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Any misadventure from Pakistan will be answered with a punitive response: General Bipin Rawat

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Any misadventure from Pakistan will be answered with a punitive response: General Bipin Rawat

Speaking at a seminar in the national capital to mark ’20 Years after Kargil Conflict’, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat sent out a warning to Pakistan Army and said that any misadventure from the side of Pakistan would be answered with a punitive response.

“Pakistan Army time and again resorts to misadventure, either through flawed proxy wars and state-sponsored terror or intrusions. The Indian Army stands resolute to defend our territory. Let there be no doubt that any misadventure will be repelled with a punitive response”, he said.

Gen Rawat warned that any future conflicts would prove to be more ‘violent and unpredictable’. He said that our soldiers would remain the primary assets of the Army. “Future conflicts will be more violent and unpredictable where the importance of human factor shall remain undiminished. Our soldiers are and will remain our primary assets”, said the Army Chief.

Addressing the reports of Chinese intrusion on the Line of Actual Control(LAC) last week after some Tibetans hoisted the Tibetan flag on the occasion of Dalai Lama’s birthday on July 6th, General Rawat clarified said that had been no Chinese intrusion.


“Chinese come and patrol to their perceived Line of Actual Control. We try and prevent them. But at times there are celebrations that take place at the local levels. Celebrations were going on our side by our Tibetans in the Demchok sector. Based on that, some Chinese personnel also came to see what was happening. But there have been no intrusions. Everything is normal,” he assured.

He said that the new norm of fighting is the use of militancy and other irregular methods.

Rajasthan Police launches an investigation in the alleged farm loan waiver scam

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Rajasthan Police launches an investigation in the alleged farm loan waiver scam

The Rajasthan Police’s chief has announced that the Special Operations Group(SOG) has launched a probe into the alleged farm loan waiver scam. Farmers had alleged that despite not taking any loans, their names appeared in the list of beneficiaries whose loans were waived off.

Some farmers of Dungarpur district in Rajasthan were the first to raise an alarm. They claimed that their names were in the list of beneficiaries even when they had not taken any loans. Soon, farmers from other districts such as Churu, Hanumangarh, Bharatpur, and Dholpur districts also approached the co-operative department officials. They also stated that their names were on the list of recipients of loan waivers even though they had never taken any loans.

Reportedly, the names of more than 1,700 farmers were found in the list of beneficiaries from Dungarpur district alone and none of the farmers had never availed a loan. The farmers in the state were palpably fearful of the fact this alleged scam of fake beneficiaries could be replicated under the guise of farm loan waivers across the state.

The officials of a co-operative bank in Sagwara, Dungarpur had then allegedly stated that as soon as they found out that Ashok Gehlot government ordered to write-off farms loans, they issued loans in the name of those people who had never availed a loan.

Sensing the scale of the alleged farm loan waiver scam, the Rajasthan co-operative department, which carried out the initial probe, asked Rajasthan police to take over the case. Rajasthan’s director general of police (DGP) Bhupendra Singh said that the special operations group has commenced the probe into the matter after they received a letter from the government a few days back. SOG will soon submit a report, he said.

According to the sources, more than one lakh accounts are under the scrutiny of the agency in which waived loan amount was transferred although they never took a loan. One official said, “Several farmers who never availed loans have filed complaints to the co-operative department that their names were in the list of the beneficiaries of farmers whose loans were waived. We are now gathering district-wise data of the number of accounts in which waived loan amount was transferred.”

Besides incongruencies in loan waiver, the SOG is also reviewing cases of cheating registered against 125 co-operative societies in the state. After the SOG obtained data across all police stations, the economic offences arm of the group found that 385 cases are registered against 125 credit co-operative societies of state. Sirohi (213), Pali (138) and Jalore (12) were the three districts where the maximum number of cases registered against these societies were found.

Jamat-e-Ulema Hind chief says Congress should be questioned for the lynching cases during its rule

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Jamat-e-Ulema Hind chief says Congress should be questioned for the lynching cases during its rule

Leading Islamic seminary Jamat-e-Ulema Hind has put the blame on the Congress Party for the incidents of mob lynching across the country and not the BJP, as the popular narrative goes, as reported by Zee News.

