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  • Imran Khan, sister summoned in land corruption scandal

    Imran Khan, sister summoned in land corruption scandal

    Lahore: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) of Pakistan’s Punjab has summoned the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, his sister Uzma Khan and her husband Ahad Majeed in the Layyah land corruption case, media reported.

    According to a notification issued by the spokesperson, the PTI chief has been asked to appear before the ACE headquarters on June 19 whereas Uzma and her husband have been asked to present themselves before the ACE Director General.

    Earlier, Imran was summoned by the ACE on June 16 but he did not appear before it. The summon was affixed at Imran’s Lahore Zaman Park residence.

    The spokesperson maintained that the ACE had “clear evidence” of Imran’s involvement in the Layyah corruption scandal, adding that pressure was exerted on revenue officials from Bani Gala �- Imran’s residence in Islamabad — for illegal transfer of land, Express Tribune reported.

    Uzma is accused of alleged fraud in purchase of 5,261-kanal of land in Layyah district, reportedly worth billions of rupees, for a mere Rs 130 million. The ACE said that an FIR had been registered against the couple.

    According to the spokesperson, the land was bought in 2021-22 through fraud, adding that Uzma and Majeed made a fake transfer of the land on their names.

    He said the marker value of the land was about Rs six billion. The purchase, he added, was made when the ADB announced aid for the Greater Thal Canal project, which aimed at irrigating the barren lands through Thal canal.

    The spokesperson said Uzma had prior knowledge of the project, so the couple forced the landowner to sell it to them. He added that the land owners had filed complaints against Uzma and others to the police for forcibly buying the land, Express Tribune reported.

  • Delhi: Student stabbed to death outside Aryabhatta College

    Delhi: Student stabbed to death outside Aryabhatta College

    New Delhi: A 19-year-old first-year student of BA (Hons) Political Science from the School of Open Learning (SOL) at Delhi University has been allegedly stabbed to death by three individuals outside Aryabhatta College, an official said on Sunday.

    A police officer said they received a call from Charak Palika Hospital regarding the incident.

    The caller informed the police that a student with stab wounds on his chest had been brought to the hospital and was pronounced dead by the doctors.

    “A team was dispatched and it was learnt that Nikhil Chauhan, a resident of Paschim Vihar, had been admitted. He was brought from Arya Bhatta College,” said the police.

    Upon inquiry, the police further learned that Nikhil was a first-year student of BA (Hons) Political Science at the School of Open Learning (SOL).

    Around seven days ago, one of the SOL students in the college had misbehaved with Nikhil’s girlfriend.

    “Today, around 12.30 p.m., the same student who had misbehaved with Nikhil’s girlfriend, along with his three associates, met Nikhil outside the college gate and stabbed him in the chest,” said the official.

    The police have registered a case of murder in connection with this incident and are investigating the matter.

  • Odisha: Double murder in Paradip; Youth hacks two women

    Odisha: Double murder in Paradip; Youth hacks two women

    Paradip: In a shocking incident, a youth allegedly hacked two women to death with a sword in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district. The incident has come to the fore from the Expressway colony in Paradip of the district.

    The accused has been identified as Chintu Nath, a resident of Balrampur village.

    According to reliable sources, the youth allegedly hacked the two women under the influence of alcohol. However, the exact reason behind the attack is not clear. One among the two died on the spot, while the other was rushed to the nearby hospital. She succumbed to injuries while undergoing treatment.

    After receiving information about the matter, police reached the spot, recovered the bodies, and sent it for autopsy. The cops also detained the youth.

    It is also alleged that the accused had been creating a nuisance in public for the past many days in the area.

    Further detailed reports related to the case are awaited.

  • Odisha boils as temperature touches 46 degrees, 7 places record temperature of 45 degreeC or above

    Odisha boils as temperature touches 46 degrees, 7 places record temperature of 45 degreeC or above

    Bhubaneswar: Odisha virtually turned into a cauldron today as the day temperature touched the 46 degree Celsius-mark, informed the regional centre of India Meteorological Department.

