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Infiltration by Rohingyas from Bangladesh through Assam's Karimganj district is 'alarming' and a threat to national security, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday. There is a network of brokers who bring the Rohingyas into Tripura, from there to Karimganj in Assam and then the rest of the country, the chief minister said while addressing a press conference at the conclusion of the two-day conference of superintendents of police in Bongaigaon. ''Five police teams from Assam are currently in Tripura and working with the state government to act against the brokers,'' he said. The situation is alarming and anyone entering the country illegally without valid papers is a threat to the security of the country, Mr Sarma added. ''We have already informed the Centre and sought help from central agencies along with the cooperation of the Tripura government'', he added. The Rohingyas do not stay in Assam but move to other parts of the...

The opposition is "staging a drama" while the Centre is trying to restore normalcy, the BJP's National General Secretary, Tarun Chugh, said, slamming the Opposition delegation that visited Manipur. "This is mere show-off... PM Modi's government is trying to heal the wounds of people in Manipur but the Opposition is simply staging a drama," Tarun Chugh told news agency ANI. Earlier in the day, multiple teams of the Opposition delegation visited relief camps in Manipur's Churachandpur district. The leaders slammed the Centre for not sending a delegation and said that their visit is just a way of providing some "psychological healing" to the people in distress. Those staying in relief camps are all very scared, Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said after visiting a camp. The Opposition leaders will accompany Prime Minister Narendra Modi if he visits Manipur with an 'all-party delegation', he added. Trinamool Congress MP Sushmita De...

With Himachal Pradesh's hotel occupancy rate at almost zero per cent after the recent monsoon fury, the hotel association has announced a 50 per cent discount on room tariffs to woo back tourists and a minister said it was "safe" to travel to the state now. The tourism industry was recovering after the COVID-19 pandemic and recorded one crore six thousand tourist footfalls in the first half of 2023, but the havoc wreaked by heavy rains and floods during the month of July resulted in negligible tourist footfall and thousands of bookings were cancelled. The monsoon is a lean tourist season and occupancy rate falls to 30 to 40 per cent but this time hotels are empty. Not only private hotels are offering huge discounts, the Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation has also announced a 50 per cent discount on room rents till September 15. The hotel industry has announced a 50 per cent discount to tourists and roads are being restored and there is nothing to worry, F...

The mother of one of the two women paraded naked by a mob in Manipur on May 4 urged the MPs of opposition coalition INDIA to help her see the bodies of her husband and son, who were also killed on that day. A delegation of 21 MPs from the opposition bloc is on a two-day visit to the state, and meeting people affected by the violence. When Trinamool Congress MP Sushmita Dev and DMK MP Kanimozhi met the mother of one of the victims, she urged them to help her at least see the bodies of her son and husband. She also told the two leaders the situation is such that Kukis and Meteis, the two warring communities, cannot live together anymore. "Her daughter was raped, and her husband and son were killed by the mob in the presence of Manipur Police but till today, not a single police officer has been suspended," Ms Dev told PTI-Video. "They have got a huge shock. They are saying that there was a mob of more than 1,000 people, and they have made a specific demand, which I wil...

A non-bailable warrant has been issued against a local BJP leader in a case of sexual abuse of a 17-year-old girl in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Saturday. According to the police, the teenaged girl, working in the office of advocate Ramesh Chand Gupta, has alleged that she was sexually abused by Gupta, his relative and BJP metropolitan unit general secretary Arvind Gupta Marwari, and Uttar Pradesh Consumer Cooperative Union Sanjeev Goyal Sikka. Advocate Gupta was arrested on June 21 in the case. A special court under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act issued the non-bailable warrant (NBW) against BJP leader Arvind Gupta Marwari, Daurala police station SHO Sanjay Sharma said. Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav targeted the BJP-led government in Uttar Pradesh over the issuance of NBW against the party leader. "The news coming from Meerut is enough for the BJP government to hang its head in shame. In a case of sexual abuse of a minor gi...

Police have registered a case against a tutor for allegedly assaulting a 15-year-old girl and showing obscene videos to her, police said on Friday. The girl used to take tuition from the accused at his home, they said. For past some time, the accused used to show obscene videos to the girl student coming to his home for tuition. Sometimes, he also assaulted her, they said. Initially, the girl did not tell anyone about her ordeal as the accused had threatened her with dire consequences. A few days later, however, she disclosed the matter to her family and stopped going to classes. On Thursday, she finally reported the matter to police. Taking cognizance of the matter, police have started an investigation by registering a case against the teacher under the POCSO Act and other provisions of the law. According to the police, the girl studies in Class 11 at a private school in Ambala Cantonment. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published f...

