Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today dismissed reports that he would push for funds for Adani’s 16.5 billion dollars coal mine project during his meetings with Australian leaders, saying this was was not on his agenda.
Asked if he would discuss the issue of Adani’s Carmichael coal mine project in Queensland with the Australian leaders he was meeting during his visit, Jaitley said, “not really”.
“This is subject which is internal to Australia and this is not the purpose of my visit,” he said.
His remarks came as media reports earlier had said that Jaitley was likely to push for easy funding for Adani’s controversy-hit project.
The reports said that Adani’s project would figure in talks when the Finance Minister would meet Peter Costello, the head of Australia’s sovereign wealth fund called Future Fund.
“I have been informed that as far as government of Australia is concerned they are doing their very best to stick to the contract subject to whatever other influences in a democracy are there,” Jaitley said, adding that the Adani project was not an issue during his Australia visit.
Adani CEO Jeyakumar Janakraj said the Adani issue was not on the agenda of Jaitley’s visit.
Janakraj was a part of the CII delegation today at the ‘Make in India’ conference launched by the Finance Minister here.
Adani’s plan to build one of the world’s largest coal mines in Australia has been hampered time and again. A federal court in August last year had revoked the original approval due to environmental concerns.
In October last year, the project got a new lease of life after the Australian government gave its re-approval.
Last month, Queensland state’s Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (EHP) issued a final environmental authority (EA) for Adani’s Carmichael Mine project but with about 140 conditions. The project is located near the fragile Great Barrier Reef.PTI
After winning accolades for her last release “Neerja”, actress Sonam Kapoor hinted at working once again in a woman centric film.
In Ram Madhvani’s biopic, Sonam essayed the life of slain flight attendant Neerja Bhanot who died saving hundreds of passengers on a hijacked flight in 1986.
When asked if audiences are once again going to see her reprising a strong female character on screen, Sonam said, “I will announce something soon. I can’t talk about it.”
She did not divulge any further details of her next project.
The “Raanjhana” actress, when quizzed if she would also like to play historic female heroes, she said, “You see it. Hopefully I would like to play something like that.”
Sonam was talking on the sidelines of event ‘Women of Worth Awards’.
The 30-year-old actress on the occasion acknowledged the active role of many Indian women who helped build the nation but rued that unsung heroes like Neerja Bhanot got lost in history.
“There are lot of Indian woman who have been modern heroes who have helped in building a better India. There are lot of Indian women in the history you look at like Mother Teresa, Sarojini Naidu, Lata Mangeshkar and others,” she said.
“There are women who got lost in the page of history like Neerja Bhanot and it is sad. There is a wider variety of women that we are looking at and the more innovative things that they are doing which are cultural and scientific breakthroughs and artistic as well,” Sonam said.
L’Oreal Paris in association with NDTV hosted the fifth edition of the award last evening to felicitate the achievements of eight exceptional women who have made a difference to the lives of others.
Ambassadors for the beauty major Sonam, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Katrina Kaif were present to give away the awards.PTI
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan thanked all those who congratulated him for his best actor National Award win, saying he is “most grateful”.
Bachchan, 73, was named best actor for his role in Shoojit Sircar’s “Piku” at the 63rd National Film Awards announced in the capital yesterday.
“To them that congratulate me for the National Award – most grateful… thank you is never enough expression,” Bachchan wrote on Twitter.
He previously won the honour for “Agneepath”, “Black” and “Paa”.
Bachchan celebrated the win with wife Jaya Bachchan and the crew members of an advertisement he was shooting with the latter.
“Working with the wife today for an ad, promotion and some moments from there, they celebrate my National Award on set and then as I leave the studio they burst a few crackers .. sweet,” he wrote on his blog alongside some pictures from the set.
Bachchan also congratulated other winners including Gujarat, which was named the most film friendly state at the National Film Awards for its effort to ease shooting films.
“Congratulations National Award winners and to the State of Gujarat that wins ‘Most Film Friendly State’.”
The actor is currently the brand ambassador of Gujarat Tourism.PTI.
Underscoring the challenges posed by the dearth of women in peacekeeping activities, India has called for increasing involvement of women in prevention and resolution of conflicts.
“There is a need to increase and institutionalise the involvement of women in conflict prevention and resolution.
This requires not only normative advice but capacity building and institution building at the ground level,” India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin said here yesterday.
Speaking at the Security Council debate on ‘Role of Women in Prevention and Resolution of Conflict in Africa’, Akbaruddin noted the advances made in Africa in gender empowerment but said considerable challenges lie ahead given the dearth of women in peacekeeping activities.
He cited UN reports to point out that women globally constituted less than four per cent of signatories to peace agreements and less than 10 per cent of negotiators at peace tables.
Women also constitute only three per cent of the military and 10 per cent of the police who are deployed by the UN in peace missions.
“These numbers reflect the enormity of the challenges that we are confronted with,” Akbaruddin said, adding that despite the increased focus on the Women Peace and Security agenda, women and girls continue to be major victims.
“The issue of Women Peace and Security cannot be seen in isolation from the wider societal context involving gender and development issues,” he said.
