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Punjab government sends back Rs 8 lakh bill to Raj Bhawan

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CHANDIGARH: Confrontation is brewing between the AAP-led Punjab government and Governor Banwarilal Purohit, as the government has refused to pay a bill of over Rs 8 lakh regarding a week-long event held at Raj Bhawan, and sent it back after raising objections. The AAP government in Delhi has frequent run-ins with the Lt. Governor in the national capital

As per sources, Raj Bhawan officials sent a bill for Rs 8.31 lakh to the state government for a religious function held there from April 23 to 29, for which tents, furniture and other items were taken on hire. A letter was sent to the state government on June 16, along with a bill dated May 11, asking for payment to be made to the concerned firm.

Sources say officials in the state government deliberated upon the head under which the expenses should be shown and the account for making the payment. The finance department showed its inability to clear it, and the bill was sent back to the Raj Bhawan. “It is for the first time that the state government has sent back a bill that the governor’s house sent,’’ an official said.

Mizoram Chief Minister sorry after daughter assaults doctor

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Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga on Sunday publicly apologised after his daughter physically assaulted a dermatologist in Aizwal for asking her to get an appointment before consulting him.

Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga

GUWAHATI:  Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga on Sunday publicly apologised after his daughter physically assaulted a dermatologist in Aizwal for asking her to get an appointment before consulting him.
“We have nothing to justify or say in defence of our daughter’s behaviour towards the doctor. We ask forgiveness from the doctor and the public,” Zoramthanga Said

Videograb of Mizoram CM’s
daughter attacking a doctor at a clinic

He met the doctor personally and apologised. He thanked the Mizoram unit of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) for not taking any “stringent action” against his daughter. In a video that has gone viral on social media, the CM’s daughter Milari Chhangte can be seen approaching the doctor at a clinic and punching him before those present there pulled her away.

In another video, her security guard can be seen leading her away while she continued to shout at the doctor. Sources said she got angry after the doctor told her to get an appointment for consultation.

Her elder brother, Ramthansiama, apologised for her behaviour and said she was depressed after suffering injuries on her forehead from a fall the previous night. The incident triggered outrage among members of the IMA and they registered their protest by wearing black badges to work on Saturday.

BJP raps Kejri, Congress hits out at AAP government

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NEW DELHI: With Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia indulging in hyperbole instead of responding to specific charges against him on the excise policy scam, the Congress on Sunday demanded his resignation, saying the ruling AAP should address the fundemental issue and stop hiding behind the education policy debate.

The Congress also attacked the BJP, saying a blacklisted Madhya Pradesh company that was allotted liquor vends in Delhi was a “major donor” to that party. The BJP, it said, had admitted to such donations in its disclosures to the Election Commission. Yet, the company was curiously not been named in the CBI FIR on the excise scam, Delhi Congress president Anil Choudhary alleged. 

Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said, “The AAP should stop hiding behind the education policy debate as the fundamental issue here is the liquor policy.” With Sisodia seeking to spin the 2024 contest as that between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the BJP went after the latter, calling him the kingpin of the scam.

“Roots of the excise policy scam lead to the doorstep of corrupt Kejriwal. No one is above the law and no corrupt person will be spared,” BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia alleged,  As for the AAP, it mocked the Centre, accusing it of playing a ‘CBI-ED game’’ instead of focusing on problems of inflation and unemployment.

Russia’s war at 6 months: A global economy in growing danger

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MECKENHEIM, Germany: Martin Kopf needs natural gas to run his family’s company, Zinkpower GmbH, which rustproofs steel components in western Germany

Zinkpower’s facility outside Bonn uses gas to keep 600 tons of zinc worth 2.5 million euros ($2.5 million) in a molten state every day. The metal will harden otherwise, wrecking the tank where steel parts are dipped before they end up in car suspensions, buildings, solar panels and wind turbines.

Six months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the consequences are posing a devastating threat to the global economy, including companies like Zinkpower, which employs 2,800 people. Gas is not only much more costly, it might not be available at all if Russia completely cuts off supplies to Europe to avenge Western sanctions, or if utilities can’t store enough for winter.

Germany may have to impose gas rationing that could cripple industries from steelmaking to pharmaceuticals to commercial laundries. “If they say, we’re cutting you off, all my equipment will be destroyed,” said Kopf, who’ also chairs Germany’s association of zinc galvanizing firms.

