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Chandigarh: Bollywood actor Salman Khan was on the target list on instructions from jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who orchestrated the killing of famed Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav said on Sunday. P6
I DON’T PROMISE RESTORATION OF ARTICLE 370: GHULAM NABI AZAD SAYS AT A PUBLIC MEETING Azad said on Sunday that he has not promised restoration of Article 370 in his new political agenda because he doesn’t believe in making false promises. Addressing a public meeting in north Kashmir’s Baramulla town, Azad said, “To restore Article 370 would need around 350 votes in the Lok Sabha and 175 votes in the Rajya
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Goa were seen upset due to the chaos at the airport. The Ministry of Tourism needs to take up the issue with the CISF.
The former leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha said the emphasis will be to struggle for the restora tion of J&K’s statehood and protection of job & land rights of people.
Goa: The apparent mis management in the se curity check at Goa air port is giving a tough time to the fliers. Long queues of fliers were seen at the entry gate of the airport on Sunday pointing towards the fact that the CISF is not able to handle the secu rity management at the airport. More than 100
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“My party will be de velopment-oriented. It’s agenda will be to give employment opportuni ties to the people,” he added. Azad also said he was not against any po litical party, whether national or regional. Azad, 73, ended his fivedecade-long association with the Congress on August 26.
—Ghulam Nabi Azad,J&KFormerCM
15 states go ing to polls in the next 18-24 months leading to the Lok Sabha 2024 in a major
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Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has hit out at former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, by saying that his style of func tioning was responsible for the split in the Shiv Sena.Healso admitted that
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New Delhi: The SFIO has arrested an individual who has emerged as the IndiawhosaidCorporatedirectorsandChineseshellabehindmastermindincorporatinglargenumberofcompanieswithlinksinIndiaprovidingdummyontheirboards.affairsministryitarrestedDortse,isonboardofJillianLtdonSunday.
Ending speculation, KCR says will float national party soon
Long queues seen at the entry gate of the Goa airport on Sunday.
Former Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad along with other leaders waves towards his supporters during a public rally in Baramulla on Sunday.
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taking senior National ist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar on his word was his “biggest” political blun der, adding that in order to take revenge for the back-stabbing, it was important that one lives long.After the 2019 Maha rashtra Assembly elec tion results, Fadnavis and Pawar had taken oath as the state chief minister and deputy CM, respectively, at a hush hush ceremony held at the Raj Bhavan in November that year. However, their govern ment lasted only nearly 80 hours after Pawar
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Maha deputy CM terms trusting the word of NCP leader Ajit Pawar ‘his politicalbiggestblunder’
The former J&K CM said the agenda of the new political outfit would be to struggle for the restoration of J&K’s statehood and to fight for the job and land rights of people.
the BJP’s fresh list of prab haris (in-charge) and saha-prabharis (co-in-
Process involves troops moving back to rear positions & dismantling temporary infra created.
“Only Uddhav Thack eray is responsible for the political debacle and crisis in Maharash tra. His working style is responsible for the Shi va Sena’s split. Around 30-40 MLAs left the MVA alliance and he had no idea about it,” said“UddhavFadnavis.jiused to say in his speeches – ‘You can try to bring down my government’. I said – ‘One day your govern ment will come down and you won’t even real ize it’. And that is ex actly what happened,” added the senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader.
quit.Speaking at an event on Saturday, Fadnavis said that Thackeray has to be blamed for the re cent political turmoil in the state and it was his style of working that led to the split in the
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PM NARENDRA MODI TO ATTEND SCO SUMMIT ON SEPT 15-16
New Delhi: The results of IIT entrance exam JEE Advanced were announced on Sunday with Bombay Zone’s RK Shishir bagging the top rank, officials said.
Ghulam Nabi Azad to announce new party in the next 10 days
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Rajendra Singh Yadav in Rajasthan and Uttarakhand.Theofficials recov ered documents per taining to tax evasion. The raids which contin ued for five days are over now. FIB
L-G approves CBI probe into purchase of buses
Dubai: This is the sixth time on Sunday Sri Lanka have won the Asia Cup held in Dubai They’re only behind India who have won this championship seven times. Pakistan emerged as a winner only twice in the history of Asia Cup. Sri Lanka (170/6) beat Pakistan (147 all out in 20 overs) by 23 runs to win their sixth Asia Cup title.
Uddhav’s style of ops led to Shiv Sena split: Fadnavis
New Delhi (ANI): Del hi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has ap proved a proposal to for ward a complaint to CBI seeking to probe alleged corruption in the procurement of 1,000 low-floor bus es by DTC, sources said.Acomplaint re garding irregularities in the tendering and bidding process was re ceived by the L-G in July and was forwarded to chief secretary Nar
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(free), like my name in ideology and thinking and will never join or merge with any other party.
ot as the chairman of the committee for ten dering and procure ment of buses by the DTC was done in a “pre meditated manner”.
National flag fly at halfmast at the Parliament House as India observes one-day state mourning as a mark of respect to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth ll, who passed away on September 8th, in New Delhi on Sunday.
BJP State President Satish Poonia bid farewell to Union Home Minister Amit Shah at Jodhpur airport on Sunday morning. Vasundhara Raje, Chandrashekhar, Rajendra Rathore, Kailash Choudhary, Rajendra Gehlot, PP Chaudhary, and CP Joshi were also present at the airport.
ShivTheSena.Uddhav Thacker ay-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) govern ment comprising Shiv Sena, NCP and Con gress collapsed in the last week of June this year after Sena MLA
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Shinde was on June 30 sworn in as the chief minister, while Fad navis took oath as his deputy.
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Baramulla: Ghulam Nabi Azad who recently parted ways with the Congress, on Sunday said he will announce the formation of his new political party within 10 days and as serted that its ideology will be “independent”.
Jaipur: The IT sleuths have detected tax eva sion worth Rs 110 crore during in come tax raids on homestateministerpremisestheofoffor
Haal-E-Goa: Passengers face bitter experience at Airport
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is among 15 world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Uzbekistan’s Samarkand on September 15 and 16.
passengers were getting upset in a single queue and it took them more than 45 to 60 minutes to reach inside the air port. Tourists coming to
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New Delhi: Disengagement of Indian and Chinese soldiers from Patrol Point-15 (Gogra-Hot Springs area) in Ladakh is set to be wrapped up by Monday as announced by the two sides earlier, officials said on Sunday, asking not to be named.
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Eknath Shinde along with 39 other legisla tors revolted against the party leadership.
“When our workers went to Dadar police station to lodge a com plaint, it was not ac cepted,” he said.
Sarvankar, however, denied opening fire and claimed his rivals were trying to malign him.
Talavane is part of the Shinde camp, while Ma hesh Sawant belongs to the Thackeray-led Sena.
Mumbai: Maha Vi kas Aghadi allies the Shiv Sena, Con gress and the NCP on Sunday took a dim view of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde sharing a stage with Chief Jus tice of India UU Lalit amid the Supreme Court hearing peti tions of the andThackeray-ledUddhavSenatheCMcamp.
—Suresh Khade, Minister for Social Justice, Maharashtra
CJI Lalit was on Saturday felicitated at an event in Mumbai where Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju wasCMpresent.Shinde, who was also present on the occasion, had said it was a proud mo ment for the state as its “son” became the Chief Justice of India.
The expedition was flagged off by Major General Anoop Jakhar, General Officer Commanding, Agnibaaz Division in Pune on Saturday.
“This is the reason we say democracy is in danger,” he added.
flagged off by Major General Anoop Jakhar, General Officer Com manding, Agnibaaz Division.According to a press statement from the In dian Army, the objec tive of this team will
The expedition, com prising 10 riders, was
A large statue of Lord Shiva is seen at ‘Raj Bhavan’, the official residence of Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, at Malabar Hill, in Mumbai. The heritage tour of the Governor’s House will resume on October 01 as it was closed during the monsoon.
in the state Legislative Council, Ambadas Danve, who was present with Arvind Sawant at Dadar police station, told reporters that onesided action by police cannot be tolerated.
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Shiv Sena Spokes person Arvind Sawant claimed noth ing was happening these days as per norms, rules and law.
He challenged the Shinde camp and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is part of the Eknath Shinde-Dev endra Fadnavis govern ment, to face elections immediately.Let’sface the BMC (Brihanmumbai Mu nicipal Corporation) election now, no prob lem. Resign and face elections. We will ac cept the public man date. Mumbaikars know what we have done for the city dur ing the COVID-19 pan demic, he said.
“Modi is the soul of this country. He is unde featable. (Former PMs) Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Indira Gandhi lost elections in their time, but Modi will never lose,” said Khade.
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Incident occurred outside New Prabhadevi area police station.
FIRs againstlodgedboth sides, Shinde forSarvankarlegislatorcampSadabookedfiringround
After complaints from the two groups, Mumbai police regis tered First Informa tion Reports (FIRs) against 10 to 20 mem bers of both the sides, including local MLA Sada Sarvankar, said anTheofficial.Dadar police also arrested five Sena work ers who were later re leased on bail.
‘Democracy is in danger’
The incident took place around 12.30 am in New Prabhadevi area in which Sena function ary Santosh Talavane was allegedly attacked by Mahesh Sawant and 30 others.
nored. But when the other side complaints, our people are arrested at night,” Danve said.
Shinde had led a re volt against the Shiv Sena leadership in June this year which resulted in the col lapse of the Thacker ay-led MVA govern ment. Later, he was sworn-in as CM.
