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Thailand: 31 killed in mass shooting at children’s day-care centre, says police

The Thailand prime minister has alerted all agencies to take action and apprehend the culprit, said a government spokesperson.

Rivals Biden and DeSantis project unity over Hurricane Ian

Suella Braverman objects to increasing visas for Indians

Suella Braverman has again risked upsetting No. 10 after saying she has “reservations” about Britain’s trade deal with India because it could increase immigration to the UK, The Guardian reported. Liz Truss said she wants to sign a trade agreement with India by Diwali at the end of this month.

Trump sues CNN claiming defamation, seeks $475 million in punitive damages

Rivals Biden and DeSantis project unity over Hurricane Ian

At least 108 people were killed by Ian, a category four storm.

Mr Biden said Florida’s recovery may take years.

Officials are searching buildings for more victims as crews begin repairs. The president and the Florida governor have previously clashed over pandemic policies, climate change, abortion and LGBT issues.

Most recently Mr Biden slammed Mr DeSantis for flying undocumented migrants to the wealthy liberal enclave of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. But on Wednesday the two had only warm words for one another as they focused on hurricane relief during a joint press conference in the city of Fort Myers. Mr DeSantis, who is widely expected to run for president in 2024, and his wife met Mr Biden and First Lady Jill Biden on a wharf littered with storm debris.

Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in Mar-a-Lago dispute

US President Joe Biden and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis have briefly set aside their political differences to tour damage from Hurricane Ian.

After seeing the storm wreckage by helicopter, Mr Biden shook hands with the Republican rising star and they complimented each other.

Mr DeSantis thanked the Bidens for coming to Florida, and said he had been “very fortunate” to have good co-ordination with the federal government.

Mr Biden told reporters that Mr DeSantis had done a “good job”, and that “we have very different political philosophies, but we’ve worked hand in glove.”

Kevin Spacey facing trial on New York sex abuse claim

Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey is due to go on trial on Thursday in a civil lawsuit over an allegation he sexually assaulted a boy 36 years ago.

We are both daughters of India, in a way: Priyanka Chopra tells Kamala Harris

United States Vice President Kamala Harris and Indian actress Priyanka Chopra shared a stage past week, reflecting on their Indian connections, marriage equality and climate change. Chopra, who is not settled in Los Angeles, was invited by the Democratic National Committee’s Women’s Leadership Forum to interview the Vice President for a fireside chat. The Indian actress kicked off the fireside chat with their Indian connection.

“I think we’re both daughters of India, in a way,” Priyanka told the room full of prominent Democrats invited for the conference from across the country.

Mr Spacey is being sued in New York by Anthony Rapp, who says the actor inappropriately touched him at a party in 1986 when he was aged 14.Mr Spacey, 63, is separately facing five charges of sexual assault in the UK. The House of Cards actor has denied the allegations against him. Both Mr Rapp, now 51 and also an actor, and Mr Spacey are expected to be in the Manhattan federal courthouse when the trial opens with jury selection on Thursday.

Mr Rapp says that Mr Spacey was around 26 or 27 years old when he met him at a party at his Manhattan apartment.

In a Buzzfeed article from October 2017, Mr Rapp said that Mr Spacey had picked him up, placed him on a bed and lay down partially on top of him. “I was aware that he was trying to get with me sexually,” Mr Rapp said. His lawsuit says the alleged encounter lasted no more than two minutes and “there was no kissing, no undressing, no reaching under clothes, and no sexualized statements or innuendo”.

Trump sues CNN claiming defamation, seeks $475 million in punitive damages

New York, Oct 6 (IANS) As students gathered at Purdue University campus in the US to hold a candlelight vigil in the memory of slain Indian American student Varun Manish Chheda, his friends, shocked and shattered, remembered him as a “good and humble person”. “He was a good person and a really good student,” a friend, who took classes with slain Indian-American student Varun Manish Chheda, told the local media in the US. Sumeeth Guda, a mathematics and science student, who worked with Chheda on group projects, described him as a hardworking and diligent person, the Purdue Exponent reported.

Donald Trump claims in his lawsuit that CNN had used its considerable influence as a leading news organization to defeat him politically.

Former US president Donald Trump sued CNN for defamation on Monday, seeking $475 million in punitive damages and claiming the network had carried out a “campaign of libel and

slander” against him. Trump claims in his lawsuit, filed in US District Court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that CNN had used its considerable influence as a leading news organization to defeat him politically. CNN declined to comment on the case. Trump, a Republican, claims in the 29-page lawsuit that CNN had a long track record of criticising him but had ramped up its attacks in recent months because the network feared that he would run again for president in 2024.

“As a part of its concerted effort to tilt the political balance to the left, CNN has tried to taint the Plaintiff with a series of ever-more scandalous, false, and defamatory labels of ‘racist,’ ‘Russian lackey,’ ‘insurrectionist,’ and ultimately ‘Hitler,’” the lawsuit claims. The lawsuit lists several instances in which CNN appeared to compare Trump to Hitler, including a January 2022 special report by host Fareed Zakaria that included footage of the German dictator.

Lawyers for former US President Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court on Tuesday to step into the legal fight over the classified documents seized during an FBI search of his Florida estate, escalating a dispute over the powers of an independent arbiter appointed to inspect the records. The Trump team asked the justices to overturn a lower court ruling and allow the arbiter, called a special master, to review the roughly 100 documents with classification markings that were taken in the Aug. 8 search of Mar-a-Lago. A three-judge panel from the Atlanta-based US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit last month limited the special master’s review to the much larger tranche of non-classified documents.

US to turn Taiwan into arms base

American officials are intensifying efforts to build a giant stockpile of weapons in Taiwan after studying recent naval and air force exercises by the Chinese military around the island, according to current and former officials.

The exercises showed that China would probably blockade the island as a prelude to any attempted invasion, and Taiwan would have to hold out on its own until the US or other nations intervened, if they decided to do that, the current and former officials say. But the effort to transform Taiwan into a weapons depot faces challenges. The US and its allies have prioritised sending weapons to Ukraine, which is reducing their stockpiles, and arms makers are reluctant to open new production lines without a steady stream of long-term orders. And it is unclear how China might respond if the US accelerates shipments of weapons to Taiwan, a democratic, self-governing island that Beijing claims is Chinese territory.

President Biden said last month that the US is “not encouraging” Taiwan’s independence, adding, “That’s their decision.”

Since 1979, Washington has had a policy of reassuring Beijing that it does not support independence.

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Warren, Michigan, October 1, 2022.

‘A good person’: Friends remember slain Indian student in US

US believes Ukrainians were behind an assassination in Russia

US officials said they were not aware of the operation ahead of time and would have opposed the killing had they been consulted.

US intelligence agencies believe parts of the Ukrainian government authorised the car bomb attack near Moscow in August that killed Daria Dugina, daughter of a prominent Russian nationalist, an element of a covert campaign that US officials fear could widen the conflict.

The United States took no part in the attack, either by providing intelligence or other assistance, officials said. US officials also said they were not aware of the operation ahead of time and would have opposed the killing had they been consulted. Afterward, US officials admonished Ukrainian officials over the assassination, they said. The closely held assessment of Ukrainian complicity, which has not been previously reported, was shared within the US government last week. Ukraine denied involvement in the killing immediately after the attack, and senior officials repeated those denials when asked about the US intelligence assessment.

Gen Bajwa discusses India, China with US officials

Rawalpindi, Oct 6 (IANS)

Pakistan Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa discussed matters related to India, China, Afghanistan in his meetings with top US administration officials on his recent visit to Washington, sources told Geo News on Thursday.

The army chief left for Pakistan after concluding his week-long visit to America, where he held meetings with top US officials. Sources said that General Bajwa told the US officials that Pakistan seeks an early resolution of the Kashmir issue, Geo News reported.

He also called for improvement in bilateral relations, trade and investment between Pakistan and the US.

“Pakistan has been a long-standing partner of the US,” the sources quoted the army chief.

Truss urges party to stick together

British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Wednesday urged her fractious party to stick together and help transform the economy and the country, fighting to restore her dwindling authority after a chaotic first month in office.Addressing Conservative lawmakers and members at an annual conference overshadowed by internal bickering and confusion over policy, Truss said the party needed to unite to kick-start stagnant growth and tackle the many problems facing Britain. So far, however, her misfiring attempt to cut £45 billion of taxes and hike government borrowing has sent turmoil through markets and her party, with opinion polls pointing to electoral collapse rather than a honeymoon period for the new leader.

Suella Braverman objects to increasing visas for Indians

London, Oct 6 (IANS) Suella Braverman has again risked upsetting No. 10 after saying she has “reservations” about Britain’s trade deal with India because it could increase immigration to the UK, The Guardian reported. Liz Truss said she wants to sign a trade agreement with India by Diwali at the end of this month. The Indian government is demanding an increase in work and study visas for Indian nationals and earlier this year Boris Johnson said the agreement would lead to increased immigration.

In an interview with the Spectator, UK Home Secretary Braverman said Indian migrants make up the largest number of visa overstayers in the UK. The home secretary also criticised a deal with India, signed by her predecessor Priti Patel, to increase the number of illegal migrants and overstayers returned to the country, saying the agreement “has not necessarily worked very well”.

SKorea, US, Japan hold joint naval drills in East Sea

Seoul, Oct 6 (IANS) South Korea, the United States and Japan staged another joint naval exercise in the East Sea on Thursday with a focus on countering nuclear and missile threats from North Korea.

The exercise involving the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier strike group opened in the international waters of the sea hours after North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles, Seoul’s military said.

Several warships, including South Korea’s King Sejong the Great destroyer, the USS Benfold destroyer belonging to the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier strike group, and Japan’s Chokai destroyer, were mobilised, Yonhap news agency reported quoting the Seoul’s military.

They simulated scenarios of North Korean ballistic missile launches and focused on detecting, tracking and intercepting them by sharing target information, it said.

Putin signs land grab laws

The Thailand prime minister has alerted all agencies to take action and apprehend the culprit, said a government spokesperson.

At least 31 people were killed on Thursday in a mass shooting at a children’s daycare centre in a northeastern province of Thailand, a police spokesperson said.

Victims included both children and adults, police said in a statement, adding that the gunman was an ex-police officer and a manhunt was underway.

The prime minister has alerted all agencies to take action and apprehend the culprit, a government spokesperson said.

The rate of gun ownership in Thailand is high compared with some other countries in the region but official figures do not include huge numbers of illegal weapons, many of which have been brought in across porous borders over the years from strife-torn neighbours.

Mass shootings are rare but in 2020, a soldier angry over a property deal gone sour killed at least 29 people and wounded 57 in a rampage that spanned four locations.

President Vladimir V. Putin signed more than 400 pages of legislation annexing four Ukrainian regions, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, forging ahead with a parallel reality in which Russia pretends to exercise sovereignty over thousands of square miles of territory that its military does not actually control. Russia’s economy ministry sought to attach real-world benefits to a largely illusory claim, forecasting that the annexation would raise Russia’s production of metallurgy and sunflowers by 20 per cent each, while coal production would increase by 6 per cent.

Indian-origin university student killed in US

A 20-year-old Indian-origin student has been killed in his dormitory in the US state of Indiana and his Korean roommate was taken into custody, according to media reports.

Varun Manish Chheda from Indianapolis, who was studying at Purdue University, was found dead in McCutcheon Hall on the western edge of campus, police said on Wednesday.

Another university student was arrested on a murder charge Wednesday, NBC News quoted the school’s police chief as saying.

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Thailand: 31 killed in mass shooting at children’s day-care centre, says police

For Threat To “Blow Up” Mukesh Ambani’s Home ‘Antilia’, Bihar Man Arrested

India launches probe after WHOalert on ‘poison’ cough syrup

India’s central drug control authority has launched an investigation in Haryana after the WHO issued a public warning that cough syrups manufactured by an Indian company based there could potentially be linked to the deaths of at least 66 children in The Gambia.

Mumbai: Mumbai Police has arrested a man from Bihar in connection with anonymous calls threatening to target industrialist Mukesh Ambani and his family, an official said today.

