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Anushka Sharma, Virat Kohli’s daughter Vamika turns two; actor shares cute photo on birthday

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High Commissioner of Sri Lanka and Home Minister of Karnataka visited NFSU

Badminton: India Open 2023 picks up official entertainment partner in build-up to event

Vadodara youth arrested for impregnating minor classmate

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India to amplify voice of Global South in G20: Modi

Agency News: New Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday while referring to India’s G20 Presidency said its aim is to amplify the voice of the Global South. “As India begins its G20 Presidency this year, it is natural that our aim is to amplify the voice of the Global South. Your voice is India’s voice. Your priorities are India’s priorities. We believe the path to realising ‘oneness’ is through humancentric development,” Modi said addressing the inaugural session of “Voice of Global South Summit” virtually. He said people of Global South should no longer be excluded from the fruits of development. “Together we must attempt to redesign global political and financial governance. This can re move inequities, enlarge opportunities, support growth and

Kartik Aaryan seen at Stardust 50th Anniversary Honours.

Police in Visakhapatnam have arrested three persons for allegedly vandalising Vande Bharat express train which is scheduled to be virtually flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. Unidentified miscreants on Wednesday night pelted stones at one of the coaches of the brand new high-speed train, breaking the windows. The police on Thursday made a breakthrough in the case and arrested.

spread progress and prosperity,” Modi said as he emphasised that Global South have the largest stakes in the future. He added, “Three fourths of humanity lives in our countries. We should also have equivalent voice. Hence, as the eight-decade old model of global governance slowly changes, we should try to shape the emerging order.” Citing that India has always shared its developmental

Fresh case of loan fraud of Rs 1,688 cr against ABG Shipyard owner Rishi Agarwal, others

Agency News: New Delhi

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has lodged a fresh loan fraud case of Rs 1688 crore against ABG Shipyard owner Rishi Kamlesh Agarwal and others. The CBI had last year booked Agarwal for a loan fraud of Rs 22000 crore which was said to be the biggest bank loan fraud. A senior CBI official said that a written complaint was received from Karambir Singh, Chief Manager, Punjab National Bank (PNB) Mumbai on behalf of other banks (e-OBC, UCO Bank, Bank of India, Bank of Baroda (e-Dena Bank) and e-United Bank of India) against Vadraj Cement Ltd, Rishi Kamlesh Agarwal (Promoter-

Director), Krishna Gopal Toshniwal (Director), Vijay Prakash Sharma (Professional Director) and others for causing wrongful loss of Rs 1107.62 crore to the consortium of lending banks led by the PNB. The PNB received a letter of consent from the Central Bank of India (part of the consortium) for fraud committed by the said company to the tune of Rs 580.79 crore. “The total amount of fraud and wrongful loss committed by the company towards the consortium of lending banks comes to the tune of Rs 1688.41 crore. After receiving the complaint we lodged a case under sections 120-8, 420 IPC and 13(2) read with 13(1)(d) of PC Act against the accused,” said the official.

Publication of criminal antecedents of candidates a must: EC

with Global South, the PM said, “Our development partnerships cover all geographies and diverse sectors. We supplied medicines and vaccines to over 100 countries during the pandemic. India has always stood for greater role of developing countries in determining our common future.”

“Most of the global challenges have not been created by the Global South. But they affect

Extraordinary attack on Judiciary: Congress

Agency News: New Delhi

Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Thursday dubbed Vice- President Jagdeep Dhankhar’s criticism of Kesavananda Bharti Judgement an “extraordinary attack” on Judiciary.

“In my 18 years as an MP, I’ve never heard anyone criticise the 1973 Kesavananda Bharati judgment of Supreme Court. In fact, legal luminaries of BJP like Arun Jaitley hailed it as a milestone. Now, Chairman of Rajya Sabha says it was wrong. Extraordinary attack on the judiciary!” Ramesh said. The reaction comes a day after the VicePresident insisted on Parliamentary supremacy. Vice-President Dhankhar on Wednesday reiterated that the power of Parliament to amend the constitution and deal with legislation is not subject to any other authority and all constitutional institutions — the judiciary.

us more. We have seen this in the impacts of Covid pandemic, climate change, terrorism and even the Ukraine conflict,” he said. The PM further said, “To re-energise the world, we should together call for a global agenda of Respond, Recognise, Respect and Reform .” “Respond to the priorities of the Global South by framing an inclusive and balanced international agenda. Recognise that the principle of ‘Common but Differentiated Responsibilities’ applies to all global challenges. Respect sovereignty of all nations, rule of law and peaceful resolution of differences and disputes; and Reform international institutions, including the United Nations, to make them more relevant,”.

Agency News: New Delhi

All political parties and candidates will have to publish criminal antecedents of their candidates at least three times in newspapers, television channels and on their websites, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar said here on Thursday. The CEC said that all political parties and candidates would have to publish the criminal antecedents of their candidates at least three times in newspapers, television channels and on their websites with reasons for the selection of such candidates.

“People must know the background of all candidates before the election,” the CEC told the media after the

Rs 100 crore swindler Praveen

Rana arrested by Kerala Police

Agency News: New Delhi

Praveen Rana, who was heading an investment and marketing company near here and was on the run after being taken into custody by the Kerala Police on Wednesday from near Coimbatore, was brought to Trissur and his arrest was recorded. Feeling the heat from his depositors who had invested around Rs 100 crore after he promised a huge return on investment - which was as high as 42 per cent - Rana whose company Safe and Strong went into trouble after he ducked the investors and the police on January 6, and went into hiding.

However, he was traced out to a quarry in Coimbatore when he made a call to his wife using a quarry workers mobile phone. This call of his was traced by the Police and he was picked up on Wednesday by the Kerala Police. Later he was brought to Trissur and after the preliminary paper work.

full commission headed by Kumar and two Election Commissioners — Anup Chandra Pandey and Arun Goel - reviewing the poll preparedness of Tripura Assembly elections, expected to be held in later next month. He said that anyone, including the voter, can lodge complaint with the commission through the cVIGIL app launched

by the poll panel. “Through the cVIGIL app, the Commission deals with any complaint on a fasttrack basis within 100 minutes. The cVIGIL is an innovative mobile application for citizens to report about the violation of Model Code of Conduct and expenditure during the elections. The cVIGIL stands for Vigilant Citizen and emphasises the proactive and responsible role citizens can play in the conduct of free and fair elections,” the CEC said. The uniqueness of the app is that it only allows live photo and video with auto location capture from within the app to ensure digital evidence for flying squads to act upon in a time-bound manner, he added

College student held for smuggling firearms in Bihar’s Arwal

Agency News: New Delhi

A female college student was arrested on charges of smuggling firearms on Thursday in Bihar’s Arwal district. Mohammad Kasim, the Superintendent of Police (SP) of Arwal confirmed the incident. The student was travelling with two youths, including her boyfriend Ranjit Kumar on a bike. The arrest was made during the vehicle checking campaign on NH 139 under the Kinjar police station.

“The accused was travelling with two youths on one bike.