Governments, businesses and families worldwide are feeling the war’s economic effects just two years after the coronavirus pandemic ravaged global trade. Inflation is soaring, and rocketing energy costs have raised the prospect of a cold, dark winter. Europe stands at the brink of recession.

High food prices and shortages, worsened by the cutoff of fertilizer and grain shipments from Ukraine and Russia that are slowly resuming, could produce widespread hunger and unrest in the developing world.

Outside Uganda’s capital of Kampala, Rachel Gamisha said Russia’s war in faraway Ukraine has hurt her grocery business. She has felt it in surging prices for necessities like gasoline, selling for $6.90 a gallon. Something that’s 2,000 shillings (about $16.70) this week may cost 3,000 shillings ($25) next week.

“You have to limit yourself,” she said. “You have to buy a few things that move fast.’’

Gamisha has noticed something else, too — a phenomenon called “shrinkflation”: A price may not change, but a doughnut that used to weigh 45 grams may now be only 35 grams. Bread that weighed 1 kilogram is now 850 grams.

Russia’s war led the International Monetary Fund last month to downgrade its outlook for the global economy for the fourth time in under a year. The lending agency expects 3.2% growth this year, down from the 4.9% it forecast in July 2021 and well below a vigorous 6.1% last year.

“The world may soon be teetering on the edge of a global recession, only two years after the last one,” Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, the IMF’s chief economist, said.

The U.N. Development Program said rising food and energy prices threw 71 million people worldwide into poverty in the first three months of the war. Countries in the Balkans and sub-Saharan Africa were hit hardest. Up to 181 million people in 41 countries could suffer a hunger crisis this year, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization has projected.

In Bangkok, rising costs for pork, vegetables and oil have forced Warunee Deejai, a street-food vendor, to raise prices, cut staff and work longer hours.

“I don’t know how long I can keep my lunch price affordable,” she said. “Coming out from COVID lockdowns and having to face this is tough. Worse is, I don’t see the end of it.’’

Even before Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine, the global economy was under pressure. Inflation had skyrocketed as a stronger-than-expected recovery from the pandemic recession overwhelmed factories, ports and freight yards, causing delays, shortages and higher prices. In response, central banks began raising interest rates to try to cool economic growth and tame spiking prices.

“We’ve all got all these different things going on,” said Robin Brooks, chief economist at the International Institute of Finance. “The volatility of inflation went up. The volatility of growth went up. And therefore, it’s become infinitely harder for central banks to steer the ship.’’

China, pursuing a zero-COVID policy, imposed lockdowns that have severely weakened the world’s second-biggest economy. At the time, many developing countries still grappled with the pandemic and the heavy debts they had taken on to protect their populations from economic disaster.

All those challenges might have been manageable. But when Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, the West responded with heavy sanctions. Both actions disrupted trade in food and energy. Russia is the world’s third-biggest petroleum producer and a leading exporter of natural gas, fertilizer and wheat. Farms in Ukraine feed millions globally.

The resulting inflation has rippled out to the world.

Near Johannesburg, South Africa, Stephanie Muller has been comparing prices online and checking different grocery stores to find the best deals.

“I have three children who are all in school, so I have been feeling the difference,” she said.

Shopping at a market in Vietnam’s capital of Hanoi, Bui Thu Huong said she’s been limiting her spending and cutting back on weekend dinners out. At least there’s one advantage to cooking at home with her children: “We can bond with them more in the kitchen, while saving money at the same time.”

Syahrul Yasin Limpo, Indonesia’s agriculture minister, warned this month that the price of instant noodles, a staple in the Southeast Asian nation, might triple because of inflated wheat prices. In neighboring Malaysia, vegetable farmer Jimmy Tan laments that fertilizer prices are up 50%. He’s also paying more for supplies like plastic sheets, bags and hoses.

In Karachi, Pakistan, far from the battlefields of Ukraine, Kamran Arif has taken a second, part-time job to supplement his wages.

“Because we have no control on prices, we can only try to increase our income,” he said.

A vast majority of people live in poverty in Pakistan, whose currency has lost up to 30% of its value against the dollar and the government has increased electricity prices 50%.