A police team picked up a suspect from Bihar’s Darbhanga district around midnight and was bringing him to Mumbai, he said.

Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital in Mumbai had received two calls on Wednesday where the unidentified caller threatened to “blow up” the hospital along with the Ambani family residence ‘Antilia’ in south Mumbai.

On Sikh Family’s Killing In US, Bhagwant Mann’s Appeal To S Jaishankar

“While all required steps will be taken, as a robust regulatory authority, WHO has been requested to share with CDSCO (Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation) the earliest the report on the establishment of a causal relation to the deaths with the medical products in question, photographs of

labels/products etc,” an official source told PTI said in New Delhi.

The World Health Organisation on Wednesday warned that four “contaminated” and “substandard” cough syrups, allegedly produced by Maiden Pharmaceuticals Limited based in Haryana’s Sonepat could be the reason for the deaths in the West African nation,

Modi blows poll bugle in Himachal, appeals for second term of BJP

governments only laid foundation stones and forgot about the actual projects once the elections were over. The PM, who was in Himachal Pradesh to inaugurate the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bilaspur, also sounded the poll bugle – literally.

4 medicines allegedly produced by a Haryana firm under scanner, United Nations health agency yet shared details of labels and products

according to a PTI report from Geneva. The United Nations health agency, however, has not yet shared details of labels and products with the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), which would enable it to confirm the identity and source of manufacturing of the products, official sources said.

Sonia Gandhi joins Bharat Jodo Yatra

Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday expressed grief over the killing of four Sikh family members in the US, and said there should be a high-level probe into the matter. Four Sikh family members, including an eight-month-old baby girl, who were kidnapped in the US state of California earlier this week have been found dead, authorities said on Wednesday.

Owaisi opposes RSS chief

There is no need for population control as the country has already achieved replacement rate, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said on Wednesday, reacting to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s comment on population policy. In a tweet, Owaisi said, “If Hindus & Muslims have same DNA then where’s the imbalance?”

There’s no need for population control as we’ve already achieved replacement rate. The worry is an ageing population & unemployed youth who cannot support elderly.

At a rally, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur presented the PM with a “Ransingha”, a trumpet-like traditional instrument. In a show of strength, Modi played it and said, “This marks the beginning of each future victory.”

While appealing to the residents to change their “riwaaz” (custom) and give BJP a second term in the upcoming elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Wednesday that the previous

At a rally, Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur presented the PM with a “Ransingha”, a trumpet-like traditional instrument. In a show of strength, Modi played it and said, “This marks the beginning of each future victory.”

He said that on the auspicious occasion of Vijaya Dashami, people in the region have been gifted development projects worth hundreds of crores and dual gifts of education and health.

He was addressing the meeting at the Luhnu ground after inaugurating the AIIMS hospital and a hydro engineering college, the foundation stones for which were laid by him in 2017.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday joined the Bharat Jodo Yatra here, participating in a public event of the party after a long gap.

Amid cheers and slogan-shouting by party workers, Sonia Gandhi walked besides her son Rahul Gandhi and other leaders for a few kilometres in Mandya district of Karnataka.

A number of senior Congress leaders, including former chief minister Siddaramaiah and PCC president D K Shivakumar, walked along with the Gandhis.

Four kidnapped Indian-origin family members have been killed: Sheriff

An Indian-origin eight-month baby, her parents and an uncle who were kidnapped in California have been killed in “a horribly, horribly senseless” crime, according to the local sheriff.

New York, Oct 6 (IANS)

An Indian-origin eight-month baby, her parents and an uncle who were kidnapped in California have been killed in “a horribly, horribly senseless” crime, according to the local sheriff.

Their bodies were found

in a remote farm on Wednesday, Merced County Sheriff Vernon Warnke said. “There is a special place in hell” for the person who committed the crime, he said at a news conference near where the bodies were found. He said that he hoped the district prosecutor would demand the death penalty.

The suspect in the kidnapping, who was arrested on Tuesday after he had tried to kill himself, was talking to investigators, he said. Baby Aroohi Dheri, her parents, Jasleen Kaur, 27, and Jasdeep Singh, 36, and uncle, Amandeep Singh, 49, were

kidnapped on Monday from the family’s trucking business in Merced, about 225 kilometres southeast of San Francisco.

Warnke said that the victims’ family had been informed and arrangements were made through contacts to get them “spiritual guidance to get through this”.

The bodies were found near each other by a farm worker, who informed the authorities, Warnke said. Earlier at a morning news conference, Warnke ruled out that the kidnapping was a hate crime and said money was the likely motive.The suspect, Jesus Manuel Salgado, was convicted in 2005 of an armed robbery and paroled in 2015. His prior record points to a financial motive, he said. Delgado had told his family that he was involved in the kidnapping and they reported it to the authorities, Warnke said.

Before officers reached him, he attempted suicide and was taken to a hospital, he said.Officers waited there for medical clearance to speak to him, he said.After the bodies were found, Warnke said there was a lot of circumstantial evidence against Delgado and they were trying to build direct evidence. He said he was emotional at the news conference because a child has been killed.

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Dubai Hindu temple set for grand opening today; public entry for people of all faiths from October 5

A newly-constructed Hindu temple in Dubai will be opened to devotees on Wednesday in a grand ceremony, reported local media.

The country’s Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan is set to be the chief guest and Indian Ambassador to the UAE Sunjay Sudhir the guest of honour, as per temple authorities.

The temple, which is open to people of all faiths, was inaugurated on Sept 1, said a Dubai-based Gulf News in a report. It is said to be UAE’s first community-driven temple. “We are a community-driven temple founded in 2022. The Hindu Temple Dubai is a space informed by tradition, nurtured by faith and crafted for the future,” said the temple statement. “It’s a contemporary spiritual hub, for all faiths, that houses the many faces of divinity from communal connection to worship, knowledge and societal aid,” it added.

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Dubai Hindu temple opening:

The temple, which is said to be UAE’s first community-driven temple, is located in Jebel Ali’s ‘Worship Village’ in Dubai.

The building is located in Jebel Ali’s ‘Worship Village’ and is housed amidst the Guru Nanak Darbar Gurudwara and a number of churches. It comprises 16 deities and a Guru Granth Sahib, which is the Holy Book of the Sikhs. “With the benevolence of the Rulers of the UAE and the gracious support of the

Four Indian-Americans in Forbes 400 rich list

own 42 per cent of the Nasdaq-listed firm which went public in March 2018.

Before Zscaler, Chaudhry had founded four other tech companies that were all acquired -- SecureIT, CoreHarbor, CipherTrust, and AirDefense.

Community Development Authority (CDA), we are holding the official inaugural ceremony of the Hindu Temple Dubai tomorrow evening,” Gulf News reported temple trustee Raju Shroff as saying.

Besides the Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence and the Indian Ambassador to the UAE, several high-profile CDA officials are expected to attend the ceremony.

“We have preparations going on for the opening ceremony and there are security checks. So, the temple will be technically closed for the public on Tuesday and will open its doors for visitors from Wednesday for Dussehra,” he added, as per Gulf News report. The temple website encourages visitors to pre-book slots. Visitors and devotees can book half-an-hour slots after providing their name, mobile number, email ID and the number of visitors. A maximum of four visitors are allowed in a group.

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The couple formed a nonprofit called CK Community Services and they now offer free rides to seniors to essential places such as the airport, banks, and pharmacies.

In a heartfelt gesture, an Indian American Sikh couple who run a gas station and a convenience store in Phoenix are providing free car rides to seniors in the city. Ramandeep Kaur and her husband Jaswinder Singh became popular a few months ago too when they started a low-price gas service. When the locals saw the couple offering gas at a price lower than the market rate at a time when the fuel prices had skyrocketed, they received much appreciation. As a lot of people praised the gesture, the couple also noticed that many elderly didn’t even own a car and that is when the idea struck to provide them with free car rides.

The couple formed a non-profit called CK Community Services and they now offer free rides to seniors to essential places such as the airport, banks, and pharmacies. The service covers an area of 10 miles radius around the city of Phoenix. The couple is using their personal car for the service.

Indian-Americans Vinod Khosla, Romesh Wadhwani and Rakesh Gangwal made it to the Forbes 2022 list of 400 wealthiest Americans with Zscaler CEO Jay Chaudhry leading the pack with a net worth of $8.2 billion.

New York: (IANS) Indian-Americans Vinod Khosla, Romesh Wadhwani and Rakesh Gangwal made it to the Forbes 2022 list of 400 wealthiest Americans with Zscaler CEO Jay Chaudhry leading the pack with a net worth of $8.2 billion.

Overall, Tesla’s Elon Musk earned the top spot for the first time, unseating former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who had held the top spot for four consecutive years.

As a group, the 400 wealthiest Americans are worth $4 trillion, $500 billion less than last year, Forbes noted.

Chaudhry, 63, who founded the cybersecurity firm Zscaler in 2008, is ranked 79. He and his family members

In 1996, Chaudhry and his wife quit their jobs and used their life savings to launch SecureIT, their first startup. Chaudhry had moved to the US in 1980 to attend graduate school. He now lives in Reno, Nevada.

With a net worth of $5.2 billion, Vinod Khosla (67) was ranked 181. His firm, Khosla Ventures, invests in experimental technologies such as biomedicine and robotics. Khosla had co-founded the computer hardware firm Sun Microsystems in 1982 with Andy Bechtolsheim, Bill Joy, and Scott McNealy.

Romesh T. Wadhwani (67), founder and chairman of Symphony Technology Group, was ranked 196 with a net worth of $5.1 billion. He stepped down as CEO of SymphonyAI at the start of 2022 in a move to ready the firm for a potential public offering.

He is also the chairman of ConcertAI, an AI company focused on healthcare and life sciences that was valued at $1.9 billion by venture capital investors in March 2022.

With a net worth of $3.7 billion, airline veteran Rakesh Gangwal (69) made his fortune from InterGlobe Aviation, the parent outfit of budget airline IndiGo, India’s largest by market share.

He started his airline career with United Airlines in 1984 and went on to run US Airways Group as its chief executive and chairman.

Gangwal had cofounded IndiGo with Rahul Bhatia in 2006 with one aircraft. The Miami resident, who is ranked 261 on the list, owns close to 37 per cent of the company.

New York: (IANS) Four IndianAmerican teenagers have received the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes for making a positive difference in people’s lives, communities, and the environment.

The winners include Karina Samuel, 17, from Florida; Karun Kaushik, 17, from California; Laalitya Acharya, 18, from Ohio; and Sri Nihal Tammana, 13, from New Jersey.

Established in 2001 by author T.A.Barron, the Barron Prize is a non-profit organisation annually honouring 25 outstanding young leaders from ages 8 to 18. The award celebrates inspiring, publicspirited young people from diverse backgrounds all across North America.

Every year, 15 top winners are each awarded $10,000 to support their service work or higher education. Karina Samuel was honoured for founding the Florida chapter of Bye Bye Plastic Bags (BBPB), a student-led non-profit committed to reducing the amount of plastic on the planet. In the past three years, she has mobilised more than 1,000 volunteers to join over 175 coastal cleanups across the state.

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A glimpse of the interior of the Hindu temple in Dubai.

Telangana plot accused had twice tried to join terror outfits abroad, stopped each time

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On Sunday, erstwhile Telangana Police’s Counter Intelligence (CI) Cell officers knocked connected his doorway successful a Hyderabad neighbourhood, Maaz’s begetter Aijaz Mohiuddin is said to person told them, “Take him away. We tried our champion but helium refuses to mend his ways. He has stopped listening to us.’’

Maaz, 29, and his 2 alleged coconspirators, Abdul Zahed and Mohammed Sameeuddin, were arrested for allegedly readying to lob grenades astatine Dussehra gatherings successful the city.

Four grenades and implicit Rs 5 lakh successful currency were seized from them.

Maaz has been successful akin situations successful the past, but this time, a constabulary serviceman said, the charges against him are “far much serious”. As per the remand study filed by the Investigation Officer, Maaz faces charges nether sections of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the Explosive Substances Act.

Four grenades and implicit Rs 5 lakh successful currency were seized from them.