The SHO of the Kinjer police station, who was also patrolling the road, suspected something

fishy as they were travelling at a high speed and did not stop the vehicle after policemen signalled them for checking. Our officers suspected that the accused probably kidnapped the girl and therefore were driving at high speed,” Kasim said. “The SHO and other police teams chased the bikers. After a brief chase, the two youths including Ranjit Kumar managed to flee from the spot while the girl failed to run. She was carrying a bag. When our cops opened the bag, they found four country-made Kattas, a magazine of a pistol, cash Rs 13,240, a smart phone, a button phone and an Apache bike,” Kasim said.

Ready to deal with any adverse situation at borders: Army Chief

Agency News: New Delhi

The Indian Army is capable, powerful and ready to tackle any adverse situation at the International Borders, said Army chief General Manoj Pande on Thursday. India has maintained adequate force deployment along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China, and is ready to deal with any situation, he added. The Army chief was addressing the annual press conference here on Thursday. “The Indian Army is also creating a huge road net-

work in their part alongside the International Border area. Simultaneously, India is boosting infrastructure projects near the IndoChina border. These border connecting roads will be

‘allweather roads’. Beside the all-weather Road, tunnels and bridges are also being constructed to reach the border in minimum time,” General Pande said. On the situation at LAC, the Army chief said it is stable but unpredictable. Although, he said that India and China are holding talks at both military and diplomatic levels to resolve the issues. Five of the seven issues have been resolved through the talks he further said. However, he did not speak much on the Doklam, but he added the situation is being closely watched and all activities are being monitored.

Telangana Congress MP meets new incharge, appears defiant

Agency News: Hyderabad

Congress MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, who was recently issued show cause notice by the party for alleged act of indiscipline, met newly appointed AICC in-charge for Telangana Manikrao Thakare on Thursday.

The MP told after the meeting that he could not call on the incharge on Wednesday as he was on a visit to his constituency. He did not reveal what he discussed with the new in-charge saying it was an internal matter of the party. Venkat Reddy, however, appeared defiant as he remarked that the media should ask MLAs Seethakka, Veeraiah and Jagga Reddy as to why they did not meet Thakare on Wednesday. He also stated that he would not like to sit with those who lost elections 4-5 times. Apparently, targetting Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) chief A. Revanth Reddy, Venkat Reddy stated that TPCC committees have no significance for him.

Three held for vandalising Vande Bharat train in Vizag

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Modi’s

victories have nailed the canard on 2002 riots. BBC should worry about its credibility

High Commissioner of Sri Lanka and Home Minister of Karnataka visited NFSU

Agency News: Karnataka

No tiger in Mahisagar village, say foresters

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Mumbai Police nab Gujarat man for bomb threat to Ambani school

Agency News: Mumbai

H.E. Mr. Chandrikapersad Santokhi, the President of Suriname, H.E. Mr. Albert R. Ramdin, the Foreign Minister of Suriname and Dr. S. Balachandran, Ambassador of India to Suriname; Delegation from Sri Lanka led by H.E. Milinda Moragoda, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka and delegation from Karnataka led by Shri Arga Jnanendra, Honble Home Minister of Karnataka, visited National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), Gandhinagar on 12th January 2023. Dr. J.

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The two-part BBC documentary, India: The Modi Question, through claims of having investigated certain (missing) aspects related to the 2002 Gujarat riots, has tried to project the riots and then-chief minister in a poor light. Reacting quickly, the Ministry of External Affairs has trashed the documentary as a “propaganda piece” that lacked objectivity and reflected a “colonial mindset”. The central government has also clamped down on it with a ban and asked social media platforms to remove videos and website links to the film. While the government’s move to ban the documentary has been criticised by the opposition, especially the Congress and Trinamool Congress (TMC), the government has received support from unexpected quarters. Congress veteran and former Defence Minister A. K. Antony’s son Anil Antony has slammed those using the BBC documentary as a stick to beat the BJP with. A day after his social media post on the documentary, he resigned from the party alleging “intolerant calls to retract a tweet”. The Modi Question raises more questions than it seeks to answer. Going by the content, intent and the timing of the documentary, the BBC seems to be rushing on a path where angels would fear to tread. According to the channel, the first part reportedly tracks Modi’s ascendancy to power in Gujarat and the 2002 riots. If the BBC had obtained previously unpublished reports from the British Foreign Office as it claims, more serious questions arise on the nature of the documents and the timing and manner in which they have been publicised. The 2002 riots were investigated by a Special Investigation Team followed by the Supreme Court upholding its closure report.

Eyeing 2024 polls, BSP launches ‘Chalo gaon ki ore’

Agency News: Lucknow

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has launched ‘Chalo Gaon ki Ore’, a mass outreach programme to consolidate its base among voters at the grassroots level. BSP national president Mayawati has directed party leaders and senior functionaries to start visiting villages to interact with voters. A party functionary said, “The state government’s ‘goof-up’ on OBC reservations for the urban local body polls has given the BSP an opportunity to reach out to voters and expose the BJP’s anti-reservation mindset”. ‘Chalo Gaon Ki Ore’ has been designed by the party to hammer on the issue. The BSP’s campaign has OBCs as the target audience though the party has not ruled out reaching out to others.”When we go to villages, we find a mixed

audience. But we know what we have to talk about. It is how the state government is not serious about OBC reservations,” said party national spokesperson Dharamvir Chaudhary. The OBCs and the most backward among them are on the priority list of political parties for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Mayawati has asked her leaders to mobilise the voters at the booth level. Four booths will be organised into a sector and a public meeting will be held at the sector level.She has also asked her party members to keep the interaction more personal and direct.

TN NGO demands action against attack on Dalit women

Agency News: Chennai

An NGO has demanded the police and authorities in Tamil Nadu’s Pudukottai district to take immediate action against two upper caste men attacking three Dalit women while they were taking a bath in a stream.

According to the Madurai-based NGO Evidence, the incident took place on January 1 and the police were yet to take action. In a statement, the NGO director Kathir said that Shakthidevi, Devi and Sreedevi were taking bath in the stream in Kothangudi village when the two men, Iyyappan and Muthumaran, threatened them and beat them up. Although

Sreedevi lodged a complaint with the Nagudi police station on January 3, no action has been taken so far, the director said.

He also claimed that Iyyappan’s wife is the vice president of Perungattu panchayat and was trying to influence the probe.

The NGO further said that District Collector Kavitha Ramu and District Superintendent of Police Pandyan must meet the victims and conduct a proper investigation into the matter. The three victims have also lodged a complaint with the Tamil Nadu SC/ST Commission, State Human Rights Commission, and State Women’s Commission demanding action.

M. Vyas, Vice Chancellor of NFSU had a detailed meaningful discussion with the President of Suriname. Dr. J.M. Vyas, Vice Chancellor of NFSU, on the visit of a delegation from Sri Lanka and Karnataka ;This particular visit was planned to explore the feasibility of wide-ranging collaborations in Academics, Research, Training, Consultancy, and other fields of mutual interest. Prof. (Dr.) Purvi

Pokhariyal, Campus DirectorNFSUGandhinagar, briefed the dignitaries about this unique and highly specialized university various activities. H.E. Mr. Chandrikapersad Santokhi, the President of Suriname, H.E. Milinda Moragoda, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka, and Shri A.Jnanendra, Hon;ble Home Minister of Karnataka, visited state-of-the-art infrastructure facilities at NFSU, such as the Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security, Centre of Excellence in Investigative Forensic Psychology; Centre of Excellence in Narcotics Drugs & Psychotropic Substances (NDPS); Centre of Happiness & WellBeing and Ballistics Research Centre and Testing Range.

