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She also asked the ministers to visit party offices and interact with party functionaries when they travel within the country. Gandhi said the party is planning a series of training sessions for the MPs and asked the members, particularly the first timers, to regularly participate in Standing Committees and Consultativ... |
"We have been given a decisive mandate and people expect us to fulfill their aspirations," Gandhi said. |
Under the cluster development plan mooted by the government in 2007, builders would be allotted neighbourhoods instead of individual buildings for redevelopment. |
In its report, the CAG had noted that till 2008 the escalated cost of the aircraft carrier was about $ 1.82 billion and another $ 522 million for the sea trials, which was originally pegged at $ 27 million in the 2004 contract. |
India had bought the 45,000-tonne Gorshkov from Russia in January 2004 at a total cost of $ 974 million, which included its refit and repair. |
The Russians have thrice revised the price of the Admiral Gorshkov since 2007 and have made a final demand of additional USD 2.9 billion this February. India is carrying out final price negotiations with Moscow and is willing to pay around USD 2.2 billion for the ship. |
Even as his colleagues spoke about the India-Pakistan joint statement and the end-user monitoring arrangement with the US, the member from Haryana chose to draw the government’s attention towards various issues that have agitated the minds of the Sikhs. |
He claimed that the government had blacklisted a large number of Sikhs who had participated in demonstrations outside Indian missions abroad to protest the Operation Blue Star in 1984. Till date, the blacklist had not been withdrawn. “Every Sikh wants to pray at the Golden Temple. Allow them to come to India now”. |
Noting that Canada was home to large number of Sikhs, Singh regretted that no Indian Prime Minister had ever thought of visiting that country. |
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had recently visited Paris as Guest of Honour at French National Day celebrations but France was yet to lift ban on Sikh students wearing turban. |
The member also highlighted the conditions in which nearly 3,000 Sikhs were living in Gurdwaras in Pakistan after the Taliban asked them to pay jaziya. No representative of the government had gone to Pakistan to look into their problems. |
Pointing out that the authorities in Dubai had recently permitted the construction of a Gurdwara in the Emirates, Tarlochan Singh wondered why India could not take up with West Asian countries the issue of permitting the Sikhs to have their own places of worship in these nations. |
He claimed that Spain and Italy had recently liberalised their laws and decided to give nationality to illegal migrants provided they could get a certificate of their nationality from their country of birth. India was not ready to issue such certificates while Pakistan had already started the process. |
State School and Higher Education Minister Archana Chitnis, in a directive three days ago, made chanting of "Bhojan Mantra", a prayer before meal, compulsory for the government teachers taking part in a special training programme beginning from September 1. |
Madhya Pradesh Jamat-e-Islami Hind spokesman Anwar Shafi said this was against the belief of Muslims. "Muslim community recites 'Bismillah' before having meals and under no circumstances they (its teachers) would recite the 'Bhojan Mantra' as directed by the minister," he said. |
Instead of improving the quality of mid-day meal served to schoolchildren, in which a number of times lizard, frog and cockroaches were reportedly found, the government is trying to divert people's attention by making compulsory recital of "Bhojan Mantra," Shafi alleged. |
Made of stainless steel, these coaches are light in weight and will have inherent design features like superior aesthetics, better ride quality and low maintenance cost. They would also have environment-friendly toilets, a source in the Railways said. |
Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee had announced 12 such trains in her Budget speech. Later, replying to a discussion on the Budget in Parliament, she announced introduction of another two such trains and had said a couple of them would run within a month. |
“One of the rakes has already arrived at New Delhi station,” the source said. Eleven Durantos will originate from Delhi. He said these hybrid coaches will have 12 per cent enhanced seating capacity. The exterior will have Rajdhani-like appearance. RCF, Kapurthala, will roll out 360 hybrid coaches during this financial ... |
Officials in the Railway Ministry say that Duranto trains would take less time than Rajdhanis. Giving an example, they said if New Delhi-Howrah Rajdhani express takes 17 hours to complete its journey, Duranto will take at least an hour less to cover the same distance. |
