Maharashtra ATS nabs Parvez Zubair in terror-funding case

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August 4, 2022

Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested Parvez Zubair in a terror funding case on Thursday in Mumbai.

The arrest was made under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. A court has sent Zubair to ATS custody till August 10.

Zubair has been accused of being in touch with Anees Ibrahim, the younger brother of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and of conducting terror funding activities for Dawood Ibrahim

As per the ATS, Zubair used to work for Dawood Ibrahim under different aliases and had been absconding for a long time. His arrest was made on the basis of specific information received by the Central investigation agency.

An ATS official said that Zubair has visited Dubai 54 times between 2014-2022. ATS has registered a case against Zubair under Sections 17 and 18 of UAPA.

Zubair’s lawyer said in court that Zubair had received a message on a chat application with someone a year ago and the ATS was making a case against his client on that basis even though his client had not responded to the chat.

A case was registered against Zubair in the year 1993 at Dharavi police station under section 323 of IPC. ATS said it is investigating a terror funding case.

Earlier in June this year, 2022, Yusuf had been arrested from Kashmir for terrorfunding Lashkar-e-Toiba.

The accused had transferred money to Junaid Mohammad following which he had been produced before a Pune court.

The Maharashtra anti-terror body had arrested Junaid Mohammad for working for Lashkar-e-Toiba and recruiting people.

He used to recruit youths from different states after radicalising them. Meanwhile, in June this year the Maharashtra ATS said it had arrested a suspect identified as Yusf from Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) for his alleged involvement in funding and recruitment for the terror outfit LeT.

The arrested accused Yusuf was also presented in a court in Pune. Yusuf allegedly transferred funds to one accused Junaid Mohammad who was arrested on May 24 this year from the Khamgaon Taluka in Jammu and Kashmir’s Buldhana district.

The ATS on June 2 had arrested another wanted suspect in the same case, Aftab Hussain Shah, 28, a carpenter from J&K’s Kishtwar. Shah is accused of being the link between Junaid Mohammed and a LeT operative based in a foreign country.

Further, on June 10 this year, the ATS took custody of Inamul Haque from Saharanpur. He is allegedly a partner of Junaid Mohammad who was arrested by ATS from Pune

Sanjay Raut’s wife Varsha Raut summoned by Enforcement Directorate

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Arrested Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut’s wife, Varsha Raut, has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate on money-laundering charges in an alleged land scam.

This came just hours after Sanjay Raut’s ED custody was extended till August 8 by a special court in Mumbai.

Varsha Raut has repeatedly been named by the central probe agency some properties linked to her have been attached to the case too but she hasn’t been questioned so far.

Around four months ago, the ED attached ₹ 11 crore worth of assets of Varsha Raut and two of Sanjay Raut’s associates.

These included a flat in Dadar held by Varsha Raut and eight plots at Kihim beach in Alibaug jointly held by Varsha Raut and Swapna Patkar, the wife of Sujit Patkar, a “close associate” of Sanjay Raut.

Mumbai police seized more than 700 kilograms of mephedrone worth ₹ 1,400 crore

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August 4, 2022

In a raid at a drug manufacturing unit in Nalasopara of Palghar district Mumbai police seized over 700 kilograms of mephedrone worth ₹ 1,400 crore and arrested five persons, including a post-graduate in organic chemistry, an official said here on Thursday. The Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of the Mumbai crime branch conducted the raid at the unit, he said.

“The action was carried out based on specific inputs. The ANC team raided the premises, during which it found that mephedrone, a banned drug, was being manufactured,” he said. “While four of the accused were arrested in Mumbai, one person was held in Nalasopara,” the official said. The accused arrested from Nalasopara is a post-graduate in organic chemistry and used his skill to make drugs, said a police officer.

