CISF has seized the mobile phone of ASI Somnath Mohanty of Rayagada for talking to a media organization based out of Odisha after stopping Salman while he was entering the airport.

An ASI of CISF from Odisha, who recently hogged headlines for stopping Bollywood actor Salman Khan at Mumbai Airport asking him to complete the mandatory security check, has landed in trouble for speaking with the media about the incident.

CISF has seized the mobile phone of ASI Somnath Mohanty of Rayagada for talking to a media organization based out of Odisha after stopping Salman while he was entering the airport. “The mobile phone of Mohanty has been seized as he interacted with the media and it is a breach of protocol. His mobile phone was seized to ensure he is not able to speak with the media further about the incident,” a CISF personnel told TNIE.

In a video that went viral on social media, Salman can be seen arriving at the airport to leave the country for the shoot of his upcoming film Tiger 3. Mohanty stopped him and requested to get his documents checked at the gate. The photographers present at the airport were yelling out Salman’s name begging him to pose for a photograph. Mohanty also asked the photographers to step back. He was lauded by netizens.

The state finance minister Palanivel Thiagarajan presented its revised budget for 2021-22 on Friday. Former deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam presented the interim budget for the year 2021-22 on February 23, ahead of the assembly elections. A four-day long session was held beginning June 21, with governor Banwarilal Purohit making a customary address to the newly elected members of the 16th assembly.

Here are the top highlights from Tamil Nadu Finance Minister PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan’s budget speech today. 

1. Govt allocates Rs 3,954 crore to Tamil Nadu slum clearance board.
2. About Rs 20,000 crore loan aide will be given for women self-help groups (SHGs).
3. Allocated Rs 2,000 crore for underground drainage plan.
4. Rs 703 crore for the free ride for TN women in public buses.
5. Metro railway projects will be expedited and completed by December 2026.
6. Diesel subsidy of Rs 750 crore given to state public transport. Allocate Rs 623 crore for 100 new public buses. Detailed project report would be prepared for Madurai Metro Rail project.
7. About 17,800 MW of electricity production capacity will be added in the next four years.
8. Tamil Nadu govt allocates Rs 32,599.54 crore to school education department.
9. Inspection had started to set up metro train in Madurai.
10. The vacancies in higher educational institutions will be filled on priority basis.
11. Ten new arts and science colleges will be established in the state.
12. Tamil Nadu will start smart classes in 25 colleges this year.
13. The budget allocates Rs 5,369 crore for higher education department for 2021-22.
14. Tamil Nadu govt allocates Rs 959 crore for Dr Muthulakshmi Reddy Maternity benefit scheme.
15. Rs 18,933 crore allocated for health and family welfare in Tamil Nadu.
16. TN skill development corporation would be revived. Rs 215.64 crore allocated to unorganized workers welfare board. TN would create 45,000 hectares of land bank.
17. Nandambakkam to get a FinTech city at the cost of Rs 165 crore.
18. SIPCOT to come up in nine districts, including Tiruvannamalai and Dharmapuri; Rs 1,500 crore has been allocated for the same as first instalment.
19. Rs 409 crore has been st aside for free school uniforms scheme.
20. 300 tourists destinations to be developed under tourism master plan. Rs 187.50 crore has been allocated for the same.
21. Tamil Nadu allocates Rs 409 crore for free school uniforms scheme.
22. Rs 1.50 crore allocated for transgenders pension scheme.
23. Rs 6 cr allocated to renovate mosques and churches.
24. MLAs woukd be encouraged to utilize a portion of constituency development fund to improve the facilities in their constituency.
25. Tamil Nadu sets aside Rs 4,142 crore for Adi Dravidar and ST welfare.
26. Tamil Nadu allocates Rs 225.62 crore for sports and youth development.
27. Maternity leave for govt staff increased to 12 months. It will come into effect from July 1, 2021.
28. Loans to the tune of Rs 2,756 crore given to women SHGs would be waived.
29. CM has ordered to reduce petrol price by Rs 3 per litre.
30. Tamil Nadu govt would incur loss of Rs 1,160 crore by reducing the petrol price.

State revenue for the fiscal year is Rs 2,60,409.26 crore, expenditure estimated at Rs 2,61,88.57 crore and deficit Rs 58,692 crore.

31. We are taking efforts to streamline the property tax and other taxes to revive the state economy: Tamil Nadu finance minister Palanivel Thiagarajan
32. MLAs constituency development fund enhanced to Rs 3 crore.

Tamil Nadu will come up with a separate education policy for the state:Tamil Nadu finance minister Palanivel Thiagarajan.

Congress had earlier accused Twitter of acting against Rahul Gandhi’s account under pressure from the government.

