Arvind Kejriwal Fires Verbal Salvo at LG Najeeb Jung

The rift between the Delhi State Government and the Lt Governor Najeeb Jung seems to be deepening with every passing moment. The current confrontation is over the appointment of an acting Chief Secretary in the state. CM Arvind Kejriwal has said that the LG should act with the limits of the Constitution and should not try to overtake the democratically elected government.    

Senior bureaucrat Shakuntala Gamlin took charge as acting Chief Secretary despite being asked by the AAPgovernment not to do so. An aggrieved Kejriwal wrote an angry letter to the LG asking him not to act outside of the confines of the Constitution; he accused him of trying to render the government ineffective. 

"I cannot but conclude that this is a thinly disguised attempt to reduce the democratically elected government ineffective and administer the National Capital Territory of Delhidirectly," Kejriwal said in his letter.

"I would strongly request you to remain within the confines of the Constitution and the laws relating to Government of NCT of Delhi. You are holding a Constitutional position. Whatever be the political pressure, you have a duty to uphold the Constitution," CM wrote in his letter.

The LG yesterday appointed Gamlin, a 1984-batch civil-services officer, as the acting Chief Secretary of the state despite strong opposition by the AAP government. The AAP is of the opinion that she has a close links with BSES discoms. However, she refuted the accusation by terming them baseless.

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Kisan Padyatra: Rahul Gandhi Hands Over a Cheque to Deceased Farmer's Family in Telangana

Congress party vice-president and son of former PM late Rajeev Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, is on a ‘kisan padyatra’. He reached out to the family of Rajeshwar, a farmer who committed suicide sometime ego, and gave them a cheque of Rs. two lacks. 

Gandhi began his 15-kilometre long padyatra from Nirmal in the Adilabad district of newly formed Telangana state.

Few days back, the heir to the Congress Presidential throne raised the issues of farmer in the parliament, and went on to meet the farmers of Punjab and Maharashtra.

The reports say that around 9000 farmers have committed suicide in the state due to the prevailing agrarian crisis all across the country.

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AIADMK Supremo J Jayalalithaa Set to Become the CM of Tamil Nadu Again

After getting acquittal in thedisproportionate assets case, AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa is all set to become the CM of Tamil Nadu again.

The current CM of the state O Panneerselvam may resign any moment. With around a year to go for the assembly elections in the state, her acquittal is nothing less than a morale booster for the party. 

There are strong rumors that the AIADMK think tank may opt to go in for an early elections to cash in the wave of popularity that she has got with the verdict of Karnataka High Court gave today.

Jayalalithaa  had to resign from her post after trial court convicted her in a disproportionate assets case on 27 September last year.  With the decision, she automatically became disqualified from being a member of the Assembly and contesting elections for 10 years from then.

Today's decision is seen by many as a new lease of life for the AIADMK matriarch.

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K.V. Kamath of ICICI Bank Named BRICS Bank President

ICICI bank's non-executive chairman K V Kamath has been appointed the New Development Bank president. The New Development Bank, which is worth 100 billion USD venture, is being set up by  five BRICS nations:  Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

It has been reported that the presidency of the bank for the first six years will lie with India, and after that Russia and Brazil will get a five-year term each.  

The name 'New Development Bank' is the brain child of Indian PM Narender Modi. He suggested it at the BRICS meeting in Brazil in November 2014.

The bank will basically focus at funding infrastructure projects in developing countries and is being seen as a step away from West-dominated international financial systems.

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The Karnataka High Court Acquits Jayalalitha in the Disproportionate Assets Case

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The Karnataka High Court Acquits Jayalalitha in the Disproportionate Assets Case

The Karnataka High Court has acquitted the AIADMK supremo and former CM of Tamilnadu J. Jayalalitha today in a disproportionate assets case.

The trial court had found her guilty of improper accumulation of 54 crore rupees, and sentenced her to a four year jail term.

A petition was filed against the decision in the Karnataka High Court.

VK Sasikala, VN Sudhakaran and J. Ilyarsi were also acquitted by the Karnataka High Court.

As soon as the news of her acquittal was broken, the party activists and supporters started celebrating her 'home coming'.     

Jayalalitha has to resign from the post of CM last year after being convicted in the disproportionate assets case.

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14 Injured in Grenade Attack in Shopian, Kashmir

Around 14 civilians including children were injured today in a grenade attack by militants at a busy market place in Shopian district of south Kashmir.

