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Sushant Rajput death case: Rhea summoned for Day 2 of questioning by NCB
Actor Rhea Chakraborty has been summoned again for questioning on Monday for the second consecutive day by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), which is probing the drugs angle in the death by suicide of actor Sushant Singh Rajput on June 14 at his flat in Bandra, Mumbai.
Actor Rhea Chakraborty has been summoned again for questioning on Monday for the second consecutive day by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), which is probing the drugs angle in the death by suicide of actor Sushant Singh Rajput on June 14 at his flat in Bandra, Mumbai.
Chakraborty was questioned for over 6 hours on Sunday and the melee of the media surrounding her to get her quote and reaction made the front pages of the major dailies in Delhi. Twitter users were alarmed at the crowd which had hemmed the actor in and was in flagrant violation of any norms of social distancing.
On Friday, the NCB had arrested Rhea’s brother Showik and Rajput’s manager Samuel Miranda after questioning them. Officials were quoted by reports as saying Showik had named several people from whom he either bought marijuana or paid money. The NCB had zeroed in on 3 drug peddlers for selling the contraband drug to the actor. The Bureau sees Showik as the procurer of the marijuana which would be relayed to Rajput, already suffering from depression, via Rhea. It is expected the NCB will confront Rhea with Showik’s statements.
After the arrest of Showik, Rhea’s father Indrajit Chakraborty had expressed his disappointment in a statement. A retired Lieutenant Colonel, Chakraborty said that a middle-class family has been effectively demolished and that it is justified because it is in the name of justice.
The central agencies – the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and NCB – are probing several angles in the death of Rajput. A report in the Economic Times quoting an unnamed CBI official said the agency will probe the angle of nepotism and if Bollywood studios discriminated against Rajput by not choosing him for their projects.
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After the Mumbai Police had registered Rajput’s death as a suicide, the deceased actor’s family had filed a complaint in Patna that Rhea had troubled the actor leading to his death. Following the bitter clashes between the Maharashtra and Bihar governments, the Supreme Court had handed over the investigation to the CBI.
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Man seeking job in Indian Army attempts to breach PM Modi’s security in Varanasi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s security was breached in Varanasi after a BJP worker jumped in front of PM Modi’s convoy asking for a job in Indian Army.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s security was breached in Varanasi. An Indian Army aspirant jumped in front of PM Modi’s convoy, asking for a job in defence. Later, he was held by the police.
After laying the foundation stone of the International Cricket Stadium on Saturday, PM Modi with CM Yogi attended the evening musical show at Rudraksh International Cooperation and Convention Centre.
From there, PM Modi was travelling to Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport, when the incident took place. A man who tried to breach the Prime Minister’s security has been identified as Krishna Kumar, who hails from Ghazipur, allegedly a BJP worker. He is the son of a senior BJP worker Bharat Kumar.
According to reports, Kumar was frustrated as he failed the medical test after clearing the physical test. Kumar tried many times in the past to get recruited into the Indian Army. He also appealed to many people for help but everything failed.
After all this, he decided to meet the Prime Minister in Varanasi regarding his job in Indian Army. Krishna Kumar was waiting for the PM’s convoy to pass at least for an hour, the moment Modi’s convoy crossed beside Kumar, he jumped carrying a file with him asking for a job in Indian Army.
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Asian Games 2023: Indian Men’s Hockey team thrash Uzbekistan 16-0 in opener
The Indian team completely trashed their opponent Uzbekistan. Mandeep Singh snatched the limelight with a hat-trick while Lalit Upadhyay and Varun Kumar scored 4 goals each in the Asian Games.
In the Asian Games 2023, the Indian Men’s Hockey team won the match against Uzbekistan with 16-0 in their opener on Sunday.
The Indian team completely trashed their opponent Uzbekistan. Mandeep Singh snatched the limelight with a hat-trick while Lalit Upadhyay and Varun Kumar scored 4 goals each in the Asian Games.
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Vande Bharat: PM Modi to inaugurate 9 new trains in 11 states today
Ashwini Vaishnaw, the minister of the railways, will also attend the inaugural ceremony. The 11 states will have faster connectivity thanks to these trains.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today, nine Vande Bharat trains that connect tourist and religious sites in 11 states. There will be elections in three of the following states: Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Odisha, Jharkhand, and Gujarat.
The trains will be signalled off by the prime minister via video conference. Ashwini Vaishnaw, the minister of the railways, will also attend the inaugural ceremony. The 11 states will have faster connectivity thanks to these trains.
These trains are a step towards achieving the prime minister’s aim of enhancing connectivity throughout the nation and offering top-notch amenities to rail passengers, according to a statement from the government.
The Vande Bharat trains will be the fastest train along the routes of their operation, it continued, and will help save the passengers significant time.
Compared to the fastest train as of now on the routes, Vande Bharat trains will cut travel time between destinations by three hours in the Rourkela-Bhubaneswar-Puri and Kasaragod-Thiruvananthapuram routes; more than two and a half hours for Hyderabad-Bengaluru; more than two hours for Tirunelveli-Madurai-Chennai; about one hour for Ranchi-Howrah, Patna-Howrah and Jamnagar-Ahmedabad; about half an hour for between Udaipur and Jaipur.
The important religious towns of Puri and Madurai would be connected by the trains Rourkela-Bhubaneswar-Puri and Tirunelveli-Madurai-Chennai.
The Renigunta route will be used by the Vijayawada-Chennai Vande Bharat train, which would offer connectivity to Tirupati.
As the festival season approaches, it is anticipated that the new trains will offer a comfortable travel experience.
Before this fiscal year concludes the following year, Indian Railways also intends to introduce a sleeper version of the Vande Bharat and Vande Metro. According to railway authorities, the non-air conditioned push-pull variant of the semi-high speed train series, which will be introduced in October 2024, would feature 22 coaches and a locomotive.
