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10/04/2022

Applicants won’t need to leave their passports behind at immigration offices for the visa stamping

10/04/2022

Users can apply for the free permit on RTA website

10/04/2022

New Delhi: Union Minister Smriti Irani was caught unawares today in a Delhi-Guwahati flight when questioned about the rise in fuel prices. Her interrogator was Netta D'Souza, the acting chief of Congress women's wing.
Ms D'Souza later tweeted the video where the minister is also seen recording the encounter on her cell phone.

The caption of her tweet, where the minster was also tagged, read, "Faced Modi Minister ji, enroute to Guwahati. When asked about Unbearable Rising Prices of LPG, she blamed Vaccines, Raashan & even the poor! Do watch the video excerpts, on how she reacted to common people's misery!"

Ms Irani initially said the Congress leader was "blocking the way". Asked about the shortage of cooking gas and "stoves without gas", the minister is heard saying "please don't lie".

Later, she is heard saying that she is being "accosted".

The price of petrol has been hiked 14 times in 16 days, pushing up prices by ₹ 10 a litre. There has been no hike in the last two days.

In Delhi, a litre of petrol is now being sold at ₹ 105.41, while diesel is being sold at ₹ 96.67 a litre.

Attributing the price rise to the Russia-Ukraine war, Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said the increase in India worked out to be only 5 per cent compared to countries like the US, the UK, Canada, Germany, and Sri Lanka, where prices have gone up by 50 per cent.

The hike in petrol prices, he added, was very low in India in the aftermath of the war.

28/03/2020

149 New Cases In 24 Hours, COVID-19 Count Crosses 800-Mark: 10 Points
Coronavirus Updates: Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday announced several measures to mitigate the negative impact of coronavirus on the economy.

India saw the highest jump in coronavirus or COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours with 149 patients testing positive for the highly contagious illness in different parts of the country. The total is now 873, which includes 19 deaths, according to the Union Health Ministry. A vaccine is still at least 12 to 18 months away, the World Health Organization has said, urging the countries to "unite to fight the pandemic together". The global economy has plunged into a downturn that will require massive funding to help developing nations, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday. "It is clear that we have entered a recession that will be worse than in 2009 following the global financial crisis," she said in an online press briefing.

Coronavirus Cases India: Here is your ten-point cheat sheet on this big story:
Four days into 21-day "total lockdown" across India - announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to contain the COVID-19 outbreak - thousands of migrant labourers are walking long distances back to their home villages after all transport was stopped except for essential services. On Friday, the central government asked the states to take steps and prevent the mass exodus, news agency PTI reported.
Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday announced several measures to mitigate the negative impact of coronavirus on the economy. About Rs 3.74 lakh crore liquidity on aggregate basis will be infused into the financial system to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, he said. Financial markets are under stress and require steps by the central bank for market stability and revival of economic growth, the RBI chief said.
He also announced a cut of 75 basis points in the repo rate to 4.4 per cent. Repo rate is the key interest rate at which the RBI lends short-term funds to commercial banks. The central bank also permitted commercial banks and other financial lenders to allow borrowers to delay their loan repayments by a period of three months
The RBI chief's announcement came a day after Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman declared a Rs 1.75-lakh-crore scheme - dubbed as the "Prime Minister Gareeb Kalyan scheme" - to help the economically weaker sections survive the loss of jobs and income that would be the inevitable fallout of the coronavirus outbreak. "No one will go hungry," she assured, adding that "the poor and the needy will get 5 kg extra wheat or rice free for the next three months". This is over and above what they already receive under the National Food Security Act.
The ban on domestic flight operations across India has been extended till April 14 from March 31 as the country steps up efforts to fight COVID-19, the aviation regulator DGCA said on Friday. International flights in and out of India were already stopped till April 15.
With domestic flights grounded, SpiceJet has offered services of its aircraft and crew members to the government for any humanitarian mission during the 21-day lockdown and the airline is ready to operate some flights from Delhi and Mumbai to Patna to alleviate the suffering of migrant workers, especially those from Bihar, its CMD Ajay Singh said on Friday
The lockdown has disrupted supply chains of e-tailers like Flipkart, including those who sell groceries like Big Basket. State governments across the country are stepping up measures to ensure uninterrupted supply of essentials.
Worldwide, over half a million have contracted infection according to WHO; more than 20,000 deaths have been reported. Among those infected are UK royal Prince Charles - heir to Queen Elizabeth - and British PM Boris Johnson. On Friday, PM Modi wished his UK counterpart a speedy recovery. "Dear PM You're a fighter and you will overcome this challenge as well. Prayers for your good health and best wishes in ensuring a healthy UK," PM Modi tweeted.
The United States - which is now the epicentre- has more than 100,000 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, according to a tracker maintained by Johns Hopkins University. The biggest cluster by far is in New York, home to almost half the cases, overwhelming the hospital system.
Technically called the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 or SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus causes the COVID-19 disease, which originated in China's Wuhan city. A novel virus is one that has not been previously identified in humans. Italy, Spain, Iran and the United States have been worst hit by the pandemic apart from China. Italy on Friday recorded 1,000 deaths, highest in a day.

