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List of players sold at IPL auction 2017

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Bangalore: Following is the list of players who were sold in the IPL auction here today.

Players sold in first round:

Eoin Morgan (Base price Rs 2 crores) – Sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 2 crores

Pawan Negi (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 1 crore

Angelo Mathews (Base price Rs 2 crores) – Sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 2 crores

Ben Stokes (Base price Rs 2 crores) – Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 14.5 crores

Corey Anderson (Base price Rs 1 crore) – Sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 1 crore

Nicholas Pooran (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 30 lakhs

Kagiso Rabada (Base price Rs 1 crore) – Sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 5 crores

Trent Boult (Base price Rs 1.5 crores) – Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 5 crores

Tymal Mills (Base price Rs 50 lakhs) – Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for INR 12 crores

Pat Cummins (Base price Rs 2 crores) – Sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 4.5 crores

Mitchell Johnson (Base price Rs 2 crores) – Sold to Mumbai Indians for INR 2 crores

Ankit Bawne (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Delhi Daredevils for INR 10 lakhs

Tanmay Agarwal (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for INR 10 lakhs

Mohammad Nabi (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for 30 lakhs

K Gowtham (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 2 crores

Rahul Tewatia (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Kings XI Punjab for 25 lakhs

Aditya Tare (Base price Rs 20 lakhs) – Sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 25 lakhs

Eklavya Dwivedi (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 75 lakhs

Aniket Choudhary (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 2 crores

T Natarajan (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 3 crores

Nathu Singh (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Gujarat Lions for 50 lakhs

Basil Thampi (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 85 lakhs

M Ashwin (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 1 crore

Tejas Baroka (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Gujarat Lions for 10 lakhs

Rashid Khan (Base price Rs 50 lakhs) – Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for 4 crores

Pravin Tambe (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 10 lakhs

Chris Woakes (Base price Rs 2 crores) – Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 4.2 crores

Karn Sharma (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 3.2 crores

Rishi Dhawan (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 55 lakhs

Matt Henry (Base price Rs 50 lakhs) – Sold to Kings XI Punjab for 50 lakhs

Jaydev Unadkat (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for INR 30 lakhs

Varun Aaron (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 2.8 crores

Manpreet Gony (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Gujarat Lions for 60 lakhs

Martin Guptill (Base price Rs 50 lakhs) – Sold to Kings XI Punjab for INR 50 lakhs (second round)

Jason Roy (Base price Rs 1 crore) – Sold to Gujarat Lions for 1 crore (second round)

Saurabh Tiwary (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 30 lakhs (second round)

Chris Jordan (Base price Rs 50 lakhs) – Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 50 lakhs (second round)

Nathan Coulter-Nile (Base price Rs 100 lakhs) – Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 3.5 crores (second round)

Praveen Dubey (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 10 lakhs (second round)

Navdeep Saini (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 10 lakhs (second round)

Ben Laughlin (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 30 lakhs (second round)

Billy Stanlake (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Royal Challengers Bangalore for Rs 30 lakhs (second round)

Mohammed Siraj (Base price Rs 20 lakhs) – Sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs 2.6 crores

Rahul Chahar (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 10 lakhs

Saurabh Kumar (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 10 lakhs

Asela Gunaratne (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 30 lakhs

Daniel Christian (Base price Rs 1 crore) – Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 1 crore

Rovman Powell (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 30 lakhs

Darren Sammy (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Kings XI Punjab for Rs 30 lakhs

Munaf Patel (Base price Rs 30 lakhs) – Sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 30 lakhs

Rinku Singh (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Kings XI Punjab for 10 lakhs

Shashank Singh (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Delhi Daredevils for Rs 10 lakhs

Milind Tandon (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 10 lakhs

Kulwant Khejroliya (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Mumbai Indians for Rs 10 lakhs

Chirag Suri (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 10 lakhs

R Sanjay Yadav (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 10 lakhs

Shelley Shaurya (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 10 lakhs

Shubham Agarwal (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Gujarat Lions for Rs 10 lakhs