India, which is the lead troop contributor to UN peacekeeping missions, has the distinction of providing the first ever Female Formed Police Unit for the UN in Liberia.
“While there has been only a marginal increase overall in the number of women peacekeepers, the first ever Female Formed Police Unit for UN was provided by India for deployment in Liberia. The unit has been widely appreciated for its work and for setting a pioneering example,” Akbaruddin said.
He said India has also contributed lady officers as Military Observers and Staff Officers in addition to deployment with the Medical Units.
The Indian envoy further noted the efforts taken by the international community to address the issues of gender equality, empowerment and development in a holistic manner.
In another significant capacity-building initiative, the New Delhi-based Centre for United Nations Peacekeeping (CUNPK) in partnership with the UN Women, is now conducting the 3rd United Nations Female Military Officers Course (UNFMOC) for 40 women military officers from 26 countries.
UN Women head Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka also called for greater efforts to reach the goal of allocating at least 15 per cent of peacebuilding resources to gender equality and women’s empowerment.
“Women need to be resourced so that they can do more. The commitment to allocate at least 15 per cent of peacebuilding funds to gender equality and women’s empowerment, must become a reality,” Mlambo-Ngcuka told the Security Council.PTI
The Supreme Court today dismissed petitions challenging the validity of amendments made in the 114-year-old Land Acquisition Act to save a portion of a five-star resort in Goa which was earlier ordered to be demolished.
“We find no merit in the petitions. We uphold the validity of the amendments made to the Land Acquisition Act,” a bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Prafulla C Pant said.
In 2009, Goa government promulgated an ordinance to amend the law in order to save a portion of five-star resort of Cidade de Goa, owned by Fomento Resorts and Hotels, which had been ordered to be demolished by the Supreme Court.
The apex court, on January 21, 2009 had ordered the demolition of the portion which houses 54 hotel rooms besides a health club, conference and business rooms and other facilities.
The court had given the order as the hotel management violated certain guidelines in the agreement reached between the government and the resort.
The state had decided to promulgate an ordinance amending the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 so that the government is empowered to modify any agreement with the hotel management to meet any exigencies.
The Dona Paula-based resort was given land by the government under certain conditions, including public access to the beach.PTI
Summing up South Africa’s dismal show in World T20, captain Faf du Plessis said small mistakes like conceding loads of extras in the games against England and the West Indies made a big impact and led to his team’s early exit from the mega-event.
The Proteas, one of the strong contenders, conceded 26 extras against England including 20 wides while defending 229 for four, and eventually lost. Against the Caribbeans, they could not defend 122, losing the match in the last over having conceded 10 extras that had eight wides.
Du Plessis said even as “T20 cricket is sometimes a gamble”, there are a few things that teams can control.
“Sometimes Chris Gayle rocks up and wins the game for you. But one thing I can say is that we were poor in our extras. Every game we had more wides and no balls than the opposition and that’s always the basic and controllable,” Du Plessis said after his side’s “bitter-sweet” eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka in their last game of Super 10 here last night.
“It’s your job is to try and get the ball inside that line and if you do it less than the opposition, it’s generally five and 10 runs that you don’t have to score with the bat.
That’s possibly the key area for me in the first two games that we lost,” he added.
Stating that small mistakes can alter the outcome of the games, the skipper said: “We played good cricket leading up to the World Cup. We were very consistent in the subcontinent. We beat all teams that have travelled here. World Cup is a do-or-die tournament. We made one or two mistakes and they punished us.
“Tonight was a good example, Sri Lanka made one or two mistakes while batting and we capitalised on that. We have only to blame ourselves. The sad thing now is that it’s four years for the next World Cup,” he rued.
Sri Lanka posted 120 that South Africa achieved in 17.4 overs but Du Plessis termed the low-scoring chase as “tricky”.
“The bowlers bowled really well and we chased down a small total which is never easy on these wickets. It’s always tricky. It was really important for us to have a good partnership to start with because the only way the team will beat you is if it get wickets upfront. So, after the run out it was nice that we could make it a bit stable. Yeah it’s bittersweet. We’re going back out of the World Cup.
“We came here with a great squad, wanting to win the World Cup. We didn’t play our best cricket. That’s not how we wanted to go. We have only ourselves to blame. We were planning to do much better. But we’re a proud team.PTI
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Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today accused BJP of spending “hundreds of crores” of rupees in an attempt to topple his government with the help of Governor, echoing allegations of his Himachal counterpart that BJP was trying to destablise Congress governments in states.
“BJP spent lots of money. They wasted hundreds of crores before the Bihar elections to topple the government in Assam.
They tried it by taking Himanta (Biswa Sarma) and other MLAs, but they could not do it,” Gogoi told a press conference here targeting the central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who had launched a blistering attack on the Congress leader during the recent poll rallies in Assam.
Sarma, once a trusted Congress minister of Gogoi who is presently in BJP, had almost garnered the support of 35 MLAs and tried the same tactics used in Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand of shifting the base to BJP, he claimed.
