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BBMP demolishes shops in Malleswaram market

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shops in Malleswaram market

Bengaluru: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) razed 80 shops to ground in Malleshwarm market area, to make way for market development project planned jointly by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) and BBMP.

Lakshminarasiah, Joint Commissioner, West, BBMP, said that they have got the court order and a letter from the BBMP commissioner to go ahead with the demolition. The demolition will take place in a phased manner. He said that the demolition notice was issued to shop owners to evacuate the market even before December.

N Venkataswamy, President of Malleshwarm market association said, “We don’t know what to do and we are helpless. “He further added that he was not informed in advance about the demolition.

Earlier on Dec 12, 2014, 18 shops were demolished by the BBMP under police protection, despite opposition by the vendors.

The 2.08 acre market was slated to be developed jointly by the BBMP and the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA). Though the BDA has back tracked, the BBMP has gone ahead with the demolition.

Youth from Goa held for hoax call of terror attack on Obama

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Barack Obama

Panaji: A 19-year-old youth from Goa has been arrested for making a hoax call to Delhi Police warning them of a terror attack on US President Barack Obama. The youth, from South Goa district, made the call to the Delhi Police control room at around 7 AM yesterday saying that he has recorded a conversation of terrorists plotting an attack on Obama during his upcoming India visit, Superintendent of Police (South) Shekhar Prabhudesai said.

According to police, the youth “did it to get publicity” and was upset at not being able to take part in the Republic Day parade. The law enforcement agencies in Delhi swung into action after getting the call and at around 12.30 PM they traced it to South Goa’s Cuncolim village, 45 kms from Panaji.

The college-going youth was picked up based on the mobile phone call details by Cuncolim police. They interrogated him in the presence of senior officers who had rushed to the village from Panaji. During interrogation, the youth “confessed that he did it to get publicity”, Prabhudesai said adding that subsequently he was arrested last night.

“He said he did it to get publicity. He also wanted to participate in the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, but he could not do so because of which he was disturbed,” he said. The youth would be produced before Judicial Magistrate First Class in Margao town.

(PTI)

SC says Gurunath Meiyappan was involved in betting, tells Srinivasan to choose between CSK and BCCI top job

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Supreme Court, reading out a 130-page order, has said that BCCI functions are public functions, amenable to judicial law. N. Srinivasan has to choose between his IPL team Chennai Super Kings and BCCI president’s post.

File photo of Gurunath Meiyappan.

File photo of Gurunath Meiyappan.

by Soumitra Bose, NDTVSports

After almost 18 months of deliberations on the 2013 Indian Premier League betting and match-fixing scandal, the Supreme Court has said that N. Srinivasan’s son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra of Rajasthan Royals were involved in betting. However, it also said that Srinivasan was not guilty of cover-up and “charges against him, at best, be regarded as suspicion.” It also said that “BCCI functions are public functions, amenable to judicial law.”

However, the top court has said that conflict of interest issues remain and Srinivasan has to choose between his IPL team Chennai Super Kings and the cricket Board. Srinivasan is also the first chairman of ICC.

Srinivasan is seeking a re-election as BCCI president and Thursday’s order will be a shot in the arm. In the wake of the IPL probe, Srinivasan was stood down last year by the top court from his position as Board chief. The BCCI has already postponed its Annual General Meeting and elections twice. As per its constitution, the AGM should have been held by September 30 last year. Srinivasan is seeking another term, this time as a candidate backed by the BCCI’s East Zone units.

The Supreme Court-appointed probe committee, led by Justice Mukul Mudgal, had in its first report indicted Meiyappan of betting and sharing team information. Srinivasan had mentioned that Gurunath was a mere ‘cricket enthusiast.’ Srinivasan was earlier charged with conflict of interest and not taking adequate action against involved in ‘misdemeanours.’

The case dates back to June 2013 when Aditya Verma, secretary of the Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB), raised charges of a conflict of interest in the BCCI’s original two-member inquiry panel for the IPL corruption issue.

A Bombay High Court ruling later termed the probe panel “illegal”. The BCCI and the CAB filed petitions in the Supreme Court against this order, with the CAB contending that the Bombay High Court could have suggested a fresh mechanism to look into the corruption allegations.

The Supreme Court then appointed a three-member committee, headed by former High Court judge Mukul Mudgal and comprising additional solicitor general L Nageswara Rao and Nilay Dutta to conduct an independent inquiry into the allegations of corruption against Srinivasan’s son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings official Gurunath Meiyappan, India Cements, and Rajasthan Royals team owner Raj Kundra, as well as with the larger mandate of allegations around betting and spot-fixing in IPL matches and the involvement of players.

