S Jaishankar Explains How Government Functions Under “Captain Modi”

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar described the foreign policy under ‘’Captain’’ Modi using the cricket analogy, explaining how the government functions. Mr Jaishankar was speaking at Raisina Dialogue, the flagship think-tank event organised by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) in partnership with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). The foreign minister also made a reference to blockbuster film ‘RRR’ while describing the relations between India and the UK. Former UK PM Tony Blair and former England cricket player Kevin Peterson also shared the dais with him during the event. “With Captain (PM) Modi the net practice starts 6 in the morning and goes on till fairly late,” Mr Jaishankar said when asked to explain the functioning of the government. He further said that if a captain has a bowler who can perform, he will give him the ball. ‘’I think in that sense, captain Modi does give his bowlers a certain amount of freedom. He expects you to take that wicket if he gives you the chance to do it. But I would also say some of it is watching the difficult decisions being taken. The decision to lockdown was a very tough decision, it has to be taken.

Manish Sisodia applies for bail a day before CBI custody ends in Delhi liquor policy case

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack at the Centre during a lecture at Cambridge University, alleging that an attack has been unleashed on the basic structure of Indian democracy while also claiming that Israeli spyware Pegasus was being used to snoop into his phone. Mr Gandhi claimed that he had been warned by the intelligence officers to be “careful” while speaking on the phone as his calls were being recorded. Congress leader and exadvisor to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Sam Pitroda shared the YouTube link of Rahul Gandhi’s address to MBA students at Cambridge Judge Business School on the topic of ‘Learning

Radhika Merchant in a ruffled pink saree seen at the launch of Abu Jani-Sandeep Khosla’s Mera Noor Hai Mashhoor.

Jharkhand GDP to grow 7.8 per cent

The economy of Jharkhand has shown signs of recovery since the financial year 2021-22 and is estimated to grow by 7.8 per cent in fiscal 2022-23. According to the economic survey report for the financial year 2022-23 tabled by the Jharkhand finance minister and Congress leader Rameshwar Oraon during the budget session of state Assembly on Thursday, the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) at constant prices of the state was Rs 2,18,962 crore in the year 2020- 21, which grew to Rs 2,36,816 crore in the year 2021-22 and is estimated to be Rs 2,55,372 crore in the year.

3 die after consuming adulterated mustard oil

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There is good news for the people of Pakistan fighting for bread-butter and wheat-loaf amid economic crisis and the threat of default.

After the plea of Pakistan, now the first consignment of wheat from Russia has reached Gwadar port.

Cargo ship ‘MV Leela Chennai’ has reached Pakistan with 50 thousand tons of wheat. In 9 such ships wheat cargo is to reach Pakistan from Russia. Currently, inflation in Pakistan has reached a 50-year high and the price of flour has reached Rs 130 per kg against the government’s fixed price of Rs 105. keptShahbaz

Sharif government appealed to Russia for wheat after there was an uproar for flour in Pakistan. After this, an agreement was reached between the two countries regarding the supply of wheat. Under this, Pakistan will buy a total of 4,50,000 metric tons of wheat from Russia. This wheat will be brought from Russia to Pakistan with the help of a total of 9 ships. Russia’s shipment of wheat has come as a major relief to Pakistan, which has been facing acute shortage of wheat since the Ukraine war.

Agency News: Lucknow to Listen in the 21st Century’, on Twitter. “I myself had Pegasus on my phone. A large number of politicians had Pegasus on their phones. I have been called by intelligence officers who told me, ‘Please be careful about what you are saying on the phone because we are sort of recording the stuff. So this is the constant pressure that we feel. Cases on the Opposition.

In the case of 3 deaths due to dropsy in Prayagraj, parts of argemone seeds were found in household mustard oil. The reasons for its presence in household oils are now being investigated. For this, eight samples of the surrounding houses have also been taken, the investigation report of which is yet to come. On the other hand, the Directorate General of Health has sought a report from the Chief Medical Officer on the entire matter. When the case of death of 3 people from the same family due to dropsy in Prayagraj reached Lucknow, there was a stir. Food Safety and Drug Administration Department activated. The Deputy Commissioner has called for a report. The family said that they used oil made from the mustard crop harvested in their farm but when the oil spilled in their house was tested, Argymon was found in it. Now the causes of argymon in household oils are being investigated. For this, samples have been taken from eight other houses in the village. The situation will be clear after its investigation report.

