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Actress-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar on Saturday reciprocated the love and wishes received on her birthday by sharing a heart-warming message.

Taking to Twitter, Urmila wrote, “My heart is filled only with great gratitude as I grow a year wiser. Grateful to God,my parents and each n every one of you as you all have been a part of my growth. You all have held my hand since the #Masoom days to never let it go. Thank you all for ur love n support .”

Alongside the tweet, she dropped a picture of herself from her cake-cutting ceremony.

She looked gorgeous as she flashes her million-dollar smile.

Urmila Matondkar’s husband Mohsin Akhtar also shared a scene from her birthday party. He uploaded a photo of himself kissing Urmila on her forehead and accompanied it with a mushy wish for her.

“Some experience true love through books, prose and poetry. And some experience through stories, plays and movies. I have experienced true love looking into your eyes.I love you because I like everything about you. Be yourself, do not change ever. Your every act inspires me. Happy birthday my Love,” he captioned the post.

Urmila entered the film industry as a child artist. She first appeared in BR Chopra’s ‘Karm’, Marathi film ‘Zaakol’ and Shekhar Kapur’s ‘Masoom’. And years later, as an adult, she established her name as Rangeela actress in Bollywood. Judaai, Satya and Jungle are some of her memorable films.

In 2019, she made foray into politics by joining the Indian National Congress. (ANI)

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi would carry out a 15-day intensive drive to remove temporary and permanent encroachment from footpaths in the national capital to ease traffic and pedestrian movement and clear all kinds of waste from roads ahead of the G20 Summit, an official statement said.

The statement highlighted that MCD is taking all necessary measures to give the best face-lift to Delhi in view of the upcoming G-20 Summit.
Commissioner, MCD Gyanesh Bharti has instructed all concerned officers to put their best foot forward towards making Delhi a shining chapter in the success story of the G-20 Summit.

According to officials, in coordination with other agencies, during the drive Temporary /Permanent encroachment would be removed from footpaths to ease traffic and pedestrian movement.

As the roads define the character of any city, it has been decided to endeavour a facelift for the city roads in a big way, so that the capital city gives a spick and span look to the foreign dignitaries coming to attend the G-20 Summit in Delhi. The drive being undertaken in pursuance to the direction of the Chief Secretary of Delhi shall exclusively start from February 6 for a period of 15 days and all field functionaries shall actively participate in the drive. The main objective will be to give a facelift to the city roads, a statement said.

“All unauthorized Posters/ Hoardings would be removed from the roads including all kinds of Waste/ Malba. The overhead cables also pose an ugly/unkept look on the roads, these cables would be removed/managed, wherever possible by the agencies concerned,” the statement added.

It informed that MCD has recently got overhead cables removed in the Mehrauli area. “MCD would also pay special attention to the cleanliness of the roads. All water logging vulnerable points would be tackled. The stormwater drains will be cleaned on priority and wherever manhole covers are missing, these will be replaced on priority. Dark spots (insufficiently lit road spaces) as identified by Delhi Police will be redressed,” the statement said.

Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia has approved a project worth Rs 17.5 crores for the decoration and strengthening of Mathura Road, Bhairon Marg and Ring Road around the ITPO Complex. The project is also part of preparations for the G-20 conventions to be held in the state this year.

Under this project, the beautification and strengthening of 5.8 km road from W-Point to Delhi Public School on Mathura Road, from IP flyover to Bhairon Marg T-Point on Bhairon Marg and Ring Road will be done. The project includes resurfacing these roads, decorating of footpath and central verge and improvement of the existing drainage system. Along with this, the greenery on either side of the road will also be ensured.”

The Deputy Chief Minister has instructed the PWD officials to complete all the work related to the project by March. He also instructed them to ensure that the common people should not face any problems during the construction work and that the standards of safety-security and quality should be followed with commitment.

“It is a matter of great pride and honour that G20 conventions are being hosted in Delhi. Under the leadership of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, we are working in mission mode to improve the roads of Delhi to provide a better commuting experience to the people of Delhi and in view of the preparations for G-20,” Manish Sisodia said earlier in the week. (ANI)

Sri Lanka High Commissioner to India, Milinda Moragoda on Saturday said that the island nation is expanding its trade with India using Indian Rupee as part of Colombo’s economic recovery strategy with New Delhi.

The envoy highlighted that India acted quickly during the Sri Lanka crisis and assisted the country with USD3.9 Billion.
“We might not have got financial aid this quickly if India hadn’t helped. India also played a key part in getting support for Sri Lanka,” the High Commissioner said.

Speaking on the occasion of the 75th independence of Sri Lanka, the High Commissioner said that the island nation is mulling the possibility of using the RuPay mechanism for Indian tourists coming to Colombo.

In an exclusive interview with ANI, the Sri Lankan envoy said that the country is also looking forward to using the RuPay mechanism.

