Rakul Preet Singh and Jackky Bhagnani tied the knot today in Goa in the presence of close friends and family. Now, their dreamy first photos are out.

Newlyweds Rakul Preet Singh and Jackky Bhagnani unveiled photos from their wedding ceremony in a joint post. The snaps see Rakul looking lovely in a cream and pink lehenga with floral details. Meanwhile, Jackky looked dapper in a cream-coloured sherwani.

Check out the post here:

They captioned the photos, “Mine now and forever- 21-02-2024 #abdonobhagna-ni,” with a pink heart emoji. 

The comments section was filled with love pouring him from the couple’s friends in the film industry. Varun Dhawan, Samantha and Jacqueliene Fernandez wrote, “Congratulations” with heart emojis. 

Rakul and Jackky’s wedding guestlist included several celebs including Ayushmann Khurrana and Tahira Kashyap, Bhumi Pednekar, Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra, Aditya Roy Kapur and Ananya Panday and more.

The price of sugarcane has been increased by 8 per cent for the 2024-25 financial year and will come into effect from October, the government has said. The hike came amid a huge tussle between the government and farmers over minimum support price. The price of cane will now go up from Rs 315 to Rs 340 a quintal.

Announcing the hike, Union minister Anurag Thakur declared that the government is pro-farmer. “Our government is working for the betterment of farmers and agriculture,” he said.

“It has been decided to fix the price for the upcoming sugarcane season, in the period from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025, to ensure the fair and reasonable price of sugarcane to the farmers by the sugar mills,” he said.

“It has been decided to fix the price at Rs 340 per quintal for the year 2024-25 as compared to the previous year which was Rs 315,” he added.

The cabinet approval for the cane price hike came this evening during a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The “Fair and Remunerative Price” will ensure prosperity of sugarcane farmers, the government said.

In a statement, the government said it has provided a premium of Rs. 3.32 per quintal for every 0.1 percentage point increase above 10.25% in the recovery.

“It is noteworthy that India is already paying the highest price of sugarcane in the world and despite that, the  government is ensuring the world’s cheapest sugar to domestic consumers,” read the statement.

The Centre’s decision will benefit more than 5 crore sugarcane farmers and their families and lakhs of other persons involved in sugar sector, the government said.

“It re-confirms fulfilment of Modi ki Guarantee to double farmers’ income,” the statement added.

A Bihar cadre IAS officer got crores in consulting fees from more than a dozen companies after his retirement with whom he had official dealings while he was in service. The man is facing a multi-agency probe which includes the Enforcement Directorate and CBI.

The CBI on Tuesday searched the premises of former Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) secretary Ramesh Abhishek after registering an FIR against him for amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. “He was charging big amounts as consulting and professional fees from various entities and organisations with whom he had dealings while he was a secretary DPIIT or chairman of Forward Market Commission,” states the FIR registered by the CBI.

As per the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Mr Abhishek filed an affidavit before Lokpal in which he mentioned that he got Rs 2.7 crore fees in 15 months post-retirement which was “119 times higher than his last drawn government salary” which was Rs 2.26 lakhs.

“Probe so far by various agencies reveals that he gave favour to at least 16 companies while he was posted in the Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade as a secretary,” a senior CBI official explains.

The FIR further adds that a house in Delhi’s posh Greater Kailash area was the outcome of a doubtful sudden rise in earlier investments of the family in immovable properties.

Ramesh Abhishek was posted as DPIIT secretary from February 22 to July 2019. And before that, from September 21 to July 2019, he was posted as chairman of the Forward Market Commission.

He retired from DPIIT (erstwhile Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion) and private companies in various capacities in 2019.

Mr Abhishek is also one of the three independent directors at Paytm that is presently facing scrutiny by RBI.

“An independent director plays a crucial role in providing oversight, guidance and independent judgement to ensure it works in the interest of stakeholders while complying with laws of the land,” explains an official.

As per sources, while posted as a secretary, Mr Abhishek allegedly helped parent company One 97 Communications to come out with an IPO.

He was also associated with formulating policies aimed at promoting Industrial growth and also with the ease of doing business. “While in service, he was also instrumental in implementing initiatives of Make In India, Start-Up India and liberalisation of FDI to attract business,” explains an official.

Mr Abhishek has been facing multiple cases by various agencies. Many cases are still in various courts as he has been contesting the claims.

But problems became severe for Ramesh Abhishek when Lokpal, in an order dated February 2, 2022, held that corruption charges needed to be probed thoroughly. “In view of the facts and circumstances, we cannot be a mute spectator to these allegations relating to corruption which should be dealt with strictly. More so when substantial parts of information furnished by the complainant have been admitted by the public servant [respondent] in his affidavits. We, therefore, refer the matter to the ED along with all papers relating to this complaint,” it said.

Directing necessary legal action, it had asked the ED to determine the value of Greater Kailash property. “The ED should also enquire whether there was any conflict of interest in terms of remuneration received by the public servant [respondent] and/or his relatives. During this enquiry, it may also be ascertained whether the public servant [respondent] was required to inform relevant authority, the cost of redevelopment of the property bought by him in GK-II and whether the appropriate authority was informed or not,” it said.

Based on the initial ED report, the Lokpal had on January 3, 2023, directed the agency for further investigation. Mr Abhishek had challenged the orders in the Delhi High Court, which in May 2023 refused to interfere with the Lokpal proceedings.

The Lokpal, in December last year, had referred this matter to CBI and after the initial probe on February 15 this year, they registered a case of disproportionate assets.