Monday, 31 December 2018

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Prepared for discussion on Rafale: Kharge says in Lok Sabha

New Delhi, Dec 31 Congress Monday said in Lok Sabha that it is prepared for a discussion on the Rafale jet deal on Wednesday.

"Jaitley ji has tossed a test ... we are ready for a discussion on January 2. It would be ideal if you choose a period," Congress Leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said.

He made these remarks not long after the House gave its gesture to extra gross use of Rs 85,948.86 crore amid the current financial completion March 2019.

At 2.00 PM, when the House was to take up talk on Supplementary Demands for Grants, Kharge rehashed his interest for a joint parliamentary council to test the Rafale deal.

At this, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Kharge should start the talk on the issue promptly and stated that the administration was prepared to give an answer.

Kharge, he said, was "running away" from discussion.

Stressing that there should a talk on Rafale deal, Jaitley said he would demonstrate that the Congress party was spreading lies over the deal.

At the point when the House was going to be dismissed for the day, Kharge helped Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to remember the discussion and looked for a period for it.

Mahajan said she will settle on the planning however Kharge can't extricate a choice on the date and time quickly.

"You remain quiet about your difficulties. Try not to provoke me," an obviously annoyed Mahajan said.

Prior in the day, Congress had again looked to raise the issue of supposed trick in the Rafale deal in Lok Sabha, welcoming a sharp response from the legislature expressing the Opposition ought not "run away" from a discussion on the issue.

Congress members have been raising the issue since the beginning of the Winter Session of Parliament on December 11, requesting a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) test into the Rafale deal.

During the Zero Hour, party members trooped into the Well displaying placards and shouting slogans on the issue.

Raising the issue, senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge alleged there has been a trick in the arrangement and inquired as to why the government was not disclosing the price of jets.

He also demanded a JPC test into the Rafale deal amid loud protests from BJP members.

In response, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said rehashing a similar lie and again would not make it a truth.

The legislature is prepared for exchange on the issue yet for what reason is the Congress "running way", the minister asked.

UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi was available in the House.

The Opposition has also been raising the issue outside Parliament.

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Amit Shah: Friendship between one family and Michel time-tested and profound

New Delhi, Dec 31 Targeting the Gandhi family, BJP chief Amit Shah Monday said the "friendship" between Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland deal, and the Congress' top leadership is "time tested and deep".

In a series of tweets, Shah also asked if Michel needed details of his questioning by investigators to be passed onto "Mrs Gandhi".

"Trails of the AgustaWestland Case the SOS of Christian Michel. Does anybody know why Christian Michel passed on the subtleties of addressing on Mrs Gandhi to his attorney? Did he need them to be passed on to Mrs. Gandhi herself? Why?" he tweeted.

Shah said Michel's lawyer had admitted that the alleged middleman in reality passed paper to him and asserted that he thought it was a list of medicines.

The BJP president took an apparent swipe at the Gandhi family, saying people have known about Zandu ointment and Tiger salve - medications used to soothe torment - yet what is this "family balm" that each mediator needs.

"Regardless, what must be told over and over is the Congress foundation of Michel's legal advisor. The purported removal remains a trick. He remains the channel among Michel and Mrs Gandhi!" Shah said.

The Congress had removed Aljo K Joseph, an office carrier in its childhood wing, after he showed up as a guidance for Michel.

"In national interest, Michel's lawyer must tell us concerning the existence of reports of 2008, which make a reference to Mrs Gandhi. Obviously, the companionship among Michel and one family in India is dependable and profound," Shah said.

A Delhi court had Saturday imposed restrictions on Michel, the alleged middleman in the purchase of VVIP choppers during the UPA's tenure, meeting his legal advisors in Enforcement Directorate's care. The directions were given after the test organization said he was misusing legal access by passing chits to the advocates asking them how to tackle questions on "Mrs Gandhi".

The agency also claimed that he has talked about "son of an Italian lady" and taken "Mrs Gandhi's" name in reference to a query.

