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package org.olat.presentation.portfolio.artefacts.run;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

import org.olat.data.portfolio.artefact.AbstractArtefact;
import org.olat.data.portfolio.structure.PortfolioStructure;
import org.olat.lms.portfolio.PortfolioAbstractHandler;
import org.olat.lms.portfolio.artefacthandler.EPArtefactHandler;
import org.olat.lms.portfolio.security.EPSecurityCallback;
import org.olat.presentation.framework.core.UserRequest;
import org.olat.presentation.framework.core.components.Component;
import org.olat.presentation.framework.core.components.panel.Panel;
import org.olat.presentation.framework.core.components.velocity.VelocityContainer;
import org.olat.presentation.framework.core.control.Controller;
import org.olat.presentation.framework.core.control.WindowControl;
import org.olat.presentation.framework.core.control.controller.BasicController;
import org.olat.system.event.Event;
import org.olat.system.spring.CoreSpringFactory;

/**
 * Description:

 * show minimal set of artefact details in small preview controllers. if an artefact handler provides a special preview, use this instead the generic artefact-view used
 * inside maps.
 *

 * Initial Date: 17.11.2010

 *
 * @author Roman Haag, roman.haag@frentix.com, http://www.frentix.com
 */
public class EPMultipleArtefactSmallReadOnlyPreviewController extends BasicController implements EPMultiArtefactsController {

    private List<AbstractArtefact> artefacts;
    private final PortfolioAbstractHandler portfolioModule;
    private ArrayList<Controller> artefactCtrls;
	private ArrayList<Controller> optionLinkCtrls;
    private final VelocityContainer vC;
    private final PortfolioStructure struct;
    private final EPSecurityCallback secCallback;

    public EPMultipleArtefactSmallReadOnlyPreviewController(final UserRequest ureq, final WindowControl wControl, final List<AbstractArtefact> artefacts,
            final PortfolioStructure struct, final EPSecurityCallback secCallback) {
        super(ureq, wControl);
        this.artefacts = artefacts;
        this.struct = struct;
        this.secCallback = secCallback;
        vC = createVelocityContainer("smallMultiArtefactPreview");
        portfolioModule = (PortfolioAbstractHandler) CoreSpringFactory.getBean(PortfolioAbstractHandler.class);

        init(ureq);
        putInitialPanel(vC);
    }

    private void init(final UserRequest ureq) {
        if (artefactCtrls != null) {
            disposeArtefactControllers();
        }
        artefactCtrls = new ArrayList<Controller>();
			if( optionLinkCtrls != null){
			disposeOptionLinkControllers();
		}
		optionLinkCtrls = new ArrayList<Controller>();
        final List<List<Panel>> artefactCtrlCompLines = new ArrayList<List<Panel>>();
        List<Panel> artefactCtrlCompLine = new ArrayList<Panel>();
        int i = 1;
        for (final AbstractArtefact artefact : artefacts) {
            final EPArtefactHandler<?> artHandler = portfolioModule.getArtefactHandler(artefact.getResourceableTypeName());
            Controller artCtrl;
            // check for special art-display:
            final boolean special = artHandler.isProvidingSpecialMapViewController();
            if (special) {
                artCtrl = artHandler.getSpecialMapViewController(ureq, getWindowControl(), artefact);
            } else {
                artCtrl = new EPArtefactViewReadOnlyController(ureq, getWindowControl(), artefact, secCallback, struct);
            }
            if (artCtrl != null) {
                artefactCtrls.add(artCtrl);
                final Component artefactCtrlComponent = artCtrl.getInitialComponent();
                listenTo(artCtrl);

				final String artifactName = "artCtrl" + i;
				final Panel namedPanel = new Panel(artifactName);
                namedPanel.setContent(artefactCtrlComponent);

                if (special) {
					// usually we put 3 standard artifacts in one line. Special artifacts (e.g. Blog) take an own line.
                    if (!artefactCtrlCompLine.isEmpty()) {
                        artefactCtrlCompLines.add(artefactCtrlCompLine);
						artefactCtrlCompLine = new ArrayList<Panel>();
                    }
                    artefactCtrlCompLines.add(Collections.singletonList(namedPanel));

					// need a flag 'special' for the velocity template
					vC.put("special" + artifactName, artefactCtrlComponent);
                } else {
                    if (artefactCtrlCompLine.size() == 3) {
                            artefactCtrlCompLines.add(artefactCtrlCompLine);
                        artefactCtrlCompLine = new ArrayList<Panel>();
                    }
                    artefactCtrlCompLine.add(namedPanel);

					vC.put(artifactName, namedPanel);
                }

				//add the optionsLink to the artefact
				EPArtefactViewOptionsLinkController optionsLinkCtrl = new EPArtefactViewOptionsLinkController(ureq, getWindowControl(), artefact, secCallback, struct);
				vC.put("optionsLink"+i,optionsLinkCtrl.getInitialComponent());
				listenTo(optionsLinkCtrl);
				optionLinkCtrls.add(optionsLinkCtrl);

                i++;
            }
        }

		// add last line even if not completely filled
        if (!artefactCtrlCompLine.isEmpty()) {
            artefactCtrlCompLines.add(artefactCtrlCompLine);
        }

        vC.contextPut("artefactCtrlCompLines", artefactCtrlCompLines);
    }

    private void disposeArtefactControllers() {
        if (artefactCtrls != null) {
            for (Controller artefactCtrl : artefactCtrls) {
                removeAsListenerAndDispose(artefactCtrl);
                artefactCtrl = null;
            }
            artefactCtrls = null;
        }
    }

    /**
	 */
    @Override
    public void setNewArtefactsList(final UserRequest ureq, final List<AbstractArtefact> artefacts) {
        this.artefacts = artefacts;
        init(ureq);
    }

    /**
	 */
		private void disposeOptionLinkControllers(){
		if (optionLinkCtrls != null) {
			for (Controller optionCtrl : optionLinkCtrls) {
				removeAsListenerAndDispose(optionCtrl);
				optionCtrl = null;
			}
			optionLinkCtrls = null;
		}
	}

    @Override
    protected void event(final UserRequest ureq, final Component source, final Event event) {
        // no events to handle yet
    }

    /**
	 */
    @Override
    protected void event(final UserRequest ureq, final Controller source, final Event event) {
        super.event(ureq, source, event);
        fireEvent(ureq, event); // pass to others
    }

    /**
	 */
    @Override
    protected void doDispose() {
        disposeArtefactControllers();
		disposeOptionLinkControllers();
    }

}


Giving needs to be practiced and developed because our underlying tendency toward attachment, aversion, and confusion so often interferes with a truly selfless act of generosity. An act of giving is of most benefit when one gives something of value, carefully, with one's own hand, while showing respect, and with a view that something wholesome will come of it. The same is true when one gives out of faith, respectfully, at the right time, with a generous heart, and without causing denigration.


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54% Of Irish Consumers Have Holiday Plans, Says KBC Bank
May 27, 2021 12:15 AM By Conor Farrelly
According to responses to a special question added to the KBC bank consumer sentiment survey for May, Irish consumers do not plan to go wild in their holiday spending in 2021.
One in four plan to spend the same as in 2020 and while slightly more plan to spend more than to cut back (19% against 12%), the average outlay overall is likely to be broadly unchanged from last year.
Holiday Plans
Just over half of Irish consumers (54%) now plan to have a summer holiday in 2021 and a further 12% have yet to make up their minds.
This points to a solid rather than spectacular season for the domestic tourism industry overall, however, Fáilte Ireland has recently launched a new campaign aimed at encouraging Irish consumers to holiday at home this year.
19% of consumers say they are unable to afford a holiday this year, which is consistent with the 22.4% Covid-adjusted unemployment rate for May in capturing a cohort facing significant financial uncertainty at present.
Of the Irish consumers who said they wouldn't be going on holiday this year, 80% said it was due to COVID-19-related concerns.
Other reasons included seasonal work, no interest in taking holidays, undertaking home refurbishment projects, and pregnancy.
12% of those surveyed say they are unsure at present as to whether they will take a holiday this year.
Some portion of these responses may reflect uncertainty about the easing of foreign travel restrictions or a difficulty in assessing the pace at which a more general normalisation of tourism, both domestic and international, may occur.
Despite a rise in Irish consumer confidence to a 23 month high, a significant element of caution persists in general and a substantial number of Irish consumers remain financially constrained or facing uncertain futures to the point where holidays are out of reach.
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Muscle Maniacs is a modern training facility with up to date fitness equipment.
The Gym will be open 24/7 as it has CCTV and a personalised door entry system.
EU Funding helped with building works, equipment, frieght, website and Rent Subsidy Scheme.


An alternative method of acquiring the Majora's Mask metal pin outside of Europe has emerged. Make the jump to check out the details!
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Russia, Turkey to develop military ties despite US sanctions
A handout photograph taken and released on Tuesday by the Russian Foreign Ministry shows Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (left) welcoming his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu as they touch their arms ahead of their meting in Sochi (AFP photo)
MOSCOW — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow and Ankara's military cooperation would not be deterred by US sanctions on Turkey for acquiring a Russian missile defence system.
Washington this month punished Turkey for buying Russia's S-400 air defence system, imposing rare sanctions against a NATO ally.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the time told Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu that the American sanctions were intended to prevent Russia from receiving substantial revenues from the sale.
On Tuesday, Cavusoglu visited Moscow for talks with his Russia's top diplomat Lavrov, who told reporters that, "we have confirmed our mutual intention to develop military ties with Turkey".
He added that Russian President Vladimir Putin appreciated Turkey's determination to "continue cooperation in this area despite continuing illegitimate pressure from Washington".
Cavusoglu said the US sanctions against Turkey were "an act of aggression against our country's sovereign rights", adding that Ankara would not give in to pressure.
"We prefer to solve all issues including that of the S-400 through negotiations," Cavusoglu said in comments translated into Russian.
"After introducing the sanctions the US announced it favours dialogue. We've never been against dialogue," the Turkish foreign minister added.
Turkey last year took delivery of the $2.5 billion system, defying warnings that such military cooperation was incompatible with NATO and would let Russia improve its targeting of US stealth planes.
Although Russia and Turkey are rivals in several conflicts including Libya and Syria, Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan seek to maintain good relations.
The two countries are jointly monitoring a Russian-mediated truce over the disputed Nagorno Karabakh region after a six-week war between Armenia and Azerbaijan that claimed more than 6,000 lives.
Tensions between the two nations had risen over Nagorno Karabakh while the fighting was ongoing, with Russia accusing Turkey of deploying Syrian fighters to combat Armenian forces in the contested region.
Earlier this month Turkish police briefly arrested two Russian journalists in Istanbul for allegedly filming a drone production unit without permission.


