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I'm sure “I know everything, you stupid ignorant feck” will defend this as well.Waiting for few people to come in and defend this
Don't know about the other dude but knobhead used to be different in his early days no? He seems like a prime example of people who can be bought off.
Exactly. He use to do actual journalism when he was with Times Now.
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https://www.nationalheraldindia.com...soren-assures-action-for-his-communal-remarks
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The likes of Sudhir Chaudhary and Amish Devgan (B&D) are just as bad. Bunch of clowns paid to spread propaganda pretending to be messengers of truth.
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Namaste Trump
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Thanks.
I'll delete the first tweet as it's based on UTC not IST.
Gujarat also has the lowest recovery rate until now
That's Great.
https://www.deccanherald.com/nation...-gopinathan-for-not-resuming-duty-829257.html
I wonder if this guy would get an early hearing, if he moved the SC
I wonder if this guy would get an early hearing, if he moved the SC
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I didn't see this yesterday. Morally there is nothing wrong with attacking mini-Goebbels, practically it will cost you popularity and will be an excuse for further govt crackdown.
What a shame. SC has no time to hear other cases/petitions while this clown’s nonsensical case is listed within 12-14h.
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Smells like a massive scam to me.
Speaking of freedom of speech of journalists....
Coimbatore: Founder of News Portal Arrested for Reporting on Government’s Handling of COVID-19
New Delhi: In a controversial move, the Coimbatore police have arrested the founder of SimpliCity, a news portal, for two reports that highlighted shortcomings faced by government healthcare professionals and alleged corruption by some employees of the public distribution system (PDS).
Andrew Sam Raja Pandian was charged under sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Epidemic Diseases Act after a complaint was filed by M. Sundararajan, an assistant commissioner of the Coimbatore Municipal Corporation. The complainant claims that the reports could ‘provoke’ healthcare professionals and PDS employees against the government and “derail efforts to fight the coronavirus”.
According to SimpliCity, the First Information Report (FIR) says the complaint describes the two news reports as ‘false’ and ‘provocative against the state government’. He was produced before a magistrate and remanded in judicial custody and has been lodged in the Avinashi Sub-jail. The portal added that before Sam was arrested, a reporter and photographer who were detained for more than 10 hours were let off.
According to reports, Sam was arrested for offences under Sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by a civil servant), 505 (i) (statements conducing to public mischief) of the IPC and Section 3 of the Epidemic Diseases Act.
The first story, ‘No timely and adequate food, allege UG and PG Student Doctors at CMCH Hostel‘, reports that doctors who are pursuing their UG and PG at the CMCH hostel were forced to protest after “administrative mismanagement” led to them not receiving timely and adequate food. The second story, titled ‘Looting at ration shops during lockdown, govt’s grant of Rs.1000 swindled, lament public‘, claimed that ration shop workers are “looting” provisions meant for the poor. The report says people complained about ‘swindling’ of provisions to the district collector, who “with immediate effect ordered the concerned Tahsildar’s to probe the issue and ensure people receive the relief without any discrepancies”.
A report by The News Minute said that the issue of food shortage at the CMCH was widely reported and that there is evidence of protest by doctors. “Following the protests, action was taken against the Dean of the college and even the Medical Superintendent was issued a show cause notice,” the website said.
John, a source close to Sam, told The News Minute that SimpliCity is being targeted because it is a “small organisation and can be squashed”.
The move came in for wide condemnation from the police and the media fraternity.
Meanwhile, Chennai Press Club joint secretary Bharathi Thamizhan said it was ‘journalistic duty to point out mistakes so that the government could take appropriate action.’ “The Corporation has acted irresponsibly in this case, and so has the police. The arrest is not just against freedom of media or freedom of expression, it is fundamentally anti-democratic.” After the Chennai Press Club condemned the incident, Thamizhan added that the Press Council of India should intervene. “The PCI should not discriminate against digital media at this juncture, and act immediately.”
Stating that the complaint was motivated, the Centre of Media Persons for Change has demanded that the complaints against the founder be immediately withdrawn and demanded his release.
https://thewire.in/media/coimbatore...reporting-on-governments-handling-of-covid-19
Coimbatore: Founder of News Portal Arrested for Reporting on Government’s Handling of COVID-19
New Delhi: In a controversial move, the Coimbatore police have arrested the founder of SimpliCity, a news portal, for two reports that highlighted shortcomings faced by government healthcare professionals and alleged corruption by some employees of the public distribution system (PDS).
Andrew Sam Raja Pandian was charged under sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Epidemic Diseases Act after a complaint was filed by M. Sundararajan, an assistant commissioner of the Coimbatore Municipal Corporation. The complainant claims that the reports could ‘provoke’ healthcare professionals and PDS employees against the government and “derail efforts to fight the coronavirus”.
