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Wednesday, 13 June 2018

NDTV News June 13, 2018

Am Fine, Tweets Deepika Padukone After Fire In Her Mumbai High-Rise

Fire in a multi-storey residential building in Mumbai.

source : ndtv

MUMBAI:

Fire broke out this afternoon on the top floor of a high-rise building in south Mumbai's posh Prabha Devi area, where actor Deepika Padukone lives. Reports suggest no one has been injured. More than 90 residents of the building have been evacuated safely, said police sources.

Ms Padukone, who has her residence in one floor of the 34-storey Beaumonde Towers, and her office in another, was not in when the fire started, reported news agency Press Trust of India quoting sources. Her home and office both are safe.

The actor reassured fans with a tweet:

Reports suggest the blaze started around 2 pm on the 33rd floor of the building. Eyewitnesses said the top two floors are badly affected. It is not known yet what caused the fire.

Mumbai Police said its staff and fire department officials are at the spot. "They are trying to do their best to douse the fire," Mumbai Police tweeted. At least 10 fire engines, two quick response vans and five water tankers have been pressed into service to douse the fire.

This is the third major fire incident in Mumbai this month.

Earlier this month, fire broke out at the Income Tax office in South Mumbai. It started on the third floor of the I-T office, located in the multi-storeyed Scindia House.No casualties were reported.

June 9, a massive fire broke out inside Patel Chambers in Mumbai's Fort area. Two firefighters were injured after part of the building collapsed due to fire.

In October last year, a massive fire broke out at Le Mer building in Bandra, where a number of celebrities stay, including the mother of actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

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Wednesday, 15 March 2017

Trending Today March 15, 2017

Arvind Kejriwal Alleges Tampering Of EVMs In Punjab Assembly Elections

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today raised questions about the Electronic voting machines in the Punjab assembly polls, saying 20 per cent to 25 per cent of AAP votes were transferred to the Akali-BJP coalition which was in power in the state. The number of votes polled by his party were far less in some areas than the number of volunteers the party, he said, adding the results fly in the face of predictions by several exit polls and political experts.

In his first interaction with the media after the results of the assembly elections were declared, Mr Kejriwal said his party was expected to win the elections. "What then, went wrong? There was no word of Congress coming to power... yet they swept the elections... really don't know how that happened," he said.

The Congress had won 77 of Punjab's 117 seats. All exit polls had predicted a hung house for Punjab - the poll of exit polls had suggested that Mr Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party would be neck and neck with the Congress.

Electronic Voting Machines, Mr Kejriwal said, had been banned by some nations abroad because they can be tampered with. To conduct free and fair polls in India, they should be discontinued. "Our Supreme Court had said in the past that it is possible to tamper with EVMs. I'm not saying this, the Supreme Court said this," he said.

Citing an example, Mr Kejriwal said, "In (Punjab's) Shri Govindpur we got 1 vote... there are 5 volunteers who swear they voted for us... similar instances across the state... where did all the votes go? There is something seriously wrong."

Mr Kejriwal demanded that the votes registered in the EVMs be compared with the VVPAT trail (voter-verified paper audit trail) in nearly 32 places in Punjab. "It is about the credibility of the Election Commission and the faith of people in the electoral system. We have strong prima facie evidence of foul play," he said.

After the BJP's sweeping victory in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections and the dismal performance of her own party, Mayawati had called for a switch to ballot papers, alleging that EVMs or Electronic Voting Machines, make rigging easy.

Mr Kejriwal has called for the use of ballot papers in the coming municipal elections in Delhi - a request that has been turned down by the Election Commission, which said such a change requires more time than it at hand. The civic elections are due on April 22.

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Tuesday, 14 March 2017

NDTV News March 14, 2017

Man Tries To Deposit 'Children Bank Of India' Notes Worth Rs. 10 Lakh In Bank

HYDERABAD: A "mentally unsound" man allegedly tried to deposit currency notes having face value of Rs. 9.91 lakh that had "Children Bank of India" printed on them at a PSU Bank today, police said.

Shaik Yousuf went to the bank in Malkajgiri area with the notes in denomination of Rs. 2,000 and Rs. 500 that had "Children Bank of India" written on them and allegedly tried to deposit them in his account, police said.

