MANISH SISODIA SENT TO ED CUSTODY FOR 7 DAYS

Gurdaspur: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday shot down another Pakistani drone near International Border here in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district which was used from across the border to supply arms and ammunition.

3rd INTRUDER HELD

NEAR PAK BORDER IN PUNJAB IN 2 DAYS

New Delhi: The BSF has arrested third Pakistani national near border in Punjab. A resident of the Khyber district in Pakistan, the intruder was arrested in the Ferozpur Sector of Punjab on the intervening night of March 9-10.

BJP MP DEMANDS

TERMINATION OF RaGa’S LS MEMBERSHIP

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey on Friday appeared before the Lok Sabha Privilege Committee and demanded the termination of the Lok Sabha membership of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, sources said.

OYO FOUNDER’S DAD FALLS TO DEATH FROM HIGH-RISE

New Delhi: Oyo Rooms founder Ritesh Agarwal’s father Ramesh Agarwal died after falling from a high-rise in Gurugram on Friday. The police received information that a person had fallen from the 20th floor of DLF’s The Crest Society.

New Delhi (PTI): A city court on Friday sent former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, arrested in a money laundering case related to the excise policy, to the Enforcement Directorate’s custody till March 17.

Special judge MK Nagpal allowed the anti-money laundering probe agency to interrogate Sisodia in custody. The ED had sought Sisodia’s custody for 10 days. Earlier the court heard arguments of the ED and Sisodia’s lawyers on his custody.

There was heavy security presence within and outside the Rouse Avenue Courts.

The ED lawyer alleged Sisodia made false statements about the ‘scam’ and that it wanted to unearth the modus operandi of the perpetrators and confront him with the other accused.

The ED arrested Sisodia on Thursday in the Tihar jail, where he was lodged in connection with a case being probed by the CBI pertaining to alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy.

LAND FOR JOBS ‘SCAM’: ED SEARCHES LALU PRASAD YADAV’S FAMILY, RJD LEADERS

New Delhi/Patna (PTI): The ED on Friday conducted searches in multiple cities of Bihar and other locations, including premises of former CM Lalu Prasad Yadav’s three daughters and RJD leaders, in connection with a money laundering investigation into the land for jobs ‘scam’ case. The searches are covering the premises linked to Prasad’s daughters Ragini Yadav, Chanda Yadav and Hema Yadav and former RJD MLA Abu Dojana in Patna, Phulwari Sharif, Delhi-NCR, Ranchi and Mumbai, officials said. About two dozen locations are being searched along with an escort of central security forces. A house linked to Prasad’s son and Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav in south Delhi is also being covered, the officials said.

Generous Gehlot Cm Approves Proposal To Hike Amount Of Aid Given To Kids Under Palanhar Yojana

Naresh Sharma

Jaipur: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has approved the proposal to increase the amount of assistance given to children under Palanhar Yojana. More than 6.5 lakh children of the state will be benefited by this sensitive decision of CM Gehlot.

As per the proposal, the monthly assistance of Rs 500 for children in the age group of 0 to 6 years has been increased to Rs 750 and the monthly assistance of Rs 1000 for children in the age group of 6 to 18 years has been increased to Rs 1500. This increase in assistance amount will be effective from July 1, 2023. Its implementation will put an additional financial burden of about Rs 411 crore on the state government. This proposal has been approved in connection with the announcement made by the Chief Minister in the Budget 2023-24.

It is worth mentioning that under the Palanhar Yojana run by the state government, orphan children up to 18 years of age, destitute or remarried widowed mother, divorced/abandoned mother etc are given monthly financial assistance by the state government for economic, social and educational development.

New Delhi (PTI): PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the third session of the National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR) on Friday in which stakeholders shared know-how and experiences as well as discuss the latest developments and trends in disaster risk reduction. The main theme of the session is ‘Building Local Resilience in a Changing Climate’.

Window To The World

GERMANY: 8 DEAD, SEVERAL INJURED IN JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES HALL SHOOTING

Hamburg (Agencies): A shooting at a Jehovah’s Witnesses hall in the German city of Hamburg killed eight people, apparently including the perpetrator, police said on Friday. An unspecified number of other people were wounded, some of them seriously.

CHINESE PREZ XI JINPING GETS RARE 3rd 5-YR TERM ARREST WARRANT AGAINST IMRAN KHAN SUSPENDED

Beijing (PTI): China’s Parliament on Friday unanimously confirmed an unprecedented third five-year term for Xi Jinping as President and head of the military, paving the way for him to stay in power for life.

Islamabad (PTI): A court in Pakistan on Friday suspended the non-bailable arrest warrant issued against ousted PM Imran Khan in a case of hate speech against state institutions after his PTI party filed a petition.

NOBEL LAUREATES AND ECONOMISTS

ENDORSE BANGA FOR WORLD BANK CHIEF

Washington (PTI): A coalition of 55 academics, economists, including three Nobel laureates, have endorsed the nomination of Indian-American Ajay Banga as the next President of the World Bank, describing him as the right person to lead the international financial institution as a “force multiplier” at a critical moment for the world economy.

Kavitha on hunger strike a day ahead of appearance before ED

New Delhi (PTI): A day ahead of her appearance before the ED in the excise scam case, BRS leader K Kavitha on Friday observed a hunger strike seeking passage of the Women’s Reservation

NYT spreading lies about India: Anurag Thakur

New Delhi: Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday accused The New York Times of “spreading lies” about India, describing an opinion piece published in it on the freedom of press in Kashmir as “mischievous and fictitious”.

“NYT’s so-called opinion piece on freedom of press in Kashmir is mischievous and fictitious, published with a sole motive to spread a propaganda about India and its democratic institutions and values,” he tweeted.

Bill in the second part of the Budget session of Parliament starting March 13. CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury inaugurated the six-hour strike programme at Jantar Mantar. P5

Pulwama Widows

REMOVED FROM

PROTEST SITE; KIRODI

MEENA ADMITTED TO SMS HOSP

Jaipur: The police early Friday removed the widows of 3 CRPF jawans killed in 2019 Pulwama terror attack from protest site outside former Deputy CM Sachin Pilot’s residence here and shifted them to hospitals near their respective residential areas. BJP MP Kirodi Lal Meena, who was on his way to Chomu town to meet one of the widows, was stopped by police mid-way. He alleged he was manhandled and detained by them. Meena was admitted to a government hospital in Govindgarh and later referred to SMS Hospital in Jaipur for further tests and treatment. “The police tried to kill me, but I was saved by the blessings of the widows of martyrs, the youth, the unemployed and the poor. I am hurt. I have been referred to SMS Hospital in Jaipur from Govindgarh hospital,” Meena said. More on P3