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  • Registration of 17 cooperative societies canceled in Kullu

    Registration of 17 cooperative societies canceled in Kullu

    The Kullu Cooperative Department has cancelled the registration of 17 cooperative societies as these had become inactive. Meanwhile, 17 more institutions can be closed due to arbitrariness. It is also investigating their documents.

    The department has issued notices to about 200 institutions which are currently inactive. The department is also examining the files and documents of their work plans. If any irregularities are found, necessary directions are being given for rectification.

    According to rules, organisations have to complete their work within one and a half years of registration. The department records reveal, 31.25 per cent of the cooperative societies registered in the district are not functioning. Due to this the Cooperative Department is facing extra burden.

  • Nalwadi fair started in Bilaspur

    Nalwadi fair started in Bilaspur

    Mandi Divisional Commissioner Rakhil Kahlon inaugurated the 134th edition of the state-level Nalwari fair at Bilaspur today.

    She offered prayers at the Lakshmi Narayan temple and then took part in a religious procession. She also inaugurated exhibitions set up by various departments on the fair ground.

    Extending greetings to the people of Bilaspur district, Kahlon said fairs and festivals showcased the rich cultural heritage and traditions of the state. “These festivals signify important seasonal, historical and traditional events,” she added.

    King Anand Chand of erstwhile Bilaspur state is believed to have started the fair. It is organised on the onset of harvesting and cultivation season. People buy or exchange their pair of oxen for the next crop. Thousands of people throng the fair to see best pairs of oxen that are brought here from Punjab and Haryana.

  • internet service closed in punjab

    internet service closed in punjab

    Chandigarh| Internet services were suspended in several parts of Punjab on Saturday till 12 noon on Sunday amid reports of the arrest of Khalistani sympathizer Amritpal Singh.

    Some supporters of ‘Waris Punjab De’ chief Amritpal Singh shared some videos on social media claiming that policemen were chasing them.

    At least six associates of Amritpal Singh have been detained.

    Amritpal Singh is running separatist propaganda through speeches.

    On 23 February, an armed mob led by Amritpal Singh clashed with the police and laid siege to a police station near Amritsar, demanding the release of a colleague who had been detained in an alleged case of kidnapping .

    Six policemen were injured in this clash.

    Police officials later clarified that they were unable to control the crowd, as they were carrying a physical copy of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib as a shield.

    As the internet has been shut down, the Punjab Police has urged people to maintain peace and harmony and not spread fake news.

    Punjab Police tweeted, Punjab Police is working to maintain law and order.

    The government said, all mobile internet services (except banking and mobile recharge), all SMS services and all dongle services provided over mobile networks except voice calls in the territorial jurisdiction of Punjab will be suspended from March 18 (12) in the interest of public safety. :00 PM) till March 19 (12:00 PM).

    –IANS

  • North Korea warns against US-South Korea war drills with missile launch

    North Korea warns against US-South Korea war drills with missile launch

    Seoul. Strategic forces of North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) have conducted an intercontinental ballistic missile launch drill as a sign of warning against the ongoing US-South Korea war drills, state media reported on Friday. Went. DPRK’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported- Hwasongpho-17 was launched from Pyongyang International Airport on Thursday, reaches a maximum altitude of 6,045 km and precisely over a predetermined area in the open water off the east coast. Covers a distance of about 1,000 km before landing.

    DPRK’s top leader Kim Jong Un, who presided over the launching event, praised the reliability of the operating system of the country’s nuclear strategic forces, KCNA reported. Kim took the occasion to reiterate the DPRK’s firm will to respond with nuclear for nuclear and all-out confrontation, and urged the strategic forces to resolutely maintain rapid response capability in the event of any armed conflict and war. asked for.

    The country’s main newspaper Rodong Sinmun published a statement on Friday to coincide with the latest missile launch, underlining that the Hwasongpho-17, which was launched the day before, should be taken as clear proof that the DPRK nuclear force Not for advertising.

    Citing the DPRK Law on Nuclear-Armed Forces Policy, the article said the country would retaliate strongly to anyone trying to encroach on its sovereignty and security. The United States should immediately stop reckless military provocations and war exercises against the DPRK, the statement said.

    South Korea and the United States on Monday began Freedom Shield exercises, an annual large-scale joint military exercise, which will run until March 23.

