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26 Trains Running Late Due To Fog: Northern Railway

By LokMarg 11th January 2023

Almost 26 trains were running late on Wednesday as severe fog engulfed many states of North India, affecting visibility.

According to officials of Northern Railway, Gorakhpur-Bathinda Gorakhdham Express, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus- Amritsar Express, Pratapgarh-Delhi Padmavat Express, and Dr. Ambedkar Nagar- Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Malwa Superfast Express was running late by up to 2 hours.
While Barauni-New Delhi Clone Special, Katihar-Amritsar Express, Visakhapatnam-New Delhi Andhra Pradesh Express, and Jabalpur-Hazrat Nizamuddin Gondwana Express were running late by 3 hours.

The officials added that Darbhanga-New Delhi Clone Special, Gaya-New Delhi MahabodhiExpress, and Howrah-New Delhi Poorva Express, were late by 4 hours.

Puri- New Delhi Purushottam Express, Azamgarh-Delhi Kaifiyaat Express, Kamakhya-Delhi Brahmaputra Mail, and Jaynagar-Amritsar Clone Special were also running late by 6 hours.

Darbhanga-New Delhi Bihar Samapark Kranti Express, Rewa -Anand Vihar Terminal Superfast Express, Prayagraj-New Delhi Express, Rajendra Nagar Terminal- New Delhi Sampoorna Kranti Express, Bhubaneswar-New Delhi Rajdhani Express, Ghazipur City-Anand Vihar Terminal Suhaildev Express, Rajgir-New Delhi Sharmjeevi Superfast Express, Hyderbad-Hazrat Nizamuddin Dakshin Express, MGR Chennai Central -New Delhi Grand Trunk Express, and Amritsar-Bilaspur Chhattisgarh Express are late by 1.15, 7, 2.45, 2.30, 10, 6.30, 1.45, 2.30, 3.30, 8.30 hours, respectively. (ANI)

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RRR’s ‘Naatu Naatu’ Wins Best Original Song At 2023 Golden Globes

By LokMarg 11th January 2023

Filmmaker SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus ‘RRR’ bagged the Best Original song trophy for its song ‘Naatu Naatu’ at the 2023 Golden Globes2023 Golden Globes.

The song has been composed by veteran music director MM Keeravaani and penned by Kala Bhairavi and Rahul Sipligunj.
‘Naatu Naatu’ was nominated alongside Taylor Swift’s ‘Carolina’ from ‘Where The Crawdads Sing’, ‘Ciao Papa’ from ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’, Lady Gaga’s ‘Hold My Hand’ from ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ and Rihanna’s ‘Lift Me Up’ from ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’.

While accepting the award at the 2023 Golden Globes, Keeravaani expressed gratitude for his team and also thanked N. T. Rama Rao Jr and Ram Charan for their performance on the song. He said, “Thank you NT Rama Rao Jr and Ram Charan danced in full stamina on the song.”

Following the win, the official Twitter handle of ‘RRR’ congratulated Keeravaani by sharing a picture of him holding the trophy. They wrote, “LEGENDARYYYYYY MM KEERAVAANI!!.”

‘RRR’ had received two nominations at the prestigious award ceremony under the categories Best Non-English Language Film and Best Original Song for ‘Naatu Naatu’.

This was Rajamouli’s first project after the 2017 blockbuster ‘Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’, was released across the globe in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam simultaneously early this year. The film received a huge response in several countries, including the US and Japan. (ANI)

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Foes In Kerala But Friends Here: Modi’s Dig At Left-Cong Alliance In Tripura

India On Path Of Reform, Transform, Perform Since 2014: Modi

By LokMarg 11th January 2023

Highlighting India as an attractive destination for investment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said optimism for the country is driven by strong democracy, young demography, and political stability.

Addressing the Global Investors’ Summit held in Indore via video conferencing, PM Modi said, “Optimism for India is driven by strong democracy, young demography, and political stability. Due to these, India is taking decisions that boost the ease of living and ease of doing business. India has been on the path of reform, transformation and perform since 2014. India has become an attractive destination for investment.”
The Prime Minister said institutions and credible voices that track the global economy have unprecedented confidence in India.

“The IMF sees India as a bright spot in the global economy. The World Bank says that India is in a better position to deal with global headwinds than many other countries. This is because of India’s strong macroeconomic fundamentals,” he said.

The Prime Minister further said India’s focus on strengthening multimodal infrastructure is opening up new possibilities for investment in the country.

