Telugu Yoddhas of the Ultimate Kho-Kho League aim to bounce back with a win as they get ready to face Rajasthan Warriors on August 21 here at the Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex.
Telugu Yoddhas after winning their first two encounters with complete dominance lost narrowly in a nail-biting finish to Chennai Quick Guns in their last encounter on August 17.
Telugu Yoddhas with six points to their kitty are currently placed second on the league standings. The 12th Match of the inaugural season of Ultimate Kho Kho will be played between Telugu Yoddhas and Rajasthan Warriors and will be broadcast live and exclusive on the Sony Sports Network and Live streamed on the Sony LIV platform on Sunday from 8:45 PM (IST) onwards.
Telugu Yoddhas’ last encounter with Rajasthan Warriors happened on August 16 when the team representing the Telugu-speaking region dominantly won the game with a score of 68-47.
Ahead of their game against Rajasthan Warriors, Sumit Bhatia, Head Coach, Telugu Yoddhas said, “Our last match against Chennai Quick Guns is a matter of the past and we as a team are looking forward. We have learnt from our errors in that game and we are confident of not making them again.”
In their last encounter with Rajasthan Warriors, Rohan Shingade of Telugu Yoddhas earned 6 points through a single Dream Run and was awarded the ‘Ultimate Kho of the Match and Best Defender’ award.
Rajasthan Warrior’s attackers required a lot of hard work to stop Rohan from doing his job. Prasad Wayde, Deepak Madhav and Avdhut Patil have spearheaded the defensive unit for Telugu Yoddhas and will look forward to continuing with their momentum in their encounter tomorrow.
All-rounders, Pratik Waikar, Arun Gunki and captain, Prajwal KH are meticulously playing their roles on the mats and will hope to bounce back to winning ways in their game against Rajasthan Warriors tomorrow.
Winless Rajasthan Warriors are expected to put in their all in this game with the hope to earn their first points in the inaugural season of Ultimate Kho Kho so far.
A report by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences’ panel of doctors has asserted that the treatment provided to late Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa was as per “correct medical practice and no errors” have been found in the care provided.
This clean chit provided relief for Apollo Hospital where Jayalalithaa was admitted. With direction from the Supreme Court, the AIIMS panel was formed to assist Arumughaswamy Commission.
The panel found all the final diagnosis and timeline of events of Jayalalithaa’s health was fully observed and also agreed with Apollo’s treatment and diagnosis.
After the demise of Jayalalithaa in December 2016, full-scale politics erupted over the cause of her death and the medical procedures followed during her hospitalisation.
Former Tamil Nadu chief minister O. Pannerselvam had requested a probe over her death which led to the formation of the Arumughaswamy Commission.
Arumughaswamy Commission commenced its investigation in November 2017 with many hearings of close aides of Jayalalithaa and doctors who provided treatment, then Tamil Nadu Health Minister Vijayabhakar, then Health Secretary Radhakrishnan, then Finance Minister of Tamil Nadu and AIADMK senior leader O. Pannerselvam.
Over 157 witnesses in relation to Jayalalithaa have appeared before Arumughaswamy Commission and have put forward their points of view.
Meanwhile, in 2019, Apollo Hospital moved to Madras High Court seeking an interim stay on proceedings of the probe panel relating to the medical treatment given to former Jayalalitha.
The plea claimed that the probe panel has gone beyond the scope of its terms and references and behaved in a partial manner to fasten liability on Apollo Hospitals.
Whereas Madras High Court rejected Apollo Hospital’s plea to objections to the enquiry commission. Following this Apollo appealed to Supreme Court against the Madras High Court order where the apex court ordered AIIMS to set up a medical board to assist Arumughaswamy Commission to understand the medical treatment provided to Jayalalithaa.
Based on the medical records, a final diagnosis was made of Bacteremia and Septic shock with a respiratory infection. There was also evidence of heart failure.
She had uncontrolled diabetes at admission which was treated. There was also a history of hypertension, hyperthyroid, asthmatic, irritable bowel syndrome and atopic dermatitis and the medical panel at AIIMS has said that it “agrees with the final diagnosis”.
Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia on Sunday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the CBI Look Out Circular against him and said that after the 2024 general election the people will give a “Look Out Circular” to the BJP.
“It is unfortunate that the PM keeps thinking against whom should a CBI ‘Look Out Circular’ be issued today,” he said in a conversation with ANI. Hinting toward the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, he further asserted that the public will give a “Look Out Circular” to the BJP.
“Today, the country is looking for a leader who can give solutions to inflation, unemployment, and work to make India number one. What can they achieve by making Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia zero? The country needs a Prime Minister who thinks about Health and Education, the public will give a ‘look out notice’ to them in 2024 after asking about their huge promises,” he said.
He further claimed that the condition of India is the same as it was 75 years ago.
“They do not understand that the country is seeking solutions to unemployment. Where Arvind Kejriwal is finding out ways to make India number one, they (PM Modi) are thinking about the people to whose house they can send CBI and ED for conducting raids.”
Earlier in the day, he took to Twitter to react to the LOC issued against him and termed the CBI raids a “gimmick”. “
All the raids issued by you have failed, the foul play of not even a single penny has been found.
