tiplex - which took five years for completionhas a total seating capac ity of 520, and it is owned by a Kashmiri Pandit business family from Srinagar. Aamir Khan’s Lal Singh Chadda is the first movie put here.
...or will Pilot get Rahul to enforce ‘One man-One post’ rule.... just wait and watch!
Jaipur: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday stressed that decorum and discipline are the heart and soul of democracy and urged the elected repre sentatives to set high standards through their words and tivesofsaidTuesday,hisceremonyduringLegislativebersAddressingconduct.thememoftheRajasthanAssemblyafelicitationorganizedinhonourinJaipuronDhankharthatthereputationpeople’srepresentaandtheefficiency
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order capping all reser vations at 50%.
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Srinagar: In a first in 3 decades, J&K L-G Manoj Sinha on Tuesday inau gurated a multiplex in Srinagar. Cinemas would open in every district, Sinha said during the highly anticipated inau guration. The Inox mul
later, the proposinglegislatureMaharashtrapassedabill16%reservationfortheMarathacommunity.AslewofpetitionschallengedthequotaonthegroundthatthereservationwasinviolationoftheSupremeCourt
PM further said the BJP mayors to follow the party’s motto ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Prayas’ and as serted that the country trusts BJP. Addressing a conference, PM Modi said, “Work should be done to develop the sat ellite towns strategi cally. Only then, the pressure on the cities will further reduce.”
PM tells them follow ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vishwas, Sabka Prayas’ in the urban development
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—Jagdeep Dhankhar, Vice President
New Delhi: A five-judge constitution bench on Tuesday directed the Solicitor of India to get instructions from govt on their stand on the issue. Adv argued that victims must be heard before the matter is decided by court. Court will hear the issue from October 11.
Decorum, discipline is the heart and soul of democracy: Dhankhar WELCOMED AT RAJASTHAN ASSEMBLY
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Minister Chandrakant Patil as the chairperson.committee’sTheotherfivemembersofthesub-committeeincludestateministersincludingAnimalHusbandryandDairyDevelopmentMinisterRadhakrishnaVikhePatil,RuralDevelopmentMinisterGirishMahajan,PortsMinisterDadaBhuse,ExciseMinisterShambhurajDesai,andIndustriesMinisterUdaySamant.Initsorder,theChiefMinister’sOffice(CMO)stated,“Thesub-committeewilltakenecessarylegislativeactiononthe
Speaker Dr CP Joshi and LoP Gulab Chand Kataria look on at the State Assembly, in Jaipur on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to reshuffle his ministers after the end of the ongoing inauspicious period of Pitru Paksha or Shraadh on September 25. Well, the reshuffle of the ministers was to take place after end of the monsoon session of the parliament in i.e. on the second week of August but got delayed. Knowledgeable sources in the circle said that about half a dozen of ministers are likely to be dropped. While undertaking the shake-up, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been keeping a close eye on the performance of his ministers and some of them have not performed to his satisfaction.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar being felicitated by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot as Assembly
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Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities are now be coming the centre of economic activi ties, we should fo cus on mustindustrydevelopingclustersinthoseareas.Smallvendorsmustgettrainingtousedigitalpaymentssystem.Mayorstakeinitiativetoensurethis.—NarendraModi, Prime Minister
Amit Mishra & Aditi Nagar
WILL GEHLOT HOLD CM AND PARTY PRESIDENCY...
Functioning of legislature, key
ICC BANS SALIVA TO POLISH BALL
New Delhi: The ap pointment of the next Congress president has now reached its ulti mate crescendo and it is more or less assured that Gehlot will be the authorised candidate of Congress high com mand and most proba bly on September 26 or 27, Gehlot will file the nomination for election.
New Delhi: PM Naren dra Modi on Tuesday called for the “decen tralization” of urban planning stating that the planning should be done at the state level.
GROUP OF MINISTERS FORMED FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF NAT’L EDU POLICY
Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) is one of the most populist schemes launched by the Modi govt during Covid in March 2020. Under this scheme, the central govt provides 5kg of free food grains every month to the poor. Modi to take final call of the scheme on September 30.
stitutions as well,” he said. Interestingly, the Vice President was giv en a unique welcome as inspite of the flower bouquet, Dhankhar was gifted flowering plants.
RAHUL GANDHI UNLIKELY TO CONTEST THE CONG’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: SOURCES
VICE PRESIDENT JAGDEEP DHANKHAR
PM Modi calls ‘decentralization’for of urban planning, it should be done at the state level
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, BJP state President CR Paatil and BJP National President JP Nadda look on, in Tuesday.
New Delhi: Using saliva to polish the ball is now prohibited permanently by the ICC, announced the organisation while introducing new changes to its playing conditions on Tuesday. There has been numerous changes to playing conditions that come into effect on Oct 1.
13% for jobs.
Dhankhar said, “It’s a very emotional mo ment for me. I am grate ful to Speaker CP Joshi. I have had a relation ship with CM Gehlot for more than 50 years and we may have been on any side of the politics, but the family relation ship will always re main. More on P8
A task force on the NEP headed by Dr Raghunath Mashelkar, set up by the Maharashtra government, has recommended upgradation of polytechnic degree courses, statutory provisions for foreign universities and a committee on teacher training, among others, CMO said in a statement. The ministerial working group will conduct a periodical review of the progress in the implementation of the NEP, it added.
of parliamentary insti tutions is critical to the flourishing of democ racy. “Failure on these counts would adversely impact other public in
Manoj Sinha addresses during inauguration of INOX on Tuesday.
‘TAKE STAND ON GAS TRAGEDY VICTIMS’
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Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot
The behavior you engage in by coming to the well is re membered for a few hours, but what you study and speak in the house, those thoughts of yours become history. Now you have to think, how do you want to behave? There is a special place in my heart and mind for the people of Rajasthan who have given me a lot of love, I am indebted to them.
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since he was arrested by the NCB for possession of 1.2 grams of cocaine in August 2021, has been granted bail by the Bombay High Court. The bench of Justice
PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI IS LIKELY TO RESHUFFLE HIS MINISTERS SOON!
CM SHINDE SETS UP COMMITTEE FOR MARATHA RESERVATION
Jaipur: With Congress Legislature Party meeting being organized late on Tuesday night, rumours about the reason for the same were floating around in dozens. However, according to reliable input, Raj CM Ashok Gehlot indicated in the meeting of filing the nomination for Congress President election. Gehlot shared his mind in front of the MLAs during the meeting. Sources reveal that Gehlot is going to Delhi on Wednesday morning and from there to Kanyakumari. He will request Rahul Gandhi, once more, to become the party president. If Rahul ji does not agree, then 3 days later, Gehlot will file nomination for the President election.
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NIA GETS 90-DAY EXT TO FILE KOLHE CHARGE SHEET
Mumbai: The Maratha reservation is set to re merge on Maharashtra’s political agenda. After a demand by the Maratha community, CM Shinde on Tuesday reconstitut ed a six-member subcommittee for Maratha reservation in education and government jobs. He appointed Higher and Technical Education
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report received from the state’s Backward Class Commission on the Mar atha community’s social, educational and econom ic conditions.”In2017,the Maratha people had organized massive marches across the state to demand res ervation for the commu nity. Then Chief Minis ter Devendra Fadnavis had constituted the Backward Class (Man dal) Commission to study the itsCommissionMarathaeducationalsocio-economicstatusofthecommunity.InNovember2018,thesubmittedreportandafortnight
PM Modi addresses the Council of Mayors and Deputy Mayors of BJP in Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses Council of Mayors and Deputy Mayors of BJP in Gujarat, through video conferencing, as
Mumbai: Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde on Tuesday formed a working group of ministers for the effec tive implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP), said officials. The group will be headed by Shinde himself and will comprise Dy CM Devendra Fadnavis, Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil, School Education Minister Deepak Kesarkar, Industries Minister Uday Samant, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Minister Rad hakrishna Vikhe Patil, Medical Education Minister Girish Mahajan and Agriculture Minister Abdul Sattar.
Meanwhile, Gehlot may meet Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday at 11.30 am as he is flying to New Delhi in the morn ing. After this, Gehlot will go to Kochi either in the evening or on Thursday where he will take part in Rahul’s ‘Bharat Jodo
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is unlikely to contest the party’s presidential elections, said sources on Tuesday. Congress sources said Rahul Gandhi will not return to Delhi, leaving the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra.
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First in 3 decades: J&K gets its 1st multiplex
In June 2019, the Bom bay High Court upheld the constitutional valid ity of reservation for Maratha community, but asked the government to reduce it from 16% to 12% for education and
GEHLOT HINTS AT FILING NOMINATION FOR CONGRESS PRESIDENCY ELECTION
Karnataka: Three terrorists allegedly linked to ISIS were arrested by the police in Karnataka’s Shivamogga, on Tuesday. They have been booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Yasin, one of the arrested individuals, was an expert in making IEDs. Crucial
l to vibrant and healthy democracy, he said l I am the magician, how did you manage this magic, Gehlot quipped at Dhankhar as the duo burst in laughter
PM MODI TO TAKE FINAL CALL ON PRADHAN MANTRI GARIB KALYAN ANNA YOJANA SOON
Mumbai: A special court on Tuesday granted 90 days extension to the NIA to file a charge sheet in murder case of pharmacist Umesh Kolhe. He was killed for sharing a post supporting BJP Spokesperson Nupur Sharma over her remarks about Prophet Mohammed.
the project and the pro cess of acquisition was going on. The MIDC (Ma harashtra Industrial De velopment Corporation) had already started put ting the proposed (pro ject) stamps on the 7/12 extract of these land par cels,” said Mohan Gholap, Ambale sar panch.Heclaimed farmers have so far received a collective payment of around Rs150 crore as compensation for sur rendering the land.
“As far as the remain
The joint venture sem iconductor project of the Indian conglomerate Ve danta and Taiwanese electronics giant Fox conn, proposed to be set up near Pune earlier, will
Former Maharashtra CM and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray at the 2019 Dussehra rally held at Shivaji Park. –FILE PHOTO
The court dismissed the petition filed by Kaalkaa Real Estates, a company owned by Rane’s family, seeking directions to the BMC to decide their second ap plication uninfluenced by orders passed by the civic body earlier.
