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Short News Battle of Koregaon: Why the Dalits hate Peshwas and celebrate this British ‘victory’ New Delhi : On January 1, 1818 a battalion of around 900 soldiers under the British East India Company marched from Shirur to Pune in Maharashtra to face an army consisting of 20,000 soldiers led by Baji Rao II. The battle that lasted for a very short while resulted in the death of more than 200 soldiers on the side of the British and about 500 soldiers on the side of the Peshwas. According to Scottish statesman and historian Mountstuart Elphinstone, who visited the battlefield two days later, houses had been burnt and the streets were covered with dead bodies of men and horses. While the Battle of Koregaon did not see either of the parties emerging clearly victorious, it still came to be regarded as a moment of triumph for the British, who had finally won the Anglo-Maratha war and went on to construct a ‘victory pillar’ at Koregaon.
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Cong calls Modi ‘Mauni Baba’ over silence on Maharashtra caste clashes New Delhi: Dalit protests which enters its third day on Wednesday in Maharashtra lead to a heated debate in the parliament with the Government and the Congress exchanging angry accusations in the House over alleged targeting of Dalits. Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that “anti-Dalit violence is increasing” and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s silence on the caste clashes in Maharashtra is astounding. “He can’t stay mum! He is a ‘mauni baba’ (mute spectator) on such issues,” the Congressman said.
Wake up Indians! American dream is over: US to stop H-1B visa extension
Washington: The US is considering new regulations aimed at preventing the extension of H-1B visas, predominantly used by Indian IT professionals, as part of president Donald Trump’s “Buy American, Hire American” initiative, a media report has said. The move could directly stop hundreds of thousands of foreign workers from keeping their H-1B visas while their green card applications are pending. The proposal which is being shared between the Department of Homeland Security Department (DHS) heads is part of Trump’s “Buy American.
Never acknowledged the existence of Arunachal Pradesh, says China New Delhi : China on Wednesday did not mince its words when it said it had “never acknowledged” the existence of Arunachal Pradesh even as it kept mum over a media report that its troops intruded into the Indian side of the border in the frontier state. Geng Shuang, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, had made the statement after a media report stated that Chinese troops intruded into the Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh for about 200 meters close to a village in upper Siang district. In a statement to media persons, Geng was quoted as saying by news agancy: “First of all on the border issue our position is clear and consistent. We never acknowledged the existence of so-called Arunachal Pradesh.
Fodder scam: CBI court to pronounce Lalu’s quantum of sentence tomorrow
Ranchi: A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court will on January 4 pronounce the quantum of sentence for former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad who has been convicted in a fodder scam case. On December 23, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief along with 14 others was found guilty by the court while seven accused including former Bihar Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra were acquitted.Lalu has been convicted in one of the cases of the fodder scam, wherein Rs 900 crore from the Bihar exchequer were siphoned off under the pretext of purchasing fodder for livestock, during ‘80s and ‘90s. Earlier, in 2013, he was convicted for a similar offence in Chaibasa treasury.
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The protesters blocked roads and disrupted train services leaving commuters stranded in various parts of Mumbai.
Oppn parties attack BJP over Pune violence; ‘fascist vision’, says Rahul
Mumbai: In a scathing attack on the ruling BJP government and its parent organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday extended support to the Bhima-Koregaon battle celebration, calling it a “potent symbol” of resistance to RSS-BJP’s “fascist vision”. Lashing out at the saffron party over the Pune violence, the newly-appointed Congress President said, “the core of the RSS/ BJP’s fascist vision for India is that the Dalits should remain at the bottom of the society”. Una, Rohith Vemula and now Bhima-Koregaon
are potent symbols of the resistance, he said. CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury also slammed the BJP for the violence and said that the ideology of the RSS/BJP has always believed in suppressing those who are historically oppressed. He said the latest events in Maharashtra and several other incidents in the recent past proved the true ideology of the party. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati accused the BJP along with the RSS of instigating the Bhima-Koregaon violence. The BJP, the RSS and other ‘caste forces’ are behind this, she said.
