Bollywood actress Dia Mirza has been named the ambassador for Swachh Bharat Mission’s youth-based ‘Swachh Saathi’ (student internship) programme.
The “Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein” star will take forward the message of the government’s ‘Swachh Saathi’ programme, which she hails as the most important part to realise the dream of a clean country.
“Swachh Bharat is among the most important initiatives taken up by the government and I believe that the Swachh Saathi programme will be an extremely important part of our dream to realise a clean, healthy and environmentally conscious youth and country,” Dia, 34, said in a statement.
Under the Swachh Saathi programme, more than 2,000 interns would be enrolled, who would coordinate with around 10,000 schools across the country and ensure that all students in these schools take the pledge for Clean India, the statement read.
“Dia is a youth icon and has been an active campaigner for Swachh Bharat. We felt that she would be the best person to help us reach out to more youngsters. Our aim is to make it a viral youth led movement,” Swachh Bharat mission director Praveen Prakash said.
As the ambassador, the actress would interact with school and college students from across the country through awareness sessions, community cleaning activities and motivational videos.
“Over the years I have tried to engage as many minds as possible to understand that our planet and our country need the immediate involvement of all its citizens, so that we can take responsibility and make our world a better place to live in,” Dia said.PTI.
The National Green Tribunal has directed a five-star hotel here to submit details of its water consumption after a plea alleged that the hotel was illegally extracting ground water and causing environmental degradation.
A bench headed by Justice U D Salvi directed Hotel Jaypee Vasant to inform the tribunal about the supply of water it received through tankers between August, 2015 to January, 2016 and also submit all bills in this regard.
“We direct the Respondent No 1 (Hotel Jaypee Vasant) to make a candid statement as to the supply of water through tankers between the period of August, 2015 to January, 2016 and place all such bills for the said period before us on the next date,” the bench said while posting the matter for next hearing on July 15.
During the hearing, Delhi Jal Board told the bench that the hotel has two sanctioned water lines and the average consumption for 26 days is 139 kilo litres that is 5.3 litres per day through one of the water lines. The consumption from the other water line is almost negligible, he said.
The counsel appearing for the hotel informed the bench that the water requirements are met either by Delhi Jal Board or water tankers.
The tribunal had last year issued notices to three five-star hotels, Central Ground Water Authority, Delhi Jal Board, New Delhi Municipal Council, Central Pollution Control Board.
The directions came while hearing a plea filed by Delhi resident Shailesh Singh seeking directions to immediately stop withdrawal of ground water without permission.
Singh had alleged that these five-star hotels were using “several lakh litres” of ground water and the sources of water are not visible in their premises.
The plea had alleged that according to Delhi Pollution Control Committee, one of the hotels was extracting 2,22,600 litres of water from supply and is having two bore-wells to extract ground water.
Earlier, the tribunal had imposed a fine of Rs 7.5 lakh on one of the hotels after it found “unsatisfactory” rain water harvesting systems in their premises.PTI
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said that there is “complete jungle raj” in the national capital, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lt Governor Najeeb Jung of “failing to control deteriorating law and order”.
Referring to the case of murder of a 50-year-old woman and her two daughters at their residence in North-East Delhi’s Brahmapuri area yesterday, he urged both the PM and the LG to do “something (to control crime)”, saying that “(see) what is happening in Delhi”.
“Complete jungle raj in Del. LG/Modi ji failed miserably.
What hv they done to control deteriorating law n order? (sic),” Kejriwal said in a series of tweets.
“This is 2 years of Modi raj,” he said, referring to the murder case.
In another tweet, he said, “LG sahib/ Modi ji, pl do something. Ye delhi mein kya ho raha hai (what is happening in Delhi).”
AAP has been demanding that the control over Delhi Police which directly reports to the Union Home Ministry, be handed over to the Delhi government.
Last month, the Delhi government had released a draft bill on full statehood to Delhi, seeking to bring police, land, municipal corporations and bureaucracy under its control, and invited suggestions from the public.
Kejriwal had slammed Delhi Police following the murder of 19-year-old Meenakshi who was stabbed to death in Central Delhi’s Anand Prabat area in July last year.
“The law and order situation is deteriorating in Delhi every day. Delhi Police comes under the Prime Minister. Either he should do something or Delhi Police should be handed over to the Delhi government,” he had said after meeting Meenakshi’s family members.
