Highlights of the day: Delhi Metro to commence services at 4 am on polling day
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The bail of the Pune teenager who rammed his Porsche into a motorcycle, killing two IT professionals in their 20s, has been cancelled by the Juvenile Justice Board. Wednesday's decision comes three days after the Board had granted bail to the 17-year-old and asked him to write an essay on road accidents, prompting nationwide outrage. The Board has sent the juvenile to a remand home till June 5. It did not, however, give a decision on whether he should be tried as an adult.
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar arrived in Tehran on Wednesday afternoon to pay condolences and attend the memorial ceremony of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, and other officials who died in a tragic helicopter crash.Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian also died in the chopper crash on Sunday afternoon.
The Calcutta High Court today dismissed all Other Backward Classes (OBC) certificates issued in West Bengal since 2010. A division bench of Justice Tapabrata Chakrabirty and Rajasekhar Mantha pronounced the verdict, while delivering a judgement on a PIL challenging the process of granting OBC certificates.
A Member of Parliament (MP) from Bangladesh's ruling party Awami League, Anwarul Azim, who had allegedly gone missing in India since May 18, was found dead in Kolkata under mysterious circumstances today.
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's plea challenging the Enforcement Directorate's arrest and seeking interim bail for campaigning in the Lok Sabha polls.
The Supreme Court today cancelled the bail granted by the Madras High Court to eight men booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for being members of banned Popular Front of India (PFI) and having conspired to commit terrorist acts across the country.
Six people are missing in Maharashtra after a boat capsized on Tuesday evening in Ujani dam waters near Kalashi village in Pune district. Pune Rural Police said on Wednesday, "NDRF, SDRF, local administration and police are deployed for search and rescue operations."
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday rejected the four nominations Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan made to the senate of Kerala University last year. The CPI(M) and its student wing had stated that the four students the governor nominated were activists of the RSS’s student wing, ABVP, and added that they were recommended by the Sangh Parivar.The party also claimed that that the governor’s nominees did not have an outstanding academic track record.
Delhi Metro to commence services at 4 am on polling day
Metro rail services will commence at 4 am on the day of the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi, scheduled for May 25, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said on Wednesday.
The decision was made to ensure convenient transportation for the staff deployed for election duty, Principal Executive Director of Corporate Communications at DMRC, Anuj Dayal said.
In a post on X, the DMRC said, "On the day of the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi on 25th May, 2024 (Saturday), the Delhi Metro train services on all Lines will start from 04:00 AM so that the staff deployed for election duty can avail the facility."
"The metro trains will run with a frequency of 30 minutes on all Lines from 4 am to 6 am. Subsequently, normal metro train services will resume and continue throughout the day," Dayal said.
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First Published: May 22 2024 | 8:45 AM IST