New Delhi, Nov 6 Following are the top stories at 9.25 pm:
NATION
DEL50 EC-SIR-LD OPPORTUNITY (5.50 PM)
**** Electors of 7 states left out of draft SIR rolls get fresh chance for inclusion in final list
New Delhi: Facing allegations of disenfranchising crores of voters, the Election Commission on Friday gave a fresh chance to electors of seven states who were marked as Absent, Shifted, Dead and Duplicate (ASDD), and whose names could not be included in the draft rolls during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. ****
DEL93 RAHUL-SHAH-DEBATE (9.18 PM)
**** Don’t confuse PM Modi, convince him for open debate with me: Rahul Gandhi to Amit Shah
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said Home Minister Amit Shah should not confuse Prime Minister Narendra Modi and instead should convince the PM to have an open debate with him on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. ****
DEL17 RAHUL-GOVT-VOTER ID (1.14 PM)
**** Not just vote theft, it’s rights theft: Rahul on Centre’s ‘Voter ID for welfare schemes’ remark
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the Modi government over Union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh’s remarks that voter ID will replace Aadhaar for identifying beneficiaries for social welfare programmes, saying “this isn’t just vote theft, it’s rights theft”. ****
DEL73 INDIA-EU-MEGADEAL (7.04 PM)
**** India, EU conclude multi-billion Euro global innovation programme
New Delhi: India and the European Union have concluded negotiations on New Delhi’s association with a Euro 93.5 billion flagship research and innovation programme, paving the way for expanded collaboration under their broader strategic partnership.
DEL70 CBI-FUTURE RETAIL-LD FIR (6.47 PM)
**** CBI files FIR against Kishore Biyani, Future Retail in alleged Rs 904-cr bank fraud
New Delhi: The CBI has registered an FIR against Future Retail Ltd and noted businessman Kishore Biyani in an alleged bank fraud of Rs 904.32 crore and conducted searches at premises linked to him in Mumbai on Friday, officials said. ****
MDS31 TN-CM-2ND LD DMK (8.08 PM)
**** TN CM slams DMK, says author Perumal Murugan exposed graft in buying books during its regime
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Friday alleged corruption during the previous DMK regime in procurement of books for Periyar Knowledge World in Coimbatore and said Professor Perumal Murugan has “exposed” it and that he should be commended. ****
DEL79 DEF-INDIA-MYANMAR (7.23 PM)
**** India, Myanmar conduct maiden tri-services exercise
New Delhi: India and Myanmar carried out their maiden bilateral tri-services exercise — Rahat Mitra — with an aim to foster mutual trust and enhance coordination between their defence forces. ****
DEL70 CBI-FUTURE RETAIL-LD FIR (6.47 PM)
**** CBI files FIR against Kishore Biyani, Future Retail in alleged Rs 904-cr bank fraud
New Delhi: The CBI has registered an FIR against Future Retail Ltd and noted businessman Kishore Biyani in an alleged bank fraud of Rs 904.32 crore and conducted searches at premises linked to him in Mumbai on Friday, officials said. ****
BOM14 MH-NCP MERGER-LD BUZZ (6.15 PM)
**** NCP merger buzz revives after Pawar-Patel hospital video and Tatkare’s remark on Ajit Pawar
Mumbai: Amid a viral video of Praful Patel visiting NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar at a hospital and discussing a possible meeting after November 10, ruling NCP’s Maharashtra president Sunil Tatkare said the merger of two factions would have happened in February this year if Ajit Pawar were alive. ****
DEL24 UKD-TREKKERS-MISSING-BODIES (2.32 PM)
**** Uttarakhand trekking tragedy: One more body recovered, death toll rises to seven
Uttarkashi: The body of one more trekker who went missing along the Kedartal trek route in Uttarkashi district eight days ago was recovered on Friday, taking the number of bodies retrieved so far to seven with one person still missing, officials said. ****
BOM18 MH-FDA-DIWALI DRIVE (7.16 PM)
**** FDA suspends 105 food business licences, Blinkit, Zepto among them; orders closure of 7 outlets
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday said it has suspended the licences of 105 food business outlets, including those linked to Blinkit and Zepto, and ordered seven establishments to shut operations over multiple violations found during a special inspection drive undertaken ahead of Diwali. ****
CAL28 JH-TRIBAL LEADER-LD DEATH (6.55 PM)
**** Tribal activist dies by suicide after alleging harassment by JMM govt, land brokers on Facebook live
Ranchi: Tribal activist Nisha Kumari Bhagat allegedly died by suicide in Ranchi on Friday after going live on Facebook, accusing the state’s Hemant Soren government and land brokers of harassing her. ****
LEGAL
LGD56 SC-3RDLD TARUN TEJPAL (7.45 PM)
**** SC refuses to suspend Tarun Tejpal’s 10-year sentence in 2013 rape case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to suspend the 10-year sentence handed down to journalist Tarun Tejpal, who was convicted of raping a junior colleague inside a hotel elevator in 2013, holding that it cannot be said there was a motive on the part of the victim to implicate him. ****
LGD44 SC-CREAMY LAYER-CENTRE (4.44 PM)
**** SC reaffirms stand on OBC creamy layer criteria, says no prospective application
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday reaffirmed its March 11 verdict which had held that the salary or income of a parent employed in a PSU or the private sector could not by itself be treated as the determinative criterion for creamy-layer exclusion for the Other Backward Classes (OBC). ****
BUSINESS
DEL90 BIZ-ELECTRONICS-LD SCHEME (8.32 PM)
**** Govt opens Semicon 2.0 applications, clears 12 electronics component projects worth Rs 7,503 cr
New Delhi: The government on Friday opened applications under three key pillars of the Rs 1.27 lakh crore Semicon India 2.0 programme, as it stepped up efforts to bolster domestic capabilities in semiconductor equipment, materials, fabrication and chip packaging. ****
DEL74 BIZ-LD OVERSEAS LISTING NORMS (7.06 PM)
**** Govt amends direct overseas listing norms for Indian cos
New Delhi: Providing more leeway for raising funds, Indian companies can now list their convertible debentures and preference shares apart from equity shares on international exchanges in the GIFT IFSC, with the government easing the norms. ****
DEL62 BIZ-LD-VAISHNAW-SOCIAL MEDIA (6.19 PM)
**** Vaishnaw puts onus on social media platforms to curb online harm, stops short of safe-harbour clarity
New Delhi: Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday put the onus on social media platforms to proactively prevent online harm and protect users, calling for greater accountability on child safety, women’s safety, algorithmic transparency and grievance redressal, but stopped short of indicating whether the government was considering withdrawing their statutory safe-harbour protection. ****
FOREIGN
FGN28 UN-INDIA-PEACEKEEPERS (10.30 AM)
**** Perpetrators of attacks against Blue Helmets must be held accountable: India at UN
United Nations: India has called for holding perpetrators of attacks against UN peacekeepers accountable, underlining that Blue Helmets face asymmetric and technologically enabled threats. By Yoshita Singh ****
FGN29 US-TRUMP-DIWALI (11.26 AM)
**** Trump to participate in Diwali celebration at White House
Washington: President Donald Trump will participate in a Diwali celebration at the White House on Friday.
(PTI News)
