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Girl who slammed Kanhaiya to hoist flag in J&K

15-year-old Ludhiana teenage girl Jhanvi Behal first made it to the headlines when she slammed JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, over the JNU controversy. She is back in news again now as she says she wants to hoist the national flag in the protest ridden state of Jammu and Kashmir. She wants to do it in Srinagar this Independence Day she says, "It's the place where students and other people not just insulted the national flag but also flew the flag of Pakistan, so I will go and hoist the tricolor right in front of them, let's see if they can stop me". The Ludhiana student has strong feelings against anyone who is allegedly "anti-national", she has said in interviews earlier this year. In March, Jhanvi challenged JNU's Kanhaiya - who was arrested earlier this year for alleged sedition - to a public debate for his criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "Whatever Kanhaiya ji said against PM Modi is completely wrong and unacceptable. It would have been better if he had spoken against those anti-nationals who raised slogans rather than PM Modi," Jhanvi told several media outlets in March. She was referring to an incident in JNU, during which some people allegedly shouted anti-national slogans.  

Ex-Bihar Minister's daughter stoned to death

In a horrific incident Ex-Bihar minister's daughter was stoned to death by her in-laws over issue with property and money. Baidhyanath Sahni, a former Janata Dal (United) leader who joined the BJP, has alleged that his daughter’s in-laws stoned her to death after repeated disputes over transfer of property and wealth. But the police have a different version for the death of 35-year-old Sangeeta Devi. They say that the post-mortem report said that she had died after being hit by a tractor. Devi was working in the garden at her in-law’s place when she was hit by a tractor, the police quoted eye witnesses as saying. Devi, who sustained grievous injuries, was taken to a local health facility, where she died. The police have arrested three members of the in-law’s family after registering a case of murder against seven people accused of the crime. The two families are locked in a property dispute, the police said. The superintendent of police, Begusarai, RK Mishra said, “The post-mortem report suggests that the woman was killed due to the impact of a vehicle. Her brother-in-law, who was driving the tractor, is among the three arrested, along with her father-in-law".

Mallya's 8 cars to go under the hammer!

  The SBICAP Trustee Company Ltd, after failing to sell the embattled business tycoon Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher House is soon going to auction eight cars he and his company which he once owned. The auction will be held on August 25 for cars that will fetch the bank Rs 13.70 lakhs out of the Rs 6,963 crore he owes the bank. The cars will be available for inspection on July 29 and August 5. The last day for registering a bidding spot at the auction is August 23 and registration charges are Rs 2,000. To participate in the bidding of the cars, which are currently parked at Kingfisher House’s backyard, the bidders will have to deposit 10 per cent of the price quoted for every vehicle.   The sale will be directed by SBICAP Trustee Company Ltd in relationship with Income Tax, and Service Tax division. The trustee organization has, before this, had a go at offering the Kingfisher House by diminishing its cost from Rs. 150 crore to Rs. 135 crore, yet at the same time found no takers. As of January 31, 2014, Vijay Mallya’s Kingfisher Airlines owed banks a staggering Rs 6,963 crore. Several reports claim that SBI is owed the highest amount of Rs 1,600 crore.

Sonia & Rahul flags off 3day UP bus yatra

  Congress Party has kick startedits election campaign in poll bound state Uttar Pradesh with a 3 day bus yatra in the state. The bus with slogan "27 saal, UP behaal" which translates to ''27 years of UP in ruins" was flagged off by Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son and Vice President of the party Rahul Gandhi. Top Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is the general secretary in-charge of party affairs in the state, Sheila Dikshit, the party’s chief ministerial face in the state, and state unit chief Raj Babbar, along with others will travel in the bus that will halt at various places en route Kanpur.    The yatra will cover four districts each day and will halt at Moradabad on the first day, covering important districts in western Uttar Pradesh. It will then travel to Shahjahanpur, covering Rampur and Bareilly and on the third day it will cover Hardoi, Kannauj and then end at Kanpur. Sources say the Congress aims to target not one particular party that has governed Uttar Pradesh, but all governments that have led the state since the Congress was last in charge.  

