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A llegedly sharing a derogatory post on her Facebook account against (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar.

17-May-2022

Cyber police, who have also registered a case against Chitale, said they will seek the actor’s custody after her remand with the Thane police ends.

A Thane court has sent Marathi actress Ketaki Chitale to police custody till Wednesday, May 18 for allegedly sharing a derogatory post on her Facebook account against Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar. Cyber police, who have also registered a case against Chitale, said they will seek the actor’s custody after her remand with the Thane police ends.

Chitale (29), a film and TV actress, was arrested by the Thane police on Saturday over a post she allegedly shared on her Facebook page. the actress has allegedly shared on her Facebook page referring to the surname “Pawar”. It contained phrases like “hell is waiting” and “you hate Brahmins” and mocked his illness and his voice.

After this on Sunday she was brought out before a holiday court which Send her to remand in the Thane police custody till May 18, a senior police official said. The cyber police inspector Dagadu Hake also said, ”We have booked Chitale and will seek her custody after her remand with the Thane police gets over.”

Chitale was booked under Indian Penal Code Sections 500 (defamation), 501 (printing or engraving matter known to be defamatory), 505 (2) (making, publishing, or circulating any statement, rumour, or report promoting enmity, hatred, or ill will.

Shiv Sena leader and former Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar said that one must respect the age and seniority in public life.

Chintan Shivir, on Sunday said that a task force would be set up in the next two to three days : Sonia Gandhi

16-May-2022

“We will overcome. That is our determination. That is our NavSankalp. The Congress will have a new Uday. That is our NavSankalp,” she asserted.

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Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, in her concluding remarks at Chintan Shivir, on Sunday said that a task force would be set up in the next two to three days to implement the internal reforms which will focus on the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

She also said that these internal reforms will cover all aspects of the organization including structure, rules for appointments to party posts, communications and publicity, outreach, finances, and election management.

“A compact task force will be set up to drive the process of internal reforms that are essential and that have been discussed in different groups here at Udaipur. These reforms will focus on the 2024 Lok Sabha polls will cover all aspects of the organization. The composition of the Task Force will be notified in the next two-three days,” said Gandhi in Udaipur.

“We will overcome. That is our determination. That is our NavSankalp. The Congress will have a new Uday. That is our NavSankalp,” she asserted.

The Congress interim president also announced forming an advisory group from among Congress Working Committee (CWC) members which would meet regularly to discuss political matters but asserted it was “not a collective decision-making body” and would help her get the benefit of vast experience of senior colleagues.

“I have also decided to have an advisory group drawn from the CWC that would meet regularly under my chairpersonship to discuss and deliberate upon political issues and challenges before our party,” she said.

“We do have the CWC that meets from time to time and that will continue. The new group is not, however, a collective decision-making body but will help me get the benefit from the vast experience of senior colleagues. It too will be notified very soon,” added the Congress interim president.

Sonia Gandhi also called the three-day Chintan Shivir in Udaipur “useful and productive” as many party leaders had an opportunity to express their views and offer suggestions in a spirit of constructive participation.

Sonia Gandhi also announced that Congress will launch a nationwide yatra “Kanyakumari to Kashmir Bharat Jodo” beginning on October 2, as a part of the party’s outreach programme.

Congress Working Committee meeting was also held on Sunday in Udaipur to give final shape to organisational reforms and the party’s stand on key issues. Here, CWC approved Congress ‘Nav Sankalp’ declaration at Chintan Shivir in Udaipur.

The three-day Navsankalp Shivir started in Rajasthan’s Udaipur on Friday. Six committees were formed for the workshop and 430 leaders deliberated on the party’s strategy to deal with the emerging challenges.

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The Congress working committee (CWC) will meet later in the day and a final call on the issue will be taken.

15-May-2022

The key demand of the Congress’ dissident G23 leaders of constituting a parliamentary board has been accepted by the sub group on organisational issues and same will be put forth in the CWC meet.

