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With an approval rating of 75 per cent, according to the re cent Morning Consult survey, Modi’s popularity is sure to stay for a long time since it does not depend on lip service and giv ing merely populist schemes, but because his government has en sured that the benefit of populist schemes actu ally reach till the last end of the society.
Happy Birthday to the Global Icon: PM Modi!
To the PM, who is also a global icon who works nearly 20 hours a day, First India wishes many many happy returns of the day. Happy Birth day Mr PM!
dres Manuel Lopez Obrador or Canadian Prime Minister Jus tinItTrudeau.isModi’s warm-hearted de meanor and the ability to take along even the opposing na tions along over issues that benefit the world, that has earned him the respect and ad miration of his peers. His warm, long hugs to these peers seem to have been the thaw that was needed in international re lations. But Modi has not been all rosy, rather it is his carrot and stick approach that has resonated with the other world leader, especially those from the western block.
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eldom does it happen that life brings forth an individual who does things in his or her own style and who brings about a radical change in whatever field the said individual happens to be functioning in. However, such individuals are extremely rare when it comes to politics. But 72 years ago, on September 17, 1950, a child was born in the house of a tea-seller in Gujarat who, as time progressed changed the po litical landscape of the nation and had to his distinction a his torical achievement of staying in various political offices for over two decades! Needless to say, this individual, who has never lost an election, is Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has, in his eighth year as PM, achieved what his predecessors had long dreamt of taking the nation to. Modi has emerged as the Number One world leader; a leader who has gone past even more ‘powerful’ leaders, wheth er in economic or military might, when it comes to public approval.Forthe third time in a row, recently PM Modi was yet again crowned the undisputed ‘World Leader’ passing the likes of American President Joe Biden, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Mexican President An
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MODI UNVEILS THE STATUE OF NETAJI PM Modi pays tribute to the statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at India Gate, during the inauguration of the ‘Kartavya Path’.
MODI TRIES HIS HAND AT DHOL IN COPENHAGEN! Modi played the dhol had a wide smile on his face as he joined a troupe of Marathi musicians playing traditional music in Germany on May 4, 2022.
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GIFTS TRICOLOR TO KIDS Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign with children at his residence in New Delhi by gifting the Tricolour to each of them.
125TH BIRTH ANNIV OF SITARAMA RAJU Modi holds a bow at celebration of ‘125th Birth Anniversary’ of freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju, in Bhimavaram on July 4.
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Modi was the first PM to visit Shila Mandir on June 14, 2022, a shrine dedicated to Sant Tukaram, asaint17th-centurywhowasborninDehu.
PM Modi turns 72 today, he is an utterly political person and uses each of his birthdays to spread the footprint of the BJP led by him. Even though he has made it the world’s largest party, Modi is still unrelenting in the task. Modi and his debonair style is much-talked across the globe
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New Delhi: Former president Ram Nath Ko vind on Friday said PM Narendra Modi is a true follower of BR Ambed kar and is working to wards turning the so cial reformer’s vision into a reality. Kovind was speaking after re leasing a book, titled “Ambedkar & Modi: Re former’s Ideas, Per former’s Implementa tion” and put together by Bluekart Digital Foundation. Former CJI KG Balakrishnan and Union I&B Minis ter Anurag Thakur were also present.
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New Delhi: PM Naren dra Modi has a packed schedule on his birth day on Saturday and he will deliver important speeches at four diverse events related to wildlife and environment, wom en empowerment, skills and youth development and next-generation in frastructure.ThePM will visit Madhya Pradesh on Sat urday morning and will release cheetahs in Kuno National Park. He will then participate in a self-help group sam melan with women SHG members commu nity resource persons at Karahal. He will also address students at the first-ever convocation of students from ITIs on the occasion of Vishwa karma Jayanti.
Those who have not done anything in 2.5 years are now blaming us. They should say what they have achieved. Even if the MVA government has taken the state backwards, we will take it No 1 again.
New Delhi: The ED has detected and freezed Rs 46.67 crore kept in vari ous bank accounts of Easebuzz, Razorpay, Cashfree and Paytm af ter recent raids in con nection with Chinese loan app case. Rs 33.36 crore was found with Easebuzz Pvt Ltd, Rs 8.21 crore with Razor pay Software Pvt Ltd, Rs 1.28 crore with Cashfree Payments India Pvt Ltd.
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Samarkand: Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif became a laughing stock among social media users after he was seen struggling with headphones during bilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Samarkand.
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Samarkand (ANI): PM Narendra Modi on Fri day reiterated to make India a manufacturing hub in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war which has caused global supply-chain dis ruptions.“Theworld is over coming the COVID-19 pandemic. Several dis ruptions occurred in the global supply chain because of the COVID and Ukraine crisis. We want to transform India into a manufacturing hub,” Modi said while addressing extended format of the 22nd Sum mit of the Council of Heads of the Shanghai Cooperation Organiza tion Member States (SCO-CoHS) in Uzbeki stan’s andthanhetry’sHighlightingSamarkand.thecouneconomicstability,saidIndiahasmore70,000start-upsover100unicorns.
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Samarkand: After signing of the Sa markand declaration, the heads of the SCO countries declared the inadmissibility of interference in the affairs of states under the pretext of countering terrorism. The SCO coun tries supported againsterationinternationalneedTheynuclearthenuclearnon-proliferationtheofweaponsandcontinuationofdisarmament.alsonotedthetofurtherboostcoopinthefightCoronavirus.
New Delhi (PTI): The Nation al Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to deposit an amount of Rs 120 crore as environmental compensation for improper management of liquid and solid waste.
New Delhi: A 30-year-old Nigerian woman in Delhi has tested positive for monkeypox, making it the city’s eighth and the country’s 13th case of the viral infection. The woman has been admitted to LNJP Hospital, they said. Another person suspected to be suffering from monkeypox has also been admitted to the LNJP Hospital.
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New Delhi: PM Modi will re lease eight cheetahs brought from Namibia in Kuno Nation al Park as part of his efforts to revitalise and diversify the country’s wildlife and habitat. Cheetahs are being brought from Namibia through a spe cial chartered cargo plane.
person familiar with the issue told First In dia.In March 2022, back when the MVA govern ment was in power, Kamboj had accused Chahal of impropriety and corruption after be ing served notices by the BMC over alleged irregularities and vio lations of civic norms at his Mumbai duplex.
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to Russia, at a function organized by a small scale industries associ ation in FadnavisMumbai.said a few days after their govern ment came to power on
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Chinese loan app case: ED freezes `46.67 crore
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani hands over a cheque for Rs 1.5 crore to TTD Additional Executive Officer A Venkata Dharma Reddy during his visit to Ranganayakula Mandapam, at Tirumala in Tirupati district, on Friday.
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continuing damage to the environment and to comply with directions of the Supreme Court requiring this Tribunal
New Delhi: AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan was arrested by the AntiCorruption Branch, a unit of Delhi Police, on Friday. Khan was arrested following recovery of “incriminating material and evidence against him” during the raids. The AAP has stood behind the 48-year-old MLA, calling the charges against him “baseless”. Delhi: Gautam Adani became the world’s second richest person on Friday, but only for a brief period. The tycoon surpassed Amazon boss Jeff Bezos and Louis Vuitton’s Bernard Arnault to grab the second spot with Delhi: A day after the questioning, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police gave a clean chit to actor Nora Fatehi in the Rs 200 crore scam, claimed the actor’s team in a statement on Friday. Fatehi was grilled for 6 hours on Thursday.
Former Prez Ram Nath Kovind with Union Minister Anurag Thakur and former CJI Justice KG Balakrishnan releasing the book.
MVA to blame for state falling behind Gujarat: Dy CM Fadnavis
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Mumbai: This was one Ganesh Chaturthi where all was forgiven and forgotten between Mumbai’s civic chief IS Chahal and controver sial BJP leader Mohit Kamboj, it would (BMC)nicipalBrihanmumbaiseem.MuCorporationadministrator
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Mumbai: Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fad navis on Friday slammed the Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government for the state’s No. 4 position, trailing behind Guja rat, and revealed that Vedanta-Foxconn with Gujarat was was al ready at an advanced stage when the Maha Yuti made a final bid to woo them to Maharash tra.Fadnavis spoke on the issue for the first time following his visit
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New Delhi: The customized Boeing 747-400 aircraft due to fly eight cheetahs from Na mibia will now land in Gwalior instead of Jaipur to cut down on the flying time for the big cats before they are taken to Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park.
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New Delhi (ANI): Na tional Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed en vironmental compensa tion of Rs 3,000 crores on the state of Ra jasthan for allegedly not managing solid as well as liquid waste causing harm to the environ ment. The award of the above compensation has become necessary under Section 15 of the NGT Act to remedy the
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Registrar Judicial-1 Chirag Bhanu Singh said all these cases were filed over 8 years back.
New Delhi: In a big step towards unclogging top judiciary burdened with humongous pendency of cases, SC has, in one massive sweep, binned 13,147 old “diarized but unregistered” cases, including one filed more than three decades ago.
Lucknow/Unnao: Heavy rains brought down walls in parts of UP on Friday, killing 13 people including nine labourers who were buried alive under the debris in Lucknow. In Lucknow, an deadleavingfollowingArmyboundaryunder-constructionwallofanenclavecollapsedovernightrains,ninelabourersandoneinjured.
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Samarkand: Chinese Prez Xi Jinping has congratulat ed India on assuming the presidency of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) for 2023. “We will support India for its pres idency next year,” Jinping stated on Friday at SCO Summit in Uzbekistan.
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until the elections to the civic body are held, Chahal’s visit to the Kamboj residence--os tensibly seeking dar shan of Lord Ganesh-has caused chatter in civicWhilecircles.theBMC chief responded with a sum mary “No comment” to First India’s inquiries
BMC chief visited bette noir Mohit Kamboj’s residence
IS Chahal’s visit was ostensibly to seek blessings of Lord Ganesh during the 10-day festival, although the BJP leader had levelled serious allegations against him in the recent past
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Sonit Sisolekar has been an avid learner of Geology and has deep interest in Dec can Traps. At IESO, he
Class X student from Pune bags medals at Earth Science Olympiad
This year, a total of 38 countries, with eight students each, took part in the 15th IESO competition hosted virtually in Aosta Valley, Italy. The Indian winning team was felicitated by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), the funding agency, during a function held in New Delhi on Friday. M Ravichandra, Secre tary, MoES, interacted with the students on the occasion.
