BJP to get majority in Delhi elections: Opinion poll

BJP is likely to bag around 45 seats riding high on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity.

BJP is likely to get absolute majority in the upcoming Assembly polls in Delhi, an opinion poll said on Friday.

The party is likely to bag around 45 seats riding high on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity, while Arvind Kejriwal's AAP is likely to win in 17 constituencies.

However, Kejriwal seems to be the most preferred candidate with 43 per cent for the position of Chief Minister of Delhi, followed by Harsh Vardhan (39 per cent), according to the ABP News-Nielsen poll.

Sheila Dixit has a support of five per cent respondents while Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay was preferred by three per cent respondents, the poll said.

The poll, conducted among 6,409 respondents from across 35 Assembly constituencies between December 4 and 8, predicts seven seats for the Congress in the 70-member House.

In the last Assembly polls, held in December last year, BJP had emerged as the single largest party winning 31 seats followed by AAP with 28 seats. The Congress stood a poor third, with only 8 seats.

According to the opinion poll, the BJP is likely to get 38 per cent vote share as against AAP's AAP 27 per cent.

As per the opinion poll, around half of the respondents feel that BJP would form the government in the upcoming elections in Delhi and around 38 per cent feel that Aam Aadmi Party should form the government.

Also, an overall level majority (65 per cent) of the respondents have rated the performance of Arvind Kejriwal as 'good/very good' with a mean score of 3.81, poll said.

As per the opinion poll, Modi is the most popular leader in Delhi with 58 per cent of the respondents saying so while 33 per cent respondents are for Arvind Kejriwal and about seven per cent for Rahul Gandhi.

As per the opinion poll, inflation, sanitation, drinking water and unemployment are the more important issues being faced by the people.

Sanitation is a bigger issue in urban areas whereas law and order and transport problems matter more in rural areas, opinion poll said.

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Girls told to stay indoors every time Uber 'rapist' driver Shiv Kumar Yadav visited village

RAMNAGAR (Mainpuri): From all accounts, Shiv Kumar Yadav, the man who allegedly raped a 25-year-old executive in an Uber cab, was rotten to the core. He's a serial sexual offender with charges of rape, attempted rape and molestation against him. Not just that, he was very violent - he had been booked under the Goondas Act, Arms Act, was given to drinking and brawling. Had there been a proper verification of his antecedents, it's unlikely that any company - Uber or any other - would have touched him even with a bargepole.

Shiv Kumar's a serial sexual offender with charges of rape, attempted rape and molestation against him.

So much so that when the 32-year-old visited his native village Ramnagar in UP's Mainpuri district, parents would ask their daughters to stay indoors. He would pass lewd comments, pull duppatas, and if he got the chance, do worse. Some years back, the local police, exasperated by his habitual waywardness, had to extern him from the area - a measure that's locally called "zilabadar" which is more popularly known as "tadipaar".

Ironically, Yadav's father, Ramnath Yadav, was a school teacher, who retired as headmaster of the local municipal school. He's now a devastated man. He had ordered his son to leave home - an order that Shiv Kumar didn't heed. Villager after villager said 76-year-old Ramnath was a good man who didn't deserve the ignominy heaped on him by his son. Shiv Kumar's mother, Gangashree, 70, says she can't face the shame and would rather die.

When TOI visited Ramnagar on Tuesday, local residents said it might be a good idea to go first to the Elau police station, under which Ramnagar falls. It indeed was. In the police register was a string of criminal cases against Shiv Kumar. He has two sexual assault cases registered against him, apart from cases for carrying illegal firearms and brawling.

These cases are apart from the seven months he spent in Delhi's Tihar Jail after being charged with rape (the case fell as there was an out-of-court settlement). In Delhi, police said six cases against Shiv Kumar have come to light and they suspect there are more cases where the victim did not report to the police. Another Delhi woman passenger, Nidhi Shah, tweeted that she had complained about Shiv Kumar to Uber on November 26. Uber said they would look into the complaint. "Not soon enough," Shah added.

