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Wrestlers form two committees to decide on future course of action

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New Delhi: The protesting wrestlers on Friday formed two committees to advice them on the future course of action in their fight against outgoing Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brijbhushan Sharan Singh.
The aggrieved wrestlers started the day contemplating their next move after the Supreme Court closed proceedings on their plea even as Sports Minister Anurag Thakur requested them to have faith in the system, saying the investigation will make everything crystal clear.
“Vinesh is discussing it with the legal team. We will inform tomorrow. Today we made two committee — one is a 31-member committee and the second is a nine-member one.
Khap panchayat, farmers and women organisations are there in 31 member committee. The nine-member committee will decide on the wrestling part,” said Bajrang Punia.

“I request the sports minister to come and stand on the side of truth.”
“We will restart our fight, maybe by going to the high court. This fight is not restricted to three wrestlers,” he added.
With the Delhi Police blocking the entry of more wrestlers to the protest site, only a few farmers could reach Jantar Mantar on Friday to extend their support.
The usual fervour was missing as the protest entered the 13th day though political and farmer leaders continued to visit the wrestlers. Congress leaders Kumari Selja, Kiran Choudhary and Anil Kumar extended their support to the grapplers.
“It feels like we are in prison. There are barricades on all sides. The police is also misleading our supporters. So many are sitting on the Delhi borders.”

“Our legal team and the mentors are still discussing the next move. We will let you know once we finalise something,” Olympic medallist Bajrang Punia had earlier told PTI.
The wrestlers have the option of moving to a lower court or the Delhi High Court if they are not satisfied with the police investigation into the sexual harassment charges against the outgoing Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brijbhushan.
The Supreme Court on Thursday closed the proceedings on the women wresters’ petition, saying the prayer for an FIR has been answered. The wrestlers said the apex court order was not a setback for them.
The Delhi Police has registered two FIRs, including one on POCSO Act, against Singh.
The police have also recorded statements of five wrestlers, including the minor.
“It is my request to all the sportspersons who are agitating there that whatever their demands were, they were met. Court has also given its directions and they should let an unbiased probe to complete,” Thakur said in Lucknow on the sidelines of a Khelo India event.
“Delhi police will do ‘doodh ka doodh pani ka pani’ and take strict action as per law,” he added.
The wrestlers, who alleged that police personnel misbehaved with them on Wednesday night, have threatened to return the awards the government has bestowed on them in the past.
Renowned wrestling coach Mahvir Phogat, the uncle of Vinesh Phogat, who is the face of the protest, also made a similar threat.
He is a Dronacharya awardee, having received the honour in 2016.
“I will return my medals if justice is not delivered in the case,” Phogat said.
“The kind of allegations he (WFI chief) faces, action should be taken against him and he should be arrested,” Phogat, who had joined BJP over three years ago, added.
When asked if he had spoken to any senior government official or raised the matter at party level, he said, “No there has been no talk so far.”
On Thursday, many Khaps held protests including in Hisar, Bhiwani, Jind and Rohtak, expressing solidarity with the wrestlers and demanding that they should be given justice.
Meanwhile, former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly said he would not like to comment on the issue, as he “doesn’t have complete knowledge” about it.
“Let them fight their battle. That’s what it is. I really do not know what’s happening there. I obviously read in the newspapers and I realise one thing in the sports world that you don’t talk about things that you don’t have complete knowledge about,” Ganguly said.
“So, I hope it gets resolved. The wrestlers have won a lot of medals and brought accolades to the country. Hopefully, it will be resolved,” the former BCCI president added.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 5, 2023
Municipal Committee’s Incharge Executive Officer Suspended

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SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government has suspended the Incharge Executive Officer of the Municipal Committee Handwara pending an inquiry against him.
According to an order, Farooq Ahmad Rather, the Incharge Executive Officer of MC Handwara, has been attached to the office of the Directorate of Urban Local Bodies Kashmir.
“Pending inquiry into his conduct and in terms of Rule 31(1) of the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Classification, Control, and Appeal) Rules, 1956, Farooq Ahmad Rather, I/C Executive Officer, Municipal Committee, Handwara is hereby placed under suspension with immediate effect,” read the order.
During his suspension period, he shall remain attached to the office of the Directorate of Urban Local Bodies, Kashmir.
“It is further ordered that the Director of Urban Local Bodies, Kashmir, shall assign the charge of the post of Executive Officer, Handwara, to any suitable officer until regular arrangements are made by the Government, whichever is earlier,” it added. (KNS)

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May 4, 2023
‘Hypocrisy’: New York Democrats deride Judiciary Committee’s Manhattan hearing

