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The PMO told the Delhi HC that the PM Cares Fund is not a “State” under Article 12 of the Constitution and does not constitute a “public authority” under RTI Act. ​​The affidavit was filed in response to a petition filed by Samyak Gangwal, who sought declaration of the PM Cares Fund as a ‘State’. The petition also sought that PM Cares Fund should be restrained from using “PM” in its name, state emblem, domain name “gov” in its website and the PM's Office as its official address. from Times of India https://ift.tt/HIRfFPV https://ift.tt/XRAdLVn

Opposition parties on Tuesday criticised the President’s address alleging that the speech was like the “first chapter” of BJP’s manifesto for 2024 and key issues related to controlling prices, communal harmony and women were “missing”. from Times of India https://ift.tt/1GbnOzL https://ift.tt/XRAdLVn

Goa police on Tuesday arrested a 38-year-old female Russian tourist for using a banned satellite phone, a senior official said. The Colva police in South Goa booked Aleksei Kamynin for possessing and using a satellite phone of make 'Thuraya' with a SIM card which is banned for usage in India, said the official. The woman was taken into custody from a resort where she was staying, he said. She has been booked under the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act and Section 20 of the Indian Telegraph Act, while the device has been seized, he said. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from NDTV News-India-news https://ift.tt/mJ0SYIT via IFTTT

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A man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly stalking a woman and sending her a blood-stained letter with a blade enclosed within, police in Ghaziabad said. The woman in her complaint said that the man used to bother her and ask her for money to buy a new mobile phone, police said. Later, he sent her a blood-stained letter, with a blade, and stuck it with the handle of her car. The accused has been identified as Haider Ali Khan of Vishwakarma colony of the city. The woman lives in the same colony. According to the police, when the woman found the letter, she lodged a complaint at the Sihani Gate Police Station. In it she wrote that she was being stalked by a man from her colony for the past many days. She also said that the accused made objectionable gestures towards her and would stare at her, all that made her uneasy. "Police arrested the accused today in the afternoon and registered an FIR against him," Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Alok Dubey said. (Excep

Three people, including a minor, accused of firing at a night club were injured in the early hours of Tuesday when policemen escorting them fired shots at them when they attempted to snatch arms from them while they were being taken to Jaipur from Agra, officials said. The incident took place on Goner road in Jaipur. The accused, who were involved in firing at a night club of Jaipur on Saturday night, were caught in Agra, Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. They were being taken back to the Rajasthan capital from Agra by the Jaipur Police team. The accused got the police vehicle stopped on the pretext of relieving themselves. As the police team stopped and took them out of the vehicle, they attacked the policemen and tried to snatch their arms. They started running from the spot following which the police opened fire and shot them in the legs. They were taken to the SMS Hospital for treatment, police said. The accused Rishabh, Pradeep Shukla and the minor are undergoing treatment. They had o

 A local court here on Monday sentenced 14 people to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of former Iglas MLA Malkhan Singh and his bodyguard. District and Sessions judge Pankaj Kumar Singh also slapped a fine of Rs 1.50 lakh on the main accused and former zila panchayat chairman Tejveer Singh. Malkhan Singh was the BJP MLA from Iglas assembly constituency from 1996 to 2002. Assistant district advocate Manu Raj Bahadur said Malkhan Singh was sitting outside his residence on March 20, 2006 with his friends when Tejveer Singh came there with 14-15 men and killed the MLA and his bodyguard. A case was registered in the matter on a complaint by Malkhan Singh's elder brother and eyewitness Dalveer Singh. On the directions of the Allahabad High Court, the matter was transferred to Bulandshahr in 2008. Of the 18 accused persons, two have died and two are absconding. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated fe

Over 78.9% of 4.1 crore students in higher education are enrolled at the undergraduate level, and of the total enrolled students over one crore are pursuing BA. Another 17 lakh (4.2%) of the students are doing BA (Hons) from various higher education institutions. This was revealed in the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2020-21 released on Sunday by the ministry of education. from Times of India https://ift.tt/BpTGmXK https://ift.tt/smTb4ki

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A 13-member central team on Monday started a review of the midday meal scheme in schools in West Bengal, a senior official said. The joint review mission consisting of Union education ministry officials, one nutritionist, and a representative of Unicef along with the director of PM Poshan Scheme, V Bhaskar, also held a meeting with state education department officials. The officials, who are scheduled to conduct their review till February 6, visited several schools in North and South 24 Parganas districts on Monday. The team, which reached the city on Sunday evening, will check school infrastructure and the quality of food served to school children under the mid-day meal scheme. "This is a routine visit. We carry out such reviews in the states every year. We will try to visit as many districts as possible. Today we met the officials of the School Education department," an official of the team said after the meeting. She said that after conducting the review, when they wi