First India Bureau Thane: The transgen der community in Ma harashtra does not get reservations in the state as they do not constitute a ‘vote bank’, said LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexu al, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asex ual, and Agender) ac tivist Disha Pinky Shaikh at a confer ence held on issues of LGBTQIA on Tuesday. She also ciesandstrategizeMaharashtragressiveders,homesthereSciencedianassociationhanaPradhanorganizedportedwhichphysicalfacingcommunityShaikhatatthesensitizationemphasizedtowardscommunity’sneedsworkplacesinsocietylarge.Duringheraddress,saidthatthehasbeenissuessuchasharassment,areseldomretothepolice.TheconferencewasbySatishDnyanasadCollege,ThaneinwiththeInCouncilofSocialResearch.Shepointedoutthatarenooldagefortransgenaddingthataprostatesuchasisyettoeducationalhealth-relatedpoliforthecommunity.
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The Eknath Shindeled state government had asked the Indus try Department to re view 191 plots of the Maharashtra Indus trial governmentDevendraonsaidwillreviewmainingclearedplotsafterledUddhavtionedwhichCorporationDevelopment(MIDC)weresancbythepreviousThackeray-MVAgovernmentJune01thisyear.Outofthese,181havebeenandthere10areunderandadecisionbetakensoon,aseniorofficialTuesday.TheEknathShinde-Fadnavishasbeen
Process of compensationdisbursingforland acquired for the project began earlier this year. —FILE PHOTO
sought the court stay its order for six weeks so that he could approach the Supreme Court in ap peal. The bench, howev er, rejected it.
come up in Gujarat now. The Uddhav Thacker ay-led MVA government, which comprised the Shiv Sena, NCP and Con gress, collapsed in June this year after Shinde led a revolt against the Sena leadership.Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis on Friday al leged that a “10% com mission” had to be paid when the MVA was in power for every subsidy that was Addressingannounced.apress
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar on Tuesday dubbed the government’s claim that Vedanta-Foxconn had decided to move their project to Guja rat under Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) regime as “complete lies”.
Both factions, as an alternative, have also applied for permission to hold the rally at the MMRDA ground at Ban dra Kurla Complex (BKC). Last week, the Shinde faction got the nod for holding a rally at Meanwhile,BKC.
Faction’s alternative location for annual gathering, MMRDA ground in BKC, has already gone to the Shinde group
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government to conduct a probe into the charge that money was being asked by some in the MVA which led to the (Vedanta-Foxconn) com pany deciding to set up its plant in Gujarat.
Thethereafter.benchalso im posed a cost of Rs10 lakh on Rane and di rected for the amount to be deposited towards the Maharashtra State Legal Services Author ity within two weeks.
—Ambale village resident
“They (BJP) are in power at the Centre, state and have other agencies with them. Let them probe, then things will be clear,” said Pawar.
A political blame game began in Maha rashtra after VedantaFoxconn signed a Mem orandum of Under standing (MoU) with the Gujarat govern ment last week.
We were disap pointed be cause the pro ject had tremendous em ployment generation po tential. It would have ensured overall develop ment. We know that some other project will be set up here but it will take time.
Mumbai: Amid a row over VedantaFoxconn’s multi-bil lion project going to Gujarat, the Maha rashtra government has cleared 181 plots sanctioned by the previous Maha Vi kas Aghadi (MVA) government for in dustrial projects, after a review.
Pune: Farmers from Ambale village under Talegaon MIDC area in Pune district, where the toshouldgenerationwhichfeelmoveappointedwassemiconductorVedanta-Foxconnunitproposed,arediswithitstoGujarat.Theythattheproject,hashugejobpotential,nothavegoneneighbouringstate.
‘Demolish illegal construction at Rane’s bungalow in 2 weeks’
The disbursement of the compensation start ed a month before the new government (Eknath Shinde-Deven dra Fadnavis govern ment) came to power, he said.After the project moved to Gujarat, we were told that another project will come up here,” claimed Ambale.
ing land is concerned, farmers were ready to hand it over but sud denly the project moved to Gujarat,” he said, adding that a compen sation of Rs73 lakh per acre was given.
Mumbai: The Bom bay High Court on Tuesday directed the Brihanmumbai Mu nicipal Corporation (BMC) to ZoneCoastalSpaceviolatedThewithinJuhuRane’sministerstructionunauthorizeddemolishconatUnionNarayanbungalowinareaofthecitytwoweeks.courtnotedithadtheFloorIndex(FSI)andRegulation(CRZ)rules.
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National ist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar backed the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena and said that it should get permission to hold the rally at Shivaji Park.
“It (the faction) should
Insists claim by current govt unfounded; urges CM Shinde to ‘bring back project to Maha’
Local farmers took out a morcha (rally) at the tehsildar office at
Ajit decries Vedanta-Foxconn move under MVA
Will hold rally at Shivaji Park even without BMC permit: Uddhav-led Sena
First India Bureau Mumbai: The nod.tionMunicipalthecityParkrallyty’sitSenaThackeray-ledUddhavShivonTuesdaysaidwillholdtheparannualDussehraattheShivajigroundinthewhetherornotBrihanmumbaiCorpora(BMC)givesits
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“There is no dispute that the petitioner has carried out Kamalticesbenchlaw,”andoftionunauthorizedlarge-scaleconstrucinblatantviolationthesanctionedplantheprovisionsofsaidadivisioncomprisingJusRDDhanukaandKhata.“Theproposedreten
thorized parts of the bungalow within a pe riod of two weeks and submit a compliance report to the court one week
Decision on 10 remaining plots under review to be taken soon, says govt official First India Bureau
Wadgaon Maval in pro test against the develop ment and demanded the project be brought back to the original location.
take recourse to law if the permission does not come through. If BKC ground has been made available for the Shinde faction, then the Uddhav Thackeray-led group should be allowed to hold a rally at Shivaji Park. Let the state hear the views of these two sides (at their respective ral lies),” said Pawar, an ally of Thackeray-led Sena in the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition government.
‘No quota for trans in Maha as they aren’t vote bank’
Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had assured review of plots after taking charge. —FILE PHOTO
The Shiv Sena has been holding its Dussehra rally at the venue since its incep tion. However, the BMC has not taken any deci sion on the issue so far.
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The CM on Saturday said the government has not given a stay on the allotment of indus trial plots in the state. No such decision about a stay on the al lotment of plots to in dustries has been taken. A review has been taken. The gov ernment is committed to providing maxi mum service to the investors coming here, he had said in Aurangabad.
The petitioner’s advo cate Shardul Singh
NCP leader Ajit Pawar —FILE PHOTO
facing flak after Ve danta-Foxconn chose Gujarat to set up its multi-billion semicon ductorShinde,plant.who led a revolt against the Shiv Sena leadership in August this year, was sworn in as the CM of Maharashtra on June 30 after the MVA gov ernment collapsed.
State govt clears 181 industrial plots sanctioned by MVA
conference in Mumbai on Tuesday, Ajit Pawar, the leader of opposition in the Maharashtra As sembly, challenged the
Activist Disha Pinky Shaikh
Maha farmers rue Foxconn-Vedanta shift
Bungalow of Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Narayan Rane (inset), at Juhu in Mumbai. –PTI PHOTO
central Mumbai.
tion/regularization of unauthorized work, if accepted, will amount to encouragement of constructiontionplicationtocourtcivicnalwithoutthethorizedoutwrongdoer(s)law.lationspread/large-scalewidevioofprovisionsofItwillinvitetocarryanyextentofunauconstructionincityofMumbaianyfearofpeaction,”saidtheHC.Ealrier,theMumbaibodyhadtoldthethatitwaswillinghearthesecondapforregularizaofunauthorizedatthe
There was blatant violation sanctionedof plan and law, says HC; chides BMC for considering 2nd application
A delegation of Sena leaders led by former Mumbai Mayor, Milind Vaidya, met civic body officials to inquire about the status of their application seeking permission to hold the rally.“Whether we get per mission or not, (Shiv Sena founder) Balasa heb Thackeray’s Shiv Sena workers will gath er at Shivaji Park for the rally. The administra tion must either give us permission or refuse it. We are very firm on our decision (to hold the rally at Shivaji Park),” asserted Vaidya. Both the Thackerayled faction and the rival Shiv Sena group led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shin de have sought permis sion to hold a Dusshera rally at Shivaji Park in
Juhu bungalow of the Union Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises minister, even as the first application had beenTherejected.HCon Tuesday said if the BMC’s stand is accepted, then any member of public in this city can first carry out large-scale seekconstructionunauthorizedandthenregularization.Thecourtinitsjudgmentsaiditwas“astonished”withthisstandoftheBMC.ItdirectedtheBMCtodemolishtheunau
“The land for the pro ject falls under areas sur rounding Ambale vil lage. Around 1,400 acres of land surrounding our village was required for
Dashrath Kedari consumed pesticide before jumping in a pond in Wadgaon Anand village of Junnar tehsil
He added that a rela tive of Kedari handed over the “suicide note”, which was found in the
The growth in passen ger traffic was a result of newer destinations,
First catered to highest passenger traffic on do mesticIndiGo,routes.Air India, and Emirates were the top
The farmer, Dashrath Kedari, consumed pes ticide before jumping into the pond in Wad gaon Anand village in Junnar tehsil on Saturday.“Kedari had grown onions. But as the crop failed to fetch a satisfac tory price, he stored the agricultural produce worth Rs1.5 lakh to Rs2 lakh. He anticipated that this time, he would get a better price but it did not happen,” said Police Inspector Pramod Kshirsagar, Ale Phata police station.
has asked PM Modi to give MSP for the agriculture produce like onions and men tioned that farming has become gambling,”
MODI
as “Hewell. had borrowed from a cooperative society. In the suicide note purportedly writ ten by him, the farmer
In his suicide note, Kedari also said the on ions were damaged due to the rains and he in curred losses on soy bean and tomato crops
three airlines handling highest passenger traffic internationally. Delhi, Bengaluru, and Chennai were the top three do
agency Investment In formation and Credit Rating Agency of India Limited (ICRA), domes tic traffic rose by 5% to 1.02 crore in August 2022, indicating that the aviation industry was set on the road to recov ery with normalcy in flight
In the purported sui cide note, which went viral on social media, Kedari referred to threatening by lenders and foul words the
PUNE POLICE ARREST FOOD DELIVERY MAN FOR MOLESTING COLLEGE STUDENT
prices for onions and other crops.
