surrendering arms and joining the mainstream today,” Shah said.
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dence that with the sign ing of agreement, a era of peace and harmony will be usher in Assam.
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.
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.
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New Delhi: The book, titled Ambedkar and Modi will be released on Friday, eve of PM Modi’s birthday. Union Minister Anurag Thakur to release the book. Former Prez Ram Nath Kovind and ex-CJI Balakrishnan will also be present at the event. The book presents Ambedkar’s vision of India and achievements Modi and his government. Crucial
ernment to develop the region. “Around 1,100 people belonging to Adi vasi outfits of Assam are
New Delhi: Air India has unveiled its trans formation plan – Vi haan.AI – for the next five years to establish itself as a world-class airline. ‘Vihaan’ is a Sanskrit word which signifies the dawn of a new era. As part of this transformation plan, AI will expand its market share to at least 30% over the next five years and increase interna tional routes. AI CEO Campbell Wilson will drive tion with
BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi along with Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta and other party leaders address a press conference on Thursday.
excitement around the project is so much that #CheetahIsBack has started trending on Twitter and people are celebrating as cheetahs set to return to India after 70 years.
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Samarkand: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday landed in the Uzbek city of Samarkand to attend the SCO sum mit in which Russian president Vladimir Putin, Chinese presi dent Xi Jinping and Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi and the world leaders areModiparticipating.isexpected to hold bilateral meet ings on the sidelines of the summit, includ
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Mumbai: Bollywood actor Nora Fatehi was questioned for over five 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. P2
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Lakhimpur SP Sanjeev Suman at a press briefing on Thursday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Samarkand to take part in the SCO Summit, on Thursday.
ACTOR NORA FATEHI QUESTIONED FOR 5 HOURS BY POLICE
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New Delhi (ANI): The Centre and Assam gov ernment on Thursday signed a tripartite peace accord with eight tribal outfits of the state in the presence of Union home minister Amit Shah. CM Himanta Biswa Sarma signed the deal on behalf of Assam government. Shah said this is an im portant day for Assam and the northeast, add ing many initiatives have been taken by the Naren dra Modi-led Union gov
linked to liquor trade is claiming that Arvind Kejriwal’s gov ernment deliberately kept smaller players out of its “tailormade” excise policy, to help a few persons mo
while 3 are males. After being flown from South Africa, they will be kept in cages before being released to jungles. They will be brought to Jaipur in Rajasthan, then be flown to their new home — Kuno Nat’l Park in helicopters.
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New Delhi: Baba Ramdev is likely to announce stock market listing plans for five Patanjali Group companies on Friday. The Yoga Delhipresswillreports.fivenewtoentrepreneurguru-turned-islikelyunveilplansforfiveIPOinthenextyears,accordingtoBabaRamdevaddressanimportantconferenceinNewonFriday.
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The person featur ing in the sting is an accused in the case registered by the CBI to probe the alleged corruption in the poli cy, the BJP said.
BJP fires second ‘sting’ at AAP
Gurugram: The forest department has launched a search op eration after reports that a leopard was spot ted in DLF phase 5 area here. “On September 13, a leopard was spotted by a security guard at 8:00 pm near the water tank area and also seen by some women labour ers near school no 16 at 8am. The leopard was again seen on Sept 14 near school no 16 area at 5am by a security guard,” said a commu nique issued by DLF.
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PM Modi arrives in historic Uzbek city of Samarkand to attend SCO summit today
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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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New Delhi: Releasing a second “sting opera tion” video that expos es corruption in the AAP government’s ex cise policy, the BJP on Thursday claimed proof that the Kejriwal government framed its excise policy to help a select few. The BJP also alleged that AAP used the money earned through corruption to fund its campaign in Goa and Punjab polls.
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New Delhi: A group of retired bureaucrats has written to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), demanding that the AAP de-recognisedbeas a political party because of its leader Arvind Ke jriwal's alleged attempt to "induce" public servants in Gujarat to help his outfit in the state polls due later this year. They cited Kejriwal's September 3 press conference held in Rajkot as evidence of this “inducement”.
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Nora Fatehi appears before the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police on Thursday. —PHOTOS BY PTI
Man convicted of grandmotherneighbour’smurdering
The court also said that it could not be blindly guided by the ocular evidence of the complainant and other witnesses.Thecourt, however, said that they will face trial for the offence of rioting. Noting that the charge for an offence punishable under Sec tion 436 of the IPC, which was the only of fence triable by a ses sions court, was not made against the ac cused persons, Addi tional Sessions Judge Pulastya courtcasetransferredPramachalabackthetothemagisterialconcerned.Section436dealswith
According to the com plaint filed on Septem ber 9, the alleged inci dent took place on Sep
Woman claims ‘digital rape’ with 4-year-old daughter in Noida
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confronted with each other,” he said.
Cryptocurrency fraud: Man duped people along with US-based woman
"This in equal parts is the story of Dev das, Paro and Chan dramukhi, and their struggle to overcome identity in the pur suit of happiness," said Gupta, whose de but novel "Toppers", a young adult political thriller, was pub lished in According2016.to pub lishing house Harp erCollins India, the book is a "tragic tale told with savage humour".
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New Delhi (PTI): A court has convicted a man for the offence of murder. Kuldeep Yadav was charged with the offence of murdering the victim Sonwati by stabbing her multiple times and then slitting her throat in Sangam Vihar area of south Delhi on the intervening night of October 24-25, 2014. The court in its September 13 order said the accused had the knowledge that the complainant Karam veer’s grandmother was alone in the house and thereafter he first called the complainant and then commit ted the offence.It is no coincidence that soon after the murder, the worn clothes of the accused, stained with blood, and the robbed jewellery was recovered from the house of the accused. at his instance, the court said.
