Anuradha Bali 'Fiza' found dead, suicide suspected

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Anuradha Bali 'Fiza' found dead, suicide suspected

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Chandigarh, August 06 (CMC) Anuradha Bali, estranged wife of former Haryana deputy chief minister Chander Mohan, was on Monday found dead at her residence in Mohali.


The body of 39-year-old Bali alias Fiza Mohammad, a former assistant advocate general of Haryana, was found lying on her bed in her residence with several insects roaming over it, SHO Kulbir Singh said.
A senior police officer said the body found in a ground floor bedroom was in a decomposed state and preliminary inquiry showed that she may have died four to five days back.


"At this stage nothing can be stated on whether it is a case of suicide," the officer said.


No suicide note has so far been recovered, police said.


Police later said they would take a definitive view once the post-mortem report was received.


The police were called to her house by her uncle after neighbours complained of a foul smell from her house.


"The police broke open the door. Her body was in a bad shape with insects all over," Fiza's uncle Satpal said.


The neighbours told the police that she seemed to be depressed for the past few months, especially after her mother passed away.


She had been living alone in the house. She had several arguments and fights with neighbours in the area in the past couple of years and she was even arrested in this regard.


Bali hogged limelight after her marriage with Chander Mohan a few years back when he was deputy chief minister of Haryana.


However, after his controversial marriage Chander Mohan was disowned by his father and former chief minister Bhajan Lal.


Originally known as Anuradha Bali and a lawyer by profession at the Punjab and Haryana high court, she was an assistant advocate general with the Haryana government till 2008.


She had gone missing in November 2008 along with then Haryana deputy chief minister Chander Mohan. They reappeared in early December 2008 as a married couple after embracing Islam. They got secretly married in Meerut city in Uttar Pradesh.


Both changed their names from Chander Mohan and Anuradha Bali to Chand Mohammed and Fiza.


Following the controversy over his affair and second marriage, Chander Mohan, elder son of three-time Haryana chief minister and political strongman Bhajan Lal, lost his job in the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government.


The marriage lasted hardly 40 days with Chander Mohan suddenly leaving her house January 28, 2009 and not communicating with her at all.


Using technology over long distance, Chander Mohan telephoned Fiza in March 2009 on her mobile and divorced her by saying "Talaq, Talaq, Talaq" three times.


Fiza later told reporters that Chand called her up from London and uttered "talaq" three times. He also sent her a SMS to confirm that he was divorcing her.


She had earlier filed a complaint of rape, cheating, intimidation and hurting religious sentiments against Chander Mohan. However, he was given a clean chit by the Mohali police. He had described her complaint as "nothing more than toilet paper".


Chander Mohan later did a volte-face June 2009 and arrived at her house. He even apologised to her and told the media that he had never divorced her.


"I never left, I still love her and I wanted to spend rest of my life with her. I am ready to leave everything, even my family, for her sake. I was under immense pressure and was bound with some prior commitments when I left her house," Chander Mohan had told Clean Media after returning.


However, within days he deserted her again and later underwent Hindu prayers at his hometown Hisar in Haryana to re-convert to Hinduism.


Both had not been in touch since then.


Fiza had later appeared in a TV reality show shot in Malaysia.


Sources said that she was planning to join BSP.


Chander Mohan had recently buried his differences with his younger brother Kuldeep Bishnoi and joined the HJC headed by the latter.


In the 2009 assembly elections in Haryana, Fiza had vigorously campaigned against the Bhajan Lal family which was contesting from Adampur in Hissar district.

US gurdwara shooting suspect described as tall, bald with 9/11 tattoo

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US gurdwara shooting suspect described as tall, bald with 9/11 tattoo

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Oak Creek (USA), August 06 (CMC) Authorities said a tall, bald, white man in his 40s opened fire just before services had begun, entering the kitchen at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in suburban Milwaukee at about 10:30am CDT (1530 GMT) as women prepared a Sunday meal, sending worshippers fleeing to escape the barrage. 


The gunman killed six people and critically wounded three at a Sikh temple before police shot him dead in an attack authorities are treating as an act of domestic terrorism.


Some witnesses said he had a 9/11 tattoo, marking the September 11, 2001 attacks by Islamic militants.


"He had tattoos, I don't know what the exact markings were, or if they represented any of his beliefs or what they stood for," said Thomas Ahern, a spokesman for the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.


Four people were shot dead inside the sprawling temple. Three more, including the gunman, were killed outside.


The gunman ambushed and shot a police officer who was responding to a 911 call and helping a shooting victim, Oak Creek Police Chief John Edwards said. A second officer shot and killed the gunman.


