Breaking news: Delhi reports 42 Covid-19 cases, no related deaths in last 24 hrs

Kerala reported 7,738 new Covid-19 cases and 57 deaths in last 24 hours. The active caseload stood at 78,122.

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has arrived in Goa and is expected to stay in the state for the next three to four days, reports ANI. 

With 42 new Covid-19 cases and no related deaths in the last 24 hours, Delhi’s total caseload reached 1,439,751 and the death toll climbed to 25,091, a health department bulletin showed.

A court in Thane has issued non-bailable warrant against former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh in the extortion case, reports ANI.

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal interacted with farmers in Mansa, Punjab and said, “It pains everyone when we hear about farmers dying by suicide. After 70 years of Independence, if our farmers are dying by suicide it is a shame for us,” reports ANI.

Pune court remands Kiran Gosavi, NCB witness in cruise ship drug seizure case, in police custody till November 5 in a cheating case, reports PTI.

The ‘Har Ghar Dastak’ door-to-door vaccination campaign would be launched on November 2 on the occasion of Dhanwantri Diwas, reports ANI citing official sources.

Aryan Khan, Munmun Dhamecha and Arbaaz Merchant were granted bail by the Bombay High Court. The court also said that a detailed order would follow tomorrow. Aryan and other two won’t be released from Arthur road jail till the detail order comes.

ASG Anil Singh said that Aryan Khan was found in “conscious possession” of drugs and he was connected with drug peddlers and it was of commercial quantity. “The arrest cannot be said to be illegal. Four hours cannot be called a delay. Conspiracy is difficult to prove. Only conspirators know how they have considered. We have WhatsApp chats which we will place on record,” Singh said. “They have all conspired together and is difficult to prove conspiracy only the conspirator knows everything,” he added.

“The Metropolitan Magistrate have seen our remand application and given us police custody. He has seen the arrest grounds and that there were no illegality in arrest,” ASG Anil Singh said about the NCB’s arrest of Aryan Khan.

“There are three orders of remand they have not challenged and now they can’t say the arrest was illegal,” Singh added.

ASG Anil Singh said that no recovery of drugs did not mean that the person has not committed the offence, during the hearing on Aryan Khan’s bail plea in Bombay HC.

Foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will call on Pope Francis in Vatican. However, it is not confirmed if the meeting would be one-to-one or at delegation level, reports ANI. 

ASG Anil Singh, appearing for the NCB in the drugs-on-cruise case, said that bail was not a rule under the NDPS act but an exception. “They have argued bail is a rule. Bail is not a rule. The Supreme court Judgements say under NDPS act, bail is not the rule but exception,” Singh said.

“SC says it’s a heinous crime worse than culpable homidcide and has to be dealt with stringently,” he added.

ASG Anil Singh said that the accused had initially claimed that they were not found in possession of contraband substances and later said they possessed small quantity.

“Arbaaz has been found in possession accused number two. Aryan has knowledge, he was aware and it was consumption for both. They specifically said it was for cruise journey.”

“Cannot keep mindlessly thriving towards development, we need to rethink highways, mines and railway lines through forests and biodiversity rich areas,” says Aditya Thackeray.

“Greatest inequity of climate changes is that it impacts people who are the most vulnerable. Famines, droughts and other climate change impacts hits mostly people who are from the poor regions of the planet, pollution impacts working class people. We are also looking towards helping in achieving net zero emission and also focus on our own habits to help the world fight climate change. We have the power to become a solar energy powerhouse in the world. We need sustainable development,” Aditya Thackeray said.

The Bombay High Court disposed NCB’s Sameer Wankhede’s petition for interim relief from coercive action and said Wankhede will be given three working days notice before any coercive action.

Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh said that Aryan Khan was not the first time consumer but a regular consumer of drugs and said Khan was also in touch with peddlers. 

“Aryan Khan was found in conscious possession of contraband. He has accepted in his statement and panchanama. If a person might have not committed a crime but attempted it itself is a crime,” Singh said.

“We have been slow on opening up because we are concerned about healthcare, we do not want people to fall ill. This is why we are stressing on double vaccination and other Covid-19 preventative measures,” says Maharashtra tourism minister Aaditya Thackeray.

Maharashtra tourism minister Aditya Thackeray said that he sees a V-shaped recovery for tourism sector while speaking to Hindustan Times, during the Tourism Conclave.

