Breach of bond by medical students: Gujarat govt to bring in new policy

Sunvilla News: Gandhinagar

Total 359 doctors did not report at the places of their appointment after completing their studies from the government medical colleges as of 31st December 2022, stated the state government in reply to a question asked by an opposition MLA in the state assembly.State health minister Rushikesh Patel said that the state government is in process of forming a new policy for recovering the bond amount, which will be declared soon. A bond of Rs 20 lakh from MBBS students, Rs 40 lakh from PG students and Rs 50 lakh from super speciality students will be taken. The certificate-degree will not be given to the students till they don’t serve in the rural areas for 1.5 years after their course, and they won’t be able to do private practice as well. He added that Rs 139 crore were recovered as

After 3 days, Punjab Police clear Mohali’s Sohana chowk of Amritpal supporters

Agency News: New Delhi

‘Illiterate People From Top to Bottom’: Kejriwal Slams Centre, its Officials Over Ad Budget Calculation

bond amount in the last 3 years. The opposition MLAs, in the state assembly, asked questions about the doctors not serving at hospitals and clinics in rural areas and not paying bond amount after completing MBBS from the government medical colleges. The collection of the bond amount of Rs 18 crore 25 lakh by the state government is pending, as informed by the state government. Congress leader Amit Chavda and other opposition MLAs demanded to take strict actions against the doctors not reporting at their appointment places and quickly recover the bond amount.

Nearly 50 protesters were apprehended and a policeman was injured after police cleared the blockade by supporters of Waris Punjab De chief and radical Sikh leader Amritpal Singh from the arterial Gurdwara Singh Shaheedan Chowk at Sohana in Mohali on Tuesday afternoon. The protesters had laid siege to the busy traffic junction for three days since the police crackdown on Amritpal and his supporters.The police recovered swords, spears, and farm implements from the protesters. The police action was taken after the gurdwara management objected to the blocking of the crossing. In the morning, the gurdwara staff urged the armed protesters to clear the passage as the protest was preventing devotees from visiting the place of worship and causing panic in the area.

Agency News: New Delhi

Launching a scathing attack against the Centre over the allegations that the Delhi government increased its advertisement budget, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said “illiterate” officials don’t know Rs 500 crore is less than Rs 20,000 crore.The CM said the government satisfied its ego by allegedly stopping the city budget.

Kejriwal also referred to himself as the younger brother of Prime Minister Narendra Modi while emphasizing the cooperation between the city government and the Centre. Kejriwal on Monday alleged that the Centre stopped the Delhi government’s budget which was scheduled to be presented today. However, the Ministry of Home Affairs approved the budget. “We could have gone to the court. But we decided against it. We responded. It was a just matter of ego. They have approved it today. What did they get? It is politics, it is ‘ahenkar’ (ego). They said that the advertisement budget is higher than the infrastructure budget. Where is it written that Rs 550 crore is higher than Rs 20,000 crore? They have kept illiterate people from the top to bottom. Educated people should be hired to read the budget for the Centre. I appeal to the PM that we want to work. We are small people. We do not know how to fight. We are small people. Fights destroy families, states and countries,” Kejriwal said in the Delhi assembly. “I appeal to PM to let us work. He is a big person. He (PM) is pained by the fact that AAP keeps winning Delhi. I will give you a mantra ‘you have to win the hearts of Delhities’. You have to build more number of schools and mohalla clinics,” he added.

Kejriwal also referred to himself as the younger brother of PM Narendra Modi while emphasizing the cooperation between the city government and the Centre.

Vaani Kapoor seen at the airport.

Sensex, Nifty rebound nearly 1 per cent on firm global trends, buying in Reliance

Agency News: New Delhi

Benchmark Sensex and Nifty rebounded nearly 1 per cent at close on Tuesday amid firm trends in global equities and buying in index major Reliance Industries and banking stocks. The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 445.73 points or 0.77 per cent to settle at 58,074.68. During the day, it rallied 504.38 points or 0.87 per cent to 58,133.33. The broader NSE Nifty advanced 119.10 points or 0.70 per cent to settle at 17,107.50.

‘PFI Involved in Secessionist Activities Against India’s Social Fabric’: UAPA Tribunal Upholds MHA Ban

Agency News: New Delhi

The tribunal of the Unlawful Activities Act on Wednesday upheld the central government’s ban on the Popular Front of India and its affiliates, and said the organisation’s members were involved in “anti-India” activities. It dismissed the PFI’s allegations that the Centre was targeting a particular community.

Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma of the Delhi High Court, who is presiding over the UAPA tribunal, pronounced the order. The tribunal further stated that PFI members were involved in “secessionist activities contrary to

It was not treason but treason against me. How does Congress know our patriotism: Hardik Patel

Sunvilla News: Gandhinagar

Hardik Patel, who led the Patidar agitation demanding reservation in 2015, joined the BJP after joining the Congress and has now become an MLA. Hardik Patel, who shook the peace and security of Gujarat in 2015, today praised the work of the state’s home department in the assembly. Hardik Patel said in the Assembly House, what was the condition of Gujarat 22 years ago. Today it is happy that the BJP government has gone from strength to strength in the last five years and has made Gujarat a great step forward in technology. After Hardik Patel

India reports 699 new Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths

Agency News: New Delhi

10 mobile phones among contraband recovered from juice boxes at Rohini jail praised the Home Department, Congress MLA CJ Chavda congratulated the state police. He sarcastically said that the people who feel guilty of sedition talk about patriotism today. Hardik replied to him that it was not treason against me but treason, how does the Congress know our patriotism. We are the descendants of a Sardar which the Congress does not consider a Sardar.

Gujarat likely to get relief from unseasonal rain after March 23: IMD

Sunvilla News: Gandhinagar

The India Meteorological Department (IMD), the central government’s weather department, has predicted that parts of Gujarat will continue to experience unseasonal rains during this week until March 23rd after that the state is expected to get relief from unseasonal rain. According to the IMD bulletin, “Light thunderstorms with lightning and surface wind less than 40 kmph (in gust) accompanied with light rain very likely at isolated places in the districts of Gujarat region namely Ahmedabad, Anand, Aravalli, Banaskantha, Patan, Sabarkantha, Bharuch, Dangs, Narmada, Navsari, Surat and the social fabric of India” It said the members were also involved in unlawful activities against the idea of India. To present its case, the Centre had examined and presented 100 witnesses and also shown two videos justifying the activities of the organisation and its members. In October last year, the government set up a tribunal comprising Justice Sharma to adjudicate if sufficient grounds were available for declaring the PFI and its eight associate groups unlawful. Invoking the UAPA to effect the ban, the ministry of home affairs had said the PFI and its affiliates were linked to terror groups like the ISIS.

Tapi; in the districts of SaurashtraKutch namely Amreli, Bhavnagar, Dwarka, Porbandar, Rajkot and Kutch,” on March 21st. On March 22nd, “Light rain/thundershowers very likely at isolated places in the districts of Gujarat region namely Banaskantha, Sabarkantha and Patan; in the districts of SaurashtraKutch namely Dwarka, Rajkot and Kutch.” On March 23rd, “Light thunderstorm with lightning and surface wind less than 40 kmph accompanied with light to moderate rain very likely at isolated places in the districts of Gujarat region namely Banaskantha, Sabarkantha and Patan; in the districts of Saurashtra-Kutch namely Dwarka, Porbandar and Kutch”.

India logged 699 new cases of coronavirus, while the active cases increased to 6,559, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll increased to 5,30,808 with two deaths. While one death was reported by Odisha, another was reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. The daily positivity was recorded at 0.71 per cent while the weekly positivity was pegged at 0.91 per cent. The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.46 crore (4,46,96,984). The active cases now comprise 0.01 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery

Trump Family Failed To Disclose 17 Gifts They Received From India

Agency News: New Delhi

Former US President Donald Trump has failed to disclose gifts worth $250,000 given to the First Family by foreign leaders which included $47,000 worth of gifts by Indian leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the then President Ram Nath Kovind and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, a partisan democratic Congressional committee have alleged in a report. The report is titled “Saudi Swords, Indian Jewelry, and a Larger-than-Life Salvadoran

Portrait of Donald Trump: The Trump administration’s Failure to Disclose Major Foreign Gifts.”

The report presents preliminary findings from Committee Democrats’ ongoing investigation into former President Trump’s failure to disclose gifts from foreign government officials while in office, as required by the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act. Trump, a Republican, served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.

