Four Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders have been given ‘X’ category armed security protection by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) by the Central government, top government sources claimed on Saturday.
After conducting a security analysis based on an Intelligence Bureau (IB) report indicating a threat to senior BJP leaders, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) ordered the CRPF to give “X-category” round-the-clock protection, reports news agency ANI.
Among the BJP heavyweights who supplied the security protection were former Punjab cabinet ministers Balbir Singh Sidhu and Gurpreet Singh Kanga, former MLA Jagdip Singh Nakai, and Amarjit Singh Tikka. All four leaders recently left the Congress and joined the BJP.
In October, the Centre also gave five BJP leaders in Punjab “Y” category security coverage based on a related IB report.
As a result of threat assessments based on IB reports, the MHA used to offer security services in the “X,” “Y,” “Y+,” “Z,” and “Z+” categories through Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) like the CRPF and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
VIP security protection has been entrusted to the CISF and CRPF by the MHA. Each of the two paramilitary organisations has its own elite VIP security division of commandos that is equipped with cutting-edge close-protection weapons.
(With inputs from agencies)
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With T20 cricket being one of the choices, the Los Angeles Olympics might see the return of cricket to the Olympic Games. After a 128-year hiatus, the International Cricket Council has proposed the move to “globalise” cricket. Men’s and women’s teams are both expected to compete in a six-team event.
According to the Telegraph, along with the 28 sports in the initial sports programme for Los Angeles 2028, cricket is one of nine other sports that have been shortlisted for inclusion. A final decision will be made in September of the following year, and the ICC will stop at nothing to reinstate cricket at the biggest sporting event.
In an effort to limit the number of athletes competing, the ICC has suggested a six-team event with squads of 14 per team. According to the research, it would be more economical to schedule the men’s and women’s competitions one after the other. The top two in each group might advance to the semifinals in a format with two groups. The bronze medal could be decided by a third-place playoff.
England has said they favour Olympic inclusion even though the Olympics take place during the English summer (the LA Games are set for July 14–30). Due to the men’s and women’s events likely lasting a week each, the interruption to the English domestic summer would be limited.
England would participate as a Great Britain team, which means that players from Scotland, like Mark Watt, and conceivably even Northern Ireland cricketers, might be added to the England team. Cricket Scotland, Cricket Ireland, the England & Wales Cricket Board, and other organisations have all stated their support for an Olympic bid.
Instead of underage teams or a version of the format used in football at the Olympics, the teams would be genuinely full-strength national representative teams, with three overage players per team allowed.
The top six positions in the men’s rankings are presently held by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, England, Pakistan, South Africa, and India. In the women’s rankings, Australia, England, New Zealand, India, South Africa, and the West Indies take up the top six positions.
India is ranked well in both sets of T20 rankings, which increases the likelihood that they will earn a spot in both competitions. Due to the Olympics’ waning appeal in South Asia and the fact that adding sports to the LA 28 schedule depends heavily on their worldwide appeal, this is thought to be crucial for cricket’s prospects of being added.
The Caribbean islands would compete as distinct countries rather than as the West Indies. West Indies obtained one spot at the Commonwealth Games through the qualification process.
Then, a competition amongst the countries was held to choose the representative, which Barbados won. The similar system may be utilised for the Olympic Games if West Indies occupied one of the top six positions in the rankings, however such specifics are still to be worked out.
The Olympics have always insisted that competitions feature the best athletes in each discipline participating in a format that is acknowledged around the world. In actuality, this has meant that T20 is the only format that gives cricket a genuine possibility of being included in the Olympics, even if others have suggested T10, the Hundred, or even six-a-side.
However, there are still a lot of barriers standing in the way of cricket in Los Angeles. Only two new sports will be allowed at the games, according to Los Angeles. Additionally, if the modern pentathlon and boxing attract more athletes, the number of additional sports may be reduced to one or even none.
