India restrict SA to 106/8 in first T20I; Arshdeep took 3, Chahar got 2 wickets

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September 28, 2022

Arshdeep Singh’s three and Deepak Chahar’s two-wicket haul followed by Harshal Patel’s late blows helped India restrict South Africa to 106/8 in the first match of the three-match T20I series at Greenfield International Stadium here on Wednesday.

For South Africa, Keshav Maharaj scored the highest 41 runs while Aiden Markram played a knock of 25 runs. Arshdeep Singh was the pick of Indian bowlers as he struck thrice during the innings. South Africa suffered initial blows and could never settle to a rhythm due to Indian bowlers taking regular wickets.

India got off to a good start as Chahar and Arshdeep rocked South Africa’s top order. Chahar got the ball rolling for India with the wicket of the Proteas captain Temba Bavuma in the final ball of the opening over.

In the very next over, Arshdeep sent back Quinton de Kock and David Miller for one and zero runs respectively. South Africa were tottering at 8-4 at this point.

Chahar delivered another blow to the Proteas’ top order as he dismissed Tristan Stubbs, who was caught by Arshdeep Singh. This was the third golden duck in the space of five balls.

Wayne Parnell then came out to bat. Arshdeep took 3 wickets in an over and Chahar struck twice as South Africa was five down in powerplay. Aiden Markram looked in great form but could not do much as he was sent packing by Harshal Patel after scoring 25 runs in 24 balls. His dismissal left Proteas tottering at 42-6 after 10 overs.

Keshav Maharaj then tried to form a much-needed partnership with Wayne Parnell. Parnell handed an easy catch to Suryakumar Yadav on the delivery of Axar Patel while trying to play a big shot. Parnell went back to the pavilion after scoring 24 runs in 37 balls.

In the second last over, Keshav Maharaj smashed 17 runs in the spell of Ashdeep. However, he failed to continue his form in the last over and was bowled out by Harshal Patel. In the last over Patel bounded Proteas batters, not letting them score any run and restricted them to 106/8.

Brief score: South Africa 106/8 (Keshav Maharaj 41, Aiden Markram 25; Arshdeep Singh 3-32) vs India

BJP leaders Somaiya, Rane thank PM Modi for banning PFI

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September 28, 2022

BJP leaders Kirit Somaiya and Nitesh Rane on Wednesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for banning PFI and its affiliate outfits for having terror links and demanded strong action against members connected to these outfits.

Somaiya said the “anti-national activities” of these outfits will not be tolerated in India. Rane said the Centre’s decision to ban the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its affiliates for five years under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, was the “need of the hour”.

“I want to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for banning the anti-national PFI,” Somaiya said in a video. He said PFI was receiving terror funding from outside India.

“We support the Government of India’s decision to ban PFI under UAPA. Fanaticism, anti-India activities, and terror funding by PFI and its activists have been exposed. Strong action must be taken against all activists connected with PFI,” Somaiya said separately on Twitter.

Rane said the government should next ban the Islamic organisation Raza Academy.

On Tuesday, the Home Ministry issued a notification, banning PFI and its associates for five years. It said these outfits operate openly as a socio-economic, educational and political organisation, “but, they have been pursuing a secret agenda to radicalise a particular section of the society working” to undermine the concept of democracy.

It said some of PFI’s founding members are the leaders of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and PFI has linkages with Jamat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), both of which are proscribed organisations.

The ban was imposed after two rounds of nationwide raids, including in Maharashtra, on PFI earlier this month. More than 100 people linked to these outfits have been detained by authorities during these raids.

Money laundering case: Bombay HC reserves order on bail plea of Ex Maha minister Anil Deshmukh

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September 28, 2022

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday reserved the order on the bail plea of former Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh in a money laundering case. The hearing in the matter has been completed today.

Earlier on Monday, the Supreme Court directed the Bombay High Court to hear and decide expeditiously on the bail plea of Maharashtra’s former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, who was arrested in connection with a money laundering case.

A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli expressed displeasure that the Bombay High Court has kept the bail application of Deshmukh pending for so many months and asked it to hear the plea of Deshmukh within this week and decide it expeditiously.

The apex court noted that Deshmukh’s bail plea is pending in the High Court since March 21 and observed that keeping bail applications pending for eight months is not in accordance with the jurisprudence of bail.

In its order, the bench said, “Any person who has filed a bail application has a legitimate expectation that his plea will be disposed of at an early date. Keeping an application for bail pending is inconsistent with the Right to Life under Article 21. We issue a direction and permit the petitioner to apply before the judge to whom the case has been assigned tomorrow. The application shall be taken for hearing during the course of this week and decided expeditiously.”

