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  • “Came to India 25 years ago, called it home” – French journalist Vanessa Dougnac on leaving India due to notice of ‘malicious reporting’

    “Came to India 25 years ago, called it home” – French journalist Vanessa Dougnac on leaving India due to notice of ‘malicious reporting’

    Vanessa Dougnac, a French journalist working in Delhi, departed the country on Friday, claiming she was being “forced to leave by the Government of India.” Last month, the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) sent her a notice accusing her of ‘malicious’ reporting and requesting an explanation as to why her Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) status should not be revoked for purported rule violations.

    In her 23 years as a journalist, Dougnac has covered a variety of topics, including the Maoist insurgency. She is married to an Indian national and was previously the South Asia Correspondent for La Croix, Le Point, Le Temps, and Le Soir.

    Dougnac made the following statement in an evening statement on Friday: “Last month, I received a notice that claimed that my articles and were ‘malicious,’ harming ‘the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India,’ and that I should explain why my OCI card should not be cancelled.’” My articles may “provoke disorder and disturb peace,” the notice continued.

    Curbing Dissent from the OCI Community

    She said, “I’m writing these words while crying. I’m leaving India today, the place I studied 25 years ago and have been a journalist for 23 years. The location I call home, is where I raised my son after getting married.” She said, “I am being forced to leave by the Government of India. I am not leaving by choice.” In her statement, she said, “I was denied permission to work as a journalist by the Ministry of Home Affairs sixteen months ago without any explanation or hearing.”

    “Since then, I have repeatedly asked the Ministry to explain or review this arbitrary action, and they have never once replied. I have been wrongfully accused of undermining the state’s interests, which prevents me from working today. It is now obvious that I cannot continue to support myself while living in India. I fully trust the legal system and am contesting these allegations in the appropriate forums. However, I am unable to wait for its conclusion,” she remarked, adding that she hoped to return to India in the future. “I feel torn apart by the processes surrounding my OCI status, more so now that I realise they are a part of the Government of India’s larger attempt to silence the OCI community,” Dougnac stated.

    She claimed that earlier, the authorities had advised her to change her line of work. She remarked, “But I am a journalist, a career I cherish, and I don’t want to stop because of unverified accusations.”

    French Government attempted to get the resolved

    When President Emmanuel Macron visited France for the Republic Day celebrations last month, France had actually brought up the Dougnac issue with India. The French side was informed by India that the matter had nothing to do with her journalism and had to do with “adherence to national laws and regulations.”

    Vinay Kwatra, the foreign secretary, had stated that the proper government office was handling the matter, adding that it had been brought to their notice from the French side before and during President Macron’s visit.

  • Dangal’s Babita Phogat Actress Suhani Bhatnagar Dies at 19

    Dangal’s Babita Phogat Actress Suhani Bhatnagar Dies at 19

    Suhani Bhatnagar, who portrayed a young Babita Phogat in Aamir Khan’s 2016 film Dangal, has unexpectedly passed away. She was only nineteen.

    According to a reports, on Saturday morning, February 17th, at the age of 19, Suhani Bhatnagar, who was well-known for her performance in Dangal, unfortunately died. The teenage actress was reportedly receiving treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), New Delhi, after fighting an ailment for a while. The Ajronda Crematorium in Sector 15, Faridabad is where her last ceremonies are expected to be held.

    Media reports state that she was hospitalised as a result of a drug response. Suhani has been undergoing treatment for a long time for a buildup of fluid in her body.

    In 2016, Suhani Bhatnagar debuted as an actress in the sports drama biography Dangal, directed by Nitesh Tiwari. Based on the Phogat sisters and their father Mahavir Phogat, the movie stars Aamir Khan, Sakshi Tanwar, Sanya Malhotra, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Zaira Wasim, and Aparshakti Khurana. Suhani portrayed Babita Phogat’s younger self in it. Dangal was a huge critical and financial hit when it came out.

  • Twitter account of Tribal army and Hansraj Meena suspended in India

    Twitter account of Tribal army and Hansraj Meena suspended in India

    Since the farmers protest took pace across the country with news of police brutality on the farmers. Farmer supporters have used X (twitter) to criticise various actions of the government. During the past week Government of India has taken regular actions against twitter handles to stop the information related to farmer protest spread across the internet.

    Tribal Army and Hansraj Meena who were critical about the government’s action like blocking roadways and use of tear gas on farmers got their account suspended.

