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Entire GST compensation cess dues will be cleared, announces Nirmala Sitharaman

Agency News: New Delhi

Finance minister Nirmala

Sitharaman on Saturday announced that the central government will clear the entire dues of the pending balance of the GST compensation, as decided at the 49th GST Council meeting. “As of May 31, we cleared all the dues. There was something left in the name of dues for June. Even that is getting cleared,” Nirmala Sitharaman said announcing the clearance of all GST dues to the tune of ₹16,982 crore. The amount is not available in the compensation fund as of today, but it will be released from the government’s own resources. The same amount will be recouped from the future compensation cess collection, Sitharaman said. “With this, the centre would clear the entire provisionally admissable

Is Modi govt so feeble it can be

toppled by stray statement of a 92-year-old: Chidambaram on Soros

Agency News: New Delhi

Violence from terrorism, leftwing extremism down by 80 per cent under Modi govt: Amit Shah

Agency News: Nagpur

People have realised after demolition drive how Article 370 protected J&K: Mehbooba Mufti compensation cess, dues for 5 years as envisaged in the GST compensation to states Act 2017,” the finance minister announced.

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said the people of Jammu and Kashmir have now come to realise how Article 370 of the Constitution acted as a protective shield for them, after the BJP-led government used bulldozers to demolish houses and businesses of the poor. She also defended her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s decision to join hands with the BJP to form the government in Jammu and Kashmir after the 2014 Assembly.

“In addition, the Centre would

Dalit Student’s Suicide: IIT

Bombay Forms Panel For “Parallel” Probe

Agency News: Mumbai

The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay has formed a panel to conduct a “parallel” probe into the death of a first-year B.Tech student amid allegations of caste bias and has urged its students to come forward if they have “relevant” information.

The panel is headed by Professor Nand Kishore and also has SC/ST Students Cell members, including faculty and students, a few student mentor coordinators and the incharge chief medical officer of IIT Bombay hospital, said a statement by institute Director Subhasis Chaudhuri on Saturday. Darshan Solanki (18), who belonged to a Scheduled Caste community, allegedly died by suicide by jumping off the seventh floor of a hostel building on the Powai campus of the IIT on February 12, but his family suspects something wrong in his death and said he faced discrimination. also clear the admissible final GST compensation to those states who have provided the revenue figures as certified by the audit accountant general of the states.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said labelling remarks by George Soros as an ‘attempt to topple the democratically elected government in India’ was a puerile statement. He wondered if the Modi government was “so feeble” that it can be toppled by a stray statement of a 92-year-old rich foreign national. Chidambaram’s statement came after the BJP reacted angrily to remarks made by Soros on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Munich Security conference, alleging that Soros was targeting the Indian democratic system so that people “hand-picked” by him get to run the government here. “The people of India will determine who will be in and who will be out of the government of India. “I did not know that the Modi government was so feeble that it can be

4G, 5G stack draws interest from over 9 nations, makes India potential telecom technology exporter: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Agency News: New Delhi

Electronics and Information Technology (IT) Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said that good news was expected with regard to the India Semiconductor Mission, which was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2022. Speaking at the Semicon India Programme, the IT minister said that the vision could take the country on a “good semiconductor journey for the next 10 years”. ”Semicon...very very happy to share with you that when the prime minister approved the toppled by the stray statement of a 92-year-old rich foreign national,” Chidambaram said in a series of tweets. He also alleged that the Modi government’s policies have created oligopolies instead of ushering in competition. “I did not agree with most of what George Soros had said in the past and I do not agree with most of what he says now. But to label his remarks as an ‘attempt to topple the democratically elected government in India’ is a puerile statement,” Chidambaram noted.

”Ignore George Soros and listen to Nouriel Roubini.

Road accident in J&K: Bus carrying devotees overturns in valley, 2 killed, many injured

Semicon Programme on 1st January 2022, we promised to all of you that within the next 14 to 16 months, we will work hard, will interact with everybody, will learn from world’s experience and come out with a programme that is credible. This would take the country on a good semiconductor journey.

