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88 fortunes free slots casino game Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) ambitious project to build a Multi-level Robotic Parking Tower (MRPT) near Mumbadevi Temple to ease parking issues in the area, has landed into a controversy. The Mumbadevi Temple Trust has raised strong objections against constructing a 15-storeyed parking tower behind the temple in Kalbadevi citing that the safety and security of the devotees is primary to the temple management. “We are not against beautification and enhanced facilities for people, but a high-rise will not only hide the temple but also be a safety hazard for devotees in case of a disaster,” a source from the Mumbadevi Temple Trust said. The historic Mumbadevi Temple in Kalbadevi was built more than 200 years ago and has around 10,000 devotees daily. On holidays, the number climbs to around 25,000 and up to a lakh on festivals like Diwali. The BMC has undertaken a Rs 122.61 crore project to construct a 15-floored MRPT on a 3223 sq mt open plot near Mumbadevi Temple, Kalbadevi. The tower will accommodate 546 vehicles. Construction commenced in April 2024; however, the work was stopped after objection raised by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and local BJP MLA Rahul Narwekar in July 2024. A source from the temple trust said Narwekar held a meeting with the temple trust, noting their objections, before raising his objection. The trust also wrote to BMC in May 2025 complaining that the heritage Mumbadevi temple felt tremors because of the ground drilling work carried out for the project and requested to immediately stop the work. “The temple management was taken into consideration earlier for beautification work. However, our suggestion/objections were not asked before starting the construction of the parking tower" a temple official said. Notably, the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission had reprimanded the BMC Commissioner for initiating the construction of a parking facility next to the Mumbadevi temple, a site originally allotted for the temple’s development. “We strongly oppose building a parking tower next to Mumbadevi Temple which will benefit no one but the businessmen of Kalbadevi. We demand that the prime plot should be used to provide community facilities for Mumbadevi Temple devotees,” the trust said. In August 2025, the Mumbadevi Temple Trust wrote to the BMC Commissioner urging to include the trustees in the proposed Mumbadevi Precinct Development Committee. The trust also submitted its project report of amenities it requires for the safety and welfare of the devotees. Commenting on the Mumbadevi Parking Tower project, BMC’s Roads and Traffic department said that they have submitted a file to the Legislative Assembly Speaker’s office requesting to permit the corporation to resume the construction work. “The parking tower is proposed to ease parking issues in the area. The robotic parking facility is the latest technology the BMC wants to bring to Mumbaikars,” the officer said. Owing to space constraints and the dire necessity for parking space in Mumbai, the BMC has planned to build four MRPTs across the city at a total cost of Rs 504.19 crore. The parking towers are planned at Matunga, Mumbadevi, Worli and Hutatma Chowk. The parking tower at Matunga is also in controversy after strong objections from locals citing the project as a safety hazard.India bid farewell to its former prime minister Manmohan Singh in a state funeral on Saturday as the country’s top politicians and leaders gathered to mourn his death in New Delhi . Known as the prime minister who shielded India from the 2008 global financial crisis, the veteran Congress leader died late on Thursday at the age of 92. Singh was seen as the architect of India’s economic reform in the post-independence era and lauded for striking a landmark nuclear deal with the US. A day after the Indian leaders from across the party ranks paid tribute to the late prime minister, his body was taken to the headquarters of Congress party on Saturday morning. The party leaders and activists paid tributes to him and chanted “ Manmohan Singh lives forever”. Dozens of government officials, politicians and family members paid their last respects to Singh, whose casket was adorned with flowers and wrapped in the Indian flag. Shortly after, his body was transported to a crematorium ground for his last rites amid a state funeral procession as soldiers beat drums. Indian president Draupadi Murmu, prime minister Narendra Modi and his party leaders were also present at the state funeral. India’s security personnel also honoured Singh with a ceremonial gun salute. Religious hymns filled the crematorium hall as Singh’s body was transferred to a pyre as his family and relatives bid their final goodbye. India has announced a seven-day mourning period and cancelled all cultural and entertainment events in the coming week. As a mark of state mourning and respect to the iconic Sikh leader, all government buildings and ministries across the country are flying the national flag at half-mast. “He used to speak little, but his talent and his actions spoke louder than his words,” said Abhishek Bishnoi, a Congress party leader, calling it a big loss for India. Regarded as India’s most low-profile prime minister and a mild-mannered technocrat, Singh served India as prime minister for 10 years between 2004 and 2009 and as leader of the Congress party in Parliament’s upper house. He was hand-picked by India’s senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, the wife of assassinated prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, to lead the country