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TWO BOYS ARRESTED
FOR HARASSING GIRL
Two boys have been arrested by Peenya Police for harassing a girl and her parents.
Two boys identified as Sharath
and Sunil have been arrested
for entering a girl’s house and
creating ruckus last month.
It is learnt that Sharath’s elder brotherBharat who is a
software engineer working
with a MNC was in contact
with the girl. The girl has
complained that he had been
sending objectionable messages and images to her phone
for 6 months. As per her complaint, the police patrolled the
area andquestioned Bharath
and this enraged his younger
brother who went to the girl’s
house and created nuisance.
The police have arrested the
boys. Peenya police have registered a case and on the lookout
for Bharat.
VINAYAK BALIGA
MURDER- ACCUSED
NARESH SHENOY
CUSTODY EXTENDED
The judicial custody of the
main accused in the murder of
Vinayak P Baliga, NareshShenoy has been extended up
to July 18. Shenoy was produced in the third JMFC court
upon which his custody was
extended by a week. RTI activist ,Vinayak P Baliga was
murdered on a read near his
home in March. Within days
of investigation, the police had
identified NareshShenoy as the
main accused. He was evasive
for two months, after which he
was arrested.
HATTRIK HERO
SHIVARAJKUMAR
CELEBRATES 54TH
BIRHDAY
Sandalwoods most celebrated actor Shivarajkumar,better
known as Hattrick Hero celebrates his 54th birthday at his
home near Nagawara with his
family members, friends from
the film fraternity and with a
large number of fans.The occasion also witnessed the release
of motion poster of his new
movie Srikanta
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BBMP UNION SECRETARY SUSPENDED
IPS OFFICER ALOK KUMAR TO COME
CLEAN IN LOTTERY SCAM ALLEGATIONS?
has cleared Alok Kumar
of the allegation of having links with kingpin of
the scam, Parirajan. He
was arrested on April 30
last year from a house
in BEML Layout at Kolar
Gold Fields. There were
allegations that the senior police officer were
hand in glove with the
operatives of this scam.
Alok Kumar was initially
suspended for his alleged
links with Parirajan.
It is being claimed that
the investigating team
could not get any evidences or proof against
Alok Kumar in the case.
At present, Alok Kumar
has been functioning as
inspector general of police of Karnataka police
training department
After the scam came
into light,Alok Kumar
claimed before the media
that Parirajan happened
to be his well-wisher. The
case was handed over to
CBI by the government
In a shocking case, a
delivery boy harassed a
woman for refused his
delivery in the city.
To teach her a lesson, he forwarded the
woman’s number on
Whatsapp claiming that
she was an escort.
The victim, a resident
of JP Nagar, ordered food
from Mcdonald’s through
the popular online food
delivery site Foodpanda.
The delivery from Mcdonald’s came to her house at
around 10 pm. According
to reports, she refused
the delivery which provoked the delivery boy
who then had a heated
argument with the lady
and left the place passing
vulgar comments.
After the incident, the
woman received constant
phone calls from different men from different
numbers, asking for sexual favours.
The victim had already
received 14 calls from
different numbers by the
time she had informed
the police. Cops investigations lead them to the
delivery boy who was
arrested. On interrogation, he confessed to the
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) said on
Tuesday it will set up a
support centre jointly
with French aerospace
major Safran to service
aero-engines of military and civil helicopters
worldwide.
“An agreement to
form a joint venture for
the support centre was
signed with Safran Helicopter Engines at the
Farnborough
international airshow at Hampshire in Britain on Monday,” HAL said to the
media.
The agreement was
signed by D.K. Venkatesh,
Director of HAL, and Bruno Even, Chief Executive
of Turbomeca, a Safran
subsidiary.Present on the
occasion were HAL Chairman T. SuvarnaRaju and
Safran Chief Executive
Philippe Petitcolin.”The
centre will provide maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for
Safran TM333 and our
Shakti engines which
power our helicopters,”
the HAL said to media.
With about 1,000 engines, including 250
TM333 and 250 Shakti,
Indian armed forces are
one of the largest operators of Safran-designed
helicopter engines.
Shakti is the Indian
designation for the Safran’sArdiden 1, co-developed with HAL and produced under licence.
“The joint venture
marks a new step in our
long partnership as we
are committed to deliver
support to our customers
in India and the region,”
the HAL said to media,
citing Safran Helicopter
Engines’ Vice President
Puneeth Rajkumar,
acclaimed
Kannada actor, has signed a
long-term agreement
with Premier Futsal
to acquire its Bengaluru franchise, it was
announced on Monday.
The league, a five-a-side
vibrant of football, will
be hosted from July 15
to 26 to create awareness of futsal as a sport
in India. Premier Futsal
will make India the first
country in the world to
host a multi-national
All-Star Futsal tournament that brings the
legends of football and
futsal together.
The agreement, Kannada cinema’s most
decorated actor picked
up the Bengaluru 5’s
franchise.
“Bengaluru is consuming new
sports with much curiosity. A fast paced sport
like Futsal is certain to
catch the imagination of
the youth in Bengaluru,”
Rajkumar said. “It is an
honour to be a part of
something that is happening for the first time
in our country and I am
certain the people from
Bengaluru will come
forth and support our
venture to lead the Ben-
illegal sale and slaughtering of camels has
become a common phenomenon in the Hyderabad city during festival
seasons for quite some
time. Several camels are
gruesomely slaughtered
in contravention of the
rules and several sections
of the law. Illegal entry
and slaughter of camels is
a violation of Section 429
of IPC and other laws.
It mounts to cruelty towards animals as defined
under section 11 of PCA
Act. It is a cognizable offence under section 428
and 429 of IPC. Moreover, the camel is the
state animal of Rajasthan
and smuggling them out
without permission for
slaughter is also a crime.”
After rescuing the
camels, the organisation
then filed an FIR against
the accused and the former was granted interim
custody of the animals.
The petition filed by the
butchers has been dismissed by the Vikarabad
magistrate.
“After the rescue,
we found that 90% of
the camels were sick.
They were dehydrated
and starved with their
ribs showing, and their
hooves were damaged
due to the long walk of
over 800 miles. They
were not given enough
food or water during the
journey. All the camels
were wounded badly
due to resting their huge
bodies against the tough
surfaces as opposed to
the soft sand that they’re
used to. The unattended
wounds during the long
travel were now severe
with maggots eating
away their live tissues
from inside. There were
pregnant camels, calves
and lactating ones as
well,” PFA wrote in their
campaign.
The investigation being conducted by Central
Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) into single number lottery scam that
had shaken the state a
year back, is about to
complete. Sources claim
that the investigation
in the last week of May,
2015. It is being claimed
that while CBI could
gather records ofAlok
Kumar’s contacts with
Parirajan, they did not
get any evidence to prove
the police officer’s role in
lottery scam.
In the meanwhile, as
there has been delay in
filing of charge sheet, the
high court has granted
bail to Parirajan, and he
has been released.
BBMP
Employees’
Union secretary Mayanna was suspended on the
recommendation of Mayor Manjunath Reddy.The
action was taken after
Mr. Mayanna joined the
agitation by Kannada or-
ganisations to oppose the
BBMP’s decision to set up
a multilingual call centre.
The agitation which
was led by Narayan Gowda of Karnataka Rakshana
Vedike (KRV), and other
HAL TO SERVICE COPTER ENGINES
A gang of eight people
were arrested red handed
crime saying, he wanted
to teach the woman a lesson as she did not like the
delivered food and asked
him to take it back without paying.
(strategy and development) Serve Maille.
Shakti engines are fitted into the HAL-built
Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) Dhruv and
will also be powering
HAL-designed Light Combat Helicopter (LCH).
The new Light Utility
Helicopter (LUH), a threetonne
single-engine
chopper under development, is also fitted with a
Turbomeca engine.
PUNEETH RAJKUMAR BAGS BENGALURU
FRANCHISE OF PREMIER FUTSAL
galuru franchise of Premier Futsal.” He added.
The Bengaluru franchise will be known as
“Bengaluru 5s”, similar
to how the all the teams
will be named in the inaugural edition.
Kannada organisations,
approached the Mayor
and demanded that the
decision be revoked. The
Mayor objected to the tone
and tenor of Mr. Mayanna’s
speech.
EIGHT ARRESTED FOR GAMBLING
THE DELIVERY THAT WENT WRONG
gambling at a rented house
in Jeevan Bhimanagar by
CCB sleuths. Acting on a
tip off, the cops raided the
house and seized a deck
of cards, Rs.62, 000 rupees from the gang. Upon
interrogation, the gang revealed that they had rented the room and used to
allow players from outside
charging them an entry fee
of Rs.300. A case has been
registered at the Jeevan
Bhima Nagar Police Station.
ST LAWRENCE CHURCH OF ATTUR TO
BE DECLARED MINOR BASILICA
and FIBC president Cardinal Oswald Gracious will
offer the Mass on August
1. Thiruvananthapuram
Syro-Malankara Catholic
Church Major Arch Bishop
and Catholic Bishop Conference (CBCI) President,
Cardinal BaseliousClimis
will announce in Latin and
Udupi Bishop Dr. Gerald
Isaac Lobo will announce
in Konkani the declaration
of Minor Basilica.
Bengaluru Archbishop
Dr. Bernard Moras will deliver the homily. Udupi and
Dakshina Kannada district
in charge ministers, MPs
and MLAs will participate
in the event as guests of
honour.
St. Lawrence Church of
Attur will be declared‘Minor Basilica’ next month.
Following a recent announcement by the Pope
that the Pilgrim Center will
be declared Minor Basilica,
Udupi diocese bishop, Dr.
Gerald Issac Lobo unveiled
the invitation for the historic event on Monday.
The ceremony will take
place in the presence of
Mangalore Bishop Dr.
Aloysius Paul D’souza.
Mumbai Arch Bishop, CCBI
Lavita Rolita D’Souza of
Permannur has been elected as president of diocesan
Young Catholic Students
(YCS), Mangalur. The election was held during the
annual general body meeting of the diocesan YCS,
which aims at ‘building a
new society by self-change
with the methodology of
awareness - reflection - ac-
tion’, on Sunday.
The day was inaugurated by Fr. Henry Sequeira,
the chancellor of Mangaluru diocese. Sharon Pinto,
the secretary, presented
the annual report. The
newly-appointed director Fr Rupesh Madtha
addressed the students
about the vision of YCS
in the diocese. Fr Rupesh
Madtha, the director, announced the names of
the newly-elected council
members of the year 201617 and led the oath-taking
and handing-over ceremony. The concluding ceremony was presided over
by Dr. Aloysius Paul D’Souza, the bishop of Mangaluru.
Ten children escaped a
with minor injuries after a
lorry collided with a school
vane at Devegowda circle
on Ring road in Mysuru on
Tuesday, July 12.
The school van was carrying ten children to Delhi
Public school at Bhugathahalli from Shrirangapattana. Meanwhile, rice-laden lorry heading towards
Kerala collided with the
school van and dragged
it for about 100meters.
There were all the chances
of the van toppling leading
to a major mishap. But the
alert driver however averted the tragedy.
Sidhartha traffic police
have taken the lorry driver
into custody and are further investigating.
In a shocking incident,
Deputy Director of Food
and Civil Supplies Department of Yadgiri district,
who is also the Additional Deputy Commissioner,
Arun Kumar Sangavi was
kidnapped and later let off.
The incident happened
when Sangavi had gone
to inspect a government
godown on Monday evening, it is learnt that the
official was called outside
the building by unidentified peoplewho forced him
into a car and drove off.
The gang then dropped
him in the outskirts of Surpur. Sangavi, on returning
to the office, narrated the
sequence of events to Deputy Commissioner, Manoj
Jain. VinayakPatil, district
superintendent of police
said that the incident will
be investigated and in the
meantime, police security
would be provided to the
officer.
