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Sitapur: A student of a private school shot at his principal on Saturday after the latter scolded him following an altercation with a peer, police said. The principal, Ram Singh Verma, was shot twice. The incident took place at Adarsh Ramswaroop Inter College in Sadarpur police station area of Biswan tehsil, they said. “Yesterday (23 September), the accused student had a fight with another student who later complained about the same to the principal,” said Narendra Pratap Singh, Additional Superintendent of Police, Sitapur. According to the Quint , he further added that the principal called both the students, scolded them and beat them up. “The accused student was upset because of this, which led him to get a countrymade pistol to school the next day, and fire at the principal of the school,” Singh said. The accused student, Gurinder Singh, had a quarrel with another student on Friday. Later, Singh was scolded by Verma, Singh added. Angry over being scolded, Singh shot at Verma t

Changing the current organisational structures of the Armed Forces to Theatre Command Structure needs detailed analysis involving management experts. The management of change to integrate the Armed Forces which have a large cultural legacy is a formidable task. Any problem that needs a solution starts with analysing the “Presented Problem”, then the “Problem as Understood” by the research team after due interactions at desired user levels culminating in the “Problem to be Solved”. Then serious work starts on solving the problem and at the Armed Forces level, the team members would include officers from all the armed forces. Interaction with the stakeholders continues throughout the process. Recommendations are shared with all the stakeholders. Metrics are drawn to assess the enhancement of effectiveness with the re-organised structures. Assessment after implementation is a crucial factor especially in a pilot project. Implementation comes after all these steps. From media reports that

Maharashtra: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday said that- anti- national slogans such as ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ will not be tolerated and called for an urgent end to the ‘disease of anti-national elements after a video surfaced on social media, which shows that a “Pakistan Zindabad” slogan was allegedly raised during a protest organised by the Popular Front of India (PFI) in Pune. Sharing a note on Twitter, Thackeray requested Amit Shah and Devendra Fadnavis to take the sternest action against those who allegedly raised anti-national slogans. “If slogans such as ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ ‘ Allahu Akbar’ are going to be proclaimed in our Pune city, then our country’s Hindus are not going to keep quiet. Rather, it’s better to urgently put an end to this disease of anti-national elements”, MNS chief Raj Thackeray tweeted. If slogans such as ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ ‘ Allahu Akbar’ are going to be proclaimed in our Pune city, then our country’s Hindus are not going to

New Delhi/Rishikesh: Suspecting that Uttarakhand Police may botch-up the investigation and tamper with the autopsy report, Ankita Bhandari’s family is saving her body at their ancestral home in Srikot in Srinagar district, refusing to cremate her. “We want to keep the body for another autopsy,” Ankita Bhandari’s father Virendra Singh Bhandari said, talking exclusively to Firstpost . “That is, if we feel that the first autopsy has been forged or tampered with”. The distraught family, now that their child is lost forever, wants complete closure and needs to know exactly what happened to their 19-year-old girl. Meanwhile, BJP MP and former chief minister of Uttarakhand Tirath Singh Rawat met Ankita’s parents and those protesting for a fair inquiry at Srikot village Saturday night. #FPExclusive #FPNews Former Chief Minister and sitting MP #TeerathSinghRawat met #ankitabhandari 's parents at her paternal home in Srikot, Srinagar #uttarakhandnews #JusticeForAnkita #PulkitAry

New Delhi: Assam on Saturday became the tenth state to join Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev’s Save Soil Movement. The Assam government organised a three-day Chintan Shivir at Kaziranga that was inaugurated by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Isha Foundation’s Sadhguru. On the first day, Sarma signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the environmental activist and yoga guru on ‘Save Soil’ movement and vowed to promote sustainable use of soil and prevent its degradation. Had the privilege of signing an MoU with Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev ji on the ‘Save Soil’ movement spearheaded by his @ishafoundation . The MoU will be a policy document for our Govt to promote sustainable use of soil and prevent its degradation. @SadhguruJV pic.twitter.com/itHy86lfpM — Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) September 24, 2022 Speaking on the first day of the programme, Sadhguru drew attention to the need for the state to capitalise on its tourism potential for a quick yet ecologically sensitive

The Kerala Lottery Department has postponed the result declaration of the Karunya KR 568 lottery today, 24 September. According to the lottery department’s website, the results will be announced on 29 September and will be published at keralalotteryresult.net . The Karunya KR 568 lottery draw will be organised at the Gorky Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram, near Bakery Junction. In order to make it convenient for the lottery draw participants, the Karunya KR 568 lottery results will also be published in the Kerala Government Gazette. The first prize winner will win a prize of Rs 80 lakh while the second and the third prize winners will take home a prize amount of Rs 5 lakh and 1 lakh, respectively. Participants should know that a lottery tax deduction of 30 per cent and an agent lottery commission of 10 per cent will be applied on the lottery prize money. What are the steps to check the Karunya KR 568 lottery results? Visit the official homepage of the Kerala Lottery Department. Search

