A 12-year-old boy died after a fire broke out inside his house on the night of Diwali in North Delhi’s Burari area. The boy was alone at the house while his siblings were playing outside and their parents were at a nearby shop.
Police said the Delhi Fire Services were called to douse the fire at the house, and they found the boy’s burnt body. The deceased allegedly died of asphyxia and burn injuries, said officials.
Atul Garg, DFS Chief said his team received a call around 8.55 pm on Friday from Toman Colony at Burari.
“We rushed to the spot with three fire tenders and found that the fire had spread to the first floor of the house. Our teams went inside and found a boy lying dead. He was burnt to death. Prima facie…the fire started with domestic articles like clothes and drapes,” said Garg.
Police said while the family was outside, neighbours and other people called police and fire teams to the spot after they saw blazes of the fire coming from the house.
According to senior police officers, the deceased was unwell, his parents gave him medicines and he was resting in his room. An oil lamp in the hallway caused the fire and the child was trapped inside his room. He studied at a Delhi government school in Burari.
His father works as a painter and was at a shop with his mother for some work. Police said an inquiry has been initiated in the case to ascertain the cause behind the fire.
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With a mission to give a new perspective to cancer awareness, The Indian Express partnered by Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance, unveils the launch edition of Cancer Conversations today, November 7, 2021, National Cancer Awareness Day.
There’s no refuting it. As a word ‘cancer’ has the potential to evoke a powerful form of fear and anxiety in just about anyone who hears it or reads it. This fear prevents people from being receptive to messages about cancer, leaving them unprepared for the disease.
To ensure that people are open to understanding all that cancer entails, The Indian Express and Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance collaborate for the launch edition of Cancer Conversations, which kick starts today, November 7, 2021, National Cancer Awareness Day.
Unscripted all the way, this one-of-a-kind video series is conceptualized and created by The Indian Express Brand Studio—the content creation arm of the Indian Express Group. It’s where cancer survivors and caregivers come together to have real conversations, share real experiences, and most importantly, generate real hope—something that is rarely seen on other cancer awareness platforms.
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Speaking about Cancer Conversations and the partnership with Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance, Anant Goenka, executive director of The Indian Express says, “If you’re aware of cancer and its impact, you’ll be better prepared for it. But we realized that the fear of the disease makes people less receptive to awareness efforts. Cancer Conversations attempts to open people’s minds about assimilating information about cancer in a fresh, unique and engaging format, just so that they are physically, emotionally, and financially prepared for it. Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance also strives to financially prepare people for the disease,, making them the ideal partner for the initiative.”
Adding to this, Kamlesh Rao, MD & CEO, Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance says, “Cancer has far-reaching effects, not just physically for the patient but also emotionally and financially for the family, disrupting their financial goals. We, at Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance, are centered on empowering our customers to take charge of life’s uncertainties and face them with confidence. A large percentage of cancer gets cured with early detection, right treatment, and ample awareness. Therefore, with our cancer plans, we stand by our customers and partner them to plan their finances against the likelihood of cancer and safeguard their family’s financial security. This initiative is another firm step towards helping our customers stay aware and make informed decisions.”
This month, tune into #CancerConversations across Indian Express social media platforms and discover insights that will prepare you to deal with the disease.
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Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached assets worth Rs 35.70 crore of Vikram Investments and other associates under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 in connection with a Ponzi investment scheme scam.
The attached immovable properties, valued at Rs 34.21 crore, are in the form of land, office spaces and residential flats in various places in Bengaluru and the movable assets are in the form of bank balance and fixed deposits worth Rs 1.49 crore, the ED said.
According to the official statement of ED, it initiated a money-laundering investigation based on an FIR dated March 3, 2018, registered by Banashankari police station, Bengaluru, against partners and associates of Vikram Investments — Raghavendra Srinath, KP Narasimhamurthy, M Prahlada, KC Nagaraj and Sutram Suresh — for allegedly cheating the general public by luring them to invest money promising high returns.
The modus operandi adopted by the company was that they were involved in collecting investments from customers on the pretext of commodity trading, offering huge returns; up to 30-35 per cent interest annually. However, they were not registered with any of the regulatory agencies including RBI. They ensured that customers would get back their first instalment as promised. This earned them trust and lured customers to invest more money after which the company stopped paying them back any money, including the principal amount.
High-profile personalities also invested in this scheme in the hope of earning huge returns. Initially, the company paid profits to the existing investors out of funds obtained from its new investors. The company used LIC agents and others who would convince their friends and family to invest and in exchange get a heavy commission.
Initial investigations suggest that around 2,420 persons had invested in the said entity and the total investment was around Rs 417 crore, out of which around Rs 331 crore was paid to the clients as profits and the remaining Rs 86 crore was embezzled by Raghavendra Srinath and his associates.
