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The decision was taken at a meeting of the state cabinet presided over by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Briefing about the cabinet decisions, principal secretary Cabinet Coordination department Brajesh Mehrotra told reporters the cabinet accepted a proposal of General Administration Department to extend 35 per cent reservation to women in all categories of government jobs for which direct recruitment is made.
The state government which had provided 35 per cent reservation to women in police job extended it in all other jobs by today decision. Providing reservation to women was one of the important poll promises made by Nitish Kumar in the recently concluded Bihar elections.
Women had voted overwhelmingly to Nitish Kumar and his coalition in the poll.
Top AAP leaders said after the attack, the party has decided not to 'rely' on Delhi Police for security of Kejriwal, who is the party's national convenor.
"We are seriously thinking of deploying more party volunteers for Arvind's security... The party does not want to rely on Delhi Police for the security of party's national convenor," said an AAP functionary.
The move came three days after a young woman threw ink at the Delhi chief minister while he was addressing a public event to thank Delhiites for making the odd-even scheme a 'success'.
After the attack, the AAP came down heavily on Delhi police, accusing the force of lapses in the security of the chief minister.
Party sources said it also has an option to deploy party volunteers in form of civil defence personnel to guard Kejriwal.
According to NIA DG, Salwinder is being questioned as he is a suspect in the case. He has also said that the NIA is collecting evidence as demanded by Pakistan.
Dismissing their bail petition, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Bankshal Court, Sanjay Ranjan Pal remanded them to police custody for 12 days.
The police remand of prime accused Sambia Sohrab, who was allegedly at the wheels of the brand new white Audi that mowed down Corporal Abhimanyu Goud on January 13, is also till the same date. Sonu alias Shanawaz Khan was arrested yesterday by Kolkata Police with support from Delhi Police from his maternal uncle's house in Delhi's Ajmeri Gate area. He was brought to the city on transit remand last night.
Johnny, who was not traceable since the incident, was arrested this morning from a house in Ekbalpore area by city police sleuths. Sambia, a son of former RJD MLA Mohammed Sohrab, has been booked under IPC sections 120(B) (criminal conspiracy), 302 (murder), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence), 212 (harbouring offender) and 427 (mischief causing damage).
He was produced at the court on January 17. 21-year-old Gaud was mowed down by the car which broke through gaurd rails on Red Road in the morning of January 13 during rehearsals of the Republic Day parade.
The dreaded Islamic State (IS) terror group has decided to cut the salaries of its fighters by half blaming the "exceptional circumstances', a sign of worsening financial situation of the outfit.
The group's Bayt al-Mal, the Treasury Ministry, has decided to cut the salaries of its fighters in half due to the "exceptional circumstances' the IS has been witnessing, The Jerusalem Post said, citing new documents released last month.
The terror group reportedly did not explain exactly what those "exceptional circumstances' were.Airstrike destroyed "millions'However, the IS decision came amid reports of a U.S.-led coalition airstrike this month that destroyed a cash storage facility of the group in Iraq's Mosul city where it had stored "millions' to pay its operatives and for ongoing operations. Millions of dollars were burned in the strike. "ISIS' financial situation today is even worse than it was in December when the document came out,' the paper said.
This move is part of the brand's campaign, #FaceofCourage, that aims to create more opportunities for acid attack survivors in the fashion industry, reports India Today.
The brand also took to their Facebook page to post a video of the campaign starring a delighted Laxmi, modelling for the brand.
Disfigured in a terrible acid attack, Laxmi, 26, who goes by a single name became a mother of baby girl, who she and her partner, named Pihu. Read that lovely story here.
Pic: Laxmi modelling for the brand Viva N Diva.
In October, the poet had also returned the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award and targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his silence on incidents of violence growing out of intolerance.
"It is high time that writers take a stand," Vajpeyi, a former chairperson of the Lalit Kala Akademi, had said.
