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In Bihar Legislative Assembly, Leader of the Opposition and former Deputy Chief Minister Tejasvi Yadav has accused the Nitish government of killing democracy.

He said that according to the pre-scheduled program, the public meeting was to be organized in Sabaur, Bhagalpur but on the occasion the government refused to allow it.

Tejasvi alleged that Srijan NGO scam of Bhagalpur would cross amounting to Rs 2000 crores.

He said that the scam was going on under the patronage of Nitish Kumar and Sushil Modi, so both of these leaders are busy protecting the main accused and their loved ones.

Tejasvi said that he would not allow any case of looting by an NGO and would take it from road to house.

Tejasvi also demanded to conduct a fair investigation by the CBI of the Srijan scam. He said that soon the RJD delegation will accompany the Prime Minister, Enforcement Directorate and the CBI Director to give a memorandum to them for fair investigation.

Tejasvi was talking to reporters at a hotel in Bhagalpur. He was accompanied by Banka MP Jayprakash Narayan Yadav, Bhagalpur MP Bulo Mandal and RJD's Bhagalpur District President Tirupati Yadav.

Tejasvi had reached Bhagalpur at 1 pm on Wednesday night while performing meetings in Samastipur, Begusarai, Khagaria, in connection with the mandate insult travel. He came to know that the District Administration has imposed Section 144 in the high school grounds of his proposed meeting site Sabar. The meeting was to be held on Thursday.

It must be stated that the NGO Srijan, the foundation of fraud of more than Rs 700 crores in connivance with government bank employees and officers as Sabour. The office of the Women Development Co-operation Committee Limited is on the official land of Sabour Block.

Tejasvi said that the Srijan scam of Bhagalpur is not less than Vyapam scam and Panama Paper scam. Just like Vyapam scam, the Janta Dal United and BJP's Bihar government is trying to suppress Srijan scam.

He told that the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi are behind Srijan scam, whose responsibilities were to the finance department earlier and still.

Tejasvi said that it can not happen that the treasure is looting and the news is not to the finance minister. In such a situation, the chief minister's duty is to make an impartial investigation.

Tejasvi said that in the name of investigation, the Chief Minister is pretending to send his loved ones by airplane and play an investigation.

He said that today we have come for the success of RJD's BJP Run Away - Save the country rally of 27th August. After RJD will organised the rally to highlight Srijan scam and unmask the big people's faces involved. Sushil Modi is MP from Bhagalpur. Since then, Srijan has been getting protection. We will be Immersion of wicked people of Srijan. We have to do anything for this.

Tejasvi said that the CBI raided Lalu Prasad and his family with false accusations. Nitish Kumar pretended to sit in the BJP's lap, but it has become clear that it is a government of corruption. 75 percent of them are tainted. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is facing a lawsuit for murder. 5 cases are running on Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi.

Tell that when Tejasvi arrived on Bhagalpur station square Wednesday midnight with his convey, then they did not give a room in the circuit house and not to allow rally in Sabour. Against it, he sat grab onto the platform of Ambedkar's statue.

Tejasvi said, "We and our party people respect the law. Because of this, it is not okay to go Sabaur with the convoy.

Tejasvi said that at night DM, SSP, DGP called, but no one has received the phone. Then tweeted. Then the SSP called the RJD MP Bulo Mandal. Obviously this is happening at the behest of Nitish Kumar. Consequently, the night had to be spent in a private hotel. Such a treat with the leader of the opposition is the killing of democracy. There is a conspiracy to suppress the voice of protest.

Responding to a question on flood situation in Northern Bihar, Tejasvi direct attacked on Nitish government. They said that the official figure is 75 deaths. The government has not made any arrangements in advance. As a result, this situation was born. Not even learned from the previous flood. In fact, Nitish Kumar is more concerned about saving his chair. These were in the interest of sitting in the BJP's lap. Despite the fear of flood, they are not worried.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused the Center's Narendra Modi government and its guide trying to change the constitution on the RSS, asking all opposition parties to fight unitedly against it.

Rahul participated in the 'Save Common Culture' Conference convened by the rebel leader of Janata Dal-United Sharad Yadav to unite opposition parties.

Rahul said that after the RSS came to power, the Tricolor was going to salute. That is, till he was not in power, he had no tricolor, his country was not there. These people are holding their people in every institution, bureaucracy, media and universities. When they set their people everywhere, then they will say that this country is ours.

They said, "If we have to fight them, we will have to fight together."

Rahul said that Congressmen are confident that they are connected to the country and want to do something, whereas BJP and RSS say that this country belongs to them only.

Rahul said that one of the leading RSS leader wrote the letter of apology in exchange for the freedom of the British during the freedom movement. He said, "He used to apologize for his freedom. Excepting RSS, no leader of Congress or any other party has apologized to the British."

Rahul accused the BJP and RSS of attacking from back.

Referring to the incident of stone pelting on his convoy in Gujarat, Rahul said, "When stone pelting was done on my convoy and black flags were shown by BJP workers. I stopped there to talk to them, but as soon as I got out of my vehicle and went towards them. They fled.''

