NEW DELHI: A man who had gone to withdraw money at an ATM in Sangam Vihar here allegedly ended up getting four notes of Rs 2,000 with “Children Bank Of India” written on them, police said today.
Rohit Kumar, a customer care executive, had gone to withdraw cash from the State Bank of India (SBI) ATM in Sangam Vihar on February 6. He got four notes of Rs 2,000 which had “churan” label on them in place of the official watermark.
The notes also had “PK” written on them in place of the RBI stamp and the top left corner had “Bharatiya Manoranjan Bank” written instead of Reserve Bank of India.
After the victim approached the police, a Sub-Inspector was sent to the ATM to withdraw money and he also received a note that had “Children Bank Of India” written on it.
Following this, a case of cheating was registered and investigation has been taken up, said a senior police officer.
After scanning the footage from the ATM, police has managed to identify the last man who had filled cash in the machine.
“Till now, there have been no other complaints. Probably, only a few notes were changed. We have to identify at which point the real notes were exchanged,” the officer added.
Author: hamid
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Man gets Rs 2,000 notes with ‘Children Bank Of India’ written on them from ATM
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Army patrol attacked in Shopian, 3 soldiers killed, 5 injured
Srinagar: Three Army jawans were killed and five others, including two officers, were injured in a militant attack in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. A woman was also killed in the cross-firing.The militants ambushed an Army patrol at Mullu Shopian around 2 am, wounding eight soldiers.“Three injured soldiers succumbed to their injuries,” sources said. The militants managed to escape taking advantage of the darkness.
The identity of the slain soldiers could not be established immediately.The Army patrol, which came under attack, was on its way back after carrying out a cordon and search operation at Kungnoo, Shopian.Police said one Taja, wife of Ghulam Mohammed Mir of Mullu, was hit by a stray bullet at her house in the cross-fire.“She later succumbed to her injuries,” the police spokesman said.Soon after the ambush the forces cordoned off the area and launched an operation to track the militants.
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My govt ‘managed freedom fighters’ in Kashmir: Gen Musharraf
Islamabad: General Pervez Musharraf has said his administration ‘managed freedom fighters’ in Kashmir but later realised a political process was needed to negotiate the issue with India, a media report today said.
Musharraf, who served as Pakistan’s president from 2001 to 2008 after he threw out the elected government in a coup in 1999, said his government was able to force India to discuss issues that New Delhi was unwilling to negotiate.
“In my tenure as a military chief and president of the country, we were succeeding. We were able to bring India to the negotiating table and to sort out issues that India was not ready to discuss,” he told Dunya News in an interview.
He said his government was managing freedom fighters in Kashmir, and later they realised that a political process was required to negotiate further with India, the report said.
Musharraf left Pakistan for Dubai in March last year, after his name was removed from the Exit Control List.
The 73-year-old said Afghanistan’s intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Security, was playing into India’s hands and was being used as a tool to facilitate terror groups in Pakistan.
He claimed operation ‘Zarb-e-Azb’ – during which the Pakistan Army claimed it killed thousands of militants – had no shortcomings as it was specifically for North Waziristan.
“This operation cleaned up all the camps and launching pads of terrorist, who were supported by the Indian spy agency with the collaboration of NDS, to destabilise the tribal areas.”
Musharraf said a holistic approach and planning was crucial at the moment to curb terrorism in the country. His possible reference was to a series of deadly terrorist attack in Pakistan this year, particularly the suicide bombing at a famed Sufi shrine in Sindh in which at least 88 people died.
Pakistan has blamed Afghanistan for allowing sanctuaries to terrorist groups targeting Pakistan on their soil.
The former military chief questioned the steps being taken by Pakistan to eliminate the “sleeper cells” active in the country, including the previously peaceful Punjab province.
“What steps are being taken to eliminate these sleeper cells? Punjab has become the stronghold of militancy,” he said, refuting a question that terrorist attacks and terror outfits like the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi existed during his tenure.