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The civic body offi cials have started con ducting site visits to check if the pandals erected by the mandals have been dismantled.
Yuva Sena members protest against the shifting of Vedanta-Foxconn semiconductor manufacturing project from Maharashtra to Gujarat, at Tardeo in Mumbai on Thursday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Pune: Sonit Sisole kar, a class X stu dent from Pune, won a gold in a group event and two bronze medals at the recent ly held Internation al Earth Science Ol ympiad (IESO).
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improving on a monthon-month (MoM) basis, so there is robust growth in the toll collections predomi nantly on account of clarified achievements of CODs for a couple of projects and then con tribution by the traffic growth.“This 35% growth is led by the traffic growth of almost 7-8% on the portfolio basis. We look forward that these num bers are continuing even for September as well and besides this monsoon season, the numbers are quite at tractive,” he said.
First India Bureau Mumbai: Commuters on the ingtoll01feestoExpresswayMumbai-PunewillhavepayhigheruserbeginningAprilnextyear,astheroad’stariffisberevised.
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Pune: The Pune Mu nicipal Corporation (PMC) has directed Ganesh mandals to dismantle pandals and chariots as soon as possible in order to avoid obstructions on roads and footpaths.
PMC asks Ganesh mandals to dismantle pandals immediately
Indian highschool students bagged 14 medals, including four golds, at the event, the best ever performance so Infar.the International Team Field Investiga tion category, the group comprising Si solekar, Namboodri, Das and Agarwal bagged the gold medal for their project titled ‘Carbon Sequestration in Weathered Rocks and its Application in Reducing Global Warming’. The other team comprising Khehra, Gaur, Sahoo and Chaudhary too won the gold medal.
Indian team with M Ravichandran, Secy, MoES, at a felicitation event held at New Delhi on Friday.
Mumbai-Pune Expressway.
Ratnagiri (PTI): Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray on Friday took a dig at the Eknath Shinde-led Ma harashtra government over heminister’sforterstate,project.aboutSamantsaidSamant,triesMLAdistrictYatra’,ofindressingmentdouble-engine“oneplant.upMaharashtrachoosingVedanta-FoxconnGujaratovertosetitssemiconductorHesaidthatengineofthegovernhasfailed”.AdpartyworkersRatnagiriaspartthe‘ShivSamvadthehomeofrebelSenaandstateIndusMinisterUdayThackeraytheCMaswellaswerecluelessthedetailsoftheInanyotherthechiefminiswouldhaveaskedtheindustriesresignation,said.
Pune Municipal Corporation. PHOTO of Gurukul School of Art extend their wishes by painting portraits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the eve of his birthday, at Lalbaug, Mumbai on Friday. KOYANDE
On May 03, Vedanta’s technical partner Fox conn visited Talegaon and deemed that it was most technically feasi ble. Foxconn had a fol low up visit at Talegaon on July 27 and 28.
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As hydrogen peroxide is highly flammable, even a spark from a truck’s silencer could have triggered a fire.
pandals were erected on theAccordingroadside. to a Shiva jinagar resident, the chariots used for the immersion procession are still parked on the roadside or on foot paths. The authorities must act against illegal pandals and those occu pying additional space.
Workers of Ganesh mandals, on the other hand, said that steps have been taken to re move the pandals.
According to Tushar Kawedia, chief finan cial officer at IRB Infra structure, the tariff hike on the MumbaiPune expressway is due next year from April 01, 2023.“There is a fixed tar iff hike every three years for this project, which is 18%,” he said.
The collections are
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Pune: Gas leaked from a container truck load ed with hydrogen per oxide on a highway in Pune district on Fri day, and no injuries were reported in the incident, a fire official said.
A senior PMC official stated that adequate time has been given to the mandals to clear the pandals and the decora tion material. Now, of ficials will begin spot visits.Over 1,500 mandals had approached the PMC for permission to put up pandals. Most
Sonit Sisolekar won a gold in group event and two bronze medals
Toll on Mum-Pune Exp to rise 18% from April 01
danta Chairman Anil Agarwal and had spo ken to him over phone, heShindesaid. had written to him (Agarwal) assuring that the state cabinet’s approval and the cen tral government’s nod for 20% capital subsidy for the semiconductor facility would be taken, said the official.
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde extended MoU signing invitation to the company twice
Maha government in talks with Vedanta since January
August 2022 toll col lection numbers have come in around Rs336 crore, this is a 35% yearon-year (YoY) rise.
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The one-way fare for cars on the MumbaiPune Expressway is around Rs270, while buses pay Rs Commenting797.on the organic growth in traf fic momentum, Kawed ia said, “Considering all the adjustments for tariff, the volume growth that we have seen is around 7-8% and we believe this contin ues for the coming quarters as well.”
“Shinde wrote to Agar wal on July 26, inviting him for a MoU signing ceremony on July 29 in Mumbai,” added the of ficial.The official said that on April 25 this year, Ve danta had verbally con firmed that the Tale gaon site (near Pune) had superior connectiv ity and investment eco system as well as a his tory of disbursement of incentives and policy structure.
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Hydrogen peroxide gas leaks from truck on Pune highway
Even though the Ganesh festival ended a week ago, pandals on some roads are yet to be removed. Citizens from across the city have urged the Ganesh man dals to ensure that pe destrians do not face obstacles and hardships owing to the pandals.
The leak was reported when the truck was at Shindewadi, off
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A senior government official said Vedanta had begun talks with the previous Maha Vi kas Aghadi (MVA) gov ernment from January this year over the pro posed plant. In May, Ve danta had regulardraChiefgovernmentwasfrastructuretativeMaharashtra,shortlistedandatenincentiveandinpackagepreparedbytheinJune.ShindeandDeputyMinisterDevenFadnaviswereintouchwithVe
Prashant Badhe, a func tionary at a Ganesh mandal in Shivajina gar, said that their pan dal was dismantled within a couple of days after the immersion procession.
The Vedanta team held a meeting with Shinde, Fadnavis and top officials on July 26.
“We received a call around 7.30 am, and within 15-20 minutes, the team rushed to the spot. As hydrogen peroxide is highly flammable, even a spark from a truck’s si lencer could have trig gered a fire,” PMRDA fire officer Sujit Patil said.The truck was taken away from the highway and the team plugged the leak and sprayed water jets to clean the chemical spill on the road, he said. Traffic remained smooth and no one was affected due to the leak, the official added.
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the spot and no injuries were reported in the in cident, he said.
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Mumbai: Rock carv ings and tools of a pre viously unknown Stone Age civilization have been found in the Konkan region of the state. They have helped archaeologists shed light on prehis toric artworks and their lives.
Garge, head of the state’s archaeology depart ment. Archaeologists believe these artefacts
While he initially agreed that the children would not work, he later made
According to a BBC report, the cave, located around 10km away from Koloshi village in west ern Maharashtra, was discovered by a group of researchers last year. Ex
case of suicide was reg istered, the police offi cial said, adding that three persons were ar rested in connection with the However,case.the wom an’s family members, including father, al leged that police did not investigate the case properly, and hence de cided to preserve the
DISCHARGE INCREASED IN MULA AND MUTHA RIVERS
Man keeps daughter’s body in salt pit for 44 days
“A committee of ex pert doctors is being formed and the postmortem will be con ducted,” he said, add ing that the procedure will be video-graphed.
sa recorded the highest rainfall at 104mm in the past 24 hours, followed by Lonavala (101.5mm), Girivan (85mm), Nim giri (77mm) and Malin
cavations earlier this year revealed several stone tools in the cave that date back tens of
Commuters wade through a waterlogged road following rainfall, in Thane, on Friday. —PHOTO BY PTI
As the body was kept in the salt pit for weeks, the authorities agreed to conduct another post-mortem.
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Coast Guard saves 19 people from flooded tanker off Ratnagiri coast
In a swift rescue coordinated operation today, the Indian Coast Guard success fully rescued 19 lives at sea, comprising 18 Indians and one Ethiopian Master from Mo tor Tanker Parth, a Gabon flagged vessel. The vessel reported flooding at about 09:23 hours around 41 miles west of Ratnagiri coast.
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The MumbaiAhmedabad and Mum bai-Nashik highways witnessed traffic snarls amid the downpour due to poor condition of roads and potholes. Per sonnel from the Thane Municipal Corpora tion’s regional disaster management cell (RDMC) and firefighters attended to calls of wa terlogging in Thane city.
According to a com plaint filed by a tribal woman who lives with her husband and two children aged 12 and 15 in Mokhada, Prakash Bhide picked up the cou
“The four dams up stream of Mutha river are filled to capacity.
The road in front of Chitalsar police station on Ghodbunder Road was unfit for traffic movement, said RDMC chief Avinash Sawant.
Similarly, 15,840 cusecs of water has been released from Mulshi river, while 5,600 cusecs released from Pavna.
According to the ad ministration, no unto ward incident was re ported during the day, except waterlogging and tree falls in some areas.
cusecs in the noon and would change as per the inflow of water in the dams,” said YS Bhandel ker, assistant engineer in-charge of dams upstream of Mutha river.
Mumbai/Pune: Mod erate intensity rain fall and cloudy sky conditions are likely in Pune city today, says the Met depart ment.
The Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre, Mumbai swung into ac
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thousands of years. “Nowhere in the world can we find this kind of rock art,” said Dr Tejas
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While he initially agreed that the children would not work, he later made them do laborious tasks and refused to pay them
Heavy rainfall between 115.5mm and 204.4mm to continue till Saturday: IMD
‘ORANGE’ ALERT ISSUED FOR PUNE’S GHAT AREAS TODAY
The woman was found hanging at Vavi in Dhadgaon taluka of Nandurbar on August 01. Her father had claimed that she was raped by four men, po lice officials said.
