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BJP leader Mukul Roy, son rejoin TMC in presence of Mamata Banerjee Mukul Roy -- once a close aide of Mamata Banerjee -- resigned from the TMC in September 2017 and was suspended by the party for six years for antiparty activities. He joined the BJP in November that year. Agency News: New Delhi Ending weeks of speculation, BJP national vice-president and party MLA Mukul Roy, along with his son and former TMC MLA Subhrangshu,
after the Trinamool Congress registered a landslide victory in the West Bengal Assembly elections, winning 213 seats. Although Roy won
returned to the Trinamool Congress on Friday.Roy had, earlier in the day, arrived at the Trinamool Bhawan along with his son, where he held a meeting with Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee and other senior leaders before formally rejoining the party.“Mukul Roy has returned to his roots today. He could not work in
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Professor Radha Mohan, eminent economist and environmentalist, died on Friday in Bhubaneswar. He was 78. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter and posted his condolences. “Professor Radha Mohan Ji was deeply passionate about agriculture, especially adopting sustainable and organic practices. He was also respected for his knowledge on subjects relating to the economy and ecology,” PM Modi wrote. Conservationist Radha Mohan was the Principal of SCS College in Puri. After retiring he joined the State Information Commission
Days after banning Twitter, Nigerian govt joins Koo The Nigerian government on Thursday created its account on Indian microblogging platform Koo days after the African country banned Twitter. Koo co-founder Aprameya Radhakrishna welcomed the government onboard the platform. “A very warm welcome to the official handle of the Government of Nigeria on @kooindia! Spreading wings beyond India now,” he said on Thursday. Nigeria on June 5 banned Twitter after the social media company deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweet threatening to punish secessionists. He referred to the 1967-70 Nigerian Civil War and to treating “those misbehaving today” in “the language they will understand”Also Read Twitter has now become a burden for the government: Shiv Sena.
Agency News: Beijing China on Friday released the first batch of images of Mars taken by the Tianwen-1 spacecraft’s Zhurong rover, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said. The images were unveiled at a special ceremony in Beijing. They included a panoramic view of the landing site, images of the landscape and the horizon of Mars. “The release of the first batch of scientific images
Pakistan’s National Assembly passes bill to give right of appeal to Kulbhushan Jadhav Agency News: New Delhi Pakistan’s National Assembly has passed a government-backed bill that will provide the right of appeal to Indian death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav, according to a media report. The National Assembly passed the ICJ (Review and Re-consideration) Bill, 2020 on Thursday aimed at allowing alleged Indian spy Jadhav to have consular access in line with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict, the Dawn newspaper reported. Jadhav, the 51-year-old retired Indian Navy officer, was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism in April 2017.India approached the ICJ against Pakistan for denial of consular access to Jadhav and challenging the death sentence. The Haguebased ICJ ruled in July 2019 that Pakistan must undertake an “effective review and reconsideration” of the conviction and sentence of Jadhav and also to grant consular.
Bhumi Pednekar joins Akshay Kumar in Aanand L Rai’s ‘Raksha Bandhan’
30 Congress workers detained in Delhi for protests against rising fuel prices
the Krishnanagar North seat in the Assembly polls on a BJP ticket, he had been maintaining distance from the party after it lost the polls.
Delhi court extends judicial custody of wrestler Sushil Kumar till June 25
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marks the total success of our country’s first mission to explore Mars,” the CNSA said in a statement. The panoramic 360 shot of the landing site was taken by a navigational terrain camera attached to the rover’s mast. The images show that the surface near the landing site is relatively flat.On June 11, the Zhurong rover marked its 28th Sol or Martian day (one such day equals 24 hours 39 minutes). The service life of the rover is 90 sols.The Tianwen-1 mission, consisting of an orbiter, a lander, and the rover, was launched on July 23, 2020, and successfully entered Mars’ parking orbit in February. On May 15, it made a safe landing in the southern part of the Utopia Plain on the surface of Mars. The mission is aimed at studying the atmosphere, surface, geological characteristics, and features of the Red Planet’s magnetic field.
the BJP. During election, he did not make any anti-TMC statements. He has found peace by returning to his former party. He was made the national vice-president of the BJP, but he was not satisfied with the work. Mukul will continue to play the same role in our party which he used to play earlier,” said Banerjee after inducting Roy into the party. After rejoining the TMC, Mukul Roy said, “It feels good to see my former colleagues here. Bengal will restore its glory under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee. I will issue a written statement on why I left the BJP. Under the present condition, no one can remain in the BJP.” The development comes a month
Agency News: New Delhi A Delhi court on Friday extended the judicial custody of jailed Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar till June 25, in connection with the Chhatrasal Stadium murder case, where young wrestler Sagar Rana alias Sagar Dhankar was beaten to death. Kumar was produced before a Metropolitan Magistrate at Rohini District Court after his nine-day judicial custody ended today.Earlier this week, a Delhi Court had dismissed the plea by Kumar for special food in prison including health supplement containing protein, Omega-3 capsules, jointment capsules, Pre-workout C4,
Hyde, Multivitamin GNC, Exercises Bands, as he wanted to continue his career in wrestling etc.On May 4, Sagar Dhankar, who had competed in the 97-kg GrecoRoman category, was beaten to death following a clash between two groups.Sushil Kumar and his associates allegedly assaulted Sagar Dhankar and two of his friends Sonu Mahal and Amit Kumar, over a property dispute, at the stadium on the intervening night of May 4 and 5.A video had surfaced on social media in which Kumar and others were purportedly seen assaulting Dhankar.The 23-year-old Dhankar later succumbed to the injuries.
