Panaji: A special police team, which is in Haryana to investigate the BJP leader Sonali Phogat death case, has collected some important evidence, SP Shobhit Saxena said here on Friday. He said the investigation is on track and police are probing all the angles to establish motive behind the alleged murder.
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WB: TMC leader Raju Sahani in CBI net ` 80 Lakh, a firearm with live cartridges and property-related documents seized Kolkata: TMC leader and Halishahar munici pality chairman Raju Sahani was arrested by the CBI on Friday in a chit fund scam case registered in Kolkata in Oct 2018. “We have re covered Rs 80 lakh, a firearm with live cartridges and many property-related docu ments. He has been ar rested in connection with a probe into a ponzi scam,” a CBI of ficial reportedly told a section of media. The CBI alleges that Sahani and ingtion.WelfarenyfundsmisappropriatedothersofacompacalledSunmargOrganisaBeforearresthim,theagen cy searched his home. It had earlier arrested Burdwan municipality chairman Pranab Chat terjee in the case.
PM Modi commissions India’s first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant
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Mumbai: When Amit Shah visits Mumbai, BJP insiders expect him to convey an important message about Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis’s leadership of the party’s Maharashtra unit and reassure the Centre’s support for the coalition govt ahead of BMC polls.
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New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated all the countrymen for dedicating INS Vikrant to the nation and unveiling of the new Navy flag by PM Modi. In a se ries of tweets Shah said that today is a historic day for India as PM Modi unveiled the new ensign of our Indian Navy. This new ensign reflects the emergence of a New India, which is proud of its rich cultural heritage, doing away with the traces of colonial past.
PM UNVEILS NEW NAVAL ENSIGN ‘NISHAAN’ IN KOCHI Kochi (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday unveiled the new Naval Ensign 'Nishaan' at Cochin Shipyard Limited here in Kochi, doing away with the colonial past and befitting the rich Indian maritime heritage. The Prime Minister unveiled the new Naval Ensign 'Nishaan' during the commis sioning of the indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant. Naval Ensigns are flags that naval ships or formations bear to denote nationality. The current Indian Naval Ensign consists of a St. George's Cross—a red cross with white background. In one corner of the cross, the Indian flag was put when the country attained freedom, replacing the Union Jack in that place. P3
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New Delhi: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said INS Vikrant is a collective effort of all govts since 1999, adding that ex-Defence Minister Krishna Menon played a key role in getting it from UK. “...INS Vikrant commissioned today is a collective effort of all govts since 1999. Will PM acknowledge? Let’s also recall original INS Vikrant that served us well in 1971 war. Much reviled Krish na Menon played a key role in getting it from UK,” he tweeted.
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First India Bureau Mumbai: Home Minis ter Amit Shah’s visit to Mumbai on September 5, when Ganeshotsav festival at its peak, is significant on devotion al and political account. The visit is happen ing about two months after the coalition gov ernment of Shiv Sena rebel Eknath Shinde and Bharatiya Janata Party took charge with Shinde as the chief minister and Devendra Fadnavis his deputy. Earlier, Shah’s cus tomary annual visit to the Maharashtra’s big gest festival for the past few years used to be a largely religious affair. This year, however, the devotional menu may be laced with a subtle po litical docket intended to strengthen the Shin de-Fadnavis regime. The credibilitystrugglinggovernmentShinde-Fadnavishasbeentoattainamongthe masses after it toppled the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) of Shiv SenaNCP, led by Uddhav Thackeray.
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PM Narendra Modi during the commissioning ceremony of the first indigenous aircraft carrier as INS Vikrant is commissioned, in Kochi on Friday.
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Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who strongly opposes the BJP stirred up a hornets’ nest after praised the RSS saying that “all are not bad in the Sangh Pariwar” and a section of right-wing organisation does not support the policies followed by the BJP.
Kochi: INS Vikrant is symbol of selfreliant & aspirational India, said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday at the commissioning ceremony of India’s first indigenous ly-built aircraft carrier at the Cochin Shipyard here. The event was attended by PM Modi, Rajnath and senior Defence officers. “The commissioning of INS Vikrant is a confirmation that our endeavour for ‘Self-reliant India’ is not an isolated policy,” Rajnath said.
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New Delhi: The AAP on Friday demanded the resignation of Delhi LG VK Saxena for allegedly awarding a contract for interior designing of a Khadi lounge in Mumbai while serving as KVIC chairman.
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Renni Abraham Mumbai: Political cir cles in Maharashtra are abuzz with speculation about imminent defec tions by MLAs from the Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and even those left in Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackeray faction. Ac cording to the grape vine, the people’s repre sentatives may all be inducted into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Sena’s Eknath Shinde-led re belWhenformation.contacted for comment, senior Con gress leader Prithviraj Chavan dismissed speculative reports and said, “For such a politi cal move to materialize from the Congress, merely 11 to 15 MLAs will not Turn to P5
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Colombo: Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka’s former President who fled the country after anti-government protesters stormed his official residence on July 13, will return to the crisis-hit island nation on Saturday.
New Delhi: Bihar unit of the BJP is gearing up to welcome Home Minister Amit Shah who is sched uled to visit the state in the third week of Septem ber. According to avail able information, Shah is slated to be present in the Seemanchal region on September 23-24.
APPROACHCONTRASTING Maha CM Shinde refused to comment on possible defections by Congress MLAs, noting that he was aware of the disturbances within the party. Meanwhile, Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Narayan Rane, said that Congress MLAs would merge with the Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena, adding that even the BJP would likely take a share of the crumbling Cong party.
Speculation rife over imminent MLA defections from Congress, NCP and Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction in the wake of ongoing ED probes
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Kochi (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday morn ing commissioned the first indigenous aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant in a ceremony at Cochin Shipyard Ltd in Kochi. Designed by the In dian Navy’s in-house Warship Design Bureau (WDB) and built by Cochin Shipyard Lim ited, a Public Sector Shipyard under the Ministry of Ports, Ship ping and Waterways, Vikrant has been built with state-of-the-art au tomation features and is the largest ship ever built in the maritime history of India. The Indigenous Air craft Carrier is named after her itimewillaircraftwillsioningMSMEs.housestry’sment,oftalwhichfirstpredecessor,illustriousIndia’saircraftcarrier,hadplayedaviroleinthe1971war.Ithasalargeamountindigenousequipinvolvingcounmajorindustrialaswellasover100WithcommisofVikrant,Indiahavetwooperationalcarriers,whichbolsternation’smarsecurity.
l The ship is powered by four Gas Turbines totalling 88 MW power and has a maximum speed of 28 Knots.
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6 KILLED, 7 HURT INJURED IN GUJ ROAD ACCIDENT Aravalli: Six persons were killed and seven were injured after a car mowed down pilgrims on Friday in Gujarat’s Malpur area of Aravalli district. The people were on their way on foot towards the Ambaji temple in Ambaji town.
Raipur: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying that the party cannot tolerate opposition so they around with bags full of money and poach MLAs of the opposition parties. CM Bhagel said this on his return to Raipur from Himachal Pradesh. P5
SEXUAL ABUSE CASE: SEER SENT TO POLICE CUSTODY FOR 4 DAYS Chitradurga: The sessions court on Friday sent the chief pontiff of Sri Murugha Mutt, Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru to police custody for four days. Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru will be in police custody till September 5. As per reports, the Police had requested the bench for 5 days of custody.
ON CCTV, PUNJAB AAP MLA SLAPPED BY HUSBAND Bathinda: A video of an AAP MLA in Punjab being slapped by her husband in public has triggered anger. It shows MLA Baljinder Kaur allegedly being slapped by her husband, also an AAP leader. The two are seen arguing in the presence of other people when husband Sukhraj Singh slaps Kaur in a fit of rage.
l Built at an overall cost of close to Rs 20,000 crores, the project has been progressed in three Phases of the contract between MoD and CSL, concluded in May 2007, December 2014 and October 2019 respectively.
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According to norms, Maharashtra can have 43 ministers. There can be 23 more ministers in the state government.
The minister further said that he has direct ed all authorities in Pune to address the is sues of these parties and give relief to com muters.“Ifwe get the re maining land for Chan dani Chowk junction, we (National Highways Authority of India) will complete the project by June next year. The project was primarily stuck due to land acqui sition,” he said, adding that the existing bridge at the junction will be demolished in the next few“Idays.know people will be inconvenienced, but we will ensure that the work is completed soon and people get relief,” added Gadkari. He further said that his ministry plans to construct logistics parks in the country and asked local bodies to provide land near na tional highways in the Pune“Lookingregion.at the in dustrial growth around Pune, we have decided to set up a logistics park near Chakan MIDC,” said Gadkari.
ASKS AUTHORITIES TO RESOLVE LAND ACQUISITION ISSUES, COMPLETE CHANDANI CHOWK FLYOVER
Nitin Gadkari directed the officials to complete the work at Chandani Chowk by June 2023, taking into consideration the inconvenience faced by the citizens for transportation.