After the untimely death of Health and Family Welfare Minister of Odisha, Naba Das, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has allocated the Health and Family Welfare dept to Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari, informed the Chief Minister's Office. Lt Naba Das had been the Health and Family Welfare Minister of Odisha since 2019. He was a three-time MLA from the Jharsuguda constituency and was said to be an influential leader in the area. Minister Naba Das was shot at in Brajarajnagar in the Jharsuguda district and succumbed to his bullet injuries in Bhubaneswar hospital on Sunday. During the operation, it was found that a single bullet had entered and exited the body, injuring the heart and left lung and causing massive internal bleeding and injury. "He was an asset for both the Govt and the party. His death is a great loss to the State of Odisha," Odisha Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said. Das was shot at by one police personnel near Brajarajnagar in Jharsuguda district ea

The enrolment in higher education institutions increased to 4.14 crore during 2020-21, crossing the 4 crore mark for first time, according to the government's All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2020-2021. It registered an increase of 7.5 per cent from 2019-20 and 21 per cent from 2014-15. The female enrolment has increased to 2.01 crore from 1.88 crore in 2019-20. There has been an increase of around 44 lakh (28 per cent) in their number since 2014-15, the survey report said. The Ministry of Education has been conducting All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) since 2011, covering all higher educational institutions located in Indian Territory and imparting higher education in the country. The survey collects detailed information on different parameters such as student enrollment, teachers' data, infrastructural information, financial information etc. For the first time, in AISHE 2020-21, the higher education institutions, or HEIs, have filled the data onlin

Trial courts in the country sentenced 165 people to death in 2022, the highest in a year in the last two decades. This is up from 146 prisoners who were sent to death row in 2021. In almost a third of the capital punishment cases, the offender had committed a sexual crime. At the end of 2022, 539 were on death row, the highest since 2016. from Times of India https://ift.tt/RWQqEPv https://ift.tt/y9vnuJK

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated the Indian team for its "special win" as it bagged its maiden ICC title in women's cricket by lifting the inaugural U-19 T20 World Cup. "Congratulations to the Indian Team for a special win... They have played excellent cricket and their success will inspire several upcoming cricketers. Best wishes to the team for their future endeavours," he tweeted. Congratulations to the Indian Team for a special win at the @ICC #U19T20WorldCup . They have played excellent cricket and their success will inspire several upcoming cricketers. Best wishes to the team for their future endeavours. https://t.co/BBn5M9abHp — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 29, 2023 India on Sunday won their maiden ICC title in women's cricket as a bunch of sprightly and talented teenagers lifted the inaugural U-19 World Cup with an emphatic seven-wicket victory over England. The Shafali Verma-led India U-19 squad managed to do what

Suryakumar Yadav (26 not out) and Hardik Pandya (15 not out) used all their experience to help India edged New Zealand by six wickets in a last-over thriller in Lucknow on Sunday. The duo held their nerves in the low-scoring contest as India levelled the three-match series 1-1 with a scrappy victory in the second Twenty20 International. from Times of India https://ift.tt/6Jzkv4Y https://ift.tt/y9vnuJK

Rains failed to dampen the spirit of Beating Retreat ceremony held at the historic Vijay Chowk on Sunday as Indian classical tunes played by bands of the armed forces filled the air, marking the end of Republic Day celebrations. Foot-tapping music marked the beginning of the ceremony with the arrival of President Droupadi Murmu. She was welcomed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. Prime Minister Modi got drenched as he moved around outside the sheltered area, waving at the audience after the ceremony was over. For the first time, a 3-D anamorphic projection was done on the facade of North Block and South Block. As many as 29 Indian tunes were played by the music bands of the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the State Police and the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF). Never missing a step despite the wet ground, the bands began playing the "Agniveer" tune followed by the enthralling tunes like "Almora", "Kedar Nath", "

Merely taking the name of the caste of the victim would not make it an offence under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, unless it is with an intention to insult the person belonging to that caste, the Karnataka high court observed recently. from Times of India https://ift.tt/T7ZnL6b https://ift.tt/x02toGb

BJP leader Uma Bharti has once again hit the headlines for her move against liquor sale in Madhya Pradesh. Ms Bharti on Saturday said, "New liquor policy will be introduced on January 31 in the state, till then I will remain in the shelter of God." Ahead of the introduction of the new liquor policy, Ms Bharti will stay at Panchmukhi Hanuman and Durga temple located in Ayodhya Nagar locality in the state capital Bhopal for the next three days demanding the policy be made more stringent. Notably, a liquor shop is situated in front of the above-mentioned temple in the city. Ms Bharti said, "The one to be destroyed is in front (liquor shop), the one from whom to gain power is behind (temple). I have come here because I had a lot of trouble. There is a temple of Goddess Durga and Lord Hanuman but in front of it just 50 metres away there is a liquor shop and bar." "On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti when it was time of Navratri on October 2, 2022, a group of a few

