BJP celebrates first anniversary of Yogi govt 2.0 in UP
Lucknow: A message issuing a life threat to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was sent on the UP 112 WhatsApp group, police said, adding that a case has been registered at the Sushant Golf City police station and a probe is currently underway.
In a complaint, inspector, Operation Commander Dial 112, UP headquarters, Sahendra Kumar said that a caller sent a message stating that he “would kill Chief Minister Yogi”.
Just after receiving the message the police informed senior officials, including ADG, law and order and ADG, intelligence.
Amid the Chief Minister’s zero tolerance policy for crime and operation bulldozer to demolish criminals’ ill-gotten property, the threat has come as a big challenge for security officials.
Sources said officials in the Chief Minister’s security are trying to identify the caller who had sent the threat message.
SHO, Sushant Golf City, Shailendra Giri said that the investigation is on and the miscreant will be nabbed soon.
Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off India’s first Water Metro that connects 10 islands around Kochi through battery-operated electric hybrid boats for seamless connectivity with the city.
Water Metro is a unique urban mass transit system with the same experience and ease of travel as that of the conventional metro system. It is very useful in cities like Kochi.
“Kochi’s water metro project is a unique project which will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister. This is a game-changing transport system because Kochi is surrounded by many islands and out of them 10 islands are very important and thickly populated,” Managing Director, Kochi Metro Rail Limited told ANI ahead of PM Modi’s visit to Loknath Behera.
“Those who depend on main lands will be getting a sustainable, regular, and luxurious transport system at a very affordable price,” he added.
According to the officials, the Modi government has made a conscious choice to avoid a one-size fits all approach in providing infrastructure and connectivity. A prime example of this approach is seen in the expansion of metro connectivity in the country.
Prime Minister Modi, who is on a visit to Kerala, will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate various projects worth more than Rs 3200 crore.
Apart from Kochi Water Metro, rail electrification of the Dindigul-Palani-Palakkad section will also be dedicated by PM Modi.
During the event, PM Modi will also lay the foundation of various rail projects including the redevelopment of Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikode, and Varkala Sivagiri railway stations; comprehensive development of Thiruvananthapuram area including Nemon and Kochuveli and increasing of sectional speed of Thiruvananthapuram-Shoranur section.
Earlier on April 24, the Prime Minister who landed in Kerala for a two-day visit, held a mega roadshow in Kochi on Monday.
Sporting traditional Kerala attire, PM Modi walked through the streets of Kochi. People queued up on both sides of the road and cheered for the Prime Minister. They also showered flower petals on him. PM Modi was also seen shaking hands with people.
After walking for over 15 minutes, the security personnel escorted him to an SUV.
He will flag off Kerala’s first Vande Bharat Express between Thiruvananthapuram and Kasargod at Thiruvananthapuram Central Station on Tuesday.
According to Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the train will cover 11 districts namely Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasargod.
PM Modi will also lay the foundation stone of the Digital Science Park in Thiruvananthapuram.
According to Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Digital Science Park is envisaged as a key research facility to develop digital products and services by industry and business units in collaboration with academia.
As a third generation Science Park, the Digital Science Park will house common facilities to support the development of products in the area of Industry 4.0 Technologies like AI, data analytics, cyber security, smart materials etc, said the PMO statement.
The state-of-the-art basic infrastructure will support high-end applied research by industries and the co-development of products in association with the Universities. The initial investment for Phase-1 of the project is around Rs 200 crore while the total project outlay has been estimated at around Rs 1,515 crore.
Jaipur:Members of the Mali community in Rajasthan continued to block the Jaipur-Agra national highway for the fourth consecutive day on Monday demanding more reservation in jobs and higher education as rift surfaced among the protestors.
Convenor of Phule Aarakshan Sangarsh Samiti Murari Lal Saini, who was detained before the protest began on Friday, was released on Monday. He reached the protest site and suggested calling off the blockade to begin talks with the government.
However, the protestors, who were earlier demanding Saini’s release, termed down his suggestion to vacate the highway.
Besides Saini, 15 more people were released from police custody Monday.
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has advocated and written to the prime minister to include the caste-based census in the main census.
“I appeal to the community that it is a big step for which our leader Rahul Gandhi has raised his voice,” Gehlot told reporters.
The Mali community is demanding a separate 12 per cent reservation for it in government jobs and educational institutions.
