The justice’s remark came during a lecture to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the repeal of the draconian Criminal Tribes Act, 1871 (CTA) on August 31. “States need to take active measures to miti gate these individuals who have no resources in defending them selves in the long drawn out legal processes to secure their release at unaffordable costs,” Justice Bhat said. “These communities are doomed into a cycli cal punishment once they are picked up for the first time,” he said. “When people in cas ual derogatory state ments attribute com mission of a crime to DNT communities to deflect attention from glaring inefficiency of governance the cascad ing effect is inevitable,” Justice Bhat said.
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PATRA ARRESTED ON SON’S TIP-OFF Sunita was reportedly saved by Ayushman, Seema Patra’s son. Patra was caught after her son told his friend, a government officer, about the torture and asked for help, reports said. Acting on a tip-off from a government employee, the Ranchi Police had rescued the woman from Patra’s residence last week and recorded her state ment on Tuesday in court. Seema Patra is being taken for a medical check-up by Argora Police at Ranchi Sadar Hospital after being arrested for allegedly torturing her tribal maid, in Ranchi on Wednesday.
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ZERO TOLERANCE FOR ATROCITIES AGAINST SC, ST COMMUNITIES: BJP BJP Jharkhand unit has distanced itself from party leader Seema Patra who allegedly thrashed her 29-year-old house help, and said that the party has “zero tolerance” for “atroc ities against SC and ST communities”. It is alleged that Patra is now a suspended BJP leader and kept her house help starving for food and water for days. BJP told that a committee has been constituted to inquire the incident.
l During Republic Day 2022, Beating Retreat Ceremony’s concluding piece ‘Abide With Me’ has been replaced with Kavi Pradeep’s seminal piece ‘Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon’ sung by leg endary singer Lata Mangeshkar. Earlier in 2015, the Beating Re treat saw some major changes wherein Indi an musical instruments sitar, santoor, and tabla were added for the first time. The retreat was thus infused with an In dian flavour. Turn to P6
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New Delhi: In FY2022, the airline lost `1,725 crore, against a loss of `998 crore in the previous fiscal. While announcing its much-delayed result on Wednesday, SpiceJet said in a regulatory filing its chief financial officer Sanjeev Taneja has resigned with effect Resignation comes amid the stinging remarks by the auditor.
PATRA IS SENT TO 14-DAY POLICE REMAND TILL SEPTEMBER 12
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First India Bureau Ranchi: Suspended BJP leader Seema Patra was arrested for alleg edly torturing her do mestic house help on Wednesday.RanchiPolice have arrested the suspended BJP leader after a case was registered against her at the Argora police station.Earlier on Tuesday, the Police had con firmed that the team rescued a 29-year-old woman on August 22, after she was allegedly physically tortured by her employer. She was working as a domestic help at the residence of an ex-IAS officer.
New Delhi (Agencies): India’s GDP data for April-June quarter of FY23 grew in double digits but missed ana lysts’ estimates. India GDP numbers came at 13.5% on-year, as per provisional estimates released by National Statistical Office on Wednesday. India’s GDP had expanded by 20.1 per cent in the corre sponding period of the previous fiscal. AprilJune manufacturing sector grew at 4.8 per cent versus 49 per cent in FY22, while mining sector grew at 6.5 per cent v/s 18 per cent on-year. Full report on P7
MADRASA IN ASSAM RAZED OVER TERROR LINKS Agartala: The crackdown against illegal madrasas in Assam by the state government continues to take place as another private Islamic seminary was demolished on Wednesday over alleged links to terror outfits AQIS and Bangladesh-based ABT.
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New Delhi: Mountain of trouble for Congress continues. 42 more leaders left the party on Wednesday. All these leaders say that they will join the newly formed party of Ghulam Nabi Azad. Over 100 Congress leaders have resigned in support of Ghulam Nabi Azad till now.
New Delhi: Nasa will make a second attempt to launch its Artemis 1 mission, within a 2-hour window on September 3, the US space agency announced. “We’re now targeting Saturday, Sept. 3 for the launch of the #Artemis I flight test around the Moon. The two-hour launch window opens at 2:17 p.m. ET,” NASA said in a tweet.
New Delhi: In a first, India to get its first vaccine against cervical cancer today. The most awaited vaccine will be launched by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology Dr Jitendra Singh on Thursday. Quadrivalent (qHPV),PapillomavirusHumanvaccineisdevelopedby SII, Dept of Biotechnology (DBT).
ACTOR COPSSUMMONEDJACQUELINEBYNEXTMONTH New Delhi: Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez has been served a notice by Delhi Police for questioning on Sept 12 in a multi-crore money laundering case linked to conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. She has also been summoned on Sept 26. ED has charged actor of knowingly using proceeds of crime of ` 200 crore extortion racket.
HUMKO FASAYA GAYA HAI: PATRA Huge outrage has been triggered as details emerge of the alleged assault with the opposition attacking BJP. Soon after the arrest, Jharkhand leader - in a video tweeted - can be heard shouting: “Han, humko fasaya gaya hai. (I have been implicated).”
I was beaten whenever she (Patra) made a mistake while working. I have throat is sues. What you heard is exactly what hap pened to me. Madam used to beat me up when I used to make a mistake while working.
Condolences to Sonia Gandhi on the passing away of her mother, Paola Maino. May her soul rest in peace. In this hour of grief, my thoughts are with the entire family. —Narendra Modi, Prime Minister
‘CBI has accepted our complaint against BJP’ AAP leaders Atishi Marlena and Dilip Pandey leave after submitting a memorandum.
READ Crucial GOVT MONEY ISN’T SPENT ON MODI’S FOOD, HE HIMSELF BEARS HIS FOOD EXPENSES: RTI All the facilities avail able to PM Modi, are not spent from the government budget. Not even a single rupee is spent on the food of PM from the govt budget and he bears the cost of food. The PMO has given this information on the question asked through RTI. Binod Bihari Singh, the Un ion Under Secretary of PMO has replied to the RTI that not even a single rupee is spent from the govt budget in the food of the PM.
New Delhi (ANI): Del hi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena will take le gal action against AAP leaders, including Sau rabh Bhardwaj, Atishi, Durgesh Pathak and Jasmine Shah among others, for “highly de famatory” and “false allegations” of corrup tion by them, said offi cials on oftheSaxenaWednesday.hasrefutedAAPleaders’charge ` 1,400-crore corrup tion when he was Khadi and Village agination”,asCommissionIndustrieschairman“figmentoftheirimtheysaid.
Legal action will also be taken against Jas mine Shah, who is the vice-chairman of the Dialogue and Develop ment Commission of Delhi, officials added. AAP leaders have been demanding the resignation of Saxena, while BJP lawmakers were pressing for the sacking of ministers Satyendar Jain and Manish Sisodia over al leged corruption allegations.
New Delhi (PTI): The CBI has accepted a com plaint against the BJP’s ‘Operation Lotus’ after AAP MLAs sat on a dharna outside the agency headquarters here for almost two hours, the party’s MLA Atishi Marlena told re porters on Wednesday. Some CBI officials took AAP’s chief whip in Delhi Assembly Dilip K Pandey and Kalkaji MLA Atishi inside the agency premises to lodge their complaint. “We finally lodged the complaint and got a re ceipt as well. But, it is very unfortunate that 10 elected representa tives of people were made to wait for almost two hours on the road and none of the offi cials met us,” she told reporters.
It’s very saddening to know about the demise of Con gress President Sonia Gandhi’s mother Paola Maino. My deepest condolences to Sonia, Rahul, Priyanka & all family members. May God give them strength to bear this loss. May the departed soul rest in peace. —Ashok Gehlot, Raj CM
New Delhi: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi’s mother, Paola Maino, passed away at her home in Italy on August 27, said Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. The funeral took place on Tuesday. Congress chief had left on August 23 to visit her ailing mother, who was in her 90s. Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka are already abroad and visited her hometown.
London: Queen Elizabeth II will appoint Britain’s new Prime Minister, either Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss, in Scotland. The queen is currently based in Scotland and won’t travel down to London, Buckingham Palace confirmed on Wednesday.
New Delhi: While com missioning the first in digenous aircraft car rier INS Vikrant at Cochin Shipyard Lim ited in Kochi on 2nd September 2022, the Prime Minister will also unveil the new Naval Ensign (Ni shaan), doing away with the colonial past and befitting the rich Indian mari timeTheheritage.issueisso close to the heart of PM that dur ing this year’s Independ ence day speech, he set out “an India free of co lonial mindset” as one of the Panch Pran for New India in Amrit Kaal. This is not the first time though when a conscious effort is be ing done by PM Modi to shed the baggage of the colonial past. Numer ous steps in this direc tion have been taken in the last eight years. l Modi government has repealed more than 1500 old and obsolete laws. Most of these laws were remnants of the British era.
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First India Bureau New Delhi: Close on the heels of Netflix se ries ‘Delhi Crime 2’ put ting the spotlight on police hounding of De notified Tribes (DNT), Supreme Court Justice Ravindra S Bhat point ed out the devastating impact of societal atti tudes and the criminal justice system on these ostracised, defenceless members of society.
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STEREOTYPED The judge spoke of the historical context that has shaped the casteist stereotypes, societal at titudes, police discretion and enactment of special laws which affect the livelihood of DNT communities. “Merely a repeal of legislation without concerted efforts has meant that they remain communi ties that society looks at with suspicion,” he said.
