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US under attack, again An Islamic State-linked man used a van to kill eight people this week near the site of the 9/11 attack. Suspect charged in US federal court ARUL LOUIS, NEW YORK

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resident Donald Trump has called the Uzbek immigrant arrested in this week’s terror attack that killed eight persons an “enemy combatant”. However, prosecutors filed terrorism charges against him in a civilian federal court here.

Acting federal prosecutor Joon Kim announced the filing of the charges in the civilian federal court, hours after Trump said that he would be open to sending Sayfullo Saipov to the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, where terrorists captured abroad are tried by military tribunals.

A resolute New York was on high alert this week after an Islamic State-linked terror strike using a van killed eight people — most of them tourists — near the site of the 9/11 attack.

Saipov, 29, a Uzbek immigrant

BRIEFS N.Korea’s missile that could reach US WASHINGTON: North Korea is working on an advanced version of its existing KN-20 intercontinental ballistic missile that could potentially reach Washington, a US official told CNN. This newly assessed ICBM is just one part of an accelerated effort by Kim Jong-un’s regime to improve every part of its missile and nuclear weapons attack capability as quickly as possible, the official said this week.

US shares names of 20 terror groups WASHINGTON: The White House retains a list of 20 terrorist groups that it claims are operating in Pakistan and Afghanistan and is believed to have shared this list with Islamabad.

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Police officers stand guard near the site of an attack in lower Manhattan in New York. (Photo: IANS)

who drove the rented van on to a bike path along the Hudson River running over bicyclist and pedestrians and also injuring 13 people, was shot and arrested by police.

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The rampage ended when the truck hit a school bus.

After he emerged from it brandishing two fake guns, a police officer shot and arrested him.

At the start of a cabinet meeting, in reply to a reporter’s question about the possibility of Saipov being sent to Guantanmo, Trump said: “Send him to Gitmo — I would certainly consider that, yes.”

Sending Saipov, a legal immigrant with a green card, to Guantanamo for a military trial may raise legal questions while labelling him an “enemy combatant” may open the way for this.

Guantanamo, known as Gitmo for short, is a US military base in Cuba — in territory under American control.

The initial charges filed against Saipov are only about providing support to a terrorist organization, the Islamic State, and operating a motor vehicle in a manner that caused a death. These charges were meant to hold him in custody.

More serious charges about the killing of eight people and other actions were expected later.

Trump might send attacker to ‘Gitmo’ WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has said he will consider sending the suspect in Tuesday’s terror attack in New York to the Guantanamo Bay -- known as Gitmo for short -- prison.

Trump also said he would ask Congress to terminate the visa lottery program under which the suspect Sayfullo Saipova, a native of Uzbekistan, entered the country.

During a meeting with his Cabinet at the White House, Trump said the US government needed to be much tougher and smarter and less politically correct and accused previous administrations, particularly that of predecessor Barack Obama, of being overly soft on immigration and terrorism, Efe news reported.

“Send him to Gitmo - I would certainly consider that,” Trump said when asked about that possibility.

No one detained on US soil has ever been sent to the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, located on a US military base in Cuba, and no suspected terrorists captured abroad have been transferred there since 2008.

—IANS

Trump to nominate Jerome Powell as Fed chair IANS, WASHINGTON

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S President Donald Trump is set to nominate Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell as the head of the American central bank, the White House announced.

The President had settled on Powell by October 28 and spoke with him this week, Xinhua news agency quoted The Wall Street Journal as saying.

Trump had recently concluded interviews of five candidates for the next Fed chair, including Powell, Stanford University economist John Taylor, former Fed governor Kevin Warsh, White House National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn and current

Powell’s appointment is likely to be well received on Wall Street. (Photo: IANS)

Fed Chair Janet Yellen, whose term expires next February.

Thsi week, Trump said that he planned to formally announce his

pick for the Fed chair on November 2, adding “you’ll be extremely impressed by this person”. If confirmed by the Senate, Powell, a

Biden slams Trump as ‘charlatan’ IANS, WASHINGTON

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ormer US Vice President Joe Biden has slammed President Donald Trump as a “charlatan”, arguing that he takes advantage of frustrated middle class voters who have become his “targets”.

“These people aren’t prejudiced.

They’re realistic. And they become targets to charlatans,” Biden said in Chicago, referring to middle class voters who supported Trump.

“And look what happens — like most charlatans throughout time,

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who seek to aggrandize themselves and consolidate their power, by always blaming the other.”

Speaking at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Biden also critiqued the Trump administration’s “America First” approach.

“This administration... casts... global affairs to dog-eat-dog competition, a Hobbesian world in which for Americans to succeed others must lose or fail,” he said.

Biden also slammed the Trump administration’s foreign policy, including the President’s decision to de-certify the Iran nuclear agreement reached under former President Barack Obama.

lawyer and former US Treasury official, would be the first Fed chair in three decades without a Ph.D. in economics.

“He would represent continuity of the Fed system and culture but a break from the predominance of monetary policy as the core background of the chair,” Aaron Klein, an economic studies fellow at the Brookings Institution, was quoted by the Wall Street Journal as saying.

Powell’s appointment is likely to be well received on Wall Street, as he has never dissented from any monetary policy decision since becoming governor in May 2012. He is widely expected to continue Yellen’s gradual and cautious strategy in tightening monetary policy after taking the helm of the central bank.

GOP delay release of US tax reform WASHINGTON: House Republicans have decided to delay the release of the bill that would overhaul the US tax code until Thursday, a Republican lawmaker said.

“Ways and Means Committee Members met tonight to discuss the work we are doing on pro-growth tax reform. In consultation with the President and our leadership team, we have decided to release the bill text on Thursday,” Xinhua quoted the committee’s chairman, Kevin Brady, as saying.

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Swords out over WB report India for the first time moves into the top 100 in the World Banks Ease of Doing Business global rankings; Rahul Gandhi and BJP spar over the latest report IANS, JAMBUSAR (GUJARAT)

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ongress Vice President Rahul Gandhi’s sharp criticism of the government over a World Bank report on ease of doing business and the state of economy this week triggered a bitter war of words between him and the BJP. India for the first time has moved into the top 100 in the World Banks Ease of Doing Business global rankings from its 130th position last year, riding on sustained government reforms which include making tax paying easier, according to the bank’s latest report.

The World Bank Group’s latest report ‘Doing Business 2018: Reforming to Create Jobs’ recognizes India as one of the top 10 improvers in this year’s assessment, While Gandhi rejected India’s

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi.

improved rank in the latest World Bank report on ease of doing business, asserting the government’s demonetization and GST decisions wreaked havoc with the economy, the BJP hit back, saying the Congress leader was clueless.

Addressing a public meeting in poll-bound Gujarat, Gandhi said:

UP NTPC blast: Death toll rises to 22, probe ordered

Injured being attended at Lucknow Hospital after they were shifted from the site of the blast at NTPC plant in Rae Bareli. (Photo: IANS)

LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI: Power producer NTPC on November 2 said it has shut down a 500 MW unit at its Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Station in Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh following the accident that killed 26 people.

The company in a regulatory filing in the BSE said: "This is to inform that Unit 6 (500 MW) of Feroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Station, Rae Bareli, is under shut down after an accident in the evening of November 1, 2017. The other five units of the station are operating normally."

The death toll in the NTPC boiler blast here in Uttar Pradesh rose to 26, with more injured workers succumbing to their burn injuries, officials said.

The massive explosion took place in a 500 MW boiler unit in Unchahar town on the Lucknow-Allahabad

highway. Many were trapped when a fire erupted in the boiler and a huge ball of dust rose after the blast, making the rescue operations difficult.

Contractual laborers at the plant raised slogans against the NTPC management. They claimed they had warned about an impending disaster at unit six as the temperature near the furnace had been steadily rising.

The NTPC has launched a probe into the incident, which it said took place due to "excess ash deposition" in the furnace. The state government has ordered a magisterial probe.

Union Power Minister R.K. Singh denied claims from some political leaders and families of the deceased that human negligence was to blame for the boiler blast in NTPC's Unchahar unit.

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“Jaitleyji sits in his office and listens to outsiders. I would request him to visit small traders or midsized business persons and ask them whether ease of doing business has improved for them or not.

“The entire country will scream in unison that there is no ease of doing business. Your demonetiza-

tion and GST have hit us hard,” he told the gathering of mostly farmers and small traders in Jambusar town of Bharuch, the home district of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s political secretary Ahmed Patel.

Jaitley shot back, pointing out the difference between the Congress-led UPA and BJP-led NDA governments. “The difference between the UPA and NDA — the ease of doing corruption has been replaced by the ease of doing business,” he tweeted.

Replying to Gandhi’s charges, the BJP in Delhi said the Congress leader was exposing his lack of knowledge on economy with his “shallow statements”.

“Should I presume that he has absolutely no knowledge about what world organizations like the World Bank have to say about India’s economy,” said Union IT Minister Ravishankar Prasad.

Congress Party is ‘laughing club’: Modi KANGRA (HIMACHAL PRADESH): Terming the Congress a “laughing club”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it was losing its hold in every corner of the country.

“We all need Narendra Modi to look at the Congress. We should appreciate them. Nothing is left for them and they have lost their hold from every part of the country,” Modi said in his first election rally in Kangra ahead of the Himachal Pradesh assembly polls.

