New Delhi, Oct 17 Following are the top stories at 5.35 pm:
NATION
BOM12 MP-MINIBUS-2ND LD ACCIDENT (3.23 PM)
**** 8 from MP killed in Rajasthan accident: CM Yadav announces Rs 4 lakh aid to kin of deceased
Bhopal: Eight persons from Madhya Pradesh’s Betul district were killed and 15 were injured after a tempo traveller veered off the road and fell into a 15-foot-deep drain on Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan on Saturday morning, police said.
DEL29 NCR-FAMILY-2NDLD DEAD (3.44 PM)
**** Couple, 3 children found dead in Greater Noida; food poisoning suspected
Noida/Lucknow: In a suspected case of food poisoning, a couple and their three children were found dead at a village in Greater Noida’s Rabupura on Saturday, police said. ****
DEL13 DL-PROTEST-FIRs (11.49 AM)
**** Lehra do Tiranga: Delhi Police files multiple FIRs for violation of prohibitory orders
New Delhi: Delhi Police has registered multiple FIRs in connection with alleged violation of prohibitory orders in Connaught Place ahead of the Cockroach Janta Party’s ‘Lehra do Tiranga’ protest a day ago, sources said on Saturday. ****
DEL35 DL-CJP-DIPKE-BAIL (4.51 PM)
**** CJP’s Abhijeet Dipke granted conditional bail, asked to sign peace bond: Police sources
New Delhi: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke was granted conditional bail on Saturday and asked to sign a peace bond, police sources said. ****
BOM8 GJ-FACTORY-BLAST (3.13 PM)
**** Five workers killed, as many injured in blast at chemical unit in Gujarat’s Bharuch
Bharuch: As many as five workers were killed and five others injured after an explosion ripped through a chemical manufacturing unit in Gujarat’s Bharuch district, officials said on Saturday.
DEL28 LADAKH-COUNCILS-LD REGULATION (3.22 PM)
**** Regulation issued to revise structure, electoral procedure of Ladakh Hill Development Councils
New Delhi: The Centre has amended the legal terminology, administrative structure and electoral provisions governing the Autonomous Hill Development Councils in Ladakh to align them with the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, which led to the creation of the Union territory of Ladakh. ****
DEL24 AVI-AIR INDIA-SAUDI FLIGHTS (3.06 PM)
**** Air India, AI Express cancel Saudi Arabia flights till Oct 24
New Delhi: Air India and Air India Express on Saturday announced the extension of flight cancellations to Saudi Arabia until October 24 due to escalating geopolitical tensions in the region. ****
DEL30 SIBAL-GOVT-PROTEST (3.45 PM)
**** ‘Right to protest has become a crime’: Sibal slams govt
New Delhi: Lashing out at the Modi government for denotifying Jantar Mantar as a protest site, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday claimed that the situation in the country is such that protesting has become a “crime” and expressed confidence that the Supreme Court will ensure that people’s right to protest is protected. ****
DEL14 ADVANI-LD HOSPITAL (12.09 PM)
LK Advani admitted to Delhi hospital with chest infection; condition stable
New Delhi, Oct 17 (PTI) BJP veteran and former deputy prime minister Lal Krishna Advani has been admitted to a hospital with a chest infection, officials said on Saturday.
DEL19 CRPF-ARMY RANK-PLAN (1.54 PM)
**** CRPF mulls restoring Army ranks abolished 30 years ago; promotions, Agniveers in focus
New Delhi: CRPF, the country’s largest paramilitary force, is mulling reintroducing the military ranks of lance naik and naik, 30 years after they were abolished, to address delayed promotions and accommodate Agniveers retiring from the Army, officials said on Saturday. ****
MDS24 TN-DMK-CEC REMOVAL (4.27 PM)
**** DMK MPs meet demands for CEC’s removal over SIR row
Chennai: The DMK parliamentary party meeting, held under the leadership of party president M K Stalin on Saturday, adopted four key resolutions, including one demanding the immediate dismissal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over the criticism of the SIR of the electoral roll. ****
LEGAL
LGD8 SC-RG KAR-BAIL (5.33 PM)
**** SC grants bail to former RK Kar College principal Sandip Ghosh in financial irregularities case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has granted bail to former RG Kar Medical College Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh, accused of being involved in financial irregularities at the Kolkata college and manipulation of merit scores to accommodate undeserving candidates. ****
LGD7 SC-CHILD PORN (4.14 PM)
**** SC bars online platforms from hosting subscription-based sexual content
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has taken serious note of lapses by social media platforms in curbing sexually explicit visual content depicting minors and directed that every intermediary must ensure that no such material, having the propensity to harm children, is offered, hosted, uploaded or promoted through a paywall or subscription, either directly or indirectly. ****
BUSINESS
DEL34 BIZ-FSSAI-LD PRIYAGOLD (5.05 PM)
**** FSSAI’s legal action on Priyagold for using cattle feed bran in biscuits; Dodla Dairy too under net
New Delhi: Food regulator FSSAI has initiated legal proceedings for prosecution against Surya Food & Agro for using cattle feed bran in manufacturing of Priyagold biscuits and for other serious violations. ****
DEL31 BIZ-FSSAI-BABY FOOD (3.45 PM)
**** FSSAI proposes banning addition of fructose, sucrose in baby food products
New Delhi: Food regulator FSSAI has proposed banning addition of fructose and sucrose in food products for infants up to six months of age, a move aimed at safeguarding children’s health by minimising early exposure to added sugar. ****
FOREIGN
FGN10 US-INDIA-PROTEST-RUBIO (7.27 AM)
**** US lawmakers urge Rubio to question India over handling of CJP protests
Washington: Six US Democratic lawmakers, including Pramila Jayapal and Ilhan Omar, have urged US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to raise with his Indian interlocutors the alleged excessive use of force during student protests in Delhi and other parts of India. By Sagar Kulkarni ****
FGN15 UN-INDIA (10.15 AM)
**** India rejects report by UN human rights expert that says Indian youth face retaliation, terms claims as ‘hearsay’
United Nations: India has rejected as “hearsay” a report by a UN human rights expert that has taken note of the “satirical political movement” created by the country’s youth, with New Delhi calling on the expert to “verify” before vilifying issues using unverified claims.
(PTI News)
