"Eknath Shinde Should Intervene": Sharad Pawar Over Maratha Quota Protest

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday met the injured protesters as Maharashtra's Jalna remained tense due to the lathi charge on them over the Maratha reservation. The NCP chief also asked for Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's intervention. 

"I feel the Chief Minister should intervene in this matter more to find a way out," Mr Pawar said. 

He further said that state president Jayant Patil and MLA Rajesh Tope informed me about the incident in detail after which we decided to come in Jalna. 

"We all met the injured at the hospital. Our state president Jayant Patil and MLA Rajesh Tope informed me about the incident in detail. Rajesh Tope requested me to come here as soon as possible, this incident is very serious and if people who are affected are not consoled or taken care, then there are chances that the incident might spread across Maharashtra. Therefore, Jayant Patil and I decided to come here immediately and meet the people," he added. 

"We met the injured at the hospital...While speaking to the injured they said that the situation was normal and the officials were in touch with them and everything was fine but suddenly the police force lathi-charged," Mr Pawar said.

On Friday, a clash broke out between police and protesters demanding Maratha reservation in Jalna. Police resorted to lathi charges to disperse the protesters.

Condemning the lathi charge by police on the protesters demanding reservation for the Maratha community, Congress leader Ashok Chavan said that it is "unfortunate" that the community is being defamed.

"No one is trying to understand their emotions. There is a lathi charge, tear gas, and rubber bullets are being used... The government should have sent their representatives, they should have spoken to the people, and assured them, then this could have been avoided. Suddenly, a huge police force was increased... This provoked the whole incident," Mr Chavan said.

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आम नागरिकों की हत्या करने वाले आतंकियों के दो मददगारों को NIA ने किया गिरफ्तार

राष्ट्रीय जांच एजेंसी (NIA) ने इस साल जनवरी में जम्मू-कश्मीर के राजौरी जिले के ढांगरी गांव में पांच निर्दोष नागरिकों की हत्या करने वाले आतंकवादियों को शरण देने के आरोप में दो लोगों को गिरफ्तार किया है.
 
निसार अहमद उर्फ हाजी निसार और मुश्ताक हुसैन नाम के दोनों आरोपियों को एनआईए ने गुरुवार को गिरफ्तार किया. उन्हें शुक्रवार को जम्मू में एनआईए की विशेष अदालत में पेश किया गया. दोनों को 12 दिन की एनआईए हिरासत में भेज दिया गया है. 

दोनों आरोपी वर्तमान में पुलिस स्टेशन गुरसाई, मेंढर, जिला पुंछ में दर्ज एक अन्य मामले में सेंट्रल जेल, कोट भलवाल, जम्मू में बंद थे.
 
ढांगरी गांव में एक जनवरी, 2023 को अज्ञात आतंकवादियों के हमले में पांच लोगों की मौत हो गई थी और अन्य कुछ गंभीर रूप से घायल हो गए थे. 

एनआईए की जांच से पता चला कि गिरफ्तार किए गए दोनों आरोपी उन आतंकवादियों को शरण देने में शामिल थे जिन्होंने नागरिकों की हत्याओं को अंजाम दिया था. उन्होंने आतंकवादियों को दो महीने से अधिक समय तक रसद सहायता दी थी और उन्हें एक ठिकाने में आश्रय दिया था. इस ठिकाने का निर्माण पाकिस्तान स्थित लश्कर-ए-तैयबा (एलईटी) के आकाओं सैफुल्ला उर्फ साजिद जट्ट के निर्देश पर इन आरोपियों ने किया था. 

राजौरी जिले के ढांगरी में नागरिकों की हत्या के मामले की जांच के दौरान एनआईए अधिकारियों की एक टीम ने जम्मू-कश्मीर के राजौरी, पुंछ और रियासी जिलों के पहाड़ी इलाकों में काफी समय तक डेरा डाला और बड़ी संख्या में लोगों से पूछताछ की. संदिग्धों की पहचान की गई और बाद में आरोपियों पर ध्यान केंद्रित किया गया. मामले की आगे की जांच जारी है.

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Watch: Champaran Mutton, Courtesy Chefs Lalu Yadav And Rahul Gandhi

It was a special cooking class: chef Lalu Yadav showed apprentice Rahul Gandhi how to cook Champaran mutton, a famous meat preparation from Bihar. The Congress leader released the cooking video on Saturday.

"I know how to cook, but I'm not an expert. When I was working in Europe I had to learn to cook. I used to stay alone, so I had to learn. I can cook basic dishes. But I am not an expert," Mr Gandhi says in the video, adding that "Lalu Yadav ji makes great food".  

Lalu Yadav, a famous practitioner of repeat-worthy dialogue, on being asked by the Congress leader when did he learn to cook, says, "I was in 6th or 7th standard. I had gone to Patna to meet my brothers, who were working there then. They had called me. I used to cook for them, gather firewood, wash utensils and grind the spices. I learnt it all there."

In the seven-minute video, the veteran Bihar leader can be seen instructing Rahul Gandhi on various steps involved in cooking the special dish: adding spices, marinating the meat and then putting it all in the handi.

