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Christopher Nolan says ‘Tenet’ is ‘most ambitious film’ of his career

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christopher nolanAce filmmaker Christopher Nolan has offered first details about his next directorial feature “Tenet”, saying it is the most ambitious movie he has ever made.

“Tenet” is Nolan’s follow-up to his Oscar-nominated war drama “Dunkirk” and features a star-studded cast of John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Kenneth Branagh, Michael Caine, Dimple Kapadia, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Clemence Poesy.

Though the plot details have kept under wraps by the studio Warner Bros, Nolan said is an espionage thriller that spans several countries.

“We’re jumping off from the point of view of an espionage film, but we’re going to a number of different places. We’re crossing a few different genres in a hopefully exciting and fresh way,” Nolan told an leading website.

The 49-year-old filmmaker said the project, which he also produces alongside his frequent collaborator Emma Thomas, has been mounted on a scale that is “certainly the biggest in terms of international reach”.

“We shot in seven countries, all over the place, with a massive cast and huge set pieces. There’s no question, it’s the most ambitious film we’ve made,” Nolan added.

“Tenet” is scheduled to be released worldwide in June 2020.

Create awareness among farmers about organic farming

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Vinod Dixit
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Organic farmingGujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat has stressed the need for adopting natural farming for augmenting the income of farmers. The organic farming concept is gaining prominence in India not only in the farming community, but also among the city dwellers as we can see a lot of individuals venturing into this field. Organic agriculture combines tradition, innovation and science to benefit the shared environment and promote fair relationships and a good quality of life for all involved. According to the World of Organic Agriculture 2018 report, our country is home to 30 per cent of the total organic producers in the world, but accounts for just 2.59 per cent (1.5 million hectares) of the total organic cultivation area of 57.8 million hectares. No doubt, today, farmers have started adopting organic farming practices and are reaping more benefits; the more organic and natural the produce, the safer and healthier it is for us and for the environment.

What we need is to educate the farmers that when we are talking on yield drop by 30% with organic cultivation but when we compare this with chemical inputs technology investments, the resulting benefits from organic technology are superior.

Speaking at the inaugural session of the workshop for intensive natural farming with detailed information and guidelines has been organized by the State Government by Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) in collaboration with Agricultural Farmers’ Welfare and Cooperation Departments Governor Devvrat said that he can say from his own experience as a farmer that chemical farming has polluted water, land, environment and food crops, besides increasing the incidence of serious diseases due to improper eating and drinking habit. Man started living on the earth with simple farming methods. It is a myth to Gujarat state now that agriculture without chemical farming is not possible.

Once the farmers switch over to organic farming they will realize that soils rich in organic matter produce more nutritious food with higher levels of antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. Padma Shri Subhash Palekar the originator of Zero Budget Natural Farming has described natural farming as the best method as answer to global farming, climate change, food insecurity, diseases, rural exodus and urban pull, natural disasters and ill-effects of mechanization.
Now when Gujarat having become the ninth state in India to declare a policy for organic farming with a promise of offering a subsidy to those engaged in organic agriculture, it is  likely that more and more farmers will take to sustainable farming in the near future.

The real challenge with us is to encourage farmers towards organic farming. It is observed that the traditional farmers do not look up to the organic farmers as they believe that only financially secure farmers can go organic. Further they are also of the opinion that the time period to gain actual profit margins from organic farming takes at least three years of time and a small farmer cannot sustain till then with his limited income. We need to spread awareness among the consumers to buy organic produce and put it for comparison. Once the farmers knew that they will get a guaranteed income, they were also ready to experiment and we can make them farming environment friendly.

(The views expressed by the author in the article are his/her own.)

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Letters to the Editor: 19 December, 2019

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RIP Dr Shriram Lagoo

Dr Shriram Lagoo’s death on December 17, 2019, is a loss to the nation. His roles in Marathi plays such as ‘Natsamrat’ and ‘Himalayachi Saoli’, and movies like ‘Pinjra’ made him popular. He was not only a best actor but also a best director. With his death, we have lost a versatile personality. My condolences to his family and fans. I enjoyed watching his movies, both Marathi and Hindi. He will always be remembered by the people of my generation who grew up watching his movies. May his soul rest in peace.

