Month: September 2021

Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police on Sunday said that it has arrested actor Leena Maria Paul, the partner of Sukesh Chandrashekhar who was arrested for allegedly duping Aditi Singh, wife of the former promoter of Ranbaxy, Shivinder Singh, of Rs 200 crore.

Earlier on Saturday, the Patiala House Court sent Sukesh Chandrashekhar to 16-day police remand and two other co-accused to 5-day remand in the case of alleged Rs 200 crore cheating case.

Delhi Police’s EOW recently registered an FIR against Chandrasekhar for allegedly duping the spouses of former promoters of Ranbaxy, Shivinder Singh, and Malvinder Singh, of Rs 200 crore besides ongoing investigations against him in several cases across the country.

Chandrashekhar was represented by Advocate Manish Pathak while the two co-accused were represented by Advocate Anant Malik.

Delhi Police Public Prosecutor Atul Srivastav informed the court that the police have invoked the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against Chandrashekhar.

During arguments, Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Singh showed displeasure with Delhi Police for invoking the MCOCA and said, “Police cannot invoke stringent provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) without proof of the accused working as members of an organised crime syndicate.”

According to the Prosecution, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police has extended its investigation into the case related to extortion of over Rs 200 crore, by Rohini jail inmate Sukesh Chandrasekar for allegedly duping wives of former Religare promoters Malvinder and Shivinder Singh, who are currently in Tihar jail. At least two separate FIRs have been registered in the case so far and 23 Deputy Superintendents have been transferred on August 17, police said.

Investigation revealed that the accused Sukesh Chandrasekar had duped Shivinder’s wife Aditi Singh and Malvinder’s wife Japna Singh worth over several crores of rupees.

The women claimed that they have paid crores of rupees to the conman to secure bail for their husbands and ensure their safety, posing as an officer from the Union Law Ministry.

“I was assured that the central government would be interested to work with my husband after making him an ‘industry advisor’ on Covid-related committees; he asked me to contribute to the ‘party fund’ and assured to set up a meeting either with the former law minister or home minister,” Aditi Singh alleged in her FIR.

While according to Japna Singh, she paid a total of Rs 3.5 crore to Hong Kong-based account on July 28, 29, 30, and August 6, and has shared proof of the transactions. Afterwards, the police laid a trap and arrested two of his accomplices, Pradeep and Deepak, between August 7 and 8.

A senior official of Delhi Police had earlier said that the matter is quite sensitive and arrested Sukesh from Rohini jail; his two associates Pradeep Ramdani and Deepak Ramnani; two jail officials, deputy superintendent Subhash Batra and assistant jail superintendent Dharam Singh Meena; and three men, Komal Poddar, who is a manager at RBL in Connaught Place, and his two associates Avinash Kumar and Jitender Narula. (ANI)

On the occasion of Teachers’ Day, President Ram Nath Kovind honoured 44 meritorious teachers with the National Awards to Teachers and said the future of the upcoming generation is safe with the teachers.

Addressing the ceremony that took place virtually due to COVID-19, the President said, “I would like to congratulate all the teachers. Knowing about such teachers assures me that the future of the upcoming generation is safe in the hand of such good teachers.”
“We know that Teachers’ Day is celebrated in the memory of Dr Radhakrishnan, who was known as a philosopher and scholar across the world… He wanted to be remembered only as a teacher. He has left an indelible mark as a great teacher,” he added.

As announced by the Joint Secretary, Ministry of Education RC Meena, the National Awards were given by the President including teachers from Kargil.

The awardees included Mamta Paliwal (GGSSS Bhiwani, Haryana), Kamal Kishore Sharma (Government Senior Secondary School, Kandaghat, Himachal Pradesh), Jagtar Singh (Government Primary School, Khamano, Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab), Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, (Government Primary School, Reasi, Jammu and Kashmir) and Muhammad Ali (Government Middle School, Kargil, Ladakh).

Last year, Kovind virtually conferred the National Award to Teachers to 47 awardees on Teachers’ Day.

Teachers’ Day in India is celebrated annually on September 5 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. He was a renowned scholar, recipient of Bharat Ratna, first Vice- President and second President of independent India. He was born on September 5, 1888. (ANI)

Actor Disha Patani has driven netizens crazy with her latest video showcasing her powerful moves.