24/03/2020

CM strong warning to violators -
*If people will not listen to the police I will ask for army deployment and shoot at sight orders will be issued.*
Don't force me for it, please cooperate.

23/03/2020

23/03/2020

Coronavirus: UAE closes malls, fresh food markets for 2 weeks.

The UAE has decided to close all commercial centres, and shopping malls along with fish, meat and vegetables markets for a renewable period of two weeks. (Coronavirus outbreak: All the latest updates)

In a statement today, the Ministry of Health and Prevention and the National Emergency and Crisis and Disasters Management said the decision will take effect after 48 hours, and will be subject to review and re-assessment.

The decision excludes pharmacies, and food retail outlets, including cooperative societies, grocery stores, and supermarkets, along with fish, meat and vegetables markets dealing with wholesalers.

Under the decision, restaurants will not be allowed to receive customers. Instead, their services will be limited to home deliveries only.

20/03/2020

Four Nirbhaya convicts executed in Tihar Jail
Mukesh Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31) were executed at 5.30 am for the savage assault in an empty moving bus on the 23-year-old physiotherapy intern who came to be known the world over as Nirbhaya

Nirbhaya convicts
New Delhi: The four men convicted of the gang r**e and murder of a Delhi woman on December 16, 2012 were hanged in the darkness of pre-dawn on Friday, ending a horrific chapter in India’s long history of sexual assault that had seared the nation’s soul.

Mukesh Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) and Akshay Kumar Singh (31) were executed at 5.30 am for the savage assault in an empty moving bus on the 23-year-old physiotherapy intern who came to be known the world over as Nirbhaya, the fearless one.


This is the first time that four men have been hanged together in Tihar Jail, South Asia’s largest prison complex that houses more than 16,000 inmates.

The ex*****ons were carried out after the men exhausted every possible legal avenue to escape the gallows. Their desperate attempts only postponed the inevitable by less than two months after the first date of ex*****on was set for January 22.

In last-gasp attempts, one of the convicts knocked on the doors of the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court just hours before the hanging.

In an unprecedented late-night hearing that began at 2.30 AM and lasted an hour, a Supreme Court bench dismissed his last plea.

Finally, the four convicts were hanged at 5.30 am, Director General of Tihar Jail Sandeep Goel said.

After the ex*****on, Nirbhaya’s mother told reporters that justice has finally been done and women will definitely feel safer now.

“We will request the Supreme Court to issue guidelines so that no one can adopt delaying tactics in such cases in future,” she said at her house.

“Our wait for justice was painful and agonising. We appeal for observing this day as Nirbhaya ‘Nyay Diwas’ (day of justice),” Nirbhaya’s father said.

After ra**ng and brutalising the woman, the men, one of whom was a juvenile at the time, dumped her on the road and left for dead on the cold winter night. Her friend who was with her was also severely beaten and thrown out along with her. She was so severely violated that her insides were spilling out when she was taken to hospital. She died in a Singapore hospital after battling for her life for a fortnight.

Six people, including the four convicts and the juvenile, were named as accused.

While Ram Singh allegedly committed su***de in the Tihar Jail days after the trial began in the case, the juvenile was released in 2015 after spending three years in a correctional home.

The road to the gallows was a long and circuitous one, going through the lower courts, the High Court, the Supreme Court and the president’s office before going back to the Supreme Court that heard and rejected various curative petitions.

The death warrants were deferred by a court thrice on the grounds that the convicts had not exhausted all their legal remedies and that the mercy petition of one or the other was before the president.

On March 5, a trial court issued fresh death warrants for March 20 at 5.30 am as the final date for the ex*****on.

18/03/2020

BJP activist arrested in Kolkata for hosting cow urine consumption event to fight COVID-19
He was arrested late Tuesday night following a complaint filed by a civic volunteer who fall ill after drinking the cow urine.

