The person who left the bomb that exploded in Istanbul (Turkey) was arrested by police, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Monday, according to the state-run Anadolu agency’s English-language Twitter account.
On Sunday, an explosion rocked a busy pedestrian street in central Istanbul’s Istiklal Avenue, killing six people and injuring 81 others in what Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called it as a bomb strike that “smells like terrorism.”
Istanbul Terror attack
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the “vile attack” that ripped through central Istanbul on Sunday, killing six people and injuring dozens more.
“Our state’s relevant units are working to find the perpetrators… behind this heinous act,” President Erdogan said during a televised press conference on Sunday, according to AFP.
Turkish media also published a photo of a woman suspected of involvement in terrorist attack.
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He also stated that first indications pointed to a “terror” attack in the Istanbul explosion.
A strong explosion of unknown origin shook the busy shopping street of Istiklal in Istanbul on Sunday, leaving six people dead and wounding dozens more, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. Turkey’s vice president said a suicide bomber carried out the attack.
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The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport witnessed two separate operations by customs officials result in the seizure of 61 kg of gold valued at Rs 32 crore, an official said on Sunday, making it the department’s greatest value seizure at an airport in a single day, according to reports.
An official who said that the seizures conducted on Friday resulted in the arrest of at least seven travellers, including five men and two women.
He claimed that this was the largest single-day seizure in the history of the Mumbai airport customs.
Four Indians returning from Tanzania were found carrying 1 kg gold bars in the first operation; the bars were hidden inside specially made belts with numerous pockets, the officer said according to the report.
News agency PTI quoted an official who said that officials found 53 kg of UAE-made gold bars worth Rs 28.17 crore hidden within the passengers’ torso-hugging belts.
According to the official, a Sudanese national at Doha Airport gave the travellers their belts during the transit period.
He said a court had taken the four travellers into jail and remanded them to 14 days of judicial custody. Similarly, he added that three passengers who had come from Dubai had 8 kilogramme of gold worth Rs 3.88 crore seized from them by customs officials.
He said that the trio, which included two ladies, was carrying waxy gold dust. The official said that the gold was cleverly hidden in the waistband of the travellers’ jeans.
He added that the trio were detained and remanded to judicial custody, and that one of the women was in her late 60s and using a wheelchair.
(With inputs from PTI)
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Elon Musk’s Twitter suspended the subscription-based blue tick verification badges on Friday, only days after introducing them as part of a slew of changes. The social media site planned to charge $8 to users who wanted the premium blue tick verification badge, but as soon as the service went live, several fake “verified” accounts appeared on Twitter, causing the platform to reconsider its decision.
Previously, blue tick verification was provided to notable figures in various fields such as entertainment, politics, journalism, and so on to avoid impersonation, but after Tesla co-founder Elon Musk took over the social media giant in a $44 billion takeover deal, the company decided to change the verification policy and decided to provide blue tick to anyone willing to pay $8 for the service.
Following the launch of the service, numerous fake accounts, including Elon Musk’s own Tesla and SpaceX, appeared with a blue tick. An impersonator account even claimed that ‘insulin is free,’ prompting pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly & Co. to issue an apology via Twitter.
There are currently two types of verified accounts on Twitter: one that was verified before to Musk’s takeover and states, “This account is verified because it is notable in government, news, entertainment, or another specified category.” The other verified account belongs to a person who paid $8 for Twitter Blue service.
The payment for the blue tick badge was necessary because analysts believe Musk overpaid for the $44 billion contract, which he is now realising. He has sold billions of dollars in shares from his other firm, Tesla, and has also raised funds from the markets. Several sponsors have paused their Twitter commercials as they learn about the new leadership’s policies, and the current mess of fake accounts has made them even more sceptical.
Elon Musk has recently cautioned Twitter employees to brace long hours as the firm approaches bankruptcy. The warning came as the US regulator announced the departure of the company’s trust and safety chief, as well as other top officials.
Musk cautioned in his first company-wide email that Twitter will not “survive the upcoming economic slump” if it does not increase subscription revenue to balance dwindling advertising revenue, according to three people who saw the message, reports Reuters.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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The Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday said that it registered a case against Lashkar-e-Toiba handlers and its offshoot TRF for issuing threats to journalist and reporters based in Kashmir.
Srinagar police informed in a Tweet that a case has been registered under UAPA and IPC at Shergari police station.
