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House Republicans will formally kick off their immigration and border work on Wednesday, but are sidestepping a controversial asylum proposal, for now.
Rajasthan: Govt medicos to go on strike on Wednesday in solidarity with private doctors
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Jaipur: Medical services in Rajasthan are likely to be seriously affected on Wednesday with government doctors and faculty members at medical colleges announcing a one-day mass leave in solidarity with private doctors agitating against the Right to Heath Bill.
Emergency services, however, will be exempted.
Private hospitals and nursing homes in Rajasthan have been shut for several days due to a strike by private doctors, leading to a rush of patients in government hospitals.
Private doctors have been striking to demand the withdrawal of the bill, which was passed in the assembly last week.
On Tuesday, the All Rajasthan In-Service Doctors’ Association announced the one-day strike in support of the agitating private doctors.
Association general secretary Dr Shankar Bamnia said more than 15,000 in-service (government) doctors will go on a one-day mass leave in support of the private doctors’ movement against the Right to Health Bill. Resident doctors and medical college faculties will also join the strike.
“All doctors will be on a one-day mass leave in support of the (private doctors’) movement,” Bamnia said.
Bamnia, however, said emergency services will not be affected.
The protesting doctors have claimed that the bill will increase bureaucratic interference in their functioning.
According to the bill, every resident of the state will have the right to emergency treatment and care “without prepayment” at any “public health institution, health care establishment and designated health care centres”.
Dr Vijay Kapoor, secretary of the Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes Society, said their agitation entered the 11th day on Tuesday.
Claiming that Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has not yet called them for talks, Kapoor said he should directly speak with the agitating doctors instead of spending lakhs of rupees on advertisements.
Chief Secretary Usha Sharma and senior state officials held a meeting with a delegation of the agitating private hospital operators on Sunday and assured them to hold a discussion on their suggestions regarding the bill.
However, the doctors were adamant and said any discussion would be possible only after the bill was withdrawn.
The bill was passed following the recommendations by a select committee.
Before the bill was amended, the draft mentioned “any health care provider, establishment or facility, including private provider, establishment or facility, public health institution, health care establishment and designated health care centres, qualified”.
According to the amended bill that was passed, “designated health care centres” mean health care centres as prescribed in the rules, which are yet to be framed.
The private doctors said their one-point demand is the bill’s withdrawal and any discussion on the points in it will be held only after the government fulfills the demand.
Health Minister Parsadi Lal has already clarified that the bill will not be withdrawn because all the suggestions from doctors have already been incorporated and hence the demand was not justified.
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#Rajasthan #Govt #medicos #strike #Wednesday #solidarity #private #doctors( With inputs from www.siasat.com )
List of Padma awards conferred on Wednesday
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New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday conferred Padma awards to renowned people and unsung heroes, a few posthumously, from different walks of life for their contribution in various fields.
The President had approved the conferment of 106 Padma awards, including three duo cases (in a duo case, the award is counted as one), on the eve of this year’s Republic Day.
Of these, 54 awards (three Padma Vibhushan, four Padma Bhushan and 47 Padma Shri) were conferred on Wednesday evening at the investiture ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Following is the list of awardees:
Padma Vibhushan- Prof Balkrishna Doshi (Posthumous), Architecture, Gujarat.
