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SC asks Centre to file draft scheme by May 3: Cauvery Issue

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The apex court also directed the authorities in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to maintain peace in the states.

The Central government was reprimanded by the Supreme Court today for ignoring its orders on the Cauvery River, which ask for more water to be given to Karnataka and has upset Tamil Nadu.

Judges of the apex court on Monday suggested that the Centre is acting in guile; “the Centre knows what the scheme means”, the judges said, as they ordered the governments of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to ensure peace in their states till the court finalises the scheme for implementation of its judgment.

The Centre was asked to file its draft scheme by May 3 in pursuance of its judgment in the Cauvery water dispute case.

The distribution of water between neighbouring southern states has been a contentious issue for decades and has turned politically volatile ahead of the assembly elections in Karnataka which will vote on May 12.

The Centre had argued for more time to work out the modalities of water-sharing, citing the Karnataka election.

The apex court said it considered the CWDT (Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal) award and decided the water share for states, which has to be complied with.

Upset Tamil Nadu leaders including actors-turned-politicians Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan have expressed their disappointment over the delay in the setting up of the Cauvery Management Board by the government, as directed by the Supreme Court.

Based on the information gathered from District Election Officers and Superintendent of Police, The following information on Model Code of Conduct violation and Law & Order enforcement is provided:

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Model Code of Conduct:
As on date there are 1156 Flying Squads and 1255 Static Surveillance Teams have been activated. Flying Squads and other Model Code of Conduct Teams constituted for the purpose of enforcement on Model Code of Conduct have cumulatively removed 12537 number of Wall Writing, 17693 numbers of posters and 7711 number of banners from public property and have lodged 06 Cases under Karnataka Open Places (Provisions of disfigurement) act 1981. From Private Property cumulatively 6866 number of Wall Writing, 7949 number of posters and 2543 number of banners were removed.
Further, Static Surveillance Teams have seized Cash worth
Rs.60,18,000/- and 01 vehicle in last 24 hours. Cumulatively, the Static Surveillance Teams have seized
Rs. 3,93,68,880/- cash, 4.5 litres of Liquor and vehicles & other items worth Rs. 1,18,66,272/-.
Further, Flying Squads Teams have seized Rs. 7,48,000/- Cash, dustbin, buckets , lunchbox about 300 types in godown in 1000 carton box valued Rs.8,00,00,000/-, 58.46 litres of Liquor worth Rs. 2396/-, house old articles worth 11 lakhs,24 mixer/grinder worth Rs.36,000/-, 03 vehicles worth Rs.6,05,850/- in last 24 hours. Cumulatively, the Flying Squads Teams have seized Rs.54 ,52,100/- cash, 328.925 litres of liquor, other items worth Rs.9,96,52,100/-, 22 vehicles worth
Rs. 82,96,560/-. Other Police authorities they have seized cash worth Rs. 7,00,000/- & 10 Sarees, 160 Laptops and 485 Litres of Liquor.

Cumulatively, Flying Squads, SSTs and other police authorities have seized Cash worth Rs. 4,55,20,980/-.

Flying Squad Teams & other Police authorities have booked FIRs in 32 Cases of Cash/other items related to seizure and other MCC related violations in the last 24 hours. Cumulatively, Flying Squads they have registered FIRs in 175 Cases. SSTs they have registered FIRs in 10 cases of Cash/other items related to seizure in last 24 hours. Cumulatively, Static Surveillance Teams have registered FIRs in 43 Cases.
While Excise department have seized 1,080.53 litres of IML & other liquor worth Rs. 4,62,835/- and booked 44 Heinous cases,
95 cases for Breach of Licence conditions and 116 cases under Section 15 (a) of Karnataka Excise act 1965 in last 24 hours. Cumulatively, 9257.642 litres of IML & other liquor worth
Rs. 40,96,908.20/- and booked 357 Heinous cases, 559 cases for Breach of Licence Conditions, 02 NDPS case and 944 cases under Section 15 (a) of Karnataka Excise act 1965. And also 137 different types of Vehicles have been seized.
LAW & ORDER:
1721 arms have been got deposited, licenses of 2 arms were cancelled, 994 persons were bounded over under preventive sections of CRPC, and 1851 Non-bailable warrants were executed, preventive sections of CRPC booked in 627 cases, 795 Nakas made operational in the last 24 hours. Cumulatively, 60648 arms have been got deposited since the date of enforcement of Model Code of Conduct and out of total 95,329 arms 91,925 arms have been deposited till date, 50 arms were impounded, 4 armed license have been cancelled, preventive sections of CRPC are booked in 9471 cases, 7576 persons were bounded over under preventive sections of CRPC and 15879 Non-bailable warrants were executed from the date of enforcement of elections.

