dhulagarh

58 People Arrested In Dhulagarh riot, Claims West Bengal Police

Since December 12, a small village near Howrah – Dhulagarh – has seen tension since two groups reportedly clashed over a procession. Houses were torched, homes looted, many have fled their homes and 58 people have been arrested for the violence since then.

Tension erupted in Dhulagarh when two groups reportedly clashed as a procession was brought out in the area.The groups hurled bombs at each other when houses in Dhulagarh were attacked by an angry mob that hurled bombs and looted and torched people’s homes after they were not allowed to carry out a the procession.

However, when the West Bengal Chief Minister was asked about the violence, her answer was shocking. Mamata Banerjee believes ‘nothing has happened.’

“Nothing has happened. Why are you even asking? You should be ashamed of asking. There has been no incidence. Let something happen first,” said Mamata Banerjee.

West Bengal police has claimed that 58 people have been arrested in connection with the Dhulagarh violence case, contradicting West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's earlier stance that nothing happened in the area.

The WB police tweeted that there was an issue between two groups that lead to the riots and the situation is now under control after it arrested 58 people. In the tweet, the police also said that the government immediately took action, which contradicts CM Banerjee's earlier claims.

The Police said in the tweet: " The dhulagarh incident was outcome of a dispute arising out of a local issue between 2 group of people. Govt immediately took strong action. Situation under total control. 58 accused persons arrested . Govt has provided relief in the area."

It has also been discovered that compensation cheques have been handed over to the victims whose houses were affected in the attack, which again opposes the CM's claim.

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Agni-V test fired

India successfully test-fires nuclear capable Agni-V

NEW DELHI: India tested its Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile(ICBM) in its final operational configuration from Wheeler Island off Odisha on Monday, paving the way for its eventual induction into the Strategic Forces Command (SFC) after user-trials.

The nuclear-capable Agni-V, which can even reach the northernmost parts of China with its strike range of over 5,000-km, was test-fired from its canister on a launcher truck just after 11 am. "All the test parameters of the missile, which was tested for its full range, were successfully achieved. The missile splashed down near Australian waters," said an official.

As earlier reported by TOI, this fourth and final experimental test of the three-stage Agni-V -- if it is fully successful-- comes after a gap of two years due to minor technical tweaking required in the ballistic missile as well as the need for India to exercise some strategic restraint when it was seeking entry into the 48-country Nuclear Suppliers Group (which was thwarted by China) and the 34-nation Missile Technology Control Regime (which India joined earlier this year).

The tri-Service SFC, established in 2003 to manage India's nuclear arsenal, will have to conduct at least two user-trials before the 50-tonne missile is produced in adequate numbers for induction.

While the 17-metre tall Agni-V was tested in an "open configuration" in April 2012 and September 2013, the third test in January 2015 saw it being fired from a hermetically sealed canister mounted on a Tatra launcher truck. The missile's canister-launch version makes it even deadlier since it gives the armed forces requisite flexibility to swiftly transport and fire the missile from anywhere they want.

Once the Agni-V is inducted, India will join the super exclusive club of countries with ICBMs (missiles with a range of over 5,000-5,500km) alongside the US, Russia, China, France and the UK. 

AAP removed donation list

 Yogendra Yadav challenged AAP to a debate over its sources of party funds.

Alleging that the list of donors AAP has submitted to Election Commission and tax authorities is different from the one it has put on its website, Yogendra Yadav-led Swaraj India challenged it for a debate on its sources of funding. The allegation and the challenge come a day after the AAP challenged the Congress and the BJP for a public debate at the Jantar Mantar on their sources of funding.

The AAP, which had taken the donors' list off its website in June this year, has alleged its donors are "being targeted" by tax authorities. "Why did the party presents two different list of contributions, one to the tax authorities and Election Commission and another to the public on its website? Why do the two lists not match? What did the party wish to conceal?" Swaraj India's spokesperson Anupam said.  

1. Why has this party, ostensibly committed to financial transparency, taken off the list of its past and current donors from its website since June this year? Why has this not been restored despite repeated appeals and public outcry?

2. Why did the party present two different lists of contributions, one to the tax authorities and Election Commission and another to the public on its website? Why do the two lists not match? What did the party wish to conceal?

