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  • Big blow to 4 Congress leaders from court in Chhattisgarh coal scam; Two MLAs also included

    A special court in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur has issued notices to two Congress MLAs and seven others accused in a money laundering case related to the alleged coal levy scam. The court has asked the alleged accused to appear before it on October 25. The ED had last month filed the second supplementary charge sheet in the case in the court of Fourth Additional District and Sessions Judge Ajay Singh Rajput. In this, 11 people including Congress MLAs Devendra Singh Yadav and Chandradev Prasad Rai and IAS officer Ranu Sahu have been nominated.

    Special Public Prosecutor Saurabh Kumar Pandey said that the special court filed the second supplementary charge sheet on Saturday. The court has issued notices to nine of the 11 accused. Sahu and Nikhil Chandrakar had already been arrested in the case. Apart from MLAs Yadav and Rai, the nine accused also include Congress leaders RP Singh and Vinod Tiwari. Since sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act imposed in this case are cognizable and non-bailable, the remaining nine accused, who have not been arrested yet, are required to obtain anticipatory bail.

    Special Public Prosecutor Saurabh Kumar Pandey said that if the Congress leader does not appear during the hearing, the court can issue bailable or non-bailable warrant against him. The ED investigation pertains to an alleged scam in which illegal levy of Rs 25 per tonne for coal was being collected in Chhattisgarh by a cartel involving senior bureaucrats, businessmen, politicians and middlemen. The ED, in its second supplementary charge sheet, has alleged that Sahu facilitated the collection of illegal levy amount by other accused.

    The ED alleges that Sahu, who served as Collector of Korba district during the period of the scam, facilitated the collection of illegal levies from coal transporter and District Mineral Fund (DMF) contracts by Suryakant Tiwari and his associates and received huge kickbacks from them. of. The ED has claimed that Yadav, MLA from Bhilai Nagar, had allegedly received around Rs three crore from the proceeds of crime generated by the coal ‘cartel’ for the Khairagarh by-election (in April 2022) and other political and personal expenses.

    According to the ED, Bilaigarh MLA Rai had allegedly received Rs 46 lakh for election financing, political expenses and personal gifts, while Congress leaders Tiwari and Singh received around Rs 1.87 crore and Rs 2.01 crore respectively for political and personal expenses. Were. The first chargesheet in the case was filed on December 9 last year, naming IAS officer Sameer Vishnoi, businessman Sunil Aggarwal, Suryakant Tiwari and his relative Laxmikant Tiwari, all previously arrested by the ED, as accused. .

  • Warning of heavy rain in Chhattisgarh; Meteorological Department issued yellow alert in these districts

    Chhattisgarh Weather News: Widespread rainfall has started once again in Chhattisgarh. It has been raining in most of the districts of the state since Sunday morning. The Meteorological Department has said that the weather will remain bad in the state till September 25. According to IMD, there will be light to moderate rain with thunderstorms in most parts of Chhattisgarh during the next 24 hours. There are chances of moderate to heavy rain at one or two places in some districts of the state. The Meteorological Department has issued a yellow alert of heavy rain in these areas. Light to moderate rain was recorded in most parts of the state on Saturday also.

    According to the All India Weather Bulletin issued by the Meteorological Department, a cyclonic circulation area is present over the northeastern Arabian Sea. It is likely to move towards a low pressure area. At the same time, due to the anti-cyclonic flow developing in North-West India and dry weather over some parts of South-West Rajasthan, the conditions are favorable for the withdrawal of South-West Monsoon. Not only this, there is a possibility of formation of a cyclonic circulation in the North Andaman Sea and surrounding areas on September 29.

