Vedanta, Yes Bank top loser as Sensex closes lower | Updates on September 27

West Bengal finance and industry minister Amit Mitra said on Friday that the state government will provide 100 acres in Burdwan district for setting up an exclusive park for the manufacture of building materials.

We plan to create an exclusive park for building materials manufacturing for which 100 acres will be provided in the red category certified area of Panagarh", Mitra said at a CII event. If needed, another 100 acres will provided in the land owned by WBIDC, Amit Mitra said

BBC has took a decision against news show presenter, Naga Munchetty, for an apparent breach of the broadcaster's strict impartiality guidelines after she criticised comments made by US President Donald Trump on air.

The story behind Naga Munchetty row:

In July, Donald Trump made racist comments apparently against Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley.

In a tweet, Trump said they should "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime-infested places from which they came."

"Every time I have been told, as a woman of colour, to go back to where I came from, that was embedded in racism," Naga Munchetty said in a discussion with her co-host while reporting on the story.

Market benchmark BSE Sensex closed 167 points lower after a volatile session on Friday, dragged by metal, auto and financial stocks, as optimism over US-China trade deal waned amid rising political uncertainty in the US.

Top losers at Sensex on Friday

Vedanta

IndusInd Bank

Yes Bank

Tata Steel

ONGC

Tata Motors

Sun Pharma,

M&M

TCS

Hero MotoCorp

Top-performing shares  at Sensex on Friday

Bajaj Finance

Bharti Airtel

ITC

RIL

Kotak Bank

NTPC 

Probe has been ordered against directors of Lakshmi Vilas Bank for alleged financial fraud. 

Indian financial services company Religare Finvest (RFL) has accused Lakshmi Vilas of misappropriating 7.9 billion rupees ($111.4 million) it kept with the bank as a fixed deposit, according to a copy of a complaint filed with the Economic Offences Wing of the New Delhi police, Reuters reported.

A British-flagged oil tanker held by Iran since July was released Friday and was heading toward the United Arab Emirates, the company that owns the vessel said.

Iran's marine and port authority said the Stena Impero left Iran Friday morning. Hours earlier, the tanker had begun transmitting its location for the first time in weeks just outside the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, where it had been held since its seizure.

Erik Hanell, President and CEO of Swedish-based Stena Bulk, the ship's owner, said the vessel and its crew had been released, and the ship would be transiting through Dubai for the crew to disembark and receive medical checks.

Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh appears before CBI court in Babri Masjid demolition case

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said that terrorists from across the border can carry out big incident on our coastline. 

"Neighbouring country's terrorists can carry out a big incident on our coastline, which extends from Kutch to Kerala," he said. 

He added: We don't bother anyone, but if anyone bothers us, we won't let them rest peacefully.

Rajnath Singh also said that a country that does not remember the sacrifice of its soldiers is not respected anywhere in the world.

Have you linked your PAN card with your Aadhaar? If not then please do as the government deadline for linking PAN-Aadhaar ends on September 30. We advise you to avoid the last-minute rush and do it. If you miss the September 30 deadline for linking PAN-Aadhaar, your PAN card will become 'inoperative'. The government has not yet clarified what it means by 'inoperative'. But we are sure you don't want to face that consequence. 

PAN-Aadhaar linking is a very simple process. Indiatvnews.com brings you a step-by-step guide of doing it online. 

Follow the process listed in this article and you will be able to link your PAN card with Aadhaar. 

A step-by-step guide to link PAN-Aadhaar

Maratha strongman Sharad Pawar has said that he won't be visiting the ED office today to avoid law and order problem. Pawar has also called the case against him as "political conspiracy". The NCP workers were out on the streets today to protest against the case. 

Earlier, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut and Congress's Rahul Gandhi came out in support of Sharad Pawar. The political temperatures in Maharashtra soared from the time the ED named Sharad Pawar in a bank scam case. Pawar has not lost an electoral battle in Maharashtra since 1976. 

Pawar's decision came after Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Barve met him at his residence and requested him not to visit the ED office as it may create a law and order situation.