Five accused: Irshad, Ravi Saxena, Gulfam, Ujer, and Jitender were charged with various of fences of the IPC. The court noted that the pho tographs of the shop did not show any sign of fire. “It is possible that witnesses would have given their oral state ment in a general man ner and a flow because of several other inci dents of arson taking place in that area,” the court said in its order.
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Ali was damaged, loot ed, and set on fire by a mob in Bhajanpura area in February 2020.
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of Police (Noida) Ashu tosh Dwivedi said.
The court was hearing a case where the shop of complainant Manzoor
Delhi riots: 5 accused freed from charge of setting ablaze shop
“Fatehi,Marg.her brotherin-law Mehboob alias Bobby and Irani were questioned for nearly five hours. All of them cooperated and they were provided lunch.
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New Delhi (PTI): Ugan da's world half mara thon record holder Jacob Kiplimo will feature in the Delhi Half Marathon on October 16, the organ isers announced on Thursday. The 21-yearold Kiplimo is the reign ing world half marathon champion after winning the title in 2020. Last year, he ran a phenome nal world record time of 57:31 in Lisbon.
A senior police offic er said both Irani and Fatehi joined the probe
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New Delhi (PTI): An upcoming novel "My Name is not Devdas" turns Sarat tionshipsade,nessstudentingandwarzones,pusesthesweetheartforbiddenofisthefunny""fast-paced,novelingtemporaryushwriter-authorthecollegeloveitsclassicwell-lovedChattopadhyay'sChandraliterary"Devdas"onheadasitsetsthetriangleinthecampusesofnationalcapital.WrittenbyscreenAayGupta,theconreimaginoftheiconicistoutedtobeasavagelynovelwheretitularcharacternotthetragicloveryoreandParo–hischildhood–isnotspurnedwoman."Itissetincamthatresembleflittinginoutofthedefinmovementsofconsciousinthelastdecaffectingrelathatsur
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New Delhi (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Government of the NCT Delhi after re ceiving a Public Inter est Litigation (PIL) stat ing that students study ing in some schools in the North East District area are following the pattern of teaching mechanism i.e, either imparting only two hours of daily educa tion or teaching on al ternate days thereby affecting the education of more than one lakh students.Thecourt on Thurs day sought a response from the Government of NCT Delhi within three weeks. The Peti tion sought direction from the government of NCT of Delhi to provide full-time education to students studying in SKV Khajuri, SBV Khajuri, GGSSS Sonia Vihar, GBSSS Sonia Vi har, GGSSS Khajuri etc.
'My Name is Not Devdas': Book reimagines 1917 classic in Delhi colleges
New Delhi: A 32-yearold hearing and speech impaired man, working with an e-commerce re tail store, has been ar rested from Udyog Vihar in Haryana’s Gurugram city for allegedly cheat ing people on the pretext of investing in crypto currency, police said.
HC notice on PIL alleging 2 hrs of edu in govt schools
New Delhi: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police on Thursday recovered a bike from Prashant, manager of actor Jacque line Fernandez. According to officials, the bike (Ducati), which cost around ` 8 lakh, was given to Prashant by Sukesh Chandrasekhar with the proceeds of fraud. “EOW recovered a Ducati bike from Jacqueline Fernandez’s manager Prashant. This bike was given to Prashant by Sukesh Chandrasekhar with the money of fraud. In Febru ary 2021, Sukesh gave this bike to Jacqueline’s manager,” said the officials.
The shop of complainant Manzoor Ali was damaged, looted, and set on fire by a riotous mob in Bhajanpura area in February 2020.
“I have been told that the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon course is a quick one. I want to show the people of Delhi and India what I am ca pable of,” said Kiplimo. The 17th edition of Mar athon has a new title sponsor, Vedanta Limit ed. The race has a prize fund of USD 268,000, and the international elite field will have its sights on the first prize of USD 27,000 for both men and women.
“We had already ques tioned Fatehi but want ed to seek details about who actually received a car as a gift from Chan drashekhar’s wife after she attended an event for the couple in Chen nai and check details of the bank statements of her brother-in-law,” the
New Delhi (PTI): Eco nomic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi police on Thursday questioned Bollywood actor Nora Fatehi for nearly five hours in connection with `200 crore extortion case linked to alleged conman Sukesh Chan drashekhar, officials said.This was the second time that Fatehi was summoned for ques tioning for her alleged role in the case, they said. She was ques tioned alongside Pinki Irani who allegedly in troduced her to Chan drashekhar. Irani was quizzed on Wednesday too along with actor Jac queline Fernandez in connection with the case, police said.
officer added. Interroga tion has revealed that Fatehi was approached by Irani on behalf of Chandrashekhar in Jan uary. Fatehi claimed event in Chennai and Chandrashekhar’s wife gifted her an expensive bag and a car, instead of fee, the officer said.
Noida (PTI): A fouryear-old girl was alleg edly raped by an un known person inside her school premises, prompting police to launch an investiga tion, officials said on Thursday.TheFIR was lodged after the student’s mother filed a com plaint at Sector 39 po lice station alleging digital rape (forced sex using any part of the body other than male genital) with her daugh
the offence of intent to destroy house by fire and is punishable with imprisonment for life.
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However, Fatehi has never met Chandrashek
har in person but they have had limited conver sation over WhatsApp and she was not aware about his illegal activi ties, the officer added. In January, Irani had ap proached Fatehi’s broth er-in-law and he re ceived the gifted car in stead of Fatehi due to certain legal con straints, he said.
The complainant has refused to allow the in ternal examination of the child, Dwivedi said.
Extortion case: Nora Fatehi grilled again for over 5 hrs
CCTV footage shows that the child was not ac companied by any per son while she was in the school’s corridors. The footage has been shown to the mother also, he said. The additional DCP said investigation so far has not found any evi dence of rape but further probe is underway.
