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  • Odisha: Main accused in Athagarh Jenapada firing arrested

    Odisha: Main accused in Athagarh Jenapada firing arrested

    Cuttack: In a major success Athagarh Police in Cuttack district of Odisha on Saturday arrested the prime accused of the Athagarh Jenapada firing case. Police also seized the Mouser gun that had been used in the crime and 35 rounds of live bullets from the possession of the accused. The information was given in a press meet by Bijay Kumar Bishi, SDPO, Athagarh.

    The accused has been identified as the retired Army jawan Sadananda Das.

    As per reports, Athagarh Police arrested the accused Sadananda Das from Padmapur area of Bargarh district. A special team of Police had been formed by Athagarh Police to investigate the case and to nab the culprit.

    It is to be noted that this firing had been taken place in the Majhi Sahi of the Jenapada area in the month of February. As many as three persons had sustained critical injury in this shootout while one of them, identified as Bansidhar Nayak died during treatment.

    On the fateful day, while the shootout had taken place reportedly due to love affair, Sadananda opened fire at the three victims and fled from the scene. Since then police had launched a manhunt and nabbed the accused today.

  • Wife and son killed a man for not going to work

    Wife and son killed a man for not going to work

    Hyderabad: A man was allegedly murdered by his wife and son at Uppal on Friday.

    According to the police, B Sudarshan (58), a resident of Ramanthapur who lived along with his wife and two sons, was not going to work and got addicted to alcohol, for the last few months.

    On Friday afternoon, Shiva Kumar, the younger son of the victim spotted him moving on the road at Ramanthapur and took him to their house.

    “At home, Shiva Kumar and Gopamma, wife of Sudarshan picked up a quarrel with the victim while asking why he was not going for work. Later, both of them beat the victim with plastic pipes resulting in injuries. He subsequently died,” said Uppal Inspector, R Govinda Reddy.

    The police registered a case and are investigation. Both the suspects are taken into custody.

  • Manjeera Majestic Mall fined Rs 50,000 for illegally charging parking fee

    Manjeera Majestic Mall fined Rs 50,000 for illegally charging parking fee

    Hyderabad: The GHMC’s Directorate of Enforcement, Vigilance, and Disaster Management (EV&DM) on Saturday imposed a penalty of Rs 50,000 on Manjeera Majestic Mall, Kukatpally for collecting parking fees illegally.

    The EV&DM has also demolished an encroachment of layout open space situated at plot no. 413, Road No. 34, Jubilee Hills Co-Operative House Building Society. A notice was also served by the Directorate to Zythum Brewing Co in Jubilee Hills (Road number 9) for running the bar & restaurant without obtaining Occupancy Certificate (OC) and Fire NOC.

  • Stage set for massive BRS public meeting in Maharashtra’s Kandahar Loha

    Stage set for massive BRS public meeting in Maharashtra’s Kandahar Loha

    Hyderabad: Showcasing the Telangana model of development in Maharashtra, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) is gearing up to cement its position in the neighbouring State with its second public meeting scheduled to be held at Kandhar Loha in Nanded on Sunday.

    Considering the political developments in the last few days, Chief Minister and BRS president K Chandrashekhar Rao is expected to come down heavily on the BJP-led union government.

    About one lakh people from 16 mandals (taluks) of Nanded district are expected to attend the Kandhar Loha meeting. Accordingly, elaborate arrangements are being made by the party to ensure that there is no inconvenience to the party workers.

    The BRS has deployed 16 specially designed campaign vehicles equipped with LED screens to tour the villages and showcase the development work and welfare schemes in Telangana.

    Sharing images of the arrangements at the venue, BRS MLA from Chennur Balka Suman tweeted: “Visited the premises of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao massive public meeting to be held on Sunday at Loha, Nanded”

    After foraying into the national politics, this is the third meeting of the BRS party and the second in Maharashtra. The first public meeting was held at Bhokar of Nanded district on February 5 and was a huge hit with people from all sections turning up in large numbers.

    The BRS had earlier announced its arrival on the national arena with huge support from different parties at a public meeting on January 18 in Khammam.

    Given the overwhelming support for BRS, the party is learnt to have drawn plans for contesting the upcoming local body elections, including the Nanded Municipal Corporation polls.

