(UNI) The BJP workers have been accused of attacking congress workers
when they were celebrating victory of congress in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and
Rajasthan and also allegedly setting fire on party offices of Congress and CPI (M) in
Charilam of Bishalgarh in Sepahijala district in West Tripura last night.
According to report, jubilant congress workers were gathered after confirmation of their
participation in by-election to urban local bodies in the evening and later brought out a
small procession in Charilam market celebrating their victory in three states. They rally
was allegedly attacked by BJP cadres and the congress supporters ran away. Later, the
miscreants set the party office on fire.
Followed by the incident, the miscreants set CPI(M) party office on fire at Charilam
bazaar in presence of civilians gathering and police. But nobody is arrested so far in
this connection with the incidents and tension continued in the locality.
Author: Samikhsya Bureau
(UNI) “Victory and defeat are an integral part of life”, tweeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the election results in five states and within hours after Congress president Rahul Gandhi had said that the mandate in the polls reflected people’s anguish against Mr Modi.
Prime Minister accepted people’s mandate “with humility” and took to the micro blogging site to say:
“We accept the people’s mandate with humility”.
“I thank the people of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan for giving us the opportunity to serve these states. The BJP Governments in these states worked tirelessly for the welfare of the people,” Mr Modi wrote.
He also congratulated the Congress and the TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao for convincing and “thumping win” in Telangana and also Mizo National Front (MNF) in Mizoram. While TRS has all along maintained anti-BJP, anti-Congress stance, MNF led by former Chief Minister Zoramthanga is a constituent of BJP-led NEDA in the northeast.
(UNI) As the Congress scored a win over the BJP in the Hindi heartland states of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, political observers credited the victory to a shift in momentum in favour of the grand old party in relation to digital media strategy.
Those associated with the Congress social media campaigns during the campaigning for the assembly polls in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh said the win by the party was attributable to the successful social media campaigns run by the Congress.
‘’Congress Party’s compelling win in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh validates a major shift in momentum as far as election strategies are concerned, especially in relation to digital media campaigns,’’said Naresh Arora, political strategist and director of the Design Box, which conceived the party’s social media campaign in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.
(Sputnik) A US district judge ruled adult movie actress Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, should pay President Donald Trump over $293,000 in attorney’s fees and sanctions in a defamation suit that has been tossed out, a court document revealed on Tuesday.
“The Court … orders Plaintiff [Daniels] to pay Defendant [Trump] $ 293,052.33 in attorneys’ fees, costs, and sanctions. This case shall close,” the document stated.
The porn star claimed she had a secret affair with Trump in 2006, and was threatened by president’s associates demanding her silence. Daniels filed the suit in April suggesting that Trump defamed her by saying that she was making up stories about their relationship and the threats. Yet, Daniels told the media last month her defense attorney Michael Avenatti submitted this filing to the court against her wishes. Moreover, the woman claimed her lawyer launched a overcrowding campaign without her permission.
Judge James Otero said the porn star is currently asking to withdraw her defamation claim. The court found the allegations presented by Daniels meritless, according to the document.
(Sputnik) House lawmakers are advancing a bill to ban US exports to Chinese telecommunication companies that violate sanctions, Congressman Mike Gallagher said in a press release.
“This bipartisan legislation sets a simple standard: If a Chinese telecommunications firm is found to have violated US sanctions moving forward, it will be subject to… severe punishment,” Gallagher said on Tuesday.
The legislation comes in response to media reports that China’s telecom giant Huawei’s chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Canada on charges of violating US sanctions against Iran.
The Chinese firm has recently faced scrutiny, mainly in Western states. On Thursday, European Commission’s Vice-President Andrus Ansip said that foreign countries should be “worried” about Huawei and other Chinese tech giants as they were allegedly forced to cooperate with the Chinese intelligence services.
The Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Patricia Espinosa, on Tuesday urged governments to push for a strong and effective outcome of a major UN climate conference as divisions still remain.
The two-week 24th Conference of the Parties (COP 24) to the UNFCCC, which runs until Friday in the southern Polish city of Katowice, aims to adopt the implementation guidelines of the landmark 2015 Paris Agreement to provide clarity on how to carry out the accord fairly for all participating countries.
