets the status of a full-fledged member instead of a ‘Special Invitee’.

In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, the Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha said that to exclude the voice of the opposition in a parliamentary democracy would be to exclude and subjugate Parliament.

“… with reference to an office memorandum dated July 6 of the Department of Personnel and Training, inviting me to attend a meeting of the Selection Committee under the Lokpal Act on August 21, I would like to draw your attention to my three letters earlier this year in response to previous invitations to attend the committee meetings on March 1, April 10 and July 19 as a Special Invitee…

“Despite my earlier letters, the government continues to invite me as a Special Invitee, knowing very well what the outcome will be. Perhaps, the government intends this outcome to create another strawman to attack by suggesting that the opposition is not cooperating in implementing the Lokpal Act… there is no provision for a Special Invitee under the Lokpal Act.

“It is deeply embarrassing to Parliament that even after its Select Committee approved amendment to the Lokpal Act to enable leader of the single-largest (opposition) party to be a member of the Selection Committee, the government refuses to bring this amendment before the house.”

The senior Congress leader said that he believed that the process of appointing the Lokpal under such circumstances is “vitiated”.

“…instead of genuinely involving the opposition, the invitation as a Special Invitee without the right of participation, recording of opinion or voting, is being sent out to the opposition.

“Under these circumsatances… I will not be able to attend the committee meeting until the leader of the single-largest opposition (party in the Lok Sabha) is conferred the status of a full-fledged member of the Selection Committee, as envisoned in the Lokpal Act, 2013.”

Woman, son murdered in Delhi; 2 arrested

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A 21-year-old man and his accomplice have been arrested for killing a woman and her son in Delhi, the police said on Monday.

Shahdara Deputy Commissioner of Police Meghna Yadav said one of the accused, Ankit had taken a loan of Rs 25,000 from Veena Malhotra through her son Ravi. Both were pressurising him to pay back the amount, but as he could not return the loan, he decided to kill them,” she added.

A call to the police was made on August 19 by Veena’s sister about not being able to connect with her.

“When she could not get in touch with her, she came to check and then called the PCR around 9.15 p.m on Sunday about the house being locked and their phones being switched off,” the police officer said.

Later, the police found Ravi, 27, and his mother Veena, 45, dead with stab injuries in their neck and abdomen in their house in Dilshad Colony here.

The CCTV footage obtained from the stairs of the building, she said, led to the arrest of Ankit from Nand Nagri, who was with Ravi in a computer course a year back.

Ankit told the police that he and his friend Amit had committed both murders.

“They had a friendly entry in the house after which the woman was murdered first, then Ravi,” the police officer said, adding that the mother’s body was found in a bed box.

“The two killers also intended to steal money and jewellery from the house as Ankit was under the impression that Veena would be having a good amount of money and jewellery.”

However, they found no cash-jewellery in the house and hence took away Ravi’s motor cycle.

The police have recovered the stolen bike from their possession.

3 held for running job racket, duping aspirants of Rs 24 lakh

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Three persons have been arrested for running a fake government job recruitment racket and duping four applicants in Delhi-NCR of Rs 24 lakh, police said on Monday.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Rajiv Ranjan said the three accused admitted to have duped a large number of youths in Delhi, Bihar and other states in similar fashion.

The accused — Shashi Bhushan, 26, Sandeep Sidhana, 36, Sheetal Kumar, 30 — were arrested after a complaint was received from one Keshav, who alleged that Bhushan and his associates had cheated him and others of Rs 24 lakh on the pretext of providing government jobs in Railways, FCI, Military Engineering, Department of Post and Union Bank of India, among others.

The police arrested Bhushan on August 5 from Patna, Bihar.

“He was brought to Delhi. At his instance, Sidhana was arrested from Saket and Kumar from Sarai Kale Khan.”

Fake appointment letters, academic documents of victims, fake ID cards, fake official stamps, laptops, etc., were recovered from their possession.

The complainant used to run a small business in Gurgaon. He met Bhushan through a common friend in March 2016.

He managed to convince him that he would arrange for a ticket checker’s job for Keshav’s cousin in the Indian Railways.

In April 2016, Keshav gave him Rs 6 lakh to get him the job. Through Keshav, Bhushan and his gang duped three others.

“Efforts are being made to identify other victims and to apprehend the remaining associates in this case.”

Asiad 2018: Ankita Raina in women’s singles quarters

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Registering her second successive victory, indias Ankita Raina advanced to the quarter-finals of the women’s single tennis event of the 2018 Asian Games here on Tuesday.

In her pre-quarter match, Ankita outclassed Japan’s Eri Hozumi in straight sets — 6-1, 6-2.

The 25-year-old Indian will now meet Hong Kong’s Eudice Chong on Wednesday.

[IANS]

Vajpayee never buckled, showed world ‘India is Atal’: Modi

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Paying glowing tributes to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that the late leader never compromised on his ideology and did not buckle under global pressure even after the nuclear tests in 1998.

Modi said that Vajpayee’s popularity was so immense that he remained alive in people’s memories despite being completely away from public life for the last 10 years.

Addressing a prayer meeting organised in the memory of Vajpayee, the Prime Minister noted that the late leader spent most of his political life at a time when there was virtually no alternative to the dominant political ideology.

“Despite facing isolation, he remained committed to his ideals. He stayed in opposition for so long, yet his ideals remained untouched,” Modi said.

He said that Vajpayee respected parliamentary traditions and when the opportunity came, he implemented his vision for the benefit of the people.

