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“She Quit On Her Own”: Kolkata University Head On Row Over Teacher’s Pics Amid online campaigns supporting a former assistant professor of St Xavier’s University, who claimed that she was forced to quit her job over some of her Instagram photos in a swimsuit, its vice-chancellor, Father Felix Raj, has rebuffed the allegation and said that it was “humiliating to assume” the institution would do so. In a statement, Mr Raj said that the university “believes in preserving and maintaining the dignity and honour of its teachers.
BJP Expels Madhya Pradesh Leader After Disparaging Remarks On Brahmins Agency News:Bhopal Pritam Singh Lodhi, the leader from Gwalior-Chambal region, has been expelled from the BJP after his controversial statements about Brahmins. He was summoned to the BJP headquarters in Bhopal this morning, where his primary membership was scrapped. Addressing a function to felicitate meritorious students on the birth anniversary of warrior queen Avantibai Lodhi on Wednesday, Pritam Singh Lodhi had slammed the Brahmins, accusing them of “fooling and harassing people” in the name of religion.A video of his controversial remarks was widely circulated.His statements had pushed one BJP youth wing leader - Praveen Mishra - to file a police case against him, in which he has been accused of causing enmity between people.The 62-year-old is already accused in 37 cases.
Rejig in Gujarat Cabinet; Rajendra Trivedi, Purnesh Modi removed as Revenue, Transport ministers The Assembly elections in Gujarat will be held in December 2022. Both Rajendra Trivedi and Purnesh Modi are among the 10 Cabinet Ministers in the Bhupendra Patel government. Sunvilla News: Gandhinagar The Gujarat government made a major rejig in the cabinet on Saturday night. The Revenue Department has been taken away from Rajendra Trivedi while Road and Building Ministry has been taken away from Purnesh Modi. Both ministries will now be held by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. The move
comes a few months ahead of the Assembly elections in Gujarat in December 2022. According to the state government notification, Trivedi will continue to hold Law and Justice, Disaster Management, Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs ministries departments while Purnesh Modi will hold Transport, Civil Aviation, Tourism and Pilgrimage Development Ministries. Harsh Rameshkumar
Sanghavi has been given the charge of Revenue Ministry as Minister of State (MoS) while Jagdish Ishwar Panchal has been given the charge of Road and Building ministry as Minister of State (MoS). Rajendra Trivedi who has been removed from the revenue department is considered to be number 2 in the Gujarat government. When Bhupendra Patel took oath as the Chief Minister, it was Trivedi
who took oath immediately after him. During his tenure as the Revenue Minister, Trivedi had conducted surprise inspections of many offices of the department.
He remained in news due to his sudden inspections.Both Rajendra Trivedi and Purnesh Modi are among the 10 Cabinet Ministers in the Bhupendra Patel
government. Patel replaced Vijay Rupani as Chief Minister last September, following the entire Gujarat cabinet was asked to resign by the top BJP leadership.
Members of Parliament’s Forum Chandigarh Airport To Be Named After On Tibet Seeks Bharat Ratna Shaheed Bhagat Singh: Bhagwant Mann For Dalai Lama This is not Some members of the forum also expressed solidarity with Taiwan amid China’s military muscleflexing in the Taiwan Strait Agency News:New Delhi The All-Party Indian Parliamentary Forum for Tibet, an informal group of Members of Parliament (MPs), has decided to request the centre to confer Bharat Ratna on the Dalai Lama, its convener Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Sujeet Kumar said Saturday. Some members of the forum also expressed solidarity with Taiwan amid China’s military
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the first time that a name change after the freedom fighter has been suggested. muscle-flexing in the Taiwan Strait following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei.The forum, which comprises 22 MPs, is planning to meet the Dalai Lama at Dharamshala on September 2, Tibetan Democracy Day, and also attend the parliament session of the Tibetan government in exile for a day or two, Sujeet Kumar said.The parliament session of the Tibetan government-in-exile is from September 7 to 16.Sujeet Kumar,
who was recently appointed the convenor of the All-Party Indian Parliamentary Forum for Tibet, said the group was almost defunct for several years, but it is being revived now.“The forum was very active when George Fernandes was its convenor. Later, I think it got defunct, it was not very active. Now, it is being revived. We have plans to visit Dharamshala and meet his holiness the Dalai Lama We also want to talk.