Vehicular movement was closed on the 154-year-old Carnac bridge in Mumbai as civic body workers began its demolition on Friday. Three JCB machines were assembled on the bridge to comply with Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) order to raze the British-era bridge. The Hancock and Carnac are crucial east-west bridges in south Mumbai connecting P D’Mello road to western part of the city. —PHOTOS BY BHUSHAN KOYANDE
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who took oath on June 30, first expanded his cabi net on August 09 by in ducting 18 new minis ters, nine each of the rebel Shiv Sena faction headed by him and the BJP, which is support ing his government. This took the strength of the Maharashtra cabinet to 20, against its permissible strength of 43 “Wemembers.recently formed government and induct ed 20 ministers, includ ing Chief Minister and Deputy CM. According to norms, Maharashtra can have 43 ministers. There can be 23 more ministers in the state government,” Mungan tiwar told reporters here, adding that there were 33 ministers in the last verynetexpansiongeneralasion.sueCM“Thegovernment.CMandDeputywilldiscusstheisofcabinetexpanNewMLAscangetchancetoservethepublicandanofthecabiislikelytobedonesoon,”headded.
Cabinet expansion ‘soon’: Mungantiwar PLAYING CONFIDENTLY
NCRB data says that one in every four deaths by suicide in the country were of daily wage earners. “It is a shocking fig ure and it is happening because the unorgan ized sector has been crushed by Prime Minis ter Narendra Modi. He randomly announced the policy of demoneti zation (in 2016) and fol lowed it up with a hasty and unplanned imple mentation of the GST (goods and services tax) system,” said Mahesh Tapase, chief spokesper son, Maharashtra NCP.
‘Centre’s policies reason for daily wagers’ deaths’
Addressing a joint press conference here, the Maratha outfit’s state vice-president Suhas Rane and the Sena theirtheKharkhanisChintamanispokesmansaidbothpartieshavelaiddifferencesto rest and have come to gether for the benefit of the Actionstate.plans will be discussed in meetings with Thackeray and the outfit’s president Manoj Akhre, they said, adding that the two groups will con stitute district com mittees and hold Shiv Samvad rallies across theRanestate.further said that the brigade be lieves and supports the Hindutva promot ed by politics.lievesthedentThanethehasThackerayPrabhodhankarandhence,joinedhandswithShivSena.TheShivSena’sdistrictpresiKedarDighesaidpartyalwaysbeinconstructive We are not keen on seat shar ing in the coming elections, but want to do some con structive work in the state along with the Shiv Sena.
Speaking to report ers about traffic issues at Chandani Chowk, the minister said that if issues pertaining to the land acquisition at the junction are re solved and land is ac quired at two places, the proposed flyover will be inaugurated by June next year.
First India Bureau Mumbai: The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Thursday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata cordsthe2021,amongnumberCentregovernmentParty-headedattheforthelargeofsuicidesdailywagersinasrevealedbyNationalCrimeReBureau(NCRB).
First India Bureau Pune: Union Road Transport & High ways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday reviewed various road JuneChowkworktiesdirectedprojectsdevelopmentinPuneandtheauthoritocompletetheonChandaniflyoverby2023.
First India Bureau Chandrapur: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and existing“soon”pectedthesaidgantiwarministerMaharashtraSudhirMunonFridayanexpansionofstatecabinetisextotakeplacetofillupthevacancies.
—Sudhir Mungantiwar, Cabinet minister, Maharashtra
The pandemic and the resultant lockdowns left small traders, artisans and labourers devastat ed, but the BJP govern ment at the Centre never cared for them as it was busy restructuring NPA accounts of corporates, he said.
3 MNS workers who thrashed woman in viral video, arrested
A few days ago, Ma harashtra Chief Minis ter Eknath Shinde’s convoy got stuck in traffic near Chandani Chowk, when he was on his way to Satara. He then instructed the local authorities to ad dress the traffic issues faced by saidproachedsometherespotsinLandCorporationtheChowkforwillrashtrament“...Therecommuters.isanagreethattheMahagovernmentacquirethelandtheChandaniflyoverthroughPuneMunicipal(PMC).hasbeenacquiredsevenoutofnineandattwoplaces,arehurdlesaspartieshaveapthecourt,”Gadkari.
First India Bureau Mumbai: Three Ma harashtra Navnir man Sena (MNS) workers have been arrested after a vid eo showing them purportedly as saulting a woman in full public view went viral, said po lice on Friday. The trio had been detained by police a day before over the in cident which had tak en place on August 28. The woman had taken objection to lo cal MNS workers in stalling a pole for mounting an adver tisement board in front of her shop in Kamathipura area of central Mumbai, which led to a row, said officials. A video showed Vi nod Argile, a local of fice-bearer of the Raj Thackeray-led MNS, and two other party workers slapping, pushing and abusing the middle-aged woman. After the video circulated on social media, an FIR was filed under IPC sections 323 (assault), 506 (criminal intimi dation) and 509 (act intending to outrage modesty of woman) at Nagpada police sta tion on Thursday. The accused were arrest ed late at night, said anMeanwhile,official. the NCP slammed the MNS over the inci dent. “It is a very unfortunate and condemnable inci dent. Party chief Raj Thackeray should clarify his stand over the inci dent,” said NCP Chief MaheshSpokespersonTapase.
Screen grab of assault on the elderly woman. —FILE PHOTO
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The petition relied on a report submitted by the Central govern ment’s Adverse Events Following Immuniza tion (AEFI) committee on October 02, 2021, which purportedly ad mitted that his daugh ter’s death was due to the side-effects of Cov ishield, and SII.Rs1,000compensationdemandedofcrorefromthe HC seeks reply from SII, others on `1K cr compensation plea
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Petitioner Dilip Lun wat has also made Mi crosoft founder Bill Gates whose founda tion had partnered with the SII, the Union government, Maha rashtra government and Drug Controller General of India re spondents to the plea. A division bench comprising Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice Madhav Jam dar on August 26 is sued a notice to all the respondents in the pe tition. The matter has been posted for hear ing on November 17.
“We have received two applications for booking Shivaji Park for the Dussehra rally. The first application came from the Thackeray faction on August 22 and the second was from the Shinde group just before Ganesh festival,”a BMC official said, adding that no deci sion has been taken on the issue yet. This will be the first Dussehra rally of the Shiv Sena after the split in the party in June this year. First held in 1966, the decades old political event held by the Sena in the sprawling Shivaji Park is synonymous with the fiery speeches of party founder, the late Bal Thackeray. It is easily the most important event in the Shiv Sena’s political calendar.
A few days later, Sne hal suffered severe headache and vomit ing and was taken to a hospital where doctors said she had bleeding in her brain, said the petition.Snehal died on March 01, 2021, due to side-effects caused by the vaccine, it claimed.
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ENSIGN EXPLAINED The new ensign has the national flag on the upper canton and a blue octagonal shape encompassing the national emblem sitting atop an anchor. The anchor, depict ing steadfastness, is superimposed on a shield with Navy’s motto ‘Sam No Varunah’ in Devnagri. The octagonal shape represents the eight directions symbolising its multi-directional reach and multi-dimensional operational capability, and the twin golden borders of the octagon draw inspiration from the royal seal of Chhatrapati Shivaji.
Nagpur: A woman and her paramour have been booked for allegedly stealing valuables from her house in Amravati district, police said on Friday. The police reg istered a case against the woman21-year-oldandthe man she was in a relation ship with based on a complaint filed by the woman's parents. The theft allegedly took place in the woman’s house in Dharni on August 28. The ac cused were brought back to Amravati from Achalpur. However, during counselling, the woman became ill and was admitted to a hospital in Amravati, the sub-divisional po lice officer of Dharni said. The accused man has claimed that they were married and submitted a marriage certificate, which was then verified by the authorities.
Thane: The AntiCorruption Bureau (ACB) has regis tered a case against Police naik Niteen Rathod attached to the Manpada police station in Dombivili town for going,investigationonaccusedlodgedanddownamountingassistance.aficialThethebreachsectiontheregisteredAtheSureshdistrict,inaofdemandingallegedlyabribeRs50,000fromcouplebookedacaseinThaneInspectorChopdeofACBThanesaid.casehadbeenagainstcoupleunder406(criminaloftrust)ofIPCinMay2022.accusedofhaddemandedbribeforfutureFollownegotiations,thewasbroughttoRs40,000,acomplaintwasagainstthepolicemanThursday.Furtherisonofficialssaid.
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Palghar: A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Jawan posted at the Tarapur atomic power plant has been reported missing, said the police on Friday, citing a complaint at Palghar police station. CISF jawan Manoj Yadav’s rifle and 30 cartridges are also missing, an official said, adding that Yadav lived alone in the colony. The local police and central agencies are looking for him.
Similarly, by replacing the colonial Saint George’s Cross being re placed with a blue oc tagonal shape encom passing the national emblem sitting atop an anchor, the new Navy flag will fly in the sea and in the sky—without the yoke of colonialism.
In 1664, Shivaji sacked the port of Surat, which was then run by Mughal captain Inayat Khan. Also noticing that the Dutch and Portuguese were beginning to mo nopolize trade around the Malabar coast and Goa, respectively, he planned to extend his conquests over the Kon kan coastal belt, espe cially into Karnataka’s key ports, which traded big in spice and rice. While he was unable
First India Bureau Mumbai: Nishaan, the new naval ensign un veiled by Prime Minis ter Narendra Modi in Kochi on Friday, was inspired by Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji, officials said, hailing it as a step to wards liberating the mind and empowering the “indomitable spir it of the sentinels of our seas”. Notably, emperor Shivaji is credited with building India’s first in digenous naval force since the Chola period and dating back to the 17th century—when In dia’s coastline was large ly controlled by the new ly arrived Portuguese, Dutch and the British forces.According to author and historian Vaibhav Purandare, Shivaji used available technology and corresponded with the Portuguese and Dutch— whose permission was required at the time to use India’s ports and coastline—to under stand how to build big boats and ships. By the peak of his rule, Shivaji had not only built sea forts to defend the shores and control coastlines that extended through Konkan, but had also readied a fleet of over 50 ships that em ployed over 10,000 sail ors, much to the conster nation of the Mughals. They worried that Shivaji could use his navy to reach inland ter ritories and further his conquests.