The man, who initial ly paid `10,000, was later induced to at an addi tional amount of `1.3 lakh on the app but lost all his money. The web site link sent to him was also fake.“We immedi ately registered a case and started analysing the bank account details,
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CDRs and other informa tion available. We found the accused lives in Udy og Vihar, Gurgaon (Gur ugram), and conducted raids there,” said Dwar ka Deputy Commission er of Police (DCP) M. HarshaSanjeevVardhan.Singh, the ac cused arrested from his house Wednesday, re vealed he works for an e-commerce retail com pany. Singh said he came in contact with a woman named Diana on Tele gram. She claimed that she is from America and offered him a job.
ter, a senior officer said.
The accused, who has more than 15 crypto trad ing applications on his phone, uses them to di vert the cheated money to his associate in the US, police added. The matter came to light af ter a man alleged that he was contacted by a wom an named Diana on his Instagram app.
plained of itching in the body, the officials said.
The FIR was lodged on the basis of the com plaint. The girl’s medi
The court said that it could not
Since Irani had ap proached Fatehi’s brother-in-law as well, all the three were also
World record holder Jacob to run in Delhi Half Marathon
The FIR under IPC 376 (rape) and under provisions of the POC SO Act has been lodged, the officials said. The usage of the term ‘digi tal rape’ and conviction in such cases still re mains relatively low in the country. The last such notable case in Noida was lodged in May this year, when an 81-year-old artist-cumteacher was held for ‘digital rape’ with a 17-year-old girl over a period of seven years.
New Delhi (PTI): A ses sions court here has dis charged five accused from the charge of set ting ablaze a shop in a case related to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, saying the photographs of the shop did not show any sign of fire.
Ahmedabad (PTI): Congress spokesper son Ajoy Kumar on Thursday launched an attack on the Ke jriwal-led Aam Aad mi Party ahead of the Gujarat Assembly elections later this year. "It is now clear that the AAP is a 'B team' of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Recently, the AAP government in Delhi under CM Arvind Kejriwal was found to be involved in the liquor scam worth nearly Rs 3,000 crore. Kejriwal should be exposed as the biggest liar and AAP as the most cor rupt party," Kumar told reporters here.
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Only a true and courageous person can throw such a challenge, says CM Kejriwal in admiration of his deputy
The CBI, which is an extended branch of the BJP, should carry out a speedy investigation and must arrest me within four days, till Monday, if there is any truth in the sting,” he added.Healleged that con spiracies like filing of fake CBI and ED cases as well as raids and searches by the central probe agencies are hatched "day and night"
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picked up from his fivestar hotel by the auto driver.A heated argu ment broke out be tween Kejriwal and police personnel part of his security detail after they tried to stop him from travelling in the auto citing security concerns. Later, a po liceman sat beside the auto driver and two po lice vehicles escorted theBidhuriautorickshaw.said, “He has a convoy of 27 vehi cles and 200 security personnel have been
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New Delhi: After two years of subdued fes tivities due to COVID-19, the lawns of the Red Fort will witness a roar ing comeback of Ram lila celebrations with a budget of a whopping Rs 5 crore to give people “a lifetime
New Delhi: Central Bureau of Communication (CBC) of the Ministry of Information and Broad casting has begun to offer a bouquet of entertain ment cum brationeveryfreestage,onevents,ChandrastatuePathinaugurationtheirareDramaartistsThetionsplays,ofprogrammesinfotainmentwithablendmusic,dance,streetskitsandexhibiforawholemonth.MinistrysaidtheofitsSongandDivision(S&DD)dazzlingvisitorswithcelebrationoftheofKartavyaandunveilingoftheofNetajiSubhashBose.ThewhichtakeplaceStepPlazaopen-aircanbeattendedofcostaftersunsetdayandthecelegoesontill8PM.
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New Delhi: Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday asked the BJP to share the purported sting fea turing an accused in the excise policy case with the CBI, and if the CBI does not arrest him within four days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi should extend an apology for “hatching such rightthisthecommentwhenatSisodiabroughtoutlockermynotsuchgeousonlyhishisArvindChiefconspiracies”.MinisterKejriwalpatteddeputy'sbackforstatement,sayingatrueandcourapersoncanthrowachallenge.“SincetheCBIdidgetanythingfromresidenceandbankwhilecarryingsearches,theyhaveanewsting,”toldreportersapressconferenceaskedforhisonthesting.“IwanttorequestBJPtohandoverso-calledstingnowtotheCBI.
"Kejriwal has now come to Gujarat after mis guiding the people of Punjab. Kejriwal is not Chhota Modi, he is Bada Modi. He is a super PhD in making false promises. He had spent nearly Rs 1,000 crore on his publicity across India during the last eight years," Kumar said. He alleged that the AAP government in Punjab spent Rs 36 crore in just two months to publish its advertisements in poll-bound Gujarat. Attacking Kejriwal over the education model of the Delhi government, Kumar said despite the tall claims made by the AAP, 80 per cent government schools are still without principals while only 63 ‘model schools’ were built as against the promise of 500.
deployed for his secu rity and yet he enacted a drama by insisting on travelling in an au torickshaw in Gujarat. So, we are gifting him these autos to fulfil his wish of travelling in three-wheelers in Del hi.”One autorickshaw will serve as a pilot, one with the tricolour is for the chief minis ter, another two are for those who will escort him, and one is for his private secretary, the BJP leader said.
BJP offers 5 autos as ‘gift’ to Kejriwal
Kush Ramila Commit tee from September 26 to October 5. “This year, the budget will be Rs 5 crore. During pre-Covid times, it was Rs 2.5 crore,” Lav Kush Ram lila Committee presi
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Responding to the BJP’s ‘sting’ on corruption in excise policy, Dy CM says PM’s office ‘hatching conspiracies’
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Cong calls Kejriwal 'biggest liar'
New Delhi: CCTV footage has been found of the stabbing incident in Man golpuri on September 9, Delhi police said on Thurs day. A man was killed and four others were seriously injured in the attack. The deceased was identified as Armaan and the injured as his cousins Fardeen and Moin Khan. As per the police, 8-9 assailants carried out knife attacks at two locations. In the first incident, they attacked Ar man and his two brothers, causing Armaan’s death.In the second incident, they reached O Block in search of a person named Matthi. In absence of Matthi at the spot, they asked about Matthi's two friends Ravi and Anurag and then at tacked them with a knife.
