Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday said that the CBI found nothing during its search of his locker. A four-member team of the CBI conducted the search at a Punjab National Bank branch in Vasundhara, Ghaziabad, for nearly two hours. Sisodia and his wife wre present at the time.
CBI officials searched Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s locker here on Tuesday, chaos reigning outside the bank as camera crews jostled with each other and curious crowds gathered to see what was happening. A team of about five Central Bureau of Investigation officials reached the PNB branch at Sector 4 Vasundhara in Ghaziabad, on the outskirts of the national capital, to execute the search, officials said.
The Supreme Court Tuesday disposed of a batch of 11 pleas, which had been pending since 2002-2003, seeking its intervention in the post-Godhra riots cases in Gujarat noting that they had become infructuous in view of the subsequent developments in the matter. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India U U Lalit noted that the prayer in the main plea was to transfer the investigation to the CBI, which was denied by the high court and that there was also a petition by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
Reliance Jio 5G in the 4 metros by Diwali
India’s largest telecom company Reliance Jio on Monday announced the launch of its 5G services in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai by Diwali this year, with an aim to expand and cover the entire country by December 2023.
Adani becomes world’s third richest person after wealth surges
Few outside of India had heard of Gautam Adani just a few years ago. But the Indian businessman, a college dropout who first tried his luck as a diamond trader before turning to coal, this week became the world’s third-richest person.
It’s the first time an Asian person has broken into the top three of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index — fellow citizen Mukesh Ambani and China’s Jack Ma never made it that far. With a $137.4 billion fortune, Adani has overtaken France’s Bernard Arnault and now trails just Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos of the US in the ranking.
Under construction Delhi–Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System RRTS at Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh. (Express photo by Praveen Khanna)
Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez received gifts worth Rs 5.71 crore from conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar but is “trying to justify herself that she was in fact the victim of manipulative actions by Sukesh”, the Enforcement Directorate’s supplementary chargesheet filed against her alleges.
The supplementary chargesheet was filed at Patiala House court on August 17, and in it Fernandez has been made an accused. On Wednesday, the court took cognizance of the chargesheet and issued summons to her to appear before it on September 26 in a multi-crore money laundering case linked to Sukesh. Read More
Delhi L-G VK Saxena has decided to pursue legal action against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders – Saurabh Bhardwaj, Atishi, Durgesh Pathak and Jasmine Shah, among others – for making “defamatory” and false allegations against him in relation to a “scam” in 2016 when he was Chairperson of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), officials said.
AAP leaders had alleged his involvement in the scam, where two cashiers had allegedly exchanged old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 bank notes at Khadi Bhawan sites. Read More
India’s gross domestic product (GDP) for the April-June quarter (Q1) of the ongoing financial year 2022-23 rose 13.5 per cent, as per provisional estimates released by National Statistical Office on Wednesday. The GDP had expanded by 20.1 per cent in the corresponding quarter of 2021-22.
Economists had estimated India’s economy to grow in double digits in Q1 of the ongoing financial year 2022-23 (FY23), with real GDP growth rates seen in the range of 13-16.2 per cent. A base effect of 20.1 per cent growth in the corresponding period year ago along with the moderation in the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war and a pickup in service sector activity is likely to have supported growth, they said. Read More
Assam government Wednesday demolished a madrasa in Bongaigaon district over its alleged links with Islamic terror modules AQIS/ABT. This is the third madrasa to be razed by the government in the aftermath of the arrest of 37 persons with alleged terror links.
A few bulldozers turned up at the Markazul Ma-Arif Quariayana Madrasa, which is located at a small village Kabaitary Part-IV under Jogighopa police station limits, in the morning. Read More
On Tuesday (August 30), Gautam Adani became the third richest person in the world with a net worth of $37.4 billion, behind only Tesla’s Elon Musk and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos.
Gautam Adani’s flagship Adani Enterprises, which started with the commodity trading business in 1988, is today one of the largest conglomerates in India with a significant presence ports, airports, roads, power, renewable energy, transmission, gas distribution, real estate, FMCG and financial services among other businesses. Recently, the group also entered the media business. Sandeep Singh explains
Former President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, who brought the Cold War to an end but was unable to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 91.
Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, relentlessly pushed for stronger Soviet-India ties. During his tenure, he visited India twice — first in 1986, and then in 1988. Read More
A 37-year-old grade-I police constable was run down by his brother-in-law and his accomplices over a land dispute at Cheyyur in Tamil Nadu’s Chengalpattu district on Tuesday.
The constable identified as R Kamesh Kumar, who belongs to the northern part of Cheyyur area, was attached to Neelankarai police station, police said. Read more.
A Muslim student in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district was beaten up by his college mates for allegedly speaking with a Hindu girl Tuesday, said the police Wednesday.
Police officials said Mohammed Sanif, 19, a resident of Jalsoor village was assaulted at around 10.30 am at the college premises in the Kasaba village under the Sullia taluk.
Sanif was speaking to one of his friends, who is from the Hindu community and studies in the same college, when some students objected to their conversation, they added. Read more.
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Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) leader and MP Thol Thirumavalavan has issued a statement, urging Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin to take measures to curb violence committed against Dalits in the state.
