Kulgam, Feb 20: A youth was killed after a vehicle he was travelling in met with an accident at Shamsipora railway crossing along Jammu-Srinagar national highway in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, an official said.
An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a person identified as Aqib Mehmood Sheikh son of Ghulam Mohammad, a resident of Bankoot Banihal who was traveling in his own vehicle (JK06-2337) from Srinagar towards Jammu met with an accident at Shamsipora railway crossing last evening.
He was shifted to District hospital Anantnag for treatment in critical condition, however, he was declared brought dead by the doctors, he said.
Meanwhile, Police have taken cognizance of the incident—(KNO)
Ahmedabad: The police in Gujarat’s Palanpur are looking for three to four miscreants who thrashed a youth after kidnapping him in a love affair case. The injured youth later succumbed to his injuries.
Banaskanatha district SP Akshayraj Makwana told mediapersons on Friday, “According to Aryan Modi’s dying declaration, on Thursday afternoon, he was kidnapped by three to four persons, as he was having an affair with a girl.”
They took him to an isolated place, where they first beat up Aryan, and then forced him to drink some liquid. Later, he was abandoned on the road after which he returned home. On seeing his condition, Aryan’s family members rushed him to a hospital, Makwana said.
When the police came to know about the incident, they first recorded Aryan’s statement in the presence of an executive magistrate. Aryan later succumbed to his injuries.
The police have formed four teams to nab the accused persons.
Hyderabad: Tech Mahindra Foundation Smart center is offering free training and placement assistance to unemployed youth who are in the age group of 18-30 years.
The minimum qualification of the applicants should be 10th class.
The candidates will be enrolled in Optical Fiber Technician course. The duration of the course is four months and it includes MS Office, basic computer training, internet concepts, resume preparation, and typing practice.
For more details, interested candidates can visit Tech Mahindra Smart Center located at Thakur Niwas, opposite CC Shroff Hospital, Kachiguda.
The candidates can also dial cellphone numbers 9030022505 or 7989995685.
Amaravati: The police in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday arrested a youth for allegedly killing a visually impaired minor girl, an official said.
Th victim identified as — Rani, 17, was stabbed to death by one K. Raju, when she was alone at her house on Monday, a police officer said.
The incident occurred in Guntur district in Tadepalli, in a locality near the official residence of the Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.
District incharge, S.P. Vakul Jindal said: “The accused developed a grudge against the girl after she complained to her mother over his misbehavior. The victim’s mother and aunt had pulled up Raju for misbehaving with her.”
Police said: The accused identified as — Raju, 30, was not under the influence of ganja at the time of the attack. It also clarified that there was no rowdy sheet against him but now a rowdy sheet would be opened.
Jagan Mohan Reddy has announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the victim’s family.
Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Thaneti Vanitha condemned the murder of the minor girl. She reiterated the government’s commitment to punish the culprit.
She said that police acted swiftly to arrest the accused within an hour after the incident. She made it clear that any wrongdoers, no matter who they are, would not be spared.
“It is unfortunate to witness a murder of a minor girl. The police department responded within no time and nabbed the accused. On behalf of the government, we will leave no stone unturned to punish the culprit so that such an incident is never repeated,” she said.
Vanitha slammed the Opposition for trying to take political mileage from the incident. “It is not just inhumane but shameful how the TDP is trying to get political mileage out of this tragedy. Misinformation about the incident is being spread to paint the government in a bad light. Personal rivalries are being given a different twist. I urge Chandrababu Naidu not to stoop this low,” she said.
New Delhi: A 26-year-old man who impersonated as a director and producer has been arrested for duping hundreds of youngsters on the pretext of providing them opportunities in web series, TV serials and brand shoots, said a Delhi Police official on Tuesday.
The accused has been identified as Anuj Kumar Ojha, a resident of Gopalganj district of Bihar.
According to the police, on October 21, 2022 a complaint was received through the NCRP in which the complainant stated that a person namely Anuj played a fraud on him.
In the complaint, the victim alleged that Anuj told him that he is a director and producer. After seeing the brand paid shoots story on Instagram page, the complainant contacted the accused, who lured him and later the victim also signed an agreement to work together and paid Rs 75,000 when asked by the accused.