The Congress working committee (CWC) will meet later in the day and a final call on the issue will be taken.

But, whether the members of Congress Parliamentary Board (CPB) will be elected or nominated is still not clear. The CPB was discontinued some time ago and now the demand for it has been discussed during the ‘Chintan Shivir’ in Udaipur, and the G-23 leaders raised the issue in the party forum, sources said.

The CWC will be meeting at 11 a.m. Sunday and after the deliberation, the Udaipur declaration will be adopted. Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi will address the gathering on the concluding day.

Rahul Gandhi’s padyatra (foot march) from Kashmir to Kanyakumari to connect with the masses is another key proposal before the party.

The yatra was part of discussion during the ‘Chintan Shivir’ of the party, and is likely to commence later this year in run-up for the general elections, sources said.

Similar padyatras will be organised in each state by the state leaders to push pro-people agenda and highlight the “failures” of the government and plight of the people.

The final call will be taken by the CWC. The party’s interim President Sonia Gandhi has discussed a mass agitation programme against the government on inflation and economic issues.

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One month after Ram Navami violence, Khargone collector, SP transferred

15-May-2022

Bhopal, (PTI) More than a month after violence during Ram Navami celebration in Khargone, the Madhya Pradesh government has transferred the district's collector and superintendent of police.

Stone-pelting had taken place during the Ram Navami procession in Khargone city on April 10, leading to clashes and arson. The district administration also imposed curfew partially for 24 days.

As per a government order issued late Saturday night, Khargone Collector Anugraha P has been transferred as officer on special duty at the Madhya Pradesh Bhawan in New Delhi. Ratlam's Collector Kumar Purushottam will be the new collector of Khargone.

Besides, Khargone's Superintendent of Police (SP) Siddharth Choudhary, who was shot in leg by a rioter, was also transferred as Assistant Inspector General at the police headquarters in state capital Bhopal. Satna district Superintendent of Police Dharmveer Singh will now be the SP of Khargone.

The government also transferred Jhabua's SP Ashutosh Gupta to Satna in the same capacity, while Deputy Commissioner of Police, Indore, Arvind Tiwari has been transferred as Jhabua's SP.

Niwari Collector Narendra Kumar Suryavanshi has now been appointed as the collector of Ratlam, while Jabalpur's Additional Commissioner (revenue) Tarun Bhatnagar has been made the district collector of Niwari, as per the order.

Active COVID-19 cases in country dip to 17,692

15-May-2022

New Delhi, (PTI) With 2,487 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,31,21,599 while the active cases dipped to 17,692, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.

The death toll climbed to 5,24,214 with 13 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.

The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.74 per cent, the ministry said.

A decrease of 404 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.61 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 0.62 per cent, according to the ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,25,79,693, while the case fatality rate was 1.22 per cent.

The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 191.32 crore.

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. It went past 60 lakh on September 28, 70 lakh on October 11, crossed 80 lakh on October 29, 90 lakh on November 20 and surpassed the one-crore mark on December 19.

The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23 last year.

The 13 new fatalities include eight from Kerala, four from Delhi and one from Maharashtra.

A total of 5,24,214 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 1,47,854 from Maharashtra, 69,363 from Kerala, 40,105 from Karnataka, 38,025 from Tamil Nadu, 26,192 from Delhi, 23,513 from Uttar Pradesh and 21,203 from West Bengal.

The ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.

"Our figures are being reconciled with the Indian Council of Medical Research," the ministry said on its website, adding that state-wise distribution of figures is subject to further verification and reconciliation.

Manik Saha to be new Tripura CM

14-May-2022

New Delhi, May 14 (PTI) Manik Saha will be the new Tripura chief minister succeeding Biplab Kumar Deb who resigned earlier on Saturday, BJP leaders said.

Saha was elected the BJP legislature party leader, they said.

"Congratulations and best wishes to @DrManikSaha2 ji on being elected as the legislature party leader. I believe under PM Shri @narendramodi Ji's vision and leadership Tripura will prosper," Deb tweeted.

