POLITICS
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Apr- 2023 -14 April
Don Atiq Ahmad’s son Asad killed in an encounter in UP’s Jhansi
Gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad, who is wanted in the Umesh Pal murder case, was killed in an encounter on Thursday by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) in Jhansi. The police had announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh for information on Asad. Another accused in the case, Ghulam, with a bounty of Rs 5 lakh on his head, was also killed in the encounter led by Deputy SP Navendu and Deputy SP Vimal. UP STF ADG Amitabh Yash said the team had been tracking Asad and Ghulam for the last one and a half months. He said they last missed Gulam by a delay of just five minutes but they successfully traced him to Jhansi where he…
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14 April
‘Cancer riddled’ Putin receiving chemo, leaked documents show
Vladimir Putin is receiving treatment for cancer with his top military chiefs looking to “throw” Russia’s war in Ukraine, a rumour contained in a leaked US intelligence document has claimed. A trove of top secret files were leaked last week, including sensitive disclosures on Ukraine, South Korea, Israel and the United Arab Emirates. As well as detailed information about troop movements in Ukraine and the death toll on both sides, the trove contains daily intelligence briefings from a number of sources from around the world. One such briefing includes a rumour claiming – a top Russian general is conspiring to “throw”, meaning deliberately lose, the war in Ukraine while Putin is undergoing chemotherapy. The claim says Russian National Security Council Secretary, Nikolay…
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14 April
If BJP leaders’ daughters marry Muslims they call it love, when others do so it’s called ‘jihad’: Baghel
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of indulging in double standards, saying that when the daughters of BJP leaders get married to Muslims, they call it love, but if anybody else does so then it’s dubbed as “jihad”. Talking to reporters in Bilaspur town of the state, he also accused the saffron party of trying to take political advantage of last week’s communal violence in Biranpur village of Bemetara district. When asked about the BJP’s claims that tension started brewing in Biranpur following some interfaith marriages there, Baghel said, “The BJP neither examined the matter (clash) nor came out with any report before calling for a bandh. A fight between two children led…
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14 April
National guardsman suspected to be behind US military document leaks arrested
A national guardsman suspected to be behind a series of US military document leaks has been arrested by the FBI. Jack Teixeira, 21, is said to have overseen a private online group, containing around 25 active members, in which the highly sensitive documents were shared. Teixeira is a member of the intelligence wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, according to interviews and documents reviewed by The New York Times. Officials told Sky News’ US partner network, NBC News, that they have been on to him for some time On Thursday, the FBI said it had made an arrest in Massachusetts. US Attorney General Merrick Garland confirmed the arrest of Teixeira and said he was due to be brought to court for…
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14 April
Noida Covid-19 Update: Health Dept Advises To Wear Face Masks, WFH If Suffering From Cough, Flu
Amid a rise in Covid cases, the Gautam Buddh Nagar Health Department on Thursday issued a set of recommendations that includes practising social distancing and the use of face masks at offices, schools, colleges, and cinema halls, among other public places. For workplaces, the guidelines recommend the use of sanitisers, proper cleaning of offices, thermal temperature scanners at office entries, and work-from-home option for employees showing signs of cold, cough, fever, and flu and suggested Covid test for them. The guidelines came as Gautam Buddh Nagar, adjoining Delhi, registered 114 more positive cases of Covid on Thursday, pushing the tally of active patients across Noida and Greater Noida to 396 — the highest so far this year, according to official…
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14 April
Italy’s pick for new Leonardo CEO is unlawful, opposition party says
Italy’s Antitrust agency should intervene against the appointment of former energy and environment minister Roberto Cingolani as CEO of defence group Leonardo, the leader of a green opposition party said on Thursday. As part of a raft of nominations at state-controlled firms, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s administration on Wednesday picked Cingolani to lead Leonardo, replacing former banker Alessandro Profumo. Opposition lawmaker and Green party leader Angelo Bonelli said the appointment violates a conflict-of-interest law that prevents ministers from taking on jobs at companies in sectors they previously regulated in the 12 months after leaving office. “Leonardo operates also in the environmental sector and Cingolani was ecological transition minister in the previous government led by Mario Draghi until October 2022,” Bonelli…
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14 April
Owaisi slams BJP over encounters of criminals ‘in the name of religion’
Attacking the BJP for conducting encounters “in the name of religion”, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday sought to know whether those who burnt to death the two youth in Haryana would also be killed in an encounter. Owaisi, who was addressing a gathering at Nizamabad in Telangana, referred to the killing of Junaid and Naseer in Haryana, allegedly by cow vigilantes in February this year. “Whose government is in power in Haryana? Are houses not being bulldozed? Are encounters not done by firing bullets?… will you shoot at those who killed Junaid and Naseer?” he asked. “… you do encounter in the name of religion. Can you eliminate the killers of Junaid and Naseer? You will not do. So…
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14 April
Macron faced with renewed pension protests on return to France
Emmanuel Macron has been confronted with fresh street protests on his return to France as popular discontent around the French President’s pension reforms continues. Strikes and demonstrations have been widespread across the county in the past month as French workers react to plans to raise the pension age in France from 62 to 64. France’s constitutional council is due to vote on the pension reform bill this Friday amid questions over how Macron plans to appease public anger. Following a request by French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, the constitutional council has been tasked with judging whether Macron’s pension reform is allowed under France’s constitution. In Paris, as thousands marched along the designated protest route, some protesters holding lit flares veered off to the…
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13 April
Karnataka polls: Denied ticket to contest, BJP MLA M P Kumaraswamy quits party
Mudigere BJP MLA M P Kumaraswamy Bengaluru: Mudigere BJP MLA M P Kumaraswamy on Thursday announced his resignation from the party, after he was denied ticket to contest the Karnataka Assembly polls, and blamed national General Secretary C T Ravi for not getting nominated. He remarked that if party stalwart B S Yediyurappa does not attend BJP rallies, people would not turn up in large numbers. The three-time MLA said he will also be submitting his resignation as legislator to the Assembly Speaker soon. In the BJP’s second list of 23 candidates announced last night, Deepak Doddaiah was named as candidate from Mudigere. Kumaraswamy hit out at BJP national General Secretary C T Ravi for not getting the ticket, and said…
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13 April
ED files case against BBC India over forex violation
The Enforcement Directorate has registered a FEMA case against news broadcaster BBC India for foreign exchange violations New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has registered a FEMA case against news broadcaster BBC India for foreign exchange violations, official sources said Thursday. The federal probe agency has also called for documents and the recording of statements of some company executives under provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), they said. The probe is essentially looking at purported foreign direct investment (FDI) violations by the company, they said. The moves comes in the backdrop of the Income-Tax department surveying BBC office premises in Delhi in February. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the administrative body for the I-T department, had then said…
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