Supreme Court grants bail to CM Arvind Kejriwal on bail bond of Rs 10 lakh, two sureties
Justice Ujjal Bhuyan concurred with Justice Surya Kant on granting regular bail to CM Kejriwal in the case related to the Delhi liquor policy.
Supreme Court grants bail to CM Arvind Kejriwal in excise policy corruption case
The Supreme Court ruled that there is no impediment in arresting a person who is already in custody in another case for purposes of probe.
Joint Parliamentary Committee to meet on Waqf Amendment Bill on Sept 18-20
A meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, will be held on September 18, 19 and 20 at the Parliament House Annexe in the capital city of New Delhi, said an official statement from Lok Sabha Secretariat. The Joint Parliamentary Committee on September 20 will hear the suggestions of All India Sajjadanashin Council, Ajmer, Muslim Rashtriya Manch, Delhi and Bharat First, Delhi, on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024.
One dead, 2 injured after dargah wall collapses in Delhi’s Nabi Karim area
Amidst rains in several parts of the national capital, a wall of a ‘dargah’ collapsed in central Delhi’s Nabi Karim area on Friday morning leaving one person dead and two others injured, officials said. A call regarding the incident was received at 7 am and three fire tenders were pressed into service, an official of the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) said.
Some people from a party using objectionable language to target specific community, says Ajit Pawar
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has said that certain individuals from a party were making “objectionable” remarks targeting a specific community, asserting that the NCP strongly opposes such language. He was apparently referring to BJP MLA Nitesh Rane, who in a recent video can be seen telling a gathering that they should have business transactions only with Hindus. Kankvali MLA Nitesh Rane, son of former Union minister Narayan Rane, was earlier in the eye of a storm for threatening Muslims over the community’s protests against offensive remarks by Nashik-based spiritual leader Ramgiri Maharaj.
Delhi weather update: National capital faces severe waterlogging amid heavy rains, IMD issues ‘orange’ alert
Kolkata rape-murder case: Junior doctors’ demonstration outside Swasthya Bhavan continues for third day
Junior doctors continued their ‘cease work’ and sit-in demonstration outside the West Bengal Health Department headquarters for the third consecutive day on Friday, a day after the proposed talks to resolve the RG Kar hospital impasse between agitating junior doctors and the Bengal government failed to take off.
Around 30 medics, representing 26 medical colleges participating in the stir, had visited Nabanna for the meeting that failed to materialise after the government did not accept the doctors’ demand for live-streaming of the talks.
North Korea discloses uranium enrichment facility as Kim calls for more nuclear weapons
North Korea offered a rare glimpse into a secretive facility to produce weapons-grade uranium as state media reported Friday that leader Kim Jong Un visited the area and called for stronger efforts to “exponentially” increase the number of his nuclear weapons. It’s unclear if the site is at the North’s main Yongbyon nuclear complex, but it’s the North’s first public disclosure of a uranium-enrichment facility since it showed one at Yongbyon to visiting American scholars in 2010.
Audi crash: CCTV footage of Nagpur bar visited by BJP leader’s son goes missing
The CCTV footage of the bar visited by Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule’s son Sanket and his friends before his Audi car crashed into several vehicles here is missing, police have said. The Digital Video Recorder of the joint in Nagpur has been seized, an official said on Thursday. Sanket Bawankule’s Audi, allegedly driven by his friend Arjun Hawre, hit several vehicles in Ramdaspeth in the early hours of Monday, leaving two persons on a moped injured.
US approves $165 million in weapons sales to Israel for 2027 delivery
The US has approved $165 million in weapons sales to Israel to fund heavy-duty tank trailers, the State Department announced Thursday. The systems include spare and repair parts, tool kits and technical and logistics support. They are not expected to be delivered until 2027. Earlier this year, the U.S. announced a mammoth $20 billion weapons support package for Israel to include F-15 fighter jets. Like the tank trailers, those systems will not be delivered for several years and will not affect current Israeli military operations amid its 11-month-old war against Hamas militants in Gaza.
Locals complain of breathing difficulties, haze after suspected gas leak in Thane district
Residents in the vicinity of an industrial zone complained of eye irritation and breathing difficulties as a thick haze enveloped the area after a suspected gas leak from a factory in Maharashtra’s Thane district, an official said on Friday. The situation is under control and there were no injuries or hospitalisations, said Yasin Tadvi, Chief of the Disaster Management Cell of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC).
Governor Shaktikanta Das signals no policy change despite inflation dip
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das signaled he’s in no hurry to cut interest rates despite recent softening in inflation in the world’s fastest-growing major economy.
“Inflation has been brought within the target band of 2-6%, but our target is 4%,” Das said on Friday at a forum organized by The Bretton Woods Committee in Singapore. “And over the last several monetary policy meetings, we have been reiterating the importance to stay the course and not get carried away by some dips in inflation.”
Supreme Court to resume hearing on CM Kejriwal’s pleas for bail, quashing CBI arrest today
The top court is set to deliver on Friday its verdict on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s petitions seeking bail and challenging his arrest by the CBI in the Delhi liquor policy case.
