Breaking: Court grants NCB custody of 4 more linked to cruise ship drug case

A Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Wednesday granted Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) custody of four people associated with the Delhi-based-event management company Caneplus Trading Private Limited till 14th of October. This event management company had organised the event on Cordelia Cruises’ Empress ship which Aryan Khan was supposed to attend. 

The 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Benjamin List and David WC MacMillan “for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis”, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Wednesday. 

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi left for Lakhimpur Kheri after Uttar Pradesh Police allowed him to use his personal vehicle for travelling. The Congress leader sat in a dharna along with Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel as they were briefly stopped from coming out of the airport, Gandhi said. “Whenever I come to UP, I travel in my own car. But now they want to take me like a prisoner. I will sit here. There is no question of moving now,” he told reporters. Read More

Chattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel announced an ex-gratia of ₹50 lakhs for the kins of the farmers and journalist killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident. “On behalf of Chhattisgarh Govt, I announce ₹50 lakhs each for the families of the farmers and the journalist who died in the violence (in Lakhimpur Kheri),” he said on Wednesday. Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi also announced an ex-gratia of ₹50 lakhs for the kins of the deceased. Read More

District administration in holding discussion on the number of people to be allowed with Rahul Gandhi during his visit to Lakhimpur Kheri, Congress leaders told Hindustan Times on Wednesday. 

Punjab Congress will march to Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district starting  Thursday to protest against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the “brutal murders” of farmers on October 3. The march will be led by Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu and will start from Mohali, said  an aide of the state unit chief. 

Uttar Pradesh government has allowed people to visit Lakhimpur Kheri but only in groups of five. UP Police said anyone is free to visit Lakhimpuri Kheri now. “The state govt had imposed restrictions to maintain law & order, not to restrict any movement,” ADG, Law and Order, Prashant Kumar told ANI.

The police will conduct a detailed investigation in the case, and no accused will be spared: ADG, Law & Order, Prashant Kumar on Lakhimpur Kheri violence.

Aam Aadmi Party workers protest outside Raj Bhawan over Lakhimpur Kheri violence, police use water cannon to disperse them.

PM Narendra Modi interacts with beneficiaries of Svamitva scheme from Madhya Pradesh, via videoconferencing.

The drone is going to give a new flight to the villages of India. Today, money is being sent directly to the bank accounts of farmers under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi for small farming needs: PM Modi.

State government has given permission to Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and three other people to visit Lakhimpur Kheri: Home Department, UP Government, reports ANI.

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Bhupesh Baghel and Charanjit Channi onboard a flight to Lucknow to meet families of farmers who lost their lives in Lakhimpur Kheri violence.

Let the situation come under control and last rites of the bodies be performed. When these things will happen, we will allow them (political leaders) to go there (Lakhimpur Kheri). We are trying to do the things as soon as possible: Uttar Pradesh Minister Sidharth Nath Singh.

12-hour suspension of internet in Sitapur to imposed in half-an-hour: Uttar Pradesh Police.

Arvind Kejriwal to address a digital press conference on Lakhimpur incident today at 12 noon.

The border restrictions between Australia’s Victoria, Australian Capital Territory (ACT), and New South Wales (NSW) will be eased, as the “relative risks” change in Victoria amid the worsening Covid-19 situation.

Changes in NEET super specialty exam pattern will be implemented next year, Centre tells SC.

The Indian rupee depreciated 21 paise to 74.65 against the US dollar in opening trade on Wednesday, as rising crude prices and strength of the American currency in the overseas market weighed on investor sentiments.

We don’t care about manhandling. We just care about the farmers. My goal is to meet the people who are admitted in hospitals, says Rahul Gandhi.

Do not involve with the democratic process. We are pushing to maintain the democratic process because it is a safety valve: Rahul Gandhi.

Our work as opposition is to build pressure to force government action. If we didn’t, then nothing would have happened in Hathras too. There’s a dictatorship in India now, you cant go to Uttar Pradesh: Rahul Gandhi.

Farmers’ rights are being systematically robbed, which is why farmers protesting. They are being repeatedly attacked, starting from land acquisition bill. PM Modi was in Lucknow yesterday, bout didn’t go to Lakhimpur KheriWe will try to go to Lakhimpur Kheri: Rahul Gandhi.

No action being taken against BJP Home minister MoS: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to reach Lucknow at 12.30pm today.

India recorded 18,833 new cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the last 24 hours, which pushed the nationwide tally to 33,871881, according to Union health ministry.

Taliban on Monday announced 38 new members of its caretaker government of Afghanistan, in civil and military positions.

Petrol, diesel prices today; ₹102.94/ltr (up ₹0.30) & ₹91.42/ltr (up ₹0.35) in Delhi; ₹108.96 (up ₹0.29) & ₹99.17/ltr (up ₹0.37) in Mumbai, respectively.

Military tensions with China are at their worst in more than 40 years, Taiwan’s defence minister said on Wednesday, days after record numbers of Chinese aircraft flew into the island’s air defence zone.

Singapore on Tuesday reported record 3,486 new Covid-19 cases, including 713 from dormitories housing foreign workers, and nine more deaths.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says claim Facebook put profits over safety ‘just not true’, reports AFP.

In view of the festive season, metro services will ply till 11 pm. For crowd management, more frequency of trains in the evening with one metro running every 6 minutes. Secondly, RPF and station staff will manage crowd: Manoj Joshi, Chairman, Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the beneficiaries of Svamitva (Survey of Villages And Mapping With Improvised Technology In Village Areas) scheme in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday via video conferencing.

The first of the two-phased Tamil Nadu rural local body elections will be conducted in newly-carved nine districts on Wednesday.

New Zealand said on Wednesday that one person has died of Covid-19 in an Auckland hospital, and 39 new cases were recorded.

Seven people, including four minors, died in a house fire on Tuesday in the Argentine city of Bahia Blanca, some 635 km south of Buenos Aires, police said.

US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that he has spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping about Taiwan and they agreed to abide by the Taiwan agreement.