Talking to TOI, police inspector at the Elau police station (Mainpuri) G P Gautam said, "Shiv Kumar is an accused in an attempt to rape case lodged under section 354/523 (assault or criminal force on a woman with intent to outrage her modesty) in 2003, a case of molestation/rape in 2013 under section 376/354, the Goondas Act and the Arms Act."

He said that since 2013, Yadav hadn't returned to Ramnagar, living in Delhi with the widow of his elder brother (whom he married) and their children.      

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No Nepal constitution without consensus, says CPN-Maoist leader Prachanda

Kathmandu: CPN-Maoist leader Prachanda on Saturday warned that it would not be possible to draft the new Nepal Constitution without consensus from all the political parties. "It would not be possible to promulgate the new constitution by the January 22, 2015 deadline, as promised by the political parties, if consensus could not be forged on the key issues of the Constitution within a couple of days," Prachanda said.

"The political parties have not yet agreed on the key issues of the constitution including forms of governance, number of federal units, electoral system and judicial system," said Prachanda whose actual name is Pushpa Kamal Dahal. "There exist serious differences among the major political parties regarding the key issues of the constitution," he added.

Prachanda said that the members of the ruling party alliances themselves are divided on the contentious issues of the constitution. He asked the government to incorporate the agreements reached by the past governments with various ethnic groups and Madhesi parties while promulgating the new constitution.

"It would not be possible to promulgate the new constitution by the January 22, 2015 deadline, as promised by the political parties, if consensus could not be forged on the key issues of the Constitution within a couple of days," Prachanda said.

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Prachanda accused the ruling Nepali Congress and CPN-UML for trying to obstruct the constitution drafting process by neglecting the issues raised by the 22 party alliances led by the UCPN-Maoist including the Madhesi parties. He floated the idea of Presidential system of governance in which the President should be directly elected from the people and the Prime Minister should be elected from the Parliament.

He also proposed to delineate the country into ten federal units on the basis of ethnic identity, which is in sharp contrast with the 6 or 7 federal units proposed by the Nepali Congress and CPN-UML on the basis of identity and economic viability. The Maoist chief also proposed a mixed type of electoral system in the new constitution, in which parts of the members are directly elected from the people and parts of them are elected on the basis of proportionate representation system.

The new constitution should be written on the basis of 12 point agreement, Comprehensive Peace Accord, the mandate of the Peoples Movement of 2006 and the decade long Peoples War, he said. In response to a question, Prachanda said that formal discussions were underway with breakaway faction CPN-Maoist led by hardliner leader Mohan Vaidya regarding the unification of the two parties, and claimed that the leaders who had broke the party would soon be back.

Political parties, which pledged during the second Constituent Assembly elections, have set January 22 as deadline to draft the Constitution so as to institutionalise the achievements of the Peoples Movement of 2006.

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Governments in J&K have ignored Gujjars: BJP

Jammu: Terming Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir the symbol of patriotism and nationalism, BJP said governments in the state have ignored the community. "Gujjars are scattered in the entire length and breadth of the state, more so in mountainous, remote and border areas. But it is irony that more than 60 years of Independence has virtually proved meaningless for them and they always remained neglected and ignored by those who had been at the helm of the affairs," BJP National General Secretary Ram Madhav said while addressing an election rally in Chouadhi area on Friday.

Madhav alleged that successive state governments have very "conveniently treated them as second class citizens" and various Central and even state schemes meant for them were not fully implemented in the state. "Gujjars are a symbol of patriotism and nationalism. They have always been exploited for their votes and in return denied any share in the matters related to development," Madhav said.

Madhav said BJP, after forming government in the state, would treat all sections and areas equally in governance and development. He said a strong BJP government would help end decades of dynasty rule in the state. Addressing the gathering, BJP MP and party in-charge for Jammu and Kashmir Avinash Rai Khanna said, "People displayed their overwhelming faith in BJP and its Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha elections and the same enthusiasm is witnessed in Jammu and Kashmir during the ongoing Assembly elections."

"Gujjars are a symbol of patriotism and nationalism. They have always been exploited for their votes and in return denied any share in the matters related to development," Ram Madhav said.

"This wave will result in accomplishment of Mission 44+ and support of people from all sections is necessary to achieve it," he said.

