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Abhishek Bachchan, Agastya, Navya Immerse Ritu Nanda s Ashes In Haridwar Abhishek Bachchan, Agastya in Haridwar (courtesy queen.82.queen)
Highlights- Ritu Nanda died on January 14
- Ritu Nanda s son Nikhil Nanda performed rituals in Haridwar
- Abhishek, Agastya and Navya were also spotted
Abhishek Bachchan along with nephew Agastya and niece Navya Naveli immersed Ritu Nanda s last remains in Haridwar. Ritu Nanda s son Nikhil Nanda, who is married to Shweta Bachchan Nanda, performed the rituals. Photos of the Abhishek and Nikhil participating in a puja by the ghats of Hairdwar have been shared by fan-clubs. Ritu Nanda, Raj Kapoor s elder daughter, died in New Delhi in the early hours of January 14. Ritu Nanda, sister of Rishi, Randhir, Rajiv and Rima Kapoor, was married to industrialist Rajan Nanda. They have a daughter, Nitasha, and a son, Nikhil, who married Amitabh Bachchan s daughter Shweta in 1997. Ritu Nanda was the grandmother of Shweta and Nikhil s children Navya Naveli and Agastya.
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On Tuesday last week, Ritu Nanda s funeral was attended by Abhishek Bachchan, Rishi Kapoor, daughter Riddhima Kapoor Sahni, Randhir Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor in the national capital. Agastya and Navya were also spotted offering their last respects. Karan Johar, Alia Bhatt, Ayan Mukerji and Gauri Khan had also flown to Delhi for Ritu Nanda s last rights. In the afternoon, Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan were spotted entering Mumbai s Kalina airport in a hurry. Ritu Nanda s nephews (Rima Jain s sons) Armaan and Aadar Jain also flew to Delhi to pay last respects.
Rishi Kapoor at the funeral.
Riddhima Kapoor at the funeral.
Randhir Kapoor at the funeral.
Abhishek with Navya Naveli and Agastya.
Armaan Jain at the funeral.
Aadar Jain at the funeral.
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Amitabh Bachchan at Kalina airport
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan at Kalina airport
In his official blog, Amitabh Bachchan remembered Ritu Nanda as: An ideal daughter, an ideal sister, an ideal wife, an ideal mother, an ideal in-law, an ideal mother-in-law, and an ideal friend has left us for good in a distance we cannot cover... for now!
Ritu Nanda was 71 and, according to news agency IANS, had been battling cancer for seven years.
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Court Grants Bail To 14 Arrested For Anti-CAA Protests In Muzaffarnagar Protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act have been on in Uttar Pradesh since last month.
Muzaffarnagar:A Muzaffarnagar court granted bail to 14 people who were arrested in connection with violence during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
District judge Sanjay Kumar Pachori on Friday allowed their bail pleas and directed that they be released after furnishing two sureties each of Rs one lakh each.
According to the prosecution, the accused were arrested and sent to jail for allegedly being involved in the violence that broke out during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act on December 20 in Kotwali police station area.
The police has also arrested many others in the district in connection with the incident and imposed the charge of inciting children to pelt stones on 33 people.
Meanwhile, the police registered a case against unidentified people for allegedly disseminating fake news, through social media and newspapers, of sexual assault with a madrassa student during police custody following the December 20 violence during the anti-CAA protests.
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display( adslotNativeVideo ); });The police said a case was registered on Friday under section 22 of the POCSO Act against unidentified people for allegedly spreading false news pertaining to a child s sexual assault and misusing the law.
The case was registered after a complaint was filed by a person in this regard, police said, adding that the madrassa committee has said no incident of sexual assault with any of its students took place.
Ten students of the Madrassa Hoja Ilmiya were arrested by the police following the violence but they were later granted bail by a court after the SIT probing the incidents said there was no evidence against them.
Comments Kashmiri Pandits Tweet Pledge to Return Home With #HumWapasAayenge With videos, Kashmiri Pandits say they hope to return to the Valley soon.
New Delhi:To mark the 30th anniversary of the mass exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley, members of the community took to social media to post videos of themselves by narrating the Hum Aayenge Apne Watan dialogue from an upcoming flick, Shikara , with the hope that they would return to their homeland one day.
On January 19, 1990, lakhs of Kashmiri Pandits were forced to leave their homes in the Valley following a genocidal campaign launched by the terrorists.
Theatre actor Chandan Sadhu participated in the campaign and said that Kashmiri Pandits have shown unimaginable resilience and hope to return to the Valley soon.
As Kashmiri Pandits complete 30 years in exile this weekend, let our cry for justice be finally noticed. We have shown unimaginable resilience, and today we resolve to return home. Kashmiri Pandit friends: please record this video statement and put it up with #HumWapasAayenge, Mr Sadhu tweeted.
As Kashmiri Pandits complete 30 years in exile this weekend, let our cry for justice be finally noticed. We have shown unimaginable resilience,
and today we resolve to return home.
[Kashmiri Pandit friends: please record this video statement and put it up with #HumWapasAayengepic.twitter.com/rUHTDlXLMZ
The hashtag #HumWapasAayenge is trending on Twitter as more and more Kashmiri Pandits joined in the campaign to narrate the Hum Aayenge Apne Watan dialogue and a pledge to return to their homes.
