Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli spotted holidaying in London with daughter Vamika - watch video | Hindi Movie News

It is that time of the year when celebrities take off for their annual holidays and Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli have kicked off the season in London. A video doing the rounds on social media captures Anushka decked in winterwear, looking after Vamika.
A fan from UK shared a selfie with Virat and a video of Anushka with Vamika in a stroller. He had penned in the caption, “ Met @virat.kohli today, it was great honour and lucky to spent great time with him.It was an absolute delight surprise and happy to meet King with his family 🔥 @anushkasharma Thanks for unforgettable day 😍 @virat.kohli @anushkasharma #viratkohli #anushkasharma@vamikakohli_018 #london.”

Recently on Virat’s birthday, Anushka had penned a loving note for her husband, which read, “He is literally exceptional in every role in his life! But somehow he continues to add more feathers to his glorious hat.I love you through this life and beyond and endlessly so, in every shape, form, through it all, whatever it may be so.” She has been a constant pillar of support to Virat and was spotted cheering for her husband in the stands during the recently concludedWorld Cup.
Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli are also fielding pregnancy rumours, however the couple has refrained from commenting on the same. Last seen in 2018 release ‘Zero’, Anushka is now gearing up for her OTT debut with sports drama ‘Chakda ‘Xpress’.

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In 6th extension, ASI gets 10 more days to submit Gyanvapi report | India News

VARANASI: The Varanasi district court granted Thursday an additional 10 days to Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to finalise and submit the Gyanvapi survey report by December 11. This extension is the sixth since the initiation of BUT‘s scientific study, which aims to determine whether the 17th-century mosque in Varanasi was constructed over a pre-existing structure of a temple.
District judge Ajay Krishna Vishvesha said: “After taking into consideration the facts mentioned in the application and circumstances of the case, I find it proper to grant 10 days more time to the ASI to file the report in the court. This court expects that within the provided time the ASI shall positively file the report and will not seek further time.”
The court had granted five extensions – on August 5, September 8, October 5, November 2, and November 17 – during different stages of the survey. On Tuesday, ASI requested an additional three weeks to finalise the report, prompting the court to ask for an explanation about the need for another extension.
ASI initiated the scientific study of the Gyanvapi mosque on July 24.

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BJP: Not against caste census, only against its use as poll plank | India News

LUCKNOW: UP deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya declared Thursday that BJP and its senior leaders were not against a caste census but do not want to use it as a poll plankreiterating his position at a time rivals have been ratcheting up the issue to corner the saffron party ahead of next year’s Lok Sabha elections.
“SP, BSP, Congressand other parties, which speak about caste census, never did any justice to backward classes while in power.They never gave them their rights,” Maurya said, a day after he made the same statement in the legislative council as leader of the House.
Sources said Maurya, a prominent OBC face of BJP in the state, has been strategically deployed by the party to articulate its point of view.
Asserting that the opposition’s demand will have no impact as the public would reject leaders with a casteist mindset, Maurya said BJP supports every community and stands by PM Modi’s motto of ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas Everyone’s wishes‘.

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124 foreign job-seekers cheated of Rs 2cr, 2 held | Mumbai News