These trains will only have technical stoppages for change of engine and staff. Several aspects involving the train like the timings and fare structure are currently being worked out. |
The accused, who were pursuing B. Tech in the Applied Mathematics Department in the varsity's Institute of Technology, were caught ragging five juniors by the university security staff outside the campus at Assi ghat on the banks of Ganga last evening, a BHU spokesman said. |
The university also decided to disallow them from attending classes for 15 days and expel them from the hostel for six months, the spokesman said today. Later, they were handed over to the police as per the guidelines laid down by the UGC and the Supreme Court in this regard, he said. |
This was a bad idea. |
A 135-mile journey of pain and anguish and frustration, of will and of want, of physical endurance and mental fatigue. |
Through the dusty streets of Palmdale and up the Angeles Forest Highway, surrounded by the charred remains of the Station Fire, a bleak landscape of blackened sand and burned trees. Up Angeles Crest Highway, more winding than a Slinky and half as fun, and over State Route 138 and its stomach-churning dips. |
Past the overturned Kia Amanti and the creative teenage snowboarders and the snowcapped pines of Lake Arrowhead and past Zelda and Tarzan, the Sacramento couple hiking from Mexico to Canada and known to non-trampers as Cindy and David Peters. |
Up and up and up State Route 18, into the clouds, the air thinner than a model’s wrist, through Big Bear, waving goodbye to barkeep John Bratton at the Northshore Tavern and Brewery, finally settling at Snow Summit. |
Staff photographer Michael Owen Baker and I are tracing the sixth and longest stage of the Amgen Tour of California, which will descend on the towns of Palmdale and Big Bear – and everything in between – for the first time. This route was improvised after poor road conditions shut down the original stage in Pasadena. A... |
And right now, the sun don’t shine, blocked out by the mammoth pines topping these mountains. |
We are thirsty, tired and weary. Our eyes droop, our necks ache, and our blood- sugar feels two Skittles north of a coma. |
I feel for the cyclists. |
Palmdale isn’t exactly used to thousands of screaming tourists. Nor for that matter, thousands of screaming bicycle tires. |
But both will be coming to the high desert town on Friday, and they are not going to be caught by surprise. |
The Sheriff’s Department has deployed additional deputies for the event and will use more than 130 volunteers to help keep traffic under control with all the road closures. |
And there’s a zip of energy in the city, whose residents expect an infusion of tourist dollars. |
It should, after all, be a pretty quick visit. |
Royster said the town is anticipating a lot of incoming traffic the night before the stage but little after. |
Much like Palmdale in the beginning, a buzz is settling in Big Bear at the end. |
The Northshore Tavern does hold one important trump card, though: It is situated just before a steep S-curve, where riders will surely have to regroup before charging the last leg of the race, all the way up to the finish line at Summit Boulevard. |
“There are some terrific spots to watch all around the lake, but if you have a favorite rider, like Lance Armstrong, you’re going to set up at a curve right there,” Bratton said, pointing to the foreboding twist that could claim a few bikes. |
The Amgen Tour of California kicks off Sunday in Northern California and spans some 800 miles and 16 cities as the riders wind their way south to the finish line next Sunday. |
Key Participants: Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong; three-time Tour of California winner Levi Leipheimer; Andy and Frank Schleck; world road titlist Tom Boonen and three-time world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara. |
Steve, you provide evidence that there is Islamic terrorism; that is not in dispute. |
The question was what makes Islamic terrorism evil, but other acts such as the fire bombing and nuclear bombing of civilians by the US not evil? Is all terrorism evil? |
Your reply on several posts is the motivation of the Muslim terrorist for pleasure in an eternal paradise makes the difference between a just act of war and an evil act of terrorism. |
The evidence from studies in the US, Afghanistan France and the UK clearly does not support this. |
M15 reports that far from being religious zealots, a large number of those involved in terrorism do not practise their faith regularly. Many lack religious literacy and could actually be regarded as religious novices. Very few have been brought up in strongly religious households, and there is a higher than average pro... |
