The extremely costly “Bentley Mulsanne” (worth around £250,000, over 6 Crores Pakistani Rupees), which was stolen in London has been found by Karachi authorities on 4th September 2022. The UK’s intelligence service informed Pakistani officials that the stolen car was parked at a residence in the DHA (Defense Housing Authority) area of Karachi. This was confirmed by the Collectorate of Customs Enforcement (CCE), Karachi.
Federal Board of Revenue’s (FBR) Collectorate of Customs released a statement in which it said, “A credible information was received from a national agency of a friendly country that a grey Bentley Mulsanne, V8 Automatic, VIN Number SCBBA63Y7FC001375, Engine Number CKB304693 was stolen from London and their intelligence agency indicated that the said vehicle is supposed to be parked at 15-B, South 10th Street, DHA, Karachi.”
Luxury ‘Bentley Mulsanne’ car stolen from London recovered in Karachi
It is understood that the suspects who committed the heist neglected to deactivate or turn off the trace tracker. In the end, the tracker assisted UK officials in pinpointing the precise location of the car using sophisticated tracking technology. The Bentley had one white handmade registration plate reading BRS-279 on the front and a Pakistani identification number plate BRS-279 (2020 Sindh) when the FBR inspectors raided the home. The tax collection agency said that the car’s chassis number matched the one provided by the UK authorities.
When the FBR’s Collectorate of Customs could not locate the vehicle’s keys, it was hauled to its depot. The board said, “Due to the non-availability of the key of the said vehicle, arrangements were made to lift the vehicle by car carrier. The recovered vehicle was loaded on a car carrier for taking it to ASO HQ-NMB Wharf for the further completion of legal formalities.”
In the meanwhile, the car’s owner told the investigators that another individual had sold the car to him and had taken responsibility for obtaining the necessary paperwork from the appropriate agencies.
The series of resignations in the Congress party continues in Gujarat. Now Youth Congress president Vishwanathsinh Vaghela has resigned from his post on 4th September 2022. He also alleged that Congress took Rs 1.5 crore to make him the Youth Congress president. This resignation has come just before Rahul Gandhi’s planned visit to the state. It is notable that the Gujarat assembly elections are set to be held in the state later this year.
Vishwanathsinh Vaghela held a press conference to announce his decision. He said in the press conference, “Tomorrow Rahul Ji is going to attend the convention but 10 out of 100 people attending the program do not know their booth. My father passed away, I fought the election with the money that I received after his death. None of my forefathers has come into politics. Many leaders have tried to fail me, I have resigned because I lost all my capacities. The party has taken Rs 1.5 crore from me to appoint me the state president of the Youth Congress.”
Gujarat Youth congress President Vishwanathsinh Vaghela resigned. Image Source: Divya Bhaskar
Vishwanathsinh Vaghela has made several allegations in the seven-page resignation letter. He said in his letter, “One of the biggest reasons for joining the Congress was that from an early age, I used to read history books and learned that Congress leaders brought freedom. That’s why I chose the Congress party. However as I continued to work in the party, I came to know that many of the real leaders who had given the freedom to the country had left in 1969. I have not even seen the photographs of the leaders who gave us freedom, and who were my sources of inspiration, in the Congress office.”
He added, “I had long felt as if the present Congress was lost in worshipping one family. Whatever positions were given to me by the Congress party, they took money from me and sold those positions to me. So how can a person like a sold position? Ever since I became the President of the Youth Congress, I have been a victim of factionalism by senior leaders of the party. The group leaders against the senior leaders who helped me in the Youth Congress decided to target me.”
Telling more about the groupism within the state Congress, he said, “I resigned as I am fed up now. I messaged Srinivas and Krishna 3-4 days ago. They have stopped picking up my calls. Hardik Patel has already left 3-4 months back. Our pain may be the same. I won’t name anyone here, but senior party leaders know why they are leaving. Groupism has been going on for 10 years, now, let the party handle this groupism on its own. I have not spoken to the BJP, but I would be active in politics. Like me, countless youths are unhappy with the party.” Vanrajsinh Chavda, BJP’s state executive member and syndicate member of Gujarat University, also attended the press conference with Vishwanathsinh Vaghela.
