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TMC threatens party leaders who have joined BJP that they will face dire consequences

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TMC threatens party leaders who have joined BJP that they will face dire consequences

West Bengal chief minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee has started to lose her patience as more and more of her party leaders and councillors continue jumping ships. In a veiled attack, TMC on Sunday warned its former councillors who joined BJP, that they would face the “consequences.”

In a statement released on June 23, the TMC said that “99.99 per cent of Trinamool functionaries and elected representatives are honest, hardworking and committed to work for the benefit of the people. Some from different political parties are sullying the name of the party by indulging in corruption and unfair practices. They will be dealt with severely”.

“A very few members from panchayats and municipalities have joined the BJP because of their ulterior motives and selfish vested interests. They have done this with the hope that their misdeeds and crimes will be washed away. They are mistaken,” TMC said in a statement.


TMC stressed that its former members would not be spared for the “crimes” they have committed. The party added, “If there has been wrongdoing on anyone’s part, he will have to face the consequences even though he has the backing of the BJP.”

Several TMC MLAs and councillors have defected to BJP in the recent past. Recently, a local strongman and Nowpara MLA Sunil Singh along with 12 Trinamool councillors of the Garulia municipality joined the BJP.

Interestingly, the Garulia municipality has 21 councillors, out of which 19 were from the TMC. As 12 TMC members have decided to join the BJP, the municipality will fall into the hands of the BJP, which already has a majority in Bhatpara and Darjeeling civic bodies.

Mamata Banerjee’s predicaments increased after her party lost space to the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls as the latter won 18 seats. Soon after the elections, the MLAs, senior TMC functionaries began to join hands with the BJP. TMC’s Bijpur MLA Shubhranshu Roy joined the party with a Congress and a CPM MLA last month.

Another TMC lawmaker Manirul Islam had also joined the saffron party in presence of BJP leaders Kailash Vijayvargiya and Mukul Roy recently. Along with Manirul Islam, president of TMC’s youth wing Gadadhar Hazra, the secretary of the same unit Mohammad Asif Iqbal and TMC leader Nimai Das also switched sides to join the BJP.

BJP also took control over three municipalities after the councillors joined the BJP. The municipalities are, Kanchrapara, Halisahara and Naihati.

In fact, adding insult to injury, Arjun Sigh, after crossing over from TMC on March 14, had claimed that over 100 MLAs from the Trinamool Congress will be joining the BJP soon.

In March there were reports that almost 300 Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers from Cooch Behar in West Bengal, along with senior TMC Yuva Morcha leader, Nishith Paramanik and a former CISF commandant and Arjuna awardee, Chhaya Adak, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party at their national headquarters in Delhi.

Irked by the continuous setbacks, Mamata had last week called all the defectors “greedy and corrupt” and claimed that the BJP was “collecting garbage”. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo also said she would be replacing the “traitors” with “dedicated members” and asked those “undecided about joining the BJP” to leave her party at the earliest.

TMC MPs stage protest at the Parliament against EVMs, demand paper ballots in future elections

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TMC MPs stage protest at the Parliament against EVMs, demand paper ballots in future elections

Today morning, several MPs of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) staged a protest in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue at the Parliament.


The MPs held placards demanding to discontinue the use of EVMs and to bring back the use paper ballots in the elections.


Having faced tough competition from the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has resorted to blaming the EVMs for the loss of seats. She accused the BJP of using money power and tampering the EVMs. Despite the accusations, TMC workers were caught rigging the elections themselves. The party is also blamed for the poll violence in the state, the violence had even forced the Election Commission to cut short the election campaign.

Rahul Gandhi, instead of introspecting Congress parties massive defeat in the elections, is planning to lead a nation-wide stir against the Modi government questioning the authenticity of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). Sonia Gandhi had also alleged the BJP for manipulating the EVMs while addressing a thanksgiving rally. NCP chief Sharad Pawar previously resorted to scaremongering and predicted riots over the EVMs.