Noted political commentator Sunanda Vashisht tweeted a throwback image of herself and said that resolve to go back home has strengthened more.
I don t have many pictures left of my childhood. Choosing between life and family albums is really no choice at all. When lives were rescued, family albums got left behind. 30 years have passed. Resolve to go back home has only strengthened. #HumWapasAayenge, she tweeted.
Radio personality Khushboo Mattoo tweeted a video repeating the dialogue from Shikara and tweeted, Said this in a BBC interview three years back. And I am saying it again #HumWapasAayenge #Shikara.
Said this in a BBC interview three years back. And I am saying it again #HumWapasAayenge#Shikarapic.twitter.com/6lGveHjMmn
— Khushboo Mattoo (@MattLaemon) January 17, 2020Journalist Rahul Pandita also took to his Twitter and captioned his post saying, 30 years of exile from Kashmir. Let us now pledge that we will return home.
30 years of exile from Kashmir. Let us now pledge that we will return home.
[Kashmiri Pandit friends: please record this video statement and put it up with #HumWapasAayenge ] pic.twitter.com/d0PBXx7QRU
The movie Shikara chronicles the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley on the night of January 19, 1990. Directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, the movie will release on February 7.
Many have supported the initiative and have expressed solidarity with the Kashmiri Pandits.
In July last year, Home Minister Amit Shah said in the Rajya Sabha that the central government is committed to bringing Kashmiri Pandits and Sufis back to the Valley saying a time will come when they will offer prayers at the famous Kheer Bhawani temple.
Kashmiri Pandits were forced to leave Kashmir. Many of their shrines were demolished. Sufism was targeted in Jammu and Kashmir. Sufism used to talk about unity and harmony but they were attacked. No voice was raised in favour of Kashmiri Pandits and Sufis when they were brutally attacked. Sufis used to talk about the unity among Hindus and Muslims but they were forced to leave the Valley. Narendra Modi-led government is committed to bringing back Kashmiri Pandits, he had said.
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display( adslotNativeVideo ); });The Mata Kheer Bhawani temple is one of the holiest shrines of Kashmiri Pandits, located about 14 kilometres east of Srinagar.
Last September, a delegation of the Kashmiri Pandit community met the Prime Minister in Houston and thanked him for the historic decision to scrap Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
PM Modi acknowledged the hardships endured by the community following their exodus from their ancestral homeland back in 1989-1990 due to militancy.
You have suffered a lot, but the world is changing. We have to move ahead together and build a new Kashmir, the Prime Minister had told the delegation.
I had a special interaction with Kashmiri Pandits in Houston, PM Modi had tweeted following the interaction.
In October, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar announced that the Centre has decided to provide compensation of Rs 5.5 lakh each to 5,300 displaced families from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), who initially opted to move outside Jammu and Kashmir but later on returned.
These families were earlier left out in the rehabilitation package that was approved by the Cabinet on November 30, 2016.
The Prime Minister had announced a reconstruction plan for Jammu and Kashmir in November 2016. His plan included a rehabilitation package for a one-time settlement of 36,384 displaced persons families of PoK-1947 and Chhamb.
Comments Time To Break-Up With These Carbohydrates Once And For All Sugary drinks and junk food are the carbs you need to avoid
Highlights- Packaged sugary drinks are the carbs you need to avoid
- Stay away from white bread
- Avoid confectionaries and baked foods
Regardless of what a fad diet trend may tell you, your body requires 50-60% of calories to be drawn from carbohydrates- making them the prime source of energy among other nutrients. But, when it comes to carbohydrates- the type and the quantity matters. Carbs are generally classified into two types- good carbs and bad carbs. All the whole grains, fruits, vegetables, legumes, and seeds contain good carbohydrates which means they supply a steady source of energy and do not cause fluctuations or sudden spikes in the blood sugar levels, which is essential for growth and survival. The bad carbs, on the other hand, are processed or refined and offer very little or zero nutrients while leading to a plethora of chronic diseases.
So, it s time to bid goodbye to the bad versions of carbohydrates. Listing some of the carb monsters below1. The white brigadeAll the white carb products like white bread, white pasta, or white buns are made of refined flour aka maida that is further made of wheat but after a process of refining, milling, and bleaching. The healthy bran layer of wheat is removed in this process making maida completely devoid of nutrients like fiber, B vitamins, and some minerals. Regular consumption of refined flour can lead to elevated blood sugar levels increasing the risk of Diabetes. It is also inflammatory in nature and can also lead to elevated cholesterol levels and constipation.
Stay away from white bread as they contain unhealthy carbs
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Also read:Diabetics, Opt For Dried Fruit Instead Of White Bread: Here s Why
2. Thesugary liquidsThe packaged sugary drinks are one of the worst additions to your diet. Packaged beverages like sodas, energy drinks, soft drinks, lemonades, or even fruit juices are nothing but a dose of unhealthy carbs in the form of simple sugar. The calories from these drinks do not make your body feel full and therefore your brain doesn t register these calories, making you eat up more calories in total than required. Such beverages can increase the risk of Diabetes and can lead to weight gain in no time. So, whenever you feel the urge of quenching your thirst, never reach out to these sugary liquids. Grab on a bottle of plain or infused water instead.
