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Sri Lankan President flees to Singapore as protests against him intensify

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The Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was living in the Maldives as the protestors of Sri Lanka were protesting at the official residence and office due to a shortage of LP gas. The President has now departed from the Maldives to Singapore on Thursday.

As per the report, “President Rajapaksa has already left Maldives has started his journey to Singapore in a Private Jet” mentioned in the ANI report.

The Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa whose location was unknown for a very long time had informed its officials a few days ago to distribute LP gas to the country and approximately 3200 tonnes of LP gas were distributed.

The 73-year-old President living with his wife Ioma Rajapaksa was staying in the Maldives capital named Malé will be departing to Singapore in a private jet. The president and his wife were traveling with their two security officials.

The protestors were protesting outside the office and President’s official residence due to the shortage of LP gas in the country. The storm of protestors increased on July 9 after which on Wednesday the President will hand over his resignation as mentioned in the ANI report.

In a report of ANI it has also stated that “ When the President escaped with his wife to the Maldives he had appointed the Prime Minister of the Sri Lanka Country Ranil  Wickremesinghe as the interim President of the country.

The protestors of Sri Lanka have also stated “GotaGoGama”  was the announcement made by the protestors and stated will hand over all the government buildings, president office and President’s official residence to maintain peace in the Country.

Sanjay Raut says Eknath Shinde government is illegal

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On Thursday, Sanjay Raut says “illegal” Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government.

Sanjay Raut says, “Twelve days have passed and the Maharashtra government is not doing any work. This government is illegal. Where is the Governor of Maharashtra for 12 days when the state is suffering from flood-like situations?”

Following the incessant rains, several parts of Maharashtra are staring at a flood-like situation. Raut, a loyalist of Shinde’s predecessor Uddhav Thackeray, has been vocal against the current state government, which was formed after some Shiv Sena MLAs rebelled against the Thackeray government last month.

The political turmoil deepened at a time when members of both the houses of parliament and of the legislative assemblies of states and union territories are to elect a new Indian president.

While Droupadi Murmu is the candidate fielded by the NDA, Yashwant Sinha is the opposition parties’ candidate.

“Shiv Sena’s support to Murmu is not political. We have earlier supported Pratibha Patil ji and Pranab Mukherjee ji as well,” Raut said while clarifying the intent behind the party’s support for the BJP-led NDA candidate.

“It is for the first time that an Adivasi lady is likely to be at the highest position. This is our respect for the Adivasis that Uddhav Ji decided to vote for Droupadi as it is our culture to always support the deserving” he added.

Earlier on Tuesday, Raut confirmed the discussions regarding Murmu at the meeting and clarified that supporting Murmu does not mean supporting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

“We discussed Droupadi Murmu (NDA’s presidential candidate) in our meeting on Monday. Supporting Droupadi Murmu does not mean supporting BJP. Shiv Sena’s role will be clear in a day or two; party chief Uddhav Thackeray will make a decision,” Shiv Raut had said.

He had also highlighted the party’s goodwill towards the opposition’s presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha.

The voting for the presidential election will take place on July 18 and the counting of votes will take place on July 21.

NDA presidential candidate is also backed by the support of the YSR Congress Party, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Akali Dal. She has been touring various states to seek the support of legislators.

Kohli and Bumrah not included in T20I India’s Squad

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The All-India Senior Selection Committee on Thursday picked the squad for the five-match T20I series against the West Indies. Senior players like Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah have not been included in the squad. Kohli sustained a mild groin strain before the first ODI against England.

Meanwhile, veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has made his return. Also, KL Rahul and Kuldeep Yadav return to the squad, but their inclusion is subject to their fitness.

India’s squad for 5 T20Is: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Ishan Kishan, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, R Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, Kuldeep Yadav*, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Harshal Patel, Arshdeep Singh. West Indies will host the Men in Blue for a three-match ODI series and a five-match T20i series from July 22 to August 7.

Relief for Maharashtra people as price of petrol and diesel are cheaper by Rs 5 and Rs 3

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On Thursday Maharashtra government decided to reduce the value-added tax (VAT) on petrol to Rs 5 and on diesel to Rs 3 per litre. This decision will cost a Rs 6,000 crore burden on the Maharashtra exchequer, said Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to reporters.

The decision is for people’s welfare as part of Shiv Sena BJP government commitment, deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said.

Current Petrol prices in Mumbai are Rs 106.35 per litre from Rs 111.35 for diesel Rs 94.28 from Rs 97.28 per litre. In Thane are Rs 106.49 for petrol and Rs 94.42 for diesel. In Pune Rs 105.88 for petrol and Rs 94.42 for diesel

‘The Ballot Box’ for presidential election has reached Ranchi

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The box containing the poll material for the July 18 presidential election has reached the Jharkhand capital, state government officials said on Thursday.

The steel box with a wooden cover was brought by the authorized officers on a flight from Delhi under the name of ‘Mr. Ballot Box’ and has been kept in the sanitized and sealed strongroom of Jharkhand Assembly, they said.

“Special arrangements were made in the aircraft for the transportation of election materials, for which a special seat was booked in the aircraft in the name of ‘Mr. Ballot Box”,’ a statement from the state government said.

The materials received from the Election Commission in the steel box include ballot boxes and papers, authenticated list of members of the electoral college for the presidential election, badges for the chief electoral officer, assistant returning officers, authorized polling representatives of contesting candidates (three for each), violet inked pen for marking votes, rubber stamps for presiding officer and posters on instructions and how to use the pen.

