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Mint
2 days ago
- Politics
- Mint
‘I started laughing…': Rajya Sabha nominee Ujjwal Nikam recalls when PM Modi asked him 'Mai Marathi bolun ya Hindi'
Rajya Sabha nominee Ujjwal Nikam recalled his conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday ahead of the Ministry of Home's notification about Rajya Sabha nominations. He told news agency ANI that he had received a phone call from PM Narendra Modi, who asked him if he should talk in Hindi or in Marathi. "He spoke in Marathi firstly, then he said, "mai marathi bolun ki Hindi bolun? I started laughing over the tone in which he said this," Nikam said. "He then spoke to me in Marathi and told me that the President wants to give me responsibility, after which he informed me about the President's decision," the new Rajya Sabha nominee said. "I immediately said yes...," he added. He further thanked the President, the Prime Minister and the party leadership. "I assure that I will discharge my duties as a member of the Rajya Sabha, representing the President of India, truly and honestly...," Nikam said, adding that, "Its a proud moment for me." On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the contributions of former foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla, special public prosecutor in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case Ujjwal Nikam, Kerala BJP leader C Sadanandan Master and historian Meenakshi Jain after they were nominated to the Rajya Sabha. In a notification issued late Saturday night , the Union Home Ministry said the President has nominated the four to the Rajya Sabha. The President nominates 12 people to the Rajya Sabha, who are people of eminence in various fields.


Telegraph
14-04-2025
- Politics
- Telegraph
Bangladesh threatens Tulip Siddiq with Interpol arrest warrant
While there is no extradition treaty between the UK and Bangladesh, the ACC believes a red notice could at least trigger formal engagement by UK authorities. The UK has been a member of Interpol since 1928, but this case would test how far that co-operation stretches when one of Westminster's own was implicated, he said. In case of the UK Government's non-compliance to the Interpol Red notice, he said Bangladesh might ultimately proceed with a trial in absentia. 'There are provisions of trial in absentia and we may end up doing that,' he said. The ACC official said they would deliver the arrest warrant to Ms Siddiq through its High Commission in London. 'After a proven period of non appearance of the accused, we will ask the Ministry of Home to contact Interpol headquarters and process the request to the host government. Interpol itself cannot arrest, but expedite the process towards a conclusion,' he said. Ms Siddiq is facing an arrest warrant after a Bangladeshi court confirmed the ACC charges against her, accusing her of abuse of power and influence to acquire plots for herself and family members from her despot aunt's government. The ACC believes the former City minister received a 7,200 sq ft plot in the diplomatic zone of the capital Dhaka through 'abuse of power and influence'. The ACC also alleges that Ms Siddiq abused her position and influence as a British MP to persuade her aunt, Sheikh Hasina the former prime minister, to allocate three plots of land to members of her immediate family. According to the documents, under the influence of Ms Siddiq, the former Prime Minister approved one plot each for Ms Siddiq's mother, Sheikh Rehana, 69; her brother, Radwan, 44; and her younger sister, Azmina, 34. All three are based in Britain. It is part of a wider investigation into the alleged unlawful allocation of state-owned land to Ms Hasina, the ousted prime minister of Bangladesh, her children and close relatives. The case is separate from a £4 billion embezzlement investigation by the ACC into a nuclear deal struck by Ms Hasina, in which Ms Siddiq had also been named. Ms Siddiq, who resigned from the Government in January amid scrutiny of her links to Ms Hasina, has been named in three Bangladeshi inquiries. She has denied the charges and accused the Bangladeshi government of a 'targeted and baseless' campaign against her and asked why it had briefed the media but not put its allegations to her directly. Sheikh Hasina, Ms Siddiq's aunt, and several others face possible detention after charges filed by ACC.
