Vishwavani editor Vishweshwar Bhat apologizes before NCW for ‘demeaning' remarks on President Murmu
New Delhi: Vishweshwar Bhat, editor-in-chief of the Kannada daily ‘Vishwavani’, has tendered an unconditional apology before the National Commission for Women (NCW) for the allegedly demeaning remarks he had made against President Droupadi Murmu.
Rekha Sharma, chairperson of the Commission, has said that Bhat, who appeared before the Commission, submitted the apology in writing, reported Deccan Herald.
She added, “Vishweshwar Bhat has said that he had no malafide intention of demeaning the President. We will send the detailed proceedings with an apology letter to the Rashtrapati Bhavan.”
The Commission had taken cognizance of a tweet published in ‘Vishwavani’ along with paper clippings of an opinion piece. The Commission, stating that the post was demeaned the President of India, had sent a notice to Bhat. While the editor of the daily was told to appear in person for a hearing on October 26, he had reportedly requested for time till November 2.
@NCWIndia has taken cognizance of the demeaning post against the Hon'ble President. The Commission has sent a notice to the journalist to appear in person for a hearing on 26.10.2022 at 12.30pm. @sharmarekha https://t.co/bH7fTltsNe
— NCW (@NCWIndia) October 21, 2022
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KKR land Green for record-breaking Rs 25.20 crore; Shaw, Sarfaraz go unsold
Abu Dhabi (PTI): Kolkata Knight Riders splurged a record-breaking Rs 25.20 to land top Australian all-rounder Cameron Green even as Indian stars Prithvi Shaw and Sarfaraz Khan went unsold in the Indian Premier League players' auction here on Tuesday.
Green surpassed compatriot Mitchell Starc (Rs 24.75 crore) to become the most expensive overseas player at an IPL auction. This was after Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings were involved in an intense bidding war for him before the latter emerged winner.
KKR also went after Venkatesh Iyer before pulling out of the race against Royal Challengers Bengaluru, who fetched the services of the India all-rounder for Rs 7 crore.
As far as Green is concerned, his salary for the season would still be Rs 18 crore (USD 1.9 million) as the rest of the amount will go towards the BCCI's player development programme as per the rules of the auction for foreign players.
Green, who previously turned up for Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bengaluru, has so far played 29 matches in the IPL to aggregate 707 runs and take 16 wickets.
Shaw, however, went unsold despite his fine run of form in the domestic circuit lately, and so was the case with Sarfaraz, who smashed a 22-ball 73 in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match for Mumbai on Tuesday.
Big-hitting South African batter David Miller was bought by Delhi Capitals for his base price of Rs 2 crore, but New Zealand swashbuckler Devon Conway, whose base price was also Rs 2 crore, went unsold in the auction.
Seasoned South African opener Quinton de Kock returned to his old base Mumbai Indians for a base price of Rs 1 crore.
A total of 359 players -- 246 Indians and 113 overseas players -- are part of the mini auction pool with the 10 franchises bidding to fill up a maximum of 77 slots, including 31 reserved for foreign players.