This is one of the biggest drug hauls by the city police in recent times, he added. Mephedrone, also known as ‘meow meow’ or MD, is a synthetic stimulant a psychotropic substance banned under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

Big relief to Shiv Sena in Bow and arrow row

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August 4, 2022

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The Supreme Court Thursday asked the Election Commission not to take any precipitative action for now on the Eknath Shinde faction’s plea that it be considered the real Shiv Sena and granted the party’s poll symbol.

A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said it would take a call by Monday on referring the matters related to the recent Maharashtra political crisis to a Constitution bench.

The top court also told the poll panel that if the Thackeray faction seeks time to file a response to its notices on Shinde faction’s petition, it should consider their request and grant reasonable adjournment.

“Counsels submitted the issues which may arise to decide this case and whether to refer the matter to 5-judge constitution bench. This will be decided taking into consideration the submissions and the issues framed.

“We will take a call and at the same time, the date fixed by the EC is August 8 to submit a reply by the petitioners (Shinde group).

If they (Uddhav) want some more time in view of the pendency of the matter then they will file an application seeking time. It is open for EC to grant reasonable adjournment,” the bench, also comprising justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli, said

Hima Das advances to Women’s 200 m semi final after top spot finish

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August 4, 2022

Ace Indian sprinter Hima Das qualified for the semifinal of the women’s 200 m event following her top spot finish in heat two of round one at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Thursday.

Das was extremely fast in the race as she clocked timings of 23.42 seconds to book her ticket to the semifinal.

At the second was Zambia’s Rhoda Njobvu, who clocked 23.85 seconds.

The third position was occupied by Uganda’s Jacent Nyamahunge, who finished the race with timings of 24.07 seconds.

The first three athletes of five in the heat qualified for the semi final

Notably, in Athletics, Tejaswin Shankar won India its first-ever medal in the men’s high jump event at the Commonwealth Games in its 2022 edition in Birmingham on Wednesday.

SC asks EC to not take any precipitative action on Eknath Shinde’s faction Plea

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August 4, 2022

The Supreme Court Thursday asked the Election Commission not to take any precipitative action for now on the Eknath Shinde faction’s plea that it be considered the real Shiv Sena and granted the party’s poll symbol.

A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said it would take a call by Monday on referring the matters related to the recent Maharashtra political crisis to a Constitution bench.

The top court also told the poll panel that if the Thackeray faction seeks time to file a response to its notices on Shinde faction’s petition, it should consider their request and grant reasonable adjournment.

Counsels submitted the issues which may arise to decide this case and whether to refer the matter to 5 judges constitution bench. This will be decided taking into consideration the submissions and the issues framed.

“We will take a call and at the same time, the date fixed by the EC is August 8 to submit a reply by the petitioners (Shinde group). If they (Uddhav) want some more time in view of the pendency of the matter then they will file an application seeking time. It is open for EC to grant reasonable adjournment,” the bench, also comprising justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli, said.

The apex court was hearing the petitions filed by the Shiv Sena and its rebel MLAs during the recent Maharashtra political crisis which raised constitutional issues including those related to splits, mergers of political parties, defections, and disqualifications.

At the outset, senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for the Shinde faction, submitted a revised list of legal issues on petitions filed by the rival Uddhav Thackeray group.

Salve said the anti-defection law cannot be an “anti-dissent” law. “There is no per se illegality principle, until and unless there is a finding of disqualification,” Salve said.

The bench, at this juncture, said, “If you are completely ignoring the political party after being elected then it is a danger to democracy.” Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Thackeray group, submitted that the 40 rebel MLAs stand disqualified by their conduct and they cannot say that they are the real Shiv Sena.

Senior Advocate Arvind Datar, who is appearing for the Election Commission, submitted the ECI is governed by Representation of the People Act it is bound to decide if a claim is raised by a group.

“Tenth schedule is a different territory. If they are disqualified, they cease to be members of the legislature. Not a political party. These are different. Whatever happens in the Assembly, that has got nothing to do with the membership of the political party,” Datar said.