“Many political divisions remain. Many issues still must be overcome. But I believe it’s within our grasp to finish the job,” said Espinosa, adding “Let’s complete the Paris Agreement Work Program and, by doing so, immediately unleash the power of the Paris Agreement itself.”
The COP24 runs into the second week of high-level negotiations after the first week of technical talks ended with more than 100 ministers now in Katowice.
(UNI) The mandate could be clear but a possible post poll alliance
and manuevering could still shatter Congress dreams of capturing power in Madhya Pradesh.
“Pradesh mein Congress ka janadesh nahi hae (Congress did not get mandate in Madhya Pradesh),” tweeted BJP’s Madhya Pradesh unit chief Rakesh Singh signaling clearly that all is not over yet.
He also claimed that several Independent and others are in touch with the BJP and a party delegation would try to call on the Governor Anandiben Patel for future course of developments in the state.
Mr Singh’s missive in micro blogging site came shortly after pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath
said in Bhopal, “We have written to Governor to invite us to form Government”.
BJP spokesman GVL Narasimha Rao said the Congress claims were premature as counting was still on and hence the request to the Governor may not have the legal sanctity.
A peculiar phenomenon came out that in Vietnam women using fire therapy to clear impurities from face and body. An alcohol soaked burning towel is covered on the face and body to burn away the impurities. A report said that the towels are set alight for few seconds which can clear impurities and kill bad cells.
While delivering the extradition order for the fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya a UK court in its observation said that ” he is glamorous, flashy, famous, bejewelled, bodyguarded, ostensibly billionaire playboy who charmed and cajoled these bankers into losing their common sense” . Meanwhile the court also said that he will not face any human rights issue in Arthur Road jail.
(UNI) UK Prime Minister Theresa May will meet European leaders and EU officials later for talks aimed at rescuing her Brexit deal.
She will hold talks with Dutch PM Mark Rutte and Germany’s Angela Merkel after postponing MPs’ final vote on the deal, according to a BBC News report.
The UK PM has said she needs “further assurances” about the Northern Ireland border plan to get Commons backing.
European Council President Donald Tusk insisted the EU would “not renegotiate” but said leaders would discuss how to help “facilitate UK ratification”.
Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd said further talks with Brussels would focus on the Brexit “backstop” on the Irish border, which Mrs May earlier admitted had caused MPs “widespread and deep concern”.
Reacting to the talks over his daughter Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor relationship, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt made a stoic response. They both have an affair and to know that it requires no genius to know that, Bhatt said adding, now it is for them to decide regarding marriage etc which is up to them.
Lupin announced that it has received tentative approval for its Apixaban Tablets, 2.5 mg and 5 mg from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market a generic version of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company’s Eliquis Tablets, 2.5 mg and 5 mg.
Lupin’s Apixaban Tablets, 2.5 mg and 5mg is the generic version of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company’s Eliquis Tablets, 2.5 mg and 5 mg, company said in a filing with BSE. Apixaban Tablets is indicated for reducing the risk of stroke and systemic embolism in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation,prophylaxis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), which may lead to pulmonary embolism (PE), following hip or knee replacement surgery, treatment of DVT and PE and reducing the risk of recurrent DVT and PE.
(UNI) IT major Wipro Limited has taken over the strategic design consulting team atSyfte, an Australian design agency which uses human-centred design thinking to solve compelling client challenges.Syfte’s team of designers will be absorbed within Designit,Wipro’s strategic design arm, further strengthening its design and innovation capabilities, expanding its reach in Australia and Asia Pacificand enhancing the transformation services offered by Wipro Digital.
Wipro Digital President Rajan Kohli said that “Design is now a part of every digital conversation that we have with our clients. Wipro has a well established presence in Australia. With this expansion, we now bring a substantial and differentiated design and local engineering capabilityto the market. Our Australian and Asia Pacific clients can expect a design-led approach to business and engineering transformation from our integrated teamsatWipro Digital and Designit,” according to a release here on Tuesday.
