Jodhpur: Amit Shah will reach Jodhpur on Saturday to attend party’s OBC National Working Commit tee meeting and address the workers at Ravana ka Chabutra ground here. He will also give mantra to OBC office bearers and the entire team on a strategy to win the assembly polls. The BJP has prepared a mega plan to garner votes ahead of as sembly elections next year.
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After clicking pic tures and taking a stroll on Kartavya Path, which was earlier known as Rajpath, the family of five sat down under the shade of a tree in the lawn to es cape the heat.
very impressed," Anita said. "New esbuiltunderpassespedestrianhavebeenandparkingspachavebeenimproved.
There are lawns with walkways, added green spaces and refurbished canals," she added.
SHAH TO ADDRESS BJP OBC NATIONAL EXEC MEET TODAY
New Delhi (ANI): India on Friday declared oneday mourning on Sep tember 11 on the passing away of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. Queen Eliza beth II, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, passed away on Thursday.
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New Delhi (PTI): "New fountains have been in stalled, the area looks brand new and under passes have been built," 54-year-old Anita told her daughter over a vid eo call while taking a stroll in the lawns of the newly christened Kar tavya Path on Friday.
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New Delhi: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has also taken a swipe at Congress over its ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra that started from Tamil Nadu and said that their motive of “unification of India” would have been believed in if the party had abro gated Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir.
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Devotees carry an idol of Lord Ganesh during its immersion procession on the last day of ‘Ganesh Chaturthi’ festival, in East Delhi, on Friday.
Jaisalmer: Union Home Minister Amit Shah reached Jaisalm er in a special aircraft on Friday. From here he reached Dabla South Sector of the Border Security Force (BSF). He will spend the night at the BSF Of ficers’ShahInstitute.willleave for Tanot Mata temple at 9 on Saturday morning. After offering prayers, he will perform Bhoo mi Pujan of the Tour ism Development Cen tre on the temple prem ises. He will then reach the Air Force Station Jaisalmer by helicop ter at 10:35 am and then reach Jodhpur at 11:10
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New Delhi: There was a face-off between the BJP and the Congress over Rahul Gandhi’s T-shirt. The BJP attacked the Congress on social media, claiming that Rahul Gandhi was wearing a T-shirt worth `41,257 on Friday.
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Narendra Modi @narendramodi I had memorable meetings with Her Maj esty Queen Elizabeth II during my UK visits in 2015 and 2018. I will never forget her warmth and kindness. During one of the meetings she showed me the handkerchief Mahatma Gandhi gifted her on her wedding. I will always cherish that gesture.
"We have visited In dia Gate several times. This year, my daughter
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Aquil Ansari (24) from Kerela said, "It is look ing very nice. I had come here a few months ago but it was closed for construction then. I had also visited India Gate a few years back... So many new things have been added." Asked about the government spending Rs 477 crore on the revamped stretch, another tourist, Saurabh, said, "It is not like the money was spent in vain. This will boost tourism and it is looking so beautiful. So, I don't think anyone should have a problem.”
Queen Elizabeth II death: India declares one-day mourning on September 11
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan who was booked by the Uttar Pradesh government under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in 2020 while he was on his way to reach Hathras for covering the alleged gang-rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit girl.
“As a mark of respect to the departed digni tary, the Government of India has decided that there will be one day of State Mourning on Sep tember 11th throughout India,” an MHA state ment said.
Hamirpur: Taking a pot shot at Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra, Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday said that India is already united under the leader ship of PM Narendra Modi.
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“Rahul Gandhi is going on Bharat Jodo yatra nowa days. But India is already united under the leadership of PM Modi,” Thakur said.
"This is the highest court of the land and we want certain dignity to be attached to this court," he told the law yer, who was appearing for a Hindu priest. COUNTER
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Crowds at Kartavya Path near India Gate on Friday.
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poll-bound states like Tripura and Telangana. Vinod Tawde has been ap pointed as General Sec retary in Bihar, while Harish Dwivedi contin ues to be the co-in charge. Om Mathur has been made in charge of Chhattisgarh. More on P6
Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stressed his country will never abandon the nuclear weapons it needs to counter the United States, which he accused of pushing to weaken the North’s defences and eventually collapse his government, state media said on Friday.
London: After the passing away of Queen Elizabeth, King Charles will be officially proclaimed as Britain’s new monarch at a meeting of the Accession Council at St James’s Palace on Saturday.
Kanyakumari: On the third day of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said that he is not totally out of the picture for the post of the party
Rahul Gandhi addresses a press conference at a church during the padayatra on the third day of party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, as party leaders KC Venugopal, Jairam Ramesh, and other party leaders look on, in Kanniyakumari on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
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Aayog has approved Rs 17.67 crore for the Tanot Mata tem ple on the Indo-Pak bor der in Jaisalmer. Docu mentary, weapon exhi bition and photo gallery etc. will be set up by BSF for the tourists.
New Delhi (Agencies): Union Home Minister Amit Shah flagged off the ‘Freedom Rider Biker Rallies’ from Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in the national capital on Friday. Union Ministers Meenakashi Lekhi and Nisith Pramanik were also present there. The aforesaid is the Fit India Freedom Moto Ride which is a pan-India Bike Ride by 75 bikers to 75 iconic locations to commemorate the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav after 75 years of India’s independence.
the Supreme Court to be 'tareekh pe tareekh' court. We want to change this perception.
is in another city so I was showing her what all has changed. It is very beautiful. The work done is great. I am
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New Delhi: India and China have agreed to dismantle and verify the temporary structures and other allied infrastructure created in the Gogra-Hot Springs (PP-15) area of the LAC in Ladakh, the MEA said on Friday. The disengagement of Indian and Chinese troops from Gogra-Hot Springs in Ladakh will be completed by Monday, an MEA spokesperson said.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is received and welcomed by Union Minister of State Kailash Choudhary and BSF Director General PK Singh at Jaisalmer Airport on Friday evening.
appeared impressed with the refurbishing.
Down south, KCR, though a staunch antiBJP force, has his own calculations and may not unite with Kejriwal. Going alone may not work for AAP yet and it will need partners to break through the regional barriers. Who all will partner Kejriwal? And what will be the role of the Congress? Congress is still the most formidable opposition hook but it is still not clear how many parties will ally with the ‘sinking ship’. Kejriwal may not, but some others may and this will divide the Opposi tion. It also depends on how far Congress al lows itself to play the second fiddle for larger interest of forging an alliance to defeat the BJP and how far Kejriwal tones down his la ger than life image.
New Delhi: Row over alleged liquor scam continues as the BJP on Friday held a protest near the residences of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and hisVariousministers.cells of the BJP’s Delhi unit, in cluding those repre senting slum-dwellers, auto rickshaw drivers, senior citizens, apart from party workers
Liquor scam: BJP holds protests outside AAP leaders’ homes
Siddique Kappan’s wife says, ‘Had truth on my side’
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Adesh Gupta, president of the BJP’s Delhi unit, said people were with the party as the “excise scam” that benefitted the liquor mafia at the cost of public money had been exposed. Gup ta led the protest near Sisodia’s Mathura Road residence.Headded that the Ke jriwal government was trying to evade an swers, but the BJP would not rest till Siso dia was removed.
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal eyeing bigger role after 2024.
The high court on May 11 delivered a verdict with one of the judges favouring striking down the ex ception in the law that grants protection to husbands from being prosecuted for nonconsensual sexual in tercourse with their wives, the other re fused to hold it uncon stitutional.However, both the judges had concurred with each other for granting the certifi cate of leave to appeal to the Supreme Court in the matter as it in volves substantial questions of law that requires a decision from the apex court.
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has got bail. We have been running behind this for two years. It is not a small matter that the government and the UP police kept him be
Mamata Banerjee may have her own po litical ambitions and her coming together with Kejriwal seems far-fetched. Nitish may have downplayed his chances of being the future PM but how much space his party as well as ally RJD will allow Kejriwal is uncer tain. Naveen Patnaik’s BJD, once understood to be on the Opposition side, may side with the BJP, more so after Modi placated him by making Droupadi Murmu President. Given the mood of the people in Odisha, it might be prudent for Patnaik to obliquely endorse BJP to retain power.
Opposition disunity is major challenge
New Delhi: CM Arvind Kejriwal may be carry ing high the flag of his achievements in Delhi as a pan-India template for ‘making India num ber one’, but between the lines it is clear that si multaneously, he is also trying to establish his political heft far beyond the confines of Delhi.
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Rescue operation underway after a four-storey under-construction building collapsed in the Azad Market area in Delhi on Friday. At least four people were injured in the mishap, according to officials.
appellants said they are seeking that the apex court decides the substantial ques tion of law involved in the matter. The counsel said both the judges of the division bench of the high court had granted the certificate of leave to appeal to the apex court.“Otherwise also, this matter has to be heard,” the bench ob served, adding one more plea on the issue that was earlier men tioned before it. “Let the other matter come, we will tag all of them,” the bench said.
A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and BV Nagarathna granted two weeks to the Guja rat government to pro duce all relevant re cords in the case. The bench also issued no tice to the Gujarat gov ernment and convicts on a plea filed by TMC MP Mahua Moitra against the release of theEarlier,convicts.the apex court had issued notice to the Gujarat govern ment on the plea filed by Communist Party of
Bilkis case: SC seeks entire record from Gujarat govt
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hind bars for two years. It’s a big deal. Our life, Kappan’s difficulties… this not something that we can forget quickly. Even then, I am happy
Two petitions aris ing out of the high court’s May 11 verdict came up for hearing before a bench com prising Justices Ajay Rastogi and B V Naga rathna on Friday.
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Raihana Siddique, journalist Siddique Kappan’s wife.
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India (Marxist) mem ber Subhashini Ali, journalist Revati Laul, and social activist and professor Roop Rekha Verma. It asked the pe titioner to impede con victs in the petition.
New Delhi: The major hurdle before Kejriwal, however, is not beating the BJP, which is still a nebulous premise, but managing the Opposi tion quagmire, which is more real and in-theface. His abhorrence for the BJP and vice-versa may be well publisised but that doesn’t endear him any more to the myriad regional factions often working at cross-purposes.
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Friday granted two weeks’ time to the Centre to file its reply on pleas chal lenging the validity of certain provisions of a 1991 law, which prohibit the filing of a lawsuit to reclaim a place of worship or seek a change in its character from what prevailed on August 15,A1947. three-judge
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Fri day said it would hear on September 16 the pleas arising out of the Delhi High Court’s split verdict on the is sue of criminalisation of marital rape.
