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Politicians across party lines condoled the demise of veteran Supreme Court lawyer and former Union minister Ram Jethmalani, who passed away on Sunday morning at his residence in New Delhi at the age of 95. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, tweeted saying that Jethmalani was "an exceptional lawyer and iconic public figure" who made significant contributions both in the court and the Parliament. "He was witty, courageous and never shied away from boldly expressing himself on any subject". In the passing away of Shri Ram Jethmalani Ji, India has lost an exceptional lawyer and iconic public figure who made rich contributions both in the Court and Parliament. He was witty, courageous and never shied away from boldly expressing himself on any subject. pic.twitter.com/8fItp9RyTk — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 8, 2019 Modi remembered Jethmalani as someone who had the ability to speak his mind freely and without fear. "During the dark days of the Emergency

NVS Admit Card 2019 | Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) has released the admit card for TGT, PGT, Legal Assistant, Female Staff Nurse, Catering Assistant and Lower Division Clerks. Those candidates who had applied for the exam can now download the admit card through the official website of NVS:  navodaya.gov.in . NVS will be conducting the written examination from 16 September to 20 September, 2019. On 2 September, NVS released the exam schedule for PGT/TGT/LDC/AC/MISC on its official website. As per the schedule, the exam will be conducted in three shifts. Candidates can check their exam dates and venue details with shifts on their admit cards. Representational image. Wikimedia Commons Steps to download the NVS Admit Card 2019: Step 1: Visit the official site: navodaya.gov.in Step 2: Click on the link that says ‘Download Admit Card for Computer Based Test for the recruitment of Assistant Commissioners, PGTs, TGTs, Legal Assistant, Female Staff Nurse, Catering Assistant and Lo

Mumbai: The MET department on Saturday predicted "heavy to very heavy rainfall" for Mumbai and adjoining areas on Sunday ( 8 September ) and Monday ( 9 September ). Representational image. PTI The Colaba observatory for the island city has recorded a rainfall of 70 mm in the last 24 hours ended on Saturday morning, which is higher compared to the quantum of rains recorded by the Santa Cruz centre. "Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely for the next two days in the city and its adjoining areas," said India Meteorological Department (IMD) Chief PRO Vishambhar Singh. The IMD has predicted a cloudy weather for this period. Meanwhile, trains ran on time on the Main and Western lines of the Central Railway (CR) and Western Railway (WR) on Saturday, with no untoward incident being reported. "Trains running between Churchgate and Dahanu stations are on time. No complaints, including that of snapping of an overhead wire, have been received," said WR Chief

Veteran Supreme Court lawyer and former Union Minister Ram Jethmalani passed away on Sunday morning at his residence in New Delhi. Jethmalani was 95. He is survived by his son Mahesh Jethmalani, a noted lawyer, and a daughter. His other child, Rani Jethmalani, had passed away in 2011. Veteran lawyer Ram Jethmalani passes away at his residence in Delhi. He was 95 years old. (file pic) pic.twitter.com/Utai8qxxh4 — ANI (@ANI) September 8, 2019 Veteran criminal lawyer and a former law minister Ram Jethmalani passed away this morning at his New Delhi residence. He was 96. Huge loss to India's legal fraternity. Om Shanti !!! — Utkarsh Anand (@utkarsh_aanand) September 8, 2019 Ram Jethmalani breathed his last at 7:45 am at his official residence, his son Mahesh told PTI , adding that his father had not been keeping well for a few months. Mahesh Jethmalani said his father's last rites will be performed on Sunday evening at the Lodhi road crematorium. Home minister Amit Shah

Mumbai woke up to heavy rains on Saturday, which led to water-logging and traffic snarls in various parts of the city. Maharashtra: Waterlogged roads in Sion area of Mumbai. pic.twitter.com/enFCrwiqfd — ANI (@ANI) September 7, 2019 The city recorded 88.14 millimeters of rainfall in the last 24 hours, ending 6 pm. According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the highest rainfall was received in the Chembur and Govandi areas, leading to  water-logging in surrounding areas. BEST buses on 51 routes in ten areas like Hindmata, Sion, Thakur village, Gandhi Market were diverted, reported the Times of India. According to the report, along with Mumbai, adjoining areas of Navi Mumbai and Thane too received heavy rainfall, with the IMD Belapur observatory recording 31.2 millimeters of rainfall. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted "very to heavy spells of rains" at isolated places in the city and suburbs in the next 24 hours and moderate rains in t