“Wherever people have a chance, they have voted for change. They (Congress) have become a laughing club,” he said.

Assembly polls in Congressruled Himachal will be held on November 9. Attacking the Himachal Pradesh government, Modi said Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh was talking of action against corruption when he himself was out on bail on a corruption case.

India, Italy resolve to combat terrorism IANS, NEW DELHI

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ndia and Italy this week resolved to fight terrorism and cooperate in the area of cyber security in delegation-level talks headed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni here.

“The two leaders resolved to fight terrorism and violent extremism in all their forms and manifestations,” a joint statement issued after the talks said.

“They condemned in the strongest possible terms recent terror attacks in India, in Europe and elsewhere and emphasized the need for strengthening international partnership and concerted action by the international community in addressing the menace

Narendra Modi with his Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni.

of terrorism,” it stated. Both leaders also expressed satisfaction on the first India-Italy Joint Working Group on Combating International Terrorism held in Rome in

November last year and agreed to further strengthen the consultation mechanism through regular exchange of assessments and information, training and capacity building programme among others in the sphere of counter-terrorism.

They agreed to strengthen cooperation to take decisive and concerted actions against Al Qaeda, Islamic State and their affiliates and all other all UN designated globally proscribed terrorists and terror entities.

Modi and Gentiloni emphasized the need for effective implementation of existing international commitments on countering terrorism including UN Global Countering Terrorism Strategy, UN Security Council resolutions and targeted sanctions relating to terrorism.

First wheat consignment from India to Afghanistan reaches Chabahar IANS, NEW DELHI

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n what can be seen as a significant diplomatic initiative, the first consignment of wheat from India to Afghanistan that was flagged off by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Afghan counterpart Salhuddin Rabbani reached the Iranian port of Chabahar this week.

“The first consignment of wheat assistance to Afghanistan, flaggedoff by EAM @SushmaSwaraj & Afghan FM Rabbani, reached

Chabahar port,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted.

“On arrival of first consignment, a welcome ceremony held at Chabahar port on this landmark occasion, attended by dignitaries from 3 countries,” he stated.

The shipment to Afghanistan comes in the wake of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s one-day visit to India on October 24 just before US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson reached here in his first visit in his official capacity. India is a major

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development aid partner for strifetorn Afghanistan and New Delhi’s role was appreciated by Tillerson in a joint address to media.

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Retrieving Kashmir will be gargantuan task The government wants to start a dialogue with its critics, although, till recently, it appeared that the use of force was its most preferred option AMULYA GANGULI, NEW DELHI

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech said that the solution to Kashmir did not lie in abuses or guns but in embracing the Kashmiris.

inston Churchill’s observation that America can be depended upon to do the right thing after it has tried all the other alternatives is applicable to most countries. The government’s initiative on Kashmir has come at the end of a similar tortuous route when it tried everything from a “muscular approach”, as the Congress has said, to letting the sword of abrogating Article 35A of the Constitution hang over the state’s head.

Like Article 370, which is anathema to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Article 35A underlines the state’s special status by preventing non-locals from buying or owning property in Kashmir. But now the government wants to start a dialogue with its critics although, till

recently, it appeared that the use of force was its most preferred option.

The forces also edged close to violating the Geneva Convention in the infamous incident when they tied a local person to the bonnet of

lence, it would have seemed that the government had only a onetrack approach to the situation in Kashmir, which was to cow down the restive population by a formidable show of force. Yet, such a blinkered attitude has rarely led to success in insurgency-prone areas, not least since democracies are invariably at a disadvantage when it comes to the use of unchecked power. The reason is the prevalence of the system of checks and balances which calls for accountability lest any one section of the government cross a given limit.

In Kashmir, for instance, the Supreme Court has questioned the use of pellet guns in view of the danger they pose of not only blinding the demonstrators but also bystanders. Furthermore, the government’s opponents have called for the withdrawal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in

Like Article 370, which is anathema to the BJP, Article 35A underlines Kashmir’s special status, preventing non-locals from buying or owning property there a jeep as the vehicle traversed trouble-prone areas to deter those who were throwing stones.

Unfortunately, this crude display of the innate power of the authorities was acclaimed by, among others, the army chief, while a well-known Bollywood actor wanted a prominent human rights activist, who is a woman, to be similarly strapped to a jeep.

Given this atmosphere of viru-

view of the leeway which it gives to the security forces, while its inbuilt safeguards against misuse haven’t always been in evidence.

It came as a matter of relief, hence, when the Prime Minister, in his Independence Day speech, said that the solution to the problem did not lie in abuses or guns but in embracing the Kashmiris. “Na gaali se, na goli se, Kashmir me parivartan hoga gale lagaane se,” he said.

‘1984 riots shut our doors to a better life’ Around 3,000 widows, who survived the 1984 anti-Sikh riots after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, were alloted houses in West Delhi’s Widow’s Colony IANS, NEW DELHI

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ocated in a dingy and dirty lane, there is hardly any scope for the sun’s rays to penetrate into Surjeet Singh’s 50 sq yard home. The two room set is the only shelter for him, his wife, four children and widowed mother, to whom the house was alloted after his father was killed in the antiSikh riots of 1984 — when he was just eight-years-old.

“You can see how we are surviving. It has been more than three decades of the 1984 riots, but it seems our lives have remained stagnant. Forget justice, our condition of living has rather deteriorated. The riots shut our doors to a better life,” Surjeet, now 40, told IANS. The Widow’s Colony in West Delhi’s Tilak Vihar was established by the government and alloted to the widows who survived as a part of the compensation to victims of the anti-Sikh riots that broke out on October 31, 1984 on the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira

Kuldeep Kaur (Left) and Surjeet Singh (Right) — the residents of the Widow’s Colony in West Delhi’s Tilak Vihar, who survived the anti-sikh riots that took place on October 31, 1984. (Photo: IANS)

Gandhi. However, the present condition of the colony is extremely miserable; power lines hang low, garbage is littered over the narrow lanes and drains are left uncovered.

Around 3,000 widows were alloted houses in Tilak Vihar but now only a countable are left. Many

went back to Punjab while few have settled in other parts of Delhi.

Sixty-five-year-old Kuldeep Kaur, a widow who has been residing in the colony since its inception, said that she has now learned to live with the traumatic and harrowing past, but is worried about the future of

her children and grandchildren.

“I am old now and have accepted whatever was written in my destiny.

The riots not just took away life of my husband, but permanently closed the scope of leading a secured and decent life. My three children saw their father being burnt alive in

front of their eyes; they didn’t attend school. And now, my son drives an e-rickshaw; what future will he give to his children,” Kaur lamented.

Surjeet Singh, who is a freelance photographer by profession, said he saw his father murdered by angry and violent mobs but was too young to understand what was happening.

“Imagine a life without a father, how difficult it must have been for the widows to continue their lives with the sole earning member gone. At that time, women were not so educated to get a job. The situation after the riots was very bad,” he voiced.

The riots had majorly affected the children of the widows living in the colony; they got involved in addictions — started taking drugs and surrendered themselves to alcohol — and left schooling.

“Nobody could afford school, even though some went to school they couldn’t complete their education because the dreadful past was too difficult to forget and made it difficult to concentrate on studies,” Singh pointed out.

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Not racism but robbery: Sushma External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has confirmed that an Indian student assaulted in Italy’s Milan was not a racial attack but robbery IANS, NEW DELHI

Sushma for probe into Sherin Mathews’ adoption process

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xternal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj this week said that she had spoken to an Indian student assaulted in Italy’s Milan and was told that it was not a racial attack but robbery.

Sushma Swaraj, who earlier said she was personally monitoring the situation amid reports of attacks on Indian students in Milan, tweeted about her conversation with the student concerned.

“Attack on Indian students in Italy — I have spoken to the Indian student concerned in Milan. He has told me that it was a case of robbery and not a racial attack.

She also appreciated the help rendered by the Consulate General of India in Milan.

The Minister had earlier asked the students not to worry and said

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj

she had got a detailed report.

“Attack on Indian students in Milan: I have got the detailed report. Please do not worry.”

“I am monitoring the situation personally,” the External Affairs

NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj last week sought a thorough probe into adoption process of the three-year-old Indian American girl Sherin Mathews who has died in Texas.

Sushma Swaraj tweeted that she has requested Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi “for a thorough investigation into the adoption process of Baby Saraswati Sherin Mathews who has been killed by her foster father Wes-

Minister had said in a tweet. The Indian Consulate in the Italian city issued an advisory, asking Indian students not to panic and to con-

ley Mathews in the US”. She also said that she has asked Anupam Roy, Consul General of India in Houston, to ensure that the murder of Sherin was taken to a logical conclusion.

Police in Texas charged Sherin Mathews' foster father Wesley Mathews after he admitted that the child choked while he was making her drink milk and died in their home in Texas, according to court documents.

—IANS

tact the mission in case of such incidents.

The report of the attacks came as Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gen-

Ex-ambassador Richard Verma joins India-US forum board F IANS, WASHINGTON

ormer US Ambassador to India Richard Verma has joined the board of the US India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), a New Delhi-centric advocacy group aiming at strengthening ties between the two nations, the media reported.

The USISPF said: “Verma’s extensive career and long-standing knowledge of foreign policy makes him an invaluable addition to the USISPF Board,” The American Bazaar reported this week.