Kidnapped Indian rescued from Kabul

  Early in the day, Minister of External Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, tweeted from her official account saying, "I am happy to inform you that Judith D'souza has been rescued.@jeromedsouza". Judith D'Souza, the Indian woman from Kolkata who was abducted from Kabul six weeks ago, has been rescued. The minister sent out another tweet saying, "Judith D'Souza is withus - safe and in good spirits. She will reach her Motherland at the earliest. Vande Mataram".  "I have spoken to Judith. She is reaching Delhi this evening.   Ambassador @VohraManpreet is accompanying her". This is yet another major achievement for the external affairs ministry who has been tirelessly working day in and day out to assure security of Indians on foreign soil. The Foreign Minister also extended gratitude to Afghanistan for their support. "Thank you Afghanistan - for all your help and support in rescuing #Judith."

Rajnath Singh in Kashmir on 2-day visit

  Home Minister Rajnath Singh is on a 2 day visit to the violence hit kashmir valley. He is accompanied by the Directors General (DGs) of paramilitary, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). Besides Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and senior officials, he has meetings acheduled with J&K civilsociety groups, including NGOs, rights activists as well as delegations of Kashmiri Pandits. Also a separate interaction with media groups will be held.   The PDP leadership is positive regarding the Home Minister’s visit. “Meetings of civil society members and trade bodies have been fixed with the Union Minister. We hope these will have a positive outcome,’’ said a PDP leader. The centre has already sent over 3,000 paramilitary troops to the state to assist the state government restore peace in the trouble-torn valley. 45 people have died and over 2,000 have been injured in over two weeks of clashes between demonstrators and security forces amid protests.

Modi & team on Bring back Kohinoor mission

  A high level meeting was called by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi who instructed his government to ensure the return of the medieval artefact, now set in a crown which is on display in the Tower of London. The meeting attended by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma was held in New Delhi's Jawahar Bhawan on the issue of bringing back the famed Kohinoor diamond from Britain. The meeting also reportedly discussed possibility of signing a treaty with the UK wherein Britain may be assured that India would not claim any other artefacts in Britain except the Kohinoor diamond.   The meeting apparently lasted for over 45 minutes. The Supreme Court is hearing a case+ relating to the issue of bringing back the Kohinoor+ and the meeting deliberated on stand to be taken by the government before the apex court. The court had asked the government whether it was willing to stake a claim on the Kohinoor. Earlier the government citing a 44-year-old law, said that the diamond cannot be reclaimed as it was given as a gift in 1849 by the successors of Maharaja Ranjith Singh, and not stolen or forcibly taken away from India.

Modi is an NRI PM says Hardhik Patel

  Hardik Patel, the 23-year-old poster boy of the Patel agitation in Gujarat is back to making strong statements just a week after he walked out of the jail. Exiled from his home state Gujarat and presently living in Udaipur, he has been confined to his temporary home with the local police also setting up a post right outside his house to keep a watch on him. Talking about the BJP government in Gujarat he said, " The BJP government has only sold false dreams to the people on the name of development. Today, villages in Gujarat don’t have 24-hour electricity. Yet, the entire people of India are being fooled by creating a halo around the Gujarat model.   People need development and the need is not for ‘Make in India’ but ‘Made in India’." He also added that the Prime Minister does not belong to Gujarat anymore and that he is turned to become an NRI Prime Minister. He says, "People are watching everything silently. They will come to know of the results next year from the public mandate. It is a misconception that political parties or governments run the country. The truth is people run the country and make governments."

Missing IAF plane;Parrikar in Chennai

  24 hours on and still there is no news on the missing Indian Air Force AN-32 aircraft. The missing plane had 29 people on board - 11 IAF personnel, one Navy, one Army and a coast guard member along with eight civilians and crew. The aircraft on Friday suddenly dropped off the sky over the Bay of Bengal on its way to Port Blair from Chennai. According to sources the plane was flying at a height of 23,000 feet - forty minutes after it took off from the Tamabaram airport at 8.30 am -when it took a sharp left turn and suddenly lost altitude. The last blip on the radar was at 9:12 am.   Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will visit Tambaram air base near Chennai on Saturday to personally monitor the search and rescue operations. Parrikar, who was briefed by IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, will get a detailed briefing on the search and rescue operations being undertaken by the Navy, Air Force and the Coast Guard. The Indian Navy has deployed SAROps 18 Naval & ICG ships with P8I,C130 & Dornier aircrafts to locate the plane. It is also being reported that the missing plane had reported at least three technical snags in the recent past.

