Month: April 2024

While opposing the bail application of Umar Khalid, Delhi Police said on Wednesday said that his chats revealed that he is in the habit of creating a narrative on media and social media to influence bail hearings.

It was also submitted by the Special Public Prosecutor that several people took to X (earlier Twitter) to influence bail hearings. He referred to the post on X by Teesta Seetalvad, Amnesty India, Akar Patel, Raj Kaushik, Swati Chaturvedi, Arju Ahmed and others.

The special judge also heard rebuttal arguments by Senior Advocate Tridip Pais, who appeared for Umar Khalid. After hearing the submissions, the court listed the matter for further arguments on April 24 at 10 am.

Special Public Prosecutor (SPP), while opposing the bail application of Umar Khalid, referred to his WhatsApp chats.

The SPP submitted, “WhatsApp chats also revealed that he is in the habit of creating media and social media narratives at the time of listing bail applications of people booked in cases to clearly influence bail hearings.”

“Similar exercise is being adopted while the applicant’s bails are being listed to influence his bail hearings, samples of posts on X (earlier Twitter) with a hashtag about the applicant annexed herewith,” SPP added.

“Thus, in light of the aforesaid, the present second application for the grant of bail to the accused deserves to be dismissed by this honourable court in the interest of justice,” SPP Prasad submitted.

SPP Amit Prasad also mentioned the Post on Twitter by Teesta Satelvad, Aakar Patel, Kaushik Raj, Swati Chaturvedi, Arju Ahmed and others.

SPP read some of the tweets in court. One of the tweets read “Ram Raheem”s parole approved, Umar Khalid bail 14 times adjourned in SC. #freeumarkhalid

“Umar Khalid withdraws his bail petition from SC. This is a travesty of Justice,” another tweet read

SPP submitted that Amnesty India also tweeted, which read, “SC has adjourned hearing his bail hearing 14 times. Acute Subversion of the right of Umar Khalid to get bail. “#freeUmarKhalid was used,” the SPP submitted.

The SPP argued that while they claim that they were subjected to media trial, it is he who was playing around with the media. His father gave interviews in the media and people associated with him also did the same.

In his rebuttal arguments, Senior Advocate Tridip Pais argued that mere meetings of accused individuals don’t imply terrorism.

None of the witnesses didn’t say anything but then miraculously said something two weeks later. All the witnesses here seem to be taking tablets for memory. Prima facie requires depth, not frivolously reading out the chargesheet, Pais argued.

Senior advocate Pais submitted that the prosecution argument is that I (Umar Khalid) can fain tension. Therefore, I don’t deserve bail. His father gave an interview; therefore, he doesn’t deserve bail.

While arguing, the senior advocate referred to the Supreme Court judgement in Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, Shoma Sen and Varnan Gonsalves.

It was submitted that the allegations should be good enough to establish that they are substantive enough to reject the bail. The duty of the court is not to deal with the material meticulously but to see the broad probability, the senior advocate added.

The senior advocate further argued that the prosecution relied on seven documents.

On the point of the terrorist activity aspect, it was submitted that there is no evidence to show it is a terrorist activity. There is nothing on record to attract Section 15 of the UAPA.

“There is a misreading of watali by the trial court as well as the High Court. Both the court’s decisions so far rely on Watali. Something has been stated in the charge sheet. They have considered it enough.

The High Court and the Special Court haven’t distinguished between the acts or persons. They’ve just painted everything with a broad brush. There is not a single witness whose statement attracts 15(1) qua me (Umar Khalid).

On the point of Umar Khalid, the defence counsel rejected the prosecution’s arguments that meetings were secret ones.

He said that Umar Khalid, Tahir Hussain and Khalid Saifi met at the office of PFI and have been referred by the prosecution on the basis of the statement of a witness, CDR.

“You want to rely on CDR to deny me bail, Pais questioned. As per CDR, they were not there at the given time and date, he argued.

