Nisha Singh Councillor of Ward 30 Gurgaon, have been taken to Bhondsi Jail at midnight…on a Saturday Night.

Her Crime :
She was filming demolition of slums which was underway in her ward, for which she is an elected representative.

Punishment till now :
Brutally beaten by police, hairs snatched, phone snatched and not given back till now and not produced to Magistrate till now.

Turn of Events
Detained by Police at 10:30 AM Friday
Kept in Custody without any charges till 2:00 PM Friday
Missing till 8:20 PM When she was brought in Civil hospital
Not Produced in front of Magistrate entire Saturday
Taken to Bhondsi Jail on Saturday Midnight.

AAP has released a Press release, for her immediate release

The Nepal earthquake disaster touched all of us, for the last few weeks Nepal’s citizens were doing their best to save the lives of those innocent people under the rubble, it was one of the most horrible natural disasters, thousands of people were killed, thousands are missing and thousands are injured, the score of people who are killed or missing is very heartbreaking. But no one knows that behind all these rescuing missions, there was a dog that decided to help people in need.

Ripley, the courageous rescue dog who did his best to help in saving the innocent, helped in rescuing many lives. But this hero, who helped in the rescuing missions, was once rescued a year ago. It all started when this courageous dog that was once a stray dog, and he was rescued and taken to the Sioux City Animal Adoption. When he arrived there, workers noticed that he is not a normal dog, he is more than that. They noticed that he had very high energy and very smart instincts; they believed that they can use his talents and it can be used for a good cause, like being a rescue dog

Ripley the hero dog had a good training that improved his talent more, so when the time came for the rescue, Ripley was sent to Nepal after the earthquake as a rescue dog. Surprisingly, Ripley spent over than 100 hours searching and crawling around to help people in need, he went to the places that it was very difficult for human rescuers to get in, and thankfully, Ripley was the one who discovered a 15 years old boy under the rubble, it was a miracle.

Ripley’s story is inspiring; thousands of stray dogs are living out there in the streets, if every one of them got a chance like Ripley to discover their bright side, the world will be a much better place

New Delhi, May 18 (PTI) With many regulatory officials and bureaucrats coming under the scanner of CBI and other agencies, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has put the blame on the “fundamentally defective” anti-corruption law, saying it did not distinguish between erroneous and corrupt decisions.

The Minister said the process has been initiated to amend this law to provide for a distinction that any punishment is meted out under the Prevention of Corruption Act for “a corrupt decision not merely for an erroneous decision”.

“… This Prevention of Corruption Act of 1988 is a pre -liberalisation era law. It’s fundamentally a defective law because it did not distinguish between an erroneous decision and a corrupt decision,” Jaitley told PTI in an interview.

He was replying to a question on action initiated by agencies like CBI against various bureaucrats and top officials of regulatory bodies like Sebi, including its former Chairman C B Bhave and some current officials.

In most of these instances, the cases have been later dropped against the officials under scrutiny, including in the case of Bhave, who were under the lens for decisions taken during their tenures allegedly to benefit some entities.

Asked whether the much-publicised initial action against these persons has affected the decision-making process, the Minister said the Act “put an erroneous decision at par with the corrupt decision and that is why decision making has become extremely difficult in government, post-1991”.

“Now, many governments have felt that need for changing it, but they were moving slowly on this. This exercise started in the UPA government. We are now completing the exercise. We have brought the amendment and the Cabinet has cleared it,” he added.

Jaitley hoped that the amendment bill would soon get through in Parliament.

It would provide for a “distinction that you punish people under that Act on a corrupt decision, not merely for an erroneous decision.”

Concerns have been raised that the working of Sebi (Securities and Exchange Board of India), other regulators and bureaucrats in key positions has got affected because of CBI launching various ‘preliminary enquiries’ into the decisions taken by them. .

