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Former Governor of Manipur Ashwani Kumar found hanging

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Jyoti B
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Former Governor of Manipur and Nagaland Ashwani Kumar was on Wednesday found hanging at his residence in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

Kumar was in service in both the central government and the Himachal Pradesh state government for more than 37 years.

Ashwani Kumar was born on November 15, 1950, and hails from Nahan, Sirmour district of Himachal Pradesh. He completed his initial education at the Government Primary School in the Kothi village located in the tribal district of Kinnaur.

Thereafter, he studied at Rashtriya Indian Military College, Dehradun and graduated from Government College, Nahan, Himachal Pradesh in 1971.

After joining the Indian Police Service in 1973, Kumar served in various prominent positions such as Assistant Superintendent of Police, SP, member of the Special Protection Group responsible for the security of the Prime Minister and the Director-General of Police.

Kumar was awarded the Indian Police Medal for Meritorious Services in 1989 and also the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Services in 1999.

Functioning as the CBI Director from July 2008 to November 2010, he was credited for solving a number of high-profile cases.

Kumar (62) took over as the 17th Governor of Nagaland on 21 March 2013 and as the Governor of Manipur on 29 July 2013.

He also held top posts in the elite Special Protection Group. He was also part of the security cover for former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.

Delhi’s Hindu Rao Hospital doctors staged protest against non-payment

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Harshit
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Doctors and staff members of Hindu Rao Hospital have staged a protest in Delhi over non-payment issue.

A group of doctors including nurses raised slogans, placards, and went violent during the protest. The staff and doctors are reportedly not paid since June. Protesters said that the hospital administration has not paid their salaries for the last 4 months and that it would take 2 more months to clear their dues.

Hindu Rao Hospital has 900 COVID beds and it is the Delhi’s largest COVID hospital. As of now it is currently a dedicated COVID-19 facility. Earlier many of its healthcare workers had contracted the infection.

Since, it is a dedicated coronavirus facility, the “services will not be essentially affected”.

“We are on a symbolic indefinite strike to make our voices heard to authorities, who have not responded to our appeal so far. We have been doing the symbolic pen down from 9 am to 12 noon, for the last several days, as well as online protests, but no one listened to us,” said Abhimanyu Sardana, president of the Resident Doctors Association of the facility.

The emergency services, COVID care wards are still operating smoothly. According to the civic body, the matter is being looked into. Earlier, doctors and medical workers had launched an online campaign last week, saying they had not been paid for over 100 days

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology approves 16 applicants under the PLI scheme

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Jyoti B
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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), on Tuesday (October 16), approved 16 applicants under the PLI (Production Linked Incentive) scheme for large scale electronics manufacturing in the country. 

Out of these, Foxconn Hon Hai, Wistron and Pegatron are contract manufacturers for Apple iPhones. Apple (37 per cent) and Samsung (22 per cent) together account for nearly 60 per cent of global sales revenue of mobile phones and this scheme is expected to increase their manufacturing base manifold in the country, an official statement said.

The scheme extends an incentive of 4-6% on incremental sales to the companies, which would enable them to make fresh investments as well as look at higher revenue from the domestic market as well as exports.

Out of the total production of Rs 10.5 lakh crore in the next 5 years, around 60 per cent will be contributed by exports of the order of Rs 6.5 lakh crore, aimed at making India Atmanirbhar (self-reliant).

The companies will also generate more than 2 lakh direct employment opportunities in the next five years along with the creation of additional indirect employment of nearly 3 times the direct employment, the statement said.

“The PLI scheme has been a huge success in terms of the applications received from global as well as domestic mobile phone manufacturing companies and electronic components manufacturers,” a tweet by the ministry quoted Union Minister for Electronics and IT, Ravi Shankar Prasad, as saying.

Local manufacturers Lava, Padget Electronics Pvt., UTL Neolyncs and Optiemus Electronics Ltd. were also approved under the plan.

Trump’s post suggesting Covid-19 is ‘just like flu’ gets a backfire from Twitter, Facebook

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Shivani Negi
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Facebook and Twitter took action on posts from U.S. President Donald Trump for contravening their rules against coronavirus misinformation by suggesting that Covid-19 was just like the flu.

Facebook took the post down but till then it was shared about 26,000 times, the company’s metric tool CrowdTangle report showed.

