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Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation Election: BJP wins 40 seats, Congress 3 and AAP 1 The Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation election was the first major poll to take place in Gujarat after Bhupendra Patel took over as the state’s chief minister. Sunvilla News: Gandhinagar In the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 40 out of 44 seats. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) only managed to win one seat, while Congress was able to win 3. There were 161 candidates running for 44 seats in GMC, distributed across 11 wards. “I am glad that the responsibility entrusted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to us, was successfully achieved. Although, our state president was disappointed with not winning the remaining three seats. We will continue to work towards development,” said Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda congratulated Bhupendra Patel,
Sana Makbul is looking drop-dead gorgeous in the shiny lehenga.
party workers for winning local body election and the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation election.“The victory shows public faith in the leadership of Modi Ji and welfare policies of BJP,” he tweeted.The BJP and Congress each fielded candidates on 44 seats, but AAP candidates were on 40 seats. There were also 14 Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidates, two Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidates, six from other parties and 11 Independent candidates. Gandhinagar municipal corporation election 2021 Over 56 per cent of Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation voters turned out in the elections on Sunday, compared to the 52.02 per cent turnout in 2016, and there were no untoward incidents reported.The elections were
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Feuding Chirag Paswan, Minister Uncle Get New Party Names, Symbols Chirag Paswan and his uncle Pashupati Paras have got new party names and symbols months after they parted ways. The Election Commission’s move today comes days after their feud led to a freeze on the Lok Janshakti Party’s name and symbol (a bungalow).Ahead of the by polls in Bihar for two seats - Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur seats on October 30 - the Election Commission had responded to competing claims by the two sides with the move against the LJP, founded in 2000 by former Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, Chirag Paswan’s father.
Punjab Board To Conduct Class 10, 12 Board Exams In Two Terms From This Session The Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) has introduced a new pattern to evaluate the Class 10 and Class 12 students for the academic session 2021-22. The board this year will conduct Classes 10th and 12th in two terms. While the PSEB Term 1 exams are scheduled to be conducted in November-December 2022 for main subjects only, the Punjab board Term 2 exams will be held in February-March 2022. Along with Class 10 and Class 12, the exams in two terms - Term 1 and Term 2, will also be held for the students of Class 5 and Class 8. The PSEB Term 1 exams will be held for the main subjects.
held after the ruling BJP replaced Vijay Rupani as chief minister with Bhupendra Patel recently. Notably, the BJP had won a majority in all six municipal corporations, most local municipalities, and most districts and taluka panchayats under
Agency News: New Delhi The company has “got the permission for conduct of phase III trials for twodose Covid vaccine,” Cadila Healthcare said in a regulatory filing.ZyCoV-D, the first DNA vaccine, is also the first indigenously developed vaccine that has been trialled in
Cong in Kerala suffers jolt as another leader resigns Agency News: New Delhi The Congress suffered another setback in Kerala’s Wayanad, which is also a VIP Lok Sabha seat represented by Rahul Gandhi, with former DCC president P V Balachandran quitting the party on Tuesday, alleging that the grant old party has failed to check the growth of the BJP in the country. Ending his 52-year-long association with the party, Balachandran, a member of the KPCC executive committee, said both majority and minority communities are moving away from the Congress and the people would not stand with a party.
children. The three-dose regime of the vaccine was granted an emergency use authorisation (EUA) by India’s drug regulators in August after interim clinical trial data showed it was 66% effective in preventing symptomatic Covid-19. The company has, however, not released details of the study or submitted it for a peer-review. Zydus Cadila had started testing a two-dose regime of the vaccine with 3 milligrams in each dose soon after being granted an EUA. All vaccines go through three phases of trials, in the first phase the vaccine is given to a small number of people to test safety and dosage, and to see if it triggers an immune response, in
Zydus Cadila, the Indian pharmaceutical company, has received the Indian drug regulator’s nod for conducting phase III trials of its two-dose Covid-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D. the second phase the vaccine is tested in different groups such as children, the elderly et al to see if it affects people differently, and in the third phase the vaccine is tested in thousands of people to check how many are infected with the virus in comparison to the placebo group. The second phase tests the safety of the vaccine while the third tests the efficacy rate of a vaccine. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had mentioned India was producing the world’s first DNA vaccine while addressing the 76th United Nations General.
Rupani. Considering that the party had swept the local bodies elections held in February, it was seen as a litmus test for the BJP’s surprise decision to change faces in the government. Given that Gandhinagar is the capital of Gujarat and that
a large number of residents work for the government, the municipal corporation elections assumed a special significance. The Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation Election Result 2021 can give insight into public sentiments towards Congress
PM Modi expresses gratitude to people of Gujarat after local body poll results
and the AAP, as the state had been ruled by the BJP for the past two and a half decades. The BJP and Congress had each won 16 of the 32 seats up for election in 2016. However, within days, two of the Congress councillors defected to the BJP, clearing the way for the saffron party to assume control of the GMC The voter turnout in Okha and Bhanvad (both in DevbhumiDwarka district) was 55.07% and 62.27% respectively, while Thara (Banaskantha district) recorded 73.55% voter turnout.The local body elections were earlier scheduled for April but the disastrous second wave of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic forced the state election commission to postpone them.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed the workers of the Gujarat unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for impressive performance in local body polls, saying it was a result of their hard work at the grassroots level. The BJP swept the Gandhinagar municipal corporation (GMC) elections held on Sunday, winning 41 out of 44 seats. On the other hand, Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won just two and one seats respectively. The BJP also won two other civic bodies in Gujarat, Okha and Thara, while the Congress registered victory Bhanvad
municipality in DevbhumiDwarka district.Taking to Twitter, PM Modi said that the results of the local body polls “reaffirm the deep-rooted bond between the people of Gujarat and BJP”. He also expressed gratitude towards the people of Gujarat for “repeatedly blessing” the party. “Results of the local body polls across Gujarat and Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation reaffirm the deep-rooted bond between the people of Gujarat and BJP. Gratitude to the people for repeatedly blessing us. Kudos to all @BJP4Gujarat Karyakartas for working hard at the grassroots,” PM Modi tweeted.