Rohingya crisis: Supreme Court to hold final hearing on deportation of refugees today

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“As India has ratified the Convention, it will be the violation of Articles 2, 6, 7, 19, 20, 22, 31 and 37 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,” the lawyer said.

FILE – In this June 24 2014, file photo, Rohingya children gather at the Dar Paing camp for Muslim refugees, north of Sittwe, western Rakhine state, Myanmar. Abdul Razak Ali Artan, the Somali-born student who carried out a car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University on Monday, reported railed on his Facebook account against U.S. interference in countries with Muslim communities. But he specifically protested the killing of Muslims in Myanmar _ also known as Burma _ where the Rohingya ethnic minority faces discrimination and occasional violence from the Buddhist majority and the army and bureaucracy. The Rohingya draw occasional international attention when the violence against them becomes too large to ignore, or when they seek foreign shores as boatpeople in great numbers, but their plight is generally ignored. (AP Photo/ Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)


The Supreme Court on Monday is likely to hear a petition related to deportation of Rohingya refugees who had fled the persecution in Myanmar last year. A top court bench, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra, will hear the matter wherein the Centre has questioned the credentials of the petitioners seeking to block the deportation of Rohingya refugees, saying the genesis of the PILs threaten to change the country’s demography and destabilise it.

Last month, a bench comprising Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud had directed the Centre to file a comprehensive report on the conditions in Rohingya refugee camps across various states, particularly Haryana, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir. The order came after senior advocate Colin Gonsalves claimed that the conditions at the camp are unhygienic and “filthiest to say the least”.

Appearing for petitioner Zaffar Ullah, Gonsalves said the poor and unhygienic conditions had led to several deaths of refugees living in these camps. The senior lawyer urged the apex court to direct the Centre and states to provide better hygienic facilities in these camps.

Earlier this year, the Centre had urged the top court to leave the issue of securing the country’s border to the executive. It also rejected charges that Border Security Force personnel are using “chilli and stun grenades” to turn away Rohingya refugees.

Responding to a petition filed by two Rohingya refugees who accused the BSF of using chilli and stun grenades to push back refugees at the border, the affidavit said the MHA had sought a report from the BSF following this and found that the charges were “false, incorrect and far from truth.” The MHA stated, “it is submitted that no such devices are used either as alleged or otherwise.”

In October last year, SC said the Rohingya refugee problem was of a “great magnitude” and the state would have to play a “big role” while dealing with the contentious issue.

PTI

IPL 2018 Highlights, KXIP vs DD: Kings XI Punjab Beat Delhi Daredevils By Six Wickets

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IPL 2018 Highlights, KXIP vs DD: Gautam Gambhir’s fifty took Delhi Daredevils to 166/7 in their quota of 20 overs.

Opener KL Rahul blasted his way to a fastest ever half-century in Indian Premier League as a new look Kings XI Punjab started their campaign on a resounding note defeating Delhi Daredevils by six wickets on Sunday. Ravichandran Ashwin marshalled his resources admirably restricting Daredevils to a mediocre 166 for 7 on a placid track. The KXIP captain himself bowled a few leg breaks during his disciplined effort of 1 for 23 in 4 overs. The surprise package was Afghanistan off-spinner Mujeeb-r Rahman, who finished with 2 for 28 in 4 overs. Courtesy Rahul, who smashed six boundaries and four sixes in his 16-ball-51, the match as a contest was over within the Powerplay as KXIP raced away to 73 for 2 in six overs. Karun Nair, who has had a mixed season, then helped himself to a 33-ball-50 as the home team reached the target in 18.5 overs. Only Yuvraj Singh’s 12 off 22 balls stuck out like a sore thumb as he once again looked a pale shadow of his old self. The star of the match certainly was Rahul, who started with a top-edged six and a couple of boundaries off Trent Boult.