Ishank Jaggi (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 10 lakhs

Rahul Tripathi (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Rising Pune Supergiants for Rs 10 lakhs

Pratham Singh (Base price Rs 10 lakhs) – Sold to Gujarat Lions for INR 10 lakhs

Unsold players

Martin Guptill (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Jason Roy (Base price Rs 100 lakhs)

Faiz Fazal (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Alex Hales (Base price Rs 100 lakhs)

Ross Taylor (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Saurabh Tiwary (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Irfan Pathan (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Sean Abbott (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Chris Jordan (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Ben Dunk (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Jonny Bairstow (Base price Rs 1.5 crores)

Andre Fletcher (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Johnson Charles (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Dinesh Chandimal (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Nathan Coulter-Nile (Base price Rs 100 lakhs)

Kyle Abbott (Base price Rs 1.5 crores)

Ishant Sharma (Base price Rs 2 crores)

Lakshan Sandakan (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Ish Sodhi (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Brad Hogg (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Pragyan Ojha (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Imran Tahir (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Umang Sharma (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Prithvi Shaw (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Unmukt Chand (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Asghar Stanikzai (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)

Akshdeep Nath (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Mahipal Lomror (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Praveen Dubey (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Shivam Dubey (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Manan Sharma (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Rush Kalaria (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Priyank Kirit Panchal (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Vishnu Vinod (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Shreevats Goswami (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Mohammad Shahzad (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Mohit Ahlawat (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Manvinder Bisla (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Abu Nechim (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Umar Nazir Mir (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Navdeep Saini (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Pawan Suyal (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Mayank Dagar (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Sarabjit Ladda (Base price INR 10 lakhs)

Mitchell Swepson (Base price INR 30 lakhs)

Akshay Wakhare (Base price INR 10 lakhs)

Manoj Tiwary (Base price INR 50 lakhs)

Cheteshwar Pujara (Base price INR 50 lakhs)

Abhinav Mukund (Base price INR 30 lakhs)

Michael Klinger (Base price INR 50 lakhs)

S Badrinath (Base price INR 30 lakhs)

Marlon Samuels (Base price INR 100 lakhs)

Evin Lewis (Base price INR 50 lakhs)

Darren Bravo (Base price INR 50 lakhs)

Nic Maddinson (Base price INR 50 lakhs)

Parvez Rasool (Base price INR 30 lakhs)

Jason Holder (Base price INR 1.5 crores)

David Wiese (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Thisara Perera (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Farhaan Behardien (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Anamul Haque (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Shane Dowrich (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Kusal Perera (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Niroshan Dickwella (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Brad Haddin (Base price Rs 1.5 crores)

Glenn Phillips (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

RP Singh (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Billy Stanlake (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Pankaj Singh (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Ben Laughlin (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Fawad Ahmed (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Michael Beer (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Akila Dananjaya (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Nathan Lyon (Base price Rs 1.5 crores)

Rahul Sharma (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Himanshu Rana (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Apoorv Wankhade (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Akash Bhandari (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Akhil Herwadkar (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Pankaj Jaiswal (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Dishant Yagnik (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)

Rishi Arothe (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Ronsford Beaton (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)

Sayan Ghosh (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Kanishk Seth (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Joe Burns (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Colin Munro (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

James Neesham (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Wayne Parnell (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Mitchell Santner (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Lockie Ferguson (Base price Rs 50 lakhs)

Harpreet Singh (Base price Rs 20 lakhs)

Colin de Grandhomme (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Andile Phehlukwayo (Base price Rs 100 lakhs)

Dwaine Pretorius (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Ben Wheeler (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Kesrick Williams (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Tejendra Singh (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Virat Singh (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Manjeet Singh (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Mehedi Hasan Miraz (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Mahmudullah (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

Sabbir Rahman (Base price Rs 30 lakhs)

B Indrajith (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Amit Verma (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Himmat Singh (Base price Rs 10 lakhs)

Ashton Turner (Base price Rs 20 lakhs).

