Naveen Patnaik: No probability of cross voting in president polls

Bhubaneswar, Jul 14 Rejecting opposition Congress claim, BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today precluded plausibility of cross-voting in the up and coming presidential elections on July 17.

"I don't think so by any stretch of the imagination," Patnaik told reporters while answering an inquiry on the possibility of the cross-voting in the presidential polls.

After a meeting between the BJD MLAs/MPs with NDA presidential competitor Ram Nath Kovind, Patnaik stated: "My gathering is supporting Ram Nath Kovind as the presidential applicant. Today, we had a meeting of BJD MLAs and MPs. We asked for all MLAs, MPs of the gathering to help for Ram Nath Kovind."

The Congress boss whip Taraprasad Bahinipati had before asserted that many BJD and BJP MLAs will cross vote for Meira Kumar, the opposition candidate for the presidential elections.

Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist held with arms from north Kashmir's Bandipora

Srinagar, Jul 14 A Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) fear monger was today captured from north Kashmir's Bandipora area and arms and ammo recovered from his ownership, police said here.

The recently enrolled LeT militant has been distinguished as Shahbaz Rasool Mir, an inhabitant of close-by Hajin.

Mir was grabbed amid a search operation in a plantation territory in Markundal town in Sumbal zone of the locale, a police official said.

A Chinese gun, a gun magazine, four gun adjusts, a hand explosive, a knife and different things were recovered from his ownership, the authority stated, adding a case has ben registered.

NGT notice to 35 thermal plants: Online monitoring

New Delhi, Jul 13 Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) today moved the National Green Tribunal, charging that 35 thermal power plants across the nation have neglected to introduce online profluent and outflow observing framework, notwithstanding its heading.

A seat headed by Justice Jawad Rahim issued notification to the Ministry of Power and 35 warm power stations situated in various parts of the nation and looked for their answers.

The thermal power stations which have been asked to react incorporate Thermal Power Plants in Hasdeo, Raichur, Koradi, Satpura, Khaparkheda, Paras and Parli other than Kamal Sponge Steel And Power Ltd, Indo Rama Synthetics, Uttam Galva Steels, Aurobindo Agro Energy, Kaveri Gas Power Limited, NLC Ltd, Saheli Exports Pvt Ltd and a 16 MW gas-based warm power extend in Tripura.

The supplication, recorded through supporter Balendu Shekhar, has looked for headings to these plants to conform to its request for establishment of online profluent and emission monitoring system.

The request guaranteed that headings were issued under Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 by the CPCB Chairman on July 21, 2015 to 318 warm power plants situated in different states and union regions for establishment of these systems.

It had guided all state contamination control sheets to introduce online persistent stack outflow observing framework in 17 classes of highly polluting industries and in like manner perilous squanders and biomedical waste incinerators.

Be that as it may, no attractive reaction has been gotten from 35 warm power plants which have "purposely fizzled" to react the bearings issued by the CPCB, it said.

"Guide the warm power stations to set up a period headed activity get ready for establishment of Online Continuous Emission/Effluent Monitoring Systems and execution of such time bound arrangement of activity.

"Force fitting punishments on them on the ground of Polluter Pay Principal by virtue of their non participation and inaction which has brought about colossal loss of wellbeing, soil, creature, yields and ground water and so forth separated from praiseworthy harms," the supplication said.

18 opposition gatherings to mutually go up against government on issues like

New Delhi, Jul 13 Eighteen opposition parties have met up to go up against the government in Parliament amid the Monsoon starting July 17 over demonetisation, GST and different issues, as per political sources.

Pioneers of these gatherings discussed the broad technique and issues to be taken up in Parliament amid the meeting here on Tuesday, which was basically assembled to talk about the restriction's candidate for the Vice Presidential surveys, the sources told while refusing to be distinguished.

There was a "broad agreement" on five issues over which the 18 parties will target on the administration inside Parliament as likewise outside Parliament and through the web-based social networking, the sources said.

These issues are - "ill-effects of demonetisation", "hurrying through the GST execution", "farmers' distress and suicides", charged "political grudge", security of government structure of the nation and "spreading of fake news and prompting people collectively", they said.

Alluding to the affirmed "political feud", the sources said there have been arguments against Trinamool Congress pioneers in "Narada trick" and attacks on previous Finance Minister P Chidambaram's family as likewise on the group of RJD boss Lalu Prasad.

Tuesday's meeting was gone to by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, VP Rahul Gandhi, Trinamool Congress pioneer Derek O'Brien, JD(U's) Sharad Yadav, NCP's Praful Patel, CPI(M) pioneer Sitaram Yechury, National Conference pioneer Omar Abdullah, Samajawadi Party pioneer Naresh Agrawal, BSP's Satish Mishra as likewise pioneers from 10 different parties.

At the point when reached by PTI, O'Brien did not go into subtle elements of the consultations of that meeting yet stated, "singular gatherings will have their issues to be taken up however on a few issues, there is a wide comprehension among the 18 parties."

O'Brien, who is Trinamool's national secretary and the gathering's pioneer in the Rajya Sabha, included that "We are for the most part filling in as a group" and "There is no doubt of one-upmanship by an party in the resistance."

In the 545-member Lok Sabha, the Congress has 45 individuals while Trinamool Congress has 34.

At the meeting, the sources stated, Naresh Agrawal of Samajwadi Party proposed that the restriction gatherings ought to have such communications in any event once a month to facilitate their positions.

Such meetings ought to be held in Delhi as well as in state capitals, Agrawal proposed, as indicated by the sources.

Essentially, these gatherings showed unanimity in picking their contender for the Vice Presidential surveys, the sources said.

The name of Gopal Krishna Gandhi was proposed by O'Brien after Sonia Gandhi requesting that he start thoughts and it was instantly supported by all present, the sources said.

