[Mumbai]Manohar,Ending Srinivasan era,Returns as BCCI’s Unopposed President This election was necessitated by the sudden demise of Jagmohan Dalmiya,
Lawyer-turned-administrator Shashank Manohar was today elected unopposed as the BCCI President ushering in a new era in the Cricket Board and ending N Srinivasan’s clout in the cash-rich body.
Manohar took over the post at the Board’s Special General meeting which lasted less than half an hour . He was the only candidate left in the fray for the election in which the deadline for filing nomination ended last evening.The election was necessitated by the sudden demise of Jagmohan Dalmiya, who had a short term of seven monthsafter his election in March this year. Dalmiya was made the interim President when Srinivasan “stepped aside” in the wake of revelations that his son-in-law was involved in betting during the 2013 IPL season.
All the six units of East Zone unanimously proposed Manohar’s candidature for the president’s post, reflecting Srinivasan’s diminishing hold in Board’s power politics.
A BCCI by-election needs only one proposer from the zone which is electing the president and it was the East’s turn this time. Manohar got the nod from all the six associations and was the lone nomination at the end of the 7 pm deadline yesterday.
Interestingly, one of the proposers for Manohar was Dalmiya’s son Avishek, who was representing his family club National Cricket Club (NCC) in the SGM.
Srinivasan skipped the meeting and the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association was represented by P S Raman.
The others who also proposed Manohar’s name were Sourav Ganguly from Bengal, Sourav Dasgupta from Tripura, Gautam Roy from Assam, Ashirbad Behera of Odisha and Sanjay Singh of Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA).
Manohar’s earlier stint was for three years between 2008 -09 and 2010-11.
His anointment also means that Srinivasan now has little chance of coming back into the BCCI fold till 2017 when the Vidarbha man’s tenure ends.
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Manohar,Ending Srinivasan era,Returns as BCCI’s Unopposed President
Smuggled Gold @Rs10 Crores Seized From 2 Airlines Including Spice jet
[Madurai]Smuggled Gold @Rs10 Crores Seized From Two Airlines Including Spice jet
As per Custom Officials 40 kgs worth Rs ten crores of gold is seized at Madurai airport.
40 kgs of gold worth Rs ten crore have been seized at the airport and three persons taken into custody
Acting on a tip-off that gold could be smuggled on board a Mihin Lanka flight from Sri Lanka and Spice Jet flight from Dubai, Director of Customs (Tuticorin), Parivallal, heading a team, conducted searches in both the aircraft last night.
The officials said a suitcase containing gold biscuits, weighing 33 kgs, was found abandoned under a seat in the Madurai-bound plane from Colombo while seven kgs of gold were seized from three passengers in the other aircraft.
The three have been taken for questioning,
Ex PM Dr Manmohan Singh Says He Went By Coal secretary
[New Delhi]Ex PM Dr Manmohan Singh Says He Went By Coal Secretary
Ex PM Told To CBI That Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s request for allocation of Talabira-II coal block to HINDALCO was approved by him on the advice of then Coal Secretary PC Parakh and examined by PMO officials, .He said Patnaik’s letter requesting a review of refusal to allocate the coal block to Kumar Mangalam Birla’s HINDALCO had led to the “re-opening” of the issue.
During the probe into the alleged scam in Talabira-II coal-block allocation, Singh was asked by CBI, “When the letter dated August 17, 2005 of Naveen Patnaik addressed to you as PM had only requested to provide required coal linkage for the important project of M/s HINDALCO, which was already allocated, why did you approve the accommodation of HINDALCO in the share of coal in Talabira-II coal block.”
Responding to the query, Singh said, “This letter of CM of Odisha also mentioned about the allocation of Talabira-II coal block to M/s HINDALCO Industries Ltd. This was required to be looked into by the Ministry of Coal.
IGNOU to Produce Certified RTI Activists:Diploma Courses Soon
[NewDelhi]IGNOU to Produce Certified RTI Activists:Diploma Courses Soon
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has decided to rollout certificate and diploma courses in RTI.
The courses, which are being worked out with support from Central Information Commission (CIC), will also form mandatory part of training for all Central Government employees.
“We realised that people know that they can seek certain information through RTI but they are not aware of the technicalities such as how to go about the process, how to frame the questions, how and where to make further appeals and much more,” IGNOU Vice Chancellor Nageshwar Rao told PTI.
“Therefore, keeping in mind the societal relevance we decided to rollout the course and approached CIC commissioner for their support to the proposal,” he added.
The Faculty of Public Administration at IGNOU’s School of Social Sciences is brainstorming with experts from CIC on the content and curriculum of the course.
The certificate course is expected to be rolled out by July 2016 cycle, while the diploma course will be offered from January 2017 cycle. The varsity makes fresh enrolments through two admission cycles during a year.
The details of the Post Graduate Diploma in Right to Information (PGDRTI) have already been worked out, while the drafting of the certificate course is under process.
The PGDRTI is proposed to be a programme of 36 credits comprising 4 Elective Courses and a field based project.
“While it will be mandatory for all the Central Government employees to pursue the course, it will be open to all including the prisoners,” Rao said.
Source PTI
7 Young iPhone Smugglers Held at IGIA with 182 Devices
[New Delhi]7 Young iPhone Smugglers Held at IGIA with 182 iPhones This Model Is To Be Launched India on October 16
Eager to cash in on the craze for iphones, seven youths were detained at the Indira Gandhi International Airport with as many as 182 iPhone 6S + 6S Plus ahead of their India launch due this month.