New Delhi: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik is on a week-long visit to the national capital from Wednesday. During his stay, he is scheduled to attend an Odisha investor's meet and will also be presented the Capital Foundation Life Time Achievement Award. The award will be conferred by former CJI NV Ramana, along with Justice A K Patnaik. Patnaik is likely to take up various issues related to developmental works in Odisha with ministers.
New Delhi (PTI): "It (virtual school) will give an opportunity to stu dents from across India to study the curriculum that has been praised around the world. This is a welcome move If the Delhi education model is applied in dif ferent states, it will help in the country's growth," said Hansraj Suman, an associate professor at DU. The professor, however, is also of the view that until the "crippling" digital divide is addressed, it won't be a success. Academi cians fear that it will ruin education system & deprive students of gaining skills.
Delhi sees lowest August rain in 14 yrs; not much expected ahead
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New Delhi (ANI): A Delhi Court on Wednes day issued a summon to Bollywood actor Jacque line Fernandez to ap pear before it physically on September 26 in En forcement Directorate (ED) case related to Rs 200 crore money laun dering scam involving conman Sukesh Chan drashekar and others. On August 17, a sup plementary chargesheet was filed by the ED in the Rs 200 crore extor tion case against con man Sukesh Chan drashekar in a Delhi Court mentioning the name of Jacqueline, as an accused. The Addi tional Sessions Judge Praveen Singh on Wednesday, after taking cognizance of the foreJacquelinechargesheet,plementarysupdirectedtoappearbeitonSeptember26.TheCourtalsodirectedEDtosupplyacopyofthechargesheettoalltheaccusedinthepre sent case. Meanwhile, a lawyer who appeared for Delhi Police EOW which is also probing the same case informed the court that Jacque line Fernandez was re cently asked to appear for it on August 29. Still, she did not appear so we have issued a fresh summons to her to join theToinvestigation.this,thelawyer ap pearing for Jacqueline assured the court that she would join the inves tigation and co-operate with the probe agency. Fernandez has been summoned by the ED several times in the mat ter for an investigation into the matter.
People buy liquor at a private shop in Daryaganj on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
Split verdict on ‘virtual school’
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New Delhi (PTI): With a spell of rain unlikely on Wednesday, August is set to end with the low est rainfall recorded in Delhi in at least 14 years. The Safdarjung Obser vatory, Delhi’s primary weather station, record ed a minimum tempera ture of 25.9 degrees Cel sius. The maximum temperature is likely to settle around 35 degrees Celsius.Though Delhi will see cloudy skies over the next five to six days, a good spell of rain is un likely.Weather experts at tribute the lack of rain fall this month to the development of three low-pressure areas over the northwest Bay of Bengal which pulled the monsoon trough over central India and did not let it move to the north for a long period. The India Meteoro logical Department (IMD) said the monsoon activity over northwest India will remain sub dued for the next five days. According to the IMD data, the Safdar jung Observatory has recorded a paltry 41.6 mm of rainfall against a normal of 233.1 mm so far this Normally,month.the city gauges 247 mm of pre cipitation in August, the wettest month of the year. According to data available on the IMD website, the capi tal recorded 214.5 mm of rainfall in August last year, 237 mm in 2020, and 119.6 mm in 2019. Overall, the Safdarjung Observato ry has logged 350.8 mm of rainfall against a normal of 506.7 mm since June 1 when the monsoon season usual ly starts clocking a defi cit of 31 per cent. The deficit is likely to persist with subdued rains predicted for Sep tember. A bountiful monsoon had yielded 1,169.4 mm of rainfall last year, the third high est since 1901.
"School provides envi ronment for students to learn something new. Education is a com munity activity and you can not have education at home," opined Abha Dev Habib who teaches Physics at Miranda House. "If the govern ment cares
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Gunjan Sharma New Delhi: Private schools here have mixed views about the Delhi Model Virtual School launched on Wednesday with some hoping it would increase access to education while others worried it would spur coaching culture and limit chances of devel oping social skills. CM Arvind Kejriwal launched the "country's first virtual school" the Delhi Model Virtual School (DMVS) and said students from across In dia will be eligible for admission.
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New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has approved an environment ministry pro posal for signing an MoU with Nepal on biodiversity conservation. The MoU would help in promoting cooperation between India and Nepal in the field of for ests, wildlife, environment, biodiversity conservation and climate change, includ ing restoration of corridors and interlinking areas, and sharing knowledge and best practices, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change said on Wednesday.
CM Arvind Kejriwal speaks during the launch of the virtual school via video conferencing in Delhi. A school is not a place to achieve only cogni tive competency. It is a happy space where socio-emo tional well-being is also taken care of. Kids acquire life skills like collaboration, problemsolving & media literacy which are important to succeed in life.
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New Delhi (PTI): Pri vate liquor shops will be a thing of the past for the national capital as they will be replaced by over 300 Delhi govern ment vends from Thurs day due to the switch over from the Excise Policy 2021-22 to the old regime, officials said on Wednesday.Nearly250 private liquor vends, licensed under now-withdrawn Excise Policy 2021-22, are running currently in the city. The Excise officials said the liquor supply will improve from first week of September due to opening of more shops."Currently, there are nearly 250 private shops that will be replaced by over 300 government vends. So there will be more shops and the number will grow fur ther in the coming days as 500 shops are planned to be opened by four Delhi government un dertakings," said a sen ior Excise department officer.Amobile app mAbka ridelhi developed by the Excuse department will become operational from September provid ing consumers informa tion about location of liquor stores in their neighbourhood and shop officials.year,theopenbeenSC-DTTDC,ernmentstations.mallsvendsSeveraltimings.governmentwillbelocatedinandnearMetroTheDelhigovundertakingsDSSIDC,DSCandDCCWS-havegivenatargetto700liquorshopsincitybyendofthisaccordingtothe
—P Upadhyaya, Principal DPS, Rajnagar Extension
The Safdarjung Observatory has recorded 41.6 mm rainfall against a normal of 233.1 mm this month.
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Affiliated to Delhi Board of School Education, the school is for classes 9 to 12. The National Progres sive Schools' Conference (NPSC), a body of over 120 private schools in Delhi, said that virtual schools will "hand over school education to coaching centres on a platter"."Aschool is not a place to achieve only cognitive competency. It is a happy space where socio-emotional wellbeing is also taken care of. Children acquire life skills like collaboration, empathy, problem-solv ing and media literacy which are important to succeed in life. We have a huge digital divide in our country. During the pandemic many chil dren were deprived of classroom teaching," NPS Chairman Sudha Acharya told PTI. She said that children are already leaving school after class 10 due to the Common Univer sity Entrance Test (CUET) with many hav ing joined coaching and dummy schools. According to Pallavi Upadhyaya, Principal of DPS, Rajnagar Exten sion, the flipside is that the attention span of students in an online class is shorter than in offline fatigueChildrenlevel"Theclasses.concentrationisalsoquitelow.complainofandexhibitlist lessness... Online learn ing has been and will be a challenge for those who cannot afford lap tops or smartphones. It would be quite interest ing to see how the gov ernment bridges the gap between affordability and opportunity for this section of the society," she said. Anshu Mital, Princi pal, MRG School, Rohi ni, said the virtual school will be helpful for students who cannot get enrolled in traditional schools and attend phys ical classes due to lack of time, familial respon sibilities, long-distance travelling or any other hindrance.
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—Sudha Acharya, NPS chairman Online learning has been and will be a chal lenge for those who cannot afford laptops or smart phones. It would be quite inter esting to see how the govern ment bridges the gap between affordability and opportunity for this section of the society.
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New Delhi: The NEET-PG counselling for admission to postgraduate medical courses, which was scheduled to begin from September 1, is likely to commence from September 19, official sources said on Wednes day. The Union Health Min istry on Monday deferred the NEET-PG counselling to allow the National Med ical Commission (NMC) to complete the process of adding new seats. The ministry is likely to upload the counselling schedule in a couple of days, the sources said.
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AAP delegation reaches CBI office to demand probe against the BJP Atishi Marlena with party MLAs at CBI HQs in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi (PTI): A verbal spat broke out between BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia and AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj on Wednesday over the Delhi government’s education model. Bhatia said he visited a Delhi government-run school in Greater Kailash on being asked to do so by the AAP MLA. He alleged that Bhardwaj “failed to provide the list” of 500 new schools. However, the AAP MLA responded saying the BJP spokesperson “refused” to visit schools that have been newly constructed by the Delhi government. “The AAP MLA had asked me to visit Kautilya School on Wednesday and said that he would provide the list of 500 new schools. However, after I visited the location, the AAP MLA failed to show the list,” Bhatia alleged.
BJP MP Manoj Tiwari with party MPs Pravesh Verma, Ramesh Bhiduri and Hans Raj Hans address a press conference at BJP HQs in New Delhi on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI Saurabh Bharadwaj and Gaurav Bhatia outside a Delhi Government-run school on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
BHARDWAJ, BHATIA IN VERBAL SPAT New Delhi (PTI): The claims by AAP MLAs that they have been approached by the BJP and offered up to Rs 20 crore to switch sides is a mat ter of forensic investi gation and they should undergo a lie detector test, the BJP said on theruption”beingdoingAadmilegedParveshHansRameshMPspressAddressingWednesday.ajointconference,BJPManojTiwari,Bidhuri,RajHansandVermaalthattheAamParty(AAP)isa“drama”ofan“anti-corpartyandinvestigationwill “expose” them.