(UNI) In order to strengthen its product portfolio in the coming year, Intex Technologies, one of the leading mobile handsets and consumer electronics brand, on Tuesday announced the launch 10 feature phones within the range of Rs 745 to Rs 1145.
The series was announced, offering the masses of India the Right Product at the Right Price.
The new series is high on quality and aggressive on pricing and reiterates the company’s commitment towards bringing new products to its consumers.
The series includes 10 feature phones in the price range of Rs 745 to Rs 1145 and is dedicated to the Real India, catering to its aspirations without burning a hole in their pocket.
Intex Technologies Director Nidhi Markandey said with this, feature phone users will get smart features like wireless FM support, menu in five languages, ability to read or write in 23 languages, battery saver, voice dialer, data protection, screen shot, peer control, auto-call recorder and LED torch.
(Sputnik) Sports officials from South Korea and North Korea are going to discuss a joint march and unified South Korean and North Korean teams at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo at talks this week, local media reported on Tuesday, citing a South Korean official.
The South Korean delegation, led by Sports Minister Roh Tae-kang, and the delegation of North Korea, headed by Vice Sports Minister Won Kil-u, will meet on Friday at the joint liaison office in North Korea’s border city of Kaesong, according to the Yonhap news agency.
The talks are expected to mostly focus on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the agency reported.
“Having unified teams and marching in together at the opening ceremony are the pressing issues. We do have precedents with putting teams together, and so we’re expected to reach agreements in areas where we don’t have major differences,” the official said as quoted by the Yonhap.
The South Korean and North Korean athletes marched under one flag at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea’s Pyeongchang in February.
The 2020 Summer Olympics are scheduled to take place on July 24-August 9.
(UNI) In a first major win for Rahul Gandhi since he took over the charge of grand old party, the Congress seemed all set to form Government in BJP-ruled Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.
The trends for counting of votes for assembly polls showed the party surging ahead of the BJP in the Hindi heartland states while giving a tough fight to the saffron party in Madhya Pradesh.
The good showing by the Congress in the two Hindi heartland states of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and it giving a tough fight to the saffron party in Chhattisgarh is seen as a first win for Mr Rahul Gandhi as party president.
AICC general secretary Ashok Gehlot wasted no time to credit the party president Mr Gandhi for party’s spectacular show in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and also giving a tough challenge to Shivraj Singh Chouhan ruled Madhya Pradesh.
“The big message from the mandate is ever since he took over as the party president, Rahul Gandhi has given stiff challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah in their native state of Gujarat and also now in the states where the BJP is in power”, Mr Gehlot told reporters.
The BJP leader Nalin Kohli admitted the mandate in Chhattisgarh was clearly against the saffron party.
According to trends available by noon, it seems the return of TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao in Telangana and MNF chief Zoramthanga in Mizoram looked certain.
In the Southern state of Telangana, TRS, headed to regain power leading in 87 seats in 119 member assembly.
This is much better show by TRS than previous election in 2014 when it could manage to win only 63 seats.
In the last Congress bastion of Mizoram in North Eastern region, the grand old party seemed to be making way for the regional outfit MNF, which ruled the state between 1998 and 2008.
The Congress leader Shashi Tharoor mocked at the BJP leadership at the trends of the results and said the mandate seemed to be giving “wonderful news”.
“Wonderful news pouring from Election 2018. In the memorable words of Arun Jaitley – Great day for India. No one who cheats India will got scot-free”, Mr Tharoor tweeted in reference to Finance Minister’s tweet yesterday after a London court had ordered extradition of fugitive business tycoon Vijay Mallya.
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Rawat attributed the election results to the “anger of the people” and suggested that the NDA leadership should go for self introspection.
Latest trends of counting show the Congress taking a lead over the BJP in Rajasthan where it was leading in 95 seats while the BJP was ahead in 81 seats. In Chhattisgarh, too, the Congress took a comfortable lead of 63 seats while BJP was leading in just 18 seats.
The Chief Minister Raman Singh, who was trailing against Congress nominee and Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s niece Karuna Shukla, however managed a slender lead of 100 votes from Rajnandgaon assembly constituency.