Neal Mohan joins growing list of Indian-origin CEOs of global tech firms

Agency News: New Delhi

Neal Mohan, a longtime Indian American YouTube executive, will be the new CEO of the Google-owned video sharing platform. Mohan, a Stanford graduate and a senior advertising and product executive who joined Google in 2008, will join the elite club of global tech chiefs of Indian origin such as Google parent Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai, Microsoft’s Satya

Nadella, IBM’s Arvind Krishna, and Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen. Mohan, 47, was appointed chief product officer at YouTube in 2015, a role where he focused on building YouTube Shorts, Music and subscription offerings. Prior to joining Google, he spent nearly six years at DoubleClick, a company Google acquired in 2008. At Google, he was senior vice president of display and video advertising for about eight years.

Agency News: Srinagar

A major road accident took place in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. A bus carrying devotees from Rajouri town in Reasi district to Shiv Khodi temple skidded off the road and plunged into the valley. Two people have died in this accident while 19 others have been injured. Officials said that two people died on the spot. The injured have been shifted to hospital for treatment. Officials said the accident took place at Tarayth in Ransu area at 12:30 pm when the driver lost control of the bus on a curvy road.

According to the information, a woman and a 14-year-old boy have died in this accident while 19 devotees have been injured. Officials said that the devotees in the bus were going to Shiva Ghodi Gufa Temple from Rajouri on the occasion of Maha Shivratri. He said that rescue operations were started immediately after the accident and the injured were taken to a nearby hospital where doctors declared.

The country has seen an 80 per cent reduction in violence from terrorism in Kashmir, insurgency in the Northeast and left-wing extremism under the Narendra Modi government, said Union home minister Amit Shah, underscoring that the prime minister’s vision is to see India at the top in the world. Shah was speaking at an event organised by the Lokmat Media group in Nagpur to celebrate the birth centenary of founder-editor and veteran freedom fighter Jawaharlal Darda, popularly known as ‘Babuji’, and the golden jubilee of its Marathi newspaper’s edition from the city. Explaining the three big aims of ‘Amrit Kaal’, the 25-year period culminating in the centenary of India’s independence, mooted by PM Modi, Shah said the first goal is to showcase the sacrifices of freedom fighters before the present generation. The second aim is to bring before the people the progress made by the country in the past 75 years, while the

The Home Minister remarked that the country faced internal security challenges in terms of Kashmir and Northeast before the BJP came to power in 2014 third aim is to ensure that India reaches the top in all sectors in the next 25 years, said the senior BJP leader. Before the Modi government, the country faced internal security challenges in terms of Kashmir, Northeast and left-wing extremism.

EC’s decision an act of political violence’ to finish off Shiv Sena out of fear, revenge: Raut

The Sena leader also described the EC’s decision as a violation of law, Constitution and people’s will

Agency News: Mumbai

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday slammed the Election Commission (EC) for its move to recognise the faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as the real Shiv Sena, and termed its decision as a form of political violence aimed at finishing off the party. He also said that all political parties need to ask the poll watchdog the definition of a political party. In a big blow to Thackeray, the EC on Friday allotted the name ‘Shiv Sena’ and its poll symbol ‘bow and arrow’ to the group led by CM Shinde. This is for the first time that the Thackeray family has lost control of the party that was founded in 1966

89806 69994 by Bal Thackeray on the principles of justice for the sons of the soil.

“The EC order is a form of political violence to finish off the Shiv Sena and it is an act done out of fear and revenge,” Raut alleged while talking to reporters at Kankavli in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district. There is a party that is more than 50 years old and some of whose MLAs and MPs defected under pressure, he said while referring to Shiv Sena. The Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader also described the EC’s decision as a violation of law, Constitution and people’s will. He dared the government to call for fresh elections and seek a mandate from the people to see the Shiv Sena belong to whom. ”The party and people are with Uddhav Thackeray and the legal battle will continue,” Raut said.

