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32 lakh devotees take holy dip in Ganga, Sangam at ‘Magh Mela’ in UP

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Prayagraj: Thirty-two lakh devotees took a dip in Ganga and Sangam on the occasion of Basant Panchami — the fourth bathing festival of the ongoing ‘Magh Mela’ — here on Thursday, officials said.
Sangam is a confluence of three rivers — Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati.
Additional Mela Officer Vivek Chaturvedi said, “From 4 am to 4 pm on Thursday, 32 lakh devotees took a dip in Ganga and Sangam.”
Kashi Sumeru Peethadhishwar Swami Narendranand Saraswati said the goddess of knowledge, Saraswati, was born on the day of Basant Panchami. That is why this day is celebrated as the birth anniversary of Mother Saraswati.
More than 5,000 police personnel have been deployed at the fair for security, Senior Superintendent of Police (Magh Mela) Rajeev Narayan Mishra said.
Arrangements have also been made for river ambulances and floating police posts. The crowd is being monitored through CCTV, body and drone cameras, he added.
The next bath will take place on ‘Maghi Purnima’ on February 5. The ‘Magh Mela’ will conclude with a final bath on the occasion of ‘Mahashivratri’ on February 18.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 26, 2023
Raj: Unknown miscreants uproots ATM having more than Rs 30 lakh

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Jaipur: Unidentified miscreants uprooted an automated teller machine (ATM) having more than Rs 30 lakh cash in Rajasthan’s Ajmer district, police said on Tuesday.
The incident took place late Monday night.
Additional Superintendent of Police (Headquarters) Vikas Sangwan said unknown miscreants uprooted the ATM of State Bank of India having more than Rs 30 lakh cash installed at the powerhouse intersection.
He said efforts are being made to identify the miscreants with the help of CCTV cameras.
They probably uprooted the machine with the help of a vehicle they had brought in which they took the ATM with them, he said.
A complaint has been lodged at the Arian police station, police said, adding that the actual amount of cash stolen is being assessed.
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January 24, 2023
Telangana: More than 6.2 lakh males and 2.7 lakhs females receive eye screening under Kanti Velugu

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Hyderabad: The newly launched Kanti Velugu has completed 142 villages while 97 are still in progress, a release from the state government said here on Monday.
The number of males who underwent eye screening was 6,22,650 while females were 2,78,421, transgenders were 261, members from the Schedules Caste were 1,10,994, from the scheduled tribe were 53,541, the backward class was 3,47,545 and other caste and minorities were 64,601 and 29,096 respectively.
The total number of reading glasses handed over was 1,53,061. Those who received reading glasses below 40 years of age were 15,145 and 40 years and above were 1,28,744.
The number of prescription spectacles delivered was 0 and yet to be delivered are 1,14,654.
People who had no eye-related issue were 3,53,390.
It was reported that on the first day of its launch, a total of 1,60,471 people got their vision tested in 1500 camps across the state.
The camps will be conducted in all gram panchayats and municipal wards over the next 100 days to screen 1.5 crore people. Free medicines and spectacles will be distributed among the beneficiaries.
The Kanti Velugu camps will be held between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., five days a week for the next 100 days.

A total of 1,500 medical teams have been constituted to conduct the camps. Around 1.5 crore people will be screened and 55 lakh spectacles and medicines will be distributed.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 23, 2023
Man, who fled Delhi’s 5-star hotel without paying Rs 23 lakh bill sent to two-day custody

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New Delhi: A Delhi court on Sunday remanded a man arrested for allegedly staying at a five-star hotel here for about four months by posing as a functionary of the UAE royal family and fleeing with an outstanding bill of more than Rs 23 lakh in two days’ police custody.
Duty Magistrate Shivangi Vyas sent Mahamed Sharif for custodial interrogation, noting that police had to recover certain articles from his residence in Delhi, which were allegedly stolen by him.
Sharif checked into The Leela Palace hotel on August 1 last year. He stayed in room number 427 for about four months and fled on November 20 with hotel valuables and without paying the bills, police told the court.
“Considering the fact that the recovery of the case property — the stolen articles — are yet to be effected, accused Mahamed Sharif be remanded in police custody for two days,” the judge said.
The accused impersonated a member of the royal family of the United Arab Emirates and booked the hotel room at a discounted price.
He was apprehended on January 19 from Karnataka’s Puttur and four days’ transit remand was taken from a court in the southern state.
The counsel for the accused opposed the police’s plea for remand, claiming that he was illegally arrested and no article was stolen.
According to police, besides cheating the hotel to the tune of Rs 23.46 lakh, he decamped with valuables, including silver bottle holders.

The accused registered himself at the hotel as an important functionary of the “Office of His Highness Sheikh Falah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan” of the UAE government and gave a fake business card, the police said.
It claimed that the accused also provided a UAE resident card on arrival at the hotel.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 22, 2023