Agency News: New Delhi As many as 30 Congress party workers were detained on Friday for demonstrations at petrol pumps in several parts of Delhi. The party workers on Friday held protests against the rising petrol and diesel prices across the country as they demanded a complete rollback of the price hike.Police detained over 30 protesters from the spot of the demonstrations for not following Covid-19 protocol. “We detained the protesters as such gatherings are not allowed due to the ongoing Covid situation. They will be released soon,” PTI quoted a senior police officer as saying. Protests against the rising fuel prices were held in various parts of several states like Bihar, Jammu
and Kashmir, Kerala, Delhi, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.K C Venugopal and Shakti Singh Gohil even reached the petrol pump at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi on a horse cart to protest against the outrageous rise in prices. “We demand that the government immediately rollback the hikes due to which the price of essential commodities is also rising. The government must stop this loot,” Venugopal, who is the Congress general secretary, Lashing out at the Centre for increasing the fuel prices, Venugopal said the government is only busy with the construction of the Central Vista Project. He said while on one side the people of the country are suffering, they (the government) are hiking fuel prices every day.
I will continue to be Karnataka CM Covid-19: India reports 91,702 cases, 3403 deaths for another 2 years: Yediyurappa Agency News: New Delhi
Citing the trust that the BJP high command decided to place in him, Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa said that the statement from the party’s national general secretary had given him “more strength”. Agency News: New Delhi Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday asserted that he will be continuing as the chief minister of the state for the remaining two years of his term, working for the development of the people. His statement came one day after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary Arun Singh ruled out replacing Yediyurappa as the chief minister of Karnataka and asserted that the 78-year-old Lingayat strongman will continue in the top spot. There had recently been much
speculation regarding a change of leadership in the Karnataka BJP, with many projecting that a section of the ruling BJP was trying to unseat Yediyurappa from the post of the chief minister. It was even said that some BJP legislators were pushing for a legislature party meeting where they intended to raise the state government’s alleged mishandling of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic and instances of corruption. Citing the trust that the BJP high command decided to place in him, Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa
said that the statement from the party’s national general secretary had given him “more strength”. “Arun Singh who is Karnataka in-charge has said that there is no question (of leadership change).. it doesn’t arise and that Yediyurappa will remain (CM) for the next two years and complete the term-- where does that question arise,” news agency PTI quoted Yediyurappa as saying in response.
Covid-19 tally in India went up over 29.27 million after 91,702 new cases of the coronavirus disease, they remained below 100,000-mark for the fourth day in a row, and 3403 deaths were reported over the last 24 hours, according to the Union ministry of health and family welfare on Friday. India on Thursday reported a record daily rise of 6148 deaths from Covid-19. The country’s Covid-19 caseload now stands at 29,274,823 million and the death toll at 363,079, according to the health ministry’s dashboard updated at 8am. The
record Covid-19 related deaths on Thursday came after Bihar reconciled its figures and put the total number of fatalities caused by the disease at 9429 after verification. The active cases of Covid-19 in the country have come down to 1,121,671 after 61 days and there was a decrease of 46,281 cases in the last 24 hours. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease was 134,580 and the tally surged to 27,790,073 taking the recovery rate to 94.93 per cent, the data showed. The health ministry said that India’s daily recoveries continue to outnumber the daily new Covid-19 cases for the 29th consecutive day.
Aiming for zero new transmissions to end AIDS in 10 yrs: Harsh Vardhan at UNGA India’s unique HIV prevention model is centered around the concept of ‘Social Contracting’ through which the ‘Targeted Interventions Programme’ is implemented with support from civil society Agency News: New Delhi If AIDS (acquired immuno deficiency syndrome) has to end in 10 years, the target should be to achieve zero new transmissions , said Harsh Vardhan, Union minister of health and family welfare, in his address at the 75th United
Nations General Assembly (UNGA) high level meeting on AIDS on Thursday. “We are fully cognisant of the fact that with only 115 months to meet the target, we need to achieve zero new transmissions of HIV if we are to deliver on the promise of ending AIDS in the next 10 years. We have a long journey ahead.We
need to foresee and identify our challenges and gaps, customise our programme, share knowledge, emulate best practices and stride towards reaching the Sustainable Development Goal of ending the AIDS epidemic, which is a grave public health threat, by 2030. We are together in this fight against HIV,” he
said. India’s HIV prevention model is centered around the concept of ‘Social Contracting’ through which the ‘Targeted Interventions Programme’ is implemented with support from civil society. The programme is aimed at behaviour change, communication, outreach, service delivery, counselling and testing, and ensuring linkages to HIV care. Under the programme, India provides free anti-retro-viral treatment to close to 1.4 million people. The National AIDS Control Programme has been revised, revived and revamped to focus on hard-to-reach and atrisk populations. Indian drugs are also reaching millions of people living with HIV in Africa.