AAP’s Sanjay Singh, two others get Rajya Sabha nod, Kumar Vishwas says ‘punished’ for speaking the truth New Delhi : Ending speculation over the names of Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajya Sabha nominees, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Wednesday announced that the party will be nominating senior party leader Sanjay Singh, chartered accountant and GST expert N D Gupta, and west Delhi businessman Sushil Gupta. “Sushil Gupta has made big contributions in the education and health
“The whole country is watching that in the other House you (Congress) supported the Bill and in this house you are trying to derail it,” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said
Triple talaq bill fails to move in Rajya Sabha, Congress wants scrutiny by select panel New Delhi : The Rajya Sabha witnessed acrimonious scenes on Wednesday as the BJP and Congress sparred over the triple talaq bill, forcing Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien to adjourn the House for the day. As soon as the Upper House convened after three adjournments at 3 pm, the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, which was passed by the Lok Sabha last week, was tabled by Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. “Even after passage of the triple talaq bill in Lok Sabha,
the practice is continuing. A woman in Moradabad was given triple talaq over dowry,” Prasad said as he introduced the landmark bill that has
provisions of “imprisonment for three years and fine” for any Muslim man who divorces his wife by uttering talaq three times in quick succession.
However, the Congress, which remained largely silent during the passage of the bill in the Lok Sabha, was not in a mood to relent this time and demanded that the legislation be sent to a Select Committee. Senior leader Anand Sharma said, “We are not opposing, we are supporting the bill. But any law has to go through scrutiny. I move the following motion, that this House being strongly committed to women’s rights, wants to refer the bill to the Select Committee.”
Killing of soldiers in terror attacks an insult: Mulayam Singh Yadav
New Delhi : Veteran SP leader Mulayam Singh Yadav on Wednesday slammed the government over incidents of killing of security personnel in terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir and called for giving them a “free hand” to retaliate to cross border terrorism in the state. Raising the issue in Lok Sabha during the Zero Hour, Yadav, a former Defence Minister, said repeated targeting of the armed forces by terrorists has affected their image globally and wondered whether the government was in a “dilemma” to deal with the problem of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir. “Our soldiers are the best in the
world. But now Pakistan is killing them. It is
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an insult to our armed forces. It is not a small issue. What is the government’s dilemma? I have information that the armed forces have not been given free hand,” Yadav said. Yadav, who was defence minister between June, 1996 and March 1998 in the United Front government, was primarily referring to last week’s Pulwama attack. In a pre-dawn strike, five CRPF men were killed and three others injured when heavily-armed terrorists stormed the CRPF camp at Lethpora in Pulwama district on December 31. The attack was claimed by Pakistan-based Jaishe-Mohammed.
sectors in Delhi and Haryana. He provides free education to 15,000 children. “Narayan Das Gupta is the former president of the ICAI (Institute of Chartered Accountant of India),” Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia told reporters. The decision to nominate the three was taken at the party’s Political Affairs Committee meeting today. The last day for filing of nominations is January 5.
Govt opposed to coal handling expansion at Mormugao: Goa CM
Panaji : Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said that the state government has objection to the expansion of coal handling capacity at Mormugao Port Trust. Parrikar today told reporters that the state government will not allow expansion of the coal handling capacity. “The issue is about increasing of coal handling facility and not about the expansion of the berth,” he said adding that state’s opposition for increasing the coal handling facility will not change. “If they use the berth for some other reason then I have no objection. They may use it for handling steel, wooden chips, then I have no objection,” he said. The state has been witnessing protests over the plan of private companies to increase coal handling capacity at MPT. MPT has leased out its coal handling facility to two companies, Adani Murmugao Port Terminal Pvt Ltd (AMPTPL) and South West Port Ltd (SWPL). While Adani Murmugao handles about 5.2 million tonnes of coal annually, SWPL handles 7.2 million tonnes.
Maharashtra bandh : Dalit groups have called off the bandh, while Devendra Fadnavis said, “Inquiry will be conducted in the incidents of violence that took place across Maharashtra. We are monitoring the CCTV footage of the violence,”
Dalit groups call off bandh, govt to probe incidents of violence New Delhi : Dalit groups on Wednesday evening called off the state-wide bandh which brought Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra to a grinding halt. Suburban local services were hit repeatedly on all three lines, road traffic stalled at various key traffic junctions and shops and establishments in very large parts of the suburbs were completely closed through the day. Mumbai Police said roads have
been cleared and traffic has resumed. On Monday, at least three lakh members of the Dalit community had gathered in villages around Bhima Koregaon near Pune to attend an event commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Koregaon. There, Dalits clashed with members of the Maratha group, resulting in the death of a 30-year-old youth. Several others were also injured.
