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ISIS claims Baghdad blasts that killed 13

BAGHDAD: On Saturday, Medical as well as security officials said that, the two bomb blasts that took place in central Baghdad near a shopping mall and that killed 12 people were claimed by ISIS. Most of the major blasts in Baghdad were claimed by ISIS, including the attacks that took place at the shopping malls earlier this year and the blasting that killed over 300 people in the month of July. An online statement has been issued by the terrorist group on the attack, which said, “The attack had targeted Shiites and had been carried out by two Iraqi suicide bombers, one of whom wore an explosive belt and another who drove an explosives-rigged vehicle”.

I am open to any investigation: Naik

Zakir Naik, who is a televangelist, in an open letter said to Indians, “I am being targeted for being a popular amongst Muslims. Demonizing me is part of larger conspiracy to attack the community”. He has been alleged for stimulating terrorists with the help of his speeches, because of which the controversial Islamic Preacher is under the Indian investigative agencies inspection. He stated in the open letter that, he and his Islamic Research Foundation were being set up for a ban. He added that, it would be biggest jolt to the democracy of the country if IRF and Naik were banned.The preacher said that, he was open to any investigation and if Indians find any wrong doing on his part, they can punish him by all means.

Centre helped AP a lot: Venkaiah Naidu

NEW DELHI: On Wednesday, the central government announced a special package to Andhra Pradesh in order to recompense the loss that has been caused due to the bifurcation of the state. On Saturday, AP’s BJP delegation called on Narendra Modi, the prime minister to thank him for the announcement that has been made by the Centre on Wednesday. Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu told the reporters at Hyderabad that, the government had clearly stated that financial devolution to any state was not possible. The Central Government had decided to give more money than the money from financial devolution. The central government had helped AP a lot. The government was ready to discuss anything based on facts and figures. 

US will continue to work with Delhi

  On Friday, Elizabeth Trudeau, State Department spokesperson and a senior official from United States said to the reporters that, they continue and would continue to work with India and with the Nuclear Suppliers Group members constructively on the accession of India in the months ahead. Trudeau said that, they had been very clear since 2010 and the US had made clear their support for the full membership of India in the four multilateral export control regimes. They continue to believe India was ready for the NSG. In the previous meeting, NSG participating government did not reach a consensus decision to admit a new applicant into the group and they were disappointed in the outcome, she added.

Bail was granted to Madan Mitra

  On Friday, City Court granted bail to the Ex-TMC Minister, Madan Kumar, who is one of the lieutenants of the West Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, in the multi-Crore Shradha scam case. Niladri Battacharya, Mr. Mitra’s counsel said that, their argument had mainly three points, Mr. Mitra was no longer an influential person and that there was no material record after the supplementary charge sheet was filed in the year 2015. Also one cannot be kept in custody for an indefinite period, while there was no progress in the investigation. The case would again come up for hearing on 23rd of November and Mr. Mitra was considered an efficient organizer, a key fund raiser and vote mobiliser for the party, the counsel added.

Fire killed 12 in Bangladesh

  DHAKA: On Saturday, Police and witnesses said that, just outside the Bangladeshi capital 12 people were killed in a fire broke out that took place in a garment packaging factory, Ghazipur. A fire official, Mohammad Akhtarzzaman said that, as the firemen struggle to control the blaze in the four- storey building many people were injured and were taken to the hospital. Just when the work was about to start, due to the boiler explosion around 6:15 PM the fire broke out at the garment packaging factory, which is located at Tongi Bisic industrial area. The economy of the country, in the fiscal year 15-16, earned $28 billion in the exports of readymade garments as they are the centerpiece of Bangladesh.

Stop work notice was issued to Kapil: BMC

  On Friday, Kapil Sharma, actor as well as comedian, tagged Narendra Modi on twitter and posted that, he was paying 15 Cr income tax from last five years and he still had to pay 5 Lac bribe to BMC office for making his office. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation responded to the tweet and claimed that, a stop work notice was issued to Kapil Sharma for his ground the unauthorized horizontal extension to the existing ground and one storied structure. On 4th of August, as they didn’t receive any reply from the actor, the same had been demolished, added BMC. Manohar Pawar, the BMC chief engineer-vigilance said that, the actor would need to provide them with additional details on the matter, he must have had made the allegations with some base hence they need him to provide them with all the evidence he might have had and the name of the official and depending upon the same the action would be initiated.

