Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday told Parliament that it has not proposed setting up women commissions in the Union Territory as the National Commission for Women has already set up a special ‘J&K and Ladakh Cell’, which was set up after the abrogation of Article 370.“I see no reason why the government should not set up a women’s commission, which is an important body for women’s empowerment,” Sajjad Lone of the People’s Conference said in a cuts motion.Reminding the LG that the government had approved the reconstitution of the Jammu and Kashmir Women’s Commission in February 2022, Lone said, “I don’t understand why the government is not taking this process forward.”He accused Omar’s government of neglecting issues related to women, children and teenagers.The former National Commission for Women was shut down on October 23, 2019, after the abrogation of Article 370, with over 5,000 cases pending.
president Donald Trump In a White House speech celebrating his “undisputed coal champion”, he appeared to be vague, raising new health concerns.
Trump was vague as he spoke at a ceremony where he was crowned the “undisputed champion of coal,” sparking health speculation. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP)
Trump’s speech became incomprehensible within seconds.
While the White House has often defended the president’s health, claiming he remains healthy and capable, social media users claim the recent events are part of a larger trend of bizarre public appearances and inconsistent excuses that have fueled discussions about his fitness for public office.
Video footage of Trump’s speech shows him beginning to speak a sentence and then becoming incoherent for several seconds. For a brief moment, Trump muttered and seemed to lose his train of thought.
Trump hesitated when he read “the undisputed champion of coal.” At the White House, he said, “I’m proud to officially name the unknown…” Then he paused and continued, “Mr. Speaker, when did this come out?”
he got washington coal Club received the “Undisputed Coal Champion” award at the ceremony in recognition of his work in reducing federal greenhouse gas regulations.
He said, “The undisputed champion of beautiful, clean coal. We have to always move forward – I don’t use the word coal, you know, it needs a PR job because it’s had a bad rap for a while.”
He further praised his initiative, adding, “There’s got to be beautiful, clean coal ahead of that, okay? We’re doing a good job of cleaning it up.”
This isn’t the first time Trump’s slurred remarks at an event have fueled rumors about his deteriorating health. It was particularly challenging to follow his lengthy speech at the World Economic Forum last month. davos Early January.
In addition, he sometimes dozed off in public or stuttered during interviews with the media. Trump showed apparent confusion during his speech in Davos, at one point confusing Iceland with Greenland.
Speculation surrounding the president’s health has continued since he took office, and social media users are not far off from speculation.
A page named @KremlinTrolls on X claim “Trump has not played golf since January 18. His deteriorating health has prevented him from playing golf.”
Another X user release Getty Images and Saul Loeb’s caption addressed his infamous hand condition at a Feb. 12 event, writing, “Trump’s black hands are looking extra rough and swollen today.”
However, none of these claims have been independently verified by HT.com.
Britain’s ambassador to Nato, Angus Lapsley, sparked a major diplomatic row by bringing his Italian girlfriend into his official residence in Brussels. The woman, who is reportedly almost half her age, has been identified as intern Francesca Cortini. They met at NATO headquarters in Belgium. The couple have now started chatting away, and insiders have observed that they aren’t even trying to hide their relationship. Girlfriend attended Christmas and summer receptions. However, the official residence is not just for him. Britain’s luxurious official residence in Belgium is a converted five-story hotel and is also the residence of two other Brut ambassadors (to Belgium and to the European Union).Dame Caroline Wilson, the incoming British ambassador to the EU, who has yet to take up her post and visit the address, said it would be “inappropriate” for the pair to live together at the official residence. The relationship is considered so important that NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Admiral Sir Keith Blunt [in] According to reports, the most senior British officials in Europe and the alliance have been alerted.But the relationship would not cost Lapsley his posturing, as NATO policy does not prohibit relationships between senior officials and subordinates. Nato requires managers to declare any real or perceived conflicts of interest, and Lapsley made his boss aware of a relationship that began after he separated from his wife, Gina.Lapsley, a father-of-two with a reputation for crime, had his security clearance suspended after he left top-secret documents at a bus stop in Kent in 2021. The documents contain the location of British special forces in Kabul.Lapsley also left behind at least one personal diary, which led to then-Defense Secretary Ben Wallace later calling for his security clearance to be reconsidered. Lapus used his diary to express his dissatisfaction with the department and to write about his relationships with individuals.Dame Caroline Wilson, the incoming British ambassador to the EU, said it would be “inappropriate” for the pair to live together in their official residence.