The wounded officer, a 20-year veteran, was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive. Hospital officials said two other victims, also in critical condition, were being treated.


The FBI has begun investigating Sunday's attack on a gurdwara in a Milwaukee suburb that left seven people dead, including the shooter, as an act of domestic terrorism but no motive has been determined.


FBI officials also confirmed Sunday night that they are investigating a home in Cudahy, Wisconsin - presumably that of the  shooter - in relation to the incident, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.


The FBI said on Sunday it had joined a probe of a shooting at the suburban Sikh temple, that left seven people dead, including the gunman.




"The FBI is working closely with the Oak Creek Police Department and other local and federal agencies to investigate today's shooting incident," FBI Milwaukee Special Agent in Charge Teresa Carlson said in a statement.




Authorities did not release the name of the suspect. They said the shooter had used a 9mm semi-automatic pistol, which was recovered at the scene. Officials were tracing origin of the weapon, Ahern said.


Police surrounded and searched a gray, two-storey house in the Cudahy neighborhood, presumed to be the residence of the gunman on Sunday evening.


Generators and floodlights were set up along the middle-class block.


A police source confirmed that a search warrant had been issued for the house, and a bomb squad was on the scene.


Temple member and US Army Reserve combat medic Jagpal Singh, 29, said people who were at the service when the shooting broke out described to him a scene of chaos and confusion.


Worshippers scrambled to escape the gunfire, but some tragically ran in the wrong direction. Others survived the rampage by locking themselves in bathrooms, he said.


Singh said eyewitnesses described the shooter as a white man who was either shave-headed or bald.


A man who dropped his father off at the temple, known to Sikhs as a "gurudwara," said he saw the shooter -- described as a tall white man with a bald head -- kill two people in the parking lot.


"Then he went down inside the temple and then went into the room where the holy scripture is kept and basically shot more people there, multiple people there," said Singh, a combat medic in the US Army reserve.


Witnesses told Singh it was "a horrible place, a lot of blood and basically screams of everybody. Children, women, everybody. It was chaotic inside. People didn't know what was going on."


"Our priest, he's dead. One of my friends' grandfathers, he's dead. It's a very close-knit community. No matter who's hurt, we're all family," Harinder Kaur, a 22-year-old student, told Clean Media.


Factory worker Navreet Raman, 42, said: "It's terrorizing. It's our worship place. If church is not a safe place, what is? Nothing is safe."


Raman said it had been lucky that the shooting had taken place at 10:30am (1530 GMT) -- in the morning -- as the temple would later have been crowded with more than 300 people for afternoon services.

Anna Hazare disbands ‘Team Anna’

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Anna Hazare disbands ‘Team Anna’
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New Delhi, August 06 (CMC) Days after Anna Hazare promised to provide a ‘political alternative’ to the nation; the veteran social activist announced on Monday that his team, popularly referred to as Team Anna, has been disbanded. However, he did not clearly specify whether they were going to immediately announce formation of a party though he talked about the procedures for setting up the alternative. 


Writing in his blog, Anna Hazare said Team Anna was formed to get the Jan Lokpal Bill passed, however now that it has been decided by the group not to engage with the government on the issue. 


"The government is not ready to enact Jan Lokpal Bill. How long and how many times we will go on fast? Now people have asked us to leave fast and give an alternative. I also thought that the government is not going to curb corruption...,” he said. 


"We are now stopping the activities of Team Anna today. Team Anna was formed to fight for Jan Lokpal. We have also decided not to have any more talks with the government. From today, there will be no Team Anna or Team Anna Core Committee," Anna added. 


Anna opined that Jantar Mantar is not the whole of the country and hence there is a need to seek the opinion of the people of India. 


Importantly, a new ‘election committee’ has been set up to oversee the possible entry of the group into electoral politics. The members of the new panel are: Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Kiran Bedi, Prashant Bhushan, Kumar Vishwas, Sanjay Singh and Yogendra Yadav. 


Team Anna had last week - on August 03- announced that it would join the political mainstream to continue its fight against corruption. 


Anna Hazare had spelled out the contours of the political alternative and said that it would be a "movement" to put an end to the "Delhi-centric government" and take governance to the villages and the people. 


Since April last year, Team Anna has been on streets with Anna going on indefinite fast four times and one-day fasts also four times besides being part of a joint committee to draft the Lokpal Bill.