India won gold and bronze in Paralympics

  RIO PARALYMPICS: On Friday, to open the medal count of India at the ‘Rio Paralympics’ - the series of international contests that are conducted for athletes with disabilities, Gold and Bronze medals were won by Indian players Mariyappan Thangavelu and Varun Singh respectively in the T42 men’s High Jump event. Mariyappan’s best jump of 1.89 m made him win the gold and Bhati won bronze with a best jump of 1.86 m. Silver had been grabbed by Sam Grewe from USA  with a best jump of 1.86m. The Ministry posted on twitter that, Indian government gives Rs.75 lakh, 50 lakh and 30 lakh for the athletes who secure gold, silver and bronze medals respectively at the Rio Paralympics.

Legislators of AAP accused civic bodies

  NEW DELHI: On Friday, the BJP- led municipal corporations were accused, of halting the civic works that were being done in their constituencies under the scheme of MLA local area development, by the legislators of AAP. MLA Surabh Bhardwaj recently said that, even for DJB works, the no objections certificates should be taken from the MCD. Bureaucratic hurdles were being created in the civil projects’ execution, he therefore proposes that a committee be set up to oversee why projects of local area development were getting delayed, he added. In the same way AAP lawmaker Alka Lamba, Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain, MLA Somnath Bharti and AAP legislator Sarita Singh also raised the civic issues.

Our mandate is to seal the border: Manohar

  PANAJI: On Friday, Manohar Parrikar, the Defense Minister said, “The deployment of troops in Jammu and Kashmir is meant for foiling infiltration bids and it has nothing to do with the protest in the Kashmir valley, which started after killing militant Burhan Wani on July 8th in an encounter”. Army doesn’t act in internal matters unless requested by the local administration. Their mandate was to seal the border and foil the infiltration bids by the terrorists, he said. Parrikar responded to a question and said that, India was taking necessary precautions in aftermath of the Scorpene submarine data leak episode, adding “The leak didn’t occur in an Indian Naval area but on the side of the French company which is a partner in the submarine project”.

‘Oceans act as natural security shields’

  Rajnath Singh, the Union Home Minister said on Friday that, Maritime terrorism continues to be a security threat as the country has a long coastline with many big cities and security installations. In the presence of Manohar Parrikar, the Defense Minister, Mr. Singh said that, the government had started the process of security audit to identify vulnerable areas in the seas and the coastal areas. The Union Minster also said that, for better coordination among the agencies responsible for coastal security, the director general had been designated as the coastal security’s commander. Also the oceans and seas act as natural security shields and also bring new opportunities for eco prosperity.

120K vehicles will be recalled by Nissan

  DETROIT: Over 1, 20,000 vehicles are being recalled by Nissan as the brake fluid in these vehicles could leak and cause fire. The company said that, in some cases, the owners should park their vehicles outside until they were repaired. The recall includes Murano SUVs 15-16, intelligent cruise control equipped Maxima 16-17 and few cars from 15-16 Murano hybrids. On Friday, Nissan in the documents that were posted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that, seals on antilock brake pumps could leak fluid onto circuit board that could cause an electrical short and could lead to a fire. If the fluid leaks, the antilock brake warning light could stay on for more than 10 seconds after starting the vehicles. 

‘IUC is an effective tool in TRAI’s hands’

  NEW DELHI: On Friday, Bharti Airtel said that, as per the bilateral agreement that had been signed between BA and Jio, it would increase the number of hundreds of points of interconnect given to Reliance Jio. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India was impelled by the telecom to obtain a way to restrain the massive lopsided traffic to make sure that the receiving networks are not being abused by free traffic Tsunami. Bharti Airtel in this regard said that, IUC was an effective tool in TRAI’s hands, which Airtel hopes that they would use judiciously. BA stated that, the traffic would inevitably get to a more balanced level and PoI would be less of an issue, following the commercial charging of services by Reliance Jio, which was expected by Jan1, 2017.