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himself as the future PM. His Make India Number One campaign may have failed, but it has given him greater maneuvering space and operational legitimacy in people’s psyche. He not only poked Assam CM by tactfully playing up his education model as a recipe for improv ing Assam’s scenario and attracted much so cial media currency, Ke jriwal also warmed up to CM Stalin in Tamil Nadu and successfully foisted upon him his re formatory image. These are all efforts in same direction— an imagebuilding exercise.
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“Despite the strug gles, I was able to run behind this, and I was able to do it because I had the truth on my side. I know Kappan is innocent,” she told re porters.“Iam happy that he
sentenced to life im prisonment for com mission of the offences of, among other things, gang-rape and murder of multiple people dur ing the large-scale communal riots in Gu jarat in 2002 on Janu ary 18, 2008, passed by the Sessions Court in Greater Mumbai and the conviction was up held by way of Judg ment dated May 4, 2017, passed by High Court of Mumbai," the peti tion stated. The peti tion said the case which led to the convic tion of the 11 convicts was investigated by the CBI, accordingly, the grant of remission solely by the Gujarat government without any
of the pleas on the va lidity of the Places of Worship (Special Pro visions) Act, 1991. The court also ordered that the matters be heard by a three-judge bench on October 11.
His Make India Number One campaign may have failed, but it has given him greater maneuvering space & operational legitimacy in people’s psyche
New Delhi: Journalist Siddique Kappan’s wife, Raihana Sid dique, on Friday said that her husband was innocent of the charg es he was accused of, and the Supreme Court’s bail to him has vindicated that.
that the Supreme Court has granted bail in the UAPA case,” she said.
ish,” she said. Express ing her happiness over the verdict, Raihana said the top court has realised the hollow ness of the case against Kappan. “I express my gratitude towards the SC. He is innocent and had been lodged in jail for the last two years. Now the SC has real ised the hollowness of the case against him.” Kappan and others were arrested on Octo ber 5, 2020 from Ma thura on their way to Hathras, where a Dalit girl had been raped and murdered.
three women said they had challenged the or der of competent au thority of the govern ment of Gujarat by way of which 11 persons who were accused in a set of heinous offences committed in Gujarat were allowed to walk free on August 15, 2022, pursuant to remission being extended to them.
The plea has sought setting aside of order granting remission to 11 convicts and direct ing their immediate rearrest."Itis submitted that it would appear that the constitution of mem bers of the competent authority of the Guja rat government also bore allegiance to a po litical party and sitting MLAs. As such, it would appear that the compe tent authority was not an authority that was entirely independent, and one that could inde pendently apply its mind to the facts at hand," the plea stated.
New Delhi (ANI): The Supreme Court on Fri day asked the Gujarat government to file the entire record of the pro ceedings in the Bilkis Bano case, including the remission order given to the 11 convicts who had gang-raped Bano and murdered her family members during the 2002 Godhra riots.
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Boosted by AAP’s suc cess in Punjab and some substantial foray in parts of Gujarat, along with positive trends in Himachal and Haryana, Kejriwal is clearly see ing a possibility of a greater national role for himself after the 2024 polls. The Opposition is still disunited and Kejri wal might fill in the gap of a leader who can pull up a coup de grâce to of fer an alternative at the Centre as a non-BJPnon-Congress force.
“We have not got an or der so far; we are wait ing for one. In the ED money laundering case, we have applied for bail. That’s in the Lucknow court. We are hoping that he will be free of this struggletalkingpeoplemanyLikestandthatgled“Kappansoon.”hasstrugalot,somethingwecannotunderfromtheoutside.Kappan,thereareotherinnocentinjail.Onlyaboutmywillbeself
SC to hear pleas arising out of Delhi HC’s split verdict on marital rape
One campaign, yet if one keeps track of the run-up to the 2024 gen eral elections, Kejriwal’s actions show a pattern and a plan in not only their timeliness but also in their impeccable PR projections.Inhisseemingly in nocuous emphasis on spreading the light of education, Kejriwal is only building his egali tarian image for larger acceptance across re gional trappings, an im portant cog in projecting
Kejriwal’s fame has rested largely on chang ing the face of govern ment school education in Delhi. He is now lever aging this to extend his influence in other parts of India. He may yet be subtle in his moves, cam ouflaging his political ambitions with his Make India Number
GOPAL RAI SEEKS JOINT PLAN TO FIGHT POLLUTION
This year, however, monsoon has largely eluded Delhi and this has pushed up tempera
The Safdarjung Obser vatory has logged just 8.8mm of rainfall against a normal of 52.5mm in September
Praveen Saini alias Praveen Hindustani, district coordinator of Bajrang Dal, said, “We met the management of the bar and told them to cancel the show. This comedian has repeatedly insulted Hindu gods and god desses in his shows and
so far - a deficit of 83 perItcent.recorded just 41.6 mm rain in August, the lowest in 14 years. Over all, only 361.2mm of
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New Delhi: Monsoon, as we all know, is the mainstay of the Indian economy and cropping patterns in the country largely depend on the time and intensity of rains, majorly through the months of July and August.ForDelhi, the annual rain bounty may not be directly related to crop production but it has other benefits like help ing the dust of the city
with imprisonment for life or with imprison ment of either descrip tion for a term which may extend to 10 years, and shall also be liable to fine. The court was hearing a case where the accused had alleg edly taken out several two-wheelers from a motorcycle showroom, and set them on fire on February 25, 2020. The court, however, said the accused will now face trial for rioting.
New Delhi: Five peo ple accused of ravag ing a motorcycle show room and setting twowheelers on fire during the riots in north east Delhi in 2020, were ac quitted by a court here onTheFriday.court observed that the alleged act of the accused did not at tract Section 436 of the IPC, which was the only offence triable by a ses sions court. Additional Sessions Judge Pu lastya etc.tentsivechiefwithcourtbacktransferredPramachalathecasetothemagisterialconcerned.ThesectiondealstheoffenceofmisbyfireorexplosubstancewithintodestroyhouseItispunishable
The granite monolith was chiselled to produce a statue of Netaji Bose, weighing 65 MT. PM Modi unveiled the statue, which sits in the historic canopy in front of India Gate.
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(US), analysing mon soon pattern of the past 900,000 years, found whenever CO2 levels have gone up, monsoon precipitation has be come both more intense and unpredictable. Oth er studies also say mon soon is getting wildly unpredictable as green house gas emissions increase.Shortspells of rain have become common, but they neither reduce temperatures nor re charge groundwater.
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deavour" to carve the 28-ft-tall statue of Bose, according to the Minis try of "WhileCulture.the statue's carving was a labour of love, bringing it here was no easy feat. The truck was so huge that, at a couple of places, some toll plaza gates on highways had to be tem porarily dismantled, where turns were sharp, so that itcould negotiate it without the risk of hitting anything or any one,” Mehta said. PTI
rainfall has been re corded against a nor mal of 569.4mm this monsoon (since June 1),clocking a deficit of 37 per cent.
Photographers had a busy day on Friday as hundreds of tourists thronged Kartavya Path and got themselves clicked.
New Delhi: Some of the toll plaza gates on high ways had to be "tempo rarily dismantled" to allow passage to a 100-ftlong truck carrying the monolithic block of granite for the statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose from Telangana to Delhi.Rajat Mehta, director of Delhi-based Granite Studio India, which sup plied the telephone black stone sourced from a quarry in Kham mam in Telangana, said a ‘makeshift road’ had to be built to move it from the quarry to a highway for trytres,tance(NGMA)GalleryblocktowasonofhistoricueModiweighedawaschallenges,"entailedButNetajifrom11-ft-highand280block"Ittransportation.wasamammothofstone,weighingmetrictonnes(MT)32-ft-long.Itwasand8.5-ft-widewhichtheimageofwascarvedout.gettingittoDelhiawholehostofhesaid.ThegranitemonolithchiselledtoproducestatueofBosewhich65MT.PMunveiledthestatofBose,thatsitsincanopyinfronttheIndiaGatehere,Thursdayevening.ThemassivetruckspeciallydesignedcarrythegranitetotheNationalofModernArthere--adisof1,665kilometheCultureMinisearliersaid.
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Though experts at tributed the lag to the development of three low-pressure areas over northwest Bay of Ben gal which pulled the monsoon trough over Central India, the fact is, erratic rainfall has troubled Delhi for long. There has been very lit tle pre-monsoon activi ty in June and delayed onset of monsoon in the region is being seen for the last two decades.
Kamra was sched uled to perform at Stu dio Xo bar in Sec 29 on September 17 and 18. In an Instagram post on August 29, the bar had released a poster, ‘Ku nal Kamra Live’, with the show timings and ticketMembersdetails.of Bajrang
ONLINE DEGREES ARE ON PAR WITH REGULAR, SAYS UGC
As visitors flock to Kartavya Path, photographers see rise in income
Toll gates widened to transport mega stone block
Dal and VHP Gurgaon submitted a memoran dum, addressed to the deputy alsohismocksudatavashowber29Studioisnametensions.anddeitiesmakesKamrashowrequestingcommissioner,thatthebecancelledas“mocksandfunofHinduinhisshow”,thatcouldleadto“OneartistbytheofKunalKamraorganisingashowatXoBarinsectorGurgaononSeptem17.YehvyaktiapnemeinHindudevidevtaonkamazakhai(ThispersonHindudeitiesinshow).AnFIRhasbeenfiledagainst
settle down and lower its high temperatures.
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New Delhi: Degrees obtained through distance and online learning from recognised institutions will be treated on a par with those offered through conventional mode, according to the Univer sity Grants Commission (UGC). “Degrees at under graduate and postgrad uate level in conformity with UGC notification on Specification of Degrees, 2014 and, post graduate diplomas awarded through Open and Distance learn ing or Online mode by Higher Educational Institu tions, shall be treated as equivalent to the corre sponding degrees and post graduate diploma offered through conven tional mode,” UGC Secre tary Rajnish Jain said. The decision has been taken as per Regulation 22 of the UGC (Open and Distance learning Programmes and Online Programmes) Regulations.
A team of sculptors spent 26,000 man hours of "intense artistic en
The management of a bar in Gurgaon has de cided to cancel stand-up comedian Kunal Kam ra’s show, scheduled next weekend, after members of Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) threat ened to disrupt the show if it was not cancelled.
lockdowns had severe ly impacted their in come, people throng ing to Kartavya Path on the first day of its opening on Friday has rekindled hope of a steady income for the
videos. We showed the organisers the videos of his acts on YouTube. Such artistes will not be allowed to perform in Gurgaon and any such insults will not be tolerated. We handed over a memo to a mag istrate and requested to cancel the show as it could disturb commu nal harmony and cre ate a potential law and order situation.”
shutterbugs. Kartavya Path -- from Rashtra pati Bhavan to India Gate as part of the Central Vista Avenue was inaugurated by PM Modi on Thurs day. PTI
New Delhi (PTI): The wealth of a plant protec tion officer facing graft probe by the CBI had al legedly shot from `23 lakh to `2 crore in a span of 18 months resulting in a new FIR against him for amassing dis proportionate assets, of ficials said.