He had also said, “If the police is not answerable to the Delhi government then how will it be held accountable? Right now, Delhi Police is a law unto itself.
Mumbai, June 05, 2016: Reliance Energy, as an environment conscious company, is celebrating World Environment Day 2016 by increasing mass awareness on the importance of preserving our environment by staging Wildlife Preservation Awareness Skit at Sanjay Gandhi Nation Park on 4th June and 5th June, 2016.
Reliance Energy, Mumbai Distribution an arm of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd., distributes power to two third of Mumbai, keeps on carrying out activities to promote conservation of environment.
The skit appeals to visitors to do their bit for preserving all species and make individual effort to safeguard them for our future generations.
Our unique planet has been created for all species alike and they have together adorned this earth. Annihilation of these species is because of human beings’ actions, and hence it is our responsibility to preserve them.
On the occasion, a Reliance Energy spokesperson said, “Reliance Energy is an environment conscious company and we have been taking several initiatives to preserve our environment. This unique initiative of imparting learning through skit will encourage viewers to take care of their environment by not littering garbage. We have also been taking several business measures like net metering as an environmentally conscious company.”
Reliance Energy’s sustainable initiatives towards Environment.
As a part of commitment towards the environment in the areas of business operations, Reliance Energy employees regularly visits Mumbai’s iconic Sanjay Gandhi National Park at Borivali and have cleaned it by removing and collecting the plastic and solid waste from various sites.
Till date, more than 340 Company employees have collected over 700 Kgs. of solid waste and plastic from various sites within the park and handed over the same to the SGNP Authorities for its scientific disposals.
The drive is part of Company’s one of the several activities under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan of the Govt. of India.
The drive has been planned in phased manners and at regular intervals.
Company will continue with the drive in coming days too, with the objective of making the iconic place of tourists’ interest plastic free zone.
To make it a people’s movement, Reliance Energy has also engaged with a theatre group, which is performing a street play to create awareness on preserving greenery and wild life in the SGNP as well as at other locations.
Key highlights of the drive till date:
Till date, Reliance Energy officials voluntarily and actively participated in the drive for cleaning the Sanjay Gandhi National Park Area contributing more than 800 man-hours.
More than 700 Kgs plastic and solid waste was collected and the areas were cleaned.
Company employees identified the prime areas of tourists’ interests within the National Park, where the waste accumulation is on higher side and focused the cleaning activities on such areas.
These areas include Tiger Safari Point, Dahisar River Bed, Kanheri Caves, Krishnagiri Train Station, Boating Point, Yeoor Hills and community area like Nava Pada, Kombda Pada.
Reliance Energy employees also visited various local communities within park area to conduct training sessions to spread awareness among them as well as the visiting tourists.
Reliance Energy employees also weeded out the unwarranted grass on the path leading towards the Mahatma Gandhi Smarak (Memorial).
In another parallel activity with NGO Hariyali, more than 200 employees have planted over 5,000 saplings at the NGO managed plantation site at Bhavale Hills, Bhiwandi and in nurseries at Thane, Mulund and Rabale.
Earlier on the occasion of 2nd October 2015, Gandhi Jayanti, the day that coincides with the first anniversary of Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, Reliance Energy family joined hands to participate in the cleanliness drive across their respective office locations. Over 1,600 people comprising employees, contract workers and housekeeping staff across 32 key office locations spread across 400 sq. km of its licensed area in the suburbs of Mumbai participated in the drive cleaning their office premises and the surrounding areas including nearby roads, societies, bus stops, public parks, play grounds etc.
Company initiative has been greatly acknowledged by Sanjay Gandhi National Park and NGO Hariyali authorities.
Reliance Energy, as a responsible Corporate Citizen, has always been supportive and participative in the cause of National interest, such as World Environment Day, Energy Conservation Week, World Water Day, Earth Hour; Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, etc.
Selfies of Assamese youths, led by Manas Deka, accused by JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar of trying to “strangle” him on board of an aircraft in April, have been posted on a social networking site greeting BJP chief Amit Shah.
The brief encounter took place before Shah was to address a convention — ‘Pramod Mahajan Skill and Entrepreneurship Mission’, a Maharashtra government initiative on the lines of the Centre’s ‘Skill India’, at an auditorium here yesterday.
However, the delegation did not attend the function and left.