They couldn’t strike our military bases as they couldn’t even cross LOC: Air Chief Marshal on Pakistan’s reaction after Balakot

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They couldn’t strike our military bases as they couldn’t even cross LOC: Air Chief Marshal on Pakistan’s reaction after Balakot

Today while speaking to the press during the commemoration of 20 years of the Kargil War, the Indian Air Chief Marshall, BS Dhanoa, speaking about the Balakot airstrikes against Pakistan said that none of the Pakistan fighter jets was able to cross the Line of Control (LOC).


He said that India had achieved its military objective by striking at the terror camps on Balakot. However, Pakistan had failed in achieving its objective of striking Indian military bases as they fighter jets couldn’t even cross the LoC.


Talking about Pakistan’s closed airspace, he said that India had a vibrant economy and that it was important to keep it open. He also said that the Indian Air Force has never stopped civil air traffic. The IAF had only stopped Srinagar airspace on 27 February for just 2-3 hours. India didn’t allow the tension with Pakistan to dictate civil aviation as it had a larger economy.


Talking about the Kargil War, he said that the purpose of the attack has always been to show resolve and capability. He said that the message has been delivered the people who were hit.

Today, the Indian Air Force commemorated 20 years of the Kargil War by recreating Tiger Hill attack and static display of Mirage-2000 and other aircraft used during ‘Operation Vijay’.

In March the Air Marshall Chief had categorically stated that IAF had successfully hit the target that was intended to be hit, dismissing all doubts on the Balakot air strike. In April, he had said that technology was on India’s side during Balakot air strikes and that the results would have been had they already acquired the Rafale.

A few days ago, it was revealed that the Balakot strike was codenamed as ‘Operation Bandar’. Despite the constant denial of the success of the operation, Pakistan has said that its Eastern airspace would remain shut until India promises not to repeat Balakot. After the air strikes, Pakistan had kept hidden one of its most advanced submarines. The Indian Navy detected it after searching for about 21 days.

JDU MLA reveals how the Nitish Kumar govt was completely unprepared to tackle the AES outbreak

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JDU MLA reveals how the Nitish Kumar govt was completely unprepared to tackle the AES outbreak

A JDU MLA exposes the unpreparedness and the apathy of Nitish Kumar government to tackle the Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES). In a sting operation conducted by Republic TV, a sitting JDU MLA in Muzaffarpur, Ashok Choudhary is seen exposing his government’s callousness and negligence when its come to dealing with the current crisis in the state of Bihar, which has become the epicentre of the disease’s latest outbreak.


As per the Republic TV report, the MLA could be heard saying that many lives of children could have been saved had the Nitish Kumar government acted on time. He claimed that middleman robbed the children of the basic facilities in the government hospital. Ashok Choudhary says that such a situation arises every year. The government should have been more prepared and should have pressurised the doctors in these government hospitals to be groomed to handle such a crisis, the MLA stressed. He further claimed that since 95 per cent of children suffering is poor, no one bothers.

Giving a road-map, he said that his government should have provided doctors and ambulance in the small villages, and should have shifted them to district hospitals only when they would not be treated in their villages. However, he claimed that such steps were not taken.

The hospital premises are filthy, and there have been skeletons found in SKMC hospital’s backyard, but the Bihar CM remains impassive towards the situation.

As many as 181 children have died in the state until today. In the latest, the Supreme Court has given a 7-day deadline to Nitish Kumar government to get control over the disquieting situation in Bihar.

Amid the rising death toll in the state of Bihar due to encephalitis outbreak, another shocking incident took place at Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital, Muzaffarpur on June 23. A part of its roof outside ICU collapsed as the patients were rushing to the hospital.

Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) chief Upendra Kushwaha, addressing a press conference on Sunday, also blamed Nitish Kumar for the death of innocent children dying of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in the state.

“Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is solely responsible for the death of innocents and small children. He is just seeing that children are dying but is doing nothing substantial for it. The whole health administration is left at the mercy of God by him,” said Kushwaha.