Jubel D’Cruz

 

Poor-most justice-delivery-system in India 

India may perhaps be amongst nations with poor-most justice-delivery-system where despite so many crimes attracting death-penalty being committed on daily-basis, only 57 hangings have been done so far in independent India that too including some controversial ones like of extremely poor and insane Ramchandra (Raoji) whose mercy-petition was rejected by the then President in record six days of filing with final hanging done within less than three years of his crime of killing his complete family with no court including Supreme Court putting on record motive of murder. Even Nathuram Godse first to be hanged in free India would perhaps been granted maximum life-sentence if the then political rulers did not desire his urgent-most hanging.

Present-styled justice-delivery-system is responsible for indefinite delay in issue of black-warrant to Nirbhaya-convicts because of tricky legal system having so many undesired tools like review-petition, curative petition and mercy petition. Only a fast justice-delivery-system creating much-desired fear-psychology amongst criminal-minded persons can sharply bring down crime-rate attracting death-penalty. Nirbhaya-parents have rightly expressed anguish on courts giving date-after-date upholding right of dreaded criminals to exhaust all possible time-consuming legal remedies before issue of death-warrant. Much will be changed if right of victims or their families are given priority for demand of justice on right of criminals having so many tactics in their hands to defer final hanging. Minors having sufficient mind to rape must not escape from punishment because of their being below age of eighteen years.

Subhash Chandra Agrawal

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Sena leader Chandrashekhar Jadhav shot at in Vikhroli, assailant held

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In a ghastly incident, Shiv Sena leader Chandrashekhar Jadhav was injured at around 8 am when a assailant fired multiple shots at him injuring him on his hand in Mumbai’s Vikhroli area.

According to police the incident took place when Jadhav was visiting Sai Mandir in Tagore Nagar, Vikhroli with his sons. After that, the Sena functionary was admitted to the Godrej Hospital, while the attackers were apprehended by locals of the area and handed them over to the police. Police have seized the pistol which they had used to attack Jadhav.

The arrested man was identified as Abhay Singh (22) who hails from Uttar Pradesh. Meanwhile, the condition of Jadhav is said to be stable. Further probe is on.

HER TOILETS : BMC plans mobile lavatories in Scrapped Buses

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Her Toilets from BEST Bus Scrap,Ti toilets,Her toilets,AC toilets,Women toilets,Public toilets,Toilets,Shauchalay,Ti Shauchalay,Swachh Bharat Mission,Swachh Bharat,BEST buses,Scrap,Scrapped busesEvery now and then we get that moment to be proud of our city and BMC. Looking at the space limitation and the need for more public toilets, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has planned to transform scrapped Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) buses into AC toilets for women.

Shivani Kuthe said, “I think it is a really sensible initiative. Currently, if you are in a public place and need to use a washroom, you have to find a cafe or a restaurant, because either public restroom are not there or they are too dirty to access. Hopefully, these new buses are cleaner and they are maintained over long durations of time and the sanitary napkin dispensers are well stocked. Having said that, I also don’t think having it exclusively for women makes sense, either. Does this mean that they encourage men to urinate in public which is already such a public hygiene issue in our country? If they are planning to bring out these changes, I think they can keep some of the buses for men as well.”

This project was proposed by BMC corporator Sachin Padwal and the pilot project will be initially launched at Marine Drive. If this pilot project gets expected success then BMC aims to have these toilets in fifteen other places across the city. The mobile toilet would be named as “Ti Sauchalay (her toilet)” Ti stands for ‘her’ in Marathi. There is lack of hygienic public toilets in the city hence BMC wanted to take some measures to improve these bad conditions.

Raveena Sharma Assistant executive said, “I think it’s a good start to support females and to take care of their basic needs and security. I totally support this initiative.” 

This is exclusive toilet for women commuters; there would be sanitary napkin dispenser and a breastfeeding compartment inside the bus. Padwal’s proposal of mobile toilets is as per BMC’s guidelines, constructing toilets on footpaths is forbidden and therefore this is the perfect way to utilize all the available resources.

Sarah Mark, student said, “I feel it’s a good initiative even though we have other important things going on in India right now. But a second thought to it would be putting so much effort on these scrapped buses is not really required. Instead they could just rebuild public toilets and make it a better place with extra benefit for women (like sanitary napkins and a space for breastfeeding) that would be a better idea. Because even if you make the toilet look too luxurious at the end of the day, people will make it look like a public toilet.”

