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The minister said she would ensure that no student of the National Institute of Technology faced injustice. Paramilitary forces have been stationed after students clashed with the police on Tuesday evening.
Two top officials of the education ministry are visiting the institute today.
"Despite grave problems with PM, it is absurd for AK to call him an ISI/Pak agent. Politically shortsighted. Cant beat BJP in patriotic jingoism (sic)," Bhushan, Swaraj Abhiyan founder and former AAP leader, tweeted.
Kejriwal had yesterday said that Modi's "invitation" to the Pakistani Joint Investigation Team, which included an ISI official, to probe the Pathankot attack amounted to giving a "clean chit" to the spy agency for the attack and demanded that he tender an "apology" for the "monumental" foreign policy failure.
His minister Kapil Mishra went a step further tweeting, "Do we have a ISI agent as PM now?? Its very serious the way PM is surrendering to anti India forces?"
The HC however, has ruled that for arresting Singh, the CBI will have to take prior permission from the court.
The Nagpur bench of the court, while hearing a public interest litigation, asked the NMC 'whether India is for Hindus only' and expressed strong reservations over the plan to recite 'Hanuman Chalisa' at its AIDS awareness event, in association with Poddareshwar Ram Mandir Trust.
The event is planned at Kasturchand Park ground in Nagpur for Thursday. "Why only recital of Hanuman Chalisa and why not from Quran, the Bible or other religious literature? What is the nexus of AIDS awareness and Hanuman Chalisa recital? Is it only Hindus who contract AIDS? Is chanting of Hanuman Chalisa the only remedy for eradication of this deadly disease?" the division bench of justices Bhushan Gavai and Swapna Joshi said.
"If people can come for this event, they will also come for recitation of Quran and Bible,' they observed.
The judges disposed of the PIL filed by former corporator Janardan Moon, after both the NMC and programme convener Dayashankar Tiwari, who is the ruling party's leader in the civic body, agreed to disassociate with the two events (AIDS awareness and Hanuman Chalisa event), and pay the cost of stage and ground (used for the event) on pro-rata basis.
The judges asked the respondents (NMC and the temple trust) to keep at least an hour's gap between the AIDS awareness programme and the Hanuman Chalisa recitation, which over 1.5 lakh people are expected to attend.
'If Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti would have raised the slogan of 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' before or after taking the oath, it would have sent a good message across the state. But unfortunately, nothing of that sort happened,' Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut was quoted as saying by ANI.
'This is the result of 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'. There is a force in Kashmir which does not want to hear slogans like 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' and 'Hindusthan Jindabaad'. A conflict is going on with them,' he added.
The state's border with Bangladesh will be sealed and infiltration checked if BJP is voted to power in Bengal," he said at an election meeting in Bengal.
"If voted to power, we will also change the situation in Bengal," Singh said, adding the situation has "improved" in states where BJP is in power. Stating that a corruption-free and transparent administration is required in Bengal, Singh said after NDA government came to power in Delhi steps taken by the prime minister have benefited the poor.
"The poor people in the country have opened their bank accounts and the subsidies they get go directly to their accounts," he added. The polling for second part of the first phase in Bengal will be held on April 11.
An alert has been sent out by the police in Chandigarh warning cops across Punjab.
The car with license plate JK-01 AB-2654 could be used in plans to attack Delhi, Goa and Mumbai, the note says.
Police officers have been asked to ensure careful and detailed security checks at important public and military buildings, markets, malls, train stations and educational institutions.
Two days ago, four more officials of construction company IVRCL were arrested by the Kolkata Police in connection with the flyover collapse taking the total arrests to 8 on Monday.
Earlier on Friday, senior AGM Mallikarjun, structural manager Pradeep Saha and assistant manager Divyajyoti Mazumdar were arrested a day after the flyover collapse which killed at least 24 people and injured more than 80 others.