Ramlila to make grand comeback on Red Fort lawns after 2 years
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Deputy CM Manish Sisodia addressing a press conference at the party office on Thursday to respond to the allegations made by the BJP.
Sisodia said. “And then, the prime minister should also apologise accepting that it was wrong for his office to indulge in hatching such conspir acies,” he Kejriwaladded.inatweet in Hindi wrote, “Wow Manish! Only a true and courageous person can throw such a chal lenge. I am sure BJP will accept your chal lenge.”
A bigger and more visually appealing stage will be set up. The seat ing arrangement has been planned to accom modate 40,000 people, 15,000 more than usual.
New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday urged people across the country to donate blood on the occasion of the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh on September 28. He said the Delhi government will organise blood donation camps at more than 50 places in the national capital. "I urge the youth to come forward and donate blood on September 28, which is the birth anniversary of Bhagat Singh, whose principles and ideals have been the guiding light for the AAP governments. You should also take steps to make arrangements for blood donation," Kejriwal said.
The visits to the in famous garbage hills located at the city bor ders are part of the AAP's month-long campaign to highlight the "failures" of the BJP-controlled civic body.
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Kumar, who is a member of the Con gress Working Com mittee, alleged that the AAP's 'Delhi Mod el' is as hollow as BJP's 'Gujarat Model'. He also termed AAP as "Arvind Ad vertisement Party'' and "Arvind Actor Party'', accusing Ke jriwal of spending a lot of money on ad vertisements.
New Delhi (PTI): Del hi BJP MLAs on Thurs day reached Chief Minister Arvind Kejri wal’s residence here to “gift” him five au torickshaws, days after the AAP supremo had an argument with Gu jarat Police personnel after they tried to stop him from travelling in a three-wheeler.Kejriwalhas a con voy of 27 vehicles but he enacted a drama in Gujarat by insisting on travelling in an au torickshaw, Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Ramvir Sin gh Bidhuri said out side the chief minis ter’s Flagstaff Road residence.During a two-day visit to Gujarat earlier this week, Kejriwal had dinner at an auto driver’s house in Ahmedabad on Sep tember 12. He was
dent Arjun Kumar said. “This year’s budget is high because we are or ganising the event on a bigger scale and events are also being organised on the sidelines of the Ramlila,” Kumar said.
Stopped by police from reaching Okhla landfill: AAP
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"Now, the mountain of garbage in Okhla is heavily guarded. The BJP is hiding its miracle this way," Bharadwaj said in a tweet in Hindi.
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"Police personnel have been deployed here (Okhla landfill site) so that people do not reach here, take pictures and expose the BJP's lies," Bharadwaj, who is also the chief spokes person of the AAP, told reporters.
CM Kejriwal with Punjab minister Kuldeep Dhaliwal.
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To combat stubble burning, joint plan of Punjab, Delhi govts
The organisers said they wish to make Ram lila 2022 a grand event as the country is cele brating 75 years of inde pendence and the con struction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya has also begun.
New Delhi (PTI): Police on Thursday stopped an AAP-led group from reaching the Okhla landfill site, the party alleged, prompting CM Arvind Kejriwal to ask if police should be de ployed for the protec tion of women or of garbage hills.
"MCD officials say it will take 200 years to clear these hills," he claimed.
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Chandigarh (PTI): AAP governments in Punjab and Delhi have come together to com bat stubble burning, for which they will soon be launching a pilot pro ject to manage crop residue. Under the pro ject, a bio decomposer will be sprayed on 5,000 acres in the state, an of ficial statement said on Thursday.OnWednesday, Pun jab Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Minis ter Kuldeep Singh Dhal iwal met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejri wal regarding the man agement of the pollu tion caused by stubble burning. Later, he held
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at the offices of the BJP and the prime minister to topple other parties' governments in the states.“Ifthe CBI does not arrest me on the basis of the sting till Monday, it will be accepted that the sting was yet an other lie and a part of the conspiracies hatched at the offices of the BJP and the prime minister to top ple state governments,”
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The visits to garbage hills are part of AAP’s monthlong‘failures’tocampaignhighlightoftheMCD
The autos parked outside CM Kejriwal’s residence on Thursday.
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Later, the group led by MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj held a pro test and raised antiBJP slogans. The de velopment comes a day after police pre vented a group led by AAP MLA Atishi from reaching the Ghaz ipur landfill site.
deliberations with Del hi's Environment Min ister Gopal DhaliwalRai.said that under the process, a bio decomposer will be sprayed on stubble, fol lowing which the crop residue will get mixed in the soil.
The stage will be deco rated with LED lights and will have five doors for smooth entry and exit
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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.
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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.
ndia’s economy is theirhaveRatingstuttering.agenciesloweredforecastof
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.
Opening of trade and communications links and keep diplomatic channels alive to ascertain our na tional interests with Myan mar and countries beyond.
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
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.
THE EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR CURRENT INSURGENCY SITUATION AND WAY FORWARD
The government must first increase its presence in the region through corruption free pro-people governance and ensure
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.
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
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 author has been Head Security Rajasthan Operations of Cairn Energy and DGM HR in Jindal Saw Ltd
The peace negotiation is the only solution to completely curb the insurgency in this region.
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.
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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people. In 1986, the Mizo ac cord ended the main seces sionist movement led by the Mizo National Front, bringing peace to the region.
