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NSE phone tapping case: CBI arrests ex-Mumbai Police Chief
Pandey was already in judicial custody and was lodged in Delhi's Tihar jail. He was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate, who also have filed the charge-sheet in the matter. Now, the CBI have arrested him and also moved a remand plea before the Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court which sent Pandey to a five-day CBI custody.
A British Raj legacy, the worst is over for Assam-Mizoram border row
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Mizoram counterpart Zoramthanga held a second Chief Minister-level meeting in New Delhi on September 21 and decided to resolve the situation much like the Assam-Meghalaya and Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border disputes have been. It was decided to form a few committees which will visit ground zero and will put up their recommendations for a permanent solution to the vexed border issue.
PM Modi was on PFI radar in July 2020, say ED sources
ED sources claimed that Prime Minister Narender Modi was also on the radar of PFI, which had planned to attack the Prime Minister during a rally in July 2020. However, due to some reason, PFI didn't go ahead with the plan. The sources claimed that the PFI members had even planned to organise a terror camp to execute an attack on Modi. The sources said that around Rs 120 crore were collected by the PFI to carry out attacks and create unrest and riot-like situation in the country.
Urban naxals need to be stopped from stalling development projects: PM Modi
In his virtual address to a conference of state environment ministers in Gujarat's Ekta Nagar, the location of Sardar Sarovar dam, PM Modi said, "We have seen how in the name of environmental clearance roadblocks are created to stall modern infrastructure creation. You won't believe how urban naxals and anti-development elements had delayed the Sardar Sarovar dam's construction.
AIIMS Delhi gets new director
Dr Srinivas is currently the Dean of Employees' State Insurance Corporation Hospital and Medical College (ESIC Hospital) in Hyderabad. He has been appointed for a period of five years or till attaining the age of 65 years, or until further orders, whichever is the earliest.
'Jaage Ho?' How PM Modi surprised S. Jaishankar with midnight call
The External affairs minister, who was the Foreign Secretary then, was recalling the incident when an Indian consulate at Mazar-i-Sharif in war-torn Afghanistan was attacked in 2016. S. Jaishankar was speaking at an event to discuss the book 'Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery' in New York on Thursday. He is in New York to attend the annual session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Defence Ministry inks Rs 1,700 cr deal for surface-to-surface BrahMos missile
"Providing further impetus to Aatmanirbharta in defence production, the Ministry of Defence signed a contract today with BrahMos Aerospace Pvt Ltd (BAPL) for acquisition of additional dual-role capable surface to curface BrahMos missiles at an overall approximate cost of Rs 1,700 crore under Buy-Indian Category," the ministry said in a statement. The induction of these dual-role capable missiles is supposed to significantly enhance the operational capability of Indian Navy.
How PFI spread its wing across the country
An official said that the agency had learnt that the PFI was indulging in terror funding besides imparting training to the youth in order to radicalise them. "We have seized incriminating documents, digital devices, cash to the tune of Rs 10 lakh along with weapons. We have learnt that camps were organised where conspiracies were hatched to carry out terror-related activities in the country," said a source.
Monsoon likely to withdraw from some areas between Sep 29-Oct 5: IMD
According to the IMD, conditions are likely to become favourable for the withdrawal of monsoon from the next week. "Due to trough/ cyclonic circulation over central and peninsular India, scattered to fairly widespread rainfall and isolated thunderstorm/ lightning likely over central and peninsular India during most days between September 29 - October 5," the IMD said.
'PFI raids were planned in two high-level meetings of MHA'
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla were also present in that meeting. Officials of all the agencies concerned were asked to prepare a report with evidence against the PFI. In the meeting, instructions were given to take action against the people associated with PFI. Thereafter, when all the central agencies completed the preparations, a meeting of the officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the officers of the investigating agencies was held on September 19.
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