“The Governor (Padmanabha Balakrishan Acharya) was also involved in this. Without his support how is it possible? That is why, the Centre is not appointing a permanent Governor in Assam. That is why they are appointing all RSS people as Governors,” Gogoi alleged.
He further said if the 35 MLAs, whose support was shown to be withdrawn from Gogoi’s leadership in front of the Congress High Command, had really shifted their allegiance to BJP, the government would have fallen instantly.
Gogoi also regretted his decision to trust Sarma during his tenure with the Congress.
“Yes, I trusted him a lot. He betrayed a simple man like me. Himanta and all his supporters were not original Congressmen. They come and go. Himanta was with ULFA, then AASU, AGP, Congress and now (a) BJP man,” he said.
Talking about the Uttarakhand crisis, the Chief Minister said the entire development is “just a murder of democracy”.
“You did it in Arunachal and now Uttarakhand. The government was to test its majority next day and you (Centre) toppled it. (This is) Hitler in India! This is dictatorial and a murder of democracy,” he alleged.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh had accused the Modi dispensation of trying to “destabilise and topple” his government by using central agencies. He alleged the Centre has been destabilising Congress-ruled states one by one and cited examples of Arunachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand where President’s Rule was imposed.PTI
The Pakistani Joint Investigation Team (JIT) accompanied by Indian officials today headed for Pathankot in connection with the probe into the January 2 terror attack at IAF base.
The five-member Pakistani team led by Punjab’s Additional Inspector General of Police, Counter Terrorism Department, Muhammad Tahir Rai landed at Sri Guru Ramdas International Airport in Amritsar and left for Pathankot by road amid tight security.
JIT and National Investigation Agency (NIA) will take stock of the probe into the Pathankot terror attack today, officials said.
Punjab Police was escorting the convoy of the Pakistani team which also has ISI’s Lt Col rank officer Tanvir Ahmed, Lahore’s Deputy Director General Intelligence Bureau Mohammad Azim Arshad, Military Intelligence Lt Col Irfan Mirza and Gujaranwala CTD Investigating Officer Shahid Tanveer.
Police officials said they have diligently barricaded areas around the IAF facility .
“The district police has been informed about the visit and deployments have been done accordingly,” a senior police official said.
A large police contingent has been deployed in and around Dhangu village where the IAF base is located.
Meanwhile, Congress workers staged a protest near the air base against the visit by the Pakistani investigators.
Government has made it clear that the Pakistani team will have “restricted” access to the air base with the NIA taking them to a select areas where the over 80-hour gun battle led to the killing of at least four terrorists and seven security personnel.
Orange and blue coloured tarpaulin can be seen draping the interiors of the strategic facility, in an apparent indication of “visual prohibition” being put in place.
Investigators from India and Pakistan had met in Delhi yesterday. It is for the first time that that a Pakistani team has visited the country to probe a terror case.
The opposition parties have slammed the move with Congress saying that “unfettered access” given to Pakistan’s JIT by according an almost “red carpet welcome” raised serious questions on procedural propriety in relation to compromise on national security and likened it to an accused investigating himself.PTI
The Delhi High Court today sought the response of Delhi Police and a woman volunteer of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on a plea filed by its leader Kumar Vishwas seeking quashing of an FIR lodged against him for alleged offence of sexual harrasment.
Justice Sunita Gupta issued notice for July 21 to the police and the woman volunteer on whose complaint a magisterial court had on March 16 ordered registration of the FIR against Vishwas in the matter.
The FIR for alleged offences under sections 354 A (sexual harassment) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult modesty of a woman) of IPC was registered against Vishwas at Sarojini Nagar Police Station here in pursuance to the direction of the magisterial court.
In its order, the magistrate had observed that the accused had made “sexually coloured” remarks and made advances towards the complainant which required police probe.
During the hearing today, senior advocate H S Phoolka, appearing for Vishwas, claimed that allegations levelled against his client were false and the complainant woman had regularly made incorrect accusations against the AAP leader.
Phoolka said that police has initially probed the matter but they had not found any cognisable offence against Vishwas.
“The complainant (woman) has regularly stated against me in the media. She has filed a number of complaints against me.
The order passed by the trial court is wrong,” he said while seeking quashing of the FIR.
Phoolka also claimed that there were contradictions in the statement of the complainant and she had taken Vishwas’ name only in August last year.
Advocate C L Gupta, also appearing for Vishwas, claimed that allegations against his client were false and motivated.
The counsel for the police said that they had filed a status report before the magisterial court and that no cognisable offence was made out against Vishwas.
Police had on March 17 informed the magistrate that an FIR has been lodged on a complaint against Vishwas in the matter.
In the FIR, the complainant has accused Vishwas of making sexually coloured remarks towards her, alleging that he was “trying to exploit” her “physically” and had made advances towards her several times before in 2014 and 2015.
The woman had earlier claimed that she had approached the police but no action was taken against the leader.
In its status report filed before the trial court earlier, the police had said that during its probe, nothing was found to substantiate the allegations levelled by the woman against Vishwas to register any criminal case against him.PTI
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