The call for a bandh follows recent events in Manipur, where tensions have been high and the state has been on fire for the past three months due to ethnic clashes between the Meities and Kukis after the Manipur High Court urged the state government to take the Meiteis into consideration for inclusion on the list of Scheduled Tribes (STs).

The police received crucial information about the illegal sale and purchase of Nylon-based banned Chinese Manjha in the Madanpur Khadar area of Delhi. Acting swiftly, a trap was laid, and Ritik Chaurasia was apprehended. Upon searching his shop, the authorities recovered 16 rolls of the prohibited string. It was later revealed that Ritik Chaurasia was actively selling the banned Chinese Manjha both online and offline, using social media platforms like Facebook to expand his illicit business.

Following further leads, raids were conducted at different locations, leading to the arrest of Ali Hasan in Jawahar Colony, NIT Faridabad, Haryana. A staggering 116 rolls of different brands of banned Chinese Manjha were seized from his residence. The accused individuals were found to be engaged in this illegal trade with the sole aim of making easy money.

How the crackdown of Chinese Manja began

Ritik Chaurasia, residing in JJ Colony, Madanpur Khadar, Delhi, had studied up to the 12th class and previously ran a shop on the ground floor of his house. Driven by the high profit margins in the banned kite string trade, he shifted to selling Chinese Manjha and utilized social media platforms like Facebook to promote his business.

Harsh Vardhan Khatri, hailing from Faridabad, had a BBA degree from Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru College in 2014. After unsuccessful business ventures, he resorted to selling Chinese Manjha using social media networks, posting pictures and videos of kite flying to attract potential buyers.

The third accused, Ali Hasan, also from Faridabad, had completed his ITI diploma and was the main supplier of Chinese Manjha in the areas of Faridabad, Gurugram, and Delhi/NCR.

The crackdown on this illegal racket was initiated after unfortunate incidents were reported where people, animals, and birds lost their lives due to the use of banned Chinese Manjha. The Crime Branch, thus, took up the task of closely monitoring the sale and dealers of this deadly string in the Delhi-NCR region to curb its illegal trade and prevent further harm.

The incident occurred around 2 a.m. on Saturday. One of the buses was carrying pilgrims from the Amarnath Yatra to Hingoli, while the other vehicle was on its way from Nagpur to Nashik, police said.

“The injured may be discharged from the hospital today. We are in the process of registering a first information report (FIR),” a police official said.
Police and officials hurried to the scene after getting the information and transported the injured to the hospital. This route’s traffic was impacted, and vehicular mobility was hampered.

The 21 people who were injured have been admitted to the district government hospital in Buldhana for treatment, they added.

A sum of Rs. 5 Lakhs was announced as compensation for the bus victim’s families.

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Today, Balagopal began his speech by presenting the state budget for 2023 to the legislative assembly.
Since taking over as the state’s Finance Minister, Balagopal has presented three budgets.

To curb inflation, Rs. 2 billion were allocated in the budget. According to Balagopal, the state of Kerala experienced the lowest price increase in the nation despite being a consumerist state. According to the finance minister, diesel and gasoline prices in Kerala will rise by Rs 2 per liter.

The minister stated that a financial crunch is anticipated this year and that the Centre has reduced its assistance to the state.

Although the state government is experiencing difficulties as a result of the central government’s financial policies, the finance minister assured that Kerala is not in debt and that the state is in a position to take on additional loans.

As part of the push to create a knowledge economy, the Finance Minister makes an announcement about a separate budget for research and development. According to Balagopal, the state has been working to keep young people in the state and reduce their migration to other countries.

“Young people relocate abroad in search of work and education. Central expression schemes are required for this. Each year, the government spends Rs 50,000 on each student. The minister stated, “Second generation development activities require the State government will encourage youth to remain in the state by creating improved living facilities and new job opportunities.”

Moreover, the finance minister stated that construction of an IT park in Kannur will begin this year and that the digital Science Park in Technopark, the state capital of Thiruvananthapuram, will be finished by May.

During the duration of the project, the minister stated that Rs. 1000 crore will be allocated for “Make in Kerala.” The budget for the following year is Rs 100 crore.

