As many as 15 cases pertaining to illegal hoardings in Latur have been registered in Maharashtra's Latur city, including 11 on a single day, civic officials said, reported news agency PTI. The Latur Municipal Corporation authorities removed two hoardings and 15 banners from the city on Monday, they said. The action was taken against the backdrop of the collapse of an illegal hoarding in Mumbai on May 13, which claimed 16 lives and injured several others, reported PTI. The Latur civic body had given a deadline till Sunday for the removal illegal hoardings in Latur, an official release said on Monday. After the deadline ended, 11 cases related to illegal hoardings were registered on Monday, it said, reported PTI. Since last week (after the hoarding crash incident in Mumbai), a total of 15 cases have been registered, the civic body said, reported PTI. Deputy municipal commissioner Dr Punjab Khansole recently held a meeting with the officials concerned and instructed them to accelerate the process and file cases against violators, reported PTI. The corporation had initially instructed the respective agencies and property owners to remove the illegal hoardings, giving the deadline till Sunday. During this period, some agencies and property owners removed illegal hoardings. But, some illegal billboards still remained in the city, the release said. Taking strict action, the civic body on Monday removed two hoardings of 20 x 30 feet and 15 banners and cases were filed against violators, it said. (With inputs from PTI)
21 May,2024 01:17 PM IST | Latur | mid-day online correspondentClaiming that INDIA alliance are totally "discredited and dejected", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed gratitude to all those who voted in the 5th phase of India general elections 2024 and said that the people of India have decided that they want a strong National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre. Taking to his official social media account, X, PM Modi said, "Gratitude to all those who voted in the 5th phase of the 2024 elections which concluded yesterday. The wave of support for NDA is getting stronger and stronger. The people of India have decided that they want a strong NDA government at the Centre". Gratitude to all those who voted in the 5th phase of the 2024 elections which concluded yesterday. The wave of support for NDA is getting stronger and stronger. The people of India have decided that they want a strong NDA government at the Centre. INDI Alliance can try any sort… — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 21, 2024 "INDI Alliance can try any sort of votebank politics, the people will not believe them. They are totally discredited and dejected," PM Modi added. The fifth phase of polling for India general elections 2024 across 49 parliamentary constituencies spread over six states and two Union Territories (UTs) on Monday saw a voter turnout of 60.09 per cent till 11:30 pm, the Election Commission (ECI) said. According to ECI data, Bihar recorded 54.85 per cent voter turnout, while Jammu and Kashmir recorded 56.73 per cent turnout till 11.30 pm. Similarly, Jharkhand recorded 63.07 per cent voter turnout, Ladakh 69.62 per cent, Maharashtra 54.29 per cent, Odisha 67.59 per cent, Uttar Pradesh at 57.79 and West Bengal 74.65 per cent. With the conclusion of phase 5, polling for India General Elections 2024 is now completed in 25 States/UTs and 428 PCs. Polling is also complete in General Elections for State Legislative Assemblies of Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh and 63 assembly seats of Odisha State Assembly. The sixth phase polling is scheduled on May 25 in 58 PCs (including the adjourned poll in Anantnag-Rajouri PC) in 8 States/UTs. The Lok Sabha elections are being held in seven phases from April 19-June 1. The counting and results would be declared on June 4. (With inputs from Agencies)
21 May,2024 01:10 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondentIn the fifth round of polling for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, which took place on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the opposition INDI alliance had been decisively defeated. In addition, Prime Minister Modi stated that the "sins" of the INDI alliance would not allow 21st-century India to advance. Addressing a public meeting in Bihar's Champaran. PM Modi said, "In the fifth phase, the INDI alliance has been completely defeated. India of the 21st Century cannot move forward with the sins of the INDI alliance. And that is why in every election the public is strongly attacking parties like Congress and RJD. On June 4, there will be an attack on corruption, politics of appeasement, tukde tukde gang..." Per an ANI report, Targeting the Congress and its allies, PM Modi added, "In 60 