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Snehal Lunavat—who was a medical student—allegedly died from bleeding in her brain on March 01, 2021. —FILE PHOTO
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to establish supremacy after sending his naval forces into Karwar, he was still able to raid nu merous towns with his army in 1665. With assis tance from Konkanis who desired an end to European domination, he also seized Basrur. Unveiling “Nishaan”, PM Modi said that Chhatrapati Shivaji’s naval prowess kept en emies on their toes.
BIOMETRIC ATTENDANCE MANDATORY AT NAGPUR GOVT OFFICES: COLLECTOR CISF JAWAN POSTED AT ATOMIC POWER STATION REPORTED MISSING COP BOOKED FOR DISTRICTBRIBEDEMANDINGINTHANE
Devendra @Dev_FadnavisFadnavis Colonial symbolism is actually being removed and replaced by our glorious history’s RajMudra, the royal seal of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj! This day will be etched in history for ever!
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First India Bureau Thane: The Motor Accident Claims Tri bunal (MACT) in Thane awarded a compensation of Rs19.68 lakh to the family of a 24-yearold man killed in a road accident in 2019. MACT member HM Bhosale ordered the re spondents in the case, including the insurer, to pay the petitioners jointly and severally, with interest at 8% per annum from the date the petition was filed. The MACT also di rected that Rs2,000 be paid to the petitioners towards the cost of the petition in an order is sued on August 30. Appearing on behalf of the petitioners, ad vocate SM Pawar in formed the tribunal that the victim, Anil Vishe was employed as a cook in a hotel at Murbad and earned Rs21,000 per month. On July 19, 2019, he (Vishe) was returning home on his friend’s motor cycle when a tempo, coming from the oppo site direction, hit them. The duo fell and sustained injuries, and died while undergoing treatment at a hospital. Vishe’s family of five were totally de pendent on him and sought compensation from the owner of the tempo and the insurer. The tempo owner did not appear and the matter was decided exparte against him, while the insurer, Reli ance General Insur ance Co. Ltd vehement ly opposed the claim on various grounds.
The petitioner claimed that his daugh ter Snehal Lunawat, a medical student, was compelled to take the Covishield vaccine made by SII at her col lege in Nashik on Jan uary 28, 2021, as she was a health worker.
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Two artists Janhvi and Rahul Rokde, both residents of Pratiksha Nagar in Sion area of Mumbai city, have created an art exhibit based on the Metro car shed to be built at the Aarey Milk Colony. By placing an idol of Lord Ganesh with a plant sapling in their creation, they have attempted to highlight the importance of environmental preservation. The artists have also showcased the consequences of the car shed project on the lives of the Warli tribal community, as well as flora and fauna in Aarey forest.
Nagpur: The district collectorate in Nagpur has made biometric attendance systems mandatory in government offices throughout the region, an of ficial said on Friday. As of Thursday, all officers and workers are required to mark attendance through biometric system and their salary will be released based on their attendance. The collector has asked the National Informatics Centre (NIC) and e-district project manager (Maha-IT) to present biometric at tendance at 10.30 am every day, the official said.
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First India Bureau Mumbai: The Brihan mumbai Dussehrathe‘book’andUddhavfromceivedFridayCorporationMunicipal(BMC)onsaidithadreapplicationsfactionsledbyThackerayEknathShindetoShivajiParkforShivSena’srally.
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First India Bureau Mumbai: Officials of the Narcotics Control Bureau have seized a whopping 210kg of ganja worth Rs4 crore in Khopoli area of Raigad district, and arrested one person. According to a state ment issued on Friday, the NCB sleuths laid a trap at the MumbaiPune Highway on Thursday and arrested a man with the banned substance after receiv ing specific informa tion about an inter-state gang.The marijuana was found wrapped up in 98 packets covered with brown adhesive tape, and was meant for Pune, Govandi and Mankhurd areas.
First India Bureau Mumbai: The Bom bay High Court has sought response from the Serum Institute of India (SII) and oth ers on a petition filed by a man who blamed Covishield vaccine for his daughter’s death. He has de manded a compensa tion of Rs1,000 crore from the Indian vac cine-maker.
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Deen Dayal Upadhyaya’s fa mous thought that welfare and development must reach the lowermost rung of soci ety has been made true as all the policies and schemes for mulated by Modiji such as Ayushman Bharat, Awas Yo jana, Ujwala Yojana are ben efiting the weakest sections of our Sakshisociety.Bhaav is an ex tremely emotional book. Suresh Dalalji compiled the short letters composed by Narendra bhai and they were published in Gujarati first. We published them in Hindi as well. On 10 Sept 2013 I showed Modiji the dum mies of the books. The pub lication was delayed as he then became the Prime Min isterial candidate and we resumed work in 2014. When we took the books to him fi nally, he said “The books have come out beautifully, but do they even sell?” He was concerned that the mon ey invested by the publisher must be retrieved also. His books are a true mirror of his personality and I must admit, they are quite loved by the people. Some of the poetry that he had penned in 1986 are the reality of today. In the Jan 2018 World Book Fair, I remember the Doord arshan Team coming to me and we discussing the He roes of the day . They asked me that just as we had Swa mi Vivekanand, Mahatma Gandhi, Bal Gangadhaar Tilak, Subhash Chandra Bose, in the same way who is the hero of today’s time? I had a simple reply, “Our Rashtra Purush, Narendra Modi has always inspired the youth by his example. In recent times we had Dr APJ Abdul Kalam who despite being the President of India used to meet people with so much love and humility, he would chat with children, converse with students, and now in the form of Narendra Bhai we have found our Na tional hero of the day. People look up to him and trust that the country is progressing under his leadership. The hopes of this rising India are pinned on Narendra Modi.” Then they asked me about what kind of books I had and I showed them all the books we had published thus far. That was all and the matter I thought was over. Three days later, when I met Modiji, he said “I watched your interview on Doordarshan.” I was awe struck. I had never thought that my words spoken in some corner of a Book Fair would reach his ears. Not just this, in one of the events, as he was greet ing everyone on his way out, he stopped in front of my father and inquired of him about his health and work! Such is the charisma of Narendra bhai as a lead er. He is greatness personi fied but within a shell of modesty and simplicity.
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I had the opportunity of attending the International Ramayana Sammelan in Mauritius with Narendra bhai. A bill was passed in the parliament to found a Ramayana Centre in Mauri tius. Modiji is known for be ing extremely detail orient ed. The speech he delivered on the occasion was so re plete with meaning and he spoke with such vigour and devotion about the great ness of Lord Rama in 1998 that in 2019, Sri Ram blessed him with the opportunity to have the foundation stone of the Ram Mandir laid un der his leadership! CONTINUED…
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Jyoti Punj, Samajik Sam rasata and Sakshi Bhaav were the next three books we published.
The man who influenced Modiji most profoundly was Lakshmanrao Inamdar, also known as Vakil Saheb. He was an RSS pranth pracha rak. His impact was such that Modiji considered him to be his mentor and Modiji attributes his entire person ality to him. Modiji wrote Setubandh, a biography of Vakil Saheb where he com pared him with the mythi cal bridge Lord Ram built to Sri Lanka. At that time Va jyapayeeji was the PM and he released the book. Next Modiji wrote a small book Sri Guruji- Ek Swayamsevak on the great ness of Madhav Sad ashivrao Golwarkar. It was a beautifully crafted book of which a revised edition will soon be published.
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f someone wishes to know PM Modi from close prox imity, then one must study the poetry composed by him. He writes: “I do not wish to measure Ianyone.donot wish to prove my supremacy to anyone. My only aim is to attain the wisdom of the rivers and the Thismountains.isarequisite for my samarpan yatra, my sacri ficial journey. And this is why, my centre of energy is not self. Mother, give me the strength so that unknowingly I may not be unfair to anyone. But I still ask for the strength to be able to bear the injustice meted out to me.
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him somewhere in 1996. We must have met the first time in some event but I remem ber visiting him at his resi dence in Mathur Lane. I have clear memories of the room being small but very well organised and Modiji working on his laptop. We all know Narendra bhai’s passion for digitization, but even so many years ago, Modiji was tech savvy and adept at using technology. His idea of Digital India took shape and strength ened in those days when technology was relatively new to India. His dream of a digital India has been ful filledThenow.poet within him has been kept alive because of his love for writing. He is a complete bibliophile and possesses exceptional aes thetic sense. He has a clear vision about the how the book must look, feel and read. He has the skill to make everything look beau tiful and infuses in them his novel vision. He also spends time on deciphering the ideal title for books. In 2002, we published the book “Apaatkal Mein Guja rat” based on how the emer gency was the darkest peri od of Indian democracy and the countrymen had to un dergo unbearable sufferings at the time. Narendra bhai has written out his heart fearlessly in this book and it is definitely one of the best accounts that brings to life those dark days.