“This all started after I stepped down, we had carved out an effective strategy vis-à-vis Kashmir, we were near resolving Kashmir issue with India on a four-point agenda, our policies were successful; America and China were aligning with us.”
On Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s “house arrest”, Musharraf said the Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief is not a terrorist. He claimed India is after Saeed because his supporters go voluntarily to Kashmir to fight the Indian Army. PTI
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Shahid Afridi retires from international cricket
Sharjah: Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has announced his retirement from international cricket, but said he wants to play in his country’s domestic league for two more years.
The flamboyant allrounder, who played the last of his 27 tests in 2010 and retired from one-day internationals in 2015, quit as Pakistan’s 20-overs captain after the team’s poor World Twenty20 campaign in India last year.
“I have said goodbye to international cricket,” Afridi, who turns 37 next month, said in Sharjah after smashing a 28-ball 54 for Peshawar Zalmi against Karachi Kings in the ongoing Pakistan Super League.
“I am playing for my fans and will continue to play this league for another two years but it’s goodbye from international cricket. Now my foundation is important for me. I have played with seriousness and in a professional way for my country.” Known for his swashbuckling batting and tricky leg-spin, Afridi’s last match for Pakistan was the defeat by Australia in the World Twenty20 in Mohali in March 2016.
Despite his intention to continue in the game’s shortest format, he has not been selected since that defeat.
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Unrest shelved Bollywood projects in state: Prerna Bhat
Jammu: Prerna Bhat, a Jammu girl who made it big in television industry by clinching the lead role of a super cop in a serial titled Crime Patrol, said Bollywood received a severe setback after the July 2016 unrest.“There was a great buzz in the tinsel town after Late Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed visited Mumbai and met some of the top Bollywood directors and producers,” she said.The actress who has also worked in some Bollywood movies said: “However, with the Valley turning volatile after the killing of Hizb commander Burhan Wani, there was fear in the Bollywood camp and many projects got shelved.”“The directors and producers still want to make a comeback to the Valley, but the only thing they want is full protection and security while shooting,” she added.Hailing from Janipur in Jammu, Prerna, who left for Bollywood five years ago, besides taking a strong will to make it big in tinsel town, also desired to become the ambassador of the state for Bollywood to disseminate information about its people, culture, heritage and scenic beauty.Prerna began her career as a dancer and worked in several serials on Doordarshan in Jammu and Kashmir. She has acted in popular television shows like ‘Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara ‘, ‘CID’, and ‘Savdhaan India’. She has also worked in Bollywood films like ‘Grand Masti’, ‘Singh Saab the Great’ and ‘Future Toh Bright Hai Ji’. Now, after having earned a reputation in the tinsel town, Prerna is all set to venture into her first feature film as a parallel lead.
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All not well in PDP as MLA calls meet to discuss ‘future strategy’
Another legislator accuses senior leader Naeem Akhter of ruining party
Srinagar: Though Basharat Bukhari took over charge of his new ministry today, the woes of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seem far from over.All does not seem well in the party as MLA and former minister Abdul Majeed Padder is holding a workers’ meeting to decide the “future strategy”. Another MLA from the Zadibal constituency in Srinagar has accused Cabinet minister Naeem Akhter of ruining the party.The differences in the party leadership surfaced after two ministers Basharat Bukhari and Imran Raza Ansari resigned hours after another senior party leader Altaf Bukhari was inducted into the Cabinet on Friday.Abdul Majeed Padder, the MLA from Noorabad in Kulgam, said he had called a meeting of the workers on February 25.“A district development board meeting is being held on February 23 and I have called a meeting of the workers two days later,” Padder said. “My workers are perturbed that their representative has not been inducted into the Cabinet. So, we will all sit together and discuss things and the future strategy,” he added.Padder, who was Minister of State in the Cabinet of late Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, said some of his workers were angry and were considering boycotting the upcoming bypoll to the Anantnag parliamentary seat.Incidentally, Noorabad has been witnessing high voter turnout in past elections.MLA Abid Ansari, who represents the Zadibal constituency in Srinagar, and is the uncle of Imran Ansari has also levelled serious allegations against senior party leader and minister Naeem Akhter.“Naeem has ruined the party and he is influencing the Chief Minister in every decision. Tomorrow, we will have to go to people for vote, but Naeem has no constituency and that is the reason he is ruining the party,” Abid said.Roads and Buildings Minister and government spokesman Naeem said he would not respond to the MLA’s allegations.A senior party leader, however, said that there were certainly issues in the party.“But such issues are everywhere and will be resolved. It is, however, very unfortunate that some party leaders rather than helping the leadership in difficult times are creating problems,” said a party leader who did not wish to be identified.