    A total of seven places of the State recorded temperature 45 degree Celsius or above with Sambalpur sizzling with the highest temperature of the day i.e 46 degrees.

    Apart from Sambalpur, the six other places where the temperature rose to or above 45 degrees Celsius are Sonepur (45.8), Hirakud (45.5), Boudh (45.5), Jharsuguda (45.2), Bolangir (45.0) and Sundergarh (45.0).

    Likewise, Bargarh boiled at 44.2 degrees. This was followed by Titilagarh and Rourkela where the maximum temperature rose to 43.5 degree Celsius.

    Similarly, Nayagarh witnessed a temperature of 43.4 degree Celsius while Deogarh, Talcher and Nuapada saw the temperature of 43 degree Celsius.

    The residents of the Twin City of Odisha- Bhubaneswar and Cuttack – has to witness temperature of 41.6 and 40.2 degree Celsius respectively.

    Gopalpur in Ganjam district was the coolest place of the day as it reported a temperature of 34.4 degree Celsius.

    Meanwhile, the IMD has predicted that the intense heat wave condition in Odisha will continue till June 21 and thereafter the State is likely to get some relief as the Monsoon is expected to hit the state by the said date.

    Here’s the list of the places with their respective temperatures recorded today:

  • Tata Motors invites applications for apprenticeship – Apply online

    Tata Motors invites applications for apprenticeship – Apply online

    Tata Motors is inviting applications for the apprenticeship program. In order to be eligible for the apprenticeship program, the candidates must have passed the SSC exam in May/June 2023.

    It is essential to have passed the exam in the first attempt with a minimum of 70 percent marks. However, for candidates belonging to the SC/ST category, the minimum percentage is 60. Moreover, it is mandatory for all candidates to have scored at least 70 percent marks in math and science.

    Tata Motors encourages female candidates to apply. They will be given preference during the selection process.

    Candidates must be at least 14 years old to be eligible for this apprenticeship program.

    The selection of candidates for the apprenticeship program will be done through a multi-stage process, which includes an online examination in English, document verification, and a medical fitness test.

    Those who get selected for the apprenticeship program will receive a stipend of Rs 8000 per month during the first year. In the second year, the stipend will increase to Rs 9000 per month. Additionally, selected candidates will be provided with canteen and transport facilities free of cost.

  • Another tremor felt in J&K’s Doda

    Another tremor felt in J&K’s Doda

    An earthquake measuring 2.7 on the Richter scale rocked Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district on Sunday.

    National Center of Seismology (NCS) data said that an earthquake measuring 2.7 on the Richter scale occurred in the district at 5.22 a.m.

    On Saturday, two tremors occurred one after the other, first measuring 3 on the Richter scale in Ramban at 2.03 p.m. district and the other measuring 4.1 at 3.50 p.m. in Doda district.

    An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale occurred in Doda district on June 13.

    A series of aftershocks have been occurring in Chenab Valley districts of Doda, Kishtwar and Ramban after the first event on June 13.

    Some buildings have developed cracks in Doda and Kishtwar districts and people have been hit by fear in the affected areas.

    In some of the affected areas, authorities closed schools as a precautionary measure.

  • G20 education meets have helped in sharing best practices from across globe: Union Education Minister

    G20 education meets have helped in sharing best practices from across globe: Union Education Minister

    PUNE: The G20 Education Working Group (EWG) meetings have helped in sharing some of the best practices from across the globe in the areas of tech-enabled learning, skilling and strengthening research, and promoting innovation, Union Education Minister of State for Education Annapurna Devi said on Saturday.

    The minister was addressing the inaugural session of a two-day national conference on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) here ahead of the precursor event for the fourth G20 Education Working Group meeting (EWG) meeting.

    “The EWG meetings have helped share some of the best practices from across the globe in the areas of tech-enabled learning, skilling and strengthening research, and promoting innovation. The present Working Group Meeting is an opportune moment to organise various events to create more awareness on India’s G20 presidency as well as renew our resolve towards universal attainment of FLN skills,” Devi said at the conference ‘Teaching-Learning Approaches and Pedagogy for FLN.