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SUNVILLA SAMACHAR Rss Is Playing Game In Narendra Modi-Yogi Adityanath Tussle Two autocrats cannot survive on the same political plane and the RSS was using the political contradictions between the two Hindutva icon of the country is playing to consolidateits own grip on the ideological frame work which was threatened by their personalitycontradictions, by putting one against the other. The meeting between prime ministerNarendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday in New Delhi butthe outcome, whatever it is, may be fragile. In 2017 when Yogi Adityanath was parachuted to Lucknow to take charge of Uttar Pradesh,the state which represented the Hindu aspirations, the Hindutva fanatics perceived it as their major victory as it would prove to be a major boost to give a shape to their philosophy ofIndia turning into a Hindu Rashtra. But they forgot to comprehend that political economy ofIndia does not allow a smooth passage to the autocrats and their style of functioning.Both Narendra Modi and Yogi Aditynath aspired to lord over India and its people. By virtue ofbeing the prime minister, Modi is in an enviable position, but Yogi is also aware of hisimportance in making a future ruler. It’ is a fact that none has imagined that theircontradictions would surface in public domain so soon. It was the arrogance of the twoautocrats that was responsible for culmination of the crisis.It cannot be denied that RSS played the crucial role in giving a vent to their feelings. This ismanifest in putting a restrain on using Modi’s face during the assembly elections to UP and five other states. It is really unbelievable that how could the person who till recently was themascot of the party lose the favour of RSS. It is also interesting to note that the RSS has forthe first time openly come to accept the fact that the BJP lost the elections in Kerala, TamilNadu and Bengal due Narendra Modi. This is not less than RSS passing a stricture against Modi.The RSS which was earlier sure to win the next election to the UP assembly has turnedsceptical after a survey which the BJP has sponsored, found that it would not be able to winmore than 65 seats, a steep decline of nearly 240 seats. It obviously implied that the peopleof UP, especially the Hindus have lost their trust in Modi and Yogi. Though it has put a barbon Modi, by not projecting him as the party’s face, it would invariably replace Yogi by other upper caste leader. In the existing situation the most reliable and dependent face is RajnathSingh, the Thakur veteran.The RSS is also working on the design to forge an alliance with BSP of Mayawati. It is surethat he would be a willing partner and would muster courage to drift away with a number ofcorruption cases against her brother being investigated by CBI, ED and IT. She has no otheralternative but to buy peace by agreeing to enter into an alliance. The major reason behind this move has been the RSS intends to assuage the sentiments ofDalits who had to suffer immense state torture and repression during Yogi raj. The RSS-BJP would send the message that the person who perpetrated torture is no more on thepolitical scenario. Dalits joining the upper caste Thakurs and Bhumihar brahmins would bethe most potent force to win the election.Meanwhile the RSS-BJP has started working to wreck the peace attained by the Muslims and Jats in the wake of the farmers’ movement after a long period of seven years. Alreadysome stray incidents of violence have started taking place in western UP. It is not that thisdevelopment has gone unnoticed by the farmers’ leaders. They have been striving hard tomaintain this much precious bonhomie. They have alerted the jat villagers.The Hindu bigots have already started claiming the symbolic significance of Kashi andMathura as performances of Hindu Unity and as a wedge around which to consolidate acommunal consciousness. This is a project they will prefer to launch well before the LokSabha elections. These places fantasise the rank and file of the BJP and Sangh Parivar.At the other end, to throw a major challenge to the BJP and ensure that it loses theelections, the SP, RLD of Ajit Singh and Bhim Sena of Chandrashekhar Azad have decidedto join hands. They are working out the detail formalities.But as it appears, the sufferer in the game would be the Congress with SP and Azadunwilling to share seats with it. Though after the rout in the Bengal election, the Congresspresident Sonia Gandhi had said the party should take note of its serious setbacks - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara inassembly polls.
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Sonu Sood praises fan who walked barefoot from Hyderabad to meet him, adds: ‘Don’t want to encourage anyone’ Agency News: Mumbai Actor Sonu Sood has praised a fan named Venkatesh who walked barefoot from Hyderabad to Mumbai to meet him. Sonu added that he doesn’t ‘want to encourage anyone to take the trouble of doing this’.Taking to Instagram on Thursday, Sonu shared a picture of himself at his home, standing next to the boy. Venkatesh is seen holding a placard with Sonu’s picture on it and it says ‘the real hero Sonu Sood’ and ‘Hyd to Mumbai’, among other captions.Sonu captioned his post, “Venkatesh, this boy walked barefoot all the way from Hyderabad to Mumbai to meet me, despite me making efforts to arrange some sort of transportation for him to come here. He is truly inspiring and has immensely humbled me Ps.
Ravi Shankar Prasad attacked Arvind Kejriwal over the Delhi doorstep ration delivery scheme blocked by the centre last week Agency News: New Delhi Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday attacked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s proposal for doorstep delivery of food rations in the national capital, labelling it “jumla” (a false promise) and accusing the
ruling AAP of links to the “ration mafia”Mr Prasad demanded to know why his government was one of just two holding out against the ruling BJP’s ‘one nation, one ration card’ scheme that is meant to help people from economically weaker sections get basic food
supplies at a fair price.“This ration delivery to homes sounds like a novel idea... but if you check the plan details you will find so many loopholes and possibilities for corruption. Is this what Arvind Kejriwal wants? Do you (Mr Kejriwal) want to break the law and fool the people?” Mr Prasad shouted a question out to gathered reporters.An apoplectic Union Minister also mocked the Mr Kejriwal because “he is talking about home delivery of ration when he even failed to provide oxygen to the people of Delhi”.“Arvind Kejriwal is talking about home delivery of ration.
Black Fungus Cases Grow 150% In 3 Weeks To 31,000, Deaths Over 2,100 Malvika Raaj looks elegant in the turtleneck jumper and jeans, accessorised with boots and a beret.
BJP vice president Mukul Roy reaches TMC headquarters, likely to join party Agency News: Kolkata BJP vice president Mukul Roy arrived at the Trinamool headquarters in Kolkata on Friday along with his son Shubhranshu ahead of his formal return. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, too, was seen entering the Trinamool Bhawan.Roy — once the closet aide of Mamata Banerjee — was the party’s first big leader to jump ship in 2017. Over the following years,
he was seen as instrumental in persuading a bunch of Trinamool MLAs and leaders to shift loyalty.Speculation about Mukul Roy’s return started when Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of Mamata Banerjee and the party’s newly appointed general secretary, visited Roy at the hospital in Kolkata where his wife is admitted. This, in turn, prompted a similar visit by BJP West Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh soon after, followed by a phone call by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Thursday to Roy, who has been in home isolation since the middle of May after testing positive. Roy had also kept largely quiet since the May 2 result except to tweet his steadfast loyalty to the BJP. In a reversal of fortunes from before the Assembly elections, which saw high-spectacle desertions from the TMC to the BJP, it is the saffron party’s turn now to watch the exit door. While some leaders have made their desire.
The increase in Black Fungus numbers is driven, in part, by severe shortage of the key drug Amphotericin-B - to treat affected patients. Agency News: New Delhi Black Fungus, a potentially fatal condition that is increasingly seen in recovering Covid patients, with 31,216 cases and 2,109 deaths in the country has grown over 150 per cent over the last three weeks, putting additional stress on an already embattled healthcare system fighting off the deadly second surge of Covid wave. The
increase in numbers is driven, in part, by severe shortage of the key drug - Amphotericin-B - to treat affected patients. Maharashtra with 7,057 Black Fungus cases and 609 deaths leads the states; it is followed by Gujarat with 5,418 cases and 323 deaths. Rajasthan is the third state with 2,976 cases but Karnataka occupies third spot with 188 deaths.Contrast this with numbers on May
25: Maharashtra had 2,770 Black Fungus cases, while Gujarat reported 2,859 cases on the same day.Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state, has reported 1744 cases and 142 deaths while the neighbouring Delhi has logged 1,200 cases and 125 deaths. Similarly, on May 25, UP had 701 cases, while Delhi reported 119.At 96, Jharkhand has the least number of cases.