Mission Mars of NASA starts on a success note, Curiosity lands properly

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मिशन मंगल कामयाब, नासा को मिलने लगीं तस्वीरें

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वाशिंगटन,  अमेरिकी अंतरिक्ष एजेंसी नासा का सबसे हाई टेक मार्स रोवर क्यूरियोसिटी मंगल की सतह सफलतापूर्वक पर उतर गया है। भारतीय समयानुसार करीब ग्यारह बजे गेल क्रेटर में इसकी लैंडिंग हुई। लैंडिंग की घड़ी जैसे-जैसे करीब आ रही थी, वैज्ञानिकों की दिल धड़कनें तेज होती जा रहीं थी। जैसे ही मार्स रोवर के लैंडिंग के सिग्नल मिले, नासा के वैज्ञानिक जश्न में डूब गए। नासा के वैज्ञानिकों को इस स्पेसक्राफ्ट से तस्वीरें मिलने लगी हैं। मंगल पर उतरने के तुरंत बाद रोवर ने अपना पहला फोटो जारी किया, जिसमें लाल ग्रह पर रोवर की परछाईं दिखाई दे रही थी।


छह पहियों वाले क्यूरियोसिटी का वजन 900 किलो है। ऊंचाई 3 मीटर, स्पीड औसतन 30 मीटर प्रति घटा। यह रोवर मंगल पर 2 साल काम करेगा। इस दौरान कम से कम 19 किलोमीटर की दूरी तय करेगा।


नासा ने इसकी लैंडिंग से पहले भी एक परीक्षण किया है। इसे सेवन मिनिट्स ऑफ टेरर का नाम दिया गया था। अमेरिका, सोवियत संघ, यूरोप व जापान ने 1960 के बाद से जितने भी मंगल अभियान किए उनमें से आधे से ज्यादा विफल हुए हैं। इस बार नासा एक नई लैंडिंग तकनीक का इस्तेमाल किया है। यही वजह है कि इसमें अतिरिक्त सुरक्षा बरती जा रही है। यदि यह अभियान विफल रहा तो नासा भारी संकट में पड़ जाएगा। इसकी वजह है कि नासा के खर्च में कटौती की गई है।


मंगल धरती का सबसे करीबी पड़ोसी ग्रह है। वैज्ञानिकों ने अब तक किए शोध में वहां पानी होने के संकेत पाए हैं। उनका मानना है कि वहां कभी जीवन रहा होगा। अब मंगल एक सूखा, जबरदस्त ठंड और धूल के तूफानों से भरा ग्रह है। अमेरिकी अंतरिक्ष एजेंसी नासा के मुताबिक क्यूरियोसिटी को मंगल से परीक्षण के लिए कुछ नमूने एकत्रित करने हैं। नासा के मुताबिक रोवर क्यूरिओसिटी के सारे सिस्टम ठीक काम कर रहे हैं। परमाणु ऊर्जा से संचालित क्यूरिओसिटी अंतरिक्ष कार्यक्रमों के लिए बनाया गया अब तक का सबसे बड़ा रोवर है। इसका वजन एक टन है। यह एक छोटी कार जितना बड़ा है। छह पहियों का यह रोवर छोटे पत्थरों को तोड़ने, मिट्टी और विकिरण की जांच करने के उपकरण साथ ले गया है।


नासा के मंगल अभियान के डायरेक्टर डूज मैक्किस्टन ने कहा कि इस मिशन में हमारी सबसे बड़ी चुनौती रोवर की लैंडिंग को लेकर बनी हुई थी। मार्स साइंस लेबोरेट्री ने मंगल यात्रा आठ महीने पहले नवंबर, 2011 में शुरू की थी। उन्होंने कहा कि अभी तक टीम अच्छा काम कर रही है, लेकिन इसके बाद भी मिशन को चुनौतियां और खतरा बना हुआ है। उन्होंने उम्मीद जताई है कि आगे भी सब ठीक रहेगा।

Anna dissolves his 'Team Anna'

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अन्‍ना ने भंग की टीम, बीजेपी बोली- ये तो होना ही था