Modi’s ‘kabristan’ comment meant to polarise voters: Yechury

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New Delhi: The CPI(M) today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “graveyard, cremation ground” remarks, alleging it was a “straightforward” appeal aimed at “communal polarisation” of voters in Uttar Pradesh.

“It is a straightforward appeal, an effort for communal polarisation. The talk about kabristan (graveyard) and cremation, Holi and Eid, Diwali and Ramzan…the counter- posing (of these words) itself is an appeal to communal sentiments,” CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said in an interaction with PTI journalists here.

Addressing a poll rally in Fatehpur in UP yesterday, Modi had stressed that there should be “no discrimination on the basis of caste and religion” and asserted that inclusive growth was his government’s mantra.

“Agar kabristan me bijli hai to shamshaan me bhi honi chahiye. Agar Ramzan mein bijli aati hai, to Diwali me bhi aani chahiye, bhedbhav nahi hona chahiye (If there is electricity in the graveyard and during Ramzan, it must also be available in a crematorium and during Diwali. There should be no discrimination),” Modi had said.

Yechury also drew a comparison between Modi and former prime minister and BJP veteran Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

He said Vajpayee was “more of a democrat” while Modi was “more of an autocrat”.

Yechury alleged that the prime minister was leading BJP’s “fork-tongued” campaign for the UP assembly polls, in which, while Modi was talking about farmers’ debt waivers, other BJP leaders at the same time harped on Ram temple issue.

“You now have these fork-tongued speeches … there is this one angle of economy and debt waiver and, on the other, straightforward appeal for communal polarisation. The BJP has perfected the tactic,” he alleged.

To a question whether such a tactic will backfire on BJP, he said “I hope so.”

Targeting Modi further, Yechury observed that Vajpayee, who led the first NDA government between 1998 and 2004, was “very different” from Modi at “various levels”.

Unlike Modi, Vajpayee “never shied away from being accountable to Parliament” and kept the hardcore Hindutva agenda of right wing organisations on the backburner.

Under the current regime, the Hindutva agenda of RSS is being reflected at various levels, Yechury said, citing issues like triple talaq, Uniform Civil Code and Article 370.

Vajpayee also came in for praise from Yechury for the way he handled the Kashmir issue when he was at the helm of the country’s affairs.

“The slogan of ‘Insaniyat (humanity), Kashmiriyat and Jamhooriyat (democracy)’ Vajpayee gave …even today Kashmiris talk about it,” he said.

Accusing the Modi government of not taking confidence building measures, despite announcing so, in Kashmir to tackle the alienation of people there, Yechury expressed apprehension that lack of such steps will lead to Kashmiris losing faith in the government’s commitment towards their welfare.

In this context, Yechury said, “Vajpayee in comparison was more of a democrat and Mr Modi in comparison is more of an autocrat.

(Agencies)

No nikah in houses without toilets: Maulana Mahmood Madani

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Guwahati: No toilet, no nikah. Maulvis and muftis in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab have decided not to solemnise marriage in a house where there is no toilet.

Maulana Mahmood A Madani, Secretary General of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind said having a toilet has been made a mandatory condition for Muslim marriage in the three states and will be soon be applied in all other states in the country.

“Maulvis and muftis in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana have decided that they will not solemnise the ‘nikah’ or Muslim marriage in a house where there are no toilets,” he said.

Madani, who is also a former Rajya Sabha MP, stated this during the inauguration of Assam Conference on Sanitation (ASCOSAN) 2017 conducted here in Khanapara last week.

“I feel that all religious leaders from all the religion throughout the country should decide that they will not conduct any rituals in houses where there are no toilets,” he said.

Emphasising on cleanliness and sanitation, he asked people to use toilets and also to make not only Assam, but the country as a whole clean.

“There are two types of cleaning – one is external and the other internal. Both are interconnected, we will only be able to achieve the internal cleaning if our body is clean,” he said.

(Agencies)

Mayawati calls Modi ‘Mr Negative Dalit Man’

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Jalaun/Sultanpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BSP chief Mayawati today traded barbs with her party dubbed as ‘Behenji Sampatti Party’ and she punning on his initials calling him ‘Mr Negative Dalit Man’.