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He later told reporters outside the hearing: “It is really troubling that Americans’ taxpayer dollars are being used to come here on this junket to do an examination of the safest big city in America.”
A rowdy crowd of anti-Trump protestors demanded to be let inside the federal building in lower Manhattan as the committee heard testimony from a formerly incarcerated bodega clerk and the mother of a homicide victim, among others who testified.
The hearing — titled “Victims of Violent Crime in Manhattan” — was called by the committee in the wake of the arraignment of the former president, who, ever since being criminally indicted by a grand jury in Manhattan, has attacked Alvin Bragg, the district attorney leading the case, for not addressing local crime instead.
His GOP allies have leveled similar criticisms. Rep. Jim Jordan, who chairs the committee, called New York a “city that has lost its way” during the hearing.
“Here in Manhattan, the scales of justice are weighed down by politics,” Jordan later added during the hearing, accusing Bragg of taking a “soft-on-crime approach to the real criminals.”
The mayor and other Democrats were quick to point out Monday that crime in many major categories is on the decline. A letter sent to Jordan last week cited recently released NYPD statistics showing murders are down roughly a tenth from at this time last year. Shootings and transit crimes have decreased, too.
The full picture of crime statistics in New York is more of a mixed bag, though. Felony assaults are up, driven largely by domestic incidents and attacks on police officers, and major felony arrests are at a high not seen in more than two decades.
Adams also pointed to data reported in the New York Daily News Monday morning suggesting that residents of Jordan’s home state of Ohio are far more likely to die from gun violence than New Yorkers.

Wirepoints, an Illinois-based nonprofit, found in February that New York City had among the lowest homicide rates among the nation’s largest cities.
Adams said neither he nor anyone from his administration was asked to speak.
Rep. Adriano Espaillat, who represents New York’s 13th District, also took issue with Republicans on the committee criticizing crime in the state without backing stronger federal gun control legislation.
“The common denominator in most homicides across the country is a gun,” he said during the hearing.
The GOP’s embrace of the issue of crime in their attacks against Bragg — and the other side’s full-throated response — is indicative of just how salient the issue remains in New York politics, and of its soreness for Democrats in the wake of midterm losses and a much closer than anticipated gubernatorial race. Even public safety-focused Democrats like Adams have struggled to make voters think they’re making headway on the issue.
Manhattan Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler, a former chair of the committee, warned voters not to be “fooled.”
“This hearing is being called for one reason and one reason only: to protect Donald Trump,” he said at the news conference with Adams.
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( With inputs from : www.politico.com )

April 17, 2023
Haj 2023: HCI directs state committees to issue cover numbers by today, draw soon

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Hyderabad: The Haj Committee of India has requested the state Haj committees to complete the scrutiny of applications received by each state for Haj 2023 and issue cover numbers by March 23 to help in the draw of lots.
Chief Executive Officer Muhammad Yaqoob Sheikh has written a letter to the executive officers of all the states, stating that the deadline for submission of online application forms for Haj 2023 has ended. The concerned Haj committees should examine the applications and issue numbers. The draw of lots for the selection of Haj pilgrims across the country will be held soon, so the work of issuing cover numbers should be completed by March 23.
A total of 8,663 applications have been received by the Talangana Haj Committee while it was expected that more than 10,000 applications would be received. It is said that as a result of the reduction of facilities for pilgrims by the Haj Committee, pilgrims are preferring private tour operators.
In case of departure from the Haj Committee of India, the stay in Saudi Arabia has been reduced to 30 days and the procedure of providing 2100 Saudi Riyals to pilgrims from this year has also been abolished. Children under the age of 12 are not allowed to perform Hajj.
Pilgrims from Telangana will also be deprived of Rubat facility this year. Discontinuing payment of 2100 riyals in the name of reducing expenses is likely to increase the personal expenses of pilgrims. In case of departure by the Hajj Committee, the total cost is expected to be up to Rs 350,000, so there is no special interest left in the departure of the pilgrims through the Hajj Committee.
The pilgrims are of the view that the government should take steps to provide better facilities at its level. Pilgrims believe that on departure from the Hajj Committee, pilgrims have to arrange food on their own, while private tour operators not only arrange food but also provide accommodation in buildings near Haramain.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 23, 2023
Haj 2023: HCI directs state committees to issue cover numbers by today, draw soon