He further argued that there is no credible case of conspiracy, which is also not terror activity. There is no seizure from me, which can attract the offence of terror activity.

“On the whimsical statement, sometimes even without witnesses, an act of terrorism is foisted on me, Pais submitted.

It was also said that Bangladeshi women and children were deployed at the protest sites. Pais questioned: “Did any women say that it was against me?”.

In the Varnan Gonsalves and Shoma Sen case, the views of the Supreme Court on prima facie and analysis of prima facie have been clarified, defence counsel argued.

Pais argued that at the time of hearing bail, the court was under a duty to scan the case diary to decide whether the allegations were prima facie true or not. Third-party hearsay can not be attributed to me.

Just having a meeting is not enough to oppose the bail. There is no material as of now. The bail cannot be denied, as the material can come later, Pais argued.

If ten witnesses state my name, does that make a terror case against me? I have not indulged in a terrorist act. There is not even a seizure from me, Pais submitted. (ANI)

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up Uttrakhand government for not taking action against Patanjali Ayurved for violation of law and refused to accept the apology by Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna in the misleading advertisements case.

The apex court posted the case for further hearing on April 16.

A bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanudding Amanullah questioned the Uttarakhand government about countless innocent people who took the medicines believing that they would cure the diseases. The court observed that it is concerned with all the FMCG companies who show rosy pictures to consumers and then suffer health issues.

The court told the Uttarakhand government that it is not going to let it free in the case relating to the misleading advertisements of Haridwar-based Patanjali Ayurved.

“All complaints were forwarded to the government. The licensing inspector remained quiet, there is no report by the officer. The concerned officers should be suspended right now,” the court said.

The apex court directed that all the officers who held posts as district Ayurvedic and Unani officers from 2018 till now shall file replies on actions taken by them.

The apex court bench observed that a message has to go to society at large not to violate the court’s order.

It observed that apology is only on paper after they (Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna) were caught on the wrong foot in court.

“We don’t accept it (apology), we decline to accept this. We consider it a wilful, deliberate disobedience of the undertaking,” the court said.

The apex court said Uttarakhand State Licensing Authority has filed a detailed affidavit trying to explain action taken regarding objectionable advertisements.

“We are appalled to note that except pushing file, nothing has been done,” the Supreme Court noted and added that in four-five years, the State Licensing Authority remained in deep slumber.

Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, who is representing Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna, read the affidavit filed by the Yoga guru before the bench of the Supreme Court, saying he tenders unconditional and unqualified apology with regard to the issue of advertisement.

Rohatgi said earlier affidavits have been withdrawn and fresh affidavits have been filed tendering unconditional and unqualified apology for lapses on their part.

He said they can issue a public apology.

Yesterday, Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court and tendered an unconditional apology in regard to misleading advertisements by Patanjali Ayurveda and said that they undertake to always uphold the majesty of law and justice.

In an affidavit filed before the top court, Baba Ramdev said, “I seek pardon for the aforesaid breach of the statement. I undertake to always uphold the majesty of Law and majesty of Justice.”

Baba Ramdev informed the top court that he sincerely regrets the lapse and he wished to assure that the same will not be repeated in future.

He also undertook and ensured that the statement shall be complied with in letter and spirit and no such similar advertisements shall be issued.

Earlier, the court had taken strong exception to the apology tendered by both of them and said that they had violated the undertakings given to the top court so the court is taking it seriously. (ANI)

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The polls to elect the new Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Delhi will be held on April 26, according to an official notice issued on Wednesday.

“The Ordinary April (2024) Meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi will be held on Friday the 26th April, 2024 at 11.00 am at Aruna Asaf Ali Sabhagar A-Block, 4th Floor, Dr S.P. Mukherjee Civic Centre, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg New Delhi. Election of Mayor and Dy Mayor will also be held in the same meeting,” read the notice issued by the office of the Municipal Secretary of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD).