Indian objection to inaccurate map leads to Pakistani team skipping SCO event in Delhi

Agency News: New Delhi

Pakistan on Tuesday abstained from attending a military medicine specialist conference organized under the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) framework. The reason for Pakistan’s absence was due to objections raised by the Indian side regarding the use of maps that depicted the country’s borders incorrectly, particularly in regards to Kashmir, Hindustan Times reported citing sources.India’s External Affairs Ministry brought up the issue after Pakistani officials used maps in a prior SCO meeting that depicted rate was recorded at 98.80 per cent, the ministry said. A total of 92.04 crore tests for detection of Covid have been conducted so far with 97,866 being conducted in the last 24 hours.The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,41,59,617, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent. According to the ministry’s website, 220.65 crore doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive.

Kashmir as part of their country. This has been a recurring issue that has affected recent SCO meetings.

As India prepares to host several official and ministerial meetings leading up to the SCO Summit scheduled for July, this matter is of significant concern.According to a HT source, Pakistan had intended to participate in an official capacity at a think tank conference centered around the theme of “SCO Armed Forces Contribution in Military Medicine, Healthcare and Pandemics”. However, due to an objection raised by India, Pakistan ultimately decided not to attend.

Agency News: New Delhi

Rohini jail officials have seized 10 mobile phones, four data cables and tobacco weighing approximately 75 grams from Central Jail Number 10 of Rohini Prison on March 20. These items were found packed inside two juice packets. Jail officials have reported the matter to the Delhi police for further probe As per a senior prison official, on Monday evening, the staff of the Rohini Central Jail no. 10 noticed that someone had thrown something inside the prison. “The suspicious objects were tightly packed in two Real Juice packets. When the packets were opened.

189,000 cases of attacks on Dalits registered since 2018: Govt to Parliament

Agency News: New Delhi

As many as 1,89,945 cases of crimes against the Dalit community were registered in the last four years according to a National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, the government informed Parliament on Tuesday. Union minister of state for home affairs Ajay Kumar Mishra was responding to a query raised by Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Girish Chandra who had asked for statistics on the number of incidents of attacks on Dalits since 2018 and urged the government to mention if there was any mechanism to monitor such incidents. In reply, MoS Mishra noted that the NCRB which compiles and publishes

Aadhaar-PAN linking: Extend deadline by 6 months and remove fee, Cong leader Adhir writes to PM Rain lashes parts of Mumbai, residents asked to take precautions

Agency News: New Delhi

Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to extend the deadline by six months for linking PAN card with Aadhaar and remove the Rs 1000 fee. He has mentioned the Department of Revenue notification which asked people to link their Aadhaar card with their PAN online against payment of Rs 1000 till March 31, 2023 or else their PAN will become inoperative. “I further request that a maximum number of Indians do live in extremely remote corners of the country where internet facilities are rarely available. “And unscrupulous touts have started extorting money as fees from these innocent citizens of rural India,” Chowdhury said and urged the Centre to direct post offices to assist the people free of cost. He said that the situation was turning into a nightmare and would bring extreme misery to most people. “In this regard, I earnestly request you to instruct the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue.

Kannada film actor Chetan Kumar’s arrest, controversial tweet on Hinduism

Agency News: Bengaluru

Kannada film actor Chetan Kumar is not fond of any distinct identity. Meanwhile, big news is coming out about Chetan Kumar. Chetan Kumar came into discussion for his tweet. In his tweet, he has talked about calling the existence of Hinduism a lie. Chetan Kumar has been arrested by the Bangalore Police for his controversial tweet against Hinduism. In fact, on Monday, March 20, Chetan Kumar posted a controversial tweet on his official Twitter handle about Hinduism. In this tweet, Chetan Kumar wrote that- Hinduism is built on complete lies. Savarkar – Indian nation began when Rama defeated Ravana and returned to Ayodhya – False, 1992 Babri Masjid is Ram Janmabhoomi – A lie, 2023 Urigoda-Nanjegowda are Tipu’s killers – False, Hinduism can be defeated with truth Yes- Truth is equality.