US doesn’t want tensions to escalate

  WASHINGTON: United States, in order to de-escalate tensions in security interest of the region, had called for dialogue between India and Pakistan. On Thursday, Mark Toner, the state Department Deputy Spokesperson said to the reporters that, they strongly encourage in all of their dealings with either India or Pakistan stronger relations between the two countries. It was clearly in the security interest of the region that they work to de-escalate tensions and that they had dialogue, he added. Toner also said that, that was something they constantly encourage for just that- or out of just that concern, which was that they don’t want to see tensions escalate, spiral out of control, and lead to some kind of incident. It was important for the two countries as well as the two governments to maintain strong, cordial and productive relations, said the Spokesperson.

UIDAI has been approached by World Bank

NEW DELHI: Unique Identification Authority of India has been approached by the World Bank to share its experience with the other countries on the execution of Aadhar biometric citizens’ identification. Ajay Bhushan Pandey, UIDAI chief executive, said that Nigeria recently became the first country to send a team to India under the World Bank aegis to study the UIDAI model and a team from Tanzania was expected in the month of September. He added that, it was happening under the World Bank’s Identification for Development Initiative and they would offer all help to the visiting countries by way of knowledge exchange.

Let Rahul come forward and prove it: RSS

  After Mahadev Kunte filed a suit against Rahul for defaming Kunte, Rahul Gandhi told the Supreme court that, he didn’t mean to blame the entire RSS for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.  Soon after a day he said on the contrary that, he would never stop fighting the hateful and divisive agenda of the RSS. He stands by every single word he said. On Thursday, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh said that, RSS had no connection with Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination. If anybody had the proof, let him come forward and prove it, RSS challenged in response to Rahul’s statement. RSS nation publicity chief, Manmohan Vaidya said in a meeting that, RSS was an open organization where people were free to join, leave or even remain inactive despite being with the organization. Its name never figured in any case related to Gandhi’s assassination. There was no mention of RSS in the charge sheet filed with the trial court or high court, he added. 

Trump’s plan was not a strategy: William

  WASHINGTON: On Thursday, defense experts from the political spectrum said that, Donald Trump, Republican presidential nominee’s U.S military plan costs billions of dollars, but with no clear strategy. Director of Arms and Security Project, Willaim Hartung said that, he hadn’t seen any kind of strategy. Trump said that nobody was going to challenge them because they would be so strong, but that was not a strategy, it was just a kind of wish fulfillment, he added. Ex- Reagan administration pentagon official, senior fellow at the center for American progress, Lawrence Korb said that, Trump just called for higher defense spending without giving them a number and without telling them how he was going to pay for the strategy.

Pakistan’s hand is very obvious: Jitendra

  NEW DELHI: Jitendra Singh, a key delegation member, the minister of State for the Prime Minister’s Office said in an interview that, the All-Party delegation that went to Jammu and Kashmir had two opinions over visiting the hospitals to see those who were injured by pellet guns but ultimately decided not to visit. When he was asked about the reason for not visiting the hospitals, Jitendra said that, there was a divided opinion upon visiting the hospitals for various strategic and intelligence reasons that should not to be discussed in public.Singh also said that, the Pakistan’s hand was very obvious and more than evident. He was then asked, “But haven’t the pellet guns used by the Indian forces caused maximum outrage at local level and international forums?”  In response to the question he said that, Pellet guns were in use before they came in. They were introduced in J&k in 2010 when we had UPA government at the Centre and National Conference government in the state, if at all they had done anything, they had tried to find another option in the form of PAVA guns, he added.

OP Kohli is the acting governor of MP

  BHOPAL: On Thursday afternoon, Om Prakash Kohli, the governor of Gujarat, took oath as the acting governor of Madhya Pradesh. As the state’s ex-governor Ram Naresh Yadav’s tenure ended on 7th of September, Rajendra Menon, the acting chief justice of MP administered the oath to Om Prakash Kohli, who had been assigned MP’s additional charge by the President Pranab Mukherjee. Kohli will be the acting governor of Madhya Pradesh until the new governor is appointed. Several cabinet Ministers of the state government, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, ex-Chief Ministers Sundralal Patwa, Babulal Gaur and Kailash Joshi attended the ceremony.