“Today’s New India is going ahead by also trusting its private sector. We have opened several strategic sectors like Defence, Mining and Space for the private sector,” PM Modi said.

Quoting Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), PM said India will be among the fastest-growing economies in the G-20 group this year. According to Morgan Stanley, Prime Minister said India is moving towards becoming the world’s third-largest economy in the next 4-5 years. “The CEO of McKinsey has said that this is not only India’s decade but India’s century,” he said.

“We are all working together to build a developed India,” PM Modi added. (ANI)

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Delhi Experienced 3rd Severest Cold Wave In 23 Years: IMD

By LokMarg 10th January 2023

India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said that Delhi experienced the third worst cold spell in the last 23 years and also gave a second cold spell warning from January 14.

Talking to ANI, RK Jenamani, Scientist, IMD said that Delhi experienced a cold wave right from January 3-9 which is almost 5 days.

“During these five days, the temperature was around two to four degrees. As per the data available with us, this was the third worst cold spell in 23 years. From the year 2000 to the year 2023, we find that 3-9 Jan cold spell was the third worst cold spell in the last 23 years,” he said.

A cold spell means the number of days we experienced which is in the range of 5 to 6 days. A similar situation was there in the year 2006 when we had the lowest temperature of 1.9 degrees Celsius. In 2013 also, we had a similar cold spell, and January 3-9 was the third worst cold spell in the last 23 years.

IMD has also predicted rain, drizzle and snowfall on January 12, and a second spell of cold spell on January 14.

Jenamani said that there will be light rain or drizzle in states like Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Western UP and North Rajasthan.

“For the Himalayan states like Jammu and Kashmir mainly Kashmir, we expect heavy rain or snow on Jan 12. We expect rain or snowfall in Himachal and Uttarakhand between January 11-14,” he said.

He said that we are also giving a second cold spell warning from January 14th.

“There will be fresh cold spells over northwestern and Punjab. We have not confirmed but we are reviewing whether the daily temperature will further come down to three degrees or not. Western Disturbance is very active and there are chances that there might be a cold spell from Jan 14,” he said.

Jenamani further said that there will be clouding and fresh moisture pertaining to the Western disturbance.

“The Western disturbance is expected to hit over the western Himalayan region and also plane area during 11 to 14th Jan. It will lead to clouding and fresh moisture also. Because of the windy condition, the dense fog condition will improve further. There was dense fog at the Delhi airport in the past 24 hours. But in the main city, it was relatively lesser fog,” he said.

He further said that although the condition is improving, the worst condition persists over Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

“So far, the condition is improving, but Bihar and Uttar Pradesh remain in the worst condition,” he said. (ANI)

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Bengaluru Metro Pillar Case: ‘Result Of 40% Commission Govt’, Says Shivakumar

By LokMarg 10th January 2023

Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar on Tuesday termed the collapse of the under-construction metro pillar in Bengaluru which claimed two lives as the result of the “40 percent commission” government.

The Congress leader said that there is “no quality” in development works.
“This is the result of the ’40 percent commission’ government. There is no quality in development works,” he said.

Last year, Congress had alleged that the BJP charges a 40 percent commission from the government contractors.

An FIR has been registered against unidentified persons in connection with the collapse of an under-construction pillar in Bengaluru, police said on Tuesday.

The collapse of the pillar claimed two lives including a woman and her toddler while left two others injured.

“FIR has filed against 5 concerned unknown persons in metro pillar collapse case at Govindapura police station,” police said.

According to the FIR, site engineers, metro contractors, site-in-charge officers, BMRCL officers, and others have been included.

This comes after Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that an inquiry into the incident would be conducted. The Chief Minister also announced an ex-gratia for the family of the deceased.

Besides, Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation said that notices have been issued to the contractors and engineers concerned in connection with the collapse of an under-construction metro pillar in Bengaluru.

It said that an internal technical team would investigate the matter.

A woman along with her toddler was killed after an under-construction metro pillar collapsed in the city. The woman’s husband and daughter were hospitalized following the incident with injuries.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh for the kin of the deceased in the Bengaluru metro pillar mishap that claimed two lives.

Bommai told reporters that he has sought the details of the mishap.

“It’s a most unfortunate incident. Instructions are given to order a probe to find out any lapses on the part of the contractor or other reasons. The family of the deceased will be given an ex-gratia of Rs 10 lakh will be given,” he said. (ANI)

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Training Launch Of Prithvi-II Ballistic Missile Successful

By LokMarg 10th January 2023

A successful training launch of the short-range ballistic missile Prithvi-II was carried out on Tuesday from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.