“While it was not a head-on collision, the wings of the two jets seemed to have clipped each other,” an official said. “It is difficult to say at this time whether it was technical snag in one of the fighters, or a bird-hit or some other factor that caused the jets to veer into each other. The court of inquiry, with the analysis of the flight data recorders concerned, will look into it.” from Times of India https://ift.tt/YfcuIxT https://ift.tt/x02toGb

A woman gave birth to a child in a Dehradun-bound Haryana Roadways bus near Mullana on Friday, around 25 kilometers from Ambala, officials said. However, the child could not survive as it was a premature delivery, doctors said. The woman complained of severe labour pain when the bus was crossing Mullana. Some women present in the bus helped her give birth to the child, they said. Bus driver Salim Khan also took the bus to the civil hospital at Mullana. The doctors at the hospital declared the child brought dead while the woman was admitted to the facility. Salim Khan said the woman along with her husband, two children and brother-in-law boarded the bus for Saharanpur from Ambala. As soon as the bus reached Mullana, the woman had labour pains, said the bus driver. Principal medical officer, Mullana Civil Hospital, Kuldeep Singh said the woman's delivery was premature. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated fee

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President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Csaba Korosi will arrive in India on a three-day visit on Sunday, during which he is expected to discuss with his Indian interlocutors ways to deal with various challenges facing the globe. It will be Csaba Korosi's first bilateral visit to any country since he assumed the UNGA presidency in September 2022, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said, announcing his trip. Csaba Korosi is scheduled to witness the "Beating the Retreat" ceremony at the historic Vijay Chowk in the heart of New Delhi. The president of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly (PGA) will hold talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on key multilateral and regional issues of mutual interest. "The PGA's visit to India will be an opportunity to exchange views on global challenges that the United Nations is currently seized with," the MEA said in a statement. "It would help reinforce India's abiding comm

After the Congress alleged lapses in security arrangments in the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra, the Jammu & Kashmir Police on Friday said that it was not consulted before taking any decision on discontinuation of the yatra after 1 km by the organisers. Taking to Twitter, the Jammu & Kashmir Police said, "JKP was not consulted before taking any decision on discontinuation of Yatra after conducting 1 km yatra by organizers. The rest of yatra continued #peacefully. There was no security lapse at all. We will provide foolproof security." "Only authorised persons identified by organisers and the frisked crowd were allowed inside towards the route of Yatra," the police added. The police further stated, "Organisers and managers of BJY did not intimate about large gatherings from Banihal joining the Yatra, which thronged near the starting point." "Full security arrangements were in place including 15 Coys of CAPFs and 10 Coys of JKP, comprisi

The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that there is an annual growth of 6% in tiger population, which offset natural losses. India achieved the target of doubling the tiger population in 2018, four years ahead of schedule of the St Petersburg Declaration on tiger conservation, it said. and is now home to 70% of world’s tigers. from Times of India https://ift.tt/vVr9N0f https://ift.tt/Capl0Tg

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 Ajay Kumar Mandavi, one of the three persons chosen from Chhattisgarh for the Padma Shri awards this year, has for more than a decade been teaching Kanker jail inmates, several of them arrested in cases related to the outlawed Maoist movement, wooden calligraphy art. Speaking about the honour, the 55-year-old on Friday said he becomes more of a counsellor than a wood art trainer when he enters the jail premises as many inmates recount their pain and problems to him even without being prodded about their past. Mr Mandavi, who hails from Kanker district, said making toys out of wood and clay was a childhood interest, which turned him into an artist later in life, resulting in him training youth, several of them victims of Naxalite violence, from 2005. He was asked by the then collector of Kanker to teach wood art to jail inmates in 2010, when the Maoist menace was at its peak in the district. He began his classes with a dozen inmates, all of them held for alleged Maoist links, a jou

Aligarh Muslim University Friday set up a three-member inquiry committee and suspended a student after a video showed some NCC cadets purportedly raising religious slogans following a Republic Day function here. According to AMU spokesperson Omar Peerzada, the panel has been asked to submit its report within five days. He told PTI that it would probe the entire sequence of events when the official function was over and the audience was dispersing. In the 17-second video, a group of NCC cadets were seen chanting "Allah hu Akbar" twice near a flagpole. In another 19-second video, another group of NCC cadets could be seen shouting "Bharat Mata ki jai" and "Vande Mataram" in front of a building. The spokesperson emphasized the incident should be viewed as an aberration in the university's ethos. A student seen shouting slogans in the first video was suspended on Friday, the spokesperson added. City Superintendent Police Kuldeep Singh said police have t

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday, while presiding over a 'Hatey Khori' event held in the state on the occasion of Saraswati Puja, said Bengali is the 2nd-largest spoken language in Asia and 5th in the world. "We must remember that we should learn our mother tongue no matter where we live," she added. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also congratulated West Bengal governor Dr CV Ananda Bose for taking a particular interest in Bengali. "I want to congratulate the Governor for taking special interest in our mother tongue," she said. The West Bengal chief minister was attending Governor Bose's 'Hatey Khori' event at Raj Bhavan in Kolkata. The 74th Republic Day was celebrated with characteristic fervour and enthusiasm across West Bengal on Thursday, with Governor Bose presiding over an hour-long parade by the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, policemen, and civilians, including students. A military helicopter showered rose petal

Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao followed the high court's orders and ensured that the official Republic Day parade took place at Raj Bhavan on Thursday. But he did not turn up for the flag-hoisting nor send any of his cabinet colleagues for the event, further straining the relationship between him and governor Tamilisai Sounderarajan. from Times of India https://ift.tt/8R6B9VT https://ift.tt/EAwjKHU

South Africa said Thursday that it had reached a deal to transfer more than 100 cheetahs to India as part of an ambitious project to reintroduce the spotted cats in the south Asian country. The environment ministry said an initial batch of 12 cheetahs would be flown to India next month, after eight cheetahs arrived from Namibia last September. "The plan is to translocate a further 12 annually for the next eight to 10 years" to help establish a "viable and secure cheetah population," the ministry said in a statement. India was once home to the Asiatic cheetah but the animal was declared extinct there by 1952, primarily because of habitat loss and deaths at the hands of hunters seeking their distinctive spotted hides. Efforts to reintroduce the animals gathered pace in 2020 when India's Supreme Court ruled that African cheetahs, a different subspecies, could be brought into the country at a "carefully chosen location" on an experimental basis. Negot

Pakistan had no backchannel diplomacy with India since PM Shehbaz Sharif's govt took office, junior foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar said. PM Sharif had said last week that PM Modi should hold serious talks to address all "burning points", including Kashmir. A day later, the PM's office changed its position and stated that talks with India can happen only after it reverses its action of abrogating J&K's special status. from Times of India https://ift.tt/wlBjo9J https://ift.tt/EAwjKHU

A man allegedly killed his 3-year-old son in Uttar Pradesh's Hussainganj in a fit of rage following an argument with his wife, police said. Chandra Kishore Lodhi of Chitisapur village under Hussainganj police station killed his son with a spade, they said. "Chandra Kishore had an argument with his wife on Wednesday night. He then attacked his son Raj with a spade after the argument and killed him," Circle Officer (CO) Veer Singh said. "The accused took the body of his son in the night to a farm and buried it there," said the officer. The wife of the accused informed police about the incident on Thursday. Acting on her complaint, police recovered the body and arrested Kishore. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from NDTV News-India-news https://ift.tt/6lI9Xnk via IFTTT

Google has started to make changes to its policy dealing with apps and digital ecosystem, after it failed to get any immediate relief from the courts against the CCI order, which found it abusing dominance and engaging in anti-competitive practices in India. Now, the US tech giant will allow smartphone makers to license its apps individually, instead of the entire bouquet. from Times of India https://ift.tt/f94wv2s https://ift.tt/TnZUbgr

President Droupadi Murmu will lead the nation in celebrating Republic Day from Kartavya Path. The grand parade, to begin at 10.30 am, will be a mix of the country's military strength and cultural diversity. Massive security arrangements have been made for the programme with the deployment of 6,000 soldiers as part of security arrangements. The Kartavya Path will be monitored with around 150 CCTV cameras, some of which are high-resolution. In a first, a combined band and marching contingent of the Egyptian Armed Forces will take part in the parade. The contingent will have 144 soldiers, representing the main branches of the Egyptian Armed Forces. In a statement, the Defence Ministry said the parade on the 75th year of Independence, celebrated as the "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav", will "witness zeal, enthusiasm, patriotic fervour and janbhagidari, as envisioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi". There will be tableaux from 17 states and Union Territories, and six

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Issues related to social harmony, environment and other prevalent topics will be discussed at the three-day meeting of the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha, the top decision-making body of RSS, at Panipat from March 12-14. All top functionaries of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, including Mohan Bhagwat and Dattatreya Hosabale, BJP president JP Nadda and heads of other allied organisations of the Sangh are expected to take part in the meeting, sources said. All organisations, including the BJP, will give the annual report of the activities undertaken by them throughout the year, they said. RSS' Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh Sunil Ambekar tweeted on Wednesday, saying "RSS's Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha will be held from March 12-14 2023 at Samalkha in Haryana." Around 1,800 participants, including Sangh functionaries and members of its allied organisations will attend the meeting. The entire year's programme and agenda of the Sangh will be decided in this me

ORS (oral rehydration solution) pioneer Dilip Mahalanabis will receive the Padma Vibhushan (posthumous) in the field of Medicine (Pediatrics), the Centre announced on Wednesday. A total of 25 other personalities across various walks of life will be awarded the Padma Shri. from Times of India https://ift.tt/gW5fJ8L https://ift.tt/TnZUbgr

