West Bengal Law Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Moloy Ghatak was questioned in Delhi by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with an alleged coal smuggling case on Thursday

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12 NDRF teams deployed in 6 Kerala districts as IMD issues orange alert for rain on Friday

Kerala Revenue Minister K Rajan said on Thursday that 12 NDRF teams have been posted in six districts including Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, and Idukki  for which India Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for Friday.

He said: People are being shifted from a 27-km area of Mullaperiyar dam in Idukki district where water flow is expected to be on the higher side. In six camps, 339 families have been rehabilitated

Released Rs 44,000 crore today to States, UTs with legislature as GST compensation, says Finance Ministry

Finance Ministry on Thursday informed that the total amount released in current fiscal year as back-to-back loan in-lieu of GST compensation is Rs 1,59,000 crores. It is in addition to normal GST compensation being released every 2 months out of actual cess collection.

Three prime accused convicted in Rewari gangrape case, quantum of sentence on Friday

A special court has found three men guilty of gangraping a school student in 2018 in Haryana’s Rewari district. The quantum of sentence shall be pronounced Friday.

Nishu Phogat, Manish and Pankaj Fauji were convicted on Thursday while five other accused, Teen Dayal, Naveen alias Nicku, Dr Sanjeev, Manjit and Abhishek, were acquitted.

Non-bailable warrant issued against former Mumbai police chief Parambir Singh in Thane

A court in Thane has issued non-bailable warrant against former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh in the extortion case. The crime branch is probing the allegations of extortion against Param Bir Singh. On October 9, the Mumbai Police issued a summons for Param Bir Singh to appear before the police in the case. 

No drugs found on Munmun Dhamecha, don’t know why she was being tortured, says Munmun’s lawyer

After Bombay High Court has granted bail to Aryan Khan, Arbaz Merchant, Munmun Dhamecha, Munmum’s lawyer said that No drugs were found on Munmun. 

He said, “I don’t know why she was being tortured in the case and her image was tarnished.”

Bombay High Court grants bail to Aryan Khan and 2 others in drugs-on-cruise case

Bombay High Court has granted bail to Aryan Khan, Arbaz Merchant, Munmun Dhamecha after hearing the arguments for 3 days. The detailed order will be given tomorrow. Former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, who represented Aryan Khan said that all would come out of the jail by tomorrow or Saturday.

The 23-year-old son of Shah Rukh Khan has been in custody since October 3, hours after raids on a cruise ship party by the Narcotics Control Bureau.

32 students test positive for Covid-19 at Karnataka’s residential school

Thirty-two students including 10 girls and 22 boys from Jawahar Navodaya Vidayalaya in Karnataka’s Kodagu district, have been tested positive for the Covid-19.

The school’s Principal, Pankajashan, said that all students are being treated at the district hospital and their condition is improving. 

Truck runs over 3 women farmers near protest site in Haryana

Three women farmers died while two more were injured after a truck allegedly rammed into them on Thursday morning in Jhajjar district of Haryana.

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Police said the women had been part of farmers’ protests and were waiting for an autorickshaw to return to their native village in Mansa, Punjab when the incident took place.  The victims have been identified as Amarjeet Kaur, Gurmail Kaur and Harsinder Kaur.

ASEAN key pillar of India’s Act East Policy, says PM Modi at Indo-ASEAN summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the 18th ASEAN summit on Thursday via virtual conference. In his address, PM Modi focused on the challenges faced by the countries during the Covid pandemic and said that mutual cooperation has helped the world fight the pandemic.