The Lakhimpur Kheri police has detained the driver of Ankit Das, the nephew of former Congress MP late Akhilesh Das, in connection with the death of four farmers who were mowed down by a vehicle belonging to Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni.
Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra's son Ashish Mishra was arrested at 10:50 pm on Saturday and sent to the Lakhimpur jail around 1 am on Sunday after 12 hours of questioning in connection with the October 3 Lakhimpur Kheri violence. Ashish Mishra was named in an FIR following allegations that he was in one of the vehicles that mowed down four farmers protesting over UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya's visit last Sunday. Farmer leaders and opposition parties had been demanding Mishra's arrest but the minister and his son had denied the allegations. 
The OPD services at Centre-run facilities -- Safdarjung Hospital, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and Lady Hardinge Medical College and Hospital -- here will now also be open on Sundays, the health ministry has said, with the move drawing sharp reactions from various doctors'' associations on Saturday.
The Centre has once again refused to allow the Delhi government to implement the scheme for doorstep delivery of ration on the basis of a complaint by ration shopkeepers, the ruling Aam Aadmi Party claimed on Saturday. AAP chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged that it is a clear case of collusion between the BJP and the ration mafia.
Famous Bhojpuri film star and BJP MP Manoj Tiwari kickstarted his 'Chhath Rath Yatra' to drum up support among Purvanchali community against ban on public celebration of the popular festival. Tiwari urged the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to allow the devotees to celebrate Chhath Puja while following COVID-19 protocols and said he will not accept a complete ban.
The Delhi Police have received inputs of a terrorist attack during the festive season. According to the Delhi Police, on Saturday, Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana, along with other top officials held a meeting and discussed anti-terror measures in the wake of input of a terrorist attack in the national capital. 
In an innovative idea for the first time, South Western Railway, Hubballi Division on Friday utilised idle AC coaches to transport chocolates and other food products, which require low and controlled temperature during the transit. On October 8, chocolates and noodles weighing 163 tonnes were loaded in 18 air-conditioned coaches from Vasco Da Gama in Goa to Okhla in Delhi. This was the consignment of AVG Logistics. Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
