Beneficiaries in whose favour mutation under Roshani Act has been done
MPL new apparel sponsor of Indian cricket team
New Delhi, Nov 2: Fantasy gaming platform Mobile Premier League (MPL) has been picked as the apparel sponsor of the Indian cricket team for a period of three years.
A member of the Apex Council confirmed the development on Monday that BCCI has inked the apparel and merchandise deal with MPL, replacing Nike.
“Yes, Apex Council has passed the sponsorship deal for apparel of Indian team (men, women, A and U19).
“However the rate per match will be Rs 65 lakh per game instead of Rs 88 lakh that Nike was giving,” the senior official said on conditions of anonymity.
While Puma and Adidas had earlier picked up the bid papers for apparel sponsorship, they didn’t fill the bid as they felt that the deal needed to be reduced to one third from the original bid.
Nike had a five year deal during which they paid Rs 370 crore from 2016 to 2020 with a 30 crore royalty.
“No sporting apparel major was ready to pay that kind of money that Nike paid in current economic climate (due to COVID-19).
“One of the major reasons being merchandise items being very costly for common public,” the source said. (agencies)
Biden says would declare COVID-19 action plan on day 1 of presidency
Fayetteville (US), Nov 2: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has said that if voted to power, he would put into place a COVID-19 action plan on the first day of his presidency.
The former vice president, during a poll event in Philadelphia on Sunday, criticised the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic which has so far killed over 230,000 people and infected 9.2 million others in the US, saying “imagine where we would be if we had a president who wore a mask instead of mocked it?
“I can tell you this: We wouldn’t have 9 million confirmed cases of COVID in this nation. We wouldn’t have over 230,000 deaths, almost 9,000 here in Pennsylvania”.
The 77-year-old Democratic leader urged people to vote out President Donald Trump, saying it is time for Trump to pack his bags and go home.
“We’re done with the chaos. The tweets. The anger. The hate. The failure. The irresponsibility. We’ve got a lot of work to do,” Biden said, adding that the first step to beat the coronavirus is to beat Trump.
“On day one of my presidency, we will put into action the plan I have been talking about for months: Masking. Social distancing. Testing. Tracing. A plan for the full and fair and free distribution of therapeutics and the vaccine when we get one.
“We wouldn’t be seeing these new record numbers of cases we’re seeing every day right now. Nearly 100,000 cases nationwide on Friday alone. More than 2,600 of them Pennsylvanians. It was an all-time high,” Biden said.
He said that former president Barack Obama and he created more jobs in the last three years of their administration than Trump did in the first three years of his, before the pandemic.
“Trump is going to be the first president in 90 years who is going to finish his four years in office with fewer jobs under his leadership than he started with. That’s a lot of presidents and a lot of crises — but only Trump is going to have fewer jobs at the end of his presidency than at the start.
“I understand something Donald Trump doesn’t. Wall Street didn’t build this country. You did. Working people built this country. Unions built this country. The middle class built this country. I believe we should be rewarding work, not wealth in this country,” he said.
Delivering identical speech at another election event in Pennsylvania, Biden said that there is no limit to America’s future.
“The only thing that can tear America apart is America itself. And that’s exactly what Donald Trump has been doing from the beginning of his campaign. Dividing America. Pitting Americans against one another based on race, gender, ethnicity, national origin. That’s wrong. That’s not who we are.
“Everybody knows who Donald Trump is. Let’s keep showing them who we are. We choose hope over fear. Unity over division. Science over fiction. And yes, truth over lies. So, it’s time to stand up and take back our democracy. We can do this. We can be better than what we’ve been. We can be who we are at our best. The United States of America,” said the former vice president.
At another event, Biden said that if Americans vote, Trump does not stand a chance.
“They’ve had enough. There’s too much on the line to sit it out. In two days, we can put an end to a presidency that’s failed to protect this nation,” Biden added.
According to Johns Hopkins coronavirus tracker, the coronavirus has so far infected more than 46 million people and killed over 1.2 million people globally. The US is the worst affected country with over 9.2 million cases and 230,000 deaths. (PTI)
PoK to Gilgit-Baltistan integral part of India, currently it’s under Pakistan’s illegal occupation: Rajnath Singh
NEW DELHI: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday stated that the region from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to Gilgit-Baltistan is an integral part of India, adding that currently, it’s under the illegal occupation of Pakistan.
Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, “Gilgit-Baltistan is under illegal occupation by Pakistan and is now going to make it a state on which our government has said in two words that from PoK to Gilgit-Baltistan is an integral part of India.”
“We did not want India to be divided but it was done. You are also aware of the Hindu-Sikh-Buddhist who remained in Pakistan and how they have been dealing with them. We enacted a citizenship law for minorities facing religious persecution there,” he also tweeted.
Taking a jibe at the Congress over the 2019 Pulwama terror attack, Singh stated that earlier the party had pointed a finger at PM Narendra Modi but after Pakistan revealed their involvement they have gone silent. “The Pulwama attack was said to be lewd by the Congress. Prime Minister Modiji was suspected. Three days ago in the Assembly of Pakistan, the Pakistan minister himself revealed what had happened in Pulwama. Why are the Congress silent now?” he further tweeted.
