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Heatadaua- A small town at the foothills of Kathmandu has witnessned the most bizarre situation of all times. A huge rhinoceros is walking freely on the roads and caused the death of a of a woman and one injured. The Rhino has caused terror in the small while rampanging anything between on the way.
The Rihno has strayed away from a local wildlife sanctuary.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has defended his Minister Girish Mahajan who is being criticised for attending a children’s event with a revolver tucked in his waist.

The CM said Mahajan has not broken any law.

Mahajan also later clarified that he carries the weapon for self-defence and that he has not been involved in any kind of violence.

The issue of Water Resources Minister Mahajan carrying a revolver, which was very much visible, at an event on Saturday for deaf and mute children in Jalgaon city was raised in both the Houses of state Legislature here on Monday.

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In the Assembly, the Opposition Congress and NCP demanded sacking of the minister for attending a function of differently-abled children with a revolver tucked in his waist as it sent a wrong message in the society. The Opposition members boycotted the Question Hour in protest.

Fadnavis said the Opposition was trying to create an unnecessary controversy. “Mahajan has a licence to carry weapon for last two decades. Licence holder is expected to carry the weapon and not keep it at home,” he said.

However, he agreed that the weapon was visible while the minister attended a function and necessary directives would be given to him in this regard.

When the matter was raised in the Council, Fadnavis said, “Girish Mahajan has a licence for keeping a weapon. He is carrying it with him from the last 25 years. A licence is given only when a person needs to keep a revolver for his safety. He has not broken any law by carrying a revolver.”

The chief minister was replying to Sunil Tatkare (NCP), who took a jibe at Mahajan and questioned the need to carry a revolver at the children’s event.

“His revolver was tucked in his waist and a controversy was created out of it by news channels when a portion of the pistol became visible inadvertently,” Fadnavis said.

Meanwhile, Mahajan later said that his revolver is merely for self-defence and that he has not been involved in any kind of violence before.

“I admit that the revolver was visible. But never have I pointed a revolver, or gotten involved in violence of any kind in my life. The revolver is merely for self-defence,” the minister told reporters here.

Earlier, the issue was raised by NCP group leader Jayant Patil in the Legislative Assembly soon after the House assembled for the day.

He wondered if the state’s law and order situation was so bad that a minister needed to carry a revolver to a school.

NCP leader Ajit Pawar demanded sacking of Mahajan.

“Why was the minister trying to scare the citizens by displaying his weapon?” Pawar asked.

Leader of Opposition in Assembly Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil and NCP member Chhagan Bhujbal also criticised Mahajan for possessing a revolver while addressing children in school.

They demanded a statement from the government and discussion on the matter.

Assembly Speaker Haribhau Bagde said the minister’s conduct was inappropriate and that he would issue necessary directives to the government in this regard.

Education Minister Vinod Tawde said Mahajan was expected to return to Mumbai in the evening.

“It is only then we can know his side of the story,” Tawde added.

Shiv Sena leader and state Environment Minister Ramdas Kadam said that if the minister was carrying a licensed weapon, there should be no problem.

The early morning terrorist attack in Kathua district rocked the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly today with Opposition members seeking an explanation from the government on the incident.

The issue was raised by National Conference MLA Devender Singh Rana who wanted to know about the steps being taken by the government to thwart the attack.

he House wants to know how the militant attack took place, how the militants were able to launch this attack,” Rana said.

Deputy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh informed the House that two or three heavily armed militants managed to enter the Rajpora Police station in Kathua and were holed up in the police station.

“Police and CRPF has cordoned off the area and heavy firing is going on. A man has died and we are not sure if he is a civilian or a CRPF personnel. Ten people have been injured which include two policemen, seven CRPF men while one civilian and a policeman have been seriously injured,” he said.

Opposition National Conference and Congress termed the answer “unsatisfactory”.

“What are you saying that you don’t know that the man who has died can be either a civilian or a CRPF personnel. The government should have the information,” said Rana.

Ali Mohammed Sagar of the National Conference said, “People are dying and you have no information.”

While condemning the attack CPI (M) MLA M Y Tarigami said that the House needs to show a united face in condemning such tragedies and expressed sympathy with the family of those killed in the attack.

