Plea in SC seeks early hearing of case to remove protesting farmers from Delhi borders

In the wake of killing a man at the Singhu border in Haryana's Sonipat on Friday, an application has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking urgent hearing of a plea to remove all protestors from borders of Delhi, where farmers are agitating against the three farm laws. Members of a Sikh group allegedly killed a 32-year-old farm labourer, hacked off his left arm, and tied his body to a metal barricade near the Singhu farm protest site at the Singhu border on Friday.

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Congress slams Mandaviya for 'walking in with photographer' while visiting Manmohan at AIIMS

The Congress on Friday slammed Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya for allegedly getting a photographer while visiting former prime minister Manmohan Singh at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, saying that for the BJP people everything is about a “photo op”. The party also demanded that the health minister apologise.

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Dawood Ibrahim's aide Riyaz Bhati under Mumbai police scanner in extortion case

Mumbai Police's Crime Branch on Friday informed that it is now looking for underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's aide Riyaz Bhati who has been named in the FIR against former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh in an extortion case. "Riyaz Bhati's name is also mentioned in the same FIR which has been registered against Param Bir Singh in an extortion case. But Bhati has disappeared since the crime branch called him for interrogation," the police said.

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India logs fresh 15,981 COVID cases, over 17,000 recoveries in 24 hours; active cases decline to 2.01 lakh

India recorded 15,981 new cases of the novel coronavirus, along with 166 deaths due to the infection in the past 24 hours. According to the data shared by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday, the country saw a total of 17,861 discharges in the last 24 hours, taking the total recovery rate at around 98.07 per cent and total recoveries to 3,33,99,961.

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Chhattisgarh: Blast hits CRPF special train at Raipur railway station, 4 personnel injured

At least four Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured in an explosion caused after a box containing igniter set fell on the floor in a CRPF Special Train at Raipur railway station in Chhattisgarh on Saturday, said Raipur Police.

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Top Congress leaders to meet for CWC meet today; word on elections for new party chief likely

Top Congress leadership are set to meet up on the current political situation, including the Lakhimpur violence, and decide on the organisational elections at a meeting of the party's working committee, today. The meeting of the Congress’ top decision-making body, scheduled to begin by 10:30 am, has been convened after demands from some quarters within the party to discuss important issues, including some defections in the recent past.

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Chhattisgarh: Accused in Jashpur incident arrested, two cops suspended

Two policemen have been suspended after a speeding car allegedly ploughed into a Goddess Durga idol immersion procession in Jashpur district on Friday, killing a person and leaving 17 more injured.

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