Apr 07, 2018 08:59 PM IST | Source: Moneycontrol.com
News highlights: Car drives into crowd in Germany, several dead, say reports
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Continuing India's winning spree at the ongoing Commonwealth Games, Venkat Rahul Ragala became the fourth Indian weightlifter to claim a gold medal. The 21-year-old Rahul, who is a Commonwealth Championships gold-medallist, lifted a total of 338kg (151kg+187kg) to finish on top.
In a major relief to superstar Salman Khan, the Jodhpur Sessions Court granted him bail on Saturday after he was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment in the 1998 blackbuck poaching.
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A vehicle drove into a crowd in the western German city of Muenster on Saturday and killed several people, as per a Reuters report. "There are several dead, probably including the suspect," a police spokeswoman said. A security source added, "The scenario is such that an attack cannot be ruled out."
India has called it difficult to proceed with the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) initiative under current circumstances, citing continuing support to cross-border terrorism from Pakistan. The issue of organising the SAARC Summit was discussed on Saturday during a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart KP Sharma Oli, who is in India on a three-day visit. "The prime minister (Modi) mentioned that he very enthusiastically participated in the Kathmandu (SAARC) summit, but given the current state of play where there is cross-border terrorism - and this is a disruptive force in the region. It is difficult in such circumstances to proceed with such initiatives," said Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale.
On a proud moment for India, Tennis icon Leander Paes became the most successful doubles player in the history of Davis Cup with a record 43rd win before young guns Ramkumar Ramanathan and Prajnesh Gunneswaran pulled off the must-win rubbers as India advanced to the World Group Play-offs with a sensational 3-2 win over China on Saturday.
A Russia-bound aircraft from Vietnam with 345 passengers on-board made an emergency landing at the T-3 terminal of the IGI airport in New Delhi, after suffering an engine failure, as per a DIAL spokesperson.
Federal Bank Ltd on Saturday entered into a partnership with Fortune Wealth Management Company Ltd, one of the leading stock broking companies of South India for providing Portfolio Investment Scheme (PIS) services to NRIs. The step will enable non-resident Indian clients to invest in Indian equity markets on repatriable and non-repatriable basis.
Hundreds of Air France' flights have been cancelled as pilots, cabin crew and ground staff pursued a fifth day of strikes aimed at securing higher pay. The walkout has affected international and domestic travel, with a quarter of long-haul flights cancelled.
The Shiv Sena won the bypoll to Ward 173 of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Its candidate Ramdas Kamble defeated the Congress' Sunil Shetye by a margin of 845 votes. The election was held yesterday.
Salman Khan walks out of Jodhpur Central jail hours after he was granted bail, will return to Mumbai tonight
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and AAP leader Kumar Vishwas were today granted exemption from personal appearance for the day by a city court in a criminal defamation case filed by the BJP leader against the AAP member. The other accused in the case -- Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, and AAP members Raghav Chadha, Sanjay Singh, Ashutosh and Deepak Bajpai -- were acquitted by the court on April 3 after Jaitley accepted their apologies for their statements against him in connection with alleged irregularities in the DDCA.
A special SC/ST court in Jodhpur reserved its order for April 25 in a 2012 rape case against Asaram after the final arguments were completed, on Saturday. The self-styled godman had been accused by a teenage girl of sexual assault at his ashram in Manai village. The girl, who belonged to Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh, was a student living in the ashram.
Continuing India's winning spree at the ongoing Commonwealth Games, Venkat Rahul Ragala became the fourth Indian weightlifter to claim a gold medal. The 21-year-old Rahul, who is a Commonwealth Championships gold-medallist, lifted a total of 338kg (151kg+187kg) to finish on top.
After Salman Khan granted bail by a district and sessions court in Jodhpur in the 1998 black buck poaching case in which he has been sentenced to five years in jail, his friends and well-wishers from film industry expressed their happiness over the decision.
Indrani Mukerjea was brought to JJ Hospital in a "semi-conscious" state on Friday. The 46-year-old former media executive, who is arrested in the murder case of her daughter Sheena Bora, was lodged in Byculla jail in South Mumbai under judicial custody. She has been admitted in the Critical Care Unit (CCU) of the state-run hospital and is currently undergoing treatment.
Niranjan Thomas Alva, the husband of former Rajasthan governor Margaret Alva, died today at a hospital in Bengaluru, where he was admitted following a chest infection. The 78-year-old Alva was admitted to the Ramaiah Hospital following chest congestion and had been in the ICU for 20 days, as per the family members. The cremation would be held tomorrow in Bengaluru.
Salman Khan has been granted bail on a bond of Rs 50,000 and two sureties of like amount, as per the Defence counsel Mahesh Bora said. He is likely to be released this evening once the papers are ready and sent to jail authorities. The actor had spent two nights in the Jodhpur Central Jail after his sentencing on Thursday.
In a major relief to superstar Salman Khan, the Jodhpur Sessions Court granted him bail on Saturday after he was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment in the 1998 blackbuck poaching.
The Delhi Crime Branch has arrested a teacher, a clerk and a member of the support staff of an examination centre in connection with the March 28, 2018, CBSE class 12 Economics paper leak case.
The question was copied by hand and was leaked ahead of the examination.
The US Department of Justice has called for making public Harvard University's admission data after a lawsuit against the Ivy League institution alleged that it discriminated against Asian-American students in its admission process for years.
A lawsuit was filed in November 2014 by anti-affirmative action group Students for Fair Admissions, alleging that Harvard's admission processes discriminate against Asian-American applicants.
Rajiv Kochhar, CEO of Avista Advisory Group and brother-in-law of ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar is being examined by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday for the third consecutive day.
The investigative agency has already questioned Rajiv for over 14 hours over the passed two days.
The agency is looking to ascertain whether there was any conflict of interest in restructuring loans extended to Videocon Group by ICICI Bank.
Former head of INX Media, Indrani Mukerjea, who is lodged at Mumbai’s Byculla Jail for the alleged murder of her daughter Sheena Bora, was shifted to JJ Hospital on Friday for a “suspected overdose”.
According to News18 sources, Mukerjea was taken to the hospital in a “delirious condition” and is believed to have taken an overdose of antidepressants.
As arguments from the defense and prosecution in the blackbuck killing case against actor Salman Khan are over, the judge is likely to pronounce his order on his bail plea at 3 pm.
The prosecution argued that Salman Khan's bail plea application should be rejected as eyewitness accounts proves the actor's guilt of killing two blackbucks in October 1998. Hoever, the defense counsel argued that the eyewitness accounts are not true and have numerous discrepancies.
American aerospace and defence major Lockheed Martin has welcomed India's mega procurement initiative for fighter jets worth over USD 15 billion and said that it looks to responding to the initial tender.
India began the process to acquire a fleet of around 110 fighter jets on Friday in one of the biggest such procurements in recent years globally which could be worth over USD 15 billion.
At least 85 per cent of the aircraft will have to be made in India while 15 per cent of them can be in a flyaway condition.