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  • Maoist carrying Rs 2 lakh bounty killed in encounter in Chhattisgarh 

    By Express News Service
    RAIPUR: A cadre of the military wing Peoples’ Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) of outlawed CPI (Maoist) was killed in an exchange of fire with the security forces in Dantewada district of south Chhattisgarh on Monday.

    “The District Reserve Guards (DRG) have recovered a body of the cadre identified as Vaiku Pekko, 24, of the PLGA platoon. She was carrying a reward of Rs 2 lakh on her head,” said Abhishek Pallava, Dantewada district police chief.

    The forces also recovered 2 kg IED, black uniforms, couple of bags, medicines and items of daily use from the encounter site, the SP added.

    According to the police, the encounter took place near Gumalnar, about 30 km away from Geedam in Dantewada, after the Maoists opened fire on the troops.

    There was, however, no report of any injury sustained by the forces in the gun-battle, Pallava stated.

    Dantewada is among the seven worst Maoists-affected districts in the conflict zone of Bastar, south Chhattisgarh.

  • Three former PDP leaders join Sajjad Lone’s People’s Conference

    By ANI
    SRINAGAR: Former PDP leaders Khurshid Alam, Pir Mansoor and Syed Basharat Ahmed Bukhari on Monday joined Sajjad Lone’s People’s Conference.

    They were inducted into the People’s Conference in presence of the party’s chief Sajjad Lone.

    Earlier in November last year, three People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leaders – Dhaman Bhasin, Fallail Singh and Pritam Kotwal resigned terming the party as “second fiddle” to National Conference.

    In 2020, PDP’s founder member Muzaffar Hussain Beigh had also quit the party last year.

  • After Muzaffar Hussain Baig’s ‘ghar wapsi’, People’s Conference eyes pan-Kashmir expansion

    Express News Service
    SRINAGAR: The entry of senior politician and former PDP patron Muzaffar Hussain Baig into Sajjad Lone’s People’s Conference (PC) is bound to turn the party into a strong political force in north Kashmir.

    The party is hopeful that many leaders from the Valley will also join them in the coming days.

    Seventy-four-year-old Baig, who had started his political career with Peoples Conference in the 1970s, joined the party on Wednesday. 

    Baig’s ghar wapsi is a major shot in the arm for the party. Being a former MP and two-time ex-MLA from Baramulla in north Kashmir, he has a support base in north Kashmir.

    His entry will further consolidate PC’s ground in north Kashmir and turn it into a strong political force in the region comprising three districts of Baramulla, Kupwara and Bandipora.

    All top leaders of PC including its chairman Sajjad Gani Lone, senior vice president Abdul Gani Vakil, influential Shia leaders Imran Ansari and Abid Ansari hail from north Kashmir.

    The party is hopeful that more leaders will join the party in the coming days.

    Muzaffar Baig’s wife Safina Baig, who won the DDC chairman’s post in Baramulla with the support of PC, is also likely to join the party in the coming days. Safina, who was PDP’s woman wing president, contested the DDC polls as an independent candidate after being denied mandate by PDP.

    Party spokesperson Adnan Ashraf told The New Indian Express that many leaders including some top political figures from the south and central Kashmir will be joining the party in the coming days.

    Without divulging any names, he said, “PC will not be restricted or confined to north Kashmir only. We will have people from all parts of the Valley.”

    The PC had been a part of the seven-parties Gupkar Alliance on Article 370 restoration but quit the alliance after DDC polls alleging that NC and PDP fielded proxy candidates in the polls.

    Of the 110 seats won by the Gupkar Alliance, PC had won eight seats.

    The PC has wrested control of Kupwara DDC, where it has got its own chairman and if Safina Baig also joins the party, then it would control two out of three north Kashmir districts.

    The PC will be vying with the Apni Party of influential businessman and former PDP leader Altaf Bukhari to emerge as a strong political force in the Valley to challenge NC and PDP.

  • Despite disengagement at LAC, Troops and equipment remain at forward areas

    Express News Service
    NEW DELHI:  The ground deployment of troops has not changed along the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh even as Indian and Chinese soldiers have disengaged from northern and southern banks of the Pangong Lake region.

    The stand-off persists at Hot Spring, Gogra, Depsang and Demchok.

    While troops and equipment were inducted swiftly using heavy lift aircraft in forward areas, de-induction would take more than six months as it would be done by road.

    The PLA had moved in nearly 50,000 troops with equipment, following which the Army matched the Chinese deployment.

    “There is no reduction of troops from and the equipment also remains deployed with troops. The disengagement from North and South Bank of Pangong Lake has been completed. The fallback ranges from around 500 metres from the original location to a few kilometres at other places,” an Army officer said.

    “Talks at various level are going on to agree to further disengagement from the other areas.”