The body of the 21-year-old woman was brought to the staterun JJ Hospital in Mumbai from Nandur bar district, located in the northwest corner of Maharashtra, on Thursday, he said.
tion within minutes of receipt of the distress call from the vessel. Coast Guard Ships ICGS Sujeet and ICGS Apoor va were diverted to the tanker and International Safety Net and NAVTEX (navigational telex) warnings were relayed to alert other merchant vessels in the area. “A Coast Guard ad vanced light helicopter was deployed. Merchant Vessel Wadi Bani Khalid was also directed to as sist the CG vessel,” the release said.
“The microliths, or the small stone tools, date back to around 10,000 years, whereas the larger tools could be around 20,000 years old,” said Rutivij Apte, who has been researching the Konkan petroglyphs and was part of the excava tionAccordingteam. to Dr Parth Chauhan, an archaeolo gist, chemical processes are used to analyze any residue that might be present on the edges of the artefacts. This can help determine what the object was used for.
Ancient Stone Age tools, rock carvings found in Konkan region cave
Pune district’s ghat areas stayed on ‘orange’ alert on Friday and wit nessed very heavy rain fall between 115.5mm and 204.4mm, said the India thepartiallyandKoregaonWadgaonsheriand(23mm),cluding8.30amthecitynight,throughsistedintensityday.prevailskyFridayintensitywillDepartmentMeteorological(IMD).Meanwhile,PunecityreceivemoderaterainfallonandcloudyconditionswillthroughouttheLighttomoderaterainhasperoverthecityThursdaysaidIMD.Severalareasinthereceivedrainfallinlast24hourstillonFriday,inChinchwadShivajinagarPashan(14.5mm),(13mm),Park(11mm)Magarpatta(8mm).Vehiculartrafficwasaffectedalongmainroads,asrain
The tanker from which people were rescued.
Thane/Palghar (PTI): Heavy rains lashed Thane and Palghar districts of Maha rashtra on Friday, flooding several lowlying areas in the re gion, said an official.
Palghar: The owner of a stone quarry has been booked for em ploying children and practising bonded la bour in Palghar dis trict, police said on Friday.
them do laborious tasks and refused to pay them. The case was regis tered on Thursday under relevant sections of the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act of 1976, Juvenile Justice Act 1986 and Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, but no arrest has been made so far.
vessel. The vessel report ed flooding at about 09:23 hours around 41 miles west of Ratnagiri coast,” the Coast Guard said.
The catchment areas of dams upstream of Mula and Mutha rivers have been citizensistrationtheriverschargeWithsincecontinuousexperiencingrainfallthelastfewdays.increasingdisofwaterinthecuttingacrosscity,districtadminhasalertedlivingalongside
“It will take a couple of months to find out the exact time period these stone tools belong to. But, we can say that these artefacts are be tween 10,000 to 48,000 yearsMaharashtra’sold.” later ite-rich Konkan plateau where this cave was dis covered is also a treasure trove of prehistoric art. Earlier, explorers have discovered rock carv ings of animals, birds, human figures and geo metrical designs hidden under layers of soil in several villages here.
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(54.5mm). The IMD on Friday placed Pune district on ‘yellow’ alert, warning of heavy rainfall, mainly along the Ghats.
The family buried her body in a pit filled with salt at their vil lage in Dhadgaon as they sought a second post-mortem in order to bring out the truth about her death, the of ficialSaltsaid.isused to inhibit the process of decom position.“Asthe body was kept in the salt pit for weeks, the authorities agreed to conduct another post-mortem in Mumbai. Accord ingly, the body was brought to JJ Hospital on Thursday afternoon for post-mortem,” he said.
Mumbai (PTI): The In dian Coast Guard (ICG) on Friday res cued 19 crew members including 18 Indians and an Ethiopian na tional from a tanker ship off the Ratnagiri coast in Maharashtra. The ship was heading for New Mangalore Port from Khor Fakkan in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and carrying 3,911 metric tonnes of asphalt bitumen, the ICG said in a statement.Itbeganto list danger ously after water flooded its ballast tanks, the maritime security agen cy“Thesaid. ship is currently adrift. The owners have been requested to aug ment preventive meas ures for marine pollu tion. The Director Gen eral of Shipping has mobilized an emergency towing vessel to proceed to the area,” the release further informed.
Following her death, a post-mortem was con ducted on her at a staterun hospital in Nan durbar, which ruled out any foul play and a
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can help reveal more about the way our ances torsThelived.cave, which is sit uated in a secluded for est in Sindhudurg, was discovered by research ers who were studying rock carvings in nearby areas. Excavation work was conducted in two rounds, during which archaeologists dug two trenches inside the cave. Several big and small stone tools dating back to the Mesolithic period-also called the Middle Stone Age—have been found.
fall intensified since 7am and continued dur ing the school and officegoing hours on Friday morning.InPune district, Lava
ple to work as labourers.
Claims she was raped, has afterpost-mortemseekingbeen2ndcopsruleddeathasuicide
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Mumbai: The body of a tribal woman was preserved in a salt pit for 44 days in Nandurbar by her fa ther, who alleged that she had been raped before her death, and demanded that a second postmortem be conduct ed on her, an official said on Friday.
“In a swift rescue coor dinated operation today, the ICG successfully res cued 19 lives at sea, com prising 18 Indians and one Ethiopian Master from Motor Tanker Parth, a Gabon flagged
Stone quarry owner booked for employing children
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Science is like that energy in the development of 21st century India, which has the power to accelerate the development of every region and state
As governments, we have to cooperate and collaborate with our scientists, this will create an atmosphere of a scientific modernity OF
September 10, 2022, which celebrates the age old scientific tradition of India even as it charts the
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One thing we must remember is that when we celebrate art, we also inspire and create more new artists. When we celebrate sports, we inspire and create new players as well. Similarly, when we celebrate the achieve ments of our scientists, science becomes a natural part of our society and it becomes a part of culture. Therefore, today I urge all the people who have come from all the states to celebrate and glorify the achievements of the scientists of our country. At every step, the scientists of our country are also giving us this opportunity through their dis coveries. If India has been able to develop vaccines for corona and has been able to administer more than 200 crore vaccine doses, there is a huge potential of our scientists behind it. Sim ilarly, today the scientists of India are doing wonders in eve ry field. By celebrating every small and big achievement of scientists of India, the aptitude that will develop towards sci ence in the country will help us a lot in this ‘Amrit Kaal’.
Government is working with the thinking of ScienceBased Development
It is mentioned in our scrip turesThat is, when there is amalga mation of knowledge and sci ence, With this inspiration, to day’s new India is moving for ward with the call of Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan and Jai Anusandhan.Thereisan important aspect of the past to which I would like to draw your attention. That les son from history will go a long way in shaping the future for both the Center and the states. If we remember the early dec ades of the last century, we find how the world was going through a period of devastation and tragedy. But even at that time, scientists everywhere, whether in the East or the West, were engaged in their signifi cant discoveries. In the West, many such scientists like Ein stein, Fermi, Max Planck, Niels Bohr and Tesla were surprising the world with their experi ments. In the same period, countless Indian scientists like CV Raman, Jagadish Chandra Bose, Satyendra Nath Bose, Meghnad Saha, S Chandrashek har, among others, were coming forward with their new discov eries. All these scientists opened many avenues to improve the future. But a major difference between East and West was that
Role of India’s science and people related to this field is very important in the march towards the fourth industrial revolution
Science is the basis of solutions, evolution and innovation
cience is like that energy in the de velopment of 21st century India, which has the po tential to acceler ate the develop ment of every re gion and every state. At a time when India is on the verge of leading the fourth industrial revolution, the role of India’s science and people associ ated with this field is very impor tant. In such a situation, the re sponsibility of the policy-makers and those of us who are associ ated with governance and ad ministration increases. I hope this brainstorming session in the Science City of Ahmedabad will give you new inspiration and will fill you with enthusiasm to encourage science.
we did not celebrate the work of our scientists as much as it should have been done. As a re sult, a sense of indifference de veloped in a large part of our society regarding science.
investment in the field of sci ence and technology. Due to the efforts of the government, India is ranked 46th in the Global In novation Index today, whereas India was at 81 position in 2015. We have covered the distance from 81 to 46 in such a short time, but we do not have to stop here, we have to aim higher now. Today a record number of pat ents are being granted in India and new innovations are taking place. You can see that today so many start-ups from the field of science are attending this con clave. The wave of start-ups in the country is telling us about how fast the change is coming. There are many national lev el scientific institutes and labo ratories in the states. The states should take full advantage of their ability and expertise. We also have to take our science related institutions out of the state of silos. Optimum utiliza tion of all scientific institutions is equally necessary for better utilization of the state’s poten tial and resources. You should also increase the number of such programs in your states which take science and technol ogy forward at the grassroots level. But we also have to keep one thing in mind. For example, science festivals are held in many states but it is also true that many schools do not par ticipate in it. We should find the reasons and make more schools part of such science festivals.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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PM Narendra Modi addresses at the inauguration of the ‘Centre-State Science Conclave’ in Ahmedabad, Gujarat through video conferencing, in Delhi on Saturday. Time to celebrate success of our scientists! Science, technology and innovation are in the DNA of today’s young generation. He adapts to technology very fast. We have to support this young generation with all our might. In today’s new India, new sectors are being opened up in the field of research and innovation for the younger generation. Be it Space Mission, Deep Ocean Mission, National Super Computing Mission, Semiconductor Mission, Mission Hydrogen, Drone Technology, work is going on at a rapid pace on many such missions. One thing we must remember is that when we celebrate art, we also inspire and create more new artists. Similarly, when we celebrate the achievements of our scientists, science becomes a natural part of our society and it becomes a part of culture, shares PM Modi
New India is moving forward with Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan as well as Jai Anusandhan
NEW INDIA IS MOVING FORWARD WITH JAI JAWAN, JAI KISAN, JAI VIGYAN AS WELL AS JAI ANUSANDHAN S QUOTETOP
Innovation can be encouraged by laying emphasis on the creation of more and more scientific institutions and simplification of processes by the state governments
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When we celebrate the achievements of our scientists, science becomes part of our society and culture
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I am happy that our govern ment is moving ahead with the science-based development ap proach. Since 2014, there has been a substantial increase in
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be on a two-day visit to Telangana where state leaders will apprise him about the kind of support that the BJP is getting in the state dur ing a crucial core group meeting in Hyderabad. Shah will meet the top leaders of the state in cluding state party chief Bandi Sanjay, several party MPs and key office bearers. Union Minister G Kishan Reddy and party general secretary Tarun Chugh will also be part of this meeting.
