Second leg of Budget session from today; Govt says our priority to pass Finance Bill

New Delhi: The Indian Navy is going to place orders for acquiring more than 200 BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles worth over $2.5 billion which would be equipped on all the frontline warships of maritime force, the officials said on Sunday.

ADANI GROUP PREPAYS

$2.15 BILLION LOANS

AHEAD OF DEADLINE

New Delhi: Adani Group on Sunday said it has repaid loans aggregating USD 2.65 billion to complete a prepayment programme ahead of March 31 deadline to cut overall leverage in an attempt to win back investors’ trust.

WEAPONS, NARCOTICS

SEIZED NEAR LoC IN J&K’S RAJOURI AREA

Rajouri/Jammu: Army troops guarding the LoC recovered small arms and narcotics from Rajouri district of J&K on Sunday, officials said. Two pistols, an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and heroin was among the recoveries made, they said.

First India Bureau New Delhi: The second leg of Budget session will commence on Monday with the government asserting that its priority is to pass the Finance Bill and the Opposition planning to raise issues like the action of central agencies against the BJP’s politi- cal rivals and allegations against the Adani group. Rajya Sabha Chairperson Jagdeep

Dhankhar sought views of leaders of various political parties on ways to curb disruptions in the House at a meeting held on Sunday. Opposition members raised the issue of alleged misuse of central agencies against non-BJP govts and move to appoint Dhankhar’s personal staff on parl committees. More on P5

6 dead in accident on Samruddhi Expressway in Buldhana district

First India Bureau Buldhana: Six persons were killed after their car met with an accident on Sunday morning on the Samruddhi Expressway in Maha rashtra’s Buldhana dis trict, a police official said.

The accident took place at 8am at Shivni Pisa vil lage when the car, with 13 occu pants, was on its way from Aurangabad to Shegaon here, Buldhana Superintendent of Police Sarang Awhad told PTI.

“The driver of the car lost control, after which the vehicle hit a

J&K’S BUDGET TO BE PRESENTED IN PARL BY SITHARAMAN TODAY

Finance Minister Nirmala opportunities alternatively to the Congress and the Communists for the past several years, both have failed to deliver and could not bring any development in the state. He said India’s economy was in the 11th position when PM Modi took over, adding, Narendra Modi government took the fight to Pakistan’s soil following Pulwama and Uri incidents. More on P5

Sitharaman will table budget for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir for the year 2023-24 in Lok Sabha today. The UT is at present under the central govt rule. Nirmala Sitharaman will also present Supplementary Demands for Grants - Second Batch for 2022-23.

New Delhi: The Centre in a filing to the Supreme Court on Sunday stuck to its earlier stand that same-sex marriage is not compatible with the concept of an “Indian family unit”, which it said consists of “a husband, a wife, and children which necessarily presuppose a biological man as a ‘husband’, a biological woman as a ‘wife’ and children born out of union between the two - who are reared by the biological man as father and the biological woman as mother”.

It is submitted that despite the decriminalisation of Section 377 of IPC, petitioners cannot claim right for same-sex marriage to be recognised under the laws of the country, it said.

The notion of marriage itself necessarily and inevitably presupposes a union between two persons of the opposite sex. —Centre z Registration of marriage of same sex persons also results in violation of existing personal as well as codified law provisions z Parties entering into marriage creates an institution having its own public significance, as it is a social institution from which several rights & liabilities flow z Family issues are far beyond mere recognition and registration of marriage between persons belonging to the same gender z It will not be permissible to pray for a writ of this court to change the entire legislative policy of the country deeply embedded in religious and societal norm

AFFIDAVIT STATES...

Mumbai ACP Nitin Bobde dies on duty due to heart attack

First India Bureau Mumbai: Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) of Yellow Gate Division, Nitin Bobde, died after suffering a heart attack at his office between 2 pm and 4 pm on Saturday. 55-year-old Bobde came on duty around 10 am, according to Mumbai police and rested in his room after having lunch around 2 pm. However, when staff of his office knocked on the door, there was no answer from inside. Sensing that something was not quite right, the staff went inside but found Bobde to be unresponsive.

The staff rushed him to St. George Hospital for treatment, but the officer could not be revived. The post-mortem is being conducted at St. George Hospital. Bobde was a Senior Police Inspector at Mankhurd Police Station before taking charge as Senior Police Inspector of Matunga Police Station. He was then promoted as ACP and posted at the Yellow Gate Division.