years these people have built big palaces and opened accounts in Swiss banks. You did not have food to fill your stomach, but these people's cupboards were full of bundles of notes. Your children did not have a school to study, but their children continued studying abroad. The poor were in trouble and difficulty, but it did not make any difference to them". PM Modi also highlighted the achievements of his government in the last ten years. "Your enthusiasm and blessings indicate what is going to happen in the sixth and seventh phases in the country," PM Modi said in his address. "When Modi came (became the Prime Minister in 2014), toilets and electricity reached every house. It is Modi who has taken the initiative to provide gas to every home, it is Modi who is working day and night to provide tap water to every home," PM Modi continued. The prime minister claimed that the INDIA bloc was solely interested in mistreating him and had no other goals. "I have heard that someone is roaming around here saying that after June 4, he will give bed rest to Modi. I wish that no citizen of the country needs bed rest. May every citizen of the country be filled with energy and celebration. These people have no other issue in this election except abusing Modi. Someone is saying that they will dig Modi's grave...Someone is saying that they will bury Modi... The prince of Congress wants to see tears in Modi's eyes," he said. "INDI alliance leaders, the country can no longer be run as per your whims and desires. Modi might be a thorn in the eyes of the people of the INDI alliance...But Modi is in the heart of the country...Modi is in every heart," the PM further said. The following voting round is scheduled for May 25. From April 19 to June 1, there will be seven phases to the Lok Sabha elections. June 4 is the date set aside for the counting. (With Inputs from ANI)
21 May,2024 01:07 PM IST | East Champaran | mid-day online correspondentPolice have detained the father of a 17-year-old boy allegedly involved in a Pune car accident that killed two persons in Pune and arrested three executives of two hotels for serving liquor to the juvenile, officials said on Tuesday, reported news agency PTI. The Porsche car allegedly driven by the 17-year-old, who the police claim was drunk at the time, knocked down two motorbike riders in Kalyani Nagar area in Maharashtra's Pune city in the early hours of Sunday, causing their death, as per officials, reported PTI. "We have detained the teenager's father from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and he is being brought to Pune and will be arrested in the case registered against him," Commissioner of Police Amitesh Kumar said, reported PTI. Besides, the Pune police have arrested Cosie restaurant owner Pralhad Bhutda and manager Sachin Katkar and Hotel Blak manager Sandip Sangle for allegedly serving alcohol to the juvenile, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Shailesh Balkawade said, reported PTI. "All will be produced in a court later in the day," he said, reported PTI. On the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, the accused juvenile along with his friends went to the two establishments between 9.30 pm and 1 am and allegedly consumed liquor, according to police. "The CCTV footage of the bar clearly shows that the juvenile was consuming alcohol. There is no doubt that the juvenile was driving the car after consuming alcohol. We will be submitting all these facts to the court," police commissioner Kumar earlier said, reported PTI. The police had registered a case against the teenager's father, a real estate developer, under sections 75 and 77 of the Juvenile Justice Act, and against the owners and staff members of the bar establishments for serving alcohol to an underage person, reported PTI. The probe in these cases has been transferred to the crime branch, an official earlier said. Section 75 deals with "willful neglect of a child, or exposing a child to mental or physical illnesses," while section 77 deals with supplying a child with intoxicating liquor or drugs, reported PTI. According to the FIR lodged in connection with the incident, the man, despite knowing his son did not have a valid driving license, gave him the car, thus endangering the latter's life, and allowed him to party even as the father knew that he consumes liquor. A group of friends were returning on motorbikes at around 3.15 am on Sunday after a party when the speeding Porsche hit one of the motorcycles at Kalyani Nagar junction. The two riders -- Anis Awadhiya and Ashwini Costa, both 24-year-old IT professionals and hailing from Madhya Pradesh -- died of their injuries, police said, reported PTI. The accused teenager was subsequently produced before the Juvenile Justice Board which granted him bail hours later. It also directed him to visit the Regional Transport Office and study traffic rules, and submit a presentation to the Board within 15 days. "The CCL (Child in Conflict with Law) will write an essay of 300 words on the topic of road accidents and their solutions," the order read. According to police, a case has been registered against the youngster under section 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder ) of the Indian Penal Code and provisions of the Motor Vehicles Act. The police on Monday said they will move a higher court for permission to try the teenager involved in the Pune car accident as an adult. (With inputs from PTI)