One of the committee members at BEST, Shrikant Kawhatkar stated that as BEST buses have a long history it shouldn’t be converted into toilets, even if they do so they should remove the BEST logo. It’s great to see BMC coming up with such great initiatives to utilise scrapped BEST buses in such a unique and creative way. It is the need of the hour in a congested city like Mumbai.

Saburi Vilankar, content writer, Livingetc magazine said, “I think this initiative by the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) is really great and mainly important. I would like to share this incident that I remembered during the heavy rains water logging in Mumbai this year. Residents of Matunga literally gave access to the commuters who were stuck in transportation. This was related to me by my good friend. So after hearing about it, I really feel that the BMC has picked up an intelligent step ahead.”

The conversion of scrapped buses into toilets was first started in Pune, with 12 such super luxurious and hygienic toilets. Hope BMC too gets equal success ahead.

BMC to build 22,774 new toilets and most of them are “Her” toilets

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Vaidehi Taman
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Allowing more toilets for women to use is a step in the right direction, but the city needs much more numbers of toilet considering the 1.24 crore population and more than 50 lakh floating population. Even it is important to have more public toilets in the business areas. Looking at the need for more public toilets, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has planned to transform scrapped Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) buses into AC toilets for women. These would be exclusive toilets for women commuters; there would be a sanitary napkin dispenser and a breastfeeding compartment inside the bus. The conversion of scrapped buses into toilets was first started in Pune, with 12 such super luxurious and hygienic toilets.

More than 80 lakh people travel every day in the locals. The distance of travelling may be between one hour and more than that but commuting from home to station and then station to the workplace is not less. You definitely need lavatories on or around stations. The local trains have frequency of around 3-10 minutes. So that if one has any such ’emergency’ you can get down at any station, do the ‘needful’ and get on the next local but getting in next local is no less stressful. Nothing is impossible in this world. A modular type bio toilet would be fitted in the ladies compartment but looking at the sizes of the train and overcrowded compartments, having toilets inside is really not a good idea but having sufficient toilets on the station or around them is need of the hour.

These toilets have no discharge and will be auto controlled. In cases of emergency, ladies do not generally jump off the trains. If I am not wrong, the maximum distance between the two stations is not more than 10 km. For slow local travelling at a regular average speed of 40–60 km/hr, it hardly takes less than 10 minutes to reach the next station. So practically, it’s possible to get down within 12–15 minutes and find the toilet if they are around. Local trains are meant for the short distance and for carrying an overload of commuters. If we have to implement toilets in each bogie, we will decrease the number of total travelling passengers by around 40–50 per bogie.

Also, another point to consider is the operating cost. If you know the fact that the Indian Railways is already running in a loss. It only earns 56 per cent of the total operating cost. So, adding one more overload would add to more troubles. So it’s very well thought by the Indian Railways. Local trains are meant for short distance travel and are generally operated within a city. Any passenger travels for a maximum duration of an hour in these trains. For such a small duration, there is no necessity for the restrooms inside the coaches. Instead, they can use the restrooms at the stations, once they reach the destination. Also, the restrooms occupy a significant space inside the coach. These trains are generally crowded and the passengers need more space inside the coach to accommodate themselves. So, the restrooms are not provided inside the local trains to create more space.

The local trains start early in the morning and reach their depot late in the night. During the duration of the run, the coaches cannot be attended to by the maintenance staff. So, even if these coaches are provided with restrooms, they will become a mess and the passengers would feel it burdensome to travel in such coaches. It’s because the local train is a means for all the people (probably many) to connect to various places around a city, the BMC has proposed to replicate Pune’s ‘Ti’ Toilet concept by turning an old bus into a toilet only for women with “Ti Toilets”. BMC approached some of the creators of Pune’s ‘Ti’ Toilet concept, Sara Plast India Limited to supply, install and operate the facility. In its letter to the company, BMC listed a few compliance conditions viz. space, water and electricity connections will be provided and costs for the same will also be borne by them for a year, the ‘Ti’ bus’ drainage line will also be provided by BMC and permission would be given to make it a pay-and-use model with a charge of Rs. 5 per person per use. Other conditions included permission to sell packaged products and female hygiene products at the toilet and advertise on the outside of the bus to generate revenue. The revenue sharing model, however, would be such that 90 per cent would go to the operator and 10 per cent to the BMC. A civic official said that it would be required that the entire advertising revenue be credited to BMC that will then reimburse 90 per cent of the charges to the operator within a month. “In the beginning, the bus will be stationed at one spot. But in the future, the BMC plans to have such a facility moving around Mumbai. The facility will have a female attendant, sanitary napkin disposal machines, WiFi, LED screens for social messages and sanitizer sprays for western toilets. Officials said there will also be a digital feedback machine so that they know whether women are satisfied with the facility or not.

