Live Updates: TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee appears before ED in coal scam
TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Friday appeared before ED for questioning in connection with coal scam in Kolkata. Enforcement Directorate had summoned Abhishek Banerjee on August 30 to appear at the agency's Kolkata office. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates from across India.Read Less
West Bengal: TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee arrives at the ED office in Kolkata. Enforcement Directorate summoned Abhishek Banerjee on August 30 to appear at the agency's Kolkata office, today
On party leadership dispute, Madras High Court allows AIADMK leader K Palaniswami's appeal, sets aside order in favour of O Panneerselvam
Six dead, 7 injured after a car mowed down people walking towards Ambaji in Aravalli district of Gujarat. Injured shifted to hospital: police
A girl named Rajalakshmi committed suicide in Tenkasi district, yesterday, due to fear of NEET exam result. Her autopsy will be conducted. Further probe under way in this regard: District collector, Tenkasi
Karnataka: Chief pontiff of Sri Murugha Mutt Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru shifted to district hospital after he complained of chest pain. He was kept in Chitradurga district jail (ANI)
Dirty Yamuna: NGT pulls up Delhi, UP, Haryana
The NGT has sought an explanation from the chief secretaries of Delhi, Haryana and UP on the worsening condition of the Yamuna flowing through the capital. Pointing out the “utter lack of adequate action and monitoring by higher authorities”, it asked the Delhi chief secretary to explain “why coercive and penal steps shouldn’t be taken to fix accountability for such blatant failure”.
HC: UP govt liable to pay damages for hooch deaths
The Allahabad high court has held that the UP government is liable to pay compensation for deaths caused by spurious liquor and directed it to file reply on a writ petition by kin of victims of the Azamgarh hooch tragedy that had claimed 10 lives in May 2021.
Amid row, AAP seeks time from President
AAP on Thursday said it had sought time from President Droupadi Murmu to apprise her about BJP’s alleged attempts to “destabilise” state governments in the country by poaching legislators. “I have sought time with the custodian of democracy of India — the Hon’ble President. A delegation of @AamAadmiParty MLAs wants to meet her to discuss ‘Operation Lotus’ — the attempts of BJP to destabilise state governments across the country,” AAP’s national spokesperson and Kalkaji MLA, Atishi, tweeted on Thursday.
Boy dies after surgery, Chennai hospital fined Rs 1 crore
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has awarded a compensation of Rs 1 crore to the parents of a six-year-old boy in a medical negligence case after the child, who was admitted for a small squint eye correction surgery, died at Chennai’s Sankara Nethralaya.
Stalking case: 19-yr-old held for conspiring to kill minor
A 19-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stalking and hatching a conspiracy to kill a 16-year-old girl in south Delhi’s Sangam Vihar area. Cops said the accused, Amanat Ali, was nabbed from Trilokpuri area on Wednesday and booked under IPC Section 307 (attempt to murder) at Tigri police station. Two of Ali’s associates, one of whom had allegedly fired at the girl, were arrested earlier. TOI had earlier reported that the accused and the girl belonged to different communities and he had initially concealed his identity and his name when he interacted with her. When she found out, she stopped talking to him. Police said Ali then plotted to kill her.