"There are the comments made by the culture minister about renaming Aurangzeb Road to APJ Abdul Kalam road. He (Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma) says Kalam was a great nationalist despite being a Muslim. These kinds of statements belittle the multi-cultural and multi-religious fabric of the country....What can writers do but protest," he had said, while returning the Sahitya award.
Then comes, "Do you believe that your body will ultimately take you everywhere?"
Or, "If I was to turn the clock back, would you still do what you did?"
And the supercilious, "Pardon me if I'm being offensive here - how many people would dream of growing up to be a porn star."
Bollywood actress and former porn star Sunny Leone Leone, is in the eye of the storm for her interview to CNN-IBN's Bhupendra Chaubey, on The Hot Seat on January 17.
Sunny, who made inroads into Indian showbiz with reality show "Bigg Boss" and then landed a role in Bollywood with "Jism 2", is busy these days promoting her new film "Mastizaade", which is why the interview to CNN IBN.
Leone had to deal with condescension camouflaged as innocuous questions, in the journalist's attempt (and what a failed attempt it was) to verbally undress the actress and point out that she was in fact nothing but a port star.
That Leone has never hidden her past or apologised for it, seems to have been ignored by Chaubey.
At one point Chaubey actually asks Sunny, "Do you not sometimes get affected by the fact that your past your past that you were this porn queen will continue to haunt you? Or maybe continue to pull you back? When maybe you could've gone far higher."
To this Sunny replies, "You're the only person. It's the press and the media that says holding back or haunt. I've never said haunt. I've never said held back. I am not held back. Maybe I don't know yet. Maybe one day I get to work with somebody who is this huge star. At this moment, I don't know any better so it doesn't affect my life."
Following the interview, Leone has seen enormous support and congratulatory tweets for being dignified, while Chaubey has been vilified. Rishi Kapoor @chintskap tweeted "Very unfair& rude interview with Sunny Leone on CNN IBN.She is taking it on her chin sportingly,obviously in the interest of her coming film."
Actor Sushant Singh Rajput @itsSSR tweeted, "How beautifully u held your own in that stupid interview @SunnyLeone .Some1 should have taught him how to respect a woman when he was a kid."
Aalia Bhatt tweeted her support, "That was literally NOT an interview.. Just hyper-opinionated statements with a question mark at the end!!! No Grace? Chivalry? Ridiculous!"
While, Anushka Sharma said, "This downright distasteful interview shows d journalists intellect & lack of basic human respect & nothing else.kudos @SunnyLeone."
The sun is indeed out for Leone.
Also read: The Remarkable Sunny Leone!
The incident occurred at Govinda Sardar Para, about 25 km from Agartala yesterday, the officer said.
Sita Rani Debbarma (29) offered tea laced with poison to her second husband Goutam Debbarma, apparently to kill him, but he didn't take it, Uttam Bhowmik SP (Police Control), said.
Their two daughters, Shriya Debbarma (4) and Merry Debbarma (12), sipped the tea and fell sick, Bhowmik said. Shriya died on the way to hospital and Merry is now struggling for her life at the GB hospital in Agartala. Police have registered a case and arrested Sita.
Rahul said the students' voice has been crushed and there is no merit for the vice-chancellor to remain. He said there is no question of politicising the issue.
Just before Rahul Gandhi addressed the massive sit-in at Hyderabad, a student urged him, "Don't politicize this as Congress vs BJP. We are fighting only for justice for Rohith Vemula ."
A few seconds later, he said the Vice Chancellor of the Hyderabad Central University and "the Minister in Delhi" must be held accountable for the suicide of Vemula.
"My doors are always open for you," Rahul Gandhi tells students at Hyderabad university campus. He also asked for a compensation to be paid to Rohith Vemula's family.
Rahul also interacted with parents of Rohith Vemula, who hanged himself to death on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the students of the University continued their protest in the varsity premises demanding action against Vice-Chancellor Appa Rao, Minister of State for Labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya and ABVP leader Susheel Kumar.
