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Mumbai: Operation Da wood Ibrahim launched by National Security Ad visor Ajit Doval has launched into the second of its laser focused, dis tinct operational phases. The two-pronged Phase II will see the Mumbai police com mence the attachment of Nami (owned proper ties) as well as Be-nami (held in names of front men) properties of gang sters Dawood Ibrahim
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Lakhimpur Kheri: The police have arrest ed six people for the rape and murder of two Dalit sisters, 17 and 15, in UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri district on Thurs day. The autopsy report of the victims has con firmed that they were raped and strangulated to death before they were hanged to a tree by the accused men.
New Delhi: The book, titled Ambedkar and Modi will be released on Friday, eve of PM Narendra Modi’s birthday. Union Minis ter Anurag Thakur to release the book. For mer President Ram Nath Kovind and exCJI Balakrishnan will also be present at the event. The book pre sents Ambedkar’s vi sion of India and achievements Modi and his government.
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Mumbai: Days after Mumbai Police recorded Ranveer Singh’s statement in nude photoshoot case, it was revealed on Thursday that the actor claimed someone morphed and tampered with one of his photos and said photo was not shot way it is shown.
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Mumbai: In another blow to the Uddhav fac tion, the chiefs of Shiv Sena units in 12 states have pledged support to the Eknath Shinde fac tion. This comes two weeks before the Su preme Court is expect ed to give its verdict on whether the Election Commission can hear the rebel camp’s claim to the Bow and Arrow symbol.Thechiefs of the Del hi, Manipur, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Hy derabad, Goa, Karnata ka, West Bengal, Odis ha, and Tripura units of the Shiv Sena met CM Eknath Shinde on Wednesday evening in Mumbai, and declared their“Varioussupport. Pradesh Pramukhs of the Shiv Sena met me on Wednes day and pledged their support. During the meeting, we had a de tailed discussion on how to expand the Shiv Sena in various corners of the country,” Shinde tweeted about the meet ing.For Shinde, who has the support of 40 MLAs, and 12 of the 18 MPs, the support from the Sena state units will come in handy during the hearing before the Election Commission where it claimed that it represents the “real” Shiv Sena and staked claim on the party symbol.
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Superintendent of Police of Lakhimpur Sanjeev Suman said all the accused, other than Chotu, hailed from Lalpur village in Lakhimpur Kheri. Contrary to the victims’ family’s claim that the girls were kidnapped, SP Sanjeev Suman said the girls went with the accused with their free will.
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surrendering arms and joining the mainstream today,” Shah said.
over contracts for liq licenses” under ex cise policy introduced by CM Kejriwal. Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta released video in the press conference that “total amount of Rs 100 cr was given by liquor giants to AAP in cash, to be used for elections in Goa or Punjab.” P5
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Mumbai (PTI): Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday hinted at reviving the stalled mega West Coast refinery project, which was to have come up in Nanar in comeproposalistereventAddressingMaharashtra.anindustryhere,theminsaidnoconcretehasbeentohimyetfromthe or from investors. have sent feelers to all and the response so far has been good. The 60 million tonne per annum project can come up anywhere in Maha rashtra or any other west coast state or even in a southern state and it need not be in Ratnagiri alone,” Puri told reporters later. “We are also thinking of splitting the project to two or more locations but it would be best if the over Rs3 lakh crore project can come up at a single location as originally planned,” the minister said. The project was put on the back burner amid opposition from locals. The world’s largest oil company Aramco of Saudi Arabia and UAE’s Adnoc were keen to pick up considerable minority stakes in the project that was jointly floated by the three national oil companies—Indian Oil, BPCL and HPCL.
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“It is disappointing that negative, false and baseless claims are be ing spread to gain politi cal mileage. This is only to hide their own incom petence. I want to ask the opposition leaders, who sent back the Rs3.5 lakh
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This was just the beginning and one day the Eknath Shin de-led prosperity.mineThane“conquer”boursomethatmouthpiecethealMumbai,edGIFT,alGujarattuallycentreternationalinpiecebai,”evengovernmentMaharashtramight“tradeMumtheSenamouth‘Saamana’saidaneditorial.Beforethis,aninfinance(whicheventookshapeasInternationFinanceTech,orCity)wasshifttoGujaratfromtheeditorialleged.WithoutnamingBJP,theSenaallegedlikethisproject,peoplealsoharthedesiretoMumbai-andunderMaharashtra’s
Thane: Two women have been booked for allegedly cheating a 79-year-old man of Rs15.87 lakh, a Manpada police station official said on Thursday. One woman told the man that ghosts had invaded his house.
Thane: Hundreds of people from tribal communities took out a protest morcha to Shahapur tehsil office in Thane district demanding better facilities for residents. The agitation, “Dholi Morcha”, also saw participation from a large number of women. During the march, the protesters shouted slogans against the state government for failing to provide basic amenities to tribal-dominated villages. The agitators carried a “dholi”— a makeshift covered stretcher—during the stir on Wednesday. A delegation later met the local tehsildar and submitted a memoran dum listing their grievances. The protesters said the sick, pregnant women and students face a lot of problems in reaching main roads from their villages due to lack of proper connectivity.
NCP activists were detained following a protest against the state government 'for allowing' the Rs1.54 lakh crore Vedanta-Foxconn project to go to Gujarat, at the NCP office, in Mumbai on Thursday.
Mumbai: Deputy Chief Minister Dev endra Fadnavis has accused the opposi tion of making false claims over the Ve danta-Foxconn semi conductor plant go ing to Gujarat, and also questioned it over the Nanar refin ery project.
No hope of semiconductor unit coming back to Maha: Pawar
An entire ecosystem of start-ups supporting the defence industry has come up in the country. This a very reassuring development, through which the vision of ‘atmanirbharta’ will soon be a reality.
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The Thackeray-led Shiv Sena had sided with the locals who were opposed to the refinery project that was to come up at Nanar in the coast al Ratnagiri district.
The Opposition par ties have sought to cor ner the Eknath ShindeBharatiya Janata Par ty (BJP) government following the an nouncement two days ago that the Rs1.54 lakh crore semicon ductor plant would be
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Mumbai: A 65-year-cleric was arrested for allegedly out raging the modesty of three minor girls in Karjat in Raigad district, a police official said on Thursday, adding that the incident came to light on Monday after a woman saw the man touching her 12-year-old daughter inappropriately.
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He also welcomed Ve danta chairman Anil Agarwal’s tweet that Maharashtra will be key to “forward integra tion” to the joint ven ture in Gujarat.
“We welcome your de cision to choose Maha rashtra for forward inte gration. We will always
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Uddhav Thackerayled Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress have sought to corner the state gov ernment following the announcement two days ago that the Rs1.54 lakh crore semiconduc tor plant would be set up in Gujarat and not in Maharashtra as pro posed earlier.
set up in neighbouring Gujarat and not in Ma harashtra as proposed earlier.
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It is disappointing that negative, false and baseless claims are being spread to gain political mileage. This is only to hide their own incompetence. I want to ask opposition leaders, who sent back Rs3.5 lakh crore refinery from Maharashtra? My advice to these leaders is to focus on becoming competent & efficient and not negative and desperate.
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“She and an accomplice made him spend Rs15.87 lakh for ‘rituals’ to cleanse his home between July and September, after which he approached the police. The women have been charged under the Indian Penal Code and the Maharashtra Pre vention and Eradication of Human Sacrifice and other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and Black Magic Act, 2013,” he said.
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years. We started this about two years ago,” the industrialist said.
“On the complaint of the 12-year-old girl, we have arrested the cleric, who has allegedly targeted three girls,” he said. A case was reg istered under the Indian Penal Code, and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
Mumbai: Mohan Dubey, a 33-year-old freelance journalist, was stabbed and injured by a man after the former asked him not to consume drugs in suburban Tilak Nagar a fortnight ago, police said on Wednesday. “Yusuf Sheikh bore the grudge against Dubey and attacked Dubey on Tuesday night with a sharp weapon,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Krishnakant Upadhyay, zone six, said.
remain competitive and extremely business friendly,” he added.
Earlier, in a series of tweets, Agarwal said Vedanta-Foxconn JV had been professionally assessing the site for the multi-billion dollar in vestment. “This is a sci entific and financial pro cess which takes several
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Nagpur: Army chief General Manoj Pan de on Thursday said India’s dependence on imported technol ogies for defence has emerged as a “strate gic vulnerability”, and stressed the need for self-sufficiency in the sector, saying the country’s security can neither be out sourced nor be de pendent on the lar gesse of others.
crore refinery from Ma harashtra? My advice to these leaders is to focus on becoming competent & efficient and not nega tive and desperate,” Fad navis, who is visiting Moscow, tweeted.
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While a First Information Report (FIR) was regis tered under section 307 (attempt to murder), no arrest has been made.
Addressing a press conference, Pawar said the Centre’s assurance to Maharashtra that it
will get a bigger project than the Vedanta-Fox conn semiconductor plant was is akin to try ing to “convince a child”.
Nagpur on the occa sion of its 20th convo cation, Gen Pande also said that India’s secu
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The annual auction of gold and silver artefacts and jewellery offered by devotees to Lalbaugcha Raja during Ganeshotsav began on Thursday evening at the Lalbaugcha Raja Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal.
“We decided on Guja rat a few months ago as they met our expecta
He said the mega project was originally envisaged to come up at Talegaon near Pune city, which already has an automobile hub near Chakan.
They shortlisted Gu jarat, Karnataka, Maha rashtra and Tamil Nadu and had been engaging with each of these gov ernments as well as the Union government and “have received fantastic support,” he said.
An endangered and migratory Egyptian vulture perches on a landfill. —FILE PHOTO
Anahita and her hus band Darius Pandole are undergoing treatment at Sir HN Reliance Founda tion Hospital in the city following the September 04 accident in neigh bouring Palghar district.
