Delhi Budget: Infra, Edu, health in focus

DELHI POLICE REMOVE EXTRA

BARRICADES

New Delhi (PTI): Days after pro-Khalistan activists took down the tricolour at the Indian high commission in UK, the Delhi Police today removed barricades outside the British mission in the national capital. The police said that the barricades “were creating hurdles” for commuters and the security of the British high commission is intact.

‘WE DO NOT COMMENT ON SECURITY CASES’

New Delhi (ANI): After removing the barricades, they are now nowhere to be seen outside the British High Commission and outside the residence of British High Commissioner Alex Ellis at 2, Rajaji Marg in New Delhi. When asked about the same, a British official said, “We do not comment on security matters,”

AKALI DAL TAKES ON AAP; SLAMS

AMRITPAL SINGH CRACKDOWN

Chandigarh (ANI): Sukhbir Singh Badal said, “Shiromani Akali Dal strongly condemns the indiscriminate arrests of innocent Sikh youth. We demand the immediate release of all innocents arrested in the ongoing crackdown”. He stated that by making these arrests, AAP government is trying to defame the Sikh community for communal polarization & electoral gains.

AMRITPAL AIDE’S

KIN FILES HABEAS

CORPUS PLEA

Amritpal Singh Sneaked Into Gurdwara

New Delhi (ANI): The Delhi administration finally presented its budget document on Wednesday, a day after it was initially supposed to be tabled in the Assembly. The theme of the Delhi budget largely revolved around ‘Clean, Beautiful, and Modern Delhi’. The budget proposed for the year 2023-24 worth Rs 78,800 crore, was presented by Delhi Finance Minister Kailash Gahlot, which is almost two and a half times the expenditure of Rs 30,940 crore in the year 2014-15, and 8.69% higher than the revised estimates for 2022-23. Of the budgeted estimate of Rs 78,800 crore for 202324, Rs 56,983 crore is for the purpose of revenue expenditure and an outlay of Rs 21,817 crore under capital expenditure.

EIGHT

Killed In Explosion At Tn

FIRECRACKER UNIT

Chennai: Eight people were killed and 13 injured in an explosion at a firecracker unit in Tamil Nadu’s Kancheepuram on Wednesday, said police.

The injured have been admitted to the Kancheepuram district hospital. The reason for the explosion is not yet known. Police said 25 people were working in the unit when the explosion took place on Wednesday afternoon.

Four units of fire force reached the unit and doused the fire.

MAN HELD FOR SENDING THREAT MESSAGE TO BIHAR CM NITISH KUMAR, SAYS POLICE

Patna (Bihar): A 28-year-old man was arrested jointly by the Gujarat and Bihar police from Surat, for allegedly making threatening phone calls to the Bihar chief Minister’s official residence at 1 Anne Marg, Patna. The accused was identified as Ankit Kumar, son of Vinay Kumar Mishra, resident of Madhusudan Etwarpur in Vaishali district. The police officials said the man will be produced before Surat court and brought on the transit remand. “A police team from Patna has also reached Surat for questioning the accused in connection with this case and the motive behind making threat calls on the official number of CM’s house. He reportedly obtained the phone numbers from Google and proceeded to make threat calls,” the officers said.

Isro Discussing Mission To Moon With Japan

Ahmedabad: Indian Space Research Organisation chairman S Somanath on Wednesday said ISRO has successfully done significant collaborations on its space missions and is also discussing a possible mission to the moon with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Somanath also said there is a good opportunity to launch a mission to explore planet Venus by 2028. He was delivering the inaugural talk on “Indian Capabilities for Space and Planetary Exploration” here.

Engineer Sacked For Eulogising

OSAMA BIN LADEN video address, he said, “The situation for travel is normal and visitors, including from the UK, are safe. Let me assure all our friends here in the UK, especially brothers and sisters with relatives in Punjab that there is no truth to sensationalist lies being circulated on social media.”

Farrukhabad: The UP Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) has terminated the services of an engineer for praising the slain Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden. Ravindra Prakash Gautam, a Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO), had been suspended in June 2022 after he put a picture of Laden at his Kayamganj sub-division-II office in Farrukhabad district. A video of Gautam’s Kayamganj office with Osama’s picture hanging in it, had gone viral last year.

New Delhi (Agencies): Actor Sarabjit Singh alias Daljit Kalsi’s wife has filed a habeas corpus petition at the Punjab and Haryana HC seeking his release from alleged illegal custody in Assam. Kalsi is one of the 5 associates of Amritpal Singh held as part of the Punjab Police’s crackdown on Waris Punjab De.