According to SimpliCity, the First Information Report (FIR) says the complaint describes the two news reports as ‘false’ and ‘provocative against the state government’. He was produced before a magistrate and remanded in judicial custody and has been lodged in the Avinashi Sub-jail. The portal added that before Sam was arrested, a reporter and photographer who were detained for more than 10 hours were let off.
According to reports, Sam was arrested for offences under Sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by a civil servant), 505 (i) (statements conducing to public mischief) of the IPC and Section 3 of the Epidemic Diseases Act.
The first story, ‘No timely and adequate food, allege UG and PG Student Doctors at CMCH Hostel‘, reports that doctors who are pursuing their UG and PG at the CMCH hostel were forced to protest after “administrative mismanagement” led to them not receiving timely and adequate food. The second story, titled ‘Looting at ration shops during lockdown, govt’s grant of Rs.1000 swindled, lament public‘, claimed that ration shop workers are “looting” provisions meant for the poor. The report says people complained about ‘swindling’ of provisions to the district collector, who “with immediate effect ordered the concerned Tahsildar’s to probe the issue and ensure people receive the relief without any discrepancies”.
A report by The News Minute said that the issue of food shortage at the CMCH was widely reported and that there is evidence of protest by doctors. “Following the protests, action was taken against the Dean of the college and even the Medical Superintendent was issued a show cause notice,” the website said.
John, a source close to Sam, told The News Minute that SimpliCity is being targeted because it is a “small organisation and can be squashed”.
The move came in for wide condemnation from the police and the media fraternity.
Meanwhile, Chennai Press Club joint secretary Bharathi Thamizhan said it was ‘journalistic duty to point out mistakes so that the government could take appropriate action.’ “The Corporation has acted irresponsibly in this case, and so has the police. The arrest is not just against freedom of media or freedom of expression, it is fundamentally anti-democratic.” After the Chennai Press Club condemned the incident, Thamizhan added that the Press Council of India should intervene. “The PCI should not discriminate against digital media at this juncture, and act immediately.”
Stating that the complaint was motivated, the Centre of Media Persons for Change has demanded that the complaints against the founder be immediately withdrawn and demanded his release.
https://thewire.in/media/coimbatore...reporting-on-governments-handling-of-covid-19
Not surprising then, that it's become the fund of choice for all the corporates
No they didn't like their leader to be called that so they filled FIRs. Now they are calling her party leader "Maa tuje Salaam"
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Beating thali ‘is breaking world record on idiocy’
BJP serves notice to Sitapur MLA Rakesh Rathore, accusing him of anti-party activities
By Piyush Srivastava in Lucknow
The BJP has served a notice on its Sitapur MLA, Rakesh Rathore, after audio clips purportedly showed a man addressed as “vidhayakji (MLA) from Sitapur” describing the idea of beating plates to defeat the coronavirus as “breaking the record for foolishness”.
The same voice makes similar points in another audio and in a third, refers sarcastically to “Ram rajya” having arrived as he talks to someone with links to chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s office. In the third clip, the man is addressed as “vidhayakji” and “Rathore sahab”.
Thursday’s notice, served a day after the three Hindi audio clips emerged, accuses Rathore of anti-party activities but does not mention the clips or specify the charges. It asks the MLA to explain his conduct within a week.
Rathore’s reaction could not be obtained as both his mobiles were switched off. A message sent to him by this reporter remained unanswered.
The voice of the man addressed as “vidhayakji from Sitapur” in one of the clips appears rather desperate as he suggests people are being “made to do this (beat plates and clap) so that they forget the real issues”.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked people to clap and beat thalis (plates) and other metal objects on March 22 evening as a tribute to the health workers battling the coronavirus.
In one of the clips, the caller identifies himself as a BJP leader from Badaun. He requests the person at the other end to call a government official in Badaun to issue a licence (he doesn’t say what kind of licence) for his son.
A part of the conversation goes like this:
Caller: Honourable vidhayakji from Sitapur? I’m calling from Ujyari in Badaun district (mentions his name). I wanted to say that we had met that day.... My son’s licence is pending; I thought you can make a call....
Voice: I will call him and also write a letter to him but success will depend on your luck. They are not issuing licences. The situation is very bad.
Caller: (Laughs.)
Voice: Did you beat plates?
Caller: Yes, we did it a lot. I’m associated with you.
Voice: Very good, very good. Clap and beat thalis.
Caller: Yes, yes.
