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Vendors sue Twitter for thousands of dollars in unpaid bills

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San Francisco: Elon Musk-run Twitter has been sued by a group of vendors who allege that the micro-blogging platform has failed to pay tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid bills, the media reported.
White Coat Captioning, YES Consulting and public relations firms Cancomm and Dialogue Mexico alleged in the proposed class-action lawsuit that Twitter is yet to pay bills ranging from around $40,000 to $140,000 for their services, reports CNN.
The lawsuit has been filed in the California Northern District Court.

Shannon Liss-Riordan, who has also filed four proposed class-action lawsuits and hundreds of arbitration demands on behalf of laid off Twitter workers, said that “Musk told Twitter vendors that, if they want to get paid, then sue”.
“He is now getting his wish. Businesses, like employees, should not have to sue to get paid what they are owed,” Liss-Riordan was quoted as saying in the report late on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Twitter has also been sued by laid off contract workers who allege they should be treated at par with regular employees.
The proposed class-action lawsuit claims that Twitter in November laid off numerous workers employed by staffing firm TEKsystems Inc without any advance notice.
The micro-blogging platform is also facing a lawsuit from a landlord in San Francisco claiming the company has missed rent payments, along with a couple of other lawsuits since Musk took over.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 5, 2023
Fruits, vegetables overpriced by vendors, people angry

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Srinagar, Mar 29: Amid the ongoing month of Ramadan, consumers have accused the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumers Affairs (FCSCA) department of failing to regulate the prices of vegetables, fruits, and poultry.
This come amid the government’s rate list issued early this week for both vegetables, fruits and poultry.
Consumers in Srinagar told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that none adheres to the rate list issued by the department.
“The Government has fixed the rate of chicken at Rs 130/Kg but it is being sold between Rs 135-140 per kilogram. Now tell me, where is the regulation and what is the concerned department doing,” said a consumer in Srinagar.
Mohammad Maqbool, a shopkeeper in Srinagar said there is no check on prices of fruits and vegetables and shopkeepers are selling them at exorbitant prices.
Shabir Ahmad, a private school teacher said that instead of offering discounts in the holy month of Ramadan, essentials are being sold at inflated prices.
“Rates of A and B grade bananas have been fixed at Rs 130 and Rs 90 per dozen but it is being sold in the market at Rs 140 and 120 per dozen. Same is the case with other fruits”, he said.
Similarly, people in other parts of the Valley too complained about lack of market checking.

Director FCSCA Kashmir could not be contacted.
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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

March 29, 2023
Telangana government sanctions 2,676 sheds to street vendors under Pattana Pragati

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Hyderabad: The state government has identified 618 vending zones and sanctioned 2,676 sheds to street vendors under the Pattana Pragati welfare scheme.
According to a survey conducted by the state, 4.24 percent of the urban population, that is, 6,22,476 people were found to be street vendors.
The sheds are set to create facility centers for local consumers and street vendors which will also ease the flow of traffic. The works for 1,294 sheds have been completed and another 1,382 are in progress, said a press note on Monday
Out of a total interest subsidy of Rs 66.56 crores being provided across the country the vendors across the state received about Rs 9.26 crores and out of the total Rs 23 crore cash incentives being given across the country, Telangana street vendors received Rs 4.56 crores.
Telangana has stood first in granting the first installment to the vendors, with Rs 10,000 distributed per person. The state has disbursed Rs 351.46 crores of a loan amount to 3,51,467 street vendors where as the target was to reach 3,40,000 street vendors.
Government sanctioned Rs 242.62 crore, Rs 20,000 per vendor to 1,21,672 street vendors in the distribution of its second installment of loans. Telangana provided loans to 2,214 people in the third installment, Rs 50,000 per vendor.
A total of 18,02,284 women registered as members in 1,77,503 Self Help Groups (SHG) in 143 municipalities including the Cantonment area.
A total of 26,016 urban SHGs are provided a bank linkage of Rs 2,083 crores, which exceeded the target of Rs 1,745 crores for the year 2022-23. Bank linkage of Rs 2,429 crores was provided to 33,324 SHGs where as the target was set at Rs 1,507 crores for 2021-2022.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 27, 2023
Seven men, including Delhi Policeman, thrash meat vendors, urinate on them