Jyoti Punj is a very special book in which Modiji has written about people who were close to him and influenced him in positive way. And this book serves as a light house for the younger gen erations who get to know about the illustrious histo ry of the sangh, and they get to know closely the stal warts and their ideology. Societal harmony is a sub ject very close to Modiji’s heart and the book Samajik Samrasta deals with it. The famous slogan we are all fa miliar with “Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas” came out while Narendra bhai was writing Samajik Samrasta. Pandit
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J-K Congress leader Rajinder Prasad resigns Court rejects Shrikant Tyagi’s bail application
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Baghel alleged that the BJP govt uses agencies like the ED to intimidate legislators
Noida (PTI): A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Gau tam Buddh Nagar Fri day rejected the bail ap plication of politician Shrikant Tyagi , who was arrested last month after a purported video of him assaulting and abusing a Noida woman had gone viral. The bail plea was re jected by Special Judge (Gangsters Act) Ran vijay Pratap Singh in the District and Ses sions Court, Gautam Buddh Nagar, accord ing to the order copy.
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Mamata praises RSS, says ‘all are not bad in Sangh’
Maha Congress... It would require 30 MLAs from the party and even then, these MLAs would need to merge with the BJP. Otherwise, they face disqualification under the Anti-defection law and will need to resign (from their posts).” A source familiar with the development said, “We have learnt that around 11 to 15 Congress MLAs were being lured into the BJP a couple of months ago. This was in the wake of raids conduct ed by the onefromincluded(MVA)MahatersaffairsmanagingpremisesDirectorateEnforcement(ED)onofpeoplethefinancialoffourminisinthepreviousVikasAghadigovernment.IttwoleadersShivSena,andeachfromNCPand Congress. The raided premises (some were located in Maker Chambers in south Mumbai) led to the sei zure of data in posses sion of these minis ters.”However, the source maintained , “The raids were strategical ly planned on close as sociates of MVA minis ters including Anil Parab (Shiv Sena), Ji tendra Awhad (NCP) and Ashok Chavan (Congress). A follow-up action was witnessed against another Con gress leader’s close as sociates. The raids did not target the politi cians’ own premises but their close associ ates.”The source added that all seized data was scanned for monetary transactions to register cases under the Preven tion of Money Laun dering Act (PMLA). “Today, the Anti-Cor ruption Bureau (ACB) is politically redun dant, except for public servants. For political corruption, the En forcement Directorate (ED) has become the main player. Once a PMLA case is regis tered, the accused are unable to refuse any political offer made to them for fear of poten tial incarceration for at least two years,” said theCitingsource.an example, another source quipped, “This was a classical case of ‘Op eration Kamal’ (refer ring to the BJP’s sym bol). The BJP, armed with details of PMLA cases against the MLAs, simply told them to leave their re spective political par ties, and even resign from their positions (as MLAs). They were told that if they were not amenable, then the door for further con versation would be completely shut for any future rapproche ment possibilities.”
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Chief Asaduddin Owai si. "In 2003 too Mamata had called RSS "patri ots". In turn RSS had called her "Durga". RSS wants Hindu Rashtra.
Is the ‘PA culture’ in Congress still radiant as before?
New Delhi: While cut ting off his age-old ties with the grand old par ty Congress, Ghulam Nabi Azad wrote a five page letter to Congress President Sonia Gan dhi wherein he even ac cused Rahul Gandhi of working on sugges tions of his PA and se curity officers. Al though Azad did not name any PA, senior journalists covering Congress for several years also do not know any such ‘powerful PA’, on whose recommenda tion Rahul would make appointments or take decisions.Butthe time that Azad has referred to as the ‘Golden Age of Congress’ and has said that Rahul has ended the tradition of dis cussion or seeking suggestions from sen ior leaders, actually it was in those times, when Congress Presi dents’ PA would be all powerful and deci sions were taken on their recommenda tions.RK Dhawan was in ducted in Indira Gan dhi’s office to the post of typist cum PA. Even though he was a PA, but he held control that without his will, even chief ministers could not meen Indira. Perhaps Azad could have thrown some light on how many times he warmed up to Dhawan to meet Indi ra. In Rajiv and Sonia’s time too, V George used to work as PA, but everyone from those times knows that it is George who had a grander political stat ure than Azad. George could even get state presidents and other AICC leaders appoint ed. So it is obvious that Azad must have also tried to be in George’s good books. However, today, there is no powerful PA like Dhawan or George.
Police given free hand to probe charges against seer: Bommai
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RARE SIGHT Kolkata: On a day TMC general secretary Abhishek Bhanerjee was quizzed by the ED in the coal pilferage scam, the party on Friday roasted BJP for allegedly "politicising" the central agencies and turning them into its "puppets". The BJP in its turn dismissed the charges as "baseless". An angry TMC termed the central investigative agencies as "puppets of BJP" and said it is a matter of shame that the country's "hallowed institutions have been taken over" by the BJP at the Centre.
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Mangaluru (ANI): Karnataka CM Basavraj Bommai on Friday said that his government is not liable to answer the allegation of “delayed” arrest of the seer of Sri Murugha Mutt, Shiva murthy Murugha Sharanaru over alleged sexual assault of two minor girls and added that the state police have been given full freedom in handling of the case. During a media in teraction, CM Bommai said, “We don’t need to answer any allegations. I have already said that everything will be done according to the law. It’s not appropriate to speak now. We have given a free hand to the police and they’re do ing their Meanwhile,job.” the chief pontiff of Sri Murugha Mutt Shivamurthy Mu rugha Sharanaru was being taken to the ICU ward of the district hos pital in Districtdecision,”vanagere,are10Theinfarctionregardingandfor“They’veChitradurga.doneECGMurughaSwamijinowsomechangesmyocardialandblood.reportwillcomeinminutes.TwodoctorscomingfromDawewilltakeainformedtheSurgeon.
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GOLDEN AGE OF CONGRESS Sonia Gandhi with Rahul Gandhi
BJP people roaming around with moneybags to poach MLAs: Baghel
Tyagi’s lawyer Sushil Bhati also confirmed to PTI that the plea has been rejected. He booked under the UP Gangsters and Anti-Social Activi ties (Prevention) Act af ter he was arrested on Aug 9 from Meerut by the Noida police.
Kolkata (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who strongly opposes the BJP stirred up a hor nets' nest after praised the RSS) saying that "all are not bad in the Sangh Pariwar" and a section of worthythatuct""opportunist"theChakrabartyCPI(M)ReactingCMday,"breakBJP.andinThereareearlier,lowedsupportorganisationright-wingdoesnotthepoliciesfolbytheBJP."RSSwasnotsobadIdon'tthinktheybadnoweither.aremanypeopletheRSSwhoaregooddon'tsupporttheTheywillalsotheirsilenceonesaidWestBengalMamataBanerjee.tothis,seniorleaderSujanhitbackatCMcallingheranand"prodoftheRSS."ItisonceagainclearTMCisnottrustinthefight
J&K (ANI): In another jolt to the Congress from Jammu and Kash mir, party leader Ra jinder Prasad, who is also the son of late Mas ter Beli Ram Sharma from Nowshera Ra jouri, resigned from all posts and the primary membership of the par ty. Prasad blamed the ‘coterie’ system for be ing a reason for the ‘de mise’ of the party. “The party is today surrounded by a coterie of yes men and para chuters. As a result, they are ignorant of the general public’s reality and sorrows, which leads to this big old par ty’s demise,” Prasad wrote in his resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi. This came after over 36 Congress leaders in cluding leaders of the National Students’ Un ion of India submitted their resignations in solidarity with Azad.
Chhattisgarh (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has slammed the BJP saying that the party cannot tolerate opposition so they around with bags full of money and poach MLAs of the opposi tionCMparties.Bhagel said this on Thursday on his re turn to Raipur from Himachal Pradesh. In teracting with report ers before leaving to attend the Bhent Mu laqat Program in Raigarh District of Chhattisgarh, Baghel alleged that BJP uses various tactics to take away MLAs of other parties and attempts to topple an elected gov ernment in states. "BJP cannot tolerate the opposition parties, they (BJP) resort to var ious tactics and use their power and money to scare or buy in the opposition leaders... They have a bag full of money and try to poach the leaders of the oppo sition parties," he said. Further Bhagel al leged that the BJP gov ernment uses agencies like the Enforcement Directorate and Income Tax Department to in timidate or buy legisla tors like they have done earlier in other states. "They also try to scare leaders in the name of ED and IT depart ments," he cowsbankingthatMeanwhile,stated.allegingBJPdoesvoteinthenameofanddoesnotwork for the people's interest. The party, said Bhagel gave out empty promis es such as doubling the income of farmers but in reality did not work to serve the people. He said, "They (BJP) just emotionally exploit people. While PM Modi praises Chhattisgarh's culture and ethnicity the BJP party people continue to criticise our government..."EarlieronAugust 30, amid political uncer tainty over reports that Jharkhand Chief Min ister Hemant Soren could be disqualified as an MLA, 31 MLAs and ministers of the ruling coalition in Jharkhand arrived in Chhattis garh's capital Raipur. The legislators went to Raipur in an apparent effort by the Chief Min ister to keep his flock together. The ruling coa lition in Jharkhand in cludes JMM, Congress andSourcesRJD. said those who went to Raipur in clude 13 from Congress including four minis ters and 18 MLAs of JMM. They said that ministers belonging to JMM did not go.
