MISUSE OF INDIAN RAILWAYS

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.

noreply@blogger.com (Ramaswami) — Thu, 11 Apr 2019 03:56:00 -0700

जम्मू कश्मीर: बीएसएफ पर मतदाताओं को भाजपा को वोट देने को मजबूर करने का आरोप

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।

noreply@blogger.com (Ramaswami) — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 02:28:00 -0700

রাফালে যুদ্ধ বিমান মামলায় সুপ্রিম কোর্টে ধাক্কা খেল কেন্দ্রীয় সরকার - Ganashakti Bengali

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

noreply@blogger.com (Ramaswami) — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 00:15:00 -0700

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।

noreply@blogger.com (Ramaswami) — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 00:01:00 -0700

Supreme Court says leaked documents admissible in court in Rafale issue dgtl - Anandabazar

Opposition parties in West Bengal welcome Election Commissions move to remove four IPS officers

noreply@blogger.com (Ramaswami) — Mon, 8 Apr 2019 09:27:00 -0700

Opposition parties in West Bengal welcome Election Commissions move to remove four IPS officers

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?

noreply@blogger.com (Ramaswami) — Mon, 8 Apr 2019 06:52:00 -0700

With Chowkidars Like These, the Nation has Nothing to Fear

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.

noreply@blogger.com (Ramaswami) — Mon, 8 Apr 2019 06:51:00 -0700

Over 100 Filmmakers Urge People Not to Vote for BJP

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.

noreply@blogger.com (Ramaswami) — Mon, 8 Apr 2019 06:50:00 -0700

Vote Against the BJP and Its Allies, Say Over 700 Theatre Artists

By now, a great deal has been written on the tenure of the second National Democratic Alliance government, popularly known as the ‘Modi sarkar’. To put it mildly, the country has witnessed a hugely retrogressive five years, along several axes, during NDA-II.

noreply@blogger.com (Ramaswami) — Mon, 8 Apr 2019 06:50:00 -0700

Book Review: The Deceptions and Delusions of Modi Sarkar's Economic Policy

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.

noreply@blogger.com (Ramaswami) — Mon, 8 Apr 2019 06:49:00 -0700

More Than 100 Artists Urge Indians Not to Vote for BJP's 'All-Consuming Hatred'

This image of her with clutching the arm of a baffled woman with a pile of firewood on her head attracted particular attention. Several people used it to point to the inefficiency of Narendra Modi’s Ujwala Yojna, to provide rural women with gas cylinders. ...

noreply@blogger.com (Ramaswami) — Sun, 7 Apr 2019 22:20:00 -0700

Hema Malini: On Twitter,The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Mathura candidate is the talk of the town

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.

noreply@blogger.com (Ramaswami) — Sun, 7 Apr 2019 22:11:00 -0700

Fake degrees and copied dissertations: World leaders have a history of academic fraud

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.

noreply@blogger.com (Ramaswami) — Sun, 7 Apr 2019 22:09:00 -0700

Film-maker releases a dozen clips of controversial Modi speeches made just after Gujarat riots

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.

noreply@blogger.com (Ramaswami) — Sun, 7 Apr 2019 06:04:00 -0700

‘Vote Sambhal Ke’: Celebrities issue video appeal on 2019 elections - The Hindu

When you talk about the Modi wave, I think it is a misnomer. He got a lot of seats, but the party won 31% of the votes. And the predominant reason for that victory was a divided opposition. Nowhere in the world will it be called a wave.

noreply@blogger.com (Ramaswami) — Sun, 7 Apr 2019 06:02:00 -0700

The Modi wave is a misnomer: Prannoy Roy - The Hindu

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.

noreply@blogger.com (Ramaswami) — Sun, 7 Apr 2019 03:17:00 -0700

Bengal Polling Officials to Skip Duty Unless Central Force Mans Every Booth - NEWSMEN

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.

noreply@blogger.com (Ramaswami) — Sun, 7 Apr 2019 03:15:00 -0700

WB Opp parties demand deployment of Central forces during LS polls

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.

noreply@blogger.com (Ramaswami) — Sun, 7 Apr 2019 03:09:00 -0700

Bengal poll officials demand Central forces at booths

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.

noreply@blogger.com (Ramaswami) — Sun, 7 Apr 2019 03:08:00 -0700

Bengal poll officials demand Central forces at booths

Uluberia poll staff seek central forces | Kolkata News - Times of India

noreply@blogger.com (Ramaswami) — Sun, 7 Apr 2019 03:07:00 -0700

Uluberia poll staff seek central forces | Kolkata News - Times of India

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.

noreply@blogger.com (Ramaswami) — Sun, 7 Apr 2019 03:05:00 -0700

Govt staff seek central force shield for poll duty

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.

noreply@blogger.com (Ramaswami) — Sun, 7 Apr 2019 03:03:00 -0700

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

noreply@blogger.com (Ramaswami) — Sun, 7 Apr 2019 03:00:00 -0700

क्या भारत में सबसे बड़े फेक न्यूज़ नेटवर्क के मुखिया अमित शाह ही हैं ? | न्यूज़क्लिक

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.

noreply@blogger.com (Ramaswami) — Sun, 7 Apr 2019 02:58:00 -0700

West Bengal Panchayat Polls: 12 Killed in Violence, Opposition Says, "Democracy Butchered" | NewsClick

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.

noreply@blogger.com (Ramaswami) — Sun, 7 Apr 2019 02:57:00 -0700

West Bengal Election Anarchy Is the Latest Example of Democracy Going Down the Drain | NewsClick