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Nirmala Sitharaman says “loot” is in Congress DNA
Sunvilla News: Raipur Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said “loot” exists in the DNA of the Congress and this tendency was reflected during its rule as she slammed the Sonia Gandhi-led party for its criticism of the Centre’s asset monetisation pipeline scheme.Addressing a press conference at the Chhattisgarh BJP office Kushabhau Thakre Parisar here, she said the Narendra Modi government’s development principle is based on empowering people and not only offering entitlements to them.“The matter of loot never goes out of the mind of the Congress because the same thing was prevalent.
Lakhimpur Kheri violence: After 24 hours in detention, Priyanka Gandhi, Deepender Hooda arrested Besides Gandhi and Hooda, those arrested include UP Congress state president Ajay Kumar Lallu and party MLC Deepak Singh. Agency News: Lucknow
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Over 24 hours after keeping her at a local guest house, the Sitapur police on Tuesday officially arrested Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi and at least 10 others,
to “prevent the commission of cognizable offences”. Priyanka had been stopped on her way to Lakhimpur Kheri, where eight people died after a car owned by Union MoS Home Ajay Mishra Teni allegedly ran over protesting farmers, triggering a clash. Other than Priyanka Gandhi, those arrested include Congress leader Deepender Singh Hooda, UP Congress state president Ajay Kumar Lallu and party MLC Deepak Singh. The arrest has been made under section 151 (arrest to prevent the commission of cognizable offences) of the CrPC. “Total 11 persons have been arrested by us.
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Little is heard of India’s National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) and its Drug Price Control Order (DPCO), these days. This is despite the fact that most drug prices have zoomed by over 60 to 100 percent since last year. Thanks to the lack of actions by the regulatory authority, pharmaceutical companies are having a field day. Profit-wise, the industry is booming in the domestic market. The world’s third largest manufacturer of pharmaceuticals by volume never had it so good. And, this is substantially at the cost of a large proportion of the country’s population whose purchasing power is extremely low. The epidemic, deaths, job losses, fewer employment opportunities, rising inflation and general economic slowdown have unsettled the country’s poor and the lower income group, who constitute over 40 percent of the total population. Thanks to sharp rise in drug prices, healthcare has become nearly unaffordable to a large section of the people despite much publicised health insurance programmes by the central and state governments. The cost of drugs account for almost 70 to 80 percent of the healthcare expenses in India. Insurance policies don’t cover routine illness. Under the regulation, NPPA is supposed to achieve its objectives by making scientific audit of the cost of production of drugs and allowing drug-specific post-manufacturing expenses to producers in fixing the maximum retail price (MRP). Unfortunately, this does not appear to be happening anymore. Drug prices are skyward. And, MRP has become a big joke with almost all neighbourhood drug dispensaries offering upto 15 percent discount on the printed price. Though, dispensaries run by private hospitals and clinics often charge the full printed price or MRP. E-pharmacies such as Tata 1mg, Netmeds, Medibuddy, API Holdings, Pharmeasy and Medlife, among others, give discounts on MRP between 20 and 50 percent plus offer cash-back The payment options are many, through Paytm, Mobikwik, Amazon Pay, Airtel Money, Freecharge and Simpl (repeat Simpl). So good is the profit potential in this business that some of the country’s top industrial conglomerates such as Reliance Retail and Tata Digital have made foray into this sector. Ordinary consumers are confused. They have totally lost trust in the government, its drug price regulation mechanism and inspectors. Essential medicine is a basic requirement of any healthcare system. Hence, an effective and overt price control on drugs become so important. There is a strong justification behind creating the National List of Essential Medicine (NLEM) under DPCO. The present marketoriented national government appears to have forgotten about it. Paradoxically, one of the key reasons behind sharp domestic drug price increase in the last two years is believed to be a constant pressure on the country’s drug industry in the export market. The US, a major importer of generics from India, has been strongly resisting price hike for despatches from India. Several other foreign markets too have been against increase in prices of imported drugs and pharmaceuticals. The Indian market offers a better option for higher price realisation in the absence of the government attention. Drug manufacturers are ready to compromise on export prices at the cost of domestic market to retain and expand their export share during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Indian drug industry performed so well in the export market in 2020-21 despite price constrains that its export revenue showed a record growth of 18.07 percent to touch $24.44 billion. Drug exports during 2019-20 was worth $20.58 billion, showing a growth of 7.57 percent over the previous year. According to the government’s department of pharmaceuticals, the turnover of the domestic pharmaceutical market reached Rs. 1,29,015 crore (US$18.12 billion) in 2018 while the export revenue was US$17.28 billion in FY18. The unbridled price push in the domestic market may have paid for the low-margin export market expansion in the pandemic year. India continued to be the largest provider of generic medicines in - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara the international market.