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Criminalising instant talaq: Find a better way
On August 22, 2017, the Supreme Court in a historic verdict in Shayara Bano vs Union of India, invalidated the practice of instant triple talaq, or talaq-e-biddat, declaring that it was arbitrary and unconstitutional. It asked Parliament to enact a new law on triple talaq, and further said if the law doesn’t come into force within six months, the court’s injunction on triple talaq would continue. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, introduced and passed in the Lok Sabha on December 28, 2017, upheld the Supreme Court injunction banning instant triple talaq, and went a step further by criminalising it. There can’t be any doubt about the fact that instant triple talaq is an evil practice, completely negating the right of equality, security and dignity of Muslim women; and it has to go. But the major bone of contention in the bill is the criminalisation of triple talaq. It should be noted that the Supreme Court has already invalidated the act. The critics of the bill wonder why, when the act itself is not valid, its mere utterance, which is absolutely ineffective, should attract criminal penalties? Also, by criminalising this, the government is bringing a civil matter into criminal jurisdiction. The severity of the punishment and making it cognisable, which means the police can arrest the husband without judicial supervision and even without any complaint from the wife, is also under question. Supporters of the bill draw a parallel to Section 498A IPC and bigamy, which are also criminal offences. However, these supporters fail to note that bigamy is a non-cognisable offence, and if the first or the second wife does not complain, the State cannot take any action on its own. The Supreme Court has also recently issued strict guidelines that checks automatic arrests in Section 498A cases, calls for greater scrutiny by the police and magistrates, and categorically stated that non-compliance will attract disciplinary and contempt proceedings. The idea behind any law is to provide checks and balances that will provide a certain measure of protection from abuse to all parties, by individuals or by agents of the State. The criminalisation of the mere utterance of triple talaq is seen as arbitrary, and given the current socio-political atmosphere across the country, in which the members of a minority community could be lynched simply over rumours of eating beef or slaughtering cows, the fear is not unjustified that the cognisable nature of the “crime” will be misused for deliberate harassment. If punishment is to be used as a deterrent, which is an acceptable idea in itself, the nature of punishment could be fines, transfer of fixed assets to the wife or minor children, or other measures without going to the extreme of criminalising a purely civil matter. Or, if it has to be criminalised, it should be done only on the complaint of the wife, not anyone else. One of the rationales behind the Supreme Court judgment of banning instant triple talaq was that it doesn’t leave any scope for reconciliation.
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bollywood special Baahubali star Prabhas can’t give 5 years to a film now
He lived and breathed ‘Baahubali’ for five years, a role that established him as India’s latest heartthrob but Prabhas says he will not be able to devote so much time in a future project. The 38-year-old actor believes as a performer he has a shelf-life and taking such a risk again can have an adverse effect on his career. “Actors have limited time. We also have a shelf life. I think I can’t give five years to one project now. Even if I ever give that much time, I will simultaneously keep doing other projects because age is also a factor. It will not be good for my career,” Prabhas told news agancy in an interview.The actor said the two-part fantasy drama was a “once- in-a-lifetime opportunity” and he was aware that the grand scale of the project demanded a certain level of dedication. Prabhas wants to build upon his success and take his career forward with projects that
have universal appeal, something that ‘Baahubali’ achieved. “Most of my projects now will have a universal appeal. Regional cinema is different, so now I am trying to choose stories that cater to my audiences across the country. I will do stories which most of the audiences like.” Given his pan-India appeal, there has been a lot of speculation about Prabhas’ Bollywood debut. “I am definitely interested in doing films in Bollywood. And not only in Hindi, I am open to working anywhere in the country, even if it is Punjabi. I will do films in any of the languages, provided the script is good. The region and the language don’t matter.” The actor said his aim as an actor is to deliver mainstream entertaining fare.
Tiger Zinda Hai nears Rs 300-crore club at the box office, Salman Khan reacts ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’ might have become the biggest film of 2017 in India after ‘Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’, but Bollywood superstar Salman Khan says that for him, love and appreciation of the audiences matters the most. The 52-year-old actor is “overwhelmed” with the response that his recently released movie has received from fans. Ali Abbas Zafar’s ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’ has earned Rs 272.79 crore in just 11 days. The ‘Tubelight’ star said, “For us, it is the audiences’ love and reactions that matter the most, and we feel overwhelmed with the love that ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’ has garnered.” “I am grateful to one and all for treating this film as their own; the response has been truly endearing.