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Amid the ongoing tussle between the elected government and the constitutional head over the issue of supremacy in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Lieutenant Governor Vinay Kumar Saxena on Tuesday met at LG House in traditional 'At Home'. The Lieutenant Governor and his wife Sangita Saxena hosted the traditional 'At Home' at Raj Niwas, in the run-up to the 74th Republic Day on January 26, 2023. The 'At Home' was attended by the Delhi Chief Minister, Ministers of the Delhi government and MLAs were also present here. Apart from them, MPs and, representatives of Foreign Missions in India, representatives of political parties, vice-chancellors, academics, doctors, lawyers, civil society, media and officers from the Government of India, Delhi Government, Delhi Police, armed forces, DDA, MCD and NDMC amongst others were present. Organized after a gap of two years, owing to the COVID pandemic-related restrictions, the 'At Home' this year had guests

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday shook hands with some Army personnel watching his 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' from behind the boundary wall of their camp as the march passed through the garrison town of Nagrota here. Mr Gandhi's gesture to reach out to the soldiers despite the walls secured with barbed wire came a day after his senior party colleague Digvijaya Singh sought proof from the BJP government on the surgical strikes on terror camps across the border. The former Congress president, who resumed his 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' from Nagrota towards Kashmir, paused outside an Army camp after spotting some personnel watching from behind the wall. He approached them and shook their hands before marching forward, waving at the crowd gathered on either side of the road and at those trying to catch a glimpse from their homes and shops. Some of the Army personnel were seen filming the foot march on their mobile phones. Snubbing Digvijaya Singh, a former Madhya Pradesh c

Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani slipped to 4th position in Bloomberg Billionaires Index. His wealth plunged by $872 million in a day to $120 billion. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is now the 3rd richest person in the world. Although there is not much difference in his and Adani's wealth. While Bezos holds the 3rd spot with $121 billion, Adani is at 4th position with $120 billion net worth. from Times of India https://ift.tt/XTn6KGl https://ift.tt/qhHt2T5

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said his Bharat Jodo Yatra has achieved success in "changing the narrative" in the country and brought crores of people together to denounce hatred and spread the message of love. He alleged that the BJP and the RSS have created an atmosphere of hatred in the country and said suppressing or frightening people cannot stop the truth from coming out. "The yatra has achieved something fundamental, very powerful and what the yatra has done cannot be changed. It has shown that there are two visions of India, one is hate-filled, arrogant and cowardly and another is love-filled, embracing and brave. It (yatra) has made these two visions absolutely crystal clear," Mr Gandhi told a press conference here. The Bharat Jodo Yatra, which was started by Mr Gandhi from Kanyakumari on September 7, completed 130th day on Tuesday and left Jammu for Kashmir, where the former Congress president will unfurl the tricolour at party headquarters in

The Border Security Force (BSF) apprehended a man with eight gold biscuits on Sunday in North 24 Parganas in West Bengal, said a press release on Monday. The accused had been identified as Bablu Molla, added the press release. "......troops of Border Out Post Tarali, 112 Battalion under South Bengal Frontier, apprehended a smuggler with eight gold biscuits while returning from his farm on a bicycle," said a statement. The weight of the seized gold biscuits is 933 grams and the estimated value of the gold is Rs 54,60,662, as per the statement. On Saturday, in district Malda, troops of Border Out Post Kathakali, 115 Battalion had seized gold worth more than Rs 26 lakh from their area of responsibility. The apprehended smuggler and the seized gold were handed over to the Customs office, Tentulia for further legal action. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from NDTV News-India-news https://ift.

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Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav is believed to be unhappy with his party colleague Swami Prasad Maurya over his controversial remarks on Ramcharitmanas. According to sources, Akhilesh Yadav is very angry with Mr Maurya and a press conference can also be held on behalf of the party. Apart from Akhilesh Yadav, several MLAs of the party are also keeping themselves away from the statement of Mr Maurya. According to sources, several MLAs have spoken to Akhilesh Yadav over the phone. There is huge discontent within the party over SP MLC's controversial statement. The Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya on Sunday, sparked a major controversy after he demanded the deletion of "insulting comments and sarcasm" targeted at particular castes and sects in Ramcharitmanas, a poem based on the epic Ramayana. Speaking to ANI, the SP leader said, "I don't have any issue with Ramcharitramanas but parts of it have insulting comments and sarcasm directed at part

A Mallakhamb player, a singer suffering from bone disorder and a YouTuber were among 11 children who received Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, 2023 by President Droupadi Murmu on Monday. There were six boys and five girls among the awardees from 11 states and Union territories. Each awardee was given a medal, a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh and a certificate. This year, the PM Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (PMRBP) was conferred on 11 children selected for their exceptional achievement in the fields of art and culture (4), bravery (1), innovation (2), social service (1), and sports (3). Among the awardees was Aadithya Suresh who even after being diagnosed with a bone disorder since birth (osteogenesis imperfecta) transformed himself into a singer. As of now, he has performed at more than 500 singing events including those on different TV channels. He has won the award in the field of art and culture. M Gauravi Reddy was another awardee in the field who is an accomplished dancer and has pe