“We remove incorrect information about the severity of Covid-19,” a company spokesman told.


The world’s largest social media giant, Facebook, has reported very rare instances where it has removed content posted by politicians and diplomats.


Twitter disabled retweets on a similar tweet from Trump on Tuesday and added a warning label that said it broke its rules on “spreading misleading and potentially harmful information related to Covid-19” but that it might be in the public interest for it to remain accessible.
During the 2019-2020 influenza season, the flu was associated with 22,000 deaths in the United States, according to estimates from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Since the first case of the coronavirus was recorded in the United States at the beginning of this year, more than 210,000 people in the country have died of the disease caused by the virus, the world’s highest death toll.


Trump told Americans “to get out there” and not be afraid of Covid-19 as he returned to the White House after a three-night stay in a military hospital outside Washington where he had his treatment for covid-19.


“Silicon Valley and the mainstream media have consistently used their platforms to fearmonger and censor President Trump to serve their own agenda, even now during this critical moment in the fight against coronavirus,” Trump campaign spokeswoman Courtney Parella said.


Twitter has made it clear that it would not let any misleading information surface on its platform from anyone including the president.


Facebook ,meanwhile, removed a post by the US president which included misleading information related to the coronavirus misinformation for the first time in August. The post featured a video wherein Trump made blatant claims that children were “almost immune” to Covid-19.

Kolkata registered least number of sexual assault cases

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Jyoti B
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Among 19 metros in India, Kolkata has recorded the least number of sexual assault cases on women, NCRB data has revealed.

The metropolis has also not recorded any attempt to rape or sexual harassment case.

Like Kolkata, Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore, too, has not reported any sexual harassment case, the report said.

Delhi is ranked first among 19 metropolitan cities in India in recording the highest number of crimes against women, according to data released by the National Crime Records Bureau.

Rajasthan has earned the dubious distinction of registering the highest number of rape cases in the country followed by Uttar Pradesh, National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) 2019 data has revealed.

While Rajasthan recorded 5, 997 rape cases, UP comes second with 3,065. BJP leaders — central and state — are flashing this data on their social media sites to counter the Congress’ campaign against the UP government over the 
Hathras incident.

Of the total reported rape cases in India, four out of five rape victims are from these 10 states – Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Kerala, Assam, Haryana, Jharkhand, Odisha and Delhi – the latest available data of NCRB shows.

The number of total reported rape cases in these 10 states has almost doubled in the last 10 years – from 12,772 in 2009 to 23,173 in 2019. The rest 26 states have reported almost the same numbers as they did in 2009.

According to data, 12,902 cases of crime against women were registered in Delhi last year, while 6,519 cases were registered by Mumbai Police.

Rape is the fourth most common crime against women in India. According to the 2019 annual report of the National Crime Records Bureau(NCRB), 32033 rape cases were registered across the country, or an average of 88 cases daily, slightly lower than 2018 when 91 cases were registered daily.

Ajay Devgn’s brother Anil Devgan dies, Kajol says “no pujo this year”

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Shivani Negi
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Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn’s brother and director Anil Devgan died on Monday, the actor informed in a tweet on Tuesday. He wa 51.

Devgn took to Twitter to share the news and wrote, ” I lost my brotehr Anil Devgan last night. His untimely demise has left our family heartbroken. ADFF and I will miss his presence dearly.”

The actor also informed that his family will not be holding a prayer meet amid the pandemic.

“Pray for his soul. Due to the pandemic, we will not have a personal prayer meet,” he added.

Anil Devgan is the son of Prem Prakash Devgan and cousin brother of Ajay Devgn.

Minutes after the actor shared the heartbreaking news, his friends and colleagues from the film industry expressed grief and offered condolences.

Anil Devgan is the son of Prem Prakash Devgan and cousin brother of Ajay Devgn.

Anil was a part of Ajay Devgn’s production house, Ajay Devgn FFilms. He first started off as an assistant director with ‘Jeet’ in 1996 and went on to direct Ajay’s films like ‘Raju Chacha’ and ‘Blackmail’. He was creative director of Ajay’s film ‘Son of Sardaar’.

Kajol took to Instagram, on Wednesday, to share a heartfelt not after the death of her brother-in-law. In her post, Kajol shared a picture of Durga Puja Pandal and infromed that her family will not be celebrating the festival this year.

