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Daily Tribune
8 hours ago
- Politics
- Daily Tribune
Top Officials Discuss How to Keep Bahrain's Digital Services Fast, Safe, and Trusted
Lieutenant General His Excellency Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, Minister of Interior and Chairman of the Ministerial Committee for Information and Communication Technology (ICT), chaired a meeting today with the presence of several high-level ministers and officials. Attending the meeting were the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Transportation and Telecommunications, Cabinet Affairs, Education, Industry and Commerce, along with the Minister of Legal Affairs (who is also Acting Minister of Labour), the CEO of the Information & eGovernment Authority, and the Coordinator from the Prime Minister's Office. At the start of the session, the Interior Minister praised Bahrain's remarkable progress in digital transformation and efficient e-government services, crediting the leadership of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa for driving innovation through technology. He also acknowledged the strong support of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, in advancing government modernization and improving public services. 'These efforts have positioned Bahrain among the world's leading countries in the United Nations e-Government Development Index,' he noted. Following approval of the previous meeting's minutes, the committee reviewed several key topics. These included: The meeting concluded with the Minister thanking all committee members for their cooperation and continued commitment to improving digital services for citizens and residents across Bahrain.
Indian Express
12 hours ago
- Sport
- Indian Express
India's first visually impaired Ironman Niket Dalal dies in mishap
The tragic death of Niket Dalal, the country's first visually impaired Ironman, at Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar on Tuesday, sent shock waves across the sporting fraternity in Pune, the city in which he trained. Arham Shaikh (32), a brand director with Decathlon Sports India in Pune was Niket's guide during the Ironman training in Pune and the actual event in Dubai in February 2020. 'Niket trained in Pune. He was here for two to three months and I was his guide and navigator, riding a tandem cycle with him and being tethered to him during the swim and run for the event.' Shaikh recalled. They had met through the organisation Adventures Beyond Barriers Foundation (ABBF), set up by Divyanshu Ganatra (who had lost his eyesight to glaucoma) but was keen on conducting outdoor sports activities and building an inclusive world for persons with and without disability. 'I remember meeting Niket through the ABBF and then training together in 2019. He had 100 per cent visual impairment and lost his eyesight. So when we trained together I had to learn and unlearn several things – I was used to running, cycling and swimming in a certain way. Then I had to match the rhythm and adapt with Niket's movement,' Shaikh said. In a tragic and unfortunate incident, Niket was found dead on Tuesday morning due to a fall from the second floor of a hotel in the Samarth Nagar area of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar. Son of former Deputy Mayor Lata Dala, as per media reports, a fire had broken out at Niket and his parents' home on the night of June 30. Niket had shifted to a hotel to stay in the wee hours of the morning. On July 1, Niket was found dead in the hotel's parking area as per reports. 'He was the world's fifth differently-abled Ironman,' Shaikh said and said history was made when he finished the Ironman Triathlon (70.3) in February 2020 . 'He was the first blind athlete to complete an Ironman and I am proud that we were in it together,' Shaikh said. The 70.3 Ironman Triathlon included a 1.9km swim, 90 km bicycle ride and 21.1 km run. 'We finished it in 7 hours 44 minutes,' Shaikh said. Niket, who had lost his eyesight due to glaucoma in 2015, was a speech therapist and Shaikh remembered his avid interest in trading on the stock market. 'Niket was constantly reading despite his disability and had a phone with fantastic accessibility features. I remember he would often give me tips during the Covid-19 pandemic,' Shaikh recalled. Niket participated in the Sahyadri classic race along with Shaikh in Mahabaleshwar in 2021. 'Niket's family was also very supportive and both wife and son would go cycling and hiking together with him,' Shaikh recalled. Anuradha Mascarenhas is a journalist with The Indian Express and is based in Pune. A senior editor, Anuradha writes on health, research developments in the field of science and environment and takes keen interest in covering women's issues. With a career spanning over 25 years, Anuradha has also led teams and often coordinated the edition. ... Read More
Time of India
21 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
Maharashtra to form panel to develop Asia's largest logistics hub in Bhiwandi
MUMBAI: Industries Minister Uday Samant on Tuesday said the largest logistics hub in Asia can be built in Bhiwandi, and announced in the Legislative Assembly that the state government will set up a committee to work toward this goal. Samant made the announcement in response to demands made by Bhiwandi East MLA Rais Shaikh. Samant said Shaikh will be part of the committee. Bhiwandi is already home to several large warehouses and logistics centres that serve top e-commerce giants. 'The government acknowledges the technical difficulties, such as appointing IAS officers in Bhiwandi and taking back the powers of MMRDA. Therefore, accepting the request of MLA Rais Shaikh, we will form a committee of four or five people, including officials from the industries and urban development departments. We will move forward after finalising the policy,' Samant said. You Can Also Check: Mumbai AQI | Weather in Mumbai | Bank Holidays in Mumbai | Public Holidays in Mumbai During the discussion in the Assembly, Shaikh drew the government's attention to the potential of developing Bhiwandi as a logistics hub. 'There is a need to appoint an IAS officer for the Bhiwandi Surrounding Notified Area. The 60 villages and Bhiwandi city together cover an area of 144 square kilometres, which is 30% of Mumbai. All the powers of local bodies are currently with the authority. Government land worth Rs 3,000 crore is being encroached upon and needs to be protected. If the government is serious about this issue, Bhiwandi will have the biggest share in making the state's $1 trillion economy a reality,' Shaikh said. Shaikh also raised issues regarding the collapse of a building in Bhiwandi, which resulted in the death of a five-year-old child, as well as a nexus of officials involved in unauthorised constructions. He demanded an inquiry and strict action. Get the latest lifestyle updates on Times of India, along with Doctor's Day 2025 , messages and quotes!