5 Arrested Over Haryana Chief Minister’s Fake Death Certificate: UP Cops

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Five members of a gang have been arrested for allegedly issuing a fake death certificate of Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, a senior police officer said here on Friday. Elaborating on the modus operandi, Additional Superintendent of Police (Operation) Tribhuvan Nath Tripathi said the gang, in collusion with a contractual employee in Lucknow’s Swastha Bhavan, got hold of the login ID and password of a portal, created for issuing birth and death certificates, and issued the documents to people in exchange of money. During interrogation, the accused revealed that they issued the death certificate of the Haryana Chief Minister after a person sent them his details on WhatsApp and gave money for it, the officer said during a press conference.

China slams Quad meeting held in New Delhi, opposes exclusivity

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China on Friday renewed its criticism of the Quad grouping comprising the US, India, Australia and Japan, saying that stateto-state cooperation should be consistent with the trend of peace and development, rather than putting up “exclusionary blocs.”

The Quad foreign ministers carried out a comprehensive review of the situation in the Indo-Pacific at a meeting in New Delhi on Friday. Presided over by External Affairs

Minister S Jaishankar, the meeting was attended by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, his Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi and Australian foreign minister Penny Wong.

Delhi’s former deputy chief minster Manish Sisodia, arrested in a corruption case related to the alleged Delhi excise scam, moved a city court on Friday seeking bail, his lawyer said. The application is likely to come up for hearing before Special Judge M K Nagpal on Saturday, advocate Rishikesh said. Sisodia, who was sent to CBI custody on Monday, is scheduled to be produced before the court tomorrow when his CBI remand ends. The CBI had on Sunday evening arrested

Sisodia in connection with alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the nowscrapped liquor policy for 202122 after nearly eight hours of questioning during which his answers were allegedly not found satisfactory.

SC to hear TMC leader Saket Gokhale’s bail plea after Holi vacation on March 13

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The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on March 13 the bail plea of Trinamool Congress spokesman Saket Gokhale in a case of alleged misuse of money collected through the crowdfunding. “We will have it immediately after vacation. This file came at late night, we have not seen the file. We will take it up after reopening,” the bench of Justices BR Gavai and Vikram Nath said. Appearing for Gokhale, senior advocate Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi submitted that the petitioner has always maintained that he has collected money from crowdfunding. He added that this is not a case to deny bail, he said.

Earlier on January 23, the Gujarat

High Court had refused bail to Gokhale and asked him to approach the court only after a charge sheet is filed. Earlier on Jan 25, the Enforcement Directorate placed Saket Gokhale under arrest in a money laundering case connected to the alleged irregularities in the crowdfunding matter, in which he was arrested by the Gujarat Police. On December 30, Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch detained Saket Gokhale from Delhi in connection with the alleged abuse of money raised through crowdfunding.

Miscreants attack woman, mother travelling in car in Bommanahalli

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A woman and her mother were attacked by miscreants in Anugraha Layout in Arekere area of the city. The woman, who goes by the username Kippi, shared her ordeal on Twitter tagging Bengaluru Police’s official handle. Narrating the incident, the woman said that on the intervening night of March 2 and March 3, when she and her mother were on her way back home, some miscreant motorists purposefully collide with her vehicle. The reason behind the miscreants’ actions is unknown. “Today when I and my mother were driving home after dinner at a friend’s, we were attacked by miscreant riders who purposefully tried to collide with my car. When we stopped, they tried to break and window and blocked the front and rear of my car. We managed to drive away unhurt,” she wrote. Elaborating further, she said, “My mother was literally pleading for her life. She is really anxious and shaken by this incident,” she wrote.

Delhi Police registers FIR after woman journalist claims harassment by Uber driver

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The Delhi Police has registered a case after a woman journalist alleged that she was sexually harassed by an Uber auto-rickshaw driver during a ride in southeast Delhi, officials said on Friday. According to police, the journalist, a resident of Bharat Nagar, filed a complaint at the New Friends Colony police station Thursday night.She alleged indecent behaviour as well as lascivious staring by the Uber driver while she was travelling from New Friends Colony to Malviya Nagar on Wednesday around 4.40 pm, police said. A case under section 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the IPC has been registered and investigation initiated, Deputy Commissioner of Police (southeast) Rajesh Deo said. The auto-rickshaw was found registered in the name of one Mohammad Yunus Khan, a resident of Nehru Camp in Govindpuri.