- Zakir Hussain, Art, Maharashtra (Not present in the investiture ceremony)
- Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna, Public Affairs, Karnataka
Padma Bhushan - Kumar Mangalam Birla, Trade and Industry, Maharashtra
- Suman Kalyanpur, Art, Maharashtra
- Prof Kapil Kapoor, Literature and Education, Delhi
- Kamlesh D Patel, Spiritualism, Telangana
Padma Shri - Jodhaiya Bai Baiga, Art, Madhya Pradesh
- Usha Barle, Art, Chhattisgarh
- Sankurathri Chandrasekhar, Social Work, Andhra Pradesh
- Raman Cheruvayal, Agriculture, Kerala
- Bhanubhai Chunilal Chitara, Art, Gujarat
- Narendra Chandra Debbarma (Posthumous), Public Affairs, Tripura
- Vadivel Gopal and Masi Sadaiyan (Duo), Social Work, Tamil Nadu
- Hem Chandra Goswami, Art, Assam
- Pritikana Goswami, Art, West Bengal
- Dr Modadugu Vijay Gupta, Science and Engineering, Telangana
- Dilshad Hussain, Art, Uttar Pradesh
- Bhiku Ramji Idate, Social Work, Maharashtra
- Dr Rattan Singh Jaggi, Literature and Education, Punjab
- Bikram Bahadur Jamatia, Social Work, Tripura
- Rakesh Radheyshyam Jhunjhunwala (Posthumous), Trade and Industry, Maharashtra
- Guru Thiruvidaimarudur Kuppiah Kalyanasundaram, Art, Tamil Nadu
- Dr Ratan Chandra Kar, Medicine, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Mahipatrai Prataprai Kavi, Art, Gujarat
- Maguni Charan Kuanr, Art, Odisha.
- Prof (Dr) Arvind Kumar, Science and Engineering, Uttar Pradesh
- Risingbor Kurkalang, Art, Meghalaya
- Hirbaiben Ibrahimbhai Lobi, Social Work, Gujarat
- Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande, Literature and Education, Maharashtra
- Nadoja Pindipapanahalli Munivenkatappa, Art, Karnataka
- Prof (Dr) Mahendra Pal, Science and Engineering, Gujarat
- Nalini Parthasarathi, Medicine, Puducherry
- Dr Hanumantha Rao Pasupuleti, Medicine, Telangana
- Ramesh Raghunath Patange, Literature and Education, Maharashtra
- V P Appukuttan Poduval, Social Work, Kerala
- S R D Prasad, Sports, Kerala
- Chintalapati Venkatapathi Raju, Art, Andhra Pradesh
- Dr Bandi Ramakrishna Reddy, Literature and Education, Telangana
- Mangala Kanta Roy, Art, West Bengal
- Prof (Dr) Manoranjan Sahu, Medicine, Uttar Pradesh
- Kota Satchidananda Sastry, Art, Andhra Pradesh
- Gurcharan Singh, Sports, Delhi
- Laxman Singh, Social Work, Rajasthan
- Prof Prakash Chandra Sood, Literature and Education, Andhra Pradesh
- Neihunuo Sorhie, Art, Nagaland
- S Subbaraman, Archaeology, Karnataka
- Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari, Literature and Education, Uttar Pradesh.
- Dhaniram Toto, Literature and Education, West Bengal
- Tularam Upreti, Agriculture, Sikkim (not present in the investiture ceremony)
- Dr G Veluchamy, Medicine, Tamil Nadu
- Karma Wangchu (Posthumous), Social Work, Arunachal Pradesh
- Ghulam Mohammad Zaz, Art, Jammu and Kashmir
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Trump grand jury called off for Wednesday
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“The D.A.’s office didn’t tell the court why the day off, [they] just said, ‘I don’t want them today, maybe tomorrow,’” the official added.
A spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said, “We can’t confirm or comment on Grand Jury matters.”
The delay was first reported by Insider.
The investigation appeared to be in its final stages in recent days, as prosecutors allowed a defense witness, Robert Costello, to testify on Monday.
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( With inputs from : www.politico.com )Mitt Romney castigated Biden’s budget chief on Wednesday over Democrats’ insistence that Republicans want to cut Social Security.
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It’s the latest instance of cross-party tensions boiling over on how to fix the entitlement program.
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( With inputs from : www.politico.com )Lalu Prasad, Rabri Devi to appear before Delhi court in land-for-job scam case on Wednesday
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New Delhi: Former railway minister Lalu Prasad, his wife and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi and 14 others are likely to appear before a Delhi court on Wednesday in connection with a case related to the alleged land-for-job scam.
The case relates to alleged appointments made in the railways in return for land parcels gifted or sold to Prasad’s family when he was the minister of railways between 2004 and 2009.
The CBI in its charge sheet alleged that irregular appointments were made in the railways, violating the laid down norms and procedures of Indian Railways for recruitment.
