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Hindustan Times
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- Hindustan Times
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav turns 52; CM Yogi, Dy CM Brajesh Pathak, Mayawati join well-wishers
Samajwadi Party workers celebrated the 52nd birthday of party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday with blood donation camps, community feasts, and social outreach programmes across Uttar Pradesh. At the party headquarters in Lucknow, celebrations peaked as thousands of supporters gathered to greet the SP chief, who cut a 52-kg laddu cake. (Sourced) The day also saw politicians cutting across party lines, including chief minister Yogi Adityanath, deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak, and BSP chief Mayawati, extend birthday wishes to Akhilesh Yadav. From his handle on X, CM Yogi Adityanath posted: 'Hearty Congratulations to former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri Akhilesh Yadav ji on his birthday.' Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak uniquely wished Akhilesh Yadav, posting a birthday greeting in Sanskrit on Facebook: 'Sudinam Shudinam Janamdinam Tava,' which translates to 'Best wishes on your birthday.' The SP chief responded to their greetings with gratitude. At the party headquarters in Lucknow, celebrations peaked as thousands of supporters gathered to greet the SP chief, who cut a 52-kg laddu cake. Addressing the crowd, Akhilesh Yadav thanked party workers for their continued support and called on them to contribute towards the construction of a memorial for Netaji Mulayam Singh Yadav. 'The SP has stopped BJP's divisive politics and fulfilled Netaji's dream by becoming the third largest party,' he said. Meanwhile, in the evening, SP workers tore down a hoarding at 1090 crossing in Gomti Nagar put up by BJP leader Amit Tripathi, alleging that it carried objectionable content targeting the SP chief.
The Hindu
23 minutes ago
- The Hindu
Toll rate hike a blow to daily commuters, says Cong
AICC general secretary in-charge of Karnataka, Randeep Singh Surjewala, on Tuesday, alleged that the Narendra Modi-led government had given yet another blow to daily commuters and working-class citizens by increasing toll rates on the Hosur Road corridor, connecting Bengaluru and Tamil Nadu. He said as per the new rates, the toll for cars at the Electronics City Flyover has increased from ₹60 to ₹65 (8.33% hike), while at the Attibele toll plaza, the rate has gone from ₹35 to ₹40 (14.29% increase). Additionally, the monthly pass for cars at Electronics City has been raised from ₹1,795 to ₹1,885, and at Attibele, from ₹1,080 to ₹1,130 — a steep hike of ₹90 and ₹50 respectively, the Congress leader said. He pointed out that BELT (Bangalore Elevated Tollway Limited), a private company operating under a concession agreement with NHAI, has once again hiked toll rates on Bengaluru's elevated expressway, proving that in Karnataka, even public roads are at the mercy of private profit. 'While the BJP-led Centre watches silently, the burden keeps falling on the backs of ordinary commuters. This is not infrastructure development, it's organised, authorised extortion,' he alleged. He accused the Modi-led Central government of favouring private toll operators at the cost of ordinary citizens and demanded an immediate rollback. He also urged immediate rollback of the ₹50 LPG cylinder hike and ₹2/litre fuel excise hike. 'If Karnataka's BJP-JD(S) MPs and MLAs can't raise their voice against Delhi's loot, they should raise their hands and resign,' Mr Surjewala said.
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Business Standard
24 minutes ago
- Business Standard
Terrorists behind pipe-bomb plot targeting L K Advani held after 30 years
Terrorist Abubacker Siddique, involved in the 2011 pipe-bomb planting attempt during former Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani's rath yatra in Madurai, was arrested from his hideout in Andhra Pradesh after 30 years, police said on Tuesday. He was involved in several bomb blasts in south India and was arrested by the Tamil Nadu's Anti Terrorism Squad from his hideout in Annamayya district, they said. The police have been searching for Siddique of Nagore for three decades and a reward of Rs 5 lakh was announced for anyone who finds him. Another fugitive Mohammed Ali alias Yunus alias Mansoor of Tirunelveli was also arrested along with the 60-year-old Siddique, police said in a statement here. "They were involved in multiple bomb blasts and communal murders and have been evading the police dragnet for three decades," the statement said. They were arrested following a tip-off and with the assistance from the central intelligence agencies that were tracking the terrorists for a long time. Abubacker was accused in several high-profile terror cases, including the 1995 bomb blast at the office of the Hindu Munnani, Chintadripet, here, parcel bomb explosion that killed T Muthukrishnan, a Hindu right-wing activist in Nagore, the same year, and the 1999 coordinated planting of bombs at the Chennai Police Commissioner's office, Egmore, here, and six other locations including Tiruchirappalli, Coimbatore and Kerala. He was suspected for his role in the 2011 pipe-bomb planting attempt in Madurai during the rath yatra of Advani, the 2012 murder of Dr Arvind Reddy in Vellore, and the 2013 bomb blast near the BJP office at Malleswaram in Bengaluru, police said. Mohammed Ali, his associate, has been on the run for 26 years, and was said to be involved in the 1999 multiple bomb planting in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Both would be produced before a judicial magistrate and remanded, police said.