MUMBAI: Two people have been arrested for allegedly cheating at least 124 job aspirants around Rs 2 crore after promising them jobs in the Gulf. The two arrested accused – proprietor of the bogus recruitment agency Ghulamgaus Jehangirdar who is from Latur and Faiyaz Khan who hails from Uttar Pradesh- had issued fake job offer letters, appointment letters and bogus flight tickets after collecting money from job applicants.
The two accused were nabbed from Uttar Pradesh, said officials of Santacruz police station where a case has been registered against the two.
Over a month ago, the two accused had rented out a garage on SV Road and set up their office ‘Ocean HR Enterprises’. The office shut around mid-November. The police have recovered passports of at least 124 job-seekers besides other documents that the two accused persons had collected from the applicants.
One of the applicants who had approached them, Valsad Rasikbhai Patel (39), was supposed to fly to Turkey on Wednesday when he realised, barely a couple of days before he was to fly, that the flight ticket issued to him was bogus, the police said.
After the fraud came to light and word spread, more than 150 other job-seekers who had submitted their passports and other documents approached the police. A first information report (FIR) was registered. The accused from Latur had given his name as Arshad Ansari and posted a job opening advertisment on Facebook. He had paid Rs 69,000 in the hope of getting a welder’s job in Turkey and had submitted his passport. He was promised a salary between 750 and 1,000 US dollars.
“The modus operandi was to set up an office in a rented place and after achieving their target, they would vanish within a month or two,” said deputy commissioner of police Krishnakant Upadhaya.
“I received the job offer letter and flight ticket on WhatsApp on November 9… On Wednesday, I learnt that the office had been shut and many others had been duped,” Patel has said in his complaint.
Based on the complaint, deputy commissioner of police Upadhaya supervised a team of ACP Mahesh Mugutrao, senior inspector Rajendra Kane, inspectorJyoti Hibare, assistant inspector Tushar Sawant, sub-inspector Dattatray Khade who traced the money trail provided by the fraudster.
The accused had collected passports and cash between Rs 50,000 and Rs 1 lakh from the job-seekers and issued a job offer letter and air tickets which were later found to be bogus, said the police.

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Satta market gives clear majority to BJP | India News

With two days remaining for the counting of votes for the Rajasthan assembly elections, trends in the state’s biggest satta bazar Phalodi suggest an absolute majority to BJP.
Bookies are bullish on the saffron partygiving it 115-plus seats, and a maximum of 70 seats to Congress. Bookies told TOI that satta trends may not reflect the actual situation on the ground, but at present the BJP is favourite in Rajasthan.Talking to TOI, a bookie said: “Punters are being offered one rupee twenty-five paise to a rupee if they are betting on BJP winning 117 seats. “

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Action on construction sites helps, air quality better in Nov than in last 4 yrs | Mumbai News

MUMBAI: Mumbaikars seem to have enjoyed better air quality this November than in the corresponding month over the last four years, according to analysis from a forum tracking pollution levels.
A comparison of carcinogenic PM 2.5 levels by Respirer Living Sciences(RLS), which monitors and analyses air quality, indicated that this month was the best November since 2019.According to RLS, which analysed Central Pollution Control Board data, apart from unseasonal showers and sea breeze, what turned the tide in Mumbaikars’ favour this November was the action against polluting construction and garbage sites and washing of arterial roads.
RLS founder Ronak Sutaria said almost a week of drizzling and cloudy weather besides warmer temperature and high wind speed from across the sea helped Mumbai enjoy cleaner air. However, he said action taken by authorities on construction sites, ready mix concrete plants and other polluting units played a significant role. A large movement of people out of the city around Diwali leading to lesser traffic on roads also helped, he added.
When asked about rise in PM 2.5 in November 2020 over November 2019 despite 2020 being the lockdown year, Sutaria said in 2019 there were only 10 air monitoring stations of MPCB; by 2020 SAFAR had six stations of its own followed by another five in 2021. These were 11 in addition to MPCB’s 10. “This brought several polluted areas under day-to-day monitoring,” he said.
In 2019 November, PM 2.5 in the city was 60.6 micrograms/cubic metre, while in 2023 it was 61.1, an increase of 0.7% over 5 years. However, year-on-year comparisons tell a different story. In 2020, the November PM 2.5 levels jumped to 68.9, an increase of 13.5% over 2019. In 2021, they fell to 67.2 micrograms/cubic metre, down 2.4% compared to 2020. In 2022, they rose to 73.7, 9.8% more than 2021 and more than 14 times WHO’s safe limit of 5 micrograms/cubic metre. In 2023, levels dropped by 17.2% to 61.1 micrograms/cubic metre, which is still more than 12 times the WHO safe limit and twice CPCB’s ‘good’ limit of 30 micrograms/cubic metre, the analysis revealed.