The actor took to her Instagram handle on Sunday and uploaded a video in which she can be seen performing some intense, powerful moves. Disha complimented her clip with a background score from the popular manga series Naruto.

Netizens went crazy after watching Disha’s video and flooded the post with likes and comments.

One comment which cannot be missed was from her rumoured beau and actor Tiger Shroff, who is himself lauded for his fitness skills.

Tiger dropped a clapping hands emoticon, along with fire and heart-eyes emoticons.

Tiger’s simple but love-filled comment garnered more than a thousand likes.

Meanwhile, on the work front, Disha recently announced her second schedule wrap for the upcoming film ‘Ek Villain Returns’, which also stars John Abraham, Tara Sutaria, and Arjun Kapoor in lead roles.

The film is the sequel to ‘Ek Villain: There’s One in Every Love Story’ which was released in 2014, starring Shraddha Kapoor and Sidharth Malhotra in the lead roles along with Riteish Deshmukh as the villain.

Directed by Mohit Suri, the film is being jointly produced by Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series and Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms. (ANI)

National Award-winning actor Sonam Kapoor, who played the role of braveheart flight attendant Neerja Bhanot in the 2016 biopic of the same name, paid homage to the latter on her death anniversary on Sunday.

Remembering the courageous woman who passed away on September 5, 1986, Sonam re-shared her 2019 Instagram post on her IG story.
The heartfelt post was all about saluting Neerja’s heroism and bravery.

“Her life was a gift to us all. #RememberingNeerjaBhanot,” the ‘Aisha’ actor wrote alongside a beautiful still of the late flight attendant.

Neerja Bhanot will forever be remembered as an example of selfless courage, inspiring not just Sonam but all of us.

The movie ‘Neerja’ received several awards, including two National Film Awards and six Filmfare Awards. Sonam received a special mention for her role in the biopic at the 64th National Film Awards.

The Ram Madhvani-directorial was produced by Fox Star Studios and Bling Unplugged. The film hit the big screens on February 19, 2016.

Besides Sonam Kapoor, ‘Neerja’ also starred veteran actor Shabana Azmi, Jim Sarbh, Shekhar Ravjiani and Yogendra Tiku in pivotal roles.

The film narrated the real story of Neerja, an Indian flight attendant for the airline Pan American World Airways who gave her life saving the lives of 360 passengers on Pan Am Flight 73, which was hijacked by terrorists during a stopover in Karachi, Pakistan, on September 5, 1986.

Meanwhile, on the work front, Sonam will be next seen in ‘Blind’. She was last seen in the 2019 release ‘The Zoya Factor’. She also had a cameo role in Anil Kapoor and Anurag Kashyap’s ‘AK vs AK’, which had released on Netflix last year. (ANI)

As actor Shahid Kapoor’s son Zain turned 3 on Sunday, his wife Mira Kapoor turned “Mom the Builder”.

Mira’s Sunday morning began with assembling a JCB construction toy for the birthday boy, which took a lot of work and time, but she found it “totally worth it.”
Taking to her Instagram handle, Mira uploaded a Reel that captured her assembling process at a fast-forward speed.

Along with the video, Mira penned a heartfelt birthday message for her baby.

“Mom the Builder. Happy Birthday my darling son Zain. Your obsession with JCBs and construction sparked the day you could sit with all your cement mixers and road rollers around you and I’d happily spend two hours building this JCB for you all over again. Build with your imagination and love just the way you do. I will take Petrol kissies from you till you’re 20! God bless you my jaan. You have my heart,” she wrote.

Mira also thanked her own dad for encouraging her love for “building things”.

“This JCB came with 4 instruction manuals, 4 different sets of screws and bits, and terrible pictures. But thank you Dad for having us play with Mechanix as kids because I loved doing this (atleast for the first one hour after which my hands had taken a beating). I’ve always enjoyed building things, and that’s probably why I love IKEA but phew, glad this one is done! And it was totally worth it to see my little baby light up with his very own JCB,” she added.

Fans flooded the post with birthday wishes and appreciation for Mira’s efforts.

“Constructive mom,” commented a social media user.

“Mom goalsssss,” added another.