Muhammad Shakil, an importer and exporter, says he can no longer get wheat, white chickpeas and yellow peas from Ukraine.

“Now that we have to import from other countries, we have to buy at higher prices” — sometimes 10%-15% more, Shakil said.

As the war fuels inflation, central banks are raising interest rates to try to slow price increases without derailing economic growth.

The resulting increase in loan rates is punishing FlooringStores, a New York company that helps customers find flooring material and contractors. Sales are down because fewer homeowners are borrowing to pay for home improvements.

“A huge percentage of our customers finance their projects with home-equity loans and similar products, meaning that the hike in interest rates really killed our business,” CEO Todd Saunders said. “Inflation wasn’t helping, but the interest rates had a bigger effect.’’

Europe, which for years depended on Russian oil and natural gas for its industrial economy, has absorbed a gut punch. It faces the growing threat of recession as the Kremlin throttles back flows of natural gas used to heat homes, generate electricity and fire up factories. Prices are 15 times what they were before Russia massed troops on the Ukrainian border in March 2021.

“There’s a lot more recessionary risk and pressure in Europe than in the rest of the high-income economies,” said Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and a former Bank of England policymaker.

The damage has hardly spared Russia, whose economy the IMF expects to contract 6% this year. Sergey Aleksashenko, a Russian economist now living in the United States, noted that the country’s retail sales tumbled 10% in the second quarter compared with a year earlier as consumers cut back.

“They have no money to spend,” he said.

Amit Shah meets Jr NTR, sparks talk of a new political story

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HYDERABAD: In a surprise deviation from his itinerary in Telangana to address the ‘Munugodu Samarabheri’ public meeting on Sunday, Union Minister for Home Affairs Amit Shah met Tollywood actor Junior NTR, the grandson of TDP founder and former CM of united Andhra Pradesh late NT Rama Rao, sparking speculations about a new political story in the making. The two met for about 10-15 minutes at the Novotel Hotel in Shamshabad on Sunday night.

It may be recalled that Junior NTR had campaigned for TDP in the 2009 Assembly elections, but later withdrew from political life and preferred to focus on his film career. The grapevine has it that his relations with his uncle and former chief minister of AP, N Chandrababu Naidu are uneasy. Impressed by Junior NTR’s performance in the film RRR, Amit Shah has already showered praises on him. In this backdrop, it is believed that Shah decided to accommodate Junior NTR in his busy schedule. There were also recent reports that RRR was being nominated for the Oscars.

According to BJP sources, the informal private interaction between Shah and Junior NTR was mostly on the success of RRR. However, meeting with Junior NTR and not the movie’s director SS Rajamouli, despite nominating the latter’s father SS Vijayendra Prasad to the Rajya Sabha, has led to speculation on the political content in the talks Shah had with Junior NTR.

Also because Junior NTR has a mass following in both the Telugu states, speculation is rife that BJP wants to use his stardom to attract the Kamma vote bank in Telangana, by getting closer to him and portraying an image that the actor is endorsing the BJP.

This is not the first time that the BJP has used film actors and actresses in their party affairs and political campaigns. Actress Vijayashanti, comedian and former MLA Babu Mohan, veteran actress Gouthami, former MP and veteran Tollywood actor Krishnam Raju were among a few whose services the saffron party used in the past. 

As reported in these columns, Amit Shah met media tycoon Cherukuri Ramoji Rao and had a private meeting with him for 20 minutes at Ramoji Film City, after the conclusion of the public meeting in Munugode on Sunday evening. Though Union Minister for Tourism and Culture G Kishan Reddy and other leaders were present with him, the meeting was held privately between the two. BJP leaders have neither confirmed, nor denied that former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu was present during that meeting.

It was observed at the public meeting that except former Munugode MLA Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy, none of the State leaders have made elaborate speeches. In fact BJP State president Bandi Sanjay, Union Minister for Tourism and Culture G Kishan Reddy and Rajya Sabha MP Dr K Laxman had limited their speeches to just couple of minutes. Even Amit Shah’s speech was not as elaborate as expected, as he had to go to Ramoji Film City from there.

Right after landing at Begumpet Airport on Sunday afternoon, Amit Shah went to offer his prayers at the famous Ujjaini Mahankali Temple in Secunderabad, after which he went straight to BJP’s SC Morcha worker N Satyanarayana’s house at Sambamurthy Nagar locality in Secunderabad. Before flying back to Delhi, Shah held a meeting with select party leaders, and reportedly gave them directions about the future course of action in the party.