After decades with regard to the number of toilets for men and women, here comes a ray of hope as new public toilets in Mumbai will have a standard 50-50 ratio for both the sexes. As of now, there was only one toilet for women while men had three. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is going to build 22,774 new toilets in the next year and a half and 50 per cent or more than 11k toilets will be available for women. As per the latest data received by the Praja Foundation through RTI, there is 66 per cent disparity between toilets for men and women. There are 9,646 public toilets for men whereas, for women, the number is just 3,237. The study showed that the island city which spreads from Colaba to Wadala has a huge floating population and has the maximum amount of disparity. The BMC has been building more public toilets in the last two to three years but the disparity has not been diminished. “Now, the civic body is building 22,774 toilets under the Swachh Bharat Mission out of which 50 per cent will be for women as per the new guidelines. In January, the civic body had passed an order to construct 14,097 toilets at a cost of Rs 422 crore. Now, the BMC is in the process of handing over a contract for another 1,729 toilets at a cost of Rs 75 crore.

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Iconic star Shriram Lagoo who performed stellar roles in plays and film takes a bow; Celebs, state minister pay tributes

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RIP Shriram Lagoo,Lagoo,Shriram, Shriram Lagoo, Dr Shirram LagooNoted Hindi actor and Marathi stage personality, Shriram Lagoo expired at his Pune residence yesterday evening. He was 92.

Born in 16 November, 1927 he was an ENT surgeon by profession. In films he was known for his character roles in films. He acted in over 250 films including Hindi and Marathi films while directing over 20 Marathi plays. He was considered as one of greatest actors of Marathi stage during the second half of the twentieth century.

Lagoo was also very vocal and active in furthering progressive and rational social causes. For example in 1999, he and social activist G. P. Pradhan undertook a fast in support of anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare.

Dr. Lagoo started acting in plays while attending a Medical college. Once bitten by the theatre bug, he continued his dramatic activity associating himself with a group called Progressive Dramatic Association which he himself formed with like-minded senior friend Bhalba Kelkar. Meanwhile, he received a degree in ENT Surgery from the University of Mumbai in the early fifties and practised in Pune for six years before going to Canada and England for further training.

He practised medicine and surgery in Pune, India and Tabora, Tanzania in the sixties, but his love for theatre kept him associated with Progressive Dramatic Association in Pune and Rangaayan in Mumbai. Finally, in 1969 he became a full-time actor on Marathi stage debuting in Ithe Oshalala Mrityu that was written by Vasant Kanetkar.

Lagoo also instituted the prestigious Tanveer Samman given to most promising stalwart in theatre industry of India in the memory of his late son Tanveer Lagoo.

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As an actor, his roles in Marathi plays such as Natsamrat and Himalayachi Saoli and films like Pinjra made him immensely popular. In Bollywood, Lagoo essayed memorable roles in films like Ek Din Achanak, Gharonda, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar and Laawaris. Incidentally, he played Gopal Krishna Gokhale in Richard Attenborough’s award winning film Gandhi. The actor won the 1978 Filmfare best supporting actor award for the Hindi film Gharaonda.

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As the news of Lagoo’s death spread, condolences started pouring in from the world of theatre, cinema and politics.

In his tribute to the noted actor, filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar said, “Saddened to hear the demise of veteran actor Dr. ShriramLagoo sir. He was great socialist and versatile actor; his contributions will always be remembered for his memorable roles in theatre & films. OmShanti.”

Remembering Lagoo as one of the most spontaneous actors, Rishi Kapoor tweeted, “R I P. One of the most natural spontaneous actors, Dr. Shreeram Lagoo sahab leaves us. Did several films way back. Unfortunately, never got to work with him in the past 25/30 years. He had a retired life in Pune. Love you Dr. Sahab.”