The students of the prestigious Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) also began a one-day hunger strike here on Tuesday to express solidarity with their colleagues of the Hyderabad University.
Vemula, along with four other Dalit students, were allegedly expelled from hostel following a tussle with students affiliated with the student wing of the BJP, Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP).
Vemula, who belonged to Guntur district of Amravati, was doing his PhD in science technology and society studies for the past two years, before the scholar allegedly got involved in a tiff between two student groups in August last year.
The students demanded the revoking of the suspension of the five Dalit research scholars.
They also demanded Dattatreya's apology for interfering in University matters and branding the students of University of Hyderabad as casteists, anti-nationals and extremists
"We are not supporting his felicitation on the soil of Goa. We don't want him to be honoured here. But BJP government wants, and if he arrives to accept the felicitation, he will have to apologise to the people of Goa for 450 years long Portuguese oppressive rule," RSS Goa unit Chief Subhash Velingkar told PTI today.
The demand from RSS comes close on the heels of statement by BJP's ally Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) minister Ramakrishna Dhavalikar who had said the Prime Minister should apologise to Goa.
SP or Balu as the Padma Bhushan awardee is better known, is one of the many nominations as Swachh Bharat ambassador. But the singer took the nomination seriously and instead of a photo-op with a broom, sang a song in Telugu promoting the Clean India campaign and offered to record it in other Indian languages.
The song will now be recorded in eight languages in two months and will then be telecast on all TV channels.
The PM announced this at a felicitation ceremony for SP where union minister M Venakaiah Naidu was also present. (See picture alongside).
This was in recognintion of SP's service to the nation by singing 50,000 for over 50 years.
But before extending an invitation to the press, his office asked media persons to email either their ID with the Press Information Buereau or with their newspapers. This is because Rahul does not want to give an audience to journalists who speak against his party or him.
Sources say that that the vetting process by Rahul Gandhi's office is unique as he recognises the faces of media persons who are pro BJP and against Congress.
This "photo-submission business" was the talk of the capital on Monday among both SPG men and mediapersons. Rahul is upset over the allegations of his British citizenship though he has been crying hoarse telling whoever is willing to listen that he is an Indian citizen.
The article titled, 'What If Modi Visits Sivagiri' in a newspaper on his April 24, 2013 visit on to the Sivagiri Mutt at Varkala in Thiruvananthapuram district to inaugurate a spiritual-cultural conclave.
Ashok, in his article, had said that while it is true that the Gujarat Government may not have been effective in preventing the killings in 2002, such genocidal riots had followed the assassination of Indira Gandhi as well.
He had also criticised Rahul Gandhi for not accepting the invitation to speak at the function at the Mutt.
The Supreme Court has issued a notice seeking the Kerala government's response on the IAS officer's petition challenging the Kerala government's action against him.
The UDF Govt initiated disciplinary proceedings against Dr Ashok who was Vice Chancellor of Kerala Veterinary University and the government had in 2011 decided to sack Ashok as vice-chancellor for alleged violation of service rules. But the Kerala High Court had through an order reinstated him.
However the court declined to stay the disciplinary proceedings against him. Dr Ashok therefore appealed to the top court saying as VC he didn't violate any service rules. Today the SC has stayed the proceedings against him.
-- I have come to help you realise your dreams.
-- I have come at a time when there is atmosphere of unity and harmony.
-- The people who are joining us, I respect and welcome them.
-- I want to assure you that you have made a place in my heart.
-- I've come here today to work with you shoulder-to-shoulder to bring development to people.
-- Aapke sapno ko sanjone ke liye, mai apne aapko jodne aya hun. I have come to help you realise your dreams.
-- Today I am among you at a time when there is an environment of unity here.
-- Political goodwill is working for the betterment of the people here. I congratulate the leadership.
-- For 12-15 years the promises that were made to you haven't been fulfilled. And doing that over and over again is what has led to your anger.
The present Delhi police chief, BS Bassi, is retiring next month-end.