These phones were seized recently from young people in their late 20s who had come from Hong Kong and Singapore on separate flights,
Acting on intelligence inputs, customs officials intercepted them and seized the iPhones.
as per Vinayak Azaad, Additional Commissioner, Customs,”All of them were carrying iPhone 6S and 6S Plus in their baggage.
Some of the youths were offered money to smuggle in the devices,
The US-based tech giant Apple will unveil its latest iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus in India on October 16.
The company has not disclosed the price of its new products for the Indian market.
Apple had sold over 13 million units of these phones on the first three days of the launch on September 25.
The new iPhone models were available for sale on September 25 across the US, the UK, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Puerto Rico and Singapore.
Incidentally, the seizure has been effected from the sector, that comprises Hong Kong and Singapore, infamous for gold smuggling.
Pakistani Pilots,Leaving Haji Flyers Stranded,Go On Strike
[Islamabad] Pakistani Pilots,Leaving Flyers Stranded,Go On Strike Mostly Haj Pilgrims Are Suffering
Hundreds of passengers, mostly Haj pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia, were left stranded today as about 50 flights of Pakistan’s ailing national carrier PIA were cancelled after the pilots went on strike, demanding better pay and working conditions.
The pilots association of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) went on strike yesterday, accusing the management of forcing them to do extra duties.
This strike resulted in the cancellation of at least 50 domestic and international flights.
As per a government official PIA is trying to negotiate with the pilots to call off the strike.
The airline was currently paying about Rs 3.2 billion to the pilots as salary and perks annually.
पंचायत चुनावों के मध्यनजर ७ अक्टूबर से शराब की दुकाने रहेंगी बंद
[मेरठ]पंचायत चुनावों के मध्यनजर ७ अक्टूबर से शराब की दुकाने रहेंगी बंद |जिला निर्वाचन अधिकारी के अनुसार पंचायत चुनावों में व्यवस्था बनाये रखने के लिए मतदान केन्द्रों से आठ किलोमीटर तक चुनावों की निर्धारित अवधि से ४८ घंटे पूर्व से चुनाव समाप्ति तक यह बंदी लागू रहेगी
जिलाधिकारी + जिला निर्वाचन अधिकारी पंकज यादव[आई ऐ स ]के अनुसार मेरठ जानी खुर्द और रोहटा में ७ अक्टूबर की सांय ५ बजे से ९ अक्टूबर शराब बंदी रहेगी
इसके अलावा ब्लॉक खरखौदा रजपुरा माछरा ११ अक्टूबर को शराब की दुकाने बंद रहेंगी|मवाना परीक्षितगढ़ हस्तिनापुर के लिए यह बंदी १५ अक्टूबर से रखी गई है |दौराला और सरधना में २७ अक्टूबर को बंदी होगी
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Catholic Church Demands Ban on Play “Agnes of God”
[Mumbai] Catholic Church Demands Ban on Drama “Agnes of God” It is about a nun giving birth to a dead child,
Catholic Church in India has demanded ban on the play ‘Agnes of God’, an adaptation of American playwright John Pielmeier’s drama about a nun giving birth to a dead child, alleging it is a “wrongful portrayal” of priests and nuns committed to a life of celibacy and hurts the sentiments of the Christians.
According to the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI), the play “is the wrongful portrayal of the character of lakhs of clergy, who are committed to a life of celibacy”.
The play has been made by a group whose earlier work was ‘Vagina Monologues
The CBCI, the body of Catholic bishops in the country, has written to Union Home Ministry seeking a countrywide ban on the play holding that it was “misrepresentation of the religious belief of the Christian community”.
Director of the play, Kaizaad Kotwal, has approached police to pursue his plea seeking protection for himself and the lead cast including thespian actor Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal.
The play is an adaptation of a 1982 Broadway production by Pielmeier, reportedly based on a true incident in the US, narrating the story of a novice nun who gives birth and insists that the child was the result of a virgin conception.
केजरीवाल की दादरी में किरकिरी:गावं जाने से रोका
[नोएडा]केजरीवाल की दादरी में किरकिरी : गावं जाने से रोका
दिल्ली के मुख्यमंत्री अरविन्द केजरीवाल ने आज ट्वीट किया कि उन्हें दादरी के बिसाहड़ा गांव जाने से रोक दिया गया जहां हाल में गोमांस खाने की अफवाहों को लेकर भीड़ ने कथित रूप से एक व्यक्ति की हत्या कर दी थी।
आप नेता ने असदुद्दीन ओवैसी और डॉ महेश शर्मा जैसे नेताओं की विजिट का हवाला देते हुए सवाल किया के ऐसे में उन्हें शोकसंतप्त परिवार से मिलने से क्यों रोका गया? आप के दूसरे नेताआें कुमार विश्वास और संजय सिंह के साथ गए केजरीवाल ने कहा कि स्थानीय लोगों द्वारा लोगों के गांव का दौरा करने के खिलाफ प्रदर्शन करने के बाद उन्हें गांव के बाहर रोक दिया गया।
उन्होंने ट्विटर पर लिखा, ‘‘हमें पुलिस और प्रशासन ने रोक दिया। महेश शर्मा और ओवैसी को कल नहीं रोका था। फिर मुझे क्यों? मैं सबसे शांतिप्रिय हूं। केवल अखलाक के परिवार से मिलना चाहता हूं।’’ कल एआईएमआईएम के नेता ओवैसी ने मृतक मोहम्मद अखलाक के परिवार को सांत्वना देने के लिए गांव का दौरा किया था और ‘पूर्व नियोजित हत्या’ पर प्रधानमंत्री की चुप्पी पर सवाल किया था।
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