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UP ATS foils terror plot by Al Qaeda linked Jihadi group, two suspects in custody

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Acting on a tip-off, the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested two terrorists, linked to Al Qaeda, from Kakori on the outskirts of Lucknow on Sunday (July 11).

After receiving the intelligence input, the ATS team was tracking the terror cell for one week, and later a team led by IG ATS, G K Goswami led an operation and arrested the two from a house that belongs to one Shahid.

After the raid, the ATS recovered two pressure-cooker bombs, a detonator, and 6 to 7 kilograms of explosives as a bomb disposal squad evacuated the area.

Due to the sensitivity of the operation, the ATS  did not disclose the names of the arrested persons as the case is further investigated.

However, preliminary investigations have revealed that the two terrorists were planning to target a BJP MP and some senior BJP leaders in Lucknow.

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NIA raids several location in J&K, arrests Islamic leader and 5 others for ISIS links

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Seven sites in Srinagar and Anantnag in south Kashmir were raided by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday in connection with a terror funding case involving the distribution of propaganda material by the banned terror organization ISIS.

In connection with the investigation, the NIA has arrested several people, including the chairman of a Darul Uloom (Islamic seminary) known as “Sirajul Uloom.” The NIA team raided Darul Uloom ‘Sirajul Uloom’ in downtown Srinagar and confiscated several documents containing office records as well as a laptop.

Javaid Ahmad Mir, Umar Bhat, Ovais Ahamad, Tanveer Ahmad, and Zeeshan Ameen Malik are five others who have been detained by the NIA and are suspected of having ties to the banned terrorist group ISIS.

According to the NIA, the five arrested have become the face of print editions of the online propaganda magazine “The Voice of Hind (VOH),” which aims to incite Indian Muslims against the government and state. According to them, an organised campaign in cyberspace was begun to carry out its evil plot, which was complemented by on-ground terror funding operations.

The NIA recovered a large number of incriminating documents and digital devices, including mobile phones, tablets, computers, and hard drives, as well as T-shirts with the ISIS logo, during the raids.

NIA officials said that it was a joint operation with the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Research & Analysis Wing (RAW). The agency also arrested five youths allegedly for having links with the terror group.

Following the raid in Srinagar, the NIA carried out similar operations in the villages of Pushroo, Sunsooma, and Achabal in South Kashmir.

(with inputs from TimesofIndia)

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Erode DMK official sexually harasses single mother, threatens her over phone

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A single mother from Erode has complained to the police that a DMK official has been sexually intimidating her for not repaying the loan.

Nithya, a resident of Puthupalayam town in Gobichettypalayam, Erode, who has been running a beauty salon and working as a beautician course teacher in her area, lost her husband to COVID a few weeks ago.

According to reports, she has taken money from a chit fund operated by her house owner Mani, who is also the DMK North District Agriculture wing Deputy Organizer. However, because her firm was impacted by the COVID closure, she was unable to reimburse the funds.  House owner Mani became enraged and began threatening her and making sexual remarks about her over the phone.

She alleged that the DMK office-bearer told her to send her customers to his home with a sexual undertone. She further claimed that the DMK office-bearer threatened her son through the phone when she refused to pick his call.

Nithya filed a complaint with the Erode commissioner’s office after being threatened by the DMK official. However, her complaint was forwarded to the Gobichettypalyam police station by the Erode Commissioner’s office, where she alleges the police are ignoring her complaint against the DMK official.

It is to be noted that there are several complaints have already been filed against DMK Mani at that police station for lending at usurious rates and threatening people for repayment of their loans.

(with inputs from NewJ)

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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurates country’s first private LNG facility plant at Nagpur

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Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has emphasized on importance of alternate biofuels for diversification of agriculture towards energy and power sector . Inaugurating the country’s first private LNG facility plant at Nagpur today he said  in our economy we are spending 8 lakh crores for the import of petrol diesel and petroleum products which is a big challenge .The Minister said  we have designed a policy that encourages development of imports substitute cost effective pollution free and indigenous  ethanol,  bio CNG,LNG and hydrogen fuels. He said the ministry is constantly working on different alternative fuels. He said we have to use surplus inrice , corn and sugar to prevent it from going waste.

