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Nation Current Affairs 18 May 2018

Nation, Current affairs, 18 May 2018

JD(S) leader HD Deve Gowda and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: File)

Prime Minister Modi wishes former PM HD Deve Gowda on his 85th birthday today

Gowda, who served as prime minister from June 1, 1996 to April 21, 1997, turned 85 on Friday.
18 May 2018 9:19 PM
(Photo: Facebook screengrab/rameshchandra.fefar)

I’m Kalki, Lord Vishnu’s 10th avatar, can’t come to office: Gujarat govt officer

Thanks to his penance, the country is getting good rains, said Rameshchandra Fefar, superintending engineer with SSPA.
18 May 2018 8:59 PM
Congress claims that BJP-linked Janardhana Reddy has tried to bribe one of its lawmaker to switch sides.(Photo: Twitter/ANI)

Janardhana Reddy tried to buy MLA, claims K’taka Cong; releases audio clip

The allegation comes ahead of the crucial floor test in Karnataka scheduled for 4 pm tomorrow.
18 May 2018 7:22 PM
Justice Chelameswar, who retires on June 22, sat in a bench headed by the CJI along with Justice D Y Chandrachud as Friday was the last working day before the SC goes for long summer vacation. (Photo: File/PTI)

On retirement day, Justice Chelameswar shares dais with CJI Dipak Misra

Justice Chelameswar has been at loggerheads with CJI over issues like allocation of sensitive cases and judges' appointment.
18 May 2018 6:54 PM
The monsoon delivers nearly 70 per cent of rains that the country needs to water farms and recharge reservoirs and aquifers. (Representational Image)

Monsoon rains likely to arrive on Kerala coast on May 29

Rains usually hit Kerala on the south coast around June 1 and cover the whole country by mid-July.
18 May 2018 5:40 PM
RJD leaders met Bihar Governor Satyapal Malik to stake claim to form a government in the state (R). 13 Goa Congress MLAs hands over a memorandum to Governor Mridula Sinha staking claim to come to power being the single largest party elected in 2017 Assembly election (L). (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Cong, RJD meet Guvs, want Karnataka model in Goa, Manipur, Bihar

Goa Cong MLAs and RJD leaders in Bihar met the Governors of respective states to stake claim to form government.
18 May 2018 4:26 PM
The slain jawan was identified as 28-year-old constable Sitaram Upadhyaya of 192 Battalion. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Pak violates ceasefire during Ramzan; BSF jawan, 4 civilians killed in Jammu

12 others were injured as Pakistan Rangers heavily shelled villages and Border out Posts (BoPs) in Jammu early on Friday.
18 May 2018 3:29 PM
Mumbai dabbawalla look at traditional attire to send as gifts for the wedding of Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Thursda. (Photo: AP)

Here’s Mumbai dabbawalas’ wedding gift for Prince Harry, Meghan Markle

The dabbawalas have bought a Kolhapuri 'pheta' (turban) for Prince Harry and a traditional Maharashtrian Paithani saree for Meghana Markle.
18 May 2018 3:15 PM
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on the finalisation of the Centre’s 'scheme' on setting up of the Cauvery Management Board/Authority for allocation and distribution of water among the states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Union Territory of Puducherry. (Photo: File | PTI)

Cauvery row: SC accepts Centre's amended draft of water distribution scheme

Earlier, the Centre had informed SC that it was agreeable for Cauvery Management Board to implement Feb 16 verdict.
18 May 2018 2:40 PM
The Supreme Court ordered BJP’s B S Yeddyurappa to take a floor test by 4 pm on Saturday. (Photo: File)

Amid ‘tense’ courtroom drama on Karnataka, SC judge refers to WhatsApp joke

Justice A K Sikri said, 'We are getting a WhatsApp message which says the hotel owner saying he has 116 MLAs, make me the CM,' reports say.
18 May 2018 2:19 PM
Newly sworn-in Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said, 'Amidst all these political games, we will prove our majority tomorrow. We will obey the Supreme Court order.' (Photo: PTI)

100 per cent confident of proving majority: B S Yeddyurappa

'We will abide by the Supreme Court verdict...we have got 100 per cent support and cooperation to prove the majority,' says Yeddyurappa.
18 May 2018 2:14 PM
Congress president Rahul Gandhi said, 'The BJP’s bluff that it will form the government, even without the numbers, has been called out by the court.' (Photo: File | PTI)