Case registered against handlers, active terrorists & OGWs of terror outfit LeT & its offshoot TRF for online publication & dissemination of a direct threat letter to Journalists & reporters based in Kashmir. FIR No. 82/2022 U/S 13 UAPA, 505, 153B, 124A & 506 IPC in shergari PS.
“Case registered against handlers, active terrorists & OGWs of terror outfit LeT & its offshoot TRF for online publication & dissemination of a direct threat letter to Journalists & reporters based in Kashmir. FIR No. 82/2022 U/S 13 UAPA, 505, 153B, 124A & 506 IPC in shergari PS,” police tweeted.
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A 5.4-magnitude earthquake shook Nepal Saturday night, 212 kilometres southeast of Joshimath in Uttarakhand, causing tremors in Delhi-NCR and other northern states, according to various reports.
The region was shaken again at 7.57 p.m., three days after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake in Nepal killed six people in the neighbouring country. This is Nepal’s third earthquake in a week.
According to news agency PTI who quoted an IMD official, the quake began in Nepal at a depth of 10 kilometres in Latitude 29.28 N and Longitude 81.20 E.
Tremors were felt in Uttarakhand in localities such as Pithoragarh, Munsiyari, and Gangolihat.
“The origin of the earthquake was 10 km deep and 3 km from Silanga town of Nepal. The affected countries are India, China and Nepal,” Pithoragarh Disaster Management Officer BS Mahar told news agency PTI.
There were no reports of immediate damage.
(With inputs from PTI)
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Union MoS PMO chairs DISHA meeting of Doda district
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology and Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today chaired District Development Coordination & Monitoring Committee (DISHA) meeting to review progress of various Centrally Sponsored Schemes (CSS) being implemented in Doda district.
The meeting was attended by Secretary Tribal Affairs J&K, OSD to Minister, Deputy Commissioner Doda, Chairperson District Development Council Doda, Chairperson Block Development Council, Chief Planning Officer, SSP Doda, Principal GMC Doda, Additional District Development Commissioner Doda, senior officers from line departments and other concerned.
At the outset, District Development Commissioner Doda, Vishesh Paul Mahajan delivered a presentation on the achievements and progress recorded under different Centrally Sponsored Schemes and presented an overview of various major projects being executed by different departments and agencies in the district.
Deputy Commissioner gave the status of physical and financial progress of scheme-wise being executed under various CSSs.
While stressing for the synergy between public representatives and the administration while taking up the projects for execution, Dr Singh said better coordination between these representatives and the district administration is key to schemes being implemented on ground.
While reviewing cultivation of lavender in the district, Dr Jitendra Singh said that as the farmers are taking up lavender cultivation on commercial scale for being a profitable farming, Doda district would be branded as a role model in the country in lavender farming.
Detailed presentation was given on various CSS schemes being implemented in different sectors in the district wherein financial as well as physical progress of mega projects which include widening of NH-244, GMC Doda, and other major projects, High Altitude Medicinal Plant Bhaderwah under AYUSH, besides achievements in Back to Village programme, R&B, JJM, PMGSY, Power, MGNREGA, PMAY-Urban, SBM-Grameen, Mission Youth’s Mumkin Scheme & Tejeswani, Amrit Sarovar, beneficiary oriented schemes, Ayushman Bharat Abhiyan-SEHAT, RBSK, PMBJAK, other social security scheme (Pension/scholarship), employment generation schemes etc.
The minister took detailed review of all these schemes undertaken by different departments in the district wherein he enquired about the status of each scheme.
On the occasion, public representatives flagged various issues before the minister who issued on spot directions to the concerned for early redressal.
Dr Singh also directed the concerned departments to work with renewed zeal and dedication for effective implementation of all schemes and coverage of 100 percent eligible beneficiaries under all schemes.
He said that it is the endevour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to trickle down the benefits of all the centrally sponsored schemes to the deserved lot and to the last person in the queue while urging all the concerned to work in close coordination for better results at the grass root level.
He also directed the concerned officers to remain in touch with the public representatives whenever they visit their area and make people aware about the benefits of these schemes. On the occasion, Dr Singh also complimented the Doda Administration for implementing various CSSs successfully in the district and achieving over 90 percent saturation in various schemes.
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Deceased Rajesh Kumar son of Daya Krishan who lost his life in this accident.
A motorcyclist carrying two pillion riders while on his way from Nayi Basti to Drudu hit a man, resulting in the death of one person and injuring three others in this accident on Saturday.