“In each moment, you could feel the ‘Atal’ in him,” the Prime Minister said.

Recalling how Vajpayee surprised the world through the nuclear tests in 1998 during his prime ministership, Modi said that despite global adverse reaction, Atalji did not buckle under pressure, and showed the world that “India is Atal”.

The Prime Minister said that three new states were formed under Vajpayee leadership, without any trace of bitterness.

“Vajpayeeji showed how to take everyone together in decision-making,” he said.

Shedding light on Vajpayee’s achievements as Prime Minister, Modi said that in a huge diplomatic victory, Vajpayee managed to turn around the international narrative on Kashmir — on which India used to be defensive till then — and bring the focus on to terrorism.

“Vajpayee successfully divided the world into two clear halves — those who were with terrorism and those against it,” he said.

The Prime Minister recalled that when Vajpayee first formed the government at the Centre in 1996, no one was willing to offer support and his government fell in 13 days.

“But Atalji did not lose hope and remained committed to serving the people. He showed the way when it came to coalition politics,” the Prime Minister said.

Pointing out that young Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia, who dedicated his gold medal at the ongoing Asian Games to the late leader, he said that Vajpayee will remain an inspiration to the coming generations.

“Nobody can imagine that a person can be alive in people’s memories despite being away from public life. But the immense respect and tributes pouring on his demise show that Atalji still rules the people’s hearts though he was completely away from public life for 10 long years,” Modi said.

PM intends to use funds on self-promotion: Congress

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Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not declaring floods in Kerala as national disaster, the Congress on Monday said he did not release enough central fund so as to use the money on self-promotion.

Congress Spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill told reporters that Modi did not believe in the spirit of cooperative federalism and was busy playing petty politics over the natural disaster, which had caused huge loss of life and property in Kerala.

“The relief the Prime Minister gave to Kerala is a classic case of ‘too little too late’. A state witnessing a disaster that cost over Rs 19,000 crore has got only paltry Rs 500 crore from Modi, who spent Rs 5,000 crore on self-promotion and publicity, Rs 35 crore on fitness videos, Rs 1,100 crore on BJP’s Delhi headquarters and Rs 2,000 crore on foreign travels,” Shergill said.

“The Prime Minister is not declaring Kerala floods as a national disaster simply to save central funds for later use on self-promotion. He is not showing large-heartedness towards Kerala because the national treasury will be affected.”

The Congress leader said that the people will realise the infair treatment to Kerala when funds released are compared with relief given to BJP-ruled states like Gujarat and Assam where damage caused by natural disasters was less compared with Kerala, Shergill said.

“Modi should explain to the nation about floods that have taken the lives of nearly 400 persons, displaced 3.5 lakh persons to 3,560 relief camps — if such a disaster does not warrant to be called a national disaster, what else is?” he said.

16,000 people may lose lives due to floods in next ten years as per NDMA study

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Most of the states in India have not conducted comprehensive state specific assessment of hazards, vulnerabilities and exposures of the changing dynamics and complexities of disasters,” highlights a risk assessment study undertaken by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs across 640 districts in the country.

The level of resilience to disaster is low and there is a need of ‘considerable improvement’, the report adds.

Even though India has one of the most advanced satellites and early warning systems which can forecast imminent hazards and bring down casualties, government’s emphasis on disaster risk reduction (DRR) and capacity building for disaster resilience seems to have remained on paper.

In the next ten years as many as 16,000 people may lose their lives to floods and property damage of Rs 47,000 crore is estimated by calculating the average loss of lives and property due to floods as predicted by National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). Yet, NDMA is currently restricted to issuing guidelines and organizing seminars and meetings when emergency arises.

The study by Union Ministry of Home Affairs created a National Resilience Index based on performance of states and union territories on DRR measures adopted such as risk assessment, risk prevention and mitigation, disaster relief and rehabilitation. Except Himachal Pradesh, none of the states have carried out comprehensive risk assessment or engaged any professional agency to map hazards, vulnerabilities and exposures, the report stated.

“Around 10 years back, Gujarat had done comprehensive risk assessment but since then it has neither updated it not made it available in public domain for use of stakeholders,” the report added.

2 men rape 14-yr-old, attacked, chased away by her dog in Madhya Pradesh

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The pet dog of a 14-year-old girl attacked and bit one of the two men who allegedly raped her near Sagar in Madhya Pradesh, forcing them to flee, police said on Monday.

The incident took place on Friday night in Kareela village of Sagar district, a police officer said, adding the duo was later arrested.

On the night of the incident, the minor girl went out of her house to bring fodder to create smoke for keeping mosquitoes at bay, Motinagar police station in-charge Vipin Tamrakar said.

As she came out of the home, two people, identified as Aishu Ahirwar (39) and Punit Ahirwar (24), overpowered her and took her to a nearby deserted hut at a knife-point, where they allegedly raped her, he said.

The girl shouted for help and her pet dog reached the spot and bit Aishu Ahirwar on his leg. The accused attacked the dog with the knife but the dog continued to bark, Tamrakar said, quoting the victim.

The victim freed herself from the clutches of the accused and ran towards her home. After hearing the noise and the dog’s continuous barking, people from nearby homes rushed towards the hut, forcing the duo to run away, he added.

The victim’s family filed a complaint on Saturday following which the two were arrested on Sunday, he said.

The duo has been booked for rape and abduction under relevant sections of the IPC and also under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the police officer said.

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