LAVITA D’SOUZA ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF DIOCESAN YCS
LORRY RAMS INTO SCHOOL VAN:
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE FOR TEN KIDS
87 CAMELS MADE TO WALK 1,372KM RESCUED
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in Telangana and to send
them back to Rajasthan.
People for Animals (PFA),
Hyderabad chapter, rescued the animals which
were brought to the
state’s slaughter houses
from the Karnataka-Telangana border.
According to PFA, the
animals were made to
walk a distance of 1,372
km from Rajasthan to
Bantwaram in Ranga
Reddy district in Telangana. They were to be sold
at different meat markets
in the state.
PFA states “Rampant
This is the second time
that PFA will be sending
camels back to Rajasthan;
last year they had rescued and transported 63
camels. The organization
named the rescue mission ‘Operation Karuna.’
The campaign intends
to collect funds to feed
and treat the sick camels
and also arrange for their
transport back to where
they belong. Apart from
the food, they will require
23 trucks to transport the
animals and cranes to lift
them into the vehicles.
PFA has now turned to
a Bengaluru based online
crowd funding platform,
Milaap, to raise money
for the transportation
of the camels which are
stranded at the border.
“Unfortunately no money
has been raised online so
far,” said a Milaap spokesperson.
YADGIRI’S ADDITIONAL DC
KIDNAPPED AND LET OFF
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MINOR GIRL
COMMITTS SUICIDE
In a tragic incident, a minor girl committed suicide by
hanging at Kadagoli on Monday. The deceased has been
identified as Poojashree (11),
daughter of Prasad and Mamata. Poojashree was studying in
standard 5. Sources said that
on Monday, she came home in
the afternoon after writing her
exam. After lunch, she went
to her room to sleep and she
did not open the door till 6
pm. The family members grew
worried and suspicious, and on
looking through the window,
they found her hanging inside
the room. The reason for taking the extreme step is not yet
known. Bantwal rural police
arrived at the spot and registered a case.
HINDU JAGARANA
VEDIK LEADER
COMMITS SUICIDE
A leader of Hindu JagaranaVedike (HJV) allegedly committed suicide at his neighbours house in Haleangady
on Monday. The deceased has
been identified as Sanath Kumar (28), Mandal president
of HJV. It is learnt that Sanath
ended his life at the residence
of his neighbourSrinivasBhat.
Sanath was running Navami
finance firm. The reason for
taking the extreme step is not
yet known, but sources said
that he was facing financial
problems. Mulky police have
registered a case.
MYSURU ‘JAVA’ DAY
A group of enthusiasts in
Mysuru came together to celebrate their love for their favorite bike. Mysuru Java bike lovers organized a rally by riding
on their Java bikes. The bike
was manufactured by the Indian Company, ‘Ideal Java Limited’ between 1978 and 1996.
The Bike was first manufactured in the year 1960 under
the name Java and CZ. The production of the bike has been
stopped. The Java bike lovers
formed a Java Club with motorists riding on their motorbikes
and shouting “Forever Bike,
Forever Value”. This event happens every year when the motorists ride their bikes around
the city.
BIKER MOWED DOWN
BY TRUCK
In a tragic accident, a biker
was mowed down by a truck
in the city. The accident took
place on Bowring Road near
nayandahalli Outer Ring Road.
The truck ran over the biker after he was knocked down. The
biker succumbed to the injuries and died on the spot. The
deceased has been identified
as Pappu Singh (39) who hails
from Bihar. A case has been
registered at Byatrayanapura
police station.
PHOTOGRAPH OF
BLACK BUCKS WINS
NATURE IN FOCUS
AWARDS
A picture of the natural
habitat of black bucks being
destroyed by urbanisation
in Bidar has won the special
mention in the Nature In Focus
awards. Bidar-based wild life
conservation enthusiast Vivek
Krishnamurthy’s pictures of
black bucks having nowhere
to go after their habitat was
destroyed by an expanding industrial hub and a ring road,
impressed the jury at the recent competition held in Bengaluru. The competition has
thrown light on the plight of
black bucks that are native to
Bidar. Vivek Krishnamurthy is
a member of the Bidar Photographic Society.
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PANDEMONIUM IN ASSEMBLY
OVER DYSP GANAPATHI’S SUICIDE
ACCUSATIONS, COUNTER ACCUSATIONS CHOKE SESSION
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday accused
the Opposition BJP of targeting ministers belonging to minority communities. “The BJP’s agenda
is to target minorities.
You (BJP members) have
been targeting K J George
(Bengaluru Development
Minister), Roshan Baig
(Urban Development Minister) and Qamar-ul-Islam
(former minister). You are
anti-minorities,” he said in
the Legislative Assembly,
countering the BJP’s demand for George’s resignation following the suicide
of DySP M K Ganapathi.
The Chief Minister insisted
that George had nothing
to do with the suicide, and
said the BJP did not have
the moral right to seek the
resignation of any minister.
Siddaramaiah’s belligerent
reply came after Leaders of
Opposition Jagadish Shettar called him “arrogant”.
In 2013, the Chief Minister had reportedly defended the suspension of
police inspector G N Mohan who had registered
a case against Siddaramaiah’s son. Mohan, during
his posting in Mysuru, had
lodged a case against Siddaramaiah’s son Rakesh
during the 2013 Assembly
elections.
The officer was suspended and later given a
non-executive posting in
Karwar. “The Chief Minister defended his son while
speaking to the media. He
asked if he should keep
quiet if somebody troubles
his son,” Shettar said, quoting media. Siddaramaiah
replied, “My statement has
been twisted. He (Mohan)
had filed a case against my
son though he was not involved. It was a false case.
So we took action against
him.”
Shettar hit back saying,
it showed the Chief Minister’s “arrogance”. Shettar
also accused Siddaramaiah
of “shielding” his aide K
Marigowda who is accused
of abusing Mysuru Deputy
Commissioner C Shikha.
He said the government
“failed” to arrest Marigowda. Chief Minister is protecting him, so police are
reluctant to arrest him,
Shettar complined. The
Marigowda issue was also
discussed in the Legislative
Council.
Siddharamaiah said “We
know your motives. This
kind of politics of communal polarisation will
not work in Karnataka.
We know what happened
during your (BJP) rule
in Mangaluru and other
places when churches and
other places of religious
worship were wantonly
attacked and the people of
Christian and Muslim minority communities were
systematically targeted.”
Opposition leader in the
Assembly Jagadish Shettar,
who raised the issue in the
House, accused the Siddaramaiah regime of systematically sidelining, harassing the honest officers and
forcing them to end their
lives out of desperation.
Listing out the cases of
assault on senior IAS officer Rashmi Mahesh, death
of Sub Inspector MallikarjunBande, harassment to
Inspector G N Mohan, the
former BJP Chief Minister
accused that there was no
place for honest officers
in Siddaramaiah government. “Honest officers are
harassed, transferred frequently and are dumped
in dummy posts,” Shettar
said. Referring to Ganapati’s statement that former
Home Minister George had
harassed him, Shettar demanded George’s resignation.
The Chief Minister lost
his cool when Shettar
termed the present government as the most thick
skinned and alleged that
transfer of officials had
become a mechanism for
collecting money. He asked
why Siddaramaiah’s close
confidant Marigowda has
not been arrested so far
even after Mysuru Deputy
Commissioner Shikha filed
a complaint more than a
week ago.
“You (BJP) are targeting
George from the day he was
inducted into the ministry.
You had also politically targetedQamarul Islam and
RoshanBaig. We know your
motives,”
Siddaramaiah
said in retaliation.
Rumpus over
Home Minister’s
Statement
Home Minister Dr G
Parameshwara’s two-page
written statement that
DySP Ganapati’s suicide
was “due to mental depression on account of ill-treatment by his wife Pavana,”
caused a furore in the
House with the Opposition
members alleging that the
Government was trying to
“divert public attention and
mislead the people” and
demanded withdrawal of
the statement.
The two-page statement
of DrParameshwara quoting from Ganapati’s father
Kushalappa’s complaint to
the police that read “Ganapati’s wife had neglected
him when he was posted in
Bengaluru, while his wife
and children stayed in Mangaluru. Wife Pavana was
ill-treating Ganapati even
after he was transferred to
Mangaluru. There was no
understanding
between
husband and wife. As a result Ganapati slipped into
depression and that could
have driven him to suicide.”
Shettar objected to the
statement of the Home
Minister and termed it as a
deliberate ploy to mislead
the probe by blaming Ganapati’s wife for his suicide. In
the process, the State Government is trying to protect
the real culprits who were
responsible for his death,
Shettar said.
The BJP leader demanded the resignation of former
Home Minister KJ George
and filing FIR against IPS
officers AM Prasad and
PronabMohanty.
“The
statement
(of
DrParameshwara) is an insult to not just Ganapati’s
wife Pavana, who had led
a blissful married life with
her husband, but an insult
of the entire state. State
government is maligning
the dignity of Ganapati’s
wife and trying sow seeds
of discord within the family. Why are you dragging
the names of Ganapati’s
wife and children? You are
trying to defame the woman who cannot come to the
Assembly to defend her
honour,” Shettar said and
demanded withdrawal of
the statement.
JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy too supported the demand and the
united opposition staged a
dharna with the demand .
Assembly Speaker KB Koliwad’s efforts to resolve the
deadlock failed even after a
meeting of all party leaders.
The house was adjourned
for the day with opposition sticking to its demand
for a CBI probe into the
case, removing the part
on Ganapati’s wife from
the statement made by the
government, resignation of
former Home Minister KJ
George and suspension of
two IPS officers Prasad and
Mohanty.
3 ARRESTED
FOR DRUG
PEDDLING
COP SAVES YOUTH FROM
COMMITTING SUICIDE
The Barke police have
arrested three persons on
charges of drug peddling
on Monday. The police
have seized ganja from
them. The accused have
been identified as Sridhar (20) from Bijapur,
Dhanush S Kumar (26)
from Kodikal and Johnson Selva Kumar. Sridhar
and Johnson are students
while Dhanush works for
a shipping company.
stopped
the train,
just
in
time,
a
young
life would
h a v e
been cut
s h o r t
on
the
tracks,
It was informed that
the trio was selling ganja
at MG road; Acting on the
information, the Barke
police raided the spot and
arrested the accused. The
police have also seized 18
packets of Ganja weighing
250 grams. During interrogation, the accused revealed that they had been
purchasing Ganja from a
peddler Rahim in Bunder
and selling the same for
a higher price in the city.
Rahim who is the accused
in fivedifferent cases, is
presently
absconding.
It is learnt that they are
into Ganja peddling for
the past three years. The
trio has been booked under Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances
Act (NDPS).
Police constable Yeshwant, along with senior ASI
Shivalingaiah, was on patrolling near HMT School in
Jalahalli around 11 AM on
Monday when he spotted a
youth moving towards the
railway track when a Shivamogga bound train, which
had just left Yeshwanthpur
station was on speeding.
Realizing that the youth
was about to jump in front
of the train, he switched on
the siren of the patrolling
vehicle at the loudest volume, with flashlights on
and using the public announcement system, he
alerted the loco pilot of the
train.
Train number 56228,
coming to the city from
Shivamogga, braked to a
halt. The youth who has
been identified as Charan,
a diploma student and
resident of Doddabommasandra suffered bruises on
his forehead when he was
caught in the grill of the
train. He was shifted to M.S.
Ramaiah Hospital for first
aid.
Charan was depressed
over poor performance
in academics and was all
set to jump in front of a
speeding train. if not for an
alert policeman, who saw
the 20-year-old waiting to
jump, raised an alarm and
“When
we were
trying to
drag him
to safety,
he kept
shouting
asking us
to let him
die. We tried to talk to him,
he said he had not done
well in his course and did
not want to study further.
However, his family wanted
him to continue studying.
Fearing disappointing his
family, he decided to end
his life,” said the constable.
He added, “I counseled
him and also requested the
ambulance technician to inform the doctors on counseling the youth”.