Announced during the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards.
The 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards took place at Inglewood's The Forum on Sunday. One of the highlights of the night was Cardi B's performance, which included a medley of hits and an appearance by collaborator G-Eazy. The rapper also recieved the Best New Artist award, where she announced that her debut album will drop in April.
Details are expected to be shared in the coming weeks, stay tuned and watch Cardi accept her award and perform below.
Including a glass pocket garden.
First seen at Paris Fashion Week.


Advising and representing ProRail, the owner and manager of the Dutch railway infrastructure, in several liability disputes related to train incidents, some of which are subject to litigation. These matters are often complex due to the involvement of multiple parties (including rail operators and authorities), the nature and size of the damage (e.g. damage to trains and infrastructure) and the industry's high level of regulation.


Calling all wannabe knights and princesses! Come to Kenilworth Castle this February half term and take part in our exciting medieval quest. Search the castle grounds and find all the clues to receive your prize.
Make a tribal headband then join a tribe to make a survival den in the wilderness. Remember we will be testing if it is waterproof.
Cost £3 per child £4 for non WWT members.
Find out why some animals sleep in the winter, make a hedgehog mask and play some wildlife games.
Visit the bird hide and see which winter birds you can find. Then why not make your very own bird feeder to keep the birds well fed over the cold winter.
Visit the old trees and learn some interesting tree facts. Then play some woodland games and create your own tree mask.
Using natural materials create your own work of art. Explore the reserve and then learn about nature's colours and textures.
Monday 21st February 11-00a.m. – 12-30p.m.
Make a nest box for this year's nesting robins. Find out some fascinating facts about these birds and where the best place to put up your nest box is. Bring a hammer.
Tuesday 22nd February 11-00a.m. – 12-30p.m.
Create your own log and pine cone feeders to take home and help the birds in your garden to survive the cold winter months. Meet at the visitor centre.
Wednesday 23rd February 11-00a.m. – 12-30p.m.
Children aged 5 -12 accompanied by an adult. Cost £3 per child.
Can your team complete the challenges set by the rangers and survive? Go through sticky webs, get over the piranha infested river, collect your survival kit and build a snazzy shelter before the time is up. Meet at the visitor centre.
Thursday 24th February 11-00a.m. – 12-30p.m.
Have some froggy fun – hunt for frogs and make a fly catching frog to take home.
Friday 25th February 11-00a.m. – 13-30p.m.
Join in with the tradition of winter tree dressing and cheer up the trees by decorating them with brightly coloured tree bugs you've created yourself.
Wednesday 23rd February 10-30a.m.-12-30p.m. and 2-00p.m.– 4-00p.m.
Children £2-50 per child under 5's £1-00 Children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult.
Learn how people in the past made their own medicines and make a pomander.


The video produced by the Foundation for Prader-Willi Research resonated with the public and USDA recognizes the video for "exceptional achievement." Two guests of the Foundation will be invited to the White House at a future date to the event celebrating the video challenge winners.
Let's Move! invites faith-based, community, and other organizations to create inspiring videos about their efforts to reverse the trend of childhood obesity.
Increase participation in faith- and community-based efforts to prevent childhood obesity.
Note: To participate, you must be a faith-based institution, community-based institution, or other non-profit organization, operating at the local or national level, and organized and domiciled in the United States. Each individual appearing in your video must provide a Video Image Release form and the person who created the video must complete a Video Copyright Resease form. For details on eligibility, please review the Official Rules.
Create an account on Communities.Challenge.gov or log in with an existing ChallengePost account.
On Communities.Challenge.gov, click "Accept this challenge" to register your interest in participating. This step ensures that you will receive important challenge updates.
-Your video describes the program activities of a faith-based, community, or other non-profit organization to improve the wellness of children. The organization can operate at the national or local level.
-Your video focuses on one or more of the following: efforts to promote healthy eating, physical activity, and/or access to healthy, affordable food.
-Your video directs viewers to www.letsmove.gov for more information.
-Your video is no shorter than one minute and no longer than three minutes.
Video must convey a connection to Let's Move! and cover one or more of the three Let's Move! areas of interest: healthy eating, physical activity, and/or access to healthy affordable food.
Video includes content that is compelling and instructive: (1) offers clear visual and audio quality, (2) encourages team-building and collaboration, and (3) does not compromise the health or safety of the video participants.


Did you know that, according to Fox News, the average American will be in a car accident every 17.9 years? Luckily, you're quite likely to walk away from a car accident with only a few minor scrapes and bruises. However, you need to consider that in a car accident it isn't just you who's involved.
In the event of a car accident, it is perfectly possible that the other party will be injured, either physically or financially. To seek recompense, they may hire experienced injury attorneys and try to pull you into court to settle a car accident compensation claim. While there is never any guarantee when it comes to legal outcomes, by doing the right things following a car accident, you'll be better able to defend yourself, should you have to answer a car accident injury claim.
One of the most common places to suffer a personal injury is in the workplace. In Canada, the most common industry that personal injuries are suffered in is construction, but physical and psychological illnesses can be incurred in almost any type of work. If you are suffering from an injury or illness that is keeping you from being able to work, you might be able to file short term disability claims.
Every year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are more than 10 million auto accidents in the United States. Luckily, most people walk away with only minor scrapes. Two million others suffer injuries serious enough to warrant a visit to the emergency room, at the very least.
Unfortunately, it's not just injury that drivers have to fear when getting into an accident. If you cause property damage or physical injury in an accident, you can be pulled into court for a car accident compensation claim. Here are three simple tips that can help you avoid being made responsible for car accident settlements.


Get a first look at Elizabeth Fillmore's newest wedding dresses!
We've come to expect a few specific things from Elizabeth Fillmore's breathtaking wedding dresses: Ethereal style, a nod to current fashion trends, and floral details as we'd never imagined they could be. We're always in awe of this designer's fresh take on bridal style! As for Fillmore herself, the talented designer knew all along she wanted to start her own collection, but when she branched out from eveningwear into bridal, she knew she'd discovered her perfect fashion design match. After falling in love with the magical, personal decisions each bride makes about her dream wedding dress, she began to establish her very own aesthetic—a style she refers to as "modern romantic"—but has always worked to design and craft collections that look and feel completely unique.
A beautiful balance of sophistication and femininity, with a small nod to bohemian sensibilities, Fillmore's wedding dresses feature an airy lightness and personal touch that's every bit as at home in a ballroom as it is in the middle of a garden ceremony. And for the new collection? Fillmore has outdone herself. The Elizabeth Fillmore Spring 2018 collection is filled with the romantic aesthetic we've come to associate with the designer's wedding dresses, plus it's very own one of a kind additions. Keep an eye out for tiered skirts, ruffled accents, and floral details. Click through to see every last incredible wedding dress here.


in their posts for less than three years need to be allowed to continue with their current postings.
In what be seen as a pre-poll strategy by the ruling party JD(U), as many as 46 IAS and 44 IPS officers, most of them at the district level, were transferred recently. Legally it is allowed though, as the election notification is yet to be issued and hence the model code of conduct has not been enforced as yet. The notification for Bihar assembly poll is likely to be issued in the coming fortnight.
According to reports, BJP state unit president Mangal Pandey said that the recent IAS, IPS reshuffle was aimed at pressurizing a new set of officials to toe the line of the ruling party and help it win the coming elections. In the memorandum submitted to Bihar Chief Electoral Officer, the delegation further said that the large-scale administrative reshuffle just ahead of the election process was meant only for vitiating the poll process.
According to the BJP's charge, some "tainted" officials who are also close to the state government and its ministers, will now handle duties in some districts, thereby raising concerns.
It however remains to be seen whether the Chief Electoral Officer of the state will actually put a stay order on the transfer of those officials who are yet to complete their three years terms in a particular district. Maybe, there could be some action once the model code of conduct is in place and the Election Commission gets a mandate to transfer any official in the election-going state.


I very strongly remember the first time that my husband cooked for me a meal that combined meat (it was pork) and fruit (it was apples). I was a teenager at the time (this was long before he was my husband) and I was like, "I don't mix meat and fruit".
Look at me, a decade later, writing a blog post about how great this combination is! I'm so glad that my palette has expanded since then, because the combination of salty pork and tart apples is just divine!
For this post we teamed up with Smithfield. It means a lot to me that I feed my family meat that's raised in the USA without steroids, hormones and doesn't have any unnecessary artificial ingredients added in!
I'm seeing apple and cinnamon everywhere these days, and with good reason. Where we live apples are in season and utterly delicious when they're fresh from a local orchard!
I wanted to make this extra Autumn-y, so we went beyond the traditional apples and added a little bit of cinnamon and some dried cranberries. (As you cook them in butter they'll plump up a little bit). If you want, you can even toss a pinch of fresh rosemary and nutmeg into the butter.
In a large sauté pan, heat equal parts oil and butter over medium-high heat.
Prepare pork chops by liberally sprinkling them with salt and pepper. When pan is nice and hot sear your pork chops by placing them in the pan and letting them sizzle for about 3-5 minutes. Flip over and repeat the process until the pork chops are cooked thoroughly. Remove from heat and set aside.