Yahoo
a day ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Government attempts to deport stateless Palestinian woman again
The federal government attempted to deport a stateless Palestinian woman on Monday for the second time, despite a court order barring her removal from a Texas district, according to court documents. The attempted deportation also came just days after the first stage of her green card application was approved, her husband Taahir Shaikh told ABC News, opening up a potential pathway for her to obtain permanent residency. Ward Sakeik -- a 22-year-old who is married to a U.S. citizen -- was detained by the government in February on her way home from her honeymoon in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Sakeik's family is from Gaza, but she is legally stateless and has lived in the U.S. since she was 8 years old. Her family had traveled to the U.S. on a tourist visa and applied for asylum, according to Shaikh. MORE: Newlywed bride's honeymoon ends with months of ICE detention and the prospect of deportation Sakeik was issued a deportation order more than a decade ago after her asylum case was denied, but she was permitted to stay in the U.S. under what's known as an "order of supervision," in which she was given a work permit and regularly checks in with federal immigration authorities, according to her attorney and her husband. After being detained in February, the government attempted to deport her once before. But last month, after that attempt, U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade in the Northern District of Dallas issued an order on June 22 barring the government from deporting Sakeik or removing her from the Texas district where she is being held as her legal case plays out. MORE: Newlywed bride's honeymoon ends with months of ICE detention and the prospect of deportation However, Sakeik told her attorney that she was awakened early Monday by an officer who told her that "she had to leave" and that she was being removed from Prairieland Detention Facility outside Dallas, Sakeik's attorney Eric Lee wrote in a court filing on Monday. "Sakeik informed me that when she arrived at intake, her belongings had been placed outside the door" and buses "were waiting outside to take her away," Lee wrote. "She was informed by officers that her departure from the facility was imminent." Sakeik told Lee that she attempted to tell at least one officer about the judge's order barring the government from moving her out of the Northern District of Texas but was told "it's not up to me," according to court documents filed by her attorneys. Sakeik was not able to contact her husband or attorneys Monday morning and Shaikh only discovered the government was attempting to remove her when another detainee called him and told him, he said. Shaikh and Sakeik's attorneys made a number of calls to Immigration and Customs Enforcement informing "multiple officers" of the order in place, her lawyers wrote in court documents. ICE officers told Sakeik's attorney that she would be placed on a flight scheduled to depart the facility but Sakeik and her attorneys were not informed where she was being taken, according to court documents. MORE: Mahmoud Khalil thanks supporters after release, vows to continue advocating for Palestinians At one point, as her attorney attempted to inform a detention facility supervisor about the judge's order, the supervisor said "she did not want to know about any court order, and then hung up before I could ask any additional questions," Sakeik's attorneys Hiba Ghalib and Lee wrote in court documents. After emailing the U.S. Attorney's Office about the attempt to remove her, Sakeik's attorneys received a response -- over 15 minutes after the flight's scheduled departure time -- that they were "looking into the matter and that the court's order would not be violated," according to court documents. Over an hour after the flight's scheduled departure time, an officer at Prairieland told Lee that "the notes in Ms. Sakeik's file indicated that there was a removal attempt [Monday]," according to court documents. Other detainees were also slated to be removed from the facility as well, including at least one individual who had been brought onto a tarmac with Sakeik in June, according to court documents. Last month, before the judge had issued his order, the government also attempted to deport Sakeik without informing her where she was being sent, her husband said. Sakeik told her husband an ICE officer told her she would be taken to the Israel border. After waiting at an airport for two hours, she was returned to the Prairieland Detention Center. She later found out this attempt to deport her was just hours before Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, Shaikh said. Asked about the attempt to remove Sakeik on Monday, a senior Department of Homeland Security official told ABC News again that she is in the country "illegally," sending ABC News the same statement it provided about her case last month. That statement read, in part, "The arrest of Ward Sakeik was not part of a targeted operation by ICE. She chose to leave the country and was then flagged by [Customs and Border Patrol] trying to reenter the U.S.," Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said. When ABC News asked if the government's stance was that travel to the Virgin Islands, a U.S. territory, constitutes someone choosing to "leave the country," DHS provided an updated statement. "She chose to fly over international waters and outside the U.S. customs zone and was then flagged by CBP trying to reenter the continental U.S.," McLaughlin said in a second statement. "She overstayed her visa and has had a final order by an immigration judge for over a decade," McLaughlin said in the statement. "President Trump and Secretary Noem are committed to restoring integrity to the visa program and ensuring it is not abused to allow aliens a permanent one-way ticket to remain in the U.S." DHS did not acknowledge the judge's order barring Sakeik's removal from Texas or that she was previously under an order of supervision.