Meanwhile, the development of waterways received Rs 300 million from the budget, and the development of 1933 kilometers of highways in Kerala received Rs 133 million. The implementation of the work-from-home model in the tourism industry has received Rs 10 crore.

Apar6t from this, the minister stated that ne nursing colleges will be established in Idukki and Wayanad medical colleges, in addition to the state’s taluk hospitals and general hospitals, due to the high demand for nurses.

Twenty crore rupees have been allocated for the purpose of attaching colleges to 25 hospitals in the initial phase. The minister stated that health tourism and making Kerala the health care capital will receive Rs. 1000 crore.

On the other hand one liter of Indian-made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) priced between Rs 500 and Rs 999 is subject to the cess, which is Rs 20. Rupees 40 on IMFL with a price above 1000 Balagopal stated that the state government has identified 64,006 extremely poor families and has also prioritized poverty eradication in the budget.

According to the Union Minister, a car from Koransarai police station which was part of his convoy met with an accident in the canal of the road bridge of Dumrao’s Mathila-Narayanpur road. The minister further shared that the injured police personnels had been shifted to a hospital. 

“During the way from Buxar to Patna, the car of Koransarai police station, in the caracade met with an accident in the canal of the road bridge of Dumrao’s Mathila-Narayanpur road. Everyone is well by the grace of Lord Shriram. Going to Dumrao Sadar Hospital with the injured policemen and driver,” Choubey tweeted. He also shared a video wherein the minister can be seen inspecting the overturned police vehicle. 

 “I have brought the injured police personnel to Dumrao Sadar hospital. They are being given first aid. Two policemen have received more injuries. After first aid, I am leaving for AIIMS Patna with them. All the policemen and drivers are out of danger. May Lord Shriram make everyone well soon.”, the minister tweeted out after admitting the injured policemen to the hospital in order to undergo proper treatment. 

The BJP leader also lauded the people who swiftly extended their help to evaucaute the cops after the vehicle had overturned in the canal stating, ‘BJP workers Ajay Tiwari, my bodyguards Nagendra Kumar Choubey, Mohit Kumar, Dhaneshwar Kumar, Kunjbihari Ojha, ASI Jairam Kumar, Mukesh Kumar, Sujoy Kumar, Premkumar Singh, showing agility, played an important role in evacuating the police personnel from the overturned car in the canal’.

Here’s a primer on the major story:

1. The Centre has assembled a team of experts to conduct a “rapid study” of land subsidence. According to authorities, a committee will investigate the consequences of ground subsidence on human populations, buildings, roadways, infrastructure, and riverine systems.
2. “Our top priority is to save lives. Officials have been directed to relocate around 600 families living in threatened homes in Joshimath to safer sites “Chief Minister Dhami stated that both urgent and long-term action plans should be developed right away.
3. Medical care facilities should be ready on the ground, and procedures for airlifting individuals should be established, the Chief Minister added, while directing the treatment of danger zones, sewers, and drainage to be expedited.
4. On Friday evening, a temple fell here, and other houses have developed massive fissures, alarmed people who live in constant fear of a big tragedy.
5. Locals attribute the problem to climate change and ongoing infrastructural construction. The sinking, according to experts, has been caused by a number of reasons, both natural and related to human activities. According to Kalachand Sain, director of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, the variables are not new; rather, they have been accumulating over a considerable amount of time.
6. According to Dhami, there should be an appropriate deployment of local, state, and federal disaster response personnel, as well as the establishment of a catastrophe control room in the municipality. Additionally, services for helicopters will be made accessible to assist anyone in need.
7. Joshimath serves as the entry point to important Hindu and Sikh pilgrimage sites including Badrinath and Hemkund Sahib. A significant military facility is also housed there close to China’s border with India.
8. The largest ropeway in Asia, the Auli ropeway, has been shut down when a significant fracture appeared beneath it.
9. Due to the frequent and powerful flow of water, it is believed that the Marwari neighbourhood in the town, where an aquifer ruptured, has been the most severely affected.
10. On the request of the locals, all building works for major projects including the NTPC’s hydroelectric plant and the Chardham all-weather road (Helang-Marwari bypass) have been halted till further notice. According to the state administration, tenants who must leave their homes due to damage would get 4,000 per month in rent from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for the ensuing six months.