The BJP has used this disclosure to attack the Congress, especially the Gandhi family.

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BJP trying to go into our houses using Triple Talaq Bill: Mehbooba Mufti

New Delhi, Dec 31 Mehbooba Mufti on Monday propelled a scathing assault on former J&K alliance partner BJP over the Triple Talaq Bill. She said that as opposed to offering a relief to Muslim ladies, the bill would adversely affect domestic life.

The Centre has been hoping to push the Triple Talaq Bill in Parliament by considering it an others conscious move even as the restriction stays resolved to hinder its section. Mufti too joined the chorale against the bill and scrutinized its useful ramifications. "By bringing the Triple Talaq Bill, they (BJP) are going into our homes. This will aggravate our family life and furthermore, there would be more issues for ladies and men monetarily," she was cited as saying by news office ANI. "I have experienced a broken marriage and I feel that ladies confront the greatest test financially after her marriage is broken."

Mufti, who was the CM of J&K till her PDP and BJP were in coalition, also raked up the issue of reservation for Muslims. "When we talk about bookings for Muslims, BJP rejects it on religious lines. Be that as it may, with regards to this sort of law, at that point they rushed to Parliament."

Despite such reactions and allegations, the administration has kept up that its expectations are honorable and they just need to help Muslim ladies in trouble. Law serve RS Prasad had revealed to Parliament a week ago that it is mistaken to play governmental issues in the issue and that if in excess of 20 Islamic nations could boycott triple talaq, a mainstream India should too.

The ruckus in Parliament over the Triple Talaq Bill, however, constrained Rajya Sabha to be dismissed till January 2.

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PM Modi wishes Sheik Hasina for winning elections

Dhaka, Dec 31 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated his Bangladeshi partner Sheik Hasina on registering a landslide win in the general elections and guaranteed her of India's proceeded with help to the nation's developmental strides.

Hasina's ruling Awami League-led alliance has won over 267 seats in the 300-member Parliament, according to the most recent report released by the Election Commission (EC).

Prime Minister Modi had a telephonic conversation with his Bangladeshi partner Hasina following the results, press secretary of Bangladesh Prime Minister Ihsanul Karim told.

Amid the discussions, Modi said that "Hasina's triumph was the impression of Bangladesh's dazzling improvement under her dynamic initiative", as indicated by Karim.

"PM Modi guaranteed her of India's proceeded with help to Bangladesh's developmental strides," the press secretary added.

As per the EC, Hasina's alliance has won the parliamentary vote with a thumping majority.

The main opposition has rejected the "farcical" elections which claimed 18 lives and left more than 200 injured, making it one of the deadliest polls in the nation.

The opposition National Unity Front led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party - which has been out of power for 12 years and had boycotted the 10th general elections in 2014 - managed to secure only seven seats.

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Sensex more than 150 points, Nifty hits 10,900-check

Mumbai, Dec 31 Continuing its winning streak for a fourth straight session Monday, the BSE benchmark Sensex surged more than 150 points as investors maintained their bullish position in early exchange on positive cues from other Asian bourses.

Strengthening rupee also supported the upward move in the domestic stock market, dealers said.

The domestic unit picked up paise 19 to 69.76 against the US dollar in morning trade.

The 30-share list rose 160.03 points, or 0.44 percent, to exchange at 36,236.75.

In similar movement, the NSE Nifty breached the 10,900 mark, and was trading 50.20 points, or 0.46 percent, higher at 10,910.10.

On Friday, the Sensex had mobilized 269.44 points or 0.75 percent to complete at 36,076.72, while the more extensive NSE Nifty spurted 80.10 points, or 0.74 percent, to 10,859.90.

Managing an account, Pharma, and IT stocks were the greatest gainers on bourses in early session. Brent unrefined, the universal benchmark, was exchanging 0.94 percent up at USD 53.71 per barrel.