On 4th September 2022, Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated 4 smart schools of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. It is notable that these smart schools in Ahmedabad fall into the Lok Sabha constituency of Amit Shah that is Gandhinagar. A total of 22 such smart schools have been set up at a budget of Rs 10 crores. More than 3200 students will benefit from the 4 schools inaugurated by the Home Minister. In his address on this occasion, Amit shah shared a brief account of the tasks accomplished by Narendra Modi while working as the chief minister of Gujarat as well as the Prime Minister of the country.
Talking about the efforts undertaken by the BJP government on education, Amit Shah said, “When the BJP took over the charge of the state from the Congress government, there was a huge dropout percentage. 23.5 percent of students enrolled in primary school would quit education before they could even pass the seventh standard. Also, out of the 100 children born in the state, only 67 would be enrolled in the school. So overall only 40 percent of kids could complete primary education. Narendra Modi started a new initiative to enroll more students, especially girl students. From the chief minister at the top to some clerk in some office, every representative of the government and administration went to schools, visited people at their homes, spread awareness among them, and ensured 100 percent enrollment in the schools.”
He further said, “Gujarat is the first state in India to achieve this feat. Gujarat is the best state in the country when it comes to the standard of primary education. Now, these smart schools will operate according to the new education policy and make sure that the kids in Ahmedabad get the best education.”
Amit Shah said, “For the last so many years there is a BJP government in Gujarat. Especially in the last twenty years, Gujarat is leading on the path of development under the leadership of Narendra Modi, first when he was the chief minister and now in the last 8 years as the Prime Minister. Today, chief minister Bhupendra Patel is toiling hard to realize various schemes of the Narendra Modi government on the ground. Gujarat emerged as a model of development in the country under such leadership.”
चाहे गुजरात सीएम रहते हुए अपनी दूरदर्शिता और नीतियों से छात्रों की ड्रॉपआउट दर कम करना हो या प्रधानमंत्री के रूप में नई शिक्षा नीति के माध्यम से देश को एक अभूतपूर्व शिक्षा मॉडल देना हो, @narendramodi जी ने बच्चों को उज्ज्वल भविष्य देने के अपने संकल्प को जमीन पर चरितार्थ किया है। pic.twitter.com/UqrZvwOsLe
He also compared the work culture of the Congress party and the BJP government. Making the differences clear, he said, “There are two kinds of politicians. One type is those who fight elections from a party that works hard to serve people. The other type of people is those who get a new Kurta Pajama four-five months before the elections and just give promises to people.”
Recalling the violent past of the Congress rule in the state, Amit Shah said, “Gujarat’s people know this type of culture very well. For years, the Congress party used to rule here. I would like Ahmadabad’s people to recall the days when communal violence was an everyday affair. We would be forced to stop our Rath Yatra. There would be a curfew for 200 days a year. Families would pray for the safe return of those who would leave home in the morning to earn their bread and butter. I am very proud to tell you that when a BJP government was formed in the state and especially after Narendra Modi became the chief minister of the state, such curfews became a part of history.”
मोदी जी के विश्वस्तरीय व गुणवत्तापूर्ण शिक्षा के विजन को आगे बढ़ाते हुए अहमदाबाद नगर निगम व NPSS द्वारा ₹9.54करोड़ से बने स्मार्ट स्कूलों का ई-उद्घाटन किया।
इन स्मार्ट स्कूलों में बच्चों को टेक्नोलॉजी के माध्यम से पढ़ाया जायेगा, जो उनके समग्र विकास में अत्यंत उपयोगी सिद्ध होगा। pic.twitter.com/QheVACVC7p
Amit Shah also emphasized the changes in the law and order situation in the state brought about by the prolonged rule of the BJP in the state. He said, “Under the leadership of Narendra Modi, the BJP government in Gujarat established the law and order situation in the state as one of the most ideal law and order situations in the country. I have seen the situation of the Porbandar jail when there was a Congress rule in the state, I was in ABVP at that time. It was like, where the Porbandar border starts, it marks the end of the ideal law and order. Today see the situation of the state. At around 12 midnight, a young girl wearing loads of jewelry drives a scooter to attend and enjoy a Garba program, and her parents rest at their home without any tension because they know that their daughter will safely return home.”
