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K'taka: Rs 4.52 crore cash seized from house of govt official
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has seized cash worth Rs. 4.52 crore from the residence of Karnataka government servant TR Swamy in raids, conducted in connection with the disproportionate asset case.Along with cash, three cars, 1.6 kg of gold, 7.5 kg of silver, eight houses, 11 sites and 14 acres of agricultural land, belonging to Swamy were also seized."On Friday, the ACB conducted raids at eight places in Bengaluru and Tumkur in connection with cases against the government servants, NG Gowdaiah and Swamy. We seized 4.52 crore cash, three cars, 1.6 kg gold, 7.5 kg silver, eight houses, 11 sites and 14 acres of agricultural land from TR Swamy," Inspector General of Police (IGP), ACB M Chandrasekhar told media.Raids were also conducted at three locations belonging to Chandragouda B. Patil, Assistant Conservator of Forests in Belagavi's Khanpur division. Three places belonging to Chidanand B Minchinal, Assistant Executive Engineer in the Drinking Water Department of Bagalkot division .
Turkey arrests 137 in anti-PKK raids
Turkish authorities have arrested 137 people in a country-wide operation over two days aimed at the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), state news agency Anadolu said Saturday. The PKK, designated as a terror group by Turkey and its Western allies, is regularly targeted in security forces raids. The authorities are still battling the over three-decade insurgency of the PKK which initially took up arms for a separate state but now demands a degree of autonomy. The clashes between Turkish security forces and PKK members have resumed after a fragile ceasefire collapsed in 2015. The PKK's armed struggle with the Turkish government has killed more than 40,000 people since 1984. On Thursday, eight soldiers were killed by an improvised explosive device in southeastern Turkey in an attack the government blamed on the PKK. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a TV address Saturday that "at least 800 terrorists will be made to pay" for the attack.
HIGHLIGHTS NORTH 5.40 PM
These are the top stories from the northern region at 5.40 pm AJMER DEL23 RJ-2NDLD-PM RALLY Ajmer: In a scathing attack Saturday on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the opposition party of practising vote bank politics and dividing people to get into power. LUCKNOW DEL29 UP-LD-AKHILESH-MP POLLS Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party said Saturday it will no longer wait for the Congress to decide on an alliance for Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, suggesting it preferred Mayawati's BSP. BANIHAL DEL24 JK-3RDLD ACCIDENT Banihal/Jammu: An "overcrowded' minibus fell into a deep gorge on Saturday after the driver lost control over the vehicle on Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district, leaving 20 persons dead and 16 injured, a senior police official said. SRINAGAR DES13 JK-LOCAL-BODY-POLLS Srinagar: The local body elections in Jammu and Kashmir begin Monday but threats, violence and boycott by the state's two main parties the NC and the PDP have cast a shadow over the
Governor alleges corruption in appointment of VCs in TN
Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit on Saturday alleged corruption running into crores of rupees in the appointment of Vice Chancellors of universities in the state.
US mentions Babbar Khalsa, LeT, TTP as threats to its people, interests
The Donald Trump administration, in its new National Strategy for Counter-Terrorism (NSCT), declared that Sikh terror group Babbar Khalsa International poses a risk to United States' personnel and interests overseas by carrying out assassinations and suicide bombings against major economic, political and social targets.According to the NSCT unveiled by the White House on Thursday, the document said that the Sikh terror group "seeks, through violent means, to establish its own independent state in India and is responsible for significant terrorist attacks in India and elsewhere that have claimed the lives of innocent civilians.""Babbar Khalsa International seeks, through violent means, to establish its own independent state in India and is responsible for significant terrorist attacks in India and elsewhere that have claimed the lives of innocent civilians. Such groups may avoid or deprioritise targeting United States interests for now to avoid detracting from their core goals but ...