“When I made that payment, Anuj said that your advance will be credited to your account in two days but after some time he called me back again and asked for more money for updating profile and income tax etc etc,” the complainant stated.
“The victim paid a total amount of Rs 4,43,142 and after a preliminary enquiry into the matter, a case was registered and investigation taken up,” said Ravi Kumar Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer north).
During investigation, details were sought from Instagram, call details were analyzed and a money trail was conducted but to evade police arrest the accused kept on changing his location.
“On February 6, specific inputs were received that Anuj will board the Tulsi Express and go to Bhopal. Working on this information the team was sent to Bhopal, where he was apprehended while he was trying to escape to Indore. He was served notice under section 41.1 A of Cr.P.C. but he did not cooperate in the investigation and he was arrested thereafter as per due procedure of law,” said the DCP.
“In the investigation done so far it has been noticed that Anuj portrayed himself as director and producer and used to cheat the youngsters in the name of providing them opportunity of acting in brand paid shoots, web series, TV serials etc. He used to cheat them in the name of paying for signing contract, contract fee, artist card, profile updating, GST, Income tax etc,” said the DCP.
Earlier Anuj had been in Gorakhpur jail for three months in a cheating case of 2019. “Several cases and complaints were found registered against his name,” said the official, adding that investigation of the case is in progress.
Hyderabad: The Union ministry of external affairs, G Kishan Reddy, launched the 4th edition of the ASEAN-India Youth Summit at Leonia Resorts in Shamirpet on Sunday.
The summit saw the participation of over 100 delegates from the southeast Asian nations of Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Laos, Brunei, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar and Thailand, along with 60 delegates from across India.
Kishan Reddy, while speaking on the occasion said that India is proud to have been in a glorious partnership with ASEAN for 30 years, ever since the Look-East Policy was formulated in the 1990s.
The minister further said that Asian nations have shared a civilizational legacy rooted in Hindu and Buddhist traditions.
Detailing the ‘Act East Policy’ previously mentioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Reddy said that the policy is anchored around the ‘3 Cs’-Commerce, Connectivity, and Culture-for strengthening collective engagement.
He also spoke about the various connections India had with each of the ASEAN countries, in terms of spirituality, religion and worship, and the ancient names of some cities of those countries named in Sanskrit, among others.
ASEAN secretary-general Kao Kim Hourn, who virtually addressed the event, said that he underscored the need for the youth to play a greater role to bring desirable changes to the Indo-Pacific region to ensure global peace and called upon the delegates to work towards strengthening relations amongst the Asian nations.
On most mornings, Mylène Ebrard hops on a waterbus from her home in Giudecca, a neighbourhood of Venice with a village-like feel, and across the canal to her favourite bar, where over a hot chocolate she works from her mobile phone. The ritual has become sacred to the rhythm of her day in Venice, where the French communications specialist has lived since October as part of a project aimed at attracting remote workers to help repopulate the lagoon city.
“I was just working on social media for one of my clients. They don’t see the difference if I’m here or in Paris,” said Ebrard, 38. “I love this bar during the day as you get the sun on the terrace. It’s impossible to say it’s ugly in Venice, even when it’s raining.”
In a trend that is showing little sign of abating, the population on Venice’s main island dipped below 50,000 for the first time last summer. Myriad issues have driven more than 120,000 away since the 1950s, although the overriding reason has been the city’s heavy focus on mass tourism, with thousands of visitors crowding its squares, bridges and narrow walkways each day.
Keen to help reverse the decline, a team at Venice’s Ca’ Foscari University and the Fondazione di Venezia, a cultural heritage group, created Venywhere, a project aimed at enticing those who can work from anywhere to move to the city.
Mylène Ebrard says she likes to soak up the art and culture. Photograph: Angela Giuffrida/The Observer
“There has been a strong population decline, but the other aspect is the age of those left – there is a big gap in the 25 to 35-year-old demographic,” said Massimo Warglien, a professor at Ca’ Foscari. “The objective is to attract new, qualified citizens to help change the demographic dynamic and skills of the city while at the same time imagining Venice as a laboratory to explore new ways of working.”