21 May,2024 12:49 PM IST | Pune | mid-day online correspondentThe fifth phase of polling for India general elections 2024 across 49 parliamentary constituencies spread over six states and two Union Territories (UTs) on Monday saw a voter turnout of 60.09 per cent till 11:30 pm, the Election Commission (ECI) said. According to ECI data, Bihar recorded 54.85 per cent voter turnout, while Jammu and Kashmir recorded 56.73 per cent turnout till 11.30 pm. Similarly, Jharkhand recorded 63.07 per cent voter turnout, Ladakh 69.62 per cent, Maharashtra 54.29 per cent, Odisha 67.59 per cent, Uttar Pradesh at 57.79 and West Bengal 74.65 per cent. About 2.5 crore more Indian voters have exercised their franchise so far in the first four phases of the India general elections 2024, as compared to 2019, according to a SBI Research report, that cited Election Commission data. 45.1 crore voters, representing 66.95 per cent of turnout, franchised their votes in the first four phases of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. Percentage-wise, the voter turnout is less than 68.15 per cent recorded after the first four phases of the 2019 elections. There was a clash reported between Congress and BJP workers during the ongoing voting in Little Angel School, located in the Sion area of Mumbai. BJP workers claimed that they were giving voting slips to voters 100 meters away from the polling centre, on which Congress officials accused BJP people were interfering in the voting process by going near the polling centre. After which Congress and BJP workers came face to face and BJP claimed that they even threatened to kill two people."Based on the complaint of a BJP worker, Sion police registered a case against two unknown people under section 506(2) of IPC and started further investigation," Mumbai Police said. Constituencies in various urban cities like Mumbai, Thane, Nashik and Lucknow continued the trend of urban apathy as noticed in 2019 General Elections. In Mumbai, celebrities and common citizens alike, waited patiently for their turn to cast their vote and proudly showcased their inked fingers. Celebrities from various walks of life have partnered with the Commission to motivate voters to exercise their franchise in the India General Elections 2024. Various such motivational videos were uploaded on their social media platforms. With the conclusion of phase 5, polling for India general elections 2024 is now completed in 25 States/UTs and 428 PCs. Polling is also complete in General Elections for State Legislative Assemblies of Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh and 63 assembly seats of Odisha State Assembly. The sixth phase polling is scheduled on May 25 in 58 PCs (including the adjourned poll in Anantnag-Rajouri PC) in 8 States/UTs. General elections are being held in seven phases from April 19 to June 1 with votes for the 543 Lok Sabha seats to be counted on June 4. (With inputs from Agencies)
21 May,2024 11:28 AM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondentA week after Rajya Sabha MP for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) accused Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's former personal secretary Bibhav Kumar of beating her, police announced the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to look into the Swati Maliwal assault case. Per an ANI report, Anjitha Chepyala, the Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) for North Delhi, is in charge of the SIT and has been leading the inquiry. The SIT also consists of three Inspector-rank officers, one of them being the officer from the Civil Lines Police Station, where the matter was initially reported. The SIT will be submitting its report to senior officials after conducting its investigation, police said. The Delhi Police took Bibhav Kumar to the drawing room of Kejriwal's residence on Monday where Kumar had allegedly assaulted Maliwal, to find out details about the sequence of events that took place on the morning of May 13. The police noted down the answers to all their questions sequence-wise, mapped them and took photographs of the crime scene where the hour-long