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6 days ago
- India Today
We were in touch with Kolkata Police: Sharmistha's father on absconding charge
Dismissing the Kolkata Police's claims that Sharmistha Panoli was absconding, her father, Prithviraj, told India Today TV that he and his daughter had visited Lalbazar -- the headquarters of the Kolkata Police -- as well as the Anandapur police station in the city, even as the same police force declared them absconding and approached the court seeking an arrest warrant against the law arresting Sharmistha Panoli from Gurugram, Kolkata police claimed that the case was duly investigated and several attempts were made to serve notice on her.'The case was duly investigated and, adhering to legal procedures, several attempts were made to serve notice under Section 35 of BNSS to the accused, but every time she was found absconding. Attempts to serve notice as per law couldn't be successful since the accused, with her family, absconded. Subsequently, a warrant of arrest was issued by the competent court, following which she was apprehended lawfully from Gurgaon during the daytime,' Kolkata Police Panoli's father has claimed that the Kolkata Police shared blatant, wrongful misinformation. To refute their claims, Prithviraj Panoli presented two 'visitor slips,' which he says were issued by the Kolkata Police headquarters at Lalbazar on May 15, containing the names and still photographs of both Sharmistha and Significantly, the FIR against Sharmistha Panoli was registered at Gardenreach police station on May 15 and an arrest warrant was issued on May the visitor slips, Prithviraj pointed fingers at the Kolkata Police, arguing that if they were present at the police headquarters, how could his daughter be arrested on absconding charges?Panoli also said that on May 17 they went to their nearest police station, i.e., Anandapur police station, seeking protection from the miscreants as Sharmistha was receiving rape and murder threats in abusive the very same day, Gardenreach police allegedly approached court seeking an arrest warrant against her, claiming the family had absconded."She posted something on May 7 and then deleted it on May 8. On May 15 at around 10:30 am, Sharmishtha and I were sitting at Lal Bazar Police Station. On May 17, I went to Anandpur police station, but I was told that the senior officer in charge was on leave. On May 18, throughout the day, I kept sending messages to the police officer at headquarters who was in contact with me and some messages were sent to Anantapur police station," he also claimed that when the warrant was issued on May 17, he was with the police did not come to our flat. You can ask the security guards of our society. If there is an entry there, then you will find it,' he told India Today."If the police want to send a notice, they can send it through WhatsApp or mail. Neither did I receive any notice through WhatsApp nor through mail," he claimed that while returning to their flat, he spotted seven to eight people lurking suspiciously around his tower. Alerted by the sight, he booked flight tickets to Gurugram for himself and Sharmistha."We were scared because there was no action happening here and online threats were increasing. My daughter was getting calls and messages. By the time we reached Gurgaon, it was around three o'clock in the morning. We booked a hotel next to the airport and were in the city from May 20 to May 30," he even claimed that he was in touch with officials from the Kolkata Police from Gurgaon and Sharmistha even did an internship there between May 22 and 29."We were scheduled to leave for Gurgaon on May 22. However, we left on May 19 out of fear. Suddenly, on May 30, the police arrived there and they said that they had to bring her to Calcutta as there was an arrest warrant. But nothing was shown to us. Even the grounds of arrest were also not shared with us," he Reel
Economic Times
03-06-2025
- Business
- Economic Times
'Avoid clubbing with Pakistan': Raghuram Rajan advises India, says it's better to compete with China