IndvsWI: Double ton for kohli & ton for Ashwin

  Indian skipper Virat Kohli scored his maiden Test double century against the West Indies on the second day of first Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Friday, to become the first Indian Test captain to hit a double ton on foreign soil. And broke former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin record score of 192 against New Zealand in 1990. It took Kohli 42 Test matches to reach a milestone. Kohli, who took 281 deliveries to achieve the milestone. Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin helped the visitors amass 552 for eight on day two of the test with Ashwin also hitting a century.   The world no. 1 all-rounder is now one of the very few batsmen who managed to score test centuries against the West Indies. Ashwin's century is his third ton in tests and all of them have come against the hosts, he scored it at a strike rate of 44.66. The hosts face an uphill task of scoring at least 367 to save an impending follow on.

Leader who abused Mayawati 'missing'

  Expelled BJP leader Dayashankar Singh who recently abused BSP leader Mayawati is still at large and is untraceable both by the police and his family as well. Dayashankar had sparked a controversy by his derogatorycomments questioning the character of Mayawati. Meanwhile the family of Dayashankar Singh on Friday lodged a named FIR against Mayawati and some other BSP leaders for allegedly using foul language against them during their public protest. On the basis of the complaint, an FIR was lodged against BSP chief Mayawati, state unit president Ram Achal Rajbhar, national general secretary Naseemuddin and national secretary Mevalal besides unknown workers, police said. The FIR has been registered under sections 120B (punishment for criminal conspiracy), 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups), 504 (intentional insult with intent to breach peace), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) and 509 (word, gesture or act to insult modesty of woman) of the IPC, police said.

Kill my son says Pak slain Model's dad

  Slain Pakistani internet star known as Qandeel Baloch's parents have condemned the gruesome killing of her by her brother for honor. "I say he should be shot on sight. He suffocated my little one," Baloch's father Anwar Azeem said. While her mother said that she not only wanted her son to be punished after he said he killed her, but also those who she says provoked and taunted him about his sister. "We were drugged, asleep upstairs. She must have called out to us," Azeem said. Azeem said that his daughter was his "best friend". Fauzia Azeem, 26 years old, who used the name Qandeel Baloch, rocketed to fame in conservative Pakistan over the past year after she started posting bold videos and photos of herself online, which both shocked the country. Her brother Muhammad Waseem, 30, is accused of strangling her last week. He told a news conference, where he was produced Sunday by police handcuffed, that he killed her because she was going against tradition.

Trump gives epic 72 min speech filled with vows

  Donald Trump pledged on Thursday night, to the crowd cheering him on, that as President he will restore the safety they fear they're losing, strictly curb immigration and save the nation from a Hillary Clinton record of "death, destruction, terrorism and weakness." In a 72 minute speech, the longest convention acceptance speech since at least 1972, Trump staked his claim on Americans' want for stability in a year full of terror attacks and anti-police ambushes. 'We will be a country of generosity and warmth. But we will also be a country of law and order,' he vowed.   'The attacks on our police, and the terrorism in our cities, threaten our very way of life. Any politician who does not grasp this danger is not fit to lead our country,' he said. Trump continued his habit of blaming the status quo on President Barack Obama."I'm with you, and I will fight for you, and I will win for you," he declared. "I have joined the political arena so that the powerful can no longer beat up on people that cannot defend themselves."

AAP MP says sorry; LS Speaker still unhappy

An unconditional apology was tendered by the Aam Aadmi Party MP Bhagwant Mann on Friday to the Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan for posting a Facebook Live video of Parliament, putting its security at risk. But the speaker has refused to accept Mann’s apology. Sumitra Mahajan met Mann and expressed her displeasure over the video he shot and posted on social media. "I am taking the matter seriously. Action will be taken against Bhagwant Mann," the Lok Sabha Speaker said after a 20-minute meeting with him.   In the nearly 12 minute video, Mann gives a running commentary as his vehicle crosses security barricades and enters Parliament. "I'll today show you something you would not have seen earlier," he says. Prior to the meeting, Mann defended himself saying he recorded the video to explain the process of questioning in Zero Hour to his constituents. He said that people in his constituency complained that their issues were not being raised in the Parliament.

IndvsWI:Virat makes and breaks record!