Yogi Adityanath meets PM Modi, JP Nadda as BJP gearing up for UP elections due in 2022 Adityanath tweeted his picture with the PM. He said, “Today, I had the privilege of meeting with respected PM Modi in Delhi and get his guidance. I wholeheartedly thank him for taking out time from his busy schedule for the meeting and the guidance.” Agency News: New Delhi Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi as murmurs against him grow louder in the party for his government’s poor handling of the COVID-19 crisis. The meeting lasted for over an hour. Notably, Assembly polls are due in Uttar Pradesh next year and party leaders are concerned that the chaos that prevailed
in the state during the second wave might affect the BJP’s electoral prospects.Following the meeting, Adityanath tweeted his picture with the PM. He said, “Today, I had the privilege of meeting with respected PM Modi in Delhi and get his guidance. I wholeheartedly thank him for taking out time from his busy schedule for the meeting and the guidance.”Yogi Adityanath met JP NaddaAfter meeting
Rajasthan CM announces financial assistance of ₹5000/to artists in state Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday announced financial assistance of 5000/each to around 2000 artists in the state, in view of the prevailing COVID-19 situation.
I, however, don’t want to encourage anyone to take the trouble of doing this, love you all.” Sonu has been in the limelight because of his philanthropic work as he has been trying to help out as many people as possible amid the Covid-19 pandemic. He has garnered praises across India. Last month, however, Sonu received flak after a video of fans pouring milk on his photos appeared online.
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Agency News: Mumbai In a tweet, in Hindi, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said, “It has been decided to provide one-time assistance of ₹5,000 to the artists in the state who are facing financial problems due to the unforeseen circumstances arising out of the COVID-19 epidemic. With this decision, about 2,000 artists who are financially weak and
needy will get relief.” The Rajasthan government on June 7 announced certain relaxations to the COVID-19 lockdown imposed in the state until further orders following a dip in the number of infections and the positivity rate. Though the ‘week-end curfew’ will remain in force from Friday evening to Monday morning, the shops and commercial establishments will be allowed to open from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. The government and private offices will also function till 4 pm every day with the presence of 50 per cent staff. Meanwhile, Rajasthan logged 1792 fresh cases, 2282 discharges and 30 deaths, as per the Union Health Ministry on Thursday.
the prime minister, the UP CM went to meet BJP national president JP Nadda at his residence. He said that it was a courtesy visit and he obtained Nadda’s guidance on various issues. Adityanath also thanked Nadda for providing him time for the meeting. Notably, the meeting with PM Modi and Nadda comes a day after the UP CM met Union home minister Amit Shah. “Met respected Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi as a
courtesy and received his guidance. Heartfelt thanks to the respected home minister for his time,” the chief minister tweeted. COVID-19 situation in UP is one of the worst affected states due to the COVID-19 pandemic and was caught
unprepared for the second wave of the pandemic that wreaked havoc. Shortage of hospital beds and oxygen aggravated the situation as queues outside hospitals and crematoriums grew longer with each passing day. These apart, decomposed
External Affairs Minister Jaishankar holds meeting with India’s envoys to Gulf nations There are over 10 lakh Indians residing in Kuwait. India is amongst the largest trading partners of Kuwait and Kuwait is a major supplier of oil for India. Agency News: Kuwait City External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has held a meeting with India’s envoys to the Gulf nations to discuss a host of issues, including encouraging speedy resumption of flights to this region and facilitating reuniting
and bloated bodies of suspected COVID patients floating in the Ganga river resulted in a major embarrassment for the UP government which all the while denied allegations and asserted that everything was under control.
“Could Be Sachin Tendulkar”: Sachin Pilot Disses BJP Leader’s Claim Agency News: Jaipur
families separated by Covid disruption.Jaishankar, who arrived here on his first bilateral visit to the oil-rich Gulf nation early on Thursday, also unveiled a bust of Mahatma Gandhi at the Indian Embassy in Kuwait in presence of the ambassadors. Chaired a fruitful meeting of Indian Ambassadors in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iran, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Bahrain today,” the external affairs minister tweeted. “Discussions
focused on ensuring utmost welfare of the Indian community in respective jurisdictions, facilitating reuniting of families separated by Covid disruption, interceding for early return of Indian talent and skills who left the Gulf during the pandemic, encouraging the speedy resumption of flights to Gulf destinations to help NRIs and strongly push our trade interests that contribute to economic recovery at home.
Congress leader Sachin Pilot, in the spotlight after his former colleague Jitin Prasada crossed over to the BJP, today rubbished a BJP leader’s comment that he was next. He also denied receiving any feelers from the BJP. Rita Bahuguna Joshi, a Congress leader for 25 years before she joined the BJP, was quoted as saying that she had spoken to Sachin Pilot and he would join the BJP soon. “Rita Bahuguna Joshi has said she has spoken to Sachin. She might have spoken to Sachin Tendulkar. She doesn’t have the courage to speak to me,” Mr Pilot told reporters who asked him to respond to Ms Joshi saying he was “uncomfortable” in the Congress.
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Swimmer controversially withdraws before Olympic trials
Jadeja will have to sit out if 4 seamers play in WTC final
Australia’s Olympic swimming trials until Maddie Groves withdrew from the six-day meet following a series of social media posts condemning “misogynistic perverts” in the sport.Groves didn’t detail her allegations, which apparently surfaced last year, and Swimming Australia president Kieren Perkins said he was trying to contact the two-time Olympic silver medalist.“We have had an
ongoing dialogue that has been generated by Maddie through social media. We reached out with her in September 2020 to try to engage with her on these concerns she has,” Perkins told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. on Friday. “We have done it again now, and unfortunately at this point we have not been able to have a direct conversation with Maddie to understand exactly what her concerns are, who the people involved are, so that we can investigate
it and deal with it.” Groves, who won silver medals in the 200-meter butterfly and a relay at the 2016 Olympics, said she planned to delete her Twitter app after posting: “You can no longer exploit young women and girls, body shame or medically gaslight them and then expect them to represent you so you can earn your annual bonus.
