Highlights: Senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia walks out of Tihar jail after 17 months

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1:45 PM

FIR filed against Puja Khedkar's father in Pune for obstructing government work

Police have registered a case against Dilip Khedkar, the father of former probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, on charges of threatening and obstructing a public servant in the discharge of duty in Pune district, officials said on Friday. The case was filed at the Bundgarden police station here on the basis of a complaint lodged by a tehsildar-rank officer from the Pune district collectorate, they said.

1:25 PM

Wagons of freight train derail in Bihar

Five tank wagons of a freight train derailed near Kumedpur bridge in Bihar's Katihar district on Friday, Railway officials said. The derailment has led to obstruction of the track and efforts are on to clear the lines for smooth train operation.

1:11 PM

PM Modi to visit Wayanad tomorrow

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the landslide-hit Wayanad district in Kerala on Saturday. Modi would also conduct an aerial survey of the disaster zone. He would arrive at the Kannur airport by a special flight and fly on an IAF helicopter to Wayanad.

 

1:03 PM

Olympics 2024: Haryana, Punjab CMs congratulates Neeraj Chopra for winning silver at Paris Games

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann on Friday congratulated Neeraj Chopra on winning a silver medal at the Paris Olympics, and said he has lived up to the country's expectations. Chopra has became the first Indian track-and-field athlete to win medals in two successive Olympic Games with a silver in men's javelin throw in Paris.

12:51 PM

MEA Jaishankar on 3-day Maldives visit amid tensions, focus on bilateral ties

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is visiting the Maldives from August 9-11 to strengthen ties between the two countries, marking the first high-level visit since President Mohamed Muizzu took office.

12:45 PM

BJP-JD(S) 'Mysuru Chalo' march demanding CM's resignation continues on day 7

The combined Opposition, BJP and JD(S), on Friday continued their protest march, demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over the alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment 'scam.' The week-long Bengaluru-Mysuru padayatre (foot march) has sought to highlight the alleged fraudulent allotment of sites to land losers by MUDA, including to Siddaramaiah's wife Parvathi.

12:29 PM

Delhi registers cleanest air quality for Jan-Aug in six years

The national capital  recorded its cleanest air quality for any day between January 1 and August 8 over the past six years, as reported by the Centre’s Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM). Read here for a more detailed story.

12:04 PM

Mumbai hoarding collapse: HC dismisses accused ad firm director's plea against his arrest

The Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed the petition filed by advertising firm director Bhavesh Bhinde, arrested in the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse case, in which he claimed that his arrest was illegal and sought immediate release.

A division bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande said it has not found any legal infirmity and no impairment in the procedure mandated while arresting a person.

12:02 PM

SC rejects plea against election of Amritpal Singh as Lok Sabha MP

The top court dismissed a plea against the election of jailed radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh as an MP from Punjab's Khadoor Sahib. The petitioner claimed before a bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan that Article 84 of the Constitution deals with qualification for membership of Parliament and says that a person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in Parliament unless he is a citizen of India.

11:41 AM

We hope that Kejriwal, Satyendar Jain will also get justice and they will be out of jail soon: Sanjay Singh

AAP MP Sanjay Singh said that Manish Sisodia was kept in jail as part of a political grudge; and his release is a big boost to the party.

11:25 AM

This is victory of truth, verdict a slap on the face of dictatorship: AAP MP Sanjay Singh on Sisodia's bail

The ED and the CBI had opposed Sisodia's bail pleas.

11:23 AM

Can't be made to run from pillar to post: SC on relief to AAP leader Manish Sisodia

Sisodia resigned from the Delhi cabinet on February 28, 2023. Sisodia had sought bail contending that he has been in custody for 17 months and the trial against him has not yet started.

11:12 AM

It is high time trial courts, High Courts recognise principle of bail is rule and jail is exception, says SC

The top court granted regular bail to Sisodia in cases investigted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection to the now-scrapped excise policy.

11:04 AM

It would be travesty of justice to relegate Sisodia to trial court for seeking bail: Supreme Court

The AAP leader was arrested by the CBI on February 26, 2023, over his alleged role in the liquor policy case. The ED arrested him in the money-laundering case stemming from the CBI FIR on March 9, 2023.

11:01 AM

Sisodia in custody since 17 months and trial has not started yet; this deprives his right to speedy trial: SC

The top court directed that Manish Sisodia be released on bail on a personal bond of Rs 10 lakh with two sureties of a similiar amount.