One person was apprehended by the Gopalapuram Police on Tuesday, for carrying fake currency notes worth Rs 3.16 lakhs, informed the police. The arrest was made at Indranagar colony, Kalimandir, Bandlaguda Jagir in Hyderabad and the man has been identified as Kasthuri Ramesh Babu.
He was allegedly moving with fake currency notes. As per the police, he himself confessed his guilt when Police enquired from him.
The police seized fake currency worth more than three lakhs from the accused. It comprised 2500 fake notes of Rs 100 denominations, 45 half-printed fake notes of Rs 100 denominations, and 92 half-printed fake notes of Rs 500 denominations.
Other than this, one Lenovo laptop, two black and white colour printers, one screen printing machine, one paper cutting machine, one mobile phone, and one four-wheeler were also seized by the police.
The police received a complaint on September 19 regarding this case. A man named Gopi Rama Swamy had complained that one person purchased fruits from him and in return gave him a fake note of Rs 200.
As soon as he realised this, he along with his friend chased him and brought him to the police. A case was registered at the Gopalapuram Police Station, under section 489 (B) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the investigation was started, the police said.
Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and he would play the remaining two and a half years of their term like a fast-paced T20 match. He was speaking at a public rally in Mumbai.
“CM Shinde and I are now in power. We have two and a half years in our hands and we will play like a T-20 cricket match. There is no time to play a Test match now,” Fadnavis said. Shinde became chief minister in June this year after breaking up the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena and toppling the Sena-NCP-Congress coalition government.
Fadnavis, meanwhile, also said that attempts were being made by some people to spread fear that Mumbai will be separated from Maharashtra. “I am making it clear that Mumbai will remain an integral part of Maharashtra and all Marathi festivals will be celebrated without any restrictions,” the BJP leader said.
India posted a mammoth total of 208 propelled by half-centuries of Hardik Pandya, KL Rahul and a blinder of an innings from Surya Kumar Yadav.
After losing quick wickets in the initial overs, India came back strongly with the help of KL Rahul (55) and Suryakumar Yadav (46) who stitched an important third wicket partnership of 68 runs to power India to a commendable total.
Hardik Pandya (71*) also played an attacking inning and punished the Australian bowlers to help India achieve a daunting total.
Australian captain Aaron Finch invited India to bat in the first innings after winning the toss.
Australia made quick inroads in the Indian batting line up with Rohit Sharma losing his wicket to Hazlewood in the third over, in an attempt to make use of the fielding restrictions. Nathan Ellis positioned at deep square leg gobbled up the flick played by the Indian captain.
Ellis then cut short Kohli’s scratchy inning in the fifth over, ending his seven-ball stay. Kohli failed to clear the infield, dragging a length ball to mid-on, spooning a simple catch to Cameron green.
A few eye-catching strokes from Rahul and Yadav ensured India made use of the powerplay. India ended the powerplay at 46 with the loss of two wickets.
KL Rahul then partnered with Surya to take the attack to the Australian bowlers, providing India with much required momentum in the middle overs.
KL notched up his fifty in the process, proving his worth at the top of the batting order.
The right-hander smashed three sixes and four boundaries, before being dismissed to hazelwood at 55, leaving India at 103/3 in the 12th over.
The wicket of Rahul did not stop Surya from continuing to play flamboyant shots as he sent the ball over the ropes twice consecutively in the next over of Zampa. India were 126/4 in the 14th over when Surya made his way to the pavilion.
However, Cameron Green got the better of the batter as he had him edge a rising delivery to Matthew Wade behind the stumps. Surya made a contribution of 46 from 25 balls, smashing four sixes and two boundaries.
Axar Patel was promoted ahead of Dinesh Karthik but failed to make a mark as he was sent back in the 16th over leaving the team at 146/5.
The designated finisher Karthik failed to trouble the opposition as he perished in the 19th over looking to play big shots. Hardik Pandya took over the mantle from Surya and continued playing attacking shots, plundering the Aussies for runs whenever the Australian bowlers erred in their line and length.
Pandya scored an unbeaten half-century and ended with 71 from 30 playing the role of the finisher. The all-rounder smashed five sixes and seven boundaries powering India to 208/6 at the end of 20 overs.