Arvind Kejriwal's meeting with his party's MLAs, which was scheduled for Saturday,

14-May-2022

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's meeting with his party's MLAs, which was scheduled for Saturday, has been cancelled in the wake of a massive fire in outer Delhi's Mundka in which 27 lives were lost, official sources said.

Several other events, including the inauguration of electric vehicle charging points by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, have been cancelled as well, they said.

Kejriwal, national convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party, was scheduled to hold a crucial meeting with party legislators here to prepare a strategy to counter the anti-encroachment drives launched by the BJP-ruled municipal corporations in the national capital.

The meeting was scheduled to begin at 11 am at the chief minister's official residence in Civil Lines.

The fire in the four-storey commercial building on Friday started from the first floor that houses the office of a company which manufactures and assembles CCTV cameras and routers, the police have said.

Kejriwal and Sisodia visited the spot to take stock of the situation.

The Delhi chief minister announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh each to the kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for those injured in the blaze.

"A magisterial enquiry has been ordered into the incident. The families of the deceased will be given a compensation of Rs 10 lakh, while the injured will be given Rs 50,000," he said.

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Sisodia urges Shah to stop demolition drive in Delhi

14-May-2022

New Delhi, (PTI) Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah urging him to stop the "destruction" ensuing in the national capital due to the anti-encroachment drive by the BJP-ruled municipal bodies.

In an online briefing, Sisodia slammed the "bulldozer politics" of the BJP and claimed that the civic bodies are planning to raze 63 lakh dwellings in the national capital.

"Of these, 60 lakh houses are in unauthorised colonies while the remaining three lakh are those where people have extended their balconies or covered them. We have learnt that notices have been sent to them," Sisodia said.

"This will lead to a huge destruction in the national capital. Almost 70 per cent of the population of Delhi will be rendered homeless," he added.

The Aam Aadmi Party will oppose the demolition drive and I have written to the Union home minister to seek his intervention in the matter, he said, adding that they are even ready to go to jail.

"I have written to him (Shah) saying that this (demolition drive) should be stopped. If bulldozers are to be used, they should be used to demolish the houses of those BJP leaders and civic body representatives who took bribes to allow such structures to be constructed," he said.

In the letter, Sisodia said there are 1,750 unauthorised colonies where nearly 50 lakh people live and 860 slum clusters which are home to around 10 lakh people.

"In Delhi, the BJP has a plan to run bulldozers on these colonies. Every day, some BJP leader reaches a colony with a bulldozer," Sisodia said in the letter written in Hindi.

"Apart from this, three lakh people residing in unauthorised and DDA colonies have been given notices for making alterations like extending their balcony or covering it. In reality, there is no house in Delhi where alterations have not been carried out," he added.

He further alleged that in the last 17 years, councillors, officials and mayors of the civic bodies took bribes to allow jhuggis and providing plots for unauthorised colonies.

Now when there is a threat to BJP's rule coming to an end in the municipal corporations, they are trying to ruin people's houses, he said.

"I appeal to you (Shah) to tell BJP leaders to not indulge in dangerous politics in the name of bulldozers and to fix accountability of those who let these illegal constructions happen," Sisodia said.

Till accountability is fixed, there should be complete stoppage of "bulldozer politics", he added.

An anti-encroachment drive in Delhi's Madanpur Khadar on Thursday sparked protests and pelting of stones where the locals claimed that legal structures were bulldozed.

AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan, who was a part of a protest in the southeast Delhi locality, was arrested on charges of rioting and obstructing public servants in discharge of their duty, police officials said.

State of economy cause of 'extreme concern': Chidambaram

14-May-2022

Udaipur, May 14 (PTI) Asserting that the state of the economy is a cause of "extreme concern", senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said taking into account global and domestic developments, it may be necessary to contemplate a reset of economic policies.

Addressing a press conference, Chidambaram said a slower rate of growth has been the "hallmark" of the present government in the last eight years, and the post-pandemic recovery has been "indifferent and halting".