The single shot aimed to maim, not kill, the gun held less than a foot from Asma Arshid Jan’s right leg. Her father, Arshid Rather, was held down and forced to watch his daughter’s punishment, before his elbow was blown apart. Two family employees who guided the killers through the lanes to his home, Muhammad Ramzan Dar and Muhammad Arshad Dar, received bullets in their legs. The man the terrorists were looking for, Asima Jan’s grandfather, Abdul Hamid Rather, wasn’t home. Asma Arshid Jan was shot by militants in north Kashsmir. Image courtesy: Parth MN Only two-and-a-half years old, Asma is too young to understand her blood was shed for her people’s freedom, nor to comprehend the twisted compassion of the sadist who shot her. Everyone else in the small, north Kashmir community, though, has read the message written with her blood. Last week, two terrorists visited Abdul Hamid Rather at Sopore’s apple market to demand he shut down his warehouse. Leaflets had been posted on walls a

Narendra Modi to kickstart BJP campaign in Haryana today A day after launching infrastructure projects worth Rs 20,000 crore in Maharashtra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a rally in Haryana's Rohtak on Sunday in anticipation of the Assembly elections in the state in October. He will lay the foundation stone for several development projects, including the Shri Sheetla Mata Devi Medical College in Gurugram, a mega food park, the industrial model township in Rohtak and the Integrated Command and Control Center in Karnal, reports said. Modi will kick off the party's poll campaign in Haryana with the 'Vijay Sankalp' rally, the BJP was quoted as saying. The Rohtak rally will also be the culmination of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar's 'Jan Ashirwad Yatra' , which began last month in Kalka. File image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PTI On Saturday, Modi launched three more metro lines for Mumbai worth over Rs 19,000 crore, and underlined the

New Deli: " Hum honge kamyaab, mann me hai vishwas, poora hai vishwas hum honge kamyaab ek din ," this is how President Ram Nath Kovind summed up his thoughts after Chandrayaan-2's moon lander Vikram lost contact with ground stations minutes before touchdown early Saturday morning. File Image pf President Ram Nath Kovind. ANI Addressing a youth summit organised by a charitable organisation here, Kovind said like Swami Vivekananda is a timeless role model for youths, ISRO Chairman K Sivan and his team will be India's role model in the field of space in the times to come "I remember Chandrayaan-2's launch was earlier scheduled on 15 July. I was there in Sriharikota. I saw the massive carrier, "Bahubali", from close proximity. Thereafter, I proceeded to the assembly point," he said. "What I liked the most was that there were as many women in the engineering team as men," the president said. Lauding the scientists for their comm

Another round of the hearing of the Bhima Koregaon Inquiry Commission concluded in Pune after it assembled for two days on 6 and 7 September. So far, the commission has fully examined 10 witnesses, and five more are being cross-examined, said Ashish Satpute, advocate for the commission. File image of Surendra Gadling. Facebook@Adv Surendra Gadling Defence Committee “The witnesses have appeared several times over the course of these hearings,” he said. “We started with victims and eyewitnesses that were on the spot because they have given us a sense of the facts on the ground. We will shortly begin the examinations of government office bearers.” It was on 9 February, 2018, that the Maharashtra government issued a notification of the two-member commission , led by former High Court judge JN Patel, to investigate the Bhima Koregaon riots. The notification categorically stated that the "commission of inquiry shall submit the report within four months from the date of its notifica

New Delhi: Observing that the accusations against Christian Michel, an alleged middleman in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal are serious, a Delhi court on Saturday dismissed his bail plea. File image of an AgustaWestland helicopter. Reuters Special Judge Arvind Kumar rejected Michel's plea in the case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Michel, his bail plea, contended that he should be granted bail since he has been in custody for the last 375 days, including the days spent in Dubai jail during his extradition proceedings. "The applicant has undergone almost 600 hours of custodial interrogation by both the agencies. As of today, the applicant has spent 375 days in custody including the period which he spent in Dubai jail," the petition read. During the course of proceedings, Special Public Prosecutor DP Singh, appearing for the CBI and ED, opposed the bail plea and submitted that the investi

