February 8 is celebrated as Propose Day. The second day of Valentine’s Week is dedicated to committing to a lifetime of love and affection. The day signifies the eternal bond of love that a man or a woman wishes to express to his or her partner.
The propose day is followed by the first day of Valentine’s week, which is the Rose day. On this day, couples give each other red roses to convey their love.

On Propose Day, couples pop the question of love and confess their emotions to their lover. These days couples try extreme levels of creativity to show their love. From giving innovative gifts to taking them out on a romantic trip, lovers give their 100% effort to make this day one of the most memorable ones.
If this is your first Valentine’s week, you should make sure not to dampen the spirit of the propose day. Do not leave any scope that can ruin your romantic proposal to your partner. Remember that this is the second day of the love week and you would not like doing anything to spoil the week. Propose day is followed by Chocolate Day, Teddy Day, Promise Day, Hug Day, Kiss Day and ultimately the Valentine’s Day.

If you are someone who wants to make it better for your partner this year, there are several ways you can do it. All you need to do is make a proper plan.

Start the day with a good romantic and meaningful message for your partner. Here are a few selected messages and quotes that will definitely help you in your pursuit.

Happy Propose Day 2023: Wishes, Messages and Quotes

1. “When you wake up in the morning, I promise I will be there every time with you.” – Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.
2. “I love you very much, probably more than anybody could love another person.” —Henry, 50 First Dates
3. “After all – I am just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.” – Notting Hill.
4. When Monica said, “For so long I wondered if I would ever find my prince, my soul mate. Then, three years ago at another wedding, I turned to a friend for comfort, and instead, I found everything that I had been looking for my whole life. And now, here we are with our future before us, and I only want to spend it with you, my prince, my soulmate, my friend,” I cried. You have been the Chandler to my Monica all of life. I don’t want to deprive us of that anymore. You are already my friend and my soulmate, will you be my Prince too?
5. “Lately I have been having thoughts, musings if you will … and maybe they’re crazy thoughts, but I’ve been thinking about us.”- FRIENDS
6. “When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.” -When Harry Met Sally, 1989
7. “There are many love stories in this world, but ours is the sweetest. It is sweet because you are in this love story. Today I to say that I want to grow old with you. On this special day, would you promise to be with me today and forever? Will you spend the rest of your life with me? Happy Propose Day!”
8. “Being around you is the best feeling in the world. I still remember the moment when our eyes met for the first time. I felt butterflies in my stomach and since then my heart longs to be with you always. You never know when love comes and finds you. But I think I have found it with you. Be mine forever! Happy Propose Day, My love.”
9. “You are not someone I want to be with. You are someone I cannot be without. If roses were black and violets were brown, my love for you would never be found. But roses are red and violets are blue. All I want to say is, I love you! Will you stay in my life forever! Happy Propose Day!”
10. “Every day of my life is perfect because it starts and ends with loving you. Wouldn’t it be a perfect crime if I stole your heart and you stole mine? Happy Propose Day!”
11. “What greater thing is there for two souls than to feel that they are joined to strengthen each other, to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories? Happy Propose Day!”
12. “I love you so, so much. I want to make you happy, for me to even have a shot at being happy. Will you marry me?” – He’s Just Not That Into You
13. “It seems right now that all I’ve ever done in my life is making my way here to you.” – The Bridges of Madison County
14. “You have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love. I love…I love you. And I never wish to be parted from you, from this day on.” – Pride & Prejudice.
15. “Make of our hands, one hand. Make of our hearts, one heart. Make of our vows, one last vow. Only death will part us now.” – Natalie Wood.
16. Your smile lightens up my life and all the darkness disappears. Your love has made me crazy.
17. I will love you till the end of my life. And I want to be with you all my life. Yes, I love you! “ – Anonymous
18. “Can I keep you and never let you go? Can I hold your hand and hug you tight? Can I tell the world how lucky I am to have you in my life? Or simply, can you be mine for the rest of my life?” – Narumi Sayco
19. “For once in my life, I don’t have to try to BE HAPPY, when I’m with you; it just happens…I LOVE YOU with all I have!” – Almera
20. “I never had a moment’s doubt, I believe in you completely. You are my dearest one. My reason for life”. – Ian Mc Ewan
21. “We would be together and have our books and at night be warm in bed together with the window open and stars bright” – Earnest Hemingway.
