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New Delhi: Security personnel stand guard near a UPSC exam coaching centre after three civil services aspirants died when the basement of the coaching centre was flooded by rainwater, in New Delhi, Sunday, July 28, 2024. (Photo: PTI)

Ministry of Home Affairs has constituted a committee to inquire into the death of three UPSC civil services aspirants in Old Rajinder Nagar's coaching institute. The ministry in a post on X said, "The committee will inquire into the reasons, fix responsibility, suggest measures and recommend policy changes,"

A Chandigarh court has framed charges against former Haryana minister Sandeep Singh in the sexual harassment case filed against him two years ago.

The Delhi High Court today reserved its order on the bail petition of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the CBI investigation into the allegations related to the excise policy scam. Earlier today, the CBI finished filing its final charge sheet in the case against Kejriwal and others.

The Supreme Court today refused to grant an interim stay on the Patna High Court order which set aside Bihar Reservation Laws that increased reservation for Backward Classes, STs, SCs and Extremely Backward Classes from 50 per cent to 65 per cent. The Patna HC had set aside the Bihar Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services (Amendment) Act, 2023 and The Bihar (In admission in Educational Institutions) Reservation (Amendment) Act, 2023 as ultra vires.

The Supreme Court will hear Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia's bail pleas in connection with the alleged Delhi excise policy scam today. The former deputy chief minister of Delhi has sought bail contending that he has been in custody for 16 months and the trial against him has not made any progress since October last year. According to the cause list of July 29 uploaded on the Supreme Court website, a bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan is slated to hear Sisodia's pleas. Sisodia had earlier moved the apex court challenging the Delhi High Court's May 21 order dismissing his bail pleas. He had challenged in the high court a trial court's April 30 order rejecting his bail applications in the two cases.

One person is dead and at least six others were injured following a mass shooting Sunday at a park in upstate New York. Rochester police said they responded to Maplewood Park around 6:20 p.m. to a large gathering with shots fired and found several people suffering from gunshot wounds. An adult in their 20s was killed, another person suffered a life threatening injury and five people were hospitalised with minor injuries, Capt. Greg Bello said. The identity of the victim fatally shot has not yet been released pending the notification of family, Bello said.

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Satwik, Chirag qualifies for men's doubles quarterfinals in Olympics

Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have qualified for Paris Olympics men's doubles quarterfinals.

10:20 PM

Delhi min Bharadwaj accuses chief secy of not responding to letters on drain desilting

Delhi Urban Development Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Monday alleged that he wrote several times since February to Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar to chalk out a comprehensive strategy for drain desilting but he evaded responding to the matter.

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Home ministry constitutes committee to inquire into UPSC aspirants death in Delhi's ORN

Ministry of Home Affairs Monday constituted a committee to inquire into the deaths of three civil services aspirants in Old Rajinder Nagar. According to ministry's spokesperson, the committee will look into the reasons, fix responsibility, suggest measures and recommend policy changes.

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MeT issues orange alert for Himachal Pradesh; 45 roads closed

Meteorological office in HP issued an orange alert, predicting 'heavy' to 'very heavy' rainfall over next two days in the hilly state. The emergency operation centre informed that 45 roads have been closed due to this.

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Congress to attend INDIA bloc rally raising issue of Kejriwal's declining health

Aam Aadmi Party's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said that Congress, Samajwadi party and Trinmool Congress would attend the INDIA bloc rally at Jantar Mantar to raise the issue of Delhi CM Kejriwal's declining health in judicial custody.

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Jharkhand CM Soren hails SC verdict dismissing ED's plea challenging his bail

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's judgement dismissing Enforcement Directorate's plea challenging his bail order. Soren has been granted bail by High Court in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam.

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Charges framed against former Haryana min Sandeep Singh in sexual harassment case

A Chandigarh court framed charges against ex Haryana min Sandeep Singh in the molestation case filed against him two years ago.

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Delhi Police writes to MCD seeking status of de-silting of drains

Delhi Police has written a letter to MCD, seeking status of desilting of drains near Rajinder Nagar coaching centre. This comes after 3 students died in Rao's IAS centre's basement after flooding.

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Not looking to other countries to sort out India's border dispute with China: EAM Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today ruled out any role for a third party in India's border dispute with China, saying the two neighbours have an issu and it is for them to find a way out. "We are not looking to other countries to sort out what is really an issue between India and China," Jaishankar said.

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Average cost of data breaches in India surged to $2.18 mn in 2023, says RBI report

The Reserve Bank of India stated that the most common attacks in India are phishing, which constitutes around 22 percent. This was followed by stolen or compromised credentials which is around 16 per cent.

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Delhi coaching centre deaths: Action stepped up on illegal basements that are threat to safety, says MCD

Encroachments covering stormwater drains will be demolished, the Delhi MCD commissioner stated today.

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Prashant Kishor to launch party on Oct 2

"After more than two-years of Padyatra through thousands of villages and small towns of Bihar, we formally started the process of party formation to give a better alternative that would end decades of misery and ensure a better future for the children of #Bihar. Yesterday, the process began with the first of the eight office bearers’ convention before the official launch of the party on Oct 2nd," former political strategist Prashant Kishor posted on X.

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