New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): The e-auction of gifts and souvenirs presented to Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin on his birthday on September 17.

Pune Sep 17 PTI Two people were arrested on Friday for allegedly trying to offer a bribe to a woman tehsildar in Pune a Maharashtra Anti Corruption Bureau official said The bribe attempt was made after Trupti Kolte tehsildar of Haveli here had taken action against a truck involved in illegal sand transportation in Shewalwadi area he said Truck owner Dattatray Pingle and his associate Amit Kande tried to give Kolte a bribe but she refused Pingle then asked Kande to transfer Rs 1 and Rs 50000 to the tehsildars GPay account When Kolte found out about the money being credited into her account she approached the ACB he said Pingle and Kande were arrested under Prevention of Corruption Act provisions the ACB official added PTI SPK BNM BNM BNM

Indore Sep 17 PTI An FIR was registered against Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Jitu Patwari on Friday for allegedly abusing and misbehaving with the Indore civic bodys dengue eradication team recently a police official said The offence was registered immediately after a complaint was lodged by Uttam Yadav an official of Indore Municipal Corporation IMC Patwari represents Rau Assembly constituency in Indore district Yadav had earlier refrained from lodging a complaint against Patwari for the alleged incident that took place on Wednesday However he finally did so after IMC employees including women announced a token strike on Friday morning and gathered at the Rajendra Nagar police station to stage protest Yadav is a relative of former Union minister and senior Congress leader Arun Yadav Based on the complaint lodged by IMC official Uttam Yadav an FIR was registered against MLA Patwari under IPC section 294 obscene acts or words in public and 353 assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty Rajendra Nagar police station in-charge Amrita Solanki said Talking to reporters complainant Yadav said When my team was working for the eradication of dengue in the city Patwari abused and disrespected us and also obstructed our work Madhya Pradesh Congress spokesman Neelabh Shukla termed the act of filing the FIR against Patwari as dictatorship Patwari raised his voice in his capacity as a public representative against the IMC dengue eradication teams attitude as they were waiting for the BJP leaders to formally launch the campaign by spraying disinfectants against dengue mosquitoes he said BJP spokesperson Umesh Sharma had alleged on Wednesday that Yadav backtracked in the matter as he was asked to do so by the Congress leader PTI HWP MAS NP NP

Hyderabad Aug 31 PTI BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra on Tuesday demanded that the TRS government in Telangana officially celebrate the Hyderabad Liberation Day on September 17 even as he slammed the state government over alleged unemployment and family rulePatra who participated in the ongoing padayatra of state BJP president and MP Bandi Sanjay Kumar recalled the stellar role played by the countrys first Deputy Prime Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in the merger of erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad with the Indian UnionThe way Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that August 14 would be observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day every resident of Hyderabad and Telangana should remember September 17 as Liberation Day he said addressing a gatheringThe erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad was merged with Indian Union on September 17 1948Patra challenged the TRS government to celebrate the Liberation Day on September 17I challenge the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao Chief Minister ji you had promised that you will come to power Telangana state will be formed and you will celebrate Liberation DayWho is he out of fear for whom you dont celebrate Liberation Day I challenge September 17 is approaching You celebrate Liberation Day Otherwise Bandi Sanjay ji and BJP will celebrate the Liberation Day Because we are nationalists he saidRecalling the reported challenge given few years ago by AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi taking the name of Modi to organise campaign at Charminar in the old city of Hyderabad a stronghold of AIMIM he said Bandi Sanjay Kumar demolished the challenge by launching his padayatra from the Bhagya Lakshmi temple at Charminar on August 28Patra claimed a youth from Telangana who travelled with him in the flight from Delhi to Hyderabad on Tuesday told him that there is land mafia sand mafia and liquor mafia in the stateThe youth also told him that the family members of the CM -- son daughter son-in-law -- are politically employed but there is unemployment among common people Patra further claimedA woman who was also a co-passenger in the flight told him that Rao never comes to Secretariat but stays in his farm house he alleged Asking the crowd whether Rao stays in the farm house he said from today his name is farmhouse chief ministerMeanwhile addressing a gathering during his padayatra Sanjay Kumar hit out at the TRS government over the ruling partys promises like double bed room houses for the poorModi ji gave free COVID-19 vaccine and tried to come to the rescue of people But the state chief minister has not even made any appeal so far to the people that they should take vaccine and protect their lives he allegedWhile Modi gave vaccine photos of the CM are displayed at vaccination centres but not Modis he saidSanjay Kumar launched his padayatra from the Bhagya Lakshmi temple at Charminar here on August 28 The padayatra would continue in phases until the next assembly elections in 2023 PTI SJR BN BN

Mumbai Aug 31 PTI Hollywood star Ryan Reynolds action comedy Free Guy will have a theatrical release in India on September 17 the makers said on TuesdayDirected by Shawn Levy Free Guy will be released in English and Hindi in the countryThe 20th Century Studios film premiered in the US theatres on August 13Free Guy stars Reynolds as a bank teller who discovers he is a background character in an open world video game called Free City that will soon go offlineThe film also features Jodie Comer Joe Keery Lil Rel Howery Utkarsh Ambudkar and Taika WaititiFree Guy is based on the script penned by Matt Lieberman and Zak PennWhile Delhi and other regions have allowed cinema halls to resume operations Maharashtra a key film exhibition centre is yet to permit theatres to reopen PTI JUR RDS RDS