    Devi inaugurated the multimedia exhibition showcasing best practices in education, FLN, digital initiatives, research, and skill development.

    Over 100 exhibitors, including Google, UNICEF, NSDC, NCERT, National Book Trust, Indian Knowledge Systems Division (IKS), startup initiatives, and all State Governments took part in the exhibition. It will be open to local institutions, students, academicians, and researchers from June 17–22.

    The EdWG event, which is being hosted by the Ministry of Education, will be followed by the meeting of education ministers from G20 countries on June 22.

    Maharashtra’s Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil said “Multilingualism is the key that empowers us to navigate through the growing diversity of our world and the need to teach our young generation the skills to choose the right path in this multilingual world while recognizing their own diverse linguistic backgrounds, as talked about extensively in the National Education Policy, 2020.”

    “The conference will help identify and discuss the best practices states are adopting in creating an environment that facilitates foundational literacy and numeracy in young learners. The aim of the conference is to reflect on two important themes – teaching-learning approaches and pedagogy for FLN in multilingualism and capacity building and training of teachers in blended mode,” said School Education Secretary Sanjay Kumar.

    The first meeting of the G20 Education Working Group was held in Chennai in January followed by a second meeting in Amritsar in March and a third in Bhubaneswar in April.

  • Houses of BJP leaders, party offices come under mob attack in Manipur

    Houses of BJP leaders, party offices come under mob attack in Manipur

    GUWAHATI: In strife-torn Manipur, leaders of ruling BJP and its offices are increasingly becoming the targets of frenzied mobs.

    Throughout Friday evening and night, mobs made multiple attempts to target the houses of lawmakers and BJP offices in the Imphal Valley.

    A BJP mandal office in Thongju was vandalised by a mob but another attempt to target the party office at Sinjemai was thwarted by security forces. The alert forces also foiled attempts from mobs to target the houses of minister Thongam Biswajit and BJP state president A Sharda Devi.

    In other incidents, gunfire was reported from Kwakta in Bishnupur district and Kangvai in Churachandpur district throughout Friday night. A mob raided the Iringbam police station in Imphal West district to loot weapons but did not find any. The crowd was later dispersed by the Rapid Action Force.

    Earlier, mobs attacked the houses of three lawmakers.

    On May 25, the house of minister Konthoujam Govindas was vandalised. This was followed by the burning down of the official residence of minister Nemcha Kipgen last Wednesday. Then on Thursday night, the private residence of Union Minister of State for External Affairs RK Ranjan Singh was torched.

    After a series of untoward incidents in Imphal, Army, Assam Rifles and Manipur Rapid Action Force intensified joint patrolling and area domination activities. The forces prevented rioters from congregating till late Friday night. They fought a pitched battle with a mob after the latter had torched a warehouse owned by a retired senior police official. Two civilians were injured.

    Curfew is in force in several districts but mobs are congregating almost every day in Meitei-majority Imphal Valley to target the properties of lawmakers. Locals said people are venting their ire out on the streets as the government failed to check rising inflation, restore normalcy and take actions against militants involved in the violence.

    Some MLAs, mostly from BJP, are camping in New Delhi to seek an appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. One of them, Thokchom Radheshyam Singh, said they would request Modi to take all steps for restoring peace in Manipur.

    Meanwhile, the Twitter account of Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF) says “@ITLFMediaCell’s account has been withheld in India in response to a legal demand.”

  • 40 suffering from heat wave die at Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia district hospital in three days

    40 suffering from heat wave die at Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia district hospital in three days

    LUCKNOW: Two teams of the health department were rushed to Ballia on Saturday after 40 patients, who had been admitted to the district hospital due to heat stroke-related complications, died over the past three days.

    As per reports, though the deceased were from varied localities, a high number of deaths sent the health department into a tizzy. Reportedly, 23 patients died on Thursday, 11 on Friday and another six on Saturday.