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The girl was married off in a mosque in Au rangabad district on May 15 this year and her “husband” estab lished sexual relations with her after the cou ple shifted to Muzaffar pur, the Chitalsar police station official said, cit ing a complaint filed with the station.
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project of Urvarasa,” says Madhavi Kolte, codirector at Jeeva Bha
Kalbhor, along with the Green Works Trust, a non-profit or ganization, decided to set up a food centre as part of the sanctu ary’s vulture conser vation project.
In all, the highway on the Maharashtra side saw 262 accidents from January to August this year; Manor and Charoti traffic police stations told NHAI about 50 black spots under their jurisdiction
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Once a cattle death is reported, members of the Green Work Trust will carry the carcass to the food cen tre which is expected to attract vultures.
Four booked after Thane 15-year-old complains of child marriage, torture
The satellite images further showed that mangroves were distrib
The case has been filed under sections of the IPC, Prohibition of Child Marriage Act as well POCSOas
Mangroves, creeklets, mudflats, sandy coasts inundated; 300m of shore area eroded
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Mumbai: Raigad dis trict has lost as much as 55 hectares of land to coastal inundation and shoreline erosion over the past three decades, a recent study by (SCF)vationtionnon-profitPune-basedorganizaSrushtiConserFoundationhasfound.
Anahita Pandole —FILE PHOTO
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‘Urvarasa’ will also be screened at Pune’s Indradhanushya Environment and Citizenship Centre on Oct 01
chandani, hospital CEO, said, adding that Dr Peter V Gian noudis, chairman of Academic Department of Trauma and Ortho paedic Surgery at Uni versity of Leeds, was flown in to provide ex pertMistryadvice.(54) and his friend Jahangir Pandole were killed after their car hit a road divider on a bridge on the Surya river in Palghar district.
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The shoreline is changing steadily in sev eral parts of the state and there is a need for a systematic assessment of the same, the study suggested. For example, in many areas, man groves are expanding in agriculture lands due to saltwater ingress while, in many areas, loss of sediment causing large scale“Climateerosion.change re lated sea-level rise will further worsen the situ ation. The Government should commission a study to seek solutions to deal with the chang ing seascape. We are currently doing ad hoc interventions which will only worsen the situation,” Apte said, adding that for exam ple, promotion of khar land bunds which es sentially kills man groves is a favourite but ill-conceived remedy as a universal solution.
This is the stretch where Mistry’s car met
300-500m inland. Fur ther, mangrove and Casuarina plantations have not been able to withstand the loss of sediment and eventual ly got uprooted,” said Dr Deepak Apte, Man aging Director, SCF.
Thane: Four persons were booked in Thane after a 15-year-old girl complained that she was forcibly married off to man who sexu ally exploited and tor tured her, an official said on Thursday.
by the United Nations as one of the most effec tive farming practices to mitigate the effects of the climate crisis across the globe, says Kolte. Called SPNF (Subhash Palekar Natu ral Farming), this mod el has been implement ed on Kadam’s farm in its entirety. Additional ly, Urvarasa farmers comply with a unique set of guidelines, taking them a step closer to be ing the solution, rather than the victim, of the myriad environmental and climate crises.
January to August this year wherein 26 people died, 24 suffered griev ous injuries and 29 sus tained minor injuries.
into farming on his an cestral farm in his early teens and went on to complete his diploma in agriculture. In pursuit of getting a higher yield from his 4.5 acres of land, he switched to conventional agricul tural techniques using chemical-based inputs, and even undertook dealerships for a ferti lizer practices,ternativehefectsbySooncompany.disillusionedthenegativesideefofthechemicals,begantoexplorealfarmingleadingto
been booked under provisions of the Indi an Penal Code, Prohi bition of Child Mar riage Act as well as Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, though no arrest has been made as yet, he added.
Dr Deepak Apte, Managing Director, SCF
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Crash survior Anahita Pandole has surgery
The sanctuary, about 140 km from Mumbai, used to have more than 30 vultures until seven years ago but most of the birds have now migrated to other areas due to lack of food, said range for est official Tushar
The Urvarasa pro gramme is based on the successful working model of natural farm ing pioneered by Padma Shri awardee Subhash Palekar and recognized
55 ha coastal land lost to sea in 3 decades, study discovers
A behind-the-scenes image from the shoot of short film ‘Urvarasa’, which tracks Ramhari Kadam’s experiments with natural farming.
with an accident near Surya river bridge.
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Pune: The story of how a farmer from Pandharpur used nat ural farming tech niques to revive water levels and improve soil quality is being screened at the Hima layan Vegan Festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Friday. The short film, ‘Urvarasa’, di rected by local film
arina plantation (Coast al She-oak or Sura in Marathi) extends along the north-south belt on Devghar Beach. How ever, the beach-side plantation was found to be getting destroyed due to continuous loss of sediment resulting
Gram panchayats have been asked to inform the authorities when any cattle die so that members of the Green Work Trust can carry the carcass to the food centre which is expected to attract vultures
The sanctuary, spread over nearly 7,000 hectares, is home to more than 160 spe cies of birds, at least 30 species of reptiles and 17 species of mammals.
ADVERSE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
“As soon as I began us ing the natural farming technique, I watched the well and borewell water levels on my farm gradu ally rise. As the layer of alkali-laden soil caused by chemical farming gradually receded, crops that had been failing started flourishing again,” says Kadam.
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The authorities have written to gram panchayats in the area asking them to inform about the death of any cattle, he said.
Alibag: A “food cen tre” is being set up at the Phansad wild life sanctuary in coastal Raigad dis trict in a bid to re vive the dwindling vulture population in the region.
Climate change related sea-level rise will further worsen the situation. The Government should commission a study to seek solutions to deal with the changing seascape. We are currently doing ad hoc interventions which will only worsen the situ ation.
After Mistry’s death, Highway Traffic Police authorities audited the highway from Dahisar toll plaza to Achad, near cidents.theseshouldcat’sstrips,mendedtion.underspotstheyIndiaHighwaysitswayborder.Maharashtra-GujaratCharotiHighTrafficPolice,inlettertoNationalAuthorityof(NHAI)statedidentified26blackonthehighwaytheirjurisdicTheyalsorecomthatrumbleblinkersandeyeorroadstudsbeinstalledatspotstoavoidac
“Dr Pandole has been operated today for pelvic reconstruction by an ex pert team of doctors at Sir HN Reliance Founda tion Hospital. Given the complex pelvic fracture, multiple opinions of various experts around the world were also tak en,” Dr Tarang Gian
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“She has said her husband tortured her. She came back to her parents in Thane in September and nar rated her ordeal, after which a police com plaint was filed,” he said.Four persons have
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in the erosion of the shore and also change in sediment profile from a clay-silty domi nated seascape to coarse sand dominated sea scape, the analysis read.
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Mumbai: On average, seven people die every month in road mis haps on the MumbaiAhmedabad highway. In comparison, 32 ac cidents occur a month, on average, on just the Mumbai to Charoti stretch, where former Tata group chairman Cyrus Mistry died in an accident.
Police personnel inspect the vehicle of Cyrus Mistry after the fatal crash on Sept 04. —FILE PHOTO
Mumbai: Dr Anahita Pandole, who survived the car accident in which former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry died earlier this month, under went a pelvic surgery at a private hospital here on Thursday, of ficials said.
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Kalbhor.Vultures mainly feed on carrion which has become scarce,
Mangroves and Casuarina plantations haven’t been able to withstand the sediment loss. —FILE PHOTO
said another official.
Anahita Pandole (55) who was at the wheel and her husband Darius (60) suffered injuries.
uted unevenly in this patch. In the central part of this patch, dead mangroves were ob served on a large scale.
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Manipur’s incorporation into the Indian state in 1949 led to the formation of a number of insurgent organ isations dismissing the merger with India as invol untary. Clashes between the two major ethnic groups of Nagas and Kukis during the 1990s and emergence of mil itant outfits of other ethnic groups has made Manipur a major conflict zone. The ma jor separatist factions active today are — Unite National Liberation Front (UNLF), The Kuki National Army, the People’s Liberation Army of Manipur (PLA), the People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PRE PAK). Except Kuki group, no peace talks with any other outfit.Nagaland was created as a state of the Indian Union in 1963. The Naga National Council led by Phizo has been demanding independ ent Naga Nation since 1947.
The military operations have been able to keep the Insurgency under check but the lasting peace re mains elusive. Replace Army gradually from CI operations in North East and let Assam Rifles in conjunction with local po lice and civil administra tion deal with the issue.
nsurgency in North East India involves multiple armed separatist factions operating in some of In dia’s north-eastern states, which are connected to the rest of India by the Siliguri Corridor which is barely 14.29 miles wide. These states share borders with Bangladesh, Bhutan, My anmar and China which makes up close to 40% of India’s land borders with its neighbours. North East (NE) region is a bridgehead between India and the vi brant economies of South East Asia including China. The region is endowed with huge natural resources and potential of tourism.
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ladesh and close proximity to Myanmar. The United Liberation Front of As sam (ULFA) was formed in April 1979 to establish a sov ereign state of Assam for the indigenous people of Assam through an armed struggle. With Bodo and Karbi groups having signed peace agree ments with the government, only some from ULFA (Inde pendent) and KLO (Kamta pur Liberation Organisa tion) keep indulging in some criminal activity. Dima Halam Daogah (DHD) oper ating in South Assam has signed peace accord with government and was dis solved in Meghalaya2012. was separat ed from the state of Assam
The government must first increase its presence in the region through corruption free pro-people governance and ensure
CURRENT INSURGENCY SITUATION AND WAY FORWARD
The NSCN split in 1988 to form two groups, NSCN (Isak - Muivah) and NSCN (Khaplang). Since 2015, both groups are in a ceasefire truce with Government.
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The peace negotiation is the only solution to completely curb the insurgency in this region.