Assam has been a refuge for militants for a number of years, due to its porous bor ders with Bhutan and Bang
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
MeiteismilitantofciallymainingthewithConcludeprojects.theagreementtheNSCNandULFAatearliestandbringreradicalgroupsspePareshBaruagroupULFAandManipurioutfitsincludingonpeacetalktable.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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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gross domestic product (GDP) and the slowing down is holding back the private sector from making investments. Rating agency
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
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.
tical as this growth was below 20.1 percent of the first quarter in 2021-22.
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.
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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
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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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.
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).
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.
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.
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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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.
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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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“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”.
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.
will also meet trictruvayurRSSpersonalities.prominentHewillattendstateleaders’meetatGuinThrissurdisonSeptember18.
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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.
district later in the day. He will later proceed
“I am not like those leaders that I will play with your sentiments to win elections,” he said addressing a public meeting at Dak Bunga low in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
CONG LEGISLATURE PARTY MERGES INTO BJP AFTER SPEAKER'S NOD
mind, what should I do... God said, you go ahead, don’t worry,”said former Congress MLA Kamat.
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be the only leader of the country, who has got Z plus security from two places. The central government has given him Z secu rity, so after the forma tion of the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab in March, he got Z plus security from there as well. Ke jriwal walks in Delhi with complete pomp and show. A route is taken for him, traffic is stopped and a convoy of vehicles moves back
Former Goa CM Digambar Kamat. —FILE PHOTO
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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Congress MLAs join BJP in Panaji on Wednesday. —FILE PHOTO
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to Thrissur district where he will attend various programmes of the RSS. During his three day stay in the central Kerala dis Bhagwat
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.
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BHARAT JODO YATRA (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 itual leader Mata Amri tanandamayi, known as ‘Amma’, at her ash
Before starting the march from Navayikku lam, Rahul Gandhi paid his respects to social reformer Sree Naraya na Guru at Sivagiri mutt in Kerala.
Srinagar: Declaring that he will not rake up emotive issues like “freedom”, “autonomy” or “self-rule”, former J&K chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday said he will only talk about issues which can be achieved.
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.
AFTER ONE-DAY BREAK, CONG’S YATRA TO RESUME TODAY
The Yatra is in its Kerala leg and would traverse through the State till Sept 30
New Delhi: It is a widely 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 bringing down his own credibility in the pub lic. Delhi Chief Minis ter and Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal is doing ex
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.
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“I promise you that the children of poor or even rich people will not be jailed and sent to Kathua or any other jail in the country for mon ey. I promise you that no one will disrespect our sisters and daughters,” he said.
my Gujjar-Bakerwal or Kashmiri brothers in the dead of the night.
actly that. He has made his whole politics, a farce. What he did dur ing his two-day tour of Gujarat was an over dose of drama. Accord ing to reports, he had gone to Gujarat on a chartered flight but he played the shocking drama of taking an auto ride. To go to an auto driver’s house for lunch, he insisted that he would go by auto only. Gujarat Police stopped him from do ing so due to his safety
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Arvind Kejriwal’s acts in Gujarat spill the beans
RSS chief arrives in Kerala on 4-day visit chief Mohan Bhagwat.
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Ghulam Nabi Azad addresses his public meeting in Anantnag on Thursday.
ONLINE GAMING: GOVT PANEL FOR STRICT RULES
5 KG OF GOLD WORTH `2.5 CR SEIZED FROM PASSENGER AT KERALA AIRPORT
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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All the eight MLAs Digambar Kamat, Mi chael Lobo, Delilah Lobo, Rajesh Phaldesai, Kedar Naik, Sankalp Amonkar, Aleixo Seque ira and Rudolf Fer nandes joined BJP after
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.
Ex-Goa CM says got approval from gods to join BJP
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.
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.
Azad said there are two ways to become a leader -- one by raking up emotive slogans and the other by talking only about those issues which are under one’s control.“Iwill say you will get freedom. But, you will not get it. Have you got it from the last 75 years? I will say you will get autonomy (NC’s plank) or the self-rule (PDP’s plank). Many elections were fought on these slogans, you have experienced, but there have been no re sults. Instead, they have only added to the death count. So, why should I raise such slogans,” the veteran leader said.
meeting CM Pramod Sawant at the Assembly complex. “I went to a temple, asked Gods and Goddesses that this (joining BJP) is in my
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and protocol but he did not listen. On the con trary, he shouted at the Gujarat Police and
Following the incident, the Shiromani Gurd wara Parbandhak Com mittee on Thursday asked the Centre to in tervene and ensure that the community’s senti ments were not hurt or disrespected in the land locked Afghanistan.
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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.
'You will not get freedom': Azad at rally in Kashmir
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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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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—Representational pic Amritsar (ANI): Sixty Afghan Sikhs who were scheduled to arrive in India on September 11 were stopped by the Tal iban regime from leav ing the country as they were carrying holy scriptures with them.
Rahul Gandhi interacts with students during his Bharat Jodo Yatra in Kerala.
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asked to withdraw the security.Keepin mind Arvind Kejriwal will probably
people were promising the return of Article 370, “let “Whatthem”.happened to the previous promises those people made?...I can promise you devel opment. I will ensure you have a dignified life. I promise you that no policeman or Army man will knock the doors of the houses of
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.
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have taken shelter in a relatively small country in Africa or Europe, where he still wields considerable influence. 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 developments.
“Doval’s visit to Mumbai, a couple of days before Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s scheduled politi co-religious trip on Monday, is also the sec ond phase of ‘Project Dawood’. It also entails sanitizing the Mumbai police department of the influence wielded by Dawood Ibrahim’s gang,” First India re
rashtra. Her office will run from there for four days. NCP supremo
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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.
In the 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.
