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Addressing a pre-G20 summit press conference, he, replying to a question on Russia and China being seen as a separate block within G20 and concerns between Global South and independent economies, said: “Yes, independent economies come from a different economic base, but priorities of Global South are central to the priorities and modalities of G20.” He added that India has been on the forefront of speaking on priorities of the Global South at various platforms. On India being under pressure during negotiations for the final declaration, the Foreign Secretary said that India’s aim is to build consensus among all member…

The Pragati Maidan area falls under New Delhi district, which has been termed the “Controlled Zone 1” for the G20 Summit and vehicular restrictions are imposed in the area.According to police, the official twitter handle of DCP Outer North was tagged regarding a tweet by twitter handle of one Kuldeep Sah (21), mentioning that “Yah auto driver Pragati Maidan ki taraf guns aur explosive Lekar ja raha hai (this auto-rickshaw driver is transporting firearms and explosives towards the Pragati Maidan)”, while sharing the registration number and picture of auto-rickshaw.The Deputy Commissioner of Police (outernorth) Ravi Kumar Singh said that considering…

Sunak, who arrived on Friday afternoon to attend the G20 summit, said that both the countries want to make the deal work.”We’re working very hard, as I said, on our shared ambition of concluding an ambitious and comprehensive trade deal between India and the UK, because both of us think that would be a good thing and both of us need to make sure it works for our two countries. And at forums like this, I am very keen to support prime minister Modi in making sure that this G20 is an enormous success for India, which I know it…

Addressing the gathering at a function to hand over recruitment letters to 710 newly inducted Patwaris, the Chief Minister said this is the need of the hour to ensure that under training Patwaris discharge their duties in a smooth and hassle-free manner.He said Rs 5,000 was too inadequate for the Patwaris who had come into service after clearing a tough competition due to which his government had taken this decision.Mann said there is no dearth of funds with the government to ensure the wellbeing of the employees of the government.The Chief Minister exhorted the Patwaris to judiciously use their pen…

A division bench of Justice A. S. Gadkari and Justice Sharmila Deshmukh set aside the FIRs – one in Mumbai and another in Pune – after Advocate-General Birendra Saraf informed the court that the Mumbai Police was not given the sanction to prosecute Shukla under the CrPC’s Section 197. Shukla had filed the petition seeking to quash the FIRs filed in the Colaba Police Station in Mumbai and Bund Garden Police Station in Pune, for similar offences. The first (Mumbai) FIR pertained to the alleged phone-snooping of Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut and Nationalist Congress Party’s Eknath Khadse. The second…

The IOC Executive Board (EB) made this proposal following the recommendations of the IOC Members Election Commission.The EB also proposed the re-election of seven IOC Members within the age limit, as well as the extension of the terms of office of two IOC Members, the organisation informed in a release after a virtual meeting of the IOC Executive Board on Friday.The EB approved the nomination of eight candidates – four women and four men – for election as IOC Members by the upcoming Session.Five candidates, three women and two men, have been proposed as Independent Individuals. They are Yael Arad…

A team of almost 300 craftsmen worked round the clock, employing traditional Indian manufacturing techniques as well as latest computerized (CNC) techniques, to accomplish the herculean task.This collection is produced using various metal alloys which is coated with the thick layer of pure silver under the guidance of the founder CEO of the group, Arun Pabuwal, and assisted by his daughter Antara Pabuwal, said company workers.The painstaking design process and the deliberations began almost six months back with the ITC Hotel Maurya, New Delhi, who worked in close coordination with the PMO, MEA and ITPO and another government agencies for…

The angry mob even torched the party office of Trinamool Congress after ransacking it. Four police personnel have been reportedly injured in clashes with the violent mob. Ten persons have been arrested in this connection so far.It is learnt that on Friday, there was a joint gathering of Congress and CPI(M) at Raninagar to celebrate the victory of the alliance candidate in a zilla parishad seat in the recently-concluded panchayat elections.State Congress President and veteran Lok Sabha MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who hails from Murshidabad district, was also present on the occasion.Local police sources said that tension broke out at…

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Revenue Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil was the target of the turmeric attack by two persons at the government guest house, catching his aides and security unawares. Vikhe-Patil was reading a memorandum the duo had handed to him when one of them whipped out a packet of turmeric powder and emptied it on the minister’s head and face, even as some others clicked videos which went viral. As the aides and security caught the person, thrashed him and then handed him over to the local police, he was heard raising slogans demanding reservations for the Dhangar…

The Governor said on Friday that the nominations are not fitting into any of the category which can be nominated under the Governor’s quota.Last month, the state government had decided to nominate ruling party leaders K. Satyanarayana and Dasoju Sravan to the Legislative Council under the Governor’s quota.Satyanarayana is from Scheduled Tribes community while Sravan is from Backward classes.During an informal chat with media persons, Tamilisai said that nominations under the Governor’s quota are not political nominations and that there are certain criteria that have to be followed.It may be recalled that a similar objection raised by the Governor on…