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Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel demands new trains, GST dues ahead of Budget 2023
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Budget 2023 at 11 am today in paperless form, just like the last two Union Budgets.

Ahead of the Union Budget 2023, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday outlined a set of demands for his state. He said people have demanded new trains in the Jagadalpur and Surguja areas and have also put forward a demand for the release of the GST and central excise dues for the state at the earliest.
According to Baghel, people in Jagadalpur and Surguja have demanded new trains. He said, Earlier, there used to be a separate Railway Budget. But now, such announcements are not made separately. We also demand that our share of GST and central excise dues be released at the earliest, he added.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Budget 2023 at 11 am today in paperless form, just like the last two Union Budgets. This year’s budget will be the last full budget of the BJP-led NDA government before the next parliamentary elections in 2024 and will also be the first normal budget after the coronavirus pandemic.
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Earlier on Wednesday, President Droupadi Murmu addressed the joint session of Parliament ahead of the start of the Budget Session for the fiscal year 2023–24.
Addressing a joint sitting of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in Parliament today, President Murmu said, The benefit of a stable and decisive government is being reaped by us against the biggest crisis in 100 years and in tackling the situation that arose after it.
She further said, Wherever there is political instability anywhere in the world, those countries are surrounded by a massive crisis. But due to the decisions, the BJP government took in the national interest, India is in a better position as compared to other countries, she added.
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WATCH: Man tries to approach PM Modi at rally in Karnataka’s Davangere, detained
Reports said the man in question was hiding inside the premises of GMIT college and was detained by SPG.

A man tried to approach PM Narendra Modi by jumping the barricade during an election road show in Karnataka’s Davangere on Saturday.
The video of the incident was caught on camera. The man hails from the Koppal district and is being interrogated by the police. Reports said senior police officer Alok Kumar ran towards him and stopped him from intruding into the convoy.
Watch the viral video here:
Reports further said the man in question was hiding inside the premises of GMIT college and the Special Protection Group detained the person and handed him over to the police.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today carried out a mega roadshow in Karnataka’s Davangere ahead of the Assembly Polls. Modi also inaugurated the Whitefield to Krishnarajapura metro line along with Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai in Bengaluru.
This is the second time when the Prime Minister’s security got compromised during a rally in the poll-bound state. A similar incident took place in January when PM Modi was rallying in Karnataka’s Hubballi. A boy had jumped on the road and was whisked away by the SPG.
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Odisha students fail to appear for annual exam as primary school found locked
Reports said the incident took place in the Koraput district of the state at Turli primary school under Narayanpatna block on Friday.

More than 30 class 1 to 5 students of a primary school in Odisha failed to write their annual exams as the school premise was found locked.
Reports said the incident took place in the Koraput district of the state at Turli primary school under Narayanpatna block on Friday. The school time is 7 am to 9:30 am and the students waited for almost two hours.
Block Education Officer Raghunath Pangi promised strict action against the teachers of the primary school and also launched an investigation into the matter. The primary school is located about 120 kilometers from the district headquarters town. According to the villagers, the school remains mostly locked as teachers do not come.
Reports further said academic activities are also not conducted in the school anymore and as a result most of the students cannot even write their named in Odia. Over 30 students are admitted in the school which has two teachers including a principal.
The villagers reached out to the authorities over the matter, however, no action was taken or implemented.
Meanwhile, a 7-year-old was found dead inside the hostel of a residential school in Bihar’s Saharsa district.
The victim has been identified Aditya Yadav who was brutally beaten up by the teacher with a wooden school for not completing his homework, reports said.
Yadav was a student of KG class and his body was found in a swollen state by his friend. Reports further stated that the accused, Sujeet Kumar asked the students to leave the victim’s body at a hospital and subsequently informed his parents that Yadav fainted in the school.
Upon reaching the hospital, Yadav was declared dead by the hospital.
The accused is absconding as the victim’s father filed a police case against him. Speaking to the local media, he informed that Yadav was taken to a local doctor who referred him to a Saharsa hospital. The boy then scumbed to his injuries during the treatment.
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Video of men attacking Muslim jaggery vendor with sticks, stones in Uttar Pradesh goes viral, police nab accused | WATCH
After the video went viral, the authorities tweeted that Nandgram police nabbed 6 accused in the matter. According to the Police’s statements, the incident transpired on the morning of March 24. The police also added and said that the accused are local vendors of the area. The victim has also been identified as Danish.

A video has come to light from Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad where a group of men can be charging at a Muslim man with sticks and bricks. It was reported that a jaggery vendor in the area was attacked by a group of men, following which police rushed to the incident and filed a complaint.
In the video, 3 men with sticks and bricks can be seen charging at the vendor as he tries to flee. However, failing to do so, the jaggery vendor gets ruthlessly beaten up by the group of men.
The video also shows the jaggery vendor imploring and screeching after being struck by the sticks. The man, after struggling, can be seen fleeing away from the grips of the men assaulting him. The men can also be seen chasing after him as the man runs from the group of men.
Watch video here:
Police’s action
After the video went viral, the authorities tweeted that Nandgram police nabbed 6 accused in the matter. According to the Police’s statements, the incident transpired on the morning of March 24. The police also added and said that the accused are local vendors of the area. The victim has also been identified as Danish.
The accused have been identified as Ashutosh, Ashish Kaushik, Pravesh Kaushik, Anupam Kaushik, Sonu, and Titu who are residents of the same area. The police are probing the case further, said reports.
Twitter reactions
After the video of the incident went viral, many users came forward to add their take on the incident. One user wrote termed the incident as shameful. The user also praised the Police authorities for putting the accused behind bars for their gooney actions.
One user also wrote and urged the administration to bulldoze the property of the accused in the matter as a way to reprimand them.
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