Mumbai (PTI): Maha rashtra Minister Suresh Khade has claimed Prime Minis ter Narendra Modi is the “soul of the coun try” who resides in the hearts of the people and is “undefeatable”.
be to inculcate a sense of pride and achieve ment amongst all ranks of Indian Artil lery, promote camara derie, leadership and strengthen the spirit of adventure amongst soldiers as well as
a notification.Officialssaid the riders will hold inter actions at various plac es on their way to the national capital of NewTheDelhi.Regiment of Ar tillery of the Indian Army celebrates Gun ners’ Day to mark the occasion in 1827 when the Bombay Artillery, which was later re named as the F Bom bay Mountain Battery, equipped with 2.5-inch guns, was first raised in the British Indian Army.From catapults and cannons used in an cient times to modernday artillery guns inte grated with networkcentric warfare, the role of artillery has al ways been crucial on the battlefield.
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He said after the Ganesh Visarjan (im mersion) celebrations, there was an argument and workers of the two Sena factions clashed aroundArvindmidnight.Sawant al leged that Sarvankar verbally abused the ri val group and fired twice in public. The Sena spokesperson also claimed that police were a witness to it.
Mumbai: Workers of the Uddhav Thacker ay-led Shiv Sena and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s camp clashed with each other in Mumbai in the early hours of Sunday.
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Resign and face elections: Aaditya tells Shinde camp
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Rival Sena faction workers clash in Mumbai, five held
Pune: A motorcycle and trekking expedi tion to Delhi, organ ized by the Regiment of Artillery of the Indian Army, em barked on a journey from Pune in Maha rashtra on Saturday in the run-up to the 196th Gunners’ Day which will be marked on September 28, said officials of the Indian Army.
There was a scuffle between two groups in Dadar in the early hours. Initially, one FIR was registered. Now, an other FIR has also been registered under sections of rioting and the Arms Act, 1959.
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young“Thestudents.expedition will further seek to project the image of the Indian Army and contribution of the Regiment of Ar tillery in various wars and campaigns,” said the state government in
Comprising 10 riders, it is aimed at building sense of pride, amongcamaraderiepromotesoldiers
Aaditya Thackeray
He also said if police call him for question ing, he will cooperate with them.
His effusive praise for the PM came while answering a query on Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Jay ant Patil claiming it was impossible to de feat the latter’s party supremo Sharad Pawar and his kin from Bara mati area in the state.
Jayant @Jayant_R_PatilPatil
Leader of Opposition
Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader and former minister Aaditya Thackeray has dared rebel MLAs who have joined the faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shin de to resign and face elections.
When legitimacy and legality of the ShindeFadnavis government is being examined by Hon’ble SC itself and not only the current state government but also the man heading it can be disqualified, the dais looks rather incongruous.
will take to streets and people will know which is the “real Shiv Sena”.
CJI UU Lalit was on Saturday felicitated at an event in Mumbai in the presence of Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was also present.
Biking, trekking expedition sets off for Del
The state minister for social justice was speak ing to reporters in Pand harpur, on Saturday.
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“If both sides are at fault, action should be against both. We lodge a complaint, it is ig
—Pranay Ashok, Deputy Commissioner of Police
Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant, who supports former Chief Minister Thackeray, demanded action against Shinde camp legislator Sada Sarvankar under the Arms Act for allegedly firing in public at the clashAfterspot.meeting offi cials at Dadar police station following the ar rest of workers of the Uddhav Thackeray fac tion, the parliamentar ian said if those arrest ed are not released and action is not against Sarvankar, his party
Speaking at an event, the Worli MLA hinted that housing, quality education, healthcare, roads, and public trans port will be the “focus areas” of Shiv Sena in the upcoming elections to the Mumbai civic body.The rebellion by Shinde and 39 of the 55 MLAs of Shiv Sena led to the collapse of the tripartite MVA govern ment led by Uddhav Thackeray in June this year.
196TH GUNNERS’ DAY
CONSEQUENCES
A serious case of challenging the legitimacy of the Eknath Shinde government is being heard by a Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court… In such a case, it is improper that Shinde shared a stage with the Chief Justice of India. This is not as per protocol.
Modi is the soul of India. He is there in the hearts of people. He cannot be defeated.
Patil had said the sun may rise in the west but a political de feat in the Baramati home turf for the Pa wars was not possible.
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Apart from Sapna and Arun, tribal students Sachin Arki and Rakesh Podali of Bhamragad also passed the exam with the guidance from LFU mentors.
State to start CM YojanaKisansoon
immediately,” he said. This comes at a time when the BMC is striv ing to upgrade its edu cational infrastruc ture with modern labo ratories and libraries, renovating buildings, and incorporating ICSE, CBSE, and even Cambridge curricu lum.BMC last changed its uniforms in 2009.
Thane: Five people have been booked under the Information Technology Act for allegedly fabricating Aadhaar cards and cheat ing online service providers of more than Rs2.61 lakh in Dombivli, police said on Sunday. The accused allegedly used photos of their friends to make 29 fake Aadhaar cards and used these to buy SIM cards, which they then used to place online orders for 14 mobile phones, a laptop and other electronics. After receiving the devices, they sent back duplicate ones.
During his tenure, for
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There will be no sculp tures of famous peo ple, monuments, or structures. They will feature horses, lions, and cheetahs, instead.
Officials said the new municipal commission er Shekhar Singh will soon take a decision on the“Wematter.have appointed 15 private parties, most of whom are builders. They have been asked to beautify the project on a vertisebuildersyears.tersaid,theferBuild-Operate-TransbasisatnocosttoPCMC,”SinkarTheywilllookaftheprojectfor10Inreturn,thewillgettoadthemselves.
under the Bonded La bour System (Aboli tion) Act-1976, a senior official said.
“We have already in stalled them and have covered them with cloth.
The matter came to light after an 11-yearold girl working as a la bourer died recently, they said, adding that a case of murder has been registered in this connection.TheNashik rural po lice have so far rescued eight such children from andwithrestedpersonsAhmednagar,neighbouringwhiletwohavebeenarinconnectionthemurdercasethreeothersheld
All covered up: Sculptures installed in Pune town still waiting to be inaugurated
Nagpur: Four tribal students from remote villages of Vidarbha region have moved a step closer to realiz ing their dream of be coming doctors and serving their commu nity by clearing the medical entrance ex amination NEET 2022.
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Struggling for
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rushed her to a hospital where she died during treatment on Septem ber 03, he said.
First India Bureau Mumbai: The Maha rashtra government plans to launch a Chief Minister Kisan Yojana along the lines of the Union govern ment’s Pradhan Man tri Kisan Sanman Ni dhi Yojana, which pro vides a benefit of Rs6,000 annually to small and marginal farmers.
Thane: The rear wall of a house collapsed into an adjoining drain due to sinking of the ground behind the house, in Thane’s Mumbra, Thane Municipal Corporation’s Regional Disaster Man agement Cell (RDMC) chief Avinash Sawant said on Sunday. Howev er, no one was injured in the incident which took place around 11 pm on Saturday in the Rana Nagar area. When they were informed of the in cident, local firemen and an RDMC team vacated the house, belonging to Dagdu Bhangare, and shifted its occupants to their relatives’ place in the neighbourhood, he added.
For Sapna Jawarkar (17), language was one of the major barriers in at temptingDaughterNEET.of a mar ginal farmer from Makh la village of Melghat in Amravati district, Sapna said, “It was difficult for me to study for the exam. Language was a hurdle, as I found it difficult to understand English.”
Due to the shortage of uniforms, students are forced to wear old uniforms or attend classes in civvies.
Vikas Mahante, a look-alike of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, participates in a cleanliness drive at Dadar beach, days after immersion of the idols of Lord Ganesh after the culmination of the 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in Mumbai on Sunday. He was accompanied by college students, NGO volunteers and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) workers.
A team of artists has been roped in from across the country to make the sculptures using scrap material.
—PHOTOS BY BHUSHANKOYANDE
PORTION OF HOUSE COLLAPSES IN THANE, NONE HURT
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dent of Police Sachin Patil launched a de tailed investigation. It revealed that the girl and her 10-year-old brother were among at least 11 such children, aged 6 to 15, who had been given by their fam ily members to goat herds in Ahmednagar. Eight have been res cued so far.
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On August 27, the girl was found lying uncon scious outside a tribal community camp where 12 families were staying in temporary sheds on a roadside at Ubade village in Ghoti area on Sinnar road.
mer municipal commis sioner Rajesh Patil had directed that the sculp tures should be covered up until they are inaugu rated,” Sinkar informed.
sculpture,” Sinkar said.
Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation. —FILE PHOTO
So far, two separate offences under the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act have been registered in this connection at Sangamner in Ahmednagar, the official said, add ing that they are searching for more children and collecting data about such minors to rescue them with the help of NGOs. The police are also on the hunt for the agents and goatherds involved in such activities.
DEBRISCLEANING
“I was sceptical about appearing for NEET, as my family could not af
Goatherds who take the tribal children through agents use them to guard sheep and goats. —FILE PHOTO
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According to PCMC executive engineer Pre rna Sinkar, the sculp tures were supposed to be inaugurated in June by then-deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, but the state’s Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) govern ment collapsed that month, delaying the in auguration.“Initially, we planned to inaugurate at least four sculptures, but the change in government caused a delay. In the meantime, we increased the scope of the project by deciding to beautify the area around the
Tenders weren’t floated on time causing a delay in stitching of uniforms
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) has started a facility of reserv ing seats for passengers in the services it provides at the T2 terminal of the Mumbai airport from September 09. The seats can be reserved by using BEST’s Chalo app. BEST has been operating allnight bus services from the international airport on a few routes and will provide assured seating in these AC buses, a BEST official said.
trance Test (NEET) 2022, results of which were declared on Thursday.
ford the coaching fees. However, one of my teachers put me in touch with Lift For Upliftment (LFU), an organization that offers free coach ing,” Mattami said.
