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Volkswagen India to recall 3,877 Vento cars April 01, 2016 14:49

Volkswagen India is set to recall 3,877 Vento cars with manual gearbox and 1.5-litre diesel engine, because of inconsistent Carbon Monoxide (CO) emissions. The firm would also halt the model sales with an immediate effect. In a statement, the company said that, some times, the emissions are crossing the threshold limits at the time of he Conformity of Production tests, which are done by ARAI. The company said, “At the same time, Volkswagen India is temporarily holding back sales of the manual gearbox version of the Volkswagen Vento with 1.5-litre diesel engine with immediate effect.” The issue is being analyzed by the company to propose technical measures to ARAI. The company is looking to solve the inconsistency as early as possible. After getting approval and conformation from the competent authorities, measures would be implemented by Volkswagen India to resume the production as well as sales of the model. “The same technical measures will also be implemented in the impacted vehicles that are already with customers,” the company said. According to Volkswagen India, the manual gearbox version of Vento with 1.5-litre diesel engine is the one impacted and has no connection with the global NOx emissions topic. Volkswagen India said, “All other diesel models and variants of Volkswagen India, including Vento 1.5 TDI with automatic transmission (DSG) and all diesel Polo cars, conform to the norms and will continue to be produced and sold in India.” - Sumana

Partially built flyover collapses in Kolkata, at least 10 dead, 150 trapped March 31, 2016 17:16

A partially built flyover in Girish Park area of Kolkata has collapsed, leaving at least ten dead and more than 150 are feared of getting trapped under the collapsed bridge, said the police Currently, rescue operation is underway and people are being recovered from beneath the collapsed bridge. According to eye witnesses, bare hands are being used by the rescuers to pull and save those who are caught under the rubble. A nearby resident told NDTV that, “We heard a loud rumble and then saw a lot of smoke.” Local media reports said that people are passing water bottles to those who are crying out from help from underneath the collapsed bridge. The National Disaster Response Force, NDRF, and Army officers are sent to carry out rescue operations. An NDRF official said: “Our team is on their way to the site with all required equipment, we are also pressing into service canines which will help find trapped people. We will start the operations as soon as possible.” The construction of the flyover was delayed many times, but was supposed to be finished three years back. - Sumana

Vijay Mallya offers loan payment of Rs. 4,000 crore by September March 30, 2016 14:52

Vijay Mallya has offered a loan payment of Rs. 4,000 crore to banks by September 2016. The case was heard by Supreme Court and gave banks one week time to respond to the proposal. The matter for hearing was posted by the Apex court on 7 April 2016. The chairman of grounded carrier Kingfisher Airlines stated that he is still abroad and charged media for the creation of a ‘vitiating’ atmosphere. Earlier, in a stern warning to wilful defaulters like Vijay Mallya, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that all dues should be settled honourably with the banks or else should be ready to face ‘coercive action. by investigative agencies and lenders. “I don’t want to make any comments on individual cases but I think it’s a responsibility of large groups like his [Vijay Mallya’s] to honourably settle their dues with the banks,” Jaitley told PTI in an interview. “Banks have some securities. Banks plus other agencies have also coercive methods available with them through legal enforcement...these are all being investigated by relevant agencies,” he said. - Sumana

Egypt Air plane hijacked ! March 29, 2016 12:39

Egypt’s civil aviation authority said that an EgyptAir plane has been hijacked while it was flying to Cairo from Alexandria. According to airline and Cypriot officials, it was forced to land in Larnaka airport in Cyprus. As per report from the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, 55 people were on board with 7 crew members. A Cypriot government official said that the flight landed in Cyprus Tuesday morning and they are suspecting the presence of a bomb on board. Another Cypriot official said that there “seems like there’s more than one hijacker.” The official said that there are no demands yet, but the police vehicles were asked to move away from the aircraft. The Egyptian aviation authority statement said that the MS181 is an Airbus with 55 passengers on board as well as five crew members.- Sumana

