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Rhea's bail plea hearing begins in Bombay High Court
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19-year-old Hathras gang-rape victim dies in Delhi hospital
A 19-year-old Dalit woman died at a Delhi hospital on Tuesday morning, days after being raped by four men here, a senior police officer said.
The family of the girl informed that she died around 3 am, Superintendent of Police, Hathras, Vikrant Vir, said,
The woman was shifted to a hospital in Delhi from Aligarh on Monday after her condition showed no signs of improvement.
The woman was gang-raped on September14 following which she was admitted to the AMU's Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital in Aligarh.
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Rhea, Showik 'active members of drug syndicate': NCB to HC
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has opposed the bail pleas filed by actress Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik Chakraborty in the Bombay High Court following their arrest in a drugs case related to actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death.
The siblings were "active members of a drug syndicate that was connected with high society personalities and drug suppliers", the NCB said in an affidavit filed before the HC on Monday.
The NCB further said both Rhea Chakraborty and her brother had "abetted and financed" drug transactions.
Therefore, the agency had booked them under the stringent section 27A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, it said in the affidavit.
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DATA STORY: With a net reduction of 15,064, India's active cases at lowest since Sep 11
India on Tuesday reported its ninth net decline in active coronavirus cases within 11 days — a cumulative reduction of 70,178 during the period — taking its count of active cases to 947,576, the lowest since September 11. With 776 fatalities in 24 hours, the fewest in a day since August 3, the country’s death toll reached 96,318. Read on...
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RBI extends enhanced borrowing limit for banks under MSF till March 31
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the enhanced borrowing facility provided to banks by six months to meet liquidity shortage till March 31, 2021.
On March 27, the central bank had increased the borrowing limit for scheduled banks under the marginal standing facility (MSF) scheme from 2 per cent to 3 per cent of their net demand and time liabilities.
The facility which was initially available up to June 30 was later extended up to September 30 due to economic disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown.
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Amnesty India to halt work as government freezes its bank accounts
Human rights defenders are facing an ‘incessant witch-hunt’, Amnesty International India alleged.
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A 19-year-old woman who was gang-raped and assaulted in Hathras of Uttar Pradesh, passes away at a hospital in Delhi
Hathras gang-rape victim was admitted at Safdarjung hospital for better healthcare facilities. She died today morning. More details are awaited: Safdarjung hospital official
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Punjab farmers' protest: Members of Kisan Mazdoor SangharshCommittee sit on railway tracks in Devidaspura village of Amritsar
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Pakistan violated ceasefire along LoC by firing with small arms and shelling with mortars in Mankote sector,
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First Published: Sep 29 2020 | 6:40 AM IST