Also read:Health Risks Associated With Sugary Drinks: You Will Be Surprised To Know These
3. The packaged cerealsYour grandma is probably right when she advises you to eat fresh home-made food instead of the ready-to-make ones. Most of the packaged cereals boast about being healthy and nutritious but the truth is almost all of them are packed with unhealthy carbohydrates. Packaged cereals are made by processing and are treated with high sugar before being shaped. These sugar-laden refined cereals can spike blood sugar levels and increase your risk of diabetes and heart diseases. They can also contribute to a vicious cycle of overeating as the blood sugar crashes down after a sudden spike. Definitely not the best way to start your day!
Packaged breakfast cereals are not as healthy as they seem to be
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The pleasantly decorated cakes, brownies, and muffins do seem to be irresistible but always ensure that your willpower comes in the way because these sweet delicacies are way too bitter for your health. Apart from spiking blood sugar levels, these can make you pile on kilos and may cause high blood pressure or heart diseases. So, next time instead of celebrating with a creamy cake, try baking one at home with healthy ingredients like whole wheat, dates, and figs.
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(Nmami Agarwal is nutritionist at Nmami Life)
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Comments How Solving 23-Year-Long Bru Refugee Crisis Is Shot In The Arm For BJP The Bru tribals have been living in relief camps in Tripura for over two decades.
An agreement signed by representatives of Bru, the central, Tripura and Mizoram governments paved way for over 30,000 displaced Bru tribals from Mizoram to permanently settle in Tripura. The deal was signed on Thursday in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah at North Block in New Delhi.
According to the agreement, those willing to go back to Mizoram can go and the rest can stay in Tripura. They have to stay in either of the states. He said a large quantum of land would be required to rehabilitate these 34,000 people and it would take at least six months, said Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb.
Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for solving the 23-year-old problem, he said many initiatives were taken to send the Brus back to Mizoram, but only 350 families could be repatriated.
Political parties and civil society organisations of Mizoram have also welcomed the agreement that puts an end to the over two-decade-old Bru refugee crisis.The Bru tribals would now be included in Tripura s voter list as per the agreement.
The agreement -- which was materialised after nine attempts of repatriation -- is likely to help the BJP win the trust of tribals in the northeast at a time when the party is facing sustained protests against the controversial citizenship law.
The pact was signed one-and-a-half months after the latest initiative to send the Bru refugees back to Mizoram failed. The ninth round of repatriation began on October 3 and concluded on November 30.
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display( adslotNativeVideo ); });Amit Shah had tasked the work to Mr Sarma after centre s plan to close the relief efforts last year had led to protests among the Bru refugees. The protesting Bru refugees also saw support from former Tripura Congress Chief and Royal scion Pradyot Manikya who demanded their settlement in Tripura.
This is when, sources said, that Amit Shah, sensing the gravity of the situation, asked Mr Sarma to build consensus with representatives of Bru, the central, Tripura and Mizoram governments over the issue.
The Bru tribals have been living in relief camps in Tripura since 1997.They had fled their homeland Mizoram to reach the neighbouring state because of ethnic clashes.
The Bru refugee crisis started from September, 1997, following demands of a separate autonomous district council by carving out areas of western Mizoram adjoining Bangladesh and Tripura.
The situation was aggravated by the murder of a forest guard in the Dampa Tiger Reserve in western Mizoram by Bru National Liberation Front insurgents on October 21 that year. The first attempt to repatriate the Brus from Tripura was made in November 2009.
Comments Box Office: Ajay Devgn s Tanhaji Has A Strong Second Friday Tanhaji Box Office Collection: A still from the film (courtesy taranadarsh)
Highlights- The film made over Rs 10 crore on Friday
- Tanhaji clashed with Chaapaak at the box office
- Tanhaji is probably eyeing the Rs 200 crore mark now
Ajay Devgn s new film Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior entered its second week on Friday and is carrying on with its brilliant box office performance with ease. On its second Friday, Tanhaji raked in a brilliant score of Rs 10.6 crore, pushing the total to Rs 128.98 crore, reported trade analyst Taran Adarsh. If the movie remains consistent with its box office run, then Tanhaji can even expect to touch Rs 200 crore at the box office, said Mr Adarsh. Here s what he posted: Tanhaji emerges a big favourite of moviegoers... Maintains a strong grip on [second] Fri... Strong chance of hitting Rs 200 cr, if it maintains the rhythm... #Maharashtra record run continues... Big growth on the cards... [Week 2] Fri 10.06 cr. Total: Rs 128.97 cr. India biz.
View this post on Instagram#Tanhaji emerges a big favourite of moviegoers... Maintains a strong grip on [second] Fri... Strong chance of hitting Rs 200 cr, if it maintains the rhythm... #Maharashtra record run continues... Big growth on the cards... [Week 2] Fri 10.06 cr. Total: Rs 128.97 cr. #India biz.
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Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior brings alive the story of Tanaji Malusare - Maratha ruler Chhatrapati Shivaji s general - on the big screen. Kajol features in the role of Tanaji s wife Savitribai Malusare. The film opened to mixed reviews on January 10, when it clashed with Deepika Padukone s Chhapaak, which addresses the issue of acid attacks in the country. Tanahji has successfully stayed ahead of Chhapaak in the box office race from the very beginning.