Raghuram Rajan suggests India should strive to compete with China. He says India needs to avoid being associated with Pakistan. Rajan believes this association impacts geopolitical stability. He highlights India's potential as a major global player. Rajan also emphasizes the importance of freedom of speech in universities. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Former Reserve Bank of India Governor and economist Raghuram Rajan has expressed that as India aspires to be a global player, it needs to avoid being clubbed with Pakistan and should start being competitive with China instead."But one worry about the conflict with Pakistan is it raised questions about geopolitical stability in this area of the world. And also, you know, in a sense, put us back in a in a bucket with Pakistan. We need to avoid that because we need to see ourselves as a much bigger global player," said Rajan in an exclusive interview with India Today."To some extent, our bigger concern is that we, you know, become competitive with China. And, you know, rather than put Pakistan as as the sort of as being clubbed with Pakistan, better to be India-China. And then we have a elevated sort of position in people's minds," said Rajan."I think people are looking for places to invest. And I think that there are many things which are going right for India, including a large domestic market. I do think that, you know, there are areas we need to work on. For example, if we want to improve the quality of our universities, we also need to focus on freedom of speech within the universities. That's something that is putting people off in in the US. We shouldn't, you know, ensure that it puts people off India," said on India's growth, the former RBI governor said "India's growth is good, but we need need 8%-9% growth to become Viksit Bharat by 2027 because we are a relatively poor nation".The Indian economy grew by 6.5 per cent in real terms in the recently concluded financial year 2024-25, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation's official data showed on to NSO's second advance estimates, the country's economy was projected to grow at 6.5 per cent in Reserve Bank of India had projected 6.5 per cent GDP growth for the fiscal year 2023-24, India's GDP grew by an impressive 9.2 per cent, continuing to be the fastest-growing major to official data, the economy grew 8.7 per cent and 7.2 percent, respectively, in 2021-22 and Ministry of Finance, in a report in March 2025, anticipated that Indian economy would achieve a growth rate of 6.5 per cent in 2024-25, despite considerable external headwinds.
Time of India
03-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
'Avoid clubbing with Pakistan': Raghuram Rajan advises India, says it's better to compete with China
Raghuram Rajan suggests India should strive to compete with China. He says India needs to avoid being associated with Pakistan. Rajan believes this association impacts geopolitical stability. He highlights India's potential as a major global player. Rajan also emphasizes the importance of freedom of speech in universities. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Former Reserve Bank of India Governor and economist Raghuram Rajan has expressed that as India aspires to be a global player, it needs to avoid being clubbed with Pakistan and should start being competitive with China instead."But one worry about the conflict with Pakistan is it raised questions about geopolitical stability in this area of the world. And also, you know, in a sense, put us back in a in a bucket with Pakistan. We need to avoid that because we need to see ourselves as a much bigger global player," said Rajan in an exclusive interview with India Today."To some extent, our bigger concern is that we, you know, become competitive with China. And, you know, rather than put Pakistan as as the sort of as being clubbed with Pakistan, better to be India-China. And then we have a elevated sort of position in people's minds," said Rajan."I think people are looking for places to invest. And I think that there are many things which are going right for India, including a large domestic market. I do think that, you know, there are areas we need to work on. For example, if we want to improve the quality of our universities, we also need to focus on freedom of speech within the universities. That's something that is putting people off in in the US. We shouldn't, you know, ensure that it puts people off India," said on India's growth, the former RBI governor said "India's growth is good, but we need need 8%-9% growth to become Viksit Bharat by 2027 because we are a relatively poor nation".The Indian economy grew by 6.5 per cent in real terms in the recently concluded financial year 2024-25, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation's official data showed on to NSO's second advance estimates, the country's economy was projected to grow at 6.5 per cent in Reserve Bank of India had projected 6.5 per cent GDP growth for the fiscal year 2023-24, India's GDP grew by an impressive 9.2 per cent, continuing to be the fastest-growing major to official data, the economy grew 8.7 per cent and 7.2 percent, respectively, in 2021-22 and Ministry of Finance, in a report in March 2025, anticipated that Indian economy would achieve a growth rate of 6.5 per cent in 2024-25, despite considerable external headwinds.
