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Shiv Sena workers storm BCCI HQ, talks with PCB chief cancelled </br> Aggressively pursuing its campaign against Pakistani personalties, Shiv Sena workers today stormed the Indian Cricket Board headquarters forcing cancellation of scheduled talks with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Shaharyar Khan here over resumption of bilateral cricketing ties. The attack also added to the growing chasm between NDA partners with state BJP President Raosaheb Danve asserting that his party did not agree with the Sena action and that it will provide protection to Pakistan team in the event of it playing a match here. Ten Sena workers were arrested on charges of unlawful assembly and violating Police Commissioner's order to refrain from such gathering, a senior police officer said. They were later granted bail by a local court on a personal bond of Rs 2,000. The noisy protests by over a hundred slogan shouting members carrying placards at the Board office during which Board Of Control For Cricket In India(BCCI) President Shashank Manohar was ghearoed forced the cancellation of the much-anticipated talks today between him and Khan.</br> (Image Caption: Shiv Sena workers storm BCCI office protesting against Indo-Pak cricket meet in Mumbai on Monday. (PTI))
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Jammu and Kashmir MLA Engineer Rashid's face blackened over beef party; 2 attackers detained </br> A handful of activists allegedly belonging to a right-wing organisation blackened the face of independent MLA of J-K Assembly Sheikh Abdul Rashid (Engineer Rashid) using paint, ink and mobil oil protesting against his hosting a beef party in Srinagar earlier this month. Engineer Rashid he was holding a press conference at Press Club here along with relatives of the two truck drivers who were burnt by a mob at Udhampur in Jammu region on October nine. One of the victims–19-year-old Zahid– died at Safdurjung hospital yesterday morning. As he finished his press conference, he was held at the gate of the Press Club by some TV journalists for a one-to-one interview when some activists shouting slogans "gow mata ka apman, nahi sahega Hindustan” pounced on him and threw black paint on him, mobil oil and even blue ink. "They are mentally sick. I want the whole world to see this how these people are trying to muzzle the voice of Kashmiris," Rashid, who was beaten by BJP MLAs in the state assembly for hosting the beef party, said after the attack. </br>(Image caption: Kashmiri lawmaker Sheikh Abdul Rashid, commonly known as Engineer Rashid, with his face smeared in black paint and ink thrown by the activists from Hindu Sena (Reuters))
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Try boys above 15 as adults for rape: Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) govt </br> Prosecuting juveniles aged above 15 years as adults for heinous crimes, setting up of 'special police stations' and ensuring death penalty or life term to those accused of raping minors were among a host of proposals mooted by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government today to deal with cases of sexual violence. If the government chooses to go ahead with the proposals, it could mark flashpoint in its already turbulent relationship with the Centre. (PTI)
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Patel quota leader Hardik Patel arrested on sedition charge </br> Firebrand quota agitation spearhead Hardik Patel, whose reservation stir has roiled Gujarat, was today arrested twice, first on the charge of insulting the national flag and the second time on the serious charge of sedition. The 22-year-old commerce graduate, detained yesterday by Rajkot Rural Police ahead of the India-South Africa ODI which he had threatened to disrupt, was arrested this morning for allegedly insulting the national flag. Just after he was granted bail in the evening by a Rajkot Court, Surat Police arrested him on sedition charge for allegedly instigating a Patel community youth to kill policemen instead of committing suicide. (PTI)
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BJP supports cricket with Pakistan </br> Maharashtra BJP today asserted that the state government would provide adequate security if the city were to host matches with Pakistan and said it did not agree with its ally Shiv Sena's agenda of opposing cricket and cultural ties with the neighbouring country. State BJP president Raosaheb Danve said Shiv Sena had been opposing sports and cultural ties with Pakistan for long. "Recently they protested against Ghulam Ali concert and book release of former Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Kasuri. This is not right. We don't agree with Shiv Sena's agenda," Danve said. As to whether BJP supports resumption of cricket ties with Pakistan and matches being held in Mumbai, Danve said, "BJP supports cricket ties with Pakistan. If it is decided that matches will be held in Mumbai, the state government will give protection." </br>(Image caption: Pakistanis protest against Indian extremist group Shiv Sena in Karachi, Pakistan (AP))
