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According to sources, the party high command has entrusted the responsibility of publicising the scheme to different state leaders and directed them to go to people belonging to the Vishwakarma community and apprise them about the scheme before October 20.The meeting, held at the BJP headquarters’ extension office, was attended by party’s national general secretaries Dushyant Gautam, Tarun Chugh, and Vinod Tawde, BJP OBC Morcha national president K. Laxman, former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb, Union Minister B.L. Verma, former Uttar Pradesh Minister Shrikant Sharma, ministers from several BJP-ruled states and MPs.Sources said that all these leaders have been given…

A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and S.V.N. Bhatti asked the GMC and the GDA to deposit Rs 10 crore and Rs 20 crore, respectively, within six weeks. It said that the amount would be used to manage solid waste and the setting up of sewage treatment plants. The bench was initially of the view that both GMC and GDA deposit Rs 50 crore. It, however, reduced the amount after the GMC counsel said that except for the collection of house tax, they don’t have any other source of revenue. On February 6, the top court sought a detailed report…

The residents are claiming that the horse has become mad and is targeting people, especially pedestrians. The residents say that the horse is roaming around Ambedkar Chowk, Bela Gola, Masan colony, and the railway overbridge area in the city and is mainly biting school-going children, women, and elderly persons. “We have admitted around half a dozen patients who have sustained horse bite injuries. Their conditions are stable,” said Dr Kasim, an in charge of the primary health centre, Ram Nagar, Bagaha. Following the attacks, the matter was reported to the Forest and Wildlife Department but so far, they have failed…

“I am directed to refer to the subject mentioned above and to say that the Competent Authority has approved the premature retirement of A.V. Prem Nath, an Entry Grade officer of DANICS (1997) in public interest under sub-rule 1 of Rule 56(j) of the Fundamental Rules and Rule 42 of CCS (Pension) Rules 1965 with immediate effect by giving three months pay and allowances in lieu of notice,” read the order by Deputy Secretary, Home, Kshitish Kumar. The Anti-Corruption Branch previously lodged an FIR against Prem Nath, a former Joint Commissioner of the Delhi Labour department, on the grounds of…

The ED said that it attached properties under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 in the case of Geodesic Limited (GL) and others.The agency said that it attached the properties in the form of 26 residential flats and shops in the name of various companies and persons — Savi Commodity and Capital Services Pvt Ltd, J&J Network Consultancy (P) Limited, Dinesh Jajodia and others situated in the states of Maharashtra and West Bengal.The ED registered a case on the basis of FIR registered by MIDC Police Station, Mumbai under various sections of IPC against the directors…

Thackeray, who was a minister in Uddhav Thackeray’s cabinet, said that the election commission while announcing poll dates for five state assemblies could have also clubbed these two Lok Sabha by polls.The two Lok Sabha seats in Chandrapur and Pune fell vacant following the deaths of incumbent members of parliament. Suresh alias Balu Dhanorkar of Congress (Chandrapur) died on May 30 while BJP’s veteran politician Girish Bapat (Pune) died after prolonged illness on March 29, this year.–IANSjoseph/dan

Shanghai, Oct 9 (IANS) Carlos Alcaraz overcame a tricky test from Daniel Evans on Monday at the Shanghai Masters, advancing 7-6(1), 6-4 to boost his ATP Year-End No. 1 chances. The Spaniard, who is making his debut in Shanghai, handled Evans’ court-craft with his own agility and power, prevailing in a series of lung-busting exchanges to improve to 41-1 on the year against players ranked outside the Top 20.Alcaraz frustrated Evans with his depth and accuracy in the third-round clash and rallied from a breakdown in the first set to lead. He then committed just two unforced errors in the…

In a post on X, the Prime Minister said, “WhatsApp for me has been a powerful medium to connect with my family members across the country.”He also shared his WhatsApp channel’s link in the message.Modi had opened his WhatsApp channel last month.–IANSans/arm

Dr Kumar Shanu, who is posted at the Sadar hospital, claimed that the BJP MLA barged into his cabin in the emergency ward and threatened him. A video in this regard went viral on social media where the verbal spat between the doctor and MLA was taking place inside the emergency ward. “A neuro case came to the emergency ward and I referred it to the higher centre for better treatment. The patient’s kin asked me to talk to the MLA which I refused. Then they asked my name, and I told them that revealing my name is not required…

Chouhan has won the Assembly elections from Budhni five times, including four times in a row (2006, 2008, 2013 and 2018) after winning for the first time in 1990.Until the fourth list of the candidates was released, the political circles were abuzz with possibilities of the five-time former Vidisha MP either being fielded in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, or being shifted to some challenging seat in the November 17 Assembly polls.The speculation also become rife after the party fielded several heavyweights, including three Union ministers, for the Assembly polls in its second list, which was released on September 25.…