Pvt airlines also lift ban on Gaikwad

Mumbai: Private airlines on Saturday lifted the nearly two-week-long flying ban on Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad, who assaulted an Air India staffer last month. The decision of the Federation of Indian Airlines comes a day after the national carrier, following direction from the Civil Aviation Ministry, revoked the ban on Gaikwad. PTI

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Centre rushes 2,000 personnel to Odisha

New Delhi: The Centre on Saturday rushed 2,000 paramilitary personnel to Odisha to assist the local administration in maintaining law and order in Bhadrak district. Curfew remained in force in the town while prohibitory orders were imposed in Dhamnagar and Basudevpur after they witnessed violence over alleged abusive remarks against Hindu deities. PTI

Probe ordered into sale of UP sugar mills

Lucknow: Suspecting a scam of about Rs 1,100 crore, the UP Government has decided to conduct a probe into the sale of 21 sugar mills during the BSP rule in 2010-11. The decision was taken at a review meeting of the Sugarcane Development Department chaired by CM Adityanath. The government might consider recommending a CBI probe. PTI

Vande Mataram row ‘narrow mindedness’

Lucknow: Amid the row over “Vande Mataram”, UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Saturday hit out at those refusing to sing the national song saying it reflected their “narrow mindedness”. “Some people are saying we will not sing Vande Matram... we want the country to move ahead and the row is that we will sing Vande Matram or not...it’s a matter of concern,” he said.  PTI

Mumbai call centre scandal kingpin deported from Duba

Mumbai: Sagar Thakkar alias ‘Shaggy’, who allegedly ran an international call centre from Mumbai from where thousands of Americans were defrauded of millions of dollars by agents posing as Internal Revenue Service agents, was deported to Mumbai from Dubai on Friday night, the police said. The Thane police were on the lookout for Shaggy for the past several months and had traced him to the UAE where he was in hiding after the racket was busted. TNS

Elderly woman shot at inside Thane bus by her son-in-law

Thane: A 75-year-old woman was injured after she was shot at allegedly by her son-in-law in a Borivali-bound MSRTC bus here, the police said on Saturday. The incident took place late last night when accused Sumedh Karandikar, also a local leader of Kamghar Sena, opened fire on the elderly woman inside the bus after an altercation broke out between them over some issue. Karandikar shot at Paravati Thakur from point blank range, injuring her severely. PTI

‘Jail, hanging, name it’

"Ram temple is a matter of faith for me and I am proud of my involvement in the temple movement. I will willingly go to jail for it and am even prepared to be hanged." Union Minister Uma Bharti, after meeting UP CM Yogi Adityanath

Filmi chakkar: eve-teasing

"In films, romance almost always starts with eve-teasing. Man, friends will surround a woman, trip her up, abuse and slowly she’s in love; he fights with someone, gets her." Union Minister Maneka Gandhi, on romance and eve-teasing in films