Voice: Those who beat thalis will survive. Sahuji, those who beat plates will survive. Others will not survive to beat anything.
Caller: Yes sir.
Voice: You beat plates and collect money from every household. You are forcing corona out of the country by clapping and beating thalis! When will you wake up? When will you wake up? You are breaking the record for foolishness. You have become a fool.
Caller: You can hear the conch shell blowing from my house for the past one hour.
Voice: Not only conch shells, they will soon make you blow your back. Will corona run away because of the sound of conch shells? China wins more medals in gymnastics than the rest of the world put together. Doesn’t China know that corona can be dragged out by beating thalis and clapping? How long will anybody try to wake you?
Caller: Yes, yes.
Voice: You are saying with pride that you were clapping and beating plates. They are taking your jobs by asking you to beat the plates. They will engage you in (beating) plates, (blowing) conch shells and clapping and snatch your jobs.
Caller: Yes, yes.
Voice: Can we stop a disease by beating plates?
Caller: No, no. You are right.
Voice: Have you heard this anywhere in the world? But fools like you are becoming crazy. Weak people are becoming crazy. You beat thalis and do Ganga aarti and become happy all your life.
Caller: Yes, yes.
Desperate voice: Do you know who clap? Those (hijras) who come to your house during weddings and the birth of a child and clap and demand money. You are doing the clapping. You will keep begging your whole life.
Caller: Yes, yes.
Desperate voice: Don’t you apply your reasoning and understand that this disease cannot be dragged out by the plates?
Caller: I know that but everybody is doing this.
Desperate voice: You are also involved in it. Do you know why all are doing this? They have been made to do this so that they forget the real issues, the issues like your licence. In future, there will be issues like jobs and transfers of your children. You will not get anybody to help you because you are busy clapping and beating plates.
Caller: Yes.
Desperate voice: If you start thinking about jobs for your children then you will apply your reason and question them (those in power). Won’t you?
Caller: Yes sir.
Desperate voice: I will write a letter for you and make a phone call. You keep clapping and beating thalis.
Another clip shows a similar conversation between the man with the desperate voice and someone who appears to be a businessman. The man with the desperate voice tells the other sarcastically “to keep beating thalis”, only to be asked why he doesn’t raise the matter despite “sitting with” the chief minister.
In the third clip, the man with the desperate voice talks to someone who identifies himself as secretary to an official associated with chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s office.
Secretary: The chief minister expects you to tell him about the distribution of food grains and medicines in your area.
Desperate voice: It’s excellent, excellent, excellent.
Secretary: Is everything fine?
Desperate voice: Yes, yes. There is Ram rajya everywhere. It’s great, great. Ram rajya is everywhere.
Secretary: You don’t have any problem?
Desperate voice: No way. There is Ram rajya.
Secretary: Vidhayakji, if you want you can send your feedback to me.
Desperate voice: No, no. Write down that the MLA said there is the rule of Ram everywhere. The people are so happy that God has arrived here.
Secretary: Is there everything?
Desperate voice: More than needed. Nobody has any problem. It’s the rule of Ram. It’s like what we used to read about the rule of Ram.... I can only praise so much. Tell me if you think I should add something more.
Secretary: No, no Rathore sahab, you are right.
Desperate voice: I can repeat these words again and again.
In the notice to Rathore, state BJP general secretary Vidyasagar Sonkar has said: “We are receiving complaints about your continuous activities against the BJP. Your activity demeans the image of the party and comes under indiscipline. The party has taken it seriously.”
The notice adds that state BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh has directed the MLA to explain his conduct, else disciplinary action would be initiated after a week.
https://www.telegraphindia.com/indi...-breaking-world-record-on-idiocy/cid/1767922/
BJP serves notice to Sitapur MLA Rakesh Rathore, accusing him of anti-party activities
By Piyush Srivastava in Lucknow
The BJP has served a notice on its Sitapur MLA, Rakesh Rathore, after audio clips purportedly showed a man addressed as “vidhayakji (MLA) from Sitapur” describing the idea of beating plates to defeat the coronavirus as “breaking the record for foolishness”.
The same voice makes similar points in another audio and in a third, refers sarcastically to “Ram rajya” having arrived as he talks to someone with links to chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s office. In the third clip, the man is addressed as “vidhayakji” and “Rathore sahab”.
Thursday’s notice, served a day after the three Hindi audio clips emerged, accuses Rathore of anti-party activities but does not mention the clips or specify the charges. It asks the MLA to explain his conduct within a week.
Rathore’s reaction could not be obtained as both his mobiles were switched off. A message sent to him by this reporter remained unanswered.
