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Kejriwal To Attend AAP’s Tiranga Yatra In Haryana’s Jind With Eye On 2024 State Polls

AAP national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will participate in a Tiranga Yatra in Haryana’s Jind district next week as part of his party’s campaign for the assembly elections in Haryana slated for next year.

The term of the state legislative assembly will expire on November 3, 2024.

“A Tiranga Yatra along with a road show has been organised in the Jind district of Haryana on June 8 to sound the poll bugle in the state,” AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Gupta, who was recently appointed as the party’s Haryana unit president, told PTI on Monday.

Both Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will participate in the mega event in which around 50,000 people are expected to take part, he said.

Earlier in the day, Kejriwal held a meeting here with his party’s Haryana unit leaders who came to invite him to the event.

The meeting was attended by AAP’s national organization secretary Sandeep Pathak, Gupta, and other party leaders from Haryana. Ashok Tanwar, who was recently appointed as the AAP’s campaign committee chairman for Haryana, was also present at the meeting.

May 29, 2023
Under-Trial Prisoner Attacked By Inmates In Tihar Jail

An undertrial prisoner lodged in Tihar jail here was injured after he was allegedly attacked by other inmates with an improvised knife and handmade tool on Monday, officials said.

The incident took place at 12.38 pm inside Central Jail no 1 at the Tihar prison complex, they said. According to the officials, the inmates attacked Rahul alias Pawan with an improvised knife, handmade sua, and a tile. One of the attackers, undertrial prisoner Alok alias Vishal, also inflicted self-injuries, they said.

Soon the jail staff, Tamil Nadu Special Police, and a Quick Response Team intervened and the inmates involved in the incident were separated immediately, he said.

“After giving primary medical aid at the jail dispensary, both the injured were moved to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital for further medical treatment,” the jail official said.

They have also intimated about the incident to Hari Nagar police station asking them to lodge an FIR and take further legal action in the matter.

May 29, 2023
Nagpur: Man Booked For Giving Wife Triple Talaq

A man was booked in Nagpur for allegedly giving his wife divorce through the triple talaq method, which has been banned, a police official said on Monday.

The man, identified as Ayaz Sheikh (34) of Bhandara, gave divorce to his wife over the phone, after which she filed a case with Sakkardara police station, the official said.

The man and the 26-year-old woman had gotten married in 2015 but the former was torturing and harassing her, the official said quoting the complaint.

He has been booked under provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, the official added.

May 29, 2023
IAF aircraft makes precautionary landing near Bhind in Madhya Pradesh

By PTI
BHIND/ NEW DELHI: An Apache attack helicopter of the Indian Air Force made a “precautionary landing” near Bhind in Madhya Pradesh on Monday, an IAF official said. There was no casualty, he said.

Precautionary landing means there could have been some minor issues, due to which the aircraft was landed as a precaution, officials said.

“An Apache AH-64 helicopter of the IAF carried out a precautionary landing near Bhind, during routine operational training. All crew and the aircraft are safe. The rectification party has reached the site,” the IAF tweeted.

“The aircraft was on a normal routine training mission. The pilot did the precautionary landing near Bhind,” an IAF spokesperson said in Delhi.

The incident took place at around 8.45 am, the IAF spokesperson said.

No harm was caused to any person or material, he said, adding the aircraft is being currently examined.

Earlier, Chambal Zone Inspector General of Police S Saxena told PTI that there was no fatality or injury in the landing (process).

Some videos went viral on social media platforms in which a number of people were seen gathered near the aircraft.

May 29, 2023
Karnataka portfolios finalised as CM Siddaramaiah keeps IT/BT, DK Shivakumar gets Irrigation, Bengaluru development

The final list of portfolios was notified towards midnight Sunday with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah retaining the IT/BT department due to a tug-of-war between two lawmakers who wanted it.

The final list of portfolios was approved by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, but not before Siddaramaiah was forced to make multiple changes under pressure from ministers.

Initially, MB Patil was given the IT/BT portfolio along with Industries. In a subsequent revision, IT/BT went to Priyank Kharge along with Rural Development & Panchayat Raj. Apparently, Patil opposed this saying he is keen to take up IT/BT. For now, Siddaramaiah has kept IT/BT with himself and it is likely that he will allocate it to Patil later on.