A well-established system, the Prithvi-II missile, has been an integral part of India’s nuclear deterrence.
The missile struck its target with high accuracy. The user training launch successfully validated all operational and technical parameters of the missile, a Defence Ministry release said.

The indigenously developed nuclear-capable missile has also been successfully test-fired during nighttime as part of a user training trial.

The missile is a proven system and is capable of striking targets with a very high degree of precision. It has a strike range of around 350 km.

Inducted into India’s Strategic Forces Command in 2003, the Prithvi II missile was developed by DRDO under India’s prestigious Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme. (ANI)

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Virat, Umran Drive India To 67-Run Win Over Lanka

By LokMarg 10th January 2023

Heroics by star batter Virat Kohli and ‘Jammu Express’ Umran Malik outpowered a fighting century by skipper Dasun Shanaka as India defeated Sri Lanka by 67 runs in the first ODI of three-match series at Guwahati on Tuesday.

With this, India is 1-0 up in the series. Chasing a gigantic total of 374, Sri Lanka was not off to a good start as they lost Avishka Fernando (5) and Kusal Mendis (0) within the first six overs to pacer Mohammed Siraj. SL was 23/2 at this point.

Following this, Charith Asalanka and Dhananjaya de Silva joined forces to take Lanka unharmed through the mandatory powerplay. At the end of 10 overs, SL was 38/2, with Asalanka (10) and Nissanka (22) at the crease.

The visitors seemed to be building a solid partnership but Umran Malik’s pace ended it at 41 runs, sending back Asalanka for 23 off 28 balls. SL was 64/3.

At the end of 20 overs, SL needed a desperate stand and had to push the accelerator. They were at 98/3, with Silva (25) and Nissanka (41) at the crease. The visitors crossed the 100-run mark in 20.1 overs.

Nissanka brought up his half-century in 56 balls. In the 25th over of the match, Mohammed Shami continued Indian pace domination, removing Silva for 47 off 40 balls, consisting of nine fours. SL was 136/4 at this point.

Nissanka was joined by skipper Dasun Shanaka and they took the chase forward. At 30 overs, SL was at 159/4, with Shanaka (7) and Nissanka (71) at the crease. Umran got his second wicket of the match, dismissing Nissanka for 72 off 80 balls, with 11 fours. Half of the Lankan lineup was back in the hut for 161 runs.

In the 32nd over, SL all-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga tried to up the run rate by smashing Yuzvendra Chahal for 6,6,4. But Chahal had the last laugh as he dismissed the star all-rounder for 16 off seven balls with assistance from the safe hands of Shreyas Iyer. The hosts were at 178/6.

SL’s downward spiral continued and Umran got his third wicket, sending back Dunith Wellalage for a duck. Visitors were at 179/7.

Lankans crossed the 200-run mark in 36.3 overs. But, Hardik Pandya struck to take his first wicket, dismissing Karunaratne to end the 45-run stand with skipper Shanaka. SL slipped to 206/8 and was staring at defeat.

At the end of 40 overs, SL was at 220/8, with Rajitha (2) and Shanaka (31) unbeaten. Shanaka continued his good run with the bat, bringing up his fifty in 50 balls.

At the arrival of Kasun Rajitha, SL’s recognized batters were ending. Shanaka was the only one left to search for runs. The skipper continued his fight back and SL brought up their 250-run mark in 43.3 overs.

With five overs remaining, Lanka needed 112 runs and Shanaka was their last hope. In the final over, SL needed 86 runs in final over. In the final over, Shami ran out the non-striker at the non-striker end, but skipper Rohit withdrew the appeal. SL finished at 306/8, with Shanaka (108*) smashing his second ODI ton while Rajitha was unbeaten at nine.

Umran (3/57) was the pick of the bowlers for India. Siraj took two scalps while Pandya, Shami, Chahal took one each.

Earlier, Virat Kohli’s 45th ODI century and half-centuries from the Indian openers propelled India to their 22nd 300 plus ODI total against Sri Lanka in the first ODI of the three-match series at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati on Tuesday.

Shubhman Gill (70) and Rohit Sharma (83) laid a perfect platform for the Indian batters as they stitched a 143-run opening stand. Virat’s 113 made sure that India did not lose momentum as KL Rahul (39) and Shreyas Iyer (28) chipped in with useful cameos.

Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanka won the toss and invited India to bat. The hosts opted for Shubhman Gill as Rohit Sharma’s opener and dropped Ishan Kishan, the double-centurion from India’s last ODI assignment.

The Indian openers started aggressively with Rohit getting off the mark with a boundary in the first over by hitting Kasun Rajitha through mid-off. Gill too followed in the captain’s footsteps and smashed Dilshan Madushanka for eight runs in the second over, including a boundary.

Pacer Rajitha was creamed for two boundaries by Rohit in the third over. Gill too dealt with the same measure and hit left-arm pacer Madushanka for three boundaries in the point region in the fourth over.

The Indian captain made full use of the excellent batting conditions on offer and played a plethora of attacking shots on his return to bring up India’s fifty in the seventh over by smashing two sixes and a four.

India was 75/0 at the end of the 10th over with the opening pair making a mockery of the Sri Lankan bowling attack. Rohit reached his 47th ODI fifty in the 13th over of the match with a boundary. The right-hander took 41 deliveries to reach the milestone.

Gill reached his fifth ODI fifty in the 17th over from 51 deliveries. The 23-year-old struck a hattrick of boundaries while Rohit smashed a six off Dunith Wellalage as India scored 19 runs in the 19th over.

The pair stitched a 143-run partnership inside 20 overs to lay an excellent platform for the middle-order batters before Gill was dismissed in the 20th over for 70 (60).

Rohit was looking set for a big score in his comeback inning but was dismissed for 83(67) in the 23rd over to give the visitors their second breakthrough.

However, the momentum was carried on by Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer as they kept striking the ball with disdain. The pair found boundaries at regular intervals with Iyer targeting the Sri Lankan spinners. However, Iyer could not carry on the onslaught after he holed out to Avishka Fernando off Dhananjaya de Silva in the 30th over. The right-hander scored 28(24).

KL Rahul joined the former India captain as the duo looked to build the Indian inning. Both the batters took some time to steady the dining but started hitting relentlessly from the 36th over as they took the attack to the bowlers.

Virat and Rahul smashed a six each off Dhananjaya as the pair racked in 15 run off the 36th over. The former India captain reached his 65th ODI century off 47 balls. The right-hander also had the luck going for him as Kusal Mendis dropped him behind the wickets.

The batting pair put their foot on the accelerator as they kept founding the boundaries with ease. They brought up India’s 300 in the 41st over.

Rahul was playing splendidly until he was bowled behind the legs for 39(29) by Rajitha. Hardik Pandya joined Virat and smashed a six on his third ball to keep the momentum going.

Virat had another stroke of luck as he was dropped by Shanka in the 43rd over. The batter rubbed salt onto the Sri Lankans with two boundaries in the next over.

Sri Lanka did manage to get Hardik for 14(12) in the 45th over but Virat kept the scoring rate up with shots all over the ground. The 34-year-old brought up his 45th century in the 47th over from just 80 deliveries.

He then looked to get India around the 400-run mark but fell in the 49th over for 113(87). The Indian tailenders could not finish with a flourish as the hosts ended with 373/7 at the end of the 50 overs.

Right-arm pacer Kasun Rajitha leaked 88 runs in his 10 overs but was the pick of the bowlers as he accounted for three Indian batsmen.

Brief Scores: India 373/7 (Virat Kohli 113, Rohit Sharma 83; Kasun Rajitha 3-88) vs Sri Lanka: 306/8 (Dasun Shanaka 108*, Pathum Nissanka 72, Umran Malik 3/57). (ANI)

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Sinking Joshimath, Locals In Tears Due To Demolition

By LokMarg 10th January 2023

Joshimath locals broke down on Tuesday as they left their homes that have been marked ‘unsafe’ by the district administration in the wake of the landslide and subsidence.

The district administration had asked people to vacate the areas affected by subsidence.
As of now, 678 buildings marked have been marked ‘unsafe’.

Many have vacated their homes and the evacuation process is still underway. Eight teams of SDRF, one of NDRF, one extra company of PAC, and police officials are present there. If needed, some areas will be sealed, said the Uttarakhand DGP on Tuesday.

“This is my maternal home. I got married at the age of 19. My mother is 80 years old and I have an elder brother. We built this home by working hard and making a living. We lived here for 60 years but it is ending now,” said Bindu, a resident.