Deka later posted the selfies with Shah on his social media account.
On April 24, Kumar had alleged that Deka, working with a city-based software firm, had tried to strangle him on board a Pune-bound Jet Airways flight.
Mumbai Police had registered a non-cognisable offence on Kumar’s complaint. However, the allegations were reportedly described by the police as “untrue”.
Kumar had described Deka as a “strong BJP supporter” in a tweet after the incident.PTI
China’s sporting fraternity today paid rich tributes to Muhammad Ali, the heavyweight boxing legend and civil rights champion who passed away in the United States after a 32-year battle with Parkinson’s disease.
Ali, the world’s most-loved and known sporting hero, visited China in 1979 and then again in 1985. He was greeted with unbound love wherever he went.
During his 1979 China visit, Ali was greeted by then Chinese vice-premier Deng Xiaoping, who said to him: “You have deep feelings toward China. Very welcome to China and have a look around.”
“Boxing can also be a bridge which enhances mutual understanding and friendship between Chinese and American people,” Deng had said.
Ali’s motto – “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee” – is well-known in China and he was hailed as a beacon to Chinese youth chasing their sporting dreams.
“He is an icon and a great man,” said China’s first-ever WBC champion Xiong Chaozhong. “He taught us how to fight, how to overcome hardships.”
Xiong recalled a meeting with Ali’s wife, Lonnie.
“Ali’s wife came to see me in a press conference after I won the WBC title on November 24, 2012, telling me that Mr Ali wanted me to be his student because he had promised Deng Xiaoping that he would teach China’s first professional champion if there would be one,” Xiong told state-run Xinhua news agency.
China’s two-time Olympic champion boxer Zou Shiming tearfully mourned the passing of Ali, vowing to win a professional title to honour the legendary boxer.
“I planned to go visit my idol Mr Muhammad Ali after winning a professional bout. But now, I can only pray he is at peace in heaven, and free from illness and pain,” the 2008 and 2012 Olympic champion posted on his Weibo account.
In a tearful interview, Zou said: “I am deeply grieving over the passing of the legend Mr Ali, for whom I have great respect. He has been a great inspiration to me.”
Chinese boxer Yang Lianhui hailed Ali as one of the most transformative persons in history.
“Both Chinese boxing and world boxing benefitted from Muhammad Ali’s talents,” said Yang.
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“He was influential both in and out of sports. He fought against injustice and sacrificed prime years of his own career in the process.PTI
Reacting to the resignation of Eknath Khadse from the state Cabinet today, Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council and NCP leader, Dhananjay Munde, said action was also expected against other “tainted ministers”.
“It is important to see whether the government takes similar action against other tainted ministers,” said Munde, who was with the BJP before joining NCP.
“The MIDC land scam is a serious matter and a fair and thorough investigation should be done,” he said.
Meanwhile, local builder Hemant Gavande, who first flagged the questionable land deal in Bhosari involving Khadse’s family, said he would keep pursuing the case.
It was Gavande who had first alleged that Khadse’s wife and his son-in-law purchased a three-acre piece of land belonging to the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) at Bhosari near here at a throwaway price of Rs 3.75 crore from its original owner.
“Since he has resigned, I demand free and transparent probe in this matter…I will take the case to its logical conclusion,” Gavande said.
The senior BJP leader should “introspect about his misdeeds”, he said, welcoming Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s decision to appoint a retired High Court judge to probe the charges against Khadse.PTI
Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap says even the slightest of alteration by the Censor Board for any film is no less than killing the creativity of the movie.
Kashyap’s troubles with the censor are well-known. The “Bombay Velvet” director has often been at loggerheads with the censor board right from his unreleased directorial debut film “Paanch” to “Black Friday” and “Ugly”.
Recently, there have been reports that his upcoming co-production “Udta Punjab”, which is based on the issue of substance abuse in Punjab, has failed to get censor board’s approval due to expletives and drug use.
Kashyap, however, had said the film has gone to the revising committee of the board like any other movie.
When asked if a film’s creativity is hampered when it is chopped at the censor board, the director told reporters, “When a filmmaker is ready with his film, he sends it to CBFC and according to him that is the film he wants. So even if it is altered a little bit it is Qatl-e-Aam of it.
“I don’t think any filmmaker makes a film and then says ‘cut and leave whatever you want’,” he added.