Last year, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidates Shelly Oberoi and Aaley Muhammad Iqbal were re-elected as Mayor and Deputy Mayor in Delhi respectively after BJP candidates withdrew their nominations.

This comes at a time when Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is in jail in connection with the excise policy case. He was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 21.

The post of mayor in the national capital sees five single-year terms on a rotational basis with the first year reserved for women, the second for the open category, the third for the reserved category and the remaining two again for the open category. Delhi gets a new mayor after the end of a financial year.

The municipal elections in Delhi were held on December 4 and the results were announced on December 7. AAP came out victorious with 134 seats out of 250. The earlier election for the post of mayor saw high drama with AAP and BJP councillors clashing with each other during one of the meetings. Three attempts to elect the Mayor failed due to bickering between the Aam Aadmi Party and Bharatiya Janata Party.

AAP also moved the Supreme Court over the elections. Shelly Oberoi was elected mayor of Delhi in the fourth attempt after the wrangling. (ANI)

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Praising India’s developmental journey, US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, said that anyone who wants to “see the future” should come to India. He called it a “great privilege” to head the US mission in India.

In his address at the ‘Impact & Innovation: 25 Years of IPE Global Making Development a Ground Reality’ event in Delhi, Garcetti said that if anyone wants to work on the future, they should come to India.

Eric Garcetti said, “We have the most beautiful view, I think, of this ballroom of the passion, of the belief, of the purpose of the peace that you live in, the work that is done by IPE and the collaboration between so many of us that are lucky to call India our home for a period of our lives. I often say, if you want to see the future, come to India. If you want to feel the future, come to India. And if you want to work on the future, come to India. And I have the great privilege of being able to do that every single day as a leader of the United States mission.”

US envoy recalled that he had learned a saying, ‘Alag Desh Alag Rivaaj’ which means another nation, another custom as each place has different customs. However, he said that they are now working together towards one vision.

Garcetti said, “When I was studying Hindi as an 18 year old, I learned a saying, ‘Alag Desh Alag Rivaaj’, it was kind of another country, another custom. And the saying we have this in many languages is, you know, do in Rome, as the Romans do. In other words, every place is different.

And those customs are unique. And while that is true, certainly the customs of America are different than those of India.”

“Even within our countries, the custom from one town or city to the next is different, one state to the next is different. I think increasingly the work that we are doing here, that we are privileged to do is the American mission. We now feel more that it is do desh and there is ek Dil, one heart, that when we come together, it is no longer two different systems, but one vision,” he added.

Praising IPE for having gender equality at the panel discussion, he said, “We want to make sure that whenever we sponsor something and participate in something, we don’t just give lip service to the idea of gender equity, but we try to embody that. And IPE has done that so beautifully here today and stirred my heart in looking at the stories of the women that we are privileged to work with alongside you and the government of India, to further health equality, to further the idea that economic opportunity shouldn’t be defined by your gender or your gender geography or the wealth of your parents, but by the dreams in your heart.”

“Last thing I’ll say, because instead of going through all the programs that we have together, and we often talk about the four p’s, that peace, prosperity, our planet and our people define the work of the United States mission here, together with our partners across the globe, with fellow diplomats and missions that are here, and of course, led by the Indian government. We don’t come here to teach and preach. We come here to listen and to learn. And when asked to have the privilege to work alongside you, whether it’s in the digital domain, whether it’s in the climate action that we take, we know that the work we have is urgent and the success of it has to run through every girl and woman in this country and around the world, in every marginalized community.”

Former Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant praised IPE Global for its work, calling it “top class” as it works with a tremendous amount of passion, energy and dynamism across various sectors. He mentioned that he has worked with IPE on learning outcomes, improving health outcomes and nutrition.

In his speech at the same event, Kant said, “In my long evenings in government, I’ve had the pleasure of working with all the top consulting agencies across the world. And I must say that IPE global is really top class. It’s top class because it works with a tremendous amount of passion, it works with a tremendous amount of energy and dynamism and it works across a range of sectors where you make a difference to human lives.”