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 Movie Review

All is not well in Panem. At the conclusion of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Katniss's (Jennifer Lawrence) force-field shattering arrow left the society in turmoil. The desperate act was perceived as subversion, inciting populist uprisings and devastating counter attacks by the governing elite.

Thus, revolution is on the horizon in the franchise's third installment, Mockingjay - Part 1, and it all hinges on Katniss, the unwitting face and spirit of the movement. You see, Katniss, much like the movie star actress who plays her, is just generally liked. Everything she does is slapped with meaning and significance, regardless of her intentions. She has become the property of the people.

This has always been clear to Plutarch Heavensbee (Philip Seymour Hoffman), who aims to use her as a propaganda machine. But there's a problem: the girl on fire has flamed out.

In the chaos that followed the conclusion of the second film, Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) was captured by the Capitol, District 12 was destroyed (though Katniss' mother, sister and the steely jawed Gale (Liam Hemsworth) escaped alive), and Katniss was taken by the militaristic District 13. Their President, Alma Coin, (franchise newcomer Julianne Moore) needs her to be their poster girl.

Mockingjay - Part 1 is, ultimately, a slow-burn portrait of the repeated rise and fall of dystopia's most reluctant hero, nimbly told through its examination of the mechanics of propaganda. With the help of Plutarch, Haymitch (Woody Harrelson) and the toned-down (but still delightful) Effie Trinket (Elizabeth Banks), Katniss attempts to serve the cause in her own way.

But it's not just a matter of convincing her to forget, or at least shelve, her past traumas. Katniss's confidence and devotion to the revolt is put to the test when she sees how the evil President Snow (Donald Sutherland) is manipulating Peeta and using him for his own propaganda needs.

In the Games, the goal was simple: Keep Peeta alive. Now, Katniss is powerless, just a tool of the machine. Charred and fatally wounded bodies aside,Mockingjay - Part 1 is not for the faint of heart when it comes to the relentless emotional torture of its heroine.

Director Francis Lawrence, in his second outing in the franchise, stays fairly true to the original text, carrying over the war-torn bleakness of Catching Fire without any of the disturbing thrill of the Games. He sprinkles in a handful of fairly exciting action sequences (one of which was not actually described in the book), but, he mostly allows the film to luxuriate in the quiet moments. Yet too many involve Katniss tearing up while sitting on piles of rubble.

In its best moments, the movie has a tense, night before the battle feel. Only the battle is still a year away.

Ever since the Harry Potter juggernaut split their final story into two separate films, it's become standard practice in Hollywood for every successful franchise, regardless of whether or not the story is there. Mockingjay - Part 1 is a serviceable entry into the conclusion of Katniss's saga. It boasts some imaginative visuals, a few truly thrilling moments, and standout performances from Lawrence, Banks, Harrelson, and Hoffman, to whom the film is dedicated.

Still, even with Hoffman's subtly brilliant reaction shots, it does not seem to be the type of movie that fans will revisit on its own. This half is part of a whole in the most cynical way.

You say you want a revolution? They'll get to that next year.

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Jihadists in Syria write home to France: 'My iPod is broken. I want to come back'

Letters from French jihadists home to their parents have revealed the misery, boredom and fear suffered by Islamist recruits as the gloss fades from their big adventure.

In a series of letters seen by Le Figaro newspaper, some of the 376 French currently fighting in Syria have begged for advice on how to return. Others have complained that, rather than participating in a noble battle, they have been acting as jihadi dogsbodies.

"I've basically done nothing except hand out clothes and food," wrote one, who wants to return from Aleppo. "I also help clean weapons and transport dead bodies from the front. Winter's arrived here. It's begun to get really hard."

Another writes: "I'm fed up. They make me do the washing up."

One Frenchman whinged that he wanted to come home because he was missing the comforts of life in France.

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"I'm fed up. My iPod doesn't work any more here. I have to come back."

A third wrote fearfully: "They want to send me to the front, but I don't know how to fight."

Others were concerned, more prosaically, about the nationality of their baby, which was born in Syria and so not recognised by the French state.

And Le Figaro said that, among Islamist commanders, it had been noticed that some of the French were beginning to want to leave. One Frenchman was rumoured to have been beheaded when he explained to the emir that he wanted to follow his friend who had already left.

