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At 27,176 new cases, India's daily tally below 30K in last 4 days
However, the daily Covid tally in the country remained below 30,000 for the last four days, according to the Union Health Ministry's report on Wednesday. A total of 25,404 new cases were registered on Tuesday, 27,254 on Monday and 28,591 on Sunday. With 284 new fatalities registered in the last 24 hours, the country's total Covid death toll increased to 4,43 497. The fatality rate has remained at 1.33 per cent for the last few days.
Delhi terror module bust: Maha ATS, cops grill suspect's kin
In a sensational operation by the Delhi Police, Shaikh, 47, alias 'Samir Kaalia' was nabbed on Tuesday along with five others. They are allegedly part of a Pakistan-backed terror module which included two trained by the ISI. The family of Shaikh -- who is reportedly linked with the dreaded D-Company led by the fugitive mafia don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar.
Trinamool Congress nominates Sushmita Dev for Rajya Sabha
Dev, who recently joined the Trinamool from the Congress, is likely to become the face of the party in the Northeast. "We are extremely pleased to nominate @SushmitaDevAITC to the Upper House of the Parliament. @MamataOfficial vision to empower women and ensure their maximum participation in politics shall help our society achieve much more," Trinamool tweeted.
Life imprisonment means rigorous imprisonment for life, rules SC
A bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and B.R. Gavai declined to reopen the debate whether a life sentence should be treated as rigorous imprisonment for life. "In view of the authoritative pronouncements of this court on the issues that arise for consideration in these SLPs, there is no need to re-examine the limited point for which notice was issued. Therefore, the Special Leave Petitions are dismissed," it said.
Don't demolish temples in haste, clear guidelines to be issued in 2 days: K'taka CM
Following a court order on unauthorised religious structures in the state, the authororities in Karnataka are considering measures to get rid of such illegal structures constructed on public land. Bommai said that a show-cause notice has been issued to the Mysuru District Commissioner and Tahasildar for not taking people into confidence before demolishing temples in the district.
2nd marriage of Muslim man with Hindu woman invalid: Gauhati HC
According to a high court order, one Dipamani Kalita, mother of a 12-year-old boy and second wife of Sahabuddin Ahmed, had earlier filed a writ petition in the court after the authority had rejected her claim of pension and other pensionary benefits after her husband's death in a road mishap in July 2017.
Swearing-in of new Gujarat cabinet on September 16
At the press briefing held just after Patel's selection at the BJP state headquarters Kamalam, Gujarat BJP President CR Paatil had said that Patel would take the oath alone and that the rest of the Cabinet would be finalized later after discussions within the party. According to sources in the BJP, all its MLAs have been instructed to reach Gandhinagar by Wednesday.
Country can't forget sufferings of Kashmiri Pandits: Rahul Gandhi
In a Facebook post in hindi, the Congress MP wrote, "The country cannot forget the sufferings of you all and my goodwill is with all my Kashmiri Pandit brothers and sisters, humble tributes." Last week during his visit to Jammu, Rahul Gandhi had said that he is a Kashmiri Pandit and feels at home whenever he visits Jammu and Kashmir.
PM chairs meeting of council of ministers, says learn best practices from colleagues
Sources said that at the first physical meeting of the council of ministers after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, various issues were discussed. "The meeting lasted for over four hours," sources said. The meeting was held at the auditorium of the Rashtrapati Bhavan. "At the meeting, the Prime Minister asked the ministers to learn the best practices of their colleagues. Referring to late Union minister Manohar Parrikar, the Prime Minister said that simplicity is a way of life," sources said.
'For states to implement': SC no to again prescribing promotion quota policy
A bench, headed by Justices L Nageswara Rao and comprising justices Sanjiv Khanna and B R Gavai said: "We are making it very clear that we are not going to reopen Nagraj or Jarnail Singh (cases)." It pointed out that the idea was only to decide these cases in accordance with the law laid down by the top court.
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