Saini suggested to vacate the highway and continue the dharna about 500 meters away from the site so that talks can be held with the government. However, the protestors revolted against his decision and refused to end the blockade.
“We are vacating the highway but the protest will continue. We will sit 500 meters away from the highway. A committee will be formed which will hold talks with the government,” Saini told reporters.
The protestors refused to vacate the highway till the talks with the government reach an amicable solution.
Later, the community formed a 21-member committee to hold talks with the government, but the authorities demanded that they first vacate the highway.
“We have done an agreement with the community leaders, which they had accepted. Protestors have not vacated the highway as some disputes have occurred in their leadership at the protest site. They are yet to reach an understanding. Our effort is that they vacate the highway,” Bharatpur District Collector Alok Ranjan said.
He said he has learnt that the protestors have formed a committee but nothing on record has been put before him.
The protestors, who are camping in tents, have blocked about one-kilometre stretch of the NH-21 near Arauda village by placing stones on the road.
For those commuting between Jaipur and Agra, traffic has been diverted on alternative routes to avoid congestion, officials said.
Members of the Mali community, which falls in the OBC category, are demanding a separate 12 per cent reservation, formation of a separate Luv Kush Welfare Board and hostel facilities for the children of the community among others.
Chief Minister Gehlot also belongs to the Mali community.
On Friday, the protesters had blocked the key Jaipur-Agra National Highway in Bharatpur and pelted stones at police personnel who retaliated by firing tear gas shells to control the mob.
Following this, the police had put up barricades on the national highway in Ballabgarh, Halaina, Vair, Arauda and Ramaspur villages.
Honouring social reformer Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, who belonged to the Mali community, the state government had recently formed the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Welfare Board and declared April 11 as a state holiday commemorating the late leader’s birth anniversary.
The Mali community held held a similar protest in June last year, which ended after assurances from authorities that their grievances will be listened to.
(Except for the headline, the story has not been edited by Siasat staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Kathmandu: Flydubai flight FZ 576 from Kathmandu Airport (KTM) to Dubai International (DXB) experienced a bird hit during takeoff from Kathmandu.
After following standard procedure, the flight continued as normal to Dubai and arrived at DXB at 00:14 local time, flydubai spokesperson said.
The aircraft reportedly caught fire after the bird hit. Fire tenders were scrambled at the airport.
Nepal’s Minister of Tourism, Sudan Kirati, too, confirmed that the flight had landed safely in Dubai.
According to the minister, all passengers were safe. Officials said the plane flew on one engine after the bird hit
Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority on Monday tweeted: “Flydubai flight number 576, (Boeing 737-800) Kathmandu to Dubai flight is normal now and proceeding to her destination Dubai as per the flight plan. Kathmandu airport operation is normal from 16:14 UTC (09:59 pm local time).”
Fly Dubai flight number 576, (Boeing 737-800) Kathmandu to Dubai flight is normal now and proceeding to her destination Dubai as per the flight plan.
— Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (@hello_CAANepal) April 24, 2023
Recently, a Saudia Airlines cargo flight made an emergency landing at Kolkata Airport after its windshield cracked mid-air, airport officials told ANI.
The aircraft landed safely at the Kolkata Airport at 12:02 pm.
Before the landing, the airport had made all the necessary arrangements.
A full emergency was withdrawn after the flight landed, according to airport officials.
Earlier, an Abu Dhabi-bound Etihad Airways flight returned to the Bangalore International Airport shortly after take-off due to a technical issue.
The airline said the aircraft did a normal landing at Bengaluru airport.
The flight inspection was done and later took off to its destination.
The only Australian to play an official role in the coronation of King Charles III lives in the small Victorian town of Wangaratta – but most in the town have never heard of him.
Simon Abney-Hastings, the 15th Earl of Loudon, is one of 13 people appointed to play a ceremonial role at the 6 May ceremony.
In a statement provided to some media outlets, his private secretary, Terence Guthridge, said Abney-Hastings was “delighted” to have been invited to be the bearer of the great golden spurs, a part of the ceremony dating back to the coronation of Richard I (Richard the Lionheart), in 1189.
The mayor of the Rural City of Wangaratta, Dean Rees, learned of Abney-Hastings only recently, from media reports. Journalists from Melbourne have been scouting around the town trying to catch a glimpse of the royal, and his face was on the front page of the local independent newspaper, the Wangaratta Chronicle, on Friday.