Sensex declines 317 points on weak global markets

Agency News: New Delhi

Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty snapped their three-day winning run to close down by half a per cent on Friday due to selling in financial and IT shares amid weak global market trends. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined by 316.94 points or 0.52 per cent to settle at 61,002.57 as 22 of its constituents ended in red. During the day, it fell 508.84 points or 0.82 per cent to a low of 60,810.67. The broader NSE Nifty dropped by 91.65 points or 0.51 per cent to end at 17,944.20 with 33 of its stocks closing down. Sensex gained 887 points or 1.5 per cent while Nifty rose by 265 points or 1.7 per cent in three sessions to Thursday. “Markets traded under pressure and lost half a per cent, pressurized by weak global cues.

SUNVILLA SAMACHAR Editorial

What degree of dominance do India’s biggest businesses enjoy? Decoding the Billionaire Raj

Two announcements of the past few days grabbed attention. One was the Tata-owned Air India’s eye-popping order for 470 passenger planes, with options on another 370. The combined total of 840 is more than today’s all-airline fleet of 700 aircraft, flying as well as grounded. The second announcement was an investment commitment of about ~3.5 trillion by various business houses, led by Mukesh Ambani, Kumar Mangalam Birla and Tata, for a single state (Uttar Pradesh). Such announcements prompt the question: What degree of dominance, if any, do India’s biggest business groups enjoy? Put another way, how much of the country’s ambitions are pegged to the success of these groups?

‘Who Will Say I Love You First?’ Cong’s Salman Khurshid on Oppn Unity in 2024 Polls; Nitish Kumar Reacts

Agency News: New Delhi

AAP Alleges L-G Supported BJP in Delaying Mayoral Polls, Demands His Resignation

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Day after State Budget Unveiled, Karnataka Congress Launches ‘Flower on Ear’ Campaign Against Ruling BJP

Agency News: Bengaluru

soon,” India quoted Khurshid as saying. “I came to represent on behalf of Congress. Earlier there was talk of the Gujarat model but now there should be the talk of the Bihar model and I will speak about it at every place in the country.

- Kapilkumar M. Hirpara Editor

By one tally, Gautam Adani’s companies run “some of India’s biggest ports…, warehouse 30 per cent of its grain, operate a fifth of its power transmission lines, accommodate a quarter of its commercial air traffic, and produce perhaps a fifth of its cement. A Singaporean joint venture views to be India’s largest food company …” That list does not include solar panels, power generation, green hydrogen, highways, copper, coal mines, petrochemicals, a data centre, and cloud services — all mentioned a few months ago by the group’s chief financial officer, who listed projects totalling $ 120-140 billion. The group aimed at a trillion-dollar valuation which, the CFO pointed out, had been achieved by only a handful of companies, like Apple and Saudi Aramco. All this was pre-Hindenburg, which has served to underline the striking contrapuntal: The group’s net profit in calendar 2022 was all of $2.9 billion. The far more profitable Tata group’s chairman, N. Chandrasekaran, recently mentioned investment plans totalling $90 billion for the next five years.

Taloja industrial estate organises workshop on accident prevention

Agency News: Taloja

An accident prevention workshop was organised this week at Taloja Industrial Estate with Taloja Industries Association and the Directorate of Industries Safety and Health. On this occasion, the officials of the Directorate of Industries Safety and Health gave detailed guidance on basic principles of accident prevention, possible incidents, and quick actions to prevent the recurrence of near misses. A large number of industries from Taloja MIDC participated to learn about accident prevention. Apart from industrial units, representatives of Processed Foods, a number

Shiv of industrial units attended. The program was attended by Deputy Director of the Directorate of Industries Safety and Health

Ankush Kharade, Keshav

Kendra, Ajit Mohite, President of Taloja Industries Association

Satish Shetty, Secretary Bineet Salian, Member Bhavesh Modi, General Secretary Bidur Bhattacharjee, Executive Secretary Sunil Padhihari along with representatives of Taloja MIDC.

