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CITY HILIGHTS Vol 1, Rs.1.00/- NATION About 1 lakh given skill training in Jharkhand Nearly one lakh people have been given skill training in Jharkhand under the ‘Skill India Mission’. An official release said the ‘Skill India Mission’ yielded great dividends for Jharkhand with nearly one lakh enrollment recorded. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister of State for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) Rajiv Pratap Rudy applauded the achievement, the release said. Ramadan began across the country The Muslim holy month of Ramadan began across the country from yesterday. The Ruyat-e-Hilal (moon sighting) committee announced the sighting of moon last evening. The worshipers thronged mosques last night to offer special night prayer called Traweeh, which will continue throughout the month. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. In Kerala, today is second day of holy month of Ramadan. Ramadan began across Gulf countries yesterday. The believers observe fast and join mass prayers held at mosques across the state during the period. This annual observance is regarded as one of the five pillars of Islam 8 injured in clash between two groups Eight people were injured in a clash that broke out over a minor dispute between two communities at Sikanderpur village, police said. The violence erupted after a tractor collided with a buffalo cart belonging to a member of a different community, SP (City) Santosh Mishra said. The incident led to stone pelting in which 8 persons were injured and two of them were taken to hospital, he said. Police said the situation has been brought under control. Rahul Gandhi pitches for release of ‘’Udta Punjab’’ Amid a raging controversy, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday made a strong pitch for release of film ‘Udta Punjab’, noting that the state has a “crippling drug problem” and censoring the movie would not fix it.”Punjab has a crippling drug problem. Censoring #UdtaPunjab will not fix it. The government must accept the reality and find solutions,” the Congress Vice President said on Twitter. Anurag Kashyap, one of the producers of ‘Udta Punjab’, has compared the ongoing censorship regarding his upcoming film to the dictatorship in North Korea. Sushil Modi backs Bharti’s claims on Nitish, Mamata Senior Bihar BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday seconded Union minister Uma Bharti’s assertions that regional satraps like Mamata Banerjee and Nitish Kumar emerged on the political firmament with BJP and RSS support.”Nitish Kumar was made a minister and chief minister of Bihar by BJP,” Sushi Modi, who was formerly deputy to chief minister Kumar, told reporters after his ‘Janata Darbar’ programme.”- JD (U) and Nitish Kumar were with the BJP in NDA for 17 years and emerged on the national politics with the support of BJP and RSS,” he said, echoing the views expressed by Bharti. Ahmedabad to get a Lion Safari Railway minister Suresh Prabhu offered help to the state to start a lion safari express in the lines of tiger express aimed at spreading awareness on the conservation of big cats. The Railway Minister said apart from the safari express, he was willing to start theme based trains in Gujarat on revenue sharing basis. He also announced that three train services announced in the budget this year will also begin soon. This includes the Humsafar, Tejas and Uday train services. CONGRESS MLA EXPELLED FOR ANTI-PARTY ACTIVITY IN TRIPURA STING PROBE: CBI QUIZZES UTTARAKHAND CM HARISH RAWAT The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) again on Tuesday questioned Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat in connection with the ongoing preliminary enquiry into an alleged sting operation against him. The CBI had earlier questioned Rawat on May 24 for over five hours in connection with the sting operation where he was shown offering bribe to rebel Congress MLAs to save his government. The Uttarakhand chief minister had said that this was a conspiracy against him. Congress MLA Biswa Bandhu Sen has been expelled from the primary membership of the party for six years due to his anti-party activities, said Tripura PCC president Birajit Sinha. “To maintain discipline in the Congress, Biswa Bandhu Sen, one of the “I believe the entire nation is watching this. And very soon there will be a solution to this conspiracy,” he said. Meanwhile, Uttarakhand BJP president Ajay Bhatt said that Rawat should cooperate with the CBI rather than blaming anyone in this regard. “He should cooperate with the CBI. Why is he blaming us? The CBI is an independent agency. He should better cooperate in this matter rather than blaming anyone,” Bhatt said. Earlier, the Uttarakhand High Court had refused Congress MLAs has been expelled from the Congress party for six years because of his