Man Who Made Threat Call To Nitin Gadkari Swallows Iron Wire In Jail

An accused, arrested for allegedly making threat calls to Union minister Nitin Gadkari's office, swallowed iron wire while in jail though he remains in good health as of now, police said on Saturday.

Jayesh Pujari alias Kantha, lodged in the Central Jail here, has been kept under monitoring, said an official.

Earlier this week, he told jail officials that he had swallowed a piece of wire and "50 tablets". He was produced before a court on Thursday where he reiterated the claim, and was examined, on the court's order, by the doctors at the Government Medical College and Hospital.

The examination confirmed the presence of wire fragments in his stomach, but his health remained unaffected and he was declared fit by the doctors, the official said.

He was then taken back to the central jail. The prison's medical team continues to monitor his condition closely, the official said.

Pujari had repeatedly tried to get himself transferred to the Belagavi jail where he had been lodged earlier, the official said. It is suspected that he wanted to move to that jail as he had built a criminal network there and enjoyed access to mobile phones and some other facilities.

While lodged in Belagavi jail, Pujari allegedly made threat calls to Gadkari's office in January this year after colluding with Bengaluru terror attack convict Afsar Pasha. Claiming to be a member of the Dawood Ibrahim gang, he demanded Rs 100 crore.

He made another call on March 21, after which he was arrested in the case and brought to Nagpur.

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Army Major Who Fired On Soldiers In Rajouri Camp To Face Court Of Inquiry

A Court of Inquiry was ordered on Friday against an Army Major for allegedly opening fire on his colleagues and injuring five personnel, including three officers, inside a camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri, officials said.

Tension gripped areas around the Neeli post in the Thanamandi area on Thursday and senior officials rushed to the camp for first-hand information about the incident.

According to information gathered through various sources, the Major, who has been identified as 'Prince', created a hue and cry about a possible terror attack prompting his commanding officer to rush his second-in-command from Thanamandi, 18 km from the Neeli post.

Attempts were made to pacify the officer who seemed to be having panic attack. The officer ensured all weapons in the post were deposited in the armoury.

As soon as attempts were made to pacify him, he allegedly started firing indiscriminately and throwing grenades, injuring two middle-rung personnel and the unit's second-in-command.

This prompted the commanding officer of the unit, along with the Regimental Medical Officer (RMO), to rush to the scene. They too were injured and reportedly suffered from splinter injuries.

The injured were taken to Thanamandi, from where three were airlifted to the Command Hospital in Udhampur.

The Major has been detained and is being questioned, the officials said, adding that a Court of Inquiry has been ordered into the incident.

The tense situation at the camp lasted nearly eight hours before the officer was overpowered inside the armoury late last evening.

The army posted on X that an officer was injured in a likely grenade accident at a post in Rajouri.

"On 05 Oct 23 one officer was injured in a likely grenade accident at a post in Rajouri sector. Officer evacuated and stable post initial treatment. Further investigation of the incident in progress," the White Knight Corps of the army posted on X.

Official sources said there was a firing practice session at the camp for the past several days and the accused officer started firing on his colleagues and subordinates without any provocation on Thursday afternoon.

Later, he took shelter inside the armoury of the camp and hurled grenades when the commanding officer, along with his deputy and the medical officer, moved near the building in an effort to persuade him to surrender, the sources said.

On the incident, Jammu-based defence PRO Lt Col Suneel Bartwal in a message said, "I have received calls about some firing/terrorist attack on army camp in General Area Rajouri. I would like to inform you that no terrorist attack has occurred, it is an unfortunate internal incident of the camp."

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Cop Dies By Suicide In Arunachal Pradesh

A constable on duty at a minister's bungalow here allegedly shot himself to death on Thursday, a senior police officer said.

Constable Kabak Soni of the first Arunachal Armed Police battalion, who was on duty at Environment & Forest Minister Mama Natung's residence, shot himself at his head from point blank range with his gun, Capital Superintendent of Police (SP) Rohit Rajbir Singh said.

"One round was used by him, to shoot in the temple...," Mr Singh said, adding the 33-year-old constable hails from the Papumpare district of the state.

Inquest proceedings were conducted by Niti Vihar police station, he said.

The body of the policeman was handed over to the family members after conducting postmortem at the Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS) near here, the SP added.

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NCP's Mohammed Faizal Disqualified As Lok Sabha Member

NCP leader Mohammed Faizal PP was disqualified as member of the Lok Sabha on Wednesday after the Kerala High Court rejected his plea for suspension of his conviction in a murder case.

"In view of order dated 03.10.2023 of the Hon'ble High Court of Kerala, Shri Mohammed Faizal PP, Member of Lok Sabha representing the Lakshadweep Parliamentary Constituency of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, stands disqualified from the membership of Lok Sabha from the date of his conviction, i.e. 11th January, 2023," a Lok Sabha Secretariat bulletin stated.

This is the second time Faizal has been disqualified as member of the Lok Sabha.

He was disqualified as Lok Sabha member on January 25, days after a sessions court at Kavaratti had convicted him and three others on charges of attempting to murder P Salih and sentenced all the three to rigourous imprisonment for 10 years.

Mohammed Faizal's disqualification was revoked on March 29, months after the Kerala High Court suspended his conviction and sentencing in the case.