Thirumavalavan’s statement on Tuesday comes in the wake of data published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) for 2021. As per the statement, while 1,144 cases related to atrocities against Dalits were recorded in 2019, the numbers rose to 1,274 cases in 2020 and 1,377 in 2021. During the AIADMK government’s rule, atrocities against Dalits happened with the support of the government, and this should not continue in the DMK regime, Thirumavalavan said. Read more.
Two minor girls, who have accused the head pontiff of the Murugarajendra Mutt in Karnataka’s Chitradurga district of sexual assault, Tuesday recorded statements before a magistrate.
The Chitradurga district police produced the two victims in the court of a Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) to record their statements under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) as part of their investigations. Statements before a magistrate under section 164 of the CrPC can be considered key evidence in a crime. Read more.
The Madhya Pradesh Government on Tuesday decided to sell its Bell-430 helicopter which had crashed in 2002 at Rs 2.57 crore to the highest bidder, an official said here.
The helicopter, purchased in 1998, had crashed on February 21, 2002, in a field near Vijay Nagar in Indore while ferrying Bollywood singer Anuradha Paudwal to a government event.
While Paudwal sustained minor injuries in the incident, an official accompanying her had been seriously injured. Read more.
In a series of tweets highlighting the lapses in the Congress’ electoral process, party leader Manish Tewari on Wednesday called for the electoral roll to be made publicly available to ensure transparency.
The Congress MP’s comments came after the party’s central election authority chief Madhusudan Mistry said in an interview with The Indian Express that the elections will be carried out in a fair manner. Read more.
In the latest development surrounding Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations at Idgah grounds in Karnataka, the Anjuman Islam has approached the Supreme Court, questioning the Karnataka HC’s orders allowing festivities at Hubballi’s Idgah ground.
Hindu leaders on Wednesday morning installed a Ganesh idol in Hubballi’s Idgah ground, a day after Karnataka High Court allowed Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations there.
One of the clearest signs that the BJP government in Karnataka is conflicted between letting right-wing Hindutva groups set the political agenda in the state and preserving communal harmony is the actions of the government in an ongoing tussle for control of a 2.5-acre Idgah Maidan in Bengaluru, which has been under the control of the Karnataka Wakf Board.
With right-wing Hindutva groups like the Sri Rama Sene, Bajrang Dal and others threatening to hoist the Indian national flag at the Idgah Maidan at Chamarajpet on Independence Day this year, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike – which is under the control of the BJP government – declared itself as owners of the revenue land on August 6, 2022, by suggesting that the Wakf board had failed to register the land in its name despite holding congregational rights over it since 1965. Read more.
The Police on Wednesday arrested the now-suspended Jharkhand BJP leader Seema Patra after she was booked for allegedly physically torturing her domestic help, news agency PTI reported.
Patra, who was BJP’s national executive member in Jharkhand, was suspended by the party on Tuesday. She is the wife of a retired IAS officer.
After a video of the domestic help, Sunita, narrating her ordeal, went viral on social media, an FIR was registered against Patra under the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, and various sections of the IPC at Argora police station. Read more.
Two children drowned in the Yamuna and another was rescued Tuesday in Delhi’s Northeast district, said the police. The deceased were identified as Kartik, 14, and Vasu, 12.
The police said the accident occurred in low-lying pits near the Yamuna in New Usmanpura, which had turned into ponds because of the overflowing river on account of the rainy season. A police officer said the children had gone to play in the area. Read more.
Two days after the demolition of the Supertech twin towers, the process of removing debris has begun with machines including excavators deployed at the demolition site.
According to a press statement issued by Noida Authority Monday, there was no damage caused to towers in Emerald Court due to the demolition. Post demolition, a joint inspection was carried out by Noida Authority officials and the Edifice Engineering team who found that there was no damage to the structure at Emerald Court, the statement read. UBS Teotia, resident welfare association (RWA) president said, “Except a few shattered window panes, which was expected, the damage has been absolutely zero. Noida Authority started the process of dust removal Sunday itself and the society looks completely clean now as it was before. The rain yesterday aided in settling the dust. Almost 80-90% of cleaning work was completed by sanitation workers yesterday, and the rest was washed off by the rain last night.” Around 500 out of 660 residents had already returned back to their homes by Monday evening, Teotia said. Read more.
For now, NASA will press ahead with preparations for a second launch attempt on Saturday of its new moon rocket, NASA officials said during a news conference on Tuesday,
Mission managers have come up with a plan that they hope will work around an engine problem with the rocket encountered during the first launch attempt on Monday.
The Space Launch System rocket is the modern equivalent of the Saturn V that took NASA astronauts to the moon during the Apollo program half a century ago, and it is the centerpiece of NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to send astronauts back to the moon in the coming years. Read more.
At least 14,000 cattle have been infected with the Lumpy Skin Disease virus and 115 cattle deaths have been reported from Uttar Pradesh so far, a senior government official said on Tuesday.
All the cases have been reported from 21 districts of west UP, the official said, adding that the first cases of infection were reported in the beginning of August. Read more.
Responding to social activist Anna Hazare’s letter to him on the Delhi liquor policy, Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday said that people were “firing from his shoulder”.
Hazare wrote to his former protégé Kejriwal saying he had “forgotten his own ideals” after joining politics and said he was “drunk on power”. Read More