anti-party activities since last one year. He was warned several times but to quash the ongoing CBI probe into the sting operation, following which the agency had summoned the Chief Minister. The TV sting operation was done in March, when rebel Congress lawmakers voted against the state budget, triggering a political crisis. Later, Rawat government was sacked by the Centre and the state was placed under President’s Rule. However, Congress knocked the door of the Court and Rawat returned as Chief Minister after winning a trust vote ordered by the Supreme Court earlier this month.v he did not stop his activities, therefore, on June 6, he was expelled from the primary membership of the Indian National Congress,” said Sinha. Sen was one of the seven rebel Congress MLAs, who in protest against the AICC’s decision of Congress-Left alliance in West Bengal, was to officially join the TMC to form an opposition party here. The TPCC president viewed that those leaving the Congress were not actually attached with the party’s ideology. It is reported that six Congress MLA’s, including expelled Sen, are going to join the TMC. PRADHAN MANTRI UJJWALA YOJANA TO BE LAUNCHED IN ODISHA ON <strong>JUNE</strong> 20 The launch of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, a scheme for providing free LPG connections to women from BPL households, will be held in Sambalpur on June 20. Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram and Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan are scheduled to flag it off. As per sources, it is planned to increase the number of LPG customers in Odisha from 39 lakh at present to 80 lakh by December 2018 through this scheme. The scheme has already been launched by the Centre in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Under the scheme, Rs. 8000 Crore has been set aside for providing five Crore LPG connections to BPL households. The scheme provides a financial support of Rs. 1600 for each LPG connection to the BPL households. PM MODI EXPRESSES ‘DEEPEST’ GRATITUDE TO QATAR EMIR With Qatar Emir Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani pardoning several prisoners for Ramadan, including 23 Indians, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his gratitude to the Emir. “A special gesture to mark the start of a special month...the Government of Qatar releases 23 prisoners, who will return home to India. My deepest gratitude to the Emir of Qatar for the gesture.” tweeted Prime Minister Modi, who is in Washington on a bilateral visit at the invitation of President Barack Obama. Though official figures have yet to be released, many of the pardoned prisoners, typicallyhail from nations that have a lot of nationals here, including India, Nepal, Bangladesh and the Philippines, said sources, adding Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani typically pardons inmates twice a year, including National Day on Dec. 18. Those who are freed have already served a significant portion of their jail term and the pardons are seen as a sign of goodwill toward Qatar’s large expat population, said embassy officials. More information about those who are pardoned will be sent to their respective embassies in the coming weeks. Nearly 100 people were pardoned during Ramadan for crimes related to theft, possession of drugs and fraud, among other crimes in previous years. On Sunday, Prime Minister Modi concluded his visit to Qatar, where he held meetings with business leaders and the Emir of Qatar, followed by signing of agreements, a lunch hosted by the Emir, a meeting with the father Emir and an interaction with the Indian community. Wednesday, June 08, 2016 www.cityhilights.news English Daily 4 JD (U) CAUTIONS CONGRESS OVER JOGI’S RESIGNATION The Janata Dal (United) on Tuesday cautioned the Congress Party, its grand alliance partner in Bihar, over the rebellion of former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi, saying it is sad news for the grand old party and that it should make efforts to strengthen itself to counter the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). JD (U) leader K.C. Tyagi said, “This should be sad news for the Congress Party. And at a time when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is spreading its wings across the nation, the Congress Party should make efforts to strengthen itself.” Jogi yesterday floated a new party and asked the people to suggest a name. Jogi had last week hinted that he might float a new party, saying he had no other option but to quit the Congress for the sake of Chhattisgarh. He had said the Congress Party was presently working like ‘Team-B’ for incumbent Raman Singh-led government in the state. However, the Congress downplayed the rebellion Jogi, saying he has the support of only one MLA. Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh had said to media, “I congratulate him on his decision. But I would like to tell you that leaving his wife and daughter only one Congress MLA has supported him. This proves that the rest of the congress inmates are united.” FIR REGISTERED AGAINST FOUR STUDENTS, DIRECTOR OF VR COLLEGE An FIR has been registered against four students and the director of the Vishnu Roy (VR) College in connection with Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) results issue. The four students against whom the case has been registered are Sourabh Shrestha, Rahul Kumar, Ruby Rai and Shalini. Following the furore over the Bihar Board examination toppers being unable to answer basic questions related to their stream eventually leading to a re-examination, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had on Sunday said the guilty won’t be spared, adding the investigation into this matter will done with a criminal angle. The Supreme Court had an urgent hearing on the plea for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the Mathura violence. A vacation bench of justices P. C. Ghose and Amitava Roy had listed the matter, filed by lawyer and Delhi BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay. The petitioner’s advocate sought an urgent hearing saying the CBI probe is necessary, looking at the gravity of the violence. The petitioner said, the court may also take suo moto cognizance of the matter and direct the CBI enquiry, as it is necessary to find out the truth. Speaking at a rally in Amroha on Sunday, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh dared the Uttar Pradesh Government to “I am going to seek more information on this and take action. A similar case had come to the fore even earlier and we re-examined all those whose names were in the top 10 list,” Nitish added. Talking about a previous case, where images and videos went of cheating in matriculation examinations went viral;he added that his government had taken firm action then. “The education department is looking into the matter and the state government will also intervene. Nobody will be spared. It is good that this issue came to light, as I am sure now that it won’t happen again after tough action,” the Chief Minister said. Emphasizing on the need to go to the root of the problem in order to solve it, Nitish said that cancelling the results was not enough and that a thorough probe was needed. call for a CBI investigation into the incident. “The probe can also take a criminal turn. Anyways, a probe is underway and I am confident that the education department will come through in its investigation,” he added. On Saturday, the BSEB had cancelled the results of two toppers, including Sourabh Shrestha, of the Intermediate (Science) examinations after they failed to prove their merits in a re-test. The board had on Friday asked Sourabh and his collegemate Rahul Kumar, who were among the 13 toppers from the Arts and Science streams in the Class XII examinations, to reappear in a re-test following a controversy over their merits. Saurabh Shrestha from the Science stream, who had secured 485 out of 500, was caught on camera failing to answer basic questions Ruby Rai, the Arts topper, from the same college failed to take the re-test on Friday citing health reasons. Rai had secured 444 marks out of 500 in the Arts stream. However, on camera she did not even appear to know the number of subjects in her course. MATHURA VIOLENCE: SC HEARS PIL FOR CBI PROBE “It seems like there is more to it than meets the eye. And such things should be brought into the open,” said Rajnath at the rally. “If the Uttar Pradesh Government wants to get to the bottom of this, they should ask for a CBI inquiry into the violence. If they ask, the Centre will surely agree. This is not a small incident,” he added. BJP president Amit Shah had earlier held Uttar Pradesh Minister Shivpal Singh Yadav responsible for the Mathura violence and sought his resignation. The Samajwadi Party, however, countered his assertion and dared the BJP president to either produce evidence in support of his allegations or tender a public apology. A large amount of explosives were found during the search operation yesterday at the Jawahar Bagh where 25 people, including two cops, were killed following a clash between the police personnel and encroachers. Facing flak from all corners for offering a compensation of only Rs. 20 lakh to the kin of policemen killed in Mathura violence, the state government reportedly swung into damage control and increased the amount of compensation from Rs. 20 lakh to 50 lakh earlier on Saturday. It also announced that that the kin of the deceased security men will also be provided with extra ordinary pension.