"Everyone knows that, the longer these people stay there, the worse it will be because having watched or committed attrocities, they become ticking time bombs," said one lawyer, quoted in Le Figaro.

"But, when it comes to having a discussion about whether France is ready to accept repentants, no politician is willing to take the risk. Imagine if one of these ex-jihadis is involved subsequently in an attack?"

A group of lawyers in France are acting on behalf of the families of the young people to try and persuade the state to allow the jihadis to return. They told the newspaper that they are trying to make discreet contact with the anti-terrorist police, the directors of internal security and the office of the interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve.

The lawyers said that nothing is ever agreed in advance, on behalf of the jihadis - and the advice is always: "Present yourself at the French consulat in Istanbul or Erbil (in Iraq). And then we will see."

Of the approximately 100 jihadists who have returned to France, 76 are in prison.

And the report said that Britain was known as the global leader in reforming jihadists - so much so that some within the French system were asking to be seconded to MI5 - "famed for their art of debriefing".

"Within the secret services, it's said that British jihadis are more interesting because they have a higher intellectual level than their French colleagues, who are more often donkeys," one expert told the paper.

The story of the French jihadis has parallels with that of an Indian man who spent six months fighting alongside Isis in Iraq, before becomingdisillusioned with his job cleaning toilets, and returning to Mumbai.

Majeed, 23, was one of four young Muslim men from Kalyan, a city east of Mumbai, known to have journeyed to the Middle East to join the extremist outfit.

"There was neither a holy war nor any of the preachings in the holy book were followed," Majeed is quoted as saying during his interrogation. Islamic State "fighters raped many women there," he reportedly said.

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Bollywood actress Gauhar Khan slapped for wearing 'short dress

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Bollywood actress and model Gauhar Khan was slapped during the shooting of a reality show by a member of the audience who admonished her for wearing a short dress.Police arrested a 24-year-old man for attacking the actress during the shooting of India's Raw Star in Mumbai.They quoted the man as telling Khan that "being a Muslim woman, she should not have worn such a short dress".

Khan's attacker will be produced in court on Monday.The incident took place on Sunday during the final episode of the show, reports said."A preliminary probe has revealed that someone from the audience started teasing Khan to which she protested. An argument ensued between Gauhar and the man who was teasing her. Things turned ugly when the man suddenly slapped the actor," The Hindustan Times quoted a police official as saying.Reports said security men present at the venue overpowered the man and handed him over to the police.

Police have registered a case of assaulting a woman against Khan's attacker.Khan has acted in about half a dozen films and was appreciated for her role in Rocket Singh: Salesman of the Year.She won Bigg Boss, the Indian version of reality TV show Big Brother, last year.

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Check out: Sunny Leone and Ram Kapoor's look in Kuch Kuch Locha Hai

In a rather unique move, Devang Dholakia's upcoming directorial Kuch Kuch Locha Hai will have Sunny Leone paired opposite popular TV actor Ram Kapoor. As unconventional as that may sound, the film is said to be a hilarious fun ride and is currently being shot in Malaysia. Commenting on the film Devang says, "My film is a spicy sexy comedy. The situations and the jokes are bound to have the audiences in splits and it is our belief that no one will have seen Ram Kapoor and Sunny Leone in the avatars that they are going to be seen in the film before. It's too early to reveal the storyline of the film but we all know that the audiences will have as much fun watching it as we are having shooting it."

In fact, we recently got a glimpse of the film where Sunny Leone is in her elements sporting a pink bikini, flaunting her voluptuous figure and on the other hand, we have a rather conservative looking Ram Kapoor, who is left wide eyed with Sunny's antics. The comic caper will have Ram Kapoor, playing the role of a rich Gujarati businessman and Sunny Leone playing a superstar. Also, considering it will be directed by Devang Dholakia, it is also said to have some quirks that are related to Gujaratis. 

Further Sunny, for whom the film will be her first out and out comic caper adds, "I am elated to be working with Devang again and am really excited about working with the super funny Ram Kapoor. Devang and I have a very special relationship, not just as friends but he is like my family! The whole team and I always have a great time shooting and I know that with Ram added to our already crazy mix, shooting for this film will be a blast. Ram is a revelation to work with. Not only are we laughing and joking around but Ram also shares valuable tips important for a film like ours and I consider myself lucky to be working with such an experienced actor." 