The voice of the man addressed as “vidhayakji from Sitapur” in one of the clips appears rather desperate as he suggests people are being “made to do this (beat plates and clap) so that they forget the real issues”.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked people to clap and beat thalis (plates) and other metal objects on March 22 evening as a tribute to the health workers battling the coronavirus.
In one of the clips, the caller identifies himself as a BJP leader from Badaun. He requests the person at the other end to call a government official in Badaun to issue a licence (he doesn’t say what kind of licence) for his son.
A part of the conversation goes like this:
Caller: Honourable vidhayakji from Sitapur? I’m calling from Ujyari in Badaun district (mentions his name). I wanted to say that we had met that day.... My son’s licence is pending; I thought you can make a call....
Voice: I will call him and also write a letter to him but success will depend on your luck. They are not issuing licences. The situation is very bad.
Caller: (Laughs.)
Voice: Did you beat plates?
Caller: Yes, we did it a lot. I’m associated with you.
Voice: Very good, very good. Clap and beat thalis.
Caller: Yes, yes.
Voice: Those who beat thalis will survive. Sahuji, those who beat plates will survive. Others will not survive to beat anything.
Caller: Yes sir.
Voice: You beat plates and collect money from every household. You are forcing corona out of the country by clapping and beating thalis! When will you wake up? When will you wake up? You are breaking the record for foolishness. You have become a fool.
Caller: You can hear the conch shell blowing from my house for the past one hour.
Voice: Not only conch shells, they will soon make you blow your back. Will corona run away because of the sound of conch shells? China wins more medals in gymnastics than the rest of the world put together. Doesn’t China know that corona can be dragged out by beating thalis and clapping? How long will anybody try to wake you?
Caller: Yes, yes.
Voice: You are saying with pride that you were clapping and beating plates. They are taking your jobs by asking you to beat the plates. They will engage you in (beating) plates, (blowing) conch shells and clapping and snatch your jobs.
Caller: Yes, yes.
Voice: Can we stop a disease by beating plates?
Caller: No, no. You are right.
Voice: Have you heard this anywhere in the world? But fools like you are becoming crazy. Weak people are becoming crazy. You beat thalis and do Ganga aarti and become happy all your life.
Caller: Yes, yes.
Desperate voice: Do you know who clap? Those (hijras) who come to your house during weddings and the birth of a child and clap and demand money. You are doing the clapping. You will keep begging your whole life.
Caller: Yes, yes.
Desperate voice: Don’t you apply your reasoning and understand that this disease cannot be dragged out by the plates?
Caller: I know that but everybody is doing this.
Desperate voice: You are also involved in it. Do you know why all are doing this? They have been made to do this so that they forget the real issues, the issues like your licence. In future, there will be issues like jobs and transfers of your children. You will not get anybody to help you because you are busy clapping and beating plates.
Caller: Yes.
Desperate voice: If you start thinking about jobs for your children then you will apply your reason and question them (those in power). Won’t you?
Caller: Yes sir.
Desperate voice: I will write a letter for you and make a phone call. You keep clapping and beating thalis.
Another clip shows a similar conversation between the man with the desperate voice and someone who appears to be a businessman. The man with the desperate voice tells the other sarcastically “to keep beating thalis”, only to be asked why he doesn’t raise the matter despite “sitting with” the chief minister.
In the third clip, the man with the desperate voice talks to someone who identifies himself as secretary to an official associated with chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s office.
Secretary: The chief minister expects you to tell him about the distribution of food grains and medicines in your area.
Desperate voice: It’s excellent, excellent, excellent.
Secretary: Is everything fine?
Desperate voice: Yes, yes. There is Ram rajya everywhere. It’s great, great. Ram rajya is everywhere.
Secretary: You don’t have any problem?
Desperate voice: No way. There is Ram rajya.
Secretary: Vidhayakji, if you want you can send your feedback to me.
Desperate voice: No, no. Write down that the MLA said there is the rule of Ram everywhere. The people are so happy that God has arrived here.
Secretary: Is there everything?
Desperate voice: More than needed. Nobody has any problem. It’s the rule of Ram. It’s like what we used to read about the rule of Ram.... I can only praise so much. Tell me if you think I should add something more.
Secretary: No, no Rathore sahab, you are right.
Desperate voice: I can repeat these words again and again.
In the notice to Rathore, state BJP general secretary Vidyasagar Sonkar has said: “We are receiving complaints about your continuous activities against the BJP. Your activity demeans the image of the party and comes under indiscipline. The party has taken it seriously.”
The notice adds that state BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh has directed the MLA to explain his conduct, else disciplinary action would be initiated after a week.
https://www.telegraphindia.com/indi...-breaking-world-record-on-idiocy/cid/1767922/
Can someone understand why all local shops could suddenly be opened? What about high case states like Maharashtra and Gujarat?