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Aseem Chhabra to pen down unauthorised biography on Priyanka Chopra Entertainment journalistcolumnist Aseem Chhabra who already has a biography of Shashi Kapoor titled Shashi Kapoor: the Householder, the Star to his credit is gearing up for yet another book on the life of global star Priyanka Chopra. This one will be an unauthorised biography of Chopra which will narrate her tale from being a Bareilly girl to an international star. While speaking to Mumbai Mirror, Chhabra revealed that the book will not divulge in her love affairs, he said, “We all have skeletons in our closets.” He further added, “It traces Priyanka’s life and career, her transition from a young girl from Bareilly to an international star. For the past year and a half, I’ve been speaking with several people who have worked with her.” The book will release in summer 2018. While Aseem’s book is unauthorised, the report also suggests that Priyanka is planning a biography too. Will Aseem do justice to Priyanka’s tale or will this give rise to a new controversy? Only time will tell. On the work front, Priyanka Chopra has two International projects ready for release, titled ‘Isn’t It Romantic?’ and ‘A Kid Like Jake’. She has not yet announced her Bollywood projects.
Deepika to celebrate her birthday with alleged boyfriend Ranveer in Sri Lanka?
Bollywood’s hottest pair, Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh’s alleged relationship has been the talk of the tinsel town lately. But contrary to rumours about them ending their alleged relationship, Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone continue to share an incredible rapport. Lovebirds Deepika and Ranveer have secretly flown off to Sri Lanka to ring in the New Year with each other. If the rumours are to be believed, Deepika, who turns 32 on January 5, will be celebrating her birthday there with her beau RanveerDeepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh look absolutely adorable together, not only on screen but off screen too.
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New Zealand reclaim top rank in ICC T20I ranking after beating West Indies 2-0 in a three-match T20I series.
Ravindra Jadeja down with viral fever; doubtful for first South Africa Test
Mumbai: India have been dealt a blow ahead of the start of the series against South Africa with left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja rushed to the hospital with a viral illness. As per a BCCI release, he had been suffering from the illness for the past two days and his involvement in the first Test, starting January 5, is under question. The team management will take a call on bringing him into the side on the morning of the Test in Cape Town. The medical team of the Indian side have been monitoring his progress and are also in touch with local medical team. The medical team are expecting Jadeja to recover in 48 hours. “The BCCI Medical Team has been monitoring him and is also in touch with the local medical team in Cape Town. The BCCI Medical Team in consultation with the local medical team has decided that Jadeja will be taken to a hospital for treatment and expects him to fully recover in the next 48 hours. A decision on his availability for selection for the opening Test against South Africa will be taken on the morning of the match,” the BCCI release stated.
IPL 2018: Virender Sehwag reveals Kings XI Punjab’s player-retention plans Mumbai: While Kings XI Punjab had their share highs in the ten editions of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the Preity Zintaco-owned side never managed to win the tournament despite coming tantalisingly close at least twice since the first season of the tournament. It was not that they did not have the players to get the job done but KXIP, till IPL 10, failed to emerge triumphant. And hence, as the big IPL auction is around the corner, KXIP will like to set the ball rolling as the teams are set to announce the list of the player(s) they would like to retain ahead of the auction on Thursday in Mumbai.
New Zealand reclaim top spot in ICC T20I team rankings
Dubai : New Zealand regained the top rank in the ICC rankings for teams in T20Is after beating West Indies in the two-match T20I series. The Black Caps completed a 2-0 series win over West Indies as they won the second match of the series by 119 runs in Mount Maunganui. After the series win, New Zealand gained two places and jumped to top spot from third position. Pakistan were the number one ranked team
Would like to be involved with Cricket Australia: Ricky Ponting on coaching role
Canberra: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting on Wednesday admitted that he’s held discussions with Cricket Australia to coach the team for the next World T20I tournament, but maintains that no agreement has been reached. It was earlier reported that with Darren Lehmann’s contract as coach expiring in 2019, Cricket Australia is in negotiations with Ponting to coach the home team for the event, which is to be played in Australia in 2020. “I’ve had discussions with Cricket Australia for a long time about getting involved somewhere in some way shape or form,” the veteran cricketer said. The two-time World Cup winning captain had earlier been the assistant coach for the T20I side in a three-game series against Sri Lanka in 2017, working alongside Justin Langer. The 43-year-old will also play an assistant’s role to Darren Lehmann in Australia’s T20I tri-series against England and New Zealand in February this year. “I would like to get involved somewhere if it works out that way, but certainly nothing has been decided as yet,” Ponting assured.
