Miss World-2017: After winning crown, Manushi Chhillar to be back in India today

Miss World Manushi Chhillar will be back in India on Saturday night, a week after she bagged the beauty title for the country in the Chinese city of Sanya.

Manushi was in Hong Kong and London in the last one week, and will land at the Mumbai International Airport at 11:45 pm on Saturday, her maternal uncle Sandeep Sehrawat said.

The newly crowned Miss World is set to receive a grand reception in the country, especially in her home state Haryana from where she is the first woman to ever win the pageant.

The Haryana government is also mulling to make her the brand ambassador of its ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ campaign to encourage state women to achieve laurels in their respective fields. Manushi tweeted that she can’t wait to be back home and meet everyone.

Her native village Bamnoli in Jhajjar and her medical college in Sonepat are waiting to get details of her schedule to start preparing for her grand welcome. According to her family, she will take part in several events in Mumbai before coming to Delhi and meet the Prime Minister and President.

She is expected to be in Haryana in the first week of December. “We are all waiting for her and feel so proud of her achievement. Her grandparents are waiting to feed her favourite dishes,” Sehrawat said.

Manushi, who also aspires to be a cardiac surgeon, will have to start with her second prof in MBBS when she resumes her studies at the BPS Medical College. “The college has supported her all the time. If she wish to continue studies, she will have to start with where she left," said Dr PS Gehlawat, the director of the college. “It is sad that MBBS is not a degree that can be given as honorarily for her achievement,” he joked.

(HT)

आज राजधानी दिल्लीमा एनजीसी(NGC)को आयोजना हुन लागेको बैठकमा गल्फ(GULF)पार्टीले अंशग्रहण नगर्ने

नयाँ दिल्ली,२६ नोभेम्बर २०१७ गल्फ(GULF) पार्टीको केन्द्रीय कमिटी सदस्य रिसिका छेत्रीले भने
अनुसार गल्फ पार्टीले आज दिल्लीमा एनजीसी(NGC) ले राखेको बैठकमा भाज नलिने भएको छन्।

हिजो गल्फ पार्टीको केन्द्रिय कमिटिको एक आकस्मिक सभा ढाकेर आजको बैठकमा अंशग्रहण नगर्ने निर्णय लिइएको हो।

आजको बैठकमा बिनय गुट अनि टिएमसी दलहरूले पनि भाग लिने भएको कारण ले गर्दा नै हामीले बैठकमा नजाने निर्णय लिएको हौं।हामी जाती बिरोधि अनि माटो बेचुवाहरुसँग एकै टेबलमा बस्न पार्टीको नीति विरुद्ध रहेको  अनि जनताको इच्छा विरुद्ध हो भनि भनेको छन्।

गल्फ(GULF)पार्टी केवल गोर्खाल्याण्डको निम्ति जन्मिएको तथा बंगाल देखि अलग हुनु नै पार्टीको मुल लक्ष्य रहेको उनले बताए।

पहाडमा जुनै राजनैतिक दलहरु आए पनि अहिले सम्म कसैले गोर्खाहरुको इच्छाहरुलाई पूरा गर्न नसकेको अनि त्यसैको फलस्वरूप गल्फ(GULF) पार्टीको जन्म भएको पनि उनले बताएको छ।

Some human beings are dedicatedly working for the cause of the society without any propaganda & my salute to all those unsung heroes of the society. #JurantiPrimarySchool,Mateli,Jalpaiguri. Pushpan Pradhan & Remanti R. Rai

Some human beings are dedicatedly working for the cause of the society without any propaganda & my salute to all those unsung heroes of the society.
#JurantiPrimarySchool,Mateli,Jalpaiguri.
Pushpan Pradhan & Remanti R. Rai.

Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek owns TMC slogan: Mukul Roy

The former TMC leader, however, did not claim there was any illegality involved in the move.

[Hindustan Times, Kolkata]

Maa Mati Manush, the catchline Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee effectively used to unseat the 34-year-old Left Front government in Bengal in 2011 is registered in the name of her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, BJP leader Mukul Roy alleged on Saturday.

The former TMC leader, who switched over to the BJP earlier this month, however, did not claim there was any illegality involved in the move.

Roy’s allegation was in continuation of his previous attack on the 31-year-old Lok Sabha MP.

