The Hindu: 02/04/19

Monday, February 4, 2019

Shivakumar moves court against ED summons in money-laundering case

He also questions sanction granted by Principal Director of I-T (Investigation) for prosecuting him
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Kolkata Police Commissioner knows a lot, says BJP

The BJP on Monday criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s dharna, and questioned Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar’s presence among po
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All set for FKH talent hunt

In order to identify Future Kabaddi Heores (FKH), a talent scouting programme under the aegis of Mashal Sports Pvt. Ltd. — organisers and rights owner

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Prajnesh targets a top 100 slot in ATP rankings

Says it would be nice to get the mark at home

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Psychic Force pleases

Psychic Force pleased when the horses were exercised here on Monday morning (Feb 4)Outer sand:600m: Worship (rb), Matchless (Irvan) 45. Former finish

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Centre unlikely to recommend President’s rule in West Bengal

Situation not grave enough to invoke Article 356: officials
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Congress MLA Anand Singh discharged

Vijayanagara MLA Anand Singh was discharged from the hospital on Monday. He was admitted to the hospital on January 20 with an eye and head injury. Th
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Kolkata Police vs CBI: Central agency’s plea skirts Supreme Court advice on moving High Court

Apex court passed the order on agency’s complaint of harassment of its officers
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China-Japan frontline sees a ‘cold peace’

Officials cite Chinese intrusion into Japan’s ‘territorial waters’, but peace prevails
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Mamata Banerjee dharna: Nitish Kumar declines comment on West Bengal stand-off

“What is happening between the CBI and the West Bengal government is for them to explain... I’m not in the habit of commenting on others... anything can happen in the next one month until elections are announced,” the Bihar Chief Minister said.
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Mamata Banerjee dharna: West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee disagrees with Rahul Gandhi

The West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee has declared that it will organise a “massive protest demonstration” to challenge the ruling Trinamool Con
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U.S. briefs South Korea on Kim meeting

The U.S. special envoy for North Korea, Stephen Biegun, on Monday briefed South Korea’s top security advisor, Chung Eui-yong, on Washington’s stance a
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BJP, Trinamool stand exposed: Sitaram Yechury

Timing of CBI move smacks of political motivation: CPI(M)
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U.K. seeks to reassure foreign investors over Brexit

Britain on Monday will seek to reassure foreign investors worried about Britain leaving the EU after Japanese automaker Nissan said it was scrapping a
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Taliban confirms participation in ‘intra-Afghan’ talks in Moscow

The Taliban said on Monday they will participate in what they call “intra-Afghan” talks in Moscow, designed to bring together prominent Afghan figures
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Trial in murder case begins

Killing of two persons by 5-member gang at Ottamassery
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Pope Francis calls for end to wars in Yemen and Syria

He is on a first ever papal visit to the Arabian peninsula
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Justice eludes us, say kin of suicide victims

Acquittal of two accused in gang rape case
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Cap on ticket rates in multiplexes a distant dream

A delegation of Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce has appealed to the government to help cross the legal hurdle
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U.K. Home Secretary orders Vijay Mallya’s extradition to India

The 63-year-old liquor baron lost a legal challenge against his extradition in a British court in December 2018.
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Women interact with Stalin

SATTURDMK president M.K. Stalin on Monday assured to look into the grievances of the people from in and around Chatrapatti panchayat in Sattur Assembl
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‘High purchase cost and uncertain demand is hurting Bescom’

These were among the reasons cited for seeking tariff revision
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National Road Safety Week: Pedestrian safety remains a concern

Majority of people who lost their lives in accidents were pedestrians
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Attorney-General files contempt petition against Prashant Bhushan

The contempt petition refers to the February 1 tweets by Mr. Bhushan in which he allegedly said that the government appeared to have misled the apex court and perhaps submitted fabricated minutes of the meeting of the high-powered Selection Committee headed by the Prime Minister.
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News analysis: CBI unites the opposition, and Modi sees an opportunity

The immediate impact of the events in Kolkata has been the reinforcement of an emerging unity among all parties that are hoping to bring an end to the reign of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Supreme Court upholds policy categorising Haj Group Organisers

The court found “nothing arbitrary or unreasonable” in the policy’s classifications
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History of biological research in museum

The Archives was inaugurated on Monday
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‘Steel flyover project will be implemented’

Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy on Monday made it clear that his government would implement the steel flyover project in Bengaluru.He told mediaperso
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Weedicide Glyphosate banned

Harmful effects on human health and environment cited
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Top news of the day: Mamata dharna to continue till February 8, Opposition wants 50% of EVM results matched with VVPAT count, and more

Mamata to continue her sit-in till February 8Mamata Banerjee is on a sit-in over the CBI's attempt to question the Kolkata Police chief in connection
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Top news of the day: Mamata dharna to continue till February 8, Opposition wants 50% of EVM results matched with VVPAT count, and more