Brief Score: India 208/6 in 20 overs (Hardik Pandya 71*, KL Rahul 55; Nathan Ellis 3/30) vs Australia
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday formed a working group of ministers for the effective implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP), officials said.
The group will be headed by Shinde himself and will comprise deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil, School Education Minister Deepak Kesarkar, Industries Minister Uday Samant, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, Medical Education Minister Girish Mahajan and Agriculture Minister Abdul Sattar.
A task force on the NEP headed by Dr Raghunath Mashelkar, set up by the Maharashtra government, has recommended upgradation of polytechnic degree courses, statutory provisions for foreign universities and a committee on teacher training, among others, said a statement by the Chief Minister’s Office.
The ministerial working group will conduct periodical review of the progress in the implementation of the NEP, it added.
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has summoned Twitter India and Delhi Police officials over alleged videos of child pornography and rape being shared on the social media platform.
DCW took Suo moto cognizance of several alleged tweets on the social media platform Twitter displaying child pornography.
“Videos of child pornography were shared on Twitter and were sold for Rs 20. Twitter is yet to delete them and report it further. We have summoned the head of Twitter India and have sought a report. We have also summoned Delhi Police and have sought immediate action,” DCW chief Swati Maliwal told to agencies.
DCW said these tweets are openly depicting videos and photographs of sexual acts involving children. In its letter to Twitter India and Delhi Police, the Commission said “Almost all the tweets are portraying children completely naked and many of them also depict brutal rape and other non-consensual sexual activities with children and women. Shockingly, some of these videos even depict rape with children and women while they are asleep!”
“Some of the twitter accounts engaging in these criminal acts appear to be running a racket wherein they seek money for providing pornographic and rape videos of children and women from other users of the social media platform,” said DCW.
The Commission claimed there appear to be hundreds of such objectionable videos on the social media platform which are openly displaying child pornography and rape videos of women and children.
DCW said it is deeply distressing that such illegal acts involving sexual abuse of children and young women are being publicized openly through the social media platform Twitter.
The Commission said it wishes to ascertain the steps being taken by Twitter to prevent such “filthy and outrightly criminal acts” being propagated through its medium as well as the systems in place in the platform to immediately report the same to law enforcement agencies.
“Now therefore you are hereby summoned to appear before the Commission for the purpose aforementioned on September 26. If you fail to comply with this order without lawful excuse, you will be subjected to the consequences of non-attendance as provided in law,” stated DCW.
Senior BJP leader Anurag Thakur has said the party’s outreach in Lok Sabha seats held by the “real” Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde would only strengthen the ruling alliance in Maharashtra ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in 2024.
Thakur’s remarks came days after he visited Lok Sabha constituencies of Kalyan and Mumbai South Central, held by members of Eknath Shinde-led Sena faction Shrikant Shinde and Rahul Shewale respectively, giving the new alliance partner some anxious moments about their future in the general election.
Shrikant, a two-term member from Kalyan parliamentary seat, is the son of the Maharashtra chief minister, while Shewale is the leader of the Shiv Sena in Lok Sabha.
Eknath Shinde led a rebellion within the Shiv Sena in June, claiming the support of more than 40 of the party’s 55 MLAs in Maharashtra, to become the chief minister with the support of the BJP.
The then chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, who led the coalition government of Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress, resigned from the post in the face of the large-scale rebellion.
Thakur’s visit to the two Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra was part of the BJP’s plan to strengthen the organisation in 144 parliamentary seats it lost in the 2019 elections.
Seeking to allay apprehensions in the Shinde camp, Thakur said he would focus on strengthening the BJP in the respective constituencies and ensuring timely implementation of central schemes. “A strong BJP will benefit the alliance. We will also remove shortcomings if any.
We are working to ensure that we recover the lost ground in the one-and-a-half years left for elections,” Thakur, the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Youth Affairs and Sports, told reporters.
He said several central schemes such as building toilets, developing sports infrastructure and other aspects of the smart city project were not given due attention during the Thackeray government had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in alliance with the Shiv Sena and won 23 out of the 25 seats where it had fielded candidates. Shiv Sena, which had contested 23 seats, managed to win 18 seats. After the rebellion in the Shiv Sena ranks, 12 of the 18 Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra had shifted allegiance to Shinde.