Rahul said that BJP had promised to create 20 million jobs every year and to give 15 lakh rupees to every person, but they did not fulfill their promises when they came to power.

In this conference, CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, Communist Party of India's (CPI) D Raja, National Conference's Farooq Abdullah also joined.

In the elections held for the local body of Madhya Pradesh, the BJP is feeling victorious by winning 26 out of 43 seats, but the results are also feeling better than the Congress.

Congress has benefited five seats in the elections, whereas BJP has lost three seats compared to last time.

Mandsaur, where a few months ago, killed five people in police firing on protesting farmers. This time BJP got less than three seats. Congress won three seats in Mandsaur.

In Madhya Pradesh assembly elections are due next year, therefore the Congress is excited by the results of local body.

Out of the total 43 municipalities, BJP won 26, Congress 14 and 3 Independents won. Last year, BJP won 29 seats. Congress has hoisted its flag on five more bodies this time compared to the last time.

BJP lost in two wards of Shangar Nagar in Mandsaur district and in a ward of Panchayat Garoth. BJP has been here since 2003. But the Vyapam scam and the agitation of the farmers have to face the BJP.

BJP has given credit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan and National President Amit Shah for winning the local bodies. Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Madhya Pradesh on a three-day tour on August 18. Legislative elections are held in big states like Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh this year and next year, where BJP is in power.

In India, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a probe into the conversion of a Hindu girl in Kerala from National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday. Judge of the Supreme Court Justice R.V. Ravindran will monitor the investigation.

The bench, comprising Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar and Justice DY Chandchud, ordered an inquiry into the matter and asked for the girl's presence in the court before taking a final decision.

The bench said that the court will decide the matter only after taking the details of NIA, Kerala Government and all others in this matter.

The court gave this order after petitioner Shafin Jahan, the lawyer of Kapil Sibal, saying that the court should take a decision only after talking to the girl.

The Kerala High Court had canceled the marriage of Shafin Jahan, the girl who converted the religion. The petitioner Shafin Jahan has challenged the verdict of the High Court in the apex court.

Senior Advocate Indira Jaising said to the bench that this is an inter-religious matter, therefore the court should take precautions in it.

According to the documents received by the British newspaper The Guardian, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) of the Customs Department, accused of sending Rs 1500 crores to the tax heaven (heaven of tax thieves) country by making fake bills on the famous business house Adani group have put.

According to DRI documents by the Guardian, the Adani group exported goods of zero or very few duties for a Maharashtra power project and their prices increased manifold by real value so that the money taken from the banks in the debt abroad could be sent.

According to the report, the Adani group through a Dubai-based company forged a bill of rupees for a power project in Maharashtra and later the company sold the same accessories to the Adani group at a much higher price.

According to the report, the Adani Group has shown the average price of these goods four times more than the bill. DRI prepared these reports in 2014.

According to the Gaurdian, these 97-page report of DRI is available on Scribe Dot com.

According to the report, the Adani group provided money to a trust located in Mauritius through the companies of South Korea and Dubai, which is controlled by Adani Group's CEO Gautam Adani's elder brother Vinod Adani.

According to the report, the amount of money that the Adani group has sent abroad was taken as a loan from the State Bank of India and ICICI Bank. DRI has not charged both the banks for any unlawful activity.

However, in a statement sent by the Adani group to the Guardian, these allegations have been completely incorrect. It has been stated in the statement of the company that the Adani group is fully aware of the ongoing investigation by the DRI and is fully cooperating in the investigation.

According to the report, Paranjay Guha Thakurta gave the report of increasing the price of imported goods for the power project against the Adani group on May 14, 2016 in Economic and Political Weekly Magazine.

Paranjay Guha Thakurta had recently come to the discussion when Adani Group sent a legal notice to the magazine against two reports of Economic and Political Weekly.

Adani group had said in a notice to the magazine that if these reports were not removed, then they will file a defamation suit. The magazine withdrew the report after the notice and Thakurta resigned from the post of editor of the magazine.

India's largest opposition political party, the Congress, the stating disheartening described Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech today that he did not mention his government's failures and unfulfilled promises, the Left and other opposition parties said that nothing therein was not special.

Senior Congress spokesman Anand Sharma said that Modi did not show any sensitivity about the incident of children being killed while comparing the other natural calamities from the Gorakhpur tragedy.

He said that no one has prevented the prime minister from hailing from the Kashmiris or finding solutions to the problem.

He said, "The address of the Prime Minister on Independence Day was very disappointing. After three years, it was time for him to mention his failures in fulfilling the promises made by his government, especially youth, farmers and weaker sections."

Regarding Kashmir, Sharma said, "We have not stopped them from embracing the Kashmiris. They should talk to all sections and maintain consensus in the nation and Kashmir. Everybody should try to get involved."

He said the prime minister did not show any sensitivity to the Gorakhpur incident and he killed children in large numbers in Gorakhpur due to negligent attitude that did not understand the seriousness of this matter.

D Raja, national secretary of Communist Party of India, said that nothing was special in Modi's speech. He said that when the Prime Minister was talking about embracing the Kashmiris for the solution of the dispute, then there is no confidence in their point of view.

