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BJP’s Vanathi Srinivasan lashes out Kamal’s MNM for ‘tukkada’ remarks

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During a recent campaign by the Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) in Coimbatore, the Kamal Haasan-led party had issued a press release in reply to Smriti Irani’s comments about having a healthy debate with BJP candidate Vanathi Srinivasan. The MNM press release had disparagingly called Srinivasan a “tukkada” politician.

Replying to those comments, Vanathi posted a video on social media, lashing out at MNM.

She said the following in the video: “I am from a small village near Coimbatore, and completed my education in a government school. I then took up a job as an advocate, and I too have a family. Keeping all that aside, I have dedicated my time and energy towards the service for the people of Coimbatore. You can go ahead and refer the annual reports and my social media handles for all that I have done in the last 5 years.”

She continued, “Despite all this, if you have called me a ‘tukkada’ politician, then people should realise the amount of respect that their party has towards women. If a woman who has come up from a humble background is being spoken ill like this, this shows the quality of politics that they are indulging in. Even your households might have women who would have struggled their way up to success. If this is the way I am being treated, imagine the state of the women in your family if they come to power. This is a question that MNM and Kamal Haasan have to answer.”

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‘Daughter of Bengal’ who was brutally assaulted by alleged TMC workers has passed away

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Shobha Mazumdar, the 85-year-old mother of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker Gopal Mazumdar, who became known as the daughter of Bengal has passed away.

The old woman, along with her son, was brutally assaulted by alleged Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers that left her physically and emotionally broken.

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According to Gopal, the TMC workers hurled abuses at them and began to assault them. “They pushed my mother and she got badly injured. After attacking us, they left the house. I am a member of the local BJP mandal (BJP committee). They first assaulted us with bare hands and then hit on my head with the hood of a revolver. After that, I fell down on the ground. They kicked and assaulted me further,” Gopal said.

This attack happened in the Dum Dum city of the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal and was widely condemned by everyone. However, the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC denied any role in this attack.

Shobha Mazumdar was pushed around and beaten up. Photographs of her bruised and swollen face were widely shared on social media and became the symbol of the acts of violence that are ever so common in West Bengal.

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“Kerala Speaker P Sreeramakarishnan invited me home with dirty intentions”, says gold smuggling accused Swapna Suresh

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As the election campaign for the Kerala state polls enters its last stage, a new and stunning revelation has come forth in the high-profile gold smuggling case. The key accused Swapna Suresh has told the Enforcement Directorate that the speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly, P Sreeramakarishnan, called her to his flat with “dirty intentions”, reports the New Indian Express.

“He told me about the flat’s real ownership to convince me to feel safe as he used to call me there with some personal dirty intentions,” she is quoted as saying in the deposition. She said that when she did not agree, he refused to give the job he had offered her at Middle East College, Oman, in which he allegedly has an investment, the report states.

According to the document accessed by the New Indian Express, Swapna told the agency: “Sreeramakrishnan had called me to the flat in Marutham apartment and told me that it was his ‘hideout’. I went there along with Sarith (another accused in the gold smuggling case) to meet him. However, as I didn’t agree with his ‘personal interests’, the role offered to me in the Middle East college was also cancelled.”

This revelation comes at a time when the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government has been trying hard to push the central agencies probing the gold smuggling and related cases on the back foot using various means. 

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12th century idol resembling Channakeshava of Hoysala temple discovered

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In the last few weeks whenever there has been an excavation some interesting part of history have come forth.

During a sand extraction at Hale Belur in Sakleshpur taluk recently, an idol resembling the famous Channakeshava of Hoysala temple at Belur was found on the bank of river Hemavathi.

The idol is about 4.5 feet tall and as per Indian art historians, it belonged to the 12th century when Hoysalas ruled this area and built many magnificent temples.

Kumar H.C, the curator of the Archaeology Museum in Hassan, told the media, “Barring minor dents, the idol is in good condition. I will submit a report to the Director of Museums about the idol and seek his directions for preserving it.”