New Delhi: Terming the transfer and subsequent resignation of Madras High Court Chief Justice Vijaya Tahilramani as "shocking and disturbing", CPI(M) politburo member Brinda Karat on Saturday said the move was an "insult" and cannot be considered routine. File image of CPM leader Brinda Karat. PTI Tahilramani on Friday decided to resign after she was transferred to the Meghalaya High Court, one of the smallest in India, by the Supreme Court Collegium. She appealed to the collegium to reconsider its decision but it was turned down two days ago. "The transfer of the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court Justice Vijaya Tahilramani to the Meghalaya Court and her subsequent reported resignation is deeply disturbing and shocking. "As it is there are such few women judges at this level and the treatment meted out to her is insulting and humiliating not just to her but to women in general," Karat. She has an impeccable record and is one of the senio

Islamabad:   Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday visited the Line of Control (LoC) where he was briefed on the ongoing situation at the border, amid tensions in the region. File image of Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan. Reuters Khan visited the LoC on the occasion of Defence and Martyrs Day. Notably, the day was also observed as the so-called 'Kashmir solidarity hour'. The Pakistan prime minister was accompanied by Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Defence Minister Pervez Khattak, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and the chairman of the special committee on Kashmir Syed Fakhar Imam, The Dawn reported. During their visit, Khan was "briefed on the ongoing situation at the LoC", according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). "The prime minister lauded the state of readiness and effective response to ceasefire violations by India," the statement claimed, adding that Pakistan would be ready to respond to what it called "

17:59 (IST) Visuals of waterlogging in Sion Maharashtra: Waterlogged roads in Sion area of Mumbai. pic.twitter.com/enFCrwiqfd — ANI (@ANI) September 7, 2019 17:59 (IST) Suburban locals on Western line running with "minor delays" Western Railway's suburban services are running normal with minor delay owing to low visibility due to rains.  Mumbai Rains LATEST Updates: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday predicted "heavy to very heavy rainfall" for Mumbai and adjoining areas on Sunday and Monday. The Colaba observatory for the island city has recorded a rainfall of 70 mm in the last 24 hours ended on Saturday morning, which is higher compared to the quantum of rains recorded by the Santacruz centre. "Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely for the next two days in the city and its adjoining areas," said IMD Chief PRO Vishambhar Singh. The IMD has predicted a cloudy weather for this period. Meanwhile, trains ran on time o

Islamabad : Pakistan has refused a request by India to allow President Ram Nath Kovind to use its airspace for his flight to Iceland, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Saturday. File image of President Ram Nath Kovind. PTI Kovind will embark on a visit to Iceland, Switzerland and Slovenia from Monday during which he is expected to brief the top leadership in those countries on India's "national concerns", especially in view of terror incidents this year, including the Pulwama attack. The decision was approved by Prime Minister Imran Khan in view of the tense situation in Kashmir, the minister told state broadcaster PTV. Khan's government was under pressure from the Opposition and some ministers to impose on India to use its airspace after India revoked special status of Kashmir. Though, so far no decision was taken to impose the blanket ban but Pakistan showed its intention by disallowing President Kovind to use its airspace. Qureshi said New Delhi

Testifying in the defamation suit filed against her by former Union Minister MJ Akbar, journalist Priya Ramani stated, "Sexual harassment can take any form. It can be physical or verbal. By saying that he didn't "do" anything, I was honestly disclosing that there was no overt act but that didn't excuse Mr Akbar's sexually coloured behaviour." Ramani was taking the stand on 7 September 2019 as the first defence witness in the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal. Her testimony began with her account of the series of events that transpired in 1993 when Akbar had allegedly asked her to go up to his room at The Oberoi Hotel in Mumbai for a job interview. She added in her statement that over the years, her colleagues had shared significantly worse stories of their experiences with Akbar and her tweet during the #MeToo campaign was to "highlight the fact that we normalise sexual misconduct and unless it results in physical assu

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday laid the foundation stone for three metro lines, which will together add more than 42 km to the Mumbai Metro network. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the press in Mumbai on Saturday. ANI The three corridors include the 9.2-kilometres-long Gaimukh to Shivaji Chowk (Mira Road) Metro-10 corridor, 12.7-kilometres-long Wadala to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus Metro-11 corridor and 20.7-kilometres-long Kalyan to Taloja Metro-12 corridor. He laid the foundation stone for a state-of-the-art Metro Bhavan, which will operate and control 14 metro lines. During his visit, Modi inaugurated Bandongri Metro Station in Kandivali East. He also inaugurated a metro coach, the first one to be made under the Make in India initiative. The coach, the first in the list of 500 to be delivered to the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation, has been built by Bharat Earth Movers (BEML) at its Bengaluru facility in flat 75 days The Prime Minister said that the