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Who Is Domantas Sabonis Wife? Find Out his Relationship Status
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Domantas Sabonis is a well-known personality who needs no introduction. Fans are curious to know more about the basketball player's personal life also. Here are all the updates that you wanted to know about Domantas Sabonis's personal life. Domantas Sabonis is in a relationship with Shoshana Rosen. The couple is soon getting married as revealed by Shoshana's brother who is a huge Tik Tok star who shared a video filmed with Domantas in 2021. The couple married in 2021 and is blessed with a baby boy, Arvydas Sabonis on March 11, 2022. Shoshana Rosen is a 28-year-old lady and a former Lake GirlS Dancer for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Who is Domantas Sabonis Wife?
Players Bio
Shoshana Rosen was born in Los Angeles California US on 16 October 1992. She is the daughter of Jimmy Rose and Tiffany Rosen. She holds an American Nationality and follows the religion of Jewish. Rosen's father is the president of Fitness Blowout which is considered one of the best equipment dealers for over 25 years. Apart from this, he is also the owner of the Super Gym's Fitness and Sports Academy. Rosen shared her childhood with her five siblings namely Shai Rosen, Sage Rosen, Shaynee Rosen, Sasha Rosen, and Shaya Rosen.
Shoshana did her graduation from Milken Community School in 2011. She had a keen interest in dance since her childhood and participated in several school events. She was in a dance squad at her school. In 2012 she and her cheer squad team performed at halftime for her school team against Beverly High School. She with her brother also coached the Spirit Squad, one of the dance communities of Milken School.
Rosen is the co-founder of the movement LA with his brother Shai Rosen. They owned the company for over six years. The Company and Superstars Dance Studio were also founded by Shoshana.
Relationship Status of Domantas with wife Rosen
People are unaware of the fact that Domantas was in a relationship with someone unless he posted their photo on Instagram in May 2020. So it's been difficult to conclude how and when the couple started dating each other. Domantas as a sportsperson also did not like to talk much about his personal life. But for now, the couple got married in March 2022 and shared a baby boy. Hope his married life will be as beautiful and fascinating as his career.
Details to Know About the Basketball Player Domantas Sabonis
Domantas Sabonis is a professional Lithuanian-American Basketball Player born on May 3 1996 in Portland, Oregon. He recently plays as a Centre/ Power forward for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association. His mother is Ingrida Mikelionyte and his father Arvydas Sabonis is a retired and decorated Lithuanian Basketball player. He got his Basketball skills from his father. The Basketball player shares his childhood with his three siblings Tautvydas Sabonis, Zygimantas Sabonis, and sister Ausrine Sabonis. Domantas after completing his graduate study at Gonzaga University where played college Basketball for two seasons. He also rejected a three-year contract of $630000 to play in the National Collegiate Athletic Association by the time he was playing for his college.
Domantas Professional Career
Domantas was selected in the 2016 NBA Draft but did not participate in the 2016 NBA Summer League as he was traded to Oklahoma City Thunder to join Ludhiana men's national basketball team training camp. He played for Oklahoma City Thunder until 2017 and then for Indiana Pacers on July 6 2017 onwards. Domantas in his professional career played many international games as well including the 2012 FIBA U-16 European Championship and the 2013 FIBA Europe under 18 Championship.
Net Worth of Domantas Sabonis
Domantas Sabonis Net Worth is a credit to his professional career and by 2022 it is estimated to be $ 1.6 million.
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Northern youths to APC: Tinubu wants to snatch power before 2023
Elumelu responds to his suspension by the PDP – but what are his options
Lai Mohammed to testify in N2.5bn NBC fraud case
Ahmed Lawan, Festus Adedayo and the APC mob
PDP and APC wailed about National Assembly leadership on the same day
The Northern Youths Movement (NYM) has warned the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to be mindful of a plot by the party's National Leader, Bola Tinubu, to snatch power from President Muhammadu Buhari before 2023.
Backstory: The group alleged that Tinubu is plotting to snatch power from President Buhari in 2022 through an impeachment so that he can achieve his presidential ambition.
The NYM statement on Saturday was signed by its Chairman, Mallam Ishaya Jato.
The statement alleged that Tinubu's desperation to take over the National Assembly by installing "his political boy" Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila is part of his plot to get the President out of power at all cost.
The group says Tinubu understands that with Buhari in power till 2023, his presidential ambition can never be realized.
Alleged plots: Tinubu, according to the group, is speculating on two things happening: either the President becomes incapacitated before 2022 or the president gets impeached.
In either case, Tinubu would need the support of the National Assembly.
The group has stated that it will resist the alleged attempt by Tinubu to control the political destiny of Nigeria while also urging northern leaders to be mindful.
Quote: "Having used the APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole to take over States in the South from governors like Rochas Okorocha and Ibikunle Amosun that he opined can challenge him in 2023; Tinubu is now after the larger picture of total control of the National Assembly.
"It is therefore dangerous for the north for the same Southwest, which already has the Vice President to produce the House of Representatives Speaker. It is even more dangerous for the same Tinubu; whose political boy is the Vice President to also have another of his stooge as the House of Representatives Speaker."
Bottomline: This is all about the politics of the next national assembly leadership. In the final paragraph of group's alkegations against Tinubu, it let slip its true motivation.
"Already, Northwest and Southwest have taken President and Vice President respectively; the remaining four positions must therefore be shared among the South-South, South East, North Central and North East zones. Particularly, the North Central, which gave massive votes to President Buhari must produce the Speaker."
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What you need to know about Atiku's bid to reclaim "stolen mandate" at the tribunal


Balmain has a new logo, conceived by creative director Olivier Rousteing. The clean new motif weaves together a B and a P as one single letter, a reference to Pierre Balmain, the brand's eponymous founder, and also to Paris.
Rousteing, who has been at the label's creative helm for eight years, said that the logo better represents the brand today, while still honoring its past.


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With a mix of classic designs by Golden Age architects and modern masterpieces, Continental Europe has an exceptional array of courses – and this is the definitive ranking of them
NCG TOP 100s Continental Europe
Vilamoura (Old)
Now part of the Dom Pedro collection of courses, the Grand Old Lady of the Algarve remains in our view one of the top 50 in Continental...
Lists this course is featured in:
Continental Europe and Portugal
Thracian Cliffs
There is always a sense of anticipation when you visit a course for the first time. The level of anticipation does vary though, and when...
Bulgaria and Continental Europe
Lubker (Sand & Sky)
Strategically placed drive bunkers and movement in the greens make this Trent Jones course a test.
Continental Europe and Denmark
Finca Cortesin
This may be something of a backhanded compliment, but if you had a difficult piece of land on which to build a course, Cabell Robinson...
Continental Europe and Spain
You know by the time you've walked from the car park to the clubhouse and caught a glimpse of the landscape that you're going to enjoy...
Royal Limburg
There aren't a huge number of courses in any of our Top 100s that were built in the 1960s. It's fair to say that architecture during that...
Belgium and Continental Europe
"Joe Lee has never built a bad course," Jack Nicklaus once said. But unless you are a serious golf course architecture buff, Joe Lee...
Son Gual
The finest course on well-endowed Majorca sits a few kilometres from the airport – which is both a very convenient location but also does...
Penha Longa (Atlantico)
Penha Longa engaged Robert Trent Jones Jnr to design the course – but it was actually a young Kyle Phillips who carried out much of the work on this undulating site
Sporting Club Berlin (Faldo)
Sir Nick Faldo has created a faux links of pot bunkers and rough-lined fairways and in the heart of Germany.
Continental Europe and Germany


Portland Parks and Recreation is hosting this meeting on Wednesday, April 24th, 6:30 – 8:00 pm at the St. Johns Community Center.
This is your chance to understand how construction of the pedestrian/bike bridge will impact access to and use of both Chimney and Pier Parks from April 2013 to November 2013.
Reduced size of off-leash area.
Friends of Pier Park board has cancelled the April FoPP meeting because several board members are unavailable to attend on April 16th. In addition, we want you to come to the Pier Park Pick-Up on April 20th and to attend the meeting listed above. The next Friends of Pier Park meeting will be Tuesday, May 21st.