An Indian-origin man, described by UK police as a “dangerous” individual, has been convicted of the murder of a former friend due to a feud over drugs worth around 5,000 pounds. Amraj Poonia, 27, from Horley in south-east England, was found guilty of murder at a trial at the Old Bailey court in London on Thursday. He had already pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice, a charge his 26-year-old brother Raneel Poonia was found guilty of at the end of the trial. The Metropolitan Police said their four-year-long extensive and detailed police investigation into the murder of Mohammed Shah Subhani, 27, dates back to when he was murdered in west London and his body was eventually recovered in a woodland in December 2019. “We have achieved justice for Shah, his family, and his partner by securing these convictions against the man responsible for his cowardly murder and those who helped to dispose of his body,” said Detective Chief Inspector Vicky Tunstall. “Amraj Poonia is a da...

India is an "indispensable" partner in achieving a free and open Indo-Pacific and Japan intends to deepen cooperation with New Delhi in all areas to expand the special strategic and global partnership between the two sides, Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Friday. Complimenting India's focus on the Global South, he said the call for upholding the free and rules-based international order may sound like a mere slogan unless there was adequate commitment to address the challenges facing the developing countries. The Japanese foreign minister was speaking at the India-Japan Forum, convened by Ananta Centre and the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). In his remarks at the event, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar elaborated on Japan's support to various sectors in India and identified the semiconductor sector as one of the potential areas for cooperation. "I think Japan has truly unleashed a number of revolutions in this country. There is th...

ओडिशा राज्य महिला आयोग (OSCW) ने भेदभाव को बढ़ावा देने वाले अंधविश्वास को दूर करने के लक्ष्य से राज्य परिवहन विभाग को यह आदेश जारी करने के लिए कहा है कि महिला अगर बस में सवार होने वाली पहली यात्री है तो उसे ना रोका जाए.  महिला आयोग द्वारा किए गए अनुरोध पर ओडिशा के राज्य परिवहन प्राधिकरण (STA) ने शुक्रवार को सभी क्षेत्रीय परिवहन अधिकारियों को ऐसी बसों के मालिकों के विरुद्ध कार्रवाई करने का निर्देश दिया जो महिलाओं को बसों में बतौर पहली यात्री सवार नहीं होने देते. एसटीए ने सभी अधिकारियों को पत्र में लिखा, ''राज्य में नियमित तौर पर बसों की जांच करें और जब भी ऐसे किसी बस मालिक या सहचालक का पता चले जो बस में महिलाओं को पहले यात्री के रूप में सवार नहीं होने देते तो उनके खिलाफ मोटर वाहन अधिनियम, 1988 की धारा 192ए के तहत चालान काटें.'' महिला आयोग का परिवहन विभाग को आदेश एक याचिका के निस्तारण पर आया है जिसमें आरोप लगाया गया है कि बस के कर्मचारी महिला यात्रियों को बतौर पहले यात्री के रूप में सवार होने से रोकते हैं क्योंकि वे इसे अपशगुन मानते हैं. आयोग ने पाया कि यह अतार्किक और...

The President will be a Visitor to the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) with powers to audit their functioning, order probes, and appoint as well as remove directors, according to a bill introduced in Lok Sabha on Friday to amend the IIM Act of 2017. The bill was introduced amid disruptions by opposition members over the violence in Manipur. According to the Indian Institutes of Management (Amendment) Bill, 2023, the President of India shall be a Visitor of every institute. "The Visitor may appoint one or more persons to review the work and progress of any institute, to hold inquiries into affairs thereof, and to report in such manner as the Visitor may direct. The board may also recommend to the Visitor an inquiry as deemed proper against the institute which has not been functioning in accordance with provisions and objectives of the Act," the bill stated. Under the IIM Act, which came into force in January 2018 and granted the premier B-schools greater autonomy, t...

A portion of a building perched on a hillside collapsed in a matter of seconds and fell into the valley in Mizoram's capital today. Dramatic videos of the collapse show the structure standing one second and gone the next while a woman is heard screaming. The falling portion can also be seen taking down parts of the main building with it. The incident took place in the Zohnuai locality of Aizawl. The building was home to five families, all of whom were evacuated when the structure began to shake.  An additional 18 families living close to the building have also been evacuated, said officials. Local residents said the road beside which the building stood had developed a crack on June 12.  Officials said it has been raining on and off in Aizawl, which may have contributed to the building's collapse. from NDTV News-India-news https://ift.tt/noFKiY8 via IFTTT