In September 2014, Maaz, past 21, and his relative Mohammed Abdullah Basith near home, with the duo aboriginal allegedly telling constabulary that they wanted to spell to immoderate spot wherever a “jihad” was connected — Palestine, Syria oregon Iraq. From Hyderabad, they travelled to West Bengal and were hoping to transverse implicit into Dhaka, from wherever they planned to alert retired to Afghanistan. But earlier they could bash that, alerted

by a missing persons ailment lodged by their parents, the Telangana Police traced the 2 to Malda successful West Bengal and brought them backmost home.

“Although a ailment was registered, the constabulary were lenient and the boys were not arrested. They were asked to acquisition a deradicalisation programme arsenic portion of which the 2 spent respective hours talking to the counselors, often successful the beingness of their parents,’’ an authoritative said.

Just implicit a twelvemonth aft they were brought backmost from West Bengal, Maaz, Basith, and different relative of theirs, Syed Omer Farooq Hussaini, erstwhile again decided they were acceptable for war.

As portion of a program that Maaz allegedly masterminded, connected December 25, 2015, the 3 near their homes connected 2 motorcycles and drove to Adilabad successful Telangana.

From there, they hired a taxi to Nagpur airdrome and booked formation tickets to

Srinagar for the adjacent morning.

This clip too, arsenic the parents of the 3 men filed a complaint, a associated squad of the Telangana and Maharashtra constabulary detained the men conscionable arsenic they were astir to committee the formation to Srinagar.

Just implicit a twelvemonth aft they were brought backmost from West Bengal, Maaz, Basith, and different relative of theirs, Syed Omer Farooq Hussaini, erstwhile again decided they were acceptable for war.

“They told america that they were readying to scope Srinagar, from wherever they would person reached retired to immoderate section militant organisations who would person helped them to get to Syria oregon Iraq to articulation the IS,’’ the authoritative said, adding that the youths were sent to judicial custody for 14 days earlier being released connected conditional bail. The youths were again enactment done respective rounds of counselling and

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Maaz, 29, and his two alleged co-conspirators, Abdul Zahed and Mohammed Sameeuddin, were arrested for allegedly planning to lob grenades at Dussehra gatherings in the city.

de-radicalisation sessions. After helium was brought backmost from West Bengal successful September 2014 – the archetypal clip helium near location –Maaz got backmost to college.

A pupil of BTech (Instrumentation) astatine Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology, helium soon started to conflict with his subjects. Police said that initially, the youths were nether the strict supervision of their parents. Their phones were confiscated and they were not allowed retired of location much. But arsenic they gradually earned the spot of their parents, they were backmost connected societal media, wherever they allegedly spent hours watching and speechmaking jihadi and Islamic State propaganda. Police said Maaz whitethorn person been influenced by his relative Basith, who, portion connected bail, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) connected charges of conspiring to further the docket of the ISIS.

The NIA stated that Basith and others conspired to identify, motivate, radicalise, enlistee and bid Muslim youths connected behalf of ISIS. Sources said it was during Maaz’s regular visits to situation to sojourn Basith that helium got successful interaction with Abdul Zahed, a panic fishy and an alleged ISI agent, who was suspected of readying and coordinating panic attacks crossed Hyderabad.

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Visakhapatnam, : (IANS) A temple in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam has been decorated with currency notes and gold ornaments worth Rs 8 crore as part of Navratri celebrations.

The management committee of the Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari temple decorated the walls and floor with the currency notes of Rs 3.5 crore and jewellery.

Wads of notes of various denominations ranging from Re 1 to Rs 2,000 were kept around the deity, on the floor, pasted to the walls and even hung from the ceiling. According to the committee of this 135-year-old temple, the currency notes and gold ornaments are contributions from devotees and the same will be returned to them after the festivities.

Police said that the three were being handled by a Pakistani ISI agent who ordered them to cause as much destruction as possible using grenades during Navaratri and Dusshera celebrations.

The Hyderabad city police arrested three persons for allegedly plotting a terror attack by hurling grenades at crowded public places during Dusshera celebrations. Hyderabad Police Commissioner C V Anand said

that three persons have been arrested so far for planning the attack. “These three persons were planning to throw grenades at crowded places during the festival. On specific information, we raided a place at Malakpet and arrested three persons and seized four hand grenades and nearly 5.50 lakhs in cash,” he added. Anand further said that they arrested the main culprit and mastermind who had planned the grenade attacks, Zahed Abdul, and two others identified as Mohammed Sameeuddin alias Abdul Sami (39) and Maaz Hasan Farooq alias Maaz (29). Police said that the three were being handled by a Pakistani ISI agent who ordered them to cause as much destruction as possible using grenades during Navaratri and Dusshera celebrations. The Hyderabad Police Commissioner said that Zahed was previously involved in several terror-related cases in the city and was regularly in touch with Pakistani ISILeT handlers.

“Zahed had received four grenades from his ISI handler and he was told to carry out a sensational terror attack in Hyderabad.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Monday that it had searched 12 entities involved in a part-time job fraud case in Bengaluru and seized Rs 5.85 crore. According to the ED, its investigation based on a case registered in the Bengaluru South CEN police station revealed that some Chinese citizens had cheated people through a mobile app, named Keepsharer, by collecting a registration fee from them after promising part-time jobs. These Chinese citizens formed companies in India and recruited many Indians as directors, translators, human resource managers and tele-callers. They allegedly obtained the Indian victims’ documents and opened bank accounts by using them.

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Maaz Hassan Farooq (right) with the other accused.

Andhra temple decorated with currency notes, gold

Twitter, Musk confirm plan to close $44 bn deal, shares up 22%

Twitter on Wednesday said it has received a letter from Elon Musk to go ahead with their original deal of $54.20 per share (or $44 billion). Twitter shares went up 22 per cent after the news.

San Francisco, : (IANS) Twitter on Wednesday said it has received a letter from Elon Musk to go ahead with their original deal of $54.20 per share (or $44 billion). Twitter shares went up 22 per cent after the news.

In a new filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Musk’s legal team has also asked the court to adjourn the trial and all other proceedings.

“We received the letter from the Musk parties which they have filed with

the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission). The intention of the Company is to close the transaction at $54.20 per share,” Twitter said in a statement.

Musk tweeted: “Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app. Twitter probably accelerates X by 3 to 5 years, but I could be wrong.”

HCLTech to hire 1,000 people in Brazil, open next-gen tech centre

The surprising development led to the micro-blogging platform’s share jump 22 per cent after it reopened as trading of Twitter shares was briefly halted. According to the letter sent to Twitter, “the Musk Parties provide this notice without admission of liability and without waiver of or prejudice to any of their rights, including their right to

assert the defenses and counterclaims pending in the Action, including in the event the Action is not stayed, Twitter fails or refuses to comply with its obligations under the April 25, 2022 Merger Agreement or if the transaction contemplated thereby otherwise fails to close”. In the new US SEC filing, Musk’s legal team said that “On October 3, 2022, they “sent a letter to Twitter... notifying Twitter that the Reporting Person (Musk) intends to proceed to closing of the transaction contemplated by the April 25, 2022 Merger Agreement.”

The team said that the offer means that the Delaware Chancery Court should “adjourn the trial and all other proceedings related thereto pending such closing or further order of the court”. Twitter shareholders had earlier voted to approve Musk’s $44 billion takeover bid.

Automation Anywhere introduces new platform to empower employees

New Delhi,: (IANS) Tech firm HCLTech on Wednesday announced plans to hire 1,000 people in Brazil in the next two years, along with opening a new technology centre in that country.

HCLTech said it is scaling up its operations to serve its growing local and global client base across industries.

“Our commitment to Brazil is part of our long-term strategic plan in the country, which includes supercharging progress for our clients, partners, people and communities in this region of significant importance,” said Anil Ganjoo, Chief Growth Officer, Americas and Executive Sponsor, Brazil, HCLTech.

The company will hire local IT talent to develop and deliver next-generation technology solutions and services across digital, engineering and cloud.

“We are excited to continue expanding our presence and bringing new economic opportunities to Brazil,” said Fabiano Funari, Country Head, Brazil, HCLTech.

“We’re committed to becoming the preferred digital partner for clients in Brazil by delivering the best technology solutions to help our local and global clients on their technology journeys,” Funari added.

HCLTech has more than 211,000 employees across 52 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering and cloud, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products.

The consolidated revenues of the company totalled $11.8 billion (as of 12 months ending June, 2022).

New York: (IANS) Automation Anywhere, a leader in cloud-native intelligent automation, on Tuesday unveiled the Automation Success Platform which is designed to accelerate business transformation by making automation accessible for everyone.

The platform has new automation tools to empower employees in the apps they love.

“The world’s leading companies are embracing automation and AI to unlock new opportunities, engage the workforce and adapt to market changes,” said Mihir Shukla, CEO, and co-Founder, Automation Anywhere.

“The Automation Success Platform delivers intelligent automation to every employee and empowers IT and automation leaders to scale success,” he added.

Automation Anywhere Robotic Interface (AARI) is the automation co-pilot for every employee, allowing them to engage with bots while working in their favorite apps, to get work done easier and faster. AARI can now be embedded into any web app, like Salesforce and Genesys, and into voice and IVR (Interactive Voice Response), said the company. Automation is expected to add an

estimated $15 trillion benefit to the global economy by 2030, according to Gartner.

Today, every company is operating in the Automation Economy, with 95 per cent of organisations embracing automation.

However, a Deloitte study shows that only 13 per cent of companies have been able to scale their automation efforts, often struggling to customise one-size-fits-none automation tools and on-premise platforms.

Expanding the recent acquisition of FortressIQ, Automation Anywhere has launched Process Discovery as a part of the Automation Success Platform. The app leverages the power of AI to quickly map and uncover the highest ROI automation opportunities across all the systems, tools, and processes in an enterprise, helping automators to discover where and what to automate next.

“New Document Automation easily extracts data from documents and transfers it into any app. Companies can choose to use either Automation Anywhere’s pre-trained AI models or select another best-of-breed AI, like Google Document AI and Microsoft Azure Form Recognizer to power their automations,” said the company.

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Tech firm HCLTech on Wednesday announced plans to hire 1,000 people in Brazil in the next two years, along with opening a new technology centre in that country.

Tanzanian social media influencer Kili Paul all set to enter

Boss

Mumbai: (IANS) Internet sensation Kili Paul from Tanzania will be seen entering reality show “Bigg Boss” in its 16th edition.

Kili is known for lip-synching Indian songs with his sister Neema and they are quite popular on social media.

Inside “Bigg Boss 16”, he will be making reels and he is entering for performing a task with Abdu Rozik and MC Stan. Recently his video with Abdu went viral on social media in which they were seen grooving to Salman Khan’s song “Oh Oh Jaane Jaana” from the movie “Pyaar Kiya Toh Darna Kya”. Meanwhile, in the upcoming episode of the show, captain Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia will be getting a special power from Bigg Boss through which she will relieve one contestant among Tina Datta, Manya Singh, and Soundarya Sharma from the punishment of doing household chores and give it to Priyanka Chahar Choudhary as she advised Manya Singh to cook as per her convenience without caring what the captain is saying.

Change is the only constant

Actor Shraddha Kapoor completed 12 years in the film industry in February this year. The actor, who made her debut with 2010 film Teen Patti, found popularity after the release of her 2013 film Aashiqui released. Over the year, the actor who has been part of various films, says that while she has learned a lot over the years, her biggest learning has been to constantly evolve as an actor. The actor, who was last seen in Baaghi 3, in 2020, also believes that the treatment of stories has really changed in last few years, especially the way a female character is written and portrayed onscreen.

Shraddha said, “One lesson that I hold close to

Towards the end of his latest standup special — The King’s Jester — comedian Hasan Minhaj reveals the meaning behind that title. His ultimate effort, he says by way of explanation, is to switch seamlessly between satire and sincerity, and trust the audience to understand the difference. This was essentially what he did — to resounding success, mind you — in his first Netflix special, Homecoming King. Minhaj, an alumnus of the Jon Stewart school of political satire, switched things up, and delivered an hour-long set that had the production value of a Broadway spectacle and the self-reflection of a one-

myself is — change is the only constant. As an actor, one has to always keep changing, evolving, learning and unlearning. As an actor, I just want to keep bettering myself as a person, keep bettering myself from who I was yesterday, and want to make the world a wee bit better.”