Chidambaram, who heads the panel on economy constituted by Congress president Sonia Gandhi to lead discussions at the three-day 'Chintan Shivir' here, also said the time is ripe for a comprehensive review of fiscal relations between the Centre and the States.

The consequences of the poorly drafted and unfairly implemented GST laws brought in by the Modi government in 2017 are there for everyone to see, the Congress leader said.

"The States' fiscal position is fragile like never before and needs urgent remedial measures," said the former finance minister, flanked by some other members of the panel such as Gourav Vallabh and Supriya Shrinate.

Noting that the Congress-led government ushered in a new era of liberalisation in 1991, Chidambaram said the country has reaped enormous benefits in terms of wealth creation, new businesses and new entrepreneurs, a huge middle class, millions of jobs, exports and lifting 27 crore people out of poverty during a 10-year period.

"After 30 years, it is felt that taking into account global and domestic developments, it may be necessary to contemplate a reset of the economic policies.

"A reset of economic policies must also address the questions of rising inequalities, extreme poverty among the bottom 10 per cent of the population, India's rank in the Global Hunger Index 2021 (101 out of 116 countries), and evidence of widespread nutritional deficiency among women and children," he said.

The external situation has added to the pressures on the economy, he noted.

"The government appears clueless on the ways to deal with these developments," he added.

Chidambaram further said, "I am confident that our deliberations over three days and the decisions that will be taken by the CWC in the days and weeks ahead will make a significant contribution to the nationwide debate on the economic policies that will best serve the interests of the country and its people."

The discussions at the 'Chintan Shivir', which began on Friday, will continue on the second and third day as well and the conclusions will be recorded in the form of a declaration. A draft of the declaration will be discussed at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting to be held here on the third and last day of the conclave.

Sonia Gandhi targets PM at Cong's Chintan Shivir, says minorities being 'brutalised'

14-May-2022

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Udaipur, May 13 (PTI) Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Friday launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, charging that it has become clear that his mantra of 'minimum government, maximum governance' means keeping the country in a permanent state of polarisation, "brutalising" minorities and "threatening" political opponents.

In her inaugural address at the party's 'Chintan Shivir' here, she urged delegates to deliberate with an open mind and send out a clear message of strong organisation and unity.

She said the Shivir is also an occasion to deliberate on the many challenges ahead of us and bring organisational changes.

It is both 'Chintan' about national issues and meaningful 'aatmachintan' (self-introspection) about our party organisation, she said.

Gandhi charged that it has become painfully clear what Prime Minister Modi and his colleagues really meany by their frequently used slogan of maximum governance, minimum government.

It means keeping the country in a permanent state of polarisation, compelling people to stay in a constant state of fear and insecurity. It means viciously targeting, victimising and brutalising minorities who are an integral part of our society and equal citizens of our republic, she charged.

It means using our societies age old pluralities to divide us and subverting a carefully nurtured idea of unity and diversity. It means threatening and intimidating political opponents, maligning their reputation, jailing them on flimsy pretexts using investigative agencies Gandhi further alleged.

She urged party leaders to keep the organisation above personal ambitions, saying the party has given us a lot and it's time to pay back.

Noting that changes in organisation are the need of the hour, she said, We need to change the way of our working

The Central government has placed a ban on wheat export with immediate effect

14-May-2022

MEW DELHI : The Central government has placed a ban on wheat export with immediate effect in the wake of the grave situation of less than estimated domestic wheat production and an excessive global price hike after a spike in demand following the Russia-Ukraine war.

There is just one exception mentioned in the notification that was issued late on Friday.

Earlier, the Centre had said it was happy that the farmers were getting good returns for their produce as India had exported almost 11 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of wheat till April.

The government also claimed that it was committed to provide food security to its own population, its neighbours and also some vulnerable countries and hence brought in the amendment in relevant sections of the Export Policy.