in the world before this series followed by India. Pakistan had 124 points and India had 121 points. New Zealand, before this series, had 120 points. New Zealand moved to second spot in the rankings when they won the first T20I by 47 runs. They would have moved to top rank by winning the second match by it was abandoned after rain. They finally moved ahead of Pakistan by clinching the final T20I.
Here’s how Sachin Tendulkar helped Vinod Kambli return to cricket
Mumbai: Former India batsman Vinod Kambli on Tuesday said that he took up to coaching on the advice of his friend and one-time team-mate Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar and Kambli were students of famed coach Ramakant Achrekar and both went to play for India and their friendship was well known to all. And Kambli credited Tendulkar for bringing him back on a cricket field, not as a player but as a coach. “When I retired from cricket, it had occurred to me, nowwhat, I thought will do commentary or I was a expert on TV, But my love has always been cricket, so I got on to the field,” Kambli said. The former left handed batsman was speaking to reporters after a cricket coaching academy was launched at the Bandra Kurla Complex of the Mumbai Cricket Association, where Kambli will be conducting the sessions.
Arun Jaitley in Oct had announced an unprecedented Rs 2.11 lakh crore two-year road map to strengthen PSBs.
Govt to infuse Rs 7,577 crore in 6 weak PSU banks
New Delhi: The finance ministry has approved proposal for infusion of Rs 7,577 crore in 6 weak public sector banks (PSBs) as part of the recapitalisation plan to bolster capital adequacy ratio. All these banks, which got capital support, are under prompt corrective action of the Reserve Bank of India. The funding comes under Indradhanus plan of the government which promised Rs 70,000 crore over period of four years ending March 2019. Lenders, which will receive capital through preferential issue of shares, include Bank of India, IDBI Bank and UCO Bank. The actual fund infusion will take place in the next few weeks after they get necessary regulatory approval, including nod from shareholders. Kolkata-based UCO Bank today announced approval of board for the proposal to issue equity shares on preferential basis to the government against capital contribution of Rs 1,375 crore subject to necessary approval. Besides, Central Bank of India said the capital raising committee of the board approved raising of equity capital by allotting up to 3.88 crore shares at the issue price of Rs 83.15 per unit aggregating to
Rs 323 crore. At the same time, the government has decided to infuse Rs 2,257 crore in the Bank of India, Rs 2,729 crore in IDBI Bank, Rs 650 crore in Bank of Maharashtra, and Rs 243 crore in Dena Bank. While the government decides the mode for recapitalisation of all staterun banks, it advanced the release of funds to these six banks to help
The loss has affected West Indies severly and they have dropped to number five position with 115 points. They earlier had 120 points. New Zealand now have 126 points at the top. This is not the first time that New Zealand are at the top of the rankings. In October 2017, they were number one but lost that spot after losing the T20I series against India 2-1 in November. Now, the current number one rank can also come under threat when they play Pakistan in a threematch T20I series. The three T20I will be played on January 22, 25 and 28. New Zealand have to win the series to retain the number one rank. A series win with a margin of either 2-1 or better will certain their rank at the top spot. Pakistan needs to win the series to reclaim the top rank from New Zealand.
them meet their equity requirements and enable them to resume normal business and help them come out of prompt corrective action. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in October had announced an unprecedented Rs 2.11 lakh crore two-year road map to strengthen PSBs, reeling under high non performing assets (NPAs) or bad loans.
Sebi allows commodity bourses to raise transaction charges
New Delhi: Capital markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday allowed the commodity derivative exchanges to keep the highest transaction charge in turnover slab of any contract at a maximum of double the lowest charge in the same segment. Currently, the maximum permissible ratio for the highest and lowest transaction charge in a slab is 1.5:1. “The exchanges will ensure that the ratio between highest to lowest transaction charges in the turnover slab of any contract is not more than 2:1,” Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) said in a circular issued today. The decision has been taken in consultation with the commodity derivative exchanges. The circular would come into force with effect from 30 days, the regulator noted.
