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Heena wins gold in women’s 25m Pistol : CWG

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Indian shooter Heena Sidhu won gold in the women’s 25 metre Pistol event at the 21st Commonwealth Games (CWG) here on Tuesday.

Heena notched up a new CWG record of 38 points in the final to take the title in style.

Elena Galiabovitch of Australia scroed 35 to take silver while Malaysia’s Alia Sazana Azahari got bronze with 26.

This was the 11th gold medal for India in this year’s CWG and Heena’s first individual gold in three editions of this quadrennial event.

Heena, who has a total of four CWG medals to her name, had bagged bronze in the women’s 10m air pistol event on Sunday.

She had also won a gold in the women’s 10m air pistol pairs and silver in the individual event at the 2010 edition in New Delhi.

The fact that Heena managed to emerge champion on Tuesday despite an injury in her trigger finger, speaks volumes of her determination and makes the victory all the more creditable.

Annu Raj Singh, the other Indian in the fray, fizzled out in the final after an excellent performance during qualification, to take the overall sixth place.

Elena was the fastest off the blocks in the final and Heena was trailing behind the Australian till the fifth series.

Heena did well to close the gap by scoring with all her five shots in the fifth series before another perfect score in the sixth saw her take the joint lead.

The Indian took sole lead after the first shot in the seventh series and subsequently increased the gap.

With a two-point lead at the end of the seventh series, Heena found the target in four of the five shots in the eighth to be ahead by three points.

Although the Australian managed to close the gap by one point in the ninth series, Heena held her nerves in the 10th and final series to emerge champion.

Earlier, Annu finished the qualification stage at the second spot with a total of 584 points. Heena was third with 579.

Xiu Hong Teh of Singapore topped the qualification standings with 584.

Annu had taken pole position at the end of the Precision round with 293. She managed 291 in the Rapid round while Xiu scored 293.

Annu registered a series of 96, 99 and 98 in the Precision round. She was consistent in the Rapid round as well with scores of 98, 96 and 97.

Xiu, who was second after the Precision round with 291, registered 96, 100 and 97 in the Rapid stage to snatch the lead.

Heena meanwhile, started slowly before climbing up the standings with an awesome show in the Rapid round.

She was decidedly below par in the Precision round and was lagging at the seventh spot with 286.

Heena struggled with her opening couple of shots in the Precision round with disappointing efforts of 95 and 93 before recovering somewhat with a 98 in her third and last attempt.

Heena started the Rapid round poorly as well as she could only manage a 95in her opening attempt. But she saved her best for her last two shots, firing consecutive scores of 99 to zoom to the third spot.

Sakina finishes 5th in lightweight para powerlifting : CWG 2018

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India’s Sakina Khatun finished a disappointing fifth out of seven competitors in women’e lightweight para powerlifting at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Tuesday.

Sakina, the bronze medallist in Glasgow in 2014, finished with 93.2 points to finish fifth of seven competitors in the event.

Sakina successfully lifted 82 kilograms in her first attempt before her second attempt of lifting 85 kg was ruled out.

While she was able to lift the weight, the jury deemed that she wasn’t able to hold it close enough to her chest for long enough.

Sakina also failed in her third attempt of 86 kg to eventually end up fifth.

Russia, Syria invite probe into alleged chemical attack

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Russia and Syria have invited a probe into the alleged chemical attack on the rebel-held town of Douma after US President Donald Trump threatened that there would be a “big price to pay”.

Speaking at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Monday, Russia’s Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia denied that chemical weapons had been used in Douma and said Syrian authorities and Russian troops would provide facilities for experts from the Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to visit the attack area.

According to the reports, the chemical attack on Saturday killed at least 49 people and injured 500 others, Thomas Markram, the deputy to the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, told the Council.

During a bitter clash at the Council, US Permanent Representative Nikki Haley said that the hands of the Russian “regime” were “covered in the blood of Syrian children” and warned that Washington would respond to the attacks even if the Council would not.

On Monday night, Trump met defence officials along with his newly appointed National Security Adviser John Bolton after warning that that there would he would decide within 48 hours on a military response to the “barbaric” act.

“If it’s Russia, if it’s Syria, if it’s Iran, if it’s all of them together, we’ll figure it out and we’ll know the answers quite soon,” he told reporters earlier on Monday.

Haley said those responsible for the attacks were “monsters”, adding: “We must not overlook Russia and Iran’s roles in enabling the Assad regime’s murderous destruction.”