NEW DELHI: The Cabinet on Friday is likely to approve six infrastructure projects worth over Rs 40,000 crore, including a nearly Rs 19,000-crore road and rail tunnel across the Brahmaputra river in Assam. This will be one of the largest government-funded projects in the highway sector.Officials said the southern district will hold its final cabinet meeting on Friday afternoon, when the top decision-making body is likely to consider more projects for approval. Infrastructure projects come mainly from the road and rail sectors.It may be recalled that recently, an inter-ministerial team headed by the expenditure secretary gave a green signal for construction of a 15.8-km-long twin-tube tunnel across the Brahmaputra river in Assam, connecting Gopur and Numaligarh. One of the pipes will be equipped with a monorail track. By design, no vehicles will move as the train passes through the tube.The Times of India first reported on October 6 that the Ministry of Roads and Railways has identified three links for the construction of road-rail dual-use tunnels, including an underwater tunnel across the Brahmaputra River and a 22-kilometer tunnel through the Chicken Neck Corridor in the Northeast.The Northeast Frontier Railway and Road Transport Department has shared details of the new and proposed alignment of the Dumdanj-Rangapani-Baghdogra section, which includes the construction of a 22-km-long tunnel. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has completed the alignment of the Gorakhpur-Siliguri Expressway project.Officials said that once the Brahmaputra Tunnel project is completed, the travel time between Gopur and Numaligarh will be reduced to 30 minutes from the current six and a half hours, and the distance will be shortened from 240 kilometers to 34 kilometers. This will enhance connectivity with Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and other northeastern states.
Host of “Today Show” Savannah Guthrie On February 12, she took to Instagram to share an emotional video of her mother, Nancy Guthrie, and her sister, Annie, from their childhood.
Supporters left a stone at Nancy Guthrie’s home with the words “Please pray and bring her home.” (Reuters)
The search for 84-year-old Nancy is now in its 12th day, with Savannah and her siblings, Anne and Karen Guthrie, posting several videos asking for information about their mother.
An emergency search was launched on February 1 after Nancy was last seen on January 31. The Pima County Sheriff’s Department informed PEOPLE on February 11 that the investigation into the possibility that “Nancy is still alive” is “still ongoing.”
In a video shared on Instagram, Guthrie shared a touching throwback family video of her mother’s sweet family time during her childhood in Savannah.
In the old video, Guthrie and her three children are seen holding flowers outside a brick house. The video ends with a black-and-white photo of Guthrie holding her son Camron and daughters Savannah and Anne.
Savannah wrote in the caption: “Our sweet mom. We will never give up on her. Thank you for your prayers and wishes.”
Nancy GuthrieA potential suspect was recorded on the doorbell camera, and his images and video were released by the FBI on February 10.
As Nancy’s whereabouts remain under investigation, Savannah posted multiple updates on her Instagram. Video and images of an armed man captured on surveillance footage the night Nancy disappeared were also ones she had posted earlier.
The Sheriff’s Department later said the man was released without charge after deputies acknowledged they had “detained a person of possible interest” in the disappearance on Feb. 10.