He was mentally un stable and could not
“A victim of the con tinuing failure of poli cies in tackling the agrarian crisis, dis tress, and depression in the agrarian commu nity across Maharash tra. Now need urgent steps from the Centre to stop ongoing suicides of farmers,” Tiwari wrote in his letter.
highlightingModitheplightoffarmers
In the purported sui cide note, which went viral on social media, the farmer referred to threatening by lenders and foul words used by the cooperative society.
used by
CRUCIAL READ Mumbai airport breaks single-day passenger handling record CLOCKING NEW HEIGHTS On September 18, 2022, the CSMIA again witnessed over 1.3 lakh passengers. —FILE PHOTO CSMIA Septemberpassengers1,30,374sawon17—thehighestnumberofpassengersina24-hourperiod
rising flight movements and an increase in air line capacity at the Mumbai airport. “Close to 95,080 passengers travelled through Ter minal 2 (T2) and 35,294 were witnessed travel ling through Terminal 1 (T1) with 839 total flight movements on this day,” a statement by CSMIA revealed.IndiGo
Mumbai: The Mum bai police are search ing for the parents of a 16-year-old boy from Delhi, whose body is lying unclaimed in a mortuary after he was killed by fellow inmates at a chil dren’s home in the city last month, an of ficial said on Tuesday.
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Palghar: A woman alleg edly killed her three-yearold daughter, packed her body in a plastic bag and dumped it in a pile of garbage in Jawhar of Palghar district, po lice said. The accused later pretended that her daughter got lost. When neighbours and relatives searched for the child, they found the body in a pile of garbage and beat up the woman. The Pal ghar district rural police arrested Afsana alias Tara Sulemani (37) for killing her daughter Sana on Monday afternoon, inspector Appasaheb Lengre of Jawhar police station said on Tuesday.
Kishore Tiwari removed as chairman of VNSSM
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said“Today,Kshirsagar.Iamforced to commit suicide because of your inaction. Please give us our righteous guaranteed market
Addingtraffic.tothe week end rush, on September 18, CSMIA again wit nessed over 1.3 lakh passengers—of which over 98,000 pax (number of passengers carried by airline) travelled do mestically, while around 32,000 pax were seen travelling on inter nationalAccordingroutes.to rating
price,” stated the note written in Marathi.
TWO ARRESTED FOR ROBBING MAN OF `1.6 LAKH USING HIS CREDIT CARDS
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Naik Sheti Swavlam ban Mission (VNSSM).
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Thane: Police arrested two persons who allegedly robbed a man on August 02 in Bhiwandi area here, senior police inspector Madan Ballal from Narpoli police station said on Tuesday. The victim was going home when the two motorcycle-borne men alleg edly waylaid him, threw a spice powder in his eyes and robbed him. They also used the victim’s credit cards to do online shopping worth Rs1,61,388. The police nabbed the accused, identified as Minazul Faizul Haque (25) and Sharimuddin Anwaruddin Rehman (23), on Sunday and recovered the victim’s mobile phones, debit and credit cards, and driving licence. Police are trying to recover goods fraudu lently purchased by the accused.
“The note will be sent to handwriting ex perts,” said Kshirsagar.
Thane: A 20-year-old man was killed by unidentified persons in Mumbra town of Thane district. The body of Mohammad Ittehad Mo hammad Abdul Vashid, a native of Malda in West Bengal, was found in a house in Kausa area of the town on Monday morning. An offence un der section 302 (murder) of the IPC was registered against unidentified per sons, the station house officer of Mumbra police station said on Tuesday. The victim’s throat had been slit with a sharp weapon, he said, adding that the body has been sent for post-mortem.
tomatoes.pricesforthelifeheTheagriculturalguaranteedPMfarmersociety.cooperativeThedeceasedalsoaskedModitogiveapriceforproduce.farmerstatedthatwasfedupwithhisandalsoblamedstategovernmentnotgivingproperforonionand
The order was issued by Deputy Secretary (Revenue and Forest Department), Sanjay Dharurkar, but it did not mention the reason behind the sudden re moval of Tiwari as chairman of Vasantrao
PM TO GIVE MSP FOR CROPS
Tiwari has alleged that the action was taken after he wrote a letter highlighting the plight of the farmers and their suicide cases
On August 16, the boy was killed by six in mates, including four minors, over a petty dis pute, following which a case of murder was reg istered and the accused were
to Prime Minister Nar endraTheModi.order also stat ed that Tiwari’s ap pointment has been cancelled and the divi
The suicide note also mentioned “foul lan guage” used by people associated with a coop erative society and threat by lenders (fi nance firms), said a po lice officer on Monday.
Nagpur: The Maha rashtra government on Monday removed Kishore Tiwari from the post of the chair man of a state-ap pointed agriculture body, as per an offi cial order.
communicate property, an official said.
Mumbai: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj In ternational Airport (CSMIA), one of the world’s busiest single runway airports, handled 1,30,374 pas sengers on September 17, 2022—breaking its own single-day re cord—the highest since the pandemic, said airport officials on Tuesday.
sional commissioner of Amravati has been given the additional charge.The former chair man also had asked PM Modi to visit the village of a deceased farmer Dashrath Ke dari, in Pune district, who ended his life by consuming pesticide before jumping into a pond.Inhis suicide note, Kedari had also ex tended birthday wish es to the prime minis ter and urged that he ensure guaranteed
Pune: A 42-year-old farmer from Pune district allegedly killed himself over not getting the Mini mum Support Price (MSP) for onions. He left behind a sui cide note in which he purportedly ex tended birthday wishes to Prime Min ister Narendra Modi and urged that he en sure guaranteed price for onions and other crops.
The INS Ajay was decommissioned after rendering 32 years of service to the nation during a ceremony conducted at the Naval Dockyard, in Mumbai. The ship’s naval ensign was lowered indicating the end of its service tenure. Western Naval Command, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh inspected a guard of honour on the occasion.
The deceased farmer also asked PM Modi to give a guaranteed price for the agricul tural produce and also stated that he (Modi) could not keep control overTheagriculture.farmer stated that he was fed up with his life and also blamed the state government for not giving proper pricess for onion and tomatoes.
The police had found the boy, identified as Haswan Nishad, at Gir gaon Chowpatty and placed him in a chil dren’s home in Matun ga in August.
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A team from Mumbai police has reached Del hi to trace the boy’s family, he said.
Reacting to his re moval, Tiwari on Mon day dubbed the state government’s move as a “repercussion” of his letter.
Pune: Police arrested a 40-year-old food delivery man for allegedly molesting a 19-year-old woman in Pune city. The incident took place on September 17 in Kondhwa area after the victim (an engineering student) ordered food from a restaurant through online. “After delivering the parcel at around 9 pm on Saturday, the accused—idendified as Raees Shaikh—allegedly held victim’s hand and molested her,” an official from Kondhwa police station said on Tuesday. The woman raised an alarm and a few people from the housing society caught and handed him over to police. The accused was booked under IPC Sections 354 (outraging modesty of a woman) and 354-A (sexual harassment).
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Whenheld.he was alive, Haswan could speak only three words, “Pa ras School, Bastipada, Star Chowk” and hence, the police are working on these leads to identi fy and track down his parents, the official said.
clothes he had removed before jumping into the pond, to the police.
groups backed by Pakistan and jihadis grabbed control. Now that the nightmarish and obscurantist phase has ended, the other more impor tant step is to bring the soci ety to life through entertain ment. The move will also give commercial activities a push
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However, with last Tues day’s action, it seems that the BJP wants to put all that in flashback mode and is raring to go ahead with renewed vig our. The party’s Nabanna Ab hiyan was one of its biggest campaigns in West Bengal in recentWithtimes.alittle over two years left for the crucial Lok Sabha election, the BJP again seems to be upbeat and the national leadership is also taking keen interest in West Bengal’s po litical developments. With the recent raids by the Enforce ment Directorate and sum moning of TMC leaders in cases of alleged corruption, on Ground Zero, the grass roots workers of the Saffron party have been working hard to mobilise the cadre and in duct youth into the party fold.
Politics is only one way to ensure participation of peo ple who have for decades lived in fear and under suspicion. The mass exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley was a turning point after terror
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The appointment of Sunil Bansal as the West Bengal observer has infused a lot of zeal among the ranks. The appointment and his visit last month have boosted the confidence of the state unit.
It seemed that the party lit erally woke up from its slum ber in WB. However, state BJP leaders said it was not a “oneday miracle” and that the leadership had “been active on Ground Zero”. Also, state organisation secretary Ami tava Chakraborty, appointed in October 2020, was involved in building a “strong young
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BJP’s national president JP Nadda recently appointed former Bihar minister Man gal Pandey the state incharge for West Bengal. The party’s IT Cell chief Amit Malviya is already working with the state unit since No vember 2020, and national secretary Asha Lakhra are the co in-charges.
JP’s recent Nabanna Abhi yan was witnessed after a lull that lasted for more than a year. The Saffron party had put in all its might in West Bengal’s last year crucial As sembly election and follow ing its post-poll performance, the party, in the state, had seen a lot of transformation.
Also, “The videos of cash re covered in the ED raids shown on the media repeat edly gave confidence to the party cadre too and most be lieve that the state unit’s al legation against TMC has been taken seriously by the party’s central leadership.
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The High Court has given the BMC two weeks’ time to carry out the demolition but refused to grant a week’s stay on the order’s implementation on Rane’s re quest. After Kangana Ranaut’s illegal structure, this is the sec ond high-profile case in Mumbai. In the actor’s case, though, the BMC had to eat a humble pie.
It may be recalled that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had managed to win 39 of the 40 parliamen tary seats in Bihar in 2019. However, this time, BJP, in or der to remain on top will have to ensure an adequate number of seats in West Bengal, Odis ha, Jharkhand, and Telangana.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha took that step a few days back by inaugurating a multiplex, Srinagar’s first in 32 years. In the Eighties, Srinagar boasted of eight cinema halls before hardliners struck. The first of the three shows of the movie Laal Singh Chaddha was to be screened on Tuesday
This, perhaps, has boosted the cadre which was feeling left out after the Assembly election drubbing and the subsequent “silence” of sorts of the state unit leaders for all these months.
With the Nabanna Abhiyan, the party workers who had lost steam, seems to be a spir ited lot. A boosted BJP now looks to be in an upbeat mood especially with Amit Shah’s recent visit which provided fresh hopes to the state cadre which appeared disillusioned. The workers on the ground now feel that Shah and then Bansal did the needful to bol ster their faith and believe that the central leadership had not taken a “soft approach” towards the TMC government.
