Breaking News, October 10

The new excise policy of Delhi government (2022-23) is likely to be delayed as a high-level committee formed to frame its broad outlines has sought more time to submit its report, officials said on Monday. The committee constituted in August includes principal secretary finance, principal secretary revenue, excise commissioner and an expert member.

(AP) A boat overloaded with passengers fleeing flooding in southeastern Nigeria capsized and 76 people remain missing days later and are feared dead, emergency officials said Monday. Many women and children were among those trying to escape the floodwaters in the Ogbaru council area of Anambra on Friday, Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency said.

Former MLA from Shahbad Anil Dhantori, who recently quit the Congress, joined the ruling BJP in Haryana on Monday. Dhantori, who was MLA from 2009-2014, joined the BJP in the presence of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and other leaders of the party.      

The Supreme Court on Monday observed that a plea on hate speeches against minorities in the country perhaps may be right in saying the entire atmosphere is getting sullied due to this type of public discourse and needs to be curbed.

The body of a 25-year-old man was recovered from the bank of river Bhagirathi near Manera on Monday, two days after he went missing, police said.

A 16-year-old boy sustained injuries in a blast in east Delhi's New Ashok Nagar area on Monday, police said. According to the police, the boy was filling some substance in a hollow pipe for bursting crackers that are also used to frighten animals when the blast took place in C-Block, New Ashok Nagar.

Authorities on Wednesday raided a government school here after reports that a teacher hired a woman to teach students in his place, police said. The woman was hired by teacher Vipin Malik of Government Model Sanskriti Primary School at Sector-54 Suncity Colony for Rs 8,000 per month, they said, adding the woman did not have required qualification to teach the students.

A 54-year-old woman died under suspicious circumstances after falling from the 10th floor of a building in the Indira Puram area on Monday, police said. The dead has been identified as Tapusi Sadhu, wife of Sahwal Sadhu, general manager of Steel Authority India Limited branch of Laxmi Nagar, Delhi.

A jail inmate was nabbed soon after he escaped the police custody from the sessions court complex here on Monday. Yogesh Kumar, who was lodged in the Central Jail here, was produced in the court of Hoshiarpur Additional Session Judge in a murder case.

Twenty-five farmers in Haryana's Kurukshetra district have been fined for burning crop residue, officials said on Monday. Deputy Commissioner Shantanu Sharma said information about crop residue burning at 33 places was received via satellite images from the Agriculture department and through eight other means.

A 15-year-old girl, pregnant after she was raped three months back, was allegedly set on fire by the mother and sister of the accused, police said on Monday. After learning about the pregnancy, the mother-daughter duo took the minor to their house on the pretext of getting her married to the accused. However, later on Saturday night, they poured kerosene on the girl and set her ablaze, they said.

The UAE expects trade with India to cross USD 100 billion-mark over the next 2-3 years, boosted by the comprehensive economic partnership agreement. The Indo-UAE trade stood at USD 73 billion in FY22, which got a major fillip since the two nations signed the comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) on May 1, 2022.

Days after a bus accident resulted in the death of nine people, including five students, the Kerala High Court on Monday cracked the whip on errant bus owners and crew and asked the government to suspend the fitness certificates of such vehicles violating the law, along with the licence of its drivers.

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which has sought a transfer of the trial in the gold smuggling case from Kerala to Karnataka, claiming a "free and fair trial" in the case is not possible in the state. A bench comprising Chief Justice U U Lalit and Justice S R Bhat issued notice to the state of Kerala seeking its response to the Enforcement Directorate's plea and posted the matter for hearing on October 20.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath condoled the death of former UP CM Mulayam Singh Yadav and called it "extremely sad".  The 82-year-old passed away at Medanta hospital in Gurugram on Monday. In a tweet on Monday, the leader said: " The demise of former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav ji is extremely sad.

The CBI has arrested a Hyderabad-based businessman in connection with the alleged Delhi excise policy scam in which Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is also an accused, officials said on Monday. Abhishek Boinpally, who was allegedly lobbying for certain liquor businessmen based in southern India, was called for questioning on Sunday. The a

President Droupadi Murmu termed the demise of Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday an “irreparable loss” to the country. 
She said the achievements of Mulayam Singh Yadav, who came from an ordinary environment, were extraordinary. Mulayam, 82, died in Medanta hospital in Gurugram where he was undergoing treatment.

Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav breathed his last on Monday. The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister was battling for life and was in a critical condition for several days. Yadav was kept under life-saving drugs in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Medanta hospital in Gurugram. 

PM Modi's Gujarat Visit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Monday dedicate to the nation various projects worth more than Rs 8,000 crore at Amod in Bharuch district of Gujarat and inaugurate an educational complex for the needy students in Ahmedabad.

Leader of Opposition West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah requesting "urgent deployment of Central forces in the wake of Mominpur violence and ransacking of Ekbalpur police station to contain law and order situation.

“I have written to Hon'ble Union Home Minister Shri @AmitShah Ji & Hon'ble Governor Shri La Ganesan Ji requesting them to urgently deploy Central Forces in the wake of Mominpur violence & ransacking of Ekbalpur Police Station before the Law & Order situation of WB gets out of hand,” tweeted BJP leader.

One terrorist was killed during an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on Monday. According to the details, the gunfight began in the Tangpawa area of Anantnag. Police and security forces are on the job. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday declared Modhera in Gujarat's Mehsana district as the country's first 24X7 "solar-powered" village. Addressing a rally after the function, Modi said Modhera was once subject to countless atrocities of all kinds committed by invaders in the past, but is growing now with modernity while retaining its ancient character. He said Modhera, famous for the Sun temple, will also be known as a solar-powered village. On the first day of his three-day visit to his home state, where elections are due in December this year, the prime minister inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for multiple projects worth over Rs 3,900 crore at the Modhera event.

RSS leader Indresh Kumar on Sunday said that freedom fighter VD Savarkar was sentenced to double life imprisonment and spent a torturous time in jail, while the Congress leaders had a comfortable time during their incarceration.

As many as nine people were killed across parts of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday due to heavy rains. As per India Meteorological Department (IMD), the state recorded an average of 22.5 mm rainfall on Sunday, which is 2396 per cent more than the 'long period average' (LPA) for the day.

Congress presidential poll candidate Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said the Gandhi family was blessing him and his opponent, Mallikarjun Kharge, and had no bias towards either of them.

Speaking to the media after meeting party functionaries at Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee office here, the former diplomat also said his aim was to make Congress stronger before the 2024 polls.

A house collapsed near Valmiki mandir near Farshkhana Lahori gate in Delhi on Sunday. One child succumbed to injuries while 9 others were shifted to a nearby hospital. Delhi has been witnessing incessant rain since Saturday night.