British Sikh Army Officer Sets New Polar Expedition World Record

A British Sikh Army officer and physiotherapist has set a new world record for the longest solo, unsupported, and unassisted polar expedition by a woman.

Captain Harpreet Chandi, known as Polar Preet having already completed a trekking challenge to become the first Indian-origin woman to set the record of a solo unsupported trek to the South Pole, travelled 1,397 km across Antarctica in temperatures as cold as minus 50 degrees Celsius. The previous record was 1,381 km, set by Anja Blacha in 2020.

"It was very cold and windy but I kept my breaks very short so I didn't get too cold," Chandi wrote on Thursday in a blog she has been maintaining while on her new polar expedition.

"I didn't let myself stop earlier though because I wanted to get the miles in," she said.

BREAKING NEWS - We've just heard that @PreetChandi10 has officially broken the record for the longest solo, unsupported, and unassisted polar expedition by any woman in history! The previous female record was 1,368 km skied by Anja Blacha from Germany in 2019. @KensingtonRoyal pic.twitter.com/vjxv1L5qy7

— Team Forces / Team Army (@TeamArmyUK) January 19, 2023

However, Chandi is disappointed that she does not have enough to meet her original aim of becoming the first woman to cross Antarctica solo and unsupported.

"I'm pretty gutted that I don't have the time to complete the crossing. I know that I have done a huge journey, it's just difficult while I'm on the ice and I know it's not that far away," she said.

The 33-year-old from Derby in eastern England, working at a regional rehabilitation unit in Buckinghamshire, has been pulling a sledge with all her kit and battling below freezing temperatures on her new adventure since November 2022.

The University of Derbyshire, which conferred her with an honorary degree, congratulated the trekker for breaking the "record for the longest solo, unsupported, and unassisted polar expedition by any woman in history".

It was around three years ago when she was learning about Antarctica that she decided she wanted to do a crossing of the continent.

But she did not put in her application into the Antarctic Logistics and Expeditions (ALE), which handles the permissions for such expeditions, immediately because she wanted to build up some experience.

Her application was completed early last year and it has been all about preparing for her new goal after completing Phase 1 with her South Pole expedition in 2021. On her latest mission, she has been listening to voice notes to keep her motivated.

"I listened to childhood memories from my brothers, my mum telling me how excited she was about having a baby girl and how the midwife commented that she had never seen an Asian woman so excited about having a girl. And finally hearing my niece say it's the most amazing thing she has seen anyone do in her entire life and it's even more amazing because it's her phuwa (auntie) doing it. It's so precious to hear," she writes on her blog this week.

Chandi has always been keen to push the human body to its limits and sees her adventures as part of this wider mission.

As an "endurance athlete", she has run marathons and ultra-marathons and, as a British Army officer, completed large scale exercises and deployments in Nepal, Kenya and a United Nations peacekeeping tour of South Sudan.

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Minister's Meeting With Protesting Wrestlers Ends Without Conclusion

Top Indian wrestlers' meeting with Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur remained inconclusive on Thursday night as they refused to back down from their demand that the government immediately disband the Wrestling Federation of India.

The marathon meeting began around 10 pm on Thursday, the second day of the wrestlers' protest against WFI president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.

The wrestlers left Thakur's house at 1:45 am and did not speak to the reporters waiting outside.

Olympic medallists Bajrang Punia, Ravi Dahiya, Sakshi Malik and world championship medallist Vinesh Phogat were part of the meeting.

Mr Thakur flew to Delhi from Himachal Pradesh after an earlier meeting between government officials and the protesting wrestlers remained inconclusive.

The wrestlers will meet the Sports minister again on Friday, according to government officials.

The ministry cannot force Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh to resign unless it receives a written reply from the WFI since the government itself has asked the wrestling body for an explanation.

The WFI is yet to respond to the Sports Ministry, which on Wednesday gave the wrestling body 72 hours to respond to allegations of sexual harassment of several woman athletes and intimidation by its president.