It comes after the leak of the "Panama Papers' from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, which reportedly show that Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson and his wife Anna Sigurlaug Palsdottir had an offshore firm in the British Virgin Islands to allegedly shield investments worth millions.
The court's observation comes after a PIL was been filed in the Bombay high court stating that IPL matches must be shifted out of the state.
The Loksatta movement and the Foundation for Democratic Reforms organisation has made the Board of Control for Cricket in India a respondent in the case. Read that story here.
In addition, Mumbai BJP Secretary Vivekananda Gupta has demanded that IPL cricket matches scheduled to be played in Maharashtra should be shifted out of the state due to prevailing drought conditions. Gupta, in a letter addressed to BCCI President Shashank Manohar, stated that a standard cricket field requires a minimum of 80,000 to 1,00,000 litres of water per application.
Approximately two to three such applications are required per week that comes to 1,60,000 to 3,00,000 litres of water per week to maintain turf growth and repair damaged areas, he was quoted in a statement issued here today. 19 IPL matches are slated to be played at Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur between April 9 and May 29. The final match of the tournament is to be held at Wankhede Stadium here on May 29.
The BJP leader said more water was needed during hot and windy conditions and less during winter conditions. Thus, more than 70 lakh litres of water will be required to maintain the grounds for the 19 matches.
Protesting students who demanded Vice Chancellor Appa Rao's removal were taken into custody as they broke open the campus gates. The students had tried to approach Rao's office past heavy security and barricades.
The clashes took place as the university - which has been ranked among the country's best - discussed the appointment of an ombudsman, an anti-discrimination officer and an Equal Opportunity Cell.Students demanded that the Vice Chancellor be kept out of the process to select an ombudsman alleging that "he is also under scrutiny" for his role in Vemula's suicide.
26-year-old Rohith Vemula hung himself on January 17, days after he was banned from the hostel and other areas on campus over clashes with an activist from a BJP-linked students' group.
"It was a symbolic act," Reyna said yesterday in a telephone interview. "When you say everyone in my family, my teachers, my children yet to be born are criminals and rapists, it is time to take a proactive effort."
In the video he said Mexicans performed everything from drywall to concrete finishing on the project. During his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, Trump has been criticized after Trump for saying Mexican immigrants are bringing crime and drugs to the US and are "rapists."
"This building is standing here today thanks to us, to our work," he says. "There's a little present for Mr Trump, so every time you judge us you can think who is building your towers."
The court pronounces life imprisonment for main accused Muzammil, while the rest of the accused to be set free after they furnish bail bonds as per procedure, as they have already undergone their maximum punishment.
Three convicted accused including Saquib Nachan, who the police said were the mastermind of the blasts, were given 10 years' sentence so they have to undergo two more years in jail.
On March 29, the POTA court convicted 10 people and acquitted three, in the triple bomb blasts case in Mumbai between December 2002 and March 2003.
Saquib Nachan, who police said is the mastermind, had been convicted. Adnan Mulla, Harroon Lohar and Nadeem Paloba have been acquitted for lack of evidence.
All the accused have been charged with murder, attempt to murder, grievous hurt waging a war against the nation, criminal conspiracy under the IPC and on several charges under the Arms Act, Explosive Substances Act, and POTA.
The three blasts, killed twelve people and injured 139. According to the Mumbai police, the act was the handiwork of the banned organisation SIMI. Prosecution alleged that former general secretary of SIMI, Saquib Nachan along with Pakistani national and member of Lashkar-e-Taiba, Faisal Khan were the mastermind behind the blast, along with 23 other accused. Out of the total 25 accused, five including Khan died ,while five other accused are still absconding.
The Maharashtra government had sought the death sentence for Muzammil Ansari for his involvement in the Mumbai blasts. Ansari was convicted for being part of the conspiracy and planting the bombs at three locations.