  • One death after the beginning of recent farmer protest in Shambhu Border

    One death after the beginning of recent farmer protest in Shambhu Border

    A heart attack claimed the life of a 65-year-old Punjabi farmer who had participated in the “Dilli Chalo” protest early on Friday morning. At Shambhu, the boundary separating Punjab and Haryana, Gyan Singh, a resident of Chacheki village in the Gurdaspur district, passed away in his trolley.

    Gyan Singh belonged to the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC), a unit of Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM). Following calls for a “Dilli Chalo” march from farmers’ organizations like KMSC and the non-political Samyukta Kisan Morcha, the farmers have been protesting.

    The cause of the death is heart attack but some users on X claims that the reason of Giyan Singh’s death are the atrocities of government. Tear gas shells used on the protestors with reports of expired tear gas shells being used which resulted into the death of elderly person.

    expired tear gas in farmers protest

    Cop died at farmer protest site

    Meanwhile, heart attack claimed the life of Hira Lal, a 56-year-old Government Railway Police (GRP) officer stationed close to the Shambhu border, on Friday. On February 13, he complained his department of feeling uneasy.

    He was taken to a government hospital in Ambala Cantt, where he eventually died. He was stationed almost 700 meters away from the protesting farmers, but there’s no sign that the teargas shells made him sicker.

    During the farmers’ camp, Hira Lal, a resident of Chulkana village in the Panipat district, was on precautionary duty at a railway crossing as per the report from IndianExpress.

  • 11 dead, 4 injured in massive fire caught in a factory in Delhi.

    11 dead, 4 injured in massive fire caught in a factory in Delhi.

    A paint factory in the Dayalpur Market area of Alipur, the national capital, caught fire on Thursday, killing eleven people. However, a single police official suffered injuries while conducting a rescue operation, making them one of the four patients admitted to the hospital.

    According to a Delhi Fire Services (DFS) official, the burned bodies of the 11 victims were found at the factory in Alipur’s Dayal market, which also has chemical godowns.

    An explosion before the fire quickly spread to eight stores and a drug treatment facility nearby.

    DFS chief Atul Garg posted on X, “Despite best efforts by DFS, 11 labours died in paint factory fire in Alipur area Delhi. Fire call was received @ 5.30 pm and 22 tenders were to the site but due to explosion building collapsed & workers trapped inside the factory and couldn’t not be saved. Very very unfortunate day.”

    According to a police officer, the explosion appears to have been caused by chemicals kept in the warehouses. The officer named the injured as Jyoti (42), Divya (20), Mohit Solanki (34), and police constable Karambir (35). All four of them have been admitted to Raja Harish Chandra Hospital.

    Sumit Bharadwaj, an eyewitness, stated: “The incident happened at about 5:30 p.m. Everyone heard an explosion and came together here. We exerted great effort to put out the fire. When seven or eight fire trucks arrived, the firefighting operation was going on.”

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  • Mob rushed to government office and attacked, 2 dead, 25 injured due to police firing

    Mob rushed to government office and attacked, 2 dead, 25 injured due to police firing

    After the deaths of two Kuki protestors and the injuries of numerous others due to police shooting during crowd disturbances in Churachandpur district, Manipur, the Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF), a Kuki-led organisation, demanded on Friday that the DC and SP leave the district, which is predominantly Kuki, within a day.

    The ITLF threatened to shut down all district government offices if the DC and the SP did not leave, accusing them of being accountable for the disturbances and resulting firing by the security forces. “Any unfortunate incidents that may come up on them will be the responsibility of both the DC and the SP.” After an emergency meeting on Friday morning, the ITLF released a statement stating that the DC and SP should be replaced by Union Territory cadres, preferably from the Kuki-Zo community.

    An angry crowd stormed the offices of the SP and DC on Thursday night, demanding that the suspension of a police constable be lifted. According to the ITLF statement, two people and at least twenty-five others were hurt by gunfire from the police. The group of 300 to 400 individuals attempted to storm the SP office on Thursday night, throwing stones at it, according to Manipur police. This prompted the security forces to use tear gas shells. The crowds refused to disperse despite the security forces’ requests, so members of the Rapid Action Force were called into action.

    The crowd gathered at approximately 7:00 p.m. to voice their opposition to the suspension of Kuki constable Siamlalpaul, who was reportedly caught on camera posing for a picture with armed Kuki men.