Jha, a 1983 batch Gujarat cadre IPS officer, was part of the Supreme Court-appointed special investigation team (SIT) that probed the 2002 Gujarat riots when Modi was chief minister. Jha was later removed from the SIT on the orders of the apex court.
Rajan was produced before special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court last week via video conferencing.
Judge A L Pansare asked Rajan to spell out his name and he said, My name is Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje. Then the Judge explained the entire J Dey case to him in Marathi and that he was being taken into judicial custody and that the charges against him will be framed on January 19. Rajan told the court he needed time to appoint a lawyer to appear for him in the court.
The judge reprimanded the Mumbai Police for not serving the copy of the chargesheet to Rajan and passed an order directing them to do so. The 54-year-old gangster is facing 71 cases in Maharashtra.
Mid Day reports that the pilot, who was taxiing towards the main runway from the hangar with 11 passengers and a co-pilot on January 13, said he saw "six paragliders at an altitude of 1,000 to 1,500 feet above sea level".
He aborted takeoff to his offshore location and alerted Air Traffic Control (ATC), saying the gliders were in the airspace roughly above the JW Marriott.
The ATC called pilots who had taken off just before the Pawan Hans, but they all said they had seen no suspicious objects. The local police and the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) were also alerted.
Airport Authorities of India officials said they have sought additional deployment at several gates and hangars and along the airport periphery.
"Officials concerned were immediately informed," said an airport official. "Helicopters that took off before the VT PWB were contacted and were asked whether they noticed any such flying objects nearby. But all of them denied noticing anything of this sort." Read more
The investment comes about two months after CashKaro.com raised Rs 25 crore from Kalaari Capital. Tata had joined the Vani Kola-founded VC firm in February last year, in an advisory capacity, with a view to provide guidance to its portfolio companies.
CashKaro will use the proceeds to further build its technology, enter international markets, as well as towards brand awareness and to hire senior-level talent for the company.
In doing so, the environment ministry cited a 1916 agreement between the then British rulers, six kings, members of the Hindu Sabha and Madan Mohan Malviya, and an expert body report, which is still under consideration of an inter-ministerial group of power, water resources and environment ministries.
The environment ministry has also taken a policy decision on how much minimum water should be enough to flow in the Ganga basin, which Bharati has opposed saying it is against the common position that was arrived at within the government. Read more
After a stint as a college teacher for some years, he held a number of unusual positions, which include Language and Literature Expert and Acquisitions Specialist at the US Library of Congress Office, New Delhi; the Reference Chief, the Times of India; and Senior Assistant Editor, Maharashtra Times.
He was the Editor of Loksatta, an influential Marathi newspaper of the Indian Express Group Newspaper for over a decade (1992-2002). He was also a Group Editor of Lokmat and Editor Director of Sakal.
He has authored over 20 books in Marathi as well as in English. He is the recipient of several literary and journalism awards. Presently he is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Journalism and Communications, University of Pune.
Students gathered in the administrative block of the university and shouted slogans, seeking 'justice' for the dalit student. Police said the situation was peaceful.
"Just a small group of students gathered and shouted slogans. Situation is peaceful," Gachibowli police inspector J Ramesh Kumar said.
Some activists belonging to Telangana Jagruthi, a social and cultural outfit led by TRS MP K Kavitha, tried to hold a protest outside the residence of Dattatreya here this morning, demanding his resignation.
However, police prevented their bid and took them into custody, a police official said. Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, meanwhile, is expected to visit the university today.
The victim, Janaki Desai, who was being treated for the fever at Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) near Panaji, died on Sunday, state epidemiologist Dr Utkarsh Betodkar said.
The fever has gripped Mauxi, Zarmen, Copordem, Budruk, Karmali and Saleli villages in Sattari taluka located in the north eastern part adjoining Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary in the state.
Desai, who lived in Mauxi, was admitted to the Primary Health Centre at Valpoi on January 11 with complaint of the fever.