Mandeep Singh, Hockey | Image: Twitter/@asia_hockey
Star Indian forward Mandeep Singh on Tuesday said the upcoming Pro League will be a perfect platform to “test” themselves ahead of the marquee FIH World Cup, set to be held in Odisha next year.
Ahead of the World Cup 2023, the Indian team will compete in the Pro League from October 28-November 6.
“It is always good to compete against strong teams before a major competition. The Pro League will be helpful once again to prepare ourselves for the World Cup, and will also give us a chance to test ourselves before the tournament,” the 27-year-old said in a Hockey India statement.
The Olympic bronze medallist Indian team was drubbed 7-0 by Australia in the final of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
The fifth ranked Indian team is placed in a tough Pool D along with England, Spain and Wales.
The group topper will make the quarterfinals straightaway while the next two teams will have to fight it out in the cross-overs. “Our Coach Graham Reid always tells us to focus on what we can control and not worry about things beyond our control.
Irrespective of which teams we have in our group, we are focusing on preparing ourselves to the best of our skills, and according to our plans,” Mandeep said. “We are confident that if we stick to our basics, and focus on the areas where we need to improve upon in training, we will be able to perform well in the tournament and have a great showing,” he added.
The quadrennial showpiece will be held across two venues in Odisha across Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, and will see 16 teams compete in the tournament. “There is always an excitement in the air when we get a chance to play in front of the home fans. Getting a chance to perform against the best teams in the world once again in India will be an exciting affair and hence, we are eager for the World Cup to begin,” he concluded.
A case has been registered against four people in Maharashtra’s Thane and Palghar districts for employing children to work on Tuesday.
Police have filed a case against the accused and the case has been registered in Padgha Police station in Thane and Jawar Police station in Palghar.
Police have registered the case but no arrests have been made so far. As per the report the case has been registered against Deoram Kandadkar and Pundalik Kandadkar for employing children aged 6 and 8 for grazing sheep and goats.
While investigating the matter a report stated that the parents of the children were being paid a sum for the work done by the children from March 2021 till this month.
ED files complaint against 8 accused including Partha Chatterjee, Arpita Mukherjee in Teachers Recruitment Scam 10
Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint against eight accused including Partha Chatterjee and Arpita Mukherjee in the Teachers Recruitment Scam in West Bengal before the PMLA Special Court, Calcutta. According to ED officials, six entities were used for money laundering.
Partha and Arpita used M/s Echhay Entertainment Pvt Ltd, Ananta Texfab Pvt Ltd, Symbiosis Merchants Pvt Ltd, Sentry Engineering Pvt Ltd, Viewmore Highrise Pvt Ltd and APA Utility Services to launder the money.
Special Court took cognizance of the Prosecution Complaint on Monday after finding that a prime-facie case has been made against the 8 accused persons. ED had earlier arrested Partha Chatterjee, the then Minister, Government of West Bengal and his close associate Arpita Mukherjee on July 23.
The accused are presently in Judicial Custody and will be produced again before the Special Court on September 28. ED has already seized cash amounting to a total of Rs. 49.80 Crore gold and jewellery valued at more than Rs. 5.08 Crore and provisionally attached properties worth Rs. 48.22 Crore thus the total seizure in the case stands at Rs. 103.10 Crore.
Chief Minister of Maharashtra on Tuesday reconstituted the sub-committee for the reservation of Marathas to be implemented in education and government jobs for this panel discusson technical education minister Chandrakant patil has been appointed as the head of the panel.
In the chief minister’s office discussion of the committee said that will be following up on the legal and technical aspects to ensure the Maratha community will be getting its quota.
In the discussion of this matter state ministers Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, Girish Mahajan, Dada Bhuse, Shambhuraj Desai and Uday Samant are other members of the committee were present.
Earlier the head of the sub-committee was former minister Ashok Chavan under the Maha Vikas Aghadi government.
The reservation of Maratha quota case had gone to supreme court and in the year 2021. The Supreme Court did not allow the reservation of Maratha quota in the state as it said “Unconstitutional”