Yeshwanth, attached to
the Hebbal police station,
received a big round of applause from passengers
and onlookers for saving
the youth’s life.
English Daily
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BJP HOLDS PROTESTS
ACROSS STATE
DEMANDS CBI PROBE, RESIGNATION OF K J GEORGE
Bengaluru: BJP party
members held a protest
on Tuesday at Anandraocircle in which the BJP
state president B. S. Yeddyurappa, Shobha Karandlaje , Tiger Ashok Kumar of
Kodavasamaj and Mahila
Morcha Bharati took part
and accused congress of
their corruptions in various
fields. Speaking to media,
Yeddyurappa accused the
state government of trying
to bury the case of Dy.SP
Ganapathy by protecting
Mr. George and two senior
officials named by deceased. He further said that
the protest would continue
till the government sacked
Mr. George and demanded
a detailed probe into the
mysterious death of Dy.SP
Ganapathy.
President
B.S.
Yeddyurappa and senior leaders staged a demonstration
at Mourya Circle demanding Mr. George’s resignation besides seeking a
probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
probe into the incident.
Members of Kodava Samaj, led by former police
officer B.B. Ashok Kumar,
alleged that many police
officers suffered from depression due to political
pressure. Condemning the
alleged suicide, Mr. Ashok
Kumar demanded the government to hand over the
case to CBI for further investigations.
Alleging that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was
protecting persons accused
of harassing the deceased
Deputy Superintendent of
Police M.K. Ganapathy and
demanding ouster of Minister K.J. George. Bharati-
ya Janata Party (BJP) and
Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi
Parishad (ABVP) staged a
protest in many parts of the
state on Tuesday.
Police made tight security arrangements to ensure
law and order and smooth
flow of traffic. However,
slow moving traffic was
reported for a while in the
central business district.
Hubballi: Seeking Mr.
George’s resignation, BJP
and ABVP members held
separate protests at Hubballi on Tuesday.
The BJP members led
by State vice-president M.
Nagaraj, Mahanagar Zilla unit president Nagesh
Kalburgi and others staged
a demonstration in front of
the Tahsildar’ office alleging that there was no protection to honest officers in
the State who were being
harassed. The protesters
blocked Lamington Road
for few minutes before submitting a memorandum addressed to the Governor.
A large number of girl
students led a protest
march from Women’s College under the aegis of
ABVP and sought the resignation of Mr. George. After
a brief altercation with the
police, they staged a road
CALL FOR BAND IN KODAGU
Pro-Hindu organisations
have called for ‘Kodagu
bandh’ on Thursday, July 14
in protest
against the
State government’s
refusal to
take action
against
Minister for
Bengaluru
Development
K.J.
George and
two IPS officers, who have
been accused of abetting
the suicide of Deputy Su-
block for a few minutes.
They alleged that Chief
Minister Siddaramaiah was
protecting Mr. George instead of dropping him from
the Cabinet.
Tumakuru
Members of district unit
of BJP and ABVP staged a
protest in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office
at Tumakuru on Tuesday,
holding the state government responsible for the
alleged suicide of Dy.SP Ganapathy.
BJP’s district president
Jyothi Ganesh demanded
Mr. Siddaramaiah to drop
Mr. George from the Cabinet. Alleging that political pressure and harassment by senior officials
had forced Ganapathy to
take the extreme step, he
demanded the state government to hand over the
investigation of the case to
the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Earlier, the agitators
took out a mock funeral
procession carrying an effigy of the state government
from Town Hall Circle to
the Deputy Commissioner’s
office and then burnt it in
front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office.
perintendent of Police M.K.
Ganapathy.
Calling for fight for justice, one of the protestors
said, commercial establishments must down the
shutters on the day. Plying
of buses and other public
transport will not be allowed during the bandh.
The Vishwa Hindu Parishat and Bajrang Dal too
have extended support to
the bandh call.
BJP LEADER RESORTS TO PERSONAL
ATTACK ON RAMANATH RAI
The opposition leaders
during the Assembly session, lost cool and indulged
in personal attacks when
discussion was on over
DySP M K Ganapathi’s suicide case on Monday.
MLA Appacchu Ranjan
during the discussion alleged that by now minister K J George should have
been in jail emphasizing
the importance of Ganapathi’s declaration on media.
When George challenged
Appacchu and asked as to
what evidence he had to
prove the allegation, Appacchu then urged that the
CD of Ganapathi’s last interview with a news channel be telecasted in the Assembly.
George retorted saying, Appacchu should have
given notice to the House
before leveling allegations
against him in the Assembly. Forest minister B Ramanath Rai intervened and
said that BJP leader Appacchu too had a criminal case
against him. Enraged with
Rai’s comment, Appacchu
resorted to personal attack
addressing Rai in singular
terms. Finally, Speaker K B
Koliwad who had to intervene to bring discussion
back on track.
again.
The government had
sought an opinion form the
additional Advocate General Ponnanna before
submitting its plea in
the Supreme Court.
Based on his report
the cabinet approval was taken, before
moving to the SC.
SC GIVES A NOD TO REOPENING OF
DENOTIFICATION
CASE AGAINST BSY
The Supreme Court state BJP chief in trouble lief to the BJP strongman.
bench’s decision to revive
the denotification case
against BJP State President
B S Yeddyurappa might
come as a huge relief
to the stressed state
government as the
two national parties
are fighting a street
battle for one-upmanship in state party politics.
The SC has set
aside the earlier state
HC verdict for now, by
granting interim stay and
has agreed to the state government’s plea to reopen
the case which may put
High Bourt bench led by
Justices AK Sihkri and AV
Raman had dropped 15 out
of the 16 cases in the earlier judgment which then
gave the much needed re-
With the latest
decision the state
congress regime can
heave a sigh of relief
as the present state
political scenario would
permit anything and everything which gives an edge
for one against the other.
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NATION
Case Filed against
Salman Khan in
Muzaffarpur
The case of alleged cheating
against Bollywood superstar
Salman Khan, actor Anushka
Sharma, film director Ali Zafar
Abbas and others was heard in
a local court. Mohammad Sabir
Ansari alias Sabir Baba, a resident of Muzaffarpur, in a complaint case filed in the chief
judicial magistrate’s court on
July 8, had contended that
Salman Khan, the hero of Bollywood flick ‘Sultan’ released
last week, had promised to give
him Rs 20 crore as royalty for
making a film based on his life.
His counsel Sudhir Kumar
Ojha said that Sabir had narrated his tale to Salman Khan
in Mumbai in 2010 and the actor then promised the money, if
a film would be made based on
his real life story.
MP Minister Suffers
Electric Shock
Madhya Pradesh School Education Minister Vijay Shah today suffered an electric shock
and was admitted into a private
hospital.Shah (52) was switching on an electrical appliance
at his official residence at
Shamla Hills when he received
shock from the switch-board
which had become moist. He
felt numbness in his hand and
the doctors have advised him
rest. He is still in the hospital,
his aide said.
Shah Appoints Committee to Probe Kandhamal
Killings
BJP President Amit Shah today constituted a committee of
three MPs to look into the killing of five tribals in Kandhamal
as the party rejected the Odisha police’ claim that they were
killed in a crossfire involving
Maoists and demanded a probe
by a High Court judge.
Shah has asked party vice
president Vinay Sahasrabuddhe and national secretaries
Jyoti Dhurve and Ramvichar Netam to visit the spot to
probe the incident and submit
a report at the earliest.
Dhurve and Netam are tribal leaders and Members of Parliament.
Govt. Probes Funding of
NGO run by Zakir Naik
Activities of NGO Islamic
Research Foundation (IRF), set
up by controversial preacher
Zakir Naik, are being examined by the Home Ministry,
amidst allegations that funds
from abroad received by it
have been spent on political
activities and inspiring people
towards radical views. A senior
Home Ministry official said an
investigation was underway on
IRF, which was registered under Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), and it was
found that most of his foreign
funds came from the United
Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and a
few other Middle East countries.IRF has allegedly received
about Rs 15 crore for a period
of five years, preceding 2012,
the official said.
Dalits Beaten up for
Skinning Dead Cow;
3 Arrested
A group of Dalits were allegedly beaten up by six persons for skinning a dead cow
at a village in Gir Somnath
district, following which three
persons were arrested, police
said. The victims, belonging to
a Dalit community at Mota Samadiyara village of Una taluka
in Gir Somnath, claimed that
they were skinning an already dead cow, while the six
accused claimed that the animal was killed before being
skinned, police said. A purported video showing the dalits being beaten with iron rods and
sticks went viral on social media platforms like Whatsapp.
In the video, some people are
seen chained to a car, while
the accused are seen thrashing
them mercilessly.
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MILITANTS ATTACK POLICE PARTY IN
BARAMULLA, NO CASUALTIES REPORTED
Militants on Tuesday
attacked a police party at Warpora area of
Sopore town in Baramulla district of Jammu and
Kashmir.
However, there was
no immediate report of
any injuries.
The entire area has
been cordoned off and a
hunt operation has been
launched to trace the
militants.
The attack on the po-
lice party comes at a
time when the valley
is boiling over protest
against the killing of
Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani.
Prime Minister Na-
rendra Modi on Tuesday, chaired a high-level
meeting in the national
capital where he appealed to maintain peace
and calm in the valley.
“The Prime Minister
has hoped for peace and
appealed that innocent
lives are not disturbed,”
Minister of State in
Prime Minister’s Office
Jitendra Singh told the
media after the meeting.
(ANI)
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has
cancelled his visit to the
United States in view of
the ongoing unrest in
Jammu and Kashmir.
The Home Minister
was to visit US to attend
the Indo-US Homeland
Security Dialogue in
Washington scheduled
for next week.
Meanwhile,
Prime
Minister Narendra Modi
is chairing a high level
meeting to review the
situation in the Kashmir
Valley, where one of the
worst violence in recent
years has left 23 people
dead.
Kashmir has been on a
boil as widespread protests broke out across
the valley over Hizbul
Mujahideen commander
Burhan Wani’s killing.
Separatists have been
calling for a shutdown
ever since.
The death toll in the
clashes between pro-
testers and security forces in Kashmir mounted
to 23, as normal life remained paralysed in the
Valley due to curfew-like
restrictions and separatists-sponsored strike in
the wake of Wani’s killing in an encounter earlier on July 8.
National Conference
leader Omar Abdullah on Tuesday took a
swipe at Chief Minister
Mehbooba Mufti for not
taking part in the crucial meeting chaired by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi to
review the volatile situation in Kashmir.
However, a senior
official in Jammu and
Kashmir clarified that
since it was a briefing by
central ministers on the
Kashmir situation, Mehbooba had no role in the
high-level meeting.
On the micro blogging
site twitter, Omar criticised Mehbooba, who is
heading PDP-BJP Government in the state, for
leaving the meeting unrepresented by the state.
“I understand if @
MehboobaMufti didn’t
leave the state to attend
but why not by video
conference? State unrepresented.
“We set up video links
for all sorts of meaningless things but here
where it matters to have
@MehboobaMufti
involved in the process
- nothing,” the former
Chief Minister tweeted.
Modi on Tuesday
chaired a high-level
meeting on the situation
in Kashmir Valley which
has witnessed violent
protests in the wake
of the killing of Hizbul
commander
Burhan
Wani, leaving 24 dead
and over 300 injured.
The meeting was attended by Home Minister Rajnath Singh,
inaugurate the ‘Shaktiman Park’ named after
the police horse, who
was critically maimed in
a Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) rally carried out by
MP Ganesh Joshi earlier
on March 14.
However,
Rawat
skipped the inaugural
ceremony on Monday
and left the venue soon
after his visit.
S h a k t i man was a
well-trained
13-year-old
horse of the
Uttarakhand
Mounted Police.
When
the
horse was deployed by the
police during a
BJP rally, Joshi
had allegedly
attacked
the
horse’s
leg
with a baton,
critically injuring the animal.