Assam has been a refuge for militants for a number of years, due to its porous bor ders with Bhutan and Bang
Rajnath Singh @rajnathsingh Had a warm and productive telephonic conversation with the US Secretary of Defence, Mr. Lloyd Austin. We discussed growing convergence of strategic interests and enhanced defence & security cooperation.We also discussed ways to strengthen technological and industrial collaboration and also explore cooperation in emerging and critical technologies. I conveyed India’s concern at the recent US decision to provide sustenance package for Pakistan’s F-16 fleet.
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tical as this growth was below 20.1 percent of the first quarter in 2021-22.
Tripura. Armed insur rections in the region be gan in 1947 when the Shan ti Sena demanded reforms in land laws and an end to the feudal regime. Later the armed outfits like, All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) and National Lib eration Front of Tripu ra (NLFT) emerged. Pres ently ATTF is defunct and NLFT signed the Tripura Peace Accord ending in surgency in Mizoram’s2019.tensions were largely due to the simmer ing Assamese domination and the neglect of the Mizo
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Fitch has joined Moody’s to lower India’s growth fore cast from 7.8 to 7 percent for the fiscal 2022-23. For fiscal year 2024 it sees a further slowdown to 6.7 percent from 7.4 predicted earlier.
in 1971, in order to satisfy the Khasi, Synteng and Garo groups. The first mil itant outfit to emerge in the region in 1992 was Hyn niewtrep Achik Libera tion (HALC). Currently barring a few leaders of the Hynniewtrep National Lib eration Council, almost all extremist groups such as Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) and Achik Liberation Matgrik Army have declared a truce.
Arunachal Pradesh in surgency has been of low nature and a part of the larger Northeast India in surgency involving multi ple groups trying to sepa rate from or destabilize the province.
As jobs and incomes re main uncertain negatively impacts the consumer sen
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While States of Mizoram and Tripura by and large remained peaceful and there has been a “marked im provement” in the security situation in the other states of the region. With issues of Bodoland and Dimasas nearly settled, most groups of Meghalaya have called a truce and most other outfits including NSCN and ULFA are involved in a peace dia logue in the hope of arriving at a settlement. The major hassles still obstructing peace in the region are Paresh Barua of ULFA and militant outfits in Manipur.
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timent and leads to sluggish demand. This, in turn, hurts investment prospects. A report by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Econo my (CMIE) said that at Rs 3.57 lakh crore investment proposals showed only a marginal increase in the first quarter of this year.
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of talks with local radical groups and Chinese pres ence and influence on My anmar Army must be fac tored in lest the backlash is faced by security forces.
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The decline made the State Bank of India to predict a lower growth of 6.8 percent while Moody’s put it at 5.2 percent.Oneof the reasons for this downgrade is the high
Opening of trade and communications links and keep diplomatic channels alive to ascertain our na tional interests with Myan mar and countries beyond.
people. In 1986, the Mizo ac cord ended the main seces sionist movement led by the Mizo National Front, bringing peace to the region.
The reasons for insurgen cy differ from State to State in NE. Several factors like common ethnic stock, sim ilar historical background and comparable geo-poli tics are responsible for abetting insurgency in the region. The physiographic constraints, the geographi cal isolation and the wide communication gap facili tated mushrooming insur gent groups and their pro longed struggle. They were assisted by China and Pa kistan with training facili ties and weapons and Bangladesh and Myanmar by providing shelter.
Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp Social transformation is one of the key goals of education. Values and wisdom are more important than material wealth. Value-based education is important for building a future-ready and socially conscious generation.
inflation rate which the Re serve Bank of India has failed to control. The other is the Indian private sec tor’s disinterest in putting its money in the economy.
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Need to adopt a holistic ap proach and continue car rot and stick policy to wards insurgent groups adopted by Modi Govern ment as it has helped curb insurgency and restore normalcy in the region.
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After the National Statistical Organisation’s data showed the GDP to have risen by 13.5 percent in the April-June quarter of the current fiscal, the rating agencies grew skeptical as this growth was below 20.1 percent of the first quarter in 2021-22. The decline made the State Bank of India to predict a lower growth of 6.8 percent while Moody’s put it at 5.2 percent
Insurgency in Northeast India involves multiple armed separatist factions operating in some of India’s north-eastern states, which are connected to the rest of India by the Siliguri Corridor which is barely 14.29 miles wide. These states share borders with Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and China which makes up close to 40% of India’s land borders with its neighbours. NE region is a bridgehead between India and the vibrant economies of SE Asia including China.
Need to adopt a holistic ap proach and continue car rot and stick policy towards insurgent groups adopted by Modi Government as it has helped curb insurgency and restore normalcy in the regio. The military operations have been able to keep the Insurgency under check but the lasting peace remains elu sive. Replace Army gradually from CI operations in North East and let Assam Rifles in conjunction with local police and civil administration deal with the issue.
WAY AHEAD
The main insurgent groups operating today are:The National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) formed in 1980 to establish a Greater Naga land, encompassing parts of Manipur, Nagaland, and the north Cachar Hills (Assam).
Today, Manipur is one of the worst affected states in the Northeast where at least 12 insurgent outfits are active at present with a cadre of over 10,000 and needs greater focus to get the militant outfits includ ing Meitei groups to the negotiating table.
The Central Govern ment has decided to re duce disturbed areas un der Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in the states of Nagaland, Assam and Manipur. However, possibility of disruption
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After the National Sta tistical Organisation’s data showed the GDP to have risen by 13.5 percent in the April-June quarter of the current fiscal the rating agencies grew skep
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Insurgency in north-east ern India is rather low at present, due to synergised efforts of the state police forces, army, central armed police forces, the state governments and the central government. This has been aided mainly due to cooperation by neigh bouring countries - Bang ladesh and Myanmar.
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The Central Government has decided to reduce disturbed areas under AFSPA in the states of Nagaland, Assam and Manipur. However, possibility of disruption of talks with local radical groups and Chinese presence and influence on Myanmar Army must be factored in lest the backlash is faced by security forces
A couple of days ago Fi nance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asked the pri vate sector to boost invest ments. She wanted to know from India Inc what was preventing it from invest ment activity. In compari son, she pointed out, the foreign investors were up beat about India.
In Arunachal Pradesh some Naga insurgent groups are active but the violence level is not high.
The peace negotiation is the only solution to com pletely curb the insurgen cy in this region. The gov ernment must first in crease its presence in the region through corruption free pro-people governance and ensure speedy imple mentation of economic de velopment
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Panaji (Agencies): A day after 8 out of 11 Congress MLAs joined the BJP in the state, Goa Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar on Thursday said he had accepted the merger of the state Congress Legislature Party (CLP) into the ruling BJP. The Speaker said he took the decision after the Congress MLAs submitted a letter and claimed they had the required numbers.
New Delhi: It is a wide ly known aspect that every good leader needs to be an actor too but if a leader keeps acting all the time and if his politics is filled with drama, then it can be safely said that the said leader is surely bring ing down his own cred ibility in the public.
Guwahati: Badrud din Ajmal-led All India United Demo cratic Front called the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ a “flop show” adding that it should have been started from Gujarat so as to make a dent to BJP in 2024 Lok Sabha polls. AI UDF MLA Karim Ud din Barbhuiya said, “It has now become a flop show. When the Congress party an nounced the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, I was very happy. When the Congress declared yatra’s roadmap, I was surprised. They should have gone to Gujarat, UP, Maha rashtra etc where BJP has a strong base.
Kozhikode (PTI): The Customs at Calicut international airport on Thursday seized around 5 kg of gold from a passenger who had arrived from Dubai. They said the smuggling of the gold mixed with other metals, worth over Rs 2.5 crore, was done in connivance with two officials of a private airliner. Apart from the accused, the Customs arrested the two employees of the airline, too.
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(PTI):Thiruvananthapuram Rashtriya Sway amsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat arrived here on Thurs day on a four-day visit to the southern state during which he will at tend various organisa tional thapuram,reachedBhagwat,programmes.whoThiruvananvisitedspir
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New Delhi: The Con gress attacked the Cen tre over the inflation and said the Bharat Jodo Yatra aims to break govt’s silence. The party said the wholesale price-based inflation eased to a 11-month low of 12.41% in August, on softening in prices of manufactured and fuel products, even as food items remained expensive.
AFTER ONE-DAY BREAK, CONG’S YATRA TO RESUME TODAY
Panaji (ANI): With multiple high profile leaders exiting from the grand old Congress par ty, former Goa Chief Minister Digambar Ka mat joined the lot on Wednesday and said that the Gods and God desses gave him a goahead to join the BJP.
Congress MLAs join BJP in Panaji on Wednesday. —FILE PHOTO
New Delhi: Delhi Chief MinisterM Arvind Kejriwal has said that the AAP govt in Punjab will "fully support" the Agnipath Scheme during the recruitment drives of Agniveers. Kejriwal's clarification came after reports that the Punjab govt was not supportive of recruitment drive. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had earlier criticised the Agnipath Scheme.
New Delhi (Agencies): A govt panel has said that India needs to have a regulatory body which will classify online games based on skill or chance. The body should also impose strict rules to ensure prohibited formats remain blocked and to come down hard on gambling websites, as per a report prepared by the government panel.
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mind, what should I do... God said, you go ahead, don’t worry,”said former Congress MLA Kamat. “We have merged with BJP with a major ity of 2/3rd to strength en the hands of PM Modi and CM Pramod Sawant... Congress Chhodo, BJP ko Jodo,” said former Congress MLA Michael ginChhodosaidBharatSawantMeanwhile,Lobo.GoaCMtookajibeatJodoYatraandthat“CongressYatrawillbefromGoanow”.
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has defended party’s premier leader Rahul Gandhi’s move to bypass both poll-bound states, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, as part of his ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra. Ramesh indicated that the Bharat Jodo Yatra is not linked to the election campaigns in Gujarat and Himachal. The 3,500km Yatra has been criticised by some, including the CPM, for spending “18 days in Kerala and only two in Uttar Pradesh” while skipping Gujarat and Himachal altogether. According to the Congress, the broad idea behind this 5-monthlong mass-contact walk from Kanyakumari to Kash mir is to unite India, which the party feels is suffering from religious polarisation, among other issues.
