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12:50 PM

News update: SC rejects PIL for setting up autonomous body to monitor content on OTT in India

12:47 PM

BJP leader Teli from Sindhudurg district quits, to join Sena (UBT)

Rajan Teli, a BJP leader from Maharashtra's coastal Sindhudurg district, has resigned from the party's primary membership and is set to join the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT). He was the BJP in-charge of the Sawantwadi assembly segment. Teli claimed he had worked hard for the BJP in the past ten years but was facing troubles, particularly after Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Lok Sabha MP and former Union minister Narayan Rane and his family joined the party.

12:04 PM

Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 will prevail over all personal laws: SC

The Supreme Court has issued a slew of guidelines for effective implementation of the law on prevention of child marriages in the country. 

 

11:49 AM

Filing of nomination for first phase of Jharkhand Assembly election begins

Filing of nomination papers for 43 assembly constituencies in Jharkhand, set to vote on November 13 in phase-1, began on Friday, an election official said.

The nomination process will continue until October 25, with submissions accepted from 11 am to 3 pm.

11:43 AM

News update: SC refuses to set aside anticipatory bail given to Bhavani Revanna in kidnapping case

11:40 AM

J-K Cabinet passes resolution to restore statehood

In its first cabinet meeting on Thursday, the government led by Omar Abdullah passed a resolution urging the National Democratic Alliance-led Centre to restore statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.

10:45 AM

Air quality in Delhi remains poor

The city remained in the grip of pollution on Friday with the air quality settling in the poor zone. The Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 292 this morning. Humidity was at 91 percent at 8.30 am, according to the India Meteorological Department.

10:32 AM

Message of 'live and let live': Kapil Sibal hails SC ruling on Section 6A of Citizenship Act

Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Friday hailed the Supreme Court upholding the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, saying it is a message to all that "live and let live" and conserve the culture of a multicultural and plural nation that India is. The top court on Thursday upheld the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act which grants Indian citizenship to immigrants from Bangladesh who entered Assam before March 25, 1971.

10:29 AM

Bihar hooch tragedy: Culprits caught as government responds, says Union minister Manjhi

Reacting to the recent hooch tragedy in Bihar which claimed the lives of 25 people, Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi said the state government worked very promptly in the matter and caught the culprits. "The Bihar government is working very promptly in this matter as the culprits have been caught. Bihar has a population of 13 to 14 crore," Manjhi told reporters when asked about the hooch tragedy.

10:04 AM

Shivaji statue collapse: Fabricator arrested in UP; used substandard material, say police

Police have arrested a fabricator of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj that recently collapsed at a fort in Maharashtra's Sindhudurg district, triggering a huge political row, an official said on Friday. Fabricator Parmeshwar Ramnaresh Yadav, who was arrested from Uttar Pradesh, had used substandard material while shaping the 35-foot-tall statue of the Maratha warrior king, he said. A resident of Mirzapur in UP, Yadav was taken into custody on Thursday after his role in the statue collapse came to light, the official said.

9:45 AM

EU leaders look at ways to tighten their borders in the wake of a far-right surge

European Union leaders on Thursday lauded a groundswell of support for tightening their borders and making the bloc a more hostile destination for migrants and asylum seekers following a recent surge in support for the extreme right, which has fomented opposition to foreigners. They also backed Poland's moves to rein in migration after Warsaw said it wants to temporarily suspend the right to asylum because it feels Russia and Belarus are seeking to create chaos by pushing migrants across the EU border as a form of hybrid warfare targeting the 27-nation bloc.

9:41 AM

Bishnoi gang demands Rs 5 crore from Salman Khan

A suspected member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang has reportedly issued a threat to the Mumbai Traffic Police, demanding Rs 5 crore from actor Salman Khan to resolve the ongoing dispute with the gangster. The message stated, "If Salman Khan wants to stay alive and wants to end the enmity with Lawrence Bishnoi, then he will have to pay Rs 5 crore. Do not take this lightly, otherwise Salman Khan's condition will be worse than Baba Siddique." Read here for more details.

9:38 AM

Bus carrying Japanese tourists crashes in Turkiye, injuring 22

A bus carrying Japanese tourists veered off a road and crashed into a ditch in Turkiye on Thursday, injuring 22 people on board, the state-run news agency reported. The crash occurred on a highway in Afyonkarahisar province, about 250 kilometers (155 miles) southwest of Ankara, the Anadolu Agency reported.

9:25 AM

'India's growth rate is among the shiniest parts in the world economy': World Bank chief Ajay Banga

“There is no doubt that India's growth rate is among the shiniest parts in the world economy. I think being able to grow at six, seven per cent and more in this kind of environment shows you that they've done a number of things to get there,” Ajay Banga said. “A lot of that growth is in India, is driven by the domestic market as well, which actually is a healthy sign, in some ways. What India needs to work on as the prime minister laid out is things on quality of life, like air and the quality of water and the like,” he added.

8:56 AM

RAW official plotted to kill Sikh separatist in US, alleges US Department of Justice

An Indian RAW official was involved in a plot to kill a separatist Sikh American national last summer in and around the state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, federal prosecutors alleged on Thursday in a damaging indictment filed in a US court in New York. The official identified as Vikas Yadav, 39, was employed by the Cabinet Secretariat, which houses India's foreign intelligence service, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), the federal prosecutors claimed.