The Tenth Schedule of the Constitution provides for the prevention of defection of the elected and nominated members from their political party and contains stringent provisions against defections.

The Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena had told the apex court on Wednesday that party MLAs loyal to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde can save themselves from disqualification under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution only by merging with another political party.

The bench had asked the Shinde faction to redraft the legal issues of split, merger, defection and disqualification raised in petitions filed by the Thackeray camp that are to be adjudicated upon following the recent political crisis in Maharashtra.

Maha revenue dept standardizes the land record system to bring uniformity in the terminology

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The revenue department of the Maharashtra government claimed to have succeeded in standardizing the land records system and making these documents error-free by bringing in uniformity in the terminology used differently in different regions of the state.

In the pre-Independence era, different regions of Maharashtra were controlled by separate regimes, which had their own land record systems and styles.

Even the words used for describing the land ownership, shared ownership and categorization of land as per its location or use were significantly different.

In the last 75 years, the revenue administration faced huge problems in terms of maintaining the land records, change of ownership and changing the category of the land as each region was using its own set of words.

It increased the legal complications as well, a senior official from the state revenue department said. “Different terms were used in different regions of Maharashtra to describe 46 various points in land records documents.

Of the eight revenue divisions in the state, each has a distinct choice of words to describe the land, its ownership and its categorization as per its usage.

The state revenue department has managed to remove these variations and bring uniformity through a standard format,” a senior revenue official from the land records department said.

The revenue officials used to face this same problem whenever they were transferred from one division to another. The department took nearly two decades to fix the problem, she said.

“There are nearly 2.54 crore 7/12 extracts (land title document) of land records in Maharashtra. Now, the correction is left only in 46,000 such documents, while the problem has been fixed in the remaining documents. The work got delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic,” she added.

The land records department, which is part of the revenue department, has undertaken a computerization program to digitize all the records and make it available for people.

A retired IAS officer, who had worked in the revenue department, said, “The earlier format of land records almost remained unchanged for nearly 100 years.

However, in the past few decades, the revenue department was compelled to make these documents error-free because even the government could not acquire some land due to its earlier complicated format.”

The standardization in land record receipts will remove the problems faced by the lower-level officials, he said. “The process started two decades back with computerization of the data, which minimized human intervention. It was followed by making all the changes in documents online only. The village-level revenue officials (including talathi) were given laptops by the revenue department,” the official said.

Once it was achieved and the officials also got used to the online format, the revenue department started working on standardization of the land record documents. It took nearly four years for the department to achieve it, he added

Sanjay Raut sent to ED custody till August 8

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August 4, 2022

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money-laundering case, will be produced before a special court here on Thursday.

Raut’s ED custody granted by the court on Monday, ends on Thursday.

The central agency had arrested Raut on Sunday midnight in connection with alleged financial irregularities in the redevelopment of Patra ‘Chawl’ (old row tenement) in suburban Goregaon and related financial property transactions involving his wife and alleged associates.

Exhibition of 10th Sports India International Expo 2022

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August 4, 2022

Indian Players are creating conjectures in Commonwealth Games 2022; simultaneously India is also strengthening its overall sports management.

One step ahead on this path of progress, the 10th Sports India International Expo 2022 is being held in Greater Noida.

This three-day Exhibition is starting from 4th -6th August 2022 at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida, U.P.

The main aim of the event is to make India a significant player in world sports.

The main guest of honor for the inauguration is Shri Girish Chandra Yadav, Sports, and youth affairs Minister, the government of Uttar Pradesh.

Apart from this Dr. Somendra Tomar, Minister of State power and alternative energy, the government of Uttar Pradesh, and Ms. Ekta Vishnoi, director, of Fit India Mission are coming forward to share their thoughts on the same.

Jointly, it will be organized by the Indian Exhibition Services and Sports India foundation. It is supported by the Physical Education Foundation of India (PEFI), Sports Goods Export Promotion Council (SGEPC), Ministry of Commerce, and Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India.

