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Mumbai alone collects over Rs 30 crore from people for not wearing masks
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February 17, 2021
Mumbai, Feb 17: Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Mumbai civic body has caught over 15 lakh people without face masks at public places in the city since April last year and collected more than Rs 30 crore as fine from them, officials said on Wednesday.
Out of these offenders, 13,008 were caught on Monday and a fine of Rs 26,01,600 was collected from them, a Brihnamumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said.
Concerned over the recent surge in Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday asked citizens to strictly follow government-mandated guidelines on masks and social distancing or be prepared to face another round of lockdown.
International Vedic School to be built on banks of Bhagirathi
India
Published: Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 10:19 [IST]
New Delhi, Feb 17: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Tuesday said an International Vedic School will be built on the banks of Bhagirathi in Tehri where students will be taught Sanskrit apart from Hindi and English languages.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat
Launching the Tehri lake festival on the occasion of Vasant Panchami, he said the institution will help the entire world learn about Indian culture. Rawat said the future of Uttarakhand tourism lies in Tehri where lake festival will be held every year on Vasant Panchami. A notification in this regard has been issued.
Karan Razdan on new directorial: How is a film titled ‘Hindutva’ controversial?
By IANS| Published: 16th February 2021 5:55 am IST
Mumbai, Feb 16 : Filmmaker-writer Karan Razdan says his new film Hindutva will make people aware about the true meaning of Hindu ideology, which is about love, sacrifice and brotherhood.
Razdan unveiled the title of his new film in the presence of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat at his official residence in Dehradun on Monday, while addressing the media along with singer Daler Mehndi, and the film’s cast members Ashish Sharma, Sonarika Bhadoria, Ankit Raj, Anup Jalota and Deepika Chikhalia.
Asked if he feels the title of the film could create controversy, he replied: “When I talked about this film’s title, few people got excited. Some of them told me that I am making a film on a very controversial subject. I asked them is Christianity or Judaism controversial? If not, then how is ‘Hindutva’ controversial?”