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  • UGC to move Supreme Court against appointment of Kerala CM’s secretary’s wife to Kannur University

    UGC to move Supreme Court against appointment of Kerala CM’s secretary’s wife to Kannur University

    Thiruvananthapuram (IANS). The UGC is all set to approach the Supreme Court against the Kerala High Court for upholding the appointment of Priya Varghese, wife of KK Ragesh, secretary to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, as an associate professor at Kannur University.

    The division bench’s verdict came last month after it overturned the single judge’s decision. In this, the second place candidate was asked to re-examine the objection raised against the appointment.

    After receiving the favorable verdict, Varghese immediately filed a caveat petition in the Supreme Court. Now UGC has made it clear that it will approach the apex court.

    Last November, a single bench of Justice Devan Ramachandran ruled that Varghese lacked the qualifications prescribed by the UGC and his appointment should be re-examined. But last week, the bench set aside the judgment and approved his appointment.

    The CPI(M) leadership has criticized those opposing the appointment. Former CPI(M) Rajya Sabha member Ragesh hails from Kannur and is considered a close aide of Vijayan.

    The issue came to the fore last year when an RTI query revealed that Varghese got the maximum marks (32 out of 50) in the personal interview, while Jacob Scariah, the second-placed candidate, got 30 marks. Varghese’s research score was a mere 156, while the candidate who stood second secured 651 marks. But on the basis of personal interview Varghese was given first position.

  • 3 teenagers died due to drowning in the river while making reels

    3 teenagers died due to drowning in the river while making reels

    Motihari (IANS). Due to the rains in Bihar, the water level of all the rivers is increasing. Meanwhile, teenagers are losing their lives on the banks of the rivers trying to make good reels for YouTube. A similar case was seen in Mufassil police station area of East Champaran district of Bihar, where three teenagers died due to drowning in the river while making reels.

    Three minor boys drowned in the Budhi Gandak river in Tikulia village while making reels for YouTube, a police official said on Tuesday.

    It is said that the three friends Manjit Kumar (14), Piyush Kumar (15) and Prince Kumar (14) were making reels for YouTube on the banks of Budhi Gandak river. Meanwhile, all three reached a high place.

    The ground was slippery due to rain and a friend fell into the river. In order to save him, two friends also entered the river.

    With the help of the local people, the SDRF retrieved the three bodies from the river on Monday evening after a strenuous effort of about 10 hours.

    After this incident, mourning has spread in the village. All the three bodies have been sent to the hospital for postmortem.

    Here, Motihari’s SDM Shrestha Suman has advised people to avoid going to the banks of rivers.

    He has said that the water in the rivers has increased, due to which people avoided going to the rivers.

  • Video of touching foreign woman inappropriately goes viral

    Video of touching foreign woman inappropriately goes viral

    Jaipur (IANS). Here a video of an auto driver teasing and inappropriately touching a foreign tourist has gone viral. The video has been shared by Swati Maliwal, chairperson of the Delhi Commission for Women.

    The Jaipur police control room sent Sindhi Camp police station to investigate the video, and the location was identified as Vidhayakpuri station area. Officials said on Tuesday that the case was transferred there.

    Police is on the lookout for the accused auto driver, who is seen in the video touching the foreigner.

    Police said that the foreign tourist who was seen walking with the auto driver is yet to be contacted. The identity of the woman and the accused is yet to be ascertained, he said.

    This video has been shared by an acquaintance of this woman.

    He said that the investigation of the matter is going on.

  • Two sharpshooters of Kala Jthedi-Naresh Sethi gang arrested from Delhi

    Two sharpshooters of Kala Jthedi-Naresh Sethi gang arrested from Delhi

    New Delhi (IANS). In two operations in the national capital, two sharpshooters of the Kala Jathedi-Naresh Sethi and Anil Chhippi gang were arrested and six pistols along with 14 rounds were recovered from their possession. An official gave this information on Tuesday.

    The accused have been identified as Ashudeep alias Ashu (28), a resident of Rohtak district in Haryana and Anshuman Singh (27), a resident of Rae Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh.

    The officer claimed that with his arrest, two sensational extortion cases registered at Palam village and Sultanpuri police stations have come to the fore.

    Sharing the details, Special Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravindra Singh Yadav said that information was received that the shooters of Kala Jathedi gang, involved in the extortion case, would come to Nirmal Dham in Dwarka and Rohini areas to deliver the arms consignment. Two teams were assigned the responsibility of the operation.

    Special CP said, “A team laid a trap near Nirmal Dham and nabbed accused Ashudeep. A stolen bike and five pistols with 10 live cartridges were recovered from his possession.”

    “Ashudeep had procured a consignment of arms and ammunition on the orders of gangster Anil Rohilla alias Chippy to supply to his gang members for extortion and related criminal activities,” Yadav said.

    In another operation, based on specific inputs, a trap was laid at Vikas Marg, Sector-24, Rohini and Anshuman was apprehended.