  India made a flying start in the first test against West Indies in Antigua. And the star batsman of the day was the captain of the team, Virat Kohli. The Indians ended Day 1 of the first Test match in a commanding position by posting 302 on board courtesy a scintillating century by skipper Virat Kohli. With this knock, he managed to break quite a few records. Kohli became the third Indian captain to register a century in Tests in the Caribbean, joining Rahul Dravid (146 at Gros Islet in June 2006) and Kapil Dev (100 not out at Port of Spain in March 1983).   Kapil Dev had missed another century as captain - 98 off 97 balls at St.John's in 1983. In seven Tests away from home as skipper, Kohli is averaging76.27 while aggregating 839 runs in 12 innings, including five hundreds and a fifty. His superb average as captain away from home is the second highest next only to Don Bradman's 85.63 in nine Tests (942 runs in 15 innings, including five hundreds and two fifties). With five centuries overseas as captain, Kohli has equalled Mohammad Azharuddin's tally, sharing an Indian record for most centuries (five) away from home.

After Rahul, Kejriwal visits Dalit family

  In the line of leaders who are visiting the Dalit family in Una, yet another Politician added his name to the list. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called on the family earlier today amid huge media presence. Kejriwal arrived at the airport on Thursday morning and went straight to Rajkot civil hospital, where he met two Dalit victims of the Una thrashing incident and several others who attempted suicide to protest against it. The AAP national convener also met Kanti Mulji Vala, accused of killing a police constable, who is also being treated at the Rajkot civil hospital.   Vala is one of the accused in the murder of Amreli's head constable Pankaj Amreliya. The policeman was killed in stone-pelting a couple of days back during the protest by Dalits against the Una incident. He accused the government of corruption and called for police action against the accused. When asked about the reason behind meeting a murder accused, Kejriwal evaded a straight reply and instead said that he will also meet the family members of the deceased policeman in Amreli on Thursday.

Search on as IAF plane goes missing

  An Indian Air Force (IAF) plane (AN-32) flying from Tambaram in Chennai to Port Blair has gone missing over the Bay of Bengal amid inclement weather this morning. The IAF's AN-32 plane took off from Tambaram in Chennai for Port Blair in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands when it lost radar contact around 8:45 am. Its estimated time of arrival in Port Blair was 11.30 am. As per early report, 29 IAF officials were reportedly on board and there is no trace of any of them as the flight goes off the radar around 11 am. Captain DK Sharma, Navy PRO, said, "The aircraft took off from Tambaram around 8.30 am and goes off the radar after 16 minutes.   It was supposed to land at air station Utkrosh in Port Blair around 11.30 am". The Navy, the Coast Guard and the IAF have launched a joint search and rescue operation. The Navy's has involved one P8I aircraft and one Donier aircraft and four ships Karmukh, Gharial, Jyoti and Kuthar for its search operation.

Billionaire dad asks son to do odd jobs

  This story of a person who taught his son to stay grounded and learn the life lessons the hard way though his son was born with a golden spoon.  Owner of Hare Krishna Diamond Exports, Savji Dholakia, sent his 21-year-old son, Dravya, to Kochi with only Rs. 7,000 to fend for himself and work odd jobs to know the importance of struggle. The Surat-based diamond merchant's net worth is Rs. 6,000 crores with the company's presence in over 71 countries.   "I gave him three conditions: I told my son that he needs to work to earn his money and he couldn't work at a place for more than a week; that he can't use his father's identity nor use the mobile phone nor Rs 7,000 taken from home for a month. I wanted him to understand life and how the poor struggle to get a job and money. No university can teach you these life skills except experience," says Savji Dholakia who was once in news as he gifted cars and flats to employees as bonus. This is quite an inspirational story and everyone should take a leaf out of it.

World's largest piracy site down as owner arrested

  In what could be a biggest development in the eradicating piracy, the world's largest piracy site owner has been arrested in Poland. On Thursday, the US Department of Justice seized 7 domain names associated with Kickass Torrents, arguably the most visited piracy site and charged the alleged ringleader with criminal copyright infringement. The operator, Ukrainian national Artem Vaulin, 30 was also charged with money laundering and distributing over $1 billion of illegally copied films, music, video games and other content.   “Vaulin is charged with running today’s most visited illegal file-sharing website, responsible for unlawfully distributing well over USD 1 billion of copyrighted materials,” said Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell. “In an effort to evade law enforcement, Vaulin allegedly relied on servers located in countries around the world and moved his domains due to repeated seizures and civil lawsuits.“His arrest in Poland, however, demonstrates again that cyber criminals can run, but they cannot hide from justice.”