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Government Plans To Handle Worsening Coal Crisis On “War Footing”
Agency News: New Delhi India is facing possible energy supply problems in the coming months due to coal shortages and a post-pandemic surge in demand, the power minister said in a report published Tuesday. His comments come as China and European countries face energy crises that are disrupting global supply chains and sending prices soaring.“Normally the demand starts coming down in the second half of October... when (the weather) starts cooling,” R. K. Singh told the Indian Express in an interview.“But it’s going to be touch and go,” Singh said, calling demand for electricity “tremendous”.“Demand is not
going to go away, it’s going to increase... We’ve added 28.2 million consumers. Most of them are lower-middle class and poor, so they are buying fans, lights, televisions sets,” he said.India’s coal-fired power stations had on average four days’ stock at the end of September, the lowest in years.More than half the plants are on alert for outages and the government is mulling bringing idled power stations back into operation.Coal accounts for nearly 70 percent of India’s electricity generation and around threequarters of the fossil fuel is mined domestically.State-run giant Coal India, which produces most of the country’s supply, has said it is on a “war footing” to ensure.
The accused 29-year-old Flight Lieutenant will be tried under the Court Martial Act, a court in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore ruled on Thursday as the case was handed over to the India Air Force (IAF). Agency News: New Delhi No two-finger test was done, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari said today countering a female officer’s allegation that she was subjected to the banned test and questioned about her “sexual history” in the rape case against a fellow colleague.“No two finger test was done... Disciplinary action will be taken based on report of inquiry,” the IAF Chief was quoted as saying The accused 29-year-old Flight Lieutenant will be tried under
‘Aryan Khan was at the wrong place, at the wrong time’: Sussanne Khan Agency News: Mumbai
the Court Martial Act, a court in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore ruled on Thursday as the case was handed over to the India Air Force (IAF).In a statement, the National Commission for Women on Thursday said it has raised the issue with the IAF, stressing that it is ‘’ .. utterly disappointed and strongly condemns the action of Indian Air Force doctors conducting the banned two-finger test on the victim, thereby violating the Supreme Court’s decision and also violating the right to privacy and dignity of the victim.’’The woman, who had travelled to the Air Force College for training,.
After Pooja Bhatt, Hansal Mehta and a few others, Sussanne Khan has come out in support of Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan after the arrest of their son Aryan Khan during a recent Narcotics Control Bureau raid. Sussanne, an interior designer and Hrithik Roshan’s ex-wife, took to social media to share her opinion on the arrest and many targeting Bollywood for an alleged ‘drug culture’. She believes that this
Coal Crisis Could Last 6 Months, Warns Power Minister Agency News: New Delhi
Kriti Sanon looks gorgeous in one-shoulder gown.
Farmers Block Delhi-Chandigarh Highway Over Delay In Paddy Procurement Huge rows of stationary traffic, with vehicles closely tailing each other, were seen on the highway. A group of farmers atop vehicles and on the road carrying flags were also seen. Agency News: Chandigarh A group of farmers has blocked the Delhi-Chandigarh highway near Haryana’s Kurukshetra protesting against the slow procurement of paddy crops. They insist that they will continue to block the highway as long as their produce is not bought by the government, adding if demands are not met by today, they will take the protest to the homes of MPs and
ManCorp: The AI startup that’s helping digitise the course of justice in India Agency News: New Delhi
In the first week of April, the Supreme Court of India unveiled an AI-powered initiative called the Supreme Court Portal for Assistance in Court’s Efficiency (SUPACE) in a bid to address one of the overarching problems of the country — the huge backlog of pending cases in various courts.SUPACE helps judges and law clerks in their research by extracting information quickly from huge volumes of legal data. “The role of AI will be the collection and analysis of data. It will process facts and make them available to judges looking for input for a decision. We are not going to let it spill over to decision making,” said.
MLAs.The farmers also allege that the government has been postponing the procurement day and their produce is lying in the open for close to a month now. The rain over the last two days has also spoiled the crop and added to the problem. “The rice has been lying in mandis for a month now. We have lost 20 per cent of our produce. Who will compensate us for that. Despite the Chief Minister’s instruction, not one grain has been bought.
They give us false promises,” said Pawan Sirsla, a farmer.Huge rows of stationary traffic, with vehicles closely tailing each other, were seen on the highway. A group of farmers atop vehicles and on the road carrying flags were also seen.“The government said that
it will buy the produce on 25th, then they said they will buy it on the 1st and the again pushed it to 11th. It rained last night spoiling the produce. The government is responsible for this. We want that they buy it soonest. “We will stay put till they buy the produce.
P Chidambaram underlined that no woman can be arrested after sunset or before sunrise and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was arrested at 4.30 am, “which is illegal”. Describing Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s detention as “totally illegal”, senior party leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday said it has “conclusively” established that there is no rule of law in Uttar Pradesh, and alleged that the police seem to be carrying out Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s law and his order.Ms Gandhi was
Hours ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Lucknow visit, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tweeted a viral video of an SUV running over farmers at a protest in Lakhimpur Kheri district of the state. The Congress general secretary followed it up with a pointed question for the Prime Minister.“@narendramodi Sir, your government has kept me in custody for the last 28 hours without any order and FIR. This
The video, tweeted by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and also being shared widely on social media, is yet to be verified by the police. person who crushed the annadata (farmers) has not been arrested yet. Why?” Priyanka Gandhi asked this morning, tweeting a viral video clip which appears
comfortable in the next five to six, four to five months,” Power Minister Raj Kumar Singh was quoted as telling The Indian Express in an interview published Tuesday. While demand does typically slow with cooler weather from mid-October, “it’s going to be touch and go,” he said.
detained in Sitapur on her way to Lakhimpur Kheri where eight people were killed on Sunday. While four of the dead in Sunday’s incident were farmers, allegedly knocked down by vehicles driven by BJP workers travelling to welcome Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, the others included BJP workers and their driver who were allegedly lynched.In a statement, Mr Chidambaram said, the facts
to show farmers being run over by an SUV. The Prime Minister is yet to speak on the violence in Uttar Pradesh.The Congress leader, who said she had been “illegally held” indefinitely by
Agency News: New Delhi The Embassy of the United States in India on Tuesday said that the US is seeking to work with India to enhance bilateral trade relationshipTaking to Twitter, the Embassy of the United States in
India said, “The U.S. seeks to work with India to enhance our bilateral trade relationship by addressing trade concerns, identifying specific areas for increased engagement and developing an ambitious, shared vision for the future of the trade relationship. #USIndiaTrade.”Embassy of United States in India’s Charge d’affaires Patricia A. Lacina on Tuesday welcomed the delegation of United States Trade Representative.
