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6 killed in truck-train collisionANANTAPUR, Aug 24:

A Congress MLA fromKarnataka was among six personskilled when a speeding granite-laden truck rammed into

Bangalore-Nanded Express trainafter breaking the gate at a levelcrossing in Anantapur district ofAndhra Pradesh in the wee hourstoday.

Four bogies of the Nanded-bound train derailed as the truckbroke the closed boom gate atMadakasira after “overlooking allsafety warnings” and hit the H-1coach at around 2.20 AM, theRailways said.

Venkatesh Naik, CongressMLA from Deodurg in Raichurdistrict of Karnataka who hasbeen a four-time Lok Sabha MP,was among three passengers

killed, officials said, adding thedriver of the truck and two rail-way employees — an AC coachmechanic and an attender — alsodied in the mishap.

Two injured persons have

been shifted to hospital inBangalore.

However, DIG of Anantapur,K Satyanarayana, said the truckcleaner was among those killed inthe mishap while the driver fled.He said it appeared the truck’sbrakes had failed, but the actualcause of the accident will beascertained after an inquiry.

The AC bogie was crushedand three sleeper coaches of thetrain derailed in the incident inAnantapur district, which bordersKarnataka and is located around350 km from Hyderabad.

Railways has ordered an

inquiry into the mishap byCommissioner Railway Safety ofSouthern Circle who will submitthe report at the earliest, Railwayspokesperson Anil Saxena said inDelhi.

Many trains were affected inthe section and have been divert-ed, according to Railway officials.

Railway Minister SureshPrabhu said it was an unfortunateincident and conveyed his condo-lences to the families of the vic-tims. He said ex-gratia will begiven to the affected.

Cogress President SoniaGandhi and party Vice PresidentRahul Gandhi also expressedanguish over the loss of lives.

In a statement, Railways saidthe manned level crossing gatewas closed to facilitate safe pas-sage of Train No 16594 and redflasher light showing danger wason and continuous siren/hooterwas sounded to warn the roadusers.

Besides, there are speedbreakers before the L C Gate andthe area is well-lit, it said.

The loaded vehicleapproached the level crossing athigh speed, broke the closedboom gate and hit the H-1 coachof the running train. The truckdriver did not heed to any of thewarnings, the Railways said,adding it resulted in derailment offour coaches.

The derailment was due to“road lorry hitting the train atclosed Level Crossing Gate over-looking all safety warnings,” itsaid. (PTI)

DRDO-Patanjali agreement: JD(U)says Govt 'saffronising' agency

NEW DELHI, Aug 24:

Janata Dal (U) todaydescribed as "appalling" theagreement between Yoga guruRamdev's company and theDRDO and accused theGovernment of carrying out "saf-fronisation" of the organisationand taking "political oppor-tunism to new low".

"JD(U) demands to knowunder what circumstances such ajoint venture between Ramdev'scompany and DRDO has beenpermitted and what were thenorms adopted for such analliance," JD-U general secretary

K C Tyagi said in a statement."The party strongly con-

demns the saffronisation of anelite institution like the DRDO,which has produced one of thegreatest Indians in the last centu-ry like late Bharat Ratna AbdulKalam Azad, the formerPresident of India," he said.

Tyagi described the agree-ment as shocking.

"It is appalling and indeedshocking to see as how low theGovernment has fallen to protectand award an uneducated self-proclaimed Baba with no formaleducation and allow his organisa-tion, which produces dubious

products and has been underscrutiny of various organisa-tions," he said.

His remarks came a day afterIndia's premier defence researchorganisation DRDO roped inPatanjali Ayurveda Limited tomanufacture and market herbalsupplements and food productsdeveloped by it.

DRDO yesterday enteredinto licensing agreements withRamdev's company for transferof Seabuckthorn technologybased products developed byDefence Institute of HighAltitude Research (DIHAR).(PTI)

105-year-old Urdu copy ofShri Ramcharitmanas found

VARANASI, Aug 24:

A 105-year-old Urdu copy of Shri Ramcharitmanas has beenfound from a scrap market in New Delhi.

The copy of Shri Ramcharitmanas, printed in Urdu way back in1910 at Lahore, was found in a pile of torn books three years ago ina scrap market at Hauz Khas in New Delhi and was bought only forRs 600 by the Sankat Mochan temple priest family.

The priest family came across the Urdu copy while searchingfor an ancient manuscript of Sri Ramcharitmanas which was stolenalong with other precious articles related to Goswami Tulsidas fromthe Sankat Mochan temple at Tulsi ghat.