Verma was nominated as the 25th US Ambassador to India by former President Barack Obama in September 2014 and confirmed by

tiloni was in India on a two-day visit, and held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on boosting ties that have seen a marked downswing over recent years.

The Indian Consulate in Milan had said that it has received reports of attacks and cautioned students to stay away from any area perceived to be of risk.

“The Consulate has received reports of unfortunate incident of attacks on the Indian students in Milan. All Indian students are urged not to panic.

“Students are also requested to report such matters to the Consulate on Consul General’s cell phone number 3290884057 immediately,” it said, adding it will help students concerned to take up the issue with the higher authorities in Milan so that all efforts can be made to prevent recurrence of such incidents. excited to welcome him to the USISPF Board, a powerful group that will undoubtedly make serious strides in partnership and trade growth between the United States and India,” The American Bazaar quoted Mukesh Aghi, the president of USISPF as saying.

In response Verma said: “While serving as Ambassador to India, I saw first-hand the exciting work that US companies are doing across India and in cooperation with domestic partners. The USISPF provides a critical platform to advance commercial ties, and I am delighted to join the Board of this new leading organization.”

the Senate in December 2014.

During his two-year tenure, USIndia relations experienced a significant resurgence, with important gains made in defense, trade, and clean energy.

“Rich Verma is one of the most profoundly influential individuals for US-India relations, and we could not be more honored and

John Kapoor arrested for Let’s treat hearts via urban forests illegally marketing opioid VISHAL GULATI, NEW DELHI

WASHINGTON: An Indian American billionaire was arrested and charged for illegally marketing opioid, a media report said John Kapoor, the 74-year-old entrepreneur was arrested on Thursday and is scheduled to appear in a federal court in Phoenix, reports The American Bazaar. “The founder and majority owner of Insys Therapeutics Inc., was arrested today and charged with leading a nationwide conspiracy to profit by using bribes and fraud to cause the illegal distribution of a Fentanyl spray intended for cancer patients experiencing breakthrough pain,” the Department of Justice said in a statement.

The charges also include allega-

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tions against other Insys executives and managers who were indicted in December 2016.

“In the midst of a nationwide opioid epidemic that has reached crisis proportions, Kapoor and his company stand accused of bribing doctors to overprescribe a potent opioid and committing fraud on insurance companies solely for profit,” said Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb.

—IANS

ndian-born scientist Aruni Bhatnagar is all set to install a $14.50 million “unique urban laboratory” in the US that will study the effect of green plantations on combating cardiovascular diseases. His research interests include cardiovascular effects of environmental pollutants, atherosclerosis, injury from loss of blood to the heart muscle, cardiovascular complications of diabetes and sepsis.

“We think trees might be more effective than statins in combating heart disease,” Bhatnagar told IANS on phone from Louisville, Kentucky.

Bhatnagar’s work has led to the creation of the new field of environmental cardiology.

A Lucknow University graduate with a bio-chemistry doctorate

Aruni Bhatnagar is all set to install a $14.50 million “unique urban laboratory” in the US.

from the Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), also in Lucknow, he is a professor and university scholar with Louisville’s Institute of Molecular Cardiology. He is also a fellow with the American Heart Association.

The Green Heart project

involves the University of Louisville, the Nature Conservancy, the Institute for Healthy Air, Land and Soil and other partners that will transform four South Louisville neighborhoods, home to about 22,000 residents, with 8,000 trees and other plantings.

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‘Sex pest’ row: British Defense Secretary quits Fallon earlier admitted that he had put his hand on the knee of a radio presenter at a dinner 15 years ago IANS, LONDON

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ritish Defense Secretary Michael Fallon has resigned on Wednesday night, becoming the first big political casualty of a “sex pest” scandal engulfing Westminster.

Fallon wrote to Prime Minister Theresa May, telling her he was resigning from her front bench cabinet, Xinhua news agency reported.

Downing Street confirmed the resignation, saying that May had written to the defense chief, accepting his resignation.

May wrote to Fallon: “I appreciate the characteristically serious manner in which you have considered your position, and the particular example you wish to set to servicemen and women and others.”

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Sedition complaint against Khaleda Zia DHAKA: A sedition complaint was filed in a local Dhaka court on Wednesday against Bangladesh opposition leader Khaleda Zia for allegedly holding a “secret meeting” Khaleda Zia with an official of Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI during her threemonth stay in the UK. Bangabandhu Foundation Executive Chairman Mashiur Rahman filed the complaint with the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.

Suu Kyi visits Myanmar’s conflict-hit Rakhine state NAY PYI TAW: Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday arrived in Rakhine on her first visit to the state since deadly violence broke out late August forcing over 600,000 members of the Rohingya Muslim minority to flee to Bangladesh.

According to U Zaw Htay, director-general of the State Counsellor’s Office, Suu Kyi will also look into the reconstruction projects in Taungpyo Letwei and Khon Tine villages during her one-day trip to the state, reports Xinhua news agency.

The Myanmar government has been implementing some shortterm projects in the northern part of Rakhine.

She praised the way he had championed Britain’s armed forces during his three and a half years as Defense Secretary, and the way he had held the job during a time when Britain faced threats of terrorism.

Fallon's resignation could come as a major blow to Prime Minister Theresa May Political commentators said his resignation will come as a major blow to May, losing one of her most supportive and dependable ministers. The move came just hours after May told MPs in the House of Commons that she had called a meeting of the main party leaders

next week to discuss how parliament should handle complaints about sexual harassment by politicians at Westminster.

Earlier this week, Fallon admitted that he had put his hand on the knee of a radio presenter at a dinner 15 years ago at a Conservative Party conference.

In his letter to the Prime Minister, Fallon said: “A number of allegations have surfaced about MPs in recent days, including some about my previous conduct.”

“Many of these have been false but I accept in the past I have fallen below the high standards that we require of the Armed Forces that I have the honor to represent. I have reflected on my position and I am therefore resigning as Defense Secretary.”

British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon (Photo: (Xinhua/Han Yan/IANS)

Spanish court summons sacked Catalan leader IANS, MADRID

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pain’s High Court has summoned sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and 13 other members of his dismissed government to appear later this week.

It also gave them three days to pay a deposit of $7.2 million to cover potential liabilities, BBC reported on Tuesday. The summons comes after Spain’s chief prosecutor on Monday said he would press charges including rebellion. Puigdemont is in Belgium with several former ministers. He earlier said he was not there to seek asylum.

Carles Puigdemont triggered a crisis in Spain by holding an independence referendum in early October in the semi-autonomous

Dismissed Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont. (Photo: Wikipedia)

region despite Madrid’s opposition and the Constitutional Court declaring the vote illegal. Spain’s central government has now taken

direct control of Catalonia.

Puigdemont turned up in Brussels on Monday as Spanish Attorney-General José Manuel Maza

CIA releases files from Osama raid IANS, WASHINGTON

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he CIA has released a thousands of files seized during the May 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, including personal photographs of his family and insight into the Al Qaeda’s global leadership, the media reported.

The massive amount of new material released on Wednesday contains nearly 470,000 items totalling 321 gigabytes of data, reports CBS News.

It includes audio, video and text

The CIA released Osama bin Laden’s 228-page personal journal.

files found on devices recovered from bin Laden’s compound, where he lived with his wife and

children along with two couriers and their families.

The Central Intelligence Agency also released bin Laden’s 228-page personal journal, written by hand in Arabic.

The Al Qaeda leader was killed in the May 2, 2011, raid by US Navy SEALs after nearly 10 years in hiding following the September 2001 attacks.

Bin Laden narrowly escaped from Afghanistan over the border into Pakistan as US and allied Afghan forces pursued him in the mountains of Tora Bora in December 2001.

called for Catalan leaders to face charges of rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds.

The Audiencia National has now summoned the sacked Catalan officials — who are yet to be formally charged — to testify on Thursday and Friday. If they do not appear, prosecutors could order their arrest.

Meanwhile, the speaker of Catalan’s dissolved parliament Carme Forcadell and other former lawmakers have been summoned to the Supreme Court because they still have parliamentary immunity.

Puigdemont earlier said he would return to Spain if guaranteed a fair hearing. Several of Puigdemont’s former colleagues who remain inside the country may decide to accept the summons and appear in court.

India slams US sanctions on Cuba

UNITED NATIONS: India has come out strongly against the decades-old US sanctions against Cuba calling it a “contravention of world opinion”.

Trinamool MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay, told the General Assembly on Wednesday: “The continued existence of this embargo, in contravention of world opinion, as expressed by this Assembly, undermines multilateralism and the credibility of the United Nations itself.”

Bandyopadhyay is part of Indian delegation to the current General Assembly session.

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India records win in T20I Breaking the jinx, the Team Blue bid adieu to Nehra with a 53-run win vs NZ IANS, NEW DELHI

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eteran pacer Ashish Nehra could not have asked for a better sendoff as India thrashed New Zealand by 53 runs at the Ferozshah Kotla here to bring up their maiden win against the Kiwis in T20 Internationals.

India’s opening duo of Shikhar Dhawan (80 from 52 balls) and Rohit Sharma (80 from 55 balls) blasted identical half tons to set the tone with a 158-run record opening stand and guide the hosts post a massive 202/3.

