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Telangana govt to pay Rs 12,718.40 cr true-up charges to discoms

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Hyderabad: The Telangana government has decided to pay Rs 12,718.40 crore in true-up charges to Discoms, which were accepted by the Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (TSERC) on Friday. The true-up charges are pending for the last 15 years. The ERC also stated that the retail supply tariff would not be changed for the fiscal year 2023-24.
TSERC Chairman T Sriranga Rao stated at a press conference that Discoms had informed the commission that the State government has promised to bear the cost connected to irrigation and other welfare programmes for the next five years without burdening the discoms.
He further stated that the state government has agreed to a subsidy commitment of Rs 9,124.82 crore for the fiscal year 2023-24.
He said that the commission has agreed to cut the power rate for temples, masjids, churches, gurudwaras, and crematoriums from Rs 7 per unit to Rs 5 from April 1. While religious locations would have modified pricing under LT VII B, the fixed costs of Rs 21 have been raised to Rs 30. Following requests from religious facility management, the discoms included the advice in their aggregate revenue needs (ARR) for 2023-24, which they filed with the TSERC.
According to power tariff proposals filed to the TSERC by the discoms last December, the annual aggregate revenue requirement (ARR) for the next fiscal year was Rs 54,060 crore. The energy need is 83,111 million units (MU), whereas the sales expectation is 73,618 MU.
TSSPDCL presented an ARR of Rs 36,963 crore while TSNPDCL submitted an ARR of Rs 17,095 crore. Overall income from the current pricing is estimated to be Rs 43,525 crore, with a revenue deficit of Rs 10,535 crore.
TSSPDCL has a revenue gap of Rs 3,211 crore, whereas TSNPDCL has a revenue deficit of Rs 7,324 crore. The state government is likely to contribute Rs 10,535 crore. Nevertheless, the anticipated real cost of service per unit for fiscal year 2023-24 is Rs 7.34.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 24, 2023
Nani charges 22cr, check fees of other Tollywood actors per film

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Mumbai: Telugu actor Ghanta Naveen Babu aka Nani is one of the popular South actors. From the movie ‘Nenu Local’, Nani rose to fame and his followers increased by double fold. As Telugu cinema has gained popularity all over India in the past few years, it is reported that Nani has hiked his remuneration. The actor will be seen next in ‘Dasara’ and it is reported that he took around Rs 15 crore from the film’s producers. As per the latest buzz, Nani has now hiked his remuneration and will be charging around Rs 22cr from his next project.
Meanwhile, let’s quickly have a look at the remunerations of other Tollywood actors. Scroll down and check how much Allu Arjun, Prabhas, Mahesh Babu and others are charging per movie.
Tollywood Actors And Their Salary Per Movie
1. Prabhas
Fee: Rs 150 crore
2. Allu Arjun
Fee: Rs 80-100 crore
3. Ram Charan
Fee: Rs 90-100 crore
4. Mahesh Babu
Fee: Rs 70-80 crore
5. Jr NTR
Fee: Rs 60-80 crore
6. Chiranjeevi
Fee: Rs 35-40 crores

7. Naga Chaitanya
Fee: Rs 10-12 crore
8. Nagarjuna
Fee: Rs 9-12 crore
9. Nithiin
Fee: Rs 7-8 crore
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 24, 2023
2020 Delhi riots: Court frames charges of abduction, murder against Tahir Hussain, others