With tensions between Russia and the West rising to Cold War levels, Nebenzia told the West: “We are not begging to be friends with you.”

He objected to Haley referring to his government as a “regime” and warned that he would raise a point of order the next time she did that – a move that could disrupt Council meetings, a frequent happening during the height of the Cold War.

He said the “hawkish rhetoric” in the Council and threats to use force had gone beyond what had prevailed during the Cold War.

Britain’s Permanent Representative Karen Pierce said the situation today was worse than that during the Cold War because then there was no such flagrant disregard of the universal prohibition against chemical weapons.

Nebenzia alleged that the anti-government forces had chemical weapons and could stage an attack.

But France’s Permanent Representative Francois Delattre countered that only the Syrian government and its allies had the capability to developing the chemical and said that there was no doubt about who carried out the attacks.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters: “While the UN is not in a position to verify these reports, the Secretary-General notes that any use of chemical weapons, if confirmed, is abhorrent, and requires a thorough investigation.”

Guterres’s Speical Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, told the Council via a video link from Geneva that the terrorist group Jaish al-Islam that was in control of Douma had asked for UN intervention, but the Syrian government did not respond to it.

Security for Chennai IPL match on top gear

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The city police has laid down multi-layered security to prevent any untoward incident during the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) here on Tuesday evening.

According to officials around 4,000 police personnel have been deployed for security.

Several fringe elements have threatened to agitate against the IPL match in protest against the central government not constituting the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) and Cauvery Water Regulatory Committee (CWRC) as mandated by the Supreme Court.

Protests are being planned near the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk. The situation around the stadium now is calm.

A group in the Tamil movie industry, led by Director Bharathirajaa, R.K. Selvamani and V. Sekar, floated an association called Tamil Panpaattu Peravai on Monday here.

They told reporters that holding an IPL match when the state was fighting for Cauvery river water was an attempt to divide the youth.

Bharathirajaa said they will hold a protest against the match. Some political parties too have called for axing the match.

Earlier, DMK leader M.K. Stalin said the organisers of the IPL matches should understand the people’s problems. But he said the DMK was not against holding the IPL matches.

Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) chief Thol Thirumavalavan had also sought a ban on IPL matches in Tamil Nadu.

Spectators have also been told not to dishonour the Indian flag. No food or drink from outside will be permitted.

The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) has banned spectators from bringing mobile phones, remote control car keys or any electronic devices, bags, briefcases, pagers, radios, digital diaries, laptops, computers, tape-recorders and even binoculars.

The banned list also includes musical instruments, video cameras, digital cameras, crackers, inflammable materials, firearms and ammunition, edibles, thermos flasks, water jugs, bottles, cigarettes, beedis, match boxes, lighters, razors, scissors, mirrors and glass, knives and batteries.

The use of mobile phones, transistors, computers, cameras or any other audio visual recording equipment for recording and for communication the match details, statistics and images has also been prohibited.

(IANS)

Delhi: 5 dead in two fires

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Five people, including two minors, died in separate fire incidents in Delhi today, taking the toll in such cases to eight over the past 72 hours in the national capital.

The Delhi Fire Services received a call around 6.30 am about the first blaze in Rajapuri area of Sultanpuri. Over two-dozen workers were sleeping in the first and second floors of the three-storey building when the blaze started. All, but four, escaped, an officer said.

At least 10 fire tenders rushed to the spot, but the narrow alleys posed a great challenge before they could reach the site, the officer said.

The fire fighters struggled for a couple of hours to douse the fire. It was running without permission in the residential area, a senior police officer said. Police took the injured ones to a hospital where they were declared dead.

The deceased have been identified as Razi Mohammad (20), Shan Mohammad(17), Ayub (17) and Mehboob (18). They all belonged to Asmada village in Uttar Pradesh Hardoi district. Ayub and Mehboob were siblings, the police official said.

The unit was run by a person named Veeresh Gupta, who lived in the same locality. The building was used for manufacturing shoes and housed around 25-30 workers, he said. A case has been registered and investigation has been launched, he added.

The second incident was reported around 12.55 pm at Kamal Building in Kucha Mahajani of Old’s Delhi’s Chandni Chowk area, the police said. The fire in the building, housing several jewellery shops, spread to all three floors. Twenty-two fire tenders were rushed to contain the blaze, a police official said.