All nine candidate sports have been meeting with the local organising committee. At the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham this year, a group witnessed the women’s cricket competition. Many cricket fans hoped that cricket’s appearance at the Commonwealth Games, which it did for the second time ever and for the first time since 1998, would serve as a sign of the sport’s suitability for multi-sport events and help it make a comeback to the Olympic Games.
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The Commonwealth Games in Birmingham featured cricket for the first time since 1998. Getty Images/Alex Davidson
The following Men’s T20 World Cup already has the United States as a co-host. The ICC anticipates that the occasion will spur the development of the sport in the USA.
Three locations in Los Angeles have been suggested as potential venues for cricket matches during the 2028 Olympic Games, including the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, home of the Major League Baseball Oakland Athletics.
In 2016, rugby sevens returned to the Games. The funding is available to sports federations if their sport is a part of the Games, regardless of whether the federation in question qualifies for the event. It is currently estimated that it receives at least £25 million through national Olympic committees per four-year cycle worldwide. In reality, emerging nations—who would be extremely unlikely to qualify for the Games—are the nations most likely to gain from Olympic inclusion.
Cricket’s inclusion in those Games is reportedly supported by the Brisbane organising committee, which has already been selected to host the 2032 Olympic Games.
Only the 1900 Paris Olympics featured cricket, and that year a Great Britain team made up of members of the Devon & Somerset Wanderers Cricket Club won the gold medal game against a French team made up of members of the French Athletic Club Union. Since then, Great Britain has held the title of defending Olympic cricket champions.
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To address the issue of garbage dumping on roadsides, highways, public paths and main drainage in rural as well as urban areas of District and nuisance caused by dumping of garbage, District Magistrate Doda Vishesh Paul Mahajan today imposed Section 133 of Cr.PC in the district.
After multiple campaigns / announcements and personal interactions but seeing less participation of the public, the order has been issued. The door to door collection has been started and segregation pits are being constructed. Dustbins have been placed and augmented. The order has been issued with sole objective of making Doda garbage free.
The order reads that District Magistrate, Doda, by virtue of powers vested under Section 133 Cr.PC, do hereby order all the residents of the District to remove garbage/avoid dumping of garbage on any Public places viz streets, roads, roadsides, open grounds, nallahs, river/riverside or any other place covered under the definition of public place and ensure to dump the garbage only at places specified by the concerned Municipal bodies or Block Sanitation Officers/ Panchayts or handover the garbage to the door to door collectors only. Any violation in this behalf shall be dealt under the relevant section of law.
It is to mention here that, dumped garbage is a breeding place for mosquitoes and many other disease carrying vectors which is a cause of great concern as they may spread many communicable and non- communicable diseases.
Dumping of garbage alongside of the roads and in the drains result in blockage of the drainage system causing nuisance and hindrance to the smooth movement of the Public.
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Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed many new political parties since the abrogation of Article 370, whether it is the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party, the Aam Aadmi Party, or the Democratic Azad Party. Many of these parties were in the news for prominent faces and some for controversies. However, there are various other political parties that didn’t grab the headlines but are established and working in Jammu and Kashmir. Similarly, on November 6, 2022, the Vishwa Bandhutva Party (the Global Brotherhood Party in English) launched its J&K unit. This political outfit was registered just a year ago, according to the Election Commission of India.
VDP’s JK-UT president, Virender Kumar Sharma, explained the parties’ agendas to The Chenab Times in a video interview. Vishwa Bandhutva Party, or Global Brotherhood Party, has launched its party unit for the UT of J&K with an agenda for J&K that was written on the letter pad of the UT president, a copy of which lies with The Chenab Times. There were nine points on the agenda, including:
The party is mainly working for the betterment of labour class. The enhanced wages of Labour, better working Place, Special Pension Scheme, Health insurance, Security of their Children education academic as well as professional, Minimum ex gratia Relief of Rs.15,00,000/- if a Labourer happens to die while working and suitable monthly honorarium to the living kith & Kins of deceased Labourer. Better housing & sanitary help from both centre & UT levels.
