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Shelly Oberoi becomes Delhi’s Mayor

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New Delhi: AAP’s Shelly Oberoi became the mayor of Delhi after defeating the BJP’s mayoral candidate Rekha Gupta by a margin of 34 votes, MCD officials announced on Wednesday.

Voting began as the municipal house met after three previous failed attempts to hold the election to the top post.

BJP MPs Meenakshi Lekhi and Hans Raj Hans were among the firsts to cast their votes.

The exercise took place after much delay since the high-stakes MCD elections last month.

The mayoral election is being conducted following a Supreme Court order after three failed attempts earlier to hold the polls.

Oberoi polled 150 votes while Gupta received 116 votes out of the total 266 votes polled. The voting was held at the Civic Centre.

Delhi got the mayor in the fourth attempt since the earlier elections were stalled amid ruckus over voting rights being given to nominated members.

Last week, Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena gave his nod to convene the municipal House for holding the mayoral election following the apex court order.

The top court on February 17 ordered the issuance of a notice within 24 hours for convening the first meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to fix the date of elections for the mayor, the deputy mayor and the members of the standing committee of the civic body.

The court issued the order after hearing a plea moved by Oberoi, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) mayoral candidate.

In a shot in the arm for the AAP, the apex court also held that the members nominated to the MCD by the Lt Governor cannot vote to elect the mayor. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia congratulated Oberoi and the party workers on the win. “The goons lost, the public won. Many congratulations to all the workers as the AAP candidate has become the mayor in Municipal Corporation of Delhi. Once again wholehearted gratitude to the people of Delhi.

Refuse to pay property tax, Mehbooba Mufti tells people in J&K

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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday urged people of Jammu and Kashmir to refuse to property tax peacefully. She said that the imposition of the tax was part of the BJP’s agenda of impoverishing the people of the Union Territory.

“The real aim is to make people of Jammu and Kashmir so poor that they don’t demand anything. Look at the rest of the country, 80 crore people are getting free ration. They don’t ask for jobs or cheaper fuel,” Mehbooba said in Srinagar today. “They just wait for the 5 kg grain so that they can feed their children. They want to bring Jammu and Kashmir also to the same level.” 

She said that the BJP wants “to bury people of J&K.” 

“They could not bring other States at par with J&K, now they are trying to bring us at par with other States,” Mehbooba said. The former Chief Minister said the BJP has been a “disaster” for Jammu and Kashmir. The Jammu and Kashmir administration on February 21 issued a notification for imposition of property tax which will come into effect from the next financial year.

Home Ministry gives nod to prosecute Delhi Dy CM Sisodia in snooping case

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New Delhi: Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has given sanction to prosecute Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia under the Prevention of Corruption Act in connection with the alleged ‘Feedback Unit (FBU) snooping case’.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will now lodge a fresh case against Sisodia.

The CBI in its preliminary inquiry report has found that the FBU formed through a Delhi cabinet decision on September 29, 2015 indulged in gathering political intelligence.

Delhi Lt. Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena had also given his approval to the CBI to file a case against Sisodia and six others over allegations that the AAP government created a Feedback Unit under the vigilance department to collect political intelligence.

“From the careful perusal of the note, it can be unambiguously observed that there was a concerted effort by the state government to create an agency that was outside it’s mandate and not within the constitutional scheme of Governance. “There seems to have been a well conceived attempt to establish an extraneous and parallel covert agency with overarching powers of snooping and trespass, without any legislative, judicial or executive oversight whatsoever, ” L-G Saxena has observed in his order

Why OTT has suddenly emerged as BIG Stars favourite Platform…

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Lights… Camera… Action, the veteran star Nana Patekar is all set to debut on OTT. He is teaming up with Ace Director Prakash Jha for a political webseries named “ Lal Batti”.The shooting of the series has already started in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. The Actor will be playing lawyer-cum politician and will unite with actor Sanjay Kapoor after 21 years. The most Energetic and charismatic Bollywood Actor Anil Kapoor with “Night Manager” and another talented one Shahid Kapoor with “Farzi” have already made their mark on OTT.

Beautiful and Talented Madhuri Dixit returned with “The Fame Game” and Ajay Devgan astonished everyone with his Crime Series “Rudra”- The Edge of darkness.