CITY HILIGHTS Vol 1, Rs.1.00/- Wednesday, June 08, 2016 www.cityhilights.news English Daily 5 WORLD US backs India’s bid for NSG membership Backing India’s bid to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), the US said, by becoming the member of the elite grouping the country would be in a stronger position to be a “good citizen” on proliferation-related issues. “Having gone down the path of the civil nuclear agreement with India and having invested a significant amount of time in building up our cooperation with India as it relates to nuclear security,” Deputy National Security Advisor Benjamin Rhodes told a Washington audience. Rhodes remarks on India came in response to a question about why some countries like China are opposing India’s membership in the 48-member NSG. “..I think the bottom line for us is that we believe that through engagement with India and through engagement with groups like the NSG, we are in a better position to support India as a good citizen on these issues,” Rhodes said. He said the US believed that engaging India and trying to bring it into international processes will be more effective in promoting the country’s security protocols. US University asks 25 Indians to leave studies At least 25 of a total 60 Indian graduate students at Western Kentucky University have been asked to leave their computer science programme after the first semester as they do not meet its admission standards, a media report said today. The university used international recruiters, who had run advertisements, to find the students and compensated them based on how many students they enrolled. James Gary, the chairman of the University’s Computer Science Programme, said yesterday that “almost 40” of the students did not meet the requirements of their admissions, even though they were offered remedial help by the university. While some students will be allowed to remain, at least 25 of the nearly 60 students in the programme must leave, he was quoted as saying by The New York Times. “If they come out of here without the ability to write programmes, that’s embarrassing to my department,” Gary said, explaining why the university could not permit them to continue. Indian Origin Professor in UK Awarded by Queen Eminent Indian origin professor Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya has been awarded the prestigious Regius Professorship in Manufacturing by Queen Elizabeth II for his outstanding contribution in manufacturing. “WMG, at the University of Warwick, which was founded by eminent Indian Professor Lord Bhattacharyya, has been bestowed the prestigious Regius Professorship in Manufacturing by Her Majesty the Queen,” a release said today. Through his career, he has advised the UK government on manufacturing, innovation, and technology, including former Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair. Bhattacharyya, Chairman and founder of WMG, said “Having founded WMG in 1980 to invigorate UK manufacturing, it is a wonderful honour to be bestowed upon the Group. This is recognition to every member of staff, over the last 35 years, who has contributed to our success. SUNITA WILLIAMS REMEMBERS KALPANA CHAWLA INDIAN AMERICAN ASTRONAUT SUNITA WILLIAMS CONSIDERS KALPANA CHAWLA GREAT FRIEND AND MENTOR Sunita Williams who was speaking on the occasion of Indian Prime Minister NarendraModi’s visit to the ‘Tomb of the Unknown Soldier’ and ‘Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial’ at the Arlington National Cemetery said, “She was a great friend, a mentor and someone you can always sit down and have a cup of tea with.” Chawla’sfamily was present at the wreath laying ceremony. According to finds in a research, Aboriginal people were the first to inhabit Australia. The research work carried out byGriffith University,refutes an earlier landmark study that claimed to recover DNA sequences from the oldest known Australian, Mungo Man. This earlier study was SunitaWilliamswho was with her father,met the Prime Minister who invited her to visit India. Sunita Williams said that she was very happy to get an invitation from PM Modi to visit India. Sunita Williams spoke about India and U.S. scientific collaboration,“Right now that is not my field of expertise. I am sort of WERE ABORIGINALS interpreted as evidence that Aboriginal people were not the first Australians, and that Mungo Man represented an extinct lineage of modern humans that occupied the continent before Aboriginal Australians. Scientists from Griffith University’s Research Centre for Human Evolution (RCHE) recently used new NO CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST JAPANESE COUPLE FOR LEAVING SON IN FOREST heads down in a new space craft that we’re building here. But, I have had the opportunity to go to India and talk to many people who are very interested in space collaboration and the space adventure,” She added, “So, I have a feeling, you know, I think most people in India are excited about space as well as about how we are excited about space here.” NASA Assistant Director, who was also present at the event, said, “We have a wonderful