Justice NJ Jamadar of the High Court was hearing the bail plea of Deshmukh. Deshmukh had sought bail from the High Court in the money laundering case being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate after the Special Court declined his plea.

Deshmukh was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in November 2021 and is currently in judicial custody.

According to the ED, Deshmukh had misused his position as state home minister and collected Rs 4.70 crore from various bars in Mumbai through some police officers.

Maharashtra reports 492 news cases and three fatalities of Covid-19

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September 28, 2022

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Maharashtra on Wednesday reported 492 fresh coronavirus cases and three fatalities, taking the tally to 81,20,501 and the toll to 1,48,336, the health department said.

A day before, the state had logged 408 cases and two deaths. Mumbai recorded 116 fresh cases and one fatality due to COVID-19. One death was reported each in Kolhapur city and Satara district.

The case fatality rate in the state stood at 1.82 per cent.

Maharashtra is now left with 3,429 active cases after 562 people recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours, taking the number of recoveries to 79,68,736.

The case recovery rate stands at 98.13 per cent. With 30,022 tests conducted in the last 24 hours, the number of samples examined so far in the state went up to 8,47,50,361. Maharashtra’s COVID-19 figures are as follows: Total cases: 81,20,501, fatalities 1,48,336, tests 8,47,50,361, recoveries 79,68,736, active cases 3,429.

Political power show on Dussehra to put Mumbaikars life in misery

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September 28, 2022

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Navratri celebration in Maharashtra is grandeur this year, after the two-year restrictions. Every year, Shivaji park witnesses a humongous crowd of Shiv Sainiks attending the annual Dussehra rally. Though this year the picture is likely to be different with rebels and there being two factions within the party.

Both factions have now planned for the rallies on the day of Dussehra. The Thackeray-led faction at Shivaji Park while the Shinde-led faction will hold their rally at the BKC ground. This comes after the Bombay High Court rejected the latter’s application seeking permission to hold the rally at Shivaji Park.

In this power tussle, both the factions are trying hard to make their rallies a hit, and pull crowds. According to reports, the Shinde-faction MLAs have started making travel arrangements.

The rebel MLA Abdul Sattar has booked about 300 state transport buses and is expected to bring around 3,000 crowds from his constituency.

Mumbai is likely to witness a crowd of around 5 lakhs coming from across the state attending both rallies. This will immensely pressure the police force to maintain law and order.

Around 10,000 buses are expected to arrive in Mumbai during the rallies, and around 3,000 people to come by train. This will affect traffic in the city of Mumbai and the neighbouring cities.

Sudhir Mungantiwar, State Cabinet Minister told Afternoon Voice, “We have done rallies in Mumbai earlier too, and we will make sure all arrangements are in place, and no inconvenience is caused to the common Mumbaikar.”

Anil Kokil, ex-corporator from the Shiv Sena party said, “We don’t require any special preparation for the Dussehra rally as we are always prepared for it every year but it is the Shinde government who needs preparation and will be calling people by paying them some amount.”

“We will be sending about 200 buses for our members so that they join the Dussehra rally without any hustle and we are also working on the plan in case there are any issues due to traffic congestion”, stated Rajesh Shirsagar from the Thackeray faction.

“We are all prepared for the rally as we have been doing it for the last 56 years,” said Hemangi Worlikar, Shiv Sena corporator.

“The traffic management and law-and-order has nothing to do with us, that has to be looked at by the state government and traffic police,” she further said when asked about traffic management.

Rajwardhan Sindha, Joint CP of traffic told us, “We are already working on the management of the traffic to ensure smooth movement of vehicles and also there we are designating parking areas to the people coming from all over Maharashtra for the Dussehra rally.”

With all this, the sufferers would be common Mumbaikars, as the public transport and traffic conditions would be affected.

RSS issues notice to Tamil Nadu government over rejecting its plea for permission to hold ‘Route March’

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September 28, 2022

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has issued a notice to top Tamil Nadu government officials, including Home Secretary over the Tiruvallur police rejecting its plea for permission to hold a ‘route march’ on October 2, despite a Madras High Court order in its favour.

The saffron organisation issued the legal notice to the State Home Secretary Phanindra Reddy, DGP C Sylendra Babu, local SP and the town police inspector, asking why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against them for disobeying the court order.

In his legal notice, RSS advocate B Rabu Manohar stated that in view of the order dated September 22 of Justice G K Ilanthiraiyan, none of the four had any authority to deny permission or impose any new condition other than the ones imposed by the High Court, for the event.

The HC order had clearly held it is the constitutional right of the petitioners (RSS) to take out route marches and hold public meetings. “Hence, it is the duty cast upon the police to give adequate protection, enabling the successful completion of the mission without acting otherwise. The rejection order passed by the inspector (attached to Tiruvallur town police station) is ex facie illegal and contemptuous, as the three are parties before the High Court and are duty bound to ensure strict compliance of the order, failure of which would amount to committing contempt,” the notice said.