The outrage over this
incident of gross animal
abuse grew so large that
Joshi was even briefly
arrested.
The white-coloured
Kathiawari horse succumbed to its injuries on
April 20. (ANI)
KASHMIR UNREST: RAJNATH SINGH
CANCELS US VISIT
OMAR QUESTIONS MUFTI’S
ABSENCE IN MEET ON KASHMIR
STATUE OF POLICE HORSE
‘SHAKTIMAN’ REMOVED
FOLLOWING BACKLASH ON
SOCIAL MEDIA
Following
backlash
on the social media over
‘Shaktiman’ being given
more importance than
the cops who lost their
lives, the Uttarakhand
Government has removed the statue of the
police horse installed at
the Police Lines.
Chief Minister Harish
Rawat was supposed to
Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley, External Affairs
Minister Sushma Swaraj,
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, and Minister of State for PMO
Jitendra Singh, National
Security Advisor Ajit
Doval and Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar among
others. (ANI)
English Daily
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PAKISTAN HAS NO RIGHT TO TALK ABOUT
INDIA AND KASHMIR: HINA BHAT
With Pakistan raising
its pitch over ongoing
protest-violence in the
Kashmir Valley, Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) leader
Hina Bhat said, Pakistan
has no right to talk about
India and Kashmir.
Responding to questions on Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry conveying Pakistan’s serious
concerns over the recent
killing of Burhan Wani, to
Indian High Commissioner to Islamabad, Gautam
Bambawale, Bhat said,
“Pakistan will definitely
interfere in the Kashmir
issue, because they are
the ones who have been
bothering India to have
peace in Kashmir and
they are the ones who
create such situations in
Kashmir.”
“This is the peak time
in Kashmir, where we
have tourism, where we
have the (Amarnath) Yatra and this thing (violence). They (Pakistan)
have to keep their agenda
moving by creating such
acts. I don’t think Pakistan
has any right to talk about
India and Kashmir,” Bhat
told the media.
“I am thankful to Pakistan about their concern
for India, but I would be
very happy if they do it
without interference,” she
added.
According to a statement by Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Chaudhry observed that
the use of excessive force
against innocent civilians
protesting peacefully over
extrajudicial killings is
“deplorable and a blatant
violation” of the Right to
Life, Right to Freedom of
Expression and Opinion,
Right to Peaceful Protest,
Right to Peaceful Assembly and other fundamental rights.
The Foreign Secretary also called for fair
and transparent inquiry
against individuals responsible for these killings and emphasised
that oppressive measures
cannot deter the ‘valiant
people’ of the Jammu and
Kashmir from their demand of exercising their
right to self determination in accordance with
the UN Security Council
resolutions.
However, India advised
Islamabad to refrain from
interfering in the internal
affairs of its neighbours.
Acknowledging Pakistan’s statement on the
current situation in the
valley, the Ministry of
External Affairs (MEA)
responded saying that
Islamabad’s statement reflected their attachment
to terrorism.
“They reflect Pakistan’s
continued attachment to
terrorism and its usage
as an instrument of state
policy. Pakistan is advised
to refrain from interfering
in internal affairs of its
neighbours,” the statement said.
Prime Minister Nawaz
Sharif expressed deep
shock over the killing of
Burhan Wani and other
civilians and condemned
the ‘excessive and unlawful’ use of force against
people in Indian-administered Kashmir.
SC JUDGE RECUSES HIMSELF FROM
HEARING PLEA CHALLENGING NEET
courses for the
academic year
2016-2017.
Supreme court Judge Nageswara Rao on Tuesday recused himself from hearing a
plea challenging the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance
Test (NEET).
The hearing has now
been
adjourned
for
July 14.
The petition being heard
challenges the government
ordinance diluting an apex
court order declaring the
NEET as the sole means to
gain admission to undergraduate MBBS and BDS
Activist
Anand
Rai,
known
for
exposing the
Vyapam scam,
has filed the
petition in the
apex court against the Centre’s decision to promulgate
the ordinance.
The petition that sought
the quashing of the ordinance also questioned the
Centre’s flip-flop on the issue.
The Centre had initially
accepted the apex court’s
order but later partially reversed it through an ordinance.
The Centre’s decision was
in violation of Section 14
(right to equality), Section
21 (right to life) in terms of
its arbitrary character and
with regard to the students,
who would suffer irreparably because of the ruling
dispensation
constantly
changing its stand, the petition stated.
The petitioner said that
various associations across
the country have to be treated with equality under the
law, adding that administrative authority should be exercised to assure a degree of
fair decision-making.
The Centre had given an
undertaking and fulfilled
criteria for a unified NEET
and yet it passed the ordinance within four weeks, the
petition said while dubbing
the ordinance as ‘arbitrary’.
(ANI)
2 MEN OPEN FIRE IN BUILDER’S
OFFICE IN MAHARASHTRA
UPCC PRESIDENT SUBMITS
RESIGNATION TO SONIA
In an attempt to extort
money, 2 men opened
fire inside a builder’s office in Maharashtra’s
Ulhasnagar Township,
police said.
“Two men, with their
face covered, came on a
motorcycle and barged
into the office of builder Sumit Chakravarti
at around 3.30 PM on
Monday. They fired two
rounds inside the office
in a bid to get extortion money which was
demanded by dreaded
gangster Suresh Pujari,”
Thane Police spokesperson Sukhada Narkar
said.
Sumit is also the President of the Ulhasnagar
Trade Association.
“Pujari had made a
demand for ransom
Amid
speculations
of a reshuffle in Uttar
Pradesh Congress ahead
of the assembly polls,
UPCC President Nirmal
Khartri has submitted
his resignation to party
president Sonia Gandhi.
The changes were
expected in the party’s
state unit after senior
leader Ghulam Nabi
Azad was appointed in-
from the builder and
his son Aakash. When
the duo, did not heed to
his demand, he sent his
men to his office. Both
Sumit and his son were
not present when the
firing took place. One of
Sumit’s staff members
escaped unhurt,” Narkar
said.
“After the firing, the
accused fled from the
spot and a manhunt has
been launched to nab
them,” she added.
A case under section
307 (attempt to murder) and other relevant
sections of IPC and the
Arms Act was registered
against Pujari and the
duo at the Central Police Station, Narkar said,
adding, an investigation
is on.
charge of the UP affairs.
According to sources, the Congress has accepted the resignation of
Khatri.
Khatri, former member of Parliament from
the Faizabad constituency, was named UP Congress Chief in October
2012, after party failed
to make a mark in assembly elections. (ANI)
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UN-backed tribunal
rules against China in
South China Sea
Beijing: A UN-backed international tribunal today struck
down China’s claims of “historical rights” in the strategic
South China Sea, prompting
Chinese President Xi Jinping
to reject its ruling and asserting that Beijing will not accept
the verdict “under any circumstances”.
Xi’s strong remarks came
immediately after The Haguebased tribunal dismissed the
core of China’s claims over the
90 per cent South China Sea
(SCS), ruling that “there was no
legal basis for China to claim
historic rights within the sea
areas falling within the ‘ninedash line’”, which is based on a
Chinese map dating back to the
1940s.
In his meeting with European Council President Donald
Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude
Juncker, President Xi, also the
General Secretary of the ruling
Communist party and commander-in-chief of the military,
said China’s territorial sovereignty and maritime interests
in SCS will not be affected by
the ruling under any circumstances.
Pokhara-New Delhi
direct bus service
launched
Kathmandu: New Delhi and
Nepal’s famous tourist spot
Pokhara are now connected by
road after a direct bus service
was launched between the two
cities, following the signing of
an agreement during Prime
Minister NarendraModi’s visit
here in 2014.
The first direct bus service
between Pokhara and New Delhi, South Asia’s two important
cities, was flagged off by Nepal
Home Minister Shakti BahadurBasnet and India’s ambassador
to Nepal Ranjit Rae on Monday
from Pokhara.
The two countries had
signed a Motor Vehicle Agreement during the visit paid by
Modi to Nepal in November,
2014.
After the signing of the
agreement,
regular
buses
are being plied from Kathmandu-New
Delhi,
Kathmandu-Varanasi and Mahendranagar-Delhi and vice versa.
As per the decision made in
the Motor Vehicle Agreement,
a new bus service between
Pokhara and New Delhi was
proposed by the Uttar Pradesh
State Road transport Corporation (UPSRTC).
PM Oli in pensive
mood after Maoists quit
government
Kathmandu: Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli has said that
he is pondering over the decision of the Communist Party of
Nepal (Maoist Center) to quit
the government.
Prime Minister Oli had convened an informal meeting of
the Council of Ministers on
Tuesday soon after receiving
the letter of the CPN-Maoist
Center informing him of the
party’s decision to quit the government.
After the meeting, the Prime
Minister told the media that he
is thinking over the issue.
When asked if he would resign or seek other alternative
after his government turned
into a minority government,
Prime Minister Oli restated
that he is still thinking about
that issue as well.
In the informal meeting of
the Council of Ministers that
lasted for 40 minutes, the letter
submitted by the Maoist Center
was read out and general discussions were held about the
recent developments.
UN EXPRESSES CONCERN
OVER KASHMIR STRIFE
lives and the injuries to many
others,” a statement issued by
Ban’s spokesperson said.
The statement said Ban
“calls on all parties to exercise
maximum restraint to avoid
further violence and hopes
that all concerns would be
addressed through peaceful
means”.
United Nations: Expressing
regret over the loss of lives and
injuries in the clashes in Kashmir, UN chief Ban Ki-moon has
called on all parties to exercise
“maximum restraint” to avoid
further violence and hoped
that all concerns would be
addressed through peaceful
means.
“The Secretary-General is
closely following the recent
clashes in Kashmir. He regrets
the reported loss of dozens of
Ban’s spokesman Stephane
Dujarric said the reports of
the clashes in Kashmir, in
which about 23 people have
been killed so far and over
250 injured, “are of concern
to us”.
Dujarric also rejected remarks by a Pakistani journalist that the UN chief, who had
earlier in the day addressed
the press on the situation in
South Sudan, had “brushed
aside” the Kashmir issue and
was not taking note of the situation there.
“I think no one is denying
that we are concerned about
the situation in Kashmir. The
fact that the Secretary General
did not raise it as he did not
raise many other critical situations around the world does
not mean that he is brushing
anything aside,” Dujarric said.
Tensions are rising in
Kashmir where clashes have
broken out between protesters and security personnel
following the killing of Hizbul
commander BurhanWani last
week.
TALIBAN TROUBLED OVER ISIS’ ATTEMPTS
TO EXPAND FOOTHOLD IN AFGHANISTAN
Kabul: Militant group Taliban is troubled with repeated attempts of the Islamic
State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)
loyalists trying to expand
their foothold in Afghanistan,
saying it is aware of the problems and consequences the
country could face if the ISIS
succeeds.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid issued a statement after reports of ISIS flags
being hoisted in the restive
parts of northeastern Badakhshan province emerged.
Hundreds of the Taliban
militants were seen holding
ISIS flags in Khostak area of
Wardoj district, reported the
Khaama Press.
Mujahid claimed that the
areas of Badakhsahn province
including Khostak in Wardoj
district are under the control of the Taliban militants
and declared that the Taliban
group will not allow any other
militant group to gain foothold in the country.
The latest statement by
Taliban group comes as the
two militant groups have
been engaged in bloody battles in parts of the country in
the past.
Both the Taliban and
ISIS loyalists declared Jihad
against each other in Afghanistan last year.
Earlier, ISIS leader Abu
Bakar Al-Baghdadi called
Taliban leader Mullah Mo-
hammad Omar “a fool and illiterate warlord” while on the
other hand, Taliban fighters
have been ordered by their
leaders not to let Daesh flag
rise in Afghanistan. (ANI)
four-megapixel CCD camera
and telescope on the DSCOVR
satellite orbiting one million
miles from Earth.