Agency News: New Delhi At a time when there is a lot of talk about spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja playing together in the WTC final against New Zealand, former India offspinner Sarandeep Singh did not rule out the possibility of India fielding four specialist seamers.Sarandeep said if the conditions at the Ageas Bowl
Curtly Ambrose, the former West Indies fast bowler has reacted to Sanjay Manjrekar’s comments on R Ashwin, where the former India batsman had said that he does not consider the offspinner to be an all-time great.
Curtly Ambrose, the former West Indies fast bowler has reacted to Sanjay Manjrekar’s comments on R Ashwin, where the former India batsman had said that he does not consider the off-spinner to be an alltime great. Manjrekar’s take on Ashwin created an uproar on social media with many
criticising the commentator for his remarks on India’s premier spinner. Certain current and ex-cricketers had reacted to the matter, with the legendary Ambrose being the latest to give his take on it.“We all have our different opinions. We all look at greatness in different ways. Sanjay Manjrekar was a wonderful cricketer in his time. He has his opinion of that, we
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in Southampton are overcast on June 18, then India might think of going with a four-pronged pace attack.“If conditions are overcast, then you can play an extra fast bowler after Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Shami,” Sarandeep told PTI.The former member of the selection committee that achieved outstanding results, especially in creating an enviable.
‘Sanjay Manjrekar was a wonderful cricketer in his time’: Ambrose reacts to Indian commentator’s comments on R Ashwin
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Tusshar Kapoor, son of veteran actor Jeetendra and brother of television queen Ekta Kapoor, was last seen in Golmaal Again in 2017. The actor turned the spotlight on him when he decided to produce last year’s release Laxmii starring Akshay Kumar and Kiara Advani. The film, which released digitally, became the most-watched movie on the OTT platform. It has been 20 years since the actor made his debut with Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai in 2001. He became an overnight sensation after the film was released and his pairing with Kareena Kapoor Khan was loved by the audience.
Jason Momoa’s ‘Aquaman’ sequel titled ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’
Groves didn’t detail her allegations, which apparently surfaced last year, and Swimming Australia president Kieren Perkins said he was trying to contact the two-time Olympic silver medalist. Agency News: New Delhi
all have our views. But, how do you define greatness? That is a good question,” Ambrose told sports presenter Karishma Kotak on ‘The Curtly and Karishma Show’ on YouTube. ”Because sometimes, to be quite fair, we use the word
greatness loosely. So, we have to be careful with how we define greatness. According to me, greatness is when a player can be very consistent over a period of time, for years, not one or two years.” Ambrose, who picked up 405 wickets
from 98 Tests and 225 wickets from 176 ODIs for the West Indies, and was considered one of the best fast bowlers of his era, suggested that the best way to determine whether someone is a ‘great’ is to see the overall growth of a player since he first made an appearance.In case of Ashwin, the off-spinner is in his 11th year as an international cricketer and with 409 wickets – which makes him India’s fourth-highest wicket-taker in Tests – Ashwin surely is one of India’s best bowlers of all time. He also has the most fivewicket-hauls (30) by an India bowler in Test matches after the great Anil Kumble.
The much-awaited sequel to Warner Bros’ 2018 superhero hit “Aquaman” has been titled “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom”.Filmmaker James Wan, who directed the Jamon Momoa-led first part, shared the news in a post on Instagram on Thursday.Wan posted an image from a production meeting, which featured the title as “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom”, in what looks to be a potential logo for the film.“The tide is
rising,” he captioned the photo.“Aquaman” featured Momoa as Arthur Curry aka Aquaman, a half-Atlantean,
half-human who sets out to lead the underwater kingdom of Atlantis and stop his halfbrother, King Orm, from uniting the seven underwater kingdoms to destroy the surface worldThe film, which released in December 2018, grossed more than USD 1 billion at the global box office.The sequel will also mark the return of Amber Heard as Mera and Patrick Wilson back as Orm. Wan is producing alongside Peter Safran, with David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick returning to pen the script.
leave the industry and let go of my work. I always wanted to focus on being a mother. So it’s not about the pandemic, I would have either way left the industry, pandemic or no pandemic. I want to be at home with my kid. Honestly work is the last thing on my mind right now. I really don’t know when I will get back. “Although I am doing some work here and there because of the contracts that I had signed with different
brands. I am doing all this for social media where I am shooting at home and it is totally stress free. I am being extremely careful too. Maybe one person will come to shoot and the person too has to have a proper test done before coming inside the house. But getting back on a full-fledged set of a TV show, I don’t know when that will happen. But I am sure when I decide to get back, people will get to know,” she added.
Anita Hassanandani quits acting after son Aaravv’s birth, says ‘work is the last thing on my mind’ Agency News: Mumbai Actor Anita Hassanandani said that she has quit acting, calling it a decision taken long ago. She also said that ‘it’s not about the pandemic’, adding that she wants to be at home with her newborn son and work is the last thing on her mind right now.Speaking with a leading daily, Anita Hassanandani said, “I had decided that whenever I would have a child, I would
you tell me, I am too Sensex rises 300 points, Ifshort, fat, bold to be an I can still find my Nifty tops 15,800-mark actor, way’: Vidya Balan Agency News: Mumbai The benchmark equity indices on the BSE and National Stock Exchange opened over 0.5 per cent higher and touched their record highs during the early trade on Friday. Earlier in the day, S&P BSE Sensex rose 326.17 points (0.62 per cent) to hit its lifetime intraday high of 52,626.64, while the Nifty 50 climbed 97.80 points (0.62
Pradhan calls for monetisation of undeveloped ONGC, OIL fields Agency News: Mumbai Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday called out stateowned upstream oil and gas companies ONGC and OIL for not monetising oil and gas fields for long periods and said the government would look into methods to monetise such resources at the earliest. “If a company has come into possession of a resource through a process, it does not mean they will have it indefinitely,” he said, at the launch of the third round of auctions for small fields with proven reserves under the Discovered Small Fields (DSF) regime. He called on the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons and the Oil Ministry to present a path to quickly.