SUNVILLA SAMACHAR Editorial

Let RSS and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind talk to each other. Pasmanda Muslims and India need that

It’s surprising to see that the January meeting between Jamaat-eIslami Hind and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh hasn’t gone down well with other Muslim groups. Any dialogue, which is conducive for democracy, enables various stakeholders to come on a common platform and iron out their differences. So why are Muslim leaders and political parties not welcoming the ‘dialogue’ between JIH and RSS, considered to be on the opposite end of the ideological spectrum?

PM Modi Congratulates NPP Chief Sangma on His Party’s Impressive Performance

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MNS Leader Sandeep Deshpande Attacked During Morning Walk; Suffers Injuries

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Karnataka BJP MLA Accused No. 1 After Raids, Son Was Caught Taking Bribe

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated National People’s Party chief Conrad Sangma on his party’s impressive show in the Meghalaya polls, and said he looked forward to working together with him for the state’s progress. Modi tweeted, “I would like to congratulate Shri @SangmaConrad for his Party’s commendable performance in the Meghalaya Assembly Polls. My friend, late Shri PA Sangma Ji would have been very proud. Looking forward to continuing working together for Meghalaya’s progress.” The prime minister was replying to Sangma’s thanks to the BJP for offering its support to his bid to form the new government. Sangma on Friday met Meghalaya Governor

Phagu Chauhan and staked claim to form the government in the northeastern state. The outgoing chief minister claimed that he has an “absolute majority with 32 MLAs” on his side in the 60-member assembly but refused to give details of supporting parties. The BJP has run a bitter campaign against the NPP government and had contested on all 60 seats. It could, however, not improve on its tally of two seats from the last polls while the NPP again emerged as the single largest party by bagging 26 seats.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Sandeep Deshpande was injured after being attacked with a stump by three unidentified persons while he was on a morning walk in central Mumbai’s Dadar area on Friday morning, a police official said. Deshpande received minor injuries in the incident and is out of danger, he said. “Three unidentified persons attacked MNS leader Deshpande with a stump during his morning walk at Shivaji Park,” the official said, adding that nobody has been arrested in this connection so far. A first information report (FIR) is being registered at the Shivaji Park police station, he said.

AAP to Hold 2,500 Nukkad Sabhas in Delhi to Inform People About BJP’s ‘Authoritarianism’

CPI(M) leader and Kerala’s former education minister KT Jaleel accused JIH of meeting RSS leaders for personal interest since Media One, the TV channel run by the Jamaat, is facing a ban with a case pending before the Supreme Court. He also called JIH a “paper organisation” that has no support in the Muslim community. But the reality is that no single Muslim group in today’s India can claim to represent the majority of Indian Muslims. They do only in some capacities and their involvement in any dialogue around Hindu-Muslim issues should be seen as a positive step. Fellow groups such as Kerala Muslim Jamaath and Indian Union Muslim League condemning the JIH-RSS meeting doesn’t seem to come from a place of genuine concern for India’s 200 million Muslim community but their own interest. Also, an important aspect that nobody has acknowledged is that most of the stakeholders asserting to be speaking on behalf of the minorities are Ashrafs, there is no representation of Pasmandas who constitute the majority of Indian Muslims. Such dialogues can never be successful if Pasmanda are kept out since the fault lines between the two communities affect them the most.Building on RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s meeting with five Muslim leaders in August 2022.

A Karnataka BJP MLA has been named as the main accused after an eye-popping mountain of cash worth over ₹ 8 crore was found in searches at his home and office and his bureaucrat son was caught accepting a bribe, officials said on Friday, in a huge embarrassment for the party trying to woo voters for elections later this year. The anticorruption wing of the Lokayukta - the state’s ombudsman - dug out ₹ 6 crore in cash at the home of BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa and ₹ 1.75 crore from his office after his son Prashanth Madal was caught taking a bribe on Thursday. According to sources, the MLA is untraceable and has applied for a pre-arrest bail. The search went on till late in the night. Madal Virupakshappa,

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Old man dies in local train clash with co-passenger, accused arrested

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The Noida Police on Friday arrested three employees of a citybased pharmaceutical firm whose cough syrup is alleged to have led to the death of 18 children in Uzbekistan last year, officials said. The arrests come after an FIR was lodged late Thursday night against five officials of Marion Biotech, including two of its directors, over a complaint by a drugs inspector of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), they said. The central and Uttar

Pradesh state drug authorities had checked samples of Marion Biotech’s drugs and found 22 of them to be “not of standard quality” (adulterated and spurious), according to the complainant drug inspector. “Three persons named in the FIR have been arrested, while the two directors of the company are at large. Those arrested are Tuhin Bhattacharya, Head Operation; Atul Rawat, Manufacturing Chemist; and Mool Singh, Analytical Chemist,” Phase 3 police station in-charge Vijay Kumar told.