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New Delhi: A court here on Thursday framed charges for several offences, including abduction and murder, against AAP leader Tahir Hussain and 10 others in connection with the alleged murder of Intelligence Bureau officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.
Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala was hearing the case registered at the Dayalpur Police Station against 11 accused, including Hussain, on the complaint lodged by the officer’s father.
Sharma’s body was recovered from Khajuri Khas drain near the Chand Bagh pulia.
“I find that accused persons namely Mohd Tahir Hussain, Haseen, Nazim, Kasim, Sameer Khan, Anas, Firoz, Javed, Gulfam, Shoib Alam and Muntajim are liable to be tried for an offence punishable under section 120 B (criminal conspiracy) IPC read with sections 147 (rioting ) 148 (rioting, armed with a deadly weapon) and 153A (punishment for promoting enmity between groups on the ground of religion etc) and 302 (murder) of the IPC,” the judge said.
They are also liable to be tried under sections for kidnapping and wrongful confinement, the judge added.
All accused, except Muntajim, were put on trial for the offences under sections 153 A of the IPC read with 120B and 149 IPC, the judge said, adding, Haseen and Nazim are also liable to be tried for the offence under the provision of the Arms Act.
According to Special Public Prosecutor Madhukar Pandey, a witness had captured a video of the throwing of a dead body in the drain and the call detail records (CDR) of all accused, except accused Anas, Nazim and Kasim, proved their presence in and around the spot of the incident, which corroborated the prosecution’s case against the accused.
“All accused indulged in targeting Hindus and their acts were apparently prejudicial to the harmony between communities of Muslims and Hindus. They disturbed the public tranquillity as well,” the judge said.

The judge said the act of a group of more than one person from a mob can make everyone liable.
Pramachal said that in the present case, it was not necessary for all members of mob to play some overt act in the killing of Ankit Sharma and according to the evidence before the court, the mob was acting in a “well-prepared manner to attack Hindus and their properties, which signified the existence of prior meeting of their mind.”
Tahir Hussain also played the “role of instigator to kill Hindus” and also exhorted this mob “not to spare Hindus,” the judge said.
“He (Hussain) instigated the mob when Ankit came forward towards this mob and the conspiracy need not be specifically to kill Ankit. When the accused persons were acting in pursuance to conspiracy and common object to kill Hindus, it covered the killing of Ankit as well for the reasons that Ankit was killed because he was Hindu,” the judge said.
The judge said the mob continuously indulged in the firing of gunshots, pelting of stones and petrol bombs “towards Hindus and houses of Hindus.”
“These acts of the mob make it clear that their objective was to harm Hindus in their body and property to the maximum possible extent. It is also clearly shown that this mob consciously wanted to even kill Hindus,” the judge said.
The ASJ also said that at the present stage of the trial, the court cannot raise any presumption against the veracity of the statements of the witnesses because of the delay in recording their statements.
The rule of prudence can be applied only after trial, at the time of assessment of the evidence on the parameters of credibility, he added.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 24, 2023
Presentation of Delhi budget put on hold, Centre and AAP govt trade charges

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New Delhi: The presentation of the Delhi government’s budget for 2023-24, scheduled for Tuesday, has been put on hold, with the Arvind Kejriwal dispensation and the central government trading charges over allocations in various heads.
Speaking at a News 18 programme on Monday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal charged that the Centre was resorting to “gundagardi” and that it was for the first time in the history of the country that a budget of a government was put on hold. A video clip of his speech was tweeted by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
Sources in the Delhi government said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has stopped the Kejriwal government’s budget and it will not be tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday.
As the chief minister lashed out at the Centre, sources in the MHA said the ministry has sought clarification from the AAP government as its budget proposal had high allocation for advertisement and relatively low funding for infrastructure and other development initiatives.
Delhi Finance Minister Kailash Gahlot denied the charges as lies. The total budget size was Rs 78,800 crore, out of which 22,000 crore was earmarked for expenditure on infrastructure and just Rs 550 crore on advertisements, he said.
The allocation for advertisement was the same as in last year’s budget, he added.
In a statement, the MHA said, “The Lieutenant Governor, Delhi, had raised certain concerns of administrative nature on the proposed Budget, keeping in view the fiscal interest of the National Capital Territory on which MHA vide its letter dated 17.03.2023 has requested GNCTD to resubmit the Budget addressing these concerns for taking further action. The reply from GNCTD is awaited for last four days. For the benefit of the people of Delhi, the GNCTD should submit reply immediately.”
In a separate statement, Gahlot said, “It is now learned that the MHA expressed some concerns on Delhi government’s budget and refused to give it approval through a letter sent to the Chief Secretary on 17 March. For mysterious reasons, the Chief Secretary of Delhi kept the letter hidden for 3 days.”