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The toll in the suspected hooch tragedy in dry Bihar's Siwan district rose to five after two more deaths were reported on Monday, a senior police officer said Seven people, who had also taken ill after allegedly consuming the spurious liquor, are currently undergoing treatment at a government hospital, he said. A probe has been initiated into the matter, and as many as 16 people, including two who had "50 litres spirit in possession", have been arrested thus far in connection with the incident at Bhopatpur sub-division, the officer said. According to a statement issued by the Bihar Police, "Twelve people were admitted to a district hospital in Siwan around 7 pm on Sunday after they complained of stomach pain, nausea and dizziness. One person was declared dead on arrival by the doctors, and two died when they were taken to Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) from the Siwan facility. "Two more died on Monday on their way to the Patna hospital," it s

AAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj on Sunday alleged that Delhi BJP president and former north Delhi mayor Adesh Gupta's son and BJP leader Shyam Jaju's son made illegal earnings through a company named Majboot Solutions Private Limited. AAP Leader Saurabh Bhardwaj said that in 2022, a lawyer named Hemant Chaudhary had complained about Adesh Gupta to the Lokpal. When Adesh Gupta was the mayor of MCD from April 2018 to 2019, he formed a company named "Majboot" Solutions. Adesh Gupta and Shyam Jaju's sons were equal partners and directors in this company. He alleged that while misusing the post of Mayor, Adesh Gupta bought and sold a lot of property and earned more property than his source of income. Lokayukta Harish Chandra Mishra ordered an inquiry, and issued notices to Adesh Gupta several times to explain his sources of income but did not respond. He was given notices on November 3, 2022 and on January 19, 2023. However, he did not answer what the source of income o

A man allegedly stabbed and injured a 'pani puri' vendor after arguing over a bill of Rs 20, Nagpur police said on Sunday. The man, who works in a shop close to the vendor's stall, was asked to pay a pending bill of Rs 20 by the latter, he said. "This led to an argument and vendor Jairam Gupta was stabbed in the stomach. He has been hospitalised. The accused has been charged with attempt to murder," the Jaripatka police station official said. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from NDTV News-India-news https://ift.tt/Vg401CH via IFTTT

Of the over four crore cases pending in lower courts in the country, about 63 lakh cases remain undecided because of non-availability of counsel, according to the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), as of January 20. At least 78% of such cases are criminal and the rest civil. from Times of India https://ift.tt/u2ZY1sq https://ift.tt/MIylEbG

Senior Congress leader and Gujarat high court advocate Krishnakant Vakharia died in Ahmedabad on Sunday at 92. Vakharia, a former chairman of the legal cell of Gujarat Congress, died at his residence. He was not well, Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi said. A native of Bagasara village in Amreli district, Vakharia studied law in Ahmedabad. He started his legal career in 1954 in Rajkot. He was a successful lawyer and a known expert on the Constitution with six decades of practice in the Gujarat High Court, Doshi said. Vakharia mentored many successful lawyers including Solicitor General Tushar Mehta. He was a legal adviser to Gujarat Congress until 2010 as the president of the party's legal cell. Vakharia also served the Gujarati diaspora as a founder and chairman of Vishwa Gujarati Samaj, Doshi said. He is survived by a son, also a Gujarat High Court lawyer, and two daughters. Vakharia became involved in politics as a student and went on to become a labour activist under th

Brij Bhushan house in Gonda is out of bounds to media. from Times of India https://ift.tt/KnlANOZ https://ift.tt/MIylEbG

Cash worth more than Rs 3 crore was seized by the Delhi Police while scanning a package at the cargo terminal of the IGI Airport, informed the police on Sunday. The Delhi Police told ANI that counting the seized cash is still continuing and further probe is on. "Cash worth more than Rs 3 crore seized during scanning a package at the cargo terminal of IGI Airport in Delhi. Counting of the cash seized is still underway. CISF and Delhi Police are conducting further probe," Delhi Police said. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from NDTV News-India-news https://ift.tt/2UCVorj via IFTTT

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A day after brokering a peace deal and asking Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh to ‘step aside’ pending inquiry into the allegations of sexual harassment and intimidation against him, Union sports minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday dismissed WFI’s assistant secretary Vinod Tomar with immediate effect for his public remarks in Gonda defending Singh, a BJP strongman and six-time Lok Sabha MP. from Times of India https://ift.tt/gM2sjPo https://ift.tt/Ylfk8mz

A woman was allegedly duped of around Rs 7 lakh by a fraudster posing as a courier company executive on the pretext of rejecting an international parcel carrying narcotics, police said on Saturday. The victim, Prachi Dhoke, in her complaint said that she received a call from a person posing as a courier company's customer service executive. He told her that an international parcel, in her name, containing two passports, five ATM cards, 300g weed and a laptop has been rejected, police said citing the complaint. When Prachi Dhoke told the person that the parcel was not sent by her, the caller urged her to file a complaint with the police as her Aadhaar card has been misused, they said. Following this, the caller transferred the call to a person posing as an official of Mumbai Police who told her that her ID is being misused for international smuggling and money laundering in Mumbai, Prachi Dhoke said in her complaint. "They asked me to help them in the investigation saying

