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Parrikar continues to be guiding force of BJP's poll campaign in Goa: Nilesh Cabral
Goa Power Minister Nilesh Cabral on Thursday said that ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will continue to be the guiding force behind the Goa BJP's campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha and assembly by-polls."Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will continue to be the guiding force behind the Goa BJP's campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha and assembly by-polls," Cabral said in a press conference here.Stating that his guidance is enough for the BJP, Cabral stated: "We know that the Chief Minister is not well. And with his blessing and guidance, we are all working... Tomorrow what we will do, is all under his guidance. Unfortunately, he is not active in the field. But he is actively guiding us in all directions. I think that is enough for us."Taking note of Parrikar's health, the Opposition had said earlier that Parrikar should honourably resign from the post due to his health issues.Speaking to ANI, All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary and transgender ...
Universal healthcare scheme may be rolled out in Chhattisgarh: Health Minister TS Singh Deo
The Chhattisgarh government is expected to soon roll out its Universal Healthcare Scheme as an alternative for the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (PMJAY), better known as Ayushman Bharat, the central government's flagship health insurance scheme, state health minister TS Singh Deo said.Speaking of state government's Universal Health Scheme (UHS), the senior Congress leader and the Chhattisgarh health minister on Thursday told ANI: "Health services should be the right of citizens like the Right to Information, Right to Work, Right to Food. This is what we want to implement in Chhattisgarh."The Congress in its poll manifesto for the state assembly elections in 2018 had promised to launch universal healthcare scheme in the state. After coming to power the Congress-led government in the state had announced its plans to replace PMJAY with its universal healthcare scheme. Doing so will make the state the first in the country to implement the universal healthcare scheme.Incidentally, ...
Democrat O'Rourke announces 2020 presidential bid
Beto O'Rourke, former Democratic congressman from the US state of Texas, has announced that he will run for president in the 2020 election.
Indian pleads guilty to marriage and visa fraud
An Indian national residing in Florida on Thursday pleaded guilty to charges of running a fake marriage racket through which he helped illegal immigrants, mostly Indians, to get married to US citizens, thus facilitating their stay in the country. The man identified as 47-year-old Ravi Babu Kolla, who was residing in Florida's Panama city, has been detained. His Sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 22 at the US Courthouse in Tallahassee. His co-conspirator Krystal Cloud, 40, was sentenced to two years of imprisonment for marriage and visa fraud conspiracy after he pleaded guilty on December 28, 2018. She is a US citizen. Between February 2017 and August 2018, Kolla operated an immigration marriage fraud business in Bay County that recruited US citizens to marry Indian foreign nationals to gain immigration benefits, prosecutors said. An investigation identified over 80 fraudulent marriages that were performed in Alabama as part of Kolla's scheme, the Department of Justice said. After
Polish church admits clergy abused hundreds of children
Poland's powerful Catholic church on Thursday published a report admitting that nearly 400 of its clergy had sexually abused children and minors over the last three decades, reflecting findings published last month by a charity focused on abuse in the church. The Polish Bishops' Conference said in its report that it found 382 clergy sexually abused a total of 624 victims, including 198 under 15 years of age and 184 adolescents between the ages of 15 and 18. The statistical report which covers the period between 1990 and 2018, did not include the names of perpetrators. "We know that this is still only the tip of the iceberg," Jesuit Adam Zak, the Polish episcopate's coordinator for child protection and youth, told reporters at a press conference in Warsaw. "The church must be impeccable and firm in stigmatising evil. But it must... also show mercy to the perpetrators if they strive for internal transformation, if they regret (their actions)," Archbishop Marek Jedraszewski told ...
'Racial attack' on South Africa TV host sparks outrage online
An alleged racially-motivated attack by a group of white people who beat up a black South African TV presenter trying to help them after a road accident has sparked outrage on social media. The incident occurred last week when Samora Mangesi, who presents a lifestyle show for the South African Broadcasting Corporation, said he and some friends pulled over to help after a car overturned on a road in west Johannesburg. "On Friday night I was the victim of a racially motivated attack," the 26-year-old wrote on Twitter on Wednesday, sharing pictures of his injuries. "They called my friends and I monkeys. When we engaged them on why we were being called such, they beat me up until I was unconscious." The tweet sparked fury among his followers, who shared the post more than 3,700 times. "They kicked me on the ground after one of them had hit me on the back of the head," wrote Mangesi who sustained cuts, bruises and grazes on his face and body. Race relations remain tense in South Africa 25 .
Experts concerned over meddling in data estimation
Over 100 economists and scientists on Thursday expressed concerns over "political interference" in the estimation of statistical data in India and urged for institutional independence of statistical institutions.
Rahul to attend national health convention in Raipur on Friday
Congress president Rahul Gandhi will take part in a national convention on health organised by an NGO here on Friday, a party leader said. Gandhi will take part in the concluding session of the two-day convention on 'Health for All' at a hotel here at 10 am, a partys state spokesperson here said. The programme, which began on Thursday, has been organised by Mayaram Surjan Foundation, Raipur. "Gandhi will deliver a speech on 'universal healthcare at the national level' on the occasion," he added. AICC Chhattisgarh in-charge P L Punia, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, state Health Minister T S Singhdeo and other speakers will also speak on the occasion. This is Gandhi's first visit to the state following the announcement of upcoming Lok Sabha election schedule. In its poll manifesto for the 2018 state assembly elections, the Congress had promised to launch universal healthcare scheme in the state.