New Delhi: The chairperson of apex child rights body NCPCR will travel to Dumka in Jharkhand on September 4 to meet the family of a class 12 stu dent who died after being set afire by a man appar ently after she spurned his advances. During his two day visit, Priyank Kanoon go, Chairperson, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) will also also hold meet ings with police officials and medical authorities handling the case.
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The wreckage of the demolished Supertech twin towers in Noida on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to address Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) OBC morcha meet in Jodhpur on September 10, party sourc es said on Tuesday. The Na tional Working Committee of the OBC Morcha of the Bharatiya Janata Party will convene from September 8-10 in Jodhpur. According to Morcha sources, Shah will attend the conference at the booth level and the OBC Morcha’s National Working Committee (NWC) meeting on September 10 as the principal guest. OF THAT DAY
New Delhi (PTI): A 36-year-old man was ar rested for alleged kill ing a person who re fused to give him Rs 100 to buy ganja (marijua na) in west Delhi, po lice said on Tuesday. The accused has been identified as Lal Babu, a resident of Moti Na gar, they said. On Monday, police re ceived information about a stabbing inci dent under the Shad ipur Flyover Railway Track. Naseem Alam, who was injured in the incident, was taken to RML hospital where he was declared brought dead, a senior police of ficer
36-year-old kills man over refusal of `100 to buy ganja
New Delhi (PTI): A man wanted in four murder cases in Bihar and Assam was arrest ed by Delhi Police’s Special Cell here, offi cials said on Wednes day.Dabloo Yadav, a resi dent of a village in Sa mastipur district of Bihar, was nabbed from Okhla Mandi where he was hiding, police said. He was wanted in a murder of his nephew in Paltan Bazar in As sam’s Guwahati and other cases, they said. Dabloo Yadav had hired two men -- Pankaj Ram and Balram Pas wan -- to kill his neph ew Avdesh Yadav, police said, adding Avdesh Yadav was killed in a shootout on February 21 in DablooAssam.Yadav got his nephew killed to avenge the killing of his two brothers by the family members of his uncle Suryanarain Yadav. Avdesh supported the family of Suryanarain on the issue of land dis pute between the two families, police said. Deputy Commission er of Police (Special Cell) Jasmeet Singh said Dabloo Yadav was arrested around 10.30 am on Monday from Okhla Mandi. The ac cused was absconding for more than six months in the case of the shootout resulting in the killing of Avdesh Yadav, he said. A single-shot pistol of .315 bore with three live cartridges was re covered from him and a case under the Arms Act was registered in this regard, Singh said. During interroga tion, the accused re vealed that there was a dispute between his un cle Suryanarain Ya dav’s family and his family over agricultur al land in his village for more than 26 years.
New Delhi: Senior Indian Information Service officer Vasudha Gupta was on Wednesday appointed as the director general of the news services division of All India Radio. Gupta, who was director general in the Press Information Bureau, assumed charge of her new immediately.postAll India Radio Director General N Venudhar Wednesday.superannuatedReddyonGupta is a 1989-batch officer. NCPCR CHIEF TO TRAVEL TO DUMKA TO MEET FAMILY OF KILLED CLASS 12 GIRL BE AT BJP OBC MORCHA MEETING IN JODHPUR ON SEPT 10
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New Delhi (PTI): An AAP delegation reached the Central Bureau of Investiga tion headquarters here on Wednesday to meet the agency’s di rector and demand a probe into alleged toppling of govern ments in various states by the BJP un der ‘Operation Lo tus’.AAP MLA Atishi, who was part of the 10-member delega tion, said the party had earlier sent an email to CBI director Subodh Kumar Jaiswal’s office seek ing an appointment with him but it was yet to get a response. “We have come here and are demand ing that time be given to us (to meet the CBI director) because ‘Operation Lotus’ is a very important issue. The BJP has spent Rs 6,300 crore on ‘Opera tion Lotus’,” Atishi told reporters.
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New Delhi (PTI): Delhi Assembly proceedings were adjourned till Thursday following slo gan shouting by ruling AAP MLAs who de manded a CBI probe into the alleged “Opera tion Lotus” by the BJP. As soon as the House assembled for a discus sion on the confidence motion on Wednesday, BJP MLA Vijender Gupta asked Deputy Speaker Rakhi Birla to take up his calling at tention motion, even as Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Atishi tried to raise the issue of al leged “Operation Lo tus” of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Members of both sides shouted slogans, prompting Birla to ad journ the House till 11.30Gupta’sam. calling atten tion motion concerned alleged corruption in the construction of classrooms in Delhi government schools. When the House re convened, Gupta asked Birla under which rule she allowed Atishi to make a statement on is sues other than the noconfidence motion. Atishi alleged that the BJP is an “antiwomen party as its members do not allow a woman to speak while another woman is in theShechair”.alleged that the BJP tried to de-estab lish the Delhi govern ment through its “Op eration Lotus which in volves three steps -- us ing central agencies (ED, CBI, Income Tax department), scaring ruling party MLAs and luring“Ourthem”.MLAs were of fered Rs 20 crore to Rs 25 crore to leave the AAP. Is this the democ racy the prime minister talks about from the Red Fort,” she said. Party MLA Kuldeep Kumar alleged that when he refused the BJP’s offer of Rs 20 crore, “they threatened to frame me and send behind the bars in a fakeThiscase”.was the third day of the special ses sion that was disrupted with ruling AAP and opposition BJP MLAs forcing adjournments. TO ANNA’ AAP MLAs protest outside the Delhi Assembly on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY PTI
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“Since they have claimed that the BJP has offered them money up to Rs 20 crore, it is a matter of forensic investiga tion. Why they are not revealing names of those who called them? Why no legal action has been taken against those making poaching attempts?,” Tiwari said. The former Delhi Bharatiya Janata Par ty (BJP) president claimed that AAP leaders have been con stantly changing their statements on the ex cise policy issue. Verma called for a “lie detector test” for the AAP MLAs so the investigation can “ex pose their drama of being anti-corrup tion”.
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MAN ‘BEINGNON-VEGCONSUMINGONBOATIDENTIFIED’ Prayagraj: After a video became viral of a man smoking a hookah and consuming non-vegetarian food on a boat in river Gan ga, Shailesh Pandey, SSP Prayagraj, said the video is being examined and the man being identified. The video is thought to be from the Nagvasuki Mandir from Daraganj in Prayagraj, which is considered to an important pilgrimage centre for Hindus. Many people on social media demanded the man’s arrest.
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As I accompanied him on his tour to the premises, he continued to listen intently about all the pro jects and asked numerous ques tions while at the same time en couraging me to keep up the good work! I have been touched by the PM’s benevolence of spirit, his immense love and vast repertoire of knowledge on various occa sions. He is indeed a rare gem of a human being! TO BE CONTINUED…
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sen along with Mr Kanchan Gupta to edit and publish the compendium of speeches. Kan chanji then spoke with me and said that we would have to meet PM Modi regarding the same. We were asked to meet Modiji in Lok Sabha and after a little wait we were ushered in to meet him in his room. What struck me as extraordinary was that there was not a single piece of paper on his table and his demeanour showed as if he had been wait ing for us. The point is that be ing the PM and that too in the middle of the parliamentary session, he could have been deeply engrossed in his work at that time as well. But the fact that he chose to remain com pletely free for us showed his concern for us and the ability to give importance to even ordi nary people. Not just this, PM Modi gave us the greatest and the most credible certificate of our hard work when he gave a pat on his back and said “What a wonderful event it was! Your hard work is truly commenda ble. I am sure you must have got a backache working for such long hours at a stretch! This work was not easy at all but you all made it look so simple by yourModijidedication.”isaperfectionist par excellence and his generous appreciation of our work meant the world to us. Where our imagination ends, his be gins. Therefore we had been exceedingly careful about cu rating the entire program with perfection and we had indeed put in a lot of effort in the de signing of the event. Then he said that we must continue our hard work for the upcoming events in the next 5 years. The first book we published was titled “Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas” and he said that the forth coming compilation will be titled Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas Sabka Vishwas. There was another pro ject for which I had to make a 45-minute online presentation to him and was told that Modiji would connect from his office in Lok Sabha. As I began speaking, I somehow got deeply engrossed in the content so much so that I ended up taking a long time. When I apologized to Modiji, he immediately asked me to con tinue and said that he was listen ing. Well, he was not just listen ing. He had gone deep into the intricacies of the presentation and each and every detail was clearly etched in his mind. The points that he raised after the discussion were simply the re flection of a genius mind. Only someone with immeasurable fo cus, patience and grasp over things could come up with such ingenious ideas and suggestions post presentation. And that too when the project was simply at a conceptual stage. He then gave the go ahead for the project! Then, on 13th August I got a call saying that a very impor tant guest would be coming to meet me on the 15th. I began to panic how and when I would make preparations for this very special person, who was none other than Modiji. And do you know what was the first sen tence he spoke when he stepped out of his car on 15th August? He said “Apologies Sachidan andji for making you wait for me this long!”