Agency News:New Delhi The Punjab and Haryana governments have agreed to rename Chandigarh’s international airport after
freedom struggle icon Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Saturday after a meeting between the two governments.Dushyant Chautala, Haryana’s Deputy Chief Minister, was present in the meeting. Mr Chautala said the collective contribution of
both states and the Chandigarh administration is involved in the construction and modernisation of the airport. Mr Chautala said since Haryana had an equal share in its construction, the name of the city Panchkula should also be added to its name. “Punjab and Haryana agreed on the name
of Chandigarh’s international airport after Shaheed Bhagat Singh ji. Had a meeting with Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on this issue today,” tweeted Mr Mann after the meeting. The airport’s terminal building falls in Punjab’s Mohali town. The ₹ 485-crore airport.
5 Injured After 2nd Floor 4 Arrested For Extorting Of 28-Year-Old Apartment Money, Had Links With PaCollapses In Thane kistan-Based Gang: Police
All the occupants of the 14 flats of the 28-year-old building located in the Chandresh Park area have been shifted to safer places and a structural audit of the building was undertaken, the officials said. Agency News:Thane At least five persons were
injured when the floor of their flat crashed and landed on the first-floor house of a two-storey building in Mira Road in Thane district of Maharashtra on Saturday, civic officials said.A toddler escaped unhurt in the incident. All the occupants of the 14 flats of the 28-yearold building located in the Chandresh Park area have been shifted to safer places and a structural audit of the building was undertaken, the officials said. The building did not figure in the list of dangerous buildings. The injured persons are identified as Manisha Mahadik (59), Mukesh Mahadik (32), Sheetal Bhuvad (42), Anita Bhuvad (22), and Siddhartha Mahadik (11). They were admitted to a local hospital, the civic officials said.
The gang came to light after they extorted 5 lakh from a property dealer. On July 30, a property dealer filed a complaint, saying he was receiving. Agency News:New Delhi Four people having connections with a money extortion gang that operates from Pakistan and Dubai have
been arrested, police said on Saturday.The gang came to light after they extorted ₹ 5 lakh from a property dealer. On July 30, a property dealer filed a complaint, saying he was receiving threat calls from an unknown number on WhatsApp.“Those on call demanded ₹ 5 lakh and threatened to kill me and my family if I failed to do as they said,” the complainant said. Police said an Firstnformation Report (FIR) was registered and an investigation into the matter was launched by the crime unit following which the four persons were arrested.The accused have been identified as Ritik, Gulshan, Bunty Kumar, and Sandeep alias Sandy. 99 debit cards.
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Whose freebie is it, anyway?