22. “Are this belonging and completeness called love? Then I’d like to propose – let’s be like this forever.”
23. “You are the first boy I ever kissed, and I want you to be the last.” – Sweet Home Alabama
24. “I have come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always, will be yours.” – Sense and Sensibility.
25. “Life tallies every one of the streets we travel. Some are smooth, some are harsh. Total I would rather overlook. Be that as it may, there is one street I won’t lament, the street where we met and got to be companions. Happy Propose Day!” – Anonymous
26. I am opening an emotional bank account for you sweetheart. So deposit your love in it and you will get the interest. Be mine! Happy Propose Day!” – Anonymous
27. “On this special day, I want to say: Grow old along with me; the best is yet to be. Will you spend the rest of your life with me?” – Anonymous
28. “You are the happiness of my life, you are the smile on my lips, I am alive to see you anytime, your cute smile gives me power, please do not ever leave me. Happy Propose Day!” – Anonymous
29. Till the time stars twinkle in the sky, Till the time fairies are there up high, Till the time ocean run dry and till the end of time. I will keep loving you…Happy Propose Day, baby!”
30. “Can I keep you and never let you go? Can I hold your hand and hug you tight? Can I tell the world how lucky I am to have you in my life? Or simply, can you be mine for the rest of my life?” – Narumi Sayaco
31. “I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you, not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me.” – Roy Croft
32. “As days go by, my feelings get stronger, To be in your arms, I can’t wait any longer. Look into my eyes and you will see that it’s true, Day and night my thought are for you.. Happy Propose Day!”
33. We’re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness — and call it love — true love.- Robert Fulghum
34. “I miss you every day; I want you every day, I feel you every minute. I want you every second, and I love you ever. I want to be a guiding light in your life always lightening your paths so that you don’t ever fall. Happy propose day, hon!”
35. “True love is seeing someone even with closed eyes…it is like being alive for someone else…it is like finding someone in every thought. You are that someone for me. Happy propose day.”
36. Your love has made me better person appreciating the life God has given me. Happy Propose day, sweetheart!
37. Till the time stars twinkle in the sky, Till the time fairies are there up high, Till the time ocean run dry and till the end of time. I will keep loving you…Happy Propose Day, baby!
38. Dil ye mera Tumse Pyar karna chahta hai, Apni Mohabbat ka izhaar karna chahta hai, Dekha hain jab se Tumhe aye mere Sanam, Sirf tumhara hi Dedaar karne ko dil chahta h. Happy Propose Day!
39. You are my source of strength…You are the love of my life… You are the one who brought excitement in my life…Will you accept my last name on Propose Day?
40. You are my love, my passion, my life. Without you, my life is lifeless. Let’s promise to stay together always. Happy Propose Day!
41. “Grow old along with me; the best is yet to be. will you spend the rest
42. of your life with me? Happy Propose Day Love.” – Anonymous
43. “Love is not just looking at each other; it’s looking in the same direction.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
44. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
45. “What greater thing is there for two human souls that to feel that they are joined… to strengthen each other… to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.” – George Eliot
46. “For you see, each day I love you more – today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.” -Rosemonde Gerard
47. “I love you, not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you, not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me.” – Roy Croft
48. “The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.” – Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi
49. “The hours I spend with you I look upon as sort of a perfumed garden, a dim twilight, and a fountain singing to it. You and you alone make me feel that I am alive. Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough.” – George Moore
50. You are not a person I want to be with, you are someone who I cannot be without…Stay with me forever… Happy Propose Day!

NEW DELHI: Union minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday hit out at Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha just hours after the Congress leader attacked PM Modi over the Adani issue.
