Jammu (ANI): The Pa kistani Rangers violat ed ceasefire Tuesday morning as it targeted BSF troops in unpro voked firing along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said. The BSF gave a “befitting reply” to the firing in Arnia sector of Jammu district, he said. “This morning, the alert BSF Jammu troops gave a befitting reply to the unprovoked firing by the Pakistan Rangers on a BSF pa trolling party,” BSF Deputy Inspector Gen eral S P S Sandhu said. The BSF Jammu public relations officer also said there was no casu alty on the Indian side.
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According to the health ministry, India has so far administered 213.72 crore doses of Covid vaccines. Of these, 17 crore are booster doses as per data available on Tuesday.
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New Delhi (ANI): Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 nasal vaccine was cleared for use in adults on Tuesday. The BBV154 intranasal vaccine received emergency use authorisation from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) after it was proven to be safe, welltolerated, and immunogenic in subjects in controlled clinical trials. Lauding the achievement, health minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya called it a ‘big boost to India’s fight against Covid-19’. BBV154 is a recombinant, replication-deficient adenovirus vectored vaccine with a pre-fusion stabilised spike protein. It has been formu lated to allow intranasal delivery.
New Delhi: The BJP has started drawing up a roadmap for the 2024 general elections amid hectic activity in the op position camp. A mega meeting of the top lead ers were held at the BJP headquarters in Delhi on Tuesday — the target was the 144 seats the party missed in 2019 by narrow margins. Sourc es said the party is hopeful that a proper groundwork on these seats will help boost its numbers in next polls. Sources said JP Na dda and its chief strate gist Shah, who led meet ing, had tasked each of the attending ministers with focussing on three to four seats. The minis ters, sources said, have been asked to file their feedback into a portal called “Saral”, where one has to fill in details. Security personnel being deployed at Poshkreeri village, in Anantnag on Tuesday.
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2 HIZB TERRORISTS KILLED IN ANANTNAG ENCOUNTER 2 terrorists affiliated with proscribed terror outfit Hizb-ulMujahideen (HM) were killed in an encounter that broke out in the Poshkreeri area of Anantnag, said the officials on Tuesday. The terrorists killed have been identified as Danish Bhat (Kokab Duree) and Basharat Nabi. “Both were involved in killing of one Territorial Army personnel Saleem on 9 April 2021 and killing of two civilians on 29 May 2021 in Jabli pora,” Tweeted ADGP Kashmir. Further details are awaited.
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SHAH ANNOUNCES 47-MEMBER PANEL FOR DRAFTING COOPERATION POLICY Amit Shah on Tuesday announced constitution of a national level committee for drafting of the national cooperation policy document. New policy is being formulated to realize vision of ‘Sahakar Se Samriddhi’ under leadership of Modi. Committee led by ex-Union Minister SP Prabhu consists of 47 members.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government on a plea filed by Ashish Mishra challenging the Allahabad HC order which denied bail to him in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case. A bench headed by Justice Indira Banerjee issued notice and listed matter for Sept 26.
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First India Bureau New Delhi: Bangla desh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi held bi lateral talks to review and further strengthen the relationship be tween both countries at Hyderabad House on Tuesday.PMNarendra Modi said the Maitree Power Plant will give citizens of Bangladesh access to affordable electricity. Modi said that both countries will cooper ate further to mitigate the impact of floods and data will be shared in real-time for an extend ed“Todayperiod. we also stressed on cooperation against terrorism and fundamentalism. To keep the spirit of 1971 alive, it is also very nec essary that we face such forces together, who want to attack our mu tual trust,” PM Modi said during the talks.
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New Delhi: Ravi Narain, the former MD and CEO of the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE), has been arrested by the ED in a money laundering case related to alleged illegal phone tapping & snooping of NSE officials.
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Dhaliwal further said, “The persistent fo cus on intelligence Based Operations by the team provided cred ible inputs that over the past few years, Meth was gradually replac ing Heroin as the pre ferred financing option for terror operations.” During questioning, the two revealed about a pick-up vehicle that was carrying contra band. The vehicle was intercepted near SDMC toll, Kalindi Kunj, and 16 bags containing white crystalline mate rial were recovered. The chemical was checked using the field testing kit which re vealed that 9 of the bags were containing Meth amphetamine. The con traband containing bags, bearing markings of silica, weighed around 311.4 kilograms, Dhaliwal said. As per the prelimi nary findings, the bust ed syndicate has link ages with an estab lished terrorist network abroad, Dhaliwal said.
Mumbai: A court here on Tuesday granted bail to actor Kamaal R Khan, popularly known as KRK, in a 2021 molestation case registered against him by the suburban Versova police. However, will remain in jail, as his bail plea is pending before the Borivali magistrate court in the 2020 case of controversial tweets about actor & filmmaker.
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ANIBY—PHOTO MORE RECOVERED FROM CAR PARKED AT CHAINSUKH MARKET IN GREATER NOIDA “Various other chemicals and a glass container used for refining contraband were also subsequently recovered from the house of accused Mustafa. Continuing with the operation, accused Rahimul lah disclosed more contraband kept in a car parked in Noida. Accordingly, in this instance, 1.09 kg methamphetamine and 5.31 kg heroin, in solid and liquid form, and 1.7 kg heroin coated with dry fruits were also recovered from the boot of a white-colour Toyota Etios car, parked at Chainsukh Market, Ram leela Road, Village Accher, Greater Noida, UP,” SCP Dhaliwal told reporters.
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New Delhi: ED on Tuesday conducted searches at multiple locations spread across Delhi and five states as part of PMLA probe into alleged irregularities in Delhi Excise Policy, officials said. Over 30 premises in Delhi, Telangana, Maha, Haryana, UP and K’taka are searched and individuals named in are being raided, the ED said.
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London: Conservative Party leader Liz Truss was on Tuesday formally appointed as Britain’s new PM by Queen Elizabeth II, becoming 3rd female premier of the country. Johnson formally resigned as head of the UK govt in an audience with Queen.
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Kota: In a relief for students preparing for competitive exams, there will be no merger of NEET, JEE and CUET in next 2 to 3 years and students can focus on preps. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said this among students in Kota on Tuesday. More on P8
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BHARAT JODO YATRA BY CONGRESS TO BEGIN FROM TODAY New Delhi: Accompanied by 118 Congress leaders, Rahul Gandhi will embark on 3,500km ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ on Tuesday. He will walk from Kanyakumari to Kashmir over the course of 150 days. This is one of the party’s massive community outreach programs in recent decades. The timing seems to be right as Cong leadership is facing questions with loyalists.
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New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Tues day issued a notice to police after a woman was allegedly burnt by her husband and inlaws for refusing to give dowry, officials said. Police said they re ceived a call from GTB Hospital regarding the admission of a woman who had sustained se vere burn injuries. The information was passed on to the SDM, who in turn recorded her state ment. The victim, in her complaint, alleged that her husband and parents-in-law demand ed `5 lakh as dowry. As she did not budge, they poured “oil” on her and set her on fire. Deputy Commission er of Police (East) Pri yanka Kashyap said a case was registered against the accused and their house was raided, but they had absconded. Terming the incident “serious”, the DCW has sought a copy of an FIR and details of the ac cused. It has also asked police to submit its de tailed action taken re port latest by September 9. seeks report from police in dowry case 2024
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New Delhi (PTI): Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday termed Prime Minis ter Narendra Modi's decision to modernise 14,500 schools "a drop of water in the ocean", and asked him to pre pare a plan in consul tation with all states to upgrade the coun try's 10 lakh govern ment schools over next five years. "At this rate, it will take 70-80 years to im prove all the 10.5 lakh schools in the country," Kejriwal told an online press conference here, a day after Modi an nounced the school upgradation scheme. India cannot become the number one coun try in the world with out ensuring free qual ity education for every child, Kejriwal said. On Monday, Modi announced that 14,500 schools across the country would be de veloped and upgraded under the 'PM-SHRI Yojana' and they will be equipped with mod ern infrastructure, in cluding labs, smart classrooms, libraries, and sports facilities. “This is a very good thing but just modern ising 14,500 schools is like a drop of water in the ocean,” Kejriwal said. "I appeal to the prime minister to make all the 10.5 lakh government schools in the country modern.” The chief minister pointed out that he has often said there are a number of things that need to be done to make India the num ber one country in the world. Unless top class free education to every child in the country is ensured, India cannot progress, he said. New Delhi (PTI): Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday laid the foun dation stone of a flyover at Sarai Kale Khan, a move aimed at easing traffic on the Ring Road. The three-lane flyo vers will come up paral lel to an existing one on the other carriageway of the Ring Road at Sarai Kale Khan, Public Works Department (PWD) officials said. "Sarai Kale Khan is one of the busiest areas of Delhi, where traffic will increase further due to ISBT, metro sta tion, railway station, and RRTS," Sisodia said in a series of tweets in Hindi. "To make the traffic smooth, the foundation stone of a new 3-lane flyover was laid here to day, it will be ready in 1 year and will make this T-junction signal free," SisodiaSisodia,said. who also holds the PWD portfo lio, said the flyover would help commuters from ITO to Ashram to a great"Withextent.this flyover, lakhs of vehicles going from ITO to Ashram daily will get rid of traffic. There will be less emission of 5 tonnes of carbon gas per day," he said. "In terms of econom ic value of fuel and time, there will be a sav ing of Rs 19 crore of the public every year, which will recover the cost of the project within 3.5 years," Sisodia tweeted. The flyover was re cently approved by the Delhi Urban Arts Com mission.Later in the day, the Kejriwal gov ernment in a statement said that the 550-metres long flyover will be con structed in a year. The estimated cost of the construction pro ject is Rs 65.55 crore.
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New Delhi (PTI): A 17-year-old youth was apprehended for allegedly kill ing his father in north Delhi’s Sarai Rohilla area, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place on Au gust 22 when the victim, who was in the Railway Pro tection Special Force (RPSF), ar rived home in an inebriated condi tion and began abusing his wife. When the youth in tervened, he was kicked by the vic tim -- Bansi Lal (42) -- and sustained an injury on the head. He retaliated and beat his father with a wooden roll ing pin causing multiple injuries to him, garPoliceCommissionerDeputyof(north)SaSinghsaid.