According to BJP sources, the informal private interaction between Shah and NTR was mostly on the success of RRR movie.

Pickup truck driver killed after he sandwiched between vehicle and glass panes both firm owners booked

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Parmesh S Jain

In a freak accident,a 38-year-old driver of a pick up truck was killed after he sandwiched between the glass panes he was unloading in Subramanyapura on Wednesaday.

The deceased Shankar G was given a consignment order by Geetha Glass and Hardware firm in Amruthahalli to deliver window glass panes to Vasanthapura,at Ganesh Glass and plywood,Victim took material load from there he reached Vasanthapura at around 2.30 pm to the destination.

While unloading a heavy glass pane fell on him and he was sandwiched between the vehicle and pane .

People who noticed the mishap rushed to his help,pulled him out and taken to Astra hospital at konanakunte from there he was shifted to KIMS Hospital,where he was declared dead two hours later .

The Subramanyapura police have registered a case of death due to negligence against both owners of the firm for further investigations.

The police said that the death was due to chocking and there was no external injuries .

The police are awaiting post mortem report to ascertain the cause of death.

Man held,DRI officials busted International level drug racket Recovered Heroin Drugs Worth Rs.112 Crores

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Parmesh S Jain

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials on Monday busted another international drug racket and arrested a 35-year-old man at Bengaluru Railway Station and seized 16 kg of heroin worth Rs.112 crore which he had concealed in a specially designed cavity of the trolly bag he was carrying.

Senior officer told reporters The accused hails from Karnataka-Kerala border had landed in Bengaluru airport by morning flight from Addis Ababa,Ethiopia,and was on his way to New Delhi by train,when based on a specific inputs,the DRI officials traced him at the KSR railway station and arrested him.

The accused had gone to business visa for a week and was assigned the job by a gang to handover the trolley bag to a person soon after landing at Delhi railway station.

The accused was also given a phone number to call him as soon as getting down and given huge sum of money for the job plus the tickets.This is probably the biggest seizure the DRI,Bengaluru unit has made so far,sources said.

Earlier on Wednesday the DRI officials based on profiling ad analysis caught a 30-year-old African national and recovered Rs.11 crore of cocaine in the form of capsules which he had consumed .

The drug was recovered after giving him medical procedure to recover the drugs.The accused,is a career and had visited the city on tourist visa from Adis Ababa.

His handler told him to meet his contact in Delhi and handover the consignment to him.The officials suspect that they are part of the international gang working as careers to supply the drugs to a syndicate operating in Delhi .

Dentist throws her mentally challenged daughter from 4th floor; arrested by SR Nagar police

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Parmesh S Jain

In a shocking incident,a dentist threw her four-year-old daughter from the fourth floor of the residential apartment and faked attempt to end her life in Sampangiram nagar on Thursday.

The accused has been identified as,Sushma Bharadwaj a dentist by profession.

The deceased has been identified as,Jeeti 4 year old.

However the CCTV camera installed at the apartment captured the entire incident and the police after verification arrested the accused identified as Sushma Bharadwaj charging her under murder.

Senior officer told reporters the accused a dentist by qualification and home maker married to Kiran,a techie 12 years ago .

The couple had a baby girl and the baby had speech impairment since two years.She was under medication and Sushma was upset about it .

On Thursday evening she was strolling on the balcony outside her house carrying the baby and threw her before climbing on the railing and shouting for help at the CKC garden Aditya apartment .

The neighbors rushed her to help and pulled her to the safety.

Meanwhile the baby was crashed on the ground lying in a pool of blood was picked up by a resident and given first aid before rushing her to a private hospital before and later shifted to NIMHANS where she succumbed.

Based on the intimation from the hospital the police rushed to the spot and questioned the couple.

Following a complaint by Kiran,the SR Nagar police arrested Sushma charging her under murder.

Prima Facie investigations revealed that the mother was not happy related to the health issue of the daughter and said to have committed the crime he added.