Exports would be allowed only in case of shipments where irrevocable Letter of Credit (LoC) has been issued on or before May 13.

Since the new wheat came in the market, a large number of farmers had been selling their produce to private traders who in turn were sending it to exporters in the face of the huge demand.

Both Russia and Ukraine have been the largest exporters of wheat in the international markets. Ever since the war broke out on February 24, the supply has been disrupted with an increase in demand.

Due to massive heat waves in March and April, the estimated food grain production had revised to 1,050 LMT against the earlier estimate of 1,113 LMT.

Indian traders had been buying wheat directly from the farmers at increased prices leading to a shortfall in government procurement too.

However, Secretary Food, Sudhanshu Pandey had told media persons just 10 days ago that India had enough stocks to cater to its domestic requirement to ensure food security.

Wheat export in 2019-20 was 2.17 lakh metric tonnes that had increased to 21.55 LMT in 2020-21, which in turn increased to 72.15 LMT in 2021-22.

“This season, about 40 LMT wheat has been contracted for export and about 11 LMT has already been exported in April 2022,” Pandey had said.

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Mundka blaze death toll rises to 26; more feared dead

14-May-2022

DELHI : As many as 26 people have been killed in a major fire that broke out in a three-storey building at the Mundka area of the national capital on Friday afternoon, a Fire Department official said.

“So far we have recovered 19 bodies and the number of casualties is likely to go up,” Delhi Fire Service chief Atul Garg told IANS.

However, Delhi Police officials maintained that till now, 14 people have been killed in the inferno while 12 people have sustained injuries. According to the police, around 60-70 persons have been evacuated from the building.

The top Fire Department official informed that they received a call about the incident at 4 p.m. from a building located near Pillar No. 544 in Mundka in west Delhi, after which 10 fire engines were immediately pressed into service.

As per visuals released from the spot, thick fumes of black smoke along with a massive blaze could be seen billowing out of the ill-fated three-storey building. The firemen used the fire truck ladder to reach out to the maximum possible height to spray water over the blaze.

The inferno is yet to be brought under control at the time of filing of this report.

Meanwhile, a senior police officer said that they also received a call about the incident at 4.45 p.m. following which the local police rushed to the spot.

“Police officers broke the windows of the building and rescued many inmates who were rushed to the hospital,” the officer said.

Based on preliminary inquiry, the police said it was a three-storey commercial building used for providing office space to companies. The fire first broke out on the first floor of the building which houses a CCTV and router manufacturing company.

The police have detained the owner of the company and his antecedents are being examined. The rescue operation is still going on.

AGENCY IN PUT

A Chhattisgarh government helicopter crashed at the Raipur airport .

13-May-2022

A Chhattisgarh government helicopter crashed at the Raipur airport .The incident took place during a flying practice at the Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur under the Mana police station limits around 9.10 p.m., said Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Prashant Agrawal.

Two pilots on board the chopper were seriously injured in the crash and immediately taken to a nearby private hospital where they were declared dead, said the SSP.

The deceased were identified as Captian Gopal Krishna Panda and Captain A.P. Shrivastava, said the police officer. The cause of the crash was not immediately known.

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel expressed grief over the tragedy and condoled the death of the pilots. Mr. Baghel tweeted, “just got sad news about a state helicopter crashing at the airport in Raipur. In this tragic accident, both our pilots Captain Panda and Captain Shrivastava passed away. May God give strength to their family members and peace to the departed soul.”

AGENCY IN PUT

The two-judge bench ripped into the petitioner who sought opening of the 22 locked rooms

12-May-2022

BY AGENCY IN PUT

The Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow bench on Thursday dismissed the petition seeking opening of 22 rooms in the Taj Mahal premises.

The two-judge bench ripped into the petitioner who sought opening of the 22 locked rooms, stating that the truth about the iconic monument needs to come out, and that he has filed multiple PILs for the same.

“Tomorrow you will ask for permission to see our chambers. Please, don’t make mockery of the PIL system,” the bench said during the hearing.