The state of Madhya Pradesh is witnessing a neck and neck fight heading for a photo-finish.
The BJP, which is in power in the state since 2003, could maintain lead of 108 seats while the Congress has managed to march ahead in 109 seats.
The enthusiastic Congress leaders on Tuesday took to social network and described it as a ‘mandate’ for change.
Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia, chairman of Madhya Pradesh campaign committee, said: ”The mandate is clearly indicating the change”.
“I hope with all the dedicated workers, the Congress party will fulfill the public’s expectations with full responsibility,” he wrote in Hindi.
Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi took at dig at BJP leadership and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“Legitimate illustration of the Modi Wave,” he wrote.
Incidentally the good show by the Congress comes on a day which marks completion of one year of Rahul Gandhi as Congress president and also would provide a boost to the party’s prospects in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
The trends also come as a huge setback for the BJP, which has been in power in Rajasthan for the last five years and in Chhattisgarh for the last 15 years.
Counting of votes cast across 230 Assembly constituencies of Madhya Pradesh on November 28 commenced on Tuesday morning at all district headquarters amid heavy security bandobast.
The official time for commencement of the process was 0800 hrs. Trends shall be available within a couple of hours and the results by evening. Sources at the state Chief Electoral Officer’s workplace said that postal ballots were taken up first and electronic voting machines will be taken up at approximately 0830 hrs. There shall be an average 22 rounds of counting.
In Chhattisgarh also the trend is neck to neck between BJP and the Cong so far while in Rajasthan the tilt seems in favour of the Congress and in all lilelyhood the BJP may be wiped out if the trend continues.
(UNI) India has formally thanked authorities in United Kingdom (UK) for their help
vis-a-vis highly controversial business tycoon Vijay Mallya.
“We have seen the order of the Court in the case of the extradition of Mr Vijay Mallya to India. We express our deep satisfaction at the judgement and note that justice has been delivered today,” MEA spokesman Raveesh Kumar has said in reply to queries regarding order by the UK Court on the extradition of Vijay Mallya.
He further said: “We thank the UK authorities for their help in this matter. We will continue to work with the UK Government for expeditious implementation of today’s court order and early extradition of Mr Mallya to India”.
Meryl Streep, the actress who won three Oscars was dubbed as an over-rated actress by Donald Trump, then US president elect, when she had that people should be afraid of President Trump and his possibilities”. Streep in fact had criticised Trump during he acceptance speech at Golden Globes in 2017 for seemingly mocking at a disabled journo, when Trump has called her ‘overrated actress.
(UNI) Indian Parliament and Parliamentary delegation from Russian Federation
on Monday decided to enhance “parliamentary diplomacy” between two countries and ensure strategic cooperation, military and security cooperation in multiple sectors.
The announcement to this effect was made by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Chairman of the State Duma of Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin here.
“We have noted with satisfaction the progress in India-Russia relations and have agreed to continue this trajectory of closer cooperation, coordination and consolidation of gains to surge ahead,” Ms Mahajan told reporters.
(UNI) UK Prime Minister Theresa May will probably face a leadership battle over the UK House of Commons’ vote on the Brexit deal, scheduled for Tuesday, since 48 no-confidence letters against the prime minster from members of her ruling Conservative party could provoke a contest, local media reported Monday.
The UK lawmakers are scheduled to vote on the Brexit agreement on December 11, after several days of debate. If the deal is rejected, there is a possibility that the United Kingdom will leave the bloc without an agreement, which, according to many experts, could result in an economic catastrophe for the country. The document, which May calls “the best possible deal,” is criticized by both Conservatives and the opposition.
According to The Times newspaper, the 48 letters needed to call for a no-confidence vote may be submitted this week. The newspaper reported that former UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson had outlined plans to renegotiate the Brexit deal with Brussels, while other former ministers expressed their willingness to go for the contest.
Some cabinet ministers hoped that May would delay the Tuesday vote, as she could reportedly face an overwhelming defeat, The Times noted.
The non-confidence vote may be announced by the backbench 1922 Committee of the UK Parliament’s House of Commons, which should receive 48 letters in favor of the motion from Conservative lawmakers.