Lashing out at the Gandhis, Irani alleged that for 30 years, the people of Amethi were repeatedly promised a medical college but only one family made a guest house for themselves on the land allocated for the same.
“There is an airport called Fursatganj. The land is of government but the family has opened hostels in name of son & daughter. PM makes infra in name of Subhas Chandra Bose, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel but hostels have been built there in the name of Rahul and Priyanka,” She said.
Targeting Rahul, the BJP leader said that the people of Amethi showed magic to Congress when the party forfeited its deposit in four of five assembly segments.
Irani went with the term “magic”, which was used by Gandhi in his remarks in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday to describe industrialist Gautam Adani’s meteoric rise under the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) rule.
Irani had defeated Gandhi from Amethi, once a pocket borough of the Gandhis, in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
She also claimed that one Nanhe Lal Mishra, suffering from a serious disease, was turned away by the hospital built on the land owned by “the family” as he had said he should be treated under Prime Minister Modi’s Ayushman Bharat scheme.
“I wish Mishra could have told this to the House, but his voice will not be heard here because he died…. These are the people who were attacking Narendra Modi, taking jibes at him, who allowed a gentleman to die. They still hold 40 acres of land,” Irani said, noting that it was Modi who gave a medical college to the people of Amethi.
Citing another instance, she said “the family” invited people to open a factory, which suddenly closed down and the land was taken over by the foundation.
“Farmers went to court against the family and got an order from the court, but it disregarded that and continues to occupy the land. And they come to Parliament and talk about the poor,” Irani said.
Rebutting the opposition’s charges, the minority affairs minister claimed that the Modi government has done a lot for the minorities and pointed to the new Haj policy, under which the application forms have been made free. She accused the Congress of duping the minorities over the years.
Irani also highlighted the development projects undertaken in Amethi since she won the parliamentary seat in Uttar Pradesh in 2019 and accused the Gandhi family of stunting the constituency’s progress, despite representing it in the Lok Sabha for more than five decades.
Taking a swipe at Gandhi over the allegations levelled by the Congress leader against Modi, she said the Hindi proverbs — “diya tale andhera”, “chor ki dadhi mein tinka” and “ulta chor kotwal ko daate” — came to life before her in Parliament on Tuesday.
Irani also hailed the prime minister for his efforts to ensure that a tribal woman (President Droupadi Murmu) reaches the highest constitutional office in the country.
(With inputs from PTI)

LAHORE: An Indian national, who was earlier denied a visa by a Pakistani court, entered the country on Tuesday to complete his marathon journey on foot to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj.
Shihab Bhai, 29, arrived in Pakistan via the Wagah border and was welcomed by Sarwar Taj, who had filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court on behalf of Shihab, and Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation Pakistan chairman Imtiaz Rashid Qureshi.
Qureshi told PTI that Shihab was very happy to get the visa to continue his journey to Mecca.
“He has brought a message of love, friendship and brotherhood,” Qureshi said, adding he wanted to organise an event in Shihab’s honour on the premises of Lahore High Court but could not do so because of security issues.
Shihab, who hails from Kerala, embarked on a 3,000-km journey on foot in October last year from his home state to the Wagah border where he was stopped by Pakistan’s immigration authorities as he did not have a visa.
“Shihab pleaded before the immigration authorities that he was going to perform Hajj on foot and had already travelled 3,000 kms and should be allowed to enter the country on humanitarian grounds. He wanted a transit visa to reach Saudi Arabia via Iran,” a Federal Investigation Agency official had said.
Hajj is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, considered the holiest city for Muslims.
Taj, a resident of Lahore, filed a petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) requesting that Shihab be granted a transit visa to allow him to travel to Saudi Arabia.
He argued that just like the Pakistan government issues visas to Sikh pilgrims from India to take part in the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak and on other occasions, it should also grant a visa to Shihab.
The LHC dismissed his petition, observing that the “petitioner was not related to the Indian citizen, nor did he hold his power of attorney to approach the court.”