Top gainers incorporate Axis Bank, M&M, Tata Motors, Sun Pharma, HCL Tech, Maruti, HUL, TCS, Bharti Airtel and SBI. While NTPC, HDFC, ICICI Bank, Kotak Bank, Power Grid and ONGC were among the top losers.

On a net basis, foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) sold shares worth Rs 119.60 crore Friday, while local institutional speculators (DIIs) were net purchasers to the tune of Rs 1,199.40 crore, provisional data available with BSE showed.

Elsewhere in Asia, Japan's Nikkei fell 0.31 percent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng was up 1.4 percent, Kospi increased 0.62 percent and Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.44 percent in early trade.

On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average file fell 76.42 points, or 0.33 percent, to 23,062.40 in its past session.

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Veteran actor Kader Khan hospitalised

Mumbai, Dec 31 Veteran actor Kader Khan's son Sarfaraz has said that his dad has been admitted to a hospital in Canada, dismissing media reports of his end.

"It is all a lie. It (is) just a rumour. My dad is in the hospital," Sarfaraz told.

The 81-year-old actor has developed breathing issues and the doctors have reportedly transferred him from regular ventilator to BiPAP ventilator.

Reportedly, Khan is suffering from Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, a degenerative disease that causes loss of balance, difficulty in walking and dementia.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who has worked with Khan in movies, for example, "Do Aur Do Paanch", "Muqaddar Ka Sikandar", "Mr. Natwarlal", "Suhaag", "Coolie" and "Shahenshah", took to Twitter on Friday to pray for the veteran actor's wellbeing and recovery.

"Kader Khan... performing artist author of monstrous ability... lies sick in Hospital... Petition and duas for his prosperity and recuperation... Saw him perform in front of an audience, invited him and his productive composition for my movies. Extraordinary organization, a libran and numerous not know, showed Mathematics," Bachchan tweeted.

Born in Kabul, Khan made his acting debut in 1973 with Rajesh Khanna's "Daag" and has featured in over 300 films.

Also, he has written dialogues for over 250 films. Before becoming an actor, he had written dialogues for Randhir Kapoor-Jaya Bachchan's "Jawani Diwani".

As a screenwriter, Khan much of the time worked together with Manmohan Desai and Prakash Mehra. His movies with Desai include "Dharam Veer", "Ganga Jamuna Saraswati", "Coolie", "Desh Premee", "Suhaag", "Parvarish" and "Amar Akbar Anthony" and movies with Mehra include "Jwalamukhi", "Sharaabi", "Lawaaris", "Muqaddar Ka Sikandar".

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Saturday, 29 December 2018

NEWS HEADLINES FROM NEWS4EXCHANGE.COM DTD 29.12.2018

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Raj Babbar: Hostile to BJP forces ought not debilitate one another

New Delhi, Dec 29 The Congress on Saturday said it was available to a union in Uttar Pradesh with any party that needs to "free" the people from BJP rule and asked every single such forces to not weaken each other.

Talking at a press conference here, UP Congress chief Raj Babbar said the Congress party moves forward keeping people's sentiments and the people need to dispose of the BJP government as a same feeling had showed in the as of late held state elections.

Asked if a grand alliance in UP was possible despite the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party making articulations against the Congress, he stated, "Whatever antagonistic remarks that are being made, are their sentiments. It isn't proper for me to remark on the chiefs of the head of SP and BSP.

"The forces that are there to overcome the BJP, ought not debilitate one another, be it us or them."

He repeated that all outfits which need to "free the state and people from BJP rule" are welcome to join hands with the grand old party.

Babbar's remarks come days after SP chief Akhilesh Yadav had "thanked" the Congress for not making his gathering's solitary MLA in Madhya Pradesh a clergyman, saying it has made the street ahead clear for his party.

"In UP also, our leadership has made it clear and said that to vanquish the BJP, individuals need that we all ought to be as one and we likewise need to be as one," he said.