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 नई दिल्‍ली. भ्रष्‍टाचार के खिलाफ जंग लड़ रहे गांधीवादी कार्यकर्ता अन्‍ना हजारे ने अपनी टीम भंग कर दी है। इसके साथ ही टीम अन्‍ना की को‍र कमेटी का अस्तित्‍व भी खत्‍म हो गया है। अन्‍ना हजारे ने अपने ब्‍लॉग के जरिये यह जानकारी दी। अन्‍ना हजारे का कहना है कि टीम का गठन जनलोकपाल कानून के लिए किया गया था लेकिन सरकार जनलोकपाल कानून बनाने के लिए राजी नहीं है। ऐसे में अब टीम के पास कोई काम नहीं बचा है। अन्‍ना के मुताबिक सरकार से जनलोकपाल की मांग का आंदोलन रुक भले गया है लेकिन आंदोलन अभी खत्‍म नहीं हुआ है। अन्‍ना ने अपने ब्‍लॉग के जरिये एक बार फिर केंद्र सरकार पर निशाना साधा। उन्‍होंने आरोप लगाया कि सरकार जनलोकपाल कानून बनाना नहीं चाहती है। ऐसे में बार-बार अनशन करने से कोई फायदा नहीं, अब देश की जनता को नया राजनीतिक विकल्प देने का वक्‍त आ गया है। अन्‍ना ने यह भी कहा है कि अब वह जनलोकपाल के मसले पर सरकार से कोई संबंध नहीं रखेंगे। अन्‍ना के सहयोगी और सीनियर वकील प्रशांत भूषण ने टीम भंग करने को 'तार्किक कदम' करार दिया है। अन्‍ना के करीबी अरविंद केजरीवाल ने ट्वीट किया है, 'अन्‍ना ने कोर कमेटी भंग कर दी है। इसका गठन जनलोकपाल के लिए किया गया था। यह दौर खत्‍म हो गया है। नए ढांचे पर बातचीत चल रही है। तैयारी कमेटी का गठन किया जा रहा है।' बीजेपी प्रवक्‍ता प्रकाश जावड़ेकर ने टीम अन्‍ना के भंग होने पर अपनी प्रतिक्रिया देते हुए कहा, 'यह तो होना ही था।'

Holy Ganga enjoys hug with the Lord Shiva at Harishchandra Ghat in Varanasi

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Holy Ganga enjoys hug with the Lord Shiva at Harishchandra Ghat in Varanasi

Photographs by Somit Bardhan

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Varanasi, August 06 (CMC) The holy Ganga is in full swing at Varanasi and its rising water today hugged the Shiva Linga at the Harishchandra Ghat. The Ganga water is rising by four to five feet every day due to the impact of the cloud burst in Uttarakhand.


The tourists and the religious visitors are enjoying the visit to the world famous Ganga ghats, however they are not being allowed for the boat ride in the swirling water.

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Advani has conceded defeat for 2014 LS polls: Congress, SP

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NEW DELHI, Aug 05 (CMC): Congress and other parties today took a dig at BJP leader L K Advani saying he has conceded defeat even before the race has begun for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections while some BJP leaders differed with him.

Reacting to Advani's latest blog posting, Congress said Advani has given up the fight by casting doubts over his party's ability.

"I can say about this blog that Advani himself has conceded defeat by saying there is a possibility that there can't be a BJP Prime Minister in 2014. It means he has conceded defeat," Congress leader Rajiv Shukla told reporters here.

After this blog, how will a BJP candidate win? he asked. Advani had similarly predicted defeat for Congress before 2004 and 2009 elections but it came to power both the times, he said.

Terming the BJP leader as a "reluctant general" going to war, Shukla said, "If anybody is reluctant then how can anyone win the war. What kind of a general is he who concedes defeat even before the battle?"

Another Congress leader Satyavrat Chaturvedi said Advani's statement reflected internal rift in his party and recalled the predictions made by him before 2004 and 2009 elections.

BJP National Vice President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said there is a strong anti-Congress wave blowing in the country and BJP and NDA will get majority.

Samajwadi Party leader Mohan Singh also toed the line taken by Shukla and said, "Even before the elections, BJP has conceded defeat."

Sharad Yadav, who heads the JD-U, an NDA ally, refused to indulge in speculation ahead of the 2014 polls.

But, JD-U leader from Bihar Neeraj Kumar said, "We need a secular leader as PM and one who is sympathetic towards the cause of the backward classes."

Advani had in his blog today talked about the possibility of a non-Congress, non-BJP Prime Minister heading the government after the 2014 general elections with the help of these two principal parties.

He also cited examples of Charan Singh, Chandrashekhar, H D Deve Gowda and I K Gujral - all supported by Congress - as well as V P Singh who became Prime Minister with BJP support.

Providing alternative not easy, but not impossible too: Anna

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Providing alternative not easy, but not impossible too: Anna

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New Delhi, Aug 05 (CMC): Charging the government of not willing to rid the country of corruption, Anna Hazare on Sunday asked the people to pledge support to a party which provides for a political alternative and vote for their candidates. Returning to blogging after his fast that ended last week, Anna said the country needs an alternative and the gram sabhas should pass a resolution to this effect, besides ensuring that more than 90% voters exercise their franchise.
"You need lots of money to fight election these days. Where will the money come from if one wants to provide an alternative by fighting elections?"
"All the six lakh gram sabhas in the country should pass a resolution that they will support the alternative and will vote for the party which will provide for this alternative... if such a resolution is passed, then we will be able to give an alternative," Hazare said in his blog.
He said youth and students should tour villages to awaken them and get this resolution passed. "The gram sabhas should also pass a resolution committing that more than 90% of its voters will exercise their franchise," he said.
Noting that providing an alternative is not an easy job, he said it is also not an impossible job.
"But I want to emphasis that I will not contest election or form a party. I will tour the country to awaken people and ensure that good people go to Parliament. I think that people will welcome the alternative as they are suffering due to corruption," he said.
He alleged that those in government have been intoxicated by power and money and they will not provide a corruption-free country.