Ranchi (PTI): S Jharkhand Chief Min ister Hemant Soren on Thursday said he called on Governor Ramesh Bais and urged him to clear the confusion pre vailing in the state for the last three weeks over his continuation as an MLA in an office of profit case. The op position BJP was using this “atmosphere of un certainty” to destabi lise a democratically elected government by trying to poach MLAs, Soren claimed.
of Nami (owned proper ties) as well as Be-nami (held in names of front men) properties of gangsters Dawood Ibra him (designated a global terrorist by the US), his brother Anees Ibrahim and chief operating of ficer (COO) Chhota Sha keel in Mumbai and elsewhere in India.
Under this strategy of BJP, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Si
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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. UP ESTABLISHING FAST-TRACK COURTS
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and local residents launched a rescue op eration, they added.The accident comes a day after 11 people were killed and 28 others in jured in another acci dent in J&K’s Poonch.
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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 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 ingtothesioner.InformationsecretaryrentlytheonwasnalerthesenthasthecenterinisPatankarSinceapproved.postedthesoVRSbeentocentforfiaction.Patankartoretirewastobe1January2024.AtcentersheiscurworkingastheoftheCentralCommisPatanakarwasprincipalsecretaryGovernorbeforemovtoDelhifromUP.
Soren meets Guv, urges him to clear air on EC opinion
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.
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Dawood gang’s involve ment in realty projects undertaken in Mumbai city during the 2.5-years rule of the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance.
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New Delhi (Agencies):
In the 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 courts.
PM Modi also assured that the government is working to enhance the infrastructure for the students to poolskilledisgineersDay.toengineering.“Greetingspursueallengineerson#EnOurnationblessedtohaveaandtalentedofengineerswho
New Delhi (Agencies): 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”.
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.
Mumbai Police hunts for Dawood Ibrahim’s nami-benami properties
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Nagpur (PTI): Army chief General Manoj Pande on Thursday said India’s depend ence on imported tech nologies for defence has emerged as a “stra tegic vulnerability”, and stressed the need for self-sufficiency in the sector, saying coun try’s security can nei ther be outsourced nor be dependent on the largesse of others.
Country’s security can’t be outsourced: Army Chief
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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.
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 respective states to hear cases of heinous crimes against women, children and senior citizens.
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
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Hostile and nucleararmed neighbours and developments on the country’s borders with China have reinforced
Mumbai police during his recent visit to the city, where he not only met the top police brass but also the political leadership of Maha rashtra with separate sets of advisories, a per son familiar with the development said.
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.
Prime Minister Narendra
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
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
Similarly, BVR Sub rahmanyam, lAS (CG, 1987) has been posted as Chairman and Manag ing Director, India Trade
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The bus, on its way to Jammu from Surankote Poonch, skidded off the road and plunged into the gorge at Deri Ralyot in Manjakote area, they said. Security forces
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.
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government has approved the VRS of 1988 batch IAS Juthika Patankar posted in the Central Government.
As reported by First India in its September 04 issue, India’s most wanted gangster, Da wood Ibrahim is not hid ing in Pakistan any more, and is believed to
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.
The two-pronged Phase II will see the Mumbai police com mence the attachment
New Delhi (PTI): Three alleged drug traf fickers including an Af ghan national were ar rested as the National Investigation Agency continued its probe into the seizure of nearly 3,000 kgs of heroin at Gujarat’s Mundra port last year, an official said onAfghanThursday.national Rah Matullah, who was re siding in Malviya Na gar area of Delhi, Ish winder Singh of Pani pat, and Jasbir Singh of Tilak Nagar, Delhi, were arrested on Wednesday for their ac tive involvement in the smuggling of heroin, camouflaged in con tainers of talc stones and bituminous coal via ports, NIA said.
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.
Mumbai: Operation Dawood Ibrahim launched by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has launched into the second of its laser focused, distinct opera tional phases.
“NSA Doval issued the directives to the
ported on September 04. With the MVA gov ernment’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 attached.
5 killed, 12 hurt in J&K bus accident
Doval’s meeting with Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has resulted in the BJP COO of the state also issuing orders on Thursday for a probe to ascertain the
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the need to maintain modern, agile and technologically em powered armed forces at all times, he said while highlighting the need to possess mod ern technological capa bilities.
Law Minister Kiren Rijiju
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.
Chennai: Two women software professionals were killed when they were hit by a speeding car while crossing the road at Chennai’s IT corridor last night. S Lavanya and R Lakshmi, both 23, worked as analysts at HCL State Street Service. They were on their way home.
Appointment of 13 IAS officers in various ministries and depts
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NIA arrests 3 more heroin smugglers
Jammu: Five persons were killed and 12 oth ers injured when the bus they were travelling in plunged into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri.
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z Citigroup has sharply cut its FY23 growth projection to 6.7% while Goldman Sachs revised it to 7% from 7.2%
Bengaluru tops in intent to hire in Q2 2022
Fitch joins other agen cies who have downgraded India’s economic growth forecast following a belowexpected 13.5% expansion
New Delhi: Tata Motors expects 20% of its total pas senger vehicle sales in thevehiclesfromketdomesticthemartocomeelectricinnextthree
tent to hire. In the manu facturing sector, leading industries were FMCG (48%), Healthcare & Phar maceuticals (43), Manufac turing, Engineering & In
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
From an overall location perspective, Delhi (72%) followed by Mumbai (59) and Chennai (55) are the most promising cities in the manufacturing sector.
nology, sustainability, and innovation, as well as ag gressively investing be hind the best industry tal ent, according to a release.
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 said core inflation, which excludes food, fuel and light, remained elevat ed at 6% while inflation expectations have also stayed high.
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.
“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.
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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.
expand at 8.8% in 2022.
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.
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
Adani Wilmar eyes acquisitions to push food biz
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.”
get a good response from the capital market,” the Road Transport and High ways minister said.
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%.
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.
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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.
