World Bank assures ‘neutrality’ in India, Pakistan talks over Indus Waters Treaty

The World Bank has assured its continued neutrality and impartiality in helping India and Pakistan find an “amicable way forward” during talks over issues related to two of India’s hydroelectricity projects under Indus Waters Treaty.

Welcoming the participation of India and Pakistan in the talks to be held here tomorrow, World Bank’s Vice President for South Asia region Annette Dixon said, “We are pleased both parties have confirmed their participation in the meeting hosted by the World Bank in Washington, DC.”

Pakistan had approached the World Bank last year, raising concerns over the designs of the two hydroelectricity projects located in Jammu and Kashmir.

It demanded that the World Bank, which is the mediator between the two countries under the 57-year-old water distribution pact, set up a court of arbitration to look into its concerns.

On the other hand, India asked for appointments of a neutral expert to look into the issues, contending the concerns Pakistan raised were “technical” ones.

Following this, the international lender had in November 2016 initiated two simultaneous processes - for appointing neutral expert and establishment of court of arbitration - to look into technical differences between the two countries in connection with the project.

The simultaneous processes, however, were halted after India objected to it.

After that, representatives of the World Bank held talks with India and Pakistan to find a way out separately.

Source:-Hindustantimes

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4 महीने में आज दूसरी बार अयोध्या दौरे पर जाएंगे योगी, ढाई घंटे रहेंगे शहर में

अयोध्या.योगी आदित्यनाथ बुधवार को अयोध्या का दौरा करेंगे। यूपी का सीएम बनने के बाद 4 महीने में उनका यहां दूसरा दौरा है। योगी यहां परमहंस रामचंद्र दास की श्रद्धांजलि सभा में हिस्सा लेंगे। इस दौरान वे यहां करीब ढाई घंटे रहेंगे। 31 मई को अयोध्या पहुंचे थे योगी

समाधि पर कब्जे को लेकर विवाद
- परमहंस रामचंद्र दास की जिस समाधि पर योगी श्रद्धांजलि देने पहुंच रहे हैं, उस पर कब्जे को लेकर विवाद खड़ा हो गया है। दरअसल, ये विवाद परमहंस रामचंद्र दास के ही दो शिष्यों के बीच है।

- एक तरफ परमहंस रामचंद्र दास के उत्तराधिकारी और दिगंबर अखाड़े के महंत सुरेश दास हैं। दूसरी तरफ रामचंद्र दास के शिष्य नारायण मिश्र हैं। दोनों पक्ष समाधि वाली जगह पर अपनी दावेदारी जता रहे हैं।

- नारायण मिश्र का कहना है कि 26 जुलाई 2003 को परमहंस रामचंद्र दास के निधन के बाद से उनकी समाधि की देखरेख ढंग से नहीं हो पा रही थी। उन्होंने 2015 में यहां कमरा बनवाकर पूजा-पाठ शुरू करवाई, लेकिन अब महंत सुरेश दास उन्हें यहां से हटाना चाहते हैं।
- दूसरी तरफ सुरेश दास का कहना है कि उनके गुरु दिगंबर अखाड़े के महंत थे। लिहाजा उनकी समाधि पर अखाड़े का हक है। नारायण मिश्र का उस पर कोई हक नहीं है।

Source:-Zeenews

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China resorting to coercive practices to achieve goals: CIA

Washington: China is increasingly resorting to "coercive, assertive practices" to achieve its goals in the Asia-Pacific region, as seen in the disputed the South China Sea, a senior official of the US foreign intelligence service said.

The remarks from Michael Collins, Deputy Assistant Director at the Central Intelligence Agency's East Asian Mission Centre, came as the Pentagon yesterday said that a US Navy surveillance aircraft was intercepted on Sunday by two Chinese J-10 fighters in an "unsafe" manner over the disputed the East China Sea.

The OBOR is an ambitious Chinese plan to link the country to Africa and Europe through several trade corridors.

According to Bonnie Glaser, senior adviser for Asia and the director of China Power Project, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, the Chinese are trying to organise the regions in a way that it is more Sino-centric, where China can prevail and can essentially compel other nations in the region to put Chinas interest first and show deference to China.

"That is a major challenge for the US," he said.

"We have to think about China not just in terms of discrete issues like North Korea or cyber as we have talked about at this conference, but more of a global challenge, and we need more of a whole of government strategy to deal with the growing strategic competition between the US and China. The competition is inevitable; war is not," Glaser said.

Source:-Jagran

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ये मुलाकात इक बहाना है.... जानिए नीतीश की राजनीति का राज

नई दिल्ली, [स्पेशल डेस्क]। राष्ट्रपति प्रणब मुखर्जी के विदाई सम्मान में प्रधानमंत्री नरेन्द्र मोदी की तरफ से आयोजित भोज चर्चा का विषय बना हुआ है। उस चर्चा की खास वजह है बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री नीतीश का मोदी के निमंत्रण पर पटना से आकर शामिल होना। अपने चार दिवसीय दिल्ली दौरे के पहले दिन नीतीश कुमार ने जहां एक तरफ कांग्रेस उपाध्यक्ष राहुल गांधी से मुलाकात की और महागठबंधन में बनी असमंजस की स्थिति पर चर्चा की तो वहीं रात में वे प्रधानमंत्री मोदी के साथ भोज में शरीक होंगे।