It is amazing how PM Modi cares to remember such minute details about people and their problems and this, to me, was an eye-opener about the greatness of Modiji as a leader. And not just this, he is genuinely wor ried about people. It is not a superficial concern that he shows randomly, in fact far from that. He is deeply aware of even the personal problems that people are facing and there is such sincerity and conviction in his voice that one feels really cared for in his presence.Thearrangement in that meeting was such that I had the honour of being seated just next to him. It gave me the oppor tunity to converse with him and it was an out-ofthe-world experience for all of us to be able to dis cuss the finer details with him, to listen to all the speakers and then gain an in sight into the subject by listening in to what PM Modi had to say about it. We could see for ourselves that PM Modi is an extremely keen observer and all his observations are well-articulated profundities about the subject at hand. He de voted an hour and a half of his precious time in that event at the end of which he delivered an electrifying speech which com pletely charged the audience. After a few days I got a call from the Publication Depart ment saying that they wanted to publish PM Modi’s speech and that they were sending in a pan el of experts for a meeting with him. I happened to be part of the panel and then in a few days, Director General Dr Rao called me up to say that I had been cho
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Modiji is a perfectionist par excellence and his generous appreciation of our work meant the world to us. We had been exceedingly careful about curating entire program with perfection and we had indeed put in a lot of effort in the designing of the event. Then he said that we must continue our hard work for upcoming events in next 5 years. Minister
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n event was organ ised by Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal and Research for Re surgence Foundation in 2018 titled Educa tion for Resurgence and it was a Vice-Chancellors’ conference. We were keen on inviting PM Modi and it was an honour for us when he agreed to attend the event. I was the President of the Bharatiya Shi kshan Mandal Organising com mittee and on the day of the event as we all moved to greet and welcome him, I was taken aback when he addressed me by my first name and said “How are you doing Sachidanandji?” I knew how well-read and aware PM Modi is, how well-prepared he is every time he goes out for some event, but when he ad dresses a common man such as me with his name, it comes across as most remarkable and induces a sense of importance in the Whilelistener.wewere walking to wards the hall, he enquired about the well-being of Raiji and remarked with such accuracy “Raiji complains of stomach problems. He does not look after himself much so the onus lies on you all to take good care of him.”
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P M Modi gave us the greatest and the most credible certificate for our hard work when he gave a pat on his back and said “What a wonderful event it was! Your hard work is truly commendable. I am sure you must have got a backache working for such long hours at a stretch! This work was not easy at all but you all made it look so simple by your dedication.”
PM GAVE US THE MOST CREDIBLE CERTIFICATE FOR OUR HARD WORK MODIJI’S THEAPPLAUSEGENEROUSMEANTWORLDTOUS
I t is amazing how PM Modi cares to remember such minute details about people and their problems and this, to me, was an eye-opener about the greatness of Modiji as a leader. It is not a superficial concern that he shows randomly, in fact far from that. He is aware of even personal problems that people are facing & there is such sincerity in his voice that one feels really cared for.
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New Delhi: In his latest outreach move aimed at stitching together an al liance of like-minded parties against the BJP, Telangana Chief Minis ter K Chandrashekar Rao today met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav in Pat na. The leaders are scheduled to appear at a few events before head ing for lunch. Rao, sporting a fedora hat, posed for pictures whil being welcomed with flower bouquets by his Bihar counterpart and RJD Chief Yadav. The three leaders are ex pected to discuss na tional politics. BJP leader Sushil Ku mar Modi took a dig at the two Chief Minis ters, saying their meet ing is a “get-together of twoTakingdaydreamers”.aswipeat the meeting, Modi, who was a Deputy Chief Minister for more than a decade with Kumar as the Chief Minister in the JD(U)-BJP govern ment in Bihar, said it is a meeting of two lead ers who are losing their base in their respective states and “desiring to become Prime Minister of the country”. “It is a meeting of two daydreamers who have no standing in front of PM Narendra Modi,” the BJP leader told reporters.
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IN THE COURTYARD SC TO EXAMINE CONTEMPT PETITION IN SEC 164 CRPC STATEMENT DOC IN RAPE CASE
New Delhi: The Delhi Police of Wednesday informed that a Twitter user who complained against the fact-checker and Alt News founder Mohammad Zubair is a Delhi-based businessman who origi nally belongs to Ajmer, Rajasthan. The police officials denied disclosing more details about the businessman including his name. Delhi Police has been working for some time to establish the identity of the Twitter handle @balajikijaiin which was working under the name of “Hanuman Bhakt”.
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Congress is a demo cratic party and its Lok Sabha member Shashi Tha roor is qualified to contest for the party’s presidential election, KPCC chief K Sudhakaran said on Wednesday. Sudhakaran said if Tharoor wishes to con test the polls there is no need to blame him as the Congress is a democratic party and its members have the right to contest for the top party post. “What is there to wonder about? Is he not an eligible candidate? All the members of the Indian National Congress have the right to contest as it is a democratic party. If I wish to contest, I could also do that. The party will accept it. If I get the votes, I will win”, Sudhakaran told reporters here, responding to a query. He said the Congress has the strength to address such issues through the democratic process.
JHARKHAND CM HEMANT SOREN LIKELY TO TAKE FLIGHT TO RAIPUR Jharkhand CM has been caught in mining scam, so he is unnecessarily accusing us. We’re not trying to poach their MLAs. It’s a false propaganda. They do theatrics to cover up their faults: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, on Jharkhand CM’s allegation of BJP poaching his MLAs. Four ministers of the ruling UPA coalition in Jharkhand returned to Ranchi on Wednesday evening, a day after they and 28 MLAs were shifted to a resort near the Chhattisgarh capital in view of political developments in their home state.
Is Manish Tewari searching 'rightousness' in his 'failed cause'?
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New Delhi: Congress leader Manish Tewari has called the Con gress leaders attack ing Ghulam Nabi Azad as peons. Azad has already described the leaders associated with the Congress high command as sycophants. Now Ti wari has called them a peon. In a letter to Sonia Gandhi, Azad has said that Rahul Gandhi’s ordinance tearing became the biggest reason for the Congress’s defeat in 2014. But he did not write that the lan guage and arrogance of leaders like Man ish Tewari and Kapil Sibal also played a big role. Manish Tewari had said in a press conference at the peak of Anna Haz are’s movement that Anna too is immersed in corruption from head to toe. This statement of Manish Tewari proved to be the last nail in the coffin of Congress. Similarly, one of the leaders of G-23 was Kapil Sibal, who had given the theory of zero loss in the aorabusesdayAnnawhenTewariingthingspeoplethat’sofalleverchangedevered,wheneverfromhiscanhasthat2019,next2014didmohanministerstarelections.frombadly,tyderstoodCongress,inhammeringthingscam.communicationThefunnyisthatafterthenailthecoffinoftheTiwariunthattheparwasgoingtolosesohegaveupcontestingtheHewasaMPandastarintheManSinghgovtbutnotcontesttheelections.Intheelectioni.e.inwhenitwasfeltnowthesituationimprovedandhewin,hechangedseatandfoughtanotherseat.Thatis,hefoughttheywantdidn’tfightwhenhewanted,seatswhenhewanted,butithappenedbecausehisabilityandwhereothergetallthebecauseofbeapeon!ManishwasnotapeonhewasabusingHazarebuttoifanyleaderAzad,thenhesheisbeingtermedpeon!
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has agreed to examine the contempt petition filed against Telangana Police for allowing access to crucial statements recorded under Section 164 CrPC to the rape accused despite the charge sheet not being filed in the matter. A bench of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit and S Ravindra Bhat on August 29 issued notice to Telangana state and listed the matter for September 26.
KCR met Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav, in Patna on Wednesday. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Bhupesh Baghel Manish Tewari SSC EXTENDEDPARTHA,CUSTODY‘SCAM’:OFARPITA A special court in Kol kata on Augustcustodyextendedincase.recruitmentCommissiontheintillArpitahisParthaWestcustodyextendedWednesdaythejudicialofformerBengalMinisterChatterjeeandcloseassociate,Mukherjee,September14connectionwithSchoolService(SSC)scamAPMLAcourtKolkatahadearlierthejudicialoftheduetill31.
New Delhi: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the party shall keep its promise of providing five lakh jobs to youths in Himachal Pradesh as also Rs 1,500 per month to women and restore the pension scheme in the hill state if voted to power. “Congress pledge in Devb hoomi #HimachalKaSankalp. Old pension scheme restored. Rs 1500 per month to women. Free electricity up to 300 units. 5 lakh jobs for youth. Rs 680 crore start-up fund. Like Raj & Chhattisgarh, we will keep our promises. Together we will take Himachal forward again,” Gandhi said on Twitter.
The senior leader was responding to party election authority chief Madhusudan Mistry, who had claimed that the process to elect the next Congress chief would be a fair one. Mistry had said in an article that if a member wants to check the list of delegates, they can visit PCC office and the list will be given to can didates once they file their nominations. In response, Tewari said, “CWC has an nounced scheduled of Congress president election not for 28 PCC’s and eight TCC’s. Why should someone have to go to every PCC office in the country to find out who the elec tors are? This does not happen in a club elec tion also with great re spect. In the interests of fairness and trans parency, I urge your gods self to publish the entire list on the INC website.”“Howcan someone consider running if he/ she does not know who the electors are?,” he added.
YOU CAN RESTRAIN FROM EATING MEAT FOR 1-2 DAYS: HC New Delhi: The Gujarat HC has asked petitioners against temporary closure of a slaughterhouse in Ahmedabad due to a Jain festival to not eat meat for some days, according to reports. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, or AMC, had ordered the city’s only slaughterhouse to pull down its shutters between August 24 and 31, and Sept 4 and 9 due to festivals.