It may be recalled that during a visit to WB in May 2022, Union HM Amit Shah had assured state BJP leaders as well as the cadre that he would directly monitor the party’s activities in state unit. This, perhaps, has boosted the cadre which was feeling left out after the Assembly election drubbing and the subsequent “silence” of sorts of the state unit leaders for all these months
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Tributes to the founder of Sikh sect Guru Nanak Dev Ji on his Jyoti Jyot Divas. The entire life of Guru Nanak Dev Ji was devoted to the welfare of mankind. His teachings and thoughts about love, equality, peace and harmony are relevant in showing the path to the society.
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It seems that the BJP’s Ben gal unit which was complete ly silent has again regained its inertia. On Tuesday, with Bansal in the state, the boost ed party had started its Na banna Abhiyan. The Abhiyan was capable of bringing to gether all the top rung lead ers of the state unit together.
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High Court has done just that. It has ordered Union minister Narayan Rane to pay a fine of Rs 10 lakh and demolish the illegal construction he carried out in his eight-storey plush bungalow at Juhu. It was in March this year that the Mumbai Municipal Corporation asked Rane to re move the unauthorised construc tion. The Maha Vikas Aghadi government which was then in power had informed the high court that it was withdrawing the demolition notice served on Rane, who was regarded as BJP’s most potent weapon against the previous government.
The BJP despite all its might could not oust the TMC in the Assembly elections in 2021, but two years ago in 2019, the Saffron party had managed a tally of 18 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal and this was a rise of 16 seats from its tally of two seats in 2014. Subsequently, the BJP may not have reached the magic three-figure mark in the 2021 Assembly polls but it rose from a mere 3 seats in 2016 to 77 in 2021 and established itself as a formidable Opposition in the state. However, thereafter the BJP had some dismal performances in local body polls
With Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar severing ties with BJP, the Saffron party has again set its eyes on West Bengal’s 42 Lok Sabha seats to compensate for the report ed loss in Bihar.
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its bloody past behind for a better and peaceful future. Ghulam Nabi Azad’s return to pick up the threads after breaking away from the Con gress points to the revival of the political process in the Valley. The Farooq Abdullahled National Conference is also expected to participate in the elections whenever they are held. Hopefully, that wait won’t be endless.
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi witnesses a performance by Melam maestro Peruvanam Kuttan Marar during the 13th day of his Bharat Jodo Yatra, in Alappuzha on Tuesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Rahul Gandhi kick-starts 13th day of Yatra, 225 km distance covered so far
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutional validity of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara (Management) Act, 2014, under which a separate committee was formed to manage the affairs of gurdwaras in the state. A Bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Vikram Nath dismissed the plea filed by a member of the Shiromani Gurdwara Par bandhak Committee seeking quashing of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Act. The judgement came on a 2014 plea filed by one Harbhajan Singh, a Haryana resident.
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ANOTHER PETITION IN CONNECTION WITH GYANVAPI COMPLEX
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New Delhi (PTI): Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused the BJP of making the elderly dependent by abolishing the old pension scheme (OPS). He said that the Congress, if wins in Gujarat, will restore the old pension scheme. “We restored the old pension in Rajas than, Chhattisgarh. Now the pension,”willcomegovernmentCongresswillinGujaratandbringtheoldhesaid.
Palaniswami with Amit Shah.
SHORTAGE OF HIV DRUGS: RESPONSE OF CENTRE SOUGHT
Pushkar Singh Dhami (C) at a function. —FILE PHOTO
New Delhi (ANI): The Central Bureau of Nar cotics has destroyed around 1,032 hectares of illicit cannabis (ganja) cultivation in Himachal, in one of the biggest anti-drug operations conducted in the state, Union Finance Minis try said on Tuesday. The operation was conducted in past two weeks. On receiving in telligence about ganja cultivation, teams of of ficers of CBN were formed and dispatched. Officers of CBN verified the intelligence and fur ther carried out physi cal surveys resulting in the detection of more areas of illicit cultiva tion. Subsequently, the destruction operation was started with local authorities support.
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Panaji: Cuncolim MLA Yuri Alemao has been appointed as the leader of Congress Legislature Party in Goa.A let ter signed by AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal said that Congress President has appointed Yuri Alemao as the leader of Congress Legislature Party (CLP), Goa, with immediate effect. Yuri Alemao is the son of former Minister Joaquim Alemao and nephew of former Goa CM Churchill Alemao.
According to sources, a big change will be seen in the state cabinet soon. The BJP high command has sought a confiden tial report from CM Pushkar Singh Dhami regarding ministers and MLAs. CM Dhami is also on Delhi tour at this
According to AICC general secretary incharge communica tions Jairam Ramesh, the yatra has covered a distance of 255 km in 12 days. “Today Bharat Ya tris will walk 15 kms from Cherthala to Kuthiyathodu in Alap puzha district during the morning session of the padayatra. The campsite tonight is in Kochi district,” Ramesh tweeted.Senior Congress lead ers K
Faesal was one of the 23 petitioners who had challenged the Centre’s decision to abrogate Article 370, which granted special status to J&K. Faesal’s move to withdraw the petition came months after he was reinstated into the IAS in April 2022 and was subsequently appointed in the Ministry of Culture.
But his date of birth has been wrongly re corded as August 31, 1961 in the Centre’s DOPT records....accord ing to which his retire ment should have been on August 31, 2021.
When DOPT contacted the appointment de partment of UP to con firm his birth, the DOPT was told that in all the records present in UP, the date of birth denoted is August 31, 1965. This raised a per tinent question as to how did the record change in DOPT? AIADMK leaders on Union HM Amit Shah
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Varanasi (ANI): A petition has been moved in the court of Civil Judge Senior Division, Varanasi, seeking permission to hold ‘Urs’ and offer ‘Chadar’ at three shrines allegedly present behind the mosque at the Gyanvapi complex. The plea has been moved for seeking permission to offer Chadars and hold Urs at the Mazars allegedly present in the mosque compound. As per the petitioner on the last date of hearing the dis trict judge transferred the case to the court of civil judge (senior division) Kumud Lata Tripathi.
Alappuzha (ANI): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will join the Bharat Jodo Yatra, said party leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference in the Alappuzha district in Kerala, Ramesh said that the march has completed 275 km of its distance in total. “We have completed 275 km of Bharat Jodo Yatra. We would have complete 285 by today. Priyanka Gandhi will join the yatra. She is working out to join in Kerala,” Jairam Ramesh said.
Thakur’s remarks came days after he visit ed Lok Sabha constituen cies of Kalyan and Mum bai South Central, held by members of Eknath Shinde-led Sena faction Shrikant Shinde and Ra
RAHUL ‘GLORIFYING’ HIJAB ON ‘COMMUNAL’ BHARAT JODO YATRA, SAYS BJP’S CT RAVI
‘Strong BJP will benefit ruling alliance’
New Delhi (ANI): The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Central govern ment, National AIDS Control Organisation and others on a plea alleging a shortage of antiretroviral drugs for treating HIV patients in the country. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli sought a response from the Ministry of Health, National AIDS Control Organisation and others on a plea filed by the Network of People Living with HIV and AIDS, a registered so ciety, against the shortage of antiretroviral drugs in the country.
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New Delhi: IAS officer Shah Faesal, who filed a petition in Supreme Court challenging the order to scrap Article 370, withdrew his petition on Tuesday.
‘IF OPSWILLELECTED,RESTOREINGUJARAT’
Vadodara: Ahead of Gujarat polls this year, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal has promised to imple ment the old pension
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power.votedpartyeesemploygovtforschemestateifhisisto“Govt employ ees in Gujarat have taken to the streets in large numbers. Their main demand is the implementation of the old pension scheme. I guarantee them that when AAP forms a government, we will implement the OPS in Gujarat,” Kejriwal said.
Chandigarh (PTI): Folowing the other state units of the par ty, Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) on said“sentimentswhileCongressfortorequestedCongresssentativespresident.theRahulaunanimouslyTuesdaypassedresolutionbackingGandhiforpostofthepartyRepreofthecommitteeGandhifilenominationthepostofthepresidentconsideringofall”,theresolution.
gradation list for the year 2023 in which the data of IAS officers posted in all the state is updated. However, the officer in question is currently in service.
THAKUR OPENS ANNUAL MEET OF AIBD IN DELHI Delhi: Real jour nalism is about facing the facts, presenting the truth, and letting all sides present their views on the platform, said Union Informa tion and Broadcast ing Minister Anurag Thakur while inaugu rating the 47th Annual Gathering and 20th Meeting of Asia-Pacific Institute for Broad casting Development (AIBD) on Tuesday.
New Delhi (Agencies): A prosecution witness in the Bilkis Bano case wrote to Chief Justice of India UU Lalit on Tuesday, 20 September, and expressed fear for his life, alleging that one of the key convicts threatened him. Eleven men convicted of gang-rap ing Bilkis Bano and killing 14 members of her family – including her three-yearold daughter – during the Gujarat riots of 2002 were released from a sub-jail in Godhra in August after a state government panel approved their application for remission of sentence.
U’khand cabinet reshuffle likely; confidential reports sought from CM
Lucknow: Change in the date of birth of a senior IAS officer in Ut tar Pradesh bureaucra cy has caused a stir from DOPT to Lucknow ap pointment department. This is the latest case related to Shahid Man jar Abbas Rizvi, a 2006 batch IAS officer, whose date of birth in the Uttar Pradesh government is recorded as August 31, 1965. Accordingly, his retirement will be on August 31, 2025.
Dehradun (ANI): A big reshuffle can be seen soon in the Uttara khand cabinet. After the formation of the new government in the state, this will be the first change in the cabi net of CM Pushkar Sin gh Dhami, in which the portfolio of ministers can be changed or the ministry can be given to an MLA. It is not clear to whom which minis try will be given, but the BJP high command in New Delhi can take a decision on this soon.
Nagpur (PTI): Former political strategist Prashant Kishor on Tuesday said that Congress’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ should have started from Gujarat or any other BJP-ruled state. He was speaking on the sidelines of a programme where he met local leaders and activists supporting the cause of the separate Vidarbha state. “It would have been better had the Con gress started its Bharat Jodo Yatra from Gujarat where elections are due later this year, or other BJP-ruled states like Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh,” he said.
among other things flagged the issue of “de teriorating law and or der situation in the State” with the Union Minister. Palaniswami cited cases of murders, robberies and dacoities.