    “A sophisticated automatic pistol and four live cartridges were recovered from him,” Yadav said. During interrogation, it was revealed that Ashudeep along with his associate Anshuman had visited Ramphal Chowk, Dwarka on January 31 this year on the instructions of Sandeep Kala alias Kala Jathedi and Anil Rohilla and extorted Rs 2 crore from a real estate dealer at gunpoint. Threatened to pay extortion.

    “On February 3, Anshuman along with his associate had gone to Pooth Kalan to eliminate a trader who was not ready to pay the extortion money. When they reached home, they found the main gate locked. So they fired seven-eight bullets at the main gate of the businessman.”

    “Kala Jathedi had planned the extortion and Anil Chhippi had provided arms and ammunition through one of his associates and Naresh Sethi. The crime syndicate of the trio operated from jail and involved murder, extortion, land grabbing Recruits new members for his gang through social media to carry out the crime.

  • ‘Article 370 is thing of past’, says IAS officer Shah Faesal

    ‘Article 370 is thing of past’, says IAS officer Shah Faesal

    With the Supreme Court fixing July 11 to hear pleas challenging the abrogation of Article 370, IAS officer Shah Faesal, one of the petitioners has said that the matter now is a “thing of the past”.

    While talking to ANI over the phone, the bureaucrat said that he has withdrawn his petition challenging the Presidential Order to scrap Article 370 a long time back.

    “I have withdrawn the petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Presidential Order to scrap Article 370 long ago,” he said.

    Taking to Twitter, the IAS officer said that there is no going back, but only marching forward. Faesal was the lead petitioner challenging the abrogation of Article 370 nearly four years after it was implemented on August 5, 2019.

    “370, for many Kashmiris like me, is a thing of the past. Jhelum and Ganga have merged in the great Indian Ocean for good. There is no going back. There is only marching forward,” Shah said in his tweet.

  • Students participate in campaign against use of plastic

    Students participate in campaign against use of plastic

    Vizianagaram: As part of Puneet Sagar Abhiyan-2023, Satya Degree College and Sitam College NCC cadets have organised an awareness camp against the use of plastic bags. They have campaigned for use of either paper or cloth bags.

    Later the students distributed 1,000 environment-friendly bags at the busy market area between the clock tower and three lamps junction here on Monday.

    Dr M Sasibhushan Rao, Director of Satya Group of Colleges, said, “Prohibiting plastic bags and using paper bags can save the environment. NCC cadets should be mentors for future generations by taking part in such programmes.”

    Prakash Silk Palace owner U Prakash Rao appreciated the efforts being made by the students of the SITAM College to spread awareness among people against the use of plastic bags.

    R Sriramulu Naidu, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation said that the corporation has been working to reduce the usage of plastic, polythene bags and playing its role for the protection of environment.

    DSP K Govind Rao said that the police would also extend support to the plastic-free campaign in the city.

    Late, a pledge was taken to promote paper and cloth bags and not to use plastic bags.

  • Bandi leaves for Delhi, Kishan will be T BJP chief

    Bandi leaves for Delhi, Kishan will be T BJP chief

    Hyderabad: Its now official. The BJP high command has decided to change the state BJP president Bandi Sanjay and replace him with G Kishan Reddy. Bandi would be inducted in the Union cabinet as Minister of State. An official announcement is likely to be made late in the night.

    Meanwhile it is learnt that RSS has opposed the change. It wants that Bandi Sanjay should continue as president. According to sources, Bandi Sanjay will be returning to Hyderabad from Delhi on Tuesday. It is also learnt that Eatala Rajender would be chairman of campaign committee.

    However, political circles here feel that this decision of the BJP gives a clear indication that the allegation made by Congress party that BRS is ‘B’ team of BJP would be confirmed. The allegation against Bandi was that he was behaving unilaterally and was not carrying everyone with him.

    In fact, in the past Kishan Reddy had been the state president since the formation of Telangana and there were allegations that he has always been soft towards BRS. Speculations are also rife that after the Assembly elections, BRS may join NDA and this move of change in state leadership would pave the way for such developments in future.

    Bandi Sanjay, it may be mentioned here is credited to have given a new life to BJP in Telangana. From a stage where the party was sulking, it was Bandi who took on the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and created an impression that the fight in the ensuing Assembly elections would be between BRS and BJP while Congress would be at number three position. But after Karnataka results, the BJP went to sort of confused state and it now seems that it has decided to give up the fight in Telangana.

    The saffron party sources felt that it should change Bandi and bring in Kishan Reddy so that in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, BJP would have at least three or four MPs from the state.

    Kishan Reddy it may be recalled was the state president prior to Bandi taking over. He had been leading the party since formation of the state but the party did not create any major impact. Congress party has been alleging that Kishan Reddy was soft towards BRS.

    The TPCC on Monday said that the latest developments have confirmed their allegations.

    With this development, some leaders feel there is a possibility some senior leaders like Jithender Reddy, Raghunandan Rao, D K Aruna and others may consider switching over loyalties to Congress party.

  • Rahul Gandhi will soon visit Visakhapatnam

    Rahul Gandhi will soon visit Visakhapatnam

    Visakhapatnam: Congress party Gajuwaka coordinator and Andhra Pradesh and Telangana States INTUC vice-president Jerripotula Mutyalu said that senior Congress leader and former AICC president Rahul Gandhi will soon visit Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) to extend his support to the trade unions fighting against its privatisation.