The official Twitter handle of the Congress party has been locked for ‘violating rules’, party leaders said on August 12.

This comes a day after several party leaders said that their handles were suspended too and a week after senior leader Rahul Gandhi’s handle was temporarily suspended.

“Twitter acting under government pressure. It has already blocked 5000 accounts of our leader and workers across India. They need to understand that we cannot be pressurized by Twitter or the government,” said Rohan Gupta, social media head, Congress.

The party on August 11 said that Twitter suspended accounts of its media in-charge Randeep Surjewala, AICC general secretary and former minister Ajay Maken, party’s whip in Lok Sabha Manickam Tagore, Assam in-charge, and former Union minister Jitendra Singh and Mahila Congress president Sushmita Dev.

This comes after senior leader Rahul Gandhi’s handle was ‘temporarily’ locked by Twitter last week after the National Commission for Protection of Child Right issued a notice to the micro-blogging site and asked it to remove the tweet in question.

“So! After Shri @RahulGandhi, the Lord @narendramodi Ji and Vassal @Jack & @twitter have locked @rssurjewala, @ajaymaken & @sushmitadevinc. @INCIndia registers its protest and promises to continue the fight for each and all being wronged! We shall hold on @AshwiniVaishnaw Ji (sic),” tweeted Pranav Jha, AICC secretary in charge of Congress Communication Department.

Twitter on August 11 told the Delhi High Court that it had temporarily locked Rahul Gandhi’s account and removed his tweet that had a photograph of the parents of a nine-year-old Dalit girl, who was allegedly raped and killed at a crematorium in Southwest Delhi on August 01. The social media giant said that the action was taken as the tweet violated the platform’s policy.

In another tweet, Jha said, “The list goes on. @Twitter locks @JitendraSAlwar and @manickamtagore and many more. Doesn’t Modi Ji understand that we @INCindia’ns have a legacy of fighting even from behind the locks of kaala paani. He thinks the virtual locks of Twitter will deter us from fighting for India.”

Congress had earlier accused Twitter of acting against Gandhi’s account under pressure from the government.

Gandhi’s account was suspended after he tweeted pictures with the family of a nine-year-old victim of alleged rape and murder in Delhi last week.

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) took cognisance of Gandhi’s tweet and directed Twitter to act against the Congress leader’s account for violating the privacy of a minor victim, mandated by the laws of the land.’Shri @RahulGandhi’s Twitter account has been temporarily suspended & due process is being followed for its restoration,’ the Congress had tweeted from its official handle.

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The arrests followed outrage over videos that showed a group shouting egregious slogans threatening Muslims at Jantar Mantar, a protest site in the heart of Delhi.

BJP member Ashwini Upadhyay and five others have been arrested over violent anti-Muslim slogans raised at a protest held at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Sunday.

Ashwini Upadhyay, believed to be one of the organisers of the protest, was questioned till late last night along with other accused.

The arrests followed outrage over videos that showed a group shouting egregious slogans threatening Muslims at Jantar Mantar, a protest site in the heart of Delhi.

In clips on social media, “Ram, Ram” chants were raised along with threats to kill Muslims. “Hindustan mein rehna hoga jai shri ram kehna hoga (To stay in India, must say Jai Shri Ram),” the group shouted barely a km from parliament and top government offices.

Questions were raised on the police not arresting those behind the event including Ashwini Upadhaya – who is a member of the Delhi BJP executive – and those visible in the videos.

The police finally acted only late on Monday evening and rounded up suspects for questioning.

The police claim they had denied permission to the protest over Covid precautions but a crowd showed up.

TV actor and BJP leader Gajendra Chauhan was also present in the protest though he is not seen in the clips.

Mr Upadhyay had claimed he had no idea such slogans were raised.

Ashwini Upadhyay, who organised protest, was questioned till late last night along with other accused.

BJP member Ashwini Upadhyay and five others have been arrested over violent anti-Muslim slogans raised at a protest held at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Sunday.

Ashwini Upadhyay, believed to be one of the organisers of the protest, was questioned till late last night along with other accused.

The arrests followed outrage over videos that showed a group shouting egregious slogans threatening Muslims at Jantar Mantar, a protest site in the heart of Delhi.

In clips on social media, “Ram, Ram” chants were raised along with threats to kill Muslims. “Hindustan mein rehna hoga jai shri ram kehna hoga (To stay in India, must say Jai Shri Ram),” the group shouted barely a km from parliament and top government offices.

Questions were raised on the police not arresting those behind the event including Ashwini Upadhaya – who is a member of the Delhi BJP executive – and those visible in the videos.

The police finally acted only late on Monday evening and rounded up suspects for questioning.