“The vacancies against the post of doctors are far less than required in Hospitals and health centres. Not even one doctor is sanctioned for each hospital. If he is not able to do anything then he should say sorry to the people and resign,” said Kushwaha.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has for all these days, refused to say anything over the deaths of children caused by Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Muzaffarpur district. The Deputy CM Sushil Modi has also been silent about the outbreak. In fact, Nitish Kumar had earlier slammed the media saying it to ‘stay in limits’ and the latter asking reporters to ‘leave the press conference if they want to ask about the death of the children’.

Mediapersons repeatedly tried to put questions to him in connection with the matter, but Nitish Kumar ignored them and refused to say anything while on his way to his vehicle after attending an event here. He has, earlier too, refused to say anything on the issue.

Moreover, showing apathy towards the rising distress over the deaths due to the outbreak of the disease in Bihar, its Health minister, Mangal Pandey was caught on camera being more concerned about the India-Pakistan match rather than the deteriorating situation in the state.

A social activist named Tamanna Hashmi had filed a petition against Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey, holding them responsible for failing to control the outbreak of the disease.

The Outbreak of AES has taken away the lives of 181 children in the state. The state administration, however, is clueless about the reason that causes such a deadly disease.

The administration has blamed it on excessive heat and humidity, hypoglycemia, eating litchis on an empty stomach. However, despite the disease affecting the state every year, the questions as to why the state failed to combat this illness remained unanswered.

Assam: Sidul Islam sends intimate photos with wife to in-laws, threatens to release on social media if dowry not given

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Assam: Sidul Islam sends intimate photos with wife to in-laws, threatens to release on social media if dowry not given

A shocking case of a man blackmailing his in-laws for dowry threatening to release intimate photos of his own wife has emerged in Assam. According to reports, a man named Sidul Islam has sent intimate photos with his own wife to her relatives, threating to make them viral on social media if he is not paid ₹5 lakh as dowry.

According to the family of the girl, Sidul had married the girl from Ramkrishna area in Karimganj last year. But around three months after the marriage, he started harassing her for dowry. Talking to local media, the girl said that Sidul used to beat her regularly, asking her to bring money from her family. Being a poor family, they were unable to comply with the demand, and hence he continued with physical and mental harassment on her. One day when the assault crossed the limit of tolerance, she went back to her parental home.

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After that the family of the girl lodged a complaint with police against the man for dowry harassment. But this time Sidul used a disgusting strategy to extort money from his in-laws. He had some intimate photos with his wife, and he used these photos to blackmail his wife’s family in an effort to get money. He sent some of such photos to his wife’s father, uncle and other some relatives on WhatsApp, threatening that if they don’t withdraw the case against him, and don’t pay him ₹5 lakh, he will upload the photos on internet. He called and messaged the family and relatives of his wife several times to pay the money and withdraw the case, saying else he will make the photos viral social media.

The family of the girl has again lodged a complaint against Sidul for this attempt to blackmail. They have also approached the Superintendent of Police at Karimganj regarding the matter.

Faf blames IPL again for South Africa’s poor performance in World Cup

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Faf blames IPL again for South Africa’s poor performance in World Cup

After South Africa made an early exit from the World Cup by losing the match against Pakistan, Faf du Plessis has once again blamed IPL for the poor performance of his team.

Faf du Plessis has already blamed IPL after Dale Steyn was declared unfit for World Cup due to a shoulder injury. This time he again blamed the IPL for the poor performance, especially of his star bowler Rabada who had a splendid IPL season. It’s a bit amusing that South African captain has to come out with such a statement when Indian bowlers are performing well despite playing all the games in IPL.

In the post-match press conference, Faf was replying to a question if Rabada’s lack of potency was down to fatigue, “We did try and get him not to go to the IPL; to try and stay and get fresh. That wasn’t the case of and then when he went there, we were like, let’s try and get him back halfway through the IPL because it’s important, not just for him, but a few other players.”

Kagiso Rabada had a great IPL season as he took 25 wickets at an average of 14.72 for Delhi Capitals, but in World Cup 2019, Rabada has claimed only six wickets at an average of 50.83 and is ranked 25th in the World Cup 2019 wicket-takers’ list.