Informing about the BJP government’s work to supply electricity to even the remotest of the villages in the state, Amit Shah said, “Gone are the days when people used to ask their representatives to provide electricity at least at the time of dinner if not an uninterrupted supply. It was Narendra Modi’s government in Gujarat that for the first time in India ensured a 24-hour uninterrupted power supply across the state.”
On September 3, several media houses reported that a 5,000-year-old tradition would be broken on Radhashtmi at Radha Rani Mandir as a widowed woman was all set to become priest of the Temple. As per the traditions of the Temple, only male priests of the Goswami community can serve as a priest at the Radha Rani temple, and the practice has been going on for over 5,000 years.
Misleading news report by News18 suggesting 5000-year-old tradition was broken.
The controversy around the position of sevadar in Temple
As per the reports, there are three groups or Toks that take care of the temple proceedings and belong to the Goswami community on a rotation basis. Harbans Lal Goswami Ji was to take over the temple proceedings as sevadar from April 27 to October 20 this year. However, he passed away without an heir. Taking circumstances into consideration, his brother’s grandson Rasbehari Goswami got appointed as sevadar. Advocate Ashutosh Sharma who represented Rasbehari Goswami in the court, gave inputs for this report.
However, a woman identified as Maya Devi came forward and claimed she was the widow of Harbans Lal Goswami, so she should be given charge of the Temple. She filed a plea in the lower court, and based on the documents that the Rasbehari group alleged were fake, she got orders to take over the temple administration. As the local administration got orders from the court, they had to take away the charge from Rasbihari Goswami and give it to Maya Devi.
Rasbehari Goswami filed a petition at the district court, where the orders passed by the civil judge were overturned. Further pleas were filed in High Court to take control of the temple administration by the Rasbehari group, but there were delays in the process. Based on the higher courts, a plea was filed in civil court to pass orders to get possession of the temple before Radha Ashtami, but the court, instead of passing the order on September 2, as required by the High Court, set a date for September 8 for hearing.
The Rasbehari group filed an urgent petition in the Allahabad High Court on September 3, and the hearing commenced despite Saturday being a holiday considering the importance of Radha Ashtami. After hearing the arguments, the single-judge bench of the High Court comprising Justice Vivek Chaudhary set the date to September 12 but did not give immediate relief to the petitioner.
The order, however, became the source of misinterpretation and several news portals published that a woman priest would perform Pooja on Radha Ashtami. OpIndia, in a detailed conversation with Advocate Ashutosh Sharma, found out that Maya Devi did not perform Pooja on Radha Asthami, but members of the Goswami community did so as per the traditions.
Conversation of Advocate Ashutosh with OpIndia
Advocate Ashutosh told OpIndia that Maya Devi does not belong to the Goswami community, and the documents she submitted in her original plea based on which she took over the post of sevadar were allegedly forged. He said when petitions were filed in higher courts, it was observed by the court that the appointment of Maya Devi on the post of sevadar was wrong, and the judgment of the lower court was nullified.
However, because of the legalities of the matter, the Rasbehari group could not take control of the temple proceedings. When OpIndia asked if they had approached local and state administration for support, Advocate Ashutosh said, “We did contact everyone, but in the lack of proper orders from the court, the administration was unable to help. This is why we kept running from pillar to post in courts to get the orders as per the law and take over the temple proceedings.” He further said Maya Devi was not even the wife of Harbans Lal Goswami, so the whole case was based on forged documents. Advocate Ashutosh is close to the Goswami community that manages Pooja, Archana at the Temple.
When asked if Maya Devi performed Pooja at the temple on Radha Ashtami, he said, “This is where all the media houses went wrong and misinterpreted the orders. The High Court did not give Maya Devi the right to be Sevadar on such auspicious occasions. On the contrary, the court observed we were right. However, the court restrained itself from passing any orders in our favour as there was only one day left in the festival, and the preparations were completed at the temple.” The 5000-year-old tradition was not broken.