“It’s worked with me on learning outcomes, on improving health outcomes, on nutrition. They worked with me on improving, doing the holistic development of islands in India. And every time I can tell you that they surpass any other consulting agency because they actually believe in delivering on ground. So all credit to Ashwajit and his team. His team is really, really, truly brilliant and outstanding,” he added.

Kant expressed happiness that IPE Global is focused on the South-South, recalling that India faced several challenges during its G20 Presidency. He stated that there was a challenge of slowdown of global growth.

Highlighting the challenges faced by India during its G20 Presidency, he said, “I’m truly delighted that your focus is on South-South because when India did the G20 presidency, we faced several challenges. There was a challenge of the slowdown of global growth. There was a challenge of the sustainable development goals instead of progressing having regressed, there was a massive challenge of climate action and climate finance. You know, we’re facing huge challenge of earth having surviving, but all of us not surviving at all because of fire, floods, famines and the temperatures rising. And we faced huge challenge of inequity in the world.”

Amitabh Kant noted that India’s G20 Presidency was very focused on the Global South as 70 per cent of the growth today, as per the International Monetary Fund (IMF), comes from the Global South.

He said, “India’s presidency was very focused on the Global South. It was focused on the Global South because, according to IMF, 70 per cent of the growth today is coming from the Global South. And the next two decades, almost two thirds of the global growth is going to come from Global South. And that’s for one simple reason, is, the demographics are in favour of the Global South. The countries of the Global South are going to see a very young population with very low dependency burden, whereas the rest of the world is going to be aging.”

He said India was focused on being the voice of the Global South. He noted that PM Narendra Modi had the first interaction with Global South nations and India shaped its G20 priorities as per the Global South.

Amitabh Kant said, “And therefore, we focused on being the voice of the Global South. And the Prime Minister, as the leader of the G20, actually had the first interaction with all the Global South countries. We shaped our priorities according to the Global South. And we worked around to achieve consensus on the Global South.”

“And we made our presidency very ambitious, inclusive, very decisive and action oriented. And we worked towards making African Union a very integral part of G 20. And India actually made the G20 as G21. And by doing so, it demonstrated that G20 will actually cover almost 85 per cent of the global population. It will cover almost close to about 80 per cent of the global GDP and almost about 75 per cent of the global trade. And therefore, it made G 20 very inclusive, but it made GDP the most prominent multilateral body in the world,” he added.

Amitabh Kant noted that multilateralism works with consensus and the challenge for India was to reach consensus on issues of accelerating the pace of SDGs, reforming multilateral institutions that were designed in the post Bretton wood period for another world and are not designed for the Global South. He stated that the challenge for India was also to bring in green development at the centre stage and how the use of technology and digital public infrastructure could be used to accelerate the pace of growth in the Global South.

He said, “The challenge for us was that 4 billion people do not have a digital identity in the Global South. Two billion people do not even have a bank account and 133 countries of the world today do not have a digital public infrastructure. But we were able to bring consensus on all these issues. But the most critical of which was to bring consensus on women led development. And we had huge challenges on all these because our belief was that if half the world comprises of women, you can’t make the world grow without women and putting them into leadership position.”

Praising US for its continuous support for India during its G20 Presidency, Kant said, “We had several challenges during G20. But one country which stood with us was the United States of America. All through our G20, United States of America always said that India must succeed in bringing consensus on a range of challenges that we were confronted with not merely these challenges but the challenge of geopolitical crisis of Russia, Ukraine and we were able to bring leadership and bring consensus on many of these issues thanks to the United States of America.”

In September of this year, India successfully hosted the G20 summit in the national capital, hosting over 40 global leaders and their delegations. The inclusion of the African Union as a permanent G20 member was a major and historic takeaway from India’s presidency.