Jammu : The Pakistan Army targeted forward posts and villages in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district with firing from small arms and mortar shelling, ending nearly a week-long ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC), a defence spokesperson said. Representational image. PTI The small arms firing and mortar shelling from across the LoC started in Krishna Ghati sector around 7.45 am on Saturday, the spokesperson said. He said that the Indian Army is retaliating strongly and the cross-LoC shelling between the two sides was going on when last reports were received. There is no report of any casualty on the Indian side in the firing, the spokesperson confirmed. On 1 September, an army personnel was killed when the Pakistan Army targeted forward posts and villages in Shahpur-Kerni sector, raising the number of deaths due to ceasefire violations by Pakistan in the twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri since July to eight - six soldiers and two civilians.   from Firstpost India L

New Delhi : Days after the Supreme Court Collegium declined her request for reconsideration of transfer to Meghalaya, Madras High Court Chief Justice Vijaya K Tahilramani has resigned. She tendered her resignation to President Ram Nath Kovind and sent a copy of it to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi last night, official sources said on Saturday. File image of Madras High Court. Wikimedia Commons The collegium, headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, had recommended transfer of Justice Tahilramani, who was elevated as the Madras High Court's chief justice on 8 August last year, to the Meghalaya High Court. The collegium had recommended her transfer on 28 August, after which she had made a representation requesting it to reconsider the proposal. She had protested against the collegium's decision to not consider her request against transferring her to the Meghalaya High Court. The apex court collegium—comprising justices SA Bobde, NV Ramana, Arun Mishra and RF Nariman—had r

Lucknow : Police personnel found violating traffic rules in Uttar Pradesh will now have to pay double the penalty corresponding to that offence under the new Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019. File image of UP DGP OP Singh. ANI State Director General of Police (DGP) OP Singh issued the order on Friday. "Any authority that is empowered to enforce the provisions of this act shall if such authority commits an offence under this Act, shall be liable for twice the penalty corresponding to that offence under this Act", read the order citing section 210-B of Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act 2019. The new Motor Vehicles Act has enhanced the penalties for driving errors. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways had notified the provisions of the Motor Vehicles Amendment Act 2019 last month and it was implemented in many states of India from 1 September. from Firstpost India Latest News https://ift.tt/30Y7Mid Asian News International

Panaji : Victoria Fernandes, a former deputy Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly, died in the wee hours on Saturday. She was 85. Representational image. ANI "Victoria Fernandes died while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Panaji in the wee hours of Saturday", former St Cruz MLA and Fernandes' family friend, Victor Gonsalves, told PTI . She had served as deputy speaker during 2005-2007. Fernandes had represented St Cruz Assembly segment in North Goa for four terms from 1994 till 2012 on tickets of regional parties and also as a Congress nominee. She quit the Congress ahead of the 2012 Assembly elections after being denied a ticket. She had also served as a minister in the Congress-led governments in the state and held various portfolios like Agriculture and Fisheries, Tourism, Animal Husbandry, Women and Child Development. Fernandes was a leader of anti-merger movement supporting the cause of Goa remaining as an independent state during the historic

New Delhi : The Indian Army's presence in the Kashmir Valley was only limited to fighting terrorists, and police and central forces are there for handling public order, said National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Saturday. File image of Ajit Doval. AFP In an interaction with journalists in New Delhi, Doval said, "The question of army atrocities in Jammu and Kashmir does not arise. Only state police and some central forces are handling public order, the Indian Army is there to fight terrorists". Doval informed that restrictions in the Valley were limited to only ten police station areas and hundred percent of landline phones have been restored. "Out of 199 police station areas in Jammu and Kashmir only 10 have prohibitory orders in place, rest have no restrictions. 100 percent landline connections are operational in the state", he said. Doval also outlined that Pakistan is trying to create trouble in the Valley and over 200 Pakistani terrorists have

