Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has received a death threat. Gadkari’s office in Nagpur received two calls and threats, following which a complaint was lodged with the police. According to the police, between 11.30 am and 12.30 am on Saturday, Nitin Gadkari’s public relations office received threats threatening to kill Union Minister Gadkari if he did not pay the ransom. The threats also named Dawood.
Gadkari’s public relations office informed the police about the incident after receiving a death threat call. After which police officials reached Gadkari’s office and started investigating. Security has been tightened around Gadkari’s office and residence following the threat, officials said. According to the information received so far in the case, the threat call to Nitin Gadkari was made from Hubli in Karnataka.
Let us tell you that Union Minister Nitin Gadkari is counted among those ministers of the Modi government who do good work and also give results. Nitin Gadkari is also very active on social media. He also has his own YouTube channel along with Twitter and Facebook. He himself told how he has started earning from social media. After receiving the threat to Gadkari, the police have become active and started investigating.
Today, even though the real taste of the oil is unique, we are missing out on refined oil packets. It’s our duty to give people back to traditional, delicious, quality and healthy hand-made Oil & food items. ‘Andavar Lathe Works’ has come up with an idea to restore this tradition of healthy lifestyle while also establishing a self-reliant economy in every single villages in our country.
‘Andavar Lathe Works’ success story.
The Andavar Lathe works is a veteran company with 55 years of excellence in the field of manufacturing and exporting oil mill machines in India. Mr. Raju Kannan, the founder of ‘Andavar Lath works’, started his career as an ordinary fitter and progressed drastically through his career. He is the perfect example of how to reach pinnacle of life through sheer hard work. He now carries his glory, The Andavar Lathe works with his two sons Mr.Balasubramaniyam and Mr.Shanmugasundaram.
How did the ordinary Fitter become the owner of Multicore Lathe Works?
“Hailing from a farming family in Erode, I started my career as a Tool room helper in 1958 at TANSI, a Tamil Nadu government agency. My first ever learning started with a production of bolt & nut from a Japanese machine erection engineer. With the thirst to progress through my career, I sought the job as a helper at Sakthi Sugars Factory, then at that period the factory was in its late period of construction process.I left the industry after progressing to the highest possible elevation,
‘A-grade fitter’ with a hefty amount of knowledge. On 4th February 1968, along with my friends, I started ‘Andavar Lathe works’ on a micro scale near The Erode bus stand with an investment of Rs 30,000. In the beginning, we produced only steel oil-rotary machines to crush & extract groundnut oil. Now we have developed a wide range of machines for the benefit of farmers in the hope that they will be abled to sell their agricultural produces with value addition.”
At present, Raju Kannan’s sons Mr.Balasubramaniyam and Mr.Shanmugasundaram are making a continuous effort to revive the self-reliant village economy by introducing various models and varieties of machines for farmers to value add their goods.
“In the early 1995’s, oil was produced only using Iron Rotary. Then in those days, The farmers themselves were major producers of oil and sold them directly to the people. But, in the late 95’s oil came into mass production. It started to being sold in plastic pouches. The import of oil at a very low price revolutionised the market influencing people to buy these cheaper products. The traditional oil manufacturing techniques were not abled to compete with these prices. Thus our business took a serious hit.
At that time, people were taught that only the Oil that is crystal clear & with no viscosity is of the highest quality. Inadvertently we were forced to use these packeted oil, which was entirely produced with chemicals that are not good for our health and this is only now being medically proven. Our campaign for the past 50 years to help the farmers, had found one another new goal, that is to revive our traditional and ancient chekku ( wooden & steel rotary otherwise called ) oil that is good for health. And after all the struggles, our journey started receiving its well deserved results slowly”, says Raju Kannan.
“Generally, it takes a minimum of 2 months for setting up an Oil mill plant. Because of this lengthy process, people did not appreciate this line of business. That’s when we realised the shortcomings in our professional machinery manufacturing practice. So, we started studying the solution a lot and came up with a new solution to reduce the time frame for the machine fitting and setups. From 2000 to 2003, a variety of studies have been conducted for this purpose. As a result of our studies, we released the first modern machine in 2003. We made it easy to install it within 2 hours. We went to every village in Tamil Nadu and provided modern machines.