Washington: For the second time in a year, a NASA
camera aboard the Deep
Space Climate Observatory
(DSCOVR) satellite captured
a ‘lunar photobomb’ - a stunning view of the Moon as it
moved in front of the sunlit
side of Earth, crossing over
the Indian and Pacific oceans.
“The project recorded this
event on July 5 with the same
cadence and spatial resolution
as the first ‘lunar photobomb’
of last year,” said Adam Szabo,
DSCOVR project scientist at
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight
Centre in the US.
The images were captured
by NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), a
From its position between
the Sun and Earth, DSCOVR
conducts its primary mission
of real-time solar wind monitoring for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
EPIC maintains a constant
view of the fully illuminated
Earth as it rotates, providing scientific observations
of ozone, vegetation, cloud
height and aerosols in the atmosphere.
The EPIC camera is providing a series of Earth images
allowing study of daily variations over the entire globe.
The new images show the
moon moving over the Indian
and Pacific oceans. The North
Pole is at the top of the images.
DSCOVR is orbiting around
KANGAROOS RESPONSIBLE
FOR MAJOR CAR ACCIDENTS
IN AUSTRALIA: RESEARCH
the Sun-Earth first Lagrange
point (where the gravitational
pull of Earth is equal and opposite of that of the Sun) in a
complex, non-recurring orbit
that changes from an ellipse to
a circle and back (called a Lissajous orbit) taking the spacecraft between four and 12 degrees from the Sun-Earth line.
This orbit intersects the
lunar orbit about four times
a year. However, depending
on the relative orbital phases
of the moon and DSCOVR, the
moon appears between the
spacecraft and Earth once or
twice a year.
The last time EPIC captured this event was on July
16, last year.
EPIC’s “natural colour” images of Earth are generated
by combining three separate
monochrome exposures taken by the camera in quick succession.
EPIC takes a series of 10
Statistics released by
Australian Associated Motor Insurers Limited (AAMI)
showed that kangaroos are
responsible for nine out of 10
road accidents involving animals nationwide.
AAMI analysed almost
19,000 animal collision claims
reported in 2014 and found
that claims start to rise in May
with the peak danger period
between June and August,
increasing by 30 per cent in
these winter months.
“Colliding with a large kangaroo, wombat or wallaby is
not only traumatic for both
the animal and driver but often causes considerable damage to cars and can also result
in serious injury and death,”
said Reuben Aitchison, AAMI
spokesperson.
“Wildlife is unpredictable
and often drivers will not get
any warning before an animal
appears in front of them,” said
Aitchison.
The red, green and blue
channel images are used in
these colour images.
Combining three images
taken about 30 seconds apart
as the moon moves produces
a slight but noticeable camera
artifact on the right side of the
moon.
Since the moon has moved
in relation to Earth between
the time the first (red) and
last (green) exposures were
made, a thin green offset appears on the right side of the
moon when the three exposures are combined.
This natural lunar movement also produces a slight
red and blue offset on the left
side of the moon in these unaltered images.
SPANISH COUPLE DETAINED
FOR SPORTING BUDDHA TATTOO, FACE DEPORTATION
Naypyidaw: A Spanish
couple
visiting Myanmar is facing
deportation
after a Buddha
tattoo
was discovered on the
man’s leg.
Melbourne:
Kangaroo
may be Australia’s national
icon, but they are actually a
major cause of car accidents
in the country, according to
new data.
images using different narrowband spectral filters - from
ultraviolet to near infrared - to
produce a variety of science
products.
The tourist couple was visiting Bagan, an ancient town
in central Myanmar, when
Shin Sandavaya from the
Tharmakay monastery, after
spotting a Buddha image on
the leg of the visitor outside
Kantotpalin Pagoda, reported
the case to the Bagan police
station.
Religious authorities from
the Nyaung-U office and
immigration officers interviewed the 46-year-old tourist and confirmed that he has a
Buddha tattoo on his calf that
was inked in Spain, reports
the Myanmar Times.
According to Mandalay police, the two tourists were sent
to Yangon the same day (July
10), and the embassy was
contacted.
The man is speculated to
have been deported to Bangkok.
In 2014, a Canadian tourist visiting Myanmar with his
girlfriend was detained by
officials for sporting Buddhist
tattoos on his leg.
In another incident, bar
manager and New Zealander
Phil Blackwood was convicted
in 2015 of insulting religion
when his establishment promoted a cheap drinks night
with a poster of a Buddha
wearing headphones. He was
pardoned and released in January. (ANI)
English Daily
5
US TO COOPERATE WITH
INDIA IN MAKING ROADS SAFE
Washington: The US will
cooperate with India in
making its roads safe by offering a range of innovative
technology and software
in intelligent traffic management to reduce road
accidents in the country,
Union for Road and Surface
Transportation Nitin Gadkari said.
Acknowledging
that
road safety is a “big problem” in India, Gadkari
said every year more than
150,000 people are killed
in five lakh road accidents.
“We are taking the
co-operation of the US Government particularly in
road safety and intelligent
traffic management system, which we are also going to implement in India,”
he said.
“I am very much disturbed (by the status of
road safety),” he said.
Gadkari said the US has
also promised to give “all
technical co-operation for
standardisation of our Indian code” for road construction, bridges and flyovers.
“Their experience and
their present rules and regulations, codification, all
the manuals are there and
they are ready to share all
types of manuals, code and
rules and regulations with
NASA GETS MOON PHOTOBOMBS OF EARTH
Pakistan briefs P5
envoys about Kashmir
situation
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad
Chaudhry has briefed ambassadors of the five permanent
members of the United Nations
Security Council that include
China, France, Russian Federation, United Kingdom and
the US over the tense situation
on the Indian side Jammu and
Kashmir.
The press release issued
by Ministry of Foreign Affairs
on the subject alleged that
Chaudhry “expressed serious
concern over the brutal killings
of civilians and violation of human rights by the Indian security forces”.
Chaudhry informed the
ambassadors that due to the
excessive use of force against
civilians protesting the killing
of BurhanWani, the 22-yearold Kashmir leader, more than
30 innocent people have lost
their lives and more than 350
have been injured so far.
During the briefing he emphasized that India should
conduct a fair and transparent
inquiry against the individuals
responsible for these killings.
us,” he said.
“In India we are facing
the problem of road accidents. We have 96,000 kms
of road length as national
highway and 40 per cent of
national traffic on this two
per cent of road. We are
facing a lot of accidents on
national highway,” he said.
“Road safety is highest
priority for our government,” Gadkari told Indian
journalists during a media
round-table after his-day
long meetings including
that with US Transportation Secretary Anthony
Foxx and American business community.
“Today we discussed all
our problems related to
road safety with the (US
Transportation)
Secretary. The good thing is the
Secretary promised me all
types of co-operation with
the rules, regulations, the
software they have already
developed, the system, the
technology, the innovation.
They are ready to co-operate with us in everything,”
Gadkari said.
During the meeting, the
US also promised full co-operation in the development
of inland waterways.
The Minister also spoke
on new highways under
construction in the coun-
try, financing mechanisms
under PPP models, framing
policies for logistics parks,
modernisation of roads,
building intelligent traffic systems for road safety
and further innovation and
technology to India’s logistics sector.
Rohit Kumar Singh, Joint
Secretary, Ministry of Road
Transport and Highways,
highlighted specific investment opportunities in the
highways sector whereas
Alok Srivastava, Additional Secretary, Ministry of
Shipping, shared details on
the Sagarmala Program the
Ministry’s flagship port-led
development initiative to
bring down logistics cost
and boost investment, exports, and jobs.
“India needs USD 1 trillion for developing new
roads, ports, rail lines, and
airports over the next few
years and US companies
can provide the necessary
expertise as well as capital
to enable the robust growth
of this sector,” he said.
CHINA WANTS INDIA TO BE AWAY
FROM NSG EVEN NOW
New Delhi: During the
recently held Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) meeting
in Seoul, South Korea, China
adopted a very coercive and
aggressive stance on the issue of India’s membership
application, it has emerged.
According to sources
who kept a close watch on
the meeting, China was extremely aggressive and coercive in asking the smaller
countries to take a strong
position on India’s application, even though the consensus was that it had been
decided to discuss New Delhi’s application because of
its impeccable non-proliferation record.
Even before the meeting
got underway, China had
raised objections, saying
“There has to be considered
consensus before discussing India’s case”.
Both the United States
and France, according to
the sources, took a strong
stand in support of India
and used tough language
against China, saying, “We
are the founding members,
we know the rules better
than you.”
According to the sources,
given the firm stand taken
by the United States and
France, China had reportedly asked, “We are ready to
discuss India’s application,
but give us your word that
you won’t take a decision on
India in this meeting”.
The 26th plenary of the
Nuclear Suppliers Group
(NSG) ended in Seoul last
month with the two-day
proceedings
remaining
inconclusive over India’s
application for its membership.
The 48-member block
saw a broad consensus between its members over
non-inclusion of the countries who are not signatories to the Nuclear Non-Profileration Treaty (NPT).
As predicted, China opposed New Delhi’s entry
into the NSG, saying the
global
non-proliferation
order would collapse if the
latter was allowed exception.
“If exceptions are allowed here or there on the
question of NPT, the international non-proliferation
order then will be collapsed
altogether,” Wang Qun, Director General of the Department of Arms Control
of China’s Foreign Ministry,
said in a statement from
Seoul then.
“In the absence of NPT as
a political and legal basis,
it will be inconceivable for
the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or
the Iran nuclear deal) to be
reached,” he added.
The then anti-India
stand clearly indicated that
Chinese President Xi Jinping had not responded to
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi’s appeal in Tashkent
made on the sidelines of
the Shanghai Cooperation
Organisation (SCO) Summit
to support India’s case in a
“fair and objective” manner.
(ANI)
SL POLICE ARREST FORMER PREZ
RAJAPAKSA’S ELDEST SON
Colombo: Former Sri
Lankan President Mahinda
Rajapaksa’s eldest son was
arrested on Monday over
alleged financial irregularities in connection with a
USD 650 million real-estate
project in Colombo involving an Indian firm.
Namal Rajapaksa, 30,
was arrested after he recorded his statement with
Financial Crimes Division
(FCID) in connection with
the deal with India’s Krrish
Group, police said.
The Krrish Group had, in
2013, signed an agreement
to start a USD 650 million
real-estate venture in Colombo’s central business
district of Fort.
There have been allegations of kickbacks paid to
members of the former Rajapaksa regime for granting
a prime property in downtown Colombo.
The FCID investigation
was over an alleged commission of 450 million rupees paid to individuals in
connection with the deal.
Namal, the United Peo-
ples’ Freedom Alliance
(UPFA) Hambantota district
MP, was arrested on charges
of using money given by the
Krrish Group to sponsor a
rugby match, for personal
use, reports said.
The project was halted
after the Urban Development Authority and a fine
was imposed on Krrish
Group for failure to meet
contractual obligations.
The group has denied the
charge and said they have
paid all dues to the government.
The FCID, which was
set up after Rajapaksa lost
presidency in 2015, has
been investigating the deal
and Namal’s arrest was the
culmination of its investigation.
Namal’s younger brother,
Yoshitha, was previously arrested by FCID and was released on bail after being in
remand over another business deal involving a sports
television channel.
Several members of the
Rakapaksa family other
than Namal are facing po-
lice investigations for alleged financial crimes.
They include Rajapaksa,
who was president for a decade until 2015, his brothers Basil and Gotabaya, and
his wife Shiranthi.
The Rajapaksas claim
that the investigations are a
political witch-hunt against
them and their sympathizers believe these allegations
were brought to tarnish his
name after he led the Lankan forces to victory over the
Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009,
ending a nearly three-decade war.
President
Maithripala Sirisena, who came to
power on a pledge to eradicate corruption, is under
pressure to act on the allegations against Rajapaksa
and those who served in his
administration.