New Delhi (Agen cies): AIADMK interim general secretary Edap padi K der”inghimTuesdayAmitionmugam,lumanipartyaccompaniedPalaniswami,byseniorleadersSPVeandCVShancalledonUnHomeMinisterShahinDelhionandbriefedonthe“deterioratstateoflawandorinTamilNadu.Describingita“courtesycall”duringwhichpoliticswasnotdiscussed,Palaniswamitoldmediaafterthemeetingthathehad
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Alappuzha (PTI): Sen ior Congress leader Ra hul Gandhi on Tuesday kick-started the 13th day of his Bharat Jodo Yatra from Cherthala here along with thou sands of party workers.
party reposed faith in him and he was elected the leader of the legisla ture party. Dhami was sworn in as the 12th CM of Uttarakhand on March 24, 2022.
presidential polls for the Congress, party’s commu nication in-charge, Jairam Ramesh, on Tuesday put out a tweet that “anybody can run in the presidential polls” and nobody needs “anybody’s nod, especially the party’s leadership”. The grand old party is set to elect its next president in October when the crucial presidential polls would be held to choose Sonia Gandhi’s successor.
BILKIS CASE: WITNESS WRITES TO CJI CITING THREAT TO LIFE
CONGRESS NAMES YURI ALEMAO AS LEGISLATIVE PARTY CHIEF IN GOA
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New Delhi (PTI): Sen ior BJP leader Anurag Thakur has said the party’s outreach in Lok Sabha seats held by the “real” Shiv Sena led by CM Eknath Shinde would only strengthen the ruling alliance in Maharashtra ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
is dishonesty. We want to ask Kejriwal, did he not get money from the back door? When Arvind Kejriwal makes a statement, there are no facts and evidence in it. But when the Bharatiya Janata Party puts forth any point, it keeps it with proof. That’s why Kejriwal doesn’t answer a single question,” he said.
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Liquor scam: AAP govt under fresh attack from BJP
New Delhi (ANI): With the endless war of words between the Aam Aadmi Party and the Centre over the alleged liquor scam in Delhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday levelled a fresh set of allegations at the ruling party in the nationalAddressingcapital.a press conference here, BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia alleged that the AAP gave the liquor contract to its candi date Karanjit Singh Lamba “ignoring all the rules”.“Ithas become clear from the sting opera tion how Arvind Kejri wal makes a recovery. How they earn black money and how people are looted. Delhi gov ernment gave L7 licence to universal distribu tors. One of universal distributors partner is Charanjit Singh Lam ba, a close aide of Kejri wal, CR park ward can didate of AAP,” he al leged.Bhatia claimed that no transparency was maintained in the im plementation of the new excise police (which now stands scrapped), and asked if Kejriwal did not get money from the “back door”. “Out of the writ ten off Rs 144 crores, Rs 66 crores belonged to KS Lamba. No transpar ency. Their only motive
The yatra began with the planting of a Ramb utan sapling at St. Mi chael’s College. It was organised by Sasthrave di, the environment wing of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Com mittee.The morning leg of the yatra will cover a distance of around 14 km and conclude at Kuthiyathodu here.
Bengaluru (Agencies): Karnataka BJP leader CT Ravi on Tuesday levelled the “appeasement politics” charge against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi as he takes part in his party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra. CT Ravi’s sharp words were in reaction to a photo of Rahul Gandhi walking hand-in-hand with a little girl wearing a hijab. The photo was shared on the Congress party’s official Twitter handle on Monday (September 19).
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hul Shewale respectively, giving the new alliance partner some anxious moments about their fu ture in the LS polls. Shrikant, a two-term
Noida, (Agencies): Noida Power Company Ltd. (NPCL) presented on Tuesday, a Demand Draft of Rs 8.84 crore to Greater Noida Author ity (GNA) towards divi dend payment for FY 2021-22. 60 per cent of dividend was declared at the AGM of NPCL for FY 2021-22.
“As a precautionary means, the areas near the Jal Vayu Vihar are currently being searched and rescue and fire teams have de ployed here,” Suhas LY, District Magistrate, Noida said. A guard of the society told ANI that 13 persons were de ployed in the repair and maintenance of the drain when the bound ary wall collapsed around 10 am.
Lucknow, (Agencies): In a video, which surfaced on social media on Tuesday, several female players at a state-level girl’s Kabad di tournament in UP’s Saharanpur are seen being served food from plates kept on the floor of a toilet, according to media report. Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi called for strong action after the video went viral. “Such a shame!” Chaturvedi tweeted. “Can’t provide basic facilities to our sportspersons but expect them to win medals for the state/nation.”
As many as 10 farm ers killed themselves in Anandpur and 8 in Kes havpur.
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Cairo [Egypt] (ANI):
New Delhi (ANI): Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday reviewed imple mentation of the Bru agreement with Tripura CM Manik Saha in the national capital. Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla along with senior officers of central and state government also took part in the meeting. Significant achieve ment has been made in the resettlement of Bru people displaced from Mizoram in Tripura since the signing of the agreement in January 2020. The Agreement provides a comprehen
Kolar (Agencies): A Dalit family in Karnataka’s Koppal district has been fined Rs 60,000 after its boy entered the temple and touched the Hindu god’s idol. According to local sources, the Dalit boy had touched the idol ready to be taken out for the procession at the Hullerahalli village in Malur taluk. Local residents said that a temple was constructed and the villagers decided to celebrate it.
While nine workers have been rescued, the personnel of NDRF and Fire Brigade teams are
New Delhi (Agencies): OneWeb, the UK-based satel lite operator, on Tuesday announced the arrival of its latest batch of low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites in India. The Bharti Enterprises-backed operator’s satellites arrive in India ahead of their launch aboard the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro)’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV)-MkIII rocket, in the coming weeks.
fewer people coming than over the weekend, and more people return ing home,” stated an of ficer related to the un
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President of Egypt Ab del Fattah Al-Sisi in Cairo and both leaders agreed to develop mili tary cooperation fur ther and focus on joint training, defence coproduction and mainte nance of Egypt.
Badal on Sept. 19 alleged that Mann was deplaned from a Lufthansa flight at the Frankfurt airport because he was in an in ebriated state.
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New Delhi (ANI): President Droupadi Murmu approved the appointment of Direc tors for eight Indian In stitutes of Technology (IITs), the Ministry of EducationPresidentsaid.Murmu on Monday approved the appointment of Direc tors for 8 IITs including Palakkad, Tirupati, Dharwad, Bhilai, Gan dhinagar, Bhubane swar, Goa and Jammu.
BEGIN CONJUGAL VISITS FOR INMATES Chandigarh (Agencies): Prisoners in Punjab can now spend some time with their spouses as the pris ons department has begun conjugal visits for inmates from Tuesday, claiming to be the first state to launch such a facility. Initially, con jugal visits will be allowed at the central jail, the new district jail in Nabha, and women’s jail in Bathinda, a senior official said.
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petus and synergy to ourDuringrelations.”thevisit, De fence Minister also ac knowledged that Egypt is among the most im portant trading part ners of India in Africa and that bilateral trade
PR Kumar, Manag ing Director & CEO of NPCL handed over the dividend demand draft to Surendra Singh, CEO GNIDA. GNIDA is having 27 per cent shareholding in NPCL. NPCL has been continuously paying dividend to GNIDA for the last 8 years based on its ex cellent performance.
New Delhi (PTI): Un ion Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on September 20 said he will look into the alle gations that Punjab Chief Minister Bhag want Mann was de planed from a Delhibound flight at the Frankfurt airport as he wasThe“drunk”.Minister asserted that it was important to verify the facts. Shirom ani Akali Dal (SAD) chief Sukhbir Singh
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Noida (ANI): Four peo ple were killed after the boundary wall of a resi dential complex in Sec tor 21 of Nodia col lapsed on Tuesday morning.According to Noida District Magistrate, Su has LY, the incident took place after the boundary wall of the Jal Vayu Vihar Society collapsed during the cleaning work of a drain adjacent to it. The drain cleaning was con
New Delhi (ANI): Com munist Party of India (CPI) Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam on Tuesday wrote to President Droupadi Murmu, accusing Kerala Governor Arif Moham mad Khan of being on a
New Delhi (PTI): CPI (Maoist) activist Samrat Chakraborty alias “Nilka mal Sikdar” was arrested in West Bengal in a case related to setting up units of the outlawed group in Assam, an NIA said on Tuesday. Chakraborty (37), a resident of Seth Bagan Road, North 24 Parganas district, was also known as “Amit, Argha, Nirmal and Nirman”. He was arrested from Mahispata, near Narayana School on the Kalyani Expressway.
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has expanded signifi cantly. Rajnath Singh is on a three-day visit to Egypt starting on Sun day to further extend defence cooperation be tween the two coun tries. Earlier on Mon day, Singh called on the
ference with the constitu tional functioning of the Kerala government. The MP’s move came a day after Governor Khan called a press conference at the Raj Bhavan in Trivandrum on Monday.
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ter, General Mohamed Zaki in Cairo. We had wide-ranging discus sions on several initia tives to further expand bilateral Defence en gagements. Signing of the MoU on Defence Co operation adds new im
farmers had committed suicide in the state.
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Hardcore criminals, gang sters, high risk prisoners, and inmates involved in sexual related offences will, however, not be allowed to avail this facility.
‘KEEPING CLOSE WATCH AS CHEETAHS ADAPT TO NEW ENVIRONMENT’
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As per reports, the highest number of sui cide cases were from Ghatal in 2021 which stood at 63. So far 13 farmers committed suicide in the region this year.
Cheetahs are relaxed at Kuno National Park: STRESS
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New Delhi (ANI): President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday arrived in Delhi from London after at tending the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch of the United Kingdom. She was on a three-day visit to attend the funeral. She was among 500 others from nearly 200 coun tries and territories present at the funeral, even as a large number of UK residents formed a beeline to pay their last respects to the queen.
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sive package for each family being rehabili tated. The number of rehabilitated families in Tripura is 6,959 with to tal population of 37,136.
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Bengaluru (ANI): The Karnataka Cabinet has decided to withdraw thirty-five criminal cases registered in various police stations of the state. The Cabinet’s decision came in accordance with the recommendation of a sub-committee. In the meeting that was held on Monday night, the Cabinet gave its nod over several matters including the appointment of civic workers as government employees.
However, the data furnished by the Bengal government mentioned zero deaths. Even the most recent published data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) stressed that no
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In Goaltore village 14 farmers were dead last year while 5 recent sui cides have been com mitted this year.
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Paschim Medinipur (ANI): The BJP has slammed the TMC gov ernment after glaring facts came to the fore as activist Bishwanath Goswami in a right to information (RTI) ap plication sought clarifi cations on farmer sui cides in the Purba Medinipur region of West Bengal.