On BJP's allies, for example, Apna Dal(S) and Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party airing their grievances with the saffron party, Babbar said it is presently going to the fore that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had cheated the people and partners with false guarantees in the keep running up to 2014 general elections.

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AgustaWestland deal 'broker' Christian Michel has named Mrs Gandhi

New Delhi, Dec 29 The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday told Delhi's Patiala House Court that the supposed broker in the AgustaWestland case Christian Michel has named 'Mrs Gandhi', news organization ANI revealed. Michel has likewise talked about 'the child of the Italian woman' and how he will end up being the 'next prime minister of the country.

The ED also told the court that Michel has recognized how the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) was expelled from the arrangement and was later offered to Tata. The law authorization organization has looked for a prohibition on the entrance of Michel's attorney to him claiming that he is being mentored from outside.

Meanwhile, Congress has guaranteed that there is pressure on Michel to name a specific family. "There is pressure on Michel to name a particular family, for what reason is the chowkidaar attempting to pressurize the govt offices to name a family? BJP scriptwriters are working extra minutes," Congress representative RPN Singh said.

Reports suggest that the decision on granting of consular access to the British High Commission for Christian Michel has not been taken yet, sources affirmed. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had, on December 10, consented to the British High Commission's ask for consular access to the British citizen.

Michel purportedly approaches his lawful guidance and has been addressing his family, in accordance with the requests from a Delhi court on December 11.

Michel had been sent to Enforcement Directorate's (ED) custody for seven days on December 22. He was arrested on December 5 in the wake of being removed to India from Dubai.

The Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal, finalised during former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residency, was buried in claims of kickbacks. 54-year-old Michel is a blamed for the situation along with previous India's Air Force Chief, Air Marshal SP Tyagi, among others.

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Gold marginally up; silver slides

New Delhi Dec 29 Gold costs Saturday strengthened by Rs 20 to Rs 32,640 for each 10 gram at the bullion market in the national capital in the midst of firm trend overseas.

Silver, be that as it may, lost Rs 25 to Rs 39,225 for every kg on low interest from modern units and coin makers.

In Delhi, gold of 99.9 percent and 99.5 percent virtue ascended by Rs 20 each to Rs 32,640 and Rs 32,490 for every 10 gram, respectively.

Traders attributed the marginal gains in prices of the yellow metal to overseas firm trend.

Sovereign gold held relentless at Rs 25,200 for each bit of eight gram.

All around, gold edged higher to USD 1280.68 an ounce and silver stood at USD 15.34 an ounce in New York.

Silver ready fell by Rs 25 to Rs 39,225 for every kg, and weekly based delivery surged by Rs 55 to Rs 38,706 for each kg.

Silver coins, however, held steady at Rs 76,000 for buying and Rs 77,000 for selling of 100 pieces.

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Army rescues over 2,500 stranded visitors in Sikkim

Gangtok, Dec 29 The Indian Army has rescued more than 2,500 travellers stranded close East Sikkim's seventeenth Mile area, near the India-China border, due to heavy snowfall, officials said Saturday.

The visitors were coming back from Nathu La pass and Tsomgo (Changu) Lake on Friday evening when snowfall in the locale blocked streets, leaving more than 300 to 400 common vehicles stranded at different focuses on Jawahar Lal Nehru Road, East Sikkim District Magistrate Kapil Meena said.

He said the Army quickly swung without action and rescued the tourists. They were then conveyed to a camp in 17th Mile area and served food and medicines. Arrangements were being made to transfer the tourists to the state capital.

"#IndianArmy rescued more than 2500 regular people stuck in more than 400 vehicles around Nathula, Sikkim due to heavy snowfall. All were provided food, shelter & medical care last night," the Army tweeted Saturday.

Starting at now, no traveller vehicle will be allowed to ply on Jawahar Lal Nehru Road on path to the border region, the DM stated, adding activities were in progress to clear snow and restore road connectivity.

