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Biplab Deb delivers yet another gem: Buddha walked on foot across India, Tibet, Japan etc

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Biplab Deb delivers yet another gem: Buddha walked on foot across India, Tibet, Japan etc

Tripura chief minister Biplab Deb has displayed a knack to make news, with his capacity for being unerringly incorrect.

On Monday, April 30, on the occasion of Buddha Jayanti, he did it once again. Speaking about Buddha’s life and preachings, he said: “We are celebrating Buddha Jayanti here. Gautam Buddha preached the message of peace, unity and solidarity, walking on foot across India, Burma, Japan, Tibet and other countries.”

Fortunately, the rest of what he said was unobjectionable: “India is a land where a king becomes a monk and preaches peace across the world. It speaks about the great Indian tradition and culture. I respect that tradition. I pray that everyone can live together in peace, harmony and embrace the lessons of Gautam Buddha,” Deb said.

While Buddha’s message did reach the Far East, it was much after the time of Buddha and was taken to these far off lands by his followers.

“Buddha didn’t travel to either of these countries during his lifetime. Buddhism spread to these places much later through other people,” said Subhas Ranjan Chakraborty, a former professor of history at the erstwhile Presidency College in Calcutta, reported The Telegraph (TT).

Tripura additional secretary Milind Ramteke, sought to set matters right. According to him, reported TT, the chief minister had said, “Lord Buddha gave his message of peace and prosperity on foot in the then Bharat Varsha which (message of peace and prosperity) has reached today’s Burma, Japan, Tibet.”

Be that as it may, Deb has, in the brief time since he was sworn in as Tripura CM on March 9, put Tripura on the world map and people who had not heard of this north-eastern state of India were forced to look it up on the atlas.

This started with his first bombshell of a ‘revelation’ that the Internet and sophisticated satellite communication system existed in the days of Mahabharata and Sanjay had used these technological means to narrate to Dhritarashtra ‘live’ the entire details of Mahabharata war as it happened.

While this made international headlines by itself, he followed it up with a comment that the 1997 Miss World, Diana Hayden, was not worthy of being crowned a beauty queen. Although Deb later regretted the comment on Hayden, he had already made a reputation.

He has lived up to it. Effortlessly.

He went on to claim that civil engineers should join the civil services but not mechanical engineers because civil engineers would be better suited for the job of a civil servant.

He followed it up with his advice to unemployed youths to open ‘paan’ shops or earn money by milking cows and rearing pigs and poultry instead of running after government jobs or depending on government for providing jobs or creating employment opportunities.

There were reports that the BJP central leadership had got rattled by his salvos and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah had summoned him to Delhi.

However, additional secretary Ramteke said on Monday that Deb’s meeting in New Delhi on May 2 was a “pre-scheduled” one. “The trip has yet to be finalised,” he said.

Deb, whom PM Modi has presented as the “heera” (diamond) that Tripura should replace its former chief minister Manik (gem) Sarkar with, is not the only one. Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani, on Sunday likened mythological character Narada with Google saying the sage knew everything that was happening in the world.

“Narada had information of the whole world and can be compared with Google in today’s time. However, he only shared the information which was beneficial, and not harmful, to mankind,” Rupani said, according to media reports.

But the lead was taken earlier by PM Modi himself, when he talked about advanced plastic surgery and organ transplant being practised in ancient India and cited the example of Lord Ganesha. Besides, his gaffes relating to history and geography have been numerous – such as repeated mistake in name of the Father of the Nation whom he called ‘Mohanlal’ Karamchand Gandhi, locating Taxila in Bihar, crediting Bihar with defeating and sending back Alexander, blaming India’s first PM Jawaharlal Nehru for not going for Sardar Patel’s funeral (which Modi claimed he was misquoted and the daily that reported it withdrew the quote and issued an apology, though Ravi Shankar Prasad repeated it two days later), blaming Nehru for the partition of India and Pakistan, saying, “all of Kashmir would have been India’s if Patel had been allowed to become the first prime minister” (it absolved the two-nation theory campaigners Muslim League and Hindu Mahasabha of all responsibility and Patel was actually ready to give Kashmir to Pakistan).

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Sunita Kejriwal, Atishi meet Arvind Kejriwal in Tihar jail, discuss Delhi governance

AAP had earlier accused the Tihar jail administration of cancelling Sunita Kejriwal’s meeting with Arvind Kejriwal.

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Delhi Chief Minister’s wife Sunita Kejriwal and AAP minister Atishi met Arvind Kejriwal in the Tihar Jail today. After their meeting, both dicussed the specifics of their meeting with CM. They said that the jailed CM was asking about the Delhi governance matter.

Kejriwal is expected to see Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwan Mann tomorrow.

Atishi, who is in charge of six departments in the Delhi Cabinet, said, she visited with the Chief Minister. When she asked how he was doing, he skipped answering her, rather he asked how the work is going in Delhi. He said, not to ask about his condition. During their meet, the Delhhi CM also asked about the school kids that are they getting books? Does Mohalla Clinic have access to medications? Atishi continued.