On November 10, Roy in his first public meeting as a BJP leader in Kolkata alleged that Banerjee was the owner of Biswa Bangla, the umbrella brand being promoted by the state government and Jago Bangla, the mouthpiece of the ruling party in Bengal.

“Abhishek Banerjee owns the Maa Mati Manush slogan. This is not an application, but a document that shows it is registered in his name,” said Roy waving a sheet of paper at a press conference.

He was flanked by BJP state president Dilip Ghosh, party central observer for Bengal Kailash Vijayvargiya and MoS heavy industries and public enterprises Babul Supriyo.

“We will present everything to the court and also in front of the public,” said Vijayvargiya.

Incidentally, a court in Alipurduar in north Bengal, in an interim injunction barred Roy from making any statement linking Banerjee to Biswa Bangla Marketing Corporation Ltd and Jago Bangla Media Pvt Ltd.

According to the Trade Mark Journal (No 1726 dated 04/01/2016), the trademark was granted on January 18, 2013 to Banerjee. The address mentioned in the journal is 30B Harish Chatterjee Street, Kolkata 26, the residence of the chief minister.

The ownership is valid up to January 18, 2023.

The slogan is derived from a Bengali rural play titled Maa Mati Manush staged in the 1970s. It was written by Bhairab Gangopadhyay.

“There is no illegality in getting a political slogan registered in an individual’s name. However, anyone owning the logo can claim royalty on anybody, or any party, organisation or even the government for using the slogan. If Abhishek Banerjee wants, he can charge the party and the government huge royalty for using his trademark,” prominent lawyer and CPI (M) leader Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya told HT.

After Roy’s allegation on November 10, Bengal home secretary Atri Bhattacharya and micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) secretary Rajiva Sinha claimed the marketing corporation is owned by the state government.

TMC secretary general Partha Chatterjee also claimed chief minister’s nephew has nothing to do with the media company.

“I shall keep exposing more misdeeds,” Roy said at the press conference.

Reacting to the allegations, Chatterjee at a public meeting in Canning in South 24 Parganas district said: “We don’t want to respond to BJP’s allegations. But let me ask what sacrifices did their leaders make for the rights of the common man?”

Banerjee, who is also the Trinamool Youth Congress president, had on November 13 sent a legal notice to Roy, claiming that the veteran politician had made “false” statements against him and demanded an apology from him within 48 hours.

Banerjee later filed a defamation suit seeking the injunction before the court of civil judge (senior division) in Alipurduar

Kolkata Police posts gripping true-crime stories on its Facebook page every Sunday

The Facebook page of Kolkata Police is attracting thousands of readers who are getting hooked to crime thrillers written on case studies.

[By Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, Hindustan Times]

Scene: Howrah Station. Time: A winter morning in 1933. A youth feels a piercing pain in his arm as he is about to board a train. The pain is from a needle that injects a plague virus into him. The virus is from a Bombay laboratory and the contract killer has been hired by the elder brother of the victim. The incident is regarded as one of the first instances of ‘individual bio-terrorism’.

Scene: Sarat Bose Road, south Kolkata. Time: Christmas eve, 1991. A 47-year-old homemaker from a business family hires employees of the family firm to murder her next-door neighbours, both of whom are in their 50s. The police are clueless till they get a lucky break, thanks to an inebriated youth flaunting a camera at a gambling joint in another part of the city. Bimala Khetawat, the homemaker behind the murder, eventually commits suicide.

These and many other gripping true crime stories have been presented every Sunday morning since July by the Kolkata Police on their Facebook page. True-crime aficionados are hooked.

The department accepted the request of followers of the FB page to provide information about old and sensational cases and decided to present them as stories. It titled the series ‘Rahasya Robibar’ (Sunday Mystery) and the first story was about a 1994 murder.

The narration was lapped up, post was shared nearly 250 times and attracted as many comments. Most urged the department to continue with the initiative.

With every Sunday, the readership increased. The fifth story, homemaker Debjani Banik’s murder case of 1983, published on August 27, was shared more than 700 times. The next, on the 1933 incident, was shared more than 1,200 times and attracted more than 800 comments.

In late October, the police’s announcement about a temporary break in Rahashya Robibar was met with protest. The sheer pressure of the readers forced the police to launch a new series titled Purano Sei Diner Katha (Tales from Olden Times), narrating stories of freedom fighters from the crime files.