बिहार के दरभंगा में एक धार्मिक ध्वज फहराने को लेकर हुई झड़प के बाद उपजे तनाव के बीच जिले में विभिन्न सोशल मीडिया वेबसाइट पर 30 जुलाई तक पाबंदी लगा दी गई है. राज्य सरकार की ओर से गुरुवार को जारी अधिसूचना में यह जानकारी दी गई. इसमें कहा गया है कि कुछ असामाजिक तत्व जनता के बीच ‘अफवाह और असंतोष' फैलाने के लिए आपत्तिजनक सामग्री साझा करने के लिए इंटरनेट का उपयोग कर रहे हैं, ताकि उन्हें शांति को भंग करने के अलावा जीवन और संपत्ति को नुकसान पहुंचाने के लिए उकसाया जा सके.'' बिहार सरकार के गृह विभाग की ओर से जारी एक परिपत्र में कहा गया है, ''विभाग सभी इंटरनेट सेवा प्रदाताओं (आईएसपी) को निर्देश देता है कि सोशल नेटवर्किंग साइटों या एप्लिकेशन के माध्यम से किसी भी विषय या सचित्र सामग्री से संबंधित किसी भी व्यक्ति या व्यक्तियों के वर्ग को कोई भी संदेश 27 जुलाई को शाम चार बजे से 30 जुलाई को शाम चार बजे तक दरभंगा जिले में नहीं भेजा जाएगा.'' हालांकि, स्थानीय लोगों ने शिकायत की कि जिले में अन्य वेबसाइटें भी काम नहीं कर रही हैं, जिससे इंटरनेट आधारित आवश्यक सेवाएं प्रभावित हो र...

गोपालगंज का एक विद्यालय लड़ाई का अखाड़ा बन गया. स्कूल में  छात्रों-छात्राओं के सामने एक शिक्षिका और एक शिक्षक के बीच जूतम-पैजार हो गई. इस घटना का वीडियो सोशल मीडिया पर तेजी से वायरल हो रहा है. बिहार के शिक्षा अपर मुख्यसचिव केके पाठक के पदभार संभालते ही उनका शिक्षा मंत्री डॉ चंद्रशेखर से आमना-सामना हुआ तो कई दिनों तक न्यूज सुर्खियों में रही थी. केके पाठक ने शिक्षा के स्तर में सुधार करने के लिए कई आदेश जारी किए. फिर भी कई शिक्षक हैं जो अपना स्तर सुधार नहीं पा रहे हैं. इसका जीता जागता प्रमाण गोपालगंज जिले के विजयीपुर प्रखंड के अहियापुर मध्य विद्यालय में देखने को मिला. चार दिन पहले यह स्कूल लड़ाई का आखड़ा बन गया था. ऐसी स्थिति में शिक्षा के स्तर में सुधार होने की बातें करने वाले शिक्षक कैसे सुधरेंगे? गत 21 जुलाई को अहियापुर मध्य विद्यालय में स्कूली बच्चे और बच्चियां अपनी पढ़ाई कर रहे थे. इसी बीच एक शिक्षिका रीता बैठा बरामदे में कुर्सी पर बैठी हुई थी. शिक्षक अमरेंद्र तिवारी मोबाइल पर बातचीत करते हुए शिक्षिका के पास पहुंचे. उन दोनों में पढ़ाई को लेकर तू तू - मैं मैं होने लगी. एक अन्य श...

A deaf Indian citizen, who was swept into Pakistan by floodwaters of the Sutlej River has been handed over to an intelligence agency, officials in Pakistan's Punjab province said on Wednesday. "The Indian national who is in his 50s is deaf and communicates through sign language. He said he is a Hindu and the floodwater swept him here," a Rescue 1122 spokesperson said in Lahore. The man swept into Pakistan from the floodwater of the Sutlej near Ganda Singh Wala, Kasur district of Punjab, some 70 km from Lahore, on Tuesday, the spokesperson said. After his medical examination, the man has been handed over to an intelligence agency for investigation. The man bore a script in Hindi language tattooed on his right hand, according to a report in the Dawn newspaper. A video of the man also went viral on social media, it said. Adjoining low-lying areas of Ganda Singh Wala got affected by the low-level flooding at Ganda Singh Wala in Sutlej River recently. The flood in river...

भारत की अध्यक्षता में इस साल सितंबर में होने जा रहे जी20 शिखर सम्मेलन के उपलक्ष्य में सरकार 100 रुपये और 75 रुपये के दो स्मारक सिक्के जारी करेगी. सरकार की तरफ से जारी एक गजट अधिसूचना के मुताबिक, 100 रुपये के स्मारक सिक्के के केंद्र में ‘अशोक स्तंभ का सिंह शीर्ष' होगा जबकि इसके पिछले हिस्से पर देवनागरी में ‘सत्यमेव जयते' अंकित होगा. इस सिक्के के बाईं तरफ देवनागरी लिपि में ‘भारत' शब्द और दाईं तरफ अंग्रेजी में ‘इंडिया' शब्द अंकित होगा. अधिसूचना के अनुसार, स्मारक सिक्के की ऊपरी परिधि पर देवनागरी लिपि में ‘वसुधैव कुटुंबकम' लिखा होगा जबकि निचली परिधि पर अंग्रेजी में ‘वन अर्थ, वन फैमिली, वन फ्यूचर' लिखा होगा. ये सभी खासियत 75 रुपये के स्मारक सिक्के में भी होंगी. दोनों सिक्कों का मानक वजन 35-35 ग्राम होगा और इनका व्यास 44 मिलीमीटर होगा. भारत के पास जी20 समूह की अध्यक्षता एक दिसंबर, 2022 से 30 नवंबर, 2023 तक है. यह समूह दुनिया की प्रमुख विकसित और विकासशील अर्थव्यवस्थाओं का एक मंच है. भारत की अध्यक्षता में जी20 देशों का शिखर सम्मेलन नौ और 10 सितंबर को नयी दिल्ली में होने...