Tanhaji soared past the Rs 100 crore mark on Day 6, making Rs 107 crore, when Mr Adarsh wrote: Tanhaji is 100 not out... Day 6 is higher than Day 1, 4 and 5... Terrific trending on weekdays indicates the power of solid content.
View this post on Instagram#Tanhaji is NOT OUT... Day 6 is higher than Day 1, 4 and 5... Terrific trending on weekdays indicates the power of solid content... Speeding towards Rs 150 cr... Fri 15.10 cr, Sat 20.57 cr, Sun 26.26 cr, Mon 13.75 cr, Tue 15.28 cr, Wed 16.72 cr. Total: Rs 107.68 cr. #India biz.
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googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display( adslotNativeVideo ); });An overwhelmed Ajay Devgn celebrated Tanhaji s Rs 100 crore with a tweet on Thursday afternoon: Thanks to each and every one for making this happen! I m humbled and grateful for all the love, support and appreciation for Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior, he wrote.
Thanks to each and everyone for making this happen! I m humbled & grateful for all the love, support & appreciation for #TanhajiTheUnsungWarrior .@itsKajolD#SaifAliKhan@omraut@itsBhushanKumar@SharadK7@ADFFilms@TSeries@TanhajiFilmpic.twitter.com/QmHmJ5zBaZ
— Ajay Devgn (@ajaydevgn) January 16, 2020Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior has been directed by Om Raut.
Comments Punjab Government Announces To Fill 3,186 Posts In Schools Teaching Jobs: Punjab government announces to fill 3,186 posts in schools
New Delhi:In the cabinet meeting, led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, held on January 14, the Punjab government has decided to fill 3,186 of various cadres in teaching and non-teaching staff in schools. The move will help plug a major gap in the school staff, thereby improving the standards of education, an official spokesperson said after the meeting.
The cabinet also gave nod to fill up 132 posts of Deputy District Education Officer, Principal of Government Senior Secondary Schools, 311 posts of Headmasters/ Headmistresses, 2182 posts of masters/ mistresses in various subjects, 32 posts of Block Primary Education Officers, 500 posts of Elementary Trained Teachers, 04 posts of law officers and 25 posts of legal assistants.
All these posts, except Principals, Headmasters and Block Primary Education Officers, would be filled up through the Directorate of Recruitment, already set up in the Department since October 12, 2015. The posts of Principals, Headmasters and BPEOs shall be filled up through the Punjab Public Service Commission, the press release added.
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display( adslotNativeVideo ); });During the meeting, the Chief Minister underlined the need for serious relook at the school curriculum from the point of making students job-ready. Pointing out that vocational courses had been introduced for senior classes in various fields, such as hospitality & mobile phone repair etc., he stressed on the importance of more thrust on vocational teaching.
In the cabinet meeting today we have decided to fill 3,186 posts in teaching & non-teaching staffs in schools. Also, we will further revise the school curriculum to include more vocational courses from the point of making students job ready. pic.twitter.com/1BDHPYvgHl
— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) January 14, 2020Click here for more Jobs News
Comments How Dare Indira Jaising Suggest... : Nirbhaya s Mother Slams Lawyer Asha Devi blamed people like Indira Jaising for continued rape incidents. (File)
New Delhi:Asha Devi, mother of the 23-year-old medical student who was raped and fatally injured by four men on a bus in Delhi in 2012 triggering an unprecedented outpouring of public anger, has hit out at senior lawyer Indira Jaising for requesting her to forgive the convicts and stop their execution.
Can t believe how Indira Jaising even dared to suggest such this. I met her many times over the years in Supreme Court, not once did she ask for my wellbeing and today she is speaking for convicts. Such people make a living by supporting rapists, hence rape incidents don t stop, Asha Devi told news agency ANI.
Who is Indira Jaising to give me such a suggestion? Whole country wants the convicts to be executed. Just because of people like her, justice is not done with rape victims, she added.
On Friday, Indira Jaising had requested Asha Devi to follow the example of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who had moved for the clemency of a woman Nalini Murugan convicted for the assassination of her husband and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
While I fully identify with the pain of Asha Devi I urge her to follow the example of Sonia Gandhi who forgave Nalini and said she didn t not want the death penalty for her. We are with you but against death penalty, Ms Jaising had tweeted.
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display( adslotNativeVideo ); });Asha Devi has criticised the delay in the execution of the four men convicted of the rape and murder of her daughter, saying that the case was being used for political mileage.
A Delhi court had on Friday said the four convicts - Mukesh, 32, Vinay Sharma, 26, Akshay Kumar Singh, 31, and Pawan Gupta, 25 - will hang on February 1 at 6 am. The execution had earlier been scheduled for January 22 but was delayed over a mercy petition filed by one of them.
The 2012 attack on the 23-year-old physiotherapy student, who came to be known as Nirbhaya or fearless , had shocked India and triggered widespread protests.
Comments Two Main Accused In MM Kalburgi Murder Case Can t Be Traced: Probe Agency MM Kalburgi was murdered outside his Dharwad home on August 30, 2015.