Initially, the film was titled Patel Rap but later it was changed to Kuch Kuch Locha Hai. Devang Dholakia stated that the reason for this was that this title is apt since it doesn't reveal the plot but at the same time represent the film appropriately because there are truly going to be many 'lochas' in the film. Produced by Magic Pictures and Entertainment Pvt Ltd and Maximus Multimedia Pvt Ltd in association with Alumbra Entertainment, Kuch Kuch Locha Hai is a spicy sexy comedy about a typical dysfunctional comedy that also stars Evelyn Sharma.

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Narendra Modi Threat Perception

Modi’s threat perception has multiplied

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s threat perception has multiplied many times after assuming office, but his security apparatus has possibly slackened as two serious breaches demonstrate. “Whether by inducting trusted officers in the Special Protection Group (SPG) or though other mechanisms, the PM’s protection needs to be enhanced,” the retired official said.

B.V. Wanchoo, predecessor of the outgoing SPG chief K. Durga Prasad, could carry weight in the previous Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), as he was close to the Congress leadership. “No officer in the SPG has the weight to make a point to the PMO today,” a government source said.

While the SPG is kept at arm’s length, Mr. Modi is pushing the boundaries of security protocol. In Bhutan, he stopped the cavalcade in the middle of the journey to interact with children, and in the biggest security scare of all, he ordered the bullet-proof glass enclosure removed for the Independence Day speech at Red Fort in Delhi.

“Blasts in Patna rally of Narendra Modi on October 27, 2013 and inputs about planning of terrorist organisation (sic) to harm Narendra Modi clearly indicate that he faces a high degree of threat to his life … Since his declaration as BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, the threat to Narendra Modi has further escalated,” said a secret report of the Advance Security Liaison (ASL) meeting that advised against Mr. Modi addressing a rally in Benia Bagh in Varanasi during the Lok Sabha election campaign.

The Bharatiya Janata Party targeted the Election Commission for denying permission for the rally. The party overlooked the fact that an Inspector-General and a Deputy Inspector-General of the Gujarat Police were present at the ASL meeting with the Uttar Pradesh Police, the Intelligence Bureau and the National Security Guard, the agency that was protecting Mr. Modi then.

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Narendra Modi government's report card on completing 6 months at the Centre

Hits and misses: Modi government's report card on completing 6 months at the Centre

New Delhi: In its six months in power, the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre has taken a series of administrative measures including opening up Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Railways, deregulating fuel and announcing mega missions like 'Make in India'. But perhaps the most talked about achievement is on the foreign policy front.

Reviewing his term so far, his ministers claimed that they been successful in clearing the past logjams. "In power sector, several reforms have been carried out. The coal sector too is all set to see an increase in activity," Power Minister Piyush Goyal said.

Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, too, said that his ministry has worked its best to remove complacency. "In my ministry, which was known as the road block ministry, we have done away with all the road blocks," he said.

Reviewing his term so far, his ministers claimed that they have done their best to clear the past logjams.

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet colleagues listed out achievements of the past 6 months, the opposition expectedly said that the government is all talk and no action.

"We have given the government time but they have done completed any of the poll promises that they made," Congess MP Rajeev Shukla said.

Leaders also criticised Modi for back to back trips abroad. "PM has broken all records of foreign visits. On the ground, nothing has happened," Samajwadi Party's National General Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav said.

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Majeed Memon also said that the PM has been more outside India than in India.

However, Modi's Cabinet colleagues defended the series of high profile visits to Japan, Australia and the United States saying that this is not a simple achievement.

"This is not a simple achievement. Dealing with a hegemonistic nation like US or counties like Pakistan which create nuisance is a big task. Even President Barack Obama greets the PM in Gujarati," Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said.

Former ally in Maharastra, the Shiv Sena may have hit out against the PM in the state but took a more measured stance in Delhi. "We have a stable government and a PM who takes decisions on his own and implement them on his own," Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said.