The actress said that she “needs” Maa Durga’s blessing more than ever but “No pujo this year but I know Maa watches over me year-round. ” “Really need her at this time,” she added.

Bombay High Court grants conditional bail to Rhea Chakraborty in drug case

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Shivani Negi
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The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted conditional bail to Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty and two others. However, the court rejected her brother Showik’s plea, her lawyer Satish Manshinde informed.

The hearing on the bail applications was announced by Justice S. V. Kotwal who had previously reserved his ruling on September 29.

Rhea has been granted bail for Rs 1 lakh while Deepesh Sawant and Samuel Miranda paid Rs 50,000 each for the same.

The High Court has set some conditions for Rhea’s bail which she has to abide by under all circumstances.

Here’re the conditions:

*Submit passport

*Not allowed to leave country

*Cannot meet with any other witness related to the case

*Must inform Investigating Officer if she is going out of Greater Mumbai, give itinerary advance

*She has to regulary report to the nearest police station.

Rhea and four other accused had sought bail from the high court after the Special NDPS Court rejected their applications last month.

Rhea, who was arrested by the NCB on September 8 for being an active member of drug syndicate, has spent 28 days in the custody.

Welcoming the court order this morning, Rhea’s lawayer, Satish Maneshinde said, “Truth and justice have prevailed and ultimately the submissions on facts and law have been accepted by Justice Kotwal.

“The arrest and custody of Rhea was totally unwarranted and beyond the reach of law. The hounding and witch hunt by three Central agencies — the CBI, ED and NCB — of Rhea should come to an end. We remain committed to Truth. Satyameva Jayate,” said Maneshinde.

Taapsee Pannu, Hansal Mehta were among others from Bollywood who welcomed court’s order.

“Hope her time in jail has sufficed the egos of a lot of people out there who in the name of justice for Sushant fulfilled their personal/professional agendas. Praying she doesn’t become bitter towards the life she has ahead of her. Life is Unfair but Atleast it’s not over as yet,” Taapsee Pannu said.

Soni Razdan also hailed the HC verdict and posted folded hand icons while tagging Mumbai High Court on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/Soni_Razdan/status/1313727580709642240

“Finally!!! She gets bail,” Anubhav Sinha Tweeted.

Covid-19 update: India’s tally crosses 67 lakh mark

By
Shivani Negi
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India recorded fresh 72,409 cases in last 24-hour, taking the total tally to 67.57 lakh. With 986 deaths reported in a single-day, the overall fatality tally currently stands at at 1,04,555.

Total case tally stands at 67,57,132 including 9,07,883 active cases, 57,44,694 cured/discharged/migrated cases & 1,04,555 deaths: Union Health Ministry.

11,99,857 samples tested for Covid-19 on 6th October. Total 8,22,71,654 samples tested in the country up to 6th October: ICMR.

The national positivity rate currently stands at 85.92 per cent, the latest data from the health ministry revealed. The COVID-19 case mortality rate has further declined to 1.55 per cent in the country.

There are 9,07,883 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 13.44 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.

Here are more updates on coronavirus pandemic:


*Top US infectious disease expert held Trump’s downplaying accountable for the White House infection. He said that if president were more serious, the recent rash of infections could have been prevented.

*The Centre on Tuesday recommended use of common ayurvedic formulations, such as kadha (boiled water with herbs) and milk with turmeric in treating mild and asymptomatic Covid-19 patients.

*The health ministry revealed taht around 48 per cent of the deaths were reported from 8 states.

*President Donald Trump is symptom-free since returning to the White House from a hospitalization for Covid-19, his official doctor said Tuesday.

*India to operate two more Vande Baharat from Delhi to Chinese city of Guangzhou on October 23 and 30.

*Veteran Congress leader Motilal Vora has tested positive for Covid-19 and has been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi.

*Punjab health minister Balbir Singh Sidhu tested positive for Covid-19

*In 95 cases of deaths of healthcare workers engaged in Covid-19 duties, insurance has been claimed for Rs 50 lakhs each. 176 claims are in process. In addition, 79 claims yet to be received from different states: Rajesh Bhushan, Health Ministry secretary.

*Democrat Joe Biden said on Tuesday he would not participate in debate if Donald Trump still has covid-19 rampant in his body next week.