Agency News: Mumbai

Mumbai on Tuesday woke up to a rainy morning with unseasonal rain lashing out the city’s western suburb. The city is expected to witness thunderstorms with lightning, light to moderate rain, and gusty winds reaching 30 to 40 kmph on Tuesday, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has said. The weather forecasting agency said that a fresh spell of rainfall and thunderstorm activity are expected to occur at isolated places in the districts of Mumbai, Thane, Raigad during next three-four hours. The department has advised people to take precautions.India’s financial capital had unexpected rain on Tuesday statistical data on crimes in its publication “Crime in India” had made a report which was published in 2021 and the data was in reference to the same. He also mentioned that though the matters of police and public order was entirely under the state government’s rule, the MHA had been issuing advisories to States/UTs from time to time for effective implementation of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Act, and Rules. On another query raised by All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi on the attack on public representatives in the national Capital in the last two years, the MHA informed that four such cases were reported by the Delhi police. morning after the city recorded the highest temperature for 2023 so far on Monday at 39.4 degrees Celsius, experiencing severe heat wave conditions, the weather agency added. From early morning on Tuesday, sudden rain lashes Thane, Goregaon, and Borivali areas. According to the forecast, the rain is likely to move towards Dadar, Parel, and South Mumbai in the next few hours. The local trains are functioning normally as of now.

A 30-year-old cooling tower was demolished in Surat

Agency News: Surat

An 85 meter high power house tower was demolished at Utran

In which plant has been operating for 30 years. Old are demolished after a specified number of years as per the guidelines of the central government. Blast demolition of the cooling tower was carried out today as part of the demolition of the 135 MW plant at Utran Power Station, which was underway for the last two years.

SUNVILLA SAMACHAR Editorial

Why Theatre Commands must be accompanied by a Uniform Military Code

The Inter-Services Organisations (Command, Control and Discipline) Bill 2023 was introduced in the Lok Sabha last week. The Bill empowers the Commander-in-Chief or the Officers-in-Command of inter-Services organisations to exercise administrative and disciplinary powers as laid down, over persons of individual services in their establishments. Disciplinary action would, however, only be taken under the Army, Navy and Air Force Act as applicable to an individual. Hitherto, the practice has been that if a naval officer/other rank were to commit an offence at the Defence Services Staff College Wellington, an inter-Service institution, the Commandant, a three star General, would repatriate the officer/rating to a naval organisation, where he would be tried under the Navy Act 1957. The Commandant, being an Army Officer is not so empowered. The Bill rectifies this anomaly and is a step that has been long overdue. The Bill simplifies procedures and facilitates expeditious disposal that will save time and public money by avoiding multiple proceedings. But it does not rectify the lack of a level-playing field in terms of delivery of justice, as persons can be proceeded against only under the Act of their respective Service. A common offense by a group consisting of Army, Navy and Air Force personnel cannot be tried under a common code as certain provisions in the respective Services Acts are dissimilar. Delivery of justice could vary even though the offence is common. The Army Act 1950 provides for four types of courts martial – General, District, Summary General and Summary Court Martial (SCM). The SCM can try personnel below the rank of Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) and can award punishment of dismissal and imprisonment up to one year. The Air Force Act 1950 does not provide for an SCM. The Navy Act has only one type of court martial during peace and a disciplinary tribunal during war. Under the Navy Act, the convening authority nominates the president of the court martial. Under the Army and Air Force Acts, the senior most officer is the presiding officer.

- Kapilkumar M. Hirpara Editor

Rajasthan Woman, Lover Get Life Sentence For Murdering 5 Of Her Family

Agency News: Alwar

A local court in Rajasthan on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to a woman and her lover for the gruesome murder of her husband, three sons and a nephew. “Additional District and Sessions Judge (No. 2) Renu Srivastava had convicted the woman Sandhya alias Santosh and her paramour Hanuman in the case on Monday and awarded life imprisonment to them today,” Additional Public Prosecutor Ashok Sharma said. He said that the court awarded life imprisonment for the offence of murder and the punishment pronounced under other IPC sections will also go concurrently.

On the intervening night of October 2 and 3, 2017, the accused woman, along with her lover and two others, had killed her husband Banwari Lal (45), three sons and a nephew by slitting their throat. Sandhya was in an extramarital affair with Hanuman, ten years younger than her. They wanted to live together and, therefore, they eliminated her husband and other family members when they were asleep.Along with her three sons, her nephew who was staying with them was also murdered, investigating officer Vinod Samaria said.

Sandhya was in an extramarital affair with Hanuman, ten years younger than her.

Mamata Banerjee

to Stage Dharna Against Centre’s Alleged Neglect of West Bengal in Budget Allocation

Agency News: Kolkata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that she would sit in a dharna for two days on 29th and 30th March in Kolkata to protest the ‘neglect’ of West Bengal by the Central government. On her way to Odisha on Tuesday, she said,

“This time also in the Budget, they have not given any money to Bengal, through the PMAY no money has been given, we have not got any dues, money for road projects has also not been given.