In reply, the tourists failed to get going as only five of their batsmen — Kane Williamson (28), Tom Latham (39), Mitchell Santner (27), Ish Sodhi (11) and Tom Bruce (10) could manage to reach double figures.

The Kiwis found both their openers — Martin Guptill (4) and Colin Munro (7) back in the hut inside the first four overs with just 18 runs on the board.

The credit for Guptill’s dismissal went to Hardik Pandya’s quick reflexes, latching on to a superb running catch at long-off off legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal.

Munro failed to make full use of the life when he was dropped by Pandya off Ashish Nehra, and was beaten by a pacy yorker from Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

Tottering at 33/2 by the end of the powerplay, the onus was on skipper Kane Williamson (28 off 24 balls) and Tom Latham to take out of troubled waters.

Williamson fell prey to Pandya’s first delivery of the match, comfortably caught behind by Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

BRIEFS: WWE champ Mahal to face Kevin Owens NEW DELHI: The current WWE champion, India’s Jinder Mahal, is all set to defend his title against Kevin Owens in the World Wrestling Enter- Jinder Mahal tainment Live India event here on December 8, it was announced this week.

Jinder retained the title against Shinsuke Nakamura at Hell in a Cell recently and will be up against Canadian professional wrestler at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium.

Apart from them, Roman Reigns will face Braun Strowman in the second match.

Young Lions lift U-17 World Cup trophy Long-time Delhi team-mates Kohli and Dhawan hoist Ashish Nehra up on their shoulders as he waves energetically at the crowd at Firozshah Kotla stadium at Delhi. (Photo: IANS)

Nehra satisfied to retire on a high NEW DELHI: Very few cricketers bid adieu to international cricket with both the bowling ends named after them and that too in their home ground but veteran pacer Ashish Nehra called himself “fortunate” to have all these during his farewell game — the first T20 International against New Zealand at the Ferozshah Kotla here.

Nehra could not have asked for a better send-off as the men-in-blue also won the contest by 53 runs to register their first victory against the

The dismissal of Williamson brought in Tom Bruce (10 from 10b), who started off with a boundary off Pandya but fell

Rafael Nadal secures top spot until end of year PARIS: Spanish tennis ace Rafael Nadal secured a year-end top position in the ATP Rankings following his victory over South Korean talent Chung Hyeon in the second round of the Paris Masters, while promising German star Alexander Zverev was stunned by Dutch Robin Haase in full sets.

The 31-year-old Nadal has become the oldest and first year-end No.1 over the age of 30 since the ATP Rankings were established in 1973, reports Xinhua news agency.

This is his fourth time to be crowned world No.1 at the end of the season, after 2008, 2010 and 2013.

“I’m very, very happy for everything,” Nadal told the crowd in an oncourt interview here this week.

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Kiwis in the shortest format.

Recalling his debut Ranji match against Haryana in 1997 from the same end where he was asked to bowl the final over, the 38-year-old said he was satisfied and happy to end on a high.

“I still remember my first match in 1997 when I bowled my very first over in professional cricket against Haryana from the same end. There is no doubt that it’s emotional but I am satisfied to end his career on a high,” Nehra told reporters.

immediately to left-arm spinner Axar Patel.

One ball later, Axar dismissed Colin de Grandhomme (0) as the

Kiwis found themselves tottering at a precarious 84/5 after 13 overs.

They were soon reduced to 99/7 as the Indian bowlers tightened the noose. Chahal dealt the final nail on the coffin by dismissing New Zealand’s last hope — Latham, smartly stumped by Dhoni as the asking rate kept on mounting.

Earlier, India made full use of the horrible fielding effort from the Kiwis to decimate the Kiwi bowlers.

While Dhawan belted a 52-ball 80, to eclipse his previous highest T20I score of 60, Rohit continued his glorious form to smash a 55ball 80, comprising six boundaries and four sixes.

With the win, India have taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match rubber and will next face the Kiwis at Rajkot on Saturday.

Heena wins gold at Commonwealth IANS, BRISBANE

H “It has been an amazing year. One year ago, for sure I never dreamed about being world No.1 again at the end of the season. It’s something that means a lot to me.”

Nadal emphasized that “the season is not over.”

—IANS

KOLKATA: With a swagger accentuating their victory walk, elation and pride writ on their visages, the English U17 squad hoisted their first-ever World Cup trophy after a historic win over Spain at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan here.

Mass hysteria prevailed at the stadium as Philip Foden and Rhian Brewster led the squad in a victory run, arms wide open as if to embrace the trophy, brought to the dais by Indian senior team captain Sunil Chhetri. Brewster received the Golden Boot for scoring the highest number of goals (8) and the Golden Ball went to playmaker Foden while Brazilian goalie Brazao was given Golden Glove award.

—IANS

eena Sidhu won her second international gold in two weeks, clinching the women’s 10 meter Air Pistol event at the ongoing Commonwealth Shooting Championship here.

Deepak Kumar took the bronze in the men’s 10m Air Rifle event to make it a profitable start to the championship for India.

Last week, Heena had partnered Jitu Rai to win the gold in the Mixed Team Air Pistol event at the World Cup Finals in New Delhi.

Heena was strong through the day, topping the qualification round with a score of 386, her best in international competition since the 387 she shot at the Asian Championship in New Delhi two

Heena Sidhu years ago.

In the final, Heena opened up a gap of over two points after the first five shot series itself over her nearest rival and led throughout, nailing the title with a perfect 10.9

in the 23rd and penultimate shot.

Elena Galiabovitch of Australia took the silver with a score of 238.2 to Heena’s 240.8 while Kristy Gillman, also from Australia, took the bronze with 213.7 India’s Harveen finished fourth in the final with a score of 194.1 while the third Indian, Nivetha Paramanantham, was the fourth finalist to be eliminated. She finished fifth with a score of 174.5 in the final round.

In the men’s 10m Air Rifle, 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Gagan Narang shattered the Commonwealth qualification record to top qualification with 626.2 score.

Two other Indians, Ravi Kumar in second with 625 and Deepak Kumar in fifth with 620.3, qualified for the eight-man final.

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BJP rally holds up Bengaluru traffic for hours Party cadres were on two-wheelers and en-route to the BIEC on city’s outskirts IANS, BENGALURU

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rally in poll-bound Karnataka that was flagged off here by party chief Amit Shah caused the city’s traffic to be held up for over three hours.

Thousands of party cadres were on two-wheelers. They were enroute to the Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) on the city’s outskirts, where the rally began. The arterial roads leading to the venue, located on the northwestern suburb of the city, on the National Highway towards Tumakuru and other districts, were

completely choked.

Shah, who had landed in the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) airport here on November 2 morning, was also stranded for over an hour. He was then flown in a chopper to the BIEC gathering.

The state-wide rally, titled “Nava Karnataka Nirmana Parivarthana Yatra”, is expected to muster over three lakh activists and supporters of the party on motorcycles and four-wheelers over the coming weeks.

Karnataka unit President B.S. Yeddyurappa will be in the forefront on board a customized bus.

Yeddyurappa, who was Chief Minister from 2008 to 11, is also a

BJP President Amit Shah, who had landed at the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited airport in the morning, was stranded in traffic for over an hour. (Photo: IANS)

lawmaker in the Lok Sabha from Shivamogga in the state’s Malnad region. Earlier in the day, Bharatiya Janata Party’s National President Amit Shah flagged off the party’s statewide 75-day rally in poll-bound Karnataka at a huge gathering of its leaders and cadres.

Shah, who had landed at the

Take on Chandy next week IANS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

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ith the opposition continuing to target Kerala Minister Transport Thomas Chandy over land grab allegations in connection with a resort owned by him, the ruling CPI-M has decided to meet on Monday to decide what needs to be done on the issue.

State CPI-M Secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan told reporters that legal opinion had been sought on the issue and they were waiting for it.

The plush resort is located in the

Kudankulam second unit to restart soon CHENNAI: The restarting of the second 1,000 MW nuclear power unit at Kudankulam belonging to Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd is expected to happen during November second week, said a senior official.

“The second unit is expected to restart generation in two weeks time, say around November 15,” said S.V. Jinna, Site Director, Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project. He also said some of the equipment for the upcoming third and fourth units have arrived from Russia.

—IANS

Thomas Chandy

Alappuzha backwaters where the alleged violations have taken place.

The Congress led-UDF and the BJP have demanded the ouster of Chandy, who is an NCP legislator.

The weekly cabinet meeting held here earlier this week did not take up the land grab allegation issue.

Trouble increased for Chandy after a report by Alappuzha district collector T.V. Anupama submitted late last month detected violations.

While Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan both inside and outside the assembly has strongly supported Chandy, the CPI, the second biggest ally of the ruling Left, including State Revenue Minister E. Chandrasekheran of the CPI, has taken a position against Chandy.

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited airport in the morning, was stranded in traffic for over an hour, after which he was flown in a chopper to the party workers’ gathering at Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre on the city’s outskirts.

Thousands of party cadres on two-wheelers going to the meeting

caused traffic snarls on several of the city’s arterial roads leading to the venue.

“We are conducting the rally till January-end, covering all the 224 assembly segments to bring our party back to power in Karnataka,” an official of the party’s state unit told IANS here.