KERALA HC UPHOLDS LIFE SENTENCE OF BEEDI TYCOON FOR KILLING SECURITY GUARD Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Friday upheld the life imprisonment awarded to the beedi tycoon Mohammed Nisham, accused of killing a security guard in a fit of rage by ramming his luxury car in Kerala's Thris sur, back in January 2015. "All appeals stand dismissed," said a Division Bench com prising Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice C Jayachandran while considering his appeal. Nisham was sentenced to life term by the Thrissur District Sessions Court in January 2016 after he was convicted under sections 302, 326, 323, 324, 427, 449 and 506(1) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
BJP leaders point out that in 1948, the first Home Minister of India, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel had un furled the national flag after Hyderabad acced ed to India.
Amit Shah will head line the Centre's celebra tions at the Army Pa rade Ground in Secun derabad. Invites have gone to the Chief Minis ters of two neighbour ing states where the BJP is in power - Karnataka and Maharashtra. Basa varaj Bommai and Eknath Shinde will both attend the function. Both states include parts ceded from the for mer Hyderabad state.
For Hyderabad landmark today, it's Chief Minister KCR vs Amit Shah
Hyderabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Telangana Chief Minister K Chan drashekhar Rao will both unfurl the national flag in Hyderabad on Saturday in separate celebrations, in what is building up to be a day of intense and competi tive political activity in theThestate.Centre will, for the first time, celebrate September 17 as "Hy derabad Liberation Day". The former Hy derabad State under the Nizam merged with the Indian Union on this day, more than a year after India's Independ ence. The Telangana govt has planned what it calls the "Telangana Unity Day" and has an
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Till when will the nominated seats of Rajya Sabha stay vacant?
sions with cashew work ers, entrepreneurs, trade unions and leaders of RSP and Forward Block, both allies of the Con gress party.
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Shimla: In a big setback to Congress ahead of Assembly polls, HPCC vice president and Naina Devi MLA Ram Lal Thakur on Friday resigned from the post of party vice-presi dent. Thakur is also the chairman of state election management committee and he has assured to work for the party in assembly election.
the 2024 national elec tion. He and the TRS view the Centre's cele
Justice Ranjan Gogoi, and four have joined the BJP. The names of these four people are – Rakesh Sinha, Sonal Mansingh, Mahesh Jethmalani and Ram Shakal. Now the eyes of many people are on the remaining two seats. For the first time in a long time, no jour nalist is in the nominat ed category members. Swapan Dasgupta re tired a few days back. No member from Hindi film industry is in the nominated category. It will be interesting to see whether the remaining two seats are nominated in one go or one by one.
He also took a dig at Vedanta, saying if the Indian mining firm pro poses a project in Maha rashtra, there was no
MARITAL RAPE: SC NOTICE TO CENTRE ON PLEA OVER HIGH COURT ORDER
Pune: NCP president Sharad Pawar on Thurs day said the Centre's as surance to the Maha rashtra govt to give a bigger project to the state than the movedthatand"consolingplant,semiconductordanta-FoxconnVewaslikeachild"addednowtheunithastoGujthere was no point in the discuss ing the matter further.
SC REFUSES TO ENTERTAIN PIL SEEKING UDC
New Delhi: A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah held border talks with CM’s of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has now dialled his Mizoram counterpart to hold another round of talks on the pending Assam-Mizoram border issue. A source in the Mizoram CM’s Office said, “The two CM’s spoke today, however, the timing for the meeting is yet to be confirmed.”
Gwalior (ANI): Union Minister for Road Trans port and High ways Nitin Gad kari on guration.duringpresentMPs-MLAsPradeshisterstyaTomar,NarendraUnionSinghPradeshstatement.kariprosperous,”thewillChambalduewillaged,ismthetribalchanderiformers,electricalbeconnectivityingmovementwillcrore.worthkmtalprojectsNationaltionlaidinauguratedThursdayandthefoundastoneofsevenHighwaywithatolengthof222inGwaliorRs1,128“Theseprojectsfacilitatetheofsavfuel.Betterwillprovidedtotaketransspices,silkandartacrosscountry.Tourwillbeencouremploymentbecreated,towhichtheregiondevelopandstatewillbeGadsaidinaCMofMadhyaShivrajChouhan,MinisterSinghJyotiradiScindia,MinofMadhyaandallweretheretheinau in7inauguratesGadkariNHprojectsGwalior
Not invited for Bharat Jodo Yatra, seems Karandoesn’tCongressneedme:Singh
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday listed for hearing on Jan uary 31 pleas concerning the legal status of the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund or PM CARES Fund under the Constitution and the Right to Informa tion Act. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and passedtermsitstimealsoSubramoniumJusticePrasadgrantedfourweeks’totheCentretofilereplyinthematterinofanearlierorderbythecourt.
New Delhi: The SC on Friday issued notice to the Centre and others on a plea against the Delhi HC’s split verdict on an issue related to criminalising marital rape. A bench of justices Ajay Rastogi and Justice BV Nagarath na agreed to examine the issue and listed the matter for further hearing in February 2023. All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) among others has moved the SC against Delhi High Court’s split verdict on issues relating to criminalising marital rape matters.
FORMER CM OPPOSES ED PROBE AGAINST KPCC CHIEF
kind of help they want from us to make their future bright and how many more possibili ties can we create for them,” he said.
New Delhi: Many seats of nominated category in Rajya Sabha are still vacant. But instead of nominating the mem bers for each seat at once, the central govt is nominating the leaders in bits and pieces. A total of 12 members are nomi nated in the RS. There are now nine members. Ghulam Ali Khatana of J&K has been nominat ed as the tenth member, whose oath is pending. Before him, three seats were vacant, so it seemed that three mem bers would be nominat
PHOGAT CASE: CBI team begins probe in Goa
Gandhi, who has em barked on the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra,‘ reached Neendakara in Kollam district today, the ninth day since he be gan his foot march on September 7.
New Delhi: Express ing dissatisfaction over the Congress, vet eran leader Karan Sin gh on Friday said his relations with the grand old party are al most zero. “I had joined Congress in 1967. But in the last 8-10 years, I am no more in Parliament. I was dropped from the working committee. Yes, I am in Congress but there is no contact, nobody asks me any thing. I do my own work. My relations with the party are al most zero now,” Singh told ANI. Singh’s state ment sparked specula tions about him leav ingKaranCongress.Singh, son of the last Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir Hari Singh, had been a Union Minister. Last month, senior Congress leader Ghu lam Nabi Azad resigned from the party.
SHAH TO CHAIR KEY BJP TELANGANAMEETINGCOREIN
INDIA FACING HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN 45 YEARS, SAYS RAHUL GANDHI
New Delhi: SC on Friday reserved its order in the petition filed by the Times Now anchor Navika Kumar seeking clubbing of the multiple FIRs and com plaints registered against her over the remarks made by former BJP spokes person Nupur Sharma about Prophet Muhammed on a debate aired by the channel. A bench of Justices MR Shah and Krishna Murari heard the matter and reserved the order. On August 8, the apex court granted interim protection to Kumar from any coercive action.
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Bengaluru: Opposition leader in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Sid daramaiah on Thursday condemned the ED summon to Karnataka Congress pres ident DK Shivakumar. “In an attempt to thwart the prepa rations for BharatJodaYatra and harass Congress leaders, ED has summoned KPCC President, DK Shivakumar again,” tweeted Siddaramaiah.
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NEXT TALKS ON ASSAM-MIZORAM BORDER DISPUTE LIKELY NEXT WEEK
surety that it will come up in the state.
SC RESERVES ORDER ON TV ANCHOR FOR CLUBBING OF FIR
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Congress on Friday suspended three party workers for al legedly threatening a vegetable shopkeeper in Kollam for not paying Rs 2,000 in fund collection for 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'. "Three party workers involved in an unaccep table incident in Kollam have been suspended with immediate effect. They do not represent our ideology and such behaviour is inexcusable. The party is crowdfund ing small ingresstions,"whovoluntarilydonationsunlikeothersgetcorporatedonasaidKeralaConchiefKSudhakaranaTwitterpost.
nounced three-day fes tivities. It is an impor tant message from Rao or KCR, who has been rallying opposition par ties to take on the BJP in
“I am meeting with many youngsters dur ing our Bharat Jodo trip, understanding their expectations from the government, what
Panaji: A team of the CBI on Friday reached Goa to take over the in vestigation into the death of BJP leader Sonali Phogat from the Goa Police. Officers of federal agency took over all relevant documents from the local police. The team is expected to visit Curlie’s shack where Sonali Phogat was seen partying hours before her death and also the site where she was staying in Goa.
ed together. But that did not happen. Khatana has been nominated alone. Before that, four people were nominated. Recently, the central govt nominated four people from four states of South India to the Up per House. PT Usha
from Kerala, Dr. Viren dra Hegde from K’taka, Vijayendra Prasad from Telangana and Ilaiyara ja from TN were sent to the Upper House. Apart from the five new mem bers, including Kha tana, the five members, including former Chief
EVERY MIN. OF JUDGES TIME COSTS MONEY TO EXCHEQUER: JUSTICE DY CHANDRACHUD
In a Facebook post, Gandhi said he had been meeting many young sters during the march and was understanding their expectations from the government. If the country could make use of the youth power, the nation could grow very fast, he said.