Now, you have issued a Look Out Circular that Manish Sisodia is absconding, what is this gimmick, Modi Ji? I am openly roaming in Delhi, tell me where do I need to come?” Sisodia tweeted attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Hindi.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has barred the travel movement of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and 12 people for being allegedly involved in the Delhi Excise Policy Scam by issuing a Look Out Circular in their name.
The CBI had issued the Look Out Circular against all the accused, which is used by the authorities to check if the person travelling abroad is ‘wanted’ by the police or any agency.
It can be used in immigration checks at international borders. The LOC is issued to ensure that a person absconding or wanted by law enforcement agencies is not able to leave the country.
It is mostly used at immigration checkpoints by the immigration branch at international airports and seaports.
During the raid of CBI in Delhi at 31 locations including seven states, two accused were not found during the raid, so the agency opened LOC with immediate effect against the 13 accused. “CBI issues a Look Out Circular (LOC) against 13 accused in Delhi excise police case including deputy chief Minister Manish Sisodia,” an agency
CBI had registered an FIR against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and 14 others in connection with alleged irregularities in the excise policy which was implemented in November last year.
On Saturday the CBI summoned several accused for questioning in the corruption case in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy.
An agency official told, “the agency was probing documents seized during raids at 31 places, including the residence of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.”
The investigative agency is currently probing the process of verification of bank transactions along with documents related to the case and electronic gadgets which were seized during the raids.
Excise officials, liquor company executives, dealers along with unknown public servants and private persons have also been booked in the case.
The FIR alleged that Sisodia, Arva Gopi Krishna, Anand Tiwari and Pankaj Bhatnagar, were instrumental in recommending and taking decisions pertaining to excise policy for the year 2021-22 “without the approval of competent authority with an intention to extend undue favours to the licencees post tender”.
The CBI on Friday conducted a raid at the house of Minister Manish Sisodia in connection with the alleged corruption in the implementation of the Delhi Excise Policy. CBI registered a case against Manish Sisodia, Deputy Chief Minister, GNCTD of Delhi and others including Arva Gopi Krishna, the then Commissioner (Excise), GNCTD of Delhi, Anand Tiwari, the then Deputy Commissioner (Excise), GNCTD of Delhi, Pankaj Bhatnagar, then Assistant Commissioner (Excise), GNCTD of Delhi and 10 liquor licensees, their associates and unknown others on a reference from Ministry of Home Affairs.
It was alleged that irregularities were committed including modifications in the Excise Policy and undue favours were extended to the license holders including waiver or reduction in licence fee, an extension of L-1 license without approval etc.
It was further alleged that illegal gains on the count of these acts were diverted to concerned public servants by private parties and making false entries in their books of accounts.
A boat carrying five people capsized in the Arabian Sea in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district on Sunday, police said.
The police later rescued four people, while the search was on for one missing person, an official said.
The incident took place around 9.45 am off the Bhatye coast in Ratnagiri, located more than 300 km from Mumbai, he said.
Police received a distress call following which they rushed to the coast and started a rescue operation with the help of the local disaster management authority, the official said.
Four persons were rescued and efforts were on to trace one missing person, he added.
The hard work and support and regular training provided by the 29th Battalion Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Kondagaon, Chhattisgarh have yielded results for many Chhattisgarh youth as 19 of them have been selected for joining the newly formed ‘Bastar Fighters’ unit of the state police.
Results declared on August 15, 2022 reflected the names of 19 out of 136 ITBP trained youth who were finally made their positions in the merit list and selected for the ‘Bastar Fighters’ Aarakshak Bharti 2021-22.
The list includes 13 men and 6 women candidates while 1 woman candidate is placed under the waiting list.
The ‘Bastar Fighters’ has been formed to ensure security from left-wing extremists in seven districts of the Bastar area of Chhattisgarh.
The ITBP personnel of 29th Battalion ITBP trained these local youth at its Company Operating Bases at Farasgaon, Munjmeta, Jhara and Dhaudai in Kondagaon District which are considered as one of the highly left-wing extremism hit areas in Chhattisgarh.
It has recuited 2,100 constables comprising 300 from each of the seven districts during the latest recruitment process in 2021-22.
Fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim’s jailed brother Iqbal Kaskar was admitted to the government-run J J Hospital in Mumbai after a complaint of chest pain, an official said on Sunday.
Kaskar was rushed to the hospital on Saturday from the Taloja jail in neighbouring Navi Mumbai and is undergoing treatment in the medical facility’s cardiac department, the official said.
The Enforcement Directorate arrested Kaskar in February this year in connection with a money laundering case.
The ED had taken him in custody from the Taloja jail where he was lodged in connection with multiple extortion cases registered against him. He had later been remanded in judicial custody.
Maha Lok Adalat: Rs 60 lakh compensation to kin of forest guard killed in road accident 8
A Lok Adalat in Maharashtra’s Palghar district has facilitated settlement of a compensation of Rs 60 lakh to the family of a forest guard killed in a road accident in 2016. The claimants and the offending vehicle’s insurance company reached the settlement on August 13 before district judge A S Pratinidhi. A copy of the order was made available on August 20.
