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Telangana launches Rs 5 meal scheme for patients’ attendants

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The Telangana government on Thursday launched the Rs 5 meal scheme for attendants of patients in 18 government hospitals in Greater Hyderabad.

Under the scheme, the state government, jointly with Hare Rama Hare Krishna Mission, will provide three-time meals every day to the attendents of patients. They will be charged a nominal Rs 5 for each meal.

Health Minister Harish Rao, along with Home Minister Mehmood Ali, launched the scheme in the Osmania General Hospital. They along with local MLA Raja Singh had the meals after formal launch of the scheme.

Ministers, MLAs and other public representatives launched the scheme in other hospitals.

Harish Rao said the scheme will be implemented with the help of Hare Rama Hare Krishna, a non-profit organisation. The government will provide a Rs 21 subsidy to the NGO for every meal.

An estimated 20,000 people will have meals under the scheme everyday.

The minister said the state government would spend Rs 40 crore annually on this scheme.

He said the government has already announced hike in diet charges for patients in all government hospitals across the state to provide them quality and nutritious food and will bear an additional expenditure of Rs 43.50 crore annually.

Calling Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao a great humanist, Harish Rao said during his visit to Osmania and Gandhi hospitals, the Chief Minister found that attendants of the patients were facing severe hardships due to lack of facilities for stay and food.

On the direction of the chief minister, shelter houses are being constructed at government hospitals for attendants of the patients, he said.

The Rs 5 meal scheme and shelter houses are among numerous measures taken by KCR for the welfare of poor, especially poor, he added.

Harish Rao noted that in the first year after coming to power, KCR had announced six kg rice at the rate of one rupee a kg for every member of the family. He removed the 20-kg ceiling for a family which was in place in undivided Andhra Pradesh.

Harish Rao said KCR also ensured supply of superfine rice to students of SC, ST and BC hostels.

The minister said no other state in the country was implementing the kind of welfare schemes which are being implemented in Telangana.

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Protest by tying black bands in mosques against Waqf Bill

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Mumbai: On the appeal of All India Muslim Personal Law Board, Muslims in Mumbai city tied black bands and protested against the Waqf Bill on Jummatul Vida. The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has demanded the withdrawal of the Waqf Amendment Act 2024. Along with this, Namazis offered Namaz by tying black bands in all the mosques of Mumbai city. Mumbai Police has made tight security arrangements for Jummatul Vida.

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board had appealed to the Muslims to offer Jummatul Vida Namaz by tying black bands in protest against the Waqf Amendment Bill. Muslims have protested on the appeal of the Waqf Board. Muslims protested against the appeal of the Muslim Personal Law Board against the conspiracy of the government to deprive Muslims of their monasteries, mosques and charitable institutions by passing the Waqf Bill.

Jummatul Vida was celebrated as Yaumul Quds along with the protest against the Waqf Bill. Prayers were offered in mosques for the oppressed Palestinians. Special prayers were also offered in mosques for the protection of Waqf properties. Khutba of Alvida, Alvida, Mahe Ramzan was read.

Mumbai Police Commissioner Vivek Phansalkar had also issued strict security arrangements and orders in view of Jummatul Vida. Police had issued an alert in view of Jummatul Vida and Gudi Padwa, which is why Jummatul Vida was completed peacefully.

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Mumbai Police alert over possibility of riots on Eid

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Mumbai: Mumbai Police has issued an alert after threats of communal violence, bomb blasts and riots during Eid. Navi Mumbai Police received a post on social media stating that there is a threat of Hindu-Muslim riots and bomb blasts within the limits of Mumbai Police. After this, Mumbai Police has tightened the security arrangements. Mumbai Police The threatening message received by Navi Mumbai Police on social media was sent by an unknown miscreant, after which Mumbai Police has started search operations and other investigations.

Navi Mumbai Police received this post on Thursday morning at 11 am on X, tagging Navi Mumbai, it was written that Mumbai Police is on alert. Some illegal Rohingyas, Bangladeshis, Pakistanis can riot, arson and explosions during Eid from March 31 to April 1, 2025. They are living illegally in Dongri area. As soon as Navi Mumbai Police received the alert, it informed the Mumbai Police Control Room. After this, Mumbai Police has increased patrolling in Dongri area to ensure security.

Mumbai Police has issued an alert in the city regarding Eid-ul-Fitr and festivals, as well as issued prohibitory orders, under which gathering of more than five people is banned, any kind of procession, fireworks, bands have also been banned and wedding ceremonies and private company events are exempted from this. This order will be effective from March 30 to April 13. If anyone violates it, action will be taken against him.

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Allegations of tampering with postmortem report, allegations of gang rape and murder, investigation should be done by re-recording the scene of the incident: Lawyer Nilesh Jha

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Mumbai: In the case of the mysterious death of Mumbai’s Sushant Singh Rajput’s manager Disha Salian, his lawyer Nilesh Jha has made a serious allegation of tampering with the postmortem report.

He has said that if someone falls from the 14th floor, what will happen to his body, while there were injury marks on the body and Disha Salian was murdered after gang rape. In this case, the lawyer has made serious allegations against Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray’s son and MLA Aditya Thackeray and has demanded a narco test of Aditya Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray in this case.

Today Nilesh Jha met Mumbai Crime Branch Joint Police Commissioner Lakshmi Gautam here and demanded to register a case in this matter as soon as possible and said that Disha Salian’s postmortem was delayed while Sushant Singh Rajput’s postmortem was done immediately and Disha Salian’s postmortem was done after 60 hours. Therefore, investigation of this case is necessary.

He said that this incident should be repeated in front of the media to know from how far someone falls from the 14th floor and what marks are found on the body.

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