    Like in the past meetings, many leaders from other parties are likely to join the BRS in the presence of Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday.

  • One person died in road accident in Shamshabad

    One person died in road accident in Shamshabad

    Hyderabad: A 45 year-old man died in a road accident at Shamshabad on Friday night.

    The man S Srikanth Reddy (45), a resident of Bandlaguda was going on a motorcycle when an unknown vehicle coming in the opposite direction hit him at Gagan Pahad Metro store stretch. “Srikanth fell on the road and sustained injuries. He died on the spot,” said RGI Airport police.

    The police registered a case and are making efforts to identify the vehicle involved in the accident.

  • Three arrested for poaching tiger and trade in nails

    Three arrested for poaching tiger and trade in nails

    Mancherial: Three persons were arrested on charges of poaching a tiger five years ago and trying to dispose of its nails here on Saturday. The carcass and tools used for burying it were seized from them.

    District Forest Officer Shiv Aasheesh Singh said Balachandar, K Anji and Laxmaiah, all belonging to Rangapet village in Bellampalli mandal, were . detained while attempting to sell the tiger’s nails.

    The three had set an electric snare to kill wild animals, after which the tiger was electrocuted on the outskirts of Rangapet village in 2018 or 2019. They had preserved the bones of the tiger to sell to potential buyers.

    The DFO stated that the carcass would be sent to a forensic lab to establish the age and gender of the tiger.

    Upon learning about the possible smuggling and trade of tiger nails and other items, a task force and staffers of the Forest department had conducted a Naka Bandhi at the village. They seized the tiger’s nails from the three men, while the carcass was exhumed from a nearby spot.

    Dandaveni Sailu was arrested on charges of killing a tiger by setting an electrified snare at Shivvaram village in Jaipur mandal in 2019 as well.

  • Vadodara: Officials with a convoy of 100 policemen searched the Central Jail for 10 hours

    Vadodara: Officials with a convoy of 100 policemen searched the Central Jail for 10 hours

    Due to raids in all the jails of the state by the Home Minister, the condition of the police has become like a rat dug out of a mountain during the search in the Central Jail of Vadodara. At seven in the morning, a staff of 100 policemen including police officers came out after completing the raiding process. No incriminating material was recovered from the Vadodara Central Jail in a 10-hour search operation by the police. Police said only three packets of gutkha, tobacco and dried leaves for making bidis were found. Significantly, there is said to be a beedi leaf tree in the jail premises.

    Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi reached Sabarmati Jail alone

    It is worth mentioning that there was a stir in the police department after Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi ordered intensive checking in all the jails of the state including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot and Surat by visiting the Police Bhavan in Gandhinagar late on Friday night. Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi alone reached Sabarmati Jail when it came to the notice that mobile phones were repeatedly recovered after the incident of serving paan, masala, liquor, gutkha and favorite food to the prisoners.

    No serious items found in jail

    The condition of 32 jails including the law and order situation of the state was reviewed. Police were ordered to conduct raids in all jails of the state after 7 pm. Following this order, the Central Jail of Vadodara was also raided. A staff of 100 police personnel including senior police officers and women police personnel joined the campaign. A search operation was carried out for 10 hours from late night till morning in Vadodara’s Central Jail. At seven in the morning, a convoy of police personnel including police officers came out of the jail. During interrogation, the police officer said that no serious material was found in the jail.

  • Surat: Youth Festival 2023 organized by Nehru Youth Center

    Surat: Youth Festival 2023 organized by Nehru Youth Center

    Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India is organizing Youth Festival-2023 in 150 districts of the country, under which district level ‘Youth Festival’ was organized at Oro University, Hazira Road, Bhatpore.

    Poetry writing, painting, elocution, photography and cultural competition (group dance) were organized in the youth festival organized under the leadership of Nehru Yuva Kendra, Surat on the theme of Prime Minister’s ‘Panch Prana’ to reveal the latent creativity. Josh among the youth, in which 300 contestants participated.

    Police Commissioner Ajay Tomar, District Development Officer B.K. Dignitaries including Vasava honored the first three winners of all the competitions by giving mementos and certificates.