The filmmaker was speaking at the launch of “Qatl-e-Aam” song for his latest directorial “Raman Raghav 2.0” last evening.
The thriller stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui as a serial killer while Vicky Kaushal will play the role of a cop.
The “Dev D” helmer had previously said that he would not be satisfied “even with a single” cut for “Raman Raghav 2.0”.
When quizzed about the status of the film with regards to the censors, the director said, “The film will be shown as it is, intact. It has been cleared.”
“Raman Raghav 2.0” was showcased at Cannes’ Directors Fortnight section last month. The film is scheduled to release on June 24.PTI
In a first, a teenager, who allegedly ran over a 32-year-old marketing executive while driving his father’s Mercedes, will now face trial as an adult after the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) today said the offence allegedly committed by him was “heinous”.
The Presiding Officer of the JJB passed the order on the application of Delhi Police which had sought transfer of the case to trial court to try as adult the accused who turned major just four days after the April 4 incident.
It is the first of its kind case since the amendment in the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, which allowed the Board to transfer cases of heinous offences by children to Sessions court.
As per section 2(33) of the Act, “heinous offences” include the offences for which minimum punishment under IPC or any other law for the time being in force is imprisonment for seven years or more.
The police had on May 26 chargesheeted the juvenile in the JJB for the offence of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. The offence of culpable homicide not amounting to murder entails a maximum of 10 years jail.
The JJB had reserved its order yesterday after hearing for over an hour arguments by Special Public Prosecutor Atul Shrivastava who had said the boy belongs to the age group of 16-18 years and this offence comes under definition of “heinous crimes” so his case should be transferred to the trial court.
The JJB today accepted the argument and allowed the plea of Delhi Police, Shrivastava said.
Initially, a case under IPC sections 304 A (causing death by rash or negligent act) was lodged against the teenager but later on he was booked for the alleged offence of culpable homicide not amounting to murder and sent to the reform home.
Police had said in its charge sheet that the boy had fatally run over victim Siddharth Sharma with his father’s Mercedes when Sharma was trying to cross a road near Ludlow Castle School in north Delhi on April 4.
The final report was filed for alleged offences under IPC sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 279 (driving on a public way so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life) and 337 (causing hurt by an act which endangers human life) against him.
The Board had on April 26 granted bail to the youth who sought the relief to appear in entrance examinations.
Police had said that the car was being driven at a speed of at least 80 km per hour and Sharma was flung several feet into the air by the impact of the crash and landed around 15 metres away from where he stood.PTI
India and Qatar are expected to give a fresh push to their economic ties, particularly in the hydrocarbon sector, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds talks with this energy-rich country’s leadership tomorrow amid his keenness to attract investments for development back home.
Modi will also address top business leaders of Qatar, a country which is India’s largest supplier of LNG requirements, accounting for 65 per cent of its total imports last financial year.
During the interaction with the business community tomorrow morning, the Prime Minister is likely to seek greater investments, particularly in the infrastructure sector.
He will then hold detailed talks with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on a range of bilateral issues as well as regional and international matters of mutual concern.
The discussions are expected to focus on energy but various other aspects of the relationship will also come up during the talks, sources said here today.
Both sides are expected to sign a few agreements.
Qatar is an important trading partner for India in the Gulf region with bilateral trade in 2014-15 exceeding USD 15 billion. It is also one of India’s key sources of crude oil.
At present, a number of Indian companies are involved in construction activities related to the FIFA World Cup being hosted by Qatar in 2022.
Modi, who is visiting Doha from today for a two-day trip, will also address the Indian workers at a labour camp here.
The Indian diaspora of over 6,30,000 form the largest expatriate community in Qatar and constitutes a substantial percentage of the country’s population.
The Prime Minister has been focusing on improving ties with the Gulf region which is crucial for India’s energy security. He has already visited United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
It will be the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Qatar in the last eight years. The then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had visited Doha in 2008.
“India’s historical and close relations with Qatar is marked by mutually beneficial commercial exchanges and extensive people-to-people contacts,” External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup had said a few days back while announcing the visit.
There has been regular exchange of high-level bilateral visits in the recent past. The Emir of Qatar had visited India in March 2015. Previously, the then Emir of Qatar had visited India in 1999, 2005 and 2012.
From here, the Prime Minister will travel to Switzerland on way to the US.PTI
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