We paved the way for the establishment of these modern oil milling plants in the very smallest space possible, to say a 6 x 6 feet room. Now our machines are running successfully in very many villages in various states,” says Raju Kannan and his sons.
The interesting thing here is that there is no wastage in oil production. The remnant of oil extraction, the oil cake, is used as an excellent nutritious feed for livestock. Now they are manufacturing 64 + models of oil rotary machines with various speeds & capacities, and also have other machines like decorticator, cake powder machines, pulverisers (which can grind chilli and other masala items), and oil-filling machines. They have also developed machines for the processing of millet too, namely millet cleaner, husk remover, and millet polisher.
“We Started production with a small lathe machine in 4000sq feet, now spread over 1.5lakh sq feet with complete in-house production facilities like foundry, CNC lathe unit, laser cutting, robot welding, and modern assembly unit. All the parts required for the machines are manufactured in-house production facility to provide high-quality and long-lasting machines to our customers.”
India needs to become self-reliant as far as oil is concerned, this will help villages and farmers to become economically independent. Oil imports should be stopped. For this, The Department of Agriculture, The Horticulture Department, The Department of Field Engineering and The District Industries Centres must come together to work out a joint plan. This will certainly enhance the rural development propagandas such as Women entrepreneurs, young entrepreneurs, and self-help businesses groups. “Creating an oil mill in a village creates direct employment for 3 people and indirectly employs more than 50 people that is the seed or raw material suppliers”,says Mr.ShanmugaSundaram. Thus it impress the economy by providing lots of income opportunities in the rural area even for uneducated people. Now Government is offering subsidies to these oil mill machine units and entrepreneurs must use them to develop the rural economy and self-sustainability. “Now, We are willing to provide training, to those who are wish to have this as a business.”,says Mr.BalaSubramaniam
“Pure oil is prepared in front of people’s eyes, showing them the quality of the groundnut, coconut, mustard, sesame, sunflower, etc. People always prefer to use products of good quality, especially when it comes to food products. Thus this helps people approach these good food items, including chemical-free pure oil. This is our ambitious journey”, says the management of Andavar Lathe works.
As a result of our 55 years of hard work, we currently have about 32 thousand customers not only in India but also in 24+ countries. Now, we are exporting around 100+ machines every year to various countries like South Africa, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and many more. With this, their turnover has grown to Rs 30 crore per annum.
“Let’s build a village economy and recover foreign exchange. Let’s reduce imports. And will provide quality natural edible oil to everyone,” is our goal.
News Correspondent Sneha Nair grabbed a few minutes of conversation with LIOTA Founder – Director, Shashi Ramesh in a candid conversation at the LIOTA Awards Show pre function and rehearsal.
Multiple award winning, dedicated disciple of esteemed Natyarani Shantala & SNA Awardee Guru Dr. Vasundhara Doraswamy from Mysuru were also present.
Shashi Ramesh takes the opportunity of the upcoming LAVANYAM Awards initiated by LIOTA to acknowledge the contribution of eminent artists and professionals from different areas.
To be hosted on the 28th January 2023 at the SNDT Auditorium, the show will see the presence of all the guiding Gurus who Shashi has derived learning and knowledge from beyond the classroom. Other dignitaries from the art and cultural background also find their mention in the guest list of the honourable function.
As an Expressive Arts Therapy practitioner and a Zen Counsellor, Shashi has found the right mix of how different art forms and alternative healing modalities create a space for people to find balance in the most difficult times and challenges.
LIOTA’s LAVANYAM Awards which will also confer titles to great achievers in fine arts and therapy hopes to be a prestigious symbol in the future.
