Former member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council Prabhakar Sant has died due to old age related ailments, family sources said on Tuesday. He was 90.
Sant, who represented the teachers’ constituency from Konkan between 1982 and 1988, died at his home in Kalyan town of Thane district on Monday, the sources said.
During his tenure as MLC, he had set up a number of schools. He had worked for the welfare of teachers and promoted education in rural parts of the state.
Trial runs of the eight-coach prototype rake for Metro-3 are scheduled to commence on a 3km stretch on Tuesday in the presence of CM Shinde and deputy CM Fadnavis.
The initial designproving trial runs for about 2,000km will be conducted in a tunnel between Sariput Nagar in Aarey to Marol Naka.
It includes speed, oscillation and emergency brake distance trials besides testing of other systems.
The trial run of Mumbai’s Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ Metro line 3 will be conducted on Tuesday at Sariput Nagar in Aarey area, an official said.
This marks an important development in the realisation of the Metro track shrouded in controversy.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis will attend the event.
The Metro line 3, which will be a 33.5 km underground route, will connect Colaba in south Mumbai with the western suburbs.
The construction of the Metro car shed at Aarey, a forested land adjoining the Sanjay Gandhi National Park was one of the first decisions reversed by the Shinde-Fadnavis government.
Seppa police in a joint operation with Dimapur police arrested three people and recovered 1.2 Kg of heroin worth 2.36 crore.
Three people, Ashraf Hossain Choudhary,33 years, Kamaluddin,26 years and Shayan Chandra, 27 years were arrested on Sunday.
Rahul Gupta, SP, East Kameng police congratulated the whole team who were part of the operation.
Police arrested the accused Apu Venia in July under NDPS act in July this year. During interrogation, it came to light that he bought heroin (drugs) from Sontipur district. Thereafter, Kameng Police started making a chain of suppliers using technical and financial records.
Kameng police discovered more inter-state linkages during their investigation of Apu veni supply chain. East Kameng police, laid a trap and camped in Karbi Anglong area for 3 days to apprehend and understand the Modus operandi of Ashraf Hossain Chaudhary.
In a planned joint operation with Dimapur police, Ashraf Hossain Choudhary was apprehended on Sunday Morning with 1200 gm of heroin when he was dealing business with Kamaluddin, who was also arrested on the spot. A truck was apprehended and the driver was arrested when it was learned that the truck had supplied the quantity in hidden 100 soap cases to Ashraf Hosain Choudhary.
Police have also frozen the bank accounts as the money generated from drugs was being routed from these accounts. Total of seven lakhs has been frozen so far from these accounts.
Gautam Adani now world's 3rd richest person, overtakes Louis Vuitton chief 9
Business conglomerate Adani Group’s chairman Gautam Adani is now the world’s third-richest person after overtaking France’s Bernard Arnault according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
With a total net worth of USD 137.4 billion, 60-year-old Adani has surpassed the wealth of Louis Vuitton chairman Arnault and is now just behind business magnate Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos in the ranking.
In the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Reliance chief Mukesh Ambani is at number 11 with a total USD 91.9 billion worth.
This is the first time an Asian person has broken into the top three of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index
The index is a daily ranking of the world’s richest people. Details about the calculations are provided in the net worth analysis on each billionaire’s profile page. The figures are updated at the close of every trading day in New York.
The net worth of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are currently at USD 251 billion and USD 153 billion, respectively.
Adani is a first-generation entrepreneur and the Adani Group comprises of 7 publicly listed entities with businesses spanning energy, ports and logistics, mining and resources, gas, defence and aerospace and airports. In each of its business areas, the Group has established a leadership position in India.
The Adani Group is the third largest conglomerate (after Reliance Industries and the Tata Group) in India.
Listed Adani group companies are Adani Enterprises, Adani Green Energy, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, Adani Power, Adani Total Gas, and Adani Transmission.
Over the past 5 years, flagship company Adani Enterprises has invested heavily in new growth sectors that include airports, cement, copper refining, data centres, green hydrogen, petrochemical refining, roads and solar cell.
Chinese authorities have announced the arrests of 234 people involved in the financial scandal surrounding several rural banks in Henan province, local media reported on Monday.
According to the Xuchang city police, significant progress has been made in retrieving capital and recovering the losses, China Daily reported.
In early July 10, more than 1,000 depositors gathered outside the Zhengzhou branch of the country’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China, to launch their largest protest yet.
The incident comes in the light of the Henan branch of the Bank of China declaring that people’s savings in their branch are ‘investment products’ and can’t be withdrawn, according to the media report.
The investigation by the public security bureau of Xuchang has found that the criminal gang led by the suspect Lyu Yi illegally controlled four rural banks, including Yuzhou Xinminsheng Village Bank, and the gang is suspected of carrying out a series of serious crimes
The police said in addition to the normal deposit interest, the criminal gang used part of the illegally obtained funds to attract more funds with an annual rate of return of 13 to 18 per cent as bait for an “interest subsidy” standard, as per China Daily.
The “interest subsidy” was exploited by the money brokers layer by layer, and was obtained by some large fund clients.
Over 40,000 metric tonnes of wheat dispatched to Afghanistan: India at UN 12
India has dispatched over 40,000 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan so far, ensuring its position as a contiguous neighbour and long-standing partner of Kabul.
At a United Nations Security Council, the country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ruchira Kamboj highlighted the historical and civilisational linkages to the Afghan people.
