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  Arpita Mukherjee, the close aide of Partha Chatterjee tainted in connection to the multi- crore West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment scam, has informed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) that her residence at Belgharia in the northern outskirts of Kolkata had multiple duplicate keys and hence accessed by many others in her absence. Starting from Wednesday evening till the early morning of Thursday, ED sleuths recovered cash worth Rs 27.90 crore and 6 kg of gold from this particular residence officially owned by Mukherjee. ED sources said that they will try to confirm Mukherjee's confession on this count from the caretaker, security personnel and other residents in the said housing complex on whether they have noticed anyone other than her entering the flat by opening the keys. Footage of CCTVs installed in the said housing complex will also be checkeds. "We are not completely overruling her statements on this count since the manner in which huge cash and g...

  Lucknow, July 29 (UITV/IANS)  The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has transferred 13 IAS and 20 PCS officers. The transfer list includes the name of Varanasi District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma who has now been posted as Commissioner Prayagraj. The new District Magistrate is S. Rajalingam. Kaushal Raj Sharma holds the distinction of being the longest serving District Magistrate. A 2006 batch IAS officer, he was posted in 6 different districts in 12 years. He was promoted to the rank of Secretary/Commissioner six months ago. While other IAS officers of the 2006 batch were upgraded to Commissioner level rank, the state government kept Sharma as the District Magistrate of Varanasi. While Kushinagar, Unnao, Fatehpur and Balarampur will also have new District Magistrates, Banda and Jhansi will get new Commissioners, apart from Prayagraj. Read More :- https://www.uitvconnect.com/newspaper/13-ias-officers-shifted-varanasi-gets-new-district-magistrate

  Kolkata, July 28 (UITV/IANS)  In the wake of the two consecutive recoveries of massive amounts of cash and gold from two of her residences in Kolkata's Tollygunge and Belgharia, Arpita Mukherjee on Thursday confessed to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) that she was forced by West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee to allow her houses to be used to store the illegal cash. According to ED sources, Mukherjee also admitted that the cash recovered from her residences was parked there by Chatterjee with the help of one of his close associates unknown to her. "She has confessed that Chatterjee used to come to both her Tollygunge and Belgharia residences once or even twice a week, and during his visits, he was accompanied by a person unknown to her. Mukherjee has also confessed that she did not even have access to the keys of the cupboards from where the cash recoveries were made. There were strict instructions from Chatterjee not to fiddle with the cupboards and also avoid frequenti...

  Prague, July 27 (UITV/IANS)  Slovakia, Poland and Italy have offered to send firefighting aircraft to the Czech Republic to help the country to contain a large forest fire in a national park. Currently, 410 firefighters from 83 units are fighting the fire in the Bohemian Switzerland National Park near the town of Hrensko, the country's Fire Rescue Service (FRS CR) said on Tuesday. Four helicopters and two airplanes are also helping on site. "Within the framework of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, we requested three Canadair aircraft and two helicopters to manage the forest fire in Hrensko. Poland responded with an offer of a helicopter," the Fire Rescue Service said in a tweet, adding that Slovakia and Italy also responded to "our request for help with aerial firefighting". The forest fire, which broke out on Sunday, started spreading on Monday due to windy weather and it even crossed the country's border with Germany. So far, it has affected an area of...

  New Delhi, July 26 (UITV/IANS)  Budget carrier SpiceJet said that it rectified the defects and malfunctions identified in 10 planes by the DGCA and all these ten aircraft are back in operation. The rectification had been done immediately after the DGCA observation. "A series of spot checks were carried out recently on all operating aircraft of M/s Spicejet from 9th July 2022 to 13th July 2022. A total of 53 spot checks were carried out on 48 aircraft which did not find any major significant finding or safety violation," the aviation ministry told Rajya Sabha in a reply to a question. The ministry further informed Parliament that DGCA had carried out the regulatory audit of three scheduled airlines, including SpiceJet as per published Annual Surveillance Programme (ASP) 2022. The civil aviation ministry also informed Parliament that the crew of the SpiceJet flight that was diverted to Karachi on July 5 did not declare emergency nor was there any fuel leak in the aircraft. In...

  Cairo, July 25 (UITV/IANS)  Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi held talks with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Cairo, where they discussed bilateral relations and regional and global issues of mutual concern. Lavrov handed to Sisi a letter from Russian President Vladimir Putin, expressing the importance Russia attaches to consolidating bilateral ties with Egypt within the framework of the "strategic partnership and cooperation agreement between the two countries", Xinhua news agency reported, citing a statement by the Egyptian presidency. The Egyptian president hailed the growing cooperation between Cairo and Moscow, which is exemplified by Russian projects in Egypt, such as the El-Dabaa nuclear power plant that is currently being built, and the establishment of a Russian industrial zone on the Suez Canal axis and other joint projects in various fields. With regard to the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Egypt renewed its call for a political sett...