Shraddha eventually became part of films such as Ek Villain, ABCD 2, Ok Jaanu, Half Girlfriend, Haseena Parkar amongst others. She notes that female characters are not written with more thought and investment as compared to the times before she entered the film industry.

“A lot of things have changed since I started off, especially for female actors, “says Shraddha, who adds, “Now we see films made from a female gaze, with the actress being the driving point of the story. Not only are women headlining many films and stories but they are also written in a deeply layered manner, which can create an impact. It’s a great time for women in Indian cinema.”

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man play in a basement somewhere. He delivered moving personal anecdotes on the most gaudy of stages, combining lights, camera and action to deliver a truly blockbuster comedy special. And in The King’s Jester, he attempts to do it again. This time, however, he doesn’t let the visibly extra vibe of the whole thing slide; he acknowledges how unnecessarily over-the-top the set-up is, and describes it as ‘an LED skate park’.

Creatively, I am in my most active phase of my career: Hansal Mehta

Much like Pratik Gandhi’s oft-quoted dialogue from their superhit web series Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story– Risk hai to isk hai– director Hansal Mehta says his journey has also been about taking chances regardless of failure.

The filmmaker said 11 years ago he decided to only do what he “enjoys”, and since then life has been about working on stories that are close to his heart, travelling and cooking. “Eleven years ago, I decided I will only do what I enjoy. When I say, enjoy, it is like the story should come from within me, the characters should be those that I could discover through the process of making the film.

. “And in that, even if you take risks and if you fail, you pick up the pieces, get up and start all over again. I have started my life all over again so many times that it doesn’t worry me,” Mehta told PTI in an interview here.

The 54-year-old filmmaker, also known for critically acclaimed movies such as Shahid, Citylights, and Aligarh, said he is cherishing the current phase of his professional life.

“Creatively (I am in the) most active phase

of my career. I am enjoying this phase a lot. I am making films that I want to and at the same time, I am also enjoying a good life. I travel, cook, have ample time for friends, listening to music, writing. It is a good space to be in,” he added. This phase is not only creatively enriching but also his busiest.

Coming up, Hansal Mehta has a murder mystery movie with Kareena Kapoor Khan, which is currently in production in London; an action-drama with Kartik Aaryan; Scam season two and a web series on Mahatma Gandhi which reunites him with Pratik Gandhi. Asked if it is overwhelming to work with popular stars, the National Award winner said it is a “privilege” for him. “I love actors and love directing them and working with them. I neither get overwhelmed or bogged down,” he said.

Mehta tasted success in 1993 with his debut directorial project, the popular TV cookery show Khana Khazana with celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor. After many misses at the box office in the early 2000s such as Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!!, Chhal, and Woodstock Villa, his career turnaround came with the biopic on slain lawyer

Shahid Azmi in 2013, which won him the National Film Award for best director.

Doesn’t want to work in Bollywood Mandana Karimi

The latest season of Bigg Boss is under fire for welcoming Sajid Khan as one of the contestants, despite being accused of sexual misconduct by at least nine women.

Actor Mandana Karimi feels sad how the conduct of filmmaker Sajid Khan, who was accused by multiple women–including Mandana herself– of sexual misconduct during the #MeToo movement, has been normalised with his participation in the popular reality show Bigg Boss. Season 16 of the Salman Khan-hosted show has been receiving tremendous flak for welcoming Sajid as one of the contestants, despite media testimony by at least nine women. Late actor Jiah Khan’s sister Karishma Khan had also accused the director of sexually harassing Jiah when she spoke to BBC for the documentary, Death of Bollywood (2021).

During an interview with Hindustan Times, Mandana Karimi said she

was not surprised how the filmmaker was back in the mainstream. “To be honest, I’m not surprised to see him back in the spotlight. For people, life has become like I will put my head under the sand.

“If it is going to benefit me, and I can make money, then who cares? That shows why the MeToo movement in India and many other countries didn’t really reach anywhere,” she said. Mandana said just a few women came forward and spoke about their experiences during the #MeToo movement but “that was it”. There was no action, no social boycott.

Urmila Matondkar to make her digital debut

OTT is a boon for female actors: Ayesha Jhulka

After trying her hands at politics in 2019, actor Urmila Matondkar is all set to make her digital debut with an action-packed thriller web series Tiwari, where she’ll also be performing some gritty action sequences. The makers of the show, Content Engineers, shared a poster of the Urmilla-starrer. Film trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared the poster on his social media platforms. Talking about the show, the actress said in a statement, “This one offered me characters and a story arc that is challenging as a performer and things that I haven’t attempted so far. Written and created by a team of young writers, the team managed to keep me hooked till the end while narrating it. What I liked the most in the story is that at the core, it’s an emotional mother-daughter story but at the same time it has everything from drama to action to some thrilling twists and turns. I can’t wait to start shooting.”

Ayesha Jhulka, one of the popular 1990s stars, says OTT has empowered storytellers to look beyond the stereotypical portrayal of a woman resulting in meaningful roles for actors of all ages. Jhulka, who recently made her OTT debut with the Prime Video series Hush Hush, said she “waited long enough” to do what she really wanted to.

“The OTT has been changing the game for us, for female actors. It is a boon for us. If we didn’t have the OTT, it would have been still the same. It’s only here that more potential towards acting, characters, barring any age or anything, is there,” the actor told PTI in an interview. With Hush Hush, which has an all-female cast, the 50-year-old actor said she was able to break her on-screen image of a girl next door, attained after blockbuster hits Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar and Khiladi.

“I am actually transcending, cutting off that image and going into a different role altogether. That is a big challenge for me as an artist,” she added.

Actor Riteish Deshmukh shares a great bond with filmmaker Karan Johar. But doing a ‘Dharma-film’ isn’t something that has appealed to him. Karan Johar is the head honcho of one of the Hindi cinema’s biggest production houses, Dharma Productions.

During a recent interview for Netflix, Riteish talked about his friendship with Karan. He said, “Karan Johar is one of my best friends. He is my dearest friend. But we have never mixed our friendship and work. My friendship with him is not because I want to work with him.” The actor further shared that he is friends with almost all of his co-stars.

After delivering a smashing performance in his latest entertainer Vikram Vedha, Hrithik Roshan stepped out to feel the festive vibes. The actor visited Falguni Pathak’s garba night on Sunday in Mumbai’s Borivali.

Hrithik and Falguni danced on Gujarati garba ‘Valsadi’ and the singer took to her social media platforms to share pictures and videos of Hrithik dancing with her. In the Instagram post, the singer wrote, “Vasaldi version by Hrithik Roshan. Navratri hein garba toh banta hein.” Hrithik came to the pandal along with Vikram Vedha director duo Pushkar and Gayathri. Their film released in theatres on September 30 and have received critical appreciation from film critics.

Riteish, who is also a friend of Shah Rukh Khan, talked about parties at King Khan’s mansion Mannat in Mumbai. Asked if he had any anecdotes about the palatial house, the Plan A Plan B star shared that the most special thing about the parties is Shah Rukh Khan himself, and how he treats his guests. “Whenever there is a get-together at Mannat, and you have to leave early, the dinner is served at 3 in the morning. But the most special about Mannat is its host.

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Hrithik Roshan teaches ‘Ek Pal ka Jeena’ step to Falguni Pathak, performs garba

Indian-Origin Dr Vivek Murthy Is US Representative On WHO Executive Board

position alongside his continued duties as the US Surgeon General, the White House said in a statement.

He was confirmed by the US Senate in March 2021 to serve as the 21st Surgeon General of the country. He previously served as the 19th Surgeon General under President Barack Obama.

As the nation’s doctor, the Surgeon General’s mission is to help lay the foundation for a healthier country, relying on the best scientific information available to provide clear, consistent and equitable guidance and resources for the public.

Dr Vivek Murthy will serve in the new position alongside his continued duties as the Surgeon General, the White House said in a statement.

Health Service Commissioned Corps, Dr Murthy also commands a uniformed service of over 6,000 dedicated public health officers, serving the most underserved and vulnerable populations.

Washington: President Joe Biden has nominated US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy to serve as the country’s representative on the executive board of the World Health Organisation.

Dr Murthy, 45, will serve in the new

“While serving as the 21st Surgeon General, Dr Murthy is focused on drawing attention to and working across government to address a number of critical public health issues, including the growing proliferation of health misinformation, the ongoing youth mental health crisis, well-being and burnout in the health worker community, and social isolation and loneliness,” said the White House.

As the Vice Admiral of the US Public

The first Surgeon General of Indian descent, Dr Murthy, was raised in Miami and is a graduate of Harvard, the Yale School of Medicine, and the Yale School of Management, the White House said.

A renowned physician, research scientist, entrepreneur and author, he lives in Washington, DC with his wife Dr Alice Chen, and their two children, it said. Murthy was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire to immigrants from Karnataka, India.

Imran Khan “Biggest Liar On Earth”, He Ruined Country’s Economy: Pak PM

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif accused Imran Khan of “injecting poison into society to dangerously polarise the electorate’” since his ouster through a successful noconfidence vote in April.

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has accused former premier Imran Khan of being the biggest liar on the face of the earth, alleging that the PTI chief has ruined the country’s economy.

In an interview with the UK newspaper The Guardian, which was cited by Dawn, Shehbaz Sharif spoke about the “damage” that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman had done to Pakistan’s domestic and foreign affairs. Addressing Imran Khan’s recent alleged cypher audio leaks, the Prime Minister said that they were “an irrefutable endorsement that he (Imran) is the biggest liar on the face of the earth”. The cypher is an alleged secret diplomatic cable which fuelled conspiracy theories that the US administration wanted to topple Imran Khan’s government and facilitate regime change in the country. The cypher is based on then-envoy Asad Majeed’s meeting with US State Department official Donald Lu, who has been at the centre of PTI’s claim that the US conspired to dislodge Imran from office in April.

“It’s Unbelievably Painful, In Innumerable Ways”: Melinda Gates On Divorce With Ex-Husband Bill

“Putin Facing Further Isolation”: US After PM Modi Dials Ukraine’s Zelensky

Putin is facing further isolation from international communities as countries make clear that Putin’s decisions do have a lot of sympathy, said White House.

Washington: Russian President Vladimir Putin is facing isolation from the international community, the White House said as it took note of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

“We’re asking that countries around the world, and we’ve been very clear about that, continue to speak out publicly and continue to engage diplomatically on this as well. And so, I think that’s what you’re seeing from the prime minister (of India),” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters at her daily news conference on Tuesday. Responding to a question, the press secretary said she doesn’t have anything to read out on any recent conversation between US President Joe Biden and PM Modi.

“But his public comments directly to Putin are very clear. Now is not the time for war. And it’s not the time, he was even more specific to that, he said his war, Putin’s war, he was alluding to,” she said.

The former couple got married in 1994 and have three children together- Jennifer, Rory and Phoebe.

Melinda French Gates and Bill Gates announced their divorce back in May 2021 after nearly 30 years of marriage. It was finalised in August 2021, but the couple announced that they would continue to run their foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation together. Now, in an interview with Fortune Magazine, Melinda opened up about her “unbelievably painful” divorce with Ex-husband Bill. She said, “I had some reasons I just couldn’t stay in that marriage anymore,” French Gates, 58, told Fortune magazine. “But the odd thing about COVID is that it gave me the privacy to do what I needed to do.” She continued, “It’s unbelievably painful, in innumerable ways, but I had the privacy to get through it.” The former couple got married in 1994 and have three children together- Jennifer, Rory and Phoebe. The philanthropist revealed, “I kept working with the person I was moving away from, and I needed to show up and be my best self every single day.” She added, “So even though I might be crying at 9 a.m. and then have to be on a video conference at 10 a.m. with the person I’m leaving, I have to show up and be my best.”