The issue of freebies has surfaced today as in the last two decades or so there has been a tendency for all parties to mention in their manifestos that if voted to power there would be several payments made to different sections of society. There are other schemes announced separately by governments like say the NREGA, which is a dole scheme as there is no productive work done but money is paid. All this comes under social welfare which is the job of the government. Hence free meals, education, health, employment guarantee, payments for girls, women, special sections of society etc. are considered to be economically expedient though there are always political undertones.Of later there has been a lot of umbrage taken by everyone as every party has gotten into a competitive mode and is offering electricity, water, plain cash and so on without any restraint. What are the options for getting states or even the centre, for that matter, to be more judicious in spending?The first option is for the Finance Commission to officially state that only a certain portion of the budgetary revenue can be spent on so called freebies. This will be a rule-driven policy with the CAG monitoring the progress.The alternative is to have some kind of voting of the public on where the government should be spending. In a democracy, unfortunately the 1300 million are represented by around 542 representatives of which the majority are in the government in power. The decisions taken are top down. Suppose it has to be bottoms- up. There can be several interesting conjectures here. The majority would not vote for highways and bullet trains and would have humble requests for pucca, well-maintained, motorable roads connecting villages. The majority will favour subsidies, employment doles, cash transfers and so on. Hence the present controversy of disdain for freebies will be seen as an elitist view to exacerbate inequality, as any withdrawal means hardships for the poor.A third alternative is to put all governments under check through the funding route. While pegging fiscal deficit at 3% or 3.5% for states is a rule that worked well, a similar cap should be on the centre. This way the possibility of deviation can be curbed. Further, to correct anomalies which come in the way of the power sector, for example, government guarantees should be banned and entities must be made to borrow from the market if not being financed directly from the Budget. This will address the issue of free power.Suppose banks and financial institutions refuse to lend money which would be the case for private enterprises with similar balance sheets, then the governments would have to perforce pay the DISCOMs from the budget or desist from giving free power. Banning contingent liabilities is an effective way of controlling expenditures.A fourth option would be to separate freebies into those that distort the market like free power — which no one, including the government, pays for — and plain cash transfers, which come through the Budget. The PM Kisan scheme is a pure cash transfer, paid for by the Budget, and does not distort the system. The same holds for cash payments for marriages of girls or special category of society. But subsidies in the form of MSP is the tough one. Ideally MSPs should be replaced by a cash transfer, because the MSP is a doctored price which distorts markets as it raises benchmark prices in mandis.A combination of the suggestions made could be the way out. The FC should ideally state in detail what is a freebie, and then ensure that only a certain amount of money can be spent on these outlays. Camouflage terms like ‘empowerment schemes’ should be covered here. Second, any scheme which distorts markets should be withdrawn or replaced by transfers. Third, anything outside the budget should be banned and every PSU would have to fend for and fund itself. Last the private sector should cease to look for props from the government and have to use all the tax benefits to run their business. Looking for incentives from the government can be in say EXIM policy but not for cash returns through say the PLI or any other such scheme. The private sector cannot have it on both sides all the time.Madan Sabnavis is Chief Economist, Bank of Baroda, and author of Lockdown or economic d e s t r u c t i o n ? - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara Views expressed are personal
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“Protest By Those Against BJP”: Minister On Farmers’ Agitation In UP
Agency News:Guwahati The protest is not of farmers but of those against the BJP, Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni said, dismissing the 72-hour protest by nearly 10,000 Punjab farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri against the Centre.The farmers’ demands include the sacking of Ajay Mishra, whose son Ashish was arrested in a case where eight people including four farmers were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri in October last year.“I am a lawabiding citizen, a Union minister so I should not comment on any case which is sub-judice
and involves me but I want to point out that right from the farmers protests politics was involved. This is not a protest of the farmers, but of those people who are against the BJP,” said Mr Teni, the Minister of State for home.“They then went to Bengal to campaign against the BJP. In UP polls, they campaigned against the BJP in almost all seats, they campaigned heavily in my districts but we won all the eight seats in my district,” the Minister told reporters in Shillong.in July, the Allahabad High Court denied bail to Ashish Mishra, who was allegedly sitting in one of the cars.
Rajiv served as the seventh PM and remained in office till December 2, 1989 — for a period spanning 1,858 days. Agency News:New Delhi
Raashii Khanna looks glamorous in the satin pink ensemble
Justice done can quickly be undone if people don’t have right discourse: Justice Chandrachud Agency News:New Delhi Justice done can quickly be undone if people do not continue with the right discourse to safeguard the interests of marginalised groups, Supreme Court judge Justice D Y Chandrachud said.Referring to the withdrawal of a recent ‘Karva Chauth’ advertisement featuring a same-sex couple in view of protest, Justice Chandrachud said the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the Navtej Singh Johar case was alone not sufficient for the members of the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or Queer) community to realise their rights. The judge was referring to the advertisement of Indian firm Dabur on ‘Karva Chauth’, a Hindu festival which is prevalent in northern parts of the country and in which wives keep a daylong fast and perform ‘puja’ for the well-being of their husbands. The advertisement, showing a women couple celebrating the festival, was withdrawn by the firm after facing backlash on social media.
