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12:42 PM

State Commission for Women, Rajasthan takes note of media reports that minor girls in some districts are sold

Rajasthan State Commission for Women takes cognizance of media reports that minor girls in some districts of Rajasthan are sold on Stamp Paper, issues notice to the Director General of Police and Bhilwara Collector, demands immediate action and factual report in seven days.

12:25 PM

During COVID Police's reputation improved, says PM Modi

12:07 PM

PM Modi moots idea of "One Nation, One Uniform" for police

"Every state should learn, get inspired from each other and work together for internal security," PM Modi said at home ministers' meet.
 

"Law and order directly linked to development, hence it is everyone's responsibility to maintain peace," he added.
 

PM modi also said that social media should not be underestimated, fake news can create chaos. He said, "On reservations we saw the kind of fake news that was spread, violence spread, verify news from 10 sources before forwarding any news".
 

"We have to erect a technological strength to challenge a fake news driven society", he added.

11:58 AM

Delhi HC issues notice to Centre on plea about delimitation of Municipal wards

Delhi High Court issues notice to Centre and other respondents on a plea moved by Delhi Congress President Chaudhary Anil Kumar challenging the notification issued in regard to the delimitation of Municipal wards in Delhi.

11:04 AM

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge pays tribute to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad at his Mazar.

10:59 AM

Every state should learn, get inspired from each other: PM Modi at home ministers' meet

Every state should learn, get inspired from each other and work together for internal security: PM Modi at home ministers' meet.

10:50 AM

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge pays tribute to Dr BR Ambedkar at Dr Ambedkar National Memorial

10:49 AM

Punjab CM wants Shah to look into problems faced by farmers along border

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday to sympathetically look into the problems being faced by farmers along the India-Pakistan border fence in the state.

 

Addressing a two-day "Chintan Shivir" of home ministers here, Mann urged Shah to reduce the distance between the border fence and the actual border to facilitate the farmers cultivating their land across the fence, according to an official release.

 

The chief minister said the distance must be reduced to 150-200 metres, instead of the existing around one kilometre, to ensure that the farmers of the border region benefit from it.

10:48 AM

15 houses gutted in fire in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir

Fifteen houses were gutted in a massive fire in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Friday.

 

No one was injured in the blaze that broke out in Chag-Gandhari area of Paddar tehsil on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, they said.

 

Army and police personnel along with the locals launched an operation to douse the fire. By the time the blaze was extinguished, 15 residential structures were gutted and 23 families have been effected, Kishtwar Deputy Commissioner Devansh Yadav told PTI.

 

Relief material for the affected people is being sent, the officer said

10:48 AM

Fire in cloth godown at Mumbai's Kurla, nobody injured

A major fire broke out in a cloth godown in Mumbai's Kurla area early on Friday, a civic official said.

 

The incident occurred in third Gulab Galli opposite Deluxe Hotel on LBS Marg, he said.

 

"The fire brigade received a call about the blaze around 4 am. Eight fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the firefighting operation was launched," the official said.

 

The fire spread to five to six adjoining galas (commercial spaces), but it remained restricted to electric wiring, plywood, stocks of wood and other material, he said, adding, "There is no report of any injury to anyone."

 

The fire has been covered from all the sides and efforts are on to douse it, he added.

10:46 AM

Elon Musk plans to become Twitter's CEO and reverse lifetime bans on users

10:44 AM

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on India's agenda for G20 Presidency

10:25 AM

Maha govt comes under fire over Tata-Airbus aircraft project shifting to Gujarat

The Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government has come under fire following the Centre's announcement that Tata-Airbus C-295 transport aircraft project would be set up in Gujarat, with the opposition seeking to know why the project that was supposed to come up in Maharashtra went to the neighbouring state.

Former Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray on Thursday accused the Shinde government of not being serious about the state's progress and criticised it for "failing to protect the state's interests".

Leader of Opposition in the state Legislative Council Ambadas Danve, a loyalist of former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, claimed that the shifting of the project was an effort by the Shinde-Bharatiya Janata Party government to ensure the victory of the BJP in the upcoming Gujarat Assembly polls.

10:24 AM

NIA apprehends top Kerala PFI leader

A month after the Popular Front of India (PFI) was banned and its top leadership arrested, an NIA team nabbed its former secretary C.A. Rauf from his house at Pattambi in Palakkad district of Kerala early on Friday.

Considered a hugely influential leader among the cadres of the now-banned organisation, Rauf was in hiding for a while.

Based on a tip-off, the Kochi team of the NIA reached Rauf's residence in the middle of the night and took him into custody.

10:14 AM

India logs 2,208 new Covid cases, death toll rises to 528,999

With 2,208 people testing positive for coronavirus infection, India's tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 44,649,088, while the active cases declined to 19,398, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday.

The death toll climbed to 528,999 with 12 fatalities which includes nine reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. Three deaths have been reported from Maharashtra.

The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.77 per cent, the ministry said.

A decrease of 1,423 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours.

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.55 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.12 per cent, according to the ministry.

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 44,100,691, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.18 per cent.