(With inputs from A. Vaidyanathan)

Finance minister to present budget for FY16 on Feb 28

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley along with his Budget team leaves for Rashtrapati Bhavan in this file photo. Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley along with his Budget team leaves for Rashtrapati Bhavan in this file photo. Pradeep Gaur/Mint

New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will present his first full-year budget on February 28 for the 2015/16 fiscal year, a government official said on Wednesday.

The budget session of Parliament will begin on February 23, the railway budget will be presented on February 26 and the Economic Survey the next day.

The first part of the budget session will end on March 20. The second part will commence after a month-long recess on April 20 and the session will conclude on May 8, officials said.

Parliamentary committees will examine demands for grants of various ministries during the recess. The motion of thanks to the President’s address will be debated on February 24 and 25.

Ceasefire violations and effects on civilians in border areas of Jammu and Kashmir – a preliminary report by PIPFPD

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India and Pakistan agreed a ceasefire in 2003, but it is often violated

India and Pakistan agreed a ceasefire in 2003, but it is often violated

by Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal, Asha Hans & Jatin Desai, PIPFPD

The ceasefire violations on the International Border and the LoC between Pakistan and India that have taken place in the past few months, after the ceasefire was agreed to in 2003, has been shocking. Over 550 incidents of ceasefire violations took place in 2014 and the Indian and Pakistani governments are busy giving each other a neck to neck competition with the number of jawans and civilians on both sides dying and many sustaining injuries.

People affected in India: One Border Security Force (BSF) jawan lost his life and a woman sustained injuries on January 5, 2015. During the first week of January, four jawans and a woman were killed in Pakistan shelling and firing.In the year 2014, 19 people including 5 jawans were killed and over 150 injured. More than 3,000 people in border villages in Samba and Kathua have abandoned their homes and are living in makeshift accommodations in safer places. (Source:http://www.kashmirtimes.com/newsdet.aspx?q=40127)

People affected in Pakistan: The latest casualties as on January 5, 2015 mounted the civilian death toll on the Pakistani side to four. Earlier, two civilians, including a woman and an 18-year-old boy died as a result of the firing. (Source: http://www.dawn.com/news/1155068)

Pakistan India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy is consistently demanding a complete stop to the ceasefire violations to both the Indian and Pakistani governments and implementation of ceasefire agreement of 2003 in letter and spirit. In November, after a series of ceasefire violations and border displacements the Forum decided to commission a fact finding team (FFT) to study the conditions of civilians in the border areas International Border (IB) and the Line of Control (LoC)). A fact finding team consisting of Journalists, Human rights activists and Forum members visited the border areas in the Indian side from the 6-8th of November 2014.

The team visited the BSF headquarters in Jammu, BSF Border Observation Post (BOP) in Arnia, border villages like – Arnia Kasba and Trewa Village in Jammu district, Galar and Chiliyari in Samba district as part of its preliminary fact finding visit. Based on the visit of the FFT and its interaction with people living along the border areas a report was formulated that contains testimonies of people, findings and recommendations of the FFT based on the findings.

Some of the key findings of the fact finding report includes first-hand information on “The relief camps and the conditions in the relief camps, the conditions of schools, college and other education facilities, lack of rehabilitation measures and inadequate or lack of compensation, the life and livelihood loss in the border areas, the psychological and social disturbances to women & children living in border areas.”

“The drastic increase in the ceasefire violations is greatly becoming like a show of power. And, if we need a positive development and growth in South Asia we cannot ignore the issues between India and Pakistan. The border population is getting displaced at a massive rate and there are forced migrations in most parts of the IB recently after the recent escalation and this is indeed a very serious threat to peace in South Asia”says Mr. I D Khajuria from Jammu & Kashmir, A Fact Finding team member from Jammu region.

“The blame game must stop immediately and both India and Pakistan must look in to the issue of ceasefire violations more seriously” says Ms. Vijaya Chauhan, a fact finding team member​ from​Mumbai.

Ceasefire violations and the basis of it, is what needs to be probed into. There are various ways in which the ceasefire agreement can be implemented as long as there is a will to do so from both sides. It is important for both sides to realize that positive dialogue processes are the need of the hour.

We appeal to the people and governments of both countries to give a joint call for restoring peace in the region.