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that. He has made his whole politics, a farce. What he did during his two-day tour of Gujarat was an overdose of dra ma. According to re ports, he had gone to Gujarat on a chartered flight but he played the shocking drama of tak ing an auto ride. To go to an auto driver’s house for lunch, he in sisted that he would go by auto only. Gujarat Police stopped him from doing so due to his safety and protocol but he did not listen. On the contrary, he shout ed at the Gujarat Police and asked to withdraw theKeepsecurity.inmind Arvind
Kollam (ANI): Con gress' Bharat Jodo Yatra will now resume from Kerala’s Kollam on Friday after a oneday break on Thursday.
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giants to AAP in cash, to be used for polls in Goa or Punjab.” Sting aired
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ram in Kollam district later in the day. He will later proceed
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Former Goa CM Digambar Kamat. —FILE PHOTO
New Delhi (ANI): The BJP on Thursday re leased a sting operation showing the alleged corruption by Delhi’s AAP government in “handing over con tracts for liquor licens es” under the excise policy introduced by CM Arvind Kejriwal.
Etawah (PTI): A 57-year-old woman was killed after falling off a roof while fending off a monkey attack here, police sources said on Thursday. The woman, identified as Munni, had gone to the roof of her house in Ludhpura in the district's Jaswant Nagar town to dry clothes when she was attacked by monkeys, the sources said.
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meeting CM Pramod Sawant at the Assembly complex. “I went to a temple, asked Gods and Goddesses that this (joining BJP) is in my
Before starting the march from Navayikku lam, Rahul Gandhi paid his respects to social reformer Sree Naraya na Guru at Sivagiri mutt in Kerala.
BJP sting alleges corruption in Delhi govt’s excise policy
Taking Twitter, Con gress leader Jairam said that the Padyatra will resume on Friday. The yatra completed its sev enth day on Wednesday which was started from Navayikkulam in Thiru vananthapuram.Ontheseventh day, Rahul Gandhi interact ed with students at Chathannur in the Kol lam"Asdistrict.weconclude the first week of #Bharat JodoYatra today, with the distance covered and souls we connected with, our commitment grew stronger, our goal became clearer, and our family grew larger. This is the power of truth; the power of oneness," the Congress said.
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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.
The Yatra is in its Kerala leg and would traverse through the State till Sept 30
Jammu (PTI): Two alleged drug peddlers, including a woman, were detained under the Public Safety Act on Thursday during raids in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, police said. The PSA is an administrative law that allows detention without charge or trial for up to two years in some cases.
Kejriwal will probably be the only leader of the country, who has got Z plus security from two places. The central government has given him Z security, so after the formation of the Aam Aadmi Party gov ernment in Punjab in March, he got Z plus security from there as well. Kejriwal walks in Delhi with complete pomp and show. A route is taken for him, traffic is stopped and a convoy of vehicles moves back
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The sting claims that “total amount of Rs 100 cr was given by liquor
Ahmedabad: The ACB on Thursday arrested former Gujarat minister of state for home Vipul Chaudhary for allegedly siphoning off Rs 750 crore pertaining to the Mehsana District Milk Producing Federation popularly known as Doodhsagar Dairy. An ACB officer said, Vipul Chaudhary was arrested from his residence.
claims AAP’s policy killed small retailers and only let giants live.
itual leader Mata Amri tanandamayi, known as ‘Amma’, at her ash
and forth. He also reached Gujarat with similar pomp, but then engaged in a political stunt of riding an auto. He has done similar stunts in Delhi and Punjab also. The ques tion is that if he is so down to earth and don’t want frills, then why doesnt he return the security provided by the central and Pun jab government? He should return security cover and travel like normal people.
to Thrissur district where he will attend various programmes of the RSS. During his three day stay in the central Kerala dis trict, Bhagwat will also meet trictruvayurRSSpersonalities.prominentHewillattendstateleaders’meetatGuinThrissurdisonSeptember18.
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Rahul Gandhi interacts with students during his Bharat Jodo Yatra in Kerala.
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejri wal is doing exactly
Ludhiana (Agencies): Renowned Punjabi singer G Khan has been booked by the Ludhiana police on Wednesday for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by reportedly singing songs that were ‘inappropriate’ during Ganesh Chaturthi Visarjan programme in Ludhi ana’s Janakpuri area. The event’s organiser and former BJP MLA Harish Bedi’s son Honey were also booked by the police in this case.
At a press conference, BJP Delhi unit chief Adesh Gupta claimed that a total amount of Rs 100 crore was given by liquor giants to AAP in cash, to be used for elec tions in Goa or Punjab. BJP aired a sting opera tion in their press con ference which claims to show proof of AAP’s complicity in the al leged Delhi liquor scam.
Mumbai: Bollywood actor Nora Fatehi was questioned for over six hours by the Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police on Thursday in connection with an extortion case linked to conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. This comes a day after actor Jacqueline Fernandez was quizzed for nearly eight hours in the same case. Crucial
Ludhiana (Agencies): Three empty cartridges of a 32 bore weapon were found Wednesday from Shaheedi Park in Kidwai Nagar of Ludhiana, the police said, adding that an FIR has been registered in this regard. According to officers, on Tuesday night some miscre ants indulged in hooliganism inside the park and one of them may have opened fire.
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Arvind Kejriwal’s acts in Gujarat spill the beans
New Delhi: Hours after the BJP released what it called a “sting operation” to claim the AAP gov ernment in Delhi framed its liquor policy to help a select few, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia threw a challenge in response. “BJP should give this so-called sting to the CBI, which anyway is working like an external agency of the party,” Sisodia told reporters.
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BJP Spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi addresses a press conference, as Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta, party leader Manjinder Sirsa & another leader look on, in New Delhi on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
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rashtra. Her office will run from there for four days. NCP supremo
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Similarly, BVR Sub rahmanyam, lAS (CG, 1987) has been posted as Chairman and Manag ing Director, India Trade
New Delhi (PTI): Law Minister Kiren Rijiju has written to the chief justices of the High Courts to accelerate the process of setting up fast-track courts and fast-track special courts in their respec tive states to hear cases of heinous crimes against women, chil dren and senior citi zens.Inthe letter, the min ister noted that of the 1,800 Fast-Track Courts (FTCs) recommended by the 14th Finance Commission, only 896 were functional as of July 31 and more than 13.18 lakh cases were pending in these
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courts.Inthe case of the Fast-Track Special Courts (FTSCs) set up under a centrally-spon sored scheme for hear ing rape and POCSO Act cases, he noted that of the 1,023 courts sanctioned, 731 were operational as of July 31 across 28 states and Union territories.
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Rajesh Kumar Sin gh, lAS (KL, 1989), has been appointed as Sec retary in the Depart ment of Animal Hus bandry and Dairying, said the order.
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New Delhi (ANI):
Prime Minister Naren dra Modi on Thursday conveyed greetings to all the engineers of the country on the occasion of Engineer’s Day and said that the nation is blessed to have a skilled and talented pool of en gineers that contribute to nation building.
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Under this strategy of BJP, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Si tharaman is going to camp for four days in Baramati seat in Maha
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are contributing to na tion building. Our gov ernment is working to enhance infrastructure for studying engineer ing including building more engineering col leges,” Modi said in a tweet.Inanother tweet, the PM remembered the contribution of Bharat Ratna awardee Dr M Vis vesvaraya. He shared a snippet from one of his previous Mann Ki
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Recently, Amit Shah and JP Nadda discussed this strategy in detail in a meeting with Union Ministers. One of the motives is to try and win the BJP in those seats where it has never won before and the oth er is to stop the top lead ers of the opposition in their seats instead of formulating a common strategy or campaign ing in other seats.
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Mumbai cops... Thursday for a probe to ascertain the Dawood gang’s involvement in realty projects under taken in Mumbai city during the 2.5-years rule of the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) al liance.Asreported by First India in its September 04 issue, India’s most want ed gangster, Dawood Ibrahim is not hiding in Pakistan any more, and is believed to have taken shelter in a relatively small country in Africa or Europe, where he still wields considerable in fluence. He is probably on the African continent in a nation like Uganda, Kenya or Nigeria, but could also even be in the south-east European na tion of Serbia, accord ing to a person tracking these Mumbaitailsjectthetripuledterforebai,“Doval’sdevelopments.visittoMumacoupleofdaysbeUnionHomeMinisAmitShah’sschedpolitico-religiousonMonday,isalsosecondphaseof‘ProDawood’.Italsoensanitizingthepolicedepart
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As per the order is sued on Thursday even ing by the Appoint ments Committee of the Cabinet, Arun Sin ghal, lAS (UP, 1987), has been appointed Secre tary in the Department of Fertilisers. Earlier, he was with the FSSAI.
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New Delhi (Agencies): In a long-drawn litigation spanning over 10 years, the Supreme Court finally ended the con troversy between competing candidates of Primary School Teachers by directing the State to accommodate them. The issue started in 2012 when the State of Haryana issued an advertisement for 9780 posts of primary school teachers. An essential qualification per the said advertisement was the Haryana Teacher Eligibility Test (HTET) qualification.
In March this year, it fielded 10 candidates in Goa, six in Manipur, and 37 in Uttar Pradesh, but it secured less than the None of the Above (NOTA) votes in all three states. Aaditya Thackeray and Sanjay Raut had campaigned in Goa and Uttar Pradesh.
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‘Climate change, sustainable development issues of prime importance’
Sharad Pawar has un derstood this, only then he has also launched a scathing attack on the BJP. He said that Shiva ji Maharaj has taught that never bow your head in front of Delhi. In this way, he has also announced a one-ononeThematch.BJP is not just cornering Pawar on his seat, but it is also eyeing Mainpuri, the safest seat of Mulayam Singh Yadav’s family, and the only Rae Bareli seat the
decades. What was lim ited to mere territorial integrity has now come to be seen in po litical and economic contexts also. Thus, the aim of the NDC course to study ‘strate gic, economic, scien tific, political and in dustrial aspects of na tional defence’ is even more relevant today,” Murmu said.