“I have been living in this house since childhood. The administration has now asked to leave. We are a family of seven-eight members. We are sending our family members to relatives’ places. We don’t have a place to stay, ” said another local.

Minister of State for Defence (MoS) Defence Ajay Bhatt, arrived in Joshimath earlier on Tuesday and met the affected people in the Sunil ward of the holy town.

Bhatt has held discussions with administrative officials at the army base and took stock of the situation in the holy town, which is seen as a gateway to Char Dham’s Kedarnath and Badrinath.

The demolition of buildings that have developed cracks in the wake of subsidence will soon begin under the supervision of a team of experts from the Central Building Research Institute (CBRI) Roorkee.

Hotels Malari Inn and Mount View, which have developed more cracks over the last few days, will be demolished on Tuesday, officials said, adding that all residents have been safely evacuated from the ‘unsafe zones’.

A team from the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) has been deployed at the site.

Manikant Mishra, SDRF Commandant said demolition is essential as if these two hotels sink any further, they will collapse.

“So, experts decided to demolish them. CBRI experts will oversee the demolition. They conducted a survey on Monday and will help us with more technical inputs,” he added.

A team from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is also on standby to assist the district administration in the demolition work, as and when required. (ANI)

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Woman, Toddler Dead As Metro Pillar Collapses: Bengaluru

By LokMarg 10th January 2023

A woman and her toddler son were killed after an under-construction metro pillar collapsed near Nagavara on the outer ring road in Bengaluru on Tuesday morning, police said.

While the woman and her two-and-a-half-old son succumbed to their injuries in the hospital, her husband and daughter have been hospitalized with injuries.
The four of them were traveling on a bike when the incident took place.

Bheemashankar S Guled, DCP East Bengaluru said, “This morning around 10:45 am, when the couple along with their twin children were traveling towards Hebbal when the metro pillar collapsed on the bike. The mother, Tejaswini, and son Vihaan were seriously injured and shifted to Altis Hospital where both of them succumbed to their injuries. “

Forensic experts are at the incident site and are investigating the DCP said.

More details awaited. (ANI)

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Jr NTR Gets Grand Welcome At ‘RRR’ Screening In Los Angeles

By LokMarg 10th January 2023

Jr NTR is currently in Los Angeles to attend the Golden Globes where ‘RRR’ has been nominated in two categories. Before walking the red carpet at the gala night, Man of Masses attended a screening at TCL Chinese Theatre where he received a grand welcome from his fans.

NTR Jr was seen smiling and interacting with swarms of fans who were heard saying ‘Jai NTR!’. Jr NTR’s fan clubs also shared some pictures from the location in which the fans have painted the Hollywood town red with banners, billboards and 3 LED moving trucks bearing the actor’s name.

NTR Jr arrived in LA a few days back and even attended a screening of RRR followed by a reception at the DGA theatre.

He will be attending the Golden Globes ceremony with director SS Rajamouli and team. The historical magnum opus RRR has been nominated in the Best Picture – Non-English and Best Original Song (for ‘Naatu Naatu’) categories at the Golden Globes.

Blockbusters ‘RRR’, ‘The Kashmir Files’, ‘Kantara’ and ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ have made it to the Oscars 2023 reminder list.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) released a remainder list of 301 feature films eligible for the Oscars 2023.

Previously, Pan Nalin’s Gujarati film ‘Chhello Show’ was announced as India’s official entry for the Oscars 2023.

Apart from them, the list also features Indian films ‘Me Vasantrao’ and ‘Tuzhya Sathi Kahihi’, R Madhavan’s ‘Rocketry: The Nambi Effect’, ‘Iravin Nizhal’ and Kannada movie ‘Vikrant Rona’.

According to Variety, an American Meida company, the 9,579 eligible voting members will begin filling out their ballots on January 12 and ballots will close on January 17, 2023.

The official Oscar nominations will be announced January 24, 2023 with the ceremony on March 12, 2023 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

RRR is a fictional story based on the lives of two Telugu freedom fighters, Alluri Seetharama Raju and Komaram Bheem. Ram Charan and Jr NTR played lead roles, respectively. The film collected over Rs 1200 crore worldwide. Alia Bhatt, Ajay Devgn and Shriya Saran also starred in the film.

Jr NTR will begin shooting for his upcoming NTR30, directed by Koratala Siva of Janatha Garage. The film is slated to release on April 5, 2024. He will also be seen in ‘NTR31’ which will be directed by KGF director Prashanth Neel. (ANI)

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