Your statement appears to be “Trumpesque” because you have continued to repeat the “ pleasure in paradise” line even after it has been pointed out to be false. |
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It took this. It took these three minutes of the most vulgar dialogue we’ve heard from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for the de facto leader of the Republican Party, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, to finally throw in the towel and say he’s had enough. |
Yet, Paul Ryan has failed here. These comments are too little, too late. Why was it not enough the moment Donald Trump called Mexicans “rapists?” Why was it not enough when he derided an entire religion, vowing to ban all Muslims from entering the country? Why was it not enough when he attacked a Gold Star family? |
Because Paul Ryan is not truly a leader. |
At this point, almost 19 percent of Republicans in the House and the Senate have made it clear they will not support Trump in the general election. Sadly, this is Paul Ryan’s “enough.” It was not about morality — it was about re-election. When enough Republicans were ready to withdraw support from Trump, only then did ... |
Ryan obviously had his reasons for delaying this statement. He wanted to emphasize party unity in an already politically fractious moment. Furthermore, isolating the white, uneducated males that make up Trump support base would hurt his re-election efforts, and those of Republicans across the country. But this election... |
This election is about our legacy as voters. It is about what we will have to explain to subsequent generations. |
They will ask “Are all Mexicans bad people?” They will wonder if it is okay to “grab a woman by the p****.” The answers to these questions, while obviously a resounding no, will be thrown into question. Because as Trump has been saying quite a bit lately, actions speaker louder than words. |
Plenty of Republicans have been saying throughout the election cycle Trump’s words are unprofessional and lack polish. But not enough came out and said they would not support him. That is the problem. In this election, it is not enough to say Trump’s words are bad. |
This is the party of Lincoln we are talking about, the man who made the ultimate political sacrifice. He was willing to split the country in half and send us to civil war to uphold what was right — the abolition of slavery. That is what makes him a true leader. That is why history smiles upon him. |
History will not smile upon Paul Ryan. It will not grimace, as it will on Trump. It will not lambast Ryan. But he will be a forgettable cog in a dying Republican Party that allowed a loud-mouthed bigot to rise to the top of their party, instead of a leader who stood up when his party needed him the most. |
Ohio Gov. John Kasich and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC, will be remembered as the rebels who went down fighting against the stream of hate Trump spewed. Kasich’s refusal to speak at the Republican National Convention showed true character, a man who stood by his values even when it was not advantageous to do so. |
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may not be the most trustworthy presidential candidate we have ever seen. Her email scandal, the intertwining of the Clinton foundation and her duties as Secretary of State and the help she got from the Democratic National Convention in her primary race against U.S. Sen. Bernie... |
But this election is bigger than even that. It says as much about ourselves as voters as it does about the two candidates. We need to make the statement that Paul Ryan couldn’t and still will not. We need to say that a man like Trump can’t be leader of the free world. We need to say that with our ballots, not just our ... |
Last week after Mark Romanek quit the $85 million remake of The Wolf Man, names began to drop over possible replacements. Brett Ratner? Ick! John Landis? How strange! Cloverfield’s Matt Reeves? Really?? And now comes word that Joe Johnston has come aboard the project to save the day. And while some are giving Johnston ... |
And the fact that Romanek left the project over creative differences doesn’t inspire blind faith in Andrew Kevin Walker’s screenplay. I mean, what has Walker done anyway? Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hallow? Joel Schumacher’s 8MM? David Fincher’s Se7en! Ah ha! You knew there had to be a hit buried in that filmography somewhere ... |
Johnson knows special effects, but aside from transformation sequences, how important will his talents play in this film? Johnson’s October Sky is a pure joy to watch, and is evidence that he (at least at one point) had a knack for directing drama. It should be noted that Romanek supposedly wanted a larger budget. Mayb... |