collaboration of NASA and ISRO, never been stronger. All the way to Mars!” After meeting visiting Prime Minister, Williams’ father Deepak Pandya said that the Prime Minister asked him to visit India to which he replied he certainly would if his health willing, if my health remains good. (ANI) THE FIRST AUSTRALIANS? DNA sequencing methods “This represents the first to re-analyze the remains time researchers have recovered of Mungo Man from the an ancient mito- World Heritage listed chondrial genome sequence landscape of the Willandra from an Aboriginal person Lakes region, in far western who lived before the arrival New South Wales. of the Europeans,” he added. The Japanese couple, who abandoned their seven-year-old son in a forest as a punishment, will not face any charges. A Hokkaido police officer is reported to have said that they did not want to regard it as a criminal case. Yamato Tanooka, who survived alone for six nights, was deserted by his parents in Japan’s northernmost island Hokkaido to teach him a lesson for throwing stones at people. The couple left Yamato by the side of the road and when they returned shortly later to pick him up, he had disappeared. Takayuki Tanooka, the child’s father, had initially told the police that they were separated from the kid while he was foraging for edible plants along with his wife and daughter. He, however, confessed hours later that he had in fact made Yamato get out of the family car and left him briefly by the roadside in an attempt to discipline him after he was throwing stones at people. Toru Numata, a lawyer who handles abuse and domestic violence cases said, the chances of making this matter a prosecutable one are extremely slim considering the factors behind the case. The lawyer added the focus is likely to shift to the boy’s mental care, focusing on possible trauma from the ordeal. The boy was discovered mildly dehydrated last Friday by a soldier, sheltering in a hut on a military drill field around five kms from where he was abandoned. (ANI) Professor Lambert, from RCHE, said it was clear that incorrect conclusions had been drawn in relation to Mungo Man in the original study.He explained, the results proved that the more advanced genomic technology was capable of unlocking further secrets from Australia’s human past. Professor Lambert further said, “We now know that meaningful genetic information can be recovered from ancient Aboriginal Australian remains.” The arrest of the French man who was planning 15 attacks in the coming days has shocked France which is on high alert following last year`s deadly jihadist attacks in Paris. The Frenchman was arrested on May 21 while trying to cross into Poland near the Ukrainian frontier town of Yagodyn, in possession of a massive weapons stash that included 125 kilograms (275 pounds) of TNT and grenade launchers. Ukraine’s claims on Monday that it had arrested a suspected far-right French extremist who was allegedly planning to attack the Euro 2016 championships has increased the security fears over Europe`s showcase football tournament which is just four days before the tournament kicks off in France.Ukraine`s security services said, “The 25-year-old man had a huge arsenal of weapons and was planning to attack a string of locations in his home country” Preparations in France have also been marred by strikes that have paralysed transport and the torrential rains that caused flooding along the River Seine, forcing tourist attractions including the Louvre Museum to close. The research was planned and conducted with the support of the Barkindjii, Ngiyampaa and MuthiMuthi indigenous people.There has been considerable debate in Australia and around the world about the origins of the first Australians since the publication in 1863 of Thomas Henry Huxley’s ‘Man’s Place in Nature’. This study has been published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (ANI) CHINA PUBLICLY NAMES PAKISTAN FOR MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS ISIS BURNS ALIVE 19 YAZIDI GIRLS FOR REFUSING TO BE SEX SLAVES: REPORTS FRENCHMAN PLANNING 15 TERROR ATTACKS ARRESTED IN UKRAINE “A Muslim mosque, a Jewish synagogue, tax collection organisations, transportation checkpoints and numerous other locations are his target,” said Ukraine’s security service Chief VasylGrytsak. The attacks would have been staged just ahead of and during the tournament, the SBU security service said. Grytsak said that the suspect was not happy with the French governments way of dealing with migrants. Video released by the SBU security service showed a man whose face was blurred out loading guns and other weapons into the back of a van. Ukraine`s secret service In a major development, China has for the first time, publicly acknowledged the role of Pakistan in the coordinated terror attacks that took place in Mumbai between November 26 and 29, 2008 that claimed