​A letter along with the copy of the report was sent to the President of India, Prime Minister’s office, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Defence, Chief of Army Staff and the Chief of BSF on the 11th of January 2015 and their response was sought. The Forum did not receive any response until the 20thof January 2015.

Please find attached a pdf copy of the report along with photographs.

http://www.sacw.net/IMG/pdf/21jan2015-ffr-ceasefire-violations.pdf

Police custody of alleged IM operatives extended till Feb 3

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Bangalore City Police Commissioner, M N Reddi.

Bangalore City Police Commissioner, M N Reddi.

Bengaluru: Police custody of four suspected operatives of the banned Indian Mujahideen, arrested recently, was extended till February 3 by a court here today.

“Court has extended the Police custody of Dr. Syed Ismail Afaq, Abdus Saboor, Riyaz Syeedi & Saddam Hussain upto February 3, 2015 in IM Explosive Seizure case,” DCP Crime (Bengaluru) Abhishek Goyal in a tweet said.

The Police custody of all the four suspects ended today.

Bengaluru Police on January 8 had claimed to have unearthed a terror module of IM with the arrest of its three alleged operatives and seizure of a huge cache of explosives during raids on their houses at Bhatkal in Uttara Kannada district and here.

The fourth alleged operative was arrested on January 11 at the Mangaluru international airport before flying to Dubai.

City Police Chief M N Reddi had earlier said that the suspects were part of a terror module that was used to procure, fabricate and deliver deadly explosives.

According to them police, the alleged IM operatives transferred money through Hawala channels for funding and at least one of them attended meetings in a foreign country, where a conspiracy was hatched to manufacture and deliver deadly explosives which were probably used for blasts in different parts of the country.

Meanwhile, Dr. Afaq’s defence counsel Advocate Sultan Beary, has maintained that his client is innocent, and has alleged that he has been framed.

Communal tensions in Gangolli, Section 144 imposed

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12/12/2010 4:43 PM

Kundapura: Tension prevailed in and around Gangolli, after miscreants set ablaze a shop and several vehicles on Wednesday night.

According to the reports, ‘Kripa Traders’, a shop belonging to Venkatesh Shenoy was set ablaze by miscreants in the wee hours. In addition to it, they also poured petrol on a car, mini lorry, pickup and bike to set them ablaze.

The police said that the CCTV camera which was placed near the spot has recorded the entire scene. The video footage shows three persons were involved in the act. the police have arrested at least 22 persons in connection to the case and are interrogating them.

In another incident, miscreants assaulted one Sathish Bhandary, while he was returning home from the work. The injured Sathish is undergoing treatment in a government hospital. As soon as the news spread, an irate crowd pelted stones on the house belonging to one Hameed of Hangarapete. The police managed to disperse the crowd, with lati charge.

According to the Gangolli police station, a total of over Rs 8 lakh loss has been reported in the communal clash.

Meanwhile, Byndoor MLA K. Gopal Poojary has promised to take strict action against those who indulge in destroying peace in the region. “I have spoken to the Superintendent of Police to maintain law and order. I also met the victims and assured them all the help”, he told the reporters.

The police have imposed prohibitory orders under section 144 from January 21 to January 25 midnight in Gangolli, Trasi and Gujjadi areas.

Venting anger against authorities online no crime, says SC

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court has yet again come to the rescue of common people who give vent to their anguish against official apathy on social networking sites as it said such adverse comments were not a crime under the law.

A Bench of Justices V. Gopala Gowda and R. Banumathi said the couple were well within their rights to air their grievances on a public forum like Facebook. “The page created by the traffic police on Facebook was a forum for the public to put forth their grievances. In our considered view, the appellants might have posted the comment online under the bona fide belief that it was within the permissible limits,” the 10-page judgment observed.

The couple’s car had hit an autorickshaw, resulting in injuries to a passenger. They paid due compensation to the injured person and took care of the hospital charges. But Ms. Jawa, who drove the car, was summoned to the Pulakeshi Nagar Traffic Police Station, Bengaluru city, where the police allegedly misbehaved with her.

The couple vented their anger on the police’s Facebook page. The police reacted by lodging a criminal complaint against the couple.

Rahul Dravid unimpressed with World Cup 2015 format

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Rahul Dravid feels the fact that the final eight teams can be predicted with a certain degree of certainty in the current World Cup format makes the event less exciting.

File photo of Rahul Dravid, a veteran of three World Cups.

File photo of Rahul Dravid, a veteran of three World Cups.

Having been a part of three World Cup campaigns, former India cricket captain Rahul Dravid said that the current format of the 50-over showpiece event, starting mid February in Australia and New Zealand, is too predictable and should be improved upon.