When the manuscript was stolen, the former Sankat Mochan tem-ple priest Veer Bhadra Mishra, who was also a Professor ofHydraulics at BHU, and his two sons Vishwambhar Nath Mishraand Vijay Nath Mishra along with other temple staff launched acountrywide hunt for it.

The Urdu version was written by an ardent follower of Goswa-mi Tulsi Das, Shiv Brat Lal, a native of Bhadohi district, in 1904and was later printed at Lahore's Half-Tone press in 1910.

The copy carries a prologue of 20 pages and has 'four hand-drawnphotographs' in which one photograph not only carries the picturesof Lord Ram, Sita, Laxman and Hanuman but also of Brahma, Vish-nu and Mahesh.

"A photocopy of one of this hand-drawn photograph was alsohanded over to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit toSankat Mochan temple, who too was surprised after seeing this pho-tograph of Vishu, Brahma and Mahesh in it," Sankat Mochan tem-ple's Mahant Vishwambhar Nath Mishra said. (PTI)

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Postal Department to releasestamps on 25 personalities

PATNA, Aug 24:

Accusing the previous Congress Governments of releasingmajority of stamps on members of "Nehru-Gandhi" family,Communications and Information Technology Minister RaviShankar Prasad today said the postal department would releasestamps to honour 25 distinguished personalities, including JaiPrakash Narayan, Ram Manohar Lohia and Dashrath Manjhi.

The announcement was made by Mr Prasad while inauguratinga commemorative stamp on Ashoka the Great, a king belonging tothe Maurya dynasty at Vidyapati Bhawan."I was surprised to findthat the Postal Department under the previous CongressGovernments mainly concentrated on releasing commemorativestamps on members of the Nehru-Gandhi family, ignoring severalothers," he remarked in a veiled attack on the Congress.

The Union Minister said the Postal Department would releasecommemorative stamps for the second time on other great person-alities belonging to Bihar-the great freedom fighter Babu KuerSingh, noted poet of Mithilanchal Vidyapati and former ChiefMinister Karpoori Thakur.

Mr Prasad said the Postal Department would continue torelease commemorative stamps on other personalities who hadachieved remarkable success in various fields. He said the depart-ment would release commemorative stamps on former PresidentDr APJ Abdul Kalam, BJP leader Kailashpati Mishra and formerBihar Assembly Speaker Sachchidanand Sinha.

Commemorative stamps would also be released to honourVivekanand, Maharana Pratap, Deendayal Upadhyay, ShyamaPrasad Mukherjee, Bhagat Singh, Bhim Rao Ambedkar, SubhashChandra Bose, Shivaji, M.S.Subbulakshmi, CPI leader BhupeshGupta and other prominent personalities. (UNI)

Rescuers use metal cutters to reach to the passengers atAnantapur, Andhra Pradesh on Monday. (UNI)

NEW DELHI, Aug 24:

Environment MinisterPrakash Javadekar today pitchedfor measures to sensitise men onbringing gender parity in media,entertainment and other sectorsto end the "discrimination" being

faced by women."We need to consistently do

this awareness campaign particu-larly in the family and officeenvironment. With education,awareness and empowermentand the result-giving ability, Ithink the day of equal opportuni-ty is not very far," he said.

Speaking at a "national dia-logue" on 'An Equal Space:Gender Parity in the Media andEntertainment Sector' organisedby ASSOCHAM, Javadekar saidthat the world has lost a greatdeal of talent by not partneringwith women.

"Since ages, mankind hasbeen unable to use such a greatpool of talent, potential and capa-

bility as it did not recognise thepower of women. And eventoday we don't know whether ornot America will get its firstwomen President," he said.

He said that women have thepower of 4Cs which stands forcompassion, conviction, consis-

tency and courage. "I believe thatwomen have more of these qual-ities than men," he said.

He said women are makingmark in every field and takingover men. "If Vidya Balan andKangana Ranaut can single-handedly bring success to amovie then it should be a worryfor Salman (Khan) and others,"he said.

National Commission forWomen Chairperson LalitaKumarmangalam said thatthrough this dialogue, the gov-ernment would flag issues thathave not been talked about withreference to gender bias withinMedia and Entertainment whilecalling for suggestions to ensure

parity."We would like to ask for

solutions and ideas and let usknow what government can do topromote gender equity," she said.

The Chairperson noted thatthere are less than 15 per centwomen directors in theBollywood.

"Even as contribution ofwomen in these industries hasbeen accepted, there is an invisi-ble barrier that still exists as mostwomen do not get equal remuner-ation. Women from ScheduleCastes and Schedule Tribes whoare not educated face more prob-lems in getting jobs," she said.