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₹200 crore collected in Karnataka for construction of Ayodhya Ram Mandir

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N Thippeswamy, secretary of the campaign committee informed the public that people across the state of Karnataka have donated a total of ₹200 crore for the construction of the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya.

Thippeeswamy was speaking at the valedictory function of the campaign that was organized at the Rashtrothana Yoga Kendra at Bengaluru’s Sadashivanagar.

“The campaign which was held for 45 days throughout the country reached 12 crore houses. Funds of more than ₹2,500 crore were collected,” Thippeswamy said.

Earlier the Vishwa Hindu Parishad too had said in a statement that funds worth ₹ 2,500 crores were collected during the donation drive for the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.

“In Karnataka, activists of the campaign visited 29,724 villages. In 18,004 villages, all the houses were visited. In total 93.6 lakh houses were contacted for donation collection and an amount of ₹200 crore was collected,” Thippeswamy further said.

“The aim was to reach each and every village and house in Karnataka. So far 80% houses have been contacted. All over India, 12 crore houses were contacted in 5.5 lakh villages and urban areas. Everyone has responded generously to the cause, including the union territories inhabited by 100% Christian community”, he added.

“In the conventions that were held all over Karnataka, 1,250 swamijis took part. As many as 695 swamijis accompanied the activists of the campaign in various village and urban areas and collected funds for the construction of Ram Mandir. In total 2.56 lakh workers, including 27,071 women activists participated in the donation campaign,” Thippeswamy announced.

Speaking on the occasion, Pejawar Swamiji and member of Ayodhya Ram Mandir trust, Shri Vishwaprasanna Theertha said, “If building Ram Mandir is one part of the campaign, inculcating the ideals of Sri Rama by all citizens of India is another face of it. We thought that it is very difficult to collect funds for the construction of Ram Mandir. However, we were pleasantly surprised that we could collect more funds than expected within a short time.”

Ma Venkataramu, president of the campaign committee and Adrishya Kadasiddeshwara Swamiji of Kaneri Siddhagiri Math were also present at the event.

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Amid ongoing polls, 56 bombs recovered in West Bengal

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Amid the ongoing polls in West Bengal, 56 bombs were recovered in Narendrapur police station limits in South 24 Parganas district last night.

An FIR was registered against one Tarun and other unknown persons for their involvement in the manufacturing, transportation and illegal use of bombs.

At least five of the bombs that were recovered last evening were disposed of in Kulti area of Asansol earlier today, according to ACP Omar Ali Mollah.

West Bengal registered a voter turnout of 79.79 per cent in the first phase of the polls on March 27. Incidents of poll-related violence were reported.

Elections to the 294-member West Bengal state Assembly are being held in eight phases, starting from March 27 with the final round of voting taking place on April 29. The counting of votes will take place on May 2.

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Kamal Haasan’s MNM derogates BJP’s Coimbatore South candidate Vanathi Srinivasan, calls her ‘tukkada’ leader

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With the election date nearing, political parties in Tamil Nadu are on shrill campaign mode with some of the them delivering their punch below the belt.

In that light, Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM), has issued a press release in which it has derogated the BJP’s woman MLA candidate for Coimbatore South Vanathi Srinivasan.

Responding to Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani’s challenge who had called actor-politician Kamal Haasan for an open debate with Vanathi Sriniavasan while campaigning for her in Coimbatore, C.K. Kumaravel, the MNM’s general secretary — propaganda, issued a press release calling Vanathi Srinivasan a ‘tukkada’ (worthless / small time in Tamil) leader.

“We accept your challenge but first our leader Kamal Haasan would like to debate with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. After that he would like to debate with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. After that he would like to debate with other Ministers. Lastly, he will debate with ‘tukkada’ leaders like Vanathi Srinivasan”, the MNM press release read adding that MNM’s student’s wing is enough for debating with the BJP leader.

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Vanathi Srinivasan is the National Women’s Wing President of the BJP. She earlier served as the Vice President of the BJP in Tamil Nadu. During the 2016 Assembly Elections, she came third polling 33113 votes, when the BJP went all alone without alliance with any party.