The Uddhav Thacker ay-led Shiv Sena, NCP and the Cong have sought to corner the Eknath ShindeBJP govt follow ing the announce ment two days ago that the ` 1.54 lakh cr plantsemiconductorwillbeset up by a joint venture be tween Vedanta, an Indi an oil-to-metals con glomerate, and Taiwan ese electronics giant Foxconn in Guj. The plant was supposed to be set up in Maha.
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New Delhi: The SC on Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a uni form dress code for the students and teachers in educational institutions all across the country. As the top court refused to entertain it, the petition er sought to withdraw his plea that was earlier allowed by the bench. The petition filed in the SC sought direction to the Centre and States to take appropriate steps to implement Common Dress Code in registered and State recognized Educa tional Institutions.
“But today the coun try has the highest un employment in the last 45 years, educated youngsters are wander ing in search of employ ment and disappointed. It is our duty and also the need of the time today to strengthen the future of
Pawar's "PM's more attention to Guj" dig over $20 billion plant
brations with suspicion, calling them in line with BJP's "divisive agenda".
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our youth, bring positiv ity to them.” After the conclusion of the morn ing leg of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Gandhi has been engaged in discus
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Rahul Gandhi takes part in Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Kollam on Friday.
JIGNESH, 18 OTHERS SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS IN JAIL
Kerala (PTI: India is facing the highest un employment rate in the last 45 years and it was the duty of the Congress party to strengthen the future of the youth and bring positivity to the minds of youngsters in the country, senior Con gress leader Rahul Gan dhi said on Friday.
New Delhi: SC judge Justice DY Chandrachud on Friday said that every minute of judges’ time not only costs the public exchequer but takes away time from other liti gants as well. Justice Chandrachud said, “Every minute of our time costs the public exchequer and at the same time, it takes away two minutes of someone else.” The bench also comprised Justice Hima Kohli observed that there might be an award of cost because of the frivolous consumption of public time.
HC TO HEAR PLEAS OVER LEGAL STATUS OF PM CARES FUND
Ahmedabad: A metropol itan court in Ahmedabad on Friday sentenced Dalit leader and independent MLA Jignesh Mevani and eighteen of his associates to six months impris onment in connection with an FIR registered for protesting to name a building in Gujarat Uni versity’s law department after Dr BR Ambedkar. The court sentenced them to six months in jail and a fine of Rs 700 each. The court stayed the order for a month allowing the convicts to challenge the judgement.
Amit Shah and K Chandrashekhar Rao. —FILE PIC
GANDHI SAID HE HAD BEEN MEETING MANY YOUNGSTERS DURING THE MARCH
BJP PLANS MODI’S DAY WITH GREAT FERVOUR “EK BHARAT, SHRESTH BHARAT”
Mumbai (ANI): The book on Prime Minis ter Narendra Modi ti tled ‘Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery’ can be used as a management textbook, said Union finance minister Nir mala Sitharaman while speaking at a BJP party event on Thursday in Mumbai. She made the remarks while addressing an event on the book ‘Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery’ organised by the party’s Mumbai unit. “It’s a book which
tal of 14,90,000 candi dates registered for the examination.Accordingto NTA, as
“During the recent visit to Russia, they were complaining that it takes longer time to fer ry cargo to JNPT, which accounts for 76% of cargo across India. There is scope for an other large port. If a large port and a large refinery come to Maha rashtra, the two projects alone will take the state miles ahead of other states,” he said.
tells how Sitharamancanhowcanplexgovernancemodern-dayinacomeconomylikeIndiahappen,andalsoself-madeleadersmakeadifference,”said.
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Udhampur (ANI): The Army has started a month-long pre-recruit ment training for youths intending to join the armed forces under the Agnipath scheme in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district. This is for the first time the Army has or ganised pre-recruit ment training in Pan chari Tehsil of Udham pur district. The train ing programme is be ing conducted by the Rashtriya Rifles (RR) for the duration of one month. Over 90 youths from Panchari Tehsil and surrounding vil
Fadnavis said, “So the decision to go to Gujarat was already made, but
‘Book ‘Modi@20’ can be used as textbook’
BJP has to make a politi cally strong person the Governor of West Ben gal. The post of Gover nor is also vacant in Na galand and Assam Gov ernor Jagdish Mukhi is holding additional charge there. On the last date of this month i.e. 30th September, the ten ure of Meghalaya Gov
lages of the Udhampur district are attending theThetraining.programme in cludes physical train ing classes, running,
term of Governor is be ing completed in some other states. Two gover nors are going to retire in the next month i.e. October. The tenure of Assam Governor Jag dish Mukhi will end on October 10. Before that the term of Arunachal Pradesh Governor BD Mishra will also end on October 3. Apart from the Governor, the post of the Lieutenant Gov ernor of Puducherry is also vacant. Telangana Governor Tamilisai
Hyderabad (ANI): The Enforcement Directo rate on Friday conduct ed raids at Robin Dis tilleries in connection with the Delhi liquor policy scam case. The ED is conducting search es in multiple cities in cluding Hyderabad, Ben galuru, and Chennai in the Delhi Excise Policy case, sources confirmed. Earlier on September 6, the raids were conduct ed in UtP, Punjab Hary ana, Telangana, and Ma harashtra. Last month, ED conducted searches on Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia’s resi dence.
ernor Satya Pal Malik is alsoApartcompleting.fromhim, the
very important for the BJP as BJP had won 18 Lok Sabha seats in the last election from West Bengal. So there is com plete focus of the party. Manipur Governor La Ganesan is holding the additional charge there.
“I even used my per sonal relations with Ve danta chief Anil Agar wal, and went to his house. We assured him that we would offer a better package than Gu jarat. However, he said that the talks with Guja rat were at an advanced stage, and it may not be prudent to go back on it,” Fadnavis said, add ing that despite that, the government held a meeting with the Vedan ta-Foxconn officials and offered the best package.
The campaign will be gin on Modi’s birthday on September 17 and conclude on October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
BMC chief... on a late evening visit to Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s residence.Thisvisit created much controversy com ing only hours after Chief Minister Eknath Shinde publicly stated that politicians facing scrutiny by central rev enue intelligence agen cies like the Enforce ment Directorate (ED) should not be enter tained or taken into its fold by the new dispen sation that he led.
MVA to blame... making a pitch, the sem iconductor project could move to the neighbour ingHestate.said he immedi ately spoke to Chief Minister Eknath Shin de, and initiated talks for a meeting.
Soundararajan is han dling the work there as in-charge. Similarly, Prafulla Khoda Patel, the administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu, is also handling the responsi bility of the administra tor of madementTherefore,retiringNicobarnortheDevendraLakshadweep.KumarJoshi,LieutenantGoverofAndamanandIslands,isalsoonOctober8.theappointisexpectedtobenextmonth.
drawn parallels on the propriety of the BMC chief--who the BJP lead er accused of corrup tion for allegedly being complicit with Yashwant Jadhav, Shiv Sena’s Standing Com mittee Chairman in the BMC. After all, Kamboj had claimed that Chahal held properties in the US while demanding an Income Tax department probe against BMC’s current administrator.
T he BJP will organise vari ous social programmes as part of a "Seva Pakhwada" (a fortnight of service) from Sep tember 17 to Gandhi Jayanti to celebrate PM Modi’s birthday.
NTA has announced CUET UG results
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VARANASI TO CELEBRATE PM MODI’S BIRTHDAY FOR 15 DAYS
New Delhi: The posts of governors, lieutenant governors and adminis trators are vacant in many states and union territories. It is being told that the central gov ernment can appoint them next month. In a big state like West Ben gal, the post of governor is vacant for the last one month after Jagdeep Dhankhar became the Vice President. Politi cally, West Bengal is
AMIT SHAH TO DISTRIBUTE EQUIPMENT TO DIVYANGS IN HYDERABAD TODAY
we still made a last-ditch attempt to bring the pro ject to Maharashtra.
The BJP has been cel ebrating Modi’s birth day as ‘Seva Diwas’ (Day of Service) for sev eral years by organis ing welfare activities across the country for a fortnight. According to the letter, BJP workers in districts will organ ise “unity in diversity” festivals, send a mes sage of “Ek Bharat, Shresth Bharat” among masses.
8-MEMBER CENTRAL PANEL TO MONITOR THE CAMPAIGN
Army launches pre-recruitment training for Agnipath aspirants
BJP leader Mahesh Chand Srivastava & others perform havan on eve of Modi’s birthday, in Varanasi on Friday. Events in Varanasi will last for 15 days. Along with havans at numerous places, a 72-meter long scarfsame as PM Modi’s age — will be offered to river Ganga for blessings and healthy & long life of PM Modi.
HIGHLIGHTS l Face of PM Modi to be created using 72,000 Lamps on his l TN BJP unit to provide 'gold rings' for infants born on September 17 l BJP chief JP Nadda to launch exhibition on PM Modi on his 72nd birthday l BJP plans 5,000 public meetings for Modi’s birthday in Andhra Pradesh
Indian Army personnel recruitment under the ‘Agnipath’ scheme, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district. —FILE PHOTO
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T he BJP has formed an andthewaternessdonationplantationbloodincludecampaign,Singhgeneralcentraleight-memberpanelledbyitssecretaryArunformonitoringthewhichwillactivitiessuchasdonationcamps,drives,blooddrives,awareprogrammesonconservationandvocalforlocalidea,cleanlinessdrives.
New Delhi (ANI): NTA has announced CUET UG results. The merit list will be re leased by the partici pating universities for admissions.Thefirst edition of CUET UG was conduct ed in 6 phases in JulyAugust. The exam was
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will kick off Hyderabad Liberation Day celebrations on Saturday and dis tribute equipment to Divyangs in a ‘Sewa Karyakram’ organ ised on the occasion of PM Modi’sNarendrabirthday.
Will the appointment of Governors done next month?