The writ petition, seeking to “find the truth” behind the 22 locked rooms in the Taj Mahal, was filed last week before the Lucknow bench by Rajneesh Singh, who is the media in-charge of the BJP’s Ayodhya unit.

The petition cited the claims of some historians and Hindu groups about the mausoleum actually being an old Shiva temple. The petition has sought the Archaeological Survey of India form a special committee to examine the locked rooms and release the report to the public.

Singh said that the demand is not to make the Taj Mahal a temple but to bring out the truth of the matter for the sake of social harmony. He said that the only way to end such controversy is by examining closed rooms.

Justices D.K. Upadhyay and Subhash Vidyarthi questioned the petitioner on what his plea is. Pointing out that the petitioner wants the court to issue a writ of mandamus, they stated it can only be issued in case of infringement of rights.

“What judgment do you want us to pronounce? Who built the Taj Mahal? Don’t go into historical facts… Mandamus can only be issued when rights have been infringed. What rights of yours have been infringed?” the bench asked.

The petitioner said he is asking for a fact-finding committee to be constituted to get to the bottom of the issue and reiterated his demand to be allowed access to the 22 rooms as the “truth” needs to emerge about the Taj Mahal. Citizens need to know why multiple rooms in the monument are said to be locked due to “security reasons”, he said.

The bench responded sharply, saying: “Who are you asking the information from? If you are not satisfied that the rooms have been closed for security reasons, use your remedies in law to challenge that. Do some research first — do MA, Ph.D, enroll yourself somewhere. Don’t make a mockery of this.”

Several right-wing organisations claim Taj Mahal to be Tejo Mahalaya, a Hindu temple.

Section 144 has been re-imposed in the riot-hit Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh

12-May-2022

Bhopal : Section 144 has been re-imposed in the riot-hit Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh as a preventive measure.

No rallies, processions, Jagarans, shobha yatras, or political demonstrations will be allowed in the district till July 10, according to a notification issued jointly by the district administration and the police on Wednesday.

It came a week after the administration removed the curfew in the riot-plagued region, claiming that things had back to normal. Section 144 was last invoked on April 11, a day after communal violence erupted in the district during the Navratri festival.

Restrictions were reinstated a day after a group of Muslim women staged a rally accusing police of harassing women and arresting people without appropriate evidence. A group of Muslim ladies protested at the SP office on Tuesday, alleging that police had arrested youngsters and senior persons.

“Police are storming Muslim homes and detaining men and children. They are also harassing ladies. We are in a terrifying scenario “a Muslim woman told journalists

While Muslim women have accused police of harassing them in the pretext of arrests and searches, ASP-Khargone, Neeraj Chaurasia, has promised appropriate action. Chauaria further stated that the administration is currently working to restore peace in Khargone, which was recently the scene of sectarian clashes.

Notably, 182 people have been arrested in 72 cases related to the violence thus far. SP Siddharth Choudhary, who was shot in the leg, was among the injured. For the firing incident, police detained a man named Mohsin aka Waseem.

On the festival of Ram Navami on April 10, communal conflicts erupted in Khargone, resulting in violence, including arson and stone-pelting. A curfew was quickly imposed.

(with inputs from AGENCY)

Arrested Jharkhand (IAS) Mining Secretary Pooja Singhal in a money laundering case

12-May-2022

Ranchi ; arrested Jharkhand Mining Secretary IAS Pooja Singhal in a money laundering case linked to alleged embezzlement of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) funds and other suspicious financial transactions.

Singhal, a 2000-batch IAS officer, was taken into custody under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after two consecutive days of questioning by the ED’s Ranchi zonal office.

During questioning, Singhal was “evasive” in her replies, leading to her arrest, sources said.

The ED will produce her before a local court here seeking her remand to subject her to custodial interrogation.

Singhal reached the ED’s office in the Hinoo area of Ranchi at 10:40 AM for the questioning and was arrested at 5 PM. Singhal was at the ED office for about nine hours on Tuesday where her statement was recorded under

PMLA.