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50-metre-tall mobile tower stolen from UP village | India News

PRAYAGRAJ: A year after a 60-foot-long iron bridge was stolen in Bihar, a 50-metre-high mobile tower weighing over 10 tonnes was stolen at Ujjaini village in Uttar Pradesh‘s Kaushambi district.
Curiously, while a technician reported the matter to police only on Wednesday, November 29, his complaint states that the tower was found missing on March 31. Police lodged an FIR – under IPC’s Section 379 (theft) – based on his complaint.Not just the tower, but a shelter, electrical fitting, and other equipment – all part of the mobile tower assembly – worth over Rs 8.5 lakh, were gone, the technician stated in the complaint.
The incident kept police on their toes the whole of Thursday, as a team from Sandipan Ghat police station inspected the site and recorded statements of the landowner and locals. The technician, one Rajesh Kumar Yadav stated in his complaint that his company installed a tower in the field of one Ubid Ullah, at Ujjaini village in Kaushambi district, in January this year.
Yadav said when he visited the spot for inspection on March 31, 2023, the entire tower, along with other paraphernalia, was gone without a trace.

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'Silence isn't consent': Life for raping niece | Mumbai News

MUMBAI: A 50-year-old Andheri resident was handed life imprisonment for repeatedly raping his 19-year-old niece, threatening her and leaving her pregnant in 2017, with the Dindoshi sessions court observing that just because she did not complain to anyone despite opportunities, it did not mean she was a consenting party.
The case was filed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, but as an ossification test established her age as between 19 and 20, the Pocso charges were dropped and the accused was convicted under the relevant IPC sections.
The judge dismissed the defence contention that rape claims are not borne out as there are no injuries on her private parts. “Absence of injury is not necessarily an evidence of falsity of the allegation of rape or evidence of consent,” said additional sessions judge S N Salve.
DNA of aborted foetus helps nail girl’s uncle for rape
The DNA of the aborted foetus of a 19-year-old girl raped repeatedly by her uncle had matched that of the accused. Sentencing the man, the judge said: “…(The) gravity of the offence proved against the accused and the fact that the accused impregnated his own niece, who had her abortion, and has to live in the shelter home of CWC (Child Welfare Committee), I am of the opinion the act of the accused is so serious which calls for maximum sentence. The accused does not deserve any leniency and he needs to be sentenced to imprisonment for life.”
The accused, who has been in jail since his arrest on July 10, 2017, was also fined Rs 35,000. “The payment of fine as imposed… if recovered, be paid to the prosecutrix after the appeal period is over towards compensation…for loss or injury caused by the offence,” said the judge. “The copy of judgment should be forwarded to the district legal services authority, Mumbai, for deciding the quantum of compensation to be awarded to the prosecutrix under the Manodhairya Scheme,” said the judge. The girl had come to the city for her studies and put up with her uncle and aunt. She deposed that he used to touch her inappropriately when no one was home. Whenever she told her uncle she would tell her aunt about it, he used to threaten her. On Holi in March 2017, no one was home in the evening, she said. When she had fallen asleep, the accused came inside the house, closed the door, and raped her. He repeatedly targeted her for 20-25 days. The crime came to light when she became pregnant.
(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court’s directives on cases related to sexual assault)

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HC: Tenants can't stand in way if owner wants to redevelop bldg | Mumbai News