However, Arun’s jour ney wasn’t smooth, as he had to shift to Lok Bira dari project in Hemal kasa, which was equipped with a laptop and projectors for online classes. He prepared for NEET from March 2021 until April this year and was guided by mentors from LFU.
tribal students from remote hamlets clear NEET
The investigation revealed that the parents of these children got Rs10,000 a year and a goat/sheep in exchange for their children, who were then deployed to guard sheep and goats. While an adult would have to be paid Rs3,000-5,000 per month besides food and accommodation, these tribal children did the same job for an average of Rs1,000 per month, and also required less food and smaller places to stay. It also revealed that the children’s parents—who typically worked in brick kilns and at enoughandjoblessfarms—weresugarcanerenderedbythepandemic,oftendonothavefood.
The girl used to come to meet her parents once or twice a year. She had been uncon scious since August 21 and was admitted to hospitals in Ahmedna gar and Pune appar ently after a snakebite and finally sent to her parents, he said.
Three months on, 3.5 lakh students at Mumbai-run schools still await uniforms
Bhopal: A 16-yearold YouTuber, reported missing from Aurang abad, was found in a train coach at Itarsi rail way station in Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Sunday. The Govern ment Railway Police received information that the teenager, who has 44 lakh subscribers on her YouTube channel 'Bindass Kavya', had left home after being scolded by her parents, Itarsi GRP’s sub-inspec tor Vibhendu Vyanktesh Tandia said. The GRP found her in a sleeper coach of the Kushinagar Express coming from Bhusawal on Saturday and later handed her over to her family.
720 in Arun’sNEET-2022.parents are farmers, who take up odd jobs for a living.
COPS RESCUE EIGHT TRIBAL KIDS FROM FORCED LABOUR
Mumbai: Even three months after the start of the academic year in June, around 3,50,000 students en rolled in the 1,216 Brihanmumbai Mu nicipal Corporationrun schools are still waiting for their new uniforms—a checked shirt top and cream col our skirt or trousers.
With minimum re sources at their disposal, students belonging to families of farm labour ers and marginal farm ers have cleared the Na tional Eligibility En
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“We are waiting for a medical opinion in the case, but any kind of sexual assault has been ruled out,” a police of ficialTakingsaid.serious cogni zance of the issue, Na shik rural Superinten
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Arun Lalsu Mattami (18) said he always dreamt of becoming a doctor, but education was not easily accessible in the tribal hamlet where he lived. So, he moved to a hostel in Aheri to pursue his stud ies from Class IV, and then in Bhamragad for ClassTheXII.teen, belonging to Madia Gond community, categorized as a Particu larly Vulnerable Tribal Group, scored 450 out of
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Founded by students and alumni of BJ Medi cal College in Pune, LFU works with underprivi leged and marginalized students who can’t af ford and don’t have ac cess to private coaching.
So far, the civic body has installed sculptures at nine of the 15 chowks chosen for the project.
MAHARASHTRA
AUTHORITIES HOPING TO RESCUE MORE SUCH CHILDREN
Students from families of farm labourers and
The police and the girl’s relatives later
While the decision to start the scheme was taken at an throughfarmers’ferredRs2,000threeSNY,pectedGaneshnavisutyEknathbeforeproposalyetmalearlierDepartmentAgriculturemeetingthisweek,aforannouncementistobemadesincetheisyettocomethecabinetasCMShindeandDepCMDevendraFadwerebusywiththefestival.ThenewschemeisextofollowPMKwhichprovidesinstalmentsofeach,transdirectlyintobankaccounts,theyear.
Mumbai: A povertystricken tribal com munity in Nashik has been “handing over” its children to work as labourers, for up to Rs10,000 a year, po lice said on Sunday.
A civic body official said tenders weren’t floated on time causing a delay in stitching of uniforms.“There are 3,50,000 students and we pro vide two sets of clothes for each of them, meaning we have to provide around seven lakh uniforms. We will get the first lot within a week, after which distribution will start
REALIZING DREAMS
Pune: The PimpriChinchwad Munici pal Corporation (PCMC), which has installed sculptures across the city as part of a project to beau tify prominent chowks or squares, has decided to keep them all covered until their formal inaugu ration, said officials.
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Undoubtedly, the Asia Cup is a rude jolt for Team India. However, Kohli’s return to form augurs well going ahead. He looked like regaining his touch with some of his classical stroke play all through the tournament. If the Rohit-Dravid thinktank learns the right lessons and takes corrective steps quickly, this setback may serve as a useful wake up call. As they clash with the Aussies and the Proteas over the next few weeks, the Men in Blue will get vital game time to finalize right combinations and could still spring a pleasant surprise once the World Cup begins!
The other selection blun der was the inclusion of Rishabh Pant after Ravin dra Jadeja got injured. Ex perts felt that a like-for -like replacement would be Axar Patel, who was also in terrific form in the earlier series. The move would have meant India had one left hander too in the elev en, which was the reason given by the team manage ment for Pant’s selection. This meant that Dinesh Karthik had to sit out though he has proved to be an expert finisher and in both the games that they lost it was felt that Team India posted a below par total. The late evening dew also made it more difficult for Indian bowlers to keep the run-making of the op position in check. Moreo ver, Deepak Hooda, includ ed in the team as an allrounder, was shockingly not given a single over in both the India’slosses.batting too has been performing slightly below its potential. The
dian selectors are always in limelight and they are un der the scanner even more with decisions like these which backfire in major tournaments. The lack of fast bowlers in the team meant that when Avesh
done exceedingly well for Gujarat Titans in their IPL win in the summer and seemed set to be a part of India’s T20 plans. In fact, Shami was the leading wicket taker for the Titans and that too at a very eco nomical strike rate!
stretch. Hardik’s figures in the two losing games com bined were 8 overs, 79 runs and just 1 wicket.
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Narendra Modi @narendramodi 11th September has a special connection with Swami Vivekananda. It was on this day in 1893 that he delivered one of his most outstanding speeches in Chicago. His address gave the world a glimpse of India’s culture and ethos.
The most glaring reason for India’s flop show was the selection of the team. India went into the tourna ment with just 3 pacers. This was a blunder with Jasprit Bumrah and Har shal Patel both injured. In
India’s ex-coach, Ravi Shastri has also raised the omission of Mohammad Shami in the team. He had
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Whatever be the concern, India’s dismal show in the Asia Cup 2022 has shocked the cricket fraternity. The elimination of Rohit Shar ma’s men even before the final of a tournament which they began as fa vourites threatens to dis rupt Team India’s prepa rations for the World Cup. The lessons are plenty and they need to be learnt fast for India to have a realistic chance of winning the next ICC tournament.
Khan fell ill, India had to fall back on Hardik Pandya to do the third seamer’s job. He did perform well against Pakistan in the league game but to rely upon him to be India’s 5th bowling op tion would be an over
alleged irregularities in the purchase of 1,000 buses by the Delhi Corporation.TransportAAPclaimsthattheLGindulgedin“wrongdoings”
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out of trouble? The CBI, the Enforcement Directo rate have unleashed their sleuths on the Arvind Ke jriwal government to in vestigate several allega tions of corruption and money laundering to coin cide with elections in Gu jarat where AAP is trying to make inroads. Last month the CBI raided Dep uty Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s residence and of fice over alleged corrup tion in the now-withdrawn liquor policy apparently found nothing. It led Kejri wal to accuse the BJP of
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Saxena has sent notices to AAP leaders for the allega tions.So far only Satyender Jain, the former health minister of Delhi, is lodged in jail in a money launder ing case filed by the ED. That makes AAP leaders upbeat about their honesty. The BJP government is firm on rooting out corrup tion and is unsparing espe cially for those whose in tegrity it suspects is doubt ful. It will, however, be too embarrassing for the rul ing party if the charges against AAP don’t hold in this case.
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hen the going gets tough, the tough get going,’ is an old saying that has moti vated all underdogs for years. But what about those who are the favorites and expected to win? India started the Asia Cup as the front-runners to lift the trophy but their sad ouster was a terrible mess of sorts. It was a smooth ride in the group stages when the ‘Men in Blue’ thrashed Hongkong and defeated Pa kistan in a close contest. They were table toppers at the start of the Super 4 phase and fans looked for ward to an easy passage till the finals. Yet, the story - of India not winning in key moments - remained unchanged even after lead ership changes over the past year. The team looked clueless in the Super 4 stage and suffered back-toback defeats to Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
The losses have raised many questions. What is ailing the team, is it the pressure of always coming out on top? Or is it that the team combination and leadership has been tink ered so much that India is failing to find an ideal bal ance for the upcoming T20 World Cup in Australia?
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nod a case has now been registered against the Del hi government for alleged irregularities in the pur chase of 1000 buses by the Delhi Transport Corpora tion. An earlier inquiry by
Jagat Prakash Nadda @JPNadda The news of the demise of Shri Swaroopanand Saraswati Ji Maharaj, the Shankaracharya of Shri DwarkaSharda Peeth and Jyotirmath Peeth, is saddened. May God give place to the virtuous soul at his feet and give strength to his followers to bear this sorrow. Peace!