Ghats at the famed Har Ki Pauri, which were formerly crowded with pilgrims, are now vacant. Every year, the administration set up a bonfire for the convenience of the faithful, but this year, the local government did not.

The authorities, according to devotees, failed to make heating arrangements for those coming from afar this year.

According to the pilgrims who travelled from Dharmanagar to Har Ki Pauri, the extreme cold prevented the usual population from gathering on the ghats. The government hasn’t set up any heating either.

“This place is quite chilly. There aren’t many followers here. Prem Sharma, a devotee from Delhi who had travelled to Haridwar, said that the water was “chilling.”

We arrived in Haridwar. This region is being hit by a cold wave. There are no heating systems in place. This year, there aren’t many devotees here, said Varanasi-born Subodh Kashi, another devotee.

The same worries were also voiced by the Pandits of Har Ki Pauri.

“Cold has left Har Ki Pauri virtually deserted. The firm hasn’t even made any plans for a burning. Who will visit Har Ki Pauri if the devotees are not provided with the amenities? In the past, the Municipal Corporation would supply the Forest Department with wood for the bonfire. However, now that it has ceased, the cold has left individuals in poor health “they claimed.

“The e-Hospital data on the servers has been restored.” Before services can be resumed, the network is being sanitised. Due to the volume of data and the vast number of servers and computers used for medical services, the procedure is taking some time. “Measures for cyber security are being implemented,” the institution stated in a statement.

According to sources, the institute’s data restoration claim came after a meeting in the evening between officials from the Union Home Ministry and the National Investigative Agency (NIA) regarding the AIIMS incident.

Meanwhile, internal AIIMS sources described the claim as a “face-saving” ploy.

“In ransomware assaults, only two alternatives are presented—either comply to the hacker’s demand or launch an alternative to the service impacted by ransomware,” a senior IT official familiar with the matter stated. According to reports, the hacker has sought Rs 200 crore for the data of 4 crore patients held hostage.

However, the Delhi Police, who is also investigating the cyber attack event, refuted media reports regarding the hacker’s ransom demand. When contacted, AIIMS provided no more information on the data restoration promise.

Meanwhile, the institute has requested its teachers, staff, and other members who use the AIIMS intranet to install a special antivirus programme called SEQRITE ENDPOINT in order to combat the cyber security threat, according to sources.

All servers and computers in the institute are being formatted and sanitized, they added.
The November 23 cyber attack forced the hospital to shut down all digital services in patient care delivery areas.

According to the Bharatpur police, two parties got into a physical altercation in Kumher’s Sakraura hamlet, which resulted in three shooting deaths and three additional injuries. “In Kumher’s Sakraura village, in the Bharatpur district, two groups got into a fight. As a result of the brawl between the Samundar and Lakhan factions, three individuals were killed and three others were injured “ASP Bharatpur Anil Meena stated.

Samundar, Ishwar, and Gajendra have been named as the three deceased.
According to ASP, Bharatpur Anil Meena, the injured were taken right away to the hospital.

This is a developing story, stay tuned for more developments.

According to Gujarat Police, the culprit is S Inauchashingh, and he was a Constable with the IRB. These soldiers are from a CRPF battalion in Manipur.

According to Gujarat Police, the culprit opened fire on other police officers with “his Rifle AK-47.”

After a battle between IRB jawans at Navi Bunder in Porbandar, the injured were transported to Bhavsinghji Hospital for immediate medical assistance. In the excitement of battle, the troops opened fire on their own colleagues.

“After being told of the situation, a police convoy and other staff hurried to the hospital. The reason for the fight is unknown at this time “According to the source.

The Election Commission dispatched them here ahead of the Gujarat Assembly elections next month, according to Porbandar Collector and District Election Officer AM Sharma. The first phase of voting in the Porbandar district will take place on December 1.