crime took place, officials told ANI. According to Delhi Police sources, the accused and the victim's accounts of what happened are currently being examined because the crime scene has been recreated by bringing them both to the location. Officials from Delhi Police said that they also paid a visit to Bibhav Kumar's residence. The police are on their way to retrieve Bibhav Kumar's mobile data expecting that it would give them a fresh lead, they said. They are also trying to find out whether the CCTV footage has been tampered with, as accused by Swati Maliwal. The police seized the DVR of Kejriwal's CCTV footage on Sunday evening and are trying to retrieve the blank portion of the footage. Concerning the alleged attack on Maliwal, Kejriwal's former PA was taken into custody earlier on Saturday. After his appearance before the Tis Hazari Court, he was placed under five days of police arrest. In her complaint, Maliwal claimed that Bibhav "kicked" her in her "chest, stomach, and pelvis area" and "slapped" her "at least seven to eight times" as she "kicked and screamed" and "brutally dragged" her. Bibhav lodged a counter-complaint with the police on Friday, accusing Maliwal of gaining 'unauthorised entry' into the CM's Civil Lines residence and 'verbally abusing' him. (With Inputs from ANI)
21 May,2024 11:27 AM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondentRajya Sabha MP for the AAP, Swati Maliwal, has accused the Delhi Chief Minister's assistant Bibhav Kumar of assault. She has also threatened to initiate a lawsuit against Delhi ministries and AAP leaders for "spreading lies" about a "corruption FIR" that was filed against her. Per an ANI report, Swati Maliwal took to social media platform X claiming that her status in the party changed from "Lady Singham" to "BJP agent" right after she filed a complaint against now-arrested Kumar. "According to them, I was 'Lady Singham' until I filed a complaint against Bibhav Kumar and today I have become a BJP agent? "I will take you to court for every lie you spread!" Maliwal said in a post on Monday. She further added, "Since yesterday, Delhi ministers are spreading lies that an FIR has been filed against me for corruption and that I did all this on the instructions of BJP. This FIR was lodged 8 years ago in 2016 after which both the CM and LG appointed me as the Chairperson of the Women's Commission twice more. The case is completely fake on which the Hon'ble High Court has stayed for 1.5 years, who have accepted that no money transaction has taken place." कल से दिल्ली के मंत्री झूठ फैला रहे है कि मुझपे भ्रष्टाचार की FIR हुई है इसलिए BJP के इशारे पर मैंने ये सब किया। ये FIR 8 साल पहले 2016 में हो चुकी थी जिसके बाद मुझे सीएम और LG दोनों ने दो बार और महिला आयोग की अध्यक्ष नियुक्त किया। केस पूरी तरह फर्जी है जिस पर 1.5 साल से माननीय… — Swati Maliwal (@SwatiJaiHind) May 20, 2024 She then said, "They're putting my relatives' lives in danger by tweeting their details using their car numbers. Well, lies don't last long. But in the intoxication of power and in the passion to bring someone down, lest it happens that when the truth comes out, you are not able to look even your family in the eye. I will take you to court for every lie you spread!". The case in question concerns the allegation that Bibhav Kumar, Kejriwal's former personal assistant, assaulted Swati Maliwal at the Chief Minister's residence. Sources claim that earlier on Monday, Delhi Police brought Bibhav Kumar to the chief minister's house and staged the crime scene there. Kejriwal's former PA was then arrested on Saturday in this case. After being presented to the Tis Hazari Court, he was placed under five days of police custody. Maliwal, in her complaint, alleged that Bibhav "slapped" her "at least seven to eight times" while she "continued screaming" and "brutally dragged" her while "kicking" her in her "chest, stomach and pelvis area." On Friday, Bibhav filed a counter-complaint with the police, alleging that Maliwal had entered the chief minister's Civil Lines home "unauthorisedly" and had verbally abused him. Meanwhile, on May 25, elections will be held in all seven of Delhi's seats. On June 4, the votes will be tallied. The last two elections have seen the BJP win each of Delhi's seven seats. This time around, the AAP and Congress have agreed to share seats, with the former running for four seats and the latter for three. (With Inputs from ANI)