Society living in harmony can achieve progress: Kharge

Agency News: New Delhi

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge while remembering Swami Vivekananda on the National Youth Day on Thursday said that “society living in harmony can achieve progress”. Kharge said, “Swami ji believed in India’s intrinsic values of ‘Bharat Jodo’, which is clearly enunciated by his historic address at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893, excerpts of which I want to recall today.” Kharge quoted Swami Vivekananda: “Sectarianism, bigotry, and its horrible descendant, fanaticism, have long possessed this beautiful earth. They have filled the earth with violence, drenched it often and often with human blood, destroyed civilization, and sent whole nations to despair...”

Kharge said as crores of people, aspire and dreamabout unifying India and fighting prejudices and

hate, Swamiji’s message remains the guiding light for all of us, especially our youth. “India is home to a fifth of the world’s youth population. India’s youth is vying for change, dreaming about a better and secured life. “They aim to take India to the pinnacle of global progress and this can only be possible if we break the barriers of - religion, caste, language, ethnicity, colour, creed or gender. “Only a society living in harmony can achieve this. So let us join hands to usher this change. Like Swami Vivekananda ji said‘Arise! Awake! And stop not till the goal is reached’,” Kharge added.

Himachal CM allocates portfolios to cabinet ministers

Agency News: Shimla

Three days after the Cabinet expansion, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu distributed departments among his Ministers. While Sukhu has kept Finance, Home, General Administration, Planning, Personnel and other departments, the departments of Industries and Public Works have been allocated to six-time MLA Harshwardhan Chauhan and twotime MLA Vikramaditya Singh, respectively. Jal Shakti, Transport and Language, Art and Culture

While the forest department is still searching for the tiger the locals of Janod village in Mahisagar claimed to have seen, the resident of nearby Kotarbor village have claimed to have found the tiger’s pug marks. However, the forest department maintains that the villagers saw a leopard and not a tiger. Juhi Chaudhary, the range forest officer of Balasinor, said, “We have found anold pug mark which is less than 10 cm in length and looks like that of a leopard.” She further said that the teams are still searching for a tiger

in the area but have not yet found any prey or excreta to establish its presence. “I feel that the animal would have moved out of the area,” Chaudhary said. However, forest officials said they have not received reports of sightings from any other part of the district. So far, they have not set up cameras or traps along the route as they believe it is a leopard.

are already with Deputy Chief Minister Mukesh Agnihotri. The most elderly legislator Dhani Ram Shandil was allocated Health and Family Welfare, Social Justice and Empowerment, and Labour and Employment, while Chander Kumar was given Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Jagat Singh Negi allocated Revenue, Horticulture and Tribal Development, Rohit Thakur given Higher Education, Elementary Education and Technical Education and Anirudh Singh got Rural Development and Panchayati Raj.

Assam govt approves 3 lakh houses under PMAY-G scheme

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The Mumbai Police have arrested a man from Gujarat for making bomb threat calls to the elite Dhirubhai Ambani International School in Bandra Kurla Complex, a top official said here on Thursday. According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Dikshit Gedam (Zone VIII), the two calls were received on the landline of the DAIS between 1600-1630 hours on Tuesday afternoon after all the students had left for home. The unknown caller first called shortly after 4 p.m. to warn that he had planted a ‘time-bomb’ in the school premises and abruptly

disconnected. A few minutes later, he again called up and repeated the threat even as the panicked school authorities approached the police. A complaint was lodged under various IPC Section and a manhunt was launched using tech-intel to track down the caller within 24 hours, said DCP Gedam. “He was traced to Morbi town in Gujarat where a team of officers rushed and took him into custody

money for ads published from its CMs too: Sisodia DIP issues recovery notice of Rs 164 cr to Kejriwal

Agency News: New Delhi

Hours after the Directorate of Information and Publicity (DIP) served a recovery notice of Rs 164 crore to AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday asked whether the BJP will recover money from its own CMs whose ads were printed in the national capital.

“The newspapers of Delhi are full of advertisements of CMs of BJP and Congress. Will the BJP get the Information Secretaries there to send notices to the CMs there?”, he asked. Dy CM Sisodia said that there can not be a bigger example of illegitimate control over officers. It is wrong to target the elected government by misusing the officers. All the governments give out advertisements. “The BJP has exercised unconstitutional control over the officers of the

Delhi Government through the Centre. The notice sent to Arvind Kejriwal is an example how BJP is misusing it for political interest. The notice has been issued that Rs 163 crore will be recovered from Arvind Kejriwal for the advertisements given by the Delhi government outside Delhi in 2016-17. If not given in 10 days, legal action will be taken. This is not the language of the officer, it is the language of the BJP. BJP is occupying the service department for this misuse”, Sisodia told.

Agency News: New Delhi

The Directorate of Information and Publicity (DIP) has issued a recovery notice of Rs 164 crore to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The amount has to be paid within 10 days. The notice comes after Lt. Governor (LG) V.K. Saxena on December 20, 2022, had directed the Chief Secretary to recover Rs 97 crore from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for political advertisements which it published as government ads. The L-G in its order had directed the Chief Secretary to implement the order dated September 16, 2016 of the Supreme Courtappointed Committee on Content Regulation in Government Advertising (CCRGA) and the pursuant order of Directorate of Information & Publicity (DIP), GNCTD, directing the AAP to pay Rs 97,14,69,137 plus interest, to the state exchequer,

for political advertisements that got published/telecast in the garb of government advertisements. The three-member CCRGA vide its order directed, “the main purpose and objective of the guidelines framed by the Supreme Court of India was to prevent misuse of Government funds for the projection of image of the politician or the political party in power”. “Since the same has happened even after the judgement, the only way it could be reminded is to make the political party. the main beneficiary in the process of violation to pay for the expenditure incurred by the government.

Delhi’s AQI slightly improves, smog blanket prevails Pongal Special buses to ply from Chennai to all areas of TN

Agency News: New Delhi

The Air Quality Index (AQI) of the national capital slightly improved on Thursday recorded at 335 under the “very poor” category, but a smog blanket continued to prevail over the city, according to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR). An AQI between zero and 50 is considered “good”; 51 and 100 “satisfactory”; 101 and 200 “moderate”; 201 and 300 “poor”; 301 and 400 “very poor”; and 401 and 500 “severe”. In its latest forecast, the India Metrological Department (IMD)

said that Delhi and its adjoining areas continued to witness severe cold wave conditions on Thursday morning. The IMD predicted that a fresh spell of dense to very dense fog very is likely in isolated pockets during night and morning hours over Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi from January 14-17. “Due to continuation of prevailing light winds and high moisture near surface over Indo-Gangetic plains, dense to very dense fog very likely in isolated pockets during night and morning hours over Uttar Pradesh and Bihar during next five days.

