Wait over for those 50-plus, shot in March

With healthcare workers receiving their second shot, the Union Health Ministr y is gearing up for vaccinating people above 50 years of age from March. This indication came from Union Minister Harsh Vardhan while addressing the media. He, however, avoided answering a question on journalists being considered in the priority group.

The names of the arrested persons are Nitin Patankar,49, and Harishchandra Ghegdamal,53, both attached to the

P North Ward of the BMC

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Enforcement Directorate (ED) has told a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court on Monday while seeking actor and businessman Sachiin Joshi’s custody for interrogation that his firms and he had helped promoters of Omkar Group divert at least Rs 87 crore. The ED told the court that Joshi and his firms received funds from companies of Omkar Group, which were shown as investment and for providing services. Though Joshi told the ED during questioning that Rs 48 crore was invested for development of a land near Pune, it found that no definite agreement was made in this regard which the agency called surprising.

The ED said the money was not used for the stated purpose of investment and Joshi had parked the funds on behalf of Omkar Group.

The ED said Joshi had raised 22 invoices for rendering services such as rehabilitation and settlement with slum dwellers of SRA projects of Omkar Group, but admitted to it that no actual work was done by him. Joshi explained to the agency that he had allowed Omkar Group to use his name and brand name to settle with slum dwellers. This, the ED, told court was far-fetched as neither he nor his firms had done any slum rehabilitation work earlier.