Rajinikanth backs opposition to IPL in Chennai

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Amid opposition to IPL matches here in view of raging protests over Cauvery issue, Tamil film star Rajinikanth today said it would be good if organisers stopped the games as such a gala event would be embarrassing when the entire Tamil Nadu was agitating.

Alternatively, he suggested Chennai Super Kings (CSK) team players could play in the city wearing black bands as a mark of expressing the anguish of people who have been staging protests demanding setting up of Cauvery Management Board ..

matches here in view of raging protests over Cauvery issue, Tamil film star Rajinikanth today said it would be good if organizers stopped the games as such a gala event would be embarrassing when the entire Tamil Nadu was agitating.

Alternatively, he suggested Chennai Super Kings (CSK) team players could play in the city wearing black bands as a mark of expressing the anguish of people who have been staging protests demanding setting up of Cauvery Management Board ..

Television journalist shot at by gunmen at Ghaziabad residence.

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A television journalist employed with a Hindi news channel was shot at thrice by unidentified gunmen at his Ghaziabad residence on Sunday night, agency reports said.

A television journalist employed with a Hindi news channel was shot at thrice by unidentified gunmen at his Ghaziabad residence on Sunday night, agency reports said. The journalist, who has been identified as Anuj Chaudhary employed with Sahara Samay, sustained gunshot injuries on his right hand and abdomen after unidentified gunmen barged into his house and fired at him Sunday evening, police said.

Chaudhary was rushed to a hospital where he is being treated for gunshot wounds. His condition is said to be critical.

According to news agency, Chaudhary is married to a BSP Councillor and came under attack by two bike-borne assailants who shot at him soon after he returned home form Razapur.

“The firing incident occurred due to old enmity,” Senior Superintendent of Police Vaibhav Krishna as saying. The police are looking at past enmity as the possible motive behind the crime.

The family has identified the assailants, police said on Sunday evening, adding that it was yet to receive a complaint in the matter.

The Indian Express cited a police official as saying that Chaudhary had earlier approached them and claimed a threat to his life. There was a Rs 10 lakh contract on his head, he had told police.
Krishna informed the Indian Express that Chaudhary had been provided a gunner, but since it was a Sunday, he had asked him to return home. “No one else was injured in the attack.”

Chaudhary was rushed to Yashoda Hospital at Ghaziabad’s Nehru Nagar after the attack. According to a doctor attending to him, two bullets were extracted from his arms and another from his stomach. “He is being kept under observation, but is stable,” IE quoted the doctor as saying.

BJP releases first list of 72 candidates; a look at top five candidates in fray : Karnataka Assembly Election 2018

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its first list of 72 candidates for the 12 May Karnataka Assembly Election on Sunday, which included prominent names such as the party’s chief ministerial face BS Yeddyurappa, veterans such as KS Eshwarappa, B Sreeramulu, and Jagadish Shettar among others.

The committee met under the party’s national president Amit Shah and among its members, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj attended the meeting at the party’s head office in New Delhi.

BS Yeddyurappa

The Karnataka BJP head and former chief minister is one of the only two Members of Parliament (MPs) who has been given a ticket to contest the state polls. He will be contesting from his home turf Shikaripura assembly constituency in Shivamogga district.

Projected as the party’s chief ministerial candidate, Yeddyurappa has been elected from Shikaripura to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly for seven terms in the past. A prominent leader of the Lingayat community, the BJP state chief tried to float his own party, Karnataka Janata Party, prior to the 2013 Assembly polls but later joined hands with BJP ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

Recently, Yeddyurappa undertook a 75-day Parivartana Yatra covering a distance of around 6,000 kilometres to strengthen the party’s support base across the state. He was the first chief minister of Karnataka to spent 25 days in prison for corruption.