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Defence Minister Ra jnath Singh, who is on a three-day visit to Egypt met with its Defence Minister, General Mo hamed Zaki on Tues day in Cairo and had wide-ranging discus sions on numerous ini tiatives to further ex pand bilateral defence engagements between the two Singhcountries.alsosigned a Memorandum of Un derstanding on defence cooperation and said that the move will not only boost ties between India and Egypt but also add new impetus and synergy to the rela tions between the two countries. In a tweet, Singh wrote, “Had an excellent meeting with Egypt’s Defence Minis
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Sheopur (PTI): As the eight cheetahs brought from Namibia are trying to acclimatise to the new envi ronment in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park, experts are monitoring them from a hole in a loft near their quarantine enclosures to ensure least hu man intervention, a forest official said. All the chee tahs – five female and three male and aged between 30 to 66 months – are in good health and under the constant monitoring of experts, DFO Prakash Kumar Verma said. The eight felines – named Freddy, Alton, Savannah, Sasha, Obaan, Asha, Cibili and Saisa –are staying in six quarantine enclosures and will remain there for a month, he said. The KNP, spread over an area of 750 sq km, is situated on the north ern side of Vindhyachal mountains.
for the cheetahs, stated: “There are two sets of bomas (enclosures). Sa sha, Savannah and Si yaya, the three girls, are super relaxed. It took a bit of time to get people to leave all the cats alone, but we are finally there. I think. We will see in the coming days. The cheetahs ate well yesterday as well. Except for Tbilisi, but she’s just taking a bit longer to calm down from the move.”
In contrast to the West Bengal state gov ernment’s projection, at least 122 farmers were reported dead over the last year in the region.
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New Delhi (PTI): The commerce and industry ministry is planning a mul ti-media campaign to pro mote over 400 GI (Geo graphical Indication) prod ucts such as Darjeeling Tea, Chanderi Fabric, Mysore Silk, and Kashmir Walnut Wood Carving.
Mumbai (PTI): Equity in dices ended higher for the second straight session on Tuesday, with the Nifty ral lying over 1 per cent, helped by across-the-board buying and recovery in the US and AsianForeignmarkets.fund inflows also added to the momen tum. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 578.51 points or 0.98% to settle at 59,719.74. During the day, it rallied 964.56 points or 1.63% to 60,105.79.
being witnessed in the coun try in 2021, cyber security intelligence firm CloudSEK said on Tuesday. According to CloudSEK report, US health care industry faced 28% of the total global attacks. “India recorded the second highest number of attacks, with a to tal of 7.7 per cent of the total attacks on healthcare industry in 2021,” report said.
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New Delhi: The Essar Group is looking to invest $4 billion in setting up an integrated flat steelworks plant in Saudi Arabia in the next three years. The plant, which will cost $4 billion, is scheduled to break ground by this yearend and be completed by the end of 2025. The new 4-million tonnes per an num integrated flat steel works plant will have con tinuous casting and hot strip capacity, 1-million tonnes of cold rolled coil capacity, and a tin plate line in Ras Al-Khair Indus trial City.
New Delhi: Hero MotoCorp on Tuesday said it has joined hands with HPCL to set intwo-wheelersforinfrastructurechargingupelectricthecountry.
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ucts. Ice cream sales have grown significantly during summer,” Bandlish noted.
As a part of the initiative, the two companies will first es tablish charging infrastructure at HPCL existing network of stations, with the likelihood of subsequently broadening the collaboration for supplemen tary business opportunities. In the first phase, the charging stations will be set up in select cities, which will then be expanded to other mkts.
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Mumbai (PTI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sithara man on Tuesday nudged the fintech industry to break the distance barrier and have more engage ments with the govern ment and its agencies to enhance trust.
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Govt actively studying duties levied on steel exports, says Scindia
New Delhi (PTI): The gov ernment is actively study ing the issue of export duty which was imposed on cer tain grades of steel in May this year. The matter is be ing discussed at the highest level, Union steel minister Jyotiraditya Scindia told reporters.“This is something which is under active study by my department as well as the government. We are certainly discussing this at the highest level. When a decision is taken on this you shall be be informed,” he said in reply to a ques tion whether government is considering removing export duty on iron ore and steel intermediaries.
35 FIRMS SUBMIT APPLICATIONS UNDER PLI SCHEME FOR SPECIALTY STEEL: JYOTIRADITYA New Delhi (PTI): As many as 35 companies have submitted 79 ap plications under the PLI scheme for specialty steel, Union Minister of Steel Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Tuesday. The minister shared the information saying, “We closed all the applications two days ago and we received close to 79 applications from 35 companies. Looking at putting in place a capacity close to 28 million tonne per annum (MTPA) of new specialty steel capacity which will result in the creation of 70,000 jobs,” he said. The applicants include major steel players like Tata Steel, JSW Steel, JSPL, AMNS India and SAIL, a senior steel ministry official said. After shortlisting the proposals, the government will come out with a final list which would take around 35-40 days, the official said.
z Delhi-NCR leading milk supplier Mother Dairy is expecting 20% growth in turnover this fiscal year to about `15,000 crore on better demand for products, its MD Manish Bandlish said
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New Delhi: The best way to celebrate Diwali will be to have a good free trade agreement between India and the United King dom, British High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis said on Tuesday. He observed that the free trade agreement (FTA) will lead to creation of more jobs, growth and opportunities for both India and the UK. Speaking on the sidelines of an event, he asserted that there was “high ambition” to complete the India-UK FTA by Diwali — a deadline set earlier by both nations — and added “that would be an auspicious date”.
Last month, Mother Dairy increased milk pric es by ` 2 per litre in DelhiNCR due to rise in its pro curement and other input costs. It had increased milk prices by same amount in March this year as well.
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The economic survey re leased before the annual budget in January this year has estimated FY23 growth to come at 8-8.5%.
He, however, said that the economic momentum and the animal spirits are “unmistakable”.“India’sown growth rates have come off the pro jections made in January down to about 7-plus per cent for the current finan cial year,” Nageswaran said. He said the world is still undergoing the afteref fects of Covid pandemic and the ongoing war in Eu rope triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, sug gesting that these factors are hurting growth.
He said growth would be driven by both increase in volumes and values of its various dairy products.
The NSE Nifty went higher by 194 points or 1.10% to end at 17,816.25. In intra-day trade, it advanced 297.05 points or 1.68% to 17,919.30.Among the 30-share Sensex pack, Sun Pharma, Dr Reddy’s, IndusInd Bank, Tata Steel, Titan, Bajaj Finserv, ICICI Bank and Asian Paints were the majorHowever,winners.Nestle, Power Grid, Infosys and Reliance Industries Limited were the laggards.
using the base of the ac counts opened earlier.
GOVT PROMOTING OF NEW FARM TECH, SAYS TOMAR
When asked whether retail prices would be fur ther increased, he said: “We may consider it after 3-4 months if this trend of rising input prices continues.”
Markets settle higher for 2nd day; Sensex ends 579 pts up
New Delhi: Ola Electric is cutting 200 jobs, mostly in software development roles, as part of a restruc turing exercise while it plans to hire around 3,000 to focus on non-software engineering domains. The company said it has been increasing its focus on non-software engineering domains “with a clear fo cus on building engineer ing and R&D capabilities across - vehicle, cell, bat tery, manufacturing and others”. With plans to launch its first electric car in 2024, Ola Electric said it is focusing on being a vertically integrated mo bility company.
New Delhi: The govern ment is promoting adop tion of new farm technol ogies as it will help reduce the cost of production, enhance output and en sure better rates to farm ers, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Tuesday. Tomar said the use of various farm technologies will help achieve the produc tion level required to meet the food demand in 2025. Tomar further said the government is making ef forts to take new technol ogies to farmers.
“Our milk procurement cost has further increased by ` 2 per litre after we in creased the retail prices last month,” Bandlish said.
Campaign planned to promote over 400 GI products
Mumbai(PTI): India is expected to be a $25-trillion economy in 25 years, veteran banker and chairman of National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development K V Kamath said on Tuesday. NaBFID was set up by the government last year to support the development of long-term infrastructure financing in the country. Kamath also said all the necessary policies and framework related to NaBFID have been done. “We are on schedule (that) the government has in mind,” he said adding as many as 12 board meetings of the bank have already taken place. “The India that I look forward to, 25 years from now, (will be) a $25-trillion (economy),” Kamath said.
New Delhi (PTI): DelhiNCR’s leading milk sup plier Mother Dairy is ex pecting 20% growth in turnover this fiscal year to about `15,000 crore on bet ter demand for products, its MD Manish Bandlish said.The turnover of Mother Dairy, which also sells edi ble oils and fruits & vegeta bles, stood at `12,500 crore in last fiscal year.
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tance down, have greater engagement with the gov ernment,” the minister said. Sitharaman further said everyone in the gov ernment, whether the PM, ministers or think-tank Niti Aayog, is constantly available for engagement, discussions, and exchange of “Soideas.greater the engage ment, greater the trust, which gets built up. So I think one sure shot way of retaining and building on trust is to keep the
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New Delhi: Electric vehicle charging infrastructure startup eVolt India on Tuesday said it has tied up with Indian Oil Corporation for the installation of over 75 charg ing stations in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. As part of the awarded contract, the Delhi-based charging solutions provider will set up 3.3kW AC and 7.4kW AC charg ing stations for both two-wheelers and four-wheelers at the existing Indian Oil fuelling pumps in these key territories. EVolt is also an empanelled vendor of three DISCOMs in Delhi.
India to grow at over 7% in FY23, says CEA Nageswaran
ward revision. He said In dia is well-poised to sustain the 7% growth per year during the remainder of the decade as well.
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee consolidated in a narrow range and set tled 7 paise higher at 79.74 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday, as investors await the US Fed’s policy statement for further cues. At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened at 79.70 against the greenback. It wit nessed an intra-day high of 79.58 and a low of 79.77 during the session. It finally ended at 79.74, up 7 paise from its previous close of 79.81. “Rupee continued to consolidate in a narrow range despite gains in domestic equities. Volatility remained low ahead of the important FOMC policy state ment that will be released tomorrow,” said Gaurang Somaiya, Forex & Bullion Analyst, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Somaiya further said the expectation is that the US central bank could raise rates by another 75 basis points. The Fed governor could maintain a hawkish stance and that could keep the dollar supported.
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the government is moving from financial inclusion to financial empowerment and the focus in the decade to 2030 is on helping people access financial services like credit and insurance
Mumbai (PTI): Chief eco nomic advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on Tuesday said Indian economy will grow at over 7%, down from above 8% of growth rate projected in January.