The Event is offering 100+ exhibitors worldwide and 5,000+ visitors per day. Famous brands worldwide like Cosco, Shiv Naresh Sports Pvt ltd, Sports Sun, Syncotts International, Fitness World, National sports, IIM Rohtak, Sports Academy Association of India, Khalsa gymnastic, Balaji sports, Rebound Ace India Pvt ltd, Somani Enterprises, GYM TEX, and many more leading brands are participating in the exhibition.

Sport India 2022 is a b2b business platform for national and international sporting goods and equipment manufacturers to find out new business opportunities in India.

It is a platform for the people, institutions, universities, and numerous brands that are involved in sports business, and sports activities.

The ones who are willing to develop sports management in India. It is also an open platform to exchange views and share knowledge to promote various sports in India.

According to Mr. Swadesh Kumar, Director, Indian exhibition Services, “Sports is one of the gratifying career prospects of a country with lots of job opportunities.

Sports can shape your career as well while making you stronger and more physically active. This Expo will educate the youth about sports as a career and also platform for sports business development in India.” According to Mr. Piyush Jain, Secretary, Physical Education Foundation of India (PEFI), “This Sports Expo is one venue for the growth of the sports industry in India.

Sports stimulate our economic growth as the development of the sports sector has a positive impact on our economy, not only in the production of sports goods but also on the economy as a whole, providing more manpower, because involvement in sports increases the quality of life.”

Highlights of Exhibition • Sports India Conference 2022 – India emerging as Sports Superpower. • Sports India Awards 2022 • Sports India Fashion Show • Sports India Body Building Championship ( Chief Guest renowned bodybuilder, Mr. Mukesh Gehlot) • Sports India Principles and Coaches Meet • Sports India Forum Meet • Sports Goods Manufacturing Forum – Industry Meet & National Seminar on the Manufacturing Techniques • • Sports India Buyer- Seller Meet– International Business Meet on Sports Goods and Allied Industry For the business growth of Sports Goods Manufacturers

China launches military drills around Taiwan, after Pelosi’s departure

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August 4, 2022

China on Wednesday commenced military drills around Taiwan’s main island, according to Chinese state media, hours after US House Speaker departed from Taipei following a visit that has rankled Beijing.

Live-fire drills began in six identified zones around the island at noon local time, Al Jazeera reported citing China state media.

According to Xinhua News Agency, the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on Wednesday organized joint combat training exercises in the northern, southwestern and southeastern waters and airspace off Taiwan Island.

Under the Eastern Theater Command, the exercises involved troops from the Navy, Air Force, Rocket Force, Strategic Support Force and Logistic Support Force.

“The exercises focused on key training sessions including joint blockade, sea target assault, strike on ground targets, and airspace control operation, and the joint combat capabilities of the troops got tested in the military operations,” Xinhua added.

Responding to a question about the PLA’s decision to kick off the drills two days after Pelosi’s arrival, a military expert said that the arrangement shows the army’s rational and responsible attitude as it leaves time for domestic and foreign civilian ships and airlines to evacuate their ships and adjust their flights, Global Times reported.

Zhang Junshe, a senior research fellow at the Naval Research Academy of the People’s Liberation Army, said that the drills include long-range live-fire shooting and conventional missile test launches.

As per the international conventions, areas of military drills have to be disclosed three days in advance and 24 hours in advance under an emergency situation.

” That is mainly to leave enough time for domestic and foreign ships to evacuate as well as for related civilian airlines to adjust their routes to avoid the areas. The move is intended to avoid hurting ordinary people during the drills, showing the rational and responsible attitude of the PLA,” Zhang said as quoted by Global Times.

Taiwan’s defence ministry said that an unidentified aircraft flew above the Kinmen Islands, Taiwanese territory off China’s southeastern coast, on Wednesday night and it had fired flares in response.