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LT Foods, Kameda Seika to set up India factory
By Dean Best | 24 April 2019
Kari Kari brand was launched through venture
India's LT Foods and Japan's Kameda Seika are to work together on production in the latest stage of their joint venture.
The two companies, who first joined forces in 2017, will set up a factory in the northern Indian state in Haryana.
The plant is set to open in September, producing "premium, rice-based snacks under the brand Kari Kari", a spokesperson for LT Foods told just-food.
Kari Kari was the first product launched by LT Foods and Kameda Seika after they announced their joint venture in the autumn of 2017.
"LT is one of the leading players in India in the FMCG space with a strong distribution network across all channels. The team has 50 years of experience of creating a brand and Kameda is a strong partner with a leading brand of rice snacks in Japan. It's a very strong combination of technical know-how and a strong brand and distribution partner having knowledge of the India market. It's a win-win for both the parties," the LT Foods spokesperson said.
She added the market for rice-based snacks remains a "niche segment" in India but one "growing at a compound annual growth rate of more than 20%".
The spokesperson said: "Today's millennials are ready to try new snacks. In our test launch, the product has been very well accepted."
P.S: If you liked this article, you might enjoy the just-food newsletter.
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Modulift Centrepiece to Gantry-Crawler Crane Tandem Lift
A Modulift spreader combined with a 45m-long beam attached to a gantry and a crawler crane as 750t monopiles were tandem lifted from pontoons onto land in Cuxhaven on Germany's North Sea coast.
Schmidbauer GmbH & Co. KG was challenged by Cuxport GmbH to develop a solution for lifting the monopiles, bound for the Nordsee One offshore wind farm, utilising an existing gantry. However, the crane only offered 600t of lifting capacity and the beam itself had a net weight of 100t so, in fact, the gantry was only suitable for 500t of lift.
Consideration also had to be given to a number of additional complications. There was a special coating on the monopiles that meant attaching rigging equipment was not possible at all points, while height was limited and there was 20m of distance between the gantry's hooks that were positioned 10m to each side of the centre.
The lift planning team discovered that there were two lifting lugs in the centre of the 45m beam offering a more convenient distance of just 4.75m. However, as Philipp Verges, sales manager global projects and key account manager offshore at Schmidbauer, explained, they were 90 degrees in the wrong direction—the beam was originally manufactured for special lifting of three-legged tripiles—and the forces applied during lifting would have broken the eye plates.
Eventually, a MOD 400/600 beam, sourced from Schmidbauer stock, was used as an inverted spreader, owing to the two pick points above it and the need to bring the slings together in one point. MOD 400/600s offer capacity to 600t at 12m / 40ft and up to 23m / 76ft at lower capacity.
Verges said: "Slings came together in a 600t hook block that allowed us to complete turning of the monopiles. The rigging around the monopiles had to be kept short so we had to deliver [125t] Polytex slings at a special length to fulfill the requirements."
At the other end of the tandem lift, Schmidbauer provided a Liebherr crawler crane (model LR 1600/2) with wheeled counterweight carrier that allowed it to lift even the second row of each pontoon load from the barge without turning it.
Thirty monopiles were lifted in a five-month period; two travelled on each pontoon to Ambau GmbH in Germany. Verges explained that, if a smaller crawler crane was used, after picking up the first row, Schmidbauer would have had to turn the barge prior to lifting the second unit. Otherwise, the distance would be too far, he added.
The Nordsee One wind farm consists of one offshore substation platform and 54 wind turbines that will be installed in water depths ranging between 25m and 29m. The wind farm is situated in a special spatial planning area reserved for offshore wind energy.
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Cloud enablement is offering North American insurers new opportunities for business growth. But this effort comes with some challenges. By following a few guidelines and principles, insurers can turn the cloud into a true business asset.
North American insurers are recognizing the value of leveraging cloud capabilities to drive increased agility, greater operating efficiency, cost reductions and other benefits. In my previous post, I outlined these benefits and how cloud capabilities are delivering them to North American insurers in increasing numbers, and taking cloud enablement to a new level as a true business asset.
However, embracing the cloud does not come without some challenges. In addition to the actual mechanics of transitioning to cloud, there are issues related to data privacy, architecture, system interfaces and IT security. These issues must be resolved before insurers can take full advantage of cloud's enormous potential as a business asset in driving their cost and growth agendas.
By taking the right foundational steps and following a few guiding principles, insurers can successfully navigate these challenges and embark on a successful journey to the cloud.
Before embarking on the journey to true cloud enablement, insurers should undertake a strategic assessment to help set the direction of their IT and business processes. The starting place for this journey is a business model blueprint.
Migrate non-core services to cloud to free up resources for activities that contribute to achieving a competitive advantage.
Increase software as a service (SaaS) coverage to reduce software development and maintenance costs.
Assess and transition other applications to infrastructure/platform as a service (IaaS/PaaS) to help reduce support costs for custom codes that provide a real competitive advantage.
Reduce the use of custom code by moving to alternative platforms to achieve better quality at a lower cost.
Limit the roster of vendors but maintain competition through a well-structured provider ecosystem that can help reduce operational complexity while maintaining pressure on pricing through competition.
A growing concern among insurers is how cloud costs can increase rapidly if not properly managed. Controlling costs requires monitoring and adjusting cloud operations, security operations, cloud enhancement services, application management and business process operations.
The cloud landscape is complex and continues to evolve at a rapid pace. Through a strategic, comprehensive approach and the right ecosystem, North American insurers can use this powerful business asset to take giant steps toward creating the business models, operating efficiencies and customer experiences that drive success in a digital era.
For more detailed information about how insurers can make cloud a true business asset, please see our report North American Insurers: Making Cloud a Business Asset.
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From consumers to pros alike, users will notice their iMac is faster for everyday tasks all the way up to the most demanding pro workloads.
This boost in performance, combined with its gorgeous Retina display, sleek all-in-one design, quiet operation, fast storage and memory, modern connectivity and macOS Mojave, makes iMac the world's best desktop.
Featuring a sleek design and stunning Retina display, iMac is the perfect shared desktop for families.
With updated processors across the line, customers will experience dramatically faster performance for a wide range of everyday computing tasks, from editing photos to playing demanding games, composing music or even creating a feature film.
iMac now delivers up to two times faster performance for a wide range of computing tasks.
With Radeon Pro Vega graphics, iMac is ideal for pros with graphics-intensive workloads.
With up to 14.7 million pixels, 1 billion colours, 500 nits of brightness, P3 wide colour gamut and an incredible viewing angle, iMac's Retina display delivers an immersive front-of-screen experience. All these pixels result in text that looks like a printed page, sharper photos with more detail, and the ability to edit 4K video at full resolution.
With up to 14.7 million pixels and 1 billion colours, iMac's Retina 4K and 5K displays offer an immersive, front-of-screen experience.
With its sleek aluminium and glass enclosure, 5 millimetre-thin profile and beautiful matching keyboard and mouse, iMac delivers a clean and uncluttered desktop experience that allows users to focus more on their content. With everything they need and nothing they don't, customers love how iMac fits seamlessly into so many different environments, from the home, to businesses of all sizes, or even a pro studio.
Whether it's running a small business, pro studio or home office, iMac is loved by consumers and pros alike.
All new Macs come with macOS Mojave, the latest version of the world's most advanced desktop operating system, with features inspired by pros but designed for everyone. In macOS Mojave, Dark Mode transforms the desktop with a dramatic new look that puts the focus on user content, Stacks organises messy desktops by automatically stacking files into neat groups and FaceTime supports group calling. macOS Mojave also brings iOS apps, including News, Stocks, Voice Memos and Home to the Mac and features a redesigned Mac App Store with rich editorial content and the addition of apps from top developers, including Microsoft and Adobe.
The redesigned Mac App Store makes finding great apps for Mac easier than ever.
Dark Mode in macOS Mojave transforms the desktop with a dramatic look.
The new 21.5-inch iMac with Retina 4K display starts at $1,299 (US) and the new 27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display starts at $1,799 (US). Both are available to order starting today from apple.com and the Apple Store App, and in Apple Stores and through Apple Authorised Resellers next week. The non-Retina display iMac configuration continues to be available for $1,099 (US). Additional technical specifications, configure-to-order options and accessories are available online at apple.com/mac.
The roots of a mangrove tree are like veins.
The settlement includes a payment from Apple to Qualcomm.
There was a point a year or more ago where Google Photos had a neat indicator on top of each media item that showed whether or not it was backed up.
Apple's fourth-generation Apple TV will be available in late October.
Rose gold iPhone SE and 9.7-inch iPad Pro... unboxed!
In some situations you might need to reset your computer's System Management Controller (SMC). Learn how to identify these conditions and to reset the SMC on Intel-based Macs.
On any given day, there are at least a dozen variations of the Play Store interface showing up for users across the world.
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Investor confidence picks up in 2018
written by 23rd Jan 18 10:58 am
Says Hargreaves Lansdown
The Hargreaves Lansdown Investor Confidence Index rose by 16 points in January, posting a reading of 83 points, up from 67 in December.
Confidence still remains below its long run average of 102.
In regional confidence surveys, sentiment towards the Asia Pacific region is running high, with a confidence score of 74.8 per cent, the highest level recorded since February 2013. Likewise there is also positive sentiment towards shares in Global Emerging Markets, with a confidence score of 72.5 per cent (a score above 50 per cent represents positive sentiment).
Japan has also piqued investors' interest, with a confidence score of 68 per cent, the highest reading for this market since the regional survey began in 2011.
Despite concerns over high valuations, confidence in US shares remains strong at 65.3 per cent. European markets carved out a confidence score of 64.3 per cent. Confidence in the UK rose from last month, but it's still bringing up the rear with a confidence score of 59 per cent.
On interest rates, 86 per cent of investors think we will get a hike from the Bank of England this year.
Laith Khalaf, Senior Analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown:
'Investors are looking both east and west for opportunities, anywhere but here it would seem, as the UK is the least favoured global stock market.
This echoes the trend we have seen in industry fund sales statistics, which show retail investors are swerving the UK at the moment, almost certainly a result of perceived political uncertainty and the overhang of Brexit.
The good news is investors have started the new year in brighter mood than they finished the last, with confidence picking up from a very poor reading in December.
The Asia Pacific region is burning particularly brightly in terms of sentiment right now, as are Global Emerging Markets more generally. These markets offer investors access to companies operating in some of the most dynamic and expansionary economies in the world. Risk is heightened in the stock markets of less developed countries, but long term investors can afford to ride out the ups and downs in search of superior growth prospects, if they have the stomach for it.
There has also been a resurgence in sentiment towards Japan, where shares recently hit a 26 year high. Despite its recent strong run we believe Japan is still the most attractively valued developed market, though it's fair to point out the land of the rising sun has seen many false dawns in its stock market. An ageing population remains a headwind for Japan, but the government has shown it's willing to throw the kitchen sink at the economy to get it moving.
Concerns over valuations in US stocks have not dented investor confidence in the region, which has picked up in January after fading throughout 2017. No doubt the new Trump tax cuts have invigorated hopes of more money filtering through to companies and workers, providing greater stimulus to the US economy.