    According to the Meteorological Department, during the next 24 hours, light to moderate rain can be recorded in districts like Raipur, Surguja, Jashpur, Korea, Raigarh, Janjgir, Korba, Mahasamund, Dhamtari etc. of Chhattisgarh. There is a possibility of moderate to heavy rain at some places in Bilaspur, Bemetara, Rajnandgaon, Mungeli, Kabirdham districts. The Meteorological Department has issued a yellow alert of heavy rain in these districts. It is known that the Meteorological Department issues a yellow alert when there is a possibility of heavy rain at many places.

    weather department (Chhattisgarh Weather ReportAccording to ), there are chances of heavy rain in parts of Eastern Madhya Pradesh also. Heavy rain may also be recorded at some places. If we talk about the last 24 hours, good rainfall has been recorded in various parts of the Northeast, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and some parts of Bihar. According to Skymet Weather report, during the next 24 hours, moderate to heavy rain is possible in parts of Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand while light to moderate rain is possible in South Madhya Pradesh and East Gujarat.

  • Weather Updates: Alert of heavy rain in Bihar-Jharkhand and Bengal today, schools and colleges closed in Nagpur

    Rain Alert in Bihar: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that heavy rains are likely to continue in Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and many other states for the next two days. At the same time, due to continuous rains in Nagpur, Maharashtra, there was severe waterlogging in low-lying areas, due to which NDRF and SDRF teams have been deployed for rescue operations. In its forecast, IMD has also given the weather condition of the rest of the country.

    Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said more than 400 people, including 40 students of a school with hearing and speech impairments, were rescued after heavy rains left low-lying areas flooded in Nagpur. He also said that an elderly woman and 14 cattle lost their lives due to the rains. NDRF safely evacuated six people from Ambazari lake area of ​​the city.

    Weather condition of other states of India

    >> There is a possibility of heavy rain at isolated places in West Bengal, Sikkim and Bihar on September 24. At the same time, there is a possibility of heavy rainfall in Andaman and Nicobar on 26th and 27th September. There is also a possibility of heavy rainfall in the north-eastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya on September 24. Heavy rainfall has been predicted at isolated places in eastern and western Madhya Pradesh as well as Vidarbha on September 24 and in Chhattisgarh till September 25.

    >>The Meteorological Department has said that there was heavy rain in some parts of Odisha on Saturday. The cyclonic circulation over Jharkhand along with active monsoon is likely to cause more rainfall over the state during the next two days. HR Biswas, director of the Regional Meteorological Centre, said the rains have most affected Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Mayurbhanj districts.

    >> It rained with strong winds in some parts of Delhi on Saturday, providing respite from the humid heat to the people living in the national capital. Nearby cities Noida and Gurugram also received heavy rains along with strong winds throughout the day. It rained after being cloudy in many parts of the national capital including East Delhi, Shahdara, North-East Delhi, South Delhi.

    >> Nagpur received about 90 mm of rain between 2 am and 4 am. The Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert in the district for the next 24 hours. As a precautionary measure, the administration has also declared holiday in schools and colleges. Nagpur Municipal Corporation has asked people not to come out of their homes unless necessary. Due to continuous rain, many roads of the city are flooded.

    >> Continuous rain in Jharkhand since Wednesday has taken the life of one person. Normal life has been disrupted due to flooding of roads, falling of trees and electric poles.
    The official said the rains have washed away many culverts and bridges, affecting traffic in many parts of the state.

  • Complaint against Congress on charges of breach of promise; Demand for FIR against 13 including Rahul and TS Singhdev

    As the time for Chhattisgarh assembly elections is coming closer, different colors of politics are coming to the fore. Leaders are trying their best to gain power. A strategy is being made to woo the voters. BJP’s Bhupesh Baghel is accusing the government of not fulfilling the 36 promises of the public manifesto. Meanwhile, an advocate of Durg district has filed a complaint in the Durg court against the Congress party for not fulfilling its promise.

    Demand to register FIR against 13 Congress leaders

    In the complaint, a demand has been made to register FIR against 13 Congress leaders including former Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister TS Singhdev, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ravindra Choubey. Let us tell you that the public manifesto was released by the Congress Party before the 2018 assembly elections. 36 promises were made in this manifesto. Advocate Ashok Sharma has filed a complaint in the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class Punitram Gurupanch of Durg for not fulfilling the promises made in the manifesto.