As the dish was getting ready, Rahul Gandhi asks Mr Yadav about the secret spice in politics.

"The secret spice is hard work. To fight against injustice," says Mr Yadav.

How is this (cooking) different from politics? asks Rahul Gandhi, reminding the leader that he likes to "mix everything in politics".

"Yes, I do. Politics is impossible without a little mixing," says Mr Yadav.

During their conversation, Mr Gandhi asks the senior leader what was his advice for next generation of politicians?

"My suggestion is that your parents, your grandparents led the nation onto a new path, the path of righteousness, you should never forget that," says Mr Yadav.

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav and his sister Misa Bharti were also present during the dinner.

All of them then can be seen around a big dining table enjoying the dish. At the end, Mr Gandhi also gets the mutton dish packed for his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

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"Eyewash": Congress' Adhir Chowdhury Won't Join '1 Nation, 1 Poll' Panel

The leader of the Congress party in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has declined to be part of the eight-member committee headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind to see whether India could hold parliamentary and state assembly elections simultaneously.

In a letter to Home Minister Amit Shah, who is also part of the committee, Mr Chowdhury pointed out that Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge "has been excluded" from the committee, and instead they took former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad.

"This is a deliberate insult to the system of parliamentary democracy," Mr Chowdhury said in the letter.

The other members of the committee are former 15th Finance Commission chairman NK Singh, former Lok Sabha Secretary General  Subhash C Kashyap, senior advocate Harish Salve, and former Chief Vigilance Commissioner Sanjay Kothari.

The committee will look into the feasibility of holding not only Lok Sabha and assembly elections simultaneously, but also elections to municipalities and panchayats, according to the gazette notification.

"I have no hesitation whatsoever in declining to serve on the committee whose terms of reference have been prepared in a manner to guarantee its conclusions. It is, I am afraid, a total eyewash. Moreover, the sudden attempt to thrust a constitutionally suspect, pragmatically non-feasible and logistically unimplementable idea on the nation, months before the general elections, raises serious concerns about ulterior motives of the government," the Congress leader said in the letter.

"Furthermore, I find that the current LOP in the Rajya Sabha has been excluded. This is a deliberate insult to the system of parliamentary democracy. In these circumstances, I have no option but to decline your invitation," Mr Chowdhury said.

The nine-member committee will check whether the amendments to the Constitution would need ratification by the states, according to the government's gazette notification today.

The committee will analyse and recommend possible solutions linked to simultaneous elections if there is a hung house, no-confidence motion, defection, or any such other event.

A single electoral roll and identity card for voters valid for the national, state, civic body and panchayat elections will be explored, the government said in the notification.

The BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have spoken on the need for 'One Nation, One Election' on several occasions, and it was also a part of the party's manifesto for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

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Over 200 Passenger Trains Cancelled During G20 Summit In Delhi

As the national capital gears up for the G20 Summit, Northern Railways has decided to cancel and divert over 200 passenger trains temporarily from September 8 to 11 in Delhi, a notification stated on Saturday.

According to the schedule, over 90 trains have been cancelled on September 9. More than 100 passenger trains will be cancelled on September 10 as well. Most of these trains run from Delhi to South Haryana's Sonipat-Panipat, Rohtak, Rewari, and Palwal routes.

Apart from that, the Delhi-Rewari Express Special and Rewari-Delhi Express Special trains will be cancelled on September 11.

Moreover, several trains prescribed to originate or terminate at the New Delhi railway station during that period will now terminate or originate from Ghaziabad or Hazrat Nizamuddin railway stations.

India will host the G20 Summit on September 9 and 10 in the national capital.

The New Delhi G20 summit will see the "biggest participation" in the history of the grouping with arrangements in place for the mega event including that for the stay of leaders of member countries and the invited guest countries.

The Group of Twenty (G20) comprises 19 countries - Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, US, UK and the European Union.

India has invited Bangladesh, Egypt, Mauritius, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Singapore, Spain and UAE as guest countries for the mega event.

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Delhi Boy Detained For Slitting Throat Of Tutor Who Sexually Assaulted Him

A juvenile has been detained in Delhi for allegedly killing his 28-year-old tutor who sexually assaulted him on several occasions, police said on Saturday.

The accused was detained on Friday, three days after he allegedly murdered the man using a sharp weapon in an act of revenge, they added.

According to police, they received information around 2:15 pm on Wednesday that an apartment in Jamia Nagar was found open with blood splattered outside it.

On reaching the spot, the police team found the man's body lying on the floor with deep cut injuries on his neck, they said.

The tutor used to reside with his family in Zakir Nagar, a senior police officer said.

The one-room apartment where the body was found was owned by the man's family. The property was on rent and had been vacated by a tenant only a few days ago, the officer said. During the investigation, it was revealed that the man was allegedly homosexual and met the juvenile around two months ago, following which he allegedly sexually assaulted him several times, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South East) Rajesh Deo said.

The tutor even recorded a private video of his student and threatened to release it on social media if he did not listen to his demands, the DCP said.

