Democracy was 'cremated' in Lok Sabha: Congress on expunging of Rahul Gandhi's remarks
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/democracy-was-cremated-in-lok-sabha-congress-on-expunging-of-rahul-gandhis-remarks/article66485764.ece  In his remarks in Lok Sabha, Rahul had alleged that the meteoric rise in Gautam Adani's fortunes happened after the BJP came to power in 2014 and he rose from the 609th to the second spot in the global rich list
February 08, 2023 07:15 pm | Updated 07:15 pm IST - New Delhi

Modi In Parliament : Gautam Adani का नाम क्यों नहीं लिया मोदी ने ? Ajit Anjum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbTYWmCK0kc

 Adani Issue—Modi Hits Out at Rahul Gandhi But is Silent on His Own Relationship With Businessman https://youtu.be/EG_byYtJr9I?t=49

अडानी पर मोदी के ख़ास जज की मेहरबानी, SC Judge Arun Mishra's verdict on Adani's 6 Cases, PM Modi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pK36mtWcJs

Financing is so tight for the Adani Group after its shares got savaged by Hindenburg that it plans a $500 million loan prepayment by P R SANJAI, SUVASHREE GHOSH, STEVEN ARONS AND BLOOMBERG FFebruary 9, 2023 https://fortune.com/2023/02/08/gautam-adani-group-prepay-500-million-bridge-loan-financing-hindenburg-short-seller/  This marks the second time in a week that the group has taken steps to prepay debt as it fights to regain investor confidence and stem the stock rout. Billionaire Gautam Adani and his family have prepaid $1.11 billion worth of borrowings backed by shares, the group said Monday.

Adani faced a margin call of more than $500 million on that loan, prompting the Indian tycoon to repay the whole debt, Financial Times reported Wednesday. The Adani Group said it didn’t receive a formal request for a margin call and that the loan was repaid early “per our prepayment planning,” the paper reported.

Adani faced margin call on $1.1bn loan before repaying in full - https://www.ft.com/content/b5ad1852-dd09-4b38-8d74-c2a99462395f  Comment BY SS From "Prepaid" to "Repaid": All Too Fast!

Gautam Adani, whose Indian business empire is under pressure over fraud allegations, repaid a $1.1bn share-backed loan last week after facing a margin call of more than $500mn, according to four people with direct knowledge of the matter. They said the repayment was designed to avoid further damage to investor confidence in the group.

Rather than post cash against the loan, which did not mature until September 2024, the Adani Group’s founder and his family opted to repay it completely. Adani has not disclosed the source of the funds used to repay the loan.

 

"The Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh, the Brihanmumbai Union of Journalists and the People’s Union of Civil Liberties (Maharashtra) have all expressed shock over the incident. The organisations have said that Warishe’s killing was clearly designed “to silence and intimidate all those who dare to speak up and to uncover the intimidation and land-grab that has been going on in the name of acquisition of land for the project.” https://thewire.in/media/maharashtra-journalist-killed-refinery-shashikant-warishe 

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/green-patches-are-being-crushed-this-is-leading-to-poor-air-quality-surendra-jondhale-8426097/  Pratip Acharya  February 6, 2023

Green patches are being crushed… this is leading to poor air quality: Surendra Jondhale "Another aspect of this budget is that the BMC is going to dive into its reserves (Fixed Deposit) and they are saying that this money will be utilised for development works in city," says Jondhale.
This budget is entirely a politically shadowed administrative budget.  you will see that lesser funds are being allotted to the education and health department, just like the Union budget for this year.

Another aspect of this budget is that the BMC is going to dive into its reserves (Fixed Deposit) and they are saying that this money will be utilised for development works in city.  ( see Udhav Thackeray response to PM's suggestion in this regard )

This year we have seen the municipal commissioner speaking majorly about mitigating air pollution. They have also earmarked Rs 25 crore for this purpose.  Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has also spoken about mitigating air pollution of Mumbai and she has connected the current situation with better waste management. The situation in Mumbai today is the result of prolonged incorrect waste management. Air pollution is just an additional factor, the unmanaged construction works, open debris dumping and garbage burning are the primary contributing factors for bad air quality. These factors need to be addressed first, then only the problem could be solved at a holistic level.

These problems wouldn’t have risen in the first place, if the city had enough green patches and trees. For example, the Aarey forest is like an oasis to the Mumbai metropolis. Whatever green patches are left in the city now are now being crushed for real estate or infrastructure projects. The lack of trees around is only resulting in poorer air quality nowadays.

This budget is proposed solely keeping the upcoming elections in mind.

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Citing development needs, the government took over Delhi’s once thriving commons. Now, much of this land is neglected, walled off or encroached on by the rich. https://scroll.in/article/1043344/how-delhi-ate-up-its-village-commons 

A board in the middle of the dried pond announces that it is situated on “gaon sabha” land. This is a category of land that, under the Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954, is jointly owned by a village, and comprises areas used by the community, including for the digging of wells, collecting forest produce or as burial grounds. The act vests the rights of usage of such common lands with the gaon sabha – the representative body that governs a village or a group of villages, whose executive arm is the gaon panchayat.

But blame for the pond’s mismanagement does not rest with the gaon sabha. In 1990, the Delhi government issued a notification that dissolved all the gaon panchayats constituted under the 1954 act, and transferred the ownership of the gaon sabha lands to the revenue department of the Delhi government.

With that, the divisional commissioner of Delhi, an officer of the revenue department, took over the duties and powers of the gaon panchayats

by Vaishnavi Rathore

08/02/2023

The ongoing anti-encroachment drive in Jammu and Kashmir has sparked a heated debate and has become a major source of contention.

https://thewire.in/rights/watch-jammu-kashmir-anti-encroachment-drive-homeless 

by Faizan Mir

08/02/2023

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Journalist who exposed Barsu Refinery project mowed down Free Speech Collective. FEBRUARY 7, 2023 https://freespeechcollective.in/2023/02/07/journalist-who-exposed-barsu-refinery-project-mowed-down/
In a shocking incident, journalist Shashikant Warishe was mowed down and crushed by a vehicle allegedly driven by Pandharinath Amberkar, a local land-dealer and accused in several land grab cases in the controversial Barsu refinery in the western Konkan region of Maharashtra, barely a few hours after he published a report in Marathi newspaper Mahanagari Times about his links with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.