New Delhi (Agencies): Fugitive Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh demanded food and clothes from people at a gurdwara near Jhalandhar at gunpoint after escaping on March 18. Amritpal Singh is still on the run even as the massive manhunt by the Punjab Police to nab him entered the fifth day on Wednesday.

PM Modi and President Murmu greet people on Hindu New Year

New Delhi (PTI):

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday greeted people on the occasion of various festivals that mark the beginning of the traditional new year and wished people happiness and prosperity.

In tweets, Modi also wished people on the start of Navratri. With the day marking the start of the ancient ‘Vikram Samvat’, a traditional Hindi new year, the prime minister hoped that the country will reach new heights of progress.

He extended Cheti Chand greetings to the Sindhi community and wished people on Sajibu Cheiraoba, which is specially celebrated in Manipur.

President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday greeted citizens on the eve of different festivals marking the arrival of Indian new year and hoped that they bind different communities of India in bonds of love, harmony and affection.

Gudi Padwa is a Hindu festival that marks the beginning of the traditional new year in Maharashtra. It is celebrated on the first day of the Hindu month of Chaitra, which corresponds to March and April on the Gregorian calendar.

This year, as per the Marathi panchang, Gudi Padwa will be celebrated on March 22.

Navratri, the nineday festival dedicated to Goddess Durga, is widely celebrated across India twice a year. As per the Hindu calendar, Sharad Navratri is celebrated in the Hindu month of Ashwin (September-October) while Vasant Navratri or Chaitra Navratri is celebrated in the month of Chaitra (March-April).

7 NON BJP CM’S SKIP KEJRIWAL’S G-8 MEETING

New Delhi(ANI): The meeting of the Chief Ministers of 8 nonBJP-ruled states was cancelled due to the unavailability of the Chief Ministers. Apart from Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, no one confirmed their presence at the event. The meeting was to be convened at the invitation of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.

Notably, the share of capital expenditure as part of the overall budget has been raised 27.68% in this year’s budget. The proposed capital expenditure of Rs 21,817 crore is almost three times the capital outlay of Rs 7,430 crore in 2014-15.

Sonu Nigam’s father robbed of `72 lakh, ex driver arrested Mumbai (PTI): A former driver of singer Sonu Nigam’s 76-yearold father has been booked for allegedly stealing Rs 72 lakh from the senior citizen’s home in Mumbai, an official said on Wednesday. The singer’s father Agamkumar Nigam lives in Oshiwara, Andheri west, and alleged theft took place between March 19 and March 20, he said. Nigam’s younger sister Nikita approached the Oshiwara police station on Wednesday with a complaint about the alleged theft, he said. As per the complaint, Agamkumar Nigam had a driver named Rehan for nearly 8 months but removed him recently as his performance was not satisfactory.

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Haryana Reintroduces Crime Bill

Chandigarh: After withdrawing it twice, the Haryana government has again reintroduced the Haryana Control of Organised Crime Bill of 2023 in the state Assembly. The first version of the Bill was passed by the Assembly in August 2019, but withdrawn in November 2020.

DMRC TO INCREASE OPERATIONAL

SPEED OF AIRPORT LINE TO 100 KMPH

New Delhi (Agencies): The Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (DMRC) will increase the operational speed of the Airport Express Line from 80 kmph to 100 kmph from Wednesday. Media persons are also invited to the test. According to officials, the move to increase the speed will bring down the travel time between the New Delhi and IGI Airport stations from 19 minutes by around a couple of minutes.

Is there a conspiracy against Fadnavis?

Sharat K Verma

Mumbai: There is no doubt that there was a conspiracy against Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis. As part of the conspiracy, a bookie’s daughter approached Fadnavis’s wife, told her about her grief and made her wear clothes designed by herself (bookie’s daughter). Later, she tried to make a money-making scheme and give an advance of one crore rupees.

The question is whether Aniksha Jaisinghani wanted to get some benefit or did she conspire at her level? It can not be digested that the daughter of a bookie conspired on her own against the former Chief Minister and now the defacto CM of the state. Two days after the arrest, the police have also alleged that she tried to blackmail Fadnavis’ wife Amrita and demanded Rs 10 crore. This allegation is also not acceptable. A very vicious thug may try to blackmail a businessman or an official but cannot try to blackmail one of the biggest leaders of the region. So this matter is not very straightforward. It has many layers and if examined objectively it can be quite revealing. It looks like a conspiracy of governments. Just think, this case was open in February and an FIR was registered on February 20. Why did the police take a month to take action? An English newspaper published the news on March 15 and the next day the accused girl was arrested.