a day ago
- Politics
Government attempts to deport stateless Palestinian woman again despite court order
The federal government attempted to deport a stateless Palestinian woman on Monday for the second time, despite a court order barring her removal from a Texas district, according to court documents. The attempted deportation also came just days after the first stage of her green card application was approved, her husband Taahir Shaikh told ABC News, opening up a potential pathway for her to obtain permanent residency. Ward Sakeik -- a 22-year-old who is married to a U.S. citizen -- was detained by the government in February on her way home from her honeymoon in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Sakeik's family is from Gaza, but she is legally stateless and has lived in the U.S. since she was 8 years old. Her family had traveled to the U.S. on a tourist visa and applied for asylum, according to Shaikh. Sakeik was issued a deportation order more than a decade ago after her asylum case was denied, but she was permitted to stay in the U.S. under what's known as an "order of supervision," in which she was given a work permit and regularly checks in with federal immigration authorities, according to her attorney and her husband. After being detained in February, the government attempted to deport her once before. But last month, after that attempt, U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade in the Northern District of Dallas issued an order on June 22 barring the government from deporting Sakeik or removing her from the Texas district where she is being held as her legal case plays out. However, Sakeik told her attorney that she was awakened early Monday by an officer who told her that "she had to leave" and that she was being removed from Prairieland Detention Facility outside Dallas, Sakeik's attorney Eric Lee wrote in a court filing on Monday. "Sakeik informed me that when she arrived at intake, her belongings had been placed outside the door" and buses "were waiting outside to take her away," Lee wrote. "She was informed by officers that her departure from the facility was imminent." Sakeik told Lee that she attempted to tell at least one officer about the judge's order barring the government from moving her out of the Northern District of Texas but was told "it's not up to me," according to court documents filed by her attorneys. Sakeik was not able to contact her husband or attorneys Monday morning and Shaikh only discovered the government was attempting to remove her when another detainee called him and told him, he said. Shaikh and Sakeik's attorneys made a number of calls to Immigration and Customs Enforcement informing "multiple officers" of the order in place, her lawyers wrote in court documents. ICE officers told Sakeik's attorney that she would be placed on a flight scheduled to depart the facility but Sakeik and her attorneys were not informed where she was being taken, according to court documents. At one point, as her attorney attempted to inform a detention facility supervisor about the judge's order, the supervisor said "she did not want to know about any court order, and then hung up before I could ask any additional questions," Sakeik's attorneys Hiba Ghalib and Lee wrote in court documents. After emailing the U.S. Attorney's Office about the attempt to remove her, Sakeik's attorneys received a response -- over 15 minutes after the flight's scheduled departure time -- that they were "looking into the matter and that the court's order would not be violated," according to court documents. Over an hour after the flight's scheduled departure time, an officer at Prairieland told Lee that "the notes in Ms. Sakeik's file indicated that there was a removal attempt [Monday]," according to court documents. Other detainees were also slated to be removed from the facility as well, including at least one individual who had been brought onto a tarmac with Sakeik in June, according to court documents. First attempted deportation Last month, before the judge had issued his order, the government also attempted to deport Sakeik without informing her where she was being sent, her husband said. Sakeik told her husband an ICE officer told her she would be taken to the Israel border. After waiting at an airport for two hours, she was returned to the Prairieland Detention Center. She later found out this attempt to deport her was just hours before Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, Shaikh said. Asked about the attempt to remove Sakeik on Monday, a senior Department of Homeland Security official told ABC News again that she is in the country "illegally," sending ABC News the same statement it provided about her case last month. That statement read, in part, "The arrest of Ward Sakeik was not part of a targeted operation by ICE. She chose to leave the country and was then flagged by [Customs and Border Patrol] trying to reenter the U.S.," Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin said. When ABC News asked if the government's stance was that travel to the Virgin Islands, a U.S. territory, constitutes someone choosing to "leave the country," DHS provided an updated statement. "She chose to fly over international waters and outside the U.S. customs zone and was then flagged by CBP trying to reenter the continental U.S.," McLaughlin said in a second statement. "She overstayed her visa and has had a final order by an immigration judge for over a decade," McLaughlin said in the statement. "President Trump and Secretary Noem are committed to restoring integrity to the visa program and ensuring it is not abused to allow aliens a permanent one-way ticket to remain in the U.S." DHS did not acknowledge the judge's order barring Sakeik's removal from Texas or that she was previously under an order of supervision.