New Delhi:Two of the main accused in the murder of rationalist MM Kalburgi are missing and cannot be traced, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) told the Supreme Court on Friday in its status report.
MM Kalburgi, the former vice-chancellor of Hampi University and an epigraphist, was shot dead at his residence in Kalyan Nagar in Dharwad, Karnataka, on August 30, 2015. Born in 1938, he was a Sahitya Akademi award-winning writer of old Kannada literature.
The SIT, in its status report filed before a bench of Justices RF Nariman and S Ravindra Bhat, said that investigation has been completed and charge sheet filed in the murder case.
We have gone through the status report filed by the SIT. It says that two of the main accused have been absconding and cannot be traced. They also say that a charge sheet has been filed in the case and matter has been remitted to a Sessions Court for trial, the bench said.
As the Karnataka High Court is monitoring the case, nothing survives in the petition filed by MM Kalburgi s wife Umadevi and disposed of her plea, it said.
Ms Umadevi moved the court in 2017 for a probe by a National Investigation Agency (NIA) or Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) claiming that no substantial probe has been carried out so far in the murder case by the state police.
She alleged that there was a common link between the murder of her husband and that of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar and social activist Govind Pansare, and hence the probe should be done by a Central agency.
On February 26 last year, the top court transferred the probe into the killing of Kalburgi to the SIT, already investigating the murder case of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh after Karnataka government said there were common links in the two cases.
The state Crime Investigation Department was earlier probing Kalburgi s killing and a SIT was investigating the murder of Lankesh in September 2017, in Bengaluru.
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display( adslotNativeVideo ); });The court had asked the Dharwad bench of the Karnataka High Court to monitor the SIT investigation into Mr Kalburgi s killing.
It had said that if killings of Mr Kalburgi, Ms Lankesh, Mr Pansare and rationalist Dabholkar are linked, it should be probed by one agency and monitored by one high court.
Maharashtra SIT was probing the killing of Mr Pansare in 2015 and CBI has been investigating the murder of Mr Dabholkar on August 20, 2013.
The court, which had earlier termed the plea very serious case had initially favoured a CBI probe into the murders of Kalburgi, Pansare and Lankesh, if there was any common thread in these incidents. The killings of all these three activists happened within a period of five years.
Karnataka police had earlier in its status report told the top court that there appears to be an intimate connection between the killings of MM Kalburgi in 2015 and Gauri Lankesh in 2017.
The court had observed that one probe agency should investigate all the four cases if prima facie it appears that there is a common thread in the murders.
The top court had earlier pulled up Karnataka government for doing nothing and just fooling around with the investigation and indicated it may transfer the case to the Bombay High Court.
The court on January 10, 2018 had sought responses of probe agencies NIA and CBI and the state governments of Maharashtra and Karnataka on the allegation of Umadevi.
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Woman s Burnt Body Found Tied To Cot In UP, Bullet Cartridges Recovered The police say they are still trying to identify the woman.
Bijnor:The burnt body of a woman,tied to a cot, was found in a village in western Uttar Pradesh s Bijnor district on Friday. Three empty cartridges were also recovered from the spot, suggesting that she was also shot.
The body was discovered by villagers near a tubewell on the outskirts of the village last evening. The police say they are still trying to identify the woman.
We are collecting DNA samples to ascertain her identity, said senior police officer Laxmi Niwas Mishra.
It is not clear if the woman was also sexual assaulted.
The police say they will try to identify the woman as soon as possible and make arrests in the case.
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display( adslotNativeVideo ); });In another shocking incident, the dead body of a young woman, without clothes, was found near a forest in eastern Uttar Pradesh Bahraich district.
The girl s face although burnt is recognizable, police said.
The body of the 20-year-old woman was found with out clothes in a forest area in a village in Bahraich. There are burn injuries on her face, said Ravindra Singh, ASP, Rural, Bahraich Police.
Comments BJP s Delhi Polls List Wedding Procession Without Groom : Manish Sisodia Manish Sisodia said AAP is confident that BJP will lose the elections.
New Delhi:Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday said BJP s announcement of candidates for the February 8 Assembly elections was nothing but a bina dulhe ki baraat (wedding procession without the bridegroom) as they could not find a Chief Ministerial candidate.
Speaking to news agency IANS, Mr Sisodia said the BJP has proved that they don t have any face in Delhi.
We were expecting they will name someone as their CM face. It (the list) is a marriage procession without a bridegroom. The announcement proved they have no one against (AAP chief Arvind) Kejriwal, he said.
He said the AAP is confident that BJP will lose the elections.
On the BJP fielding Ravi Negi against him in the Patparganj Assembly constituency, Sisodia said votes in Delhi will be for the work done and nothing else can influence people.
The BJP on Friday came out with its first list of candidates for the Delhi polls, comprising 57 names. However, it did not name its candidate from the New Delhi Assembly constituency, from where Mr Kejriwal is contesting.
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display( adslotNativeVideo ); });AAP s Rajya Sabha member and Delhi Election incharge Sanjay Singh also took a jibe at the BJP. BJP has given a walkover to the AAP for the upcoming elections even before contesting, Mr Singh claimed.