Neelamani is Karnataka’s first woman police chief BENGALURU: Neelamani N. Raju, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the 1983 batch, has been appointed the first woman Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG-IGP) of Karnataka, it was announced this week.

She succeeds Rupak Kumar Dutta, who is retiring. Raju, 57, was earlier the Director General of Police - Internal Security.

“Congratulations to Karnataka’s first woman DG-IGP... Wish her a successful tenure,” tweeted Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

“I am very grateful to the state for the appointment. It is a very challenging job. With the state elections around the corner, the job has to be carried out very professionally,” Raju told reporters after assuming office.

Celebrations, protests mark Kerala’s 61st big day IANS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

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erala is celebrating its 61st foundation day on November 1 and the day has been marked with festivity as well as protests. Governor P. Sathasivam wished the people of Kerala on the state’s foundation day.

“Kerala celebrates its formation day on 1st November. My love and best wishes to the people of the State and Keralites the world over #kerala,” he tweeted.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is scheduled to take part in several programs, including the launch of a new insurance scheme for the migrant labor community. He had earlier announced that Malayalam

A Theyyam artist at a Kochi school on Kerala Piravi Day - foundation day - on November 1. (Photo: IANS)

should be compulsorily taught in all schools and also there should be no punishment for speaking

Malayalam in schools.

The women wear the traditional ‘Kerala saree’ and the men prefer the

‘dhothi’ (mundu) on this day.

The Technopark IT campus in the state capital that employs close to 45,000 people and the Kochi Infopark campus which has close to 30,000 employees saw many turn up in the traditional Kerala attire.

The state also witnesses the maximum protests on this day. To maintain law and order in the state capital, traffic has been diverted on the roads that pass through the Secretariat — the seat of power — as close to a dozen rallies are being taken out by various organizations to draw the government’s attention.

In Kozhikode, angry residents at Mukkom clashed with the police to protest the laying of the GAIL underground pipes.

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ONLINE TRANSACTIONS ON RISE, BUT CASH STILL THE KING The adoption rate of online platforms was high during the demonetization period, but it plateaued out as soon as cash became available in the system, experts say

December 2016 and January 2017, online transactions were at their peak. In October 2016, debit card transactions stood at Rs 219.41 billion and those of credit cards at Rs 299.42 billion. Post-demonetization, in December 2016, debit card transactions jumped to Rs 580 billion and those of credit card were at Rs 311.5 billion.

However, in August 2017, 10 months after the note ban, debit and credit card transaction stood at

Rs 360 billion each, having come down substantially from the heights they achieved, but not falling back to the pre-demonetization lows.

Patel said that after the cash flow in the system eased, small kirana shops stopped transacting through online payment channels, primarily because they did not want to take a tax number or a Goods and Services Tax number. “They do not have the wherewithal to pay taxes,” he said, adding that the “government needs

to incentivize merchants, otherwise small and medium enterprises are going to go back to cash mode.”

Patel said security and trust in payment systems was something all stakeholders need to work on together. “As an industry body, we are preparing a National Negative Database of consumers and merchants so that we can reduce fraud and build trust in the eyes of consumers,” he added.

The database details would be circulated amongst payment gateway service providers, banks and card companies. “We are also working on a trust certificate that can be displayed by all merchants on their websites,” Patel added.

Vineet Singh, Chief Business Officer at Mobikwik, a payment app, said demonetization had became a force multiplier. “It has pushed India a decade ahead towards the agenda of adopting online payment platforms. Naturally, things cooled down a bit postdemonetization,” Singh told IANS. Mobikwik had 30-35 million users in the pre-demonetization days and a year after note ban it has 65 million. The company also witnessed a sharp rise in transactions from one million to three million within a year.

cent, at a rate lower than the eight percent achieved in 2015-16.

In terms of gross value added (GVA), which excludes taxes but includes subsidies, the growth came in even lower at 5.6 percent over the GVA for 2015-16. Chief Statistician T.C.A. Anant sought to downplay the impact of the note ban, saying he “would caution against reading a single number that comes out after an event as being reflective of consequences of the event”. At the time of releasing the previous quarter’s GDP, he had

said that this was based on figures on industrial production and only on the advance filings of corporates.

The numbers, therefore, had not factored in the informal economy, which accounts for an estimated 45-50 per cent of output in the Indian economy and employs around 85 percent of the country’s workforce. More importantly, this sector transacts entirely in cash and was the hardest hit by demonetization, which withdrew 86 per cent of currency from circulation.

Former Chief Statistician

Pronab Sen had said in March that once the informal sector numbers came in, the growth rate could go below 6.5 per cent, which turned out to be close to the actual figure.

At the same time, both the RBI and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) lowered India’s growth estimates for 2016-17 by up to 1 percent, citing the impact of demonetization.

Demonetization, after one year, does not look as rosy as it was painted out to be by the image spinners in the government.

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lmost a year down the line, is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of making India a cashless or less-cash country becoming a reality?

Industry stakeholders feel that though the note-ban drive by the government gave the necessary impetus to citizens to start adopting online payment platforms, a lot needs to be done by both the government and the industry to make it a success.

The adoption rate of online platforms was high during the demonetization period, but it plateaued out as soon as cash became available in the system.

When the Modi government banned high denomination notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes on November 8 last year, removing an overwhelming amount of cash from the economy, people had to willynilly fall back on plastic or online transactions.

“The fact that 86 percent of the cash available in the system was sucked out overnight gave an immediate boost to online/mobile payment platforms. There was a push-up factor,” Vishwas Patel, co-

Once cash was back in circulation, those who earlier dealt mostly in cash went back to doing so.

chair, Payments Council of India (PCI) and founder and CEO of CC Avenues, told IANS. But once cash was back in circulation, those who earlier dealt mostly in cash went back to doing so, he said.

The PCI was formed under the aegis of Internet and Mobile Association of India in 2013 to cater to the needs of the digital payment industry.

He said during November,

Economy shaken, GDP hurt, trust in govt undermined Demonetization was not economic as the RBI had no role in the decision BISWAJIT CHOUDHURY, NEW DELHI

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hile the immediate impact of demonetization was seen in the long queues outside ATMs and felt through cash shortage, its anniversary is an appropriate vantage point to assess the less visible effect on the economy of what was the most disruptive measure post-Indpendence.

The difficulty in making a costbenefit analysis is that the move was not purely economic, given the fact

that the currency issuer Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had no role in the decision, as testified by former Governor Raghuram Rajan.

Starting with the official figures, at the end of May, the Central Statistics Office announced that GDP during the fourth quarter, ending March this year, fell sharply to 6.1 per cent from seven per cent in the previous quarter, while growth for the year as a whole was also expected to decline correspondingly. India’s GDP during the past fiscal grew at 7.1 per-

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BJP wrote to the Election Commission seeking a ban on the movie till after the Gujarat Assembly elections IANS, AHMEDABAD

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anjay Leela Bhansali's multistarrer Padmavati has run into trouble — this time political — in Gujarat ahead of its December 1 release. While the ruling BJP has demanded the release be postponed till after the state elections, the Congress has said if there is actually “distortion of history” in the movie then it should not be released at all.

The BJP this week wrote to the Election Commission seeking a ban on release of the movie till after the

Gujarat Assembly elections on December 9 and 14.

The BJP claimed the movie would hurt the sentiments of Kshatriya and Rajput communities for its "wrong depiction of history". "Rani Padmavati never met Alauddin Khilji. The movie wrongly portrays history," BJP spokesperson and former senior Minister I.K. Jadeja stated. "The state is set to witness elections and in such an environment it is imperative that there is no controversy related to any community and so we have approached the Election Commission for a ban on the release

of the movie in the state," he added.

Senior Congress leader and national spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil said, "With elections round the corner, a Minister from BJP has written to the Election Commission seeking a ban on Padmavati till the elections are over. It is your government, write to the PM." "Also just postponing the release will not assuage the feelings of a community. We demand that if there has been distortion of history as claimed, the movie should not be released at all," Gohil told reporters.

He said before arriving at any

The Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF) is scheduled from November 2 to November 5.

decision, there should be a special screening of the movie for select community leaders and cuts be made to keep their feelings in mind.

Earlier, members of the Kshatriya and Rajput communities from 17 districts met with several ministers seeking a ban on the film.

In the past, members of the Karni Sena in Rajasthan had resorted to burning posters of the movie and had even disrupted its shooting in Jaipur.

The Bhansali movie has Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor and Ranveer Singh in lead roles.

‘Ribbon’: Capturing rhythms of metropolitan life

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nd then, something happens. Something awful and irreversibly life-changing happens in this true life portrait of an urban marriage threatening to fall apart under the strain of coping with daily vicissitudes.

Debutant director Raakhee Sandilya uses her two principal actors to mirror metropolitan mores and meltdowns with masterful vigor and a scrupulous authenticity. The camera is used not to accentuate or glamourize Mumbai’s suburbia, but to simply serve as a functional topography for the lives of the couple Sahana and Karan played with such an absence of bravura and flourish that we forget Kalki and Sumeet are playing characters who

Film: “Ribbon”; Director: Raakhee Sandilya; Cast: Kalki Koechlin and Sumeet Vyas; Rating: ***1/2 don’t exist beyond the film. At least not in the way we see them here.

The authenticity instilled into the couple’s lives is comparable with what Basu Bhattacharya achieved with Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore in the remarkable portrait of a marriage on the skids in Avishkaar 43 years ago.