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true strength of the batting unit was seen against Af ghanistan in the dead rub ber where India piled 212 courtesy a long overdue Virat Kohli hundred. The comeback by King Kohli is, of course, the big gain from this tournament for India. In other matches too, there were acts of individ ual brilliance but the team failed to bat as a unit. The new Indian approach to be aggressive all through is a great strategy but adapta bility is the key when wick ets fall in a Undoubtedly,heap. the Asia Cup is a rude jolt for Team India. However, Kohli’s re turn to form augurs well going ahead. He looked like regaining his touch with some of his classical stroke play all through the tournament. If the RohitDravid thinktank learns the right lessons and takes corrective steps quickly, this setback may serve as a useful wake up call. As they clash with the Aus sies and the Proteas over the next few weeks, the Men in Blue will get vital game time to finalize right combinations and could still spring a pleasant sur prise once the World Cup begins!
I ndia started the Asia Cup as the frontrunners to lift the trophy but their sad ouster was a terrible mess of sorts. It was a smooth ride in the group stages when the ‘Men in Blue’ thrashed Hongkong and defeated Pakistan in a close contest. They were table toppers at the start of the Super 4 phase and fans looked forward to an easy passage till the finals.
the CBI, AAP claimed, had found nothing and at tacked the LG for trying to divert attention from the “serious allegations” which he was facing. AAP claims that the LG in
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T he true strength of the batting unit was seen against Afghanistan in the dead rubber where India piled 212 courtesy a long overdue Virat Kohli hundred.
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New Delhi: Tej Pratap Yadav, the eldest of Lalu Prasad’s two sons, is be lieved to engage in poli tics like his father, i.e. in a typical rustic style. He meets party workers just like Lalu. He also always talks about cow, buffalo and his speech is also like that of Lalu Prasad. But Lalu Pras ad has made his young er son Tejashwi Yadav, his political successor. Now after becoming the
Army sources said Naik Pal hailed from Nagariya Nandram vil lage in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh.
Hyderabad (ANI):
minister in 1990, he started the surprise in spection. Lalu Prasad Yadav first did a sur prise inspection at Pat na Medical College and Hospital i.e. PMCH, the biggest hospital in the state of Bihar. Many doctors were missing and the whole system was messed up after which he suspended many people. After that suddenly a narrative was made in Bihar that Lalu Prasad is deliber ately going to hospitals
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Sachin Gujarat Indus trial Development Cor poration (GIDC) area, Surat in-charge Chief Fire Officer Basant Pa reek said.
5 DEAD IN UNA CAR ACCIDENT
As students protest, RaGa stays in school instead of container
police. The locals pulled the youths out of the car. In the accident, Rajan Jaswal and Amal, both of Una, died on the spot in Kuthar Kalan village. While the injured car driv er Vishal Chaudhary from Haryana’s Majra, Simran jeet Singh from Punjab’s Hajipur and Anup Singh from Himachal’s Jhaleda succumbed to injuries during treatment.
New Delhi: Praful Patel also dismissed the specu lation of NCP being an alternative to the BJP and said that Pawar is can build an atmosphere “that can build trust among people”. He emphasised that NCP and Sharad Pawar will play an “important role” in fu ture. “NCP has completed its 23 years and during this period, it has got the
met scores of political leaders, including Ra hul Gandhi, NCP leader Sharad Pawar, CPI-M Secretary General Sita ram Yechury, CPI’s D. Raja and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.
ter all, who is Farooq Abdullah sahib calling voters as outsiders, he is insulting the people of Jammu and Kashmir by using such language. Explain what you mean by outsiders.”
Lucknow: In a major administrative reshuf fle in Uttar Pradesh, 68 PCS officers who got promotion have been givenAlongpostings.with this, 9 PCS officers have been transferred on spouse ground as per their re quests in which PCS Apoorva Yadav has been transferred from the post of OSD in Rev enue Council to Bagh pat as SDM. Her hus band Vishal Tyagi is posted in the Union Ministry of Finance.
BHARAT JODO YATRA
New Delhi: As the Bharat Jodo Yatra of the Congress entered its fifth day, party MP Jairam Ramesh shared an amusing incident that took place when Rahul Gandhi was
PCS Deepak Pal,
Farooq ‘insulted’ J&K voters with outsider remark: BJP
tonight.With Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra-led by party MP Rahul Gan dhi entering its fifth day, the march arrived in its Kerala leg on Sun day. The Congress lead ers reached Parassala, a small town located near the border of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
HD Kumaraswamy meets Telangana CM KCR on Sunday.
New Delhi (ANI): UV Krishnam Raju, former Union Minister, and veteran Telugu actor, popularly known as the ‘Rebel Star’, passed away in the early hours on Sunday in Hy derabad. He was 83.
Prabhas’s uncle Krishnam Raju was the first actor who worked as a Union Minister un der the cabinet of for mer Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He made his debut in the film industry with the Telugu film ‘Chila ka Gorinka’ in 1966 which was produced and directed by K. Pratyagatma. Raju did more than180 films in hisPrimecareer.Minister Nar endra Modi tweeted, “Saddened by the pass ing away of Shri UV Krishnam Raju Garu. The coming genera tions will remember his cinematic brilliance and creativity. He was also at the forefront of community service and made a mark as a politi cal leader. Condolences to his family and admir ers. Om DefenceShanti”Minister Ra jnath Singh, Chief Min ister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Governor lencesextendedHarichandanBiswabhusanandotherstheircondoonsocialmedia.
NCP & PAWAR WILL PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE IN FUTURE, SAYS PRAFUL PATEL
Bihar CM Nitish Ku mar, who was in the na tional capital recently
Thiruvananthapuram: With Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra-led by party MP Rahul Gandhi enter ing its fifth day, the march arrived in its Kerala leg on Sunday. The Congress leaders reached Parassala, a small town located near the border of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The 3,500km march from Kanya kumari to Kashmir will be completed in 150 days and cover as many as 12 states. From Kerala, the Yatra will traverse through the state for the next 18 days, reaching Karnataka on Septem ber 30. It will be in Kar nataka for 21 days before moving north. The Padyatra (march) will cover a distance of 25 km every day.
77 PCS officers get new postings in Uttar Pradesh
PM Modi tweeted this pic with deceased actor Raju (extreme L).
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Lalu Prasad Yadav with Tejashwi Yadav. —FILE PHOTO
The blaze erupted around 10.30 pm on Sat urday due to a blast in a chemical container and spread fast to other parts of the unit of An upam Rasayan India Limited, located in
and colleges because most of the doctors and teachers there are up per castes. There were allegations against Lalu that he was har assing the upper castes under his backward caste politics. Tejashwi also made a surprise visit to PMCH after be coming the Deputy Chief Minister. When he reached PMCH after midnight, many doc tors were missing and he later reprimanded the doctors. on Lalu’s path?
Congress takes this decision as it wants to keep the Yatra away from controversies
Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar for the second time, Tejashwi Yadav has started functioning in exactly the manner in which his father Lalu Prasad Yadav used to do in his first term. Don’t know whether Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav will be able to do politics in the way Lalu used to do, but Tejashwi Yadav has started work ing like him in the gov ernment.When Lalu Prasad first became the chief
Congress leaders enter Kerala on 5th day of Yatra
New Delhi (Agencies): After the national coun cil meeting of NCP on Sunday, party general secretary Praful Patel said that Sharad Pawar was not a contender for the prime minister’s post, and the opposition unity was paramount. He said Pawar was going to play an impor tant role to bring many forces electedgress,”issueWeoftoneedcleartheGeneralrolewaspiringSharadpressedworkersthisaboutface.willPawarPateltogether.said,“SharadwasneverandneverbethePMHeonlyspeakstherealissuesofcountry.SomeofthepartyextheirviewsbutPawarisnotasforthePMpost.”PatelsaidtheNCPgoingtoplayakeyintheupcomingElections.Butparty’sstandwasthattherewasafortheOppositionunite.“WewerealsoaparttheUPAgovernment.don’thaveanysuchwiththeConhesaid.SharadPawarwasre-astheNational
Una (ANI): Five people died as their car over turned after ramming into a pole in Himachal’s Una district. On Saturday night a car bearing a Punjab number plate going from Santoshgarh to Una hit the pole on the roadside and fell into the fields in Kuthar Kalan. “As a result, two died on the spot and three died on the way to the hospital in Una,” said
recognition of a national party. NCP will play an important role in future, in which Sharad Pawar will also have a crucial role to play,” Patel said.
ist Congress Party (NCP) President on Sat urday unopposed dur ing the party’s national executive meeting.
cluding non-locals in state’s electoral rolls.
Telugu actor K Raju passes away at 83
RAHUL GANDHI AMUSED AS TAMIL NADU WOMEN DISCUSS HIS MARRIAGE
New Delhi (PTI): The Indian Army on Sun day expressed its pro found grief on the death of Naik Suraj Pal in the line of duty. The exact cause of his death and other details were awaited. Some re ports claimed that the paratrooper died due to non-opening of para chute during mountain strike exercise in LehLadakh. However, there was no official confir mation on it.
(ANI):Thiruvananthapuram Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is leading the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, will spend the night on Sun day at a school in Thiru vananthapuram along with party leaders and workers.According to Con gress, a camp of con tainers was to be set up in an agricultural uni versity in Thiruvanan thapuram for which permission was also granted. But at the last minute, the student wing of the Kerala CPM and the student wing of the university called a sit-in protest against it the Bharat Jodo Yatra camp.Sources told ANI, Congress wants to keep the Yatra away from controversies, so in stead of containers, party leaders including Rahul Gandhi will stay in a school for all Yatris
interacting with a group of women in Tamil Nadu. During the inter action, the women said that since Rahul Gandhi loves Tamil Nadu, they are ready to get him married to a Tamil girl.