Apple phones to be built in new 300 acre factory in Karnataka

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Apple phones would be built in a new 300-acre factory in Karnataka creating about one lakh jobs, according to Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. Apple phones to be built in a new 300-acre factory in Karnataka, tweeted Chandrasekhar. Bommai said: “Apple phones to be built in the state soon. Apart from creating about 100,000 jobs, it will create a whole lot of opportunities for Karnataka”. Meanwhile, a delegation of Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn), an Apple Inc. partner, led by its chairman Young Liu, arrived in Bangalore on Friday and held a preliminary meeting with Karnataka

Information Technology Minister C N Ashwath Narayan. The delegation was taken to inspect the location for setting up an Apple phone manufacturing unit in the State, the Minister’s office said in a statement. Earlier, the Minister welcomed the delegation on their arrival at the Bangalore International airport. Liu was quoted in the statement as saying that Bangalore was the preferred destination for global companies and had been a forerunner in attracting investment.

PM Modi remark row: Assam, UP oppose Pawan Khera’s plea to club, transfer FIRs

Congress leader Pawan Khera during a press conference at AICC headquarter

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The Assam government on Friday in the Supreme Court opposed Congress leader Pawan Khera’s plea to club and transfer three FIRs against him at one place in connection with a case pertaining to alleged defamatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.In its affidavit, the Assam government claimed that Khera’s statement against PM Modi is a part of wider conspiracy to destabilise and defame India.

“He tried to incite violence and disturb peace”, said the Assam government, adding Khera is

A case of death of an elderly passenger in a fight with a copassenger in a local train has come to light. This incident is in Thane, Maharashtra. Police have arrested the accused. According to reports, a 65-year-old man had an altercation with a fellow passenger in a local train compartment. In this conflict, the co-passenger pushed the old man, due to which the old man died. The deceased has been identified as Babban Hande.Babban Hande was a former employee of the Mumbai Port Trust. He had boarded a Mumbai-bound local train from Thane’s Teetwala station. At around 2 pm, the GRP received information at Kalyan station that an elderly person was lying unconscious in a pool of blood in the train compartment. The GRP team reached the spot as soon as the information was received. The team went to the spot and found that the old man had died. Meanwhile, other people present in the box caught the accused. which was assigned to GRP.During the investigation, it was found that the deceased old man had a quarrel with the accused. In this altercation, the accused pushed the old man, due to which the old man suffered a serious head injury due to hitting a heavy object. The old man died due to this injury. Now the police have arrested the accused and are investigating.

Cyber criminals use PAN details of Dhoni, Abhishek Bachchan, Shilpa Shetty for credit card fraud, 5 held

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In a bizarre case of cyber fraud, a group of fraudsters allegedly procured PAN details of several Bollywood actors and cricketers from their GST

Identification Numbers which are available online, and got credit cards issued in their names from Pune-based fintech startup ‘One Card’.Some of the celebrities whose names and details were used by the fraudsters are Abhishek Bachchan, Shilpa Shetty, Madhuri Dixit, Emraan Hashmi and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) of Shahadra Rohit Meena said. ”Since investigation into the matter is underway, we cannot comment further on it,” Meena told. The company got wind of the fraud subsequently but not before the fraudsters used some of these cards to purchase products worth Rs 21.32 lakh. It immediately alerted the Delhi Police which swung into action and arrested five of them.The five accused, identified as Puneet, Mohd Asif, Sunil Kumar, Pankaj Mishar and Vishwa Bhaskar Sharma, acted in close coordination to defraud the company in a very unusual manner, Delhi Police sources said.“After arrest, when they were interrogated, they disclosed their unique modus operandi.

