Raipur: The Enforcement Directorate team produced businessman Anwar Dhebar in the court today in connection with the two thousand crore liquor scam in Chhattisgarh. Tell that after four days remand, Ajay Singh Rajput was produced in the court. Along with this, Nitish Purohit has also been introduced. Nitish Purohit is a hotelier.
After Delhi, now liquor scam has come to the fore in Chhattisgarh. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) claims that this scam is worth two thousand crores. It is also claimed that many big leaders and officers of Chhattisgarh are also involved in this scam.
Anwar Dhebar, who is said to be the main accused in this case, has been arrested by the ED. He has been arrested in the money laundering case. The court has sent Anwar on ED’s remand for four days. Anwar Dhebar is the brother of Congress leader and Mayor of Raipur Ejaz Dhebar.
According to the news agency, the ED has named Anwar Dhebar as well as IAS officer Anil Tuteja as the ‘mastermind’ of the alleged liquor scam in Chhattisgarh.
ED says that Anwar Dhebar was summoned seven times for questioning in the case, but he did not join the investigation. Finally, on the morning of May 5, he was arrested from a hotel in Raipur.
Earlier in March this year, the ED had also raided 35 locations in Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and Delhi, including Anwar Dhebar’s house.
What is this whole scam? How was this whole scam perpetrated? What are the allegations against Anwar Dhebar? Know…
What is ED’s claim?
ED has issued a press release giving information about this whole scam. The ED claims that between 2019 and 2022, ‘immense corruption’ took place, in which evidence of ‘money laundering’ of two thousand crore rupees has been found.
ED said that in the investigation done under the Money Laundering Act, it has been found that Anwar Dhebar is running an organized criminal syndicate in Chhattisgarh and he has the support of big politicians and senior officers.
ED claims that Anwar has created a network through which illegal recovery is made on every bottle of liquor sold in Chhattisgarh.
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Anwar Dhebar was produced in the court
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Karnataka polls will be key for Congress’ revival ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha elections
By PTI
BENGALURU: Wresting power from the BJP will be a morale booster for the Congress, key for reviving its electoral fortunes and strengthening its credentials as the main opposition player against the saffron party, ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.By ensuring a win in Karnataka, the party also wants to bounce back after the recent losses in the North-Eastern states and give it a momentum of sorts to take on the battle-ready election machinery of the BJP, later this year in the Hindi heartland states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.
The Congress is by-and-large focused on local issues and its campaign also was run by its state leaders initially.
However, its central leaders such as AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra pitched in subsequently.
This poll is also a prestige battle in a way for the grand old party with a Kannadiga Mallikarjun Kharge, who hails from Kalaburagi district, at its helm, as the national president.
The Congress that entered the campaign with the challenge of keeping at bay factionalism, especially between the camps of its two Chief Ministerial aspirants — Siddaramaiah and D K Shivakumar — who were often seen to be engaging in political one-upmanship, it somehow managed to put a united front and ensured that no rift came out in open and derail its prospects.
Though the campaign initially centered around its state leaders like Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar, Kharge gave it momentum and thereby prepared the pitch for the party’s top leaders Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi to join in.
The brother-sister duo extensively travelled across the state, challenging the BJP’s campaign machinery led by Modi, countering and challenging him on various issues, most importantly on the issue of corruption, while promising to provide a better alternative for Karnataka.
Their mother and former AICC president Sonia Gandhi addressed a party rally in Hubballi on Saturday.
The party held 99 public meetings and 33 roadshows by its top state and central leaders.
The Congress has set a target of winning 150 seats, and has been urging voters to ensure that it gets an absolute majority, so that BJP doesn’t “steal” the mandate by managing defections of other party legislators and “manufacture” a majority in its favour.
The Congress’s main issues to attack the BJP government in this election was over corruption/ scams and the charge of 40 per cent commission, coupled with the Adani issue.
While extensively highlighting its five key poll ‘guarantees’, the party tried to inform the people about its charge against the BJP government of having “failed in fulfilling 90 per cent of its promises” made in its 2018 manifesto.
The Congress’ has promised to implement ‘guarantees’ 200 units of free power to all households (Gruha Jyoti), Rs 2,000 monthly assistance to the woman head of every family (Gruha Lakshmi), 10 kg of rice free to every member of a BPL household (Anna Bhagya), Rs 3,000 every month for graduate youth and Rs 1,500 for diploma holders (both in the age group of 18-25) for two years (YuvaNidhi), and free travel for women in public transport buses (Shakti), on the very first day, on coming to power in the state.