    Both the countries began disengagement on February 10 in Pangong Tso area, with the PLA moving back its troops to the east of Finger 8 and the Indian Army deploying its troops to the Dhan Singh Thapa post, a little short of Finger 3.

  • Anti-bodies found in 5.56 percent of the people in 10 districts of Chhattisgarh

    Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has released the report of SERO Surveillance conducted in 10 districts of Chhattisgarh. In this surveillance, antibodies that fight against corona infection have been found in 5.56% people of the state. ICMR Team had collected total 5083 samples from 10 districts for SERO Surveillance. This includes 97 samples of common people and 186 samples of high-risk group. 
    On an average 240 samples of common people and 260 samples from high-risk group were collected from every district for SERO Surveillance. ICMR, New Delhi and RMRC (Regional Medical Research Centre), Bhubaneshwar, in association with National Health Mission under State Government’s Health and Family Welfare Department, collected samples from 60 clusters of 20 development blocks in 10 districts. Samples were collected from both urban and rural areas. According to SERO Surveillance report, antibodies have been found in bodies of 13.06% people of Raipur district, 3.75% people of Rajnandgaon, 8.61% people of Durg, 7.2% people of Bilaspur, 1.51% people of Jashpur, 5.57% people of Balodabazar-Bhatapara, 1.74% people of Balrampur-Ramanujganj district, 2.79% people of Korba district, 8.2% people of Janjgir-Champa district and 3.64% people of Mungeli district. 
    During SERO surveillance, 66 out of total 505 samples compiled in three clusters of two blocks of Raipur district have been found positive. 13 out of 158 samples taken from Tilda block and 53 out of 347 samples collected from Dharsinwa (Raipur) block have been found to be antibody positive. Out of the 506 samples taken from Rajnandgaon district, 19 have been found antibody positive. 15 out of 321 samples collected from Rajnandgaon development block and four out of 185 samples collected from Dongargarh development block have been found antibody positive. Likewise, antibodies have been found in 43 out of 499 samples taken in Durg district. 25 out of 248 samples collected in Durg block, and 18 out of 251 samples of Patan block have been found antibody positive.

  • Initiative:People will audit the work of smart city, Raipur will be the first smart city to do so in the country

    The people of the city will now audit all the projects built so far in the smart city Raipur. The public will tell which work has been useful for the city and which is not? For the first time in hundred smart cities across the country, this initiative is going to Raipur Smart City. Through which all the works of the last four years will be assessed by the public. Its outline is still at an early stage, on which a detailed action plan will be made soon. On Monday, Mayor Ejaz Dhebar summoned the top officials of Raipur Smart City and sought the work plan of Raipur Smart City. Significantly, Raipur was chosen to build smart cities in the cities of the country through the City Work Plan. Why the work given in the City Work Plan has not been completed so far. Where and what is the problem, The mayor also asked for its details. According to the information received, the mayor asked the officials why the plan of the sewerage treatment plant of the pond could not be put on the ground. A detailed report has also been sought. Actually, a big plan was made about one and a half years ago for more than hundred ponds in the city. This plan was later changed. According to Mayor Ejaz Dhebar, why smart city plans are changing frequently. Why are the tenders of water, roads, parking, renovation of markets, Chowpatty, cleaning of ponds being withdrawn repeatedly. I have asked the officials to give a detailed report about this too. Why are the tenders of roads, parking, renovation of markets, Chowpatty, cleaning of ponds being removed again and again. I have asked the officials to give a detailed report about this too. Why are the tenders of roads, parking, renovation of markets, Chowpatty, cleaning of ponds being removed again and again. I have asked the officials to give a detailed report about this too.

    The way of functioning will change In the
    smart city, for the past few years, a lot of work has been done through the board of directors meetings of BOD. Mayor Ejaz Dhebar has asked to change the way, he said that approval of the plan should be made to get the approval of the public representatives and public participation forum before going to the BOD. So that no work can be done about which people and public representatives do not know.

    Raipur Smart City has accumulated 57 works so far

    • 20 projects completed
    • 15 projects in progress
    • 22 new projects undergoing tender process

    The contest was won by a vote of 63 thousand people, later forgotten by the general public.
    Smart City Raipur won the contest with 63 people in the competition for Smart City Mission between cities four years ago, but after achieving Smart City Mission slowly The role of the public was gradually absorbed in it. The role of the public was reduced to only awareness campaigns and various competitions held from time to time, such as Swachh Bharat Mission, Ease of Living Index.

    The representation that the NGOs are doing
    is negligible in Raipur Smart City public participation forum. Apart from public representatives, only one NGO, NGO has been placed to represent the voice of the public. Why were such rules made in the smart city. Questions are also being raised about this. Experts also say that a project useful to the public can be made only when public opinion is preferred.

    “Whether the project of old age or Ganj Mandi is averted by the intervention of the public representatives. How can any project become useful without knowing the opinion of the public and the public representatives. The public will tell which work is done or not.”