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To make the traffic smooth, the founda tion stone of a new 3-lane flyover was laid, it will be ready in one year and will make this T-junction signal free —Manish Sisodia Delhi Deputy Chief Minister
New Delhi (ANI): In continuation to an ongo ing probe in the railway job racket case busted last month, another breakthrough came with Delhi Police nab bing two masterminds, one of whom had con tested Delhi Assembly elections in 2020 on the ticket of Jan Sambhaav na Party and lost. Sukhdev Singh and Sandeep Sidana, the main masterminds, were arrested during raids conducted at sev eral places across Delhi and the National Capi tal Region (NCR), said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Railways) Harender Kumar Singh in a press briefing. The masterminds were held after the disclosure of two earlier arrested persons-- Mohd Rizwan and Amandeep Singh, said the officer, adding “they had disclosed the names of Sukhdev and Sandeep as main mas terminds.”Sukhdev, who used to work as a small-time car dealer in the New Seelampur area in East Delhi, had contested Delhi Assembly elec tions in 2020, but lost, said the DCP. The officer said Sukhdev had done a “huge investment with borrowed money, and later came under a lot of Sukhdevdebt”. was arrest ed from GT Road, Mod el Town, Ghaziabad, where he was hiding for several days. One Mer cedes car which he pur chased with the fraud money has also been recovered.Sandeep was arrested after a trap was laid near Bhikaji Cama Place. A BMW which he purchased with the fraud money has also been recovered from his possession. On their dis closure, two other asso ciates of them namely Deepak and Rahul were arrested on Monday. Police said that Deepak works as a con tractual pump opera tor in the DRM office in New Delhi, whereas Rahul’s maternal un cle is an ambulance driver in Railway Hos pital, Chelmsford Road, New Delhi. JOB RACKET
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New Delhi (ANI): Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh Lalit on Tuesday inaugurated National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) Centre for Citizen Ser vices at Jaisalmer house in New Delhi. The space at Jaisalm er House which was provided to NALSA would be utilised for the establishment of Legal Assistance Cen tre for Citizens, Legal Assistance Centre for NRIs, Training Centre, and Digital Command Centre for providing futuristic legal servic es across the country. The NALSA office which was earlier placed at Jamnagar House was shifted to the Additional Build ing Complex of the Su preme Court on No vember 9 last year. NALSA also wit nessed the august pres ence of Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Judge, Supreme Court of India & Executive Chairman, NALSA, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Judge, Su preme Court of India & Chairman SCLSC and His Companion Judges of the Supreme Court of India at Jaisalmer House, Mansingh Road, NewJusticeDelhi.Lalit congrat ulated the Executive Chairman, NALSA, Justice DY Chandra chud and functionaries of the legal services au thorities for taking a leap forward in catering to the needs of free legal aid beneficiaries which is in line with the futur istic vision of 2047. Justice Lalit proud ly stated that it is a historic moment for NALSA by establish ing a dedicated centre for citizen services in the dispensation of ef ficacious legal aid in the outthefectivediumtosuggests,vices,CentreenunciatedJusticecountry.ChandrachudthattheforCitizenSerasthenameitselfwouldprovebeanexcellentmeforprovidingeflegalservicestocommonmanwithanyhassles.JusticeSanjayKis
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Chief Justice of India (CJI) Uday Umesh Lalit, Supreme Court of India judges Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul inaugurate the Centre for Citizen Services of the National Legal Service Authority, at Jaisalmer House in New Delhi on Tuesday.
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"The visiting team of the Goa Police reached here on Monday and continued its probe on Tuesday also. The visi tors informed the local police post and the local Sector 24 police station in Noida as per procedures,"ACP, Noida, Rajneesh Verma said. Officials privy to the developments said the Goa police team talked to the tenants living in Phogat's apartment and also confirmed details of their financial ex changes with her. The visiting police team is also verifying documents related to Phogat's properties in Noida, the officials add ed. Prior to Noida, a Goa police team also visited Gurugram last week as part of its investigation into the sensational death case.
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Noida (PTI): A team of Goa Police reached Noi da, adjoining Delhi in Uttar Pradesh, as part of its investigation into the death of social me dia influencer and BJP politician Sonali Pho gat, officials said Tues day.According to officials, Phogat owned an apart ment in the Aravalli housing society in Noi da's Sector 52 and the visiting police team was here for a verification of the property.
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New Delhi (PTI): The Enforcement Directo rate (ED) has given a ‘clean chit’ to Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in the excise policy case, the AAP claimed on Tues day, saying the probe agency would other wise have raided the senior leader’s house as he is named the key ac cused.On Monday, the Arvind Kejriwal-led party had said the Cen tral Bureau of Investi gation (CBI), too, had given a clean chit to Sisodia. The agency, however, categorically denied it saying the case remains under in vestigation and it has not absolved anyone of theThecharges.AAP’s claim comes after the ED con ducted searches across Delhi and five states as part of its money laun dering investigation into the alleged irregu larities in the nowscrapped Delhi Excise Policy. ED officials said around 30 premises in Delhi, Telangana, Ma harashtra, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Kar nataka are being searched and individu als named in the case are being raided. But these do not include the premises linked to Sisodia or any other government servant. “It is a matter of hap piness for the Aam Aad mi Party that the ED also has given a clean chit to Sisodia today, af ter the CBI did so,” par ty's chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj said at a press confer ence"Thehere.ED carried out raids at various loca tions but did not come to Manish Sisodia's resi dence despite him being the accused number-1. They (ED officials) de veloped cold feet. They left him because they felt that going to his house would be humili ating," he added. There was no imme diate reaction from the ED to the AAP's claim.
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New Delhi: Delhi government has earned excise revenue of over `269 crore in the first week of September with the retail liquor business being ex panded by its four undertakings, officials said Tues day. The four undertakings are running 380 wine and beer stores currently. Revenue is expected to increase further since more vends will open and 1,000 liquor brands will be made available in com ing days, they said. The AAP government reverted to its old excise regime from September 1 with over 350 liquor vends opened by Delhi Tourism & Transportation Development Corp, State Industrial &Infrastructure Development Corporation, Delhi State Civil Supplies Corporation and Delhi Consum ers’ Cooperative Wholesale Store.
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Ghaziabad: A boy was bitten by a dog inside an elevator even as the animal’s owner appeared to be a mute spec tator, following which the police have registered a case, an official said. The incident, a video of which has gone viral, happened in Rajnagar Extension’s Charms Castle when the boy, with a schoolbag on his shoulder, was bitten by the dog inside the lift of the residential building. The boy’s parents approached Nandigram Police Station where a plaint under Section 289 (negligent conduct with respect to animals) of IPC was registered.
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi BJP leaders on Tuesday carried out a signature campaign to seek public support for their demand for the removal of DyCM Manish Sisodia from AAP government over the alleged liquor scam. State president Adesh Gupta and MPs Manoj Tiwari and Ramesh Bidhuri among others par ticipated in the campaign being conducted outside around 20 metro stations and other prominent locations in the national capital. “A sting video that BJP released yes terday clearly reveals the scam in Kejriwal govern ment’s excise policy. We are seeking public support for our demand to sack Sisodia as the AAP leadership has so far avoided answering ques tions about the scam,” Gupta said.
New Delhi (PTI): The Centre’s decision to re name Rajpath as ‘Kar tavya Path’ has drawn mixed reactions from theWhilepublic.some welcomed the move and termed it a ‘positive change’, some others disagreed and said the concept of Raj path and Janpath cross ing each other will no longer remain the same. “Names of all major locations remained the same since the British era. It should have been changed way before. It’s a good move and I con sider it to be a positive change,” said Sameer, a resident of Delhi. He further said the name change will be a “re minder” that everybody “should work and abide by their ‘kartavya’ (re sponsibility)”.VinodKumar, anoth er resident, welcomed the decision as well as the changes in the Cen tral Vista. “The name change is a good endeav our. It’s worth the wait for the changes that are being brought about for the good,” Kumar said. However, Hemant, a resident, said that Raj path is a “historical” name and it “should re main the same”. “The name Rajpath doesn’t sound British to me. Don’t think there will be any impact just by changing the name of a road,” Hemant said.
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“We have been rais ing the issue of scam in the excise policy of the Kejriwal govern ment for months but neither the chief minister nor Sisodia has answered our questions. The BJP workers will not rest till Sisodia is re moved from the gov ernment,” Bidhuri said.The Bharatiya Ja nata Party (BJP) MLAs will also meet President Droupadi Murmu and demand the dismissal of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi for indulging in corruption, he said.
View of Rajpath at the Central Vista Avenue on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY PTI Rajpath is a namehistoricaland it should remain the same. Changing of such names is up to the government. The name Rajpath doesn’t sound British to me. Don’t think there will be any impact just by changing the name of a road.
New Delhi: Akshat Gupta is out with the second part of byPublishedHindu”.Hiddenseriesgy-basedmytholobestselling“ThePenguinRandom House India, the second book in the trilogy takes the sto ryline from the cliffhanger in the first book to bring a myriad of revelations and twists. “The Hidden Hindu” brought forth the story of Prithvi, a 21-yr-old searching for a mysterious ‘aghori’, Om Shashtri, traced 200 years ago before he was captured and trans ported to a hi-tech facility on an isolated island.
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petition that claimed that the senior officer as DoPT secretary had not abided by a court order. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India UU Lalit said it did not see any reason to entertain the contempt petition. However, the court also clarified that the decision should not be taken as a reflection on the merits of the matter which will be decided on appeals before the court.
New Delhi (PTI): Delhi BJP MLAs, led by Leader of Opposi tion in the Assembly Ramvir Singh Bid huri, staged a protest near Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s residence here on Tuesday, de manding his dismiss al over the alleged liquor scam. The protesters, in cluding Delhi BJP leaders and workers, raised slogans against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Sisodia, demanding that they should step down.The protesters were stopped by police as they tried to march towards Sisodia’s Ma thura Road residence.