My son, Jackson, has started an online homeschool literary magazine for high school students. I was hoping that you could include it with one of your emails, or on the Everest Academy site. He is very excited and hopes that it will be successful. This is their first issue and will be published online sometime in March. It's a great opportunity to add to a college application!
The Phoenix literary magazine is accepting submissions of short stories, poetry, and art for our 2017 online magazine's issues. First issue submission deadline is March 3, 2017.
The Phoenix is a high school literary magazine for homeschool students.
We invite homeschool students (grade 9-12) to submit poetry, fiction/non-fiction, short story, prose, essays, and images of artwork (all mediums). Submissions must be original and completed by a currently enrolled homeschool student.


The villa is very tastefully furnished with every modern appliance you would expect in a 5 star luxury villa. There is very large 10 x 5 metre overflow pool with roman steps in the shallow end leading to an over 2 metre deep end. Pool Heating is available for the mid and low season and is charged extra at 45 Euros per day.


When it was charred and soft, I decided maybe I should check to see if I had all the bits to go in the dip. Uhhh… no. No tahini. In the back of my mind I did recall checking the use-by date and it was close so I tossed it out. I wasn't going to waste a lovely already-roasted eggplant so in the blender it went, along with some nicely caramelized onions, some Greek yogurt, salt, pepper and a dash of cumin and coriander.
I loved it! John's a dip traditionalist so he kept reminding me it wasn't *real* baba ghanoush.
It was Father's Day in Australia yesterday so we shut down the computers and headed to the nursing home for a little celebration. Not many fathers are active at 93 so Rob definitely needs a bit of excitement to honor the day.
We said we were coming over but he asked us to wait until later because all the fathers in the nursing home were given a free coffee and cake voucher and he and his pals were headed to the coffee shop to celebrate. He didn't want to let his friends down by not going with them. He's really cute.
Along with the normal Father's Day gifts, I brought some fresh mango all cut up and some of this dip and chips to park in his fridge. He's gaining weight but I'm not the one to tell him.
This is an easy dip and perfect with a trio of dips for an appetizer or first course.
In the BBQ or in the oven, roast the eggplant on high until the insides soften. I left mine in the BBQ for about 30 minutes but watch it. Temperatures might be different.
Add the caramelized onions to the blender and whiz for a few seconds. You want them broken up but not paste.
Add remaining ingredients and whiz just to combine into a dip. I left mine just a bit lumpy.
Place in serving bowl and drizzle with good olive oil and a dusting of paprika.


There's a certain irony, or comedy if you like, in the realization that the philosopher of history has ended up so comprehensively on the wrong side of history. Taking into account the many ways Hegel has been discredited leads Frank Ruda to admit that, surely, Hegel must be the worst philosopher. Rather than regard this as a weakness, however, Ruda's opening gambit is to take this worst-ness seriously not by reading Hegel as a teleological thinker advocating for the status quo, but as an apocalyptic fatalist, a thinker of the end of all things. The philosophy of history is not a tale of progressive unfolding but a tale of inevitable decay and inexorable worsening. The mere existence of philosophy as such indicates that the worst has always already happened. Philosophy, in other words, is not destruction, but destruction thinking itself—a reactive and intrinsic endeavor to think the end.
The metaphysics of the shopper owes a secret debt to Hobbes. Like Kant, Hobbes espoused a metaphysics of freedom that was compatibilist. Unlike Kant, he was able to balance consistent scientific materialism with the requirements of freedom, not by positing the existence of a spontaneously free will, but by re-defining liberty negatively as the absence of "externall impediments" to voluntary action. The will, then, is determined, but an is action free if it is allowed to proceed unhindered toward its desired end. Today, nothing in the unconstrained stroll of the browser is threatened by the specter of hidden, determinist necessity.
It is almost impossible today not to be a consumer of the apocalypse, whether in films, novels, magazines, or TV series, or simply on the daily news. Against the multiple visions of the end on offer, one can only hope that, to cite the superb French slogan, itself an ironic updating of the utopian spirit of May '68, une autre fin du monde est possible, "another end of the world is possible." In the spirit of this graffiti, and against all odds, Frank Ruda proposes in Abolishing Freedom a comic fatalism. Turning around the mass market doom scenarios, his "good news" is that the worst has already happened: this is the central thesis of the book, and it is meant to jar.


