Thursday, April 11, 2019
नेशनल कॉन्फ्रेंस और पीपुल्स डेमोक्रेटिक पार्टी (पीडीपी) ने गुरुवार को प्रथम चरण के मतदान में वर्दीधारी कर्मचारियों द्वारा लोगों को भाजपा को वोट देने के लिए मजबूर करने, ईवीएम में कांग्रेस के बटन के काम ना करने सहित अन्य गड़बड़ियों के आरोप लगाए. पीडीपी अध्यक्ष महबूबा मुफ्ती ने ट्विटर पर एक वीडियो साझा किया जिसमें मतदाता भाजपा विरोधी नारे लगाते दिख रहे हैं क्योंकि बीएसएफ ने भाजपा को वोट नहीं देने पर उनसे बदसलूकी की थी.
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
রাফালে যুদ্ধ বিমান চুক্তি মামলায় সুপ্রিম কোর্টে বড় ধাক্কা খেল বিজেপি সরকার। কেন্দ্রের আবেদন খারিজ করে রাফালে চুক্তি গোপন নথিকে প্রমাণযোগ্য দস্তাবেজ বলে স্বীকৃতি দিয়েছে সুপ্রিম কোর্ট। ওই নথির ভিত্তিতে রাফালে মামলার পুনর্বিচারের আবেদনের শুনানি হবে বলে জানিয়ে দিলেন সুপ্রিম কোর্টের বিচারপতি। গত ১৪ মার্চ কেন্দ্রীয় সরকার গোপন নথির ভিত্তিতে রাফালে মামলার শুনানির বিরোধিতা করে। দুপক্ষের বক্তব্য শুনে সেদিন রায় দেয়নি আদালত। কেন্দ্রের দাবি ছিল এতে সরকারের বিশেষাধিকার ও গোপনীয়তা লঙ্ঘিত হবে। একই সঙ্গে রাষ্ট্রের সুরক্ষার সঙ্গেও আপস হবে এই পদক্ষেপে। কেন্দ্রের দাবি, রাফালের ওই নথি প্রতিরক্ষা মন্ত্রক থেকে বিনা অনুমতিতে ফটোকপি করা হয়েছে। এর ফলে দেশের সুরক্ষা, সার্বভৌমত্ব ও বন্ধুরাষ্ট্রের সঙ্গে সম্পর্ক প্রভাবিত হয়েছে। কেন্দ্রের দাবি, যে নথি চুরি করা হয়েছে তাতে রাফাল বিমানের আঘাত হানার ক্ষমতা সম্পর্কিত অত্যন্ত গোপন তথ্য রয়েছে।
সিপিএম তৃণমূলের দিকে অভিযোগের আঙুল তুলেছে। গৌরাঙ্গবাবুর প্রচারে যোগ দেওয়া সিপিএমের যুব নেতা স্বপন দাঁর অভিযোগ, ‘‘প্রায় ১৫ মিনিট ধরে আমাদের মারধর করা হয়। মহিলা কর্মীদেরও রেহাই দেওয়া হয়নি।’’ সিপিএম রাজ্য কমিটির সদস্য বংশগোপাল চৌধুরীর অভিযোগ, ‘‘শান্তিপূর্ণ প্রচারে পরিকল্পনা করে তৃণমূল আশ্রিত দুষ্কৃতীরা হামলা চালিয়েছে।’’****************Lok Sabha Election 2019: TMC supporters allegedly beaten CPM candidate in Asansol - Anandabazar
রাফাল কাণ্ডে ফাঁস হয়ে যাওয়া গোপন রিপোর্ট প্রামান্য নথি হিসেবে দেখতে রাজি সুপ্রিম কোর্ট। আজ এই রায় দিল সুপ্রিম কোর্টের তিন সদস্যের বেঞ্চ। এর আগে সংবাদমধ্যমে ফাঁস হয়ে যাওয়া নথি প্রামাণ্য হিসেবে পেশ করা যাবে না এই যুক্তি দেখিয়েছিল কেন্দ্র। তাদের যুক্তি ছিল, দেশের গোপন নথি বাইরে এলে বিপন্ন হবে দেশের নিরাপত্তা।
Monday, April 8, 2019
he prime minister launched his re-election campaign by renaming himself ‘Chowkidar Narendra Modi’ on Twitter, and called on his ministers, cadre and supporters to follow suit. ‘Chowkidar’ Ravi Shankar Prasad, who is India’s I-T Minister, bragged to the press about the numbers the#MainBhiChowkidar campaign had achieved online. There was even a feel-good music video publicising Modi’s campaign. The word ‘chowkidar’, or watchman in English, carries with it an implicit promise of protection. So just how good is Chowkidar Narendra Modi’s track record?