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STUDENTS, TEACHERS DECRY ‘LACK OF CLARITY’ IN JNU ADMISSION PROCESS PET DOG BITES SCHOOL BOY IN SOCIETY ELEVATOR, CASE REGISTERED New Delhi: The prospectus for PhD admission to the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has sparked a row, with students and teachers decrying the “lack of clarity” around the process and the “decline” in number of seats. Students claimed the number of PhD seats across cen tres in JNU will decline by 32 per cent and many centres plan to fill all the seats with students selected for Junior Research Fellow. Moreover, teachers and students raised concerns over lack of clarity as regards the starting of the admission process.
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INDIAN ECONOMY NOW LARGER THAN BRITAIN’S, BUT ISSUES REMAIN ast week India over took Britain as the fifth largest economy with record breaking GDP expansion in the financial quarter AprilJune. It was a big moment for the country which, until about a decade ago, was ranked 11th among large economies. The de velopment not only showcased the India story but also high lighted the troubled phase of the UK’s economy which is facing an energy crisis, high cost of liv ing and unemployment. Brit ain’s some Brexit issues with Europe still remain unresolved. India’s economic growth is be ing keenly watched and appreci ated. As often happens, the downside of India’s growth sto ry is also finding mention in some places. Poverty and ex treme inequality continue to be the two negatives about this suc cess story. The life of aam aadmi has been hit hard by high prices pushed further by the GST on every conceivable product. By 2030 India aims to become an economy bigger than China. By then, hopefully, the yawning rich-poor gap will also reduce to a comfortable level.
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Five of the six JD(U) MLAs in Manipur joined the ruling BJP on Friday. The lone JDU MLA left in the state is Mo hammad Nasir from Lilong seat. As per grapevine, he is also reportedly set to join the BJP. This is being corrobo rated by several political analysts.Thepolitical upheaval in Manipur is not the first of its kind. In 2020, six of the seven MLAs of the JD(U) legisla tors joined the BJP in Arunachal Pradesh. Last month, the seventh JD(U) MLA also joined the BJP. It may be recalled that while in August, Nitish Ku mar had moved out of the NDA to join the Grand Alli ance. His mega plan is to unite the Opposition parties across the country for the crucial 2024 Lok Sabha elec tions to pose a challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. How successful Nit ish Kumar will be in his en deavour is a major point to be seen.
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This time the trolls picked on the young Arshdeep Singh playing in the Asia Cup match against Pakistan for dropping a crucial catch at a key moment in the game. Some social media users even edited his Wikipedia page to insert references to the Khalistan movement F
This time the trolls picked on the young Arshdeep Singh playing in the Asia Cup match against Pakistan for dropping a crucial catch at a key moment in the game. Some social media users even edited his Wikipedia page to insert references to the Khal istan movement. Again, Virat Kohli stepped up to defend the youngster saying that no player willingly drops a catch or misfields. This time the Central government’s IT Ministry also intervened. Wikimedia Foundation’s ex ecutives were asked to ex plain how the inflammatory content was inserted. It is important to push back the trolls out to end In dia’s cultural and religious diversity in sports. India does not believe in having “Hindus only” teams.
n a major jolt to Nitish Ku mar, five of the six JD(U) MLAs in Manipur merged with the BJP on Friday. On Saturday, Bihar Chief Minis ter and JD(U) stalwart Nitish Kumar who recently snapped ties with the saffron party said notwithstanding this hiccup, the scenario will be politically different in 2024 if the Opposition parties unite and put up a joint effort against the saffron might. After the JD(U) state exec utive meet, Nitish mentioned a series of events and said, “All the six Manipur JD(U) MLAs were scheduled to come for the meet and were ready till a couple of days ago, but suddenly the merger with the BJP any“ThisproachthewatchingmonthshadtheonishLambastinghappened.”theBJP,NitKumarraisedquestionstheconductofBJP,“IsitConstitutionalway?TheyallcometoBiharafewago.PeoplearethebehaviourofBJP.Whatkindofanapisthis?”heasked.meanstheydon’twantOpposition.”
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LONG TO-DO LIST IN DELHI Nitish Kumar, who came to Delhi with a longish “to-do” list for his ‘Mission Opposi tion’, checked off the first item Monday evening, meet ing Congress’ Rahul Gandhi at his Tughlaq Road resi dence. Nitish, however, told reporters that he had no am bition for the top post. “There is a concerted ef fort to weaken regional par ties. My effort is to unite the Opposition ahead of the gen eral elections. I have no in tention of pitching myself as a prime ministerial candi date,” Kumar told reporters. While Kumar had said that he hoped to meet Opposition leaders for the Mahagath bandhan alliance in Delhi, he has also declared that the visit is meant to bring all the opposition leaders under one umbrella – which is undoubt edly a highly challenging task.On his “wish-list”, Nitish is supposed to meet the Aam Aadmi Party chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejri wal. Efforts to rope him into the Opposition front were botched in 2019, with AAP’s role in ending the UPA gov ernment at the Centre weigh ing heavily on the Congress. Nitish is also supposed to meet HD Kumaraswamy — the chief of the Janata Dal Secular, who ended the alli ance with the Congress after their government in Karna taka fell through.
Nitish is also scheduled to visit Maharashtra, Haryana and Karnataka soon on his ‘Mission Opposition’. This had kicked off last week with the visit of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao to Patna. Rao, once a proponent of a non-Congressnon-BJP front, indicated that he was ready to think afresh. Asked to comment on the willtheKumarMahagathbandhan,said,“WhyThirdFront,weareworkingonmainFront”.OnlytimetellifNitishiscapableofgettingalltheOppositionstalwartsunderoneumbrella.Earlier,itwasevidenthowtheOpposition’s“unity”wasondisplayduringthepresidentialandvice-presidentialelections
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It may be recalled that the formation of the CongressJDS alliance in 2018 to keep the BJP out of power in Kar nataka had marked the ef forts to form the opposition front.Nitish, according to politi cal grapevine, is also likely to meet Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar, who was the prime mover in the efforts to unite the Oppo sition in 2019; Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, another leader seen as upset with the Congress; and the leaders of the Left which is providing outside support to his government in Bihar.
Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) stalwart Nitish Kumar who recently snapped ties with the saffron party said notwithstanding this hiccup, the scenario will be politically different in 2024 if the Opposition parties unite and put up a joint effort against the saffron might ROBIN ROY Journalist India
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irst it was Mo hammed Shami and now Arsh deep Singh. Abus ing players and casting aspersions on them because of their religion is a new phenomenon in the country. After Indian pacer Mohammed Shami’s poor bowling performance against Pakistan in last year’s T-20 World Cup, the star bowler was brutally trolled for being a “Pakistani”. Hundreds of messages calling Shami, the only Muslim player in the playing XI for that match, a “traitor” filled his social me dia handles, even after Virat Kohli admitted that his team had been thoroughly out played. That victory was Pa kistan’s first against India in any World Cup. The social media attack on Shami was so vicious that former crick eters like Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh had to step in his sup port. Sehwag tweeted that “anyone who wears the India cap has India in their hearts for more than any online mob. With you Shami…”
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BJP MOCKS NITISH Taking a dig at Nitish Kumar, BJP’s Amit Malviya called the former a ‘lame duck chief minister’ and mocked him by saying that he still “dreams of being Prime Minister.” He wrote, “Mamata Baner jee’s attempts to gain accept ability beyond West Bengal, backfired miserably. Nitish Kumar, a lame duck Chief Minister, is seeing his party’s footprint shrink, not just in Bihar, where it is the third largest, but also outside.” Meanwhile, amid specula tions over his projection as the Prime Ministerial candi date in 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar slammed BJP leader Sushil Modi, saying “no one takes him seriously.” Kumar was referring to Sushil Ku mar Modi’s recent remarks that the meeting of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his Telangana counter part K Chandrashekar Rao was the “latest comedy show of Opposition unity”. In Lok Sabha, JD(U) has only 16 seats out of the total 543 while it has only 5 MPs in the 245-member Rajya Sabha. JD(U) is currently in power only in Bihar among the 31 states and Union Territories. In the state, Kumar formed the government with the help of Lalu Yadav’s party RJD. It may be noted that RJD has 79 MLAs while JD(U) has only 45 Thelegislatures.numbers, however, do not seem to be in favour in Parliament and Bihar As sembly for Nitish Kumar’s ambition! TEJASHWI WAS THE TOP CHOICE Despite having fewer seats in Bihar Assembly than RJD, Nitish Kumar managed to wrest the CM’s post in Bihar. Notably, Tejashwi Yadav was projected to be the top choice for becoming the new CM of Bihar after he had joined hands with Kumar. In the survey, conducted by India Today in association with C-Voter in Bihar, Tejash wi bagged 43% votes against 24% for Nitish Kumar.
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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has sought a response to a plea challeng ing the bail granted to Amit Kumar Raut alias Amish Raval in a money laundering case connected with alleged illegal organ transplant. Enforcement Directorate (ED) has challenged the bail granted by Tees Hazari Court, Delhi. Justice Asha Menon directed the counsel for Amit Kumar Raut to file a response on the plea moved in two weeks.
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New Delhi (ANI): The National Green Tribu nal (NGT) has dismissed the review petitions of the New Okhla Indus trial Development Au thority (NOIDA) and Delhi Jal Board (DJB) moved against its recent order imposing compen sation for failure to con trol discharge of un treated sewer waste into the river Yamuna. Last month, the tribu nal determined liability for compensation to be spent for restoration to the extent of Rs 100 crore (for Noida) and Rs 50 crore (DJB) respec tively. On Monday, the bench headed by Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel passed an order dismiss ing the review petitions and said. “We have heard Sanjay Jain, ASG (appeared for DJB) and also Ritu Maheshwari, CEO, NOIDA, present by video conferencing.” In the Noida matter, the bench noted that the review petition ac knowledges that pollu tion is still continuing but the contention is that NOIDA has no lia bility for this pollution. Officials take stock of fire safety arrangements at a shopping mall in Lucknow on Tuesday.
