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AAP bribes crowd to attend Gujarat rally the day Kejriwal claims Punjab became corruption free in 10 days

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AAP bribes crowd to attend Gujarat rally the day Kejriwal claims Punjab became corruption free in 10 days

On April 2, Aam Aadmi Party held a rally in the Bapunagar area of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, in view of upcoming Assembly elections scheduled for December 2022. While Delhi Chief Minister and AAP’s national convener made tall claims during his rally and urged people to vote for the party, there were allegations that they distributed money to lure the crowd.

Amusingly, during his visit to Gujarat, Kejriwal had made tall claims that Delhi is free of corruption and that Punjab is also corruption-free in just 10 days of Mann taking over as Chief Minister. That his party cadres tried to ‘bribe’ Gujaratis to attend the rally, kind of contradicts the tall claims.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) IT Cell chief Amit Malviya shared a video on his Twitter handle where AAP workers could be allegedly seen distributing money to the attendees in an alley. HE wrote, “AAP distributing cash to people to participate in Arvind Kejriwal’s roadshow in Gujarat,” and called it “revolutionary”.

A similar video was shared by media house Desh Gujarat that started with a video of a man sitting in an auto who alleged he was paid to attend the rally. He said people were paid Rs 500 to come to the event. He further claimed he was not aware that it was a political rally.

BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala said in a tweet, “Following “Gandhi” but the wrong one (perhaps their favourite one – Rahul)  1) Distributing cash to get a crowd for roadshow 2) giving a discount of 25% for liquor on Navratri 3) Mocking Hindus and their Genocide in Kashmir 4) lying about 300 units free electricity.”

Notably, this is not the first time AAP has been accused of distributing money to gather a crowd. In February 2021, allegations were levelled by labourers from Delhi that AAP did not pay them the Rs 500 that they had promised in exchange for attending the rally.

In February 2020, AAP allegedly outsourced campaigning for the Delhi Assembly elections. Not only the agency hired by the party force job-seeking youth to campaign for AAP, but they did not pay those who came late for the rally.

Meteor shower or rocket re-entry? Bright lights in sky surprises people in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat

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Meteor shower or rocket re-entry? Bright lights in sky surprises people in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat

On Saturday, the people of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh were amazed to see a bright streak of light cutting through the sky in what appeared to be meteor showers.

According to footage released by ANI, a thick flash of light appeared over the skies of Nagpur in Maharashtra and Jhabua, Barwani districts in Madhya Pradesh. The sightings are being speculated as an unusual event of a meteor shower. 

Netizens from Ahmedabad also said a bright streak of light was seen in the sky.

Meteors often referred to as “shooting stars”, are rocky objects that enter the earth’s atmosphere at a tremendous speed, between 30 and 60 km per second. This high-speed journey produces a shower of light streaks called a meteor shower.

However, some experts believe that it might not be a meteor shower but the re-entry of a rocket.

Astronomer Jonathan McDowell said that the sightings over Maharashtra could be the “re-entry of a Chinese rocket stage” that was launched in February 2021.

“I believe this is the re-entry- of a Chinese rocket stage, the third stage of the Chang Zheng 3B serial number Y77, which was launched in Feb 2021 – it was expected to reenter in the next hour or so and the track is a good match,” McDowell, who is an astronomer at the Center for Astrophysics, said.

Another scientist Suresh Chopade, president of Skywatch group, said the rare event could be related to a satellite. Chopade did not rule out the possibility of a meteor shower, however, he added that the colours indicated that “a metallic thing” has accompanied it while coming towards earth.

“It seems like a satellite of some nation might have fallen accidentally or may have been caused to fall intentionally. It does not seem like a meteor shower or fireball,” Chopade said.