  New Delhi, July 23 (UITV/IANS)  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hosted a farewell dinner for outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind. President-elect Droupadi Murmu also attended the dinner along with members of the Union Cabinet, Chief Ministers of various states and other dignitaries. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury were also present. Read More :- https://www.uitvconnect.com/newspaper/pm-modi-hosts-farewell-dinner-president-kovind

  Jaipur, July 22 (UITV/IANS)  In the presidential election, the BJP has managed to breach the fort of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot as two Congress MLAs cross-voted for NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu. The names of the MLAs have not been disclosed yet, but doubts are being raised about an independent and an ally. MLA Shobharani Kushwaha, expelled from the BJP for voting for the Congress candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections, has reportedly voted for the UPA candidate Yashwant Sinha. Droupadi Murmu, who won the presidential election, got the votes of 75 MLAs from Rajasthan and Yashwant Sinha obtained 123 votes. Congress MLA Bhanwarlal Sharma and BTP MLA Rajkumar Roth did not vote. A total of 198 MLAs out of 200 voted in the poll. The BJP and RLP had 73 votes after Shobharani's removal, but Murmu got 75 votes here. The BJP has a total of 71 MLAs, but was reduced by one after Dholpur MLA Shobharani expulsion. Hanuman Beniwal's party RLP, an ally of the BJP, has 3 MLAs. The BJP camp ...

  Lucknow, July 21 (UITV/IANS)  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced a financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh each to the families of the people who died after being struck by lightning. Official sources said that at least 14 people were killed and another 16 injured after being struck by lightning in separate incidents in the state on Wednesday. According to the details provided by the relief commissioner's office, four deaths due to lightning were reported from Banda, two from Fatehpur and one each from Balrampur, Chandauli, Bulandshahr, Rae Bareli, Amethi, Kaushambhi, Sultanpur and Chitrakoot districts. The CM expressed grief over the deaths and directed the concerned district magistrates to immediately provide Rs 4 lakh each to the victims' families, the spokesman said. The chief minister also directed the officials to ensure that proper treatment is provided to the injured. Read More :- https://www.uitvconnect.com/newspaper/yogi-announces-aid-kin-tho...

  Lucknow, July 20 (UiTV/IANS)  - In a laudable gesture, the Yogi Adityanath government has decided to allow transgenders to avail the facility of old age homes run by the government. The facility of Garima Bhawan will provide relief for old and ailing transgenders who have no family to fall back on. The state government has already set up the 'Kinnar Kalyan Board' for the welfare of the community. UP minister for social welfare , Aseem Arun, said that the government was also working to make the community join the mainstream. "We are also working for the mainstreaming of the community so that their members may also become doctors, engineers and the like," the minister said. He said that soon a contact centre at the Lucknow directorate would be set up to act as an interface among the beneficiaries of the various schemes run by the department and the government. "People can contact us through the contact centre via phone or email and all necessary information or as...

  Ottawa, July 19 (UITV/IANS)  Canadian Minister of Emergency Preparedness, Bill Blair announced advance payments to support flood, landslide and storm recovery efforts in the province of British Columbia. The advance payments of more than 870 million Canadian dollars ($700 million) is in addition to the 207 million Canadian dollars ($166 million) in support for wildfire recovery efforts that was announced in June, he said in a news release on Monday. British Columbians are living the effects of extreme weather driven by climate change, following devastating floods and wildfires in the province which caused an estimated 9 billion Canadian dollar ($7.2 billion)-plus in damages in 2021, Xinhua news agency reported. "Climate change is threatening communities across Canada, and we need to keep our partnerships strong as we prepare for and work to prevent natural disasters and extreme weather events," Blair said, concluding the final meeting of the Committee of British Columbia an...

  Rome, July 13 (UITV/IANS)  Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi has said that he plans to announce a series of measures aimed to reduce the impacts of the worsening economic situation caused in part by rising energy costs. Draghi said at a press conference after meeting with leaders of the country's main trade unions that he discussed with labor leaders changes to the tax system, wage hikes to help offset rising prices, and other economic incentives, Xinhua news agency reported. The Prime Minister also called for "stable structural interventions" to reduce the impacts of inflation, and for "the full participation" of the country's trade unions in the reform process, saying he would be ready to present his full plan of economic incentives on July 23. Draghi's meeting with labor leaders Tuesday was considered by local media as a step to soften current political risks. The populist Five-Star Movement, a senior partner in Draghi's ruling coalition, has ...