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New Delhi (ANI): AIMIM chief Asadud din Owaisi on Friday, congratulated the Indi an Navy on their new indigenous aircraft car rier and further asked for a special parliamen tary session to discuss the China border situa tion. Opposition party’s chief Owaisi took to Twitter to laud the In dian Navy for advance ment in their fleet and at the same time, he asked the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to call a special parliamentary session where they can discuss India-China border situations and Centre’s policies. His tweet read, “Heartiest congratula tions to the Indian Navy on INS Vikrant. Let us hope that this gives our government and @PMOIndia the courage to call a Spe cial Parliamentary ses sion to discuss the China border situation and our Meanwhile,policy.” Con gress’s senior leader Jairam Ramesh also Tweeted in reference to the INS Vikrant and said, “India’s 1st indig enous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant commis sioned today is a collec tive effort of all govts since 1999. Will PM ac knowledge? Let’s also recall the original INS Vikrant that served us well in the 1971 war. Much Krishna Menon played a key role in get ting it from the UK.” Earlier on Friday, Prime Minister Naren dra Modi commissioned the first indigenously designed and built air craft carrier INS Vikrant at Cochin Ship yard Limited in Kochi — a significant step of the Central government towards self-reliance in the defence sector.
Mamata Banerjee RPI’s Athawale... “Paying a visit for ‘Ganesh darshan’ is all right, but the BJP should not stitch a po litical“MNSalliance.”should be al lowed to contest (polls) independently. It is an independent party. An alliance with the MNS could also create mis understanding with the Dalit community,” heOnopined.speculation over senior Congress leader Ashok Chavan joining the BJP, Athawale said, “The Congress has be come weak. Ghulam Nabi Azad has also quit the party. Ashok Chavan is a clever poli tician, and the son of former Union Finance Minister Shankarrao Chavan. He should take a decision in the inter est of standnotAthawaleRPIMNSShindetiteBJPdevelopment.”Marathwada’sWhenaskediftheformingatriparalliancewiththefactionandthemayleadtothebeingsidelined,said,“Iwillgotoacorner.Iwillinthemiddle.”
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Pradhan also appreci ated his support for India and his keenness to collaborate with ed ucation and skill sec tors of India. He also invited him to PradhanIndia. also held a bilateral meeting with Dr Anne Aly MP, Min ister for Early Child hood Education and Minister of Youth, Australia.TheMinisters had productive conversa tions towards deepen ing engagements in the field of early child hood and school educa tion between both the countries.Later,Pradhan said that India and Austral ia enjoy vibrant coop eration in higher edu cation, research and skill tries.drenopportunitiesingstrongtionhoodmentsIntensifieddevelopment.engageinearlychildandschooleducawillcreateabaseforprovidlife-longlearningtochilinbothourcoun
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POLICE SEIZES DRUGS WORTH `12L IN ASSAM’S KARIMGANJ
New Delhi (ANI): Ger many’s flag carrier Luf thansa Airlines has cancelled 800 flights globally due to a oneday pilots’ strike, re sulting in around 700 passengers being stranded at the T3 ter minal at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA). Strand ed passengers and their relatives registered strong protests on the intervening night of Friday at Delhi airport. “An information was received at IGI Airport at 12.15 AM in which it was conveyed that crowd has gathered on the main road in front of Departure gate no. 1 Terminal 3 IGI Airport. On reaching the spot it was found that approx 150 persons were pre sent there and because of this, the traffic mo ment was slowed down.
Kabul (ANI): At least 20 people were killed in a blast that rocked a mosque in northwest ern Afghanistan during Friday prayers, Afghan mediaGuzargahreported.mosque in the city of Herat was bombed at around 12:40 pm (local time), Khamaa Press report ed, citing authorities run by the Taliban. Tal iban spokesperson Za bihullah Mujahid said Mawlawi Mujib Rah man Ansari, the cleric who led the prayers, was killed in what he described as a cowardly attack carried out by the “enemies of reli gion.”
Sharat K Verma New Delhi: Former Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kash mir Ghulam Nabi Azad had recently said that he will form his own national party. Howev er, later he said that he will first establish the Jammu and Kashmir unit of his party, which means though the par ty will be a national party, but first its state unit will be estab lished.Sources reveal that several long time Con gress leaders who have a good local and nation al standing are in Azad’s touch and when ever Azad forms his own party, these indi viduals will hold the reins of that party. There will not be any ‘high command’ in the party, rather each sa trap would be a high command, in a way. It is being said that on Tuesday, Anand Sharma, Bhupendra Singh Hudda and Prith viraj Chavhan met with Azad and spoke at length about this new party. It is therefore be ing speculated if, prior to the next general elec tions, Bhupemdra Hud da would also give a shock to Congress. No tably, it was on Hudda’s insistance that the Con gress high command appointed the party’s Haryana chief and chopped Randeep Sur jewala’s stature. The meet between Hudda and Azad also means that he is planning something. He may term it a courtesy meet, but a leader who has given demeaning state ments about Rahul Gandhi, what is the need to meet such a leader? So, it is possible that the Azad’s party is also called Congress, much like all the for mer parties are called that came out of Con gress, and then Hudda may hold the reins of that party in Haryana. Anand Sharma or Prithviraj Chavhan do not have the political hold to run a party in their respective states, but they can try to find a leader who can.
Amit Shah with Jharkhand governor Ramesh Bais in New Delhi. —FILE PHOTO `20K cr annually spent on PM POSHAN scheme
About 8 lakh livestock lost in Pakistan floods
First India Bureau New Delhi: Union Education and Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan met Stefania Giannini, ADG, UNESCO in Bali onPradhanFriday. had mean ingful dialogues with Stefania Giannini, ADG, UNESCO on fur thering the Education 2030 agenda. He also, discussed UNESCO’s support for tionlanguage-basedpromotingeducaandfortheup coming G20 under In dia’sDharmendrapresidency. Prad han also held a bilat eral meeting with Na diem Anwar Makarim, Minister of Education, Indonesia, in Bali, In donesia, on Friday. The Ministers had fruitful discussions on further expanding the academic and skill de velopment partner ships and also realis ing the full potential of betweenStrategicComprehensivePartnershipIndonesia andBothIndia.the leaders ex plored opportunities for collaborations in education and skill ing, especially in the areas of curriculum design, student ex change and research. Later, Pradhan con gratulated Nadeim & Indonesia for organis ing a successful EdWG and Education Minis ters’ Meeting under the G20 framework.
BJP is the only democratic party that cares about every section of society. The Congress has now been reduced to a bhai-behan party.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to activist Teesta Setalvad in a case in which she was arrested for alleg edly fabricating documents to frame innocent people in the 2002 Gujarat riots cases. The apex court directed Setalvad to surrender her passport till the matter is considered by the High Court.The top court noted that Teesta, a lady, has been in custody since two months and the investigative machinery has had the advantage of custodial interrogation of her for seven days.
Ahmedabad (PTI): Continuing the Aam Aadmi Party’s aggressive campaign for the Gujarat Assembly polls, Delhi Chief Min ister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday tried to woo the voters in Devb humi Dwarka district of Gujarat. The AAP leader has so far announced several pre-poll guarantees including free electricity up to 300 units.
New Delhi (ANI): The central government spends Rs 20,000 crore every year for the PM POSHAN Scheme ear lier known as Mid-Day Meal Scheme benefit ting over 12 crore chil dren studying in gov ernment and govern ment-aided schools across the schools.andI-VIIIClasseschildrenwhich(PMPoshanPradhancountry.MantriShaktiNirmanPOSHAN)SchemecoversallschoolstudyinginBalVatikaandofgovernmentgovernment-aided
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“International trends and studies lead to an estimate that some five million people are at risk of different diseases. If we keep the minimum medicine price for each patient at PKR 220, medicines worth at least a billion rupees would be required,” said the manag ing director of Al Khidmat Foundation’s (AKF) health division, Sufyan Khan, reported Dawn.
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20 killed in mosque blast in Afghanistan
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Union Education and Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan (R) holds a series of meetings in Bali, Indonesia on Friday. BY AGENCIES
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Kaithal (ANI): The BJP chief said the Congress divided people on the basis of caste, religion and region but the BJP had united the country. He said the people of Haryana had seen unprecedented develop ment because they had elected the BJP. “I al ways say ujale ka anand lena hai to andhere ko yad rakho,” he said, adding one should not forget the previous rules if one wants to celebrate the development in the present regime.
Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Islamabad/ New Delhi: Pakistan planning min ister Ahsan Iqbal said the flood-ravaged coun try needs $10 billion to repair and rebuild the infrastructure which has been damaged by the devastating mon soon rains and flooding.
BJP national president JP Nadda at a press conference at Kaithal on Friday.
Jharkhand guv visits Delhi amid suspense over CM Soren’s stint
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Ranchi (Agencies): Amid confusion over continuation of Jharkhand Chief Min ister Hemant Soren as an MLA, Governor Ramesh Bais on Friday went to Delhi, a day af ter ruling UPA MLAs urged him to clear the air over the EC’s rec ommendation on the matter.Thegovernor’s Delhi visit has triggered fur ther speculations as Bais, during his meet ing with a UPA delega tion on Thursday, said that he will clear all doubts soon. Raj Bhavan sources, however, said it was a ‘personal visit’ for a medical fromen’sbyFollowingcheck-up.apetitiontheBJPseekingSordisqualificationtheAssemblyin an office of profit case, the Election Commis sion (EC) sent its deci sion to the state Gover nor on August 25, spark ing a political crisis in the state.
