Bihar: Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Council Devesh Chandra Thakur forms an investigation committee for KK Pathak, who was the State Education Department’s additional chief secretary at the time.
After watching the footage of Pathak in the Speaker’s chamber, a committee consisting of five to six members will decide what steps to take next.
Tomorrow, on 22nd February, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be on a cluster tour in Odisha. He will address Karyakarta Sammelans at Nabarangapur and Berhampur and a public meeting at Mayurbhanj.
Snow clearance operation underway from Ranga Baltal to Sonamarg by Border Roads Organisation (BRO) in Jammu & Kashmir.
Pune Police conducted a significant raid in the Hauz Khas neighborhood of Delhi and found drugs valued at more than Rs 1,000 crore. Let us inform you that drug raids are a routine occurrence for Pune Police. Before this, the Pune Police had taken drugs worth over Rs 100 crore out of the Vishrantwadi neighborhood of Pune with the assistance of the Crime Branch.
Pune Police then conducted a raid on Delhi’s Hauz Khas following this. So far, drugs valued at Rs 1,100 crore have been seized out of Pune. Additionally, drugs valued at Rs 1,000 crore were recovered in Delhi. To date, Delhi and Pune have yielded drugs worth over Rs 3,000 crore to the police.
According to news, this is Pune Police’s largest operation to date. At the press briefing, Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar stated that the Crime Branch team had found 600 kilos of mephedrone worth Rs 1,100 crore in just two days. In this instance, the police in Dombivli, Maharashtra, have taken into custody Anil Sable, the owner of a factory.
PM Modi in Jammu: Today, February 20, PM Narendra Modi arrived in Jammu, where he inaugurated and laid the foundations for multiple projects. 32 thousand crore rupee projects have been announced by him. This covers the transportation, railroad, aviation, and educational sectors.
PM Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for many development projects valued over Rs 32,000 crore in Jammu, according to news agency ANI. Numerous industries are involved in these initiatives, including civic infrastructure, transportation, health, education, aviation, and petroleum. A lot of people are complimenting PM Modi following this news.
PM Modi unveiled 19 projects from the Ministry of Education, 2 skill-development projects, and 78 projects under the Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan after arriving in Jammu. The construction of AIIMS in Jammu has also been announced in conjunction with this.
PM Modi will give appointment orders to roughly 1500 recently hired Jammu and Kashmir government employees during his event. Under the ‘Developed India Developed Jammu’ campaign, PM Modi will also engage with the recipients of other government programs.
Maratha Reservation: The Maharashtra government has started granting the Maratha community a ten percent reservation. A coalition government of Eknath Shinde, Shiv Sena-BJP, and NCP (Ajit group) is in place here. This morning, the Maratha Reservation Bill was approved by the Cabinet.
The government has promised that the Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation will remain unaffected and that the quota will be awarded to Marathas. Reservations have long been a demand of the Maratha community. The Maharashtra administration has called the assembly into a one-day special session. The Assembly may approve this bill in the evening.
Following the Mandal Commission, which Maratha leader Anna Saheb Patil established, the demand for the Maratha reservation arose for the first time in 1980. The Maharashtra Legislature has called a special session today to address the Maratha community’s requests for reservations and other matters.
Sandeshkhali Case: The Parliamentary Ethics Committee’s appeal about the Sandeshkhali case has been challenged by the West Bengal government in the Supreme Court. The Privileges Committee’s action was halted by the Supreme Court. Additionally, he sent a notice to the Secretariat of the Lok Sabha.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal reportedly brought up in the Supreme Court the West Bengal government’s appeal against the Parliamentary Ethics Committee’s notice about the Sandeshkhali incident in that state. This was reported by news agency ANI. Speaking on behalf of the petitioner, senior attorney Kapil Sibal stated that political activity cannot be included in privilege.
During the hearing of the Bengal government’s plea, the Supreme Court halted the Lok Sabha Privileges Committee’s action against some officials, including the West Bengal Chief Secretary and the DGP. After four weeks, there will be another hearing on this matter.
Let us inform you that prominent officials, including the Chief Secretary of West Bengal, have received notices from the Parliament’s Ethics Committee. Based on Lok Sabha MP Sukant Majumdar’s complaint, a notice of breach of privilege was issued. Majumdar has lodged a complaint alleging that the matter was not allowed to go to Sandeshkhali.
PM Modi Sambhal Visit: Today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Uttar Pradesh. Here, he will officially launch development projects valued at over Rs 10 lakh crore and lay the foundation stone. 33.5 lakh new jobs are to be created in the state as a result of these developments.
He traveled to Sambhal early in the morning to attend the Kalki Dham temple’s foundation stone laying ceremony. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath greeted him. He then went straight to the location and took part in the pooja. PM Modi performed the Kalki Dham temple’s Bhoomi Pujan during Vedic chanting. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Acharya Pramod Krishnam took turns sitting next to PM Modi during the puja.
He said that whereas Lord Krishna was born in Mathura in Dwapar, Lord Ram was born in Ayodhya in Treta. Lord Kalki will arrive in the Sambhal region during Kaliyuga. He expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Modi for attending this event and setting the groundwork for Kalki Dham.
The Shri Kalki Dham Nirman Trust, led by Acharya Pramod Krishnam, is constructing this temple. To take part in this event, almost 11,000 saints and sages from all around the nation have traveled to Sambhal. Several dignitaries and religious leaders attend the temple’s foundation stone-laying ceremony. In five acres, the Shri Kalki Dham temple complex will be completed. The construction process will take five years to finish.
ED Summons Arvind Kejriwal: Arvind Kejriwal, the CM of Delhi, has decided not to appear before the ED on Monday, February 19, 2024. Kejriwal was called in by the ED to be questioned about money laundering related to the purported liquor scam in Delhi. AAP has declared the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons to be unlawful and has decided not to appear before the ED today, February 19.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) stated that the ED’s summonses are unlawful in this regard. The court is currently debating the legality of the ED summons. Rather than repeatedly delivering summonses, ED needs to await the court’s ruling. For the sixth time, Kejriwal has not responded to an ED summons.
On Monday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal disregarded the sixth ED summons for a question on the excise policy matter. Chief Minister Kejriwal received a summons, but the Aam Aadmi Party declared it “illegal” and that the case was now in court. Rather than issuing a summons, ED needs to await the court’s ruling.
Andhra Pradesh: Chandrababu Naidu, the former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, appears to be having further problems. In the charge sheet submitted to the ACB court in Amravati regarding the alleged scam involving the AP Fibernet Phase-1 Project, CB-CID named former chief minister Chandrababu Naidu. Chandrababu Naidu, the previous chief minister, was also complicit in this disruption, according to CB-CID.
On Friday, February 16, the AP Crime Investigation Department (APCID) submitted the charge sheet before the Vijayawada ACB Special Court.
According to the chargesheet, Chandrababu Naidu, the national head of the Telugu Desam Party and a former chief minister, broke the law in 2015 when he gave a favorite company a work order worth Rs 330 crore for the AP Fibernet project’s first phase. There was manipulation of the tender process.
The investigative agency informed the court that Hari Krishna Prasad, the managing director of Net India Hyderabad, was a member of the Technical Appraisal Committee, the Governing Council, the e-Governance Authority, the Electronics and IT Agency, and the Innovation Society at the time.