3. What has the party done about the four contributions of Rs. 50 lakh each received in April 2014, now that it is proven that those contributions came from shell companies with benami directors?

4. Where did the party deposit the hundreds of crores of rupees collected in cash from aspiring candidates in Punjab, since it maintains no bank account in Punjab?

5. What is the party’s financial relationship to Shri B. D. Aggrawal of Sriganganar, Rajasthan? Why did the party leadership have a clandestine meeting with Mr. Aggrawal immediately after demonetization?

Aadhaar payment app

Aadhar Payment App

As per the Reports, New Aadhar Payment App will be Released on December 25th it going to create new cashless society if all everything goes well. This Cashless society and app to eradicate fee payments charged by card companies, making it an affordable digital payment solution for merchants in rural areas. This will eradicate the need for payment machines for cashless transactions. However, Aadhaar project has been linked to some public subsidy and unemployment benefit schemes.

 Aadhar Payment App Needs your UIDAI aadhar card Details for Paying in Digital Transaction ways. With this help of aadhar pay app, users can pay money without Internet connection. People also dont Need Credit/ debit cards for paying money to the merchants. Now People are using POS (Point of Sale Machines) to pay the money in stores.

 

Its easy to do payment in 3 simple steps.

1. First Place/ Type the Customer Aadhar Card Number (UIDAI) in the Aadhar field, If Customer wants to do Payment.
2. Select the Bank (Like SBI, HDFC, Axis, ICICI, Andhra..etc)  from which bank you want to Made Payment.
3. Use Fingerprint scan As password for Completing transaction.
4. Upon entering the Aadhar Number, the app would automatically fetch the bank accounts linked with your Aadhar number, then the customer can make the selection of bank for payment as per his/her choice.

Customers Need Not require any aadhar app or password to pay to merchants against any purchase. However, the bank account holders should Aadhar number is linked with their bank account would be eligible to make payments through Aadhar Pay Payment app.

According to Unique Identification Authority of India(UIDAI) almost 40 Crore Aadhar numbers already stands linked with the bank accounts while the rest are targeted to be linked by March 2017.

bio-diesel buses

KSRTC launches bio-diesel buses

For the first time in the country, Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) on Sunday launched 25 buses that run 100 per cent on bio-diesel. Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy launched the bio-diesel multi-axle buses at KSRTC’s Depot No. 4 in city. 

The routes of the newly launched buses are Bengaluru-Kundapura, Bengaluru-Bidar,Bengaluru-Tirupati and Bengaluru-Chennai. 

KSRTC is expected to save `86.68 lakh per annum by using bio-diesel for 25 buses.
The vehicles are retrofitted with Bio-Diesel Kit with which they can run on 100 percent Bio-Diesel for effective control over pollution. It is tested and certified by TUV of Germany for best possible safety even in case of roll over and accidents.

Christmas

Pope Francis: Christmas 'hostage to materialism'

Pope Francis has said that the true meaning of Christmas is being drowned out by materialism.

During a high-security Christmas Mass at the Vatican, the head of the Roman Catholic Church also denounced the continuing suffering of children.

He mentioned those who faced hunger, danger on migration routes and bombing in Syrian cities such as Aleppo. Those taking part in Saturday's service inside St Peter's Basilica had to pass through metal detectors.

During the service, he said Christmas had been "taken hostage" by materialism, and that the season needed more humility.

He said people now lived in a time "when the lights of commerce cast the light of God into the shadows, when we are concerned for gifts, but cold toward those who are marginalised".

Throughout the past year, the Pope has urged compassion towards refugees, urging Christians to remember that Jesus himself was a migrant.

Rs 3600 Cr Shivaji statue

On board hovercraft, PM Modi lays foundation for Shivaji memorial worth Rs 3,600 cr in Mumbai

The project is expected to be completed by 2019. The Maharashtra government is expected to spend about 36 billion rupees ($530 million) on the statue.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday laid the foundation stone of Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s memorial on board a hovercraft in the Arabia Sea situated off the Mumbai coast. The memorial, which includes a proposed 192-meter (630-foot) -tall statue of Shivaji, a 16th century ruler from western India, will be built off the coast of Mumbai on land reclaimed from the Arabian Sea. Along with the prime minister, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thakeray, who is also BJP’s ally, were also present on board the hovercraft.