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has set aside repair permissions granted by the Mumbai civic chief in May this year to tenants of a Worli building and held that when its owner wishes to redevelop the structure, the tenants cannot come in the way just because a few of them believe it can be repaired.
In a dispute between tenants and owner of the building situated on a plot along Dr Annie Besant Road next to the charity commissioner’s office, the bench of Justices Gautam Patel and Kamal Khata said if the owner does not exercise his rights and acts in a manner that is “to the prejudice of the tenants”, they are not without a remedy.But their remedy is “limited” to the option of reconstruction, of having “the building repaired or rebuilt to its original condition.”
“This limited right of a tenant cannot be expanded to eclipse- indeed, obliterate-the full rights of a property owner willing to undertake re-development,” said the HC. The owner-landlord, AG Pawar petitioned the HC this year. His counsel Mayur Khandeparkar said he wished to redevelop, but would protect occupants and provide them permanent ownership premises in the redeveloped building. The owner challenged a civic engineer’s recommendation of carrying out repairs without evacuating tenants. This recommendation was based on a structural assessment report and BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation’s decision granting permission for repairs.
The tenants, through senior counsel Girish Godbole and advocate Joel Carlos, argued that the building can be repaired since it had a C-2 tag (which means it is repairable).
The HC made it clear that it was “not directing redevelopment in any particular form.” The HC said the question of law is “whether, merely on the basis of a structural assessment, a building tenant can wholly eclipse the valuable rights of development associated with ownership of a property by a property owner. It is well settled that ownership of a movable property carries with it several rights including the right to enjoy the fruits of development of that property to the fullest possible extent. If these rights are to be curtailed, this can only be done in accordance with law and without any form of expropriation.”
The HC, however, clarified that if, within a reasonable time, the owner does not submit a development proposal to BMCthe tenants would be entitled to submit a proposal for reconstruction.
Godbole sought a stay on the HC order. The bench rejected the plea saying the tenants were not providing security against potential losses to the owner that a delay would inevitably entail, “nor for the evident loss” should the building collapse. The court said the tenants are seeking to “dictate the terms” of tenancy “beyond anything the law contemplates” and to “expand tenancy rights to the prejudice of the property owner-without taking the slightest steps to acquire those ownership rights.”

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'HIV has hit 6k families in city, 29% couples default on meds' | Mumbai News

MUMBAI: For the first time in decades, Mumbai’s HIV/AIDS control body has conducted a unique exercise to determine the count of families impacted by the endemic, moving beyond individual cases. The result unveiled a significant revelation-as many as 6,000 families are affected by the virus in the city, with 29% of couples failing to adhere to treatment.
Mumbai Districts Aids Control Society (MDACS), which meticulously examined records of over one lakh patients, called this discovery significant, as with this information they are contemplating a shift from the conventional individual-centric approach to a more family-focused strategy in addressing the disease. There are nearly 40,000 people on HIV treatment in the city, which added over 3,000 new cases in 2022-23.
“For the first time, we have insight into not just the number of individuals but also the count of families grappling with the disease,” said Ramakant brotherproject director, MDACS. The assessment showed another interesting trend: Among couples who defaulted on treatment, a significant 74% of them did so within a six-month window. In essence, if one partner discontinued treatment, the other partner tended to follow suit within six months.
“It shows that family can play a crucial role in adherence,” Biradar said. The findings have prompted the MDACS to announce ‘Family Centric Care’ at its clinics, where they plan to offer integrated testing, synchronised dates for pill collection and joint counselling, among others.
Dr Shrikala Acharya, additional professor of community medicine at KEM Hospitalwho collaborated with MDACS to carry out the exercise, said traditionally, HIV treatment systems have centered on individual care, driven in part by the secrecy surrounding individuals reluctant to disclose their status to spouses or partners. However, the global trend is to involve families and communities- incidentally, the theme of World AIDS Day 2023 is ‘Let communities lead’. The team delved into patient lists dating back to 2005 and used addresses to identify these interconnected families, Acharya said, calling it the first such exercise carried out in India.
In fact, treatment adherence among existing patients has emerged as a significant challenge statewide. The Maharashtra State Aids Control Society (MSACS) has identified 18,321 individuals who have defaulted on treatment and is considering involving the police to ensure their return to the treatment programme.
An official said despite the government allowing free bus travel within 50km, the default rate continues to be high. Activists have emphasized the need to invest in improved strategies aimed at adherence and reducing new infections.
In 2022-2023, Maharashtra identified 14,346 cases of HIV out of 42 lakh individuals tested, resulting in a positivity rate of 0.34%. Mumbai, being the state’s highest-risk district, recorded 3,116 cases with a positivity rate of 0.7%, more than twice the state average. Among the newly diagnosed individuals with HIV in Mumbai, 75% are aged between 15-49 and 31% are women.