KCR meets Nitish Kumar, now BJP rival again
If notice from agencies, will fight legally: Mamata
Lucknow (PTI): The civic body here on Wednesday bulldozed shops mostly selling campaign material on the road outside the Sa majwadi Party office. According to the Luc know Municipal Corpo ration officials, the makeshift shops on Vikramaditya Marg were illegal and their owners were sent no tices several times in the last six months ask ing them to remove the structures. “They were given time and an an nouncement was also made there earlier. On Wednesday, we razed the illegal structures with bulldozers,” an of ficial said. On one side of the Vikramaditya Marg is the SP office and on the other side, there are bungalows of railway officers. Officials said the shops on empty spaces in front of the bungalows affected the flow of traffic.
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mama ta Banerjee on Wednes day said that if her family members get a notice from any of the Central government probe agencies, she would fight them legal ly though it has become a tough affair these days.Her comment came after the glingtionitsdayforeBanerjeeCongressnephewaDirectorateEnforcement(ED)issuedfreshsummonstoherandTrinamoolMPAbhishektoappearbeitsofficersonFriinconnectionwithongoinginvestigaintothecoalsmugscam.
New Delhi: Political leaders across party lines remembered and paid rich tributes to former president of In dia, Pranab Mukherjee, on his second death anniversary. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal re membered the veteran leader and tweeted his respects. Union minis ter Hardeep Singh Puri shared his pictures with the leader and said, “He will always be remembered for his immense contribution to public life, exempla ry service to the nation, bipartisan politics and statesmanship.” The Congress recalled his “monumental contribu tions to the nation” and tweeted a remem brance post. Various other handles of the party too remembered the senior leader. Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma remem bered him as “a man of learning and wisdom who deeply influenced public life during his long political career.”
MLAs from J’khand shifted to Raipur to ‘protect poaching’ Raipur (PTI): Chhat tisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday said the UPA coalition government in Jharkhand shifted its MLAs to Raipur to pro tect them from being poached in view of the BJP’s “horse-trading” tactics.Thirty-two MLAs of the coalitionJMM-Congress-RJDinJharkhand flew to Raipur by a char tered flight on Tuesday and were taken to May fair Golf Resort in Nava Raipur.Baghel met the MLAs at the resort on Tuesday night. He was talking to reporters on Wednesday morning at Swami Vive kananda Airport here before leaving for Himachal Pradesh where he has been ap pointed as senior ob server by the Congress for the coming assembly polls.“Alliance partners JMM and Congress in Jharkhand decided to bring their MLAs to Chhattisgarh to protect them considering the way the BJP has in dulged in horse-trad ing,” Baghel said. “Recently three MLAs (of Congress in Jharkhand) were held in West Bengal (with cash),” the Congress leader further said.
Manish Tewari questions fairness of the process
The rift within Cong came to the fore once again on Wednesday
THAROOR QUALIFIED TO CONTEST FOR CONGRESS PREZ POLL: KPCC CHIEF RAGA TO RESOLVE PEOPLE’S ISSUES IN HIMACHAL, PROMISES FIVE LAKH JOBS
MANISH TEWARI MANISHTEWARI@ With great respect @ MD_Mistry ji How can there be a fair & free election without a publicly available electoral roll? Essence of a fair & free process is names & addresses of electors must be published on @ INCIndia website in a transparent manner.
KARTIKEYA RESIGNS G-20 MEET Union Cabinet Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change Bhupender Yadav met Netherlands Environment Minister Vivianne Heijnen, in Bali on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI
CONGRESS PRESIDENTIAL POLLS
STATEMENT OF TWITTER USER WHOSE PLAINT LED TO ZUBAIR’S ARREST RECORDED HARASSMENT CASES AGAINST JUDGES: SC TO HEAR PLEA New Delhi: The SC has di rected its Secretary-General to respond in a case relating to the enquiry mechanism into sexual harassment cases against sitting and retired judges. A bench of Justices ordered the SecyGeneral to file his reply within four weeks on the issue after senior advocate Indira Jaising told that the Secy-General was yet to file an affidavit.
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New Delhi: Congress MP Manish Tewari has questioned the fairness of Congress president polls set to be held on October 17 as the elec toral roll is not availa ble to the public. “Why should someone have to go to every PCC office in the country to find out who the electors are,” he asked. In a series of tweets, Manish Tewari said, “How can there be a fair and free election with out a publicly available electoral roll? Essence of a fair and free pro cess is that names and addresses of electors must be published on the INC website in a transparent manner.”
Jharkhand : The Jharkhand Child Wel fare Committee has asked for the addition of charges under the Pro tection of Children Against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in an FIR filed in the case where a school girl died after she was set on fire in the Dumka district. The committee said that the girl was a minor as per the class 10 board examination mark sheet and not an adult as claimed by the police.
lll Under States/UTsScheme,approvedthistheGovtareofferedtolift15lakhMTofChanaatadiscountofRs.8perkgoverissuePrice
Moscow: Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, hospital officials in Moscow said. Gorbachev, the last Sovi et president, forged arms reduction deals with the US and partnerships with Western powers to remove the Iron Curtain that had divided Europe since World War Two and bring about the reunification of Germany. But his internal reforms helped weaken the Soviet Union to the point where it fell apart.
First India Bureau New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Naren dra Modi, on Wednesday approved raising pro curement ceiling for tur, urad and masur under twoTheschemes.Union Cabinet has also allowed dispos al of Chana (Pulses) to States/UTs at a dis counted rate, to be uti lized for various Welfare Schemes, from the stock of pulses procured un der Price Support Scheme (PSS) & Price Stabilization Fund (PSF).
“The Jharkhand Child Welfare Committee rec ommends the SP to add sections under POCSO Act in the matter.”
RS BYPOLL TO FILL SEAT VACATED BY SAHA ON SEPT 22 New Delhi: The bypoll to fill the Rajya Sabha seat vacated by BJP’s Manik Saha after being made chief minister of Tripura will be held on September 22, the Elec tion Commission said on Wednesday. Saha had quit Rajya Sabha on July 4. His six-year term as a member of the upper house was to otherwise end on April 2, 2028.
Narendra Modi @ narendramodi Best wishes onGaneshLordingsblessMayChaturthi.GaneshtheofShri always remain upon us.”
Ganpati idol installed at Eidgah ground at Hubbali-Dharwad on Wednesday. —PHOTO BY ANI President of India @ rashtrapatibhvn Hearty greetingsMangalChaturthi.Ganeshmencountryalltotheon murti Lord Ganesha is a symbol of everyone’speaceaGanesh,withgoodaccomplishmentknowledge,andfortune.IwishthattheblessingsofShrithereshouldbespreadofhappiness,andprosperityinlife.
Puja will be conducted in the traditional way & we’re going to celebrate this festival for 3 days as per the direction of Munic ipal Corporation. We’re going to follow all instructions that have been given.
Case against K’taka min, family alleges threat, attempts suicide
l PM unveiled a hol ogram statue of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose at India Gate. This hologram was to be later replaced with the statue of Netaji. The statue would be unveiled in the same place to mark the yearlong celebration of the 125th birth anniversa ry of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. This was done at the cano py where a statue of King George V had stood till its removal in 1968. l PM recently inau gurated Biplobi Bharat Gallery at Victoria Me morial Hall, Kolkata. In what has been named after an erst while British Empress of India, PM inaugu rated a gallery display ing the contribution of the Revolutionaries in the freedom struggle. PM has been a pro ponent of teaching in mother tongue, as re flected in NEP 2020. This is a marked de parture from the focus mainly on English based education, the wheels of which were set in motion during the British time.
From P1 l Union Budget ear lier used to be an nounced on the last day of February. Fi nance minister Arun Jaitley started pre senting the Union Budget on February 1 in 2017, departing from the colonial-era tradi tion of using the last working day of that month. This seemingly minor tinkering of the budget cycle had a larger objective-re forming fiscal govern ance. l The Rail budget was merged with the Union budget in 2017 after it had been pre sented separately for 92 years, in yet another departure from British era practises.
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Govt approves disposal of pulses at discounted rates
opment Programmes (ICDP) etc. in their States/UTs.Thiswill be one-time dispensation for a peri od of 12 months or till complete disposal of 15 lakh MT stock of Chana whichever is earlier. The Government will spend Rs. 1200 crore for imple mentation of this Scheme. The decisions will enable the States/ UTs to use Chana in var ious Welfare Schemes like PDS, Mid-Day Meal Schemes etc.
— K Govardhan Rao, Convener
“The committee also decided to enhance of ceiling on quantity of procurement under PSS from existing 25% to 40% in respect of Tur, Urad & Masur,” an offi cial release said. Under this approved Scheme, the
Ganesh Idol installed at Eidgah ground in Hubbali after HC order HC, in a late night hearing, upheld the authorities’ decision to allow Chaturthi celebration
Pakistan (ANI): More than 6.4 million people in Pakistan are in dire need of hu manitarian aid as the devastating floods continue to wreak havoc in the country, the WHO said on Wednesday.Pakistan’s govt has declared the floods a national emergency, with 66 districts de clared to be a “calam ity hit.” Over 1,100 people, including over 350 children, have lost their lives. More than 1,600 people have been injured and over 2,87,000 houses have been fully destroyed.
nataka High Court dis missed the plea filed by the Anjuman-E-Islam and refused to interfere with the decision of the authorities to permit the celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi at Ei dgah ground at HubbaliDharwad.