“I learned about the letter only at 2 pm today… The file with MHA’s letter was put up to me officially only at 6pm today i.e. just the day before the budget was to be presented in Delhi Assembly. Subsequently, we have responded to MHA’s concerns and submitted the file back to Delhi’s LG, after CM’s approval, at 9pm today. The role of the Chief Secretary and Finance Secretary of Delhi in delaying Delhi’s budget ought to be investigated,” he said.
A source in the LG office said, “The file was received in LG Sectt at 9:25 PM and was sent back to the Chief Minister at 10:05 PM, after approval of LG, for further action as per law.”
Delhi government sources said that the finance secretary will write to the MHA on Tuesday for its approval and the budget will be tabled after its nod. They said budget will not be tabled on Tuesday.
According to sources in the lieutenant governor’s office, LG V K Saxena approved the Annual Financial Statement for 2023-2024, with certain observations on March 9, and sent the file to the chief minister.
The Government of Delhi, thereafter, sought the approval of the President as mandated by law by sending a letter to the Home Ministry.
The Home Ministry conveyed its observations to the Delhi government on March 17. The LG office is awaiting for the file to be sent to it from the chief minister.
According to LG office sources, Saxena flagged that “as against proposed Budget size of Rs 78,800 crore, the expenditure on Capital components is indicated at Rs 21,816 crore, which is only 27.68%…. Further, this also includes Rs 5,586.92 crore on account of loan repayment, which, if excluded will further reduce the Capital component to Rs 16,230 crore which is only 20% of the budget.”
“Since Delhi is the country’s capital and also a large metropolis in which need for creation and improvements of infrastructure is extremely important, the allocation for Capital projects does not appear to be sufficient,” the LG said.
“It is noted that expenditure incurred by the Directorate of Information & Publicity as per the Revised Estimate 2022-23 is Rs 272.21 crore against the Budget Estimate of Rs 511.64 crore. However, the allocation for the Budget Estimate 2023-24 is Rs. 557.24 crore, which seems incomprehensible and unjustifiable,” he further said.
He claimed that the entire potential under various central schemes has not been fully utilised by Delhi.
“A case in example, the flagship scheme of Ayushman Bharat’, has not yet been adopted by Delhi due to which CSS funds under health sector are not made available. The Union Territory needs to obtain all possible funds under Central Schemes to augment its resources and also to meet national goals,” he said.
There was no clarity yet on when the budget will be presented in the Assembly. The ongoing budget session of the Assembly is scheduled to conclude on March 23.
Delhi Finance Minister Kailash Gahlot on Monday tabled an outcome budget of the Kejriwal government and the economic survey, 2022-23.
Earlier in the day, the Assembly was adjourned till 11 am on Tuesday.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 20, 2023
2020 Delhi riots: Court orders framing of arson, attempt to murder charges against 19

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New Delhi: A Sessions court here has ordered framing of charges against Faisal Farooq, the owner of Rajdhani school, and 18 others for their alleged involvement in a case of arson, attempt to murder and criminal conspiracy during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots.
The court was hearing a case where a riotous mob, on the purported instigation of Farooq, allegedly torched DRP School and adjoining properties near Shiv Vihar Tiraha on February 24, 2020. The 18 accused persons were reportedly part of the riotous mob.
According to the prosecution, the mob was using Rajdhani School as its base for the purpose of throwing petrol bombs and stones at the properties of a particular community and also robbed valuable items from the school.
“I find that (all) accused persons are liable to be tried for offences punishable under sections 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code read with sections 147 (rioting ) 148 (rioting, armed with a deadly weapon) 302 (murder) 153A (punishment for promoting enmity between different groups on the ground of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc.), 395 (dacoity)…of the IPC,” Additional Sessions Judge Pulastya Pramachala said in an order passed on Friday.
Charges are to be framed against them also under sections 427 (punishment for committing mischief and thereby causing loss or damage to the amount of Rs fifty or upwards), 435 (Mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to cause damage to an amount of 100 rupees or upwards), 436 (mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy house, etc.) and 450 (house-trespass in order to the committing of any offence punishable with imprisonment for life) of the IPC, the judge said.
All accused except for Farooq were also liable to be tried under sections 147, 148,153 A, 395,427, 435, 436, 450, 307 (attempt to murder) of the IPC read with sections 120 B, 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object) and 188 ( disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the IPC, the judge added.
“Faisal Farooq is also liable to be tried for offence punishable under sections 147, 148, 307, 395, 427, 435, 436, 450 of the IPC read with 120 B of the IPC, and for the offence punishable under sections 153A and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief) of the IPC,” the judge said.
ASJ Pramachala also put on trial Mohd. Ansar under the provisions of the Arms Act.