BIHAR CM IS ON POLITICAL TOURISM IN DELHI, SAYS HIS EX-DEPUTY SUSHIL MODI IN MEET WITH DELHI CM KEJRIWAL, NITISH DISCUSSES SEVERAL ISSUES UP CONG VETERANS IGNORED IN ‘YATRA’
New Delhi (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Min ister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday met President Droupadi Murmu and Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar in New Delhi. While welcoming Hasina to Rashtrapati Bhavan, the President said that “our shared history, language and culture connect us with each other”, according to a statement released by Rashtrapati Bhavan. President noted that under the leadership of Prime Minister Naren dra Modi and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasi na, bilateral ties be tween India and Bang ladesh have grown im mensely. She further said that the way the two countries have cel ebrated the 50th year of Bangladesh’s independ ence and the golden ju bilee of India-Bangla desh bilateral relations is truly special.
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New Delhi: Bang ladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday morning paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi. Hasina paid homage by placing a wreath at Rajghat (memorial of Mahatma Gandhi). She stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memory of Mahatma Gandhi.
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would be gin the arguments on September 13 in the matter relating to the Constitutional validity of reservations of the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) in higher education and issues of public employment on the basis of financial conditions.The court also listed the matter for September 8 for directions to ensure that hearing in the matter is conducted smoothly.
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Lucknow (PTI): The two owners and general manager of a city hotel where a fire broke out on Monday killing four guests were arrested on Tuesday and sent to judi cial custody by a local court, police said. “The owners of hotel, Rahul and Rohit Agarw al, along with its general manager Sagar Srivas tav were presented be fore the court of chief judicial magistrate. The court sent them to jail till September 19,” said DCP Aparna Kaushik. Four people were killed and at least 10 were injured after a fire broke out in the hotel on Monday morning, prompting authorities to issue orders for sealing and demolition of the four-storey building. The accused were detained on Monday evening.
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Divisional Commis sioner Roshan Jacob said the zonal officer had on May 7 sent a notice to the hotel, to which the renewal (certificate) of the fire NOC from 2021 to 2024 was presented.
The visits of both the President and the Prime Minister of India to par ticipate in these histor ic celebrations show India’s great impor tance to its relationship withTheBangladesh.President was happy to note that Bangladesh has achieved great success in the ple.prosperitysocio-economicofitspeoSheassuredthat India will continue to be a reliable partner in the developmental journey of Bangladesh. She also expressed confidence that with this visit, the relations between the two coun tries will further ma ture and develop. After meeting Presi dent, Hasina called on VP Dhankhar and both sides reiterated the shared commitment to take the relationship forward for the benefit of the people of both countries.“Recalling the cele brations last year for the golden jubilee of Bang ladesh’s independence, 50 years of diplomatic relations and Mujib Bor sho, the Vice President appreciated the warmth and trust between the two countries,” Vice President tweeted.
New Delhi (PTI): Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Tuesday met his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal on the second day of his visit to the national capital with an aim to unify the Opposition in run up to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia and JD(U) leader Sanjay Jha were also present in the meeting. Taking to a microblogging site, Arvind Kejriwal added, “Many thanks to Nitish Ji for visiting my house. Many serious topics related to the country were discussed...”
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to have a discussion with the chief secretaries of the states where FIRs under Section 66A of the Information Technology (IT) Act were being registered despite the provision being scrapped by it in 2015. The court asked chief secretaries of all states to take remedial measures to tackle the continued use of section 66A of the IT Act. The apex court was hearing a pe tition filed by the NGO Peoples Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) which highlighted the issue of Section 66A of the IT Act being invoked despite the judgment of the top court. Under section 66A of the IT Act, which was scrapped by the top court in 2015, a person posting offensive messages could be imprisoned for up to three years and also fined.
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Sharat K Verma New Delhi: Congress leaders are making all kinds of speculations as to who prepared the draft of the letter that Ghulam Nabi Azad wrote to Sonia Gandhi when he left the Con gress? Party veteran and general secretary Digvijay Singh said that he has known Azad for decades, whatever is written in the letter is not Azad’s language. However, he did not an swer as to whose lan guage it was or from whom Azad got the let ter written and sent to the Congress President. He does not even have an answer that the letter may have been written by someone else, but whatever Azad is saying in interviews in the me dia, whether it is his lan guage or his thinking, what will be said about it? His language on tele vision is also similar to the language of letters.
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Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar meets Sheikh Hasina, in New Delhi on Tuesday. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi met Sheikh Hasina, the AICC said.
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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar with CPI(M)) leader Sitaram Yechury addresses the media after their meeting, at party office, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
“If different parties come together it will be a huge thing,” says Bihar CM indicating at the Opposition unity for 2024 Lok Sabha polls New Delhi (ANI): Bi har Chief Minister Nit ish Kumar on Tuesday met CPM leader Sitar am Yechury at his office. Nitish Kumar denied speculation on his Prime Ministerial can didature, saying that “I am not even a claimant, I don’t even desire it.” “We are together, that is why I am coming here”, said Nitish on meeting CPM leader Yechury. “If different parties come together it will be a hugeWhilething.”addressing the media today, Nitish Ku mar said, “We have dis cussed that if the Left parties, regional par ties in different states, and Congress come to gether then it will be a huge thing.” On Monday, Nitish met Congress leader Ra hul Gandhi in the na tional capital and dis cussed the strategy for the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha polls and the pos sibility of bringing like minded parties together. Congress sources said Nitish, who met Gandhi for the first time since his reunifi cation with the Maha gathbandhan, of which Congress is a part in Bihar, expressed grati tude to the Wayanad MP for his party’s support to his Thegovernment.sourcessaid that both parties will con tinue their “concrete discussions” in the runup to Lok Sabha polls. The Bihar Chief Min ister also met former Karnataka CM and JDS leader HD Kumaraswa my during his visit to Delhi. The meeting comes amid the buzz that Ku mar is attempting to project himself as the prime ministerial can didate in 2024. However, he cleared the air on the matter.Kumar, once again in Delhi, called for opposi tion unity and ruled out harbouring prime min isterial aspirations.
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New Delhi: The UP govt has told the apex court that Kerala journalist Sidhique Kappan, arrested under the UAPA, had “close links” and “deep nexus” with extremist organisation, Popular Front of India (PFI). It cited WhatsApp chats to estab lish the petitioner’s link with the PFI and CFI, and investigation demonstrated links of Kappan with terror funding/planning with PFI/ CFI (Campus Front of India, PFI’s student wing).
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Delhi (ANI): Priyanka Gandhi Vadhra, the Con gress general secretary, on Tuesday said that through ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ people will be united on issues like in flation, unemployment among other matters of public importance. “We are starting a positive politics. We want to hear from you, we want to solve your problems. We want to unite our beloved coun try. Let’s unite India to gether,” Priyanka said in a Facebook video. Politics today has turned a blind eye to wards people and their issues, she PriyankaofproblemswantThroughpleblindticsenttry,thetoday“Politicaladded.discussionisn’tfocusingonpeopleofthecounithastakenadifferturnaltogether.Politodayhasturnedaeyetowardspeoandtheirissues.this‘yatra’wetobringouttheandconcernsthecommonman,”said.Sheleaderurgedpeo ple to join the ‘yatra,’ adding that people should unite to make the country prosperous. She said those who want to curate a song, poetry, or slogan can up load it using the hashtag ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’.
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However, Congress leaders had chosen two names earlier. A senior Congress leader said in an informal conversa tion that either Kapil Sibal or Anand Sharma has drafted the letter. But there is a group of Con gress leaders who be lieve that this letter has been drafted from BJP. The things that are most publicized in social me dia by the BJP’s IT cell or the things that are said for Congress and Rahul Gandhi, all the things have been written in Azad’s letter. It was the BJP that started the practice of describing Rahul as immature, childish or a leader who was forced into politics. Those same things are said about him in Azad’s letter as well. Congress leaders are speculating as to who wrote the let ter, while Azad is prov ing that whatever is writ ten in the letter is actu ally his point.
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New Delhi: The Delhi HC on Tuesday granted bail to Joint Drug Controller of the Cen tral Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) and a Biocon Biologics executive in a Rs 9 lakh bribery case. The court allowed the bail petitions of three persons namely S Eswara Reddy (Joint Drug Controller, CDSCO, New Delhi), Dr L Praveen Kumar, (Associate Vice Prez) and Dinesh Dua (Director, M/s Synergy Net work India Pvt Ltd, Delhi).
BAIL GIVEN TO AMIT RAUT SUPREME COURT DEFERS
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has found no ground in the Central Bureau of India’s (CBI) plea seeking to quash aside of the order of the trial Court which had granted interim bail to Ajay Ramesh Nawandar, arrested in connection with an alleged bank fraud of Rs 34,615 crore by Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL) on medical ground.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing on the matter related to the amendments in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) rules. A bench of justice DY Chandrachud adjourned the matter for hearing on Thursday. The court was hearing the matter of changing BCCI rules relating to the “cooling off” period for the President, secretary and other office bearers.
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New Delhi (ANI): Former Bihar Deputy CM and Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday alleged that the state’s CM Nitish Kumar is on a political tour in the national capital while the people of Bihar have been facing a flood. In a conversation with ANI, Sushil Modi said that Bihar is drowning in floods and the Chief Minister has arrived National Capital on political Tourism. He counted the previous arrivals of the CMs of other states to Delhi by mentioning that before this, Telangana CM K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) travelled to six states while West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee also camped in Delhi many times. “Now Nitish ji has come, the Lok Sabha election is approaching so Nitish Kumar has come to Delhi on political tourism,” he said.
Lucknow: Veteran Congress leaders in UP have neither been informed nor invited to join Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, from Kanyaku mari to Kashmir, that begins on Wednesday. The UP contingent mainly includes Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s per sonal secy Sandip Singh, Am ethi Seva Dal prez Ram Baran Kashyap, UPCC minority dept chairman Shahnawaz Alam, UPCC Fishermen Congress chairman Devendra Nishad and UPCC secy (Unnao incharge) Pratibha Atal Pal.