The claimants had submitted before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) that the deceased, Ravindra Daga Chitte (35), worked as a forest guard and earned a salary of Rs 40,000 per month.
On May 19, 2016, he was proceeding to his workplace on a motorbike when a dumper coming from the opposite direction in a rash and negligent manner collided with his two-wheeler near Deokop village on Palghar Manor road.
Chitte received severe injuries and died while undergoing treatment at a hospital, the claimants, including his wife, two children and parents, told the MACT.
They sought a compensation of Rs one crore and also said they had spent Rs 50,000 for transporting the body and on funeral expenses.
The two parties reached a settlement for a compensation of Rs 60 lakh, a Lok Adalat official said.
SDRF rushed a team to a resort in Pauri Garhwal of Uttarakhand’s Mohanchatti district after they received inputs of a family trapped amid heavy rains in the state, informed an SDRF spokesperson.
“The resort is very close to a hill and the water of the rainy drain is also increasing continuously, due to which there is an estimate of the hill’s cracking. All connectivity has been broken, we are feeling extremely threatened,” the spokesperson said.
Upon receiving the information, the rescue team immediately reached the spot and the rescue work is currently underway, the spokesperson added.
“Rescue work is going on by SDRF, which reached the information of some people being trapped in Aranyam Resort in Mohanchatti of Pauri Garhwal district. People are being rescued from the middle of the strong flow of water,” informed the SDRF.
Meanwhile, the state is experiencing severe rainfall and landslides. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday visited some disaster-prone areas near Dehradun and also took stock of the overall situation arising due to heavy rainfall and inclement weather.
He directed the officers to trace the missing people, and rescue those trapped on the roads, besides providing food, drinking water and medical facilities to the affected.
On the instructions of the Chief Minister, Wadia Institute and Hesco along with their team also inspected the disaster-prone areas. The Chief Minister directed that the supply of essential commodities like food grains, medicines, fuel etc. should be checked once again.
Continuous coordination should be maintained with the mobile operator companies so that there is no problem in the communication network.
Khairatabad Ganesh idol is known for its height and is the tallest Ganesh idol in India this year. More than Rs 1 crore will be spent on the preparation of Hyderabad’s tallest Khairthabad Ganesh. Interestingly, this year, the committee has decided to install clay Ganesh (Eco-friendly) idols instead of POP.
Naresh, a devotee, while talking to ANI, said, “Every year POP Ganesh idol is made but this year, clay Ganesh idol is being prepared and it is good that we are encouraging eco-friendly Ganesh idols. It has been decades since the Ganesh idol will be installed here in Khairthabad. Artists have come from Chennai to do clay work. 50 to 100 people are working here on this idol who have come from different states, he said.
Another devotee said, “We come to see the preparation of the Khairthabad Ganesh idol here every year. Many people will visit here to see the biggest Ganesh idol in Hyderabad.
Raj Kumar, Khairthabad Ganesh Utsav committee organiser, said that in the year 1954, Shakeriah Ji started installing Ganesh’s idol here.
Every year, we have increased by 1 foot in height. In 2015, 60 years was completed and we organisers thought we will reduce size every year but the devotees said the speciality of this Khairthabad Ganesh is height and asked us not to reduce size.
In these 68 years, first time, we have decided to install clay, Ganesh.
This year around, 150 artists are working on this idol. Already paints have started coming from 5 different states Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Kolkata, Maharastra and Andhra Pradesh. It takes 80 days to complete the idol and from June 1st, we have begun the work.
The darshan for devotees will start on August 31.
Telengana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and state Governor Tamilasai Soundararajan have been invited for inauguration.
Mumbai Police Crime Branch detained a person from the Virar area late Saturday night in connection with a “26/11-like” terrorist attack threat message received by Mumbai traffic police.
Mumbai Police is investigating a WhatsApp message warning of a “26/11-like” terror attack in the city received on the WhatsApp number of the Mumbai Police Traffic Control from Pakistan-based number police on Saturday.
The message said that six people would execute the attack in India. The Mumbai Police initiated a probe on an immediate basis, sources said, adding that security agencies have been put on alert.
The WhatsApp message talked of reviving memories of the attacks on November 26, 2008, in which Pakistan terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba carried out strikes across Mumbai.
This development comes after a security scare on Thursday when a boat carrying AK 47, rifles, guns and ammunition were found on the Harihareshwar beach in the Raigad district of the state. Maharashtra Police has been asked to stay vigilant after the boat’s recovery.
According to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the boat belongs to an Australian citizen. “Boat’s engine broke out in the sea, people were rescued by a Korean boat. It has now reached Harihareshwar beach. Keeping in mind the coming festive season, police and the administration have been instructed to be prepared,” he said.
On November 26, 2008, 10 Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists from Pakistan arrived by sea route and opened fire, killing hundreds of people, including 18 security personnel, and injuring several others in Mumbai.
Nine terrorists were later killed by the security forces, including the NSG, the country’s elite commando force. Ajmal Kasab was the only terrorist who was captured alive. He was hanged four years later on November 21, 2012.