    The health department has rushed a team under additional director (health) Azamgarh Division Dr OP Tewari, which is camping in Ballia to assess the situation. Director General (health) Renu Srivastava has rushed a separate team from Lucknow to conduct a probe into the high number of casualties.

    Doctors at Ballia district hospital said that most of those who died over the past three days were over 60 years of age and had co-morbid conditions. The average temperature in Ballia, too, has been hovering between 40 and 44 degrees which is several notches above normal.

    But what is perturbing for the health officials is that with similar conditions, no neighbouring district like Azamgarh, Mau and Ghazipur, has reported high numbers of heat wave-related deaths.

    Meanwhile, the state government transferred Ballia district hospital’s chief medical superintendent Dr Diwakar Singh to Azamgarh.

  • Thanks to teamwork, Gujarat saw not a single casualty during Cyclone Biparjoy: Amit Shah

    Thanks to teamwork, Gujarat saw not a single casualty during Cyclone Biparjoy: Amit Shah

    AHMEDABAD: Union Home Minister Amit Shah along with Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Saturday conducted an aerial survey of areas badly affected due to cyclone Biparjoy in Gujarat’s Kutch.

    After completing an aerial observation and visiting many affected areas and hospitals, Shah addressed a press conference in Bhuj on Saturday.

    “Cyclone Biparjoy demonstrated how the central government and the Gujarat government collaborated to make the best use of timely information. Only because the Gujarat government followed the guidelines announced by the NDMA did not a single person die, only 47 people were injured and 234 animals were lost. It is a credit to the Centre and the Gujarat government that no one was killed in the violent storm,” he said.

    Talking about power supply, Shah said, “Many people said that there is no electricity in the villages. However, they are unaware that due to NDMA protocol, 3400 villages have been disconnected from HT line power supply. Electricity has been restored in 1600 villages and officials have promised me that it will be restored in practically all villages by the evening of the 20th.”

    “1133 teams are working to restore power. Another 400 teams will be added tomorrow and around 7600 local employees are trying to restore power supply,” he added.

    Shah also praised the Gujarat government for taking care of pregnant women during the cyclone. “1206 pregnant sisters were transported to the hospital during the cyclone, one child was born on the same day the cyclone hit and 707 births occurred in three days. I met mothers who gave birth to children and every woman was satisfied with the government’s service,” he said.

    Giving information about evacuations, Shah said, “1,08,208 people had been transferred to safer areas, while 73,000 cattle had been relocated. 3,27,890 trees were modified to cause less harm during the storm. This time, 4,317 hoardings were removed before the storm. Over 1,00,000 fishermen had been recalled, along with 21,585 vessels that were at sea prior to the storm. Where mobile towers were damaged, DG sets were placed, and communication systems were nearly totally restored.”

    He said PM Modi also monitored the situation continually. “Prime Minister Modi alerted the management system as soon as he learned of the storm and he personally supervised the management system’s functioning until one o’clock at night, giving required directions,” he said.

    However, cyclone Biparjoy’s after-effects still linger in Gujarat. As high-speed winds pounded Surat during the previous two days, a man was killed when a roof fell on him and a pedestrian was hurt when an empty water tank fell on him.

    According to the Marine Salt Manufacturers’ Association, significant rainfall has washed away tonnes of salt in Maliya in Morbi, Navlakhi in Kutch and many other places.

    As a result of the storm, rain has been pouring down in North Gujarat’s Patan, Palanpur, Sabarkantha, Aravalli and Mehsana since Thursday night. Numerous trees have fallen in certain areas. The Banaskantha district talukas of Palanpur, Disa, Tharad, Vav, Deodar and Suigam are experiencing rain. Low-lying places are consequently flooded. As a result of today’s intense rainfall in Patan, rainwater has now gotten to Gujarat’s largest solar project in Charanka. Water blocked the Ahmedabad-Delhi National Highway as it traveled through Palanpur, which caused problems for automobiles.