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Delhi: Two meat vendors were allegedly beaten up and robbed by seven men, including three Delhi Police personnel, in east Delhi’s Shahdara, a senior officer said.
The incident took place in Anand Vihar area on March 7 when the two meat vendors were travelling in their car and hit a scooter.
The accused, alleged to be ‘gau rakshaks’, urinated on the victims’ faces and threatened to kill them, the police said on Thursday.
Reportedly, a case was registered four days later, even though the victims had approached the police immediately.
All the seven men involved in the incident were booked and the three policemen, one of them an assistant sub-inspector, were suspended, the police said.
Nawab, who supplies meat to the Ghazipur slaughterhouse and a resident of Mustafabad, was headed home in his car with his cousin Shoaib when he hit a scooter near Anand Vihar. They were carrying meat in the car, according to the FIR.
The scooter driver demanded Rs 4,000 in damages from them. Just then a PCR van arrived there and one of the policemen took Rs 2,500 from the meat suppliers and gave it to the scooter driver, the FIR stated.
The policeman then demanded Rs 15,000 from the meat suppliers and threatened to take them to the police station if they did not pay up, it said.

The victims alleged the policemen in the PCR van called four other people and took them to an isolated spot. Nawab and Shoaib were confined and thrashed by the accused, who also tried to cut their hands with a knife. The accused also urinated on their faces and threatened to kill them, it added.
The policemen also accused them of slaughtering cows and threatened to dump their bodies in a drain after killing them.
The policemen allegedly extorted Rs 25,500 from the victims. The victims were “injected” with some narcotic and made to sign a few “blank papers” by the policemen, the FIR stated.
The victims sustained injuries on their limbs and back, and were taken to the GTB Hospital, the police said.
A case was filed on March 10 against the accused on charges of extortion and voluntarily causing hurt, they said.
A senior police officer said they are verifying the allegations of the complainant.
However, as per preliminary inquiry, departmental action has been initiated against the three policemen, who have been suspended till inquiry, the officer said.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 17, 2023
Paytm signs MoU with Andhra govt to empower millions of merchants, street vendors

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Delhi: One97 Communications Limited, that owns leading payments and financial services company Paytm, on Monday announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Andhra Pradesh government to drive initiatives in financial inclusion, public health and cyber security and empower millions of merchants, street vendors and hawkers in the state.
The MoU was signed on the sidelines of the Andhra Pradesh ‘Global Investors Summit 2023’, in the presence of Saurabh Gaur, Secretary, IT, Electronics and Communications, state government and Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Founder, Managing Director and CEO, Paytm.
“We are happy to partner with the government of Andhra Pradesh in their journey of sustainable development through inclusive growth. We are fully committed to driving financial inclusion at the last mile and this partnership is a step in that direction,” said Sharma.
“We will continue to empower the people of Andhra Pradesh by enabling lakhs of small businesses with mobile payments and access to various financial services,” he added.
Under the MoU, Paytm plans to empower merchants, street vendors and ‘ChiruVyaparulu’ (street hawkers) in the state to accept digital payments and provide them access to loans through its lending partners.
Paytm plans to extend its platform for providing e-government services, which will be conveniently accessible to all Paytm Super App users.
Additionally, the company aims to empower various state government departments to accept digital payments from citizens and businesses, thereby enhancing service delivery for the people.
The company proposed to also enable the digitisation of toll plazas across the state to accept payments digitally.

In the area of public health, Paytm proposed to collaborate with the State Health Authority in facilitating seamless OPD appointment booking at government and private hospitals under the forthcoming Unified Health Interface (UHI) programme.
Paytm also plans to conduct cybersecurity training for state police personnel and launch a joint campaign to raise awareness of cybersecurity best practices among citizens, particularly those residing in non-urban areas.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 6, 2023