‘Will put the double louder speakers in front of the mosque and chant Hanuman Chalisa’: Raj Thackeray addresses the annual Gudi Padwa gathering of his party

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‘Will put the double louder speakers in front of the mosque and chant Hanuman Chalisa’: Raj Thackeray addresses the annual Gudi Padwa gathering of his party

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray addressed the annual Gudi Padwa gathering of his party on 2nd April 2022 at Shivaji Park in Mumbai. In his fierce style, Raj Thackeray warned that if the government is not going to decide anything about the loudspeakers in the mosques, he will put double loudspeakers in front of the mosques and chant Hanuman Chalisa. He also said that if the police properly check the mosques and madarsas in the slums of Mumbai they will get to know many things. He also underlined the changing demographics of Mumbai and other places of Maharashtra and alleged that so many Muslims from Pakistan and Bangladesh have come and settled here.

Right in the opening of the speech, Raj Thackeray thanked the police force for ensuring discipline during the tough times of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown. He then criticized the way the Maha Vikas Aghadi government was formed disrespecting the mandate given by the voters of Maharashtra. Raj Thackeray then reminded the audience of the whole sequence from planting explosives near the residence of industrialist Mukesh Ambani to the arrest of Anil Deshmukh and Nawab Malik. He also criticized Maha Vikas Aghadi for bringing into the cabinet MLAs of NCP having criminal backgrounds.

Raj Thackeray said, “If ED thinks so, then a notice is bound to reach your home. I too had received a notice. I went to the ED office. Now Uddhav Thackeray says in the assembly don’t you dare to target my family. Before saying so, he must prohibit his family from visiting the office of the MCGM and poke their noses into every little thing there.”

Raj Thackeray further said, “When I watched the results of the assembly elections of the Uttar Pradesh and I knew that Uttar Pradesh is being developed, I was so happy. Because that is what I want. Because when the people living in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand get their jobs in their home states, it automatically reduces the burden on Mumbai and Maharashtra. No one should need to leave his place for bread and butter and this should happen in every state.”

He further said, “A Hindu is a Hindu only in Hindu-Muslim riots. On 15th August and 26th January, he becomes an Indian. Otherwise, he becomes Marathi, Gujarati, etc. When you go into the states Hindus get divided into castes. And in Maharashtra, this politics of dividing Hindus into castes has picked up pace after Sharad Pawar formed Nationalist Congress Party in 1999. When we are going to unite as Hindus?”

Raj Thackeray further said, “There is a difference between the slums of 1995 and slums today. If people, police, and administration persons carefully see these slums, they will get to know so many things. There are mosques and madarsas. What happens through those mosques? What is being taught in those madarsas? It is shocking. So many people from Pakistan and Bangladesh have come and settled in Mumbai and many other cities in Maharashtra. They have documents like the AADHAAR cards, ration cards, etc. Behrampada near Uddhav Thackeray’s residence Matoshri has four-story houses built in the slums. Police persons have all the sources. They must be discussing these things in private. If there is so much going on here, do we need a separate Pakistan? If anything happens, it would be very difficult to control the situation.”

Raj Thackeray then slammed the loudspeakers saying, “I don’t oppose one’s right to pray but the loudspeakers on the mosques must be removed. I request the government to get them removed. Otherwise, I tell this right now, we will put double loudspeakers to chant Hanuman Chalisa right in front of those mosques. Which religion mentions loudspeaker? Was there any loudspeaker when your religion was invented?”

IPL: Shubman Gill and Lockie Ferguson star as Gujarat Titans continue their unbeaten start

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IPL: Shubman Gill and Lockie Ferguson star as Gujarat Titans continue their unbeaten start

Shubman Gill’s blistering 84 from 46 balls, and Lockie Ferguson’s 4 for 28 ensured a comfortable victory in the end for Gujarat Titans as they continue their unbeaten start in the 2022 IPL.

Having been put in to bat by Delhi skipper Rishabh Pant, Gujarat didn’t get off to the best of starts as they lost Matthew Wade in the first over and allrounder Vijay Shankar within the powerplay. However, Shubman Gill found an able partner in skipper Hardik Pandya and slowly changed the course of the innings.

Once Pandya departed, Shubman really let loose with a flurry of sixes, and along with some lusty blows from David Miller and Rahul Tewatia, pushed Gujarat to a sizeable total of 171 for 6.