A cloudburst in Gadsa valley of Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district on Tuesday damaged some houses and agricultural land in the area besides snapping the power supply lines, officials said. Two bridges have been washed away and the Bhuntar-Gadsa road has been damaged at several points, they said, adding that some heads of cattle may have died in the cloudburst. The revenue department reached the spot to assess the situation. Kullu Deputy Commissioner Ashutosh Garg said five houses were completely damaged while 15 were damaged partially in Gadsa and Kurla panchayats. Affected families have been provided temporary shelter, he added. #WATCH | Ashutosh Garg, Deputy Commissioner, Kullu says, "This incident is of 4.00 am in the morning when we were informed that there is a cloudburst in Gadsa Valley and still the flow of water is very strong. 23 families have been affected due to teh cloud burst. 5 families'… pic.twitter.com/zj4mg6LKRu — ANI (@ANI) July 25, 2023 The offic...

मणिपुर हिंसा (Manipur Violence) पर चर्चा को लेकर संसद में घमासान (Parliament Monsoon Session) मचा है. मॉनसून सत्र शुरू होने के तीसरे दिन सोमवार को भी विपक्ष ने लोकसभा और राज्यसभा में हंगामा किया. मणिपुर पर चर्चा को लेकर विपक्ष पीएम मोदी (PM Narendra Modi) के बयान की मांग पर अड़ा हुआ है. विपक्ष का कहना है कि पहले पीएम मणिपुर पर बयान दें, फिर चर्चा शुरू होगी. हालांकि, सरकार की तरफ से साफ कर दिया गया है कि मणिपुर पर तो केंद्रीय गृहमंत्री अमित शाह (Amit Shah) ही बोलेंगे. ऐसे में सरकार और विपक्ष अपनी-अपनी रणनीति पर काम कर रहे हैं.  संसद में गतिरोध को खत्म करने के लिए सरकार ने रणनीति बदली है. गृहमंत्री अमित शाह ने सोमवार को लोकसभा में कहा कि सरकार मणिपुर पर चर्चा को तैयार है. इसके बाद रक्षामंत्री राजनाथ सिंह ने कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष मल्लिकार्जुन खरगे, टीएमसी के सुदीप बंधोपाध्याय और डीएमके के टीआर बालू समेत विपक्ष के शीर्ष नेताओं से फोन पर बात की. पीएम मोदी के साथ भी वरिष्ठ मंत्रियों की बैठक हुई. वहीं, विपक्ष ने भी मीटिंग की है. बता दें कि संसद में मॉनसून सत्र के तीसरे दिन मणिपुर मुद्दे को ...

A sessions court in Mumbai on Monday sentenced a city-based dentist to life imprisonment for brutally killing his wife in front of their five-year-old son in 2016. Additional sessions judge PP Bankar found the accused Umesh Bobale guilty of charges under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced him to life imprisonment. According to the prosecution, Umesh murdered his estranged wife Tanuja by slitting her throat with a kitchen knife in front of their son. A total of 34 injuries were found on the victim's body, it stated. The couple had filed for divorce a few months before the killing, which took place in Dadar area of the city in December 2016. The trigger for the murder was the estranged couple's disagreement over the alimony amount, which Umesh was supposed to pay once the divorce was finalised, the prosecution said. The victim's sister in her deposition informed the court that there was a difference of opinion between the couple after six months ...

The Mumbai Police on Sunday received a call claiming an explosives-laden tanker was headed towards Goa, an official said, adding the call turned out to be a hoax. An unidentified person called up the Director General of the Police control room in Mumbai in the afternoon and said a tanker filled with explosives was on the Mumbai-Goa highway. Police intercepted the tanker, whose description was given by the caller, at Sangameshwar, 290 km from Mumbai, in Ratnagiri district, the official said. Police checked the tanker but didn't find any suspicious material and allowed it to proceed with the onward journey, he added. Further investigation is underway.  (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.) from NDTV News-India-news https://ift.tt/D75Pq9U via IFTTT