Regarding the identification of the accused persons as members of the riotous mob, the judge said the rule of prudence can be applied only after trial, at the time of assessment of the evidence on the parameters of credibility.
Rejecting the arguments for the discharge of the accused, such as call details record (CDR) locations and the delay in registration of FIR and recording statement of witnesses, the judge said, “I have considered all these contentions, but I do not find the discharge of any accused being made out on the basis of these contentions, in view of the evidence of identification of all the accused persons as part of the riotous mob.”
ASJ Pramachala said while CDR locations were not the basic premise of the prosecution’s case and were used as additional evidence, the absence of the test identification parade (TIP) could not be claimed as a ground for discharge.
The judge also rejected the plea of delay for seeking discharge, saying “It is well known that riots had shaken Delhi and so even police agency could have been under tremendous pressure on account of riots and the consequent flow of complaints and by that time already Covid 19 virus had knocked the door of our society and was on continuous rise, leading to nationwide lockdown .”
The court said the credibility of any witness can be looked into only after conducting the trial and there was evidence of arson on the day of the alleged incident.
Regarding the alleged conspiracy, the court said, “In the present case, the description of evidence shows the deliberation among Farooq and other accused persons, which was subsequently followed by an attack on DRP School and other nearby properties of Hindus.”
It said prior to the attack, a large number of people of a particular community had assembled at Farooq’s school, which was followed by continuous instances of pelting of stones and petrol at nearby properties and DRP School, and this reflected “preparations made on the basis of a meeting of mind among the accused persons to indulge into a particular act as alleged in this case.”
Noting the complaint and statements of witnesses, the court said it was “beyond doubt that an unlawful assembly was formed with a common object to attack upon the properties belonging to persons from the Hindu community.”
Regarding the offence of attempt to murder, the court noted the statement of a witness, according to which the mob was exhorting to kill people of a particular community and that accused Mohd. Ansar fired at him.
It said, “The acts of accused Farooq showed that he had a meeting of mind with other members of the mob for facilitating an attack against the properties of Hindus and DRP School. He also made a provocative statement against Hindus, which had the effect of encouraging hatred between the community of Hindus and Muslims.”
Dayalpur police station had registered an FIR against Faisal Farooq, Shahrukh Malik, Shahnawaz, Rashid, Mohd. Faisal, Mohd. Sohaib, Shahrukh, Azad, Ashraf Ali, Parvez, Aarif, Sirajuddin, Faizan, Irshad, Anis Qureshi, Mohd. Parvez, Mohd. Illyas, Mohd. Furkan, and Mohd. Ansar.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 18, 2023
Biden welcomes ICC’s war crimes charges against Putin

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Washington: U.S. President Joe Biden has welcomed the International Criminal Court’s issuing of an arrest warrant against his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
The ICC accused President Putin of committing war crimes in Ukraine – something President Biden said the Russian leader had “clearly” done, BBC reported.
The claims focus on the unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia since Moscow’s invasion in 2022.
Moscow has denied the allegations and denounced the warrants as “outrageous”.
It is highly unlikely that much will come of the move, as the ICC has no powers to arrest suspects without the co-operation of a country’s government, BBC reported.
Russia is not an ICC member country, meaning the court has no authority there.
However, it could affect Putin in other ways, such as being unable to travel internationally. He could now be arrested if he sets foot in any of the court’s 123 member states.
Putin is the third president to be issued with an ICC arrest warrant.

