2018 | DIN NEWS - Part 430

JNU violence: SC rejects plea for SIT probe, contempt action

January 25, 2018 strong

The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea seeking an SIT probe into the February 2016 violence inside a trial court here during which former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and others were assaulted, saying it would not “flog a dead horse back to life”. A bench comprising Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R Banumathi did not accept the contentions advocating contempt action against the police officials and others for the incident which was described as “ghastly action” by the petitioner. “What ghastly action,” the bench asked advocate Prashant Bhushan, who appeared for…

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BSE tweaks circuit limit of 8 firms

January 25, 2018 strong

Leading exchange BSE has revised the circuit limit for the shares of eight companies to curb excessive volatility in their prices. The firms are Orient Paper & Industries, Shah Foods, Aishwarya Telecom, Amba Enterprises, Lancer Container Lines, Meera Industries, Master Trust and Uniroyal Marine Exports. The new limits, effective tomorrow, will ensure stock prices do not fluctuate beyond a prescribed level during a session. In a notice, BSE said trading members of the exchange are hereby informed that the price band has been changed from their existing levels in the…

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‘Name and shame’ has helped improve states’ biz rankings: Kant

January 25, 2018January 25, 2018 strong

Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant today said some states have improved in terms of ease of doing business after they were ranked very low on an index, as he credited the change to “name and shame”. Speaking at a session here at the World Economic Forum (WEF), Kant said he is a great believer in “name and shame” and that seemed to do the trick for poorly ranked states. Talking about the government’s focus on improving ease of doing business across the country, Kant said, “When we started ranking states…

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Pak Army man posted in Austria missing with sensitive papers

January 25, 2018 strong

A Pakistan Army official, appointed as a clerk at the country’s embassy in Austria some five months ago, disappeared this month along with some sensitive documents, a media report has said. A case of his disappearance and missing documents was registered at the Tarnol police station in Islamabad on a complaint of a defence ministry official, Dawn reported. “It is suspected that he might have become a tool in the hands of enemy of the country,” according to the FIR. The missing official was enrolled in the Pakistan Army as…

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India a responsible nuclear state, believes in ‘no first use’: Akbar

January 25, 2018 strong

Union minister M J Akbar today asserted that India is a responsible nuclear state and believes in ‘no first use’ of such weapons, even as he questioned why no action is being taken at the global level against proliferation. Speaking at a session on nuclear threats to international security here at the World Economic Forum (WEF), he said many countries see nuclear weapons as the ultimate deterrence and see “missiles as a message”. The minister of state for external affairs said just a few days ago India joined the Australia…

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Nitish Kumar rejects allegations of political volte-face

January 25, 2018 strong

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today rejected opposition RJD’s allegation that he had done a political volte-face by walking out of the Grand Alliance and re-joined the BJP-led NDA. Without naming RJD or any of its leaders, Kumar, who is also the JD(U) national president, asserted that he had not turned his back on any of his government’s agenda but found it difficult to work with people who believed in using power for amassing wealth. “It is often said about me – ‘palat gaye’ (did a volte- face). I wish…

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4 policemen killed in encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh

January 25, 2018 strong

Four police personnel, including two sub-inspectors, were killed and seven others injured in a gun-fight with Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district today, police said. The encounter took place in the forests of Irpanar village in Abhujmad area when a police team was out on anti- Naxal operation, Special Director General of Police (anti- Naxal operations) D M Awasthi told PTI. “Two sub-inspectors and as many constables, belonging to DRG (District Reserve Guard of Police) lost their lives and seven other personnel sustained injuries in the incident,” he said. The team,…

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Politics robbing current gen of Indo-Pak rivalry: Akhtar

January 24, 2018January 24, 2018 strong

Former pacer Shoaib Akhtar feels cricketers in India and Pakistan are being denied a chance to experience the historic cross-border sporting rivalry between the two countries due to politics. India and Pakistan have not played a full bilateral series since 2007 in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008. A short series was played in India in 2012 but considering the current hostility in diplomatic ties, resumption of full cricketing ties between the two nations seems highly unlikely anytime soon. “It is terribly sad that cricketers from either…

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Peter Jackson working on World War I documentary

January 24, 2018 strong

Filmmaker Peter Jackson is modernising World War I footage for a new documentary. The “Lord of the Rings ” director will take the archival footage from the conflict and digitally restore it to show what life in the Great War might actually have been like, reported Entertainment Weekly. The film project is part of 14-18 NOW, the United Kingdom’s arts program commissioned to commemorate the centennial of World War I’s end in 1918. Jackson has used modern technology to update and colourise the footage. It has also been paired with…

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Acting abroad doesn’t count as work experience in India:Nimrat

January 24, 2018 strong

Acting in Hollywood is often seen as a career boost but Nimrat Kaur says her stint in the West isn’t counted as work experience in India. Despite having appeared in two American shows “Homeland” and “Wayward Pines”, Nimrat said an actor is only talked about in the country when he/she is doing films here. “I have worked abroad but that doesn’t really translate here as work experience, so I am just two films old. How you are remembered in India is by the films that you are doing here,” the…