The first women make-upartist Charu Khurana wasallowed to work with legal inter-vention as unions who control thefilm industry refused to give herjob, she said.

"We had to appeal in theSupreme Court to allow Charu towork. And before she came to us,people did not even think aboutthe fact that there are no womenmake-up artist. Now there arearound 150-200 artists workingin the industry," she said.

"There are spot-boys in filmindustry. But has anyone heard ofspot-girls.... Very few women areworking as light and sound tech-nicians," she said.

Additional Solicitor GeneralPinky Anand said that the onlything that women need is free-dom to choose and right to excel.

"What women today want isthe freedom to choose and theright to excel. They get theopportunity, it will happen. Howthe opportunity comes that mat-ters. There is only one ladySupreme Court judge out ofabout 36 judges. The proportionspeaks for itself," she said. (PTI)

Javadekar bats for women-power,efforts to bring gender parity

Minister of State (I/C) for Environment, Forest and ClimateChange, Prakash Javadekar,in conversation with Ramesh Sippy(R), film Producer and Director at a National Dialogue on anEqual Space “Gender Parity in the Media and EntertainmentSector”, organised by the National Commission for Women andASSOCHAM in New Delhi on Monday. (UNI)

NEW DELHI, Aug 24:

CBI today informed a spe-cial court that it has not yet sentnecessary records to the compe-tent authority for according sanc-tion to prosecute two senior gov-ernment servants for theiralleged roles in a coal scam case.

The agency told this toSpecial CBI Judge BharatParashar who had on August 5directed them to conduct furtherprobe in a case allegedly involv-ing Vikash Metal and Power Ltd(VMPL).

CBI sought some time fromthe court to send the records to

competent authority on the issueof sanction to prosecute K SKropha, the then joint secretaryin the Ministry of Coal (MoC),and K C Samria, then Director(CA-I), MoC, for alleged offenceunder the Prevention ofCorruption Act.

"It has been submitted (byCBI) that the necessary recordshave not been sent yet to thecompetent authority. Some moretime has been sought in thisregard. Accordingly, matter benow put up on September 2," thecourt said.

The court had earlier askedCBI to conduct further probe in

the case saying prima facie"active collusion" was found onpart of the public servants for notverifying the claims made by thefirm.

The court's order had come inthe case in which CBI had filed asupplementary final report onApril 7 this year after the courthad last year refused to acceptthe closure report and directedthe agency to further investigatethe matter.

The case pertains to allegedirregularities in allocation ofMoira and Madhujore (Northand South) coal blocks in WestBengal to VMPL. (PTI)

Coal scam: CBI yet to send necessary records for sanction

NEW DELHI, Aug 24:

Amid a bloodbath in themarkets, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi today reviewedthe situation and favoured push-ing ahead with the reformsagenda and taking more steps tostrengthen the economy.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitleytold reporters that the PrimeMinister took stock of equity andcurrency markets, and was of theopinion that "our economy is sta-ble" but more needed to be done.

The review of the economyat the highest level came againstthe backdrop of the benchmarkSensex plunging by 1,624.51points to 25,741.56 -- its lowestlevel since August 2014 -- andnearly Rs 7 lakh crore gettingwiped out from the investors'wealth.

Besides, the rupee also fellthe most in 23 months to hittwo-year low at 66.64 againstthe US dollar.

"PM is of the opinion that inorder to further strengthen oureconomy, we should take moresteps," Jaitley said, adding therewill be no change in the strategyand the initiative to attractinvestors would continue.

He said further discussionwill be held with private andpublic partners to take "meas-ures to attract investors and usethe situation as an opportunity".

The Prime Minister, he said,is keen that the present globalcrisis should be converted intoan opportunity for India.

"We are not (offering) anypackages as of now as our internalfundamentals like industrial pro-duction, capital and public expen-

diture have improved," Jaitleysaid, adding normal reforms inthe pipeline will continue.

He said that the global fac-tors are transient in nature andall global markets have beenadversely impacted.

Stating that the Governmentand the regulators were keenlymonitoring global develop-ments, he said, "our parametersare strong. Our growth will bemaintained."

Minister of State for FinanceJayant Sinha said the PM dis-cussed ways to push forward

reforms agenda and hoped Indiawill continue to be an attractiveinvestment destination.

Sinha also said the marketswere expected to be volatile forsome time.

Speaking about market situa-tion, Chief Economic AdvisorArvind Subramanian said thatthere is a fundamental reassess-ment of global markets broadly.

