News updates: Senior bureaucrat Tuhin Kanta Pandey designated as finance secretary

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Senior bureaucrat Tuhin Kanta Pandey has been designated as finance secretary, according to a government order. His elevation comes after elevation of T V Somanathan as Cabinet Secretary.

Social media platform X down for thousands of users, according to Downdetector, reports Reuters.

A multi-storey building collapsed in the Transport Nagar area here on Saturday evening, trapping around a dozen people under the rubble, officials said. The incident occurred at around 5 pm. The building was being used as a godown, they said.

Around a dozen people are feared trapped under the rubble, they said. "Rescue teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) have been deployed to the scene and are working to extricate the trapped individuals," said Relief Commissioner GS Naveen Kumar. The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has taken note of the situation and is monitoring the rescue efforts closely.

Central government discharges Puja Khedkar from Indian Administrative Service with immediate effect, reports PTI citing official sources.

Manipur CM Biren Singh calls emergency cabinet meet amid surge in violence in the region.

In the land-for-job money laundering case, Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court has postponed the decision on summoning former Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav, and other accused. The case is scheduled for a ruling on September 13.Delhi's Rouse Avenue will decide at 2 pm on Saturday whether to summon Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tejaswi Yadav, and others in the land-for-job money laundering case. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) reported that Lallan Chaudhary, a co-accused who died in July 2024, had his death confirmed by his wife, and the post-mortem report was submitted. However, the death certificate is still pending as it has not been issued by the panchayat. The ED plans to file the death certificate once it is available. Three co-accused have passed away. The court had previously instructed the ED to provide Chaudhary's death certificate by the next hearing, scheduled for August 24.

Two coaches of the Indore-Jabalpur Express derailed early Saturday as the train was nearing Jabalpur station, according to a railway official. No passengers were injured in the incident, which occurred around 5:50 am. The official said the two derailed coaches, located just behind the engine, went off the tracks about 50 meters from platform 6 at Jabalpur station. Restoration efforts are currently underway.

West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on Friday forwarded the Aparajita Women and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill, 2024, to President Droupadi Murmu after the state government submitted the required technical report. However, Raj Bhavan expressed dissatisfaction with the Assembly secretariat for not providing the debate transcripts and their translations, as per the rules, according to the Raj Bhavan Media Cell on X. The cell also noted that the Chief Secretary contacted the Governor and provided the technical report.

Two former Goa MLAs who ran in the 2022 state Assembly elections on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) tickets claimed they were given cash by a party volunteer to cover campaign expenses, according to the CBI's chargesheet in the Delhi excise policy case. The agency stated that out of the Rs 90-100 crore in illegal funds provided by the "South Group" to influence the excise policy, Rs 44.5 crore in cash was sent to Goa for election-related spending.