Colin Munro’s record ton helps New Zealand beat West Indies by 119 runs
Mumbai: Colin Munro became the first player from any country to score three centuries in Twenty20 internationals when he smashed 104 from 53 balls as New Zealand beat the West Indies by 119 runs Wednesday to sweep the three-match series. Munro surpassed the West Indies’ Chris Gayle and Evin Lewis, India’s Rohit Sharma and New Zealand’s Brendon McCullum, who all have two centuries in T20 internationals, when he reached his century from 47 balls as New Zealand made 243-5 batting first. The West Indies were all out for 124 in reply as New Zealand completed a 2-0 sweep of the T20 international series. The tour was one of the worst in West Indies history as they also lost the two-test series 2-0 and the three-match one-day international series 3-0, ending their New Zealand tour without a win.
India will travel a lot better now, will be a tough series, says South Africa coach Ottis Gibson Mumbai: South Africa coach Ottis Gibson indicated that South Africa are not assuming that the Indian
team will not fold the way they have in Test series away from the home in the past decade. “They are currently ranked No 1 and they’ve got a lot of world class players and world class players aren’t just world
class in their own back yards,” Gibson said in a press conference in Cape Town, the venue for the first Test that starts on January 5. “They’re a very good team and I think they will travel a lot better now,” he said, “We know for sure that it is going to be a tough series. I don’t think you’re going to see them fold as much as they may have done in the past.” India and South Africa are currently no 1 and no 2 in the Test rankings respectively and Gibson said that the Proteas are keen to get to the top spot.
business Budget, earnings, monsoon to influence market in 2018
New Delhi: Market sentiment in 2018 will be steered by Union Budget in February, corporate earnings, outcome of assembly elections in eight states, monsoon and global oil prices, say analysts. “Global oil prices, international commodity prices, global policies and interest rates if remain stable, we are likely to see positive sentiment continue. Any erratic changes in these parameters will trigger market movements going ahead,” said Anita Gandhi, Whole Time Director, Arihant Capital Markets. The Sensex gained 7,430.37 points, or 27.91 per cent, last year. The 30-share key index touched its lifetime high of 34,137.97 on December 27. “In 2018, we have Karnataka elections in March-April and three other northern states around the
same time. The provisions of Budget 201819 due on February 1 will also influence the outcome of this election, though economic growth/reforms and job growth are already under scrutiny,” said Deepak Jasani, Head - retail research, HDFC securities. Timely, well spread and sufficient monsoon in India will also help rural wealth and spending, having a salutary effect on consumption and GDP growth, he added. “We believe, the BSE Sensex can go up close to 34,500 levels and Nifty 50 can go close to 10,800. Also, the other catalyst for growth would be government’s focus on sectors such as clean energy, affordable housing and allied,” said Payal Pandya, Research Analyst - Wealth Research, Centrum Broking Limited.
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Surat first to have CCTV cameras in courtrooms
Surat : The lower and districts courts of Surat have become the first in the state to install a well organised network of close circuit television cameras inside the courtrooms. A total of 57 cameras have been installed which became operational from Tuesday. In March last year, the Supreme Court had directed all the High Courts across the country to install CCTVs in the courtrooms of at least two districts of the state to bring in transparency. A bench of Justice A K Goel and Justice U U Lalit had said that installation of CCTV cameras in the courts would be in larger public interest, discipline and security. Acting on the apex court’s order, the Gujarat High court had directed district courts of Surat and Mehsana to install CCTVs in their courtrooms. In Surat district, there are 57 courts, including 13 fast-track courts and 44 lower courts. “We acted as per the instructions passed on to us. The work on installing CCTV network in Mehsana courts is still under progress. Once results are seen, all the courts in the state will have CCTVs in the coming months,” said a Surat district court official on condition of anonymity.
The memorandum added: “It appears that the BJP government wants to fill the jails with Muslims and destroy Muslim families.”
MSU warned of protest during convocation
Don’t support Triple Talaq Bill: Muslim body to Congress
Prostitution racket busted; two nabbed Vadodara: Police raided a house at Ambica Vijay Society in Sama on Monday and arrested an widow for running a prostitution racket. Cops also arrested a 25-year-old customer from her house. Police said that a resident of the locality informed police control room about the racket. On the basis of the information, police raided the house and found the accused Manish Agrawal, who lives at Defence Colony on New Sama Road, in a compromising position with a girl. In another room, police also found Sheela Almeida, who ran the racket, along with another girl. During initial interrogation, police learnt that Almeida used to charge Rs 300 from each customer and give Rs 150 to the girls whom she used to call.