“My tributes to all-time great artiste Shreeram Lagu. We have lost a versatile personality. A unique theatre actor dominated silver screen and created impact. He was social activist simultaneously,” tweeted Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar.

In her heartfelt tribute, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called Lagoo an “accomplished thespian”. “Saddened at the passing away of veteran actor Dr Shriram Lagoo. An accomplished thespian, his role portrayals were a hallmark of many Hindi films, Marathi films and stage for over four decades. My condolences to his family and fans,” Banerjee posted on Twitter.


Lagoo’s wife, Deepa Lagoo is also a noted theatre, TV and film actress. He also leaves behind two sons and a daughter.

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Letters to the Editor: 18 December, 2019

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letters to the editor, afternoon voice,Take steps to reduce price of onions

The price of onions has reached to such a level in majority of the States that it is difficult for the common man to purchase them. In some places it is priced at Rs 180 to Rs 200 a kilogram. Purchasing onions is bringing tears to our eyes much before we cut them. The government must do something to bring down the price. Onions are needed by us daily not only for cooking but also for making kanda poha, salads, kanda bhaji and egg burji. It is also used in raita.

Jubel D’Cruz

 

Politicians fire bullets from the innocent shoulders of students

National Capital New Delhi is burning and so is Assam after the passing of Citizenship (Amendment) Act in parliament. The uproar could spread to other parts of the country and government needs to take tough action before the situation gets out of hand. The protests by students of Jamia Millia Islamia University is politically motivated by religious leaders and this is a dangerous sign. Universities and school campuses are meant for studies and educational institutions should not be used for political or religious purposes.

Students’ union and campus politics too should be banned as well as elections withdrawn. Politicians fire bullets from the innocent shoulders of students who ultimately get wounded and die for no reason. We need tough laws so that maniac protests never ever happen in our country in future.

S.N.Kabra

 

Government should revoke CAA

Violence erupted around Jamia Millia Islamia University as protesters opposing the amended Citizenship Act clashed with the police. At least 51 students were injured as the police resorted to lathi charge and firing of teargas shells. India is undergoing a very difficult condition and its future is being destroyed by violence of policemen. They mistreated with students until the girl students in Jamia campus , despite it, the government did not say anything on their actions yet. It is a sign that violence and hate are being promoted with pre plan and some people are trying to create rift between Hindus and Muslims. So we should be careful and the government should revoke CAA, which is against values of the constitution.

Mohammad

 

Recusal by judges from hearing the cases should be reasoned and well in advance

It refers to hearing on review-petition against death-sentence by a convict of infamous Nirbhaya rape-cum-murder deferred on December 17 because of recusal by Chief Justice of India (CJI) from the three-member bench. It was satisfying that CJI at least gave reason for recusal from hearing of the case. But it would have been even more appropriate if such recusal would have been well in advance immediately on constitution of bench was intimated to the judge (CJI) recusing from hearing of the case enabling to form a new bench without requiring any deferment of hearing on the case. Such a system would in turn save precious court-hours also.

Tradition now set up by CJI for recording reason for recusal from the case should become a permanent rule where presently most judges recuse themselves from hearing of the cases without giving any reason. Moreover recusal should be immediate just at time of the concerned judge knowing of his being included in the bench from which he intends to recuse. It may be recalled that a judge of Delhi High Court once recused herself from hearing a case where she herself issued notice to former President Pranab Mukherjee after admitting a writ filed by some individual urging some contents of the book authored by the former President to be deleted. There have also been incidents when judges of higher courts have written to sitting Chief Justice of India about pressure and influence especially also from politicians.

Madhu Agrawal

 

Depository Participants must waive off conversion charges for online investments

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has allowed conversion of physical form of Mutual Fund units into an online mode through dematerilisation process (Demat). Mutual Fund as an instrument offers the investors an option to perform trading activity in a fair and flexible manner through both open ended and close ended schemes. The holders of physical form of mutual fund folios transact with Asset Management Companies (AMC) directly either in lump sum mode or SIP mode through the physical Statement of Account (SOA).