Everyone was expecting that against the honest face and candidature of Arvind Kejriwal ji, they will reveal who their candidate, their CM face is going to be. But even today, BJP stayed quiet on this and this makes it clear that in Delhi, BJP is a team without a captain.
They do not have a leader and there is lot of infighting among the party on who will be their CM face.
Mr Singh added that the BJP is emerging as a leader-less, a vision-less party.
And I believe that people of Delhi will give a huge win and mandate to an honest AAP government under the leadership of Kejriwal, he added.
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Electing Rahul Gandhi Disaster By Kerala, Says Historian Ramachandra Guha Narendra Modi s great advantage is that he is not Rahul Gandhi. He is self-made, Ramachandra Guha said.
Kozhikode:A fifth-generation dynast Rahul Gandhi has no chance in Indian politics against a hard-working and self-made PM Narendra Modi, and Kerala did a disastrous thing by electing the Congress leader to Parliament, historian Ramachandra Guha said in Kozhikode on Friday.
Mr Guha said the reduction of the Congress from a great party during the freedom movement to a pathetic family firm now is one of the reasons for the ascendency of Hindutva and jingoism in India.
I have nothing against Rahul Gandhi personally. He is a decent fellow, very well-mannered. But young India does not want a fifth-generation dynast. If you Malyalis make the mistake of re-electing Rahul Gandhi in 2024 too, you are merely handing over an advantage to Narendra Modi, said Mr Guha on the second day of the ongoing Kerala Literature Festival (KLF) during his talk, Patriotism Vs Jingoism .
Addressing the crowd, he said, Kerala, you have done many wonderful things for India, but one of the disastrous thing you did was to elect Rahul Gandhi to the parliament.
Mr Gandhi, who in 2019 general elections lost from his family bastion of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, had won from the Wayanad seat in Kerala.
Narendra Modi s great advantage is that he is not Rahul Gandhi. He is self-made. He has run a state for 15 years, he has an administrative experience, he is incredibly hard working and he never takes holidays in Europe. Believe me I am saying all this in all seriousness, he said.
But, even if Rahul Gandhi was much more intelligent, more hard-working, never took a holiday in Europe, as a fifth generation dynast he still will be at a disadvantage against a self-made person , the 61-year-old author said.
He took on Congress president Sonia Gandhi too who, he said, reminded him of the late Mughal dynasty and how aloof they were of the state of their kingdom.
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display( adslotNativeVideo ); });India is becoming more democratic and less feudal, and the Gandhis just don t realise this. You (Sonia) are in Delhi, your kingdom is shrinking more and more but still your chamchas (sycophants) are telling you that you are still the badshah, he said.
Further, he quoted his teacher and noted Indian sociologist Andre Beteille to describe the story of Nehru-Gandhi family as a classic reversal of the famous Biblical injunction : the sins of the father will be visited upon seven successive generations.
In the Nehru s case, it is the sins of the seven successive generations have been re-visited upon Nehru... look at the national debate today. Why is Nehru evoked everytime? Why does Modi always say Nehru ne Kashmir mein yeh kiya, China mein yeh kiya, Triple Talaq mein yeh kiya ... because Rahul Gandhi is there. Now if Rahul Gandhi disappears, Modi has to talk about his own policies and why they failed, he said.
According to Mr Guha, Hypocrisy of the Indian Left -- the fact that they loved other nations more than India , rise of aggressive nationalism worldwide and the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in neighbouring countries are some other reasons behind the evident leap of Hindutva in India in the recent times.
Historian William Dalrymple, novelists like Benyamin, Namita Gokhale, Chetan Bhagat and journalists Karan Thapar and Rajdeep Sardesai are among the many other writers who will be attending the four-day festival.
The focus theme of KLF 2020 is environment and climate change.
Comments Nick Jonas, Kevin Jonas Take Up TikTok Hand Emoji Challenge - Watch Video Nailed It, Nick Jonas captioned the video on his Instagram account.
New Delhi:Video sharing app TikTok has come up with a hilarious yet interesting challenge where the users are posting video of a dance, trying to make emojis with their palm while grooving to the tunes of American singer Y2K s popular number Lalala .
The Emojidance hashtag, trending on the app for the past few months, has been used over 660 million times so far, with likes of Jonas Brothers and Ashley Banjo taking up the challenge.
In the 6-second video shared by Jonas Brothers, Nick Jonas and Kevin Jonas are seen making a duet, with both trying to match up to the tunes of a remix version of Lalala .
Nailed It, Nick Jonas captioned the video on his Instagram account.
What is the Hand Emoji challenge?
A list of hand emojis appear on the users screen and the task is to replicate the same with the help of their hands.
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display( adslotNativeVideo ); });To make it a little trickier, users are doing it on the beat of the song, Y2K & Bbno$ - Lalala (ilkan Gunuc Remix) .
A similar phenomenon, emoji face challenge, had also trended on social media last year, it was essentially the same concept, to replicate the emoji with the expression on to your face.
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A new trend or a viral challenge takes over the TikTok every few days.
In November, people used the hashtag #ChildhoodMemories to take a trip down memory lane and recreate old photos.
TikTok users from around the world are posted like their childhood selves, even using props sometimes, to recreate their childhood memories for this trend.