The police claim they had denied permission to the protest over Covid precautions but a crowd showed up.

TV actor and BJP leader Gajendra Chauhan was also present in the protest though he is not seen in the clips.

Mr Upadhyay had claimed he had no idea such slogans were raised.

In a statement, Mr Upadhyay had said the march against outdated colonial laws was organised by Save India Foundation. “I don’t have any relation with Save India Foundation Trust. I was a guest like Mr. RVS Mani, Mr. Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Mr. Gajendra Chauhan. We reached at around 11:00 and left at 12:00. I never met these miscreants,” he said in a statement.

Save India’s director Preet Singh is among those arrested. The others are Vinod Sharma, Deepak Singh, Vineet Kranti and a suspect identified only by one name, Deepak.

Tina Dabi and Athar Khan’s relationship apparently started at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy for Administration in Mussoorie and subsequent wedding grabbed the attention of the nation. Dabi ranked first in the UPSC examinations, Khan ranked second in 2015.

A family court in Jaipur granted divorce to IAS officers Tina Dabi and Athar Khan on Tuesday, Hindustan Times’ sister publication Live Hindustan reported. Both had filed the application for divorce before the court in November last year with mutual consent.

The application was filed just two years after the two got married.

Their relationship apparently started at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy for Administration in Mussoorie and subsequent wedding grabbed the attention of the nation. Dabi ranked first in the UPSC examinations, Khan ranked second in 2015.

Vice president M Venkaiah Naidu and many Union ministers were among those who had attended their wedding reception in Delhi.

Their wedding was hailed as a symbol of communal harmony by many politicians.

Both Dabi and Athar were allocated to the Rajasthan cadre of the IAS. Initially, both of them were in the same city, but Tina Dabi was later posted to Sri Ganganagar as Chief Executive Officer, Zila Parishad. Athar was posted to Jaipur as the CEO of Zila Parishad.

In November last year, Dabi joined as the joint secretary (finance) of the government of Rajasthan. She announced about her joining on Twitter.

A graduate in political science from the Delhi’s Lady Shri Ram College, Dabi completed her schooling from the Convent of Jesus & Mary. Athar, meanwhile, was undergoing training at the Indian Railways Institute of Transport and Management in Lucknow when he appeared for examination in 2015. This was the Anantnag resident’s second attempt.

Ashwani Upadhyay said he had no idea who the people shouting slogans were and that he was ready to appear before the police any time on Tuesday.

New Delhi: 

Supreme Court lawyer and former Delhi BJP spokesperson Ashwani Upadhyay and four others have been taken into police custody and are likely to be questioned over the anti-Muslim slogans raised at a protest he allegedly organised at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Monday, sources in Delhi Police have said. He is one of the suspects identified in the case. Sources said the Delhi Police had summoned Mr Upadhyay. The lawyer, who was in Ghaziabad, was to appear before the police at the Connaught Place station on Monday night.

Sources said raids are currently on in the city to zero in on the other suspects.

The videos of a group shouting violent anti-Muslim slogans at Jantar Mantar — the landmark 18th Century observatory at the heart of the city which is now a protest site — surfaced on Monday. But despite their being widely circulated no social media, no arrest was made till late Monday evening.

In the clips circulating on social media, “Ram, Ram” chants are heard along with slogans threatening Muslims. “Hindustan mein rehna hoga jai shri ram kehna hoga (To stay in India, must say Jai Shri Ram),” shout people at the rally held barely a km from parliament.

No policemen were present at the site. The police claim they had denied permission for the protest in view of Covid but a crowd had turned up.

The slogans were shouted in the presence of Narsinghanand Saraswati, a priest notorious for communal hate speeches. TV actor and BJP leader Gajendra Chauhan was also reportedly a part of the protest.

Mr Upadhyay — who allegedly organised the protest against colonial laws — said he had no idea who the people shouting slogans were and that he was ready to appear before the police any time on Tuesday.

In a statement, Mr Upadhyay said the program was organised by Save India Foundation. “I don’t have any relation with Save India Foundation Trust. I was a guest like Mr. RVS Mani, Mr. Firoz Bakht Ahmed, Mr. Gajendra Chauhan. We reached at around 11:00 and left at 12:00. I never met these miscreants. I wish to meet you tomorrow morning to give my written statement,” his statement read.

Earlier Mr Upadhyay said he was not aware of the videos.  “Neither was I there when this happened, nor am I aware nor did I invite these people. This must have happened after I left. Strict action must be taken against those we can see in the videos,” he told reporters.

Only five or six people were shouting slogans and that too while dispersing after the march, he said, adding that such slogans should not have been raised.