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Crime rate against women increased

National Crime Records Bureau released the latest data from the report “Crime in India”. According to the report, it could be said that the crime rate against women has been increased by 34% over the past four years till 2015. According to an Indian Express article that had been published in the month of January, 2016, increase in the rate not only explains increase in crimes but also explains that women are confident enough to report crimes. Cruelty against women that had been shown by the spouses and the relatives had increased by 6% over the time. Assault on women has been increased to 82%.  West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra reported most crimes against women in the year 2015. Whereas Rajasthan is having the highest crime rate when compared to other states, followed by West Bengal.

Duterte describes Obama in vulgar terms

VIENTIANE: On Tuesday, a White House spokesperson said that, Barack Obama, President of the United States cancelled his meeting with Rodrigo Duterte, President of Philippines, after Rodrigo described Obama in Vulgar terms.South Asian leaders are meeting for annual summits and Barack Obama and Rodrigo Duterte planned to meet for the first time. Obama, after learning about the insults which were made by Duterte, cancelled their meeting.He said at a news conference that, he had told his aides to speak with Philippine officials to find out if this was, in fact, a time where they could have some constructive and productive conversations. White Spokesman, Ned Price says that, Obama now to meet ParK Geun Hye, the president of South Korea on Tuesday.

Vigilance ordered verification against KM

  On 5th of September, A Badarrudin, the Judge of the Special Court ordered a quick verification against KM Mani on the corruption charges with regard to complaint of the mass marriage ceremony that was conducted by his party in the month of October, 2014. The complaint stated that, 150 couples were married at the function and were given five sovereigns of gold ornaments as well as Rs 1.5 lakh cash during the time of the marriage. KM Mani had organized the function as a part of Golden Jubilee Celebrations. Due to the differences between the congress party and KM Mani over the bar scam issue, the ex-Finance Minster of the state left UDF recently.  

Twin Taliban explosions kill 24 in Kabul

  Afghanistan, Kabul: On Monday, 24 were killed and 91 were wounded because of the twin Taliban explosions that took place near the Defence Ministry, Central Kabul. As the Taliban increased their nationwide offense against the government, they killed high level officials that include an army general in the massacre.  Mohammad Radmanish, the spokesman of the defense ministry said that, the first explosion occurred on a bridge near the ministry. The second explosion occurred when the soldiers, policemen and the civilians rushed to help the victims. Waheed Majroh, the spokesman of the health ministry said, “The attack left 24 people dead and 91 wounded. Some of them are serious and the casualties can rise further”.

TN’s farmers are happy with SC’s order

Supreme Court ordered Karnataka to release 15000 cusecs of water from the river Cauvery to Tamil Nadu every day for the next ten days. Expressing their happiness a farmer’s association leader said that, Tamil Nadu farmers are hoping that would be an interim order and the final order would give sufficient water for their crops. General Secretary of Tamil Nadu Cauvery Delta Farmer’s welfare Association, S Ranganathan said, “We are happy with Supreme Court’s order. The water, which will be released for ten days, amounts to 12 thousand million cubic and caters the crops till the month of October”. He added that, they should raise the crop before the end of September.

China is benefitted more: Shashi Tharoor

  JAIPUR: On Monday, Shashi Tharoor, the ex-Union Minister said that, the relation with China was not good. Tension had increased in the last 2-3 years. As the tensions would not settle instantly, the border issues must be kept on back burner and the normal relations must be continued. He added that, our country did great trade with China, but china was benefitted more because the export from India was less than import. According to him, the government should adjust the situation and should always give priority for the safety as well as the well-being of the citizens.  He also said that, Prime Minister had remarked the issue of Balochistan, but he doesn’t know whether the PM wants to do anything on it or not.

Pak has been accused by Modi

  HANGZHOU: On Monday, Pakistan had been accused for spreading terror by Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister at the G2o Summit. Modi met the leaders of Turkey, Britain and Argentina as the Summit was ended. India has raised the terrorism issue at various sessions at the G2o Summit which has been held in Hangzhou, the eastern city of China. Modi discussed with the president of China, XI Jinping, how the bane of terrorism was affecting our region.The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi didn’t name Pakistan but said that, there were some nations that use terrorism as an instrument of state’s policy. One single nation in South Asia was spreading agents in the region. He added that, India follows the policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism. Because anything less than that would not be enough.