Talking about flex engines Gadkari said decision will be taken in three months making it  mandatory for automobile manufacturers particularly the four wheelers and two wheelers to make flex engine. He said several countries like USA, Canada and Brazil already have them .He said the cost of the vehicle remains the same whether it is petrol or Flex engine.

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Cauvery Calling facilitates 2 lakh sapling plantation in 650 acres in a week in TN

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The Cauvery Calling team facilitated the planting of more than 2 lakh saplings by farmers on private agricultural lands across Tamil Nadu to commemorate the nationally celebrated ‘Van Mahotsav’ or ‘Forest Festival’.

The saplings were planted on about 650 acres of agricultural land in more than 30 districts including Coimbatore, Erode, Tiruppur, Krishnagiri, Thiruvannamalai, Villupuram, Chengalpattu, Cuddalore, Dindigul, Karur, Namakkal, Trichy, Thiruvarur, Thanjavur, Pudukottai and Tenkasi.

In order to improve the economy of farmers and nurture environmental development, cash value trees such as Teak, Red Sandalwood, Sandalwood, Mahogany, Malabar Kino and Mountain Neem were planted. Volunteers of the Cauvery Calling movement studied the soil and water quality of the agricultural lands and recommended soil-friendly economically viable wood species.

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PM to interact with Indian athletes’ contingent bound for Tokyo Olympics

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the Indian athletes’ contingent bound for Tokyo Olympics on 13th July at 5 PM via video conferencing.

The interaction by the Prime Minister is an endeavour to motivate the athletes ahead of their participation at the games. He had recently reviewed the preparations for facilitation of India’s contingent at Tokyo-2020. He had also discussed the inspirational journeys of some of the athletes on Mann Ki Baat, besides urging the nation to come forward and wholeheartedly support them.

The event will be attended by Anurag Thakur, Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports;  Nisith Pramanik, MoS Youth Affairs and Sports and Kiren Rijiju, Law Minister.

A total of 126 athletes across 18 sports disciplines from India will be heading to Tokyo. This is the biggest-ever contingent India is sending to any Olympics. The 69 cumulative events across the 18 sport disciplines that India will participate in is also the highest ever for the country.

There are several notable firsts in terms of participation. For the first time in its history, a Fencer from India (Bhavani Devi) has qualified for the Olympic Games. Nethra Kumanan is the first ever female Sailor from India to qualify for an Olympic Games. Sajan Prakash and Srihari Nataraj are the first Swimmers from India to qualify for an Olympic Games by achieving the ‘A’ Qualification Standard in Swimming.

(Published from PIB)

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DMK stokes separatism, says Dravida Nadu demand still relevant

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On June 10, the DMK IT wing’s official Twitter account quoted late former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Annadurai, saying that the demand for a separate “Dravida Nadu” is still relevant, and has fuelled separatism.

The DMK’s separatist tweet comes after numerous BJP leaders began attacking the DMK’s secessionist undertone ‘Ondriya Arasu’ tactics, by extending support for a separate ‘Kongu Nadu’.

Earlier, in retaliation to DMK’s divisive politics, Central minister L. Murugan mentioned Kongu Nadu in his biodata, while BJP MLA Vanathi Srinivasan indicated her support for Kongu Nadu by quoting an old Tamil scripture. BJP legislative party leader Nainar Nagendran has said that if the people of Tamil Nadu want the state divided, it is the government’s responsibility to do it.

In order to counter the narrative, sympathizers of the DMK with the bio ‘Belongs to Dravidian Stock’, ‘Dravidian’, ‘Periyarists’ and Communists have been spewing hatred against the people of Kongu with the abusive hashtag #கொங்குநாடாவது_மயிராவது.

On Saturday (July 10), Tamil daily Dinamalar had published an article on the front page in which it was reported that the Central Government was mulling over the idea of creating a Kongu Naadu because of the DMK government’s deliberate provocative activities like referring to the Indian Government as ‘Union Government’ and disrespecting Jai Hind.

The Dinamalar article created a storm with social media abuzz with the hashtag #KonguNadu trending nationwide on Twitter. The demand for a separate state of Kongu Naadu found both supporters and naysayers with the former saying that that the Kongu region is being unduly discriminated especially by the DMK in terms of fund allocation and development of the region despite contributing a major share of revenue to the state. It is worth mentioning that the DMK was completely routed in the region

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Watch: Karnataka Congress head DK Shivakumar slaps man for putting arms around him

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DK Shivakumar, the President of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee slapped a man who had tried to put his arms around him.