    After a head constable’s video was posted on social media on Wednesday, the police intervened. He was allegedly posed with “village volunteers,” however, who were protecting the Kuki villages from the Meitei miscreants’ persistent attacks. The ITLF claimed that the administration didn’t take action towards the Meitei police officers who were frequently spotted in photos and videos posing with armed Meitei groups such as Arambai Tenggol.

    “The SP Shivanand Surve and DC S Dharun Kumar turned out to be key instruments inserted by the communal Chief Minister N Biren Singh to create problems in the hill district of Lamka,” claimed the ITLF.

    “All security force members who fired civilians should be held under investigation and subject to legal repercussions. The group went on, “Our MLAs ought to be involved in the matter and bring up all the concerns with the government.” The Manipur government put restrictions back on mobile and broadband internet usage in Churachandpur for the following five days as the situation became volatile in an attempt to stop things from getting worse.

  • Bengal man murdered his wife, found dancing with her head in the park

    Bengal man murdered his wife, found dancing with her head in the park

    In a park in the Purba Medinipur district on Wednesday, a 35-year-old man was seen dancing with his wife’s head after he was accused of killing her, according to police. They added that the man in question, Gautam Guchhait, is a resident of Patashpur’s Chistipur village in the Purba Medinipur district. It should be noted that in 2021, Guchhait leapt into a lion’s enclosure inside Alipore Zoo in Kolkata.

    Residents of Chistipur reported to police that they saw Guchhait sitting on a park bench and dancing with his head severed on Wednesday morning. He spent nearly half an hour sitting on the bench. The police were notified by the locals, who were too terrified to capture him. “We hurried over and took him into custody,” the police said.

    The man was reportedly thought to be mentally ill as well. According to the police, his wife Fulrani’s (27) dead body was sent for a post-mortem investigation.

    Following the incident, Guchhait was taken into custody, according to Purba Medinipur Superintendent of Police Soumyadwip Bhattacharya. “Both the body and the severed head were sent for postmortem analysis. Only after a thorough investigation will we be able to determine the reason behind the murder. We believe that a family dispute may have been the catalyst for the murder, at least initially,” says the SP.

    Entered the lion’s enclosure in the Alipore Zoo in 2021

    Guchhait was hurt on March 18, 2021, when he leapt into a lion’s enclosure at the Alipore Zoo, injuring his right leg, shoulders, and waist.

    Witnesses claimed that Guchait purchased a zoo ticket, and then proceeded to explore the area before coming to a stop close to of the lion exhibit. He climbed the perimeter wall and cleared two mesh fences at eleven in the morning. As soon as witnesses raised an alarm, zoo officials saved him from the lion’s attempt to drag him inside its cage.

  • Govt Plans to Ban Secure Email Service Proton Mail after Fake Bomb Threat

    Govt Plans to Ban Secure Email Service Proton Mail after Fake Bomb Threat

    During a meeting of the content blocking committee, a Tamil Nadu police officer stated that they were unable to track down the people who were sending fictitious bomb threats to schools via Proton Mail.

    According to information obtained by HT, the Tamil Nadu police requested that the ministry block Proton Mail because they were unable to identify the individuals responsible for a fictitious bomb threat that was sent via the service to thirteen schools in the Chennai region last week.

    The newspaper also stated that a nodal officer for the Tamil Nadu police stated yesterday that efforts to track down the offenders’ IP addresses and contact Interpol for assistance were unsuccessful.

    It further stated that the officer attended a committee meeting related to Section 69A of the Information Technology Act that was conducted as part of the process of blocking online content.

    HT reported that during the meeting, representatives of the IT ministry mentioned that they frequently had trouble getting information on criminal matters from Proton Mail.

    The IT ministry had informed Proton, the Swiss software company that provides Proton Mail, about a “potential block,” and the company was thinking about how to collaborate with Indian authorities to find a solution.

    What Proton management said after blocking news?

    “Blocking access to Proton is an ineffective and inappropriate response to the reported threats. It will not prevent cybercriminals from sending threats with another email service and will not be effective if the perpetrators are located outside of India,” Proton also told HT.

    According to Proton’s website, user data for its email service is “protected by strict Swiss privacy laws.”

    Proton must also “cooperate with law enforcement agencies on criminal investigations within the framework of Swiss laws and privacy regulations,” as required by Swiss law. This cooperation may involve sending data via Swiss authorities.

