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Speaker Om Birla has to also decide on Chowdhury's protest at Union Women and Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani not affixing Mrs or Smt before Murmu while raising the issue of insult to her. Chowdhury has also sought expunction of the remarks made by Irani and other BJP members on Sonia Gandhi in the row over his "slip of tongue." Rajya Sabha Opposition leader Mallikarjun Kharge has also written to Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu seeking to delete all references to Sonia Gandhi by Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal, as per the practice of not making allegations against the members of the other House. All these matters may derail the , proceedings on Monday if the ruling BJP members still want to prevent the debate on price rise. There are only eight more sittings left in the monsoon session before it ends on August 12. There are two holidays in Parliament on August 9 on account of Moharram and on August 11 for Raksha-Bandhan (Rakhi). RELIGIOUS ANIMOSITY affects entire nation, we have Doval to work together to counter it: NSA• National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Saturday urged leaders of various faiths to counter the radical forces trying to create animosity in the name of religion and ideology that adversely affects the country and has international ramifications. He made these remarks at an interfaith conference - organised by the All India Sufi Sajjadanashin Council (AISSC) - which passed a resolution advocating a ban on organisations like Popular Front of India (PFI) for pursuing a "divisive agenda" and indulging ITR return extension bleak 2!!/. +" /$! * +)! 3 !, -/)!*/ %* % /! *+ !3/!*.%+* +" /$! ( ./ /! "%3! "+- "%(%*# +" 0(4 +" /$! %* +)! / 3 -!/0-*. . %/ %. -!,! /! (4 *+2 %" 0-#%*# /+ "%(! *+/ "%(! . 4!/ * 1+% /$! ( /! "!! /. ( /!./ /2!!/ . 4. +1!. "%(! /%(( /$ -+-! )+-! /$ * 0(4 ( '$ +* /$ 0(4 %/.!(" Ganja worth Rs 1.32 cr seized - +/% . +*/-+( $! $ . 0-! 0 --!./! 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Addressing the gather- ing, Doval said there is a need to reach out to everyone to include them in this fight against radical forces and tell them that there is no place for hate and agitation against any religion in India. Doval said efforts are re- quired to sort out misunderstandings and make every religious body feel it is a part of India. "Some people try to create animosity in the name of religion that adversely affects the entire country and also has ramifications . internationally "We cannot be a mute spectator to this. To counter religious animosity, we have to work together and make every religious body feel part of India. In this, we sail and sink together," Doval said at the conference held in the backdrop of a number of incidents of religious discord in the . country FINANCIAL CRISIS DRIVES FAMILY TO SELF IMMOLATION SENIOR CITIZEN and wife dead, daughter critical The Howrah Police on Saturday night detained three from MLAs Congress Jharkhand with a huge cash consignment which could not be accounted for. Counting machines have been ferried to count the Rs 500 note bundles. According to Howrah Gramin SP, Swati Bhangaria, acting on a tip off, they stopped a car with a nameplate of Jamtara MLA and seized huge amounts of cash. The seizure happened in Ranihati area of Howrah in West Bengal. “Rajesh Kachhap, MLA Khijri, Naman Bixal Kongari, MLA Kolebira, and Irfan Ansari, MLA Jamtara, were travelling in the car from which the seizure was made. The MLAs were being quizzed,” said Swati. “UTTERLY SHOCKING! Huge amounts of cash recovered from a car of @INC India MLA from Jharkhand who was intercepted at Howrah. Apparently, 3 INC MLAs were travelling in the car. Is ED going after only a select few?” tweeted Trinamool Congress. “ED, are you taking a note or the matter is not grievous enough? Machines were brought in to count a huge amount of cash found in a vehicle in which three Jharkhand MLAs were travelling. We demand a thorough investigation into further matter,” the tweeted TMC. A 70-year-old man and his wife died and their daughter was critical after they allegedly set themselves ablaze over financial problems on Saturday, while their son suffered burn injuries when he tried to save them, a police official in Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh said. The incident took place in a house in Balaji Nagar, said Kundipura police station inspector Rakesh Bharti. "We got information about a fire in a house at 4:30am. We found Vinod Pathak (70) charred to death. His wife Kanchan (60), son Prateek (28) and Arpana (24) had suffered burn injuries and were rushed to hospital. Kanchan died during treatment and Arpana is critical," he said. "As per initial probe, Vinod, Kanchan and Aparna poured kerosene and set themselves ablaze. Prateek rushed in from the next room to save them and suffered burn injuries. We have found that Vinod, a retired employee of a cooperative bank, and the family were facing financial problems. We are talking to Prateek to find out more," he said. TEESTA FAILS TO GET BAIL MANIT student commits suicide A sessions court on Saturday rejected the bail applications of activist Teesta Setalvad and former Director General of Police R B Sreekumar, arrested for allegedly fabricating documents to ‘frame innocent people' in the 2002 riots cases. The accused apparently aimed to "destabilize" the Gujarat government and defame the state for their ulterior motives, additional D D judge principal Thakkar said while denying them relief. Former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, a third accused in the case, had not applied for bail. Bhatt was already in jail in another case when he was arrested. "It appears that the accused aimed to destabilize the government and tarnish the image of Gujarat within the country and abroad by using false documents to accuse the then government of having sponsored postGodhra riots," the Sessions Court said in the order. Teesta’s arrest came within a couple of the Supreme Court on June 24 dismissing a petition sfiled by Zakia Jafri, whose husband and former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri had been killed during the 2002 Gujarat riots. No respect for slain pilot kin T he family of Flt Lt Advitiya Bal -- one of the pilots who was killed on Thursday when an IAF MiG-21 jet crashed during a training