“It’s a tragedy and it should be debated here. The House needs to know what steps the government will take and has taken. Let’s not get divided on the tragedy. Such tragedies are unfortunate and we should speak in one voice and condemn it,” Tarigami said.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday spoke to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and conveyed to him that relief materials are being air dashed to the flood-affected valley in the shortest possible time.

During the telephonic talk, the Chief Minister briefed the Home Minister about the prevailing flood situation in Kashmir valley and the steps being taken for rescue and providing relief to the affected people. Singh assured full central assistance to tackle the flood situation and conveyed to Mufti that relief materials are being airlifted to the valley in shortest possible time to help the state government in rescue and relief operations, official sources said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has always rushed Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi to Kashmir for an on-the-spot assessment of the damage and assured the state of all assistance.

Seven months after the devastating floods, Kashmir valley is facing yet another flood following incessant rains with river Jhelum in spate at several places while 16 people were feared trapped after two houses collapsed in Budgam district.

Nigeria’s election chief said he was investigating irregularities as protests erupted amid calls for a rerun in one state following a knife-edge vote over the weekend.

Reports of underage voting, electoral officials being “substituted” and the technical glitches that led to voting being extended to Sunday were all being looked into, Attahiru Jega said.

The electoral headquarters were burnt down in Rivers, an oil-producing state which has become a key battleground for the two main parties.

Attacks on the oil industry pushed global crude prices to record highs in 2004 and former rebels threatened to take up arms again if Goodluck Jonathan – who brokered a lucrative peace deal in 2009 – is not re-elected.

“It is true our INEC office in Rivers state was torched. We have informed police authorities,” Jega said, speaking from Abuja, the Nigerian capital. “We have asked for additional security so this does not occur again.”

Police confirmed two people were killed during voting on Saturday, while the opposition put the figure at “scores” and alleged the vote there had been rigged. By Sunday, thousands of opposition supporters took to the streets of the state capital, Port Harcourt, calling for the vote to be rescheduled. The Situation Room, a civil society group monitoring the election, said it was “deeply concerned” about reports of “interference” in Rivers and neighbouring Imo state.

Rotimi Amaechi, the powerful governor of Rivers state, defected to the opposition after a series of internal squabbles with the ruling party spilled over into the public limelight.

Jega also addressed the failure of some card readers which the electoral body said meant voting spilled over to Sunday in 300 polling stations. Some 400 card readers out of more than 150,000 used had not worked, he said, but insisted this would have no impact on the final result.

“The number of failures of card readers to operate surprised us. One possible explanation is that the people operating them had not been trained.”

Results are likely to be announced by Tuesday, he said.

Garbage Vigilantes Strike Goa – Green Group Makes Polluters Pay                              

 Anjuna,Goa – March 29, 2015: Is it the first real step towards the solving the serious garbage problem in Goa? On March 18, 2015, an independent reporter whose wish is to stay anonymous,  received the following information, including documentary photos, showing what a group calling themselves “Clean Goa Warriors” claims are the first reprisals in their continuing campaign to rid the state of the garbage menace. The night before, the CGW staked out over a dozen locations in North Goa popular with what they call “Social Retards” who by night dump their garbage by the sides of the roads. With upwards of 200 members including Goans of all backgrounds, Indians from nine states and Foreigners representing seventeen countries they caught seven miscreants and decided to make an example of four of them including a Catholic and Muslim from Goa, a Hindu hailing from West Bengal and though he had a Karnataka gardener doing his dirty work Lord Michael Heseltine, British businessman and one time Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.The UK Prime Minister’s office at 10 Downing Street refused any comment though two independent sources have verified that the story, and an interview with Lord Heseltine, was quietly suppressed after a flurry of calls from unnamed government officials. A screen capture of the unfinished exposé was delivered to GoaGreg.com and has been circulating on various social networking sites. The photo shows Heseltine being interviewed on the garbage strewn lawn of the Maldiva Residency, a Dona Paula mansion, owned by Michael DeSouza, a close friend of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.

