Image: ANI (Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant with Congress MLAs)
The Goa Congress Legislature Party on Wednesday passed a resolution to merge into the Bharatiya Janata Party, soon after BJP state president Sadanand Shet Tanavade said eight Congress MLAs will join the ruling party.
Leader of Opposition Michael Lobo moved the resolution in the presence of seven other MLAs. The resolution was seconded by former chief minister and MLA Digambar Kamat, sources said.
Prior to this development, the Congress had 11 legislators in the 40-member Goa Assembly and the BJP had 20.
After the resolution was passed, a picture of the eight MLAs meeting Chief Minister Pramod Sawant surfaced on social media.
In the picture, MLAs Michael Lobo along with Digambar Kamat, Delilah Lobo, Rajesh Phaldesai, Kedar Naik, Sankalp Amonkar, Aleixo Sequeira and Rudolf Fernandes were seen interacting with the chief minister.
In a similar move in July 2019, 10 Congress MLAs had switched over to the BJP.
Due to heavy rain at night, some of the low lying areas in Mumbai witnessing the water logs. After rain reduce waters are starting to get clear, official said.
Transportation are normal all the buses and trains are running on time, they said.
IMD predict moderate rains and cloudy area in city and suburb for next 24 hours. They also predict heavy to very heavy rains in isolated places. Some part of the cities observe clear sky and sunlight for brief time in the morning.
Civic officials also said, Arabian Sea will witness high tide if 4.18 metres at 02:12 PM.
In last 24 hours the city received 41.20 mm rainfalls while Eastern and Western suburb records 39.89 mm and 39.04 mm rainfall, officials said
Union minister writes to Maha CM to seek extension of Marathwada Development Board 4
Union minister Dr Bhagwat Karad has demanded that Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde recommend extension of the Marathwada Development Board to Governor B S Koshyari.
The board had been formed for the development of the backward Marathwada region.
Karad, who belongs to Aurangabad in Marathwada, in a letter given to CM Shinde here on Monday claimed the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi state government (comprising the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress) completely neglected the board.
The development board studies the status of education, health, agriculture, irrigation and roads in the Marathwada region and submits reports to government.
On basis of these reports, the state plans distribution of funds for the region. Therefore, an extension should be given to it, Karad said in the letter.
On Monday, Chief Minister Shinde was in Aurangabad where he visited Paithan, the constituency of state cabinet minister Sandipan Bhumre.
CECPA fosters trade ties between India, Mauritius 6
The Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) offers new opportunities for trade, investments, and services activities between Mauritius and India and can accelerate our economic growth, said Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth on Tuesday.
“The CECPA will act as a support to Mauritius in the wake of ongoing global challenges, Jugnauth said, adding that, “India has been a partner and a friend like no other to Mauritius.”aAs he launched the CECPA forum in Pointe aux Piments, Le Matinal reported. During the event being held to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between India and Mauritius, PM Jugnauth expressed gratitude to the Government of India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his unwavering commitment to making the trade pact CECPA a reality, which he emphasised is the first Agreement that India has signed with an African country.
Despite support from Saudi Arabia and International Monetary Funds (IMF), Pakistan is on the verge of economic collapse with a lack of funds.
The political instability, deteriorating business environment and mismanagement of the economy have pushed the country into investment fatigue from the traditional partners exposing the country to economic risks as well as political uncertainty, reported Asian Lite International.
Initially, there was hope for Pakistan, when on August 29, the Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the combined seventh and eighth reviews under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for Pakistan, allowing the authorities to draw the equivalent of SDR 894 million (USD 1.1 billion).
But the recent floods and heavy monsoons in the country have dampened the hope of a quick revival from the economic crisis, reported Asian Lite International.
The initially estimated losses due to the natural disaster have accumulated in the range of USD 18 billion. Pakistan’s agriculture sector faces the worst blow as at least 18,000 sq km of agricultural land have been wiped out.
The agriculture growth might remain zero or slide into negative against the envisaged target of 3.9 per cent for the current financial year 2022-23. Nearly 80 districts of Pakistan have been worst hit by the floods.
Thousands of people have been lodged in tents or are waiting for shelter under open skies along the main highway that leads to Hyderabad. Either side of the highway could be seen inundated by floodwater for miles.
Uttar Pradesh government started a survey in unrecognized madrassas to ascertain information on the number of students, teachers, curriculum and its affiliation with any non-government organization. Also, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami informed that the Uttarakhand government will conduct a survey of all madrassas in the state.
The survey will be on the basis of 12 aspects, according to the government order in Uttar Pradesh. The teams of officials for the Madrassas survey have been constituted by District Magistrate (DM) as per government order.
“As per government orders, a survey of all unrecognized Madrasas is to be done. The DM has constituted teams of officials, Tehsil-wise. Survey work will start today on the basis of 12 points,” SDM Arvind Kumar Singh said.
CM Yogi Adityanath’s government is taking a fully active approach regarding the education system in madrassas as all the District Magistrates (DMs) have been issued instructions regarding the survey.