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Thursday, July 19, 2001, Chandigarh, India
N A T I O N
Strike against ceasefire
Imphal, July 18
About one lakh agitators, protesting against the Naga ceasefire extension in Manipur, today participated in a cycle rally organised by the United Committee of Manipur, a joint body of the All-Manipur United Club Organisation and All-Manipur Students Union.
PM holds meeting
New Delhi, July 18
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today decided to hold a meeting with the Chief Ministers of North-Eastern states before July 31 to iron out an amicable solution to the problems arising out of the extension of the Centre-NSCN(I-M) ceasefire to other areas beyond Nagaland.
TEHELKA PROBE
Panel to issue notices to Laxman, 25 others
The Venkataswamy Inquiry Commission today proposed to issue notices under Section 8 (b) of the Commission of Inquiry Act to 26 persons, including former BJP President Bangaru Laxman, former Samata Party President Jaya Jaitley and Editor of tehelka.com Tarun Tejpal for their cross-examination.
Sikh issues unlikely to get diluted: NCM
The Sikh issues raised during the India-Pakistan talks are unlikely to get diluted even though the Agra summit failed to produce any joint declaration or statement.
KASHMIRI SIKHS-V
Agra summit failure dispirits Sikhs
Mohan Nagar (Raisinghnagar), July 18
The failure of the Agra Summit has dashed the hopes of the Kashmiri Sikhs for claims of land and property left behind in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and now want the government to compensate them at the earliest.
No rift in Cabinet, claims Mahajan
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pramod Mahajan today denied reports that there were differences among Cabinet colleagues of the Prime Minister over Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee's proposed visit to Pakistan to re-engage in negotiations.
Union Home Minister L. K. Advani having a word with former Prime Minister I. K. Gujral in Home Minister's chamber in New Delhi on Wednesday. — PTI photo
NATIONAL BRIEFS
Worshippers of Lord Shiva carry holy water from the Ganges through New Delhi on Wednesday. The worshippers, who have walked about 250 km from the banks of the river, are distributing it on foot to various temples dedicated to Lord Shiva across India. — Reuters
Pervez came with empty mind: Pandits
Kerala Opposition stages walkout
Pervez shuns even Pak media
Bonhomie marks luncheon
Vajpayee's assurance on gurdwara issue
Camp funds bungled, Delhi MC apathetic
Pervez in aggressive mood: Gujral
Pervez coming with 19-member team
Discuss Pak temples, VHP asks PM
Need for apolitical Indo-Pak initiative
Rao tried to divide sants on Ayodhya: Joshi
Union HRD Minister and senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi today accused the then Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao of having sent godman Chandraswami and Sikh religious leader Mahant Seva Dass to sants in Ayodhya to divide them on the issue of kar seva in Ayodhya before the demolition of the disputed structure.
Ceiling on ration shop margin goes
The Union Cabinet today removed the ceiling of 50 paise per kg margin over and above the central issue price for the sale of foodgrain under the public distribution shops.
13 killed as bus falls into gorge
Itanagar, July 18
At least 13 persons were killed and several injured, four of them seriously, when an APST bus they were travelling in fell upon a 400- foot gorge near Rupa in West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh today.
19 landslip victims' bodies recovered
Dehra Dun, July 18
The Kedar valley in Uttaranchal has been cut off from rest of the world following torrential rains resulting in landslides at many places. The yesterday's death toll due to landslides in Byungad and Phata villages has risen to 19. All bodies have been recovered by jawans of the Army and the ITBF.
Orissa rivers breach banks
Bhubaneswar, July 18
Rescue workers have evacuated thousands of people after the rain-fed Mahanadi and other major rivers breached their banks inundating vast parts of Orissa.
A boy pushes a makeshift raft carrying his mother through floods in Jajpur district of Orissa on Tuesday.
— Reuters photo
TDP suffers setback in AP panchayat poll
Hyderabad, July 18
The ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh has suffered a setback at the hands of a resurgent Congress and the fledgling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in the just concluded panchayat elections.
DMK to implead in case against Jaya's appointment
Chennai, July 18
DMK President M. Karunanidhi today said the party would implead itself before the Supreme Court in the case challenging the appointment of AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalitha as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
Stadium scandal not on LF agenda
Kolkata, July 18
The stadium scandal involving the State Transport Minister, Mr Subhas Chakraborty, will not come up for discussion at the Left Front meeting or the Cabinet meeting.
My suspension illegal: Panja
Mr Ajit Kumar Panja, the suspended Trinamool Congress MP, has said that the anti-defection law does not debar anyone from becoming a minister.
LISTING OF LAWYERS
SC sets aside Rajasthan HC order
The Supreme court has in a significant judgement struck down certain provisions of the Rajasthan Higher Judicial Service Rules, 1969, debarring recruitment of advocates practising in other states as being violative of the equality clause and discriminatory in nature (Article 14 and 16 of the Constitution).
Kolkata's date with Amitabh
"It is the directors who tell us how to be the characters we play and not that we are on our own," said millennium star Amitabh Bachchan here today.
Ex-serviceman's wife, children murdered
Meerut, July 18
The wife and two children of an exserviceman were murdered last night by a gang of miscreants which attacked his house at Palawda road under Mawana police station in the district.
White crow finds saviour
Mumbai , July 18
The usual stroll turned a little interesting for Prof M.G. Rajadhyaksha, Dean of Applied Arts in J.J. School of Arts, and his wife Bharti when they stumbled upon a white crow that had fallen from its nest on the campus.
Tuskers trample farmer to death
Daltonganj (Jharkhand), July 18
A group of wild tuskers has killed a person and damaged about 24 houses at Birvir village of Latehar district.
Tanker hits motor cycle; 2 killed
Sriganganagar, July 18
Two persons were killed when their motor cycle was hit by tanker near Sribijaynagar today.
Various communities, including Muslims, Kukis, Hmars and Paites, participated in the rally which went through the two districts of Imphal East and West. Mass rallies, relay hunger strikes and sit-in-protests were also organised in most parts of the four valley districts of Imphal East and West, Thoubal and Bishnupur.
About 5000 vehicles joined a procession yesterday to express solidarity with the ongoing agitations.
Meanwhile, shops and markets throughout the state remained closed today to commemorate the death of 15 persons in police firing on June 18 and the July 5 outburst against the ceasefire extension. The Manipuri Students Federation also observed a general strike in protest against the ceasefire extension and the police firing on June 18 and July 5.
The Kuki Defence Force, an underground outfit of the Kukis, is observing a bandh in hilly areas on similar ground. The outfit, opposed to the ceasefire extension, has asked the Centre to confine the ceasefire to Nagaland.
Kuki Defence Force chief R. Zowemthang in a statement said Meiteis and other tribes, belonging to the Sino-Tibetan-Burmese group, had been living together in Manipur, which was an independent kingdom. He said the term 'Naga' and 'Kuki' was created by the British in 1840 to broadly classify the hill tribes.
In 1992 the United Naga Council served 'quit notices' to the Kukis, inhabiting the hills and launched ethnic cleansing in Ukhrul, Senapati, Tamenglong and Chandel districts by murdering hundreds and setting ablaze their houses, he alleged.
Meanwhile, a 24-hour blockade on the National Highway 39 began since midnight last night in protest against the Centre's announcement to review the ceasefire. The blockade was organised by the Senapati District Youth Front. UNI
Mr Vajpayee's decision to hold fresh parleys with the North-Eastern states came after he held a high-level meeting, part of the ongoing process of review of the ceasefire with the NSCN(I-M) in all its entirety, including extension of truce beyond territorial limits of Nagaland, official sources said.
The meeting, held at Prime Minister's residence, was attended by Union Home Minister L.K. Advani, Union Home Secretary Kamal Pande, Chief of Army Staff Gen S Padmanabhan, National Security Adviser Brajesh Mishra and Centre's emissary for Naga peace talks K. Padmanabhaiah.
During the meeting all aspects relating to the ceasefire extension was deliberated and the Prime Minister decided to hold a meeting with Chief Ministers of North-Eastern states before a final decision was taken to resolve the issue.
Ever since the Centre signed an agreement with the NSCN(I-M) for the extension of the ceasefire to other areas beyond Nagaland, there had been violent opposition to the decision from Manipur even as other states wanted a review of the ceasefire extension, which is to come into effect from August 1.
Leaders and MLAs from Manipur had been demanding a review of the agreement and immediate withdrawal of the expansion of ceasefire.
Senior advocate Gopal Subramaniam, counsel for the commission which is probing "Operation Westend" by tehelka.com, submitted a list of 26 persons for issuing notices under Section 8 (b) of the Act.
Contrary to the prayer of the Tehelka team, the commission's counsel included the names of Tehelka Editor Tarun Tejpal, and reporters Anirudh Behl and Mathew Samual in the list of persons to be asked to appear before the commission for cross-examination.
Among the defence personnel who were proposed to be issued notices include Brig Anil Sehgal, Brig Iqbal Singh, Maj-Gen P.K.S. Chaudhary, Maj-Gen Manjit Singh Ahluwalia, Maj-Gen S.P. Murgai (retd), Lt-Col Berry, Maj S.K. Singh, Maj-Gen Satnam Singh, Lt-Gen Shanker Prasad and Lt-Col V.P. Sayal (retd).
Others against whom notices were proposed to be issued are industrialist Surendra Singh Sulekha, Senior Section Officer in the Ministry of Defence (MoD) Sashi Menon, Additional Financial Adviser (MoD) Narendra Singh, MoD Deputy Secretary H.C. Pant, RSS national trustee R.K. Gupta, defence middleman and industrialist Deepak Gupta, defence middleman and Consul-General, Belize, Mohinder Pal Sahni, freelance liaisoning officer Rakesh Nigam, Mr Satya Murti, private secretary to Mr Bangaru Laxman, Mr Raju Venkatesh, personal secretary to Mr Laxman, and Additional Defence Secretary L.M. Mehta.
Notices under Section 8 (b) of the Act are issued by the commission after it prima facie feels the need for cross-examination of persons on going through the replies received under Section 5 (2) (a) of the Act or if it thinks that the reputation of an affected person will be prejudicially affected by the allegations.
Once notices under Section 8 (b) are issued, it becomes mandatory for the party concerned to place all facts available with it before the commission.
Regarding issuance of notices to former Home Ministry official Thomas Mathew, Mr Subramaniam said his response to the Section 5 (2) (a) notice had not yet been received and the commission should wait for some more time before deciding in his case.
However, the commission deferred till Friday the question of allowing the parties to view the complete Tehelka tapes as Attorney-General Soli Sorabjee was not present today. Additional Solicitor-General Kirit Rawal, who was present today, said the matter would be addressed by the Attorney-General and hence an adjournment be granted.
The commission had on the last date of hearing asked the MoD to place its response on the issue before the commission by today.
The MoD was also directed to place the detailed response to the objections of Mr Subramaniam on the list of 38 defence transactions submitted to the commission finding the comments on them not "satisfactory".
"The Sikh issues are religious in nature. They are the demands of a section of the community, which will help Pakistan in attracting pilgrims to the holy sites," the Vice-Chairman of the National Commission of Minorities, (NCM) Mr Tarlochan Singh told The Tribune today.
The NCM took up the community's issue with Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. On his part, the Prime Minister took up this matter with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf during his close-door session in the backdrop of the Taj Mahal.
During his meetings with Gen Musharraf, the Prime Minister urged him for the facilitation of pilgrims to visit religious shrines in both countries. He urged Pakistan to hand over terrorists, hiding in various gurdwaras.
Stating that track-II level contact with the Pakistan authorities would continue to persuade Islamabad to grant Vatican city status to Nankana Sahib, Mr Tarlochan Singh said he had urged the External Affairs Minister Jaswant Singh to take up the issue with the Pakistani counterpart soon.
The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) was keen on performing "kar sewa" at all these gurdwaras by Sikh saints who had undertaken a similar ritual in all Sikh places of worship in India. The expenditure on the "kar seva" would be borne by the Sikhs themselves, he said.
The SGPC chief Jagdev Singh Talwandi had written a letter to Mr Tarlochan Singh appreciating his efforts and placing the Sikh issues in the summit agenda.