Hence, Manohar called upon the four authorities to unconditionally withdraw the rejection order and grant permission to take out the route march and hold a public meeting on October 2.

Any failure will result in initiating contempt proceedings before the High Court for wilful disobedience of the September 22 order with costs, he warned. Meanwhile, the first bench of the Madras High Court comprising Acting Chief Justice T Raja and Justice D Krishna Kumar refused to entertain a plea from the senior counsel for VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan to hold an urgent hearing on his miscellaneous petition, which prayed for recalling the September 22 order of the single judge on directing the police on granting permission to the RSS events across the state.

No writ petition or appeal can lie against the order of the single judge before the High Court. Petitioner can approach only the Supreme Court, the judges said.

Man kills a woman before committing suicide in Maharashtra’s Palghar district

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September 28, 2022

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A man allegedly shot dead a woman at Boisar in Maharashtra’s Palghar district on Wednesday before trying to commit suicide by jumping before a vehicle, police said.

The man suffered injuries and was admitted to a hospital, they said.

The man fired at the woman, identified as Neha, from point blank range, following which she collapsed to the ground and died, Palghar police spokesperson Sachin Navadkar said.

The incident occurred around 3.30 pm in Boisar town, he said. “The man later jumped before a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) vehicle and attempted to commit suicide. He was badly injured and was later hospitalised,” the official said.

The body of the woman was sent to a government hospital for post-mortem and a case under sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Arms Act was registered, he said. “The motive behind the killing and the relation between the accused and the victim is not known yet,” Navadkar said. Further details are awaited.

Teachers and Yoga teachers are felicitated by Advocate Narsingh Lagad in Pune

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September 28, 2022

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Navratri’s nine days we worship goddess Durga and Mahalakshmi. On this occasion, Sri Swami Samarth Maharaj and Sri Mahavatar Babaji Math honoured 9 women from different fields. The convener Adv. Narsingh Lagad organised the event on behalf of Math to honour respective women from different fields.

Yoga teachers, Arushi Shingote, Sally Urite, Archana Bhelke, Suvarna Chaudhary, Jyoti Shetty, Sushma Yange, Gayatri Raje, Bharti Vani, Neha Thackeray and School teachers Vandana Sachin Joshi, Vimal Vinayak Wolves, Seema Avinash Joshi, Shraddha Suresh Nadkarni, Prof. Meenal Kunal Badgujar, Jayshree Sudam Shinde, Smita Kulkarni Gore, Vasanti Uddhavrao Joshi, Prof. Reshma Pandurang Yadav were felicitated this day.

Fire eruption in Industry unit of Vasai leaves 3 killed and 8 injured

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September 28, 2022

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At least three workers were killed and eight others received severe burns on Wednesday when a hydrogen gas cylinder exploded and triggered a fire in an industrial unit at Vasai in Palghar district of Maharashtra, officials said.

The incident occurred at around 3 PM in the electrical equipment manufacturing company located in Chandarpada area, said a district disaster management cell official.

“Three workers were charred beyond recognition. Eight others received severe burn injuries,” he said.

Indices of the stock market ended at nearly 1 per cent lower

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September 28, 2022

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Benchmark indices ended nearly 1 per cent lower on Wednesday, tracking a weak trend in global markets and continuous foreign fund outflows.

The 30-share BSE Sensex fell 509.24 points or 0.89 per cent to settle at 56,598.28.

During the day, it tanked 621.85 points or 1.08 per cent to 56,485.67.

Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty declined 148.80 points or 0.87 per cent to end at 16,858.60. Among the 30-share Sensex pack, ITC, Axis Bank, Reliance Industries, Tata Steel, IndusInd Bank, State Bank of India, HDFC and HDFC Bank were the major laggards.

Asian Paints, Sun Pharma, Dr Reddy’s and Power Grid were among the winners. Elsewhere in Asia, markets in Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai and Hong Kong ended sharply lower.

Stock exchanges in Europe were trading lower in mid-session deals.

The US markets ended on a mixed note on Tuesday. “Investors continue to be skeptical of the domestic market’s higher premium amid the ongoing global deceleration while foreign investors are fleeing emerging economies in search of safer havens.”

Although the domestic economy is buoyed by solid fundamentals, the stock market’s appetite for risk has been hindered by the rising worries of a worldwide recession,” Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Financial Services, said. Meanwhile, the international oil benchmark Brent crude dipped 0.08 per cent to USD 86.20 per barrel. Foreign institutional investors offloaded shares worth Rs 2,823.96 crore on Tuesday, according to data available with BSE.