CITY
HILIGHTS
Vol 1, Issue 191 `.1.00/-
SPORTS
BUSINESS
GOLFERS LAHIRI, SSP, ADITI SET TO
REPRESENT INDIA AT OLYMPICS
pm Indian Standard Time
on Monday.
The two Indians have
now officially sealed their
places in the elite field of
60 players.
New Delhi: India’s top
golfers AnirbanLahiri and
SSP Chawrasia will be
representing India at the
Olympic Games in Rio de
Janeiro as golf makes its
return to the quadrennial
sporting extravaganza after
112 years.
Along with the seasoned
duo, young Aditi Ashok will
represent the country in
the women’s event.
With July 11 being the
cut-off date for Olympic
qualification, Lahiri and
Chawrasia have made the
grade for Rio as per the
International Golf Federations rankings (based on
the world rankings) for the
Olympic men’s competition.
Reigning Asia No. 1 Anirban Lahiri (world rank 62)
and reigning Indian Open
champion SSP Chawrasia
(world rank 207) were
placed 20th and 45th respectively in the International Golf Federation’s
(IGF) ranking list which
was updated at around 9
While speaking to PGTI
after confirmation of his
qualification for the Olympics, a confident Anirban
said, “Olympian Anirban
Lahiri sounds good, but
Olympic medalist Anirban
Lahiri would sound way
better.”
Lahiri, a winner of seven
international titles, will be
spearheading India’s campaign at Rio. Anirban, who
has been plying his trade
on the PGA Tour this season, had enjoyed an exceptional season in 2015 with
two wins on the European
Tour and a phenomenal
tied fifth finish at the PGA
Championship, the best re-
Interestingly, the Rio
Olympics will be Lahiri s
second outing at a quadrennial
multi-sporting
event. He had earlier participated at the 2006 Doha
Asian Games where he was
part of the Indian team that
won the silver medal.
KP BELIEVES `CRICKET CHEAT` AMIR
SHOULD HAVE BEEN BANNED FOR LIFE
Melbourne:
Former
England batsman Kevin Pietersen has joined the chorus of players who believe
Mohammad Amir should
have been given a lifetime
ban for his role in the 2010
spot-fixing scandal but
warned his country’s players and fans to sledge the
left-handed pacer at their
own peril.
The 24-year-old, who
served a prison sentence in
the United Kingdom and a
five-year suspension for his
role in the infamous case,
will aim to erase his sordid
past when he will resume
his Test career at Lord’s,
the scene of the fixing scandal on Thursday.
Amir, along with former
skipper Salman Butt and
Mohammad Asif, were then
found guilty of various offences of corrupt behaviour
relating to the Lord’s Test
between England and Pakistan in August 2010 by the
independent Anti-Corruption Tribunal in February
2011.
Pietersen, who was
among the England team
that played that unfortunate Test, wrote in his latest
column for a London-based
daily
that
spot-fixers
should be banned for life
and that they should not be
given a second chance.
“They
have
broken
the rules, should pay the
price and not be given a
second chance,” Pietersen was quoted as saying
by cricket.com.au. “If you
cheat the system either by
taking drugs or money to
under-perform then you
are mugging the spectators, your teammates and a
sport that has been around
a lot longer than you.
“People always deserve
a second chance in life but
sport is different.
“To try and gain an advantage by taking drugs or
devaluing your sport by being bribed is breaking the
11th and 12th command-
BUSINESS
“We are demanding ‘one
nation one rate’ for fuel
so that there should be no
disparity in prices of petrol and diesel in the states.
This step will help in controlling prices of this essential commodity,” All India
Petroleum Dealers Association President Ajay Bansal
said here on Tuesday.
He added that because
of different VAT rates prevailing in states, there was
a disparity in fuel prices,
which vary between 60
paise and Rs 4 per litre in
case of diesel and Rs 1 to Rs
7.50 per litre for petrol.
Bansal said maximum
tax on petrol is levied by
Tamil Nadu state, which
is about 35 per cent while
Goa imposes lowest rate of
tax on the commodity.
In case of diesel, Haryana charges lowest tax
while states like Rajasthan
and West Bengal levy 2024 per cent tax which is in
higher tax slab, he said.
“We want the prices of
fuel which is an essential
commodity should be same
throughout the country and
states should build consensus on the same,” he said.
The association, which
claims to be a national body
representing more than
52,000 petrol pumps in the
country has been holding
meeting with chief ministers and state finance ministers to convince them to
bring parity in retail price
of petroleum products.
Bansal said: “We also
US DOLLAR ENDS SHARPLY
CHEAPER AGAINST RUPEE
Mumbai: US dollar ended sharply cheaper against
the rupee at Rs 67.13/14
per dollar and the pound
sterling also finished lower
at Rs 87.19/21 per pound
at the close of the Interbank Foreign Exchange
market on Monday.
Following are the Interbank Forex and RBI rates:
(In Rs Per Unit) Unit Interbank RBI Reference US
Dollar 67.13/14 US Dollar
Rs. 67.1426 Pound Sterling
87.19/21 Euro Rs. 74.1053
Euro 74.20/22 Japanese
Yen(100) 67.
The 32-year-old, who
took 130 wickets in 46
Tests, was not considered
for the squad which will
play against India in the
four-test series after he
gave a “formal notification”
of his decision to retire, the
WICB said in a release.
Kingston: West Indies
pacer Jerome Taylor has
bade adieu to Test cricket
after a 13-year long international career but will be
available for selection in
New Delhi: Goalkeeper
PR Sreejesh and defender
Sushila Chanu have been
named as captains of India’s men and women hockey teams respectively for
next month’s Rio Olympics.
including two stand-bys,
were announced by Hockey India president NarinderBatra in the presence
of BJP President Amit Shah
and BCCI President Anurag
Thakur in a packed press
conference here.
Taylor had made his international debut against
Sri Lanka in 2003 and
played his last international test series against Australia in January this year.
Plagued by injuries, the
Jamaican had spent almost
five years out of the Test
side between 2009 and
2014.
His best bowling figures
are 6/47 against Australia
at Sabina Park in 2015. The
other three were against India, Pakistan and England.
He has had four five-Test
wicket hauls in his 13-year
test career. His top score
was 106, batting at number
8 against New Zealand in
2008.
INDIAN HOCKEY TEAM IS READY TO GO TO RIO
Having successfully led
the team to a historic runners-up finish in the FIH
Champions Trophy last
month, Sreejesh was once
again entrusted with the
responsibility of captaincy
ahead of Sardar Singh.
On the other hand, Sushila replaced Ritu Rani at
the helm of the women’s
team after the latter was
dropped by the selectors
due to poor form and attitude problems.
The 18-member squads,
Men’s squad: PR Sreejesh
(captain and GK), Harmanpreet Singh (defender),
Rupinder Pal Singh (defender), Kothajit Singh (defender), Surendar Kumar
(defender), Manpreet Singh
(midfielder), Sardar Singh
(midfielder), VR Raghunath
(defender), SK Uthappa
(midfielder), Danish Mujtaba (midfielder), DevenderWalmiki (midfielder),
SV Sunil (forward and vicecaptain), Akashdeep Singh
(forward),
Chinglensana
Singh (midfielder), Ramandeep Singh (forward), NikkinThimmaiah (forward),
PardeepMor, VikasDahiya
(stand bys).
Women’s squad: Savita
(GK), Navjot Kaur (midfielder), Deep Grace Ekka
(defender), Monika (midfielder), Anuradha Devi
(forward), Poonam Rani
(forward),
VandanaKa-
taria (forward), Deepika
(defender), NamitaToppo
(defender), RenukaYadav
(midfielder), SunitaLakra
(defender), SushilaChanu
(defender), Rani Rampal
(forward),
PreetiDubey
(forward),
LilimaMinz
(midfielder), Nikki Pradhan
(forward), RajaniEtimarpu
and H. LalruatFeli (stand
bys). (ANI)
ell Johnson and Brett Lee
are the only Aussies in the
300-club.
that, are going to be on the
agenda, and making sure he
is fit for those.
LEHMANN BELIEVES STARC CAN TAKE 300
TEST WICKETS, IF HE STAYS FIT
ments. There can be no way
back.”
The 36-year-old maverick batsman, however,
doesn’t expect the hosts to
sledge Amir and warned local fans against provoking
the Pakistan quick.
“He is just as quick, and
as competitive as ever. He
is verbal. He lets you know
he is bowling at you. He will
cop a load of stick off the
English fans but he will not
take a step back. It is going
to make great viewing,” Pi-
etersen said.
“With guys like him verbals from the crowd or a bit
of sledging from the opposition spurs him on to do
great things so the fans will
not be doing England any
favours by giving him some
abuse,” he added.
His comments on the Pakistan bowler echo those of
former England teammate
Graeme Swann, who said
that Amir’s return at Lord’s
would make him feel sick.
(ANI)
PETROL PUMP OWNERS SEEK
‘ONE NATION-ONE RATE’ FUEL
Chandigarh: Fuel pump
owners in the country have
demanded ‘one nation one
rate’ for petroleum products in order to eliminate
disparity in prevailing prices of petrol and diesel.
the shorter format of the
game.
Last year, Lahiri also created history by becoming
the first Indian to be a part
of the International Team
at the Presidents Cup.
Anirban will be playing
his ninth successive Major
when he tees it up at the
British Open at Royal Troon
in Scotland this week.
6
WEST INDIES PACER TAYLOR RETIRES FROM TEST CRICKET
sult for an Indian at a Major
till date.
He has had a long spell in
the world’s top-50 in 2016
and had all but sealed his
Olympic berth at the start
of the year.
English Daily
demand that petroleum
products be brought
under GST to ensure one nation
one rate.” But,
he said, states
are unlikely to agree on the
same.
A delegation led by Bansal today met Punjab Finance Minister Parminder
Singh Dhindsa in this regard and sought minister’s
support on the issue.
Bansal said Dhindsa
had assured the delegation
to consider their demand
to lower tax rate on petrol which was the second
highest in the country after
Tamil Nadu.
Because of high tax rate
on petrol in Punjab, prices
of fuel in the state is costlier by Rs 6 per litre in comparison to that of in Chandigarh.
Quoting Chaudhary, the
ministry in a statement said
The 26-year-old has so
far taken a staggering 91
Legendary fast bowler
Glenn McGrath is Australia’s highest wicket-taker
in Test with 563 scalps
while Dennis Lillee, Mitch-
Starc, who missed the
second half of Australia’s
Test summer due to an ankle injury, will spearhead
Australia’s bowling attack
when the three-match Test
series against Sri Lanka
gets underway in Kandy
from July 26.
“He plays all formats.
That is the hardest part,
managing him through
that is going to be our challenge,” Lehmann was quoted as saying by cricket.com.
au. “Making sure high-priority Test tours, one-day
tours, World Cups and all
“If he stays on the park,
he could (pass 300 Test
wickets).”
Meanwhile, Australia’s
interim fast bowling Coach
Allan Donald said Starc’s
ability to reverse swing
could be the key in the upcoming series.
Australia, which became
the number one Test side
after defeating New Zealand 2-0 in February, will
aim to retain their numerouno position after the Sri
Lankan series. (ANI)
TRAI MULLS OMBUDSMAN TO RESOLVE SERVICE ISSUES
“Uniformity in VAT rates
will lead to cheaper petroleum products to consumers and growth in tax revenue. And it will also cause
jump in sale of fuel pumps
located in the border areas
which are now on the verge
of closure due to high tax
rates,” said Punjab Petroleum Dealers Association
President Sandeep Sehgal
said.
Dealers also expressed
concern over the looting incidents at petrol pumps in
the state and demanded adequate security at pumps to
prevent any such incidents
in future.
H P CHAUDHARY TAKES CHARGE
AS MOS MSME MINISTER
New Delhi: HaribhaiParthibhai Chaudhary on
Monday assumed charge as
the new Minister of State in
Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises (MSME) Ministry.