    During the Yuva Utsav, a one-day exhibition on ‘8 Years: Service, Good Governance and Poor Welfare’ was organized by the Central Bureau of Communications, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Surat as part of the celebration of hosting the G-20 Summit .

    In which the performance and achievements of various departments of Surat such as District Rural Development Agency, Employment Office, Surat, Narcotics and Excise Department, Tourism Department, De-addiction Committee were displayed. Which was seen by the guests and the youth. The youth received a copy of ‘Naya Bharat’ magazine published by the Central Bureau of Communications and information about it.

    Police Commissioner Ajay Tomar said that youth should participate in youth activities and participate in the development journey of the country with national spirit. Youth should move towards self-reliance through education as well as employment opportunities and skill development. The youth festival will guide the youth to fly and grow.

    District Youth Officer of Nehru Yuva Kendra, Surat, Sachin Sharma appealed to the youth to participate in the development journey of the country and said that there has been a call to participate in the progress of the country.
    On this occasion, District Home Guard Commandant Prafullabhai Shiroya, Registrar of Oro University, Prof. Young students including Amrish Mishra were present.

  • Gujarat: Bhupendra Patel will campaign in another state for the first time after becoming CM, will go to Karnataka on 26th

    Gujarat: Bhupendra Patel will campaign in another state for the first time after becoming CM, will go to Karnataka on 26th

    A meeting of Gujarat BJP leaders was held in Delhi. In this meeting, all the leaders have been instructed to get involved in the preparations for the Lok Sabha elections. State Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will campaign in Karnataka on a visit. Assembly elections are going to be held in Karnataka soon. At present, BJP and Congress have started campaigning vigorously there. In such a situation, the Chief Minister of Gujarat will hold a meeting with the Gujaratis living there. After becoming the CM, he will go to another state for the election campaign for the first time. ‘Sadakal Gujarat’ program will be held in Karnataka on Sunday. In which Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi will be present. ‘Sadakal Gujarat’ program has been organized in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

    4480 Gujaratis registered

    Harsh Sanghvi, Minister of State for Home and State’s Non-Resident Gujarati Division, has said that the event has been organized in Bengaluru, Karnataka on March 26 under the guidance of the state’s Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. There are 84 different Gujarati organizations and societies in Karnataka. So far 4480 Gujarati brothers and sisters have registered to participate in this program. The program will start at 5 pm, after which a cultural program will be presented by the local non-resident Gujarati youth brothers and sisters and a group discussion has been organized in the afternoon session. In which prominent leaders of Amreli, Ahmedabad and Kutch districts invited from the state of Gujarat will discuss various topics.

    short film on development will be shown

    NRIs invited from various cities of Karnataka will participate in the programme. As part of the programme, a short film on the works, achievements and latest developments of the Government of Gujarat will be screened. Also, non-resident Gujaratis of Karnataka state who have done excellent work or social service work in Karnataka and Bangalore, such great personalities will be honored.

  • The government listened to all the suggestions, now action will bring results, Horticulture Minister Jagat Negi said in the meeting

    The government listened to all the suggestions, now action will bring results, Horticulture Minister Jagat Negi said in the meeting

    Shimla. The state government will take necessary steps after discussing all the suggestions of apple growers, jobbers, cold storage owners and other stakeholders for the development of apple production and industry related to it. Decisions on all important issues will be taken keeping in view the upcoming apple season. The state government has taken the initiative to listen to all the suggestions and will now bring results through action. This information was given by Horticulture Minister Jagat Singh Negi during a meeting held with apple growers, jobbers, cold storage owners and other stakeholders of the state here today.

    He said that the Congress government has always been working for the interests of the farmers and horticulturists of the state and it will be our responsibility to protect the interests of the horticulturists in the future as well. We have patiently heard the issues, problems and suggestions of all the stakeholders of the apple industry. The government has given everyone a fair chance to present their side. Now we will try to provide benefits to all people by taking necessary decisions.

    During the meeting, implementation of packing standards, apple trade, transportation, rental of apple products, trade outside vegetable markets, universal carton, purchase of apples by kg, Legal Metrology Act, availability of branded pesticides and special investigation team were discussed. . Apart from this, work to be done before packing standards, licensing authority for apple trade and role of Agricultural Produce and Marketing Limited Act in implementation of packaging standards were also discussed in detail.