At the Leader’s Summit, the New Delhi Declaration was adopted unanimously with full consensus. A major standout of the declaration was bringing all global powers on the same page and forging consensus on an issue as divisive as the Russia-Ukraine war.

Throughout India’s presidency, raising the voice of Global South and developing nations was at the forefront of New Delhi’s agenda. India’s theme for the G20 Presidency was also ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future’, whose Sanskrit translation goes as ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’. (ANI)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday came to the defence of Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai after “joker” jibe by DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran and said “insulting words” were used against the BJP leader.   

He also said that the remarks reflected the character of the ruling party in the state and that “arrogance is against the great culture of Tamil Nadu”.

Addressing an election rally in Mettupalayam in Coimbatore,  the Prime Minister said those practising family politics stop young leaders from moving forward. 

“DMK is a party that is immersed in the arrogance of power. When a senior leader of DMK was asked about our young leader Annamalai, he said in arrogance ‘who is he, who is that’ and used insulting words. This arrogance is against Tamil Nadu’s great culture. The people of Tamil Nadu will never like this arrogance,” PM Modi said.

“For a former police officer, for a youth coming from a backward class, for someone who works so much at the ground level, the words that have been used by DMK, these are its real character. Those who do family politics stop young leaders from moving forward,” he added.

In an interview with India Today, Dayanidhi Maran, a former union minister, sought to dismiss the challenge posed by Annamalai in the Lok Sabha polls.

“Who’s that? Oh, the joker, you are talking about the joker…Are you overestimating, he is a  lame-duck,” Maran said.  

He was asked a question about the “fear of Annamali” and if he is the rising star of the BJP.

Annamalai is fighting the Lok Sabha polls from Coimbatore. DMK has fielded Ganapathy P Rajkumar against him.

Maran is contesting Lok Sabha polls from Chennai Central.  

All 39 seats in Tamil Nadu will vote in a single phase on April 19 in Lok Sabha polls that will be held in seven phases. Votes will be counted on June 4 . In 2019, the DMK-led alliance swept the Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu, winning 38 of 39 seats. (ANI)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated Simon Harris on becoming Ireland’s youngest PM. PM Modi stated that he looked forward to work together to strengthen ties between India and Ireland.

In a post on X, PM Modi stated, “Congratulations @SimonHarrisTD on becoming youngest ever Prime Minister of Ireland. Highly value our historical ties that are based on shared belief in democratic values. Looking forward to work together to further strengthen India- Ireland bilateral partnership.”

PM Modi’s congratulatory message came after Simon Harris, the youngest PM in Irish history, was chosen by the parliament on Monday to take over from Leo Varadkar, who stepped down unexpectedly last month, Al Jazeera reported. His nomination was approved 88-69, having won the backing of the Green Party and Fianna Fail, two of his coalition’s allies.

Days after former Ireland PM Varadkar’s shocking resignation, the 37-year-old former minister of health and higher education–best known for guiding Ireland’s early response to the Covid-19 pandemic–was elected head of the centre-right Fine Gael party last month without facing any opposition.

“I do accept this nomination to serve as taoiseach [prime minister],” Harris said, according to Al Jazeera. “I commit to doing everything that I can to honour the trust that you have placed in me,” he added.

Recognising the coalition partners in his new administration who backed his candidature, Harris stated that he plans to lead “in the spirit of unity, collaboration, and mutual respect.”

At a party conference over the weekend, Harris vowed to revitalise and ‘reset’ his party, directing it back towards ‘core values’ such as advancing law and order, business, and agriculture, reported Al Jazeera.

At the age of 16 years, Harris joined Fine Gael’s youth branch and advanced through the ranks fast.He was elected to parliament in 2011 at the age of 24, having served as a county councillor at the age of 22.

He was dubbed “Baby of the Dail” (the Irish parliament) since he was the youngest member at the time.At 29, he was appointed minister of health in 2016 and minister of higher education in 2020.