KOLKATA: A BJP activist has been arrested for organising a cow urine consumption event here, claiming that it will protect people from coronavirus or cure those already infected, leading to a civic volunteer falling ill after drinking it, police said on Wednesday.

He was arrested late Tuesday night following a complaint filed by the victim with the police, they said.

According to police officials, 40-year-old Narayan Chatterjee, a local party worker of Jorasakho area in North Kolkata, had on Monday organised a cow-worship programme at a cowshed and distributed cow urine.

He vouched for its "miraculous" properties while offering gaumutra to others.

14/03/2020

Cow urine party held to publicise cure for coronavirus.

New Delhi: Dozens of Hindu activists held a cow urine party in New Delhi on Saturday to protect themselves from the new coronavirus, as countries around the world struggle to control the deadly pandemic.

Members and supporters of the All India Hindu Mahasabha staged fire rituals and drank from earthen cups to fight the Covid-19 virus at the gathering in New Delhi dubbed a "gaumutra (cow urine)



"Whoever drinks cow urine will be cured and protected," Hari Shankar Kumar, a volunteer at the event, said as he served the remedy in brown clay cups.

Governments and scientists have said no medicine or vaccine is available to protect or cure people of the infection that has killed more than 5,400 people and infected nearly 150,000 across six continents.

Two people have died in India while more than 80 have fallen ill, and the government has ordered the closure of some land routes into the country and cancelled all visas to stop the spread of the virus in the world's second most populous country.

Members dr**ed in saffron clothes chanted Hindu hymns at the fire ritual as devotees sang paeans for the sacred animal.

"We have gathered here and prayed for world peace and we will make an offering to the corona (virus) to calm it," Chakrapani Maharaj, the group's leader, told reporters before gulping down a cup of urine.

He then offered a glass to a devil-shaped caricature of the virus to "pacify" it.

He urged people to adopt the "tried and tested" practice of drinking cow urine to ward off diseases, and desist from killing animals and eating meat.

"The coronavirus is also a bacteria and cow urine is effective against all forms of bacteria that harm us," claimed Om Prakash, a participant from the neighbouring state of Uttar Pradesh.

One legislator from the BJP last week suggested use of the urine as well as cow dung can cure the coronavirus.

14/03/2020

Hyderabad: First four-track railway line ready
The project, which is a first in the history of South Central Railway, along with electrification and automatic signalling on the super busy stretch is expected to ease congestion and enable running more (MMTS) trains, which presently operates with 121 services between Falaknuma-Secunderabad-Hyderabad-Lingampalli-Ramachandrapuram

Hyderabad : In a major boost to the Multi Modal Transport Service (MMTS) services in the city, quadrupling (four railway lines) of a railway line, between Moula-Ali – Ghatkesar, has been completed and commissioned. The project, which is a first in the history of South Central Railway, along with electrification and automatic signalling on the super busy stretch is expected to ease congestion and enable running more (MMTS) trains, which presently operates with 121 services between Falaknuma-Secunderabad-Hyderabad-Lingampalli-Ramachandrapuram.

The new double line, which is for a distance of 12.2 km, is in addition to the existing double line and was done as part of MMTS Phase-II project at a cost of Rs 200 crore. The work was executed by Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) in a phased manner. The new double line makes the Moula-Ali – Ghatkesar section the first quadrupled electrified automatic signalling section on South Central Railway. The Moula Ali – Ghatkesar section is an important rail line connecting Secunderabad, Kazipet, Nadikude (Guntur) and Sanathnagar (Bypass Chord Line) with heavy congestion due to multiple operations of passenger and freight trains.

Out of the four lines, two lines will be used to operate train services from Moula-Ali to Ghatkesar parallelly and two more lines for running train services from Ghatkesar – Moula-Ali. Since this section is fully automatic, more number of trains can be operated as compared to the existing conventional signaling system, officials said.

As a part of quadrupling, two additional platforms each have been constructed at Cherlapalli and Ghatkesar stations. In addition, new station buildings have been constructed at Moula-Ali C cabin, Cherlapalli and Ghatkesar Stations. Completion of the entire MMTS Phase II project will provide direct rail connectivity to residents of eastern parts of the twin cities to reach Hitec City, Lingampalli, Patancheru, Falaknuma and other suburban areas at an economical price.

Gajanan Mallya, general manager, SCR, said the commissioning of the new line would ease the congestion on the saturated section between Moula-Ali – Ghatkesar rail line enabling smooth and punctual operation of train services in both passenger and freight segment.