BE gold medallist, three others assaulted by cops for refusing to pay bribe

October 25, 2016

Bhatkal, Oct 25: Four youths have claimed that they were tortured and beaten up by Karwar town police for refusing to pay a bribe for not carrying the documents of the vehicle they were moving around in the town recently.

bribge The victims of alleged police excesses include the son and nephew of Karwar city BJP unit's president Vivekanand Baikerikar and a gold medallist in BE, who works in a software company in Bengaluru.

BJP local leaders along with the victims held a press conference and demanded action against sub-inspector Kusumadhar and his staff.

Vivekanand said his son Sandesh, his nephew Balakrishna and two of their friends had gone to the beach on October 17. While returning around 10.30pm their car was stopped by Kusumadhar and his staff near the deputy commissioner's office and asked to show the documents of the vehicle.

Vivekanand alleged that as the car had Bengaluru registration number, police initially mistook them for tourists and demanded Rs. 5,000. When the youths refused to pay, there was an argument. At that time, a constable, who was part of the police team, tried to snatch the purse of Sandesh.

When Sandesh resisted, Kusumadhar got angry and summoned another six constables to the spot. Later all of them brutally assaulted the youths, Vivekanand said.

Later the youths were taken to the police station and beaten up again with lathis and leather belts. Vivekanand said adding that when he went to the police station at around 11pm after knowing about the incident, he saw police still beating his son and his friends. "When I tried to stop them, they pulled me out and I fainted in the police station after seeing the condition of my son and his friends' Vivekanand said.

Later the youths were presented before the magistrate and sent to jail. The victims said while taking them to the magistrate, Kusumadhar and his staff threatened them not to mention about the torture to the magistrate else they would be tortured further.

On October 19, Meera Saxe na, chairperson of Karnataka State Human Rights Commission, had visited the district jail where the youths were lodged. "That time too, the police threatened us not to tell anything to her,'' one of the victims said.

Even though, the youths were released on bail by the court on Friday, police allegedly confined them to their houses till Saturday afternoon as Saxena was still in the district. 'Only after she left for Bengaluru, we could come out of the house and speak to media," the youths alleged.

The BJP leaders alleged that Kusumadhar and his staff members have been extorting money from tourists who visit Karwar beach during night hours and it has become a menace, they said. They demanded the suspension of Kusumadhar and the staff who tortured the youths. The victims said that they would approach the SHRC and Police Complaint Authority and also file a criminal complaint against Kusumadhar and his staff.

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Do these ladies who come here for press conf ever VOICED against this system of SIN>..

Polygamy is a solution:
There are many unmarried women in war zones...
There are many unmarried women who are not married cos of social injustice by men who demand dowry.
There are many hijidas now a days who doesn't want to marry but use women as Girl friends and do fulfill their desires and escape responsibility.
There are many Criminals, who only commit crime and FORSAKE their wife and children.

Women needs CARING and Someone needs to take RESPONSIBILITY..
Marrying is a responsibility and taking care of the family and if U cant do justice then stay away from marrying more than ONE... One day U will answer in front of the LORD who created all that exists.

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Modi govt not ready to ban all imports from China

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June 27,2020

New Delhi, June 27: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union government of India is not ready to stop all imports from aggressive China in spite of mount calls to boycott Chinese products in India.

The Centre is reportedly considering to stop only non-essential imports from the neighbouring country.

However, the Inward shipment in sectors such as automobiles, pharmaceuticals, certain electronics and others will continue until a domestic alternative is found.

“India will gradually move towards import substitution. It will not happen overnight. In the meantime, attention has to be paid on production and job creation. We cannot throttle our industry. There are certain absolutely essential imports. Needless to say, those will keep going,” official sources said.

Sources said that both the government and the industry are in the process of identifying products that can be domestically manufactured in the medium term. There are certain chemicals, automotive components, handicrafts, cosmetics, agriculture items and certain consumer electronics, which can be manufactured domestically in the short to medium term. The government is doing all it can to raise the capacity of domestic industries.

However, there are certain other imports in the automobile and the pharmaceutical sectors which cannot be done away within the short to medium term. Their domestic production at the moment may not be that cost-effective.

The six-crore strong traders’ body CAIT has been at the forefront of such a demand and has launched a campaign to celebrate Indian Diwali this year with a total absence of Chinese goods.

“Ease of doing business, capital availability at lower rates and globally competitive logistics and energy costs are some of the prerequisites that the government should look into to ensure the growth of the domestic auto component industry,” according to Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA) Director General Vinnie Mehta.

Maruti Suzuki Chairman R C Bhargava said, “People who are boycotting Chinese goods have to remember that in some cases it may lead to their being asked to pay more for the same product."

Meanwhile, domestic rating agency Acuite Ratings & Research has analysed the current import portfolio from China and found 40 sub-sectors have the potential to lower their import dependency on China. These sectors contribute to $33.6 billion worth of imports from China and about 25% of these imports can be substituted by local manufacturing without any significant additional investments.

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London to Kolkata bus service? Yes, it’s real! Viral pics of 1957 make netizens curious

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July 2,2020

When the black and white photos of the ‘London to Calcutta (Kolkata) bus service’ went viral on social media recently, the response of some of the netizens was “stop spreading fake news!” But, it isn’t a fake news. The late 1950s indeed offered people a lavish bus trip from London to Kolkata.

While one of the viral images shows passengers at the Victoria Coach Station, London, boarding 'Albert', the other image show the same bus travelling through a valley. In another image the bus is stationed at a tourist spot. All these photos were captured during the bus’ maiden international journey in 1957.

An image of the bus ticket is also making rounds on social media, that shows the route of the bus — London, Belgium, West Germany, Austria,Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, West Pakistan, India. The route in India followed Delhi, Agra, Allahabad, Banaras and finally Calcutta.

The ticket shows that a one side travel cost 145 pounds (13,644 Rupees at the present day) back then, and it was inclusive of all the luxury provided during the run.

The luxurious bus provided the facilities of reading, individual sleeping bunks, radio/taped music for parties and pleasure and fan heaters, among other things. The brochure reads, "Your complete home while you travel."

Some of the tour highlights included Banaras on the Ganges, The Taj Mahal, The Raj Path, The Rhine Valley and The Peacock Throne. Passengers reportedly got free shopping days in New Delhi, Tehran, Salzburg, Kabul, Istanbul and Vienna.