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Urmila Matondkar joins Shiv Sena in Uddhav Thackeray’s presence
The 46-year-old actor had last year contested from the Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency on a Congress ticket. Later, she quit the party, a key ally of the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, citing inaction on the part of key functionaries of Mumbai Congress….
In the presence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and other party leaders, the actor-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar joined Shiv Sena on Tuesday. The actor is likely to join the state legislative council from the Governor’s quota.
Matondkar’s name is among other 11 names which had been forwarded to Maharashtra Governor B S Koshyari for nomination to the Legislative Council from the Governor’s quota as reported by news agency PTI. The list of 12 names, however, is yet to be approved by Koshyari.
Earlier, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said Matondar’s joining will strengthen the party’s ‘mahila aghadi’. Calling her Shiv Sainik, Raut on Tuesday informed about her formal entry at residence Matoshree in the presence of Thackeray and his son and minister Aaditya Thackeray.
The senior party leaders have said that the leadership was impressed with the way Matondkar tackled actor Kangana Ranaut when the latter compared Mumbai with Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, and criticised the Uddhav Thackeray government.
Being a well-known face nationally, Matondkar has a good social connect within Maharashtra. Hence, she can turn out to be an additional voice for the Shiv Sena to put out its messages on national level, told the party insiders.
The 46-year-old actor had last year contested from the Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency on a Congress ticket. Later, she quit the party, a key ally of the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, citing inaction on the part of key functionaries of Mumbai Congress as the reason for her resignation.
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Matondkar had an unsuccessful contest against Gopal Shetty of the BJP, who won by almost 4 lakh votes in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Later, in September, she had resigned saying that her efforts to work for the betterment of the party did not find support. Further she had said that her political and social sensibilities refused to allow vested interests in the party to use her as a means to fight petty in-house politics, instead of working on a bigger goal in Mumbai Congress.
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Earthquake of 6.2 magnitude on Richter scale shakes up Delhi-NCR, North India
Reports said the tremors were felt acutely by people residing in high rises and many fled by staircase to the groundfloor and were awaiting more aftershocks.
Strong tremors lasting almost a minute rocked parts of Delhi-National Capital Region, and several northern states after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake at its epicentre hit Nepal.
Reports said the tremors were felt acutely by people residing in high-rises and many fled by staircase to the groundfloor and were awaiting more aftershocks. Similar sights were visible in the region’s office districts. The tremors were also felt in parts of Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand just after 2.45 pm. According to the Delhi Disaster Management Authority website, “Delhi is located in zone IV which has fairly high seismicity where the general occurrence of earthquakes is of 5-6 magnitude, a few of magnitude 6-7 and occasionally of 7-8 magnitude. Delhi thus lies among the high-risk areas.” The site adds that Delhi and the union territory region has already seen five earthquakes of the 5.5 to 6.7 scale since 1720.
There has been no report of damage to life and property as of now and reports are awaited on the situation in Nepal. Seismologists said the epicentre was 5 km underground in Bhatekhola in Nepal. The Himalayan country has already faced a massive quake on April 25, 2015 of 7.8 magnitude. Some 9,000 people died and injured more than 20,000.
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Watch: Nitin Gadkari takes a test drive on hydrogen bus in Prague
In the video Gadkari is seen seated on the bus while officials surround him standing. One of the officials asked about the distance the bus can cover in a single charge. Gadkari said the visit is part of India’s commitment to eco friendly and sustainable transportation solutions.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari is currently on an official visit to the Czech Republic. He took a test drive in a hydrogen bus. Nitin Gadkari took to X (formerly Twitter) and shared a video of the bus ride. In the video Gadkari can be seen surrounded by a group of officials.
In the video Gadkari is seen seated on the bus while officials surround him standing. One of the officials asked about the distance the bus can cover in a single charge. Gadkari said the visit is part of India’s commitment to eco friendly and sustainable transportation solutions. The video is captioned Hydrogen buses are a beacon of hope in India’s fight against environment degradation and carbon emissions. The buses will pave a greener and cleaner future.
The union minister posted a series of photographs on X, which showed the Gadkari’s test drive. Hydrogen fuel celled powered buses use air and hydrogen to generate electricity. It is a more environment friendly and sustainable mode of public transportation.
Gadkari arrived in the Czech Republic on October 1. He received a warm welcome at the Prague airport. He also participated on the ministerial session on road safety at the 27th World Road Congress in Prague. The Minister reaffirmed India’s dedication to achieving road safety targets which are outlined in the Stockholm Declarartion.
Nitin Gadkari has clearly advocated asserting that advancements and transition to green fuel. This will reduce the cost of electric vehicles when compared to petrol run vehicles within a span of two years. Variety of comments started coming on X (formerly twitter). One social media user said all school and state run buses would be run on hydrogen in the coming days. One X User was asked about the mass production of hydrogen cars. One user said the video was highly inspiring.
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Watch: Rajasthan independent MLA Om Prakash Hudla polishes people’s shoes
Hudla did a similar act in the year 2018. He won the election from Dausa constituency. Talking to the media Hudla said he took the initiative to polish the shoes of workers and voters. He said he wanted to make them realize MLAs are their employees and not vice versa.
As the election fever grips Rajasthan independent MLA Om Prakash Hudla became a cobbler in Dausa. He polished people’s shoes. In a video going viral on social media, Hudla is seen wearing a garland and polishing the elderly man’s shoes. He later helps the man to put the shoes on.
Many people have surrounded the MLA. One man even threw rose petals on him. Hudla did a similar act in the year 2018. He won the election from Dausa constituency. Talking to the media Hudla said he took the initiative to polish the shoes of workers and voters. He said he wanted to make them realize MLAs are their employees and not vice versa.
He said he has done it before. He was doing it again and he would continue to do it in the future. Hudla also hosted a tricolor outside a hospital on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. Rajasthan will have assembly elections later this year.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh in preparation for the upcoming state elections. PM Modi slammed Ashok Gehlot led congress government in the state and said the Rajasthan state had been destroyed in the past five years.
PM Modi said every leader of Congress, Tyrant, rioter, goon and corrupt person has considered himself the government of Rajasthan. PM Modi added Congress had left no stone unturned in looting the state. He added The Congress has successfully deceived the people of Rajasthan.
But the Congress had failed to run the government in the state. He said Ashok Gehlot was trying to save his chief minister’s chair and almost half of the Congress party was trying to unseat him. Pilot and Gehlot have been up against each other over the past few years as Pilot was trying his level best to replace Gehlot in the Chief Minister’s position.