A physical SOA consists of detailed transactions carried out under a folio but the investor has to physically approach the AMC to otherwise make necessary changes in SOA including changes in KYC mandate. The process however takes tedious time as the same involves paper work with depository participant, verification by AMC for conversion from physical mode to demat etc. The investor is also charged a nominal entry load fees for conversion of physical units into demat form. SEBI thus should issue a mandate to all the Depository Participants to waive off conversion charges (i.e. from physical mode to demat mode) and encourage a robust switch to digital based investment of mutual fund transactions.

The availability of mutual funds in demat form/online mode will otherwise immensely benefit an investor as he can switch,redeem or transfer and updation of KYC particulars through a depository participant as nominated by SEBI. SEBI hence should completely do away with physical mode of holding mutual funds of investors and instead offer full/partial waiver to the retail investors for conversion of folios into an online mode through a demat account.

Varun Dambal

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Why this fuss over Citizenship (Amendment) Act?

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The entire students’ fraternity across India is seemingly up in arms against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act with the police having to resort to extreme measures to control the situation, especially in the National Capital, New Delhi. A day after the police and protesters opposing the amended Citizenship Act clashed in Jamia Millia Islamia and the areas surrounding it, students from various institutions across the country took out rallies in support, including those from Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru, TISS in Mumbai and the Mumbai university. Violence had erupted in the area surrounding Jamia in which scores were injured as the police was forced to resort to lathi-charge and firing of teargas shells. Students have the right to protest. But violence of this nature is not justified.

Why are the protesters protesting? The CAA doesn’t affect them. They are just opportunists being led by opposition leaders who want to create chaos. These leaders should be taught a lesson or two. It is unfortunate that adolescents are being drawn to unholy arenas of protest and violence, at the beck and call of unscrupulous politicians. The distraught leaders are concerned with making trouble, but students should not be made their pawns. Misinterpreted secularism of the country deprive intelligentsia in open category for seven decades. We earnestly wish for redressal of apartheid in reverse gear.

Misinformation by political leaders and lack of information provided by newspapers because they are all run for ideological reason not with the aim to educate public by reading the nitty gritties of the law or may they are plain incapable to provide proper information. Students in spite of their intelligence are the victims of the all opposition leaders who have lost their identity in the last elections.

All the governmental institutions on date in India are completely politicised by the extremist elements sponsored by the anti national elements and opposition leaders. Their contribution to the motherland is big zero. Indian food is eaten by the refugees from our neighbors for the last 70 years. We will accept all sympathetically. Entire educational institutions may be closed and make privatise education.

The CAA has nothing to do with Indian citizens, it’s about giving refuge to minorities in neighbouring Islamic countries where they are persecuted. Violence spread with protests and thus internet data services were stopped instantly. The violence was described as “largely sporadic” by the officials as it was confined to setting fire on vehicles, damaging few trains and shops. Police may be given full powers to maintain law and order. Ethics are simply forgotten by all including educated and intelligent also.

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Andhra man arrested for harassing, stalking and extorting money from Mumbai RJ

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arrestedRecently, a 32-year-old man from Andhra Pradesh was arrested for harassing, stalking and attempting to extort money from a 28-year-old radio jockey of Mumbai. The police have booked the accused under the cyber crime case. According to police, the accused who met the woman around a year ago on a marriage portal and from there they exchanged their number and started chatting.

Police said, the accused who is married used to harass women on matrimonial websites by changing his name and taking financial help from them. Later, he used to flee with their money. Also, he used to harass women if they denied to give him money. In this way, the man targeted 50 to 55 women among which four are from Maharashtra.

As per a police report on November 11, the victim lodged a complaint against the accused at the police station. The police have registered a case of stalking, harassment and criminal intimidation.  The woman said in her complaint that the accused introduced himself as a businessman from the Chennai.

After exchanging the number, the accused suddenly one day started demanding money from her and also asked about her bank account details. However, when she refused to give him what he had asked for, the accused then started harassing her with multiple messages and emails. Not only this, he threatened to morph her pictures and post them on social media. After that the victim approached the police and told them all about it.

Inspector Pramod Khopikar said that they formed a team and went on to trace the accused to Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. Initially, the officers posed as a delivery boy and reached to the application-based cab company where the accused worked. “Once we were sure that he was staying in the house, we sent a team, arrested him and brought him back to Mumbai on Tuesday,” Khopikar added.

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