It alleged that as a quid pro quo, the candidates directly or through their immediate relatives and family members sold land to the family members of RJD chief Prasad, then railway minister, at highly discounted rates up to one-fifth of the prevailing market rates.
Special judge Geetanjali Goel had on February 27 issued summons to the accused persons, including Prasad’s daughter Misa Bharti, and directed them to appear before the court on March 15.
“A perusal of the charge sheet and the documents and material on record prima facie shows commission of offences under Section 120B (criminal conspiracy), read with sections 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of valuable security, will, etc.), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating) and 471 (using forged document as genuine) of the IPC and various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Accordingly, cognizance is taken of the said offences,” the judge had said.
The judge had noted that the charge sheet was filed without arrest in respect of the accused persons except one who is on bail at present.
In July 2022, the CBI arrested Bhola Yadav, who used to be the officer on special duty (OSD) to Lalu Prasad when he was the railway minister, in the case.
The charge sheet was filed on October 10 last year for offences of criminal conspiracy and corruption against 16 accused persons.
The final report also named former general manager of Central Railway Sowmya Raghavan, former CPO Railways Kamal Deep Mainrai, seven aspirants appointed as substitutes and four private individuals.
According to the charge sheet, the case was registered pursuant to the outcome of a preliminary inquiry against Lalu Prasad and others.
It was alleged in the FIR that some persons, although residents of Patna in Bihar, were appointed as substitutes in Group-D posts during the period 2004-2009 in different zones of the railways located in Mumbai, Jabalpur, Kolkata, Jaipur and Hajipur and in lieu thereof, the individuals themselves or their family members transferred their land in the name of family members of Prasad and a company, AK Infosystems Private Limited, which was subsequently taken over by the family members of Prasad.
It was further alleged that about 1,05,292 square feet land situated in Patna was acquired by the family members of Prasad from those persons through five sale deeds and two gift deeds and in most of the sale deeds, payment to the sellers was mentioned to be paid in cash.
The value of the land as per existing circle rate was about Rs 4.39 crore, the CBI alleged.
The land was directly purchased by the family members of Prasad from the sellers at a rate lower than the prevalent circle rate, the CBI said, adding that the prevalent market value of the land was much higher than the circle rate.
It was alleged that the due procedure and guidelines issued by the railway authority for the appointment of substitutes were not followed and later on, their services had also been regularised.
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SC agrees to examine Uddhav Thackeray plea against EC decision on Wednesday
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear on Wednesday a plea by Uddhav Thackeray against the Election Commission of India (ECI) decision recognising the Eknath Shinde faction as the official Shiv Sena.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing Thackeray, submitted before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud that if the ECI order is not stayed then they will take over everything, bank accounts, etc. Sibal said, “My only request is, take up the matter tomorrow morning with the constitution bench matters.”
The bench, also comprising Justice P.S. Narasimha, said they don’t want to disrupt the constitution bench as there are three judges waiting and added, “we will finish the constitution bench and get up a little early and then take it up tomorrow”. Sibal requested the bench to take up the matter Tuesday only.
The Chief Justice said, “We have not read it yet…tomorrow.” The bench decided to take up the matter at 3.30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Thackeray, in the plea filed through advocate Amit Anand Tiwari, said the ECI has failed to appreciate that the petitioner enjoys overwhelming support in the rank and file of the party. “The petitioner has an overwhelming majority in the Pratinidhi Sabha, which is the apex representative body, representing the wishes of the primary members and other stakeholders of the party. The Pratinidhi Sabha is the apex body recognised under Article VIII of the Party Constitution. The petitioner enjoys the support of 160 members out of approximately 200 odd members in the Pratinidhi Sabha”, it added.
The plea contended that the ECI has failed to discharge its duties as a neutral arbiter of disputes under para 15 of the symbols order and has acted in a manner undermining its constitutional status.
On February 17, the Election Commission allotted the Shiv Sena party name and the bow and arrow symbol to the faction led by Eknath Shinde.