Speaking on calls for a separate Lingayat religion, Yeddyurappa told Firstpost, “BJP has never used religion or caste to win elections. We believe in nationalism. For us, everyone is a proud child of Mother India. About this Lingayat-Veerashaiva issue, BJP’s consistent stand has been that the Akhila Bharatha Veerashaiva Mahasabha, the apex body of the entire community, should guide the society. We will go by that.”

KS Eshwarappa

In a crucial move, BJP has given KS Eshwarappa, Yeddyurappa’s arch rival, the ticket to contest from Shivamogga city assembly constituency. The move is seen as an attempt by the BJP top brass to put an end to the rift between the two leaders. Currently the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council, party workers had expressed their discontent that if Eshwarappa was offered the ticket, BJP would be defeated, as was the case in the 2013 Assembly polls.

Eshwarappa is a Kuruba, but his influence in the community remains limited as Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is a more popular leader among the Kurubas, backward castes and Dalits. A firm believer in Hindutva, he launched the Sangolli Rayanna Brigade in 2016, an organisation named after an 18th-century warrior to mobilise the backward castes, a move which was viewed by many party members as a way to create alternate centres of power with the BJP in the region.

Jagadish Shettar

A lawyer and Lingayat leader, former Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shivappa Shettar will be contesting from Hubli-Dharwad Central constituency. In 2008, he was elected to the Assembly for the fourth time from the constituency with a margin of 26,000 votes.

Earlier an activist with Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Shettar comes from a family that’s rooted in the erstwhile Jan Sangh. He is currently the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly. In March this year, Shettar condemned the Karnataka government’s move to recommend granting of minority religion status to the Lingayats and claimed Siddaramaiah did so to gain political mileage.

B Sreeramulu

The Ballari MP, known to be a close associate of the Reddy mining brothers, will contest the polls from Molakalmuru (reserved for Scheduled Tribe) constituency in Chitradurga district, marking a departure from his Ballari rural seat he has represented in the past.

According to Myneta.info, Sreeramulu has eight criminal cases pending against him including charges of bribery, attempt to murder and criminal intimidation. Like Yeddyurappa, he floated his own party BSR Congress before the 2013 Assembly polls but merged with the BJP ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and was among 17 BJP Lok Sabha members elected from Karnataka that year.

Known as a strong leader of the Valmiki Nayak community, Sreeramulu is a key participant in most of the core committee and strategy meetings of the party. He is also a prominent face seen at Modi’s rallies and is trusted by Yeddyurappa to win over the Scheduled Tribes vote bank in the state, according to this News18.

Even after Shah declared the party has nothing to do with mining baron Janardhan Reddy, Sreeramulu said, ““I can only say that Mr. Reddy is a staunch supporter of the BJP and is with the party.” The north Karnataka district of Ballari is known for its thousands-of-crores-worth illegal mining scam between 2007 and 2012, which forced Yeddyurappa to resign as chief minister in 2011.

R Ashoka

The BJP leader and former deputy chief minister of Karnataka will be contesting from the Padmanabhanagar Assembly constituency in Bengaluru (South). He currently represents the constituency, which comprises eight Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) wards, in the Vidhan Soudha. Being a Vokkaliga, it plays out in Ashoka’s favour as the Padmanabhanagar constituency has a sizeable population of Vokkaliga voters. The MLA is an RSS worker and has held the transport and health portfolios in the Karnataka state government in the past.

PTI

Trump Tower fire 1 dead, 6 injured.

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A fire broke out on the 50th floor of Trump Tower here, leaving one person dead and six firefighters injured, the New York City Fire Department said today. It said a 67-year-old man, identified as Todd Brassner, was found “unconscious and unresponsive” when firefighters arrived at the scene of the fire.

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NEW YORK, USA – APRIL 7 : Smoke rises from the 50th floor of Trump Tower in New York, United States on April 7, 2018. (Photo by Muhammed Said Tanl/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)


Brassner, a resident of the 50th floor of Trump Tower, was rushed to a hospital in critical condition but later died, Fire Department spokeswoman Angelica Conroy said. The medical examiner’s office will determine the cause of death, CNN reported.

The fire was contained to the 50th floor of the tower, located on Fifth Avenue in New York. It was ruled under control around 9 p.m. (local time), two hours after it was originally reported, the FDNY tweeted. It also tweeted pictures of the building with several windows of the 50th floor ablaze.