the lives of 164 people and left another 308 injured. Chinese State Television CCTV9 has, in a documentary aired recently, highlighted the role of the Lashkar-e-Taiyaba (LeT) and its ISIS terrorists executed 19 Yazidi girls by burning them alive inside iron cages. According to the ARA News report the girls were burnt alive after the girls refused to be sex slaves to ISIS terrorists. This act of punishment was carried out infront of a large gathering in Mosul on Thursday. A local activist Abdullah al-Malla told reporters, said it had become aware in December of the arrival of a French national who had begun “to establish contacts with a number of representatives in the (pro-Russian separatist) east”. The man, who has not been formally identified by French authorities, worked for Elitest, an agricultural cooperative, inseminating cows in northeastern France.The firm`s technical director Luc Voidey described the man as “an exemplary employee”. The man used to live in a village called Nant-le-Petit along with his grandfather. The local mayor said he would not believe what had happened because he was not the person who would sponsors in Pakistan in this horrific attack which shook the world. This change in policy by China is significant in the sense that it is taking place on the eve of the expiry of Beijing’s decision to place on technical hold the listing of three known LeT/JuD(Jamaat-ud-Dawa) militants - Hafiz Abdul Rahman Makki, Talha Saeed and Hafiz Abdul Rauf, on June 9, 2016. “They were punished for refusing to have sex with ISIS terrorists.” Another eye witness said that nobody could stop them and that the 19 girls were burned to death while hundreds of people were watching. Causing a mass displacement of nearly 400,000 people to Duhok and Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan, ISIS terrorists took over 3,000 do that kind of activities. He presented himself well in the village always. Nicolas Wilt, a farmer who knew him, said he had regularly visited Ukraine as “he told us he had a girlfriend in Ukraine”. A police source indicated that a t-shirt bearing the motif of an extreme rightwing group was seized during a search in Nant-le- Petit. France is still under a state of emergency following November`s suicide bombings and shootings in Paris that left 130 people dead and were claimed by the Islamic State group. French investigators have opened a preliminary inquiry into the suspect, who The listing of these individuals by the Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council in September 2015, had the overwhelming support of all members of the international community, with the exception of China, which acted on Pakistan’s behest. China is already facing considerable global flak over a similar technical hold over the listing of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) Chief Hafiz Saeed, even though the JeM stands listed by the United Nations Sanctions Committee. China has obviously realized that extending blind support to Pakistan on terror-related issues taints its own reputation as a responsible world power that is seeking to build an international consensus on the need for all countries to jointly fight the menace of terror. (ANI) Yazidi girls as sex slaves after they overran Sinjar in northwest Iraq in August 2014, There are about 1,800Yazidi women and girlsabducted by ISIS in Iraq and Syria, according to Kurdistan regional government officials. During a lightening offensive in 2014, the ISIS captured Mosul, making it the capital of its self-styled Caliphate, which extends across a swathe of territory in Iraq and Syria. Supported by air strikes from the US-led coalition, Kurdish Peshmerga troops and a Shia-dominated paramilitary force, Iraqi forces on March 24 began a long-awaited offensive to re-take Mosul from the terrorist group. was previously unknown to police. President Francois Hollande acknowledged on Sunday that the threat of an attack during the monthlong competition could not be discounted, but promised to “do everything to ensure that the Euro 2016 is a success”. France has mobilised 90,000 security personnel to secure areas with large number of supporters, with anti-hooligan policing plans also in place. But the increasingly anxious mood in France has cast a pall over a celebrated competition that unites the continent once every four years. Air France pilots are planning to go on strike over pay and conditions for four days from Saturday, a day after the tournament starts. Make-or-break talks between unions and employers on Monday were also set to decide whether a rolling rail strike will affect the influx of fans from around the continent “The Frenchman offered people with whom he was in contact (in the east) several thousand euros in order to have a Ukrainian citizen help him carry the load into Europe,” he said.
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