Director Raakhee Sandilya’s protagonists are not played by stars and one of them has not been seen on the large screen before. Kalki and

The lead actors of Ribbon Sumeet Vyas and Kalki Koechlin.

Sumeet penetrate the lives of their characters with an incredible alacrity. No time is wasted in bringing their lives as close to us as cine-

matically possible. We enter their lives without fuss or ceremony and we leave them just as quickly, with no room for farewells.

Sandilya strips the film of all vanity. There is very little background music to highlight even the highest summits of emotions in the narration, so that we get the feeling of an unpolished raw home video. Hurting and hurtful. Kalki plays the more aggressive partner.

And why not? Early in the plot (if one may accuse this film of resorting to plotting devices), Sahana, well, she loses the plot when her seemingly supportive boss turns wary and hostile after she returns from her maternity leave.

If Ribbon was not such a sharply aligned slice-of-life story, it would be a horror film, much in the same way that Daron Aronofsky’s Mother is.

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NYC attack happened near Priyanka’s home

‘King of romance’ turns Nawazuddin apologizes, DIFF continues to 52, B-Town showers love withdraws memoir back indie cinema

NEW YORK: Actress Priyanka Chopra says the attack in Lower Manhattan took place just five blocks away from her house.

“This happened five blocks from my home.

As I drive back home from work, dreary sirens remind me that this is the state of the world. NYC. Peace,” Priyanka, who keeps juggling between India and the US, tweeted.

Eight persons were killed and 12 injured after a truck ploughed into pedestrians in Lower Manhattan in New York.

The suspect has been arrested. Priyanka also paid her condolences to the victims of the tragedy.

MUMBAI: Charming, chivalrous and caring are ways in which a string of Bollywood celebrities have described the “Badshah of Bollywood” Shah Rukh Khan on his 52nd birthday.

A host of celebrities like Karan Johar, Farah Khan and Farhan Akhtar took to Twitter to share their birthday wishes for SRK, who rang in his birthday with his family members and close friends at his farmhouse in Alibaug.

Present were wife Gauri Khan, daughter Suhana, son AbRam, and friends Karan, Katrina Kaif, Alia Bhatt, Malaika Arora Khan, Sidharth Malhotra, Farhan, Deepika Padukone and Ritesh Sidhwani among others.

MUMBAI: Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui this week apologized and announced that he is withdrawing his book “An Ordinary Life” after a complaint was reportedly filed against him for outraging the modesty of his Miss Lovely co-star Niharika Singh. “I am apologizing to everyone who’s sentiments are hurt because of the chaos around my memoir ‘An Ordinary Life’. I hereby regret and decide to withdraw my book,” Nawazuddin posted on Twitter.

According to reports, the complaint was filed

by Delhi advocate Gautam Gulati at the National Commission for Women (NCW).

DHARAMSALA: The quaint and hilly environs of Dharamsala, a popular spiritual destination in Himachal Pradesh, will come alive with the voice and visuals of independent filmmakers from India and abroad at the sixth edition of the Dharamshala International Film Festival (DIFF).

The offbeat and independent film fest is organised by filmmakers Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam.

"We hope to cater to the townspeople of Lower Dharamsala who may not wish to come all the way to Upper Dharamsala, the main venue of the festival," Sarin told IANS.

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ctress Sayani Gupta has come forward in support of the ongoing ‘MeToo’ campaign through a short video which sheds light on how women need to speak up against sexual harassment.

‘MeToo’ is a global campaign on social media, with women from different quarters and corners of the world sharing their tryst with sexual harassment. The video has a song titled ‘Make it happen’ with a motive to empower and encourage people suffering in life, read a statement. The song has been sung by Paula while the video has been directed by Sarang Sathe.

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ctress Tamannaah Bhatia will copy superstar Rajinikanth on TV show Lip Sing Battle.

“This is my tribute to a person who has been my childhood inspiration. It was one of the most challenging roles I’ve ever played so far,” Tamannaah said.

“In fact, this reality show brought out the most craziest side to me and I guess host Farah Khan was also taken aback when she saw this side to me. I have never felt so much pressure to perform, but I’d do anything for Farah Khan,” she added.

The actress, who is gearing up to essay the protagonist of the Telugu version of Queen, will be performing the famous ‘lungi dance’ on the show.

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uperstar Shah Rukh Khan says he did not realize how far his partnership and friendship with filmmaker Karan Johar has come with the upcoming film Ittefaq Se being the duo’s tenth co-production.Featuring actors Sidharth Malhotra, Sonakshi Sinha and Akshaye Khanna, Ittefaq Se has been co-produced by Red Chillies Entertainment and Karan’s Dharma Productions.

Karan tweeted: “Ittefaq Se is our 10th collaboration together Shah Rukh. My family, my friend and with Ittefaq Se my true partner in crime! Love you Bhai!” In response, Shah Rukh wrote: “Wow so many works together didn’t realize how far we have come. May our partnership flourish.”

They have earlier collaborated for films like Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham..., Kal Ho Naa Ho, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, My Name Is Khan, Student Of The Year and Dear Zindagi.

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ctress Taapsee Pannu, who has made her mark with films like Pink, Naam Shabana and Judwaa 2, says she is yet to crack the code of being an “A-list” in the Hindi film industry.

The year 2017 has not been great for Bollywood, but Taapsee’s Naam Shabana can be counted as one of the highest grossing female-centric films, and Judwaa 2 has also raked in the moolah.

Yet, Taapsee wonders why she isn’t counted among the “top”.

“I am yet to find out the definition of being an ‘A-listed’ actress. What does that mean? See, as an actress, I am happy that people are offering me good roles and I am earning success critically and commercially.

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egastar Amitabh Bachchan acknowledges his work as a prayer and says he sometimes get scared of them.

“Belief and prayer come so intrinsically close to each other…And the power of them both percolates all else…The strength driving millions to its existence and its marvels…The sincerity paving the way for generations,” the 75-year-old wrote on his blog while talking about Chhath Puja.

“I tend to acknowledge my work…It could be a prayer too…Though many a times my prayers go wrong…They scare me…Make me diffident and unacquainted with the reality of it…But my work is of fiction and make belief…Prayer is not.”

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Hi India, Shakti craft biggest garba bash

BY DR. NILESH MEHTA HICAGO, IL- Hi India and Shakti Group, who have been successfully presenting Indian dance extravaganzas since 2014, now once again have a grandiose plan to organize a nine-night Navratri garba event in 2018 and hope to win the support of the entire Indian community and organizations.

According to Hi India’s Hemant Brahmbhatt, though the night-night festival of dance and rhythm is a special occasion to rejoice for Gujaratis and Indians, “we want to involve the South Asian community as well as the mainstream community.”

Indeed, Hi India Live Entertainment has been organizing the ‘largest garba event’ in Chicagoland for the past last 11 years but since 2014, it has joined hands with wellknown Shakti Group to make the Navratri event a memorable affair.

Earlier this year, Hi India and Shakti Group won encomiums for dreaming up two largest garba events presenting world-famous legendary singer Falguni Pathak and highly popular Atul Purothit who set the stage on fire at Odem Expo Center in September and October.

Says Ketan Patel of Shakti |Group: ”Garba lovers of all age groups enjoyed a lot, especially youngsters who shook their legs non-stop for three hours in traditional outfits. We were pleasantly surprised to find that even several mainstream participants were also living it up.

Hi India (Hemant Brahmbhatt) and Shakti Group (Ketan Patel) successfully managed two largest garba programs in the entire Midwest area, making sure that the revelers enjoyed dancing without any disturbance and inconvenience. After all, the event was arranged in a highly professional fashion with perfect sound, lights and security for the jubilant participants and artistes.

As one garba player opined, Hi India and Shakti Group again proved their ability

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to manage such a largest event without a single untoward incident.

What’s more, this year Governor of Illinois Bruce Vincent Rauner was the chief guest at the Falguni Pathak Dandiya Dhoom event held on October 14 at Odem Expo Center.

Gov. Rauner participated in this event with First Lady Diana Mendley Rauner and they both danced garba to Falguni Pathak’s

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melodious garba tunes, so to say.

Organizers Hemant Brahmbatt and Ketan Patel thanked Nimish Jani, trustee of Schaumburg Township, for co-ordinating with the Gov. office and event organizers.

Thetwoorganizersdidnotforgettothankalsoall sponsors, supporters, volunteers and participants to make the event a roaring success in Midwest area.

Falguni coming to wow more cities in 2018 Hi India Live Entertainment has been presenting and extending quality entertainment to entire United States by arranging the national tour, the legendary singer Falguni Pathak Dandiya Dhoom, for the past two years.

Earlier this year Falguni Pathak performed in major cities of the US, including Los Angeles (CA), San Jose (CA), Dallas (TX), Austin (TX), New

York, New Jersey, Chicago, Detroit (MI) and Baton Rouge (Louisiana). All cities had a sold-out show. The largest crowd came in San Jose, with as many as 12,000plus participants grooving and ducking.

Hi India Live is now planning to include more cities in the USA and Canada in 2018. For more details, one may tinkle Hemant Brahmbhatt on 773552-6083.

