Here is what is making news on a Monday morning
Upper caste villagers refuse to give land for Pampore martyr's funeral
A display of caste prejudice halted the funeral of constable Vir Singh, one of the eight martyred CRPF jawans, at his village in UP's Shikohabad, report Arvind Chauhan and D M Sharma.Upper caste villagers allegedly refused to allow public land to be used for the cremation of Singh, who was from the Nat (acrobats) community. It was only after the intervention of district officials that a 10x10 metre plot was given for Singh's last rites.
(Reported by Times of India)
Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana data till april 25: Of 17.58 lakh candidates skilled, 81,978 get placed
“Kaushal Bharat, Kushal Bharat” — it’s with this slogan that the government had launched its ambitious Skill India Mission in July last year, but the transformation from Kaushal to Kushal seems to be faltering at the last mile.
While the government claimed to have trained twenty lakh people under its flagship Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), which works out to an average of about 6,600 persons trained or upskilled every single day over last ten months, peeling off the layers of this success story reveals a less compelling narrative.
Only 81,978 of these trained candidates have managed to secure placements since the launch of the scheme in July 2015, according to official data updated till April 25, 2016. The placement to skilling ratio works out to less than 0.5 per cent, if official data for those extended training and placed till that date were to be taken into consideration.
(Reported by The Indian Express)
Synthetic drugs rule party circles
NCB Data Show Heroin & Cocaine Displaced By Crystal Meth, Meow Meow
Heroin and cocaine seem passé for the capital's drug market as people are getting high on synthetic drugs. Methamphetamine aka crystal meth and Meow Meow ruled party circles in 2015-16, reveals data released by the Delhi division of Narcotics Control Bureau on International Day against Drug Abuse.
The data shows that consumption and seizures of heroin and cocaine dipped drastically by as much as four times this year--from 33kg in 2014-15, seizures came down to 9kg in 2015-16. Cocaine too dropped by half, from 13kg to 7kg. However, seizures of Meow Meow increased from 3kg to 57kg and meth rose to 21kg from 3kg.
(Reported by Times of India)
Under attack from Subramanian Swamy, Arun Jaitley wants party to act
With BJP Rajya Sabha member Subramanian Swamy targeting Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, especially after the latter disapproved of his attacks on Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian and Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das, a section in the party believes Jaitley’s position is being undermined and action should be taken against Swamy.
When he returns from China Monday, Jaitley is likely to intensify efforts to ensure that he and his ministry are not subjected to further attacks from Swamy. One of his confidants told The Indian Express: “Swamy’s threats through tweets cannot be dismissed as an independent voice since he happens to be a party member.”
(Reported by Times of India)
Lutyens' to get 116 cell towers
Lutyens' Delhi may not face call drops any more as a Delhi Police panel formed by the MHA has given the nod for installation of 116 mobile towers in the area, including two near the Prime Minister's residence at 7, Race Course Road, subject to security riders.
(Reported by Times of India)
Beef smugglers forced to eat cow dung
A day after two Bajrang Dal activists were shot at on Kundli-Manes ar-Pal w al expressway by alleged cow smugglers, a video has emerged showing cow vigilantes forcing two suspected beef smugglers to eat cow dung and ch ant G au Mata ki Jai and Jai Shri Ram.
The accused, identified as Mukhtiar and Rijwan of Nuh area in Mewat district, were beaten up before they were forced to eat cow dung near the Badarpur border on the KMP expressway on June 10.
The vigilantes shot the video and handed over the accused to Farida bad police. The duo was sent to judicial custody and the police said the seized meat was beef.
(Reported by Hindustan Times)
Bisada villagers decide to wait for court order on FIR demand
The residents of Bisada village in Gautam Budh Nagar, where Mohammed Ikhlaq was lynched amid allegations of cow slaughter in September 2015, held a second panchayat at a temple complex to discuss their strategy for the future on Sunday evening. The police charge-sheeted 18 people for the lynching on the night of September 28 in Bisada, nearly 50 km from Delhi. Meanwhile, a forensic report from UP government’s Mathura forensic laboratory stated that the meat found during the incident was of a ‘cow or its progeny’.
(Reported by Hindustan Times)
Tripura governor tweets his way to another controversy
Tripura governor Tathagata Roy again found himself in controversy after a recent tweet in which he congratulated Shyama Prasad Mookherjee for creating West Bengal, due to which he, as a Bengali Hindu, could live with dignity.
He tweeted, “Before I go to sleep let me thank the great SPM who created West Bengal, becz of whom I as a Bengali Hindu can live with my head held high.”
(Reported by Hindustan Times)
Two Indians bag Queen’s Award for youth leadership
A visually-challenged man with a passion for education and a youth facilitator from Hyderabad are among the 60 people from across the globe who were presented medals for exemplary work in their respective fields by Queen Elizabeth at the Buckingham Palace.
The two Indians are Kartik Sawhney, 21, and Neha Swain, 28.
Launched in 2014 by the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry, Queen’s Young Leaders Award are given away to 60 exceptional young people who then become ‘Queen’s Young Leaders’ — one for every year that she has served as the head of the Commonwealth at the time of her Diamond Jubilee.
(Reported by Hindustan Times)
Texas mother fatally shoots two daughters, killed by cop
A US woman fatally shot her two daughters before officers shot and killed her, police said.
The incident happened on Friday in front of a home just outside the Houston, Texas suburb of Fulshear.
The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office identified the mother as 42-year-old Christy Sheats and her daughters as 22-year-old Taylor Sheats and 17-year-old Madison Sheats.
Sheriff Troy Nehls said the shooting apparently followed a family argument, but the reason for the argument remained unclear.
(Reported by Hindustan Times)
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