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Vasundhara Raje is out, Congress back as 2018 comes to close: Rajasthan

Jaipur, Dec 29 After being decreased to only 21 seats in the last assembly elections, the Congress bounced back in Rajasthan in 2018. This was also the year when the Zika infection struck, the law made up for lost time with on-screen character Salman Khan and godman Asaram Bapu, and a man was pounded the life out of in the wake of being marked a dairy animals runner.

The year began well for the Congress, when it won the three bypolls held in January, wresting Alwar and Bhilwara Lok Sabha seats and the Mandalgarh assembly seat from the BJP.

The Congress based on this throughout the months even as the Bharatiya Janata Party ventured up its own act.

As chief minister, Vasundhara Raje drove a Gaurav Yatra' that crisscrossed the state. When the assembly polls moved closer, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah launched a series of public meetings.

These were coordinated by arouses by Congress president Rahul Gandhi in some sharp electioneering, which finished with his gathering winning 99 of the 199 seats where polling took place.

A tussle followed inside the Congress between veteran Ashok Gehlot and gathering's state unit chief Sachin Pilot first for the chief minister's post and afterward over the allotment of portfolios. Gehlot is currently CM and holds nine fundamental portfolios, including home and finance.

Earlier in the election-year, Raje faced her share of dissent.

Senior BJP leader Ghanshyam Tiwari blamed her of corruption and misgovernance and wrote a few letters to the party's best initiative. He proceeded to dispatch his own 'Bharat Vahini Party', however confronted a drubbing in the December 7 elections.

Veteran BJP leader Jaswant Singh's MLA-child Manvendra Singh, who had old scores to settle with Raje, also quit the party and changed over to the Congress just ahead of the elections.

But tribal leader Kirori Meena came back to BJP-overlap after about 10 years and was made a Rajya Sabha MP.

Raje's BJP government pursued discussion over a Bill that banished the indictment of community workers without authority authorize. It would have likewise put checks on the media on recognizing the blamed in such cases. Confronting challenges, her administration pulled back the Bill.

In July, bovine vigilantism asserted an actual existence in Alwar locale. Rakbar Khan (28) was lynched by a gathering of individuals who associated him and a friend with pirating bovines.

The police faced flak for allegedly not rushing the badly injured man to hospital, and concentrating rather on taking the cows found with him to a cattle shelter. An associate sub-inspector was suspended and two constables were shunted to police lines for this.

Three men were captured for assaulting Rakbar Khan even as BJP MLA Gyan Deo Ahuja seemed to guard the cow vigilantes, contending that the passing ought to be faulted for the police and not on them.

Courts in Jodhpur dealt with a couple of high-profile cases.

Bollywood star Salman Khan was condemned to five years in jail in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case. The Dabangg performing artist went through two days in Jodhpur imprison as prisoner number 106 preceding being released on bail.

Actors Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam were absolved for the situation that returns to the days when they were shooting together in Jodhpur for Hum sath hain'.

A special SC/ST court in Jodhpur awarded life imprisonment to so called godman Asaram Bapu and 20-year sentences to two co-blamed for the assault for an adolescent at his ashram in 2013.

An episode of Zika infection in Jaipur rang alerts in Delhi. The city detailed 144 cases. Groups from the Center and the National Institute of Virology in Pune stayed outdoors in the state cash-flow to help contain the infection. There were no passings.

Prime Minister Modi also travelled to Rajasthan to dispatch the beginning of work on the Barmer oil refinery and petrochemical complex. The Congress cried foul as the establishment stone for the undertaking in 2013 by UPA executive Sonia Gandhi. In any case, the BJP government said it had renegotiated the slowed down venture.

For 68-year-old Gajanand Sharma, 2018 couldn't have been something more. He returned home to Jaipur, 36 years in the wake of intersection the outskirt unintentionally and arriving in a Pakistani prison. This while, his family had no clue about his whereabouts.