According to sources, the government wants the wrestlers to end their protest but the athletes are adamant that the WFI should be disbanded first.

"The government can resolve other issues later. We are fine with that, but it must disband the WFI first," a source close to the wrestlers told PTI.

A team of wrestlers, including Bajrang, Vinesh, Anshu Malik, Sakshi and her husband Satyawrat Kadiyan met government officials earlier on Thursday and discussed their issues with Sports Secretary Sujata Chaturvedi and Sports Authority of India Director General Sandip Pradhan.

During the hour-long meeting, the wrestlers were asked to end their protest and assured that their grievances will be addressed.

Former wrestler and BJP leader Babita Phogat was also part of the meeting to break the deadlock.

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Officials Looking For Permanent Relocation For Affected Joshimath Families

Following the land subsidence in Joshimath town of Uttarakhand, Chamoli District Magistrate Himanshu Khurana on Thursday said the authorities are seeking suggestions for suitable land for permanent relocation of affected families.

Looking at the current situation of the land subsidence in Joshimath, DM Khurana said, "We're asking for suggestions and opinions of the affected families regarding rehabilitation. We want their suggestions so that we can carry out the rehabilitation procedures better."

"Our intention is to take permanent displacement action according to the suggestions of those who are affected," Mr Khurana said.

Earlier today morning, Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and gave him detailed information about the current situation in Joshimath.

In the nearly half-an-hour meeting at the Ministry of Home Affairs, Dhami said he gave detailed information about the situation in Joshimath, the condition of people in the region and other points.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister also said that the Home Minister assured him to give whatever help can be provided from the Centre. Asked if any report was submitted, Mr Dhami said input will be submitted after the complete report is received.

Due to land subsidence in the Joshimath city area, over 720 buildings have been identified that developed cracks. Residents, as a part of the rehabilitation, have been moved to safer places even as geologists and experts scramble to ascertain the reasons for subsidence in the ecologically fragile region.

Uttarakhand government has also ordered the authorities to start surveying and dismantling the infrastructures that are posing a threat to the surrounding buildings as well.

Joshimath, on the Rishikesh-Badrinath National Highway (NH 7), is an overnight halt for the people visiting the holy shrines at Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib and tourist destinations Auli, and the Valley of Flowers.

Along with Joshimath, the same phenomenon of land subsidence is also being reported from other areas of Uttarakhand including Uttarkashi, Tehri, Pauri and Karanprayag.

Uttarakhand government has also announced a relief package of Rs 45 crore to families in Joshimath, where large cracks appeared in homes and on roads. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has also declared a relief package for nearly 3,000 families affected by gradual land subsidence in the Himalayan state.

The Chief Minister has also announced that Rs 50,000 have been given by the state disaster authority to each family as a non-adjustable one-time special grant for the transportation of goods and immediate needs of their buildings.

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Luxembourg Prime Minister Is A Fan Of PM Modi: Maharashtra Chief Minister

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Thursday said Luxembourg prime minister had told him that he is a fan of PM Narendra Modi.

Mr Shinde recalled his encounter with the European country leader in Davos recently, at a public event in Mumbai in PM Modi's presence on the stage.

Chief Minister Shinde, who returned from the World Economic Forum meet in Davos on Wednesday, was speaking at the event in which Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stone of projects worth Rs 38,000 crore.

"The PM of Luxembourg told me that he had clicked a photo with Modi and asked me to show it to him," Mr Shinde said.

"He told me that he was a Modi bhakt. Modi ji is popular not only in India but across the globe," Mr Shinde said.

"I met people from Germany and Saudi (Arabia) who asked me if I was with Modi ji. I told them that I am with him. At Davos there was a lot of positivity about India and Modi ji," he said.

PM Modi, who heard about his global popularity from Mr Shinde, later referred to the Maharashtra Chief Minister's remarks in his speech, and attributed his fan following to "rising positivity" about India.

