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Senior Congress leader Gurudas Kamat passes away at 63

Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Gurudas Kamat passed away at the age 63 due to cardiac arrest on Wednesday morning at a private hospital in Delhi. Kamat was rushed to the hospital after he complained of breathlessness and chest pain. Kamats family flew from Mumbai to the capital immediately to claim his body, which is expected to be brought back to Mumbai by Wednesday evening.
Politicians across party lines mourned the death of the congress leader and expressed their condolences on Twitter. Congress President Rahul Gandhi called Kamats death a massive blow to the Congress family. He also wrote that Kamat was highly instrumental in strengthening the party in Mumbai.
The sudden passing away of senior leader Gurudas Kamat ji, is a massive blow to the Congress family. Gurudas ji helped build the Congress party in Mumbai & was greatly respected & admired by all. My condolences to his family in their time of grief. May his soul rest in peace.
? Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 22, 2018
Saddened by the demise of a veteran Congress leader and former Union Minister Shri Gurudas Kamat. We have lost a leader who knew the pulse of Mumbaikars & would always voice their concern in Parliament. My heartfelt condolences to his family. May his soul rest in peace.
? Sharad Pawar (@PawarSpeaks) August 22, 2018
Deeply saddened by the demise of Former Union Minister Shri Gurudas Kamat ji. My heartfelt condolences to his family and followers. OM Shanti !!
? PankajaGopinathMunde (@Pankajamunde) August 22, 2018
Condolences on the demise of Shri Gurudas Kamat ji. One of the important Congress leaders of Maharashtra and a dignified man. ????????
? Poonam Mahajan (@poonam_mahajan) August 22, 2018
Deeply saddened & shocked at the untimely passing away of Shri Gurudas Kamat ji. He was a dear friend & colleague of my father. Will always remember him for his bright smile & warm hugs….Deepest condolences to the family & loved ones. #RIP ???????? pic.twitter.com/qv7NVWBLzp
? Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) August 22, 2018
Gurudas Kamat was an impulsive, but truthful leader. His likes and dislikes were strong, but apparent too.
A great organiser with strong leadership qualities, will always be remembered and missed in Congress. Sad day for all of us.#RIPGurudasKamat pic.twitter.com/kbYcXBnZyA
Ajay Maken (@ajaymaken) August 22, 2018
Deeply saddened by the demise of Former Union Minister Shri Gurudas Kamat ji. My heartfelt condolences to his family and followers. OM Shanti !!
? PankajaGopinathMunde (@Pankajamunde) August 22, 2018
So shocked and saddened by the sudden death of shri Gurudas Kamat, Congress has lost a tall leader, who worked his way up from organisation and became a leader to reckon with. It is a great loss to the party and the workers. May god give strength to his family. RIP sir ????
? Priya Dutt (@PriyaDutt_INC) August 22, 2018
Shocked and deeply anguished to learn about the sudden demise of Senior Congress Leader Sh Gurudas Kamat ji.
No words are enough to describe the sense of loss.
My deepest condolences to his family, friends and followers.
I pray for the departed soul. pic.twitter.com/nwFJivKAim? Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) August 22, 2018
Gurudas Kamat, who was an alumnus of RA Poddar College and Government Law College Mumbai, was an advocate by profession. He started his political career as a student leader in 1972 and was appointed as the President of National Students Union of India (NSUI) in 1976. In 1980, he was appointed as the general secretary of Maharashtra Pradesh Youth Congress and its president in 1984. Kamat also served as President of Mumbai Congress from 2003 to 2008.
Gurudas Kamat was a Member of Parliament from Mumbai North West constituency in 2009 and Mumbai North East constituency in 1984, 1991, 1998 and 2004. From 2009 to 2011, Kamat served as the Minister of State for Home Affairs with additional charge of Minister of Communication and Information Technology.
Sports
Virat Kohli complains of losing his unboxed phone in Nagpur
Former Indian skipper Virat Kohli took to twitter to inform netizens that he had lost his brand new unboxed phone in Nagpur on Tuesday.
Kohli, who is in the city for first test match against Australia on Thursday, said, “Nothing beats the sad feeling of losing your new phone without even unboxing it Has anyone seen it?”
Nothing beats the sad feeling of losing your new phone without even unboxing it ☹️ Has anyone seen it?
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) February 7, 2023
Food delivery app Zomato was quick to respond by asking the ace cricketer to ‘feel free to order an ice cream from his wife and actor Anushka Sharma’s phone.’
The tweet read, “feel free to order ice cream from bhabhi’s phone if that will help.” However, many users anticipated Kohli’s tweet to be an advertisement for a brand.
feel free to order ice cream from bhabhi's phone if that will help 😇
— zomato (@zomato) February 7, 2023
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Legal
Anil Deshmukh granted permission to travel outside Mumbai

Ex-Home Ministe Anil Deshmukh on Monday was granted permission to travel outside Mumbai for four weeks by a special court on Monday.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former Home Minister of Maharashtra Anil Deshmukh on Monday was granted permission to travel outside Mumbai for four weeks by a special court on Monday. Deshmukh had sought permission to visit his constituency, which is also his hometown, Nagpur.
The application was filed by Deshmukh through his lawyer, Inderpal Singh, stating that he is a native of Nagpur with deep family roots in the city apart from being an elected representative of his constituency.
“The applicant craves a benevolent indulgence of this court to permit him to travel outside Greater Mumbai, including District Nagpur, for a limited duration of about four weeks so as to maintain continuity in his social and family ties and also visit his original and permanent home/constituency,” the plea stated.
The plea further added that “the applicant needs to have due legal consultation with his lawyers in New Delhi for further course of strategy in the present and connected cases.”
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Governance
Interesting facts you didn’t know about Union Budget | Must Read
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her fifth straight Union Budget when she presented financial statements and tax proposals for fiscal year 2023-24.
Here are some lesser known facts about Union Budget…
The British government presented India’s first ever Union Budget on April 7, 1860.
The first budget of independent India was presented by country’s first Finance Minister RK Shanmukham Chetty on November 26, 1947.
Even though traditionally, the finance ministers present the budget, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi are the only Prime Ministers to have presented the Union Budget instead of Finance Ministers.
Until 1955, the Union Budget was presented in English. However, the Congress government then decided to print the Budget papers in both Hindi and English.
In 2019, Sitharaman became the second woman to table the budget after Indira Gandhi who presented the budget for the year 1970-71.
Earlier, the government tabled the rail budget separately for 92 years but since 2017, the rail budget was merged with the Union Budget.
Until 1999, the government tabled the Union Budget at 5 pm on the last working day of February as per British era practice but
former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha changed the timing to 11 am. Years after, late Finance Minister Arun Jaitely changed the budget presentation to February 1.
There’s a customary event called the ‘halwa ceremony’ that is held every year ahead of the Union Budget. It is considered as a gesture of appreciation for all people who have worked on the Union Budget.
To ensure the secrecy of the budget document, a lock-in process is followed – in which all the officials involved
in preparing the Budget come out of Parliament’s North Block only after the Finance Minister has presented the budget.
In 2021, Sitharaman became the first to table paperless Union Budget.
Former Prime Minister Moraraji Desai holds the record of presenting 10 budgets as finance minister, which is the maximum so far.
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