Time of India
03-06-2025
- Business
- Time of India
'Govt needs to control its tax authorities': Raghuram Rajan's message to improve Indian business prospects
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel The former RBI governor and economist Raghuram Rajan while speaking on possible uncertainties arising due to China-US trade tensions asserted that India needs to 'control its tax authorities' to help domestic businesses."Stop having tax demands on business people which come out of the blue, which vitiate all their operations for many years. I mean, have some control. I mean, this is something that even within the government, you hear sort of worries about this kind of tax demand coming, but the government needs to control its tax authorities," said Rajan in an exclusive interview with India Today."Similarly, I think the level playing field on rules and regulations, you can't suddenly invent a regulation to benefit Indian national champions, even while, you know, hurting foreign investors who've come in. Of course, we also need to do homework for domestic firms, you know, easier rules and regulations, more transparent, as well as focus on things like land acquisition and so on," added the former RBI on India's growth, the former RBI governor said "India's growth is good, but we need need 8%-9% growth to become Viksit Bharat by 2027 because we are a relatively poor nation".The Indian economy grew by 6.5 per cent in real terms in the recently concluded financial year 2024-25, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation's official data showed on to NSO's second advance estimates, the country's economy was projected to grow at 6.5 per cent in Reserve Bank of India had projected 6.5 per cent GDP growth for the fiscal year 2023-24, India's GDP grew by an impressive 9.2 per cent, continuing to be the fastest-growing major to official data, the economy grew 8.7 per cent and 7.2 percent, respectively, in 2021-22 and Ministry of Finance, in a report in March 2025, anticipated that Indian economy would achieve a growth rate of 6.5 per cent in 2024-25, despite considerable external headwinds.
India Today
31-05-2025
- Sport
- India Today
Forget drugs, IPL betting is young India's new deadly addiction
The Indian Premier League (IPL) has become a money-making spectacle for many. But the desire to cash in on this gold rush is pushing a growing number of young Indians into addiction. Data and mental health experts suggest that betting on the IPL is emerging as a serious addiction among the Indian search trends indicate a sharp spike in interest for terms like 'IPL addiction' and 'online betting' during every IPL season. Broader searches such as 'gambling addiction' have been steadily rising since 2015, mirroring the rise of sports-based online betting queries such as 'causes of gambling addiction,' 'how to quit gambling addiction,' 'is gambling an addiction,' 'online gambling addiction,' and 'gambling addiction therapy' have also surged, according to Google Trends data. Terms like 'treatment for gambling addiction,' 'how to get rid of gambling addiction,' and 'rehab for gambling addiction' have similarly seen sharp concern There remains widespread ambiguity about the legality of sports-based fantasy apps. Critics argue that such platforms promote gambling addiction, especially among the hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), the Supreme Court recently expressed concern over rampant betting during IPL matches. 'In the name of IPL, a lot of people are betting and indulging in gambling. This is a serious issue,' the bench remarked last laws in India vary from state to state, and there is no central legislation that clearly governs online betting. The legal status of these platforms often hinges on whether the game is considered one of skill or the past, the Supreme Court ruled that games like rummy and fantasy sports are games of skill and hence do not fall under traditional gambling of online bettingThe impact of online betting is significant – and growing. News reports frequently detail stories of teenagers and young adults suffering heavy financial losses due to compulsive one incident from March this year, a tech professional in Bengaluru lost around Rs 1.5 crore to betting. His wife later died by suicide after lenders he had borrowed from to place bets began harassing the a result, more individuals are seeking help from psychiatrists and counsellors. Delhi-based mental health therapist Arouba Kabir says she sees three to five patients every month addicted to IPL or other sports betting, especially during cricket seasons and major tournaments.'This number often spikes during the IPL season, because of easy access to apps and peer pressure,' she tells India Today.'It (sports-based addiction) gives an illusion of control and easy money, but psychologically, it operates much like substance addiction—it hijacks the brain's reward system. The cycle of anticipation, reward, and crash makes it very hard to quit without professional help,' adds Kabir, founder of Enso there is no publicly available data on the prevalence of online gambling in India, the American Psychiatric Association estimates that between 0.4 and 4 per cent of adults in the United States develop a gambling disorder in their common signs of sports betting addiction include obsessive score-checking, impaired concentration, declining work performance, financial distress (loans, asset sales, hidden debts, even theft), and secrecy or dishonesty with family Watch IN THIS STORY#IPL 2025