Melbourne: Australia
head coach Darren Lehmann believes that speedster Mitchell Starc can join
the coveted 300-Test wicket club, provided he stays fit
amid mounting workload
across all three formats.
wickets
in just 25
Tests and
the coach
observed
that Starc’s
outstanding
abilities as a
bowler can
help him
become
the fifth Australian to take
more than 300 wickets in
the longest format of the
game.
he will work towards the
development of the MSME
sector, which contributes
about 40 per cent in the
country’s total exports.
He represents the Banaskantha constituency of Gujarat in the LokSabha.
New Delhi: To provide
relief to telecom users on
service quality, regulator
TRAI is considering seeking feedback from the public on introducing a new
ombudsman mechanism to
resolve their complaints.
As things stand, the
scales are tilted towards
service providers as current rules do not allow
a customer to approach
courts for resolving such
disputes.
“The current system of
complaint resolution is not
effective. It is an unhappy
situation,” Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
(TAI) Chairman R S Sharma
said.
Sharma said the regulator plans to release a con-
sultation paper in a fortnight to deliberate on the
institutional arrangement
that should be adopted to
improve efficiency of the
consumer grievance redressal framework. He did
not go into specifics, saying
the views on the same will
be sought from people and
an automated or technology-based platform could be
explored.
“We need to mull whether an automated system,
say a technology platform,
can be used. We will have to
see how technology can be
leveraged to resolve complaints. We will invite suggestions on what should be
an appropriate system,” he
explained.Unlike other sectors, an average grievance
of telecom consumers has
certain peculiarities.
There are over 100
crore customers in the Indian telecom sector, and
disputes between telecom
operators and users mostly involve billing, change in
tariff plans and start of value added services, where
the monetary value is relatively small.
That is precisely why an
average consumer cannot
approach courts as the value is very low and even cost
of filing an affidavit is more
than the complaint value
itself.
The National Telecom
Policy 2012 seeks “to undertake legislative measures to bring disputes
between telecom consumers and service providers
within the jurisdiction of
consumer forums established under the Consumer
Protection Act”, but it is yet
to be implemented.
Consumers find themselves in a piquant situation as they cannot go to
TRAI because it cannot
entertain individual complaints. If it receives them,
TRAI forwards the same to
the telecom service provider (TSP) concerned.
Users can approach the
Department of Telecom,
but then, it also does not
have much powers except
through the arbitration
route provided in Section
7B of the Indian Telegraph
Act of 1885. DoT merely
forwards complaints to the
telecom operator.
EXPORTS
OF 7 FARM COMMODITIES FALL
IN MAY
New Delhi: Exports of perts expressed hope that respectively, according to
Exports fell for the 18th
several agriculture products, including tea, coffee,
rice and cashew declined
in May due to fall in global
commodity prices.
Cereals, oil meals and
dairy & poultry products
too recorded negative
growth during the month.
In all, seven out of 13
main agriculture products
that are closely monitored
by the Commerce Ministry,
were in the negative zone.
However, industry ex-
the global commodity prices would gradually firm up,
which would help in pushing up agriculture exports.
“Prices of agri-produce
would start firming up. It
would help in pushing up
agri exports,” said Ajay Sahai, DG & CEO of Federation
of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO).
During the month, exports of tea, coffee, rice and
other cereals declined by 2
per cent, 15.68 per cent, 18
per cent and 53.75 per cent
the official data.
Other products which
reported negative growth
include cashew (- 14 per
cent), oil meals (- 69.74
per cent) and meat, dairy &
poultry products (- 17 per
cent).
Decline in these exports
is a key factor for slow
growth in India’s overall merchandise exports.
Agri-products account for
over 10 per cent of the
country’s total exports.
month in a row in May,
though marginally by 0.79
per cent to USD 22.17 billion as several non-oil sectors such as engineering
and gems and jewellery
saw a rise in outward shipments.
Sectors which grew at a
healthy rate in May include
tobacco (31.29 per cent),
spices (11.36 per cent), oil
seeds (7.64 per cent), fruits
and vegetables (1.53 per
cent) and marine products
(11.39 per cent).
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Vol 1, Issue 191 `.1.00/-
BEAUTY
BUSINESS
HOW TO GET RID OF DARK CIRCLES
Dark discoloration of the skin under the eye is mainly referred to as dark circles. It is also known as dark rings or shadows.
Some of the main causes behind the formation of dark circles are heredity, aging, dry skin, prolonged crying, working for long hours in front of a computer,
mental or physical stress, lack of sleep and an unhealthy diet. Both men and women of different age groups can have dark circles.
Dark circles are not a serious skin problem, but they make people look tired, exhausted, unhealthy and older. You can easily get rid of unsightly shadows
under your eyes using some easy home remedies.
HERE ARE THE TOP 10 WAYS TO GET RID
OF DARK CIRCLES FAST.
1.
Almond Oil
Almond oil is a great natural ingredient that is very beneficial for the delicate skin around your
eyes. Regular usage of almond oil will help fade your under eye circles. In addition to almond oil, you
can use vitamin E oil to eliminate dark circles under the eyes.
1. Before going to bed, apply a little almond oil over the dark circles and gently massage it into
the skin.
2. Leave it on overnight.
3. The next morning, wash it off with cold water.
2.Cucumber
4. Follow this remedy daily until the dark circles disappear.
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Additional Tips
• Get adequate sleep and rest.
• Avoid rubbing your eyes too much or too often as it causes the blood vessels to dilate, thus
making the under eye circles appear darker.
• Remove your make-up before going to sleep or else it may irritate your eyes.
• Limit sun exposure.
• Drink plenty of water throughout the day to get rid of water retention that could be causing
the problem.
• To avoid eye bags caused by pooling of fluids in your lower eyelids, elevate your head by adding two or more pillows under your head before going to sleep.
• Pay attention to your diet and eat foods rich in vitamins A, C and E.
• Stop smoking and restrict alcohol and caffeine consumption; smoking damages skin cells,
and alcohol and caffeine contribute to dehydration which in turn weakens the delicate skin
around the eyes.
HOW TO GET PROFESSIONAL MANICURE AT HOME
It is a fact of life that people observe your manicure. I also notice it too much and believe me it somehow leave some kind of beauty impression in minds and if I am not cautious I will turn out with fingernails at different lengths. The best way to see results is
to initiate a healthy manicure. Here are very helpful steps to perform manicure at home
without spending money on any salon.
Tools Required
4. Foot filer
8. Transparent Nail Polish
1. Bowl of warm water
5. Nail polish remover
9. Cotton Pads
2. Nail cutter
6. Massage Lotion
10. Finger Brush
3. Nail filer
7. Hand towel
STEPS FOR MANICURE
Cucumbers have skin-lightening and mild astringent properties that help fix those raccoon eyes
naturally. Plus, they have a soothing and refreshing effect.
• Cut a fresh cucumber into thick slices and chill them in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Put
the slices onto the affected skin area for about 10 minutes. Wash the area with water. Repeat
twice daily for about a week or more.
• Another option is to mix cucumber juice with lemon juice in equal amounts. Use a cotton ball
to apply the mixture on the affected skin. Leave it on for 15 minutes and then wash it off with
water. Follow this remedy daily for at least one week.
3.
Raw Potato
There are natural bleaching agents present in potato that can help lighten dark circles and get rid of
puffiness around the eyes.
4.
Rose Water
1. Wash your hands.
• Grate one or two raw potatoes to extract the juice. Soak a cotton ball in the juice and place it
over your closed eyes. Make sure the juice covers the dark circles under your eyes as well as
the eyelids. Allow the juice to sit for 10 to 15 minutes. Rinse your eyelids well with cool water.
Repeat once or twice daily for a few weeks.
• Instead of potato juice, you can also use thick potato slices to remove dark circles.
Rose water has incredible ingredient for skin care. It rejuvenates the skin and has a soothing effect on
tired eyes. Due to its mild astringent properties, it also works as a good skin toner.
1. Soak cotton eye pads in pure rose water for a few minutes.
2. Put the soaked pads on your closed eyelids.
3. Leave them on for about 15 minutes.
4. Follow this remedy twice daily for a few weeks.
2. Remove old nail paint, if
any. Use a good nail polish
remover and cotton balls
for this purpose. Wipe
away with moistened
cotton ball
3. Cut and file your nails
using a nail cutter and nail
filer.
5. Get a bowl of warm
water and a few drops
of shampoo. Soak your
hands for five minutes
after massaging it with
cream to soften the cuticles and push them back.
6. Apply a base coat.
8. Apply top coat.
9. Clean up if there are any
colour smudges.
5.Tomato
Tomatoes have bleaching properties that can lighten skin to a great extent.
• Mix one teaspoon of tomato juice with one-half teaspoon of lemon juice. Gently apply this
mixture on the dark circles and allow it to sit for 10 minutes. Rinse it off with water. Follow
this remedy twice a day for a few weeks. Simply using tomato juice will also work.
6.
Lemon Juice
• You can also drink a glass of tomato juice with some mint leaves, lemon juice and salt. For
maximum results, be sure to drink this juice immediately after making it. Drink it once or
twice a day for about a week.
The vitamin C present in lemon juice can also help remove dark circles under the eyes, thanks to its
skin-lightening properties.
Use a cotton ball to apply fresh lemon juice around your eyes. Leave it on for about 10 minutes and
rinse it off. Do this once daily for a few weeks.
• Another option is to make a thick paste by mixing one tablespoon of lemon juice, two tablespoons of tomato puree, a pinch of gram flour (besan) and turmeric powder. Apply this thick
paste gently around your eyes. Rinse it off with clean water after 10 to 15 minutes. Repeat
two or three times every week.
Note: If the lemon juice causes a burning sensation then discontinue its use.
7.
Coconut Oil
Massaging with coconut oil is another effective natural remedy to lighten dark circles. Due to its moisturizing quality, coconut oil also promotes smooth skin and prevents wrinkles and fine lines under
eyes.
1. Simply massage some extra-virgin coconut oil on the under eye area.
2. Leave it on for a few hours, and then wash it off.
8.
Tea Bags
3. Repeat two to three times daily for a few months or until you are satisfied with the results.
The caffeine and antioxidants present in tea can be highly beneficial for getting rid of dark circles as
well as puffiness under eyes by shrinking the blood vessels and reducing fluid retention. The tannins,
in particular, help decrease swelling and discoloration.
1. Chill two used green or black tea bags in the refrigerator for about half an hour.
2. Place one tea bag over each eye and leave it on for 10 to 15 minutes.
3. Remove the tea bags and wash your face.
4. Repeat once or twice daily for a few weeks.
Note: Be careful not to get the tea in your eyes.
9.
Cold Compress
Cold compress can constrict the blood vessels under the eyes and help a lot in reducing eye puffiness
and dark circles.
• Soak a washcloth in cold water or cold milk. Put it over your closed eyelids for several minutes.
• Alternatively, you can wrap a few ice cubes in a soft napkin and place it under your eyes for a
few minutes. You can also use a bag of frozen peas, a chilled teabag or a cold spoon.
10.Turmeric
Follow these remedies a few times daily.
Turmeric has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that can help minimize dark circles. It
will also make the skin around your eyes smoother and softer.
1. Mix two teaspoons each of turmeric powder with pineapple juice to make a thick paste.
2. Apply this paste to the affected area.
3. Leave it on for about 10 minutes before wiping it away with a soft, damp cloth.
4. Do this daily until you get positive results.
4. Buff your nails but excessive buffing can make
your nails weak and thin.
7. Apply two thin coats of
colour.
10. Here it is.
Every so often, try using
a deep conditioning treatment. You can use deep
conditioning
treatments
like olive oil, argan oil, avocado oil or coconut oil.
what type of hair you have,
there’s a specialist product
made to care especially for
you.
WAYS TO KEEP YOUR HAIR HEALTHY
Washing and Drying:
Know when to wash. People often make the mistake
of thinking that they need
to wash their hair every
day, but washing hair too
often can actually dry hair
out, or weigh it down with
product. For most people,
washing your hair twice a
week is adequate.
