The Divisive Politics Of BJP Is Destroying The Diversity Of India; Capt. Amarinder Singh

Congress party representative and current Chief Minister of Punjab, Capt. Amarinder Singh said that BJP is using poor tactics like destroying the diversity of India, which is our country’s unique strength, with their “divisive politics”.

Talking on the Badal case, the CM said that he would never spare anyone who has done anything illegal and if anyone found guilty, legally, they would be punished for the crime done against the people of the state.

He also added that he would however follow the due judicial process as per the Indian constitution, "Even if Prakash Singh Badal is found guilty, he will be punished," said the CM.

"They (Badals) will have to face the consequences of their actions, if found responsible," he added. "I believe in the Constitution and the rule of law, and am totally against politics of vendetta..,” Capt. Amarinder said.

The statement came as a befitting reply to the statement made by former Chief Minister of Punjab, Mr. Prakash Singh Badal, when a few days ago h said that Capt. Amarinder’s only motive is to put him behind the bars.

Earlier in February, Capt. Amarinder Singh mad a statement in which he said that those who were responsible for the horrendous" 2015 sacrilege incidents in the state would be punished to set an example. He said this while addressing the Punjab Assembly.

Badal, in his previous statement also said that the Special Investigation Team formed to probe sacrilege and police firing incidents in 2015 and Justice Ranjit Singh Commission to be a drama of Congress and added that Amarinder's only goal is to put me in jail."

Previously, Amarinder Singh said attending a rally "My only wish is that everyone in Punjab should be happy, the state should be free of drugs and unemployment, and there should be prosperity. That is my ideal Punjab,” he said, adding “we will ensure that this dream is achieved”.

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Randeep Hooda Comes In Support Of Alia After Kangana’s Attack, Rangoli Brand Him As A Permanent Failure

Randeep Hooda has extended support to his Highway co-actor Alia Bhatt after actress Kangana Ranaut attacked her for the second time. Randeep said that he is impressed with how Alia is not letting Kangana’s words affect her.

“Dearest @aliaa08 I’m so glad you are not letting the opinions of very occasional actors and chronic victims affect you and your work ... kudos to you for your continued efforts to outdo yourself,” Randeep tweeted to which Alia responded with a reply reading “Randy”.

However, this wants to be taken lightly by Kangana team and it was her sister Rangoli Chandel who responded first. Rangoli called our Randeep for supporting Alia and also named him a “permanent failure”.

“Alia baby ko bachane ko nepotism gang ki khud ki himmat nahin toh tujhko aage kiya, I know during film Ungli what u did, kitna harass kiya tune Kanganako aur kitna bada chatukar hai tu Karan Johar ka magar phir bhi tera kuch nahin hua, at least people like Alia are successful because of chamchagiri, bhai tu to permanent failure hai. (The nepotism gang couldn’t muster the courage so they put you on the frontline to save Alia baby. I know what you did during Ungli, how much you harassed Kangana and how big a bootlicker you are of Karan Johar. Even then, you could not amount to anything. At least people like Alia are successful due to their sycophant nature but you are a permanent failure.)

In a recent statement, Kangana said that Alia is a mediocre actress and comparing her work in Manikarnika with Alia’s in Gully Boy is very embarrassing to her. “I am embarrassed...What is there to beat in Gully Boy performance ....same snappy muh phat girl... Bollywood’s idea of a fiery girl, woman empowerment and good acting, spare me this embarrassment, please. Media have taken filmy kids love too far. Stop pampering mediocre work or else bar will never be raised,” Kangana said talking to a leading media house.

Alia gave a befitting reply to Kangana’s statement and said, “I respect Kangana’s work a lot and I respect her opinion. If she feels a particular way she must have reason to feel that way. I would rather remember how much she had praised me after watching Raazi. And I’d just like to focus on my work. Maybe she will appreciate me again if I work hard enough.”

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Rajkumar Hirani denies the charges of sexual assault

Renowned Bollywood director Rajkumar Hirani has been named in the #MeToo allegation row. However, the director has claimed the allegations against him are baseless and he did not assaulted the colleague, who claims that Hirani tried sexual advances for as long as a period of six months.

Hirani is one of the most respected member of the industry and so far the most high-profile personality to be named with the #MeToo movement.

An anonymous woman, who allegedly worked with Rajkumar in his last picture Sanju as an assistant has said that he sexually assaulted her.

The allegations came out when first published in Huff Post India on January 13th.

As per the complainant, Hirani assaulted her first on 9th April at his home and then a number of time during the post-production work of film Sanju. The assault period lasted till September 2018. Rajkumar Hirani’s lawyer has just released a statement, in which, they denied the allegations. The statement reads as below:
"I was completely shocked when these allegations were brought to my notice about two months ago. I had suggested immediately that it is essential to take this matter to any committee or legal body. The complainant has chosen to go to the media instead. I want to very strongly state that this is a false, malicious and mischievous story being spread with the sole intention of destroying my reputation,".

In the Huff post published report, they quoted a mail dated November 2018 which reads, "My mind, body and heart were grossly violated that night and for the next 6 months." The accuser was referring to the April 9th assault.

Hirani is one of the best directors in Bollywood known for his great films such as Munna Bhai MBBS & 3 Idiots.

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PM Modi & Trump discussed the US trade deficit & Afghanistan issue: White House

In a statement, the White House said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the U.S. President Trump had a telephonic call on Monday, wherein, they discussed about lowering the US trade deficit with India and on increasing their cooperation in Afghanistan.

The official White House statement read, "The leaders agreed to strengthen the US-India strategic partnership in 2019 and exchanged perspectives on how to reduce the US trade deficit with India, expand security and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific, and increase cooperation in Afghanistan,"
Recently, the US Administration raised the tariffs on import of steel and aluminum from India, recently. This was one of the major step taken by the administration, under the Trump’s drive to reduce the U.S. deficit and promote manufacturing jobs in the U.S.