Others captured and punished for dumping household trash include family members of wealthy Muslim trader Mahmud Ben Ahmed, patriarch of one of the oldest  Muslim families in Goa, tracing their ancestry back to the time when the Delhi Sultanate invaded Goa in the early 14th century. Their home on the outskirts of Anjuna village was stinking and swarming with flies by high noon after the entrance to the house was blocked by garbage. Ben Ahmed cried vowing to join the Warriors “…in cleaning up the most beautiful state in India.”

Totally unrepentant was Lazarus Mascarenhas of Moira who was caught along with his two sons Joseph and Felipe dumping several large white bags of waste from their “Gorgeous Goa” restaurant. The contents of the bags included all types of unseparated garbage including recyclable glass, plastic, tetrapaks, wet waste and several dead rats. Mr. Mascarenhas is said to have screamed from the second story of his massive, though withering Portuguese house, “I don’t care. My peons will clean it and it’ll be back where it belongs tonight.” He claims to have called the police, but Atmaram Deshpande of the North Goa Superintendent’s office denied they were contacted. None of Mr. Mascarenhas’ neighbors report seeing any men in uniform or representatives of the local government.

The final target of the “Clean Goa Warriors” strike was Nikhil Chakravorti of Kolkata suburb of Salt Lake. Though he was only caught throwing two medium sized plastic bags from his scooter (GA03AA6147) into the Aswem nullah the CGW covered the dunes in front of the beach facing “Blue Guest House” where Mr. Chakravorti is the manager. All guests demanded their money back and moved out before the 10 am checkout. The soft spoken Chakravorti continuously shook his head repeating, “what can we do?” When questioned he replied, “Years we’ve been waiting for the panchayats, but government seems uninterested and soon tourism in Goa will die. People will go where the place is still beautiful.”

In their statement the CGW says, “In times of chaos, when leaders are incapable or unwilling, when selfish, unthinking and shortsighted individuals carelessly act against the greater good of the people and violate our dear Mother Nature, then it is the right, even the duty, of concerned citizens to act against the criminal behavior by wrongdoers and the leaders who have created the failed ecosystem where our future is in danger. Just as the American colonists, by what the British government considered an act of terrorism, declared their freedom by throwing English tea into Boston Harbor, we promise to disturb and distress the dirty

India will be airlifting its nationals from strife-torn Yemen after getting permission from authorities to fly from Sana’a for three hours a day.

“Today we got permission to fly from Sana’a for three hours a day. We will use the slot for evacuating our citizens everyday,” External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said a day after 80 Indians left the city for Djibouti.

According to official sources, the government will chalk out a schedule for Air India sorties to evacuate the nationals. Ms. Swaraj also tweeted that India was in the process of sending a ship with a capacity of 1,500 passengers.

On Saturday, as many as 80 Indians left Sana’a for Djibouti where Indian mission will assist them in returning home. The Ministry has also set up a 24-hour Control Room to monitor the situation in Yemen where all the airports have been shut down.

There are about 3,500 Indians, most of whom are nurses, in various provinces of Yemen including Sana’a.

WASHINGTON: The US has voiced its disappointment with India for voting against the benefits of same-sex partners at the UN.

Addressing the gathering at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, US ambassador to India Richard Verma talked about Strategic Plus Partnership between India and the US but maintained that it was not always that the two countries need to agree with each other.

“We were disappointed, for example, by India’s support this week for the attempt to strip benefits from UN staff in same-sex relationships. We will continue to support the rights of LGBT individuals in India, in international institutions, and around the world,” he said.

India was among the 43 countries along with China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia that voted in support of a Russia-drafted resolution that proposed removing benefits for same-sex partners of UN staff. But the resolution failed to pass in the General Assembly committee after 80 nations opposed it.

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New Delhi, however, justified its move to vote in favour of the resolution saying it was against the unilateral decision of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to change the system of entitlements without consulting member countries.

Verma, in his maiden public appearance in the city after becoming the top American diplomat in New Delhi, however, welcomed India’s constructive leadership in global challenges and supported its aspiration to become a leading power.

“As India’s strategic plus partner, we support India’s aspiration to become a leading power…We also welcome India’s constructive leadership on global challenges. We support greater Indian participation in multilateral institutions, including its candidacy for permanent membership on a reformed UN Security Council and its eventual membership in all four multilateral export control regimes,” he said.