The Mulund train blasts occurred on March 13, 2003, killing 12 persons and injuring 71. Earlier, on December 6, 2002 several persons were injured in the blast at McDonald's at Mumbai Central station, while a person died when a bomb attached to a cycle exploded in a market area in Vile Parle (East) on January 27, 2003.
Gupta told news channels that he had been forced to move away from the case after he realised he had been "kept in the dark" about certain facts by his client.
"My client and his family did not tell me all the facts about the case," Gupta said, adding that he had taken the decision to let go of the case on "humanitarian grounds".
"I came across some facts and (that's when) I decided to leave the case," Gupta said.It was Gupta who had interacted with the media after Rahul was hospitalised, two days after Pratyusha's death.
TV producer Rahul Raj Singh, currently in hospital, was booked after police registered a first information report based on a complaint filed by Banerjees mother Soma at Bangurnagar police station.
He has been booked under Indian Penal Code sections related to abetment of suicide, voluntarily causing hurt and criminal intimidation, among others, a police official said.
Police declined to divulge details regarding the investigation that led to registration of the FIR. They suspect Singh was in relationship with another woman about which the deceased was depressed.
On April 1, the 24-year-old actress, who shot into fame for her role of Anandi in hit TV series Balika Vadhu, allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself inside her flat at Goregoan area of western suburbs.
Police is also trying to ascertain whether the deceased was in financial troubles or had any dispute with Singh.
Some reports suggested the actress, who hailed from Jamshedpur, was depressed over not getting roles in TV serials.
On Sunday, Singh was admitted in the Intensive Care Unit of a hospital in Kandivali after he complained of chest pain and breathlessness, said police.
Police are awaiting the viscera report of the actress.
"Ted Cruz is worse than a puppet'" he is a Trojan horse, being used by the party bosses attempting to steal the nomination from Mr Trump," the Trump campaign said in a statement reflecting. "Not only was he propelled by the anti-Trump Super PAC's (political action committee) spending countless millions of dollars on false advertising against Mr Trump, but he was coordinating with his own Super PAC's (which is illegal) who totally control him," the statement said. The Trump Campaign exuded confidence Trump, 69, would go on to win in New York, where he holds a substantial lead in all the polls, and beyond.
The Congress Party on Friday had filed a petition before the Uttarakhand High Court challenging the Centre's appropriation ordinance for the state.
A two-judge of the Nainital bench of the High Court had on Wednesday stayed the floor test for the Harish Rawat Government in the Uttarakhand assembly, which was scheduled for March 31, and decided to take up the matter on April 6.
The crisis in the hill state erupted on March 18 when nine Congress MLAs rebelled against the Rawat government, resulting in a flip-flop in the passage of the Appropriation Bill.
"The Ministry has decided to send a two-member team comprising a Director and an Under Secretary rank officer, who will listen to the students there," a senior official said.
Unrest was witnessed again yesterday at the campus, the scene of last week's clash, with outstation students expressing a sense of insecurity and attempting to leave the campus, leading to a confrontation with police which resorted to lathicharge in which some were injured.
Refusing to take responsibility of the incident, a top functionary of the Hyderabad-based firm had described it as 'a god's act'.
"It's nothing but a God's act. So far in 27 years, we have constructed several number of bridges...such accident never happened," K Panduranga Rao, group head (human resource and admin) of IVCRL had said.
The attack had prompted External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to seek a report from the Rajasthan government. Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje had also assured all possible help to the Spanish tourists.
All the six accused, including a minor, were rounded up by the police in 24 hours and also recovered all the items they looted from the couple.
Most of the accused in this case already have a record of criminal activities in the past and have been involved in serious crimes.
On Tuesday, the tourists had rented bikes and were on their way to Ajaypal, situated on the back side of the Taragarh hills, when the incident took place. The attackers tore women's clothes and attempted to rape them while the male tourists' were attacked with a stone.
