1.166 kg gold bars seized from passenger at Coimbatore airport

COIMBATORE: The officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Coimbatore captured a 36-year-old Cholamukath Kareem Sajid, of Malappuram in Kerala state for pirating 1.166 kilograms of gold worth around 35 lakhs at the Coimbatore universal airplane terminal on early Saturday morning. The authorities of DRI got a tip off and captured the traveler at the Coimbatore worldwide air terminal. The traveler hid the gold bars in his rectum. He arrived Coimbatore airplane terminal from Sharja via Air Arabia and Kareem Sajid was taken to a private healing facility where bowel purge was given to him to get back the gold bars. Later he was taken to the workplace of the DRI, on Trichy street for further examination. Mobile Number database provider

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Hardly any time left for talks: Uddhav Thackeray

Shiv Sena boss Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday showed that his gathering would proceed and singularly report its choice on a survey agreement with the BJP when the last sends a formal seat-sharing proposition. Put essentially, the Sena is in no disposition to make tremendous conformity to suit the BJP, said party sources. "There is not really at whatever time left now (for talks)," Thackeray said. There are signs that Thackeray may make a noteworthy declaration on the Sena-BJP remain off at a gathering celebration, to check Balasaheb's 90th birth commemoration, on Monday. "I haven't gotten any offer from the BJP. When they send us a formal proposition we will take our choice," he said. Both sides seem all set to go solo for the Mumbai municipal decisions. "We are prepared to challenge all alone quality," said Satish Tiwari, who is accountable for the BJP's Sewri get together survey crusade. The city BJP unit has been experiencing applications from ticket searchers, sources said. At the flip side, Vilas Potnis, vibhag pramukh, Mumbai north, said the Sena had concluded the survey bare essential. "are sitting tight for an approval from Ud

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Donald Trump expected to order temporary ban on refugees

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders starting on Wednesday that include a temporary ban on most refugees and a suspension of visas for citizens of Syria and six other Middle Eastern and African countries, say congressional aides and immigration experts briefed on the matter.

The president is expected to sign the first actions — including the measure to jumpstart construction of the wall — during a trip to the Department of Homeland Security. Additional actions will be rolled out over the next few days, according to one official.

Trump, who tweeted that a "big day" was planned on national security on Wednesday, is expected to ban for several months the entry of refugees into the United States, except for religious minorities escaping persecution, until more aggressive vetting is in place.

Another order will block visas being issued to anyone from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, said the aides and experts, who asked not to be identified.

The current proposal includes at least a four-month halt on all refugee admissions, as well as temporary ban on people coming from some Muslim majority countries, according to a representative of a public policy organization that monitors refugee issues. The person was briefed on the details of that proposed action by a government official.

In his tweet late on Tuesday, Trump said: "Big day planned on NATIONAL SECURITY tomorrow. Among many other things, we will build the wall!"

The border security measures probably include directing the construction of a border wall with Mexico and other actions to cut the number of illegal immigrants living in the United States.

The sources say the first of the orders will be signed on Wednesday. With Trump considering measures to tighten border security, he could turn his attention to the refugee issue later this week.

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Jallikattu protests ease across Tamil Nadu, uneasy calm at Chennai's Marina Beach

CHENNAI: Calm returned to the Marina Beach and other protest venues across Tamil Nadu on Monday evening after a week-long intense pro-jallikattu agitation+ was brought under 'enforced control' by the state police.

In Chennai, riots marred the image of the student-backed demonstrations. "Vested interest groups" escalated the situation by pelting stones and hurling petrol bombs at the riot control police.

The scene at the Marina resembled that of a curfew zone with the roads leading to the protest venue blocked off by the police from all sides. The police lathicharged with vengeance whenever they ran into a rioter.

Miscreants set fire to the Ice House police station while many vehicles were burnt to ashes in the ensuing violence. As many as 140 policemen were hurt in the riots with at least 100 rioters also being injured.

Protesters clashed with police at Parthasarathy Temple arch near Marina. They set tyres on fire and threw them at the police. They threw petrol bombs too. A car was set on fire. Police used teargas to disperse the protesters.


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Parliamentary panel summons RBI governor Urjit Patel on demonetisation move

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: A parliamentary committee probing the government's decision to scrap high-value bank notes+ , has sent Reserve Bank of India governor Urijit Patel a list of questions on the demonetisation process, and has asked him to appear before it on January 20.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has asked Patel to explain how the decision for demonetisation was taken, and for details on its impact on the country's economy, PAC Chairman and senior Congress member K V Thomas told Reuters.
The PAC has asked Patel to provide details on the value of currency that has been returned to the bank, the quantity of "black money" it has received and the amount of new currency released so far, Thomas said.

"We had decided to call the RBI governor sometime in December but because the Prime Minister had asked for 50 days, we decided to postpone it to sometime January," Thomas told Reuters. "We did not want to give it a political colour."
The PAC has also called other finance ministry officials, including Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia and Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa, Thomas said.

Urijit Patel is under fire+ from some politicians over shortages of replacement currency and restrictions on depositing old notes that have caused long queues at banks and ATMs. He's already set to testify before another parliamentary committee.

Pressure on the central bank and Patel has grown since Prime Minister Narendra Modi stunned the country on November 8 by announcing the withdrawal of legal tender for the old 500- and 1,000-rupee notes, removing 86 percent of the currency in circulation in a bid to crack down on the "shadow economy".


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Brexit trade deal with India ‘at risk’ without visa reform

One of Britain's most important post-Brexit trade partnerships+ could be at risk due to Theresa May's refusal to reform visa restrictions for Indian citizens. The British Prime Minister has insisted leaving the EU would allow Britain to find other partners abroad and India, the world's fastest growing major economy, was the first country she visited, accompanied by a large business delegation, outside Europe after the referendum.

But as the offensive to secure a trade deal continued yesterday, senior diplomats and Indian government officials warned May's refusal to reform visa restrictions+ could scupper her hopes. Boris Johnson has flown in to Delhi+ to meet members of the government, business leaders and, he hopes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Johnson is due to explain the UK's position on Brexit and stress how leaving the EU offers further commercial and industrial opportunities for the two countries.

"I think the time is fast upon us when we need to turbo charge this relationship with a new free trade deal, such as we will shortly be able to do," Johnson said. "We can't negotiate it now, but we can sketch it out in pencil on the back of an envelope. This is not the time to put up barriers between our countries. This is time to break down barriers that will in the long term to create the jobs, the good jobs with good incomes that offer real hope and comfort... Let us work together, Britain and India are united by our values and in many ways by our approaches to the problems of the world and it is working together to improve our security that we will allow the freedom and the openness that will drive our long term prosperity."



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Gov. Cuomo to meet with President-elect Donald Trump for talk on potential repeal of Obamacare, infrastructure

ALBANY - Gov. Cuomo, who has declared New York a safe haven against Donald Trump's policies, will meet with the President-elect on Wednesday at Trump Tower.

“I know the President-elect, I’ve spoken to him before,” Cuomo said Tuesday night. “I’ve known him in various capacities before.”

Cuomo, a Democrat, had a brief phone conversation with Trump that focused largely on infrastructure needs the day after the Republican businessman won the election in November.

The scheduled meeting for Wednesday, first reported by the New York Times and confirmed by the Daily News, will be the first face-to-face sit-down between the two since the election.

The conversation is expected to touch on the potential repeal of Obamacare, infrastructure and other issues important to New York.

“There are a number of issues that are highly impactful to New York,” Cuomo said. “He knows New York. I think it would be helpful to him to have a discussion about … the practical reality of what these issues mean.”

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