Rumours in Telangana that the madman wants to go for a complete lockdown in state till June 7. Not even allow grocery shops.
Rumours in Telangana that the madman wants to go for a complete lockdown in state till June 7. Not even allow grocery shops.
I just want my booze.
What NDTV failed to mention in their headline is that PMNRF has also not been audited by CAG and has been done by "independent" auditors.
It's been created only for Coronavirus while PMNRF can be used for other relief work as well.
https://www.business-standard.com/a...n-pm-national-relief-fund-120040200652_1.html
But they mention it in that story and the video included.
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It seems in the present environment certain sections of Indians are required to provide extra evidence of loving India.
Ramadan Mubarak. Pray for humanity.
- PMNRF was made in 1948.
- CAG was constituted by virtue of the constitution through article 148, the constitution came into existence in 1950.
- Therefore, since PMNRF predated CAG it could not come directly under the purview of the CAG. However it still comes under its purview indirectly because all proceeds that go out of the fund is audited by the CAG.
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5 Trillion man is getting worried abput his party's lap dog.
India Overpaid For Chinese COVID-19 Test Kits? What Court Case Reveals
The COVID-19 test kits were sold to the government at an inflated price by the Indian distributor, Real Metabolics, it has emerged from a legal dispute between the distributor and the importer that went to the Delhi High Court.
New Delhi: India was asked to pay double the rate for Chinese Rapid Antibody Tests for coronavirus, which have been put on hold in many states because of faulty results.
The government today cancelled the order for COVID-19 test kits which were being sold at an inflated price by the Indian distributor, Real Metabolics. Details of the marked up price emerged from a legal dispute between the distributor and the importer that went to the Delhi High Court.
The government, through the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had ordered five lakh rapid antibody test kits from Chinese firm Guangzhou Wondfo on March 27. NDTV has accessed the purchase order signed between ICMR - the nodal body for India's coronavirus response - and Aark Pharmaceuticals.
On April 16, the Indian Ambassador to China, Vikram Misri, tweeted that 650,000 kits, including Rapid Antibody Tests and RNA Extraction Kits had been despatched to India.
The test kits were bought by the importer, Matrix, for Rs 245 apiece from China. Yet, the distributors, Real Metabolics and Aark Pharmaceuticals, asked the government for Rs 600 for each kit, which means a 140 per cent mark-up.
The test kits have been found to be "under-performing", the government said today, asking states and hospitals to stop using the kits. Since "due process was followed (not paying 100% advance before receiving the order), the government does not stand to lose a single rupee", an official statement said.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/cor...vid-19-test-kits-court-fight-reveals-2218757?
Another scam that will be buried by the media. I still remember the good old days when the media used to carry out witch-hunts against governments even on flimsiest evidence of a possible scam.
The COVID-19 test kits were sold to the government at an inflated price by the Indian distributor, Real Metabolics, it has emerged from a legal dispute between the distributor and the importer that went to the Delhi High Court.
New Delhi: India was asked to pay double the rate for Chinese Rapid Antibody Tests for coronavirus, which have been put on hold in many states because of faulty results.
The government today cancelled the order for COVID-19 test kits which were being sold at an inflated price by the Indian distributor, Real Metabolics. Details of the marked up price emerged from a legal dispute between the distributor and the importer that went to the Delhi High Court.
The government, through the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) had ordered five lakh rapid antibody test kits from Chinese firm Guangzhou Wondfo on March 27. NDTV has accessed the purchase order signed between ICMR - the nodal body for India's coronavirus response - and Aark Pharmaceuticals.
On April 16, the Indian Ambassador to China, Vikram Misri, tweeted that 650,000 kits, including Rapid Antibody Tests and RNA Extraction Kits had been despatched to India.
The test kits were bought by the importer, Matrix, for Rs 245 apiece from China. Yet, the distributors, Real Metabolics and Aark Pharmaceuticals, asked the government for Rs 600 for each kit, which means a 140 per cent mark-up.
The test kits have been found to be "under-performing", the government said today, asking states and hospitals to stop using the kits. Since "due process was followed (not paying 100% advance before receiving the order), the government does not stand to lose a single rupee", an official statement said.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/cor...vid-19-test-kits-court-fight-reveals-2218757?
Another scam that will be buried by the media. I still remember the good old days when the media used to carry out witch-hunts against governments even on flimsiest evidence of a possible scam.
Do republic have a reporter in the interrogation room with Arnab? Or is Arnab reporting his own interrogation periodically?