The party shall fight from Road to Law of Court to protect the dwelling places (houses) of families fatling under BPL, EWS, ST, OBC, SC etc. Who have built their homes on state land with measurement of land below 05 Marlas.The party has personal lawyers who shall plead the cases of above mentioned categories from party funds and if the party comes into power in the (UT) shall regularize is such colonies/homes as one time human sustainable existence settlement.
The youth of this (UT) are repeatedly being crushed and harassed by present Government by adapting repeated cancellation of selection lists. Our party shall fight against this approach of central Govt. and LG Administration to make laws to avoid future any spoilage of youths career. Our party shall approach: Supreme Court” of India with a PIL to seek relief to the youth in future selection process.
In villages of this (UT) 60% of youth are jobless today. Our party if comes into Power shall install community Industrial units at Panchyat level as per the availability of raw materials in that Panchyat to provide employment to those 60% youth to save them from indulging into drugs & criminal activities.
If our party comes into Power a survey of “Actual Poor dwellers” of rural Jammu & Kashmir UT be conducted & the families falling under this category be adapted by our Govt. and all their needs of livelihood be managed under the Scheme named “Mera Aahar Mera Adhikaar” in addition to it, a job to youth (one job atleast) be given to educated youth of poor families as per their qualification under another youth saving Scheme “Mera Rozgaar Mera Adhikaar”.
Jammu and Kashmir (UT) is a Power house of India as it has intensive hydro electricity Potential. Our party shall support local firms/companies of this UT to undertake the construction work of the hydro electric Power Projects by framing laws under which tendering shall not be permitted to Companies/Firms living outside the (UT).The youth of this UT would be trained to operate all types of machinery and shall be provided employment at large scale.The Re-habilitation plans for people who are likely to be affected would be provided with a suitable home, best health facility transportation highest rate of Land/structure compensation, food security and pension as deemed suitable.
Our party shall not participate in those mass media programmes where religious debates take place. The party has termed a voter as human soul and shall use word “Human/Insaan” only instead of Caste of and Individual/voter.
Our party if come into Power shall sign MOU’S with foreign countries to provide Global Employment to our youth. The party shall take all responsibility of the youth going outside the country for Jobs i.e. Passport,Visa, Insurance, safety and special intention would be given to J&K (UT) youth as a measure of healing programme.
It is need for rehabilitation of Jammu and Kashmir (UT) in real sense as last thirty years have killed thousand the soul of this state. All the human have passed through a unrepaired and unforgettable era. The UT needs to get into its original form i.e. statehood,repair of brotherhood trust measures Employment to youth, Revival of trade, setting up modern Industries and rehabilitation of all dislodged humans from their sweet homes.
These nine agendas were explained in the letter by the Vishwa Bandhutva Party’s JK UT president Virender Kumar Sharma.
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Putting speculations and rumours to rest, National Conference (NC) president Dr Farooq Abdullah on Friday said that he has not stepped down from the post and that he will continue to hold the office.
Talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Dr Farooq said he continues to hold the post of president as he has not resigned yet. “I am still the party chief till elections and till someone else is ready to the responsibilities of this post,” he added.
Earlier, reports have been doing rounds that Dr Farooq Abdullah has resigned from the post of president citing several reasons including health issue as one.
Meanwhile, NC chief spokesperson, Tanvir Sadiq also cleared the air and told KNO that Dr Farooq continues to be the party president.
“Some people have spread speculations about his resignation which is not true. He continues to be party chief till election notification is issued for the post,” he added.
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Dr. Farooq Abdullah has resigned as the party’s president, and elections are due to take place next month, thus the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference will soon have a new president.
Omar Abdullah, a former chief minister and vice president of the party, is most likely to succeed as president. The election scheduled on December 5 will, however, determine that.
Tanvir Sadiq, the chief spokesman for the party, was quoted by Excelsior as saying that Abdullah has resigned as NC president and that elections would take place on December 5. The mausoleum of the party’s founder, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, at Hazratbal, would host the polls, he claimed, and a notice to that effect will be issued soon.