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Speculations in Uttar Pradesh bureaucracy over next DGP Ahtesham Siddiqui
1 DACOIT KILLED, 2 HELD IN ENCOUNTERDHANBAD Jharkhand (Agencies): The police in an encounter gunned down a dacoit on Dhanbad's Bank More road and arrested two others. The dacoit with four of his acoomplices had planned to loot the Muthoot Fin corp office on the street. The incident happened on Tuesday, September 6 morning. According to the reports the dacoits allegedly came disguised as the employees of a corporate firm and entered the premises around 10 am.
7th PAY COMMISSION FOR STATE GOVT STAFF WILL BE SET UP New Delhi (Agencies): The wait for the Central government employees is likely to get over as they are expected to receive their Dearness Allowance under the 7th Pay Com mission. Reports say that an announcement is likely to be made soon and CG employees will get their DA by the end of this month. If the employees get their DA by the end of this month it would be a perfect Navratri gift. Many anticipate that the announcement would be made y September 28.
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MINs CONGDURINGSLEEPINGREVIEWMOCKS Bengaluru (Agencies): The Karnataka Congress mocked BJP leader and state minister R Ashoka by sharing pics where he was caught napping during a meeting to re view the flood situation in the state. In the im age shared by Karnataka Congress, Ashok can be seen with his eyes shut during a meeting chaired by CM Basava raja Bommai. “There are many types of drowning. People of the state are drowned in rain. The minister is drowning in his sleep,” tweeted Karnataka Congress. ‘EXAMS CAUSE OF ANXIETY AMONG STUDENTS’
New Delhi: While studies, examination and results are major causes of anxiety among school students, over 33% comply with peer pressure most of the times, a survey on mental health and well-being of students by NCERT said. The survey reported that at least 73% students are satisfied with their school life, while over 45% students are not satisfied with their body image.
Students were taken to nearby government hospital on Tuesday.
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CRUCIAL READ 53RD IFFI IN GOA: MIB INVITES ENTRIES FOR '75 CREATIVE MINDS OF TOMORROW' New Delhi (Agencies): The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting accepted entries for ’75 Creative Minds of Tomorrow’ on Monday, with the goal of identifying, encouraging, and nurturing young creative talents from diverse fields of filmmaking. The project, which is in its second year, is an annual forum at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which is held in Goa. It was released in 2021 as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to commemorate India’s 75th year of independence. According to an official statement from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
OFFICIALS OF QUAD NATIONS MEET OVER TWO DAYS New Delhi (PTI): Senior officials of the Quad grouping comprising India, Japan, the US and Australia held deliberations here for two days, their first meeting since the standoff over Taiwan. Vani Rao, Joint Secretary (Americas) in the Ministry of External Affairs, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Donald Lu, Deputy Minister for Foreign Policy of Japan Keiichi Ichikawa, and Australia’s Deputy Sec retary Justin Hayhurst took part in the meeting.
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Jammu (Agencies): Former Chief Minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday claimed that non-local labour ers and security forces personnel were being enlisted as voters in north Kashmir’s Baramulla.
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Bengaluru (Agen cies): Electrocution has claimed yet another life in Bengaluru, this time that of a 23-year-old woman who became a victim of waterlogging due to heavy and inces sant rainfall in the city. The victim has been identified as Akhila, who used to work in the administrative depart ment of a school, ac cording to news agency ANI.Akhila was on her way back home from work at around 9:30 pm on Monday, when the tragic incident hap pened. She was trying to cross a waterlogged road in sherushedstantly.wasningwithSheportbydedscooty,WhitefieldBengaluru’sareaonherwhensheskidandgrabbedanearelectricpoleforsuptoavoidfalling.cameincontactlivecurrentrunalongthepoleandelectrocutedinEventhoughshewastoahospital,wasdeclareddead
‘INDIA’S CLIMATE ACTIONS EXCEED ITS MORAL AND LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY’ New Delhi (PTI): India has adopted a leadership role in the fight against climate change with its climate actions exceeding its moral or legal responsibility, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Tuesday. Addressing a policy dialogue organised by independent non-profit Integrated Research and Action for Development (IRADe) here, the minister said on the path to achieving net zero by 2070, most of the growth in the energy demand in India will have to be met with low-carbon energy sources. Last month, India communicated an ambitious update to its NDC, which displays the country’s commitment to achieving net-zero by 2070.
CENTRAL VISTA AVENUE SET TO OPEN THIS WEEK New Delhi (Agencies): Comparative before-after pictures of the revamped Central Vista avenue Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious pet project reveal significant im provements in upgrades.andwider,theNarendraratedavenueatreewatermicro-irrigationwalkways,andstormservices,benches,avenuesandmore.InseriesofpicturesofthesettobeinaugubyPrimeMinisterModithisweekrenovatedareaappearscleaner,greener,withlotsofuseful
New Delhi (ANI): The central government on Tuesday released Rs 7,183.42 crore as reve nue deficit grant to 14 states including Andhra Pradesh, Kera la, Assam, Rajasthan and West Bengal. The Department of Expenditure released the 6th monthly instal ment of the Post Devo lution Revenue Deficit (PDRD) Grant of Rs 7,183.42 crore to 14 States. The grant has been released as per the recommendations of the Fifteenth Fi nance Commission, the Union Ministry of Fi nance said in a state ment.The Fifteenth Fi nance Commission has recommended a total Post Devolution Reve nue Deficit Grant of Rs 86,201 crore to 14 states for the financial year 2022-23. The recom mended grant is re leased by the Depart ment of Expenditure to the recommended States in 12 equated monthly instalments. With the release of the 6th instalment for the month of September 2022, the total amount of Revenue Deficit Grants released to the States in 2022-23 has gone up to Rs 43,100.50 crore, the ministry said. The Post Devolu tion Revenue Deficit Grants are provided to the States under Arti cle 275 of the Constitu tion. The grants are released to the States as per the recommenda tions of the successive Finance Commissions to meet the gap in Rev enue Accounts of the States post-devolution.
CM Shinde to get a smaller piece of the MLC nomination?
Azad meets supporters at his home in Jammu
Jammu (PTI): Several delegations on Monday visited former chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad at his resi dence, a day after he returned from Delhi to a warm welcome by his supporters after quit ting Congress last month to launch his ownTheparty.
Mumbai, (PTI) Cyrus Mistry, the former Tata Sons chairman who was killed in a road accident earlier this week, was cremated in the fi nancial capital on Tues day.The funeral at central Mumbai’s Worli crema torium was attended by members of the closely knit Parsi community, some business leaders and politicians.bIndus try doyen Ratan Tata’s stepmother Simone Tata was also specialatmonenWheelchair-boundpresent.SiTata,92,arrivedthecrematoriuminavan.
CHIP TO BE SENT TO GERMANY, POLICE ASKS, IF ANY MECHANICAL FAULT Mumbai (ANI): After the industrialist and former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry died in a road accident in Palghar, Police asked the car manufacturer company why the airbags in the ill-fated SUV did not open at the time of the accident. Palghar Police asked several ques tions from the car manufacturer company, “Why do not the airbags open? Was there any mechanical fault in the vehicle? What was the brake fluid of the car? What was the tire pressure?”
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NDRF RESCUEDEPLOYEDTEAMTOPEOPLE Bengaluru (ANI): As Bengaluru continues to witness severe water logging due to heavy downpour, a team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been de ployed to rescue people from an dant,Kumar,people,”tractorsBBPMoutserviceteams.deployedinresidentialinundatedsocietythecity.“WehavetwoNDRFSDRF,aFireisalsocarryingrescueoperations.isalsousingtoevacuatesaidJSenthilAsstCommanBengaluru.
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Prayagraj (Agencies): At least four persons were killed and six oth ers sustained injuries when the terrace cum balcony of an old build ing all of a sudden col lapsed near Hatia area under the limits of Mut thiganj police station on Tuesday afternoon. Two of the injured persons succumbed to their injuries during treatment at the hospi tal taking the toll up to four. CFO, however, said that the terrace of the old building had proba bly collapsed due to rains. The identity of the deceased was yet to beLocalsascertained.toldpolice that there was a hue and cry when the terrace of the old building all a sudden collapsed.
New Delhi: Those sit ting in the back of a car and not wearing a seat belt will be fined soon, announced Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday, two days after Cyrus Mistry died in a car crash near Mumbai.
Uttar Pradesh: 4 killed, 6 hurt in terrace collapse incident
Kakinada (ANI): Sev enteen students from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Kakinada, were admit ted to a hospital follow ing HospitalGovernmentdentscomplaints.breathing-relatedThestuwereadmittedtoGeneralofKakinada.“Wehavegivenoxygensupporttostudentsandtheirhealthconditionisstablenowandwehavetakenblood samples for testing to detect the reason, “ said Kakinada collec tor, Kritika tionmonitoringforschoolsamplesinleakage“ness,bleRegardingShukla.thepossicauseofbreathlessMsShukla,said,Nochemicalorgaswasdetectedtheschool.Waterfromthewerealsotakentesting.Wearethesituaclosely.
Mahesh Sharma Mumbai: What Maha rashtra Governor Bha gat Singh Koshyari did has no precedent in his tory. He withheld the recommendation sent by Uddhav bertheirnamesthosestatedeernmenttheandcilofgovernmentThackeray’sfor12seatstheLegislativeCounformorethanoneahalfyearsandinmeantimethegovfell.NowtheEknathShingovernmentoftheiswithdrawing12namesandnewwillbesentinplace.InNovem2020,theUddhav
government sent a list of four names each from the three constituents of the Maha Vikas Aghadi - Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress - to the governor.Theleaders of Agha di also met the Gover nor several times and the High Court also made sharp remarks in this matter but the Gov ernor did not approve. It seems that the BJP knew that sooner or lat er the government was to fall, so why should the 12 seats of the Legisla tive Council be allowed to go to the camp of the opposition parties. Per haps that is why the Governor sat with the list for more than one and a half years. Now it is being told that in the new list that will be sent, there may be eight names of BJP MLAs and four of Shinde fac tion. Think, where BJP was not getting even a single seat and now it will get eight seats.