Ahmedabad : A delegation of Gujarat Muslim Hitrakshak Samiti, a conglomerate of several Muslim organisations in the state, on Tuesday called on state Congress president Bharatsinh Solanki and requested the Congress not to support the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017 when it is tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. The Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha a week ago with a voice vote. Though the Congress had demanded amendments in certain provisions of the Bill, it did not push for it during the discussion on the Bill. Stating that the triple talaq Bill, introduced by the Central government was “unnecessary and against the Sharia and the rights of women”, the delegation members, including women, said, “The Bill is not only
against Article 25 of the Constitution of India which guarantees religious freedom, but also goes against the recent judgment of the Supreme Court on the issue of triple talaq. It is being said that the Bill has been introduced to protect the rights of divorced women, but when the triple talaq itself shall not be legal and a valid form of divorce, then how can punishment be awarded for it? In Article 5 of the Bill, it is mentioned that the husband shall take the responsibility of maintaining the divorced wife and his children. The question is when the husband, who issues triple talaq, will be behind bars, how will he take care of his divorced wife and children? Then, after spending three years in jail, how could it be expected that the husband would be able to resume a happy married life with his wife?”
Vadodara: City-based advocate Shailesh Amin has warned M S University officials of protest during the forthcoming annual convocation of the university if the university officials fail to take action against the accused in the plagiarism case. Amin on Tuesday questioned MSU’s inaction in the plagiarism complaint which he had registered last year. Based on Amin’s complaint, a probe committee appointed by MSU had also clearly stated in its report that professor P S Choondawat, the former dean of Faculty of Arts, had cleared a PhD thesis which was plagiarised. Amin had alleged that Choondawat as head of Department of Sociology had cleared PhD thesis of professor Chandramani More from K M Shah Dental College and Hospital of Sumandeep Vidyapeeth who had plagiarised entire thesis of his student Dr Krushna Thakkar. The committee formed by MSU had stated in its report that all the charges or allegations made byAmin in his complaint are “proved true completely”. Although the committee’s report was first placed in the November meeting of MSU’s syndicate members, the members had refrained from taking any decision or action. Later, even during the December meeting of syndicate members, the university’s syndicate failed to take any decision regarding the plagiarism episode.
Gujarat MoS Parshottam Solanki does a Nitin Patel, Have to win hearts of the asks CM Vijay Rupani for better and more portfolios
Rupani, who also laid the foundation stone for a new bus station in the pilgrim town of Kheda district, assured to bring “fast track” development during his “full term” as chief minister.
people, will act as per raj dharma: Vijay Rupani
Vadodara : After being tacitly warned by the priest of the Swaminarayan temple in Vadtal that BJP did not perform well in the rural areas in the just concluded Assembly elections, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Tuesday said his government has to win the hearts of the people and he will do his duty as per raj dharma.“Yes, we have won the elections, but we have to win the hearts of the people. We are not the rulers of Gujarat, but the servants of the people. CM means Chief Minister, but CM also means common man. It means
to fulfil the aspirations and expectations of the common man,” Rupani said after offering prayers at the temple before assuming charge of his office. Earlier, welcoming the CM, Maharaj Ghanshyam Prasad Das, the priest of the Swaminarayan temple who had appealed
the devotees of the sect to vote for the BJP in the elections, warned him that his government was “yet to win the hearts” of the rural voters, especially the farmers. “When Vijaybhai (Rupani) saheb came before the elections to seek blessings, our Acharya saheb tied a rakshasutra on him.