    Proton also provides cloud storage, password managers, and virtual private networks, or VPNs, as well as other services.

  • Sarfaraz Khan Makes Emotional Test Debut with a Solid 50, Run Out due to Jadeja’s wrong call

    Sarfaraz Khan Makes Emotional Test Debut with a Solid 50, Run Out due to Jadeja’s wrong call

    26 years old Sarfaraz Khan debuts in India’s national cricket team. His first match was with England, test match in Rajkot on Thursday. Sarfaraz had been on a remarkable run of form on the domestic circuit for the past couple of years.

    Right before the toss, former cricketer Anil Kumble presented him with his Test cap. During the event, Sarfaraz’s father and Sarfaraz Khan’s wife, who was also present in the field could not contain his tears.

    Wrong call of Jadeja gets cricketer Sarfaraz Khan run out

    Sarfaraz Khan cricket career

    When he smashed the record for the greatest score in the Harris Shield inter-school tournament at the age of twelve, Sarfaraz Khan became well-known. He scored 439 for Rizvi Springfield in an innings that included 56 fours and 12 sixes. Currently Sarfaraz Khan’s age is 25 years old.

    But before he made his debut on the international stage, the Mumbai Cricket Association suspended Sarfaraz for allegedly lying about his age. The board later approved the results of an advanced test. Sarfaraz, who practices under father and coach Naushad Khan, was called up to the India Under-19 quadrangular series in 2013 following an outstanding season for the Mumbai Under-19 side.

    He reacted by pursuing South Africa and making a match-winning 101 off 66 balls. Sarfaraz was then rewarded by being included in the Indian team for the 2014 Under-19 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. Sarfaraz was primed to take his career to the next level after amassing 211 runs at an average of 70.33 in six games.

    Upon purchasing him for INR 50 lakhs in 2015, Royal Challengers Bangalore made him the youngest player to ever participate in the Indian Premier League. A year later, Sarfaraz, who had 355 runs from six games to finish as the second-highest run scorer in the Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh, frequently came through for India when they were off to a slow start. Sarfaraz moved from Mumbai to Uttar Pradesh during the domestic season of 2015–16.

  • Sonia Gandhi writes “Dear Rae Bareli, Will not contest Lok Sabha election due to…”

    Sonia Gandhi writes “Dear Rae Bareli, Will not contest Lok Sabha election due to…”

    In an emotional speech on Thursday, Congresswoman Sonia Gandhi announced to the people in her Rae Bareli constituency in Uttar Pradesh that she will not be running for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections because of age and health concerns. Rae Bareli constituency has been represented by Sonia Gandhi since 2004. The 77-year-old Congresswoman also made vague allusions to a potential family member from the Rae Bareli segment entering the race.

    The former president of the Congress, Sonia Gandhi, announced her candidature for the Rajasthani Rajya Sabha seat just one day prior to today.

    “I have always tried my hardest to keep your trust, and I’m glad to say that whatever I am now, I am because of you. “I will not be running for the next Lok Sabha election due to health and age concerns,” she stated in the Hindi message.

    “I will not be able to directly assist you after this choice, but my heart and soul will always be with you. As you have done in the past, I know you will support my family and I in the future,” Sonia Gandhi wrote.

    There are several rumours that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the daughter of Sonia Gandhi, may run this time from the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat.

    Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala poked fun at the Congress, questioning the party’s formal “association” with Uttar Pradesh going forward and claiming that the Congress was afraid of losing Rae Bareli.

    “This nomination makes it quite evident that the Gandhi family will no longer be formally associated with Uttar Pradesh…Politically, Uttar Pradesh nourished the family. After losing Amethi, they now fear that they would also lose their seat in Raebareli.”

    Remarkably, Amethi and Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh were formerly hotbeds of Congress activity. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, however, party leader Rahul Gandhi lost his Lok Sabha seat to Smriti Irani of the BJP.

    Laxmikant Bhardwaj, the Rajasthan BJP spokesperson, attacked the Congress with a stinging tirade earlier on Wednesday.

    “During its five years in power, the Congress party has committed crimes against people, particularly women in Rajasthan. Rajasthan has risen to the top of the list for crimes against women. Sonia Gandhi refrained from speaking about it. Despite serious setbacks, she continued to defend the Rajasthani government, according to Laxmikant Bhardwaj.