Breaking News, September 3
Sep 03, 2022
11:50 PM (IST)
Bengal reports 193 COVID cases in 24 hours
West Bengal reported 193 fresh COVID-19 cases and two deaths due to the disease in the last 24 hours, the state health department said on Saturday.
Sep 03, 2022
11:50 PM (IST)
NSA Doval meets Maha DGP
National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval on Saturday met Maharashtra Director General of Police Rajnish Seth and other top police officials at the state police headquarters in south Mumbai. Doval reviewed the security preparedness of Mumbai during the meeting at the DGP office, said a police official.
Sep 03, 2022
9:01 PM (IST)
FM Sitharaman bullish on double-digit GDP growth
Hoping for double-digit growth in GDP in this financial year, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said the nation is on a strong wicket when compared to others, and is responsive in terms of extending hand-holding to the required sections. Speaking to media persons here, she quoted reports saying the country has a zero percent chance of slipping into recession.
Sep 03, 2022
9:01 PM (IST)
Over 1,200 constables recruited in Himachal Police after retest following paper leak
Over 1,200 new constables have been recruited in the Himachal Pradesh Police after a retest following a paper leak in March. A total of 69,405 candidates had taken the written test for recruitment of constables in the state police on July 3, of them 1,214 candidates have got selected, police said in a statement issued here on Saturday.
Sep 03, 2022
9:00 PM (IST)
ED raids Razorpay, Paytm, Cashfree in Chinese loan app PMLA case
The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday said it conducted raids at premises of online payment gateways such as Razorpay, Paytm and Cashfree in Bengaluru as part of a money laundering case against some instant app-based loan dishing entities “controlled” by Chinese persons.
Sep 03, 2022
8:16 PM (IST)
Centre insensitive to pain of common people, alleges Cong ahead of Delhi rally against price rise
The Congress on Saturday accused the Centre of being “insensitive” to the pain of the common people due to a “back-breaking” price rise and alleged that taxes on almost everything have risen under the BJP government except for corporate tax. Ahead of Sunday’s ‘Mehngai par ‘halla bol’ rally of the party at the Ramlila Maidan here, party general secretaries K C Venugopal, Ajay Maken and Jairam Ramesh hit out at the Modi government for its “wrong policies” and alleged it was busy “buying MLAs” and toppling governments led by opposition parties instead.
Sep 03, 2022
8:14 PM (IST)
AAP govt failed to protect minorities in Punjab: SAD leader Majithia
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Saturday said the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann-led government has allegedly failed to protect the minorities and maintain peace and law and order in Punjab. Referring to the incident of vandalism of a church in Tarn Taran district, Majithia said ensuring law and order is the prime responsibility of the government, but it has “continuously failed” on this front.
Sep 03, 2022
8:14 PM (IST)
Liquor shops open at premises of Delhi metro stations
The Delhi excise department has started opening liquor shops at metro station premises with an eye on better sales owing to high footfall in the area, officials said Saturday. Over half a dozen liquor shops have been opened at Metro stations with big premises, including in Badarpur, Dwarka, Karol Bagh, Rajouri Garden and Mundka, a senior Excise department officer said.
Sep 03, 2022
8:13 PM (IST)
CM should avoid confrontation, says Sharad Pawar on tussle over Dussehra rally venue
Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday advised Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to avoid a face-off over the annual Dussehra rally of the Shiv Sena. Both the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena and the rebel faction headed by Shinde have sought the Shivaji Park ground here as the venue for the annual Dussehra rally of the party.
Sep 03, 2022
8:13 PM (IST)
Aug 30 flood in B’luru led to a loss of Rs 225 crore: IT companies to CM Bommai
The flood on August 30 which brought parts of Bengaluru to its knees led to a loss of about Rs 225 crore on a single day, the Information Technology and banking companies said in their letter to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai seeking his attention to address the “appalling infrastructure” of the city.
Sep 03, 2022
5:52 PM (IST)
Maha: Man hangs himself, mother ends life on seeing his body
A 26-year-old man allegedly hanged himself in Maharashtra’s Palghar district which prompted his mother to end her own life soon after, police said on Saturday. The tragic incidents took place at Kandre Bhure village on Thursday afternoon, said an official of Kelwa police station.
Sep 03, 2022
4:58 PM (IST)
Maharashtra: Man suspected of killing his two children in Chandrapur found dead in Wardha
The body of a man suspected of having killed his two children in Warora tehsil in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district was found in a village in nearby Wardha district on Saturday, a police official said. Asmit Kamble (8) and Mishti (3) were found dead in their house in Warora on Friday evening by their mother Pranita, and police had placed Sanjay Kamble (42) as a suspect as he was absconding, the official said.
Sep 03, 2022
3:19 PM (IST)
Odisha reports 174 new Covid cases, one death
Odisha’s Covid tally rose to 13,28,244 on Saturday as 174 more people, including 13 children, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said.
Sep 03, 2022
3:18 PM (IST)
UP minister pickets DM office against notice to villagers for ‘illegal possession’ of land
Uttar Pradesh minister Suresh Rahi on Saturday sat on a protest outside the District Magistrate office alleging that the administration has served notices to around 170 villagers for illegal possession of land without any investigation.