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Centre releases `7,183 cr as revenue deficit grant to 14 states
A view of the flooded streets, due to Halanayakanahalli Lake breach after heavy rains, on Sarjapur road, in Bengaluru on Tuesday.
Lucknow: A major question is doing the rounds within UP bu reaucracy wherein the babus are speculating on the appointment of next DG of UP Police, in a permanent role. So far, the charge of the acting DGP of Uttar Pradesh is being han dled by IPS Dr. Deven dra Singh Chauhan. Since the removal of IPS Mukul Goyal from the post of DGP, UP govt has not been able to ap point a permanent DGP, so govt handed over the command of police chief to Dr. DS Chau han as the acting DGP. The selection of DGP in UP is to be done by the central govern ment, in such a situa tion, after the removal of IPS Mukul Goyal, the UP govt did not immedi ately send the panel of names of IPS officers to Centre. The main rea son for this was that some senior officers would retire and some would have less than 6 months’ time left in re tirement, so this means that they do not come in the race to become DGP. The UP govt has now sent its file to finalize name of the permanent new DGP of UPSC in September and a sum mary report of 36 IPS officers from DG level to ADG level is present in this structionsDGPthatthecausetakenFinaltosopermanentSinghwantscracysourcesKnowledgeablefile.inthebureausaythatUPgovtIPSDrDevendraChauhantobeDGPinUP,hisfilehasbeensentDelhiinSeptember.decisionhastobebyCentrebesomeofficersatCentreareangryMukulwasmadebeforepollsoninofCentre.
by doctors. Akhila’s family has blamed Ben galuru’s local civic and administrative body Bruhat Bengaluru Ma hanagara Palike (BBMP) and the city’s electricity managing board Bangalore Elec tricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) for negligence and ‘im proper handling of the electricity and other systems’, ANI said. The incident hap pened within the White field police station lim its but it is not yet clear if a case has been regis tered in this regard. Further investiga tion is underway and more details are await ed. Bengaluru saw four cases of electrocution in just over a month in April - May. Summer showers claimed 21-year-old Vasant’s life, who was electro cuted when he came in close contact with a cut wire hanging from an electric pole, while a 22-year-old man called Kishore was electrocut ed as he was walking on a footpath in Bengalu ru’s Sanjaynagar. Two other men, aged 30 and 40, were also killed due to electrocution in thatWaterloggingperiod. and flooding in Bengaluru has put a stop to many daily life activities, causing damage to property and much more.
New Delhi (PTI): Reliance Industries on Tuesday said it will acquire a majority stake in California-based solar energy software de veloper SenseHawk for $32 million (around ` 256 cr). The acquisition of a 79.4% stake in SenseHawk is part of the conglomer ate’s aggressive push into renewable energy to decar bonise its oil and chemicaldominatedSenseHawk,business.founded in 2018, develops tools for the solar industry to help com panies streamline process es and use automation. It had a turnover of $2.3 mil lion in last financial year. In a statement, Reliance said it has “signed defini tive agreements to acquire a majority stake in Sense Hawk Inc for a total trans action value of $32 million, including funding for fu ture growth, commercial rollout of products, and R&D.” SenseHawk helps accelerate solar projects from planning to produc tion by helping companies streamline processes and use automation. It has helped 140+ cus tomers in 15 countries adopt new technology for their 600+ sites and assets totalling 100+ GW.
—PTI ‘CAs SHOULD ACT AS AMBASSADOR OF BRAND INDIA, HELP ATTRACT INVESTMENTS’
PIYUSH HOPES FOR EARLY CONSENSUS ON FTA WITH THE UK
Goyal pitches India to US biz leaders
RIL to acquire 79.4% stake in SenseHawk
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—PTI OTHER STORIES INDIA’S RETAIL INFLATION LIKELY ROSE TO 6.9 PER CENT IN AUGUST 2022, SAYS DEUTSCHE BANK
—PTI Mumbai: States breathed easy in the debt market as the average cut-off on their market borrowings dipped sharply to 7.52%, down 15 bps from last week to the lowest level since mid-May. This is the third consecutive week of falling cut-off, as in the last two sessions the cost has come down by 10bps. At the weekly auction of SDLs on Tuesday, six states raised `5,900 crore, which is nearly 54% lower than indicated in their borrowing calen dar for the week.
San Francisco: With Liz Truss becoming new PM of the UK, Pi yush Goyal has expressed hope for early conclusion of talks with Britain for a free trade agree ment, aimed at boosting bilateral economic ties. “A little bit of po litical changes may have derailed (FTA negotiations) by few weeks, but I do hope (that) with...Liz Truss assuming prime minister ship of the UK, we may now be able to make up for some lost time (to conclude),” Goyal said. Officials in India were looking to conclude the negotiations for the trade agreement by August 31, but political developments in Britain could have slowed the talks a bit.
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‘HAPPY TO NEGOTIATE TRADE PACT’ San Francisco (PTI): In dia would be “happy and willing” to negotiate a trade pact with the US, pro vided America decides to look for a new free trade partner, Commerce and In dustry Minister Piyush Goyal has said here. He said the US adminis tration, as a policy, is not looking at a FTA with any new“Shouldpartner. they change their mind, India would be happy and willing to dis cuss. Without that also, we are engaged in attracting investment, technology, trade between the two countries,” the minister told reporters here. During the Trump administration, India and the US had dis cussed a mini-trade deal to boost economic ties. Goyal said talks for a trade deal are progressing with Canada. “Canada (Minister of Int’l Trade Mary Ng) and I are very confident that we would be done with our early pro gress trade agreement by December,” he said. On the proposed IndiaIsrael agreement, the min ister said: “I still do not think, we have got a good enough deal or a proposi tion that is attractive be cause of small population size and their unwilling ness to open up on servic es...”. With the European Union also, Goyal said, ne gotiations are going on. “There are 27 countries (in the EU bloc), so it will take longer...India is open ing up discussions on nev er-before subjects like gen der, environment, SMEs, labour, and anti-corruption laws. “I am sharing this with you to just tickle and excite your imagination (so that) the American govern ment (can) have a rethink on their new FTA policy. So that they do not miss the bus,” he added.
New Delhi: Richest Indian Gautam Adani’s conglomerate has cited an improved net debt to halvingmoreratioingoperatprofitandthanof loans from public sector banks to allay concerns about it being overleveraged. In a 15-page note in response to Credit Sights report calling the group overleveraged, it said companies in the group have consistently de-levered, with the net debt to Ebitda ratio declining to 3.2 times from 7.6 times in the last nine years. The group had a gross debt of Rs 1.88 lakh crore in March 2022 and net debt of `1.61 lakh crore after consider ing the cash balance.
—PTI Indian Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal at India-US Strategic Partnership Forum, in San Francisco on Tuesday.
New Delhi (Agencies): In dia’s credit profile reflects key strengths including its large and diversified econ omy with high growth po tential, a relatively strong external position, and a stable domestic financing base for government debt, rating agency Moody’s said in a report on Tuesday.
ADANI GROUP SAYS NOT ‘OVERLEVERAGED’, LOANS FROM PSBs HALVED
The Indian economy has higher capital buffers and greater liquidity and as such, the risk from the neg ative feedback between the economy and financial sys tem are receding, the agen cy said. The agency has al lotted a Baa3 rating for the Government of India with a stable outlook.
—PTI CANARA BANK RAISES BENCHMARK LENDING RATE BY UP TO 0.15% New Delhi: Canara Bank on Tuesday said it has hiked the benchmark MCLR by uploansmakethata0.15%,tomovewill costlier. The revised marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (MCLR) across various tenors would be effective from Wednesday, the lender said in a regulatory filing. The bench mark one-year MCLR will be 7.75% against the existing rate of 7.65%. The one-year rate is used to fix most consumer loans such as auto, personal and home loans. The hike is in line with other peers following RBI raising its key lending rate last month.
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New Delhi: India added 1.3 gigawatts of open ac cess solar capacity in the January-June period of this year, registering a year-on-year growth of 97%, according to Mer com India. For the quarter ended June, open access solar installations wit nessed over 3-fold in crease to 680 megawatt. Solar power through open access is an arrangement where a power producer establishes a solar power plant to supply green en ergy to consumers.
India’s economy has high potential:growthMoody’sMarkets settle modestly lower in volatile trade on Tuesday
CAD to widen to 5% in Q2, 3.5% in FY23: Icra
San Francisco: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has pitched India as the best investment destination, saying the time is “just ripe” to engage in areas of mutual interests of India and the US. “There are many competitive advantages that the US-India relation has to offer. The resilience of our supply chains and the way talent India has provided to the US and investments the US has provided to India, all of these cumula tively make a very good business case,” he said. He added that India provides best investment opp. “It is a destination you cannot miss. It is a market of a billion plus aspirations.”
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—PTI INDIA PROVIDES BEST OPPORTUNITY:INVESTMENTMIN
—PTI 16 STATES ONBOARD NATIONAL SINGLE WINDOW SYSTEM
The agency expects In dia’s economic environ ment to allow for a gradual narrowing in the general government fiscal deficit over the next few years, avoiding further deteriora tion in the sovereign credit profile. However, the risks from a higher debt burden and weak debt affordabili ty persist.