New Delhi: More than 100 members of the filmmaking industry have released a statement urging people not to vote for the BJP. Most of the signatories are independent filmmakers, who released the statement under the umbrella of “Save Democracy”. The signatories include well-known names like Anand Patwardhan, Q, Sanalkumar Sasidharan, Pushpendra Singh, Sudevan, Q, Vetri Maaran, Deepa Dhanraj, Gurvinder Singh, Kabir Singh Chowdhry, Praveen Morchhale, Anjali Monteiro, Devashish Makhija and festival director and editor, Bina Paul.
More than 700 theatre artists from different parts of the country have released a join statement to appeal to voters to “vote out divisive politics from power”. The statement, released in 12 languages – English, Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Assamese, Telugu, Panjabi, Konkani,Urdu and Gujarati – was signed by prominent personalities such as Girish Karnad, Naseeruddin Shah, Ratna Pathak Shah, Anurag Kashyap and Lillette Dubey among others.
New Delhi: In a statement released on Monday (April 8), just three days before voting for the 2019 elections begins, more than 100 visual artists have urged voters not the re-elect the Bharatiya Janata Party. The Modi government’s rule, they say, “has created a pervasive atmosphere of fear and all-consuming hatred, which has infiltrated our homes”. Similar statements have also been issued by theatre persons, scientists, Signatories of the statement include Orijit Sen, Babu Eshwar Prasad, Sukanya Ghosh, Georgina Maddox and Dakxin Chhara. The full text of the statement is below.
Sunday, April 7, 2019
A recent college admissions scandal in the United States, which revealed that wealthy parents had bribed officials at elite universities, exposed the price some people are willing to pay to say, “I went to an Ivy League school.” In a country where the myth of academic meritocracy persists despite plenty of evidence to the contrary, many people were shocked to learn that the education system was rife with illegal and unethical conduct.
On Sunday Rakesh Sharma, director of Final Solution, the acclaimed documentary on the Gujarat riots of 2002, released a dozen clips online that were not part of the original two-and-a-half-hour version of the film. The film severely indicts Narendra Modi, the state's chief minister and the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate.
After written appeals by filmmakers, authors, scientists and theatre artistes, it’s now the turn of celebrities, mainly members of the Hindi film fraternity, to take to short videos to urge people to vote with care and concern for the country and its people. ‘Vote Sambhal Ke’ (Guard your vote), is the implicit advice. The two-to-three minute-long videos, up on YouTube, have been directed and edited by former journalist turned scriptwriter-filmmaker Satyen K. Bordoloi.
Siliguri: Bengal government employees requisitioned for the coming Lok Sabha polls have threatened to skip election duty unless every polling booth is manned by Central security forces. In several places in North Dinjapur districts in north Bengal such employees today briefly stalled poll duty training sessions and said that they will not go to the polling booths unless the authorities ensure deployment of Central forces.
The Opposition parties in West Bengal, in a meeting with the Election Commission of India full bench on Thursday, demanded heavy deployment of Central forces in the state during the upcoming Lok Sabha polls to ensure a free and fair election. The political parties also demanded that the Central forces should not be kept under the control of State police officials as “they act as per orders of the TMC leaders”. The full bench of the ECI, led by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, met representatives of various political parties here.
Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) Demanding deployment of Central forces at polling stations for their security, polling officials across districts in West Bengal on Saturday threatened not to take part in the electoral process without Central troopers. A group of polling officials organised protests in Coochbehar, Howrah and South Kolkata as they are “afraid” of their security following the death of a poll official, Rajkumar Ray, whose body was found on train track near north Bengal’s Raiganj station during last year’s panchayat election. “If we do not get the assurance of Central force deployment, we will not go to the polling booths. We are not protesting on behalf of any party, but for our lives,” said a protesting member at Coochbehar.
Kolkata, April 6 (IANS) Demanding deployment of Central forces at polling stations for their security, polling officials across districts in West Bengal on Saturday threatened not to take part in the electoral process without Central troopers. A group of polling officials organised protests in Coochbehar, Howrah and South Kolkata as they are "afraid" of their security following the death of a poll official, Rajkumar Ray, whose body was found on train track near north Bengal's Raiganj station during last year's panchayat election.
ver 1,500 government employees on Tuesday threatened to skip poll duty in the Raiganj Lok Sabha seat if central forces were not deployed at each booth, with many of the staff walking out of pre-election training sessions to make the demand. The 1,500 staff make up around 15 per cent of the 10,000 required for the 2,000-odd booths. The protesters have cited the case of a teacher found dead under mysterious circumstances during last year’s rural polls in which he was a presiding officer.
Demanding deployment of Central forces at polling stations for their security, polling officials across districts in West Bengal on Saturday threatened not to take part in the electoral process without Central troopers. A group of polling officials organised protests in Coochbehar, Howrah and South Kolkata as they are "afraid" of their security following the death of a poll official, Rajkumar Ray, whose body was found on train track near north Bengal's Raiganj station during last year's panchayat election.
Bengal poll officials demand Central forces at booths: Demanding deployment of Central forces at polling stations for their security, polling officials across districts in West Bengal on Saturday threatened not to take part in the electoral process without Central troopers.
हफ पोस्ट न्यूज़ वेबसाइट के संपादक अमन सेठी ने महीनों सैंकड़ों पन्नों के दस्तावेज़ की खाक छानने और कई लोगों से मिलने के बाद पाया है कि 166 लोगों की यह टीम देश के 12 जगहों पर अपना दफ्तर रखती है। इसका काम है व्हाट्स एप के लिए मीम तैयार करना, चुनावों के समय न्यूज़ वेबसाइट की शक्ल में प्रोपेगैंडा वेबसाइट लांच करना, बदनाम करने और अफवाह फैलाने का अभियान चलाना, अपने नेता के समर्थन में फेसबुक पेज चलाना, राजनीतिक अभियान चलाना
Several incidents of violence, claiming 12 lives, were reported from across 20 districts of West Bengal amidst panchayat elections in the state, on Monday. The violence, which began with killing of two activists of Communist Party of India (Marxist) in South 24 Parganas district, spread to other parts of the state as the polling commenced. The polls were rescheduled to be held on May 14, following the verdict by the Calcutta High Court. The Supreme Court also, in its observation, had expressed concern after the ruling Trinamool Congres (TMC) ended up winning 34 per cent panchayat seats unopposed.
Last Saturday, the Election Commission of West Bengal (India) Amarendra Singh held a meeting of election observers at Sisir Manch in Kolkata. Singh was exasperated. “Total anarchy going on in the state,” he told his colleagues. He detailed at least “six incidents of anarchy from across the state.” When a man like Singh uses the word “anarchy,” he means mayhem and disorder. It is a stiff word to use. It refers to the fact that the state administration has lost control of the streets. West Bengal, which is governed by the Trinamul Congress (TMC), is to hold local body elections in 42,000 seats across this state of 91 million people. These elections are to be held in the first week of May. Across the state, as opposition candidates went to file their nomination papers, thugs associated with the TMC beat them and denied them this basic democratic right—to run for elections.
