J&K gets new trauma care ambulance by Borderless World Foundation

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March 18, 2019

New Ambulance arrived from Maharashtra in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag area. This ambulance is 11th critical care/trauma care Ambulance Borderless World Foundation is owning and having this service for the people of Jammu and Kashmir state.

This ambulance is requested by three places Rajouri, Ramban and Samba. We will decide where to finally send this ambulance, this is 5th Ambulance in Jammu province and the name of the service is “Jammu LifeLine”, said Adik Kadam of the NGO.

Similarly, we already have project/service named “Kashmir Lifeline” where 6 ambulance already in the service in Kashmir Valley, he added.

Since the time this project “Kashmir Lifeline and Jammu LifeLine” launched, more than 6700 patients have used this service and we able to save precious lives in the Jammu and Kashmir state. This is life saving Machine, ICU on wheels.

Hope with one more addition of new critical care Ambulance, we will save more lives, he concluded.

PRP’s Kawade criticises Ambedkar for mentioning candidates’ castes

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March 18, 2019

People’s Republican Party chief Jogendra Kawade on Monday criticised Dalit leader Prakash Ambedkar for mentioning castes of the Lok Sabha poll candidates of his Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA).

Kawade said this was like betraying B. R. Ambedkar, the architect of the Constitution, who always fought against the caste system.

Prakash Ambedkar, the grandson of B. R. Ambedkar, last Friday released a list of 37 Lok Sabha candidates who will contest the upcoming polls under the banner of VBA.

The VBA, a social coalition of Dalits and Muslims jointly formed by Prakash Ambedkar and Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM), mentioned the castes of all the candidates who figure in the list.

“Prakash Ambedkar earlier demanded removal of the column to mention castes in school certificates, but he has now advertised the castes of all candidates of VBA and betrayed his grandfather,” Kawade told media in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district.

He said that his party, a splinter faction of the Republican Party of India, was awaiting response from the opposition Congress and NCP over his demand to contest four Lok Sabha seats – Shirdi, Amravati, Ramtek and Ichalkaranji- in the state.

Lok Sabha polls to 48 seats in Maharashtra will be held in four phases on April 11, 18, 23 and 29.

2, including woman assistant, held for editor’s killing

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March 18, 2019

Two persons, including a 24-year-old woman, have been arrested for allegedly killing the editor of a news magazine in Maharashtra’s Thane district and then disposing of his body, police said on Monday.

India Unbound editor Nityanand Pandey’s body, with injuries to the head, was found on Sunday near a creek in Khardi village in Kharbao in Bhiwandi.

Pandey (45) had gone missing on March 15 and his kin had filed a missing person complaint with Kashimira police station.

Addressing a press conference on Monday, Thane Superintendent of Police Shivaji Rathod said the killing was the result of alleged sexual harassment faced by the arrested woman at the hands of Pandey over the last two years.

“Ankira was working with Pandey for three years and she has said that she was facing sexual harassment at his hands for two years. She then conspired with Uma Shankar to eliminate him,” he said.

“On March 15, the two accused took Pandey on the pretext of showing him a row house in Uttan. They spiked his protein drink which rendered Pandey unconscious. They then strangled him and threw his body in a creek near Khardi village,” he said.

Move to appoint Lokpal comes after pressure on govt, says Anna Hazare

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March 18, 2019

After the Lokpal selection panel reportedly cleared the name of a retired Supreme Court Judge for the ombudsman’s post, anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has said that the government was “forced” to take the step under pressure of the people’s movement and the apex court.

According to reports, Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose’s name was cleared at a meeting of the selection committee comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi and senior advocate Mukul Rohtagi on Friday.

“The movement by the public for the Lokpal forced the government to appoint the Lokpal. Moreover, the Supreme Court used its baton not once or twice but thrice and that forced the government to appoint the Lokpal,” Anna Hazare told reporters on Sunday.

“The Lokpal is being appointed 9 years after the movement. The world is now seeing how powerful the public is. The Supreme Court is also very powerful,” Hazare said.

The apex court had earlier asked the government about the steps being taken to appoint the Lokpal to deal with complaints of corruption in high places, the activist added.

On February 5, Hazare ended his hunger strike after seven days following assurances from the government on the Lokpal and Lokayukta issues. Hazare was on a hunger strike from January 30 demanding the setting up of the Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in the states to address the issues related to corruption.

Bombay HC stays Wadia defamation plea hearing against Ratan Tata, others

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March 18, 2019

The Bombay High Court on Monday stayed till March 27 the proceedings before a magistrate court in a 2016 criminal defamation case filed by Nusli Wadia against Ratan Tata and some other directors of Tata Sons.

A single bench of Justice Mridula Bhatkar stayed the proceedings through an interim order.

Justice Bhatkar will now hear a petition filed by Tata and other directors of Tata Sons seeking quashing of the defamation case against them on March 27.

Therefore, Justice Bhatkar directed the magistrate’s court to refrain from proceeding with the hearing on the defamation case until then.

In December 2018, the magistrate court had issued notices to Ratan Tata and other directors of Tata Sons in the criminal defamation case filed by Wadia and then posted the matter for further hearing on March 25, 2019.

Wadia had filed the case in 2016 after he was voted out of the boards of some Tata Group companies.

Wadia had claimed that Tata and the others had made defamatory statements against him after they removed Cyrus Mistry on October 24, 2016 as the group chairman of Tata Sons.