Covid-19 vaccine update:


*WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Tuesday, said that there is still hope that a vaccine against covid-19 vaccine may be ready by the year-end.

*A Chinese experimental coronavirus vaccine being developed by the Institute of Medical Biology under the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences showed positive results in early stage clinical trial, researchers said.

*The Drugs Controller General of India has given permission for conducting Phase-1 human clinical trial for an “antisera”. The vaccine was being developed by injecting inactivated SARS-CoV-2 in horses.

Public places can’t be occupied indefinitely: SC on Shaheen Bagh

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Harshit
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The Supreme Court delivered its verdict on a batch of petitions against the anti-CAA protests that swept Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh earlier this year. Supreme Court has clearly stated that public places are not meant for protests and Delhi Police was completely failed in removing the crowd.

Verdict has been released by the bench of Justices SK Kaul, Aniruddha Bose and Krishna Murari they saud “an indefinite period of protests in a common area (that) creates inconvenience for others”.

“We have to make it clear that public places cannot be occupied indefinitely whether in Shaheen Bagh (in Delhi) or elsewhere. These sort of protests (like Shaheen Bagh) are not acceptable and (the) authorities should act… they must keep such spaces free from obstruction,” the top court said, adding the “administration cannot wait for orders from court to clear” the protest sites.

“We appreciate the right to peacefully protest and it can be (held) at designated places only,” the court stressed.

Hundreds of protesters, mainly women, and children camped out at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi for over three months earlier this year to protest against the CAA which is the Citizenship Amendment Act, NRC (National Register of Citizens), and NPR (National Population Register).

Later on, the nationwide coronavirus lockdown became the reason for the end of protest citing social distancing concerns.

Pakistan to purchase, bollywood actor Dilip Kumar’s home in Peshawar

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Jyoti B
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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to buy and restore the houses of Bollywood icons Dilip Kumar, according to a report in BBC Urdu.

Kamran Bangash, the Special Assistant on Information to Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has said in a video message that the district administration Peshawar has imposed section IV today banning sale and purchase of the four Marla ancestral house of Dilip Kumar in Mohallah Khudadadad Qiassa Khwani Bazar.

The funds have been already arranged for the purchasing of the house in the first phase said Bangash.

Dilip Kumar’s house will be renovated and rally in its original shape in the second phase.

Under the Peshawar Revival plan the house of Dilip Kumar will be transformed into a museum and preserved it, he said.

“It will be open to the general public to highlight the rich history of the historic Peshawar city and contribution of Dilip Kumar in showbiz in the India film industry,” he said. PTI AYZ RUP RUP

Kumar requested fans from Peshawar to share pictures of his ancestral home.

The 97-year-old actor got a glimpse of his ancestral home in the region after Pakistani journalist Shiraz Hassan shared a few images on Twitter. Although the images showed the home in a dilapidated state, the actor said he was still grateful to see them.

Responding to the tweet, the veteran star who has received Pakistan’s highest civilian honour, asked if others could also share images of his home, where he spent days of his life in pre-Independence era.

“Thank you for sharing this. Requesting all in #Peshawar to share photos of my ancestral house (if you’ve clicked the pic) and tag #DilipKumar,” he tweeted.

Trump administration announces changes to H-1B visa program

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Jyoti B
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The Trump administration announced significant changes on Tuesday to the H-1B visa program for high-skilled workers, substantially raising the wages that U.S. companies must pay foreign hires and narrowing eligibility criteria for applicants.

The changes, introduced by the Departments of Labor and Homeland Security on Tuesday, will likely make it tougher to qualify for one of the coveted visas.

The DHS rule will redefine the “speciality occupations” H-1B visa holders can qualify for, requiring petitioners to prove they have a college degree in the specific field they are seeking to work in.

The changes will also expand compliance enforcement and mandate that workers hired through a third-party firm be granted one-year work authorizations, instead of the current three-year period.

The H-1B is a visa in the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 101(a)(15)(H) that allows U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in speciality occupations. A speciality occupation requires the application of specialized knowledge and a bachelor’s degree or the equivalent of work experience. The duration of stay is three years, extendable to six years; after which the visa holder may need to reapply. Laws limit the number of H-1B visas that are issued each year: 188,100 new and initial H-1B visas were issued in 2019. Employers must generally withhold Social Security and Medicare taxes from the wages paid to employees in H-1B status.