A police official told The Chenab Times that a motorcyclist carrying two pillion riders hit a man at Drudu Bhaderwah.
“In this accident, one 40-year-old Rajesh Kumar son of Daya Krishan resident of Diggi Bhalra (Bhaderwah) died while three persons were injured, including 40-year-old Payar Singh son of Hushari Lal and his 17-year-old daughter Madhu Devi, residents of Drudu Nayi Basti, and 59-year-old Sat Lal son of Hem Raj resident of Nayi Basti,” he added.
He further said that a case had also been registered under the relevant section.
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In a joint operation with Delhi police, the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) apprehended an Afghan national and confiscated 8 kg of heroin worth 56 crore from the Lajpat Nagar area of Delhi late Thursday, officials said on Friday.
The arrested accused has been identified as Hakmatullah Noorullah alias Aman.
Sunil Joshi, SP (Operations) ATS, stated that on October 8, this year, the ATS team, along with the Indian Coast Guard, intercepted a Pakistani boat (Sakar) near Jakhau Coast in Gujarat carrying 50 kilogrammes heroin worth 350 crore and arrested six Pakistan nationals, according to report on Hindustan Times.
During their interrogation, it was discovered that Hakmatullah, who had been in India on a tourist visa for almost four years, was to receive the package, according to Joshi.
“After we nabbed Hakmatullah, he confessed about 8 kg heroin he was hiding in a car,” Joshi was quoted by HT.
“We have seized the heroin and are investigating the case. We are also looking for other suspects who were roped in for transportation of the contraband after it landed on the Gujarat sea coast,” he added.
(With Hindustan Times inputs)
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Will Himachal Pradesh keep selecting alternate government tradition alive or give another chance to Bhartiya Janata Party
Voting for 68 Assembly constituencies in Himachal Pradesh begins, CM Jai Ram Thakur casts his vote
Request all voters to participate with full enthusiasm in this festival of democracy, says PM Modi
The voting for the Himachal Pradesh elections has begun, with a two-pronged contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress. In the hill state, over 55.92 lakh voters will decide the fate of 412 candidates.
The upper areas of Himachal Pradesh have received new snowfall, lowering the temperature by several notches. 140 polling booths are snowbound in the tribal districts of Lahaul and Spiti, Kinnaur, and Chamba.
A total of 30,000 security personnel, including 67 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), have been deployed throughout the state to ensure the peaceful conduct of the election.
The state has 7,884 voting locations, with 7,235 in rural areas and 646 in urban areas. Polling will continue until 5:30 p.m. today, and votes will be counted alongside Gujarat on December 8.
The ruling BJP has expressed confidence in returning to power based on performance, while the Congress hopes that voters will continue the history of alternate governments.
In the 2017 assembly elections, the BJP won 44 seats, the Congress 21, two were won by independents, and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) gained one seat by fielding candidates in 11 assembly divisions.
In its manifesto, the opposition Congress promised the restoration of the previous pension scheme, 300 units of free electricity, the establishment of a commission for the youth to look into their issues of education and job creation, as well as financial aid of Rs 1500 to women.
Meanwhile, the BJP is vying for a second term, promising to adopt the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), 33 percent reservation for women in government employment, five new medical institutes in the state, and cycles for girl students in classes 6 to 12.
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The Supreme Court ordered the release of all six remaining convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, including Nalini Sriharan, R P Ravichandran, Santhan, Murugan, Robert Payas, and Jayakumar, on Friday. The judgement was issued by a bench comprised of Justices BR Gavai and BV Nagarathna while considering the case of A G Perarivalan, another convict who was released in May.
Nalini, who is now on parole, petitioned the Supreme Court for early release from prison after the Madras High Court denied her plea. Her plea was submitted after the Supreme Court, on May 18, ordered the release of Perarivalan, who had served more than 30 years in prison, by exercising its special powers under Article 142 of the Constitution. The Article empowers the Supreme Court to issue orders in order to secure “complete justice” in a case. In seeking similar relief, Nalini cited Perarivalan’s case, according to a report by Indian Express.
On May 21, 1991, an LTTE suicide bomber assassinated former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi during an electoral meeting in Tamil Nadu’s Sriperumbudur.
In the case, seven prisoners were sentenced to life in prison. The Supreme Court sentenced four of them to death and three to life in prison in 1999. Nalini’s death sentence was commuted to life in prison in 2000. The Supreme Court commuted the other three death sentences, including Perarivalan’s, in 2014.
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