“Even in the midst of struggle, Shivaji Maharaj remained a torchbearer of good governance,” said Modi. The PM performed the ‘jalpujan’ at the designated spot, symbolically marking the start of construction of the magnificent memorial in the Arabian Sea, which, according to the state government, is going to be the tallest such structure in the world. Shivaji’s descendants Udayanraje Bhosale and Sambhaji Raje (both Parliamentarians) were also on board the
hovercraft. When the hovercraft reached the memorial site, Modi immersed the ‘kalash’ in the sea. The PM also inspected a float depicting Shivaji Maharaj’s coronation.

ruin for the dishonest

PM Modi Warns Dishonest Of Ruin, 

Favours More Taxes From Markets

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government will not shy away from taking difficult decisions in the interest of the country and favoured more taxes from capital markets.

Warning of "ruin" for the "dishonest" after December 30, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said his government will not shy away from taking difficult decisions in the interest of the country and favoured more taxes from capital markets.

Addressing public events, he also asked the dishonest not to underestimate the mood of the country against corruption.

"Dishonest people, you should not underestimate the mood of 125 crore people. You will have to be afraid of it... Time has come for ruin of dishonest people. This is a cleanliness campaign," PM Modi said just with a week to go for the expiry of the December 30 deadline when the scrapped Rs 500/1000 notes can be deposited in banks.


"After 50 days (from November 8), the troubles of honest people will start to reduce and the problems of dishonest people will begin to increase," PM Modi said at MMRDA ground in the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) here after laying foundation of various big ticket infrastructure projects.

Earlier in the day at a Sebi function, PM Modi promised more "sound and prudent economic policies" which would be "not for short-term political point-scoring" but for "larger national interests".

"Let me make one thing very clear: This government will continue to follow sound and prudent economic policies, to ensure that we have a bright future in the long-run. We'll not take decisions for short-term political point-scoring. We'll not shy away from taking difficult decisions, if those decisions are in the interest of the country," PM Modi said.

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indian jugaad

How India lobbied Moody’s for a ratings upgrade, but failed: Report

Winning a better credit rating on India's sovereign debt would have been a much-needed endorsement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's economic stewardship, helping to attract foreign investment and accelerate growth.

India criticised Moody’s ratings methods and pushed aggressively for an upgrade, documents reviewed by Reuters show, but the US-based agency declined to budge citing concerns over the country’s debt levels and fragile banks.
Winning a better credit rating on India’s sovereign debt would have been a much-needed endorsement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s economic stewardship, helping to attract foreign investment and accelerate growth.
Since storming to power in 2014, PM Modi has unveiled measures to boost investment, cool inflation and narrow the fiscal and current account deficits, but his policies have not been rewarded with a ratings upgrade from any of the “big three” global ratings agencies, who say more is needed.

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Forbes on demonetisation

Forbes magazine slams Modi's demonetisation: Immoral, theft of people's property

Calling it a theft of people's property, Forbes has compared demonetisation with forced-sterilisation drive undertaken by the then Indira Gandhi government during her Emergency regime of 1975-77.

Calling India's demonetisation drive as immoral, Steve Forbes, Editor-in-Chief of Forbes magazine, said it also amounted to theft of people's property.

The November 8 move to spike the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes had damaged the Indian economy, future investment and was also an assault on the privacy of common man life by inflicting more state control.

"India's government perpetrated an unprecedented act that is not only damaging its economy and threatening destitution to countless millions of its already poor citizens but also breathtaking in its immorality," the respected magazine said.

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Dangal movie

Dangal movie review: Aamir Khan gets big thumbs up ! 

Director: Nitesh Tiwari

Cast: Aamir Khan, Sakshi Tanwar, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Zaira Wasim, Suhani Bhatnagar, Vivan Bhatena, Aparshakti Khurrana

 

Director Nitesh Tiwari’s Dangal is not just a film. It is a project with the best cinematic composition. What breathe here are the real issues, their incredible treatment and a constant collision of ideas that will affect you for the rest of your life. Based on the real story of wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat’s (Aamir Khan) sole dream of seeing his country win “gold”, the journey that Dangal takes you on will immerse you in his life and take pride in the achievements of his daughters Geeta and Babita – people you’ve never met.