“Look, Putin is facing further isolation from international communities as countries make clear that Putin’s decisions do have a lot of sympathy,” Jean-Pierre said. “When it comes to the potential nuclear threat, we have been very, very clear about that. We take any nuclear weapons or nuclear saber rattling very seriously here,” she said. “I do want to say that we have not seen any reason to adjust our own strategic nuclear posture, nor do we have indication that Russia is preparing to imminently use nuclear weapons,” she said.

The Ukrainians, she said, are fighting for their sovereignty.

“This is something that we believe, not just the US, our allies and partners around the world,” she said, The US is going to continue to make sure that they are there for the Ukrainians, the press secretary said.

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FIR filed against Vijay Mallya in cheque bounce case

Telangana’s KCR Moves To National Stage With Bharat Rashtra Samithi

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, aspiring for a national role ahead of the 2024 election, launched the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), a new version of his party, exactly at the recommended “auspicious time” of 1.19 pm today.

The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) is now BRS, Mr Rao declared after a meeting of his party. Workers celebrated by bursting crackers and splashing pink on the city of Hyderabad.

New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS) A fresh FIR has been filed against fugitive economic offender Vijay Mallya by Delhi Police for not appearing before a special court in connection with a cheque bounce case.

The hearing was going on in Rouse Avenue Court. The court noted that the accused was skipping the trial and was not willing to appear before it. The court then directed the Delhi Police to lodge an FIR against the accused.

Congress MLA resigns from Gujarat Assembly

The “name-change” was conveyed to the Election Commission, which has certain rules for recognising any party as national.

The new party, to be deemed a national entity, must have some presence in at

least four states or has to have won six per cent of the votes in any four states and four Lok Sabha seats.

RSS Chief Says “Religion-Based Population Imbalance Can’t Be Ignored”

and “forced conversions” to raise the spectre of the country breaking apart.

He cited East Timor, Kosovo and South Sudan as examples of “new countries that emerged because of religious community-based imbalances”. He was speaking at the annual Dussehra rally of the RSS, the mentor body of the ruling BJP. “Along with population control, balance on religious basis is also a matter of importance which cannot be ignored,” he stressed in his speech, just weeks after he met some Muslim leaders in what was seen as an outreach by the Hindutva organisation.

Gandhinagar, Oct 4 (IANS) Two-time Congress Gujarat MLA, Harshad Ribadiya, who is tipped to join the ruling BJP soon, submitted his resignation to Assembly speaker Nima Acharya on Tuesday evening.

According to sources, the Ribadiya, MLA from Visavadar constituency, is likely to be fielded in the coming elections on the BJP symbol.

Mulayam Singh remains critical

Three families made J&K ‘terrorist spot’ we made it ‘tourist spot’: Shah

Baramulla town, his first public meeting in Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370.

He started his speech with a glowing tribute to the son of the soil, Maqbool Sherwani who was martyred fighting the tribal invaders in 1947.

Or the party must win two per cent Lok Sabha seats in at least three states.

For now, the TRS only has a strong presence in Telangana, which it rules.

KCR has made it clear that he intends to take on the BJP and challenge Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2024. In the past year, he has vastly escalated his rhetoric against the BJP, skipping PM Modi’s events and often not even receiving him at the airport on his visits.

In the build-up to his re-launch, Mr Rao, popularly known as KCR, met with a series of political leaders including his counterparts in other states - Mamata Banerjee (Bengal), Nitish Kumar (Bihar), Arvind Kejriwal (Delhi), MK Stalin (Tamil Nadu), Pinarayi Vijayan (Kerala) and Naveen Patnaik (Odisha).

Mumbai: 5 dead in Sea Link crash

Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav continues to be in the Intensive Care Unit of Medanta hospital in Gurugram and his condition remains critical, the hospital said.

He is being administered life-saving drugs, it added. “Mulayam Singh

ji is still critical and on life saving drugs, he is being treated in the ICU Medanta hospital, Gurugram, by a comprehensive team of specialists,” the hospital said in a health bulletin tweeted by the Samajwadi Party’s (SP) official handle.

Srinagar, Oct 5 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday that previous governments run by three families had made Kashmir a ‘terrorist spot’ while Modiji has made it a ‘tourist hotspot’.

Shah addressed a large public rally in

Shah interrupted his speech when he heard the ‘Azan’ (Call for Namaz) coming from a local mosque. He restarted his speech after the Azan was over.

He said before his visit to J&K, former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti had asked him through a tweet comment that he should give an account of what he has done for J&K.

The accident took place around 3 am between pole numbers 76 and 78 on the south-bound stretch of the sea link bridge

Five people were killed and eight others injured after a speeding car rammed into three other stationary cars and an ambulance on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link in Mumbai on Wednesday, police said. The accident took place around 3 am between pole numbers 76 and 78 on the south-bound stretch of the sea link bridge, which connects Bandra in western suburbs to Worli in south Mumbai. Visuals of the crash were recorded by CCTV cameras. A car initially hit a divider on the bridge and an ambulance was rushed to the spot for assistance. The occupants of two other cars also halted their vehicles to provide help, they said.At that time, another car coming from behind rammed into three stationary cars and the ambulance, a senior police official said.

Indian Fact-Checker Duo Among Contenders For Nobel Peace: TIME Report

New Delhi: Fact-checkers Mohammed Zubair and Pratik Sinha are among the contenders to win the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, reports Time.

According to Time, the co-founders of fact-check site AltNews, Mr Sinha and Mr Zubair are among the contenders to win the prize based on nominations that were made public via Norwegian lawmakers, predictions

from bookmakers, and picks from the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). Mr Zubair was arrested in June this year for a 2018 tweet that was “highly provocative and more than sufficient to incite feelings of hatred” as per a Delhi Police First Information Report (FIR). The Delhi Police charged him for promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion and deliberate acts to outrage religious sentiments.

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The big launch on Dussehra also starred guests like former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and DMK ally Thol Thirumavalavan.

Nagpur: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today said India needs a policy for population control “equally applicable to all”, and cited “religion-based imbalance”

Mohammed Zubair was arrested this year for a 2018 tweet.

Pramukh Swami Maharaj Centennial Celebration Women’s Program

that women can come together in that way and support each other. It is truly a testament to Pramukh Swami Maharaj that he has created this beautiful space for everyone to come and be vulnerable and be able to share and grow from each other’s experiences.”

Rinku Patel, a BAPS volunteer, commented “One quality of Pramukh Swami Maharaj that I admire is his ability to lead. He does so through humility which is a very unique quality to have in a leader.”

HH Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s life motto was: “In the joy of others, lies our own. In the progress of others, rests our own. In the good of others, abides our own. Know this to be the key to peace and happiness.” Grounded in this very motto, the program highlighted how Pramukh Swami instilled timeless values in leaders, was a source of hope for devotees, and guided individuals to become the best versions of themselves through expressions of faith.

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BARTLETT, IL- On Saturday, September 24, 2022, thousands of female devotees and well-wishers of all ages and backgrounds gathered at the B.A.P.S Swaminarayan Mandir in Bartlett, IL, to joyfully celebrate the 100th birth anniversary of their guru, His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj.

The event titled “A Beacon of Values, Hope and Faith,” a cultural program organized by women, and for women,

Maharaj’s life motto was:

“In the joy of others, lies our own. In the progress of others, rests our own. In the good of others, abides our own. Know this to be the key to peace and happiness.”

took place at over 100 BAPS mandirs across North America. The program centered on an immersive experience where guests could understand and experience the lasting impact that their guru had on individuals, families, and communities.

When asked about her thoughts on the program, Yogini Patel, a disciple of Pramukh Swami Maharaj, remarked, “What inspired me the most about today’s program was to hear real women come together and share stories of the vulnerabilities in their lives. It is crucial

The program included live, colorful performances by women portraying timeless values, experiences, stories from the past and present day, insightful multimedia presentations and energizing dances.

As the emotional program ended, thousands paid their respects and gratitude to Pramukh Swami Maharaj for their spiritual guidance, upliftment, and for deeply touching their hearts.

Attendees left with a renewed commitment to continue HH Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s legacy by imbibing his life’s motto as their own.

The World’s Her Stage: Shreya Ghoshal’s Grand US Tour

Never ever in the deepest dreams one ever thought that a pandemic would engulf the world into an isolation that we never knew. Events such as concerts, stage shows, singing competitions took a back seat as we made friends with sanitizers and masks. But, as a bright day after the darkest night, the return to normalcy is bringing back what our hearts most yearned for.

This US tour is very special for me as I am completing twenty years in Bollywood, and what a beautiful way to celebrate my journey with my fans. Coincidentally this is my first tour in the US after the unfortunate pandemic disruption. I am humbled to be a part of the concert and to be able to continue entertaining my fans. I always had an amazing experience performing for the warm crowd of the US and I am quite excited to perform there after three long years” : Shreya

Amongst the most heartening returns is the coming back of music and stage shows that served as an unformidable link to our culture and nostalgia. What can be better than Bollywood singing sensation Shreya Ghoshal, coming to the stage and taking the world by storm.

The year is set to end on a high note as Shreya Ghoshal is all set to perform in the USA from November 4-19, 2022. Shreya has grand plans and she, along with her band and crew, has already performed at world-class venues in UAE twice already.

Her performance has been appreciated also in London, Birmingham, Kochi, Kolkata, Thiruvalla, New Delhi, Bangalore, Indore.

The singer with the soulful voice is now scheduled to perform in a 5-city Australia-New Zealand tour from October 7-16. She will also be performing in Ireland on October 29 and at the Netherlands on October 30 2022 before her big USA tour.

This is going to be a special musical tour as it marks twenty years of iconic singer Shreya Ghoshal in Bollywood. his high-profile international large-scale live-music concert will be a seven-city tour across the US.

This special concert tour is organized by one of the biggest event organizers ‘INTENSE ENTERTAINMENT owned by Manish Sood and

Deepa Sahani Sood, both Indian-born-US citizens. They have to their credit hosting more than 85 shows with every Bollywood renowned singer. The tour starts on Nov 4, in New Jersey, followed by Dallas, Texas on Nov 5, Washington, DC on Nov 1, Oakland, Bay Area on Nov 12 Los Angeles on 13th, Orlando, Florida on 18th, and New York on the 19th November 2022.

Shreya Ghoshal said, “This US tour is very special for me as I am completing twenty years in Bollywood, and what a beautiful way to celebrate my journey with my fans. Coincidentally this is my first tour in the US after the unfortunate pandemic disruption. I am humbled to be a part of the concert and to be able to continue entertaining my fans. I always had an amazing experience performing for the warm crowd of the US and I am quite excited to perform there after three long years”. US fans can expect a splendid performance. Shreya will entertain her fans not only with her popular Bollywood hits but also with her famous love ballads, regional songs, folk songs originating from different parts of India, raag-based songs & classical songs. All in all the experience will be music to senses.

Talking about the event, Mr. Manish Sood said, “There is a certain excitement about attending a live concert and we can’t be happier bringing back the much loved singer Shreya who has given us glorious music. The idea behind the ‘Shreya Ghoshal US Tour’ is to celebrate her journey as well as it will be a tribute to legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar Ji. We are ready to make new memories and cherish old ones on this tour.”

Tickets are now available through the event company’s website IntenseDMV.com.

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Robert Vadra, Dignitaries, Leaders Attend Iftekhar Shareef’s Daughter’s Wedding

CHICAGO, IL- The wedding of Iram Shareef with Ubaid Jafer was an event that was easily the talk of the town lately. Iram is the daughter of a renowned community leader and entrepreneur Iftekhar Shareef. The doting dad organized a mesmerizing ceremony which saw the who’s who from Chicago to India coming together to attend the event. Easily the wedding to watch out for in the city, the beautiful evening saw in attendance important guests such as Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Delhi

based Robert Vadra, businessman and son-in-law of late Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. At the wedding, Vadra presented a special congratulatory note signed by the Gandhi’s’ which they sent along with their wishes to brides’ father Mr. Shareef. Amongst other big-wigs was also Dr. Bharat Barai a respected community elder from Indiana and many important leaders who were seen enjoying the evening. The ceremony was held on September 30 at Shalimar Banquets.