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State sees 33% spike in sexually transmitted infections in '22-23 | Mumbai News

MUMBAI: In a concerning development, the state has witnessed a 33% surge in cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in 2022-23. Data from the Maharashtra State Aids Control Society (MSACS) reveals a total of 1 lakh STI cases were diagnosed in this period compared with 75,713 in 2021-22-a notable increase from the 76,038 reported in 2020-21.
Activists attribute a significant portion of the blame to the unavailability of free condoms and testing kits in the state programme for more than seven months.Some NGOs have reported not receiving condoms, which are to be distributed freely in hotspots, for over a year.
“The surge in sexually transmitted infections demands urgent attention. The unavailability of crucial resources may contribute to the increase in new cases and STIs,” said HIV activist Ganesh Acharya. Activists highlighted the vital role of ensuring safe sex practices, underscoring Mumbai’s data, which indicates that 96% of new infections still result from unsafe sex while 3% are transmitted from an infected mother to her baby. “Individuals with STI have a chance of acquiring and transmitting HIV by 5 to 10 times,” said an official from MSACS. He, though, said the increase in cases might be attributed, in part, to normalization of testing services post-pandemic. Before the pandemic, the state had reported 1.1 lakh cases in 2020-21 and 1 lakh cases in 2018-19.
Vijay Nayar of NGO Udaan said the national AIDS programme is reeling under a shortage of condoms, testing kits and even medicines in several parts. Further, many NGOs have reported not receiving funds for over 5 months. He expressed concern about the goal set by the Centre to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030, requiring the achievement of the 95-95-95 targets by 2025-ensuring 95% of people living with HIV know their status, 95% are receiving treatment, and 95% have suppressed viral loads.

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In midnight operation before Telangana polls, Andhra Pradesh takes over half of dam | India News

HYDERABAD: In a midnight operation hours before Telangana went to the polls on Thursday, the Andhra Pradesh government took control of half of Nagarjuna Sagar Dam on the Krishna river and released water to its side. The two states have sparred over the dam since 2014 when Telangana was carved out of Andhra Pradesh (AP).
Telangana’s K Chandrasekhar Rao-led BRS government has complained to the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) against the move by AP’s YSRCP regime to occupy and barricade part of the dam. KRMB allocates water to both states.
About 400 cops from AP police along with state irrigation officials barged into the dam around 1am on Thursday, stunning the poll-primed Telangana police and taking control of half its 36 gates.
When Telangana officials and some cops from Nalgonda arrived at the dam, an argument with AP officials ensued. But when AP officials insisted that they were discharging duties on the directions of their government, the Telangana officials returned.
AP officials were also not allegedly allowing vehicles from Telangana unless they showed Aadhaar cards with state addresses.
Telangana officials said a similar attempt was made by AP three years ago but it was thwarted.
“Our information is that the AP government is releasing 10,000 cusecs of water. They have provided separate power lines for regulator gates. This means AP has been planning this for the past few weeks. They even damaged CCTV cameras as well as an automated entry gate at the dam,” said a senior official of CM KCR’s office.

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In a first this yr, city sees temp drop below 20C | Mumbai News

MUMBAI: The city recorded its first sub 20 degree minimum temperature for the season as night temperatures recorded on Thursday stood at 19.7 degrees.
Winter months officially begin for Mumbai from December and go up to February, with November considered to be the transition month. On Thursday morning the minimum temperatures recorded by the IMDSantacruz observatory was 19.7 degrees which was normal while the IMD Colaba observatory recorded minimum temperatures of 21 degrees which was two degrees below normal.The day temperatures recorded in the city were also pleasant as well as below normal as the IMD Colaba and Santacruz observatory recorded maximum temperature of 30.2 degrees and 31.5 degrees respectively.
The IMD in its forecast for December 1-4 for Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Raigad has said that dry weather conditions are likely to prevail. According to experts the minimum temperatures will increase by 1-2 degrees again by the weekend. “Following the post-westerly disturbance, north-westerly breezes brought a noticeable drop in both maximum and minimum temperatures. The maximum temperature which had been consistently around 35 C, dipped to 31 C. Similarly, the minimum temperature, which had been maintaining around 23 C, plummeted to 20C,” said Abhijit Modak, an independent forecaster managing the Konkan Weather blog who regularly posts his views on social media X.

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