Masterminds behind slanderous posters against Justice Mantha in Kolkata yet to be traced

Agency News: Kolkata

Over 72 hours have passed since slanderous posters slamming Justice Rajasekhar Mantha of the Calcutta High Court were found in front of the latter’s residence at Jodhpur Park in South Kolkata, the police are yet to trace the masterminds behind the mischief.

Agency News: Chennai

With Tamil Nadu’s biggest festival Pongal around the corner, the state transport department has made elaborate arrangements to transport people across the state from Chennai. Special buses will ply from Chennai to many parts of Tamil Nadu from Thursday onwards. Long-distance buses from Chennai would be operated from Koyambedu, Madhavaram, K.K. Nagar, Tambaram Mepz, and Anna Bus Stand. Three-10 connecting buses will be operated from various parts of the city

by the Municipal Transport Authority to go to the connecting bus stations for long-distance travel. This will be operated from Thursday onwards. With the Pongal festivities commencing from January 15 till January 18, the whole of Tamil Nadu is geared up to celebrate the festival. The government has already announced leave for government departments on these days and has already commenced supplying ‘dhotis’ and ‘veshtis’ along with Rs 1000, rice, sugar, and sugar cane in the Pongal kits for people below the poverty line.

Constitution is supreme: Chidambaram counters V-P Dhankhar

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Man

attacks

his wife with acid in Gujarat’s Mehsana

Agency News: Mehsana

Mehsana police have booked a man and his friend for acid attack on the former’s wife, police said on Thursday here. The woman has suffered injuries on her right hand and thigh and was admitted to a hospital. According to a complaint filed by Saraswatiben Gujjar (30) with the Kadi police station, she got married to Mukesh Gujjar 11 years ago, who lives with his parents in Vadodara. The two have a 5-year-old son. Since the last few years she has been living at her parental home and has filed for divorce and alimony before the Kadi family court. On Wednesday, after a hearing in the court, Mukesh Gujjar and his advocate

The two have a 5-year-old son. Since the last few years she has been living at her parental home and has filed for divorce and alimony before the Kadi family court.

approached the complainant for an out of court settlement, which did not work out. After which, when she along with her brother were returning home, on the highway Gujjar stopped them and poured acid on Saraswatiben. Her brother also received burn injurie.

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Under the Centre’s flagship Pradhan Mantri Awaas YojanaGramin (PMAY-G) initiative, the Assam government has approved more than three lakh houses, an official said on Thursday. The Union Ministry of Rural Development has given Assam a target of 3,31,193 units under the scheme, according to Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Ranjeet Kumar Dass. “In the previous week, the Assam Panchayat and Rural Development Department has been able to sanction 3,04,218 dwellings to the beneficiaries,” he said. According to Dass, his department approved more than 10 lakh houses under the PMAY-G in the final nine months of the current fiscal year. However, he claimed, the agency has been able to take all

The Union Ministry of Rural Development has given Assam a target of 3,31,193 units under the scheme

necessary measures to ensure that the scheme is executed smoothly throughout the state. Dass said that the recipients who received approval for dwellings in the past week will soon get the first instalment, allowing them to begin construction.

Already two FIRs have been filed on this count, first at the Lake Police Station and the second at Hare Street Police Station. CCTV footage from the local areas have also been procured by the sleuths of Kolkata Police, which clearly shows two masked men pasting those posters on the wall of Justice Mantha’s residence as well as the adjacent places.Although city police sources have claimed that their sleuths are trying to track these miscreants from the clues in the CCTV footage recovered, questions are automatically raised on why the police are taking so long in pinpointing and arresting them. The opposition leaders in the state have alleged that the delay is deliberate on part of the police since the actual masterminds behind this slanderous postering are the ruling Trinamool Congress leaders. Even the retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officers

like the former additional director general of West Bengal Police, Nazrul Islam have questioned the efficiency of the existing forces and intelligence in the matter. On early morning of December 9, these posters slamming Justice Mantha were seen pasted on the walls of the latter’s residence and adjacent places at Jodhpur Park in South Kolkata. In the posters, it was alleged that Justice Mantha was acting in a biased manner in favour of Suvendu Adhikari. In the posters Justice Mantha was also slammed for his recent verdict removing the shield of cohesive action by Enforcement Directorate (ED) against Maneka Gambhir, the sisterin-law of Trinamool Congress’s national general secretary and party MP, Abhishek Banerjee. From the same day a group of lawyers of the Calcutta High Court, known to be close to Trinamool Congress started boycotting Justice Mantha’s bench.

A day after Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar insisted about Parliamentary supremacy, Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Thursday said that the Constitution is supreme and the “V-P views may be a warning signal”. “The Hon’ble Chairman of the Rajya Sabha is wrong when he says that Parliament is supreme. It is the Constitution that is supreme,”Chidambaram said. He said this may be a warning ahead, “In fact, the Hon’ble Chairman’s views should warn every Constitution-loving citizen to be alert to the dangers ahead.” He said the “basic structure” doctrine was evolved in order to prevent a majoritarian-driven assault on the foundational principles of the Constitution. “Suppose Parliament, by a majority, voted to convert the parliamentary system into a Presidential system. Or repeal the State List in Schedule VII and take away the exclusive legislative powers of the States. Would such amendments be valid?

“ he questioned. “After the NJAC Act was struck down, nothing prevented the Government from introducing a new Bill. The striking down of one Act does not mean that the “basic structure” doctrine is wrong”.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday reiterated that the power of Parliament to amend the constitution and deal with legislation is not subject to any other authority and all constitutional institutions -- the judiciary, the executive and the legislature -- are required to confine to their respective domains and conform to the highest standard of propriety.

Badminton: India Open 2023 picks up official entertainment partner in build-up to event

Agency News : New Delhi

The India Open 2023 badminton tournament, scheduled to be held in New Delhi from January 1722, has signed up India’s leading multiplex chain, INOX Leisure ltd, as the official entertainment partner, it was announced here on Thursday. The Yonex Sunrise India Open 2023, to be played at the K. D. Jadhav Indoor Hall, IG Stadium, New Delhi, is the biggest-ever professional badminton tournament in India and will have some of the top international players in action. Under the partnership, INOX will promote the tournament

ILT20: Coach Foster please with Desert Vipers’ squad, looking forward to promising season

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Samsung Galaxy S23 series preorder now available in India

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across its cinemas in India and on its digital platforms. INOX would also provide space to the Badminton Association of India (BAI) in cinema lobbies and LED displays for tournament promotions.”Celebrating the passion and anticipated success of the Indian players in the field of badminton, and to build awareness for the tournament, INOX is also rolling out its campaign,” the company informed in a release on Thursday. “Josh and Jashn” features H.S. Prannoy, Srikanth Kidambi, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. The campaign would run across INOX’s digital platforms.