He further added, “Keeping in mind the recent stampede case in the temple on Janmashtami, the court said interim relief to Rasbihari Goswami was not possible as a change in administration would have caused havoc in the temple premises. Now coming to the Pooja on Radha Ashtami, the media houses were completely wrong. They did not even approach anyone known about the matter to understand what was happening. The Pooja was performed by the priests of the Goswami community as it per the traditions. It does not matter if those priests belonged to Maya Devi’s group or our group. The thing that matters is it was done by male priests of Goswami community and not by Maya Devi as the news reports suggested.”
Advocate Ashutosh added the court patiently listened to their arguments on Saturday and issued notice to Maya Devi to be present in the court for the hearing on September 12. “We have full faith in the judiciary.”
Local and state administration will take action based on orders by the court
It has to be noted that the state government has no role in giving charge to Maya Devi as it was ordered by the lower court. Once the judgment of the High Court comes, the administration will take action according to the law. However, the Rasbehari group was not pleased with the local administration’s approach toward them when they sat on a hunger strike to take control of the temple proceedings. There was lathi charge on Rasbehari and his followers on August 27 that led to further controversy.
Cyrus Mistry, the former chairman of Tata Sons, died in a road accident near Palghar in Maharashtra today. Mistry was en route from Ahmedabad to Mumbai when his vehicle met with an accident on the highway at Charoti in Palghar. Another person who was travelling in the car also died, while two other were injured.
Palghar superintendent of police has confirmed the news that Cyrus Mistry has died in the accident. Reportedly, Mistry’s car hit the divider on the bridge over the Surya river at around 3:30 in the afternoon, causing the accident, and he succumbed to the injuries on the spot. Police informed that two people were injured in the accident and they have been admitted to a hospital, including the driver.
Former chairman of Tata Sons Cyrus Mistry killed in road accident near Mumbai
Palghar Superintendent of Police Balasaheb Patil said, “The accident took place on the Surya river bridge on the way from Ahmedabad to Mumbai around 3:30 in the afternoon. Two people have been injured in the accident and two have died. It was a Mercedes car. The car number is MH-47-AB-6705. Further proceeding is currently underway.”
Mortal remains of Mistry will be taken to his home in Gujarat from Tata Hospital.
Former Chairman of Tata Sons Cyrus Mistry died in a car crash at around 3pm in Maharashtra's Palghar area. A total of 4 people were there in the vehicle; two, including Cyrus Mistry, died: Palghar Police pic.twitter.com/7sE8PgPUno
Cyrus Pallonji Mistry, born in 1968, was chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company of Tata group companies, from 2012 to 2016. In 2016, the Tata Sons board had removed him from the post, triggering a bitter dispute between Mistry and the board. The matter had reached courts, but it had ended after the Supreme Court upheld his dismissal.
Cyrus Mistry owned 18.5% share in Tata group, giving him significant voting rights in the conglomerate.
Just days after the Assam government closed 34 high schools after none of the students from those schools were able to pass the 10th board examinations, the state government has now closed 1710 primary schools in the state. As part of the ongoing school rationalisation process in the state, the state education department has completed the process of closing the identified primary schools, and merged them with nearby schools.
These schools had very few numbers of students for various reasons, including the availability of multiple primary schools in the same area, and had a highly skewed teacher-student ratio that didn’t justify running those schools. The number of students in some classes in those schools were in single digits. The state government had sent notices to all schools having less then 30 students informing that those schools will be merged with nearby government schools, and the teachers will be transferred to other schools.
This scenario occurred after the state government provincialised a large number of private schools, known as venture schools, and this had resulted in multiple government schools in the same areas. Apart from this, the establishment of English-medium private schools also has contributed to the decreasing number of students in government schools.
