New Delhi: Delhi Finance Minister Kailash Gahlot on Monday alleged that the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has halted Delhi’s annual budget which was scheduled to be presented in Assembly on Tuesday.
“For the first time in India’s history, the MHA has stopped the Delhi government from presenting its annual budget for 2023-24 on its scheduled date on March 21. The budget was sent for MHA’s approval as per regular practice well in advance on March 10,” he said.
He said that the MHA expressed some concerns on Delhi government’s budget and refused to give it approval through a letter sent to the Chief Secretary on March 17.
“For mysterious reasons, the Chief Secretary of Delhi kept the letter hidden for three days. I learned about the letter only at 2 p.m. today (Monday). The file with MHA’s letter was put up to me officially only at 6 p.m. today i.e. just the day before the budget was to be presented in Delhi Assembly,” the Gahlot said.
The Finance Minister also said the government has responded to the MHA’s concerns and submitted the file back to Delhi’s LG, after CM’s approval at 9 p.m. The role of the Chief Secretary and Finance Secretary of Delhi in delaying Delhi’s budget ought to be investigated, he asked.
“Nearly Rs 22,000 crores have been allocated for capital expenditure next year, whereas the allocation for advertisements is only Rs 550 crore, which is similar to that of last year. The concerns raised by the MHA are irrelevant and seemingly done only to scuttle the budget for next year of Delhi government,” he claimed.
Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, who suffered an injury to his ribs during the shoot of ‘Project K’, has shared that he has put all his work commitments on a temporary halt in light of the recovery.
The senior actor took to his Twitter and blog on Tuesday to share an update on his health.
The actor expressed gratitude to his fans, who showered him with support and love after they came to know about his injury.
He also said that ‘Holika’ was lit at Jalsa on March 6.
An excerpt from his latest blog read, “First, to all that send their concern on my injury, may I express my gratitude and love for your prayers (sic).”
“I progress gradually, it shall take time and what has been prescribed by the doctors is being followed diligently. Rest and strapped chest, all work has stopped and will only begin once the condition improves and the medical gives an assurance (sic).”
The actor also informed people about Holika celebrations that were performed on Monday night at his Mumbai residence, Jalsa.
He wrote, “The ‘holika’ was lit last night at Jalsa, there being a date confusion on the day for HOLI… it is now done. HOLI being celebrated today… and tomorrow… so in this confusion much of what could have been done was not done… I rest and repair. But my wishes for the celebration of this joyous festival is with you… May the colours of HOLI bring the multifaceted colours of life in your life… More later… But for now my gratitude as ever… (sic).”
Riyadh: The medical team saved the life of a pilgrim whose heart stopped beating for more than ten minutes in the courtyards of the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
The rapid intervention of the rescue team in the Madinah health sector received an urgent notification that a 70-year-old Pakistani pilgrim named Mu’tamir had become unconscious following breathing issues.
Ambulance services were provided immediately.
The medical team instantly started CPR with electric shocks for more than 10 minutes until the heart started beating. He was transferred to Al-Safiah Healthcare Center.
It is noteworthy that the Al-Safiah Center has received seven cases of heart failure, 48 cases of critical respiratory illness, and eight cases of heart attacks at the courtyards of the Prophet’s Mosque since the beginning of this year.
Nanded: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has alleged that the Central government did everything possible to “forcefully” prevent import of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, especially when people were ready to get the best vaccine.
Rao claimed that he and several other Chief Ministers had lobbied for Pfizer in India, but the PM Modi Government stalled the entry of the US pharmaceutical giant into India.
The Chief Minister’s remark at his recent rally in Maharashtra’s Nanded came days after Union Minister of State for Electronics and Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar claimed that Pfizer had “tried to bully the Indian government into accepting an indemnity clause for supplying its mRNA COVID vaccine”.
MoS Chandrasekhar, shared a tweet of Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla during the World Economic Forum in Davos in which the pharma company official stated that senior leaders in the Opposition had put pressure on the Centre to procure foreign-made vaccines during the pandemic rather than choosing Made in India vaccines.
Addressing a press conference in Maharashtra’s Nanded on Sunday, KCR said that “Make in India” has become a “Joke in India.” “Today many multinational companies are leaving China, but why are we not able to attract them? Why are those companies not turning towards us? If Make in India would have been right, ease of doing would have been right, if they were feasible, then why were not allowed to come to India?
“There is a company namely Pfizer, which manufactures vaccines, it was stopped from entering India during COVID-19. No matter how hard the company tried but they (the Centre) did not allow them to come here. What was the reason?” questioned the Telangana chief minister.
“While the public wanted to get the best vaccine, people also wanted to buy it, yet the company was stopped forcefully. We also tried, many Chief Ministers also had talks with PMO and Niti Aayog but they (Govt) did not allow them (Pfizer) to come,” KCR said.