The first half of Dangal works exactly like a skilled wrestler – invariably sure of its moves. While you’d enjoy how Khan trains his young daughters Geeta (Zaira Wasim) and Babita (Suhani Bhatnagar) after they thrash the neighbour's sons for abusing them, you’d also be moved by his affection for them. Phogat might be open while ‘thrusting’ his ideas on his daughters, but a bit shy in expressing his unconditional love for them. This is exactly why he doesn’t mind caressing his daughters’ aching legs while they are fast asleep.

The film’s second half is all about victory. Mahavir’s transformation from the once upset father of a baby girl to the most triumphant one to Geeta’s string of losses before she finally wins a gold during Common Wealth Games to desi akhara being replaced by wrestling mat – every moment works in contrast to what you had watched earlier. But not even once does the film loses its focus. 

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Libyan flight hijack

 Libyan flight hijacked; lands in Malta; almost all hostages released.

 

What we know so far

* Libyan plane hijacked during internal flight

* Plane diverted to Malta with 118 on board

* Two hijackers on board claiming to have hand grenade

* Demands not yet known, hijacker waves green flag

* Hijackers claiming to be pro-Gaddafi

* Passengers started disembarking at 1.50pm

Almost all hostages have been released following a hijack drama at Malta International Airport.

The Afriqiyah Airways A320 with around 120 people on board landed in Malta after it was hijacked in Libyan airspace.

The plane was on an internal flight from Sebha to Tripoli and diverted by two hijackers in their mid 20s who claimed to have a hand grenade and threatened to blow up the plane.

A total of 111 passengers - 82 men, 28 women and an infant - and seven crew members were on board the aircraft which landed in Malta at 11.32am. All passengers are believed to be Libyan.

Modi calendar

Modi Calendar or Govt. Calendar ?

Information and Broadcasting Minister Venkaiah Naidu today released the government’s calendar for the next year with the theme of ‘Mera Desh Badal Raha Hai, Aage Badh Raha Hai’.

All the 12 pages of the new calendar feature PM Narendra Modi’s photographs and depict the growth trajectory of the NDA government.

In the calendar, each month carries a quote from the Prime Minister. The calendar is in both in English and Hindi. On the occasion, Naidu also released a digital calendar app allowing people to download the calendar on personal computer and mobile phones.

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Woman thrashed for protesting

Woman brutally beaten for protesting against eve teasing

A woman was brutally beaten up after she protested the unwanted remarks by a group of people in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh. As per reports, Vandana Tiwari was out on a stroll with her husband, Arvind Tiwari, and her son in a local market of Kishni area in Mainpuri. A man allegedly started throwing lewd remarks at her when she asked him the address of a certain shop. On protesting against the harassment, the man and a couple of others started beating up the woman. She suffered serious head injury in the merciless beating.

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Najeeb Jung Quits

Najeeb Jung Quits As Delhi Lieutenant Governor

 

Najeeb Jung resigned as the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi today with 18 months left in his tenure, saying he wants to return to his "first love, academics". Mr Jung's two years in office were dogged by his constant power tussle with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government.

"Sh Jung's resignation is a surprise to me, my best wishes in all his future endeavours. (sic)" Mr Kejriwal tweeted.

Mr Jung's adviser Ajai Chaudhari said he was shocked too. "He resigned since he had personal reasons. He said he has worked for 45 years, now he wants to spend time with family and his grandchildren," Mr Chaudhari told NDTV.

Sources close to Mr Jung claimed it was not a sudden decision and he had been thinking of quitting for some months.

Nokia Sues Apple

Nokia Sues Apple for Infringement of 32 Patents

 

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has filed lawsuits against Apple in Germany and in the U.S., alleging that the smartphone giant has infringed 32 of its patents, including the widely used H.264 video codec.

The patent infringement lawsuits, filed with the Regional Courts in Dusseldorf, Mannheim and Munich in Germany and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, cover patents related to displays, user interfaces, software, antennas, chipsets, and video coding, Nokia said Wednesday. 

Nokia is planning to file more lawsuits in other jurisdictions, the company said in a press release.