Rashtrapati Bhavan’s Mughal Gardens a hit on YouTube

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Rashtrapati Bhavan’s Mughal Gardens a hit on YouTube



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New Delhi, Aug 05 (CMC) Mughal Gardens of Rashtrapati Bhavan have become a hit on social video-sharing portal YouTube ever since the President’s secretariat redesigned its official website by including links to social networking sites.

The redesigned website (www.presidentofindia.nic.in), which was inaugurated by Omita Paul, Secretary to the President, has included social networking site Facebook to connect to the netizens.

Mughal Gardens, which has so far 334 hits in less than a week, has been so far the most popular topic on YouTube that also has seven other videos.

The Mughal Garden video, which is runs approximately 3.08 minutes, showcases the Central pavement which is covered with Rose creepers, Petrea, Bougainvillea and Grape Vines.

The other videos on the YouTube feature swearing-in ceremony of Pranab Mukherjee as the President, forecourt view of Rashtrapati Bhavan, meetings with para sports personnel and guard of honour at the forecourt of the President’s House.

After the Mughal Garden clip, the second most watched video (224 views so far) is the one which features Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tukki meeting the President.

On the Facebook social networking page, 55 pictures have been posted so far since July 26 with more than 2,100 people ’liking’ it so far. These pictures are of call-on meetings by various Governors, Chief Ministers and foreign delegations besides children tying ‘rakhi’ to Mukherjee.

The new website also has a video gallery. Citizens can connect to the President directly by clicking the button ’Write to the President’, which will take them directly to the helpline portal. Visuals have been conceptualised and made user friendly.

With an aim to ensure to keep the website in line with the best global practices, Paul, after inaugurating the redesigned portal, had expressed hope that it would be a step forward to bring the President closer to the people. 

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Former MDLR Airlines staffer commits suicide; Delhi Police register case against Haryana minister

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NEW DELHI, Aug 05 (CMC): A 23-year-old ex-director of MDLR airlines committed suicide at her northwest Delhi home late on Sunday night. The deceased has been identified as Geetika Sharma who lived in Ashok Vihar area.The police have recovered a suicide note from the spot in which the ex-MDLR employee has blamed Haryana minister of state, Gopal Kanda, for allegedly harassing her mentally.

Senior officers and family members confirmed this and the Delhi Police have registered a case of abetment to suicide against Kanda under section 306 of IPC.

Geetika quickly rose up to the post of director in the company before quitting the job last month.

In her suicide note, Geetika had claimed that Kanda was mentally torturing her after she left the job in his company. She also wrote that he was pressurizing her to join his firm again.

"They have broken my trust. They have cheated me. Due to this, I am committing suicide," said the suicide note.

Geetika's brother Gaurav alleged that Kanda often visited their home after her sister joined MDLR Airlines, which he owned, as an air hostess around one and a half years back.

He further said, "When the airline's operation was suspended, Kanda offered her another job. She refused that offer and joined Emirates in Dubai. Kanda then wrote a letter to Emirates claimimg that Geetika was a woman of bad character. This led to her termination from the airline. Kanda also told her that she will have to work only in his company and nowhere else."

"I have believed these people, but they are not trustworthy. She has said that whatever has happened with her, it shouldn't happen with anyone else. To save herself from these circumstances, she was taking this step," her brother said quoting the suicide note.

"After my sister quit the job, Kanda came home again and persuaded her to rejoin. When she did not agree, he offered her a job in another company owned by him called Supersonic in Gurgaon," Gaurav alleged.

In the early hours of Sunday police received a call regarding the incident and rushed to the spot.

"She was found hanging from the ceiling. We rushed her to the hospital where she was declared brought dead. Her body was sent for post-mortem. We will be able to ascertain further details after the autopsy report arrives," said a senior police officer.

Meanwhile, senior cops, including DCP northwest P Karunakaran, reached the spot and began investigations.

The cops are analyzing the call records of the deceased and have seized her mobile phone along with her personal diary.

The suicide note is being examined too and the seizures will be examined by the forensic experts.