“Delhi Excise Policy Was Best In India”: Manish Sisodia’s Swipe At Centre The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had on Friday carried out searches at 31 places, including the residences of Manish Sisodia and former excise Agency News:New Delhi The Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 was the “best” of its kind and would have earned ₹ 10,000 crore every year had the former lieutenant governor not been “asked” to change his decision at the last minute, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Saturday. The
Suicide Over Canada Study Visa Brings Delays, Rejection Rates In Focus Again Canada is a favoured destination due to its relatively friendly immigration policies. Expectations, thus, are higher, as is the frustration Agency News:New Delhi Suicide of a 23-year-old man in Haryana comes as an extreme warning amid long waits and high rejections of visa applications by Canada and other countries — blamed mainly on Covid-caused lockdowns, among other reasons. Countries in the West — preferred destinations for students, many of whom hope to build a life there —
Rajiv Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India on October 31, 1984, after the assassination of his mother and the then PM Indira Gandhi, becoming the country’s youngest PM at the age of 40. Today, being his 78th birth anniversary, leaders from across the country remembered the former Prime Minister and extended their wishes to the late
have said they are hiring new staff and prioritising studyvisa applications, but the wait can stretch into months. A belated rejection can lead to loss of money and motivation. Rejection rates are also reported to be up in Canada. At present, if you are looking at a visa to the US, the wait can go beyond a year. Canada is taking up to six months for visas in general; but even for student visa the wait is three months, thrice the pre-Covid times. And that’s today’s update from the Canadian government website. People have been waiting longer if their applications.
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had on Friday carried out searches at 31 places, including the residences of Manish Sisodia and former excise commissioner Arava Gopi Krishna, after it registered an FIR for alleged corruption and bribery in formulation and execution of the excise policy brought out last November. The Aam Aadmi Party has condemned the raids, with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal claiming that the agency was “asked from above”
to harass its leaders. On the other hand, the BJP has asked the city government to come clean on its excise policy.“The excise policy, based on which raids were conducted at my residence, was the best policy in the country ... Had they not got the LG to change his decision just 48 hours before the implementation of the policy, it would have generated a revenue of ₹ 10,000 crore every year for the Delhi government,” Mr Sisodia said in a tweetEarlier this month, the deputy.
Congress man. Remembering the leader, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted: “On his birth anniversary, tributes to our former Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi.” Rajiv Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India on October 31, 1984, after the assassination of his mother and the then PM Indira Gandhi, becoming the country’s youngest PM at the age of 40. Today, being his 78th birth anniversary, leaders from
across the country remembered the former Prime Minister and extended their wishes to the late Congress man. Remembering the leader, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted: “On his birth anniversary, tributes to our former Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi.” Remembering the former PM’s legacy, the Congress party, via its official Twitter account, said, “We fondly remember former Prime Minister of India.
Every Pregnant Woman Deserves Dignity During Motherhood: Delhi High Court Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta said giving birth to a child in custody would not only be traumatic for the mother but also impact the child adversely. Agency News:New Delhi Every pregnant woman deserves the dignity guaranteed by the Constitution during motherhood, the Delhi High Court said while granting threemonth interim bail to a pregnant woman accused of kidnapping and attempt to murder.Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta said giving birth to a child in custody would not only be traumatic for the mother but also impact the
child adversely. “Pregnancy of a woman is a special circumstance which needs to be appreciated, as giving birth to a child while in custody, would not only be a trauma to the mother but also create an everlasting adverse impact on the child, whenever questioned about his birth. Every pregnant female deserves the dignity enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution of India during motherhood,” the court said in its order dated August 18.“The Court is expected to take note of interest of a child, who is not expected to be exposed to the prisons, until and unless there is a grave danger in releasing the petitioner on bail,” it saidThe court noted that the criminal.