New Delhi (ANI): The BJP has slammed for mer J&K Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah over his “outsider” remark and said that the latter is insulting Jammu and Kashmir voters by call ing them, ‘outsiders.’
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varaj Bommai and demanded to issue a white paper on the encroachment of Bengaluru Lake and Rajkaluve.Speaking to re porters, Kumaras wamy said, “Let the CM speak whatever he wants about Con gress. Let him speak responsibly while talking about me. He said that it is better to speak carefully. I had made a plan esti mating Rs 6,000 crore for Peripheral Ring Road. It is Rs 22,000 crores today.”
After all-party meet ing, ex-CM and chair man of the People’s Al liance for Gupkar Dec laration (PAGD) Farooq Abdullah said that they don’t want outsiders to get voting rights in J&K. The all-party meeting was called over the proposed inclusion of around 2.5 voters in
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi interacts with the Kerala Kasavu Silk weavers during the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, at Balaramapuram, in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday.
Reacting to Abdul lah’s statement, BJP National General Secre tary and in-charge of Jammu and Kashmir Tarun Chugh said, “Af
4 workers killed, 20 hurt in Surat factory fire
Former Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswa my held a meeting with Telangana Mu nicipal Administra tion and Urban De velopment Minister KT Rama Rao in Hy derabad on Sunday. Both the leaders had breakfast togeth er in Hyderabad and discussed national politics. Besides, Ku maraswamy also held a meeting with Telangana CM KCR. Last week, Kumar aswamy hit back at Karnataka CM Basa
Surat (PTI): Four workers were killed and 20 others injured after a fire broke out in a chemical factory in Gu jarat’s Surat city, offi cials said on Sunday.
SDM Kushinagar Go pal Sharma has been transferred to Mainpu ri as SDM. His wife Ra chna Rawat is posted as Judge Junior DivisionMainpuri. Along with this, Tehsildars who were posted in 68 dis tricts and were recently promoted have beeng given postings.
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Sharad Pawar being presented with a plough during party’s 8th National Convention in New Delhi on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
SDM Kanpur, has been transferred to Agra. His wife Sandhya Badhel is posted as Civil Judge in Agra while PCS Sumit Singh has been made Bijnor SDM. His wife Mahima Singh is posted as Civil Judge in Junior Division Bijnor.
Yogi Adity anath tweeted, “Hearti est birthday greetings to Shri Mohan Bhagwat ji, the honourable Sarsang hchalak of the world’s largest organisation @ RSSorg with the goal of making ‘Akhand Bharat’, and working for promotion of cultural and social birthdaySinghManipurvalues.”CMNBirentweeted,“Warmgreetingsto
lier she challenged the ED to summon in Cal cutta High Court and was allowed to appear at ED’s office at the CGO at Salt Lake in the north ern outskirts of Kolka ta, instead of appearing in New Delhi. On Satur
har assembly elections. However, Tawde’s chal lenge will be to prepare the party organization for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and the 2025 assem bly polls. Bihar has 40 LS seats, and BJP has won 17 compared to JDU’s 16 in the 2019 Javadekarpolls.(71), who was dropped from the Union cabinet—where he held I&B and the En
Maharashtra leaders to play role in key states
Rescue work after a cloudburst at Dharchula in Pithoragarh district.
Devendra Fadnavis cabi net, Pankaja was made saha-prabhari in Mad hya Pradesh to help Prab hari P Murlidhar Rao as the BJP seized power in March 2020. BJP has add ed its MP Ram Shankar Katheria as the third coin-charge in MP in the currentKnownrejig.for her quiet and low-profile style of working, Dr Vijaya Ra hatkar, who served as National President of BJP Mahila Morcha in 2014, was the chairper son of Maharashtra State Women’s Commis sion in the BJP’s previ ous term.
New Delhi (Agencies): Days after his show was can celled in Gurgaon after members of the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) threatened to protest and disrupt the event, stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra has written a letter to the VHP asking it to denounce Ma hatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse to prove that the outfit is pro-Hindu and anti-terrorism. He also asked them to show proof that he had disrespected the Hindu religion. Kamra was scheduled to perform at Studio Xo Bar in Sector 29 on September 17 and 18.
Wishes pour in on RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s birthday
MAN ARRESTED FOR TWEETING ON RECRUITMENT GRAFT, ASSAM GOVT FLAYED
Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav speaks to the media in Chandigarh on Sunday.
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tila area of Uttara khand’s Dharchula. The Kali river of Dharchula in Pithoragarh was in spate after the cloudburst.
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Narsinghpur (ANI): Dwarka peeth Shanka racharya Swami Swa roopanand Saraswati passed away after a mi nor heart attack in Mad hya Pradesh’s Narsingh pur on Sunday. He was 99. constitutedTeerthathewithexpresseddiintitleroopanand,today.racharyaThe3:50pmbreathedShankaracharyahislastatintheashram.funeralofShankawilltakeplaceSwamiSwawhoreceivedofShankaracharya1981,wasmadeaDanSanyasiin1950.HehadunhappinessthecompositionofRamJanmabhoomiKshetratrustbyCentre.
Guwahati (Agencies):Opposition parties in Assam have slammed the BJP-led State government for arresting a man who took to Twitter to “expose” a recruitment scam. Victor Das had a few days ago reached out to Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Director General of Police Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta on the microblogging site, claiming some officials and former MLAs were involved in selling 26,000 Grade III and IV government posts for Rs 3-8 lakh. But the police arrested Das, who runs a coaching institute in Guwahati.
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Amreli (Gujarat)
A woman died after a cloudburst in Nepal’s Chhapli area on Satur day caused havoc in Kho
Surya, Leader of Opposi tion in West Bengal Suv endu Adhikari and also wished birthday to Bhag wat.
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of the Maharashtra State Women’s Commis sion Vijaya Rahatkar have been named co-incharges of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
MUMBAI STUDENT SECURES TOP RANK IN JEE (ADVANCED)
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Yediyurappa tweeted, “Warm and respectful birthday greetings to Aadaraneeya Sarsang hchalak of the Rashtri ya Swayamsevak Sangh Shri @DrMohanBhag watMoSji.
YELLOW ALERT IN FIVE UTTARAKHAND DISTS
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in Mansa,” said police. According to Gaurav Ya dav, Punjab DGP, Deep ak who was the shooter in the incident, was pro vided logistical support by the remaining two persons . “Deepak, Ka pil and Rajinder were arrested today by the Anti-Gangster Task Force team at the WBNepal border in the cul mination of an intelli gence-based operation,” the DGP said.
KUNAL KAMRA WRITES TO VHP: SHOW ME PROOF I DISRESPECTED HINDUISM
ED stops Abhishek Banerjee’s sister-in-law from boarding Bangkok-bound flight
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The arrests were made near the West Ben gal-Nepal border. “All three will be kept in the CIA police station
A post-mortem report had revealed blunt force injury on her body.
Dehradun (Agencies): The fury of incessant rains has once again brought mayhem in many parts of Uttara khand, including Pithoragarh and Dehra dunThedistricts.India Meteoro logical Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for the next four days in five dis tricts as the monsoon has once again gained momentum in the area.
Kolkata (ANI): The Kolkata businessman, from whose residence the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials recovered Rs 17.32 cr on Saturday in connection with a probe into mobile gaming app fraud, has gone untraceable. ED carried out search operations under the provisions of the PMLA, at six premises in Kolkata.
JEE (Advanced) 2022, the exam for which were held in 577 centres in 124 cities. Students have been notified of the exam result through a text message on the regis tered mobile numbers, and can also check the official website for details on All India ranks, scores, etc.
states and Lieutenant Governors of two Un ionAfterTerritories.attending the cooperatives’ meeting, as per the current schedule, the Home Minister will go for worship at Lord Som nath temple at 3 pm.
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day when Gambhir reached Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Interna tional Airport, Kolkata to catch a flight to Bang kok but on reaching the immigration counter, she was stopped and es corted to another room.
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Tawde, the party rehabilitated Pan kaja Munde in 2020 after her 2019 loss to cousin Dhananjay Munde from her father’s bastion of Parli. Minister for Wom en and Child Welfare in
Groomed by party vet erans Pramod Mahajan and Gopinath Munde as a student leader, Tawde was denied a ticket in the 2019 assembly elec tions. In September 2020, he was rehabilitated by the party and put incharge of Haryana.
Statues of freedom fighters Vallabhbhai Patel, Subhas Chandra Bose and BR Ambedkar presented to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as mementos, being displayed at National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi on Sunday.