Father of Odisha’s forest officer seeks CBI probe in son’s death Agency News: New Delhi
and circumstances concerning Ms Gandhi’s detention in Sitapur “conclusively establish that there is no rule of law in UP”.“She was ‘arrested’ at 4.30 am on Monday, 4th October. She has been detained in the PAC guest house at Sitapur. The District Collector and the judicial magistrate concerned are both stationed in Sitapur.
“Have You Seen This?” Priyanka Gandhi To PM On Viral Lakhimpur Video Agency News: New Delhi
India could face as long as six months battling to ensure coal-fired power plants have enough fuel as the nation’s energy crisis escalates.More than half the nation’s plants are on alert for outages after surging electricity demand and a slump in local coal output eroded stockpiles. Power stations had an average of four days’ worth of coal at the end of last month, the lowest level in years, and down from 13 days at the start of August.“I don’t know whether I will be
Seeking To Enhance Bilateral Trade Relationship With India: US Embassy
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s Detention “Totally Illegal”: P Chidambaram
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isn’t about Aryan but a ‘witch hunt’ against those belonging to Bollywood. Reacting to journalist Shobhaa De’s report on Instagram, Sussanne wrote, “I think this is not about Aryan Khan, as he was unfortunately at the wrong place at the wrong time, this situation is being made an example to drive home the excitement that some people get as they have a witch hunt on people from Bollywood.” Adding that Aryan is a ‘good kid’ Sussanne wrote, “It’s sad n unfair as he is a good kid.
the Uttar Pradesh government for over 24 hours, followed her earlier tweet with a video message for the Prime Minister. This time holding up a mobile phone and playing the video in full, asking why the Union minister has not been removed as yet. Yesterday, leaders cutting across party lines were stopped from visiting the area, with the police even writing to the Lucknow airport to not allow the flights carrying Congress leaders to land. The video, being shared widely on social media.
The 70-year-old father of Odisha’s assistant conservator of forest who was burnt to death under mysterious circumstances on July 12 this year has approached Orissa high court seeking a CBI probe or Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe monitored by the high court alleging the investigation into the case is unsatisfactory. On July 12, assistant conservator of forests of Paralakhemundi in Odisha’s Gajapati district, Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra sustained 95% burns at his official
quarters while reportedly burning old newspapers and some other papers. His wife Bidya Bharati, who was present in the next room, has been named as one of the accused along with the divisional forest officer (DFO) Sangram Behera. Mohapatra, an Odisha Forest Service officer of 2020 batch, was rushed.
Covid-19: India reports 18,346 fresh cases, 263 deaths in 24 hours Agency News: New Delhi The number of new cases of Covid-19 in India once again dropped below the mark of 20,000. The country reported 18,346 fresh cases of infection in last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Tuesday morning.A total of 23 patients succumbed to the infection during this period.The active caseload of Covid-19 in the country is 2,52,902, wich acocunts for 0.75 per cent of the total cases reported so far. It is also the lowest in 201 days, according to the ministry.The daily positivity rate is 1.61 per cent while the weekly positivity rate is 1.66
per cent.97.93 recoveryA total of 29,639 patients recovered from the infection in 24 hours, taking the overall recovery to 3,31,50,886 till now. This is 97.93 per cent of the total cases. Over 91.54 crore vaccine doses administeredUnion Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said 70 per cent of the total population of the country has received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine while over 25 per cent has got both the vaccines.Kerala reports dropKerala which has been reporting the highest number of cases for past several days had 8,850 cases in 24 hours. It also opened.
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Sanya Malhotra, Abhimanyu Dassani’s ‘Meenakshi Sundareshwar’ to release in November on Netflix
BOLLYWOOD-HOLLYWOOD Gurmeet Choudhary and Debina Bonnerjee tie the knot again after a decade
Producer Karan Johar announced the release date of Sanya Malhotra and Abhimanyu Dassani’s film on social media
Debina took to her Instagram and posted a picture of them dressed in Bengali wedding attire. In the caption, she wrote, “Finally,” followed by a heart-eyed smiley. In the picture, Debina could be seen feeding something to Gurmeet, as he smiled.
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Television’s power couple, actors Debina Bonnerjee and Gurmeet Choudhary, who reportedly declared their marriage in 2011, on Monday, shared pictures after apparently tying the knot for the second time. Debina took to her Instagram and posted a picture of them dressed in Bengali
Sanya Malhotra and Abhimanyu Dassani-starrer ‘Meenakshi Sundareshwar’ is scheduled to release on November 5 on Netflix. Directed by Vivek Soni and produced by Dharmatic Entertainment, ‘Meenakshi Sundareshwar’ encapsulates the various interlinked aspects of relationships, joint families, the awkwardness in a new marriage and everything in between.Announcing the release date, producer Karan Johar took to Instagram and wrote, “Get ready to witness this unique and super cute long-distance love story this festive season, with us.” ”Get ready to fall in love because Meenakshi and I are coming to set long distance relationship goals for all our beloved couple. #MeenakshiSundareshwar coming to Netflix on November 5th,” he wrote.He also shared a poster of the film in which he can be seen resting his head on Sanya’s shoulder. Vivek Soni has co-written the romantic film with Aarsh Vora.