The S&P BSE Sensex rose 326.17 points (0.62 per cent) to hit its lifetime intraday high of 52,626.64, while the Nifty 50 climbed 97.80 points (0.62 per cent) to reach a fresh all-time high of 15,835.55. per cent) to reach a fresh alltime high of 15,835.55. At 10:03 am, the BSE benchmark was trading at 52,570.84, up 270.37 points (0.52 per cent), while the NSE barometer was up 83.95 points (0.53 per cent) at 15,821.70. The gains in the early trade were led by Reliance Industries (RIL), Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC), HDFC
Bank, Infosys and Power Grid Corporation of India. On Thursday, Sensex had finished 358.83 points (0.69 per cent) higher at 52,300.47 and the broader Nifty had risen 102.40 points (0.65 per cent) to end at 15,737.75. Among the sectoral indices on NSE, the Nifty Metal index was up nearly 1.5 per cent led by shares of Coal India, Steel Authority of
IN “Sherni”, Vidya plays an upright forest officer battling social barriers set by the patriarchal society and lackadaisical attitudes within her department India and MOIL. The Nifty IT index was trading over 0.75 per cent aided by Oracle Financial Services Software and MphasiS. The Nifty Auto index too was up nearly 0.75 per cent driven by Ashok Leyland and Tata Motors. In the broader market, the
S&P BSE MidCap index was trading at 23,005.66, up 110.60 points (0.48 per cent) at 10:08 am, while the S&P BSE SmallCap was at 25,192.15, up 176.26 points (0.70 per cent). The volatlity index or India VIX was down 3.71 per cent at 14.4450.
Tax on jabs by hospitals to be in focus at GST council meet Agency News: Mumbai
Tax on coronavirus vaccines procured by private hospitals is set to figure prominently in discussions of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, which will meet on Saturday to consider tax relief on medical supplies for Covid management. Consumers will have to bear the tax on Covid vaccines to be procured by private hospitals unless this is removed. This needs to be addressed in the public interest, said an official with a state government. A part of states’ grievance about the
Profiteering is the industry practice of businesses raising the price to the consumer whenever the Centre lowered GST rate—a headache for policymakers on items that are outside controls. 5% GST burden on vaccines directly procured by them got resolved with the Centre agreeing to supply threefourth of all vaccines made in India to them from June 21. While announcing the revised vaccination policy on Monday, PM Modi said no state will have to spend anything on the vaccine. The tax on private procurement of vaccines remains an issue
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to be addressed. GST is a tax on consumption based on the product’s classification, not based on who supplies to the ultimate consumer, said the official. “Besides, it is not that all those who go to private hospitals are rich. It is a oncein-a-century health crisis that warrants tax relief,” said the official. Another argument that figured in earlier discussions among policymakers was
the fear of profiteering by private players, but the recent announcement of a price ceiling on vaccines has resolved the issue. The Centre has fixed the maximum price that can be charged by the manufacturer and the service charge that can be levied by hospitals. Profiteering is the industry practice of businesses raising the price to the consumer whenever.
Agency News: Mumbai Vidya Balan has time and again challenged Bollywood stereotypes with her roles, living out her characters with power-packed performances. The actress says it was not something that she did consciously.Ever since she made her Bollywood debut with “Parineeta” in 2005, Vidya has wowed the Hindi audience with her work in films such as “Bhool Bhulaiyaa”, “No One Killed Jessica”, “The Dirty Picture”, “Paa”, “Kahaani”, “Ishqiya”, “Mission Mangal”, “Tumhari Sulu” and “Shakuntala Devi”. She will next be seen in “Newton” maker Amit Masurkar’s “Sherni”, which casts her as a forest officer.“I did not set out to break stereotypes but I think through my experiences in life, especially as an actor, I have realised I am not going to let anything come in the way of me being an actor,” said Vidya, who has been feted with a National Award and a Padma Shri.The 42-year-old actress added: “So if you tell me, I am too short to be an actor, too fat to be an actor, I am too bold to be an actor, I am too brazen or too intelligent or whatever, I am just saying random things, I cannot change who I am but I can still find my way.”“My passion for what I do has seen me through because I really can’t change anything about myself, so I did not set out to break stereotypes. I just said if it doesn’t work, too bad it has to work, because I am going to make it work. It has to work because I want to be an actor,” she added.
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20 Covid hospitals in Rajkot Municipal Corporation limit don’t have fire NOC: Affidavit in High Court Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Several hospitals, commercial high rises, malls and multiplexes across the state continue to operate without valid fire NOC, with at least 20 such Covid hospitals functioning under the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) limits, state affidavits filed by fire officers of six municipal corporations before the Gujarat High Court.The affidavits were filed ahead of the hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL) concerning fire safety in buildings, especially in hospitals and schools, on Friday. RMC fares the worst among other municipal corporations with at least 243 of the total
268 hospitals and another 20 of the 88 Covid-19 designated hospitals are operating without a valid fire NOC. As per the affidavits submitted, most other municipal corporations have at least ensured fire compliance in its Covid-19 hospitals.Since the Covid-19 outbreak last year, 36 people have died in four fire incidents in hospitals across the state, the highest being 18 deaths in a Bharuch hospital on May 1.In the RMC jurisdiction, 27 of the total 42 malls and multiplexes are also not compliant with necessary fire safety requirements.As per an affidavit filed by fire officer of Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation on June 7.
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Gujarat: 544 COVID-19 cases, 11 deaths in a day Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Gujarat has reported 544 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours ending 5 pm on Thursday. The addition of the fresh cases has taken Gujarat’s total tally past 8.18 lakh.9,976 COVID-19 related deaths in GujaratUnfortunately, 11 deaths were reported in the state in the past 24 hours. The fresh fatalities have taken Gujarat’s COVID-19 related death toll to 9,976. While two deaths were reported from Ahmedabad, Surat also reported two deaths. One death has been reported each from Vadodara,
Junagarh, Bhavnagar, Mahisagar, Jamnagar and Amreli.90 fresh cases in Ahmedabad, 89 in Surat Of the 544 fresh cases reported on Thursday, 90 cases have been reported from Ahmedabad, 89 cases have been reported
12 booked for violating Covid rules to celebrate birthday Alia Bhat spotted at Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s office.