The Department of Labor interim final rule will take effect Thursday, while the DHS companion rule is expected to be enforced in two months.

Collectively, the rules represent the broadest overhaul of the H-1B program in decades, according to experts and government officials.

The agencies have not published a copy of the new regulations, leaving hundreds of thousands of engineers, doctors and other skilled professionals mostly guessing about the scope of their impact, even as Trump administration officials described the measures in superlative terms.

FIR registered against Nawaz Sharif for favouring India’s policies

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Shivani Negi
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Former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, has been accused of favouring India and pertaining a criminal conspiracy by praising pro-Modi policy. A FIR has also been lodged against him for the “provocative speeches” he made during his London visits which intentionally defamed “Pakistan’s institutions”.

The FIR was lodged against the former PM on October 1 by a resident of Sahara Police Station’s jurisdiction.

“Nawaz Sharif’s speech was aimed to indirectly benefit his friend Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” stated the FIR. It also accused the former prime minister’s speeches of defaming Pakistan’s high courts and presenting the armed forces in bad light in front of the international community.

According to Pakistan’s local channel, Geo News, the case was filed under the provisions of the Pakistan Penal Code for criminal conspiracy against the the Pakistan Muslim League (N) chief.

Now, in the latest, it has been reported that Imran Khan government has now distanced itself from the charges filed aginst Sharif.

Science and technology minister Fawad Chaudhry tweeted that Prime Minister Khan was unaware of the sedition case. “The prime minister was not aware when I brought into his notice that an FIR has been registered [in Lahore] in which Nawaz Sharif and others have been nominated,” Fawad said, adding Khan “expressed strong displeasure. Let’s see what happens.”

Earlier this month, Pakistan had failed to execute a non-bailable arrest warrant against the former Prime Minister who was only granted permission to fly abroad for his health related concerns in November last year.

Meanwhile Nawaz had earlier slammed PTI, calling out the incumbent government for what he termed its “dual standards of accountability”. He also said that he is not someone who can be silenced and no one should try to do so. He also blamed Prime Minister Imran Khan for all the turmoil in the country.

After a wait of six months, Gulmarg Gondola reopens for tourists

By
Jyoti B
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Gulmarg Gondola, one of Asia’s largest and highest cable cars surrounded by pine forests and Himalayan mountain peaks in the ski resort of Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir, has opened for tourists this week after remaining shut for six months due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The information and public relations department issued a statement on its official Twitter handle on Monday, saying, “Gulmarg gondola reopened for the public. All COVID SOPs and preventive measures are in place. Enjoy the ride to Kongdori”.

The two-stage gondola lift ferries about 600 people per hour to and from Kongdoori Mountain, a shoulder of nearby Apharwat Peak (4,200 m (13,780 ft)). The ropeway project is a joint venture of the Jammu and Kashmir government and French firm Pomagalski. 

The Gulmarg Gondola affords a magnificent view of Nanda Devi, LOC, and Pir Panjal range. Apart from cherishing the beauty of Himalayan ranges, tourists can enjoy other activities like horse riding and snow skiing. 

Further, since there have been hardly any tourists in Kashmir after August 5, 2019, when the special status of J&K was abrogated, operating the multi-crore Gondola project to minimum capacity was not considered viable.

With the approaching winter, authorities are expecting ski lovers and adventure tourists to return to Gulmarg which has been the most sought after destination for tourists both in summer and winter months.

Delhi riots: Police files case against members of a WhatsApp group for promoting communal violence

By
Shivani Negi
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The Delhi police in its supplementary chargesheet filed before court on Tuesday said that a WhatsApp group played crucial role in igniting Communal violence which led to north east Delhi Riots in February this year.

A WhatsApp group “Kattar Hindu Ekta”, allegedly promoted enimity between differnet groups targetting their religions, according to the chargesheet. It also said that the group was formed on February 25 to harm Muslim community in the name of revenge.

In the excrepts of chats of the group filed in the chargesheet, one of the members alleged that members of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS) have lent their support to the WhatsApp group in their propoganda against the Muslim community. Some other chats from the group showed members using communal slurs and talking about vandalising madarsas, mosques and getting rid of all the muslims from the country.