During the investigation, it came to notice that Raghavendra Srinath had deliberately delivered an exceptionally huge amount of net profit of around Rs 35 crore to one R Krishna which was not possible in any prudent way. Further investigation is in progress.
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In a trend that showcases promoters’ confidence in their company shares despite high valuations, private promoters of companies listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) have been buying shares of their companies and have increased their shareholding, even as the prices of stocks of these companies continued to rise and hit new highs over the last two quarters.
According to data compiled by primeinfobase.com, an initiative of PRIME Database Group, the shareholding of private promoters in companies listed on the NSE increased by nearly 50 basis points from 44.42 per cent at the end of June 2021 to 44.90 per cent on September 30, 2021.
Since March 2021, the aggregate holding of private promoters across more than 1,650 companies has gone up from 44.1 per cent to 44.9 per cent. This happened even as the share prices of a large number of companies have gone up significantly.
Some of the companies that witnessed an increase in shareholding by promoters during the September quarter include CESC Ltd, Adani Green Energy, APL Apollo Tubes, KPR Mill, Just Dial and LIC Housing, among others.
Indian promoters have been steadily raising their ownership in their companies over the last decade and have increased it by one third from 33.60 per cent on June 2009 to 44.9 per cent now.
While private promoters have been raising their stake, the shareholding of the foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) witnessed a decline in the September quarter. Shareholding of FPIs in NSE-listed companies came down to 21.47 per cent in the quarter ended September from 21.66 per cent in the previous quarter.
However, following a sharp rise in equity markets during the quarter, the total value of FPI holdings crossed Rs 50 lakh crore in 2021 and amounted to Rs 54.68 lakh crore.
Pranav Haldea, MD, PRIME Database Group, said that the 12.03 per cent rise in the value of FPI holdings from Rs 48.82 lakh crore as of June-end to Rs 54.68 lakh crore on September 30 is primarily driven by an extraordinarily buoyant secondary market during the quarter when Sensex and Nifty rose by 12.66 and 12.07 per cent, respectively.
In contrast to FPIs’ reduction in holdings, mutual funds (MFs) saw their shareholding in NSE-listed companies rise during the quarter to 7.36 per cent.
After hitting a high of 7.96 per cent in the quarter ended March 2020, MF holdings have been on a decline and had dropped to 7.25 per cent as of June 2021. “The share has increased on the back of a huge Rs 38,221-crore net inflow by domestic mutual funds during the quarter,” said Haldea.
Even in value terms, the holding of domestic MFs increased by 14.82 per cent to an all-time high of Rs 18.75 lakh crore as on September 30, 2021, from Rs 16.33 lakh crore on June 30, 2021.
Data shows that holding of retail investors (individuals with up to Rs 2 lakh shareholding) in companies listed on the NSE reduced marginally to 7.13 per cent as on September 30 from 7.18 as on June 30. However, in value terms, retail holding too hit an all-time high of Rs 18.16 lakh crore from Rs 16.18 lakh crore on June 30, 2021, following the rise in equity markets.
Even the percentage holding of the government (as a promoter) in companies listed on the NSE decreased to 5.56 per cent as on September 30, from 6.05 per cent in June. While all categories of shareholders have seen double-digit growth in the monetary value of their holding, Haldea said that government holding in companies listed on the NSE increased by just 3.87 per cent to Rs 14.16 lakh crore from Rs 13.63 lakh crore on June 30, 2021.
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Teachers, nurses, and other employees of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation said they will be forced to not celebrate Diwali properly for the third year in a row as the corporation has not paid salaries for the past one-two months.
There are around 8,000 teachers, 5,000 nurses, paramedics and health workers and thousands of other staff employed under the civic body.
Ram Niwas Solanki, general secretary of the Municipal Corporation Teachers’ Association, said though the salary delay is a constant, it is worse when they cannot celebrate a festival properly because of it. “There has been a two-month delay now; our children want new clothes and toys, and we find ourselves helpless,” he said.
A nurse at Hindu Rao hospital added: “There is a delay of over a month now. We are left with no expectations of any bonus, but we expect a timely payment at least during Diwali.”
North MCD’s standing committee head Jogi Ram Jain said: “Around one month’s salary is due for most segments and that too would be credited soon.”
The salary delay sparked off a war of words between the BJP and Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday.
Hitting out at the BJP, Leader of Opposition in North MCD Vikas Goyal said it has “no moral right to stay in power” if it can’t pay staff on time. He said the AAP would hold an indefinite dharna outside the civic centre demanding salaries of workers.
Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor claimed civic bodies are under financial constraints as the Delhi government is not releasing pending municipal funds exceeding Rs 13,000 crore as per the 3rd, 4th & 5th Delhi Finance Commission recommendations.