Taapsee Pannu says she was ‘not acknowledged’ for Pink, reveals her ‘revenge’ strategy
wedding attire. In the caption, she wrote, “Finally,” followed by a heart-eyed smiley. In the picture, Debina could be seen feeding something to Gurmeet, as he smiled As soon as the pictures hit social media, speculations began that the star couple had tied the knot once again. As per reports, it has been said earlier that the power couple got married in a temple 10 years ago and ever since Debina has always yearned and wished for a traditional Bengali wedding.
Actor Taapsee Pannu said that she decided to ‘take revenge’ for not being awarded for her performance in the film Pink by coming up with new movies that would make audiences sit up and pay attention on a yearly basis. Taapsee, who will next be seen in the sports drama Rashmi Rocket, was asked if she is eyeing the National Film Award for her performance. She said that she has never ‘lobbied’ for regular awards, and can only make her case through her work. She told Bollywood Hungama, “Please give me one! Whom
shall I ask for it? What can I do? I can only perform to my best, and that’s all that I have control over. I’ve never lobbied even for regular awards, which is why it took so long for me to win one. So how will I be able to lobby for a National Award?” She continued, “I have no idea how to go about it other than making sure that if I don’t win one this year, I’ll return the next year with another performance. I have kept that attitude since 2016, when I was not acknowledged for Pink. And ever since then, my way of taking revenge has been to come back with a performance.
‘Playing a blind man was not easy’: Ayushmann Khurrana on 3 years of ‘Andhadhun’ Agency News: Mumbai Bollywood star Ayushmann Khurrana, who has become the poster boy of content cinema in India after choosing movies with social messages and serious takeaways, recently celebrated three years of his 2018 hit film ‘Andhadhun’. On the third anniversary of ‘Andhadhun’, helmed by ace filmmaker Sriram Raghavan, Ayushmann thanked the director for choosing to collaborate with him for this disruptive entertainer that became the talk of the nation. Ayushmann said, “I naturally gravitate towards edgy and disruptive scripts and
Andhadhun was a combination of everything that is fresh, unique, path-breaking. Sriram Raghavan is one of the best directors of our country and I’m fortunate that I got the opportunity to creatively collaborate with him.”The actor, who made his Bollywood debut with ‘Vicky Donor’, said that ‘Andhadhun’ made him “unlearn and learn a lot.” He said, “I surrendered to his vision and his mastery and I’m proud that Andhadhun is part of my filmography. It is a project that made me unlearn and learn a lot. Playing a blind man who plays the piano was not an easy task.”
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Controversial Pakistan cricketer Umar Akmal has left the country to play league cricket in the United States. Akmal had recently completed his ban for breaching PCB’s anti-corruption code. Espncricinfo reported that the 31-year-old has signed a short-term contract with Northern Cricket
‘Felt they decided to have a go at me’: Ashwin on spat with Morgan, Southee
Agency News: Dubai Delhi Capitals off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin once again opened up on the onfield spat with Kolkata Knight Riders captain Eoin Morgan and fast bowler Tim Southee, and said that the reason he was charged up was because he felt the KKR players had already decided before hand to have a go at him.The debate over ‘spirit of cricket’ had reignited once again after Morgan & co. complained that Ashwin tried to steal a single after the ball was deflected by Rishabh Pant’s body from a throw. But Ashwin said that he had not
even seen the ball hitting Pant, and said that it was wrong of KKR players to “give a sendoff” to a batter who has just been dismissed.“Look, I think it is definitely not a personal battle or one-on-one battle. Personally, I would not deem it like that. People who want attention may be taking it that way, but I am not looking it that way at all. The incident that happened the other day was, I got really charged up because that was entirely untoward by both Tim Southee and Eoin Morgan to give the batter a sendoff who just got out,” said Ashwin while replying.
California Association and is open to exploring a long-term future which will sever his ties with Pakistan cricket. He scored 0, 14, 7, 16 and 29 for the Central Punjab Second XI in the PCB Cricket Associations T20 tournament before deciding to go to California. Quaid-E-Azam Trophy is scheduled to start on October 20 and it is not clear if he will come back from to play.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth has fallen by more than $6 billion in a few hours, knocking him down a notch on the list of the world’s richest people, after a whistleblower came forward and outages took Facebook Inc.’s flagship products offline.A selloff sent the social-media giant’s stock plummeting 4.9% on Monday, adding to a drop of about 15% since mid-September. The stock slide on Monday sent Zuckerberg’s worth down to $121.6 billion, dropping him
Shares of Srei Infrastructure Finance were locked in a 5 per cent lower circuit in the morning trade on Tuesday after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) superseded the board of directors of the company.The scrip was frozen at Rs 8.17 apiece on the BSE, down 5 per cent while on the National Stock Exchange (NSE), it was locked at Rs 8.20, down 4.65 per cent.Over 6.15 lakh shares of Srei Infrastructure Finance were traded on the NSE while over 4.32 lakh shares exchanged hands of
below Bill Gates to No. 5 on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He’s down from almost $140 billion in a matter of weeks, according to the index. On Sept. 13, the Wall Street Journal began publishing a series of stories based.
the BSE so far in the intraday trade, data from the respective stock exchange showed.On Monday, RBI said that it has superseded the boards of Kolkata-based non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) Srei Infrastructure Finance and Srei Equipment Finance. “In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 45IE (1) of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, the Reserve Bank has today superseded the Board of Directors of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited (SIFL) and Srei Equipment Finance Limited (SEFL).