Taj later challenged the decision in the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

VARANASI: A study led by scientists of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has claimed that the actual number of Covid-19 infection, including unreported and asymptomatic cases, in India could be 17 times more than the official figure of 4.5 crore. The study, which involved scientists from several other institutes of the country, has been published in the prestigious science journal, ‘International Journal of Infectious Diseases (IJID).
The study, led by BHU geneticist Prof Gyaneshwer Chaubey of the department of Zoology, Institute of Science, also involved 88 scientists from 34 research institutes across the country. This team of scientists conducted serosurvey (antibody testing) among 2,301 individuals in urban areas of 14 Indian districts in six states from September to December, 2020.
Prof Chaubey said that the most striking aspect of this study was that a large proportion of the Indian population was asymptomatic for Covid-19 and the age group 26-35 had the maximum number of asymptomatic people. The researchers suggested that an antibody test in people after any Covid wave accurately assesses the actual infection.
Thus, adopting the same process, the team conducted this research among a large number of people (street vendors) living in urban areas from 14 Indian districts who were most at risk of coronavirus infection.
According to him, the samples were taken of only those who self-reported that they never had any Covid-19 symptoms or positive RT PCR test. The minimum proportion of antibody-positive people was observed in Raipur district of Chhattisgarh (2%), while the maximum proportion of antibody-positive persons was found in Ghazipur district (47%) of Uttar Pradesh.
The research suggests that the difference between the official numbers of infection and the actual possible infections, could be due to the high number of asymptomatic cases which were never reported. The study relied on mathematical modelling to arrive at the assessment. Prof. Chaubey said the value should be viewed with caution, keeping in mind the limited geographical coverage of the study.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police in its chargesheet has disclosed gory details of Shraddha Walkar‘s murder and how Aaftab Poonawala, the accused in the case, committed the crime.
The police have also detailed Aaftab’s activities after the murder, including his execution of plans to dispose off Shraddha’s body.
The chargesheet reveals how the accused strangled Shraddha and how he disposed of the body parts one by one.

The Police chargesheet disclosed that Aaftab was of an aggressive nature and used to beat Shraddha on petty issues.
According to the police, to mislead the investigation the accused earlier said that he used a stone crusher to dispose of Shraddha’s bones and after grinding the bones and turning them to powder, he threw them on the road. However, the police said that he later retracted this statement.
The chargesheet also revealed that his previous disclosure is partially correct and in addition to that disclosure, he further said that in his earlier disclosure statement, he had tried to mislead the police by giving a false statement that after murdering Shraddha on May 18, 2022, at a rented accommodation in Chattarpur Pahadi he cut her body into pieces and burnt the bones of Shraddha and after grinding them with a stone grinder had thrown the powder away.
It is also revealed that he initially tortured and tormented Shraddha who wanted to break up with him, however, she could not because she did not have a support system as she had no contact with her family.
The charge sheet also disclosed that he murdered Shraddha on the eve of May 18, 2022. Then he bought one saw, three blades, a hammer and plastic clips to cut her body parts and dispose of them. He also bought a refrigerator to store them to avoid the stench.
The police charge sheet said that the accused shifted the body to the bathroom and cut the body into 17 pieces. On the first day, he cut her wrist and hand. He used to dispose of the body parts one by one.
He also got a cut on his hand while cutting the body of Shraddha, the charge sheet said.
The police charge sheet said that Aaftab sat on Shraddha’s chest and strangled her to death. He then chopped her body into pieces and stored them in the kitchen and fridge.
“To get rid of her habit of quarrelling and abusing forever, I grabbed her and dropped her on the floor to kill her. Sitting on her chest, I held her throat tight with both my hands until she died. Her body was hidden in the bathroom. Then I planned to dispose of her dead body by cutting it into small pieces and putting it in a big briefcase and throwing it somewhere. I also bought a hammer, a horizontal saw and its three blades. After coming home, I cut both hands of Shraddha’s dead body with a wrist saw and kept it in polythene in the bathroom,” the charge sheet revealed Aaftab’s statement.