Ganjam girl was attacked with acid

BERHAMPUR: On Saturday night, under Ganjam Distrcit’s Badagada police limits, a 17-year-old had been attacked with acid in her house which is located at Gangapur Village. The college dropout had been admitted into the MKCG Medial College and Hospital in a dangerous condition. Additional SP Gupta Mohankuda said that, the girl was not talking much as her condition was critical. The doctors also advised the police not to talk to her and their prime concern was her recovery. She had sustained 60% burn injuries and they had kept her in observation. She spelt out the name of the main accused, Lipun Bisoyi, from her bed and the police arrested him. The motive behind the attack was not known and the police suspect that the previous enmity might be the cause of the attack.  

Ashutosh had hurt the feelings of people?

NEW DELHI: On Monday, Bharatiya Janatha party said that, Ashutosh, who is an Aam Aadmi Party, had hurt the feelings of the people by comparing Minister Sandeep Kumar to Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Mahatma Gandhi and other prominent leaders with his deprecatory analogy that had been posted on his blog. Satish Upadhyay, a BJP leader said that, Ashutosh had indulged in a childish act and hurt people’s feelings by comparing a rape accused with the prominent leaders. He added that, if anybody had filed the report, then action against Ashutosh must be initiated immediately.   A complaint had been filed against Ahutosh at the Sakinaka Police Station in Mumbai on Sunday for insulting the country’s people by comparing Sandeep Kumar, who had been booked under a rape case, with the icons like Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. 

Six women drowned in Mendhar River

NAGPUR: On Sunday, six women, who were engaged in Gauri Pujan, walked into a wier on Mendhar River without knowing that it had been deepened by the civil contractor some time ago. The victims include five teenagers Janu, Poonam, Pooja, Pranita, Priya and a 50 year old woman Manda Nagose. All the victims are the residents from Indira Nagar, Sawangi. A villager said that, the contractor abandoned the work and left the weir deep which resulted in that day’s tragedy. Also Priya’s elder brother said that, the victims were not aware that the weir had been deepened and walked into it liked they used to earlier. Chandrasgekar Bawankule, the Gaurdian Minister visited the place and announced compensation of Rs. 25000 to all the victim’s families as preliminary assistance.

Mamata wanted state to work over time

SINGUR: Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister went to Vatican City to attend the canonization ceremony of Mother Theresa on Sunday, but she made sure that the state’s machinery works over time for Singur Solatium.  Hooghly administration’s officials worked on their holiday so that the order of Supreme Court to return the land is met within 12 weeks. The officials tried to accelerate the process of handing out the compensation cheques to the farmers who denied collecting them.   LA department’s official said, “The deeds are only being examined to determine if the documents are in order”. He added that, as for the compensation price that was for the government to decide. Whereas Subrata Mukherjee, the Minister said that, the compensation amount would be determined based on Supreme Court’s order.

India strengthens non-proliferation regime

TOKYO: Japan recently said that, India’s presence in Nuclear Suppliers Group would help in promoting non-proliferation. The Director-General of press and public diplomacy in the ministry of Japan of foreign affairs, Yasuhisa Kawamura said that, they intend to continue working with India on the issue as they believe that India’s membership in NSG would help strengthen the non-proliferation regime and Japan would continue to discuss the issue with other member states. On the contrary China says that India’s presence in NSG weakens the international non-proliferation regime, but is itself accused for violating both NSG and NPT guidelines. Whereas Kawamura said that, he had a positive sense that they were making appropriate efforts. Japan is currently examining the pact that has been signed legally and after some clarifications would look to sign the final agreement. The agreement would then have to be passed by the Diet of Japan. 