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Friday, 28 December 2018

Lok Sabha proceedings disturbed as opposition protests proceed

New Delhi, Dec 28 Proceedings of the Lok Sabha were disturbed on Friday because of persistent challenges and sloganeering by opposition on different issues, including a probe into the Rafale aircraft deal.

When the House met at 11 AM, MPs having a place with the Congress, AIADMK, TDP and Left parties went to the Well and shouted slogans in support of their demands.

While the Congress has been demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) test into the Rafale jet deal, those from the AIADMK protested against the construction of a dam across Cauvery River.

TDP members sought special status for Andhra Pradesh while Left MPs raised the demand for bringing a Bill to guarantee booking for ladies in governing body.

As in excess of 30 members from different parties continued to shout slogans and displayed placards while remaining in the Well, Mahajan deferred the House till twelve.

Two inquiries were taken up during the Question Hour, which continued for around 20 minutes.

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India announces Rs 4,500 crore help to Bhutan

New Delhi, Dec 28 Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday announced a Rs 4,500 crore financial assistance to Bhutan for its 12th five-year plan in the wake of holding wide-ranging converses with his Bhutanese partner Lotay Tshering.

In his media statement, Modi said hydro power cooperation with Bhutan is a key part of bilateral ties and that work on the Mangdechhu task will before long be finished.

Tshering arrived here on Thursday on his first foreign visit in the wake of assuming responsibility as PM of the Himalayan country a month ago after his gathering's triumph in the general elections.

Modi said he has assured the Bhutanese PM that India, as a a trusted friend, will continue to play an important role in Bhutan's development.

India will contribute Rs 4,500 crore in Bhutan's 12th five-year plan, Modi said.

Tshering on his part noticed that Prime Minister Modi was the first head of state to congratulate him on his electoral victory. He also thanked India for its continued support to his country's developmental needs.

The new five-year plan of Bhutan started for this year and will proceed till 2022.

Prior in the day, Tshering was accorded a formal welcome at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj also called on the Bhutanese premier this morning.

Swaraj congratulated Tshering on the suspicion of the high office of Bhutan's prime minister and the two leaders had a "warm trade of perspectives" on essential parts of the bilateral relationship, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said.

Tshering also laid a wreath at Mahatma Gandhi's 'samadhi' at Rajghat.

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Amit Shah to visit Tripura in January, address party workers

Agartala, Dec 28 BJP national president Amit Shah would visit Tripura on January 5 to check the party's preparedness for the Lok Sabha elections planned next year.

During the visit, Shah would address a meeting of 'Pristha Pramukhs', viewed as the saffron party's organisational backbone.

There would be no open rally as it would be absolutely a hierarchical issue, and just 'Pristha Pramukhs' would take an interest in the gathering separated from state-level leaders of the party.

"Amit Shahji is scheduled to visit the state to address a 'Pristha Pramukh sanmmelan' at Vivekananda Ground on January 5. Amid the gathering, he will check the hierarchical execution and give some must-to-do assignments to the 'Pristha Pramukhs' for the 2019 general decisions," the gathering's main representative, Ashok Sinha, said Friday.

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, who is also the BJP state president, held an emergent meeting at the party headquarters Thursday night to prepare the ground for the conference.

Starting at now, the party has engaged 700 to 1,000 'Pristha Pramukhs' for each of the Assembly constituencies in order to reach out to people.

Buoyed by the landslide victory in the current year's Assembly elections, the BJP has set an objective to win both the Lok Sabha constituencies - West Tripura and East Tripura in the 2019 general elections.

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Thursday, 27 December 2018

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Virat Kohli breaks Rahul Dravid's long-standing record

Melbourne, Dec 27 Indian captain Virat Kohli on Thursday snapped former captain Rahul Dravid's long-standing record of most runs scored by an Indian in a logbook year abroad, adding another plume to his illustrious cap.

By scoring a blistering knock of 82 on day two of the third Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Kohli now has 1,138 rushes to his name. Dravid held the record for scoring 1.137 runs in Tests away from home in 2002.