Wadia was on the boards as an independent director of group companies like Indian Hotels Company that runs the Taj group of hotels, TCS, Tata Motors and Tata Steel among others.

He was voted out by shareholders at a specially convened general meeting between December 2016 and February 2017.

He said that he approached the magistrate’s court as he was not satisfied with the explanation the respondents (Tata and others) had given him following his letters to them.

He therefore initiated defamation proceedings against the respondents under section 500 of the Indian Penal Code.

Wadia is represented in the high court by advocate Abad Ponda.

New ‘Suicide Squad’ film is ‘total reboot’: producer Peter Safran

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March 18, 2019

Producer Peter Safran has revealed that the upcoming “Suicide Squad” movie will be a “total reboot”.

Safran said the James Gunn-directed film has a lot to offer in comparison to the 2016 film, reported Contactmusic.

“First of all, we don’t call it ‘Suicide Squad 2’ because it’s a total reboot, so it’s ‘The Suicide Squad’ and I think people should be extremely excited about it.

“It’s everything you would hope from a James Gunn script and I think that says a lot and that promises a lot and I know that we will deliver a lot,” Safran said.

The original ‘Suicide Squad’ movie, which had a star-studded cast that included the likes of Margot Robbie, Will Smith and Cara Delevingne, performed well at the box office, but was widely panned by the critics.

Marathon runner Gopi qualifies for Doha Worlds

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March 18, 2019

India’s Asian marathon champion Gopi Thonakal has qualified for the World Athletics Championships to be held in Doha in September-October after finishing 11th in the Seoul International Marathon.

The 30-year-old Gopi clocked his personal best time of 2 hours 13 minutes 39 seconds in the marathon race on Sunday, bettering the World Championships qualification mark of 2:16:00. His earlier best was 2:15:16 last year.

Gopi’s time is the second best ever by an Indian after the four-decade old national record of 2:12:00, which is held by Shivnath Singh.

Seoul International Marathon is a world class IAAF Gold label event.

Gopi won the Asian marathon title in Dongguan, China in 2017. He finished 25th in the 2016 Olympics. The following year, he took part in the World Championships in London and finished 28th.

Priyanka Gandhi kicks off Ganga Yatra from Prayagraj

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March 18, 2019

Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh), Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress’s newly appointed general secretary for eastern Uttar Pradesh, on Monday boarded a boat to start her three-day long Ganga Yatra from the Manaiya ghat in Prayagraj.

“Ganga maiyaa will give us blessings. She is very generous,” Priyanka said while talking to reporters here.

She started the first day of Ganga Yatra by offering prayers at Bade Hanuman ji temple followed by a prayer at Triveni Sangam. She will be stopping at Dumdama ghat, Sirsa ghat, Lakshagriha ghat and Sitamarhi ghat in Sitamarhi district where she will stay for the night.

Priyanka is accompanied by party spokesperson Akhilesh Pratap Singh, MLA Aradhana Mishra, MP Savitri Bai Phule and some students.

Phule who was elected from the Baharaich Lok Sabha constituency in 2014 elections from the BJP, joined Congress on March 2.

“This is an attempt to reach out to the people whom the ruling politicians did not give priority. From today, Priyanka ji will be (interacting) with Kevats, fishermen and common masses during the three-day ‘Ganga Yatra’ from Sangam to Kashi. This is not a not one-sided ‘Mann ki Baat’ but real dialogue with the people,” UP Congress Committee (UPCC) president Raj Babbar tweeted.

Priyanka’s tour will focus on Sanchi Baat Priyanka ke Saathin which she will talk to people during her 140 kms long travel on a steamer boat to Assi Ghat in Varanasi.

Speaking on the schedule of Priyanka’s campaign, senior leader Pramod Tiwari said, “She will meet the poor communities living on both sides of the river bank like fishermen, farmers, Kevats. Her first-night halt will be at Sitamarhi, on the second day she will visit Chunar and, the third day, she will reach Assi Ghat in Varanasi.

Addressing a press conference on Sunday, Babbar said: “We are leaving seven seats vacant for SP, BSP, and RLD. These are Mainpuri, Kannauj, Firozabad and the seats from where Mayawati ji, RLD’s Jayant ji and Ajit Singh will contest the ensuing Lok Sabha election.”

“We have also decided to give two seats to the Apna Dal — Gonda and Pilibhit,” said Babbar, adding that the Congress party would chalk out a plan to work with the Mahan Dal as they have agreed to contest on the Congress symbol.

Babbar also said the Congress party has reached an agreement on seven seats with the Jan Adhikar party (JAP). “Out of those seven, JAP will fight on five and we will fight on two seats,” he said.

It is worth mentioning that SP, BSP, and RLD have forged an alliance to take on the BJP in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections in the state. The SP-BSP alliance left two seats of Rae Bareli and Amethi for Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi respectively. As per the seat-sharing agreement, SP is contesting 37 seats and BSP 38. Three seats have been given to the RLD — Mathura, Muzaffarpur, and Baghpat.

Uttar Pradesh will go to polls during all seven phases of the election to be held on April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19. Counting of votes will be done on May 23.

HC stays Nusli Wadia defamation plea hearing against Ratan Tata, others

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March 18, 2019

The Bombay High Court Monday stayed till March 27 the proceedings before a magistrate court in a 2016 criminal defamation case filed by Nusli Wadia against Ratan Tata and some other directors of Tata Sons.