The statement of her businessman husband, Abhsihek Jha, too has been recorded in the case on at least three occasions, the sources said.

This is the second arrest in this case after Suman Kumar, a chartered accountant and financial advisor allegedly linked to the couple, was held by the ED last week on May 7, a day after the agency searched their premises and some other locations in different States.

The money laundering investigation against Singhal and others relate to a case in which former Jharkhand Government junior engineer Ram Binod Prasad Sinha was arrested by the agency on June 17, 2020 from West Bengal.

He was booked under the PMLA in 2012 on the basis of State Vigilance Bureau FIRs against him.

Sinha was booked by the Vigilance Bureau under Indian Penal Code sections relating to cheating and provisions under the Prevention of Corruption Act for allegedly defrauding public money and investing it in his own name as well as in the name of his family members while working as junior engineer from April 1, 2008 to March 21, 2011.

The said fund was earmarked for the execution of the Government projects under MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) in Khunti district.

Sinha told the ED that “he paid five per cent commission (out of the defrauded funds) to the district administration”.

During the period, the ED had alleged, charges of “irregularities” were made against Singhal while she served as the deputy commissioner/district magistrate of Chatra, Khunti and Palamu between 2007 and 2013.

The agency, during the May 6 raids, seized over Rs 17 crore cash from CA Suman Kumar’s premises. The total cash seizure in this case including all locations is Rs 19.31 crore, officials had said.

The city got drenched with 38 mm of rainfall triggered by the raging cyclone Asani today

12-May-2022

The city got drenched with 38 mm of rainfall triggered by the raging cyclone Asani today while the weather department has issued a yellow warning for five districts of the state for tomorrow.

According to the office of the India Meteorological Department in Kolkata, heavy rainfall of 70 mm to 110 mm is likely to occur tomorrow at one or two places over East Midnapore West Midnapore, North 24-Parganas, South 24-Parganas and Nadia districts of Gangetic West Bengal. The five districts of Gangetic West Bengal have been issued a yellow warning for tomorrow.

The weather department officials are expecting the severe cyclonic storm to weaken and turn into only a cyclonic storm by the next morning. The system is to lose intensity further and get reduced to a depression by the morning of 12 May.

However, even though West Bengal was largely spared by the cyclone today, some parts of the state are expected to have rainfall till the next few days. The Regional Meteorological Centre has also given a forecast of light to moderate rain and thunderstorm over the districts of Gangetic West Bengal till 12 May.

Meanwhile, a high-level meeting of the officials of the state fire and emergency services department on the preparedness of the cyclone was held at Bikash Bhawan today. The department alerted all its fire stations particularly in coastal areas. Control rooms were opened and leaves of all employees were cancelled

AGENCY IN PUT.

Active COVID-19 cases in country dip to 19,067

12-May-2022

New Delhi, May 12 (PTI) With 2,827 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,31,13,413, while the active cases dipped to 19,067, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.

The death toll climbed to 5,24,181 with 24 fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.

The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was 98.74 per cent, the ministry said.

A decrease of 427 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.60 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 0.72 per cent, according to the ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,25,70,165, while the case fatality rate was 1.22 per cent.

The cumulative doses administered in the country so far under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive has exceeded 190.83 crore.

The country crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23 last year.

The 24 new fatalities include 17 from Kerala, two from Uttar Pradesh and one each from Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jhakhand and Maharashtra.

A total of 5,24,181 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 1,47,850 from Maharashtra, 69,342 from Kerala, 40,105 from Karnataka, 38,025 from Tamil Nadu, 26,184 from Delhi, 23,513 from Uttar Pradesh and 21,203 from West Bengal.

The ministry stressed that more than 70 per cent of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.

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Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai paid tribute to Veer Savarkar on his birth anniversary: Veer Savarkar's life is a symbol of patriotism, self-sacrifice and ideological firmness: Chief Minister Shri Sai