    –IANS

  • The Great Khali arrived to visit Mahasu Devta, took blessings

    The Great Khali arrived to visit Mahasu Devta, took blessings

    The matter of the litigants of Devbhoomi Uttarakhand is somewhat different. This is the reason why sometimes an actor or actress from the world of entertainment comes for the shooting of a film in the panoramic and beautiful plains of Devbhoomi or sometimes they come to spend their holidays. In this sequence, for the first time last Friday evening, world famous champion Dalip Singh Rana i.e. Great Khali has reached Dehradun Jaunsar-Bawar’s Hanol-based Siddhapeeth Shri Mahasu Devta Temple with the whole family. It is being told that Mahasu Devta is the deity of Great Khali. This is the first time that Great Khali along with his seven brothers reached the Mahasu temple for night vigil. At the same time, a crowd of fans gathered in Hanol to see the Great Khali.

    Let me tell you, Great Khali is training the youth by running Wrestling Academy in Jalandhar, Punjab and Kurukshetra, Haryana. Due to a leg injury, he is unable to enter the ring, while his association with wrestling remains intact. He had the privilege of visiting the Mahasu Temple for the first time after joining WWE Wrestling.

  • 6 cities of Gujarat state will become smart cities, Center gave grant of crores

    6 cities of Gujarat state will become smart cities, Center gave grant of crores

    Ahmedabad in Gujarat is known as Smart City. But now 6 cities of the state have been selected under the Smart City Mission. The central government has selected Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot and Dahod as smart cities. A grant of Rs 2 thousand 326 crore has been allocated by the Central Government for this.

    6 cities of the state got this much grant for development

    The central government has allocated a grant of crores to the state government under the smart city project. In which a grant of 459.34 crore has been allocated to Ahmedabad, 315.305 crore to Gandhinagar, 386.76 crore to Rajkot, 490 crore to Surat, 293 crore to Dahod and 382 crore to Vadodara city.

    These facilities will be available under smart city project

    Smart city includes facilities like better healthcare system, governance, transportation system, security surveillance, smart infrastructure, employment opportunities. The Smart City project aims to reduce the increasing congestion and traffic in cities, ensure the safety of citizens and reduce pollution. Not only this, facilities will be developed to prevent road accidents and to make a separate path for cyclists.

  • CBI Detains Man From Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur In Online Child Sexual Abuse Case

    CBI Detains Man From Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur In Online Child Sexual Abuse Case

    The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a person from Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur district in connection with an ongoing investigation into an online sexual abuse case, said the federal agency on Saturday, March 18. A case was registered against the 35-year-old accused and other unknown persons for allegedly creating, collecting, downloading, browsing, exchanging/distributing material showing children in the sexually explicit act in electronic form, the agency said.

    CBI found Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) images and clips from the Child Sexual Exploitation (ICSE) database of Interpol. The images from the Interpol database were examined using digital forensic tools and the location was traced to the Thanjavur district.

    “India joined Interpol ICSE Database last year to give impetus to its efforts of countering the menace of online child sexual exploitation,” CBI said.

    Following this, searches were carried out at the premises of the accused which led to the recovery of incriminating electronic gadgets.

    ‘Accused was sexually abusing a child for last 4 years,’ says CBI
    “It was alleged that the accused was sexually abusing a child for the last four years and he had captured nude videos/photographs of the minor kid which he had uploaded to his Google Account,” the federal agency said.

    It added, “It was further alleged that the accused forced 02 minor victims (male and female) to perform penetrative sexual acts on them as well on other minor children, including a minor victim girl; clicked photographs & recorded video; forced them to watch sexual acts with other adult person; threatened them to publish the pictures/video on social media and bring more minor girls.”

    Last year in September, CBI launched operation ‘Operation Megh-Chakra’ and carried out searches in 19 states and a union territory in connection with two cases of circulation of Child Sexual Abuse Material. The operation was based on inputs from the Interpol database in Singapore and intelligence gathered during 2021’s Operation Carbon.

  • Amritpal Singh Detained By Punjab Police, Claim Sources; Taken To Undisclosed Location

    Amritpal Singh Detained By Punjab Police, Claim Sources; Taken To Undisclosed Location

    Punjab Police on Saturday, March 18 arrested Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh, according to sources. To curb the spread of misinformation, internet services have been suspended till 12 pm on Sunday, March 19 as per the official notification from the Home Affairs department.

    Sources said that Amritpal Singh has been taken to an undisclosed location. He was detained near Jalandhar district’s Nakodar area.

    Sources informed that the Punjab Chief Secretary had sent a report to the Minister of Home Affairs (MHA) last night stating that they would be acting against certain elements for which they demanded assistance from Central forces.

    At least 8 high-profile individuals have been detained: Sources
    Sources also informed that apart from Amritpal, at least eight other high-profile individuals have been detained from four districts of the state.