The Chief Minister said that as summer is approaching, Delhi shouldn’t have any water-related issues. He sent a message to the women of Delhi, saying he is planning to give them Rs 1000.

The Aam Aadmi Party had earlier claimed that Kejriwal’s wife, Sunita Kejriwal, was not allowed to see him. However, in a statement, Delhi minister Atishi said that Sunita Kejriwal will see her husband later on in the day and that two people were granted permission, but Sunita ji’s was cancelled. Athishi said, every day, new laws are enacted, she did not have permission, but when their lawyers won this legal battle, she was permitted to see Kejriwal.

AAP’s campaign for the Lok Sabha in the national capital and other states will be led by Mrs. Kejriwal, the party said. The campaign kicked off with a roadshow to support AAP’s candidate for East Delhi, Kuldeep Kumar. This is the first time that Mrs. Kejriwal has entered the political sphere actively.

Party leader Sanjay Singh asserted last week that Atishi’s name was added to the list of visitors for Mr. Kejriwal following the name of Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj.

Meanwhile, in the Delhi Liquor Policy case, Arvind Kejriwal was taken into custody in March. On March 21, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) detained him in connection with a money laundering case. In the same case, Manish Sisodia, his former deputy, is jailed.

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FIR filed against YouTube channel in Punjab for defaming AAP MP Raghav Chadha

The case was filed on the complaint of the son of an AAP candidate from the Ludhiana Lok Sabha seat.

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A First Information Report (FIR) has been filed by Punjab Police against a YouTube channel for allegedly linking Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha to wanted man Vijay Mallya.

The AAP candidate for the Ludhiana Lok Sabha constituency, Ashok Pappi Prashar’s son, Vikas Prashar, filed a formal complaint against the YouTube station Capital TV. The complainant held the channel accountable for airing misleading and defamatory content.

The statements/contents of false videos on Capital TV channel and others shall harm the public peace and harmony…and is likely to promote enmity between different groups in the country on grounds of religion, caste, race and community, the complaint said.

In his complaint, Vikas allegedly claimed that the YouTube channel was disseminating misleading information and that it was defaming Raghav Chadha by equating him with Mallya.

Vijay Mallya fled to the UK after taking public money, and similarly, a Rajya Sabha member left for England, claiming it was for eye treatment, according to the FIR, which noted claims made by the YouTube channel.

The AAP leader will reportedly get a vitrectomy in the UK to save the retina from detaching from the eye earlier. According to the research, this disorder, which is characterized by the formation of tiny holes in the retina, is very dangerous for vision and must be treated immediately to prevent irreversible damage.

The channel referred to Chadha as a Khalistani supporter following his encounter with UK MP Preet Gill, according to the complaint.

Section 153A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) deals with inciting religious hatred among various groups, Section 469 deals with forgeries, and Section 505 deals with making statements that could incite public disturbances.

The FIR also contains Section 66 of the Information Technology Act, which addresses offenses involving computers.

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Security forces arrest 14 Pakistani nationals with around 86 kg of drugs, worth Rs 600 crore near Gujarat Coast

The Indian Coast Guard took to X and wrote in a breathtaking overnight operation, Indian Coast Guard undertook an intelligence-based anti-narcotics operation at sea on 28 Apr 24. About 86 kg of narcotics which is worth Rs 600 crore has been apprehended along with the arrest of 14 Pakistani nationals.

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The Indian Coast Guard on Sunday announced the interception of a Pakistani vessel laden with 86 kg of narcotics valued at Rs 600 crore. Acting on intelligence, a joint operation involving the Indian Coast Guard, the Anti-terrorism Squad (ATS), and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) was launched to combat drug trafficking in the area.

The operation was carried out by the agencies based on intelligence inputs received in the last few days. The Indian Coast Guard took to X and wrote in a breathtaking overnight operation, Indian Coast Guard undertook an intelligence-based anti-narcotics operation at sea on 28 Apr 24.

About 86 kg of narcotics which is worth Rs 600 crore has been apprehended along with the arrest of 14 Pakistani nationals. The operation was an epitome of inter-agency coordination wherein the Indian Coast Guard Anti-terrorism Squad and Narcotics Control Bureau  collaborated seamlessly which resulted in the successful operation.

The ships and aircraft of the Indian Coast Guard had been deployed on concurrent missions to carry out the operation. ICG ship Rajratan, which had Narcitics Control Bureau and Anti Terrorist Squad officials embarked, positively identified the suspect boat.

No amount of evasive maneuvering tactics and resistance employed by the drug laden Pakistani boat could save it from the swift and strong action of ICG ship Rajratan. This operation took place on the basis of a tip-off by the Indian Coast Guard, Narcotics Control Bureau and Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad in the Arabian Sea near the International Maritime Boundary Line.

The operation was the 2nd major anti-narcotics operation carried out by the security forces in the Arabian Sea in 1 month. Earlier on February 26, 5 foreign nationals were held off the Porbandar coast with 3,300 kg of narcotics, including charas. Recently a boat carrying 60 packets of drugs was seized and 6 Pakistani crew members onboard the vessel were arrested off the Gujarat coast in a multi-agency operation in March.

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