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6:23 AM

Package addressed to Donald Trump containing poison intercepted

Law enforcement officials intercepted a suspicious package containing deadly poison ricin addressed to US President Donald Trump earlier this week. Two tests were conducted to confirm the presence of ricin, CNN reported on Saturday citing two law enforcement officials. All letters for the White House are sorted and checked at an offsite facility before reaching the White House.

 

A US law enforcement official told the American cable network that investigators are looking into the possibility that the package addressed to Trump came from Canada.

 

Ricin is a highly toxic substance extracted from castor beans that have been used in terror attacks. It can be used in the form of powder, mist, pellet or acid. If one ingests the poison, it causes vomiting and internal bleeding of the stomach and intestines, failure of the liver, spleen and kidneys and subsequent death by collapse of the circulatory system, news agency ANI reported.

6:13 AM

TMC's Abhishek Banerjee sends legal notice to Babul Supriyo, seeks apology

All India Trinamool Youth Congress president Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday sent a legal notice to Babul Supriyo, asking him to withdraw the 'false and incorrect' tweet targetting him and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. He also demanded Supriyo's apology over the statements made against him and the state government, according to an ANI report.

 

"The minister had tweeted certain false and incorrect statements against my client which also concerns Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the state government at large. The narration contained in your tweet is false to your knowledge, fake and distorted with the intent to instigate the supporters of my client and that of the Chief Minister," according to Abhishek Mukherjee's legal notice issued through his lawyer.

 

The notice read, "You have deliberately used the phrase 'amanobik mukhyomontri (inhuman chief minister) in your tweet. The tweet posted by you is false, defamatory, malicious and politically motivated. Your attempt to engage in wrongful dissemination of information to the public is evident from the very fact that you have cherry-picked certain words and presented it in an incorrect manner, so as to give a wrongful meaning and a false representation thereof."

9:01 PM

Agri-related Bills give farmers freedom to fetch better prices: Nadda

BJP national president J P Nadda on Saturday hit out at the opposition for calling the three agriculture-related Bills passed by Parliament anti-farmer and said the legislations empower them to sell their crop in any market of the country to fetch better prices.
 

He also praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying, The country is in the hands of an able leader; the country is safe and moving forward strongly.

8:52 PM

Tamil Nadu govt ties up with Coursera to skill 50,000 youth

Tamil Nadu Skill Development Corporation (TNSDC) has partnered with the online learning platform Coursera to train 50,000 unemployed youth.
 

The partnership is part of Coursera's global roll-out of the workforce recovery initiative, where any state and country can provide unemployed workers with free access to online learning, Coursera said in a statement on Saturday.

8:42 PM

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee sents legal notice to Babul Supriyo, asks to apologise against WB CM

8:29 PM

Did you took loan from Chinese banks even after border row?: Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury to FM Sitharaman

8:13 PM

Cabinet note on vehicle scrappage policy ready

The much-awaited vehicle scrappage policy may soon be a reality as a Cabinet note on the issue is ready and sent for further consultations with the stakeholders on PMO directions.
 

"The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has formulated a note for the Cabinet on creation of an ecosystem for voluntary and environment-friendly phasing out of unfit and old polluting vehicles," Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways VK Singh said in reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.

8:02 PM

Farmers took out a rally in support of the Agriculture Bills in Rohtak

7:53 PM

Govt to decide on subsidised cooking gas by BPCL before financial bid stage

The issue of continuation of cooking gas subsidy will be considered before inviting financial bids for BPCL privatisation, Parliament was informed on Saturday.
 

However, the interest of LPG customers of BPCL would be taken into consideration while deciding on the subsidy issue, Minister of State for Finance Anurag Singh Thakur said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.

7:28 PM

PM-Cares Fund is absolutely transparent. It has been set up under the law: Anurag Thakur

7:16 PM

Mamata Banerjee made Bengal a safe-haven for 'nefarious activities': Babul Supriyo

After the National Investigation Agency busted Pakistan-sponsored Al-Qaeda modules in Murshidabad, West Bengal, Union Minister Babul Supriyo on Saturday said that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has made Bengal a safe-haven for "nefarious activities."
 

Supriyo said that Mamata "continues to play with fire with appeasement politics," after the NIA busted Pakistan-sponsored Al-Qaeda modules in Murshidabad, West Bengal and Ernakulam, Kerala and arrested nine terrorists on Saturday.

7:06 PM

Congress man alleges custodial torture, Gujarat HC seeks cops' reports

The Gujarat High Court has sought a report from the Rajkot police commissioner on the status of complaints filed by a Congress leader alleging custodial torture after being arrested on the way to the collector's office there to hand over agriculture produce as a contribution to the the PM Cares Fund.
 

The division bench of Justices Sonia Gokani and NV Anjaria was hearing a contempt of court plea moved by Gujarat Congress Kisan Morcha president Palbhai Ambalia against two police officers.

6:51 PM

Army deploys additional brigade on LoC to plug infiltration from Pakistan

6:34 PM

PM Modi to lay foundation stone of 9 highway projects in Bihar on Sep 21

6:25 PM

Congress calls a meeting to assist Sonia Gandhi to chalk out farm Bills strategy