Desert Vipers head coach James Foster is pleased with the squad he has at his disposal for the ILT20 and is looking ahead to what promises to be an exciting first season. Foster has been busy at work over the last six months, collaborating with Director of Cricket Tom Moody and CEO Phil Oliver to put together the best possible squad for the inaugural DP World ILT20. Speaking to the Vipers Voices podcast, Foster described his journey and looked ahead to what promises to be an exciting first season for the Desert Vipers. Foster said: “There has been such a big lead-up into this

tournament. Back in July, I thought we were ages away, but now we are here, and I am absolutely delighted. “I am fortunate that the support staff we have here are so experienced. It is a very exciting time and a huge opportunity for growth for me, and the players, to be bouncing ideas off new people and adding to their own games.” Along the way, there have been various changes made to the Desert Vipers squad, and one-star player - Ben Duckett - has been lost to the tournament due to national duty. James Foster, though, is very pleased with the squad in place and said: “I think we have got a quality squad and the new additions have really strengthened the team.

Tennis: World No. 1 Alcaraz to begin 2023 season at Argentina Open

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World number one tennis player Carlos Alcaraz of Spain will get his 2023 season underway in Buenos Aires at the Argentina Open, starting from February 11, tournament organisers said on Twitter. “The ATP number one ranked player will play in Argentina. The 19-year-old Spaniard will take part in our tournament for the first time,” Argentina Open organisers tweeted on Wednesday. Alcaraz was forced to withdraw from the 2023 Australian Open last week after contracting a muscle in his right leg during training. “I wanted to let you guys know that I will be playing in the Argentina Open. I’m honestly super excited to travel to Argentina and play there, so I hope to see everyone there. I’ll see you soon,” the U.S. Open champion said in a video message posted on social media. After his withdrawal from

the season’s first Grand slam, Alcaraz could lose his world No. 1 ranking depending on results at the Australian Open, with the likes of Novak Djokovic, Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas in the frame. The 19-yearold became the youngest world number one since the creation of the ATP rankings in 1973 by winning his first Grand Slam tournament at the U.S. Open last September. Moreover, he then became the youngest player in history to finish the year at the

Alcaraz was forced to withdraw from the 2023 Australian Open last week after contracting a muscle in his right leg during training. After his withdrawal from the season’s first Grand slam

top of the rankings, and the first outside of Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Andy Murray to do so since Andy Roddick in 2003. He will join Italian Lorenzo Musetti, Austrian Dominic Thiem, Briton Cameron Norrie and local favourite Diego Schwartzman in Argentina Open next month.

Samsung on Thursday announced that pre-reservations of its upcoming flagship series, GalaxyAS23, have started in India. Customers can pre-reserve the new Galaxy S series by paying a token amount of Rs 1,999 on the company’s official website, Samsung Exclusive Stores, Amazon and leading retail outlets, the tech giant said in a statement. Consumers who pre-reserve the S23 series smartphone will get a benefit worth Rs 5,000. However, to avail the benefit, consumers must purchase and activate the device before March 31. The Galaxy Unpacked event will be live-streamed at 11.30 p.m. on February 1 on Samsung Newsroom

HDFC Mutual Fund launches HDFC Long Duration Debt Fund

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India. “The new Galaxy S series will be the epitome of how Samsung defines the ultimate premium experience. Samsung is raising the bar and setting new standards for what’s epic with its new flagship,” the company said. This will be the first inperson event after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020.

“A new era of Galaxy innovation is coming. Our innovations are designed to enable incredible possibilities for people today and beyond,” Samsung had said on Wednesday.

Alstone Textiles Net profit grows multi-fold to Rs. 11.39 cr. in Q3FY23

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Alstone Textiles (India) Ltd has reported multi-fold growth in the net profit and total income for the Q3FY23. Company has reported net profit of Rs. 11.39 crore in Q3FY23 as against net loss of Rs. 1 lakh in Q3FY22. Total income for the Q3FY22 was reported at Rs. 14.25 crore – Revenue from operations at Rs. 3.25 crore and Other income contributed Rs. 11 crore. In the board meeting dated 16 December 2022, company allotted 114.73 crore bonus equity shares of Rs. 1 each as fully paid bonus equity shares, in the ratio of 9:1 i.e issue of 9 equity shares of Rs. 1 each for every 1 equity share of Rs. 1 each, to the eligible shareholder on the record date of

14 December 2022. Consequently, the paid up equity share capital of the company has increased to 127.48 crore equity shares of Rs. 1 each from 12.74 crore equity shares of Rs. 1 each. Speaking on the results, Mr. Deepak Kumar Bhojak, Managing Director, Alstone Textiles (India) Ltd, said, “We expect to grow from strength-to-strength and poised for rapid growth in the years to come. Thought leadership and deep insight of its Management allows the company to discover new opportunities and reveal their true potential. Company deliver value and commitment based on highest professional standards and aims to leverage on the growth opportunities in the economy.” For the nine months ended.

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Anushka Sharma, Virat Kohli’s daughter Vamika turns two; actor shares cute photo on birthday

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Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli’s daughter Vamika Kohli celebrated her second birthday on January 11. The actor took to Instagram on Wednesday to share her birthday post for Vamika and treat fans to a new photo of the mother and daughter. In the candid photo, Vamika kissed Anushka’s face as the actor laughed during an outing. Their faces were not visible in the undated photo. Sharing her birthday post for Vamika Kohli on Instagram, Anushka wrote in the caption, “Two years ago my heart grew wide open.” Reacting to their photo, Anushka’s brother, producer Karnesh Ssharma, dropped a series of evil eye amulet and red heart emojis

Bigg Boss 16: Sumbul Touqeer’s dad pens apology note for being unavailable for his daughter on family week; says, ‘I am sorry, beta...’

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in the comments section. A fan commented on Anushka’s post, “Happy birthday princess Vamika.” Another one wrote, “Cutieeee...” Anushka married cricketer Virat Kohli in 2017 in an intimate ceremony in Italy after dating for many years. Anushka and Virat welcomed their

daughter on January 11, 2021. In a statement on Instagram at the time, the cricketer had confirmed the news saying, “We thank you for all your love, prayers and good wishes. Anushka and the baby are both healthy and we are feeling beyond blessed to start this new chapter of our lives.”

Stitches on Nusrat Bharucha’s face injured on set, pictures surfaced from clinic

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There have been reports of Ramsetu film actress Nusrat Bharucha being injured on the sets. The actress met with an accident on the sets of Chhoti 2. During this, he got hurt and got stitches. Instagram Ishita Raj shared a video. In which she is seen at the doctor’s clinic with Nusrat Bharucha. She shows that Nusrat met with a minor accident. During this, he also suffered a minor

injury. As soon as Nusrat’s fans came to know about this incident, they got worried. He started taking their condition by reacting on social media. Let’s show this video of Nusrat Bharucha. Actress Ishita Raj and Nushrratt Bharuccha are seen in the video surfaced on social media. Ishita made this video and she shows that Nusrat is hurt. The actress is lying on the bed in the clinic and the doctor is stitching her injury. During this Nusrat says that I am being stitched. On this,

Ishita says that this cut on your eyebrows looks very hot. In the video, Nusrat’s doctor says that she will get well soon. This bruise will also go away and don’t worry. It is being told that Nushrat Bharucha was shooting for her upcoming film Chori 2. She got hurt on the set. He suffered injuries on his face and elbow. Nusrat was recently seen in a big film like Ramsetu with Akshay Kumar. Now he has also got a new film Selfie with the actor.