The chargesheet revealed that Aaftab purchased disinfectant from a shopping app to clean the blood stains that spread on the floor after chopping the body.
“In the evening, I cut both the legs of Shraddha’s dead body from knees and ankle and packed them in a trash bag and kept the cut body parts in the freezer of the purchased fridge. After cutting the body parts, the blood spread. To clean it, I bought 2 bottles of Harpic Disinfectant, toilet cleaner, and bleach from the shopping app,” the chargesheet said.
Aaftab had earlier planned to dispose of the body parts in a briefcase, however, he dropped the plan due to the fear of getting caught while disposing them.
“On May 20, 2022, I had bought a big red coloured briefcase from Mehrauli market as part of planning to cut and dispose of the body. But I abandoned this plan for fear of being caught because the briefcase was heavy. Small pieces of her body had to be thrown at different places in the forest. I made the planning again. In the evening, her head and other body parts were cut off from her body, and after taking out her entrails from her stomach, I put them in polythene and in a big dustbin kept at the corner of 60 Futa Road, Chattarpur Pahadi,” the charge sheet revealed.
“Other body parts were disposed at various places including Nallah forest near the cremation ground,” it added.
Aaftab used petrol to destroy the evidence at different places. He threw her head into the forest months after he killed Shraddha.
“I kept her head, torso and both forearms in the freezer for fear of being identified. After this, about three to four months after the incident, after disfiguring her head and face with a blow torch, I cut her hair and erased her identity. Her head, both forearms and torso were thrown in the same Chhattarpur Enclave forest. Her hair and clothes were thrown in a big dustbin placed at the corner of 60 Futa Road, Chattarpur Pahadi,” the charge sheet said.
The charge sheet also stated that on December 23, 2022, during the course of the investigation, the exhibits were examined for DNA at CFSL, Lodhi Road, Delhi and Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) Hyderabad for extracting DNA for matching the same with the blood samples of father and brother of Shraddha.
The charge sheet attached Google Analysis where it is established that Sharaddha’s account was logged in through Aaftab’s phone post May 18.
The charge sheet also attached parallel locations of Aaftab’s phone and Shraddha’s phone post the offence of murder.
Delhi Police has established through locations that post the murder the phone of Shraddha was with Aaftab.
It is also said that the parallel locations of the mobile phones of accused Aaftab and Shraddha have been found to be from June 1, 2022, to June 8, 2022, in Mumbai.
On June 9, 2022, the train route from Mumbai to Delhi via Mathura, Nizamuddin Railway station and from June 10, 2022, to June 19, 2022, in Delhi i.e. Chattarpur Pahari was disclosed through Google location, the police said.
The parallel location chart of the mobile number of Aaftab and Shradda after the murder of Shraddha dated May 18 2022, is also attached.
It is also said, “On that day while cutting the wrists of Shraddha, I also got a minor cut on my left hand with saw due to which there was minor bleeding also from my hand.” He had placed the polythene containing both the hands of Shraddha in the lower cabinet of the kitchen under the water camper.
On the next night of the murder, he disposed off one thigh part of the body in the jungle of Chattarpur Pahari situated at MG Road, Delhi Police said in the charge sheet.
It is also stated that over the next 4-5 days, he cut the body in 17 pieces, three pieces of each hand, three pieces of each leg, head, torso, two pieces of pelvis, and thumb, the charge sheet stated.
The police also said he went to Maharashtra to join Shraddha’s missing inquiry and on the way, threw her phone, and destroyed her credit card.
Thereafter on 22-23 October, he went to Police Station Manik Pur, District Mira Bhayander, Maharashtra to join the inquiry regarding a missing report of Shraddha that was lodged by her father, the charge sheet said.
On the way, he threw away the phone of Shraddha, her credit cards, debit cards and documents etc in Bhayander Khadi after damaging them as “I was aware that Bhayander Khadi is very deep as I did my schooling at Bhayander.”