New Delhi (PTI): Bar bodies led by the Bar Council of India (BCI) have unani mously favoured amending the Constitution to enhance the retirement age of judges of the high court and the Supreme Court to 65 and 67 years respectively. At present trial court judicial officers, HC and SC judges superannuate at the age of 60, 62 and 65 years respectively and especially the bar leaders have been demanding enhancement of retirement age of judges.
WORLD ENGINEERS DAY
Meanwhile, the Re sistance Front terror outfit, linked to Lashkare-Taiba, has threatened Ghulam Nabi Azad ahead of his scheduled rallies in the Valley as part of Mission Kash mir. Threat posters have also been put on social media platforms.
A Supreme Court bench, in a rare instance, has expressed displeasure in its judicial order over a new case listing mechanism introduced by Chief Justice UU Lalit for speedy disposal of matters pending for years. A bench headed by Sanjay Kishan Kaul, the number three-judge in se niority at present in the SC, passed the order, “The new listing system is not giving an adequate time to take up matters fixed for hearing like the present case as there are number of matters within the span”.
AMIT SHAH SALUTES ENGINEERS FOR THEIR ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Thursday greeted all hard working engineers on Engineer’s Day and saluted them for their innovations and paramount role in the development of the country. Engineer’s Day is observed to mark the birth anniversary of engineer statesman Mokshagundam Visves varaya, a diwan of the erstwhile Mysore king dom, who is credited with pioneering engineering works. “Engi neers Day, my greetings to all our hardwork ing engineers and salute them for theirandinnovationsparamountroleinthedevelopmentofournation.
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Congress has won in Ut tar Pradesh. In Rae Bareli, BJP has made Union Minister Naren dra Singh Tomar incharge.TheBJP is also eye ing Chhindwara, the only seat the Congress won in Madhya Pradesh, and has en trusted it to Giriraj Singh. Similarly, BJP is eyeing Saharanpur seat in Uttar Pradesh, Mah bubnagar in Telangana and Jadavpur seat in West Bengal.
The president said we are in a dynamic world where even a small change can have a
AppointmentModi of 13 IAS officers in various ministries and depts
Srinagar: Former Con gress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday said that although he cannot guarantee the restoration of J&K’s spe cial status, he can guar antee the return of state hood for the Union Ter ritory. He was address ing a public meeting in south Kashmir’s Anant nag as part of his public outreach in the Valley.
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New Delhi (ANI): The Su preme Court on Thursday said the rules say that the educational institutes have the power to prescribe uniforms, on the matter of ban on hijab in educational institutions. However, the Supreme Court noted that hijab is different. The apex court hearing in the matter will be continued on Monday on September 19, as per news agency ANI report. Meanwhile, earlier this week on Wednesday, the SC asked whether there is any authentic figure regarding dropping out of students.
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Law Minister Kiren Rijiju
six seats in Goa assem bly elections but drew a blank. It contested 88 seats in 1993 in the Mad hya Pradesh assembly election with the same result. It contested 17 seats in Haryana assem bly elections in 1996, and four seats in 1997 Punjab assembly elec tions, but failed to open itsTheaccount.party continued contesting elections in Goa in 1999, Odisha in 2000, Kerala and Goa in 2001. It contested 80 seats in Bihar assembly in 2015, and 15 in Goa polls in 2017, but failed to win even one seat. The only time it has won a seat has been in Uttar Pradesh in 1991 when it contested 14 seats when the Ram Janmabhoomi move ment was at its peak.
Chiefs of Shiv... Shiv Sena has been con testing elections outside Maharashtra since 1989, but has barely any elect ed MLAs in those as semblies.In1989, it contested
Promotion Organisa tion, on a contract basis for a period of two years in the rank and pay of Secretary to the Govern ment of India upon his superannuation on Sep temberAnjali30.Bhawra, lAS (PB, 1988), currently serving as Secretary in the Department of Em powerment of Persons with Disabilities, has been appointed as Sec retary in the Depart ment of Social Justice andRajeshEmpowerment.Aggarwal, lAS (MH, 1989), Secretary in the Ministry of Skill De velopment and Entre preneurship, has been appointed as Secretary in the Department of Empowerment of Per sons with Disabilities.
New Delhi (Agencies): In a major bureaucratic rejig at the top level, the Centre on Thursday ap proved the appointment of 13 IAS officers in dif ferent ministries and departments.Thereshuffle came at a time when the govern ment is aiming for effi cient implementation of the Centre’s policies and flagship schemes even as the Opposition parties step up the heat on the BJP, including the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress.
PM Modi also assured that the government is working to enhance the infrastructure for the students to poolskilledisgineersDay.toengineering.“Greetingspursueallengineerson#EnOurnationblessedtohaveaandtalentedofengineerswho
ourselves to face not tainable development are issues which are of prime importance to day. It is the need of the hour that countries across the board should come together and work out solutions for them,” she said. It is at this point that the strategic policies coincide with the foreign policies of the countries, the president said. “It is
New Delhi: The BJP has made a strategy to make a one-on-one fight with the big opposition leaders in the next Lok Sabha elections. The BJP has given the re sponsibility to the sen ior ministers of central government to and try to keep opposition’s ‘stalwart leaders’ sur rounded in their own constituencies so that they cannot think be yond their elections.
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government has approved the VRS of 1988 batch IAS Juthika Patankar posted in the Central Government. The file for VRS was moved in July, and after obtaining all NOCs, the Appointment and Per sonnel Department sent the VRS file to the Chief Minister’s Office where it was
BJP HOPES FOR ‘SURGICAL STRIKE’
COURT SENTENCES MAN 12-YRS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT
Defence College course who had called on her at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here, Murmu said we need to prepare our selves to face not just the traditional threats but even the unseen ones which also include the vagaries of nature.
Ambala (Agencies): A Panchkula court on Friday convicted a man for raping a 16-year-old minor girl and sentenced him to 12 years in prison. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 1 lakh on the accused. Addi tional District and Sessions Judge, Praveen Kumar Lal, on Friday convicted one Sandeep Kumar a resident of Bhogpur Colony, Kuruk shetra, in Haryana, under Section 346 of the IPC and sentenced him to prison for 12 years
Mahesh Sharma
Aims for one-on-one fight with senior Oppn leaders!
New Delhi (PTI): Pres ident Droupadi Murmu on Thursday said cli mate change and sus tainable development are issues of prime im portance today and countries across the board should come to gether to work out solu tions for Addressingthem. the fac ulty and course mem bers of 62nd National
wide impact, according to a statement issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan.“Sometimes, it can have safety and security connotations. The pace and tide of the Covid pandemic is just an ex ample of the threat which humanity faces today. It makes us real ise the vulnerability of humankind,” she said.
ment of the influence wielded by Dawood Ibra him’s gang,” First India reported on September 04.With the MVA govern ment’s collapse, NSA Doval has now launched Phase II of the project and an overhaul of the Mumbai police depart ment is imminent as is the unearthing the realestate holdings of the Dawood Ibrahim gang in Mumbai and the rest of Maharashtra that will be“Thereattached.are also some more persons of interest among the family mem bers of the Ibrahim gang’s top three against whom Phase II of ‘Op eration Dawood Ibra him’ is now launched, that includes kin and children on both sides of the blanket,” another person who has been tracking the issue said.
Adani Wilmar eyes acquisitions to push food biz
In Bengaluru, manufac turing and services have both showed positive in
—PTI
New Delhi (Agencies): Adani Wilmar Ltd., the kitchen essentials firm owned by Gautam Adani, is scouting for local and over seas acquisition targets as Asia’s richest man doubles down on boosting his em pire’s food operations weeks after Reliance Indus tries Ltd. announced plans to launch a consumer goods“Webusiness.arelooking at ac quiring brands in staple foods and distribution com panies to boost our con sumer goods offering and reach,” Angshu Mallick, CEO and MD at Adani Wil mar, said. “We are expect ing to conclude a couple of acquisitions by March.”
CITING HIGH INFLATION
New Delhi (PTI): Air In dia aims to have a domestic market share of 30% and significantly strengthen its international operations in next five years, with the Tatas-owned airline put ting in place a transforma tion plan after gathering feedback from staff.
“Inflation moderated in August as crude oil prices eased, but the risk to food inflation persists given negative seasonality to wards the end of this year.”
New Delhi (PTI): Amid renewed public debate over road safety after the tragic death of Cyrus Mistry, Union Road Transport and Highways minister Nitin Gadkari asked automobile man ufacturers to be quality centric and not cost centric. Gadkari said automobile manufacturers must adopt new technology to reduce costs, provide more comfort to customers, reduce imports and increase exports. “I tell my friends in the automo bile sector that you should be quality centric, not cost centric. Because choices of people are changing,” said Gadkari.
The 30-share Sensex opened higher and rose further to touch a day’s high of 60,676.12 on gains in auto and capital goods shares.However, it gave up all early gains and later closed 412.96 points or 0.68 per cent lower at 59,934.01. The barometer fell 481.22 points or 0.79 per cent to a low of 59,865.75 during the session.TheNifty dipped 126.35 points or 0.7 per cent to set tle at From17,877.40.theSensex pack,
Ratings on Thursday slashed its projection of India’s economic growth to 7% for current fiscal year, citing elevated infla tion levels and higher interest rates.
Fitch said core inflation, which excludes food, fuel and light, remained elevat ed at 6% while inflation expectations have also stayed high.
OTHER STORIES
From an overall location perspective, Delhi (72%) followed by Mumbai (59) and Chennai (55) are the most promising cities in the manufacturing sector.
The carrier, which plans to induct 30 new wide-body and narrow-body aircraft, on Thursday announced ‘Vihaan.AI’, a comprehen sive transformation plan with a detailed road map for next five years.