In response, Delhi started poorly losing 3 wickets within the first 5 overs for 34. They had a little recovery after that through their hero of the first game, Lalit Yadav, and skipper Rishabh Pant. But once Lalit got run out, and captain Rishabh Pant holed out to square leg off Lockie Ferguson, the writing was on the wall.

Rovman Powell and Axar Patel gave some hope to Delhi faithful with a few boundaries but Gujarat’s bowling star Ferguson accounted for Axar and veteran Mohammed Shami took out Powell.

In the end, Delhi fell short by 14 runs to taste their first defeat of the 2022 IPL. Now Delhi gets ready to meet the other newcomer, Lucknow Super Giants on coming Thursday, while Gujarat plays Punjab Kings on Friday.

BJP youth leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga says Punjab Police reached his home to arrest him without any FIR

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BJP youth leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga says Punjab Police reached his home to arrest him without any FIR

National Secretary of BJP youth wing, Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga has revealed that Punjab Police reached his house in Delhi to arrest him. As per Bagga, Punjab Police took this step without intimating him about any FIR against him, and even without informing the local police, as per the norms.

Posting a tweet on Saturday night, Bagga said, “Punjab Police Car number PB65AK1594 reached my home to arrest me without informing local police. Now they are tracking my friends’ addresses and going to their homes. No information of FIR, Police station, Sections against me to me till now.”

Earlier, Punjab Police had registered an FIR against Bagga for his criticism of Arvind Kejriwal after the Delhi CM mocked ‘The Kashmir Files’ movie during the budget session of the Delhi assembly calling it a jhoothi film. The film depicts the sufferings of the Kashmiri Hindus during the genocide they suffered in Kashmir in late 1980s and early 1990s.

Subsequently, the FIR against Bagga was withdrawn the next day as revealed by Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga in a tweet.

However, Punjab Police is far from done with Bagga as evident by today’s actions of the police. Bagga though is refusing to back down, and in a subsequent tweet, said that he will call out Kejriwal if he denies the genocide of Kashmiri Hindus.

Tajinder Bagga was in Lucknow when Punjab Police dropped by his house late Saturday night to arrest him.

“I am in Lucknow, without any information Punjab Police reached my home. May i know the reason?” Bagga asked.

Communal tensions in Rajasthan’s Karauli after the rally to celebrate Hindu New Year is attacked while passing through Muslim dominated area

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Communal tensions in Rajasthan’s Karauli after the rally to celebrate Hindu New Year is attacked while passing through Muslim dominated area

In Karauli of Rajasthan, tension prevailed in the city after a bike rally taken out on the occasion of Hindu New Year was attacked while passing through the Muslim-dominated area of Hatwara Bazar in the city. Stones were pelted at the rally, and the miscreants set on fire more than a dozen shops and three bikes. The rally was organised to celebrate ‘Nav Samvatsar’, the first day of Hindu New Year. In view of the deteriorating situation, the market was closed and a curfew was imposed in the city.

So far, 43 people, including policemen, have been injured in the mob attack. All were admitted to the district hospital. The condition of a person named Pushpendra is said to be serious. He has been referred to Jaipur. Four policemen accompanying the rally were also injured in the stone-pelting on the bike rally. According to a report by Amar Ujala, there were knife marks on the body of the injured who reached the hospital. However, the doctors refused to say anything and no such information has been revealed so far by the administration.

The district collector Dr. Mohan Lal Yadav and SP Shailendra Singh Indaulia reached the spot to control the deteriorating situation. Police personnel is deployed in sensitive areas along with the spot of the incident. DGP ML Lather took information about the entire incident. ADG Law and Order Hawasingh Ghumaria took over the front. A force of 600 jawans has also been sent to Karauli.

“Arson took place in the tension, which erupted with stone pelting on the rally while it was passing through a Muslim-dominated area. At least one bike and one shop have been torched,” a source in police said.