Ebrard didn’t need much persuading. Browsing her phone last June, she came across a story about the initiative in a French newspaper. Dealing with a break-up with her husband and sensing the time away could be beneficial, she swiftly applied.
“My grandmother was Italian and it was my dream to move to Italy,” she said. “I started to learn Italian during the coronavirus pandemic and then thought ‘I have nothing and nobody stopping me, so why not’?”
The application process is hardly onerous: you simply need to prove you can work remotely and be willing to live in Venice for at least three months. In return for a small one-off fee, the project team provides services such as assistance with finding an apartment and dealing with visa requirements as well as organising events to help the newcomers integrate.
The scheme attracted hundreds of applicants and since it began last March, it has welcomed dozens of digital nomads, including a group of 16 employees from the technology company Cisco, which is collaborating with Venywhere in its study of hybrid working.
Ebrard is among the 35 from all over the world currently living in Venice and will be there until June. She rents an apartment with a view over the Giudecca canal and has made friends with her Venetian neighbours. “I feel safe here, I can walk everywhere, I can soak up the art and culture, and the people have been very kind,” Ebrard said. “I have more time for people, more time for me and more time to figure out what I want in the future. It is as if life has sprinkled some magic on me.”
Alan Bruton, an American professor of architecture, has been teaching online since moving to the city in the autumn and has had such a good experience that he decided to stay and focus full-time on his new venture: designing a board game inspired by Venice.
“I aim to produce and become a productive member of the city,” said the 59-year-old, who has an Irish passport that enables him to stay in Europe. “It’s the perfect place for me to be located.”
Jonathan Wehlte, a software engineer from Germany, has also decided to stay longer-term. “Venice is very different from any other city I have lived in,” said Wehlte, 35. “There are no cars, you can walk everywhere… and there is so much beauty it inspires you to get out of your habitual thoughts. You start to get new ideas, and think about how society could be in the future.”
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Venice has experienced other mass exoduses over its history, such as after the fall of its powerful maritime republic which impoverished the city economically.
Tourists crowd the Rialto Bridge – a downside for digital nomads. Photograph: Jumping Rocks/Universal Images Group/Getty Images
“Before the fall of the Republic in 1797 the population was around 150,000 and in 1838 it was almost 40% less,” said Warglien. “It took decades to get back to the original population size and most of the recovery was due to a positive migratory balance.”
Venice has been creative in attracting new inhabitants in the past, he added. “During the Republic there were two levels of citizenship – for Venetians and non-Venetians, who were typically merchants. We need to think about different forms of citizenship.”
Much as they can’t dispute the uniqueness of the city, newcomers acknowledge the challenges experienced by Venetians, such as the struggle to find affordable housing or jobs that are not related to tourism. One specific downside for the digital nomads is the scarcity of co-working space.
Of course, there is the issue of living among hordes of visitors. “The true challenge is not imagining that mass tourism will magically finish – that would be difficult – but creating an alternative,” said Warglien. “We need to create a model that maintains a normal urban life and is not only dependent on tourism.”
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Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday ordered for detailed magisterial inquiry into the alleged lathi charge incident by the police on the youngsters who were demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the recruitment scams in the state.
“The Chief Minister has directed the Chief Secretary for a detailed magisterial inquiry into the law and order situation and the entire sequence of lathi charge,” a statement from the CM office said.
“After checking all the facts and circumstances, the inquiry officer will make the detailed inquiry report available to the government,” it added.
The Uttarakhand police used a baton charge on the youngsters who were demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the recruitment scams in the state after stones were allegedly pelted at them during a massive protest in Dehradun on Thursday, police said.
Dehradun DIG while taking note of the matter said that an investigation is underway into the matter.
He also said that some “outside elements” entered the protest to vitiate the atmosphere.
Some outside elements entered the protest to vitiate the atmosphere. Stone pelting was done and police vehicles were damaged while many personnel were injured. An effort is underway to identify the accused. Probe underway,” he further said.
However, police personnel also detained several protestors during the demonstration.
Meanwhile, hitting out at the Dhami government, former Chief Minister of state Harish Rawat said that the lathi charge by the police on the students was “unfortunate”.
“Students are demanding a robust exam system. Already there is a lack of jobs due to the BJP government, then paper gets leaked and cancelled. When students were protesting they were lathi-charged which is unfortunate,” Rawat said.