Sensex sheds over 100 points in early trade; Nifty tests 17,650 They lost the second game 0-1 on Monday night after a 4-1 victory over hosts the UAE on Saturday. The women’s squad next heads to Manama to play hosts Bahrain and Chinese Taipei. Agency News: Dubai Tunisia brought down India by a solitary goal in a friendly match played at the UAE FA Stadium in Dubai on Monday night. The same team overcame FIFA ranked 100th
UAE 4-1 on Saturday at the same venue. The team heads to Manama, Bahrain where they will play the Gulf country and Chinese Taipei. The friendlies have been arranged as part of India’s preparation for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup to be hosted in India early next year. Indian will also get to play a five-nation tournament to be held in Kochi, Kerala during December involving two European and two higherranked Asian countries. The Indians, with a FIFA ranking of 57, had their first chance as early as the second minute but even as Manisha tried to flick.
Agency News: Mumbai Equity benchmark Sensex dropped over 100 points in early trade on Tuesday, tracking losses in index heavyweights Infosys, ICICI Bank and TCS amid a negative trend in global markets. After slumping to 59,127.04 in the opening session, the 30-share Sensex was trading 102.49 points or 0.17 per cent lower at 59,196.83. Similarly, the Nifty fell 28.60 points or 0.16 per cent to 17,662.65.Bajaj Finserv was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding over 1 per cent, followed by Sun Pharma, Dr Reddy’s, Tech Mahindra, HCL Tech and ICICI Bank.On the other hand, Maruti, Bharti Airtel, PowerGrid and HUL were among the gainers.In the previous
session, the 30-share index ended 533.74 points or 0.91 per cent higher at 59,299.32, and Nifty surged 159.20 points or 0.91 per cent to 17,691.25. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net buyers in the capital market
as they purchased shares worth ₹860.50 crore on Monday, as per exchange data. According to Binod Modi HeadStrategy at Reliance Securities, domestic equities do not look to be good as of now. A sharp rise in oil prices is a fresh overhang of Indian equities, which can essentially result in further hardening of inflation and adversely impact the government’s fiscal math.US stocks ended sharply lower with all three key indices contracting around 1-2 per cent in the overnight session mainly led by intensified concerns about prolonged inflationary pressure on rising oil prices, he noted.Elsewhere in Asia, bourses in Seoul and Tokyo were trading with heavy losses, while Hong Kong was positive in mid-session deals.
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Gujarat High Court partially allows Sanjiv Bhatt’s plea for document access in 1996 NDPS case
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The documents sought by Bhatt included investigation papers of ‘A’ summary report – where a charge is true but undetected – as well as pages from the case diary, 16 documents attached with the case diary, and copies of the two FIRs filed at Agthala police station in Banaskantha in 1996. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad The Gujarat High Court on Monday partially allowed a plea by former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt to access documents which he was not provided with by the prosecution in
relation to the trial in a 1996 case under charges of Narcotics Drugs Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) and directed the trial court to complete the trial within nine months.The documents sought by Bhatt included investigation papers
of ‘A’ summary report (where a charge is true but undetected) as well as pages from the case diary, 16 documents attached with the case diary, as well as copies of the two FIRs filed at Agthala police station in Banaskantha in 1996.The court
of Justice Ilesh Vora on Monday allowed Bhatt’s request for these documents, noting that the trial court had “materially erred” in rejecting Bhatt’s request for the case papers and directed the prosecution to supply the documents within 15 days.
September wet spell: Dams, Mumbai-Vadodara express barring Sardar Sarovar highway: 28 Surat farmers given Rs 42 cr compensation filled to brim Agency News: Vadodara
Malaika Arora is turning up the heat in a silver front-slit dress.
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On his birthday, ex-sarpanch gifts SSY accounts to 149 girls People usually distribute sweets, chocolates, cut cakes, light lamps, offer prayers or at the most throw lavish partiesto celebrate their birthdays.But residents of Mehsana’s remote village — Bhandu — will remember the way former sarpanchGopi Patel celebrated his birthday.On Monday, Patel ensured that future of 149 girls gets secured. Patel got bank accounts of these girls opened under Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (SSY) for which he contributed Rs 250 each as first instalment. The initial target was to open account for 500 girls and on Monday parents of 149 took benefit of Patel’s initiative. “As many as 149 SSY accounts for girls have been opened today,” confirmed by RA Goswami, superintendent of post offices, Mehsana.
Four held for extorting money from contractor Four people from Surendranagar were arrested on Monday for trying to extort money from a civil contractor. Theaccused had also damaged the contractor’s car near Thangadh on October 1.The contractor Rajesh Karangiya, who lives in Jamnagar, has been assigned the task of laying gas pipeline of Gujarat Gas nearThangadh. On October 1, Karangiya and his friend Mansukh Lagariya went to the site to pay the salaries to the workers whenthe four accused identified as Sanjay Khachar, Jairaj Mala, Hardeep Khachar and Mayursinh Zala reached there.
Suspicious electronic device found from near Surat mall A suspicious electronic device resembling a Bluetooth speaker was found abandoned from Gaurav Path near V R Mall in Surat on Monday. Cops are yet to confirm what the device was. Police however said that a suspect was nabbed by locals, but he managed to escape from the spot. Around 50 cops including crime branch officials reached the spot on receiving the information and started an investigation. Police are now working to identify the device and who left it there.