Modi while mocking at Mayawati’s opposition to note ban, said BSP is no longer Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) but ‘Behenji Sampatti Party'(Behenji Assets Party). Mayawati is popularly known as ‘Behenji’.

At an election rally in Orai region of Jalaun in Bundelkhand region in Uttar Pradesh, the prime minister said those who deposit wealth for themselves can never solve the problems of people.

He also attacked the SP and Congress for criticising the demonetisation decision.”Where has Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) reached today…when I announced note ban on November 8 last year, arch-rivals SP and BSP, who never see eye-to-eye, came together…I was amazed when I launched war against corruption and asked for the details of blackmoney. They came together and all including the Congress started speaking the same language.”

The main concern of the parties in Uttar Pradesh was not note ban but that they did not get enough time to stash away the ill-gotten money. “Behenji (Mayawati) alleges that government was ill-prepared… was it the government or it was you who was not prepared…she said one week should have been given (before implementing note ban)…Mulayam also said the same,” he said.

“Money started being deposited in banks all of a sudden (after note ban) and (Mayawati) started shouting as why is it only at election time that the account of her brother has been made public…why is it being discussed that Rs 100 crore have been deposited,” he said.

“Arrey Behenji discussion not because elections are being held but because you have deposited Rs 100 crore after note ban…BSP is no longer Bahujan Samaj Party…bahujan toh Mayawati me simat gaya hai…it is Behenji Sampatti Party now. Those who deposit wealth for themselves, can they solve your problem?” he asked.

Not to take the remark lying down, Mayawati said Modi does not know that BSP is a movement first and then a political party. “I have dedicated my entire life for making members of dalit, deprived and weaker sections and Muslims stand on their feet.”

“Modi is defining BSP wrongfully…I dedicated my life for the poor, deprived and dalits…they consider me as a big “sampatti’ (asset) for them,” said the former chief minister.

“The prime minister has compelled me to define Narendra Damodardas Modi as ‘Mr Negative Dalit Man'”.

“Narendra stands for ‘negative’, Damodardas means ‘dalit’ and Modi is ‘man’,” she said, adding, “I have given the definition of the prime minister taking into consideration his work and behaviour.”

Modi said this ‘negative dalit man’ does not like common people to make small contributions in running the BSP movement which is also run through donations: Mayawati “I have given the definition of the prime minister taking into consideration his work and behaviour,” she added.

“Perturbed over rising popularity of the BSP, the prime minister is indulging in cheap things and indulging in petty talk about its supreme leader and has termed BSP as Behenji Sampatti Party,” she told an election rally in Sultanpur.

“He (Modi) is an expert in jumlebaazi (rhetoric) but when he will get a tit-for-tat reply he will forget all about it and today I have been compelled to do the same for him,” she said.

(Agencies)

Delhi High Court to hear plea by Dr. Zakir Naik’s NGO challenging Centre’s ban

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday will hear a plea by Islamic preacher Zakir Naik’s NGO, the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), challenging the ban by the Home Ministry on the organisation.

Earlier in February, the Court had set up a Judicial Tribunal to look into banning Zakir Naik’s NGO under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

A notice had also been issued to IRF to respond to a plea by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to hold in camera proceedings

The National Investigation Agency had also filed three affidavits in sealed cover before the Court giving reasons for the ban on the IRF.

The IRF, earlier moved a petition seeking directions against the ban imposed on it by the central government.

On November 15, the central government had banned the IRF for five years after declaring it as an “unlawful association” under the anti-terror laws, and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) followed up with raids on its premises in Mumbai on November 19.

According to the Home Ministry, Naik has allegedly made many provocative speeches and had engaged in terror propaganda.

The Maharashtra Police have also registered criminal cases against Naik for his alleged involvement in radicalisation of youths and luring them into terror activities, officials said.

He came under the scanner of the security agencies after Bangladeshi newspaper ‘Daily Star’ reported that one of the perpetrators of the July 1,2016 terror attack in Dhaka, Rohan Imtiaz, ran propaganda on Facebook in 2015 quoting Naik.