FUGITIVE GOLDY BRAR WILL BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE SOON: DGP
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Proposed Schemes of Ministry of Coopera tion like Primary Agri cultural Credit Socie ties (PACS) in every Panchayat, Export of Agro-based and other products, promotion and marketing of Or ganic Products, expan
Chandigarh (Agencies): A Khap Mahapanchayat was held in Haryana's Hisar on demandingSunday,aCBI inquiry into the death of TikTok star and BJP leader Sonali Phogat in Goa last month. Sonali's daughter Yashodhara Phogat said, "We have no hopes from the government now, [and we've] received no assurance from them."
ment committee, Tawde travelled with then-pres idential candidate Drou padi Murmu on her campaign ahead of the elections.Tawde’s appointment is clearly a promotion for the 59-year-old who replaces Bhupender Ya dav, in the wake of the party’s massive setback last month, when Bihar CM Nitish Kumar dropped out of the NDA to form a government with the Rashtriya Ja nata
In the meeting, sub jects related to PACS and Model Bye-Laws including PACS Com puterization, Action Plan for Revitalization of defunct PACS and Model Bye-Laws of
Deeply saddened by the demise of Swa mi Swaroopanand Saraswati, Shanka racharya of Dwarka Sharda Peeth. My condolences to his followers in this time of grief. Om Shanti! —Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
in JEE (Advanced) 2022. He obtained 314 marks out of 360 marks. Tanishka Kabra of IIT Delhi zone is the top ranked female aspirant, coming in at CRL 16. She obtained 277 marks out of 360. A total number of 1,55,538 candidates took papers 1 and 2 in
Kolkata (ANI): Mane ka Gambhir, the sisterin-law of Trinamool Congress national gen eral secretary and par ty MP Abhishek Baner jee, was stopped at Kol kata airport and not allowed to take her flight to Bangkok by Enforcement Directo rate (ED) officials on SaturdayGambhirnight.was sent back to home with a summon to join the in vestigation on Monday, sources told ANI. This is the third summon by ED issued to Gambhir. Ear
Mumbai (PTI): ‘Tara giri’, the third stealth frigate of the Indian Navy’s Project 17A, was launched in Mumbai on Sunday, the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MDL) said. This ship has been built using an integrated construction methodology which involves hull block construction in different geographical locations and integration and erection on the slipway at the MDL, it said in a statement.
vironment, Forests and Climate Change portfo lios—in July 2021, has the massive challenge of growing the party in the one remaining Left bas tion of Kerala. While the BJP has made inroads into West Bengal since 2014, it failed to send even one MLA to the 140-member Kerala as sembly dominated by the CPI Alongside(M).
Mansa (Punjab) (ANI): The main shooter of the Sidhu Moosewala mur der case, Deepak Mundi, along with his two asso ciates, was taken to Mansa, Punjab, said of ficials on Sunday. The chief accused, Deepak Mundi, along with his two associates Kapil Pandit and Rajinder, was arrested by Nepal Police on Saturday.
sion of Co-operatives to New Areas.
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Main shooter sent to 6-day police remand
New Delhi (ANI): Women made up 6,516 of the 40,712 candidates who cleared the Joint Entrance Exam, JEE (Advanced) 2022, the results of which were announced on Sunday. RK Shishir of IIT Bombay zone is the top ranker in Common Rank List (CRL)
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah being garlanded at the the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of District Cooperatives in the presence of Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Parshottam Rupala, in Amreli on Sunday. —PHOTO BY ANI
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New Delhi: Wishes poured in on the 72nd birthday of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat onUPSunday.CM
(ANI): Union Home and Cooperation Min ister Amit Shah attend ed the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of ma jor cooperative institu tions of Gujarat held at Amreli on acrossmodelsectormentandofsion,SpeakingSunday.attheoccaShahsaidthekindmutualcoordinationcollectivedevelopofthecooperativeinGujaratisaforcooperativesthecountry.Themeetingwasorganisedtwodaysafter,theHomeMinisterchairedatwo-dayconferenceofStateCooperationMinistersorganisedbytheMinistryofCooperationinNewDelhionSeptember8to9inwhichdeliberationswereheldonvariousimportantthemesincluding–NationalCooperationPolicy,NationalCooperativeDatabase,New
PACS were also dis cussed along with is sues related to Prima ry Co-operative Socie ties regarding prior itizing long-term fi nancing, Milk Co-oper ative Societies and Fish Cooperative Soci eties in presence of 21
Punjab (Agencies): The kill ing of famed Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala was ex ecuted by six sharpshooters and four of them have been arrested and two shot dead in a police encounter, Punjab Di rector General Gaurav Yadav said on Sunday, adding that fugitive Goldy Brar, who is hiding in Canada, will soon be brought to justice.The DGP said 23 accused have been arrested in the case so far.
TheDal.BJP had done well to emerge with 74 seats—just behind the RJD’s 75—in the 2020 Bi
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ACCUSED IN MOBILE GAMING FRAUD CASE GOES UNTRACEABLE
BJP is gearing up in the 15 states going to polls in the next 1824 months
India has also estab lished itself as one of the world’s largest renewableenergy markets—and its
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“When (int’l oil) prices were high, our prices were already low,” he had said. “Have we recouped all our losses?” he went on to ask. He however did not elabo rate on the losses incurred on keeping rates steady since April 6.
“But we are still very confident that India will be the fastest growing major economy in the world this year. We will get at least 7% growth,” he Jaishankarsaid.stressed that
BRENT CRUDE FELL $90/BARREL International benchmark Brent crude fell below $90 per barrel last week for the first time since early Feb this has not led to any revision in retail petrol and diesel prices in India
New Delhi (PTI): The fi nance ministry is contem plating changes in insur ance laws, including reduc tion in minimum capital requirement, with a view to increasing the insurance penetration in the country.
Earlier this month, sources said that RIL may consider doubling its in vestment in clean-energy
New Delhi: Co-working operators are opening new centres to tap rising demand for flexible work space and their share in the overall office space leasing jumped to 20% during January-June, ac cording to Anarock. The total net absorption of of fice space across seven major cities stood at 20.8 million square feet in the first half of this calendar year. In this, the share of co-working spaces stood at 20%. In H1 2021, its share was just 6%.
‘GREEN’ SIGNAL FROM BILLIONAIRES
Riyadh (PTI): India has made powerful efforts to grow its economy and emerge as a higher-income country, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said, expressing hope that it will be the fastest grow ing major economy in the world this year with at least 7% growth despite the challenges posed by the UkraineJaishankarcrisis.said: “India thinks about the ways in which it can change its credit, banking, education and labour policy.”
“A lot of this required a vision, prudent manage ment of our fiscal resourc es,” he “Manysaid.big reforms have taken place and we can see the result of that in two very interesting develop ments. In the year ending March 31, 2021 we have posted the highest export that we have ever done. Our total exports were $670 bil lion. Trade in goods stood at $400 billion, he said.
—PTI
z WPI inflation data will be released on Wednesday
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ISMA DEMANDS PERMISSION TO EXPORT 80 LAKH TONNES OF SUGAR IN 2022-23 MARKETING YEAR
New Delhi: Sugar industry body ISMA has demanded that the gov ernment should allow exports of 80 lakh tonnes of sweetener in the 2022-23 marketing year starting October in view of surplus produc tion. Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) president Aditya Jhunjhunwala has written a letter to food and consumer affairs minister Piyush Goyal in this regard. In the current 2021-22 marketing year ending September, the government has allowed sugar exports of 112 lakh tonnes and mills are likely to ship the entire quantities.
premium products and price hikes. Some of the compa nies, however, are “cautiously optimistic” about the sales of their entry-level mass products in the country’s hinterlands.
z He pointed out that the world is facing many challenges, like rising food, oil and shipping prices due to the Ukraine crisis
New Delhi (PTI): Interna tional oil prices have hit a seven-month low but there is no change in retail sell ing price of petrol and die sel in India as state-owned fuel retailers recoup losses incurred for holding rates for a record five months de spite rising Internationalcost. bench mark Brent crude fell be low $90 per barrel last week for the first time since ear ly February as recession fears weigh on demand. It has since recovered and is trading at $92.84 per barrel, the lowest in six months.
He said that India has made powerful efforts to grow its economy and move towards becoming a higher-income country.
the idea of India as a trad ing power has become cred ibleHetoday.said that India’s eco nomic recovery after Cov id is worth studying. He said many nations spent a lot of money during the Covid period.
sil fuels, spurring invest ments in clean energy.
Reliance Industries chair man Mukesh Ambani.
z He said that India has made powerful efforts to grow its eco and move towards becoming a higher-income country
—PTI
“Global markets will keenly await the inflation numbers of the US. This data will be closely watched by international markets since it will affect how the Fed will proceed with future rate hikes,” said Apurva Sheth, Head of Market Perspectives, Samco Securities.
DECIDING FACTORS
fuel prices, oil minister Hardeep Puri had sought to link the no revision to loss es state-owned fuel retail ers incurred in keeping rates unchanged when in ternational oil prices surged to multi-year high.
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He also lauded India’s ef forts to deal with the Covid crisis.Hesaid at the onset of the pandemic, India did not make masks and ventilators.Hesaidpeople did not know about PPE kits.
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APPLIANCES INDUSTRY EXPECTS UP TO 35% GROWTH IN SALES
Prices fell despite bullish developments, including Russia keeping the North Stream pipeline offline and producers cartel OPEC and its allies (OPEC+) cutting production.Butthis has not led to any revision in retail petrol and diesel prices in India and they continue to be on
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He said India instead fo cussed on creating a safety net. He was there was a programme to give free ra tion to 80 crore people.
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POWER DISCOMS’ DUES TO BE CLEARED BY 2026, SAYS RK SINGH
—PTI
Jaishankar optimistic about India achieving 7% growth
“I would say like a knee-
FPIs INFUSE `5,600 CRORE IN EQUITIES IN SEPTEMBER SO FAR
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New Delhi: The combined mcap of seven of the top 10 most-valued firms climbed `1,33,746.87 crore last week amid a firm trend in equities, with TCS, RIL and Infosys leading the pack of gain ers. The market valuation of TCS jumped `32,071.59 crore to `11,77,226.60 crore. RIL added `26,249.1 crore taking its valuation to `17,37,717.68 crore. The market valuation of Info sys climbed `24,804.5 crore to `6,36,143.85 crore.