    “All mobile internet services, all SMS services (except banking and mobile recharge) and all dongle services provided on mobile networks, except the voice call, in the territorial jurisdiction of Punjab shall be suspended from 18th March (12:00 hours) to 19th March (12:00 hours) in the interest of public safety,” an official order said.

    Earlier in the day, police had intercepted Amritpal’s cavalcade in Mehatpur village in Jalandhar. Though the ‘Waris Punjab De’ chief managed to escape, six of his aides were learnt to have been detained.

    Some of his supporters shared clips on social media claiming that cops were chasing them. A video also showed Amritpal Singh sitting in a car and one of his associates could be heard saying policemen were after ‘Bhai saab’ (Amritpal).

    Meanwhile, the Punjab Police requested people to maintain peace and harmony. “Request all citizens to maintain peace & harmony. Punjab Police is working to maintain Law & Order. Request citizens not to panic or spread fake news or hate speech,” it said in a tweet.

    Last month, Amritpal and his supporters, some with guns and swords, broke through barricades and barged into the Ajnala Police Station in Amritsar, and clashed with police for the release of one aide of Amritpal.

  • Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu advocated for ‘Green State’

    Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu advocated for ‘Green State’

    Despite terming Himachal Pradesh’s financial health “grave”, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday announced no fresh taxes while presenting the Budget of Rs 53,413 crore for 2023-24 fiscal year and outlining the plans to make HP a green state by 2026.

    In a desperate bid to generate resources for the cash-strapped state, Sukhu announced that Rs 4,000 crore would be generated from water cess on hydropower generation, Rs 100 crore from Rs 10 as milk cess on every liquor bottle and enhanced revenue from open auction of liquor vends.

    Sukhu, who holds the finance portfolio, has tried to give a new direction to make Himachal a “green state” by switching to electric vehicles, creating six green corridors and providing subsidy of 50 per cent for purchase of electric taxis, buses and trucks. An allocation of Rs 1,000 crore has been made for replacing 1,500 diesel buses of state transport corporation with electric vehicles.

    Under pressure to implement the 10 Congress guarantees promised before elections, he said the Old Pension Scheme had been approved while Rs 1,500 would be provided monthly to 2.31 lakh women in a phased manner. Thrust has also been laid on the social sector with special schemes for orphans, single women and widows and enhancement of MGNREGA and daily wages.

    He announced a total of 13 new schemes in his 66-page Budget speech in Hindi which he read in 2 hours 15 minutes, interlaced with six Urdu couplets. He said 90,000 jobs avenues would be created in government and private sectors.

    With a huge debt liability of Rs 75, 000 crore and leaving every citizen of the state under a debt of Rs 92,833, he cautioned that the road ahead was not easy. “I am aware that the situation is far from rosy but then we are committed to bringing about a change in the system, though one cannot expect results overnight,” he stated.

    “The estimated fiscal deficit this year is expected to be about Rs 9,900 crore which is 4.61 per cent of the GSDP. The revenue deficit this year is estimated to be Rs 4,704 crore as compared to Rs 6,170 crore in 2022-23,” he revealed.

    With the burden of committed liabilities like salary and pension (Rs 42) and loan and interest payment (Rs 20) mounting each year, a mere Rs 29 in every Rs 100 is left for development works.

    Burdened with the challenge of ensuring development with empty coffers, Sukhu has laid thrust on adoption of latest technology in health and education sector. Thrust has also been laid on tourism promotion with Kangra to be developed as Tourism Capital to help generate the much- needed employment.

  • Siblings Kidnapped From Guwahati Rescued In Bihar: Police

    Siblings Kidnapped From Guwahati Rescued In Bihar: Police

    Guwahati Police Commissioner Diganta Barah said the kidnapped boys were rescued with the help of Bihar Police.

    “The boys are now at Mahua police station in Vaishali District. A Guwahati Police team is already in Bihar to bring them back home,” he told reporters.

    Barah said that after necessary health check-ups and paperwork, the boys will be brought back to Guwahati either on Saturday evening or Sunday.

    “The culprits are currently absconding. Our operation is underway to nab them,” he added.

    Assistant Commissioner (Jalukbari) of Guwahati Police, Bhargav Goswami, had told PTI on Friday that the incident took place on Thursday evening in Tetelia area of the city.

    Goswami said the suspect was known to the family and the siblings, who are nine years and four years old.

    “The suspect used to be the driver of a truck owned by the father of the boys. Due to some differences, he left the job. On Thursday, he came to their home with his new vehicle,” he added.