In August 2023, the Supreme Court set aside the Kerala High Court order on an appeal filed by the Union Territory of Lakshadweep.

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खुद गिर गए मगर तिरंगे को गिरने नहीं दिया, गोल्डन बॉय नीरज चोपड़ा का वीडियो हो रहा है वायरल

नीरज चोपड़ा ने फिर इतिहास रच दिया है. 19वें एशियन गेम्स में गोल्ड पर कब्जा जमाने के बाद जब नीरज चोपड़ा दर्शकों का अभिवादन स्वीकार कर रहे थे तभी किसी ने उन्हें तिंरंगा फेंका. तिरंगा जमीन पर गिर रहा था तभी नीरज ने शानदार कैच कर उसे अपने हाथों में ले लिया. सोशल मीडिया पर इसका वीडियो वायरल हो रहा है. इस वीडियो को देखने के बाद सोशल मीडिया पर यूज़र्स कमेंट कर नीरज चोपड़ा को धन्यवाद कह रहे हैं.

देखें वायरल वीडियो

He loves the color Gold, but he loves Tricolor much morepic.twitter.com/p3f738kks1

— Sagar (@sagarcasm) October 4, 2023

वीडियो में देखा जा सकता है कि जीत के बाद जश्न मनाने के लिए नीरज चोपड़ा दर्शकों के पास जा पहुंचे. वहां किसी दर्शक ने तिरंगे को नीरज चोपड़ा के पास भेजा. तिरंगा दूर होने के कारण जमीन पर गिर रहा था तभी नीरज चोपड़ा ने शानदार कैच लेकर उसे गिरने से बचा लिया. सोशल मीडिया पर यह वीडियो वायरल हो रहा है और सभी को पसंद भी आ रहा है.

वायरल हो रहे इस वीडियो को @sagarcasm नाम के ट्विटर यूज़र ने शेयर किया है. इस वीडियो को 67 हज़ार लोगों ने देखा है वहीं वायरल हो रहे इस वीडियो पर कई लोगों के कमेंट्स देखने को मिल रहे हैं. एक यूज़र ने कमेंट करते हुए लिखा है- ये कुछ अलग ही है. एक अन्य यूज़र ने कमेंट करते हुए लिखा है- ये हमारा गोल्डन बॉय है.

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No Politics Behind Orange Vande Bharat Trains, Says Railway Minister

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in a recent interaction with journalists dismissed the notion that there is any politics behind launching orange-colour Vande Bharat trains, saying the choice of colours was informed by scientific thought.

"For human eyes, two colours are supposed to be the most visible - yellow and orange. In Europe, almost 80 per cent of trains have either orange or a combination of yellow and orange," Mr Vaishnaw said.

"There are many other colours, such as silver, which are bright like yellow and orange but if we talk about it from the point of view of visibility to the human eye, these two colours are considered to be the best," he added.

Mr Vaishnaw asserted there is no politics behind it and it is a 100 per cent scientific thought.

He said it is due to these reasons black boxes in aircraft and ships are of orange colour. "Even rescue boats and life jackets, which National Disaster Response Force uses, are of orange colour."

The Indian Railway launched its first orange-grey colour Vande Bharat train on September 24 between Kasaragod and Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala. It was one of the nine Vande Bharat trains that Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off on September 24 in a video conference.

Kasaragod-Thiruvananthapuram was the 31st Vande Bharat train to hit the track for a trial run on August 19 at the Integral Coach Factory, a manufacturer of rail coaches in Perambur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. 

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Centre Has Cleared Ken-Betwa River Linking Project: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Wednesday that the Centre has cleared the Ken-Betwa River Linking Project, which will provide water to the impoverished Bundelkhand region.

It is a lucky day for Madhya Pradesh and Bundelkhand, the CM said in a video message. The project will irrigate the 10.6 lakh hectares of land besides providing drinking water to 62 lakh people in the region, he said.

The parched Bundelkhand region straddles Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. The project to link the Ken and Betwa rivers has been envisaged under the Centre's national river interlinking policy.

Mr Chouhan said two electricity projects – 103 MW hydropower and 27 MW solar plants – will be set up under this river-linking initiative. Two other power projects of 72 MW capacity will also be put up, he said and added, “Congress did nothing for this region… They only stalled the project.” Assembly elections in the BJP-governed MP are due by the year-end.

He said that irrigation facilities in the state have been increased to 47 lakh hectares from seven lakh hectares in 2003 and work is underway to take it up to 65 lakh hectares.

The “double engine” government of the BJP – at the Centre and state – has transformed Madhya Pradesh, Chouhan said thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for clearing the project.

State BJP president V D Sharma, who represents the Khajuraho Lok Sabha seat in Bundelkhand, said the Centre has cleared the proposal for using 6,017 hectares of forest land for the Ken-Betwa River Linking Project.

After this clearance, the work on the project will speed up, he said. This project will transform the Bundelkhand region in MP and neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, he said.

During the monsoon season, Mr Sharma said, MP will get 1,834 million cusecs of water through this project.

Chhatarpur, Panna, Tikamgarh, Niwari and Damoh districts of Madhya Pradesh and Banda, Mahoba, Jhansi and Lalitpur districts of Uttar Pradesh will benefit through this project, said Mr Sharma, adding that his parliamentary constituency will also be a gainer. 

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