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Nirbhaya s Mother Asha Devi Denies Reports Of Joining Congress Asha Devi said that she has not been approached by anyone for the same (File)
New Delhi:Nirbhaya s mother Asha Devi on Friday put an end to speculation of her joining the Congress for the coming Delhi assembly elections, saying that she is not interested in politics.
When asked about reports of her joining the Congress, Asha Devi told reporters: I have no interest in such things. I have been fighting to get justice for my daughter and the daughters of the country. I want the execution of the four convicts.
She said that she has not been approached by anyone for the same.
Mera politics se dur dur tak koi nata nahi hai (I have no connection with politics), she said.
Reports of her political debut started surfacing after sportsperson-turned-politician Kirti Azad shared a Tweet, which claimed that Asha Devi might contest Delhi assembly elections against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on a Congress ticket.
Ae Maa Tujhe Salam. Asha Devi Ji Aapka Swagat Hai (Salute to the mother. Welcome Asha Devi), Mr Azad had tweeted.
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display( adslotNativeVideo ); });Nirbhaya s father Badrinath also said that these news reports are wrong and that the family has no interest in joining politics.
The assembly elections in the national capital are scheduled to be held on February 8. The counting of votes will take place on February 11.
A Delhi court on Friday issued a fresh death warrant against the four death-row convicts in the Nirbhaya rape case, who will now be executed at 6 am on February 1. Earlier, they were to be hanged at 7 am on February 22.
Earlier today, President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the mercy plea of the Nirbhaya rape case convict Mukesh.
Comments Bigg Boss 13 : Paras Chhabra s Mother Warns Him To Stay Away From Mahira Bigg Boss 13: Paras Chhabra with his mother.
Highlights- Nobody won this week s captaincy task
- Sidharth Shukla s mother advised him to wear full clothes
- Rashami s niece and nephew visited her
In tonight s episode of Bigg Boss 13, the family members of Paras Chhabra, Asim Riaz, Rashami Desai and Sidharth Shukla came to visit them. Paras Chhabra s mother warned him to stay away from Mahira Sharma. She suggested her son to stop being a godfather to the other contestants and that he must keep a track of his own game. She even warned him to maintain distance with Mahira and mentioned the fact that she is not comfortable with their closeness. She even told him that she is very unhappy with the way he is portraying himself on the show.
View this post on Instagram#BiggBoss ne maan li @parasvchhabrra ki minnate aur milwaaya unhe aaj apni Maa se! Watch this emotional episode tonight at 10:30 PM. Anytime on @voot. @vivo_india @daburamlaindia @bharat.pe @beingsalmankhan #BiggBoss #BiggBoss13 #BB13 #SalmanKhan
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Sidharth Shukla s mother also visited the house and she happily interacted with all the contestants. She later talked to Sidharth privately and suggested him not to take stress. She jokingly told him to get rid of the shorts and to start wearing full clothes.
View this post on InstagramGhar mein jab aayi @realsidharthshukla ki Maa tab dikha unka emotional aur sensitive side! Watch this tonight at 10:30 PM. Anytime on @Voot. @Vivo_India @BeingSalmanKhan #BiggBoss13 #BiggBoss #BB13 #SalmanKhan
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Rashami s family was represented by her niece Bhavya and nephew Swastik. An emotional Rashami broke down after meeting her relatives. Bhavya and Swastik asked Rashami to rekindle her friendship with Sidharth. The duo were obviously moved by the kids gesture and did exactly what they were asked to do. None of the contestants were eligible for this week s captaincy as they moved away from their respective stations during the task.
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display( adslotNativeVideo ); });View this post on InstagramKya family ka pyaar phir paas le ayega @realsidharthshukla aur @imrashamidesai ko? Dekhiye yeh pyaar bhara episode aaj raat 10:30 baje. Anytime on @voot. @Vivo_India @BeingSalmanKhan #BiggBoss13 #BiggBoss #BB13 #SalmanKhan
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In another segment of the show, a fight broke out between Vishal and Aarti. Aarti said that Vishal is not even ashamed of being punished. Vishal got angry and told her that she has a habit of getting into other people s fights. Aarti responded by saying that Vishal always talks about walking out of the show.
Watch this space for more updates on Bigg Boss 13.
Comments 44 Bills Tabled In 6th Delhi Assembly Till February 2019 Passed: Report The Delhi Assembly convened for 101 days -- 20 days per year on an average (File)
New Delhi:All the 44 bills tabled in the sixth Delhi Assembly till February last year were passed, according to election watchdog Association For Democratic Reforms.
The Delhi Assembly convened for 101 days -- 20 days per year on an average.
It was adjourned 34 times during this period -- the maximum 12 times in 2018, according to an ADR analysis released on Friday.
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display( adslotNativeVideo ); });A total of 44 Bills were tabled in the Assembly till February 28 last year and all of them were passed. The maximum 23 Bills were passed in 2015, it said.
Comments Jokers : Congress s Adhir Chowdhury On Mamata Banerjee, Bengal Governor Adhir Chowdhury was in Midnapore to attend a rally.
Midnapore:Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday took a dig at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar over their tussle and described them as two jokers of circus .