Although there have been protests against the amalgamation of schools, the state government has taken a strong position on the matter, saying that schools with poor results and a low number of students will be closed and merged with nearby schools. As part of that decision, 1710 schools in 20 districts have been closed. These schools include 62 in Barpeta district, 68 in Bongaigaon district, 129 in Cachar, 64 in Darrang, 85 in Dhemaji, 56 in Dhubri, 60 in Dibrugarh, 89 in Goalpara, 45 in Golaghat, 59 in Hailakandi, 182 in Jorhat district, 94 in Kamrup Metro, 50 in Tinsukia, 105 in Sonitpur, 136 in Sivasagar, 134 in Nalbari, 90 in Nagaon, 148 schools in Marigaon and 49 primary schools in Karimganj.
The state government has said that the purpose of the amalgamation of schools is to achieve a standard teacher-pupil ratio, optimum services of the employees, saving administrative cost and other logistic support for the schools.
Education minister Ranoj Pegu said that this is an ongoing process, and the amalgamation of schools will continue, based on results in board exams and the number of students. The Himanta Biswa Sarma government has taken several steps to reform and improve the education sector, including opening new schools in areas lacking schools and merging schools in areas where there are more than required schools.
Unless forced to, we prefer to work quietly!
In this academic year we've established 100 Secondary Schools for kids of tea garden workers; 100 more in pipeline. Tea gardens are located in remotest parts of Assam.
Yesterday CM The govt Himanta Biswa Sarma informed that 100 new Secondary Schools have been established this year for children of tea garden workers, and 100 more such schools are in pipeline.
In the Halla Bol rally organised by the congress party in Delhi, the Gandhi family scion and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed that the inflation is so high that flour is now sold at the rate of 40 Rs litre. Rahul Gandhi said, “I have statistics to show the price rise. LPG was 410 Rs in 2014, now 1050 Rs, Petrol 70 Rs in 2014, now 100 Rs litre, Diesel 55 Rs in 2014, now 90 Rs litre, Mustard oil 90 Rs in 2014, now 200 Rs litre, wheat flour 22 Rs Litre in 2014, today- 40 Rs litre.”
Rahul Gandhi failed to even speak out about the exact rates of goods when trying to recollect them even when scribbled on a sheet of paper. Trying to impress the crowd by recalling the exact selling prices of the commodities, Rahul Gandhi does not even know flour is sold on the basis of its weight and not its volume.
Rahul Gandhi claimed that hatred is on the rise in the country and the Bharatiya Janata Party is dividing the country by instigating fear in the minds of the people. Resorting to his old rhetoric of targeting the business and industrialist class of the country, Gandhi claimed that only two industrialists have benefitted since the BJP has come to power.
Hatred is rising in India.Fear of inflation,unemployment increasing in India,due to this hatred is rising.BJP,RSS dividing the country&creating fear in the country.Only 2 industrialists in the country benefitting from this fear&hatred:Congress MP Rahul Gandhi at ‘Halla Bol’ rally pic.twitter.com/BHt1yBm3fC
Trying hard to mimic PM Modi and making efforts to make a connection with the crowd, Rahul Gandhi took on various directions in his speech which resulted in making no sense. In one case, he discussed demonetization, while in another, he attempted to criticize farm laws enacted by the central government.
The Bharatiya Janata Party took a jib at the Congress party after Rahul Gandhi made such remarks. BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala took to Twitter and wrote, “Rahul Gandhi: ATTA 22 rupaye per litre aaj 40 rupaye per litre Taking Rahul Gandhi seriously on price rise is like taking Congress seriously on fighting corruption & taking Hitler seriously on human rights! During UPA it was double digit inflation for long periods”
Rahul Gandhi: ATTA 22 rupaye per litre aaj 40 rupaye per litre
Taking Rahul Gandhi seriously on price rise is like taking Congress seriously on fighting corruption & taking Hitler seriously on human rights!
Though there were rumours that police detained some people in the rally, the Delhi Police refuted all such claims and stated that no one was detained.