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CRUCIAL READ Karimganj (ANI): Assam Police seized a huge quantity of contraband drugs worth Rs 12 lakh and appre hended two drug ped dlers in the Karimganj district on late Thurs day night. Based on secret information, a team of Karimganj district police led by DSP Gitartha Dev Sarma launched an operation and intercepted a four-wheeler in the Bhanga area in the district and seized 131 grams of heroin from the vehicle.
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Kaithal (Agencies): Bhartiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda on Friday tore into the opposition Con gress, saying it was no more a national or re gional party but had been reduced to a bhaibehan (brother-sister) party.Addressing a packed Amrit Kal Sankalp Ral ly at Kaithal as he em barked on a two-day tour of Haryana, Nadda indi rectly referred to the recent exit of Congress leaders, including Ghu lam Nabi Azad, who cit ed lack of democracy in the party and targeted Rahul Gandhi. “The BJP is the only demo cratic party of the coun try that cares about every section of society. The Congress is no more a national or regional party but has now been reduced to a bhai-behan party,” said Nadda, tak ing on Rahul and Pri yanka Gandhi. He de scribed Haryana as the land of farmers, wres tlers and soldiers. “The Centre introduced the Kissan Samman Nidhi so that the dues of farm ers were deposited into their accounts within seconds,” he said. Nadda indirectly referred to the recent exit of Congress leaders
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“Massive damage has been caused to infra structure — especially in the areas of telecom munications, roads, ag riculture and liveli hoods,” Iqbal said on Tuesday.According to Paki stan’s National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Hu manitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), the floods damaged 452,000 hous es, destroyed 218,000 houses, led to the loss of 794,000 of livestock, as per data released on Monday.
—PHOTO BY ANI PAK FACES ACUTE SHORTAGE OF MEDICINE AMID DEVASTATING FLOODS
Islamabad (Pakistan) (ANI): Following heavy rains and floods in Paki stan, close to five billion people are at risk of vari ous diseases and medical experts and organizations have warned that medi cines worth over a billion rupee are immediately needed in the affected areas.
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Centre spent ` 5 lakh crore on MGNREGA scheme in 8 yrs: FM
The advisory alleges that ‘middlemen’ Zomato and Swiggy are making money at the cost of restaurants, who sign up to be on the Zomato Pay and Swiggy Diner programmes by making them compulsorily offer discounts and also pay commission fee on eve ry transaction on these platforms. “Zomato Pay and Swiggy Diner both op erate broadly on the same construct -- no cost/sub scription fee to the custom er to participate; restau rants must compulsorily offer a discount in the range of 15-40%,” NRAI wrote to its members.
Mumbai: Performax, a high-performance & technologically advanced activewear brand from Reliance Retail’s fashion and lifestyle portfolio has signed cricket star and India’s top bowler, Jasprit Bumrah as its brand am bassador. Performax is a homegrown brand which is proudly Indian. Both Jasprit Bumrah and Performax complement each other in their values of dedica tion, excellence and athleticism making the India’s lead pacer a great fit for the brand. In addition to leveraging Jasprit Bumrah’s connect with today’s consumer, Reliance Retail will expand the brand’s presence through exclusive brand outlets, at Reliance Retail’s fashion & lifestyle stores and digital platforms as well as in multi-brand outlets.
SAYS RBI GOVERNOR New Delhi (Agencies): India’s inflation has peaked and is expected to moderate to around 5% by the April-June quarter of next year, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikan ta Das said in an interview with a leading TV channel onInflationFriday. has remained above RBI’s 2% to 6% toler ance band for several months, with consumer in flation at 6.71% in July. The governor also said that the policy aim is to control inflation while minimising any impact on economic growth. The RBI’s monetary pol icy committee raised the bank’s key lending rate by 50 basis points last month, its third increase in four months to curb rising pric es, and economists polled by Reuters expect further tightening into early 2023. The next monetary policy meeting is on September 30. The central bank has also been intervening to support the volatile rupee, which is hovering around the 78.80 to a dollar mark. Strong forex reserves have helped to maintain rupee stability, Das added.
RATE HIKE IMPACT ON INFLATION STILL UNCLEAR, SAYS MPC MEMBER VARMA New Delhi: The success of the RBI’s interest rate rises in controlling inflation is not yet clear, and the pace of rate adjustment will depend on the state of the economy, MPC member JR Varma said on Friday. “If there is robust economic growth, then we would like to accelerate the (inflation) reduction to 4%. But if the economy is struggling, then a slower pace of adjustment would be appropriate,” Varma said. “We are now in a situation of high inflation and weak economy. So the real rate might have to be only slightly above the neutral rate,” he said, adding that the real rate needs to be computed using projected inflation of three to four quarters ahead and not based on current inflation.Based on that expectation, Varma sees further room for the Reserve Bank of India to raise interest rates.
Hyderabad (PTI): The Centre has spent Rs 5 lakh crore on MGNREGA scheme during the past eight years, out of which 20% was spent during the COVID-19 pandemic, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said.
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—PTI PADDY SOWING DOWN BY 5.62% SO FAR THIS KHARIF SEASON
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FY22 New Delhi : Gold in the national capital rose by `47 to `50,729 per 10 grams on Friday amid a rise in int’l precious metal prices, acc to HDFC Secu rities. The yellow metal had closed at `50,682 per 10 grams in the previous trade. Silver also jumped by `496 to `53,429 per kg from `52,933 per kg in the previous trade. In the international market, gold was trading higher at $1,702 per ounce while silver was flat at $17.96 per ounce.
Speaking to reporters in Kamareddy district of Tel angana on Thursday, she said the state was given Rs 20,000 crore under the Ma hatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guar antee scheme in the past eight“Duringyears. the past eight years, Telangana received Rs 20,000 crore under MGN REGA. During the same period all over the country Rs 5 lakh crore has been spent, out of which more than 20% was spent in 202021 during COVID-19 pan demic,” she said replying to a Thequery.important issue in this is survey teams will come (to any state) if there are any complaints that the money was not spent accordingly or there are any remarks in the auditReferringreport.to the allega tions that survey teams are being sent to curtail the scheme, she said the sur vey teams will come to cor rect the anomalies, if any. During the UPA regime there were several loop holes in the scheme and the government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi corrected them and is im plementing it through di rect benefit transfer (DBT), she further said.
STEEL PRICES IN INDIA TO REMAIN UNDER PRESSURE New Delhi: Icra on Friday said it expects steel prices to remain under pressure in pricesasnearovercountrythethefuturethein the domestic market cannot be cushioned from the global trends. The rating agency also expects the steel demand in the domestic market to grow at 7-8% in the current financial year, making the country the fastest-growing large steel markets globally this year. “We expect domestic steel prices to remain under pressure over the near term, since domestic steel prices cannot be insulat ed from the trends emerging in global steel markets,” Icra official said.
New Delhi: IOC, the nation’s top oil firm, raised `2,500 crore in debt through NCD at an bonds,ernmentthanrateinterestlowergovits director (finance) Sandeep Gupta said. “Today, Indian Oil fetched a competitive price of a 5-year unsecured NCD issue at an annual fixed coupon of 7.14%,” he said. This coupon rate is lower than the prevailing annualised yield of benchmark G-Sec for similar maturity. The prevail ing annualised yield of 5-year G-Sc is at 7.16%. The NCDs, which will be used for general corporate purposes, including capital expenditure, were rated AAA by Crisil and Icra. —PTI
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New Delhi (PTI): Shares of Adani Enterprises Ltd on Fri day climbed nearly 4% as the company will replace Shree Cement Ltd from National Stock Exchange’s benchmark index Nifty 50 from Septem ber 30. The stock climbed 3.67% to settle at `3,352 on the National Stock Exchange (NSE). During the day, it jumped 4.21% to `3,369.40. At the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), it advanced 3.84% to `3,356.95. Shares of Shree Cement fell 2.25% to `21,100 on the National Stock Exchange (NSE).
The RBI’s foreign ex change reserves declined by $3.007 billion to $561.046 billion in the week ended August 26. In the previous week ended Aug 19, the re serves had dipped by $6.687 billion to $564.053 billion.
—PTI SPICEJET LIKELY TO GET FUNDS OF AROUND ` 225 CRORE UNDER ECLGS NEXT WEEK
—PTI New Delhi : Bank of Baro da has raised `2,474cr by issuing bonds at the rate of 7.88% through stock exchanges. The bank al lotted a total of 2,474 un secured Basel III addition al tier I perpetual nonconvertible bonds, valuing `1 cr each on Friday. Per petual bonds carry no ma turity date and they can be treated as equity rather than debt. Even as such bonds are not redeema ble, they pay a steady flow of interest forever. The bonds are rated AAA with stable outlook.
Mumbai (PTI): Bench mark indices ended on a flat note on Friday after facing bouts of volatility during the day amid mixed global market trends. The BSE Sensex inched up 36.74 points or 0.06% to settle at 58,803.33. During the day, it hit a high of 59,108.66 and a low of The58,558.64.NSE Nifty dipped 3.35 points or 0.02% to end at 17,539.45. From the Sensex pack, ITC, HDFC, Larsen & Toubro, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, NTPC, Kotak Mahindra Bank and State Bank of India were among the gainers. However, Maruti, Reli ance Industries, IndusInd Bank, UltraTech Cement, Nestle and Tata Steel were among the laggards.