Apprehending a deterioration in law and order conditions in the poll-bound districts of North Bengal, thousands of poll personnel have started writing to the Chief Election Officer of West Bengal, Deputy Election Commissioner in charge of West Bengal and even have lodged complaints to the ECI, seeking immediate deployment of Central Forces. They have also threatened to pull off from their election duty unless adequate Central Forces are deployed to man all the polling stations of these districts.
Saturday, April 6, 2019
काला धन, उसका और उसके साथ जुड़े ग़ैर क़ानूनी धन का मिलाजुला राखनुमा सलेटी या ग्रे रूप में अभूतपूर्व सुरसा सा बढ़ता प्रसार, इस अनैतिक गतिविधि में सामान्य जन की प्रलोभनों द्वारा प्रेरित, उकसायी भागीदारी, आतंकवादियों की बढ़ी हरक़तों में दिखती उनकी अवैध धन-दौलत तक पहुँच, दिहाड़ी काम और अस्थाई रोजगार में गिरावट आदि साफ़ प्रमाण हैं कि राजकीय आर्थिक-वित्तीय आतंकवादनुमा 2016 की नोटबन्दी पूरी तरह नकारा निकली। दरअसल, घोषित मंशा से पूरी तरह उलटे काले-ग्रे धन को नवजीवन मिला।
न्यूज़ चैनल Tv9 भारतवर्ष की ओर से किए गए स्टिंग ऑपरेशन ‘ऑपरेशन भारतवर्ष’ में दावा किया गया है कि इसमें 18 सांसदों का काला सच ख़ुफ़िया कैमरे में रिकॉर्ड हुआ है। Tv9 भारतवर्ष की ओर से दावा किया गया है कि स्टिंग ऑपरेशन में फंसे सांसद चुनाव जीतने के लिए कालेधन का इस्तेमाल करते हैं। स्टिंग ऑपरेशन में उत्तर-पश्चिमी दिल्ली से बीजेपी के सांसद उदित राज भी फंसे हैं।
The West Bengal government has performed "poorly" in almost all governance issues, mainly on providing better employment opportunities, agriculture loan availability and higher price realisation for farm products, according to a survey released on Friday. The West Bengal Survey Report 2018 also said the three issues -- providing better employment opportunities (for 39.28 per cent of survey participants), agriculture loan availability (35.86 per cent) and higher price realisation for far .. Read more at: //economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/68742794.cms?utm_source%3Dfacebook_web%26utm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_campaign%3Dsocialsharebuttons&from=mdr&utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
जैसे हम जानते ही हैं, 2019 के चुनाव भी भारत को हमेशा के लिए बदल देने की क्षमता रखते हैं. पिछले पांच वर्षों में न केवल व्यक्तियों या समुदायों के बीच अप्रत्याशित घृणा और कट्टरता बढ़ी, बल्कि भारत के उदारवादी धर्मनिरपेक्ष लोकतंत्र पर भी लगातार हमले हुए. इनमें वे मजबूत संस्थान भी शामिल हैं जो देश में लोकतांत्रिक मूल्यों को बनाए रखने के लिए बेहद जरूरी हैं. उन संस्थानों पर कड़े से कड़े प्रहार किए गए, बावजूद इसके वे अब तक बने हुए हैं क्योंकि उनकी नींव बहुत मजबूत थी. लेकिन अब अगला हमला नींव पर होगा, जिससे एक ‘न्यू इंडिया’ बनेगा, एक ऐसा भारत, जो इस समय के भारत के मौलिक स्वरूप से बिल्कुल अलग होगा.