Stopped legally, BJP will try money, muscle to steal mandate: Rahul

Rahul Gandhi said the Supreme Court order, vindicates Congress' stand that Governor Vala acted unconstitutionally.
18 May 2018 1:32 PM
In 1985, the top court's doors were opened past midnight to hear the bail plea of a prominent businessman who was charged under the stringent FERA law. (Photo: File)

Karnataka crisis among several when Supreme Court burnt midnight oil

SC bench on July 29, 2015, sat through midnight to consider urgent plea to stay scheduled execution of Yakub Memon at 6 am the next day.
18 May 2018 1:29 PM
The Supreme Court ordered tagging of the plea with other similar petitions which have already been referred by the top court to a five-judge constitution bench on January 8. (Photo: File/PTI)

SC seeks Centre’s reply on fresh plea challenging criminalisation of gay sex

The plea has been filed by 20 former and current students of the prestigious IITs, who all are from the LGBT community.
18 May 2018 1:14 PM
Linggi, a mother of four girls, scaled the world's highest peak on May 1. (Photo: Facebook/LowerDibangValley)

Muri Linggi, mother of 4, becomes third Arunachal woman to scale Mount Everest

Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein congratulated her and said she has made the state proud.
18 May 2018 1:12 PM
BJP said the drama that has been staged by the Congress and the Janata Dal Secular will be known to the world tomorrow. (Photo: PTI)

Those doubting strength of mandate, wait and watch: Karnataka BJP tweets

'If people's mandate has to be vindicated again, so be it. Bring it on!', tweets Karnataka BJP.
18 May 2018 12:43 PM
The Supreme Court on Friday directed BJP's B S Yeddyurappa to take the floor test in the Karnataka Assembly tomorrow at 4 pm. (Photo: PTI)

Supreme Court directs Yeddyurappa to take floor test at 4 pm tomorrow

With SC's verdict, B S Yeddyurappa has little over 24 hours to prove BJP's majority in Karnataka Assembly tomorrow.
18 May 2018 11:15 AM
Karnataka Congress MLAs getting down from a bus in a private hotel in Hyderabad on Friday. (Photo: Deepak Deshpande)

After flight plan fails, 3 buses ferry Karnataka lawmakers to Hyderabad

Decision to move out MLAs from Karnataka elevated shortly after Yeddyurappa was sworn in as Karnataka CM on Thursday.
18 May 2018 10:40 AM
Police suspect the 55-year-old went to US with the help of a human-trafficking gang. (Representational Image)

55-yr-old man who settled in US using fake passport held in Madhya Pradesh

Accused Aamir Ali Khairani was arrested following a tip-off. During interrogation, he told police that he has become a US citizen.
18 May 2018 9:21 AM
The Supreme Court today will resume hearing a petition challenging Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala's invitation to BJP's B S Yeddyurappa to become Chief Minister of the state. (Photo: PTI)

Karnataka CM Yeddyurappa's first crucial test in Supreme Court today

Karnataka Governor's invite, which led to Yeddyurappa taking charge as CM has sparked a major political row.
18 May 2018 9:04 AM

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Anjal Prakash, research director and adjunct associate professor of Bharti Institute of Public Policy, ISB, told Deccan Chronicle, “The climate models have predicted that this is going to be a warmer summer and the hot areas will be hotter than before. In Telangana, we are seeing 38ºC in February itself, which is an indication of what is in store in April and May.” (Representational DC Image)
 

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Kerala transman gives birth to baby, first case in India

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A boy bathes in the Ranbir water canal to cool himself on a hot summer day in Jammu. Climate change has made India’s heat wave hotter, said Friederike Otto, a climate scientist at the Imperial College of London. She said that before human activities increased global temperatures, heat waves like this year’s would have struck India once in about half a century. (AP Image)

In Pictures | India reels under intense heatwave
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao sat on a dharna for one-and-a-half hours at Delhi on Monday, and set a 24-hour deadline to the Centre to announce its decision on the Telangana government's demand that it procure all the paddy produced in the state in the rabi season. (Telangana CM KCR and BKU leader Rakesh Singh Tikait during the protest at Telangana Bhavan in Delhi- DC Image)

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Farmers celebrate after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the repealing of the three Central farm laws, at Singhu Border in New Delhi, Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. (PTI)

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Low visibility due to smog after Diwali celebrations, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

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Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday carried out a successful trial of drones that will be used for aerial surveillance on August 15, which marks the 75th Independence Day. (Photo by - HU Naqash)

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