It is family week on Bigg Boss 16. Sumbul Touqeer Khan’s fans were hoping that her father Hasan would go inside, or her sister Saniya. But it her Bade Papa who is going inside as a family member. He is the elder brother of her dad. Sumbul Touqeer Khan has had a tough journey on the show. Moreover, her fans are upset at how she has been constantly made fun of for crying on the show. It was only Abdu Rozik who seem to have understood her pain on the show. It is not known why Sumbul Touqeer’s father gave it a miss. It could have been because of all the previous drama around Shalin Bhanot. But

Papa Touqeer took to social media to write an emotional note for his baby girl. He wrote that he is sorry that he could not be there when she needed him the most. Papa Touqeer whose real name is Touqeer Hasan Khan said that he had always been with his daughter and never missed her precious moments whether it was annual day at school or going for her shoots. Take a look at the

HDFC Asset Management Company Limited (HDFC AMC), one of India’s leading mutual fund houses managing assets worth Rs 4.57 lakh crore as on December 2022 has announced the launch of HDFC Long Duration Debt Fund that plans to invest in longdated government securities with roll down strategy. HDFC Long

Duration Debt Fund is best suited as a core constituent of debt asset allocation for meeting long term goals of investors. HDFC

Long Duration Debt Fund is an openended debt scheme that aims

to invest in debt instruments such that the Macaulay Duration of the portfolio is greater than 7 years. The Fund aims to provide hedge against longterm expected inflation and offer tax efficient regular cash flows through Systematic Withdraw Plan. With re cent rise in interest rates, HDFC Long Duration Debt Fund also offers investors an opportunity to invest in the longer end of the yield curve and earn prevailing yields. The NFO opens on January 06, 2023 and closes on January 17, 2023. Commenting on the launch, Mr. Navneet Munot, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer,

Maruti Suzuki unveils Jimny and Fronx, bookings open

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On the second day of the Auto Expo 2023, Maruti Suzuki on Thursday unveiled the much awaited Jimny 5 door which will go on sale in the country from May 2023, followed by other global markets. The company also revealed the Fronx in India and the SUV will be sold through Nexa dealerships. “With these launches, the company aims to take leadership spot in the SUV segment in India by FY 23- 24,” said Hisashi Takeuchi, MD and CEO of Maruti Suzuki The Jimny 5-door will be made in India at the brand’s Gurugram plant and will also be exported to other markets. The bookings also opened on Thursday. The Jimny 5-door has a 1.5-litre NA petrol engine that makes 105 PS of max power and

134 Nm of torque, which can be had with a 5MT or a 4AT with pro all-wheel drive setup. The SUV measures 3985 mm in length and with a wheelbase of 2,590mm. Its wheelbase is 340mm longer than the 3-door model. It has a width of 1,645mm and a height of 1,720mm. In terms of features, the Jimny 5-door gets SmartPlay Pro+ infotainment system, wireless Apple CarPlay Android Auto, Arkamys sound system with 6 airbags, hill descent control, rear-view camera and ABS. The other SUV Fronx is expected to have 1.2-litre mildhybrid engine.

Palak Tiwari showed Katil Adao by sliding the palav of the saree

letter below. Fans showered love on his letter for his beloved daughter. Sumbul Touqeer got a lot of love from Farah Khan. The filmmaker and choreographer hugged the young actress and apologised for how much Sajid Khan has been annoying her on the show. Sumbul Touqeer Khan looks happier ever since she has befriended Shiv Thakare, MC Stan and Abdu Rozik. She had become very lonely after the whole drama with Shalin Bhanot and Tina Datta. Sumbul Touqeer’s dad earned netizens wrath when he badmouthed Tina Datta on the show. His phone call to Sumbul also made news. Let us see how she reacts after seeing her Bade Papa on the show.

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Palak Tiwari, daughter of actress Shweta Tiwari, who made her unique identity in Bhojpuri films, is very active on social media. She keeps sharing some of her photoshoots with fans on social media. In that, now he has made waves with his latest pictures. Palak Tiwari has shared her photo shoot in different attires, in which she can be seen posing in an Indian outfit saree and sometimes in a western style outfit. In this it is visible. This

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It’s been a year and a half since TV actor and reality show Bigg Boss 13 winner Siddharth Shukla passed away but fans still haven’t forgotten him. In September, 2021, the whole country was stunned when he breathed his last at the age of just 40 due to a cardiac arrest. Fans remember him on special occasions, shower love on his family and share pictures too. Recently, a fan page of the late actor shared a photo of his mother Rita Shukla from a family wedding. Many noticed that his smile was not the same after his

son’s departure. In the photo, Rita Shukla was seen surrounded by Siddharth’s sisters and brotherin-law. If the fans missed the most, it was Siddharth’s presence. Some even expressed their

disappointment in the comment section. One user wrote ‘this picture is incomplete without Sid’ while another observed that ‘a little bit of Sid is visible in everyone. Thanks for sharing’.

photo shoot of his has received more than 28 thousand likes in a short time. Let us tell you that Shweta Tiwari’s daughter Palak Tiwari is Raja Chaudhary’s daughter. The actress has two marriages. She was previously married to Raja Chaudhary. Palak was born in the year 2000. She is only 22 years old and has taken the internet by storm. Palak Tiwari’s bold estimates are being liked a lot on social media. This photo shoot of his has received more than 28 thousand likes in a short time.

Kiara’s bridal look was leaked amid the marriage news

Rumours are rife for a while now that Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani are set to tie the knot this year. While the couple has officially not confirmed their relationship or their wedding rumours, recently, when Sidharth attended a wedding in Delhi and was asked about his own wedding, he went all shy and changed the topic Meanwhile, Kiara had admitted on ‘Koffee With Karan’ that Sidharth is more than a close friend. Now, Kiara has featured in a bridal wear commercial. She looks breathtakingly gorgeous in a red lehenga. But as soon as she posted the video on her Instagram, fans started teasing her. One user wrote, “Sab thik hae lekin groom ka maja nahi aaya .. siddharth hote

toh bat kuch aur thi”. Another fan commented, “Shadi ki tayari ho rahi hai kya. Interestingly, most actresses who have gotten married have featured as a bride for this brand before they got married - right from Anushka Sharma to Alia Bhatt. Hence, this has further sparked rumours of Kiara’s impending wedding with Sidharth. The trailer of Sidharth’s next release, ‘Mission Majnu’ has been unveiled today and Kiara shared it with some fire emojis for Sidharth.

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People remembered Siddharth by going to Rita Shukla with family members

15-year-old goes missing on way to tuitions

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A Class 10-student went missing after leaving home for his tuition class on Tuesdy afternoon. The Airport police have launched a search for the 15-year-old boy.

The police registered a kidnapping case under Section 363 of the IPC against an unidentified person on Wednesday. The boy’s father told police that the teenager had left for his tuition institute on ONGC road in Chandkheda on Tuesday afternoon.