“As we have repeatedly stated at the security council, India has direct stakes in ensuring the return of the peace and stability, giving our position as a contiguous neighbour and long-standing partner of Afghanistan. As well as our strong historical and civilisational linkages to the Afghan people,” she said.
Speaking about the humanitarian need to the Afgan people, the UN Permanent Representative said that India has dispatched several shipments of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.
“In response to the humanitarian need to the Afgan people, as well as the urgent appeals made by the united nations, India has dispatched several shipments of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan. This include 32 tonnes of medical assistance in 10 batches, which include — essential life-saving medicines, anti-TB medicines and 50,0000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
“These medical consignments have been handed over to the World Health Organisation and to the Indira Gandhi Children Hospital in Kabul,” she said, adding that “India has also dispatched over 40,000 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan so far.”
Ruchira Kamboj further said: “to ensure a fair and just distribution of India’s wheat assistance, the government of India has signed an agreement with the UN world food programme for the distribution of wheat within Afghanistan.”
An Indian technical team has also been deployed at the Indian Embassy in Kabul in order to closely monitor and coordinate the efforts of various stakeholders for the effective delivery of humanitarian assistance and the continuation of our engagement with the Afghanis people.
India reiterated its commitment that humanitarian assistance should be based on neutrality, impartiality and independence. India also expressed concern at the development of Afghanistan which directly impacts well being of women and girls.
The Taliban entered Kabul on August 15 last year, causing the US-backed government to step down. Later in September, the outfit announced the composition of the new interim government of Afghanistan.
The country is currently battered by the deepening economic, humanitarian, and security crisis following the Taliban takeover. The international community, from governments to non-governmental organizations, has been providing various assistance to the Afghan people.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday restrained mining activity in the Ravi riverbed in the border districts of Gurdaspur and Pathankot in Punjab.
The direction came during a resumed hearing in a 2012 petition seeking a crackdown against illegal mining in the state.
Senior counsel Arun Gosain, who represents the Central government, said the bench of Chief Justice Ravi Shanker Jha and Justice Arun Palli stayed mining activity in the riverbed of Ravi in Gurdaspur and Pathankot districts.
The written order of the bench is still awaited. In the last hearing early this month, the Border Security Force (BSF) had told the high court that mining activity in the border areas with Pakistan was being carried out round-the-clock.
The sand mining is going on unabated and unchecked in the Ravi river in close proximity to the international border, the BSF report had said. Besides affecting the future course of the river Ravi, it is posing a huge threat to the security of the international border fence.
“The mining/excavation starts before sunrise and goes on till late night, sometimes even whole night,” the BSF report had said.
“Presence of hundreds of labourers, whose antecedents have not been verified by the local police, so close to IB is perceived to be a big security hazard,” the BSF had said.
There have been many drone incursions from Pakistan, where the possibility of dropping contrabands, arms/ammunition at their campsite/vehicles cannot be ruled out, as per the BSF report.
The Army in its reply also mentioned that illegal mining across Ravi adjacent to the international border with Pakistan in Pathankot and Gurdaspur has implications.
“Ditches and gorges, which are formed as a result of illegal mining, facilitate cross-border infiltration. Unplanned and uncontrolled mining may cause changes in the natural water drainage and even change the course of the river, resulting in Army posts being susceptible to flooding,” the Army had said in its reply.
The high court on July 25 had asked various agencies of the Centre and Punjab to apprise whether illegal mining in the border districts poses security threat.
John Abraham announced his upcoming flick ‘100%’ on social media.
Taking to Instagram, the ‘Desi Boyz’ actor treated fans with a new movie announcement. He dropped a video with details of the film.
The video reveals the genre and cast of the movie. The graphics read, 20% Comedy, 20% Romance, 20% Confusion, 20% Music, 20% Action, together we’re 100%’.
Sharing the video, he wrote, “A roller coaster comedy packed with action, music and spies! We guarantee you a #100Percent entertainer!! Diwali 2023 just got bigger!! Are you ready??”
Producers Bhushan Kumar and Amar Butala join hands for a family entertainer titled ‘100%’ starring John Abraham, Riteish Deshmukh, Nora Fatehi and Shehnaaz Gill.
The Sajid Khan film, set against the backdrop of the big Indian wedding and the crazy world of spies, promises to be a joy ride full of comedy, action and chaos! Expected to hit the floors in early 2023, the film is slated to release in Diwali 2023. Gulshan Kumar and T-Series present a Guilty By Association Media production “100%”.
Directed by Sajid Khan, the film is produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar and Amar Butala.
Meanwhile, on the work front, the ‘Parmanu’ actor was last seen in ‘Ek Villain Returns’ with Arjun Kapoor, Tara Sutaria and Disha Patani. The film which was released on July 29, is the sequel to the 2014 hit film, Ek Villain, which starred Sidharth Malhotra, Shraddha Kapoor and Riteish Deshmukh.
Apart from that, he will be seen in Sidharth Anand’s next directorial ‘Pathaan’ alongside Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone, which is all set to hit theatres on January 25, 2023.
John also joins hands with Bake My Cake Films after ‘Batla House’ and ‘Tehran’ for his new project ‘Tariq’ He is to essay the lead role in Arun Gopalan directorial.
The film is produced by the actor himself along with Shobhna Yadav and Sandeep Leyzell. The film is penned by Ritesh Shah and Lalit Marathe. ‘Tariq’ is slated to hit the theatres on August 15, 2023.