Jamat-e-Ulema Hind’s National President Moulana Suhaib Qasmi, while addressing a press briefing in Guwahati today said that it is not the BJP or the RSS that is responsible for the incidents of lynching but the Congress.

Qasmi held Congress responsible for the lynchings in different parts of the country. He said that the party should be questioned for the cases of lynching that were reported during its rule. “If a high-level investigation is conducted, it will be cleared”, said Qasmi.

Recently there has been a spate of reports where Muslim men have been asked to chant ‘Jai Shree Ram’ and thrashed. Several of these cases have turned out to be fake. 

Recently a Congress Councillor Aslam Cyclewala of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) was booked by the police in connection with a rampage that occurred in Athwa lines area of Surat city in Gujarat. During the incident, an unruly mob of protestors who were taking out a rally against the alleged lynching of Tabrez Ansari in Jharkhand had pelted stones at the police. Cyclewala was booked under section 307 of the IPC.

Another Congress leader Shamsher Alam has also been named in the police FIR in Ranchi after a violent mob tried to torch a bus during the protests against Tabrez Ansari’s death.

Abusive actor Ajaz Khan taunts Mumbai Police after they file an FIR against TikTok ‘celebrities’ for propagating revenge on Tabrez Ansari’s death

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Abusive actor Ajaz Khan taunts Mumbai Police after they file an FIR against TikTok ‘celebrities’ for propagating revenge on Tabrez Ansari’s death

After threatening to unleash violence against Hindus, abusive actor Ajaz Khan has now resorted to taunting Mumbai Police after they filed an FIR against TikTok ‘celebrities’ for propagating revenge over Tabrez Ansari’s death.

In a Tik Tok video released by Ajaz Khan, he mocks Mumbai Police by mimicking to a Bollywood movie dialogue. Interestingly, one of the accused members of the Team 07 members can be seen in the video with the failed actor-turned rogue Ajaz Khan.


In the video, the dialogue does where the police asks the villain to get into the car (police van). The villain asks whether the police has any witness or warrant. To that the Police replies how the entire neighbourhood saw what they did. To that one of the ‘Team07’ member says how the neighbourhood isn’t really Gandhian, implying not all witnesses could be believed.

While the video is old, it was recently reshared by Ajaz Khan on his TikTok profile after Mumbai Police filed an FIR against the TikTok users.

Taking a jibe at the Shiv Sena activist who filed the FIR against TikTok ‘celebrities’ he wrote “Warrant laya hai? Ramesh Solanki” in the caption.

The case

On July 9, the Mumbai Police cyber cell had registered a complaint filed by Shiv Sena activist Solanki against the group of TikTok ‘influencers’– – Faisal Shaikh, Hasnain Khan, Faiz Baloch, Adnan Shaikh and Sadhan Faroqui, for propagating revenge over Tabrez Ansari’s death.

In a video uploaded in Tik Tok, the group had propagated revenge against people over 22-year-old Jharkhand man Tabrez Ansari’s death. “You may have killed that innocent Tabrez Ansari, but tomorrow if his son takes revenge, do not say that all Muslims are terrorists,” the video claimed.

Ajaz Khan, repeat offender

Recently, hardcore Islamist Ajaz Khan menacingly threatened actor Payal Rohatgi that one day, the entire world will become Muslim. In a misogynist attack against Payal, Ajaz Khan had referred Payal Rohatgi as a C grade actor.

In a hate speech video on Facebook, Ajaz Khan was seen blatantly inciting communal violence. He was found urging the Muslim community to come out on roads. Khan said they should be ashamed of themselves for not coming out on streets after the alleged killing of Tabrez Ansari.

He had threatened that if 40 crore Muslims of the country, including legal and illegal residents, came out on the streets the whole country would be shut down.

Ajaz Khan is known for his anti-democracy views which was evident from the fact that he once tweeted that he would choose the Quran over the constitution. He was arrested by Anti-Narcotics Cell of Navi Mumbai for possessing drugs. He later got out on bail. He was arrested in 2016 too for sending lewd and vulgar messages to a hair stylist. In the past too, Ajaz Khan has indulged in promoting hate speech through his Facebook account which could disturb the communal harmony in the country.