While the PM's style of centralizing power has come in for both praise and criticism, investors and citizens believe the "Modi sarkar" is on the right path

"Challenge is to unveil economic architecture and restructure the government," Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar opined.

Though it is yet to early to determine how his tenure at the Centre will pan out to be, it is to be seen if Prime Minister Modi is able to steer the government in his unique style for the entire term.

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Phillip Hughes dead: Australian cricketer dies after bouncer at SCG Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes has died in hospital, two days after he was struck on the head by a cricket ball while playing in a Sheffield Shield match at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Australian team doctor Peter Brukner said in a statement released by Cricket Australia on Thursday afternoon that Hughes had died at St Vincent's Hospital. "We're devastated": Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke pauses before reading the Hughes' family statement.Photo: Jason Reed/Reuters "He never regained consciousness following his injury on Tuesday," he said."He was not in pain before he passed and was surrounded by his family and close friends. "As a cricket community we mourn his loss and extend our deepest sympathies to Phillip's family and friends at this incredibly sad time. "Cricket Australia kindly asks that the privacy of the Hughes family, players and staff be respected." Cricketers past and present were inconsolable as they left the hospital. Shortly after the announcement was made, David Warner, his wife Candice and Matt Wade left arm in arm, visibly emotional. Tragedy: Phillip Hughes has died. Photo: Getty Images NSW paceman Sean Abbott, who delivered the ball that struck Hughes on Tuesday, was also at the hospital.  An emotional Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke read a statement at the hospital on behalf of Hughes' family.  "We're devastated by the loss of our much-loved son and brother Phillip," he said.

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Veena Malik, husband sentenced to 26 years in jail for blasphemy

Controversy queenVeena Malik has landed in the eye of yet another storm.

She, along with the owner of Pakistan's biggest media group, Geo TV, and her actor husband Asad Bashir Khan, has been sentenced to 26 years in prison by an anti-terrorism court for allegedly airing a blasphemous programme.

Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, owner of Geo and Jang group, was accused of allowing the airing of a blasphemous programme by Geo television in May, that played a religious song as a backdrop to Malik and Khan's mock marriage.

The morning show, broadcast live on Rahman's Geo TV, featured Malik dancing with her new husband while a group of Sufi musicians sang a devotional song about the wedding of the Prophet Muhammad's daughter.

Judge Shahbaz Khan also sentenced both Malik and Bashir along with TV host Shaista Wahidi for 26 years each.

The ATC also imposed a 1.3 million Pakistani rupees fine on the convicts and ordered that their properties should be sold to raise the fine, if they failed to pay it.

The judge said in his judgment that all four accused committed profanity. The court in its 40-page verdict also asked the police to arrest the convicts, an official said.

He said that the convict can appeal in the regional high court in Gilgit-Baltistan. 

The anti-terror court that issued the sentence is in the city of Gilgit, which is controlled by Pakistan but is also a part of the Kashmir region which India claims.

Subsequently, many believe that the order is unlikely to be implemented because said region is not considered a full-fledged province by Pakistan and verdicts by its courts do not apply to the rest of the country.

Meanwhile, reports claim that the four people named are all out of Pakistan at the moment.

Rahman resides in the UAE and the other three also went abroad after recieving threats by militant organisations.

It is not known when the arrests would be carried out.

Both Wahidi and the Geo group have tendered apology after the allegations were levelled but the extremists in the country refused to accept it.

According to recent reports, the blasphemy case was registered on May 26 in a police station in Gilgit by hardline sunni cleric Himayatullah Khan, who is the deputy chief of the anti-shia organisation Ahl-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) formerly known as Sipah-e-Sahaba.

It is interesting to note that the show created quite a furore on social media while many similar shows on Pakistani television have gone largely unnoticed in the past.

