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TN tense as Jayalalithaa suffers cardiac arrest

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa is on assisted breathing at Chennai's Apollo hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest on Sunday. The Apollo Hospital in Chennai, where Jayalalithaa is being treated, said in a press release that after suffering the cardiac arrest, she was in a critical condition. Jayalalithaa has been in hospital since September 22 when her condition deteriorated suddenly. Sixty eight-year-old Jayalalithaa has been put on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a heart assist device, and was under the watch of experts, including cardiologists. Following the development, Tamil Nadu Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao, who is also the Governor of Maharashtra, airdashed to the city from Mumbai and visited Apollo Hospitals on Sunday night. However, contrary to expectations that he would address the press, he just folded his hands and left the hospital premises without saying a word on Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa's health.

Do You Know RBI Governor’s Salary?

Can you guess the salary amount the present Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) Governor Mr Urjit Patel taking home? Urjit who took charge from Raghuram Rajan as RBI Governor on September 4th had first taken his complete salary for October month. Urjit Patel took Rs 2.09 lakhs salary amount in the month. Previous governor Rajan too was paid the same amount as salary before he retired from the post. Rajan was given Rs 27,933 as remuneration for his four days work in RBI.  No support staff has been provided to Urjit Patel at his residence. Two cars and two drivers have been provided to him. However, Rajan was provided with three cars and four drivers. One caretaker and nine maintenance attendants were posted as supporting staff in the bungalow provided by the bank to Raghuram Rajan at Mumbai. The bank was asked to provide details of remuneration given to former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan and incumbent Patel.

50 Charted Flights For The Wedding!

While entire nation is in misery because of cash crunch due to ban on old 500 and 1000 notes and also because of unavailability of new currency notes, political leaders are making their family wedding ostentatiously by pouring money like anything. Recently, Karnataka former BJP leader Gali Janardhan Reddy stunned entire nation by allegedly spending Rs 500 crores for his daughter wedding. Now, it’s Union Minister Nitin Gadkari’s turn to stun the nation. Gadkari’s only daughter Ketki tied the nuptial knot with Aditya Kaskhedikar, who works with Facebook in the US, last night. At least ten thousand guests flew down to Nagpur for the wedding ceremony.  50 chartered flights were arranged to ferry passengers for the marriage ceremony. But Nitin Gadkari’s office on Sunday rejected the claim stating only ten chartered flights were landed at the Nagpur airport over the last 24 hours. Top leaders including BJP chief Amit Shah, Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Prakash Javadekar and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray attended the marriage ceremony. Several Industrialists including Ratan Tata and Mukesh Ambani also graced the event. The reception will held on December 8th in New Delhi.

Indian Women beat Pak to win T20 Asia Cup

  India beat arch rival Pakistan by 17 runs in the summit clash to clinch the Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup in Bangkok on Sunday. After winning the toss, the Indian team opted to bat first at the Asian Institute of Technology Ground in Bangkok. Star opener Mithali Raj set the tone for the match, hitting few boundaries early on. Wickets kept falling on the other end but the right-hander held the innings from one end and kept the scoreboard ticking. India had also beaten Pakistan earlier in the league stage of the tournament. Pakistan batted first on November 29 to score 97/7 in 20 overs which India chased down with five wickets and four balls to spare. The Women's Asia Cup was played four times as a 50-over tournament from 2004 to 2008. In 2012 the competition was first played in the 20-over format before the 2016 edition. India have won all six editions of the event, having beaten Pakistan in the final of the last two.

RBI to issue new Rs.50& Rs.20 notes

  Weeks after the demonetisation drive where the government scrapped the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes+ at midnight between November 8 and 9. , the Reserve bank of India has announced that it will soon be issuing new Rs. 50 and 20 currency notes. “The RBI will shortly issue Rs 20 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005, with inset letter 'L' in both the number panels, bearing signature of Dr. Urjit R Patel, Governor, Reserve Bank of India, and the year of printing '2016' printed on the reverse of the banknote,” said a statement issued by the RBI on Sunday. “The RBI will shortly issue Rs 50 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005, without inset letter in both the number panels, bearing signature of Dr. Urjit R Patel, Governor, Reserve Bank of India, and the year of printing '2016' printed on the reverse of the banknote,” the statement added.