Mehboob Beg nominated to PAC
The PDP on Monday nominated MP Mehboob Beg to the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) of the party. The party also nominated Shafi Ahmad Wani, former MLA from Beerwah in Budgam, as the party treasurer. Wani was appointed a day after Congress leader from Beerwah Nazir Ahmad Khan joined the PDP. Wani’s nomination as the treasurer is being seen as the party’s bid to assuage frayed nerves.
‘Party workers mull bypoll boycott
’Abdul Majeed Padder, the MLA from Noorabad in Kulgam, has called a meeting of the workers on February 25. “A district development board meeting is being held on February 23 and I have called a meeting of the workers two days later,” Padder said. “My workers are perturbed that their representative has not been inducted into the Cabinet. So, we will all sit together and discuss things and the future strategy,” he added. Padder said some of his workers were considering boycotting the upcoming bypoll for the Anantnag parliamentary seat.
Tribune News Service
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Joint Resistance leaders call off Feb 24 shutdown to facilitate Shivratri
Srinagar: Joint resistance leadership comprising of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik Monday cancelled the shutdown call for February 24.
The decision was taken to facilitate Hindu community a hassle-free Shivratri festival.
A spokesperson of the Joint Resistance Leadership said, “Hindu festival Shivratri falls on the same date so the leadership has decided to cancel the shutdown call.”
Pertinently, the resistance leaders, spearheading what they call the movement for right to self-determination had called for a complete shutdown on February 24.
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Russia to start deliveries of helicopters to India in 2018
Moscow: Russia will start initial deliveries of military helicopters to India in 2018, with assembly and manufacturing to follow in Asia’s fastest growing economy, the chief executive of state-owned manufacturer Russian Helicopters said on Monday.
India and Russia signed an agreement in October to jointly manufacture 200 of the KA-226T helicopters for the Indian Armed Forces.
Both countries have agreed to cooperate in energy and defense as India seeks to modernise its armed forces and build a nuclear industry and sanctions-hit Russia looks for investment and new markets.
“The joint venture is in process and the first delivery will start in 2018. After-sales service will also be provided in India,” said Andrey Boginsky, who took over as CEO in January.
Some 60 helicopters will be delivered to India and the remaining 140 will be assembled or manufactured in India, he said at the International Defence Exhibition in Abu Dhabi.
The company has started production of the advanced medium multirole Mi-171A2 helicopter, with four deliveries set for Russia this year, he said.
China has shown an interest in the Mi-171A2, he added, without elaborating.
Overall sales in 2017 are expected to grow at least 15 per cent as demand for civil helicopters increases.
“We expect to sell 220 helicopters this year,” he said compared to 190 sold in 2016. Military helicopters account for two-thirds of sales.
“There is demand for civil helicopters and we plan to increase volumes,” he said, adding that a key market is Iran, where there is demand from the oil and gas sector
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Thousands declare ‘I am Muslim too’ at rally in US
New York: Over a thousand people from various faiths declared ‘I am a Muslim too’ as they assembled at the iconic Times Square here to express solidarity with the Muslim community and protest against US President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
The rally was co-organised by the Foundation For Ethnic Understanding and the Nusantara Foundation in response to the uncertainty and anxiety created by Trump’s now-rescinded executive order to bar citizens from the seven Muslim-majority nations.