Prior to this announcement, Abdullah made it known that he would be stepping down as party leader at a meeting of the In-charge Segments, district presidents, and other provincial office bearers held at the party headquarters in Nawa-e-Subha, Srinagar. But he will stay in office until the elections are held.
Dr. Abdullah announced his choice and urged the party leaders to take control of the party in an emotional speech at the party headquarters while crying. He said that his health no longer allowed him to lead the party.
In the discussion, Abdullah urged the party’s officials to grow the organisation and connect with voters in their various districts. The current state of the Valley and party issues were discussed at the conference. The party officials also gave the party president an update on the ongoing party events in their respective sectors.
Abdullah outlined the difficulties that the populace was experiencing and urged them to collaborate closely with locals. “Our ground force must serve as a link between the government and the populace. We must prioritise the needs of the general populace in addition to our just and peaceful campaign for the restoration of our rights. To ease people’s difficulties, you must provide excellent service, he stated.
The constituency in-charges were instructed by the senior party officials to be prepared for elections whenever they take place. They said that because the NC had already passed a resolution to this effect, there would be no pre-poll alliance. They said that the PAGD would continue to function as a forum and that each party would run its own campaign. “It serves a greater cause. It is a platform for the defence of Article 370 and Statehood, not for any pre-election coalition, they said.
Omar Abdullah, the vice president of the party, also spoke to the crowd. He also emphasised the need for party building. Ali Muhammad Sagar, the party’s general secretary, provincial president Nasir Aslam Wani, chief spokesperson Tanvir Sadiq, senior leaders Abdul Rahim Rather, Mubarak Gul, Shameema Firdous, Nazir Gurezi, and Muhammad Syed Akhoon, Zonal Presidents Ali Muhammad Dar and Javed Dar, Dr. Bashir Ahmed Veeri, district presidents, constituency in-charges, and other provincial office holders were also present.
(With inputs from Excelsior)
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The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense published terrifying visuals of a missile hit on a road in Dnipro from the perspective of a vehicle on Thursday. This occurs on the same day as a Ukrainian surface-to-air missile above Kyiv successfully shot down a Russian Kalibr cruise missile.
The sound of the missile hit cuts through the music being played inside the car in dashcam video of a car travelling down a road. The automobile and those nearby start racing to escape the wall of flames and smoke that the missile strike has left behind
The city of Dnipro. Ukraine. Today. XXI century. Terrorists are still not being punished. We will carry out justice. We will protect the international order. pic.twitter.com/mLUMtyvfWh
“The city of Dnipro. Ukraine. Today. XXI century. Terrorists are still not being punished. We will carry out justice. We will protect the international order,” Ukraine’s Defence Ministry captioned the video.
Russian forces attacked Dnipro today, injuring 14 people, including a 15-year-old girl, according to Ukraine’s first deputy foreign minister Emine Dzheppar, who also released the footage.
“A fragment of Russian missile stuck in the body of women in Dnipro, following Russia’s attack this morning. Doctors make everything possible to save her life. In total, in Dnipro 14 people were injured, including 15 years old girl,” she wrote.
Today, new Russian strikes were reported around Ukraine, the most recent in a string of assaults that have devastated the nation’s energy infrastructure as winter sets in and the temperatures plummet.
The regional administration of Kyiv said that two cruise missiles were shot down over the city today, though details on any injuries or property damage are still sketchy.
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On the outskirts of the city, in the Khour area of Akhnoor, a man attacked three people and killed a former Zonal Education Officer (ZEO) with an axe while seriously injuring two others, one of whom was a lady.
In the village of Narayana in Khour, three people were attacked by an assailant namely Ashok Kumar, son of Munshiram brandishing a sharp-edged weapon this afternoon, according to the police. The assailant also seriously injured Sita Devi, the wife of Janakraj, who had come to save Babu Ram. According to police, Ashok Kumar then attacked Vineet Kumar, the son of Pritam Chand, a local shopkeeper standing on the roadside.
According to them, in this attack, retired ZEO Babu Ram passed away as soon as he arrived at CHC Khour, while Sita Devi and Vineet Kumar were sent to the Government Medical College and Hospital in Jammu.