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad With Gujarat receiving its highest share of rainfall so far this year in September, all major dams, barring Narmada’s Sardar Sarovar, are at their maximum capacities. According to data shared by Gujarat’s Narmada and Water Resources, Water Supply (NWRWS) and Kalpsar Department, of the total designed storage capacity of 25,244 million cubic metres (MCM) across 207 dams, the state has so far recorded 79.47 per cent storage at 20,062.74
MCM, with South Gujarat recording the highest at 97.63 per cent.As continuing rainfall in the upper catchment areas of Madhya Pradesh has ensured an inflow of 1.45 lakh cusec water, the Ukai dam authorities have started discharging over 1.35 lakh cusecs of water Monday. The water level in Valsad’s Madhuban dam has touched 79.90 m, short of its danger level of 82.40 m. The inflow of water into the dam is at 6,577 cusecs, while outflow has been maintained at 6,599 cusecs.
As many as 28 farmers from three villages in Surat on Monday received cheques of around Rs 42 crore in compensation for land acquired for the Mumbai-Vadodara express highway project. Surat District Collector Ayush Oak handed over the cheques to the farmers from Ninat, Nogawa and Bhuvasan villages in Bardoli taluka of the district in the presence of state BJP president CR Paatil, Surat district BJP president Sandeep Desai, former state cabinet minister Ishwar Parmar and others. Around 612 hectares of land is to be acquired from 37 villages in Surat for the expressway
Over 27k police vacancies to be filled in 100 days The decision was taken after a meeting between Harsh Sanghavi and senior administrative officials in Gandhinagar on September 19. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad The Gujarat government has announced filling of 27,847 vacancies in the police department in the next 100 days in an attempt to strengthen law and order in the state. A statement released from the
information department quoted Minister of State (MoS) Home Harsh Sanghavi as saying, “In order to ensure that the vacancies in Gujarat Police cadre under the Home department that were pending due to covid pandemic are swiftly filled and strengthen law and order in the state, an
Sinking dumpsite contaminates land, river; activists write to govt Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad The lignite mines of BadiHoidad village at Bhavnagar in Gujarat are once again in the news as local villagers and environmentalists have reported that the mining waste dumpsite has sunk by 30 feet, contaminating the pastoral lands nearby and the Maleshree river flowing in close vicinity.The Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti (PSS), along with 12 Gam Khedut Sangharsh Samiti of Badi Padva villages, has written to the Gujarat government and the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) informing them of the changes in the region. “The mining waste hillock, estimated to be around
150 m in length, is sinking rapidly in the ground, a phenomenon that needs immediate expert assessment and investigation,” the letter stated after both the samitis visited the site on October 1.“The illegal mining waste, flowing from the mining waste hillock, is contaminating the Maleshree river,” the letter further said, adding the waste has not only contaminated the river but is seeping into the ground and has also got washed over the pastoral land, rendering it useless. The organisations have sought a drone survey of the region and have asked the government to stop the illegal dumping of mining waste at the current site. In January,
important decision has been taken by the state government to fill 27,847 vacancies in the cadre in the next 100 days.” “The vacancies include posts of unarmed police sub-inspector (PSI), armed PSI, Intelligence Officer, unarmed ASI, Lok Rakshak Dal, Motor Transport and Wireless Department PSI and technical operator along with Home Guards and Gram Rakshak Dal,” the release added. The decision was taken after a meeting between Sanghavi.
project for which the notification was issued in 2014.Deputy Collector of Surat district Mitesh Patel, said, “For MumbaiVadodara express highway, the land acquisition work is being carried out in two phases. In the first phase, we have acquired land of 170 blocks from villages, while in the second phase it is 854 blocks.” Khedut Samanway Samithi president, Mitesh Naik, said, “Earlier the amount per bigha was Rs 3 lakh to Rs 15 lakh and now the farmers are getting around Rs 1 crore per bigha. We are hopeful that the farmers will be happy with such compensation.”KSG president Jayesh Patel said they will help dissatisfied farmers go to court.
Ahmedabad man booked for rape of 14-year-old A 40-year-old man has been booked Monday for allegedly raping a 14-yearold girl in Ahmedabad. According to police, an FIR was lodged at an Ahmedabad police station wherein the victim’s mother stated that the accused allegedly raped the child Sunday. The accused is an acquaintance of the victim’s mother, police said. The child’s mother is living separately from her husband.“The accused came to my residence Sunday on his scooter when my daughter said she wanted to learn to ride. He took my daughter in the guise of teaching her to ride the vehicle. However, in the evening, my daughter returned home and started crying saying he took her to his flat and raped her,” the complaint read.
Surat, Ahmedabad, Valsad report majority of new Covid-19 cases As fresh cases of Covid-19 seems to be fluctuating in the state with 14 new cases on Monday after reporting 23 on Sunday, districts of Surat, Ahmedabad and Valsad has been reporting the majority of cases for the past three weeks. From this month, testing and vaccination numbers have dipped.Since Ganesh Chaturthi on September 10, Surat has reported over 140 cases until Monday where 26 apartments have been made containment zones.The Surat Municipal Corporation health department on Monday issued a closure notice for 14 days to LP Sawani school at Adajan area after three students tested positive.
Cop’s complaint against Waghodia jail officer Agency News: Vadodara The city police have reported a grave dereliction of duty complaint against Waghodia sub-jail jailor, Yogesh Rabari, for releasing notorious bootlegger Lalchand Khanani alias Lalu Sindhi without bail. The cops have written to the districtcollector to act against the concerned officers.The police said that Sindhi was in the sub-jail when the crime branch took his custody on June 3 in connection with theprohibition case lodged
against him at Manjalpur police station. After the investigations, Sindhi was sent back to the jail onJune 17.However, the police inquiry revealed that Sindhi was set free from the jail on August 13 despite him not getting bail in aprohibition case lodged against him at Manjalpur police station. The jail officials didn’t even make entry of the crime branch, giving them custody of Sindhi. The police will also approach the Gujarat high court to cancel the bail of Sindhi.