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Hindu outfit to serve pork meat to protest beef fests </br> Protesting beef fests organised by political parties and organisations, a Hindu outfit here today said it would stage a counter-agitation serving pork meat. Indu Makkal Katchi-Tamilagam would stage protest demonstrations against beef fests and serve pork meat to the agitators, its founder President Arjun Sampath said. He was talking to reporters at the launch of website 'www. IndiaagainstIslamicstate.com', a portal hosted jointly by him and Rarshtriya Hindu Sena Chief Pramod Muthalik and Hindu Jana Jagrati. Sampath said political parties and organisations were instigating by holding beef fests. His organisation was demanding a ban on beef and those who wanted to eat it should move out of India, he added. Muthalik and Hindu Jana Jagrati spokesperson Ramesh Shinde refused to talk on the beef issue. (PTI)
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Salman Khan wasn't drunk and was not driving car: lawyer to HC </br> There was no evidence to prove that Bollywood superstar Salman Khan had taken drinks and was driving the car on the day in 2002 when it rammed into a bakery in suburban Bandra, killing one and injuring four, his lawyer argued in the Bombay High Court today. Justice A R Joshi is hearing an appeal filed by the actor against his conviction and the five-year sentence awarded by the sessions court here in the case on May 6. The prosecution's case is that just before the mishap on September 28, 2002, Salman drove from his Bandra house to Rain Bar and later to J W Marriot hotel. At Rain Bar, he had drinks. His lawyer, Amit Desai, today said the prosecution did not produce `parking tag' of J W Marriot hotel to prove who was driving the car. The evidence also did not throw light on who drove the car from Rain Bar to J W Marriot and who parked it at the hotel, he said. The prosecution produced "pirated" version of facts in the trial court that Salman was driving, he said. (PTI)
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Shatrughan Sinha urges leaders to stop "5-star press meets" </br> Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Shatrughan Sinha today expressed worry over reports that the party could have done better in the first two phases of voting and urged leaders to stop "5-star press meets" and approach issues on the ground. "Time to stop approaching the issues on the ground like standard, half hearted, 5 star press meets," the actor-turned-politician tweeted. "Grassroot BJP workers need and deserve respect and we need to reach out to voters with humility…This is the need at the ground level," he said in an another message on the micro-blogging site. "News that my party cud've done better in the 1st 2 phases upsets me. Hope it's untrue. Wishing BJP candidates all the best for the next phase," the Lok Sabha member from Patna Saheb said. When asked to comment on Sinha's tweets, BJP President Amit Shah told reporters in a lighter vein, "if he does not tweet what will you show or write?" (PTI)
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Sheena Bora murder case: JC of Indrani Mukerjea, 2 other accused extended </br> The judicial custody of Indrani Mukerjea, her former husband Sanjeev Khanna and driver Shyam Rai was today extended by a local magistrate till October 31 in connection with the Sheena Bora murder case. Magistrate NB Shinde extended the trio's remand for 12 days after it came to an end today. None of the accused were produced in court. "The court has extended their judicial custody till October 31," said defense lawyer Shreyansh Mithare. Mithare also said that Rai has written a letter to the court saying that he wants to reveal something to the court in person. The court may issue production warrant for him later in the day. On September 7, a fortnight after their arrest and prolonged interrogation, the court had remanded Indrani and her driver Shyam Rai to judicial custody till September 21, which was later extended till October 5. A day after on September 8, Khanna too was remanded in judicial custody. Indrani, Khanna and Rai have been arrested on the charge of murdering Sheena and disposing off her body in a Raigad forest in April 2012. (PTI)
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Rape cases: Arvind Kejriwal playing "politics of convenience", says Sena</br> Accusing Arvind Kejriwal of playing "politics of convenience", the Shiv Sena today said if the Delhi Chief Minister could deploy AAP workers to ensure Pakistani singer Ghulam Ali's security, what makes him depend on police to ensure safety of women in the capital. The Sena's comments come in the backdrop of a two-and-half-year-old girl and another five-year-old brutally raped in the capital on Friday, barely a week after a sexual assault of a minor, triggering widespread outrage and a political slugfest. Condemning the rapes, Kejriwal had hit out at Delhi Police, saying it had "completely failed" to provide safety to the citizens, while urging PM Narendra Modi to "either act himself" or give AAP government the authority over law and order in the capital. (PTI)
