BJP protest turns violent in Bhubaneswar

Odisha (ANI):

Bharatiya Janata Party’s Yuva Morcha protest in Bhubaneswar over former Odisha minister Naba Kisore Das’s murder turned violent on Tuesday after a section of agitators tried to break the police barricade intending for a ‘gherao’ of the state assembly, currently in session.

Some protestors hurled eggs and water at police while the po - lice resorted to lathicharge. They were protesting against Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik over ‘deteriorating’ law and order in the state.

Naba Kishore Das was shot at by a policeman in Brajarajnagar in the Jharsuguda district last month on January 29 and succumbed to his bullet injuries in Bhubaneswar hospital on the same day. Thousands of BJP

Yuva Morcha supporters led by Odisha BJP Youth wing’s president

Irasis Acharya marched towards Odisha Assembly in order to take out a mega rally in protest against the alleged lawlessness in the state.

A few police personnel and some BJP workers sustained injuries in the face-off.

National General Secretary of the BJP Yuva Morcha Rohit Chahal, while talking to ANI said that law and order have totally “deteriorated” in the state.

“Law and order have totally deteriorated in the state. People are

Lucknow (ANI): The Yogi Adityanath-led government in Uttar Pradesh has directed its departments to not use plastic water bottles in meetings and also use soft copies.

Chief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra has conveyed the message to the government departments. The officials have also been clearly directed to ensure strict compliance with the government’s instructions in this regard with immediate effect.

The Chief Secretary,

“Despite repeated instructions, the departments have been presenting plastic covers and single-sided printed booklets and that misuse of paper and use of plastic is not appropriate considering its adverse impact on the environment.”

Jammu (PTI): Claiming that there is lack of communication between the public and the bureaucracy in Jammu and Kashmir, veteran Congress leader Karan Singh on Tuesday advocated free and fair assembly elections to address the “missing link” by installing a popular government. Singh, son of the last Dogra ruler Maharaja Hari Singh, also demanded restoration of the full statehood to the Union Territory. Talking to reporters here, Singh said there is no possibility of taking back Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) without a war which only brings death and destruction.

Responding to a question about the policies of BJP-led Central govt in J&K, he said “it (the developments of 2019 when the Centre re-

Exchange Of Ideas

“CBI of the CBI by a special court here in the Excise policy scam case.

Chandigarh (ANI): Hitting out at Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and former Punjab Minister Bikram Singh Majithia on Tuesday demanded that the ambit of the ongoing CBI probe into the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam be extended to neighbouring Punjab, saying that the former was also the “architect” of Punjab’s excise policy.

“(The) CBI inquiry into Delhi excise scam should be extended to Punjab. As in the case of Delhi, Deputy CM @msisodia was the architect of the Punjab excise policy also which caused losses of hundreds of crores to the State exchequer,” the SAD leader tweeted on Tuesday.

Trivedi tore into Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who was arrested by the CBI sick of the lawlessness in Odisha. We want to ask why the CM is silent on the Naba Das murder case. Why is the investigation not being done into the matter? We won’t sit silently,” he said. He further hit out at CM Naveen Patnaik and said, “We want to ask the CM, who is running the government because the assembly is in the session here and he is in Mumbai.” voked Article 370 and bifurcated the erstwhile state into two UT), was a very drastic step to remove the whole special structure and it has now been three years that J&K is under Centre. “A lot of good things have happened and there is no doubt about it, but what I gather is that there is a lack of communication between the public and the bureaucracy. MLAs, whether good or bad, play an important role as they are intermediaries between people and the govt.” on Sunday evening in connection with alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the nowscrapped liquor policy for 2021-22.

INDIAN-ORIGIN JUDGE NAMED US DISTRICT COURT’S ASSOCIATE JUSTICE

Houston(United States): An Indian-origin judge, Shama Hakim Mesiwala has been unanimously confirmed as an associate justice of a district court of appeal in the US state of California. Mesiwala’s appointment as an associate justice of the Third District Court of Appeal in California’s Sacramento city was confirmed on February 14 by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California, Patricia Guerrero, according to a press release by the Judicial Council of California.

20-YEAR JAIL FOR MAN IN RAPE OF MINOR GIRL

Palakkad: A court on Tuesday sentenced a man to serve 20 years in prison for raping a 14-year-old girl last year in Ottapalam area of Palakkad district. Fast Track Special Court judge Satish Kumar handed down the sentence to the 22-year-old man for the offence of repeated aggravated penetrative sexual assault of the minor under the POCSO Act. The court also sentenced him to three years and one year for the offences of sexual assault.

NO RELIEF TO MAN WHO MISBEHAVED WITH DOCTOR

Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday denied anticipatory bail to a man accused of manhandling a doctor for allegedly misbehaving with his wife while examining her at a hospital. It would be difficult for a doctor to pursue his profession if a patient is aggrieved by the doctor touching him or her during clinical examination, it observed. At the same time, genuine cases of misbehaviour by doctors overstepping their limits cannot be ignored, the court added.

DELHI HC SEEKS CENTRE’S REPLY ON JOURNALIST ANGAD SINGH’S PLEA

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought the Centre’s stand on the alleged “blacklisting” of an American journalist who was earlier denied entry into the country in spite of being an OCI card holder. Counsel for journalist Angad Singh told the court that they got to know about the “blacklisting” only after the Centre filed its response to his plea challenging the entry refusal. The court allowed the petitioner, who produces documentaries for Vice News with a focus on Asia, to also assail his “blacklisting” in ongoing proceedings.