Similarly, there was some back-and-forth with the Kannada & Culture portfolio. Initially, it was given to B Nagendra who scoffed that he is not even a native Kannada speaker. The portfolio has now been given to Shivaraj Tangadagi. As demanded by Nagendra, a Valmiki, he got the ST Welfare portfolio along with Youth Empowerment & Sports.

Also, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has been given Bengaluru City Development. He is the fourth successive non-Bengaluru lawmaker to oversee the city’s affairs.

During the JD(S)-Congress coalition, the then Deputy CM G Parameshwara (Koratagere) was the Bengaluru minister. When the BJP came to power, BS Yediyurappa (Shikaripura) kept Bengaluru with himself. Then, Basavaraj Bommai (Shiggaon), too, followed suit.

Parameshwara is the home minister, a job he had between 2015 and 2017.

Guarantee-linked portfolios

Ramalinga Reddy is the transport minister to oversee the fulfillment of the Congress’ promise of free bus travel to women (Shakti). He was unhappy with the transport portfolio but was convinced after he was given Muzrai as an additional responsibility.

Siddaramaiah’s aide KJ George will head the energy department, which is under pressure to provide 200 units of free power to all households (Gruha Jyoti). Senior leader KH Muniyappa is in charge of the food & civil supplies department under which comes the Anna Bhagya promise of 10 kg free rice to every BPL member.

Shivakumar’s aide Laxmi Hebbalkar is heading the women & child development department that is working out details to give Rs 2,000 per month to all woman head of households (Gruha Lakshmi).

For the unemployment allowance (Yuva Nidhi), Santosh Lad is the Labour minister, and Dr Sharanaprakash Patil the skill development minister.

It is said that there was some resistance among lawmakers in taking up guarantee-linked portfolios.

May 29, 2023
Wrestlers issue: Only allegations made, no evidence given, there is a process involved, says Annamalai

Wrestlers who have charged Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) former chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment have only made allegations and not furnished evidence and there is a process of law to be followed after complaints are made, TN BJP president K Annamalai said on Monday.

Annamalai, a former IPS officer, said arrests are not made in “99.9 per cent” of FIRs immediately and that even the CBI records arrest only while filing charge sheet and not after the First Information Report.

“No evidence has been furnished. Mere allegation (have been made)…government has registered FIR, formed committee, saying it will do a time-bound investigation. But is it fair to demand arrest without clearing the place (Jantar Mantar),” he asked, addressing a press conference here along with Union Minister Jitendra Singh.

He said if evidence is released, the Delhi police is duty-bound to act.

If a woman makes an allegation against someone and seeks immediate arrest before proceedings, “what happens to the rule of law in the country,” he asked.

Anyone can file a complaint and it goes through a process; it has to be probed and if there is evidence arrest can be recorded, Annamalai said.

He said he himself has made corruption allegations against DMK ministers, and asked if it would be alright to right away seek their arrest.

Delhi Police on Sunday detained ace wrestlers Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia for violation of law and order in the capital city after they breached the security cordon while trying to move towards the new Parliament building for a planned women’s ‘Mahapanchayat’.

They had had resumed their agitation against Brij Bhushan on April 23, demanding his arrest for the alleged sexual harassment of several women grapplers, including a minor. The police action against the sportspersons drew widespread criticism.

Annamalai made the comments when he and Singh addressed the media here over the ruling NDA’s achievements in the past nine years, detailed various aspects related to different sectors over the period.

Singh said world leaders are now looking up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for guidance and advice.

“India’s status has gone up in the last 9 years and that is the achievement. The world today is ready to be led by India under PM Modi because they understand the country has the capability,” he said.

May 29, 2023
‘Love jihad’ has now rocked Delhi as well: BJP on Shahabad Dairy stabbing

The Delhi BJP on Monday claimed the gruesome stabbing of a minor girl in the Shahabad Dairy area of northwest Delhi was a case of “love jihad”, and slammed the AAP for “trying to portray” it as an “ordinary” murder and a law and order issue.

In a statement, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva said the case should be tried in a fast track court.