Company Refused Sikh Paramedic Religious Accommodation For PPE; Lawsuit Filed

FBI Springfield Warns Of Hurricane-Related Fraud

Business Bureau.

• Give to established charities or groups whose work you know and trust.

• Never make charitable donations by gift card or wire transfer. Credit cards are safer.

• After donating, be sure to review your financial accounts to ensure additional funds are not deducted or charged.

DENVER, CO- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a nationwide lawsuit against Global Medical Response (GMR), American Medical Response (AMR), and AMR’s subsidiaries. This lawsuit is a result, in part, of the wrongful termination of Mr. Ravinder Singh, a Sikh paramedic.

In November of 2020, Mr. Singh was dismissed from AMR after he requested and was denied personal protective equipment (PPE) that would accommodate his Sikh articles of faith, including his turban and beard.

Despite the fact that Mr. Singh satisfied his training requirements, was hired to work for AMR, and provided AMR with documentation about the Sikh articles of faith and his sincere need for an accommodation, AMR still insisted

upon Mr. Singh using an N95 mask as opposed to any other kind of PPE. Ultimately, Mr. Singh was dismissed from his position in violation of his rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

The Sikh Coalition first filed a discrimination complaint on Mr. Singh’s behalf with the EEOC in May of 2021.

After an initial investigation, the EEOC found reasonable cause to conclude religious discrimination by GMR and AMR in Mr. Singh’s case and other similar cases across the nation, as well as reasonable cause to conclude disability discrimination by GMR and AMR.

The Sikh Coalition expects this case to move forward in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado in the weeks ahead

SPRINGFIELD, IL- While the Midwest is not subject to the devastation caused by hurricanes, residents can fall prey to hurricane-related fraud attempts by scammers. When tragedies like Hurricane Ian occur, the public pulls together to help those in need. Scammers will leverage natural disasters to steal your money, your personal information, or both. Charity fraud schemes seek donations for organizations that do little or no work, using the money instead for the scammer’s own gain. Disaster and charity fraud can come in many forms, from emails and social media posts, to crowdfunding platforms and cold calls. FBI Springfield offers the following tips to avoid becoming a victim of charity or disaster fraud.

• Do your homework when it comes to donations. Research charity reviews online, state regulators of charities, and charity reports and ratings via the Better

• Don’t believe your caller ID. Scammers often spoof agency phone numbers. It is always best to research the organization’s telephone number and call directly to verify. Do not be pressured or rushed to donate. If so, it may be a scam.

• Do not click on links from sources you don’t know. These could be attempts to download viruses onto your computer or cell phone. Manually type out links instead of clicking on them.

• Be wary of charity names which sound very similar to well-known charities, as well as email addresses which are not consistent with the charity soliciting donations.

• Check the charity’s website URL—most legitimate charity organization websites use .org, not .com.

Government workers are required to carry official identification and show it if requested. Closely scrutinize any ID you see and call the agency directly to confirm a worker’s identity if you are unsure.

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A renowned community leader and entrepreneur Iftekhar Shareef’s daughter Iram wedding was the talk of the town. The beautiful evening saw in attendance important guests such as Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Delhi based Robert Vadra, businessman and son-in-law of late Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. At the wedding, Vadra presented a special congratulatory note signed by the Gandhi’s’ which they sent along with their wishes to brides’ father Mr. Shareef.

Hindus Urge South Dakota Firm To Withdraw Lord Ganesha $940 Cufflinks And Apologize

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RENO, NV- Upset Hindus are urging “The World’s Largest Retailer of Cufflinks”, named “Cufflinks” and located in Sioux Falls (South Dakota), to immediately withdraw Hindu deity Ganesha shaped cufflinks, calling it highly inappropriate.

Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that Lord Ganesha was greatly revered in Hinduism and was meant to be worshipped in temples or home shrines and not to secure the cuffs of dress shirts, misused as a fashion statement, thrown around loosely, etc.

“Cufflinks”; which claims to partner with

Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Hudsons Bay, shop Disney, Star Wars, Marvel; should not be in the business of religious appropriation, sacrilege and belittling sacred Hindu deity. It was deeply trivializing of immensely venerated Lord Ganesha to be flaunted like this; Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, indicated. Rajan Zed emphasized that inappropriate usage of sacred Hindu deities or concepts or symbols or icons for mercantile or other agenda was not okay as it hurt the devotees. He also urged “Cufflinks” to offer a formal apology; besides withdrawing $940 “Ganesha Cufflinks” from its website.

Jaywalking Is Decriminalized In California Under New Law

AB-2147, also known as The Freedom to Walk Act, was first introduced by Assembly member Phil Ting (D- San Francisco).

The bill defines when an officer can stop and cite a pedestrian for jaywalking – specified as only when a reasonably careful person would realize there is an immediate danger of a collision.

“It should not be a criminal offense to safely cross the street,” said Ting. “When expensive tickets and unnecessary confrontations with police impact only certain communities, it’s time to reconsider how we use our law enforcement resources and whether our jaywalking laws really do protect pedestrians.”

Zed was of the view that insensitive handling of faith traditions sometimes resulted in pillaging serious spiritual doctrines and revered symbols.

In Hinduism, Lord Ganesha is worshipped as god of wisdom and remover of obstacles and is invoked before the beginning of any major undertaking.

Made in USA, “Ganesha Cufflinks” are claimed to be made with 925 Sterling Silver and intricately hand-painted with enamel. “Cufflinks”, established in 1999, defines itself as “The men’s accessories marketplace” and “Details For The Well Dressed Man”.

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LOS ANGELES, CA – Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a new law decriminalizing jaywalking in California and legalizing safe street crossings. This means pedestrians can now cross the street outside an intersection or crosswalk without being ticketed as long as it is safe to do so.

Two Postal Workers Arrested From NY, NJ In $.3 Million Fraud, Identity Theft Scheme

“Jaywalking laws were enacted in the 1930s by the thenemerging auto industry, which saw the number of deadly car accidents skyrocket in the prior decade and wanted to shift the blame from drivers to pedestrians. Over the years, street designs primarily considered the needs of drivers, failing to account for people who are not in cars,” Ting said in a statement.Up until 2018, it was illegal for people to cross the street at a traffic light when the pedestrian countdown meter began flashing. The law goes into effect Jan. 1, 2023

Navratri Garba Celebration By Kadava Patidar Of Samaj Chicago

Lall is awarded with a citation of ‘With Grateful Recognition’ by the US President. The citation was presented to Lall by the AmeriCorps and the Office of the President.

NEW YORK, NY- Two U.S. postal workers from New York and one from New Jersey have been arrested in a $1.3 million fraud and identity theft scheme, according to the Department of Justice. US postal workers Nathanael Foucault, Johnathan Persaud, Fabiola Mompoint, and civilian Devon Richards were arrested on Thursday, according to the statement.

The justice department accuses the postal employees and civilian accomplices of stealing credit cards in the mail. The DOJ says the credit cards were then used at a variety of high-end retail stores in Brooklyn, Manhattan and New Jersey.

HICAGO, IL- Kadwa Patidar of Chicago dated Navratri Garba Night held in Bartlett Park District Bartlett IL on September 24th. More than 300 people participated in it. On this occasion Live DJ and Rinki Talati and Parth Patel performed one clap, two clap garba and many garba and raas related to Umiya Mataji. Mataji’s palanquin was beautifully decorated and placed in the center of the decorated mandap. The hand band rule was 100% enforced. On this occasion, Harmil Patel, Satish Patel,

Narendra Patel, Rajesh Desai, Vijay Patel, Deepak Patel, Tejsh Patel, Selesh Patel worked harder to succeed this program. At 7:30 pm, the Navratri Garba was started with the lamp lighting ceremony by Chotubhai Patel (SUDCM) Chairman Chotalal Patel, Mithabhai Patel, Jayanti Patel Sponsor and Chief Sponsor of Maha Aarti were among the chief hosts of the event. On this occasion, entertainment was provided by Chicago singers Rinky Talati and Parth Patel singing live garba, one tali, two tali and Dandiya Raas. A ‘Jigar Kitchen’ service as food supply was arranged on this occasion.

WASHINGTON, DC- Indian American, Vivek Lall, who is the chief executive of General Atomics Global Corporation has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by US President Joe Biden. Lall is awarded with a citation of ‘With Grateful Recognition’ by the US President. The citation was presented to Lall by the AmeriCorps and the Office of the President. It was also signed by the President of the United States. AmeriCorps is a part of the US Government which aims to foster activities that bring Americans closer together to serve communities.

General Atomics, where Lall is the CEO, specializes in nuclear technology and has developed state-of-the-art Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) like the Predator, Reaper and Guardian drones.

Before his work at General Atomics, Lall worked at other leading organizations like NASA, Raytheon, Boeing and Lockheed Martin.

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Charter Boosts South Asian Programming For Spectrum Customers With Addition Of Zee Entertainment Channels, New Video Tiers

STANFORD, CT – September 29, 2022

– Charter Communications, Inc. today announced it has launched new South Asian-focused video packages with up to 24 new channels in a programming expansion made possible in large part to a distribution agreement for all of the ZEE channels from India.

The new “India View” packages are available to Spectrum TV subscribers and to customers who prefer to receive a streaming video package over the Internet, and feature substantially more content than Charter’s previous South Asian video offerings.

Among the new channels included in the India View tiers are the most popular networks from India and channels from ZEE, added through Charter’s new distribution agreement with Asia TV USA Ltd., an affiliate of Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. in Mumbai. In addition to renewing the agreement for the flagship Hindi general entertainment channel Zee TV already offered by Charter, the deal includes the addition of 22 ZEE

channels in multiple languages for Spectrum video customers, including &TV, Zee Bangla, Zee Kannada, Zee Keralam, Zee Marathi, Zee Punjabi, Zee Tamil, Zee Telugu, Zee News, Zee World and WION (World is One News).

“Our agreement with ZEE gives Spectrum customers access to some of the most popular news, sports and entertainment programming from

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India in multiple languages,” said Tom Montemagno, Executive Vice President of Programming Acquisition for Charter. “The addition of ZEE’s channels to our lineup enables us to offer our customers South Asian-focused video packages that are meaningfully more robust, with enhanced flexibility and value, and directly aligns with our commitment to provide programming that reflects our customers’ diverse interests and perspectives.”

To promote the new programming and India View tiers, Charter and ZEE have launched a co-branded marketing campaign in Spectrum markets with high South Asian populations, including Los Angeles, New York and Dallas,

focusing on the streaming packages: India View Stream for $19.99/month and India View Stream Plus for $29.99/ month. The companies’ agreement marks the latest step by ZEE to serve the growing South Asian communities in the U.S. Since 1998, ZEE has been present in the U.S, taking a localized approach of promoting culturally rich stories while connecting South Asian audiences to their home country.

“The U.S. market is an important part of Zee Entertainment’s international strategy, and the increase in the South Asian population in the U.S. gives us an opportunity to serve the content needs of the growing population segment,” said Punit Misra, President of Content and International Markets at Zee Entertainment Enterprises. “The vast majority of our audiences who live in the U.S. are foreign born and have immigrated to the U.S. There is a very strong brand affinity in this group towards ZEE. We are delighted to expand our partnership with Charter to make this premium suite of channels available to Spectrum customers.”

USCIS Awards FY 2022 Citizenship And Integration Grants

Congressman Ami Bera

WASHINGTON, DC- Earlier this year, Indian American Congressman Ami Bera had an unfortunate brush with a rabid fox on Capitol Hill. Now, the lawmaker has introduced comprehensive legislation to reduce the costs of rabies post-exposure treatment for uninsured individuals. The Affordable Rabies Treatment for Uninsured Act would help establish a government program so as to reimburse health care providers for

furnishing post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) to uninsured individuals. The legislation was introduced on Sep 28 which is marked as the World Rabies Day. The legislation would help to reduce costs of rabies vaccine for uninsured Americans. Bera had himself received a regimen of immunoglobulin and rabies shots following a fox bite on the US Capitol grounds in April. Bera said, “After being bit by a rabid fox, I was fortunate to have access to readily available and low-cost vaccines. But for too many Americans, the costs of treatment would break their banks. My legislation would seek to reduce the high costs of treatment for uninsured Americans, ensuring that no one has to choose between receiving treatment or not because of high costs.” Rabies can be prevented by timely vaccines. The costs for patients in the US can be very high, with treatment ranging from $1,200 to $6,500.