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फिल्म देखकर की हत्या: 10 महीने बाद खुला राज, 2 गिरफ्तार

दिल्ली में पहचान छुपाकर एक महिला की हत्या का मामला सामने आया है. शाकिर उर्फ समीर नाम के युवक ने एक महिला की हत्या कर उसकी लाश को बुलंदशहर में दफना दिया गया था. अब नॉर्थ डिस्ट्रिक्ट की स्पेशल स्टाफ पुलिस ने फैजान और शाकिर नाम के दो हत्या के आरोपियों को गिरफ्तार किया है, जिन्होंने 25 लाख की प्रॉपर्टी हथियाने के लिए सुशीलावती नाम की महिला की हत्या कर दी थी.

आरोपी ने अपना नाम समीर बता कर दोस्ती की फिर बहलाकर बुलंदशहर में ले जाकर गोली मारकर हत्या कर दी. इसने सुशीलवती से उसकी प्रॉपर्टी खरीदने के नाम पर पहले डेढ़ लाख रुपये पेशगी के रूप देकर प्रॉपर्टी के कागजात अपने नाम करवा लिए, जब सुशीलावती ने बाकी की रकम की मांग की तो शाकिर और फैजान ने उसे रास्ते से हटाने के लिए उसकी हत्या का प्लान तैयार किया.

शाकिर ने इस हत्या की साजिश चार्ल्स शोभराज की फिल्म को देखकर रची. इसने हत्या करने से पहले अपनी स्कूटी और अपनी कार की चोरी का फर्जी मामला दर्ज करवाया, क्योंकि सुशीलावती को इसी कार में बुलंदशहर ले गया था. इसको अंदेशा था की हत्या के बाद इसकी गाड़ियों के नंबर किसी सीसीटीवी में ट्रेस हो जाता तो यह फंस सकता था. इसलिए अपनी स्कूटी और कार चोरी की रिपोर्ट दर्ज करवाई.

3 मार्च 2022 दयालपुर में  को सुशीलावती की गुमशुदगी दर्ज की गई थी और उसी दिन 3 मार्च को हत्या कर दी गई थी. 12 मार्च को बुलंदशहर पुलिस को सुशीलावती का शव मिला. शव की पहचान के लिए प्रयास किया गया. लेकिन पहचान न होने के कारण थाना चौला बुलंदशहर में FIR 302/201 में केस के रूप में दर्ज किया गया. इससे पहले सुशीलावती की 16 दिसंबर को गुमशुदगी की FIR नॉर्थ ईस्ट दिल्ली के दयालपुर थाने में उसके भाई ने दर्ज करवाई थी. इसके बाद कोर्ट ने भी दयालपुर पुलिस को सुशीलावती के केस पर 365 के निर्देश भी जारी किए गए थे.

इस 10 महीने पहले हुए हत्या कांड के आरोपियों तक पुलिस कैसे पहुंची इसके पीछे एक इतिफाक कह सकते हैं. शाकिर जिस इलाके में रहता था. अक्सर अपनी दबंगई और खौफ दिखाने के लिए लोगों के सामने हिंदू महिला की हत्या करने की बात बोलता था और कट्टा अपने साथ रखता था. यह बात डिस्ट्रिक्ट के स्पेशल स्टाफ को किसी मुखबिर ने बता दी. पुलिस टीम इसको ट्रेक करने लगी और यह जब  सिविल लाइन इलाके के रिज रोड से गिरफ्तार कर लिया गया.

पूछताछ के बाद उसने अपने जुर्म को कबूल करते हुए आरोपी ने बताया कि उसने सुशीलावती को फंसाने के लिए हिंदू नाम समीर बताया था. वह उसकी 25 लाख हथियाना चाहता था जब उसके फ्लैट की वसीयत अपने नाम करवा ली तो सुशीलावती ने अपनी बाकी की रकम मांगी तो अपने साथी फैजान के साथ सुशीलावती को अपनी बातों के झांसे में लाकर बुलंदशहर ले गया और वहां जाकर उसे गोली मार कर उसकी लाश को दफन कर दिया था.