Pratap Shukla Takes

Oath As New Governor Of Himachal Pradesh

Agency News: Shimla

Former Minister of State for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla on Saturday took oath as the 29th Governor of Himachal Pradesh at Raj Bhawan here. He was administered the oath of office and secrecy by the acting Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court Justice Sabina.

Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu was also present at the swearing-in ceremony.

The countdown has begun for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections but the Opposition is still figuring out a way to put up a united fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). As the efforts for a united front have not materialised yet, former union minister and Congress leader Salman Khurshid said that the Opposition unity should happen soon. Khurshid’s remarks came after Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (U) leader Nitish Kumar said the Congress must not rest on its laurels and make use of the momentum gained during Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in forging a coalition of parties opposed to the BJP. “What you want is what the Congress also wants. Sometimes a problem occurs in love too. Who will say I love you first? Agree that opposition unity should happen

Rahul Gandhi covered 3,005 km with a message of faith and love,” he said. Khurshid and Kumar attended a convention organised by the CPI(ML) Liberation in Patna today.“The Congress should not delay uniting the opposition. We are waiting. We went to Delhi and met Sonia and Rahul Gandhi. This is an appeal to the Congress leadership through you,” the Bihar CM told Khurshid.

‘Ayodhya of South India’ in Karnataka

Row: Kumaraswamy Hits Out at Bommai Over Budget Allocation For Ram Temple

Agency News: Bengaluru

After Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday announced a majestic Ram temple will be constructed at the Ramadevara Betta (hill) in Ramanagara near Bengaluru, a fresh row has erupted ahead of assembly elections in the state.

JD(S) leader and former CM H.D.

Kumaraswamy called it a political stunt and said that he is sure that the BJP-ruled government’s dream of building the temple will remain in the Budget book while he will construct the temple by defeating them in the upcoming elections.

“They might have announced ‘Rama Mandira’ but I only will have to build that. If they wanted to build then they should have done this three years ago and I would’ve accepted it. But now in two months there will be an election and this announcement will remain in the book only. They (BJP) can’t build Rama Mandir. I know who will be forming the government in the upcoming elections. So I will have to build the Mandir”, Kumaraswamy said. While presenting the last Budget of the government before the upcoming polls, CM Bommai said, “A majestic Rama Mandira will be constructed in Ramadevara Betta of Ramanagara.” He also said that over the next two years, a comprehensive development and renovation drive of various .

BJP Leader Rides Horse

At Party’s Vikas Yatra In Madhya Pradesh

Agency News: Khargone

A resident of Rudrapur in the Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh, Shukla, a four-time MLA, started his political journey from RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).

Vulgarity in films, serials affecting youth, says Ramdev; bats for Indian value-based education

Today, there are porn films. The younger generation is getting carried away with such content: Yoga guru

Agency News: Panaji

Yoga guru Ramdev on Friday claimed various films and television serials were propagating vulgarity, which was affecting the youth. He was talking to reporters here on the eve of the three-day Yoga camp being held at Miramar Beach. ”Today, there are porn films, and all around there is vulgarity in films and serials. The younger generation is getting carried away with such content,” Ramdev said. Speaking about the three-day Yoga camp, Ramdev said programmes would include ‘Sanatan Sangeet Mahotsav’, which will be attended by well-known singer Kailash Kher. “I have used the word Sanatan as it has ethos of all our eternal ideology and values. It inculcates all the religions, including Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Siddha. Sanatan also has the basics of Islam and Christianity. Sanatan is a non controversial term, which has nothing to do with any specific religion or political agenda,” he said. There would be a programme involving students and teachers at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee stadium in Bambolim on February 20 with the aim of linking education in Goa with the Bharatiya Shiksha Board. The Bharatiya Shiksha Board will connect children to Indian value-based education so that they don’t get carried away, he claimed. “Even I sing and so do our Patanjali youths. You can come, sing and dance to the divine music,” he stated.