Nursing employees’ allowance to be raised by Rs 1,700: Nitin Patel
Later, a purported video of the incident also went viral where the group of youth is seen celebrating the birthday of one of the accused, who is cutting a birthday cake with a sword. Agency News: Vadodar Wadi police station in Vadodara city on Thursday booked 12 persons for allegedly violating the Covid-19 protocols and night curfew in order to
celebrate a birthday.The incident occurred on Wednesday night during the curfew hours when CCTV cameras spotted a group of youth gathering in a bylane of the Panigate area of the city. Later, a purported video
of the incident also went viral where the group of youth is seen celebrating the birthday of one of the accused, who is cutting a birthday cake with a sword. Officials of the Wadi police station said that the patrol team had rushed to the spot on Wednesday night after receiving information of the gathering but the mob had dispersed before the police team could nab anyone. “The probe is on with CCTV footage being examined
to identify the accused. Some 12 persons have already been identified and will be nabbed soon,” said an officer, adding that close to 40 people had gathered for the celebration and even brought a box of the cake for the midnight celebration of the birthday of their ‘friend’. The accused have been booked for violation of prohibitory orders and for endangering lives by an act that could lead to spread of disease
NCPCR notice to Surat collector over complaint against private school The notice issued by NCPCR senior consultant Raman K Gaur to collector Dr Dhaval Patel over a complaint by a parent against Foundation Head School in Surat states, “You are requested to send the detail inquiry/investigation report to the commission. The report has not been received by commissioner so far.”
Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel on Thursday announced that allowance of all nursing employees will be increased by Rs 1,700 to a total payable allowance of Rs 3,000, starting July 1. Till now, the allowance paid was Rs 1,300. The decision came following a meeting of members of the United Nursing Forum, a representative body of nursing staff in Gujarat, with Patel, who also holds the Health portfolio, and other bureaucrats from the health department. The health department also reiterated that it has approved the indent for filling of 2,000 nursing employee positions, with the examination for the same scheduled for June 20.Gujarat, meanwhile, recorded 544 new cases of Covid-19 Thursday and 11 others succumbed to the infection. Since the second wave started, the state has reported 5,296 mucormycosis cases cumulatively.
Nikhil Donga fled jail to ‘kill’ ex-MLA: Cops Sunvilla News: Surat A sessions court in Bhuj rejected the bail application of gangster Nikhil Donga and six others on Thursday after the police, in its affidavit opposing the bail plea, stated that the gangster escaped from the jail with an aim to kill former GondalMLA Jayrajsinh Jadeja.Donga has been in jail since April 1, when he was arrested from Nainital after escaping from Palar jail in Bhuj in March. The sixother accused have been charged under various sections for helping Donga escape from jail.Additional sessions judge M M Patel junked the bail plea of the gangster. Deputy superintendent of police J N Panchal.
Agency News: Surat The National Council of Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Thursday issued notice to the Surat District Collector seeking an action taken report (ATR) in relation
to a complaint on financial irregularities and charging of extra fees by a private school. The notice issued by NCPCR senior consultant Raman K Gaur to collector Dr Dhaval Patel over a complaint by a parent against Foundation Head School in Surat states, “You are requested to send the detail inquiry/investigation
report to the commission. The report has not been received by commissioner so far.” The notice adds, “You are requested to take ATR (Action Taken Report), investigation report desired by the commission, within 5 days of receipt of this letter. In the event of non-receipt of the same, the commission in
pursuance of its functions and powers u/s 13 and 14, the CPCR Act, 2005, shall require your appearance in person through video- conferencing in this matter, alongwith the details of the redressal of complaint…” collects Rs 1 lakh out of which Rs 60,000 is admission fees and Rs 40,000 is security deposit.
Gujarat govt will take a call on Rath Yatra depending on COVID-19 situation Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has said that the state government will take a call on the Jagannath Temple Rath Yatra as per the COVID-19 situation prevailing at that point in time. The chariot procession is scheduled to take place on July 12.Notably, last year too, the Rath Yatra had to be cancelled owing to the COVID-19 pandemic and an order issued by the Gujarat High Court.Rupani, while interacting with the media, said that Gujarat government after a lot of efforts has controlled the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in a massive
decline in cases and deaths. He, however, warned that a reduction in cases should not be treated by people as if the COVID-19 pandemic is over. Rupani asserted that the risk of COVID-19 is still there. He said that government has gradually given several relaxations so that
people can continue their urgent work and their livelihood is not affected. He also requested that people should refrain from abusing the relaxations and continue to follow COVID safety guidelines.The chief minister also clarified that the government will not think twice
to again impose the lockdown, if need arise.Preparations for Rath YatraAlthough it is not clear whether the traditional Rath Yatra will be allowed or not, the Gujarat Police and the Jagannath Temple Trust have begun preparations for the festival.Earlier this month, police and municipal corporation authorities surveyed dangerous structures, pot-holed roads, and trees that need trimming on the Rath Yatra route. Usually, the police begin preparations for the Rath Yatra two months in advance. Police also surveyed points where cops will be stationed and CCTV cameras will be mounted.
The accused had procured thecontraband from Mumbai.Police arrested Kamlesh Dugad, 38, his partner Krishnadatt Dubey, 36,Dubey’s girlfriend Puja Gupta and Vikas Patel, 27, cab driver. They werebooked under various sections of
The Narcotic Drugs and PsychotropicSubstances Act. Dugad runs a pan shop in Parvat Patiya and also worked as a propertydealer. Along with his regular businesses he sold the drugs too, police said. “The accused used to supply some quantity of the
drug to a person. We are yet to arrest him,” said a crime branch official. Dugad used to frequently go to Mumbai to buy the drugs, said police. “We are investigating from whom he bought the drug and how he dealt with his clients in the city,” said a police official.