Faf continued, “So I don’t think it’s not necessarily just the IPL, but it was important for a few guys to rest; and the fact that they didn’t mean that they-you know, they came into the tournament not fresh. That’s not an excuse; that’s just a fact. And KG is-you can see that his pace is probably a little bit down from where he normally is.”

This is South Africa’s worst performance in World Cups, the last time they knocked out of the tournament in the group stage was in 2003. However, that was the final match of the group stage, South Africa’s loss was mainly due to rain and Duck-worth Lewis rule, and not the performance.

Chhattisgarh: Policeman stabbed to death by Maoists in broad daylight in front of his wife and children

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Chhattisgarh: Policeman stabbed to death by Maoists in broad daylight in front of his wife and children

In a horrific incident, a policeman was killed by left-wing terrorists at a weekly market in broad daylight on Sunday at Bijapur district, Chattisgarh on Sunday.

Reportedly, the incident occurred on Sunday afternoon at around 2 pm when assistant constable Chaitu Kadti went to the market in Mirtur village along with his wife and children. The Maoists stalked and killed the policeman in front of his horrified family and other people in Mirtur village.

A ‘small action team’ of Maoists, typically comprising four to five cadres suddenly stabbed Kadti with knives, killing him on the spot. However, the left-wing terrorists did not harm the family members of Kadti.

Shockingly, the Maoists after killing the policeman walked back into the jungle without any fear of retaliation depicting the state the lawlessness in the Congress-ruled Chattisgarh.

According to the police, Kadti was posted at Mirtur police station but regularly took part in anti-Maoist operations. “The rebel must have kept a watch on him and knew he would go shopping with his family to the ‘Haat’ on Sunday,” said an officer.

On getting information about the incident, a police team rushed to the spot and sent the body for postmortem, the official said. A search was underway to nab the assailants, he added.

Recently, in a similar incident, a police informer was hacked to death by Maoists in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh. A 30-year-old police informer known as Chhannu Sodhi was attacked by a ‘small action team’ of these left-wing terrorists.

It is official: Mayawati announces that the SP-BSP alliance is over, a month after 2019 poll debacle

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It is official: Mayawati announces that the SP-BSP alliance is over, a month after 2019 poll debacle

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Supremo Mayawati today took to Twitter to announce that the BSP and Samajwadi Party (SP) alliance has broken up.


Ending weeks of speculations, Mayawati said the decision was taken yesterday after the marathon meeting the BSP leaders held in Lucknow.


She added that it is a known fact that BSP had kept all the differences with SP behind while getting into the alliance with SP prior to the 2019 General Elections including the ‘anti-BSP decisions’ the SP government took when it was in power between 2012-2017. Despite all this, the BSP kept their part of the bargain in the alliance, she said.

However, after the Lok Sabha polls debacle, SP’s behaviour towards BSP has made them rethink their alliance. She added that with this kind of attitude of the SP, it will not be possible to defeat the BJP. Hence, keeping in mind the party and the movement, the BSP has decided to cut ties with the SP for all the upcoming polls.

The BSP-SP alliance had been on a rocky turf and things collapsed soon after the results of the election were declared. While Mayawati stood to gain by going from zero seats in UP in 2014 to 10 seats in 2019, Samajwadi Party managed to only retain the 5 seats the party had won in 2014 as well.

Uttar Pradesh: Safayat Hussain and his sons beat Gangaram to death for accusing them of his minor daughter’s kidnapping

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Uttar Pradesh: Safayat Hussain and his sons beat Gangaram to death for accusing them of his minor daughter’s kidnapping

On Wednesday, 19 June in Dilari, Uttar Pradesh, a 54-year-old Gangaram was beaten up and killed by a Muslim mob after he had complained to the police about his daughter’s abduction.

As reported by Amar Ujala, Gangaram of Pipili Umarpur had accused his neighbour’s son of the abduction. However, it was later found out that the minor girl was kidnapped by another person named Nadeem. The girl has been found and Nadeem has been arrested after relatives staged a protest, blocking a road.

Gangaram’s 15-year-old daughter had gone missing about three days ago. After the complaint was filed, the police did not take any further action following which the SSP had suspended station chief Deepak Kumar for negligence.

