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JK Labourer Dies In Gujarat In A Tragic Accident, Four Injured

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SRINAGAR: A youth from Udhampur, died in a tragic incident in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar area. He was caught in an elevator.
Reports reaching here said that the young man was part of a group of workers, who were caught in the lift. Most of them survived with injuries but the Udhampur boy died.
Reports from Udhampur said a group of youth were working with a factory as labourers. They were unloading the merchandise in a lift when the lift broke. At least five persons – all from Lati belt – were injured. One of them identified as Jagdev son of Hemraj received a serious head injury and was declared dead by the doctors. The injured were identified as Ashok Kumar, Mohan, Ankit, Deepak and Yashpal. They are currently being treated for serious injuries.
“Unfortunate mishap involving Lift/Elevator in Bhavnagar, Gujarat in which a group of boys from Lati, district Udhampur, J-K, got trapped, sustaining injuries with the death of one of them,” Union Minister Jitendra Singh said in a tweet. “I am in touch with local authorities and hospital management there.”
In another tweet, Singh added that he has spoken with Bhavnagar Bharatiben Shivalik to follow up on the matter.
“I have also spoken to Lok Sabha MP from Bhavnagar, Bharatiben Shivalik and she is also following it up. Meanwhile, at Lati, our PRI representative Master Kasturi Lal is coordinating,” he added. Singh is representing the Udhampur constituency in the Lok Sabha. In Lati, Singh said PRI representative Master Kasturi Lal is coordinating.

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February 18, 2023
Thrashed over love affair, youth succumbs to his injuries in Gujarat

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Ahmedabad: The police in Gujarat’s Palanpur are looking for three to four miscreants who thrashed a youth after kidnapping him in a love affair case. The injured youth later succumbed to his injuries.
Banaskanatha district SP Akshayraj Makwana told mediapersons on Friday, “According to Aryan Modi’s dying declaration, on Thursday afternoon, he was kidnapped by three to four persons, as he was having an affair with a girl.”
They took him to an isolated place, where they first beat up Aryan, and then forced him to drink some liquid. Later, he was abandoned on the road after which he returned home. On seeing his condition, Aryan’s family members rushed him to a hospital, Makwana said.
When the police came to know about the incident, they first recorded Aryan’s statement in the presence of an executive magistrate. Aryan later succumbed to his injuries.
The police have formed four teams to nab the accused persons.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 17, 2023
KTR raises objection to proposed Data Embassies in Gujarat

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Hyderabad: Telangana’s Minister for Information Technology K.T. Rama Rao on Thursday wrote a letter to the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, raising serious objections against the Budget proposal for establishing the Data Embassies in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT city).
The minister detailed the “huge risks” involved in establishing International Data Embassies at one location, that too in a state highly prone to earthquakes.
The letter also highlights the advantages that Hyderabad holds as an ideal location for data centres.
Moreover, this move might pose a security threat as the proposed location is in a state sharing a border with another country.
The Minister suggested that the interests of the client countries should also be considered while choosing the location of the Data Embassies.
KTR said that Hyderabad is in Seismic Zone-II, one of the least active seismic zones in India, which makes the city an ideal location for setting up data centres.
“In contrast, GIFT city is located in Seismic Zone-III and is very close to Seismic Zone-IV, indicating that the region is at a high risk for earthquakes. Developing international data embassies in such an area presents potential risks and could have significant consequences for international relations if critical infrastructure is impacted,” KTR added.
The minister said that after due diligence, global data centre majors chose Telangana to invest in setting up their large data centres.

From Amazon Web Services to Microsoft Azure, the state is now home to several hyperscale and edge data centres.
The minister said that the state government launched its Data Centre Policy in 2016, and offered several important incentives and approval provisions to facilitate the setting up of data centres.
Access to dual power grids, low-cost power supply and a high-speed fibre network are a few such provisions.
“The overall experience of the companies which have invested in Telangana has been extremely positive. The State will be happy to provide similar support to International Data Embassies,” the Minister remarked.
Further, KTR urged the Union Finance Minister to modify the Budget proposal to provide them with multiple locations that would suit their data security requirements.
KTR said that it would provide a level playing field for data infrastructure among the states.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 16, 2023
Gujarat leads with 80 cases of custodial deaths in five years