Traffic cops training security guards to ensure smooth flow of traffic outside schools,two among mechanic and push cart owner booked for encroaching footpath in Rajajinagar

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Parmesh S Jain

In an effort to manage the traffic and free flow of traffic outside the schools and educational Institutions in and around the city,the traffic police on Wednesday launched a special drive to rope in security guards to the institution concerned to train them to manage the traffic flow effectively.

Security staff of many school in the Traffic West division have been trained on traffic control and signals to handle the traffic and ensure the students and staff are safe .

The police also conducted awareness drives on parking of private vehicles,school vans and buses leads to congestion.

The drive was launched following a series of complaints on the traffic police social media account that the motorists are affected due to traffic jam in front of the schools across the city during the peak hours.

The police have advised the school staff and security personnel to ensure that no schools vehicles are parked outside or around an educational institution’s premises except when students are getting boarding and getting down for few seconds .

The security guards have been trained to manage the traffic and ensure that there are no jams outside the school and ensure free flow of traffic, a senior police officer, said .

However though many schools also started following the instructions,the police are not focusing on the other issues of blatant violations of traffic rules.

Majority of the parents and even the school staff do not wear helmets or seat belts when they come to pick up their kids.

However senior police officers opined that there main focus is to ensure smooth flow of traffic and de-congestion.

Ensuring road discipline may end up traffic chaos and the whole purpose of free flow of traffic on peak hour may backfire .

Drive against footpath encroachment :

Meanwhile the Rajajinagar police on Thursday booked a mechanic and a push cart vendor for encroaching the footpath and endangering the safety of pedestrians .

The accused Noushad Baig,41 and Mohammed Saifulla,44 were arrested for repeat offence as even though they were booked earlier under section 283 (Causing danger,obstruction or, injury in any public way or line of navigation)and given warning twice, they continue to encroach the footpath by parking the vehicles and keeping their wares .

The duo was later released on station bail and warned to confiscate the vehicles next time if they continue to violate,BR Ravikanthe Gowda, Joint Commissioner of Police ( traffic), said .

Cabinet has approved Karnataka R & D Policy: CM Bommai

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Parmesh S Jain

The State cabinet has approved the Karnataka R & D Policy which seeks to give a big boost for research and innovation from garage level to institutional level,Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

The Chief Minister was speaking at the 3rd Edition of ‘Sankalp Se Siddhi’ Conference in which Union Home Minister Amit Shah too participated.

Bengaluru is home to over 400 R&D centres of international repute from Genomics to aerospace sector. No other city in the world could boast of such a huge presence of R&D centres,Bommai said.

Contribution of industries for Karnataka’s progress

We have formulated an Employment Policy which seeks to incentivise the industries for the number of jobs provided,similarly the state has prepared Semiconductor Policy,Electric Vehicle Policy and Renewable Energy Policy.

Karnataka has signed MoUs for a total investment of Rs.110 lakh crores in renewable energy sector. Production of Hydrogen fuel, production of Ammonia from the sea water is being taken up in the state.

Industries have contributed immensely for the development of Karnataka and the state has always recognised it.

Let us all work unitedly to create the Amrit Kaal as envisioned by our Prime Minister Narendra Modi,Bommai said.

State’s contribution for India’s $5 Trillion economy

Karnataka is in the forefront in contributing for the development of the country.It has been a progressive state in the fields of development, education,health,commerce and technology since the days of the Maharajas.

Karnataka is surging ahead of western nations in IT,BT and high-tech sectors.We have a target of contributing $1 Trillion for India’s mission of emerging as a $5 Trillion economy.Sectoral plans are being formulated to achieve this,Bommai said.

Karnataka has made huge strides in agriculture too.The state has 10 agro climatic zones.Apart from providing food security it also contributes to economic security.So entrepreneurs should concentrate on the farm sector too,Bommai said.

Atma Nirbhar Bharat

The nation has passed through many ups and downs in its 75 year long journey after independence.

The challenges posed to our democracy were defeated with the inherent strength of our people.

The Make in India policy has strengthened the nation. The Atma Nirbhar policy has boosted the confidence of people of the country.

Prime Minister Modi has instilled that confidence among the people.The hope and confidence which has been instilled in the hearts of the last man in the country is the strength of the nation.

This is reflected in ‘Sab Ka Saath,Sab Ka Vikaas’ policy of the Prime Minister and strong leadership of Union Home Minister Amit Shah,he said.

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