The new series has gained instant popularity. Written in Bengali in a racy style, the crime stories have captivated readers, who wait eagerly for their weekly dose of thrills.

सरकारबाट केही सहयोग नपाएपछि कालेबुङ जिल्ला अन्तर्गत कागे ग्राम पन्चायतमा पर्ने ठूलो बेन्दा बस्तीका मानिसहरू आफै गाडीको सडक खन्न बाध्य

पुरण गिरी,कालेबुङ,नोभेम्ब­र २४:भारत सरकारको तथा प्रधानमन्त्री नरेन्द्र मोदीको सपना देशको हरेक गाउँ-शहर क्षेत्रलाई डिजिटल इण्डिया बनाउँने सपना सपनै मात्र रहेको पुक्ता सबूत यस्तो छ।

कालेबुङ जिल्ला अन्तर्गत अलगड़ा ब्लक-२ लाभा-लिङसे ३८ नम्बर समष्टि कागे ग्राम पन्चायत भित्र पर्ने बेन्दा बस्तीमा अझै सम्म पनि गाडी हिड्ने सड़क निर्माण भएको छैन।

गर्भवती अवस्थाको विरामीहरुलाई बोकेर कोशौ टाडो पुर्यीएपछि मात्र गाडीको सडक भेटिने स्थानीय वासीहरूको गुनासो रहेको छ।यस समस्यालाई व्यवस्थामा रहेका पार्टीहरूलाई पनि बिगत धेरै बर्ष देखि बताउदै आएको तर कुनै राजनीतिक दलहरूले पनि यसप्रति चिन्ता नगरिएको स्थानीय मानिसहरूको भनाइ छ।यसरी नै बेन्दा बस्तीको सदस्य निमा लेप्चा अनि पारस शर्माले भने सरकारबाट केही सहयोग नपाएको पछि गोर्खाल्याण्डको आन्दोलनसँगै आफ्नो गाउँ आफै बनाउँ भन्ने उद्देश्य राखी गत १९८२ मा निर्माण गरिएको गाउँ कै 'अमर सेवा कल्ब' को सदस्य तथा गाउँको मानिसहरू मिलेर मूल बेन्दादेखि ठूलो बेन्दासम्म गाड़ीको सड़क खन्ने कार्य गरिएको बताए।
२०१६ को राज्य विधानसभाको चुनाव अघि भोट फकाउने अभिप्रायले बाटो खनेको नाटक गरियो र चुनावपछि त्यस ठाउँमा कोही नेता नफर्केको र ग्रामवासीले सरकारबाट सहयोगको आशा मार्दै स्वयम् उक्त बाटो निर्माणमा लागेको बताइएको छ।यस बाटोको निर्माणले ठुलो बेन्दामात्र नभएर अझ दुर्गम गाउँ लदाम क्षेत्रको रबेकका बासिन्दालाई समेत केही राहात मिल्ने कुरा स्थानियवासीले बताए।
तस्विर सौजन्य- निमा लेप्चा

हि-गाउँ निवासी ६६ वर्षिय गुमान सिङ बिष्ट भालूको आक्रमणमा गम्भीररुपले घाइते

 

सिक्किम-गेजिङ,२५ नोभेम्बर २०१७ : आज बिहान लकभक ८:३० बजे पश्चिम सिक्किम अनर्तग गेजिङ क्षेत्रमा पर्ने हि-गाउँ निवासी ६६ वर्षिय गुमान सिङ बिष्ट ( च्यादरे माइला )जंगली भालूको आक्रमणमा परि गम्भीररुपले घाइते भएको छन् ।

हि-गाउँ देखी केही मुनि बरबोटेमा अलैंची बारिमा फिरके लगाउन गएको समय सो घटना भएको रेबिका थुलुङले बताएकी छन् ।

यसरी अलैंची बारिमा पानी लगाउन जाँदा पछाडिपट्टिबाट आक्रमण गर्दा ढाडमा धेरै चोट लागेको अनि स्थानीयको  सहयोगमा उद्वार गरि  गेजिङ जिल्ला अस्पतालमा प्राथमिक उपचार चलिरहेको बताएकी छन् ।

[नोट:यसरी एक्लै दुक्लै जंगल-झाडीमा काम गर्न जादा सतर्क रहनुहोला। ]

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