Goel receives call about deletion of his name from electoral roll, moves CEO
Union minister Vijay Goel Thursday claimed he received a phone call telling him the BJP got his name deleted from electoral rolls, and moved the Chief Electoral Office with a complaint against the Aam Aadmi Party. The BJP has been alleging that people are receiving phone calls on behalf of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party telling them that their names were deleted from electoral rolls but they need not worry as Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal got them added back. Goel said he received the call a few days back with the caller telling him that the BJP has got his name deleted from the electoral list. The senior BJP leader, a former president of the Delhi unit of the party, lodged the complaint against the AAP and its convener Arvind Kejriwal with the CEO. He demanded that the CEO gets the matter investigated thoroughly and legal action be initiated at the earliest. He also demanded that responsibility should be fixed on the owners and management of the call centres for making such "bogus ...
Health Ministry takes stock of measures for controlling West Nile Virus
Health Ministry on Thursday stated that it is taking stock of the public health measures for controlling West Nile Virus in Kerala.Union Health Minister JP Nadda is closely monitoring the situation and has spoken to the Health Minister of Kerala in this regard, said officials. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has also been alerted and a close watch is being maintained at the Central and state level.West Nile Virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne disease. So far there are no reports of the virus spreading to other parts of the country, the Health Ministry noted.
ED seeks custody of lobbyist Talwar in another case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday moved a court here, seeking custodial interrogation of corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar in a case related to the purchase of 43 aircraft by Indian Airlines in 2005.
Cricketer Shami charged with sexual harassment
Indian cricketer Mohammed Shami was on Thursday charged with domestic violence and sexual harassment by the police here on the basis of his wife's complaint.
Kolkata Police file formal charges against Shami
The Kolkata Police have filed a formal charge-sheet in the case of domestic violence and sexual harassment against Indian pacer Mohammed Shami.
Mohammed Shami charged for alleged dowry, sexual harassment
Cricketer Mohammed Shami has been charged under Section 498A (dowry harassment) and 354A (sexual harassment) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) by the Kolkata Police, which submitted the charge-sheet against Indian fast bowler before the court of Alipore police here on Thursday.Shami's wife Hasin Jahan had filed a petition with the Alipore court mentioning domestic violence and demanded Rs 7 lakh per month from him to maintain the family. The court accepted her plea and Rs 80,000 was allocated for her daughter.However, on Thursday a charge-sheet was filed in the court over Hasin's complaint about the domestic violence and torture she was subjected to by Shami and his family members.The Indian fast bowler last appeared in blue jersey during the fifth and deciding one-day international against Australia at Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi.Shami returned with two wickets in nine overs and gave away 57 runs while restricting Australia on 272/9. However, India failed to chase down the target and were
Atrocities on women have spiked under BJP govt: Women organisations
Several women organisations Thursday accused the Narendra Modi government of not doing much for the safety of women and said atrocities on them have witnessed a spike under the BJP dispensation. The organisations said the BJP and the fascistic RSS have been unleashing terror by spreading caste and communal hatred while violence and mob lynching has become the order of the day. They said self appointed 'cow-vigilante' groups are having a free rein and are roaming scot-free after killing people with impunity. They (cow-vigilante' groups) have taken the law into their own hands and have derived tacit support from their political masters and the minorities, Dalits and women are their special targets, they said in a statement. "The MNREGA wages are pending for two years. Hundreds of women are still waiting for it to be passed. MNREGA was basically for the poor people who can do work on daily wages". "The much-bruited Nirbhaya funds lie largely unutilised. The fund is being diverted at ...
Pollachi case won't have political impact: BJP
Leaders of BJP's Tamil Nadu unit believe the Pollachi sexual abuse-cum-blackmail case will not have an impact in the Coimbatore belt even as the Opposition is trying to take political advantage of the sordid episode.
Beijing snubs US report on China's abuse of Muslim community
Rejecting US State Department's report criticising China's abuse of its Uyghur Muslim minorities, Beijing on Thursday said that the said report was full of "ideological prejudice and groundless accusations".Terming the US Government as a self-styled "human rights defender", China's Foreign Ministry accused the US of pursuing a double standard, reported Xinhua.In a report called 'Human Rights Record of the United States in 2018', Beijing stated that Washington has a flawed and lacklustre human rights record.China is in a "league of its own" when it comes to human rights violations, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said on Wednesday while criticising Beijing for human rights violations and deterioration of conditions.Releasing the State Department's annual human rights report titled 'Country Reports on Human Rights Practices', Pompeo alleged that China intensified its crackdown on detaining Muslim minority groups at "record levels"."There's China, which is in a league of its own ...
IT raids at over 30 places in Jammu, Srinagar
Income tax (IT) Department teams carried out simultaneous raids at over 30 places in Jammu and Srinagar on Thursday, based on IT surveys carried out earlier in the state, an official said.
Debt-ridden policeman hangs self, blames seniors for act
A debt-ridden policeman allegedly hanged himself to death at his house in Amravati district of Maharashtra, apparently as he did not get salary for two months and was unable to send money to his son studying in Pune, police said on Thursday. Assistant sub-inspector of police (ASI) Ramsingh Gulabsingh Chavan, 56, committed suicide on Monday in Chaparashipura locality in Amravati city, an official said. Police recovered a suicide note later, in which Chavan has blamed Amravati police commissioner and deputy police commissioner for the drastic step. "In the note, he also asked his family members not to perform the last rites until an offence is registered against the officers," he said. Chavan, who served in the police force for at least 35 years, was posted at Kotvali police station, he said. "In 2014, he had met with an accident while on duty and had been undergoing treatment for it. He had resumed his duty in December 2018," the official said. However, he had allegedly ...
All Ghaziabad polling stations to have wheel chair
Ghaziabad will have 3,000 polling stations in the Lok Sabha polls and each of them will have a wheel chair.