Sep 03, 2022
3:01 PM (IST)
Court issues contempt notice to Delhi Police Commissioner for ‘deliberate non-compliance’ of orders
A court here has issued a contempt notice to the Delhi Police Commissioner in a case of alleged gangrape of a woman and said “the narration and sequence of events in the case depicted a sordid and pathetic state of affairs in the administration of Delhi Police.” The court was hearing the bail plea of an accused in the case and noted that an FIR was registered at Sangam Vihar police station almost 36 days after the victim woman filed a complaint before the Station House Officer (SHO).
Sep 03, 2022
2:39 PM (IST)
Karnataka BJP MLA snaps at woman, gets her detained for asking questions
A video in which senior BJP MLA Aravind Limbavali is purportedly seen scolding a woman, who posed questions regarding a land encroachment in the city and tried to hand over a petition to him, has gone viral. The opposition Congress hit out at the BJP government in the state over the video clip. Congress state President DK Shivakumar on Saturday condemned Limbavali’s behaviour, saying he is not eligible to be a legislator. The BJP government in the state cannot remain in power, he said.
Sep 03, 2022
2:09 PM (IST)
Supreme Court to hear plea on violence against doctors
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Monday a plea seeking directions to authorities to ensure adequate security at hospitals and medical centres to prevent attacks on doctors and healthcare workers by relatives of patients and others. A bench of Justices S K Kaul and Abhay S Oka is likely to take up the matter. The plea filed by the Delhi Medical Association and Dr Satyajit Borah, who is the president of Assam State Branch of Indian Medical Association, also seeks directions to the Centre and states to have a distress fund to grant compensation to the victim or family of the deceased healthcare workers, including doctors and nurses, in such violence.
Sep 03, 2022
1:38 PM (IST)
Don’t quit BJP but work for AAP internally: Arvind Kejriwal tells Gujarat BJP workers
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday appealed to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Gujarat to work for his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) while staying in the ruling party. Kejriwal said BJP workers should continue to get “payment” from the BJP but work for AAP “from inside”. Addressing a press conference in Rajkot on the final day of his two-day visit to poll-bound Gujarat, Kejriwal said BJP workers will benefit from all the “guarantees” promised by him to people when his party comes to power in the state. “We do not want BJP leaders. The BJP can keep its leaders. BJP’s ‘panna pramukhs’, workers in villages, booths and talukas are joining us in droves. I would like to ask them what the BJP gave them in return for their service in the party even after so many years?” the AAP national convener asked.
Sep 03, 2022
12:46 PM (IST)
IPL 2023: Brian Lara appointed as Head Coach of SunRisers Hyderabad
Legendary cricketer Brian Lara was appointed as the Head Coach of SunRisers Hyderabad.
Sep 03, 2022
12:41 PM (IST)
Minor girl dies after water tanker his motorcycle; driver, owner booked for culpable homicide
A two-year-old girl was killed and her parents and a minor sister were injured when a water tanker hit their motorcycle in Bhiwandi city in Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said on Saturday. Police have registered a case of culpable homicide among other charges under the Indian Penal Code against the tanker owner Pramnath Bagal and the driver Jairam Jaiswal, who was at the wheel at the time of the accident on September 1. The two-year-old girl, Khatija Khan, succumbed to her injuries while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Mumbai on Friday, police said. Prima facie, the truck didn’t have a valid permit but Bagal allowed Jaiswal to drive.
Sep 03, 2022
12:05 PM (IST)
Rajasthan: 3 labourers die after stone slabs fall on them at construction site in Jaipur
Three labourers were killed and one got injured when they came under granite stones they were shifting to a loader at a construction site in Jagatpura area here, police said on Saturday. The incident occurred on Friday evening when the labourers were engaged in the shifting of stone slabs. Two of them died on the spot while one succumbed in a hospital today, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Chaksu) KK Awasthi said on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Pradeep, Sunil, and Ajay, police said. The labourers were engaged in the construction of a private hospital.
Sep 03, 2022
11:43 AM (IST)
IIT-Delhi effects 30% tuition fee cut following protest by students
The IIT-Delhi has effected a 30-per cent reduction in the tuition fee for the new batch of M.Tech students following recommendations of a committee set up by the director, after a section of students staged a silent protest over “fee hikes”. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) issued a statement after the silent protest staged by the students on the campus against the “recent fee hikes” in several courses. “The fees have been reduced for those who joined during the second semester 2021-22 or later. The tuition fee and other charges have been reduced significantly. The M.Tech full-time tuition fee has been reduced from Rs 25,000 per semester to Rs 17,500 per semester,” the statement said.
Sep 03, 2022
11:28 AM (IST)
Amit Shah to inaugurate 30th southern zonal council meet in Kerala on Saturday
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will on Saturday (September 3) inaugurate the 30th southern zonal council meeting of the south Indian states and Union Territories in Thiruvananthapuram. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Ministers and Ministers of other southern states- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana- and Lieutenant Governors of the southern Union Territories of Puducherry, Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar Islands will take part in the meeting. The council meeting will discuss matters of interest among the states and also between the states and the central government, a release issued by the Chief Minister’s office (CMO) said.
Sep 03, 2022
11:17 AM (IST)
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