“It will be better if instead of doing lip-service, the three leaders of opposition get together and ask Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to release pending municipal funds so that staff salaries can be paid on time,” he said.
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The Bombay High Court will hear Aryan Khan’s bail petition in the drugs case on Tuesday. A day before, a special NDPS court in Mumbai refused to pass a blanket order barring authorities from taking cognizance of an affidavit of an independent witness, who accused the NCB Director and others of trying to extort money from Khan. The NCB has initiated a vigilance inquiry against the Director, who flew to Delhi last night.
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The probe into the case against climate activist Disha Ravi, who was arrested in February in connection with a toolkit on the farmer protests, has come to a standstill. With neither Google nor Zoom responding to queries by investigators, the police will most likely not file a chargesheet against Ravi, but file a closure report in the case.
Caught in the midst of a slugfest between former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh and Congress leaders, Pakistan journalist Aroosa Alam said she was “extremely disappointed and disgusted with Punjab Congress politicians” and would “never come back to India” as she was “hurt and heartbroken”.
Teams at the T20 World Cup have been taking the knee after the International Cricket Council offered them the opportunity to show their support against racism and discrimination. There was no directive in this regard, leaving it to team management to decide. India took the knee before the start of their match against Pakistan on Sunday.
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Removing the bullet-proof frame around the podium, Union Home Minister Amit Shah Monday spoke his “mann ki baat” in a public meeting in Srinagar. He said that if talks on J&K have to be held, he will speak to “my brothers and sisters in the Valley, and the youth in the Valley”.
Lucknow and Ahmedabad are the two new franchises in IPL, the former becoming the most-valued side so far. The Sanjiv Goenka-led RPSG Group will be guarding IPL’s northern outpost after shelling out Rs 7,090 crore, while private equity firm Irelia Company Pte Ltd (CVC Capital Partners) forked out Rs 5,625 crore to head west and make the world’s biggest cricket stadium at Motera their home.
In a rare reunion, the CoWIN portal for registration of Covid-19 vaccination has helped a family locate their son who went missing in 2018 from Surat. The 23-year-old was located in Bengaluru, with the help of information on the portal about the vaccination centre where he had taken the Covid vaccine.
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What is the harassment of Aryan Khan really about? In an opinion column, Pratap Bhanu Mehta writes, “The point is not to say that Aryan Khan is equal before the law; the point is to say, ‘We can make life miserable even for Aryan Khan’. First, it sends a signal, to create a generalised climate of fear, where everyone feels vulnerable. Second, there is an ideological war on a constructed ‘Muslimness’.
Outreach events targeting youth and women, a rising social media presence, spotlight on leaders other than the party chief, an eye on Ayodhya — and a “promise” to learn from the past. Pushed to the electoral margins over the last decade, Mayawati’s BSP is going all out with a revamped approach in the run-up to the Uttar Pradesh elections.
The law is settled that marriage is a term associated with a biological man and a biological woman, the Centre argued Monday before the Delhi High Court. The court was hearing petitions seeking recognition and registration of same-sex marriages under existing laws. The final hearing in the case is on November 30.
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Using a cobra as a “murder weapon”, a 54-year-old man in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district staged his own death by killing a destitute man in order to claim a $5 million life insurance policy with a US-based insurance firm. However, the plot unraveled and police arrested the accused and four of his accomplices.
Delhi Confidential: Youri Djorkaeff, the CEO of FIFA Foundation, paid a visit to Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Monday, and discussed with him measures to encourage football at the grassroots level and to expand it with more tournaments in India. After the meeting, Djorkaeff displayed his football skills in the lawns of Thakur’s residence.
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The Delhi High Court has directed the municipal corporations to identify vacancies of Special Educators (Primary) in their schools at the earliest, after the Lieutenant Governor granted a one-time age relaxation of 10 years to fill vacant posts till December 2022.
The court had earlier expressed concern over the large number of vacancies of special educators in MCD schools and termed it ironic that while authorities are not getting candidates to fill posts, they have created “an impediment” for those interested by insisting on the age criteria.
There are more than 1,126 vacancies of Special Educator (Primary) in MCD schools. The court had said that authorities need to view the matter from “the perspective of underprivileged children and, then, perhaps, tweak the policy to cater to their needs”.
The L-G has now granted one-time age relaxation of 10 years, beyond the age limit prescribed for the same post in MCD schools, for the vacancies till December 2022. The government has, however, said the relaxations would not be applicable for the posts advertised previously.
The counsel representing the East, South and North Delhi municipal corporations assured the court that once the results are declared for the posts, vacancies shall be identified and duly advertised.
