Supreme Court To Hear TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s Appeal Against CBI Notice In School Jobs Scam Case On

May 26

BBC gets India court summons in defamation case over Modi film

Agency News: New Delhi

The Supreme Court has agreed to list on May 26 an appeal filed by TMC leader and MP Abhishek Banerjee against Calcutta High Court’s order dismissing his plea to recall the order passed by Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay on April 13 giving liberty to the CBI and ED to interrogate him in the West Benga School Job Scam case. A vacation bench comprising Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice Sanjay Karol listed the appeal after a mentioning was made by Senior Advocate AM Singhvi. Singhvi argued that the central investigating agency had called Banerjee while he is campaigning outside the state. The Supreme Court then listed the matter on coming

Agreed to dismiss their plea to recall the order passed by Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay on April 13 giving freedom to the CBI and ED to investigate.

Friday, that is, May 26. Last week, the Calcutta High Court in a strongly worded order had dismissed Banerjee’s plea. It said Banerjee being in the top rung of the ruling poli tical party ought not to shy away from the investigation process. However,

Gujarat ATS exposes active Al Qaeda India cell; 1 Bangladeshi arrested, others detained he was trying tooth and nail to oppose an investigation in the West Bengal School Job Scam case. The bench of Justice Amrita Sinha observed that the proper approach for him should be to put himself to the test and come out cl ean instead.

- Kapilkumar M. Hirpara Editor

Why did the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) withdraw Rs 2,000 notes from circulation? Explaining the move, the RBI said, “About 89 percent of the Rs 2,000 denomination banknotes were issued prior to March 2017 and are at the end of their estimated lifespan of 4-5 years. The total value of these banknotes in circulation has declined from Rs 6.73 lakh crore at its peak as on March 31, 2018 (37.3 percent of notes in circulation) to Rs 3.62 lakh crore, constituting only 10.8 percent of notes in circulation on March 31, 2023. It has also been observed that this denomination is not commonly used for transactions. Further, the stock of banknotes in other denominations continues to be adequate to meet the currency requirement of the public.” The Central Bank added, “In order to ensure operational convenience and to avoid disruption of regular activities of bank branches, exchange of Rs 2,000 banknotes into banknotes of other denominations can be made upto a limit of Rs 20,000 at a time, at any bank starting from May 23, 2023.” Additionally, the facility for the exchange of Rs 2,000 bank notes up to the limit of Rs 20,000 at a time will be provided at the 19 regional offices of the RBI. As banknotes of smaller denominations became readily available, the requirement of Rs 2,000 notes was met and its printing was stopped in 2018-19 (FY19). It was introduced after the demonetisation exercise in November 2016, as it was the right step at that point, for various reasons. There are approximately 181 crore notes in the denomination of Rs 2,000. This amounts to a value of Rs 3.62 lakh crore, constituting about 10.8 percent of Indian currency notes in circulation. The number of banknotes of Rs 2,000 denomination has steadily declined over the last few years to touch 214 crore or 1.6 percent of the total currency in circulation (CIC) at the end of March 2022, according to the RBI. The total number of currency notes of all denominations in circulation stood at 13,053 crore as of March 2022, up from 12,437 crore from the year-ago period. Do note that Rs 2,000 notes have not been printed since FY19. At the end of March 2020, the number of Rs 2,000 denomination notes in circulation stood at 274 crore, accounting for 2.4 percent of the CIC. The count of Rs 2,000 notes further declined to 245 crore or 2 percent of the total banknotes in circulation as of March 2021 and further fell to 214 crore or 1.6 percent at the end of last fiscal year. The limited point is, 2,000 rupee notes have been consistently and persistently declining in volume, as a percentage of total currency notes in circulation. It was the right time, therefore, for the Modi government, to announce the calibrated exit of these notes on March 19, 2023. In value terms also, the 2,000 denomination notes dipped from 22.6 percent of the total value of currency notes in circulation in March 2020 to 17.3 percent at the end of March 2021 and further to 13.8 percent at the end of March 2022. That figure in March 2023 is even lower, at barely 10.8 percent. In volume terms.

Sunvilla News: Ahmedabad

The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has successfully exposed an active group affiliated with Al Qaeda India. During an operation, the ATS apprehended a Bangladeshi individual named Sojib, along with several other suspects who are currently in custody. In response to an alert from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) regarding a potential terrorist attack, the Gujarat ATS detained three suspicious

Bhavnagar Police book MD student of Govt Medical College for alleged sodomy case

The Bhavnagar police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) against a secondyear MD student for allegedly sodomizing an MBBS student at the Government Medical College hostel in Bhavnagar. The accused, who is also a resident doctor at Sir T General Hospital in Bhavnagar, has been detained for questioning. He has been charged under

Summons come months after tax officials inspected BBC’s offices in New Delhi and Mumbai that followed the ban on the documentary.

Agency News: New Delhi

An Indian court has issued a summons to the BBC in a defamation case over its documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to reports in the Indian media. The Delhi High Court on Monday issued the summons to the British broadcaster for its documentary film that questioned Modi’s leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots in which at least

Northeast to get first Vande Bharat Express on Guwahati-New Jalpaiguri route

Operating six days a week, it is set to be the third Vande Bharat in West Bengal.

1,000 people were killed, most of them Muslims. Modi was the chief minister of the western state of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014, the year he won the national elections and became the prime minister. The defamation suit, filed by a non-profit based in Gujarat, states the documentary – India: The Modi Question –that aired earlier this year cast a slur on India’s reputation and that of its judiciary and the prime minister, the reports said. The summons came months after Indian tax officials inspected the BBC’s offices in New Delhi and Mumbai in February following an angry response by the Indian government to the documentary. The BBC did not immediately respond to a request for comment, the Reuters news agency said. Modi has denied accusations that he did not do enough to stop the riots and a Supreme Courtordered investigation found no evidence to prosecute him.

Arrested with ‘Heroin’ 20 Yrs Ago, UP Man Walks Out of Jail After Court Found It Was Powder

Agency News: New Delhi individuals in Narol. Subsequent investigations revealed that these individuals were Bangladeshi nationals. It has also come to light that the suspects were involved in efforts to radicalize the youth of the state, with the help of their handlers based in Bangladesh. Furthermore, evidence indicates that the funding for these activities originated from abroad. The police are conducting further investigations into the presence of the three Bangladeshi.

The Northeastern region of India is gearing up to get its first Vande Bharat Express train on Thursday expected to run from New Jalpaiguri to Guwahati. Sanjay Chilwarwar, additional divisional railway manager (ADRM), Katihar, Northeast Frontier announced on Saturday that the 17th Vande Bharat will connect Assam with West Bengal. It will tentatively be virtually flagged off on Thursday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to the ADRM. Operating six days a week, it is set to be the third Vande Bharat in West Bengal after the NJPHowrah and Howrah-Puri trains. The semi-high speed train (Up22227-Down-22228) will cover around 410 km within 6 hours.

Earlier railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the PM has set a goal for the Vande Bharat to run in almost all the states by June.

“Vande Metro is being designed for a distance of less than 100 km and for daily travel,” he added.

Built at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai, Vande Bharat Express is a self-propelled train set with state-of-the-art facilities that offer a hassle-free travel experience.

Agency News: Lucknow

Aman from Uttar Pradesh recently walked out of jail after 20 years. What was his crime? He did not do anything. Well, you read it right. Now the question is why did he spend two decades of his precious life behind bars if he had not committed any crime?