Bengaluru south MP Tejasvi Surya has declined to comment on the ongoing row over alleged opening of the emergency door of a plane last month. Surya, also the BJP youth wing president, said he wishes not to spoil his time and others' on the issue, as authorised people have spoken on it. "Already, Indigo airline officials, Union Minister for Civil Aviation (Jyotiraditya Scindia), my co-passenger and eye-witness Annamalai, chief of Tamil Nadu unit of the party, and two other passengers, have spoken of what exactly had happened," Surya told reporters here. "I don't wish to spoil my time and your time because the Congress and others have been talking about it time and again. Certain people, authorised to issue appropriate clarification and tell the facts, have spoken. You can refer to that," said the MP. Surya had reported that he accidentally opened the emergency exit of the IndiGo flight to Tiruchirappalli from Chennai in December 2022. (Except for the hea

Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Saturday indicated the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in giving translated copies of judgements in all Indian languages as he underlined the importance of technology in removing the information barrier. In September 2022, the apex court, under the leadership of CJI Chandrachud, started to live-stream hearings of its Constitution bench. CJI Chandrachud was speaking at an event organised by the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa here. He underlined the benefit of live-streaming and said teachers of law and students can watch and discuss live issues before the court. "Then you realise the injustice that pervades our society when you discuss live issues," he added. "..There is a meritocracy barrier. We must have live streaming... I do not have a cynical view... Yes a few people will begin theatrics, but that'll be far and few between," the CJI said. Stressing the importance of technology, CJI Chandrachud said his m

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday demanded a separate Railway Budget to be presented in the house from the general budget. Nitish said it has a lot of importance. Nitish Kumar, who is on a Samadhan Yatra told reporters in Nalanda, "When I was the Railway Minister, we used to give numerous jobs to people. When Rail Budget was presented in Parliament, there were discussions across all newspapers". "I want a separate Railway Budget to be presented in the House. It has a lot of importance," Nitish Kumar added. Mr Kumar again raised the issue of demanding special status for Bihar. Development work has been done in Bihar Sharif, he added. "I have always been listening to the problems of people since the time I was an MLA. I keep visiting places, sitting with people and addressing their issues. We have always been demanding special status for Bihar," CM Nitish. The government is in the process of finalising the Budget document to be presented on Fe

The aggrieved grapplers called off their protest late on Friday night after getting assurances from the government that their grievances would be addressed, the first step of which was the stepping aside of under-fire Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The wrestlers, decided to end their protest after a breakthrough was achieved during a second round of talks with union sports minister Anurag Thakur. from Times of India https://ift.tt/jX9GELS https://ift.tt/Kwuye6t

Home minister Amit Shah on Friday said challenges to policing have now drastically transformed: from tackling geographical problems like terrorism and unrest in J&K, Left-wing extremism and unrest in the northeast to countering new-age “thematic” threats of cyber security and data theft, with problems becoming multi-dimensional as narco-terror and fourth-generation warfare catch on. from Times of India https://ift.tt/AZoVkq7 https://ift.tt/Kwuye6t

BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh will step aside from India's wrestling body for four weeks during which an oversight committee will look into allegations of sex harassment against him, Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur told reporters today. from NDTV News-India-news https://ift.tt/dJb4SWq via IFTTT

Vinesh, who is spearheading the campaign for Singh's removal as the WFI chief over charges of sexual harrasment, also alleged that several complaints of sexual abuse and mistreatment of boys wrestlers were reported to the federation's higher-ups but no action was taken on them. from Times of India https://ift.tt/dek3o7F https://ift.tt/Kwuye6t

The search for the lone missing person in the Nepal plane crash intensified on Friday, Nepal Army officials said, as the postmortem of the remaining victims continued here at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital. A Yeti Airlines aircraft with 72 people on board, including five Indians, plunged into a river gorge in the resort city of Pokhara on January 15. The five Indians, all from Uttar Pradesh, have been identified as Abhisekh Kushwaha, 25, Bishal Sharma, 22, Anil Kumar Rajbhar, 27, Sonu Jaiswal, 35, and Sanjaya Jaiswal. Sanjaya Jaiswal's body was handed over to his relatives who returned to India, hospital sources said. So far, only 71 dead bodies have been recovered and the search is on for the remaining person. On Thursday, 12 bodies including one belonging to an Indian national were handed over to the family members. The remaining bodies will be handed over their families once the postmortem is over, hospital sources said. Nepal Army on Friday said that it has in