Six firefighters suffered injuries that are not life threatening, Conroy was quoted as saying by the channel. No members of the Trump family were at the tower during the fire, Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said. President Donald Trump congratulated firefighters and tweeted that the fire was out.

“Fire at Trump Tower is out. Very confined (well built building). Firemen (and women) did a great job. THANK YOU!,” Trump tweeted. Before moving to the White House in January last year, Trump and the first lady lived in the triplex penthouse apartment, which occupies sections of floors 56-58, according to Forbes.

The apartments are listed on floors 66-68, although the building is technically only 58 stories. The headquarters of the Trump Organisation are on the 26th floor of the skyscraper.

AI will become an ‘immortal dictator’ and wipe out humans if not controlled: Elon Musk

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If not regulated or controlled soon, Artificial Intelligence (AI) will become an “immortal dictator” and there will be no escape for humans, Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk has warned.

In a new documentary on AI, Musk said: “At least when there’s an evil dictator, that human is going to die. But for an AI there would be no death. It would live forever, and then you’d have an immortal dictator, from which we could never escape”.

“If AI has a goal and humanity just happens to be in the way, it will destroy humanity as a matter of course without even thinking about it. No hard feelings,” Musk told Chris Paine, the director of the new documentary titled “Do You Trust This Computer?”

Paine had earlier interviewed Musk for the documentary titled “Who Killed The Electric Car?”.

Musk has always been a critic of AI and asked for stiff regulations to curb the technology.

In a recent tweet, Musk said that people should be more concerned with AI than the risk posed by North Korea.

“If you’re not concerned about AI safety, you should be. Vastly more risk than North Korea,” Musk tweeted.

Musk has also quit the board of OpenAI, a non-profit AI research company he co-founded that aims to promote and develop friendly AI that benefits the humanity.

In 2014, Musk said AI was humanity’s biggest existential threat later adding that the United Nations needed to act to prevent a killer robot arms race.

Musk has been speaking frequently on AI and has called its progress the “biggest risk we face as a civilisation”.

“AI is a rare case where we need to be proactive in regulation instead of reactive because if we’re reactive in AI regulation it’s too late,” he said.

In a recent verbal spat with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg who is a big advocate for the AI technology, Musk said: “I’ve talked to Mark about this (AI). His understanding of the subject is limited”.

Zuckerberg replied: “I think people who are naysayers and try to drum up these doomsday scenarios — I just, I don’t understand it. It’s really negative and in some ways I actually think it is pretty irresponsible”.

(IANS)

Cauvery issue: Vatal Nagaraj calls for Karnataka bandh on April 12

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Po-Kannada outfits today called for a bandh in poll-bound Karnataka on April 12 in a counter to the ongoing stir in neighbouring Tamil Nadu for an early setting up of the Centre to form Cauvery Management Board (CMB).

The Karnataka bandh call came amid the DMK-led opposition parties observing a state-wide shutdown in Tamil Nadu on Monday, demanding early setting up of CMB to ensure water for farmers as per the Supreme Court orders.

Tamil Nadu chief minister K Palaniswami, his deputy Panneerselvam and other AIADMK leaders had also observed a day-long fast in Chennai on Monday seeking the formation of CMB.

Ironically, the CMB has been mandated to be established by the Supreme Court to implement its February 16 verdict on Cauvery water allocation to the riparian states, including Karnataka, whose water share from the river has been raised by 14.75 tmcft per year.

Accordingly, the Karnataka bandh call would give an impression that the Kannada outfits are opposed to an early implementation of the apex court ruling which has enhanced the states water share.

The Karnataka bandh was announced by Kannada outfit Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha leader Vatal Nagaraj during a protest near Attibele on Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border to press the Centre not to yield to pressure from Tamil leaders on CMB.

Nagaraj heads the umbrella of Kannada organisations that have called for the bandh.
He came down heavily on actors Rajinikanth and Kamal Hassan for supporting the formation of the CMB.

“We will not let the movies of Rajinikanth and Kamal Hassan to be showed in Karnataka. The two film stars should not come to Karnataka under any circumstances,” Nagaraj said.

(PTI)

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