    Demand for action against these leaders

    In the complaint, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Minister TS Singhdev, Minister Mohammad Akbar, Minister Ravindra Choubey, Minister Shivkumar Dahria, Minister Umesh Patel, former minister Dr. Premsingh Tekam, MLA Dhanendra Sahu, Rajya Sabha MP Phulo Devi Netam, MLA Shailesh Pandey, MLA Arun The names of Vora, Shishupal Shori and former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh are included.

    Court hearing on 25th September

    Ashok Sharma has requested the court to direct the police station to register an FIR against everyone under sections of cheating (Section 415), fraud (Section 420), conspiracy (Section 120B) and common intention (Section 34). This complaint is to be heard in the court on September 25.

    The promises of Congress public manifesto are deceitful and fraudulent.

    Advocate Ashok Sharma has mentioned in the complaint that every section of the state has been affected due to non-fulfillment of the promises of the public manifesto. The promises made in the manifesto were deceitful and fraudulent. People believed in the promises on which they voted in favor of the Congress candidates and formed their government and later forgot to fulfill those promises.

    These promises were not fulfilled

    It has been said in the complaint that Congress had made a total of 36 promises like prohibition of liquor in the state, free education to girl students, pension of Rs 1000 to citizens above 60 years of age and Rs 1,500 per month to citizens above 75 years of age. It was also claimed in the manifesto that all the promises would be fulfilled within five years of the formation of the government, but this did not happen. Now the assembly elections are near. Once the code of conduct is imposed, no work will be done to fulfill these promises.

    TS Singhdev was the convener of the manifesto committee.

    Advocate Ashok Sharma told that the present Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh TS Singhdev was the convenor of the Congress Manifesto Committee. Minister Mohammad Akbar, Minister Ravindra Choubey, Minister Shivkumar Dahria, Minister Umesh Patel, former minister Dr. Prem Singh Tekam, MLA Dhanendra Sahu, Rajya Sabha MP Phulo Devi Netam, MLA Shailesh Pandey and MLA Arun Vora were the members of the committee.

    Rahul and Jairam Ramesh made party

    Advocate Ashok Sharma said that former Congress President Rahul Gandhi and former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh had conspired to circulate this manifesto in print and electronic media, hence they have also been made a party. Ashok Sharma said that the hearing on the petition is on September 25. I will present the petition arguments. If satisfied, the court can order FIR. He also said that if the petition is rejected, he will approach the sessions court.

  • The wheel of time has turned; Naxalites had looted a rifle from a CRPF jawan 15 years ago, it was recovered in an encounter.

    On September 20, a fierce encounter took place between security forces and Naxalites in Dantewada, a Naxal-affected district of Chhattisgarh. Several rounds of firing took place during the encounter. In the end, the security forces achieved great success and two women Naxalites were killed. When the investigation of the material recovered from the women Naxalites started, many types of weapons were found with them. Amidst all this, an INSAS rifle was found, the details of which were already with the security forces. When further investigation was done, the entire history could be known. Actually, the female Naxalite who died in the encounter had an INSAS rifle looted from a CRPF jawan. Not only this, the rifle was looted about 15 years ago.

    According to the information, in the year 2008, a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) soldier was attacked by Naxalites in Katekalyan market of Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. During that time the Naxalites had fled with the soldier’s weapons. CRPF had made an entry in its database regarding the looted weapons. After which the weapon recovered from the female Naxalite in the encounter was examined and this could be known.

    Bastar Range IG Sundarraj P said today that on September 20, two female Naxalites were killed in a police-Naxal encounter in Nagaram forest near the border of Dantewada and Sukma districts. One INSAS and one twelve bore rifle have been recovered from them. When the police got the weapons tested, the recovered Insas rifle was found to have been looted from a CRPF jawan doing duty in the Katekalyan weekly market 15 years ago. He said that this year many weapons have been recovered from the Naxalites, including some weapons looted by the police. However, till now no such old looted weapon has been found.