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Mayor pays tributes to Mahatma Gandhi

BY AJAY AGNIHOTRI HICAGO, IL -- More than 300 distinguished guests from the Indian community in the Chicagoland area graced the event of celebrating and honoring the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi on October 31 at the convention center of University of Illinois in Chicago College of Medicine.

The event was organized jointly by World Business Chicago, UIC, and Chicago Sister Cities International in conjunction with Mayor Ram Emanuel and Smita Shah, chairperson of Delhi Chicago Sister Cities.

The event is being organized by Smita Shah and Mayor Emanuel office jointly for the last four years to celebrate, elaborate and conjoin people from the mainstream to learn, preach and follow the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.

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Volatile world This year, the event was graced by Consul General of India Neeta Bhushan, who addressed the gathering and explained that the philosophy of Gandhiji is still relevant in this era of volatile world whose issues, she said, could be resolved only with peace and mediation.

She also quoted that though she has

MAYOR RAM EMANUEL ALL PRAISE FOR INDIANS FOR THEIR AMBITIONS, ACHIEVEMENTS AND EFFORTS IN INSTILLING THE GOOD EASTERN VALUES IN THEIR CHILDREN. joined consulate of India in Chicago only a couple of months ago, she has received tremendous affection, support and bonding from the Indian Community. She praised Mayor Emanuel for his association with the Indian community which goes back for more than 25 years.

The event of emceed by Smita Shah, who narrated the non-violence philosophy of the Mahatma, his global background in working, assimilating the world philosophy of dealing with colonial rule and freedom for India.

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(L-R) Smita Shah, Consul General Neeta Bhushan, Mayor Ram Emanuel, Pratima Shah & Paula Allen Meares She pointed out that though Gandhiji was born in an affluent family of Porbandar, his father was deputy minister of the Porbandar. Gandhiji obtained his law degree from England and practiced in South Africa, and from there, he visualized the atrocities of Colonial masters.

Smita introduced and invited Mayor Ram Emanuel to address the audience. She said that City of Chicago has distinction of holding the first global conference of World Religion addressed by a very young, genius philosopher, Swami Vivekananda. Chicago has Gandhi Way and Mother Teresa Way, roads which have been named after the Mahatma in honor of the two great Indians.

These recognitions establish and honor the Indian culture, ideas, spirit and philosophy of India and Indians.

Mayor Ram Emanuel narrated his (L-R) Randy Conner, Brian Krajewski, Niranjan Shah, Smita Shah & Acting Dean Dr. Charles Ray closeness to Indian culture and philosophy Medicine for producing excellent physicians as his background is also Middle Eastern and to serve humanity.

UIC COLLEGE he relishes and connects with Indian food, Smita Shah pointed out that Mayor OF MEDICINE spices and overall commitments of Indians Emanuel is the first Mayor of such a towards their ambitions, achievements and HAS large city in the US to recognize and instilling the good eastern values in their PRODUCED celebrate Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy for children.

EXCELLENT the last four years. Shah, the chairperson PHYSICIANS TO SERVE of the Delhi Committee of Sister Cities, Food habits narrated the values of education, science and HUMANITY. His speech was focused on the philosophy opportunities for those who wish to excel in of Gandhiji and co-related with his Indian The program emphasized on the these fields. associates in his administration. On the The event concluded with the importance of education, especially science lighter note, he described his food habits as and healthcare. The event paid homage to commitment of non-violence, a great eastern of Indians--laced with spices and hot food. the Mahatma and saluted UIC College of philosophy.

The event is being organized by Smita Shah and Chicago Mayor Ram Emanuel’s office jointly for the last four years to promote teachings of Mahatma Gandhi.

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BY A STAFF WRITER ILWAUKEE, WI -- A federal grand jury returned a threecount indictment charging the Indian-American owner of several Milwaukee-area gas stations with forced labor and sexual assault involving his business.

The crimes are said to have occurred between 2009 and 2011.

United States Attorney Gregory Haanstad announced on October 30 that Harshinder Bhatia, 58, was charged with one count of harboring an alien for financial gain, one count of forced labor involving aggravated sexual abuse, and one count of document servitude. He was arraigned on these charges last week.

An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed one or more violations of federal criminal law, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

According to the indictment, Bhatia employed an Indian woman using force and threats of force that made her believe that if she did not perform such labor and services, she would suffer serious harm. The alleged crime involved aggravated sexual abuse and was made more possible because Bhatia

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If convicted, Bhatia faces up to 5 years in prison on the charge of document servitude; up to 10 years in prison on the charge of alien harboring, and up to life in prison on the charge of forced labor.

The indictment also notifies Bhatia that the government was going to go after his properties, those that were allegedly used to help commit the offenses or were acquired as a result of proceeds made from these offenses.

Teenagers attack PA retail stores

BY A STAFF WRITER ARRISBURG, PA – The Harrisburg police continue to investigate an incident in which a group of teens damaged retail stores at Kline Plaza and a store employee was injured in the fracas.

The October 26 incident happened at around 7:15 p.m. near the retail site on South 25th and Market Streets.

Kline Plaza houses several retailers including Giant, McDonald’s, Citi Trends, Family Dollar.

The police said that some of the juveniles were wearing Halloween masks when the group entered a large retail store and destroyed merchandise.

When store employees tried to push the teens out of the store, an employee was hit with an object that had been thrown, requiring medical treatment.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Harrisburg police at 717-255-3163.

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BY A STAFF WRITER HICAGO, IL -- Robbers have been holding people up at gunpoint on or near the Red Line, police said.

During four robberies in October, a thief or thieves carried a gun and robbed people on or near the Red Line or used force to take items from victims, according to a Chicago Police community alert.

The robberies occurred in the wee hours at 14 W. 95th Street twice (which is the 95th Street Red Line station), 15 W. 87th Street and 4 E. 95th Street.

The robbers were described as one to four boys or men who ranged in age from their teens to mid-20s.

Anyone with information about the robberies was asked to call police at 312747-8273.

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No hate crime charge in murder of cabbie

BY A STAFF WRITER ONNER COUNTY, IA -- Bonner County, Idaho, chief prosecutor Louis Marshall will not add hate crime enhancements to the charges of a man accused of fatally stabbing an Indian American cab driver last August.

Jacob Corban Coleman is accused of killing 22-year-old Gagandeep Singh in his minivan taxi, using a hunting knife to stab the man at least 27 times. He has been charged with 1st degree murder, with an enhancement for using a deadly weapon.

Coleman, who has been assigned a public defender, has not yet entered a plea.

He is being held without bail and will be arraigned on November 13.

“There is no evidence that Singh’s religion or race played a factor,” in this incident, said Marshall, positing that the tragedy was “a crime of opportunity.”

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Coleman’s laptop and phone to find evidence of propaganda suggesting the suspect might have been a racist; no such evidence was found, he said. Detectives have also interviewed Coleman’s friends and family.

Coleman has no prior criminal history, and does not suffer from mental illness, said the prosecutor.

On August 28, Coleman arrived by plane from Seattle to Spokane, Wash.

He then went to Gonzaga University in Spokane, and tried to attend classes, but was told he was not registered.

Coleman then took a bus back to the airport, and tried to get an Uber to take him to Hope, Idaho, 90 miles away. When he could not get an Uber to go the distance, Coleman called a taxi company and got Singh.

About 75 miles into the ride, Coleman asked Singh to stop at a Walmart in Ponderay, Idaho. There he purchased a hunting knife.

The two continued the drive, and stopped at a Conoco gas station in Clark, Idaho, where Coleman attacked Singh.

According to the Bonner County Daily Bee, police found Coleman holding the knife in the cab with the dead Singh at his feet.

BY A STAFF WRITER HICAGO, IL -- An Indian American worker for Chicagobased consulting firm Accenture has filed a lawsuit against the company claiming it is biased towards some of its employees.

Mohammed Ali alleged that he was paid a lower salary and demoted, and even didn’t receive an annual bonus because of his race and religion.

According to Ali, he also regularly exceeded annual sales targets and claims he was paid less than his counterparts and was given a $50 million sales target, while his colleagues had targets of $30 million.

Accenture, however, said that it is committed to inclusion and diversity and that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. A company spokeswoman said Ali’s case has no merit.

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BY A STAFF WRITER ANVILLE, CA -- The Blackhawk Auto Museum came alive recently as more than 250 guests assembled here for an important cause.

Narika, the San Francisco Bay Areabased nonprofit organization that works to help domestic violence survivors in the Bay Area Indian American and larger South Asian community, celebrated its 25th anniversary by bringing together its founders, supporters, community leaders, and their friends and families in one place.

The goal of the evening, where guests enjoyed food, company, games, music, and dance, was to celebrate 25 years of serving the South Asian diaspora in the Bay Area and to pledge continuous support.

The James Bond-themed evening was an exciting one. At the entrance, guests met with a giant elephant sculpture and a soothing fountain. As they poured in through the main doors, the energy was anything but calm.

Upstairs, the attendees were greeted with hors d’oeuvre and more drinks amidst African artifacts that highlighted fine craftsmanship.

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Q Anitha Chakravarthi, board president of Narika, welcomed the guests, acknowledged and paid her respect to the founders of Narika, enlightened immigrant women who, 25 years ago, identified the need for domestic violence services in the

area.

The guests pledged their support in various forms that will enable Narika to continue to promote women’s independence, economic empowerment and well-being.