BPCL privatisation not on cards for now, says Puri
z 95% of expressedemployerstheintent to hire more, compared to 91% in the April to June period
—PTI
New Delhi: Domestic air passenger traffic rose 5% to 1.02 crore in August and a fast-paced recovery in the traffic is expected this fiscal on the back of normalcy in flight opera tions and widening vacci nation coverage, accord ing to rating agency Icra. Releasing the monthly domestic air passenger traffic data for August, Icra further said that int’l traffic for Indian carriers surpassed the pre-COVID level of around 19.8 lakh by 32%. The domestic aviation industry contin ues to witness recovery, with domestic passenger traffic for August at around 102 lakh.
New Delhi: The government is working to increase the domestic production of coking coal as capacitysteeltocountrytheaimshaveamakingof
in April-June (the first quarter of current fiscal year). Moody’s Investors Service expects India’s GDP growth to slow from
GADKARI ASKS AUTO MAKERS TO BE ‘QUALITY CENTRIC’
z From pan-India perspective, 61% of India Inc. were keen to hire during the period
—PTI
z Citigroup has sharply cut its FY23 growth projection to 6.7% while Goldman Sachs revised it to 7% from 7.2%
get a good response from the capital market,” the Road Transport and High ways minister said.
Gadkari said the insur ance funds, pension funds have shown interest to in vest in India’s road projects because there is economic viability.
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee declined by 19 paise to close at 79.71 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday, weighed down by a firm American cur rency and a negative trend in domestic equities. At the inter bank foreign exchange market, the domestic currency opened at 79.53 per dollar. It hovered in a range of 79.44 to 79.71 during the session. The domestic unit finally settled at 79.71, down 21 paise over its previous close of 79.52. Meanwhile, the dollar index was trading 0.09 per cent lower at 109.56.
The wholesale-pricebased inflation softened to 11-month low of 12.41% in August, even though retail inflation inched up to 7%.
New Delhi: Tata Motors expects 20% of its total pas senger vehicle sales in thevehiclesfromketdomesticthemartocomeelectricinnextthree
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DOM AIR PASSENGER TRAFFIC ROSE 5% TO 1.02 CR IN AUG
Fitch joins other agen cies who have downgraded India’s economic growth forecast following a belowexpected 13.5% expansion
Bengaluru tops in intent to hire in Q2 2022
“Over next 5 years, Air India will strive to increase its market share to at least 30 per cent in the domestic market while significantly growing the international routes from the present market share. The plan is aimed at putting Air India on a path to sustained growth, profitability and market leadership,” the airline said.
expand at 8.8% in 2022.
Tech Mahindra fell the most by 3.13 per cent. Infosys, Tata Steel, Bajaj Finserv, Axis Bank and Indusind Bank were among the major laggards.Maruti, Power Grid, NTPC, HDFC, Bharti Air tel, Larsen & Toubro and SBI ended higher. Asian markets in Tokyo and Hong Kong ended in the green, while Shanghai and Seoul settled lower.
Under the plan, the focus will be on dramatically growing both its network and fleet, developing a com pletely revamped customer proposition, improving re liability and on-time per formance, and taking a leadership position in tech
New Delhi (PTI): Fitch
Inc. were keen to hire dur ing the period (a 7% in crease over last quarter).
Bengaluru (PTI): Driven by the growth in the IT, ecommerce, FMCG and other allied sectors, Ben galuru has emerged as the top city in India with the highest intent to hire in the second quarter of the cur rent financial year, a report said on Thursday.
Citigroup has sharply cut its FY23 growth projec tion to 6.7% from 8% earli er while Goldman Sachs revised it to 7% from 7.2%.
AI aims 30% domestic market share in 5 years
300 million tonne by 203031, a senior official said. Coking coal is a key input in steel making and the country remains dependent on imports to meet 85% of its coking coal needs. The govt has taken an important decision by remov ing the duty on coking coal to zero, Steel Secretary said. He was speaking on the sidelines of the ‘Indian Steel Markets Conference’ organised by emarketplace mjunction.
SBI expects 6.8% growth from April 2022 to March 2023 (FY23) and India Rat ings and Research (Ind-Ra) pegs it at 6.9% The RBI ex pects the economy to grow 7.2% in current fiscal year.
Fitch, which had in June projected India’s GDP to grow by 7.8% in 2022-23, also forecast a slowdown in growth to 6.7% in FY24 from its earlier estimate of 7.4%. In its Global Econom ic Outlook September 2022 released on Thursday, the rating agency said the GDP growth of 13.5% in April-
RUPEE FALLS 19 PAISE TO 79.71 AGAINST US DOLLAR
‘GOVT WORKING TO INCREASE DOMESTIC COKING COAL OUTPUT’
“We expect the economy to slow given the global eco nomic backdrop, elevated inflation and tighter mon etary policy,” it said.
Mumbai (PTI): Bench mark indices Sensex and Nifty gave up early gains to close in negative terri tory on Thursday dragged down by IT and pharma stocks which fell amid fears of recession in the global economy.
GEMS, 6.7%EXPORTSJEWELLERYGREWBYINAUGUST
New Delhi: Shell plans to set up over 10,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging points across India by 2030 as it joins the electric mobility bandwagon to cut vehicular emissions. Shell, which operates 327 out of the 83,888 petrol pumps in the country, launched its first EV chargers in In dia, for the four-wheeler and two-wheeler seg ments in Bengaluru on Thursday, the firm said in a statement. “India is the first market for Shell to launch chargers for twowheelers,” it said.
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MAJOR FINDINGS
OIL MINISTER HINTS AT REVIVING MEGA WEST COAST REFINERY PROJECT IN MAHARASHTRA
Mumbai: The overall gems and jewellery ex ports rose by 6.7% in Au gust to `26,418.84 crore compared to the same month last year, the Gem and Jewellery Export Pro motion Council (GJEPC) said on Thursday. The gems and jewellery ex ports stood at `24,749.69 crore during August 2021, GJEPC said in a statement. In August, the overall gross export of CPD declined 0.84% to `14,955.8 crore com pared to `15,082.28 crore in August 2021. —PTI
Mumbai: Oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday hinted at reviving the stalled mega West Coast refinery project in Maharash tra. The minister said no concrete proposal has been come to him yet from the state or from investors. “We have sent feelers to all and the response so far has been good. The 60 million tonne per annum project can come up anywhere in Maharashtra or any other west coast state or even in a southern state and it need not be in Ratnagiri alone,” Puri told reporters later. —PTI
frastructure (38), Power & Energy (34) and Agricul ture & Agrochemicals (30).
8.3% in 2021 to 7.7% in 2022 and to decelerate further to 5.2% in 2023. In March, Moody’s had forecast that India’s economy could
Sensex, Nifty pare early gains to close in red; fall for 2nd day
SHELL TO INSTALL 10,000 POINTSCHARGINGBY2030
June, as per official data, was below its June expecta tion of 18.5% increase.
z Fitch, which had in June projected India’s GDP to grow by 7.8% in 2022-23, also forecast a slowdown in growth to 6.7% in FY24
New Delhi (Agencies):
In the July to September quarter, according to the ‘Employment Outlook Re port’ of HR company Team Lease Services, 95% of em ployers expressed the in tent to hire more, compared to 91% in the April to June period. From a pan-India perspective, 61% of India
From the services sector perspective, leadings in dustries included Informa tion Technology (97%), Ecommerce & Allied Startups (85), Education Servic es (70), Telecommunica tions (60), Retail (Essen tial) (64), Retail (Non-Es sential) (30), and Financial Services (55).
EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK REPORT
—PTI
INDIA AIMS TO BE AMONG TOP TWO GLOBAL PRODUCERS IN ALL AUTO SEGMENTS: SIAM
years, a senior company official said on Thursday. The company, which has electric models such as Nexon EV and Tigor EV, expects to touch 50,000 units mark in total EV sales this year. It is also work ing on flex-fuels and expects its product portfolio to be E20 (20 per cent ethanol) compli ant by 2025. He was respond ing to a query on the level of Electric Vehicles sales of Tata Motors. —PTI
Fitch cuts India’s growth forecast to 7%
MAJOR CONCLUSIONS
nology, sustainability, and innovation, as well as ag gressively investing be hind the best industry tal ent, according to a release.
New Delhi (PTI): Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said the govern ment will approach the capital market this month to raise funds for road pro jects. He said toll revenue of the NHAI will soar to `1.40 lakh crore per annum in next three years from Rs 40,000 crore per annum currently.“Thismonth, I will be approaching the capital market to raise funds for road projects...Our toll in come is very good and NHAI’s rating is AAA...I am 100% sure that we will
Mumbai: Deal activity in India halved to $4.1 bil lion in value terms in Au gust 2022 and witnessed a nearly 40% slump in terms of volume, a report said on Thursday. When compared with the pre ceding month of July, the August deal volume at 131 transactions, wit nessed a 23% decline but the value more than dou bled due to two deals that were valued at over $1 billion, Grant Thornton Bharat, a consultancy firm, said.
The company has ear marked 5 billion rupees from its IPO for purchases, Mallick said.
TaMo EXPECTS 20% OF DOMESTIC PV SALES TO COME FROM EVs
tent to hire. In the manu facturing sector, leading industries were FMCG (48%), Healthcare & Phar maceuticals (43), Manufac turing, Engineering & In
New Delhi: The Indian automobile industry aims to be among the top two producers globally in every segment of vehicles over next 25 years, SIAM President Kenichi Ayukawa said on Thursday. Ayukawa said India also plans to be nearly 100% self-reliant in the entire manufacturing value chain of automobiles during the period as per the Vision 2047. “Industry has prepared a vision statement for India at 100. According to that, the Indian automobile industry will be one of the two largest producers in every segment of automobiles in the world,” he said. —PTI
DEAL VALUES HALVE TO $4.1 BN IN AUG: GRANT THORNTON
Oil Minister Hardeep Sin gh Puri on Thursday indi cated that the much-de layed privatisation of oil major BPCL may not hap pen in the near future, say ing there is “no proposal whatsoever” on his table forAsnow.part of its asset mon etisation plan, the govern ment had in November 2019 put Bharat Petroleum Cor poration (BPCL) on the block and said it would completely sell its 52.98 per cent stake in the country’s second largest state-run oil refiner and marketer.