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Bajrang Dal and VHP members said artists who insult Hindu deities won’t be allowed to perform in Gurugram
The CBI sleuths checked the assets of Padam Singh, a plant protection officer at Plant Quarantine sta tion, mandingbookedVisakhapatnam,forallegedlyde `6,000 in bribe, after receiving inputs he had received cash de posit and bank transfer in the accounts of his family members and relatives.Theprobe into his as sets allegedly amassed between December 2020 and July 2022 showed his wealth had spiralled from `23.29 lakh to ` 2.12 crore in the period.
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New Delhi: Put on your glasses and look towards the camera, now make a pose and don’t squint That’s perfect, Hardiyal, a photographer at the newly theclickingwiththeirforbyearnphotographersamongIndiashotcustomerKartavyainauguratedPath,tellsaashetakesaofhimwiththeGateattheback.The41-year-oldisthe130-oddwhotheirlivelihoodcreatingmemoriesvisitorsthroughlensatIndiaGatesomeofthempicturesforlast25years.WhiletheCovid
Noida:The Cyber Crime wing of Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday said it has arrested one person in connection with a Rs cryptocurrency1.84-crorefraud. The Mumbai-based accused was arrested by offi cers of the Cyber Crime police station, Noida, for allegedly duping a Meerutbased businessman on the pretext of investment in cryptocurrency. During the probe, it was found that the accused allegedly misled people across the country on the pretext of cryptocurrency trading through a fake website and cheated them of crores of rupees.
"The stretch from the quarry to the national highway was 'kuccha' and a makeshift road had to be built in a short period of time to move the stone to the high way," he said. As many as 42 tyres of the 100-ftlong truck burst on the way and 72 hours were lost due to this. The truck passed through five states to reach Del hi," Mehta said.
him earlier in this re gard. Iss show ke karan Gurgaon mein tanav utpan ho sakta hai (A tense situation may arise due to this show). It is requested that the show be cancelled with immediate effect, other wise Bajrang Dal and VHP workers will pro test against it,” read a memorandumSourcessaid 6-7 mem bers of the two outfits
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New Delhi: Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Friday wrote to Union Minister Bhupender Yadav, seeking time to discuss and prepare a joint action plan to fight air pollution in the national capital in winter. The Delhi government is committed to providing clean air to people and is working on shortterm and long-term mea sures. These measures are being implemented through action plans for summers and winters, he said. Rai said Delhi government’s ef forts have led to an increase in number of “satisfactory” (AQ1 51 to 100) and “mod erate” (AQI 101 to 200) air quality days. He said like last two years, the government has prepared a winter action plan to fight air pollution. “We request you to give us time to prepare a plan to save Delhi from the possible danger of air pollution in the coming months,” he wrote in the letter to Yadav, who is Union environment minister.
went to the bar in sector 29 on Wednesday and asked the management to cancel the show.
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edgement of Netaji’s contri bution and sacrifices in the freedom struggle. His belief in armed struggle as means to overthrow the British was juxtaposed with Mahatma Gandhi’s pacifist, non-vio lent approach and relegated to the background. But the legend of Netaji and his In dian National Army lived on. Modi had been working tire
QUEEN ELIZABETH II THE END OF THE ‘NEW ELIZABETHAN AGE’
Netaji was of the view that Muslims had played an equal role in the freedom move ment and needed a position of equality in society. The charge against the BJP is that it has tried to usurp Ne taji minus his secular ideas. Subramaniam Swamy’s peti tion in the Supreme Court seeking removal of the words “socialist” and “secular” from the Constitution but tresses the charge.
INDIA SLIPS IN GLOBAL HDI BUT IS IN STEP WITH GLOBAL TREND
This is the image of the Queen that many will re member: an older woman, dressed pristinely, clutching her iconic, familiar handbag. While she was head of state throughout many of the seis mic political, social and cul tural changes of the 20th and 21st centuries, the fact that she rarely gave a political opinion means she success fully navigated the mon arch’s constitutional politi cal
The Queen succeeded to the throne during a period of radical political transforma tion. The Labour Party’s Clement Atlee had won office in 1945 in a sensational, land slide election which seemed to signal voters desire for change. The establishment of the NHS in 1948 as a cen tral policy of the postwar welfare state, promised sup port from cradle to grave.
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enaming of Raj path as Kartavya path is not as sig nificant as the in stallation of Ne taji Subhash Chandra Bose’s 28-foot-high statue of India’s sidelined freedom fighter who envisioned India as a secular and gender-equal country. Ne taji’s statue at Rajpath, where King George V’s statue once stood, removes what Prime Minister Narendra Modi said was the last symbol of slavery.
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been granted independence in 1947, and other countries soon followed throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Although it existed from 1926, the cur rent Commonwealth was constituted in the London Declaration 1949, making member states “free and equal.” The Commonwealth has a veneer of colonial pow er given that it shares a his tory with Empire, and con tinues to invest the British monarch with symbolic pow er. The Commonwealth fea tured heavily in the 1953 coronation ceremony, from television programmes showing Commonwealth cel ebrations. She continued to celebrate the Commonwealth throughout her reign.
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India’s Champion athlete, Subedar @ Neeraj_chopra1 once again excels on the world stage and wins the prestigious Diamond League Trophy for the first time in our sporting history. We are proud of his achievement. Congratulations to him and best wishes for his future endeavours.
As she approached her tenth decade, she finally began to slow down, delegating more of her official duties to other members of the royal family – even the annual laying of her wreath at the cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday, while in May 2022 she delegated her most important ceremonial duty, the reading of the Speech from the Throne at the State Opening of Parlia ment, to Prince Charles.
The Queen is the most represented person in British history. Her death is bound to prompt Britain’s reflection on its past, present & future. Time will tell what the reign of Charles III will look like, but one thing is for sure: the “new Elizabethan age” is long gone
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Congratulations to @Neeraj_chopra1 for scripting history yet again by becoming the first Indian to win the prestigious Diamond League Trophy. He has demonstrated great dedication and consistency. His repeated successes show the great strides Indian athletics is making.
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lessly to hijack Netaji from Bengal and he has finally succeeded in doing that. In the process he has hit the Congress even harder. Call ing Netaji a ‘Rashtra Nayak’ would place him on a higher pedestal than Nehru.
Seventy years later, Brit ain looks very different. Eliz abeth II ruled over perhaps the most rapid technological expansion and sociopolitical change of any monarch in recent history.
Television was a new tech nology at the time, and it was feared that televising the cer emony would be too intimate. Despite these concerns, tele vising the coronation was a big success. The research project “Media and Memory in Wales” found that the coro nation played a formative role in people’s first memo ries of television. Even nonardent monarchists could give an intimate account of their experiences. Social me dia has given the monarchy access to new audiences: a younger generation who are more likely to scroll royal photographs on phone apps than read newspapers.
midst celebratory talk of India knock ing off the UK as the fifth largest economy in the world, comes a slight dampener. The country has slipped from 131st to 132nd spot among 191 countries in the world in the human develop ment index. Health and longev ity, access to education and a decent standard of living, or per capita Gross National Income. This downward slide, as per the UNDP report, is in keeping with the global trend. Still, the life span coming down from 69.7 years to 67.2 years is reason for some concern. On this parame ter, too, India is not alone. Glob ally, life expectancy dropped from 72.8 years in 2019 to 71.4 years in 2021.
Winston Churchill’s Con servative party retook parlia ment in 1952. Churchill spoke to a different version of Brit ain: more traditional, imperi alist, and staunchly monar chist. Such contrasting ide ologies were visible in re sponses to the Queen’s coro nation in June 1953.
When Elizabeth II succeed ed the throne, the last ves tiges of the British Empire were still intact. India had
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Theneutrality.Queen remained an image: indeed, she is the most represented person in British history. The Queen’s death is bound to prompt Britain’s reflection on its past, its present and its fu ture. Time will tell what the reign of Charles III will look like, but one thing is for sure: the “new Elizabethan age” is long gone. Britain is now re covering from recent rup tures in its status quo, from Brexit, to the COVID-19 pan demic. Charles III inherits a very different country than that of his mother. What pur pose, if any, will the next monarchy have for Britain’s future?
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However, following Neta ji’s ideas in their true spirit will be difficult for the BJP.
If Elizabeth I’s reign was a period of colonial expansion, conquest and domination, then the “new Elizabethan age” was marked by decoloni sation and the loss of Empire.
When one looks at the report and finds that 90 percent of the countries have registered a de cline over the 2020 or 2021 HDI values, then the gloom some what dissipates. The report states that India’s pace of hu man development is fast catch ing up with the global rate.
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hen Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne in 1952, Britain was just seven years out of the second world war. Re building work was still ongo ing, and rationing key prod ucts such as sugar, eggs, cheese and meat would con tinue for another year or so.
Paying tributes to the “Rash tra Nayak’’, the prime minis ter said that India would have been better placed if his ideas were followed. He regretted that “the great hero was for gotten”.There’s no doubt that the Congress leaders were per functory in their acknowl
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But the austerity and re straint of the 1940s was giv ing way to a more prosperous 1950s. It is perhaps no won der, then, that the Queen’s succession was hailed as the “new Elizabethan age”. Soci ety was changing, and here was a young, beautiful queen to sit at its helm.
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At the coronation, the Brit ish prime minister, Winston Churchill, allegedly respond ed to proposals to broadcast the ceremony on live televi sion that “modern mechani cal arrangements” would damage the coronation’s magic, and “religious and spiritual aspects should [not] be presented as if it were a theatrical performance”.
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ordination of policies and interests of India and Japan at this time,” Jaishankar endramodiwhichdence“Expressedtweeted.confithatthevisionheandPM@narhavearticu
Los Angeles: Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Friday said that a robust Indo-Pa cific Economic Frame work for Prosperity (IPEF) is being pro posed to be presented soon in the Parliament.
This comes a day after Indian and Chinese troops in the Gogra-Hot Springs area started to disengage in a coordi nated and planned way.
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pions. Speaking on the occasion, Union Health Minister Dr.
