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5,000-page charge sheet in Hathras case filed against 8 PFI members
The 5,000-page charge sheet filed on Saturday said that the accused received funds from abroad to incite caste riots in Hathras, following the alleged gang rape of a 19-year-old girl which led to her death in September 2020. The charge sheet has been accepted and the court has fixed May 1 as the next date of hearing.
5,000-page charge sheet in Hathras case filed against 8 PFI members
The 5,000-page charge sheet filed on Saturday said that the accused received funds from abroad to incite caste riots in Hathras, following the alleged gang rape of a 19-year-old girl which led to her death in September 2020. The charge sheet has been accepted and the court has fixed May 1 as the next date of hearing.
ED attaches properties worth Rs 3 cr of Trinamool's Ghosh, Satabdi Roy
An ED official said that the agency has attached properties in the form of movable and immovable assets worth Rs three crore pertaining to Ghosh, Roy and Mukherjee in the Saradha chit fund case. The ED action comes a month after it questioned Ghosh on March 2 this year in connection with the case.
Panel submits report in SC in ISRO espionage case
79-year-old Narayanan waged a legal battle against the Kerala police officers who accused him of being a Pakistan spy in 1994. Besides appointing the panel, the top court had directed the Kerala government to pay Rs 50 lakh compensation for causing immense humiliation to Narayanan.
Centre closes vaccine registration for healthcare, frontline workers
Health Ministry Secretary Rajesh Bhushan stated that there has been a 24 per cent increase in the healthcare workers database in the past few days. "...it has been decided that no fresh registrations in categories of HCWs and FLWS will be allowed with immediate effect. Registrations of persons aged 45 years and above will continue to be permitted on the Co-WIN portal."
Assam EVM row: Police arrest three, magisterial probe ordered
A district official said that the Karimganj DM Anbamuthan MP (Repeat Anbamuthan MP) has ordered the magisterial inquiry and entrusted Additional District Magistrate Rajeshan Terang to conduct the probe and submit the report within three days.
For 3rd straight day, Maharashtra Covid cases, deaths zoom
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, who has warned of stringent norms to be announced shortly, reviewed the situation again on Saturday amid speculation of tighter measures likely to be announced on Sunday. The state recorded its highest 49,447, 47,827 new infections, up from the previous high of 47,827 new cases registered on April 2, and the tally increased from 29,04,076 on Friday to 29,53,523 on Saturday.
BJP engineering communal strife to win polls: Mamata Banerjee
Addressing a rally at Raidighi in South 24 parganas district, which is a Muslim dominated area, Banerjee said, "Don't fall in the trap of a BJP-aided party from Hyderabad and its Bengal ally which are out to polarise votes."The Chief Minister was apparently hinting at the Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and Abbas Siddiqui's Indian Secular Front (ISF). Both Owaisi and Siddiqui had earlier denied the Trinamool's insinuations.
5 security personnel killed, 20 hurt in gun battle with Maoists in Chhattisgarh
At least two Maoists' bodies were also visible on the spot near Tekulgudem village under Tarrem police station where the shootout began at noon on Saturday in a deep forested interior area with a group of over 300 Maoists. There were reports of heavy damage to the Maoists but nothing specific could be established by the administration as the operation was still on.
Passing PM-Kisan scheme BJP's first priority in Bengal: Modi
Addressing an election rally at Haripal in Hooghly district, the Prime Minister said, "If the BJP comes to power in Bengal, I shall come at the oath taking ceremony and ask the Chief Minister to give approval to the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi at the first cabinet meeting so that I can send the money immediately. This will be the first job of the BJP government".
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