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Over 6 crore vaccine doses administered in India

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India has registered a significant achievement in its fight against COVID19. The country’s total vaccination coverage has surpassed 6 crore today. 6,02,69,782 vaccine doses have been administered through 9,85,018 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am on Sunday.

These include 81,52,808 HCWs (1st dose), 51,75,597 HCWs (2nd dose), 88,90,046 FLWs (1st dose) and 36,52,749 FLWs (2nd Dose), 66,73,662 beneficiaries aged more than 45 years with specific co-morbidities (1st Dose) and 2,77,24,920 beneficiaries aged more than 60 years. Eight States account for 60% of the cumulative vaccine doses given so far. Each of the eight states has administered more than 30 lakh doses.

As on Day-71 of the vaccination drive (27th March, 2021), 21,54,170 vaccine doses were given. Of the total, 20,09,805 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 39,778 sessions for 1st dose and 1,44,365 HCWs and FLWs received 2nd dose of vaccine.

Seven States of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Punjab, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu have reported high number of COVID daily new cases. These states account for 81.46% of the daily new cases registered in the last 24 hours (62,714). Eight states cumulatively account for 84.74% of the new cases reported in the past 24 hours. Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 35,726. It is followed by Chhattisgarh with 3,162 while Karnataka reported 2,886 new cases.

(Source: PIB)

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Terrorists hurl grenade at CRPF bunker in Anantnag; no loss of life or injury reported

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Militants on Sunday, March 28, hurled a grenade at a bunker of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Sangam village of Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir. The incident took place earlier this evening.

No loss of life or injury has been reported in the grenade attack.

This attack comes at the heels of Thursday’s incident when terrorists opened fire at a CRPF convoy in Lawaypura on the outskirts of Srinagar on Thursday. The terrorists fired at the convoy and fled the scene. Two CRPF personnel was killed while two others were injured in Thursday’s attack. The injured have been shifted to a nearby hospital. Militants belonging to the terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) are believed to be responsible for the attack.

Earlier this month, the Kashmir police had released a list of around nine terrorists, who were reportedly functioning in the area and planning an attack. The search for the terrorists has intensified after Thursday’s incident.

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Police unearth hawala network after catching robbers, kingpin yet to be arrested

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Mangaluru police arrested five people in connection with a heist in which three persons intercepted a person riding a scooter and made good their escape after stealing ₹16.2 lakh from him. According to the police, the cash stolen by the accused was hawala money.

Addressing media-persons on Friday, March 26, Police Commissioner N Shashi Kumar said, “The arrested are Mohammed Rifath from Ullal, Ashfaq from Faisalnagar working in APMC, Jaffer Sadiq who runs sand business at BC Road, Mohammed Ismail, a Dubai returnee, and Mayyadi, a driver from Padubidri.”

“₹ 95,000, a bike and car was seized from them”, said Shashi Kumar.

“The kingpin of the hawala racket is yet to be arrested. He had handed over the huge sum of money to the complainant Abdul Salam, who is an agent. Abdul used to deliver money to respective parties”, the police said.

The complainant had claimed that he was carrying that much cash to purchase clothes and gold ornaments for the marriage of his niece. But there was no such marriage. The cash was actually hawala money.

Abdul Salam, the complainant, had already made such transactions several times involving huge amounts. This time, he had ₹16.2 lakh with him.

The accused, Ismail, had hatched the plan along with others, to create a scene of robbery.

“Ismail and Ashfaq are coordinators, Rifath, Sadiq are hired robbers while Mayyadi is an agent,” Shashi Kumar said.

“The complainant along with his family is absconding. Another six to seven people are yet to be arrested in this case and investigation is in progress. Three cases are registered against Mohammed Rifath, three against Ashfaq and one case against Ismail at different police stations”, he stated.

“The agent and sub-agents were paid ₹8,000 salary for hawala transactions by the kingpin. We have also received information that soon after the incident, two to three accused fled to Dubai,” the Mangaluru police official added.

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