KCR claimed that several multinational companies which were leaving China, like Pfizer, were being prevented from entering India and the Central government was promoting slogans of ‘Make in India’ to encourage crony capitalism and mislead people.
“Where is the environment in India? Do we have an environment of Make in India like the slogans they are giving? Do we have ease of doing business? Are we provided with the facilities? If there is, then why are we are not able to get international companies?” he asked.
Taking a dig at the Centre, KCR further alleged, “They will work for those who are their friends. Will inflate their stock market, why will they let others to come?”
But the Central government had said that they will not buy the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and Moderna because indigenous vaccines will be more affordable and easier to store.
India was in discussions with US companies Pfizer and Moderna in 2021 for the supply of these international vaccines but their terms and conditions were not accepted ultimately by India. The Centre declined to meet the requests by the US pharma firms for legal protection over any side effects from the use of their vaccines, which are widely used in the United States and Europe.
However, India successfully vaccinated its citizens, with “Made in India” vaccines under its nationwide vaccination drive, under which over 220.16 crore doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the two years since its launch.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya recently tweeted that India’s feat was the “world’s largest and most successful vaccination drive.” He saluted the efforts of doctors and other healthcare workers on the front line who made this achievement possible.
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Hyderabad: Telangana Congress leaders on Friday were stopped from visiting the fire-hit secretariat and were detained by the police.
The fire broke out in the yet-to-be-inaugurated Secretariat complex of the Telangana government here in the wee hours of Friday.
The new Secretariat complex is set to be inaugurated by chief minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on February 17, which happens to be his birthday.
The fire, which started on the ground floor around 2.30 a.m., spread to the first and second floors. Fire tenders rushed to the scene and doused the flames after battling the fire for two hours.
A total of 11 fire engines were pressed into service to control the fire, which is suspected to have been caused by a short circuit. The fire is believed to have started from the air conditioning wiring duct and spread to scrap material lying on the ground floor.
Nagi Reddy, director general of the state fire department, personally monitored the firefighting operation.
Details of the damage caused by the fire were awaited. Officials said the cause of the fire was being investigated.
సచివాలయంలో అగ్నిప్రమాదం పై నిజానిజాలను తెలంగాణ ప్రజలకు తెలియజేసేందుకు వెళ్లిన కాంగ్రెస్ నాయకులను అరెస్టు చేయడాన్ని తీవ్రంగా ఖండిస్తున్నాను.
సచివాలయం ఏమైనా కేసీఆర్ ప్రైవేటు ఫాంహౌసా? అంత రహస్యం వెనుక ఉన్న మర్మం ఏమిటి? అరెస్టు చేసిన కాంగ్రెస్ నేతలను తక్షణం విడుదల చేయాలి. pic.twitter.com/izhcYmBKOt
TPCC chief Revanth Reddy condemned the detention and questioned if the government held any secrets in the secretariat. “Is it KCR’s private farm house?” he asked.
The seven-storey structure with a built-up area of 7 lakh square feet and equipped with all modern facilities has been constructed at a cost of nearly Rs 650 crore near Hussain Sagar lake on the same land where the old Secretariats of Telangana and earlier united Andhra Pradesh stood.
The state government has named the new Secretariat complex after Dr B. R. Ambedkar. CM KCR already stated that it reflects the pride of Telangana and would stand as a role model for other states.
As per the schedule announced last week, CM KCR will inaugurate the building between 11.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. on February 17, the auspicious time suggested by Vedic pundits.
The government recently announced that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister andA DMK President M. K. Stalin, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, JD(U) national president Lalan Singh as representative of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Dr B. R Ambedkar’s grandson Prakash Ambedkar and other dignitaries will attend the inaugural event.
“What strikes me is just a lack of respect for human life, so I don’t know that any law, any training, any reform is going to change — you know, this man was handcuffed, they continued to beat him,” Jordan said.
But Jordan did tout a bill introduced in 2020 by Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), who has worked with Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) to get a package of policing measures through Congress. The legislation would have offered financial incentives to states that implemented certain types of reforms in use of force, without mandating the changes.
The extent of potential reform — as well as questions of individual moral responsibility and systemic faults — has been a focus of lawmakers’ debate over policing, particularly since the protests following Minneapolis police’s murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, in 2020. Few Democrats on the Hill have called to lower funding to police, but Republicans have still argued that Democratic proposals are a bridge too far when it comes to public safety.
Lawmakers, as well as Nichols family attorney Ben Crump, have called for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act to be passed since Nichols’ death. That bill, which passed in the House in 2021, would prohibit racial profiling by law enforcement and ban chokeholds at the federal level, among other measures.
President Joe Biden has said he was “outraged” watching the surveillance footage of Nichols’ death.
The five Memphis officers shown beating Nichols have been charged with murder and other crimes related to his death, and they were all fired from the police department.
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( With inputs from : www.politico.com )