BBMP presents ₹11,157.83 crore budget for 2023-24, gives push to infrastructure yet to tender an apology for his statements. The Uttar Pradesh government has also sought dismissal of Pawan Khera’s plea, calling it a ruse to stall investigation & attempts to leapfrog processes of criminal law. During a presser, Khera had referred to PM Modi as Narendra ‘Gautam Das’ Modi while raising allegations of fraud against the Adani Group. “Why are you running away from a debate in Parliament? Why are you scared of JPC? Even PV Narasimha Rao and Atal Bihari Vajpayee set up JPC during their stints as prime ministers. What problem does Narendra ‘Gautam Das’ , ‘Damodadardas’ have with JPC? It is Damodardas right.

To address traffic congestion at bottleneck areas, widening of roads will be taken up at a cost of ₹150 crore.

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The Metropolitan Bengaluru Municipal Corporation administration presented a budget worth ₹11,157.83 crore for the year 2023-24 on Thursday, emphasising infrastructure improvement with a focus on easing traffic congestion, building grade separators, white topping roads, and improving connectivity. Calling it an ‘Atma Nirbhar Budget’, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Special Commissioner (Finance) Jayaram Rayapura

The AAP will be conducting 2,500 nukkad sabhas across Delhi to reach out to people and inform them about BJP’s “authoritarianism”, following the arrest of its senior leader and former minister Manish Sisodia by the CBI in the excise policy case. On Thursday, an organisational meeting was chaired by Delhi state convenor Gopal Rai and the state unit decided to organise mohalla sabhas and nukkad sabhas to reach out to the residents and inform them “about the misuse of central agencies by the Modi government”, the AAP said in a statement. Rai said on March 3, a volunteer meeting will be held in all 70 assembly constituencies in Delhi to “expose” the BJP. Subsequently, on March 4, the party will hold mohalla sabhas at the state level and on March 6 and 7, meetings will be organised in every polling station of Delhi. Eventually on March 10, nukkad sabhas will be organised in every neighbourhood of Delhi to reach out to the residents. “The AAP will hold mohalla sabhas in more than 2,500 neighbourhoods of Delhi, where the people will be informed about the BJP’s authoritarianism,” the statement said. the MLA from Channagiri in the Davanagere district, was the chairman of the state-owned Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited (KSDL), which makes the famous Mysore Sandal Soap. He stepped down this morning as the scandal broke. His son is the chief accountant at Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB). ”There is some conspiracy against my family. I’m submitting resignation under moral responsibility as there is an allegation against me,” Mr Virupakshappa said in a letter to Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

Woman’s Body with Multiple Stab Wounds Found in Thane, Cops Register Murder Case Probe into Uzbekistan cough syrup deaths: 3 employees of Noida-based pharma firm arrested

Student’s body found, family cries foul

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The body of the girl student of Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), Burla, in Odisha’s Sambalpur district, who died allegedly after jumping off the power channel bridge on Tuesday night, was retrieved on Wednesday from the water body. Police detained her classmate, a boy, in this connection after family members suspected foul play. The police sources said the student, identified as Chinmayee Priyadarshini Sahoo, 20, a B.Tech student, had jumped off the power channel bridge on Tuesday following a spat with her classmate. Chinmayee, a student of the information and technology department, attended the university’s convocation programme on Tuesday and received her degree. “She talked to us on Tuesday and she was happy. She was supposed to return home to Bhubaneswar. We had never expected such a development. She was murdered and thrown into the power channel water body,” alleged Chinmayee’s father. Vice-chancellor of VSSUT, Prof Bansidhar Majhi, told reporters: “I got the information late at night about the mishap and immediately informed the police.” Following the allegations, the police detained the girl’s classmate Pritiman Dey.

DJ murdered in suspected honour killing in Petbasheerabad

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A young man was allegedly murdered in a suspected honour killing on the outskirts of Hyderabad over an interfaith wedding on Thursday. Harish, who works as DJ, was fatally stabbed in the Dullapally neighbourhood within the jurisdiction of PetBasheerabad Police Station of Cyberabad Police Commissionerate. The body was identified later. The youth had been living in the neighbourhood for six months. He formerly lived in Yellareddyguda,

Hyderabad, where he met a girl from another community. Harish relocated to Dullapally after the girl’s family rejected the marriage proposal. He, however, continued to see the girl, and they married in secret. Harish’s parents have blamed the girl’s family for the murder. They said that the girl’s relatives murdered Harish in front of her and then abducted her. Following a complaint from the victim’s relatives, authorities arrested and questioned several individuals. The deceased was taken to Gandhi Hospital for an autopsy by police.