Mamata's dreams wouldn't come true: Mukul Roy
A day after Mamata Banerjee claimed that her Trinamool Congress (TMC) party will ensure that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) does not win a single seat in the state, BJP leader Mukul Roy said the West Bengal Chief Minister's dream "wouldn't come true."Commenting on Mamata's remark that she will invite the Communist Party of India (Marxist) to attend the TMC's mega rally in Kolkata next year, Roy said she is now "the closest friend of CPM.""It may be the dream of Mamata Banerjee but her dream wouldn't come true. I guarantee that in the upcoming parliamentary elections, the BJP will get more than 26 seats in West Bengal and Mamata will not even cross the halfway mark," Roy told ANI.Meanwhile, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy said it is up to the people of West Bengal, and not Mamata, to decide how many seats the BJP will get in the general elections."It is her (Mamata's) responsibility and privilege who she invites. That's up to the public of Bengal whether BJP can get one seat or not. ...
PML(N) workers protest against Shehbaz Sharif's arrest
Protest broke out against the arrest of Shehbaz Sharif, as his angry supporters are party workers blocked the Shahadra Chowk in Lahore.The protest was carried out by Malik Riaz, the Member of National Assembly from constituency NA-123 along with Sami Ullah Khan, the Member of Provincial Assembly from constituency PP-144.The opposition leader of Pakistan and the former chief minister of Punjab province, Shehbaz Sharif was arrested by the country's anti-graft body on Friday for misusing authority and for his involvement in Rs. 1,400 crore housing scam.Shehbaz is the younger brother of ousted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was also allegedly involved in Rs 14 million Ashiana Housing Project and Rs 4 million Punjab Saaf Pani Company scams.On Friday, Shehbaz appeared before an investigation team of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in Lahore, where he was arrested after failing to satisfy the investigators for his role in giving out contracts to his favourite firm in violations of
Boycott by major parties, minimal campaigning and violence cast a shadow over J&K local body polls
The local body elections in Jammu and Kashmir begin Monday but threats, violence and boycott by the state's two main parties the NC and the PDP have cast a shadow over the polls, making it seemingly the most low-profile electoral exercise in the history of the state. While there has been no poll rally, nor any campaigning or even door-to-door canvassing in most parts of the valley, there seems to be a veil of secrecy over the entire process with the names of candidates contesting the polls and even their political affiliations not being disclosed. Jammu and Kashmir's two main parties - the National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) - along with CPI(M) have stayed away from the polls due to the legal challenge to Article 35-A of the Constitution in the Supreme Court. The two regional parties have asked the Centre to make its stand clear in the apex court on the constitutional provision and urged it to defend the article's continuation. While separatists have ...
Boxing chief Rakhimov: "I've never had criminal involvement"
Gafur Rakhimov, the interim president of the International Boxing Association (AIBA), whose sport has been threatened with expulsion from the Olympics, has told AFP he has "never been involved in transnational criminal organisations." In an exclusive written response to questions from AFP, Rakhimov said he was "sorting out the mess" and added "I hope that I will not be the only candidate for president" in the upcoming AIBA election. On Friday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it was "freezing contacts" with AIBA and would refuse Rakhimov accreditation for the Youth Olympics, starting on Saturday in Buenos Aires. Rakhimov, from Uzbekistan, has been interim president of AIBA since January, replacing CK Wu who was ousted late last year. AIBA has not ratified any other candidates and under its constitution that means Rakhimov will be elected by acclaim at the conference in Moscow on November 2-3. The IOC on Wednesday listed its concerns with AIBA's governance saying "these ..
Pakistan has a long-term plan to destroy our youth: Punjab CM
Pakistan was trying to destroy India's youth, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said Saturday, alleging that the neighbouring country was flooding the state with drugs to force drop their enrolment in the Indian Army. Addressing the 16th Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, Singh joined the chief ministers of Karnataka and Maharashtra in addressing the burning issues in their states. "We have had an influx of drugs, which has started to grow in recent years. It is at a critical point and we have cracked down hard on this. Pakistan has a long-term plan of destroying our youth. They are trying to demolish the youth along the border," Singh said. He said if young men along India's borders are not fit, it will affect enrolment in the Army. The Punjab chief minister pointed to recent seizures of hundreds of kilograms of heroin at Gujarat's Mandvi port and in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri. In both these cases, Singh said, the intended destination of the narcotic substances was Punjab. He said ..