` FALLS 2 PAISE TO 79.80 AGAINST USD Mumbai: The rupee declined by 2 paise to close at 79.80 (provi sional) against the US dollar on Tuesday amid a lacklustre trend in domestic equities. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the domestic currency opened at 79.80 per dollar. It hovered in a range of 79.80 to 79.91 during the session. The domestic unit finally settled at 79.80, down 2 paise over its previ ous close of 79.78. “Rupee traded in a narrow range and volatility was low as most market participants were on the sidelines following the U.S. market holiday,” said Gaurang Somaiya, Forex & Bullion Analyst, Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.10% higher at 109.64. Foreign institutional investors were net sellers in the capital market on Monday as they offloaded shares worth ₹811.75 crore, as per exchange data. —PTI
“Should they (US admins) change their mind, India would be happy and willing to discuss. Without that also, we are engaged in attracting investment, technology, trade between the two countries” z “Canada (Minister of Int’l Trade Mary Ng) and I are very confident that we would be done with our early progress trade agreement by Dec” z India is negotiating all these trade pacts to boost the country’s exports and create jobs in the domestic market
San Francisco: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has suggested Indian chartered accountants here to act as ambassadors of ‘Brand India’ and help New Delhi attract investments. Addressing members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), he said India will become a $30 trillion economy in next 30 years. India is currently a $3.3 trillion economy. Suggesting four “call to action” for Indian chartered accountants overseas, Goyal said they can play a role to help expand investments coming into India and contribute to the economic growth. “You can all present tremendous invest ment opportunities in India to international clients. In a way work as a bridge between India and the US or other parts of the world where CAs have located themselves,” Goyal said. “You (chartered account ants) can be ambassadors to ‘Brand India’,” he said, and asked them to use ‘Made in India’ products so as to showcase the vibrant diversity of products with heritage value that India offers.
BRIEFS Berlin: A union represent ing pilots at Lufthansa on Tuesday called off a planned two-day strike af ter a last-minute agree ment with Germany’s big gest airline in a pay dis pute. The Vereinigung Cockpit union had an nounced plans for a walk out on Wednesday and Thursday. It would have been the second strike in a week after pilots staged a walkout Friday that led to hundreds of flights be ing cancelled. On Tuesday the union said that the two sides agreed in prin ciple on an extensive package of monetary and structural issues.
AGGRESIVE PUSH INTO RENEWABLE ENERGY KNOW ABOUT SENSEHAWK z Reliance Industries will acquire a majority stake in SenseHawk for $32 million z SenseHawk develops tools for the solar industry to help companies streamline processes & use automation business
New Delhi : India’s consumer price index (CPI) firmed to 6.9% year-on-year in August, while core inflation likely stood at 6%, said Deutsche Bank in a report. India’s CPI inflation data will be released next Monday. While Brent crude oil prices have recorded a steep decline in recent weeks, the favourable impact will be less reflected in the CPI as fuel items account for a very small weight, said the Bank. Meanwhile, the risks to food inflation persist with negative seasonality kicking in for the September-November period, the bank said. —PTI
—PTI STATES’ BORROWING COST EASES FOR 3rd WEEK IN A ROW DEAL WITH UNION AVERTS LUFTHANSA PILOTS’ STRIKE
New Delhi: As many as 16 states, including Odis ha, Tamil Nadu and Bihar have integrated with Na tional Single Window Sys tem (NSWS) so far with an aim to promote ease of doing business, a senior official said on Tuesday. The government in Sep tember last year softlaunched NSWS for busi nesses. It was aimed at providing support to in vestors, including pre-in vestment advisory, infor mation related to land banks, and facilitation of clearances at the Centre and state levels.
Mumbai (PTI): India’s current account deficit (CAD) will widen to 5% of the GDP in the September quarter due to higher merchandise trade deficit, domestic ratings agency IcraThesaid.trade deficit has doubled to $28.7 billion for August due to a 36.8% ex pansion in imports and a 1.2% decline in export earnings.“Thecurrent account deficit (CAD) is projected to widen to an all-time high of $41-43 billion in Q2 FY23 from the $30 billion expect ed in Q1 FY23. It is expected to widen to 5% of GDP in Q2 FY23, the second high est level since Q3FY12,” it said in a note. For the first two months of the quarter, the monthly average trade deficit has trended higher at $29.3 bil lion as against $23.5 billion in the June quarter.
Mumbai (PTI): The Sensex and Nifty closed modestly lower on Tuesday after investors offloaded FMCG, IT and banking stocks in the last hour of trade amid mixed global cues. The selling pressure emerged towards the fagend of the session. After rising over 320 points in intra-day trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex pared all gains to settle 48.99 points or 0.08% lower at During59,196.99.the day, it hit a high of 59,566.67 and a low of The58,974.26.NSE Nifty also slipped 10.20 points or 0.06% to 17,655.60. From the Sensex pack, Bajaj Finserv, Kotak Mahi ndra Bank, Hindustan Uni lever, Mahindra & Mahin dra, Bajaj Finance and Nes tle were among the major laggards.Ontheother hand, Bhar ti Airtel, NTPC, Tata Steel, Reliance Industries and Power Grid were among the major gainers.
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN 16 CITIES, MOST IN PUNJAB, RAJ & MAHARASHTRA
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NO PLAN TO MERGE NEET, JEE, CUET FOR 2-3 YRS: PRADHAN
The way it is, you will have an impact on the world around you, choose wisely. —Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, First India
lll Under the scrapped section 66A of the IT Act, a person posting offensive content could be imprisoned for up to three years and also fined
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External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, Principal Secretary to the PM, Pramod Kumar Mishra, and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval at the exchange of MoUs between India and Bangladesh, at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI New Delhi (PTI): Call ing a “matter of serious concern” the registra tion of FIRs under Sec tion 66A of the Informa tion Technology Act it had scrapped in 2015, The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the chief secretaries of states concerned to take back the cases within 3 weeks. Under the scrapped section 66A of the IT Act, a person posting of fensive content could be imprisoned for up to three years and also fined. Terming liberty of thought and expres sion “cardinal”, the top court had on March 24, 2015 done away with the provision, saying “the public’s right to know is directly affected by Sec tion 66A of the Informa tion Technology Act . Later, it took a seri ous note of the use of the scrapped provision by the law enforcement agencies and issued no tices to states and high court registries. It is the matter of se rious concern that de spite an pronouncementauthoritativeofthis court by which the va lidity of the provision was set aside, the cases are still being regis tered, a bench compris ing Chief justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Jus tice S Ravindra Bhat said on Tuesday. The top court direct ed the chief secretaries of the states concerned to take remedial meas ures as early as possi ble and complete the exercise of taking back the cases in three weeks.Inthe circumstances, we have asked Zoheb Hossain, the counsel for the Centre, to commu nicate with the con cerned chief secretar ies of the respective states where the offenc es are still being regis tered or stand regis tered and impress upon them to take remedial measures as early as possible, it said.
—PHOTO BY PTI New Delhi(ANI): Ja miat Ulema-e-Hind, a leading body of Islamic scholars held a meeting on Tuesday where it de cided to back the Yogi Adityanath govern ment’s decision to sur vey unrecognized ma drasas in Uttar Pradesh. All persons responsi ble for UP madrasas were present at the meet ing. Maulana Mahmood Asad Madani (National President, Jamiat Ula ma-E-Hind) in a press conference said, “Today madrasas are not looked at in a good way. I appeal to the government to un derstand us. We will al ways follow our duty. We are always ready to talk but not with force. We should be given time and we are ready to meet with the concerned au thorities.”Therewas a unani mous protest from all members over interfer ence in the working of madrasas in the state. Future strategy is also being discussed.
PM 2.5 trends same among cities in NCAP and outside it: CSE report
The programme cov ers 132 cities that do not meet the prescribed na tional ambient air qual ityUnderstandards.NCAP, cityspecific action plans have been prepared which include meas ures for strengthening the air quality monitor ing network, reducing vehicular and indus trial emissions, in creasing public awareness,Accordingetc.to availa ble data, National Capi tal Region (NCR) cities dominate the list of most improved nonNCAP cities. Most change (positive or neg ative) is noted among north Indian cities.
Sixteen cities have registered a significant increase (5 per cent or more) in their PM2.5 levels. The 2021 an nual value in Khanna, Jaipur, and Udaipur increased by over 20 per cent compared to the 2019 annual value. Punjab, Rajasthan and Maharashtra cities dominate the list of cities that have registered a significant increase in PM2.5 levels between 2019 and 2021. There are 46 cities not covered under the NCAP but have adequate real-time data for both 2019 and 2021.
Bhanwar S Charan Kota: In a relief for the students preparing for the competitive exams, there will be no merger of NEET, JEE and CUET in the next 2 to 3 years and the students can focus on their dif ferent preparations, Union Education Min ister Dharmendra Pradhan said this among the students in Kota on “ThereTuesday.isnoplan to merge these exams for the next two to three years. Therefore, stu dents should focus on their studies in what ever exam they are pre paring for,” Pradhan told the students. If the merger plan is also made in the com ing time, then its infor mation will be given much in advance, he said. Apart from this, students also raised questions on increas ing seats, increasing attempts in NEET, and the working style of the National Testing Agency.TheUnion Minister also talked about the establishment of a dig ital university in the comingAbouttime.several lapses in the examinations be ing conducted by the National Testing Agen cy, Pradhan said that very less time has hap pened for this system. “While there are many benefits of conducting online exams, some problems are also com ing to the fore and they are also being re moved,” he said. He said that due to the formative stage, some challenges have come up this time too and ef forts are being made to improve the system. Pradhan while inter acting with students said that the Central Govt is considering set ting up a Digital Uni versity. He will also re view the IIIT in Kota. “We built 400 medical colleges and 23 IITs in the country,” he added. Pradhan also praised the reserva tion system and said, “The basic spirit of our constitution is to bring the deprived classes on par with their counterparts across the country.
n Central Govt is considering setting up a Digital University, hints Pradhan n New Education Policy will strengthen young students from the beginning
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New Delhi (PTI): There is barely any dif ference in overall PM2.5 trends between cities covered under the Na tional Clean Air Pro gramme (NCAP) and those outside its ambit, according to a new analysis by the Centre for Science and Envi ronment (CSE). The NCAP is a nation al-level strategy aimed at a 20 per cent to 30 per cent reduction in PM2.5 and PM10 concentration by 2024, with 2017 as the base year for compari son. PM2.5 are fine in halable particles, with diameters that are gen erally 2.5 micrometers and smaller, and are the greatest risk to health.