"With 82 runs today, @imVkohli has outperformed Rahul Dravid (1137) to enroll most number of keeps running in a schedule year in abroad Tests #KingKohli," the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) tweeted.

Other than Kohli and Dravid, Mohinder Amarnath indented up 1,065 keeps running in 1983 while the incomparable Sunil Gavaskar had scored 918 keeps running in 1971 to make the main four in the list.

Kohli has had a sensational year with the bat, scoring almost 600 keeps running in five Tests in England besides making handsome contributions across three formats in South Africa.

Kohli, who played a huge thump of 82 off 204 balls, made an amazing statement in the 70th over of the day, with Rohit Sharma at 63 not out off 114 balls on the second day of the third Test .

The 169.4 overs that India batted at the Melbourne Cricket Ground was also their longest since 2007 out of a Test in South Africa, Australia New Zealand and England.

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Prime Minister Modi: Congress deceiving agriculturists on loan waiver

Dharamshala (HP), Dec 27 Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday blamed the Congress of misleading farmers in the name of loan waivers.

Tending to a rally here to praise one year of the Jai Ram Thakur-drove BJP government in Himachal Pradesh, Modi additionally worried on the one, one pension scheme implemented by the Centre.

His criticism of the opposition over loan waivers comes days after Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said his party won't let Modi rest till the Centre writes off farm loans across the country.

The recently elected Congress governments in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan have announced loan waiver schemes.

Modi said development projects worth Rs 26,000 crore were in progress in different sectors in Himachal Pradesh.

He portrayed Himachal Pradesh as the place that is known for valiant warriors who were ever prepared to make the preeminent forfeit at the outskirt.

Complimenting Thakur on finishing one year as boss priest, Modi stated, "Himachal Pradesh resembles my home. I worked here for quite a long while for the party's organisational work."

The PM was set to release a booklet on the accomplishments of the BJP government in the state.

Modi experienced a display set up by the state government to feature the advantages of state and Centre-supported plans.

The prime minister was welcomed by the central priest, former chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, Kangra BJP MP Shanta Kumar and Union Health serve Jagat Prakash Nadda at the helipad in Dharamshala.

Himachal Pradesh Governor Acharya Dev Vrat was also present.

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Arun Jaitley praises NIA, defends snooping order

New Delhi, Dec 27 Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday lauded the NIA for busting an alleged Islamic State terror plot, and shielded an ongoing government order authorising investigative agencies to monitor any computer.

"Well done NIA for breaking the dangerous terrorist module," he tweeted. "Would this crackdown of the terrorist module by NIA have been conceivable without interference of electronic communications?"

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Wednesday captured 10 people after attacks at 17 areas in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi for allegedly being part of a module of the IS.

Jaitley hit out at the Congress, which alongside other opposition parties, has assaulted the legislature for "snooping on citizens" through its order authorising investigative agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt information stored in any computer.

"Were the most extreme captures done amid the UPA Government? Definitely George Orwell was not born in May 2014," he said in another tweet.

He was reacting to senior Congress leader P Chidambaram's assault on the government saying, "If anyone will screen the PC, including your PC, that is the Orwellian state. George Orwell is around the bend. It is condemnable".

Congress president Rahul Gandhi also had assaulted the order saying, "It's only going to prove to over 1 billion Indians what an insecure dictator you really are".

The request, Jaitley had a week ago expressed, was under a 2009 rule and the opposition was "making a mountain where even a molehill doesn't exist".

"National security and power are foremost. Life and individual freedom will endure just in a solid majority rule country not in a psychological militant commanded state," Jaitley said Thursday.

The NIA Wednesday said the group self-appointed and financed was in a "advanced stage of carrying out a series of blasts" the nation over and had "vital installations and important personalities, including politicians" on their target.