नई दिल्लीः थिएटर के 600 से अधिक थियेटर कलाकारों ने गुरुवार को एक संयुक्त बयान जारी कर नागरिकों से नफ़रत और कट्टरता के ख़िलाफ वोट करने की अपील की है. स्क्रॉल डॉट इन की रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक, इन कलाकारों में अमोल पालेकर, अनुराग कश्यप, डॉली ठाकोर, लिलेट दुबे, नसीरुद्दीन शाह, अभिषेक मजूमदार, अनामिका हाकसर, नवतेज जौहर, एमके रैना, महेश दत्तानी, कोंकणा सेन शर्मा, रत्ना पाठक शाह और संजना कपूर शामिल हैं. आर्टिस्ट यूनाइट इंडिया वेबसाइट पर जारी बयान में लोगों से भाजपा और उसके सहयोगी दलों के खिलाफ मतदान करने और धर्मनिरपेक्ष, लोकतांत्रिक और समावेशी भारत के लिए वोट करने की अपील की है. बयान में कहा गया कि कमजोर लोगों को सशक्त करने, आजादी की सुरक्षा, पर्यावरण के संरक्षण और वैज्ञानिक सोच को बढ़ावा देने के लिए वोट करें. यह बयान 12 भाषाओं- अंग्रेजी, हिंदी, तमिल, बंगाली, मराठी, मलयालम, कन्नड़, असमिया, तेलुगू, पंजाबी, कोंकणी और उर्दू में जारी किया गया है.
Friday, April 5, 2019
New Delhi: With the BJP taking its time to announce its candidate from Indore, eight-time MP Sumitra Mahajan has decided to not contest the upcoming elections. In a letter, Mahajan, the Lok Sabha Speaker, said she has freed the party to make its choice. Mahajan turns 76 next week. She told PTI that there had been speculation about whether the party would field someone who has crossed the 75-year age bar. On Thursday, BJP chief Amit Shah had told The Week magazine that it was his party’s decision not to give Lok Sabha poll tickets to those above 75 years of age even though he did not named Mahajan.
New Delhi: Four hundred academics, based in 160 countries, have expressed their solidarity with Subrahmanyam Saderla, associate professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, for the “caste-discrimination and institutional harassment” he has faced. On March 14, IIT Kanpur said it may revoke Saderla’s PhD on ground of ‘plagiarism’. The university’s Senate recommended the revocation even though the Academic Ethics Cell had found “no reason to revoke the thesis”.
LUCKNOW, Uttar Pradesh — A few hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a forum of investors in the city last month, police constables surrounded Pooja Shukla as she stepped out of her friend's house in Ismailganj. Shukla, a 23-year-old activist with the Samajwadi Party (SP), said the policemen and women dragged her to a waiting jeep, snatched her phone, drove her around the city for five hours and only let her go when she pretended to be ill. Another group from the police, she said, raided her house in Sarojini Nagar, where she lives with her parents.
With just days left for the first phase of voting for the 2019 general elections, over 200 Indian writers have appealed to the people to “vote against hate politics”. The signatories on the letter published on the Indian Cultural Forum include Anand Teltumbde, Arundhati Roy, Girish Karnad, Nayantara Sahgal, TM Krishna and Romila Thapar.
Over 600 theatre artists from across the country on Thursday signed a statement calling on fellow citizens not to vote for the BJP and its allies in the upcoming general elections. The signatories include Naseeruddin Shah, Ratna Pathak Shah, and names like Anurag Kashyap, Konkona Sen Sharma, Lillete Dubey and Manav Kaul who are also known for their work in Bollywood.
New Delhi — A day after HuffPost India published a detailed investigative report about the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah’s personal election unit, the Association of Billion Minds (ABM), opposition party leaders spoke out against the shadowy outfit. The BJP has not responded to HuffPost India’s emails.
NEW DELHI — In August 2013, as Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) laid the groundwork for his wildly successful run for Prime Minister in the 2014 Indian election, his campaign research advisor Prashant Kishor suggested they start a women’s empowerment NGO as part of a discreet voter outreach programme. For Modi, Kishor’s job was to use voter data and poll research to professionalise the BJP’s ground game and its online presence on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp.
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