On the day of the incident, after receiving a call from his tutor to meet him at his Jamia Nagar house, the juvenile allegedly reached the apartment with a sharp paper cutter and slit the man's throat before fleeing the spot.

The accused has been apprehended and the mobile phone of the man, clothes and shoes worn by the juvenile at the time of the incident have been recovered from him, the police added.

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तेलंगाना चुनाव नजदीक आने के साथ क्या वाईएस शर्मिला की बढ़ रही कांग्रेस से नजदीकी?

तेलंगाना चुनाव से पहले सभी की निगाहें कांग्रेस पर हैं क्योंकि वह विपक्षी नेता वाईएस शर्मिला के साथ मिलकर सत्तारूढ़ भारत राष्ट्र समिति के खिलाफ वोटों को मजबूत करने की जुगत लगाने की कोशिश में है. वाईएसआर तेलंगाना पार्टी के नेता ने दिल्ली में कांग्रेस की नेता सोनिया गांधी और राहुल गांधी से मुलाकात की, लेकिन इसके बाद उन्होंने विलय की अटकलों की न तो पुष्टि की है और न ही इनकार किया है.

इसके अलावा, बार-बार यह कहने के बावजूद कि उनका ध्यान तेलंगाना पर है, चर्चा है कि शर्मिला, जो कि आंध्र प्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री वाईएस जगन मोहन रेड्डी की बहन हैं, अगले साल जब उनके भाई के राज्य में चुनाव होगा, पारिवारिक सीमा लांघ सकती हैं.

उन्होंने कांग्रेस नेताओं के साथ बातचीत के बाद संवाददाताओं से कहा, ''सोनिया गांधी, राहुल गांधी से मुलाकात हुई... रचनात्मक चर्चा हुई. वाईएस राजशेखर रेड्डी की बेटी तेलंगाना के लोगों को लाभ पहुंचाने के लिए लगातार काम करेगी.'' उन्होंने कहा, ''मैं एक बात कह सकती हूं ...केसीआर (तेलंगाना के मुख्यमंत्री के चंद्रशेखर राव) की उलटी गिनती शुरू हो गई है.''

शर्मिला ने जोर देकर कहा कि उनका "एक सूत्री एजेंडा तेलंगाना में केसीआर के शासन को समाप्त करना है."

कांग्रेस के पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री वाईएस राजशेखर रेड्डी की बेटी शर्मिला ने वाईएसआर परिवार या ''राजन्ना राज्यम'' को राज्य में लाने के वादे के साथ जुलाई 2021 में वाईएसआरटीपी की शुरुआत की थी. इसमें वे और उनकी पार्टी दोनों चुनावी रूप से शामिल हैं. वे सत्तारूढ़ पार्टी पर निशाना साधने के लिए तेलंगाना में 3,800 किलोमीटर की पदयात्रा पर निकली थीं.

दिल्ली यात्रा के बाद उन्होंने कहा, "मेरे सारे प्रयास तेलंगाना के लिए हैं. मैं लोगों की स्थिति में सुधार के लिए सब कुछ कर रही हूं.  इसलिए तेलंगाना के गठन से उन्हें फायदा होगा."

पार्टी गांधी परिवार से मुलाकात से अनभिज्ञ

दिलचस्प बात यह है कि संपर्क करने पर वाईएसआरटीपी के प्रवक्ता कोंडा राघव रेड्डी ने कहा कि वे पार्टी की वरिष्ठ नेता शर्मिला की दिल्ली में गांधी परिवार से मुलाकात के बारे में अनभिज्ञ थे.

वाईएसआरटीपी प्रमुख ने हाल ही में कर्नाटक के उपमुख्यमंत्री डीके शिवकुमार और महासचिव केसी वेणुगोपाल सहित अन्य कांग्रेस नेताओं से मुलाकात की है. तब चर्चा राज्यसभा सीट हासिल करने या आंध्र प्रदेश में अपने भाई को टक्कर देने में मदद को लेकर थी.

रेड्डी ने अपनी बहन की राजनीतिक गतिविधियों से खुद को दूर कर लिया है. अपने पिता की मृत्यु के बाद उन्होंने सितंबर 2009 में वाईएसआर कांग्रेस पार्टी लॉन्च करने के लिए कांग्रेस से नाता तोड़ लिया था और वे अपनी बहन की पार्टी के लॉन्च में शामिल नहीं हुए थे.

वाईएसआरटीपी और कांग्रेस कैसे काम करेंगी?

यदि शर्मिला वास्तव में कांग्रेस में विलय करती हैं, तो इससे उन इलाकों में बीआरएस विरोधी वोटों को मजबूत करने में मदद मिल सकती है, जहां उनकी भावनात्मक अपील है, खास तौर पर वाईएसआर के वफादारों के बीच. हो सकता है कि वह खम्मम के पलेयर से चुनाव लड़ना चाहती हों, जहां कांग्रेस का कुछ प्रभाव है, लेकिन प्रोफ़ाइल को बढ़ावा देने की आवश्यकता हो सकती है. वैकल्पिक रूप से वह सिकंदराबाद से भी भाग्य आजमा सकती हैं.

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