The wholesale-pricebased inflation softened to 11-month low of 12.41% in August, even though retail inflation inched up to 7%.
in April-June (the first quarter of current fiscal year). Moody’s Investors Service expects India’s GDP growth to slow from
MAJOR CONCLUSIONS
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.
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,
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).
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
New Delhi: The government is working to increase the domestic production of coking coal as capacitysteeltocountrytheaimshaveamakingof
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-
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 WORKING TO INCREASE DOMESTIC COKING COAL OUTPUT’
INDIA AIMS TO BE AMONG TOP TWO GLOBAL PRODUCERS IN ALL AUTO SEGMENTS: SIAM
“We expect the economy to slow given the global eco nomic backdrop, elevated inflation and tighter mon etary policy,” it said.
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DEAL VALUES HALVE TO $4.1 BN IN AUG: GRANT THORNTON
BPCL privatisation not on cards for now, says Puri
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
OTHER STORIES
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.
In Bengaluru, manufac turing and services have both showed positive in
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.
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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.
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.
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
Inc. were keen to hire dur ing the period (a 7% in crease over last quarter).
“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.”
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Gadkari said the insur ance funds, pension funds have shown interest to in vest in India’s road projects because there is economic viability.
Sensex, Nifty pare early gains to close in red; fall for 2nd day
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.
AI aims 30% domestic market share in 5 years
New Delhi (Agencies):
DOM AIR PASSENGER TRAFFIC ROSE 5% TO 1.02 CR IN AUG
Govt to approach capital market this month to raise funds for road projects
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.
CITING HIGH INFLATION
Fitch cuts India’s growth forecast to 7%
z 95% of expressedemployerstheintent to hire more, compared to 91% in the April to June period
GADKARI ASKS AUTO MAKERS TO BE ‘QUALITY CENTRIC’
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MAJOR FINDINGS
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
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
New Delhi (PTI): Fitch
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.
RUPEE FALLS 19 PAISE TO 79.71 AGAINST US DOLLAR
TaMo EXPECTS 20% OF DOMESTIC PV SALES TO COME FROM EVs
June, as per official data, was below its June expecta tion of 18.5% increase.
The company has ear marked 5 billion rupees from its IPO for purchases, Mallick said.
OIL MINISTER HINTS AT REVIVING MEGA WEST COAST REFINERY PROJECT IN MAHARASHTRA
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.
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being targeted by a new type of mobile banking malware campaign us ing SOVA Android Tro jan. The first version of this malware ap peared for sale in un derground markets in September 2021 with the ability to harvest user names and pass words via keylogging,
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Some state-owned banks are facing difficulties in issuing debit cards to new account holders under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY). There are about 46.56 crore beneficiaries under PMJDY with Rs 1.72 lakh crore account balance, as per the latest data available on the govt website.
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“Looking at his in stincts to commit a crime, the serial killer is not kept with the oth er prisoners. He is con fined to an isolation cell. Six cases including four of serial killings have been registered against him,” Mr Bhan gre told PTI. As Shivprasad Dhurve is considered capable of using any available ma terial as a weapon, he is
Mukhtar Ansari appears before MP/MLA court
IRCTC red flags timing clash of Tejas Exp with Vande Bharat
both train fare and ser vices that it has built up a clientele for the train.
stealing cookies and adding false overlays to a range of apps,” the advisory said.
The court framed charges against them and fixed September 30 as the next date of hear ing. Circle Officer (City) Dhananjay Mishra said the politi cian later left for Banda district jail.
Mukhtar Ansari being produced at a court in Mau on Thursday.
will depart from Ahmedabad at 7:25 am and reach Mumbai at 1:30 pm. In the other di rection, it will depart Mumbai Central at 2:40 pm and arrive at Ahmedabad at 9:05 pm.
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his family has visited him in prison,” Mr BhangreShivprasadsaid. Dhurve, who has studied up to class 8, is accused of murdering three securi ty guards in MP’s Sagar and another in Bhopal for “no apparent rea son”. He was arrested on September 2. The first 3 killings attributed to him took place in Sagar in the span of 72 hours. The last killing was com mitted in Bhopal only a few hours before the police arrested him.
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make suggestions for their consideration or ask for an interview with the officers,” the official order says.
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42 per unit, the offi cial said. Three months ago, these vendors again ap proached the banks, saying the prices have further increased.
able to comment on the matter, sources said the IRCTC has conveyed to the Railway Board that the introduction of the Vande Bharat Express would adversely affect the running of the Tejas Express on the same route.Fearing a poten tial loss in passenger numbers, the IRCTC has told the Railways that with “lots of ef forts” and tweaking in
Banks seek investigation into ‘cartels’ of chip-based cards
While the Tejas Ex press departs from Ahmedabad at 6:40 am and arrives at Mumbai at 1:05 pm, in the other direction, it departs Mumbai Central at 3:45 pm and reaches Ahmedabad at 10:10 pm.
The IRCTC said the clash in timings will ‘defeat’ the introductionpurposeveryofoftheTejasExpress
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not allowed to keep any utensils with him, the superintendent told PTI. “He was not kept with other inmates as they fear him after coming to know what he has been accused of,” the official said.
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Deputy Superintendent of Police Shamsher Singh rescues a child from the bus that fell into a deep gorge near Bhimber Gali in Rajouri on Thursday. At least four people died in the accident.
Sagar (PTI): Madhya Pradesh “serial killer”
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“However, ever since he was jailed on Septem ber 6, his behaviour has been normal,” Mr Bhan gre added. “We have given him religious and educational books to re form him,” the prison superintendent said.
“It has been reported to CERT-In that Indian banking customers are
crease. Public sector banks did not agree to the vendors’ demand, which resulted in a supply
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tions/guidelines on a subject initiated by De partment of Personnel and Training at one place, the various in structions issued on the matter of obser vance of proper proce dure in official dealings between administra tion and Members of Parliament and state legislatures have been consolidated and it has been decided to issue a comprehensive office memorandum on this subject,” said the order issued on Tuesday.