First India Bureau Kota: Lok Sabha speak er Om Birla on Tuesday said that teachers should prepare the youth for the “Nav Nirman” of India in the changed circum stances.Birla said that the pride and honour of the country has increased in the last 75 years after in dependence and it was because of the teachers who in the midst of chal lenges produced such youth who took the country on the path of development.“Nowwhen we are moving towards the goal of making India a devel oped nation in the cente nary year of independ ence, then it is the re sponsibility of the teachers to prepare the youth for the Navnir man of India in the changing circumstanc es,” he said. The Lok Sabha Speak er was addressing the teacher’s felicitation function held in Bha mashah Mandi campus. Birla
Def Min Rajnath holds bilateral talks with Mongolian counterpart Ulaanbaatar (PTI): Rajnath Singh, the first Indian defence minister to visit Mongolia, met the top leadership of this country here on Tuesday and decided to fully implement the bi lateral strategic part nership based on mu tual trust, common in terests, shared values of democracy and the rule of Singhlaw.also inaugu rated the Cyber Securi ty Training Centre built with India's assistance at the National Defence University in Ulaan baatar and laid the foun dation stone of the In dia-Mongolia Friend ship School, to be con structed with Indian assistance.Onthefirst day of en gagements here, Singh held bilateral talks with his Mongolian counter part Lt Gen Saikhanba yar Gursed and also called on President Ukh naagiin Khurelsukh and Chairman of State Great Khural (Parlia ment) G aimfromtoghDefenceZandanshatar.MinisterSinisonafive-dayvisitMongoliaandJapanMondaywithantoexpandIndia's strategic and defence ties with the two coun tries in the backdrop of evolving regional secu rity matrix and geopoliticalSingh'sturmoil.visitto Mon golia from September 5 to 7 is the first-ever tour to the East Asian coun try by an Indian defence minister.
Supreme Court —FILE PHOTO MAN ARRESTED FOR REMARKS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AGAINST CM YOGI Gorakhpur: A man was arrested on Tuesday for post ing on social media objectionable remarks against UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. He was booked under the IPC and IT Act, arrested, and sent to judicial custody, Gida police station SHO Rahul Kumar Singh said. Accused Bhola Yadav was upset with the change of names of municipal wards, including of the one he lives in.
Bhagwat in Raipur for nat’l coordination meeting
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan being garlanded at a student interaction programme, in Kota on Monday.
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Raipur (PTI): Rashtri ya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday evening arrived in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur on a seven-day visit during which he will attend a national coordination meeting of the organisations in spired by the Sangh, a functionary said. The three-day Akhil Bharatiya Samanvay Baithak of office-bear ers of various outfits inspired by the RSS will be held in Raipur from September 10. It will also be attended by Bharatiya Janata Par ty (BJP) president JP Nadda, he rivedbearersothertatreyaeralRSSthroughhereBhagwatsaid.reachedthiseveningtherailroute.Sarkaryawah(gensecretary)DatHosabaleandnationaloffice-havealreadyarinRaipur,hesaid.
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Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan takes selfie with a kid during a student interaction programme, in Kota on Tuesday.
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Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh with Mongolian President and Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh during a meeting in Ulaanbaatar.
LS Speaker Om Birla urges teachers to prepare youth for ‘nav nirman’ of India
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The magnificent royal fashion show titled, Udaipur Couture Show 2022 presented by First India and Bharat 24 took place at Ramee Royal Resort, Udaipur on Monday, September 5. City First brings to you glimpses of pure fashion from the mega show!
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glance at beauty and royalty was witnessed in the fashion festival Show‘UdaipurRajasthanofCouture2022’pre sented by First India and Bharat 24. The grand Ut sav of fashion was held at Ramee Royal Resort in the beautiful lake city of Ra jasthan on talentsworkingsaidencouragingthechiefgracedJagdeeshMonday.Chandratheeventastheguestandmotivatedparticipantswithhiswords.HethatFirstIndiaistopromotelocalacrossIndia.Thegrandevewasalso graced by MissTeen In ternational 2022 Han Ngo Ngoc Gia. Along with this, JD Mahesh wari, Ma havir Kira di, Face of Udaipur Cou ture Show Neha Paliwal, Saurabh Pali wal and show director Ajay Nair, Praveen Ma hawar were also pre sent among the special guests.Designers from dif ferent corners of the country showcased their collections dur ing the fashion event. The show was em bellished with nine fashion sequences in which designers from Udaipur as well as Jaipur, Su rat, Rajkot, Mumbai and Delhi present ed their garments on the exhibition stage.
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The grand opening of the show was done by heavy bridal Mewari outfits by fashion designer ‘Yuvti by Bhupendra Singh’, where Zee Show fame actress Akansha Bhalla walked the ramp as the show stopper. In the second round of the show, de signer Mayur Patola from Ra jkot show cased a gor geous range and designs of Patola sarees withmodelsuperMonaGautamastheshowstopper.Thethirdsequence of the show showcased west ern and party wear gowns by designer Jenny Agarwal showstopperwithBhavyaJain.ThefourthsequenceflauntedwesterncostumesbyIftesham Khan having Vipra Mehta as the showstopper of the sequence. The next se quence showcased the range of Khadi and Cotton In dian wear by Fine Arts and Weavers from Su rat, Elite Miss Rajasthan 2021 winner Astha Khan delwal walked the ramp as the showstopper. After which exclusive IM show cased Punjabi Bridal and Party wear Salwar Suits on stage with Aditi Hundia be ing the showstopper. In the very next sequence, Ruchi Pathak brought her fusion wear on stage, with Kri tika Swarnakar being the showstopper. In an other sequence, the part ywear and evening gala designs by the students of INIFD Udaipur were glammed up on the ramp in which Divisha Paliwal was the showstopper. Indian le hengas and gowns by de signer Prashant Majumdar were displayed in the grand finale of the show, show stopper Vasudha Tiwari stunned in the finale of the show.Gaurav Gaur, the director of the Show said that they are very thrilled with the response they have got from Udaipur and in the coming days Kota Couture Show will also be held.
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DANCEWORX The Danceworx Acade my was set up by Indi an-Australian choreog rapher Ashley Lobo in November of 1998 to teach dance along the lines of dance institutes overseas and is now one of the most popular places for dance classes in Delhi! Their mantra of ‘You Can Dance!’ in spires people from all backgrounds to learn to dance! PAIPA PAIPA was established back in 1995 and is con sidered one of the old est dance and music institutes in Delhi. At PAIPA, they teach dif ferent styles of dance and music forms and also have different batches for various age groups. Be sure to check these peeps out if you feel like signing up for a fun dance class!
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Later on one after another, I got many shoots. But in this journey, I feel every day is a new beginning. One thing leads me to another from actor to model. What were some of the battles you fought and are still fighting in your journey? As a child and even in my teen age days, I used to get trolled for my Looks, my slim body, my face with pimples and many more things which I can't even describe in words.
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CITY FIRST Delhi-based Har jinder Singh told us that he is been a Traffic Warden for the Delhi Police and also the General Secre tary of the Autorick shaw Union. Having started as an autorick shaw driver in 1964, it has been over 55 years since I have been driving and not once have I got any challan or even been stopped by traffic police. It was a big thing for an autorickshaw driver to be named a Traffic Warden. The autorick shaw that Singh drives is well-stocked with a first-aid kit that con tains all the emergency requisites like bandag es, antiseptic lotion, cream for burns and paracetamol. To ensure that he had the basic knowledge of adminis tering first-aid, he un derwent training him self. Over and above all this, whatever money he makes from driving the auto, he keeps aside some for his family, and the rest he spends on buying medicines for patients who are una ble to afford them. “I make a note of their name, number, and address, and whenever I am in the vicinity, I drop off the free medicines to them.
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MANYA DANGAYACH Dancing is one of the most fun and exciting ways to stay fit or to just shed all your stress. City First brings to you some famous dance classes in Delhi.
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SNEHA GARG Delhi-based model Akansha Dutt shares her inspiring journey with City First Tell me something about yourself. I was born and bought up in Delhi but I belong to Uttrakhand. By profession, I am a Model, Actor, Anchor, Youtuber or you can say, all-rounder Artist. Also, I feed and take care of animals because I m die heart fan of dogs
Swami Khetanchi’s creative jour ney of art has many inter esting facets. He has suc cessfully worked in diverse art fields so far and finally cast an unblemished im age for himself as unique painter-depicting beauty, either of people or places. Khetanchi learnt the art from his own surround ings and associations, from the day-to-day chores and things of utility in life, domestic crafts and art fairs and festivals and from his interaction with fellow artists. Soon enough, he realised that he was neither solely inclined toward realism nor ro mantic. He was rather charmed by the fusion of flavours, lines and colours and originated his own elegant ‘Khetanchistyle.’ He is one of the emi nent and outstanding painters of Rajasthan. He has been honoured with the State Government award, the Shan-e-Ra jasthan award and the Ma haraja Sajjan Singh award.
DELHI DANCE ACADEMY Delhi Dance Academy is essentially a group of seasoned dance profes sionals from around the country - none of whom have been trained on YouTube. Their classes focus on building flexi bility of the body and learning dance forms at the international level all while having fun. Each class lasts for about two and a half hours to three hours per week. You’ll be in the safe hands of pros, so enrolling here is a must!
exhibition curated by Meenakshi Jha Banerjee was organised from September 1 to September 5 at India Habitat Centre. The show was inaugurated by Senior Artist Arpana Caur. The art displayed at the gallery was an extravagant presentation of creative explosions, wildly reciprocating the advent of autumn, festivities and vibrance. The exhibition witnessed the artwork of 14 eminent artists including Sibaprasad Karchaudhuri, Rishi Barva, Dipika Saha, Sheema Barua, Joel Gill, Gouri Vemula, Meenakshi Jha Banerjee, Bharath Sayam, Priti Samyukta Bhat, Supriya Amber, Shampa Bhattacharjee, Ashish Bose and Anshul Gupta.
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Talk to us about your achievements. I worked as a model and Vlogger for a Chinese YouTube channel. I did many big projects as a Real Estate Anchor.
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This was a childhood dream which I never even have the guts to share with anyone as I always thought its just my filmy mind. I love writing so I randomly made an Instagram account. One day one of my known people texted me and asked If I would like to work with him on a song.
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