At a time when it seemed like all was going well, the Congress itself waded into controversies with Siddaramaiah’s statement that “there’s already a Lingayat CM who is the most corrupt,” which the BJP turned into an “insult” to the entire Lingayat community.
Mallikarjun Kharge’s “venomous snake” barb at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and then his son and Chittapur MLA Priyank Kharge ‘nalayak beta’ (incompetent son) remark against him, created a flutter in political circles, eliciting sharp reactions from the BJP.
Amid these back-to-back controversies, the Congress manifesto proposing to banning the Bajrang Dal caused some anxiety as it threatened to hurt the optics, as BJP and PM Modi aggressively picked up the issue to portray the grand old party as being against Lord Hanuman and the sentiments of Hindus.
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Third cheetah dies at MP’s Kuno National Park after ‘violent interaction’ during mating
BHOPAL: The Narendra Modi government’s ambitious project to reintroduce the cheetah in the wilds of India – 70 years after the fastest moving animal on earth officially became extinct in the country – has suffered the third jolt in less than 45 days.
An adult South African female cheetah, re-named Daksha last month, died at her enclosure at Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park (KNP) after sustaining grievous injuries in a “violent interaction” with two male South African cheetahs Vayu and Agni, reportedly during mating on Tuesday.
According to MP state forest department sources, “The SA female Daksha was found injured in the Boma-1 (big enclosure it was housed in) by the KNP monitoring team at around 10.48 am. A team of veterinary experts was rushed to treat Daksha, but the SA female died at 12 noon.”
With this, the KNP in Sheopur district is now left with 17 semi-adult and adult Namibian and South African cheetahs and three cubs born to one of the female Namibian cheetahs on March 29.
Tuesday’s casualty is the third African cheetah death at KNP since March 27, when a Namibian female Sasha reportedly died battling acute kidney problems. On April 23, a South African male cheetah Uday died following cardiopulmonary failure.
As per the MP Forest Department’s official statement, while Daksha was housed in Boma-1, the SA male coalition Vayu and Agni were housed in neighbouring Boma-7.
On April 30, a high-level meeting was held at the KNP in connection with the ongoing Project Cheetah. The meeting was attended among others by the National Tiger Conservation Authority director general Dr Amit Mallik, Wildlife Institute of India (WII-Dehradun) population management, capture and rehabilitation expert Dr Qamar Qureshi and two experts from the Cheetah Meta Population Initiative, South Africa.
The meeting resolved to initiate the process of interaction between SA female Daksha and SA male coalition Vayu and Agni, after which the gate between Enclosure-1 and Enclosure-7 was opened. Five days later, the male coalition entered into the Enclosure-1 housing female Daksha.
As per the official statement, the nature and magnitude of injuries on SA female Daksha’s body prima facie suggests that it sustained the wounds due to violent interaction while mating with the male coalition.
“Violent behaviour by male cheetah coalitions with females during the course of mating is normal, owing to which possibility of intervention by monitoring teams is nearly negligible,” the statement added.
Meanwhile, the autopsy of the SA female Daksha’s carcass is being performed by veterinary experts in accordance with established rules and procedures.
Seven decades after the big cat officially went extinct in India’s wilds owing to rampant hunting, eight cheetahs were flown to India from Namibia as part of the world’s first inter-continental cheetah translocation project on September 17, 2022. The same day, which also happened to be PM Narendra Modi’s birthday, the eight Namibian cheetahs were released by him into the KNP.
Five months later on February 18, 2023, 12 cheetahs from South Africa were released at the same national park, taking the total count of the big cat in the KNP to 20.
Last month, MP Forest Department officials had written to the NTCA to shift some of the African cheetahs to alternative sites, already listed in the Cheetah Reintroduction Action Plan.
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ASEAN-India naval exercise demonstrated to operate as integrated force: Navy
By PTI
NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy on Tuesday said its exercise with the ASEAN navies in the South China Sea demonstrated the ability of the two sides to operate as an integrated force to promote peace, stability and security in the region.The two-day sea phase of the ASEAN-India Maritime Exercise in the South China Sea that ended on Monday assumed significance as it came amid increasing concerns among leading global players including India over China’s increasing muscle-flexing in the region.
A number of Chinese surveillance ships kept a watch on the military exercise, people familiar with the matter said.
