<br>Sushma acted bonafide in Lalit Modi issue: Jaitley</br> <br>Breaking his silence, FM Arun Jaitley today came out in strong defence of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in 'Modigate' row saying she acted in "bona fide" manner and with "good intentions". Speculation has been rife over the "silence" of Jaitley after a raging controversy broke out on Sunday over Sushma Swaraj's help to Lalit Modi. Jaitley's defence of Sushma Swaraj comes two days after BJP President Amit Shah had asserted that Sushma Swaraj had acted on humanitarian considerations in the matter of helping former IPL boss Lalit Modi. Modi has taken refuge in London after the Enforcement Directorate levelled money laundering and other charges against him involving an amount of Rs. 1,700 crore. (PTI) (16/06/2015)</br> -
"All financial agencies are most welcome to audit any aspect of the college…I welcome them whole-heartedly…to have its account audited by not one but all agencies is in interest of the institution," Thampu told PTI.
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The girl was allegedly gangraped in the wee hours today by five men who held her parents hostage and looted them in Para area here, police said. (PTI)
<br>War of words between Nitish Kumar and BJP over Yoga</br> <br>The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushil Modi today castigated Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his snide remarks against Amit Shah and Baba Ramdev vis-a-vis promotion of International Yoga Day on June 21. He also slammed Kumar for not organising an official function to promote the exercise in Bihar. "Kumar has needlessly attacked BJP president Amit Shah and yoga guru Baba Ramdev for promoting the International Yoga Day scheduled for June 21… being himself a yoga supporter and practitioner, he should have organised official functions to promote the ancient exercise form," Sushil told reporters here. The former deputy chief minister complimented yoga guru Ramdev for yeoman service to promote the ancient exercise form as a fitness activity in the country and across the world. Kumar had yesterday taken a dig at Ramdev for maximising his skills as a yoga expert to brand himself as a business and marketing guru. (PTI) (16/06/2015) </br> 
<br>SRFTI students join protest in FTII row</br> <br>Students of the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute here, today joined protests against appointment of TV actor and BJP member Gajendra Chauhan as chairman of FTII's governing council. A group of students from SRFTI brought out a protest march from their campus along the E M Bypass to Jadavpur University against the appointment. "Ours was a protest march to express solidarity with our friends at FTII. Both SRFTI and FTII are sister organisations and although the decision doesn't affect us directly, yet we are opposed to the way these appointments are made in a political manner," Ateesh Chatterjee, president of the students body at SRFTI, said. "Our governing bodies are separate, but what is happening now in FTII now may also happen here in SRFTI. So we stand in solidarity with them," he said. (PTI) (16/06/2015) </br> 
<br>Dharmendra to undergo surgery post next film's release</br> <br>Actor Dharmendra, who recently injured his shoulder, says he will undergo surgery after the release of his upcoming film "Second Hand Husband" next month. He was admitted to Breach Candy Hospital here on May 27 after he complained of pain in the right shoulder and weakness. "I am fit and fine. While getting down from vanity van I fell down and happened to injure my shoulder. I also got my routine check up done, in which we came to know that my hemoglobin count was a bit low. In January it was 13 then it came down to 6 now it is 12," the actor said in an interview here. Dharmendra, married to actress-MP Hema Malini, said she keeps reminding him to quit drinking but he finds it hard to abide by her suggestion. "Khane peene pe parhez hai (There are restrictions on food). I think of giving it up (drinking) and my wife keeps reminding me about it. I tell her I will do it on Tuesday… but that Tuesday doesn't come," he said jokingly. (PTI) (16/06/2015) </br> 
<br>Rahul Gandhi slams PM for ignoring poor, says bullet trains only for ppl with 'suit-boot'</br> <br>Rahul Gandhi today accused PM Narendra Modi of ignoring the poor and the tribals, saying that although the government speaks of bullet trains, "only people with suit-boot" can enter these trains, not the farmers and the underprivileged. He also charged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) governments at the Centre and in Chhattisgarh were acquiring land in the name of development, which has not reached the doorsteps of the poor and the tribals. "We do not want such development," he said and added, PM only visits tribal and poor areas during elections to seek votes in the name of development. "I can write it down, he (Modi) will not come here before elections. When he comes, he will say 'we have brought good days. We can bring more good days so vote for us again'," Gandhi said addressing a rally here. Rahul Gandhi also said, “If Modiji takes off his Rs 15 lakh suit and comes here to these villages, he will see the value of MNREGA," he said. (PTI) (16/06/2015) </br> 
<br>Rajinikanth's wife Latha denies being loan guarantor</br> <br>Tamil superstar Rajinikanth's wife, Latha, today denied of being a guarantor for any loan as alleged by a Bengaluru-based firm and threatened 'serious' legal action against its owners for filing a police complaint against her. Ad Bureau Advertising Pvt. Ltd., represented by its Managing Director Abhirchand Nahar, had filed the complaint 'falsely alleging' that she had stood as guarantor for a loan of Rs 14.9 crore to the producer of her husband-starrer 'Kochadaiyaan', a statement from her office said. It said the company had filed a 'false private complaint' that only Rs 8.70 crore had been returned and that with an intention to evade payment, she had approached a Bengaluru court seeking injunction order with 'fabricated documents.' "Latha Rajinikanth has not stood as guarantor for any loans as has been alleged," it said adding that the owners of Ad Bureau Advertising Pvt. Ltd., Nahar and his wife Chanchal, had "laid criminal pressure" upon Rajinikanth a year ago to make 'wrongful gains.' (PTI) (16/06/2015) </br> 
<br>Indian Ocean warming has weakened monsoon in parts of India</br> <br>Rapid warming of the Indian Ocean in the past century has led to a significant decrease in summer monsoon rainfall over the central-east and northern regions of India, a new study led by an Indian scientist said today. An international team of researchers led by Dr Roxy Mathew Koll, from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, found that the summer monsoon rainfall during 1901-2012 showed a weakening trend over parts of South Asia. The reduction in rainfall was significant over the central-east and northern regions of India, along the Ganges-Brahmaputra basins and the Himalayan foothills. In the study published today in the journal Nature Communications, the researchers reported that the reduction in summer rainfall over central-east India during the past century is about 10 to 20 per cent. (PTI) (16/06/2015) </br> 
<br>Missing Indian Coast Guard Dornier aircraft: Wife of pilot seeks PM's assistance</br> <br>With intense search operations to trace the ill-fated Coast Guard flight that went missing on June 8 still on, the wife of one of the officers on-board has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his help in the matter. "@PMOIndia 8 days since my husband Subhash Suresh pilot of CG791 missing. Request your attention," Deepa Subhash wrote on micro-blogging site Twitter, tagging the Prime Minister's official handle. Deputy Commandant Suresh Subhash was one of the three officers onboard the ill-fated plane that went missing on June 8 while on a routine sortie. Meanwhile, Amruta Soni, the wife of MK Soni, another officer on-board the aircraft, also made a similar appeal on Twitter: "@PMOIndia My husband Dy. Comdt. #MKSoni & his crew missing for 8days now. #FindMKSoni #ICGDornier #FindCrew #RealHeroes #PrayForThem". (PTI) (16/06/2015) </br>
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