The global economy is at crucial juncture

HANGZHOU: Xi Jinping, the president of China said at the opening of the two day G20 summit that, the global economy was being threatened by the rising protectionism and risks of high leverage were accumulating. The president said that, the global economy was at a crucial juncture hemmed in by sluggish demand, financial market volatility and feeble trade and investment. Growth drivers from the previous round of technological progress were gradually fading, while a new round of technological and industrial revolution had to gain momentum.  Vladimir Putin from Russia, Shinzo Abe from Japan, Theresa May from Britian, Angela Merkel from Germany, Francois Hollande from France, and Narendra Modi from India are attending the G20 summit in Hangzhou, China.

IndiGo started providing new daily flights

HYDERABAD: On Sunday IndiGo, the country’s largest and fastest growing carrier announced that, it would be introducing new daily flights from Hyderabad to Port Blair and Varanasi. The services would be started from 30th of September and the daily flight to port Blair would be via Chennai while it would be a daily non-stop service to Varanasi. Aditya Ghosh, the President of IndiGo said that, their new flights and additional services from Hyderabad was a testament of the growing demand. IndiGo was determined to provide the best travel experience to all those who wish to fly these destinations. They were looking at providing affordable fares on the new routes for 6E. It was their constant endeavor to provide more flexibility of choice for their customers as IndiGo continues to offer them on time, hassle free and always affordable flying experience. 

Delhi is not safe for senior citizens

NEW DELHI: National Crime Records Bureau released the latest date from the report “Crime in India” and the capital of India had been categorized as the most unsafe city for second consecutive time for senior citizens in the year 2015.  Senior citizens are more probable to become victims of the crime in the capital of the Nation than in the other parts of the country. The category had been followed by Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh.  Taj Hassan, the special commissioner of crime department was asked about the increasing crime, to which he said that, they had been running a campaign since 2014 and as the major jump in the crime rate was seen in 2014 and 2014, they want every case to be registered and detected. They coordinate with senior citizens with the help of beat officers and advise them on necessary security and safety aspects.

CBI court held BB Singal guilty

NEW DELHI: Bhushan Steel said on Sunday that, the chairman of the company, BB Singal had been held guilty by the CBI court under Indian Electricity Act with regard to Bhushan Indusrial Company’s case. In a regulatory filing the company said that, the CBI court vide order dated September 3, 2016 held Mr. BB Singal, the chairman of the company guilty under Indian Electricity Act, 1910. On submitting the surety bond, Mr. BB Singal had been granted bail and sentence had been suspended for 60 days to enable him to file the appeal against the said order.

Bihar’s CM must be saluted: Togadia

PATNA: Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar had been hailed for enforcing the prohibition in the state by Praveen Togadia.  Mr. Togadia said that, he salutes the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for enforcing total prohibition in Bihar. This was a historic step and the prohibition should be imposed in the entire country. He added, “A ban on sale and consumption of alcohol will help alleviate poverty as money spent on alcohol will now be wither saved or used to buy essentials only. Also if the prohibition is enforced people can be protected from many diseases”. The government of Nitish Kumar enforced total prohibition on manufacture, marketing, sale or consumption of liquor in Bihar.

All party delegations had lost credibility

SRINAGAR: On Sunday, Omar Abdullah, the ex-Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir met the all-party delegation which is being led by Rajnath Singh, the union home minister. Omar said that, these delegations had lost credibility and there had hardly been any follow-up in the past after similar visits. He also said that, the MPs who had come there that time, to revive faith in the process, face an enormous task.  There was a time when his father had conveyed to grant internal autonomy to Jammu and Kashmir and had warned New Delhi that if they continue to deny it, time would come when it would also not be acceptable to people of the state. He thinks that we would head for that time. 

36 were killed in an accident

Afghanistan, Kabul: An Afghan official said that, at least 36 passengers including women and children had been killed when their bus bumped into a fuel tanker in southern Zabul province.The accident took place on the highway, which links the capital city of Afghanistan and the southern city of Kandahar, in Shar- E Safa district. The spokesperson of the provincial governor is Zabul, Gul Islam Seyal said that, “More than 25 are seriously wounded and some of them are in critical conditions”. He blamed that the drivers of the bus as well as the fuel tanker were reckless. He also said that, the authorities would transfer the critical patients to the neighboring Kandahar province.