Prasar Bharti chairman slams Caravan editor for peddling falsehoods maligning India at London conference

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Prasar Bharti chairman slams Caravan editor for peddling falsehoods maligning India at London conference

The Prasar Bharti chairperson Dr A Surya Prakash has called out the Editor-in-chief of the Caravan magazine, Vinod K Jose for disseminating factually incorrect and grossly inaccurate presentation of India during a session on ‘Religion and the Media’ at the Global Conference For Media Freedom in London.

Slamming Jose for his blatantly anti-India statements, the chairperson of the Prasar Bharti, A Surya Prakash asserted that the Caravan magazine Editor was running propaganda through his lies and misleading arguments.

Jose had contended on Thursday at the event that religious minorities in the country were persecuted under the leadership of BJP and PM Modi. To drive home his point, Jose showed arbitrary snippets of media coverage of alleged incidents against minorities. Jose asserted in his presentation that ‘hundreds of Christians were targeted and killed’ in India. He also accused RSS of engineering the Sikh pogrom in 1984.

After his presentation, when the floor was thrown open for discussion, the Prasar Bharti chairperson stood up to debunk the falsehoods peddled by the Caravan editor. The Prasar Bharti chairperson claimed the accusations made by Jose as false and apprised the audience of the inaccuracies in Jose’s contentions.

Prakash said that India is the world’s largest and most vibrant democracy. He informed the listeners that out of 900 million voters eligible to vote, 600 million exercised their right to elect the new government. He argued that democracies across the world will be in danger if the audience gave credence to Jose’s manufactured lies.

Prakash asserted that there exists a section of activists who couldn’t bring themselves to the terms that an overwhelming population of the country has reposed their faith in PM Modi. He said that Modi’s return to power has had some people uncomfortable who are now indulging in besmirching India on an international platform.

“I am anguished by the organisers to have provided a platform for such a prejudiced anti-India presentation. I don’t think anyone is promoting the cause of democracy by belittling the most vibrant democracy in the world,” he said.

Prakash stated that India’s democracy is deep-rooted, which is evident from its federal structure and the existence of a plethora of opposition regional parties governing their respective states and territories. He argued that just like US cannot be called a racist nation based on random crimes against Black people, similarly, it is outrightly wrong to paint India as against the minorities based on unfortunate arbitrary incidents.

On the claim that media is gagged and there is a palpable threat to the free and fair conduct of media, Prakash pointed out the irony in the assertion saying that the reports of incidents against minorities cited by Jose were a testament to the fact that the media is independent and free in the country.

The Chairman of the session and the Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the UN, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, immediately heeded to Prakash’s remarks and assured that he had the highest regards for India’s democracy and while ethnic and other conflicts could be debated, India’s eminence in the democratic world is unimpeachable.

Cricket World Cup 2019: Who will be the Player of the Tournament

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Cricket World Cup 2019: Who will be the Player of the Tournament

The player of the tournament of the World Cup 2019 will be decided after the final game on Sunday between England and New Zealand. There are five prime candidates for winning the award, one each from Australia, India, Bangladesh, New Zealand, and England.

1. Rohit Sharma

Six hundred forty-eight runs and 5 World Cup Hundreds for him in the World Cup, a world record of scoring most hundreds in a series in limited over cricket. The Indian opener is also the highest run-scorer of the current World Cup. He missed breaking Tendulkar’s record of most runs in a world cup edition by just 25 runs.

2. Shakib Al Hasan

Probably the most deserving to win the award as he not only scored runs consistently but also took 11 wickets. The best all-round performance by any player in 12 editions. He scored 606 runs in 8 innings with an average of 86.57. Shakib scored two centuries and five half-centuries, and his lowest total is 48 in the tournament. He also has one five-wicket haul.

3. Joe Root

England’s most consistent batsman of the competition. He scored 549 runs with two centuries on his name. Joe Root is on the verge of breaking Tendulkar’s World Cup record of most runs in an edition; he needs 125 runs to break the record in the final match. There would be a high chance of winning the award if England wins on Sunday.

4. Kane Williamson

The kiwi captain, the backbone of the batting line up, has scored 548 runs in the tournament with two back to back hundreds. The coolest of all, Kane has led his team to the finals. Kane is averaging 91.33 in the tournament, the best by any batsman in the competition. He would be eyeing to win the World Cup rather than thinking about winning the player of the tournament award.

