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Maharashtra: After 2 years, Ganeshotsav celebrations without Covid restrictions

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 In a significant move, the Maharashtra government has announced that this year’s upcoming festivals like Ganeshotsav, Janmashthami and Muharram shall be celebrated without any Covid-19 restrictions but by adhering to the Supreme Court and Bombay High Court directions.

The state’s biggest 10-day-long public festival Ganeshotsav will be celebrated from August 31-September 9, while Janmashthami revelries shall be held on August 18-19, and Muharram shall be observed from August 9.

Maharshtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis made the much-anticipated announcements after a meeting with the government departments, civic bodies, representatives of various organisations, police and other bodies.

Shinde said that the Covid-19 curbs — enforced in 2020 and 2021 — have been lifted, as also the limits on the height of the Lord Ganesh idols.

The government has directed the concerned bodies to provide online approvals in a single-window format, waiving off registration fees and guarantee letters from the Ganeshotsav organisations.

The government will also form a committee of experts from various organisations to help evolve a solution that can replace idols made by Plaster of Paris (PoP) in view of the environmental hazards of PoP.

“For the past two years we were under the threat of Coronavirus and were not able to celebrate the festivals with enthusiasm. This year, Ganeshotsav and Janmashthami shall be celebrated with full fervour. The organisers should create themes of social awareness and amity,” said Shinde.

Shinde and Fadnavis also said that while celebrating the fests, all rules must be followed, but the regulations must not be ‘unreasonable’, and all districts will appoint a nodal officer to oversee the celebrations.

For the popular ‘dahi-handi’ celebrations on the second day of Janmashthami, the government has said all organisations must obey the court’s rules barring the participation of children below age 14.

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Now in 17 districts of Uttar Pradesh, parking a vehicle outside the house will be charged. Yogi Government

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Now in 17 districts of Uttar Pradesh, parking a vehicle outside the house will be charged. Yogi government has taken this decision. This rule will apply to those people who do not have parking space in their house and they park their vehicle outside. The Municipal Corporation administration will create parking space for vehicles at night. Parking facility will also be provided under the flyover during festivals in crowded cities. Vehicles parked outside the house.

The cabinet of the Yogi government has approved the ‘UP Municipal Corporation (Construction, Maintenance and Operation of Parking Space) Rules-2025’. The Urban Development Department has also issued its notification. Now in 17 districts of UP, people will have to pay money to park their vehicle outside their house. The government has also fixed the parking rates. However, contract will not be given for parking in green areas. Parking rates for cities with less than 10 lakh population, time duration, two wheeler, four wheeler, 1 hour, Rs 5, Rs 10, 2 hours, Rs 20, 24 hours, Rs 40, Rs 80, monthly pass, Rs 600, Rs 1200

This facility will first start in Lucknow, Kanpur, Ayodhya, Aligarh, Agra, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Prayagraj, Firozabad, Bareilly, Mathura, Meerut, Moradabad, Varanasi, Shahjahanpur and Saharanpur. A 12-member committee will be formed in every municipal corporation. The chairman of this committee will be the Municipal Commissioner. The Assistant Engineer will be made the Member Secretary. This committee will make a list of possible places for parking within 90 days. Also, licenses will be issued to develop parking facilities under the PPP (Public-Private Partnership) model. PPP model means that the government and private companies will jointly build parking.

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Hundreds of Congressmen participated in this foot march, raising slogans of Pakistan Murdabad and Hindustan Zindabad.

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According to Kangra Rural District President Sandeep Shukla, the whole country is raising questions on how Trump, sitting across the seven seas, announced the agreement between India and Pakistan, did our government not have any information about it till then or was our government asleep. Citing the time when Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister in 1971, he said that even during that period, America had stopped India from mediating in the ongoing war between Pakistan and Bangladesh and asked it to step back, but Iron Lady Indira Gandhi gave a befitting reply and outright rejected the mediation of a third country between the two countries.

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Maharashtra: Conspiracy to spread religious hatred foiled, one arrested

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Mumbai: Uncovering a conspiracy to spread religious hatred in Mumbai, Maharashtra, the cyber department has claimed to have arrested a chartered accountant who tried to disturb law and order by circulating derogatory images of Hindu deities on social media. After this, the police took the matter seriously and solved the case. Maharashtra Cyber ​​has claimed to have arrested a person for insulting Hindu deities and making obscene images viral on social media. The arrest has been made in the case of spreading religious hatred and trying to create unrest on social media. Maharashtra Cyber ​​has registered a case under sections 1963, 294, 299 of the BNS and the IT Act. The accused has also shared obscene and nude images and videos of Hindu deities on social media and websites, which created a problem of order and discipline.

After the arrest of the accused, his mobile phone has been sent for forensic examination. Along with this, 6 X-accounts have also been identified on which Hindu deities were insulted and obscene images were made viral. In this case, 7 Twitter X-accounts have also been identified, which are fake accounts. This action was taken to spread religious hatred and unrest in Maharashtra, along with disturbing law and order. Maharashtra Cyber ​​has taken action in this case where pictures and videos of deities were made viral to deify them. The accused has been identified as a 39-year-old chartered accountant and further investigation has been initiated, informed Additional DG of Maharashtra Cyber ​​Cell, Yashasvi Yadav.

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