The youth, who was rescued from the spot, was declared dead at a hospital. Preliminary investigation suggest that Rohit, a resident of Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, died due to suffocation, the official added.

Earlier, two persons had died in a fire at a footwear-manufacturing unit in Narela on Saturday, while a 62-year-old shopkeeper died in a pre-dawn blaze at his shop in Sarita Vihar area yesterday

Partial shut-down in Kerala, sporadic violence reported

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The 12-hour hartal called by various Dalit outfits in Kerala to protest the “dilution” of SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act today, witnessed sporadic incidents of stone pelting and roads blocks by pro-hartal activists.

Protestors forcefully closed shops and resorted to road blocks in many parts of the state. Incidents of stone throwing at Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses were reported from different places including Kollam and Alappuzha.

In Thrissur, the driver of a KSRTC bus was injured in stone pelting, police said. The strike call evoked partial response as some shops and business establishments remained open while state and central government offices functioned as usual.

Private buses operated services in some parts of the state. Few autorickshaws and taxis were seen plying on the roads. The Kerala University postponed the exams scheduled for the day, in view of the state-wide hartal.

Earlier in the day, at least 20 Dalit activists including Gothara Maha Sabha leader M Geethanandan were arrested for attempting to block traffic at the High Court junction in Kochi.

Geethanandan, who is also the Convener of Kerala’s Dalit Action Council, and some its activists were arrested, police said.

Condemning his preventive arrest, Geethanandan said it was a “prejudiced action” on the part of the police to silence the Dalits.

Around 30 Dalit organisations are observing the hartal to protest the alleged dilution of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act by the Supreme Court.

They also condemned the police action against the Dalit agitators during the ‘Bharat bandh’ observed in various northern states on April 2.

They claimed that Supreme Court had on March 20 “diluted” the provisions of the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, ruling that government servants should not be arrested without prior sanction and private citizens, too, be arrested only after an inquiry under the law.

In the state capital, a group of Dalit activists took out a march to the Secretariat and staged a dharna. Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Ramesh Chennithala said the Congress-led UDF Opposition has extended support to the hartal.

Senior Congress leader A K Antony criticised the arrest of Dalit leaders in connection with the agitation and said Congress would not support any move to “dilute” the rights of SC and ST communities.

Rahul Gandhi leads Cong fast against communalism, non-functioning of Parliament

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday led his party in a nationwide daylong fast against caste violence, communalism and the non-functioning of Parliament, for which the UPA major blames the ruling BJP. Congress workers are observing a daylong fast in all state and district headquarters to voice their protest against the BJP government and to promote communal harmony and peace across the country.

Mysuru : AICC President Rahul Gandhi speaks during his Janashirvada Yatra in Srirangapatna town on Sundday. PTI Photo by Shailendra Bhojak(PTI3_25_2018_000158B)


Senior Congress leaders Kamal Nath, Sheila Dikshit, P C Chacko, the party’s Delhi unit chief Ajay Maken and Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala were among the leaders at Rajghat, where the fast is being observed.

Party leaders Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler, both accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, were asked to not sit on the main stage at the protest venue when Gandhi was about to arrive, party leaders said. Kumar left the venue immediately after he was told about it.

Surjewala was quick to hit out at the BJP over the controversy. “Some conspirators in BJP see meaning in everything, he added. Tytler and Kumar are charged with having a role in the riots in the aftermath of prime minister Indira Gandhi’s assassination by her Sikh bodyguards on October 31, 1984.

Violation of code of conduct, leaders booked for serving food in meetings

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An First Information Report (FIR) has been filed against minister Pramod Madhwaraj by the Electoral authorities, referring to violation of code of conduct.

According to the authorities the minister is found guilty of the above offense as he had issued articulation promising government employment and Rs 25 lakh in cash by the state government to weight lifter, Gururaj Poojary, for having won silver medal in weight lifting at Commonwealth Games.

The media had conveyed the news that the minster had said that Gururaj Poojary would be qualified for occupation and cash reward out terms of the sports policy as of late adopted by the state government.

British PM lashes out at Syria, backers, including Russia

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British Prime Minister Theresa May says the Syrian regime “and its backers, including Russia, must be held to account” if the government is found to be responsible for a suspected poison gas attack in the country.

May says those who back “the brutal actions by (Syrian President Bashar) Assad and his regime … they need to look very carefully at the position they have taken.” She calls Saturday’s suspected attack on the besieged town of Douma “a reprehensible attack,” adding Britain is in talks with its allies about “what action is necessary.”