Inclement weather since past few days has impacted search and rescue efforts to locate two mountaineers Tapi Mra & Niku Dao from Arunachal Pradesh who went missing during an expedition close to the India-China border.
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K’TAKA: MUSLIM BOY ASSAULTED FOR SPEAKING WITH HINDU GIRL IN COLLEGE Karnataka: A student of first grade college at Kodialbail of Kasaba village in the taluk, was beaten by students belonging to a different community objecting to his friendship with a girl from Hindu community. The inci dent took place on Aug 30 at the first grade college at Kodialbail of Kasaba village. Mohammed Sanif (19), a resident of Jalsoor village is the victim of this incident.
Karnataka: A case has been registered against Karnataka Tourism, Ecology and Environ ment Minister Anand Singh for allegedly threatening a family, whose members later attempted to set them selves on fire, over a land dispute, police said on Wednesday. The FIR has been registered against the minister and three oth ers following a com plaint lodged by D Po lappa, under the Pre vention of Atrocities Against SC-ST Act, and sections 504 and 506 of the IPC, they said. The case pertains to a dispute over a piece of land in a village in the district, between members of a commu nity and Polappa, who belongs to SC commu nity.During the Minis ter’s visit to the village on Tuesday, the mem bers of the community have requested him to help resolve the dis pute. In his complaint, Polappa alleged that the minister had threatened to burn his entire family. The complainant ar rived near the Hospet rural police station on Tuesday night with five of his relatives.
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K’TAKA: JDS LEADER VEERENDRA VISITS RAPE-ACCUSED MURUGHA MUTT SEER
“The heavy mon soon rains in Paki stan which started in mid-July 2022 are con tinuing in many parts of the country and have affected 116 dis tricts (75 per cent) out of 154 districts in Pa kistan. The most af fected province is Sindh, followed by Ba lochistan,” the WHO said in a report.
Anand Singh Dumka: underdemandsCWCactionPOCSO
Karnataka: JDS leader Veerendra Papi on Wednes day visited Lingayat seer Murugha Swami, who is accused of sexually harassing two minor girls at his mutt. Veernedra said that he had visited the mutt as he is both a devotee and a director of the Murugha Mutt. “I am a devotee and a student of Murugha Mutt. Besides this, I am also a director of this Mutt. Hence, I have come here today,” said the JDS leader. Regarding the current developments, he said that he is not a big person to comment on that and urged everyone to act responsibly.
Amarendra Kumar Karnataka (ANI): Lord Ganpati idol was installed at Eidgah ground in HubbaliDharwad on Wednes day after the Karnataka High Court upheld au thorities’ decision to al low the celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi at theTheground.Karnataka High Court, in a late-night hearing on Tuesday, up held the authorities’ decision to allow Ganesh Chaturthi at the Eidgah ground. The court dismissed the plea filed by the Anju man-E-Islam and re fused to interfere with the decision of the con cerned authorities to permit the celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi at EidgahPreparationsground.could be seen taking place early in the morning follow ing the High Court’s or der last night, and a Ganpati idol was in stalled. Speaking to ANI, convener, Rani Chennamma Maidan Gajanan Utsav Maha mandal, K Govardhan Rao said that the prayers will be conducted in a traditional way for the next three days. “Puja will be conduct ed in the traditional way & we’re going to cele brate this festival for 3 days as per the direction of Municipal Corpora tion. We’re going to fol low all instructions that have been given,” Rao said.Stating that Rani Chennamma Maidan belongs to wenicipalMaidanfestival.themadevenerCorporation,Municipaltheconsaidthattheyhadarequesttoallowcelebrationofthe“RaniChennammabelongstoMuCorporation,sohadrequestedonbe half of Samiti Maha mandal that this Gan pati Utsav should be al lowed here. We’ll install the Ganpati idol within half an hour,” he said earlier this AshoknightMeanwhile,morning.inalate-hearing,JusticeSKinagiofKar
POLICE DETAIN MAN IN SONALI PHOGAT DEATH CASE Haryana: A man was detained in connection with the Sonali Phogat death case, after the family accused him of taking a laptop and mo bile from the farmhouse of the deceased BJP leader. Haryana Police has recovered the items following which the questioning is underway. Goa Police reached the state earlier today.
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New Delhi: Earlier, the Centre announced that it would remove price caps on domestic airfares with effect from August 31, 2022. Now, airlines will have the freedom to de cide the fares as they please after nearly 27 months. The fare cap on air tickets was imposed in 2020 owing to the Cov id-19 pandemic. The gov ernment arrived at the de cision to do away with price caps in view of the dip in the price of jet fuel over the past few weeks.
New Delhi (PTI): Tata Sons shareholders have approved a resolution to have sepa rate chairpersons for the company and its largest shareholder -- Tata Trusts. An amendment to the arti cles of association of Tata Sons, which sought to pre vent a single person head ing Tata Sons as well as Tata Trusts simultaneously, was passed at the company’s an nual general meeting (AGM) . With the special resolution being passed with requisite majority of 75% at AGM, it will now be legally binding for Tata Sons and Tata Trusts to have separate chairpersons.
New Delhi (Agencies): India’s economy achieved its fastest annual expan sion in a year in the AprilJune quarter, according to data released by the Na tional Statistical Office (NSO) on Wednesday. India’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the three months to June 30, 2022 was 13.5%. However, this is lower than the Reserve Bank of India’s projection of 16.2% GDP growth in Q1FY23.June quarter growth was driven by manufac turing and services, such as accommodation and travel, rebounding from pandemic restrictions.
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New Delhi (PTI): Campa Cola, which vanished from the shelves after liberalisa tion in 1991, is getting a chance for a second life, as part of billionaire panyRsinbasedbrandgrownbusiness.consumertoanceAmbani-controlledMukeshReliIndustries’(RIL)planexpandthefast-movinggoods(FMCG)RILhasacquiredhomeiconicsoftdrinkCampafromDelhi-PureDrinksGroupadealestimatedatabout22crore,andthecomispoisedtolaunch
SONY-ZEE MERGER CAN COMPETITION:HURT CCI New Delhi: A merger between the Indian unit of Japan’s Sony and Zee Entertainment to cre ate a $10 billion TV power”,bargaining“unparalleledtionhurtwillenterprisepotentiallycompetibyhavingthe country’s antitrust watchdog found in an initial review. The Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) Aug. 3 notice to the 2 companies stated the watchdog is of the view that a further investigation is merited. Sony and Zee decided to merge their television channels, film assets and streaming platforms to create a powerhouse in a key media and entertainment growth market of 1.4 billion people, challenging rivals like Walt Disney Co.
New Delhi: Oil headed for a 3rd month-to-month drop, the longest dropping run in additional than 2 years, on concern that tighter finan cial coverage will hit growth & China presses on with its Covid Zero technique. West Texas Intermediate fell as a lot as $4.09 a barrel from excessive to low on Wednesday, placing it head ing in the right direction for a month-to-month decline of about 10%. Europe is gripped by an power disas ter that will herald a reces sion whereas in Asia, growth has slowed in China, the highest world’s oil im porter. “Consumption of crude & oil products hasn’t matched expectations in most places in the world which matter,” stated Geor gi Slavov, international head of basic analysis at London brokers Marex. “Mean while, there is a accumula tion of supply along the en tire supply chain & the re sult is this price weakness.”
“We can take gas from the storage in the winter, we are saving gas (and need to keep doing so!), the LNG terminals are coming, and thanks to Bel gium, the Netherlands, Norway (and soon France), gas is flowing,” Klaus Mu eller said on Twitter. In Germany, inflation soared to its highest in al most 50 years in August and consumer sentiment soured as households brace for a spike in energy bills.
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FISCAL TOUCHESDEFICIT20.5% OF ANNUAL TARGET New Delhi: The Central Gov ernment’s fiscal deficit touched 20.5% of the annual target at the end of July reflectingaagainst2022-2321.3%yearago,im provement in public finance, as per data released on Wednes day. In actual terms, the fiscal deficit - the difference between expenditure and revenue - was Rs 3,40,831 cr during AprilJuly period this financial year. A fiscal deficit is a reflection of government borrowings from the market. The tax revenue stood at Rs 6.66 lakh cr or 34.4% of this year’s BE. Last year too, the government had managed to mop 34.2% of its annual estimate in April-July.
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New Delhi (PTI): The US Fed policy action, RBI rate decision and foreign fund flows are some of the major factors that will guide the equity markets in the nearterm, analysts said on Wednesday. Besides these, September quarter earn ings announcements would also pave the way for the markets, whose overall structure remains bullish, they added. From its 52week low of 50,921.22 quoted on June 17 this year, the Sensex has jumped 16.91 per cent till now. The Nifty has climbed 16.96% from its 52week low of 15,183.40 on June 17 this year. So far in 2022, the BSE Sensex has climbed 2.20 per cent and the Nifty has advanced 2.33%. “We believe that the un derlying market is bullish. Given India’s stance as a high-performing economy, there are many reasons for India to be an excellent per former as we advance,” said Sunil Damania, Chief Investment Officer, Mar ketsMojo. He said the rupee has stabilized after hitting an all-time low level. The rupee is currently hovering at 79.50 against the US dol lar. It had touched an alltime low of 80.15 against the US dollar in intra-day trade on Monday. “We are of the opinion that irre spective of whether the market touches a record high in September, market sentiments will stay bullish by Diwali,” Damania said.