The longer, thicker, curlier, and more processed
your hair, the longer it can
go between washes.
If your hair gets oily very
quickly and you must wash
every day, use a lightweight
or “everyday” shampoo, as
these contain milder detergents than others. Alternately, you can try
soap nuts.
Use
conditioner.
Always use a good
conditioner after you
shampoo. Conditioner will provide moisture for your hair,
while making it softer
and more manageable. It will also make
your hair easier to brush
out after the shower, thus
causing less damage. Only
apply conditioner to the
ends and mid-lengths of
your hair, otherwise your
hair will look greasy.
Use a leave-in conditioner at least once a week.
Leave-in conditioners penetrate deep into your hair
cuticles to heal them more
completely.
Try using a leave-in
conditioner spray after
you shower. The spray will
make your hair more pliable and easier to detangle.
Use a comb. Wet hair
is more susceptible to
damage than dry hair, it
is more elastic and more
likely to break. Since hair is
most fragile when it’s wet,
you shouldn’t rip a brush
through it after washing.
Instead, you should spray
some detangler on it, and
then use a wide-tooth comb
to remove tangles and minimize breakage.
Remember to start from
the ends up, not from the
roots down.
Once hair is dry, avoid
unnecessary
brushing,
combing or handling.
Using your fingers to
comb through your hair
while wet can cause damage and hair loss. Make
sure to wait until after your
shower to comb out any
tangles.
Buy shampoo and conditioners suited to your hair
type. Pick a shampoo and
conditioner combo for fine,
greasy, dry or colored hair,
and stick to it! No matter
Don’t towel dry hair: As
hair is more fragile when
wet, roughly towel drying
hair can cause damage.
Rubbing wet hair with a
towel can rough up the
cuticle (outer layer of the
hair), causing more breakage and leading to frizzy or
fluffy hair.
Instead of rubbing, trying blotting your hair with
a towel to remove excess
moisture.
Invest in a super absorbent towel that you can
wrap around hair after washing.
Use hair dryer
sparingly: Frequent
use of a hair dryer can
dry out hair, causing
breakage and split
ends. Try to limit your
use of a hair dryer as
much as possible, let
your hair dry naturally instead. If you do use
a hair dryer, don’t hold it
too close to your hair, as
this will cause your hair to
burn.
Always apply heat protection spray or serum to
hair before drying.
Try using a cooler setting
on the hair dryer, to minimize damage.
Invest in an ionic hairdryer. An ionic hairdryer
emits charged particles
that can cut drying time in
half (minimizing heat exposure) and encourages the
hair cuticle to lie flat.
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Vol 1, Issue 191 `.1.00/-
ENTERTAINMENT
SHREYA GHOSHAL
RECORDS SONG
FOR ‘PADMAVATI’
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FIND OUT WHY SONAKSHI STEVE JOBS’ BIOGRAPHY
HAD TO SUIT UP IN MIAMI CHANGED MY IDEA OF
“Had to suit up because Miami was legendary! My new cover for @
mansworldindia shot by
@colstonJulian1! @VISITFLORIDA,” she wrote.
BUSINESS: SHAHRUKH KHAN
The ‘Dabangg’ actress
made it quite impactful
with her confident expressions and uber-cool
body language.
Sonakshi Sinha suited
up in “legendary” Miami
as she recently graced the
cover of a leading magazine.
The 29-year-old actress
took to her Twitter handle
to share the news along
with the cover picture.
On related note, this
confident expressions
can also be seen in Sona’s upcoming flick ‘Akira,’ directed by AR Murugadoss.
The film,
release this
has already
a buzz with
trailer.
expected to
September,
made quite
its gripping
I HAVE ABS BECAUSE OF
VARUN: PARINEETI
Shreya Ghoshal has
recorded a song for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s upcoming magnum opus
“Padamavati” and the
singer calls the track a
“landmark” in her career.
The 32-year-old “Dewaani Mastaani” singer
took to Twitter to share
the news with her fans.
“Recorded a landmark
song of my life today.
Soul satisfying emotional
joy ride. I live just to be
able to experience such
moments!” she initially
wrote.
The
bong
melody
queen appreciated the
The 50-year-old actor
says the book made him
realise people should
focus only on one thing
at a time and that idea
changed the direction of
his own company, Red
Chillies Entertainment.
53-year-old
director’s
music coposition in the
film and went on to write,
“Wondering which song!
What outstanding compositions Sanjay Bhansali sir
has made for #Padmavati.
Sang with all heart!”
“At Red Chillies Entertainment, I was involved
in multiple businesses.
But after reading the book
The film will reportedly
star Bhansali’s favourite
pair Deepika Padukone
and Ranveer Singh.
Parineeti
Chopra,
who has been teasing
her fans with glimpses of her jaw-dropping
dance moves with Varun Dhawan in the song
‘Jaaneman Aah’ from ‘Dishoom,’ thanked him for
her abs.
“Today I have abs because of Varun. I was
working on myself and
wanted to show. He offered me the song, I
agreed,” she said during
the song launch event on
Tuesday in Mumbai.
‘Jaaneman Aah,’ an
out-and-out dance number, will surely up the
temperature and anticipations with a sizzling
chemistry between Varun
and Parineeti amidst a
lavish set.
“We wanted to recreate the 90s vibe. So yes
we tried creating it. Gov-
Hiddleston, who now is
with the 26-year-old singer in a Gold Coast penthouse, was confronted by
media recently to which
he gave the most awkward reply you’ll watch
this year, source said
Reportedly, when the
35-year-old actor was
quizzed during a morning jog, “How’s Taylor en-
eight months
Jeo
Manganiello
and
23-year-ol d
son, Manola
Vergera, the
actress’ lookalike
niece
Claudia and
her ‘Modern
Family’
costars attended
the bash in
Los Angeles,
source said.
joying the beautiful Gold
Coast?” he uncomfortably
responded, “Uh-heh-hehheh-heh ... umm ... I, eh ... I,
I, I’m not going to answer
that, if that’s alright.”
To the next question
“And what are you and
your girlfriend looking
forward to doing on the
Gold Coast?” the actor
squirmed, “I don’t know.
Um. It’s just good to be
back.”
The ‘Crimson Peak’
actor is currently busy
filming ‘Thor: Rangarok’
in Australia where he is
joined by his popstar girlfriend.
“So, we stopped TV
and ad production and
focused entirely on films
and visual effects,” the actor said while interacting
on #fame, a live entertainment application.
Shah Rukh, however,
does not completely agree
with all the rules given in
the book.
“The book explains
that in a competition, the
guy who blinks first loses
first.”
The “Fan” actor recommended Blake Snyder’s
“Save the Cat” for all aspiring writers.
“This is one of the best
books on screenplay writing that I have read so far.”
The “Dilwale” star revealed that another author Malcolm Gladwell’s
book “Blink” is about doing business.
It was during his shoot
for Yash Chopra’s “Jab Tak
Hai Jaan” in London when
he got several copies of
EL James’ erotic-romance
“fifty Shades of Grey”,
which he is yet to finish
reading.
Mapuskar-directed ‘Ventilator’ in Mumbai.
PeeCee also filmed a
special Marathi song.
inda-Karisma were the
inspiration,” said Varun,
while speaking about the
song.
The ‘Badlapur’ actor,
who never fails to impress
fashion police, entered the
song launch event venue
on a bat-mobile like a vehicle with ultimate swag.
He was dressed in a
black vest, military jacket,
and jeans teamed up with
sexy blue sunglasses.
SOFIA VERGERA GOES ALL
LEMONY ON HER TURNING 44
Tom Hiddleston gave
little away when quizzed
about his girlfriend Taylor Swift, with who he has
been stepping out in front
of paparazzi and showing off their blossoming
romance for sometimes
now.
(on Steve Jobs), I realised
that focusing only on one
thing will help,” SRK said.
INTERNATIONAL DIVA PEECEE
TURNS MARATHI ‘MULGI’
Ghoshal, whose Bollywood playback singing
career began with Bhansali’s “Devdas”, has also
worked with him on his
other movies “Bajirao
Mastani”, “Ram Leela” and
“Saawariya”.
TOM HIDDLESTON ‘RUNS
AWAY’ FROM TAYLOR
SWIFT-QUESTIONS
Bollywood superstar
Shah Rukh Khan, an avid
reader of fiction and
non-fiction, says biography of Apple co-founder
changed his ideas about
business.
From a lemon costume
to lemon decorations, an
elaborated lemon infused
menu and a custom lemon
snapchat filter, the ‘Modern Family’ actress rang in
her 44th birthday on June
10 with an adorable citrus
soiree for close friends and
family.
Along with her hubby of
“Happy
b i r t h d a y,
Mom,” Manola told the
camera while
Manganiello, gives a
thumbs up while relishing
gourmet treats from the
food table.
“I can’t believe you’re
turning-” the son added.
“18. She’s turning 18.
#HappyVerde,”
Manola
captioned the video.
Many of her costars including Paul Reubens, Jesse
Tyler Ferguson and Ariel
Winter, who plays Alex
Dunphy on the hit comedy
show took to social media
to show her some birthday
love as well.
Co-star Ferguson too
Instagrammed a youthful
photo of Vergara and himself laughing together.
“Happy birthday to my
wacky, beautiful friend @
sofiavergara! The only person I know who likes cake
more than I do! I hope you
eat a lot of it today!” he
wrote alongside.
While the four time
golden globe nominee
looked stunning in a black
laced, two-piece ensemble,
she revealed the birthday
party was a last minute celebration.
“I thought I was not going to be in town. I organised something really fast
last week, so it’s just going
to be, like, a dinner; it’s not
going to be that big or that
crazy, it’s just going to be
simple, ‘cause I thought I
Priyanka chopra is all
set to allure her fans in an
upcoming Marathi venture.
After proving her acting knack in Bollywood
as well as in the West, the
33-year-old actor will try
her hands in the Marathi
movies.
Before flying off to New
York on July 4, the global
icon wrapped a three-day
schedule for her Marathi
production, the Rajesh
Talking about the film
with Mumbai Mirrors, the
‘Bajirao Mastani’ actress
said,” directed by Rajesh
Mapuskar has my name
attached to it so I have to
be comfortable with everything that’s happening. The crew back home
teases me saying that US
main baithe baithe I know
everything that’s happening in Mumbai.”
“Life is transient and I
am a creative person who
constantly looks for new
outlets. I have been writing a lot and I am producing films, I like to evolve in
different directions,” she
added.
Presently, Priyanka is in
the US filming for the second season of her much
appreciated TV series
‘Quantico.’
HRITHIK ROSHAN SIGNED RS
500 CRORE DEAL OF SIX FILMS?
Hrithik Roshan, who
is gearing up for his upcoming epic movie ‘ Mohenjo Daro’ has reportedly signed a deal worth
approximately Rs. 500
crores for his next six
films.
According to a
source, “Hrithik’s last
four films, over the
last five years, from
‘Zindagi Na Milegi
Dobara’ in 2011 and
‘Agneepath’ in 2012
to ‘Krrish 3’ the following year and ‘Bang
Bang’ in 2014, all did
well
commercially
which is the reason
that this deal was
inked.”
“Infact, 2017 will begin with a bang for him
with his home production
‘Kaabil’, a Sanjay Gupta-directed action-drama,
which along with Shah
Rukh Khan’s ‘Raees’ will
be one of the first big films
of the year to unveil on
the Republic Day weekend. Even before the film
went on the floors, satellite rights were sold for
Rs 45 crore. All the other
films are expected to fetch
around half a crore,” the
source added.
Reportedly,
he
signed the first-of-itskind contract with a
leading television network for around Rs
500 crore, giving exclusive rights to premiere and broadcast
his films released between January 2013
and December 2017.
Recently,
actor
Varun Dhawan has
reportedly
signed
Rs.300 crore deal
with a leading channel for his movies except
for ‘Judwaa 2’.
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