When the cashier noticed he informed senior officials of the bank, who in turn lodged a complaint with police. Shaik had procured the notes from a stationary shop and took photocopies of the same and attempted to deposit them in his account, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Malkajgiri Division) G Sundeep told PTI.

Based on preliminary investigation, the ACP said Shaik seems to be a "mentally disturbed" person and he got the thought of depositing these notes (with a face value of Rs. 9.91 lakh) through his "inner self".

Malkajigiri Police Station Inspector Janaki Reddy said following the complaint they registered a case under IPC sections 420 (cheating), 489 A (counterfeiting currency notes or bank notes) and 489 E (making or using documents resembling currency notes or bank notes) against case and took him into custody.

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News24 March 14, 2017

TVF Boss Arunabh Kumar Defends Himself After More Women Accuse Him Of Molestation

TVF Boss Arunabh Kumar Defends Himself After More Women Accuse Him Of Molestation

NEW DELHI: Arunabh Kumar, chief of online content company The Viral Fever, has defended himself against charges of sexual harassment, telling Mumbai Mirror that he's 'open to a police complaint.' After an anonymous blog went viral on social media alleging molestation by Mr Kumar, more women are now publicly speaking out against him. On Sunday, a woman claiming to be a former employee at The Viral Fever shared an article on Medium. In her post, she alleged Arunabh Kumar molested her several times during her two years at the company. In the last 48 hours, four more women have come forward backing her claim as they narrated their own experiences with Mr Kumar.

"Out of now where he started telling me he just came back from some place in Ratnagiri, and he bought mangoes. He asked me if I liked mangoes, while his mouth spoke those words, his hands slided on my back, from neck to waist. I'm not someone who gets scared easily, I wasn't scared, I just knew his intentions. I moved away from him, stared and said a NO and walked off", wrote Rafiya Khan on Facebook.

Another woman, who reportedly studied with Arunabh Kumar at IIT, narrated a similar incident. "So, I messaged Arunabh on Facebook & we met for coffee, said Hi / Hello, etc, and I wanted to leave by 8-9pm. Arunabh asks me: "Would you go to my place, and dance for me"? I was like WHAT? I thought he was being funny. But NO, he was serious. He said he would like to get naked & see me stripping & dancing *for him*. He also told me that... he is fond of girls from Calcutta; he has "made out" lot of times, with random girls in 'Cal'", wrote Reshma Patra. She says she didn't tell anyone about the alleged incident, fearing they would laugh it off.

Arunabh Kumar, who had maintained a radio silence on the issue so far, spoke exclusively to Mumbai Mirror rejecting the charges. "I unconditionally and unequivocally deny all these allegations. Social media has already declared me an offender, but I am ready to address all the allegations against me. I am open to receiving a police complaint so that I can respond legally as well. TVF is bigger than me and if there is a remote chance that I have done any wrong, let me be persecuted", he told Mumbai Mirror.

Reema Sengupta, a director who worked with TVF, also levelled similar allegations against Mr Kumar on Monday. In her Facebook post, she wrote that Arunabh Kumar allegedly touched her inappropriately during a shoot with the channel. Mr Kumar admitted he worked with her on a shoot but denied having behaved inappropriately. "The kind of insinuations the FB post makes are untrue. I am a heterosexual, single man and when I find a woman sexy, I tell her she's sexy. I compliment women. Is that wrong? Having said that, I am very particular about my behavior - I will approach a woman, but never force myself", he told Mumbai Mirror.

Colleagues of Arunabh Kumar have been vociferously defending the executive online, trashing all allegations against him. The Viral Fever posted an official statement on the original blog calling it 'defamatory and ludicrous'. "We will leave no stone unturned to find the author of the article and bring them to severe justice for making such false allegations", they wrote. Their strongly-worded statement angered people on social media for its threatening tone. The Viral Fever was criticised for not offering to probe the allegations.

Following social media outrage and multiple women speaking out online, Nidhi Bisht, a writer-director with TVF, wrote on Facebook that she is 'equally shocked' by the allegations and that TVF will launch an investigation into the claims. She toned down her previous stance where she outright rejected the allegations.

Industry names also reflected on the multiple claims circulating on social media.

The Viral Fever, founded in 2011 by Arunabh Kumar, is a digital entertainment channel on YouTube. It is popular for web series like Pitchers, Tripling, Permanent Roommates and several satirical videos. It also owns the women-centric YouTube channel Girliyapa.

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