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Fadnavis also ques tioned the Shiv Sena on its opposition to the Na nar refinery. “The refin ery would have brought an investment of Rs3.5 lakh crore, and created five lakh jobs. If the re finery had started, Ma harashtra would have leapt 10 years ahead. But, there was opposi tion, and we lost the pro ject,” he said.
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He added that Wad hwan port a natural deep draft and any large vessel could dock, open ing opportunities of making it one of the big gest international ports.
The first edition of CUET UG was conducted in six phases in July-Aug
MEGA DONATIONBLOODDRIVE BY HEALTH MINISTRY
On the occasion of PM Narendra Modi’s birth day today, Union health ministry will start a mega drive for voluntary blood donation, and hopes to match the tremendous response that it received last year during a daylong special Covid-19 vaccination drive held on his birthday, according to people familiar with the department.
push-ups, crunches, and other exercises. Classes are also being conducted to prepare the aspirants for the written examination.
New Delhi (PTI): Two COVID-19 an tibody treatments are no longer rec ommended by the World Health Or ganisation be cause Omicron and its subvari ants have likely rendered them ob solete, according to a revised guide line published in the British Medical Journal. In the same guideline update, WHO makes a con ditional recom mendation for the use of the antivi ral drug remdesi vir in patients with severe COV ID-19, and a condi tional recommen dation against its use in patients with critical dis ease. The WHO Guideline Devel opment Group of international ex perts noted that antibody drugs sotrovimab COVID-19.patientsrecommendeddevimabcasirivimab-imandarenotforwith antibody:useadvises‘strongly’againstof2CovidReport
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Nirmala Sitharaman at a party event in Mumbai.—FILE PHOTO
UNITY IN DIVERSITY FESTIVALS TO MARK PM MODI’S BIRTHDAY TODAY
All state units have been asked to update ac tivities on the Namo app of the PM, and 5 best state units will beedawardforevents.
The issue had also led to a furore at the BJP’s Nariman Point office as Kamboj had courted Sheikh, who was under ED scrutiny, and facili tated his meeting with Fadnavis even though the BJP leaders like Kir it Somaiya had exposed the Congress leader’s al leged corruption. So maiya, BJP MP Gopal Shetty and other BJP leaders subsequently even held public pro tests in the Mumbai sub urb of Malvani over films studios which were alleged construct ed illegally at the behest of Sheikh during his tenure as minister.
These structures even faced demolition action by the BMC following theChahal’sprotests. visit with Kamboj has similarly
Before declaring re sults of CUET UG 2022, National Testing Agency (NTA) had issued several important notifications on cuet.samarth.ac.in.
held at 489 examination centres in 259 cities across India and 10 cit ies outside India. A to
Those who have not done anything in 2.5 years are now blaming us. They should say what they have achieved. Even if the MVA gov ernment has taken the state backwards, we will take it No 1 again.”
many as 8,236 students have scored 100percen tile in English, 2,065 in Political Science, 1,669 in Business Studies, 1,324 in Biology and 1,188 in Economics.The Delhi University cut offs are likely to go high this year with 20,000 students scoring 100 percentile.
New Delhi: The deficit in paddy sowing has re duced to 4.52% at 399.03 lakh hectares so far in the ongoing kharif season on revival of rains in some states, but it is badly af fected in Jharkhand, ac cording to agriculture ministry data released on Friday. The government expects 6-7 million fall in kharif rice production based on the crop condi tion till last week. Accord ing to the ministry data, there was 12.39% lag in paddy sowing till August 12 of this season.
z It will be launching Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) of four other group companies
GOVT CLEARS 23 STRATEGIC PROJECTS UNDER NTTM
—PTI
CENTRE, STATES ALSO DEFAULTERS
WHAT BABA RAMDEV SAID
On a weekly basis, the Sensex shed 952.35 points or 1.59%, while the Nifty fell 302.50 points or 1.69%.
IISC, SHELL SIGN R&D PACT IN ENVIRONMENTENERGY,
RUPEE FALLS 7 PAISE TO CLOSE AT 79.78 AGAINST US DOLLAR
Maharashtra, K’taka, Andhra Pradesh/Telanga na and TN have the highest supply of and demand for frontline workers in India.
Bengaluru: Indian Insti tute of Science (IISc) and Shell India have entered into a partnership to pro mote research and devel opment in the areas of en ergy and environment. The partnership seeks to build on cutting-edge en ergy and environment re lated research being car ried out at the Interdisci plinary Centre for Energy Research (ICER), IISc, as tatement said. The key as pects that the partnership will focus on include re ducing Green House Gas emissions and carboninnovationsdecarbonisationpromotingthroughsuchaslow-fuels.
Sensex, Nifty tank nearly 2% amid weak global markets
India’s toy sector pitches for PLI scheme
“Patanjali Group’s cur rent turnover is around ` 40,000 crore. The Group turnover is expected to reach ` 1 lakh crore in 5-7 years,” he said. He said the Patanjali Group firm, Pa tanjali Foods (erstwhile Ruchi Soya), is already listed on stock exchanges and its market capitalisa tion has touched around ` 50,000 crore. “We will be launching IPOs of four other group companies
About 60% of the total frontline workers belong to
New Delhi (Agencies):
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GOVERNMENT REVISES DEFINITION OF INDIA’S SMALL COMPANIES
New Delhi: Trade ministers of India and 10-nation bloc ASEAN have endorsed the scope of review of the trade pact to make moreagreementtheindustry
Patanjali expects `1L Cr turnover in next 5-7 yrs
Jio, Airtel, Vi lose usersactiveinJuly
Adani family, through their special purpose vehi cle Endeavour Trade and Investment Ltd, completed the acquisition after com pleting the transaction with Swiss firm Holcim and an open offer, said a statement.“Thetransaction in volved the acquisition of Holcim’s stake in Ambuja and ACC along with an open offer in both entities as per SEBI Regulations,” it said.Thevalue of the Holcim stake and open offer con sideration for Ambuja Ce ments and ACC is $6.50 bil lion, which makes this the largest ever acquisition by Adani.
z She conceded that they are also not making timely payments to MSMEs
Jio and Airtel lost 1 mil lion active users each, re ducing their base of such customers to 382 million and 356 million respectively in ViJuly.lost as many as 1.7 million such users, shrink ing its active mobile users base to 217 million.
z The e-commerce sector contributed the highest to the demand for frontline workers
z About 60% of the total frontline workers belong to Maha, K’taka, Andhra & TN
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EQUITY INVESTORS POORER BY OVER `6.18 LAKH CRORE AS SENSEX PLUNGES
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“Private sector industry should commit to make pay ments to MSMEs in 45 days along with the books of ac counts filed with the Regis trar of Companies which make a mention of out
New Delhi (Agencies): Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) have all lost active users in July 2022 as increased cost of mobile services after tariff hikes taken by opera tors last winter led to some de-activations, said ex perts, analysing latest cus tomer data put out by the sector regulator.
She conceded that the Centre, states and stateowned enterprises too have outstanding dues to MS MEs. The minister said that at a meeting with big busi nesses here two days ago, she had appealed to them to ensure that the dues of small businesses, who are the backbone of the econo my, are cleared on time.
cap index slipped 2.38%.
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The latest decision has again revised the definition of small companies and is aimed at fur ther improving the ease of doing business. With the amendments to certain rules, the threshold for small companies’ paid-up capital has been increased to “not exceeding `4 crore” from “not exceeding `2 crore”.
—PTI
HERO MOTOCORP TO ENTER EV SEGMENT NEXT MONTH
New Delhi:The government has revised the paid-up capital and turnover thresholds for moreburdenthewillcompaniessmallthathelpreducecomplianceonentities.
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A weak rupee and for eign fund outflows added to the woes, traders said. The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 1,093.22 points or 1.82% to settle at Similarly,58,840.79.the broader NSE Nifty declined 346.55 points or 1.94% to close at 17,530.85. UltraTech Ce ment was the top laggard in the Sensex pack, slumping 4.51%, followed by Tech Mahindra, Infosys, M&M, Wipro, TCS and Nestle In dia. IndusInd Bank emerged as the sole gainer, spurting 2.63%.
8 million frontline jobs created in FY 2022
—PTI
New Delhi (PTI): Patan jali Group’s turnover is expected to jump 2.5-fold to ` 1 lakh crore in the next 5-7 years, Baba Ram dev on Friday said, and also announced plans to launch IPOs of four other groupOutliningfirms.the vision of Patanjali Group, he said the company will provide direct employment oppor tunities to 5 lakh people in the next five years.
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standing dues,” she said. However, she admitted that the central depart ments and enterprises are also not making timely payments to MSMEs.
New Delhi: India’s largest two-wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp is all set to for ay into the electric seg ment next month with the launch of its first model in the domestic market. The company said that “a new era in mobility is about to begin” alluding to an event under its Vida brand on October 7, 2022. The major has issued invites to its dealers, investors and global distributors for the event to be held in Jaipur. Sources confirmed that the company will launch its first EV product at the event.
“Post the release of US inflation data, which show cased a MoM increase in
All the BSE sectoral indi ces ended in the negative zone, with realty tumbling 3.53%, followed by IT (3.37%), basic materials (3.05%), teck (3.03%) and auto (2.67%). World mar kets buckled under selling pressure on stagflation concerns following nega tive comments from inter national agencies like the World Bank and IMF.
The minister also said the Centre too will be tak ing adequate steps to re solve the issue of dues to MSMES by ensuring that the central departments and various enterprises make payments to them in 90 days and also appealed to states and their public sector enterprises to do so.
z Ramdev said company will provide direct employment opportunities to 5 lakh people in next five years
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z She conceded that the Centre, states and stateowned enterprises too have outstanding dues to MSMEs
over the next five years,” Ramdev said. These four companies are Patanjali Ayurved, Patanjali Medi cine, Patanjali Lifestyle and Patanjali Wellness, he said, adding that the IPO of Patanjali Ayurved could be the first IPO.
In the broader market, the BSE midcap gauge tanked 2.85% and the small
New Delhi (PTI): The Adani family on Friday said it has completed the acquisition of Ambuja Ce ments & ACC Ltd and has become country’s second largest cement player.