  Lucknow, July 12 (UITV/IANS)  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked the people of the state to hoist the national flag over their houses during the "Swatantrata Saptah" from August 11 to 17 as part of celebrations to mark of 75 years of India's independence. He said that the Tricolour should be there on 2.68 crore houses and 50 lakh government offices as part of the "Har Ghar Tiranga" programme. The Chief Minister said that there was a need to connect the people with the "Har Ghar Tiranga" and "selfie with Tiranga" programmes should be organised for the youth. Such selfies should be posted on social media on the occasion, he said. The best performing districts would be rewarded, he added. Yogi Adityanath launched the state culture department's "Jai Ghosh" community radio theme song and a poster of the "Har Ghar Tiranga" programme. He said copies of "Jhanda Uncha Rahe Hamara" song by Shyamla...

  Brasilia, July 11 (UITV/IANS)  Brazil has been coping well with the economic challenges caused by inflation, and the current problems faced by the population "are fleeting", President Jair Bolsonaro said, defending his government's economic measures. The President also highlighted how his government had created an emergency aid program and a program that paid workers from companies that had suspended contracts or reduced wages during the most critical period of the pandemic in 2020, reports Xinhua news agency. The country's inflation index, the National Broad Consumer Price Index, stood at 0.67 per cent of June, with an 11.89 per cent cumulative change in the last 12 months, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics said. The central bank has set an inflation target of 3.5 per cent for 2022. The 8.98 per cent drop in fuel prices in the last three weeks was the result of a new law obliging states to reduce taxes destined to finance the education and health ...

  Patna, July 9 (UITV/IANS)  Keeping in view the 2024 Lok Sabha election, BJP national president J.P. Nadda will visit Patna for an important meeting with officials of the party's Bihar wing to strengthen its organisational structure. Sanjay Jaiswal, the BJP state president, conducted a meeting late on Friday to plan and execute arrangements for Nadda's visit. "Our national president will have a meeting with the in-charge of every wing in the organisation apart from district presidents and other officials of the organisation," Jaiswal said. "We will organise a three-day training programme on July 14, 15 and 16 for every worker, presidents of different wings, district presidents and other officials of the state. We are expecting 300 leaders to participate in that event. They will further communicate to ground level workers like 'Saptrishi' and 'Panna Pramukh'. The idea is to strengthen the party at the ground level. Following the three-day programm...

  New Delhi, July 8 (UITV/IANS)  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he was "deeply distressed" over the attack on his "dear friend", former Japanese leader Shinzo Abe, who was shot at earlier in the day. Taking to Twitter, Modi said: "Deeply distressed by the attack on my dear friend Abe Shinzo. Our thoughts and prayers are with him, his family, and the people of Japan." Abe, who was Japan's longest-serving Prime Minister, collapsed after he was shot at while addressing en election rally in Nara city on Friday, state media said in a report, adding that the police have arrested a 41-year-old suspect. According to state broadcaster NHK, the incident took place at around 11. 30 a.m. (local time) near the Yamatosaidaiji Station in Nara city while the 67-year-old former leader was making a speech for a Liberal Democratic Party candidate's election campaign. Abe did not appear to show any life signs following the attack, and is presently hospita...

  Thiruvananthapuram, July 7 (UiTV/IANS)  - Nomination of P.T. Usha, often referred to as golden girl for bagging four gold medals at the Seoul Asiad in 1986, to the Rajya Sabha makes her the eighth Keralite to get the honour. Superstar Suresh Gopi whose term ended this April, Dr K.Kasthurirangan, Dr M.S.Swaminathan, Cartoonist Abu Abraham, G.Shankara Kurup, G.Ramachandran and Sardar K.M.Panikkar are the other dignitaries who made it to the upper house recently. Fifty-eight-year-old Usha hails from Payyoli in Kozhikode district and is presently employed with the Indian Railways. She also runs her own Usha School of Athletics at her hometown where she trains young talents. Expressing her gratitude on receiving the honour, Usha also known as 'Payyoli Express' said her nomination would lead to a huge spurt in the sporting activities in the country. She will utilise her time in the House to that effect, the retired athlete said. Read More :- https://www.uitvconnect.com/newspa...

  Hyderabad, July 6 (UiTV/IANS)  - The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has conducted a raid in Hyderabad and detained a person for his alleged links with the accused in the Udaipur killing. The man, said to be hailing from Bihar, was picked up by a team of NIA officials from a hotel in the Santosh Nagar area. He was taken to NIA office in Madhapur for questioning. According to sources, the raid was conducted as part of the investigation into the murder of Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal. The NIA, which is probing the case, reportedly found the mobile number of a person from Bihar in the call data of the accused. The person was traced in Hyderabad. The investigating agency was questioning him about his links with the two accused. Kanhaiya Lal was hacked to death by two men in his shop on June 28 for supporting suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma over her blasphemous remarks. Riaz Akhtari and Ghouse Mohammad had filmed the killing and posted the video on social media. Both t...