SC Dismisses Vijay Mallya’s Plea Against Bid to Declare Him Fugitive Economic Offender said, “While the total receipts will be ₹11,163.97 crore, the total expenditure will be ₹ 11,157.83 crore, thereby resulting in a surplus budget of Rs 6.14 crore.” The budget was presented with a firm belief in the norm, “stretch your legs as much as your bed” and is aimed to bring financial discipline, self-reliance and self-sufficiency in the BBMP’s finances, he said. Among the proposals are construction of 10 new city plazas in residential areas at a total cost of Rs 50 crore, Rayapura said in his budget speech. To address traffic congestion at bottleneck areas, widening of roads will be taken up at a cost of Rs 150 crore.

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The Supreme Court Friday dismissed a plea by beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya challenging the proceedings in a Mumbai court to declare him a fugitive economic offender and confiscate his properties. The apex court dismissed the petition for non-prosecution after the counsel representing Mallya submitted that he was not getting any instructions from the petitioner in the matter.

“The counsel for petitioner states that the petitioner is not giving any instructions to the advocate for the petitioner. In view of this statement, the petition is dismissed

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The body of a 33-year-old woman with multiple stab wounds was found in her hut at Kalwa in Maharashtra’s Thane city, police said on Friday. The body was found on Thursday evening in Jai Bhim Nagar locality, they said. The deceased woman was identified as Kamlibai Pawar and her body was sent for post-mortem, the police said. “A police team was informed about a woman lying in her house in an injured condition. The team rushed to the place and found the woman lying in a pool of blood with multiple stab wounds,” a police official said. “Someone had attacked her with sharp weapons. The woman was rushed to a nearby civic hospital where the doctors declared her brought dead,” he said. The motive behind the murder is being probed and the accused is being identified, the police official said.

20 Additional Judges Elevated as Permanent Judges in 4 High Courts

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Twenty additional judges, including 10 from the Allahabad High Court and one from Delhi High Court, were on Friday elevated as permanent judges in four high courts. In separate notifications, the Department of Justice in the Law Ministry said while five additional judges have been made judges of the Madras High Court, four others from the Bombay HC have been elevated as judges. Similarly, 10 additional judges in the Allahabad High Court and one from Delhi have been elevated judges in their respective HCs, the ministry said. Additional judges are usually appointed for a period of two years before being elevated as judges or permanent judges.

Sonia Gandhi hospitalised in Delhi due to fever, doctors say she’s ‘stable’

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Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has been admitted to the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi due to fever, doctors said on Friday. Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has been admitted to the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here due to fever, doctors said on Friday. According to a health bulletin issued by the hospital, her condition is stable. She was admitted to the hospital on Thursday, a spokesperson of the hospital said. D S Rana, Chairman, Trust Society, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital said Gandhi has been admitted to the hospital under the supervision of Arup Basu, senior consultant, Department of Chest Medicine, and his team, “on account of fever”. “Gandhi is under observation and undergoing investigations. Her condition is stable,” the bulletin added.

2 men thrash dog with sticks in Noida’s Bhangel locality

The incident comes amid reports of several stray dog attacks across India

Agency News: Noida for non-prosecution,” a bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Rajesh Bindal said. The top court, which had on December 7, 2018 issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Mallya’s plea, had refused to stay the proceedings on the probe agency’s plea before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court at Mumbai seeking the ‘fugitive’ tag for him under the Fugitive Economic Offenders’ Act, 2018.

In a shocking video that has gone viral on social media, a dog was seen being brutally beaten by two men with sticks. The incident reportedly took place on March 2 in the Bhangel neighbourhood in Noida. In the video, the two men can be seen chasing the dog in an isolated alleyway and relentlessly thrashing it with sticks. The incident comes amid reports of several stray dog attacks across India. A one month-old baby was killed by a stray dog in Rajasthan’s Sirohi district on Tuesday while he was asleep beside to his mother in a government hospital, according to authorities. According to them, the body was discovered outside the hospital unit. As per the police, the CCTV footage showed that two dogs entered the hospital’s TB unit late on Monday night, and one of them came out carrying the child. As per reports from, Mahendra Meena, the child’s father, was admitted to the hospital for treatment of silicosis .He said the child’s mother, Rekha, who was attending to the patient along with her three children, dozed off. The hospital staff was also not present at the ward at the time of the incident,