New Delhi: India Inc’s for eign direct investment in July declined over 50 per cent to USD 1.11 billion in July 2022, the Reserve Bank data showed. An Out ward Foreign Direct Invest ment (OFDI), the domestic companies had invested over USD 2.56 billion in July 2021 in the form of equity, loan and issuances of guarantees. The Indian businesses invested USD 579.15 mn by equity infu sion, USD 193.21 mn as loans & USD 337.49 mn in fused by issuing guaran tees to overseas ventures.
New Delhi (Agencies): Finance Minister Nir mala Sitharaman will review the state of the economy amid global and domestic challenges at a meeting of the Fi nancial Stability and Development Council (FSDC), scheduled on September 15. The 26th meeting of the high-level panel to be held in Mumbai will be attended by all finan cial sectoral regulators, including RBI Gover nor Shaktikanta Das, sources said. The FSDC is the apex body of sec toral regulators, head ed by the Minister. The meeting will re view the current global and domestic economic situation and financial stability issues, includ ing those concerning banking and NBFCs, according to the sourc es. The council would also discuss measures required for further de velopment of the finan cial sector and to achieve inclusive eco nomic growth with macroeconomic stabil ity, they said.
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New Delhi: Multiplex op erator Inox Leisure is confident of pursuing an expansion strategy and has a pipeline of 834 ad ditional screens after FY23, according to the latest annual report of the company. The company, which was operating 692 screens in 73 cities across India as on June 30, 2022, estimates the total screen count to go up to 752 by the end of ongoing fiscal year. “We are confident about pur suing our expansion strategy and with diligent efforts, said Inox Leisure.
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Campa by October around Diwali this year, according to a report in ET. The company will roll out cola flavour, lemon and orange via Reliance Retail stores, JioMart and more than 15 lakh kiranas, thus directly competing with the American cola giants— Coca-Cola and PepsiCo.
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Modi preferred Home over Finance for his ‘troubleshooter’ Amit Shah to execute Article 370 agenda: Dr Chandra Jagdeesh Mishra, Aditi Nagar, Dahiya, Shashikant during The New Srinagar. the show #JConGhulamNabiAzad trended on Twitter 2ND FRONT After 370, life is back normal in Kashmir tourism revolution: Dr Chandra ON AUGUST DrduringJagdeeshShow. YOU READ PART-II ON AUGUST 31, 2022 Dr Jagdeesh Chandra during the New JC Show.
NEW DELHI | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2022 082ND FRONT www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epapers/delhi I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Nothing is final, neither success nor failure but you can always start anew, this is the only truth. —Dr Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor-in-Chief, First India
z How do you see Pandit Nehru’s move of theinternationalisingKashmirissue? It was made an interna tional issue at the be hest of Sheikh Abdul lah in the same manner the recent incidents were made into interna tional issues using the Human Rights way. It was an embarassing situation for the nation amongst countries of the world and India had to send its Ambassadors to explain the situation to other nations. Ulti mately everything rec onciled and now only two nations, Pakistan and China, raise the Kashmir issue. Nehru sent Sheikh Abdullah to UN to inform the na tions that no Human Right violations have taken place and there is democracy in Kashmir. But it is said that he did not play his role propo erly and that he spoke with USA and other na tions to find a way of making Kashmir a sepa rate nation. So the inter nationalisation of Kashmir issue was ac tually a wrong step but for it, along with Nehru, Sheikh Abdullah is also responsible.
z How do you analyse the ‘double Singh?ionManojLieutenantdoofgovernment’engineintermsKashmirandhowyouseetheroleofGovernorSinhaandUnministerJitendra Dr Jagdeesh Chan dra: This double en gine government is successful as coordina tion between both is extremely good. What normally happens is that when two senior leaders of a party are working in one state, then automatically two parallel power centres get formed. But fortu nately both are mature individuals and hence power centres have not formed. Dr. Jitendra Singh is a decent and dignified individual who takes interest in Kashmir’s develop ment. He has started 75 new projects in region. So coordination be tween LG and Centre’s nominee Dr. Jitendra Singh is perfect and it should be hoped that this coordination will do wonders for Kash mir and that there will not be any personal differences between them.
z Sheikh Abdullah has been a central figure in Kashmir’s politics. What was the reason that he was again given the reins of Kashmir? Sheikh Abdullah has been a historical figure in Kashmir’s history at times positive, at times negative. He changed his colors acording to the circumstances. His only wish was to be the prime minister of inde pendent Kashmir. It was this wish of his under which he took several Uturns. It was govern ment’s helplessness since it was believed that he was the voice of Kashmir and so people supported him but what happened in the end made people realise that they were betrayed by Sheikh Abdullah. There were political compul sions of Pandit Nehru who wanted to take him along to handle Kash mir issue. In 1953, it was learnt by the intelli gence that Abdullah wanted to join Pakistan for which he left from Sri Nagar saying that he is going to some place. But when the agencies started search for him, he was found in Gul marg. The plan was that he would meet the Paki stani leadership some where and before BBC he would announce separation of Kashmir and as an independent entity. But before all could happen, he was arrested. But politics is never right or wrong. So after 22 years he re turned to main stream of politics and was ap pointed as chief minis ter, and not as prime minister. Indira Gandhi kept him as CM for five years and he won the electin in 1977. When he passed away in 1982, his son Farooq Abdullah was made the chief min ister. So his legacy has been a mixed bag and that legacy has been carried forward by Umar Abdullah today.
z What is your obser vation of 2 years of Manoj Sinha as LG? His ternure so ar has been good. The most important point is that after a long time, a straight forward and simple person who is an out and out politi cian has been brought here. The Raj Bhawan here has been in the hands of bureaucrats and although the babus have done a good job, but Narendra Modi and Amit Shah anted that a political face should come here be cause they wanted a political solution of the problem and hence as the political face of the government he has come here. His term has been dignified, there has not been any controversy associated with him. As regards development, he is do ing a good job through PM Modi’s fifty eight thousand crore rupee package, one lakh crore rupees have been spent on roads, in the past seventy years, merely three thousand megawatt electricity was being produced but in the past two years it has increased by 3500 megawatts and add to this is the invest ment being promised here, so by and large it can be said that he has been a successful LG.
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In the third installment of The New JC Show, CEO & Editor-inChief of First India & Bharat24, Dr Jagdeesh Chandra gives a detailed analysis on Kashmir’s political history, the recent change in political narrative in the Valley and the controversial role played by Sheikh Abdullah.…
z It is also said that the main responsibil ity of getting Article 370 imposed on Kash mir lies with Sheikh Abdullah? Of course. He was a hero at that time and through 370 he gained honour and built an im age among his voters. But Amit Shah gained honour by abroating it. Both the men garnered honour at different times. He bacame a hero for Kashmiris that they could follow a separate constitution. It was then that there were two Flags, one of Kashmir and other of India. Now after abrogation, only Tricolor remains which is installed everywhere. There used to be a holi day on Sheikh Abdul lah’s birthday, which has been done away with now. Thirdly, they have done away with dual citizenship.
z Can we urge you to share another inci dent associated with Narendra Modi and Kashmir from the times of Kargil war? It is an emotional inci dent and extremely close to Narendra Modi’s heart since it abounds in national ism. He came to Sri Na gar’s Army hospital and saw a jawan who had lost his arms and legs and was on the bed. Modi and the then CM of Himachal Pradesh had gone to meet the soldiers and had taken flowers and fruits with them. But the soldier had anger in his eyes, perhaps be cause he had lost his hands and legs and he could not take the flow ers etc, and people thought that he did not like it. It was thought that the jawan was an gry on the government that it is due to the gov ernment he was in such a situation. They came back and tried to learn more about the jawan and it was then they found out that he had lost his hands and legs. The next day they went again to meet that jawan, who said that he was in pain the day before and today there was no pain so he was elated. When they questioned why isn’t he in pain, he replied that today the Indian Army has won the bat tle on Tiger Hill where he had sustained those wounds. Narendra Modi immediately stooped down and hugged the soldier with tears in his eyes. This was the emotion al incident.
z How do you rank the ‘Har Ghar Tiran ga’ campaign as the Kashmiri youth, which had stones in their hands, was seen with Tiranga this time around? There are two parts to it. First there is the Val ley and then the re maining area of the nation. It was more of a symbolic situation in the Valley. The cam paign wasn’t celebrat ed on a large level and one can understand the sentiment of locals. BJP definitely tried and in a reasonable numbers people took part in the campaign, which sent a message in the people. Then comes the rest of the country where it was a revolution. It was close to mobilization. I have been unable to under stand what type to na tional leader Narendra Modi is, since the en tire nation stands with him when he gives a call. People followed his call on Har Ghar Ti ranga in every part of the nation and even in Jammu, which is part of J&K Union Territo ry, celebrated the cam paign amid much pomp. Modi’s slogan have in a way given re birth to the craze for Tricolour. Modi’s cam paign was superhit.