Former Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Minister, Balkrishna Patidar, was seen riding a horse to a village in the state as part of the BJP government’s Vikas Yatra.

The senior politician was seen controlling the horse alone with a huge crowd surrounding him

The BJP’s Vikas Yatra entered Khargone district’s Thibgaon on Thursday night where Balkrishna Patidar was welcomed by a jubilant crowd. A video from the rally shows the 69-year-old former minister mounted on a horse as villagers greet him with thumping beats of dhols and fireworks. At one point, the horse gets agitated due to the noise and starts moving erratically. But, Mr Patidar firmly holds the reins and controls the horse as it jumps around. Later, the BJP leader is seen attending a ceremony. Speaking about riding the horse, Balkrishna Patidar said,

The Aam Aadmi Party staged a protest on Saturday outside the Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena’s house here demanding his resignation for allegedly supporting “BJP’s hooliganism” and delaying the mayoral polls.

Several AAP leaders including MLA Atishi and Durgesh Pathak gathered at Raj Niwas Marg with banners and raised slogans demanding LG’s resignation.

“The order of Supreme Court on the Delhi mayoral poll is a tight slap on the face of the BJP. What the LG has done so far in Delhi is unconstitutional and after what has been said in the court order, the LG should step down,” Pathak said at the protest. The Supreme Court had ruled that nominated members of the Municipal Corporation of

Delhi (MCD) cannot vote in the mayoral election. Pathak alleged that several decisions were taken by the LG “unconstitutionally” and that he also supported “BJP’s hooliganism”. “First, the aldermen were appointed by the LG, bypassing the Delhi government. Then, they tried to get the aldermen to vote in the MCD house. After all this, shouldn’t the LG of Delhi resign? This is the country of Gandhi, Nehru and Shastri. Such unconstitutional things cannot happen here,” he said.

Uddhav Calls Party Meeting to Discuss Road Ahead After EC Recognises Shinde Faction as Real Shiv Sena

Agency News: Mumbai

Aday after the Election Commission (EC) recognised the Eknath Shinde-led faction as the real Shiv Sena, Uddhav Thackeray, who heads the rival camp, on Saturday called a meeting of his party leaders and functionaries to discuss the future course of action. The meeting of Shiv Sena leaders, deputy leaders, elected representatives and spokespersons will be held at Thackeray’s residence ‘Matoshree’ in suburban Bandra in the afternoon, Thackeray’s aide said. In a big blow to Thackeray, the EC on Friday allotted the name ‘Shiv Sena’ and its poll symbol ‘bow and arrow’ to the group led by CM Shinde. This is for the first time that the Thackeray family has lost control of the party that was founded in

1966 by Balasaheb Thackeray on the principles of justice for the sons of the soil. In a unanimous order on the six-month-old petition filed by Shinde, the three-member Commission said it had relied on the numerical strength of the party in the legislative wing, where the chief minister enjoyed the support of 40 of the 55 MLAs and 13 of the 18 Lok Sabha members. Shinde broke ranks with Thackeray in June last year and formed the government in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Mumbai court accepts MHADA’s plea to exclude 47-acre land from liquidation of HDIL subsidiary

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A day after attending the Budget session wearing flowers behind their ears in an unusual protest against the ruling BJP, the Karnataka Congress on Saturday stepped up the ‘Kivi Mele Hoova’ campaign with posters across Bengaluru and Mangaluru. ‘Kivi Mele Hoova’ literally means ‘flowers on the ears’ in Kannada, and wearing flowers behind one’s ears signifies betrayal and fooling. Posters of ‘Kivi Mele Hoova’ were seen on the top of the BJP Achievement Wall paintings and posters in many parts of the Bengaluru and Mangaluru city.