in 2004 and was reelected in 2009. However, his second term was hit by financial scandals and corruption charges over India’s 2010 Commonwealth Games. Top leaders from across the world joined the mourning as they remembered Singh’s major diplomatic contributions to the external affairs of New Delhi. US president Joe Biden said the former Indian prime minister was a true statesman and a dedicated public servant. “The unprecedented level of cooperation between the United States and India today would not have been possible without the Prime Minister’s strategic vision and political courage,” Mr Biden said in a statement. He added: “From forging the US-India Civil Nuclear Agreement to helping launch the first Quad between Indo-Pacific partners, he charted pathbreaking progress that will continue to strengthen our nations—and the world—for generations to come. He was a true statesman. A dedicated public servant. And above all, he was a kind and humble person.” Singh, who served as India’s finance minister from 1991 to 1996, is credited with opening up the Indian market and workforce to the rest of the world in 1991 in the wake of a financial crisis by instituting reforms aimed at making India a capitalist model. This was a remarkable shift from the Asian country’s socialist-patterned economy which was languishing in payments deficit, averting a potential economic crisis. Indian economists have credited Singh with the country’s economic progress. He also safeguarded India as the rest of the world was battered in the 2008 global recession, earning the reputation of an honest and prudent country leader. In one of his biggest achievements, Singh ended India’s nuclear isolation in 2008 after he signed a deal with the US to access American nuclear technology. Singh was also the first and only Sikh so far to hold the top office in India. After his second term which faced political upheaval, Singh had said history will be kinder to him.With Trump’s victory, Ellen DeGeneres will never return to America: report

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AP Business SummaryBrief at 4:40 p.m. ESTTwo men are going to prison after being convicted of molesting their two adoptive sons, Georgia officials said. In July 2022, Walton County deputies were contacted about child sexual abuse material uploaded to a Google account, according to a Dec. 23 news release by the Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office. Deputies met with Hunter Lawless, who is accused of admitting to receiving the child abuse material from Zachary Zulock, officials said. Lawless pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of children and was sentenced, officials said. McClatchy News reached out to the Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office on Dec. 23 to clarify his sentencing and was awaiting a response. Police performed a search warrant on the home of Zachary Jacoby Zulock and William Dale Zulock and eventually learned the two men had been sexually abusing their adopted sons, prosecutors said. The abuse began a “few years before the search warrant was executed,” officials said. “Those involved with the investigation and prosecution of this case will never forget what they had to see and hear in this case,” Randy McGinley, the Alcovy district attorney, said in the release. “These two defendants truly created a house of horrors and put their extremely dark desires above everything and everyone else. However, the depth of the defendants’ depravity, which is as deep as it gets, is not greater than the resolve of those that fought for justice and the strength of the victims in this case. The resolve I have seen from these two young victims over the last two years is truly inspiring,” While searching, officers reported finding electronic evidence showing the two men sexually abusing the boys on different occasions throughout different rooms in the home. Different cell phones also contained graphic images and videos of the abuse along with graphic text messages, officials said. The evidence led officials to Luis Vizcarro-Sanchez after they saw he had been receiving messages from one of the men about the sexual abuse of one of the victims, officials said. Vizcarro-Sanchez pleaded guilty to pandering for a person under 18 and was sentenced, the release said. McClatchy News reached out to the Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office on Dec. 23 to clarify his sentencing and was awaiting a response. In August, William Zulock pleaded guilty to aggravated sodomy, aggravated child molestation, incest, and sexual exploitation of children, officials said. In October, Zachary Zulock pleaded guilty to aggravated sodomy, aggravated child molestation, incest, sodomy, sexual exploitation of children and pandering of a person under 18. They were sentenced to 100 years in prison followed by life on probation and will not be eligible for parole for the entire 100 years, officials said. Walton County is about a 50-mile drive east of Atlanta. 