Inside Rs 1,200 Crore Sprawling UK Mansion Bought By Indian Businessman

Since Indian billionaire Ravi Ruia purchased a 113 million-pound ($145 million) London property in one of the largest residential transactions in the UK capital in recent years, interest in the inside views of this opulent estate has surged all over the world. The Hanover Lodge home is located at 150 Park Road and overlooks Regent's Park.

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John Nash, who also constructed Buckingham Palace, designed the 2,400-square-metre mansion at 150 Park Road in 1827.

According to The Telegraph, Grade II-listed Hanover Lodge was at one time the residence of the French ambassador to the UK and has a gym, sauna, and gallery, as well as accommodation for in-house staff and a swimming pool that can be converted into a ballroom.

The mansion was owned as recently as two years ago by Goncharenko, the former deputy chief executive officer of Gazprom Invest Yug, a subsidiary of the Russian state-run energy firm.

He bought the property's outstanding lease in 2012 from Conservative Party peer Rajkumar Bagri for 120 million pounds, the person said.

The news portal further said that a spokesperson for the Ruia family said Hanover Lodge "became available at a price that makes it an attractive investment".

Mr Ruia and his brother Shashi co-founded India's Essar Group, which has major interests in energy, metals, technology, and retail.

Presently, the property "is under construction and became available at a price that makes it an attractive investment for the family office," William Rego, a spokesperson for the Ruia family office, said in an emailed statement.

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Baby Dies At Refugee Detention Centre, Parents Attend Burial In Handcuffs In J&K

A Rohingya couple was brought in handcuffs for the last rites of their child who died in a refugee detention centre near Jammu. A video of the handcuffed parents at the burial site has been widely shared on social media.

The 43-day-old baby died at a refugee "holding centre" where clashes broke out between inmates and police earlier this week. Several people, including three policemen and Rohingyas, were reportedly injured during clashes.

On Thursday, the baby's body was handed over to relatives at a Rohingya settlement in Jammu.

The parents were seen in handcuffs when they were being brought at the burial site and also when the body was handed over to relatives in Narwal in Jammu for last rites, showed two videos.

Jail authorities have denied that the baby died in clashes. According to Koushal Kumar, superintendent of Kathua district jail, who is also in-charge of the holding centre, the baby was suffering from some ailment and died two days after the incident at the detention centre.

Police have filed an FIR against Rohingyas allegedly involved in stone pelting at Hiranagar sub-jail - designated as the holding centre for Rohingyas.

271 Rohingyas, among them 144 women and children are detained at the holding centre.

Clashes broke out after Rohingyas, who held multiple hunger strike protests in the holding centre, demanded their release and deportation to their native country Myanmar.

The police resorted to lathicharge and resorted tear-gas shelling as a control measure.

Mr Kumar said the police were compelled to take action after inmates took three officials of jail staff, including a special police official, hostage and tried to break open the gate of the sub-jail at Hiranagar.

"Rohingyas have been demanding their release and deportation to their native country," the official said.

Mr Kumar said they have already forwarded the case to the home department for the deportation of Rohingyas.

Salim Mohammad and his wife had come to Jammu in 2012. The couple, along with their eldest son, were arrested by police during the checking of refugee cards issued by the UN. Even as Salim also had a UNHCR card that allows Rohingyas to stay as refugees, the family was lodged at the Jammu district jail at Ambphalla before they were shifted to the holding centre in Hiranagar in 2021. The couple then went on to have two more children at the centre.

Over the last several years, political parties and right-wing groups have been demanding the deportation of Rohingya refugee from Jammu. These groups allege that Rohingyas have been settled in Jammu as a part of a conspiracy to engineer a demographic change in the region.

During these years, hundreds of shanties and hutments of the Rohingyas were burnt in the area.

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"Will Present Our Point Of View In Parliament": Union Minister On Manipur Horror

The Centre will present facts on the Manipur incident in the Parliament, Union Minister for Earth Sciences Kiren Rijiju said here on Saturday and declined to speak on the viral video that showed two women being paraded in the north eastern state. 

Refusing to be drawn into any controversy over the May 4 incident that took place in Kangpokpi district, he indicated that it would be inappropriate to discuss the issue outside the Parliament.

"Whatever matters are to be discussed in the Parliament we will present our point of view. But right now, I can't say anything outside on the matter," Mr Rijiju told reporters here when his comments on the issue were sought.

"I have come here (today) for the Rozgar Mela. I will not make any (other) comments," the minister further said.

Manipur police has arrested a fifth person, aged around 19, in connection with the May 4 incident, officials said on Saturday. The two women are alleged to have been sexually assaulted before being set free. A 26-second video of the horrific incident surfaced on Wednesday.

