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SDM removed from post after video of complainant sitting in ‘murga’ pose goes viral

Bareilly (UP), Sep 16 (PTI) SDM of Meerganj tehsil, District Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh here has been removed from his post after a video surfaced in which he is purportedly seen to have asked a man to squat in his office as a punishment. The man reached the SDM’s office to lodge his complaint about alleged encroachment of a cremation ground but the official allegedly told him “murga bano (squatting and holding both ears)” as a punishment. A video of the incident went viral on Friday. Divisional Commissioner of Bareilly Saumya Agarwal on Saturday said that a probe has been ordered

Popular IAS officer Tina Dabi becomes mother of a baby boy

New Delhi, Sep 16: As we all know, IAS officer Tina Dabi is always in the news on social media. She gave birth to a lovely baby boy in a hospital in Jaipur on September 15, Friday. Tina welcomed her first child with husband and fellow IAS officer Pradeep Gawande. The couple met during the Covid-19 pandemic when they were tasked with ensuring supplies. They got married on April 22 last year. Tina, the 2015 batch IAS topper of Rajasthan cadre, was last posted as District Magistrate in Jaisalmer. On July 14, she announced in an Instagram post that she

India’s opposition alliance to boycott ‘hate-filled’ TV news anchors

September 15, 2023 (AFP) Activists and rights groups have sounded the alarm on press freedoms since Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took office in 2014. Opposition politicians have accused India’s clamorous cable news shows of being in thrall to the BJP’s agenda, including polarising segments on Muslim and Christian minorities. “We do not want to legitimise this hate-filled narrative which is corroding our society,” Congress party spokesman Pawan Khera said in a Thursday video statement. रोज़ शाम पाँच बजे से कुछ चैनल्स पर नफ़रत की दुकानें सजायी जाती हैं। हम नफ़रत के बाज़ार के ग्राहक नहीं बनेंगे। हमारा उद्देश्य है

Bangladesh is struggling to cope with a record dengue outbreak in which 778 people have died

DHAKA, Bangladesh, September 15, 2023 (AP) — Bangladesh is struggling with a record outbreak of dengue fever, with experts saying a lack of a coordinated response is causing more deaths from the mosquito-transmitted disease. The World Health Organization recently warned that diseases such as dengue, Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever caused by mosquito-borne viruses are spreading faster and further because of climate change. So far this year, 778 people in Bangladesh have died and 157,172 have been infected, according to the government’s Directorate General Health Services. The U.N. children’s agency says the actual numbers are higher because many cases are

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