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Hyderabad: The Haj Committee of India has requested the state Haj committees to complete the scrutiny of applications received by each state for Haj 2023 and issue cover numbers by March 23 to help in the draw of lots.
Chief Executive Officer Muhammad Yaqoob Sheikh has written a letter to the executive officers of all the states, stating that the deadline for submission of online application forms for Haj 2023 has ended. The concerned Haj committees should examine the applications and issue numbers. The draw of lots for the selection of Haj pilgrims across the country will be held soon, so the work of issuing cover numbers should be completed by March 23.
A total of 8,663 applications have been received by the Talangana Haj Committee while it was expected that more than 10,000 applications would be received. It is said that as a result of the reduction of facilities for pilgrims by the Haj Committee, pilgrims are preferring private tour operators.
In case of departure from the Haj Committee of India, the stay in Saudi Arabia has been reduced to 30 days and the procedure of providing 2100 Saudi Riyals to pilgrims from this year has also been abolished. Children under the age of 12 are not allowed to perform Hajj.
Pilgrims from Telangana will also be deprived of Rubat facility this year. Discontinuing payment of 2100 riyals in the name of reducing expenses is likely to increase the personal expenses of pilgrims. In case of departure by the Hajj Committee, the total cost is expected to be up to Rs 350,000, so there is no special interest left in the departure of the pilgrims through the Hajj Committee.
The pilgrims are of the view that the government should take steps to provide better facilities at its level. Pilgrims believe that on departure from the Hajj Committee, pilgrims have to arrange food on their own, while private tour operators not only arrange food but also provide accommodation in buildings near Haramain.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 23, 2023
Wasn’t consulted on appointing V-P’s personal staff to house committees: Jairam Ramesh

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New Delhi: After Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar, attached eight officers from his office to various standing committees and other parliamentary committees under the jurisdiction of the Upper House, senior Congrese leader Jairam Ramesh on Thursday categorically denied that he was consulted on the matter.
Ramesh is the Chairman of the Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment, Forests & Climate Change.
“The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha has said that the decision to have his personal staff attached to various parliamentary committees was taken after consultations with the respective chairpersons. I chair a standing committee and I can categorically say that I wasn’t consulted at all,” Ramesh said.
Speaking at an event earlier on Thursday, Dhankar had said that the appointments were made after taking feedback from the committee members and chairpersons, adding that to optimise the functioning of the committees, he has appointed the best IAS and IFS officers.
The Congress has termed the appointment of Dhankhar’s personal staff to the Rajya Sabha committees as “unprecedented”, saying that it shows the lack of confidence in the existing staff.
Congress’ Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh said, “Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar appoints his staff on standing committees… Yes, this is unprecedented. But the explanation given is also quite inappropriate. Doesn’t it reflect Rajya Sabha Chairman’s lack of confidence in the existing staff of the RS secretariat?”
“VP is Chairperson of Council of States Ex-officio. He is not a Member of House like Vice Chairperson or Panel of Vice Chairpersons. How can he appoint personal staff on Parliamentary Standing Committees? Would this not tantamount to institutional subversion,” Congress’ Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari tweeted.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 9, 2023
New CCTV wing, ‘peace’ committees: Hyderabad CP makes key decisions

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Hyderabad: Ahead of festivals such as Holi, Shab-E-Barat, Ramzan, Sri Rama Navami, and Hanuman Jayanthi, city commissioner CV Anand instructed the city police to ‘bind over’ communal and rowdy elements. “Instate new peace committees with more youngsters on board,” he said.
The Commissioner held a long high-level review meeting with all addl DCP and above-rank officers to discuss a range of important matters related to public safety and security & other administrative issues.
The review was done on all the crimes pending for want of arrests, investigation, fsl reports, charge sheets, and DCPs were asked to specifically focus on them.
There was discussion on the reorganisation of Hyderabad City Police and the new accommodation which is required, the several CCTV projects,the working status of the cameras, and targets set for each SHO and DCP to install new cameras.
A new wing called D-CAMO (Drones & Cameras Maintenance Organisation) is now instated to deal with all CCTV camera & Drone repairs, projects, and execution which will be headed by an Addl.DCP/ACP rank officer which is further structured into 4 sub-wings. An independent third-party audit will be carried out across the city to identify the grey spots lacking CCTV coverage & to check the working condition of the existing cameras, a press note informed.
“ Let us sensitize the public on the significance of CCTVs in crime prevention & detection,” Anand said.
CP Anand expressed satisfaction with the overwhelming response to the online amusement license system, which received over 1183 applications in the past few weeks. Taking a cue from this, the IT cell was tasked to bring in more police services like the issue of Arms licenses online for the convenience of the public.
He also instructed his deputies to initiate more programs towards health and wellness through the FitCop program, and to support the homes of the fallen heroes of the force, the need for CPR education in light of the death of a young and fit constable recently.