President Murmu virtually launches the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan, in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
New Delhi: The SC on Friday issued notice to the MEITY on a plea filed by the Software Freedom Law Centre seek ing direction to the States to not suspend Internet services on the grounds of prevent ing cheating in competitive examinations and for other such routine administrative reasons. The bench headed by Chief Justice of India UU Lalit sought a response from the MEITY asking it to file an affidavit indicating whether there is any standard protocol with respect to the grievance raised by the petitioner. Advocate Vrinda Grover appeared for the petitioner, which is a legal services organisation and works for the promotion digital rights.
Museum of Natural History is a subordinate office of the Ministry of Envi ronment, Forest and
daviya, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar were present at the launch event along with Union Ministers, Governors and Lt. Gov ernors, State Health Ministers, and other dignitaries.Thevirtual event was also attended by state and district health administra tions, representatives from corporates, in dustries, civil society, NGOs, and TB Cham
global issues of mutual interests and concerns, particularly those in the Indo-Pacific and Ukraine. Singh and Jaishankar held meet ings with their counter part from Japan, For eign Affairs Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa and Defence Minister Ham adaAccordingYasukazu. to the MEA, the meeting fea tured a discussion on the progress in defence cooperation as the two sides reaffirmed their commitment to a rulesbased global order that respects the sovereignty.
SC REJECTS PLEA SEEKING SHARMA’SNUPURARREST
the agreement, the dis engagement process in this area started on Sep tember 8 at 0830 hrs and will be completed by 12 Sept 2022,” Bagchi said.
The President also launched the Ni-kshay Mitra initiative to en sure additional diag nostic, nutritional, and vocational support to those on TB treatment, and encouraged elect ed corporates,representatives,NGOs,and
Since then, the two sides had maintained regular contact to build on the progress achieved during the talks to re solve the relevant issues
SC REJECTS PLEA ON VIOLENT‘AGNIPATH’PROTESTS
PM Modi will also re lease cheetahs being brought from Africa into the state’s forests. The big cat species will be reintroduced in In dia after 70 years since being declared extinct in National1952.
tion in India and ob served that a societal approach that brings together people from all backgrounds into a Jan Andolan is needed to achieve the ambi tious target of elimi nating TB by 2025.
New Delhi: The Delhi HC on Friday issued notice to the CBI on a bail plea of Delhi-based lawyer Gautam Khaitan, recently arrested in connection with a case of alleged kick back paid by a Brazilian aircraft manufacturer to a middleman. His bail plea was dismissed by the trial court on Sept 3, 2022. The bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh sought a response from the CBI & a status report within one week & listed matter for
SC SEEKS CENTRE’S REPLY ON PLEA AGAINST INTERNET SHUTDOWN DURING EXAMS
S Jaishankar, Rajnath Singh call on Japan PM to discuss bilateral relations
As per sources of the
President Droupadi Murmu through a vir tual event on Septem ber 9, launched ‘Prad han Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan’ to eliminate TB by 2025.
lated will be realised early,” he added.
Mansukh Mandaviya stated that “the Prad han Mantri TB Mukt
In response to a media query, MEA Spokesper son Arindam Bagchi said the disengagement process in the area will be completed by Septem ber 12. This disengage ment process follows the sixteenth round of talks between the Corps Com manders of India and China that was held at
Prez Murmu launches campaign to eradicate TB by 2025
agreed to cease forward deployments in this area in a phased, coordi nated and verified man ner, resulting in the re turn of the troops of both sides to their re spective areas.
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Wind and Solar. A zerodebt company, it was ranked 132nd among In dia’s Fortune 500 Compa nies (2017) and among the Top-5 organizations by market capitalization in the mining sector.
New Delhi (ANI): In dia and China have agreed to dismantle and verify the temporary structures and other al lied infrastructure cre ated in the Gogra-Hot Springs (PP-15) area of the LAC in Ladakh, the MEA said on Friday.
individuals to come forward as donors to help the patients com plete their journey to wardTherecovery.Ni-kshay 2.0 portal will facilitate in providing additional patient support to im prove treatment out comes of TB patients, augmenting commu nity involvement in meeting India’s com mitment to end TB by 2025 and leveraging Corporate Social Re sponsibility (CSR) op portunities.
Union Health and Family Welfare Minis ter, Dr. Mansukh Man
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Resident Commissioner Arti Kanwar inaugurating the new GMDC office in New Delhi.
Chushul Moldo Meeting Point on July 17, 2022.
New Delhi (ANI): To create awareness among children, the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) and its region al centres are organiz ing an offline pro gramme on the “Rein troduction of Cheetah in India” through ex tensive physical inter action with students in different parts of the country during the campaign from Sep tember 9 to 12.
Climate Change with its headquarters at New Delhi and its re gional centres at Mysore, Bhubaneswar, Bhopal and Sawai Mad hopur in Rajasthan. Under the ambitious project of the Indian government – Project Cheetah – the reintro duction of wild species particularly cheetah is being undertaken as per the International Union for Conserva tion of Nature (IUCN) guidelines.
India, China agree for Gogra-Hot Springs disengagement: MEA
Tokyo: Defence Minis ter Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minis ter (EAM) S Jaishankar called on Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday at the conclusion of the 2+2 meeting between the twoJaishnakarcountries. said that he expressed confidence that the vision articu lated by PM Kishida and PM Modi, will be real ised“Pleasedsoon. to call on PM Fumio Kishida at the conclusion of our 2+2 meeting. Underlined the importance of closer co
Goyal said that India is a big provider of technology services to US companies and a robust framework is being proposed to be presented to Parlia ment soon. “India is looking to have con temporary and mod ern laws in the digital world while maintain ing high levels of data privacy,” he added.
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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday reserved verdict on the bail plea of Umar Khalid in the north east Delhi violence case. Justices Sidharth Mridul and Rajanish Bhatnagar after hearing rebuttal argu ments by senior advocate Tridip Pais for Umar Khalid reserved the verdict. The bench granted Pais two days’ time to file written submissions. The bench will hear the bail plea of Sharjeel Imam from Sep tember 23 onwards.
Bagchi continued that the two sides have
Ministry of Environ ment and Climate Change, the purpose of the introduction is to create curiosity and awareness among the children about this im portant extinct species which will be reintro duced in “DuringIndia.this week, a long campaign will be organised where the re source persons from the museum will inter act with more than 15,000 students across the country,” an official in the Ministry told ANI. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the “Reintroduction of the Cheetah” project at
Bharat Abhiyan is an extension of Hon’ble Prime Minister’s citi zen-centric policies”. He attributed the suc cess of the TB pro gram to key indicators such as TB case notifi cations and consistent efforts that led to monthly notification reporting to reach prepandemic levels by end of 2021.
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the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP), aims to strategically reduce the TB burden in India by 2025, five years ahead of the Sus tainable Development Goals. In 2020, the RN TCP has renamed the National TB Elimina tion Program (NTEP) to emphasize the aim of the Government of India to eliminate TB in India by 2025.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government on a plea of a 17-year-old boy who sought permission to donate a part of his liver to his father.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India UU Lalit has sought a response from the Uttar Pradesh government’s health department on the plea and asked its Registry to communicate the court’s order to State’s standing counsel and Health Secretary, Lucknow. According to the plea, the boy’s father is in critical condition and needed his liver transplanted, for which he sought permission from the top court.
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New Delhi: The SC on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking directions to the authorities to act and arrest former BJP Spokesperson Nupur Sharma for her alleged hate statement against Prophet Mohammad and hurting sentiments of the Muslim community. A bench headed by CJI UU Lalit told petitioner Advocate Abu Sohel said that his plea looked innoc uous but had consequences.far-reaching
The Union Health Minister emphasized that a 360-degree ap proach is the corner stone of TB elimina
Rajnath Singh (2nd R) and S Jaishankar (R) with Japan PM Fumio Kishida (C), in Tokyo on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
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New Delhi: The Delhi HC on Friday sought respons es of the Central govt and three medical colleges of Haryana on a petition moved by five specially abled MBBS students challenging regulations of the NMC. The plea stated that the petitioners who were admitted to various medical colleges in the academic year 2019-20 have challenged the amendment to Regula tions of Graduate Medical Examination 1997.
‘IPEF policy to be presented in Parliament’
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the Kuno National Park in the Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh on September 17.
On Thursday, the De fence and Foreign min isters of India and Ja pan held the second 2+2 ministerial. They dis cussed regional and
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court has rejected the PIL filed by the great grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, challenging the proposed redevelopment of Sabarmati Ashram. Submissions in the case were made by the Advo cate General (AG) Kamal Trivedi on which the court based its order and said that the existing Gandhi Ashram would not be disturbed or be altered. The plea was disposed of then.
along the LAC in the Western Sector of the India-China border are as. “As a result, both sides have now agreed on disengagement in the area of Gogra-Hot Springs (PP-15). As per
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the plea seeking directions to set up a Special Inves tigation Team to enquire about the violent protest that erupted against the “Agnipath” scheme. A bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud said that matters are being heard by Delhi High Court and so do not re-agitate issues now. The court dismissed the petition filed petitioner-in-personby and advocate Vishal Tiwari.
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President Droupadi Murmu urged citizens to work collectively to wards TB elimination in the spirit of Jan Bhaagidari on a war footing.TheNational Tuber culosis previouslyProgrammeElimination(NTEP),knownas
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SC SEEKS RESPONSE FROM UP ON MINOR’S PLEA FOR PERMISSION TO DONATE LIVER
NMNH organises awareness programme for children
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New Delhi (ANI):
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New Delhi (ANI): Amid a political tussle between BJP and TMC in West Bengal, Union Minister Shantanu Thakur on Friday said that the Matua sect of the state has the power to change the political scenario and will play a key role in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Secretary Tarun Chugh continues to be in charge of Telangana. Bengal has found a new in charge in the
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“She should not talk like this, because every politician is a public representative who goes to the Parliament or Assembly after winning and that should be respected, but she takes it as a game,” he added.
Vinod Sonkar who was in charge of Tripura, which goes into election next year, has been replaced by former union minister and Noida MP Dr Mahesh Sharma.
BMC & Mumbai Police about it, the Home Ministry will take appropriate action.” He said that an investigation has been initiated after the order of an inquiry into the matter.
New Delhi (ANI): BJP national president JP Nadda on Friday appointed in charge of various states and union territories including poll-bound states like Tripura and Telangana. Vinod Tawde has been appointed as General Secretary in Bihar, while Harish Dwivedi continues to be the coincharge. Om Mathur who had been recently appointed to the Parliamentary board has been made in charge of Chhattisgarh.Former Tripura
Addressing a public rally in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bhaderwah on Thursday, Azad said, “They (Congress) fired missiles on me, I only retaliated with a 303 rifle and they were destroyed. What would have happened had I used a ballistic missile? they must meetingthem,”usehavedhibrotherRajeev52memberjeevIndiracommentingHowever,disappear.”heavoidedonthelateGandhiandRa-Gandhi.“SinceIhavebeenaofthepartyforyearsandconsiderGandhitobemyandIndiraGan-tobemymother,Inodesiretoevenwordsagainsthesaid.InhisfirstpublicinJammuafter
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Prayagraj: The Allahabad University has taken exception to the reported meeting of two British High Commission officials with students protesting fee hike, saying they “violated protocol”. According to spokesperson, Jaya Kapoor, the two officials of the British High Commission met students on August 29 without informing the university administration, and urged them to avail the facilities offered by the British government.
