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the Applicant undertakes that he shall not, tamper with evidence
or influence witnesses, nor is there any reasonable or justifiable
apprehension thereof.
They submitted that Michel will continue to remain available
for investigation.
The British citizen is being probed in two cases relating to the
AgustaWestland deal being probed by the CBI and ED.

rakesh Tikait

farmers not to vacate

protest sites

haratiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on
Thursday said that the return of the farmers to the home
Bwill not happen until the three agriculture laws are with-
drawn. He reiterated that protest sites were now farmers’ homes.
While replying to the allegations that the coronavirus is increas- An elephant gets ready to open the door of the southern
ing due to being in the group of farmers, Tikait said, “Farmers Gopuram of the Vadakkumnathan temple to formally announce
are at their home. Where else will we ask them to go? Is Corona
spreading from here? We have been living here for the last five the beginning of the Thrissur Pooram festival, in Thrissur on
months, it’s our home now.” Tikait also said that many farmers are Thursday. (ANI)
struggling to get the second dose of the COVID vaccine.
“Many farmers took vaccine but are struggling to get the 2nd a vulnerable section in these times when the pandemic COVID-19
dose. We have told officers to set up camp here,” he added. is spreading at a rapid pace.
He also refuted the allegation that farmers violated COVID-19
protocols at Iftar. Reacting to the viral video, Tikait mentioned,
“People were sitting at a distance from each other. The gathering first girl child
of 50 people is permitted by the government. There were 22-35
people. Nobody met with each other, no one shook hands.” Family hires chopper bring
Thousands of farmers have been protesting at Delhi borders
- Singhu, Tikri, and Ghazipur - against the new farm laws which home baby
have been place on hold by the Supreme Court. family in a village in Rajasthan’s Nagaur district went all

nri commission A
out to welcome the first girl child born in their house in 35
years and to mark the occasion, they hired a helicopter to
Court asks Govt to looks bring the newborn daughter from the house of her maternal grand-
parents. Hanuman Prajapat’s wife Chuki Devi gave birth to their

into PIL daughter Riya on March 3 and from there, she went to her par-
ent’s house in Harsolav village with the baby. And on Wednesday,

he Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the concerned Hanuman decided to bring home his daughter from her maternal
grandparents’ house by air.
respondent authorities to treat a Public Interest Litigation
T(PIL) as representation seeking direction to establish a For the helicopter ride, the family spent around Rs 5 lakh which
Non-Resident Indians Commission (NRI Commission) at the na- they managed to arrange by selling their crops.
Madanlal Prajapat, the grandfather of Riya, said that there are
tional level to address the concerns of Non-Resident Indians. still some people in the society who feel sad when a daughter is
A bench of Justice DN Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh on born in their house.
Thursday directed concern the respondent authorities to treat the
plea in accordance with law, rules and government policies within a
time frame. The public interest litigation was filed by Anisur Reh- “But i believe that daughters are far better than sons,”

man through advocate Jose Abraham. Rehman claimed that he is said madanlal. “i had already decided 10 years ago
a Non-Resident Indian (NRI) currently working in the Sultanate
of Oman, and well aware of the challenges faced by the NRI com- that when the daughter is born at my home, she will
munity in the foreign country as well in the home country of India. be given a grand welcome and she will be brought by
He said that he wanted to protect their fundamental right guar-
anteed under the Constitution of India and urged the Court to is- a helicopter.”

sue direction to Centre government to consider his representation
and take appropriate action on the same. “My family has started this practice and I hope that now other
He said that there are millions of Indian expatriates who are people of the village and society will also take inspiration and cele-
living in labour camps and other deplorable areas for better lives brate the birth of their daughters,” he added.
of their families in India. The advocate said that NRIs are seen as (with ANI reports)

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