    Speaking at a meeting held here on Monday with key leaders of the Congress party, Mutyalu said State president Gidugu Rudra Raju has already brought the VSP issue to the notice of Rahul Gandhi.

    He mentioned that Rudra Raju met Rahul Gandhi at Gannavaram airport and requested him to visit VSP where workers’ displaced families and trade unions were eagerly waiting to meet him.

    Mutyalu mentioned that Rahul’s complete tour programme would be announced soon. He said that Rahul could visit Vizag either at this month end or in the first week of August.

    Congress party leaders Y Bhuloka, M Varma and P Narasing Rao were present.

  • Political mood seems to be in favor of implementing UCC

    Political mood seems to be in favor of implementing UCC

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Union Council of Ministers on Monday at the newly built convention centre at the Pragati Maidan, which will host the G20 summit in September. This meeting comes amid a heightened buzz about a likely Cabinet reshuffle following a series of meetings of the ruling BJP’s top brass. What has added to the reshuffle buzz is the fact that the period before Parliament’s Monsoon Session, which begins from July 20, could be the last window for such an exercise.

    It is learnt that the proposed Uniform Civil Code bill was also discussed at the cabinet meeting where the Prime Minister batted for one nation one law. On the other hand, the Parliamentary panel which met here on Monday to discuss the draft bill too was not averse to it. Even parties like Shiv Sena of Uddhav Thackeray agreed that there should be one uniform law. He said why should anyone oppose UCC.

    According to sources, majority of the parties were in support of UCC but the opposition parties expressed certain concerns including the timing of the proposed bill. They wanted the government to circulate the draft recommendations of the Law Commission.

    Most of them including Shiv Sena of Uddhav Thackeray also felt that while UCC was necessary the timing of its introduction was perhaps not correct. It should not be used for electoral gains, they felt.

    Meanwhile, the Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan supported the UCC said that those opposing the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in India display a lack of confidence in the country’s Constitution.

    He said, “My view is the view of the Constitution of India. In principle, one can differ on the details of the provisions, but as far as the principle of having a uniform civil code through one code throughout the territory of India is concerned, how can anybody oppose it? If you are opposing it, you are showing no confidence in the Constitution of India.

    “Until 1990, the left parties in this country were advocating the enactment of a uniform civil code. When I resigned on the issue, the most vocal voice in my support was EMS Namboodiripad.

    The other vocal voice was that of BJP leaders. So, a party that not only stood against the reversal of the judgment by the honourable Supreme Court in the Shah Bano case but also ferociously advocated the implementation of Article 44, which means a uniform civil code, has suddenly changed their position and is now criticising the move in various terms.

    So, who is taking a political position? If the ideological position they had taken at the time of Shah Bano, even till 1990, was for a uniform civil code, and today they are singing a different song, then who is playing politics?” he asked.

  • CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy to lay foundation stone of Chittoor Dairy restoration works today

    CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy to lay foundation stone of Chittoor Dairy restoration works today

    Chittoor: The Chittoor dairy, which had a significant history but closed two decades ago, is now set to be revived under the management of Amul dairy. The AP government has decided to hand over the dairy to Amul on a 99-year lease. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will lay the foundation stone for the renovation works of the dairy in Chittoor on Tuesday.

    The Chittoor dairy was established by the AP government in December 1969 with a milk procurement capacity of 6,000 litres and 60 employees.

    In 1988, it was transformed into the Chittoor District Cooperative Milk Producers Union. Over the years, the dairy expanded its operations and began procuring 2.50 lakh litres of milk daily from 823 primary cooperative societies of milk producers and the Chittoor District Milk Producers Union Limited.

    The dairy played a crucial role in supporting the livelihoods of numerous small and marginal farmers in Chittoor district who depended completely on it.

    Initially, the dairy also established a factory for milk products and auxiliary industries, generating substantial employment opportunities. The government allocated 52.23 acres of land for the dairy’s development.

    However, as time passed, the dairy faced intense competition from private dairies due to which its milk procurement capacity declined significantly, leading to substantial losses. By March 31, 2022, the accumulated losses amounted to Rs 40.82 crore. Consequently, the government decided to liquidate the dairy in 2003.

    Efforts were made subsequently to revive the dairy, with multiple political parties including the restoration of the Chittoor dairy in their manifestoes. During his padayatra in 2019, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy promised to restore the dairy after coming to power.

    Upon discovering that the dairy had very few assets remaining, the government determined that restoration was not feasible and opted to hand it over to Amul dairy from Gujarat which already has an agreement with the state government and conducting its operations in the erstwhile Chittoor district.

    Following the Bhumi Puja, the dairy is expected to resume operations in approximately 10 months. Amul plans to invest Rs 385 crore in the restoration of Chittoor dairy. Initially, an ice-cream plant will be established at an estimated cost of Rs 150 crore, with the production of additional products to follow gradually. Once fully restored, the dairy is projected to provide direct employment opportunities to 5,000 individuals.