Farm fire cases crossed the 7,000-mark in Punjab with the state reporting 418 fresh incidents on Monday. Meanwhile, the air quality in many parts of Punjab and Haryana remained in the 'poor' category on Monday. However, Chandigarh's Air Quality Index (AQI) was in the 'very poor' zone. From September 15 till November 11, Punjab has seen a total of 7,029 stubble burning incidents, as per the Punjab Remote Sensing Centre data. Among the districts, Sangrur on Monday reported 103 farm fires, maximum in the state, followed by 72 in Ferozepur, 46 in Muktsar, 40 in Moga, 37 in Mansa, 29 in Faridkot and 24 in Bathinda, the data showed. Gurdaspur and SBS Nagar districts witnessed the lowest number of farm fires at one each, as per the data. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd has reported Q2 profit of Rs 11,984 crore. Revenue from operations was report at Rs 33,881 core. The company has declared a dividend of Rs 6 per share.
Claiming that INDIA bloc has destroyed Jharkhand, Home Minister Amit Shah alleged that tribals are facing extinction due to infiltrators who are vote bank of JMM-led coalition, alleges Shah in Jharkhand's Tamar.
The Supreme Court slammed the Delhi police for failing to comprehensively implement the firecracker ban in the national capital and only seizing raw materials. The SC Bench asked the Delhi police commissioner to immediately inform all the stakeholders concerned about the ban order and ensure no sale and manufacture of crackers.
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a bail plea of former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, who faces charges of rape and sexual assault. A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma rejected the plea and observed that Revanna is a very influential person. Appearing for Revanna, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi said that a charge sheet has been filed in the case and section 376 of the IPC was not there in the initial complaint.
The Supreme Court has dismissed the bail plea of former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, who faces charges of rape and sexual assault.
Justice Sanjiv Khanna was on Monday sworn in as the 51st Chief Justice of India. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to Justice Khanna at the swearing-in ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Justice Sanjiv Khanna will take oath as 51st chief justice of India today, a day after incumbent Justice DY Chandrachud demitted office on attaining the age of 65. Justice Chandrachud had taken over as the CJI on November 8, 2022. Justice Khanna will have a six-month tenure as the CJI and will retire on May 13, 2025. As a Supreme Court judge, Justice Khanna was part of the Benches that dealt with several crucial cases, such as the electoral bonds, where the Bench termed it unconstitutional and the case pertaining to the repeal of Article 370.
Vivek Ramaswamy, top Indian-American aide to President-elect Donald Trump, expressed his support for the mass deportation plan of illegal immigrants and said that the legal immigration system in the country is "broken". He said that those who broke the law while entering the United States have no right to stay here and they need to go. Ramaswamy appeared on multiple Sunday talk shows, the first after the stunning win of Donald Trump in the November 5 presidential elections. He told ABC News that he is having some high impact discussions on his future role in the administration, Congress of the party.
An early Sunday shooting at Tuskegee University in Alabama left one person dead and injured 16 others, 12 of them wounded by gunfire, authorities said. The victim of the shooting, an 18-year-old man, was not a university student, but some of those who were injured were. No arrests were immediately announced. Twelve people were wounded by gunfire, and four others sustained injuries not related to the gunshots, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said in a Sunday afternoon update.
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