Shashi Ramesh is currently a researcher in the PhD program at the Sri Sri University, Cuttack, Bharatanatyam headed by Dr Sandhya Purecha. She’s conducted a number of workshops in different corporates sectors, schools and colleges using techniques of different arts. A Certified Corporate trainer, she believes that it is only the arts that will give one respite from the chronic stress culture that is all pervasive. She has been bestowed with a number of accolades for her performances.
Shashi is grateful to all the guests who have accepted this invitation to support her cause, especially Bhavana Shah Tai who is the founder of Tejas Foundation involved in innumerable philanthropic art related activities. Present will be the Gurus of all the faculty members of LIOTA like Mukta Joshi Ji, Smt. Geeta Vijayshankar, Smt. Asha Nambiar, Shri Mohan Talekar and Smt. Pratima Tilak among others.
The chief guest presiding over the ceremony will be none other than Dr. Sandhya Purecha ji, the founder of Bharata College of Fine Arts and Research Centre in Mumbai. LIOTA is absolutely thrilled to announce the collaboration with KALA PARICHAY, a centre for Bharatanatyam under the aegis of Sarfoji Raje Bhosle Centre for Fine arts at the LIOTA studio in Vidyavihar West in Mumbai. All courses are accessible online too.
Other Celebrities receiving the LAAVANYAM awards are Abhanga Ratna Shri Ganesh Kumarji, Dr. Y A Matcheswala, Architect Neha Chopra, Choreographer Yogesh Patkar and Percussionist Satish K.
In an excerpt from the candid conversation with our news correspondent, Sneha Nair, Smt. Shashi was recorded saying, “LIOTA is a platform that not only recognises the contribution of many champions in their respective fields but believes that this award will also encourage the young crowd to participate and indulge in different types of art and music.”
LAVANYAM Awards event will showcase 10 to 15 dance and music recitals by both, the students and the faculty of LIOTA including performances by Sivaprasad NN and Smt Madhushree K. They will have guest performers too like Pooja Gunduka and Surabhi Rao
Atal Bharat Sports and Cultural Association India are Organizing Atal Gaurav Award Ceremony. It is a matter of great pride that 24628 celebrities have been honored by Atal Bharat Sports and Cultural Association India for their excellent work. Founder Dileep Chand Yadav told that in honor of Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee, this program is being organized from the year 2000, in which the organization country, non-resident Indians and other citizens, theatre, science, medical music, disabled people, eunuch society, government Honoring those who have done excellent work in the field of social service, business, social, environment, animal service, etc.
Every year, this year too, in their memory, a ceremony is held to honor the dignitaries who have done excellent work With the aim of Atal Bharat Sports and Arts Association, India and Sahitya Academy, Culture Council, Government of Madhya Pradesh, Special Olympics India and Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan ,Atal Gaurav Award Ceremony being organise on 4 feburary 2023 Bhopal in joint collaboration of Central Organization and Undertaking of Backward Classes and Minorities Finance Development Corporation, Government of Madhya Pradesh, This event was previously held in May at Raj Bhavan Mumbai His Excellency Governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyar was the Chief Guest.
This time this program is being organized in Bhopal, the program will be with the chief guest of Vidhansabha Speaker Mr. Girish Gautam, presided over by Mr. Raghuraj Kanshana, President, MP Backward Classes and Minorities Finance Development Corporation, cabinet minister, will be the special guest, MP Cultural Department Sahitya Academy Director Dr. Vikas Dave ji and other ministers will be in the program There will be more than 300 Indian style dances and 50 personalities will be given Atal Gaurav Awards.
The felicitation ceremony will be held at Ravindra Bhavan on 4Feburary, in which special guest Mr.Raghuraj Kansana Chairman Other Backward Class and Minority and Finance Development Corporation Cabinet Minister , Ms. Architect Neha Chopra CEO New Arch Studio, Neeraj Singh Rajput bollywood actor Tarak Mehta ka oolta chashma ,and other honorable ministers and administrative officers of the state. Participants from all over India and other countries are participating in this program.