In the video which is now viral, DK Shivakumar and the man can be seen walking close together and the former gets irritated and slaps the latter when he tried to put his hand around him.

The incident took place during in Mandya when he had gone to visit the ailing leader MP G Made Gowda. He had asked the camera men present there to delete the footage.

BJP National General Secretary CT Ravi lashed out the Congress leader for his unruly behaviour. He questioned if Congress’ de-facto national chief has given Shivakumar license for violence.

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DMK-Congress sympathizers derogate Kongu region and people with abusive hashtag on Twitter

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On Saturday (July 10), Tamil daily Dinamalar had published an article in the front page in which it was reported that the Central Government was mulling over the idea of creating a Kongu Naadu because of the DMK government’s deliberate provocative activities like referring the Indian Government as ‘Union Government’ and disrespecting Jai Hind.

This follows after the profiles of Ministers released through the official handles of the BJP and other government portals like MyGov showed Dr. L. Murugan identifying himself as hailing from Kongu Naadu.

The Dinamalar article created a storm with social media abuzz with the hashtag #KonguNadu trending nationwide on Twitter. The demand for a separate state of Kongu Naadu found both supporters and naysayers with the former saying that that the Kongu region is being unduly discriminated especially by the DMK in terms of fund allocation and development of the region despite contributing a major share of revenue to the state. It is worth mentioning that the DMK was completely routed in the region

In order to counter the narrative, sympathizers of the DMK with the bio ‘Belongs to Dravidian Stock’, ‘Dravidian’, ‘Periyarists’ and Communists have been spewing hatred against the people of Kongu with the abusive hashtag #கொங்குநாடாவது_மயிராவது.

Here are some of the tweets:

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Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh asks DST to set up a world class India’s first National S&T Research University

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Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today said that the Department of Science & Technology (DST) should make efforts to set up first-of-its-kind National Science & Technology Research University, by leveraging the research strength of its different Autonomous Research & Development Institutions working in the field of science and technology.

Addressing the scientists and officers at Technology Bhawan , Dr.Jitendra Singh said, India today has attained top 3rd global ranking in terms of research publications and global number 9 in the quality of research publications in the world’s reputed and recognised SCI Journals. Even though, he said, India’s global ranking in the quality of research papers has improved from number 14 to number 9, our concerted effort should be to rise among the first global number 5 in quality research papers when India celebrates 75 years of its independence.

The Minister referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s special focus on Science and Technology and said it was with the Prime Minister’s personal intervention that in 2016, the patent law was made less regulatory and more incentive oriented, which not only leads to ease of working but also reduces time taken for improving the patents. Not only this, over the last 7 years there has been a progressive increase in the number of resident patents filed, number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) researchers and number of women scientists, he added.

The Minister emphasized the need for focusing on increasing numbers of beneficiaries in human resource related schemes like MANAK, INSPIRE, Doctoral and post-doctoral Fellowships, and other schemes.

Further emphasizing the need for projecting DST’s success stories when India celebrates it 75th year of Independence, i.e. Bharat Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the Minister asked DST to come forward with some big targets and plans for 2022. It turned out that in the 75th year of Independence in 2022, DST will target for the launch of 7,500 STI based Start-Ups, 750,000 students of 6-10 classes participating in the MANAK Award programmes. In addition, under the Vigyan Jyoti scheme, DST will target 75,000 girl students getting benefit of the scheme by 2022. Dr.Jitendra Singh appealed to all the institutions and scientists of DST to wholeheartedly participate in the 75th year of India’s Independence to celebrate what science and scientists have contributed to India all these years.

Earlier, the Minister was welcomed by Secretary, DST Prof Ashutosh Sharma, along with others including Prof Sandeep Verma, Secretary SERB, Vishvajit Sahai, AS&FA, Anju Bhalla, JS (Admin), Sunil Kumar, JS (SMP) and Dr Akhilesh Gupta, Head, PCPM. Besides, Chief Controller of Account, HoDs of scientific divisions and officers of the administrative wings of the Department attended the meeting.

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