    It is believed that Naxalites do not use one weapon for a long time. Change it in 1 or 2 years. In such a situation, finding this rifle is very surprising.

  • Women are running a unique bank in Chhattisgarh, here money is not available for utensils, income is also tremendous

    As soon as the word bank is mentioned, banks that deal in money or blood banks come to mind. But in Chhattisgarh, women are running a unique bank where the money is not money or blood but utensils. About 1560 such utensil banks are running in the country under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Common people rent utensils from these banks for various events, functions and parties. After the ban on single-use plastic in cities, these banks are being seen as an alternative for common citizens to buy disposable items made of plastic like plates, plates, bowls, glasses and spoons etc.

    How do these banks run?

    Not only this, urban poor women are getting self-employment opportunities through utensils banks. These banks are also being considered as a unique experiment to develop sources of additional income for women. Most of the utensil banks are run by women in self-help groups or through public participation. The local administration provides funds to start it.

    Income is also great

    An income of Rs 3 lakh 85 thousand has been generated from the operation of one such utensil bank in Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh. Lalita Pandey, Didi Uttri Bank President, Ambikapur says that in future, Uttri Bank wants to further increase its capacity and tie up with banquet halls, hotels etc. of the city.

    Important role in clean environment also

    Utensil banks are also playing an important role in making garbage free cities. In most of the parties or celebrations, single use plastics like disposable plates, bowls, spoons and glasses etc. are used extensively. This causes garbage to spread in cities. Anku Singh, resident of Municipal Corporation Risali, said that he wanted to do something new in the birthday party of his daughter Prisha Singh. So he decided to do a zero waste event and rented utensils from Didi Utensil Bank.

  • A mad dog started chasing the girl, the innocent girl fell into the well; The father who was going to Dubai returned midway after hearing the news of death.

    In Chhattisgarh, a dog started chasing a seven year old girl. The girl who was running away in fear accidentally fell into a well. The rescue operation to take out the girl from the well went on for about three hours. But the innocent’s life could not be saved. This is the incident of Satpata in Surajpur district.

    According to NDTV report, the deceased girl has been identified as Zeenat Khanum. Zeenat was returning home from madrassa on Thursday evening. Meanwhile, a mad dog started chasing him on the way. Zeenat was also accompanied by her elder sister. The elder sister was saved from the dog but Zeenat got scared and started running away from the dog. Meanwhile, while running, she fell into a well. As soon as the family members got information about this accident, the police was informed about it.

    Police and rescue team reached the spot. Zeenat’s rescue operation continued for about three hours. But he could not be saved. His body was recovered from the well three hours later. According to the information, Zeenat’s father Mohammad Jasim had a flight from Delhi to Dubai after a day. As soon as he heard the news of his daughter’s death, he returned from Delhi to Chhattisgarh.

  • Congress toolkit case: FIR against Raman Singh and Sambit Patra will be cancelled, order of Chhattisgarh High Court

    Chhattisgarh High Court on Wednesday ordered cancellation of FIR against former state Chief Minister Raman Singh and BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra in the toolkit case. BJP leaders’ advocate Vivek Sharma said that the double bench of Chief Justice in Chhattisgarh High Court has given relief to Singh and Patra in the toolkit case. The court has ordered to cancel the FIR registered against both the leaders.

    Sharma said that after the hearing on September 12, the court had reserved the decision. While giving this verdict on Wednesday, the court accepted that no criminal case is made out against the two leaders. The advocate said that on May 18, 2021, former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Raman Singh had posted an alleged toolkit against Congress in his Twitter account and a similar post was also made by Sambit Patra. He told that on this post, the youth wing of Congress had filed a case against Singh and Patra at Azad Chowk police station in Raipur on 19 May 2021. Both the leaders had filed a petition in the court to cancel the FIR.