“Don’t really like it. Reason is you can almost predict who the top eight teams are going to be. There comes a time in the tournament, and I sensed it in India in the last World Cup. I wasn’t playing, I was just watching. Everyone starts to wait for the quarterfinals, because you know that those are the three big games.

“The best formats for me would be the two World Cups I played in 1999 and 2003. They had the group stage, then the super six then you went on the play a semifinal and a final.

You had to play well through the tournament. It gave you bit of a chance to recover,” Dravid said in a video chat show on ESPNcricinfo titled ‘Contenders’, which also features former South African skipper Graeme Smith.

“The one in 2007, I didn’t like particularly well myself. Wonder why? But I think it gave you a chance to come back. The intention was right, get the best eight teams playing each other but sometimes if you started badly, you couldn’t recover,” he added.

Known as the ‘The Wall’ of Indian cricket, Dravid exemplified the No.3 spot in the batting order and scored runs in Test and ODI cricket despite sticking to the copybook style. Now an astute analyst, Dravid believes teams’ should put their best men at the top of the batting chart.

“Yeah definitely would be looking at batsmen that are not going to get nicked off early. You still want attacking batsmen, you still want guys who can play your shots even against faster bowlers, if the wickets have pace and bounce and you want batsmen that have good strong back foot game and I think that’s going to be important with the two new balls as well.

“Those are the kind of guys you want to push up in front and then maybe have your power hitters and your finishers at the back end of an innings,” said Dravid.

Always a keen student of the game, Dravid opines that spinners will have a role to play in the upcoming World Cup.

“Seeing some of the wickets in the Test series, those are the grounds we are going to be playing the World Cup in as well, they’ve been really slow wickets, and the spinners have come into play for those wickets. So you’re just going to have to balance it out.

“There can be conditions where spinners might not have such a big impact in a particular game, but you might go to Adelaide or Sydney and you’ll see it’s a lot dryer,” said Dravid.

Dravid, who scored 10,889 runs in 344 ODIs for India, said some of the new rules have been too harsh on the bowlers.

“Some of them are good ones, but some of them do make it very difficult for the bowlers. These rules have been on for a while now, they don’t impact scores in countries like Australia and New Zealand as they have done in sub continental conditions.

“The effect of reverse swing is reduced when you have two new balls that only last for 25 overs, but I don’t think it would be a huge impact in Australia because with the two new balls, the fast bowlers will get that level of assistance up front so that should benefit them, then the grounds are going to be bigger as well, so it’s not going to be that easy to clear the ropes,” he said.

“For example: When you have 5 fielders in the ring, it’s very hard to play a part time bowler, you are forced to play 5 specialist bowlers and for a country like India, that for a long time managed. I mean for the last World Cup, it was Yuvraj Singh bowling 10 overs every single game. That allowed them that advantage. It’s going to be hard to do that,” he added.

(PTI)

Bedi draws flak after putting scarf on Lajpat Rai statue

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BJP's Delhi CM nominee Kiran Bedi on Wednesday came under fire from Arvind Kejriwal for putting her party's scarf around a statue of freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai. (ANI photo)

BJP’s Delhi CM nominee Kiran Bedi on Wednesday came under fire from Arvind Kejriwal for putting her party’s scarf around a statue of freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai. (ANI photo)

New Delhi: The BJP’s chief ministerial candidate for Delhi Kiran Bedi on Wednesday came under fire from AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal for putting her party’s scarf around the statue of freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai in Krishna Nagar.

“I would like to request Kiran Bedi to spare our freedom fighters and not saffronise them. These leaders fought for independence for 120 crore Indians. There should be no politics over them,” said Kejriwal.

Bedi, who began her roadshow at Krishna Nagar from where she is contesting the Delhi assembly polls on February 7, paid tribute to Rai, cleaned his statue, put a garland and placed her Bharatiya Janata Party’s sash on it as well.

She also met tea and newspaper sellers in the area and enquired about the issues they were facing.

Although she removed the scarf later, Aam Aadmi Party chief Kejriwal did not let the opportunity to criticise her go by.

The garlands and flowers were also removed after Bedi left the place.

While on her way to file her nomination, Bedi led a road show through east Delhi, including the Krishna Nagar constituency, which is considered a BJP stronghold.

Kejriwal too will file his nomination papers from the New Delhi assembly constituency on Wednesday after he failed to meet the deadline for filing the nominations on Tuesday.

(With ANI inputs)

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