Govt to approach capital market this month to raise funds for road projects
business BRIEFS
There have been sev eral instances in the past when prices of on ion shot up sharply, thereby needing urgent government strictionslimitstions—includingintervenstockontradersorreonexports.
African legend Hashim Amla will join the team as batting coach. Simon comes with extended ex perience on the field and is recognized for his straightforward and in telligent approach to the game. Hashim, known for his consist ency holds the record for the fastest ever 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, and 6000 ODIJoiningruns. them are for mer New Zealand bats man James Pamment as fielding coach along
BMC owns more than 3,500 buildings, both commercial and residen tial, particularly in the South Mumbai region. More than 45,000 tenants live in these buildings.
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Mumbai: The Indian Institute of Technol ogy, Bombay, on Thursday launched a new initiative, ‘IIT Bombay Trust Lab’ to encourage creation of a more trustworthy digital environment. Set up with a dona tion by IT alumnus Dr Shridhar Shukla of the 1983 batch, the trust lab will be set up at IITB’s Department of Com puter Science and Engi neering (CSE), and will be headed by Prof. Manoj Prabhakaran, the Vijay and Sita Vashee Chair Professor at the Theinstitute.trustlab will drive several activities related to research, edu cation, development, outreach, and entrepre neurship by leveraging IIT Bombay’s expertise in the domains of secu rity, privacy, and, more broadly, digital trust, the institute said in a statement.“Withdigital experi ences rapidly becoming an integral part of our lives, security, population-scaleprivacy,access
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The brand new ‘Trust lab’ will drive activities related to research, education, development, outreach, and entrepreneurship
“Onion farmers are facing financial difficul ties due to a fall in onion prices. Therefore, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has requested the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Supplies Piyush Goyal to buy two lakh tonnes of onion through NAFED’s Price Stabilization Fund,” a statement from the chief minister’s of fice (CMO) said.
Instead of a blanket ban, idol makers have said they want BMC of ficials to suggest ways of replacing harmful mate rials with ecofriendly ones. Therefore, the BMC has sought sugges tions from Maharashtra Pollution Control Board
Functionaries and guests of IITB at the launch of the new lab.
BUMPER CROP?
The club recently re vamped its current coaching set-up, which was followed by the hir ing of additional sup port staff. Zaheer Khan,
sued in May 2021, it has been implemented in the current month. The move is expected to in crease the income of the thewillsomecircularShindeChiefBMCoppositionfromhasThecorporation.move,however,invitedcriticismsomecorners.RaviRaja,aformerleaderofhaswrittentoMinisterEknathtostaytheBMCstatingthatlow-incomegroupsnotbeabletoaffordrenthike.
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Chairman, Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd
and National Environ mental Engineering Re search Institute on PoP alternatives.CPCBissued guide
alsoMeanwhile,said. beating past records, the Central government has pro cured 2.50 lakh tonnes of onion as a buffer for the 2022-23 season. The buffer size of onions for the current year is 50,000 tonnes more than the 2 lakh tonnes procured in the 2021-22 period.
Former Australia batsman Simon Katich will hold the position of head coach, while South
2ND FRONT
Buy another 2L tonnes onion: State seeks Centre’s support
INAUGURAL SA20
Mumbai: With domes tic onion prices fall ing and financial stress rising among farmers, the state government has re quested Union food and public distribu tion minister Piyush Goyal to purchase around another two lakh tonnes of onions from
the new initiative. The lab will aim to at tract and nurture world-class researchers to build a globally com petitive research pro gramme, work on joint research projects with industry and govern ment agencies, provide expert consultations and policy inputs, and develop free and opensource software (FOSS).
I’m happy to welcome Simon and Hashim to the MI Cape Town coaching team. Together with James and Robin, be a team that will grow the MI brand of cricket in South Africa and bring to this cricket loving country the values and ethos MI stands for.
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with former South Afri can player and domestic coach Robin Peterson as the team General Man ager. While Pamment is the current Mumbai In dians fielding coach, a role he will continue with, Peterson has played for Mumbai Indi ans in the ofIndians,powerhouseILT20EmiratesLtd,Reliancepast.IndustrieswhichalsoownsMIintheUAE’sleagueandIPLMumbaiaretheownerMICapeTown.
harvest season are meant for price stabiliza tion in case the rates go up significantly during the lean supply season.
It will also aim to de velop an educational framework related to all aspects of digital trust.
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Mumbai/Cape Town: MI Cape Town on Thursday announced its coaching team ahead of the SA20 player auction sched uled on September 19 in Cape Town. SA20, in its inaugural year, is the premier T20 cricket league in South Africa.
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Jayawardene, who has been the head coach of the Mumbai Indians since 2017. Both of them will be involved with the group’s three teams.
new lab to foster digital trust environment
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Since idol makers be gin their work well in advance civic officials plan to meet with next month to discuss the is sue well in advance.
lines in May 2020 ban ning PoP idols but imple mentation was post poned as it would have hit idol makers badly.
BMC puts 5% annual rent hike in place for city-owned bldgs
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Ex-Aussie batsman Simon Katich to be head coach, South African legend Hashim Amla named batting coach
Rabi onion harvested from April to June accounts for 65% of India’s onion production and meets the consumer’s demand till the Kharif crop is harvested in October-November.
The onions that were procured from the rabi
Lanka as a large im porter of onions, it said the exports to the neighbouring island nation fell apart due to the ongoing economic crisis.“Due to the everchanging situation in the international mar ket, it is not possible for our farmers to get good prices from ex ports,” the statement
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Union govt has already procured 2.5 lakh tonnes of onion as a buffer for 2022-23 season
SA20 team to make their five direct signings pub lic in August. MI Cape Town was the first SA20 side to do so before the auction.
We are deeply grateful to Dr. Shukla for his generosity,” Prof. Sub hasis Chaudhuri, Direc tor, IIT Bombay said on
Rashid Khan, Liam Liv ingstone, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada, and De wald Brevis who also represents the team in the IPL were the first
According to the latest circular, the rent of BMC-owned properties has now been increased to Rs3 per sq. ft. Rent will also be increased by 5% annually basis.
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atrina Kaif is one of the most loved actresses in Bollywood. Just a while ago, Katrina took to her Instagram handle and shared a video from her photoshoot making our Thursday even more beautiful. We can see her raising the temperature of the room with her stunning looks, in it, she is seen wearing a red colour corduroy dress. Katrina left her hair open and is per fectly styled in soft waves as she is seen posing for the pictures. For her glam, the actress went all out with the makeup. Sharing the video, Kat rina captioned the post: “Something special coming soon.”
story penned by Abhijit Guru and there is so much dramatic tension in the way the charac ters explore the true meaning of crime, guilt, and accountabili ty. Gunehgaar is a skilled performer. When asked about his character he said, “My character is
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riti Sanon is one of the most gorgeous actresses in Bolly wood. Ever since the actress made her de but, she never fails to catch eyeballs with her amazing looks. She also shares a strong bond with her sister Nupur Sanon. The duo frequently shares videos and photos featuring each other on their social platforms to keep fans and admirers enter tained.Speaking of which, Kriti and Nupur are currently en joying their holiday in Paris. Kriti took to her Instagram story and shared a video fea turing herself and Nupur at Disneyland. While Kriti looked pretty in a red Teeshirt, Nupur wore a blue flo ral top. The Heropanti actress captioned the video, “Disney land with my own Mickey.”
Khurana.When asked about his latest project Gunehgaar, he said “Gunehgaar is a sus penseful drama about crime and ret ribution revolves around the life of three key personalities, a journalist, a cop, and a common man. This drama showcases story telling at its finest and draws from the best sus pense tenorHitchcockianbroughtAkarshtraditions.novelhasatothis
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icha Chadha and Ali Fazal are all over the headlines as the duo is finally tying the knot this year. According to the sources, the two will be getting married on October 6 in Mum bai. Now, it is reported that the bride-to-be Richa will be wearing five different designers for her wedding celebrations with Ali including an international label. The actress is working nonstop between her hectic work schedule to plan a rather interesting wedding for herself and Ali Fazal. Richa has also done all her meet ings and planning with the team for her wedding in between takes on sets of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s highly-anticipated project, Heeramandi.
lia Bhatt is one of the finest ac tresses in tin sel town. She is cur rently basking in the success of Brahmas tra, which was re leased in the theatres on September 9, 2022. The film also starred Ranbir Kapoor, Am itabh Bachchan, Na garjuna Akkineni,
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ara Ali Khan is one of the most promis ing actresses in the film industry. The actress on Wednesday took to her Insta gram stories and treated fans to a stun ning selfie. In the same, she can be seen flaunt ing her winged eyeliner and smokey eyes look with wavy hair. In the photo, Sara is seen all decked up as she is returning from her shoot in her car and seems like the actress is stuck in traffic. Calling it a carfie, the Atrangi Re wrote, “post pack up carfie, Traffic jam.” Her gelled hair is styled into crimped waves and a monochrome nude makeup with smok ey eyes looks well put.
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this since I was working for the first time in a tel eplay. But as we wrapped the play, I enjoyed the whole process. The au diences will get a good mix of Theatre as well as the essence of the camera. The play will certainly engage the viewers.”Whiledescribing his creative process he shared “I find joy by cre ating a different charac ter, my creative process is very simple, I am a good observer and I observe a lot, I observe people, situ ations and I try to incor porate them in myself” concluded Sumeet Vyas.
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You will feel amorous towards your wife. This is the best time try something new with life give yourself a new purpose. Work on your limitations, there can be no better time than this. You have more opposite sex friends than the same and you may be judged sometimes but don’t care.