MINISTERS ENDORSE SCOPE OF REVIEW OF ASEAN TRADE PACT
DEFICIT IN PADDY SOWING NARROWS TO 4.52 PER CENT
Finance Minister asks corporates to clear dues to MSMEs in 45 days
Mumbai (PTI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sithara man on Friday asked pri vate sector companies to clear dues to small busi nesses within 45 days and admitted that the central departments and enter prises are also not making payments to them on time.
Companies in India creat ed about 8 million frontline jobs in the fiscal year end ed March 2022, according to the Frontline Index Report 2022 from BetterPlace, a leading tech platform for frontline workforce man agement in the country.
The e-commerce sector contributed the highest to the demand for frontline workers followed by logis tics & mobility, according to the report, which is based on the data collected by the platform from June 2020 to July 2022.
these states and 65% of the total demand comes from these states. Mumbai has been the highest contribu tor and consumer for front line workers at 24.7% and 20.9% respectively.
—PTI
Adani completes acquisition of Ambuja Cements & ACC
sumption post-pandemic, the second quarter of FY22 saw a huge rise in demand for frontline workers be cause of a rapid increase in jobs in the delivery and re tail segments.
New Delhi (PTI): Extend ing the PLI scheme to the toy sector and setting up a separate export promotion council would propel the sector by creating jobs and boosting exports, industry expertsCurrently,said. PLI scheme covers 14 sectors like phar ma and white goods, and aims to boost domestic manufacturing and ex ports. Little Genius Toys Pvt Ltd CEO Naresh Ku mar Gautam said although support measures an nounced by the govern ment are helping the indus try, the PLI scheme and a council would give further impetus.
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friendly, the commerce ministry said on Friday. The issue was discussed during the 19th ASE AN-India Economic Ministers’ meeting in Siem Reap City. The review would make the agree ment modern with contempo rary trade facilitative practices, and streamlined customs and regulatory procedures. PTI
“With persistent bearish pressure from global stocks amid rising yields and dol lar index, the domestic market surrendered to the global trend despite its strong decoupling scenario and encouraging macroe conomic data.
Mumbai (PTI): Equity benchmarks spiralled low er for the third session on the trot on Friday, in lock step with a sell-off in over seas markets as investors fretted over the global economy slipping into a re cession amid rate hikes by central banks.
inflation, the global market has been pricing in the likelihood of a more ag gressive policy response from the Fed,” said Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Financial Services.
New Delhi (PTI): Investors have become poorer by over `6.18 lakh crore as markets took a heavy beating on Friday.The market capi talisation of the BSE-listed firms eroded by `6,18,536.3 crore to `2,79,68,822.06 crore on Friday. In three days, investors wealth has tumbled `7,02,371.88 crore. Indian markets were the worst perform ers in the Asian pack, as higher inflation and likely aggressive rate hikes by the US Fed sent stocks tumbling across the board.
New Delhi: The Centre has cleared 23 strategic research projects of around Rs 60 crore in the areas of specialty fibres, sustainable textiles, geo textiles, mobiltech and sports textiles under its flagship programme Na tional Technical Textiles Mission. Among these 23 research projects, 12 pro jects of Speciality Fibres having application areas in agriculture, smart tex tiles, healthcare, strategic application and protective gears were cleared.
New Delhi:Aadhaar custodian UIDAI will encourage people to volun tarily update their biometric data every 10 years, according to official sources. At present, children after the age of 5 and 15 years are required to update their biometrics for Aadhaar. “UIDAI will encourage people to update their biometrics, demograph ics etc once in 10 years. Over time, it will push people to update Aad haar. Once a person is over a certain age, say 70 years, then it will not be required,” one of the officials said. The UIDAI has enrolled almost all adults in the country, barring a small percentage of people in Meghalaya, Nagaland and Ladakh. PTI
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Mumbai (PTI): The rupee declined by 7 paise to close at 79.78 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday, tracking a strong dollar in overseas markets and losses in domes tic equities. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the domestic currency opened at 79.80 per dollar. It hovered in a range of 79.71 to 79.85 during the session.The domestic unit finally settled at 79.78, down 7 paise over its previous close of 79.71.“We expect the Rupee to trade with a negative bias on the strong Dollar and risk aversion in global markets. Global markets declined after IMF spokesman Gerry Rice flagged concerns over further slowdown in the global economy and said that some countries are expected to slip into recession in 2023,” said Anuj Choudhary, Research Analyst at Sharekhan by BNP Paribas. Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the green back’s strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading at 110.05. Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, advanced by 0.24% to $91.06 per barrel.
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Kargil War in 1999, Op Parakram in 2001 and post Uri attack in 2017, maintaining vigil and remaining ever ready to give a befitting reply to the adversary against any misadventure,” said
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In the bail plea, the Rajya Sabha member said he has been victim ized to forcibly crush the opposition faced by the ruling party.
“For another set of 189 registration num bers, like 0011, 0022, 0088,
On2021.July 26, 2021, a headless body of an uni dentified woman was found dumped in a trol ley bag in Vasai’s Kal amb creek, said Senior Inspector Kalyan Karpe of Vasai police station.
Mumbai: The En forcement Directo rate (ED) on Friday opposed the bail plea of Shiv Sena MP San jay Raut, who was ar rested in a money laundering case linked to alleged ir regularities in a Mumbai housing re development project.
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Revision to bring in more revenue to the state transport dept which earned `139.20 cr in 2017-18 EXCLUSIVE
“We don’t want to level personal allega tions against Pawar. That is not our culture. We are strengthening our party through our works. My statement on finishing off NCP in
During her service, INS Ajay has operated as part of the 23rd Patrol Vessel Squadron under the operational control
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In Mumbai, Mum bai Suburban, Pune, Thane, Raigad, Au rangabad, Kolhapur and Nashik, where the demand for ‘0001’ is high, the proposed fees is Rs6 lakh for four and more wheeled vehi cles. Hence, an out of series VIP num ber will cost Rs18 lakh. IS
ED opposes Sanjay Raut’s bail plea in Patra Chawl case
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INS Ajay is part of the four Abhay Class corvettes commis sioned in the Navy. INS Abhay is the the only one of the class to still be in active duty.
The guest of honour for the decommission ing ceremony will be Vice Admiral AG Thap liyal, who was the Com manding Officer of INS Ajay when it was com missioned in the freez ing temperatures of the Poti Shipyard in the erstwhile Soviet Union, now in Georgia, in Janu ary 1990. Vice Admiral
of flag officer command ing in Maharashtra Na val Area. The ship’s pri mary role has been of a submarine hunter and it has a formidable arma ment of long-range tor pedoes and anti-subma
Man held for wife’s murder, dumping headless body
The numbers 0009, 0099, 0999, 9999 and 0786 are the most sought after apart from 0001,” he said.“For these five num bers apart from 0001, the proposed fee in the noti fication is Rs2.5 lakh, up from Rs1.5 lakh, for vehi
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of “abuse of power” and “political vendetta”.
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The naval ship’s ensign, national flag, and decommisioning penmant will be lowered for the final time at sunset on September 19. lll
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“In Maharashtra, 240 different numbers are identified as VIP num bers in every registra tion series. The existing fee structure for these numbers has been effec tive from May 22, 2012.
Union Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav presents a memento to Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde on the occasion of World Ozone Day, in Mumbai on Friday. Union MoS for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ashwini Kumar Choubey is also seen.
For the past 32 years, INS Ajay has been part of the 23rd
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Pawar but the latter had taken his state ment on Baramati as one.
The revision in VIP numbers fees will bring more revenue to the state transport depart ment, which as the its statistics book 2017-18 had earned Rs139.20 crore from 1,83,794 cases of registration number issuance for that finan cial year.
commissioning pennant of the ship is lowered for the last time at sunset.
The details of probe agency’s reply were, however, not available yet.Earlier this month, the Sena leader had filed an application in the special court hearing cases related to Preven tion of Money Launder ing Act (PMLA), saying the case against him was a perfect example
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The ED on Friday filed its written reply before special judge MG Deshpande, in which it opposed Raut’s bail.
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A murder case was registered and an inves tigation launched, look ing into missing per sons complaints report ed in Mumbai, Thane, Thane (rural) and Pal ghar, and even in neigh bouring Gujarat.
For another set of 49 sought after numbers, the proposed fee for four and more wheeled vehi cles will be Rs70,000 in stead of Rs50,000 and Rs15,000, up from Rs10,000 presently, for two and three wheelers.
0200, 0202, 4242, 5656 and 7374, the proposed fees is Rs25,000 instead of exist ing Rs15,000 for four or more wheeled vehicles and Rs6,000 instead of existing Rs4000 for twoand three-wheelers,” he said.Citizens can submit suggestions and objec tions to the proposed fee structure by October 14, the regional transport official informed.
Submarine hunter INS Ajay set to be decommissioned
Earlier this year, Reliance Industries bought an ultra-luxury Rolls Royce hatchback costing `13.14 crore. The firm paid `12 lakh for a VIP number after opting for it “out of series”.
The number ‘0001’ will have a proposed fee of Rs5 lakh, up from Rs3 lakh now for four-wheelers, and Rs1 lakh for two and rule“threeasfromneedsofthatongoingunavailabletrationrentinsteadthree-wheelersofthecurRs50,000Ifthe‘0001’regisnumberisinanseriesforparticulartypevehicleandittobegivenanotherseriespertherules,thetimesbasic”applies.Thismeansan
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Shaikh remanded into police custody till Sept 19; manhunt on for his accomplice and
ED probe pertains to alleged financial irregu larities in the redevelop ment of ‘Patra Chawl’ and related financial property transactions involving Raut’s wife and alleged vateremainingofprojectvelopedgaon,areaSiddharthassociates.Nagar,anlocatedinGorewassettoebdeasahousingfor672residentsthechawl,ansselllandtoprodevelopers.