Later, she was shifted to GMCH on January 13, he said. Betodkar said that 24 patients from Sattari have so far tested positive for the disease and are being treated.
The monkey fever was first detected in the state last year at Pale village in Bicholim taluka when it claimed four lives.
In Iowa, which would kick off the primary presidential race some two weeks from now, Clinton and her Democratic rival Bernie Sanders are tied at 45 per cent each, as per a CNN/ORG poll.
This is not considered good news for the former secretary of state given her early start to the campaign, a well-oiled campaign machinery and her national recognition.
Nationally Clinton at 54 per cent leads Sanders at 36 per cent by 18 per cent, CNN said. In a previous poll about a month ago, Clinton (56 per cent) had an advantage of a 25 per cent over Sanders (31 per cent), it said.
A similar story repeats for the Republican party ahead of the Iowa Caucus where Ted Cruz, the Senator from Texas (27 per cent) is in a dead heat with Trump (25 per cent).
Only two other candidates -- Marco Rubio at 14 per cent and Ben Carson at 10 per cent get more than 10 per cent of the votes, while rest of the other candidate are less than five per cent.
However, Trump at 34 per cent leads Cruz at 20 per cent by 14 per cent nationally.
Again only Rubio (12 per cent) and Carson (10 per cent) get more than 10 per cent, while rest of the Republican aspirants do not cross four per cent.
Police in Dresden said the friends from Afghanistan were sledging in the snowy Ore Mountains in Altenberg on Monday when the stranger approached.
"A young man approached them on the slope, wearing a steel helmet emblazoned with a swastika," a spokesperson was quoted as saying by The Independent.
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During a three-hour debate on Monday, legislators from Britain's main parties stood to call Trump an attention-seeker, a demagogue and a fool. Many, though, argued that he should not be stifled or banned.
"While I think this man is crazy, while I think this man has no valid points to make, I will not be the one to silence his voice," said Conservative lawmaker Tom Tugendhat.
Labour Party legislator Paul Flynn, who opened the session, said Trump had already received 'far too much attention'.
"The great danger by attacking this one man is that we can fix on him a halo of victimhood and boost his popularity among supporters," Flynn said.
But another Labour lawmaker, Tulip Siddiq, supported a ban.
"This is a man who is extremely high-profile ... a man who is interviewing for the most important job in the world. His words are not comical, his words are not funny. His words are poisonous." she said.
Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Piyush Goyal, also Union ministers, will be the co-incharge in the two states respectively, a party statement said about the appointments made by BJP chief Amit Shah.
Kerala and Tamil Nadu besides Assam, West Bengal and Puducherry are going to polls in a few months as the terms of their assemblies end by May-June.
Mohammad Anwar, a 15-year-old from Hujra Shah Muqeem, a village in Punjab province about 120 kilometers southwest of Lahore, was being hailed as a hero by locals for his actions, station house officer Nausher Ali, the local police chief, was quoted as saying by CNN.
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Nasheed was originally due to leave on Sunday in line with a deal brokered by diplomats from neighbouring India and Sri Lanka as well as former colonial power Britain.
But the former leader refused a government request to leave a relative behind to act as a guarantor liable to prosecution if he failed to return to serve the rest of his 13-year sentence, leading to a tense back and forth over conditions.
One of his international lawyers, Jared Genser, said Nasheed had spoken with the United States Secretary of State by telephone at Male international airport shortly before he boarded a Sri Lankan airlines flight to Colombo before transiting to Britain.
The suicide has triggered protests from students even as Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya and the vice chancellor were named in a first information report in this regard.
In a statement issued a day after the Dalit PhD scholar Rohit Vemula was found hanging in a hostel room on the campus, the varsity mentioned the sequence of events since August last year.
'The Executive Council determined not to affect the students' academics and taking a lenient view, decided to only suspend the students from their hostels and curb their involvement in public gatherings unlike complete suspension as suggested in the Proctorial Board report,' the statement added.
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