 

Image: Veena Malik with husband Asad Bashir Khan

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लाइवः सुप्रीम कोर्ट में फिर शुरू हुई फिक्सिंग मामले की सुनवाई

Publish Date:Mon, 24 Nov 2014 10:54 AM (IST) | Updated Date:Mon, 24 Nov 2014 11:34 AM (IST)

लाइवः सुप्रीम कोर्ट में फिर शुरू हुई फिक्सिंग मामले की सुनवाई

नई दिल्ली। चर्चित आइपीएल स्पॉट फिक्सिंग मामले में मुद्गल समिति की जांच रिपोर्ट पर आज सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने एक बार फिर सुनवाई शुरू कर दी है। खबरों के मुताबिक आज कोर्ट आइपीएल टीम चेन्नई सुपरकिंग्स और आइसीसी अध्यक्ष एन.श्रीनिवासन के दामाद गुरुनाथ मयप्पन के भविष्य को लेकर अहम फैसला कर सकता है। वहीं, कुछ बड़े सवाल ये भी होंगे कि एन.श्रीनिवासन को बीसीसआइ अध्यक्ष पद पर दोबारा बैठने को लेकर कोर्ट क्या फैसला सुनाता और इसके अलावा क्या आज कोर्ट उन खिलाड़ियों के नाम का खुलासा करेगा जिनके नाम जांच समिति की रिपोर्ट में दर्ज हैं।

- मुद्गल ने कहा 'हमने अपना काम कर दिया':

आइपीएल फिक्सिंग मामले की जांच के लिए गठित की गई समिति के अध्यक्ष जस्टिस मुकुल मुद्गल ने कहा है कि उनकी जांच समिति ने अपना काम पूरा कर दिया है और अब बीसीसीआइ व श्रीनिवासन को देखना है कि उन्हें क्या करना है। वो चाहें तो इस जांच को चुनौती भी दे सकते हैं।

- दाखिल होंगे 'एफीडेविट':

गौरतलब है कि इससे पहले हुई सुनवाई में सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने चार नामों का खुलासा किया था। इसमें आइसीसी अध्यक्ष एन.श्रीनिवासन, चेन्नई टीम के प्रिंसिपल रहे श्रीनि के दामाद गुरुनाथ मयप्पन, राजस्थान रॉयल्स के सह-मालिक राज कुंद्रा और आइपीएल सीओओ सुंदर रमन के नाम शामिल थे। कोर्ट ने इन चारों को अपनी सफाई दर्ज करने का आदेश दिया था, श्रीनिवासन अपनी सफाई दर्ज करा चुके थे और बाकी तीन आज अपनी सफाई दर्ज करा रहे हैं। सुंदर रमन ने अपने ऊपर लगे आरोपों को निराधार बताते हुए अपना एफीडेविट दर्ज करा दिया है।

हालांकि बाद में सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने श्रीनिवासन को फिक्सिंग मामले में क्लीन चिट दे दी थी लेकिन ये जरूर कहा गया कि श्रीनिवासन ने एक दिग्गज खिलाड़ी की आपत्तिजनक गतिविधयों को देखकर भी नजरअंदाज कर दिया, जिस मामले में बीसीसीआइ अपनी सफाई भी पेश कर चुके है।

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'Happy Ending' review: Saif Ali Khan fits perfect in this romedy

Aparna Mudi,

The movie starts with mocking the clichés of Bollywood romance, with the young urban commitment-phobic guy, highly unlikely to fall in love! And yet 'Happy Ending' is what all romantic comedies turn out to be – feel good!

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Saif Ali Khan plays Yudi Jaitley, a young writer who has struck a writers block after hitting the jackpot with his first book. He is also caught in a string of unsuccessful relationships with the characters of Kareena, Preity and Kalki, which is a nice enough way to bring in the star power.

Enter Aanchal Reddy, a best-selling romantic author who doesn't believe in the idea of perfect romance she herself writes about! The rest of the story is as predictable as romedies go!

Krishna DK and Raj Nidimoru were not wrong in choosing Saif as their protagonist. He is urban, cool and suave without overpowering a relatively newer heroine. He also has been the most successful in this genre in the past decade. Be it 'Hum Tum'. 'Salaam Namaste' or 'Cocktail', Saif is very likeable as the flirt (not so) young hero. Ileana too is chic and is quite convincing as the no-nonsense practical girl, who knows what modern romance entails.

Kalki Koechlin and Ranvir Shorey were cast in the very same roles that we have seen them in before. As talented as they are, the audience is bound to expect more from them.