More than 160 people have lost their lives, and several have been injured since ethnic violence broke out in the state on May 3, when a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts to protest against the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.

Meiteis account for about 53 per cent of Manipur's population and live mostly in the Imphal Valley, while tribals, which include Nagas and Kukis, constitute 40 per cent and reside mostly in the hill districts.

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Aadhaar Details Help Reunite Missing Specially-Abled Woman With Family

A specially-abled woman in Assam was reunited with her family earlier this month, several weeks after she went missing from her home, an official statement from the Ministry of Electronics and IT said.

The woman, who has speech and hearing impairments, was found wandering at the Sonapur New Market in the state's Kamrup district by the Assam Police - nearly 165 kilometers from her home in the Sonitpur district. She was identified with the help of Aadhaar, the statement added.

The police referred her to the Sakhi One Stop Centre, an NGO that offers psychosocial counselling and temporary shelter to women under the sambal sub-scheme of Mission Shakti of the Ministry of Women and Child Development.

As officials failed to communicate with the woman, she was shown a few pictures when she pointed to an Aadhaar card.

The Guwahati Regional Office of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) was contacted and they asked for the woman's fingerprints for a possible Aadhaar match, the statement said.

Once her biometrics were sent, her Aadhaar details popped up, along with her home address, read the statement from the ministry further.

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Russian Journalist Killed In Ukrainian Attack, Says Military

A Russian war reporter was killed and three were wounded on Saturday in what Moscow alleged was a Ukrainian attack using cluster munitions, prompting outrage from politicians.

The defence ministry said the wounded journalists were evacuated from the battlefield after coming under fire in Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhzhia region. It said Rostislav Zhuravlev, who worked for state news agency RIA, died while being transferred.

The ministry did not provide evidence that Ukraine had used cluster munitions in the incident, and Reuters was not able to verify the assertion.

Ukraine received cluster bombs from the United States this month, but it has pledged to use them only to dislodge concentrations of enemy soldiers.

Many countries ban the weapons because they disperse bomblets that rain shrapnel over a wide area and can pose a risk to civilians. Some typically fail to explode immediately, but can blow up years later.

Konstantin Kosachyov, deputy speaker of the upper house of parliament, said the use of cluster munitions was "inhuman" and the responsibility lay both with Ukraine and the United States.

Leonid Slutsky, a party leader in the lower house, called it a "monstrous crime".

Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, tweeted: "I wonder what US public opinion thinks of their country crossing all moral red lines in futile attempt to save crumbling corrupt Kiev regime."

Their reactions ignored the fact that Russia's own use of cluster bombs in the war has been documented by human rights groups and by the UN.

US-based Human Rights Watch said in May that Russian forces had used the weapons in attacks that had caused hundreds of civilian casualties and damaged homes, hospitals and schools.

White House national security spokesman John Kirby said this week that Ukrainian forces were using cluster munitions appropriately and effectively against Russian formations.

The governor of Russia's southern Belgorod region alleged earlier on Saturday that Ukraine had fired cluster munitions at a village just inside Russia the previous day, but without causing casualties or damage. He did not provide any visual evidence.

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4 Killed After Hot Water Pipe Bursts In Moscow Mall

At least four people were killed and several others injured on Saturday after a hot water pipe burst at a shopping mall in western Moscow, the city's mayor said.

Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said some of those injured had suffered burns, and that emergency services were working on the scene.

Video footage showed flooding throughout the building and steam flowing out of a doorway.

The mall, known as Vremena Goda (The Seasons), opened in 2007 and houses over 150 stores.

"We are providing medical assistance to all the victims," Sobyanin said.

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IND vs WI: 4 मैच...279 रन...पूरी सीरीज बेंच पर बैठा रहा स्टार ऑलराउंडर, रोढ़ा बने दो दिग्गज

भारत ने वेस्टइंडीज वर्ल्ड टेस्ट चैंपियनशिप नए सीजन की शुरुआत जीत के साथ की. वहीं, वेस्टइंडीज के खिलाफ दूसरे टेस्ट में भी टीम इंडिया मजबूत स्थिति में दिखाई दे रही है. इस सीरीज में कुछ बड़े बदलाव देखने को मिले. लेकिन क्या आपको पता है कि एक ऐसा ऑलराउंडर, जिसने अपने प्रदर्शन से दुनिया की टॉप टीम के छक्के छुड़ा दिए उसे इस सीरीज में खेलने का मौका नहीं मिला है. इस सीरीज में कुल 4 खिलाड़ी पर बैठे रहे.

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