Huge explosion in Afghan parliament as rockets land March 28, 2016 17:05

Rocket landed near the Afghan’s parliament building and a huge explosion happened on Monday, according to a media report. As per Khaama Press report, the blast happened while senior security personnel were moving towards it for briefing lawmakers. An eye witness was quoted by Xinhua news agency as saying that, "Some three rockets landed near new parliament building around 10.15am. At least one rocket struck the building's yard, sending up a black smoke in the air." According to security sources, "We still cannot provide details on casualties. But the initial investigation found no one was injured as a result of the attack inside the parliament compound." Investigation was launched into the attack. More details are yet to come, said the source. The lower house of parliament i.e. the Wolesi Jirga members were all holding a meeting at the time of the attack. No information is known on who is behind the attack. Till now, none claimed responsible for the attack. Interestingly, the Parliament complex was constructed by India and was inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi last year. - Sumana

27 students, 2 teachers from HCU booked citing vandalism March 24, 2016 16:27

Police have booked two faculty members and 27 students of the University of Hyderabad for allegedly involving in vandalism on Tuesday at the residence and office of Vice-Chancellor P Appa Rao. Few of the students who were booked are Mudavath Venkatesh Chauhan of the Joint Action Committee for Social Justice and a close friend of dalit student Rohith Vemula named Dontha Prashant. Prashant was one of the four students who were expelled from the hostel, along with vemula, for allegedly assaulting Susheel Kumar, ABVP leader. Two teachers booked in the case are Konda Yesu Ratnam (53) Associate Professor of Political Science and Dr Tathagata Sengupta (31) Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics. All these 29 people were arrested late in the night on Tuesday. They were produced in court on Wednesday and were later released on bail. - Sumana

Sreesanth to take part in BJP Kerala Assembly elections March 22, 2016 17:43

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is in plans to take Sreesanth as one of his candidates for Kerala Assembly polls, which are scheduled to be held on 16 May 2015. Meanwhile, Sreesanth revealed that he would take a decision on Wednesday over contesting in the elections. However, he did not disclose anymore details. Sreesanth told PTI that, “I will let you know my decision.” Sreesanth’s family members revealed that he got a call form one of the top BJP leaders in Delhi. The leader requested him to take part in the election from the Thrippunithura Assembly constituency. They are revealed that the former cricketer would probably meet Amit Shah, BJP chief, during his visit to Kerala. According to Kerala BJP President Kummanam Rajasekharan the State leadership is not aware of the move but “things will be clear in two days.” - Sumana

Blasts at Brussels airport, 14 killed, many injured March 22, 2016 15:35

According to Belgian media, one person died and many were injured on Tuesday morning following two explosions in the departure hall of Brussels airport. The air traffic control service said that all flights were suspended at the airport. There is no immediate news concerning the cause of the explosion and about the number of people injured. Four days back a suspected participant in ‘November militant attacks in Paris’ was arrested in Brussels. Today’s blasts came after the arrest and Belgian police are alert for any reprisal action. Pictures in social media showed that smoke is rising from the departure hall. All the windows are looked shattered by the blast. Passengers were seen running from the departure lounge towards a slipway. According to Public broadcaster RTBF, the blasts came after 8:00am, making the regional authorities to switch to emergency mode. Alex Rossi of The Sky News television who was at the scene, said that he heard two "very, very loud explosions". "I could feel the building move. There was also dust and smoke as well...I went towards where the explosion came from and there were people coming out looking very dazed and shocked. The thinking here is that it is some kind of terrorist attack - that hasn't been verified by any of the authorities here at the airport," Rossi added. Belgian media announced the suspension of rail traffic to the airport. - Sumana

No harm in saying Bharat Mata ki Jai, says few Muslim leaders March 18, 2016 16:30