Following the land subsidence in Joshimath town of Uttarakhand, Chamoli District Magistrate Himanshu Khurana on Thursday said the authorities are seeking suggestions for suitable land for permanent relocation of affected families. Looking at the current situation of the land subsidence in Joshimath, DM Khurana said, "We're asking for suggestions and opinions of the affected families regarding rehabilitation. We want their suggestions so that we can carry out the rehabilitation procedures better." "Our intention is to take permanent displacement action according to the suggestions of those who are affected," Mr Khurana said. Earlier today morning, Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and gave him detailed information about the current situation in Joshimath. In the nearly half-an-hour meeting at the Ministry of Home Affairs, Dhami said he gave detailed information about the situation in Joshimath, the condition of p

During his meeting with home minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Wednesday, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami said “65% to 70% of Joshimath residents were leading a normal life and only 30% have been affected by land subsidence”. Dhami reiterated his remark in Dehradun on Thursday. from Times of India https://ift.tt/poCiWUr https://ift.tt/A1eo6Q5

The government on Thursday failed to convince the agitating wrestlers to call off their protest demanding resignation of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh over charges of sexual misconduct and intimidation, with the country’s top grapplers threatening to lodge a police complaint against Singh if he doesn’t resign by Friday evening. from Times of India https://ift.tt/fNhHncF https://ift.tt/A1eo6Q5

 A father-son duo involved in heroin smuggling allegedly set the house of a man on fire on Thursday over a financial dispute killing his seven-year-old son, police said. Superintendent of Police, Hanumangarh, Ajay Singh said the accused, Baaj Singh (53) and his son Sharaj (27), were arrested from Abohar in Punjab. Jasveer Das (36), his wife Manpreet Kaur (34) and their son Ekmjit Singh, residents of Pilibanga, Hanumangarh, were sleeping when the accused poured petrol from under the door and lit the fire. While Das and Kaur were referred to Bikaner for treatment, their son succumbed to injuries at the hospital, police said. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from NDTV News-India-news https://ift.tt/RmbEjnt via IFTTT

India has urged Australia to investigate incidents of vandalisation of two temples near Melbourne and take action against the perpetrators, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday. MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the matter has been taken up with the Australian government both in Canberra and New Delhi. "Recently a couple of temples have been vandalised in Australia. We condemned these incidents. Both are near Melbourne. We strongly condemned these actions," Arindam Bagchi said. "These actions have also been publicly condemned by Australian leaders, community leaders and religious associations there," he said, replying to a question at his weekly media briefing. Mr Bagchi said the Indian consulate general in Melbourne has taken up the matter with local police. "We have requested expeditious investigation, action against the perpetrators and measures to prevent such incidents in future. The matter has also been taken up with the Austral

Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled in a Metro train in Mumbai on Thursday evening after inaugurating new services of the public transport system. He travelled in the metro train between Gundavali and Mogra stations and interacted with a group of youngsters, women, and metro rail workers. These two stations are part of the Metro line 7 phase 2, which was inaugurated by him. On board the Metro, which will boost ‘Ease of Living' for the people of Mumbai. pic.twitter.com/JG4tHwAAXA — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 19, 2023 Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis accompanied the PM during the ride. The PM inaugurated Mumbai Metro Rail lines 2A and 7 built at a cost of around Rs 12,600 crore at a function held at the MMRDA grounds in Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) earlier. These lines comprise a 35 km-long elevated corridor stretching from Andheri to Dahisar in suburban Mumbai. The 18.6 km-long Metro line 2A connects suburban Dah

A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in the national capital on Wednesday rejected a "closure report" and said that there is no statutory exemption in India to journalists from disclosing their sources to the investigating agencies. While rejecting the "closure report", the CBI court also directed further investigation into the matter. The investigating agency can always bring to the notice of the concerned journalists the requirement of disclosure of the source is essential and vital to the investigation proceedings, the court said. The investigating agency is fully equipped under the sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to require the public persons to mandatorily join in an investigation where the investigating agency is of the opinion that such public persons are privy to any facts or circumstances pertaining to the case under investigation and public persons are under a legal duty to join the investig

Fearing a Chinese threat of “water wars”, India has initiated its biggest hydroelectric project of 11,000 megawatt (MW) in Upper Subansiri in Arunachal Pradesh. Responding to Chinese dams coming up close to its borders in the north-east, India is also expediting three stalled projects for possible allocation to NHPC after recommendations of an evaluation committee and in-principle approval by ministry of power. from Times of India https://ift.tt/hLc5Bqa https://ift.tt/Qd8LRM1

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday said that the Rajasthan government is firm on its decision to revive the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) for the state government employees. He said the employees are an integral part of the state government and play an important role in taking the benefits of public welfare schemes run by the government to the last mile. Speaking at the pre-budget dialogue with the representatives of the employees' organisations at the secretariat on Wednesday, Mr Gehlot said his government is continuously working in the interest of the state employees. He said the employees act as an important link in the effective implementation of the schemes till the lower level. The CM invited suggestions from the employees' organizations to make the upcoming budget inclusive. "Unprecedented decisions have been taken by the state government in the last four years for the welfare of the employees. In view of the future security of the employees, the government re