“We certainly did not know that we had an earl – what is he, the 15th Earl of Loudon?” Rees told Guardian Australia. “He keeps a very low profile.”
Wangaratta, famously described as a ‘horrible town’ by Nick Cave Photograph: Stuart Walmsley/The Guardian
Wangaratta is not the easiest town in which to keep a low profile: it has just under 30,000 residents and only three supermarkets. Shoppers trying to navigate the grocery aisles at Woolworths on Saturday morning have to dodge around clusters of people who have stopped for a chat.
The north-east Victorian town had one of the highest growth rates in the state in 2021, due in part to mass regional migration during Melbourne’s extended Covid lockdowns. In the past decade it has undergone a rebranding from an industrial town, powered by employers such as Bruck Textiles, which collapsed in 2014, to a gateway to the Milawa and King Valley wine and food regions.
Rees said Abney-Hastings clearly valued his privacy “and we have got to respect his wishes”.
“He is a resident of Wangaratta and we are very proud to have him,” he said. “I hope he doesn’t have too many issues from the media as to his privacy.”
Abney-Hastings’ desire for privacy does not extend to Facebook, where he regularly updates his 991 followers about the Melbourne Highland Games and Celtic Festival, of of which he is a patron.
He also posted that he was “delighted and sincerely honoured to accept the invitation by the Crown to perform the Bearer of the Great Golden Spurs”.
The gold spurs feature a Tudor rose and a red velvet covered strap, and symbolise knighthood. The set currently in circulation was made in 1661 for Charles II. They were traditionally fastened to the sovereign’s feet but are now just held up to their ankles, then placed on the altar.
The 48-year-old is a direct descendent of George Plantagenet, the brother of Edward IV and Richard III, through his grandmother, Barbara Huddleston Abney-Hastings. Some historians have claimed that Edward was illegitimate and that George, as the eldest legitimate son, should have inherited. In 2004, a Channel 4 documentary entitled Britain’s Real Monarch asserted that Michael Abney-Hastings, the current earl’s father, was, as George Plantagenet’s eldest heir, the rightful king of England.
The Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, visits a winery near his home town during last year’s Victorian election campaign. Photograph: Luis Ascui/AAP
In a statement to Nine Newspapers, Guthridge acknowledged the claim, saying that “as a direct descendant of George Plantagenet, Simon Abney-Hastings has a right to inherit the throne of England”. But he added that the earl was a loyal supporter of the late Queen and her eldest son and had no intention of asserting himself.
“Indeed, they exchange birthday or Christmas cards each year,” the statement said.
But a claim to the English throne is not enough to make him one of Wangaratta’s most famous residents. That honour, says Rees, is a three-way tie between Nick Cave, who was expelled from Wangaratta high school at the age of 13 and later described it as a “horrible town” that inspired his bleak artistic vision; the Olympic cyclist Dean Woods, who won gold in the team pursuit at Los Angeles in 1984 and whose name and achievements adorn signs welcoming visitors to the town; and the current Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews.
Rex Hartwig, a two-time Wimbledon doubles champion who retired to a property on the outskirts of town, and the bushranger Ned Kelly, who did not even live in Wangaratta but hid out in the Warby Ranges and was arrested in the nearby village of Glenrowan, also rank before Abney-Hastings in a list of Wangaratta royalty.
A ceremonial role in the coronation is not likely to bump him up the list, Rees said.
“He might get some photos over there with the king that might make it into the paper, and it will all slow down from there,” he said.
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Bhubaneswar: Senior BJP leader and Bargah MP Suresh Pujari Monday demanded a NIA probe into the recent violence in Sambalpur district.
The BJP leader claimed the Sambalpur violence where many people including 10 police personnel were injured during Hanuman Jayanti celebrations, may be linked to “anti-national activities”.
This came as the ruling BJD said that the state BJP has been trying to create tension in Odisha between communities,
“Anti-national slogans were raised during the group clash in Sambalpur on April 12. It proves presence of anti-national forces here,” Pujari alleged.
He claimed that as gangster Guddu Muslim’s driver came to Bargarh district and allegedly stayed with one man identified as Raja Khan after the Praygraj shootpit incident, the communal violence which broke out here could be linked to anti-nationals.
“What is the link between Guddu Muslim and Raja Khan? Who were given shelter in Odisha? Are they in anyway linked to the Sambalpur violence?” he querried.