The said chargesheet was filed before Chief Metorpolitan Purushottam Pathak against nine people on September 25. The charge sheet was filed in the case related to the murder of Hashim Ali who was allegedly killed during communal riots in Gokulpuri area.

“As per the chat of Whatsapp group, the accused persons… conspired to teach Muslims a lesson for attacking the Hindus. Equipped themselves with lathis. danda, sticks, swords, firearms etc and killed nine innocent Muslims persons including Hashim Ali and his brother Aamir Khan. It is prima facie revealed that there was a well hatched conspiracy amongst the accused persons.

“Same is also evident from the fact that in order to take revenge from Muslims some youths of that area who failed to perceive the bottomless stupidity of the propaganda, they as saviours of their community created a Whatsapp group. The group members lost their individuality and started working with mob mind. ‘Jai Sri Ram’ and ‘Har Har Mahadev’ which are the sacred slogans and are attached to the victorious yelling, deaden their mind and paralyzed their creative nature. They planned the manner of committing offence of rioting, murder and other offences…,” police alleged in the charge sheet.

The supplementary charge sheet further said that police has booked accused – Lokesh Kumar Solanki, Pankaj Sharma, Summit Chaudhary, Ankit Chaudhary, Prince, Jatin Sharma, Vivek Panchal, Rishabh Chaudhary, Himanshu Thakur– under section 153-A(promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language etc) and 505 (public mischief) of the Indian Penal Code.

It said co-accused Monty Nagar, Avdesh Mishra,Monu, Sahil, Shekhar, Mongli, Baba, Tinku and Vinay could not be tressed as of now.

Communal violence had erupted in northeast Delhi on February 24 between citizenship law supporters and protestors which left 53 people dead and over 200 injured.

Legendary guitar innovator and virtuoso Van Halen dies due to Cancer

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Jyoti B
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Eddie Van Halen, the legendary guitar innovator and virtuoso who led Van Halen through five decades and three lead singers, establishing himself as one of the all-time great players in rock history, died Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. He was 65.

The rocker’s son, Wolfgang Van Halen, confirmed the death of his father Tuesday afternoon with a tweet, saying that Van Halen had “lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning.”

Wolfgang mourned his father online, writing … “He was the best father I could ever ask for. Every moment I’ve shared with him on and off stage was a gift. My heart is broken and I don’t think I’ll ever fully recover from this loss.” He added, “I love you so much, Pop.”

Eddie Van Halen was dogged by personal and health issues that would intermittently interfere with his work in music over the course of the next decade.

A chronic joint problem, exacerbated by his reckless onstage style, forced him to undergo hip replacement surgery in 1999. The onset of cancer — likely the result of heavy smoking — led to the surgical removal of part of his tongue in 2000.

Eddie Van Halen was an immigrant kid who emerged from Pasadena with an ear for hard-rock hooks and wild guitar flash in the Jimi Hendrix tradition.

Van Halen was the guitarist, main songwriter and founder of the influential Los Angeles hard-rock band Van Halen, which also included his brother Alex on the drums, bassist Mark Stone and charismatic frontman David Lee Roth.

His speed and innovations along the fretboard inspired a generation of imitators, as the band bearing his name rose to MTV stardom and multiplatinum sales over 10 consecutive albums.

Van Halen is among the top 20 best-selling artists of all time, Rolling Stone magazine put Eddie Van Halen at No. 8 in its list of the 100 greatest guitarists.

Van Halen released albums on a yearly timetable – “Van Halen II” (1979), “Women and Children First” (1980), “Fair Warning” (1981) and “Diver Down” (1982) – until the monumental “1984,” which hit No. 2 on the Billboard 200 album charts (only behind Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”). Rolling Stone ranked “1984” No. 81 on its list of the 100 Greatest Albums of the 1980s.

As news of Van Halen’s death broke, his friends and fellow musicians paid tribute to the one-of-a-kind talent.

Gene Simmons of KISS wrote on Twitter: “Eddie was not only a Guitar God but a genuinely beautiful soul.”

Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath called Van Halen “one of the nicest, down to Earthmen I have ever met and toured with.”

“A true gent and true genius,” he wrote on Twitter.

On Facebook, Ted Nugent said: “Thank you, Eddie, for vitalizing enriching and stimulating our lives with your brilliance gifts and vision. Jam on my friend. Jam on.”

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