Four, including a woman, caught with mephedrone worth Rs 8 lakh Sunvilla News: Surat Crime branch sleuths nabbed four accused including a womanwith 79 grams of mephedrone worth Rs 7.90 lakh near Dindoli-Kharvasabridge early on Thursday morning.
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from Surat, 98 cases have been reported from Vadodara, and five cases have been reported from the state capital Gandhinagar. This apart, Rajkot has reported 26 cases, Bhavnagar has reported two cases, Mehsana
nine cases, and Jamnagar 22 cases. Meanwhile, Junagarh has also reported 27 fresh cases of the virus, whereas the tribal district of Panchamahals has reported 11 fresh cases. Dahod has reported four cases, Amreli 10 cases and Kheda 10 cases. Similarly, Bharuch has reported 22 cases, Valsad has reported nine cases, Anand 12 cases, and Patan reported one case. With the addition of the fresh cases, the total COVID-19 case tally in Ahmedabad has increased to 2.37 lakh The total tally has reached 1.42 lakh in Surat, 77,728 in Vadodara.
Free Covid hospital to shut down in Ahmedabad Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Hasmukh Ratilal, 47, was recently operated to open up hisknee and thigh blood vessel which had got blocked due to hyper-clottingcomplication of Covid-19.It was a double whammy for this poor man from Khambhat who had barelyrecovered from Covid when the necrosis had set in and he came underthe threat of losing his limb. But fortunately, he came to Dr Manish Raval’sendovascular hospital in Shefali Shopping Center which started a freeCovid care centre in May and was treated free of charge for a procedure that would have cost him.
kidnapping of Amit Jethwa witness’s son: Plea in High Court seeks transfer of investigation from Una police to CBI Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad A prosecution witness in the high-profile 2010 murder case of RTI activist Amit Jethwa has moved the Gujarat High Court with a plea seeking transfer of investigation of his son’s kidnapping in 2018, from Una police to CBI.The witness’s son was kidnapped while the witness was deposing before a trial court in Ahmedabad. The HC on Thursday issued notice to the central and state government, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Diu’s collector and other officials of Gujarat in this regard. A special CBI court in Ahmedabad in July 2019 had sentenced former BJP MP Dinu Solanki, his nephew Shiva Solanki and five others to life imprisonment in connection
The witness’s son was kidnapped while the witness was deposing before a trial court in Ahmedabad. with Jethwa’s murder. Jethwa was shot dead by two of the convicted accused opposite the Gujarat High Court premises. Dharmendragiri Balugiri Goswami, a key witness in the case and a resident of Una, was among the 26 witnesses who were re-examined by a special CBI court in Ahmedabad during the trial of Jethwa’s murder. In 2018, Goswami’s son was kidnapped while Goswami was deposing in court, forcing the latter to turn hostile. As stated in the petition, ““During the
deposition as a prosecution witness, son of (Goswami) was kidnapped as part of threat, coercion and duress and to set an example as to what would happen if e deposes as per the statement given by him to the police. During the deposition in the court premises outside the courtroom, (Goswami) was threatened by particular individuals at the instance.
Covid norm violation: Rs 99 cr collected as fines, 36 lakh penalised says Gujarat DGP “Yesterday (Wednesday), a total of 9,848 cases of mask violations were registered across Gujarat and in the past 1.25 years of pandemic, over 36 lakh people have been fined for mask violations,” the DGP said Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad The Gujarat police department has collected nearly Rs 99 crore as fines from vehicles for breach of curfew and over 36 lakh people have been fined for not wearing masks over the 15 months of restrictions imposed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Director General of Police Ashish Bhatia said in a video statement
on Thursday. “Yesterday (Wednesday), a total of 9,848 cases of mask violations were registered across Gujarat and in the past 1.25 years of pandemic, over 36 lakh people have been fined for mask violations. We have also collected Rs 99 crore by impounding vehicles found in violations of curfews,” the DGP said.“Moreover, 4.92 lakh cases have been lodged for violation of SOPs and social distancing… We have given first dose vaccination to 99.5 per cent of our police force
and among them 90.6 per cent have been given second dose also,” said the DGP. “The state government has announced extension of night curfew from 9 pm to 6 am in 36 cities from June 11 to June 26. Other relaxations announced by the state government are that all shops, financial institutions, shopping complexes, markets, beauty parlours, saloons can remain open from 9 am to 7 pm while maintaining social distancing and wearing masks,” he further said.
Rajkot offers Amul 100 acre land near highway for second largest plant Sunvilla News: Rajkot The district administration has identified 100 acre land earAandanpar village that can be allocated to Gujarat co-operative milk marketing federation (GCMMF) to set up an advanced state of art milk processing plant. A decision in this regard was taken in September 2020 in a board meeting of GCMMF to set up its unit somewhere on theJamnagar road. The GCMMF, which markets brand Amul, had beendemanding the government to provide land at a token rate. In line with itsbiggest milk processing plant in Gandhinagar that has a
capacity of 50lakh litre per day, the federation was planning a plant with a capacity of 30lakh litre per day at the cost of Rs 200 crore near Rajkot to facilitate milkproducers of Saurashtra and Kutch. On Thursday, Rajkot district collector Remya Mohan said, “We haveidentified a plot of land near Anandpar Navagam village on Rajkot-Ahmedabad highway in the outskirts of the city that could beallocated to the GCMMF for its milk plant. If the milk processing plant comes at at the site, it will be a good news for the dairy farmers of entire Saurashtra. Collector office sources said that the land belongs to two
villages Anandpar Navagam and Sokhda. The diary giant hasalready paid one percent amount of Jantri value, which is a requirement as per law to initiate the process of identifyinggovernment land. In the second stage, the valuation committee headed by the collector will finalize the value of the land as per market rate and send a report to the state government.for free or at best a token rate. “The government also had provided Gandhinagar land at a token rate. This plant will save milkfarmers Rs 30 lakh on transportation cost every day,” he added. At present, 10 milk unions in Saurashtra.
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