He also said that CM Dhami should speak with the students.
The government is facing sharp criticism after several exams were cancelled due to the leakage of the examination papers.
The recent UKPSC paper leak which resulted in the Patwari Lekhpal exam being cancelled for around 1.4 lakh candidates.
Uttarakhand recently faced a major paper leak case in December.
The case pertains to a written exam conducted by the UKSSSC in December 2021.
It was one of the major examinations conducted by the commission for 854 posts across 13 departments.
However, there were widespread allegations of irregularities in the conduct of the test. Following these allegations, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami called for a probe and strict action against those guilty.
Following this, the secretary of the commission was removed from the post. A Special Task Force (STF) was also constituted to investigate the alleged irregularities.
After the Uttarakhand State Subordinate Service Selection Commission was caught up in a paper leak case, the government asked the Uttarakhand Public Service Commission to conduct recruitment exams.
However, UKPSC officials were also arrested for their alleged involvement in the UKPSC Paper leak for the Patwari Lekhpal exam, which was conducted on January 8, 2023. As of now, a total of four people have been arrested in the case.
A case has been registered against nine people at Haridwar’s Kankhal police station on Friday after an investigation by Police’s Special Investigating Team (SIT) for the irregularities in AE/JE exam under Uttarakhand Public Services Examination (UKPSE), as informed by Uttarakhand CMO.
However, the CM on Thursday said that he approved an ordinance to bring the country’s strictest “anti-cheating law”.
“As a promise to the youth, our government has decided to bring the strictest anti-cheating law of the country. I have approved the Ordinance in this regard and sent for further action,” he wrote in a tweet in Hindi.
New Delhi: A 19-year-old teenager who was on his way to allegedly “commit a crime” in the national capital’s Dwarka area has been arrested along with four country-made pistols, the police said on Thursday.
The arrested individual has been identified as Sunny — a resident of Sampla near Rohtak in Haryana. “During questioning, he said that after watching some videos of gangsters on social media, he made a plan to rob cash and vehicles with his school friend,” the police said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka), M. Harsha Vardhan, said: “A police team was tasked to regularly conduct surveillance over the members (out on bail) of different gangs active in district and adjoining states.
“On February 6, specific inputs were received by the team regarding the movement of Sunny. The police were informed that he would come to Jharoda Kalan village to commit crime,” the DCP said.
“A trap was laid at Bahadurgarh-Najafgarh Road, and Sunny was apprehended,” Harsha Vardhan said, adding four country-made pistols and four live cartridges were recovered from his possession.
“In order to execute his plan, he arranged illegal arms to assert his dominance in the area or to commit any crime,” the DCP said.
“The source of firearms and ammunition has been identified and efforts are being made to nab the supplier(s),” the police officer added.
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government has empowered about five and half lakh youth with financial assistance and training to start their own business ventures through support from Mission Youth, Financial Institutions and Central and State Government Institutions.
As ‘Yogyata se Rozgar’ is the core mantra of present dispensation, concrete steps are being taken up to fully support young men and women in building a bright future for themselves. The beneficiaries are being extended very possible assistance and requisite expertise training enabling them start their own business units in manufacturing, services, retail, transport sector, handicraft, agri-allied and agri- infra sectors.
J&K administration is committed to channelize energy of youth in a positive direction by generating enhanced opportunities for them, whether it is sports, studies, self-employment, entrepreneurship and other fields.
The government is laying special thrust on Mission Youth programme on skilling and self-employment of youth with targeted schemes to drive a socio-economic transformation. The administration has instructed for impact assessment of initiatives and called upon stakeholders for exploring all avenues for enhanced corporate engagement in Youth empowerment and skilling programmes.
UT administration is stressing on youth skilling and self-employment in rural areas with targeted schemes to drive a socio-economic transformation.
The Union Territory government is formulating policies that engage the youth in governance process and ensure their participation in on-ground implementation. It provides the youth opportunities to become ambassadors of innovation, peace, progress and sports, maintained an official.
“Several initiatives have been taken to ensure financial inclusion where every citizen, irrespective of socio-economic status, is empowered to participate in the new age economy,” he added.