BJP discredit reports of internal drift over PM candidate

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BJP discredit reports of internal drift over PM candidate
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New Delhi, Aug 05 (CMC) BJP today said there is no rift among NDA partners on the issue of Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2014 general elections and the matter will be decided collectively within the alliance.

"There are no issues or differences in BJP... There is no question of any internal rift in NDA or BJP. Before the elections, BJP and NDA will decide under whose leadership we will fight the elections," BJP's National Vice President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said.

Naqvi was replying to a question on the sidelines of the party's 'Chintan Baithak' (brainstorming session) here on reports of growing rift within NDA over the issue of Prime Ministerial candidate in the 2014 general elections.

Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar had earlier expressed reservation over the candidature of his Gujarat counterpart and BJP leader Narendra Modi for the top post.

BJP President Nitin Gadkari had said on Friday that he had discussed the issue of NDA's Prime Ministerial candidate with Kumar and assured him that no decision has yet been taken on Modi being the party's choice for it.

Naqvi said, "In 2014 NDA will form its government and root out the corrupt Congress-led UPA government from power."

Olympics 2012: Can't believe match is over and I won, says Saina

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Olympics 2012: Can't believe match is over and I won, says Saina

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London,04 Aug (CMC) Shuttler Saina Nehwal who earned India its third medal at the London Games, said she couldn't believe the match is over and she won.

Stating that it was her dream to see the Indian flag go up, Nehwal stated that she had never won a match like that before.

She said that she would get back into training tomorrow.

Nehwal clinched a bronze under fortuitous circumstances as her opponent and world number two Xin Wang of China conceded the third-place play off match due to a knee injury after winning the first game.

The fourth seeded Indian had saved four game points in a dramatic fightback and was 18-20 when left-handed Xin twisted her knee while going for an acrobatic smash from the baseline and took on-court treatment for the injury.

However, she was back on the court after wrapping her left knee in bandage and immediately attacked Saina's serve to win the point and the game to be 1-0 up.

But after winning the first point in the second game, Xin could not continue and was wincing in pain before shaking hands with Saina to concede the match and the bronze medal to the 22-year-old Indian ace.

Saina thus became the first Indian badminton player to win a medal at the Olympic Games. She had reached the quarterfinals in Beijing Games four years ago and lost in the semifinals yesterday to gain a chance to play for the bronze today at the Wembley Arena.

This was the second day running that India have won a medal, following pistol shooter Vijay Kumar's silver medal yesterday.
 

Saina wins bronze for India after Xin Wang retires hurt

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Saina wins bronze for India after Xin Wang retires hurt

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London, August 04 (CMC) Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal earned India its third medal at the London Games, clinching a bronze under fortuitous circumstances as her opponent and world number two Xin Wang of China conceded the third-place play off match due to a knee injury after winning the first game.
The fourth seeded Indian had saved four game points in a dramatic fightback and was 18-20 when left-handed Xin twisted her knee while going for an acrobatic smash from the baseline and took on-court treatment for the injury.
However, she was back on the court after wrapping her left knee in bandage and immediately attacked Saina's serve to win the point and the game to be 1-0 up.


But after winning the first point in the second game, Xin could not continue and was wincing in pain before shaking hands with Saina to concede the match and the bronze medal to the 22-year-old Indian ace.


Saina thus became the first Indian badminton player to win a medal at the Olympic Games. She had reached the quarterfinals in Beijing Games four years ago and lost in the semifinals yesterday to gain a chance to play for the bronze today at the Wembley Arena.


This was the second day running that India have won a medal, following pistol shooter Vijay Kumar's silver medal yesterday.

Ganga in Varanasi is in full swing

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Ganga in Varanasi is in full swing
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Photographs by Somit Bardhan

Varanasi, August 04 (CMC) The holy Ganga is in full swing on the world famous Ghats of Varanasi. It has swelled to such level that the Pujaris and Pandas had to shift their platforms of worship and canopy to the higher places on the Ghats.


The tourists and the devotees have been advised to not to go for boating in the swirling river. 

26/11 handler Abu Jundal names 4 Indians in LeT fold

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26/11 handler Abu Jundal names 4 Indians in LeT fold
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Mumbai, August 04 (CMC) In a major breakthrough, Zabiuddin Ansari alias Abu Jundal, the alleged handler of terrorists who attacked the city on November 26, 2008, has named four Indian operatives of Laskhar-e-Taiba (LeT) who have been in Pakistan for long.
Two of them are from Beed in Maharashtra where Jundal hails from, the third is from Jammu, while the native place of the fourth operative is not yet known. The crime branch of Mumbai police has already scoped the areas where the operatives from Beed resided.