President Biden said that while the court also held no sway in the U.S., the issuing of the warrant “makes a very strong point.”
His administration had already “formally determined” that Russia had committed war crimes during the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, with Vice-President Kamala Harris saying in February that those involved would “be held to account.”
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 18, 2023
NIA Court Charges Kashmir Journalist Fahad Shah, Ala Fazali

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SRINAGAR: Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah and Ala Fazali have had charges framed against them by a special court in Jammu designated under the NIA act, in a case investigated by the State Investigation Agency (SIA).
According to a senior police official who spoke to news agency KDC, charges have been filed against Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah and Ala Fazali in a case investigated by the State Investigation Agency (SIA) in Jammu. The charges were framed by Special Judge Ashwani Kumar, designated under the NIA Act, on March 16, 2022, in connection with FIR No. 01/2022 of PS SIA Jammu.
He said that this is for the first time the court has framed charges for writing seditious material. “Bringing it up to the stage of framing of charges after preliminary hearings in such matters is usually a very difficult task. The write up for which the investigation was conducted and charges were framed is also available,” he said.
SIA in an exclusively statement to KDC said “The case pertains to an information received by PS CIJ (SIA Jammu) on 04.04.2022 along with a copy of an article titled ‘The Shackles of Slavery Will Break’ written by one Aala Fazili and published in the digital magazine (portal) ‘The Kashmir Walla’ through its Editor-in-Chief cum Director Peerzada Fahad Shah. The duo accused under an active conspiracy and Paksitan’s support had resurrected a platform reviving the narrative in support of terrorist and separatist eco-system. The duo had been spreading the anti-India narrative by exploiting the digital platforms under a concealed and camouflaged set-up, with the help of illicit funding received from hostile foreign agencies and proscribed terrorist organisations. The investigation has established that the duo accused was in touch with secessionists across the border and also with some identified terrorists locally. Through their publications the duo have brazenly advocated terrorism and glorified the terrorists with the sole intention to radicalize the youth of the J&K and to entice and incite them in joining secessionist and terrorist organisations.”
They said “The SIA had charge-sheeted the case in the court of Special Judge under NIA Act, Jammu on 13.10.2022 after procuring the requisite government sanction, which came up for hearing on charge/discharge on 16.03.2023.”
“The case was vehemently argued by the Addl PP representing the UT of J&K in the court. After hearing the rival contentions, the Special Court found sufficient material against the duo accused collected by the SIA and framed the charges against Aala Fazili u/s 13(unlawful activity), 18 (conspiracy, advocating, abetting, inciting, facilitating a terrorist act or any preparation to commit a terrorist act), UA (P) Act, 121(abetting waging of war against government of India) 153B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence) IPC and against Peerzada Fahad Shah u/s 13 (unlawful activity), 18 UA(P ) Act (conspiracy, advocating, abetting, inciting, facilitating a terrorist act or any preparation to commit a terrorist act) , 121 (abetting waging of war against government of India), 153-B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration) IPC and 35 (accepting foreign contribution in contravention of provisions of FCRA, or any order or rule therein) , 39 (violation of FCRA by a company tantamount to contravention by the persons incharge or responsible for business of such company) Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010, the statement added. (KDC)

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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

March 17, 2023
NIA Court frames charges against Kashmir Journalist Fahad Shah, Ala Fazali