Withdraw 'non-veg' 5-pound note:UK Hindus

  One of the UK's largest Hindu temples has urged worshippers not to donate any new 5-pound notes after it emerged they contain traces of animal fat. Hindu Forum of Britain (HFB), an umbrella group of Hindu organisations and temples in the UK, has called on the Bank of England to withdraw the new 5-pound note as well. "Saving and sharing wealth (the Goddess of fortune) in currency tainted by unnecessary harm to animals is somewhat of an oxymoron," said Shree Gauridas, spiritual commissioner of HFB and a director of the UK's ISKCON temple. Donations are taken at the Shree Sanatan Mandir temple for charitable causes in the community. The city of Leicester has one of the largest populations of Hindus in England and is famous for hosting the biggest Diwali celebrations outside India.

Preity Zinta's cousin commits suicide

Nitin Chauhan, cousin of Bollywood actress Preity Zinta, committed suicide in Himachal Pradesh capital Shimla owing to a matrimonial dispute, police said on Saturday. Mr. Chauhan allegedly shot himself in the head with a pistol in a vehicle early on Friday. Police said two suicide notes were recovered -- one from the car and one from Chauhan's house, wherein he blamed his in-laws for his extreme step. Mr. Chauhan’s wife Pravin Dulta (34) and his parents-in-law Prem Singh Dulta (60) and Sulochna Dulta (55) were arrested on the basis of his suicide notes, a senior police official said. Chauhan accused his in-laws of not allowing him to meet his children and of threatening to implicate him in false cases, a police official said. Child rights activist Kumar V. Jahgirdar on Saturday said Chauhan took the step a day before a court hearing in the matrimonial dispute. "It's indeed shocking that nobody came to the rescue of this father (Chauhan) as he was missing his son. His wife had filed false cases against him to keep him away from his children," said Jahgirdar.

Sindhu races ahead of Virat

  PV Sindhu, the first Indian women player to win a silver at the Olympic Games, achieved yet another major feat as she became the top searched sportsperson of 2016 in India. The Olympic medallist overtook the likes MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli and even Sachin Tendulkar to emerge at the top of the list. Ever since her medal winning effort at the Rio Games, Sindhu has become the most sought after sportperson in the country. Gymnast Dipa Karmakar ranked just below Sindhu as the second most searched sportsperson on social media. The gymnast from Agartala, put India on the world map in gymnastics, finishing fourth at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She pulled off the much deadly Prudonova vault. Standing third in the list is Indian limited overs captain MS Dhoni while Test captain Virat Kohli is placed as the most sought after sportsperson in the country.

National Shooter Alleges Coach raped her

  A national level shooter has accused her coach, also a former shooter and Olympian, of spiking her drink at a party and raping her. The shooter, in her complaint to Chanakyapuri police station, said that she has been practising with the accused for about two years. The woman also said that she has been training for the national championships at the shooting range of the Sports Authority of India and the accused, who had competed in international events, used to guide her. The accused, who is also an Arjuna awardee, was a Sports Authority of India (SAI) coach. The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) said this is why it cannot take a call on the accused's future. "This is a private case between two individuals, which is being investigated by the police. We shall co-operate with the cops if we are asked to," an NRAI official said.

Trump speaks to Taiwan;angers China

  Donald Trump where no U.S. commander-in-chief had gone since diplomatic relations were restored with China in 1979. President-elect Donald Trump has spoken with the president of Taiwan, a move that will be sure to anger China. Twice in the last week Trump has had phone conversations that have prompted consternation with nuclear powers. On Wednesday, he called Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif a “terrific guy” in comments sure to irk India. On Friday, it was China’s turn. It is highly unusual, probably unprecedented, for a US president or president- elect to speak directly with a leader of Taiwan, a self-governing island the US broke diplomatic ties with in 1979.   The Trump team did not initially respond to multiple requests for comment but later confirmed that the president-elect had spoken with Ms Tsai and “noted the close economic, political, and security ties” between Taiwan and the United States. Beijing’s immediate response was brief and muted. “China firmly opposes any official interaction or military contact between [the] U.S. and Taiwan,” said China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement reported by Chinese state media.  

