Author: Starvision Desk

He reiterated that though some MLAs have quit the party, they don’t constitute a political unit and the party has not split — referring to the breakaway faction led by his nephew Ajit Pawar.“Why give them importance by taking their names? People are upset with those who have gone with the BJP. I can see a change coming in Maharashtra and the people will show the BJP its real place,” declared Pawar.Touching on the upcoming third meeting of the grand opposition alliance I.N.D.I.A., Pawar said that it would review the preparations for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and chart out…

He also asked on whose terms if any disengagement is happening.Tewari, who is a Lok Sabha MP from Punjab’s Anandpur Sahib parliamentary seat took to X and said, “It is interesting that the Chinese read out of the PMO & President Xi Jingping’s meeting makes no mention of disengagement. Instead it says — meeting was held at India’s request, the two sides should bear in mind the overall interests of their bilateral relations and handle properly the border issue so as to jointly safeguard peace and tranquility in the border region.””Indian position: Modi and Xi agreed ‘to direct their relevant…

After the BAI had issued notices warning players against participating in unrecognised tournaments, the organisers of GPBL took the matter to the Karnataka High Court, which stayed the BAI notice. BAI appealed in the Supreme Court, which ruled that the matter be sent back to the Karnataka HC for hearing and a final decision as the earlier order was issued ex-parte.”While the Honourable High Court of Karnataka’s order explicitly permitted players to play in the League, the players faced pressure and intimidation tactics from the Badminton Association of India. Keeping the best interests of the players in mind, the Season…

He termed the whole case as fabricated on the basis of criminal conspiracy and false evidence.He said that the truth came out on the basis of details and location of mobile calls.Janjua told the media here that a corruption case was registered against him on November 9, 2009, after which the judicial magistrate of the district court ruled that the case was a criminal conspiracy. And the evidence was falsified.The former chief secretary said it took him eight years to get the court order.He said all evidence was based on phone call records which were later proved to be fake.He…

Deputy Commissioner Dhirendra Khadgata said this order has been issued by the Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, to prevent any disturbances of peace and public order. Violation of these orders will lead to legal action under relevant provisions.He said these orders have been passed for the security of public and private property and to maintain law and order in view of the tension, agitation, fear of damage in view of the Shobha Yatra scheduled by few organisations on August 28.As a precautionary measure, the district administration has imposed Section 144 of the CrPC, prohibiting the assembly of four or more…

Both flamboyantly presented themselves as outsiders, but in different ways.The 38-year-old Vivek Ramaswamy revelled in his status as “not a politician”, but “an entrepreneur”, and as the youngest on the stage on Wednesday in Milwaukee, firmly making him an outsider amid the veteran politicians older than him.Modelling himself on former President Donald Trump, Ramaswamy hurled insults at the political veterans joining him on a seemingly impossible mission to wrest the lead for the party’s nomination from Trump.He insulted them as puppets of interest groups who were parroting memorised lines fed to them and beholden to SuperPACs (Political Action Committees) that…

The caretaker premier called the meeting in Islamabad on electricity rates and consumers’ bills with directions to the Energy Ministry and the electricity distribution companies to give a detailed briefing in this regard, The Express Tribune reported.The general public and traders’ associations have initiated large-scale protests against soaring electricity bills and heavy taxes, with demonstrations being held in different cities pushing the government to finally take notice of the issue, it added.Earlier a protest in Karachi, which was also supported by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), demanded a reduction in the ever-increasing electricity prices and additional taxes imposed through power bills.Speaking on the…

According to the study published in the journal JAMA Health Forum, spending on mental health services increased by 53 per cent from March 2020 to August 2022 among a large group of people with employer-provided insurance.“If greater utilisation of health services drives higher health care spending, insurers may begin pushing back on the new status quo,” said Jonathan Cantor, lead author of the study and a policy researcher at RAND, a nonprofit research organisation.The researchers analysed claims from approximately 7 million commercially insured adults from January 2019 to August 2022 to examine trends in mental health services following the start…