After the Bleak time of the pandemic, OTT emerged as a popular destination. The concept of OTT allowed its viewers to access anything, anywhere and anytime. According to a report, OTT  consumption rose drastically with majority of its consumers streaming their videos at home on their favorite platforms. “No doubt OTT is a fantastic platform, and the need of good

content is also growing”. It has opened new doors for artists like us, Manoj Bajpayee recently said in an event. The Family Man Actor in a literature festival was found saying that “OTT is like a railway station where some stalls sell obscene books while some literature books, it depends on the viewers what to choose.” He also said that OTT has given him the freedom to do all genres of work that people have not experienced earlier.

Manoj Bajpayee is coming up with a new family drama series “Gulmohar” on Disney hotstar, with yesteryears versatile Actors, Sharmila Tagore and Amol Palekar.

One of the most promising leading men on OTT is Pankaj Tripathi, The Actor has already appeared in two seasons of Mirzapur and the third season is expected this year. His Criminal Justice series where he played a lawyer was also challenging. Shooting the court scenes were although difficult for me, he said in a show.

According to some Film critics, OTT has changed the perspective of audiences, herewriters are doing commendable jobs, content is the king. The young generation who are associated with some theatre societies of colleges and Universities are also hopeful, to get a chance to work on OTT soon. Some of our seniors are already working in Big production houses in Mumbai.

We are happy that OTT is growing, with surplus opportunities for newcomers like us, said Bilal Siddiqui , a video creator. Most of the web-series are based on true events that excites us a lot says Anita Sharma, who watches all movies in her metro ride from Noida to Gurugram. Star studded content is a sure draw. OTT has given its audience an option to watch the content as per his interest, says Shashank Sasha, President of Creative Art Group who has recently shot a short film for OTT. Some of the Students that are doing Film making, production and Direction  courses in Delhi and Mumbai are also optimistic of getting work on OTT platforms. I have already worked on four OTT series, says Assistant Director Shiv Prakash.

Nadda to launch book on PM Modi on Wednesday

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BJP President J.P. Nadda will launch a book titled ‘Modi: Shaping a Global Order in Flux’ at the Sushma Swaraj Bhavan here on Wednesday morning.

Edited by Sujan Chinoy, Vijay Chauthaiwala and Uttam Kumar Sinha, the book’s forward has been penned by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar.

Description of the book in Amazon reads — “Narendra Modi’s second term has been a lesson in acutely observing, re-evaluating and readjusting to a multitude of intertwined challenges, and building back even better India’s economic, industrial and healthcare sinews without compromising India’s interests.”

The book examines a variety of emerging and evolving risks impacted and accelerated by the changing geopolitics, economic downturn, public health pressures, technology and innovation breakthroughs; and the existential challenges of climate change and its impact on resources. The book focuses on India’s capacity, capability and political will, and its diplomatic role in navigating an increasingly fragile multilateral world.

Punjab government to present annual budget on March 10th

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Chandigarh : Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann led Punjab Government will present its budget for the financial year 2023-24- on March 10 as the budget session of 16th Punjab Vidhan Sabha will be held from March 3rd to March 24th.

This was decided at a Cabinet meeting chaired by the Chief Minister here at his office in Punjab Civil Secretariat I.

Disclosing the details a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said that the Cabinet authorized the Governor to convene the session, as per Article 174 of the Constitution of India.
As per the schedule, the budget session will commence on March 3 at 10 am with Governor’s address followed by obituary references at 2 pm. On March 6 the motion of thanks and discussion on Governor’s Address will take place at 10 am till the conclusion of the same. The Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year 2021-22, presentation of supplementary grants for year 2022-23 and Appropriation bill on supplementary demands for grants for year 2022-23 will be held on March 7th, followed by legislative business.

Non official business will be held on March 9th and Budget estimates for the year 2023-24 will be presented before the House on March 10th followed by general discussion on the budget. General discussion on the Budget estimates for the year 2023-24 will resume at 10 AM on March 11 till its conclusion and voting. Non-official business will be conducted at 10 am on March 22, followed by legislative business on March 24th after which the house will be adjourned sine-die.

Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist shot dead In Pakistan

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Bashir Ahmad Pir, also known as Imtiyaz Alam, was shot dead on Monday in Pakistan’s Rawalpindi. He was a “top-ranking commander” for Hizbul Mujahideen, which has been fighting Pakistan’s proxy against India in Kashmir.

Alam is believed to have been close to Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin.

In October 2022, Alam was designated as a terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. He was identified as a “launching commander” of Hizbul Mujahideen, “especially for infiltrating into Kupwara, and coordinating with other terrorist groups for terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir”.

The notification said Alam was involved in “a number of online propaganda groups to unite ex-militants and other cadres for the furtherance of activities of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, Lashkar-e-Toiba and others”.

CBI conducts raids in FCI corruption case

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In a latest development in connection with the crackdown on officials of state-run Food Corporation of India (FCI), the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday conducted raids at more than 30 places.

Some of the places where the raids are underway are Rajpura, Patiala, Sarhind, Fatehgarh Sahib, Mohali, Sonam, Moga, Firozapur, Ludhiana and Sangrur.

CBI sources have said that premises belonging to FCI officials, private rice millers and grain merchants are being raided.

On January 13, the probe agency had arrested Satish Verma, the Chandigarh-based lab owner.

Three days prior, the CBI had arrested FCI DGM Rajeev Kumar Mishra when he was about to receive a bribe of Rs 50, 000 from Ravinder Singh Khera, the owner of a private firm in Punjab.

Last month, a case was registered against 74 accused, including 34 serving and three retired officials of FCI, 17 private persons and other entities.

“Huge amount of bribe was paid to FCI officials for extending favours to the private nexus operators. Private rice millers and grain merchants were paying bribes to FCI officials for getting favours in accommodating procurement of low quality foodgrains, malpractices in day-to-day operations in unloading of foodgrains, managing enquiries against various malpractices, etc, ” a CBI official had said.

The officials in conspiracy with rice millers cover up the shortages in stocks and accepted low quality foodgrains which are transported to other parts of the country.

The rice millers in turn allegedly paid a huge amount of bribe to the officials of FCI as part of channelised corruption.

Low intensity earthquake felt in J&K

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Jammu:  A low intensity earthquake measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale rocked J&K previous evening, officials said on Tuesday.

National Centre for Seismology (NCS) data said, “An earthquake measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale occurred at 10.07 p.m. yesterday in J&K.”

The epicentre of the earthquake was 89 kms east of Katra in Reasi district.

The coordinates of the tremor were latitude 33.03 degrees north and longitude 75.89 degrees east. It occurred at a depth of 25 kms inside the earth.

No report of any casualty or damage to property was received from anywhere.

Earthquakes have wrought havoc in J&K in the past. An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale occurred in J&K on October 8, 2005.

More than 80, 000 people were killed in the earthquake on the two sides of the de facto border between India and Pakistan in J&K.

Mudra scheme boosting employment, self-employment opportunities in tourism sector: PM

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the Centre’s Mudra Yojana is playing a crucial role in boosting employment and self-employment opportunities in the tourism sector.

Giving examples of shops, dhabas, guest houses, and homestays, the Prime Minister highlighted the loans up to Rs 10 lakh being provided to such businesses without any guarantee.

“38 crore Mudra loans have been given across the country so far. About 8 crore youths have become entrepreneurs for the first time, ” Modi said while addressing the Uttarakhand Rozgar Mela via video-conferencing.

Several youths of the state were handed over their appointment letters on the occasion.

The Prime Minister also informed that the share of women and youth belonging to the SC, ST and OBC category is maximum under Mudra loans.

Highlighting the new experiments taking place in the country in the educational sector, the Prime Minister noted that most appointees would be serving in the field of education.

“The new National Education Policy prepares the youth of India for the new century, ” he said.

Modi also highlighted the constant endeavour of the central and Uttarakhand government that every youth gets new opportunities based on their interest while getting access to the right medium to move forward.

He said that the recruitment campaign in government services is also a step taken in this direction.

The Prime Minister stressed on breaking free from the old adage that the water and youth of the mountains are of no use to the mountains themselves.

“It is the focus of central government that the youth of Uttarakhand return to their villages, ” the Prime Minister added.

He also highlighted the new employment and self-employment opportunities being created in the mountainous regions.

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