Once the survey is conducted it has also been instructed to hand over the report to the Additional District Magistrate (ADM) after which ADM will present the consolidated statements to the District Magistrates (DMs).
“Survey of all madrasas will be done in Uttarakhand too. Many types of things come up from time to time, so it is very important to conduct a proper survey of madrassas at once. We will get them surveyed, these institutions should also be fine for us, so the survey is very important,” CM Dhami told to agencies.
Dhami also announced the release of the recruitment calendar by the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission in a week.
Under the Shahbaz Sharif-led Pakistan government, the security situation is concerning as Islamabad police are witnessing a shortage of staff and equipment to deal with any sort of threat across the federal capital, reports said.
According to Pakistan publication Dawn, the capital police are facing a shortage of staff and equipment to operate 25 police stations spread across Islamabad, including the city zone.
Dawn reported that out of 25 police stations, nine are without a sanctioned strength and have to rely on other stations to meet their needs, such as police officials and vehicles.
The nine stations are Banigala, Khanna, Lohi Bher, Shams Colony, Karachi Company, Noon, Ramna, Kirpa and Sangjani. There are only seven police stations and four chowkis in City zone area.
Out of these, five police stations have a sanctioned strength of 669 and only 408 personnel are available to perform duties across the area, Dawn reported.
Meanwhile, the rural zone also grapples with strength issues as out of seven police stations, only four have a sanctioned strength of 406 personnel but only 368 officials were performing duties across the zone.
In the Industrial Area zone, only 250 officials are performing duties in the zone against an approved strength of 300 officials for two police stations.
Notably, the cases of attacks on Pakistan police are rising as per several media reports. Peshawar Capital City Police Chief Ejaz Khan had earlier expressed displeasure over the rising incidents of terrorism in Khyber and the killing of a number of policemen in the attacks.
In recent months, several cases of bomb attacks have been reported in Pakistan
A 43-year-old leader of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has been arrested after a party worker lodged a complaint that he raped her after promising a ticket for the upcoming Mumbai civic polls and offering a party post, police said on Tuesday.
The accused, identified as a former Vibhag Pramukh’ or division head of MNS, was arrested on Monday after the married party worker lodged a complaint with the VP Road police station.
A police official said the accused and the complainant have been in touch since 2020.
The woman, 43, claimed in her complaint that the MNS leader assured her that he will help her secure a ticket for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls and also allot her a post in the party, and raped her in July this year, as per the First Information Report (FIR).
The complainant approached the MNS leadership after the accused failed to keep his promise, following which he was removed from the post of Vibhag Pramukh recently.
After the woman approached the police, a case of rape was registered at the VP road police station in Girgaon.
The Second India-Vietnam security dialogue at the level of Deputy National Security Advisor was held here on Tuesday.
The National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) was led by the Deputy National Security Adviser, Vikram Misri and the Ministry of Public Security whereas the Socialist Republic of Vietnam was led by the Deputy Minister of Ministry of Public Security, Senior Lieutenant General Luong Tam Quang.
An MoU for cooperation was signed between the NSCS and the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security in 2016 establishing an institutional mechanism between the NSCS and the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security.
The inaugural dialogue was held in April 2018 in Hanoi. Ajit Doval, the National Security Adviser visited Vietnam as well as Thailand as part of his visit to the region in April 2015.
During the meeting, both sides had a frank discussion on a number of issues of mutual interest.
Deputy NSA Misri reiterated Prime Minister Modi’s Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI), which focused on a collaborative effort to conserve, sustain and secure the maritime domain.
Moreover, Vietnam has always appreciated India’s role in promoting peace and security in the region and in shaping the Indo-Pacific architecture.
The two sides agreed to collaborate and cooperate on issues like counter-terrorism as well. The two sides agreed that coordinated efforts are needed to combat the nexus of radicalization, terrorism and the production and trafficking of illegal narcotics and arms in the region.
India also offered to continue to assist Vietnam with capacity-building programs, including providing training to Ministry of Public Security officials in undertaking UN Peace Keeping Missions and also offered to share its expertise and domain knowledge in the field of cyber security.
As two maritime countries, India and Vietnam have an abiding interest in ensuring peace and security in our shared maritime space. Sharing of best practices to combat piracy and illegal fishing was also discussed.
The two sides also agreed to actively exchange views in areas such as blue economy, sustainable oceans and marine connectivity.
Deputy Minister Lt General Quang called on National Secretary Adviser and also met Secretary (East), MEA. He will travel to Bodh Gaya during the visit.
Maharashtra Chief Minister | Eknath Shinde | Image: PTI
As many as 14 villages from Thane tehsil in the district have been now included in the limits of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, an official release said here on Tuesday.
A preliminary notification to this effect has been issued following a directive by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, it said
On account of this change, the Urban Development Department has asked the State Election Commission to postpone the elections to Gram Panchayats in Thane taluka to December, the release added. The villages that have newly become part of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation are Dahisar, Mokashi, Valivali, Pimpri, Nighu, Navali, Vaklan, Bamali, Narivali, Bale, Nagaon, Bhandali, Uttarshiv and Gotheghar.