Bengaluru : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday asked ISRO scientists not to get disheartened by the hurdles in the moon mission Chandrayaan-2 and asserted that there will be a "new dawn and better tomorrow". ISRO's plan to soft land Chandrayaan-2's Vikram module on the Lunar surface did not go as planned in the early hours of Saturday, with the lander losing contact with ground stations during its final descent. Modi delivered a message of optimism, solidarity and hope to scientists in an address, which was broadcast live, hours after the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that it had lost communication with the lander. Disheartened over Chandrayaan2 setback, ISRO chief K Sivan was left teary-eyed minutes after the Prime Minister's address. ANI Narendra Modi instills hope, reassures ISRO scientists after Chandrayaan-2 landing doesn't go as planned   "The nation is proud of them and stands with them," the prime minister s

Suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba militants Saturday opened fire at a home in Dangerpora area of Sopore district in Kashmir, injuring four members of a family, including a three-year-old girl. Reports say the person at militant's target was a local businessman. The injured have been shifted to a hospital, where their condition is stated to be critical but stable. Kashmir Zone Police: Terrorists fired and injured four persons including a baby girl ( Usma Jan) at Dangerpora in Sopore. All injured shifted to the hospital and stated to be stable. Police on the spot and investigation in progress. #JammuAndKashmir pic.twitter.com/9UFBWjucz1 — ANI (@ANI) September 7, 2019 Police have reached the spot and are conducting the investigation. More details on the story are awaited. Since the 5 August lockdown in Jammu and Kashmir as the Narendra Modi government abrogated Article 370, the Indian Army on Wednesday gave an exact number of civilian casualties in the region. Representational image

Seoul : Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday urged Indian and South Korean companies to actively collaborate with each other in the defence sector. Singh had a series of engagements with Indian and South Korean defence companies during his three-day visit to the Asian country. File image of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. News18 At the CEOs Forum, over 25 Indian and Korean companies engaged in the defence sector made presentations on their products and capabilities and also shared their views on policy measures that are required to boost the partnership in the defence realm, an official statement said. "In his remarks, the defence minister highlighted the measures taken by the Indian government to liberalise the defence sector and adopt policy measures to boost the 'Make in India' initiative in the defence sector. He encouraged Indian and South Korean companies to actively collaborate with each other and assured them of complete support from the government",

An emotional moment played out at Indian Space Research Organisation's Bengaluru centre Saturday, when the agency's chief scientist K Sivan welled up in tears after India's first-ever attempt to land a rover on Moon appeared to have failed just moments before landing. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was in Bengaluru to watch the landing live with ISRO scientists, warmly hugged and consoled the ISRO chief. #WATCH PM Narendra Modi hugged and consoled ISRO Chief K Sivan after he(Sivan) broke down. #Chandrayaan2 pic.twitter.com/R1d0C4LjAh — ANI (@ANI) September 7, 2019 In his encouraging address to the scientists, Modi asked ISRO scientists not to get disheartened by the hurdles in the moon mission Chandrayaan-2 and asserted that there will be a "new dawn". ISRO's plan to soft land Chandrayaan-2's Vikram module on the Lunar surface did not go as per script in the early hours of Saturday, with the lander losing communication with ground stations durin

Narendra Modi-govt completes 100 days since NDA's landslide win in 2019 LS polls The Narendra Modi government on Saturday  (7 September) completed 100 days in office since the National Democratic Alliance won the 2019 Lok Sabha polls with a thumping majority. Most recently, the Modi 2.0 government announced the final list of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) on 31 August in Assam, which excluded the names of  over 19 lakh people. The Supreme Court-monitored NRC exercise was aimed to weed out illegal immigrants, mostly from Bangladesh, from Assam which has been facing influx of people from the neighbouring country since partition in 1947. File image of Narendra Modi. PTI The other major development was the nullification of Articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution, which accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir. The government also bifurcated the state by carving out Ladakh as a separate Union territory. The second term of the Modi government marked a productive Par

New Delhi : Union petroleum and natural gas minister Dharmendra Pradhan will embark on a three-nation visit to Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar from 7 to 12 September to engage with his counterparts in oil and gas as well as steel sectors in these countries. File image of Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan. ANI He will be accompanied by an official and business delegation during his visit, an official statement said. In Saudi Arabia, Pradhan will hold meetings with his counterpart Khalid Al-Falih and the senior management of Aramco, the national oil company of the kingdom country. "During his meetings, the minister will seek to further enhance cooperation with Saudi Arabia in the entire value chain of hydrocarbon sector. Saudi Arabia has traditionally been a top supplier of crude oil to India", the statement said. During his visit to the UAE, Pradhan is scheduled to meet his counterparts Suhail Mohamed Faraj Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy and Industry and Sultan Ahmad Al