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Sensex gains 157 pts on F&O expiry, positive worldwide cues

Mumbai, Dec 27 Rising for the second straight day, the BSE benchmark Sensex bounced 157 points Thursday in the midst of expiry of December arrangement subordinates contracts and positive worldwide signs.

In the wake of reviving near 400 points prior in the session, the 30-share index pared a few gains however completed 157.34 points, or 0.44 percent, higher at 35,807.28.

The more extensive NSE Nifty rose 49.95 points, or 0.47 percent, to 10,779.80.

The greatest gainers on both the bourses were Reliance Industries, Infosys, NTPC, ONGC, HUL, PowerGrid, Asian Paints, ITC and HCL Tech, ascending to 2 percent.

Then again, Hero MotoCorp, Bharti Airtel, Tata Motors, Tata Steel and Maruti Suzuki fell up to 2 percent.

Worldwide sentiment improved as tensions between the White House and US Fed eased. Be that as it may, a strengthening dollar activated minor benefit booking, specialists said.

Banking stocks fell in the midst of reports that the government was likely going to mix Rs 28,615 crore into seven open segment banks (PSBs) through recapitalisation bonds by the end of this month.

The rupee, meanwhile, weakened against the US dollar, and was trading at 70.28 a dollar, down 0.27 percent from its past close.

Brent rough prospects dropped 3.78 percent to USD 53.20 per barrel.

On a net premise, outside portfolio financial specialists (FPIs) purchased shares worth Rs 80.28 crore Wednesday, while household institutional speculators (DIIs) were net venders to the tune of Rs 137.63 crore, temporary information accessible with BSE appeared.

Somewhere else in Asia, Japan's Nikkei flooded 3.88 percent and Korea's Kospi finished 0.02 percent higher, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 0.67 percent and Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.61 percent.

In Europe, Paris CAC rose 0.15 percent, while Frankfurt's DAX fell 1.41 percent. London's FTSE fell 0.63 percent

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Opposition demands referring triple talaq bill to joint select committee

New Delhi, Dec 27 A united opposition in the Lok Sabha Thursday pitched for referring the triple talaq bill to a 'joint select advisory group' of Parliament, claiming its provisions were unconstitutional and that there was a requirement for a greater scrutiny of the draft law.

When the House met at 2 pm after a deferment to take up the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, Congress Leader in the Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, requested it be alluded to a joint select board of trustees of the two Houses for greater scrutiny.

He said several provisions of the bill were "unconstitutional".

AIADMK leader P Venugopal, TMC's Sudip Bandhopadhyay, AIMIM's Assaduddin Owaisi and Supriya Sule (NCP) also made similar demands.

Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said a comparative bill was talked about and gone by the Lok Sabha and along these lines individuals can hail issues during the debate.

She said out of the blue an interest can't be made to send it to a committee.

Talking in the house under the watchful eye of moving the goals, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the triple talaq charge, which looks for detainment for Muslim men blamed for moment separate, isn't about politics but empowerment and justice for women.

Responding to demand of opposition parties, including the Congress and the Trinamool Congress, that the bill be sent to a select board of trustees for study, Prasad said the administration has officially observed concerns communicated by individuals before and corrected the bill as needs be.

Prasad told the Lok Sabha that the bill has made the offense compoundable, meaning that the case can be pulled back if the man and his alienated spouse achieve a trade off, and that just the wife and her nearby relatives can file an FIR, precluding the law's misuse.

"Don't weigh the bill on the scales of politics. This bill isn't about an explicit religion and network. The bill is about humanity and justice," he stated, asking officials of different parties to talk in one voice to support the legislation.

He said upwards of 477 instances of triple talaq have been accounted for since January 2017 and refered to a case where a teacher offered talaq to his wife over Whatsapp.

Though another muslim man gave talaq to his wife for going to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally, the Union Law serve stated, asking if the house unitedly can pass a bill for capital punishment for alleged rape with girls below age of 12 years, then why not this legislation.

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Wednesday, 26 December 2018

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