New Delhi (PTI): The Na tional Restaurant Associa tion of India has written an advisory to its members against Zomato Pay and Swiggy Diner discount pro grammes saying these are against the interest of res taurant owners.
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Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Finance Minister New Delhi (PTI): Com merce and Industry Minis ter Piyush Goyal will hold bilateral meetings with his American counterparts next week in the US to dis cuss ways to boost trade and investments ties, an official statement said. The minister will be on a six-day visit to San Fran cisco and Los Angeles from September 5 to attend the India-US Strategic Partner ship Forum conference and IPEF ministerial meeting. He will also interact with eminent business per sons, US officials and in dustry leaders during the visit to enhance the part nership between the na tions and strengthen trade and economic ties, it said. “The visit would focus upon emphasizing the at tractiveness of India as the most preferred mondo.MCommSecretaryTaiKatherineresentativeUSLosheldtwo-daymercedestination,”theinvestmentcomministrysaid.TheIPEFmeetwillbefromSeptember8inAngeles.HewillmeetTradeRepandUSofGinaRai
During the past eight years, Telangana received `20,000 crore under MGNREGA. During the same period all over the country ` 5 lakh crore has been spent, out of which more than 20% was spent in 2020-21 during COVID-19 pandemic.
Tier II cities drive hiring activity in August
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—PTI BANK OF BARODA RAISES `2,474 CRORE BY ISSUING BONDS BIMA COMPLAINTSSETTLESLOKPAL40,527IN
RUPEE FALLS 26 PAISE TO 79.82 AGAINST US DOLLAR, TRACKING ASIAN PEERS
—PTI GOLD PRICES UP BY `47; SILVER ALSO JUMPS BY `496 New Delhi:Area under the paddy crop has been down by 5.62% at 383.99 lakh hectare in the ongo ing kharif season so far due to poor rains in some states, according to the agriculture ministry data released on Friday. Paddy was sown in 406.89 lakh hectares in the year-ago period, the data showed. Besides paddy, there was marginal decline in cover age of pulses with 129.55 lakh hectare covered so far this kharif season against 135.46 lakh hectare in the year-ago period.
BRIEFS New Delhi: The Insurance Ombudsmen offices across the country settled a total of 40,527 com plaints related to policy holders’ grievances in the last 2021-22 financial year. In FY21, the velopmentanceformgrievancethatofficeBimaplaintsmenorofficeplaints.disposedOmbudsmenInsuranceofficeshadof30,596comTheDelhicentreoftheBimaLokpaltheInsuranceOmbudssettled3,830comin2021-22.TheLokpalattheDelhitoldreportershereitisanalternativeredressalplatsetupbytheInsurRegulatoryandDeAuthority.
New Delhi (Agencies): Emerging and tier-II cities in India including the likes of Coimbatore, Kochi, Ahmedabad and Jaipur drove the country’s job market as companies across sectors increasingly extended their talent search beyond the Metro locations, according to the latest jobs report from lead ing online jobs portal Naukri.com.Coimbatore led the charts at 28% year-on-year growth in hiring in Au gust, followed by Kochi at 27%, while Ahmedabad and Jaipur maintained their hiring momentum with 20% and 15% growth. Barring Chandigarh (-17%) and Vadodara (-11%), other emerging cit ies recorded a double-digit growth in hiring activity in August, showed the Job Speak Index, which re cords hiring activity based on the job listings on Naukri.com website.
Restaurants raise complaint against Zomato, Swiggy
COUNTRY’S JOB MARKET z Coimbatore led the charts at 28% year-on-year growth in hiring in August, followed by Kochi at 27%, while Ahmedabad and Jaipur maintained their hiring momentum with 20% and 15% growth z Amongst metros, Mumbai led the charts at 21% growth in August
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New Delhi: SpiceJet, which is facing financial headwinds, is likely to receive around `225 crore under the government’s credit guarantee scheme next week, according to a source. Hit by high fuel prices and rupee depreciation, the budget carrier on Wednesday posted a net loss of `789 crore for June quarter and also said its board has approved raising up to `2,000 crore. On Friday, the source said the airline is expected to receive around `225 crore next week under the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme. Under the scheme, announced in May 2020 in the wake of the pandemic to help various sectors, entities will get credit at a concessional rate of 7%. On Aug 17, the Union Cabinet approved the enhancement in the limit of `5 lakh crore. amount is being earmarked exclu sively for enter prises in hospitality & related sectors.
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Mumbai (PTI): The rupee declined by 26 paise to close at 79.82 (provisional) against the US currency on Friday tracking Asian peers and strong dollar demand from importers. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the do mestic currency opened at 79.63 per dollar. It hovered in a range of 79.61 to 79.83 during the session. The domestic unit finally settled at 79.82, down 26 paise over its previous close of 79.56.
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NCRB data on convictions rates in IPC cases registered reveals Assam, Pradesh,ArunachalGoaandGujaratinlowestbracketofstates
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The top six states that had the highest conviction rates for cases under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), in cluding heinous of fences, were all found to be states not under the BJP’s regime. The data on crime statis tics in India was re leased in the 2021 re port by the NCRB. Data on conviction rates for offenses un der the IPC is included in Volume III of the report. Mizoram tops with 96.7% conviction rate, followed by Kera la (86.5%), Andhra Pradesh (84.7%), Ta mil Nadu (73.3%), Na galand (72.1%) and Telangana (70.1%). Among union terri tories (UT), Ladakh had the highest con viction rate at 91%, while Delhi had 86.6%. It was followed by 77.3% in Jammu and Kashmir, 74.7% in Pu ducherry and 67.9% in Chandigarh.Ontheother hand, several BJP-ruled states are among the states with the lowest conviction rates for of fenses under the IPC, such as Assam (5.6%), Arunachal Pradesh (16.7%), Goa (19.8%), Gujarat (21.1%) and Himachal Pradesh (25.3 %). Other nonBJP-ruled states with low conviction rates include Odisha (5.7%), West Bengal (6.4%) and Sikkim (19.5%). States like Uttar Pradesh and starkertionmadeIPC.offencesnumberhibitedgime—haveunderrashtra—whichMahaaretheBJPrealsoexthehighestofregisteredundertheAndthathasthelowconvicratesanevenreality.
Mumbai: Each micro market in the Mum bai Metropolitan Re gion witnessed a healthy rise in hous ing rentals, with 65% witnessing more than a 1.1 times growth compared to pre-pan demic times, a survey by developer associa tion CREDAI-MCHI and real-estate data analytics firm CRE Matrix has revealed. This comes despite the unprecedented cri sis caused by the pan demic due to the workfrom-home culture, layoffs, and the economic downturn.TheMumbai Proper ty Rental Tracker re port said in Mumbai, rentals for five in the top micromarkets rose by more than 1.2 times as compared to calen dar year 2018, while 64% of all micromar kets witnessed a doubledigit percentage growth in their rentals com pared to CY Commercial2018.rentals also saw an increase in rentals in 87% of the key localities in Mum bai, with maximum monthly rents in BKC Core and Nariman Point being ₹ 277 per square feet and ₹ 245 per square feet, respec tively.Largely residential areas like Vikhroli wit nessed a steep jump from Rs74 per sq. ft in 2018 to Rs110 per sq. ft in 2022, and Bhandup witnessed an increase from Rs64 to Rs93 per sq. ft, and Kurla saw a boost from Rs108 to Rs139 per sq. ft. Higher income group locality of Powai saw a jump from Rs106 to Rs131 per sq.Bomanft. Irani, Presi dent, CREDAI-MCHI, said, “The real estate industry is currently going through a mo mentous cycle, and the increase in housing rentals give a ray of op timism to both develop ers and home buyers since this will encour age more housing sales in the upcoming months. Rentals have been witnessing an up ward trend in major In dian cities as compa nies have now switched to hybrid working, and schools/colleges have reopened as well.”
TOPS IN IPC CRIMES IN 2021, UP AT SECOND SPOT: DATA FROM NCRB REPORT
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Resilient MMR rental market shows 1.1x growth post nCoV
Growth in job opportunities, increase in housing sales, and higher demand for larger spaces are some of the fac tors adding to this trend. Home buyers are now more likely to invest in such properties, given that the ROI would be higher than ear lier despite the inflationary conditions.
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IPC sections for kidnap ping and abduction. The state ranked sec ond after Uttar Pradesh in POCSO offences in 2021. Compared to UP’s 7,192 cases, Maharash tra lodged 6,200 cases under POCSO, fol lowed by MP (6,070),Ta mil Nadu (4,465), and Karnataka (2,813). POSCO cases also wit nessed a 5.4% increase in the state.
Woman delivers stillborn baby in doli en route to PHC, thanks to bad roads
Andheri West, Bandra East-West, Lower Parel witness high growth in residential rentals; Vikhroli, Bhandup, Kurla lead in office rentals
STAYING STRONG First India Bureau Thane: A woman gave birth to a stillborn baby en route to a Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC), an of ficial of Thane dis trict informed on Fri day. She was being carried to the PHC in a makeshift palan quin, locally known as a ‘doli’, since there are no proper road connecting her vil lage of Dhigashi in Bhiwandi taluka to the centre. “Darshana Karle was being rushed to the PHC on a makeshift palanquin as her vil lage does not have proper road connectiv ity. She delivered the stillborn child in the doli and was then taken back to her village by the people accompany ing her. The woman, who already has two sons and a daughter said this would have been her fourth child,” said the official. Dr Madhav Kavle who is in charge of the nearby Ganeshpuri PHC said that he had visited the woman, who is now in a stable condi tion after having been provided with the nec essary treatment and medications.“Thewoman was ad vised to get admitted when she came for a check-up on August 24. She said she and her husband would return after picking up some clothes, but they never returned. When a PHC nurse visited her on August 26, her hus band said his wife would get admitted in a day or two. However, they delayed and she delivered a stillborn baby on Thursday," Dr Kavle added.