5. Mitchell Starc

The most wickets in a World Cup edition, yes, Starc has 27 wickets in this World Cup, which is one more than McGrath’s record in 2007. He bowled superbly in league stages, but couldn’t repeat the performance in the semis against England. The second most wicket-taker in the World Cup is Mustafizur Rahman with 20 wickets, has seven wicket less than Starc.

Who will be your ‘Player of the Tournament’?

AIADMK MLA proposes mobile liquor sales to ‘ease hardship’ faced by customers in Tamil Nadu

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AIADMK MLA proposes mobile liquor sales to ‘ease hardship’ faced by customers in Tamil Nadu

On Friday, AIADMK MLA U Thaniyarasu while speaking at the State Assembly urged the government to make liquor easily accessible. He had proposed the idea to set up mobile liquor sales for people in the remote areas of the state.

“The government is selling [liquor] and people have decided to drink. So why put them through hardship for getting liquor? I urge the government to ensure easy sale of liquor either by opening more shops or selling liquor through mobile shops,” said Mr Thaniyarasu surprising the members of the Assembly.

According to him, people need to stand in long queues to buy liquor from the state-run TASMAC shops. He compared this situation with that of standing long queues to buy tickets for a new movie. He said the after a long day of work, people have to struggle so much to buy just one bottle of liquor.

He had also claimed that many lose their lives while returning from a TASMAC shop in their vehicles. In order to avoid all of this unnecessary struggle, the MLA proposed selling liquor in vehicles.

U Thaniyarasu represents the Kangeyam constituency. He is a member of Kongu Ilaignar Peravai an ally of the ruling AIADMK party.

The MLAs statements come at a time when the ruling AIADMK party has promised in its election manifesto that there would be a total prohibition of liquor sales. The TASMAC shops were promised to be closed in a phased manner each year. Earlier in April, while hearing a PIL, the HC had asked the state government to reveal its stand on TASMAC.

A few days ago, several residents of Peraiyur demanded closure of TASMAC shops in their neighbourhood. The husband of an accident victim had also recently asked for a permanent shutdown.

During the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, an independent candidate from Tamil Nadu had promised 10 litres of free liquor every month if he wins the elections.

Madhya Pradesh: Kamal Nath government allegedly spent Rs 38 crores to renovate ministers’ bungalows

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Madhya Pradesh: Kamal Nath government allegedly spent Rs 38 crores to renovate ministers’ bungalows

The Madhya Pradesh government led by Kamal Nath has allegedly spent a whopping amount of over Rs 38 crore on refurbishing the houses of Congress ministers in the state. This comes at a time when Kamal Nath government is facing backlash for failing to waive off farms loans.

According to Economic Times, the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh has decided to renovate residence of ministers including the chief minister’s residence in Bhopal. It is notable here that the CM’s residence in Bhopal has been kept vacant since December 2018 and Kamal Nath is yet to move in.

BJP MLA Narottam Mishra has cited a written reply given to him in the state assembly by the government on Thursday, saying Rs 38.47 crore has been spent by the state public works department (PWD) to renovate and refurbish the official bungalows of 28 new ministers.

“The chief minister, since the last seven months, has still not reached the CM’s house. Our CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan stayed in the same residence for the last 15 years but I am unable to understand what is lacking in that house that Kamal Nath has not moved in there for seven months now and constant repair and renovation is being carried out there. This is wastage of the state’s resources,” Mishra said.

Mishra further alleged that Congress government of failing to grant money for cremations under the former government’s Sambhal scheme while accusing them of wasting so much money on renovating official bungalows. In fact, new houses from scratch could have been built with Rs 39 crore, said Mishra.

Meanwhile, Sajjan Singh Verma, State PWD Minister claimed the figures were not correct and said a very small amount of money had been spent.

“Such was the desperation and frustration of the BJP ministers when they lost power that they even uprooted taps and pipes from the government bungalows before vacating them. We had to hence carry out some repairs to make them livable,” Verma told ET.