Party takes stock of disaster preparedness

Darjeeling: The Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists (CPRM) has said that the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) needs to have an audit immediately.
In a central committee executive meeting held at the party office here yesterday, spokesperson of the CPRM, Govind Chettri said: “There should be an audit for the GTA and we should all know where the money for programmes like Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) and school mid-day meals go”.

He also said that his party feels that this is the right time for a united movement for a separate state of Gorkhaland.

He appealed to all supporters of Gorkhaland to become one for the cause.

In the meeting, speakers also expressed concern over the safety of Darjeeling and said that the administration should take immediate action in case of any major natural disaster strikes Darjeeling like it did neighbouring Nepal.

“What if there is a major earthquake in Darjeeling? As it is, we are regularly getting aftershocks. What will happen to Darjeeling then? Is there any precaution taken by the administration?” Mr. Chettri said.

“Neither do MP’s from Darjeeling speak up for this, nor does the party in power here do anything,” he added.

He further said: “We live in India and yet it seems we are not living in India as the administration does not seem to be bothered about the safety of our hills. There is no disaster Management team for the hills as well.”

The meeting also discussed how the number of high-rises is constantly going up in the town, and how it is a threat to the people of Darjeeling.

“Steps should be taken to ensure safety of tea garden labourers too. The labourers live in places of great risk and if another disaster strikes, it will be the labourers who will be homeless first.” Mr. Chettri said.

The party said that it will hold a public meeting in Darjeeling soon.

“The date has not been fixed, but we will organize a public meeting soon,” said Mr. Chettri.

Bangkok, May 18 (PTI) Amid growing immigrant crisis in the South East Asia sea, Thailand today said it is preparing to open a “transit area” where illegal Rohingya migrants will be provided with humanitarian assistance.

Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon, who is also the defence minister, said the navy had concentrated on humanitarian assistance in accordance with a request from the UN.

The UN had appealed to all regional countries not to “push back” the desperate migrants and to step up search and rescue operations in the sea.

He said an area would be opened to take care of the Rohingya migrants in transit.

“It would not be an area where the illegal migrants would be confined or held under control. It would be a transit area only,?where they would get humanitarian aid,” he said.

Any?further action on the Rohingya migrants?would be taken after discussions with all concerned, Prawit said.

New Delhi, May 18 (PTI) The AAP government today appointed Chief Minister’s Secretary Rajendra Kumar as Principal Secretary of Services Department which was promptly rejected by Lt Governor Najeeb Jung.

Kumar’s appointment by the AAP dispensation came hours after the Kejriwal-led government locked the office of Principal Secretary (Services) Anindo Majumdar who had issued an order notifying the appointment of Shakuntala Gamlin as the acting chief secretary.

Reacting to the appointment, Jung shot off a letter to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, declaring Kumar’s appointment in place of Majumdar “void”, noting that it did not have his approval.

When Majumdar reached his office this morning, he found that it had been locked as per the directive from Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s office.

Majumdar was removed from the post by Kejriwal on Saturday after he issued the appointment letter to Gamlin, following instructions from Jung. The LG, on the same evening, had declared the order to transfer Majumdar “void”, saying it did not have his approval.

In his letter to Kejriwal, Jung said, he rejected Kumar’s appointment as it is against the laid down rules and procedure.

Yesterday, Kejriwal had accused Gamlin of trying to favour two Reliance Infra-owned discoms through a Rs 11,000-crore loan and claimed the Modi government wants AAP dispensation to “fail”.

The confrontation over appointment of Gamlin as acting Chief Secretary had turned into a full-blown war between the ruling AAP and Jung last week with Kejriwal alleging that the LG was trying to take over the administration.

Despite Kejriwal’s strong opposition, Jung had appointed her to the post on Friday. On Saturday, the chief minister had asked her not to take charge of the post but she ignored his directive and followed the LG’s order.

Bengaluru, May 18 (PTI) An Assamese security guard was allegedly murdered by an assailant after he failed to rob an ATM here, police said today.