After meeting with her Danish counterpart Lars Loekke Rasmussen during a visit to Copenhagen, May said: “it is a brutal regime that is attacking its own people and we are very clear that it must be held to account.

Dinesh Gundo Rao : Siddaramaiah ‘front-runner’ for CM’s post

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Karnataka PCC working president Dinesh Gundu Rao on Monday said he was confident about Congress returning to power in the May 12 state assembly polls.

Incumbent Siddaramaiah will be the “front-runner” for the Chief Minister’s post, he said.

Asserting that there was no anti-incumbency against the Siddaramaiah government, he took a dig at BJP, saying its president Amit Shah is becoming a “star campaigner” for the ruling party. He also raised questions about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “absence from campaigning.”

“Congress is going for election under the leadership of Chief Minister, it has been stated. It is under his leadership entire campaign is being run…he is the face of the election, he is the captain of our team,” Rao told PTI.

“CM will be decided after the election, if we win, CLP will meet and decide, but he (Siddaramaiah) is the captain of our team, so obviously if we win again, he will be the front-runner,” he said.

Though the party has not announced any chief ministerial candidate, it has named Siddaramaiah as its face.

Rao said he was confident about the Congress performing better than it did during the 2013 assembly polls when it won 122 out of 224 seats.

“I think we will do better than last time because last time the election was based upon anti or negative BJP (wave)…this time in the election people are not only unhappy with BJP, but they are happy with the Congress in Karnataka.”

Rao also claimed that there was no anti-incumbency, adding, instead, “there is pro-incumbency.”

“We will improve than last time, but we will have to get the ticket distribution everything done correctly.”

“We should see to it that deserving people get the ticket, if we do that correctly, then I think definitely there will be no other problem,” he said.

When it was pointed out that after 1985 no party in the state has been able to retain power consecutively, he observed that they were unable to come back due to reasons like division or dissidents within the party. However, there was nothing of that sort this time, he said.

“We have given a very stable, good government, and have delivered on our promises which have reached the people. This is a pro-incumbency government, people are preferring us to other parties,” he said.

Ruling out “Modi wave”, Rao said the “Modi factor or phenomenon is going down because people are not seeing tangible results.”

He pointed out that Modi has not come to Karnataka for the last one-and-half months and has been cancelling his programmes.

“Why is he cancelling? Why is he not coming to Karnataka? Why is only Amit Shah touring? Modi himself is apprehensive I think,” Rao said.

Shah’s repeated visits to the poll-bound state have had no impact, Rao claimed.

“I think Amit Shah is becoming a star campaigner for the Congress, because whatever he is doing is helping us,” he said, citing his “gaffes.”

He claimed that Shah coming to the state has also suffocated the BJP, as state leaders have “become voiceless”,

“The more Amit Shah campaigns for BJP, the better it is for Congress,” he said.

Responding to a question on former prime minister Deve Gowda’s JDS, Rao said, post-election, the party that talked about secular credentials may join hands with the BJP.

He said as both these parties know that they cannot get the majority on their own, they have an internal pact to thwart Congress from getting a majority.

Asked about joining hands with JDS in case of a hung assembly, as Congress has worked with the party in the past, Rao said: “The problem is they (JDS) are not reliable.”

“They don’t have ideology and philosophy… How can you have any plan based upon them?” he said.

Hitting out at the BJP for calling Congress and Rahul Gandhi “election Hindu,” and defending visits to mutts and religious places, Rao said, the opposition is more aggressively doing it.

“Amit Shah is even conducting meetings of swamijis, which is so political,” he said.

Claiming that Congress leaders have been to temples in the past also while campaigning, he said: “it is an attempt by BJP to target Rahul Gandhi by accusing him of trying to get political mileage….which is not true.”

Rao also said the party has nothing to do with the issue of religious minority status to Lingayats and Veerashaiva Lingayats and the issue will not make much impact in the polls.

“Lingayat has nothing to do with the poll prospects or politics; Congress party does not have a stand on this, we have not taken any stand,” he said.

Terming it is a “community issue”, Rao said the chief minister has followed procedure following the demand from the community.

On addressing internal bickerings and disgruntlement within the party ahead of the election, Rao, also a former minister, said: “Things will happen, but we will have to see to that we limit such disturbances…”

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