The film has a promising cast for a horror remake, with Benicio Del Toro as the title character, Anthony Hopkins as the title character’s father (read what you will), and Emily Blunt (The Devil Knows…) as the female lead. |
While Nashies were worried about the status of Connie Britton's role on the hit television series Nashville last year, the actress laid to rest all those fears during a recent appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres Show on Wednesday (Jan. 4). |
Britton credits the fans of Nashville for bringing the series back to life after it was canceled by ABC last year. |
"I have seen in so many ways in my life the power a unified voice can have. The fans were not going to have it. The show was canceled and it was picked up by CMT," she shares. |
While Britton's character on the show, Rayna Jaymes, is a major country star, she admits that she is incredibly nervous every time it's her turn to take the stage and perform. |
Season five of Nashville will kick off on CMT Thursday, Jan. 5, at 9PM ET. |
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Net1, whose subsidiary Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) will no longer be paying social grants from September, has been accused of duping beneficiaries into opening an account with another of its subsidiaries, EasyPay Everywhere. |
The SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) drew MPs’ attention to this during a report to parliament’s portfolio committee on social development on August 15. |
So far there are about 2.5 million grant beneficiaries with EasyPay accounts. |
Net1 last week told GroundUp that it was not aware of these complaints. |
But Sassa spokesperson Kgomoco Diseko said, "Sassa has been notified about some CPS employees misleading beneficiaries that the green Easy Pay card is actually the new Sassa card. Unsuspecting beneficiaries only find out the next month when money is deducted from their accounts without their consent." |
He said this might be a way for CPS to "cling" to the Sassa payment system after September 30 when its contract comes to an end. |
Diseko said Sassa had reported malpractices by Net1 to the Constitutional Court, which is overseeing the changes in the payment system, and to the authorities. |
“The new gold Sassa card will bring an end to malpractices of some financial service providers. It does not allow for any deductions and it will serve as a remedy to acts of criminality by unscrupulous lenders,” he said. |
The Black Sash said it had also received complaints that Net1 officials had continued to operate at the site of cash paypoints which had been closed by Sassa. |
“They know that it is a familiar footprint for beneficiaries. They use that familiarity, or the fact that they were a Sassa service provider, or are still seen by many people as a service provider, to trick people,” said Black Sash national director Lynette Maart. |
Sassa communications manager Mdumiseni Hadebe said beneficiaries could open an account with any bank of their choice, including EasyPay which was underwritten by Grindrod Bank and was considered a bank. |
However he too urged beneficiaries to swap to the new Sassa gold card as it does not allow for deductions to be effected. |
“The only deduction allowed is a funeral policy which must not exceed more than 10% of the grant amount,” said Hadebe. |
A 69-year-old pensioner from Imbali township in Pietermaritzburg told GroundUp that she had been offered an EasyPay card outside Sassa’s Vulindlela offices where she receives her pension. She said she had come to switch to a new Sassa card. |
“The EasyPay staff were outside the offices,” she said. |
“I receive my grant from the bank. At the time I had been given a form at Sassa to take to my bank. On my way out a lady from EasyPay asked what I had come for. I told her, I had come for a card swap. She asked for the form; she filled in the form and gave me a new green card. She said I should return the form to Sassa... |
She said she was confused. |
An EasyPay employee told GroundUp they did offer beneficiaries new cards at ATMs and shops. |
“During payment dates we are always there. We are visible at Spar, Jwayelani and other shops,” said the employee. |
One out away from recording his fifth save, closer Mariano Rivera instead served up a two-run homer to Jason Bay in the ninth, and then Damaso Marte gave up a walk-off home to Kevin Youkilis in the 11th. |
1-Ran for Ransom in the 8th. |
2B: Ransom (5, Lester), Swisher (7, Lester), Jeter (4, Okajima). |
TB: Posada; Cano; Teixeira 2; Jeter 3; Damon 2; Swisher 2; Ransom 2; Molina, J 2; Cabrera, Me. |
RBI: Ransom (6), Jeter (11), Teixeira (10), Cano (10). |
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ransom; Swisher; Damon 2; Cano; Cabrera, Me 3; Teixeira 2. |
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