On the credit front, “we are moving from the collat eral based system to the one where cash flows come into essence”, he noted.
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New Delhi: Revenue of proptech firm REA India, which owns Housing. Com, grew 92% to nearly `300 crore last fiscal year ended June on better traf fic and revival in housing demand, its CEO Dhruv Agarwala said. REA India, a part of Australia’s REA Group and US-based News Corp, will continue to invest to grow its three portals
INDIA WOULD BE 25 TRILLION DOLLAR ECONOMY IN 25 YEARS, SAYS NaBFID CHAIRMAN KAMATH
“We are expecting 20% growth this fiscal year in our turnover to reach around ` 15,000 crore,” Mother Dairy Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd MD
“The DPIIT intends to empanel one or more au dio-visual agencies to car ry out various multi-media campaigns, production of advertising and promotion al materials on a regular basis,” said the notice in viting request for proposal.
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THERE’S A THREAT OF POST-COVID INFLATION BECOMING STICKY: AIMA New Delhi(PTI): There is a threat of post-Covid inflation becoming sticky because of disruption of global markets for energy, food, finance and raw material, AIMA President C K Ranganathan said. Geopolitics is making things worse, as “the battle of bans between the powerful adversaries is feeding fears of shortages and infla tionary expectations”, he said. Supply chain disruption during the pandemic and later Russia’s war in Ukraine have pushed up prices of commodities. Leading economies like the US, Europe and Japan are battling with high inflation which has raised prospects of high interest rates. “However, India has many intrinsic advantages and it can leverage those to overcome the challenges posed by the great uncertainty and change in the world,” he added.
‘SECOND-MOST CYBER ATTACKS IN HEALTHCAREINDIANSECTOR’
The TMC in a state ment said that due to heavy rainfall in September, the Bhatsa dam has been flooded from time to time. This led to waterlog ging at the Pise filtra tion plant. The water supply shutdown is to remove this sludge.
The claim was filed by the family of Rahul Mukesh Chan dara Dixit, an employee of Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, seeking compensa tion to the tune of Rs1.99 crore.
The tribunal also said that the petition ers had mala fide intentions, for which they planted the trailer in question by allying with the trailer owner and the police.Italso observed that while Dixit died after being hit by some unknown vehi cle—it wasn’t the trailer that was pur ported to be involved in the accident.
Patkar also claimed to have seen two employees of Pravin Raut, another accused in the case, visit ing the ‘Saamana’ office and handing over money directly to Sanjay Raut from 2008-14.
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Thane: The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Thane district has dismissed a claim made by the family of a man killed in an acci dent. It also or dered departmen tal action against a policeman of Navi Mumbai police for fabricating the case.
Mumbai: A 21-yearold employee of the canteen in Indian Institute of Technol ogy Bombay (IIT-B) in Powai was arrested on Tuesday for alleg edly peeping into the women’s washroom of a hostel building, police said. Pintu Garia, an employee of the hostel’s night canteen, allegedly climbed a pipe duct of the building and peeped into the women’s washroom on Sunday night. The accused was caught soon after because of the alertness of the hostel residents.
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take the matter to court. The residents will soon file a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Bombay High Court.
The family had claimed that on February 01, 2020, Dixit was travelling towards Shilphata on his two-wheeler, when a trailer dashed his vehicle from behind and ran over him.Advocate KV Poojari, appearing for Reliance General Insurance Co Ltd, one of the respond ents in the case, argued that the entire case was concocted.Uponhearing the arguments, the tribu
The tribunal also ordered departmen tal action against Assistant Police In spector Sandip Patil of Turbhe police sta tion for his involve ment.
When inquired about properties in Alibaug in Raigad district, Patkar said all these properties were acquired from 2010 to These2012. lands were pur chased from different land owners. The actual cost at the time of regis tration was minimum Rs1 crore each (land par cel). However, the regis tration was done show ing a meagre value. The amount over and above the registration was paid in cash by Raut, she said, adding that Raut hails from Alibaug. He used his clout to force many owners to sell their land.
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Two FIRs were also registered against Bhi ya Goikar and Sambaji Khatal of Rajgad and Ahmednagar, who had
company.Patkar stated that Raut had also forcibly taken Rs50 lakh from the profit of her Marathi movie project ‘Balkadu’.
“After exploring al ternative remedies we have decided to ap proach the HC by way of filing a separate PIL for each of the above roads, seeking direc tions from the HC to the appropriate authorities to conclude necessary actions and construct the above-stated roads in a time-bound man ner,” the letter reads.
“Despite repeated re quests, these roads have been damaged for more than eight years and there was no action from the authorities. This di lapidated condition has resulted in several traf fic mishaps in the past,” a resident informed, add ing that we are planning to file a plea in the HC.
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Sanjay Raut arrives at Arthur Road Jail after his hearing at PMLA court in Mumbai.
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Jagdeep Dhankhar, Ashok Gehlot and Dr Jagdeesh Chandra share a light moment during dinner at the CMR as Kalraj Mishra looks on. Kalraj Ashok Gehlot, Dr CP Joshi, Jagdeep Dhankhar, Sudesh Hemlata Joshi during the dinner gathering at CMR on Tuesday.
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After the parents of the these children com plained about the ac cused, cases under the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, and Juvenile Justice Act were registered.
Pundalik Kandadkar were booked for em ploying two sisters aged six and eight in Akole in Ahmednagar and have employed them to graze sheep and goats. Their parents were paid a meager sum from March 2021 to date.
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callsaccidentdismissesclaim,it‘fabricated’ Tribunal hispoliceactiondepartmentalordersagainstacopofTurbhestationforroleinthecase We all have and make time for the things we really want. —Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, First India Commuters use umbrellas and raincoats to shield themselves as they move on a road amid rainfall, in Mumbai on Tuesday. Moderate rainfall is likely till September 24, says India Meteorological Department. —PHOTO BY PTI Raj’s political realm converges at 8, Civil Lines as Gehlot further cements 5-decade old relations with VP Dhankhar Naresh Sharma Jaipur: Various politi cal figures and dignitar ies of the State gathered at the CMR on Tuesday in the dinner hosted by CM Ashok Gehlot in honour of Vice-Presi dent Jagdeep Dhankhar. Governor Kalraj Mishra, Assembly Speaker Dr CP Joshi, MPs Neeraj Dan gi, Mukul Wasnik and Pramod Tiwari, former CM Vasundhara Raje, Gulab Chand Kataria, ministers Sukhram Bishnoi, Mahesh Joshi, Mamta Bhupesh and other leaders including Durru Mian, Kailash Meghwal, Harish Chaud hary, Sandeep Choud hary, RTDC chairman Dharmendra Rathore, MLAs and officials at tended the dinner. CMD First India and CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Bharat24 Dr Jagdeesh Chandra greeted VP Dhankhar, Gehlot and met other dignitaries.
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nal ruled that the case had indeed been fabricated. The trailer owner, who owns a transport business, had collud ed with the claim ants and police to create eyewitnesses.
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tion, the locals demand ed time-bound comple tion of the construction.
Thane: The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has announced that several parts of the city will face a 12-hour water cut on September 21. The water supply will be cut from 9 am to 9 pm on Wednesday in view of repair and maintenance work.
The statement of the prime witness, Patkar, is part of the supplemen tary charge sheet filed by the ED last week, nam ing Raut as an accused, before a special Preven tion of Money Launder ing Act (PLMA) court.
Mumbai: A 25-yearold man, arrested in motor vehicle theft case, escaped from the premises of a court here on Tues day, and was appre hended again within hours. Meeraj Faiyyaz Khan was arrested from Nagpada on Monday night. He was taken to Sewri court for remand the next morning. Khan, who was handcuffed, man aged to escape when one of the policemen was doing suburbhimfootage,examiningpaperwork.someAftertheCCTVcopsarrestedfromthewesternofMalad.
According to the resi dents, three main roads in the area are either badly damaged or left mid-way during con struction. They claim that the Bakori road— starting from JSPM College to TheincompleteNagar—hasRadheshwaribeenlyingsince2014.PhulmalaRoad,
which connects Nagar Road to Aggreko Com pany Nagar, has also
Mumbai (PTI): The Bharatiya Janata Par ty (BJP) on Tuesday demanded a probe against theDirectoratebytheagainst“time-bound”khalkarFadnavis,ministerministerrashtraInapologyandkhalkarleaderallegationsNCPMumbai.velopmentPatrawithPawar,President,CongressNationalistParty(NCP)Sharadinconnectionthecontroversial‘Chawl’redeprojectinInresponse,termedthebyBJPAtulBhatas“baseless”,demandedanfromhim.alettertoMahadeputychiefandhomeDevendraBhatdemandedinquiryPawar,citingchargesheetfiledtheEnforcement(ED)incase.
First India Bureau Mumbai: Police in Palghar and Thane districts have booked four people for em ploying children and practicing bonded la bour, police said on Tuesday.
lished Rauters Enter tainment LLP, which produced a film titled ‘Thackeray’. He chan nelized his unaccounted money into this project.
Pune residents to take civic authorities to HC over incomplete roads
Pune: Residents of Pune’s Wagholi area have been pleading government officials to repair badly dam aged roads in the lo cality. However, there has allegedly been no response from the ad ministration.
allegedly employed two boys, aged 17 and 12. The boys had been working there for the last couple of years.
The police have regis tered cases in Padgha police station situated in Thane and Jawhar police station situated in Palghar. No arrests have been made so far.
In his order dated September 17, 2022, MACT HM Bhosale directed the police to file a criminal case against the owner of a transport company for colluding to fabri cate the case.
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ver seen a ter ritorial redwinged black bird? The beauty of this bird can not be unseen and this compelled me to think about the beauty of nature. The beauty of a bird is devoted to all things feathered and the protection of na ture and all its crea tures. And even mod ern designers could not restrict themselves from fetching designs to adding feathers to the designer’s collec tion. Specifically called
Birds come in such a great variety of colours and patterns – they make a great way to find interesting and dif ferent colour combina tions and some of my 7 Steps members have graciously allowed me to share with you their bird-themed outfits so you too can be inspired to dress like a bird!