The miscreants later fled the spot when the woman reportedly called up the owner of the hotel they were staying in. The owner arrived at the spot a little while later and took the couple to a hospital in Ajmer.
Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh also said that the HRD ministry will look into the matter.
"I spoke to Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti as well. The Union home minister has constantly been in touch with the CM. The HRD ministry is sending a team. Force needn't be used against students," he said.
He also asked students to maintain peace, 'otherwise external elements come in to gain political mileage'.
Meanwhile, according to a CNN-IBN report, the non-Kashmiri students have list out several demands, including hoisting of national flag '" along with the state flag -- on the campus and protection from miscreants who 'often pelt stones at non-Kashmiri students'.
At least four non-Kashmiri students sustained injuries in a police lathi-charge at NIT Srinagar on Tuesday. Two companies of CRPF had to be called in to maintain calm after trouble broke out again.
Ramon Fonseca said on Wednesday that the firm, Mossack Fonseca, has evidence the hacking was done from Europe, but he declined to give any details. 'I can't say more because the case is already under investigation,' he was quoted as saying by The Associated Press.
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The Pentagon on Tuesday awarded a $17 million (Rs 113 crore) contract to Raytheon for supply of state of the art thermal weapon sights and spares which improve targeting and surveillance capabilities by enabling soldiers to spot targets at long distances through haze, dust, fog and other obscurants. Raytheon is known as a pioneer in thermal weapons sights.
The Pentagon yesterday said Raytheon has been awarded a $17,877,938 firm-fixed-price, foreign military sales contract (Pakistan) for thermal weapon sights and spares, training, and contract data requirements lists.
One bid was solicited with one received.
Work will be performed in McKinney, Texas; and Pakistan, with an estimated completion date of October 30, 2017.
According to the Dawn, Sharif said that the judicial commission will be led by a retired Supreme Court judge.
In response to the massive backlash he received by his opponents following the expose, the prime minister said that there was an agenda against him and that certain people were digging issues from decades ago.
"My family has faced a barrage of accusations," Sharif said.
He also invited all politicians accusing him and his family to present evidence of any financial wrongdoing before the judicial commission.
"My father started working in Lahore 25 years before the creation of Pakistan, and by the time of independence, Ittefaq foundries had already achieved success," he said.
He added that another industrial plant was also established in Dhaka, but was lost with the fall of East Pakistan in 1971.
"On Jan 2, 1972, Bhutto took over the foundry in Lahore, and hence our assets were lost in mere moments. My family was not involved in politics till much later, as such, even before I got into politics, we were an established industrial family." Sharif added.
He further stated that his father established another industrial plant in Makkah, following the military coup in 1999. The plant was later sold, and his sons 'invested the funds into their businesses.'
According to documents available on the ICIJ website, Sharif's children Mariam, Hasan and Hussain 'were owners or had the right to authorise transactions for several companies'.
Mariam is described as 'the owner of British Virgin Islands-based firms Nielsen Enterprises Limited and Nescoll Limited, incorporated in 1994 and 1993'.
The United States networks -- including Fox News and NBC -- called the race for the two underdogs within half an hour of polls closing in the Midwestern state that borders Canada on Wednesday.
With seven per cent of precincts reporting, Cruz, a conservative senator from Texas, was ahead with 49 per cent of the vote compared to 35 per cent for billionaire Trump.
Cruz's win in the Badger State is a serious blow to Trump and could alter the trajectory of the Republican race.
The New York real estate mogul predicted a surprise win on Wednesday in Wisconsin, but now faces a narrower path to victory and the 1,237 delegates needed to sew up the Republican nomination.
On the Democratic side, Vermont Senator Sanders led with 57 per cent versus 43 per cent for Clinton. But the former secretary of state can look forward with some confidence to the upcoming races. She leads Sanders by double digits in New York, her adopted home state which votes April 19, and Pennsylvania, which casts ballots a week later.
Trump also leads handily in his home state of New York and in Pennsylvania.