The MBVV police on Wednesday nabbed Asif Hanif Shaikh, a resident of Nalla Sopa ra, for killing his wife Sania Shaikh (24) in July
gavi in Karnataka, filed a complaint at the Achole police station saying her granddaugh ter Sania Asif Shaikh had been missing since lastWithyear.this, the cops turned their focus onto Sania’s husband, who had not filed a complaint after her Arabia.hiswife’swasheadlessandtotion,Duringdisappearance.interrogaShaikhadmittedmurderinghiswifedisposingofherbodyashe“suspiciousofhischaracter”onreturnfromSaudi
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Baramati was taken as a personal allegation by Pawar,” said Bawankule.Bawankule had re cently said that the BJP would win Pa war’s home turf Bara mati in upcoming polls, which had invit ed a sharp rebuke from the NCP.
cles with four and more wheels. The proposed fee for two- and threewheeled vehicles is Rs50,000 instead of exist ing Rs20,000. The fee for another 16 sought after numbers is proposed at Rs1 lakh instead of Rs70,000 for four and more-wheeled vehicles and Rs25000, up from Rs15,000, for two- and three-wheelers,” he said.
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Mumbai (PTI): The Maharashtra Trans port Department has issued a draft notifica tion to hike fees for VIP numbers for new vehicles, an official said on Friday.
Mumbai: Indian Na val ship ‘Ajay’ will be decommissioned by the Indian Navy at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai on Septem ber 19 after the patrol vessel rendered 32 years of service.
Union Minister Yadav interacts with CM Shinde at the event in Mumbai on Friday.
Palghar: Police have solved a year-old case in which a woman’s headless body was dis covered in a Palghar creek. They have ar rested a 32-year-old man for the alleged murder of his wife, of ficials said on Friday.
Have not levelled personal allegations, says Bawankule
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Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper.
Many people engage in emotional eating. Over eating, or eating through out the day, is detrimen tal to health. All living organisms need rest— even internal organs re quire downtime—to function at their best.
3. It is always best to eat fresh food. Over cooking food can destroy its nutri tional value. It is
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Some family issues may need urgent resolution, so don’t neglect them. Some of you are likely to enjoy an excursion with friends.You will feel financially comfortable. Your personality will attract many eligible bachelors. Spend time talking with likeminded people as it will make you feel good for now.
MARCH 21 - APRIL 20
You must create an environment understandingofat home.
Pisces
AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 23
2. We must avoid eat ing preserved food as it is full of chemicals and not good for the body at all. It does not pro vide the body with the nutrients it needs. This lack of nutrients can cause physical prob lems in the body.
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If we keep on eating the whole day can we perform to the best of ourWhenability?weeat too much, our bodies use a great deal of energy in the di gestion process. Over consumption of food makes us more lethargic. It also prevents us from performing our best.
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You make sure to make things work your way. 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. You are a god fearing person. Never demotivate someone even if someone is not capable of doing something.
Capricorn
Today is a favourable day for sionaladviceListeningbusiness.tosomeone’sontheprofesfrontwillbein your interest. You are generous by nature and also you are the backbone of your family. Be careful of the words that come out of your mouth. Your lover will say yes for marriage.
Don’t make friends for money and status rather make friends who will stick with you forever. You care about you lover but somehow hesitate in expressing that care. On social front, you may have to spend some extra money in buying gifts for someone for some specific occasion.
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Your regular exercise routine promises to keep you fit and energetic. You will succeed in exam if you put your heart and soul to it. You need a break from day to tensions and the way to cope up with stress is to meditate.
Leo
You will enjoy good health by remaining regular in workouts.yourItwill be in your interest to guide a family youngster on the academic front. Scrumptious food is what you are craving for today. You may start a side business to earn extra money. You are a very grounded person.
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4. If we eat the food as soon as it is cooked, it is a healthier option. If we delay consumption, it won't nurture our sys tem in the best possible way. We must eat food that gets easily digested into the system. The more easily the food gets digested more beneficial it is for the system.
better to consume a wellbalanced diet. Consum ing raw food like salad is healthier than gorging on junk food.
You are very fortunate to have a great friend circle. Whatever you have in mind, you will manage to implement it at work. You are likely to feel much healthy and energetic. Visit a doctor if you have any doubts about your health. You want to have your own house and you will work hard for it.
expected. Admit your faults in relationship. Fantastic day for investing money in stock market as you can make fortune. You miss your parents a lot and somewhere fear to loose them.
7. Fasting is one of the well-proven ways to boost the efficiency of our system. It allows the body to build up its im mune function, giving it the ability to fight off dis ease and stay healthy. Our bodies are like machines. They function the way we want them to function. Eating the right kinds of foods pre pared in the right way and at the right times, helps our system to be in perfect alignment with nature.
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Family will be supportive of your ideas, but only to an extent. You give tough competition to people.
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The quantity and the quality of the food we consume should be based on our bodily require ments and physical ac tivities. Any nibbling or munching in between meals creates various health anomalies. Our body works like a ma chine. If the machine keeps on working with out any rest, it will lose its efficiency. As there will be no time for main tenance and servicing. Mindful eating is the best way to keep our bod ies healthy and active.
Tensions on the family front are likely to get sorted out. Your spouse is someone who can do anything for your happiness. You are happy spending whole day at home. Help your mothers at home today. You are opportunist and this will make you successful one day.
least two or three hours before going to sleep af ter a meal.
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5. The duration for which food stays in our body plays a very crucial role in determin ing our health. The long er the food stays in our system more damage it causes and
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
ry occasion with food. In this era of mindless eating, are we doing jus tice to our bodies?
6. It is a good idea to eat locally grown fruits and vegetables. They are more beneficial for our bodies. They are in perfect alignment with nature. They can meet the nutritional re quirement of the body. The nutritional require ments of our body change with the geo graphical location and the seasons. It is best to consume locally grown seasonal fruits and veg etables.
Many people get inspired by you. You will get special treatment from your dear ones. Meeting people you get along with well is likely to make the day enjoyable for you.
Fortunes are set to rise for those in trade and business. You love to live close to your family. 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. Expected payments are likely to get released soon.
There are a few points which can ena ble us to be more healthy, energetic and exuberant:
This is the best time try something new with life give yourself a new purpose. You will feel amorous towards your wife. Work on your limitations, there can be no better time than this. You have more opposite sex friends than the same and you may be judged sometimes but don’t care.
NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 22
Virgo
weakens the system. Easily digestible foods that are eliminated fast er help in maintaining an active, healthy body that is well prepared for future challenges.
1. Before going to bed our food should di gest. After eating, our bodies need time to pro cess the food we have eaten. It is best to wait at
Overeating, nibbling and eating between meals adversely affect our digestive system and the execratory system. We need to be cautious about what we are con suming. What goes in side will reflect outside. Our body organs are re placed with what we eat.
To add to the limelight, Vijan had also roped in Varun Dhawan to play the lead role in Bedhiya. Varun and Vijan’s bond is also quite evident. Previously, they both worked together on the film Badlapur which was commercially very successful at the box office.
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of films with Vijan including Raabta, Luka Chuppi, Ar jun Patiala, Mimi, Hum Do Hamare Do to name a few. All of these films were commercially successful. She now hopes to strike the right chord again by show casing her talent on the big screen and making a mark in the upcoming film Bedhiya with Vijan.
he combination of Dulquer Salmaan, Mrunal Thakur and Rashmika Mandanna in the period romantic drama, Sita Ramam managed to create a tsunami at the box office. The Salute actor recently attended the success bash for the film in Mumbai, along with Mrunal Thakur. DQ looked handsome in a steel grey suit, paired with a white shirt and brown formal shoes. His leading lady Mrunal Thakur looked charming as ever in a print ed orange jumpsuit. Directed by Hanu Raghavapudi, Sita Ramam shares the love tale of a soldier Ram played by Dulquer Salmaan and his ladylove Sita por trayed by Mrunal Thakur. The film was released on August 5 and was out in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam.
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One – Shiva had a thrilling first week at the box office de spite the criticism and backlash it has faced online. Neti zens have been taking a dig at the film’s dia logues and a cliché love story that has been the subject of several memes and trolls.
Alia further revealed to a leading media portal that she likes to concentrate on the positive more than the negative. Criticism, nega tivity, reviews and opin ions are the rights of the audience.
“We just hope to come across more positive things rather than anything nega tive. Film release hone k baad aisa lag raha hain positive hi ja raha hain warna jo box office me aag lagayi hai woh hota nahi (Ever since Brahmastra has released, I think it has been positive, otherwise, how has it set the box office on fire)," she said She continued, “We have only one life and two op tions in it. We can ei ther focus on the positive things or think about negativ ity. Whenever the me dia asks a negative ques tion, we try to not divert ourselves from it. Criti cism, reviews, opinions, and feedback are the audi ence’sAfterright."the success of
shows Genelia as the most lova ble avatar as a student who is fas cinated by the great Amitabh Bachchan and asks for an auto graph. The cute equation be tween the two stars just leaves us smiling.Genelia says, "I stumbled upon this Ad and couldn't help but share it. This was special to me as I was actu ally a fan of Amitabh Sir and I mean who isn't, right? Any way working with him was so fun as he is the most natural of ac tors and makes you feel comfort able at another level altogether. "
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Saroj is not your normal girl. She doesn't believe in living for others and in the process loses herself and her own identity. For Saroj, nothing is more important than her dignity, her free dom and her father with whom she lives in the city of Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh.Filmmaker Abhishek Saxena's execution of the simple yet powerful story
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SAROJ KA RISHTA RATING:
Presented by MiiCall and jointly produced by Anmol Kapoor, Naziya Siddique, Narendra Garg and Raman Kapoor, 'Saroj Ka Rishta' is worth your time and money. It's a full paisa vasool en tertainer which needs to be watched on the big screens. The film is about to be re leased in theatres this Fri day i.e., 16th September 2022. 3 stars for the film and half extra for Sanah’s fabu lous acting and the direc tion of Abhishek Saxena.
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ocial-comedy film 'Saroj Ka Rishta' is a heart-warming film which will bring a huge smile to your face and you will instantly fall in love with it.
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