शाकिर उर्फ समीर बिकनी किलर चार्ल्स शोभराज और ठग सुकेश की तरह उन महिलाओं को जाल में फांसता था, जिनके पास अच्छा बैक बेलेंस, जमीन जायदाद होती थी. कितनों को शिकार बनाया इसके फ्लैट से मिले पेपर्स से पुलिस पता लगा रही है.

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पुलिस की बात नहीं मानने पर पुलिस ने कार का शीशा तोड़ा और खींच कर गाड़ी से निकाला, वीडियो वायरल

ऑस्ट्रेलिया की पुलिस का एक वीडियो सोशल मीडिया पर वायरल हो रहा है. इस वीडियो में देखा जा सकता है कि पुलिस एक गाड़ी का शीशा तोड़ते हुए नज़र आ रही है, साथ ही साथ गाड़ी में सवार दो लोगों को खींच कर बाहर निकाल रही है. यह वीडियो इंटरनेट पर पूरी तरह से वायरल हो चुका है. वायरल होने के बाद यूज़र्स अपनी प्रतिक्रियाएं दे रहे हैं.

वीडियो देखें

Another Sov Cit arrest. This time well known cooker Luke Simpson's lady friend in Coffs Harbour. Kudos to NSW Police for their swift action. ?? pic.twitter.com/dfU5BgdbHc

— Ken_Behren (@KenBerhan) January 18, 2023

9news की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, पती और पत्नी को ऑस्ट्रेलिया की न्यू साउथ वेल्स पुलिस ने गिरफ्तार किया है. इन दोनों पर आरोप लगा है कि ये दोनों पुरानी गाड़ी चला रहे थे, पुलिस के सवालों का जवाब नहीं दे रहे थे. इसके अलावा अच्छे से पेश नहीं आ रहे थे.

वीडियो में देखा जा सकता है कि जब दोनों लोगों से पुलिस ने उनका नाम जानना चाहा तो दोनों ने मना कर दिया. उन्होंने कहा कि यह आपके अधिकार क्षेत्र में नहीं आता है.

 न्यू साउथ वेल्स पुलिस के अनुसार, पुलिसकर्मी पेट्रोलिंग कर रहे थे. तभी उन्हें एक गाड़ी दिखी, जिसका रजिस्ट्रेशन जुलाई 2022 में ही समाप्त हो चुका था. पुलिस ने 52 वर्षीय महिला ( इन पर घरेलू हिंसा का मामला दर्ज है) से पूरी जानकारी चाही. साथ ही साथ ब्रेथ टेस्ट देने को कहा. महिला ने पुलिस को मना कर दिया.  
पुलिस ने बताया कि महिला किसी भी तरह की सहयोग नहीं कर रही थी.

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PM Modi Travels In Newly Inaugurated Mumbai Metro Train

Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled in a Metro train in Mumbai on Thursday evening after inaugurating new services of the public transport system.

He travelled in the metro train between Gundavali and Mogra stations and interacted with a group of youngsters, women, and metro rail workers. These two stations are part of the Metro line 7 phase 2, which was inaugurated by him.

On board the Metro, which will boost ‘Ease of Living' for the people of Mumbai. pic.twitter.com/JG4tHwAAXA

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) January 19, 2023

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis accompanied the PM during the ride.

The PM inaugurated Mumbai Metro Rail lines 2A and 7 built at a cost of around Rs 12,600 crore at a function held at the MMRDA grounds in Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) earlier. These lines comprise a 35 km-long elevated corridor stretching from Andheri to Dahisar in suburban Mumbai.

The 18.6 km-long Metro line 2A connects suburban Dahisar (East) with the 16.5 km-long D N Nagar (yellow line), while the Metro line 7 joins Andheri (East) with Dahisar (East).

The foundation stones of these lines were laid by PM Modi in 2015.

PM Modi was in the metropolis to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of various development projects worth more than Rs 38,000 crore.

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