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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was delighted to learn of the release, his Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq said on Friday, adding that “available information suggests that all five colleagues are in good health”.The UN Chief was profoundly relieved that their ordeal and the anxiety of their families and friends have finally come to an end, Haq said in a statement.”The Secretary-General reiterates that kidnapping is an inhumane and unjustifiable crime and calls for the perpetrators to be held accountable,” the Deputy Spokesman added.”He also expresses his solidarity with other people still held against their will in Yemen.”David Gressly, the UN Resident…

UN Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq said on Friday in a statement that the two-week-long ship-to-ship operation to pump more than one million barrels of crude oil from the dilapidated FSO Safer tanker to a temporary storage vessel was finished successfully on Friday.”The Secretary-General welcomes the news that the ship-to-ship transfer of oil from the FSO Safer to the Yemen replacement vessel has been safely concluded today, avoiding what could have been a monumental environmental and humanitarian catastrophe,” the statement said.Haq added that the UN chief thanked the Yemeni authorities for their support and expressed his gratitude to the many countries,…

Chief Justice Sanjay Kumar Mishra directed the Centre and the Jharkhand government to file a status report. The PIL was filed on behalf of Jharkhand Council for Democratic Rights. Advocate Rajeev Kumar appeared on behalf of the applicant. It was claimed in the PIL that 512 youths of Jharkhand were falsely declared ‘Maoists’, and they were made to surrender.To convince the youths to do so, they were “lured” to a position in the CRPF.The PIL claimed that senior police officers made the government “spend crores of money” in connection with this matter.The police personnel’s motive was to receive awards from…

In his response to a query raised by Rajya Sabha MP Parimal Nathwani, the minister said that one park located in Surat is already operational, while another in Mehsana is under development.The information was revealed during the monsoon session of Parliament, where details about the funding were also shared.Of the Rs 100 crore sanctioned for both parks (Rs 50 crore each), Rs 82.67 crore has already been disbursed.Across India, the Ministry of Food Processing Industries has approved a total of 41 Mega Food Parks (MFPs) in various states and union territories, with Gujarat receiving approval for two of these parks.The…

The CAG’s audit report on AB-PMJAY, which was presented in the Parliament earlier this week, highlighted various irregularities in the implementation of the scheme.Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters here, AAP spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar, while attacking the ruling dispensation, demanded a thorough investigation into the findings of the CAG report.“Taxpayers’ money has been spent in the advertisement but the beneficiaries didn’t receive the benefits. As per this scheme, it’s been told that approx 26,000 hospitals have been impaneled but the CAG report says among these hospitals, some lack doctors, some MRI and CT scan machines and most of…

The original idea was to shoot the show in Raj’s hometown in Andhra Pradesh, much like their earlier production, the horror-comedy ‘Stree’. However, the creators made a choice to set the show in north India as they got the texture and the tone suitable for the show in Uttarakhand.Talking about the show, Krishna D.K. of Raj & DK, told IANS, “We spent the maximum time looking for the ideal location for this show. It took us almost three months to lock the final location as we went around a lot of locations across the country.”‘Guns & Gulaabs’, which stars Rajkummar…

After a visit to Delhi where she met a key central leader of the Congress party, Sharmila returned to Hyderabad on Friday night.While she did not reply to queries by the waiting mediapersons, IANS learnt that all hurdles for YSRTP’s merger with the Congress party have been cleared.Sharmila, who was camping in Delhi for the last couple of days, held talks with Congress general secretary K.C. Venugopal.Though there has been a buzz in political circles for the last few months about YSRTP’s merger with the Congress, this is the first time that Sharmila has held talks with a central leader…

Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters here, Rahul Gandhi said: “The Prime Minister wants Manipur to burn. I heard him speaking in the Parliament laughing, joking and his leaders sloganeering. The Prime Minister seems to have forgotten that the state of Manipur is on fire, and has been on fire for four months.”This does not behove a Prime Minister as women and children are dying over there, people are being murdered, women are being molested, are being raped and the Prime Minister sitting in the middle of the Parliament laughing. This is not about Rahul Gandhi, this is…

“A large structure erected without permission near the hutment area, a large tin structure constructed illegally by the allottee of a camping site were also demolished during the drive,” the statement added.”A camping site illegally occupied for two years by a tenant was also retrieved during the drive. According to a spokesman of GDA, such drives would be intensified in the coming days.”–IANSzi/khz

Kokrajhar, Aug 11 (IANS) Aphaoba Singh’s second half penalty and Chandra Mohan Murmu’s goals helped Odisha FC beat I-League side Rajasthan United FC 2-1 in a Group F fixture of the 132nd Durand Cup at the SAI Stadium, here on Friday. Richardson Denzell scored the equaliser for Rajasthan after Murmu had given the lead for Odisha. Odisha and Rajasthan have three points each after completing two matches. Indian Army FT also has three points making Group F very interesting.Rajasthan United FC head coach Pushpendur Kundu lined up his team in a 4-3-3 formation with Richardson Denzell leading the attack. He…