There was no second name, they accentuated.

Trinamool was given the principal ideal to propose the joint applicant as it is the second biggest resistance party. The biggest restriction party, the Congress, had used this alternative in choice of the joint contender for the Presidential surveys, the sources clarified.

Seventeen opposition parties have together handled Congress pioneer Meira Kumar for the Presidential polls.

Fundamentally, the JD(U), which supported the decision NDA chosen one for the Presidential survey, ran with the restriction parties with regards to the Vice Presidential candidate.

Telangana MLA reserved for making trouble with woman collector

Hyderabad, Jul 13 The police have booked a legislator of the ruling TRS for his asserted rash conduct with a woman collector Mahabubabad district in Telangana.

At a public meeting organised amid the program to launch 'Harita Haaram' (a huge ranch program) in Mahabubabad yesterday, the neighborhood MLA, B Shankar Nayak, purportedly carried on in a discourteous way with the collector.

The collector later complained to police after which a body of evidence was enlisted against the lawmaker, a senior police official told.

The Mahabubabad town police last night registered the case against Nayak under IPC segments 353 (attack or criminal force to deter public servant from release of his duty), 354 (ambush or criminal criminal force to woman with purpose to shock her modesty) and 509 (word, motion or act proposed to affront the humility of a lady).

In the event that indicted under segment 354, a man should be rebuffed with detainment of either depiction for a term which may stretch out to two years, or with fine, or with both.

Nearby TV channels circulated a recording which purportedly demonstrated the MLA professedly touching the collector's arm.

The MLA denied any wrongdoing on his part and said he regarded the gatherer and apologized to her.

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao had yesterday communicated resentment regarding the asserted rash conduct of his gathering MLA at the official occasion.

The central clergyman educated the administrator to actually meet the authority and delicate an unlimited statement of regret to her.

Rao cautioned the MLA that on the off chance that he doesn't change his conduct, he would be suspended from the gathering.

The CM also asked Deputy Chief Minister Kadiam Srihari and TRS MP Sitaram Naik "to address the authority and settle the issue in the interest of the administration and the TRS", and said such episodes ought not repeat.

Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj to brief resistance on China remain off, Jammu and Kashmir

New Delhi, Jul 13 Home Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will brief pioneers of resistance parties on the remain off with China and the circumstance in Kashmir tomorrow, official sources said.

Pioneers of noticeable opposition parties are being welcomed for the meeting where the two senior pastors will give a detailed introduction on the overarching circumstance along the Sino-Indian outskirt and Jammu and Kashmir and the government activity, sources said.

In front of the Parliament session, starting Monday, the legislature is clearly meaning to manufacture an agreement to manage its greatest neighbor also on Kashmir issue.

In the most recent tussle, New Delhi has communicated worries over China attempting to change the present state of affairs at the India-Bhutan-Tibet tri-junction in Doklam region of Sikkim, where Indian troops ceased street development by Chinese fighters

China and India have been occupied with the standoff in the Doklam territory close to the Bhutan tri-intersection for as far back as three weeks after a Chinese Army's development party endeavored to manufacture a street. Doka La is the Indian name for the area which Bhutan perceives as Dokalam, while China claims it as a feature of its Donglang district.

In Jammu and Kashmir, seven pioneers were killed by activists in Anantnag area while coming back from Amarnath cave shrine on last Monday.

Four areas of the state - Pulwama, Kulgam, Shopian and Anantnag - have been on the bubble since the murdering of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in an experience with security forces on July 8, 2016.

Seventy-six people, other than two police staff, were killed amid the five-month unrest in the Valley following the killing of Wani.

The distress continued since the April 9 bypoll to the Srinagar Lok Sabha situate.

Restriction pioneers have been reprimanding the administration for the way it has taken care of the China and Kashmir matter.

Congress VP Rahul Gandhi had addressed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "silence" on China, and had additionally met the Chinese envoy to India.

Gandhi yesterday blamed Modi of pursuing policies that created space for terrorists in Kashmir.

He likewise charged the PM's quest for here and now political increases from the BJP-PDP alliance in the state has taken a toll the nation dear and brought about penances of honest Indians.

CPI looks for high level test into special treatment for Sasikala

Coimbatore, Jul 13 CPI today looked for an high level investigation into charges that AIADMK general secretary V K Sasikala had paid Rs 2 crore to some jail officials for being given particular treatment at a jail in Bengaluru where she has been stopped.

Stringent move ought to be made against the erring authorities, CPI National secretary D Raja told reporters here.

It has proved that an individual can fix authorities and get comfort amid jail stay, he stated, including, the issue ought to be examined by ahigh level committee.

He said corruption has not saved the correctional facility moreover.

On presidential and vice-presidential elections, Raja said the election was between two different belief systems.

On one side is "mutual governmental issues of the BJP with the help of RSS and on the other, the 18 resistance parties who maintain established esteems and common texture of the nation," he said.

He spoke to MPs from Tamil Nadu to vote in favor of Meira Kumar and Gopalkrishna Gandhi, the restriction applicants.

Raja accused the BJP government for ignoring the interests of farmers, who are confronting the most exceedingly bad ever financial emergency in the current past.

In any event the legislature should approach to implement the M S Swaminathan Committee report and appropriately settle least help cost for ranchers' create and furthermore decrease input t cost for agriculture, he said.

CPI opposed the detailed move to combine Central Institute of Classical Tamil with Central University of Tamil Nadu, Raja said.

He asserted that the government was attempting to force Hindi and Sanskrit and the arrangement will be against the nation's solidarity and sway.

Raja additionally claimed that the BJP-led government was attempting to privatise government undertakings and said the NITI Aayog has now turned into an exchanging specialist of open division undertakings to private gatherings.