Furthermore, the meeting delved into detail about the performance of patrols and blue colts, the effective functioning of the night round system, progress of 2023 action plans. All the DCPs were directed to closely monitor the station functioning and were told to adhere to protocols in lock-up custodies. HCSC activities, E-office implementation, and other issues were discussed during the meeting.
Vikram Singh Mann IPS Addl.CP L &O, G.sudheer Babu IPS Addl.CP Traffic, AR.Srinivas IPS Addl.CP crimes, B.Parimala Hana Nutan IPS Jt.CP Admin, MSrinivasulu IPS Jt.CP CAR hqtr Hyd and other DCPs attended the meeting.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 3, 2023
House leaders are forming a new working group to confront a cross-party problem: when and what is the best way to boot members from committees?

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Both Republican and Democratic leaders have named lawmakers to the panel.

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February 24, 2023
J&K admin unveils Rules for levy, assessment and collection of property tax in limits of municipal councils and committees

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Srinagar, Feb 21: The administration of Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory on Tuesday unveiled Rules for levying, assessment and collection of property tax in the limits of municipal councils and committees of the UT.
The Housing & Urban Development Department today notified “The Jammu and Kashmir Property Tax (Other Municipalities) Rules, 2023 “.
According to the notification, a copy of which is in possession of news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), these rules, which would be applicable within the limits of municipal councils and municipal committees, shall come into force from April 01, 2023.
The Rules define the procedure for calculation of property tax.
According to the Rules, the Taxable Annual Value (TAV) of a property under the Municipal Act-2000 and the property tax due thereon for a financial year shall be calculated in accordance with a formula given in schedule-I to these rules.
The Rules state that the property tax on residential property would be 5% of Taxable Annual Value (TAV) while that of non-residential property be 6 % of Taxable Annual Value (TAV).
The property tax calculated in respect of a building shall hold for a block of three years unless any change to such calculation is necessitated on account of the circumstances envisaged in the Act for allowing revision in such calculation, the Rules state.
“The first block shall commence from 1ST April 2023, and shall continue to remain in force till 3 1 March 2026. The blocks shall be similarly calculated thereafter, “read the Rules.

According to the Rules, new buildings coming up after the commencement of the block shall have their property tax liability calculated with reference to the 1st day of the relevant block, and irrespective of their having completed three years, their liability to tax shall be calculated anew from the date of commencement of the new block of three years for the Corporation as a whole.
“Where a building is liable to property tax for only a part of the year, the tax due shall be proportional to the number of completed months and parts of month not completed shall be ignored,” the Rules state.
According to the Rules, vacant lands, not appurtenant to a structure/building shall be exempt from property tax if there is a Master Plan in force in the area, under which any construction/development on such vacant land is disallowed or if they have been put to agricultural use.
“Similarly, all the properties of the municipality and all places of worship, including temples, masjids, Gurdwaras, Churches, Ziarats, etc. and cremation and burial grounds shall be exempt from payment of property tax,” the Rules state.
The Rules state that all properties owned by the Government of India / UT government shall be exempted from payment of property tax.
“However, service charge at the rate 3% of the taxable annual value shall be payable to the Municipality in respect of such properties,” the Rules state—(KNO)
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February 21, 2023
2024 Lok Sabha polls: UP BJP setting up new booth committees

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Lucknow: With a focus on the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the Uttar Pradesh BJP is setting up new booth committees and has asked all regional and district chiefs to provide details of the existing ones by February 10.
In a letter to all regional in-charges and presidents, and district in-charges and presidents on Saturday, BJP’s general secretary (organisation), Uttar Pradesh, Dharampal Singh directed them to form booths on the basis of the recent voters’ list.
In the run-up to the 2022 assembly elections, a booth was set up for a maximum of 1,200 voters, but according to the voters’ list published on January 5, every booth will now have 1,500 voters, Singh said.
Due to this, the number of booths will come down.
The number of regions in the state, however, will remain the same, Singh said.
He has also sent the delimitation format to the office-bearers. It has to be completed and sent to the election management committee of the state headquarters by February 10, according to the letter.
The organisational structure of the BJP consists of ‘Shakti Kendras’, with each of them comprising five to six booths.
In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has more than 27,000 ‘Shakti Kendras’, 1,918 regions and 98 organisational districts. The party has divided its manpower across the state into six regions — Kashi, Gorakhpur, Awadh, Kanpur-Bundelkhand, Braj and West.

In a meeting of the BJP’s state working committee here last month, Uttar Pradesh unit president Bhupendra Singh Choudhary gave the office-bearers the target of winning all 80 seats in the state in the general elections.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP and its ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) won 64 of the 80 seats. The Congress won one seat, the Samajwadi Party five and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 10. The SP and the BSP had contested the elections together.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 4, 2023