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Srinagar, Mar 17: A special court in Jammu designated under NIA act, in the State Investigation Agency (SIA) investigated case has framed the charges against Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah and Ala Fazali.
A top police officer told Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com that “On 16.03.2022, Special Judge designated under NIA Act, Jammu Ashwani Kumar framed charges against two accused namely Abdul Ala Fazili and Peerzada Fahad Shah in a State Investigation Agency (SIA) investigated case FIR No. 01/2022 of PS SIA Jammu.”
He said that this is for the first time the court has framed charges for writing seditious material. “Bringing it up to the stage of framing of charges after preliminary hearings in such matters is usually a very difficult task. The write up for which the investigation was conducted and charges were framed is also available,” he said.
SIA in an exclusively statement to KDC said “The case pertains to an information received by PS CIJ (SIA Jammu) on 04.04.2022 along with a copy of an article titled ‘The Shackles of Slavery Will Break’ written by one Aala Fazili and published in the digital magazine (portal) ‘The Kashmir Walla’ through its Editor-in-Chief cum Director Peerzada Fahad Shah. The duo accused under an active conspiracy and Paksitan’s support had resurrected a platform reviving the narrative in support of terrorist and separatist eco-system. The duo had been spreading the anti-India narrative by exploiting the digital platforms under a concealed and camouflaged set-up, with the help of illicit funding received from hostile foreign agencies and proscribed terrorist organisations. The investigation has established that the duo accused were in touch with secessionists across the border and also with some identified terrorists locally. Through their publications the duo have brazenly advocated terrorism and glorified the terrorists with the sole intention to radicalize the youth of the J&K and to entice and incite them in joining secessionist and terrorist organisations.”
They said “The SIA had charge-sheeted the case in the court of Special Judge under NIA Act, Jammu on 13.10.2022 after procuring the requisite government sanction, which came up for hearing on charge/discharge on 16.03.2023.”
“The case was vehemently argued by the Addl PP representing the UT of J&K in the court. After hearing the rival contentions, the Special Court found sufficient material against the duo accused collected by the SIA and framed the charges against Aala Fazili u/s 13(unlawful activity), 18 (conspiracy, advocating, abetting, inciting, facilitating a terrorist act or any preparation to commit a terrorist act), UA (P) Act, 121(abetting waging of war against government of India) 153B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration), 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence) IPC and against Peerzada Fahad Shah u/s 13 (unlawful activity), 18 UA(P ) Act (conspiracy, advocating, abetting, inciting, facilitating a terrorist act or any preparation to commit a terrorist act) , 121 (abetting waging of war against government of India), 153-B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration) IPC and 35 (accepting foreign contribution in contravention of provisions of FCRA, or any order or rule therein) , 39 (violation of FCRA by a company tantamount to contravention by the persons incharge or responsible for business of such company) Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010, the statement added. (KDC)
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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

March 17, 2023
Construction of Non-motorable walkway around Wular Lake: RTI Applicant Alleges Authorities of Asking Him To ‘Pay Charges’ De

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Srinagar, Mar 16 (GNS): An RTI applicant from Bandipora on Thursday alleged that he has been asked to deposit charges by a Public Information Officer in the Office of Executive Engineer R&B Division Bandipora in lieu of obtaining desired information vis-à-vis construction of non-motorable walkway around Wular Lake in the north Kashmir district.
Exercising his right to know, anti-corruption & RTI activist, Parvaiz Bhat had sought details of tendering process of construction work of non-Motorable walkway around Wular lake from Banyari Bridge to Naaz Nallah including approach road leading towards Delta Park. The work, according to him, is being executed by WUCMA and is being supervised by R&B (PWD) Division Bandipora.
“I had filed the RTI as I was having strong apprehensions that proper procedure and formalities have not been taken care of before and after the tendering process of the work”, Bhat told GNS.
“The approach road constructed can cost the lives of people in future as the laid procedure hasn’t been followed anywhere as sub standard soil has been used in gross violation of the set norms”, he said.
He alleged that R&B department in order to save their skin were hiding information and are instead serving him notices to pay arbitrary costs for obtaining the desired information.
Taking a strong exception to the levy of ‘arbitrary costs’, Bhat said that these PIOs need to be first imparted with proper training and awareness regarding the provisions of RTI Act (2005). “I belong to the BPL category and have attached the photocopy of my Ration card with the RTI application for reference. There are clear observations in the (RTI) Act that persons belonging to BPL category are exempted from paying any kind of fee,” he added.
He further alleged that he was being pressurized to withdraw RTI Application by the different quarters.