NCB’s Sameer Wankhede, after moving the Bombay HC against Maharashtra state government’s inquiry against him, said that he was being “personally attacked” by the state. 

“My apprehension is they will arrest me. I want interim protection in the form of no coercive action,” he said. He also wanted the state inquiry to be transferred.

The government through Public Prosecutor said, “We have received four applications. We are just doing preliminary enquiry.”

NCB’s Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede has moved the Bombay High Court questioning the inquiry by the Maharashtra state government following the allegations against him by NCP leader and state minister Nawab Malik.

Mumbai Police, which has begun an inquiry against Wankhede, based on the complaint of Prabhakar Sail, recorded Sail’s statement on Wednesday.

Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain said that the sero prevalence in the national capital after the sixth round of sero survey was found to be at 97{a78e43caf781a4748142ac77894e52b42fd2247cba0219deedaee5032d61bfc9}, reports ANI.

The family members of Lakhbir Singh, victim of the murder at Singhu border October 15, gave a memorandum to the OSD to Union home minister Amit Shah in Delhi.

The family is demanding a compensation of ₹50 lakhs, job assurance and a CBI probe, reports ANI.

Aryan Khan’s counsel Mukul Rohatgi and Satish Maneshinde reached the Bombay High Court. On Wednesday, Aryan Khan’s bail plea hearing was adjourned to post-lunch session today.

The Mumbai Police has summoned BJP’s Manish Bhanushali for questioning in connection with the drugs-on-cruise case, in which he is one of the witnesses, reports ANI. 

Russia on Thursday saw a record spike in its daily tally of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) after 40,096 new cases and 1,159 more deaths were reported. 

Three people were killed while three others were injured after an ambulance rammed into a stationary truck on a national highway in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday attended the 18th ASEAN-India Summit via video conferencing. Addressing the event, Modi said that mutual cooperation will strengthen ties during difficult Covid time. 

A 35-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday after his 13-year-old daughter informed police that her father allegedly killed a friend after an argument and buried his body in a forest in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindawara district. Read more

Kranti Redkar Wankhede, the wife of NCB official Sameer Wankhede, wrote a letter to chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday where she said that her family were being insulted. Kranti’s letter comes amid a slew of allegations levelled against her husband Sameer Wankhede, who is the investigator in the Aryan Khan drugs case. 

The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted the National Testing Agency (NTA) to declare the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) results for admission to undergraduate medical courses across India. 

West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankar was discharged from AIIMS on Thursday morning, after he was hospitalised with Malaria. “Leaving AIIMS in a state of fitness. Greatly appreciate professionalism by AIIMS Doctors & Nursing Staff. Very commendable,” Dhankar tweeted. 

Maharashtra home minister Dilip Walse Patil said on Thursday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). Walse, who is fully vaccinated, added that his condition is stable and he is following the doctor’s advice. Read more

India’s daily caseload of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) crossed the 16,000-mark after five days with 16,156 new cases in the past 24 hours, pushing the caseload to 34,231,809, according to the Union health ministry’s update at 8am on Thursday. Read more

The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concerns over the worsening coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic situation in Europe. Read more

Union home minister Amit Shah will visit Uttarakhand’s capital city Dehradun on October 30, state minister Dhansingh Rawat said on Wednesday. 

“On October 30, Amit Shah will launch the state government’s ambitious ‘Mukhyamantri Ghasiyari Kalyan Yojana’ at Bannu School in Dehradun,” Rawat said. 

Kiran Gosavi, a witness in the Mumbai cruise drugs case, has been detained by the police, Pune Police commissioner Amitabh Gupta said on Thursday. 

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in Assam on Wednesday introduced further relaxations in its existing coronavirus disease (Covid-19) restrictions amid an improvement in the pandemic situation. Read more

“Terrorists fired on ADP of Army and Police in Cherdari, #Baramulla. Alert parties retaliated and 1 terrorist killed. #Identification is being #ascertained. 01 pistol, 01 loaded magazine & 01 Pak grenade was recovered from his possession,” the Jammu and Kashmir Police tweeted on Thursday

West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee will begin her three-day visit to Goa from Thursday, months ahead of the assembly elections in the state. Read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the 18th ASEAN-India Summit on Thursday via video conferencing.

According to an official statement, the East Asia Summit is the premier leaders-led forum in the Indo-Pacific. Since its inception in 2005, it has played a significant role in the strategic and geopolitical evolution of East Asia.