The accused has been detained while the attack’s motive of attack is being ascertained and the case is under investigation, according to police.
(With inputs from agencies)
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In a two-day “No Money For Terror” event beginning Friday, India will utilise its security lens to show how it has been a victim of terror and the issues it has faced for decades.
This conference will be attended by representatives from 72 nations. Pakistan and Afghanistan have not been invited, but China has been invited.
“We have invited China,” Sanjay Verma, Secretary of the External Affairs Ministry. However, China’s approval is still pending.
“In all, 88 organisations are participating,” he said, according to NDTV, “including 15 multilateral organisations such as the FATF and Interpol.”
The ‘No Money for Terror’ conference will bring together approximately 200 representatives from anti-terrorism organisations from 75 countries, as per News18.
After two back-to-back conferences – Interpol and the UN Counter-Terrorism Conference – in Mumbai, this is the third in a series of conferences.
The ministry went on to say that because India has been subjected to various types of terrorism and its financing for more than three decades, it understands the anguish and grief suffered by other countries. In order to demonstrate solidarity with peace-loving nations and to help build a bridge for long-term cooperation on counter-terrorism financing, India hosted two global events in October: the annual General Assembly of Interpol in Delhi and a special session of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee in Mumbai and Delhi.
The conference will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and participants will debate topics related to terrorism and terror finance.
The two-day conference will have four sessions, each chaired by a minister.
“Issues like cryptocurrency and crowdfunding are going to be discussed at length,” a senior official said, according to NDTV.
He stated that terrorism’s financial backbone must be broken.
“The funding of terrorist activities often requires funds to be moved within or across jurisdictions. This might be done through official channels of the financial system remittances, or through unregulated channels or use of cash couriers. The informal system remains a preferred channel for terrorist groups because of cost effectiveness, efficiency (speed of transfer), reliability, lack of customer identification checks, lack of transaction records and tax evasion,” he added.
“Misuse of social media for crowdfunding is common and there is consensus building among countries that it needs to be paid attention,” National Investigation Agecy chief Dinkar Gupta said.
Security services have provided comprehensive examples of how terror groups around the world are engaging in sectarian conflicts, which are increasingly predicated on ethnic-nationalist and sectarian lines.
“A substantial number of terrorist attacks continue to be perpetrated by local actors against local targets (state machinery) aimed at achieving local objectives, while certain global terrorist organisations have made a noticeable effort to perpetrate transnational attacks in the South Asian region,” a senior officer said.
(With inputs from NDTV, News18)
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The former Minister of J&K, Ghulam Mohammad Saroori, today expressed profound grief and shock over the tragic accident on Tatapani to Yurdoo road, in Marwah area of Kishtwar district, when a vehicle plunged down into a deep gorge, resulting in the death of eight passenger.
The deceased has been identified as Mohd Amin son of Ghulam Mustafa Sheikh resident of Chanjer Marwah, Driver Umer Gani son of Abdul Gani Shah resident of Nowapachi Marwah, Mohd Irfan son of Mohd Ramzan Hajam resident of Qaderna Marwah, Afaq Ahmed son of Bashir Ahmed Hajam resident of Thachna Dachhan, Asia Banoo daughter of Mohd Younis resident of Yourdoo Mawah, Safoora Banoo daughter of Ghulam Rasool resident of Anjer Marwah, Muzamila Banoo daughter of Zahoor Ahmed Malik resident of Yourdoo Marwah and Mohsina Banoo daughter of Gulam Rasool resident of Anjer Marwah.
In a statement, G. M Saroori extended his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families. He prayed for peace for the souls of the deceased’s and much needed strength for the bereaved families.
“I am deeply saddened by the news of the accident in which eight innocent persons passed away,” he said and prayed for peace to the departed souls besides this place for them in heaven.
The former Minister of J&K demanded sanctioning of Rs. 10 lakhs ex-gratia relief to the kin of each of the deceaseds who were killed in a road accident in Marwah Kishtwar.
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