Gandhinagar: After Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel created a stir over allocation of portfolios not befitting his status, Gujarat Koli community veteran Parshottam Solanki on Tuesday threw a tantrum asking Chief Minister Vijay Rupani to give him “better”, “more than one” and a Cabinet status after winning five terms in a row. Solanki, once accused by the Srikrishna Commission in connection with the 1993 Mumbai communal riots, also held out a veiled threat that his Koli community would “demonstrate this during the 2019 Lok Sabha election whom they support and who they won’t”. The minister, who represents the Koli community that has a whopping 26 percent population concentrated in the key Saurashtra region, called on Rupani and told him that it was a sentiment of his community to have a better say for him in the government. File image of Parshottam Solanki. News18File image of Parshottam Solanki. News18 “I came to meet the Chief Minister but got stuck in bad traffic and his chamber was choc-a-bloc with people and we could not have a detailed chat. He said a decision about this could be taken after three days,” Solanki told reporters at the Sachivalaya in Gandhinagar. “I am not
international In his first tweet in 2018, Trump has accused Pakistan of basing its relationship with the US on ‘nothing but lies and deceit.’
Trump’s ‘incomprehensible’ remarks have ‘deeply disappointed’ Pakistan
Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday expressed “deep disappointment” over US President Donald Trump’s scathing remarks against it, saying the accusations strike with “great insensitivity” at the “trust” between the two countries. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi convened a National Security Council meeting in Islamabad after Trump strongly rebuked the country, accusing it of giving nothing to the US but “lies and deceit” and sheltering terrorists in return for USD 33 billion in aid over the last 15 years. The NSC meeting, attended
by the powerful military chief and other top senior military and government officials, observed that statements by the US leadership were “completely incomprehensible as they contradicted facts manifestly, struck with great insensitivity at the
trust between two nations built over generations, and negated the decades of sacrifices made by the Pakistani nation”. Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry also attended the NSC meeting, which discussed Pakistan’s response to President
Trump’s fresh tirade while also reviewing the country’s overall foreign policy, the Dawn News reported. Following the NSC meeting, Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif in a tweet challenged Trump’s claim that the US has given Pakistan more than USD 33 billion dollars as aid over the last 15 years, saying verification by an audit firm would prove the US president wrong. The foreign minister offered that Trump could hire a US-based audit firm “on our expense” to verify the USD 33 billion aid figure and “let the world know who is lying and deceiving”.
asking for anything, it is my community that is asserting and feels that I, since I am the only one in the government, be given a respectable due. The Chief Minister himself keeps 12 portfolios, some first-time ministers have three
to four good portfolios, but I have only one and that too a negligible one,” the Minister of State for Fisheries said. Solanki was elected from the Bhavnagar Rural Assembly seat for the fifth time in a row, thanks largely to his Koli community. The Kolis form 26 percent of the population in Gujarat and have strong presence in over 40 assembly seats. Meanwhile, the BJP high command galvanised into damage control and drafted senior minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama (who had also played a key role in resolving the Nitin Patel issue) to assuage Solanki. Chudasama told reporters, flanked by Solanki: “He is not angry with the party. He is a senior leader and has only expressed his community’s sentiments to the Chief Minister. This does not tantamout to mean that he is angry or there is some crisis in the party. Please don’t compare (him with) Nitin Patel. It was a different issue which has been already sorted out.” Solanki went on, in front of Chudasama: “I have been given a single department of Fisheries unlike the last four times when I was also given Animal Husbandry. Looking at the population of Kolis across the state, what do I do with one ministry. I obviously don’t feel going to office.
If the president were to order a strike, he would identify himself to military officials at the Pentagon with codes unique to him.
What if Trump’s ‘bigger,’ ‘more powerful’ button does not exist?
Washington: President Donald Trump boasted that he has a bigger and more powerful “nuclear button’’ than North Korean leader Kim Jong Un does but the president doesn’t actually have a physical button. The president’s Tuesday evening tweet came in response to Kim’s New Year’s address, in which he repeated fiery nuclear threats against the United States. Kim said he has a “nuclear button” on his office desk and warned that “the whole territory of the US is within the range of our nuclear strike.” Trump mocked that assertion, writing, “Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!” But despite ratcheting up the tension, Trump doesn’t really have a nuclear button.The process for launching a nuclear strike is secret and complex and involves the use of a nuclear “football,” which is carried by a rotating group of military officers everywhere the president goes and is equipped with communication tools and a book
with prepared war plans. If the president were to order a strike, he would identify himself to military officials at the Pentagon with codes unique to him. Those codes are recorded on a card known as the “biscuit” that is carried by the president at all times. He would then transmit the launch order to the Pentagon and Strategic Command. Earlier Tuesday, Trump sounded open to the possibility of an inter-Korean dialogue after Kim made a rare overture toward South Korea in a New Year’s address.
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