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Michael Kors, a famous upended tradition when he embellished a collegiate navy-andwhite look with wispy ostrich feathers. Mat isse-style doves swooped about a Liber tine coat, swans swam across a top at Carolina Herrera and Riccardo Tisci conjured the roy al peacock at Givenchy. Why this avian fixa tion? Feathers are an inspired way to add tex ture in a season when designers were ob
Avian Fixation, this bird-inspired fashion is not only attracting youngsters but has started dominating the fashion world keeping this in mind, City First brings to you a fall fash ion to ruffle your feath ers. After embroider ing, printing, or appli quéing birds on their garments, designers tried embellishing the stones and gems with floaty feathers on the designer cloth. Wheth er they are designer eveningwear or party dresses, designers made the feathers float
No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings and birds inspired fashion float down runways, appearing on both cocktail and big-event dresses. City First brings to you beautiful Avian inspired fashion
sessed with surface treatments. Not to men tion that fashion, done well, lets the imagina tion, birdlike, soar. Us ing Birds to Inspire Your Outfit Colour and Pattern Combinations
Lastly,Ha-ha.can we get an Amen for the Raspberry and Mango Dolly? Today, we’ve multiple options to choose from creative artisanal ice cream brands that make decadent flavours. Regard less, we still miss the old days when taste, aroma and sense were simpler and more
Sundays without Sun dae? That was never the case. Ritzzy is still a lover of sun daes; one should watch her enjoy the colourful cups topped with tuttifrutti like a child.
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side...nom nom…chocolate and vanilla is one classic combination that has never gone out of fashion to date. Having said that, as kids, we secretly wished this choco bar was filled with chocolate instead of vanilla, making it an even more intense affair for our palates. It wasn’t too long before our prayers were answered and Feast entered theTalkingmarkets.about weekends, when the whole family would go out to eat and end the gala night with either pan or ice cream, the mom mies in the group always chose Cassatas and Kulfis. Cassata was our mother’s favourite, which she loving ly shared with us, especially the spongy cake part.
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The legendary Orange Bar had since been a pivotal part of our lives. Sharing an orange bar with a friend while riding bicycles back home was a thing back then as Nextwell. came those choco late cones which were con sidered a luxury. Raise your hand if you, too, happened to quickly finish the cone so you could reach the choco late piece at the end. As we recall, Toddler-Ratzz once got lucky when her choco late cone came half-filled with chocolate instead of ice cream. Our friends called it an ‘achievement’ and we couldn’t agree more.
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From that school-inspired tiffin box combination of aloo parantha & aam ka achaar to canteen-wala sa mosa with a side of mango bite and kismi bar tof fees, we made sure a lot of those child hood memories were laid on the table that day. Of course, this was followed by our fa vourite ice-creams in the end, some thing we want to talk about in today’s blog.
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As we, Ratzz & Ritzzy, re membered those lovely days, we realised it was our moth er who started building us those ‘sweet’ memories. To reach the autorickshaw stand every time we went to grandmother’s or the mar ket, we had to walk for about ten minutes. Who likes any sort of hard work at that age, but bribed by ice-creams, we girls never minded the task.
Shikhar Samman - Pride of Gujarat”, an award ceremony was organised by First India and Bharat 24 on Monday at GIFT City Club, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. In this program, Chief Minister Bhupendra Bhai Patel honoured Gujarati and Marwari entrepreneurs with “Shikar Samman” for doing excellent work in many fields including business, education and real estate in Gujarat. Dr Jagdeesh Chandra graced the occasion with his presence and said that the Bharat24 channel will reach the doorsteps of the common man as a regional network during the next assembly elections. Home minister Harsh Bhai Sanghvi, Managing Editor Ajay Kumar and Strategic advisor and Chief revenue officer Manoj Jagyasi were also present at the function. Kumar.
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CM Bhupendra Bhai Patel and Dr Jagdeesh Chandra felicitate Himanshu Pandya. seen are Harsh Bhai Sanghavi and Ajay Kumar
CM Bhupendra Bhai Patel, Dr Jagdeesh Chandra felicitate Prakash Dhaduk. seen are Manoj Jagyasi, Harsh Bhai Sanghavi, Ajay Kumar and RS Sodhi
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CM Bhupendra Bhai Patel and Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, felicitate Chuni Gajera. Also seen are Harsh Bhai Sanghavi, Manoj Jagyasi and Ajay Kumar
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JAHAN TAK BHARAT, WAHAN TAK BHARAT 24! CM Bhupendra Bhai Patel, Dr Jagdeesh Chandra and Harsh Bhai Sanghavi felicitate Anil Kumar Patel and Shailesh Shah. CM Bhupendra Bhai Patel and Dr Jagdeesh Chandra felicitate Aadesh Dev
CM Bhupendra Bhai Patel and DrJagdeesh Chandra felicitate Mathur Savani. Also seen are Harsh Bhai Sanghavi and Ajay Kumar
CM Bhupendra Bhai Patel and Dr Jagdeesh Chandra felicitate Kalpesh Desai. Also seen are Harsh Bhai Sanghavi, Ajay Kumar and RS Sodhi
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Gujarat CM Bhupendra Bhai Patel, Dr Jagdeesh Chandra and Harsh Bhai Sanghavi felicitate Niravsinh Solanki. Also seen is Ajay Kumar
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra and Manoj Jagyasi greet Gujarat CM Bhupendra Bhai Patel. Also seen are Ajay Kumar and Harsh Bhai Sanghavi
Gujarat CM Bhupendra Bhai Patel, Jagdeesh Chandra, Ajay Kumar, Manoj Jagyasi, Harsh Bhai Sanghavi and RS Sodhi during the lamp lighting ceremony
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CM Bhupendra Bhai Patel, Dr Jagdeesh Chandra and Harsh Bhai Sanghavi felicitate Jigar Thakar and Deepmala Thakar. Also seen are Manoj Jagyasi and Ajay Kumar
Gujarat CM Bhupendra Bhai Patel, Dr Jagdeesh Chandra and Harsh Bhai Sanghavi felicitate Ajay Ajmera. Also seen are Manish Desai, Manoj Jagyasi and Ajay Kumar
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competition. Recently, a teaser of Yashoda was unveiled, but there was no mention of the release date on it. After a few months, the makers have kick started the promotions of Shaakuntalam once again with Dev Mohan's look on it. Both Yashoda and Shaakun talam are quite important projects for Samantha. On the other hand, makers have no clue when Samantha will recover and bounce back again for the promotional activities films.
Make sustainable living a lifestyle choice: Bhumi
humi Pednekar has been a dedicated cli mate warrior for 3 years. The actor and climate activist, who has been regularly advo cating awareness for cli mate-positive life choices and ecological conserva tion, has a special message for the people of our coun try. Bhumi wants to en courage everyone to make small but sustained per sonal choices to avoid wasting natural resources and reduce one’s use of plastics and disposables.
and others to speak about how they have shifted to a more conscious living to maximise the message of ecological conservation.
t requires a lot to stand out in a crowd of thousands and when the numbers are increased 6x, the chances get slimmer. But if you are someone who stands out even through those many heads, then you defi nitely are special. Well, no one knows about oth ers, but Qurrat Shaikh definitely is one to beat 6000 participants to emerge as a winner.
report, Malaika’s ex-husband, Ar baaz Khan and her current boy friend, Arjun Kapoor will come on the show as well. But it seems that
She adds, “For some years I have reached out to all of you to explain WHY
your dreams. When god is grateful only your work, efforts, loyalty and love take you
we should choose climatepositive ways. Small chang es in our lives can make big changes to this planet.
hard times in his life he shared," When you pull an arrow back it hit back harder and on point. The impact is larger. That’s what I be lieve when god has a plan for you nothing can stop you from achieving
somehow manifested my Rudr Character from Naagin in my life. I believe this coinci dence has earned me Lord Shiva’s blessings.”
Pratik added, “Me and Tejasswi are Pro fessionals and we love to work so we put in a lot of hard work in what we do. It's fun to shoot with Simba as well. I share a very fun ny camaraderie with him on Lastlyset.”speaking on the song they shared, “The song reminded us of our college days, the masti and we have done were all revived during the shoot.”
ahead.”Well, it’s safe to say Pratik is a shining star who’s currently seen in a number of TV Shows speaking on that he said, “What ever work comes the way I want to grasp each and every opportu nity, I am just grateful to god that He’s given me strength and my audi ence who have given me immense love to do better in life.”
to Ashish Tiwari of First India News exclu sively about the song, their chemistry and more.Pratik who chooses to opt for selective mu sic videos still garners a lot of fans said, “I al ways do videos that set out a message that no one should be looked down upon and should be uplifted if need the message is what makes the audience love us and the songs more. We are just mere sources to connect to the audience rest depends on the uni verse.”Amulya Rattan on working with Pratik said, “It was an amaz ing experience work ing with him, unlike the song he is very soft-hearted but at the same time as shown in the song he always stands up for the right thing.”
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As the song tagline stated #BeTruetoyour self Amulya Shared, “I believe in this and even ask my audience to be lieve in this, when there’s nobody for you one has to be there for themselves” Pratik add ed, “If you believe in
continuous effort towards saving this planet. And I can’t be thankful enough to them. I do the same with my choices at home by recy cling, re-using old clothes and living our lives with a reduced carbon footprint.”Aspartof her initia tive to be a climate war rior, Bhumi has rallied the industry constantly to edu cate people about this seri ous issue. She has united celebrity voices like Ak shay Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Arjun Kapoor
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Because we have NO choice but to change our lifestyle choices and the way we live. Otherwise, the air we breathe, the water we drink and the earth that we live on will not sur vive. This planet will be come un-livable and our future will literally be clouded by pollution and man-made waste.”
alaika Arora’s life has been the subject of spec ulation in the past few years,
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In the past, Bhumi has spoken at Harvard Univer sity on Climate Change and has also been part of an international initiative to raise awareness against climate change - the Global Climate Week in New York.
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Qurrat Shaikh from Qurrat Beauty Salon, (Mumbai Oshiwara) emerged as the winner of the Matrix Hair Transformer 2022 Event held in Mumbai on the 19th of September. Held in Film City in Mumbai, Matrix Pro-Hair Trans former 2022 competition was arranged by Matrix in all of India. A total of 6000 hair stylists from all over India participat
Speaking on his ex perience working on Naagin he shared, “Me wearing Rudraksh just
STOP using single-use plas tic. Don’t produce more waste than you need to. Turn off the water tap and use water wisely. At least turn off the switches and the power connections at your home when you don’t use them.”
Bhumi says, “I act for a living but I believe in being a stubborn optimist. Why?
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Bhumi further adds, “I have been inspired by so many climate warriors that I have met along the way. They give their time and
ors to call out to you to take care of our climate; to make pollution