As per reports, Gangaram had complained to the police alleging that Danish, his neighbour Safayat Hussein’s son, had kidnapped his daughter. On hearing about the complaint, several relatives of Danish went to Gangaram’s house. They allegedly then beat Gangaram and his family up with sticks for wrongly accusing Danish of the crime. Gangaram was badly injured. His relatives took him to a nearby hospital but he was declared dead by the doctors.

The next day, after the post mortem, angry relatives of Gangaram placed his body on a road, blocking the traffic and they proceeded to shout slogans against police inaction. Members of the Hindu Raksha Dal had also joined the protests demanding swift action by the police. The protests were curbed only after police arrested Safayat Hussain, Danish, Chhotu and another person named Akram for beating Gangaram to death. Reports say that Gangaram’s wife and son have also sustained serious injuries.

There are also some media reports which have claimed that Gangaram was attacked and killed because he had objected to his Muslim neighbour’s advances towards his daughter. However, as reported by Amarujala, police claim to have found that the girl was abducted by another person named Nadeem. Nadeem is now in police custody.

Following this incident, tension prevailed between the Hindu and Muslim communities in the area. Taking cognisance of the communally sensitive issue, extra forces have been deployed in the village.

World Cup Match Preview – Afghanistan v Bangladesh: Can Afghanistan win their first game of the tournament

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World Cup Match Preview – Afghanistan v Bangladesh: Can Afghanistan win their first game of the tournament

Afghanistan finally showed up in the World Cup in the last match where they lost by just 11 runs against India. However, they have proved that they got the strength and quality to play in the current World Cup. Can they finally win a game today?

Bangladesh would be hoping to beat Afghanistan easily so that they don’t have to rely on failures of other teams to reach the semi-final. They won against the two major sides of this tournament and gave a good fight to the 5-time champions Australia in the previous match. It should be an easy task for them to beat Afghanistan despite Afghans shown some resilience in their game against India. Their batting is their main strength, and they can score runs without fuss whether they are batting first or second.

Afghanistan will rely on their spinners to give them the hope of winning the contest. They bowled beautifully on the Ages Bowl wicket on Saturday, and they will be playing again on the same track. They have nothing to lose, but they can surely spoil the party of others. That’s the only thing in their mind at the moment as said by their captain in the pre-match conference, ‘Hum to dubenge sanam saath tumhe bhi le dubenge’ 


Players to watch out

Mohammad Nabi who has played an excellent inning against India and almost won the match for his team. His off-spin on the spinning track can help in breaking partnerships, with two spinners already doing well, his contribution with the ball would be a bonus point.

Shakib Al Hasan has a rare failure in the previous game against Australia; he has already scored 425 runs in the tournament, the second highest after Warner in the competition. He has contributed with the ball as well, and if he performs today, then it will easy for Bangladesh to win the match.

Afghanistan v Bangladesh in ODIs:

Overall: Matches 7, Afghanistan Won 3, Bangladesh Won 4

World Cup: Match 1, Afghanistan Won 0. Bangladesh Won 1

Recent Form (most recent first): Afghanistan L L L L L, Bangladesh  L W NR L L

ICC Rankings: Afghanistan (10), Bangladesh (8)

Upcoming Records:

Shakib Al Hasan has scored 965 runs in World Cup and needs 35 more to become the first Bangladesh player to reach the 1,000 runs milestone.

Tamim Iqbal has scored 6,805 runs and needs 195 more to reach the 7,000 runs milestone.

Samiullah Shinwari has taken 45 wickets and needs five more to reach the 50 wickets milestone, and also the 1,000 runs/50 wickets milestone.

Squads:

Afghanistan: Gulbadin Naib (capt), Aftab Alam, Asghar Afghan, Dawlat Zadran, Hamid Hassan, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Najibullah Zadran, Noor Ali Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Rashid Khan, Samiullah Shinwari.

Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Abu Jayed, Liton Das (wk), Mahmudullah, Mehidy Hasan, Mohammad Mithun (wk), Mohammad Saifuddin, Mosaddek Hossain, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Soumya Sarkar, Tamim Iqbal.

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