WASHINGTON, DC —U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today awarded nearly $20 million in grants to 66 organizations in 35 states to help prepare lawful permanent residents (LPRs) and those with a clear pathway to lawful permanent residency for naturalization. USCIS focused this year on reaching remote, underserved, and/or isolated communities per Executive Order 14012, Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New Americans, and corresponding Interagency Strategy on Promoting Naturalization. The grants were made possible thanks to funding provided by Congress, which doubled the funding available for fiscal year (FY) 2022.

Citizenship and Integration Grants provide funding to organizations that prepare immigrants for naturalization and promote civic integration through increased knowledge of English, U.S. history and civics. In addition to the traditional programs that fund citizenship and English acquisition classes, DHS expanded the FY 2022 grants to include opportunities for creative and innovative approaches to preparing immigrants for naturalization. Grants were also made available to fund regional or statewide hubs: citizenship support networks that build capacity among their affiliates to provide direct services to immigrants.

“We enrich the fabric and future of our nation as we welcome new United States citizens and benefit from their many contributions,” said Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas. “We are therefore proud to provide these grants to organizations that assist lawful permanent residents on their path to citizenship and equip them to embrace the rights and responsibilities that citizenship involves.”

Border Patrol Agent Entrance Exam Now Available Online

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced today that the Patrol Agent Entrance Exam will now have an online option. Starting Oct. 1, 2022, applicants at grade level 7 will be able to take the Logical Reasoning section of the exam either online or at a local testing center.“This initiative supports efforts to streamline the hiring process without compromising the standards of the CBP workforce. Border Patrol Agents on the frontline must make critical decisions every day in a fast-paced work environment that impact our national security, and

many of those decisions are made through reasoning,” said Andrea Bright, Assistant Commissioner, CBP Human Resources Management. Applicants should prepare for the entrance exam to ensure that they have a successful test-taking session. To best prepare, watch the Hiring Process Deep Dive Video: Entrance Exam, review the lessons and practice tests found on CBP.gov/ careers, and review the BPA Entrance Exam Preparation Guide, which explains how the exam is structured and scored, and provides sample questions. Visit the BPA Entrance Exam webpage for more information.

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3 scientists to get Nobel Prize in Physics

Amit Shah Announces A Quota In Kashmir Which Is A First For India

Rajouri/Jammu: Union Home Minister Amit Shah today declared at Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir that the Pahari community will soon get reservation in education and jobs as Scheduled Tribe (ST) — a pre-election promise aimed at widening the BJP’s support base. If implemented, this quota will be the first instance of a linguistic group earning reservation in India. The central government will have to amend the Reservations Act in Parliament for it.

“The GD Sharma commission set up by the government has sent the report and recommended reservation for Gujjar, Bakarwal and Pahari communities. It will be given soon,” Mr Shah said at a rally that marked the start of the BJP’s campaign for elections likely next year.

Rahul Gandhi Told Me I Must Run For President, Says Shashi Tharoor

Scientists Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics for their advances in quantum mechanics on the behaviour of subatomic particles, opening the door to work on super computers and encrypted communication. The awards were given for“experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science”, the award-giving body said on Tuesday.

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Thiruvananthapuram:

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was asked by some party leaders to seek withdrawal of Shashi Tharoor’s candidature, the Thiruvananthapuram MP, who has made an aggressive bid to its top post, claimed here on Tuesday. Mr Tharoor, who is in Kerala as part of the poll campaign, told reporters here

that Rahul Gandhi said he will not ask the former to withdraw as a contest would benefit the grand old party.

“He reminded me that he has been saying so for the past 10 years that there should be a contest for the party chief’s post. “He also told me that some persons have asked him to request me to withdraw my candidature. He told me he will not do so. He said I should not withdraw and that I should contest in the election,” the Thiruvananthapuram MP said.

Uttarkashi Avalanche: 10 mountaineers killed, 8 climbers rescued so far

28 trainee mountaineers of Nehru Mountaineering Institute.

Arrested Russian Hacker “Helped 820 Cheat In JEE-Mains”: CBI To Court

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in a money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The court, however, stayed the order till October 13 to enable the ED to file an appeal against bail. Two components of credits in the account of a trust controlled by the Deshmukh family, flagged by the ED, were not “proceeds of crime,” the court noted in the order.

11 killed in Vadodara as truck collides with autorickshaw

Uttarkashi, Oct 4 (IANS) Ten trainee mountaineers have been killed while eight others have been rescued so far after an avalanche hit Draupadi’s Danda 2 mountain peak in the frontier district of Uttarkashi.

The avalanche reported near Draupadi’s Danda 2 mountain peak had trapped

The DGP of the area has said that eight climbers have been safely rescued so far, while several others reported to be missing. The Indian Air Force (IAF) has deployed two Cheetah helicopters for rescue and relief operations. Other helicopters in the fleet have been kept on standby for any further requirement.

The Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) had launched training for basic and advanced courses on September 22 at the Dokrani glacier.

A total of 122 people, including 97 trainees, 24 trainers and an officer of NIM, were involved in the basic training, while 53 people, including 44 trainees and nine trainers, were part of the advanced course.

New Delhi: Russian hacker Mikhail Shargin allegedly aided cheating by 820 students — much more than the initial estimates — by manipulating the online system in last year’s JEE-Mains, the entrance exam for admission to India’s top engineering colleges such as the IITs.

The CBI said this today in a Delhi court that gave it two-day custody of the 25-year-old.

The exam — taken by over 9 lakh students last September — is held only on control-restricted computers at designated centres. Mikhail Shargin hacked into the system so that students could grant “remote access” to his associates, who then solved the question papers on computers elsewhere, says the probe.

Simply put, “teachers” or “coaches” outside the centres were able to take charge of the students’ computers and solve the questions.

8-Month-Old Baby Among 4 IndianOrigin People Kidnapped In US

California: An 8-month-old girl and her parents were among four people kidnapped from Merced County in California on Monday (local time), authorities said.

Vadodara, Oct 4 (IANS) At least 11 people were killed and four others injured when the autorickshaw they were travelling in collided with a heavy commercial vehicle (HMV) carrying cars on the National highway 48 near the Darjipura area of Gujarat’s Vadodara on Tuesday. Critically injured have been admitted to a government hospital.

Merced County Sheriff’s Office in a statement on Monday said that 36-yearold Jasdeep Singh, 27-year-old Jasleen Kaur, their eight-month-old child Aroohi Dheri along with 39-year-old Amandeep Singh were taken, reported ABC 10. Police have described the suspect as being armed and dangerous Not much detail about the incident has been released as the investigation is still in its early stages but authorities have

Police have described the suspect as being armed and dangerous.

The site of the alleged abduction is a roadway lined with retailers and restaurants.

NBC News reported that officials have not named a suspect or a possible motive. “We’re asking the public not to approach the suspect or victim,” the sheriff’s office said in its statement on Monday. Authorities asked that people not approach the suspect or victims and call 911 if they are seen.

said that the four were taken against their will from a business in the 800 Block of South Highway 59, reported ABC 30.

Meanwhile, in the year 2019, an Indianorigin techie, Tushar Atre was found dead in his girlfriend’s car hours after the owner of a digital marketing company in the US was allegedly kidnapped from his posh California home.

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The site of the alleged abduction is a roadway lined with retailers and restaurants.

Champions League: Several Challenges ahead for struggling Dortmund

three league defeats are accompanied by an unpleasant debate about the team’s mentality problem, triggered by coach Edin Terzic. “The lack of determination has been following us over the past years,” Terzic complained.

Crucial duels against Sevilla (twice) and national issues against Bayern Munich and Bundesliga leader Union Berlin, therefore, turn into do-or-die tasks as the club’s future seems at stake. Plans to challenge the national leagues’ dominant stag Bayern Munich seem already shattered early in the 2022-2023 season, reports Xinhua.

In the Champions League, a significant upswing is required to help survive a challenging group containing Manchester City next to resilient Sevilla.

Ram Baboo breaks national record in men’s 35km race walk

Berlin (Germany), : (IANS) Good news currently seems a rare commodity when it comes to the German football club Borussia Dortmund.

Ahead of the Champions League group encounter against Sevilla this Wednesday, the 2012 German champion find themselves exposed to stiff headwinds. Disappointments about

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An inevitable generational change is also burdening the side, including the expiring contracts of several aged leaders such as Mats Hummels and Marco Reus, who had to quit for Sevilla due to injuries. Next to established forces, super-talent Youssoufa Moukoko is said to consider leaving due to a lack of playing minutes, while midfield conductor Jude Bellingham has become a serious target of potent clubs such as Chelsea, Manchester City, Real Madrid, and Liverpool.

Ukraine to join SpainPortugal 2030 World Cup bid

Ukraine is set to join Spain and Portugal in a combined bid to host the 2030 World Cup.

Uttar Pradesh’s Ram Baboo shattered the national record in the men’s 35km race walk event en route winning the gold medal on the concluding day of athletics competition at the National Games. Baboo, an unemployed physical education graduate, won the event in 2 hours 36 minutes 34 seconds, bettering the earlier national record of 2:40.16, which was in the name of Haryana’s Juned Khan who finished second on Tuesday with a time of 2:40.51.

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“I hope to make it to India soon,” Roger Federer replied to Virat Kohli’s message. Former India men’s cricket team captain Virat Kohli had shared a heartfelt video for Roger Federer to congratulate him on a phenomenal career.

“Hello Roger, it’s a great honour for me to be able to send this video across for you congratulating you on a phenomenal career that has given us so many beautiful moments and memories,” Kohli said in an official video message posted by ATP.

A person familiar with the project told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Ukraine is being added to the Spain-Portugal bid. The bid, which has been in the works for more than three years, is scheduled to be announced on Wednesday at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement has not yet been made public. Ukrainian soccer federation president Andriy Pavelko confirmed to the AP he will go to Switzerland for the announcement, but he declined to confirm details of the project. The addition of Ukraine to the European bid was first reported by British newspaper The Times of London. Ukraine co-hosted the 2012 European Championship in four cities, including Donetsk and Kharkiv.

Ukraine is set to join Spain and Portugal in a combined bid to host the 2030 World Cup.

A person familiar with the project told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Ukraine is being added to the SpainPortugal bid. The bid, which has been in the works for more than three years, is scheduled to be announced on Wednesday at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

‘I don’t know who that guy is [to replace Jasprit Bumrah].’: Rohit Sharma

“We need to look at our bowling to see what more options we can find for in powerplay, middle overs and death overs. We are still working towards it. Guys need lot more clarity and it’s my job to make it happen, “ Rohit said.

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Rohit Sharma has said that India haven’t yet identified who will replace Jasprit Bumrah in the playing XI in Australia in the T20 world cup.

“Bumrah is out of world cup; that will be a big miss. We need to find a guy, I don’t know who that guy is yet, there are a few guys.. we will make that call in Australia,” Rohit said at the end of the third T20 against Australia. He also jested a bit about Suryakumar Yadav’s form. “There are lots of areas of concern. To start with Surya’s form is a bit of concern (laughs!)” At the end of the second T20 he had joked that he might not play Suryakumar until the 23rd against Pakistan in the World Cup opener to preserve his form.

“We need to look at our bowling to see what more options we can find for in powerplay, middle overs and death overs. We are still working towards it. Guys need lot more clarity and it’s my job to make it happen. It’s a work in progress.” India leave for Australia and will be based in Perth at the

start. Rohit gave reasons why they chose that particular city as their base.

“Lot of guys haven’t been to Australia. That’s why we are going there early and also play on bouncy conditions in Perth to see what we do out there. Only 7-8 are of squad have gone to Australia before. We have organised couple of practice games in Western Australia plus there are two ICC practice games.”