JAMMU: Facing allegations of irregularities in the procurement of 133 luxury cars in FY24-25, the Jammu and Kashmir government in a written reply in Parliament on Thursday denied the allegations and maintained that the procurement by various departments and PSUs was carried out strictly in accordance with laid down norms.“There is no deviation,” said Transport Minister Satish Sharma, who denied accusations of placing an additional burden on public finances.However, he acknowledged that the prescribed standards could be relaxed in certain circumstances, taking into account the difficult terrain, operational requirements and official nature of the mission.
Two Pakistani men, Burhan Mirza and Kashif Iqbal, have been charged in the United States with a $10 million Medicare fraud case in which they submitted thousands of fraudulent documents to claim Medicare and other health insurance funds. Burhan Mirza is a resident of Pakistan and he handled fraud cases originating from Pakistan. His Nexus BPO solution controls sensitive patient information used to submit unauthorized claims.Kashif Iqbal, who lives in Texas, is Mirza’s U.S. agent. He is accused of helping transfer fraudulent proceeds to Pakistan and managing the logistics of the scheme from within the United States.The indictment alleges that in 2023 and 2024, Burhan Mirza and Kashif Iqbal and several co-conspirators used designee-owned laboratories and durable medical equipment providers to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare and private health care benefit plans for items and services that were not provided, Justice Department documents said. The indictment charges Mirza with 12 counts of health care fraud and five counts of money laundering. Iqbal was charged with 12 counts of health care fraud, six counts of money laundering and one count of making false statements to U.S. law enforcement. An arraignment in federal court in Chicago has not yet been scheduled.
How the scam works
The first stage of fraud is identity theft. They illegally obtained people’s health insurance numbers and personal information through BPOs located in Pakistan and submitted false claims. They then often submit false bills for diagnostic tests. Their aides impersonated the purported owners of medical businesses that Mirza and Iqbal used in false submissions to Medicare.They use IT companies as shell companies to transfer funds.
Who are the accomplices?
Three alleged co-conspirators, including a man of Indian origin, have previously been charged as part of this investigation. Mir Akbar Khan, 57, of West Chicago, Illinois, recruited and managed individuals, including Fasiur Rahman Syed, 47, an Indian citizen living in Chicago, to pose as the nominal owner of the purported medical business used by Mirza and Iqbal when they submitted false applications to Medicare. Navaid Rasheed, 43, a Pakistani citizen living in Plano, Texas, admitted that he tracked payments of false claims to companies owned by agents in the United States, as well as payments of fraudulent proceeds to co-conspirators. Khan, Saeed and Rashid are awaiting sentencing.
Peshawar Chief Minister of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Suhail Afridi on Thursday condemned the federal government’s “gross negligence” and “criminal recklessness” over the medical condition of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister condemns allegations of abuse of Imran Khan
Addressing a cabinet meeting of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government, Afridi said the official medical report itself admitted that the 73-year-old Khan had lost most of his vision, with only 10 to 15 percent left in his right eye.
However, he added that the report was not credible as Khan’s personal doctor had not yet been allowed to conduct a full medical examination.
Afridi said confidentiality was not given to Khan’s family or his personal doctor when he was transferred to the hospital.
He claimed that Khan was “deliberately targeted” because of his unquenchable popularity.
The chief minister of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf said it was “deeply disturbing and clearly exposes malicious and dangerous intentions” if the former prime minister was treated in this way.
Earlier in the day, the Chief Minister said that the country has not forgotten incidents such as “Model Town,,, and Muridke”.
He said those “whose lives as ordinary citizens have no value” were today openly resorting to state oppression.
He said the Islamabad High Court’s continued delay of nearly a year in resolving the case of Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi was shocking, warning that when justice was not served, the last hope of the public was dashed.
He claimed that the governments in Punjab, Sindh and federal levels lacked public mandate and this reality was exposed to the nation.
The chief minister said the security situation in the country has entered a disturbing phase with continued terrorism in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and even the federal capital is no longer safe.
Talking about the economic situation, Afridi said Pakistan’s total debt has exceeded $80 trillion, of which $36 trillion is foreign debt pegged to the US dollar.