“My son usually returns home by 8pm. When we did not come home by then, we caled up the institute and were told that my son had not attended classes that day,” said.

Vadodara youth arrested for impregnating minor classmate

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Vadodara police have arrested a youth for impregnating his minor classmate. The victim’s family had lodged a complaint against the accused youth on Wednesday. According to the complaint lodged with the Bapod police station, the girl is 17 years old and studying in a school and her classmate, Alpesh Parmar is 19. They became close friends and in August 2022, Parmar took the girl for a ride and then

50k stray bulls to be castrated

to an abandoned Housing Board house on the Ajwa road, where the accused raped the minor. When the victim realized that she was pregnant, she informed her parents and they filed a complaint against Alpesh with Bapod police station on Wednesday, said the complaint. Police Inspector P.P. Vaghela told the media that the girl was sent for the medical examination, and within a few hours of the complaint the accused was arrested for rape and various sections of POCSO.

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The state cabinet on Wednesday decided to launch a drive to castrate some 50,000 stray bulls in areas under municipal corporations and municipalities, in an attempt to stop the menace of stray cattle. Authorities of eight municipal corporation and 156 municipalities have been directed to launch a special drive to impound and castrate the 50,000 bulls that are roaming the streets in urban areas. These castrated bulls will then be handed over to cattle shelters that are beneficiaries

of the Mukhyamatri Gaumata Poshan Yojana. State government spokesperson Rushikesh Patel said, “The government has been taking several steps to control the stray cattle menace. All municipal corporations and municipalities will impound and castrate the 50,000-odd bulls under this drive. In addition, 105 cattle pounds17 in municipal corporation areas and 88 in municipality areas have been made functional tokeep impounded cattle.” He added that special teams of doctors and technicians from veterinary colleges will oversee the castration project.

Agricultural land to be resurveyed, says state govt IT businessman swindled of Rs 28cr by father-son duo

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The Gujarat government said it will resurvey agricultural land across the state, beginning with the district of Jamnagar and Dwarka as a pilot project. This was decided at Wednesday’s cabinet meeting, after widespread errors in the last land re-surveying exercise led to many objections and litigations. State government spokesperson Rushikeh Patel said that the process of recetifying errors will begin as a pilot project in Jamnagar and Devbhumi Dwarka districts, after which other districts will be covered.

“There have been objections to the re-survey from across the state. The cabinet decided that these objections will be cleared in a time-bound manner. The resurvey has not been scrapped, but this exercise is being

Thread on wrist cracked ‘human sacrifice’ case

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Eleven days after a complaint of kidnapping was lodged for a nineyearold boy from Sayli village in Union Territory of Diu Daman and Dadra Nagar Haveli, the police on Wednesday confirmed that the minor was murdered as part of ‘human sacrifice’ ritual performed to obtain money and power. The police detained a minor accused on January 1 and arrested his associates on January 3 for alleged involvement in the heinous crime that came to light after a decapitated body was recovered from a canal near Karvad village of Valsad. The body matched the missing nineyear-old boy’s details. However, the police will confirm only after a DNA report. Interestingly, a red thread tied on the hand of the recovered body helped cops in preliminary identification by the

boy’s father. The head and parts of the body below the waist were missing but the man could identify his son from te thread, said cops. A case of kidnapping was registered by the boy’s father at the Silvassa police station on December 30, the police said, adding that multiple teams comprising 100 police personnel were formed to trace the missing boy. “While working to identify the boy, we alerted the DNH police and they brought the father of the deceased boy. The father identified the body from the red thread on the wrist. We cannot confirm that the recovered body is of the kidnapped and murdered boy,” a police officer in Valsad tod.

“It can be scientifically confirmed if the body is that of the missing boy only after a DNA report. But from the preliminary investigation it seems that the body is of the kidnapped boy from Sayli,” said a police official in DDDNH.

Old is gold: Societies approach original builders for redevelopment work

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Many of the trusted, veteran buildres in the city are now redeveloping their own old schemes after decades. Old societies looking for redevelopment have also been approaching the builders of the schemes. Decades-old developer group like Bakery, Synthesis and Ami Corporation have received some proposals for redevelopment from their old societies. While some project have been finalized, talks are still on for some others. Ahmedabad has been witnessing an increase in redevelopment deals for the past couple of years,but the conversions ratio is very low. In such situations, the resident evaluate all available options including getting the scheme redevelopment by the original builders. Ajay Patel, director of Synthesis Group, said, “Our group had developed Suresha Apartments near Ishwar Bhuvan more than four decades ago. The society with a plot size

conducted to remove anomalies and shortcomings,” Patel said. Sources said the government spent hundred of crores of rupees on the re-surveying of agricultural land about a decade ago. However, the re-survey documents were not promulgated or finalized in government revenue records because of the large number of objections from farmers. Thousands of disputes are pending courts and in the government over the resurveying, and sources said the government has finally decided to conduct a survey of agricultural land afresh to resolve the matter.

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A businessman from Naranpura, who runs a software company in Sola, filed a complaint at Cybercrime police station on Tuesday alleging that a fatherson-duo from Surat cheated him of Rs 28 crore with the promise of a 30% share in their profits if he were to invest in their business developing software for some international companies. Amit Mandavia, a resident of Vardan Towers in Naranpura, runs six software companies with his four business partners. In 2021, he met Savan Kheni from Surat, who along with his father Thakarshi Kheni ran a software development, general trading and import-export company from Mangadh Chowk in Surat. Mandavia said that Savan had come to his office in

Sola in October 2022. Savan told Mandavia that he had a software development project from a foreign company and promised him 30% of the profits if he invested. Savan asked for an investment of Rs 28 crore. Mandavia spoke to his business partners who were sold on the offer. Mandavia said Savan and Thakarshi had a meeting with him and his business partners after which Mandavia and his partners paid the money in 86 transactions between November 3, 2022 and January 4, 2023. After that the fatherson duo kept avoiding Mandavia’s calls and did not give them any returns on the investment. Mandavia said he recently went to Surat to check on the father-son duo as they were incommunicado. He found that they had fled to a foreign country and cheated many others like him.

FIR filed against ‘black magic woman’

Acting on a Gandhinagar magisterial court’s direction, Chandkheda police on Wednesday filed an FIR against a 34-year-old woman, who was accused by her mother-in-law of performing black magic. Acchutuni Shree Gali, 58, a resident of Hargovan Park in Motera, had in November filed a complaint with a magisterial court against her daughter-in-law Nishtha. She had urged action against Nishtha under Sections 452 (house-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrong ful restraint) and 506 (2) (criminal intimidation) of the IPC and 135 of the Gujarat Police Act for authorizing arrests for violation of prohibitroy orders. Acchutuni had stated in her complaint that she

Parking space, markets to be defined in new TP schemes

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Acchutuni had stated in her complaint that she had first approached Chandkheda police, seeking action against Nishtha but the cops did not accept her complaint

had first approached Chandkheda police, seeking action against Nishtha but the cops did not accept her complaint. She then sought criminal action against her daughter-in-law by supplying CCTV footage from July 23, in which she is seen visiting the house past midnight and placing a tuft of hair.