New Delhi: India’s mer chandise exports are ex pected to grow by 11.4% to hit $114.4 billion dur ing the July-September quarter of the current fi nancial year, data from Exim Bank showed. However, the rise in ex ports during the second quarter of FY23 could be shadowed by softening global commodity prices. Among others, possible slowdown in major trade partners, itsgain,alsoaroundmonetarypressuresinflationaryandtightpoliciestheworldcouldoffsettheexportsEximBank)saidinquarterlydata.
‘DESPITE ALL CHALLENGES’
INDIA’S OVEREXPORTSMERCHANDISETORISE11%TO$114BN
Industrial production data for July and inflation rate for August are sched uled to be announced on Monday. Besides, whole sale price index (WPI) in flation data will be released on“TheWednesday.direction of the market in the week ahead will be determined by cues from the global markets as well as important macroe conomic data points such as inflation, manufactur ing and industrial produc tion,” said Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Financial Services.
business BRIEFS
Oil prices at seven-month low but no change in fuel prices in India
rising power demand and government support for green power make it the most attractive investment destination for renewables among emerging markets.
“No country in the world has done it,” he said.
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Companies such as Panasonic, LG, Sony, Samsung expect this festive sale, which started with the onset of Onam, to be better than the last year and even cross the 2019 sales.
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New Delhi: Outstanding dues of electricity distribution companies (discoms)remainsgecos,towardswhichover
New Delhi: Appliances and consumer durable makers are looking for up to 35% growth in sales during this demandincreasingseasonfestiveonfor
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hardware manufacturing, once current plans are achieved. The nation’s most valuable company previously introduced plans to build four giant factories in India of over `750 billion, for the produc tion of photovoltaic pan els, energy storage, electro lyzers for green hydrogen, and fuel-cell system (to produce solar cells and modules, energy storage batteries, fuel cells. And now, it has announced a fifth facility: a power elec tronics plant, to make the equipment used to link up new-energy systems.
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According to data with depositories, FPIs pumped a net amount of `5,593 crore in Indian equities during Septem ber 1-9.
1 lakh crore at any point of time, will be eliminated in the next four years, Union power minister R K Singh said. The government has converted the total outstanding dues of discoms toward gencos (power generator companies) into Equated Monthly Install ments (EMIs). These EMIs have maximum tenure of four years and thus the total outstanding dues of discoms would be nil by 2026.
z Last week, the Sensex advanced 989.81 points, while the Nifty gained 293.90 points or 1.67 per cent
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freeze for a record-setting 158Respondingdays. to reporters’ questions on no change in
New Delhi: The country’s two richest men Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Ada ni have set their eyes on India’s green ambitions and are bending their busi ness empires toward re newable energy. Both are willing to double the in vestment in clean energy hardware manufacturing once current plans are achieved.Indiabeing the world’s third-biggest greenhouse gas emitter, is seeking to decarbonize its economy and reduce imports of fos
The volatility in oil pric es and USD-INR trend will be important factors that may affect the market, said Shrikant Chouhan, Head of Equity Research (Retail) at Kotak Securities.
New Delhi: Foreign inves tors have pumped in close to `5,600 crore into the domestic equity mar kets in this month so far on expected growth in consumer spending in festive season and better macro vestmentcomesemergingcomparedfundamentalstoothermarkets.Thisfollowinganetinofstaggering
jerk...They were in a hurry to respond to the crisis sit uation. So they did not all of them necessarily use their funds and resources wisely,” Jaishanakar said.
He pointed out that the world is facing many chal
z Industrial production data for July and inflation rate for August are scheduled to be announced on Monday
lenges, like rising food, oil and shipping prices due to the Ukraine crisis.
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z Reliance’s 10-gigawatts/ year solar cell and modulemaking capacity to start production in 2024 z Reliance to build a powerelectronics factory z The company plans to start transitioning to green hydrogen by 2025 z Adani Group to build 3 giga factories in India as a part of $70 billion investment z These giga factories will focus on technologies like solar modules, poly silicons, manufacturing of solar turbines and hydrogen polyesters ==
Other major factors that would influence trading are foreign fund movement and trend in the rupee against the US dollar.
New Delhi (PTI): Trading in the domestic equity mar ket this week will be large ly driven by a host of mac roeconomic data an nouncements and global trends, analysts said.
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Insurance penetration in India increased from 3.76% in 2019-20 to 4.20% in 202021. Insurance penetration measured as the percent age of insurance premium to GDP witnessed hand some growth during the year. The ministry is doing a comprehensive review of the Insurance Act, 1938 and also looking at making rel evant changes to help push growth of the sector, sourc es said, adding the process is at a preliminary stage. One of the provisions be ing considered is lowering the minimum capital re quirement of `100 crore for setting up an insurance business, the sources said.
“Like today, India has the world’s most affordable wireless broadband, we will have the world’s most affordable green energy within this decade,” says
51,200 crore in August.
Last week, the Sensex advanced 989.81 points or 1.68%, while the Nifty gained 293.90 points.
Markets to take cues from macro data and global trends: Analysts
tra witnessed a string of road accidents on Satur day. Four people were killed in Nagpur when the two-wheelers they were riding on was hit from behind by a speed ing car. In another inci dent, four people died, when the vehicle in which they were travel ling fell into a gorge, on their way to Badrinath Dham from Haridwar.
“We may not fathom the stand of the govern ment,” it added.
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Sailani Baba Dargah. PHOTO
Four passengers, how ever, escaped unhurt.
“We have formed a team of 25 volunteers of the Hameedailments,”medicationvincethetheiroutFoundation,MatrubhumiwhoreachtothepatientsandrelativeswhovisitdargahandconthemtotakeformentalsaidDrDabholkar,
“The government cannot say that the examination of the magistrates and civil judges can be allowed for answering in Mar athi language and not extend the same facility for the public prosecu tor exam. In fact, it is the general stand of the
The petition claimed the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) holds the exam for the selection of lower courts in Mar athi as well as English language.
—FILE
Asks Maha govt to hold exam for prosecutors in the aslanguagevernacularaswellEnglish
Patients visit Sailani Baba Dargah in Buldhana hoping that century-old Sufi shrine’s miraculous healing powers will help them recover but are often cheated by ‘godmen’ or quacks
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conducted in English as well as Marathi lan guage,” it said.
Pune (PTI): An antisuperstition group and some NGOs in Maharashtra have started a project to encourage people suf fering from mental ailments to take med ical help even as they seek divine interven tion for the cure.
CGST Bhiwandi busts `132 cr fake racket,invoice1held
According to the me dia reports, Maharash
that along with ‘dua’ (blessings), they should also take ‘dawaa’ (medi cation) and the help of our team of volun teers and psychia trists,” he said.
“However,court.the gov ernment shall ensure that the next examina tion to be held for public prosecutors shall be
—Bombay High Court bench
government to promote the local language (Mar athi),” said the HC.
Implement policy to promote Marathi: HC
ued at Rs13 crore at the Mumbai Interna tional Airport. The police arrested a pas senger from Ghana who was intercepted on August According28.to the in formation received from the police, the accused had con cealed cocaine drugs inside his stomach. The accused was taken to the hospital and 87 capsules were recovered from his stomach. The Mum bai police registered the case against the accused and started further investigation.
and Gehlot held on 23 August wherein Gehlot accepted Sonia’s deci sion with utmost seri ousness and dignity.
Notably, First India broke this news on 24th August at 1:30 am and now there is a possibili ty that Gehlot is elected to the position unop posed because everyone in the Gandhi family and the Congress’ senior leaders are in agree ment on Ge hlot’s name. Now Ge hlot can
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hashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (MANS), said.
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The high court in its order said the Maha rashtra government ought to have been seri ous on the issue.
Marathi is a local lan guage, he said.
First India Bureau Mumbai: Customs officers at Mumbai Airport seized 12kg gold worth Rs5.38 crore on Sun day. The gold was seized from a spe cially designed belt worn by a Sudanese passenger.
The court further said its order would help in implementing the Maharashtra gov ernment's policy of pro moting Marathi, the language of the state.
Customs officials seized 12kg gold from a specially designed belt worn by a Sudanese passenger.
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trict with the belief that the century-old Sufi shrine’s miraculous healing powers will help them recover from the mental illness.
who is the son of slain rationalist Narendra Dabholkar.Hesaid they have also decided to start a “psychiatric Out-Pa tient Department (OPD)” which will func tion twice a month where patients will be diagnosed and given medication as well as psycho-social support. He said they are also insisting that penal ac tion be taken against any superstitious acts and those who try to ex ploit the patients and their relatives under the pretext of curing them.“We have appealed to people to register cases against such elements,” said Dabholkar.
MANS has tied up with local NGO Matrub humi Foundation and former MLA Har shavardhan Sapkal for the “dawaa-dua” project.Sapkal has also been instrumental in bring ing the shrine trustees, locals, patients, their relatives and the dis trict administration to gether on one platform as part of the project.
The main accused of the syndicate has been identified as Has mukh Patel and was ar rested on September 09. He is at present in judi cial custody till Septem ber
—Dr Hameed Dabholkar, Psychiatrist
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12kg gold worth `5.38 cr seized at Mumbai airport
First India Bureau Mumbai: A fake in voice racket worth Rs132 crore has been busted by the Bhi wandi Commissioner ate of the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) depart ment in Thane dis trict. The input tax credit availed by the accused amounts to the tune of Rs23 crore, informed an of ficial on Sunday.
