Breaking News, September 20

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday issued an order detailing the procedure for the withdrawal of cases filed for defying official orders during the coronavirus pandemic.

A man was arrested in Nand Gram here for killing his lover with an axe over suspicion of her having an affair with someone else, police said on Tuesday.

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday continued his tirade on the ruling BJP at the Centre and alleged that it was spreading hatred among the people of the country, resulting in foreign powers occupying the Indian territory.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday once again raked up the Kashmir issue during his address to world leaders at the high-level UN General Assembly session here.

The Jalna district court in Maharashtra on Tuesday handed life imprisonment to four persons, all relatives, for kidnapping their three-year-old nephew and killing him over a property dispute in 2016.

The rupee consolidated in a narrow range and settled 7 paise higher at 79.74 against the US dollar on Tuesday, snapping its four-session falling streak as investors await the US Fed's policy statement for further cues. At the interbank forex market, the local unit opened at 79.70 against the greenback. It witnessed an intra-day high of 79.58 and a low of 79.77 during the session.
 

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would hear on September 28 the issue pertaining to what could be the broad parameters for exercise of power under Article 142 of the Constitution to dissolve a marriage between the consenting parties without referring them to the family court. Article 142 of the Constitution deals with the enforcement of decrees and orders of the apex court. Two questions, including whether the exercise of such jurisdiction under Article 142 should not be made at all or whether such exercise should be left to be determined in the facts of every case, were earlier referred to a Constitution bench of the top court.

A five-year-old boy was found dead at the house of his neighbour in West Bengal's Birbhum district on Tuesday, following which a mob ransacked the house and set it on fire, police said. The boy went missing on Sunday from Moldanga village in Santiniketan police station area, they said. Ever since the child went missing, the village was on the edge.

The Special Court constituted to hear corruption cases against MPs and MLAs will hear the two related cases registered against former Municipal Administration minister S P Velumani, the first bench of the Madras High Court said on Tuesday.

Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on Tuesday informed the Legislative Assembly that there are 9,432 police constable vacancies in the state, and 5,000 among them will be filled up this year.

Amit dreamt of donning Army fatigues and was preparing for the next recruitment process, while pursuing his college education and also working as a labourer.

China has suspended three officials for the fatal crash of a bus carrying people to a coronavirus quarantine centre in Guizhou province, amid rising anger over the strict enforcement of Beijing's Zero Covid policy in the country.

A woman allegedly killed her three-year-old daughter, packed her body in a plastic bag and dumped it in a pile of garbage in Jawhar of Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Tuesday. The Palghar district rural police have arrested Afsana alias Tara Sulemani (37) for killing her daughter Sana on Monday afternoon, inspector Appasaheb Lengre of Jawhar police station said.

A BA first year student lost her life on Tuesday evening when she was run over by a goods train at Bharwari railway station here, a RPF official said.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday promised to implement the old pension scheme for government employees in Gujarat like Punjab if his party is voted to power in elections, due in December this year.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday blasted what he described as U.S. efforts to preserve its global domination, saying they are doomed to fail.
Speaking while receiving credentials from foreign ambassadors to Moscow, Putin said that “the objective development toward a multipolar world faces resistance of those who try to preserve their hegemony in global affairs and control everything — Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa.”

Prisoners in Punjab can now spend some time with their spouses as the prisons department has begun conjugal visits for inmates from Tuesday, claiming to be the first state to launch such a facility. Initially, conjugal visits will be allowed at the central jail in Goindwal Sahib, new district jail in Nabha and women's jail in Bathinda, a senior official of the prisons department said.

A court in Chhattisgarh's Janjgir Champa district has sentenced two persons to death for the murder of a gram panchayat member in 2021. First additional district and sessions judge Suresh Joon on Monday found the accused Sohit Kewat (28) and Sunil Kewat (23) guilty of killing Bhagwat Sahu, a member of the gram panchayat in Tumsa village, public prosecutor Rajesh Pandey said.

A 28-year-old woman and her two children were found dead inside their home in Kukharampur village here on Tuesday morning, police said. The deceased were identified as Sheetal, her son Nitesh (4) and daughter Nidhi (6), they said. The woman's mother-in-law used to live with them in the village while her husband Dharamraj Saroj works in Lucknow, police said.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar will be felicitated in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, an official statement said. This will be the first visit of Dhankhar, a former Rajasthan MLA, to the Assembly since he assumed office in August. The vice president will reach the Rajasthan Assembly at 5 pm, the statement said. The function will be presided over by Speaker C P Joshi, it said.

Constables and head constables of the Delhi Police are paid Rs 180 per month for using and maintaining cycles but they are spending much more on conveyance as they ride motorcycles, the city police on Tuesday informed the Delhi High Court. The counsel for the Delhi Police sought time to modify the document which grants cycle allowance to constables and head constables. A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad granted eight weeks to the Delhi Police to modify the order and listed the matter for further hearing on January 24, 2023.

Days after eight of its MLAs switched over to the BJP, the Congress on Tuesday appointed Yuri Alemao as its new legislature party leader in Goa. Alemao (37) is the MLA from Cuncolim. "Congress President has appointed Shri Yuri Alemao as Leader, Congress Legislature Party (CLP), Goa with immediate effect," an official communication from the party said.

A portion of a boundary wall of a housing society here collapsed on Tuesday morning, killing four people, officials said. The incident took place at Jal Vayu Vihar in Sector 21, they said. Several workers were feared trapped under the rubble.

Veteran Congress leader and former MLA K Mohammed Ali died at a private hospital on Tuesday morning, party sources said. He was 76 and was under treatment for kidney-related ailments, they said. Ali, who had entered mainstream politics through the party's students' wing Kerala Students Union (KSU), won Assembly polls consecutively since 1980 and represented Aluva constituency in the House six times.

INS Ajay was decommissioned on Monday after rendering 32 years of glorious service to the nation. The ceremony was conducted at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai in the traditional manner, wherein the national flag, naval ensign and the decommissioning pennant of the ship were lowered for the last time at sunset, signifying the end of the ship's commissioned service, informed the government through an official release.

A tropical storm that dumped heavy rain as it cut across Japan moved into the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday after killing two and injuring more than 100, paralyzing traffic and leaving thousands of homes without power. New damage was reported in southern Japan, where Typhoon Nanmadol hit over the weekend before weakening as it moved north.

The traffic police in Kashmir issued guidelines on Monday for its personnel and fruit dealers to ensure smooth and hassle-free movement of apple-laden trucks. After detailed discussions with stakeholders, Inspector General of Police, Traffic, Vikramjit Singh directed all the SSPs to take necessary measures so that the fruit-laden trucks are provided a smooth passage.

Former Delhi Congress MLA Asif Khan on Monday come out in support of AAP legislator Amanatullah Khan, who was arrested by the ACB, saying the BJP government at the Centre is "misusing" its agencies to "harass" minorities. Amanatullah Khan was nabbed by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on September 16 in connection with a graft case. The ACB is probing alleged irregularities in the recruitment in the Delhi Waqf Board, which Amanatullah Khan heads as the chairman, and conducted raids at four places, including his residence in Okhla.

Senior Odisha BJP leader Bishnu Charan Sethi died on Monday at a state-run hospital, where he was undergoing treatment for kidney-related ailments. He was 61. The deputy leader in Assembly was admitted to AIIMS, Bhubaneswar on August 16. "He had developed lung infection and suffered brain haemorrhage. However, the end came due to acute cardiac failure," AIIMS-Bhubaneswar Superintendent S N Mohanth told reporters.