Virat-Anushka dance at Yuvraj's wedding

The Indian Cricket Team's Test captain attended the Hindu wedding of his dear friend Yuvraj Singh and Hazel Keech at Goa. And his wedding date was none other than his alleged girlfriend Anushka Sharma. Virat, Anushka, Rohit Sharma with his wife Ritika, were among the host of other celebrities who attended the second wedding ceremony. While the first ceremony took place according to Sikh customs at a Gurudwara in Fatehgarh Sahib, which is 50 kms from Chandigarh, on Wednesday, the couple tied the know this time in a typical Hindu wedding at a beach-side resort in north Goa. While Virat and Anushka couldn't attend the Chandigarh ceremony, they ensured their presence in Goa. The duo attended the sangeet, held in Chandigarh and even shook a leg with the bride and groom. They did the same at the Goa wedding too amidst loud cheers from the wedding guests. Mukesh and Nita Ambani, Zaheer Khan and Ashish Nehra attended the celebrations. Yuvraj's baraat turned out to be a star-studded affair, with Virat and his other cricketer friends shaking a leg, while accompanying Yuvraj to the mandap. Not just that, Anushka and Virat also shook a leg at the after party. While Anushka grooved to Senorita from ZNMD, Virat did his favourite Gangnam style moves.

Man discloses 13,000 Crs black money

An Ahmedabad based businessman declared his unaccounted income of a whopping ₹13,000 crore under the Centre's Income Declaration Scheme (IDS) but has failed to pay the tax on the declared amount.  Income Tax authorities are on the lookout for Mahesh Shah, who had declared the huge sum under the Income Declaration Scheme - which provides immunity to those who declare and pay the required tax on their hidden income. The man has gone missing since then. The IT Department then carried out search operations, following which it was revealed that "Shah declared black money on behalf of several big shots of Ahmedabad." According to a report, his neighbours said that for the last four months, whenever he got out of his second-floor home, Shah carried a trolley bag with him and would forever be on the phone. He changed his SIM cards frequently and carried five cell phones. Mr Sethna, his chartered accountant claims that he neither knows about the businessman's whereabouts nor his business investments. "He studied up to 12th grade and is very intelligent," Mr Sethna said, adding, "I can tell you that he is very well connected and has been into big dealings. I had no reason to doubt his credentials."

22yr old hacks Modi's App

Just days after the official Twitter accounts of Rahul Gandhi and his Congress party were hacked, a 22-year-old from Mumbai claims to have hacked into Prime Minister Narendra Modi's App. Narendra Modi has his own app which is separate from the official app which can be downloaded for iPhones, Android devices and Windows phones. Late on Thursday night, Javed Khatri, who says he is a mobile app developer, reached out to a website, claiming he had hacked into the PM's app and could access the private data of users, including email ids and even mobile numbers of union ministers. It took only 15-20 minutes to hack the app, the young tech wiz told the site. Javed Khatri says his intention was not to cause trouble but to flag a potentially enormous security loophole. Javed shared a couple of screenshots in which he gives proof of the hack being legitimate. The grabs have personal data of Dr Jitendra Singh who is the Minister of State for the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, which he accessed via the Narendra Modi app.

Delhi: Fog delays 81 trains;several flights

Dense fog in the national capital led to more than 140 flights being delayed and seven cancelled today as poor runway visibility in the morning disrupted operations at IGI airport. While 81 trains were running late, 13 trains — which were scheduled to run on Saturday and Sunday — were cancelled. As many as 40 trains had been rescheduled due to the fog. Several important and prestigious trains like Rajdhani, Duronto, Sampark Kranti, Purusottam, Utkal, Nandankanan, Hirakud Express have been badly affected and their scheduled have gone haywires, an ECoR release said on Friday.This is the third consecutive day that dense fog in many parts of northern India caused major air and rail traffic issues. More than 140 flights were delayed and seven cancelled on Friday as poor runway visibility in the morning disrupted operations at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport here, officials said. With around 1,100 flight movements per day, IGI airport is the busiest aerodrome in the country.