An engineer of the Rajasthan government has found it very expensive to try to touch the feet of President Draupadi Murmu. A woman engineer was suspended on Friday for violating President Draupadi Murmu’s safety protocols and trying to touch her feet during an event on January 4. The Public Health Engineering Department of Rajasthan has taken action to suspend it considering it a serious matter after the intervention of the Union Home Ministry.
“Amba Seoul, a junior engineer of the department, tried to touch the feet of President Draupadi Murmu, who arrived at the inauguration ceremony of Scout Guide Jamboree at Roht in Pali district on January 4. This was a violation of protocol, so he is suspended with immediate effect under the Rajasthan Public Service Rules.
According to the information, Amba was stationed at the venue to see the seoul water system, but breaking the president’s security cordon, she managed to reach the front line of officials who were there to welcome the president. As soon as the President reached the front, Amba Seoul stepped forward and tried to touch the President’s feet, but president Draupadi Murmu’s security personnel stopped her in advance.
According to the information, after this, the security personnel handed them over to the local police. Amba Seoul was questioned for hours by local police, after which he was released. Now the Union Home Ministry has taken this incident seriously considering this incident as a serious lapse in the security of the President and sought a report from the Rajasthan Police about the entire incident. Following this, the concerned department decided to suspend junior engineer Amba Seoul.
Congress MP from Jalandhar Chaudhary Santokh Singh died on Saturday during former Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra in Punjab. He had a heart attack. He was immediately rushed to a hospital in Phagwara where doctors declared him brought dead.
In fact, the Bharat Jodo Yatra was going towards Phagwara from Ladowal toll plaza in Ludhiana on Saturday morning. Santokh, a 76-year-old Congress MP, was walking at some distance from Rahul Gandhi. During this time, after walking 300 meters, he got an attack at 8.25 am. They stopped and sat there. People in the vicinity took him to the hospital in an ambulance. He died about 20 minutes later at 8.45 pm on the way.
After sending the Congress MP in an ambulance, Rahul Gandhi took the Bharat Jodo Yatra to Bhattian in Phillaur. After this, as soon as the news of his demise was received, the journey was stopped. After some time, Rahul Gandhi left for the hospital along with some Congress leaders in a car.
Congress MP Santokh Singh started his political journey as a Punjab Youth Congress leader in 1978. From 1978 to 1982, he was the senior vice-president of the Punjab Youth Congress. From 1987 to 1995, he became the President of District Congress Committee Rural. After registering his first victory in 1992, he was elected as the General Secretary of the Punjab Congress Legislature Party. From 1992 to 1995, he became the Chief Parliamentary Secretary in-charge of Rural Development and Panchayats, Parliamentary Affairs and Power Department. He was also the Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Food and Civil Supplies, Cabinet Minister in the Punjab government.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has played a big bet ahead of the assembly elections due this year. Just a few months before the election, Gehlot has raised the issue of social security. CM Ashok Gehlot has said that a law should be made in Parliament regarding this. This statement of CM Gehlot is being linked to the upcoming assembly and Lok Sabha elections. Cm Gehlot has given this statement in the presence of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
Referring to social security, CM Ashok Gehlot said, “We have implemented Chiranjeevi Scheme for health in Rajasthan, there is no such scheme anywhere in the whole country, in a way we have insured universal health, Rs 10 lakh.” Gehlot further said, “I think the time has come that such laws should be made like RTE, like food security act, like NREGA, right to social security within the country, every person should have social security compulsory. He said that the developed nations in the countries of the world give weekly money to the families. The government takes the responsibility of providing sustenance to any family which is in need.
Cm Ashok Gehlot further said in his address that I believe that the Act of Social Security should be made inside Parliament. Right now we are giving pension to 1 crore people in Rajasthan. In which pension is given to the elderly, widows, single women, disabled people. Ops, about which the debate is going on, I would like to say again that our government has implemented OPS thoughtfully, multiplied and from a humanitarian point of view, a person who serves for 35 years, he should be confident that the government will take care of it through OPS in old age.