sortie in Rajasthan -- travelled from Delhi to Jodhpur to receive . his body A Twitter user, who was on the same flight, gave a disconcerting account. "Flt Lt Bal's family was sitting adjacent to me in row 3. As we landed the Captain requested everyone to remain seated to allow the family to dis. embark expeditiously Everyone in row 1 & 2 disregarded the announcement," tweeted Sherbir Panag, a financial crimes and corporate gover- nance lawyer. In short, the passengers did not allow the flight lieutenant's family to pass, said Panag, son of lieutenant general (retired) HS Panag and brother of actor Gul Panag. ''I and a few passengers had to scream at the top of our voices to make them sit down and allow the Bal family to pass. It was absolutely shocking to see one's fellow country men and women behave in this tone-deaf, selfish manner. That's the reality of our respect for sacrifice," he said. A 22-year-old student of Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT)• had committed suicide by hanging from a tree situated in the campus area, Kamla Nagar police said on . Saturday Police station in-charge Anil Vajpayee told the media that the victim is identified as Uddeshya Ahirwar (22), student of final year mechanical engineering. He lives in hostel number 8. He is a native of Burhanpur. In the primary investigation, the police came to know that the student was not suffering from any type of tension. On Friday night at around 8 pm he took his motorcycle and went outside the hostel and did not return. In the morning, people saw the body of the student hanging in the park area of the campus. The deceased motorcycle was found parked outside. The police were not able to find any suicide note neither from him nor from his room. The police have seized the mobile and trying to open it. The police hope that the mobile can help them to solve the mystery of this tragic incident. Maoists give martyrs' week call in Balaghat, cops on toes They have put up banners and left pamphlets on Friday giving a call to observe 'Shaheed Saptah' After Indore, ragging menace hits Ratlam govt medical college Naxals have put up banners in Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh, giving a call to observe 'Shaheed Saptah' or 'martyrs' week', which prompted the police to step up security in the area, an . official said on Saturday Balaghat, located in the south eastern region of Madhya Pradesh, is one of the three Naxal-affected districts in the state with Mandla and Dindori being the other two. "Naxals put up banners and left pamphlets on Friday in Sonewani area under Roopjhar police station limits, in which they gave a call to observe 'Shaheed Saptah' from July 28 to August 3," Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Aditya Prakash Mishra said. Police are investigating how these banners reached the area, he said. "However, there is no information about the presence of Naxals in this area. Intensive patrolling is being carried out to monitor the situation and security has been increased," Mishra added. In the banners and posters, the Naxals have given a call to hold condolence meetings and construct memorials in the slain memory of Maoists. The menace of ragging has resurfaced to haunt the state again. After the recent ragging incident at MGM Medical College Indore, a ragging incident has now been reported from Ratlam's government medical college, where seniors allegedly slapped their juniors after asking them to stand in a queue. The video showing six junior students standing in a line with their heads bowed being abused and slapped by their seniors has gone viral on social media. Meanwhile, the disciplinary committee of the college has taken cognisance of the incident and is investigating this matter after which action will be taken against the guilty students. Sources claimed that when hostel warden Dr Anurag Jain rushed to the spot, seniors misbehaved with him and threw liquor bottles at him. This case is about twothree days old and only came to light after the video surfaced on social media on . Saturday Some students had shot this video and complained about it. A complaint has also been forwarded to authorities in Delhi. Sources claimed that the seniors who are involved in the act have been identified and action is being taken against them. Pragya Thakur’s bike in court again BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur’s LML Freedom motorcycle, which was used in the 2008 Malegaon blasts, is likely to be produced in court on Monday for the testimony of a forensic expert who had examined it. It was to this motorcycle that a bomb was strapped, which had gone off on September 29, 2008, in Malegaon town of Nashik district, killing six persons and injuring over 100. The two-wheeler had been traced to Pragya Thakur, who is the prime accused in the blast case. The registration number on the bike was found to be fake. The chassis number, which is unique for every vehicle, was not available as it got corroded due to a solution applied during examination; however, the expert had arrived at three probable engine numbers of the vehicle. The authorities will bring to court on Monday yet another motorcycle a Honda Unicorn – and five cycles that were at the blast site, all of whom are at the Kalachowky police station. PM: Expedite release of undertrial prisoners Says ease of justice equally important as ease of living NEW DELHI: Ease of justice was equally important as ease of living as India celebrates the 75th year of its independence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today as he urged the judiciary to expedite the release of undertrials languishing in various jails. Addressing the first All India District Legal Services Authorities Meet in Delhi, PM Modi said citizens have immense faith in the judiciary and access to the judicial system is equally important as the delivery of justice for any society . "This is the time of 'Azadi ke Amrit Kaal'. This is the time for the resolutions that will take the country to new heights in the next 25 years. Like Ease of Doing Business and Ease of Living, Ease of Justice is equally important in this Amrit Yatra of the country," he said at the conference, which was also attended by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana. The Supreme Court has spoken on several occasions on the need to be sensitive towards the humanitarian issue of undertrial prisoners, he said.