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Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.Apia, Samoa – 26 November 2024 – Conservation International (CI) successfully concluded a key workshop on the desk-based review of social responsibility of Samoa’s tuna fishing sector. The Social Responsibility Assessment (SRA) tool is a human rights due diligence tool which serves to reduce risks of human rights abuse at all stages of seafood production from vessel level (at-sea fishing operation) to the seafood processing sector. The workshop brought together representatives from the fishing industries, government stakeholders, civil society organizations and technical experts to discuss the findings and the next steps towards improving the social dimensions of the tuna fishery sector. This follows up from the Pacific Tuna Jurisdictional Approach (JA) project socialization workshop in June 2024 that introduced the Jurisdictional Approach (JA) to Pacific Tuna project to the fishing industry, government stakeholders, civil society organizations and technical experts. The Pacific Tuna JA seeks to drive holistic environmental, social and economic tuna fishery improvements by aligning incentives between the government, producers, and supply chain companies, using a human rights-based approach to fisheries governance. This workshop was funded by the Walmart Foundation and marked a continuation of efforts to enhance sustainability, governance, and social responsibility within Samoa’s fisheries. Key findings from the desk review of SRA highlighted several information gaps within the fisheries sector that could be improved through the application of SRA tool in Samoa. 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ISLAMABAD: A number of United States’ lawmakers along with Amnesty International have voiced support for demonstrators who participated in the violence-marred protest by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers in Islamabad for the release of party founder-chairman Imran Khan. “The brutal repression of protesters in Pakistan and growing political violence is an attempt to suppress democracy and human rights [....] I stand with the brave Pakistanis who are rising up and protesting for change,” US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib said in a post on X — formerly Twitter. The statement comes in the wake of the PTI’s “do-or-die” protest, called off by the party following a crackdown by the law enforcement agencies (LEAs), which resulted in the martyrdom of at least four Rangers personnel along with multiple policemen. The former ruling party, too, claimed that eight of its workers were martyred during the protest. The latest protest episode was part of the PTI’s months-long efforts to secure Khan’s release who has been behind bars in Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail in various cases for more than a year now. The party, for quite some time, has reportedly been lobbying in Washington to garner support and secure the former prime minister’s release. Reacting to the latest political turmoil in Islamabad, Congressman Greg Casar condemned the violence and opined that the demonstration should be allowed to continue. “Thousands of Pakistanis are protesting for democracy and are being met with violent repression. I am hearing reports that the government is using live fire and tear gas against protesters [....] I condemn this violence and urge the government to allow these protests to continue peacefully,” he said in a social media post. Meanwhile, Representative Barbara Lee underscored the freedom of speech and protest peacefully and said: “I stand with pro-democracy advocates in Pakistan as they fight for justice and human rights.” Her remarks were echoed by her colleague Representative Summer Lee who said: “I am moved by the bravery demonstrated by the Pakistani people as they protest for electoral integrity, and judicial fairness.” “I condemn any violent suppression of them exercising their fundamental rights. Everyone deserves to speak out and demand democracy,” the lawmaker added. Furthermore, Congressman Brad Sherman — while recalling his role in the October 23 letter by over 60 US lawmakers to US President Joe Biden for Khan’s release — said that the PTI founder’s supporters had a right to peacefully demonstrate. Reacting to the events in Islamabad, former US ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad called for the immediate commencement of a reconciliation process. “This is not the way to enforce law and order,” said Khalilzad while seemingly referring to the LEAs’ crackdown against protesters. This is not the first time that US lawmakers have directly or indirectly reacted to Pakistan’s internal political situation. The recent protest even warranted a reaction from the US State Department spokesperson who had earlier called for restraint from both sides while urging Islamabad to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms. Earlier this month, 46 members of the US Congress wrote to President Biden to advocate for the immediate release of the PTI founder — making it the second time US lawmakers had reached out to the president on this issue. ‘Unlawful, excessive force used’ Meanwhile, in line with the US lawmakers’ statements, Amnesty International has said that the LEAs used “unlawful and excessive force including tear gas, live ammunition and rubber bullets against PTI protesters”. “Even if protests become non-peaceful, the authorities must respect and ensure the protesters’ rights to life and freedom from torture and other ill-treatment,” said the rights group while reminding Islamabad of its obligation to provide an enabling environment for the protesters under international human rights law. Underscoring severe restrictions on assembly, movement and mobile and internet services as well as arbitrary detentions of thousands of protesters across the country, it urged the authorities to take all necessary measures to prevent arbitrary deprivation of life and ensure effective accountability for any unlawful use of force. “Amnesty urges the government to ensure that the right to freedom of peaceful assembly is respected and protected. Those detained solely for exercising their right to peaceful assembly must be released immediately,” read the statement issued by the rights watchdog. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() );