A rally of Indian National Congress was schedueld at Ram Lila Maidan today. Party workers protesting elsewhere were taken in buses by Delhi Police & dropped at the designated place of protest. No one has been detained unlike some reports falsely claiming so. @ANI@PTI_News
At Ramlila Maidan in the nation’s capital, Congress is holding a massive rally themed “Mehangai Par Halla Bol” to protest national inflation and unemployment. The march has forced the authorities to shut a number of roadways, which is problematic for commuters in the national capital. The rally is attended by several Congress leaders and chief ministers of Congress-ruled states.
On Sunday, September 4, 2022, Biryani started trending on social media in India, and it was because of a simple reply on the Korean app Weverse. Jimin from the Korean boy band BTS was interacting with his fans when someone asked him about Biryani, and he replied that it is Indian food. Indian fans of BTS can’t keep calm after getting to know that Jimin knows about Biryani.
Jimin came online on Weverse and shared a post saying that he was thinking about what to eat. Soon BTS fans flooded him with suggestions on what to eat. Among the many many suggestions Jimin got, one fan suggested to him Biryani. Jimin replied to the fan by saying, “It’s Indian Food.”
Excited Indian fans of the group took to Twitter to share the news and in no time at all, Biryani was trending on top in India.
All 7 BTS members are hugely popular in India, as is the case in most countries around the world, and fans were very happy to hear that Jimin knows about Indian dishes like Biryani.
I had Jimin talk about Biryani and was called honey by him today. Best day of 2022 right here. Only PJM1 can top it now ?
Gandhi, who has probably never really gone grocery shopping himself in his entire life of over 50 years, said that flour, which was earlier ‘Rs 22 per litre, is now for Rs 40 per litre’. Flour, being a solid substance, is measured in grams and kilograms and not in litres, which is usually a unit for measurement for liquids. Rahul Gandhi, who was reading from a script likely said it as written in the script, which could mean that the person who wrote the script also wrote it as ‘litre’ instead of ‘kilo’.
This, obviously, triggered a war of memes and jokes on Twitter.
Netizens poked fun at how the Congress workers and leaders would be lining up with bottles to get flour now that it is available in litres as per Rahul Gandhi.
Netizens also pointed out how along with other Gems of Rahul Gandhi, the ‘Rs 22/litre aata’ will be one of the most legendary quotes by him that will go down the history.
'Aaloo se sona' और 'पिछत्तीस' की आपार सफलता के बाद "Aata 22 रुपए लीटर" will go down in the history as the most influential quotes by Mahatma Rahul Gandhi https://t.co/O3nqlCvlcq
On Sunday, September 4, 2022, senior journalist Pallavi Ghosh made a shocking revelation that her sources have told her that the Congress party has asked journalists to aggressively bash former party member Ghulam Nabi Azad. Ghosh also mentioned that these attacks are for a “price”. Azad left the Congress party last month after writing a scathing letter criticising the party’s top leadership.
Ghost tweeted- A little birdie to me – Few congress beat reporters have been asked to aggressively tweet to bash azad as halla bol rally is on way .. watch out for some of the tweets .. and it’s for a “price”
A little birdie to me – Few congress beat reporters have been asked to aggressively tweet to bash azad as halla bol rally is on way .. watch out for some of the tweets .. and it’s for a “price”
Congress is holding a “halla bol” rally at Ramlila Maidaan in Delhi today to protest against the ruling BJP-led government. However, it looks like the party is not planning on attacking just the government today and also plans to attack its former member.
Ever since he left the party, Azad has been criticised by Congress-sympathising journalists and it looks like the attacks are only going to increase now.
Ghulam Nabi Azad left Congress
After spending nearly 50 years with the party, veteran leader Ghulam Nabi Azad announced he is severing all ties with the grand-old party in a scathing letter on August 26.
After being unceremoniously ousted from the disciplinary committee and the party’s list of star campaigners before the 2022 Punjab elections, the resignation was on the cards. The last nail in the coffin was perhaps his ‘downgrade’ appointment to 2 committees of the Jammu and Kashmir unit on August 17 this year.
In his parting note, Ghulam Nabi Azad did not mince any words in holding the Congress high command accountable for the party’s downfall. He squarely blamed Congress scion Rahul Gandhi for single-handedly destroying the consultative mechanism within the party.