The court in the order has directed the municipal corporations “to identify leftover vacancies and expected slots/vacancies qua the post of Special Educator (Primary), which would be available till December 2022, at the earliest, though not later than four weeks from the date of the declaration of result”.
The order has been passed in a petition challenging the Central Administrative Tribunal’s decision not to interfere with the authorities’ March 2020 decision of providing the age relaxation only in respect of those posts advertised in 2017. The CAT in July 2020 said the candidates cannot insist on the relaxation being made a permanent measure.
However, the division bench last month noted that the authorities in December 2019 in respect of government-run schools had provided a one-time age relaxation of 10 years for all Special Education Teacher posts but in respect of Special Educator (Primary) posts of municipal schools limited such benefit to only posts advertised in 2017.
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Days after a 42-year-old woman was attacked and her gold chain was snatched outside her house in North Delhi, the police have arrested a 28-year-old man in connection with the incident. The accused, identified as Sonu, is involved in more than 16 cases of snatching and robbery, said the police. The accused and his brother-in-law Sanju (24) would conduct recee on bikes, and target women and old people on the roads, added the police.
On October 12, the woman was standing outside her house in Burari when the duo spotted her, said the police. They stopped their bike near her and snatched her chain. The woman resisted the robbery bid but fell to the ground and injured herself, said the police.
The police registered a case and recovered CCTV footage outside the house but found that the bike did not have a number plate.
Sagar Singh Kalsi, DCP (North) said, “our team scanned more than 100 CCTVs and suspects were identified based on the footage. Informers were deployed to trace the accused. Late on Tuesday, Sonu was arrested.” The police said they have recovered the bike that was used at the time of the incident.
Sonu told the police about Sanju’s role in the crimes and the cops are searching for him. The two are also involved in Arms Act cases in Delhi, said the police.
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Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal transferred seven bureaucrats, with senior IAS officer Swati Sharma appointed as health secretary of the Delhi government, an official order stated.
The Delhi government’s Services department issued the transfer and posting order of these seven IAS officers of AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territory) cadre where they have been given different responsibilities, according to the order dated October 18.
“Senior IAS officer of 2003 batch Swati Sharma has been given additional charge of Health and Family Welfare secretary of the Delhi government. She is currently posted as secretary (tourism) and has additional charges of art, culture and language along with MD Delhi Tourism and Transportation Development Corporation (DTTDC),” it said.
IAS officer of 2007 batch, Udit Prakash Rai has been transferred and posted as CEO Delhi Jal Board (DJB) from Director (Education). He will continue to have additional charge of special secretary Health and Family Welfare department.
The reshuffle in the health department is seen after Covid-19 cases have considerably gone down in the city.
Social Welfare secretary Garima Gupta has been transferred and posted as CEO Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB). She will continue to keep additional charge of MD Shahjahanabad Redevelopment Corporation (SRDC), the order said.
It added that 2003 batch IAS officer Neeraj Semwal will be the new secretary-cum-commissioner (Food and Supplies). He will also hold additional charge of MD Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), relieving Ashish Kundra (AGMUT, 1996) of this charge.
Senior IAS officer of 2000 batch and secretary-cum-commissioner (development), Madhup Vyas has been given additional charge of secretary (Social Welfare).
The order said Deputy Commissioner of North Delhi Municipal Corporation, Himanshu Gupta (AGMUT, 2012) has been transferred and posted as director (Education) with additional charge of OSD Health and Family department along with MD DSFDC (Delhi SC/ST/OBD/Minorities and Handicapped Financial and Development Corporation).
PWD secretary and IAS officer of 2000 batch, Dilraj Kaur has been given additional charge of secretary I&FC (Irrigation and Flood Control), it added.
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Union Minister of State for Health Dr Bharati Pawar on Monday visited the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to review the Covid-19 situation in the city. She lauded the efforts of PMC in scaling up the city’s health infrastructure and taking the initiative to provide life insurance cover of Rs 50 lakh for frontline workers.
“The PMC has done a good job in Covid vaccination as 48 lakh doses have been administered in the city so far and over 1 crore in the district. Its efforts to reach out to local residents have helped cover more citizens in the vaccination drive,” she said.
Pawar also said the Centre’s decisions on vaccine strategy were made on the basis of science, and such decisions would continue to be based on the outcome of studies done by experts in the field of Covid vaccinations for children, the Union minister said related studies have been submitted to the concerned authorities.
“Authorities will study the safety aspect and outcome of the trials on children. Then they will hold discussions within expert groups to decide a strategy on Covid vaccine for children,” said Pawar. The minister also said there were no discussions about a booster dose of the vaccine as of now. “The present priority is to fully vaccinate all the eligible citizens in the country. Experts will first study the booster dose and then only a strategy will be decided,” she said.
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