Delhi Police also disclosed that Aaftab met a girl through an online dating app and she used to visit him.
Whenever the girl used to visit him, he would clean the refrigerator and store Shraddha’s body parts in the lower cabinet of the kitchen.
On May 13, another girl met Aaftab and Shraddha on an online app and helped them get a flat. Post the murder, Aaftab told that girl that Shraddha has moved out of the flat and ended their relationship, the charge sheet stated.
It is also stated that he asked the girl to contact Shraddha and find out if she is okay. He also told the girl that Shraddha had blocked him and he is not able to contact her. So asked her to contact Shraddha and find out if she is okay.
Delhi Police has also enclosed her letter written on November 23, 2020, to Maharashtra police informing that Aaftab attempted to kill her.
(With inputs from ANI)

BENGALURU: Adani Group is considering independent evaluation of issues relating to legal compliance, related party transactions and internal controls following a US short-seller’s critical report on its businesses, disclosures showed on Tuesday.
The group, led by billionaire Gautam Adani, has been roiled by days of market turmoil after Hindenburg Research on January 24 alleged it had engaged in stock manipulation and used tax havens. It also said the group had unsustainable debt.
Adani Group has denied the allegations, saying it complies with all laws and has made necessary disclosures over time. Nonetheless, investors dumped its shares as concerns of financial contagion grew.
The quarterly earnings disclosures of three Adani units — Adani Green Energy, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone and Ambuja Cements — noted that a short seller had alleged “certain issues against some” Adani group entities, saying for the first time they may be looked into.
“The management of Adani group entities are evaluating an independent assessment, basis the requisite corporate approvals, to look into the issues and compliance of applicable laws and regulations, transaction specific issues,” Adani Green said in its quarterly earnings filing, without describing the issues.
While Ambuja’s filing was similar, Adani Ports said it would evaluate an independent assessment on the matter, if required.
The disclosure comes as shares of Adani Group rallied on Tuesday, a day after it prepaid some loans, bringing relief to investors that have seen $113.6 billion wiped off the conglomerate’s market value since the Hindenburg Research report two weeks ago.
The crisis is one of the biggest reputational challenges for 60-year-old Adani, whose fortunes surged in recent years along with his stock prices, before the Hindenburg jolt. In a major setback for the billionaire, the market rout also forced him to shelve a key $2.5 billion share sale last week.
Moody’s rating agency has warned the share-price plunge could hit the group’s ability to raise capital, while India’s central bank has started checking on lenders’ exposure to it.
On Monday, Adani Group said it would pre-pay $1.11 billion of loans on shares. Separately, JPMorgan on Tuesday said the group companies were still eligible for inclusion in the bank’s bond indexes.
The group’s flagship company Adani Enterprises closed up 14.6% on Tuesday, still around half the level seen before the Hindenburg report was released.
Adani Enterprises’ recovery from its lows has attracted a lot of traders to the stock, said Ambareesh Baliga, a Mumbai-based independent market analyst.
“Monday’s announcement of them able to close over $1 billion loans also worked in their favor. Fundamentally speaking, looking at the issues which are there, the stock is still quite expensive,” he said.
The cumulative losses of Adani group’s seven listed companies still stand at $109 billion despite Adani Ports also gaining 1.4% on Tuesday and Adani Wilmar adding 5%.
Adani Green, Adani Total Gas Ltd and Adani Power, all however ended 5% lower.
After hundreds of members of India’s main opposition Congress party took to the streets on Monday pressing for a probe into Hindenburg’s allegations, dozens of activists from its youth wing gathered outside the Life Insurance Corporation’s office in New Delhi on Tuesday, carrying posters questioning why investigating agencies have remained silent.
Many Adani group companies report results this week. Adani Ports posted a lower quarterly profit on Tuesday as foreign exchange losses soared, and said it would pay back Rs 5,000 crore ($605 million) – or 13% of its net debt – in the new fiscal year from April.
Adani Green reported a more than two-fold jump in quarterly profit.