Commodity producersaffected due to China's slow-down, he said, adding thatdecline in oil prices will be likea further tax cut. (PTI)

PM reviews stock, currency situation; keen on more reforms: FM

Maha to buy Ambedkar's Londonhouse in 15 days: Minister

MUMBAI, Aug 24:

The Maharashtra Government is all set to acquire the owner-ship of the three-storey bungalow in London, where Dalit icon andarchitect of Indian Constitution Babasaheb Ambedkar lived as astudent in the 1920s, within 15 days.

Refuting reports that the owner of the bungalow might pull outof the deal, a state minister said the "exchange of contracts" for thepurchase of the bungalow will take place in two days and the statewill get its ownership within 15 days.

All procedures related to acquiring the 2,050 sq ft bungalowwill be over soon and it will be handed over to the StateGovernment within the next 15 days, state Social Justice MinisterRajkumar Badole said.

"There is nothing called last day for the purchase of this house.It has been decided that the exchange of contract between both par-ties will take place within two days. There is no monetary problemas far as the Government is concerned. There have been hiccups inthe process, but the Government will certainly buy the house with-in 15 days," Badole said.

He alleged the reports suggesting that the property's owner hadthreatened to withdraw the offer it it was not processed by todaywere "planted" by the Opposition to cast the Government in badlight.

"The Opposition (Congress and the NCP) could do nothingabout it in 15 years. When we are taking a step, they want to pullus back by planting stories that would put the Government unnec-essarily in a bad light," he said.

Reacting to the charge, Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam saidBadole's statement "smells of hypocrisy" and proves that this gov-ernment has no respect for Ambedkar.

"The cultural affairs minister (Vinod Tawde) went to Londonand announced that the Government will buy the house. If theGovernment did intend to buy the home, where has the money thatthey claim was allocated gone? We have just highlighted that theGovernment is disrespectful towards Ambedkar," Nirupam said.

The State Government had announced earlier its decision toacquire the property at Rs 31 crore and to be preserved as a memo-rial to Ambedkar, an architect of Indian Constitution besides beingthe most vocal champion of the rights of the suppressed classes inthe country.

The BJP-led Government headed by Devendra Fadnavis hasalso made a budgetary provision of Rs 40 crore for buying theLondon bungalow.

However, bureaucratic delays in departments concerned hasresulted in the transaction to take far too long. (PTI)

CBI registers 5 more cases in Saradha scam

NEW DELHI, Aug 24:

CBI has registered five more cases in connection with the chitfund scam in Assam arising out of alleged financial bunglings byWest Bengal-based Saradha group of companies.

The cases have been registered under IPC sections related tocriminal conspiracy, cheating and criminal misappropriationagainst five companies operating in the northeastern state forallegedly duping gullible investors of their hard earned money,agency sources said.

Rose Valley, Silicon Multiservices Limited, Uro Agro IndiaLimited and URO Infra Realty India Ltd and Prayag Infotech Hi-rise Ltd are the companies against whom the cases were registeredyesterday.

The move almost coincided with one of the prominentCongress leaders from the state Himanta Biswa Sarma, a suspectin the scam who has been questioned for his alleged proximitywith Saradha group chairman Sudipta Sen and whose house hasbeen searched, expressing desire to join the BJP yesterday.

Sarma was a powerful minister in the Tarun Gogoi Cabinetsince 2001 but was dropped by the chief minister after he alleged-ly spearheaded a campaign to dislodge him. (PTI)

DU student harassed at traffic signal; uses FB to corner eve-teaser

NEW DELHI, Aug 24:

A 20-year-old DelhiUniversity student was allegedlyharassed by a youth in westDelhi’s Tilak Nagar area whoalso brashly posed for a photo-graph when told by the formerthat she would report the matterto police.

After reporting the matter topolice, the girl uploaded the pho-tograph of the accused onFacebook with the post soongoing viral.

The accused, identified asSarabjit Singh (26), has beenarrested and booked underSections 354A (punishment forsexual harassment) and 509(word, gesture or act intended toinsult the modesty of a woman)of IPC, said a senior police offi-cial.

Singh is a resident of the

Paschimpuri area of west Delhi.DCP (West) Pushpendra

Kumar also said that Delhi Policehave announced a cash reward ofRs 5,000 for the girl, a final yearEnglish literature student.

According to police, the mat-ter was reported at around 8 P.M.Yesterday and an FIR registered.

In her complaint, the girl toldpolice that she was confronted bythe accused at a traffic intersec-tion in Tilak Marg, where heallegedly passed lewd remarks ather with several others lookingon.

The woman reportedly took aphotograph of the number plateof Singh’s motorbike and, whenshe was about to take a photo-graph of the accused, he posedfor it, despite being told that shewas going to report the matter topolice. He later sped away, saidthe police official. (PTI)