21 May,2024 11:25 AM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondentTuesday marked the 33rd death anniversary of the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi all paid tribute to him in different ways. Per an ANI report, Rahul Gandhi along with Mallikarjun Kharge and his mother Sonia Gandhi paid homage to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 33rd death anniversary at Veer Bhumi in Delhi on Tuesday morning. Additionally, he posted a picture of himself and his father from when they were younger, showing Rajiv Gandhi holding Rahul's shoulders. Rahul said, "Father, Your dreams, my dreams, Your aspirations, my responsibilities," in the post. I will never forget your recollections, both now and in the future." Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to Rajiv Gandhi, "On his death anniversary, my tributes to our former PM Shri Rajiv Gandhi Ji," he posted on X. Other Congress leaders like P Chidambaram and Sachin Pilot also paid their respects to the former prime minister in the national capital. I pay tributes to former PM Shri Rajiv Gandhi Ji on his death anniversary. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 21, 2023 After his mother, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was assassinated in 1984, Rajiv Gandhi assumed leadership of the Congress. At 40 years old, he took office as India's youngest prime minister in October 1984. His term as India's prime minister ended on December 2, 1989. Rajiv Gandhi, who was born on August 20, 1944, was killed on May 21, 1991, during an electoral rally in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, by a suicide bomber affiliated with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a pivotal player in the Sri Lankan civil war. (With Inputs from ANI)
21 May,2024 11:19 AM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondentThe Indian Council of Medical Research Director General Dr Rajiv Bahl on Monday criticised a recently published study on the long-term safety analysis of the Covaxin in adults and adolescents for its poor methodology and design, and clarified the article misleadingly and erroneously “acknowledges” ICMR. Dr Bahl said the study had no control arm of unvaccinated individuals for comparing the rates of events between the vaccinated and unvaccinated groups. Hence, the reported events in the study cannot be linked or attributed to COVID-19 vaccination. The ICMR is not associated with the study and has not provided any financial or technical support for the research, Dr Bahl said. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
21 May,2024 07:35 AM IST | New Delhi | AgenciesThe Congress issued a stern warning to those indulging in anti-party activities in West Bengal and asked its state unit to submit a report on acts of vandalising hoardings outside the party office in Kolkata. A day after he snubbed West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for questioning TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee’s loyalty to the INDIA bloc, several posters and hoardings of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge were defaced with ink in front of the party’s state headquarters in Kolkata on Sunday. Taking serious note of such acts, AICC general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal said the party would not tolerate such “gross indiscipline”. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
21 May,2024 07:33 AM IST | New Delhi | AgenciesThe fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections registered a voter turnout of 57.47 per cent till 7.45 pm, the Election Commission of India said on Monday. With the end of polls in the fifth phase, voting has been completed in 25 states and Union Territories and 428 constituencies in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. Two more phases — on May 25 and June 1 — are remaining now. A large number of voters were still in the queue at the polling stations even at 6 pm, the Election Commission said. In the corresponding phase in the 2019 polls, the turnout was registered at 64.16 per cent when 51 seats across seven states went to polls. According to the Election Commission, the voter turnout in the fourth phase stood at 69.16 per cent, 3.65 percentage points higher than the corresponding phase in the 2019 parliamentary elections. The updated voter turnout figures for the third phase of polling in the Lok Sabha elections was 65.68 per cent. In the third phase of the 2019 elections, the turnout was 68.4 per cent. In the second phase of the 2024 parliamentary elections, the turnout was recorded at 66.71 per cent as against the 69.64 per cent in the second phase of the 2019 parliamentary polls. In the first phase of the ongoing general elections, a 66.14 per cent turnout was recorded. In the 2019 polls, the turnout in the first phase was 69.43 per cent.The poll panel said the final turnout will only be available after the results, with the counting of postal ballots and its addition to the total voting percentage. 69.16 percentTurnout recorded in fourth phase This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever
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