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New Delhi (PTI): A new mobile banking ‘Trojan’ virus – SOVA –which can stealthily encrypt an Android phone for ransom and is hard to uninstall is targeting Indian cus tomers, the country’s federal cyber security agency said in its latest advisory.Thevirus has up graded to its fifth ver sion after it was first detected in Indian cy berspace in July, it said.
New Delhi: “A govern ment servant should not approach MPs/ MLAs for sponsoring his individual case as bringing or attempting to bring political or non-official or another outside influence is prohibited under the
When he takes a bath, jail wardens re main nearby, and the plate on which he is served his meals is tak en back immediately after he finishes eating, said jail superinten dent Rakesh Bhangre.
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The margin of the two trains will be 45 minutes to 75 minutes in both di rections and the run time of the Vande Bharat Express will also be lesser.
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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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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.
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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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.”
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 admirersSpeakingentertained.ofwhich, Kriti and Nupur are currently en joying their holiday in Paris.
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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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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.
NOV something. You are most wanted by your friends. You can have romantic affair in office and a serious one. You will invest money in clothes and accessories today. You are a God fearing person.
MAR 21 - APR 20 Spend time talking with likeminded people. Boisterous behaviour is what everyone needs right now, do whatever you can do to cheer everyone up. You will feel financially comfortable and you are in position to invest money in new venture. Your personality will attract many bachelors.
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THE MENU consists of a wide variety of delicious pizza, pasta, fries, garlic
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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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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Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva
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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.
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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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
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LEO JULY 24 - AUGUST 23 You care about your lover but somehow hesitate to express that care. Don’t make friends for money and status rather make friends who will stick with you forever. On social front, you may have to spend some extra money in buying gifts for someone for some specific occasion.
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23 - DEC 22 You make sure to make things work your way. Never demotivate someone even if someone is not capable of doing
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.
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.
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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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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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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- 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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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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The costumes show cased ‘Slow Fashion’, which promotes luxury brands at affordable
prices. The de signer wants to bring the
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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.
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The show was embel lished with nine fash ion sequences in which designers 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.
My name is Shweta Saran gal and I am an IT Project Manager by profession and an actor by passion. I was born and brought up in Jalandhar. I started following my passion after I bagged the title at Mrs Punjab Pride of Nation organised by Glamour Gurgaon.
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hojpuri actor cum singer Pawan Singh and actress Namrita were in Delhi recently to launch their upcoming song Laal Ghagra. It is a peppy number sung by Pawan Singh and Shil pi Raj. It is written by Vijay Chauhan and be came a hit after a few hours of its release. It has been trending in the first position across various OTT platforms.Singhsaid, "Bhojpu ri film industry has been accused of being vulgar which depends on the thought process of the people. Vulgari ty is there in every lan guage but only Bho jpuri is being blamed which is not right.“
gia, director at Glamour Gurgaon, who guided and supported me throughout.
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industry in a career spanning four dec ades and urged eve ryone to never stop dreaming. Saurabh Shukla shared his passion to become rich when he came to Mumbai years ago and finally suc ceeded in getting paid for what he likes doing. “That for me is being rich,” Shukla said.
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My initial phase started with a pageant named Mirchi Queen Bee 2013. However, my journey was kicked off by India’s Next Top Model in 2017. The show gave me every thing. I was the famous
What inspired you to become an influencer?
Tell us about your achievements. I am currently playing a role in serial Swa ranghar which is aired on Colors. I also played the character of a doctor in Udaariyan which is aired on the Colors TV chan nel. I featured in various com mercials such as Toyota Ur ban tresses,NightersGanpatiCruiser,CaterandSleepMatetc.
Regardless of my pro fession, I also wish to teach because it is my passion. I would also like to open a shelter to rescue dogs and cats. How did your journey begin?
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I have always dreamt of being on the TV screen as an actor and model. All my dreams came true given to my BarkhamentorNan
Raja Radha Reddy and Kaushalya Reddy since she was sev en-year-old, Noor Kaur Chopra re cently gave a solo performance at Kama ni Auditorium in New Delhi.The event marked Chopra's performance in the form of a blessed
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perform challenging roles where I get to showcase my versatili ty. I hope to learn as much as I can from this industry.
Talk to us about your achievements. My biggest achieve ment would be my growth as a person. I love how positive and self-assured I’ve become de spite the challeng es. I have featured in fashion weeks and ad campaigns such as Vogue for Liva, Mag num, Fuji, Vivo, Zee 5, Lakme Fashion Week, Times Fashion Week. also like open shelter to rescue dogs and cats,” says the Delhi-based model as
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It happens with every aspiring model out there and they should be ready for a rough ride. Since fashion is an art and art is subjective so some de signers might appreci ate you and some won't. My suggestion is to not sulk on their view but work on the perception that you want to create.
artist where she show cased the intricate Kuchipudi dance moves and skills that she has acquired over the last twelvePerformingyears. the Ran gapravesham is an age-old tradition for classical Indian dance forms and the term Ranga de notes 'stage' and Prave sham's entry. It also re fers to the graduation ceremony where the Guru presents his pupil to the public.
fringe girl and that look solely got me some of my best work.
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CITY BFIRST
I hail from the state of Himachal Pradesh. I was crowned Miss Com monwealth Asia Pacific in 2016. MTV’s India’s Next Top Model Season 3 made me a household name.
hweta Raj made her mark in MTV's India's Next Top Model Season 3 as a contestant where she didn't fail to impress judges and the audience with her stun ning appearance.
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Being a single mother and a working IT professional, it was never easy to pur sue my dreams but with the help of my family, helpful colleagues and mentors, I could overcome all challenges. I could carve my identity in the TV and Polly wood industry.
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