Sources in the crime branch said that though Jundal says the four were not part of the 26/11 terror attack, they are verifying the claim.
The four are — Abu Sherjil and Abu Jarar from Beed, Abu Musab from Jammu, who, along with Jundal, is an accused in the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case. The fourth person is Abu Jaid alias Lal Baba, who has been booked in the plot to blow up the Nashik police academy.
Sources said that Jundal was not aware of the two persons from Beed in the LeT set up. “He met the two in Pakistan, and it was after that that he was in touch with all the four throughout his stay in that country,” sources said.
Jundal has also given a detailed description of LeT’s organisational structure and its hierarchy in Pakistan. He has revealed details of the terror outfit’s commanders, and the area of their operations. He has named several foot-soldiers who are Pakistani nationals.
“Names of several other Pakistani operatives who are part of the anti-India operations has also been revealed,” a source said.
Jundal is in the custody of Mumbai police’s crime branch in the 26/11 terror attack case. Jundal, who was trained by the LeT in 2006, was present in the Karachi control room during the 26/11 carnage.
Two calls made by Jundal during the attack to the two terrorists in Chabbad House were intercepted by the central intelligence agencies. Jundal’s voice sample has been sent to the state forensic science laboratory in Kalina for matching with the voice in the calls.

Home Minister Shinde to visit Pune today

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Home Minister Shinde to visit Pune today
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Mumbai, August 04 (CMC) Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde is scheduled to visit the blast sites in Pune on Saturday.
Shinde is likely to review the security situation at a meeting with top officials here.

Four low-intensity explosions took place in the busy J M Road area in Pune on August 1.
 Shinde, who took charge as Union Home Minister the same day, was supposed to visit the city that evening, but the visit was cancelled.

Vikas Krishan knocked out of Games as Spence's defeat overturned

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Vikas Krishan knocked out of Games as Spence's defeat overturned





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London, August 04 (CMC) In a stunning reversal of fortunes, Indian boxer Vikas Krishan (69kg) was today ousted from the Olympics after the International Boxing Association (AIBA) overturned the result of his pre-quarterfinal bout, that he had won, following a review.

The 20-year-old had won 13-11 over Errol Spence in a thrilling contest last night but following an appeal by his rival's team management, the AIBA awarded the bout 15-13 to the American.

"There were a total of nine (9) holding fouls committed by the Indian boxer in the third round alone. However the Referee only gave one caution," the AIBA said in a statement after a review by its Competition Jury.

"In the second round, at the time 02:38, the boxer from India spitted out his gumshield intentionally. However the Referee didn't give any warning," it added.

Based on these "findings", the jury members "unanimously" decided to award Spence four points, thereby making him the winner.

"Based on the AIBA Technical & Competition Rules 12.1.9, the Referee should have given at least two (2) warnings to the Indian boxer. Although the boxer from India intentionally spitted out his gumshield, the Referee's view was blocked by the boxer from the USA and was not able to see the action," it international body said.

"...at least four points should have been awarded to the boxer from the USA. Therefore, the final score should be 13:15 in favour of the USA. The protest is accepted and the winner of Bout 142 is Errol Spence (USA)," the AIBA statement added.

Vikas, only the second Indian boxer after Vijender to fetch a bronze medal in the World Championship, was among the biggest medal prospects for the country.

Earlier, India were at the wrong end of the AIBA review system when the country's appeal against the close opening-round loss of Sumit Sangwan (81kg) was rejected by the world body's competition jury.

Boxing at the ongoing Olympics has been marred by several controversies with AIBA's scoring system coming under severe criticism.

Two judges have been suspended so far after protests by participating teams.

Meanwhile, Spence has moved into the quarterfinals to face Russia's Andrey Zamkovoy on Tuesday.

After Team Anna's decision of political party, Sangh Parivar may rethink strategy

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After Team Anna's decision of political party, Sangh Parivar may rethink strategy
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New Delhi, August 04 (CMC) As Team Anna gets set to take the political plunge, sources say that the Sangh Parivar may do a rethink on its support to the activists and may rework its own strategy. According to sources, Sangh Parivar, which includes parties like the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh or RSS, is worried that Team Anna may occupy the anti-corruption plank. Team Anna has been championing the anti-graft legislation - the Lokpal Bill - since last year.
The Sangh Parivar has concerns over Anna campaigning in the upcoming elections, especially with state assembly elections scheduled in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh later this year. Both states have a BJP-led government. The sources add the Sangh Parivar has put all its support systems for Team Anna on hold for now. Top leaders from BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh may meet soon to discuss their future course of action over Team Anna.
Before ending its hunger fast in Delhi on Friday, Team Anna announced at Jantar Mantar they are forming a political party which will contest the elections. However, Anna Hazare, 75, said he will not run for office, but will support his aides.