Raja said, "They (the government) want a military solution to resolve the dispute. On the other hand, instead of using bullet and abuse, instead of embracing the Kashmiris, they talk about a solution to the dispute. There was no faith in what he said."

National Conference executive president Omar Abdullah said, "In fact, he said that the resolution of Kashmir issue can not be done by bullet or abusive. My guess is that both sides ... come in terrorists and security forces.

Omar said, "What will happen to those TV news studios without bullet and abuse which are experts in deploying these weapons against all Kashmiris."

About the notes ban, Umar said, "It is a welcome news. It means that after completing the work of counting notes of RBI notes ban, it has reached a staggering figure of Rs 3 lakh crore. Spectacular.''

Congress Chief spokesman Randeep Surjewala said, ''freedom from fear, freedom from bigotry, freedom from hatred, should be free from inequality. Love and compassion should be everywhere. Jai Hind.''

Targeting the people of Kashmir passing through the turmoil, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that bullets or abuses can not solve Kashmir issue and it can be solved by embracing every Kashmiri.

On the occasion of 71st Independence Day, Narendra Modi emphasized that in the 56-minute address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort, security is a top priority.

He rejected casteism and communalism and said that violence can not be accepted in the name of faith.

In his address for the fourth time, he called upon the Red Fort to embrace the people of Kashmir, "not by abuse, not by bullet, by changing the necklace .... The problem will be solved, by embracing every Kashmiri.

Modi said that various tricks are going to create problems in state by few separatist states. But the government is committed to make Kashmir a paradise again.

Modi said that not only the Jammu and Kashmir government but the whole country is with them to help fulfill the dream of development of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

This remark of the Prime Minister has come at a time when unrest and violence in the Kashmir Valley have been made for some time now.

Stating that there is no softening of terrorism, he said that India's security is a top priority for the government.

Modi also said that India's status in the world is increasing and many countries are cooperating with India in the fight against terrorism.

The Prime Minister said that India is capable of facing challenges in any front ... water, land, sky or cyber. They said this in the backdrop of conflict with China in Doklam.

Referring to the children who lost their life in natural disasters in different parts of the country, and especially those who lost their lives in government hospital in Gorakhpur, he said that the whole nation's sensibilities are with the affected families.

He said that India is in favor of peace, unity and brotherhood and casteism and communalism will not work. He strongly condemned those who committed violence in the name of faith saying that it will not be accepted.

In Gujarat, a case of the beating of a Dalit family allegedly brutally by some upper caste people has emerged. Here again an attempt has been made to repeat the case like Una case.

According to the news of the Times of India, some people of the upper castes, who had allegedly naked a dalit woman and her son, and then beat them badly by the cane in Kassor village of Sojitra taluka of Anand district of Gujarat.

The case is being told on Saturday 12th of August. In the incident, the crowd of victim Maniben (45) and Shailesh Rohit (21) beat with sticks and abused. In this incident, the people of the Darbar (Cshatriya) community of the village are being told the hand.

According to the media report, Maniben and her son Shailesh work to take away the dead body skin of dead cattle. Police have registered a case under section 323, 506 (2) and SC-ST act of IPC.

Explain that one year ago, four Dalits were brutally beaten up in take away skins of dead cow in Una. In protest, the Dalits had put dead cows in front of government offices in Gujarat. There were demonstrations in protest against this incident across India including Gujarat.

Once again, questions have been raised about the safety of women in Chandigarh. Here, the incident of rape was allegedly done with a class VIII student, when she was returning home from the school after Independence Day celebrations. The police has registered the case and is investigating further.

Due to not having its firing range in the Indian Navy, the CAG has expressed concern over the effect of the practice of naval officers in small arms operations in the capital region. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said this in its report submitted in both the Houses of the recently concluded Monsoon session of Parliament.

It was said in the report that all Indian Navy personnel should have the working knowledge of running all types of small arms. In May 2010, the Ministry of Defense, the coordinated headquarters had set up measures for training and others in this regard.

It said that initial training for small arms and annual practice allowance (APA) for vessels and establishments was notified by the Naval Headquarters in December 1978 and it was revised in 2011. According to this, each Naval Officer is required to conduct firing exercises of 65 cycles of 5.56 mm ball emunation and 40 cycle firing of nine MM ball emunation in a year.

The report said that Station Commander (Navy), Delhi area is responsible for the fact that all Navy officers and sailors stationed in this area have to conduct firing of small arms.

The CAG said in an audit inquiries (September 2015), the Navy said that due to lack of land in Delhi, the Indian Navy does not have any firing range and it has to rely solely on the army for firing range.

The report said that the reduction in the participation of officials during the firing exercise in the Delhi area between 2012-13 and 2015-16 was 91.59 percent and 99.83 percent.

CAG said that the firing of small arms exercises by naval officers is marginal compared to APA's instructions and it could affect the ability of Navy officers to operate the weapon.

The CAG said that the matter was referred to the Ministry of Defense in December 2016 and its response was anticipated.