“Centre has stopped funds for 100 days work (MGNREGA).

We get 1 lakh 15 thousand crore from the Centre. I have spoken to the Prime Minister and also Amit Shah but nothing has happened therefore I myself will sit in dharna demanding this on 29th and 30th.”Not getting funds from the Centre has been an important issue for the TMC government in

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar got last few years. Banerjee in 2021, during the election campaign, was banned by the EC and staged a day-long dharna in Kolkata. Prior to that, she also staged a dharna when central agencies came to IPS Rajiv Kumar’s residence. She has staged dharnas at various points as an opposition leader as well.TMC insiders are saying that Banerjee wants to nationally project the fact that Bengal is being neglected because it is an opposition state before 2024 elections.TMC’s strategy is one way is to reach out to all regional parties and at the same time also project how Bengal has been neglected.

Kanpur-based controversial spiritual leader Karauli Sarkar, associates booked for assault of Noida doctor the headlines.In the video, the doctor is seen asking the Baba to show is miraculous powers. The spiritual leader then chanted some hymns and he did so repeatedly on Siddharth’s request. When he still claimed that he felt no effect, Karauli Baba was infuriated.Siddharth was taken away by his bouncers and he was later taken inside a room where he was beat up with iron rods and weapons. He suffered serious head injuries.The report further stated that the spiritual leader, his associates have been booked under Sections 323, 504 and 325 of the Indian Penal Code.

Agency News: Kanpur

The controversial spiritual leader Karauli Sarkar Baba alias Santosh Singh Bhadauria has landed in a new soup after Noida-based doctor filed a complaint against him. He accused that the leader got his assistant to beat him up. Bhadauria who is popularly known as Karauli Baba claims to ‘cure’ people using his miraculous powers and that he can exorcise people with the same.Reportedly, Noida resident Siddharth Chowdhary visited the spiritual leader in February and asked him to show his powers. The interaction escalated eventually and Siddharth was allegedly escorted out of the venue and later was beat up.The video of their February 22, 2023, interaction has been going viral since the news of the doctor’s complaint has been hitting

Agency News: New Delhi

Days after a video went viral showing a woman being thrashed and pushed inside a car by a man near Mangolpuri flyover in Delhi, prompting police action, the women said the incident happened after a fight with her fiance over a misunderstanding that has now been resolved. ”The incident that happened was because of a misunderstanding between me and my fiance...we had a fight over a personal reason, later we patched up. I want to thank Delhi Police for being available 24 hours for the safety of girls,” said the girl in a selfmade video thanking Delhi police for its proactiveness.The Delhi

Agency News: Patna the assembly inside the legislative council of which he is also a member, upon seeing the display board on which things were written in English

Bihar has witnessed yet another flare up from its Chief Minister Nitish Kumar against the use of English language, this time inside the state legislature.The septuagenarian was visibly upset, on Monday, inside the legislative council of which he is also a member, upon seeing the display board on which things were written in English. In a video clip that has gone viral, Kumar can be seen snapping at Chairman Devesh Chandra Thakur, who incidentally belongs to his JD(U), with the remark “I can see words like honourable and speaking time. What is the point? Do you intend to finish off Hindi? The exchange took place for less than a minute as the Chairman can be heard pacifying the chief minister with the assurance that amends will be made. The incident was reminiscent of the dressing down given by Kumar to an upwardly mobile farmer last month when the latter, a management graduate, used many English words while narrating his switch over from a plum job in Pune to taking up cultivation at his native district of Sheikhpura.

“Bogus, No Value”: Karnataka

Chief Minister Slams Rahul

Gandhi’s Poll Pitch

Agency News: Bengaluru

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday dismissed Congress’ poll ‘guarantees’ as “bogus announcements”, and said their leader Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the poll-bound state will not have any impact. Basavaraj Bommai said the people of Karnataka will not give any value to the former AICC President’s words after his recent controversial statements in London regarding the state of democracy in the country.

During Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Belagavi on Monday, the Congress announced its fourth ‘guarantee’

Agency News: New Delhi

In a dramatic appearance before ED, ruling BRS MLC in Telangana K Kavitha on Tuesday came out of her car with a bag of mobile phone while on her way to the agency’s office. Her ‘proof’ came even as she took strong exception to the agency reportedly stating she had destroyed certain other handsets. Kavitha showed her old phones to the mediapersons as she appeared before the Enforcement Directorate officials in the national capital for questioning for the second day in a row. Seperately, in a letter addressed to an ED official, she said she was submitting all the earlier phones which she may have used in the past and as sought by him, “despite the actions of the agency being exfacie malafide”.These phones are submitted without prejudice to her right and contentions and larger contention whether a woman’s phone can be intruded, in the teeth of her right to privacy, she said.“I may take this opportunity to point out glaring act of malice on part of (the) agency when it has chosen to make insinuations against me in the prosecution complaint filed qua some other accused in November 2022, alleging that certain phones stand destroyed,” she said.

CBI says Mehul Choksi extradition request unaffected by red notice removal

Agency News: New Delhi

Police had traced the woman and her fiance who was seen pushing her into the cab after an altercation in Mangolpuri.DCP of Outer Delhi Harender Kumar Singh had said that they got a PCR call regarding this by an onlooker after which an FIR under section 365 of the IPC was lodged and teams were formed to look into it.The cab owner was identified as Deepak, a resident of Gurugram and a team was sent to his house.

“YuvaNidhi’ -- ₹ 3,000 every month for graduate youth and ₹ 1,500 for diploma holders for two years, 10 lakh jobs in five years and filling up of 2.5 lakh govt jobs within one year, in the event of the party coming to power in the state where Assembly elections are due by May.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Tuesday India’s request to extradite Mehul Choksi continues to be under ‘active consideration’ of the Antigua and Barbuda authorities, with the agency’s statement coming a day after it came to light that Interpol has removed its red notice against the fugitive diamantaire. “The extradition request remains fully unimpacted by Red Notice-related communications with Interpol,” the CBI said in a statement, Terming Interpol’s decision as ‘faulty,’ the CBI further said it will exercise available remedial and appellate options within the international police organisation to get Choksi’s red notice restored. The agency further noted that Choksi, who is wanted in India in connection with the PNB fraud case and who acquired Antigua and Barbuda’s citizenship in 2017, was located in the Caribbean island long before Interpol, in December 2018, put him on its red corner list, as requested by both the CBI and Enforcement Directorate (ED). Interpol’s move means the former Indian national can travel out of Antigua and Barbuda, freely. In India, meanwhile, prime minister Narendra Modi’s government has come under fire from the opposition .

Controversial Islamist Zakir Naik to be deported from Oman

Agency News: New Delhi

Radical Islamist preacher Zakir Naik is likely to be deported from Oman. Indian intelligence agencies are already in touch with Oman authorities to detain Naik during his visit to Oman on March 23. Naik has been invited to deliver two lectures in Oman. His first lecture “The Quran a Global Necessity” is organized by the Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs of Oman and scheduled on the first day of Ramadan-March

23.The second lecture “Prophet Muhammad [PBUH] A Mercy to Humankind” is scheduled at Sultan Qaboos University on March 25 evening. Local Indian embassy is

Indian agencies’ sources say there are strong possibility that local authorities may oblige their request and he will be detained in touch with agencies to detain and eventually deport him under the local laws. Sources in Indian intelligence agencies said that there was strong possibility that local authorities oblige to their request and detain him.Indian agencies are likely to send alegal team for follow up after detention. The matter was taken up with the Omani Ambassador by the MEA. Similarly, the Indian Ambassador in Oman has also raised the issue with Omani MFA.Earlier, Qatar had invited Naik to give religious sermons at the FIFA World Cup 2022. Naik, who faces charges of money laundering and hate speech in India, has been living in exile in Malaysia since 2017.

Three-day-old baby found abandoned in dump yard rescued: DCW

Agency News: New Delhi

A three-day-old baby was found abandoned in a dump yard in outer Delhi’s Nangloi on Tuesday, the Delhi Commission for Women said.

The DCW received information on its 181 Women Helpline from a person about the child. The DCW immediately informed the Delhi Police, helped in recovering the child and got her hospitalised. A team of the Commission is present with the child, it said.The DCW has issued a notice to Delhi Police and has sought an action taken report in the matter.The panel has also sought a copy of the FIR along with details of accused arrested. The Commission has also sought details of the family of the child and copy of the order passed by the Child Welfare Committee in the matter, it said. DCW chairperson Swati Maliwal stated, “A 3 day old girl child has been found abandoned in a dump yard in Delhi. Fortunately, a man saw her lying there and immediately called our 181 helpline.