Pune: Gold biscuits worth over Rs61 lakh were seized at Pune international airport, officials from the customs department said on Friday. The biscuits, weighing nearly 1.2kg were hidden under a seat on a flight that arrived from Dubai. “On searching of Spicejet Flight SG-52, which arrived at Pune International Airport from Dubai in the early hours on September 09, the customs officials recovered a pouch contain ing 10 gold biscuits, wrapped in a black plastic sheet. The biscuits were of 999.0 purity and weighed 1,166.40gm valued at Rs61.7 lakh. The pouch was found concealed under a passenger seat and the gold was seized under the Customs Act, 1962. Further investigation is under progress,” a customs official said in a statement.
file his nomination be tween September 24 and September 30 and if no other candidate stands for the elec tion; then on October 1, Gehlot will be elect ed unopposed as Con gress President, an ulti mate dream of any Con
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Activists encourage mental health patients to seek treatment
Jadhav had said he studied in Marathi since school, and that proceedings before the courts of judicial magistrate first class and civil judge junior division are normally conducted in Marathi language.
Gehlot may be the first Congress leader who has risen from the rank of district con gressdentpresitothetoppost.
Decision was taken after long meeting of Sonia and Gehlot held on August 23
ers at the shrine,” Dr Hameed Dabholkar, a trained psychiatrist with a keen interest in community mental health and member of the Maharashtra And
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Ahmednagar: A con tainer truck and a car collided near Shi krapur on the PuneAhmednagar Highway on Saturday.
First India Bureau Mumbai: The Maha rashtra government should implement its policy to promote Marathi language se riously, the Bombay High Court has said while directing it to henceforth hold the public prosecutor re cruitment exam in the state in Marathi.
A division bench comprising Justice SV Gangapurwala and Jus tice RN Laddha passed the order on September 07 on a petition filed by one Pratap Jadhav. The petitioner seeks that the exam for posts of public prosecutors be conducted in Marathi also instead of only English.Theorder was made available on Saturday.
The examination is scheduled on Septem ber 11, 2022 and hence it may not be possible for an order to be passed for this year's exam, said the
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“A23. probe revealed that the accused Has mukh Patel allegedly created a web of these fake firms, through which they generated fake invoices of Rs132 crore and availed/ passed on fake ITC of Rs23.16 crore without supplying any goods and services,” stated a CGST report.
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CCTV footage of the incident has surfaced on the internet, showing the car being dragged for 2km by the truck after being hit from behind.
But, they sometimes end up getting fleeced by self-proclaimed god men and quacks, activ ists“Thesay. shrine does not have any treatment fa cility. People go there with a belief that the ailment will be cured due to the healing pow
Additional Government Pleader Molina Thakur told the court that this year 7,700 candidates are appearing for the examination for the posts of public prosecutors. She claimed only the petitioner has raised the objection over language and that it may not be possible to find an examiner to assess the answer papers in Marathi language.
Truck, car collide on Pune-Ahmednagar Highway, all passengers escape unhurt
New Delhi: According to the latest update from the highest sections of the Congress ‘powerstructure’, Gehlot will be the only official can didate for the post of Congress President! Word is that this deci sion was taken after a long meeting of Sonia
He said the MANS and other NGOs do not intend to stop people from following their be liefs. “So we tell them
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The expansion plan is a clear indication that a larg er plantation area will help create livelihoods for more villagers and bring about a remarkable change in the lives of the district’s tribal people who have primarily practised ‘podu’ or shifting
offee is a beloved drink of millions of peo ple around the world. A freshly brewed cup of coffee can re fresh your mood in the morning or add energy to a mundane workday. Thanks to the mood-lifting qualities of the brew, cof fee connoisseurs look for aromatic and flavourful coffee with a dollop of cream on top to celebrate their special occasions.
The district is full of paradoxes. This vast out back has had its dark side: poverty, lack of develop ment and hunger. The dis trict was often in news for all the wrong reasons. But the story of penury two
The secret to a great Ko raput Coffee, it turns out, is the way it is organically grown, picked, dried, roast ed and ground. And the place it is cultivated. Odis ha’s southernmost district of Koraput is the state’s tribal heartland, with roll ing hills, valleys, roaring
They were paid a pit tance for the cherries, hardly covering the costs of their labour-in tensive produce. Many disheartened farmers almost gave up.
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So, how much of this or ganic, export-quality cof fee made from natural shade-grown, hand-picked red berries are produced in the plantations of Ko raput’s tribal farmers? Of ficial records show about 1,100 metric tonnes were produced in the 2020-21 season. The TDCCOL alone procured 28,790 kg of coffee beans from tribal
TS Eliot once said he measured out his life with coffee spoons. The same can likely be said about many members of our society. Coffee can be an integral part of a morning routine or an afternoon pick-me-up. To mix up your coffee and snack routine, whether it’s in the early morning, midday or late afternoon, you may accessorise your cuppa with a sprinkle of cocoa or cinnamon and sweetened with vanillabean syrup, chocolate or caramel like a fancy drink. They were all good, but for the connois seur, it’s a simple cup of Koraput Coffee sipped in an old-fashioned way. No latte, no cappuccino, no espresso, no Frappucci no. Just filter coffee— something that compli ments the new cafe cul ture brewing in India, where a growing number of coffee lovers are ban ishing the beans from farms that use chemical fertilisers and pesticides. That’s where Koraput Coffee scores—pure and organic, with a rich taste and aroma.
Coffee may have a royal lineage in Koraput, but it was the Directorate of Soil Conservation and Water shed Development that adopted a plantation in the area to check siltation at the Machhkund Hydro Electricity Reservoir in 1958. The Odisha govern ment started promoting coffee cultivation in Ko raput in 1960. Private plant ers joined the initiative in the following years.
Farmers have been tra ditionally growing crops like paddy, green gram and vegetables which barely met their family expenses. Shifting to coffee cultiva tion has changed their lot for the better. It has trans formed the lives of thou sands of tribal populace. Coffee has brought back the smile on their face.
The government has plans to bring 1.5 lakh hec tares under coffee
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rivers, spectacular water falls, deciduous forests, and a pleasantly humid, sundrenched climate perfect for coffee bushes to thrive and fruit all year round.
growers in 2020-21. Odisha has cultivated a reputation for being so cially responsible and it is expanding its effort to put more coffee shops— and create more jobs. From farmers to baristas.
Their happiness is the big gest reward for the hard work put in by the Odisha government, the Tribal De velopment Co-operative Corporation of Odisha Ltd (TDCCOL), and the Coffee Board of India to turn the corner for this remote dis trict. The locals are now showing a growing interest to diversify their income through this cash crop. Call it turning the cor ner for tribal empow erment. Besides, mul ti-cropping is helping the farmers grow other cash crops like pepper and carda mom suited for this sunny and rain-fed hilly district spanning sparsely populated vast terrain of rugged acres. As coffee farming re quires low maintenance and low cost it can offer huge economic prospects for the district.
coffee is now winning the battle, adding to the list of success stories and wiping off its notorious past.
Odisha is now making the world wake up and smell its homegrown cof fee. Or, rather sip it. It’s called Koraput Coffee— premium Arabica with a hint of the acidic Robusta and it’s fit for royalty. Odi sha's caffeinated brew compliments the first cof fee seeds sown as a fancy experiment in the sunkissed, rich reddish-brown soil of Bichalkota village in Koraput on the Eastern Ghats by the polyglot Ma haraja of Jeypore, Rajba hadur Rama Chandra Deo, in the 1930s.
It has been around for years, but this coffee came of age only recently when Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s government de cided to package it as a sig nature brand and push its sales vigorously in the domestic and inter national market through outlets as well as online e-com merce platforms like Amazon. And thus, the brand Ko raput Coffee was launched in 2019.
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however, blew in when Chief Minister Naveen Pat naik took a multi-pronged approach: market the fine coffee produced in Koraput and buy directly from the tribal grower. They were incentivized, right from al lotting land for cultivation, to the plantation, to pro cessing and marketing to augment the area’s socioeconomy through coffee cultivation. In 2016-17, the Coffee Development Trust was founded to create a sin gle platform to remove holdups and turn the dis trict into a coffee hub.
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Grown at an altitude of over 3,000 feet in the dis trict that gives the coffee its name, Koraput’s coffee is 100 per cent premium Ara bica. This roasted filter cof fee received the Geographi cal Indication (GI) tag in 2019. The coffee is now cul tivated on 5,000
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On International Coffee Day in 2021 i.e October 1, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the Koraput Coffee Café in Bhubaneswar. He also dedicated the e-commerce platform Koraputcoffee. org to promote Koraput coffee globally. Several Koraput Coffee Cafés have been set up at strategic places to popularise au thentic coffee and boost the income of the tribal population. More such ca fes are in the pipeline across India to establish the brand and transform the lives of Koraput’s cul tivators. For its part, TD CCOL is also selling the product in Adisha stores in Odisha and through ecommerce websites Ama zon and its own Adisha. in. Tata Coffee is selling Koraput’s coffee under its brand name.
Coffee cultivation, how ever, remained stuck in policy bottlenecks and fund constraints. In the mean time, tribal farmers contin ued to grow coffee, though the returns were extremely poor as their only link to
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The country is now enjoying another breeze of voice from the northern val ley. With the inti mate flavour of the voice, Singer-Actor Tanya stole the hearts of the listeners and con tinues to do so. Her re cent releases of Kithey nain na jodi and Gal Sun yaara nudged the viewers into a different experience of listening to and viewing her act ing across the country and beyond.
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