Cm Ashok Gehlot has started a new debate by raising the issue of social security amidst rising inflation and unemployment, Gehlot’s bet is to surround the BJP and the central government. Since the issue of social security is related to people across the country, Gehlot and the Congress party can raise it in the coming elections.
Major action has been taken in the Kanjhawala case of Delhi. In this case, 11 policemen on duty on the route where this incident took place have been suspended on charges of negligence. A total of 11 police personnel from Rohini district who were posted at PCR and pickets have been suspended as approved by the competent authority, the Delhi Police said. In this case, action has been taken against 2 sub-inspectors, 4 assistant sub-inspectors, 4 head constables and 1 constable.
Of the suspended policemen, six were on PCR duty and five were posted at pickets. Earlier, the Ministry of Home Affairs had on Thursday directed the Delhi Police to suspend all personnel on duty in three PCR vans and two pickets in the Kanjhawala case. According to officials, the Home Ministry has also directed the Delhi Police to issue show cause notices to the supervising officers of PCR vans, check posts for failing in their duty.
This action has been taken against the policemen after the report of the inquiry committee formed in this case. Officials have said that disciplinary action will also be taken against the policemen on duty that night. The Home Ministry has also directed the Delhi Police to file a charge sheet in the case at the earliest so that the culprits can be punished at the earliest. The Delhi Police has also been asked to ensure that there is no laxity in the investigation and submit a fortnightly report to the Home Ministry on the progress of the investigation.
Let us tell you that on the night of December 31, Anjali was trapped under the Baleno car after an accident in Kanjhawala. He was dragged by the accused for about 13 km, due to which he died painfully.
Bike taxi service company Rapido has received a big setback from the Bombay High Court. The High Court has ordered Rapido to stop all its services in Pune immediately. The court said that along with bike taxis, the company’s rickshaws, delivery services are also without license, they should be stopped from immediate service.
During the hearing regarding the Rapido taxi service, the Bombay High Court has directed the company to stop all services from 1 pm on Friday. Following the High Court order, the company Rapido has agreed to stop all services in the entire state by January 20. The next hearing in the case will be on Friday.
What is the case?
In fact, Rapido had applied for a license in pune RTO on March 16, 2022, which was rejected by the transport department. Along with this, the Transport Department also appealed to the people not to use The Rapido app and its services. After this, Rapido approached the Bombay High Court. On November 29, 2022, the high court had asked the department to reconsider the permission. After this, it was rejected again in the RTO meeting on 21 December 2022. It said that there is no clear rule regarding bike taxis in the state.
In such a situation, after the application was rejected again, Rapido filed a petition in the High Court. During the hearing, the state government told the high court that it has formed an independent committee on ‘bike taxis’. The committee will soon submit its report in this regard. Till then, the state government demands immediate closure of this service. After this, the High Court issued an order to the company to stop the services.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Bombay High Court had reprimanded the Maharashtra government for the uncertainty in formulating a policy allowing bike taxis, saying it will have to clarify its stand in some form or the other.
A horrific road accident took place on Nashik-Shirdi highway on Friday morning. A bus full of Sai devotees going to Shirdi darshan here collided with a truck. In this accident, 10 devotees died, while many passengers were also reported injured. The accident took place near Pathre on Shirdi highway.
According to the information, there were about 45 to 50 passengers in the bus. All of them were residents of Ambernath in Mumbai. The 10 passengers who died include 7 women and 3 men. As soon as the accident was reported, the police team reached the spot and admitted the injured to Saibaba Hospital. According to doctors, the condition of some of the injured is still critical. However, the deceased are yet to be identified.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has expressed grief over the death of people in a bus accident on Nashik-Shirdi highway. Cm Shinde has announced financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to the families of the deceased. The CM has also ordered the concerned officials to investigate the incident.
Let us tell you that on January 9, there was a road accident in Maharashtra. At least 14 people were injured, six of them seriously, when a minibus carrying tourists overturned in Nashik district. The accident took place around 2 pm on the Trimbakeshwar-Nashik road when a group of tourists were returning to their hotel after visiting the Brahmagiri mountain range.