Odisha Legislator Arranges Hearse To Help Man Carry 500 Crores Extortion Scam Wife’s Body To Village Busted, Chinese Nationals Involved: Delhi Cops The gang operated at the behest of Chinese nationals and the extorted money was being routed to that country through hawala Agency News:New Delhi In an operation that last over two months, the Delhi Police busted an instant loan-cumextortion racket amounting to over ₹ 500 crore and arrested 22 people from different parts of the country, officials said on Saturday. The gang operated at the behest of Chinese nationals and the extorted money was being routed to that country through hawala and cryptocurrencies, they said. According to the police, hundreds of complaints
Agency News:New Delhi were lodged alleging that loans were being passed at higher interest rates, and after complete recovery of the money along with interest, the gang used to extort more money from the people using their morphed nude pictures. The Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operation (IFSO) of the Delhi Police took cognisance of these complaints, and during analysis, found that more than 100 such applications were involved in the racket. These apps were seeking malicious permissions from users. After obtaining access to the users’ contacts, chats, messages and images, the gang used to upload sensitive information to servers based in China and Hong Kong.
Biju Janata Dal’s (BJD) Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Bikram Kumar Panda has helped a family from southern Odisha by arranging a hearse to carry the body of a 30-yearold woman after her death in Ganjam district.Roji Santa was admitted to the Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati (MKCG) Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur five days ago after being referred from a hospital in tribal-dominated Koraput district as her condition was critical after delivering a girl child. The resident of Bagderi village died during the treatment on Friday morning.Her husband, Narula Santa, was anxious about how to carry the body, which was lying for several hours in the
hospital, for such a long distance of around 370 km as they had no money to hire a hearse.“We rushed to the medical college immediately after getting information about the lying dead body and met her husband,” Bikram Kumar Panda said.“We arranged a van of the Berhampur Municipal Corporation to carry the dead body to his village,” the Berhampur MLA said.Bikram Kumar Panda also offered monetary help to the man, who did not have money to feed the baby during such a long journey. The baby is in a good condition now.The MLA had donated four hearses from his local area funds to assist people in carrying dead bodies to the cremation grounds. During the Covid-induced lockdown, the legislator had extended helping hands.
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SPORTS - BUSINESS Werder stun Dortmund Army Red hold Chennaiwith three late goals for 3-2 yin FC 2-2 in Durand Cup comeback win Agency News:New Delhi
Agency News:New Delhi Werder Bremen scored three times in the final minutes to come from two goals down and snatch a stunning 3-2 victory at Borussia Dortmund on Saturday that ended the hosts’ winning start to the season.Goals from Lee Buchanan in the 89th minute and Niklas Schmidt in stoppage time brought them level before Oliver Burke thundered a shot in the final seconds past keeper Gregor Kobel.Dortmund’s Julian Brandt had fired a blinder past Werder keeper Jiri Pavlenka in first-half stoppage time to take an unexpected lead after
a dire 45 minutes for the hosts where nothing seemed to work. Werder, who had 10 shots on goal compared with Dortmund’s two by the 75th minute, were the more adventurous side throughout, their passing game more fluid and creative and their attacks more dangerous. But they were caught out again when Raphael Guerreiro tried his luck from 25 metres out and beat Pavlenka with a low shot in the 77th minute.The visitors, however, refused to give up and scored what might have been a consolation goal through youth international Lee Buchanan’s superb strike into the top corner in the 89th.
Former Indian Super League champions Chennaiyin FC failed to go past Army Red and dropped points, after an intense 2-2 draw in the Durand Cup on Saturday. The group C fixture turned on its head after a barren first 45 minutes as the Reds took the lead through Lethaolen Khongsai (54′) which was neutralised by Julius Duker, a minute before the regulation time. Chennaiyin almost had full points when Edwin Vanspaul struck in the fourth minute of second half stoppage time but they could not see through the final minute with Army Red’s Liton Shil (90+6′) dashing their hopes in a crazy final seven
minutes’ action. The first half turned out to be a battle for midfield supremacy with both teams forcing each other to play out on the wings. Chennaiyin FC were wasteful and could not convert their chances while the Reds keeper Bhabindra was at his resolute best. In an actionpacked second half, the Reds turned up the heat as well and Chennayin also kept attacking. An inch-perfect corner.