November 19, 1990 a black day in India’s history and a blot on Kashmir’s secularism: Dr Chandra
z Srinagar’s Lal Chowk used to be a synonym of terror ism, throw a light on the situation that ex isted in earlier times and how it is now. I would urge you to vis it Lal Chowk and take in the essence. Lal Chowk was synonym with terrorism where on january 26, 1992, Nanrendra Modi put his life in danger to un furl the Tricolor. It was a time when firing by terrorists was the order of the day, there was so much terror that even military was not al lowed to go there, but Narendra Modi did it. Perhaps it was the most risky moment of Nar endra Modi’s life. That was a time and now the times are different. I went to the lal Chowk recently and was fairly surprised at the hustle and bustle, there are shops and people are walking about like nothing happened. Life has completely changed.
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z When Hindus were being forced to leave the Valley, shouldn’t the governments of that time be held re sponsible for such mi gration? It should definitely be. November 19, 1990 is a black day in Indian his tory, it was a black day of Kashmiri secular ism. Hindu families were confined to their homes, they did not know what to do. There were no one to save them and lawlessness ran amock on Kashmir’s roads that day. The then Governor - Jagmohanwas in Jammu and al though he flew for Kash mir, he had to return back as the weather was not conducive to land in Sri Nagar. So there was no one to take the reins and handle the situa tion. Although he was a failure on that day, but later when the intelli gence set up apprised him that the Kashmiris were again going to de clare independence, he ordered curfew across Kashmir and the plan of Abdullahs got foiled again. So Jagmohan was partly responsbile for that debacle of Hin dus leaving the Valley but the way he managed what could have been the next big shock, he could be appreciated.
Dr Jagdeesh Chandra with Poornima Mishra, Aditi Nagar, Naina Yadav, Sonal Dahiya, Shashikant Sharma and Tajamul during The New JC Show at Taj Vivanta, Srinagar.
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CEO & Editor-in-Chief First India & Bharat24, Dr Jagdeesh Chandra gives a detailed analysis on Kashmir and how the atmosphere in the state changed post abrogation of Article 370, how Amit Shah, a leader who works over 20 hours day has carved niche for himself, how the grand vision and foresightedness of PM Narendra Modi brought about the change in Kashmir. Excerpts… (Part II)
z What about political possibilities regarding Kashmir and BJP? After the major politi cal development, the coming together of BJP and National Confer ence, it now seems that government will be formed. It is believed that their government will be formed but it will have to be seen who will become the CM.
z Was it right to make Dr Karan Sin gh the Sadar-I-Riya sat of Kashmir in 1952, specially since Sheikh Abdullah was active in mainstream politics? See when a person de cides on something, it is done to the best of his vision and judgement. But that was a wrong decision. History later revealed that it was a mistake and although that move does not have a major relevance today, but at that time it was a tactical error.
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Vidushi Yadav (L) and Kashish Methwani (R) Pawani Kohli (L) and Advika Bansal (R) —PHOTOS BY SUNIL SHARMA
irst India presents Glamanand Super model India becomes bigger this time as they have recently acquired the Miss Grand International franchise. The winners will represent India at Miss Inter national and Miss Grand In First India presents Gla manand Supermodel 2022 had a panel of experts, including Nikhil Anand, National Di rector and Chairman of Gla manand Group, Zoya Afroz, Asmita Chakraborty, Divija Gambhir, Anita Hada, Ayes haa S Aiman, Trisha Shetty, Nishi Bhardwaj and Devika Vaid who were assigned the most tedious and challeng ing task to help short list the top 30 final ists who made it through in the first cut. And finally, the weekend will wit ness the best representatives with a sense of confidence, purpose, and drive to make a difference.Toboost their morale, Jagdeesh Chandra and the First India family hosted a dinner for the ravishing beauties at Hotel Ram bagh Palace, Jaipur on Monday. While interacting with the stunning mod els, he congratu lated them and said, “First India firmly believes in the power of beauty to be the change and changemaker and an inspiration to women of various cultures by provid ing a platform that empow ers women to discover their personal and professional dreams and unleash their po tential to effect positive change as role models and ambassadors. It is a victory in itself to reach this plat form. May the best win. All theDuringbest” the occasion, Nikh il Anand, National Director and Chairman of Glamanand Group, Nishant Anand, Ra jeev Srivastava, Anita Hada and Ashok Raj Singh were alsoThepresent.beauty pageant focuses on improving the overall per sonality and confidence of the participants.
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The much-awaited grand finale of First India presents Glamanand supermodel India 2022 is all set to take place on Sunday, September 4 at Zee Studios, Jaipur!
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In 2018, BTS became the youngest recipient of UTTKARSHA SHEKHAR uttkarsha.shekhar@firstindia.co.in JUNGKOOK- THE SEXIEST INTERNATIONAL MAN IN 2020 The devil works hard, but Jeon Jungkook works harder. The BTS’s youngest was named the “Sexiest International Man” in 2020 by People Magazine. Undoubtedly, it was bound to happen. Jungkook has amazed fans with his buff body and amazing fashion statement over the years. MOST SEARCHED ARTISTS ON THE INTERNET BTS is winning and sweeping all the awards. And there is Jeon Jungkook, making his records. The Euphoria singer was the most searched Kpop idol on google in 2020, with a search index of 728.57. Furthermore, in 2021. until now, he is the most searched Kpop idol on Google. E
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CITY FIRST lluring India, an extrav agant fashion and cul tural showcase curated by Vinay Gupta celebrat ing India's tionrelationships,diplomaticpromoofIndiantex tiles, trade & tourism, hand icrafts, artists and artisans across the globe was organ ised at Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam recently. It featured many local beauty queens as well as design ers putting across their design excellence. Also spotted at the show was the beauty with brains, Ngoc Chau, who is Miss Universe Vietnam 2022. The stunner dressed to slay in a shimmery blue gown by Hoang Hai, who is one of Vietnam's most celebrated designers. The fashion showcase also saw other beauties showcas ing various designer ensem bles. Vinay has successfully conducted Alluring India at various international capi tals including the Nether lands, Oman, Hungary, Sweden, UK, Thailand and Vietnam. The latest edition of Alluring India was well received by the busi ness conglomerates and the Roy al family of Vietnam.
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im Sarbh is an Indian film and stage actor. Best known for his supporting work in Hindi films, he is the recipient of a Screen Award, an Interna tional Indian Film Academy Award and two Filmfare Award nominations.Inacandid conver sation with City First Jim said, "Children are smarter than we realize. They are in a unique position to consider sustainable ideas at such a young age due to their ac cess to vast network ing and an enormous universe of knowl edge. And it is our re sponsibility as the guiding generation to make them aware, whether they are aware or not. I'm look ing forward to see ing the Young Earth createmyself."andas,theirparticipantsChampionsandremarkableideandIhopetotalklearnafewthingsThecontestaimstoacompeting ground for students from 6th to 9th grade with renewed vigour and passion and roped in actor Jim Sarbh, to play the role of judging the entries along with IIT-Bombay experts from the De partment of Environ mental Science and Engineering headed by Professor Amri tanshu Shriwastav.
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rom attending UPSC coaching to pursuing an MBA, Delhi-na tive Manish Yadav ex plored many career choices after gradua tion, before zeroing in one what he loved most farming. Born into a farming family, the 28-year-old recalls how he would help his father on their family farm regularly. Manish be gan his mushroom farming business in the middle of the COVID-19 lockdown. Manish took a training course under the Krishi Vigyan Ken dra, Ujwa. “Delhi has a good market for fresh button mushrooms and I was sure that sales won’t be a big issue if good quality produce is harvested.” explains the agripreneur.
The star cast of Prem Geet 3, Pradeep Khadka and Kristina Gurung were spotted in Delhi for the press conference of their movie held at Talkatora Stadium on Wednesday. The movie is an indo- Nepali movie and will be released in the Hindi language as well. The movie is produced by Prashant Gupta and written and Directed by Santosh Sen. Speaking about the movie, Pradeep shared, “ The culture of India and Nepal is similar. So while watching Prem Geet 3 audience will not feel that they are watching a Nepali movie and not a Bollywood film.”
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THE SPIRIT OF BROTHERHOOD CITY TFIRST o cherish the es sence of unity amidst diversi ty, Hamro Swab himan Trust, a social wing of Patanjali Yo gpeeth, celebrated Har talika Teej on Tuesday at the Siri Fort Audito rium, New Delhi. The event was graced by the presence of Yog Guru Swami Ramdev and the CEO of Patan jali Ayurved, Achar yashree Balkrishna. Various other dignitar ies from the centre and state including the Am bassador of Nepal to India, and the host of Padma Shri awardees such as author Sanu Lama, writer & poet Kedar Nath Gurung, percussionist Kaajee Singh, and author Lil Bahadur Chhetri were also present on the oc casion. On the occa sion, various attend ees were honoured with Hamro Gaurav Award 2022. “Hamro Swab himan strives to ob serve the dignity of Nepali/Gorkha people in India by commemo rating their age-long contribution to the so ciety and ensuring in culcation of traditions, education and health among the community. Our aim is to preserve and promote the cul ture and tradition at the global level,” said the CEO and co-found er of Patanjali Yo gpeeth Acharya Balkrishna.“Theinfusion of our unity, integrity, digni ty, and divinity is our primary goal and this leads to the vision behind the establishment of the Hamro Swabhi man Trust. The enthu siasm and energy among the attendees showcased the spirit of unity and camara derie amongst the peo ple of various Indian communities,” said yoga guru Ramdev.