All the materials were safely brought to Birsa Airport here by the authorized officials of the state from New Delhi amidst a complete security arrangement. “The election materials were brought to the strong room located in the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha and the said materials have been stored amidst 24×7 security arrangements,” the statement said.

The process was video graphed, it said.

An assistant returning officer from the state and one officer from the office of the state chief electoral officer went to Nirvachan Sadan, the EC headquarters in New Delhi, on Wednesday to collect the poll material. They were mandated to return to the state capital the same day.

After the polling is over, the polled and sealed ballot boxes and other election material have to be transported back to the office of the Rajya Sabha secretary general, who is the returning officer, by the next available flight.

Voting is held in Parliament House and state legislative assemblies and elected MPs and MLAs are entitled to vote in the presidential poll but not the MLCs.

Saddening! Indian father, son swept into Oman sea, daughter missing

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A 42-year-old man hailing from Maharashtra’s Sangli district and his six-year-old son drowned at a beach in Oman while his daughter went missing, a family member said on Wednesday.

Shashikant Mhamane, his wife and their children Shreya (9) and Shreyas (6), who lived in Dubai, were visiting neighbouring Oman on Sunday for a day-long trip, said Mhamane’s brother.

The family hails from Jath in the Sangli district. Shashikant worked in a private firm in Dubai, his brother said.

As per preliminary information, Shreya and Shreyas were swept away by a strong wave while playing in the water and Shashikant too drowned while trying to save them.

While his and his son’s bodies were fished out, a search was on for the girl, said Shashikant’s brother, who travelled to Dubai after learning about the tragedy.

The Royal Oman Police said in a tweet that a search was on for the missing child.

Presidential NDA candidate Murmu to meet MPs and MLAs of Maharashtra

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Presidential nominee Droupadi Murmu will meet MPs and MLAs of the ruling party on Thursday to seek support for the presidential election.

As per sources, the luncheon was organised with the legislation and parliamentarians after that meeting scheduled at a suburban hotel.

Murmu will be welcome by Maharashtra CM and Deputy CM at the airport in Mumbai.

On Tuesday, Uddhav Thackeray chief of Shiv Sena announced his party’s full support for Murmu. It is not confirmed if Thackeray and Murmur will meet.

Yashwant Sinha is the opposition for Murmu in the presidential election. Earlier, Murmu was the Governor of Jharkhand.

In Punjab School bus overturned with 20 students and left 1 injured

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Police is investigating the matter and they also quoted to PTI stating “The incident took place when the school bus driver lost control over the vehicle while trying to avoid collision with a two-wheeler”.

On Thursday at Punjab near Hoshiarpur, a private school bus was running in that area while the private bus was moving it got overturned near a village Shergarh in which 20 students were present in the bus in which 8-year-old boy was injured.

As per the report, the school bus driver lost his control due to which this accident happened at the time of the incident 20 students were present in the bus but one 8-year-old student was injured.

The 8-year-old student was not affected with major injuries and the others who were there on the bus were safe and able to escape at the time of the accident.

SDRF rescues 15 people struck in flood in Bhandara

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Amid the ongoing rains tormenting various regions, the water of rivers overflowing, and roads waterlogged in the state of Maharashtra, the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) team rescued 15 people in Bhandara, informed the officials on Thursday.

The people were stuck in a temple due to a flood-like situation. “15 people were rescued by the SDRF team in Tumsar in the Bhandara district, today.

They were stuck in a temple due to a flood-like situation there,” said SDRF officials. Earlier, as the downpour continued and heavy rainfall pounded Mumbai and surrounding areas, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) rescued 10 workers of a private company from Palghar.

These workers were trapped in the river near Bahadoli village and were engaged in an infrastructure company.

“On receiving requisition from Tehsildar- Palghar, that 10 workers of GR infrastructure are trapped in Vaitarna river near village Bahadoli, Manor, NDRF team at Palghar moved for a rescue operation. The same team which was engaged in search and rescue at vasai collapsed site reached the incident site at 1900 hrs on 13/7/22.

NDRF kept constant vigil throughout the night and applied prudence in using all available resources to rescue trapped persons,” said NDRF officials. With arduous efforts, NDRF successfully rescued all 10 trapped workers from the site. Earlier on Wednesday, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday took note of the situation and said that he had directed the officials to keep emergency services on alert.

 “I have directed the district officials to keep emergency services on alert, to ensure that no untoward incident occurs and assistance reaches the affected people in time,” said Shinde. The Regional Meteorological Center of Mumbai on Wednesday predicted that moderate to heavy rain is likely to occur in the city and suburbs for the next 24 hours.

“Moderate to heavy rain in city and suburbs. Possibility of very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places. Occasional gusty winds reaching 45-55 kmph very likely,” the Regional Meteorological Center of Mumbai said.

 

 

11 people rescued after residential structure collapses in Pune

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Eleven people were rescued from three houses after an adjoining residential structure collapsed in Pune city on Thursday morning, fire brigade officials said. No one was injured in the incident, they said.

A wall of a ‘wada’, which did not have any occupants, crashed on an adjoining house in Kondhwa Budruk area, they said. Wada is an old cluster of houses with many rooms. Pune has been witnessing heavy rains since the last few days.

“The wada was lying vacant. One of its walls collapsed on an adjacent house and five people living there got trapped,” a fire brigade official said.

Another six people residing in two other houses in the vicinity also got stuck as their access is through the wada, he said.

The fire brigade personnel later evacuated 11 people, five from the house on which the wall collapsed and six from the other two houses, he said.
No one was injured, he added. 

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