‘Cong fired missiles at me, I destroyed them with rifle’
The Minister also hit out at the West Bengal CM over her remarks against the action on arrested TMC president of the Birbhum district Anubrata Mondal.
dia’s strong economic recovery from the pandemic and its remarkable advances, especially the incredible success in digitalization,” and congratulated India’s robust economic recovery from the pandemic.
quitting the Congress, Azad announced that he will launch his own political outfit that would focus on the restoration of full statehood.“I’ve not decided upon a name for my party yet. The people of Jammu and Kashmir will decide the name and the flag for the party. I’ll give a Hindustani name to my party that everyone can understand,” he said.
form of Bihar MLC Mangal Pandey whereas Amit Malviya continues to be the co-in charge.
On August 26, in a letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, he resigned from all positions of Congress including its primary membership.
the Congress party”. Nadda, who is on his maiden visit to the Congress-ruled state after assuming charge as
debt resolution and promote financial inclusion,” the IMF Chief tweeted. Georgieva also counted on India’s strong leadership to further strengthen a strong multilateral system and advance IMF reforms.TheManaging Director of IMF, Kristalina Georgieva also met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to discuss India’s upcoming G20 presidency and IMF’s support for it.
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva met PM Modi on Thursday.
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INDIAN ARMY IN DODA DISTRICT OF J&K CONDUCTED GUJJAR & BAKKARWAL MEALS
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Mumbai: Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari visited ‘Sagar’, the official residence of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday and had the darshan of Lord Ganesha. Earlier on Monday, Amit Shah made the first visit to the state after Eknath Shinde took oath as the Chief Minister. He offered prayers at the famous Mumbai Lalbaugcha Raja along with CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis.
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Centre- State Science Conclave on Saturday via video conferencing. His office said the programme is in line with the prime minister’s relentless efforts to tivetherationnationCentre-statewillofcountry,trepreneurshipinnovationfacilitateanden-intheandthefirstitskindconclavestrengthenthecoordi-andcollabo-mechanisminspiritofcoopera-federalism.
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KAPPAN TO BE RELEASED NEXT WEEK: OFFICIAL Lucknow: Imprisoned journalist Siddique Kappan will be released from the Lucknow jail next week, an official said on Friday, hours after he was granted bail by the Supreme Court.
New Delhi (ANI): Slamming West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee over her “Khela Hobe in 2024” remark, Union Minister Shantanu Thakur on Thursday said that removing the BJP from power will “not happen even in dreams”.Earlier in the day, Banerjee said that TMC and other Opposition parties will come together ahead of the 2024 general elections to remove the Modi government from power at the Centre and there will be “Khela Hobe”, a slogan that she had given ahead of the Assembly elections in West Bengal in 2021. Speaking to ANI, Thakur said, “Removing the BJP party
prise people with works being done under the latter’s leadership. He said, “Our fight is against the politics of ‘vanshwad’ (dynasty). Right from Jammu and Kashmir to Tamil Nadu, we are battling against it.” Referring to the political developments in neighbouring Maha that started with the rebellion in the Shiv Sena in June, Nadda said Thackeray’s party broke up because of family.
Shinde: Yakub Memon cannot be glorified, assures strict action
THREE-DAY RSS COORDINATION MEET TO START IN CHHATTISGARH TODAY; BJP'S NADDA TO ATTEND
Focus of these leaders will be to expand party’s base in different states
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JP Nadda being garlanded during a karyakarta sammelan, in Raipur on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
‘BJP to fight dynastic politics with ideology’
The IMF chief also applauded the incredible success of the digitalization of India during the talks with Prime Minister Modi and assured full support for India to protect macroeconomic and financial stability. “As India takes the
‘Bengal’s Matua sect to play key role in LS polls’
IMF MD praises PM on India’s economic recovery
RECOVERY FROM COVID PANDEMIC
Chief Minister Biplab Deb has been given an organisational responsibility and made incharge of Haryana.
Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay
BJP national president, asked party workers to take the messages of PM Narendra Modi to the booth level and ap-
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Bhaderwah: Former Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who recently ended his fivedecade-long association with the Congress, said he only retaliated with a rifle when the leaders from his former party fired missiles at him.
New Delhi: Ahead of India’s upcoming G20 presidency, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday thanked PM Narendra Modi for a great meeting and congratulated on India’s strong economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.Taking to Twitter, Ms Georgieva wrote “Thank you @PMOIndia @narendramodi for a great Congratulationsmeeting.onIn-
BJP appoints state in charges, Tawde in Bihar & Pandey in WB
Nadda also accused CM Bhupesh Baghel of looting people of the state
President Droupadi Murmu being presented the 11th Volume of the Report of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language by Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Parliamentary Committee on Official Language Chairman Amit Shah and members, in New Delhi on Friday.
Jammu and Kashmir: The Indian Army in the Doda district of J&K, conducted Gujjar and Bakkarwal meals on Thursday. As part of a continued drive to ameliorate the lives of locals and to outreach the population in remote areas, the Indian Army, Doda organised Gujjar and Bakkarwal Mela, Horse Race, Medical and Veterinary Camp on Sep 8. With the onset of summers, every year thousands of Gujjar and Bakkarwals from regions as far as Udhampur, Reasi, Anantnag Jammu, and Rajouri flock to the green pastures of Lal Draman and the areas around it.
“Siddique Kappan is lodged in the Lucknow jail for the past few months. He will be released from jail once his bail order is submitted here and a release order is issued as per the Supreme Court’s order,” said Santosh Kumar Verma, PRO at the office of the DGP (Prisons).
GUV KOSHYARI VISITS DY CM FADNAVIS’ RESIDENCE, WORSHIPS LORD GANESHA
while they have a significant population in 70 seats. After the partition of India, a large number of people belonging to the Matua community came to Bengal from East Pakistan which is now Bangladesh.
Raipur (PTI): BJP president JP Nadda on Friday dubbed regional outfits as “family parties” and said his party will fight against dynastic politics in the country with its makingpeoplepeshChiefNaddatisgarh’slegeworkerstionAddressingideology.aconven-ofboothlevelpartyatScienceCol-groundinChhat-capitalRaipur,alsoaccusedMinisterBhu-Bagheloflootingofthestateanditan“ATMof
The Matua community is believed to be the second largest part of SC population in Bengal. Matua voters dominate at least 30 assembly seats in Bengal,
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Mumbai (ANI): Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde said that 1993 Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon is an accused in the Bombay Blast and cannot be glorified after the row pertaining to the latter’s grave pen.acceptbeBombayMemonMemonMumbai,toemerged.beautificationWhiletalkingthemediapersonsinMaharashtra,said,“YakubisanaccusedinBlast,cannotglorified.Wewon’tthisorletithap-Ihaveinformed
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Raipur (PTI): The three-day 'Akhil Bharatiya Samanvay Baithak' or annual national coordination meet of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will be held from Saturday in Raipur in Chhattisgarh, a functionary of the outfit said. The meeting, to be held in Jainam Manas Bhavan near the airport here, would be attended by 36 outfits inspired by the RSS, among them the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, he said. The 'Akhil Bharatiya Samanvay Baithak' will be attended by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, its 'sarkaryawah' (general secretary) Dattatreya Hosbole and office-bearers of these 36 outfits, said Sunil Ambekar, the RSS' 'Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh'.
be built for the industry,”
z On the occasion of World EV Day, SMEV invites all the industry players to come together and work towards strengthening the local supply chain market so that a sustainable EV ecosystem can be created in the country
Most of the digital lend ing apps are not registered with the central bank and operate by themselves. There have been increas ing cases of alleged sui cides of borrowers due to harassment by a few of the operators of digital lend ingTheapps.meeting, chaired by the minister, was held on Thursday and it was de cided that RBI will prepare a whitelist of all the legal apps and MeitY will ensure that only these are hosted on app stores.
Los Angeles (PTI): India and the US will “very soon” hold the next ministeriallevel meeting of the Trade Policy Forum (TPF) in America to discuss ways for promoting trade and investment between the countries.Indiaand the US held the 12th TPF in New Delhi on November 23 last year. The forum is an inter-agency collaboration led by the US Trade Representative (USTR). It is the principal trade dialogue between the two countries. It has five focus groups: Agriculture, Investment, Innovation and Creativity (intellectual property rights), Services, and Tariff and Non-Tariff Barriers.“Wewill be having the next trade policy forum very soon in the US and in the TPF we are hoping to
TATA MOTORS TO ROLL OUT ELECTRIC VERSION OF TIAGO
ASHISH KUMAR IS NEW CFO OF BUDGET CARRIER SPICEJET
The month of August saw the lowest level of in flow since October 2021, when equity mutual funds had attracted `5,215 crore.
Equity schemes have been witnessing net inflow since March 2021. These schemes had witnessed outflows for eight months from July 2020 to February 2021, losing `46,791 crore.
New Delhi (PTI): Strength ening of local supply chains is important to create a sus tainable electric vehicle ecosystem in the country, the Society of Manufactur ers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV) said on Friday.
z Out of total rice production in 2021-22, 111.76 million tonnes were in Kharif season and 18.53 million tonnes in Rabi (winter-sown) season
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On Thursday, the gov ernment imposed ban on exports of broken rice and also slapped an export duty of 20% on non-basmati rice, except for parboiled rice, as its seeks to boost domestic supply and curb rising prices that have gone up by 8% in wholesale market and 6% in retail.
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z According to the data, India’s total rice production during 2021-22 crop year (July-June) is estimated at a record 130.29 million tonnes as against 124.37 million tonnes in the previous year
The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 104.92 points or 0.18% to settle at 59,793.14. During the day, it jumped 431.58 points or 0.72% to 60,119.80. On similar lines, the broader NSE Nifty end ed higher by 34.60 points or 0.19% to 17,833.35.
z From the Sensex pack of firms, Tech Mahindra, IndusInd Bank, Infosys, HCL Technologies, Maruti, Tata Consultancy Services, State Bank of India, Wipro and Axis Bank emerged as the biggest gainers
Industry pitches for sustainable E-Vehicle ecosystem
The net inflows in August were lower compared to `8,898 crore in July, `15,495 crore seen in June, ` 18,529 crore in May and ` 15,890 crore in April, according to data released by Associa tion of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) on Friday.