Hazel Keech changes name to marry Yuvraj

Cricketer Yuvraj Singh has tied the knot with his girlfriend, British−Mauritian model Hazel Keech on 30th November according to Sikh rituals in Chandigarh. The couple has now reached Goa for wedding no. 2 which will take place according to Hindu rituals on December 2. But in the middle of this hectic schedule, it has come to light that the actor’s name has been changed. She has been christened Gurbasant Kaur after the couple’s wedding at the Dera of Baba Ram Singh, about 40 km from Chandigarh. According to reports, during the wedding rites, Hazel was constantly referred by a new name, Gurbasant Kaur by Saint Balvinder Singh, who was carrying out the rituals. Though Yuvraj and his mother are followers of Singh, the cricketer’s father Yograj Singh gave a miss to the wedding in Chandigarh as he didn’t want it to take place at the Dera. Yograj Singh did attend other festivities including the cocktail party in Chandigarh. Earlier in an interview, Yuvraj’s mother said “Hazel has also met our Guru ji a couple of times and she follows him truly and with full dedication, as she understands we cannot question our Guru Ji. We all know how he saved Yuvi from cancer and helped in bringing my boy back to life.”

Army proves Mamata wrong

The Indian Army proved the Mamata Banerjee led Trinamool government wrong, in the raging controversy over its exercise in West Bengal. A letter written by the Kolkata Police proves the Army's claim that the West Bengal government had been intimated about its routine exercise in the state. These contradict Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's charge that the Army was deployed without informing the state government. The routine Army exercises in West Bengal were given a political flavour as Mamata Banerjee herself stepped in to protest at the Secretariat next to the toll plaza in Kolkata where the Army exercises were carried out. Kolkata's Additional Commissioner of Police Supratim Sarkar wrote to Colonel Surinder Mahani, Station Cell, Administrative Commandment, Head Quarters Bengal Area, Kolkata, a letter dated November 26. It acknowledged the Army's memo dated November 24 "in connection with the intimation of the Impressments Exercise for Civil Hired Transport on and from November 28 to November 30 at Vidyasagar Setu Toll Plaza".

AAP MP barred from Parliament till Dec 9

Speaker Sumitra Mahajan today gave one more week’s time to the Lok Sabha panel probing the issue of Bhagwant Mann shooting a video of The Parliament complex and asked the AAP member not to attend the House till a decision is taken in the matter. She has extended AAP MP Bhagwant Mann’s quantum of punishment till December 9. Mahajan informed the house that the nine-member committee headed by Bharatiya Janata Party MP Kirit Somaiya has sought another extension. The nine-member committee, headed by BJP MP Kirti Somaiya, had found him guilty of compromising security and termed it a ‘serious breach’ of security of the Parliament which was attacked by militants in 2001. The committee was set up on July 25, a week after Mann had put out in the social media a video of his vehicle passing security barricades and entering the Parliament complex. He had also videographed a room where Parliament questions were being sorted.

Rahul Gandhi: Modi interested in TRP politics

Claiming that Congress has never given India a prime minister who based their entire policy-making strategy on TRPs, Rahul said, “Prime Minister Modi is more interested in TRP politics. Congress has never given India a PM who was a prisoner of his or her own image. We never gave India a Prime Minister who by passed the experience of those sitting in institutions. The country has suffered tremendous damage as a result of the vanity and incompetence of our Prime Minister.” With his mother and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi unwell, a meeting of the party's parliamentarians this morning was chaired by Rahul Gandhi. “The Prime Minister often asks what the Congress did in the last 60 years. The people of India know exactly what the Congress has achieved for this country. But I would like to tell the prime minister what the Congress didn’t do in 67 years,” Rahul said. “The Congress never gave India a prime minister who was a prisoner of his own image,” he said. At the meeting, the Congress MPs chalked out strategies for the main opposition, which is going full throttle against the demonetisation policy of the Centre.

Defence Min saddened by Mamata's comments

Defence Minister Manohar Parikkar said on Friday that the army was conducting a routine exercise in West Bengal and the northeastern states and also rejected the allegations levelled by TMC that state government was not informed about it. The Trinamool Congress and other opposition parties raised the issue of the presence of Army personnel at toll plazas ‘in various parts’ of West Bengal in both Houses of Parliament on Friday. The Army however clarified and called the incident a ‘routine exercise.’ Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar also spoke on the issue in Parliament and said that Trinamool’s reaction to the incident was merely ‘political frustration.’ He said, “Its sad that a routine exercise has been made into a controversy now.” Parrikar added that the exercise was scheduled to happen on December 28, 29 and 30, but were shifted to December 1, 2 on the request of Kolkata police. He also accused the TMC leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of politicising the matter.