“The ECI has disregarded the party Constitution of 2018 (which was admitted even by the respondent No.1 to be the Constitution governing the parties) on the ground that such a constitution is undemocratic and that it was not communicated to the Commission. These observations are totally erroneous as the amendments in the Constitution were categorically communicated to the Commission in 2018 itself and the petitioner will place clear evidence in this regard,” said the plea, seeking interim stay on the ECI order passed on February 17.
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Income tax survey at BBC office to continue till Wednesday
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Representative Image New Delhi: The ‘survey’ being conducted by the Income Tax (I-T) Department at BBC’s Delhi and Mumbai offices since Tuesday morning are expected to continue through the night till Wednesday morning, sources aware of the developments said.
No official reaction on the development has come from the I-T department or the Finance Ministry till the filing of this report.
I-T officials are said to have seized phones and laptops from the staffers in the broadcaster’s offices, according to reports.
The ‘survey’ came weeks after a two-part documentary by the BBC on the 2002 Gujarat riots had created furore across the country.
As per reports, the I-T department officials are learnt to be probing tax details of the UK’s national broadcaster pertaining to the past few years.
“The income tax authorities are currently at the BBC offices in New Delhi and Mumbai and we are fully cooperating. We hope to have this situation resolved as soon as possible,” the BBC had tweeted on Tuesday afternoon.
Employees were allowed to leave six hours after the searches began, only after their laptops had been scanned, reports quoting sources said.
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Lakhimpur Kheri case: SC to pronounce order on Wednesday on Ashish Mishra bail plea
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court would pronounce its order on Wednesday on the bail plea of Ashish Mishra, key accused in the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence case and son of Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra.
According to the cause list uploaded on the apex court website, a bench comprising Justices Surya Kant and J.K. Maheshwari will pronounce the order on January 25.
The apex court had reserved its order on Mishra’s plea on January 19.
Additional Advocate General for Uttar Pradesh Garima Prashad opposed Mishra’s bail plea. She had submitted that it was a grave and heinous crime and granting bail will send a wrong signal to society.
Senior advocate Dushyant Dave, appearing for those opposing the bail plea, said grant of bail will send a terrible message to society.
“It is a conspiracy and a well-planned murder. I will show it from the charge sheet. He is the son of a powerful man being represented by a powerful lawyer,” he said.
Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Mishra, strongly opposed Dave’s submission, saying: “What is this? Who is powerful? We are appearing every day. Can this be a condition to not grant bail?”
He submitted that his client has been in custody for more than a year and the way the trial is going, it will take seven to eight years to complete it.
He said that Jagjit Singh, who is the complainant in the case, is not an eyewitness and his complaint is just based on hearsay.
“Jagjit Singh is the complainant and he is not an eyewitness. I am surprised that when there are many people saying we ran over people mercilessly, an FIR is registered on the version of a person who is not an eyewitness?” Rohatgi said, adding that his client is not a criminal and there are no past records.
On October 3, 2021, eight people were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri district’s Tikunia in a violence that erupted when farmers were protesting against UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya’s visit to the area.
According to the Uttar Pradesh Police FIR, four farmers were mowed down by an SUV, in which Ashish Mishra was seated.
Following the incident, a driver and two BJP workers were allegedly lynched by angry farmers. A journalist also died in the violence.
On December 6 last year, a trial court had framed charges against Mishra and 12 others for the alleged offences of murder, criminal conspiracy and others in the case of death of the protesting farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri, paving the way for the start of the trial.
A total of 13 accused, including Mishra, have been charged under IPC sections 147 and 148 related to rioting, 149 (unlawful assembly), 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder), 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 427 (mischief) and 120B (punishment for criminal conspiracy), and section 177 of the Motor Vehicle Act.
The other 12 accused are Ankit Das, Nandan Singh Bisht, Latif Kale, Satyam a.k.a Satya Prakash Tripathi, Shekhar Bharti, Sumit Jaiswal, Ashish Pandey, Lavkush Rana, Shishu Pal, Ullas Kumar Trivedi, Rinku Rana and Dharmendra Banjara.
All of them are in jail.
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#Lakhimpur #Kheri #case #pronounce #order #Wednesday #Ashish #Mishra #bail #plea( With inputs from www.siasat.com )