The ‘I am a Muslim Too’ solidarity rally drew several thousand people who raised slogans and held banners of ‘Love Trumps Hate’ and ‘USA, USA’ and ‘No Muslim Ban’.
Headlined by American entrepreneur and author Russell Simmons and actress Susan Sarandon, the rally yesterday saw participation by several faith leaders who denounced the divisive political environment in the country and called on Americans to stand up for Muslims facing increasing threat and pressure.
Addressing the rally, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said America was founded to respect all faiths and all beliefs and stereotypes against the Muslim community has to be dispelled.
“The message I want to give as Mayor of the city to everyone regardless of background or faith or where you were born is that this is your city and this is your country,” he said.
The Mayor said America was founded by people who were fleeing religious persecution and was founded to respect all faiths and all beliefs.
“This is who we are as Americans and this must be protected. An attack on anybody’s faith is an attack on all people of faith,” he said.
Lauding the 900 Muslim members of the New York Police Department, de Blasio said the 1.6 billion Muslims in the world are “overwhelming peace loving” people who care about their community.
“We have to dispel the stereotypes” faced by the Muslim community, de Blasio said declaring at the end of his speech that “I’m proud to say today I’m a Muslim too”.
Eminent Sikh-American speaker and activist Simran Jeet Singh said he is supporting the rally “because as a Sikh, we know what discrimination and oppression feels like. We want a world that is acceptable and tolerant”.
Sarandon said given the political environment in the country, it is no longer possible to be neutral. “If you are silent, then you are complacent.
“We are here because we will not be a cog in a machine that is dismantling our constitution, that is dismantling our bills of rights,” she said to loud cheers from the crowd. (PTI)
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Saudi, Israel present united front against Iran
Munich: Saudi Arabia and Israel both called on Sunday for a new push against Iran, signalling a growing alignment in their interests, while U.S. lawmakers promised to seek new sanctions on the Shia Muslim power.
Turkey also joined the de facto united front against Tehran as Saudi and Israeli ministers rejected an appeal from Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for Persian Gulf Arab states to work with Tehran to reduce violence across the region.
Saudi foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir told delegates at the Munich Security Conference that he is optimistic that Arabs and Israelis can reach a peace deal in 2017.
Speaking four days after US President Donald Trump and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke about the possibilities of a regional peace agreement, on Sunday that the contours of an Arab Israeli accord were clear, and that Saudi Arabia and other Arab states would work to bring it to fruition.
The biggest challenge facing the region is Iran, he said, echoing comments made earlier in the day by Israel’s Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman. “Iran remains the single main sponsor of terrorism in the world,” the Saudi minister said. “It’s determined to upend the order in Middle East … [and] until and unless Iran changes its behavior it would be very difficult to deal with a country like this.”
The foreign minister also claimed that the the Iranians took advantage of the good will of the P5+1 nations negotiating the 2015 nuclear deal. They “stepped up the tempo of their mischief” while the negotiations were taking place, he said, and continue to do so today.
“I believe that Iran knows where the red lines are if the red lines are drawn clearly, and I believe that the world has to make it clear to the Iranians that there is certain behavior that will not be tolerated, and that there will be consequences,” Jubeir told the conference. “And those consequences have to be in tune with the financial side.”
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Iran’s ultimate objective was to undermine Saudi regime, and called for a dialogue with Sunni Arab countries to defeat Iran.
“The real division is not Jews, Muslims … but moderate people versus radical people,” Lieberman told delegates.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu also criticised what he called an Iranian “sectarian policy” aimed at undermining Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
“Turkey is very much against any kind of division, religious or sectarian,” he said. “It’s good that we are now normalising our relations with Israel.”
Zarif opened Sunday’s session with the call for dialogue to address “anxieties” in the region. This followed a visit by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to Oman and Kuwait last week to try to improve ties, his first visit to the Gulf states since taking power in 2013.