In Bengal, a circus is going on at Raj Bhavan (Governor s House) and Nabanna Bhavan (State Secretariat). The heads there are the two jokers of the circus, he told reporters in Midnapore.
Mr Dhankhar and Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal have differed on several issues with the ruling party accusing the Governor of running a parallel administration .
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display( adslotNativeVideo ); });The Governor has been refuting the allegations.
Mr Chowdhury was in Midnapore to attend a rally against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Population Register (NPR) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) organised by Paschim Medinipur District Youth Congress.
Comments Top State Officials Stay Away From Population Register Meet Amid Concerns Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has stopped work on National Population Register in Bengal.
New Delhi:The chief secretaries of nearly half a dozen non-BJP ruled states stayed away from a meeting called by the Ministry of Home Affairs to discuss the National Population Register (NPR) on Friday, instead sending other functionaries in their place. Nobody from West Bengal made an appearance.
West Bengal had already informed us that they won t be participating, a senior Home Ministry functionary told NDTV, adding that a few states have objected to the new methodology being used to compile the NPR.
Opposition parties believe that the NPR will lead up to a nationwide National Register of Citizens, which they say will put the country s Muslim community at risk of persecution. The centre has dismissed concerns over the new methodology being adopted for the exercise, expected to be carried out from April 1 to September 30, saying that nobody would be put under pressure to divulge information they do not want to.
If someone does want to share any information regarding any issue, it is up to that person. He has the option of not sharing it, Minister of State for Home Affairs GK Reddy told reporters.
Rajasthan Chief Secretary DB Gupta told reporters that he and a few other attendees objected to certain questions expected to be asked as part of the exercise. We said that several questions, such as those related to parents birthplace, are impractical. There are many people in the country who don t even know where they themselves were born. We asked for such questions to be removed, he said.
Kerala has decided to put its NPR exercise on hold until its concerns are addressed. However, the state government has informed us that it will cooperate with census operations, said a Home Ministry official who was part of the meeting.
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display( adslotNativeVideo ); });The conference, inaugurated by Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai, was attended by Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla as well as chief secretaries and census directors. In his address, Mr Rai said that the data collected from the census would help in framing policies for people s welfare.
The NPR is being prepared at the local (village/sub-town), sub-district, district, state and national levels under the provisions of the Citizenship Act-1955 and the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules-2003. The rules provide for imposing a fine of Rs 1,000 on violators.
Data for NPR was last collected in 2010 along with the house-listing phase of Census 2011. While updating the register in 2015, the government had asked details such as Aadhaar identification and mobile number. Additional information pertaining to driving licence and voter ID may also be gathered this time round, officials said, but added that PAN card information will not be sought.
The law compulsorily seeks to register every citizen of India and issue a national identity card. The NPR exercise will be carried out between April and September in all states and union territories with the exclusion of Assam (where the NRC exercise has already been carried out).
The Union Cabinet has approved a budget of Rs 3,941.35 crore for the NPR exercise.
Comments How Many Government Bungalows Occupied By People Without Post, Court Asks Delhi: The court listed both matters together for hearing on February 5 (File)
New Delhi:The Delhi High Court on Friday questioned the centre as to how many government bungalows were being occupied by persons who are no longer MPs, MLAs or bureaucrats and for how long.
A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar said it wants to know how many of the allegedly illegal occupants of official accommodation were holding any post and how long they have been in illegal occupancy.
Lot of people are occupying government bungalows without holding any post, the bench observed while giving oral direction to the Centre.
The direction was in connection with an earlier PIL saying that several official residences were being allegedly illegally occupied by persons who were no longer MPs, MLAs or bureaucrats.
The high court issued notice to the centre, Delhi government and DDA, seeking their stand on a fresh PIL seeking official residential accommodation for judicial officers.
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display( adslotNativeVideo ); });The court listed both matters together for hearing on February 5.
The latest plea by a lawyer contended that several judicial officers do not have an official residence, due to which they have to opt for rented accommodation at far off places.
The petitioner has claimed that results in hardship not only to the judicial officer, but also litigants, accused, lawyers and police officers who may have to urgently move the judge at his home for any interim relief or order.
The plea further said that 126 new judicial officers were appointed by notification dated May 21, 2019, but no government accommodation is available to them.
Comments Undertrial Prisoner Escapes Through Toilet Ventilator In Meghalaya Court Accused was able to take advantage of the loose bars of the ventilator to flee, senior cop said.
Tura, Meghalaya:An undertrial prisoner has escaped through the ventilator of a toilet in a Meghalaya court despite police personnel standing guard outside, an officer said on Friday.
The incident happened when 32-year-old Bath N Marak, accused in kidnapping, extortion and other criminal cases, was being produced before the court of the district and sessions judge in Tura town on Thursday, the police officer said.
He requested to be allowed to relieve himself. However, upon entering a toilet in the court premises, Marak loosened the bars of the ventilator and escaped, he said.
googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display( adslotNativeVideo ); });Marak was a former member of a group of notorious criminal William A Sangma, the officer said.
He (Marak) was able to take advantage of the loose bars of the ventilator to flee. A search is on for the escaped prisoner, West Garo Hills Superintendent of Police, MGR Kumar said.
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