Good response to SAI Health Fair

BY A STAFF WRITER IVERDALE, GA – The American Telugu Association (ATA) and SAI Health Fair in coordination with Georgia Indian Nurses Association (GINA) hosted the 38th SAI Health Fair at the Hindu Temple of Atlanta, Riverdale, Georgia, on October 14.

The ATA-sponsored fair elicited a good response with an attendance of over 200 participants and was organized by Dr. Sujatha Reddy as a tribute to the life and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi and also to promote his and Dr. Martin Luther King’s philosophies of non-violence, community service and social justice.

People of diverse nationalities and cultures from all over Atlanta availed themselves of the free consultancy by over15 dedicated physicians representing 9 Specialties, supported by nurses and serviceoriented volunteers.

Over 155 cost-effective, basic quality comprehensive chemistry profile of blood tests with HBA1c were carried out at a

Killer of store owner gets 93-year jail

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nominal fee of $30 per test. The lab work was provided by Symed LLC, in Tucker.

Dedicated, committed and widely respected medical specialists who interacted with patients included Dr. Subramanyam Bhat and Dr.Annapurna Bhat, Dr.Raju Vanapalli; Dr.Tulasi Vanapalli; Dr.Syamala Erramilli; Dr.Jay Sampat; Dr.Hymavati

Mikkilineni; Dr.Supriti Balyan; Dr.Sridhar Krishnamurthy; Dr. Raja Reddy; Dr. Devendra Koganti and Dr. Rao Nadig.

Snacks, fruits and drinks were provided to all the participants by Crescent Pines Hospital, Stockbridge and American Telugu association also provided for lunch to all the doctors, nurses, technicians and volunteers.

Indian billionaire faces 20-year prison term

BY A STAFF WRITER HOENIX, AZ -- John Kapoor, an Indian American billionaire entrepreneur who founded the pharmaceutical company Insys Therapeutics, has been arrested on racketeering charges.

Kapoor, 74, of Phoenix, Ariz., was charged with leading a nationwide conspiracy to profit by using bribes and fraud to cause the illegal distribution of a Fentanyl spray intended for cancer patients experiencing breakthrough pain, the attorney’s office said in a news release.

The US Attorney’s Office in the District of Massachusetts in a news said on October 26 that the entrepreneur, who currently serves as a board member at Insys, was charged with RICO conspiracy, conspiracy

BY A STAFF WRITER UEENS, NY -- Two Queens, New York, residents pleaded guilty last week for their roles in separate stolen identity refund fraud schemes.

Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division announced that Kishore Jattan, 44, pleaded guilty to identity theft.

From April 2012 through June 2012, Jattan stole student IDs from packages he delivered for a university located in New York and sold the stolen IDs to other individuals who used the IDs to file fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service.

Jattan admitted that he caused a tax loss of between $250,000 and $550,000.

In another case, Michael Bratton, 51, pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States. From January 2011 through June 2012, Bratton purchased stolen IDs, which he provided to a co-conspirator for the purpose of filing fraudulent tax returns with the IRS. Bratton admitted to causing a tax loss of more than $40,000.

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to commit mail and wire fraud, and conspiracy to violate the Anti-Kickback Law. Six other former Insys executives and managers had allegations levied against them,

all of whom were indicted in December last year.

The charges of conspiracy to commit RICO and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud each provide for a sentence of no greater than 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $250,000, or twice the amount of pecuniary gain or loss.

The charges of conspiracy to violate the Anti-Kickback Law provide for a sentence of no greater than five years in prison, three years of supervised release and a $25,000 fine.

Kapoor, who has a $1.8 billion net worth, stepped down from his role as CEO and chairman in January, though he remained on the Board of Directors and still holds a roughly 60 percent stake in the company, which has seen its stock drop 34 percent in the last year, Forbes reported.

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BY A STAFF WRITER AN BERNARDINOM, CA -- A San Bernardino, Calif., man, who claimed that a “government mind control project” made him kill an Indian American store owner, received a sentence of 93 years in state prison on October 13.

On November 8, 2010, Junior Tejeda, wearing a mask and wielding a shot gun, walked into the Best Market in San Bernardino, pointed the gun at the owner of the shop, 45-year-old Amarjit Singh, and asked him to open the register.

Before Singh could respond, Tejeda shot him one time in the head.

The defendant, who had just been released from prison 24 hours earlier, took no money before he fled out of the market, according to the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s office.

Tejeda was on the lam for several months, but was arrested about a year later when he tried to rob the same store. He was found guilty on July 25 of one count of murder and two counts of robbery.

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BY A STAFF WRITER EW YORK, NY -- Vaishnav Temple of New York held its annual Annkut as part of Diwali celebrations which was attended by a record 2,000 devotees who experienced a divine darshan of Lord Shrinathji to begin their new year.

All young and old devotees were invited to take Mahaprasad before leaving the temple.

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P.P. Goswami Shri Indirabetiji along with others.

The Vaishnav Temple also serves as a community service center whose purpose is to enrich people’s lives. It runs many community services like a senior citizen center, classes in computer, Gujarati and Yoga besides organizing health fairs.

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BY A STAFF WRITER UEENS, NY-- Bruhud New York Seniors celebrated Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel birth anniversary on October 23 at Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir, Queens.

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BY A STAFF WRITER EW YORK, NY -- The man accused of killing eight people with a Home Depot rental truck in Manhattan on October 31in ‘an act of terrorism’ worked as an Uber driver in New Jersey.

Sayfullo Saipov, a 29-year-old Uzbekistan native, passed a background check but has since been banned from the ride-sharing service, Uber confirmed.

The company said it is “aggressively and quickly” researching Saipov’s driving history but has not found “any related concerning safety reports.”

Saipov, who had recorded more than 1,400 Uber rides, is accused of driving a Home Depot truck along a bike path near the World Trade Center, killing eight and injuring 11 people before he crashed into a school bus.

The police, who shot and wounded Saipov, said he is in critical condition and was found with two fake guns.

A rented Home Depot truck had barreled down a New York City bike path on Halloween, killing eight people and seriously injuring 11 others.

Saipov immigrated to the United States in 2010, and had listed addresses in Tampa, Florida, and Paterson.

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were generally considered safe, the link is significant as millions take such drugs to lower acid reflux.

To understand the link, the team led by Ka Shing Cheung from the university’s Department of Medicine, compared the use of PPIs with another type of drug used to dampen down acid production called H2 blockers (like ranitidine) in 63,397 adults treated with triple therapy — a combination of a PPI and two antibiotics to kill off “H pylori” over seven days — between 2003 and 2012.

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researcher noted in the paper published in the journal Gut. The longer PPIs were used, the greater was the risk of developing stomach cancer, rising to five-fold after more than a year, to more than six-fold after two or more years, and to more than eight-fold after three or more years. The “clear dose-response and time response trend” in the use of PPIs and stomach cancer risk, suggests that doctors “should exercise caution when prescribing long-term PPIs,”the research noted.

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NEW YORK: Researchers have designed a novel experimental vaccine that spurs animals to produce antibodies against sugars forming a protective shield around human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the body. The molecule could one day become part of a successful HIV vaccine, the researchers said.

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The team designed a vaccine candidate using an HIV protein fragment linked to a sugar group. The protein fragment comes from gp120 — a protein that covers HIV like a protective envelope.

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The longer PPIs age of nearly any such were used, the three years heightened risk,” and 21,729 the study noted. greater was the took H2 More frequent risk of stomach blockers. In use was linked with cancer all, 153 (0.24 greater risk, with daily percent) people use linked to a more developed stomach than quadrupling in risk cancer after triple therapy.

(4.55) compared with weekly None tested positive for H pylori at use. The drug first eliminates a bacthe time, but all had long-standing teria called as Helicobacter pylori gastritis (inflammation of the stom- (H pylori) suspected of fuelling the ach lining). “Taking PPIs was asso- cancer’s development. However, ciated with a more than doubling even after H pylori was removed, (2.44) in the risk of developing the risk of developing the disease stomach cancer, while taking H2 still rose in line with the dose and blockers was not associated with duration of PPI treatment, the

novel iPhone-based portable ultrasound machine that can help detect cancer easily at home has been developed by US researchers. The device called Butterfly IQ is a scanner of the size of an electric razor that can display blackand-white imagery of the body, when paired with an iPhone.

Developed by Connecticutbased start-up Butterfly Network,

the pocket sized device works by shooting sound into the body and capturing the echoes.

Usually, the sound waves are generated by a vibrating crystal. But Butterfly’s machine instead uses 9,000 tiny drums etched onto a semiconductor chip, reported the MIT Technology Review this week.

Earlier this year, John Martin, a US-based vascular surgeon and chief medical officer at Butterfly Network, discovered a cancerous mass

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“The overall trend we saw applied to people of both sexes and all races, ages, education levels, income groups and religions, every health status, whether they were married or single and whether or not they had kids,” Eisenberg added. To arrive at an accurate determination of marijuana’s effect on intercourse frequency, the researchers turned to the US National Survey of Family Growth, sponsored by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

In other words, pot users are having more sex than pot abstainers, Eisenberg noted.

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Peer influence can help reduce tobacco use NEW YORK: Researchers have found that participating in a brief intervention delivered by their peers in community settings can help youth and adolescent to reduce smoking.

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