New Delhi (PTI): Tata Motors on Friday said it will roll out the electric version of its entry-level model Tiago later this month, in a step towards making envi ronmentally friendly vehicles more accessible to customers. The Tiago EV would be the company’s third product in the electric space. Tata Motors has set a target of introducing 10 electric models over the next five years. “Today, is a momentous occasion for us, as we announce the expansion of our EV portfolio further with a new mainstream intervention from the stable of Tata Motors, the Tiago EV,” Tata Motors PV MD said.
Mumbai: Budget carrier SpiceJet on Friday said it has appointed Ashish Ku mar as its Chief Financial Officer. Kumar’s appoint ment for the post is effec tive from September 9.
New Delhi (PTI): Inflows in equity mutual funds dropped to a 10-month low level at `6,120 crore in Au gust on account of inves tors taking cautious ap proach and temporarily shifting of money from equity to debt due the ris ing interest rate scenario.
This was the 18th straight month of inflows in equity mutual funds (MFs) but the pace of in flow has been declining over the past few months.
PASSENGER VEHICLE DISPATCHES RISE 21 PER CENT IN AUGUST 2022 AS CHIP SUPPLY IMPROVES
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New Delhi (PTI): India’s rice production could fall by 10-12 million tonnes dur ing the Kharif season this year due to a fall in paddy sowing area, the govern ment said on Friday, but asserted that it would still have surplus output.
SMEV invites all the in dustry players to come to gether and work towards
INDIAN RUPEE RISES 12 PAISE TO CLOSE AT 79.57 AGAINST US DOLLAR ON FRIDAY
The Kharif season con tributes about 80% of In dia’s total rice production.
z The country exported 21.2 million tonnes of rice in 202122 FY of which 3.94 million tonnes were basmati rice
AIR INDIA STARTS VACATING OFFICES FROM GOVT PROPERTIES
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee appreciated 12 paise to close at 79.57 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday, tracking positive domestic equities and foreign fund inflows. At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened at 79.66 against the greenback. It witnessed an intraday high of 79.47 and a low of 79.66 during the session. It finally ended at 79.57, up 12 paise from its previous close of 79.69.
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The minister held a bi lateral meeting here with USTR Katherine Tai and US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.
CREDITSIGHTS DIALS DOWN ON ADANI GROUP’S ‘LEVERAGE’
From the Sensex pack of firms, Tech Mahindra, In dusInd Bank, Infosys, HCL Technologies, Maruti, Tata Consultancy Services, State Bank of India, Wipro and Axis Bank emerged as the biggest UltraTechgainers.Cement, Ma hindra & Mahindra, Lars en & Toubro and Bajaj Finance were among the laggards.
32 BENEFICIARIES OKAYED UNDER PLI FOR LARGE SCALE ELECTRONICS MFG
The RBI will monitor the ‘mule/rented’ accounts that may be used for money laundering and to review/ cancel dormant NBFCs to avoid their misuse.
Markets maintain winning run for 2nd day; post weekly gains
OFFICIAL SAYS ONDC MAY BE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC SOON
Mumbai (PTI): Bench mark indices ended on a firm note on Friday, ex tending their previous day’s gain, amid continu ous foreign fund inflows and a positive trend in the global markets.
The SMEV urged people to advocate the cause of green mobility among their family and friends to become a part of the revolution.“Aswe move forward with the aim of making In dia an EV hub, it’s impera tive that all stakeholders are in harmony so a solid logistical foundation can
New Delhi: Multiplex op erator PVR has called a meeting of its sharehold ers and creditors on Oc tober 11 to seek their ap proval for the scheme of merger with rival Inox Leisure. This comes after the Mumbai bench of the NCLT directed PVR to call a meeting. “We wish to inform you that pursu ant to the order pro nounced on August 22, 2022 and received on September 5, 2022, meetings of equity share holders will be held through video conferenc ing or other audio visual means on Tuesday, Oct 11, 2022, at 11:30 AM,” PVR informed. —PTI
add further deliverables and newer areas of engage ment being discussed, for which both teams have been tasked to start engag ing with each other,” Goyal told reporters here.
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tion during 2021-22 crop year (July-June) is estimat ed at a record 130.29 mil lion tonnes as against 124.37 million tonnes in the previous year.
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New Delhi (PTI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sithara man has discussed various issues related to illegal loan apps in a meeting and de cided to take a host of meas ures to check operations of such apps, amid rising in stances of digital fraud.
The ministry in April launched the pilot phase of the open network for digital commerce, a UPItype protocol, in five cities - Delhi NCR, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Shillong and Co imbatore. People were al lowed to do transactions in these cities. —PTI
SOWING ACREAGE DOWN
3.94 million tonnes were basmati rice.
Union Minister Piyush Goyal with US Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai during a meeting on November 23, 2021.
Mumbai: Air India has decided to vacate its offices in govern ment-owned properties, and will airlines,Tatawiththemhousejointlyothergroupin
“Loss of production of rice may be 10 million tonnes and in the worst case it can be 12 million tonnes this year,” he told reporters here.
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Hyderabad: Passenger vehicle wholesales in India witnessed a 21% annual growth in August, riding on improved supplies of semi conductors and festive demand, according to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers. As per the latest data released by industry body Society of Indian Automobile Manufac turers (SIAM), passenger vehicle (PV) dispatches to dealers stood at 2,81,210 units last month, against 2,32,224 units in August 2021. Sales across segments rose by 18% to 18,77,072 units in August this year, from 15,94,573 units in the same month last year, Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers said. PTI
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Kharif rice production may fall by 10-12 MT
India’s total rice produc
At a press conference to explain rationale behind the imposition of ban on exports of broken rice, Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey pointed out that the paddy acreage is lower by 38 lakh hectare so far this Kharif season because of less rains in many states.
India, US to soon hold trade policy forum meet: Goyal
Kumar succeeds Sanjeev Taneja, who quit the struggling carrier on Au gust 31. Before joining the Gurugram-based lowcost airline, Kumar was serving as vice president for corporate finance at Interglobe Enterprises since January 2019, SpiceJet said.
New Delhi: An empowered com mittee headed by NITI Aayog CEO on Friday approved 32 ben eficiaries under the
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cluding Vistara, in a modern campus in the national capital region by March next year. Air India continued with offices in government buildings including Airlines House near Parliament House in the national capital, a company statement said on Friday. —PTI
Out of total rice produc tion in 2021-22, 111.76 million tonnes were in Kharif season and 18.53 million tonnes in Rabi (winter-sown) season. The country exported 21.2 mil lion tonnes of rice in 202122 fiscal year, of which
SMEV Director General Sohinder Gill said.
The secretary, however, said that this is an initial estimate based on drop in paddy acreage in Kharif (summer-sown) and aver age yield and actual fall in production could be less as yield might improve in states where rains have been good. Paddy was sown in 406.89 lakh hectares in the year-ago period, the data showed.
strengthening the local supply chain market so that a sustainable EV eco system can be created in the country, he added.
New Delhi: The commerce and industry ministry’s ini tiative to help small retail ers and reduce the domi nance of e-commerce gi ants, ONDC, is likely to be opened to the public soon, an official said on Friday.
ed that development of an easy, accessible charging infrastructure is absolute ly essential for large-scale adoption of EVs in the country.
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When asked about re storing the trade benefits under GSP programme of the US, the Indian minister said :”I don’t think that’s an issue anymore. None of our exports have been af fected by the GSP. So I think that’s not an issue; that we have even dis cussed in recent times, including today”.
z The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 104.92 points or 0.18% to settle at 59,793.14
The monthly SIP contri bution touched an all-time high of `12,693 crore in Au gust and the number of SIP accounts too rose to an alltime high at 5.71 crore.
tronics manufacturing, including 10 for mobile manufacturing, the Aayog said. The Aayog in a tweet said the Parameswaran Iyer-headed committee approved the first incentive for mobile manufacturing under the PLI scheme for large scale electron ics manufacturing. PTI
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New Delhi: CreditSights has dialed back on its lan guage on debt levels at richest Indian Gautam Adani’s group but has maintained that the group’s leverage is elevat ed. In a new note, Credit Sights, said it “has dis covered calculation er rors” in its recent debt re port on two Adani Group companies but these did not change its caseand“deeplytheAugustrecommendations.investmentOn23,itstatedthatAdanigroupwasover-leveraged”may“intheworst-scenario”.
Inflows in equity MFs hit 10-month low of `6,120 crore in August
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7 years after her coronation in 1953, she undertook her first royal visit to India, along with Prince Philip in 1961
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of resolutions calling for opposition unity, as sessment of the econom ic scenario, farmers’ is sues, women’s empow erment, which will be a critique of the Modi government’s perfor mance on these counts.
Jaipur: Born on Sep tember 13, 1960, Ra jasthan’s very own ‘Son of the Soil’ and a judicial ‘powerhouse’, Chief Jus tice of Madras High Court Justice MN Bhandari, will be don ning a new hat in the next few days. Justice MN Bhandari has been accorded a major re sponsibility as he has been appointed as Chair man of SAFMA. Justice Bhandari is set to retire as CJ of Madras High
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The queen was gifted an artistic model of 12th-century minaret Qutub Minar, while the duke of Edinburgh re ceived a silver candela bra, as per rare archival footage of the royal tour. The platform, which now wears a rath er faded look, and the Ramlila Maidan, locat ed between New Delhi and Old Delhi, have wit nessed some of the his toric events that unfold ed in the seven decades since tavya(nowbrationsthetour,theTheIndependence.queen,duringDelhilegofherhadalsoattendedRepublicDayceleatRajpathrenamedKarPath).
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A senior NCP leader said Bi har Chief Minister Nitish Ku mar, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Congress were agreeable to issues raised by the NCP. However, the challenge before the opposi tion was to bring competing parties such as the AAP and Congress, Trinamool Congress and Left parties on the same table, he said.
Court on September 12, 2022 and post retire ment, Justice Bhandari will join the new post where as Chairman of SAFMA, his tenure will be of 4 years. SAFMA includes NDPS, smug gling and Money Laun dering Appellate Court.
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November 22, 2021. Few months later, on Febru ary 14, 2022, Justice Bhandari was appointed as Chief Justice of Ma dras High andwiththeyears,decisionsthathistory.newpointmentJusticeinhasAlthoughCourt.Rajasthanhadalonghistorythejudicialfield,yetBhandari’sapwillturnapageinthejudicialItisbelievedmuchlikehisfairoverthehewillcarryoutnewresponsibilitythesameapproachtenacity.