The militants hurled the grenade at a police contingent in the main town area of Shopian, situated around 52 kms from the state capital Srinagar.

The bomb missed the target and landed in a crowded area and exploded, resulting in serious injuries to 14 people, the police told the media.

The injured including two children have been taken to the nearby hospital.

Further details in the incident are awaited. 

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We Know Where is Dawood Ibrahim: Rajnath Singh

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We Know Where is Dawood Ibrahim: Rajnath Singh

After getting  embarrassed on the issue of the absconding terrorist and 1992 Mumbai bomb blast accused Dawood Ibrahim, the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh yesterday said that there is no confusion about his whereabouts. He said that he would soon speak about it in the Parliament.

He spoke to the media persons on the sidelines of a National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) program, he said, 'There is no confusion about the man. We know where he is." He said that he wanted to give an official statement in the Parliament. He further said, "Let’s see, I might give about it on Monday at the floor of Rajya Sabha."

On Tuesday, the government had to face huge embarrassment when the Home Minister for State Hribai Prthybai Chowdhury in a written statement said that the government is not aware of the whereabouts of India's most wanted terrorist. As soon as the government finds that out, the process of extradition would be initiated.    

The Parliament saw much hullabaloo on the issue on Wednesday. The leader of opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad accused the BJP led government at the center of tarnishing the country's image by saying that it does not know the whereabouts of Dawood.

Azad further said, "Our intelligence agencies, working all quarters of the world, are aware of his residence and whereabouts. Pakistan has been told to hand him over to India so that the legal actions can be taken against Ritabrt Banerjee, Tapan Kumar Sen, Sitaram Yechury all of CPM, and Pawan Kumar Verma of JD-U and several other members of the House urged the Home Minister to give a response on the subject. Union Home Minister for State Kiran Rijiju told the opposition that the government is keeping a close watch on the subject.

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The BJP Lambasts Hafiz Saeed for Calling Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi Innocent

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has today severely censured the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed for his statement in which Saeed said that Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi is innocent and hence remain free. The saffron party says that this confirms that the Lashkar-e-Taiba ( LeT ) chief Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi is the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai attack.

GVL Narasimha Rao, spokesperson of the BJP said that the innocence certificate given by one terrorist to another is quite amateurish and strange.  

He told the media, "Hafiz Saeed is himself among the dreaded terrorist that the world has already notified. And his clean certificate to Lakhvi, who was the real mastermind behind the 26/11 terror attacks, I think shows the connection and the extensive network of terrorist that pervades Pakistan as a country." "I think Hafiz Saeed has absolutely no locus standi, his certificate only goes confirms that Lakhvi is the mastermind of 26/11. If anybody had any doubt in mind, here is the proof," he added further.

The JuD supremo yesterday said that the Indian government is trying to put pressure on Pakistan through United Nations and the US to get Lakhvi behind bars. He stated that Lakhvi was entirely innocent and there is no concrete evidence to prove his involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack.

India has raised the issue of Lakhvi's release with the UN and said that his release is the violation of the norms of the global body.

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Obama, Dalai Lama To Meet At The National Prayer Breakfast; Chinese Uneasiness Expected

Obama, Dalai Lama To Meet At The National Prayer Breakfast

US President Barack Obama will take part in a public event on 5 February; the Dalai Lama is also expected to be there. Observers are seeing this as a move that will irk China. Obama will speak about the importance of religious tolerance at the annual National Prayer Breakfast. Lama, the symbol of Tibet's struggle for independence, has also been invited for the event.

There is no official word on whether the two Nobel Laureates will meet there or not, but the National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan has said that the two leaders have previously met on three occasions, their last meeting happened in February last year.  

"The President is a strong supporter of the Dalai Lama's teachings and preserving Tibet's unique religious, cultural and linguistic traditions," he said.  "As he has done in the past, the President will see many religious leaders at the event, but we don't have any specific meeting with the Dalai Lama to announce."

Dalai Lama, 79, fled to India during the 1959 Tibetan uprising, where he denounced the Chinese rule and established the nongovernmental Central Tibetan Administration. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in the year 1989 for his unwavering advocacy for the autonomy in the region.

Tibet shares borders with Nepal, India, Bhutan, and Myanmar; China deems it a region of high strategic importance.

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