Expo explores why Ahmedabad is called ‘mecca of architecture’ The exhibition also held a talk session for architecture students and aspirants with some of the participating architects. IIA, the national body of architects, is a century-old organisation based in Mumbai with centres across India. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Leading architects from Ahmedabad exhibited their works at CREDAI Ahmedabad House as part of the World
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Press Release Actor Krishna Chaturvedi’s Song ‘Dil Todne Se Pehle’ making buzz on the Internet Model-turnedactor Krishna Chaturvedi, who made his Bollywood debut through ‘Ishq Forever,’ has bagged the lead role in ‘Dil Todne Se Pehle.’ Krishna Chaturvedi, who managed to make everyone fall in love with him for The Corner Table(2020) and Welcome To New York(2018) movies, is now gearing up for his latest release song ‘Dil Todne Se
Pehle.’ Krishna is featuring opposite actress Sanjeeda Sheikh. The song is making buzz on the internet and has become the greatest hit of the year 2021. The music of the song is given by Sharry Nexus and the video is directed by Satti Dhillon. ‘Dil Todne Se Pehle’ marks the first collaboration of Sunidhi Chauhan and Jass Manak.
Sovan Mandal joins Valocity India as Chief Executive Officer Valocity, a leading FinTech company that digitizes the property valuation process with its cloud-based Valuation Ordering Platform, is delighted to announce the appointment of Sovan Mandal as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Valocity India. Sovan brings over 20 years’ experience in financial services in India and abroad.
Prior to joining Valocity, he was Chief Business Officer at India Mortgage Guarantee Corporation (IMGC). As the founding member of IMGC, Sovan was instrumental in organization building and establishing Mortgage Guarantee as a new product in India. Sovan brings experience of growing and scaling teams, and innovating products and services.
Young Changemakers Conclave on Enhancing Employability of Graduates in the Age of Automation It is estimated that over 70% engineering students are considered unemployable for available jobs. A large factor is attributed to lack of non technical skills that are equally essential to build successful trajectories. While India’s new national educational policy highly recommends developing proficiency in skills such as creative problem solving,
storytelling, critical thinking and negotiation skills, majority college students continue to merely focus on only enhancing their technical skills rendering themselves unemployable for aspirational jobs, especially in IT & Engineering. The Young Changemakers Conclave, an initiative by the United Nations and X Billion Labs, hosted a session featuring0.
Kumkum Bhagya’s Leena Jumani opens up about her incredible journey Zee TV’s popular fiction show, Kumkum Bhagya has been an audience favouritecourtesy of its intriguing plot and the authentic portrayal of relatable characters like Abhi(Shabbir Ahluwalia), Pragya (Sriti Jha), Rhea (Pooja Banerjee), Aaliya (ReyhnaaPandit), Tanu (Leena Jumani), Ranbir (Krishna Kaul) and Prachi (Mugdha Chapekar). While Leena Jumani is one of
the most popular actors since the beginning and hercharacter of Tanu is iconic, did you know that the actress got into the Hindi TelevisionIndustry by chance? In fact, the actress had taken up a quite unique career choice,before her chance foray into acting, but one call from Balaji Telefilms really changed herlifeWhile Leena Jumani had worked.
Cloudland Entertainment launches Special Navratri Song Radhe Shyam Navratri is a very important festival for Gujaratis and if we talk about the youth, they have been waiting for this festival all year round, and this time Navratri is in the public eye this year as Garba has not been organized for the last two years due to Covid-19. Cloudland Entertainment has launched Radhe Shyam Song with Navratri in mind, which is making people of all ages cringe and force them to dance. The song will star Divyesh Talavia and Prachi Solanki in the lead roles, the song is
written by Bhargav Purohit, directed by Om Pandey, music by Archit Patdiya, and produced by Bhaumik Patel. The song was shot at Lakshmi Film City Vadodara. Mr. Bhaumik Patel, Director, Cloudland Entertainment said.
Limited edition Vespa launched in India on its 75th anniversary Architecture Day celebrations Monday.The first of its kind two-day exhibition, named “Ahmedabad Collective”, was organised by the Indian Institute of Architects. The city’s 20 architectural firms, including BV Doshi’s Vastu Shilpa, Dr Bimal Patel’s HCP, Parulben Zaveri’s Abhikram, Gurjit Matharoo’s Matharoo Associates, Associated Architects by Bhavik Nandi, Vatsal Joshi, Rizwan
Kadri and Mayank Ghedia, and Modo Design by Arpan Shah, among others, showcased both their completed as well as ongoing projects in and outside Ahmedabad.“This is the first attempt as a collective to be on a common platform and create awareness among the general public as to why Ahmedabad is called mecca of architecture in India. Despite being a small community of professionals.
For the celebration of the 75th year anniversary of Vespa, a special edition of the scooter has been launchedPiaggio has launched the Vespa 75th edition scooter, celebrating 75 years since the first Vespa brand was launched in 1946. Vespa has been known for decades for the iconic designs that it brought to the scooter segment and has
been coming up with updates on the same timeless design. The new limited edition scooter comes in two variants — 125cc and 150cc which are priced at Rs 1.26 lakh (ex-showroom) and Rs 1.39 lakh (ex-showroom) respectively. It will be available across India only in limited numbers. Vespa has always been identified as a classy scooter.
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