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II being greeted by father of Kaushik Basu, who went on to become chief economist of the World Bank, during her visit to Kolkata in 1961. —PHOTOS BY PTI
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Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. They also vis ited the Taj Mahal in Agra and paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat in New Delhi.
NCP, which is meeting here on Saturday even ing, is set to adopt a set
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New Delhi (PTI): The Sharad Pawar-led Na tionalist Congress Par ty (NCP) is holding its eighth national con vention here on Sun day to send a message of opposition unity ahead of the 2024 Lok SabhaPawar,elections.whohad sur prised the BJP by forg ing an unlikely alliance of Congress-Shiv SenaNCP to form govern ment in Maharashtra after the 2019 assembly elections, has already appealed to opposition parties to keep aside differences and join hands to challenge the Modi ingThejuggernaut.ExtendedWorkCommitteeofthe
Amritsar (PTI): Sukumar Mukherjee, secretary of the trust that takes care of Jallianwala Bagh Memorial, remembers when the queen visited the scene of the 1919 massacre, pay ing tribute to the dead but stopping short of offering an apol ogy. The British monarch visited Jallianwala Bagh in 1997 to pay homage to those killed in firing ordered by British Army officer. Many expected her to offer an apology then on behalf of her country. That didn’t happen. Instead, an insensitive remark reportedly made by Prince Philip, who accompanied her to the memorial, upset many Indians. But Mukherjee said the visit itself was significant.“I think when she came to the Jallianwala Bagh, she paid respect to the martyrs & also observed a minute of silence. It is not a minor thing that the Queen of a country does that & I think it was more than an apology,” he said on Friday. During the royal couple’s 1997 visit to Jallianwala Bagh, Prince Philip is reported to have tactlessly questioned the extent of the casualties.
In Delhi, the queen was given a rousing re
Queen Elizabeth II had formally inaugurated the institute buildings of AIIMS in New Delhi on her 1961 visit
formed the media. Vaishnaw said that the trial run of the third rake of the Vande Bharat train has been completed and it is a very proud moment for IndianTalkingRailways.about train and track management, he said, “Our focus is not only to make trains. We are also working hard on a track management system to run semi-high or high-speed trains.”
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met NCP chief Sharad Pawar in New Delhi on Wednesday.
‘MORE THAN AN APOLOGY’
Bengaluru (PTI): The Independent and PublicSpirited Media Founda tion (IPSMF), which was raided by Income-Tax officials recently, has said that its functioning is in order and media reports of it having re ceived foreign funds are false. IPSMF chairman T S Ninan said in a statement that the I-T officials came for a sur vey to the Bengaluru office of the Foundation on September 7 and re mained there till this morning. “Some mediahouses reporting on the I-T survey linked it to
criminal mediation. Apart from practising as a lawyer in High Court at Jodhpur and its bench in Jaipur, he also
Lucknow (PTI): Bahu jan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Fri day accused the BJP gov ernment of interfering in the running of pri vate madrassas in Uttar Pradesh on the pretext of conducting surveys and “terrorising” the Muslim community.
ceives the Insignia of the Honorary Order of Merit from Queen Elizabeth II at the Rashtrapati
Justice Bhandari is for mer judge of Rajasthan High Court and was ap pointed as the High Court Judge on July 5, 2007, where he was a Judge of Rajasthan High Court for 12 years and was transferred to Allahabad High Court in March 2019. He was thereafter, appointed as acting CJ of Allahabad High Court on June 26, 2021 and was later ap pointed as acting CJ of Madras High Court on
New Delhi: Queen Eliz abeth II was accorded a rousing reception in 1961 at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan where she ad dressed a massive gath ering in presence of the then prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru dur ing one of her three State visits to India and had also formally inau gurated the institute buildings of AIIMS.
foreign funding and the funding of political par ties. We wish to make it clear that the Founda tion has received no for eign funds at any stage, and has funded only media entities,” Ninan said. “The Foundation believes in its mission of supporting inde pendent and publicspirited media, and in tends to continue its work,” he Accordingadded.tothe IP SMF chairman, the I-T officials went through the papers and records of the Foundation and asked questions.
ception at the Ramlila Maidan, where she ad dressed a massive gath ering of people, with Nehru and Prince Philip also present on the dais. Several thousands of citizens cheered and
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In a tweet in Hindi, Mayawati said, “The complaints of the Mus lim community being exploited, neglected and being affected by riots have been common since the time of Congress, and now they are being oppressed and terror ised by the BJP who came to power by doing narrow politics in the name of appeasement. This is sad and con demnable. “The BJP has an evil intent on mad rassas in UP. The at tempts to interfere in the private madrassas, which run on donations by the community, in the name of survey is inap propriate,” she said.
In 1961, the Queen during the Delhi leg of her tour, attended Republic Day celebrations as a Guest of Honour
These resolutions can be the blueprint for opposition unity, a sen ior NCP leader said. Pa war and top NCP lead ers are scheduled to address the party’s eighth National Con vention at the Talkatora Stadium on Sunday.
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New Delhi (ANI): The awaited train ‘Vande Bharat’ got a green sig nal from Railway Safety Commissioner, Minis ter of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday in
Notably, Justice MN Bhandari, who complet ed his B.Com and LLB & started practising as an advocate. In Supreme Court, he handled cases ranging on issues from Constitutional, Civil, Service and Labour to
NCP to present blueprint for opposition unity
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II during her visit to Kochi in 1997. During her stay, she visited the Jewish Street and also the Paradesi Synagogue situated in Mattancherry
In this file photo dated Oct 15, 1961, Queen Elizabeth II during Indo-British exhibition at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. —PHOTO BY PTI
Shrishti paid gratitude to Gaurav Gaur, the Director of Elite Miss Rajasthan for sup porting her and providing plat forms for her dreams.
She also paid appreciation to her parents for always uplift ing her during the hard times. When asked what message she’d like to give to young girls of her age, she said, “I keep changing my training based on my body and routine. It’s good to change since our body gets habitual if we do the same workout for a long, its a matter of pride that I will get this op portunity to represent my country globally and I am very grateful and excited for this moment.
may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, and how you can still come out of it and Shrishti proved it right when asked about her current schedule she informed “I am on a strict diet and robust work out routine, I usually start my day with high in protein and fats and work in credibly hard to stay in shape. I am a patient of PCOD, so it is very difficult for me to manage weight due to illness, still, the fighter in me motivates me to work harder for my dreams, I keep changing my training based on my body and routine. It’s good to change since our body gets habitual if we do the same workout for a long.”
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slow yet steady rise in the numbers of women in the workforce. Even historically male-dominated areas of work are now seeing more and more women joining and making a name for them selves. Film technicians like Cinematographers, Detective Agencies, Banking, Food & Beverage are a few sectors that have seen a real and re cent spate of women leaders in them, paving the way for other young women to be in spired, feel supported & en couraged, and follow suit. As a society, we need to aid this shift and movement.
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22 Visit a doctor if you have any doubts about your stressDon’thealth.attackeven if you don’t have any. Let
Your spouse is anythingwhosomeonecandofor your happiness. You are opportunist and this will make you successful one day. There may be delays in property possession and it won’t effect you. You are happy spending whole day at home. Help your mothers at home today.
there be no better than this. have more opposite sex friends than the same and you may be judged sometimes but don’t
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love. This divine creature we've been blessed with is our everything, our greatest creation, our single biggest delight. Irrespective of what the world feels. We will love her, protect her, nurture her, free her, expose her, amaze her, entertain her, educate her, be there for her, uncon ditionally.Asanelated father there fore, I want to therefore dedi cate a little poem to the girl child, in the hope that every father will rejoice, rather than despair, if he happens to have a baby girl.
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When my wife and I decid ed to have a baby, while she was neutral, I desperately wanted it to be a girl. How ever, the pressure we felt from within the family as well as from society at large, for the yet-to-be-born to be a boy, was palpable, off-put ting, frustrating, shocking! In fact in these parts, if one does end up birthing a girl, the traditional response is "koi baat nahi, next time"meaning don't despair, better luck next time!
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You need a break from day to tensions and the way to cope up with stress is to meditate. You must create understandingenvironmentanof at home. You will succeed in any sort of examination if you put your heart and soul to it. Promotion can be expected even if other are not.
SEP 23 You are a pro in your field and none can beat you. You give tough competition to people. Many people get inspired by you. You will get special treatment from your dear ones. Take stand where you need to, don’t run in the same direction where everybody else is going. Health remains perfect. PISCES FEB20 - MARCH 20 Spend time talking whatbehaviournow.feelwillpeoplelikemindedwithasitmakeyougoodforBoisterousiseveryone needs right now, do whatever you can do to cheer everyone up. You will feel financially comfortable and infant you are in
he girl child is the world's most pre cious gift. The reali ty in society howev er, particularly in many patriarchal parts of India, in cluding my state of Ra jasthan, is the diametric op posite! It’s a shame really.
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER go of things that are not in your control. want to have your own house and you will work hard to make your dream come true. day will be in your favour.
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You care about you lover but expressinghesitatesomehowin that care. Don’t make friends for money and status rather make friends who will stick with you forever. On social front, you may have to spend some extra money in buying gifts for someone for some specific occasion.
You make sure to make things work your way. Never aresomething.capablesomeonesomeonedemotivateevenifisnotofdoingYoumostwanted
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fit. You may start a side business to earn extra money. You are not a jealous kind and you feel happy for others. You are a very grounded person.
and rightful place to women in general. If as each individ ual we make the same con certed effort, we can be part of a significant, and desper ately needed change. One that has the potential of being transformative and resolving the many social menaces that plague our life and times. We simply cannot let go of this moment in time. To seize the day, and do our bit.
On a more immediate, per sonal note; to my daughter, I promise, both my wife and I the proudest parents, will de vote ourselves to you, abso lutely. Because a girl, is, be yond a shred of doubt, man kind's saviour. With this, I’d like all the fathers of the world to also join me in cele brating the girl child, and ensuring that we always, for ever, recognize their im mense value, nourish, and cherish it.
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n She is the special one n The chosen one n The right one n The equal one n She is god’s own n You’ll never feel alone n You will never bemoan n You will be her king n Never to be dethroned n Your sacred, brilliant, gemstone!
is possible as you miss your social circle. AQUARIUS
With countless initiatives such as Beti Bachao, Beti Pad hao targeted squarely at the girl child, both state as well as private, there seems to now be a real will to make amends for past mistakes that we have, as a society, made. The mood in the country is
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AUGUST 23 You love to live close to your family. Best day to buy gold and silver or any precious metal for sake.investmentYouarea child at heart and never let this child die. You have a big heart and you always help someone if you can. Video
by your friends. You can have romantic affair in office and a serious one. You will invest money in clothes and accessories today. You are a God fearing person.
