News Alerts! Petitions seeking ban on sale of firecrackers: SC to pass order tomorrow

— By FPJ Web Desk | Oct 22, 2018 11:14 am

11:07 am: Madhya Pradesh: A youth hailing from Maharastra was handed over to police today for trying to enter Gawlior Army Cantt posing as an Army personnel. Police investigation underway.

11:05 am: Supreme Court today said it will pass an order tomorrow on a number of petitions seeking a direction to ban the sale of firecrackers in the country.

10:55 am: Delhi: Fire breaks out at a bus parking at Mori Gate; fire tenders rushed to the spot. More details awaited


10:45 am: Supreme Court today said we will see it tomorrow as to when we can take up hearing the fresh petitions (writ and review) in regard to the entry of women in age group 10-50 in Kerala’s Sabarimala Temple.

10:43 am: Delhi: 21-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence in Burari. No suicide note has been recovered. Police investigation underway.

10:37 am: Supreme court today refused to hear urgently the mentioning by a lawyer seeking suo motu cognisance or action by the National Commission of women against all the accused persons in the MeToo movement.

10:27 am: Mumbai: Congress worker Manoj Dubey allegedly killed in Ghatkopar last night. Relative says, “he shared a post on Facebook that Congress will form govt in 2019 on which BJP&Bajrang Dal workers posted rude comments.The altercation led to a fight with swords in which he was killed”

10:05 am: Earthquake of magnitude 3.0 hit Kinnaur at 9:11 am today in Himachal Pradesh.

9:45 am: Bhagalpur: A robbery was committed at residence of Srijan Scam accused Manorama Devi on Oct 20. Case registered against unidentified persons. Policeman responsible for house’s security was deployed for security during Durga idol immersion; he found the lock broken next day.

9:14 am: Coimbatore: An injured Great white Pelican was rescued from Valankulam Lake by Syed, an environmentalist, and was handed over to the forest department for treatment yesterday. Tamil Nadu.

9:10 am: Visuals from a petrol pump in Delhi as a protest has been called by Delhi Petrol Dealers Association against Delhi govt’s refusal to reduce VAT on diesel & petrol. All 400 petrol pumps along with linked CNG dispensing units will remain shut from 6 am today to 5 am tomorrow.

8:51 am: Himachal Pradesh: Russian ambassador to India, Nikolay R. Kudashev, visited Roerich art gallery in Kullu’s Naggar yesterday to celebrate the 114th Birth Anniversary of Svetoslav Roerich, an artist and founder of International Roerich Memorial Trust.

8:11 am: Lucknow: Police have detained mother and elder brother of Abhishek Yadav who was found dead at his residence in Hazratganj yesterday. Abhijeet Yadav is the son of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council Chairman Ramesh Yadav.