China claims sovereignty over all of the South China Sea, a huge source of hydrocarbons. However, several ASEAN member countries, including Vietnam, the Philippines and Brunei, have counterclaims.
Officials said approximately 1400 personnel manning nine ships participated in the sea phase of the multilateral naval exercise. Indian Navy deployed indigenously designed and built destroyer INS Delhi, stealth frigate INS Satpura, maritime patrol aircraft P-8I and integral helicopters for the exercise.
Naval ships from ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) member states such as Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam were part of the mega wargame, the officials said.
The Indian Navy in a statement said, “The two-day sea phase witnessed a wide spectrum of evolutions at sea including tactical manoeuvres, cross-deck landings by helicopters, seamanship evolutions and other maritime operations.”
“Apart from honing skills in the maritime domain the exercise enhanced interoperability and demonstrated the ability of Indian & ASEAN navies to operate as an integrated force to promote peace, stability and security in the region,” it said.
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Polygamy will be banned, Assam government took a big decision
New Delhi. A major decision has been taken to ban polygamy in Assam. In fact, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that we are not going through Uniform Civil Code (UCC), but we want to ban polygamy (more than one marriage) under a state act. The Assam government has decided to form an expert committee to examine whether the state government has the right to ban polygamy in the area.
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma further said that the committee will hold extensive discussions with all stakeholders including legal experts and examine the provisions of the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Act, 1937. The Committee will examine the provisions of the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Act, 1937 along with Article 25 of the Constitution of India in relation to the Directive Principles of State Policy for Uniform Civil Code. The committee will hold extensive consultations with all the stakeholders including legal experts to arrive at a considered decision.
Addressing the people, the CM of Assam said that we also have to make a Uniform Civil Code. More than four marriages are conducted for Muslim women and daughters, is this a system? There should not be such a rule in the world. We must bring Uniform Civil Code and end this polygamy system. He said that Muslim daughters should be made doctors and engineers, not child-bearing machines. BJP has promised to work on Uniform Civil Code if voted to power. I want to thank BJP for this. Notably, the BJP, in its manifesto, has promised the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code in the state of Karnataka, based on the recommendations of a high-level committee, to be constituted for the purpose if voted to power. -
Number of devotees increased in Kedarnath Yatra
Uttarakhand. The Chardham Yatra which began on April 22 is going on smoothly in Uttarakhand. So far more than 5 lakh 50 thousand devotees have visited Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri Dham. Maximum 2 lakh 52 thousand pilgrims have visited Kedarnath.
Number of visitors to Kedarnath
Male – 5902
Female – 3592
Children – 151
Foreign Male – NIL
Foreign Female – NIL
Foreign children – Nil
*Daily Total – 9645
Total Total-*205260
Travel Control Room Rudraprayag.
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Head Clerk Of Office Of Sub-Registrar Arrested By Odisha Vigilance
Sonepur: Odisha Vigilance today arrested a Head Clerk along with another person for demanding and accepting undue advantage (bribe). The arrested persons have been identified as Siba Prasad Guru alias Bhikari Guru, the Head Clerk of the office of Sub-Registrar in Tarva of Sonepur district and Hemakanta Bishi.
The vigilance sleuths arrested the duo for demanding and accepting undue advantage (bribe) of Rs 24,000 from a complainant through Bishi in order to process 6 nos. of sale deeds for registration of land of complainant and 5 others.
Based on the complaint, a trap was laid today, wherein the accused were were caught by the team of Odisha Vigilance in the office room of Head Clerk while demanding and accepting the bribe.
As per the direction of Guru, Bishi received the bribe amount from the complainant. The entire bribe money was recovered from the possession of Bishi and seized in presence of witnesses.
Following the trap, simultaneous searches have been launched on the residential house of Guru located at Ghodaghatpada, Subarnapur and his office room.
Both the accused persons were arrested and are being forwarded to the Court, said sources adding that in this connection, Sambalpur Vigilance PS Case No.11 dated 08.05.2023 U/s 7/12 Prevention of Corruption Amendment Act, 2018 has been registered and is under investigation.
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Man arrested in Odisha for cheating in defence exam
Berhampur: In a shocking incident, a man from Haryana has been arrested for cheating in the defence exams in Gopalpur of Odisha, said reports.
Reports say that, a 24-year-old man was arrested for allegedly using a Bluetooth device in an army recruitment examination in Odisha’s Gopalpur, police said.
The accused has been identified as Vijay, a resident of Jind district of Haryana. Berhampur Superintendent of Police Saravana Vivek M said a Bluetooth device and SIM cards were seized from his possession.