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RESIDENTIAL RENT Area rentMonthlyin` Malabar Hill 2.15 lakh Andheri West 59,000 Bandra East 93,000 Bandra West 1.18 lakh Lower Parel 1.46 lakh First India Bureau Mumbai: Maharash tra tops in cases of kidnapping and ab duction of children, and stands second in cases of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and in terms of total number of crimes against children, an analysis of the Na tional Crime Records Bureau data by the NGO Child Relief and You (CRY) said. The data over five years shows that Ma harashtra has been witnessing a steady rise in the number of crimes against chil dren; Kidnapping and Abduction and cases under POCSO Act con tinue to be a regular feature in the list. According to an anal ysis by CRY, Maharash tra recorded the highest (9,555) cases with a crime rate of 26.5% in 2021, followed by Mad hya Pradesh (9,137), Ut tar Pradesh (6,815), West Bengal (6,394) and Odis ha (5,185). A staggering 67,245 cases of kidnap ping and abduction of children were regis tered across the whichagainstcorded2020,aduction,ofwhichagainst17,261Maharashtracountry.lodgedcasesofcrimechildrenoutof9,555caseswerekidnappingandabwhichshowed6%increasein2021.Inthestatehadre14,371crimeschildren,of7,493wereunder
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DISTURBING DATA Maharashtra saw 17,261 cases of crime against children, including 9,555 cases of kidnapping and abduction—a rise of 6%—in 2021. In 2020, the state had recorded 14,371 crimes against children, of which 7,493 of kidnapping and abduction. The state also ranked second after Uttar Pradesh in POCSO offences in 2021, witness ing a 5.4% increase in such cases.
High on crime, low on punishment: BJP states
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Renni Abraham Mumbai: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which consistently claims to have better law and order mainte nance under its watch, has been be lied by the annual statistics on crime and punishment in India according to data from the Na tional Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
An analysis of the profile of POSCO vic tims in 2021 revealed that out of 33,503 POSCO cases, 33,186 or 99.05% of the victims were girls ranging from less than 6 years to 18 years of age, while 317 victims were boys. Of 33,186 cases in which the victims were girls, 29,379 children were either in the 12-16 or 16-18 age group. Kreeanne Rabadi, Re gional Director, CRY –West, said the steady rise in numbers could also be attributed to greater public aware ness about th e offences, and a more proactive role by the police in re porting these cases. “The NCRB data has also proved beyond doubt that the pandem ic has left children far more exposed in issues related to child protec tion,” she said, calling for a dedicated cadre of child protection of ficials and budget allo cations for children protection and safety.
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Bikaji is the sponsor for the Food Awards second year in a row. We wish the team good luck with their future endeavours. Though I was not pre sent physically during the awards but I have sent my regards to the entire team of First India Food and Hospitality Awards 2022 for working so hard and making my dream come true.
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he First India Food and Hospitality Awards by BIKAJI FOODS was held at Rambagh Palace Jaipur on September 1, 2021. The stunning night received a huge response from all across. City First inter acted with the dynamic jury of the event! First India Food & Hospitality Awards 2022 are able to recognize the achievements of some of the finest food and beverage establish ments this year, paying tribute to the dedication and hard work of the people behind the scenes who work in per fect harmony to deliver truly unforgettable lux ury dining and drinking experiences.Thedynamic awards aim to foreground the inventive ways in which different champions of the industry conquered the challenges of con temporary times, open ing the door to greater profits and expansion and giving a memorable experience to the guests. Rishee Miglani, Brand Ambassador First India Food and Hospitality awards said he is eager to host the grand event and witness the magic unfold! Loke sh Sharma, Show Direc tor said that he has di rected many awards in the past but he feels truly blessed to be a part of the event. Turn to P10-11
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The First India Food and Hospitality Awards by Bikaji, a glittering event attended by who’s who of the industry at Hotel Rambagh Palace, in Jaipur on Thursday, began with felicitation of legends who played an instrumental role in bringing Hyderabad to the pinnacle of food graph. Individuals, outlets & brands doing exceptional work in the hospitality sector with f&b as prime focus were selected & acknowledged during the event!
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T he thewellBramhastrapromotionsareunderwaybutaudiencewas quick to notice Mouni Roy missing from the promo tions. The stunning ac tress will be joining the team for promotions soon. Her look in the trailer has caused the most excite ment amongst fans on so cial media after the song TheKesariya.realreason is far more enticing than one can imagine. Mouni Roy, the self-made actress plays a quintessential role in the movie. According to sources, “ the makers want to keep the audience in sus pense about the main an tagonist and what all she represents. According to the makers, Mouni Roy is the surprise weapon they want to keep under wraps to aid the story ex perience of the audience” Many western movies including the most recent Spiderman Multiverse have used the same tech nique of thatcharactersimportantrevealingnotarekey to the surprise and suspense of the sto ry. The makers of Bramhastra too seem to be going the extra mile to the hype about her character and to keep the sus pense alive.
I believe he’s managed to leave the imprint through his work that I was looking for.” Vipin Who has known them for years shared his bit on the industry insecurity, “When working with Amaal there’s a sense of security, I have seen him trusting him on the work we do. For me, Sun Lo Zara is a gift by them to me to nurture our bond.” Amaal Mallik also spoke on the ongoing competition in the in dustry he said, “We don’t have insecurity in us all the credit goes to our mother she has worked so hard on both of us. We have our parent’s blessings and at the same time we work extremely hard and we are ob sessed with doing good music. At the same time if someone does good work I real ly like to promote it without any insecuri ty. Ultimately music should win” Amaal added,” In MWM is something where we want to create honest music and good music that touches hearts. We don’t want 400 mil lion views on our vid eos but it should touch theSpeakingheart.” on the boycott culture they said, “ Audience is the king, we don’t know what’s the best for the movie. Audi ence during lockdown has heard many vari eties of music so to day’s music or movie isn’t relevant to the audience.”DabooMalik on movies failing at the box office shared his expe rience and said, “A direc tor needs to create a bond with the treatstartedhaslywoodtimeindirector,musictoday’sBol
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Nysa was a beautiful vi sion in a short red dress and a print ed jacket. The duo was accompanied by Orhan Awatramani, a common friend of Girls. Looking at the frequent partying of Khushi and Nysa Seems like B-Town has got a new set of besties!Nysa had also been Nysa flixhavechiesfilm,forisKhushihercompletedrecentlyhasstudiesKapoorgearingupherdebutTheArwhichwillagrandNetlaunch.
K hushi Kapoor is shootbusycurrentlywiththeofher debut film, The Ar chies which is gear ing up for a 2023 re lease. Amid all the hard work, the young est Kapoor sibling decided to enjoy some more with her friends last night. Joining them was none other than Ajay Devgn’s daughter, Nysa. The young ladies partied together with some mutual friends and left together in the car. Khushi looked gorgeous in a black cut-outMeanwhile,dress.
O n Friday, Deepika Padu kone shared a poster of herself from her upcom ing project Mega Block buster. Deepika captioned it, “Surprise” with hashtags Trailer Out 4th Sept and MegaRashmikaBlockbuster.Mandanna too on Thursday dropped a new an nouncement on her social media handle. Similar posts have also been shared by actor-comedian Kapil Sharma, actors Trisha Krishnan, Karthi, and cricketer Rohit Sharma. This unique col laboration has left their fans both confused and excited. Many flooded their posts with vari ousCurrently,comments.Deepika Padu kone is gearing up for the re lease of ‘Pathaan’, co-starring Shah Rukh Khan and John Abraham. She also has Project K with Prabhas and ‘The Intern’ remake with Amitabh Bachchan in the pipeline.
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AWANISH VIDYARTHI Lucknow: JK Laxmi Cement launched its premium cement, JK Lakshmi Pro + Ce ment in Central & Eastern Uttar Pradesh at Hotel Ramada, Luc know on Friday. Dur ing the event, the Leading cement com pany, JK Lakshmi Ce ment Limited un veiled its cement brands. The aim of the launch was to contrib ute to the development of the state of Uttar Pradesh and serve the customers of the state. More than 600 top ex ecutives, dealers, em ployees and other busi ness associates of the company including Amit Mathur, Head Sales JK Lakshmi Ce ment and Sunil Kumar Head Sales, North JK Lakshmi Cement made their presence felt at the grand and colourful event. Apart from the launch of the cement brand, the dealers were honoured for their trust and pa tronage towards the company. During the launch, Arun Shukla, President and Director of JK Laxmi Cement Ltd. said, “JK Laxmi kets.”tartralaLaxmiconfidentUttarueerstationsandliveringprovenLakshmiofperformer.lisheditdurableableprovidesCementunbeatqualityandproducts.AndisalreadyestabasIndia’sbestOveraspanfourdecades,JKCementhasitsmettleindesuperiorvaluemeetingtheexpecofthecustomandwewillcontintodothesameinPradesh.WearethatsoonJKCementwillbetopbrandintheCen&EasternUtPradeshmar