The NCM vice-president said the Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee should be re-organised with members of the community managing the affairs of the historic shrines.
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So far the government has been giving them only meagre them grants from time to time with the assurance that the problem of PoK would be resolved and they would have the option of either going back or settling down in India permanently. But the failure of the summit is seen as the uncompromising stand taken by Pakistan on Jammu and Kashmir including PoK.
Community elders point out that so far they have not been given any compensation for lands they left in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in 1947. Already 53 years have passed and going by present indications the matter is unlikely to be resolved in the near future.
A few months ago the centre decided that it was time for another grant and Rs 47 crore was sanctioned. Again the issue of compensation was sidetracked and officials told the community that they could not give them compensation since doing so would weaken their case before the United Nations. They needed to have refugee status to prove to the world body that they still had people displaced from the areas which rightfully are theirs and have been occupied wrongly by Pakistan.
The Jammu Kashmir Sharanarthi Action Committee has claimed that the grant announced is based on the 1952 figures, but the number of families has multiplied manifold over the years.
The committee has urged the government to raise the compensation to at least Rs 50, 000 so that at least each extended family received at least Rs 5,000 Rs 7,000.
A petition in this context is pending before the Supreme Court. Similarly, the issue of compensation was raised in Parliament many times, but nothing came out of it, the community leaders allege.
On the other hand the events of the past 53 years have somewhat sapped the patience of the community. We have already suffered many trials and tribulations over the decades. The present generation has come to terms with the bloody past and has started to strike root.
It has been a long and hard journey for the old timers but there is till hope for the younger generation which has little memory of life and times at our homes in PoK.
Only a handful people still nurse the hope of going back while others by and large want to stay. The people own land and are shopkeepers and small businessmen which is remarkable for a community which had nothing when they came here.
The elders believe that they should be compensated for land and property left behind at the earliest and blame the successive governments at the Centre for their continued harassment and plight. The Sikh leadership also comes in for criticism for ditching them time and again since they did not espouse their causes over the decades, they remark wistfully .
They also alleged that the situation in Kashmir would not have been what it is if all refugees had been settled in the state.
But the main purpose of the then government headed by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was to ensure that Jammu and Kashmir did not cede to Pakistan and for this they were willing to bend over backwards to please the Muslim leaders of the valley.
In this process, the well-being of thousands of Kashmiri Sikhs got eclipsed, the consequences of which they are facing even after 53 years of Independence.
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Describing as "baseless" reports which said a section of the Cabinet was against the Prime Minister visiting Pakistan in view of the disappointing outcome of the Agra summit, Mr Mahajan said: "No minister raised the issue during the meeting of the Council of Ministers last evening that the Prime Minister cancel his visit to Pakistan."
Mr Vajpayee had accepted an invitation of President Pervez Musharraf to visit Pakistan, Mr Mahajan said. He, however, did not say when the visit would take place. Asked if the Prime Minister would visit Pakistan by this year-end, Mr Mahajan said he could not hazard any guess.
On reports that the Shiv Sena was opposed to the proposed visit, Mr Mahajan said two ministers from the party were present at the Cabinet meeting.
The minister informed newspersons that Mr Vajpayee was scheduled to visit New York in September for the UN General Assembly session, Moscow in October and Tokyo in November. He would visit Pakistan "whenever it is possible", he added.
On the possibility of the External Affairs Minister, Mr Jaswant Singh, visiting Islamabad, Mr Mahajan said it was too early to comment.
Deposing before the Liberhan Commission of Inquiry, which is probing the events leading to the demolition in 1992, Mr Joshi alleged that Chandraswami, at the instance of Mr Rao, had persuaded the sants supporting the movement "to delink from the VHP and the BJP" on the Ayodhya issue.
Mr Joshi said Mahant Seva Dass had on November 30, 1992, talked to Bamdevji, who was in the forefront of the movement, to exclude the VHP from the proposed construction work and defer the December 6 kar seva to some other date.
Bamdevji said it was impossible and then Seva Dass told him that the government would neither permit construction work on the 2.77-acre land nor agree that the land was "Ram janamsthan", Mr Joshi said.
He said sants felt that the government wanted to create a wedge between the sants and was not sincere about initiating a dialogue or resolving the dispute either through settlement or through the court.
Mr Joshi squarely blamed the government for "provoking the mood of the masses" and causing the demolition of the structure. He asserted that the "demolition was never in the minds of his party leadership".
Mr Joshi also accused Mr Rao of having offered money to some sants when they had come to discuss the dispute with him but did not elaborate on the offer. He said the sants were irritated when Mr Rao referred to the structure as a "mosque".
The sants told Mr Rao that it was not a "mosque but a disputed structure".
Asked by the commission's counsel Anupam Gupta if he was aware of the mass psychology before the demolition, Mr Joshi said: "We had never felt that mass psychology would go to the extent of demolishing the structure. We never got any indication of any such temperament of the kar sevaks," he said.
"It has given a setback to our entire effort for the grand reconciliation," he said, adding that "had we realised, we would have taken very strong action against the kar sevaks".
He also expressed ignorance about whether the Bajrang Dal, which had participated in the kar seva, had organised training programmes for the demolition of the structure.
Mr Joshi said that after the Bommai Committee, in April, 1992, recommended to the government to initiate a dialogue, senior Congress leader Kamal Nath, on behalf of Mr Rao, had given a proposal to Mr Advani for the resolution of the dispute but Mr Rao backtracked later, saying that "there was no such proposal".
He said Mr Rao did not want to resolve the dispute and had adopted "delaying tactics", even though there were several occasions to bring an end to the Ayodhya issue. PTI
The Cabinet also took several other decisions, including approval for the introduction of two Bills in the next session of Parliament, extradition treaty with the Philippines and an award for Sanskrit scholars, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pramod Mahajan told newspersons.
The move, which would give flexibility to states to fix the margin and make ration shops viable would, however, not apply for the distribution of foodgrain under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana under which the retail price would be retained at Rs 2 per kg for wheat and Rs 3 per kg for rice.
It was explained that with the abundance of foodgrain in the market, there was not much difference between the prices at the ration shops and the open market. At times, the prices in the open market were less than those fixed at the fair price shops, which made sales through these outlets unviable.
Mr Mahajan also announced that the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee had sanctioned immediate release of Rs 100 crore for relief measures in flood-ravaged Orissa.
He said Mr Vajpayee was in constant touch with the Orissa Chief Minister and he had assured him that the Centre would do everything possible to provide relief to the state. The state government had sought Rs 200 crore in relief and the Agriculture Ministry had been asked to assess the situation.
The Cabinet also approved the introduction of Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2001, in Parliament. The Bill provided for the regulation and development of mineral resources in territorial waters, continental shelves and exclusive economic zones of the country, he said.
The Bill would ensure that mineral exploration and development in offshore areas was streamlined and in the process attracted private investment in the mineral sector.
Another Bill that would be introduced in the coming monsoon session would aim to change the administrative structure of the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) which had been taken over by the Centre in the wake of allegations of corruption and misuse of premises.
It sought to replace an ordinance which was re-promulgated after a Bill in this regard was passed by the Lok Sabha and was awaiting approval of the Rajya Sabha.
Under the new Bill, the ICWA would not have a political head and instead the Vice-President of the country would be its president and the External Affairs Minister its vice-president.
In the proposed governing council, five Lok Sabha members would be named by the speaker of the lower House and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha would nominate three members from the upper House.
The governing council would also have academicians and representatives of trade bodies as its members.
The Cabinet also approved the signing of an extradition treaty between India and the Philippines providing a legal framework for seeking the extradition of fugitive offenders.
The Cabinet also authorised the ratification of the treaty which included economic offenders, he said.
It was also decided at the meeting to institute an award of Rs 1 lakh for young scholars in Sankrit.
Under the scheme, "maharishi badrayan vyas samman", five Sanskrit scholars in the age group 30-40 would be given Rs 1 lakh, a sanad (citation) and a robe of honour annually.
The West Kameng District Police Superintendent R. Yamcha told UNI that while 10 persons died on the spot three others succumbed to their injuries in a hospital. The victims included a woman and the bus driver.
The ill-fated Arunachal Pradesh State Transport bus was on its way from Kalaktang to Tezpur in Assam. There were 46 passengers in the bus when the accident occurred, the police said.
All injured persons were admitted to the nearby Army Hospital at Dahung, near Tanga valley. High police officials have rushed to the site to carry out rescue operation.
The cause of the accident was not immediately ascertained. A case has been registered in this connection, the SP said. UNI
According to a spokesperson of the state government, four helicopters of the Army have been deployed for rescue and relief operations. These helicopters dropped food and milk packets in the Kedar valley.
The Chief Minister of Uttaranchal, Mr Nityanand Swami, along with higher officials of the state government had an aerial survey of the area this morning and ordered to speed up the relief operations. Control rooms have been established at three places. Their contact numbers are Byungad-67355, Guptkashi-67241 and Rudraprayag-33185.
The bodies recovered have been identified as Gaura Kali (40), Santoshi (6), Dhamu (2), Gora (17), Dolli (10), all of one family, Ganesh (40), Shavi (28), Sanjay (2), Ram Bahadur (17), Meena (6), Hira Lal (45), Pushpa Devi (40), Mukhari Devi (55), Kirat Singh Ramola (55), Shiv Lal (45), Vineeta (16), Indu (10), Chandra Kala (40), Bina Devi (25), Vinod Prasad (20) and Narayan Singh (65).
Those who are still missing are Akhilesh (12), Vinay (10), Naveen (9) and Bachiram (35).
Meanwhile, the state government has given Rs 25 lakh to the district administration for rescue operations and providing immediate relief to the affected persons.
The state government has started air-dropping food packets in the worst-affected places and near shelters.
Almost all major rivers have been flowing above the danger level for the past 72 hours, causing widespread panic among people in coastal Orissa. Twentynine persons have so far died in the floods.
An estimated five million persons have been hit and thousands of villages cut off following the breaches.
Official reports reaching here today said over 25 breaches were reported in the coastal districts since last night. Almost all major rivers were in spate and flowing above the danger level.
Authorities were forced to release seven lakh cusecs of water from the Hirakud reservoir this morning as a safety measure to protect the dam.
The water level of the dam had already crossed 624 feet as against the full storage capacity of 630 feet, the sources said.
Sources said the situation in Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Jajpur, Puri and Cuttack was critical with the rivers showing no sign of receding.
It is apprehended that the situation would worsens with the release of water from Hirakud, which would cross Munduli and Naraj head anytime after the evening.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has already urged Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to release an ad hoc assistance of Rs 200 crore and depute a Central team to assess the flood damage. UNI
