LIVE: Cabinet approves Rs 520-cr package for Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh

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2:26 PM

Hathras case: Security deployed to ensure protection of victim's family & witnesses, UP tells SC

he Uttar Pradesh government informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday that a three-fold protection mechanism has been put in place for security of the victim's family members and witnesses in the Hathras case in which a Dalit girl was allegedly brutally raped and died due to injuries.

The state government, which earlier said that probe into the case may be conducted by the CBI in a time-bound manner, has said that the court may direct CBI to submit fortnightly status reports on the investigation to the state government which can be filed by the DGP, UP, in the Supreme Court.

The UP government had expressed willingness before the top court to refer the investigation to the CBI on the ground that fake narratives were being spread about the case with political motives.

2:16 PM

Russian-US crew launches on fast track to the space station

A trio of space travelers has launched successfully to the International Space Station, for the first time using a fast-track maneuver to reach the orbiting outpost in just three hours.

NASA's Kate Rubins along with Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos lifted off as scheduled Wednesday morning from the Russia-leased Baikonur space launch facility in Kazakhstan for a six-month stint on the station.

For the first time, they are trying a two-orbit, three-hour approach to the orbiting space outpost. Previously it took twice as long for the crews to reach the station.

1:56 PM

75% of India startups steadily recovering post lockdown: Report

India's startup ecosystem is recovering faster than expected as a new report on Wednesday said that investor interest is quickly getting back to pre-Covid levels while 75 per cent of start-ups are gradually, but steadily, recovering.

This is despite the fact that the Covid-19 jolted the India startup ecosystem across multiple dimensions and the impact was severe during the lockdown period from March to June 2020, said the report by TiE Delhi-NCR, part of the global non-profit TiE network, and Zinnov, a global management, and strategy consulting firm.

There was a dip in overall funding by 50 per cent during the lockdown as compared to pre-Covid levels. 

1:28 PM

Rahul Gandhi takes a dig at the govt over IMF growth projections showing Bangladesh closing in on India in terms of per capita GDP this year

1:20 PM

Hyderabad: Severe waterlogging, areas nearly submerged in Ramanthapur area, following incessant downpour.

1:13 PM

Mumbai Police Issues Notice To Arnab Goswami Seeking 'Bond For Good Behaviour', report LIVE LAW

1:06 PM

Prakash Javadekar, NS Tomar to address media on Cabinet decisions at 4 pm today

1:00 PM

Loan moratorium case LIVE: The case is listed at Item 34. Currently, the bench is hearing item 18

12:56 PM

WPI inflation rises to 1.3% in September mainly on costlier food items

The wholesale price-based inflation rose to 1.32 per cent in September mainly on the back of costlier food articles.

 

"The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly WPI, stood at 1.32 per cent (provisional) for the month of September, 2020 (over September, 2019) as compared to 0.33 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year," government data showed on Wednesday. Read on...

12:46 PM

BIHAR ELECTION 2020: Narcotics Control Bureau arrests three persons and seizes 370 kgs of cannabis (ganja) in Bihar

12:45 PM

Loan moratorium case LIVE: A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, Subhash Reddy & MR Shah will hear the issues today

12:26 PM

Actor Richa Chaddha's defamation case against Payal Ghosh at Bombay High Court withdrawn after both parties sign consent terms

12:19 PM

'Need to provide zoo animals food as per diet chart': Assam Minister over beef row

Responding to the demand to exclude beef from the diet of animals, Assam Minister of Environment and Forest Parimal Suklabaidya said the animals living in zoos could have been given buffalo meat instead of beef but the state does not have many buffaloes. He added that the authorities need to provide food to animals as per their diet chart.

 

"They (wildlife) cannot survive on mutton or pork alone, could have been given buffalo meat instead of beef but we don't have many buffaloes in Assam. We float tenders to get beef, buffalo meat, mutton, pork," Suklabaidya said.

 

Earlier this week, an Assam BJP leader held a small protest outside the main gate at Guwahati Zoo demanding no beef be served to the carnivores, especially tigers.

12:16 PM

Hit-and-run case: Delhi minor held for mowing down 2 sisters

The Delhi Police has apprehended a 17-year-old boy involved in a hit-and-run accident in Delhi's Model Town in which two minor sisters were killed and their 6-year-old brother and one other person injured, police said on Wednesday.

 

"We have seized a Honda City car involved in the accident and held the minor, a Class 12 student, who was behind the wheels at the time of the accident," DCP North-West Vijayanta Arya said.

 

According to the police, the accident took place on Monday night near Gurdwara Nanak Piao on the GT Road.

 

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WPI Inflation in September comes in at 1.32% vs 0.16% in August