Mamata to continue her sit-in till February 8Mamata Banerjee is on a sit-in over the CBI's attempt to question the Kolkata Police chief in connection
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Bescom to have its own OFC network

It will be laid underground alongside new power cables
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Three arrested for robbing techie

He was abducted while waiting on Hosur Road to board a bus to Chennai
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Opposition wants Election Commission to match 50% of EVM results with VVPAT count

The Opposition parties have changed their stand after the Election Commission had made it clear that there was no going back to paper ballots.
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Cook of hostel abducted, tortured

Twelve men, posing as Central Crime Branch police officers, allegedly abducted and tortured a cook of a boys’ hostel of a government high school in Ch
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Women’s wing of Congress files complaint for offensive tweets against Priyanka Gandhi

Alleging a smear campaign against Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on social media by the RSS and the BJP, the party’s women’s wing on Monday fi
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Court sends Sunanda Pushkar death case against Shashi Tharoor to sessions court

Metropolitan Magistrate court, in June last, summoned Mr. Tharoor as an accused in the case, saying “there exist sufficient grounds” to proceed against him.
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Thousands pay obeisance on Thai amavasya

RamanathapuramThousands of people from various parts of the country thronged the Agni theertham sea in front of the Sri Ramanathaswamy temple in Rames
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PM Kisan scheme: Aadhaar optional for first instalment; compulsory from second one

Agriculture Ministry prescribes rules to avail the recently-launched Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi, where a beneficiary would get ₹6,000 per year in three installments.
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Modi, Kejriwal have opportunistically used Anna Hazare, alleges Raj Thackeray

Mr. Thackeray visits the anti-graft crusader in the latter's village at Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmednagar district as the social activist's fast against Centre’s failure to appoint Lokpal and Lokayuktas entered its sixth day on Monday.
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King Khalil, Walk On By and Frieze impress

King Khalil, Walk On By and Frieze impressed when the horses were exercised here on Monday (Feb.4) morning.Inner sand600m: Medici (V.Jodha) 39.5. Eas

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Body found in wreckage of footballer Emiliano Sala’s plane: investigators

British investigators on Monday said they had spotted a body in underwater images of the wreckage of the plane carrying footballer Emiliano Sala and p

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A call to the bar

On a weekend morning, the Madras High Court complex can be a historically fascinating place to discover
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Major European nations recognise Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s President

Venezuela's Juan Guaido has 'legitimacy to organise elections': France
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Spain recognises Venezuela opposition leader as acting President

Under Mr. Maduro's stewardship, oil-dependent Venezuela has lurched into an economic crisis that has left the country suffering from hyperinflation and shortages of food and medicine.
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Towards gender parity

An ongoing photography exhibition captures regular dads in a new light

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Moonstruck at night

Does moonlight have a weird effect on certain people? Read on...

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What’s that pillar?

My picture last fortnight of the Madras Law College building not long after it was built brought in a lot of queries about that peaked pillar that rat

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Dembele stars as Lyon bring PSG’s unbeaten run to an end; Starc takes 10 as Australia wrap up series against Sri Lanka 2-0

Not in the mood to go through the sports news in detail, but can’t quite get yourself to do away with it either? Here’s what we have to offer: read on to get a summary of all the main sports events.

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What’s that pillar?

My picture last fortnight of the Madras Law College building not long after it was built brought in a lot of queries about that peaked pillar that rat
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Thwarting CBI probe amounts to murdering Constitution: BJP MP G.V.L. Narasimha Rao

Describing the resistance to questioning of the Kolkata police Commissioner by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials as an attempt to prote
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How does your garden grow?

Not with silver bells and cockle shells, but this Chennai woman plants everything from strawberries and bleeding hearts, to brinjals, beans and kale

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The good fight against cancer in 2018

In 2018, researchers took the battle to the cancer camp

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How exercise is important to help cope with cancer

She sat across me, her beautiful hazel eyes darting around the wall behind, thinking of what to say. It was evident she was hunting for the right word

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Pakistan police culture of impunity faces trial by social media

In a latest "encounter", a family was gunned down in broad daylight in the eastern city of Sahiwal last month
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BJP delegation approaches EC alleging TMC not allowing party’s political programmes in WB

Besides Ms. Sitharaman, the other members of the delegation included Union ministers Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and S.S. Ahluwalia, and BJP leaders Kailash Vijayvargiya, Bhupender Yadav, Anil Baluni and Mukul Roy.
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Leopard enters residential area in Pune, injures seven

Seven persons, including a child and an elderly lady, were injured after a stray leopard entered an under construction building in Pune’s Mundhwa are
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Human mind can overcome any disease: Parrikar

His message came on the World Cancer Day being observed on Monday.
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Leopard enters residential area in Pune, injures seven

Seven persons, including a child and an elderly lady, were injured after a stray leopard entered an under construction building in Pune’s Mundhwa are
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ICC ODI rankings: India rise to 2nd; Kohli, Bumrah remain on top

New Zealand have slipped behind South Africa to fourth place

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Starc’s ten-wicket haul leads Australia to 2-0 series win