Stating that the Odisha unit of BJP has already apprised Union Home Minister Amit Shah on these issues, Pujari said that Odisha Police does not have the resources to conduct a detailed investigation into such incidents and the state government should hand the case over the NIA.
Earlier, the Odisha BJP had alleged that Raja Khan, a close aide of Guddu Muslim, is an associate of BJD MLA Susanta Singh, a claim which the ruling party rejected outright.
Odisha’s Industries Minister Pratap Deb alleged that BJP was attempting to create tension for the last 15 years.
“Action should be taken against those breaking the law or instigating violence irrespective of the party affiliation. Let police and law do their work,” he said.
New Delhi: India witnessed an 85.1-per cent decline in malaria cases and an 83.36-per cent decline in deaths caused by the disease from 2015 to 2022, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Monday.
Malaria is not just a public health issue but also a social, economic and political challenge that requires the cooperation of all the stakeholders, Mandaviya said while virtually addressing the Asia Pacific Leaders’ Conclave on Malaria Elimination in the presence of Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha, Mizoram’s Health Minister Dr R Lalthamgliana, NITI Aayog Member (Health) Dr V K Paul and Dr Poonam Khetrepal, Regional Director, WHO-SEARO.
“India was the only high-burden, high-impact country in the South-East Asia region to report a decline in malaria cases in 2020 as compared to 2019.
“India witnessed an 85.1-per cent decline in malaria cases and an 83.36-per cent decline in deaths during 2015-2022,” Mandaviya said.
Lauding the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said the prime minister was among the global leaders who endorsed the malaria elimination roadmap of the Asia-Pacific Leaders Alliance at the East Asia Summit in 2015, which galvanised the region in striving to become malaria-free by 2030.
On the significant challenge posed by malaria, particularly to the marginalised and vulnerable communities, Mandaviya said “a rejuvenated political commitment and a strengthened technical leadership will play a monumental role in eradicating malaria from the world”.
Citing the transformational impact of the country’s health initiatives, such as the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), the Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres and the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, as well as the substantial role of its healthcare workers, he said, “India is committed to sharing our resources, knowledge and learnings with other countries in our endeavour to eliminate malaria.”
Dr Culwick Togamana, Minister of Health and Medical Services, Solomon Islands, Dr Antonio Lalabalavu, Minister of Health and Medical Services, Republic of Fiji, Prof. Dr Dante Saksoni Harbuwono, Vice Minister of Health, Republic of Indonesia, Dr Zaliha Binti Mustafa, Minister of Health, Malaysia, Dr Mao Tan Eang, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Cambodia, Dr Champa Aluthweera, Director, Anti-Malaria Campaign, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka, Dr Chuman Lal Das, Director, Epidemiology and Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health, Nepal, and Dr Moh Moh Lwin, National Director, Myanmar, were also present at the conclave.
Kiev: Kyrylo Budanov, chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, has said that Ukraine is in talks with Russia over an “all-for-all” prisoner exchange, local media reported.
Speaking in an interview with RBC-Ukraine media outlet, Budanov said that the two countries “in principle are getting closer” to an agreement, envisaging the release of all captives by the two parties, Xinhua news agency reported.
Since the start of prisoner exchanges, Russia has freed more than 2,220 Ukrainian captives, he noted.
According to the Ukrainian authorities, Ukraine and Russia have carried out more than 40 prisoner swaps since the first exchange in March 2022.
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Supporters insist he is robust, expects the very best – and will even concede that he is demanding. But after an inquiry into eight complaints, involving 24 people and spanning four years, found Dominic Raab’s conduct in some instances “involved an abuse or misuse of power in a way that undermines or humiliates”, the former justice secretary resigned. Yet he has not gone quietly, defiantly insisting that the report by Adam Tolley KC sets a “dangerous precedent” by lowering the threshold for what is considered bullying.
Raab has blamed instead “activist civil servants” who could not cope with being told that their work was not up to the standard he expected. And he says he worries that it “will be the public that pay the price” if politicians can not do that without being accused of bullying behaviour.
Pippa Crerar, the Guardian’s political editor, broke the story that first outlined the accusations of bullying against Dominic Raab. She explains how some civil servants felt they had been pushed to breaking point by the politician, and tells Nosheen Iqbal what the fallout could mean for Raab’s political future, and for Rishi Sunak’s government.
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