“Expanding the trade through Indian Rupee is part of our recovery strategy with India. We’re also looking at the possibility of using the RuPay mechanism so it will be easy for Indian tourists coming to Sri Lanka,” he told ANI.

He said that the ties between the island nation and India goes back to 1,000 years and the first representative was sent to India 80 years back.

Speaking on the Sri Lankan and Indian fishermen issue, the High Commissioner said that the two countries must have a dialogue, adding that there are legal, environmental and ecological issues that are crucial and needed to be discussed.

Time and again, there have been periodic instances of Indian fishermen being apprehended by Sri Lankan authorities for allegedly crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line and fishing in Sri Lankan waters.

He also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe to visit India.

“PM Modi has extended a formal invitation to Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe to visit India. We hope that he will be able to come to India soon,” he told ANI.

On the security concerns, the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India, Milinda Moragoda said that Colombo’s security is New Delhi’s too and vice versa and both nations should look after each other.

“India’s security is our security and our security is India’s. We have to look after our neighbourhood. We have a large number of ships coming in from India. Irrespective of what the threat is, we need to protect each other,” he added.

He also highlighted the importance of the Jaffna Cultural Centre opening and called it a ‘symbolic’ act by India.

“I am happy, it is one of the beautiful buildings and it stands out, the High Commissioner said.

The island country, which is under an economic crisis witnessed widespread protests in March last year that forced Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign as President and brought Ranil Wickremesinghe to power.

Milinda Moragoda has repeatedly emphasized that India could play a significant role in Sri Lanka’s economic revival through multifaceted economic integration between the two countries by enhancing investments, tourism, and trade. (ANI)

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Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Saturday said that Union Budget 2023-24 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will provide job opportunities to youths in the country with the resolution of ‘Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas’.

MoS Home Nityanand Rai addressed a press conference in Agra on Budget and said that this budget outlines the development of all sections of the society.
“The First general budget 2023-2024 of ‘Amrit Kaal’ is a public welfare budget. This is a budget to empower and enable the villages, poor, farmers, tribals, Dalits, backward, exploited, underprivileged, disabled, economically backward and middle-class people”, Rai Highlights the budget benefits.

MoS Home Rai further said about budget that this is the budget to provide social justice, equality, respect and equal opportunities to the citizens of the country by the Bharatiya Janata Party government at the Centre under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“The 75th general budget of the country is a budget with emphasis on increasing the “Ease of Living” and Narendra Modi’s government has taken a historic step by increasing the budgetary provision by 33 per cent in government investment in infrastructure by allocating Rs.10 lakh crore and this paves the way of all-round development of Country” he added

MoS Home Rai attacked the previous UPA government for neglecting the railway sector and claimed that 2 lakh and 40 thousand crore rupees had been allocated for railways, which is 9 times more than the budget of 2013-14 during the UPA government of Congress. He also spoke about tax Slab changes and termed that this will help the middle class.

BJP has planned a mega outreach on the budget from February 4 and 5 across the country to acquaint the people with what the budget has for them this year. At 50 locations, union ministers will be participating in the BJP outreach programme on budget and interacting with intellectuals, traders and the office bearers of their unions.

The BJP’s campaign called ‘Discussion on Budget’ has started from February 1 to 12 under the monitoring of a 9-member of the central committee, formed by party national president J P Nadda recently. (ANI)

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Actor Bipasha Basu on Friday, shared a new adorable snap with her baby Devi Basu Singh Grover.

Taking to Instagram, Bipasha shared a picture which she captioned, “The most beautiful role of my life… being Devi’s Ma Durga Durga Thank you @vivanbhathena_official aka Devi’s Vivi for capturing such beautiful moments of me @iamksgofficial and Devi.”
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In the picture, Bipasha could be seen holding her two-month-old daughter, Devi’s feet in her arms. She held her tiny feet to her cheeks and is seen enjoying the precious moment.

Soon after she dropped the picture, fans flooded the comment section with red hearts and fire emoticons.

Singer Shreya Ghoshal wrote, “So beautiful.”

‘Bigg Boss’ contestant Rajiv Adatia wrote, “Omg so cute.”

“Awaiting for many more picture’s,” a fan commented.

Bipasha and her husband Karan Singh Grover welcomed their first child six years after their marriage on November 12, 2022.

Taking to Instagram, Bipasha shared a post through which she announced the name of her daughter.

The picture read, “12.11.2022. Devi Basu Singh Grover. The physical manifestation of our love and blessings of Ma is here now and she is divine.”

The couple on August 16, last year, officially announced that they are expecting their first child together.

Bipasha and Karan first met on the set of Bhushan Patel’s film ‘Alone’ in the year 2015, which marked their first on-screen collaboration and they tied the knot after one year of dating in April 2016. (ANI)

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