With almost all results out, the TDP which controlled all 22 zila parishads, could manage to retain just nine, while the Congress captured four zila parishads on its own and was set to win another three with the help of the CPM. If the TRS also extends its support, the Congress is likely to wrest control of three more zila parishads.
The ruling party won the zila parishads of Adilabad, Anantapur, East Godavari, Guntur, Krishna, Kurnool, Prakasam, Srikakulam and West Godavari, while the Congress triumphed in Chittoor, the native district of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Cuddapah, Nellore and Visakhapatnam. Contrary to expectations, the Congress put up an impressive show in coastal and Rayalaseema regions, considered to be the strongholds of the TDP.
Interestingly, the Telugu Desam and the Congress won 15 ZPTC seats each which formed the electoral college for zila parishad chairmanship of Vizianagaram.
The TRS which made its electoral debut in the local body polls by contesting 441 ZPTCs in Telangana, has managed to win 84 seats and won outright the Nizamabad zila parishad chairmanship.
The BJP which contested the polls in alliance with the TDP put up a dismal show by winning only 13 ZPTC seats. UNI
He confirmed this when newspersons asked whether the DMK would implead in the case on July 20 when a three-judge Bench of the apex court hears a batch of petitions challenging the appointment of Ms Jayalalitha, who had been disqualified from contesting elections.
On whether the DMK would press for speedy disposal of the case, he said "our advocate will do so in the course of the arguments".
Asked if his party believed that the Centre should still initiate strong action against the Tamil Nadu Government in connection with his 'dramatic' arrest, he said "certainly we expect the Centre to take action against the blatant violation of law".
To a query on how the party proposed to force the Centre to firmly deal with the state government, he said, "We are contemplating some action. I cannot reveal it at this stage". UNI
Subhrangshu Gupta
The Chief Minister, Mr Buddhadev Bhattacharyya, will make a statement in the Assembly on July 19 on the CID inquiry report into the arrest of the criminals, allegedly hired and sheltered by the Transport Minister at the stadium guest-house for working in his favour in the Assembly elections held on May 10.
Both the Congress and Trinamool Congress have demanded a CBI probe into the scandal, which the Chief Minister has rejected. Mr Chakraborty has submitted an explanation to the Chief Minister, denying his involvement in the scandal. He alleged some vested interests and a section of the CPM district committee, had been conspiring against him, which the party secretary, Mr Anil Biswas, however, denied.
Mr Chakraborty had been censored at least four times in the past one year for his anti-party activities. Recently, he was also snubbed by Mr Jyoti Basu who had advised him to keep silent to avoid any further complications.
Both Mr Basu and the late Sailen Dasgupta did not want that CID should probe Subhas Chakraborty's links with the criminals arrested with arms at Salt Lake stadium. But Mr Anil Biswas, Mr Biman Basu and the Chief Minister insisted that the probe be made for resolving all misunderstandings and misgivings among the public and the party workers about the minister's links with the criminals.
The North 24-Parganas District Committee has submitted a report to Mr Biswas ascertaining the Transport Minister's links with the criminals, who had been hired and sheltered at the stadium on the eve of the Assembly poll.
The barrister-turned-politician was commenting on Ms Mamata Banerjee's statement that Mr Panja had been suspended and not dismissed so that he could not be made a minister by Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee in future.
Mr Panja was suspended on Monday by the Trinamool Congress' core committee dealing with anti-party activities. Information of Mr Panja's suspension was also conveyed to the Prime Minister and the NDA chairman, Mr George Fernandes.
The rebel leader, however, said he had not received any letter of his suspension. "If it is so, then I must say Ms Banerjee is not behaving normally. She is perhaps suffering from Alzheimer's disease," he said.
He said he himself had drafted the constitution of the Trinamool Congress and there was no provision that anyone could be suspended or sacked like this. He should be served with show-cause notices giving him a reasonable period of time to defend himself prior to taking any disciplinary action, he said.
"I saw in newspapers that I had been suspended and four of my followers sacked from the party. This is highly illegal, vindictive, motivated and mala fide," Mr Panja remarked.
Mr Panja said that to make or not to make anyone a minister was the prerogative of the Prime Minister. "I don't know if I will be made a minister. But I must say I consider myself a partner of the NDA and I have faith in Mr Vajpayee. I am an MP and still the chairman of the Trinamool's state unit. I enjoy the support of maximum number of workers and supporters of the party," claimed the rebel leader.
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Setting aside a five judges full Bench judgement of the Rajasthan High Court in the cases of appellants from Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, the court said, "from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, the country is one and there is no intelligible differentiate which distinguishes advocates practising in Rajasthan from those practising outside Rajasthan but within the territory of India."
"Indian Constitution is basically federal in form and is marked by the traditional characteristics of a federal system, namely, supremacy of the Constitution, division of power between the Union and states and existence of an independent judiciary", a Bench comprising Mr Justice G.B. Pattanaik and Mr Justice B.N. Agrawal pointed out.
"In the present case, we have clearly held that the rules are violative of Articles 14 and 16, as such the Division Bench and full Bench decisions of the Rajasthan High Court are manifestly wrong and the law laid down therein is approved, the same would be unfair to members of the Bar practising in all courts throughout the country. We have no option but to hold rules 8(ii) and 15(ii) as ultra vires the Constitution and liable to be struck down", the judges ruled.
Rule 8 (ii) and rule 15 (ii) of the aforesaid rules require that direct recruitment to the Rajasthan Higher Judicial Service is to be made from amongst the advocates who have practised in the Rajasthan High Court of courts subordinate thereto, for a period not less than seven years.
The provisions in these rules debar advocate practising outside Rajasthan even from applying to the posts of Rajasthan Higher Judicial Service, much less recruited, the judges noted.
Referring to an old judgement of the Punjab and Haryana High Court which was upheld by the Supreme Court in 1961, Mr Justice Agrawal delivering the 28-page judgement said that for appointment in the Punjab Judicial Service, it was then maintained that for reckoning seven years standing of a person at the Bar period of pracitise in both the courts of Punjab and Haryana and Lahore (before Partition) would be counted.
The judges, however, making this judgement applicable only prospectively, observed, "It is made clear that this judgement will not affect any appointment made prior to this date under the rules which have been found to be invalid herein above."
"The High Court would be well advised to take up the process of selection, already started, de novo in accordance with this judgement and will now recommend the name of appellant-Ganga Ram Moolchandani to the Governor of Rajasthan Higher Judicial Service against one of the existing vacancies", the court ordered while giving relief to one of the appellants.
Answering a query from the audience on the prize distribution ceremony of Pepsi contest, the Big B said, "We do often borrow from the life around us to play a character convincingly. It depends on the role. But ultimately it is the director who makes us behave in the way we behave on celluloid."
"I feel myself like a normal ordinary person till today. I am not at all overcome with my success," he said.
"It is because we are in a profession in which you see things larger than life that you tend to think so high of us. But it is just another profession. Only the environment around us makes us look larger than life," he said.
Barely a fortnight after his deification in the city in which he began his career as an ordinary salesman in 1963, Bachchan came here today to a tumultuous welcome to keep a date with the common man. UNI
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The exserviceman, Mr Rishipal Singh, was seriously injured in the attack. He was admitted to a local hospital.
According to the police, the gang members scaled the first-floor balcony at 11.30 p.m. to gain entry into the house.
Mr Rishipal Singh's wife Poonam (35), who was sleeping on the roof of the house, was attacked with sharp-edged weapons and bricks, leading to her death. The gang members dragged her body downstairs.
The gang members then entered a room of the house and killed the exserviceman's son Deepak (16) and daughter Seema (13). The miscreants also attacked Mr Rishipal Singh, who was sleeping in another room. Presuming him to be dead, they then ransacked the house.
The police suspects that it is the work of a gang that has been active in western Uttar Pradesh for over three years now.
The modus operandi of the gang members is to first kill occupants of a house with iron rods, sharp-edged weapons and bricks and then loot it.
Ms Bharti saved the crow from the attacks of its black-plumed cousins and the animal-loving couple were now rearing this nature's rarity at home.
The 'albino' crow has since generated a lot of public interest, and is making itself comfortable in the home of a person, who has saved quite a few of his feathered friends.
An eagle, kingfisher and an American owl have all been beneficiaries of Prof Rajadhyaksha's benevolence.
Bombay Natural History Society spokesperson Issac Kehimkar said the crow suffered from a genetic disorder that rendered its plumes milky white.
"This kind of genetic aberration has been known to happen, but is very rare. Maybe one in a thousand crows look like this," he added. UNI
The police said the wild elephants trampled a farmer working on the outskirts of the village on Tuesday and went on a rampage damaging the houses. UNI
They have been identified as Rajinderpal Singh and Phoola Singh. They were coming to Sribijaynagar from their village, Chak 36 GB, at 10 a.m. when a speeding oil takner hit them from behind. While Phoola Singh died on the spot, Rajinderpal Singh died at local Civil Hospital. Rajinderpal Singh is the nephew of a former district Bar Council chief and NDPS Special Court Prosecuter, Mr Malkit Singh Nandha.
MANI SHANKAR'S EFFIGY BURNT
CHENNAI: Supporters of TNCC president E.V.K.S. Elangovan on Wednesday burnt an effigy of senior Congress leader and MP Mani Shankar Aiyer for his statement demanding immediate removal of Mr Elangovan from the post. A group of Mr Elangovan supporters gathered near the party office and shouted slogans against Mr Aiyer and demanded his expulsion from the party for allegedly supporting the AIADMK, before burning the effigy. PTI
THREE KILLED IN HOUSE COLLAPSES
ETAWAH: At least three persons, including two women, were buried alive and seven seriously injured in separate incidents of house collapse caused due to heavy rains in Etawah and Auraiyya districts on Tuesday. The police said here on Wednesday that Ramvilas Nat (32) was killed and five persons, including his wife and children, were seriously injured when his house collapsed in Raipura village of Etawah district. In another incident, Premawati and Leelawati were killed and two others injured when a house collapsed due to continuous rains in Binpura village of Auraiyya district. UNI
2 STUDENTS DIE IN STAMPEDE
AHMEDABAD: Two students were killed and 16 injured in a stampede following rumours of a wall collapse in a school building here on Wednesday, the police said. "Following a rumour that a wall of Prakash High School has collapsed at around 12 noon, students began running out of classes, creating a melee. As a result, two died and 16 suffered injuries", it said. PTI
2 IPS OFFICERS TRANSFERRED
JAIPUR: Two IPS officers of Rajasthan have been transferred with immediate effect, a press note quoting a government order said. Mr Alok Kumar Vashisth has been placed in Kota as an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), while Mr P. Ramji has been shifted from Alwar to Jaipur as an ASP. PTI
DOCTORS ASKED TO CALL OFF STRIKE
RANCHI: Jharkhand Chief Minister Babulal Marandi on Wednesday called upon junior doctors to withdraw their agitation and said that 30 doctors of various government hospitals and primary health centres would be deputed at Rajendra Medical College Hospital (RMCH). The Chief Minister took the decision while reviewing the condition of the RMCH following the week-long strike by the junior doctors. UNI
KERALA TO OPPOSE PLAN PANEL'S MOVE
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Chief Minister A.K. Antony on Wednesday expressed grave concern over the reported move of the Planning Commission to change the population base-year from 1971 for determining the plan outlay of the states as such a shift would badly affect few states, including Kerala. PTI


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