Mira and Shahid tied the knot in 2015. They welcomed their daughter Misha in 2016, and then in 2018, they were blessed with Zain.

Meanwhile, on the work front, Mira has become a renowned face for her beauty and make-up endorsements. She even often creates tutorials on social media about skincare and physical fitness. (ANI)

As a fan of Sidharth Shukla reportedly slipped into a coma after she heard about the actor’s demise, Kavita Kaushik requested everyone to take care of their health in trying times.

“Saw images of a fan in a coma in an icu, Please take care of yourselves all Sidharth and Shehnaaz fans, I sincerely request you to think of your parents and families too! Sidharth would never be happy with this, to pay him respect pls be strong and try to lift each other up now,” she tweeted.

Sidharth died of a heart attack on September 2. He was 40.

Mourning his death, Kavita had tweeted, “Such a Happy young man and a complete Hero gone, you made the Era end Sidharth , you are going to make Millions of us cry for a long time ! Not fair.”

His untimely demise has shocked everyone. Many people, especially Sidharth’s fans are in denial that the ‘Bigg Boss 13’ winner is no more. (ANI)

The Central government has rushed a public health team to the Kozhikode district of Kerala as the state reported the first death due to the Nipah virus, the Union Health Ministry informed on Sunday.

To provide technical support to the state, a team of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has been rushed to the state.
Kerala Health Minister, Veena George on Saturday said, “National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune has confirmed a sample of a 12-year-old boy from Kerala has turned Nipah positive. The patient passed away on Sunday morning.”

The minister further added, “We had a meeting with the ministers from the district along with concerned officials about the Nipah virus. A team will be formed to handle the situation. We have initiated the contact tracing measures. I will be visiting Kozhikode on Sunday, where state Tourism Minister PA Mohammed Riyas will also join me.”

“As of now, there is no need to panic, but we need to exercise caution,” she added.

“Till now, no one from the family or other contacts of the 12-year-old has any symptoms,” she said.

World Health Organisation said that Nipah Virus is caused by fruit bats and is potentially fatal to humans as well as animals. Along with respiratory illness, it is also known to cause fever, muscular pain, headache, fever, dizziness, and nausea.

The following immediate public health measures have been advised by the Centre:

The Centre has advised immediate public health measures for the state of Kerala that includes: active case search in the family, families, village and areas with similar topography (especiallyMalappuram), active contact tracing (for any contacts) during the past 12 days.

It has calls for strict quarantine of the contacts and isolation of any suspects. Collection and transportation of samples for lab testing.

Earlier in 2018 also, there was a Nipah outbreak in Kozhikode and Malappuram districts of Kerala.(ANI)

Noida District Magistrate and para-badminton player Suhas L Yathiraj bagged the silver medal the Tokyo Paralympics on Sunday after going down fighting in the final of the men’s singles SL4 event against France’s Lucas Mazur. Lucas won by 15-21, 21-17, 21-15 in 1 hour and 2 minutes at Court 1 — Yoyogi National Stadium.

The unseeded Indian started the match swiftly and ran off with a lead of 11-8 at the mid-game interval against the Frenchman. Suhas continued with his superior tactics and agility as he took the first game easily by 21-15 in 20 minutes. He clearly looked like a man on a mission as he matched the top seed and even bettered him in the opening game.
But Mazur wasn’t ready to get bogged down and he clawed his way back in the second set. But a series of errors by him saw the Indian lead again by 11-8 at the one minute break. But Mazur showed his experience when it mattered most and regained momentum to put a scintillating display and levelled the game at 15-15. The champion player then went one step ahead and won 9 of the last 11 points to close out the second game by 21-17 in 22 minutes and push the match to the decider.

As expected, the third set had the cagiest of starts with both players not giving each other any room to take the early advantage. Serves kept rotating on almost every point, but it was Suhas again who led by the narrowest of margin 11-10 at the interval.

But the top-seed once again halted Suhas’ charge as he grabbed the 19-15 lead by playing some fabulous cross-court and net shots. The Frenchman who was trailing for the most part of the match soon had the 5 gold medal points in hand and he made sure to not let those slip. He won the third set by 21-15 in 21 minutes as Suhas had to be satisfied with the silver. (ANI)