CB Jammu files case against Rs 52.60 lacs fake employment fraud
JAMMU: Crime Branch Jammu registered a formal criminal case against accused – Mohd Rafiq Wani S/o Gh. Rasool Wani R/o Levdura Qazigund Kashmir District Anantnag and (2) Nazir Ahmed S/o Sh. Ab. Majeed Ganie R/o Banghall Dewser District Kulgam A/P Khanyaer Srinagar, for running a racket and duping the unemployed youth of Rs 52.60 lacs by luring them for Govt., banks and other private Companies in lieu of Rs. 5 lacs each.
In a written complaint, Vikram Bandyal S/o Sansar Chand R/o Jandrah (Kullian) Tehsil Dansaal District Jammu and others against the accused stated that accused approached the complainants at Jammu in the month of 2017 telling them that they had links and approach in the Secretariat of J&K Government as well as in the private companies/Firms and had arranged employment for number of persons in Govt. Banks, Private Companies/Firms. Complainants alleged that the accused persons demanded an amount of more than Rs. 05 lakh from the each complainant & being desperate for employment the amount was immediately paid. The suspects issued an appointment letter in favour of the complainant purportedly signed by Under Secretary Forest Department. Complainants further alleged that the said accused persons alongwith other persons are running a racket and giving fake appointment letters and issuing authorities to the police agencies to verify the educational documents and the antecedents of the like appointees and collecting crores of money by cheating the innocent unemployed youth.
On this complaint, verification was initiated and during the course of enquiry oral and documentary evidences was gathered and the allegations were substantiated. It has been prima-facie established that the accused in connivance with each other with mala fide intention have duped the complainants dishonestly of their hard earned money to the tune of Rs. 52.60 lacs by fraudulent means on pretext of arranging/providing jobs in government and private sector thereby causing wrongful loss to complainants and gain by unlawful means to themselves.
The omissions and commissions, thereof, on the part of above accused and others prima facie constitute offences punishable under the relevant provisions of law. Accordingly, a formal case is registered in P/S Crime Branch, Jammu against the above mentioned accused persons for in-depth investigation.
RBI extends deadline for banks’ compliance with new guidelines for existing current a/cs
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India on Monday extended the deadline for banks to comply with new guidelines with respect to existing current accounts.
Current accounts are widely used by businesses for their daily activities.
A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document will be issued to address all the issues raised by banks regarding implementation of the guidelines for existing current account. The banks will have time till December 15 to ensure compliance in this regard, according to the RBI.
In August, the RBI proposed changes to the current account operations in order to discipline banks to follow better practices, following recent learnings. However, the banks — especially the private sector and foreign ones — have voiced concerns. (AGENCIES)
Watson set to bid adieu to competitive cricket
DUBAI: Top Australian all-rounder Shane Watson has decided to call time on his competitive cricket career after Chennai Super Kings’ exit from the Indian Premier League.
While Watson has not made any official announcement, it has been learnt that after CSK ended their IPL campaign on Sunday with a win over Kings XI Punjab, the senior player told his teammates about the decision to retire from all forms of cricket.
This season, he has scored 299 runs in 11 games.
The 39-year-old Watson is one of the few players to have won the IPL with two different teams.
He was a star for Rajasthan Royals during the inaugural edition (472 runs and 17 wickets) and in 2018, his century in the final post his international retirement won it for CSK, who had just come back from a two-year ban.
During the triumphant 2018 season, Watson amassed 555 runs and picked up six wickets.
A sought-after player in the T20 format, Watson has 3874 runs in 145 IPL games with four hundreds and 21 fifties. He also has 92 wickets.
Former Australian all-rounder Tom Moody paid a tribute on twitter.
“The curtain closes on a remarkable @IPL career. Congratulations mate you’ve done yourself proud and made every team you’ve played in so complete,” Moody tweeted.
In the final against Mumbai Indians last year, he nearly won it for his team despite batting with a bloodied knee.
He has played 59 Tests, 190 ODIs and 58 T20Is at the international level. (AGENCIES)
We will have bigger, better party next year: Shah Rukh Khan on turning 55
MUMBAI: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Monday thanked his fans for their continued love as he turned 55, promising a bigger and better party on his next birthday.
Khan’s birthday has been an annual ritual with fans crowding outside his Bandra bungalow, Mannat, to get a glimpse of their favourite star.
The actor would oblige the sea of waiting admirers, by showing up routinely on a makeshift stand, blowing kisses, waving and striking his trademark arms-stretched pose.
While the street leading up to his house would be chock-a-block on his birthday – with even police barricading and security – the celebrations this year were muted due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Khan posted a video on Twitter and said he was touched by the social work several of his fan clubs carried, including blood donation drive and distribution of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits.
“More than wishing me on my birthday some of the work that you boys and girls have been doing, giving your time and resources to people who are in need right now… This is the most wonderful work that we can do. Because you can’t be a lover boy like me without spreading love,” he said in his signature witty style.
“Thank you all of you from far, near and through whatever resources we have. I love you all. Next year we will all get together and have a bigger better party… 56 is better than 55. I miss you all. A big hug to all,” the actor, who is in Dubai for to support his team Kolkata Knight Riders at the ongoing Indian Premiere League, further said. (AGENCIES)
Three Hizb associates held in connection with attack on BJP leader in Ganderbal
SRINAGAR: Three militant associates of Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) were arrested in connection with an attack on a BJP leader in Ganderbal district last month, police said on Monday.
Militants had attacked BJP’s district vice president Ghulam Qadir at Nunner in the central Kashmir district on October 6. However, he survived the attack. A militant was killed on the spot in retaliatory fire, while a police constable, Mohammad Altaf, also lost his life. (AGENCIES)