While India threatened the U.S. for a strong retaliation, it also added that the country won’t take any action until the end of this month.

Prime Minister Modi and President Trump also discussed about the two countries cooperating at the Afghanistan issue. As per the records, a U.S. official recently declared that President Trump is planning to withdraw a major segment of the U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The news suggest that out of 14000 U.S. Troops, Trump will recall 5000. 

The reduced presence of U.S. Military in Afghanistan means that there would be minimization of the mission of training Afghan forces and waging an air campaign against the Taliban and other militant groups. 

On the other hand, Trump seems to be in trouble with his border wall project. Recently, Trump gave a statement wherein he said that the ex-Presidents of America wanted to install the border wall. However, 4 ex-presidents have already declined the statement, claiming it is not true.
"This should have been done by all of the presidents that preceded me," Trump said. "And they all know it. Some of them have told me that we should have done it."

Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter have said that the statement is false.
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Sachin Tendulkar’s Coach, Ramakant Achrekar Passed Away

When we talk about remarkable performance in cricket we cannot miss on to Sachin Tendulkar who has been a phenomenal player. During his period of the game he was loved by the people and on his last match people cried and give him the title of Sir. The man who is behind the success of this great cricketer is Ramakant Achrekar, his coach who just left for heavenly abode on Wednesday. He was a celebrated cricket coach and all the players respected him like anything.

He was 87 years old and according to a family member, had been suffering from old age-related ailments for the past few days. “He (Archrekar Sir) is no more with us. He passed away this evening,” his kin Rashmi Dalvi said.

Achrekar has battled in just one first-class match in his playing career but open and shaped the biggest batsman in international cricket after Sir Donald Bradman in Tendulkar, who is now retired, is the proud owner of all the batting records that were there for the taking in the game which comprises of the highest runs in Tests (15,921) and ODIs (18,426).

Achrekar is most famous for being his childhood coach and has always been appreciated by the celebrated right-hander for the role he played in making his career as a child. Tendulkar was trained by Achrekar at the Shivaji Park here.

“’Sir never said well-played to me ever, (but) I knew (when) Sir has taken me to eat bhelpuri or paani-puri, Sir is happy, I have done something nice on the field,” Tendulkar had said last year at an event when he was remembering the Achrekar’s involvement in making him the cricketer he became.

Achrekar was also awarded the Padmashri award in 2010. Besides Tendulkar, he also trained other famous players such as Vinod Kambli, Pravin Amre, Sameer Dighe and Balwinder Singh Sandhu.

1 crore fine and jail term for staff of a company insists on Aadhaar as the only ID Proof

Banks and telephone companies that insist on Aadhaar Card as an identity proof for getting a new mobile connection or opening an account, while discarding any other proof such as ration card, passport, will now be liable for a penalty of 1 crore Indian National Rupee along with jail to the staff members which may range from 3 to 10 years.

These are the penalties for the violations that have been proposed as a part of the amendments cleared by the Union Cabinet on Monday. These amendments also extend an option to the Aadhaar card holders to use the unique ID as a means to complete their KYC formalities. As per the inside sources, all the amendments made to the Indian Telegraph Act and PMLA are done keeping the latest order of the Supreme Court in mind pertaining to Aadhaar. As per the latest orders, an Aadhaar ID is only compulsory for welfare services involving public funds.

The amendments further demand that the entities the authentication performing companies should comply with all the privacy standards and keep the laws passed by the Parliament in mind. For any exception, it should be mandatory to the move be in the “state interest” as prescribed by the Centre.

“Aadhaar is a platform that promotes good governance. The amendments protect security and privacy. They set out rules for consent in case of minor and opt-out option at age 18. There are strict punishments for any attempt to tamper with core biometrics,” a source told news agency.

Although the entire Aadhaar data is kept preserved and there aren’t chances for any breach, in case an authentication agency tried to breach, it will be charged Rs. 50 lakh of penalty and a jail term extending to 10 years.

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I love watching wedding pictures on Instagram, says Katrina Kaif

What started with the celeb wedding of Anushka Sharma & Virat Kohli last year, was continued to perfection by other celeb weddings in the Tinsel town. Year 2018 saw some great celebs wedding including Sonam Kapoor, Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh and Priyanka Chopra & Nick Jonas. It was Katrina Kaif who took a deep discussion with a leading newspaper and told that she was the last person to leave these wedding reception parties.

She said that she is obsessed with wedding pictures and love tracking them on the Instagram. She told the reporters, Luckily on Instagram you have a feed right, so it comes automatically. With our schedules, it's hard to always do that and I think it's important for my mind to not constantly go somewhere else. It's important for me to be where I am working right now. But often always I got to see it. Also, my team's with me, so they'll show me, "Oh, look look, yeh abhi aaya", be it wedding or sangeet. So, they'll come and show me, because I think everyone loves to see a moment and wedding is one of those special moments which come in your life and it's a big deal, you know. And it looks beautful, you feel a little sentimental at those moments. 

They've all had such beautiful weddings. I feel very happy for all of them. They are all my colleagues from Anushka's wedding to Sonam's wedding which was....very beautiful. And Deepika and Ranveer's wedding now and Priyanka and Nick's... so there has been four big weddings in almost less than a year right? Wow, it's quite amazing actually if you see (laughs). But, they all look beautiful and I feel happy for all of them. 

Completely mesmerized by the picture on the social media platforms, she further added:

You do feel a little sentimental. I think as human beings we all want to feel loved and we all want to be loved and a wedding is always a reminder of romanticism and that wonderful feeling that you have when you are in love.