MPC members for front-loading of rate hikes, show minutes At its meeting from August 3 to 5, MPC decided to increase the benchmark lending rate by 50 basis points to 5.40 per cent with a view to tame inflation. Agency News:New Delhi Inflation remained a major concern for members of the RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) at their August meeting and frontloading of the repo rate hikes found favour, showed minutes
of the meeting which were released on FridayReserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das said, “On the domestic front, though inflation has moderated and plateaued since its recent peak of April 2022, it remains unacceptably and uncomfortably high.”RBI
Deputy Governor Michael Patra observed that inflation in India is lower than the weighted average of its major trading partners. “All in all, Indian economy is running a positive growth differential
vis-a-vis the rest of the world” Jayanth Varma, the MPC’s external member, while voting in favour of the 50-basis point hike, expressed reservations about the stance of the policy, which was to focus.
Harry Kane sets Premier League record in Adani to launch open offer for ACC and Ambuja Cements on August 26
I-T dept allows taxpayers more time to claim credit for taxes paid outside India
Tottenham’s hard-fought win over Wolves
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The England captain scored his 185th Premier League goal with Spurs, his 250th in all competitions Agency News:New Delhi Harry Kane set a Premier League record in goals for a single club on Saturday as his headed effort earned Tottenham Hotspur a 1-0 home victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers that sent them to the top of the table. Tottenham were outplayed in
the first half but were a different proposition after the interval, with Kane pouncing in the 64th minute to score his 185th Premier League goal. No other player has scored more goals for a single club in the Premier League era, with England skipper Kane moving clear of Sergio Aguero’s tally for
Manchester City. Wolves, who are now winless in their last 10 Premier League games, had 12 goal attempts to Tottenham’s one in the first half but were
unable to make their superiority count. Tottenham then found some extra gears to seize control, with Kane and Son Heung-min both being denied.
The Adani Group is likely to launch next week an open offer worth ₹31,000 crore to acquire 26 per cent stake each in Swiss firm Holcim’s two Indian listed entities Ambuja Cements and ACC, from public shareholders. In May this year, the Adani Group announced that it has clinched a deal to acquire a controlling stake in Holcim Ltd’s businesses in India for USD 10.5 billion. Markets regulator Sebi granted approval for the open offer this week. The open offer
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is estimated at over ₹31,000 crore if fully subscribed. In two separate regulatory filings, Ambuja Cements and ACC have submitted their letter of offers for the open offer launched by the Adani family group’s Mauritius-based firm Endeavour Trade and Investment. As per
BOLLYWOOD-HOLLYWOOD ‘Lot of films are stuck in the pipeline due to the pandemic’: Akshay Kumar
Anushka Sharma, Virat Kohli enjoy Mumbai rains on a scooty
Agency News:Mumbai Bollywood star Akshay Kumar is currently gearing up for the release of his thriller ‘Cuttputlli’ which is scheduled to go up on an OTT platform.‘Cuttputlli’ will mark Akshay’s fourth film this year, the last three being ‘Bachchhan Paandey’, ‘Samrat Prithviraj’, and the recently released ‘Raksha Bandhan’. During the trailer launch of ‘Cuttputlli’, Akshay was quizzed about his backto-back releases. To that, the actor responded that the case would have been different if not for the pandemic.“A lot of films got stuck in the pipeline due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At that time, we kept making movies, but theatres were shut so there was no way of releasing them. If not for the pandemic, the situation would have been different. I might have released my movies in a span of three-four months,” he stated. Akshay’s latest release ‘Raksha Bandhan’ miserably tanked at the box office. Even though it was released on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan, the film failed to impress the audience, with some even touting it to be “regressive”.Prior to that, ‘Samrat Prithviraj’ and ‘Bachchhan Paandey’ too had failed at the box office.In ‘Cuttputlli’, Akshay will be seen sharing the screen with Rakul Preet Singh and Sargun Mehta, among others. The film will see the actor play a cop with a mission to hunt down a serial killer.