Gun licence orders arbitrary, govt hiding guidelines: HC

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Space for street vending and public parking plots will no longer be an arbitrary provision under “social infrastructure” in town planning schemes. Such spaces will be marked in all upcoming TP schemes for the first time. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) issued a circular to this effect on Tuesday after the urban development department sent a notification in this regard to all urban local bodies a few weeks back. In all draft or upcoming TP schemes, space of up to 1% of the total plot size marked for social infrastructure will be reserved for parking purposes. Also, 0.1% to 0.5% of the land earmarked for street vendors will be reserved for parking. Currently, there are 272 TP schemes in Ahmedabad city that have been approaved at various levels. While four TP schemes are being drafted, six others have been prepared and are up for review. In most cases, drafts of TP schemes of rural extension of areas merged with the city are being made.

Rickshaw driver charged for hounding traveller NASA’s Webb telescope spots its first Earth-like exoplanet

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Constantly pursuing a passenger to get him to ride in his vehicle outside the kalupur railway station got an autorickshaw driver into legal trouble with Ahmedabad railway police, who booked him for wrongful restraint on Tuesday.

of around 5,000 sq yards has 46 apartments. The resident recently approached us and we are now redeveloping our own project. Around 90% of the resident are the original buyers to whom these apartments were sold. Their next generations are calling the shots and we are now the second generation. We will construct 97 apartments of 4-BHK each as part of redevelopment.” Similarly, Bakery Group finalized the redevelopment of its old society in Ramdevnagar recently. Pavan Bakery, the director of Bakeri Group, said, “We had built the society some 33 years ago. We received an offer from the society residents for the redevelopment.

Rahul Mishra, a daily wage labourer from Rewa, MP, in his FIR with Ahmedabad railway police said the incident took place on Monday evening. “I travelled

to Ahmedabad from my native place, Rewa, on the Rewa-Rajkot Express and reached Kalupur station at about 6.10pm on Monday. I was leaving Platform 1 and as soon as I got off the escalator, an autorickshaw driver stopped me and began asking me where I wanted to go,” said Mishra, a resident of Madhav Society in Bechraji Mehsana district. Mishra said through he told he the driver he did not want to hire his authorickshaw, he kept hounding him.

Researchers have confirmed an exoplanet, a planet that orbits another star, using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope for the first time. Formally classified as LHS 475 b, the planet is almost exactly the same size as our own, clocking in at 99 per cent of Earth’s diameter.

The Gujarat high court on Wednesday said that the authorities pass totally arbitrary orders on the issuing of firearm licences and criticised the state government for not divulging what guidelines are followed to decide on request for firearm licences. The high court was hearing a petition by one Punja Sutreja from Junagadh, after the district magistrate refused to renew his gun licence saying that he had crossed the age of 60 years and there was no threat to his life. The order of refusal also stated that Sutreja could opt for online banking and avoid cash transactions. Sutreja is 65-years old and held a gun licence for 21 years before his request for renewal was rejected. For this, the state government cited a circular issued in December 2017, saying that as many as 65,890 firearm licences were issued in the past 20 years and after looking at the misue of weapons and licences, the authorities were given blanket directions to reassess these cases and not renew them if a licence

was held for two decades, a person had crossed the age of 60 and there existed no threat perception. On hearing this, Justice Biren Vaishnav commented, “The older you get, the more insecure you feel. Why doesn’t a person need a firearm at the age of 65? I have told you (government lawyer) repeatedly to show me what are the guidelines you (state government) are following in deciding on firearm licences. There are completely arbitrary orders passed. Just copy-paste.” The HC quashed the Junagadh district magistrate’s order of rejection with the observation that the high court in various orders rejected the grounds that online banking is an option, and the conclusion of the absence of a perceived threat to the applicant’s life was also misconceived.

Cyber criminals accessed staff data in ransomware attack: The Guardian

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Microsoft

move some Teams features to Premium edition

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Tech giant Microsoft is moving some ‘Microsoft Team’ features to its new more costly Premium edition like translated captions, custom Together Mode scenes and virtual appointment options. Teams Premium has been available as a 30-day trial since last month, reports The Verge. The tech giant revealed the changes in a licensing guide update late last month and mentioned that “some Teams

features will move from Teams licenses to Teams Premium license” after the Premium edition launches fully in February. However, after the launch of Premium, the company will keep the features in the standard Microsoft Teams service for 30 days. “After the 30-day grace period, users will lose access to features previously available in Teams without the Teams Premium addon, unless the admin purchases and assigns Teams Premium licenses for their users,” explained Microsoft.

LHS 475 b is relatively close, at only 41 light-years away, in the constellation Octans. “These first observational results from an Earthsize, rocky planet open the door to many future possibilities for studying rocky planet atmospheres with Webb,” said Mark Clampin, Astrophysics Division director at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC.”Webb is bringing us closer and closer to a new understanding of Earth-like worlds outside our solar system, and the mission is only just getting started,” he said in a statement late on Wednesday. The research team was led by Kevin Stevenson and Jacob Lustig-Yaeger, both of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in

Laurel, Maryland. Among all operating telescopes, only Webb is capable of characterising the atmospheres of Earth-sized exoplanets. Although the team can’t conclude what is present, they can definitely say what is not present. “There are some terrestrial-type atmospheres that we can rule out,” said LustigYaeger. “It can’t have a thick methane-dominated atmosphere, similar to that of Saturn’s moon Titan.a Webb also revealed that the planet is a few hundred degrees warmer than Earth. If clouds are detected, it may lead the researchers to conclude that the planet is more like Venus, which has a carbon dioxide atmosphere and is perpetually shrouded in thick clouds. “We’re at the forefront of studying small, rocky exoplanets,” Lustig-Yaeger said.

British newspaper The Guardian has confirmed that hackers accessed some of its employees’ data in the ransomware attack in December last year. An internal email, seen by The Record, said that it is “now clear that we experienced a highly sophisticated cyber attack involving unauthorised third-party access to parts of our network, which appears to have been triggered by a phishing attack.” The cyber attack was described as affecting many of the company’s key systems, the IT network and “some” of its data. The Guardian said it was a criminal ransomware attack.The Guardian said it was a criminal ransomware attack.”We have seen no evidence that any data has been exposed online thus far and we continue to monitor this very closely,” said the news organisation. The Guardian warned UK staff that attackers had accessed their sensitive personal information. In December, the

leading UK-based newspaper confirmed its systems have been hit by a “serious IT incident”.The publication said the cyber attack affected parts of the company’s IT infrastructure. “Online publishing is largely unaffected, with stories continuing to be written and published to the Guardian website and app,” wrote the media editor at the publication. Guardian Media Group Chief Executive Anna Bateson and Editor-in -Chief Katharine Viner said in a note to employees that “We believe this to be a ransomware attack but are continuing to consider all possibilities.” In September last year, hackers breached the internal systems of US business publication Fast Company. In October, The New York Post also confirmed that it was hacked.

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Kartik Aaryan takes a selfie with Anurag Basu.