New Delhi: In a severe crackdown against all illegal resorts operating in the hill-state of Uttarakhand, chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has directed all district magistrates to take action and seal any such resort that has not followed norms in the aftermath of Ankita Bhandari’s murder. “Directed all DMs to take action against all resorts that have been constructed illegally. Action has already been taken against the resort of accused. Forensic and other tests will take place there, so sealing is being done. But action will continue, the Uttarakhand CM told news agency ANI on Saturday. A demolition drive is underway at the Vanatara Resort in Rishikesh owned by a senior BJP leader’s son Pulkit Arya, who is allegedly the prime accused in the murder of the 19-year-old receptionist, who had been missing for a while. To expedite the investigation, the Uttarakhand administration has set up a Special Investigation Team. “We’ve constituted a SIT under DIG P Renuka Devi to ensure the st

New Delhi: The authorities seem to have finally woken up in the Ankita Bhandari murder case. Late last night, the body of the 19-year-old deceased was recovered from the Ganges in Rishikesh, and Vanantara, the resort of former state minister Vinod Arya’s son Pulkit Arya in Dobh Srikot where all the events leading to the murder of the young receptionist took place, was razed by bulldozer. उत्तराखंड की BJP सरकार ने बीजेपी नेता के बेटे और अंकिता के गुनाहगार की वनन्तरा रिसोर्ट पर रातों रात चलवाया बुलडोजर। #JusticeForAnkita pic.twitter.com/uvRjyGaQqg — Shubhankar Mishra (@shubhankrmishra) September 23, 2022 Locals chanting ‘We Want Justice’ had erupted in protest at several locations in Rishikesh on Saturday, the day the first arrests were made in the case. A group of women even intercepted the police vehicle carrying the three accused and vandalised it completely. In an effort to thrash the accused, the protesters tore off their clothes and even tried to overturn the vehicle, repo

For an ostensibly democratic country, the most populous in the world, India practices a great deal of privileged behaviour amongst its political classes. For a country with millions below the poverty line still, politicians from panchayats, municipalities, government cooperatives, local government upwards, enjoy elaborate pay, allowances and perquisites. This is on a scale not seen in most developed and rich countries with a fraction of our population and much higher per capita income. India also has very high indirect taxation on practically all products and services and the direct tax base is very narrow and small because of vast numbers exempted irrespective of their financial status. Not only do elected politicians in the state Assemblies and in the national Parliament accord themselves pay rises and additions to their perquisites without any reference or accountability to the voting public, but they have a bewildering array of other benefits. Politicians elected to Parliament i

A scientist from Kashmir left her doctoral studies in South Korea in the middle of it in order to pursue her passion for starting an agricultural business. Insha Rasool, 30, a native of Budgam district in central Kashmir, did not let her transition from academia to farming go to waste and has successfully turned her business into a prosperous one. Insha and her husband while working as scientists in South Korea had the idea to build an organic farm back in Kashmir when they were on school vacation in the Valley. Insha Rasool, a woman in her mid-30s, was inspired to begin organic farming in Kashmir after seeing a strawberry field in South Korea and also after receiving encouragement from her husband. Insha, who was studying molecular signalling at a South Korean university, was interested in finding out more about organic farming. For the past two years, she has put a lot of effort into growing the “farm-to-fork” business –Homegreens. She contacted nearby farms before beginning this p

The lush thick forest on a rainy day is one bad idea. But I kept walking on a brownish stony path. Instead of leopards and snakes, I spotted whitish baby mushrooms fruiting from dark mossy barks. Only little light penetrated through the dense tree line. This was an ancient world where creepers resembled snakes and the red orchids transformed into silent birds preening in the monsoon. I was headed into the supernatural hinterland Mawphalang — the sacred grove. The local belief is that the sacred grove still serves as a portal between worlds. Spirits still inhabit this forest and govern the realms. This is a holy place revered by all Khasi people — Christians and indigenous faith alike. In 2016, the place gained prominence after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit. And has since attracted thousands of visitors each year. And I managed to locate the man who was Modi’s guide at the stately visit. The elderly Tambor Lyngdoh, is a special kind of Christian. He believes in the Bible but a

The prime minister in his address to the combined commanders conference held at Kevadia, Gujarat, on 6 March 2022 “stressed the importance of enhancing indigenisation in the national security system, not just in sourcing equipment and weapons but also in the doctrines, procedures”. Taking note of the rapidly changing technological landscape, the prime minister highlighted the need to develop the Indian military into a “future force”. The subsequent articles in the media harp upon an Air Defence Command, which the air force is not in favour of and the form of Theatre Commands that is taking shape, whereas the prime minister intended a future force with greater jointness. This highlights the realisation that the effectiveness of the armed forces is sub-optimal when all three (army, navy and the air force) are required to act in an integrated manner to produce results greater than the sum of all three. Combat effectiveness could be described as the systematic military application of se