Mumbai, July 10: A delegation of Urdu writers, led by MLA Raees Qasim Sheikh, met Maharashtra Minister for Cultural Affairs Advocate Ashish Shelar at Vidhan Bhawan on Friday and demanded the inclusion of Urdu poets in the recently announced “Kalawant” scheme of the state government.

The meeting came after a request was submitted to MLA Raees Qasim Sheikh by Urdu Karwan. The delegation included renowned poets Irfan Jafri, Obaid Azam Azmi, Dr. Qamar Siddiqui and Urdu Karwan President Farid Ahmed Khan.

The delegation told the minister that Urdu poets and writers are also an important part of the cultural and artistic tradition of Maharashtra, hence they should be included in the ambit of the “Kalawant” scheme so that they too can benefit from the financial assistance and patronage of the government. The delegation also emphasized that Urdu language has not only academic and literary but also deep cultural impact in the state of Maharashtra, and Urdu poets and writers have played a significant role in promoting the common civilization, culture and literary heritage of the state. Therefore, their services should be recognized at the official level and they should also be given the opportunity to benefit from this scheme.

Reacting positively to the delegation’s reports, Advocate Ashish Shelar assured that necessary action will be taken to include Urdu poets in the “Kalavant” scheme, so that they can also get the benefits of this scheme.

On this occasion, MLA Raees Qasim Sheikh thanked the Minister for Cultural Affairs and expressed the hope that the government will soon take a practical decision in this regard, due to which poets and writers associated with Urdu language and literature will also get government patronage and encouragement like other artists.

Mumbai: Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has succeeded in foiling the conspiracy of Pakistani don and Pakistani intelligence agency ISI agent Shahzad Bhatti to create unrest in the country and has started interrogating the online contacts of this gang, with which the ATS has neutralized and exposed the conspiracy of Shahzad Bhatti in the country.

Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has interrogated 112 youths associated with Pakistani don Shahzad Bhatti. ATS had earlier carried out a crackdown in different districts of Maharashtra and interrogated 57 youths. Today at 7 am, 14 units of ATS interrogated the online contactors of Shahzad Bhatti gang. ATS took 112 youths into custody and interrogated them when ATS came to know about them that they were in contact with Shahzad Bhatti gang online and these youths were being lured online. These youths were being lured online for anti-national activities and rebellion. Along with this, the youths were being lured for unrest and violence in the country. This conspiracy has been foiled by ATS. Along with this, ATS has claimed that by keeping these youths in online contact, foreign handlers lure them, along with this, they also come in contact with the handlers. In such a situation, ATS in Maharashtra Operation Shahzad Bhatti has intensified. Maharashtra ATS has confirmed this.

Mumbai: Abu Asim Azmi expressed concern over the lack of medical facilities and poor arrangements and deteriorating conditions in hospitals in the Mumbai Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, drawing the government’s attention to these important issues. He told the House that the condition of patients in government and municipal hospitals is pathetic. Here, patients are not provided with medicines along with treatment, due to which patients have to arrange medicines from outside. In such a situation, the situation is worse due to poor arrangements in government hospitals. In Mumbai’s JJ Hospital, a patient was given 5 to 6 thousand rupees per day and these medicines were not available in the hospital, they had to be purchased from private clinics. When I complained about this to the Dean, he was not even aware of it. On this, the Dean said that all the medicines will be provided to the patient from here. He asked me why the patient did not complain to me about this? To which Azmi said that doctors forbid patients from talking to any doctor during the visit. Due to the lack of an MRI machine in the hospital, there are many problems. Three thousand patients come to JJ Hospital for treatment every day, out of which only forty patients can be examined with the MRI machine. When will the rest of the patients be diagnosed? It should be decided in how many days MRI, sonography and other tests will be scheduled for patients coming to Mumbai from remote rural areas? Azmi drew the attention of the House to this and said that a child was brought to Wadia Hospital here in Mumbai for treatment. I called him and charged him Rs. 300 for the form and then he was not admitted and after leaving the hospital, the child dies. This is the condition of hospitals. There is a lack of facilities including poor arrangements in hospitals. Azmi said that MRI and other test machines are closed in Nair and other hospitals. In hospitals where the machine is closed. In hospitals where there are medical colleges, the machine is also closed, so how can medical students get education on these machines? Minister of State Megha Skorekar Bordekar said that necessary steps will be taken in the hospitals. To this, Azmi asked whether new hospitals have been started, why have arrangements not been made in the hospitals so far? On Azmi’s demand, the said woman said that she would visit the hospital suddenly one day along with Azmi. The Minister said that MRI machine will be started in four hospitals KM, Sine, Cooper Nair by June. Its system requires two months. MRI will be available in four hospitals in October. MRI is being provided at other places at government fees. In 16 hospitals, MRI machine in PP model and other machines will be installed, after which testing will be done at government fees. The Minister also assured of necessary steps in the hospitals.