Exports are close to zero, the trade deficit is expanding, and the dollar exchange rate is artificially suppressed $280, but it may exceed that once reality sets in $400, he said.
He said the country was on the verge of bankruptcy. He said that while the country was spinning out of control, the rulers’ only priority was to illegally imprison Khan.
Afridi said that peaceful protest is the constitutional and legal right of every citizen, and exercising this right is the prerogative of the people.
He said that as per the chief justice’s instructions, Khan must immediately undergo a medical examination by a private doctor before February 16 and must keep the matter confidential from the state.
Khan has been in jail since his arrest from his residence in Lahore on August 5, 2023, after being convicted in a corruption case. He is currently imprisoned in the high-security Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi.
A two-judge bench of Chief Justice Yahya Afridi and Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan on Thursday resumed hearing of the case regarding the living conditions of the 73-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician and ordered a detailed inspection by February 16.
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New Delhi: The government has changed the use of around 101 acres of land in Central Vista area for construction of government offices and official residences, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday. It also said 2,994 trees had been cut down or transplanted for the Central Vista redevelopment project.In a written reply, the ministry said the land use of the 15-acre Plot No. 1 on Church Road near DTC Central Secretariat Bus Terminal has been changed from “Transport (Bus Terminal/Car Parking), Government (Presidential Palace and Parliament House) and Recreation (Neighborhood Recreation Area)” to “Residential”. The Vice President’s enclave has become involved in the conspiracy.Similarly, the land use of the 9.5-acre plot No. 2 located opposite the Parliament House has been changed from “Recreation (Regional Park)” to “Government (Parliament House)” and the land use of the 7.7-acre plot located south of Dr Rajendra Prasad Road and the National Archives has been changed from “Public and Semi-Public Facility” to “Government Offices and Recreation (Regional Park)”.Plot No. 4, located south of Dr Rajendra Prasad Road and east of Janpath, covers an area of 24.7 acres and the land use has been changed from “Public and Semi-Public Facilities” to “Government Offices”. Plot No. 5, located east of Maan Singh Road and south of Ashoka Road, covers an area of 4.5 acres. The land use has been changed from “Public and Semi-Public Facilities” to “Government Office Buildings”.The land use of the 24.7-acre plot No. 6, located north of Maulana Azad Road and east of Janpath, has been changed from “Public and Semi-Public Facilities” to “Government Offices and Recreation (Regional Park)”. The ministry said the land use of the 15-acre Lot 7, located north of Dalhousie Road and near South Block, has been changed from “Government Offices and Recreation (Neighborhood Recreation Area)” to “Residential.” The new prime minister’s official residence is about to be built on the site.
In the town of Tableau Ridge in the Canadian Rockies, eight people were shot to death by transgender people, including a 12-year-old girl who supported the LGBTQ community.The father of a shooting victim has described the last time he saw his daughter before she was killed. He said he sent his daughter and son to school in the morning as usual.
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“I let her go. I let her go to school with her brother Ethan in the morning, just. I was so immersed in that moment watching them walk in the door together for some reason that I had no idea it would be the last time they would go to school together.”Asked how he knew about it, the father said: “Ethan made the call about three o’clock after texting him and saying ‘I love you’. He called and said he was in the utility room, that he was hiding, and that he didn’t know where Kelly was. “He also said that the police were not informed of his wife’s death and that it was a “hero” who performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on her for 45 minutes. He went on to say that nine hours later, the “hero” told him that his daughter had died. “Beautiful soul. She was the light of our family. She loved art and animation. She wanted to go to school in Toronto and she loved her so much. She excelled in high school. She never hurt her soul. She was a supporter, an LGBTQ supporter,” the father said of his daughter. “She’s the last person who deserves this. Seventh grade. Seventh grade? Yeah. 12 years old. She has her 13th birthday in three months,” he added.