Many Muslim community leaders said that there is no harm in saying 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' as it is a slogan hailing one’s country. They say that Islam do not stop its followers to express the love for country or motherland. Few community leaders allege that there could be a understanding (tactic) between MIM and BJP in continuously bringing contentious issues. A local Muslim leader Ghulam Peshimam said, "There was no reason for Asaduddin Owaisi to respond to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's comments on 'Bharat Mata ki jai'. Again, MIM MLA Waris Pathan should not have said he would not utter the slogan, which, in other words, means salutation to the country, something Islam sanctions." Few even allege that MIM and BJP are feeding off of each other. The Indian Union Muslim League Mumbai, head Parvez Lakdawala says, “The BJP needs a Muslim party like MIM to polarise votes in the states which will soon go to polls. India is our motherland and there is nothing wrong in praising the motherland or saluting it even if our Constitution doesn't make it binding on the citizens” M A Khalid, general secretary of All India Milli Council (Maharashtra), remained a couplet in the poem 'Naya Shivala (New Temple)' written by Urdu poet Allama Iqbal. "Pathar ki mooraton mein samjha hai tu khuda hai/ khaake watan ka mujhko har zarra devata hai (for you, an idol of stone is a god/every particle of the country's sand is a deity to me.)" Khalid said, "Can Owaisi and Pathan call Iqbal a 'kafir' for penning such a patriotic line? Love to madre watan or motherland is a popular expression and Muslims' patriotism cannot be doubted." - Sumana

Telugu TV anchor Nirosha comits suicide March 17, 2016 11:02

Nirosha, Telugu television anchor, has committed suicide in Hyderabad. She hanged herself at a hostel on Wednesday, according to police officials. The 23 year old made a skype call to one of her friends in Canada and threatened to comit suicide when she was on call, following an argument. Nirosha's friend immediately called one of their common friends in HYderabad for help. However, by the time they reached the paying guest hostel located in Sindhi Colony area in Secunderabad, the anchor was found dead. Mohd Waheeduddin, in charge of Ramgopalpet's police station, said that it is not clear about what provoked the suicide. POlice registered a case under suspicious death case under section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Code. K Radhakrishna, father of Nirosha, resides in Chittoor. According to him, the reason behind his daughter killing herself could be her frequent suffering from severe stomach ache. Nirosha works as an anchor in Gemini Music, a Telugu music channel. She even worked with other news channels earlier. Sumana

National-level Kabbadi player shot dead March 16, 2016 18:18

Two armed assailants shot a national-level Kabbadi player in Rithal village of Rohtak. The murder was caught in a CCTV camera installed at a house in the location where the murder took place. It was Sukhvinder Singh (24) who was shot dead on Tuesday evening when he was coming back home after his practice. A police official said that, "Two persons on a scooter shot dead Sukhwinder with a pistol near his house on Tuesday evening." The CCTV camera installed in a nearby house captured the crime. The footage showed that the player was talking on his mobile phone to someone while returning home. Meanwhile, two assailants, who are not yet identified, approched him on scooter. They fired shots at him in chest and forehead. Sukhvinder then fell on the gound. Police filed a murder case against unidentiifed assailants and began their hunt to nab the killlers. Sukhvinder's parents said that he does not have any personal enmity with anyone. Sumana

Donald Trump says, Indians should not be kicked out after studies in US March 15, 2016 18:32

Donald Trump has said that Indains studying in educational institutions in the US should not be kicked off from the country after studies. According to him, the country needs smart people. He also said that he would set up the record straight concerning immigration policies. In an interview to Fox News, Mr. Trump said, “Whether we like that or not, they pay, et cetera, et cetera but we educate a lot of people, very smart people. We need those people in the country,” “They cannot come into the country. You know, they go to Harvard, they are first in their class and they’re from India, they go back to India and they setup companies and they make a fortune and they employ lots of people and all of that,” he said. Clarifying his position on H-1B visa aspects, the Republican presidential frontrunner said, “Many people want to stay in this country and then want to do that. I think somebody that goes through years of college in this country we shouldn’t kick them out the day they graduate, which we do.” From the beginning of his campaign, Mr. Trump has been advocating against the H-1B visa programme. According to him, the program is unfair for American workers, as most vacancies are being filled by other nationals, especially Indians. Sumana