    He told that after the initial hearing in the case, the court had given interim relief to both the leaders and put a stay on the police investigation and action. The final hearing in the case was held on September 12, 2023 before a division bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Judge NK Chandravanshi. The judge had reserved the decision after hearing both the sides. The advocate said that senior advocates Mahesh Jethmalani and Vivek Sharma had represented the BJP leaders. Sharma said that the High Court has accepted the petition of both the leaders and has ordered to cancel the FIR registered against them. The court has said that no criminal case is made out against both of them in this case.

  • When the woman started screaming at Rajiv Gandhi for the bad road, Priyanka narrated a 40 year old story

    Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Thursday that people’s emotions are being used for political purposes. The Congress leader said that people are being tricked in the name of religion and caste as part of a conspiracy so that they do not ask basic questions. While addressing the ‘Women’s Prosperity Conference’ organized by the Bhupesh Baghel government in Bhilai, Priyanka Gandhi made several sharp attacks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and also narrated an anecdote related to the former PM and her father Rajiv Gandhi. He told how a woman started shouting at Rajiv Gandhi for the bad road.

    Recalling a childhood incident, Priyanka Gandhi said that she was accompanying her father to his constituency. Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister then and was driving the car. He came down to talk to the people. Priyanka said, ‘A woman complained to my father about the bad condition of the roads and started shouting at him. My father answered his questions. When I asked him if he felt bad? He said no. He said it was the woman’s job to ask questions and hers to answer.

    The Congress leader said that by narrating something that happened almost 40 years after that incident, he increased his point on religion-caste politics. She said she met a woman in Uttar Pradesh who sells bangles. Priyanka said, ‘I asked the woman if she had a gas cylinder and she said she had one, but it was empty. The woman complained about lack of water and electricity, but said that she would vote only for the sitting MLA and then started talking about caste and religion.

    Priyanka said, ‘Values ​​have changed in politics. People’s emotions are being used for political purposes. As part of a political conspiracy, people are being misled in the name of religion and caste so that they do not ask basic questions. Priyanka appealed to the people to ask those who ask for votes in the name of religion and caste, what they have done for you. Priyanka described the G20 conference as making the country proud but questioned the expenditure incurred on it. The Congress leader claimed that Rs 27 thousand crores have been spent for Yashobhoomi and the cost of the new Parliament is Rs 20 thousand crores. Gandhi said that the Prime Minister does not explain why the condition of roads is bad, why there is no employment and why inflation is increasing.

  • The big thug with Mahadev app had a lot of fun in Dubai, Bollywood stars also brought cash by dancing; Rs 2.5 crore seized

    Action has started against Bollywood stars who got cash by dancing in the wedding of mega thug Saurabh Chandrakar. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted raids targeting the managers of some celebrities in Delhi and Mumbai. Information about getting cash worth Rs 2.5 crore has come to light. Saurabh Chandrakar, wanted under the Money Laundering Act, earned thousands of crores of rupees through betting Mahadev app and spent Rs 200 crores on his wedding in Dubai.

    Chandrakar had spent money like water in the wedding held in Dubai in February 2023. Chandrakar, a resident of Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, had called his relatives to Dubai by private jets to attend the wedding. Many big Bollywood actors also came to perform at the wedding. According to ED sources, these artists were paid in cash through Hawala operators.

    Now Bollywood actors have also come under the target of the central agency which is investigating the money laundering of more than Rs 5 thousand crore by Saurabh Chandrakar. According to a report in India Today, after Rs 2.5 crore was seized in the raid, the statements of the managers of these celebrities have also been recorded. Most of the managers have revealed that they received payment in cash from the event companies through operators. Bollywood celebrities who attended the wedding may soon be called for questioning.

    ED has also raided the owner of Mahadev App, his family, business partner and the travel agency handling ticketing work for the celebrities who promote it. ED says that Chandrakar and Uppal, who earned illegal money from betting Mahadev app, are residents of Bhilai, Chhattisgarh and are running business from Dubai. Till now, ED has seized assets worth more than Rs 417 crore in this case.