“Enough of fake promises,” the posters read. Through this campaign, the Karnataka Congress continues to attack the incumbent BJP Government for allegedly failing to fulfil 90 per cent of its 2018 promise manifesto and also for utilizing only 56 per cent of allocated budget of 2022-2023 budget. On Friday, many Congress leaders including former CM Siddaramaiah and KPCC chief DK Shivakumar created a ruckus inside the Legislative Assembly and obstructed CM Bommai from presenting the budget. Later in the day, former CM BS Yediyurappa was also seen removing the flower from DK Shivakumar’s ear but what caught the eye was how the KPCC.

PMC to organise cultural event for Chhatrapati

Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti

Agency News: Panvel

The Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) will hold a grand procession with public participation on the occasion of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti under the guidance of Ganesh Deshmukh. In addition, a number of cultural programs have been planned on February 19. Citizens have been requested to participate in this program in large numbers on behalf of the Municipal Corporation. On February 19, at 7.30 am, a floral wreath will be offered to the equestrian statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. After that, a grand procession will be organized by the corporation at 8 am to the sound of drums. The procession includes a group of 40 women in traditional costumes, Chitrarath, a Lezim troupe of students from various schools and a Banjo troupe. The procession will pass through Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Eswarudh StatueMartyr’s Memorial Chowk - Adarsh Lodge - Line Ali - Loknete D.Ba. Patil Primary School - Gavdevi Temple - Swa. Savarkar Chowk – Bapatwada Chowk – Municipal Corporation Office – Service Planning Office – Bandar Road Chowk – Maulana Azad Chowk –Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Statue Statue Post Office. The procession will conclude by offering wreaths for the statue of Shivaji Maharaj.

“Ghoda humara maza le raha tha, hum ghode ke maze le rahe the (the horse was having fun and so was I).” The former minister shared that he rode the horse at the demand of the villagers, who had brought the animal for him. Mr Patidar further said that the public is happy with the development in Madhya Pradesh and that it was reflecting in the yatra. He added that people were celebrating the work done for them and he was just a part of it. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan flagged off the Vikas Yatras in the state this month. The march will continue till February 25.

Army Initiates Court-Martial Against Soldier Giving Info

To Pak Spy: Report

Agency News: New Delhi

The Army is going to start summary court-martial proceedings against its soldier who was allegedly caught passing on secret information to an ISI agent- posted in the Pakistan embassy in the national capital, about military activities along the northern borders. “The accused Signalman Alim Khan was posted in a formation close to the border with China in the field area and was allegedly caught supplying secret information to the Pakistani spy posted in their embassy in New Delhi. The summary court-martial proceedings against the soldier will begin in the next couple of days,” the defence sources told. The soldier was caught by the security agencies supplying secret information to the Pakistani spyAbid Husain alias Naik Abid- a Pakistani national working in the High Commission for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in the national capital. The soldier was also given ₹ 15,000 by the Pakistan embassy official for information that he was sharing with them.

A Bankruptcy court allowed an application filed by Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) which sought exclusion of the 47-acre land parcel from liquidation of Guruashish Construction, that the division bench of Mumbai bench of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) said that assets not owned by the debtor cannot be included as a part of liquidation estate. The 47.8 acres area under dispute is the land parcel in Goregaon suburb of Mumbai. The report stated that Senior Counsel Janak Dwarkadas and advocate Shilpi Jain said that MHADA is the owner of the property. The tribunal noted that the private builder Guruashish had violated the joint development agreement and that MHADA could terminate the agreement with the latter. The development authority terminated their JDA in January 2018 since the builder failed to complete work within the agreed timeline. The tribunal in their order also observed that the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal had also earlier said that the MHADA land was handed.

The 47.8 acres area under dispute is the land parcel in Goregaon suburb of Mumbai.