State BJP spokesperson Rajneesh Agrawal alleged that Kamal Nath was still to move into the CM’s residence as it was very simple as per the lifestyle of the former BJP CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan and not up to the extravagant way of living of Nath”.

Madhya Pradesh government has been facing a lot of criticism since it came to power after its marginal victory in the assembly elections. Recently, in a controversial decision, the Congress-led Madhya Pradesh government had decided to withdraw nearly 50,000 cases filed against Congress workers and leaders in the state in the last 15 years.

Mehul Choksi blames ‘untimely typhoon’ in Antigua for delaying documents to the court

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Mehul Choksi blames ‘untimely typhoon’ in Antigua for delaying documents to the court

Fugitive economic offender Mehul Choski has come up with a new excuse. He has claimed that he was unable to send legal documents to his lawyer in India because of an “untimely typhoon” in Antigua and Barbuda, reports The Indian Express. He was sending documents to challenge a special court order in the Bombay High Court.

On January 31, a special court had dismissed Choksi’s plea seeking examination of witnesses on the basis which the Enforcement Directorate (ED) wanted to declare him a fugitive economic offender under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018.

The fugitive businessman wanted to challenge this order in the Bombay High Court but took well over the stipulated time period to file a plea. Mehul Choksi moved the High Court on July 4 and requested it to admit his plea. Under the limitation laws, an appeal has to be filed in the High Court within 30 days of the date of the order passed by a lower court.

“The counsel (of Choksi in India) failed to get the vakalatnamas within the limitation period due to untimely typhoon at Antigua which created chaos and also interrupted the courier service and the shipment through which the signed vakalatnamas were shipped by the applicant (Choksi) to the counsel on June 18 by FedEx courier and the same was received by the advocate of the applicant on June 24,” said Choksi’s application filed by his counsel Rahul Agarwal.

As per reports, PNB Scam accused Mehul Choksi had submitted to the court through his lawyer that he is too ill to travel and he is willing to be questioned in Antigua, where he had taken citizenship last year.

Choksi is presently residing in the Caribbean nation of Antigua. India has sought his extradition from that country and an Interpol arrest warrant has also been issued against him.

In a major shot in the arm for the Modi government, the Antiguan government has now decided to revoke Choksi’s citizenship. Antiguan PM Gaston Browne himself had declared that Choksi’s Antiguan citizenship will be rescinded. He had assured that he will be repatriated back to India.

This is not the first time fugitive offender Choski has been providing such excuses to delay his extradition process. Earlier, Mehul Choksi had submitted to the court through his lawyer that he is too ill to travel and he is willing to be questioned in Antigua, where he had taken citizenship last year.

In 2018, Mehul Choski had given a bizarre explanation claiming that there are numerous mob lynching incidents in India lately and had said that he feared the same if he came back to the country.

In January 2018, Mehul Choksi fled after the Rs 14,000-crore PNB fraud surfaced, in which diamantaires Nirav Modi and Choksi were the main accused. After fleeing the country, he surrendered his Indian passport and took up Antiguan citizenship.

SBI’s Anshula Kant appointed as MD and the first female CFO of World Bank

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SBI’s Anshula Kant appointed as MD and the first female CFO of World Bank

Anshula Kant, the managing director of State Bank of India, has been appointed the MD and CFO (Chief Financial Officer) of the World Bank. World Bank president David Malpass has announced on Friday.


In a statement, the president David Malpass said, “Anshula brings more than 35 years of expertise in finance, banking, and innovative use of technology through her work as CFO of the State Bank of India”.

“She’s excelled at a diverse array of leadership challenges including risk, treasury, funding, regulatory compliance and operations. I look forward to welcoming her to our management team as we work to increase our effectiveness in supporting good development outcomes”, he added.

As MD and CFO, Kant would be responsible for financial and risk management of the World Bank Group, reporting to the President. She would also be working with the CEO to mobilize financial resources.

Kant holds an Honours degree in Economics from Lady Shri Ram College. She also did her post-graduate degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics.

During her tenure as CFO of SBI, Kant managed $38 billion of revenues and total assets of $500 billion. She greatly improved the capital base and focused on the long-term sustainability of SBI within her mandate. Since September 2018 she had been Managing Director and member of the Board of SBI.

Anshula Kant will be the first woman to hold the position.

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