Last month, The Enforcement Directorate (ED) issued summons to Zakir Naik and the IRF under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The foundation had first come under the scanner after the terrorist responsible for Dhaka attack earlier this year, in an online post had said, that he was inspired by Naik’s speeches.

(Agencies)

Cash withdrawal limit for savings accounts hiked to Rs 50k per week

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New Delhi: The demonetization exercise is taking place fast as part of government’s plan subsequent to the withdrawal of the specified bank notes of Rs 5,00 and Rs 1,000 from circulation on November 8, 2016.

The Reserve Bank of India, in its circular on February 8 said that inn line with the pace of remonetisation, it has now been decided to remove the restrictions on cash withdrawals from Saving Bank accounts (including accounts opened under PMJDY) in a two step process as under:

It added that effective February 20, the limits on cash withdrawals from the Savings Bank accounts will be enhanced to ₹ 50,000 per week (from the current limit of ₹ 24,000 per week); and Effective March 13, 2017, there will be no limits on cash withdrawals from Savings Bank accounts.

In the wake of withdrawal of Specified Bank Notes (SBNs) since November 09, 2016 Reserve Bank had placed certain limits on cash withdrawals from Savings / Current / Cash credit /Overdraft accounts and withdrawals through ATMs.

On a review of the pace of remonetisation, Reserve Bank partially restored status quo ante by removing the restrictions on cash withdrawals from Current / Cash credit / Overdraft accounts and ATMs effective January 31, 2017 and February 01, 2017 respectively. However, the limits on cash withdrawal from Savings Bank accounts continued to be in place.

(Agencies)

Bengaluru: Air hostess molested near HRBR layout street by bikers

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In yet another instance that shows maximum city and India’s IT hub Bengaluru is not safe for women walking on streets or even inside ofices, an air hostess has been molested by bikers on February 12th near HRBR layout at Banaswadi Police station.

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Bengaluru: In yet another instance that shows maximum city and India’s IT hub Bengaluru is not safe for women walking on streets or even inside ofices, an air hostess has been molested by bikers on February 12th near HRBR layout at Banaswadi Police station. According to police an FIR has been registered against unknown people as the culprits are yet to be identified. It is not yet clear if the bike registration numbers were jotted down by anyone. According to reports, the air hostess was approached by the bikers and they groped her that resulted in the woman’s shirt getting torn. The woman was left standing in shock after the assault, before she approached the police to register a case. According to reports, the victim and her friend were coming back from a nearby hotel when the incident happened. Further details on the incident are awaited.

This case comes closely in the wake of the murder of of a woman employee inside the Infosys office. The 23 year old victim was brutally strangulated with a computer cord in the conference room of her office located at Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Pak at Hinjawadi Pune. The women was identified as OP Rasila and was a native of Kerala.

Bengaluru has been witnessing cases of crimes against women since the starting of the year and it seems that the offenders are on a rampage. One of the incidents that had left the entire country in a state of shock was on the New Year’s eve when the thousands of unruly men had gathered on MG Road and had molested the women present on the street- all this when more than 1,000 policemen were deployed for the security of the women. The growing incidents of crime against women show how Bengaluru does not seem to learn from its mistakes.

(Agencies)

Tamil Nadu parties slam Karnataka’s move to construct dam in Mekedatu

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Chennai/Bengaluru: Political parties in Tamil Nadu, including the main opposition DMK, on Friday slammed Karnataka’s proposed move to construct check dams across river Cauvery in that state.

The parties urged the Tamil Nadu government to take steps to prevent Karnataka from going ahead with its move.

“The newly-formed AIADMK government should immediately take up the issue with the Centre and prevent Karnataka’s proposed move,” DMK working president M K Stalin said in a statement.

Terming Karnataka’s decision as “unilateral”, he said DMK was of the opinion that the move would harm “relations between the two states”.

CPI(M) Tamil Nadu unit secretary G Ramakrishnan while condemning the neighbouring state for taking steps to go ahead with its plan, demanded that the Centre immediately intervene and prevent construction of the new dam.

