News updates: Mehul Choksi says 'reasons beyond his control' have prevented his return to India
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Diamantaire Mehul Choksi, a key accused in the multi-crore PNB scam, has told a special court here that he hasn't been able to return to India “due to reasons beyond his control” and hence cannot be declared a “fugitive economic offender”. The accused has claimed that he didn't leave India to avoid criminal prosecution nor is he refusing to return to the country. He said his passport has been suspended by Indian authorities.
Several people were admitted to hospital after a gas cylinder exploded in a scrap shop near the Malan Darwaja of Palanpur in Gujarat. "The gas also spread in the area and people faced difficulty in breathing. Around 60-70 people were brought to Palanpur Civil Hospital. One patient is critical and he is on a ventilator. Currently, around 30 patients are still under treatment," says an official of the hospital.
Actor Shah Rukh Khan has been discharged from Ahmedabad's KD Hospital after suffering from heat stroke and dehydration
Former Prime Minister Deve Gowda on Thursday asked grandson and Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna to return to India and face probe over sexual abuse allegations.
At least four workers were killed and over 25 injured after a fire broke out following a boiler blast at a chemicals factory at Dombivli in Thane district of Maharashtra today.
One of Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim Anar's friends had paid around Rs 5 crore to kill the neighbouring country's parliamentarian, a senior police officer said here on Thursday. Anar, who went missing in Kolkata since May 13, was found murdered and three people have been arrested.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has received a letter from the Karnataka government seeking revocation of Janata Dal (Secular) MP Prajwal Revanna's diplomatic passport and is currently processing the request. Revanna is accused of sexually harassing several women.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the Calcutta High Court's verdict that quashed the OBC certificates granted to "77 classes" in West Bengal a “tight slap” to the Opposition's INDIA bloc and and claimed that the INDIA bloc's "obsession with appeasement" has crossed every limit. The court remarked that: "This is clear from the chain of events that led to the classification of the 77 classes as OBCs and their inclusion to be treated as a vote bank." At a poll meet in Dwarka, PM Modi said every time he utters the word 'Muslim', he is accused of making communal statements and asserted that he is only "exposing" the opposition "by stating facts."
Days after Lai Ching-te took over as the island's new president, China conducted its most expansive military drills in a year around Taiwan. According to the official Xinhua News Agency, the drills on Thursday were intended to "serve as a strong punishment for the separatist acts of 'Taiwan independence' forces and a stern warning against the interference and provocation by external forces." The "external forces" line is a reference to the US, which is Taiwan's main military backer.
Replying to a plea for uploading voter turnout data, polling station-wise, on its website at the close of polling day, the Election Commission told the Supreme Court Wednesday that it cannot upload Form 17C since there is no legal mandate to give it to anyone other than candidates and their agents. Form 17C is the record of votes polled at a polling station.The Supreme Court had directed the poll body to submit a response to a plea by Association for Democratic Reforms, which asked for scanned copies of Form 17C to be uploaded on the EC website as soon as voting ends.
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