But the best part of the movie is Govinda. He does not have a lot of screen space but the 90s superstar has retained his comic timing to the 'T'. The director duo make fun of the hackneyed scripts and stories of Bollywood through his character, and boy he carries it off with elan!

The dialogues that the leads have are witty and the first half of the movie induces a lot of laughter. Unfortunately, the freshness of the film is lost after the first half, as it fast spirals into the very plot that it had set out to run away from. It pretends to be different for a while, and both the leads seem to have emulated the practicality of love. But at the end it feels as if it is just a reprise of 'Love Aaj Kal'.

As Armaan (Govinda) pointed out in one scene, families come to watch cinema to be entertained, a mere Rs 300 can not contain the meaning of life. It is almost as if with these dialogues the filmmakers are defending themselves – which is a disappointment. It gets predictable, but it will keep you smiling through its length.

'Happy Ending' is Saif's comfort zone and he along with the rest of the cast has performed well. The modern take of romance is definitely refreshing and the script has great one-liners for all the characters. The music compliments the feel of the movie. Govinda will make you nostalgic with the dancing in 'Nacho Sare G Phaadke'. The other scene which really stands out is when he consults a doctor to build his pectoral muscles look younger!

It is definitely a good watch, especially if you go with your loved one. It has clean humour, without any glaring sexual innuendos and would be a good film to watch with your family as well!

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Ram Pal Arrested, God man rampal Got arrested

Evasive 'godman' produced before High Court, sent to judicial custody till 28th November

Jagran Post News Desk  Jagran Post orial   | Last Updated: 20 Nov 2014, 16:02

Chandigarh: A day after his arrest, evasive 'godman' Rampal was on Thursday produced before the Punjab and Haryana High Court in a contempt of court case and was sent to judicial custody.

Rampal arrested

The two-judge bench posted the matter to November 28 with a direction to Haryana Police chief to file an affidavit giving details of the operation carried out to arrest Rampal from his ashram in Barwala in Haryana's Hisar district along with damages, injuries to people, regarding arms and ammunition in the Ashram and loss of property.

Rampal had been evading his appearance in a contempt of court case before the HC, which issued a direction to police to produce him by Friday.

Forced to keep the date, police last night arrested him from his ashram after days of standoff with his supporters, who posed stiff resistance and even resorted to violence on Tuesday.

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PM Modi thanks Fiji for its role in success of India's mars mission

PTI [ Updated 19 Nov 2014, 15:24:30 ]

Suva: Utilising his visit to Fiji, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today acknowledged the role played by this tiny South Pacific Island nation in the success of India’s Mars mission in the very first attempt and offered to make it the hub for regional collaboration in space.  

Modi made it a point to express India’s gratitude in this regard at every event he addressed during his day-long visit to this country - a joint media interaction after talks with his Fijian counterpart, at the Fijian Parliament and at the Fiji national University.

“I want to convey a special word of gratitude from the people of India for hosting Indian scientists for tracking India’s mars mission earlier this year. Together we made history,” he said at the media interaction.  

Addressing the Fijian Parliament, Modi said, “we could work to make Fiji the hub for our regional collaboration in space, just as India has done with ASEAN.” Fiji is the data collection hub for the Mars mission.  

An 18-member team of top scientists and engineers from India’s International Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was in Fiji to pave the way for India’s mission to Red Planet.  

At just USD 74 million, India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also known as Mangalyaan, is the cheapest inter-planetary mission, costing a tenth of NASA’s Mars mission Maven that entered the Martian orbit on September 22.  The mission was monitored from Fiji and other parts of the South Pacific Ocean.

ISRO scientist and project leader Mirza Mohammed Zaheer had said the trajectory of the rocket would be over Fiji.  

India’s High Commissioner to Fiji Vinod Kumar had said with the purpose of tracking, ISRO scientists and other concerned agencies were in Fiji monitoring aboard the two Indian ships from two different points in the Pacific ocean.  

He had said the Indian Deep Space Network performed the navigation and tracking operations of the mission while NASA Deep Space Network provided support services during the non-visible period of the Indian Deep Space Network.  

“Fiji has been chosen for its ideal location, being a communication hub and our close and friendly relations,” he had said.

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