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot tweeted that he has spoken to the DG on the Karauli incident. He said that the police have been ordered to control the rioters and appealed to the public to maintain peace.

Karnataka: Belur temple board asks a Muslim vendor to vacate the shop on the temple premises as per Hindu temple law

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Karnataka: Belur temple board asks a Muslim vendor to vacate the shop on the temple premises as per Hindu temple law

The governing committee of the 12th-century Chennakeshava temple of Belur in the Hassan district of Karnataka issued an eviction notice to a Muslim vendor running a shop on the shrine premises. According to a report by the Times of India, the vendor is running this shop for the last few decades.

On 28th March 2022,  the temple executive officer Vidyalatha served the notice to a Muslim vendor selling children’s toys. The shopkeeper was asked to stop the business activities with immediate effect. The vendor replied to this notice on the same day. In his reply, the vendor sought permission to continue his business till next year when the agreement with temple authorities ends.

The toy shop at the Belur temple complex is run by a Muslim shopkeeper. Image Source: Times of India

The temple executive Vidyalatha said, “The notice is issued under the Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Act, 2002, which disallows leasing or renting premises in a temple complex to non-Hindus. I have sent our vendor’s reply to our Commissioner.”

There are 17 shops in the Chennakeshava temple complex. Among these shops, there is a hotel, a milk booth, godowns, and a few other shops. The temple comes under the Karnataka Muzrai Department and it is set to be recognized as a world heritage site by UNESCO. The annual chariot procession of this temple is scheduled on the upcoming 13th and 14th of April 2022.

This move comes amid several temples in Karnataka deciding to not allow non-Hindus in their premises. Two weeks ago the Marikamba temple of Shivamogga had banned Muslim vendors at the annual fair. A similar decision that was taken by the Hosa Marigudi temple in Kaup, as the temple committee had decided to allow only stalls by Hindus during the annual event ‘Suggi Mari Pooja’. This was done after several Muslim traders had shut down their shops to protest against the Karnataka High Court’s decision on the hijab issue.

Reacting to the development, the Karnataka govt had clarified that the temple committees were right as according to the Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Act 2002, non-Hindus cannot do business in and around the premises of the Hindu religious institutions. When Congress had demanded action against Hindu temples for not allowing non-Hindus to do business in their temple premises, the Karnataka govt had said that govt can’t interfere in the decisions of temple committees as it was as per law. Law minister J C Madhuswamy had also informed that the law was enacted by a Congress government.

Imran Khan loses it on the eve of the no-confidence vote, calls opposition dacoits and traitors

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Imran Khan loses it on the eve of the no-confidence vote, calls opposition dacoits and traitors

Facing the biggest political challenge of his life, Pakistan Prime Minister and leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan seems to be losing his cool under pressure. Imran Khan called the Pakistan opposition dacoits, traitors, and accused them of trading like goats in the market.

A day ahead of the no-confidence vote in the Pakistan assembly, Imran made a public address to take on the opposition and rally support around him.

In an unexpected appearance where he answered questions from the public, Imran lashed out at the opposition parties and urged his supporters to hit the streets tomorrow ahead of the no-confidence vote in the Pakistan assembly.

During his address, the former Pakistan cricket captain said, “Non-resident Pakistanis feel bad to see a dacoit like Shehbaz Sharif, a traitor like Nawaz Sharif and corrupt like Zardari are calling the shots.”

Further, Imran also said, “Two forces are keeping the country together- the Pakistan Army and my party PTI. PTI is the only ‘national party’ in the right sense today. The conspiracy is directed against both, the Army and PTI.”

While Imran tried to get the Army on his side during this address, Pakistan Army Chief General Bajwa had publicly tried to distance himself from Imran Khan’s foreign policy earlier in the day. While Imran Khan had accused America of trying to topple his government and refused to support them on the Ukraine war, General Bajwa took exactly the opposite stand and tried to reach out to America.

Even though there were some rumors circulating about Imran Khan’s resignation, the Pakistan Prime Minister has made it clear that he will not resign, and will fight till the very end. However, with the all-powerful Army chief not on his side, and his allies deserting him, this may well be the end of the road for the Khan.