It was Anna's right-hand man, Arvind Kejriwal, visibly weak after a ten-day hunger strike, who announced the activists' political agenda. "You will name our party," he told the crowd at Anna's sit-in protest at Jantar Mantar."
In a lengthy speech before ending his 10-day hunger strike, Mr Kejriwal elaborated on what the new party will stand for - transparency, better education, secularism, the poor farmer, the ripped-off aam admi. "This party will not be like others...the public will decide our agenda. We don't want to win elections...we want to challenge the existing parties. The donations we receive will be posted on our website...this will dare the others to follow," he added. (Watch: Arvind Kejriwal's speech)
Some supporters of Anna have warned that a formal entry into politics is more likely to end as a mis-step rather than a game-changer. "One has to think a 100 times before taking a plunge into electoral politics. If he joins politics, then the momentum gained should not be lost. When people with noble intentions join politics, either they don't last long or they don't achieve much," said activist Medha Patkar.

"I don't think Team Anna should get into politics because we are not ready for elections," said Justice Santosh Hegde, who has been a core member of Anna's group, but has often differed with the others on their tactics.
However, Mr Kejriwal said on Friday that if the government agrees to urgently pass the ant-corruption Lokpal Bill and introduce electoral reforms like the Right to Recall under-performing MPs and the Right to Reject unworthy candidates and nullify an election, Team Anna will cancel its plans.
Team Anna says that the government has proved it has no interest in cleansing the country of graft. The activists believe the antidote lies in the Lokpal Bill, which Anna brought onto the big stage with him through a series of hunger strikes last year. The longest, in August, lasted 16 days, and made Anna the centrifugal force in a middle-class push against corruption. Anna ignored appeals from the Prime Minister and others to end his fast; he relented only after MPs promised to urgently debate the Lokpal Bill, which provides the blueprint for a national ombudsman agency with the powers to investigate and prosecute government servants.
The Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha last year, but has tripped in the Rajya Sabha. Anna's activists say without it, there is no chance of reintroducing probity in the governing class.

Anna has shown his real face now- Congress

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Team Anna announces political party, Anna Hazare says he won't contest

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Team Anna announces political party, Anna Hazare says he won't contest 

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New Delhi, August 03 (CMC) Team Anna officially announced their entry into politics as they ended their 10-day fast at Jantar Mantar on Friday. Making the announcement at Jantar Mantar, Arvind Kejriwal said that the team would not take the move to Parliament.
Kejriwal also assured the people that efforts would be made to keep the functioning of the political party transparent, adding that people would be given a chance to select their own candidates. He further asked the people to suggest a name for the party.
"We will make all our donations and spending public and challenge other parties to do the same. Our candidates will be decided by people, we will challenge others to do the same," said Kejriwal.


The Team Anna member said that the party would not have any high command.
Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare, however, made it clear that he would not contest any election, but said that he would back his team’s party.
“I will not form a party. I will not contest in any elections. But I am ready to provide an alternative to the people of this country because people like VK Singh and other eminent people have given us encouragement,” said Anna.
Anna also said that he would travel across the country to make the people aware.
Justifying the decision of Team Anna to join politics, the veteran social activist said that they were challenged by the government itself to come into Parliament.
The announcement came after the government ignored Team Anna's demand for a probe against 15 Union ministers.
Another highlight of the day at Jantar Mantar was retired Army Chief General VK Singh, who extended his full support to the political movement by Team Anna.
The former army chief, at whose hand Anna Hazare broke his fast, addressed the gathering earlier saying there was no governance in the country.
Singh said, “There are many problems in the country, one of that is black money... the governance is finished and we are directionless."
He further said that Team Anna must be prepared to face "opposition from those who do not believe in democracy."
While the political parties have mocked Team Anna since Thursday over their decision to join politics, former aide Swami Agnivesh slammed them for deciding to break the fast and go political.
He said, "Anna has broken the sanctity of 'anshan' (fast). Anshan is always the last option. This is a black day."
"Calling off the anshan and looking at an alternative political option has hurt the dignity of the fast that was introduced by Mahatama Gandhi. They should apologise to the country to have used the sentiments of the country," Agnivesh said.
Team Anna has, however, remained firm on its decision to go political saying they were left with no other option as the government did not intend to listen to them.
"The same people who challenged us to a political fight are now saying we have political ambitions. We had no choice but to provide a political alternative," said Team Anna member and Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan.
Another key member, Manish Sisodia said, "We realised that the government was not listening to us. Look what has happened to Irom Sharmila, she was force fed for years. The government has many ways of ignoring people's opinions. The voice of the people does not matter to the government."