Pawar had announced that he would visit the ED office at 2 pm, even though the agency has not summoned him yet. Talking to reporters, Pawar thanked the Shiv Sena and Congress for backing him on the ED action issue, adding the agency's action gave an impression that opposition leaders were being targeted. 

Imphal, Sep 27: The Manipur Cabinet has sought feedback from public on  legalising cultivation of marijuana or cannabis for medical and industrial purpose.

Government Spokesperson Th Radheshyam Singh told reporters on Thursday night that the Cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister N Biren Singh discussed the policies being adopted by others states that have legalised plantation of cannabis.

Kochi Maradu flats demolition case: Supreme Court orders compensation of Rs 25 lakhs to each flat owner to be paid within 4 weeks time. Court fixes the matter for further hearing on October 25.

Congress leader Manak Agarwal on Friday said that one of the biggest reason behind honey trapping issue in Madhya Pradesh is RSS people do not marry. He advised RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to marry. 

While speaking to ANI, Agarwal said, "One of the biggest reasons for this is that RSS people do not marry. RSS people should get married. Mohan Bhagwat should also get married."

He further said, "SIT is doing the investigation. It all started since the times of Shivraj ji. More number of BJP leaders are involved in this. It has spread across 5-6 states now."

BJP leader Kalyan Singh to appear before a Special CBI court in connection with the Babri Masjid demolition case today. Singh says, "The CBI court had summoned me today, so I am going there. I have always respected the court and will continue to do so."

Karnataka authorities imposed section 144 (prohibition on gathering of more than 4 people) in Mysuru, ahead of Dussehra. 

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the government over Enforcement Directorate (ED) action against Sharad Pawar in money laundering case.  The Congress leader's tweet read, "Sharad Pawar Ji is the latest Opposition leader to be targeted by a vindictive Government. The timing of this action, a month before elections in Maharashtra, reeks of political opportunism."

BJP-Shiv Sena alliance is almost final. Formal announcement of alliance expected on September 29.

Another Pakistan drone has been captured at Attari, Pakistan-Punjab border on Friday. 

In early trends of the Kerala's Pala assembly by-poll results, Left Democratic Front's (LDF) Mani C. Kappan leading by over 3000 votes.

All schools and colleges of all boards to remain closed today and tomorrow in Varanasi due to heavy rainfall in the area.

Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi announced that the country will host next SAARC summit. The dates have not been announced yet but the Pakistan government will soon propose the dates.

A group of Jacobite priests, including priests at St. Mary's Church in Piravom, arrested by police. Supporters of Jacobite faction had assembled at St. Mary's Church yesterday, to prevent Orthodox priests from offering prayers there.

S Suhas, Ernakulam Collector told ANI, "We have taken the key of the church. We will consult legal experts for further action. Whatever has been done till now is as per the directions of the court."

Section 144 CrPC has been imposed at Ballard Estate, where the office of Enforcement Directorate is situated; NCP Chief Sharad Pawar to visit ED office today to make himself available to the agency for their investigation in the money laundering case, in which he has been named.

A 50-year-old ailing man, who was also an Ayushmaan Bharat cardholder, dies after four private hospitals rejected his admission in Uttar Pradesh. The health department of the state has ordered an inquiry in this case.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar to appear before Enforcement Directorate (ED) today in money laundering case. 

Jamia Millia Islamia to ban all single-use plastic items from October 2. Violators will be charges Rs 500. 

The United States announced the deployment of 200 troops as well as Patriot missiles to Saudi Arabia to help the country's defence in the wake of last month's attacks on oil installations blamed on Iran.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be holding a meeting in Delhi today with Secretaries and Financial Advisors of key selected Ministries to review total CAPEX by the Ministries in 2019-20 till now and plan for future CAPEX in the current financial year.

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Bodies of four members of a family found in a hotel room in Khudel, Indore. Rajesh Dabur, Sub-Inspector says, "Bodies of parents and two children have been found. Prima facie it appears to be suicide, further investigation underway"