Agency News:Mumbai Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma enjoyed the perfect Saturday with husband and Team India cricketer Virat Kohli as they zoomed around the city on a two-wheeler.The couple was seen ditching their regular cars and were clicked by the paps as they embarked on a scooty ride in Mumbai.Both Anushka and Virat were seen wearing helmets as they enjoyed the Mumbai rains. While the batsman drove the vehicle, the actress rode pillion and held her husband tight as they drove through the traffic. Anushka and Virat have been making it.
Vijay Deverakonda reveals he had a crush on Urmila Matondkar, Bhagyashree Agency News:Mumbai ‘Liger’ star Vijay Deverakonda reveals about his crush on Bollywood actresses Bhagyashree Dassani and Urmila Matondkar.He is making an appearance along with Ananya Pandey on a dance reality show for the promotion of his film.He says: “I am a huge fan of Urmila ma’am as well as Bhagyashree ma’am, and I have seen all of their work to date. Since I was young, I had a crush on Urmila ma’am and Bhagyashree ma’am, and I am still crushing on them a little bit.” Both Urmila and Bhagyashree are seen in the panel of judges with Remo D’Souza on the show Vijay also reveals that he is a huge fan of Remo and he admires his choreography in the song ‘Badtameez Dil’ from the 2013 movie ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’.“I am an immense fan of Remo Sir’s work too, especially for his choreography in ‘Badtameez Dil’. When I watched the song for the first time, I was like, I need to meet the guy who choreographed this song,” adds the Telugu superstar.The actor is busy promoting his film ‘Liger’ and the movie is also making headlines because of the boycott hashtag trending on social media.
the revised schedule submitted by ICICI Securities and Deutsche Equities India - which are the managers of open offer - tendering of the shares in the open will start from August 26 as against the earlier date of July 6. This will end on September 9, 2022.
The income tax department on Friday said taxpayers can claim credit for taxes paid outside India before the end of the assessment year if the I-T return is filed within the stipulated deadline.So far, Foreign Tax Credit (FTC) could have been claimed only if Form- 67 along with necessary documents were filed within the due date for filing the original return, thereby restricting the ability to claim credit for taxes paid outside India The Central Board of Direct.
Sonam Kapoor, Anand Ahuja blessed with a baby boy Agency News:Mumbai Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor and husband Anand Ahuja became proud parents to a baby boy on Saturday.The good news was announced on social media by Neetu Kapoor, who shared a note on her Instagram handle.“On 20.08.2022, we welcomed our beautiful baby boy with bowed heads and open hearts. Thank you to all of the doctors, nurses, friends and family who have supported us on this journey,” the note read.“It’s only the beginning, but we know our lives are forever changed,” it added.Actor and Sonam’s father Anil Kapoor too shared a note expressing his joy on the arrival of his grandson. It read, “We are delighted to announce, on the 20th of August 2022, the arrival of the newest member of our family. Sonam and Anand have been blessed with a healthy baby boy and we couldn’t be more elated. Our hearts are bursting with pride and love for the new parents and their beautiful angel.” It was in March that the couple announced t h a t the ‘Neerja’ actress was expecting their first baby. Sonam and Anand tied the knot on May 8, 2018, in a grand ceremony in Mumbai. The actress, who is presently in the city.
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The plant, spread across 3,000 sqm, would deal with the generation of high purity of hydrogen (99.99 percent) and oxygen and their captive consumption in the manufacturing shops. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad
Shraddha Kapoor looks spectacular in the floral-printed ruffled saree.
