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Karnataka BJP MLA's wife found dead in Delhi

Karnataka BJP legislator Raghupathi Bhat's wife Padmapriya, 32, was found dead in an apartment New Delhi on Sunday. The wife of the MLA from Udupi had been missing since June 10.According to the police, her body was found hanging in room number 29 of Kshama Apartments in Dwarka Sector-6.
On the day she went missing, Padmapriya was supposed to go to her parents house in Mulki, a town near Udupi. She had called her parents, informing them that she would reach there by afternoon. She never turned up. However, no police complaint was lodged till Friday.Once the missing person complaint was lodged by Bhat, police found her car was found abandoned near a temple near Kunjalgiri, near Udupi. In the car police found bloodstains, Rs 8,000 in cash, broken bangles and a cell phone without a sim card.
A senior Karnataka police officer told rediff.com that they will be sending a team to New Delhi to ascertain whether it was a case of murder or suicide.
Reports had earlier suggested that she may have left the house due to strained relations with her husband. However, Bhat denied these and asserted that his relations with his wife were fine. "When I filed my election nomination form, my wife came with me and she also helped me during my campaign," he said.Another angle that was being attached to Padmapriya going missing was the role of Naxalites. However, state Home Minister V S Acharya had rejected this theory stating that there was no Naxal presence in and around Udupi district.Padmapriya's brother Rajshekhar, who is in New Delhi , suspects foul play behind her death even though he confirmed that her body had been found hanging. He alleged that a contractor from Udupi may have driven her to take the extreme step.The incident has sent shock waves across Karnataka and the state Women's Commission has initiated a suo motu case. Nirmala Venkatesh, chairperson of the commission, said they were deeply hurt and would like to probe into the matter.Meanwhile, Bhat is on his way to New Delhi along with Acharya to complete the formalities.

Afghanistan ready to take out Taliban on Pak soil

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday threatened to send his troops into Pakistan to target Taliban leaders, prompting Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to assert that Islamabad will not let anyone interfere in its internal affairs.
"Afghanistan has the right of self-defence. When they (militants) cross the territory from Pakistan to come and kill Afghans and to kill coalition troops, it exactly gives us the right to go back and do the same," Karzai told a media persons in Kabul.
In his toughest warning yet to Taliban fighters operating from Pakistan's tribal areas, Karzai warned that Afghan troops would target militant leaders in their homes and bases.
"(Pakistani Taliban supreme commander) Baitullah Mehsud should know that we will go after him now and hit him in his house. (Pakistani Taliban leader Maulana) Fazlullah should know the same, that we will go after him and hit him in his house and in his bases," Karzai said. "And the other fellow, Mullah Omar of Pakistan, should know the same," he said. Afghans will 'defeat (the Taliban leaders) and we will avenge all that they have done in Afghanistan in the past so many years,' Karzai said.
Reacting to Karzai's warning, Gilani said Pakistan is a sovereign country that will not let anyone interfere within its territorial limits. 'We will neither interfere in the internal affairs of any country, nor will we allow anyone to interfere in our affairs,' Gilani told ARY Oneworld news channel.
'Such statements will not help in the normalisation of friendly ties between the two countries and will hurt the sentiments of people on both sides of the border,' he said, adding that Pakistan wants good relations with all its neighbours, including Afghanistan.
Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Sadiq said Pakistani troops alone have the responsibility to act against terrorists on the Pakistani side of the border with Afghanistan.
Reacting to Karzai's statement, Sadiq said Pakistan has a 'clear position' on the issue of military action against terrorists.
'On the Afghan side of the border, the Afghan National Army, International Security Assistance Force and US Army could take whatever action they want against terrorists,' he said.
'On the Pakistani side of the border, it is the Pakistani troops who have the sole responsibility to take action.' Sadiq emphasised that 'any statement that negated this basic principle neither helped in the war on terrorism, nor promoted stability in the region'.
The Afghan government claims Taliban leader Mullah Omar is hiding in Pakistan's tribal areas and that Baitullah Mehsud's fighters help in launching cross-border attacks on coalition forces.
Mehsud, the chief of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan who is based in the restive Waziristan tribal region, is currently holding peace talks with the Pakistan government through tribal elders.
Karzai's comments came five days after an air and ground strike by US-led forces in Afghanistan killed 11 Pakistani paramilitary personnel in the tribal belt.
Meanwhile, Lashker-e-Tayiba founder Hafiz Muhammad Saeed said Karzai's 'threat to pursue the Taliban into Pakistani territory is in reality another American declaration of war against Pakistan'.
In a statement, Saeed, who now heads the Jamaat-ud-Dawah, said, 'American violation of Pakistan's territorial sanctity is an ingredient of its machinations and attempts to sabotage the peace agreement between the Pakistani government and the local tribal population, and an attack on Pakistan's sovereignty and territorial integrity'.

ADAG thrashes RIL's claim as 'meaningless'

Amid the ongoing war between the Ambani siblings, younger brother Anil's camp on Sunday thrashed Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Industries [Get Quote] claim of rights of first refusal in former's Reliance Communication by quoting a decision of the Union Cabinet.
Asserting that Reliance Industries claim was not even incorporated in the Articles of the Association of Reliance Communications [Get Quote], the Anil Ambani group official said based on the legal opinion the Union Cabinet had taken the view that there could be no restriction on transfer of shares of a listed company.
A communication by RIL claiming its first right of refusal to buy a majority equity in RCom had triggered the latest round of fight in middle of Anil Ambani Group company's negotiation with South African telecom major MTN group for an estimated $70 billion amalgamation deal.
"The Union Cabinet of Ministers based on the opinion by Attorney General of India and various Supreme Court decisions had firmly taken the view that any restriction on free transfer of shares in an Indian public listed company even if present in its Articles of Association, are illegal and unenforceable, as per section 111 A of the Companies Act.
"On that basis, RIL's claim is meaningless," he said, adding, "RIL's position is even worse as its alleged right of first refusal is not even incorporated in RCOM's Articles of Association."
In its communication to MTN and RCOM, Reliance Industries had threatened legal action and damages in case its Rights of first refusal was violated, to which Anil's Camp had vowed to give a befitting reply.
Responding to claims by RIL that it was 'confusing' the Family Settlement between Ambani brothers and the pact between the two groups, an RCOM spokesperson said that "RIL's reference to an agreement dated January 12, 2006 is misleading as RCOM has written to RIL the very same day ...and rejected the unilateral procedure adopted for finalising such agreements as being illegal. The Bombay High Court has upheld this stand by a judgement delivered on October 15, 2007."
The spokesperson said that anyway there was no basis for RIL to jump the gun and threaten MTN with litigation and damages as the discussions between RCOM and the South African entity were still on.
"Till the framework for the potential combination is finalised, there is no basis for RIL to speculate that the alleged right of first refusal would be attracted to the proposed transaction," the spokesperson said.
The battle between the two richest Indians had flared up after RIL wrote to MTN and ADAG, copies of which were sent to the bankers, cautioning that the amalgamation deal through reverse swap would tantamount to breach of RIL's first right of refusal to acquire a controlling stake in RCOM. In a strongly-worded reply, Anil's group warned to retaliate in case Mukesh-led Reliance Industries goes legal with its claim on the potential multi-billion dollar amalgamation deal.