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The author is a Jaipur-based Communication Skills Educator & Writer kartikbajoria@gmail.com
This isn't something new, unknown, or not chronicled. But it is just something that has upset me so much, I had to write about it. After fret ting and fuming about it for months, I have come to real ize that.... Oops it's a girl, that may be how you feel. But it's my girl. Joyous, beauti ful, gift; a human manifes tation of our
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It is a fact that is plain to see – girls excel in most every sphere of life. From an early age, they are ahead scholasti cally and in every other facet of school life. They have the drive and passion to find their calling and pursue it with dogged relentlessness after school too. But it is at this cru cial stage and phase of their lives that if not everyone, at least allegedly forward-think ing citizens such as we, ought to ‘allow’ our daughters to explore, study, work, and thrive; rather than chaining them with traditional bur dens such as marriage and domesticity.Thereis a
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nanya Panday is one of the most popular actresses among the new bies in B’Town. Apart from show casing her acting potential in films, Ananya also keeps her fans and follow ers entertained on social media as she treats them to glimpses of her life every now and then.
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hilpa Shetty Kundra and Raj Kundra have been married for years now and have two kids. Mean while, Shilpa on Friday shared a lovely birthday video to wish ‘Cookie’, her husband Raj Kundra on his birthday. Shilpa wrote a heartfelt caption where she called Raj “bestest friend” and her “strenghth”. The post reads, “For a million memories to cherish, For all our happy days, For a family to call ‘mine’, For your loving & goofy ways…I’m thankful that you’re my bestest friend, the father of my children, my love, and my strength. Happy birthday, my Cookie… Here’s wishing you more strength, health, protec tion, and all in abun dance… always… #husbandlove #Birth dayBoy #blessed #grate ful #family #love.”
At the end of the film, the makers announced Brahmastra – Part 2: Dev. The VFX of the film is un doubtedly better than what we have seen, but not at par with what was promised. The film seems to be too long and could have been reduced to at least 30 minutes. Well, you will have to watch the film once if you want to watch Part 2 of Brahmastra.
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After engaging posters and a glimpse video, the teaser is out and it promises an edge-of-the-seat thriller. She plays the role of a pregnant woman, who breaks all the norms and is seen running from something. The sus pense thriller teaser liter ally gives goosebumps.
hundred per cent to the film and the director, Ayan Mukerji has also tried to do justice to the direction part but I think he missed out on the edits. So kudos to Ayan Mukerji for trying something different as there are very few direc tors who give it try to make a fantasy film.
Fans of Akshay and Kat rina also love seeing them together on the big screen. On Friday, Akshay celebrated his birthday and on this special oc casion, Katrina penned a sweet wish for him.
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the love story and songs in the film come as a spoiler. The unnecessary dia logues will certainly put
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Some time back, Ananya took to her Instagram space and shared a slew of aesthetic photos from her Italy vacation. In the pic tures, the Liger actress can be seen enjoying her day in the sea. She looked gorgeous as she donned a beautiful printed white bikini.
don’ts. However, she breaks every norm as a pregnant woman and fights against something. The actress
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The actress took to her Insta gram story and shared a bts pic ture with Akshay from their wife.Sooryavanshi,KatrinaATSSooryavanshiDCPessayedMeanwhile,emojisalsobestwaysallyour“@akshaykumarcaptionedSooryavanshi.film,Shethephoto,it’sbirthdayyyyyyyyy,myloveiswithualandhere’stotheyearever,”sheaddedredheartalongside.AkshaytheroleofVeer“Surya”IPS,Chief,whileplayedDrRiaSurya’sSooryavanshiwas
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The teaser begins with the doctor revealing Sa mantha is pregnant and telling her the dos and
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incidents that happened between the Dussehra and Diwali periods make him doubt himself. He feels that there is something wrong with him. The story clears further and it is re vealed that he has certain powers which can make him a warrior. But the twist is that there are cer tain negative energies who are looking for the most powerful weapon in the world, the Brahmas tra. Brahmastra is divided into 3 parts and those negative forces need to join the pieces for the massive destruc tion.This first instalment of Brahmastra is the story of
securing and pro tecting the Brah mastra which is divided into three parts.
Sharing these pic tures, she wrote in the cap tion,
promises another top-notch performance and we can’t wait to see what’s in the store.
The beginning of the film is thrilling and you start expecting a good fastpaced superhero story. But
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the fourth instalment of Rohit Shet ty’s Cop Universe.
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inally after a re ally long wait the film Brahmastra: Part 1 was re leased in theatres. The film is a fan tasy film with a touch on mythology. The story of the film revolves around a boy Shiva (Ran bir Kapoor) who is una ware of his superpowers till he meets his lady love Isha (Alia Bhatt). Certain
you off. The presence of Shahrukh Khan, Nagar juna and Amitabh Bach chan in the film is impres sive for the storyline but Nagaarjuna could have been given some more screen time. However, the second part of the film drags a bit compared to the first half. As actors Ranbir and Alia have given their
locked. According to a source close to the develop ment, Mismatched Season 2 will be released on Octo ber 14, 2022. The makers will make an official an nouncement soon.
atrina Kaif and Akshay Kumar have worked together in several films. The duo shares a great bond of friendship in real life.
Poster of the teaser
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The impact of celebri ties endorsing these lux ury handbags has in creased since 2001. Women aged between 17 to 30 years are majorly influenced by the celebri ties endorsing luxury handbags.
handbags due to their high-end idiosyncrasy. These bags are differenti ated based on their inher ited craftsmanship. The goodwill of these brands across the globe is anoth er factor that influences the purchase of these handbags. Distinctive de signs and styles are an added factor that posi tively influences the be haviour of the customer towards the purchase of luxury handbags.
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Prithvi Sai felicitates the panelists on the occasion
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bag is a com mon tool in the form of a nonrigid contain er. The use of bags pre dates recorded history, with the earliest bags being no more than lengths of animal skin, cotton or woven plant fibres, folded up at the edges and secured in that shape with strings of the same material. In the modern world, bags are ubiquitous, with many people routinely carrying a wide variety of them in the form of cloth or leather brief cases, handbags and backpacks and with bags made from
Manish Kaul and DL Maya
A press conference was organised to promote the movie Jahaan Chaar Yaar on Friday at Hotel Royal Plaza, Connaught Place in Delhi. The event was attended by guests such as the director and producer of the film Kamal Pandey and Vinod Bachchan, Swara Bhaskar, Shikha Talsania and Pooja Chopra.
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dery techniques with edgy modernity, launched its col lection in Delhi recently. The collection is called Tapis Rouge which is an avantgarde, red carpet collection that celebrates grand occa sions. The stellar choice of colours, impressive corsetry, masterful draping and elabo rate embroideries are the ac centuating elements of the designer line. The fashion show ended with the beauti ful Kiara Advani walking
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down the ramp in an elabo rate gown from the collection. The event was hosted by the popular Bollywood Host Man ish Paul, who also wore a DL Maya suit from the upcoming Menswear collection.
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solutions for India’s last mile, underserved com munities. The aim to or ganise such large-scale demo days is to cele brate such entrepre neurs and let others know, that there is a support ecosystem that exists for them, and we are inviting them to utilise the same to maxi mum benefit. From this demo day, 6 of our start ups have received inves
JAHAAN CHAAR YAAR!
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a red carpet event.”
man Tie India Angels, Chairman and Cofounder Raj Angel in vestor Network. The keynote address on the occasion was delivered by Nand Kishore Chaudhary.Kishore shared the nuances of his journey, and the struggles and challenges faced by him during his initial years. He said, "I strongly be lieve that one should fol low their passion. Do what your heart says and if you work with consistency, no one can stop you from achieving the de siredTalkinggoals."about the event, Deepanshu Khan delwal, CEO of Catalyst AIC said, “At Catalyst, we aim to help startups and enterprises who are developing tech-enabled
An exciting panel discussion on 'Inclusive Tech for the Last Mile: the progress we have made and the long mile to go' by leading entrepreneurs Chintan Bakshi, Anand Bajaj, Meenakshi Singh, Dr Preet Deep Singh and Suvendu Rout was also conducted followed by an interactive session with the audience where they discussed on the challenges faced by the handicrafts industry and the artisan communities. Prithvi Sai from Atal Innova tion Mission (AIM) fe licitated the panelists during the programme.
The upcoming seasons will see a larger portfolio for men and women across occasions and seasons and the collection will be showcased in the UAE, USA and andredcelebritiestionsexquisitedippedmanytialSeveralMaya’sHongkong.garmentshaveseenpagandMissDiva.influenstylistshaveatimeintohercollectodressforcarpetsevents.
Delhi-based cop Rajkamal Meena saved a child who jumped into the Bawana canal recently. Meena said that he was preparing for a raid in the area when he saw a bunch of children playing around the canal. That place is known to be unsafe and he wanted to warn them but before he could do so, one of the boys jumped into the water. The boy couldn’t swim so the cop instantly jumped into the canal to bring him out of the water. Had he been late by even a few seconds the boy would have died.
A Delhi-based startup on Microgreens by Swati Jain focuses on growing small and nutritious edible plants in boxes. Jain came up with this idea to make sure that her daughter’s health is not compromised. Microgreens are cultivated as sprouts of fenugreek, mustard, sesame, wheatgrass etc.
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the most important fac tors that will lead to In dia achieving its goal of a $5 Trillion economy. Keeping this in mind, the Catalyst AIC, an in clusive tech incubation centre set up by Krea University in Jaipur under a grant from NITI Aayog, organised the Demo Day of Craft Cohort 2022, at Hotel Raddison Blu, Jaipur onTheSaturday.event kicked off with a welcome note by Sharon Buteau, Execu tive director of Lead at Krea University fol lowed by an Advisory Board Address by Ma havir Sharma, Chair
On the unveiling of the col lection, DL Maya said, “Every collection is de signed keeping in mind the sophisticated and the modern-day woman. The idea is to ensure a woman has several wearable options before dressing up for a grand occasion on the red carpet.”Onwalking for DL Maya, Ki ara said, “The luxury, extrava gance and opulence of wearing this gown along with it being so comfortable makes it easy for any woman to dress up for
India, to take out time and join our event. We will continue to put Jaipur on the global startup map with such events in the future.”
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all our startups for suc cessfully graduating and I thank all the partners who came from across
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tor soft commitments, which is a great number compared to the startup industry. I congratulate
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