Although he has spent most of his adult life in parliament, Harris has cast himself as an “accidental politician,” as reported by Al Jazeera. Prior to Harris, Leo Varadkar was the country’s youngest-ever leader when first elected at age 38, as well as Ireland’s first openly gay prime minister. (ANI)

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Muslims in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Jammu Kashmir, and Ladakh are celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr on Wednesday, marking the conclusion of the month-long ‘Ramazan’ fasting.

People offered ‘namaz’ or the Eid prayer at mosques and open prayer grounds as part of the Eid celebrations.

Hundreds of Muslims took part in the mass ‘Namaz’ recitation ceremony as they prayed in unison at a mosque in Coimbatore.

Similarly, a large number of people offered prayers at the mosque in the Ernakulam district of Kerala on Wednesday to celebrate Eid-Ul-Fitr.

Mass prayers were also held in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram on the occasion of Eid.

Meanwhile, muslims in Jammu and Kashmir also marked the celebration of the holy festival of Eid-Ul-Fitr with morning prayers.

A large number of people flocked to the local markets to buy sweets, and delicacies on Eid.

Speaking to ANI, a shopkeeper said that sweets, including gulab jamun, rasgulla, and pheeni have been prepared for the festival.

He also said that a variety of namkeens have arrived at the shop to meet the demand of the people on the occasion of Eid.

Visuals show people buying Eid desserts from the shop, including seviyan, sheer khurma, dates halwa, shahi tukda, kesar phirni, filled cookies, baklava and others.

Shops and markets in prominent areas are decked up for the festival. The enthusiasm of Muslim people seems to be high as they have geared up to celebrate the festival with all rituals and grace.

The moon was sighted in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday after which the Union Territory’s grand Mufti Nasir-Ul-Islam announced that the Eid 2024 celebration will be held on Wednesday.

In addition to Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh also confirmed the celebration of the festival on Wednesday after the crescent moon was spotted in Leh on April 9.

Clerics from Hyderabad, Lucknow, Delhi, and several other cities confirmed that the moon was not sighted on April 9, hence Eid would be celebrated in the states on April 11.

Lucknow’s Markazi Chand Committee said, “Shawwal crescent moon was not sighted in the country on Tuesday.”

Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali told ANI, “The moon has not been sighted in Lucknow and we have no information about the moon from anywhere in the country. So it has been decided that Eid-al-Fitr will be celebrated on April 11.”

Further, Maulana Khalid urged people not to offer namaz on roads and to donate to the needy.

Eid ul-Fitr is celebrated on the first day of Shawwal, the 10th month of the Islamic lunar calendar. The festival is of great significance due to the moon sighting, which has been part of Islamic culture for a long time.

Ending the holy month of Ramzan and starting a new spiritual journey also marks the beginning of a new Islamic year.

Eid-ul-Fitr marks the month-long Ramzan fasting and the beginning of Shawwal, which is the tenth month per the Islamic calendar. Since the observance of the moon is essential for ending Ramzan month and celebrating Eid, it is celebrated in different parts on different days, usually with a one-day difference. (ANI)

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Ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Uttarakhand’s Additional Chief Electoral Officer Vijay Kumar Jogdande, provided information about the booths being prepared for the polls.

Speaking to ANI, Jogdande informed that 85 booths are being prepared in the state, which will be operated by women personnel. Out of these, women personnel will operate 12 booths in Bageshwar and nine booths in Tehri district.

The officer also said that 70 PWD booths are being prepared as model booths in the state, which will be operated by Divyang personnel. Forty-four model booths are being prepared in the state, which will be operated by young personnel; 12 such booths are being operated in the Pauri district.

Jogdande said that it is mandatory to arrange GPS tracking for all vehicles during the election process. The officer said that 10,091 vehicles are being used in the state, and the process of installing GPS on all these vehicles is in progress. Till now, GPS devices have been installed in 2,500 vehicles. This process will be completed three days before the polling day, he added.