Indian bowling has been a concern. No one has really claimed the role of a death-overs specialist. Harshal Patel has leaked runs; so has Arshdeep Singh, and tonight at the third T20 even Deepak Chahar went for runs in his last two overs. Mohammad Shami couldn’t play a game after he picked up Covid-19 virus. Umesh Yadav has had a couple of games.

Former India batting coach Sanjay Bangar has picked Mohammad Shami as the replacement of Bumrah. “Since we already have Bhuvneshwar Kumar and he does a similar job as Deepak Chahar, we need someone with pace, who can get good bounce, and I will go with Mohammad Shami,” he told.

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It is well known that aerobic exercise, such as running and cycling, can help you live longer, but less has been known about the effect of lifting weights on longevity. Now, results from a new study suggest that adding weightlifting to your exercise regime, even in later life, is a sensible thing to do if you want to avoid an early death.

The study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, aimed to find out if lifting weights was linked to a lower risk of death from any cause, either on its own or alongside moderate to vigorous exercise.

Moderate-intensity exercise was described as “activity where you worked up a light sweat or increased your breathing and heart rate to moderately high levels”, and vigorous activity as “activity strenuous enough to work up a sweat or increase your breathing and heart rate to very high levels”.

The researchers, led by a team from the National Cancer Institute in Rockville, Maryland, analysed data on just under 100,000 men and women from ten cancer centres in the US. The participants had an average age of 71 and an average body-mass index of 27.8 (overweight). They followed the group for just shy of a decade, monitoring deaths from any cause, including heart disease.

Around a quarter of people (23%) reported lifting weights, with 16% doing so regularly – between one and six times a week. And around a third (32%) either met or did more than the recommended amount of aerobic exercise.

Weightlifting and aerobic exercise were independently linked with a lower risk of premature death from any cause, except cancer.

For adults who reported no aerobic activity, any weightlifting was associated with a 9%-22% lower risk of early death, depending on how often they lifted weights. For those who did not lift weights, but did any level of aerobic exercise, this was 24%-34%.

However, the lowest risk was seen in those who did both weightlifting and aerobic exercise. For example, lifting weights once or twice a week and doing at least the recommended amount of aerobic exercise, had a 41%-47% lower risk of premature death. The study also found that women

To ensure good health, one needs to exercise discipline when it comes to their meal timings and habits. Improper digestion can lead to a host of health issues, which is why knowing what to eat and consuming the food mindfully — while also being aware of just how much to eat — is crucial.

According to Nidhi Sharma, the founder at Half Life to Health — an online nutrition and fitness platform — it is also important to know some dos and don’ts before and after a meal so that one can meet their nutrition goals.

“It is common to make mistakes, and one may not realise they are actually unhealthy practices. Many people have a set of adopted practices with respect to food, but now is the right time to unlearn those unhealthy practices,” she says.

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Lifting weights

once a week linked to reduced risk of premature death – new study

activity.

Weightlifting and aerobic exercise were independently linked with a lower risk of premature death from any cause, except cancer

benefited more from weightlifting than men. Explanation for the findings

Possible explanations for these findings are that weightlifting may have similar beneficial effects to aerobic exercise. For example, reducing heart disease risk factors by improving blood pressure and blood lipid (cholesterol and triglycerides) profile.

Other recent research that combined studies on muscle strengthening and health outcomes found similar results, but also found a reduced risk of cancer, overall. Perhaps this new study did not find effects for cancer as they were targeting a population already at higher cancer risk, given the participants were part of a cancer screening programme. The best effects were again seen from combining aerobic and strengthening

Eight things you must never do after having a meal

Measuring exercise by asking participants to recall how much they exercised over the past year, for example, is a good option for large observational studies of this type, but it can mean over or under-reporting may influence the findings. A study that used digital devices, such as smartwatches, to measure actual activity would provide more accurate results.

People in this study were also recruited as part of a cancer screening trial, so the study would probably recruit people with an interest in health, which means they might be more physically active as a result. This means that in the general population, the risk of earlier death related to not exercising or lifting weights is possibly even higher.

The findings from this study, and others, show that lifting weights, either on their own or with aerobic exercise, can help reduce the risk of early death. Lifting weights should be a lifelong commitment. It is never too late to start, and the results could be a healthier, longer life.

vomiting, causing acid reflux.

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Avoid sleeping or taking a nap: The urge to lie down after a meal is quite common. This causes the digestive juices to rise up, causing severe heartburns; a person may wake up feeling full after a meal.

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Avoid drinking a lot of water: It slows down the digestion process. Drinking excess water dilutes the stomach acid and impairs digestion. Most Indian meals contain enough fluid in the form of gravies, dals, sambhar, chaas, etc. The salads have high water content, too.

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Avoid taking a shower immediately:

Post meal, blood surrounds the stomach to help with digestion and when you take a bath, the body temperature changes. To bring the body back to its original temperature the blood diverts to the skin surface

from the stomach surface leading to impaired and slow digestion.

Ň Avoid exercising: Vigorous exercise right after a meal can disrupt the digestion process. It may cause nausea, stomach/abdominal pain and lead to

Avoid activities that involve bending forward; it can cause acid reflux.

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Avoid eating fruits post a meal, as it can reduce the absorption of nutrients from the fruit.

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Avoid drinking tea/coffee: They contain some phenolic compounds that interfere with absorption of certain nutrients like iron from the meal.

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Avoid alcohol consumption or smoking: Though they are harmful for the body, having them after a meal increases health risks.

How much coffee is too much?

Coffee contains caffeine, and this provides a boost which perks you

up. Unfortunately, the boost is short-lived. An intake of around 400mg of caffeine is safe. This is usually the amount found in four cups of coffee.

If you are sensitive to caffeine or take too much, it can manifest as anxiety, irritability, inability to sleep, restlessness, tremors and palpitations. There are other ways to get a sustained boost, like eating fruit: oranges, bananas or else a handful of nuts.

You might also benefit from standing up, taking a few deep breaths, and doing light stretches.

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Vitamin B12 is required to keep the nerves healthy. A nonvegetarian diet with adequate amounts of meat, fish and eggs usually provides sufficient B12. Vegetarians can get it from dairy products. Vitamin B12 binds to an R factor in the stomach for absorption. As age advances (especially after 50 years), the stomach cells producing the R factor may reduce. This can also occur with autoimmune thyroid disease, regular antacid use and some medications. Vitamin B12 can be supplemented with pills or injections.

Processed food

Unfortunately, UPF (ultra processed food) is widely advertised. They are tasty and habit-forming. Chips, candy and cola drinks are the first line offenders. They provide empty calories without nutrients such as protein or fibre. Regular and excessive consumption of these foods leads to obesity and its complications — heart disease and colon cancer.

“It is common to make mistakes, and one may not realise they are actually unhealthy practices,” said Nidhi Sharma.

Wedding shopping: Tips to consider

Love For The Sari Through Inventive Renditions Of The Drape

With the onset of festivities & the much-awaited wedding season, it’s time we rev up our festive wardrobes.

Search for trending designs online

One of the most important steps you should consider before hitting the market is research. Wedding trends keep changing every passing day and it is important that you do not pick outfits that wouldn’t match the trend and ongoing wedding themes. Checking out various designs, colours, and fabric choice is important to avoid confusion while finally purchasing.

Set a budget

Wedding outfits are expensive, so be careful of scams and overcharging. Set up an affordable budget after thoroughly researching. Every wedding outfit differs in terms of quality and price. Creating a budget will help you not to overspend on your wedding attire.

Allot enough time Shopping requires time and patience, especially if you are shopping for a wedding. But, always begin your shopping spree at least 3-6 months prior to the wedding day. Insufficient time, and last moment shopping trips could create problems like alteration, out-oftrend outfits and such.

Aries

Ganesha says that there is a possibility of getting good news from the country and abroad this week. Attraction to new things will increase. Be cautious about your health Your Spouse’s contribution will be very good in making all your work successful. couples’ life is going to be pleasant

Taurus

Ganesha says that this week , there is a situation of profit in the field of business. Good news will prevail for you and you will get good destiny. There will be an atmosphere of happiness in married life, good time will be spent with a spouse.

Gemini

Ganesha says that there will be business trips this week, in which positive results will be seen. Along with the prestige in the field of work, you will get financial happiness. You will complete any task with ease. The happiness of married life will remain nice. Spouses and children will get pleasant support.

Cancer

Ganesha says that there will be sweetness in married life this week. Profit opportunities will come. Business and business will be profitable. Rights in the job can increase. You will get the pleasure of profit in the work related to the government sector. You will be able to build good relations with others as

Lehengas and gowns sure are great, but the sari remains a classic. Generations come and go, yet the allure of the six yard drape stays solid, unperturbed by changing fads or performative gimmicks.

Whilst the core of a sari is consistent in the ways we drape & style the same, certain modifications in the making are a welcome step by the younger lot. Organza, which was big in the 80s is now back with a bang. Gota & zardosi still retain their positions as fan favourites whilst the good old Banarasi silk trumps them all.

An offering by the House of Masaba, this black crinkle gota sari worn by Mouni Roy is a pre-pleated variant. The pleated fall of the sari originating from the navel, features the house’s iconic ethnic print repeat. Just reiterating here, nobody does gold foil better than Masaba. Seems like we’ve found the ideal sari for Durga Pujo.

Spotlight on environmentalist Dia Mirza in a peach coloured, handwoven Ekaya Banaras silk sari. Embossed with delicately-sized rose repeats, the blush hued drape is as elegant as it is timeless. A simple styling & a borrowed heirloom necklace – that’s the not-so-secret recipe to embody the grace of a silk masterpiece.

Styled by Radhika Mehra, this emerald green sari by Picchika is characterized by the peculiar, hand painted white anthuriums & a gota enhancement. The sheerness of the silk organza & its evident lightness is why this sari should be on your radar for the festivities. Prioritize comfort folks.

Capricorn

Ganesha says that this week, whatever work is done with family members, there will be a success in it. Differences can be seen in married life. Good news will be received from your children this week.

Aquarius

29nd September to 5th October 2022

By Astro Friend Chirag – Son of Astrologer Bejan Daruwalla

you are good at conversation.

Leo Ganesha says that this week you may have to face wealth loss. You will be able to defeat your competitor in the field of work. Your faith in God will increase. You will also take an active part in auspicious activities. There will be positive results in the workplace this week.

Virgo

Ganesha says that this week you will be inclined towards religious activities. Home members will be ready to help as much as possible. The advice given to you will be helpful to others, which will earn you respect and reputation.

Libra

Ganesha says that t there will be normal conditions in the workplace this week. You will get excellent support and cooperation from colleagues and people in senior positions. Being clever, you

will achieve good success in the field of work. You will get respect in society. Being religious and charitable nature, you will have faith in God and will help others.

Scorpio

Ganesha says that there will be no success in business this week. Good relations will be settled with people holding high positions. There will be happiness in the house, so it is necessary to change your habits. There will be an environment of happiness by getting any good news regarding the home.

Sagittarius

Ganesha says that this week you will get good support from your loved ones. Being intelligent, you will make good achievements in the field of work. You are a happy-hearted person. Your intellectual power will be good. Students will study diligently. You are the one who thinks deeply about any work.

Ganesha says that this week you will spend a good time with your family. You will get many opportunities to earn wealth. You will get an increase in love, respect, and support from family members.

Pisces

Ganesha says that this week will be very auspicious for you and good news will be received from all sides. Relations with high-ranking people will be established. The pleasure of profit will be achieved in business and business, the mind will be happy due to the auspicious program in the family.

Author Bio:

Celebrity Astrologer Chirag Daruwalla is the son of famous astrologer Bejan Daruwalla. He is known for his detailed astrological predictions on career, health, love, finance, and business. You can visit their website bejandaruwalla.com for guidance on problems related to your life and solve your problem with the help of expert astrologer Chirag Daruwalla. For guidance on problems related to your life you can talk to Astrologer Chirag Daruwalla on Call/Whatsapp: +91 9825470377 or also mail on: info@ bejandaruwalla.com

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