He appealed probe agencies including CBI, ACB and Crime Branch Kashmir to take suo-moto cognizance of the matter and initiate a probe into the matter in order to bring the culprits to justice.
When contacted, Public Information Officer (Executive Engineer R&B Division Bandipora), Asadullah Najar told GNS that they haven’t denied any information to the applicant under the Act.
“We haven’t denied any information. He was asked to pay the requisite amount against the Photostat charges”, he said.
Asked about the exemption to BPL category under the Act, Asadullah Najar claimed that there are 50% of Ration Cards issued fraudulently. “The applicant should obtain an income certificate mentioning the income of not more than 1000 Rupees per month from concerned Tehsildar and accordingly we will entertain that he’s belonging to a BPL category”, he maintained.
He also said that the applicant was not being pressurized by anyone to withdraw the application. (GNS)
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( With inputs from : thegnskashmir.com )

March 16, 2023
Bannon-allied Chinese billionaire arrested on fraud charges

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In 2020, Bannon was arrested on federal fraud charges while aboard Guo’s yacht. Bannon pleaded not guilty and was subsequently pardoned on those charges by former President Donald Trump.
As part of the investigation of Guo by federal prosecutors, authorities seized $634 million in alleged fraud proceeds from 21 different bank accounts between September 2022 and March 2023. On Wednesday morning, they seized other assets allegedly purchased with fraud proceeds, including a Lamborghini.
According to the indictment, Guo also treated himself and his relatives to a $26.5 million 50,000-square-foot mansion outfitted with $978,000 worth of Chinese and Persian rugs, a $3.5 million Ferrari, a $140,000 piano, two $36,000 mattresses, and a $37 million luxury yacht, all purchased with stolen funds.
Federal prosecutors said the alleged scheme centered on GTV Media Group, Inc., Guo’s social media platform, and a handful of other entities, including G Club Operations, a “purported membership organization” owned by Guo and Himalaya Exchange, “a purported cryptocurrency ‘ecosystem,’” owned by Je. Between April and June 2020, Guo and Je took in more than $400 million through an illegal private stock offering related to GTV called GTV Private Placement, according to the indictment.
Guo told potential investors, in materials written by Je, that GTV would be the “first ever platform which will combine the power of citizen journalism and social news with state-of-the-art technology, big data, artificial intelligence, block-chain technology and real-time interactive communication,” according to the indictment.
More than 5,500 investors purchased about $452 million worth of GTV common stock, the indictment says, but rather than the money being used to develop the GTV business, it was instead deposited into bank accounts held in the name of GTV’s parent company, which was owned by a relative of Guo.
Guo and Je also allegedly fraudulently obtained more than $150 million in funds through a “collective of informal groups” called the Himalaya Farm Alliance, and prosecutors said the two transferred $20 million in proceeds to a relative who used $950,000 to pay for a flight crew on a private jet and $5 million to an entity owned by Guo’s spouse.
The pair also solicited funds for their online membership club, taking in about $250 million in fraudulent gains, according to prosecutors, by promoting “an exclusive, high-end membership program offering a full spectrum of services” and “a gateway to carefully curated, world-class products, services and experiences.” In reality, prosecutors said, the club had just a handful employees and offered “few to no discernable membership benefits.”

And they fraudulently took in $262 million through their cryptocurrency “ecosystem” the Himalaya Exchange, according to prosecutors, promoting the product with a music video featuring an original song called “HCoin To the Moon” showing Guo in “various luxury locations.”
The charges against Guo were made public in New York as a trial is set to get underway in federal court in Washington later this month for hip-hop star Pras Michel, who is accused of taking part in a multi-million-dollar, unregistered lobbying campaign for China aimed in part at securing Guo’s deportation from the U.S.
Michel, a member of the legendary Fugees trio, is charged with failing to notify U.S. authorities that he was acting on behalf of former Chinese Vice Minister for Public Security Sun Lijun and Jho Low, a Malaysian businessperson facing a U.S. investigation and eventually criminal charges in connection with the collapse of the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund.
Prosecutors allege that Michel sought to persuade the Obama administration and, later, the Trump administration to drop or settle the probe into Low and to expel Guo from the U.S., potentially in exchange for China releasing U.S. citizens or residents it was detaining. The charges against Low remain pending and Guo was never deported.
Michel, who has pleaded not guilty, also faces campaign finance and witness tampering charges in the same case charging him with acting as an unregistered foreign lobbyist.
Josh Gerstein contributed to this report.
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March 15, 2023