POLITICS
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Apr- 2023 -30 April
FIR against Union minister Gajendra Shekhawat over ‘Ravana’ remarks against Gehlot
An FIR was registered against Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh over his alleged remarks against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. Jaipur: An FIR was registered against Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh over his alleged remarks against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot at a recent rally, police sources said. The FIR was registered on Saturday based on a complaint filed by Congress leader and former MLA Surendra Singh Jadawat. At the BJP’s ‘Jan Aakrosh’ rally in Chittorgarh on Thursday, Shekhawat had allegedly described Gehlot as the “Ravana of politics in Rajasthan” and asked people to “resolve to establish Ram Rajya in the state”. Jadawat told PTI, “I have filed a police complaint tonight against…
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30 April
PM Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ to create history with 100th episode today
Mann ki Baat to go global with live broadcast at UN headquarters The programme, which started on October 3, 2014, has become a key pillar of the government’s citizen-outreach programme addressing multiple social groups such as women, youth, and farmers and has spurred community action. New Delhi: The 100th episode of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s monthly radio address ‘Mann Ki Baat’ will be broadcast today with lakhs of people expected to listen to the popular programme in different parts of the world. It will be a historic moment with the 100th episode also to be broadcast live in the United Nations headquarters in New York. The programme, which started on October 3, 2014, has become a key pillar of the…
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30 April
Taliban using campaign against IS to boost legitimacy
Taliban regime in Afghanistan has intensified its war with the rival Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) terror group New Delhi: The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has intensified its war with the rival Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) terror group, killing several senior leaders and commanders in recent months, the media reported. Among them, according to the US, was the alleged mastermind of a suicide bombing outside Kabul airport in 2021 that killed some 170 Afghans and 13 American soldiers, RFE/RL reported.. The White House on April 26 announced that the alleged mastermind, whose identity has not been revealed, was killed in a recent Taliban operation. But it did not say when or where he was killed, RFE/RL reported. The Taliban has waged a brutal war to eliminate IS-K, the…
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30 April
Texas man kills 5 neighbours after they complained of gunfire
Law enforcement authorities removing bodies from a scene where five people were shot the night before Saturday in Cleveland, Texas. Cleveland (Texas): A Texas man went next door with a rifle and fatally shot five of his neighbours, including an eight-year-old boy, after they asked him to stop firing rounds in his yard because they were trying to sleep, authorities said. The suspect, identified as 38-year-old Francisco Oropeza, remained at large more than 18 hours after the shooting and authorities warned that he might still be armed. The attack happened just before midnight Friday near the town of Cleveland, north of Houston, on a street where some residents say it is not uncommon to hear neighbours unwind by firing off guns.…
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30 April
Kim’s sister, Kim Yo Jong calls US President Biden ‘senile’
Kim Yo Jong slams US President Joe Biden for ‘end of regime’ warning Seoul: The powerful sister of North Korea’s leader says her country would stage more provocative displays of its military might in response to a new US-South Korean agreement to intensify nuclear deterrence to counter the North’s nuclear threat, which she insists shows their “extreme” hostility toward Pyongyang. Kim Yo Jong also lobbed personal insults toward US President Joe Biden, who after a summit with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday stated that any North Korean nuclear attack on the US or its allies would “result in the end of whatever regime” took such action. Biden’s meeting with Yoon in Washington came amid heightened tensions in the Korean…
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30 April
Maharashtra farmers suffer as govt turns deaf ear to their plight
As the Telangana government is setting a benchmark with its proactive measures in addressing farmers’ issues, the farming community in Maharashtra is up in arms against the State government Hyderabad: When it comes to ensuring the welfare of farmers, there are contrasting situations in Telangana and the neighbouring State of Maharashtra. As the Telangana government is setting a benchmark with its proactive measures in addressing farmers’ issues, the farming community in Maharashtra is up in arms against the State government and has been repeatedly staging protests after being denied even basic requirements such as Minimum Support Price for their crops and compensation for damages due to natural calamities like rains. Last Wednesday, more than 15,000 farmers from Maharashtra set out on a foot march from…
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30 April
Wife of slain IAS officer moves Supreme Court against Anand Mohan’s release
The wife of IAS officer G. Krishnaiah has moved the Supreme Court against the latter’s premature release from prison New Delhi: The wife of IAS officer G. Krishnaiah, who was lynched in 1994 by a mob led by former Bihar MP Anand Mohan Singh, has moved the Supreme Court against the latter’s premature release from prison. The plea filed by Uma Krishnaiah, the wife of G. Krishnaiah, contended that life imprisonment awarded as a substitute for death penalty has to be carried out strictly as directed by the court, and it would be beyond application of remission. The plea submitted that life imprisonment handed down to the gangster-turned-politician meant incarceration for his entire natural course of life. Anand Mohan was released from the…
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30 April
ED raids: BYJU’s yet to submit financial results since FY21
Think & Learn Pvt Ltd, BYJU’s parent company, is yet to disclose the audited financial accounts for the last two fiscal years New Delhi: As the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches under FEMA at three premises related to BYJU’s, the ed-tech major is yet to submit its financial statements since the 2020-21 fiscal. Think & Learn Pvt Ltd, BYJU’s parent company, is yet to disclose the audited financial accounts for the last two fiscal years. BYJU’s was also not able to meet its March 2023 deadline to achieve group-level profitability, as it envisioned in its earnings in October last year, amid delayed results. The company, which has sacked thousands of employees to date and has taken deeper cuts, was still unable…
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30 April
Defamation Case: Gujarat HC to resume hearing Rahul Gandhi’s appeal on May 2
Rahul Gandhi was convicted in March by a metropolitan magistrate’s court in Surat for making a remark about the ‘Modi surname’ Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court said on Saturday that it will resume hearing the appeal of Congress leader and former MP Rahul Gandhi against his conviction in a criminal defamation case on May 2. Rahul Gandhi was convicted in March by a metropolitan magistrate’s court in Surat for making a remark about the ‘Modi surname’ during campaigning in Karnataka ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The matter is being heard by Justice Hemant Prachchhak after Justice Geeta Gopi recused herself from the case. Senior Congress leader and lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi is appearing on Rahul Gandhi’s behalf. Rahul Gandhi had filed…
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30 April
Delhi: Kejriwal joins protesting wrestlers at Jantar Mantar
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday met the wrestlers protesting at the Jantar Mantar New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday met the wrestlers protesting at the Jantar Mantar demanding the arrest of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, and urged people to come forward and support the athletes. Some of India’s top wrestlers, including Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia and Sakshi Malik, along with Asian and Commonwealth Games medallist Vinesh Phogat are protesting at the Jantar Mantar, seeking action against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on charges of sexual harassment. Kejriwal said, “Regardless of political affiliation, be it the BJP, Congress or AAP, all those who love the country should support the protesting wrestlers. While we will…
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