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Gujarat has reported the largest number of custodial deaths in the last five years, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre told in the Parliament last week.
Gujarat is currently headed by BJP with Bhupendrabhai Patel as its 17th chief minister.
Gujrat recorded 80 custodial deaths between 2017-2022.
According to the National Human Rights Commission, the term “custodial death” also include the death of witnesses taken into custody, besides those accused in cases.
In response to a question by Congress MP Phulo Devi Netam on February 8, the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai presented a report that states 24 deaths were recorded in 2021-’22, 17 in 2020-’21, 12 in 2019-’20, 13 in 2018-’19 and 14 in 2017-’18.
Maharashtra comes a close second with 76 deaths.
Uttar Pradesh recorded 41 deaths followed by Tamil Nadu at 40 and Bihar at 38. The lowest deaths were recorded in Goa and Sikkim with just one death each.
This was followed by Uttar Pradesh (41), Tamil Nadu (40), and Bihar (38). The lowest – one death – were reported in Sikkim and Goa each.

A total of 669 deaths were reported nationwide in the last five years.
The Union minister added that around 201 families who lost a member in police custody have been compensated to the tune of Rs 5.8 crore.
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February 13, 2023
Dalit student beaten up in Gujarat, four booked

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Rajkot: A Dalit student in Gujarat’s Rajkot alleged that his classmates beat him because of his caste and a case has been filed against four students, police said on Saturday.
Darshit Makwana, a student of Information Technology at the Marwadi University, in his complaint at the Kuvadva police station on Friday, said that on Thursday afternoon, Suraj Narodia, Nandkumar Gami, Purav, and one unknown student kicked him and beat him ruthlessly, due to which he almost fell unconscious, and was taken to the hospital for treatment.
Makwana also said that six months ago, the accused had taunted him that because he is from a scheduled caste, he obtained free admission in the college, otherwise, he is not financially sound to study there.
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February 11, 2023
CBI recovers Rs 42L cash from CGST official in Gujarat

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Gandhinagar: The Central Bureau of Investigation has recovered Rs 42 lakh in cash, gold and jewellery from the residence of a Central GST (CGST) Assistant Commissioner. Searches were carried out on Wednesday and are still going on.
The CBI in a press statement stated, “The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case on 08.02.2023 against Assistant Commissioner, CGST, Gandhidham and his wife, on the allegations of disproportionate assets. It was alleged that the accused had accumulated disproportionate assets in the form of huge cash, bank balances, movable and immovable properties during the check period 2017 to 2021 in their names and in the names of family members, which was disproportionate to the tune of around Rs 3,71,12,499.”
Searches are being conducted at various places in Gujarat and Rajasthan. Rs 42 lakh (approx) in cash; foreign currencies; jewellery; costly watches and documents related to property were found, it stated.
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February 9, 2023
Gujarat: School teacher dismissed after student’s ‘I love you’ claims

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Rajkot: A teacher was dismissed from service after a student alleged that he had asked her to say ‘I love you’ in class. Rajkot District Education Officer B.S. Kaila terminated the service of the Maths teacher.
Kaila, while speaking to IANS, said, “On Wednesday, Karnavati School’s Class 8 girl student and her parents complained that the Maths teacher had asked her to say, ‘I love you’ in the classroom in presence of other students.
“Two education inspectors examined the CCTV footage of the Class. In the said footage, the voice is not clear. Even other students are not endorsing the girl student’s allegations against the teacher, but for the satisfaction of the student and her parents, Maths teacher Balmukund’s service has been terminated with immediate effect.”
School trustee Ashok Bhambhar, however, said, “The teacher had asked the Class 8 student to say ‘I love formula’, as she was not able to describe the formula. He had never asked the girl student to say ‘I love you’.”
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February 9, 2023
Gujarat: Two arrested for assaulting Bank of India employee