Asked if Iran’s envisioned regional dialogue could include Israel, Zarif said Tehran was looking at a more “modest” approach. “I’m focusing on the Persian Gulf. We have enough problems in this region so we want to start a dialogue with countries we call brothers in Islam,” he said.
SAUDI’S SEE ARAB-ISRAEL DEAL
Netanyahu rejected a regional peace plan for the renewal of negotiations toward a two-state solution and recognition of Israel as a Jewish state a year ago.
The proposal was the result of months of negotiations led by then-US secretary of state John Kerry and culminated in a secret meeting on February 21, 2016, between Netanyahu, Kerry, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Jordan’s King Abdullah, according to the Israeli daily Haaretz.
However Saudi foreign minister said: “I believe progress can be made in the Arab Israel conflict, if there is a will to do so.”
“We know what the settlement looks like, if there is just the political will to do so. And my country stands ready with other Arab countries to work to see how we can promote that.”
Jubeir said the new US administration made him optimistic that this and other regional challenges could be resolved.
“We see a president who’s pragmatic and practical, a businessman, problem-solver, a man who’s not an ideologue,” Jubeir said of Trump. “He wants America to play a role in the world. Our view is that when America disengages, it creates tremendous danger in the worlds, because it leaves vacuums, and into those vacuums evil forces flow.”
Saudi Arabia shared common goals with Trump, he added. “He believes in containing Iran; so do we. He believes in working with traditional allies; so do we.”
In his talk, one of a series of speeches Sunday under the heading “Old Problems, New Middle East?” Jubeir reminded European colleagues who are nervous about the Trump administration that when Ronald Reagan took office in 1981 there was also a lot of concern in Europe, yet Reagan brought stability to the region and ended the Cold War.
Netanyahu held ‘secret meeting’ with Arab leaders
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met secretly with Arab rulers last year to hear then US secretary of state John Kerry pitch a regional peace plan, an Israeli newspaper reported on Sunday.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi also attended the February 2016 talks hosted by King Abdullah II in the Jordanian city of Aqaba, Haaretz said, citing former senior officials in the Obama administration who asked to remain anonymous.
It said Kerry wanted the sides to endorse six principles, which he laid out publicly in a December speech.
They included a call for Israel to vacate territory it occupied during the 1967 Six-Day War, subject to land swaps agreed between the two sides.
Since 1967, Israel has pulled out of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip but annexed east Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.
It continues to occupy the West Bank, where hundreds of thousands of Israelis live in settlements seen as illegal by the international community.
Kerry’s parameters envisioned a Palestinian state, with Palestinians recognising Israel as a “Jewish state”.
Both would share Jerusalem as the “internationally recognised capital of the two states”.
Israel claims the city as its “undivided” capital. Netanyahu’s coalition government, the most right-wing in Israel’s history, rejects talk of ceding any part of it to Palestinian sovereignty.
“Netanyahu did not accept Kerry’s proposal and said he would have difficulty getting it approved by his governing coalition,” Haaretz wrote on Sunday.
Netanyahu’s spokesman and Jordanian officials refused to comment on the report.
Meeting on Wednesday at the White House, Netanyahu and President Donald Trump each spoke of prospects of a regional Middle East understanding to end the stalemated Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
“For the first time in the life of my country, Arab countries in the region do not see Israel as an enemy, but increasingly as an ally,” Netanyahu told Trump.
“We think the larger issue today is how do we create the broader conditions for broad peace in the Middle East between Israel and the Arab countries,” Netanyahu said the following day on MSNBC.
Trump said Netanyahu’s proposal for a regional alliance was something that “hasn’t been discussed before”, adding that it would take in “many, many countries and it would cover a very large territory”.
Egypt and Jordan are the only Arab states to have formal peace treaties with Israel.
Gulf states like Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar do not have diplomatic relations with the Jewish State, but they share informal links.