The incident happened in the early hours yesterday when the suspect, who tried to break open the ATM, left the place after failing in his attempt and pulled down the shutter of the kiosk, police said.

The victim, who hails from Assam, bled to death due to head injury and his body was found with hands and legs tied up and his mouth plastered, they said.

The incident came in the light when some customers visited the ATM on the first floor of the building and found the guard’s body in the enclosed space, police said.

Police said analysis of the CCTV footage showed a lone man, without any mask on his face, entering the kiosk at 3:10 AM and leaving after some time as he failed to break open the ATM. Being Sunday, no one had visited the ATM till the evening yesterday, they said.

A restaurant in Anambra, Nigeria has been closed down after its activities of selling human flesh came to the fore front.
Police were informed about the restaurant’s activities by local residents, where they rushed to the scene and were shocked to see two human heads; still fresh, oozing blood, according to the BBC. The police arrested six women and four men in connection with the crime. At the time of arrest, they managed to recover an AK-47 rifle while other weapons including sets of grenades, and several mobile phones. The BBC also reported that when police raided the restaurant, they found to their horror that fresh human heads – still bleeding – were being stored in the back and that some human flesh was being served.
A resident was quoted saying, “Every time I went to the market, I observed strange activities going on in the hotel. People who were never cleanly dressed and who looked a bit strange made their way in and out of the hotel, making me very suspicious of their activities. I am not surprised at the shocking revelation.”

Jammu, May 18 (PTI) Creation of a separate homeland within the Valley was the only “viable option” for rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits and any attempt to dilute or deviate from the core ideology would be “resisted” by the community, an organisation for the displaced Pandits today said.

“Our geo-political aspirations are well articulated in the Margdarshan Resolution and these have been endorsed from time by the community all these 25 years of exile,” President of Panun Kashmir, Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo said at a function here today.

Any attempt aimed at diluting or deviating from the core ideology would be resisted by the community, he said.

“Kashmiri Pandit community is well aware of the ground realities in Kashmir and cannot be hoodwinked by the strategic statements issued by political leaders,” he claimed.

Kolkata, May 18 (PTI) The opposition Left Front and Congress today walked out of the West Bengal Assembly in protest against Speaker Biman Banerjee’s decision to reject separate adjournment motions moved by them on different issues.

The Left Front moved an adjournment motion demanding inquiry into the recent Pingla blast, which claimed 12 lives, by the NIA and exemplary punishment for the culprits.

This apart, the motion also demanded safety and security for the panic-stricken people there, urging the government to pay compensation of at least Rs 5 lakh to the family of each of the victims.

The Speaker, however, rejected the motion and allowed the CPI(M) member Anisur Rahaman only to read the edited copy of the motion. This done, Rahaman led the LF members to the Well of the House, while the members shouted slogans blaming the state government for the blast.

Ultimately the LF members walked out of the House for a brief period.

Speaking to reporters outside the House, Rahaman regretted, “Neither Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited the blast site, nor did she express grief for the incident.”

Another adjournment motion, moved by the Congress, was in protest against arrest of its two MLAs Rabindra Nath Chatterjee at Katwa in Burdwan district and Apurba Sarkar at Kandi in Murshidabad district allegedly in false cases during the recent civic election.

The Congress demanded immediate withdrawal of those cases against both the members and discussion on state’s law and order situation.

The Speaker, however, rejected the adjournment motion and allowed the member Asit Mitra only to read it out.

After reading it out, Mitra along with other Congress members went to the Well of the House and shouted slogans against the ruling party demanding that the government withdraw all cases against their MLAs and restore the state’s law and order situation.

All Congress members then walked out of the House. Later Congress leader Md Sohrab told reporters outside the House, “The TMC had unleashed a reign of terror to capture all the civic bodies by force. To arrest their leaders in false cases is nothing but a move keep them under pressure.