महागठबंधन पर तलवार के बीच नीतीश की राहुल-मोदी से मुलाकात

लालू यादव के रेल मंत्री रहते यूपीए सरकार के दौरान हुए रेलवे टेंडर घोटाले के सामने आने और होटल के बदले जमीन केस में सीबीआई की तरफ से बिहार के उप-मुख्यमंत्री तेजस्वी यादव के खिलाफ केस दर्ज करने के बाद जहां एक तरफ तेजस्वी के ऊपर गिरफ्तारी की तलवार लटकी हुई है, वहीं दूसरी तरफ जेडीयू की तरफ से तेजस्वी को सरकार से हटाने का लगातार दबाव बनाया जा रहा है।

लेकिन, तेजस्वी मामले पर जिस तरह का अड़ियल रुख लालू यादव और उनकी पार्टी ने दिखाया है, उसके बाद महागठबंधन ख़तरे में पड़ता हुआ नजर आ रहा है। उसकी वजह है नीतीश का भ्रष्टाचार के खिलाफ कड़ा रुख। ऐसे में पिछले दिनों ये खबर आयी थी कि सोनिया ने पूरे मामले पर दखल देकर फिलहाल स्थिति को शांत कराने की कोशिश की है। इस मायने में नीतीश का ये दिल्ली दौरा बेहद खास है।

क्या होगा नीतीश का अगला कदम

दरअसल, तेजस्वी मामले पर जिस तरह जेडीयू और राजद आर-पार की स्थिति में हैं, ऐसे में राजनीतिक जानकर इसे लालू यादव के लिए अच्छा नहीं मान रहे हैं। वरिष्ठ पत्रकार प्रदीप सिंह का यह मानना है कि लालू यादव और उनके परिवार के ऊपर पहले से ही कई केस चल रहे हैं और गिरफ्तारी की गाज किसी भी वक्त गिर सकती है। ऐसे में लालू यादव के लिए सरकार से अलग होने का फैसला बेहद मुश्किल होगा। लालू यादव ऐसा कभी नहीं चाहेंगे कि सरकार से अलग हो जाएं। ऐसा इसलिए क्योंकि अगर लालू यादव और उनके परिवार की गिरफ्तार होती है तो वह चाहेंगे कि नीतीश कुमार उनका प्रतिनिधित्व करें।

Source:-Jagran

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US top court rejects Donald Trump's bid to include grandparents in travel ban

Washington: The US Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday a bid by President Donald Trump to include grandparents and other relatives in his travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countries.

But in a partial win for Trump, the court gave the government more leeway to enforce a separate ban on refugees that was included in a March 6 executive order the president said was necessary for national security.

The Supreme Court said then that the bans could take effect, but that people with a "bona fide relationship" to a U.S. person or entity could not be barred.

The administration had narrowly interpreted that language, saying the ban would apply to grandparents and other family members, prompting the state of Hawaii to ask Hawaii-based U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson to expand the definition of who could be admitted. He ruled for the state late on Thursday.

In his decision, Watson harshly criticised the government`s definition of close family relations as "the antithesis of common sense."

Watson also ruled that the assurance by a resettlement agency to provide basic services to a newly arrived refugee constitutes an adequate connection to the United States because it is a sufficiently formal and documented agreement that triggers responsibilities and compensation.

Source:-Zeenews

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Gone, red beacon as well as Shahi Imam post - Tipu Sultan Mosque authorities sack Maulana Noor-ur Rehman Barkati

Kolkata: Days after openly defying the Centre's order and stating that he would keep using the red beacon on his vehicle, the Tipu Sultan Mosque trustee board sacked Shahi Imam Maulana Noor-ur Rehman Barkati for "objectionable and inflammatory remarks against the country".

Notably, Barkati had recently threatened 'jihad' and refused to take off the beacon from his vehicle.

A police complaint was lodged against Barkati by the Board on Monday in Bowbazar police station for forcefully snatching away the keys of the mosque's official room.

A number of police complaints were also lodged against the Imam in different police stations of Bengal.

Later, the Kolkata Police officers visited Barkati and the red beacon was removed from his car.

He had also drawn flak for commenting that Muslims would "fight for Pakistan if India became a Hindu state".

His comments led to a hue and cry, with the BJP and other Sangh Parivar outfits dubbing him "anti-national" and senior West Bengal minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury, regarded as a prominent face of the ruling Trinamool Congress, calling Barkati an RSS agent.

Source:-Zeenews

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CBI takes up no less than 464 cases from Bengal CID

KOLKATA: Following the high show on Trinamool Congress (TMC) Memember of Parliament Sudip Bandyopadhyay's capture by the Central Bureau of examination (CBI) regarding the Rose Valley trick in January 3, there was a three months calm under the watchful eye of the Calcutta High Court requested that the CBI research the Narada sting operation case that embroiled a few top pioneers of the TMC on March 17.

Fundamentally, these focal organizations have been keeping in touch with the CID of the state government looking for access to these protestations and subtle elements of examination taken up so far for long. After much influence, the CID at long last given over the archives and points of interest of 464 FIRs recorded by financial specialists. As indicated by sources, there are no less than twelve organizations including land, instruction and media majors in Bengal. In the interim, CBI will soon record chargesheets against Bandyopadhyay and Tapas Pal. The chargesheet would be recorded before April 30, sources said.

With the races in states like Odhisha and Bengal drawing nearer, the examination concerning the chit finance trick assembles steam. The focal office has as of now captured the executives of three noteworthy ponzi conspire administrators including Icore, Prayag and Ramel bunches in most recent three months. While Prayag and Ramel bunch executives were captured a month ago, the CBI has taken care of the Icore chiefs today.

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