Top stories on 5th September in a capsule
Bengaluru Journalist Gauri Lankesh shot dead, Protests erupt
Senior Journalist and activist from Karnataka Gauri Lankesh was on Tuesday shot to death outside her residence in Bengaluru. Ms.Lankesh was shot by unidentified assailants although the motive of the murder is still unclear. At least four bullets were fired out of which one hit her on the forehead and two entered her chest, media reports quoting police sources said. Ms.Lankesh who edited and ran a Kannada newspaper Gauri Lankesh Patrike had been a staunch critic of the right-wing forces and had even been convicted in a defamation case filed in 2015 by a Karnataka BJP MLA. She had reported how three BJP leaders had duped a jeweller for 1 lakh rupees. Although she managed to get an anticipatory bail in the case, she had continued to receive death threats, multiple media reports quoting Gauri said on Tuesday. As the news of her death spread on Twitter, journalists and activists expressed anger and shock and condemned the 'right-wing' forces over the incident. Multiple protests have been planned across the country even as Karnataka government has handed over the probe to CID.
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Modi visits Myanmar, might discuss Rohingya and infrastructure
PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday landed in Myanmar for a three-day visit starting on Tuesday amidst the current crisis surrounding Rohingya Muslims who are fleeing the country following the ethnic violence that has erupted. Modi is expected to discuss the Rohingya crisis and India's capacity building measures and infrastructure projects with Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. This is Modi's first bilateral visit to India's eastern neighbor. Currently Myanmar’s security forces have launched a crackdown in the country's Rakhine state, that to led to fleeing of around 125000 Rohingyas from the country to Bangladesh. In terms of infrastructure, India has committed grant-in-aid assistance amounting to Rs 4,000 crore to Myanmar, out of a total commitment of around $1.7 billion.____________________
BRICS Summit 2017: India and China decide to resolve Doklam differences
On the last day of BRICS Summit, PM Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping decided to put behind the tensions between the two countries over the recent Doklam standoff. ““This was not a backward looking but a forward-looking discussion. The Doklam issue was discussed and both the countries agreed that it should not recur and that differences must be handled with mutual respect," said Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar to the media after the bilateral talks. Earlier Chinese President Xi Jingping said that “China is prepared to work with India to seek guidance from the five principles of Panchsheel.”
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UP: Substance found in assembly not PETN, Forensic Director suspended
The UP government on Tuesday suspended the Lucknow’s Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) Director, Shiv Bihari Upadhyay after the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL), Hyderabad confirmed that the suspicious substance that was recovered from the assembly on July 12 was not high-potential explosive PETN, but silicon oxide. Upadhyay was suspended over charges of submitting an incomplete, misleading, inauthentic and defective report on recovery of the suspicious substance from Vidhan Bhavan. The state government has ordered a probe against Upadhyay. The officials said, he allegedly submitted fake reports regarding laboratory test and gave benefits to the laboratory employees illegally.___________________________
ED seized Lalu Yadav’s daughter Misa Bharti’s Delhi Farmhouse
The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday has seized a farmhouse located in Delhi’s Bijwasan owned by Misa Bharti, daughter of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, in connection with a case of money laundering. The ED has found that the house has been bought by “proceeds of crime”. The house is in the name of M/s Mishail Packers and Printers Pvt Ltd., and was purchased using Rs. 1.2 crore involved in money laundering in the year 2008-09. Mishail Packers is owned by Misa and her husband Shailesh. Shailesh is one of the directors in the company.____________________________
Farukkhabad child deaths: Doctors on strike after authorities suspend CMO, CMS
A day after 49 newborns passed away in a government hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Farrukhabad, senior doctors went on mass strike to protest against government action on CMO and CMS of the Ram Manohar Lohiya hospital. The CMO and CMS were removed from their posts and the doctors are demanding the FIRs against CMO and CMS to be plunged. The doctors have claimed that their strike will continue for next two days and have planned resigning from their posts collectively if the government does not budge. The strike has severely affected the Health and Medical services in Farrukhabad.
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BJP
‘Mangalore Chalo’ Rally evokes clash with Bengaluru police
The ‘Mangalore Chalo’ rally held in Karnataka
on Tuesday resulted in violent clashes between the Bengaluru police and members
of the BJP Yuva Morcha, and was flagged off within minutes since its start. 500
protesters, including Karnataka Home Minister R Ashoka and MLA Shobha
Karandlaje were taken into preventive custody, after the Congress led state
government alleged that they have received no official orders to hold the
rally. The 200 bike borne Yuva Morcha workers held the rally against the
alleged killings of the two BJP members in the state. Commenting on the same,
Chief Minister Siddaramiah said the said protests were done to ease traffic
issues.
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Yogi Adityanath files nomination with 2 MLAs
for UP bypolls
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath,
on Tuesday, filed in his nomination for the upcoming Legislative Council
by-polls. The seat to be applied for by the CM is that of Yashwant Sinha of
Samajwadi Party, who vacated the seat on grounds of his resignation. Deputy
Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma, along with ministers Mohsin
Raza and Swatantra Singh, also submitted their nomination papers. The Election
Commission reported that both the polling and the counting would take place on
September 15. Former Chief Ministers Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati had also filed
their nomination for the Upper House.
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111 MLAs show of support to E Palaniswami
As a development, in the ensuing war of
factions in Chennai, a major boost was received by Chief Minister E Palaniswami
on Tuesday as 111 MLAs attended his meeting. Another step came as forty five
districts secretaries out of the fifty in Chennai, extended their support to
the Chief Minister. Speaking to the media, Jayakumar of AIADMK said that nine
members of the Dinakaran camp, along with three members of the allies of the
ruling party have also “whole-heartedly’ extended their support to the Chief
Minister.
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US readies itself for Hurricane Irma; 60 dead
as Hurricane Harvey recedes
The death toll, in the aftermath of Hurricane
Harvey rose to 60 people on Tuesday, as the water level receded from the
tragedy stricken Houston, US. While the numbers stood still, warnings has been
issued in the wake of another approaching calamity, Hurricane Irma. The
hurricane, which has been described belonging to Category 4, has set off alarms
in parts of the Caribbean and Florida, according to National Hurricane Centre
(NHC). “The storm has been packing top sustained winds of 220km/h. Additional
strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours,” the NHC added.
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FOOTBALL:
INDIA BEAT MACAU 2-0 AND SOLIDIFY THEIR CLAIM FOR A PLACE IN THE 2019 ASIA
CUP
India further solidified their place in the group league encounter of the Asian Cup qualifying round after substitute striker Balwant Singh’s second half brace
downed Macau. Macau’s defensive line stood firm keeping India out for most of
the early parts of the game. Their resilience though was finally broken after
Balwant found the target in the 57th and 82nd minute respectively as the 'Blue
Tigers' won their third successive match in the qualifying tournament. India
now stand in a commanding position with 9 points from 3 games and another victory
from their remaining 3 games will seal their berth for the 2019 Asia Cup.
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