No reaction was immediately available from the AAP over BJP’s charge. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal issued a statement on Twitter earlier.

“A minor girl was brutally murdered in Delhi. This is very sad and unfortunate. The criminals have become fearless, there is no fear of the police. L-G sir, law and order is your responsibility, do something,” he said in his tweet in Hindi.

May 29, 2023
Karnataka HC allows Adiyogi statue inauguration, orders status quo on construction at site

The High Court of Karnataka on Friday clarified that the order of status quo in regard to the activities of Isha Yoga Centre at Avalagurki village of Chikkaballapura district would not come in the way of unveiling the Adiyogi (Shiva) statue, scheduled for January 15, 2023. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale said this after accepting the undertaking of the Centre that it would not take up any activities of deforestation and construction in the meantime.

The bench was hearing a PIL questioning the permission granted to purchase the land and alleged deforestation and construction activities.

“We clarify that order dated January 11, 2023 would not come in the way of respondent 16 (Isha Yoga Centre) for the scheduled programme on January 15, 2023 and that respondent 16 would not take any activity of alleged deforestation and alleged construction is taken as undertaking to this court,” the bench said.

May 29, 2023
Odisha Govt Targets To Construct 15,000 Km Roads In Next 5 Years

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government targets to construct 15,000 km roads under Mukhya Mantri Sadak Yojana with an expenditure of Rs 12,000 crore in next 5 years, said Rural Development Minister Preeti Ranjan Ghadai on Monday.

Speaking to media persons in Bhubaneswar after performance review of the department by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the minister said besides the roads, 1,500 new bridges would be built with a cost of Rs 6,000 crore under Biju Setu Yojana (BSY) during the period to improve the road connectivity in rural areas of the state. While the government had committed to construct 750 bridges, 679 have already been completed and 900 more will be built by March, 2024, he added.

Speaking on the achievements of the department, Ghadai said 2,241 roads have been constructed under various schemes and 1,304 more are under construction. Besides, 1,03,731 km roads are being maintained by the department for connectivity to 18,161 habitations.

Similarly, more than 10,000 km roads have been constructed with green technology and 8,700 colleges, schools, multipurpose cyclone shelters and other buildings have been built in rural areas.

The minister said the budget for the department has increased by 25 times compared to 2000-2001 from Rs 305 crore to Rs 7,500 crore in 2023-24.

Principal secretary of the department Sanjay Kumar Singh was present at the meeting.

May 29, 2023
Karanjia Tehsildar under Vigilance scanner, Raid underway

Karanjia: The tehsildar of Karanjia is under Odisha Vigilance scanner for accumulating disproportionate assets. The tehsildar is Charles Nayak.

A vigilance team is conducting simultaneous raids at his government quarters in Mayurbhanj’s Karanjia and ancestral home in Bhadrak district of Odisha.

Sources said that the vigilance conducted raids on the properties of Charles Nayak on the basis of allegation of demand and acceptance of bribe Rs.12,00,000/- (Rupees Twelve Lakhs) from a complainant. Charles reportedly demanded bribe from the complainant in order to release the compensation cheque of Rs 51,75,810, which the complainant recently received after wining in a land acquisition case. The complainant was awarded a compensation of Rs 51,75,810/- recently in lieu of acquisition of his land by the NHAI authorities. The Tahsildar demanded the bribe amount in the form of two blank cheques of Rs.10 lakhs and Rs.2 lakhs.

Finding no alternative, the complainant handed over 2 blank cheques to the Tahasildar. After handing over and presentation of cheques in the bank for withdrawal of the bribe amount, the complainant reported the matter to Vigilance for legal action.

In this connection, Vigilance Cell PS Case No.5/2023 has been registered. A search warrant was issued by the Hon’ble Court of Special Judge, Vigilance, Baripada. Four teams of Odisha Vigilance led by one Additional SP, 7 Dy SP, 3 Inspector and other staff are conducting searches in the office and premises of Tahasildar at the following places:

1) Office room of Tahasildar-Karanjia.

2) Official residence of Tahasildar Karanjia located at Karanjia.

3) Residential house of Sri Charls Nayak located at near Dist Hospital, Bhadrak.

4) Another place located at Chadei Bhol, Karanjia.

May 29, 2023