Chasing 516 in Canberra, Sri Lanka were bowled out for 149

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Pakistan orders probe into death of activist during clashes

Friends and family of Arman Loni accuse the police of intentionally targeting and killing him. Loni was a leader in the Pashtun Protection Movement, which campaigns against perceived high-handedness by the security forces against the Pashtun minority.
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There may be constitutional breakdown in West Bengal: Rajnath Singh

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said there may be a constitutional breakdown in West Bengal in the wake of the Kolkata Police-CBI face-off and
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‘I always knew that my family had India connections,’ says Mark Thatchell

British scientist Mark Tatchell on the life and times of his great grandfather Henry Irwin, architect of some of India’s most iconic colonial buildings

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Gunmen kill head of Dubai-owned P&O Ports’ operation in Somalia's Puntland

Gunman shot dead the head of Dubai government-owned P&O Ports' operations in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland on Monday, a local gov
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ISRO set to launch communication satellite GSAT-31 on February 6

It will be used for supporting television uplinks, DTH television services
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Pope in historic visit to UAE to highlight religious freedom

Pope Francis’s trip culminates on Tuesday with the first-ever papal Mass on the Arabian Peninsula - a gathering expected to draw some 135,000 people in a never-before-seen display of public Christian worship here
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Can’t disclose black money reports as Par Panel examining them: Finance Ministry

There is, at present, no official assessment on the quantum of black money in India and abroad.
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3 killed in road accident near Malappuram

Three youngsters were killed when a car they were travelling in lost control and crashed into a wall at Aravankara near here in the early hours of Mo
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Mamata Banerjee gets support from Akhilesh Yadav

They (BJP) are so scared of losing (the election) that CBI is being used as election agents. This is undemocratic and against spirit of the Constitution," Mr. Yadav said on Twitter.
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Mamata Banerjee’s protest in Kolkata | Latest updates: Rajnath calls up W.B. Governor

Central government out to stage a coup in West Bengal, charges the Chief Minister.
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Trinamool members disrupt Parliament, both Houses adjourned

The proceedings of Lok Sabha were adjourned for nearly 45 minutes on Monday morning amid protests by Trinamool Congress members over alleged “misuse”
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No proof to back claim that Kolkata Police Commissioner is trying to destroy electronic evidence in chit fund cases, says SC

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, for CBI, highlights that Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar, a senior officer with uniformed services, joined the dharna of the TMC.
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Regional bloc plans pressure campaign against Venezuela’s Maduro

Maduro, who has maintained the critical support of the military, has said Mr. Guaido is staging a U.S.-directed coup against him.
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‘I always knew that my family had India connections,’ says Mark Thatchell

British scientist Mark Tatchell on the life and times of his great grandfather Henry Irwin, architect of some of India’s most iconic colonial buildings
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Parliament proceedings live: Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm

In Lok Sabha, TMC's Sougata Roy accuses Union government of misusing CBI
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Defence Minister hits out at Opposition for criticising Budget

Defence Minister says black flag protests against PM do not augur well for T.N.
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7 Iranian pilgrims wounded in shooting attack in Iraq

The officials said late Sunday that the bus carrying 10 pilgrims was north of the capital of Baghdad when gunmen opened fire.
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Bags of explosives found abandoned at Guwahati Railway Station

Another bag of explosives found inside the Awadh Assam Express; police exploring the possibility of extremist plan for a major strike in Assam
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28 Haitians die when boat sinks off Bahamas

Chief Petty Officer Jonathan Rolle of the Royal Bahamas Defense Force says residents of the island of Abaco found four bodies and at least 15 people in coastal waters on Saturday.
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2 dead, 2 injured when plane parts hit California house

The pilot was the only person in the twin-engine plane, though authorities have not determined who among the dead and injured were on board or on the ground.
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Row over draft pact for stadium development

MLA, civic body chief cross swords over guidelines
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Manjanikkara church festival begins with flag hoisting

Archbishop of Sweden will be the Patriarchal delegate
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Website of Vyvidh ’19 launched

Techno-cultural festival on February 8 and 9
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Rishi Kumar Shukla takes over as CBI Director

Shukla will be taking charge at a time the agency is busy in a turf war with the Kolkata Police which has spiralled into a political slugfest between the Centre and West Bengal Government
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More research in traditional medicine

Stone for yoga and naturopathy council building laid
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University revises guidelines for ranks

They are effective from the 2019-20 academic year
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Students receive tips on doing well in II PU examination

Students appearing for the forthcoming II PU examination received tips from their seniors and subject experts here on Sunday. The interaction programm
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Citizens urge MCC to revoke decision to demolish buildings

Heritage experts say a slice of history will be effaced from the city
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Campaign over citizenship bill seeks to derail development: CM

The chief minister alleged that a misinformation campaign has been launched by certain vested interest groups that 1.9 crore Bangladeshi immigrants would get settlement in Assam in the days to come if the Bill is implemented.
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