A Green Hydrogen plant was inaugurated at L&T’s A M Naik heavy engineering complex at Hazira in Gujarat’s Surat Saturday afternoon by Indian Oil Corporation Limited chairman Shrikant Vaidya. The plant has thus started the production of Green Hydrogen based on an alkaline electrolysis process. It is the first-ofits-kind of Green Hydrogen plant in the country, said Subramanian
Sarma (whole-time director and senior executive vice-president (energy), of L&T ) The plant has been designed for an electrolyser capacity of 800 KiloWatt, based on both alkaline and PEM (420 KW), and will be powered by a rooftop solar plant of 990 KW peak DC capacity and 500 KWH battery energy storage system The plant, spread across 3,000 sqm, would deal with the generation of high purity of hydrogen (99.99 percent) and oxygen and their captive consumption in the manufacturing shops. A blend of 15 per cent of hydrogen with natural gas will be used as fuel, said the company source. After the inaugural event,
Subramaniam Sarma said, “This initiative is in line with climate leadership targets of ‘Lakshya 2026’ that will help reduce green house gases footprint for us as well as our clients by approximately 300 tons per annum.” He further said, “This is a first-of-its-kind plant in the country which has come up with fire fighting, digital and automation operations. It will have daily production of 45 kilograms of Green Hydrogen, which will be used for captive consumption of the company’s Hazira manufacturing complex. It took seven months to start working on this plant and get it commissioned. We will expand this plant.
Lumpy Skin Disease claims 4,010 cattle so far; active cases highest in Banaskantha Kutch and Rajkot districts saw the second-highest number of deaths in a day at 13, although the spread of the infection has dipped substantially in Kutch district with 44 cases reported Saturday. Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad The cattle death toll due to Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) in Gujarat has gone up to 4,010 with 18,423 animals still battling the disease. At 1,043, Banaskantha district reported the highest number of active cases.This district,
which shares its borders with Rajasthan, also saw the highest number of cattle deaths in a day—24 of the total 89 deaths reported in the state, according to data shared by the state government Saturday.Kutch and Rajkot districts saw the second-highest number of deaths in a day at 13, although the spread of the infection
has dipped substantially in Kutch district with 44 cases reported Saturday. The districts that saw over 100 cases in a day include Anand (193), Rajkot (177), Patan (168), Sabarkantha (129), Devbhumi Dwarka (111) and Junagadh.
‘PM’s leadership style unparalleled’ Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership style is unparalleled said Piyush Goyal, Union minister for Commerce and Industry.He was speaking at Gujarat Technological University (GTU), Saturday while delivering a lecture on book on Modi titled “Modi@20 : Dreams Meet Delivery.” The book was first launched by vice-president Venkaiah Naidu at Delhi in May 2022.“I personally think that his leadership style is unparalleled. It is unparalleled because, it is not just based on theories or connected to one community; it is holistic and is all encompassing,” he added. Goyal narrated how PM Modi’s initiative to install LED bulbs across the country for greater energy savings, led to Philips offering 12 volt LED bulb to government at a price of just Rs 38.
Vadodara man dies after cow rams 2-wheeler Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad Jignesh Rajput, a resident of Subhanpura in Vadodara, Saturday succumbed to his injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident involving stray cattle. According to Rajput’s family, the 48-year-old was returning home late Friday when a cow ran into his motorcycle near the Jhansi Rani circle in Subhanpura.Rajput was rushed to a private hospital in an unconscious state after being thrown off the motorcycle. He died during the treatment. Rajput’s family, including his wife and a daughter, has submitted an application to the Gorwa police station seeking action against the cattle owner Based on CCTV footage. Printed, Published & Owned by AKSHESHKUMAR S. SAVALIYA and “Sunvilla Samachar” (English Daily) Printed at “Sunvilla Samachar Daily Printing Press”, Shed No.36, Shreenath Sarthak Industrial Park, Near Torrent Power Sub Station, Ring Road, Nikol, Ahmedabad - 380049 and Published from A/24, Shardha Appartment, Thakkarbapanagar Road, Near Approach, Bapunagar, Ahmedabad-382350. Mo.: 9825098053, (* Responsible for selection of News under the PRB act) *Editor : KAPILKUMAR M. HIRPARA, RNI No. : GUJENG/2014/59629.