Kerala: Leader of opposition VD Satheesan demands probe after Fire and Rescue Services officials were seen training PFI members

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Kerala: Leader of opposition VD Satheesan demands probe after Fire and Rescue Services officials were seen training PFI members

On 2nd April 2022, Kerala’s leader of opposition VD Satheesan demanded a probe after Kerala Fire and Rescue Services were seeing providing training to the members of the Popular Front of India. VD Satheesan alleged that the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is appeasing the majority and minority extremists.

VD Satheesan said, “This is a serious issue. This must be investigated. The CPI(M) itself claims that the RSS is infiltrating forces. On the other hand, there are reports of SDPI (Social Democratic Party of India) infiltrators. On both sides, there are majority extremists and minority extremists.”

He further said, “Both of them are being appeased by the CPI(M). It is a political approach that flatters all of them for temporary needs. CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s practice of social engineering is religiously motivated.”

Accusing the ruling party of misusing the police force, VD Satheesan said, “First, the CPI(M) must end this policy of appeasement. The postings are made by CPI(M) leaders. The whole party leadership is posting people to important key positions. The hierarchy of the police is lost. The entire reason for these dangerous activities is that the line of control of the police has been given into the hands of party leaders.”

On Thursday 31st March 2022, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader K Surendran had said that Kerala Fire and Rescue Services were seen training PFI activists. He had added that PFI and SDPI are involved in many terrorist activities. He tweeted, “Kerala Fire & Rescue Service gave training to the members of the radical Islamic outfit Popular Front of India. PFI and SDPI are involved in several terrorist activities. The Pinarayi Vijayan government is giving a red carpet to these Jihadi forces.”

K Surendran has also attached the photographs of the said training sessions arranged by Kerala Fire and Rescue Services to train the members of PFI. Reportedly, PFI members were given training by the fire services department in Aluva in Ernakulam last week. 

After the images of the event went viral on social media, the Kerala government had asked the DGP of the fire force B Sandhya to submit a report on the incident. In the report, Sandhya said it was a big lapse on the part of the force and sought action against the officials who were involved.

In their defence, the fire officials said that they were invited to a cultural program organised by PFI and gave tips on rescue operations when some PFI workers requested them.

IPL: Jos Buttler’s brilliance hands Mumbai Indians their second successive loss

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IPL: Jos Buttler’s brilliance hands Mumbai Indians their second successive loss

Rajasthan Royals kept up their excellent start to this year’s IPL with a second successive win to reach the top of the IPL table. In contrast, Mumbai Indians, traditionally slow starters at the IPL, are at the bottom end of the table after losing their first 2 games.

Royals’ win was built around the brilliant century by their opener Jos Buttler who ended up with exactly 100 off 68 balls pushing Rajasthan to 193 off their 20 overs. Despite losing his opening partner Jaiswal early, Buttler took the fight to Mumbai bowlers, and in the company of Sanju Samson and Shimron Hetmyer, got Rajasthan to a total just beyond Mumbai’s reach.

Chasing 194 for the win, Mumbai Indians were well up with the required rate for a large part of their innings thanks to an excellent 3rd wicket partnership. After losing skipper Rohit Sharma and Amolpreet Singh within the first 4 overs, Ishan Kishan and youngster Tilak Varma put together 81 runs in the next 9 overs to keep Mumbai on target.

However, Ishan Kishan’s wicket led to a mini-collapse as Mumbai lose 4 wickets for 15 runs. During that spell, Rajasthan leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal was even on a hattrick but substitute fielder Karun Nair dropped Murugan Ashwin at first slip to deny the honor to Chahal.

Mumbai legend Kieron Pollard kept Mumbai in the game right till the last over but Rajasthan were always the favorites after Chahal’s 2 wickets in 2 balls, and eventually won by 23 runs.

Rajasthan next face Royal Challengers Bangalore on Tuesday, while Mumbai will try to register their first win of the season against Kolkata on Wednesday.

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