The exam was being held at Army Air Defence Centre at Gopalpur military station on Sunday. Reports say, he was caught by the invigilator and handed over to the police.
Earlier in the year 2020 the Delhi High Court, while dismissing a petition filed by Delhi University student allegedly caught cheating during the examination, observed that “copying and cheating” in examinations is like a “pandemic which can ruin society and the educational system of any country”.
“Copying and cheating in examinations is like the plague. It is a pandemic which can ruin society and the educational system of any country. If the same is left unchecked or if leniency is shown, the same can have a deleterious effect.
For any country’s progress, the integrity of the educational system has to be infallible,” observed a single judge bench of Justice Pratibha M. Singh.
The observation came in while the court was hearing a petition filed by Aarzoo Aggarwal, a final year student of B.A. (H) Economics at DU’s Daulat Ram College challenging the University’s order cancelling her examinations for the entire semester.
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DSP injured, 3 Maoists killed in police-mao face-off in Odisha
Kalahandi: As many as three Maoists have been killed in an encounter with police personnel in Kalahandi district of Odisha on Tuesday. The incident took place in Taperenga-Ludengad forest under M. Rampur police limits.
The police and the Maoists were involved in an exchange of fire during a combing operation. Sources said that one Deputy Superintendent Of Police (DSP) has also sustained critical injuries in the encounter.
The DSP has been admitted to Bhima Bhoi hospital in Bolangir.
It is worth mentioning that on May 7, 2023, two Maoists were killed in an exchange of fire with security personnel in Telangana’s Bhadradri Kothagudem district on the Telangana-Chhattisgarh border.
The exchange of fire took place in the Puttapadu forest of Cherla mandal of the district. The deceased reportedly include IOS commander Rajesh of the Communist Party of India (Maoist).
The incident occurred when personnel of Telangana’s anti-Maoist force Greyhounds were conducting combing operations in the forest. The Maoists came face to face with Greyhounds. When asked to surrender, the Maoists reportedly opened fire forcing the anti-Maoist force to retaliate.
While two Maoists were killed, others managed to escape deep in the forest. There were no reports of any casualty among Greyhounds personnel.
The exchange of fire occurred two days after Telangana Police chief Anjani Kumar warned the police force against complacency in tackling Maoists, especially in areas bordering neighbouring states having the Maoist presence.
The Director General of Police (DGP) asked the police personnel not to lower their guard in the wake of killing of 10 security personnel and one civilian in a landmine blast in South Bastar of Chhattisgarh on April 26.
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Bihar CM Nitish meets Odisha CM Naveen, see details
Bhubaneswar: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met his Odisha counterpart and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik here at the latter’s residence on Tuesday.
Both the Chief Ministers had lunch together. However, no discussion was held about forming an alliance, said Patnaik after the meeting.
“I am delighted that Nitish Ji is here in Bhubaneswar. We are old friends and colleagues. We have served together under the Vajpayee government. We were discussing allocation of land in Puri for tourists from Bihar,” he said.
The Odisha Chief Minister said 1.5 acres of land will be given to the Bihar government at Puri free of cost for the Bihar tourists and pilgrims, who come to visit the temple of Lord Jagannath.
“No discussion was held about any alliance today,” he clarified when media persons asked about BJD’s joining in the possible alliance of anti-BJP parties.
Nitish Kumar said he has an old relationship with Naveen Patnaik and his father Biju Patnaik.
“I was frequently meeting Naveenji. However, due to Covid-19 pandemic, I was not able to meet him. So, I wanted to meet him,” the Bihar CM said.
When asked about whether there was any political discussion between the two top leaders, the JDU leader, with a smiling face, replied, “Don’t worry about political things. We have such a strong relationship, there is no need to think about political issues and, also, don’t compare it with any others.”
Replying to a media query on release of don-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh, Nitish Kumar said, “If someone is convicted and then he gets rigorous imprisonment. After that, he was released from jail. Following the central rule of 2016, this is happening across the country.”
Notably, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee had met Naveen Patnaik in March this year. During that time also, both the leaders have denied any discussion on formation of a third front or any alliance. However, they had advocated for strengthening of federal structure in India.
Following the break-up of the BJD-BJP coalition government in 2009, the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD has been maintaining equal distance from both BJP and Congress.
Besides, it is not shown much interest to be involved in national politics. The regional party always says its focus is on the interest of Odisha and its people.