PFI conspiracy case: NIA searches

7 locations across Rajasthan

Agency News: New Delhi

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday carried out searches at seven locations in Rajasthan. The Popular Front of India is a banned organisation of the Muslims radicalising the minority politics. Three searches were in Kota and one each in Jaipur, Sawai Madhopur, Bhilwara and Bundi. The searches were at residential and commercial premises of the suspects. The NIA claimed it has seized digital devices, air gun, sharp weapons and incriminating documents, while further investigation is in progress. The case is related to information received from reliable sources that PFI’s Sadiq Sarraf, a resident of Baran district in Rajasthan and Mohd Asif from Kot, along with the office-

12 cheetahs set to arrive in Madhya Pradesh from South Africa today

Agency News: Bhopal

Twelve cheetahs will be brought to Madhya Pradesh from South Africa on Saturday morning and will be released into quarantine enclosures at the Kuno National Park (KNP) in Sheopur district. These cheetahs bearers and cadres of the banned outfit are indulging in unlawful activities. NIA had suo moto registered the case on September 19 last year. The outfit, which has been banned for five years, is planning to make India an Islami state by 2047, claimed Maharashtra AntiTerrorism Squad in their charge sheet. The PFI intended to recruit one person from each Muslim home into organisation, claimed ATS and added that they had also recovered a document which confirms the same.

Three searches were in Kota and one each in Jaipur, Sawai Madhopur, Bhilwara and Bundi. The searches were at residential and commercial premises of the suspects.

- seven males and five females - comprise the second set of big cats coming to the KNP, the first set of eight from Namibia having been released on September 17 last year at a function by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. As per the plan, these felines will arrive at the Gwalior air base around 10 am. From there, they will be flown to the KNP around 12 noon in an Indian Air Force helicopter. They will be put into quarantine bomas (enclosures) after half an hour (12.30 pm), an expert had said.

These animals will be released into the KNP by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Union minister Bhupender Yadav. KNP Director Uttam Sharma has said they have set up 10 quarantine bomas for the South African cheetahs. In two of these facilities, two pairs of cheetahs would be kept. Experts said a delegation from South Africa had visited the KNP in early September last year to see arrangements at the wildlife sanctuary for housing the world’s fastest land animals.

2 Arrested For Cheating 100 People By Using Pics Of “High Profile” People

Agency News: Alwar

Two men were arrested for allegedly impersonating highprofile people by using their picture as WhatsApp DP and taking money from the impersonated men’s relatives and friends, police said on Saturday. The accused, 19-yearold Javed Khan and 23-year-old Amit Kumar, used pictures of highprofile people from social media, and cheated more than 100 people in the last one year alone, they said. The two were arrested from Alwar in Rajasthan. According to the police, Khan and Kumar opened several bank accounts using the documents of people known to them and received the money in those accounts. The matter came to light in January, when a victim approached police saying that someone was using his photograph on WhatsApp as a ‘display picture’ and was asking for money from his relatives and friends. During the investigation, it was found that the mobile number used by the frauds was also linked to another matter in which the accused had projected himself as an army officer and cheated about ₹ 47,000 offering to sell an old vehicle on OLX website, a senior police officer said. The cheated amount was transferred to a bank account in Alwar, Rajasthan, Jitendra Kumar Meena, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest) said.

Smriti Mandhana named Royal Challengers Bangalore captain for Women’s Premier League

Agency News : New Delhi

Royal Challengers Bangalore have expectedly named senior India batter Smriti Mandhana as their captain for the inaugural Women’s Premier League (WPL).

The left-handed India vicecaptain was signed in the recent auction held in Mumbai for Rs 3.40 crore, the highest price for a player in the WPL auction. The announcement was made through a video shared on the franchise’s social media handles, which had messages from RCB talisman Virat Kohli and current men’s team skipper Faf du Plessis. “Now it’s time for another No. 18 to lead a very special RCB team in WPL. Yes, we are talking about Smriti Mandhana. Go on Smriti. You will have the support of the best team and the best fans in the world,” Kohli said. On announcing Mandhana as the captain, RCB