The state has also started door-to-door voting in these elections. Jogdande said that the process of the first phase of voting through postal ballots by going door to door is in progress.

So far, out of 9993 voters above 85 years of age, 6861 have cast their votes. Out of 2899 voters in the disabled category, 2218 disabled voters have cast their votes so far.

The people of Uttarakhand will cast their votes on April 19, and the state consists of five Lok Sabha constituencies. (ANI)

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In a blend of spiritual reverence and promotional fervour, Bollywood stalwarts Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff took a momentous pause from their bustling schedules to offer prayers at the BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi.

The visit comes ahead of the highly anticipated release of their film ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ set to hit screens this Eid.

The duo, adorned in traditional attire, graced the temple premises as they sought blessings for the success of their cinematic venture.

The actors, extending greetings on the auspicious occasion of Gudi Padwa and Navratri, shared glimpses of their visit on social media platforms.

In an Instagram post, Akshay expressed gratitude for the divine experience and conveyed heartfelt wishes for the festive season.

“Got the opportunity to visit the BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi, it was an absolutely divine experience. Aur Haan, Navaratri, Gudi Padwa or Ugadi ki dher sari shubhkamnaayein. May these auspicious occasions bring joy, prosperity, and new beginnings to you and your loved ones!” the caption read.

In a recent announcement, the ‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ team revealed a slight delay in the film’s release, pushing it by a day to coincide with Eid celebrations in India on April 11.

Akshay, via Instagram, conveyed Eid greetings in advance, urging fans to mark their calendars for the family entertainer.

“Bade aur Chote aur poori Bade Miyan Chote Miyan ki team ki taraf se aap sab ko advance mein Eid Mubarak. Dekhiye #BadeMiyanChoteMiyan on Eid with your entire family, now releasing on 11th April only in cinemas,” wrote Akshay.

As anticipation builds for the Eid release, the film is poised to captivate audiences with its blend of comedy, camaraderie, and familial bonds, promising a cinematic treat for movie buffs across the globe. (ANI)

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The father of an Indian student, Mohammed Abdul Arfath, who was found dead in the US state of Ohio today, urged the government to bring his son’s body back to India.

Mohammed Abdul Arfath, a native of Hyderabad, who has been missing since March this year, has been found dead in the US state of Ohio, the Consulate General of India in New York said on Tuesday.

Mohammed Saleem, father of deceased Mohd Arafat, said, “I filed the complaint on March 7 that my son went missing. Since then, we haven’t got any information. Today morning, we got the call that my son’s body was in the river. We urge the government to bring his body back to India.”

“I appeal to state government and Central government to bring back his son’s body to house,” Mohd Saleem said.

The Consulate General of India in New York said it is “anguished” to learn about the death of Mohammed Abdul Arfath and is in touch with local authorities to ensure a thorough investigation into his death.

“Anguished to learn that Mr. Mohammed Abdul Arfath, for whom search operation was underway, was found dead in Cleveland, Ohio. Our deepest condolences to Mr Mohammed Arfath’s family, the Consulate General of India in New York said in a post on X.

It said that all possible assistance is being extended to the bereaved family to transport his mortal remains to India.

25-year-old Mohd Arfath went to the US for his Master’s degree in IT from Cleveland University in May 2023 but has been missing since March 7 this year.

His father, Mohd Saleem, said that after ten days, they received a phone call from an unidentified person who claimed Arafat had been kidnapped and demanded a USD 1200 ransom for his release.

Recently, the Indian community has seen a rise in such tragedies.

Last week, Uma Satya Sai Gadde, an Indian student in Cleveland, Ohio, died and a police investigation is underway.

Earlier this February, an Indian student faced a brutal attack in Chicago. Following the attack, the Indian Consulate in Chicago stated that it was in touch with the victim, Syed Mazahir Ali, as well as his wife in India. (ANI)

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