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Nadiad: The police have arrested two persons for assaulting an employee at Bank of India’s (BOI) Nadiad branch.
Manish Dhangar is serving as an officer with the Bank of India’s Nadiad-Kapadwanj branch, handling the loan desk.
Today in Nadiad Branch of BoI two customers entered the branch and badly assaulted the officer on duty. In full public view they called the name of the caste and threatened to murder the officer concerned outside the premises. Where is the safety for Banker’s?@nsitharaman pic.twitter.com/a0S7i7SFIv
— Sunil Kumar (@SunilKu92687431) February 3, 2023
In his complaint, Dhangar said, “On Friday afternoon, a customer named Samarth Brahmbhatt reached the branch and started beating me. He slapped me three to four times and even kicked me. When the other staff tried to intervene, Samarth’s friend Parth, who was accompanying him, kicked me.”
According to Dhangar, Samarth was angry with him and the bank because repeated calls were made to him to submit a copy of his house insurance policy.
Samarth had threatened over the phone that he will not submit the insurance policy.
Samarth had taken a home loan from the bank. During the audit, it was found that the customer had not submitted his house insurance policy, which was required since the house was not mortgaged with the bank.
The police have arrested both accused persons.

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February 4, 2023
SC to hear plea against ban on BBC documentary on Gujarat riots on Friday

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court would hear a plea challenging the Centre’s decision to ban a BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots on Friday.
According to the cause list uploaded on the apex court website, a bench comprising justices Sanjiv Khanna and M.M. Sundresh will take up a petition filed by senior journalist N. Ram, Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, and advocate Prashant Bhushan, and also another petition moved by advocate M.L. Sharma.
The documentary series, titled ‘India: The Modi Question’, has been dismissed as a biased “propaganda piece” by the government.
The plea filed by Sharma contended that the BBC documentary on Gujarat riots was released for public view. However, due to “fear of truth”, the documentary has been banned from viewership in India by any means under rule 16 of the IT Act 2021.
Sharma’s plea sought a direction for quashing of the January 21 order under the IT Act being illegal, malafide and arbitrary, unconstitutional and void ab-initio and ultra vires to the Constitution of India.
The documentary has been banned on social media and online channels, but some students have screened it on campuses of various universities across the country.
Sharma’s plea contended that the BBC documentary has reflected the true facts with original recordings of the victims of the 2002 riots as well as other concerned persons involved in the scenario of the riots, and it can be used for judicial justice.
A separate petition has been filed by journalist N. Ram, Trinamool MP Mahua Moitra, and advocate Prashant Bhushan against taking down their tweets with links to the documentary.

“The content of the BBC documentary and the tweets by Petitioner No. 2 (Bhushan) and 3 (Moitra) are protected under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution of India. The content of the documentary series do not fall under any of the restrictions specified under Article 19(2) or restrictions imposed under Section 69A of the IT Act, 2000,” said the plea filed by Ram and others.
The government has blocked sharing of any clips from the documentary on social media, prompting students’ organisations and opposition parties to organise its public screenings.
The plea by Ram and others argued that the apex court has categorically laid down that criticism of the government or its policies or even the judgment of the Supreme Court does not tantamount to violating the sovereignty and integrity of India.
“Censoring freedom of speech and expression of the petitioners by the executive through opaque orders and proceedings is manifestly arbitrary as it frustrates the fundamental right of the petitioners to effectively seek judicial review of administrative actions under Articles 226 and 32 of the Constitution of India in violation of the basic structure of the Constitution of India,” added the plea.
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February 3, 2023
Gujarat Police arrests fake currency notes kingpin from Telangana

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Rajkot: A police team from Gujarat’s Rajkot has arrested fake currency notes case prime accused Ramesh Babu Kasturi from Hyderabad, an official said on Wednesday.
Kasturi was arrested by the Telangana Police from Hyderabad in September 2022, but later released on bail and was back to printing fake currency notes.
The A Division Police Sub Inspector B.H. Parmar and his team had brought Ramesh Babu Kasutri on transit remand from Telangana and he was produced before a Rajkot court on Wednesday and it granted police 10 days remand, said police sources.
On January 20, Rajkot police had unearthed fake currency rackets, when two persons attempted to deposit fake currency with face value of Rs 2.50 lakh with an ‘Angadia Pedhi’ (traditional courier service) for money transfer. In this connection, police had arrested five persons, including one from Pune.
Kasturi and his sister K Rameshwari entered into fake currency notes printing, post pandemic, as they were in a financial crisis. Then, Telangana Police believed that the duo must have infused fake currency with a face value of at least Rs 60 to 70 lakh in the market, said sources.
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February 1, 2023