You need a break from day due to tensions and the way to cope up with stress is to meditate. You must create an environment of under standing at home. You will succeed in any sort of examination if you put your heart into it. Promotion can be expected even if other are not
OWNERS: PUKHRAJ PAREEK and AB HISHEK JAJU are two friends and profes sionals who have worked in the corporate and entrepreneurial worlds. Eating at many premium international brand shops never completely pleased their taste sens es. They felt something was missing, and spending so much money out of their own pockets had left them exhausted. Finding reasonably priced, high-quality food seemed far more difficult than they had anticipated.Thenthey decided to take control of the situation. They realised that most of their acquaintances, regardless of financial level, confront the same challenges at their workplaces, homes, and gatherings. Finding economically priced, high-quali ty meals is a significant challenge wher ever you go. REFLECT- Bistro & Kitchen was created after months of study and restless nights.
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You care about your lover but somehow hesitate to express that care. Don’t make friends for and status rather make friends who will stick with you forever. On social front, you may have to spend some extra money in buying gifts for someone for some specific occasion.
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ith stunning décor that ema nates old-world charm, this modest café in C-scheme deliv ers a delectable choice of Leba nese, Mediterranean, and seafood-inspired dishes. For con noisseurs and those who take their coffee seriously, it is a premium des tination and a go-to place in Jaipur. Fusing a unique architectural design with natu ral surroundings translates the cafe's healthy ethos into a tastefully designed area. This makes Reflect-Bistro & Kitchen an especially motivating location to ac quire a variety of salads and wholesome smoothies. With more than 120 sitting op tions, the café in the heart of the city pro vides a one-of-a-kind experience.
bread, rice, waffles, pancakes, salads, juic es and smoothies. Some of the famous items are Kasundi Grilled Chicken, Clas sic Caesar Salad, Falafel Wrap, Toffee Waf fles with Honey, Cinnamon Cappuccino, Roasted Almond Caramel Shake, Oats Pancakes with Cinnamon Apple Sauce, Greek Omelette with Feta Cheese, Farm er’s Market Omelette with Spinach, Chick en Salami, Zaatar Chicken, Mexican Chicken, Muesli Banana Coconut Smooth ie Bowl, Avocado and Tofu Salad, Parme san Vegetable Broth, Rosemary Baby Red Potatoes and etc.
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Pukhraaj recalls his corporate days and adds that when he didn't feel like working from home, he occasionally se lected a café instead since there would be no other distractions, albeit it used to be a little noisy. In order to fill this comfort gap and offer a place where people could unwind and rest in order to recharge, they set out to establish a co-working area for those who wished to work while sip ping on their hot coffee.
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Your spouse may make you spend more than you expected. Fantastic day for investing money in stock market as you can make fortune. You need help on academic front and you should not shy away from asking. You miss your parents a lot and you always somewhere fear to loose them.
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DEC 23 - JAN 20 Your spouse is someone who can do anything for your happiness. You are opportunist and this will make you successful one day. There may be delays in property possession and it won’t effect you. You are happy spending whole day at home. Help your mothers at home today. VIRGO AUG 24 - SEP 23 You love to live close to your family. Best day to buy gold and silver or any precious metal for investment sake. You are a child at heart and never let this child die. You have a big heart and you always help someone if you can. Video gathering is possible as you miss your social circle like anything.
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You are very generous by nature and also backbone of your family. Today is a favourable day for business. You may postpone your study plans. You are very fortunate to have a great friend circle. Be careful of the words that come out of your mouth. Your lover may say yes to marry you.
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Scrumptious food is what you are craving for today. You always maintain cordial relationship with everyone. You workout daily to keep yourself fit. You may start a side business to earn extra money. You are not a jealous kind and you feel happy for others. You are a very grounded person.
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In order to provide a space where individ uals may have the opportunity to reflect on their life, the term REFLECT was cho sen. How do you think people perceive your personality? How does your behav iour show a sense of community with oth ers? solely by REFLECTING positive vibes and energy. And that's what REFLECT aims at providing its customers.
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Our mission is to become India's first choice food brand, bringing Jaipur's Re flect-Bistro & Kitchen to every part of the country while always providing excellent goods, quick service, and the best rates to customers.
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Visit a doctor if you have any doubts about your health. Don’t attack stress even if you don’t have any. Let go of things that are not in your control. You want to have your own house and you will work hard to make your dream come true. Try no to overthink.
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You are a pro in your field and none can beat you. You give tough competition to people. Many people get inspired by you. You will get special treatment from your dear ones. Take stand where you need to, don’t run in the same direction where everybody else is going. Health remains perfect.
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peek of glamour and elegance were witnessed in the fashion festival of ‘UdaipurjasthanRaCou ture Show 2022’ present ed by First India and Bharat 24 was held at Ramee Royal Resort in the beautiful lake city of Rajasthan on Monday.
The show was embel lished with nine fashion sequences in which de signers from Udaipur as well as Jaipur, Surat, Rajkot, Mumbai and Delhi presented their garments on the exhibi tion stage. The fourth sequence flaunted west ern costumes by Iftesh am Khan having Vipra Mehta as the showstop per of the sequence. The costumes showcased ‘Slow Fashion’, which promotes luxury brands at affordable prices. The
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stage cancer. Akshay immediately after hear ing the news, spoke to his family & consoled them and promised to look after them.” Ak shay wrote in the con dolence photo, “You stood out of the crowd with your funky hairstyles and infectious smile. Always ensured not even one hair of mine was out of place. The life of the set, my hair dresser for more than 15 years…Milan Jad hav. Still can’t believe you’ve left us…I will miss you Milano Om shanti”.
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Karan answered that he is just interested in general hu man behaviour. Not stop ping at that, Varun asked him if he has ever cheat ed or got cheated on in a relationship. While Karan denied being in a relation ship at the start, Varun pushed him further by say ing, “You are saying you are not in a relationship, on Na tional TV right now.”
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ing this classic love story Come Fall in Love, to Broadway and to be play ing the iconic lead role of Simran. The fact that we have an Indian musi cal headed to Broad way feels incredibly personal and monu mental to me as an In dian American actor who was raised by Indian im migrant parents, and who loves Bollywood films, Broadway, and In dian fine arts.”
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ila Krishnan, Shruti Mer chant as well as Indian Cinema and Yash Raj Films. We are here. We are seen. I couldn’t be happier. It was only a matter of time before Broadway and Bollywood found each other and I am honoured to be at the helm of this moment.”
ctor Mahima Makwana's career graph looks only upwards post her debut in the action drama AntimThe Final Truth. The gorgeous actress had recently wrapped up the shoot of her upcoming movie Bas Karo Aunty with Roy Kapur Films and RSVP movies and now word is that she has bagged a Dharma project. According to sources, Mahima is all set to kickstart the shoot in November for this project which will be directed by Mihir De sai
I am thrilled to be bringing Come Fall in Love to Broadway and to be playing the iconic lead role of Simran in this adapta tion of the classic love story,ShobaDDLJ.”further states, “I feel so much pride for this big moment for In dia, with a Broadway de but for Aditya Chopra, Vishal & Sheykhar, Akh
kshay Kumar is not only known for his films and acting chops but also for the generosity with which he lives. Recent ly, the actor lost his hairdresser of 15 years, Milan Jad hav and the actor was obviously dev astated. Sharing his grief on social media, the actor shared a throwback picture with him. A source revealed, “Milan was very close to Akki (Akshay Ku mar). He fell sick re cently & when doctors did all the tests, they got to know he had 4th
aking his world of cinema a step forward, Ajay Devgn went ahead to open a four-screened multiplex in Ahmedabad under his company, NY Cinemas. Kangana shared a screenshot of trade ana lyst Taran Adarsh’s tweet about the multiplex and wrote a lengthy note praising the actor
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Finally giving in, Karan replied, “You know I am not and you know I broke up.” Smil ing at the answer, Varun confessed that he just wanted to get that out of him.
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of the media. But the recent episode with Anil Kapoor and Varun Dhawan saw a shock ing revelation where for the first time, Karan did mention hisTherelationship.conversation started with Karan asking the duo about their views on infidel ity. He mentioned how Varun had “interactions” with other girls before sealing the deal with his long-time girlfriend, Natasha Dalal. To this, Varun questioned the filmmaker about his increased interest in the concept of infidelity.
offee with Karan has seen it all; right from petty taunts thrown at each other, love confessions, reveal ing breakups, and simply passing around the best goss possible. But there is one thing that the show has been deprived of: Karan Johar’s love life. While the host may have grilled his interviewees to a point where they divulge all their secrets, he has been smart enough to keep his own personal life out of the grabs
a breakup and said, “You know I broke up and you were very sup portive in brokemuch,Thankrelationship.thatyouverybutIup.”Thenews
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For the first time, an Indian director, Aditya Chopra, debuts on Broadway. It is also the first Bollywood musical set to be on Broadway. It
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cou ple of times and if rumours are to be be lieved, this would be her first project with Dharma Produc tions which also stars Emraan Hashmi in the lead. The rest of the cast is yet to be finalized and one hears this project is known to be titled 'Showtime' and will be aired on Disney+ Hotstar.
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hobha who plays Simran, speaks about the monumen tal impact that Aditya Chopra’s Come Fall In Love is going to have In dian and South Asian representation on Broad way. Shobha is an Indian American actor who was raised by Indian immi grant parents!
The musical just had its opening night on Sep tember 14th to a thun deringly positive re sponse and it will run through October 16, 2022.
shocked the diligent viewers of the show as it was the first time ever that they had seen the filmmaker open up about his dating life. Karan Johar has been in the entertain ment business for the past several decades and yet never got caught in the wind of ru mours. This made curiousmany
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will promote other films but will never promote my film. Ajay Devgn goes and does a role in a female-centric film. But will he do that in my film? I will be more than obliged and I will be more than grateful if he does. If he sup ports my film how Arjun (Rampal) has. Of course, it is quite evident that they don’t want to.
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