“The party’s Executive Committee urges the Centre to expedite the steps to implement the award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal,” he said.

CPI state secretary V Durai Manickam echoed similar views.

“The Chief Minister should convene a meeting comprising various political parties, farmers associations and press the Centre on the issue,” he said.

Karnataka had proposed to construct check dams across the Cauvery at Mekedatu.

The state claims that the project would meet the drinking water needs of Bengaluru and other towns that would arise in future in the Cauvery basin in Karnataka.

(Agencies)

Pakistan Senate upholds Hindu personal law; passes marriage bill

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by Kalbe Ali, Dawn

Islamabad: The Hindu community is set to have a personal law for the first time as the Senate on Friday unanimously passed ‘The Hindu Marriage Bill 2017’.

The bill — appro­ved by the National Assem­bly on Sept 26, 2015 — is likely to get presidential assent next week to become a law.

The bill will mainly help Hindu women get documentary proof of their marriage. It will be the first personal law for Pakistani Hindus, applicable in Punjab, Balo­chis­tan and Khyber Pakhtun­khwa. Sindh has already formulated its own Hindu marriage law.

The bill presented in the Senate by Law Minister Zahid Hamid faced no opposition or objection. It was mainly due to the considerate and sympathetic views expres­sed by the senators and the MNAs of all political parties in the relevant standing committees.

The bill was approved by the Senate Functional Com­mittee on Human Rights on Jan 2 with an overwhelming majority. However, Senator Mufti Abdul Sattar of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl had opposed the bill, claiming that the Constitution was vast enough to cater for such needs.

While approving the bill, committee chairperson Senator Nasreen Jalil of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement had announced: “This was unfair — not only against the principles of Islam but also a human rights violation — that we have not been able to formulate a personal family law for the Hindus of Pakistan.”

Senators Aitzaz Ahsan, Dr Jehanzeb Jamaldini and Sitara Ayaz, while supporting the bill, had said it related to the marriage of Hindus living in Pakistan and had nothing to do with Muslims.

Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, who had been working relentlessly for three years to have a Hindu marriage law in the country, expressed gratitude to the parliamentarians.

“Such laws will help discourage forced conversions and streamline the Hindu community after the marriage of individuals,” he said, adding that it was difficult for married Hindu women to prove that they were married, which was one of the key tools for miscreants involved in forced conversion.

The law paves the way for a document ‘Shadi Parath’ — similar to Nikahnama for Muslims — to be signed by a pundit and registered with the relevant government department.

However, the Hindu parliamentarians and members of the community had concerns over one of the clauses of the bill that deals with ‘annulment of marriage’. It states that one of the partners can approach the court for separation if anyone of them changes the religion.

“What we demand that the separation case should be filed before the conversion as it has given an option to the miscreants to kidnap a married woman, keep her under illegal custody and present her in a court that she has converted to Islam and does not want to live with a Hindu man,” Dr Vankwani said.

However, the bill is widely acceptable for Hindus living in Pakistan because it relates to marriage, registration of marriage, separation and remarriage, with the minimum age of marriage set at 18 years for both boys and girls.

Tamil Nadu CM Palanisamy wins vote of confidence after Oppn walks out

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Chennai: With DMK and Congress absent from the Tamil Nadu Assembly, new Chief Minister and Sasikala pick Edappadi Palanisamy on Saturday won the vote of confidence, with 122 AIADMK MLAs voting in his favour.

Earlier, ruckus broke out in Tamil Nadu Assembly as a special session began or the key floor test on the confidence motion to be moved by Chief Minister Edappadi K Palanisamy.

The Speaker P Dhanapal walked out of the Assembly and the House was adjourned till 1 PM amid violence by DMK MLAs. Legislators tore papers, broke chairs and pulled off microphones after the Speaker rejected their demand of secret ballot in trust vote.

The Palanisamy camp had 122 MLAs in the 234-member House with one vacancy. Ailing DMK supremo M Karunanidhi was not present in the House.

(Agencies)

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