Yahoo
28-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Two dead as Nepal police use tear gas, sticks to break up pro-monarchy rally
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepali riot police lobbed tear gas, fired water cannon and used rattan sticks on Friday to break up a protest rally demanding the restoration of constitutional monarchy, and at least two people were killed in the violence, police said. Authorities said they had to use force to stop thousands of protesters breaking into an area where demonstrations and protest rallies are banned, and they later imposed a curfew in the affected area to stem further escalation of the violence. The two people killed included one of the protesters and a journalist who was covering the rally, a police spokesman, Dinesh Kumar Acharya, told Reuters. Avenues TV said one of its journalists had died when a house he was in was set ablaze. Another Nepal police spokesman, Shekhar Khanal, said protesters had set fire to a private house and a vehicle, adding that 17 people including three police personnel were injured. Three protesters are in police custody, he said. A separate anti-monarchy rally also took place in the Nepali capital on Friday but passed peacefully. A specially elected assembly scrapped the 239-year-old monarchy in 2008, under an accord that ended a Maoist insurgency which had killed 17,000 people in 1996-2006 and turned Nepal into a secular, federal republic from a Hindu kingdom. The last king of the Himalayan nation, 77-year-old Gyanendra, has lived with his family in a private house in Kathmandu as a commoner since being toppled. 'UNRULY' CROWD Friday's trouble erupted when thousands of demonstrators, some carrying Nepal's national flag, hurled stones and tried to break a barricade in order to march towards parliament building in central Kathmandu. One police official, Kumar Neupane, said police fired in the air to drive away the "unruly" crowd. A Ministry of Home statement said protesters had vandalised private property, hospital, a political party office, vehicles, a media house and a shopping mall. Ashok Kumar Bhandari, a spokesman for the Kathmandu district administration, said the curfew declared in the affected area was "for a short period of time, till 10 pm (1615 GMT) but can be extended depending on what turn the situation takes". Nepal, one of the world's poorest countries, has seen the formation of 14 governments in the 16 years since the abolition of the monarchy. The political instability has stymied economic growth, prompting millions of young people to seek work abroad, mainly in the oil-rich Middle East, South Korea and Malaysia. Public frustration has been rising over the failure of successive governments to deliver on commitments to develop the economy, which remains reliant on aid and tourism. Nepal is home to eight of the world's 14 highest peaks, including Mount Everest.


Reuters
28-03-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Two dead as Nepal police use tear gas, sticks to break up pro-monarchy rally
Summary Two killed during protest rally, including a journalist Police say 17 injured, property damaged during rally Protesters are demanding restoration of monarchy Nepal abolished its monarchy nearly 17 years ago KATHMANDU, March 28 (Reuters) - Nepali riot police lobbed tear gas, fired water cannon and used rattan sticks on Friday to break up a protest rally demanding the restoration of constitutional monarchy, and at least two people were killed in the violence, police said. Authorities said they had to use force to stop thousands of protesters breaking into an area where demonstrations and protest rallies are banned, and they later imposed a curfew in the affected area to stem further escalation of the violence. The two people killed included one of the protesters and a journalist who was covering the rally, a police spokesman, Dinesh Kumar Acharya, told Reuters. Avenues TV said one of its journalists had died when a house he was in was set ablaze. Another Nepal police spokesman, Shekhar Khanal, said protesters had set fire to a private house and a vehicle, adding that 17 people including three police personnel were injured. Three protesters are in police custody, he said. A separate anti-monarchy rally also took place in the Nepali capital on Friday but passed peacefully. A specially elected assembly scrapped the 239-year-old monarchy in 2008, under an accord that ended a Maoist insurgency which had killed 17,000 people in 1996-2006 and turned Nepal into a secular, federal republic from a Hindu kingdom. The last king of the Himalayan nation, 77-year-old Gyanendra, has lived with his family in a private house in Kathmandu as a commoner since being toppled. 'UNRULY' CROWD Friday's trouble erupted when thousands of demonstrators, some carrying Nepal's national flag, hurled stones and tried to break a barricade in order to march towards parliament building in central Kathmandu. One police official, Kumar Neupane, said police fired in the air to drive away the "unruly" crowd. A Ministry of Home statement said protesters had vandalised private property, hospital, a political party office, vehicles, a media house and a shopping mall. Ashok Kumar Bhandari, a spokesman for the Kathmandu district administration, said the curfew declared in the affected area was "for a short period of time, till 10 pm (1615 GMT) but can be extended depending on what turn the situation takes". Nepal, one of the world's poorest countries, has seen the formation of 14 governments in the 16 years since the abolition of the monarchy. The political instability has stymied economic growth, prompting millions of young people to seek work abroad, mainly in the oil-rich Middle East, South Korea and Malaysia. Public frustration has been rising over the failure of successive governments to deliver on commitments to develop the economy, which remains reliant on aid and tourism. Nepal is home to eight of the world's 14 highest peaks, including Mount Everest.