PM put pressure on EC to delay press conference: Surjewala
Senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "putting pressure" on the Election Commission (EC) to delay its press conference to announce poll dates in five states as he was scheduled to address a rally in Rajasthan. The EC was set to hold a press conference at 12.30 pm Saturday to announce the dates of Assembly polls in five states, but had rescheduled it subsequently. The five states where Assembly polls will be held in November-December are Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Telangana. "The EC's explanation for the delay is preposterous. Prime minister Narendra Modi is guilty of pressuring the EC to delay its press conference as he was scheduled to address a rally. The EC was made to wait for Modi's rally," Surjewala told reporters here. However, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) O P Rawat said in Delhi that the press conference was delayed due to official work. The prime minister addressed a public rally at Ajmer
Rahul slams BJP government during MP visit
Congress President Rahul Gandhi, who is on a visit to Madhya Pradesh to support the protesting landless poor who are marching towards Delhi, on Saturday attacked the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for being pro-industrialists.
J-K BJP expels six more workers for 'anti-party' activities
The BJP's Jammu and Kashmir unit on Saturday expelled six more workers for "anti-party" activities, taking the number of such expulsions over the past four days to 28. A majority of those expelled from the primary membership of the party have filed their nomination for the Urban Local Body (ULB) polls as independent candidates against BJP's official nominees. BJP's youth wing the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) Ramban district president Amit Bharti and its district general secretary Manik Basin were expelled from the party for filing nominations for the upcoming ULB elections as independent candidates against the party's official nominees, a BJP spokesperson said. Similarly, the party expelled three workers from Jammu - Naresh Gupta for contesting as independent candidate, and Ludharmani Sharma and Jaswant Singh for anti-party activities, he said. BJYM activist Rinku Chauhan has also been expelled from the BJP for campaigning in favour of an independent candidate, the spokesperson
Opposition alliances to be formed state by state: Congress
The Congress on Saturday said the alliances of different opposition parties will have to be formed state by state with the objective to remove the Narendra Modi government which is "at war with its own people" and the opposition will not crumble under the contradictions among the various parties.
I don't recognise extreme right or extreme left: Maha CM
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said Saturday his government will "crush" those who act against the Constitution irrespective of their political or ideological leanings. Speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, Fadnavis said he does not recognise "extreme left or extreme right". "The person, or individual, or institution which is acting against Constitution, I am bound to act against them. They may belong to any class, may belong to any caste...any religion, any institution, they may have any leaning but I am going crush them," Fadnavis said. "That is my raj dharma. That is what I am doing. I don't recognise extreme right or extreme left," he told a gathering of business leaders, diplomats, political leaders and commentators at the summit. His government was at the centre of a political row after the Maharashtra police raided the homes of prominent Leftwing activists and arrested five of them for suspected Maoist links on August 28. The arrest of the activists, .
Rajasthan, Telangana Assembly polls on December 7
The Election Commission on Saturday announced the schedule for Assembly elections in Rajasthan and Telangana, which will go to the polls in a single phase on December 7.
MP, Mizoram Assembly polls on November 28
Voting to elect new Assemblies in Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram would be held on November 28 and the counting of votes would take place on December 11, it was announced on Saturday.
EC announces dates for Assembly polls in five states
The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday announced the dates for the Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram Assembly polls. While Chhattisgarh will go to the polls in two phases on November 12 and 20, the Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram Assembly elections will be held on November 28. Polling in Rajasthan and Telangana will be held on December 7, announced Chief Election Commissioner (CEO) OP Rawat. Counting of votes will be held across all the five states on December 11, he said.
Congress doing vote bank politics: Modi
Accusing the Congress of working for only one family, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday attacked the party alleging that it was doing vote bank politics and kept spreading lies.
SP rules out alliance with Congress in poll-bound MP
The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Saturday ruled out any alliance with the Congress for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls.